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Car and motorcycle collide on corner of Anderson and Locust BY JULIE BLOCK news@thedepauw.com
Emergency personnel survey the wreckage after a car and motorcycle collided at the intersection of Anderson St. and South Locust St.. The driver of the motorcylce was sent to the hospital with a knee injury. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
A male motorcyclist was speeding down Locust Street early Sunday afternoon when he collided with a small, blue car heading westbound on Anderson Street. The car's driver was turning left onto Locust from Anderson Street, according to Greencastle Police Officer Ed Wilson. The motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, went to the hospital with minor injuries. The car held a mother and her daughter, who is a first-year at DePauw. Neither the driver nor the passenger of the car sustained injuries. "[The driver of the car] said she approached the stop sign and saw the motorcyclist coming,” Wilson told The DePauw reporters at the scene. “She thought she had enough time to turn left.” The Greencastle Police Department was unable to hear a statement from the motorcyclist due to his injuries, Wilson said, but GPD will be heading to Putnam County Hospital soon to speak with him. “The car hit [the motorcyclist] and he flew over the car,” said sophomore Claire Marquardt, one of 10 DePauw students to file a witness report. “I thought he died. He was moving so fast.” Marquardt and other witnesses immediately called 911 after observing the accident from outside Mason Hall. “The daughter that was in the car ran into the street," Marquardt said. "We hugged her and calmed her down,” she said. The intersection of Locust and Anderson is accessible once again, after a brief clean-up period. Once the investigation is completed, people may contact the Greencastle Police Department Officer Darrell Bunten, who will be handling the investigation, for more information.
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BACs along with GPAs were on the rise this Winter Term. For the first time classes were offered for course credit, but the number of students transported to the Putnam County Hospital due to alcohol consumption spiked. According to Dean of campus life, Dorian Shager, visits increased from one transport last Winter Term to seven this term. All of the students transported this Winter Term were first-years. The increases follow what Shager called, “the best start of the new school year,” DePauw has seen since the numbers were calculated. Winter Term proved to be a different story. Within the last seven years, an average of two DePauw students have been transported to the hospital due to suspected alcohol poisoning during Winter Term. The increase is both concerning and unclear to administrators plagued with the task of lowering high-risk drinking on campus.
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INSTAGRAM PHOTO OF THE ISSUE President Barack Obama led a town hall at Ivy Tech community college Friday, Feb. 6. He discussed his new budget proposal, which includes plans to make two-years of community college free to every American who maintains a 2.5 grade point average and meets attendance requirements. “This is not two years of free goofing off,” Obama said. He also took quetsions from audience members, which addressed such varied topics as his basketball skills — ”My game’s a little broke; I’ve been a little busy,” he said — to his number one priority for the remainder of term, which is to ensure wages are going up. Full story to come. SARAH BURTENSHAW / THE DEPAUW Winter Term | cont’d on page 3
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Orange may never be the new black, but what people are now calling Black Friday replaced the usual Black Monday festivities. After the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC) forbade social events on the Monday following men’s and women’s bid days, fraternities decided to move said activities to this past Friday. Black Monday was a tradition at DePauw wherein new pledge classes would go out together, often coupled with drinking to excess. Director of Public Safety, Angela Nally said the tradition was harmful in large part because it associated excessive alcohol consumption with greek life and it diminished class attendance on the following Tuesday. Furthermore, fraternities are not allowed to register events on weekdays, so the usual Monday night activities never had outside security present. Because so many fraternity chapters registered events on Friday night, third party security companies assisted risk management teams in attempting to control partygoers. “It was definitely better than the Mondays after bid night,” Nally said. “We did have two people go to the hospital on Friday, but none of them were first-year students.” Junior Lex Freund is involved in the CATS (Campus Assisting Trained Students) program, which pays students to be sober monitors at fraternities during big party weekends. Freund, who worked at Phi Kappa Psi on Friday said the events of the night went smoothly for her. “While we were working there was very little risk and there wasn’t a time where we felt someone was in danger due to intoxication levels,” she said. “I have spoken to other CATS who worked at Sigma Chi and it seemed there was a bit more risk, but nothing substantial.” IFC President, junior CJ Cazee, went to the different chapters on Friday to see how the
events were going. He said the parties seemed less chaotic than his experiences on Mondays in years past. “In terms of drinking, during the rounds that we went on there was very little hard alcohol out,” Cazee said. “I really liked how everyone was able to register so it kind of gave people a chance to spread out.” With just one party registration and one alcohol violation on the Monday after bid night, the University’s fight to get rid of the tradition worked, for the most part. Nally said she thinks this is a positive change, and she hopes it will continue in the years to come. “I haven’t heard a negative comment,” she said. “Honestly, I think that the celebration of joining a new chapter [is normal]… But it can certainly be four days later when it’s safer for the new members and the chapters themselves.” Freund, like many others, liked the tradition of celebrating with the new members while the excitement of bid day is still fresh, but she knows why the changes were made. “Honestly, I loved the tradition of Black Monday. It's the first whole day where people know what chapters they belong to, but I do understand why it was moved to Friday,” she said. “I miss the tradition of Black Monday, but it doesn't really matter whether I go out on Monday or Friday.” Cazee said IFC is open to ideas for regulations regarding the Monday after bid day in the future, but that going on fraternity property at all was banned this year just to ensure that students followed what the University wanted. “The first time we really wanted to make sure it was followed habitually,” he said. “We really wanted to make this a sober brotherhood or sisterhood event. … This coming year we’ll be very open to having conversations about tweaking things.”
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“The next step will be increasing programing and educational efforts second semester,” Shager said. “We have an alcohol and drug oversight committee that will be delving into these numbers.” Another committee formed last year entitled BACdown made up of student leaders on campus from such organizations as IFC and Panhellenic, Student Government, as well as RAs and mentors will also research the numbers and discuss potential solutions.
High-risk drinking is not a problem just on DePauw’s campus. According to the Newark Advocate covering Denison University, “a case of alcohol overdose occurs on average about once every two days that Denison is in session.” The onus, according to First-year resident assistant, Craig Carter, falls on the students. “I feel that RAs are doing their job. It is up to students to apply the knowledge they are given,” he said. “Honestly, the only way this is going to change is if there is a higher level of maturity among the student body.” Shager echoed similar sentiments.
“DePauw students are at good calling for help when students need help,” he said. “I think one of the things we need to do better is that students are cutting each other off earlier. “The problem is working the intervention in a socially accepted manner,” said Director of Public Safety, Angie Nally. “We want our entire community to be one of care. Even if you’ve never seen this person before, and you see some kind of problematic thing that’s starting to take place, jump in and help.”
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DePauw continues to discuss the ‘M’ requirement MADISON DUDLEY news@thedepauw.com
In the wake of the Day of Inclusion, many on DePauw University’s campus have been working to continue the campus discussion on diversity and multiculturalism. It is viewed by many of DePauw’s students, faculty and staff that the next step should be the addition of a multicultural credit into the curriculum. “In the short time that I have been here it seems to be an awareness that everyone is talking about,” says Renee Madison, senior advisor to the President for Diversity and Compliance. “It is really important that we all continue to come together and to discuss where we want to be as a campus.” “I think DePauw’s campus climate could be greatly improved,” said sociology and anthropology professor Matthew Oware. Professor Oware was a member of a Campus Climate task force that was developed in 2008 to survey DePauw’s campus climate and found that some students, faculty and staff of color were uncomfortable in the DePauw community. Several solutions were created in order to bring light to this issue, including the possible creation of a multicultural credit. “Due to incidents that have occurred as far back as 2008, according to the 2008 Campus Climate report, there is a need for courses that address diversity in the broadest of ways,” said Oware. Diversity can be class differences, racial, gender, orientation, religion, nationality, etc. The idea of the multicultural credit has been around since 2008, but it is only recently that this idea has started to become a reality. John Caraher, physics professor and chair of the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP) has been working with faculty and students to work the multicultural credit into the current curriculum. “It has been five years since we adopted the current set of distribution requirements,” said Caraher. “The current distribution requirements are composed of two science and math, two arts and humanities and two social sciences courses. CAPP has been working on three options for curriculum changes, each of which would include a multicultural credit.” The first option would be adding a multicultural, or difference and diversity credit--as Carher prefers--onto the current two by two by two set of course requirements. Students will take one class for a single credit during the semester in a specific discipline. Students then can spend their Winter or May Term following up on their work from the previous class, earning another half credit. The second option would be a “six experiences” idea, where the whole set of distribution requirements would be altered. Instead of the current system where one could essentially com-
plete their math and science requirement by just taking science or math courses or their arts and humanities requirement by just taking arts or humanities courses, these requirements would be organized into six different “experiences.” Students would take a math experience, an art experience, a humanities experience and so on. In essence you would still be taking the same amount of classes, but they would be tailored to fit within these different experiences. This is considered to be more intellectually stimulating than the current system. In order to add in a multicultural credit, a seventh experience would be included. The third option being discussed would include a set of core requirements and the development of new courses, where students would take one course in western culture, one in nonwestern culture and one counting as multicultural. This one is less fleshed out than the other two ideas and is still being developed. The hope is that this new system would be implemented by the start of the next academic year. Current students would have the choice of either staying with the system that they began their education within or transitioning to the new system. The courses that would be considered to follow the multicultural credit would be courses dealing with race, gender, orientation, culture, class and religion. Some foreign language classes may also be considered if they divulge heavily into the culture where the language is spoken. “This is going to be a very, very robust debate among the faculty and I think it ought to be. You want to get it right,” said president Brian Casey. “You are allowed to try different approaches and reflect upon their effectiveness and modify them as you need.” Over the next month, CAPP will be working with groups of students and faculty members to further develop these proposed curriculum changes. Some students feel adding on a multicultural credit is unneeded. “I think that it is wrong to force people to study things like that,” said first-year Sarah Ertelt. “I think it would be better as an elective than a required credit.” Other students think that it would be benificial. “I think that the M credit is a good requirement for the school to have,” said sophomore Jerald Parks. “I think it will help with future scholars who come to this school to have an open mind.” Casey agrees that this new requirement could impact students in a positive way. “I hope that by adding this, our students become more empathetic, sophisticated and better able to move in a world in which they are better able to find themselves,” said Casey. “The more our curriculum can prepare our students to be citizens of the world, comfortable when encountering people of different cultural norms, the better they are going to be able to move in this world.”
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February 6 • Fire Alarm • Hair Care Products/ Alarm Reset | Time: 7:01 p.m. | Place: Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity • Safe Community Call-Alcohol Violation/Welfare Check • Transported to Hospital/Forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 11:36 p.m. | Place: Delta Upsilon Fraternity February 7 • Welfare Check/Alcohol Violation • Transported to Hospital/Forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 3:10 a.m. | Place: Mason Hall • Fire-Cooking Fire • Extinguished Alarm Reset/Forwarded to Facilities Management | Time: 2:15 p.m. | Place: 500 S. Jackson • Assist GPD-Civil Disturbance • GPD Took Call | Time: 9:45 p.m. | Place: 1100 Block S. Locust Street
Warning Issued | Time: 1:53 a.m. | Place: Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
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• Suspicious Person • Subject Located/Checked Okay | Time: 2:40 a.m. | Place: Seminary Street Lot
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• Welfare Check • Visitor Released to Custody of Friend/Forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 3:45 a.m. | Place: Bishop Roberts Hall • Assist GPD-Personal Injury Accident • GPD Took Call/Report Filed | Time: 1:01 p.m. | Place: Anderson/Locust Streets SOURCE: PUBLIC SAFETY WWW.DEPAUW.EDU/STUDENTLIFE/CAMPUSSAFETY/PUBLICSAFETY/ACTIVITY-REPORT/ YEAR/2015/
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As most students concentrate on adjusting to new schedules, many WGRE artists look ahead to the summer festival circuit. These enticing lineups offer some of the most thorough talent heard on our airwaves. Bonnaroo - For the second year in a row, Bonnaroo has wowed music enthusiasts worldwide while being headlined by a 60-year-old. Billy Joel tops this Tennessee fest a year after Elton John did, along with a stacked supporting cast. My Morning Jacket, Mac DeMarco and The War On Drugs provide a stellar rock presence, while emerging gems like Tycho, MØ and Pokey LaFarge add a refreshing alternative. This festival will start on June 11 and end June 14 in Manchester, TN. Coachella - Just after spring break, the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival will be held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Headliners include Jack White, AC/ DC and Drake. Other big acts to look forward to include Florence + The Machine, alt-J, Alabama Shakes and Tyler the Creator. If you have the opportunity to go, I highly recommend getting a ticket. Weekend passes are all sold out, so your best bet might be Craig’s List. Coachella will be April 10-12 in Indio, California. Sasquatch - Overshadowed by rival West Coast fest just a few states south, Washington’s Sasquatch perseveres with one of the most impressive lineups of 2015. The Decemberists and Modest Mouse return as some of the Pacific Northwest’s most reputable rock representatives. Chromeo, James Blake, SOHN and Tame Impala round off the well-versed lineup. This music festival will be May 22-25 in Quincy, WA. Governor's Ball - If you live in NYC, this festival would be the best homecoming gift after a year away. Located on the beautiful Randall's Island Park, Governor’s Ball is supposed to be a blast. Artists performing include The Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Hot Chip, Deadmau5, Chromeo, Björk,
Weird Al Yankovic and plenty of others. If you don’t live there, let’s take a road trip. Governor's Ball is held on June 5-7 on Randall’s Island Park, NYC. Summer Camp - Since its inception in 2001, Summer Camp has gained a reputation as one of the most promising fests. Steve Miller Band and STS9 compliment five sets each by mainstays Umphrey’s McGee and more. Electronic music continues to season the lineup, this year with Big Gigantic and Cherub. The Summer Camp music festival is held on May 22-24 in Chillicothe, IL. Wakarusa - One of the must anticipated music festivals to attend this summer is Wakarusa. Now in its 12th year, the lineup is BIG. Including The Roots, Thievery Corporation, Umphrey’s McGee, Chance the Rapper, Savoy and many more. If you are not doing anything at the end of this year, this would be a great festival to start off the summer. Wakarusa takes place on June 4-7 in Ozark, Arkansas. Tickets are still available for some, and sold out for others, but there is always room for more volunteers, scalpers and the loving partners at Stub Hub. There are many other festivals throughout the summer all over the country. Some to keep on the radar include Summerfest, Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, Forecastle, Firefly, Bunbury and Newport Folk Festival.
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This summer, junior Maria Ngyuen and I will be embarking on a 4,000+ mile cross-country bike journey from Baltimore, MD to San Diego, CA in an effort to aid the fight against cancer. The ride is put on by the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adult's. We are going on one of six separate trips: San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Baltimore and New York. We and our fellow riders will spread awareness, unite communities and instill much-needed hope in the lives of suffering individuals through our efforts. Throughout the course of the ride, we will stop in at local cancer centers to interact with cancer patients and visit nearby hospitals. We will educate them about our program and the mission we have to eradicate the perils of cancer. Each day of riding will be dedicated to a person who has personally battled or been impacted by cancer. Their name will be written on our calves, and the riders will dedicate every moment as an honorary gesture to that individual and the unbearable suffering they have potentially experienced. Cancer has played a powerful role in my life for as far back as I can remember. Both sets of my grandparents have suffered with various types of cancers, and two of them have passed away: one before I was born and one during my lifetime. In addition, countless members of my extended family have endured bouts with cancer, many of whom still currently are, and still others who have lost a valiant battle with it. Yet, this evidence still does not do justice to the
role that cancer has played in my life. I spent several nights across a span of months visiting my grandparents in the hospital. My mother was even forced to stay with her mother to properly care for her when she couldn't do so herself. This significantly detracted from the time my brother and I got to spend with her growing up. Cancer consumed so much of my time and energy as a child that I was completely oblivious until, in hindsight, I realized the emotional attachment that I had to the situation. Needless to say, cancer has made an indelible mark on my life. Cancer has taught me several life lessons that I will carry with me forever. I want nothing more than to alleviate the suffering that goes along with this learning process in hopes that the well-being of individuals who encounter such a powerful force as cancer is protected. I believe the best way to provide positive and unwavering support to someone is to show them that you are willing to suffer for them, both physically and emotionally. It’s one thing to say that you support them in a sympathetic manner, but it is another thing to demonstrate that support through proactive measures that illustrate empathy. It may be the most vital action you can take for the sake of another individual, or it may have a rather trivial impact on their lives. However, the point is that an indisputable impact has been made. The individual has experienced an increase in positivity or optimism, and this may suffice in creating a cascade of positive consequences. In essence, my goal with this ride is to ensure that some degree of difference is made in at least one individual's life. I aspire to establish a sense of hope and unconditional support that remains forever steadfast.
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Completely nuts and candies: BY AUSTIN CANDOR features@thedepauw.com
Completely Nuts and Candies only opened their doors back in early November, but is now facing its biggest event of the year with the near arrival of Valentine’s Day. Owner Linda Dunbar originally got her start in the sweets business when she was running Treasures On the Square, a restaurant which also sold candies. After selling the restaurant, she vowed to open a candy shop of her own. “It has been pretty popular, since a lot of people know about it,” said Dunbar. “Our biggest problem is we hope we don’t run out of candy [for Valentine’s Day], because everybody will kind of wait until the last minute.” The small pink and white shop is hard to miss, residing on Jackson Street just outside of town. But the outside of the store doesn’t do it justice. Walking inside, you’ll find yourself in candy paradise. Phrases like “Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Monday” and “Do not disturb chocolate fantasy in progress” line the walls while endless types of chocolate are packed into every corner of the shop. “The decor of the place was really cute,” said freshman David Freund. “It had this homey, Grandma’s house-like feel to it.” With their original flavors of crèmes and chocolate truffle flavors along with the classic carmel turtle, Completely Nuts and Candies stands alone.
Homemade truffles cool on trays before being packaged. Completely Nuts offers flavors such as rasberry and blueberry. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
“We do have a lot of varieties of chocolates,” said Dunbar. “It’s really unusual for a lot of candy shops to have 21 different flavors of crèmes, because we’ve got some really…unusual ones.” Some of these flavors include root beer, maple bacon and funky monkey, a crème made up of peanut butter, chocolate, and banana. Although the store is only a little more than three months old, Dunbar already has her sights set on expanding the business. “I think probably within the next six months we’ll have a location in Crawfordsville,” said Dunbar. This expansion might open up possible job opportunities for DePauw students, but before this can happen, word needs to get around, said Dunbar. “We have a lot of Greencastle folk [but] not a whole lot of DePauw kids yet. But I think once they find out we’re down here, that will change.” Sophomore Elizabeth Morales is one of those students. “I love candy, but I haven’t had the chance to go there yet,” Morales said. “It looks like a really pretty shop.” For any guy in need of buying candy for his girl, Completely Nuts and Candies is the place to go. Through Friday, the store will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, visit their Facebook page or call them at 765-720-2556.
Carrie Sheets (left) and a co-worker craft and bag sweet treats. Completely Nuts and Candies is located on North Jackson Street. CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
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Completely Nuts and Candies offers most of its treats by the pound and in prepackaged bags. Many of the candies are sporting pink and red colored chocolate this week as a festive nod to Valentine’s Day. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
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Vox, BuzzFeed and Obama: a shifting digital landscape In a New York Times article titled “Vox and BuzzFeed Obtain Interviews With Obama,” writer Sydney Ember explains how these interviews “are a further sign of the Obama administration’s efforts to connect with millennials and broaden its reach beyond traditional media outlets.” The fact that these news sources have landed interviews with the President of the United States of America is a huge step in journalism’s evolution. Ember says these organizations “are both leveraging Facebook to publicize the conversations,” and that BuzzFeed “plans to post video of Mr. Obama exclusively on Facebook.” What makes these interviews different from a typical Presidential interview is how well the media sites take advantage of their digital platform. CNN or Fox need not house our nation’s political discourse. Now, YouTube and Facebook can. Regarding the efficacy of this interview style, there are some pros and cons we need to evaluate. Let’s start with the bad: digital media is so fast and frequent that it often desensitizes the readers to the significance of a news story, as more and more stories continue to pile into the servers. It also seems likely that reading news on a digital format can lead to lower reading retention, as limitless distractions are only a few clicks away on a phone or computer. Another key drawback to digital journalism is the fact that it is a less established platform for intensive, meaningful content. The golden age of celebrated journalists like Woodward and Bernstein has ended. Who will replace them on the battlefield of hard-hitting journalism? Who will become the champions of journalism’s contemporary era? Ezra Klein of Vox and Ben Smith of BuzzFeed seemed to have answered the call to arms. Information can spread across the world in literal minutes; this power of our human civilization cannot be underestimated. The great accessibility of information in our digital age allows societies to enhance their education and political awareness. And while digital journalism is still earning its wings, so to speak, it has a lot of room to grow, especially in an aesthetic sense. Multimedia is evolving rapidly, and great evidence of this can be found on Vox’s website and on their videos with Obama. Throughout the videos, Vox integrates clean infographics that expand upon Obama’s comments. The data is cited within the video and it only enhances the content. As journalists of our own brand, The DePauw is pleased to see such successful integration of multimedia into relevant and important journalism. Vox has uploaded six videos of their interview with the President to their YouTube page. They range from various topics, such as why Obama is considered a polarizing President and what his goals are for foreign policy. Two videos are extended cuts of the interview: one about American politics and economy at 29 minutes and the other about “the state of the world” at 39 minutes. BuzzFeed has its own unique spin on the Presidential interview, as they have been reaching out to readers via social media to hear what questions they would like to ask the President. In this way, the media outlet doing the interviewing is not skewing the questions toward a particular political agenda; in fact, they are making the interview more democratic by taking on the responses from the general public. Vox and BuzzFeed are digital media sites that are quite popular with millennials, which is why these interviews give younger generations a stronger voice in political and global discussions. Perhaps a new dawn for journalism is beginning to peek over the horizon. email us at edboard@thedepauw.com
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Cultural diversity means appreciating differences NATALIE SANTIAGO
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r. Derald Sue focused on microaggressions, which are basically absent-minded judgments based on skin color, ethnicity, financial status and overall appearances. However, confronting this problem is only the beginning of fixing the issues we face at this school; we need to take steps as a community at large. We start within our friend groups and address the fact that we shouldn't treat people the way we do; we then become accustomed to be being more open minded about differences in each other and more willing to accept them. Once we start to branch out from group to group, we can then collectively come together and realize as a school, that this needs to be a change among this generation. We have come too far in history to start looking back now, all we can do is take the information we're given and create the solution best suited to this specific campus. Getting caught up in the social life can seem like one of the most important things you can do, but it's not because at the end of the day you cannot depend on your social status to get you all the things you need. You have to work for them. Creating cliques and criticizing people for being who they are demands a hierarchy of reputation and popu-
larity that can only further exclude us as a unit. Furthermore, if people are feeling excluded then we are categorizing people and not utilizing the majority to solve these problems; only the inclusion of the majority will lead to an actual change. It is not enough to have a few people interested, though it is a start. We have already reached that point, but now we need the majority of people, not to necessarily think the same way, but at least see eye to eye with each other to the point of having equal respect. Small changes have taken place over campus, and these simple acts are enough to notice a difference. People that would not normally acknowledge someone else have become more friendly and willing to extend their hand to an individual who is different from them. People smile a little bit more, and have come to terms with the fact that it's an actual issue worth confronting, and not something that only the minority face. The diversity presentation, however, did seem to slightly imply that all white people are racist when that's not the case. We only further this categorization by defining them as prejudiced, when really they are open and accepting. Certain people on this campus ruin it for everyone else, but it is really up to the individual to decide what is right for them despite their friend groups and family ties; if you want to be a better person, then just be that. —Natalie Santiago is a first-year from Chicago, Illinois. opinions@thedepauw.com
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ePauw students really suck at handshakes. Seriously, we do. This opinion seems lackluster to most readers but if you take a second to look a little deeper into it then you just might agree with me. I am textually calling out every student on campus whose grip feels weak and lifeless. The students who forget to make eye contact and acknowledge someone. The students who make you feel like you don't exist even while physically touching you. These lifeless handshakes are a perfect representation of why the campus will consistently have issues between social groups and even with the residents of Greencastle.
As a community, we build weak bonds with each other and then complain when they don't work the way we expected them to. A community is a group of people that interact not only on a systematic level but also on an emotional level. Our humility allows us to understand each other as we grow as individuals and as a social community. Bad handshakes play a major role in this. A limp grip can be treated as a lack of interest towards the other person. This followed by a lack of eye contact and verbal communication can quickly result in a poor introduction that absolutely no one wants. DePauw, I challenge you to greet your peers the same way you would greet a respectable person who’s revered through out your social group. Keep eye contact with them and really let the existence of that person sink in. We need to open up our defensive social shields and connect to each other on a level deeper than our egos. However, if you meet a student from Wabash then the recommendations of this opinion do not apply. A handshake can say a thousand words in a
moment. It can build bridges just as quickly as it can burn them. Our small interactions as individuals allow us to strike nails of support into our connections and build relationships that are meaningful and important. Use the simplicity of a handshake to show your respect and appreciation for the community and the people around us. DePauw deserves better than what we have given ourselves and by taking the correct actions to change our current situation we can. Here’s a tip, treat every handshake you commit to from this moment on like a job interview and I promise you will make the greatest impressions of your life. -Pierre-Toussaint is a first-year from Brooklyn, NY.
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Brian Williams and the Iraq War — a question of journalistic integrity JACKSON MOTE
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here is controversy surrounding NBC “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams, who recently stated that he falsely retold his experience reporting in the Iraq War. In 2003, Williams stated that the Chinook helicopter that he was traveling on in the Iraq desert was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. Since the date, his story has grown to include more specific details of the incident and was eventually questioned by members of the military. This prompted a sincere on-air apology from Williams on the NBC regularly scheduled news. Williams has since removed himself from the air to allow NBC to investigate while Lester Holt fills as news anchor in the meantime.
Williams’ actions raise questions of how close a reporter can be to the news without implicating him or herself in the news cycle itself. While Williams’ intentions may have been to honor the men and women of the United States military, his misunderstanding of the 2003 helicopter incident has led him to be the focal point the media in the past few days. His incorrect retelling of the incident causes the public to question his journalistic integrity. Due to a heightened sense of criticism, there is even criticism that he incorrectly stated that he saw bodies of deceased residents of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. This goes contrary to reports from the location that he was staying and reporting from in New Orleans. It’s clear that as long as he hasn’t molded the truth to his propagate his own personal dealings, his journalistic integrity will remain intact. The U.S. News opinion article titled "When the Reporter Is the Story," by Susan Milligan, highlights the struggle in discerning individual versus group accountability in the media. How much of Williams’ exaggerations can we attribute to pressure from NBC to be seen as a reporter who could have died reporting the news for his
country? It’s a difficult question to answer. This story has caused Williams to surpass the boundaries of reporting the news and has become it himself. His actions to amend the misstatements he made were both proactive and sincere. After NBC finishes conducting their investigation, it will be nice to see him return to his anchor position at “Nightly News.” Williams chose to put himself out there and extend the limit of what he knew to be true. At some point, he had to have doubted his own recollection of the incident if he hadn’t originally remembered the details of it. This doubt should have triggered a call to recant his incorrect story even earlier than now. Had he recanted sooner, his journalistic integrity may not have been questioned so intensely. As for who is to blame for Williams’ misstatements, it all depends on your perception of accountability. -Mote is a French major from Indianapolis.
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“What is your favorite restaurant in Greencastle?” “I don’t go to many restaurants in Greencastle but my favorite is Casa Grande.”
NATALIE YAIPEN, JUNIOR “Charlie’s because they have the best burgers that I have ever had.”
KEREEM VIDAL, SOPHOMORE “The cheese fries at Charlie’s are the bomb, to be honest.”
RANYERLIS GALVEZ, SOPHOMORE “Casa Grande because they are awesome and they also have delicious chips.”
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This past weekend, DePauw University’s men’s basketball team embarked on their yearly trip to face Allegheny College and Hiram College, the two North Coast Athletic Conference schools farthest away from Greencastle. In total, the team traveled 898 miles but came away with two very important conference wins that move the Tigers into position to qualify for the NCAC tournament coming up at the end of the regular season. “Of course it is tougher traveling to further locations,” senior Bob Dillon said. “You’re tired from the longer bus ride, legs get tighter, but it comes down to the energy the team brings once you get onto the playing floor.” In order to solidify that position, the Ti-
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gers knocked off the Gators of Allegheny 6056 on Friday night and then turned around and took down the Hiram Terriers 75-61 the following afternoon. Prior to the trip, however, the road had not been kind to this group of Tigers. The team left Greencastle with an overall road record of 2-5 and was still looking for their first conference win away from Neal Fieldhouse. Adding to the problems for the Tigers on the trip was the absence of leading scorer, senior Tommy Fernitz. The 6-foot-9 senior missed both games over the weekend leaving him out of the lineup in four straight games as he recovers from an issue with his lymph nodes. The Tigers missed Fernitz’s offensive presence on Friday night at Allegheny, as they were held six points under their average. Only one starter scored in double figures and the Tigers shot less than 40 percent from the field.
Two of DePauw’s three leading scorers didn’t start the game, senior Connor Rich and junior Bradley Fey. All nine shots the pair knocked down came from beyond the arc and they scored a combined 23 points. The Tigers led by 12 in the second half but the Gators got back into the game with a 9-0 run. With the score at 44-41, Rich and Fey hit back-to-back threes to reestablish the DePauw lead. “They go on their runs, we go on ours, and sure enough Connor was able to bang in some big threes and free throws late that helped us end that run, and eventually end up winning the game,” Dillon said. Following the win over the Gators, DePauw made the trip to Hiram to face the Terriers. The problems that DePauw’s shooters had on Friday night were swept away as the Tigers shot just under 50 percent from the field. After going 0-for-6 on Friday, Dillon responded against the Terriers with 18 points and a 67 percent shooting night. “It's always rewarding to be able to make some shots and I think that is what has made our team so tough is that nobody cares where the points are coming from,” Dillon said. “As long as we win it is rewarding.” In addition to Dillon, the Tigers got 18 points from senior Michael Onuorah who only had two the previous night. “I’ve always played aggressive and looked to score and rebound when I can,” Onuorah said. “I’ve been getting bigger minutes recently so naturally my numbers have been a bit bigger. When Tommy gets back I don’t think my numbers will change much.” The Tigers raced out to an 11 point lead at half and never looked back, going on to defeat the Terriers by 14 points. DePauw outperformed Hiram in nearly every offensive category: 16-5 in assists, 8-14 in turnovers and 38-24 in points in the paint. Now at 15-6 overall, and 8-6 in the NCAC, it seems that the Tigers have began to turn a corner as the postseason looms and they should be getting Fernitz back in the near future “I’m actually going to practice [Monday], so hopefully Wednesday I’ll be back,” Fernitz said. That could cause a big impact, as the Tigers next take the floor on Wednesday night at home against Wittenberg University, a team looking to catch DePauw for the final spot in the NCAC tournament.
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Tigers dominate in weekend sweep of NCAC opponents BY BILLY RYAN sports@thedepauw.com
The DePauw Univversity women’s basketball team cruised to two away victories over the weekend, winning their 17th straight game. The Tigers beat Allegheny on Friday and Hiram on Saturday—clinching a share of their fourth straight NCAC title. Against Allegheny, DePauw started in the hole down 10-6 shortly into the game. The Tigers rebounded with a dominating 31-0 that put them up big for the rest of the game. The suffocating defense of the Tigers forced Allegheny to shoot just 18 percent from the field. Senior Savannah Trees dominated the second half of the game scoring 17 of her 24 points after halftime. In game two of the weekend, the Tigers squared
off with Hiram. Again, the Tigers never trailed after an early short deficit to Hiram. DePauw eventually took the game 85-53 led with 25 points by senior Emma Ondik. Ondik did much of her damage behind the three-point arc as she knocked out six threes. As a team, the Tigers hit eight threes. DePauw also shut down Hiram on the defensive side of the ball as they forced 21 turnovers, resulting in 35 points. With the win, DePauw clinched a share of their fourth straight NCAC title and climbed to their 14 straight season with at least 20 wins. The win streak has the Tigers feeling good and ready to go as NCAA tournament time draws closer. The Tigers are currently ranked ninth in the country and look to improve on that ranking on the road Wednesday against conference rival Wittenberg.
Men's tennis opens Spring season with blowout win over Principia TDP STAFF REPORTS
DePauw University’s men’s tennis team opened its Spring season on Saturday as they hosted Principia College at the Indoor Track and Tennis Center. The 24th ranked Tigers downed Principia easily by a final score of 9-0. DePauw won all three of the day’s doubles matches. Senior Chris Bertolini and sophomore Dan Rodefeld won their match 8-3 playing in the number one spot. In the second pairing, DePauw sophomores Patrick Farrell and Harold Martin also defeated their counterparts 8-3. Senior Eric Vannatta and junior Alec Kaczkowski shutout their opponents 8-0. It was much of the same in the singles matchups as
the Tigers lost only one set in the six pairings. In the number one spot, Bertolini won 6-0, 6-1, followed by Rodefeld who won his match 6-0, 6-2. Farrell was victorious in his match in the third seed 6-1, 6-0. It took Vannatta three sets to bring home a win but he ended up winning his match 4-6, 6-2, 1-0. Senior Rico Lumanlan won in the five spot 6-1, 6-1 and Martin finished up the day winning 6-0, 6-1. The Tigers will take the next week off before the Spring season really picks up with three matches in the following week. DePauw has a home match with Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater next Sunday and then hosts the University of Indianapolis and Rhodes College in the span of four days.
FOR THE RECORD On Friday, Feb. 6, The DePauw mistakenly stated in the article “Problems with fitness tests has softball roster in jeopardy at start of season” that completing mental excercises is a requirement for softball eligibility. That is incorrect, as these excercises are not a requirement. TDP would also like to clarify that the softball team did have enough members to compete this weekend in Memphis, Tenn.
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Upperclassmen step up to lead softball to four wins in Memphis during season opener
Softball field thaws as the team warms up for the season. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW BY ABBY MARGULIS sports@thedepauw.com
The DePauw University softball team opened its season with four games down in Memphis, Tenn. this past weekend. Saturday the women defeated Washington University with a 5-1 victory and finished the day with a second win over hosts Rhodes College, 4-3. They continued undefeated as they played two more games Sunday against Rhodes, 13-7, and Maryville College 2-0. Going into the weekend the women were ex-
cited to get out on the field and put into play what they have been working on in practice, junior Morgan Pigusch said. “We hit really well,” said Pigusch. “If anyone made an error we bounced back and picked each other up.” The team’s offense was also on its game, junior Sammi Bell said. “We had run production throughout the entire lineup, which is the only way you beat teams like Rhodes and WashU,” Bell said. “You can't just rely on the beginning and middle of your lineup and we never had to. We also smoothed out a lot of kinks in our defense.”
This year the team is young with nine first-years on a roster of 23. During the games the ladies were being moved into new positions to find what works best for the team. According to Bell, the upperclassmen stepped up into leadership roles to help lead the team to its success. “This weekend our defense, led by our amazing upperclassmen leaders, really rose to the occasion and our defense blended seamlessly,” Bell said. In the women’s opening game against Washington University senior Jennifer Ridge had two of DePauw’s six hits while senior Taylor Golden and junior Grace Hendrickson also drove into two. Senior pitcher Kahla Nolan allowed only one unearned run during the game. Against the Lynx, Bell led off the second inning with a double and scored after bunts from firstyears Lauren Godden and Golden. As the game progressed the teams were tied at the top of the fifth until Hendrickson singled with one out and moved to second when first-year Morgan McCord reached an error. Hendrickson scored on sophomore Julia Waggoner’s single to left field to bring the final score to 4-3. First-year Emma Baldwin pitched the entire game, allowing only three hits, while striking out 10 and walking four. Going into the weekend the team had 12 game goals that they tried to meet and Pigusch said the team met at least six of them in each game. Some of these goals are hitting a home run, stealing a base, picking a runner off base and a seven strike out as a pitching staff. After the wins on Saturday the team remained focused, and went into Sunday with the same mentality as they had on the first day of play. “Play fearless, play hard, learn from our mistakes and pick each other up,” Bell said. “We really
wanted to come out of this weekend 4-0, but we couldn’t keep thinking about winning four games throughout the weekend. We had to take it one pitch at a time.” Facing Maryville at 9 a.m. Sunday morning the Tigers scored their only runs in the third inning when Waggoner hit a single and stole second, moved to third on sophomore Beth Chelmowski’s sacrifice bunt and scored on McCord’s RBI single. McCord stole second and third to score on a wild throw by the Maryville catcher. Baldwin improved to 2-0 after pitching a four-hit shutout while striking out 11 and walking one. Facing Rhodes for a second time, each team came ready to play. In the first, both the Tigers and Lynx scored three runs, but DePauw crossed the plate seven times in the second to lead 10-3. The Tigers totaled 21 hits and Nolan improved to 2-0, after pitching five innings and allowing three runs. “It’s definitely good to go out and sweep at Rhodes,” Pigusch said. “It got everyone hyped and ready to go in for this next month in the long haul before we play again. This sets the precedent for what we want our season to look like.” Ridge added that the team was able to work as a unit and demonstrated their potential for the rest of the season. “Every win was a team win,” Ridge said. “The rough talent and team chemistry we have this year is something that will set us apart from our main competitors. I think these past games were just a sneak peek into our potential for the rest of the season.” The Tigers will have a month to practice before they return to the playing field when they are scheduled to face Washington University–St. Louis and Agnes Scott College on Mar. 7.
School records fall as DePauw track opens season with strong performance BY MEG MORROW sports@thedepauw.com
Three school records were broken on Friday in the track team’s season-opening meet. One came from the women’s team, who placed first overall, and two came from the men’s team, who finished the event second overall. The Tiger Small College Invitational brought seven teams to Greencastle this weekend, according to junior Heather O’Brien. O’Brien was one of four Tigers to place first in an event. O’Brien won the mile with a time of 5:22.45, while sophomore Claudia Monnett, sophomore Meghan Burke and senior Celia Kauth also placed first in their event. “I was happy with my performance on Friday,” O’Brien said. “The mile is one of my favorite events, so it was fun to get to lead the pace for that. But I know I can't settle or be satisfied because the competition will only start to pick up, and I know there are girls training just
as hard. I think it can only go up from here, for me personally, and for the women's team.” Along with a first place finish in the high jump, Kauth also broke her own school record this weekend at 1.63 meters. “Winning the high jump and beating my own DePauw University record in the first meet of the season was incredibly special for me,” Kauth said of the accomplishment. “The jump was my career best, and I was fortunate enough to have so many loved ones at the meet watching as it happened.” The men’s team also had records broken—junior Marcus Dozier broke the DePauw indoor record by two feet in the shot put, placing second with a 15.70 meter throw, setting the tone for what he hopes to be a successful season. “I feel I had a very accomplished meet,” Dozier said. “I came in with four goals and I accomplished three of them: to break the school record, take the #1 spot in conference, get on the top 25 national list, and win my event. Unfortunately I came a little short on the last one
but for my first meet since May I have no complaints.” First-year Josh Ebikwo, competing for the first time, broke DePauw’s record in the 60-meter dash crossing the finish line in 7.09 seconds. As a team, the women Tigers were very excited about the results they have gotten from all their hard work in the offseason. “My teammates worked incredibly hard in the months preceding this track season and our win Friday night was a testament to the many hours of work put in by so many dedicated athletes,” Kauth said. The men also are excited about their first meet and the message it sent. “Before the meet the other captains and I talked to the team and said we were going to show the NCAC that we mean business this season and with 22 top 10 places currently in the conference after our first meet, I believe our message is clear,” Dozier said. For both the men’s and women’s teams, their next chance to compete will come on Feb. 14, when they host the DePauw invitational.