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Indiana’s Oldest College Newspaper vol. 164, issue 40 Students complain about lack of Mental Health Services on campus while Administration finds them adequate Tuesday, April 12, 2016

BY MADISON DUDLEY news@thedepauw.com

In 2011, DePauw first–year Marshall Matthew committed suicide. His death was the last suicide to rock the university. It prompted initiatives to change the campus stigma of mental health and make receiving treatment easier for students. It’s been five years since Matthew’s death, and some students say it is time for DePauw’s Wellness and the counseling center to step up their program again.

During fall semester of this academic year, counseling services at DePauw experienced a 30.5 percent increase in first-time appointments from fall of 2014, according to director of counseling services at DePauw Dr. Julie d’Argent. D’Argent stated that psychiatric evaluations have increased 68.2 percent. D’Argent also said that the number of emergencies (life threatening situations) has increased on DePauw’s campus by 171.4 percent within the last year.

Several students have complained about not receiving the care they

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need due to extremely long wait times for appointments, ranging from two to four weeks.

“The only support that I get on DePauw’s campus is from my 19 yearold friends and not from the administration,” said a DePauw sophomore, who wishes to remain anonymous.

This student has been battling severe depression and is currently on medical leave for spring semester. She is working on transferring from DePauw because she believes that it is not a healthy environment for her to be in.

“I applied to DePauw because I was so sure in the fact that it would be a proactive step in my health,” said the student, who only applied to DePauw. During the fall semester, the student experienced a moment of crisis and reached out to campus resources, including the counseling center. She said that it took four weeks before she was able to meet with a counselor and, instead, was instructed via email to utilize emer

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Award-winning young author Tarfia Faizullah electrifies audience in poetry reading

By KATIE O’LAUGHLIN

news@thedepauw.com Tarfia Faizullah, winner of the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA) New Writers Award for poetry, read poems from two of her collections to an intimate audience on Sunday night as part of the Kelly Writers Series. Faizullah won the GLCA award with her book, “Seam,” a poetic exploration of the rape of more than 300,000 Bangladeshi women by Pakistani soldiers during the Bangladeshi war of independence in 1971. Faizullah expanded on the themes of tragedy, love, family, religion and identity in her discussions with DePauw faculty and students.

Faizullah drew inspiration for the book from her Bangladeshi familial background, and her mother and sister in particular.

In her year in Bangladesh through the Fulbright program, Faizullah was able to communicate in Bengali to over 20 victims, along with conducting historical research of the tragic phenomenon. Her poems are jarring and brutally insightful. Although the poems dive into some “tough stuff,” as Faizullah puts it, she was still thrilled to present them to the DePauw community.

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“I’m delighted to be coming to DePauw as the GLCA New Writers’ Award in poetry, especially because colleges like DePauw are such incredible hubs of thoughtful and rigorous learning,” Faizullah said. “At any point in history, it seems that the opportunity to connect with each other through the literary arts has been important to nurturing our minds and our spirits. I’m excited to connect with students and faculty alike at DePauw, and look forward to leaving transformed and warmed by the common pursuit of self-awareness through language.”

And that she did. Jacob Strauss, a sophomore who had previously studied Faizullah’s work, said Faizullah’s reading affected him deeply.

“I had to read the collection of poems for a class of mine, and finally being able to hear them read by Faizullah, in her voice and with her explanations of why they were written, really drew the experience of reading them myself full circle,” Strauss said. “Her poems, not just the ones from ‘Seam,’ are wonderfully yet hauntingly FAIZULLAH colorful, and cont. on pg. 5 the tone of

Tarfia Faizullah reads from her book of poetry “Seam” for the Kelly Writers Series lecture on Sunday evening.

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The DePauw | News Broken sprinkler head causes flooding in Phi Kappa Psi, members relocated

By Georgia Green

news@thedepauw.com At the earliest hour of Sunday morning at Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, a sprinkler head was broken off of the second floor ceiling, causing severe flooding on that floor and the floor below it.

According to junior Kole Brinegar, the fraternity’s president, a nonmember kicked a soccer ball at one of the sprinklers, and water immediately started pouring out of the pipe into the hallway and leaked into the first floor ceiling, enough to knock light fixtures down. The fire alarm went off soon after.

“Pretty much all of the rooms in the new section of the house have at least some degree of water damage,” Brinegar said.

Not only were members’ rooms damaged, but also their valuables.

“Clothes, laptops, couches, TV’s… literally anything you can

think of that would be in somebody’s room is damaged for the most part,” Brinegar said.

The fire department was dispatched at 12:02 a.m. They arrived at 12:03 a.m. and cleared the scene at 12:45 a.m., according to the Chief of the Greencastle Fire Department, John Burgess.

“If I had to take a guess, they probably had 500 to 1000 gallons of water,” Burgess said.

All in all, the situation was rather frantic and random.

“The floor was already starting to take on a good amount of water,” said junior Meghan Burke, who was at the house and heard the commotion. “The fire alarm started going off, and everyone evacuated the building with backpacks filled with their valuables. It was extremely hectic and no one really knew what to do.”

Brinegar said the university lacked organization during the fiasco, but he understood that it

was a difficult situation to solve quickly.

“Granted, it was like one in the morning when all of this was going on, so I understand that the university couldn’t get organized that fast. But they were very helpful today,” he said. “Obviously, guys don’t like being taken out of their house. Given the circumstances, the university did everything they could do.”

At least 60 of the 70 members who live in the Phi Kappa Psi house are living in Bloomington Street Hall until the damages are fixed and the house is suitable for living. The remainder of the students have other living arrangements on campus.

Vice President for Student Life Chris Wells recognized the asset of

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Mumps disease plagues colleges across Indiana

BY EMMA MAZUREK news@thedepauw.com

Although DePauw has seen zero cases this year, recent outbreaks of the mumps have found their way to colleges and universities throughout Indiana. The mumps are not as prevalent as they once were due to the development of effective vaccinations, but they have begun resurfacing on college campuses.

“When outbreaks occur around the United States with things like measles, mumps and other illness like those, there is some concern because people are choosing not to be immunized, that there is less of what is called ‘heard immunity.’ Because of that, there is more exposure of people to the virus,” said Dr. David Harsha, a member of the medical staff with DePauw Health. “That being said, there’s been cases, even in college students, who have had two vaccines, like they are supposed to have.”

While no recent cases have been reported at DePauw, The health team has begun to recommend that students take action to help prevent the spread of the illness for themselves and other students.

“The best protection against it is to make sure that you have two shots of Measles Mumps and Rubella vaccine, which is called the MMR, and that’s what we are recommending for everybody,” Harsha said.

According to Harsha, if students are up to date on their vaccines, the best thing they can do to further prevent illness is to practice good hygiene. This is done in very practical ways, like washing hands before touching your face or these experiences underlined for us is that we need to expand our thinking for how to plan for this kind of disaster recovery in cases where we don’t have Bloomington Street Hall. The Inn was sold out, so it was not an option to put them over there…so we lucked out. The immediate scramble was to think about the needs of the men in terms of food and shelter.”

Dean of Students Cara Setchell sent out an email to faculty informing them of the situation and requesting that they grant as much leniency with extensions to students as they feel comfortable with, due to the fact that many students’ laptops and assignments were destroyed in the flooding.

The timeline for when the men can return to their house is currently unclear. According

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eating--“common sense,” Harsha said.

Some of the symptoms for the mumps are fatigue, headaches, coughing, running nose and swelling at the lower jaw.

“The symptoms are a lot like flu,” Harsha said. “One of the biggest things that is different about mumps is pain below the ears, right on the lower part of the jaw and that is where you get some swelling.”

The mumps are spread by people who have had indirect or direct contact with someone who has the illness. People who are not up to date on their MMR vaccines are the most at risk of contracting the mumps.

“The risk is greatest for international travelers and people who are in contact with international travelers,” Harsha added.

If these symptoms pop up, people should go to the health center to be evaluated by the staff.

Because antibiotics are not effective in treating the mumps virus, the only treatment includes rest, pain reliever for aches and a soft diet to reduce the pain from the jaw swelling.

“We usually separate that individual and isolate them for a few days to make sure they don’t contact or infect others,” Harsha said.

Those who are not up to date on their MMR vaccinations may visit the health center or a regular doctor at home for an appointment to discuss the next step.

“Not everything is going to be mumps, but if you get that cheek swelling, that’s the main thing to get seen for,” Harsha said.

To learn more about the mumps, visit: http://www.in.gov/isdh/files/Mumps_FAQ_-_FINAL_2-19-16.pdf to Wells, there are three levels of tasks that need to be done before they can return. The first is to get moisture out of the house; then, the university needs to ensure that the electrical systems are safe; lastly, the fire suppression system must be fixed.

“I have heard everything from two weeks to tomorrow,” Brinegar said. Originally, the men were told to grab items such as their phone, wallet and a change of clothes. The following day, however, they were told to grab items that would last them a couple of weeks, just in case.

“It’s the last stretch of the semester, so you have seniors that aren’t going to be able to spend their last few weeks potentially in the house that they’ve lived in for three years,” Brinegar said on behalf of the fraternity’s reaction to the situation.

The exact monetary amount for damages was unclear as of the time of publication.

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Sophomore Gage Mascoe had a similar experience, waiting two weeks for his first appointment and over a month for his follow-up meeting.

“Overall it wasn’t bad, but not worth the two month wait for me,” Mascoe said.

D’Argent and Vice President of Student Life Christopher Wells claim that the long wait times are attributed to students booking appointments but not showing up. This academic year, there has been a 42.9 percent increase in no-shows for first appointments.

“A lot of students make appointments and then they don’t come, which prevents other students from getting those appointments,” d’Argent said. “I’m not sure why they aren’t coming.”

The anonymous student said that students who are seriously struggling with mental health issues should not be punished for missing appointments.

“It’s not your fault because it’s your mental health speaking for you,” the student said. “You aren’t supposed to know everything about your mental health at 20 years old.”

The most common forms of mental illness that the counseling center sees are forms of anxiety and depression, but the center also helps students with transitioning in and out of college, interpersonal issues, substance abuse, body image and post-traumatic stress.

According to d’Argent, this trend of students seeking aid for mental health is not specific to DePauw. She said universities across the country are dealing with similar situations.

“I think college is becoming more stressful,” d’Argent said. “I would like to think that the stigma is also reducing. If the stigma is reducing,

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FAIZULLAH cont. FROM pg. 2 voice in which she reads and writes them takes a subject that is very uncomfortable and horrible, and makes it somewhat accessible to read and comprehend.”

In between reading her poems and at the end during the question and answer session, Faizullah revealed the background to the poems and explained the impact that the women she talked to had on her and her identity as a Bangladeshi woman. As Faizullah pointed out, the women showed grace in their everyday survival. Despite their tragic past, the women were able to find reasons to laugh and were overwhelmingly compassionate to others.

“These women showed me that light is possible in all manners of circumstances,” Faizullah said.

Rachel Higson, a sophomore who has also

The DePauw | News then people are more likely to seek help.”

DePauw’s counseling website says that the center offers mental health screenings and resources to help students at all times, while also providing a 24-hour contact in case of emergency. The center also works on their outreach programs; they increased the number of outreach hours to 99 hours in fall of 2015 from 23 hours in fall of 2014.

“We have a sense of increased need,” Wells said. “You can always do more. The question is, how do you balance the university’s needs to provide on multiple fronts?”

DePauw has four full time counselors, including a staff psychologist and two clinical counselors in addition to d’Argent. Excluding d’Argent, the three other counselors either refused to comment for this story or did not reply to the request to interview.

The center also employs three doctoral interns and a psychiatrist who visits campus two times a month to meet with students.

“I think we are adequately staffed right now,” Wells said.

Even if staffing is adequate to administration standards, students complain that they are not receiving the support and counseling they need in a timely manner.

“When you finally get this courage to go in and make an appointment and they tell you ‘okay, come back in four weeks,’ in four weeks, you aren’t going to go back,” the anonymous student said. “For these three or four weeks, you are completely by yourself and you lose hope, and when someone is finally willing to fight with you, you’re too tired.”

Ji Lee’s Univers Revolved Font, a Three Dimensional Alphabet sits on display in Peeler. The piece is a part of the Stereotype exhibition which explores typography in relation to time and digital capabilities. Stereotype is on display till May 12.

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studied Faizullah’s work, illustrated the importance of Faizullah’s poems.

“Reading Faizullah’s collection is an experience. By the conclusion of the collection, we realize that our discomfort does not originate from the sense that Faizullah has no right to document these women’s stories,” Higson said. “Rather, it comes from within us—those of us readers, those who live in less war-torn and healing places, those who remain oblivious to the musk of a day’s work and travel, odor of kerosine, sight of blood blossoming in water, and the sound of whispers of shame that brand the back of their minds, lingering like the sound of a generator—we wonder why we have the right to read for luxury, to have sex for pleasure, to live a peaceful life, to live. By the end, at least for me, I do not only view it as the right, but also the duty of such a willing, sympathetic hand’s depiction of this trauma, as well as our duty to read it, because these women are practically forgotten as it is.”

Faizullah’s book, “Seam,” can be purchased at Eli’s Books.

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By KIENNE CORAM

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Ending the cycle of rape and generating a constructive global conversation about the misconstrued cycle of rape culture has been an issue that our society has wrestled with and has been trying to bring to the forefront for years. This “culture” exists because of the misunderstanding and incorrect teachings our society has placed on males, females, transgenders, bisexuals, lesbians/gays and other nonconforming identifiers.

A group of motivated women on DePauw’s campus created an organization to promote sexual assault awareness, known now as Code T.E.A.L (Talk, Educate, Advocate and Listen). The philosophy behind Code T.E.A.L. is to provide a secure space to talk to others who are interested in learning more about

sexual assault, educate those who want to know more, advocate for those who have been affected by sexual assault and listen to those who actively want to be involved on campus.

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness month and DePauw is recognizing Code T.E.A.L by naming this week, April 11­-15, Code T.E.A.L. week. During this week, the organization will be hosting various opportunities for faculty and students ranging from speakers, activities and films to highlight and encourage the discussion of sexual assault awareness for all individuals within the community.

Last night, students and faculty gathered in Meharry Hall in East College to listen and learn from speaker and educator of sexual assault prevention, Keith Edwards, in his talk “Ending Rape: Addressing the Roots of Sexual Assault Prevention.”

The presentation began with a trigger warning that provided a Sexual Assault Survivor

Advocate (SASA) phone number and Public Safety support for anyone and everyone who is in need.

Edwards was welcomed on stage by two leaders of Code T.E.A.L and quickly broke down the tension of the crowd with genuine icebreakers, questions and a sincere desire to reach those sitting in the audience before him.

A powerpoint was positioned in the middle of the stage, providing the audience with a visual guidance to his voice.

“I want to talk with you all about sexual violence as a men’s issue,” Edwards stated as the main point of his presentation.

He explained that, as a society, we are “reactive, and not proactive,” to sexual violence.

He went on to say that people, friends, media, literature and various institutes teach the public that “sexual violence is a women’s issue.”

Edwards thanked the amount of work that has been done and progress that has been made

Above: Last year, members of Code T.E.A.L. sat in the Hub on Code T.E.A.L. week to raise awareness about sexual assault. LEXY BURTON / THE DEPAUW Left: Keith Edwards speaks about sexual violence prevention in relation to the male identity on Monday night.

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wards to promote areness by individual females in the past.

He counteracted this point, however, by giving examples of ways that society trains females to think.

“Don’t walk alone at night, don’t drink too much, don’t wear that,” he said. Edwards said that, by engaging with this inappropriate reactive technique, people, specifically women, internalize sexual assault and blame themselves.

However, Edwards shifted the focus and proposed that a “proactive approach means prevention,” and does not enforce direct blame on the victims. He said that men need to “understand the role in ending rape,” and actively work toward that goal.

According to Edwards, many college men who accepted ownership in engaging in activity that was legally qualified as rape did not believe that they committed an illegal act: “84 percent of [these men] did not believe their

actions to be illegal,” he said.

Edwards went on to say that many people do not know what rape is because society promotes a fabricated rape culture based on the ongoing gender-specific social construction of norms and stereotypes.

“The perpetrators of sexual assault are overwhelmingly men,” he said, adding that “one in four college women are raped or attempt at rape.”

Edwards ended his talk with the hope that his talk might spark a campus discussion about the topic of sexual assault and sexual violence.

“I’m not here to talk to you. ...I’m here to talk to all the people you’re going to talk to,” he said. “Whether you know it or not, sexual violence affects everyone in this room.” After a few minutes of pause, he ended with a simple yet powerful message: “Any one of us could be victims of sexual assault.”

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The Inadequacy of DePauw’s Mental Health Services Why is it taking students four weeks to schedule an appointment for mental health help?

Why isn’t the administration more concerned that student mental health emergencies have gone up 171% in the last year?

Sure, there hasn’t been a suicide on DePauw’s campus in five years, but do we have to wait for another one to happen for our administration to act?

According to Healthline.com, one in four college students have some form of mental illness. This is due in part to the college lifestyle: lack of sleep, poor eating habits, even worse drinking/drug habits, financial pressures, the pressures of getting good grades, finding jobs and internships, the list goes on. You know just as well as we do that DePauw stress is even more real, as we discussed in the Editorial titled “The Value of DePauw Stress” on March 10.

Although this stress is usually good and needed for things to get done, it still takes a toll on students’ mental health, especially when the stress piles up, as if often does.

We, the Editorial Board at The DePauw, see mental health as one of the most important issues for our school to take a stance on. We cannot sit back and wait for something to happen. We do not want our school to be another victim of a school shooting in the news because our mental health services were not adequate enough.

Furthermore, the online scheduling tool has made it nearly impossible to schedule an appointment when students actually need them. While it is certainly more convenient than calling the Wellness Center on the phone, slots are often times filled for weeks, making emergency visits even more stressful than they already are, as students never know if they will be able to see a doctor when they need to.

The fact that the university doesn’t see this as an issue is an issue in of itself. When students are in crisis, they shouldn’t have to wait nearly a month to get the help that they should be getting immediately. DePauw needs to be working toward a solution for this.

If we don’t provide students with the help they need to succeed in this environment, how are we going to react when we have more cases of self-harm and suicide on our hands? The administration should think about that the next time they say they are “adequately staffed” to handle the mental health needs of DePauw students.

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The DePauw | Opinions From The Prindle Post: Gun Violence and Public Health Amy Brown

The issue of gun violence is pervasive in American society. Mass shootings are reported regularly; our phones buzz with news notifications of mass shootings so regularly that it’s not surprising to most people anymore. Gun violence claims 30,000 lives per year —enough that, if it were a disease, it would be considered a huge threat to public health. Yet the Central for Disease Control no longer researches gun violence as they do other public health issues, and hasn’t for nearly two decades.

For the past 20 years, the CDC has ceased research on gun violence. This is attributed to the Dickey Amendment, a rider on a 1996 appropriations bill that prevents the use of federal funds to “advocate or promote gun control.” The amendment has been widely interpreted as preventing the CDC from conducting research on gun violence. After the Dickey Amendment and bill were passed,

agency officials feared backlash from Congress if they continued research, and so ceased it altogether. The CDC leadership decided to discontinue research due to pressures both from the amendment and from the NRA. This decision is detrimental to public health in America. Without research by the leading public health agency in the county, policymakers, social scientists, law enforcement and even the public are losing out on valuable information. Current and former CDC officials have said they are frustrated with the lack of attention that is paid to gun violence by the agency.

However, even with the Dickey Amendment constraining what the CDC can do, the agency can conduct research without violating the rules set out in the amendment. Promoting gun control is not the same as researching a phenomenon that kills 30,000 people a year as a public health issue. Determining what causes gun violence from a scientific standpoint and providing data that may then be interpreted into policy is not the same thing as promoting a specific policy agenda. Therefore, it makes sense that the CDC should research gun violence in the manner they would any disease that was killing thousands of people. President

Obama asked for $10 million to be dedicated toward researching gun violence, which is only .1 percent of the agency’s budget. The CDC is not as constrained as they claim they are, by law or by budget.

The fact of the matter is that gun violence is an issue of public health, as it is a risk for every member of society. Victims of gun violence have been as young as eight months and as old as 98 years. Gun violence affects all races, socioeconomic statuses, genders, religions and identities — some more disproportionately than others. As of October 2015, there had been 23 shootings on college campuses. With the recent passage of laws that allow concealed carry on campuses in Texas, I worry that number may increase.

As my roommate said when she heard about the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon last semester, “that could have been any of us.” With gun violence as pervasive of a public health issue as it is, shouldn’t the agency in charge of securing and researching public health conduct research on it? The CDC can do more, and should do more.

-Brown is a junior Prindle intern from Crawfordsville, Ind.

Diversity through Community Andrew Peterson I attended the Building a Community within an LGBTQ+ Community breakout session during the DePauw Dialogue. Previously, I’ve participated in other groups, meetings and parties for students concerned with the issue of diversity with respect to sexual orientation. One of the first things I noticed about this session, which anyone could have attended, was the diversity within this minority group that society deems LGBTQ+. I’ve seen many iterations of that acronym with different letters; it seems hard to keep up with the diverse landscape of sexual identity. Attending this session made me realize the breadth and depth of the lifestyles of those who do not directly identify as heterosexual.

As a gay man, I have always felt straightforward about things (take a moment to appreciate the irony). I am a man who is attracted to men; however, my ability to express my sexual orientation and identity in a few words is not everyone’s situation. Our discussion leader

directed us through an exercise to challenge how we viewed difference. The general concept of the game was to nonverbally group the 50some attendees based on a prompted identifier.

We started the game by trying to group students, faculty and staff based on “above the waist clothing.” Wearing a long sleeve shirt, I tried emphasizing my sleeves with gestures to find other individuals also wearing long sleeves.

Once the groups had settled, we identified the identifying trait with which our group associated.

Clothing was just the warm up, we had found out, and we began to experiment with more difficult conceptual prompts.

The leader of the breakout then offered up more challenging cues for the group to organize into. Suggestions like “education,” “skin” and “gender” proved more difficult to orient a distinct group when we could not use our words. The skin prompt brought up issues of skin versus racial or ethnic identity— we found that skin color was not always an accurate way to classify one’s self and fostered a discussion on the difference. Similarly, the “gender” prompt demonstrated that one’s own gender identification is not straightforward, even from my increasingly trans-competent perspective.

The following conversations illuminated the difference in gender and orientation. Although I

was born a male and have always identified as male, I grew to understand that gender identity is not so black and white. There are so many shades and hues by which one can identify.

In the game, listening to a gender group selfidentified as “figuring it out” proved a humbling experience by exposing me to identities even more complex than my own non-traditional identity. While I have grown up feeling different from most people and from the heteronormative society we live in, I still only saw only a few more colors than black and white in the world of diversity. I have cultivated a more technicolor perspective of diversity by pushing myself to open my eyes.

Organizing ourselves based on difference was challenging without the ability to communicate with each other. Once we could communicate again, we were able to open our eyes to the different colors of everyone’s life.

Participation and communication on issues of diversity have never seemed more necessary in order for us to appreciate our technicolor world.

-PETERSON IS A SENIOR ECONOMICS MAJOR FROM EDINA, MN.

PHOTOPINION What is the most under-utilized part of DePauw?

“I think Bowman Park could be better used as an outdoor meeting area.”

Hector Rivera, Junior “I think there could be more student involvement at the campus farm so that the dining halls could have healthier options.”

Emily Beckes, Sophomore “I think the Wellness Center is underutilized mostly because they have strange hours and I’m a fulltime student.”

Rob Long, Sophomore “I think DePauw should put more effort into giving back to or interacting with the Greencastle community.”

Zach Batt, Freshmen K ALEB VANARSDALE / the depauw

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The DePauw | Sports Baseball drops doubleheader against Denison

Men’s Bats go quiet in conference losses tennis back on track with win over Coe

By AUSTIN CANDOR

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By AUSTIN CANDOR

sports@thedepauw.com The men’s tennis team bounced back from a tough loss against Butler last week with a 6-3 win over No. 37-ranked Coe College on Sunday at the Indoor Tennis and Track Center.

“I thought we showed a lot of resilience, a lot of scrap and fight,” said Head Coach Scott Riggle. “[Coe] doesn’t go down without a fight.

I’m really happy with the guys.”

DePauw (8-9), ranked No. 33 nationally, got three-set wins at singles from first-year Greg Frauenheim, sophomore Matt Santen and senior Alec Kaczkowski.

Kaczkowski, along with sophomore Dan Rodefeld, also won at No. 1 doubles, while junior Nate Wallace and first-year Harold Martin battled back from 3-6 to win 9-7. “[The] win was a huge one for us because it didn’t come easy at all,” Santen said. “We knew how important the match was to them so we had to match their intensity. … All of the matches out there were competitive but we came through in tight situations, which was great to see from our guys.”

The win was an impressive comeback after the Tigers were shut out against Butler 0-7, a match Riggle believed to be their poorest match of the season.

“I was disappointed in how we played against Butler,” Riggle said. “I don’t think we played smart with [them.] We just didn’t compete… [The loss] kind of woke us up [and] spurred us on against Coe.” Kaczkowski agrees.

“I definitely think we had the loss from last week in mind for rebounding against a tough DIII opponent,” he said.

Tomorrow, the Tigers will host rival Wabash College in their first conference match of the season. With an off-day on Monday, the team returns to the courts today in preparation for one of their critical matches of the regular season.

“I always love playing Wabash because we know how fired up they get to play us,” Santen said. “If we go out there and execute the way that we know how to, I think the results will be what we expect.”

The match is scheduled for a 5 p.m. start.

Despite DePauw opening the scoring in both games, the Tiger lineup couldn’t come up with the big hits in the team’s 2-3 and 1-2 losses to Denison on Sunday.

“If two or three things would’ve happened differently, we could easily [have been] riding back with two wins, but that’s baseball,” said junior pitcher Riley Futterknecht.

The Tigers (11-11, 2-4) took the lead in game one on an RBI double from junior third baseman Tate Stewart, which scored junior centerfielder Jack Thompson.

DePauw’s lead quickly disappeared in the bottom half of the inning, as a one-out single and sacrifice fly put the Big Red up 2-1.

That lead would hold until sophomore Lucas Italiano’s RBI single pulled DePauw even with Denison.

But the Big Red once again had an answer for the Tigers. They scored on a wild pitch to take a 3-2 lead, which would prove to be the final.

Starting pitcher Wyatt Spector took the loss, surrendering three runs on five hits through six innings. The senior now has three losses on the season despite carrying a 2.14

ERA through Sunday’s game.

The Tigers wasted another gem by game two’s starter Futterknect, who suffered his first loss of the season. The junior right-hander gave up only two runs--one earned--on five hits through eight innings.

“I thought I did well getting ahead early in counts with my fastball and that helped make my changeup more effective,” Futterknect said. “Any outing that you keep your team in the game and give them a chance to win is a good outing, in my opinion.”

Unfortunately for the Tigers, Dension’s Perley Provost did the same thing, limiting the Tigers to one run over seven innings. The sophomore hasn’t given up an earned run in 20 innings of work this season.

“I thought Perley did a great job of keeping us off-balance today at the plate,” said Futterknecht, who played against Perley in summer ball growing up. “We got some good hits off him, but he always managed to work around them and keep us from scoring.”

With the offense scoring only three runs over the last two games, junior infielder Ryan Grippo pinpointed the lineup’s main struggle.

“We played alright, but we are not getting timely hitting,” Grippo said. “We owe a lot to Wyatt and Riley for keeping us in games, and need to start getting them consistent wins.”

But Spector was quick to defend the Tiger lineup.

“The offense [was] going up against their number one, which you have to consider,” he said. “You have to almost be perfect [on the mound.] You have to make less mistakes than the other team. Each run absolutely matters in the game.”

Out of the three runs Wittenberg and DePauw scored in game two, only one was earned, as the teams’ defenses combined for five errors on the field.

The Tigers will return to Dension this afternoon with a chance to split the series, as the Big Red will be hosting DePauw in another doubleheader.

Despite the setback, the Tigers are no strangers to adversity. The team easily swept Wittenberg in the second double header after dropping the first two games in last week’s four-game series.

“We’ve already forgotten about the past two games,” Spector said. “There’s really no choice. We have to win both games [today.]

We just have to come in with the same approach as we did [on Sunday.] …We just need to do better.”

First pitch of game one will come at 2:00 p.m. from Big Red Field.

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The DePauw | Sports

Inclement weather drives wedge into Ted Barclay Invitational, Tigers finish second overall

By BROOKS HEPP

sports@thedepauw.com The Men’s golf team shot a 300 and finished second in the weathershortened Ted Barclay Invitational in Granville, Ohio on Sunday.

Junior Sean Steinman scored the lowest score for the Tigers with a 73, earning a fourth place finish.

Sophomore Andrew Derringer tied for fifth with a 74, while first-year Jackson Mihevc tied for seventh with a 76.

First-year Josh Krutchik shot a 77 and finished at 16th and junior Quinn Smith shot an 80, placing him at 27th.

Kenyon College took home the first place finish of the event. However, Steinman was happy with his score and believes his short game gave him the edge.

“Personally, my ball striking was not great compared to my recent rounds,” he said. “Although I managed to put up a good score with the help of a lot of up-and-downs.”

The event was originally planned to take place on both Saturday and Sunday, but inclement weather forced a cancellation of the Saturday action. This did not affect the team’s mindset going into Sunday, however.

“The Saturday weather made the course pretty wet, but we were ready for any conditions and obstacles the course was going to throw at us,” Steinman said.

Mihevc is happy with the progress of the team and is looking forward to seeing how the team will perform in the conference tournament.

“As a team, we are trending in the right direction. We have a deep squad where we can count on eight to ten members to step up and produce good rounds,” Mihevc said.

The team will return to action on April 23 for the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Conference Freshman Josh Krutchik practices his putting on March 31. On Sunday, Krutchik tied Championships in Streetsboro, Ohio. for 16th with a 77 at the Ted Barclay Invitational in Granville, OH. Kenyon finished the tournament in first followed by the Tigers who nabbed silver.

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Tiger of the Week:

Alec Kaczkowski Sport: TENNIS Year: SENIOR

Hometown: University City, Mo. Senior men’s tennis player Alex Kaczkowski dominated on the court this weekend in the victory over Coe College.

Kaczkowski got the Tigers off to a great start when he and senior partner Dan Rodefeld took down the Kohawks at No. 1 doubles. Later, when DePauw had slipped behind Coe with a one point deficit, Kaczkowski tied it back up with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles. With it being his first match coming off of an knee injury, Kaczkowski had a very impressive showing, rightfully earning himself the Tiger of the Week.

The DePauw (TDP): What is your reaction to your meet against Coe college this weekend?

Alex Kaczkowski (AK): It was a great team win for us.

Some of the guys on the team really stepped up and it’s really exciting to see that going forward.

TDP: What do you think was the biggest contributing factor to your performance?

AK: I think the time off helped a lot. It sucked not being able to play over spring break and watching the team lose some close matches, but being out definitely gave me a new perspective and got me even more ready to play.

TDP: What kinds of goals have your set for yourself and the team this season?

AK: We all know we should be at nationals. That’s a tangible goal. But more importantly, we want to be playing at our best and compete out there. I think we showed

that against Coe. As a captain, I want to set an example for the team and, even if I’m not playing my best that day, be there as a leader.

TDP: What can we expect from you for the remainder of the season?

AK: Hopefully I can keep up my level of play--if anything, raise it. We have a tough next couple weeks so, speaking for myself and for the rest of the team, we need to bring it.

TDP: Recently, you came back from an injury. How have you adjusted to the adversity you faced with the injury?

AK: I was out for four weeks. It definitely motivated me going forward for these last couple weeks and got me excited to play again.

TDP: Finishing up as a senior, do you have any advice for fellow student athletes?

AK: Enjoy it. It goes by fast, but I can’t imagine my college career without tennis.

Thinking back about my memories in college, the ones from tennis are the ones I will remember the most.

-By Mallory Dillon

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Softball goes 1-1 for the weekend in IWU tournament

By MIKE WETOSKA

sports@thedepauw.com The Tigers traveled to Normal, Ill. this past weekend to play in the Illinois Wesleyan Tournament. Although the tournament was intended to go through the entire weekend, poor weather conditions forced the cancellation of both games scheduled for Sunday. Nonetheless, the Tigers still turned in an up-and-down performance on Saturday. They claimed victory over the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire team by a score of 5-3, but they fell short in their second matchup against Washington (Mo.) by a score of 6-4.

The competition the Tigers faced over the weekend was a major step up from other competition they’ve seen this season.

“Every team in the tournament was either ranked this year, beat ranked teams this year, or were ranked in the previous three years, so we knew that we were

gonna come in and face really good competition all weekend,” said senior Sammi Bell.

Saturday afternoon’s game against the University of WisconsinEau Claire was a thriller. It didn’t take too long for the Tigers to post the first run up on the board, as sophomore outfielder Liz Getz homered in the second inning to allow the Tigers to take a 1-0 lead. A little bit later on in the game, during the third inning, first-year Sidney Holler’s RBI double drove another run in to move up to 2-0.

The slim lead did not last, though, as the Blugolds tied the game up with a two-run homer in the fourth inning.

From that moment on, it was a grueling effort to retake the lead.

The game went back and forth.

Senior Linsey Button hit home run in the fifth inning, but the Blugolds answered right back in the sixth inning after a fielding error allowed them to score.

Heading into the seventh inning

with the game tied 3-3, the Tigers reclaimed the lead with a two-run bomb from sophomore Lauren Godden and never looked back. This was enough for the Tigers to seal a 5-3 victory, as the Blugolds were unable to respond.

Speaking on the late home run, Holler praised Godden’s ability to make big plays at such a critical time, but she also expressed the relief she felt when that ball flew out of the park.

“It was one of the most clutch things that happened this year,” Holler said. “I especially felt it because I made an error the inning before that allowed them to score, so her having that hit really brought relief to the whole team, especially me. She does that all the time. But it was really clutch.”

The Tigers’ second game of the day against the University of Washington (Mo.) started out fairly promising, as they were able to score three unanswered runs over the course of the first five innings. Heading

into the sixth inning, the Tigers held a 3-0 lead, and, barring a sudden comeback, they looked to be on track to close it out.

However, this was far from the case, as the Tigers fell victim to a late rally from the Bears. The Bears clawed their way back into the game from the three-run deficit the Tigers had created.

Holler said the quick shift on the scoreboard was partially due to error from one side, but also good execution from the other side.

“We had a few mental mistakes in the field. There were a few things that just didn’t go our way that allowed them to come back,” she said.

“Also, they are a great team, so they capitalize on those things and find a way to score.”

The game carried on into the final inning, but neither team was able to score, so they had to take it into extras. Both teams were able to convert their opportunities into one run in the eighth inning. However, the

Bears put up two runs in the top of the ninth inning and the Tigers failed to respond, resulting in a 6-4 defeat for the Tigers.

Although a disheartening loss, junior Gabby Smart looked at the positives that came from that collapse.

“I think knowing that we had the potential to win that game against that ranked team is going to help us pull some stuff together and come back stronger next time. Because we know we can beat them,” she said.

The Tigers are currently flirting with a .500 record, but after going 1-1 on the weekend, they still remain one game below that. They are currently standing with a record of 11-12, but the next shot to they have get back to .500 will be Thursday at home in a doubleheader matchup against Anderson. The first game will be at 4 p.m. and the second game will follow that at 6 p.m.

First-year Sarah Beischer takes some practice hits on Thursday 31. The Tigers won 1-1 over the weekend beating University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and falling to Washington University. KALEB VANARSDALE / THE DEPAUW