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Mark McCoy selected as new School of Music dean By CHASE HALL news@thedepauw.com

Completing a year-long search on March 22, President Casey and a committee of students and faculty appointed accomplished composer and instructor Mark McCoy as the new School of Music dean. When he takes over Aug. 1, he will join one of the oldest private institutions for post-secondary music instruction in the country — one that’s recently been striving for more positive relationships between students and administration, as well as a more vibrant relationship between the school itself and campus. The students, administration and

search committee all look to the new dean as an agent of powerful change, and have been anticipating the appointment. “I could not be more excited about the person we were able to attract to this position,” said President Brian Casey, who spearheaded the search. “Could not be McCoy more excited.” Leaving in his 16th year as the chair of music at his alma mater, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W.V., Mark McCoy earned his bachelor’s degree in music educa-

tion in 1987. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1992 with a Master’s degree in Music, concluding his music education in 1995 when he earned his doctorate in fine arts from Texas Tech University School of Music. Building on his education, he has taught music at all learning levels, authored a novel, “Curtain Music,” and founded MusicFirst Festivals, an educational group that helps jumpstart struggling music programs. During his career, McCoy has been

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an active and successful composer and conductor. He currently conducts the Shepherd Orchestra and the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra. The search was coordinated with high expectations and with specific qualifications in mind. According to “The Search” packet, the dean should “demonstrate success in organizational leadership, with proven competence guiding strategic planning, institutional positioning and team building,” and also will be expected to fundraise in a “directional way.” The committee also envisions the new dean as the new “face” of the school — a visible and accessible link between the School of Music and the rest of campus. “President Casey is envisioning a

new role for the dean of the School of Music,” said Associate Music Professor Scott Spiegelberg, one of the committee members, in an interview prior to the appointment. “This is really a change in scope for the position.” McCoy left an impressive legacy at Shepherd – he brought big-name performers to the school like the Vienna Boys Choir and the Canadian Brass Quintet, but also earned national accreditation with National Association of Schools of Music for the school. According to his curriculum vitae, McCoy also raised millions of dollars for reno-

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Nicholas Carr, author of “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” speaks Wednesday night in Kresge Auditorium. Carr debated with Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. CARLY PIETRZAK/THE DEPAUW

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2 | Happenings

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CAMPUSCRIME: MARCH 14 TO MARCH 31 March 14

Hogate Hall

March 15

• Noise — loud music • Made contact with resident/went inside | Time: 10:15 p.m. | Place: 300 block of South Walnut Street

March 16

• Suspicious activity • Officer checked area/unable to locate subjects | Time: 8:02 p.m. | Place: Lilly/Julian outside

March 17

• Noise — loud music/people • Forwarded to campus living | Time: 12:37 a.m. | Place: Warne Hall

• Noise — loud music • Made contact with house representation/verbal warning issued | Time: 10:25 p.m. | Place: Sigma Chi fraternity • Noise — loud music/car alarms • Officer checked area/unable to locate source | Time: 10:29 p.m. | Place: Pi Beta Phi sorority parking lot • Noise/hazard — loud music/ subjects on roof • Made contact with house representation/verbal warning issued | Time: 11:45 p.m. | Place: Beta Theta Pi fraternity

March 18

• Sexual assault • Under investigation | Time: Unknown | Place: Campus

• Noise — loud music • Made contact with house representation/ turned down | Time: 12:38 a.m. | Place: Beta Theta Pi fraternity

• Mischief — water balloons • Made contact with house representation/verbal warning issued | Time: 7:23 p.m. | Place: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity

• Civil disturbance • Officer checked area/unable to locate subjects | Time: 12:52 a.m. | Place: Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity (outside)

• Theft of jewelry case — delayed report • Unsecured/recovered | Time: Unknown | Place:

• Theft of laptop — unsecured • Pending | Time: Unknown | Place: Phi Kappa Psi fraternity

New dean | from page 1 Music’s budget five-fold and oversaw extensive future planning for the school’s administration. Many of these qualities are exactly what the committee was searching for, according to President Casey, and McCoy was the clear and unanimous choice of the search committee. The committee also included four music professors, two College of Liberal Arts professors, two School of Music students, and a ’91 alumnus. Executive search firm Isaacson, Miller aided the

team and helped locate almost 50 potential candidates for the position. “We’re also looking for somebody who is good at bringing the faculty together into a cohesive vision of what we want to be as a School of Music within a liberal arts setting,” Spiegelberg also said during the search. He said the new Dean will have to consider “what kind of students we want to be attracting, what are our strengths that we can be utilizing to our best ability to bring in those students.” Casey said McCoy believes the campus ought to be filled with music, and students reacted positively to the

• Theft of bicycle • Pending | Time: Unknown | Place: Mason Hall (outside)

March 19

• Noise — Loud music • Made contact with house representation/verbal warning issued | Time: 12:56 a.m. | Place: Sigma Chi fraternity • After hours violation • Subject located/verbal warning issued | Time: 9:14 p.m. | Place: Nature Park

March 20

• Suspicious persons • Officer checked area/unable to locate subjects | Time: 12:33 a.m. | Place: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity parking lot • Criminal Mischief to Vehicle • Pending | Time: Unknown | Place: Phi Gamma Delta parking lot

March 21

• Mischief/trespass • Subjects located/verbal warning issued | Time: 12:24 a.m. | Place: Julian Math and Science Center (outside)

• Noise — Loud music • Made contact with residents/verbal warning issued | Time: 10:21 p.m. | Place: Sigma Chi fraternity

March 23

• Suspicious activity • Subjects located/checked OK | Time: 1:04 a.m. | Place: Hogate Parking Lot • Theft of mailbox — delayed report • Pending | Time: Unknown | Place: Pi Beta Phi sorority

March 26

• Harassment — delayed report • Pending | Time: Unknown | Place: Locust Street at Green Center for the Performing Arts

discussion he had with them while visiting campus. McCoy also thinks there should be more ways School of Music students to perform across campus, in order to bring music into the campus culture. “My sense is he knows how to read students, to work with them, challenge them,” Casey said. McCoy’s role as dean will be different than those of previous years: for the first time in school history, he will sit on the President’s cabinet, along with the university’s other vice presidents and influential decision-makers who work closely with Casey, such as

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March 28

• Noise — Loud people • Made contact with house representation/verbal warning issued | Time: 1:06 a.m. | Place: Beta Theta Pi fraternity • Fire alarm • Smoke detector/ false alarm | Time: 4:02 a.m. | Place: Roy O. West library

March 22

• Animal control — injured dog • Officers checked area/unable to locate | Time: 4:14 p.m. | Place: Nature Park

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3 | News: A Closer Look

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More than they aPEER: DePauw’s peer institutions University uses other institutes of higher education as examples, marks for comparison; Denison is ‘eerily similar’ By DANA FERGUSON investigate@thedepauw.com

Many colleges and universities have similarities. Many people think DePauw has a near-twin — Denison University. “Everything else to me is eerily similar in terms of academics, and quality of faculty and feeling of the school and facilities,” said Mike Hills, senior associate director of admissions at Denison. Hills said Denison and DePauw are both reputable liberal arts colleges that compete in admissions, and DePauw is so similar to Denison he feels comfortable having his daughter apply to DePauw and “hopefully attend.” But Denison isn’t the only institution that DePauw compares itself with — many liberal arts colleges possess programs DePauw uses as benchmarks for comparison or aspiration. These peer institutions help to inform the decisions universities make. What it means to be a peer DePauw, according to President Brian Casey, determines its peer institutions through research on peer analysis done by a board of representatives. Casey explained that the schools considered to be peers of DePauw include the 13 schools of the Great Lakes Colleges Association, which includes small liberal arts schools in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and the 14 schools in the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, which includes similar schools in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado. Casey said that because of their similar size and value of liberal arts education, the 27 institutions might be seen as DePauw’s closest peers, especially those in the GLCA. Certain institutions are closer peers to DePauw as they have greater similarities, Casey said, while others share only the liberal arts ideals. “You have multiple institutions that engage in the act of education with their own idiosyncratic, unique ways of doing it. They are constantly challenging each other, but from different angles,” Casey said. Dan Meyer, vice president for admissions and financial aid at DePauw, said DePauw emphasizes a liberal arts

“For the schools who truly are our peers probably the biggest thing we share with them is to educate the whole person … to give you an education that touches the mind, the soul and the heart.” Dan Meyer, vice president for admission

education in peer institutions, and peer institutions should also be similarly sized and in a similar setting as DePauw’s. He specifically pointed out the importance of learning not only about a major a student studies, but about all aspects of life. “For the schools who truly are our peers probably the biggest thing we share with them is to educate the whole person … to give you an education that touches the mind, the soul and the heart,” Meyer said. By Meyer’s standards DePauw’s peer institutions are few compared to Casey’s list. Meyer named Denison University, Kenyon College, College of Wooster, Grinnell College and Macalester College as DePauw’s real peer institutions. He mentioned that some peers could be considered “aspirant” while others are considered “true” peers to DePauw. Grinnell and Macalester, according to Meyer, are schools DePauw aspires to be like while Wooster, Kenyon, and Denison are considered “true” peers in that they are similar to DePauw as it is now. Meyer sees both sets of peer institutions as valuable resources in helping DePauw grow and change. He and Casey both recognized that, while an institution may be an “aspirant” peer, DePauw hopes to maintain its unique identity when it changes to emulate Grinnell or Macalester’s successes. “Shouldn’t DePauw learn from the Grinnells, the Macalesters, the Williamses, but say, ‘OK, we’re going to do this in our particular way. We’re going to do this in a DePauw way,’’’ Casey said. Those who consider DePauw a peer Though Casey and Meyer view many

other institutions as peers of DePauw, not necessarily all of those institutions view DePauw in the same light. While institutions like Wabash College and Denison consider DePauw to be a peer, other ACM and GLCA institutions including Kenyon and Macalester view DePauw as a peer only in that it is a liberal arts school belonging to one of the two consortiums. Anne Walsh, Macalester’s associate director of admissions, did not immediately recognize DePauw as a university and said the two share few qualities aside from attracting similar students. “It’s a liberal arts college, yes, that attracts bright talented students, in that regard it is a peer institution, but aside from that I really don’t think we cross paths at all,” Walsh said. Travis Culver, director of multicultural recruitment and senior assistant director of admissions at Kenyon, said that aside from belonging to the GLCA, the two schools didn’t seem to have much in common and had very little overlap as far as student applications. “DePauw is not in our top-20 overlap schools and I think that’s because, yeah there are similarities, but overall other schools in the GLCA are more similar to us than DePauw,” Culver said. The real competition for admissions Though Casey and Meyer consider various schools to be DePauw’s peer institutions, very few of those pose competition for admissions. Meyer explained that DePauw’s greatest competitors instead are schools such as Indiana University, Butler University, Wabash College, Valparaiso University and Purdue University, often due to proximity to home. Meyer also explained that for many students larger institutions are appealing because of their low costs and name recognition. “In the Midwest, there’s the large flagship institution … and they tend to have parents aspire to send their son or daughter there, longstanding tradition, that kind of stuff,” Meyer said. “Some of those Big Ten institutions arguably are world-renowned research institutions and so families think those are the place to go.” Meyer mentioned Butler, Wabash and Denison as the institutions most similar to DePauw in the top-ten overlapping

schools for admission. He said that Butler attracts a similar group of students because it is a smaller school in Indiana, while Wabash attracts men primarily from Indiana. Meyer saw the greatest similarity and competition for admission from a peer institution from Denison. “I’ll pick on Denison since we get compared to them a lot: They are similar size-wise, similar location, clearly a liberal arts institution, they’re actually going to be in the conference next year so it makes sense that a student would look at both,” Meyer said. One of those students is Sam Waller, of Granville, Ohio, whose dad teaches at Denison. Waller said he looked at various GLCA schools including Wooster, Denison and Allegheny College, but recognizes few look only at such similar schools. Waller said he receives financial benefits from institutions in the GLCA because of his father’s position, and that helped drive his search. Waller’s father supports his desire to attend DePauw and says it’s better that his son attend DePauw than be around him for four years at Denison. Great Lakes Colleges Association The GLCA aims to promote opportunities that institutions may not have on their own and simultaneously creates a group of peer institutions for each college or university involved. Chip Timmons, the associate director of admissions at Wabash College, said Wabash determines its peer institutions largely based on the members of the GLCA. “Anybody in that consortium (GLCA) we would consider a peer institution. There are others, you don’t have to be in that consortium to be our peer, but the type of institutions, those member schools have similar goals as far as [a committment] to liberal arts education,” Timmons said. Charla White, the external relations and events coordinator for the GLCA, said while institutions in the consortium may find peers in the GLCA they’re able to highlight differences as well. “Each of the schools have a uniqueness about them and I’m sure they do compete with one another, but their uniqueness draws the students to the individual schools,” White said. Culver agreed, pointing out that be-

GREAT LAKES COLLEGES ASSOCIATION Albion College Albion, Mich. Allegheny College Meadville, Pa. Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio Denison University Granville, Ohio DePauw University Greencastle, Ind. Earlham College Richmond, Ind. Hope College Holland, Mich. Kenyon College Gambier, Ohio Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, Ohio Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, Mich. Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio Wabash College Crawfordsville, Ind. The College of Wooster Wooster, Ohio

ASSOCIATED COLLEGES OF THE MIDWEST Beloit College Beloit, Wisc. Carleton College Northfield, Minn. Coe College Cedar Rapids, Iowa Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colo. Cornell College Mount Vernon, Iowa Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa Knox College Galesburg, Ill. Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Ill. Lawrence University Appleton, Wisc. Luther College Decorah, Iowa Macalester College St. Paul, Minn. Monmouth College Monmouth, Ill. Ripon College Ripon, Wisc. St. Olaf College Northfield, Minn. — COMPILED BY DANA FERGUSON

ing in a consortium with 12 other liberal arts institutions provides an opportunity to stand out for each institution. “When you get a group of us into a room on the surface all of our colleges will seem similar, but if you begin to talk to the representatives you will find that they are very different,” Culver said. More than anything, Casey said, DePauw’s development is driven by the institution’s strengths and traditions and not just trends in the field. “It’s really interesting when you hear schools say, ‘we want to be another school.’ DPU’s been here 175 years,” he said. “It has very localized idiosyncracies, strengths, characteristics, and has a rich and meaningful history.” — Andrew Maddocks contributed to this story.

4 | News

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Indiana to Japan: DePauw sends what it can to earthquake victims By JOE FANELLI news@thedepauw.com

In Japanese culture the making of origami, or a figure created out of folding a flat piece of paper, is often used as a type of prayer. When someone is sick or dying, they are sent paper cranes. The idea is that when making origami cranes for every fold, one person receives the thoughts and blessings of the folder. The ultimate number of cranes is 1,000 and is said in Japanese legend to grant one wish to the recipient, such as long life or recovery from illness. Since the record-breaking earthquake hit Japan on March 11, and the following tsunami and nuclear power plant explosion, DePauw students may not have been folding cranes, but there certainly have been efforts to help relief assistance in a Japan that has been devastated by disasters. “When something catastrophic happens, we try to do the best we can,” said sophomore Naeem Muhammed, President of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, one organization which is contributing to the cause. Alpha Phi Alpha has a national voter registration project performed regularly, but the men have decided to use part of the event this year as a chance to raise funds by selling raffle tickets. For the past two weeks, they have been tabling in the Hub, out at events around DePauw and selling raffle tickets on campus. The registration event ends today, and students can purchase a ticket for $1, two for $5, or 15 for $10. “We are in a predicament as college students with money, but every dollar counts. The people of Japan are in a terrible struggle,” Muhammed said. Kappa Delta Pi, the international education honors society, is working with non-for-profit group Soles for Souls to collect shoes for victims in Japan. Boxes for donations are located in the Hub and the second floor of the Julian Science and Mathematics Center. DePauw’s

Kinesiology club had also been collecting shoes during the year and are now sending those shoes as part Kappa Delta Pi’s efforts. In the upcoming weeks, a group of students, along with the International Student Association will be hosting a series of events to raise funds. “For some people, [the disasters] may be something on the other side of the world, but it’s crucial that we help,” said freshman Mami Oyamada, a Japanese native who is part of the effort behind the events. Starting April 4, wristbands will be sold in the Hub, followed by subsequent events in the following days and weeks. All proceeds will be donated to the JapanAmerica Society of Indiana. “It is important [that we help] because although none of us were directly affected, there are people on this campus with connections to Japan,” Oyamada said. One of these people is assistant professor of music Yoko Shimazaki-Kilburn. Born in Hamamatsu, Japan, Shimazaki-Kilburn’s parents and other relatives still reside in Japan. She explained that initially with the difficulty to contact anyone in the country, there was a period where “it was very scary.” Shimazaki-Kilburn has been active in her community in Muncie, Ind., participating in local fundraising events, but she stressed that helping Japan goes farther than financial donations. “I don’t think we should expect people to drop everything and donate everything, but help can be something like voicing their support via places like IndianaJapan Society,” she said. “The more [the people of Japan] hear from other people with words of encouragement and support, the faster they can recover,” Shimazaki-Kilburn continued. “It’s like the power of prayer. They’ve lost everything and their hope. We can at least give them the hope of rebuilding.”

Earthquake Fast Facts When: March 11, 2011. What: World’s fifth-largest earthquake since 1900. Magnitude according to U.S Geological Survey (USGS): 9.0 Number of confirmed aftershocks: 401 Years since an earthquake of this magnitude has hit Japan: 1,200 Duration of strong shaking: 3-5 minutes Expected death toll: Expected approximately 10,000 Source: scientificamerican.com; USGS website; Google Maps

Union Board anticipates a sold-out Posner performance are going to like.” Posner is expected to arrive on campus Saturday afternoon, but neither Colvin nor Union Board’s annual spring concert Sat- Haigh could speak for how he will want to urday will feature Mike Posner, Kelley James, spend his time on campus. Kelley James Wale, Big Sean, and DJL! in Kresge Audito- will be opening for Posner, and additional openers will include Wale, Big Sean and DJ rium. L, and an additional After receiving critiDJ has also been cism in the past, Union scheduled to play Board opted to distribute both before the first surveys to students earperformance and in lier this year in an attempt between artists. to better gauge what art“Who is Mike ists students might like Posner? I’m more to see. excited to see Wale Driven by stuand Big Sean,” sophdents’ desires for a bigger omore Brennan concert with bigger artMartin said. ists, Union Board chose Tickets were Posner due to his popusold last week and larity among students. will be sold today While some artists were from 2:30-4 p.m. unavailable or too expenTickets will continue sive, Posner was one of to be sold at the students’ top choices that door, but students fit Union Board’s budget. Posner PHOTO PROVIDED BY UNION are encouraged “A lot depends on the BOARD to purchase them availability of artists for the semester and the amount of funds we ahead of time as Union Board members anare allocated,” said junior Peter Haigh, Un- ticipate a sold-out show. “I think it’s awesome that someone so ion Board Co-President. “In some ways we well-known is coming to DePauw,” freshhave some pretty strict restraints.” Union Board Co-President senior Delana man Stefani Cleaver said. “Unfortunately I’m Colvin expects Posner to bring a good show not going because I have formal, but I wish I could.” that will be exciting for students. The doors to Kresge Auditorium will “I’m really looking forward to it and I open at 6 p.m. Saturday, and the perforthink it’s the first concert a lot of students are really, really excited for,” she said. “It’s mances are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The such a big concert with a variety of artists. doors will close at 7:30 p.m. There will be at least one artist there that you By EMILY GREEN

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MORE INFORMATION When: Doors open at 6 p.m. • Concert starts at 7 p.m.

Where: $10 for students • $20 for non-students

Tickets: Kresge Auditorium, Green Center for the Performing Arts

5 | News

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Ubben lecturers Carr and Wales discuss information, internet By CRYSTAL LEE news@thedepauw.com

Jimmy Wales and Nicholas Carr stood at different podiums, a monitor between them, for Wednesday night’s Ubben

lecture. But the two agreed, and shared complementing perspectives, more often than they debated. Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, which is the world’s fifth most-popular website and Carr, author of “The Shal-

lows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” participated in a debate called “Wired… and Weary.” The event marked only the second Ubben Debate in the program’s history. Prior to the event, DePauw students

Nicholas Carr, author of “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” and Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia focus on questions from the audience on Wednesday night in Kresge Auditorium. CARLY PIETRZAK /THE DEPAUW

were encouraged to participate in a challenge to disconnect from technology. The stipulations included not using laptops, cellphone or the Internet. When moderator Dan Gurnon, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, asked how many had completed the challenge, just three students raised their hands. Senior Abbey Wilson found disconnecting unrealistic. Wilson works at the Office of Admission. “I didn’t think it was feasible to be without Internet,” she said. “My job of at the Office of Admission has been crazy, so I had a lot of last-minute emailing for that.” The event was set to be a hybrid, consisting of discussion in addition to debate. Both Wales and Carr were given five minutes to make an initial argument before entering in a question and answer session with Gurnon and finally a oneminute rebuttal. Members of the DePauw debate team kept track of time. “The way it was framed, I thought it was going to be a little more of a debate, but I was fine with the way it was,” Wilson said. Carr opened the debate with how the development of the Internet in people’s lives.

“The evolution of technology has taken a different turn in the last five years,” he said. “The computer and Internet have come to surround us. As this has happened, it’s become a whirlwind.” Carr argued that technology has caused his mind to rebel against paying attention, which has a harmful effect on tasks like critical thinking. Wales began his argument by admitting that he agrees with Carr’s assessment, but that the two differ in terms of their pessimism toward technology. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing as he thinks it is, and I don’t think it is happening as much he fears that it is,” Wales said. Wales also argued that being able to access information is important. “Today you can just go and look it up,” he said. “That is the basic understanding of things and that is not deep, deep, but it is valuable.” Wilson found herself particularly drawn to Carr’s main argument. “I don’t know if it’s our brains are constantly changing, but I certainly think my brain is in a different mode [when I’m on the internet],” she said. “It’s definitely something we should be critical of and enjoy the benefits of.”

Breaking the silence: quiet spaces white paper ineffective weeks later By DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com

Students sit on the third floor of Roy O. West library in silence, interrupted only by the turning of pages and faint sounds of voices below when suddenly a ringing breaks the silence and concentration of many. Following increasing disregard of unspoken rules in quiet study spaces and official complaints made by many students, DePauw Student Government passed a white paper addressing the issue and established official spaces in which silence is expected. Weeks after the white paper’s March 7 passing, students have seen little change in the noise levels the white paper designated. One of the white paper’s principle

creators, senior senator Chelsey Jonason, said the white paper has not yet created the silence she had planned. “I don’t think it has had the impact we were hoping to have, I think we really need sort of continual reinforcement of the expectations…then hopefully these things start getting reinforced,” Jonason said. Senior Emily Meyers, who works at Roy O. West library, also said that she has seen little impact of the white paper and believes that this is due to student’s lack of concern for the white paper more than anything other factor. She mentioned various occasions in which students used cell phones or had conversations on the second and third floor, and in some instances she needed to ask students to keep noise to a minimum.

“You would just kind of hope that people would be considerate regardless of a white paper,” Meyers said. “I don’t like the fact that it is necessary, but it probably kind of is. Even with the white paper it’s still a problem because people don’t take it seriously.” Jonason also considers the lack of change to stem in part from a lack of knowledge of the white paper. Sophomore Dave Goldense did not realize the white paper existed. Jonason explained that though the white paper has been published, shared in a student assembly meeting and printed in The DePauw, many students have still yet to see it. Jonason explained that student government will put up signs that detail the expectations regarding noise in quiet spaces to help foster change and awareness.

“Getting anything spread across DePauw’s campus is incredibly challenging…it’s just trying to find those avenues so that we can get the word out,” Jonason said. Jonason said that if the signs do not promote the results the student government seeks, they will plan further action including sharing expectations for quiet spaces in mentor groups of the incoming freshman class. Reflecting on why she sought formalized change in promoting quiet spaces, Jonason said she hoped to return to a sense of respect among students. “I’m a senior, and I remember as a freshman having these study spaces that people accepted and respected,” Jonason said. “I’ve seen that sort of disintegrate, so I’m just sort of wishing for a time that was and sort of hasn’t been

that way this year.” Goldense agreed that a white paper might be the only way of getting students to quiet down in designated areas. He said he doubts as to whether all students would follow the new guidelines, but felt by making them official and publicizing the white paper students would take more time to consider their actions before breaking the silence. “I guess it will just make people more aware, so if nothing else, I think that will be the greatest thing it does,” Goldense said. As DePauw Student Government continues to publicize its white paper on quiet spaces, phones continue to ring and conversations continue to buzz, breaking the sought-after silence in many studying spaces.

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The DePauw | Friday, April 1, 2011

Faculty committee considering Environmental Fellows program Potential Program of Distinction’s details under consideration, could receive approval as early as next month By DAVID GOLDENSE news@thedepauw.com

As the environment approaches the forefront on a national scale, it will also assume a more prominent role in academics at DePauw. A proposal to establish an Environmental Fellows program has been developed and could be in place as soon as next year. The Committee on Academic Policy and Planning will review a proposal sometime in the next couple of days, said economics professor Michele Villinksi, co-coordinator of environmental education for the past 18 months. The approval of the program could be announced as early as May and as late as October. Villinski has worked closely with many professors from a variety of disciplines. An interdisciplinary approach will be at the center of this proposed honors program, with faculty involved in a multitude of departments. This approach intends to allow students to explore and pursue environmental interests in a variety of ways and in a range of disciplines, with relevant courses falling in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. In addition to Villinski and Biology professor Jim Benedix, the other co-coordinator, the Environmental Education Committee consists of English professor Greg Schwipps, geosciences professor

The experiential learning would entail a 10-week internship, off-campus study, or individual research project approved by the environmental education committee, comparable to the internships and research projects required in other Programs of Distinction.

Fred Soster, philosophy professor Jen Everett and physics professor John Caraher. Villinski also said geosciences professor Jeanette Pope has been involved in developing this proposal. Pope emphasized the interdisciplinary approach as an important element of the program’s foundation. “In the program, the integrated coursework will work well to complement a student’s major and draw connections across different disciplines,” Pope said. The idea for the program was originally developed upon DePauw’s reception of the Andrew W. Mellon Environmental Studies Grant in 2009. This proposal represents a culmination and testament to the successes of this three-year $595,000 grant, which initially intended to cultivate environmental learning across a variety of fields and arrange new co-curricular activities like speakers, symposia and

workshops. The grant was able to support and help accelerate environmental projects in place, most notably the DePauw Environment Policy Project. The committee thinks that synthesizing programs like DEPP with an environmental focus academically will be very positive for students. The faculty met to discuss the proposal the week before spring break, and Benedix and Villinski laid out the proposal. One faculty was about what would distinguish the proposed program as an honors program and not just a glorified minor. The experiential learning opportunities provided the best answer to this concern. This program would provide additional flexibility for students in completing this requirement compared to current honors programs. The experiential learning would entail a 10-week internship, off-campus study or

individual research project approved by the environmental education committee, comparable to the internships and research projects required in other Programs of Distinction. By requiring only a 10-week commitment for the experiential learning, it could be completed during the summer instead of an entire semester. Lateral entries could be admitted for spring semester next year, and a first-year seminar for the program would be implemented at the beginning of the year after. It was unclear whether lateral entries would be opened to all students or only freshmen. A capstone experience would be included in the program, existing in a similar fashion to the capstones of current honors programs. The content and logistics of this capstone experience are yet to be finalized, Equipping students with the skills to address complex problems using a multi-disciplinary approach was the most prominent goal stated by Benedix and Villinski. The environmental education committee is confident the proposed program will be an asset to DePauw’s intellectual life and, as they pointed out, an additional draw for prospective students in the future.

Economics, biology, communications most popular majors for sophomores By ANNA OLSON news@thedepauw.com

Sophomore Chris Wright was in good company when he recently declared himself as an economics major. Economics was the most popular major declared by sophomores this year, according to Registrar Ken Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick said that communications and biology were also popular majors. Sophomores were required to declare their majors by March 18. He said trends were very similar to what the Registrar’s office has seen in the past few years. Professor Michele Villinski, chair of the Economics and Management, said she believes economics is a popular major because of a strong concern right now for world issues, and students see economics as a way to take an active part in the world surrounding them. She also said that economics is popular among those interested in business. Wright said that he is majoring in economics

because he has always had an interest in the subject and is required to take many economics classes for the Management Fellows program, a businessfocused Program of Distinction. “Often, when you have an interest in business and entrepreneurship, you also have an interest in economics,” Wright said. However, Villinski said that not every student who chooses this major is making the best decision. “Sometimes students think they have to major in economics when what they really love is art history,” she said. Villinski said that the strong liberal arts education provided at DePauw helps students succeed no matter which major they choose. The economics department typically sees 50 to 60 new majors every year, according to Villinski. She said the large number of students gives their department a lot of diversity and allows for more flexibility. When a number of students show interest in a certain topic, the department can create a class responding to those interests. For example, a high

interest from a group of students in the economies of Asian countries led the department to create a course focusing on that topic — Economics of Asia. Kirkpatrick said some of the least popular majors like classical studies, black studies and women’s studies may only have four or five students declare that major. Sophomore classical studies major Ellen Funke said that there are not nearly as many class options in her major, and she doesn’t know of other sophomores sharing her major. However, she said that there are also a lot of advantages to a small department. Funke said she “kind of coincidentally ended up” taking a Mediterranean civilizations class her freshman year that introduced her to classical studies. She liked that she was able to explore history, literature, art history and philosophy. “Professors are really enthusiastic about helping students and encouraging them to study in that department,” she said. “I would definitely say that I get more personal attention.”

MAJORS DECLARED BY THE CLASS OF 2013 Most popular: — Biology — Communication — Economics

Least popular: — Black studies — Classical studies — Women’s studies Source: Registrar Ken Kirkpatrick

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The DePauw | Friday, April 1, 2011

Lack of organization forces Playwright’s cancellation By ALLISON MARINO news@thedepauw.com

A long-standing DePauw tradition will not happen this spring due to a lack of time and formal organization. The Playwright’s Festival, which occurs every fall and spring semester, will most likely return in the fall. Junior Ann Marie Elliott, who was the main organizer for the event this semester, said a lot of changes happened over the course of the semester including the organization of the actual event. “There was a worry that we weren’t going to be able to have it at all at first,” Elliott said. Because of this problem, Elliott volunteered to be in charge of Playwright’s this semester. However, the participants weren’t ready when the time for performances rolled around, so they pushed the date back. However, the group kept experiencing logistics difficulties. “...So the decision was to either put on a shabby two-bit show or not put on a show at all,” Elliott said. Elliott said there were originally seven plays that were selected for production, and when the date changed, two plays dropped out. When it came close

to curtain call, there were only three shows. As for the future of Playwright’s, Elliott remains hopeful that the festival will continue for many years at DePauw. Elliott said she is sad about the festival but understands it is for the best. “I think it’s really unfortunate that it ended up not happening this semester,” she said. “It’s not really a question of whether or not it will happen next semester because I have no doubt it will. I’m just really sad that we had to call it off.” Freshman Julianne O’Brien was disappointed by the news, as she was assigned to be an actor and a director. O’Brien said she could not participate because when the dates were switched, she could not perform on Thursday night due to a class, and similar time conflicts happened with her actors in the play she was directing. “It’s a shame everything couldn’t work out, but with everyone being on different schedules with different commitments, it didn’t,” O’Brien said. The Playwright’s Festival was supposed to take place this weekend, and the festival features works written, directed and performed by students. El-

Mary Stoecklein ‘10 performs in Scrote, a piece written by Alex Thompson and directed by Elisa Sutherland, in Kerr Theatre during The Playwright’s Festival in early Dec. 2009. ARCHIVES OF THE DEPAUW liott said the experience allowed her to combine her passions. “It’s something that’s really important to me, especially since I’m a writer

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and interested in theater,” said Elliott, who has participated in Playwright’s since her freshman year. “I really hope that it will work out better next semes-

ter, and I feel like it wasn’t given enough priority to a lot of people. It happened at the wrong time, I guess.”

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Technology dominates daily life on, off-campus

By WILL FRESKE features@thedepauw.com

No internet. No e-services, no Moodle. No access to any of the I-Drives or P-Drives. No swipe cards. Students and faculty would live with this if the DePauw network crashed. Today’s society relies so heavily on technology that it is difficult to imagine what a day would be like without it. This is just the question seniors Christine Walker and David Dietz, president and vice president of the student government respectively, posed on Wednesday when they asked students to unplug for a day. The goal was to bring to light society’s reliance on technology. “The point of this no technology day was to get people talking about our wired-in society,” Walker said. “We [Deitz and Walker] were very pleased with the feedback we received, both positive and negative.” Walker said that some people attempted to com-

pletely avoid technology for the day, while others simply avoided communication sources like Facebook. “We had some people tell us that, because we are all so wired, it was good to have a break,” she said. “Others didn’t think it was even possible to spend an entire day without technology.” Walker understands the campus’ reliance on technology and does not believe an entire day without it is feasible. “We considered closing the DePauw network for a couple hours but quickly realized this was not feasible. Everything is based on that technology: Moodle, swipe cards, e-services, email.” She added that countless students use their phones as alarm clocks and might oversleep their classes if their phones were powered off. There is no way to get around the fact that DePauw relies heavily on technology. One of the most important study tools for DePauw students is a laptop. The university even implemented a Student Laptop Program, which requires all incoming freshman to purchase a laptop: either a Dell, Apple or HP Tablet.

On the DePauw website, the Student Laptop Program page states, “The program requirements ensure that all students are equipped with the tools needed to support their DePauw learning experience and enable their professors to most effectively make use of technology in the classroom.” To maintain this technology on campus, the university provides resources for students and faculty. The HelpDesk, one of these sources, works to keep DePauw plugged in. Sophomores Kayla Hill and David Scott are technicians at the HelpDesk in the Union Building. The two shared that the most common problems students seem to have with their computers are viruses, slow programs, forgotten passwords, water damage and issues with the printer programs. “I’ve found the most computer viruses come from explicit websites, email attachments from unknown sources and downloads,” Scott said. “Usually [students] tend to let the computer problems grow to the point that they can’t do anything anymore, so we need to wipe it out.”

Wiping of time and top’s owne “Wiping but it depe to wipe it a lose everyth gone.” Scott sa usually call fice visits to technicians puter probl Senior into the He Pauw. She since dimin ton opted o tacked her Dell Suppo “I was o demanded

out a computer takes a substantial amount d effort on both the technician and the laper. g a computer takes half an hour at least, ends how bad it is,” Scott said. “We need and then put all the systems back on. You’ll hing. If you didn’t back up anything it’s all

aid when professors need assistance they l in because the technicians provide in-ofo them; students visit the HelpDesk, where s answer their questions and try to fix comlems that have ensued. Ashlee Anton has taken her Dell laptop elpDesk only two times as a student at Desaid that, after four years, her battery has nished and loses power at a rapid pace. Anout of using the HelpDesk when a virus atcomputer and went straight to the source: ort Services. on the phone for three hours and finally that I speak with a higher up,” she said.

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Sophomore technicians Kayla Hill and David Scott shared the most common problems that they have dealt with the students who have brought their computers to the HelpDesk in the Union Building.

“He fixed my computer in two minutes.” Serious viruses take much more time to fix. Of the three laptop options the Student Laptop Program offers, Hill and Scott agree that the HP Tablet seems to have the most issues. “There are hardware and software compatibility issues, it runs slow, the hard drives are accessed slow, and the problems are just hard to solve,” Scott said. “It’s ironic because it’s also the most expensive laptop option for students.” Both Hill and Scott strongly recommend backing laptops up with an external hard drive. “I have one on me, in my backpack right now,” Scott said, patting the front pocket of the bag laying at his feet. On a campus such as DePauw’s, a day without technology has the potential to shut the school down. For some, a day without technology is almost unfathomable. When asked if she ever made a conscious effort to avoid technology, Anton joked, “In elementary school, I didn’t use as much technology.”

UPPER RIGHT: A group of students work in a computer lab in Julian Wednesday. DIRECTLY ABOVE: Sophomores Tyler Vieke, Dean Weaver and Kevin Sullivan focus on homework on second floor of Julian Wednesday night with their computers, cell phones and iPods within reach. SUNNY WANG/THE DEPAUW

10 | Features HOW TO STALK PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK

The DePauw | Friday, April 1, 2011

ALL FASHION DESIGNERS AREN’T CRAZY

Dave Jorgenson, along with Style, social consciousness can mix 89,499 others, “Like” this S A

DePauw student arrives back in their room occasion? Just where exactly did they work from after a long, boring class. It’s March 30th, May 2007 to August 2008? A few approaches exist: it’s snowing, and there’s only one thing on their 1. Kindly ask a friend to befriend this future mind. Stalk. People. Now. OK…that’s three friend. words separated by periods for dramatic effect, 2. If this friend refuses to befriend a faux but it’s basically one thought. friend, do it yourself. Hack your buddy’s FaceTen years ago, we were still using binocubook and request the friendship yourself! Is this lars. Even wizards had to use extendable going too far? No. How else would this perears. But now, thanks to the nerdy, redson see your latest bumper sticker? headed, socially-inept Harvard student 3. Befriend a family member. Nothing Mark Zuckerberg, we’re only a click says “I like you and wish to stalk you,” like away from instant stalking (or poking, befriending someone’s younger, unaware depending on what you’re into). In sister. case you’ve spent the last six years 4. Make a fake Facebook acdistributing “eProps” on Xanga, count. Pretty sure it’s somewhat ilhere’s a few tips on stalking. legal, but it’s for a good cause. Tip: Two words: mutual friends. Go with something simple, like I cannot begin to stress the John Smith. Chances are, if someDAVEJORGENSON significance of this handy tool one gets a request from Pocahontas enough. A mutual friend of one or Freddie Fredrickson, they’re not friend can sometimes lead you to a mutual friend going to accept it. of that mutual friend. Before you know it, you 5. Actually meet the potential friend in person, found the real Charlie Sheen’s Facebook through and then become Facebook friends. This method six degrees of separation. Thanks to Facebook, is very old school, and requires social skills — so you are winning. only use it as a last resort. We all know that in order for you to continue In the spirit of utilizing other friends to stalk living life, it is absolutely necessary that you review friends, I’d like to stress the importance of the at least 500 pictures in less than five minutes. This buddy system. Sure, you can stalk alone. But why feat is achieved with stalk alone when you what I call the “Fourcan crowd around a Flips-a-Second” methWho doesnt wan’t to see what someone single computer with od. With one finger on a group of fellow looked like with braces six years ago? stalkers? Doing so the right arrow key, and another hand gripping bonding Have no fear, Facebook stalkers — the encourages a beverage for conamongst your real stant hydration (with a friends, whilst pickZucky’s book of faces provides. straw), go through four ing out every single pictures a second. Four detail of that-kidflips a second, or simply 4FAS, allows a stalker to from-third-period-junior-year-of-high-school. see 240 pictures a minute. This allows for over One final tip for those especially detail-orient500 views in less than three minutes. Already, you ed stalkers that own Macs: simply put one finger have saved time to stalk another friend or you can on the command button while pushing two finview 500 more pictures of the same friend. Who gers forward on the mouse pad. You can now doesn’t want to see what someone looked like zoom in on that single zit that ruined Jim Does’s with braces six years ago? Have no fear, Facebook prom night. stalkers — the Zucky’s book of faces provides. For further stalking tips, you can poke me Some people know that you’re stalking them, or send messages to Dave Jorgenson, Hogwarts probably because they are doing the stalking School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at facebook. themselves. Nearly every piece of information is com blocked. In some extreme cases, their profile picture contains the formidable giant question mark. — Jorgenson is a sophomore from Shawnee, Kan., majoring How will you penetrate the multi-layered depths in English writing and film studies. of their security? When will you have the ability features@thedepauw.com to poke them any time of day, regardless of the

uperficial. Anorexic. Privi- Each piece is hand-spun of cotton leged. Judgmental. These are and intricately embroidered for a just a few words frequently used wearable work of art. Lemlem is by critics to describe designers, available at J.Crew, Barneys and models, editors and publications lemlem.com. in the fashion industry — an inWhen U2 frontman Bono dustry as imperfect as any other. and his wife decided to begin a The ongoing debates regard- clothing line, Edun, they did so ing body image and health, the as part of a commitment to deobnoxious displays of luxury by velop trade with and raise the upper class and the wellawareness for Africa. The publicized, troubled personal factories that produce lives of fashion’s elite — John their products follow a Galliano, Alexander “Lee” strict code of conduct, McQueen, Isabella Blow, and about 85 percent Christophe Decarnin of Edun clothing is — often overshadow made in Africa. those who use their Edun also utilizinfluence to make a es organic and difference. sustainable maLately, howterials whenever, a group of ever posMARIADICKMAN socially conscious sible. Edun trendsetters are products can taking over the headlines in an be found at Nordstrom, Bloomattempt to show that fashion can ingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue and also be socially responsible, ethi- edun.com. cal, aware and accessible. The sale of FEED products TOMS Shoes, founded in 2006 benefits a variety of organizations by Blake Mycoskie, whom you and humanitarian programs, may recognize from the AT&T whose goals are to ensure that ads, has gained popularity in the everyone has the right to healthy past few years for its One for One and nutritious food. FEED ProMovement. Essentially, for each jects’ line of environmentally pair of TOMS shoes purchased, friendly, fair-labor bags, bears, TTOMS donates a pair to children shirts and other accessories conin developing countries, where tain a built-in donation in each soil-transmitted diseases, cuts product purchased. The impact and sores place many kids at risk of each product’s sale, shown by for long-term physical and cogni- a stenciled number, is instantly tive harm. Also, since shoes are a understandable to consumers. required part of school uniforms, And with model Lauren Bush as the donation program helps chil- the spokesperson, FEED has an dren get an education and recog- incredible amount of clout in the nize their potential. Visit toms. fashion industry. FEED the world com to participate. at Whole Foods, Amazon, BergSupermodel Liya Kebede dorf Goodman, and feedprojects. founded the clothing line Lem- com. lem to create economic opporHarper’s Bazaar launched tunities for artisans in her native the Fakes Are Never In Fashion Ethiopia and preserve the beauty, campaign to expose the criminal quality and history of weaving. activities funded by the sales of Lemlem, which means to flour- counterfeit goods. While knockish or bloom in the Ethiopian off bags, shoes and watches are language Amharic, consists of much easier on the wallet than dresses, shirts, bags, scarves and the actual products from Chanel, skirts for women and children. Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and

Cartier, the social cost is devastating. The counterfeiting trade has been linked to drug trafficking, child labor and terrorism. The International Chamber of Commerce estimates that 7 percent of our annual world trade (more than $600 billion) is in counterfeit or pirated goods. Some U.S. intelligence agencies believe that the sales of fake goods on the streets of New York partially financed the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and may have contributed to the September 11 attacks. In addition, counterfeit merchandise is believed to be directly responsible for the loss of more than 750,000 American jobs, and intellectualproperty theft costs American companies up to $250 billion in lost revenue every year. Making the battle against counterfeits even more difficult is the rise of fake retail Internet sites shilling items like Christian Louboutin shoes or Gucci wallets. A word of advice: if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is a cheap (and illegal) copy. The additional danger behind such sites is that the producers of counterfeits gain open access to personal and credit card information once a customer makes a purchase. The only way to completely protect yourself from this is to buy the real thing from a reputable retail site or direct from the brand. Visit fakesareneverinfashion.com to learn more. Every season, magazines, newspapers, blogs and other forms of media proclaim what’s in and what’s out in fashion. Trends come and go (hello, neon), but dressing with a conscience is always in style. — Dickman is a junior from Indianapolis, majoring in English writing. features@thedepauw.com

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The DePauw | Friday, April 1, 2011

THE DEPAUW Editorial Board |

EDITORIAL

Thrilling time for music school We are very excited that, after a long and intensive search, Mark McCoy will be the new dean of the School of Music. During the selection, in which we called for School of Music and College of Liberal Arts students alike to participate in open forums with the candidates, Dean McCoy had an opportunity to meet students from all walks of DePauw life. Given that he has become so well-acquainted with our campus, we are, for lack of better words, excited that Dean McCoy is excited. One of the oldest private institutions for music education, the school of music is what makes DePauw a ‘university,’ and we are thrilled that the dean is interested in finding opportunities to bring the School of Music curriculum out of the Green Center for the Performing Arts and incorporate the rest of campus. Although specific plans to do so have yet to be outlined, we hope they include opportunities for student performances outside of the music building, collaboration on academic projects between various College of Liberal Arts departments and the School of Music, and perhaps even more music- and artsoriented services in the community. While a dean who encourages bringing the music to the rest of campus is intriguing, it becomes students’ responsibility to reciprocate that energy and excitement. If more concerts are held, whether in the Green Center or other campus spaces, we should at least try to attend. Whether that means supporting a friend who is performing, or taking an hour out of our busy week to hear the works of a composer we’ve never heard before, it is our continued responsibility to engage, or at least appreciate. There is also a responsibility on the part of the performers, whether students, faculty or visitors. Invite your CLA friends to recitals and large group concerts. Announce upcoming events at your fraternity or sorority chapter meetings. Bring a friend along to a required music event. Recital attendance is so frequent for music students that it becomes burdensome, but a non-music student can benefit substantially from exposure to a new musical style, artistic period, or flat-out bizarre instrument. The school of music is host to all kinds of entertainment. Whether it’s conventional, large-group performances, or one that includes electric violins and flutes so big they stand on the floor, music students and CLA students alike have a lot to learn. Write to the editorial board at edboard@thedepauw.com

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STEWART AND JIMMY ON SPRING BREAK

A tale of two cities: reflecting on the unpleasant and unexpected become consumed with padding our front of hotel security. A gentleman Stewart Burns: was out to dinner over spring break resumes with community service and who would not shake my hand was with ten fellow DePauw students. joining random organizations. Do we standing diagonally at the door, not ever act with complete selflessness in letting anyone in or out. We walked into a small Mexihopes of bringing legitimate happi“Afternoon sir,” I calmly spoke can restaurant, not hiding ness to others? Creating happiness as he turned away to call for his suthe fact that we were a is challenging, especially trying to perior. After moments of silence, I group of college students make it last. So next time you see requested to know just why he felt on spring break. A middlesomeone who could use a hand or the need to be there. Again, hearaged man sitting with his might appreciate a stranger’s en- ing nothing, I thought I would clarify young son began to talk to couragement, why not capi- why I was asking “Might I inquire as to us. We were asked about talize on the moment? what we are being accused of? I feel our break, school What is the worst that that we are entitled to a reasonable and random other could happen? amount of privacy.” bits of small Five minutes of “Boy, don’t you get started with talk. Ignorant STEWARTBURNS interaction could me on all that.” as we were, make a person’s I was done trying. we honed our Security told us that we were acfocus on the chips and salsa in front day, and if it backfires, you probably of us and hardly gave the stranger the will never see the person again any- cused of jumping off of the balcony way. (from the 21st floor?), property damtime of day. age, and a footprint on the wall (even A short while later, as the man Jimmy Kirkpatrick: that was proven false). The police walked out, our waiter said to our taWhile Stewart and his friends were were called (who told us he saw no ble, “This man just bought your entire meal!” We were speechless. We were eating granola in the mountains, I, evidence of misbehavior), and we captivated by this purely random act along with about 50 other scholarly were asked to leave the property. Since then, all accusations of misof kindness, something we probably DePauw students colonized the beaudid not even deserve. I ran out the tiful, warm, “filthy” beaches of Pana- behavior have been proven false and door after the man, shook his hand, ma City, Florida. The twenty-one year dropped by the hotel. Though there thanked him and asked if he had a olds enjoyed relaxing island drinks was a substantial settlement after legal counsel was consulted, I learned business card. He said he did not and while the young grasshoppers a priceless and depressing lesson: for refused to tell me his name. All he said dreamed of legal consumption. All was peaceful in us students, no matter how well we was “Enjoy the memories.” behave or how well-versed in law What had we done that made the sun and the waters we may be, we will always be the us so worthy of such a kind gesture seemed to be clear for target of abusive authority. from a complete stranger? Honestly, sail. But then, as quickly as So do your best to behave, probably nothing. Though the most respect officers of the law, but fascinating aspect was that the $200 it started, the group felt if you are made to believe the man spent on us was probably the the painful jab of abuyou have done someequivalent of pennies to him, yet the sive authority. As I retreated to one of thing wrong when simple act was priceless. you haven’t, don’t I, as well as the other recipients our three humble JIMMYKIRKPATRICK be bullied by the igof the free meal, had spent the week c o n d o m i n i u m s norance of abusive backpacking in the Appalachians. We of the 21st floor authority. Oh yeah, had taken the non-traditional route to rest up for the and avoided the filthy beaches of evening, I heard panic coming from and Roll Tide. north Florida but any tangible les- an innocent member of the group, son we learned was the one gained kindly requesting that I go to the — Burns is a sophomore from West door. As I approached, I heard the Lafayette, Ind., majoring in political science; through that meal. It raises the question, what com- authoritative yells of what sounded Kirkpatrick is a sophomore from Overland pels a stranger to do something be- like low-voiced children playing “cops Park, Kan., majoring in political science. They are the hosts of “DePauwlitics,” heard nevolent to another? It seems that and robbers.” Sure enough, I was smack-dab in every Tuesday from 8-9 pm on WGRE. too often that we as DePauw students

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Anheuser-Busch pledges $40 Financial woes, DePauw’s million for new athletic facility success forces Wabash to close Championship pool to be named ‘NattyTorium’ after premium beer line By MANDREW MADDOCKS opinion@thedepauw.com

Imagine a sprawling hardwood workout floor, gleaming under recessed track lighting. The smell of fresh pine and orchid lingers in the air. Kanye West’s “New Workout Plan” pulsates from hidden Bose speakers. This fitness center will be the heart of DePauw’s new athletic facility, set to replace the defunct and dingy Lilly Center by August 2013. Anheuser Busch signed a $40 million contract with the university Wednesday for Lilly’s demolition and the new building’s construction. The only string attached? The facility must be named the Natural Light Center. And DePauw’s new championship-caliber pool — currently called the Erdmann Natatorium — will become the NattyTorium. “This is an unparalleled marketing opportunity for us,” said Ray Fillplease, an Anheuser-Busch public relations representative. “DePauw consumes more Natty than any other similarly sized school by a factor of 10.” Moore added that only a small percentage of the student body drinks Natty on any given weekend. But Busch focused on the high total sales volume, and expressed confidence in the ongoing supply of students determined to “work hard, play hard.” A shiny row of cardio machines will line two walls. Weight-lifting contraptions will cover a corner plot. The free-weight area will be transplanted from the Indianapolis Colts’ weight room. “This is Un. Real.,” said junior Ben Schpresser, a self-proclaimed gym rat. “It’ll be like paying $1,000 a month for a Hollywood gym membership. I might change my name to Ben Schwarzenegger.” The Natty (a probable nickname, Moore said) will feature sports courts rivaling any Div. I university. As part of the contract, Busch will print the Natural Light logo at center court of each of the five basketball and volleyball courts, set

On Wednesday, administrators put up a new sign in front of the Lilly Center to advertise the new athletic center expected next fall. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CARLY PIETRZAK/THE DEPAUW

to be paneled with native Indiana hardwood. “We think installing Indiana hardwoods will be a monumental moment in DePauw’s push for sustainability,” Moore said. Busch has also pledged to install one corporate viewing suite above each court to be equipped with a Busch vending machine. With ID scanner, of course. Natty staffers will constantly restock Icy Hot gel and Garnier Fructis shampoo. Former Major League Baseball massage therapists will be available to athletes every Saturday by appointment from noon until 3 p.m. Separate spaces for racquetball, indoor cycling, hip-hop and ballroom dancing, and classes in aerobics and pilates will fill out the new facility. University administrators have acknowledged Lilly’s woeful inadequacy for years, but never found a donor willing to pay for a complete rebuild. The

university only connected with company representatives at a recent tour of the Anheuser Busch Brewery in St. Louis. “We’re thrilled with this partnership, and we’re confident in our students’ ability to drink responsibly,” said a DePauw administrator. “We don’t think swimming in the NattyTorium or lifting on the Bud Bench Press will translate into increased alcohol consumption. It will simply promote DePauw students’ exceptional physical fitness.” Administrators are also considering an Anheuser-sponsored public relations professorship and pre-professional program. — Andrew Maddocks Editor’s note: After several closed-door meetings, The DePauw has agreed to publish a front-page story on Anheuser-Busch products at least once a month.

By HOO WANTSOME opinion@thedepauw.com

Wabash College President Kave Mann announced today the 178-yearold institution will be closing its doors for good, a decision made by its board of trustees. “We are nothing without women,” Mann said. “For years we Little Giants have denied that women are necessary in higher education, but we’ve realized we’ve been living a lie.” Hundreds of broken-hearted men gathered around the campus chapel for the announcement. The decision to shut the college down was a culmination of growing problems for the institution’s health. Late last year, Warner Bros. Pictures filed a copyright lawsuit for the usage of the name Little Giants. A Wabash marketing firm had been considering changing to Smaller Giants, Not-So-Big Giants or They-MightBe Giants. The pending suit has cost the school roughly $3 million in legal fees. The local Goodwill in Crawfordsville reported that over 1,000 pairs of red and white striped overalls have been donated in the last 24 hours. According to their admissions office, applications to the institution were

also drastically falling. Sophomore Billy Dumn, a campus tour guide, said the last three tours he gave ended early. “Whenever I mentioned the school was all-male, the families looked at me funny,” Dumn said. “Apparently the students we were recruiting didn’t understand our ‘A liberal arts college for men’ slogan. I knew our average SAT scores were dropping, but come on, everyone knows Wabash is a bunch of dudes.” Mann blamed DePauw as the most significant factor in Wabash’s failing. The two schools had always recruited similar students, but President Brian Casey’s DePauw 2020 plan and Greencastle’s recent winning of the Stellar Communities grant has given DePauw an unfair advantage, he said. “They’ve always had beautiful women, but now they’ll have a beautiful campus,” Dumn said. “We never stood a chance.” DePauw sophomore Frank Dunk looked for positive sides to Wabash’s closing. “So that means we get to keep the Monon Bell for good right?” Dunk said. “And maybe we can use their buildings as off-campus frats!” — Tyler James

FROM THE EDITOR Happy April Fools’ Day, DePauw. These stories are written as satire, and are intended to hyperbolize some of DePauw’s defininig characteristics and major campus issues. I hope you read them and laugh, but also see each story’s subject in a different and more memorable light. We worked hard to avoid offensive material, but if anything rubs you the wrong way, please let me know. Thank you, as always, for reading, Andrew Maddocks, editor@thedepauw.com

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Casey announces Charlie Sheen to address winning, tiger DePauw 3020 plan blood and warlocks in Ubben lecture By TRUTH JUICE opinion@thedepauw.com

Piggybacking on the resounding success of his most recent plan for DePauw, President Brian Casey announced yesterday his plan for 3020. "DePauw 2020 was such a smash hit, I thought, 'Why wait until it happens, let's plan further ahead,'" Casey said. "So this plan is about integrating DePauw with outer space, finding ways to connect people from other planets to people at DePauw, and, crucially, finding solutions so people can get to DePauw easily from the moon." Casey said he anticipates that many universities will have lunar campuses in the next millennium, and the key will be getting students out to DePauw's Lunar Nature Park. He said he hopes to connect the campuses with a walking bridge from campus to Blackstock Asteroid Stadium, located in the Earth's orbit, and the Lunar Nature Park. "I'm really curious about the possibility of a big bridge that can liter-

ally bridge the gap," Casey said. Increasing students and faculty from other planets will be crucial to a better DePauw in 3020, too, he said. "Our internationalization initiative under Bob Bottoms was incredibly successful, and by 3000 we should have students from every state and country on Earth," Casey said. "And they've added so much. Today, we have the opportunity to bring green, orange and purple faces into our classrooms. And diversity is more than skin deep — I really want a diverse student body in terms of experiences, backgrounds and type of air breathed. It's so incredibly exciting." Vice President of Lunar Initiatives Christopher Wells said this is an "exciting" time for the university. "There is an increased buzz about DePauw that's drumming up [interplanetary] interest," Wells said. School administrators are also planning a revision of the school's motto to "Unearthly success." — Matt Welch

By THE THIRD GODDESS opinion@thedepauw.com

While DePauw cannot claim to have a student body made of tiger blood and Adonis DNA, they can expect an appearance from someone who does. Charlie Sheen will deliver the next Ubben Lecture May 19. The lecture, “Winning in the Liberal Arts,” will explore how graduates of liberal-arts colleges achieve success in the real world. While Sheen did not graduate from high school, he looks forward to speaking to DePauw students. “Born ready. Winning,” Sheen said in a tweet regarding his preparedness to speak. Sheen did say he had not heard of previous Ubben Lecture speakers. However, he was excited about being able to speak to the students of DePauw. “Who’s Peyton Manning?” Sheen said. “Honestly, I don’t know who these former Ubben people are, but I want to show DePauw how they can be winning too by completing their liberal arts education.” Sheen said liberal-arts students often

wait tables with their high-priced degrees and are usually overqualified in areas that have little application to most jobs. He said he would discuss how these translate to a successful lifestyle. Upon hearing of DePauw’s No. 10 party school ranking by The Princeton Review, Sheen immediately expressed interest in discovering the social scene of the university. “Maybe I’ll find another goddess,” he said. “I’m at least expecting some good, old-fashioned fun — Sheen style.” Students also expressed excitement over the lecture. Junior Carlos Estevez said the lecture should, at the very least, be entertaining. “Charlie always has something interesting to say, even on his Twitter page,” Estevez said. “I think his Ubben Lecture could merit some interesting discussion.” Tickets for the event will be sold in order to keep the crowds under control. The event will take place in Kresge Auditorium with simultaneous broadcasts in Moore Theater and Thompson Recital Hall provided by D3TV.

Charlie Sheen will be the next speaker to take the Ubben Lecture podium on May 19. PHOTO

— Allison Marino

ILLUSTRATION BY CARLY PIETRZAK/THE DEPAUW

Bottled-water addict pleads for ban reversal

Sodas in vending machines will soon be replaced by various brands of bottled water. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CARLY PIETRZAK/THE DEPAUW

Alright, I have a confession to make. is one of life’s simple pleasures. I’m addicted to bottled water. There, I I know I’m not the only one on this said it. Ever since the bottled water campus who NEEDS bottled water. ban took effect last year I’ve been I constantly hear the cry to bring missing those plastic delights. Deback the plastic. It’s not even a spite my love for all things green, discussion of sustainability; it’s a my secret passion for bottled wamatter of free choice. It’s about ter overwhelms my commitment the fact that, as Amuricans, we to sustainability. I can’t live without should have the right to buy it. anything we damn well I’m actually a bottled please. water connoisseur. If And it’s not you gave me a bottle of like bottled water Dasani, Aquafina, or Ice STEPHENHESTERBERG is bad for the enviMountain while blindronment anyway, folded, I could tell you the right? Those libbrand. And if you didn’t think water had eral, socialist, hippies I work with on a a taste until now, you obviously haven’t day-to-day basis are lying about all that. I had enough bottled water. There’s no think the correct term is “junk science.” other way to say it. For me, bottled water Their biggest complaints are that bottled

water is unnecessary waste and it burns fossil fuels or something. I don’t know - not my problem. I just want my tasty, bottled water. Besides, bottles of water are more practical than any other drinking vessel. Take, for example, these elitist reusable water bottles. They’re awful! All that washing? I don’t know about you, but how am I supposed to take the time out of my day to wash a bottle? It’s DePauw for heaven’s sake; I’m busy being a frat bro. Honestly, it makes more sense to pay $1.49 for some tap water bottled in plastic, and throw it away after a few sips, than wash a reusable cup. It’s the crossroads of simple logic and sustainability. But don’t worry DePauw, I know how to get that crisp, refreshing, bottled tap

water back on campus. Let’s start a boycott! Yes, that’s right, a water boycott. No more water until we get our bottled water back on campus. It’s a foolproof plan. The administration will have to get bottled water back on campus or else they won’t have a student body because we’ll all be dead from dehydration! You can’t have a university without students! I’m tired of drinking this governmentcontrolled tap water and so is this campus. We want our plastic back! President Casey, do the right thing, give this campus back the option of filling our local landfills. — Hesterberg is a junior from Cincinatti, majoring in biology. He is a science research fellow. opinion@thedepauw.com

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The DePauw | Friday, April 1, 2011

SOFTBALL

Tigers strong during break, take down top-seeded Emory By MICHAEL APPELGATE sports@thedepauw.com

While many students traveled for fun and relaxation over spring break, the Tiger softball team hit the road for a rigorous game schedule. The Tiger softball team didn’t get much rest as they played 11 games in seven days during spring break. With just one day of rest on Wednesday, DePauw went 8-2-1 for an overall record of 12-2-1 and opened up Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference competition winning five of six games. With their strong week, the Tigers increased their national ranking from No. 8 to No. 6 as the Tigers defeated and then tied last week’s No. 1 undefeated Emory College (26-1-1). The Tigers’ first games of spring break were against SCAC conference rival Rhodes College (15-11, 2-6 SCAC) on March 19. In the first game, the Tigers scored early but fell silent as Rhodes scored five unanswered runs to hand DePauw their first loss of the season. In the next three games against Rhodes, the Tigers’ offense sought vengeance and routed Rhodes by a score of 8-1 on Saturday, then 14-3 and 15-0 on Sunday. On Monday, the Tigers played just one game against LaGrange College (13-8), which lasted 10 innings. Throughout the game, the offense wasn’t able to capitalize on the five errors made by LaGrange, and the game proceeded into extra innings. In the 10th, junior Holly Paris hit a RBI fielder’s choice for a score of 1-0 and then made a dramatic diving play for the final out of the game. After splitting two games against Piedmont College (13-7) on Tuesday, Wednesday was a day of rest and more travel for the Tigers as they would face Emory on their home field the next day. Head coach Bonnie Skrenta was concerned the day off would ruin

some of her team’s momentum. “In my perspective, that is the scariest day to play,” Skrenta said. “In all my years, there’s always a letdown after a day off.” Skrenta’s team reacted in the opposite fashion. Using the day off as a time to rest, the team stayed mentally prepared and came out with a mission to take down the nation’s No. 1 team. When the Tigers took batting practice an hour before game time, Skrenta told her players one thing — to try and hit for the gaps in the outfield and hit the ball hard because against LaGrange, the Tiger’s hard hit balls fell into outfielders’ gloves instead of dropping for doubles or singles. “I don’t think I spoke another word,” Skrenta said. “I don’t think I told them who the starting lineup was. I was just along for the ride.” The Tigers jumped out to take the lead in the first inning from a two-run homerun by senior Emma Minx. In the second inning, junior Rachel MacBeth singled in junior Cymone Allen for a 3-0 lead. But Emory responded with two runs of their own in the second inning and three more in the third taking the lead 5-3. “The girls just stepped up when they needed to,” Skrenta said. “We would give up a run, and someone would get up to bat for us and knock in a couple runs to keep the game close the entire game.” With two outs in the fifth, Minx and junior Haley Buchanan kept the inning alive with consecutive singles for sophomore Amy Hallett. Hallett launched a deep shot to center field scoring both runners to tie the game at 5-5. Emory responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning taking the lead back. In the seventh and final inning of the game with the Tigers down by one, DePauw loaded the bases on three straight singles with sophomore Jamie Story approaching the plate with one out. After falling behind in

the count, Story drove a 1-2 pitch to right field, which allowed sophomore Sam Szyska to beat the throw home for an RBI sacrifice fly. With two outs, sophomore Lucy Cohen pinch-hit for Allen and hit a ground ball through the third baseman and the shortstop into the outfield to score Hallett from third. Sophomore Emily Bichler pitched a perfect inning, and the Tigers handed Emory their first loss of the season with a final score of 7-6. “They were huge games, and they totally got us pumped,” Hallett said. “We’re proud to say that we gave number one ranked Emory their first loss.” In the second game against Emory, an offensive battle ensued once again, reaching a conclusion after 10 innings of play. The game resulted in a 9-9 tie as darkness began to set in on the field. “I’ve never seen a group of girls like these who are fighters,” Skrenta said. “I wouldn’t want to be in a boxing ring with them because they would just get it done. They just keep stepping up even when they are tired.” That sentiment showed as they faced Sewanee: The University of the South (2-4, 0-2 SCAC) for a doubleheader the next day and won in dominating fashions by scores of 10-4 and 18-1. In the second game, Bichler was finally given rest after starting all previous 14 games and freshman Megan Landahl made her first collegiate start and got her first win. “With our limited pitching staff, we have to have that fight,” Hallett said. “We’re really confident when we come out on the field. Our offense has stepped it up, and any one of our hitters can come in at any time and just make the right play.” The Tigers will use that strength when they matchup with Hope College (12-5-1) in their first home games on Saturday.

Tigers look forward to first home games Saturday against Hope By MICHAEL APPELGATE sports@thedepauw.com

After coming off a Spring break where the Tigers went 8-2-1, DePauw (12-2-1) will finally play their first home games on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Hope College (12-5-1). “They’re in our region and we need to jump on these games,” said sophomore catcher Amy Hallett. “They’re going to be a good team and they’re going to push us but we’ll have supporting fans behind us. So we’re really excited for these home games.” One of the biggest advantages that the Tigers will draw upon is fan support which Coach Bonnie Skrenta believes altered some of the calls in last week’s games against Emory College. “We were talking on the road about how Emory’s fans were a big part of why they hung in the game,” Skrenta said. “There were a couple of calls that we feel like the fans were a factor in going their way.” Aside from getting fan support, DePauw will also be eager to take the field after the second doubleheader against Sewanee: The University of the South (2-4, 0-2 SCAC), was postponed on Saturday and then canceled on Sunday, both due to rainy weather. After the home games on Saturday, the Tigers will travel to Noblesville High School just north of Indianapolis to take on Trine University (13-2) on Sunday. In order to save on travel on travel times and expenses, DePauw and Trine, which is located in Angola, Ind. north of Fort Wayne, agreed to meet in the middle of the two universities. “Some of us will consider the games against Trine to be home games because it’ll be in Indianapolis where some of the players are from,” Skrenta said. “But this weekend should be tough as Trine will come out ready.” The primary strength of Trine is their ace pitcher Andi Gasco. The sophomore has started just nine games as she splits time with sophomore Rachel Wiseman, but she has compiled

NEXT HOME GAME: DePauw v. Hope Saturday, April 2 1 p.m. Tigers Field ONLINE AT THEDEPAUW.COM Softball beat reporter Michael Appelgate will cover the team in-depth — blogging, updating photos, and writing features capturing the team’s personality. an 8-1 record with a 0.98 ERA. Gasco has notched 70 strikeouts and has only given up eight earned runs. Trine’s tough pitching will matchup with a Tiger offense which can be considered as one of the top offenses in the nation sitting at No. 16 in the nation in scoring with 8.53 runs per game. Junior Rachel MacBeth has been particularly hot at the plate for DePauw, taking home the SCAC offensive player of the week award for her .519 batting average (14-for-27) during spring break. MacBeth leads the Tigers in multiple hit games with ten and has reached base in every game this season. Being on base so much, MacBeth has come around to score a team leading 20 runs. She also sits at sixth in Div. III in batting average at .526.

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Baseball: Franklin win reverses losing streak BY ELEANOR AXT sports@thedepauw.com

The baseball team’s spring break road trip was a disappointing one for the Tigers, who were outscored 35-29 in six games during the week. However, after a nine-game losing streak, the team managed to bounce back Tuesday against Franklin in a 4-0 win. DePauw improved to 8-14, while the Grizzlies dropped to 11-4. “It’s a big relief for everyone, a fresh start,” said freshman pitcher Alex Sroka. Senior in-fielder Ben Gardner led off with a double. Junior Rob McPike followed with a single to right center, which scored Gardner and gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead. In the fifth inning, the Tiger pitching staff received more run support when catcher Sam Swafford reached on an error, sophomore Jason Cohen was hit by a pitch, and junior Alex Wright singled to load the bases. Freshman Robbie Stein then delivered a bases loaded triple. “[Stein’s hit] was really the difference in the game

Q&A | from page 16 I think it’s easy to sell the kind of the experience you get in four years whether that’s politically or socially or academiFenlon cally, but I think you know also what kind of opportunities you know our kids will get when they get out. I think it’s something that Brad was you know as a as a young guy you know able to kind of wrap this brain around a little bit rather than you know probably better than a lot of kids again. TDP: What kind of player was he? BF: He developed into a really good leader. He had to make a lot of adjustments because he was a guy who let you know he’s been really big scorer in high school, and that part of his game didn’t really translate as well to the to the college game. He was the guy who really helped us develop the more talented young players his senior year. He was a great leader and great captain for our group.

offensively,” said head coach Jake Martin. Franklin didn’t advance a runner to third until the ninth inning and only placed five players in scoring position throughout the game. DePauw totaled eight hits led by Gardner’s two. Scott Windler had three of Franklin’s nine hits, white Nick Stoia added a pair. Junior Hobs Donovan was credited with the win as the Tigers played three different pitchers. Donovan improved to 3-2 after allowing just two hits and striking out three with no walks. “It was a very clean game on our part,” Martin said. Martin said that breaking the losing streak felt great and that it was nice to remember what it was like to win. “We learned a lot about ourselves during that losing streak,” Martin said. “I was proud of the guys for staying together. We weren’t blaming the pitching or hitting or defense. We stuck together.” While varsity has seen its ups and downs this season, the Tigers’ junior varsity team is 3-0. Martin said he’s very excited about the group of freshman on the team and that their success says a lot about

He really was helpful - just kind of spring board. That group with those freshmen when he was a senior was the group that ended up about three possessions away form the Final Four and ranked as high as No. 2 and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the country. It was as good of a team I’ve ever had in my time here and it started Brad’s senior year. TDP: Do you see anything in his coaching today that relates to something you saw on the court in his playing days? BF: When I watch Brad in his practice session and on the sidelines I think the fact that he was the guy who had to make adjustments and play different roles as a player makes him relate to every kind of guy. You can tell that that is a big part of what Butler does. Those kids really embrace being a positive part of the whole. When I watch them I can tell that those things are real core values of their program and I saw him develop some of those things at DePauw. TDP: At his time here did he ever talk to you about coaching? BF: We didn’t really talk about coaching ‘til after he was at [Eli] Lilly. He got in touch with me and talked to me about that desire to make that

SPORTS PHOTOPINION Will you be attending the Mike Posner concert or watching the Butler Bulldogs on Saturday and why?

Junior Andy Monson pitches the ball during Tuesday’s shutout against Franklin College. MEREDITH MCGRADY/THE DEPAUW

the future of the program. “It shows we’re competitive, and we work hard too,” Sroka said. “In the long run, being competitive will make us better as a team.” The Tigers host Oglethorpe University on Saturday at noon in a doubleheader at Walker Field.

move. We had a relationship with the Butler guys and he was able to gain an opportunity from those relationships. TDP: When he was going through his transition from Eli Lilly to Butler did he ever reach out to you for advice? BF: I encouraged him to take advantage of his opportunity. Most people say leaving Lilly was a big risk but the guy was 23 years old. That’s not a risk. Eli Lilly wasn’t going anywhere; I think the risk was not doing it. What I told him at the time is that you don’t want to do it 10 years from now when you have a mortgage, a wife, two kids, and car payments. You won’t do it. You do it now and if you don’t like it you still have a DePauw degree and Management Fellows experience, you’ll be able to take that and do a lot of things with it. The guy had a dream and he pursued it and I give him a lot of credit for that. Like a lot of our kids, when he was done at DePauw he had a lot of experience and confidence that he could do well in what ever he decided to do. TDP: Did you get a chance to go to the Championship game in Indianapolis last year? BF: Yeah I did. Yeah. I’m actually in Houston right now. TDP: How often do you two com-

municate with each other? BF: Our big thing now is texting. He’s a big social media, email and texting kind of guy. We exchanged messages Tuesday so we’re in pretty good communication. When it gets down to NCAA tournament time, time is really a premium for those guys so the last thing I’m going to be doing is calling up and bugging him especially this time of year. We’re friends. There are a lot of things he is doing that I have never experienced. I’ve never been a Div. I coach but at the same time I’ve been coaching 18-22 year olds for the last 30 years so when we talk, that is the stuff we are always talking about. I think we do value each other’s input and when we have the opportunity to spend time together we are doing coach talk. TDP: Your prediction for this weekend and the championship game? BF: I think the Butler Bulldogs are going to guard VCU and win and I don’t know what is going to happen in that other game but if you don’t think Butler can win the national championship, you’re not paying attention. How’s that for a prediction?

“Watching the Butler game because I think Shelvin Mack is hot.” Clare Mail, junior “Watching the Butler basketball game. Because I’m tight with the players.” Michael Rardon, junior “The basketball game because it is Butler. The coach is an alum — got to support the network.” Sean Kent, sophomore “I’m going to the Mike Posner concert. The tickets are a steal and I don’t like basketball.” Sunny Strader, freshman ALLISON MARINO/THE DEPAUW

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The DePauw | Friday, April 1 2011

Swimmers compete at Div. III nationals By LESLIE GABER sports@thedepauw.com

While many students spent their spring breaks relaxing in exotic locations, six members of DePauw’s swimming team had a busy few days in Knoxville, Tenn. Tiger swimmers qualified to compete in 10 events at last week’s NCAA Div. III Swimming and Diving Championships, garnering all-American honors in two individual events and one relay. The team of junior Johnny Montgomery, sophomore Matt Kukurugya, senior Josh Baugh and freshman Joe Hessburg opened the meet last Wednesday with a 17th-place finish in the preliminaries of the 200-yard medley relay. Junior Catie Baker also placed 23rd in the 200-yard individual medley at 2:07.84. On day two of competition, Montgomery, Hessburg, freshman Jack Burgeson and Baugh took 15th in the preliminaries of the 200 free relay. That performance qualified the Tigers to compete in the consolation finals later that evening, where they earned honorable mention all-American honors with a 14thplace showing at 1:24.09. “Getting [to the NCAA’s] helps our national image, which is really important with us joining a new conference,” Baugh said. “It’s just so much fun to get there. Just to be at the top of your sport is a really neat experience.” Baugh, Kukurugya, Montgomery and Burgeson finished 21st in the 400 medley relay trials, posting a time of 3:29.78. Baker bested her own school record in the trials of the 100 breaststroke before taking eighth in the championship final. The junior earned all-American honors with her time of 1:04.96 that evening. “It was a great feeling,” Baker said. “It was one of those amazing swims that come out of nowhere.” Kukurugya captured the first all-American honors of his career on day three, posting an eighth-place finish in the championship finals of the 100-yard breaststroke. The sophomore recorded a time of 56.66 to break his own school record in the event. Meanwhile, the relay team of Montgomery, Hessburg, Burgeson and Baugh took 20th in the 800 free relay with a time of 6:54.26. DePauw closed out the final day of competition Saturday with a 21st-place performance in the 400 free relay. Montgomery, Hessburg, Burgeson and Baugh combined for a time of 3:07.58. Meanwhile, Kukurugya caught a tough break in the preliminaries of the 200 breaststroke when he was disqualified on a kick

Brad Stevens, from player to coach A Q&A with DePauw men’s basketball coach Bill Fenlon INTERVIEW By LEWIS BROWN sports@thedepauw.com

tiger week OF THE

name: MATT KUKURUGYA, SOPHOMORE Sophomore Matt Kukurugya starts his preliminary race 200-meter breaststroke during the NCAA championships last Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. MEREDITH MCGRADY/THE DEPAUW

violation. Baker picked up honorable mention all-American honors on Saturday with a ninth-place showing in the 200 breaststroke. Her time of 2:20.32 broke her own school record in the event. Baker wrapped up the four-day competition with 20 points to represent DePauw with a 31st-place finish. Emory won the women’s title with 614 points, while Denison took second and Williams College came in third. On the men’s side, the Tigers finished in 31st with 17 points overall. Future North Coast Athletic Conference foe Denison University took home the national title, totaling 500.5 points. Kenyon College, another NCAC member institution, finished second with 499.5 points, while Emory University placed third. Montgomery picked up all-American honors for the thirdstraight year, while Baker earned all-American honors for the fifth time in her career. A senior, Baugh collected all-American honors for the 10th time in his career, including each of the past four seasons. “It was a privilege more than anything,” Baugh said. “I’m really happy with my career here...All these accolades that I’ve acquired seemed kind of inconceivable when I first got here. I’m just really fortunate to have...had good teammates and support.”

The DePauw: How did you get Brad Stevens to DePauw? Bill Fenlon: I think the thing for Brad was the whole package. The opportunity to play at a pretty good program, the opportunity to be close to home, he was a Management Fellow here, he was a really great student coming out of high school and being in a strong academic environment was really important to him and his family. I think that we did with Brad is what we do with most guys we are recruiting is make them realize how good of a springboard DePauw is for what might be next.

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sport:

SWIMMING

indoor event: 100-YARD BREASTSTROKE

hometown: CROWN POINT, IND

Highlight: Kukurugya earned all-American honors after finishing eighth at the National Meet over spring break. In the preliminaries, he broke his own school record with a new best time of 56.29 seconds.

On what excites him about the rest of his DePauw swimming career “We have a pretty young team, and we only graduated two seniors this past year,” Kukurugya said. “Every one of us but one that went to nationals is returning, and there are some guys that were right on the border, so next year, I think we will be a bigger force at the national meet.”

— COMPILED BY LESLIE GABER, SPORTS@THEDEPAUW.COM