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Student petition pushes university to consider conflict-free electronics By ALEX PAUL news@thedepauw.com
In an effort to encourage the university to consider buying the most conflict-free electronics possible, DePauw students filled a petition with more than 250 signatures, which they presented to President Brian Casey on Tuesday. After efforts by panels discussing the morality of the use of conflict electronics were held in conflict studies classes, in the sustainability office and at Prindle Institute for Ethics, the group was able to obtain enough student support in just one week to form a petition. Conflict electronics are electronics that contain materials such as minerals and metals that are harvested from areas of high violence. The petition is authored to pressure companies to provide data on where they obtain parts for their product to prevent them from buying conflict electronics.
Conflict free electronics are not yet available for purchase, nor is keeping track of where each individual part comes from, but efforts are being made to make it possible. Junior Henry Dambanemuya, a computer science and conflict studies double major, along with four other current and former DePauw students authored what was first a white paper in the student government. That is now the petition. “We need the products, but we need them conflict free,” Dambanemuya said. Violence rages in areas such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo because of high concentrations of “the three t’s”: Tin, tungsten and tantalum. These minerals are vital in the production of processors and other parts inside
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Excise runs college crackdown By MATTHEW CECIL news@thedepauw.com
Kari Polydoris was sitting in a car with friends in the Pi Beta Phi sorority parking lot when an excise police officer approached. The uniformed officer came up to the window and asked the women what they were doing. When he spotted a bottle of liquor in the back seat, he asked whom it belonged to. Polydoris, a sophomore, said it was hers and that she could grab her license from inside the sorority house if he wanted. The officer declined and the girls left the car and went inside. Polydoris’ encounter with the officer, although uneventful, was part of the Indiana State Excise Police Intensified College Enforcement initiative, or ICE. The crackdown, which focuses on enforcing alcohol and tobacco-related state law at Ball State University, Indiana University and DePauw, began on Feb. 6 and runs into June. It is funded by a grant from the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. Lt. Kevin Akers, who heads the excise district that includes Greencastle, said the state excise police are looking for students who appear to be young or have alcoholic beverages in plain view. “If it’s something they (excise police) see and it raises they’re suspicion, then they can investigate further,” Akers said. “Sometimes folks that we encounter end up being 21 years of age, sometimes they don’t.” And in the same parking lot where Polydoris and her friends avoided charges, another group of women didn’t. A sophomore, who wished to remain anonymous, was in a car with five other women, some of who were drinking, when an excise officer approached them. The friends were “car bar-ing,” a tradition in which sorority women drink in their cars because they are prohibited from doing so in their chapter houses. The anonymous sophomore said the car was idling but couldn’t see how the officer had reasonable suspicion to come onto Pi Beta Phi’s parking lot, which is private property. “We were just wondering the question of probable cause because he went through our property,” she said. “I’m not really sure why he came up to the car.” The officer asked the women to step out of the
car one at a time and blow into a Breathalyzer. Of the six girls in the car, four received citations for underage consumption of alcohol. All were under 21 years of age. “For the most part I think it’s a good safety technique, but I think it’s a little bit unfair,” Polydoris said. “They should give us a little bit of warning that they may be coming this weekend so people can get prepared for it, and if they get in trouble that’s under their own fault.” Akers said excise officers have made about 19 arrests in Putnam County since Feb. 6, over 50 percent of which involved students at DePauw. The rest were local residents. According to Akers, that activity may drop off drastically when the school year ends. Still, the Ball State Daily News recently reported that the ICE initiative could be extended to the 2012 fall semester if found to be effective. The newspaper also reported that more than 100 citations had been issued from the start of the program to March 11. Akers said the difference in student population size at DePauw and Ball State accounts for the disparity of police action. Excise police in Putnam County are intentionally expanding their patrols beyond campus, a limited practice at larger colleges like Ball State and Indiana University. “It’s feasible that students [at DePauw] may elect to go to other towns that aren’t too distant or too far away in order to make alcohol purchases,” Akers said. The lieutenant didn’t know how many tickets had been issued on university property since the ICE initiative began but was aware there had been some. Akers said that all student charges were alcohol related, while non-students in Putnam County had been charged with, among other things, alcohol violations, juvenile tobacco possession and resisting law enforcement. Those citations and arrests have come from a variety of excise patrols, which cover public streets and sidewalks, as well as outside of bars and liquor stores. Officers dress in uniform and plainclothes, and Akers said some even camp out in unexpected
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Students and faculty convened in the U.B. Ballroom to discuss Invisible Children’s documentary “Kony 2012” on Thursday afternoon. Invisible Children’s short documentary, “Kony 2012,” went viral after its release, attracting over 74 million YouTube viewers. The 30-minute documentary raises awareness about Joseph Kony, a Ugandan war criminal who has harvested child soldiers and sex slaves. The intention of the film is also to encourage discussion with its vivid illustrations of the atrocities committed by Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army in Central Africa over the past two decades. The film was met with a multitude of criticisms including the ways in which the group spends their finances, whether it encourages low-effort activism and how Invisible Children promotes the thought that white foreigners are needed to solve Africa’s issues. Political science professors Brett O’Bannon and Deepa Prakash and Joyce Dixon-Fyle, a member of the Roy O. West Collections Development department, led the panel. Students who attended wanted to learn more about the cause after viewing the documentary or after being educated about the issue in class. “When I saw the video I wanted to learn more,” said Katie Tozer, freshman. “I came to the panel because I’m curious about what the panel has to share.” Like a lot of DePauw students, freshman Demar Ayee wants to become more educated about Kony. “I’m here because I’ve been trying to follow this issue and learn more about this,” Ayee said. “I feel like a lot of DePauw students only know about Kony from the video and this is a good learning opportunity for students to become informed.” The film has been a big topic in DePauw classrooms, causing many students to become invested in
Excise | continued from page 1 ways. “We will go into a store and notify the management that we are there, and we’ll pose as employees,” Akers said. “We may be behind the counter or near some of the shelves…so that we may be perceived as being an employee of the store.” Employees at the local Kork and Keg liquor store said they had seen excise police in the store since the program began but were unable to provide additional information. The owner of the store could not be reached for comment in time for deadline. In liquor stores, Akers said excise police are primarily looking for people that appear to be under 21 years of age but also witness the occasional theft or public intoxication. “We’re also patrolling around the streets on campus, near campus, anywhere that we could reasonably expect college students to be,” Akers said.
the issue. Senior Kelsey Moore, an anthropology major who has studied abroad in Africa is interested to see what DePauw thinks of this issue. “I have been very interested in conflicts,” Moore said. “I’ve been interested in Kony since high school and I am interested to hear what DePauw thinks about it.” Freshman Kreigha Henney recently completed a class project on the subject. “I first saw the video a week ago and did a project on it for one of my classes,” Henney said. “Initially, I was sucked into the video and after analyzing it more it gave me a different perspective. A lot of people don’t know about this issue and need to be educated.” Senior Kelly Weber recently wrote a paper on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a militant group in northern Uganda. “When I saw this happening, I was interested to learn more about the conflict,” Weber said. Professors said Kony provides DePauw with a teachable moment to provide conversations throughout campus, to bring awareness about the issue and to create ideas for how students can take action. Students offered a diversity of opinions and reaction to the video and Invisible Children at the panel discussion. While many students like the video, some expressed objections or critiques. Sophomore Abby Prine presented a problem the video presents with social media. “The video makes it seem like liking it on Facebook or Twitter we have made a difference when really we have not,” Prine said. Another student at the panel supported the video, saying it has done a good job bringing awareness, sparking activism and dialogue to allow DePauw students to go deeper into the situation. Sophomore Chelsea Mucha, enjoyed the panel. That means excise police will focus on patrolling greek houses as well. Jason Edelman, a junior and president of Alpha Tao Omega fraternity, said he could absolutely see how the increased crackdown by excise police might cause problems for fraternities in general but wasn’t worried about his own chapter. According to Akers, those problems come almost exclusively from incidents outside the chapter house, which fall under the plain view and open fields doctrines. That means that a police officer could move onto or seize evidence from private property if he or she has reasonable suspicion that something illegal is taking place. “If it is a young-appearing person who has a container of alcohol…and they look to be under 21 years of age, that officer would have a reasonable suspicion that that person is a minor in possession of alcohol,” Akers said. “So they can even walk up on that lawn and further investigate.” That student could not be arrested for public in-
Freshman Jeremy Washington talks during the KONY 2012 discussion panel Thursday in the UB Ballroom. In Washington's opinion, the viral video, though controversial, does raise awareness and the urge for action among community members. Jeremy was one of the organizers of the KONY 2012 talk two weeks ago. HOANG NGUYEN / THE DEPAUW
She feels as if this is just the beginning of DePauw’s discussion and students’ reactions. “Invisible Children did something, and now it’s our turn to respond positively or negatively to this issue and make a difference,” Mucha said. toxication, but Akers said, if that person was causing some sort of disturbance he or she could be arrested for disorderly conduct. Edelman was already aware of policing authority regarding incidents outside the fraternity house and suggested that other fraternity leaders should ensure their members know about the excise crackdown on underage drinking and keep them safe. Akers said he has spoken with Director of Public Safety Angela Nally and Dean of Campus Life Dorian Shager about the excise police efforts in Greencastle, adding that he would be more than willing to visit members of the Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils at DePauw to answer any questions students may have. “I look at it as a really good opportunity for an educational opportunity, because a lot of this has to do with the legal system and constitutionality,” Akers said. “I’m sure that’s what a lot of the questions concern.”
the depauw | campus news are looking at are about the same cost and value, the petition warrants them to purchase the product that contains fewer conflict minerals. “Computer services aren’t going to change,” Cantril said. DePauw had already begun to implement a movement toward purchasing conflict free electronics prior to the petition. Information services began considering where companies got their materials from last spring when the student gov-
and tantalum. These minerals are vital in the production of processors and other parts inside electronics used every day. Professor of computer science Doug Harms sponsored the petition. “Cell phones look nice, pretty, shiny, but probably part of the profit is going into funding the violence,” Harms said. Dambanemuya believes that consumers have the right to know where the product comes from. They are currently working to organize events around campus to help to raise awareness on the subject. “Consumers have an obligation to know where things came from,” Harms said. If passed, the petition wouldn’t affect DePauw students individually. The impacts would be reflected in the university’s choices in purchasing bulk quantities of electronics, from printers in the library DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC to computers and OF CONGO the computer lab. “The univerViolence rages in areas sity is making a such as the DRC because decision of high concentrations of: one way or an - Tungsten other based - Tantalum on if the product is conflict or not,” - Tin said Taylor Cantril, a graduate intern for sustainability at DePauw. If the university needs new computers, and the two products they
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ernment passed the white paper. The petition hopes to highlight this problem further. “The campaign is about showing people care about conflict free products,” Damanemuya said. The people surrounding the petition remain optimistic about the outcome and effects it can have. Other universities, such as Stanford University, have implemented similar petitions hoping to shed more light on the brutality that goes into the mining of the minerals. “If you have the right people and they get passionate enough they can change market or cultural norms,” Cantril said.
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The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will perform Sunday at the Green Center for Performing Arts in one of their six concerts conducted by Krzysztof Urbanski in the U.S. this year. The symphony will be coming to the university as part of its new partnership with Greencastle and DePauw, initiated by the Stellar Community Grant. The concert will include a variety of music, including Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” and a Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 2. Women of DePauw’s choirs will be performing “The Planets” with the symphony, singing offstage during the movement “Jupiter.” “They are playing the most beautiful music in the world,” said Dr. Mark McCoy, dean of the School of Music. “This is a program that people will really love. This concert will be a big deal because of the conductor, Urbanski. He is world famous. Greencastle is one of the six places he will be conducting this year.” McCoy stressed the importance of this opportunity for the university to come together and celebrate the arts. “To have one of fifteen professional full-time American orchestras playing in a town the size of Greencastle, its unheard of,” McCoy said. “Its just really amazing. I would guess, that in the past 100 years or so, they have only performed in Greencastle half a dozen times.” Students from the School of Music are equally as enthusiastic
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about the visit, particularly the music selections that they are going to perform. “Indeed, I am truly excited about the performance this Sunday,” said senior Zak Phillips, a violinist in the School of Music. “It is an opportunity for students, professors, staff, community members and anyone interested in music to come together and enjoy the beautifully expressive sounds of an amazing group of musicians. I, myself being a violinist, am looking forward to hearing Zach DePue’s interpretation of the Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 2... it’s a real doozie.” McCoy hopes that this concert will help to kick off a long-workedon partnership between the School of Music and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The possibility of open rehearsals for DePauw music students, master classes, joint concert opportunities, and side-by-side professional and student performance opportunities are all being discussed as a part of the hopeful future partnership. McCoy plans to try to get the group to come more often, maybe even once a semester. “At a liberal arts college we’re not trying to teach you how to make a living. We’re trying to teach you how to make a life,” McCoy said. “What is the life well lived? How do you know? It definitely involves art, poetry and music.” Tickets for the event went on sale Monday, and were selling out very quickly. The performance will take place Sunday from 3-5 p.m. “If I were going to pick a program to bring to Greencastle, this would’ve been it,” McCoy said.
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JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE Sophomore Frank Hu (left) is guarded by sophomore Jocelyn Jessop during ultimate firsbee practice Thursday afternoon. Jessop joined the team as a freshman and has been practicing with them ever since. Looking back at her year and a half experience at DePauw Jessop considers her memories with the ultimate frisbee team as some of her favorites. The team welcomes seasoned players and new comers alike at its twice weekly practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The team will travel to Earlham College (Richmond, Ind.) for its first tournament of the year next weekend.
March 12 • Reckless driving • Officer checked area/unable to locate subjects | Time: 10:46 a.m. | Place: College Street
March 13 • Public indecency • Subjects dispersed prior to officer arrival | Time: 2:42 a.m. | Place: East College Lawn • Housing policy violation / animal control • Under investigation/forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 10:44 a.m. | Place: Hogate Hall • Theft of wallet / iPhone delayed report • Unsecured/pending | Time: 3:30 p.m. | Place: East College Lawn
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Sex, vodka and self-respect: River Huston tells all By JANIE CARLISLE news@thedepauw.com
In the world of college, many students think heavy drinking and sex go hand in hand, but this could be a combination for danger — sex and vodka don’t mix like milk and cereal. The lively, confident and charismatic River Huston bounded onto the stage of Meharry Hall Tuesday night to an audience of over 200 screaming and cheering Panhellenic women of DePauw University. Huston, an official NCAA speaker, has been motivating college students and women across the United States for over 20 years with her humorous yet informative speaking based on her own personal experiences. Huston candidly discusses everything from alcohol consumption, sexuality and self-esteem. An award winning poet, journalist, performer and HIV/AIDS activist, Huston has written several books including, “A Positive Life: Portraits Of Women Living With HIV” and “Goddess: A New Guide to Feminine Wisdom.” Huston fearlessly jumped into her talk about sex. “What is the scientific term for performing oral sex on a man?” Huston asked. The female audience responded with a mix of boisterous laughter, applause and shock. The topic of being sexually active throughout
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college was Huston’s first area to conquer amongst the controversial topics presented. There was one major point Huston continuously reinforced. That is, the best way to avoid negative repercussions is to not mix excessive alcohol consumption with engaging in sexual activity. “When you’re hooking up with someone, or going out with someone, or making out with someone, it [shouldn’t be] because you’re doing it because you’re too drunk, “ Huston said. “It’s your heart.” To tie together the serious issues of alcohol abuse, sexual activity and the threat of STDs, Huston organized a humorous live demonstration. Huston used her own personal stories of being sexually assaulted at a young age in order to communicate the reality of the controversial topics that affect female college students all over the country. The initial response from the audience showed the satisfaction they felt from Huston’s words. “I thought [the speech] was very funny and honest, and made us feel more comfortable about tabooed topics,” said sophomore Kelly Killpack. Sophomore Alli Caplinger had a fresh idea for what could be done to improve the audience’s experience in the future. “I would like to see IFC (Interfraternity Council) become more involved with more male interactions at the River Huston speech,” Caplinger said. “It would be a really interesting conversation to have and the topics gender-neutral enough to provoke interest from both sides.”
• Noise — loud music • Made contact with house representation/ verbal warning issued | Time: 11:08 p.m. | Place: Phi Delta Theta fraternity
March 14 • Suspicious vehicle • Officer checked area/ unable to loacte vehicle | Time: 1:28 a.m. | Place: Blackstock Stadium parking lot • Noise — loud music • Made contact with resident/verbal warning issued | Time: 7:07 p.m. | Place: Sigma Nu fraternity • Noise — loud music / people • Made contact with House Representation/verbal warning issued | Time: 11:15 p.m. | Place: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity • Party registration violation • Shut down / forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 11:30 p.m. | Place: Phi Kappa Psi fraternity
Motivational speaker, author, performer and comedian River Houston spoke to over 200 Panhellenic women Tuesday. This was her second year speaking at DePauw. Huston’s topics ranged from sex to alcohol use to sexual misconduct and violence. PHOTO COURTESY CLINICAL TRAINING CENTER FOR FAMILY PLANNING
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Classic novel explores differences Semester in Israel an eye-opening experience between adult, childhood worlds Hebrew class. This makes for an interesting and quite amusing learning experience, as NATHAN each individual brings something different DUBOW to the classroom. Outside of school, I have also become acquainted with a variety of people. Israelis When asked to write a column for The are far more serious than average AmeriDePauw regarding my time abroad, I had to cans, likely due to the fact that they are required to enroll in the military immediately first figure out where to even begin. This semester, I am studying at Tel Aviv following high school. Regardless of their University in Israel for the semester. Yes, Is- origin, everyone that I have met has been rael, that country located in the Middle East extremely welcoming and intrigued that I that the news often depicts as being turbu- am from Indiana. The places that I have visited are just as lent and dangerous. But let me dispel those rumors now: interesting as the people that I have met. Israel is a fascinating country that incorpo- Last weekend I toured the Old City of Jerurates a rich wealth of history, religion and salem. Thousands of years of history radiate culture. While there are certain areas that I from the large towering walls that surround the Old City. A maze do not plan on visiting, of narrow alleyways I must say that I feel and side streets led me safer here than in the “I must say that I feel safer through the Armenian, states. Christian, Jewish and here than in the states.” Speaking of the U.S., Israel is similar in -Nathan DuBow Muslim quarters. Each section contained sasize to Indiana. Only cred artifacts and monua six-hour drive from ments. the north to the south, Churches, mosques and temples stand the country has everything from snow to sand. The city of Tel Aviv is located on the together and are visited by locals and tourMediterranean Sea. A large shopping mall ists every day. Following the tour of the Old and newly developed high-rise apartments City, I saw an enchanting light show and had outside of my flat remind me of the western a great Middle-Eastern dinner that consisted influence that has shaped the city over the of shawarma, rice and hummus. In summary, the trip was amazing but far too brief. past several decades. While DePauw offers a learning experiA two-hour walk down the boardwalk leads you to Florentine, an area that tells ence second to none, I encourage everyone a completely different story than Tel Aviv. reading this column to study abroad. My Older, gritty storefronts and homes covered journey to Israel is easily one of the best dein graffiti line the streets. The air smells of cisions of my life. The opportunity to expesalt and wood due to the city’s industrial rience a foreign culture promotes individual roots and close proximity to the beach. growth and opens your eyes to the world Smaller, less touristy towns and cities in- around you. I look forward to returning trigue me and I hope to invest my free time to DePauw next year with great memories, traveling the country to experience what friends and a new outlook on life. they have to offer. During my first month abroad, I have — DuBow is a junior from Indiapolis, majoring in been fortunate enough to meet people from anthropology. He is currently studying abroad in Tel across the globe. There are students from Aviv, Israel. Germany, Russia, Ethiopia and Brazil in my features@thedepauw.com
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Low greek recruitment numbers could mean increased diversity and richness of campus BY JACLYN ANGLIS features@thedepauw.com
From what freshman Tiara Heard hears, DePauw’s greek houses have great food, designated times to eat and thus can help you save money on your meal card. But besides those reasons, she couldn’t think of many other advantages of going greek. “There was nothing about it that stood out to me [about] why I should join it or be a part of it,” Heard said of greek life. Heard chose to be independent because she didn’t know much information about the sororities and fraternities at DePauw. Additionally, she thought that space issues at greek houses might be uncomfortable. “At the same time, I don’t think it’s easy for you to express your discomfort,” Heard said. She believes that the best part of being independent will be not feeling as though she must accommodate to other people’s likings. She also feels that she will have more freedom to be herself and won’t feel forced to assimilate into different things. However, Heard did acknowledge that there were some downsides to being independent. “You feel kind of distant and left out at certain times,” she said. Still, Heard, along with several other freshman girls, chose not to pledge this year. She thinks that some people may have come to campus already knowing that they didn’t want to go greek and others may have felt that they couldn’t be open on a one-on-one level during recruitment. Heard does believe that DePauw will still have a majority of greek students in the future, though. “Next year, they will try harder at recruitment to get larger numbers,” Heard said of the greek recruitment numbers. Annie Bowers, junior and president of Independent Council, agreed. “I just can’t see the numbers
decreasing significantly,” she said. Bowers chose to remain independent her when she and her group of friends knew they didn’t want to join houses. She thinks that it is becoming more acceptable to be independent at DePauw. “[Being independent] doesn’t really say anything about you. It just says you didn’t want to join a house,” Bowers said. Since Bowers has a mixture of friends who are both independent and greek, she says that being independent helped her to remain friends with all of them. She also thinks that being independent gives her more freedom, since being greek takes up time. “I take all that time and I do a lot of other stuff with it,” Bowers said. “You have more time to devote to other issues.” In regards to greek recruitment numbers this year, Bowers said that DePauw recruits a number of different people each year, so it may have been that more people in the group were inclined to be independent than usual. “It has to be your individual decision,” she said. Greek Life Coordinator Eric Wolfe has the opportunity to help students make decisions in regards to greek life. Although the work can be challenging, Wolfe finds giving that advice quite rewarding. “I really enjoy working with students and going through that process,” Wolfe said. Wolfe specializes working with the Interfraternity Council and Multi-cultural Greek Council. He believes that from a staff perspective they councils are improving training and monitoring the messages of the greek houses’ skits and performances. “I feel like we’re getting better in terms of getting more organized,” Wolfe said. He said that there were some bumps in the road first semester about getting the word out and raising awareness, but said that during formal recruitment, the staff was more organized and that the Rho Gammas did a great job. In terms of the lower recruitment
numbers for women this year, he noted some statistics about the freshman class. “As I understood the situation, we had fewer women in the class. Secondly, the number of eligible women was lower. Your pool is smaller from the get go,” Wolfe said of the factors. Still, just under 69 percent of DePauw’s population is affiliated with a greek house. “I don’t know 100 years from now where our system will be,” Wolfe said.
“As I understood the situation, we had fewer women in the class. Secondly, the number of eligible women was lower. Your pool is smaller from the get go.” - Eric Wolfe, Greek Life Coordinator
Wolfe said that in the foreseeable future, over 50 percent of DePauw’s population will likely be Greek. But in the distant future, it depends on whether or not fraternities and sororities are able to change with time, especially considering that they are built on lots of tradition. Wolfe hopes that the recruitment numbers will increase and remain consistent with what students want, especially if they do a good job of portraying why it is a positive experience. “I’m hopeful that our numbers will go up as the messages improve,” he said. Faculty members also see the impact of the greek system. Anne Harris, professor of art and art history and director of the Women’s Studies Program, isn’t sure whether the numbers of greek recruitment will increase or decrease over time, but she doesn’t believe that fewer members of sororities and fraternities would be any harm to the DePauw community. “What makes DePauw DePauw is that
students are willing to talk to each other across boundaries,” Harris said. Harris believes that greek recruitment numbers were relatively low this year since DePauw has been nurturing more ways for people to create groups in the community. Although Harris doesn’t have many ways of knowing whether her students are greek or independent, she said there a variety of topics that connect the campus together. Because of that, everyone is involved in one way or another with the greek system. “Everybody’s worried about sexual assault. Whether they’re greek or not, everybody wants to know about flowerins,” she said of some connecting topics. Harris attended a women’s college where there were no greek houses, but she sees a lot of advantages for multi-cultural greek organizations, such as the Latina and African-American organizations. “I’m really impressed with the multicultural activism,” Harris said. Harris does believe that the mainstream houses should be involved in more activism, not just philanthropy. She also believes that sororities are still relevant for women in this day and age. “I think they provide leadership opportunities for women and I think that’s terrific,” Harris said. Harris has a few hopes for the greek system. She wishes sorority women would claim control of social spaces, particularly in terms of party locations since fraternities currently have sole control. She would also love to see fraternities and sororities form an allegiance to confront sexual assault. In addition, she hopes that DePauw will continuously become more varied in its organizations. Harris said she would happily welcome an expansion of the way students group themselves at DePauw. “Imagine a DePauw where one year, you’re living in the Eco-Criticism house and the next year, you’re living in the Women in Global Economic Development house,” Harris said. “It would be a richer
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THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board Chase Hall | Editor-in-Chief Dana Ferguson | Managing Editor Ellen Kobe | Managing Editor Stephanie Sharlow | Chief Copy Editor
EDITORIAL
Excise: invaders or reality check? DePauw has been targeted by the Intensified College Enforcement (ICE) program, executed by the Indiana State Excise Police. The program hopes to curb underage drinking through the use of more officers in specific regions, mostly college campuses like ours, Ball State University and Indiana University-Bloomington. It’s not surprising that these officers are at DePauw, an institution that has essentially professed to heavy drinking and problematic consumption of hard alcohol. The logic of ICE is clear and hard to argue with. If an increased threat of a citation won’t deter underage drinkers — more than 100 citations that have been issued by the program so far — a run in with an excise officer resulting in an actual citation will. Admittedly, DePauw students live (and drink) in a community that often creates consequences exponentially less severe than legal citations or fines. It seems that students have come to expect to be able to drink with few worries — among people they trust and with consequences few and far between. Students say the new faces of state law enforcement on campus makes them feel as if our safe bubble has been violated. This points towards the fundamental differences between Public Safety and excise police. Public Safety is an entity of our community whose professed goal is to keep campus safe. We know the officers. We trust them. The professed goal of the excise police and their Intensified College Enforcement program is to reduce underage drinking through increased state officer presence on campus, who are quick to issue citations or make arrests. There is certainly an overlap; administration and student-interest groups have been struggling for years to find ways to decrease an under-age binge drinking culture on campus. Often these suggestion are preempted by surveys, discussions and policies. Although undesired by students, having excise on campus creates a real possibility of decreasing the severity of the drinking problem by increasing the consequences of drinking underage. It is unrealistic to believe that excise police will completely eradicate underage drinking at DePauw, or any other college campus for that matter. But it could remind students that high-risk drinking is highly contextual at DePauw, dangerous and unacceptable in less intimate communities. There are two sides of the coin here. The intimacy of DePauw is broken by excise officers who are unfamiliar with its culture or students. But, the ICE program fosters more real-to-life consequences that could make students think twice before pregaming or drinking underage.
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Caution: Better in theory than in practice. AUSTIN FRY / THE DEPAUW
Technology addictions negate real world interactions MADISON BRINKER
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hen I was in seventh grade, nearly all of my friends had phones. One by one, we entered the world of cellular devices. These days, it is difficult to go anywhere with out people having some sort of mobile device with them at all times. You can find kids texting in class, iPods strapped to a runners arm, adults staring at their blackberries in a waiting room. I still find it humorous and somewhat out of place when I see mother-like looking women walking down an isle of the grocery store scrolling through their iPhones. Heads down and fingers busy, phones are everywhere. Almost anywhere you look in society today, there are people glued to their mobile devices. We play mindless games on our phones, such as scrabble or a drawing games where pairs of two draw pictures and send them to a friend. We check Facebook, tweet, take and edit photos and have the ability to access almost anything on the Internet with a few finger taps. In addition, mobile phones offer us a way out by giving us something
to look at in awkward situations. These devices are fascinating, so it’s no wonder people can’t put them down. But is this not-so-new social norm acceptable? I often joke that our future children are going to come out of the womb with their fingers joined together ready for a phone. Our iPods and phones are more than handy and can pass time by entertaining us with games and social websites, but as a society we are starting to miss out on what is actually in front of us. Although I am guilty of this, I find it annoying when I am having a conversation with someone and then suddenly it is put on hold while one of us checks our phone. How about being out to dinner and the person you are with keeps their phone on the table the whole night, checking it every few minutes? It’s not necessarily offensive, but it is borderline rude. And then I have to sit there wondering if I am boring the other person. It’s a low blow to my self esteem. It’s not that people are intentionally disrespectful by having seven texting conversations while also pretending to pay attention to the person in front of them, it’s that this has become socially acceptable. And the action of being glued to our phones is keeping us from be able to engage in real conversations, admire the sce-
nic walk to class, meet new people and live our lives to the fullest. Sound like an exaggeration? Think about this: When was the last time you checked your phone? Yeah, I thought so. In my experience, I have found that these mobile devices have become distractions and unfortunate inventions at times. I alone have checked my phone a total of 13 times while writing this column without thinking about it. We are allowing these devices to hold us back from taking part in everything the world has to offer us and people have already begun to lose sight of what is real and what is cyber. No one is to blame for the obsession of our phones, but next time you are “engaged” in an actual conversation, think about what it looks like when you are checking your phone for a message. Chances are it’s going to still be there in five minutes. Think about what you could be missing with your head down staring at your phone. You think you really aren’t missing anything? You think you aren’t “obsessed” with your phone? Leave it in your room for one day and see what different things happen and what fresh things you notice. I promise, you might just be amazed. — Brinker is a freshman from Stevensville, Mich., with an undecided major. opinion@thedepauw.com
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‘Right to be Forgotten’ could change constitutional rights SUNNY STRADER
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he Internet is a scary place that leaves little room for mistakes. In our digital-age, it can be hard to escape your past with every Facebook status, photo and tweet forever recorded in cyberspace. What if you could erase your mistakes from the Internet forever? You would no longer have to worry about someone maliciously posting and sharing photos of your regrettable Saturday night moments. The “Right to be Forgotten” phenomena spreading across Europe gives Internet users the right to control any data generated about themselves. While reviewing the data protection law, Viviane Reding, vice president of the European Commission, gave a proposal that emphasized the importance of an increased Internet privacy policy. The “Right to be Forgotten,”
perhaps the most noteworthy feature of Reding’s proposal, requires Internet companies to delete any information about a user upon the user’s wishes, unless there are is a “legitimate” reason to keep it posted. 27 European Union member states have jumped on board. For college students who are frequently censoring and “cleaning up” their social networking pages, the “Right to be Forgotten” appears to be in one’s favor. How wonderful it would be to thoroughly cleanse your Internet image of all its blemishes. Upon further research, I found the “Right to be Forgotten” to be a sinister issue. NPR Science Correspondent Robert Krulwich claims the “Right to be Forgotten” is the “the biggest threat to free speech on the Internet in the coming decade.” The United States and Europe take opposite approaches when it comes to the increasing Internet privacy. The “Right to be Forgotten” stems from the roots of the French law “le droit à l’oubli” — the “right of oblivion.” The right of oblivion allows convicted felons, upon rehabilitation, to object to published
facts of his incarceration. In contrast, the United States exercises the First Amendment, allowing the publication of some one’s
“What if you could erase your mistakes from the Internet forever?” criminal history. Unlike Europe, the United States has not reached the point where we forgive criminals and remove them from history. The conceptual roots of the “Right to be Forgotten” run parallel with those of Europe, but they are at strict odds with those of the United States. Additionally, according to the Stanford Law Review, this right could “precipitate a dramatic clash between European and American conceptions of the proper balance between privacy and free speech,” therefore leading to a far less open Internet.
Another problematic element of Reding’s proposal is the ambiguous language that is used in its definition. What exactly qualifies as a “legitimate reason” to remove content? Suddenly, we asking much more of Internet companies than they are trained to provide. Companies would be forced to meddle with the petty dramas of the American people, when their specialized interests pertain to the field of technology. Exactly how selective are Internet companies? At what point do they begin to erase history? When does removal of content impede on the public’s right to know? If we need some clarification on what is “legitimate” perhaps we should consult a judge. As much anxiety as the “Right to be Forgotten” would alleviate, I can not argue against freedom of speech, freedom of press or the public’s right to know. We must also consider how this right could potentially erase much of our history. — Strader is a sophomore from Danville, Ill., majoring in art history. opinion@thedepauw.com
Campus golf: The perfect way to take advatnage of good weather NICOLE DOBIAS
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t’s finally spring here at good ol’ DePauw. The sky is getting bluer, the grass is getting greener, our course loads are getting progressively harder. And, as usual, the weather is bipolar. This time of year, a typical week can consist of three cold rainy days, three blistering hot days and one blissfully perfect day where the campus seems to come alive. So what should we do with the one gorgeous day we are given each week? The answer is all around us on those beautiful sunny days. We see it everywhere: By the Dells, in Bowman Park, by the Hub, etc. It is a pastime usually enjoyed by fraternity
guys (and the occasional girl). Yes, I am talking about campus golf. Don’t knock it until you try it. I had never given the sport a fair chance until an October weekend last semester, and I seriously had the time of my life. I now find the sport to be considerably underrated, as I experienced one of the most epic games this campus has ever seen. In mid-October, my best friend and I finally decided to give campus golf a try with our visiting dads. It was such a beautiful day that we grabbed some old golf clubs and a few tennis balls and were off to play the game. We started off in Bowman Park and slowly made our way around campus. At one point we had to hit the balls from the entranceway of Julian over to the stone lampposts next to Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Though I
hit my tennis ball as hard as I could, it ended up in the middle of the street. Cars surrounded my ball and as I waited at the side of the road for them to pass so I could make my next move. They stopped, motioning me to go because they wanted to watch me hit it. Frantically, I ran to my ball, swung and missed twice before I finally hit it. Needless to say, it wasn’t my finest moment. I also ran into trouble when I hit my ball into a bush by Hannah Street. It’s probably still there because, after searching for a good thirty minutes, I could not find my ball. Now I know to always bring a spare. When we reached the Boulder, my friend thought it would be a good idea to pull out the camera. I posed and made the most epic hit of the game — the look on my face was priceless when the ball hit a concrete wall and bounced back to exactly where it was originally. Clearly,
it took me a while to warm up before I got the hang of the sport. However, by the time we reached the area between the Hub and East College, my friend and I were so knowledgable about the sport, we felt the need to yell “fore!” after every hit. We finished the game on top, and I definitely feel like a pro now. With this incredible weather and high temperatures, sometimes the best thing we can do is enjoy the warmth while we have it. Campus golf is one of those ways. Whether you’re a natural pro, or struggle with hitting the ball, it proves to be a good time for everyone. So if you ever want to play a game of campus golf, hit me up. I am definitely in. — Dobias is a sophomore from Fishers, Ind., majoring in communications and minoring in political science and computer science. opinion@thedepauw.com
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PHOTOPINION What do you think about the increased presence of excise on campus?
“I really don’t think it’s going to stop the drinking. It’s just going to make people drink in unsafe environments.”
NAIOMY GUERRERO, senior “I think people should be able to make mistakes and recover from them, and excise is inhibiting second chances for some people.” COLE RODMAN, sophomore “I think that it’s unneccessary with Public Safety around.”
BRI DePAUW, senior “I think I would have been worried when I wasn’t 21, but now I don’t care.”
VINCENT AGUIRRE, senior ELI CANGANY / THE DEPAUW
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ADVERTISEMENT Faculty Reviews 2012 – 2013 Tenure & Promotion Sandro Barros – Modern Languages Cheira Belguellaoui – Modern Languages Maria Forcadell – Modern Languages Kellin Stanfield – Economics and Management Zhixin Wu – Mathematics Interim Jeffrey Dunn – Philosophy Valentin Lanzrein – School of Music Term Ellen Bayer – English Ronald Dye – Communication and Theatre/English Vanessa Fox – Biology Kathryn Millis – Library If you have information you would like to share about your experience with any of these faculty members, please write to the Committee On Faculty, c/o Carol Cox, Academic Affairs, 305 Harrison Hall, or E-mail: COFcoord@depauw.edu. The deadline for letters for all tenure, interim, and term files is Monday, August 27, 2012 This committee makes recommendations to the President. Because of the University open file policy, all such submissions will be available to the individual faculty member. Thus, you are asked either to indicate your awareness of this policy in your letter, or to complete an open file policy form which can be obtained in the Office of Academic Affairs, 305 Harrison Hall or on the COF website: http://www.depauw.edu/offices/academicaffairs/faculty-governance/committees-and-contacts/committee-on-faculty/ The most helpful letters are those confined to personal experience of the letter writer. Since the criteria for review cover a broad set of categories spread over teaching, scholarly and artistic work, and service, your letter should only speak to your first-hand experience with the faculty member under review. It is neither helpful nor appropriate for a letter writer to make a recommendation for the outcome (e.g., granting tenure or promotion) since that implies a judgment based on incomplete information. A formal recommendation will be made by the review committees upon examination of all lines of evidence contained in the decision file. Howard Brooks, Chair, Committee on Faculty
Members of the lacrosse team gather around new head coach Carl Haas at one of their first official practices this season. The team will become a varsity sport for the 2012-2013 season. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW
Practice intensity up to prepare for NCAC By IAN MUNN sports@thedepauw.com
The men’s lacrosse spent months training for its last season as a club sport. The Tigers are excited for new head coach Carl Haas and the new season before transitioning into a varsity sport. “Having practice three times a week, everybody actually showing up, it’s been a pretty new experience for us,” said junior mid-fielder Jack Glerum. Next year, the Tigers will join and compete in the North Coast Athletic Conference, with teams like Denison University and Ohio Wesleyan University, who are both receiving votes for NCAA top 25 honors. The Tigers are excited to have the opportunity to face high caliber teams as such a young program. “The competition will be stiff, but the guys are excited to be actual NCAA athletes,” Glerum said. “We are also hoping that we get sick jerseys.” But with good-looking jerseys comes a new practice structure. The normal week for these club lacrosse players will entail meeting two or three times a week for a laid-back practice. But in the 2012-13 season, the team will have as frequent and intense practices as any other varsity sport and these athletes will be one step closer to becoming competitive in the NCAC. “Within a year or two, our swag will be off the charts,” said junior mid-fielder Greg Lambert. DePauw’s team is comprised of athletes from across the country, with hotbeds in Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis and the New England area. It’s an eclectic group with players who have played since grade school and some who are trying the sport for the first time.
When freshman attackman Pierce Ellinwood came to DePauw from New Hampshire, he had no expectation of lacrosse becoming a varsity sport in the foreseeable future, but he said he is impressed with the new head coach and how he has handled the team. “Coach Haas has made the team more legitimate by managing practices and encouraging higher participation,” Ellinwood said. Haas played lacrosse at the collegiate level at Virginia Military Institute and previously was an assistant coach at Saint College in Latrobe, Penn. He has already instituted a more regular practice schedule and is seeking new recruits for the 2012-13 season. “We do have recruits for next year with some soft verbal commitments,” Haas said. “I’m hoping to have a class of ten for this first group and then grow from there.” Getting more experienced bodies on the field may be one of the bigger challenges for Haas and the rest of lacrosse program before it begins varsity play. The team still has no permanent field, locker room or space for equipment storage, but Haas is not panicking. “We’ll figure it out,” Haas said. “The biggest challenge, at least initially, is to get players here to DePauw. I believe the academic reputation has made it a very attractive place and knowing that we are part of a very good league in Div. III for lacrosse will also help.” The team understands the challenge, but is excited about the chance to compete at the next level. “It will take time,” Haas said, “But I’m confident great things are in our future.”
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Tigers in lead for NCAC All-Sports Championship By JOSEPH FANELLI sports@thedepauw.com
DePauw athletic teams secured not one, but four finishes in the top four in North Coast Athletic Conference championships this year. In its inaugural season as an NCAC member, DePauw holds the first place lead in the 2011-12 NCAC AllSports Championship. The All-Sports Championship is an annual competition that scores the finishes in conference tournaments of all 23 NCAC sports across both men’s and women’s teams. Ten points are awarded for a first place finish, nine for a second, eight for third and so on. The champion earns the Dennis M. Collins All-Sports trophy and is meant to exemplify the NCAC’s commitment to equity and balance among programs.
DePauw has had an impressive 201112 season, with one outright title from women’s basketball, a third place finish from the men’s swimming and diving team, fourth place from the women’s swimming and diving team and two fourth place finishes for the track and field teams. The men’s basketball team also tied with Hiram College. DePauw currently holds a three and a half point margin over Ohio Wesleyan University with 89.5 points compared to their 86. Denison University is the current holder for most All-Sport championships with 12. Ohio Wesleyan University follows in second with nine. In the NCAC’s 28 playing seasons, Ohio Wesleyan has racked up 132 team championships. Denison is next with 119, followed by Allegheny College with 107.
NORTH COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 2011-12 ALL-SPORTS STANDINGS (WINTER) 1. DEPAUW — 89.5 2. OHIO WESLEYAN — 86.0 3. DENISON — 83.0 4. KENYON — 76.5 5. WITTENBERG — 75.0 6. ALLEGHENY — 72 7. WOOSTER — 70.0 8. OBERLIN — 62.5 9. WABASH* — 47.5 10. HIRAM — 37.0 *WABASH IS AN ALL MALE INSTITUTION
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tiger week of the
name: EMILY BICHLER, JUNIOR
sport: SOFTBALL
position: PITCHER
hometown: BELGIUM, WI.
Highlight: In the softball team’s season opener last Saturday, Bichler tossed a no-hitter on the way to the Tigers 10-0 shutout over Westminster College (MO.). In five innings Bichler struck out nine and walked just one with 17 batters faced on the day.
On her play against Westminster: Sophomore J.D. Powell plays offense on Thursday afternoon at rugby practice. The team has recently started practicing for their 2012 season, which will begin the first weekend after spring break. They will open with a “sevens” tournament at DePauw. Rugby can be played in two styles: sevens, with seven players, and full with 15 players. “We’re ready,” senior Ikaika Correa said. “We’re ready to get back out there. I can’t wait to score on my first try and Tebow in front of all my fans.” The team’s last win was against Indiana State in the 2011 fall season. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW
“Everything that I was throwing was working. I’m a junk ball pitcher so (Westminster) was just falling for what I threw and it seemed to work. Honestly, I was very nervous...but we had nice weather and everyone got really excited and I just fed off the team’s energy. —COMPILED BY JOSEPH FANELLI / SPORTS@THEDEPAUW.COM
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For the love of the sport Second-string student athletes find collegiate success despite brief playing time sports@thedepauw.com
“The first minutes I got came just out of nowhere. I mean, I didn’t play at all.” Senior Ian Rumpp was sitting outside of Roy. O West Library, talking about one of his first in-game moments his junior year on the DePauw men’s basketball team. His eyes widened and he perked up noticeably. “We’re down against Birmingham Southern,” Rump continued. “And we can’t get any offense going and you can tell coach [Bill Fenlon] is just getting irritated. And then coach just looks at the bench, looks at me and says, ‘Rumpp, get him.’” This memory is clearly something Rumpp enjoys talking about. He has just finished his senior season a few weeks ago after a first-round loss in the NCAC tournament to Wooster. He explained that in the game he ended up hitting four out of five three pointers in what turned out to be a close loss, but to him it was a lesson
and some well-earned reassurance. “That feeling that I was ready to go when I got my chance,” Rumpp said. “It just proved that everything I was doing was worth it. I tried to develop this (mindset) because otherwise it was like ‘why am I even playing?” Rumpp, like many athletes at DePauw, was not the number one player for his team. In fact, for more than two seasons, he was a bench player. Game nights he would go to the gym, put on his uniform in the locker room, do a couple lay-ups before the game and then watch his teammates compete for the night. That is the reality for many of athletes at DePauw. No one grows wishing to one day back-up the starting center or watch their teammate hit the winning home run. Anyone that aspires to be a great athlete wants those moments, but, for a number of athletes, the closest they will get is a sideline next to the court or field. Sophomore
Mary Arnold is a member of the women’s tennis team. She has played since her freshman year and is not currently in the starting lineup. For her, tennis is another outlet. “Tennis has created a family away from home. I’m with them 24/7,” Arnold said. “It’s really helped me academically and to get involved in other organizations. It’s a pretty big commitment, but our coach stresses academics and getting involved with the community. It’s been the foundation for everything that I do. “ Arnold, though, is only a sophomore. Expecting two more seasons of opportunities to compete for spots can be an easy way to rationalize not playing. “Being younger definitely helps,” Arnold said, “just being able to absorb the experiences from the other girls and still know I’m at a position where I can learn so much in the amount of time I’m allotted.” Sophomore J.B. McCallum, a member of the baseball team, is another DePauw athlete who understands the hardships of the depth chart. Right now, he understands his role as a “late-inning defensive replacement,” but that does not mean he has no further aspirations. “We graduate a lot of seniors this year,” McCallum said. “There will be plenty of positions open next
ILLUSTRATION BY BOB ALLEN
By JOE FANELLI
year.” What tends to be forgotten is that people like McCallum, Arnold and Rumpp are all good athletes. These are people who excelled at their sports in high school. Someone who has a chance to compete athletically at a collegiate level — even at Div. III — has had prior success in his or her sport. Junior Steven Pjevach, a member of the men’s tennis team, was a part of four Minnesota state championships prior to coming to DePauw. To go from that kind of success to watching from the sidelines proved a tough transition. “That definitely made it difficult,” Pjevach said. “It can be frustrating. You come knowing your talent level and then you see other kids play and you’re just like ‘wow.’” Pjevach has been a part of the starting rotation before, but is currently out of the lineup. He always strives to earn a solid spot, but has learned to appreciate other facets of his tennis experience. “I feel like it’s helped my DePauw experience more than it has hurt it,” Pjevach said. “Sure it kind of sucks to put in three hours a day of for practice, but I would rather have the relationships I do right now as well as stay in shape than not play on the team. Having my best friends at practice every day definitely helps keep me coming back.” Relationships often form when talking to these players. They refer to their teammates as “friends” or “family.” It can seem a little cliché, but it also seems genuine when they describe it. And why would they lie? They are not getting paid or receiving any athletic scholarship. These are students who participate in sports as an extracurricular activity. The respect and admiration of their coaches and teammates may be all that they ask for, which seems to be what they receive. “Rumpp to the rescue,” senior starting guard Sean Haseley said of his teammate’s play last year. “He stuck with it man. He’s the classic example. When he came in, that just got us hyped.”