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Indiana’s Oldest College Newspaper
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
Sports and sunshine make for successful Family Weekend By EMILY MCCARTER
VOL. 162, ISSUE 9
Rain dampens, but doesn’t douse DePauwpalooza By BILLY BURKE
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Students waved goodbye to their parents and siblings on Sunday after a lively and successful Family Weekend. The weekend was filled with activities for students to attend with their family or just friends if family could not attend. The events included DePauwpalooza, the first home football game against Wittenberg University, a family picnic at Bowman Park and the Be Great Today 5K race. Nearly 300 alumni and family members packed President Brian Casey’s home, The Elms, Friday evening for a special dinner event. Casey said he began hosting families last year and this year’s event elicited unexpectedly high attendance. Among many other parents, Judge John Ross and his wife Judy Ross of St. Louis, MO. visited their daughter, first-year Emily Ross, over the weekend. “We went to the football game. Although the score was not what we hoped for, it was a beautiful day for the game,” John Ross said, “The DePauw team played hard and showed a lot of promise for the future.” DePauw football ended up losing to Wittenberg 45-0; however, the stands were full for most of the game as was the tailgating section in the parking lot. “The festivities in the parking lot after the game, the camaraderie [of the football players] and the family environment was very clear and fun to see,” John Ross said. Initially Campus Life and Community Development representatives said they would close down tailgating events at 1 p.m. in order to encourage attendance at the sporting events, but no such measures were taken, Casey said. “I think they were just playing it by ear,” he said. One potential problem was DePauw parents enjoying alcohol beverages and ensuring that they arrive back to nearby hotels safely, especially after a long tailgate. Luckily, Director of Public Safety Angie Nally reported in an email that “Parent’s Weekend did not generate any formal Public Safety interactions with individuals, students or parents.” This weekend there were also two men’s soccer
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The stormy weather Friday night didn’t stop the School of Music from hosting its annual event, DePauwpalooza. Performances, which featured vocal and instrumental artists across grades, were moved from their original location in Bowman Park to the Great Hall of the GCPA. According to Mark McCoy, dean of the School of Music, performances were set to include the full University band, orchestra, and jazz ensembles, but had to be trimmed due to the rain. Performances that still went on included a trumpet ensemble, the university choir, vocal artists from Adam Guettel’s master class, a Mozart piano quartet, a woodwind quintet, the chamber singers, and a jazz band combo. A percussion ensemble closed the performance. “I really wanted to show off our orchestra pieces and our band pieces, but I think they did a very good job,” first-year flautist Eleanor Price said when discussing how it felt to not to perform.” Depauwpalooza is in its third year and was started as an example of the “synergy of having a school of music and a liberal arts college” on the same campus, according to McCoy. The School of Music works with Student Government to provide food and entertainment for College of Liberal Arts students and faculty during this event. School of Music students, on top of their personal rehearsal time, used class time to learn music specifically for Depauwpalooza and other Parents Weekend events. “I’m really proud of these folks,” McCoy said, referring to his musicians, who, in his mind, “made it a success.” McCoy also alluded to many Depauwpalooza’s to come, saying that he hopes for “fiftieth reunions [students] to come back to Depauwpalooza.”
BE GREAT TODAY RACE Students and their families getting food at the Family Picnic that occured on Saturday September 21 in Bowman Park for Parents Weekend. ANH NGUYEN / THE DEPAUW
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