The DePauw | Tuesday, March 6, 2012

WOMEN’S LACROSSE With the hire of new coach, women’s lacrosse team to join NCAC for 2012-2013 season. See pg. 11.

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

Indiana’s Oldest College Newspaper

VOL. 160, ISSUE 35

President touches on academic freedom

By MATTHEW CECIL

PHOTO COURTESY OF RICHARD WALSH

news@thedepauw.com

Tragedy unites 22 students to help southern Indiana community

By BECCA STANEK news@thedepauw.com

Vehicles haphazardly thrown atop rooftops, buildings torn in half, trucks flipped over and homes transformed into piles of debris confronted DePauw volunteers as they arrived in Henryville Saturday.

Hours after a powerful tornado nearly leveled the southern Indiana town of Henryville, 22 DePauw students piled into cars to make the two and a half hour journey to the site of the disaster to lend a helping hand.

“The tornado hit so close to home, I felt compelled to help,” said freshman Richard Walsh, who organized the volunteer group. “I know there was nothing that we had scheduled to do on our Saturday that was more important than reaching out to this community.”

After receiving a phone call from his grandmother, a Red Cross volunteer in Ohio, on Friday night regarding the disaster, Walsh decided to take action. He contacted the Bonner Scholar Program for approval of the project and then reached out to students, inviting them to make the

trip to Henryville.

The students departed from campus Saturday morning at 8 a.m., bringing along nine bags of clothing donations and many helping hands. When the group arrived they were not immediately allowed to enter the city. They were instead redirected to the Jefferson Red Cross Station, where they participated in a basic training orientation.

“When we arrived, we were sent to a local Church for an orientation,” said sophomore Chelsea Naylor, who helped Walsh to organize the event.

“I was shocked by how packed the church was. It was literally packed with volunteers responding to the disaster that had happened not even 24 hours previously.”

After the orientation students went to various centers to help begin sorting supplies and donations for the victims.

“Sorting donations might not have been the most gallant task to do, but it definitely made a difference,” Naylor said. “We had such a large group that we were able to make a bigger impact and do jobs much more quickly than they could have been done otherwise.”

Later in the afternoon, eight students were able

to go into Henryville to help relief teams. The group was shocked by the destruction by which they were confronted. Highways, buildings and homes lay in shambles, completely destructed.

“Oh man, nothing can compare,” said senior Vincent Aguirre, who stayed overnight helping with relief efforts. “Seeing the destruction, it was the strangest feeling. Words can’t describe it. It was like a scene from a movie. It was just unreal.”

“It was a really emotional experience,” Walsh said. “It’s hard to talk about. It was just so hard to see the destruction and know that there might still be bodies underneath the rubble.”

While the students believe that they did make an impact, there is still a significant amount of work to be done before the community is livable.

The group is currently making plans to return to Henryville next weekend.

“I am so glad that I had the opportunity to meet such a phenomenal group of people and to make a difference,” Naylor said. “You could see the gratitude on people’s faces. Our help was wanted and appreciated. The bigger the group is, the bigger the impact. I will definitely go again.”

“I know there was nothing that we had scheduled to do on our Saturday that was more important than reaching out to this community.” — Richard Walsh, freshman

President Brian Casey took time during the monthly faculty meeting Monday afternoon to speak generally about the controversy surrounding academic freedom and the comments of a university professor in an investigative journalism class last month.

“This has been a challenging period for the institution and for me personally,” Casey said.

Casey wouldn’t comment on the specific incident nor elaborate on whether he supported or disapproved of the professor’s comments.

Still, he offered non-specific support of “unfettered academic discourse.”

“DePauw...relies on the fundamental principle of academic freedom,” Casey said. “This administration recognizes this principle, endorses it and defends it.”

Andrew Hayes, a theater and communications professor, asked Casey if there would be any public forums among the students or faculty.

“I think it may alleviate some fears and anxieties that a number of the faculty members have and may not have expressed to you today,” Hayes said. “Clarity is something that we’re after in terms of moving forward should something like this happen again. Have we got procedures in place to make everyone feel better than I think we felt about how the process went this time?”

Hayes and Casey talked after the meeting, but the professor said he thought many faculty members still operated in a climate of uncertainty.

Casey later said that he didn’t plan to hold any open-forum discussions for students or the university community in response to the incident but may talk more with faculty. He also encouraged faculty members to approach him with any questions or comments.

In the over 90-minute meeting, Casey also shared a presentation he made for the board

Faculty | continued on page 3

the depauw | campus news

PAGE 2

TDP

www.thedepauw.com

Excise to crack down on underage drinking at DePauw

By BECCA STANEK news@thedepauw.com

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012 VOL. 160, ISSUE 35 Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors Chief Copy Editor Chief Visual Editor News Editors Asst. News Editor Asst. Copy Editor Features Editor

Chase Hall Dana Ferguson Ellen Kobe Stephanie Sharlow Margaret Distler Becca Stanek Matthew Cecil Abby Margulis Bri Scharfenberg Alicia Tutini

Opinion Editor Sports Editor Photo Editor Asst. Photo Editor Multimedia Editor Multimedia ITAP intern Multimedia staff Social Media Editor Page Design

Eli Cangany Joe Fanelli Emily Green Hoang Nguyen Jenna Buehler Alex Sroka Mami Oyamada Ellaree Swim Lizzie Hineman Ashlee Isaac

Business Manager Advertising Managers

Camron Burns Chris Jennings Connor Stallings Chase Cooper Grace Kestler

Ad Designer

@thedepauw / thedepauw THE DEPAUW: (USPS 150-120) is a tabloid published most Tuesdays and Fridays of the school year by the DePauw University Board of Control of Student Publications. The DePauw is delivered free of charge around campus. Paid circulation is limited to mailed copies of the newspaper.

THE HISTORY: In its 160th year, The DePauw is Indiana’s oldest college newspaper, founded in 1852 under the name Asbury Notes. The DePauw is an independent, not-for-profit organization and is fully staffed by students.

THE BUSINESS: The DePauw reserves the right to edit, alter or reject any advertising. No specific positions in the newspaper are sold, but every effort will be made to accommodate advertisers. For the Tuesday edition, advertising copy must be in the hands of The DePauw by 5 p.m. the preceding Sunday; for the Friday edition, the copy deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The DePauw Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media 609 S. Locust St., Greencastle, IN 46135 Editor-in-Chief: 630-675-9477 | editor@thedepauw.com Subscriptions: business@thedepauw.com Advertising: advertising@thedepauw.com Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, we’ll break your printers.

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

Greencastle is one of three college communities targeted by Indiana State Excise Police’s newly launched initiative, Intensified College Enforcement or ICE, designed to reduce underage drinking.

The program, created by the Indiana State Excise Police and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, will place Excise officers in plainclothes and uniforms in locations where underage possession or consumption of alcohol is more likely to occur.

Plainclothes officers will monitor bars, restaurants, liquor stores, grocery stores and other businesses that sell alcoholic beverages.

ICE began Feb. 6 and will continue through the end of the spring semester at DePauw, Ball State University in

Muncie, Ind. and Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. The program determined target areas based off of results from a student survey.

“They said that they asked students to complete a survey and then went from there in selecting their target areas,” said Cindy Babington, vice president for student life. “They are targeting the most significant pockets of underage drinking for extra enforcement.”

According to the Indiana State Excise Police, the ICE initiative is intended to “expand previous efforts to reduce underage possession and use of alcohol in these communities.” The main offenses that the initiative will target include illegal possession and consumption of alcohol, providing alcohol to minors, possession and use of fake IDs and driving while under the influence of alcohol, according to the Indiana State

Excise Police website.

The program will also focus on alcohol education.

Director of Public Safety Angela Nally believes that partnering of enforcement and education are effective methods to containing the campus alcohol issues.

“We continue to be concerned about high risk drinking behaviors and the use of hard alcohol,” Nally said. “We are seeing more instances where students are drinking several shots within just a few minutes, causing their blood alcohol content levels to spike. Students are reporting memory loss with functionality more frequently. This is concerning because intoxicated subjects are vulnerable in this state of intoxication.

When and if incidents occur, they have no memory of what has happened.”

According to Nally, Public Safety at DePauw is not aware how frequently the

excise officers will be coming, or when they will be here.

While citations have been made since the program began in February at Ball State University and Indiana University, excise officers have not shown a strong presence at DePauw.

“I think that having excise on campus will make students more aware that underage drinking is against the law,” Babington said. “The enforcement will just be another piece of holding people accountable.”

A representative from the Indiana State Excise Police was not able to be reached before press time. There has also been little interaction between their office and DePauw administration.

Because of this, no information was available regarding an exact increase in presence on DePauw’s campus.

Student government evaluation committee releases first report

By DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com

A committee of five stood before the student assembly in Meharry Hall Sunday night to present its report regarding the various chambers of student government. The committee announced with a laugh one of its discoveries: Too many people spend time on Facebook rather than paying attention during meetings.

Committee members include seniors Ellen Clayton, Jason Blasdel and Roy Leaf, juniors Jonathan Rosario and Crystal Depay and freshman Alex Lemna. They were selected for their involvement in student government as well as other university groups to assess the chambers of student government through observation and reporting.

Members of the committee sat in on one meeting of the senate, the executive body, the allocations board and the student assembly. Following the observational period, the five sat down for two hours to write a report on their initial findings.

The group concluded that the two greatest issues for student government are communication and collaboration.

“A lot of things are very divided, and they’re meant to be — there’s senate, there’s representatives, there’s executives — but communication between those three, communication with the

people, really needs to be improved,” Clayton said.

The report recommends a retreat for student government members so that they can get to know one another and feel more comfortable communicating within as well as between chambers.

“...communication between those three (student government branches), communication with the people, really needs to be improved.”

-Ellen Clayton, senior

Student body president senior Charles Pierre said he disagreed with some aspects of the report as communication between chambers has improved vastly in his time in office as compared to the communication in previous years.

“There’s been a collaborative effort on every issue that we’ve sponsored, so I was a little taken aback by that,” Pierre said. “I think that if the GEC (Government Evaluation Committee) had done a little bit more homework, they would have realized that fact.”

The committee also recommended

that student government continue to reach out to the student body in order to let students know what exactly they are working on. They commended senior senator Samantha Wong for reaching out to fraternities and sororities in order to gain recognition for a white paper regarding sexual assault that she is working on.

Clayton and committee chair senior Roy Leaf referred to this practice as “bringing student government out of student government” so that students are able to have a better grasp of what student government is doing.

Pierre said student government has already began implementing many of the ideas brought forth by the committee. Some of these ideas overlapped with ideas student government already had for bettering itself.

“It’s nice to see, not necessarily the redundancy of it, but we thought of something similar to the group so I guess our thinking was great,” Pierre said.

One such area that student government sought to improve prior to the committee’s recommendation was allowing members of the student assembly to discuss prevalent issues during an open forum period at each student assembly meeting.

The first open forum occurred during Sunday night’s meeting and resulted in sparse comments.

“The conversation wasn’t as engaging to begin with, but I think that it got the ball rolling for the rest of the semester,” Pierre said.

The Government Evaluation Committee initially set out to report on the allocations board, but decided that the issue was “particularly complicated” and as a result decided to do further reporting before releasing any formal statements.

Clayton said publishing a report on the allocations board on Friday along with the other reports would not have been helpful as it would be too narrow in spectrum. She also said that because the board controls so much funding and is currently in the public eye, the committee needed to proceed with caution in reporting.

“We did sort of save it for the last because it’s the one we’re all sort of dreading, and it’s a pretty difficult issue, so we decided to put it off,” Clayton said. “It’s not over, but we decided to go deeper and report.”

Clayton said the report regarding the allocations board will be released in coming weeks and that she believes the results of her committee’s investigation will have a profound impact.

“I really think it will be fruitful,” Clayton said. “These suggestions have the potential to make a very positive change.”

the depauw | campus news

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

Faculty | cont’d. from page 1

President Brian Casey speaks at the monthly faculty meeting Monday afternoon. Casey gave the same presentation that he delivered at the board of trustees’ winter meeting. Casey also discussed academic freedom in light of the recent controversy involving a professor’s lesson in an investigative reporting class. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW

of trustees at its winter meeting elaborating on university finances with Brad Kelsheimer, vice president for finance and administration.

Kelsheimer said the 20122013 fiscal year will see the last drop in the endowment as a result of the 2008 global financial crisis.

Tuition revenue for the next fiscal year will also jump almost $1 million, according to preliminary figures.

Looking ahead, Kelsheimer said he predicts net tuition per student, the average amount each student pays, to increase to $24,700 in 2020 from its current $15,800.

Casey and David Harvey, vice president for academic af-

Prospectives descend for Honors and Fellows weekend

WEATHER REPORT

Change into a lighter coat this week because warmer weather is on the way. There’s a chance of rain later in the week, so you might want your umbrella handy on Thursday.

Weather courtesy of www.weatherchannel.com

HIGH: 59° F

LOW: 43° F

HIGH: 63° F

LOW: 51° F

“If an event like this happened tomorrow, I’m not sure we’ve learned enough from it.”

—Professor Andrew Hayes

“When you sit in my chair you try to see how things are going and how we can do things better, where are we.”

—President Brian Casey

Lilly Center may receive a face lift

By DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com

The Lilly Center will receive a new addition as early as this summer, pending the collection of sufficient funds to complete the project.

Student body president senior Charles Pierre walked into a meeting with the new Director of Athletics Stevie Baker-Watson last week expecting to extend congratulations. The conversation quickly turned as Baker-Watson brought up plans for the Lilly Center.

“What was supposed to be a congratulatory meeting on behalf of student government quickly became a brainstorming session about ways that we could start bringing students into the conversation regarding all things athletics,” Pierre said.

Pierre said Baker-Watson is hoping

to involve students in the planning process and will work with a select group of students on deciding what the new wing will hold and what students hope to see changed in the athletic facilities.

“There is no plan as to what they want yet,” Pierre said. “It will be up to the students to decide what they want to see in this new place and that’s what’s going to happen, honestly.”

The proposed addition will have little impact on the remainder of the building, but will jut outwards from the buildings north side, where there is currently an expanse of grass and a patio.

Pierre said students interested in joining the committee are encouraged to contact him directly.

FRIDAY

greencastle

ence to be on the other side of the interviewing process,” Bennett said. “It was one of those unique experiences that DePauw has to offer students. We interviewed a lot of driven and bright students and hopefully will get a great class of Management Fellows.”

Prospective students were likewise impressed by the weekend and happy that they visited.

Erin Horne, a prospective student from Arlington Heights, Ill. enjoyed getting the chance to learn more about the Media Fellows program.

“I really liked getting the opportunity to see what the program is like,” Horne said. “I’m glad I got the opportunity to meet students who I will potentially be going to school with for the next four years.”

fairs, also discussed the expansion of the School of Music, which will increase enrollment next year by 10 to 15 students to fill out music ensembles.

The faculty approved two new courses, a 200-level political science topics course and the introductory-level “Reading as Writers.”

Dean of Faculty Kerry Pannell announced that the university had nominated professors Greg Schwipps, Michele Villinski and Dan Gurnon for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching U.S. professor of the year.

Professors Julia Bruggemann and Angela Castaneda were both awarded with the United Methodist Exemplary Teaching Award, also known as the most inspirational teacher for 2011.

THURSDAY

DePauw’s campus was buzzing with excitement and nerves last weekend as prospective students interviewed for university honors and fellowship programs.

The weekend was well attended, with students auditioning for the School of Music, taking tours and interviewing for Media Fellows, Management Fellows, Environmental Fellows, Honor Scholars, Science Research Fellows and ITAP. “I think the weekend went splendidly,” said professor Kevin Moore, director of the Honors Scholars program. “It was a big success. The admission process did a great job arranging it. I had several parents’ approach me saying the event [Sunday] was the best

experience they had at any other college that they have visited so far.”

Current students thought the weekend was a great experience for themselves and the prospective students as well.

Amanda Bernardin, a junior in the Media Fellows program, assisted with the weekend on Sunday. She stated that the talent of the group of prospective students impressed her.

“The weekend went really well,” Bernardin said. “A lot of the prospective had a lot of interest and previous experience from different mediums.”

Management Fellow and junior Erica Bennett participated in the student panel and helped to conduct interviews. She enjoyed participating in the weekend’s event and is looking forward to meeting next year’s class.

“It was a great learning experi-

WEDNESDAY

news@thedepauw.com

TUESDAY

By ABBY MARGULIS

PAGE 3

HIGH: 52° F

LOW: 36° F

HIGH: 52° F

LOW: 36° F

the depauw | campus news

PAGE 4

Sociology professor’s ‘excellence’ honored

By LEANN BURKE news@thedepauw.com

The North Central Sociological Association Teaching Committee (NCSA) recently honored Rebecca Bordt, associate professor of sociology at DePauw, with the 2012 John F. Schnabel Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award.

A little over a week ago, Bordt received an email from the NCSA informing her that she was chosen to be the recipient of the award. The annual award given by the association recognizes excellence in some activity enhancing the teaching of sociology for the NCSA or within the North Central region.”

“It’s an especially nice honor because the NCSA has played an important role in my professional development,” Bordt said.

A colleague of Bordt’s, Indiana University Professor Brian Powell, nominated Bordt for the award, submitting a packet that included curriculum vitae, sample syllabi and student opinion forms from some of Bordt’s recent classes. Powell also included her publications on teaching and learning and acquired letters of support from Bordt’s colleagues at DePauw, as well as people who have read and used her publications on teaching.

Bordt met Powell through a pro-

gram Powell created called Preparing Future Faculty Program. The program connects Indiana University graduate students interested in a liberal arts teaching position with mentors currently in the liberal arts area. The students shadow their mentor for a year to get an idea of what working in a liberal arts environment entails.

Bordt has mentored several IU students in the sociology field over the last decade.

According to the NCSA website, the main criterion for the Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award showing some form of excellence and achievement in the teaching of sociology. The criteria are flexible in an effort allow creative and innovative ideas. Nomination is open to individuals, programs, departments, and institutions in the NCSA region, which includes eastern Illinois, western Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ontario, Canada.

Past students of Bordt seconded the NCSA’s positive regards of her teaching abilities.

Junior Chris Taljan took Contemporary Society with Bordt last spring.

“Sociologists have a very different way of looking at the world,” Taljan said. “As a math and geosciences major, looking at society from different perspectives can be difficult. Professor Bordt’s very direct teaching style pre-

news@thedepauw.com

One of Inc.’s list of “30 Under 30: America’s Coolest Entrepreneurs” and recent DePauw graduate Kyle Smitely will speak Wednesday as part of the 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.

After graduating from DePauw in 2007 with majors in geosciences and philosophy, Smitely began her own clothing line. The line, Barley & Birch, features organic clothing that is carbon neutral in production for children.

Entrepreneur Kyle Smitely ‘07 of As of last year, the company has Barley & Birch will speak Wednesday become a foundation extending its at 8 p.m. in Meharry Hall. COURTESY OF generosity to schools and clinics.

DEPAUW.EDU

CAMPUSCRIME March 2 • Reckless driving • Under investigation | Time: 8:09 p.m. | Place: Anderson Street March 3 • Public Indecency • Made contact with house representation/verbal warning issued | Time: 12:58 a.m. | Place: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity • Criminal mischief to vending machine • Pending | Time: 9:40 a.m. | Place: Humbert Hall • Hazard — debris falling from roof • Forwarded to Facilities Management | Time: 5:03 p.m. | Place: Asbury Hall

Rebecca Bordt, associate professor of sociology, teaches a Social Theory course on Monday. Bordt earned the 2012 John F. Schnabel Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW sented the facts in a black-and-white way. I got a lot out of the class.”

Sophomore Vanessa Maxwell, a current student in Bordt’s criminology class, echoed Taljan’s positive remarks.

“The class I’m currently in (criminology) is especially interesting because it’s not something most people think about,” Maxwell said. “Her classes are easy to follow. When I miss a class, I know the information I missed, and it’s easy to catch back up.”

Bordt will receive the Distin-

guished Contribution to Teaching Award at the NCSA’s annual conference. The conference will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 1315. After the conference, Bordt will be featured on the NCSA website as the 2012 recipient of the award.

“I’m very grateful for the award,” Bordt said. “Also, I think that receiving this teaching award is a sign of having had the luxury of teaching really great students.”

Next 175th series speaker one of ‘America’s Coolest Entrepreneurs’

By ABBY MARGULIS

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

Smitley has also opened an organization in Haiti to self-fund an orphanage and open its first school within the last year. The Barley & Birch foundation will also open Haiti’s first-ever children’s and prenatal clinic.

Along with being honored in 2009 by Inc. in their listing of “30 Under 30: America’s Coolest Entrepreneurs,” Smitely was also recently featured on The Huffington Post’s “Greatest Person of the Day.” Smitely got her start in the clothing industry when she completed a research internship in Washington, D.C. in 2007 at a clothing boutique.

She will be on campus for a couple days, not only speaking in the lecture series but also meeting

with various students in classes, speaking at a luncheon with alumni Ryan Tinker ‘09, and hosting mock interviews.

Jennifer Soster, a faculty member in the Alumni Relations department and organizer of the speech, believes students will be very interested in hearing what Smitley has to share.

“We thought she would be someone our students would find of great interest in terms of what she is doing professionally,” Soster said.

Smitley will speak on the benefits of hard work and discuss her journey from her days at DePauw to where she is today.

The program will take place Wednesday, March 7 at 8 p.m. in Me-

• Theft of iPod • Unsecured/pending | Time: 6:20 p.m. | Place: Lilly Center • Abandoned vehicle • Vehicle tagged as abandoned/towed at owner’s expense | Time: 11:00 p.m. | Place: Hogate Hall parking lot March 4 • Theft of iPad • Pending | Time: 4:00 a.m. | Place: Bloomington Street Hall • Noise — loud music • Forwarded to IFC | Time: 12:38 a.m. | Place: Sigma Chi fraternity • Assist Greencastle Fire Department — Hazard • fire department took call | Time: 1:24 a.m. | Place: Taylor Place • Property damage accident • Report filed | Time: 1:55 p.m. | Place: Hanna/ Jackson Streets

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS The article “No answer from administration, conversation continues” in the Friday, March 2 issue of The DePauw incorrectly identified Emily Richmond as a reporter for The Atlantic.

Richmond is the public editor for the Education Writers Association. You can find her story at www.educatedreporter.com.

In the same story we incorrectly spelled Jon Fortt “John.”

In the graph “Graduation rates for black males at DePauw in past ten years,” in the Friday, March 2 issue the X axis was incorrectly labelled “Graduation year,” when it should have been labelled, “Incoming year.”

the depauw | features

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

PAGE 5

TODAY IN HISTORY

INTERN ADVENTURES

Ghana’s freedom shows us tradition and modernism

Making a debut appearance on national television

LEAH FREESTONE

F

ifty-five years ago today, Ghana (formerly known as the Gold Coast) declared independence from British colonial rule. In doing so, it became the first sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence from European Colonialism.

While this milestone in Africa’s history was groundbreaking, Ghana’s independence was not merely a celebratory sigh of relief. The journey to and immediately following independence was filled with political conflict not only between the new nation and Britain, but also among Ghanaians themselves.

As independence transitioned from an ambitious ideal into a realistic and likely revolution, two strong political groups emerged to lead the way: The National Liberation Movement (NLM) led by Kofi Busia and the Convention People’s Party (CPP) led by Kwame Nkrumah. Both groups strove for independence but disagreed on one critical aspect of the new nation’s government: The presence of chieftaincy.

The institution of chieftaincy had been prevalent in the Gold Coast for generations, but became the center of controversy as independence drew closer. The NLM felt that chieftaincy’s continuance in the new nation was vital to maintaining their traditional ways of governing while the CPP and Nkrumah believed that it was too outdated and inefficient for Ghana to achieve any success as a new nation.

At its core, chieftaincy had many systematic flaws in the eyes of a modern government, but it also had many advantages over a typical democracy. The system of hierarchal chiefs was often criticized for frequent nepotistic behavior, but it was also usually considered an institution in which the rulers (chiefs) were much closer to the people whom they were actually ruling over.

In 1949, Nkrumah founded the CPP after a year of rapid popularity among a variety of working class groups. He spoke out against the British oppressive rule and claimed that the Gold Coast was ready to become its own nation

right now. He was also a strong proponent of Pan-Africanism — a movement directed towards the liberation and unification of all Africans.

Nkrumah was an eloquent orator and gained much of his popularity from this quality. His party even won the first British-organized election in 1951 even though he was currently in prison for organizing a series of boycotts and strikes the year before.

Despite Nkrumah’s resounding popularity among the majority party in Ghana in 1958, he began a downward spiral as his suspicions of political opponents motivated him to begin passing legislature that eliminated many Ghanaians’ freedoms. One of which was the Preventative Detention Act, which allowed the government to arrest any person suspected of treason without due process of law. He also declared himself the Prime Minister of Ghana, giving himself a lifelong term. As far as chieftaincy went, he continued to discount and attack the institution.

Eventually, when Nkrumah was out of the country, a military coup overthrew his administration and he never returned to Ghana. The highest chief was immediately “restooled” in his esteemed position in an attempt to reinstall the beaten-down system of chieftaincy. Today chieftaincy merely functions symbolically alongside the parliamentary democracy.

The story of Ghana’s independence and its subsequent political conflicts seem to be encircled around the clash between tradition and modernization.

Even in our own university we have witnessed significant transformation and advancement comes only with the sacrifice of tradition. Is one necessarily more effective than the other and can they ever truly coexist? In my opinion, DePauw has proudly and successfully maintained this balance between innovation and tradition — a feat not so easily achieved in Ghana as this controversy has existed since its independence back in 1957 on this very day.

— Freestone is a sophomore from Brownsburg, Ind., majoring in history and biology. features@thedepauw.com

DAVE JORGENSON

T

he famous television host and comedian, Stephen Colbert, was looking deep into my eyes. His face was filled with loss and desperation. Everything felt very surreal, and all I could do was bite my bottom lip, forcing myself to keep a straight face. Was this a dream?

What had I done to put that look on his face?

Two weeks before, I was walking a box of mail to the Viacom headquarters in Times Square. Because Stephen is so funny and Americans are so stupid, we have to get the mail scanned to make sure no one is poisoning him. Unfortunately, some people haven’t full grasped the concept of satire.

I have always offered to do anything at anytime at “The Colbert Report” since I started my internship there on Jan. 3. I have traveled to Chinatown on a desperate search for slugs and snails that lasted three hours. I came in at 5:30 a.m. one Friday morning to work as a production assistant for the Stephen-Colbert-chases-Jon-Stewart-through-New-York film shoot, otherwise known as “The Super Pac Chase” (available for your viewing pleasure online at ColbertNation.com!

No, Viacom didn’t pay me to say that…

But they did for staring into Stephen’s eyes. More on that later).

On this particular afternoon, a bird had already dropped his own unique poop substance on me. It wasn’t just your standard white poo, this stuff had some brown stuff and Case-of-theMondays mixed in. Immediately following said incident, a taxi cab driver/rabid werewolf-man (possibly a man-bear-pig) decided to drive incredibly close to the curb and doused me in rain water.

I was having a great day (hey, satire!).

After gritting my teeth and getting through that afternoon, my mood eventually went up. In New York, I genuinely am beginning to believe in karma. I really feel that doing good things even when no one is around will eventually be rewarded (I think I read that in the Bible once. Or “Boy’s Life.” One of the two). As soon as I returned to the studio, Jerry was serving up his newest ice

cream flavor. Yeah, that Jerry. This, to me, felt like something of a sign. Well, my stomach felt good about it, anyways.

Two weeks later, after returning with, like, 40 pounds of meat for some kind of skit for Tuesday night’s show, I was told to go upstairs and talk to the “talent” people. Usually, talking to them means I need to go get coffee for Drew Barrymore’s really short, hipster boyfriend or hand-squeezed lemon juice for Bjork’s consumption…or maybe for that ginger cat that now lives on her head. But that’s not what happened!

“Hey Dave, we might have you on the show tonight. As you know, it will probably get cut, but we’re going to have you sign some papers and come to rehearsal. Also, maybe put some makeup on that scratch on your nose.”

I walked away, subconsciously rubbing the gigantic red spot on my nose, trying to convince myself that this part — whatever it is — will be cut.

As I walked to rehearsal I was suddenly reminded by the decorations and tables of champagne this is the 1000th episode. Crap. Not muddy bird crap.

Anxiety crap.

No, I didn’t crap. Instead, I grabbed some champagne and downed it to take the edge off. I can say that now because I’m 21. For all you under 21’s, champagne is fancy alcohol. I bet you didn’t know that! Satire’s fun!

We didn’t actually rehearse my part.

Instead (and I’m not sure how much I can say about the actual production because I signed some confidentiality agreement my first day that I didn’t read…so I’ll sum it up), Stephen gave an incredibly emotional speech ending with the poem, “Ulysses.” Man, can he recite poetry, in a powerful Heithaus-y way. If you haven’t picked up on this, Stephen Colbert is a brilliant man. Who else could develop a satirical character and manage to make people want to watch him every day? Convincing hundreds of people to succumb to interviews at their own expense? Towards the end, he succumbed to his own emotions and brought his entire devoted staff of seven years into tears.

So, obviously, I became 1000 times more anxious. A few hours later, the show was about to air and there was still no word on what I was doing exactly and if it would happen. Suddenly, Stephen approached me.

“O.K., Dave.” My heart fluttered. Er, I mean, him saying my name was cool.

“You’re just going to stand really close to me when I call you over, like my shadow. Ask him if he has internships, then if they’re paid. If he says ‘yes.’ Just go stand by him.”

Quick sidenote: The guest star was a big supporter of paid internships. He rightfully believes that students are getting scammed with unpaid internships.

Not only do we not get paid, but we actually are paying for tuition simultaneously. Ultimately, it’s like paying to come to work. It can be like getting pooped on (sometimes literally). I think that the real Stephen Colbert totally agrees with Ross. Unfortunately, it’s up to Viacom — not him. And to be honest, if I could afford it, I would pay to work at the Colbert Report for the rest of my life.

So here I am, just, you know, casually talking to Stephen. I automatically begin laughing at the man’s brilliance.

“Oh, O.K.” I manage to stutter out. He clearly sensed I was nervous. Immediately he stuck out his hand to shake mine and assured me, “This is going to be great!”

And it was. It was awesome! Ross Eisenbrey (who is a great sport) immediately took the bait. For a good laugh, watch before I ask the question. I jump on stage and open and shut my mouth four times like a fish sucking in water.

I had no idea when I was supposed to talk. It ended in me improving a sad stare into Stephen’s eyes while he looked back into mine like he had just lost a puppy.

So there I was, exactly two years after I made the decision to transfer to DePauw so I could be in the Media Fellows program and potentially work on the Colbert Report. Yes, kids, dreams do come true! Sometimes, you just have to get pooped on first.

Ironically, the character “Dave the Unpaid Intern” was paid 300 dollars for having two lines. So, that should buy me maybe 4 glasses of champagne in Manhattan.

— Jorgenson is a junior from Shawnee, Kan., majoring in English writing and film studies.

He is currently interning at “The Colbert Report” in New York. opinion@thedepauw.com

The DePauw |

PAGES 6 & 7

Boarding School

BY ALICIA TUTINI

features@thedepauw.com

While most DePauw students left home for the first time when they moved to Greencastle, a handful of current students have been living on their own long before heading off to college.

Boarding school proved to be a test of independence,

pushing students to their limits in academics, music and self-control. Some students describe their experience as challenging, others as a treat, but all went by choice and said boarding school taught them valuable lessons that prepared them for college.

JENNIFER BRINDUSE

ior year, under certain conditions. Brinduse said that the rules were flexible, but that you had limits. If a student returned to school after a night of drinking and blew a .08 or under, there were no repercussions. But there were no exceptions if a student was over the limit.

“When you’re at home, you’re under the authority of your parents,” Brinduse said. “You can get away with things under your parents that you can’t at school because there’s a handbook and they have to follow the rules.” The rules were designed to teach students how to set limits for themselves before heading to college, Brinduse explained.

In several ways, her school looked a lot like a ski vacation. Brinduse compared a period during the winter at Leyson to a DePauw Winter Term, with a couple extra perks.

“A lot of people came there to snowboard or ski,” Brinduse said. “During this term during winter, we would have three days of school — Monday, Wednesday and Friday — then on Tuesday and Thursday, we would have a morning class then you could ski the rest of the day. You would check out after class to ski or board on the mountain.”

Boarding school, Brinduse said, offered her freedom but still thoroughly prepared her for the move to DePauw. She never visited prior here and had no idea what to expect, simply packing up her bags and moving at the end of her senior year. Her father, an Indiana native, was fond of DePauw and encouraged her to apply. After checking it out online and seeing pictures, she decided to come here.

Brinduse is currently majoring in political science and hopes to work in international relations. She traces this passion back to her time at boarding school.

“I want to someday live abroad again and I want to give my kids the same opportunity that I was given.”

Junior Jennifer Brinduse has spent nearly her entire life living abroad. Her father worked for a large oil company and she and her family lived in Saudi Arabia until she was in ninth grade, when the school she attended stopped teaching students.

“I lived in an American-based compound and the school only went up to ninth grade for many reasons,” Brinduse said. “We were essentially a ‘mini-America’ in the middle of Saudi Arabia. People there thought that foreign teenagers were almost rebels and they didn’t necessarily want that, so the school stopped at ninth grade.”

Students could then either attend a school located outside the compound or head off to boarding school.

Brinduse noted that the school outside the compound was not considered to be the safest place to receive an education and most students attended boarding school.

She decided to attend Leyson American School in Leyson, Switzerland. The company her father worked for also offered the family a deal with tuition at the school.

Traveling quickly became Brinduse’s favorite part about boarding school. Her adoration for traveling accompanied her through her schooling, as the institution encouraged students to venture away from campus on the weekends. Brinduse said that she was able to visit about 10 countries during her time at Leyson.

“The best thing about going to boarding school was that I was given that opportunity to travel,” Brinduse said. “Getting to go to boarding school was a treat because of where it was. I was in such a central location of Europe that I could travel around all the time. You just got permission to leave on the weekends and I could take a train to Paris or wherever.”

Since the school is located in Europe, students at Leyson were also given the privilege to drink their sen-

7113.23 mi. to DePauw University

LEAH NAVEAUX

Leah Naveaux, freshman, attended a camp at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan before — to her parents’ surprise — she applied to attend there to study opera. Interlochen Center for the Arts is a boarding school dedicated to preparing students to study music and art in college.

“I went there because there was no opera where I’m from,” said Naveaux, who went to boarding school for her junior and senior years.

“There was a Toledo Opera and I could be a part of the chorus, and I was asked to do that, but the way that I learn is by being really a part of something.

I need to be thrown into it, to be challenged and I wanted to have the best teachers I possibly could.”

Arriving at Interlochen as a junior, she was immediately placed in a class that was for seniors only. Shortly after, a combination of the stress and the then-unknown fact that Naveaux was allergic to wheat led to consistent sickness.

“Being at a boarding school and having a cafeteria, it was hard to even eat,” Naveaux said. “Everything was contaminated, so I was sick as could be and stopped eating almost everything aside from nuts. I had to go home for so many doctor’s appoint-

ments. It was very hard.”

Despite the challenges, Naveaux persisted in her studies and strived to take advantage of what the school had to offer. She capitalized on the training she would be given and worked hard to earn performances.

“I did take advantage of every opportunity I could,” Naveaux said. “I got the best grades I had ever gotten because I was so focused on my studies.” She was pushed even further by learning if a student chose to waste their time, the school could kick them out.

Living five hours from her home proved to be the biggest shift for Naveaux, who missed her parents a lot.

In addition, Naveaux explained that teenaged girls living in the dorms resulted in endless drama.

Though the school itself was co-ed, the dorms were not and the girls latched onto whatever drama that could be found. This became apparent when she was placed in the senior class. Once in the class, her teacher told her to keep her grade a secret to protect her from jealous students. But, as secrets tend to do, word got out and several students were unhappy with Naveaux’s success “There were girls there that were like, ‘why is this

Right: Junior Jennifer Brinduse attended Leysin American School in Leysin, Scotland.

During the winter, Brinduse had halfdays on Tuesdays and Thursdays, where should would attend morning classes and ski/snowboard afterward.

Bottom: Brinduse’s dorm room at Leysin American School. PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNIFER BRINDUSE

Dhahran, Ash Sharqiyah

| feaTures

h

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

girl in there?’” Naveaux said. “So I had the juniors who hated me because I was in the senior class, then there were the seniors who hated me because they weren’t in the senior class when they were juniors. It was really hard.”

“...The way that I learn is by being really a part of something. I need to be thrown into it, to be challenged and I wanted to have the best teachers I possibly could.”

- Leah Naveux, freshman

As the years progressed, Naveaux said that being part of an arts school also meant you needed to be able to take criticism in stride.

“You need to have such a thick skin and that’s

something I still struggle with,” Naveaux said. “I am very sensitive, and in the long run that is going to hurt me because, as a performer, you will get turned down.”

She explained that though she does not feel that she gained a thicker skin while attending Interlochen, it was still a great experience.

Like DePauw, Interlochen is also a liberal school when it comes to education. Teachers were given academic freedom within the classroom and students explored classes that branched away from their major.

“The classes you take and the lessons you learned in them, you would never be able to learn in public school,” Naveaux said. “I was able to take an English class that was Modern European Literature, then a history class that covered modern Japan.”

Though Naveaux incurred numerous challenges at Interlochen, she was still grateful for the opportunity to attend school there.

“It was hard,” Naveaux said. “But it was still a great experience that taught me a lot of things.”

2727.78 mi.

Leysin American School

159.61 mi. to DePauw University

Directly Below: Freshman Leah Naveaux attended Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. Her desk at boarding school is set up similarly to her desk in her DePauw dorm room. COURTESY OF LEAH NAVEAUX Bottom: Sophomore Jake Weiner attended Berkshire School in Sheffield Massachusetts, spending his afternoons playing soccer, squash, and crew. PHOTO COURTESY OF JAKE WEINER

Bottom Inlay: Berkshire School in the fall of 2009 PHOTO BY CHIP RIEGEL

Chicago, Illinois

733.16 mi. to Berkshire School

JAKE WEINER Sophomore Jake Weiner attended two separate boarding schools from sixth grade until graduation and describes them as being identical to Hogwarts, except with even more magic.

“O.K., our Quidditch team was not as good as you would think,” Weiner joked.

Weiner left for Eaglebrook School in sixth grade, an all-boys school in Deerfield, Massachusettes in search of an adventure. After graduating from Eaglebrook School in ninth grade, Weiner headed off to Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts.

He described his experiences as like camp, but with school thrown in.

“That’s the really cool thing about boarding school,” Weiner said. “You meet these kids from all over the world and you get thrown in with them in this dorm in the middle of nowhere. You end up getting really close with them and it’s just fantastic.

Nothing quite brings people together like being stranded in the middle of nowhere.”

The school was regimented, with a strict schedule that revolved around sports. Classes were attended six days a week, with half days on Wednesdays and Saturdays. After classes, the students went directly to their sports practices.

Weiner participated in soccer, crew and squash (which Weiner said was similar to racquetball).

During their free time, the students would order pizza, play video games and watch games — especially hockey — in the common room.

“I enjoyed everything at boarding school. It was a lot like college…It’s exactly like DePauw without the drinking.”

His teachers, who lived on campus with the students, had either attended boarding school or simply loved the environment. Weiner described a time that he was struggling with chemistry and he emailed his teacher and asked if he could stop by and ask a few questions. Weiner received an email back from the teacher explaining that he was watching a baseball game, but could stop by if he brought a few party supplies. Weiner explained that the students and teachers developed close relationships as they mingled throughout the day in both a classroom and outside of the classroom environment.

“I’m still close to my advisors from boarding school,” Weiner said. “They took students under their wing.”

Weiner said that contrary to the popular belief that boarding schools are for students who misbehave or need reforming, they are actually opportunities for students looking to better their habits and gain independence.

“I am a huge advocate for boarding school,” Weiner said. “I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.”

215.41 miles to DePauw Univeristy Perrysburg, Ohio

733.16 mi. to Interlochen Arts Academy

the depauw | opinion

PAGE 8

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board Chase Hall | Editor-in-Chief Dana Ferguson | Managing Editor Ellen Kobe | Managing Editor Stephanie Sharlow | Chief Copy Editor

EDITORIAL

Reevaluation first step in effectiveness We’re glad student government took the initiative to put together a committee who’s sole responsibility is to analyze effectiveness and organization.

As these audits take place, efficiency and positive change becomes more likely in an organization with a high turnover of student leaders year after year. Every college organization has to cope with these inconsistencies.

The report that the committee of five students put together focuses on the need to improve communication among the branches by becoming more familiar with each other through retreats and separate activities.

It is our suggestion that these recommendations be taken seriously. As elected leaders, the members of student government have a responsibility to interact fully with one another in order to create a dialogue and prioritize the issues they need to tackle.

Cohesion and understanding among team members is an important part of working towards a common goal. Certainly, students who communicate more effectively will be more constructive when working together.

Additionally, increased engagement within the different segments of student government will positively translate to the rest of the student body. When all parties are fully aware of current issues, the student body can better influence the proceedings in student government and have more control over white papers and resolutions.

Lastly, it is unsettling to know that a major problem with productivity is too many students being distracted by Facebook during student government meetings.

This problem probably stems from the required attendance by one member of each organization on campus. No doubt they are more invested in the club they represent than the proceedings of a meeeting with over one hundred other students.

We certainly hope logging onto Facebook isn’t an issue among the elected senatorial and executive members.

Maybe these meetings that bring an audience of indentured representatives should act as a sounding board for the larger community, instead of a time to initiate action.

We look forward to reading the committee’s report evaluating allocations board.

While there is work to be done, the fact that student government initiated this self-audit is reassuring. Instigating evaluation is only part of the equation, though — following through is the final piece.

The evaluation committe has spoken; now, let’s see some action.

email us at edboard@thedepauw.com

EDITORIAL POLICY The DePauw is an independently managed and financed student newspaper. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of DePauw University or the Student Publications Board. Editorials are the responsibility of The DePauw editorial board (names above).

The opinions expressed by cartoonists, columnists and in letters to the editor are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial staff of The DePauw.

The DePauw welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and accompanied by the author’s name and phone number. Letters have a 350-word limit and are subject to editing for style and length. The DePauw reserves the right to reject letters that are libelous or sent for promotional or advertising purposes. Deliver letters to the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, email the editor-in-chief, Chase Hall, at editor@thedepauw.com or write The DePauw at 609 S. Locust St., Greencastle, Ind. 46135.

BOB ALLEN AND NOAH GATWOOD / THE DEPAUW

18-and-up bars could unify student body STEWART BURNS

T

he bars. The bars are something esoteric, something exclusive and something magical for a DePauw student under the age of 21.

They seem to call to all the students of age for dollar drink night, and they leave houses barren when their momentum draws the masses in with their charm.

Greencastle bars have the power to bring classes together and make greek identity second to school spirit. So how would the campus look if bars were 18 and up, like they are in many states?

For one, it seems evident that the greek vs. non-greek divide would not be so clear. After all, when greek houses are the primary social setting on campus it is difficult for non-greek students to interact with their counterparts. It also seems reasonable to believe that greek divides might not be so pronounced from the start.

A neutral setting for students of all backgrounds would provide a safe place to celebrate DePauw rather than their more specific affiliations. The bars are appealing — the booze is assorted and delicious, the company is diverse and the environment is fun. If all students had the ability to go to

JIMMY KIRKPATRICK bars — even if not to drink — there would be a much more exciting bar scene for the campus to surround.

If the university would like to see a decrease in alcohol consumption, we see no easier way than to open bars to 18-year-olds. Not only would the increased emphasis on a community setting with students present while not drinking deter binge drinking, but it also would economically check-back excessive alcohol consumption.

Rather than consume copious amounts of cheap alcohol, students at bars have a variety of drinks and the burden of a tab to deter excessive consumption of cheap liquor.

For students in fraternities that have lived with the consequences of irresponsible alcohol consumption on the part of certain individuals, an increase in emphasis on the bars would provide a much needed forum for individual accountability. If 18-yearolds were allowed at bars it seems reasonable to believe that the burden of hosting social events would shift significantly to the bars.

While “pre-gaming” still might occur at fraternities, the eventual move to a bar setting means that fewer strangers wander into fraternity par-

ties to cause unneeded stress for the houses. This would be a welcome relief for the risk management structures of fraternity houses, which, no matter how comprehensive, have occasional slips through the cracks.

Although there are several advantages to opening bars to 18-year-olds, we understand the arguments from the other side — the bar scene also presents the challenge of underage consumption. While the argument makes sense, it does not hold water in practice. Underage consumption is going to be a problem regardless of what the rules are with respect to local bars.

What the age change does provide is a controlled environment in which there is infinitely more supervision to ensure that sneaking drinks is at a minimum, and at the very least decreases the amount underage students could consume. Furthermore, these establishments would have a strong legal incentive to monitor the consumption behavior of their patrons.

18-and-up bars would be good for the DePauw community — with emphasis on community. While there is not much that can be done based on state law, it is a start for the campus to begin talking about what we would look like if there was a neutral social setting for all DePauw students.

— Kirkpatrick is a junior from Overland Park, Kan., majoring in political science. Burns is a junior from West Lafayette, Ind., majoring in political science. opinion@thedepauw.com

the depauw | opinion

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

Overcoming sexual assault by bringing issue to light SAMANTHA WONG

S

exual assault happens on DePauw’s campus. It is rarely talked about or discussed openly, but we think it is time to begin conversations about it.

We have witnessed various groups on campus bringing these issues to the forefront of their agendas, but it is time for campus to unite on this issue.

The issue of sexual assault affects each and every student here.

Within the past year a total of nine sexual assault cases was reported on DePauw’s campus. The sad truth is that there were most likely more than nine cases. According to a study by the Bureau of Justice, around 60 percent of sexual assault cases go unreported. Nationally one in four women ages 18-25 experiences some sort of

ELLEN CLAYTON sexual assault, according to the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA).

Statistically, it has been shown that most cases of sexual assault happen between peers.

One of the most common misconceptions about sexual misconduct is that it refers solely to rape. The definition includes non-consensual sexual contact, relationship violence, sexual battery, rape, deviant sexual conduct, sexual exploitation, stalking and sexual harassment.

There are many circumstances where preventative measures could be taken to stop the act from happening. First, we recommend looking at DePauw’s sexual misconduct policy and acquainting oneself with what registers as sexual misconduct.

It includes instances in which a victim is incapacitated and is unable to give consent. Simply telling your friend that it is time to go home or that he or she is too drunk to make a proper decision can prevent circumstances like these from happening.

It is up to every DePauw student who finds himself or herself in these situations to take a stand, even if it means offending a friend. The benefits will surely outweigh the costs.

Second, hold yourself and your friends accountable to knowing the steps to take if a situation such as this occurs. Know how to get your friend help. Seek assistance from a trained professional such as a Sexual Assault Survivor Advocate (S.A.S.A.) and encourage him or her to seek medical attention as soon as possible.

Although it may be hard, many times reporting the crime can alleviate pain for the victim and allows for an increased availability of help. Also, reporting can be beneficial for the campus as a whole. When 60 percent of

these crimes go unreported, it gives the false image that these incidents do not occur on campus. Increased transparency will lead to increased accountability.

We believe that something needs to be done. A lot of times these cases are happening with people you know, a girl in your sorority, a boy in your class or a teammate. Our hope is that this column will spark conversation that will raise awareness and lead to increased action on this campus regarding sexual assault. If you find yourself reading this column and it strikes a chord with you, feel free to contact either of us to join in creating increased awareness at DePauw. We acknowledge that these things are happening, and we are ready to do something about it — are you?

MAEVE MCDONOUGH

C

ensorship?

More like “censorsh*t,” am I right? Censorship is one of those topics we do not hear about too often, but when we do, we are furious.

A fundamental concept of the First Amendment, freedom of speech is an American fan favorite that we pride ourselves on.

Recently, censorship has been prominent in the news in the United States and countries around the world. Here at home, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) has been the ultimate threat of an Internet troll for quite some time.

It was created in the hope of stopping online trafficking in counterfeiting and piracy.

If enacted, it will not “shut down the internet” like every middle schooler on Tumblr thought, but it

in any sort of national media. After Project Censored’s failed conference, it’s going to stay that way.

In Pakistan, the government recently published a public document meant for tightening the restriction through “development, deployment and operation of a national-level URL filtering and blocking system,” according to the country’s Internet Filtering and URL Blocking System Request for Proposal.

This $10,000,000 project is is aimed toward upholding public morality, preventing blasphemy and protecting national security by blocking pornographic sites as well as popular sites like Facebook and YouTube.

But the government can’t keep up with the growing Internet, so now they want to build an automatic blocking and filtering system, similar to the “Great Firewall of China.”

The outrage here is that the government has censored so publically, creating firestorm of free-speech advocates and protestors.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not rooting for SOPA. Pay for music?

PHOTOPINION What surprised you about DePauw this weekend?

“Once you get here you want to be a part of this community.”

FRANKI ABRAHAM, Findlay, Ohio “How friendly everyone is.”

— Clayton is a senior from Kansas City, Kan., majoring in political science. Wong is a senior from Chicago, majoring in philosophy. opinion@thedepauw.com

SOPA small beans compared to international censorship will block access to sites that allow copyright violated or pirated downloading and linking.

So what does that mean? There would be no Facebook, YouTube, MediaFire, SoundCloud, Twitter, DropBox or any other site that can be targeted as a place where online piracy could take place.

No Twitter? But I put jokes up there. It’s my lifeline (@MaeveMcDonough #shamelessplug).

Many blogs would also be shut down. Everyone would be responsible for what they put on their blog or website and if it does have copyright infringement, consider it gone. This threat to our right to be an Internet dweller should make us realize how lucky we really are.

In Cuba this week, Project Censored, an American nonprofit organization dedicated to media criticism and investigative journalism, made its case to a conference of Cuban authors and journalists hosted by Fidel Castro.

It’s been more than 50 years since a bad word about Cuba was uttered

PAGE 9

Please. It’s 2012. But do we really have it all that bad? Countries around the world will send you to prison for insulting the government, while here in America, we have all seen the meme “Scumbag America.”

We all resent the dark, infamous day on which Limewire was shut down forever, but we are going to hate the day Wikipedia is gone even more.

Who’s going to write our papers?

So what can we do to fix this? Pay the $1.29 to download “Call Me Maybe” legally. Cite that famous quote on your blog. We all know you didn’t say it.

Yes, these are small, tedious details. But if everyone tries just a little bit harder, a difference can be made.

And as for SOPA? Only time will tell.

— McDonough is a freshman from Glen Ellyn, Ill., majoring in communications. opinion@thedepauw.com

DANIELLE WENNING, Westport, Ind. “Even though the population is not very big, the credentials and accomplishments of the graduates are impressive.”

MARK JOHNSON, Northbrook, Ill. “The amount of travel abroad opportunities and engagement within the Greencastle community and the professors.”

DANIEL MOSBARGER, Lake Bluff, Ill. ELI CANGANY / THE DEPAUW

Have a question you want answered? email opinion@thedepauw.com

the depauw | sports

PAGE 10

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

Tigers finish third in ITF team indoor championship

By GRAYSON BECKER sports@thedepauw.com

This weekend the DePauw women’s tennis team beat two nationally ranked programs on its way to a third place finish at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Team Indoor Championship at DePauw’s Indoor Tennis Center.

The ITA Indoor Championship is an annually held tournament that invites nationally ranked teams from across the nation. The third place finish was impressive considering the Tigers were the lowest ranked team in their bracket of eight.

In the Tigers’ first match of the tournament on Friday, the team faced University of Chicago, who previously beat DePauw 1-8 in the first match of the season.

This time, however, they Tigers were out for revenge and got it by beating Chicago with a score of 5-4.

Three of the victories came by way of singles matches from freshman Maggie MacPhail, senior Katie Regan and freshman Kaitlin Pickrel. The duos of sophomore Meg Crowley and freshman Claire Marshall and sophomore Caroline Emhardt and Pickrel were the winners in the doubles matches.

Crowley commented on the victory and what it meant for the team.

“It felt really, really good beating them,” Crowley said. “First off because we’d already lost to them and secondly because they were the top ranked team in our bracket and we were the bottom ranked team so it was a huge upset when we won.”

Crowley also said the team had a different mental approach going into this match than they did the first time around.

“I think this time we didn’t put as much pressure on ourselves and felt like we had nothing to lose,” Crowley said. “So we decided to go out there and have fun, but give it our all at the same time, and it actually ended up working out really for us.”

On Saturday, in the team’s second match, the Tigers found themselves up against 7th ranked Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) and suffered a loss by a score of 2-7. The Washington and Lee women eventually went on to win the tournament in a nail-biting match against Carnegie, winning in the last set 5-4.

In the Tigers’ final match of the tournament on Sunday, they finished the weekend strong by beating Washington University (St. Louis) with a score of 7-2. The victory marked the team’s second win of the weekend over a higher nationally ranked team.

“Both of the wins we got this weekend were a great confidence booster for the team,” Crowley said. “They showed us that if we work hard enough we could beat any team, which is a good thought to have while trying to place ourselves in the NCAC tournament. However, we’re still taking our season one game at a time and our next match is against Ferris State and that’s what we’re focusing on right now.”

The Tiger’s next match is Thursday at 4:30 p.m. against Ferris State University at the Indoor Track and Tennis Center.

ADVERTISEMENT

RecycleMania Always recycle “If you refuse to reuse, it’s the earth you abuse.”

Items to recycle: Cans, Soda and Detergent bottles, Clear Glass, Plastic Cups, and Assorted Paper Products sponsored by Eco-Reps

Freshman Kaitlin Pickrel cheers after hitting a good shot during the doubles match against Washington and Lee on Saturday during the 2012 ITA Division III Women’s Team Indoor Championship at the Indoor Track and Tennis Facility. DePauw lost Saturday’s matches 2-7 and placed third overall in the tournament. MARGARET DISTLER/THE DEPAUW

Track | continued from page 12 junior Noah Droddy. Droddy placed third in the 3,000-meter run. Other highlights include a fourth place finish from freshman Steven Rutherford in the 60 meter dash, a fifth place finish from senior Tyler Giesting in the 800 meter run and two more fifth place finishes from the 4x200 and 4x400 meter relay squads.

The women, who had no top finishers, did manage to score from a variety of positions. The team was also able to place higher than predicted with their fourth place finish.

They were expected to finish seventh before the meet. “[The meet] was great motivation for us,” senior captain Sam Wong said. “We know we have a lot more work to do, but a lot of us can see now that we’re not that far off from being able to get second place at outdoor [NCAC championships]. I mean, we we’re only a few points off of third.”

Wong, along with senior Chenae White

and junior Chelsea Courtney were the three athletes from the women’s team to earn individual third place finishes. Wong placed third in the triple-jump, White in the 60-meter dash and Courtney in the high jump.

The Tiger’s 4x200 meter relay team also finished third and the distance medley relay team earned the highest spot for the women’s team with a second place finish.

Stoffregen was pleased with the performances from both of his squads. Stoffregen, who had never been a part of an indoor championship, saw his team make large strides as the 2012 indoor season comes to a close.

“To exceed what we were expected to do made [the meet] really exciting,” Stoffregen said. “We really overachieved a little bit. You know, coming into our first-ever indoor conference meet, on paper we weren’t expected to score many points and for us (to finish fourth on both sides), I think the conference is now very aware that DePauw track and field is a great program and very competitive.

We’ve got a lot of room to grow and we are excited for the future.”

The Tigers now have a considerable

break before the outdoor season begins, but can take much away from a jam-packed indoor season that had them competing early and often.

Traditionally, the indoor season has served as more of a buffer period for the track and field teams.

The teams now enter what has in the past been its stronger half of the season with extra experience for two young squads.

“It’s especially important for the freshmen,” Mackey said. “They need these big meets as an opportunity to prove themselves, more so than the older guys. This is just a big stepping stone for them to gauge where they are and see their competition.”

Both Tiger teams will begin the 2012 outdoor season the first Saturday of spring break with the Rose-Hulman Early Bird meet.

the depauw | sports

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

PAGE 11

BASEBALL

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

High batting averages lead to winning weekend

University secures lacrosse coach

By PARKER SCHWARTZ sports@thedepauw.com

After winning its first three regular season games against Washington University in St. Louis, the men’s baseball team continued its comeback season over the weekend.

The team won three of four contests against Anderson University (Anderson, Ind.) and Transylvania University (Lexington, Ky.) DePauw played Anderson in Xenia, Ohio for a doubleheader on Saturday, losing the first game 6-7 and winning the second game 5-2.

Anderson, a perennial NCAA tournament team, tagged senior Elliot Ross in the first inning for four runs on four hits. Ross, who allowed five runs in the game overall, pitched just four innings en route to the loss.

In his first start last weekend against Washington University, Ross threw for six innings and two earned runs in a 4-2 Tiger win.

Despite a tough performance in the first game, DePauw did not look back and played an excellent contest against Anderson in the second game of the doubleheader.

“We realized the intensity was

missing in the first contest,” sophomore Zach Starr said. “We picked up right where we left off last weekend in the second game. We kept playing hard and knew if we could keep doing that we would get the win.”

Amid a 5-2 victory, DePauw third baseman Alex Wright, senior, batted three for four with two RBIs. Sophomore Brendon Pashia added two hits of his own and senior Andy Manson threw six innings, yielding only two runs.

“Going into the second game, we played really good defensively and Manson was rolling ground balls for our defense,” head coach Jake Martin said. “The difference in the second game was our excellent defense.”

DePauw traveled to Louisville’s St. Xavier H.S. the following day to play Transylvania for a doubleheader. The Tigers picked up two wins, winning the first game 7-2 and the second 6-3.

After slow offensive starts from middle-line threats junior Jason Cohen and senior Rob McPike, the two totaled six combined hits in the last two games, with one RBI a piece. “[McPike and Cohen] have the potential to carry the team,” Martin said. “They are really good hitters and

Basketball | continued from page 12 teams as DePauw led rebounding 23-7 and Carthage shot 10-18, including four of seven from beyond the arch.

“We rebounded well, we just could not get the ball to fall on the offensive end,” Huffman said.

Carthage quickly increased the lead to four in the beginning of the second period, but a 10-0 run compliments of Walker, Aldrich, Gasaway, and sophomore Ali Ross put DePauw in the 4136 driver’s seat. Junior Ellie Pearson continued her knack for rebounds, gabbing 11 in total.

“I went into the game wanting to get every rebound,” Pearson said.

DePauw held the lead as Carthage bit at the Tigers’ heels. Aldrich hit a bucket to push the lead to 45-40. Carthage answered with four before Kate Walker hit a three-pointer to open the lead, 48-44. Unfortunately for DePauw, Walker’s

I have no concern about their ability to hit well going forward. When those guys are going, we have no holes in our lineup.”

With the continued success of these two veteran hitters, the DePauw lineup will be bolstered in the power category, effectively complimenting the play of Wright (.467) and sophomores Rob Stein (.500), Starr (.438) and Pashia (.667).

“Once this lineup gets going it’s going to be scary,” Stein said. “We are all seeing the ball well right now at the plate.”

DePauw’s defense was also on display over the weekend, as the Tigers committed no errors to Transylvania’s four in the doubleheader, a statistic that the Tigers know will be a key in close games throughout the campaign.

“Our middle infield is playing great and our outfield is rotating well,” Stein said. “We’ve been fielding the ball well and everyone is hitting their stride.”

DePauw looks to build on its early successes as it continues non-conference play against Mount St. Joseph on Tuesday, before weekend series with in-state rival Manchester.

By JOSEPH FANELLI sports@thedepauw.com

Susanna Wilcox has been named the first-ever coach for the DePauw women’s lacrosse team.

Wilcox, a 2009 graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., will start for preparation for the 2012-13 season in June. Wilcox is currently in her third season as the head lacrosse coach for Culver Academy, a college preparatory school in Culver, Ind. Originally from Wales, Wilcox played lacrosse at Mount Holyoke and has also coached for a club team in San Diego for one season. DePauw will be her first experience as a collegiate lacrosse coach.

“I think the opportunity to coach lacrosse, to sort of build the new program from the ground up, especially at a school that places a lot of emphasis on academics, but also having strong Div. III sports was really appealing,” Wilcox said.

The women’s lacrosse team, which has only been around for one year, will make the transition from a club to varsity sport at the beginning of the 2012-13 season.

Wilcox anticipates that the jump to varsity will be difficult, but looks forward to building the program.

“I definitely think it (the jump to var-

sity) presents some challenges,” Wilcox said. “Obviously, [the players now] are not athletes I have recruited or who have sort of come to play lacrosse necessarily, but I think it’s a good opportunity next year just to find our feet and begin the program.”

The lacrosse season is split into fall and spring with the fall season serving more as a warm-up before the spring season. The team will join the North Coast Athletic Conference as part of its jump to varsity.

“I think that next year will certainly be a challenge because we will be playing in a pretty strong conference,” Wilcox said.

Wilcox specifically mentioned Denison University’s lacrosse team as one that will provide competition for DePauw’s newly formed team.

She mentioned that recruitment may be challenging initially, but the growth in popularity of lacrosse in the Midwest will benefit the team.

“Right now lacrosse is growing a lot in Indianapolis,” Wilcox said. “We can capitalize on the fact that a lot of college coaches are not coming to the Midwest to recruit players, but I think that the sport has boomed to the point that there a lot of players in the Midwest who are college caliber players now.”

3:53 basket would be the Tiger’s final conversion.

Carthage climbed to within a point with two minutes to play. Forty seconds later, the Lady Reds took the lead with a three-pointer. DePauw’s three-point effort missed and Carthage capitalized on another basket to make it 51-48 with twenty seconds left. The Tiger’s missed a three-pointer, recovered the rebound, but lost the ball in the final 11 seconds after Trees stepped on the line receiving the inbounds pass.

The loss snapped the team’s 26-game winning streak. Despite the loss, Huffman was enthusiastic about her team’s season.

“I am very, very proud of this team,” Huffman said.

DePauw ends its season with a 27-2 record, an NCAC Regular Season Championship, a NCAC Tournament Championship, the NCAC women’s basketball coach of the year (Kris Huffman), the NCAC women’s basketball player of the year (Katie Aldrich) and two NCAC first-team members Women’s head coach Kris Huffman coaches from the sidlines during Saturday evening’s NCAA Di(Aldrich and Ross). vision III Second Round game against Carthage, Carthage won 53-48. The DePauw women took

their second loss of the season to finish with a record of 27-2. EMILY

GREEN/THE DEPAUW

the depauw | sports

PAGE 12

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012

TRACK AND FIELD

Tigers put up fight, end season with a heartbreaker Both teams earn fourth

at Indoor Championships

By MATT REDA sports@thedepauw.com

The DePauw women’s basketball team ended its season in bittersweet fashion this past weekend with a 51-48 loss to Carthage College in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Tigers, who finished with a final record of 27-2, dispatched newcomers Westminster College (Miss.) before falling to the Lady Reds.

Against Westminster, DePauw’s first 10 minutes displayed its vast experience and comfort in home playoff games, as the Tigers jumped to an early 10-3 lead. The Blue Jays continued to chip away at the lead, but the DPU fast break kept the teams separated by 11 with under five minutes to play in the first half.

Freshman Savannah Trees’ three-pointer with 2:27 left on the clock pushed DePauw up 27-17. Westminster, however, proved their worth with a spirited 9-0 run, topped off by a layup with 11 seconds left. Confidence slightly shaken, DePauw headed the locker room with a one point lead going into the second half.

The underdog Blue Jays remained incredibly scrappy in the second half, tying the score multiple times and pushing DePauw into an absolute dogfight.

DePauw led 45-41 with 9:33 to play. In their typical second half display, the Tiger’s rose to the occasion. Sophomore Alex Gasaway hit a jump shot, junior Kate Walker added a three-point play and senior Katie Aldrich capped the run with a layup of her own. DePauw led 54-41.

Westminster, fighting for its tournament life, threw its faith behind the diminutive Rachel Backes and clawed to within 10 points. DePauw responded to the late challenge by scoring the game’s last 10 points and taking the 66-46 victory.

Aldrich stood out, scoring 19 points and pulling down 7 rebounds. Walker, the second half savior, recorded all 12 of her points after the break. She also dished out 5 assists. The one unflattering statistic for the Tigers came from behind the arc as the team converted just one of 13 threes on the game. This proved to be theme for the Tigers in their next game as well.

“There is no underdog in [this] game,” said head coach Kris Huffman before the Carthage match up. “This is a team that shoots incredibly well and plays good basketball.”

The NCAA second round match up between DePauw and Carthage was a battle between one of the best rebounding teams in the nation and one of the best shooting teams in the nation. Carthage and their precision from the perimeter proved the victor, as DePauw could not pace the Lady Reds’ offensive flow.

Carthage grabbed an early 5-0 lead, but DePauw soon responded with an eight point run to take a 14-10 lead. The game turned then slowed down offensively as neither team scored in the last 2:30 of the half. Carthage took a 25-24 lead into halftime with both teams very much in it. The first half exemplified the impressive statistics that defined both

Basketball | continued on page 11

By JOSEPH FANELLI sports@thedepauw.com

In their first ever indoor conference championship, both men’s and women’s DePauw track and field squads finished fourth at this weekend’s North Coast Athletic Conference championships at Wabash College.

Both teams narrowly missed third place finishes, with the men just 10 points behind Allegheny and the women only four behind Kenyon. Wabash and Ohio Wesleyan University were the men’s and women’s champions with 238 and 192 points, respectively.

Sophomore Kyle Mackey continued what has been a high-placing season, finishing first in the pole vault with a jump of 4.57 meters (15 feet). Mackey was the lone Tiger to take a top spot for either team.

Mackey has now placed in the top three of every meet he has competed in this indoor season, including three first place finishes. Head coach Kori Stoffregen attributes Mackey’s success to his tre-

“You know, coming into our first-ever indoor conference meet, on paper we weren’t expected to score many points.

For us (to finish fourth on both sides), I think the conference is now very aware that DePauw track and field is a great program and very competitive. We’ve got a lot of room to grow and we are excited for the future.”

- Sophomore Kyle Mackey

mendous work ethic.

“Is it a surprise that Kyle is doing this? No, absolutely not,” Stoffregen said. “He’s the first guy to practice and the last one to leave. I see him most mornings in the weight room when I’m coming into work. He works harder than anyone on the team, he’s more focused than anybody on the team and he’s making all the vaulters around him better. He’s just been a star for us. I’m very proud of him.”

The men, who were seeded to finish sixth at the meet, had two all-conference finishers, Mackey and

Freshman Savannah Trees is guarded by Carthrage defense during Saturday evening’s game in Neal Fieldhouse. The women fell to Charthrage 48-53 during the NCAA Division III Second Round. The women closed the season with a record of 27-2. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW

Track | continued on page 10