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hen Heaven Jackson, sophomore, tore her Achilles’ heel at cheer practice Feb. 14, the adult present did not move to help or offer her a ride home because “it did not seem like she was hurt,” according to Jackson. “She basically made it look like I was exaggerating the pain or it wasn’t important because I wasn’t screaming and everything,” Jackson said. Due to her injury Jackson has joined the reported 11 percent of undergraduate students with disabilities, according to a 2015 report from the National Center for Educational Statistics. As Jackson navigated campus for the past month, she experienced first-hand the ways disability is addressed as an afterthought. “Some of my classes, some of the buildings they have ramps but no buttons, or buttons with no ramps. You don’t really notice how inaccessible the school is until you get on wheels. It just sucks.” The day after the accident DePauw Health Services gave Jackson a prescription for crutches from Kroger. “It seemed like at first they were kinda iffy about it too... But then once I went in there and they saw like ‘oh sh*t this is something important.’ Then they started being helpful,” Jackson said. After mentioning that she had no way to get to Kroger, Jackson received a pair of crunches from DePauw Health Services. The Wednesday after her injury Jackson received an email from Campus Living and Community Development (CLCD), saying that she had until Friday to move out of her room on the third floor of Leis to the first floor of Strasma at the recommendation of Health Services. However, they failed to offer assistance for her to move her possessions. After her interactions with Health Services and CLCD, Jackson reached out to Meggan Herrald Johnston, director of Student Disability Services, who informed
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Across the world Junior David Rosene spends his spring ‘19 semester studying at Queen’s University in Belfast. (Photo provided by the Hubbard Center)
DePauw ranks as leader in study abroad Story by Peter Nicieja News Editor
From the oceanic shores of South Africa to the historic architecture of Europe, during any given academic year, DePauw students can be found studying, gaining work experience or immersing themselves in dozens of countries across several continents. According to the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, DePauw ranked 7 among the nation’s other 4-year baccalaureate colleges for number of students who receive credit for study abroad. “A lot of that has to do with our winter term and summer term programming,” said director of off-campus programs at DePauw’s Hubbard Center for Student Engagement, Mandy Brookins. A majority of students, about 300 to 400 a year, study abroad during the short-term faculty-led programs, and about 125 to 130 students study abroad during the semester, she added. During the 2017-18 school year, 571 DePauw students participated in a study abroad program. Brookins expects high study abroad numbers to continue as long as there are enough faculty-led programs to offer to interested students. Despite DePauw’s current situation, which has included 56 staff layoffs and early buyouts for faculty, Brookins does not anticipate it to affect study abroad numbers. In addition to the university’s operating funds, alumni and donors have
gifted supporting grants and scholarships to ensure that students can study abroad, said Brookins. “We may look at some strategic changes to the types of programs we offer, but it’s not going to change the philosophy of our value of study abroad.” Sophomore Jonathan Kroeger, who attended DePauw with the intention of studying abroad, will be spending this fall studying music in Vienna, Austria. “On a personal level, it’ll get me more accustomed to the people and the area. Professionally, I’ll be studying the music that I’m most familiar with in the area that it came from.” Gaining language proficiency and familiarity with a country other than the United States has motivated Sophomore Tiaga Tamura to apply for study abroad. He will spend this fall in Barcelona, Spain. Brookins said that, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers are looking for skills such as problem-solving, adaptability, the ability to work in diverse teams, and strong written and verbal communication skills. “All of those skills can be attributed back to a study abroad or international experience.” “We live in a globalized economy where there are problems and issues facing the world and all require some sort of collaborative nature to it in order to solve or even address some of these problems,” said Brookins. “You have to be adaptable and understand where your role fits into the picture, and study abroad can do that.”
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Following the staff and faculty layoffs, last Wednesday, Junior Rachel Moore began a petition on change.org in an attempt to save DePauw University nature biologist Vanessa Fox’s job. As of Mar. 5, 1,078 people have signed the petition. Fox was laid off after 17 years of service and research at DePauw’s nature park. After working at both the biology department and the nature park for 13 years, she was transferred to the nature park full time. The circulating petition is calling for the reinstatement of Fox’s job. According to the petition, “outside of practical experience, academia, and research experience, Professor Fox’s position at the nature park is of the utmost importance to build lifelong citizenship skills every student should have the chance to learn.” Throughout her time at DePauw, Fox has taught classes, worked to educate the community, hosted school groups and organized and ran research projects. Fox is being laid off in the middle of a research project she was hoping to finish. She said, “We’ve got a long term research project where we have marked and measured 13,000 trees out in the woods. We started that 10 years ago, and so I was hoping to continue my position for another 10 years so that we could continue that project.” Students working with Fox have felt the impact of her layoff. Junior Rachel Moore says, “I feel like her position is an essential and critical part to maintaining our university and a commitment to environmental education. I believe that in her position, she is more than just a part-time professor. She is the only faculty member who consistently and actively works to better the nature park by removing invasive species. She is the one who is doing the outreach group to the Greencastle community and beyond. She is the one who has continued this research for 17 years.” Junior Donna Riner agrees and feels that her experience as a DePauw student has been positively affected by Fox’s work. “As a biology major, I have greatly benefitted from
DePauw’s nature park has been opem since 2004. (Photo by Tilly Marlatt)
Vanessa Fox’s commitment to the nature park and specifically the research going on out there as a biology major, we’re taught that long term data sets are vital in terms of understanding ecology and environmental processes. So, having 17 years of data on one tract of land that has been maintained relatively consistently can tell us huge things about the local environment.” The future of the nature park is unclear. While Fox says that in a faculty meeting hosted by President McCoy, the nature park will continue to run, she will likely not be able to finish her research. Anne Harris, Vice President for Academic Affairs responded in an email that research will continue at the Manning Lab and a meeting with the nature park committee has been scheduled to decide exactly how this will be carried out. The position will not be refilled, but the nature park committee will investigate “other structures (i.e. at other institutions, at what was done before the creation of the position, and more).” While the petition does call into question the choice to lay off Fox specifically, students maintain that this is about the bigger picture of how the administration cares for the students and those employed by the school. Moore states, “Vanessa is not the only part-time professor to be fired. There were several others as well, so I don’t want this story to be just about Vanessa being affected because I feel like it’s just the insensitivity of the issue with them saying ‘but it was staff, and no faculty so it doesn’t matter’ you know? Just a blanket statement of the issue which basically said ‘Don’t look any further into it, don’t worry about it, you’re not going to be affected,’ which is a lie.”
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her that everything regarding her situation was supposed to be going through the Disabilities Services office. “She was really helpful. I had to go to her a lot,” Jackson said. Even after Johnston became involved in Jackson’s case there was still miscommunication. Despite the fact that CLCD was supposed to extend her time to move, when Jackson returned to Leis after studying in Roy O. West Library late that Thursday night, her student ID would not work at the door because she was expected to have moved into Strasma by then. “I don’t know what was happening between the groups...everyone’s on different pages with everything,” Jackson said.
ed among students protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The system, called Accommodate, replaces a paper system and, in many ways, is an improvement. In the past individual emails were sent to professors at the beginning of each semester and for exam proctoring—which is the most common accommodation, according to Johnson—students had to fill out individual paper applications and get the professor’s’ signature for each test. Now students create one account which holds all of their medical forms semester to semester and contacts teacher with the click of a few buttons. “It’s really a one-stop shop,” Johnston said.
This semester, DePauw University has switched to a digital system to track services to
But even with this new electronic system, concerns remain.“I think that the way that we
students with mental or physical impairments, like visual impairments, dyslexia or attention deficit disorder. While Jackson only experienced a temporary injury, she is also includ-
think about and interact with disability on this campus needs a lot of improvement and I don’t think technology is the primary fix for that,” Derek Ford, assistant professor of education studies, said.
Ford noted that about one student in each of his classes has a disabilities but choose not to go through Disabilities Services for a number of reasons. According to Johnston, an estimated 100 DePauw students—about 5 percent of the total student body—use DePauw’s academic accommodations while nationally 11 percent of undergrads reportedly have disabilities, according to a 2015 report from the National Center for Educational Statistics. Because of this, Ford offers an alternative: he tells students that they can go through the Disabilities Services office or they can meet with him and he will make accommodations the best he can. Johnston describes the process used by Ford as “universal design” and believes the university should be moving towards it as a whole. “Essentially, universal design is that curriculum, syllabi, the physical space in the classroom, (and) lectures would be designed in a more diverse way to simply be more accommodating so people would not have to come out and register,” John-
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ston said. “If something is good for a person with a disability it might be good for everyone.” Voice-to-text is a common example of technology designed for the disability community that has been utilized by everyone. Ford views accessibility as problem for most of higher education. “Basically, we are just enforcing a norm and then the accommodations make, sort of, exceptions to that norm,” Ford said. “Often in really base or rudimentary ways, for example, one hour of ‘normal students’ time is one and a half of a ‘non-normal student’s’ time… Where as if you have a more open system you can accommodate more ways of know and more ways of relating that knowledge to the professor.’” In Johnston’s two years at DePauw, she says she has seen progress as more faculty work to accommodate students within the classroom. “I’ve seen growth. I’ve seen (faculty) say rather than having a student come (to Disabilities Services) to take their exams with extended time say ‘I’m going to provide it right there in the classroom.’ It’s better for the students. I’m seeing those little things happen, that’s universal design.”
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Stumped By Slick Art Work
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While walking through Peeler, I noticed that it seems like the walls are a little more empty than usual. But, these transitioning walls by no means reflect a lack of creative energy and art being created. This week, I ventured from the painting studios down into the noisy sculpture space. This is where I found senior Danny Restrepo, surrounded by big, beautiful pieces of wood. Danny first began dabbling in art during his freshman year. In his sculpture class, he realized that he had an interest in wood. This shifted his initial academic goals to focus on art, and how art could manifest itself throughout his life. Realizing that life is too short to live to fulfill others expectations, Danny chose to spend his time doing what makes him happy: making art. JF: Why do you work so much with wood? DR: Wood has a lot of functional qualities to it. Wood can represent a lot
of things. I like to talk about my story through wood. The art that I create is very abstract. But through making art through wood, I am able to kind of get my story— my personal story— out. It is my way of expression, of informing others of my story, my life, things that have happened. Wood is so beautiful. I admire the grains. I admire the wood in many ways. There are so many reasons why I use wood. Wood is luxurious. I work a lot with the concept of luxury. JF:Where would you like to see your work? DR: I can picture my art going into galleries, or into private collections, or just into people’s homes as a piece of art or whatever they want it to be. I want people to enjoy the art as much as I do. But at the same time, if they find a way to use it to better their lives, then go right ahead. Once you buy it, it is yours. I think there is always that fear of not being able to make money in art, but once you get past that fear, that is when you make the purest form of art. And that is when you start to enjoy making things. JF: What would your dream exhibit look like? DR: I think, since I value the process of creating my piece, I think having workshops where people can come in, chose the wood of their preference
Above: Danny working on his latest art piece. Below: Two of Danny’s more recent pieces. The bottom left piece won secnd place in Depauw’s Juried art show’s 3D section.
and kind of have workshops where they can create their own piece of wood. And I would guide them through the process. I think people should see that side of the art. The process is so important. Having people come in and make the art with me would really be enjoyable. What I sincerely enjoy most about
art, is the process of creating my pieces. But at the end when my pieces are complete, that is when i am happiest. You kind of set expectations of what you want it to be at the end. It is made with care, nurture, and drops of creativity. You are molding it into something that you want to be proud of. You want to enjoy the process.
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Meditation Club offers DePauw students guided meditation Story by Ericka Marchant Staff Writer
Being the precursor to every academic week, Sunday tends to be a date college students unanimously dread. As the effects of procrastination loom, the “Sunday Scaries” settle in. Yet, few students seem to take steps to curb this stress. A short visit to 411 East Seminary St. may prove to be a valuable remedy. Meditation Club, lead by first-year co-coordinators Michael Chen, Carson Janes and John Csehill, offers DePauw students the opportunity to participate in guided meditation. On the second floor of the Center for Spiritual Life, natural light floods the Meditation Room in which the club’s meetings are held. The space’s relaxed ambiance adds to the tranquility and quality of these mediations. Janes shared the club’s preferred use of the “Calm” app, imparting that “it’s a really great way to do a short little guided meditation. Meditation is one of the best ways to calm down after a busy week, to have a clear mind going into the next week,” Janes said. Mediation Club hosts a number of events and speakers, such as a Sufi meditation group at their kick-off event.
“All of our speakers come from different traditions and cultures and speak to that,” Janes said. “Next weekend, we’re having some Buddhist monks come in from Bloomington. They’re going to offer a few workshops that we’ll offer sign-ups for, and they’re also going to do a guided meditation.” Despite the religious influence imbued in many forms of meditation, the club ultimately, in Jane’s words, is “universal.” “Anyone can come,” Janes said. “People certainly think about their religions while meditating, but that is by no means necessary.” Csehill reassures the club’s emphasis on inclusiveness. “I’d say it’s more than the stereotype of a guy in a white robe sitting like this,” Csehill said, pressing his palms together and crossing his legs. “It’s much more than that, and varies. Meditation can be seen as a way for people to clear their minds, to find inner peace within themselves. It can also be a way to help decrease anxiety by looking into your everyday life and priorities, whether that be academically, occupationally or emotionally.” Chen, the club’s co-president, emphasized DePauw’s need for the space, as well as his hopes for Meditation Club’s impact on campus. “I consider meditation something that every student might need,” Chen said. “Because it’s a great way to help
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Meditation Club co-leaders, John Csehill (‘22), Carson Janes (‘22), and Michael Chen (‘22).
fight against anxiety. One of my goals is to help promote meditation, to help people at least have an understanding of what meditation is, where they can turn for help in terms of learning the technique. At the same time, I want to help students to get rid of their stereotypes of meditation. I just want students to have more exposure and to gain more understanding of meditation.” The club’s goal is to allow students to find mindfulness despite their busy weeks. “You don’t get a lot of chances to stop and really think about where you’re at,” Janes said. “And [Meditation Club] is a great opportunity to do that.” DePauw students and Greencastle community members are welcomed to participate in guided meditation through Meditation Club, held Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Life. Details can be found through DePauw’s Campus Labs website.
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Sydney Strup, Sophomore “I especially like cell-signaling and biodiversity. There are a lot of guys [in STEM classes], but I feel like it’s getting better--there are a lot more women in these classes, and there are a lot more women professors.”
Allison Williams, First-year “I just found that I have a passion for math and chemistry and it’s more analytical. I think that’s what kind of speaks to me more than say writing or reading.”
Kamil Hester, Sophomore “In intro classes, there’s typically more women represented, but as you get into the upper disciplines the gender ratio starts to skew, especially with sciences that are considered hard sciences like a physics class or an upper level chemistry class.”
Charlotte Borland, First-year “It’s stressful, but it is interesting to pose questions and definitively find answers. These answers can then be carried out in the real world.”
Perla Bermudez, Sophomore “I prefer biology specifically over the arts. Everyday I’m able to learn and make sense of the world, such a s when I go to the doctor.”
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2018 record: 7-11 (4-4)
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2018 NCAC standing: T-fourth Head Coach: Dan Ambrose
2018 NCAC standing: Eighth Head Coach: Kori Stoffregen
Key losses: Cami Etgen, Hannah Adams
Key losses: M Jack Gomez, A Ben Sherman Players to watch: A Ben Davis, A Steen Jorgensen, G Charlie Robson
Players to watch: Emily Wilson,
Key addition: Quinn Cashion
Kaitlyn Daanan,
Summary: The DePauw men’s lacrosse team is coming off of the 2018 season that found them finishing in the middle of the pack in the NCAC at .500. The team loses the team leader in assists and second-highest scorer in Ben Sherman, but leading-scorer Ben Davis and third-leading scorer Steen Jorgensen return to fill the void. Junior Charlie Robson returns as goalie, along with sophomore Matthew Braun who went 50-147 on faceoffs as a first-year. A key for the Tigers this year will be closing out close games, as they went 0-5 in games decided by three points or less.
Key addition: Jenny Noll
Summary: The DePauw women’s track and field program is looking to bounce back from an eighth-place finish in the 2018 NCAC Outdoor Championships. The team improved during this year’s indoor season, as they placed sixth in the NCAC Indoor Championships. They are led by junior distance runner Emily Wilson and senior sprinter Kaitlyn Daanan, who both placed in the top eight at the indoor championships.
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Senior pitcher Grant Rademacher was named NCAC pitcher of the week after recording 14 strikeouts in 11 innings.
First-year softball player Kate Geary recorded five hits over a three game stretch in her collegiate debut— the most on the team.
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The women’s basketball team erased a 10-point second half deficit to tie the game in the NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen, before eventually losing to University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
Sophomore Claire Keefe recorded her third double-double this season as she scored 18 points and 11 rebounds in the team’s loss.
Grant Rademacher Senior baseball pitcher Grant Rademacher recorded the win in DePauw’s 10-1 win over Mount St. Joseph’s College. He pitched seven innings, while only allowing four hits and one run. He recorded seven strikeouts in the game without suffering a walk. He was named the North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week, and he is this week’s Tiger of the Week. The DePauw) You pitched seven innings, gave up four hits, one run and recorded seven strikeouts. What allowed you to be so effective? Grant Rademacher) Throwing first-pitch strikes was really what set the tone. There’s some crazy statistic where every time a pitcher throws a first-pitch strike, the likelihood of the batter getting a hit during that at-bat is around 25 percent. Throwing strikes, great defense, and of course, I have to shout out the offense for giving me some run support. TDP) What are your goals for the remainder of the year? Individually and as a team? GR) Individually, my goal is to compete every time I’m on the mound and play each game like it’s my last. It’s my senior year, so I am going to empty the tank. As a team, our goal is to win the NCAC Conference Tournament. Advancing to Regionals is tough for any team to do, but I believe we have what it takes. TDP) What made you fall in love with baseball?
GR) I really enjoyed being outside, especially during the summer. Little League baseball was some of the best times of my life. Almost every kid my age played Little League baseball. From there on out, I just stuck with it and kept having fun. TDP) Did you always know you were going to play baseball in college? GR) I wasn’t really recruited out of high school and actually had a backup plan to attend [Indiana University] with the rest of my friends, but luckily, I was given the opportunity to play at DePauw late into my senior year. It was a close one. TDP) Do you try to model your game after any baseball player? GR) Not many people know who he is, but I pay a lot of attention to Cleveland Indians right-handed pitcher Trevor Bauer. Not only is he one of the best pitchers in the MLB, but he’s very active on social media and always posts videos of himself training.
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2018 record: 8-14 (2-2 in NCAC) 2018 NCAC standing: T-third Head Coach: Scott Riggle Key losses: Alyssa Seneviratne
Players to watch: Megan Galle, Sarah Wilder
Key addition: Erin Friedrich Summary: The women’s tennis team is led by the 2018 first-team all-NCAC doubles pair of seniors Megan Galle and Sarah Wilder. Galle was also named second team all-NCAC for singles. They, along with junior Emma Love and senior Colleen Morris, will anchor the team along with emergence of first-year Erin Friedrich. The team will be looking to improve upon their NCAC semifinal appearance last year.
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2018 NCAC Ranking: T-fifth Head Coach: Blake Allen Key losses: OF Collin Einertson, IF Sam Comer, P Tyler Holt Players to watch: P Grant Rademacher, OF Charlie Patrick, IF Noah Salasky Key addition: OF Nick Nelson Summary: The Tiger baseball team struggled at the beginning of the 2018 season, losing 18 of their first 21 games, but bounced back to finish the year 8-8, with a respectable 9-9 record in conference play. DePauw loses starting outfielder Collin Einertson and staring first basemen Sam Comer, but returns the rest of the starting lineup, led by 2018 NCAC Newcomer of the Year Charlie Patrick in the outfield. Senior pitcher Grant Rademacher’s fastball will be tough to deal with for opposing teams, coming off his second team all-NCAC season in Senior pitcher Grant Rademacher pre2018. First-year Nick Nelson will provide new fire- pares to deliver a pitch in a 2018 game. Rademacher will lead DePauw’s pitching power to the program in the outfield. rotation this year.