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Mark McCoy talks to D3TV, The DePauw and WGRE During Town Hall

BY Sam caravana and EMILY MCCARTER news@thedepauw.com

President-elect Mark McCoy and the heads of DePauw University student media gathered in a small radio studio Wednesday night to talk about big topics from his upcoming presidency, to diversity and inclusion, to student life and the Greencastle community. During the live broadcasted event facilitated by WGRE, The DePauw and D3TV, and moderated by Executive Director of Media Relations, Ken Owen, McCoy answered over 30 questions provided by students, faculty and the Greencastle community.

“We don’t recruit students to DePauw. We recruit alumni,” McCoy said when asked about DePauw’s 75 percent graduation retention rate. “We want to make certain that you graduate.”

McCoy recently hired Anthony Jones, the current vice president of enrollent management at Fisk University, to fulfill the position of Vice President of Enrollment at DePauw. McCoy and Jones share the same sentiment that DePauw wants to recruit students here who will also graduate from DePauw and give back to the school--financially or otherwise.

In addition to improving graduation retention rates, McCoy is also passionate about bridging the gap between “price and cost” of a DePauw education. McCoy’s answers to questions about how he planned to make DePauw affordable included using endowment for scholarships and for people to realize the value of a DePauw education.

Prompted by a question about lowering tuition, the President-elect spoke frankly about DePauw’s business model.

“The small liberal arts college model was not designed by an economist, it was designed by an artist,” McCoy said, referencing the high cost for the university to provide a small teacher to student ratio.

Besides serious questions, McCoy also discussed more interesting things about himself.

A Washington Post reader, McCoy describes himself as “painfully shy”—although his willingness to chat didn’t make him seem that way

Wednesday night.

Being a firstgeneration college student and the son of a coal miner, McCoy prides himself on bringing a new perspective to his role as president.

“I’m here to listen and be supportive to the best of my ability,” McCoy said when asked about what steps he will take to make sure marginalized groups on campus feel heard. He also expressed support of the social movements #BlackLivesMatter and #YesAllWomen.

“I’m proud of DePauw for being so focused on social justice,” McCoy said. “Are we doing this well? Not particularly. Are we trying? Yes we are.

Editor-in-Chief of The DePauw, junior Emily McCarter, questions President-elect Mark McCoy Can we do better? Yes during a Town Hall meeting Wednesday night with WGRE and D3TV. SAM CARAVANA / THE we can. Will we? Yes we DEPAUW will.”

The President-elect you like me, just be really great and skip the on campus, McCoy had a mixed response: “I also addressed accusaliking me part,” he said. He added that, upon know very little about how Greek life operates,” tions that he is standoffish. “I’m one of those entering as Dean, he removed a rule from the he admitted. people that really needs time to think and McCoy’s naivety was not a condemnation recharge in my head and I think that can come School of Music handbook which stated that students could not be required to practice, of the Greek community; rather, he wants to off as standoffish,” he said. McCoy plans to because he believed that if students did not see Greek life thrive. counteract his shyness by offering regular practice then they would be hard-pressed to “I want DePauw’s Greek life to be the best open office hours to facilitate better communibe the best musician they could be. in the world,” he said. cation with students.

“This is not a popularity contest,” he went McCoy finished the talk by admitting his Despite his shy nature, many students still on. “My job is not to make you like me. My favorite Marvin’s order: a regular garlic cheese deemed McCoy less “likeable” than current job is to make you into the best musician I burger. He even recalled a story of Yo Yo Ma University President Brian Casey. When can make you.” He said he plans to carry this ordering Marvin’s as a late night snack to The asked what he thought about accusations that mentality of seeking the best in his students Elms. he was not entirely popular on campus, he over into the College of Liberal Arts. shrugged it off.

When the conversation turned to Greek life “If my choice is, you’re really great or

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Faculty and staff campus climate survey reveals discouraging results

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Just one week after the DePauw Dialogue, the results of a 117-question survey that was sent out to faculty and staff during the fall of 2015 were released for the campus, faculty and staff to see.

Because there were so many questions, the answers needed to be condensed into what the administration viewed as the highlights. Those highlights were--and continue to be--discussed in a series of five meetings held with faculty and staff, the second of which was held on Tuesday. The survey was meant to be anonymous; even so, about one third of the people surveyed identified themselves.

Then, faculty and staff broke up the responses to the survey questions based on whether the participants identified as male or female, and whether they were nonwhite or white. The responses to certain questions were vastly different between different demographics.

“These numbers certainly paint different experiences,” said Vince Greer, the assistant dean of students for diversity and inclusion.

When asked if they would leave DePauw if a similar job opportunity was available, 48 percent of female faculty said they would leave DePauw if they could, while only 38 percent of male fac-

ulty responded in this way.

“I think that, oftentimes, women faculty end up doing the ‘women’s work,’ which is doing the social and emotional things,” said Professor of Psychology Pam Propsom.

When asked the same question, 60 percent of nonwhite faculty and 68 percent of nonwhite staff said they would leave DePauw if they could, while 39 percent of white faculty and 30 percent of white staff said they would take another job. Part of this large gap stems from the different locations that nonwhite and white faculty live in. More nonwhite faculty and staff live outside of Greencastle.

“To live in a community where you go to stores and they treat you like dirt is just taxing,” said Clarissa Peterson, professor of political science.

When asked if they felt there was an appreciation of multicultural and international communities on campus, only 13 percent of nonwhite faculty felt that it was appreciated, while 43 percent of white faculty felt that it was appreciated.

“On this campus, we don’t really operate in a way that we support each other,” Peterson said.

“We have conversations that un-

dermine some of our colleagues.

We need to create a curriculum that embraces culture, and I think there are so many things we need to do as a university to make us a more inclusive environment so that we don’t keep seeing these trends.”

When asked if they agreed that there was a sense of community on campus only 27 percent of female faculty and 20 percent of nonwhite faculty agreed, while 38

Renee Madison, senior advisor to the president for diversity and compliance.

There is a year-long plan in place to try to better campus climate for faculty and staff over the next few years.

“It’s concerning, but we want to make sure that the community is aware and we are having conversations about this,” Madison said.

However, in years prior, there have been similar surveys on campus, but there is still a lack of satisfaction on campus from different groups of people. This raises a question among faculty and staff about whether there will be significant changes put in place.

“We seem to be systematically, every five years or so, asking the same questions, finding out there are some issues to attend to, and nothing ever happens to them. So I think that is part of the frustration,” Propsom said.

“We need to do more doing,” Peterson added.

“Now is the opportunity to build off this information and put together corrective actions to hopefully improve those numbers,” Greer said.

The remaining three meetings to discuss the survey results will be held on on April 20, 21 and 25.

“I think that, oftentimes, women faculty end up doing the ‘women’s work,’ which is doing the social and emotional things.”

-Pam Propsom, Professor of Psychology percent of males and 36 percent of nonwhites agreed.

“This is because we have two different communities on campus: white and nonwhite,” Peterson said.

At the end of the survey, there were some open-ended questions to provide more feedback on campus climate.

“There is a sense, among both faculty and staff, that the institution is trying to do too much, and as a result, we are losing focus on the things that we do well,” said

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Fulbright winners to spend next academic year in South Korea

bright workshop, peer tutoring and consulting applicants.

“I was completely over my head in trying to help so many qualified applicants distill their lives into single-paged statements,” Blair said, “but likewise learned a lot a long the way.”

She figured, from the knowledge that she acquired regarding general applications and the Fulbright program itself, that she should at least apply. And lo and behold, she won.

But the Fulbright program had been on Hawk's radar since her sophomore year. Hawk had experience teaching English to her refugee foster siblings in high school, as well as teaching English to refugees in high Senior Hattie Blair was awarded an English school over the summer.

Teaching Fullbright to South Korea. Senior “The program is deMadeline Hawk (not pictured) will also be in signed to foster cultural South Korea as a Fullbright winner. PHOTO exchange, so they enCOURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY courage teaching the American culture along

By Georgia Green with the English language,” said news@thedepauw.com Hawk. “I’ve had experience teaching English as a second language, While several know that DePauw and it was one of the most gratifyis one of the top producers of Ful- ing experiences I’ve ever had. So I bright Award winners, several may think that really prompted me to not know what the next step is for want to do it again.” those winners. For seniors Hattie Because Blair is an English WritBlair, an English Writing major, and ing major, she said that, like most Madeline Hawk, an English Litera- of her peers with the same major, ture major, winning the award was she has loved reading and writing step one. since she was a child. However, not This summer, the two women only was this a love of reading and will travel to South Korea and teach writing, but also a love a language.

English for the following academic For two summers, Blair worked year. as a teaching assistant for the SumAccording to DePauw's website, mer English Immersion Institute, the Fulbright Program “operates where she worked with incoming in more than 160 countries world- international freshmen. This expewide and has provided approxi- rience, she said, convinced her that mately 360,000 participants with the classroom setting in which she the opportunity to study, teach or could express her love of language conduct research in each others’ was the most fulfilling task she countries and exchange ideas." could complete.

Blair’s interest in Fulbright began “I want to teach English because her junior year while she worked I’ve seen the way language not only for Professor Marion McInnes' Ful- helps build bridges across cultures,

but can be a source of empowerment, even for those who speak it as a second language,” Blair said.

When it came to choosing South Korea, Blair had two reasons: the first was that she felt she had experience with these student groups on campus, due to DePauw’s majority pull of international students from Asia.

“I was eager to reciprocate the brave journey my own peers have taken in coming to DePauw,” Blair said. “That is, they were willing to tackle culture shock and language barriers to have this experience in the States. If they can make that sacrifice, then I, too, should be willing to risk the same.”

The second reason was due to the higher availability and less competition to earn a spot in South Korea, as opposed to, for example, European countries. Blair referred to her application for the Fulbright as sort of a “strategy.”

Blair did not hesitate to admit her nerves for this experience, but she did not conceal her excitement to make South Korea her new home, either.

“College has taught me that you can put down your roots anywhere if you choose, and my goal is to bond as much with my host country as possible,” she said.

Hawk chose the country because of her Korean roots and her past experience in the country.

“I spent a summer in Korea researching hangul [the Korean alphabet] street signs, and after I left, I knew I was going to do anything to go back,” she said.

Hawk especially looks forward to her future fluency in Korean, as well as the opportunity to travel around Asia, though she is a bit nervous.

“I have a lot of family that is Korean that I have a real language barrier with, and it will be such a relief to finally be able to communicate with my family,” she said. “I’ve travelled abroad on three separate occasions in my life, and the fear of moving away and being on your own in a different country never really leaves you.”

Blair recognized that her students will play a large role in her immersion into South Korean cul-

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Decoda Concludes

2015-16 Green Concert

By Katie O’Laughlin

news@thedepauw.com Following brilliant performances by groups such as Danú, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Sweet Honey in the Rock, DePauw’s 2015-16 artist-in-residence, Decoda, will conclude this year’s Green Concert line-up in their performance this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Decoda is comprised of a group of musicians who were connected in 2011 through the Ensemble ACJW fellowship program formed by Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. The members of Decoda have continued their work as passionate performers and art advocates by bringing their talents to the DePauw community since last fall.

Decoda has been active at DePauw since October 2015, where they began their residency with community engagement. From October 5-7, the group held a seminar and workshop on interactive performances and performed at a local elementary school.

Their residency continued this March with their second visit to DePauw’s School of Music, this time putting an emphasis on collaborative and creative skills. Along with a performance at Music on the Square, the new community music space located in downtown Greencastle and hosted by DePauw’s School of Music, Decoda also held workshops on improvisation, arrangement and folk music.

According to the School of Music's website, “Decoda artists teach young musicians the 'Decoda way' of fully engaging audiences through scripted interactive performances focused on the specific community."

The Green Concert Series is open to all audiences, but is most appreciated by DePauw School of Music students who attend these concerts frequently.

“The concerts I've gone to have been really enjoyable, and involved the audience more than I thought they would," said sophomore Laura Egyed, a member of the School of Music. "The final concert seems like it will be a good time with the mix of instrumentation and unpredictability.”

The Green Concerts are a way for the DePauw community to come together through music. The concerts have received fairly positive responses so far.

“This year, I was most excited about Danú, the traditional Irish band that performed as part of the Green Center Series,” said Thomas Ring, a sophomore in the School of Music. “They definitely didn’t disappoint, and after working with Decoda for the past several months, I believe they won’t as well.”

Ines Hayouna, another School of Music Student, agrees.

“The Green Concert Series offer a wide variety of incredible musical performances," she said. "Each concert is unique and offers a wonderful opportunity to be exposed to different types of music all over the world. I highly recommend attending a concert in the series, whether it be this weekend or next year."

Next year’s Green Concert Series line-up will be announced at the beginning of Decoda’s performance on Saturday.

Students now charged for missing psychiatric appointments, students discouraged

BY Madison Dudley

news@thedepauw.com DePauw Wellness advertises free mental and physical healthcare, but at the start of the spring semester that claim came with a disclaimer.

For missed psychiatric appointments, DePauw students are now charged $165 if they do not cancel their appointment well in advance. A follow up appointment noshow is $85. These charges get put on the student account bill as confidential.

This change was made to act as an incentive for students to show up to psychiatric appointments, but not all students find the current psychiatric offerings helpful. Some say that the level of care has been damaging to their overall health and that DePauw students should skip visiting the DePauw psychiatrist all together.

“It was one of the worst things that’s ever happened to me,” said junior Vocal Performance major Brittny Goon. Goon has fought depression and anxiety for most of her life and during her sophomore she year was diagnosed with ADHD. To help manage, Goon reached out to counseling services, specifically the bi-monthly psychiatric care.

“We make every effort to follow students initially prescribed meds at two weeks,” said DePauw’s visiting psychiatrist Dr. Mark Snelson. Dr. Snelson has been visiting campus twice a month for four years and performs similar services for Ball State while also running his own private practice.

“I really applaud DePauw for offering this service to students,” said Dr. Snelson “Not all small colleges have that on site.”

Goon said that she waited up to two months to meet with Dr. Snelson. Goon claims that he prescribed medication that was counterproductive in her treatment

and caused her medical problems. When her medication wasn’t sufficiently fixed, she had to go back home to recover. She said that not a lot of thought on Dr. Snelson's part went into her diagnosis and that it was “the worst thing they could have done.”

Goon now visits a psychiatrist in her hometown and has not gone back to the counseling center at DePauw.

Another DePauw sophomore, who chose to remain anonymous, made similar statements.

“He changed my medicine four times in the first semester,” said the student, who noted that one of the medications made her continuously nauseous.

Some medications were also incredibly difficult to get off of.

Dr. Snelson defended his choice of care. “I wish we had a means to say, ‘this medicine is the right choice for you,’” said Dr. Snelson, “We have lots of choices.”

University officials acknowledge the shortcomings of the service the university provides.

“We are always going to be challenged in need of psychiatric services,” said Vice President of Student Life, Christopher Wells. Wells does stress that the simple fact that DePauw, in its rural location and small size, has a psychiatrist is impressive.

“It’s not unusual at all for schools like us to not have a psychiatric person,” Wells said.

But students see it differently.

“It’s lazy to say that we are doing better than other places,” said junior Cate Hensley. Hensley has suffered with depression and does not feel that the current treatment from the counseling center, especially re-

garding the in-house psychiatric resources and the charges for missed meetings, is useful.

“I don’t understand why they would put any disincentive on mental health,” Hensley said. “Someone missing an appointment can be cause for concern.”

Dr. Snelson sees a need for the cancelation fee. “We really want to help students who want to help themselves,” said Dr.

“People are in crisis, taking semesters off. They don’t have the resources to prioritize mental health [appointments].”

-Cate Hensley, junior Snelson, “It weeds out those who are committed to treatment.”

University officials likewise defend the new policy.

“As soon as you graduate you aren’t going to get free psychiatry anywhere,” said Director of the Counseling Center Dr. Julie d’Argent. Dr. d’Argent reported that DePauw counseling services has seen a 220% increase in students who are either not attending their appointments or canceling too late to fill their slot.

It’s not always possible to cancel, students say.

“People are in crisis, taking semesters off,” said Hensley, “They don’t have the resources to prioritize mental health [appointments].”

“I get what they are trying to do,” Goon said, but stressed that she does not feel that DePauw counseling is moving in the right direction. “It’s a dangerous game,” she said.

Student Philanthropy Council: Philanthropy Week Events, April 18-22 MONDAY:

TUESDAY:

WEDNESDAY:

THURSDAY:

Concert @ 5pm on Steps of Emision-DePaucapella and other artists perform.

Chipotle Sale @ 5pm in GCPA Atrium & Signing thank you cards to alumni donors

Dogeball @ 8pm in Aux Gym - $25 per team of 8

Ubben Lecture @ 7:30 in Kresge

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2016 ITAP

By KIENNE CORAM

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TOP: My Linh Tran (left) listens to Trevor Wharfield (right) as he explains his role at the DePauw Help Center. BOTTOM: Hannah Meyer (left) speaks about how she uses technology and software to help disabled students through her internship with DePauw Student Disability Services. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW

The DePauw (TDP): What is ITAP? Meredith Brown (MB): ITAP is the Informational Technology Associates Program at DePauw University. In this program, students begin with a full year of educational rotations in technology such as digital production, web design, digital music, app development, etc. After this, ITAP students have the opportunity to take on a paid internship based on their technological skills and background.

TDP: How has ITAP further influenced your educational learning?

MB: In my first semester in ITAP, I took a computer science course in Python coding. This broadened my educational horizon into a new way of thinking that I had never experienced before.

Computer coding is essentially the key to modern marketing and online presence for companies, so this knowledge and understanding of coding helped propel me forward.

TDP: What was your ITAP presentation on? How did you decide on the topic?

MB: My ITAP presentation was on my experience as a TV Production and Design Teaching Assistant for Professor Larry Abed. I decided on this topic because we were supposed to reflect on our best ITAP experience during which we grew the most as a person. I feel that working with Larry has not only helped me understand TV production equipment and editing software, but it has also helped me understand so much more about myself in the process and grow into a better person.

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TDP: Would you suggest this program to other DePauw students?

MB: Yes, absolutely. In this day and age, it’s so important to be educated about technology for the future job market. ITAP does a great job at giving you a broad-overview of different aspects that technology can be used and then you can really take one thing and run with it and become really good at it. Not to mention, it’s a great way to get a little money on the side to pay for your weekend Marvin’s.

TDP: Was it a rewarding experience in total?

MB: ITAP has been an incredibly rewarding experience for me. Because of my rotation in Python coding, I was able to work in Web Content Marketing for the United Nations World Food Program in Rome. And now, because of my background in technology combined with my communication major, I will be starting to work in Recruiting for an IT staffing firm in Indianapolis in June. Not only was I able to get a job from this experience, but I had a lot of fun doing it in the process!

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TOP: Ninad Amondikar references a chart on his poster. Amondikar revamped the Science Research Fellows website and improved its viewer retention by using Google analytics. BOTTOM: Cheyne Fonakoshi (left) explains his research to an observer wearing his brainwave measuring headset (right). Fonakoshi’s goal was to learn more about brainwaves so they could be potentially used to replace passwords. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW

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Join Us The DePauw would like to apologize to those who felt hurt or victimized by the comic that was published in Tuesday’s issue of our newspaper. The comic, as we are sure our readers know, is meant to be funny and satirical. Oftentimes, satire walks the line between humorous and offensive. Based on the reactions on social media and strongly-worded emails sent to The DePauw, it is clear that this line was crossed with last issue’s comic.

With that being said, there are bigger issues to pay attention to in our world than a jokegone-wrong about fraternity men who have alcohol “flowing through [their] veins,” as the comic reads. We recognize that this is a stigma about fraternity men, and we apologize for perpetuating that. However, why is it that no one pays attention to The DePauw until we do something wrong?

Most of the student body probably doesn’t recognize that the Editorial Board of The DePauw is in the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media working on the newspaper every Monday and Thursday from until around 1 a.m., in addition to our twice-weekly storyboard meetings and the actual story-searching, interviewing and writing of the stories that we put into our papers.

We know, we signed up for this job. We wouldn’t put in the 20-plus hours a week that we do if we did not love it. But journalism is a thankless profession. People are ruthless.

We publish a comic centered around fraternity men drinking--God forbid!--and we get eaten alive, called a “trash” newspaper and told to be more professional. And yet, we don’t see anyone else offering to do the job instead.

This is not an accusation, DePauw students. This is an invitation. We want to be better.

We want to do the best possible job we can do. But we are 18-22-year-old students in college, who are balancing other extracurriculars and a full class schedule, just like everyone else.

When we are woefully understaffed, overworked and completely ignored (with exception to the times when people feel the need to point out our flaws), it is impossible to put out a perfect product all the time. Sometimes, we mess up. We are a college newspaper; it’s better that we make mistakes now so that we don’t repeat them in the real world.

So, we invite you to join us. Beyond the controversial comic of Tuesday’s issue--which, as previously stated, we understand crossed a line and offended some members of the community--occasionally, people don’t like our content. Instead of complaining anonymously on Yik Yak, however, we wish people would do something to change what they don’t like instead of just giving us beef for the occasional slip-up when we have been working tirelessly all semester to provide campus with information that we believe to be important.

Obviously, our intention is never to upset anyone. We want to expose the truth: that is our ultimate--and, really, our only--goal. So please, to those of you who are dissatisfied with what we are doing at The DePauw, hear this message: instead of bashing on what we do, do what we do. How else will we be the publication we strive to be?

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Dear Editors,

Letter to the Editor

I am a senior member of Phi Kappa Psi and my feelings aren’t hurt. I am not offended, angry, or outraged. I write to the community of DePauw University in deep disappointment. I believe The DePauw has done an incredible disservice not only to my fraternity, fraternities in general, but to all students on this campus. The DePauw that depicts a Phi Psi “frat bro” discussing the “100 proof alcohol” “flow[ing] through [his] veins” as part of an explanation for the sprinkler system flooding that took place at Phi Psi on April 10, 2016. This comic was published not even one week after DePauw Dialogue 2.0, in which the entire campus came together to discuss concrete ways to make our campus a better, more inclusive place. By perpetuating harmful stereotypes and making light of serious issues facing fraternities and sororities on campus, a comic like this illustrates just how far we really are from facing the real challenges involved in bettering Greek life at DePauw.

Did your “comic” get the cheap laughs you hoped for? Admittedly, I laughed because of the pathetic attempt for humor, and ignorance of real problems in Greek life that could/should be addressed.

A fellow senior, Matt Piggins, eloquently wrote last week about the dangers of a runaway Greek system; one that promotes frameworks of thought and behavior that are detrimental to the quality of every students’ DePauw experience. The system of Greek life is severely flawed, and I’m not here to argue about those realities – they exist. Changes on such a large scale require gargantuan effort and sincerity from the entire campus.

It is therefore quite embarrassing to see a fellow member of this community further portray Greek members as, for lack of better words, immature and oblivious alcoholics. I certainly don’t know many of these types of people that now occupying Bloomington Street Hall. I can assure you that these types of people weren’t there to support me and my family at my father’s funeral eight months ago. I bring this up not to pull emotional strings, it’s just real evidence of the quality of character of people who chose to join Phi Kappa Psi that became some of my best friends. Stop the stereotypes and let’s make real changes.

Maybe I’m being a bit too sensitive, but that sensitivity grows out of a deep concern for the larger Greek community to be better for DePauw. I’ll admit, maybe I haven’t done my part, but comics like this don’t incentivize anyone else in the Greek community to be agents of change.

P.S. Dear Comic Person: if you have some 100 proof alcohol let me know, I’m pretty upset about my house flooding.

P.P.S. Comic Person: I’d like to grab lunch sometime to discuss some concrete ways that the Greek community can be better.

Paul Simon (314) 660-7273 – feel free to call any time this evening.

The DePauw | Opinions The great divide: gendered bathrooms

Outraged that a fellow student would use such language and aggression, I asked if he was kidding me, to which he responded by calling Christine me a “fucking feminist.”

Reflecting on this the next day, I had a lot Betterman of questions: Why does gender socialization differentiate people so much that they can’t use the same bathroom? Why is “feminist” used as a dirty word? And last, but not least, why do Last week at a local bar, I was waiting with people care so much about where other people a friend in an endless line for the women’s are going to the bathroom? bathroom. There were two separate singleIssues of gender presentation and roles person bathrooms, the only distinction being the have recently come to the national stage signs outside the doors and the urinal added to as legislation such as North Carolina’s new the men’s. While the line for the women’s was “Bathroom Bill” have made headlines. This incredibly long, the men’s lay virtually empty, so particular bill, stating that one must use the women naturally began to use both bathrooms. bathroom that corresponds with the biological A male student who had finished was sex indicated on one’s birth certificate, is an watching the situation, apparently distressed. incredible infringement on the human rights As I arrived, he asked the woman entering the of the transgender community. I am in no way men’s room what she was doing, to which she attempting to compare my experience as a replied, “Using the bathroom?” This concept cisgender woman to the discrimination that apparently confused him. He condescendingly the transgender community faces; rather, this asked, “Do you have a penis?” When she said, occurrence reminded me of themes of gender “No,” he told her that she needed to use the division. girl’s bathroom. While it was ever so kind of While this debate occurs nationally, on this man to educate a group of women in their DePauw’s campus, at least at an administrative early 20’s about how to enter a bathroom, she level, we don’t seem to be experiencing the ignored his advice. same pushback. All of the dorms have single The conversation didn’t end, and when bathrooms. As Hoover Hall is being built, it will another friend of mine stepped into the include family friendly, single-stalled, gender conversation, he called her a “feminist bitch.” neutral bathrooms. Senior Hannah Viti has been

involved in advocating for these bathrooms to be incorporated in the new building, which will provide accessibility that traditional bathrooms do not. According to Viti, the administration was very cooperative in the inclusion of these bathrooms.

“So it’s really just about pushing people who wouldn’t need it themselves just to listen and see the various reasons why these strategic moves of inclusivity are important,” she said.

It interests me that, today, our society has gendered everything to a point where even a basic human necessity requires labeling. I don’t understand the harm in sharing a bathroom with people of various biological identities. We do it in our homes and our dorms all the time.

For those of the DePauw population who have been to a fraternity, women often have to walk by men using the urinals to get to the stalls. In a world where our definitions of gender extend to where we privately use the restroom, I think it’s apparent that we have a larger issue at hand.

Are our definitions of femininity or masculinity so weak that they are so easily threatened?

If being a “fucking feminist” means questioning gender binaries in our society or simply trying to use an empty bathroom at a crowded bar, then I’m proud to be called a “fucking feminist.”

-Betterman is a senior history major from Chicago, Illinois.

Why Code TEAL should matter to all Christina Seung Sexual assault seems to be inevitable on college campuses across the country, and DePauw is not an exception.

Monday night, Code TEAL brought Keith Edwards, an expert in male identity and sexual violence prevention, to speak to DePauw students and faculty about how everyone can play a role in ending rape and assault.

Specifically, though, his message was clear: ending rape is a men’s issue. With almost ninety-nine percent of rapes and sexual violence crimes perpetrated by men, ending these incidents begins with whether or not men choose to be proactive. Our goal within Code TEAL was to bring this message to the men on campus so that they might have heard how they can positively impact campus. However, looking around Meharry that night, I found myself

repeatedly asking this question: where were the men?

As president of Code TEAL, the greatest challenge I face is trying to determine how to get people to care about these issues. While I do not mean that nobody cares if sexual assault is eradicated from DePauw or not, actions certainly speak volumes. What was meant to be a partnership with IFC and fraternities on campus led to gradual disappointment. After long-awaited responses, IFC made it clear they were unwilling to assist with funding this event, but instead offered to “encourage” chapters to attend the event. Fraternity presidents were notified twice about the speaker, yet it was women who occupied the majority of seats in Meharry, with relatively few men present. This did not go unnoticed, either; several voices in the audience remarked the obvious lack of men. I ask fraternities, what message are you sending when not a few, but all of your members choose not to attend an event that pertains so much to them?

My intention is not to shame all men who did not attend the event Monday night. I am

deeply grateful to the men and few fraternities who have supported Code TEAL throughout this week and to those who have expressed regret in being unable to attend. It is, however, difficult to comprehend how little support Code TEAL has received from most fraternities, especially when considering that one of IFC’s core messages this year is to promote sexual assault and violence awareness. It is both immensely frustrating and disappointing to try to spread the message of men’s role in ending rape with little support from Greek institutions and to have so few men respond to this call to action. To state your support for a cause is not enough to make any significant change, but demonstrating a drive to promote a safe campus is what leads to transformation. Fraternities are a powerful force on campus, and I believe they can be valuable sources of tremendous good, especially for an issue that requires an initiative from men. Until men on this campus decide to take responsibility, sexual assault will continue to be inevitable.

-Seung is a junior from Portland, Oregon.

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PHOTOPINION What do you think about mom’s visiting fraternities during parents weekends?

“It’s lit!”

courtney graham, Sophomore

“I’m camera shy.”

kevin killeen, junior

“It’s fine, I know my mom had a good time.”

emily bell, junior

“Moms bring the party and keep up the hype!”

peter gorman, Sophomore KALEB VANARSDALE / the depauw

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The DePauw | Sports

Men’s tennis opens conference play strong with win over Wabash

By Brooks Hepp sports@thedepuauw.com The men’s tennis team defeated rival Wabash on Wednesday 8-1 to start out North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) West play.

Juniors Harold Martin and Nate Wallace opened up the match with a victory in No. 3 doubles. After Wabash tied it up with a victory in No. 2 doubles, the Tigers did not surrender another loss.

Senior Alec Kaczkowski and junior Dan Rodefeld finished off doubles play with the win at the No. 1 spot.

Head Coach Scott Riggle commended Martin and Wallace for their strong start to the match.

“I think that we played very good singles and good doubles at the No. 3 spot and were a little streaky in the other two spots,” Riggle said.

The team did not lose any sets in singles play. Junior Patrick Ferrell and Martin scored wins at the No. 2 and No. 6 spots, Rodefeld got the win at the No.1 spot, first-year Greg Frauenheim and Kaczkowski won No. 5 and No. 3 singles and junior Matt Santen finished the night with the singles No. 4 victory.

Despite the rout, Riggle commended Wabash's program for its effort.

“Wabash competes hard, and, of course, both teams get up for one another,” Riggle said. “We have a lot of respect for Coach Hutchison and how

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he runs his program, so it's gratifying to get the win.”

Riggle feels confident in his team for the remainder of conference play because of the tough competition they have faced this season.

“We've played an extremely tough schedule, and it seems to be paying off now,” he said, “and most of our players seem to be playing with a lot of confidence.”

The Tigers have now improved to 8-8 overall and 1-0 in the NCAC West with the win. Wabash fell to 15-11 and 0-1 in the division.

The team returns to action on Saturday when they host Denison and Wittenberg at 5 p.m.

Baseball swept

by Denison

By AUSTIN CANDOR

sports@thedepauw.com It was another long doubleheader for DePauw baseball on Tuesday in Granville.

After being swept by the Big Red on Saturday, the Tigers dropped the final two games of a four-game series to Denison 0-5 and 1-4 at Big Red Field.

With the losses, the Tigers fall below .500 for the first time since early March, while Denison (15-5) remained perfect in conference play with a 4-0 record.

“Overall, I don’t think… we played poorly in any one part of the game that it caused us to lose,” said junior pitcher Andrew Quinn.

“We just weren’t better than Denison on Tuesday. That’s really it.”

Quinn (1-2, 4.37) got the ball in game one, giving the Tigers seven quality innings. The right hander gave up four runs--three earned--while striking out two in the loss.

“Early on, I found myself in trouble because I was trying to be too fine with my pitches, but by the time I got through the lineup once I felt pretty locked in,” Quinn said. “My slider felt sharp, and I was able to locate it really well in any count.”

Quinn received little help on offense from the Tiger lineup, which was four-hit by Denison’s Ian Walsh, who moves to a perfect 4-0 on the season.

“Our goal is to never stop fighting each inning even when we are down, but sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the other team when they outplay you,” said sophomore outfielder Collin Einertson. “Denison is a fundamentally sound team.”

The offensive struggles continued in game two for the Tigers, as the team left nine runners on base, despite collecting ten hits.

The biggest threat came in the fourth inning, when the Tigers found themselves with runners on second and third with no outs after a lead-off single by Einertson and a double by Tate Stewart.

After a strikeout and pop out, infielder Ryan Grippo managed to get the Tigers on the board with a two-out RBI single.

“We try not to overthink things at the plate,” said Hammel, who started game two on the mound. “If you think, you will get beat.

We will fine-tune our approaches at the plate in practice so we are prepared to put up some big numbers [this weekend.]”

Hammel (4-1, 3.68) struggled early on, giving up three runs in the first two innings before settling down. Despite going five and one in three innings, the junior was handed his first loss of the season.

Despite the setback, Hammel and the Tigers are already looking toward the weekend, when the team will continue conference play on the road with Ohio Wesleyan (15-6, 2-2) in back-to-back doubleheaders.

“The team’s mentality is ‘so what,’ Hammel said. “We still have a lot of baseball to be played, and we just need to relax… We need to create the havoc and not wait to start up a big inning because by that time, [it’s] too late.”

Game one’s first pitch on Saturday is scheduled for noon.

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The DePauw | Sports

Softball sweeps Anderson in Thursday’s doubleheader

Tiger of the Week:

Liz Getz

Sport: softball Year: Sophomore

Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana

Sophomore Liz Getz earned herself NCAC Player of the Week after hitting .727 (eight for 11) over a fourgame stretch this past week.

In those same four games, Getz was able to contribute four points to her team off of six RBIs, while being four-forfive in stolen base attempts.

With Getz’s contributing performance, the Tigers went 3-1 in their series against Ohio Wesleyan last weekend. She is currently batting .326 on the season with one home run and nine RBIs. Additionally, she has nine runs and has stolen nine bases.

First-year Ashlee Gibson slings another strike over home plate during DePauw’s sweep of Thursday afternoon’s doubleheader against Anderson (13-10). KALEB VANARSDALE / THE DEAUW

By Austin Candor

sports@thedepauw.com DePauw softball moved above .500 after winning both games in Thursday afternoon’s doubleheader against Anderson (13-10).

The Tigers won game one in walk-off fashion, as first-year outfielder Kat Pano’s single down the right field line in the eighth brought home Chasteen for the fifth and final run.

“It was an exciting game, and it showed how well we work together as a team,” said sophomore outfielder Liz Getz, who was recently named NCAC Player of the Week after hitting .727 and stealing four of five bases in four games. “I couldn’t be more excited to see each piece of the puzzle fall into place for the win.”

The Tigers won the second game 6-1, with pitcher, first-year Ashlee Gibson, hurling a threehitter for her fourth win of the season. Senior shortstop Haleigh Chasteen slugged her first homer of the season to lead the offense in a game that saw the two teams combine for seven errors in the field.

The team received another dominant performance on the mound from sophomore Emma Baldwin, who gave the Tigers five no-hit innings in relief, striking out seven while walking one.

After jumping out to an early 2-0 lead in the first, the Tigers watched their lead slip away in the fourth. Anderson had kept a 4-3 lead over DePauw until junior pinch runner Andi Sarkisian scored on junior centerfielder Julia Waggoner’s RBI groundout in

the sixth to tie the game.

“It was great to see us be able to drive in runs,” Baldwin said. “We did a lot of practicing the international tie breaker, so to see us be able to execute was an exciting thing.”

International tie breakers come in non-conference games where teams start extra innings with a runner on second and no one out.

DePauw (13-12) will return to conference play this weekend in Pennsylvania, where the Tigers will take on Allegheny College (610) in a doubleheader, followed by a doubleheader against Oberlin on Sunday in Ohio.

Game one against Allegheny is scheduled for a 1 p.m. first pitch.

TDP (The DePauw): How do you feel about earning NCAC Player of the Week?

What does this mean to you?

LG (Liz Getz): It’s an exciting honor, but at the end of the season the only thing that matters is how well the team plays.

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

LG: Without a doubt, the largest contributing factor to my performance has been my teammates and coaches.

They foster an environment where we all push each other to work harder and be better than the previous play. When you have teammates and coaches who support you in everything that you do, you are pushed to succeed.

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

LG: My goal for the team and myself this year was to make sure I’m still having fun when I play, for me especially.

I do the best when I’m having fun, and I think I can say the same for the rest of the team.

Having fun is what will help us succeed in the post-season.

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

LG: Our team is continually trying to play in the most aggressive manner possible, whether its up to bat, in the field or running bases. This rest of this season, the team and I will continue to implement it because being aggressive is what helps us succeed.

TDP: Do you have any advice for fellow student athletes?

LG: The best thing that we can do as athletes is be in the moment when we play, and forget all outside worries until after the game is over.

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Tigers drop second contest in a row with blowout loss more goals to Wittenberg before first-year attackman Steen Jorgensen scored at the 2:52 minute mark.

The Tigers were able to put one more away before the end of the half when firstyear attackman Austin Macdonald scored with 59 seconds left in the half. This was not the final goal of the half. Wittenberg scored another one with just 20 seconds left.

The Tigers were scored three goals in the second quarter in comparison to Wittenberg’s five, so Wittenberg went into the second half holding a comfortable 12-4 lead.

The third quarter started out with a Wittenberg goal within the first minute; however, the Tigers did not let that discourage them. They were able to string together three straight goals from first-year midfielder Jimmy DiBiase, first-year attackman Matthew Dauw and sophomore midfielder Andrew Wright.

The Tigers gradually gained momentum as they brought themselves back into the game, but that momentum quickly depleted when they allowed three straight goals right back to Wittenberg. Jorgensen was able to score one more time with three minutes remaining, but that wasn’t the last goal of the game.

Wittenberg capped off their assault on the Tigers’ defense by scoring one more time with one minute left. By the time the final whistle blew, Wittenberg had posted four more goals up on the board to cap off a 17-8 victory.

“We’ve had a couple losses like this throughout the season,” Jorgensen said. “I think a lot of it for this season and our team, for this year at least, is that we have the piecFirst year Donny Bleifus (middle) and sophomore Jack Gomez (left) trail behind Wittenberg’s Andrew Fuss after a failed double-team. Wittenberg trumped es, and we just need to make them click.”

Now that they have entered the final DePauw 17-8 on Wednesday afternoon. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEAUW stretch of the season with just three games left, the Tigers have not lost focus of what’s later. This was the last time in the game that the fensive showing from the Tigers, but not enough

By Mike Wetoska important. Players like Macdonald know that score was tied. to mount a serious comeback.

After allowing sports@thedepauw.com stepping up and finishing the season Once the The Tigers let up a goal strong is what’s best now. at the 7:59 minute mark, the game DePauw's men's lacrosse team faced Wit“We’ve kind of just been emphasizing playing as a “We’ve kind of just been emphabelonged to Wittenberg.

Wittenberg tenberg on Wednesday in an NCAC conference sizing playing as a team, building team, building each other up and getting as many lit up the the Tigers for five more matchup. The Tigers have been trending downeach other up and getting as many ward since the middle of March, so they were goals before the first quarter came wins in these last three games as we can, so we can wins in these last three games as we to an end.

The Tigers were not able looking to this matchup to get back on track. head into next season with some good energy.” can, so we can head into next season Unfortunately, things didn’t quite work out, as to build upon that lone goal they had some good energy,” he said. early in the quarter, so they were facthe Tigers were massacred by Wittenberg in a -Austin Macdonald, first-year withThe Tigers have now lost seven ing a mighty 7-1 deficit. lopsided 17-8 defeat. of their last eight games, falling to a “I think the first quarter really The game was scoreless for the first four 4-8 record. Their next shot to redeem minutes of play, but Wittenberg eventually put screwed us," Skipper said. "We had themselves will be tomorrow, when they face a lot of missed opportunities and I think if we two more goals to Wittenberg, first-year attackaway their first of many goals at the 10:33 mark. conference opponent Hiram at home. The game It did not take the Tigers long to respond to the would have nailed those, it would have been a man Lewis Andrews was able to bury one at is set to start at 2 p.m. whole different game.” the 4:28 minute mark.

That same cycle would first goal, as junior midfielder Grant Skipper The second quarter saw a much better of- repeat once more as the Tigers allowed two knotted the game back up just nine seconds