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Indiana’s Oldest College
The DePauw community remembers Catherine Fruhan
who had a great passion for her work, “She’s tough in the best way,” said alumna and current Peeler Art History intern, Taylor Zartman. “She asked some of the most important questions I’ve ever been asked.” She was dedicated and passionate about her work and over the years has been repeatedly recognized for her work in academia. In 2004 she was presented the Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Tucker, Jr. Distinguished Career award and in 2011 she was received the Exemplary Teacher Award, which is given jointly by DePauw and the General Board of Higher Education of the United Methodist Church. “She was the art history version of professor SuCatherine Fruhan, professor of art and art history, passed away at age 67 on Friday, Nov. 20 nunu,” said senior art history in Peeler Art Center where she taught. PHOTO COUTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY major Leigh Plummer. “She really cared about everyone, said Harris. she was a great advisor too.” BY madison dudley Fruhan started working at DePauw in 1984. Fruhan was known for taking great detail news@thedepauw.com At the time she was the first tenure track art his- and time into everything that she committed Catherine Fruhan, professor of art and art torian and the only art historian on campus. In herself to. Every year before leaving to conduct history at DePauw for 31 years, passed away her time at DePauw she has transformed the research in Rome, Fruhan would already have art and art history department, acting as a ma- her course work for the coming semester comon Nov. 20th. She was 67-years-old. A graduate of the Connecticut College for triarch for the program. She even helped guide pleted. “She thought about every single session as a Women with a B.A. in art and art history, Fruhan the construction of Peeler Art Center. Fruhan would bring a speaker to campus separate moment,” said Harris. studied in Italy at the University of Florence and The loss of Fruhan has impacted the Dereceived her master’s degree and Ph.D. from every semester, along with showing an array of documentary films she had a passion for. She Pauw community outside of the art and art histhe University of Michigan. “Catherine Fruhan built the art department showed films that had to do with race, class and tory department. “The thing that you know today,” said vice president of society. She would reach out to other departments on campus to come attend. Harris said that stuck with FRUHAN academic affairs and former professor of art history Anne Harris. Harris was hired by Fruhan in that whenever Fruhan conducted a film screen- me was how cont. on pg. 2 ing the room would be packed. friendly and gra1997. Fruhan was known as being a hard teacher cious she was,” “She was my mentor every step of the way,”
vol. 164, issue 23
ATO members removed from chapter house due to structural damage BY Alexius Burton
news@thedepauw.com On Tuesday evening 56 members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity were asked to gather up their belongings and relocate for the remainder of the semester. University officials and fraternity members began questioning the safety of the building after Monon weekend. Myrna Hernandez wrote a email to the faculty distribution list, saying ATO members were removed from their building due to safety concerns related to the physical structure of the building. The Office of Campus Living and Community Development sent the email to inform faculty about ATO’s housing disruption. According to chapter president Mike Perry, upgrades will be made to the support joints in a localized section in the West side of the house. University officials required that the remainder of fraternity members move into Bloomington Street Hall after 19 members moved into The DePauw Inn. “This was a decision from the University administration after engineering consultation along with ATO alumni and member leadership,” said Perry. Thursday afternoon Myrna Hernandez released the following University statement: “The University decision to relocate the ATO students to Bloomington Street Hall was required solely because of Evicted structural cont. on pg. 2 issues with the ATO