The Franklin: September 15, 2017

FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 2017 | THEFRANKLINNEWS.COM

CO-ED DORMS?

Struggle for gender-neutral rooms continues after one group of students gets denied

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If you had a food truck, what would you serve?

EDITOR’S NOTE

“Cupcakes. For sure.”

ASHLEY SHULER EXECUTIVE EDITOR

ashley.shuler@franklincollege.edu

Why you’re seeing big changes for The Franklin

“Grilled cheese.”

ASHLEY SHULER | STORY ashley.shuler@franklincollege.edu

Nearly 109 years ago, at the close of chapel, then editor-in-chief of The Franklin Ray Chadwick gave a speech. He announced the newspaper would change from a monthly publication to a weekly one.

“In this way, news of the college can [be] easily gotten,” he said.

But as you know, there’s a quicker way to get news about Franklin College. There has been since the ‘90s. The internet.

That’s why, beginning with this issue, The Franklin is finally making the leap with a new look, feel and publishing schedule. We will publish 16-page print editions every other Friday, while continuing to provide day-to-day coverage and breaking news at TheFranklinNews.com, on Twitter @TheFranklinNews and other social platforms.

Although we are cutting the number of issues put out each semester in half, this doesn’t mean print is dead. It’s quite the opposite.

We’re seeing college and professional newspapers publish less frequently and prioritize long-form and investigative journalism in print, formats that work better and are more accessible in your hands than on a screen.

Our new design is smaller in your hands. Easier to thumb through. Whiter paper. More color. Modern design that bleeds off the edge.

The editor team and I redesigned this publication with you in mind, emphasizing the print experience with eye-catching photography and detailed graphic design inside the pages. Hand in hand with the multimedia journalism major established by the Pulliam School of Journalism a couple years ago, we’re producing web-exclusive content to engage you in many forms of a story—photo galleries, videos, graphics and more.

I’m excited and humbled to be leading a

creative team of student journalists willing to make a leap and change the way The Franklin delivers news to Franklin College. In addition to our returning staff members, we have an energized band of freshman ready to jump in and embrace our change.

One of the coolest things about student publications is that they take the shape of the people who run them. We aren’t tied to age-old branding like the New York Times, or even the Indianapolis Star. If we want to change something, we can. The Franklin has had a mismatch of logos, page sizes and leaders that brought it to where it is today.

I tip my hat to the trail of executive editors who have come before me, who stayed up late to get the paper ready for Friday mornings. I haven’t forgotten your spirit and dedication.

The Franklin is vital to the Franklin College community, and the students who put it together have been doing solid, important and award-winning reporting inside and out of Shirk Hall for more than a century.

Mr. Chadwick—as he’s referred to throughout The Franklin’s front page article that ran that Friday morning about the switch to a weekly paper—asked for students to rally in support of the change. He closed by saying reading The Franklin over someone’s shoulder is just as “wicked” as watching a football game through a “knot-hole.”

I’d agree with Mr. Chadwick.

No matter the format, it’s as wicked to read The Franklin today as it was in 1908.

CHRISTINA RAMEY OPINION EDITOR

christina.ramey@franklincollege.edu

“All types of potatoes.”

SHELBY MULLIS NEWS EDITOR

shelby.mullis@franklincollege.edu

“Pizza.”

ASHLEY STEEB SPORTS EDITOR

ashley.steeb@franklincollege.edu

“Tacos. All day, every day.”

LEIGH DURPHEY COPY CHIEF

leigh.durphey@franklincollege.edu

“Frozen yogurt bar.”

ZOIE RICHEY PHOTO EDITOR

zoie.richey@franklincollege.edu

“Starbucks pastry truck.”

NICOLE HERNANDEZ WEB EDITOR

nicole.hernandez@franklincollege.edu

“Lots of mac and cheese.”

ASHLEY SHULER, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

MATT THOMAS ADS MANAGER

matthew.thomas@franklincollege.edu

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IN BRIEF: Senior Zayne Judd pours milk into a hot drink at the new We Proudly Serve Starbucks location on campus. Judd previously worked at Jazzman’s. EMILY KETTERER | PHOTO

A NEW POUR

Starbucks franchise replaces Jazzman’s, Ben’s Den EMILY KETTERER | STORY emily.ketterer@franklincollege.edu

The famous green siren is marking its territory.

The Grizzly Cafe, a We Proudly Serve Starbucks franchise, opened to the public in late August after Jazzman’s Cafe closed its doors in May. Sodexo, the college’s dining service, has launched several We Proudly Serve cafes at campuses across the country. These cafes own the rights to serve a variety of Starbucks drinks, including Frappuccinos, iced coffee and tea.

The abrupt closing of both Jazzman’s and Ben’s Den, the campus convenience store located in the basement of the Napolitan Student Center, left students confused over the summer. A flyer publicizing Ben’s Den’s closing was posted in June outside the campus convenience store entrance, but was removed just days after The Franklin broke the news on Twitter. The flyer had a We Proudly Serve Starbucks logo hinting at “exciting things to come.”

Ken Wray, a longtime Jazzman’s barista who previously worked at Starbucks, said a decrease in sales was a contributing factor to closing the cafe and convenience store.

“The kids weren’t coming in because [Jazzman’s was] not a well-known retailer.

We thought Starbucks might do better,” said

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Wray, who now works at Grizzly Cafe. “I mean, we’ve already tripled our sales.”

Les Petroff, Sodexo’s general manager at the college, declined to share specific sales numbers with The Franklin.

Senior Cassidy Cherry said she was excited to welcome the Starbucks franchise to campus.

“I like Starbucks coffee a lot better,” Cherry said. “I feel like Jazzman’s wasn’t always the best quality, and it was kind of more expensive.”

Drinks at the Grizzly Cafe are more affordable than those sold at a Starbucks chain store.

Sophomore Morgan Leonard said she prefers Starbucks over Jazzman’s but doesn’t like that this location doesn’t accept her Starbucks rewards.

“I use those every time I go to Starbucks and going here is not helping my points or anything,” Leonard said.

The Grizzly Cafe accepts dining dollars, Ben Bucks and Sodexo gift cards.

The cafe offers a variety of Starbucks favorites and Sodexo’s deli-style sandwiches.

The cafe is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

9/15 – 9/16 MIND TRIPPING SHOW The nation’s No. 1 husband and wife comedy mind reading act is coming to Indianapolis’ Hilton Hotel and Suites.

The show features a variety of illusions and mind reading tricks.

Tickets are $25 for general admission.

To learn more or purchase tickets, visit mindtrippingshow.com.

CAFE SERVING SOUP TO HUNGRY Gigi’s Sugar Shack and Cafe, located at 377 E. Jefferson St. Suite B, is adding a new item to its menu.

While supplies last, the cafe will offer a soul soup to customers who request it. The cup of soup and crackers are free of charge.

In a Facebook post Sunday, Gigi’s said the new item is an effort to provide families within the community with a free meal.

Gigi’s Sugar Shack and Cafe is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

‘THE GOOD CATHOLIC’ TO PREMIERE IN FRANKLIN A feature-length romantic comedy with ties to Franklin College will debut at the Historic Artcraft Theatre on Sept. 27.

Theater professor Gordon Strain served as production manager for the film “The Good Catholic,” which made its nationwide release on Sept. 8.

The film features actors Danny Glover, known for his roles in “Lethal Weapon” and “The Color Purple,” “Scrubs” star John C. McGinley and Zach Spicer, a Greencastle native.

Strain, who lives in Franklin, relocated to Bloomington where the film was shot last January. He also engaged multiple members of the Franklin College community in the movie.

Broadcast journalism student Ian Mullen, a 2016 graduate, served as Strain’s production assistant, while senior Kiera Shackelford played in a non-speaking role. The college’s general trades technician, David Piland, helped during the set design and Athletics Director Kerry Prather also assisted.

In a press release on the Franklin College website, Strain said he was grateful for the college’s participation and support for the film.

9/16 GREENWOOD FARMERS MARKET Now’s your chance to stock up on fresh fruits and veggies before fall begins.

The Greenwood Farmers Market, located at 525 N. Madison Ave., features a variety of farm produce and vendor items. The market is open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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GRIZ NIGHT DRAWS MORE THAN 120 TO DAME MALL Staff team uses data to create party atmosphere SHELBY MULLIS | STORY shelby.mullis@franklincollege.edu

It all started with a survey, and Friday night, the college’s Student Involvement Team put the survey answers into action with the inaugural Griz Night.

Last spring, students received a survey, which featured a variety of questions about what students enjoyed most about campus and what they would change if they could.

“We had 472 students take the survey,” said Keri Ellington, assistant dean of students for student involvement. “We used all of the information we collected in that survey to plan every single thing you see this school year.”

Ellington said everything from welcome week to Student Entertainment Board events were planned based on that student survey feedback.

“Because 472 students took it, we felt pretty good about making decisions based on that,” she said.

After hearing comments from students that Franklin College suddenly became boring after two fraternity houses closed, the Student Involvement Team asked students whether the closing of the fraternity houses diminished the fun and social life at the college.

Data shows that 57 percent of respondents said the closing did contribute to a loss of fun, while 17 percent answered “somewhat.”

Another survey question asked students if they would perceive an event as more fun if alcohol was served, and 60 percent of the student body said yes.

Ellington, along with Student Involvement

Team members Taylor Dwyer, Judy Yarnell, Natalie Dilbone and Jenna Martin, collected data from the survey and used the summer to brainstorm ideas to provide a safe environment for students to have a party with the potential use of alcohol.

That’s when Griz Nights were established.

“Griz Nights is a new weekend programming series that we are doing once a month,” Ellington said. “What we’re basically doing is we’re hosting a registered party once a month.”

Each party features a hired DJ and a theme.

Ellington said Friday night’s Griz Night was more elaborate than the others may be.

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CRIME LOG Man arrested by sections, student arrested for underage drinking make this issue’s crime log, detailing the top security and Franklin Police Department reports from Aug. 24–Sept. 11.

On Sept. 4 at 10:21 p.m., Franklin Units were notified of a male, identified as Troy Phelps, running toward the Franklin College campus yelling for help. An officer followed Phelps as he ran onto campus towards Johnson-Dietz residence hall. Phelps was attempting to enter section C of the hall. The officer noted that Phelps had blood coming from his forehead, arms and knee. Phelps resisted orders from police and was moved to the grassy area in front of the sections.

Several students walked out to the scene after hearing Phelps yell. Phelps was taken into custody and later told officers he was given a “bad batch of meth” in Indianapolis.

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On Sept. 1 at 10:59 p.m., an officer responded to an incident at Hoover Hall involving a underage male possessing and consuming alcohol. Officers reported the 19-year-old freshman had been vomiting and smelled of alcohol. The student informed the officer that he had received a fake ID from the “ID Guy” in his hometown. The student refused to go to the hospital for further examination. The responding officer arrested the student for underage possession and consumption of alcohol and issued him a ticket for possessing a fake ID. No details have been confirmed on whether the male still attends classes at the college, but he is still listed as a student on myFC.

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REBRAND AIMS TO ATTRACT STUDENTS WITH GEN-Z LOOK Two-word phrases like “relentlessly pursue” are key components of new college messaging, design ASHLEY SHULER | STORY ashley.shuler@franklincollege.edu

It’s hard to miss the graffiti-style message spanning across the windows of Napolitan Student Center: “Relentlessly pursue.”

Around campus hang signs with familiar faces and more two-word phrases—“decidedly mindful,” “powerfully motivated” and “generously supportive,” among others.

These campus signs are the final implementation of a four-stage plan kicked off by the college last November during President Thomas Minar’s State of the College address, where he identified five priorities for the next year, one of which was marketing and brand development.

The goal was to define what sets Franklin College apart from other colleges through one voice and consistent messaging for each academic department and student organization.

Theresa Lehman, marketing director, and Kate Coffman, vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid, were two of the four members of the core branding team.

Minar and Tim Garner, associate vice president for institutional analytics and special projects, were also members.

A larger, stakeholder team was also involved in the college’s rebranding initiative.

That team included trustees, college administrators and professors. Many members of this broader team are also a part of the Strategic Planning Around Reorganization of the Curriculum group.

“We wanted to make sure we weren’t doing anything that, in a year or two, would not make sense with the new curriculum,” Coffman said. “We wanted to make good use of the college’s resources, and we want this brand to be able to be used for as long as it makes sense and feels natural.”

To develop the brand, the college hired Columbus, Ohio-based agency Ologie. The agency specializes in Generation Z, or students born between the mid-1990s and mid2000s, and higher education branding and marketing. Some of its past clients include Purdue University, Northwestern University and the College of William & Mary.

The cost of the branding project remained on-budget and came from operations as part of the college’s existing strategic planning budget.

In the first “discover” phase, the agency selected an array of current students to participate in 45-minute discussion groups to share what they thought of the college and

Banners featuring Franklin College students appeared on campus this year.

The phrases on each banner match its student’s personality, according to senior Lauren Harmon, who was featured on a banner. NICOLE HERNANDEZ | PHOTO

slapping Ben Franklin—a figure who really doesn’t have much to do with Franklin College—on materials to prospective students.

“A 17-year-old doesn’t relate to that,” Lehman said. “Founding fathers aren’t really that cool.”

Harmon’s picture is on a banner seen while leaving campus on Branigin Boulevard. Her banner says “boldly intentional.”

“It’s cool because those phrases kind of match the person that’s on the poster,” Harmon said. “They are so powerful, and I think it’s great because it’s promoting that type of thinking within our students. Be boldly intentional. Pursue your dreams. Don’t let anything hold you back. I think that, at a college, they should be doing that.”

Coffman and Lehman said the brand will be integrated into academic departments, student organizations and other college materials, including the Franklin College website, on a rolling basis.

Student Congress was one of the first student organizations to integrate the new branding. Senior and Student Congress President Taylor Williams worked with the marketing team and other Student Congress members to design a back-to-school t-shirt that integrated the six personality traits laid out in the new brand: adaptable, collaborative, purposeful, sincere, practical and engaged.

Although the marketing team wants student organizations to include aspects of the new college branding into their designs, Williams said she and the rest of Student Congress still feels they have creative freedom to present themselves as a student organization.

“Franklin College is kind of this treasure that no one talks about,” Williams said. “But now we’re getting to talk about it. It shows in our branding.”

its brand.

“Students were very honest with them,” Coffman said. “They left feeling like students were really honest about the positives and the experience they have here but also things that they would like to see changed.”

After that, Ologie came to the college’s marketing team in the second “strategy” phase with a narrative of how Franklin College could talk about itself. This meant crafting authentic messaging and pulling out what makes the college unique, including having faculty advocates, a close-knit community and an opportunity to be a campus leader from day one.

In the third “creative” phase, the agency developed a visual identity that matched the written messaging. Ologie brought the college teams three “looks,” which were quickly narrowed into the one seen around campus.

“At the end, [campus representatives] were saying, ‘I want this on a shirt. This is the Franklin I know. This isn’t my father’s Franklin,’” she said. “They felt it was very authentic to Franklin and very much felt like us.”

Senior Lauren Harmon participated in a student focus group because of her involvement in volleyball and as a new student mentor.

“We are kind of an oldschool institution where it’s always been the gold and the blue,” she said. “I think it’s nice to bring in some new ideas, because I think we’ve been set in our ways for a One noticeable change with the rebrand are these words century.” on Napolitan Student Center windows. Much of the Lehman said in the past the campaign was designed around two-word phrases like college has marketed itself by this. NICOLE HERNANDEZ | PHOTO

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How Franklin College became home for one family

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he Beasley family is no in organizational leadership. He now serves as a stranger to Franklin College.

United States Army officer in Fort Irwin, California.

Having sent four boys through the Sophomore Elijah Beasley, the youngest college under the watch of their father, a Beasley brother, said he was drawn computer science professor, and now their mother, to the familiarity of life on campus. a leadership and mathematics professor, the “People already knew me,” he said.

Beasleys’ roots run deep with the college community.

“It was nice to not start from zero.”

Robert Beasley has called Franklin College’s In fact, Elijah Beasley has been actively involved computer science department home for the past on campus since high school when he took Running 20 years. Before teaching at Franklin, Robert Start classes offered to high school students.

Beasley worked at a university in Kentucky.

Unlike his brother, senior Nathan Beasley admitted He later realized that the environment was that he considered alternatives to Franklin College. not the best fit for his wife and growing family.

“I came here to play soccer,” Nathan “Somebody told me life’s too short to be somewhere Beasley said. “But I also was interested in that your wife doesn’t want to be,” Robert Beasley other schools. Just like any other senior or said. “So I put out job applications, and I was offered junior, I got a lot of mail from other schools.” a job here the same week I was offered a job at the The deal-breaker came in the form of application University of Indianapolis.” fees and a lack of interest.

The choice came down “But I think, to some degree, I It’s all very natural and to the atmosphere. Robert was meant to be here,” he said. organic. I have a great Beasley described the small “With Intervarsity in particular, community of Franklin, just on I’ve grown a lot through the people relationship with my the outskirt of Indianapolis, as I’ve met just through being here. It’s sons. “attractive” to his young family. incredibly shaped me as a person.”

ROBERT BEASLEY, His wife, Elizabeth Beasley, As a born-again reader, Nathan COMPUTER SCIENCE has taught at Franklin Beasley also identifies with one PROFESSOR College three separate times. of the college’s core values—the While she now teaches pursuit of lifelong learning. Until leadership courses in the Johnson Center for his junior year, he lacked interest in reading for Fine Arts, she formerly led mathematics courses. leisure and personal growth. Now, he reads dozens After attaining her master’s degree in of books, primarily those detailing religious topics. educational mathematics, Elizabeth Beasley— Unlike the majority of students, each Beasley with no job commitments standing in her brother shares personal memories of a childhood way—resolved to homeschool her four children. spent on and near the college’s campus. Nathan “I was known to say I would never homeschool,” Beasley, for example, recalled playing in a band, she admitted. “Both my husband and I are 4th Normal Form, a reference to their shared educators, and we loved school growing up.” passion for computing, with his father and brothers.

Despite this, and Robert Beasley’s initial discomfort, The family also values learning through each parent recognized the benefits of a homeschool experience, primarily through their several education, namely personal independence and journeys to Taiwan for mission work. academic mastery of topics. However, both also As each Beasley grows older, the appreciated learning concurrently with their children. concept of family, and a nurturing of their “I loved my class of four,” Elizabeth Beasley said. relationships, plays a more dominant role.

Years later, this class of four followed their teachers “Especially now that my oldest brother is in to Franklin College. Three trailed in the steps of their Florida, and my second oldest is in California, father, studying computer science. Before Nathan, 21 I realize that, as I get older, my brothers are and Elijah, 19, arrived at Franklin, their brother Zach, really good friends,” Nathan Beasley said.

24, was also a student in the program. He now attends “It’s all very natural and organic,” Robert Beasley graduate school at the University of South Florida. said. “I have a great relationship with my sons.”

The fourth sibling, Isaac, 23, opted for a major

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ERICA IRISH | STORY & PHOTOS erica.irish@franklincollege.edu

CO-ED CONFLICT Push for gender neutral housing continues after students are denied accommodation QUINN FITZGERALD | STORY & PHOTO elizabeth.fitzgerald@franklincollege.edu

9 A number of Franklin College students are and no roommates were added to either secnobody wants, and we don’t have enough continuing their push for gender-neutral tion as compensation for the sudden change, beds that want general housing,” Knight said. housing after a request for a co-ed room was which Shrock said he appreciated. Still, he Because each residence hall, with the exretracted. feels the decision was too abrupt. ception of Johnson-Dietz, is designed for sinLast semester, sophomore Sydney Fears “[Knight] just pulled out on the last minute gle-sex floors, current facilities could require and junior Levi Spaniolo created a petition like two weeks before class, so it was weird bean update to meet the needs of a gender-neufor gender-neutral housing, or housing in cause he said we could and then we couldn’t,” tral floor. which gender is not used to determine floor Shrock said.

Fears and Spaniolo said they believe Elsey placement. The petition received 88 faculty Spaniolo, a co-creator of the petition, is Hall is the best solution for the dilemma, as and staff signatures and 250 student signacurrently making the transition from female well as the most ideal location for gender neutures. to male. He said he was upset upon hearing tral housing.

“In addition to overwhelming support via the situation and shared that he and Fears are “In Elsey, we could denote one bathroom signatures, we often heard responses such as, planning a meeting with administration to as male, one bathroom as female, and the ‘We need this on campus,’ and, ‘Why don’t discuss the issue. third bathroom as gender neutral,” Spaniowe already have this?’” Fears said. lo said. “Another reason Elsey is ideal is beThe purpose of the petition was to “incause underclassmen can easily opt into these [Knight] just pulled out on quire how many students want gender-neudorms.” the last minute like two tral dorms on campus” and ultimately creIn the meantime, Knight said the adminweeks before class, so it ate a safe space for transgender and other istration is still looking at its options to make was weird because he said LGBTQ students on campus. gender-neutral housing feasible. A survey we could and then we Jacob Knight, director of housing, remay be conducted in the future to collect couldn’t. viewed the petition and led a discussion about more feedback, but no additional details have SOPHOMORE OWEN SHROCK the potential ways to progress the movement. been worked out.

“The administration commended us for “I was saddened to hear the news; how“Knowing what our housing process and proving there is student interest,” Fears said. ever, until I hear the administration's reasons cycles look like, I mean, I think it needs to get “However, they highlighted that the next step for the move, I cannot make an informed done this fall,” Knight said. “I feel like that is to find students that would be willing to live statement on the issue,” Spaniolo said. petition showed us enough interest, so let’s on the floor. We discussed possibly distributKnight said he could not comment on the explore what that could look like if we do that ing a survey to residents to assemble students specific housing accommodation and the reaon our own campus and what the timeline is that would like to live on this floor.” son behind the change, but said one concern for the implementation.”

Four students not only expressed this desire with gender-neutral housing deals with the but received permission for a section together facilities themselves. in Johnson Dietz this school year. But three “We really need a good idea EMAIL BREAKDOWN weeks before the semester started, each of the of how much of that housfour students received an email saying they ing is enough so that we’re A closer look at Residence Life Director Jacob would no longer be able to share the room. meeting the need, but at the Knight’s email denying students special Sophomore Owen Shrock was one of the same time not overshooting accommodation for a co-ed living situation. students that requested the co-ed room, along and then not ending up in a LEIGH DURPHEY | GRAPHIC with seniors Lauren Kinneer, Alexis Bullock place where and Claire Sheets. Shrock said they wanted we have a to show the college that a co-ed room would bunch of work. beds that “[Knight] had put a special thing in for us so that we were actually officialBullock and Sheets are moved to a ly on the housnew section. ing accommodation website in one room to- Kinneer and Schrock get a seperate gether,” Shrock but neighboring section. said. “On Aug. 3, all four of The other bedroom in each section us got an email will remain unoccupied unless: saying, ‘I’m sorry, we’re not - the students want to invite two going to be able students of the same gender to live to do the housthere, ing assignment OR Knight’s reasoning for changing the anymore.’”

- the students pay an extra $1,000 room assignment is that the Gender Shrock and Inclusive Housing proposal has not to have access to both bedrooms.

Kinneer were yet been accepted as a campus offerplaced in a seping, and this accommodation could Both pairs of students opted to arate section, prevent it from being approved. leave the room unoccupied.

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SODEXO CRACKS DOWN ON DINNERWARE THEFT Changes made after losing $60,000 in stolen, broken dishes ERICA IRISH | STORY erica.irish@franklincollege.edu

With a near $60,000 loss attributed to stolen and broken dining plates, bowls and silverware over the last two years, Sodexo, the college’s dining service, is taking action to protect its dinnerware.

The college’s dining management partnered with residence life leadership last month to enact new policies regarding students and their use of cafeteria dinnerware. As a result of the partnership, resident assistants are now responsible for reporting dinnerware removed from the dining area as theft.

Sodexo Food Service Director Les Petroff said the new policy is already showing promise, with reduced incidents in students’ first two weeks on campus.

Jacob Knight, director of residence life, said Petroff approached his team in August.

While Knight admitted that he was previously aware of the ongoing problem, this was the first time Sodexo leadership reached out seeking action.

Knight said he supports resident assistants using their own discretion in filing incident reports.

“I advised the RAs to work with it,” Knight said. “Use discretion, kind of like with noise violations. Give people warnings until they’re in compliance. But if they refuse to comply, then you would document them for theft.”

Having worked previously at Hanover College and Anderson University Sodexo dining facilities, Petroff said this is a problem unique to Franklin College.

“The reason the situation exists is because other schools' food services are usually only one way in, one way out, past the cashier,” Petroff said. “So people are there to say, ‘Sorry, you can't take that out.’ At my other schools, no one ever tried to take them out.”

But at Franklin College, when a student leaves the buffet area, they can easily walk out of the dining hall without passing another Sodexo employee.

Knight said the responsibility of enforcing this policy extends beyond residence life leaders.

“The college itself has policies that all students should be confronting policy violations,” Knight said. “You shouldn’t just be letting people violate college policy. You need to confront them or report them.”

Senior Jasmine Hunt expressed concerns about students’ inability to remove food from the dining hall without disposable dinnerware.

“Because of close classes—ours are only 10 minutes apart, and they take up the whole lunch hour—two days out of the week we don’t get food unless we want to be late to class,” Hunt said.

While disposable to-go items are preferred by students, Petroff said the use of disposable plates and silverware is unlikely due to the current meal plan format.

“If you have a retail operation and you pay for what you get individually, that’s one thing,” he said. “But in the all-you-can-eat

Students are no longer allowed to remove dinnerware from Napolitan Student Center. Sodexo will not make disposable dinnerware available.

ERICA IRISH | PHOTO

format, that would not be doable.”

Petroff also detailed the negative effects of using disposable items from past experience.

“When it comes to the environment, I hate using paper plates or Styrofoam plates and plastic silverware to just dump them,” he said. “That's not washable. You just use it and throw it away.”

With few reported theft incidents during the first two weeks of the semester, Petroff and Knight hope to maintain a culture of complicity to the new college rules, which may eventually reduce Sodexo’s financial burdens.

“My hope is that, by confronting it and trying to just make people aware,” Knight said, “that will convince people to actually return items to the dish tray and not need to be documented.”

>> GRIZ NIGHTS continued from pg. 4

The team hired Operation Glow, an ultraviolet paint party company, for Friday night’s glow theme. Operation Glow set up a stage on Dame Mall’s ellipse with black lights and provided paint.

All funds used for the event came from the student activities fee account, which is made up of each student’s activity fee as a part of their annual payments.

Ellington said her vision for the October and November parties include a DJ, a contest and whatever else students may request. The plan is to provide alcohol at the October event to get a feel for how it goes.

Junior Kayla Majors walked into Elsey Hall Friday sopping wet with paint slime from the party.

“The best part of the night was everyone’s reaction to the color being sprayed at them because it was cold,” Majors said.

Ellington said 128 students attended the event, a number she was very pleased with.

Some students were not happy with the college’s decision to make the first night a dry event without alcohol.

Senior Claire Sheets did not attend Friday’s Griz Night, but said she would consider attending the future events if they featured a cash bar and the drinks were affordable.

“People who are of age could bring their own alcoholic beverage,” Sheets said.

“There could be a bracelet code for people who are of age. It’s all about drinking re-

sponsibly and monitoring the students.”

Senior Seth Westendorf said he would have preferred a student panel host the event as a way to gauge what students really want.

In the future, Ellington said student organizations will have the opportunity to co-sponsor a Griz Night, allowing students to choose a theme and decide on activities.

“We’re trying to take the burden off of student organizations to feel like they have to do this all, staff it all, come early, stay late, set it up,” Ellington said. “We want all of our students to be able to enjoy this.”

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OPINION

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EDITORIAL MILLENNIALS MORE THAN STEREOTYPES Millennials work hard for rewards, aren’t ‘killing’ anything As Facebook gets taken over more and more by older generations, it has become the hot place to bash millennials.

Almost every week there is a new article about how millennials are killing a chain restaurant or the housing market, or another middle-aged adult is ranting about millennials and “those darn smartphones.”

Most college students fall under the category of millennials, or any person who was born between the 1980s and 2000s. And unfortunately, we get blamed for a lot of the world’s problems.

If you do a quick Google search of “millennials are killing,” the suggested word after that is anywhere between Applebee’s and memes. (Try it—it’s pretty hilarious.)

In the eyes of older generations, millennials make up an awful generation of degenerates who can’t do anything right.

Being a millennial comes with many stereotypes. While we may fit the bill on some of these stereotypes, some of them are insane and just plain wrong.

Here are some of the most common stereotypes about millennials and why we’re really not so bad: Millennials spend most of their time taking selfies and playing on their phone.

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We asked Franklin College students: Do you think stereotypes about millennials are true?

It’s true that we as a society have become more phone-dependent. We like to take selfies to capture a moment when we’re feeling good about ourselves or to create a memory.

But it’s not just millennials using their phones every day. According to Pew Research, 77 percent of adults own a smartphone.

We have instant access to the internet, allowing us to do more than just text and call. Why wouldn’t we take advantage of this resource? People use their phones to search for jobs, complete applications and even complete work. It’s not always a bad thing to be so connected.

Millennials are killing chains.

Chain restaurants have branches closing every day. Applebee’s, Outback Steakhouse and Joe’s Crab Shack have all faced cutbacks in the past year. And apparently, it’s all our fault.

A lot of millennials prefer a home cooked meal or like to spend their money at small businesses. Even here in Franklin, many students prefer to go to Benjamin’s for lunch rather than a chain restaurant.

There’s also the convenience factor that appeals to millennials. Ordering delivery or going somewhere where food will be made quickly can be more appealing than sitting down at a restaurant and waiting a long time for food.

The death of chain restaurants can’t only be contributed to millennials. Fast food or-

30% YES

The Franklin staff believes millennials are more valuable than the stereotypes lead people to believe.

THE FRANKLIN OPINION BOARD

ganizations are growing, taking business away from sit-down restaurants. According to the Washington Post, the fast food industry has grown by 550 percent since 1999.

Millennials are entitled and privileged.

A lot of the older generations like to say millenials want everything handed to them, but really, we just want to be able to afford things and not work our lives away to pay bills.

According to Pew Research, millennials are the first generation to have higher levels of student loan debt, poverty, unemployment and lower levels of wealth and personal income. So of course millennials are going to complain about not being able to afford things. That doesn’t mean we don’t think we should have to work for what we want.

Millennials get blamed for a lot.

But millennials aren’t the problem with the world; we just happened to be born into these problems, and we’re doing our best to get by, just like any other generation.

70% NO *33 people participated in this poll

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CONFEDERATE TROUBLE PARKING Erasing history or recognizing racism’s glorification?

MARIE OSTENDORF | STORY marie.ostendorf@franklincollege.edu

In my second year of grade school, I learned for the first time about the Civil War and end to slavery. What I learned were the efforts of many abolitionists to end what we all should see now as a shameful stain on America’s history: slavery and racism.

Granted, the history I learned in elementary school is not as simple as many of us would have liked it to be. There were many more economic and political factors that played into it.

It’s important to note that in grade school I learned the basics of the Civil War. That is, the Confederates were on the wrong side of history. The side that wanted to continue the enslavement of an entire race of people.

As important as it is to remember our history and our roots, there is a distinct difference between remembering and glorifying.

A quick Google search can provide a very important underlying factor into the creation of many of the Confederate monuments we see today. They were

erected with the motive of endorsing Jim Crow laws, decades after the Civil War. Why do we need monuments that were erected for the sake of encouraging a continuation of the oppression of people of color?

We don’t. They cause pain to an entire race of people that have clearly seen enough animosity during their entire existence in America.

The removal of Confederate monuments in all states, including our own, is necessary to acknowledge the fact that America committed acts of horrors and crime against our own people.

It is not an attempt at history’s erasure, seeing that we continue to teach the Civil War from grade school into high school. If our nation truly wants to progress, we must let go of the want to stay neutral in a time of unrest.

Leaving the monuments is an act of neutrality, one that shows people of color that we still have work to do to progress and recognize America’s errors in history.

SCIENCE CORNER WITH MATTHEW New ‘super bug’ emerges overseas, sparks fear in Asia MATTHEW BROWN | STORY matthew.brown@franklincollege.edu

In today’s society, it may seem like there is an antibiotic or remedy that can destroy just about any virus. Unfortunately, this is not true.

There is a new form of pneumonia that might make you change your perception on viruses.

Recently in Hangzhou, China, a new form of pneumonia has hit, already killing five people.

According to the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy website, the five patients infected with Klebsiella (K) pneumoniae were all involved in accidents that required multiple surgeries and the need to be put on ventilators.

What is interesting is that the hospital all five were in was a new and clean facility. The K pneumoniae was drug-resistant to any antibiotics they had there.

Not to mention this new form is hypervirulent, meaning it’s highly infectious.

But how did this new “super bug” come to be?

It all goes back to evolution. Since most pneumonias are not antibiotic-resistant, the drugs created are specifically selective for that specific gene. However, because the drugs do not kill off all the pneumonia bacteria, those that survive most likely had a gene that

was antibiotic-resistant. And because they are still living, they are able to reproduce and spread without decline by antibiotic.

With the K pneumoniae, it is the same process, but it is also a combination of two pneumonias: those with the resistance to antibiotics and those that are hypervirulent.

In 2003, CNN posted a report of another new form of pneumonia (SARS) that they dubbed a “worldwide threat.” Now the difference between K pneumoniae and SARS is that in 2003, there were reports from multiple other locations like Canada, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

There are no definite cures for SARS. Most antivirals and steroids used to reduce some of the symptoms for it are not effective on everybody.

So should there be a fear in this new “super bug?” It seems to be isolated to a single location, and so far, there have not been any other reports of this specific virus. But we should be cautious because if SARS is still an unclosed case, and K starts to spread out further from China, we should hope that doctors can come up with a stronger, effective antibiotic.

PROBLEMS

A struggle plaguing college students across the nation ASHLEY STEEB | STORY ashley.steeb@franklincollege.edu

Colleges across the country seem to share one major complaint: parking.

Finding a parking spot has probably been a problem for students since colleges and cars­were first created.

While Franklin College is small, it is not immune to the parking problems that plague larger schools.

I have had friends who attend schools like Butler University, Ball State University and Purdue University who said it’s a huge hassle to find a parking spot on campus.

As a commuter, it feels like there is never a spot open in any of the lots designated for commuter students at Franklin. In previous semesters, this parking hassle was not as big of a problem because there were always plenty of spots open in commuter-designated areas. The only reasoning I can think of is that more students this year must have decided to commute rather than live on campus.

I understand the attraction of commuting, but what bothers me is that on the very first day of classes this semester, I was almost late to my first class because I had to spend 20 minutes searching for a parking spot. Luckily I have a habit of arriving to campus 30 minutes before my classes begin.

Commuters do have one advantage over residential students when it comes to this battle of finding a parking spot: We’re allowed to park in any parking lot designated for students. Even residential lots.

Residential students can get ticketed if they park in a commuter lot.

I’ve heard many horror stories of resident students receiving a ticket because they simply couldn’t find a parking spot outside of the commuter lots.

The problems of providing enough parking spots for college students seems like a difficult obstacle for schools to overcome.

Here’s my solution: To even the playing field a bit for students here, resident students should be able to park in any lot.

SPORTS

GAMES IN REVIEW A Franklin College football player holds a football. The team hopes to win its 10th HCAC title in 11 years this season. BRYAN WELLS | PHOTO

FOOTBALL TEAM PREDICTED TO WIN CONFERENCE TITLE

Football team honored, but focused on winning games ASHLEY STEEB | STORY ashley.steeb@franklincollege.edu

The football team begins Heartland Colon our backs, that everyone is trying to legiate Athletic Conference play at home beat Franklin,” Leonard said. “And they against Defiance College tomorrow. get excited when they beat Franklin.”

Before the Grizzlies even kicked off for Junior Hannah Rollett, who occatheir first game of the 2017-2018 season, sionally attends games with her faminine HCAC head coaches predicted Frankly, said she finds the poll results exciting. lin’s football team to win its eighth-straight “Even though I’m not interested in sports, conference’s title in a pre-season coaches poll. this makes me extremely proud to be a FrankThe Grizzlies received seven first-place votes lin College student, and it makes me proud of and a total of 88 points in this year’s annual poll. all of our athletes at Franklin,” Rollett said.

Pre-season polls are made to cre“I’m not quite sure the full effect it will have ate some interest for the fans before the on Franklin, but I think it will definitely make sport’s season begins.

Franklin College more “It is a nice honor to well known in the world receive for our team, of college athletics and but preseason accolades maybe even attract more mean nothing,” senior students to our school quarterback and last because of sports.” year’s HCAC’s OffenLeonard and the Grizsive Most Valuable Playzlies, who have a total er Chase Burton said. of nine HCAC football “We were picked to A football rests on Franklin College’s titles, will be aiming win the conference out- football field. The team was predictto win their 10th in 11 right last year, and we ed to win the HCAC this year. BRYAN years. Franklin started fell short of our goal.” WELLS | PHOTO the season with 0-2 reFranklin tied cord so far, with losses to with Rose Hulman Institute of Technoltwo non-conference teams. But those do not ogy for the 2016-2017 HCAC title. Both affect their goal to win the conference title. teams had 7-1 conference records. Rose “I hope to win the conference and Hulman was the second-place finisher make the playoffs,” Burton said. “Once with 80 points in this year’s coaches’ poll. a team starts a run in the postseason, you In order, Bluffton, Mt. St. Joseph, Hanever really know how far it can go.” nover, Defiance, Manchester, Anderson Leonard said he hopes the poll results and Earlham finished out the poll’s results. will encourage fans of college football to Head Coach Mike Leonard said beattend more Franklin games and maying chosen to win this year’s conference be create new fans of Franklin football. title is nice, but it may cause some ad“What I’ve learned recently in going to a ditional small problems for the team. sporting event is you want to go to a game to be “It’s nice to be recognized by the coachinspired by something,” Leonard said. “You es that we’re maybe the team to beat, but want to see something that just makes you feel that just means we have a big old target good, and I hope that’s what we can provide.”

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL vs. St. Mary-Woods College W, 3-1 WOMEN’S SOCCER vs. Illinois Wesleyan University L, 1-0 MEN’S SOCCER vs. Wisconsin Lutheran College L, 3-2 FOOTBALL vs. Butler University L, 43-24 MEN’S GOLF Dick Park Invite 2nd of 14 WOMEN’S GOLF Hanover Invitational 5th of 9

UPCOMING GAMES WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 9/15 vs. Lincoln Christian 9/15 vs. St. Mary’s College WOMEN’S SOCCER 9/19 vs. DePauw University 9/22 vs. Westminster College MEN’S SOCCER 9/16 @ Greenville University 9/18 @ Spalding University FOOTBALL 9/16 v. Defiance College 9/23 @ Bluffton University MEN’S GOLF 9/23-9/24 Dan Quayle Classic WOMEN’S GOLF 9/23-9/24 HCAC Preview Tourney

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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT RAISES MONEY Prather, other coaches join together to provide relief for Harvey victims JARED SCHOEN | STORY jared.schoen@franklincollege.edu

The school’s athletic department has stepped in to help the relief causes of recent hurricanes.

Over the past few weeks, the eastern seaboard has faced extensive damage from Hurricane Harvey, and most recently, Hurricane Irma.

The local relief effort, led by the football team’s Head Coach Mike Leonard and Athletic Director Kerry Prather, will donate excess athletic clothing and other equipment to the Red Cross.

“Every few years, our athletic storage room gets to be overcrowded,” Leonard said. “We usually have a sale on campus to get rid of our excess items. This year we toyed with the idea of having the sale and donating the money, but we felt that it would be better to

just send all the items instead.”

Prather said some of the athletic clothing includes various shirts that were used in or came from old tournaments and past championship teams.

“We decided to donate them so that we can provide assistance to the families that have lost their possessions in the hurricanes,” Prather said. “We decided to send the items directly to the Red Cross so that they could better distribute our gear based on the level of need.”

While the football team is doing what it can to provide aid, several other Franklin College groups rallied together to help victims.

Student Congress sold t-shirts to raise money, and the Black Student Union accepted donations at Saturday’s home game

against Butler University.

Freshman baseball player Adam Hedinger, a Student Congress representative, commended the schoolwide unity.

“It’s really cool to see everyone coming together to support all of those displaced due to the recent tragedies,” he said. “The football game provided a perfect place for the Student Congress and other organizations to reach out to a large portion of the students and community who came to see the game.”

Hedinger said a lot of shirts were sold, which he hopes means they can help a lot of families in need.

If interested in making a donation for the relief efforts, the Red Cross is accepting clothing and canned food. Visit redcross.org for more information.

WOMEN’S SOCCER ENTERS NEW ERA Franklin hires new head coach, replaces former coach Justin Sullivan BRANDON BARGER | STORY brandon.barger@franklincollege.edu

With a new season comes a new perspective for the women’s soccer team.

After two seasons with 16 wins and backto-back losses in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championships, the Grizzlies decided to hire first-year Head Coach Cristin Allen.

Allen previously served as an assistant coach at a variety of colleges, including DePauw University, Vanderbilt University and Goucher College. She said the biggest difference between her previous jobs and her current job is that she is now making the decisions instead of just advising on them.

“There will be more pressure, but I have a great staff behind me to help make decisions,” Allen said.

Allen has already thought about her plan to win games against Franklin’s HCAC competitors like Hanover College and to win the conference title.

“Instead of focusing on the wins and the losses, we want to focus on building chemistry, and the results will come,” Allen said.

Assistant Coach Kendall Paris, who has worked with the team prior to Allen’s arrival,

said Allen has transitioned well into her new role.

Allen is not alone in transitioning into her new role. The players, old and new, are also working through the transition process of playing for a new head coach.

Junior forward Maddie Fleet, who led the National Collegiate Athletic Association with 67 goals, says that transitioning to a new coach has its challenges but is an exciting time for the team.

Freshman players are also facing an additional transition process because they are coming into a game that is much different than what they are used to.

Freshman midfielder Baylee Giesting agreed, saying she has had to adjust her game from the high school level.

“Getting used to the whole team and the general atmosphere of college sports was a big adjustment,” Giesting said.

The Grizzlies are currently 1-1 this season with Fleet leading the season with five points.

Sophomore forward Taylor McDaniel has two points and senior midfielders Kelsey Brunsman and Jillian Lawrence each have

Senior Bret Roberts runs a drill down the field during the team’s 5 a.m. practice.

The forward will be a key leader on this year’s team.

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one point.

Sophomore goalkeeper Lexi Short has a .882 save percentage in two games with one shutout last Sunday against Thomas More College.

Allen and the Grizzlies will be back in action Tuesday at home against DePauw University at 7 p.m.

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GRIZZLIES NAMED BEST IN INDIANA

COLUMN NFL PROHIBITS PROTESTING

Grizzlies voted best Indiana football team in online poll

Quarterback finds himself out of work for protesting

JADA JONES | STORY jada.jones@franklincollege.edu

CHRISTINA RAMEY | STORY christina.ramey@franklincollege.edu

A poll named Franklin College’s football team as the best college football program in Indiana.

The poll, released by Hero Sports, chose the best football program for each state.

The organization used national championships, conference championships, playoff appearances, win-loss records and individual awards from the past five seasons as the criteria they looked for in teams playing in all four athletic divisions.

Some teams chosen in the poll included the University of Alabama, Florida State University and the University of Oklahoma.

“It’s an honor to represent Indiana as the best program in the state,” said Matt Shoufler, junior linebacker. “We have been working really hard for years, and it’s paying off year after year.”

In the past three seasons, the Grizzlies haven’t lost more than three games. With a record of 8-2 last year, the team is hoping for another successful season.

“This is a special group of guys we have, and we have the talent to go really far this season,” Shoulfer said.

Head Coach Mike Leonard, who has been at Franklin’s helm for 14 years, said that winning this title all comes down to five main ingredients: support from the school, a great group of coaches, good players, a very in-

In this political climate, protesting has become more of a norm.

It is well within our rights as United States citizens to protest against situations or causes that we see as unjustified or wrong.

Last season, we saw a lot of football players peacefully protesting during games. These football players would choose to sit or kneel during the singing of the National Anthem.

I see nothing wrong with this form of a peaceful protest.

Sitting during the anthem is one of the most peaceful ways to protest. It’s certainly more peaceful than getting a mob of people together and yelling about your cause.

Silence can speak much louder than words in many cases.

One of the most notable players who protested during a game is ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. He chose to kneel during the anthem in an effort to peacefully protest police brutality.

Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers in March of this year. However, if he hadn’t made this decision, the 49ers were planning to cut him.

Kaepernick still hasn’t been signed on to a new team, and he hasn’t been asked to join any teams. Some fans are saying that the reason why Kaepernick hasn’t been signed on or talked to about joining any teams is because he’s being “blackballed” by the National Football League for protesting.

He was well within his rights as a citizen to protest. He didn’t make a scene or do something violent. He just kneeled during the anthem.

It is within people’s right to get upset with people not participating in the anthem, but it is also within people’s right to protest it.

The NFL says Kaepernick is not being “blackballed.” Team executives say Kaepernick wasn’t brought up in discussions. so they never really considered him for their team.

Another executive said that he didn’t like Kaepernick as a player and didn’t think he could play.

Of course, no one is going to come right out and admit that they won’t sign him because he protested. That would ruin the NFL’s image.

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It’s an honor to represent Indiana as the best program in the state. We have been working really hard for years, and it’s paying off year after year.

JUNIOR MATT SHOUFLER

volved booster club and a good atmosphere.

For Leonard, there is no pressure to keep this title.

“Really the intent is not about this honor, the intent is trying to win football games,” Leonard said. “If you win more games, then these honors will come.”

Senior kicker Stephen Colligan practices during Saturday’s game against Butler University. JESS CHASTAIN | PHOTO

Even though Leonard considers winning great, he would rather have his players learn the lessons that athletics teach and to build friendships.

Freshman cornerback Damien Miller chose Franklin College because he said it was a great school academically and athletically.

“We all have to work hard, do our best at practice, give each other the best looks we can and give it all we’ve got,” Miller said.

Miller said he views the announcement as a great honor, but it isn’t what it’s all about.

“People will come to watch, some to see you succeed, and some to see you fail, but no matter who comes, we will be out there to play football,” Miller said.

Leonard would also like to see the football team achieve a completely different goal than winning an athletic poll.

“We hope that anybody who comes and watches us play gets inspired positively somehow, by watching our guys play, that’s the hope,” Leonard said.

LAST LOOK

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DYLAN BOWMAN, PIPE LAYER Sounds of change echo throughout campus while Bowman and the rest of the construction team labor to build the new, expanded $17 million Franklin College Science Center. “I’d say we’re on deadline, if not ahead of schedule,” he said.