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New sophomore ‘W’ requirement expands writing emphasis

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DePauw’s competencies requirements are undergoing changes, the most controversial is a mandatory sophomore Wcourse requirement.

The change will affect the class of 2016 and all future classes.

“This group of incoming students will have to pass through three things: first year seminar, a sophomore W class, and then down the line, once they’ve chosen their major, pass through the writing in the major requirement,” Michael Sinowitz, the

“There are theories about writing giving students multiple opportunities.

Spaced out [writing education] being one of the best ways to get development for writing, so that’s the goal of that program.”

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Writing Program director said.

Depending on a student’s choice of major, the writing requirement could consist of one course or several.

According to Bruce Sanders, chair of the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP) in 2010-2011, there were two main issues with the old requirements of the writing pro-

““I think [the changes] will be effective in the long run, but I feel bad for the students who weren’t forewarned of this. They could’ve gotten another core course out of the way.”

- DEANNA REDER, FRESHMAN

gram. If a student was placed out of College Writing 130, he or she would not have to complete any required writing courses during their freshman year.

More significantly, a student who placed out of College Writing 130 wouldn’t have had to take a writing intensive course after completing the W requirement, said Sanders.

Thus, the writing program’s decision to drop the College Writing 130 requirement and instead incorporate writing into each first year seminar has set the stage for these current changes.

The benefits that resulted from spreading out a student’s writing education inspired CAPP to propose changes to the program in place during the 20102011 school year.

“There are theories about writing giving students multiple opportunities,” Sinowitz said.

“Spaced out [writing education] being one of the best ways to get development for writing, so that’s the goal of that program.”

Students will have opportu-

nities to develop writing skills for every year of their four-year education, whether in learning or application. Specific requirements are in place for first year seminars, sophomore W course requirements and senior capstone seminars.

“Major writing experience would ideally have an impact during junior year,” Sinowitz said.

Sanders interviewed faculty about potential changes and brought the feedback to CAPP. The decision to make changes in the writing program—especially regarding the pivotal freshman year—was nearly unanimous.

Nevertheless, transitioning has posed some challenges.

Many current freshmen have al-

“My hope is that if a student gets by accident a second writing experience during sophomore year, it’s only going benefit them in the long run.”

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ready taken W courses, and now they’ve have hit problems with scheduling plans for future years at DePauw. Students who are pre-med, double majors or planning to study abroad wanted to knock out the W requirement out of the way early on.

Freshman biology major Ellen Buening was one of the inconvenienced students. Buening was concerned that the announce-

ment wasn’t made until she was already in line for a W credit.

“I would’ve made a different choice had I known,” Buening said. “Being given information earlier would’ve affected my decision.”

Freshman political science and English literature major Deanna Reder was more fortunate—her adviser knew of the upcoming changes and told her not to take a W course this year.

“I think [the changes] will be effective in the long run, but I feel bad for the students who weren’t forewarned of this,” Reder said. “They could’ve gotten another core course out of the way.”

Program proponents have taken these cases into account.

While unfortunate, Sinowitz said such cases were inevitable in the execution of any new program.

“I think that faculty will become clearer in advising in the future,” Sinowitz said. “These things sometimes happen in transition.”

Sinowitz went on to say that this new policy was meant to help the students’ educations, not harm them. Too much writing is never really a bad thing, he said.

He continued, “My hope is that if a student gets by accident a second writing experience during sophomore year, it’s only going benefit them in the long run.”

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DePauw parts ways with Steve Santo and Sodexo Despite faculty push to retain Dining Services General Manager, Steve Santo will leave DePauw as Sodexo make its exit at the end of the semester.

Four days after DePauw announced a dining service provider switch from Sodexo to Bon Appetite on March 21, an online petition titled, “Keep Steve Santo at DePauw” was created. The petition has since gathered over 60 signatures from faculty members, students and alumni.

“Mr. Santo is a fixture in DePauw dining services.

He is friendly and helpful, and he is constantly working to improve DePauw dining services,” senior Janelle Thixton wrote on the petition page. “I don't

think you could ask for a better or more dedicated employee.”

The dining service switch announcement also inspired action amongst faculty members. An email thread circulated amongst some faculty members who expressed opinions about keeping Santo.

“A lot of people responding to that email chain talked about how helpful he was,” Eric Edberg, a professor from the School of Music said. “We just love working with Steve so much that if there was some way he could stay on that’d be great.”

Every year, Edberg’s freshman seminar class does a multi-genre concert at the end of the semester.

Edberg said that Santo is always very cooperative and helpful in allocating a food budget, figuring out menu items and gathering input for food selections at the

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Nahyan Fancy, professor of history, said in an email that Santo has gone out of his way to make sure Muslim students who keep halal are still able to eat in the university dining halls.

“Steve is just a great guy and you hate to lose someone from the community like that,” Edberg said.

“Especially when he’s been supportive of so many people.”

Even outside of the petition, students have expressed similar opinions.

“Just because DePauw decided to switch service providers, [Santo] shouldn’t be out of a job,” junior Katie Sherman said. “It’s not his fault that Sodexo is substandard to begin with; he’s done a great job.”

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called Santo’s departure “insanity.” Good praised the way Santo handled problems.

“Every time there’s been discontent or a mini uprising, he didn’t try to silence it—he tried to solve it,” Good said.

Professor Jeff Hansen, professor of chemistry, expressed concern for Santo as well as other Sodexo employees, who he has worked with over the years, especially in collaboration with his winter term cooking class.

“They’re a part of our community in many, many ways,” Hansen said. “That’s going to be a huge loss for a lot of people.”

Santo did not respond to attempts made to contact him.

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Allocations to fund cups for Little 5

By NICOLE DECRISCIO features@thedepauw.com

On Saturday during the Little 5 Criterium, the Little 5 Steering Committee will be handing out cups full of water to students.

The cups, which were not originally part of the budget for the Little 5 Steering Committee, have been paid for by funds distributed by the allocations board.

“The idea took off because we’re doing a barbeque this year,” senior Margaret Distler, cochair of the Little 5 Steering Committee, said.

However, Distler noted that one of the reasons they came up with the idea is the fact that Little 5 week coincides with Earth week.

The cups with be made out of durable plastic, and students are encouraged to keep and reuse the cups.

“It’s always an issue of just making sure students stay hydrated, and they stay responsible,” Distler said.

A few weeks ago, Distler and Little 5 Steering Committee co-chair, senior Paul Dugdale, went before the allocations board for their weekly event-by-event meeting. At these meetings, members of organizations can propose events that either weren’t in their budget or events that were originally in their budget but required more details before the allocations board would fund it.

“This year we’ve had about seventy five requests for event-by-event,” senior Stewart Burns, director of the allocations board, said. “I think [event-by-event] is a great tool that we have because plans change and things come up.”

This year, the allocations board had money that was not used from the end of the 2011-2012 academic year. According to Burns, only the previous director of allocations knew about the remaining balance. As a result, at the beginning of this year, the allocations board had more money than any of the members anticipated.

“We’re not strapped for money as before,” senior Jonathan Rosario, who has been on the allocations board for two years, said. “We’re at a very good place right now.”

In fact, the left over funds have gone to several projects. It has paid for the free movies for the rest of the year for students at Ashley Square Cinema, as well as the six sustainability projects that are part of the sustainability fund they developed this semester. In a typical semester, they have approximately $240,000.

This year, the allocations board has, according to Burns, distributed approximately 96 percent of their funds, and Burns anticipates more eventby-event requests to come through during the remaining four weeks of the semester.

“There’s never going to be enough money for every single request,” Rosario said. “It’s a large pool of candidates for a very small pool of money.”

The board has a strict system of how it determines which events are funded. First priority is given to events that are open to the entire campus and anticipate a large attendance. Then, they look to fund events that are private, invitation only or co-sponsored by several groups.

Finally, they fund the organizational required costs. The allocations board also looks at how each organization has spent their money in the

past.

“We’ve been doing a lot of hard work in trying to get people the maximized amount of funds that we can so that we can encourage a very vibrant and active campus,” Rosario. “I think given our circumstances, we’ve done a really good job of making sure that all student organizations can function and have the core of their events funded.”

The board also tries to help organizations that need additional funding find it elsewhere.

“We do try to point people in the right direction. There is alternative funding on campus that doesn’t have to necessarily come from the student activity fee,” Rosario said.

A new amendment to the DePauw Student Government constitution has the potential to slightly increase the amount of money the allocations board is able to distribute.

“Now at the end of the year, unless you notify us ahead of time because you have a need for money over the summer, your organization’s budget will go back to zero,” Burns said.

Burns pointed to the fact that there are a number of organizations that, in four semesters, have not touched any of the money in their accounts. As a result, the money in all student organization’s accounts will automatically go back to the allocations board to be added to the money from the fall’s student activities fee money.

“It’s going to go back into the whole pot,” Burns said, “and we’re going to find a good way to use it for the student body.”

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DePauw celebrates Earth week with a line up of events to discuss environment

By MEDJINE NZEYIMANA news@thedepauw.com

Despite nightly rainstorms and violent winds, the excitement surrounding this week’s Earth Week festivities radiated throughout campus. The Office of Sustainability and the Environmental Club have teamed up for the week to create entertaining and educational events open to the public.

“It’s possible to talk about environmental issues without being depressed,” Assistant Director of Sustainability Anthony Baratta said.

The Monday night viewing of “Project Nim” in the Peeler Art Center auditorium kicked off the week. Later that evening, a panel of students facilitated a forum on DePauw’s possible divestment of fossil fuels.

Earth Week continued with the viewing of “Stop Monsanto from Poisoning Hawaii,” which focused on the

company’s controversial production of genetically modified food, or GMOs, on Tuesday night.

The week gained momentum with a double feature event on Wednesday night. Baratta hosted a “Food for Thought” discussion, which focused on the importance of human dignity and the overall treatment of service workers on and off campus. The night continued with worldrenowned primatologist Jane Goodall’s Ubben Lecture on “Sowing the Seeds of Hope” in the Neal Fieldhouse.

“We were thrilled to have Jane Goodall speak during [Earth] week,” Baratta said. “We didn’t plan it that way, but we’re blessed to have her here.”

Junior Becca Zucker was also pleased with Goodall.

“Most people know of Goodall nominally,” said junior Becca Zucker. “But when you see her speak, you can understand what it is she’s passionate about, why she’s passionate about it, and how genuine her passion is.”

On Thursday night, the Raise Hope for Congo

Campaign Manager JD Stier headlined the “Conflict Minerals: What are they? Why should we care?” event in Peeler auditorium.

DePauw’s efforts towards becoming more sustainable are evident to sustainability intern Alessandra Pistoia.

“I have witnessed the institution become more environmentally-minded in the past four years,” Pistoia said.

Some of these efforts have been banning of sale of plastic water bottles and using food from our campus farm in the dining services.

Additionally, a program called The Move Out Program, has been established to donate students’ unwanted items to community members.

Other student organizations such as the GreEco- Reps have aided in the removal of styrofoam cups in certain greek houses. The Environmental Club is also distributing reusable cups during this weekend’s Little 5 festivities to

promote sustainability.

“I am enthused at DePauw’s continuous efforts towards more environmentally-minded,” Pistoia said.

The weekend festivities include an “Elements” dance performance choreographed by sophomore Andre Williams. The performances will occur on Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm in Moore Theater and is free to all.

On Sunday, the short film “Do the Math,” on the recent climate changes, will be shown in the Peeler Auditorium at 7 p.m. A live stream from climate experts will follow the viewing of the film.

Earth Week will officially conclude on National Earth Day, which is Monday, April 22. The Environmental Fellows will host a screening and discussion of the film “Carbon Nation” at 7:30 p.m. in Watson Forum. Later, free food will be distributed by Good Eats on the Hub Patio at 5:30 p.m.

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It’s hard to imagine the earth destroyed, but even harder to envision is the rebirth as a beautiful process, yet, a student-run dance production hopes to make that image a reality.

Today and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., DePauw students will perform The Elements, an artistic dance based on a marching show about spirits who rescue a destroyed Earth by building back up the four elements: air, earth, water and fire.

Sophomore Andre Williams, the choreographer of the dance, said the idea came to him in high school.

As a third grader he started copying moves from the television show So You Think You Can Dance?, and when Williams came to DePauw he looked for an outlet for his talent. After joining Excel, a dance group on campus, he suggested The Elements as a possibility for a performance.

“They all went nuts over it because they’ve wanted to do that for years,” Williams said.

For students like freshman Alison Howard, The Elements offers her an opportunity to continue her love of dance when she otherwise might not have had the chance.

“I’ve always loved dancing and DePauw doesn’t have as many outlets for [it],” Howard said. “This production really offered a great opportunity for everyone who wanted to do dance.”

The lack of a formal dance program at DePauw makes this performance special for participants.

Freshman Claire Hatton said that such a program would be beneficial for students if the support and facilities are there, and Williams said he feels as if “something’s missing” without a dance program.

“Deb Grammel [adjunct assistant professor of dance] is absolutely amazing at what she does, and I give her credit for that,” Williams said. “I just wish we had more here for dance. It’s unfortunate because I know a lot of people on campus who have been dancing for years, and then, once they got here, they just stopped.”

Yet the passion in these student dancers has not faded in this performance. The students involved are very fervent about the dance and are looking forward to see their hard work paid off.

“We’re all getting kind of nervous since it is getting down to crunch time,” Hatton said. “But it’s starting to come together beautifully so I’m really excited for it.”

Howard and Hatton are ready for an audience to come see the dance they have worked so hard on this semester and think that people will enjoy seeing a different kind of performance.

“People can always come and see a theatre production or a musical theatre production,” Howard said. “This is a different kind of experience. It’s all about the concept. You’ll see people’s facial features and that helps to tell the story, but it’s all about the choreography.”

Hatton agrees that this is a different type of show than people are used to seeing.

“It’s just beyond boundaries,” she said. “It’s beautiful if you let yourself just listen to the music and watch our feelings through our movement. I think people should come and appreciate it. It can appeal on a lot of levels for different people.”

In addition to the passion expressed in the dance, the message of caring for the environment is also compelling. The Elements is sponsored in part by the DePauw Environmental Club, and the production has a strong conservational message to it.

Williams refers to the dance as a “reality check.”

Humans now, he said, are in the process of destroying the elements featured in the performance.

“It’s a beautiful nightmare,” Williams said. “If we don’t start taking care of what we have, it will get destroyed and then we’ll have to start all over. And the process of starting over may be beautiful, that’s what we’re depicting, but it’s also a mourning.”

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Not many people living on DePauw’s campus today know that before there was the Julian Science and Mathematics Center, there was Minshall Laboratory.

Even those who do know of Minshall Laboratory’s existence probably couldn’t tell you what it looked like, or where it stood on DePauw’s campus. Facts concerning the age of the building or when and why it was torn down don’t even cross the minds of most.

Last spring, Wesley Wilson, coordinator of archives and special collections, set out on a mission to change that.

“We go into the buildings, we see the buildings, but do we really know about who the building is named for? Or how long they’ve been there? Or what’s been there before?” Wilson said.

He envisioned an interactive map that could help students, faculty and alumni envision campus both as it is now and as it has been in years past. In an effort to turn this concept into a reality, Wilson approached GIS (Geographic Information Systems) specialist Beth Wilkerson.

“She was the tech wizard behind it all. I knew nothing about any of it — I just knew what I wanted the finished project to be like,” he said. “[Wilson] wanted us to build a time capsule of sorts that would show how the campus has changed,” said Greg Screws, the GIS intern at the time.

The combined efforts of Wilkerson and Screws were enough to have a virtual, three-dimensional map of most of the modern buildings on DePauw’s

campus — and a few of the historical ones — up and running in time for the 175th anniversary celebration.

However, it was no small task.

To begin with, Wilkerson and Screws had to create the 3D images of the buildings themselves, from scratch.

Using software called SketchUp, the GIS team took floor plans of current and historical buildings on DePauw’s campus and brought them to virtual life.

“I just used pictures, and we went and looked at the actual buildings: doing things like counting the number of windows,” Wilkerson said.

In order to create buildings that were spatially, though not necessarily architecturally accurate, Wilkerson and Screws often had to estimate, especially on the historical buildings.

“We had to do things like say, ‘okay, this buildings looks like had about three stories. Let’s use an average of 10 feet per story,’ and then it becomes kind of a creative thing,” she said.

Once the basic shape of the building had been created, it was time to add detail. Each building varied greatly in the amount of time and concentration that had to be put into making a visually and spatially accurate model.

“Peeler has got some interesting features and things, but there’s a lot of just red brick, whereas East College is probably one of the ones I was most detailed on because it’s pretty much the symbol of DePauw,” Wilkerson said.

After the models of the buildings had been created on SketchUp, they could be downloaded to Google Earth, where the archival information was then linked to them.

“Now, when you hover over [the buildings] you get a little balloon that pops up and tells you about it.

We wrote all of that,” Wilson said.

This is where the fun really begins.

Through use of Google Earth, users of this historical map can, in Wilson’s words “fly around campus.” The panel on the left side of the map, labeled ‘places’, allows you to click or double click on a building name. One click will allow the historical information about that particular building to pop up, while double clicking will take you to the 3D image of the building on the map.

Each building has a box next to it, which can be checked, or unchecked, according to whether or not the user wishes for the building to appear on the map. This particularly comes in handing when viewing historical buildings since new buildings have been built on top of them so often.

“It’s just a neat way for people to see campus and see how the buildings are oriented relative to each other and not be right here,” Wilkerson said.

Wilson stressed the importance the historical buildings play in this map.

“If you follow this as you go around campus, you get a mini history of the campus, at least of the physical buildings that have been here,” he said.

Many buildings that have long since been gone on DePauw’s physical campus, can once again be viewed through this virtual map.

“If we get [these buildings] on the map, this map won’t just be what’s here now, but it will be able to take you back to the beginning when really it was just one building,” Wilson said.

Because of the historical relevance of the GIS

map, Wilson believes it will have a natural draw for alumni.

“Sometimes, they come back, and especially if it’s been 35 or 40 years campus doesn’t look the same anymore. It changes. If they can see those changes it helps them to picture what happened in those years in between,” he said.

The information included on this map is also invaluable to current students, faculty and staff wishing to learn a little more about the history of the University. Though Wilkerson and Screws came into this project as “tech wizards” they both feel they now know much more about DePauw as a whole.

“I learned a lot about the history of the buildings, especially West College and Bowman Gym,” Screws said.

“Part of it was learning why East College is East College — I mean it sits in the middle of campus why is it called East College? But then once you learn that there was a West College and a Middle College and East college was on the East side then it all makes sense,” Wilkerson added.

While the current GIS map only includes 26 modern and five historical buildings, both Wilkerson and Wilson hope that this ongoing project will one day include all modern-day campus buildings and most historical structures. Wilson even mentioned the eventual inclusion of some buildings that, while not strictly part of the university, are important to its residents such as fraternity and sorority chapter houses.

However, he recognizes that this will all take time.

“This is going to be a forever project,” he said.

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Minshall Laboratory was the gift of D.W. Minshall and cost about $56,000 to construct in 1902.

The three-story, U-shaped, red brick and limestone structure departed from the utilitarian style hitherto employed, chiefly in its rather ornate doorway, flanked by classical columns. Minshall Lab served the chemistry and physics departments until being razed in 1973 following construction of the Julian Science and Math Center.

East College was designed by Terre Haute architect, Josse A. Vrydagh and was constructed with funds raised from the university, the Greencastle community and outside sources. Some rooms, including Meharry Hall, were funded by single donors. Commencement was held in the incomplete building in 1874, but it was not dedicated until commencement ceremonies in 1877. East College soon became the heart of campus and following its extensive renovation in 1981, became the symbol of the university.

The first building constructed for the fledgling Indiana Asbury University, The Edifice was completed in 1840. The entire university - classes, library and offices - were housed on its three floors. It was gutted by fire on February 12, 1879. Quickly rebuilt, it was renamed West College.

The Bishop Thomas Bowman Memorial Gymnasium, at a cost of $125,000, was erected in 1915 in memory of DePauw’s president from 1858-1872. It was opened to the public in March 1916.

The building was demolished in 1982 to make way for a landscaped park now known as Bowman Park.

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THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board Dana Ferguson | Editor-in-Chief Isabelle Chapman | Managing Editor Joseph Fanelli | Managing Editor Becca Stanek | Chief Copy Editor Anastasia Way | Chief Copy Editor

On Little 5: a collection of haikus Wheels go round and round Crowd trippin’, cups are flippin’ I need some Marvins.

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- Joseph Fanelli Drinking wine from bags Little 5, that’s our excuse Watch out for excise.

- Dana Ferguson

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MARGARET BURKE

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our years ago as I started my freshman year at DePauw, I remember thinking that academically, I was out of my league. I was surrounded by so many intelligent students who came from impressive prep schools all around the Midwest and beyond.

Sure, my credentials as a student were impressive, but I was unsure if my high school education at a small, rural, public school was going to be enough to get me through.

It wasn’t long before I realized that I was much more prepared for the college workload here at DePauw than many of my peers in my classes. Academically speaking, my science-focused freshman year at DePauw was easier than the junior and senior years of high school. Yet, if it weren’t for my Lilly Endowment Scholarship, I would have never been able to attend an elite private school such as DePauw.

I come from a highly educated middle class family, and my parents had saved for my college education from the day I was born, if not before. But with rising DePauw tuition costs — next year will cost a chilling $51, 420 — middle class students are being virtually eliminated from the picture, unless they are willing to graduate college with considerable debt or are lucky enough to get one of the few substantial scholarships offered to students with demonstrated financial need.

But, what if you don’t qualify for financial aid? This is the incredibly limiting problem I faced when I began applying to colleges as a high school senior and the same problem I am facing today as I apply to graduate schools.

My parents are willing to help with part of the expenses, but I do not qualify for much, if any, financial aid, leaving me with a few options: 1) take out a ton of loans to finance

my next phase of school, or, 2) search far and wide and apply for every scholarship possible, hoping to make a dent in the remaining tuition costs, 3) search for “comparable” programs at more affordable schools or 4) take a year or two off from school, work and live at home to save up some green.

None of these scenarios are remotely close to what I had hoped to be doing as a senior graduating with honors from one of the best universities in the Midwest. But, with patience and determination, I know I will eventually end up at a more desired academic and professional finish line. It will just take time. And money.

This issue raises a serious concern that schools such as DePauw are contributing to, but not fully responsible for. This problem goes beyond individual schools and is an educational malady affecting the entire country.

Quality education is only accessible for those who are financially able…or daring. I truly believe that the education I have received here at DePauw is superior than a degree from other institutions, both public and private. But the fact that this sort of education is widely inaccessible to middle class students — that they seem to be being “phased out” of the community — makes me sad and even more conscious of what DePauw may be missing out on in the future due to sky-high tuition.

DePauw’s tuition increases follow the national trend of increased college costs, but what gives? From the price tag, you’d think we were going to school on the beach or in the middle of a major U.S. city or at an Ivy League institution, whose name speaks for itself. Don’t get me wrong, the DePauw campus is a beautiful oasis and the DePauw name can carry one very far. But there’s no denying that the large and ever-increasing numbers on the price tag are only accessible to a small, homogenous group of prospective students. ­— Burke is a senior from Nashville, Ind. majoring in education. opinion@thedepauw.com

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013

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When will we really mean “never again?”

ANASTASIA WAY

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n 2004, I was in my eighth grade social studies class when a fellow student asked our teacher why Columbine happened. We were learning about the Bill of Rights, specifically the second amendment, and the question that the young so often ask, the unavoidable and dependable “why?” slowly made it’s way to the surface of our classroom and popped.

She didn’t have a good answer because a good answer didn’t exist. She instead told us that this wasn’t the first time a human committed a senseless act of violence on another. Our teacher made us recall our lessons from the past three years with her, that Vietnam, WWI, WWII were the tragedies our parents and their parents lived through. Columbine was ours.

It was the first horror that was tangible to us: we could Google it, some of us saw it on the news, our parents talked with us about it and our educational administrators grew wary of our potential to backlash. Two years later, 9/11 happened. We talked about this too. The documentaries about those lost and the families coping were just starting to come out, and our teacher played one in class for us. “You need to understand,” she said. “So that when you guys are in charge, this never happens again.” She told us to go see “Hotel Rwanda” in theaters that weekend and bring in our ticket stub for extra-credit.

The following year, we were freshmen in high school when a 17-year-old in Minnesota shot his

grandparents, a security guard, a teacher and five other classmates before committing suicide.

Our sophomore year, a student at Virginia Tech killed 32 people and wounded 17 others.

We were seniors when Alabama and Florida experienced a 13 and 10 body count, respectively, when two people lost their minds and took it out on their hometowns.

Now, I’m a senior again about to graduate from college. This summer, someone my age shot up an unsuspecting movie theater in Colorado.

This Christmas, twenty-six and twentyseven-yearolds as well as six adults were ruthlessly murdered in Connecticut. Earlier this week, someone bombed the Boston Marathon, and the numbers are still being counted.

These are the tragedies of my generation.

While the perpetrator(s) of the Boston tragedy have not been confirmed and with the exception of 9/11, these atrocities are not acts of war. They are not in effort to save a persecuted population, fight for a civil right, protect an identity or claim territory and resources.

This feels different than what our parents and grandparents went through. It’s not that they are more tragic than the heinousness of the Holocaust or genocide in eastern Africa, but they are not fighting for an ideology, race, religion or any objective. Worse, these tragedies are usually Americans killing other Americans.

There is no answer to “why,” and thus our discussions about solutions and the appropriate way to converse about these events is becoming muddled. Anyone who went on social media this week saw the Facebook statuses, tweets and Instagrammed photos of American flags. Love, mourning, compassion, humility and appreciation for those around us are the appropriate and natural responses. Discussions about solutions and bringing due justice should and are taking place.

There are also incredibly unjustified accusations and conspiracy theories that are capitalizing on the tragedy, whether it’s for Facebook likes or television viewers or simply to hear themselves talk. I saw a tweet from a DePauw student who remarked how “un-bro” it was to bomb a marathon. Not to mention the completely made up stories about children from Sandy Hook who flew in to run the marathon in honor of their deceased classmates. Click “like” and “share” if you feel bad for the children.

If these are the discussions my generation, the future leaders of our country are having, we are in trouble.

In a few days, most of the conversations will die down and the rest of campus and world will move on with their lives, as is expected. We can’t live in the past. But as we move forward and try to heal with each tragedy that is becoming more and more frequent, what are we doing to prevent this escalation? Is it something we are just going to accept as our reality, to continue in the future?

The fact that we can’t fully answer ‘why’ makes our problem that much more difficult to identify and solve.

I did end up going to see “Hotel Rwanda.”

There is one quote that has stuck with through the years and I thought about again on Monday, and it’s when Joaquin Phoenix, whose small role sheds important light on the reality of world reaction. Looking at the mass graves and thousands of persecuted bodies, he says, “‘I think if people see this footage, they’ll say, ‘Oh my God that’s horrible,’ and then go on eating their dinners.”

— Way is a senior from Long Grove, Ill. majoring in English writing and communication.

The recent acts of vandalism and online activity (e.g., Facebook groups and targeted blog posts) have us thinking about the increased prevalence of such behaviors and how they can significantly affect members of our community.

When meeting to discuss these issues last week in the Senate and Representative chambers, both groups firmly agreed that student government should not be any sort of "enforcement" board.

Both groups also concluded that most of these actions displayed a disrespect and destruction that we find unacceptable.

In light of these conclusions, we ask you to reflect on what you can do. We want to remind you of your importance in the lives of students around you. You can use that influence to determine

the values our community upholds. These values might include responsibility for our actions, respect for our peers, developing the skills for free and independent thought when confronting difficult issues, respect for our environment, bravery when challenging the opinions of others and protecting our friends or members of our community from undue harm. We, the students of DePauw, have the power to determine what our experience here looks like.

DePauw Student Government wants to invite students to join us and voice your opinions on these and other issues this Sunday, April 17, at 6 p.m. in the Julian Auditorium. We hope to use this conversation as yet another step toward deciding — as a community— what kind of campus climate we want to create and how we, as students, can and should work together to

PHOTOPINION What did you think about Jane Goodall’s Ubben Lecture?

“I thought she was an interesting and engaging speaker.”

CLARK EDWARDS, junior “Ooooooo [monkey noise].”

NATASHA OLIVER,senior “She was informative, but a bit too general. I think she covered too many topics.”

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Softball’s 12 game wining streak comes to an end against Wittenberg

By ABBY MARGULIS sports@thedepauw.com

The DePauw Tigers traveled to Springfield, Ohio to play Wittenberg University in hopes of winning their 13th game in the conference, but the Tigers were only able to get one run across the plate in both games. This is the first game of the conference the team has lost with the final score of the doubleheader 2-1, 4-1.

Wittenberg came out making barely any mistakes throughout the game and got the hits.

“They didn’t make the little mistakes defensively and they took advantages of when we were down,” junior Megan Landahl said.

“They’re hits strung together so they [came out on top].”

The Wittenberg Host held the Tigers until the sixth inning in game one after scoring in the first and again in the fourth. Going into the sixth DePauw was down 2-0, but managed to get on base to follow through to gain one run of the game.

Jamie Story, senior, hit a single down the left field line while Landahl entered the play as a pinch runner. Landahl moved to second on junior Samantha Szyska’s sacrifice bunt and senior Amy Hallet’s double to left center brought Landahl home to score the Tiger’s only run.

DePauw totaled four hits in the first game and senior pitcher Emily Bichler dropped to 6-5 in the season.

In the nightcap, DePauw again did not score until the sixth while Wittenberg scored in the first and the fourth. Landahl led the Tigers hitting a single to get on base, moved to second on Hallet’s grounder to third scoring on freshman Haleigh Chasteen’s fly ball.

The Tigers had four hits again in the second game and sophomore pitcher Kahla Nolan dropped to 5-4 in her season record.

DePauw will play their next game Saturday, April 20 when they host Allegany College with a start time of 1 p.m.. If the Tigers win this doubleheader they will clench the number one seed for the NCAC Championships.

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The DePauw Rugby Football Club poses after the Indiana Rugby Football Union 10s Tournament at Anderson College last Saturday. The club won 3rd place in the Trophy Match. COURTESY OF DAVE JOREGENSON

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Golf ranked Fourth in Div. III Women try to remain focussed two weeks before national championship

By CLARE POLEGA \sports@thedepauw.com

Sept. 1 marked the opening of the women’s golf season and ever since the first match in the fall the women have been training for the national’s competition.

Now the women are counting down the last two weeks and putting everything they have into practice in order to prepare for nationals.

Throughout the season the women have been the fourth ranked program in Div. III and hope to come out of nationals this year placing first instead of second like the team did in 2012.

Despite the team’s high ranking, they faced a few more losses than they wanted in the fall and are looking to finish strong this spring.

“It feels really good to be ranked fourth nationally,” junior Paige Gooch said. “It has been a really good spring season after a rough fall. We’ve had two very good weekends in a row. We are very excited.”

The team has played in four tournaments this spring and have walked away winning the last two, the Big Four Classic in Carmel, Ind. and the Illinois Wesleyan Spring Fling. The team placed fifth in the first tournament hosted by Wofford College and second at the Washington University Spring Invitational in their second match of the spring.

Although the girls are proud of their placing, Head Coach Vince Lazar brings the team back to reality and reminds them that there is a lot of work to be done before nationals.

“The ranking doesn’t mean a whole lot right now,” Lazar said. “In terms of what has to be done in the rest of the season, we have to perform well at conference and do well from there. We have been ranked high on a regular basis in past years.”

Last year the team finished the season placing second at nationals, finishing six strokes behind Methodist University, but the goal is to come in on top this year and be mentally

prepared.

“They need to continue to maintain composure and continue to have strong attitudes,” Lazar said. “The biggest difference between nationals and any other tournament is that it is twice as long. You need to stay composted mentally and emotionally.”

Despite weather conditions, there is always a group of the nine women on the team that have placed in the top five in recent matches.

“I did well at the Washington University match the sixth and seventh of April,” Gooch said. “I placed first out of 110. It was rough weather with high winds and it was a challenge to adjust to the weather conditions the first day.”

The team has strong individuals, but it is because they work so well as a team and take pride in each other that they are able to succeed on the green.

“The next day we were so focused as a team to win the tournament to help us get to nationals, I wasn’t thinking about my individual play at all,” Gooch said. “It was neat that I didn’t realize how well I was doing. I was proud of my attitude that weekend.”

Junior Kelsey Smith has developed over her past three years on the team and has been a key player in the team’s success this season. Smith medaled first at the last tournament at Illinois Wesleyan.

“What has helped us excel this season is just becoming closer as a team and bonding,” Smith said. “We spend a lot of time travelling and that’s when we really bond. We also have been putting in extra time at practice working on our mental attitude and staying positive.”

Going into these last 14 days of practice before the final test of the women’s season, they will be focused on their own attitudes and mental game.

“You can’t control what your opponent does,” Lazar said.

“You can only control how you play.”

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Men’s tennis wraps up regular season with 9-0 victory THE DEPAUW STAFF REPORTS sports@thedepauw.com

DePauw finished up its season in the North Coast Athletic Conference West Division with a 9-0 win against Wabash College to improve to 8-12 overall and 3-0 in the conference.

The DePauw Tigers went undefeated in doubles competition before their six single players stepped out onto the court. Five of the six single matches were won in straight sets.

Nate Koelper of Wabash challenged DePauw’s senior David Moss in the second set and lost by one match, 7-6. Moss regained steam in the third set to defeat Koelper 7-5 to help lead the DePauw blow out.

The team’s victory against Wabash marked DePauw’s longest winning streak to a season high of four matches as they head into the NCAC Championships at Oberlin College, April 26-28.

RESULTS DEPAUW UNIVERSITY 9, WABASH COLLEGE 0 Doubles Sam Miles / Ben Kopecky def. Wade Miller / Mark Troiano 8-6 David Moss / Reid Garlock def. Daniel Delgado / Nate Koelper 8-2 Andrew Kahn / Eric Vannatta def. Ian Leonard / Drew Sawyer 8-5 Singles competition Sam Miles def. Wade Miller 6-4, 6-1 Ben Kopecky def. Mark Troiano 6-2, 6-3 David Moss def. Nate Koelper 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 Reid Garlock def. Ian Leonard 6-2, 6-2 Alec Kaczkowski def. Chase Bramlet 6-0, 6-0 Eric Bruynseels def. Michael Demeter 6-0, 6-1

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Lax seeks win after rough stretch

FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013

Three tiger athletes receive NCAC honors THE DEPAUW STAFF REPORTS sports@thedepauw.com

Softball pitcher Kahla Nolan was named NCAC Pitcher of the Week after last weekend when Nolan went 3-0 against Franklin College and Wooster College. Nolan, a sophomore, struck out 18 in 17 innings and did not allow an earned run in 14 innings. In total, Nolan’s record, 5-3, includes five complete games where she has pitched 52 innings and 51 strikeouts.

After posting a 6-0 record last weekend in her matches, tennis player Meg Crowley received NCAC Player of the Week. Crowley, a junior and seed three, defeated Wittenberg’s single player easily, 6-0, 6-0. Denison was Crowley’s next victim. This time playing in the number two spot she would win the first set 6-4 forcing her competition to retire. Facing her last opponent, Ohio Wesleyan, Crowley closed the match 6-1, 6-0. In all three doubles matches with partner Claire Marshall, sophomore, the pair remained undefeated in the course of the tournament, 3-0.

Senior baseball player, Jason Cohen, received NCAC Player of the Week after hitting two doubles, one triple, one home run, 10 RBI’s and scoring seven runs in DePauw’s six games last weekend. Cohen has started all 27 games of the season and has scored 27 times and has had three triples tying him for the team record. He leads the team in doubles, 7, home runs, 3, and RBI, 25. Playing first baseman Cohen also holds a .985 fielding percentage. Cohen is ranked fifth in school history with 192 career hits, second with 130 RBI and third with 284 total bases.

Sophomore Carey Kunz catches a pass during the game against Wilmington last month. The DePauw women’s lacrosse team, in it’s innagural season, has lost its last five games after starting the season with four straight wins. The team is currently eighth in the North Coast Athletic Conference lacrosse standings. SUNNY STRADER / THE DEPAUW

By NICOLE DARNELL sports@thedepauw.com

DePauw women’s lacrosse has recently hit a bump in the road with the area’s recent inclement weather.

Tuesday evening, the team’s home match-up against Wittenberg University, was rained out.

The team had gone to the field and the visiting tigers had driven to campus as well. But, after spending an hour and a half in the locker room, the game was called.

It was also weather that prevented DePauw from their normal practice Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The latter two days they were called to indoor practices and film screenings. “[Practicing indoors] makes it tough because we don’t have the right markings and the surface is a little different,” head coach Susanna Wilcox said. “Ground balls play differently and cutting especially feels very different.”

Last weekend, the team lost both games while on the road, against Wooster and North Central.

“I would have liked to play Wittenberg but I think that having a few extra days for girls to recover,” Wilcox said. “We played back to back games last weekend. So, hopefully we’ll be healthier now.”

And, all of this time indoors has given the team time to watch the film from other teams before they continue their season this weekend.

“Lately we’ve been focusing on a lot of other games that we see through film, so we can build off of what

other teams are doing and try to compensate,” freshman defender Abby Snively said. “We just focus on their game plan and alter ours to fit how they play, depending on their defense or offense.”

And it is by watching film and doing various practice exercises that they are hoping to get their season back on track. The team is now 4-5 after receiving wins the first four games of their season.

“I think a lot of people are looking at our record and questioning what happened,” Wilcox said. “But the teams that we have been playing have been much harder and in three of the five games we lost we’ve definitely been competing.”

This is the inaugural season of the women’s lacrosse program, and that has been one of the biggest factors to them learning their curve against other teams.

“We’re looking to get our offense to be more dynamic, I think we’ve struggled a little bit against the stronger defenses we’ve played against and part of that is just inexperience,” Wilcox said. “When you have a team that’s three or four years or older, and you have your junior and seniors, they have that experience in close games of getting the job done. I think that’s harder for a first year program.”The team is now focusing on this Saturday’s game at Allegheny, when they will travel to Pennsylvania.

“We don’t expect to win everything, we’d like to, but we know that we’re a first year program and we have a lot to learn and a lot to work on,” Snively. “But it would be good to have a couple wins to end the season so that we can give a good first year at DePauw for the program.”

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