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Cheese fries and cheers: Marvin’s delivers to Greek Week
Junior Brian Austin opens his mouth to the crowd after completing the final leg of the Marvin’s eating relay race at Bowman Park Tuesday afternoon. Austin anchored with a burrito to win the race on behalf of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. SUNNY STRADER / THE DEPAUW
Sophomore Kellie Lamothe digs into her cheese fries at the Marvin’s relay for Kappa Alpha Theta sorority’s team in Bowman Park Tuesday evening. CHRISTA SCHRODEL / THE DEPAUW
Sophomore CJ Cazee participates in the Marvin’s eating relay race on behalf of Sigma Chi fraternity alongside fraternity brothers sophomore Grant Walters and senior Hunter Goble. The contest was Tuesday’s Greek Week event. SUNNY STRADER/THE DEPAUW
Members of different Greek organizations participating in tug-of-war at the Greek Week Olympics. The event took place Wednesday afternoon in Bowman Park. CLARISSA ZINGRAF / THE DEPAUW
DePauw students react to Marvin’s eating relay races Tuesday afternoon in Bowman Park. The foods eaten included cheese fries, a burrito, a garlic cheeseburger (GCB), a garlic chicken chicken cheeseburger (GCCB), and Mac Bites.
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Hillel continues its celebrations with joyous Sukkot By LEANN BURKE news@thedepauw.com
the Putnam County Museum and there are other possibilities for display and outreach.” There are display areas in and near the basement of Asbury for the findings. Because archaeology is normally
“It will be terrific for students to literally ‘see’ the archaeological record and realize all that we can learn from it.” -Rebecca Upton, archaeology professor
a branch of the anthropology department, Marshall’s arrival and construction of the lab are important opportunities for archaeology education at DePauw. “This is a new and exciting time for the archaeology department at DePauw for long-term program-creating,” Marshall said. It’s an effective perceptive tool for students, according to Rebecca Upton, associate professor of sociology and anthropology. “The renovation and creation of a laboratory space demonstrates the commitment of the institution to the work that faculty do,” Upton said. “It will be terrific for students to literally ‘see’ the archaeological record and realize all that we can learn from it.”
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Members of Hillel, and President Casey, standing infront of their Sukkah that was contructed for use during the Jewish festival of Sukkot. PHOTO COURTESY OF DORON KANTOR
DePauw’s Jewish community continued its holiday celebration this week with Sukkot, the harvest festival. Sukkot lasts one week and begins five days after Yom Kippur. Unlike Yom Kippur, one of Judaism’s most somber holidays, Sukkot is one of the most joyous. In addition to celebrating the harvest, Sukkot commemorates the end of the 40 years of wandering through the desert that plagued the Israelites after their exodus from Egypt. During the holiday, Jews built sukkahs, temporary dwellings modeled after the ones the Israelites lived in during their time in the desert. “It has to be temporary,” first-year A.J. Wolfe said. “You can’t use the same [structure] two years in a row. It has to be different.” On Wednesday evening, members of Hillel, DePauw’s Jewish student organization, built their own sukkah on the lawn between East College and the Hub. Previously, Hillel built their sukkah on the steps of the Spiritual Life Center. This year, they wanted to be out in the community. “We wanted to increase…religious literacy on campus,” junior Melanie Studnicka said. “I think not a lot of people know what Judaism is about so hopefully having [the sukkah] out in the middle of campus will help.” Hillel’s sukkah resembles a small room with three walls and a roof. About 15 people came out to help cover the roof
with willow branches, hang a tarp around the walls for rain protection, and hang gourds from the two-by-fours. A fall wreath hangs above the entrance. But even with the decorations, DePauw’s sukkah is simple compared to others. “Some people have electricity in [their sukkah],” senior Mark Weiss said. “I don’t think we’re going to get that here.” As Hillel constructed their sukkah, several passersby stopped to have a look, and President Brian Casey came out to lend a hand. “I think schools like DePauw should celebrate multiplicities of life,” Casey said. “Having something like this is a chance for our Jewish students to show off their faith and educate people. It’s great.” Traditionally, Jewish families live in their sukkahs during the seven days of Sukkot. Hillel plans to follow this tradition by hosting events around their sukkah. Their first event, “Appetizers in the Hut,” happens tonight from 6 to 7 p.m.. Bagels and cream cheese will be served next to the hut on Tuesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m.. On Tuesday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. Hillel will host “Dessert in the Hut.” The students will also be sleeping in the sukkah starting Saturday night. Thry had to postpone their stay a bit due to rain. Everyone is encouraged to stop by and say “Chag sameach,” meaning joyous festival.
Winter Term never tasted so good: Students plan to open a restaurant to add variety By JULIE BLOCK news@thedepauw.com
Students who choose to stay on campus this Winter Term are in for a treat. Seniors Madeline LeClair and Christina Oberrieder, and first-year Peter Nelson, are in the process of opening a restaurant on campus during Winter Term so students can get some variety in their meal choices. LeClair originally had the idea of opening up a restaurant for Winter Term when, after spending the past two winter terms cooking in India and China, her friend convinced her to follow her dream of opening a restaurant. “I’ve known for a long time that I want a restaurant,” LeClair said.
When she spoke about her idea at a seminar for Management Fellows, Nelson jumped right in. “I’m very passionate about this. This would be my dream: to be involved in the restaurant business,” he said. Oberrieder, friend and sorority sister of LeClair joined the project recently, when a couple of people who originally showed interest had to drop the project due to time constraints. LeClair believes this could be great practice for when she opens her own restaurant one day. “I don’t want to work for a company one day,” LeClair said. “I want to work my own company, not only because you can be your own boss, but because you can make a change in the world if you see a lacking in the market.” Nelson added that the project is “something great to put on your résumé and get experience.”
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However, their goals for their restaurant are centered on more than just for themselves. They hope that, if their project is successful, they can encourage other DePauw students to attempt similar projects in the coming years. “It’s something really different, and I feel like it could open a door, especially with DePauw trying to be more entrepreneurship-focused,” LeClair said. LeClair thinks her restaurant could be a nice alternative to the Hub or the Den during winter term this year for those who have become frustrated with the new dining system introduced this year. LeClair sent out a survey to students last week asking a range of questions relating to the types of foods that they would like to see more of on campus in an effort to cater their menu to the wants
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and needs of the students. With 573 responses, she hopes that she will be able to accomplish this goal. “It will give you another option, and, hopefully, since we asked the students what they want, it’ll be what they want,” LeClair said. They caution students, however, that nothing is for certain. “There are some major gaps in it,” LeClair said, adding that they have yet to answer questions such as the location of the restaurant and how they will supply funds that the University cannot cover. Winter Term proposals are due on Sept. 27, and the trio still has many kinks to work out and permits to obtain, but LeClair remains hopeful. “If we make the project proposal strong enough, then I feel like they wouldn’t say no,” she said. “I hope it works out. I really do.”
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what I do for students better.” Marshall worked in labs throughout her undergraduate and graduate years. Now she wants to extend that experience to her students. “Students even asked if there should be a lab course and it made me think that having a lab would be really important to the quality of archaeological education at DePauw,” she said. Junior Kat RaymondJudy, who worked with a few of the archaeology professors on a summer work-study program, The basement of Asbury Hall is currently under construction for a new lab for the agrees. Anthropology Department. GRACE BISHOP / THE DEPAUW “Some of the archaeologist professors at DePauw have ofarchaeology.” By ZOE GRABOW fices in Julian and some have offices in All of Marshall’s classes are going to news@thedepauw.com Harrison,” Raymond-Judy said. “There be in the lab next semester. Two classrooms are being com- wasn’t a lab space where we could do Starting next semester students can bined to create a large enough space analysis, so I’m really excited about getgain hands-on archaeological experi- and a sink along with a sand trap will be ting our own space.” ence in the new lab in Asbury Hall. The lab’s findings will be seen all added. In time, the lab will be used for Requested by Lydia Marshall, De- washing and storing artifacts as well as over the campus and community. Pauw’s first permanent archaeology storing excavation equipment. Part of the focus for Marshall’s professor in the sociology and anthroclasses is public archaeology, or the The wall between the rooms has pology Department, the lab is currently been knocked down. An electrical relationship between archaeology and under construction. outlet has been added. The sink and the public. She is planning to pick out a “The lab is going to be a place for the floor have yet to be put in and the 19th century excavation site in Putnam students to analyze artifacts, but it’s room still needs to be painted. County for her students. also going to be a classroom space,” “We’re moving forward with exca“It shows a real commitment on the Marshall said. “Students can look at part of DePauw to make this space as vation and analysis and will share those casts of different human ancestors and part of me coming in,” Marshall said. results with the campus, community stone tools that human ancestors have “It’s great and I think it’s going to make and beyond,” Marshall said. “We might made to get more of a hands-on feel for be able to set up a temporary exhibit at
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Tom Wingfield: the original millennial ADRIENNE WESTENFIELD
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here’s an abundance of talk about millennials in today’s newspapers and magazines, so much so that the only people who aren’t talking about millennials seem to be millennials themselves. For those who’ve managed to avoid the discussion, the term millennial refers to the generation born between the late 1980s and the early 2000s, and it’s rarely a flattering nickname. However, the character traits for which these writers denounce our generation are hardly unique to millennials, and it’s not as if millennials were the first to espouse them — rather, they stretch back long before our time. As Tennessee Williams’ inimitable “The Glass Menagerie” makes its way back to Broadway this au-
tumn, I’ve been thinking a lot about its protagonist Tom Wingfield, and I’ve been tempted to identify him as the first of our kind— the original millennial, if you will. Hear me out. Granted, he does live in the forties long before the millennial era, but Tom is dreamy and soulful, stifled and resentful, infatuated with escapism and grossly misunderstood— which of these characteristics hasn’t also been attributed to millennials? Tom leads a life whose anxieties seem not unfamiliar to those of this generation— as the sole man of a household abandoned by its patriarch. Tom works in a shoe factory by day to support his mother Amanda and sister Laura, a washed-up southern belle and a fanciful recluse. However beholden, burdened, and misunderstood he feels himself to be by his family, Tom is an escapist at heart with movies and poetry and his choice drugs. I can’t help but see so much of my generation in him— the desire to transcend reality through art and media, the fascination with escapism, the crippling affliction of feeling like an outsider. The Glass Menagerie is Williams’ most autobiographical work, with Tom often interpreted as a
thinly-veiled avatar for the playwright himself, and I would even go so far as to argue that it’s his masterpiece, the fragile, fraught, funny play he seems to be searching to live up to in his subsequent works. Williams was a tattered soul, a playwright of deep lyricism, spellbinding violence, and perhaps most significantly of all a haunting loneliness unmatched by any writer since. Loneliness and isolation are so very much married to the millennial condition— as we grow ever more connected through technology, we somehow grow ever more disconnected. To me, Williams was a playwright who arrived on the scene fifty years too soon— the cocktail of loneliness, selfdestruction, and sexuality threaded throughout his body of work is better suited to this generation than to those that came before. My deepest identification with Tom as a millennial stems undoubtedly from the heartbreaking final monologue in which he describes how he wanders the country after ultimately abandoning his mother and sister. Tom searches the world without any understanding of what he’s searching for, and yet he still can’t leave behind where and who he comes from, as evidenced by the fact that he sees Laura
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everywhere he turns. To me, this strikes at the heart of the millennial condition— we search and search, but for what? As Tom puts it, we’re seeking “the long delayed but always expected something that we live for.” So few of us know what that something is, and so many of us feel forever pinned between where we’ve come from and where we’re going. In the play’s penultimate moment, Tom flees the family apartment as his mother calls after him, “Go to the moon, you selfish dreamer!” Critics call millennials narcissistic, entitled, self-involved, so perhaps this epithet is the greatest and kindest encapsulation of this generation— maybe we’re all just selfish dreamers, all of us striving toward the distant escape of where we want to be and away from the responsibilities of where we are. Whatever we are, I can think of worse company than Tom Wingfield. –Westenfield is is a junior from Fort Wayne, Indiana majoring in English Writing and minoring in French and Media Studies. features@thedepauw.com
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5K Runners starting the race at the Be Great Today THE OF TESY COUR O PHOT / in 2012. ASHL EY ISAAC BE GREA T TODAY 5K FACEB OOK PAGE
ToBELOW: Runners during the race at the Be Great TESY day 5K in 2012. CARO LINE KERR / PHOT O COUR
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10 and 24. About 4,600 young people take their own lives each year, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The “Be Great Today 5K” was created in hopes of raising awareness and lowering that statistic in Greencastle. In May 2011, DePauw University lost a member of its community when firstyear Marshall Mathew took his own life. In the two years since Mathew’s passing, approximately 300 people have participated in the annual “Be Great Today 5K” events for suicide awareness. Two of Mathew’s friends, senior Stephanie Sharlow and Jimmy Kirkpatrick ’13, wanted to draw a positive from a devastating circumstance. “We were both really affected by it,” Sharlow said. “Marshall was one of the best people I ever knew.” And so, in June 2011, Sharlow and Kirkpatrick began planning the first race, encouraging the DePauw community to “Be Great Today.” The name of the race comes from Mathew; it was his personal motto. “He was a very positive and motivational person. His trademark was ‘Be Great Today,’” Sharlow said.
Now in its third year, the race has become easier to plan, though no less meaningful. With Family Weekend beginning today, Sharlow, who is co-coordinating with senior Ashley Bauer this year, said she thinks the planning is on track. Bauer was in charge of marketing the first two years, so both are familiar with the process. Each year, the University must approve the race, and fundraising begins in the summer. Students on the executive board for the race visit businesses around Greencastle and request donations, largely in the form of gift cards for the raffle. Among the gift cards available to win this year in a raffle are Casa Grande, Monical’s Pizza, Starbucks and Eli’s Books. For Sharlow, delegation has proven to be key, as she is doing an internship with The Today Show in New York City. Much like the first year she co-coordinated the race, she is planning from a distance. Although she is far from the race, the issue remains close to Sharlow’s heart. “Depression and suicide are so prevalent in young people, and it’s a permanent solution for a temporary problem,” she said. “It’s an illness people can overcome.” The race route runs through the Nature Park. WGRE has teamed up with the race and will be playing music during the event. Check-in begins at 7 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. One loyal attendee is Mathew’s mother, Susan Mathew. She has been hugely supportive since the race’s inception.
“The 5K means hope and…it means love to me,” Mrs. Mathew said. “Nothing will fix the hole in my heart, but it adds so much grace to the journey to know what [Stephanie and Jimmy] have set in motion.” Mrs. Mathew said, “Be Great Today” means, “You put your best, most constructive self forward and when the sun goes down, knowing that it’s been a better day because you did that.” Through the event, Mathew’s signature phrase and positive attitude continue to help and to inspire people. “For me, it means striving to be the best person you can be for that day, and focusing on [taking things] one day at a time,” said Bauer, Mathews’ friend and a co-coordinator for this year’s race. Though Mathew is gone, his mantra of “Be Great Today” lives on to help those on DePauw’s campus who are living with depression or suicidal thoughts and those who need help, Kirkpatrick said. “Stephanie and I wanted to bring suicide prevention out of the dark and into the mainstream,” Kirkpatrick said. “People are ashamed to talk about it.” The preparation for the race is not simple, and was especially difficult in its first year. First, Sharlow and Kirkpatrick had to decide how to use the money they raised. The two looked for an existing charity in the Greencastle area. When they discovered a lack of suicide prevention in Putnam County, they sought to change it. After meeting with Elaine Peck, head of the Putnam County Community Foun-
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dation, the Sharlow and Kirkpatrick, with Peck’s help, started a new endowment dedicated to suicide prevention. The endowment, funded by donations and race registration fees, provides training in recognizing depression and suicidal tendencies, especially to the faculty and staff at DePauw. Sharlow said she also hopes to incorporate speaker events as part of the fund’s outreach within the next few years. After deciding how to use the money, Sharlow and Kirkpatrick began planning for the first race. “I have no idea how Jimmy and I did it,” Sharlow said. “We really flew by the seat of our pants.” Both had internships in different states at the time, so the majority of the planning was done through Skype and e-mail. Despite the distance and inexperience, the first “Be Great Today 5K” was held during Family Weekend in September 2011. “It was a really emotional first race because it provided a lot of closure,” Sharlow said. That first race raised over $20,000, which the Putnam County Community Foundation told them would sustain the fund for over 20 years. The second year was just as successful. “We had a lot of donations from all over the country,” Sharlow said. She said the event has also inspired people reach out through social media to donate, participate or just talk about suicide prevention.
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You might have noticed students around campus this week clad in greek letters eating Marvin’s at nauseating speeds, running across Bowman Park with eggs poised on spoons clenched between gritted teeth or practicing stepping routines. This practice of seemingly bizarre events has been deemed Greek Week. Over the course of five days, the greek community is said to come together to essentially celebrate itself, all while encouraging first-years to join in the spectacle. While in theory it is a nice way to bring together a campus often divided by letters affixed on (or missing from) its front doors, Greek Week seems to be experiencing an identity crisis. First, we must point out that the four of us are members of a Panhellenic chapter on campus and as a result have a biased perspective. That being said, we must say we are confused at what the purpose of Greek Week really is. In years past, the week of events has encouraged competition between chapters, with each chapter competing for itself. In other years events have coerced unity amongst Greek chapters. This year the week presents a hodge-podge of competitive events that promote unity amongst the four or five chapters on one of four teams, while dividing the Greek community as a whole. We are confused about what the various Greek councils as well as Campus Life and Community Development are trying to achieve. Sure, all Greek students who attend the events are united by the bow-tie emblazoned white T-shirts that the councils give out free of charge, but beyond that there seems to be little bringing the groups together. Whether for better or for worse, greek chapters are often self-absorbed and are more interested in working to prove themselves against all other chapters rather than cooperating. Hence the popularity of the Greek God and Goddess dance competition. While we appreciate the initiative of those trying to unite the greek community, we worry about those who are left out in the process: independent students. As a campus that is over 60 percent Greek, independent students don’t always appreciate another reminder of the fact that they represent a relative minority on campus. So while it is entertaining to participate or watch chapters go head-to-head this week, we wonder what makes this week different from all other weeks in the school year.
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hen I came to DePauw, I was dead set on majoring in Political Science and going to law school. As such, I had no interest in becoming a Media Fellow. Little did I know, I would fall in love with journalism. Sure, there is lateral entry to the programs of distinction, but after the hit my GPA took first semester freshman year, I was sure that I would not have been accepted into the program. I spent my summer interning for The Salt Lake Tribune. I had an amazing experience, and I now know, without a shadow of a doubt that when I “grow up,” I want to become a journalist. Even though I am not a Media Fellow, I want to spend a semester off campus to complete a longer internship. Spending three times as long as a summer internship at a newspaper can help me perfect my craft. Not only would this help me become a better journalist, but it would help me find a job in a highly competitive market. I didn’t know the process for setting up a semester-long internship. Do you set up the internship first? Do you get approval from the school before you even begin choosing an internship? While I was more than capable of looking for internships and applying for them, I didn’t know the steps necessary, and I sought help from the walk-in advising at the Hubbard Center for Student Engagement. I ended up meeting with a man who had only been there for two weeks. I understand that he may not be able to answer every question, but what he did wasn’t helpful in the slightest. He proceeded to read to me verbatim from the DePauw website about internships. I couldn’t help but think, “If I
could find it on the website, do you really think I would be sitting here?” I personally found it insulting and demeaning that the material was read to me. The website explains the basics, and if I was not capable of reading it on my own, then I, quite frankly, have no business being at DePauw. I patiently sat there hoping that there would be something useful, hoping that maybe this was what he started with and then he would go deeper into specifics. And yet, after relaying the information on the website to me, my questions were still left unanswered. Rather than having one of the other walk-in advisors, who at the time were doing nothing, try to help me, I was sent away with the advice of “email the woman in charge of internships.” I’m sure that there are probably walk-in advisors that are helpful. I just didn’t get one that was, and I walked away not only with my questions left unanswered but feeling like it was a complete waste of my time. My biggest issue with the whole ordeal is that large sums of money have been donated to the Hubbard Center. While the offices will look different by the time I graduate, even though this is not the goal of the donors, I can’t help but wonder if the programming will remain the same. Even larger sums of money have been donated to building a new dining hall, renovating the fitness center and making campus look aesthetically appealing. While these things are nice, I didn’t choose DePauw because they promised a pretty campus with new buildings. I chose DePauw because I believed that a liberal arts education would prepare me for my goals and let me discover what I wanted to do. I believed that because of DePauw, I would be able to find a job upon graduation. I believed that, at DePauw, I would be limited only by the size of my dreams, yet sadly, because of the engagement programming as I have experienced it, hasn’t been the launching pad I hoped it to be. — Decriscio is a sophomore from Zionsville, Ind. majoring in philosophy. opinion@thedepauw.com
any of you may remember my article from a week and a half ago in which I discussed being careful with your drinking. I told first-years to stay out of frats, keep blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels below .15, and just be careful. You don’t want to screw things up when you are only a first-year. I have experienced some of this first hand, and I am going to tell you how to avoid a terrible mistake as well as discuss what the consequences will be if you do. The first thing to avoid if you don’t want to ride in an ambulance is to stay away from hard liquor. It gets into your system so fast that you don’t know what hit you. Taking even a couple shots in a small amount of time can be the start to a long night. Take it slow and remember, it’s not how much you drink, its how fast you drink. Your body processes one drink in about an
hour, so taking five shots in a ten-minute period takes five hours to erase itself from your body. Slow down and use drinking as a way to be social, not a way to get drunk. The second tip I will give you is to always be with people you trust. It is important to have friends with you that care about your well being and would be willing to assist you if anything out of the ordinary were to occur. You may get mad at someone for calling you in, but when you take that choice away from yourself ny drinking in excess, blaming others for making a judgment call is not an option. If you are sober enough to make your own judgment calls, others won’t have to make those decisions for you. The last tip is to not let people pressure you into doing things that you don’t want to do. The most important thing is to only do things that you are comfortable with, and this doesn’t only pertain to drinking. If you limit yourself to what you want and not what others want, you will be happier with yourself. If you let others tell you what to do, you may find yourself in trouble more often. That being said, if you do find yourself in an alcohol related incident, you can expect serious consequences. You will likely get between 8-16 weeks
of probation and meet with Community Standards multiple times. Do anything you can to avoid those meetings. Although they are necessary, they are not fun and make you feel terrible about yourself. If you are involved in extra-curriculars, more specifically athletics, expect punishment in those areas as well. A suspension from team activities or from competition is normal. If you are one of those people who makes some bad decisions on a particular night, use it as a learning experience. After experiencing the repercussions from an experience, don’t let it happen a second time. I hope you first-years take this to heart and try your best to stay out of trouble. We are all new to this community and it’s important to be smart about your decisions. Getting into serious trouble will happen when you least expect it, so always be careful and never do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable. Enjoy college life and make good choices.
JENNIFER DICKMAN
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ast spring, in an attempt to shed some light on the dating culture at DePauw, I wrote a piece, “DePauw Men Can’t Woo,” and received a lot of positive feedback ... even from DePauw men, whom I admit to throwing under the bus. I realize I grouped all men on campus and would like to point out that there are some exceptional young men here to woo us every day (I’m looking at you Nick White ‘14). Although not all of my readers bought into the Latino lover “bit,” most people agreed that the dating culture on this campus is non-existent. (Side note: I am not saying that people do not date at DePauw. I have several friends in committed relationships. I say dating culture as in the part before the relationship: the courtship.) However, this culture should not only be contributed to the male DePauw-pulation. Yes ladies, I’m putting it out there: we too are to blame. After we spend hours anticipating the evening
PHOTOPINION How could Greek Week be improved? “Choose activies that appeal more to college students.”
TOM SEMBA , junior “Give fraternities and sororities more incentive to get involved.”
—–Mauk is a freshman from St. Louis, Mo. whose major is still undecided. opinion@thedepauw.com
A follow-up to DePauw men can’t woo: Women can’t either with a discussion of where we’ll go, what we’ll wear, and which guys we are excited to see, the DePauw females embark on our adventure. It’s always the alpha female’s duty to text her male friend, “Hey I’m here. Let me in the side door.” When he does, we roll in with six to ten other women that we didn’t tell them about beforehand and stand around awkwardly until someone shows us where to find the spirits. After the bravest one “checks for poison,” the feasting begins. Sixty minutes and eight shots later, the ladies are feeling much more at home and we can almost completely ignore the beer and urine scent wafting from the bathroom at the end of the hall. We have already made nice with the rival tribe of girls from the sorority next door, made up of people we knew freshman year. The next thing we know, we’re headed to the basement following the drunkest sophomore in the fraternity for what will most likely be a rump shakin’ grind fest with more cheap vodka in between remixes of Original Don. Now that we’re drunk, the nerves have passed, and we can finally approach the cute guy we’ve been making eye contact with for the last hour. We’ll small talk flirtatiously; grazing his bicep with our hand to one, feel his muscles and two, to gauge his interest in our presence. If it’s mutual,
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we’ll exchange phone numbers and promise to hit each other up later. Right now, your best friend is dying to go to her favorite fraternity and you’d be a bad friend to ditch. “Text me!” you’ll say while running out the door. If he does this, there’s a good chance we won’t respond because we “didn’t get your text,” our “phone died,” or we “fell asleep.” These tactics can be referred to as instant friend-zoning. If we did text the poor lad back, and stumble back to his house, we’ll talk to a few of his friends, maybe rip some shots while he closes the door for some alone time. We’ll wake up slightly confused, realize where we are, grab our stuff, and get the heck out of there before he wakes up…in his favorite sweatshirt… that we will never ever give back.
NICK COFFEEN, junior “Make sure freshmen are more aware it’s going on.”
HANNAH MEYER, sophomore “More unity-building activities.”
— Dickman is a senior English Writing major from Zionsville, Ind. opinion@thedepauw.com
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Retrum and Henry: NCAC players of the week By ERIC ST. BERNARD sports@thedepauw.com
One week after junior Jake Pezzuto and sophomore Keely McGrath brought their NCAC Player of the Week awards back to Greencastle, two more DePauw athletes were given the honor. Junior standout Paige Henry earned the NCAC player of the week award after scoring goals in each of field hockey’s two consecutive wins against conference rivals, Kenyon College and Denison University. Henry, who played high school field hockey at Kentucky Country Day School in Louisville, hopes to keep performing at a high level. The Tigers play tomorrow at Oberlin College. Siri Retrum, a senior from Columbus, Ind., got the NCAC Runner of the Week award after running the 5K course in 18:25.5 at this weekend’s Calvin College Knight Invitational. The Tigers finished fifth in the race overall. Calvin College placed first in the 5K. Retrum’s individual performance in the race ranked fifth in best 5K finishes in DePauw’s history. She placed 10th out of 316 runners. Sophomore Heather O’Brien was DePauw’s runner-up leader,
placing 20th after finishing in 18:42.7. The NCAC announced Retrum’s Runner of the Week award on Sept. 16. DePauw University’s website broke the story the following day. Retrum first learned of her accomplishment at cross-country practice after the NCAC press release. She said the award was “above and beyond what I expected.” Despite coming from a family of Division 1 swimmers, Retrum decided to pursue cross-country in her freshman year of high school. She believes that this honor is possible for any of her teammates. “The girls I run with in practice, I’m no better than they are,” Retrum said. “There’s so many opportunities for other runners to do the same thing.” Athletic Director Stevie Baker-Watson has praised the accomplishments of Retrum, Henry, Pezzuto and McGrath over the past two weeks. “We’re proud of what our athletes have accomplished so far,” Baker-Watson said. “We’re talking about building a legacy, not just winning a season ... Because of the strength in our past, DePauw is an attractive place for the next level to come.”
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SOCCER
FIELD HOCKEY
Men’s soccer maintains perfect record
Women triumph over Denison and Kenyon
By JACOB LYNN sports@thedepauw.com
Senior Siri Retrum, NCAC Player of the Week for cross country
Junior Paige Henry, NCAC Player of the Week for field hockey
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VOLLEYBALL Sophomore Lauren Falotico spikes the ball in a game against Anderson College in the Lilly Physical and Recreation Center Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers beat out the Anderson Ravens, 3 - 0. The team will try to extend its winning streak to 12 games in a row this weekend, in games against Oberlin College and Franklin College on Saturday afternoon. Last weekend, DePauw won four straight games at the Tigers’ Invitational. This past Wednesday, they extended their win streak to ten games as they beat Anderson University in three sets. Junior Mary Kate Etling and sophomore Sarah Burtenshaw each had 11 kills for the game. The Tigers hope to capitalize on the team’s best start since 2009. CLARISSA ZINGRAF / THE DEPAUW
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With a 3-0 shutout against the Principia College Panthers on Saturday afternoon, the DePauw men’s soccer team extended its perfect start to the season and improved to 7-0 record. Junior forward Andy Morrison got the Tigers going with a goal 36 minutes into the games. Morrison feasted on the goalkeeper, unable to control a rebound for his second straight game. The Tigers took the 1-0 lead into halftime and quickly extended their lead in the second half. At 56 minutes, the Tigers got a key insurance goal from firstyear Zach Hoffman. Hoffman received the assist from sophomore Adrian Ables. Just two minutes later, Morrison drove home his second goal of the game to ensure a Tiger victory. The defense was stellar once again, keeping Tiger goalkeeper Jacob Pezzuto’s shutout streak alive in the process. Junior Pezzuto has not given up a goal since the season opener against Centre College. In fact, with the defense is such control, Coach Brad Hauter felt comfortable enough to let sophomore Chris Yount come in to relieve Pezzuto in the goal for the last 11 minutes of the game. Senior defender Brandon Johnson summed up the performance of the defensive unit. “Defensively we played really well,” said Johnson. “They never really had that many chances and if anything, it was from really far out.” Coach Hauter recognizes the focus on campus surrounding his defense’s red-hot start. Nonetheless, Hauter and his staff are forcing the players to take it one step at a time. “Our defense has been very strong and done an amazing job,” Hauter said. “The challenge now is to make sure we don’t lose our focus and that we do the little things a bit better every day.” DePauw will open NCAC conference play this Saturday against Hiram College at Boswell Field. The beginning of their conference schedule will bring about some major changes to the style of play for the Tigers. “A lot of the teams we play before conference often aren’t as skilled as us,” Johnson said. “They stay at the back more and focus on defense.” Hauter is preparing for different types of matchups now too. “Now that we are entering conference play, the games will be more wide open as there are points attached to each game and both teams will fight for them,” Hauter said. “This actually should play well into our team speed and depth. We are really looking forward to a more open game.” Despite the added pressure of playing conference games now, Johnson is still confident in the tam. “Nothing changes all that much for us,” Johnson said. “The goal is still the same: get into the conference tournament.” Hiram is not one of the top teams in the NCAC con-
ference. The Terriers are 2-5-1 on the season and have not won on the road yet, compiling a record of 0-4-1 for away games. This does not mean the Tigers do not have a strong plan. “Our game plan is going to be to manipulate their back zone and attack the seams in it,” Hauter said. “Defensively we hope to reduce their touches in our back third and eliminate their shots.” Hiram will have a reason to be pumped about their
“Our defense has been very strong and done an amazing job. The challenge now is to make sure we don’t lose our focus and that we do the little things a bit better every day.” -Coach Brad Hauter
trip to Greencastle, however, as a rivalry stands between the Terriers and the Tigers. “Hiram is going to be a tough one because there is a lot of emotion in the game as we’ve knocked them out of the tournament the last two years and they were our only conference loss last year,” Hauter said. The previous meeting of these two teams was last November in the NCAC Men’s Soccer Semifinal. Hiram took a 2-1 lead into halftime, but DePauw made a second half comeback. Two goals in the span of a minute by junior Nate Snyder and Morrison was all DePauw needed to earn a 3-2 victory and end the Terriers’ tournament hopes. The Tigers will be battling more than one foe when they take the field on Saturday. With an unbeaten record comes all of the excitement and attention on campus. Both players and coaches have been trying to avoid the hype. Hauter and the rest of the coaching staff focuses on the entire season as a whole. “7-0 means only one thing, we are guaranteed to be 7-11 until we change it. Honestly it means little else,” Hauter said. “We are proud of the start but are focused on bigger things.” The Tigers will put their undefeated record on the line at Boswell Field for a pair of games this weekend. On Saturday the Tigers will take on Hiram and will come right back Sunday afternoon to face Olivet College.
By MICHAEL JENNINGS sports@thedepauw.com
DePauw’s field hockey team bounced back from their 1-3 start in stunning fashion over the weekend with two conference wins over Kenyon College and Denison University to pull back to .500 on the season. The Tigers defeated Kenyon 1-0 and defeated bitter rivals Denison 2-0. The Tigers defeated Denison on Sunday with an impressive 2-0 win. DePauw scored early on in the match off a deflection by Junior forward Paige Henry. Henry’s high level of play over the weekend earned the honor of NCAC Player of the Week. After the go-ahead goal early on, however, the Tigers were challenged at the back by several chances for Denison off of a long string of corners. The Tigers remained strong in the back, however, with much defensive cover by senior midfielder Chelsea Cutler. Cutler seemed to be everywhere on the field and always found herself in the right place at the right time on defense as well as on the counter attack. The Tigers added another goal in the final minute of the first half on a brilliant move started and finished by junior forward Maggie Campbell. The goal came after prolonged DePauw possession in the offensive half during the final minutes of the first half. The Tigers finally capitalized with 56 seconds remaining following many scoring opportunities. The Tigers came out dominant in the second half and held Denison in check for the remainder of the game. Cutler continued to shine in the second half both on defense and in moving the ball through midfield. DePauw faced little danger on their own net for most of the half until Denison attempted a last ditch effort to pull something out in the final minutes. Campbell praised her teammates on the vital conference win.
“Obviously we are very happy with the win and look to be very competitive in the conference,” Campbell said. “It was even better considering Denison is our main rival.” Henry praised the team’s defense and commented on how the team has established itself as the team to beat in the NCAC. “We know that every team in the conference is out to beat us and [we’re] giving it 110% because now we have targets on our back,” Henry said. “Hopefully we can keep executing.” The Tigers also pulled out a hard fought 1-0 win against Kenyon on Saturday. After taking an early lead just after the five minute mark in the first half. “Kenyon gave us a tough fight and stuck with us the whole game even though we thought we’d put a few more in after the early goal,” Henry said. Kenyon bounced back well after the early goal, but could not manage to beat junior goalkeeper Maggie Steele. Despite Steele being tested early she, as well as her defense, held Kenyon at bay. The Tigers looked dangerous on the many counter attack moves led by Campbell as well as senior forward Micheline Figel. The Tigers could not muster another goal, however, and held on to win 1-0. The team is thrilled with these two conference victories giving DePauw an early lead in the NCAC as the only undefeated team against conference opponents. Clearly team chemistry and morale has been uplifted by these positive results. “We usually have a close team and this year is no exception,” Campbell said. “Wins obviously help maintain that positive atmosphere.” After these two shutout wins, the Tigers look to move on and continue the momentum picked up over the weekend in the conference. The Tigers will face the 0-2 Oberlin College Yeowomen and the 1-1 College of Wooster Fighting Scots.
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DePauw hopes to get their first win of their very young season this Saturday, against the Wittenberg University Tigers. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. at the newly-renovated Blackstock Stadium. Both teams are looking to improve upon their first games of the season, which resulted in a loss for both squads. DePauw lost a close game on the road to Sewanee: University of the South 10-7. Costly turnovers and penalties hurt the Tigers’ chances of coming out with a victory, according to head coach Bill Lynch. “Turnovers on offense are what really hurt us … but the key is how you respond to these mistakes,” Lynch said. “Having the bye week, I think we were able to clean these things up.” Despite the losing effort, there were some positives in the game. Defense held the Sewanee team that put up 30 points against DePauw in their meeting last year between to only 10 points. “I think overall the defense played really well,” Lynch said. “That’s a tough offense to play against it, and I thought our kids really handled it well.” Wittenberg’s opening game was not as close, falling to Butler University 49-24, in a game which they gave up 35 consecutive points without an answer. Wittenberg also committed five turnovers on offense, including three fumbles lost, something the Tigers could exploit in the upcoming game. DePauw forced Sewanee into giv-
NOTE: The ing up four fumbles. OneAthletic differenceCampus from last year’s team is the usage of only one quarterback in the still Last undergoing openingisgame. year both sophomore construction. Justin Murray and juniorPlease Drew Seaman split thefollow time throughout most of the all signs to season. This dual quarterback threat was forof the season, not seenentry in thepoints first game in whichBlackstock Murray started and played the Stadium. entirety of the game. The coaching staff has still not made a final decision on their starting quarterback. “I thought overall Justin [Murray] played well [against Sewanee]… I thought he ran the ball hard,” Lynch said. “We haven’t made a decision right now… but Justin [Murray] will certainly start it.” The excitement is certainly in the air as DePauw looks to show off this brandnew team for the first time to the fans. Stevie Baker-Watson, the athletic director, is ready to see the Tigers play at home. “Wittenberg is tough, they’re the pre-season favorite in the NCAC,” BakerWatson said. “They have a very talented coach. Bill [Lynch] and his staff have prepared his student athletes to play against them. But everyone is excited. There’s a new coaching staff, a new field, there’s butterflies. We’re ready to welcome them home and let them play.” Fans are encouraged to come out in waves and support the new look on the field. You can also watch the game live online on the DePauw Football athletics page or listen live on WGRE 91.5.
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Fall sports draw exceptionally large crowds this season By NICOLE DARNALL sports@thedepauw.com
This year, DePauw athletics has been drawing bigger crowds than ever, and it is not going unnoticed by the players on the field. The fall sports have consistently been well-attended, but this season is the best seen in years. Most notably, the men’s soccer season opener at Boswell Field attracted 450 fans. This is outstanding in comparison to last year’s season opener with only 175 spectators at the field. There is no specific reason as to why this season has so many more fans, but it is not just soccer that is seeing the improvement. The DePauw women’s volleyball team is already 10-1 on their season and are on a current ten-game win streak, especially after this past weekend at home during the DePauw Tiger’s Invitational where they went 4-0. Student turn out at the volleyball tournament was exceptional. “Playing in front of large crowd is such an exhilarating feeling,” junior Mary Kate Etling said. “The crowd becomes part of the team, in
a way, and we are able to bounce of one another. Volleyball is game about momentum and energy and with a bigger and louder crowd it becomes easier and more exciting to maintain those intangibles.” But as the fall sport season wares on, the whole athletic department is hoping to see continued support at all of the athletic events, not just soccer and volleyball. There is a history, at football games especially, of DePauw students leaving the games at half-time. Athletic Director Stevie Baker-Watson is hoping to change that this year. “Hopefully we see the success we’ve had with volleyball and men’s soccer [in football],” Baker-Watson said. “They deserve the respect of their classmates to stay the entire time. We’re all part of a community together. We were down at Sewanee at half, and we had a great second half. People miss a lot when they leave at the half.” Last year’s football home opener against St. Olaf saw 1225 people and as the Tigers’ home opener for this season draws nearer and nearer, the size of the crowd is on many of the players’ minds. “When I look in the stands and see them filled with students, faculty, and parents, a sense of pride overcomes me,” sophomore quar-
terback Justin Murray said. “Having a packed house gives me encouragement to play even harder.” With football’s first game on the new turf at Blackstock stadium, preseason jitters are on the whole team’s mind. All of the players hope for a good turnout to watch their match-up against Wittenberg. “It’s called home field advantage for a reason and there is more to the game than Xs and Os,” senior defensive lineman Michael McManis said. “The atmosphere the fans bring by being the biggest, loudest and most amped up crowd makes us players that much more pumped to play.” As a school community of only around 2,400 students, one person can go a long way in a fan section. “In D3, they say it’s about the student athlete experience and not the fans,” Baker-Watson said. “If you ask the athlete, they want nothing more than people there to support them.”