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Most Franklin College students find jobs after graduation

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Despite declines in job opportunities in certain fields, the college had more than a 75 percent placement rate last year in nearly each of its majors.

At the end of each academic year, Director of Career Services Kirk Bixler sends a survey to graduates asking them which post-grad path they’ve chosen to follow: full-time employment, graduate school, part-time employment, still seeking a job or “other.”

Bixler said “other” employment includes people who may not be actively seeking a job or who have chosen to stay at home with their families.

Ann Barton, assistant director of the Pulliam School of Journalism, said the survey counts all employment, whether it’s in a student’s field of study or not.

In the 2014 survey, history was the only major that had no students placed in a fulltime employment position.

Conversely, six majors saw a 100 percent full-time employment placement rate last year: accounting, business, computer information systems and computer science, elementary education, physical education K-12 and philosophy.

These placement rates share similarities with the overall job growth rates in the national economy.

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While the number of jobs for historians is expected to grow by only 6 percent in the next seven years — which is considered lower than average by the Bureau of Labor Statistics — jobs in computing and research scientists are expected to see a 15 percent growth.

Jobs in the elementary education market are expected to grow by an average rate of 12 percent, according to government statistics.

Professor positions — which are often filled by philosophy majors — will see an increase of 19 percent, which is faster than average, according to the Bureau.

However, Bixler’s survey indicates that students don’t necessarily consider these statistics when picking a major.

While there were 16 graduates from the elementary education department in 2014 — an area seeing moderate growth — there were only nine computer science majors, which experts say is an area with an abundance of jobs.

“Demand for software science and computing majors is much higher than the rate of graduating students,” said Robert Beasley, professor of computing. “Because of the high demand and the low number of graduates, almost all the students have jobs lined up before they graduate.”

Beasley said most computing majors earn a starting salary of $50,000 to $60,0000.

Beasley said he thinks the reason students avoid studying these fields is because they are afraid of the workload.

“I think a lot of people avoid this major because they perceive it as hard and don’t want to do it,” Beasley said.

“The major focuses mainly on the design and development of software.”

Conversely, the Pulliam School of Journalism had 30 graduates in 2014, despite government estimates that journalism jobs will decline by 13 percent in the next seven years.

The PSJ – which includes separate journalism and public relations majors – had a 96 percent total placement rate in 2014. Roughly 80 percent of graduates were in a full-time employment position, while 8 percent went to grad school, and another 8 percent were employed part-time.

Only one student was still seeking.

Professors say the biggest appeal of the school’s journalism program is their ability to connect students with practicing media professionals.

Each of the school’s journalism professors either has worked in the field or is still working today.

“We have an older staff heavy on practitioners, rather than theorists,” said Hank Nuwer,

journalism professor. “Everyone on staff has contacts in the field.”

But while Franklin maintains a healthy journalism programs, other schools are seeing a drop in the number of students pursuing a journalism degree. Indiana University’s Ernie Pyle School of Journalism has lost nearly 20 percent of its journalism students, according to The American Journalism Review.

In contrast to journalism, the job market for PR is expected to grow by 13 percent, according to BLS. “You can count the number of news media jobs or organizations on one hand in Indianapolis, but there is a huge number of PR places to work,” said Ray Begovich, public relations professor.

Begovich said the difference in the number of jobs stems from the number of

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Sodexo Behind the Glass: Portion sizes

By Kaitlyn Short

kaitlyn.short@franklincollege.edu

Although some students feel that the portion sizes served in Sodexo are inexact and that there is unfair treatment among students, Food Services Director Les Petroff said this shouldn’t be the case.

“Every recipe we have comes with a portion size,” Petroff said.

“I can tell you most of them are either 4 ounce or 5 ounce portions.

Now if it’s a piece of turkey we slice, obviously every slice won’t be the same. But in every one of our recipes, there are portion sizes.”

Petroff said the recipes even dictate the size of the utensils that should be used to serve the food in order to get the correct portion sizes.

All servers are given specific instructions when it comes to serving food and the correct portion size each student should be given, Petroff said.

“We have a standard,” he said. “We like to be consistent.

Our employees are supposed to follow the guidelines.”

Petroff addresses employees if an inconsistency comes to his attention.

“If we catch our employees over-portioning, we’ll say ‘Remember you have to do everyone the same,’” Petroff said. “The reason is – especially when there’s a line – everybody has a chance to come back for seconds, thirds or fourths.”

Petroff said he encourages students to go through the line and be served and then go back for more later.

“I think that according to national standards, the portion sizes are what they should be,” freshman Andrea Underwood said.

“They’re healthy sizes. But that’s not what students want though.

We want more than they give us.”

“I’m not saying I’ve never seen an employee give more, but they shouldn’t,” Petroff said. “I’ve seen students who’ve built relationships with servers. I see them stand there and talk, so I know that people are friends with each oth-

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er. So I’m not saying that it doesn’t happen, but again, it shouldn’t.”

“If a guy with a football shirt comes up and asks for a plate of food and behind him there’s a small girl, the guy gets larger portions than the girl,” Underwood said. “Whether by accident or on purpose, it does happen.”

But Petroff said portion sizes should be the same for male and female students and atheltes and non-athletes.

Students Speak “I think the portion sizes are fine. I eat a lot so I’ll probably go back for more anyways. I’d say the sizes are pretty healthy though.”

Ethan Bailey sophomore “There are certain Saga members you can get to give you extra meat or that will give you an extra scoop, this that or the other. So there are favorites and there are some that really just Claire Bonnoront, don’t like you and you can tell.” sophomore

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Because the french fries are self-serve, students can choose to take as much as they want. But many students feel that they are not given appropriate portion sizes from serving lines.

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Fewer students leave Franklin after first year

By Leigh Durphey

leigh.durphey@franklincollege.edu

The retention rate for first to second year students increased in comparison to the typical trend.

79 percent of the current sophomore class remained enrolled from fall of 2013 to fall of 2014. Typically, this percentage hovers around 73 to 74 percent, said David Brailow, dean of academic affairs. This shows a significant jump in the retention of first year students, he said.

Brailow said the college would love to stay consistently around 80 percent retention for first- to second-year students, as transfers and dropouts ultimately have a negative effect on the college.

“It’s expensive for the college,” Brailow said. “Of course, there’s a loss of revenue, so that’s costly.

But also we invest heavily in the students. We want them to succeed, and that’s really our mission.

So when a student leaves there’s a sense in which we’ve failed.”

There are varying reasons for students to drop out or transfer to other schools. Some leave for financial reasons, academic or athletic inadequacy, illnesses or a change of major. But not everyone falls under those categories.

“There are lots of reasons a student leaves, and we certainly want to be cognizant and supportive of a student that has to leave the college,” said Ellis Hall, dean of students.

There are two distinctions of dropouts. A student can either be withdrawing during the semester, in which they would have to be leaving classes, or non-returning, meaning he or she will finish the semester but not return after that.

Hall or another staff member conducts “exit interviews” with these students. These consist of series of

questions and procedures in order to ensure that the student can process out of the school successfully.

A withdrawing student must sign a document stating that they are withdrawing from the college. This allows personnel to remove them from his or her enrolled classes.

“Sometimes our response is to get them to where they need to be,” Hall said. He said he encourages students who are leaving because the college doesn’t offer the major they want to meet with Kirk Bixler and make sure their career paths are right for them.

“If there’s a way to address their concerns in a way that allows them to stay, great,” Hall said. “But we welcome the opportunity to assist students with their needs whether they’re leaving or staying.”

The college has programs focused on the analysis of student retention

rates and how to keep students coming back but some students have no choice but to leave the college.

“I think for now, we’re doing a lot of what needs to be done to make sure that as many students as possible can be successful,” Brailow said.

The college has goals for high retention but ultimately hopes that students can be successful no matter where they are, Hall said.

“Our goal is … to have students graduate,” he said. “So we want that to be a reality for every student. And we hope it can be here that they graduate, but if it can’t for some reason, we want to assist them in that transition in as favorable a way as possible.”

students who only pursue a degree in creative writing, rather than pairing it with another degree.

Creative writing is a minor at Franklin, and, thus, is not considered in Bixler’s survey. However, half of the 2014 English graduates had a full-time job, while the other half were split evenly among grad school and part-time employment.

Another liberal arts field, foreign language translators, is predicted to see a huge increase in the job market – 46 percent in the next ten years, according to BLS. “I’m thankful that Franklin requires students to take a foreign language, because I think it pushes the students to think outside the box,” sophomore Julia Dembroski said.

Dembroski is a sociology major, but began her time at Franklin as a French major. Like Peavey, Dembroski said she realized she would need additional education in order to make a career with a French degree, prompting her decision to change majors.

“I knew coming in to college that I wanted my salary to be close to or between about $40,000 to $50,000,” Dembroski said. “I also though about how I may need more education in order to obtain a higher-paying job in relation to French.”

The median pay for a translator is roughly $45,000.

Three students graduated with a French major in 2014, with two employed full-time, and one in a graduate program. Of the two 2014 Spanish graduates, one went to grad school, and the other was employed part-time at the time of the survey.

STEM fields, – science, technology, engineering and math – which typically grow faster than the arts, have seen a slight decrease in the number of jobs available. According to the Bureau, jobs for chemists will see a 6 percent decrease from now until 2022.

“The minimum amount of schooling is a bachelor’s degree,” said Maddie Parker, a junior chemistry major. “However, entry-level jobs for chemists are scarce. Most chem-

ists have masters or doctorates.”

The demand for chemists is only 2 percent, according to BLS, and the median salary in the field is nearly $78,000.

Of the 11 students who graduated from Franklin with a chemistry degree in 2014, 45 percent were employed full-time, and 55 percent were in a graduate program.

Despite changing job markets, the college continues to pride itself on its high job placement rates for graduates. At the time of the 2013 survey, only 3 percent of students were still seeking a job.

Based on the results of the 2014 survey, eight 2014 graduates who wanted a job did not have one. No department in 2014 had more than one student still seeking a job.

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businesses in a city. Begovich said almost every business has a PR department, but few have a need for a full-time reporter.

Begovich also said the job intensity for reporters can be higher than that of PR professionals.

“Journalists are having to do more with less resources,” Begovich said. “PR people think that journalists are the heroes of society.”

The PSJ had the highest number of graduates in 2014.

Other areas in the arts and humanities are seeing modest growth, as well. Jobs in the creative writing field, for example, are expected to grow by 3 percent.

Emma Peavey, a senior theatre major, said she chose to pursue a creative writing minor to supplement her theatre degree.

“As a theatre major, I have interests in the creative world, such as screenplays or writing for television,” Peavey said.

But Peavey said there is “probably not” a good job market for

Max Bomber, Jasmine Otam, Kiara Patton, James Reid and Jess Seabolt also contributed to this story.

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news Emergency callboxes provide safety, assistance to students

By Allison Groves

allison.groves@franklincollege.edu

If students are ever presented with an emergency on campus, they always have the option of using one of the emergency callboxes on campus.

For students who express concerns that the boxes do not work, Steve Leonard, director of security, said he has officially verified that all 17 boxes on campus are functional.

The campus security goes around once every other week to test and make sure every box does what it’s supposed to do when the button is pressed.

“The overall process of how the boxes work is very instantaneous,” Leonard said.

When a button is pressed, a tone will sound through the speaker and tell the person that campus security has been contacted. An officer will then get a prerecorded message saying a button has been pressed. During this message, the officer is also informed of the location of the emergency.

While heading to the location, the officer will switch to a radio and try to talk to the person that pressed the button. If the person presented with an emergency is able to, they can talk to the officer through the speaker on the box.

The boxes were originally installed in the fall of 2008. The campus started out with 15 boxes. Four years later, two more boxes were added.

“Originally we were looking at the Code Blue system, which is used on the Monon Trail, but, they were $10,000 a piece,” Leonard said. “We didn’t really want to spend that kind of money.”

After some research, a group on campus had the callboxes specially made for Franklin, costing $2,000 each.

“They have the same functionality as the Code Blue system,” Leonard said. “But they were much more affordable.”

The boxes are placed in strategic areas, Leonard said. A majority of the boxes are in parking lots and purposely leading people toward the center of campus.

On average, the boxes are used about once a month, for the purpose they are intended for. The most common call security gets from the boxes is from students locked out of cars or buildings.

Leonard said security does get more false alarms than legitimate calls.

He believes the calls are usually by

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There are 17 callboxes located around campus. These boxes are inspected every other week for damages. people not associated with the college and who are interested in the boxes.

Leonard said there are students that like to press the call buttons for pranks. While there is technically no fine that the security office can charge for this, students can be held accountable through the college’s judicial system.

The campus security does see value in the emergency callboxes.

Anytime a box is damaged, they are quick to get it back up and running.

In the future, Leonard is not sure they will look into a different emergency system. Unless the boxes are damaged beyond repair, Leonard believes they will probably stick with their current system.

“We want the best that we can have, but there’s limits,” Leonard said.

Information Technology Services provides cafeteria with new televisions

By Laura Olivo

maria.olivo@franklincollege.edu

Information Technology Services bought new televisisions for the cafeteria.

Larry Stoffel, director of ITS, started working at Franklin College a little less than a year ago and made the decision to update the televisions.

“Basically the ones that were there were pretty old and they were pretty heavy,” Stoffel said.

“And we noticed that they were up there secure, but it wasn’t as secure as when they first came up.”

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less than a year. He said ITS found out they were about 10 years old, and it was time to upgrade to bring the cafeteria up into the modern world.

“I like it,” freshman Colin O’Blenis said. “It gives us more of a modern look and more attractive to look at honestly. They’re better than a big fat box.”

Stoffel said there was no contract involved. It was a unanimous decision at ITS to get rid of the cathode ray tube televisions and put flat panel high-definition televisions in.

“The only thing is most of the TVs don’t move,” junior Mo Alro-

san said. “So the people that are sitting towards the side can’t see the TV, they barely can. So if they were moveable that’d be better.”

During Christmas time, Stoffel said ITS was looking for sales on televisions and they found some very good prices. They purchased five televisions and set them up in the cafeteria before the students returned from break.

Junior Trae Washington said he was caught off guard when he saw the new televisions.

“I don’t know how much money they spent on them,”

junior Eli Moore said. “But, I mean, it looks good in here.”

Stoffel said each television was about $250 each and that it is a decent price for a 40-inch television.

“I definitely appreciate it,” Washington said. “They’re an improvement, and they look nice.”

Stoffel said he and the ITS staff thought it was time for the Student Center to be upgraded for the students to be able to watch on a better screen.

“It’s real nice of them to do this just for the cafeteria,” freshman Brayden Woodard said.

news Candace Moseley uses classical music playlist as motivation to power walk

By Ashley Shuler

ashley.shuler@franklincollege.edu

You may have seen Candace Moseley, wife of president Jay Moseley, power walking around campus and wondered, “What’s she listening to?

How does she stay so motivated?”

Candace Moseley describes her song list as “really eclectic” because of the variety of music she enjoys.

Her playlist spans from French cabaret to classical concertos—songs uncommon enough to make Candace Moseley believe she is the only one at Franklin College with them on her list.

Downloads from artists like Glenn Miller, an American big band musician, remind Candace Moseley of her childhood. “(1940s music) was the music of my parents’ generation,” Candace Moseley said. “I like to listen to the music of that era when I want to remember my mother and dad.”

Her shuffle includes a few favorites like “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” and “I’ve Got Love” by Everett Greene, Indiana jazz and blues singer. On those recordings, Franklin honorary doctorate recipient Reverend Marvin Chandler plays the piano.

The songs remind Candace Moseley of the time Chandler and Green performed together as part of the doctorate service.

“It was wonderfully memorable,” Candace Mosley said.

For most of her adult life, Candace Moseley has been power walking and swimming—an activity where her waterproof iPad and earphones come in handy for listening to music.

“It is the best method I know for stress release,” Candace Moseley said. “And I feel so much better after I have exercised.”

Candace Moseley uses her grandchildren as motivation to stay in shape.

“I like to say, rather jokingly, that I want to stay in good condition so that I will be able to dance at my grandchildren’s weddings,” Candace Moseley said. “Since the oldest is only 11 and the youngest won’t even be two until this summer, I may not succeed in making this goal, but I will try.”

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Candace Moseley, wife of president Jay Moseley, is often seen power walking throughout campus. Candace Moseley said her playlist of classical songs and her young grandchildren give her the motivation to stay in shape.

Candace Moseley’s Top 10 Power Walking Playlist 1. “Scottish Fantasy” by Max Bruch

6. “Moonlight Serenade” by Glenn Miller

2. “Quintet in A” (also known as “The Trout” quintet) by Franz Schubert

7. “But Beautiful” by Frank Sinatra

3. “Violin concerto #1” by Saint Saens

8. “Long Ago and Far Away” by Jo Stafford

4. “La Vie En Rose” by Edith Piaf

9. “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” by Everett Greene

5. “Hymne A L’Amour” by Edith Piaf

10. “I’ve Got Love” by Everett Greene

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School, tennis, shoulder injuries, student teaching, being a Resident Assistant, running a 5K and being engaged all have one thing in common: senior Bethany Harris.

Harris went undefeated in singles matches on her way to being awarded as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Freshman of the Year.

Harris graduated from Avon High School – a school twice the size of Franklin College.

And she has not gone back to how she previously served.

“I graduated with just under 600 (students),” Harris said. “Coming to Franklin has been a big difference for me.”

Harris said that coming to Franklin College has been one of her best decisions so far.

“It has given me the opportunity to get involved with organizations that I might not have gotten involved with on a bigger campus,” Harris said.

Harris started playing tennis the summer before her seventh grade year and has done it ever since.

“I thought it would be something fun, and I fell in love with it in middle school,” she said.

Her senior year in high school was expected to be her greatest season of tennis, but shoulder injuries limited her to playing only half the season, causing her to undergo surgery the summer before coming to Franklin.

“I was really uncertain of if I was going to be able to play again,” Harris said.

She and Head Coach Rusty Hughes decided to switch things up a bit and work on serving underhand – something unconventional in a sport where speed and power are so key.

During her sophomore season, the team won conference and played in the NCAA tournament.

Harris is also helping coach the Shelbyville High School tennis team and has previously aided the Franklin Community High School team, as well.

Harris was also got engaged this past September to Colin Brown – a 2013 Franklin graduate who now works at Butler University.

Harris said she has been very busy, especially when juggling the planning for her June wedding with student teaching. She teaches kindergarteners at Coulston Elementary School in Shelbyville.

“I was very nervous about kindergarten to begin with,” she said.

“They honestly scared me a little bit, but I quickly fell in love with them and have had a great teacher.”

She has also been an RA for almost three years in Dietz.

Harris also just completed a 5K in downtown Indianapolis for the NCAA tournament.

“We [she and Brown] thought it would be fun since the Final Four was here, so why not run three miles?” Harris said.

“Your serve is supposed to be your weapon,” Harris said. “I’m known as ‘that girl that serves underhand.’”

And it worked.

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editorial Emily Metheny

Spring brings cleaning of rooms, social media Hopefully, people are letting the new spring season inspire them to clean out their rooms.

Another place people can do some spring cleaning is on there social media accounts. On Facebook, I have 656 friends. Most of them are from high school while others are from college.

As I prepare to graduate this May, I think it might be time to unfriend some people. Out of those 656 “friends,” I only talk to maybe half of them. Some of the people I never talk to only blow up my newsfeed with their negativity.

I don’t need that in my life.

I’m sorry about your life, but we are not close enough for me to help you. And from reading about your life, you would not accept my help even if I did offer it.

There are other people, however, that I love to see how they are doing. I like knowing that they are accomplishing goals that they talked about in high school. In a way, it’s inspiring to see them accomplish their dreams. And that’s why I want to keep everyone on my Facebook. I want to see the other people get help and get better. I want to see that my kindergarten friends are graduating.

Instead of unfriending, I may instead block some posts on my newsfeed from these people. If I do this, I can still pop over to their page every once in a while.

But, you know, some people are not a part of my life anymore, and they do not need to be able to see what I am doing with my life. Sometimes, I have to move on, and the only way that is possible is by removing them.

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New perspectives on sexual assault and autism can help students think deeper April is both Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Autism Awareness Month. Though they seem unrelated on the surface, the two have more in common than one might think.

Let’s start with the obvious: The aim of each is to raise awareness of the issues that marginalized groups of people face.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month wants to bring to light the realities of victims and survivors of sexual assault, as well as recognizing those who may be vulnerable to these attacks. Immediately we think of women, but it also forces us (hopefully) to understand that there are many different kinds of people who have suffered and will suffer from sexual assault.

Autism Awareness Month, on the other hand, aims to bring to light the various forms that autism spectrum disorders can take and the issues that people with autism face, while also celebrating the lives of people with autism and their families.

While these two issues can obviously stand alone, they can also work together. When we think of “sexual assault,” we often think only of the assault of able-bodied people who have no cognitive or developmental (or other) disabilities.

It’s not likely that we are quick to associate sexual assault with a person with disabilities because they don’t fit our “ideal” or “typical” image of a victim or survivor. This is why thinking of Sexual Assault Awareness and Autism Awareness as working together can be an important perspective to consider.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that

about 1 in 68 children has an autism spectrum disorder, occurring most frequently in boys (1 in 42 versus 1 in 189 girls), and the rate of diagnosis has been steadily increasing. As you can see, this is a fairly prevalent medical condition.

While there is not currently any data on how often people with autism spectrum disorders experience sexual assault, there is information about children with developmental disabilities. That is not to say that all spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities are the same or affect people in the same way, but they do often share similarities.

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, 15 percent of victims of rape and sexual assault are under the age of twelve. That being said, it is likely that the percentage is higher, because so many assaults go unreported, especially when the victim is a child. The article “Sexual Abuse of Children with Autism: Factors that Increase Risk and Interfere with Recognition of Abuse” states that children with developmental disorders are twice as likely to be sexually abused as children without.

Children with autism or other developmental disabilities can be more vulnerable to assault because they may have social and communicative challenges that may make it difficult for them to both know that they are unsafe and to report it after something happens. These children may also be mistakenly seen as “easily accessible” due to stereotypes of autism, putting them even more at risk.

Students of Franklin College, this might seem like vague or unnecessary information, but it can get us to

Our Position: The Franklin editorial board believes students should take time to consider new ways of thinking about issues that they may already be aware of. think outside of the box about what a victim or survivor of sexual assault looks like. Understanding who is at risk and who needs advocated for helps us in the battle to end this issue.

Considering different perspectives on things we already think we know about is important, as it can help us to increase, deepen and realize our actual understandings.

The editorial board represents the opinion of The Franklin and its staff members. The board meets once a week to discuss pressing issues relevant to Franklin College students. Meetings are moderated

by Ann Gilly, the opinion editor. Board members are seniors Emily Metheny and Olivia Covington and juniors Paige Clark and Caitlin Soard. Ellie Price, the executive editor, sits on the editorial board. If you have an issue you would like the editorial board to consider, please feel free to email Ann Gilly at ann.gilly@franklincollege.edu.

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provs. con Senior projects

Caitlin Soard

The English language totes changes, y’all need to chill

Each major has a different method of testing seniors’ competency. The journalism department has its seniors do projects.

Ann Gilly: The Franklin

Senior projects use up time, energy

Senior projects allow students to show off

Emily Metheny

Olivia Covington

One week ago, Seth Morin and I submitted our senior journalism project. Last Saturday, I slept for over 10 hours because I felt, for the first time in a long time, that I actually had time to breathe.

Senior projects may seem like a necessary evil.

It’s like, yeah, I want to show you that I know everything. But the problem is that the timing is terrible. In spring, seniors are working on securing jobs and applying for graduate school.

What’s more important? Having a job after graduation or not graduating?

For me, that’s a hard question, because I don’t want to be a graduate without a job at commencement. On the other hand, because I do want to graduate, I have to focus much of my time and energy on a project. I have little desire to move home after graduation because I want to begin the next part of my life. To do that, I need a job. But to get a job, I need to pass.

After adding on all this work, I am still a full-time student with several campus jobs, positions in organizations and an internship. On top of all that, spring is the time everything happens at Franklin.

Everything. Have you looked at the calendar? This is my last hurrah — I don’t want to miss out.

At the end of the day, I am happy to have completed the project. I have a nice portfolio piece, and, most importantly, I realized how much my fellow seniors and I care for and support each other. This project was hard and time consuming, but having other seniors rooting for and encouraging you is amazing.

One week ago I finished my journalism senior project, and I have to tell you something — it was hard.

It wasn’t hard in a, “I can’t do this!” kind of way, but more like a, “Wow, this is a lot of work,” way.

Because journalism seniors don’t take written comps, the project entails a lot. You have to write a story, make a video, do at least two other things – radio, graphics, photos, etc. – and you have to put it all together on a website.

It doesn’t sound like a ton of work until you really get started and realize all the research you have to do before you can even start putting together the presentation.

But despite the stress and long hours of work (someone spent 25 hours on this project before they stopped counting), I actually loved my project. I was very interested in my topic, and I had the chance to show off my reporting skills. Isn’t that what journalism is about?

For journalism students, it really makes more sense to do a project than take a written exam. When you’re out in the field, you’re going to be reporting, shooting videos and taking photos. How effective would a test be in measuring those real-life skills? Not very.

So for all you future journalism seniors, take heart.

“The Project,” as it’s now becoming known, is hard, but it’s not impossible. It just forces you to do your job, so take pride in that, because it’s your last chance to shine.

Life has changed incredibly quickly in the last 20 or so years. We carry the entire Internet around in our pocket, whereas 20 years ago we had dial-up at best.

Technology has changed so rapidly that my generation’s childhood seems like practically a different century. And along with these advances, language changed.

The English language has never been a static, unchanging thing.

New words and definitions are added into dictionaries every year. For example, the word “selfie” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013.

If language didn’t change, we wouldn’t change either. Purists say words like “selfie,” or slang like “totes” and “bae” are going to be the downfall of our language. But, that’s also what was said when the pencil was invented. Teachers said it would be the end of writing as we knew it – that nobody would ever be able to properly use a slate again. However, today, we couldn’t imagine a world without pencils.

Surprise, something new didn’t hurt us.

Additionally, use of slang reflects the way that we – particularly young people – speak to one another. Writing is typically supposed to convey that, unless you’re writing an academic paper.

Then you might want to stay away from calling something “fire.”

Shakespeare invented hundreds of words that we now use all the time (pickle, for example).

I’m sure people sneered at these new words back when they were invented, but, eventually people chilled out and started using them.

So why not just be chill now?

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sports Senior farewell

Emily Metheny

Senior year swims by quickly In swimming, we have a saying: “Last one, fast one.” I first heard it when my coach said it nonchalantly at practice in fourth grade.

Now, it couldn’t be anymore true.

These fours years have really sped by, but I have the experiences and connections to show that I was really here.

One experience was that I got to be on the swim team when we won our first meet ever, and then when we won with combined points overall at the Liberal Arts Championship.

Not only was that unbelievably amazing, but these are just two of my many experiences.

Senior year is so busy with classes, comps, job searching, senior projects, events and everything else Franklin students do, but for some reason, this year just goes by so much faster. Besides the stereotypical “savor the moment” advice, I have one more little tidbit for underclassmen.

Do not be afraid to ask for help, assistance or guidance. People here care and want to see you succeed.

A lot of my experiences and opportunities came about because I asked faculty or staff to help or guide me.

And the best part?

I know faculty and staff are still willing to sit down with me and help me achieve my goals.

On top of that, once I graduate, I know they will still be rooting me on as I accomplish my dreams.

So take them up on it by initiating the conversation. Senior year goes by faster because it is the last one.

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Junior Paige Clark plays in a lacrosse game against St. Vincent on March 15.

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Franklin lacrosse wrapping up its first varsity season

By Ben Brown

benjamin.brown@franklincollege.edu

The women’s lacrosse team is finishing out its first varsity season Monday in a makeup game against Waynesburg.

At this point in the season, the team has tallied three victories. The team sits in sixth place in the Ohio River Lacrosse Conference. Only the top four teams will compete in the conference tournament.

Currently Thiel and Transylvania sit in the third and fourth spot.

The Grizzlies play both of these teams in their final three matches.

“It’s really important for us to win these last three games in order for us to decide our fate to get into the conference tournament,” sophomore Morgan McIntosh said prior to the game Tuesday.

“With three wins we will be seeded fourth in the tournament.”

The team was unable to pull off a victory Tuesday losing to Transyl-

vania 17-5. The victory puts Transylvania at 5-2 on the season. They currently hold the final tournament spot and have three games remaining.

The Grizzlies could tie this record if they win the remaining games and Transylvania loses the rest.

Looking ahead to their next match, McIntosh is expecting the Grizzlies to have a very good shot against Thiel on Saturday.

“They’re a very good team on both ends of the field, and if we’re on our game we can win for sure,” McIntosh said.

With this being Franklin’s first year in the conference, making the tournament would be a huge accomplishment for them.

“It would be an amazing opportunity as a first-year program to show that you can’t count out the underdog right away,” McIntosh said.

The team, having only won three games, just had its two-game win streak snapped by Transylvania.

Sophomore Hannah Grow leads the team this season with 19 total goals.

She tallied her career high of six goals in the match against Defiance.

Sophomore Lexi Ingram has 13 goals on the season and junior Paige Clark has 14 goals. Clark has also added 24 ground balls and caused 16 turnovers for the team.

McIntosh said she thought the team had a really good start to its first season.

“I think we just mainly need to work on putting all the pieces together on both halves of the field,” she said. “Our technical ability and stick skills have really come along this season and have made us a hard team to beat.”

sports Men’s baseball still holding onto tournament hopes

Weekly Recap

By Seth Morin

April 10

seth.morin@franklincollege.edu

The baseball team is struggling through a losing season that did not live up to its players’ high hopes.

Although the team boasts one of the highest winning percentages among teams on campus this season, its 12-15 record does not reflect that.

“The season has went well but has not met our expectations,” said senior Mitch Frey, who leads the team with a .395 batting average. “Our baseball team has had a long history of success, and we want to continue that success.”

Frey secured 10 doubles and scored 28 runs so far in the season – a tie for the most on the team.

After last weekends split with Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference leader Earlham College, the team now stands 5-9 in conference play.

The team won the first game of the doubleheader 5-2, but followed it up with a 3-1 loss.

“The split was good since we won against the top team in the conference,” Frey said. “However the loss in the second game could

Men’s Baseball Franklin vs. Earlham L, 13-1

Women’s Softball Franklin vs. Hanover L, 4-0 Franklin vs. Hanover L, 8-4

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Franklin vs. Earlham W, 5-2 Franklin vs. Earlham L, 3-1

Women’s Softball Junior Hayden Cleveland throws a pitch last weekend against Earlham College. have been avoided by executing offensively and defensively.”

The team will be hosting Transylvania Friday and Saturday for a three-game home series, which is a part of a 20-conference-game stretch.

“We have had a rough start but are focused on playing our best baseball these last couple of weeks to make the tournament and hopefully compete for a championship,” Frey said.

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With the losing record, there is some room for improvement.

“We hit the ball well and play good defense,” Frey said. “Our pitching has been phenomenal. We just need each player to execute their own role, and if everyone can do that, the team will have more success as a whole.”

Track and Field

Indiana Division III Championships Women finished 1st of 7 teams Men finished 6th of 7 teams

Men’s Tennis Franklin vs. Earlham W, 5-4

Track and field prepares for Rose-Hulman Twilight Inivtational

By Jay Siskin

kevin.siskin@franklincollege.edu

The men and women’s track and field teams hope to continue their outdoor season at the Rose-Hulman Twilight in Terre Haute, Indiana on Friday.

Franklin is coming off strong and individual performances this past weekend at the Indiana Division III Championships at DePauw this past Saturday. The men’s team recorded seven top-five performances and the women’s team set two Division III Championship meet records while on their way to a win.

The Lady Grizzlies won seven events to win the outdoor meet. Senior Anna Murdock was honored as the Most Outstanding Female Athlete of the event. She set a meet record by winning the 1,500-meter run and also finished first in the 800-meter run.

Franklin vs. Manchester W, 11-4 Franklin vs. Manchester W, 9-1

April 12 Men’s Tennis Franklin vs. Transylvania W, 6-3

Women’s Golf The Franklin’s 4-x-100 meter relay team set a meet record with a win (51.02).

Senior Rachel Lucas was able to win the 400-meter dash by a narrow margin.

After the win, Lucas says the expectations of the Rose-Hulman Twilight are a little bit higher.

“I always set high expectations for myself,” Lucas said.

“But my goal is always to keep improving time each week.”

Lucas said the team goals were also raised after its impressive outing.

“They are definitely higher now,” Lucas said. “It just makes it much more exciting to see what we can achieve.”

A solid runner-up finish in the 10,000-meter run by senior

Blake Albrecht led the men’s team. Franklin was able to finish sixth in the meet altogether.

Senior Clay Warner said he hopes the team can keep up the positive performances heading into the Rose-Hulman Twilight this Friday.

“We hope that we can continue to get healthy put up some high seed marks,” Warner said.

The senior has some individual expectations as well. He wants to prove that he can still compete at a high level.

“I would like to put some big jumps to show I am still a contender for a conference title,” Warner said.

The meet begins at 4:30 p.m. on Friday at the Rose-Hulman track.

Illinois Weslayan Spring Fling Franklin finished 17th

Women’s Softball Franklin vs. Oberlin W, 7-1 Franklin vs. Oberlin W, 10-0

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Women’s Lacrosse Franklin vs. Transylvania L, 17-5

Women’s Softball

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What is your favorite thing to paint?

“I mean, I’ve got a lot of roses on the wall, so I guess that must be one of them, but I guess my favorite genre woud be still life.”

Senior Emily Campbell at her student art show

Emily Metheny: The Franklin

What are your favorite things?

“My favorite things in the world are squirrels, French fries, my dad’s sandals and Mom.”

Emily Metheny: The Franklin

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Zoë, the dog, via senior Taylor Thompson, her owner