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Indiana’s Oldest College Newspaper
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013
VOL. 162, ISSUE 14
School of Music launches into ‘The Brave New World of Music’
Students offer advice for first-years’ first night out
By DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com
By NETTIE FINN news@thedepauw.com
At 10 p.m. this Saturday night, first-year students on DePauw’s campus will be able to take their first, official steps onto fraternity property. DePauw’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) sets a date each year when first-year students will be allowed onto fraternity property. This year, firstyears will be free to attend whatever registered fraternity party they choose, with no repercussions from the Panhellenic Council or IFC. For many first-years, their first steps onto Greek property will also be their first experience with college partying and all that comes along with it. DePauw faculty and students have spent the weeks leading up to this Saturday doing their best to prepare first-year students. “First and foremost we always want to do some education,” Coordinator for Fraternity Life PJ Mitchell said. This year, “educating” first-year students about fraternity parties on campus has included sending in two upperclassmen to each first-year residence hall floor. One upperclassman in each of these pairing represented campus Greek life, while the other was associated with Code TEAL, a sexual
Seniors Tyler Notch, a representative from IFC, and Damon Megerle, from Code TEAL, co-lead a discussion with first-years about the students’ first weekend on greek property. The conversations centered on monitoring your BAC levels, treating greek property with respect, and what consent means. CLARISSA ZINGRAF / THE DEPAUW assault awareness campaign at DePauw. “The goal is to get people to understand the culture before we send people on to the greek campuses, so they know a little bit about what to expect,” senior Code TEAL representative Mike Curts said. Since both Greek life and Code TEAL representatives are present at each of these residence hall
meetings, they have been able to discuss both safe alcohol use and safe sex. “The greek representative is basically trying to let the first-years know that the goal at a fraternity is not to just drink as much as you can,” Curts said. “The Code TEAL side of things is sex positivity.
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Brahms and Tschaikovsky will have to share the spotlight with modern composers and recording artists as the School of Music seeks to diversify its curriculum as part of the “21st Century Musician (21 CM) and The Brave New World of Music” campaign. The move to an educational experience marked by variety, rather than just tradition, will make it one-of-a-kind in the field of music. Mark McCoy, dean of the School of Music, said the campaign will offer students the opportunity to study entrepeneruship and recording along with other relevant skills for the modern musician in addition to performance. Unlike music conservatories such as Julliard, McCoy thinks DePauw can attempt something new with it’s curriculum because DePauw produces students that have entered into careers outside of performance. “There’s not a music school in America that’s tried this,” McCoy said in a phone interview Thursday.
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OLD GOLD EVENT T T S U L S
BRET BAIER ’92: A Conversation with Bret Baier Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013 • 10 a.m. • Green Center for the Performing Arts, Kresge Auditorium