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Trustees expand campus police authority, hire new auditing firm By MATTHEW CECIL news@thedepauw.com
DePauw on display
175th anniversary exhibit showcases student involvement
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The “Toast to Old DePauw” 175th Anniversary Exhibit at the Putnam County Museum is an appropriate representation of the DePauw community: Quaint, yet filled with fascinating information. The exhibit, which opens to the public this Thursday, Feb. 16, is comprised of historic items ranging from a replica of the beloved boulder (with an accompanying sign requesting no boulder runs) to old senior cords, from stories of student protests to a short history about dancing on campus. Senior Sam Spahn, who helps gather information for the 175th Anniversary Exhibit, explained his personal experience with the exhibition as well as some interesting stories about DePauw’s history. Alicia Tutini: How did you become involved with the 175th Anniversary Exhibit? Sam Spahn: A professor who asked if I would be interested in curating the museum for DePauw’s 175th birthday
approached me. After gathering some research, I had a grasp of what I needed to do. There was so much in there, I had to delve into so many things, and so I needed a few other students to help me out. They called me the head curator, but I was more of just trying to manage everything that was going on. AT: What were the roles of each of the students involved? SS: We broke up the exhibit into six different sections. [Junior] Annie Wake had between 1837 and the Civil War, [sophomore] Will Calderwood had between the Civil War up until about 1910, I had from 1910 through 1939, [senior] Luke Bretscher had World War II up until the Civil Rights Movement, [senior] Carolyn Latta had the Civil Rights Movement up until the 1980s and then [sophomore] Leah Freestone had the ‘80s to present day. AT: How did you sort out what to include in the exhibit? SS: That was the tough part. The theme of the museum was
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Public Safety officers will soon have jurisdictional authority beyond campus property and throughout Putnam County if the university says it can afford a potential increase in its insurance premiums. Members of the university’s board of trustees approved this and other measures over the weekend in their first meeting of the calendar year at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort in Naples, Fla. Cindy Babington, vice president for student life, said the proposal would allow campus police to pursue drunk drivers and other offenders off campus. That authority currently ends at the streets surrounding university property. The new policy stems from an Indiana state statute approved by the legislature last spring that allows for universities and colleges in the state to expand the jurisdictional authority of their campus police. Under the legislation, universities can extend statewide police powers to their campus police force. The DePauw trustees, however, only widened Public Safety’s scope to Putnam County. While Public Safety officers receive the same training as officers of the state, they report directly to the university, a private institution. Still, Babington said she is “not worried at all” about a potential conflict of interest between the university’s wishes and enforcing state law. Kelsey Kauffman, a university profes-
CURRENTLY: Public Safety is able to enforce the law on the 695 acres of DePauw’s campus.
sor and director of the DePauw Environmental Policy Project, followed the legislation closely when it was debated in the Statehouse last spring. She said extending statewide police powers to Public Safety could have invited potential lawsuits but the positives of the trustees’ more limited resolution would outweigh the negatives. Among other things, the increased authority would allow public safety officers to obtain search warrants for offcampus property and provide additional help to local authorities if, for example, the county experienced a major emergency. Public Safety could also provide security details from the Greencastle airport to campus for prominent officials and dignitaries. Babington, who oversees Public Safety, said the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and Greencastle Police Department both supported the increased authority. The proposal also received support from student government and the Student Life and Academic Atmosphere Committee in discussions last fall. Senior Charles Pierre, student body president, said the measure would allow the Greencastle police and Public Safety officers to better protect the Greencastle community. Pierre said he was initially worried the expansion would pull officers away from enforcing student security on campus but changed his mind after learning
Trustees | contd. on page 2 POTENTIALLY: Public Safety could enforce the law anywhere in the 307,200 acres of Putnam County.
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Student Government begins semester, discusses long-term goals By ABBY MARGULIS
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Student government kicked off the semester with their first meeting on Sunday evening, discussing their goals for the semester and voting on club recognition. “We’re going to be in for an eventful meeting,” said senior Charles Pierre, student government president, as the meeting commenced. Pierre began the meeting with a discussion of what student government hopes to accomplish in the upcoming semester. One main goal is to work on strengthening relations between students and alumni, while another is to push for School of Music Dean Mark Dean McCoy to participate in co-hosting another event with the College of Liberal Arts. Senior Nick Flores, vice president of student government, took the floor next addressing student government plans to increase their popularity on social media sites. The organization plans to hold a raffle to win free merchandise from the bookstore. Students can be put into the raffle by liking the student government’s Facebook page, following student government’s twitter account or retweeting their tweets. Bookstore merchandise, such sweatshirts valued around $40, will be given to the winners. Members of the executive board continued the remaining points of the agenda. Some issues addressed included upcoming 175th anniversary events and sending out a survey to students to see what student government can do better. Senior Margarita Villa, director of allocations, then addressed the allocations board noting that grants will have to be frugal. The floor was then opened to student leaders. Relay for Life coordinator Danielle Boyd, senior, announced that the event will take place on April 21-22. The top five students that raise the most money this year will receive a prize for them and a friend: A free limo ride and dinner in Indianapolis with President Brian Casey. The bulk of the meeting centered around 12 new clubs that sought recognition on DePauw’s campus. Clubs were introduced, discussed and then voted on. Eleven of the 12 clubs gained recognition. The only club that did not gain recognition is 212, a club to help students to learn better time management. The voting concluded the meeting’s events.
Trustees | continued from page 1 that Public Safety patrols would not be affected. “DePauw students are their main concern,” Pierre said. “This will just make their [Public Safety’s] force a little more prevalent in town.” Angela Nally, director of Public Safety, was unavailable for contact in time for publication.
GOALS FOR THIS SEMESTER: • Contstruct a plan to strengthen relationships between students and alumni. One idea is to host an informal event sometime this spring to come together and mingle. • There will be a meeting between members of student government and Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray to strengthen ties between DePauw University and the community. One event could be for Greencastle to host a cultural festival on the square to unite DePauw and the community in song and dance. • An alcohol consumption panel will be hosted as an educational tool to inform students on the dangers of alcohol and what the school can do better to instill this information. • The Tiger Ambassador program could have a more selective process in order for DePauw to have a stronger appeal towards prospective students. • There could be another event to bring the School of Music and liberal arts colleges together.
At the trustees weekend meeting, the board also approved resolutions to change university tuition and hire a new auditing firm. Christopher Wells, vice president for communication and strategic initiatives, confirmed there would be a change in tuition but was not willing to comment on a specific number. The university is expected to release details of the new tuition numbers later today.
NEW CLUBS RECOGNIZED: - Alpha Tau Omega fraternity - Bon Appetit - Robotics Club - Gaming Club - National Society of Collegiate Scholars - Pre-Dentistry Club - Student Athletic Advisory Committee - Trap & Skeet Team - Underrepresented in Science - UDI’s Gluten Free at DePauw -Volleyball Club
After over 50 years of business with a previous auditing firm, the university has hired Crowe Horwath LLP. Kevin Kessinger, associate vice president for finance, said the university stands to save around $100,000 over the next three years because of the change. The trustees further discussed fundraising priorities for the university, Wells said, outlining support of faculty, student experience and need-based fi-
nancial aid as target areas. According to Wells, the trustees also openly endorsed Mark McCoy, dean of the School of Music, and his vision for the college’s future after a presentation to the board. The board of trustees meets three times each year in the fall, winter and spring. The fall and spring meetings usually take place on campus while the winter meeting moves to a different offcampus location each year.
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TDP: What’s the most interesting piece you’ve ever written? IF: One of my favorite articles I have written for “The New Yorker” recently was the piece I wrote for the tenth anniversary of Sept. 11. I wrote about a bus driver who had taken passengers into the city the day of Sept. 11 but then had to turn around once he got there because of what happened. One of the regular passengers died. Sal, the bus driver, was a very spiritual type of person, the type of person who can see that in other people. He saw that in that regular passenger that died. Sal was just one of those people who had a holiness about him. It was such a satisfying piece to write because it pointed out the good in the world. Most good in the world goes unnoticed. TDP: Who is the coolest person you have ever gotten to interview? IF: Randy Newman was an interesting person to interview. He wrote the songs for the “Toy Story” movies. He was a cool guy, really funny. One of my
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TDP: You worked at Playboy for a bit before getting your start at “The New Yorker.” What was your time there like? IF: While I was working for “Playboy,” I lived in Chicago and thought the city was a great place. I had a very small apartment with no furniture in it. The only thing I had was a mattress in the middle of the room. I always sat and read and wrote and piles of papers and books collected around the mattress. The landlord actually said it was a huge fire hazard. I was grateful to have had all of that time in the city to read. Reading is such an integral part of writing. While I was there, I also took the time to read “The New Yorker” forward and backward, which definitely helped when I applied. TDP: Why did you quit “Playboy?” IF: Well, I did learn one thing while I was at “Playboy.” You might think that writing captions for pictures of naked people is really easy. But everyone has a special talent and some people there were very good at writing captions for those photos. I was definitely not one of them. I
TDP: Where do you see yourself in 10 years? IF: I will still be writing. I want to write more books. I actually have a novel coming out in the fall. It’s called “Cursing Mommy.” It’s basically about various situations happening and a household and then the mom just flipping out. Cursing is much more accepted in households nowadays. When I was a kid, I never heard my mom curse. Maybe she said “damn,” but that’s it. TDP: If you could give one piece of advice to aspiring writers, what would it be? IF: I would tell them that persistence and a small amount of talent gets you further than big talent. You just have to stick with it. Writing takes faith, it’s almost religious. You need to cultivate, think and pay attention. Reading is also essential to becoming a writer. Writing without reading is like talking without listening. It’s just chaos. It’s destructive. DePauw, it’s such a great place to learn. I hope folks here understand how many resources are available and take advantage of the time they have to read.
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The new dumbbells and barbells in the Lilly Athletic and Recreation Center bought this past fall are the only changes planned to be made to the athletic facility according to current plans, said Assistant Athletic Trainer Roger Dortch. The weights were purchased in October 2011 thanks to a monetary gift, and put in place over fall break. Dortch has heard that students are pleased with the new equipment even though the change is not dramatic. The old weights were rusty and roughed up — and the new weights are softer and provide students with a cleaner grip. Students expressed satisfaction with the new weights. “Lilly needed new weights,” freshman Emma Haynes said. “The old ones were rusty and sometimes uneven. The new weights are easier to grip and much more balanced.” Freshman Chad Hale agreed. “The new weights are in better shape, and I enjoy using them.” Even though new free weights have been added to the fitness center, some students remain disappointed with Lilly’s fitness equipment. “It still needs improvements drastically,” sophomore Michael McManis said. “Lilly could expand to include athletes and students allowing them more space.” Despite some students’ opinions, Dortch believes there isn’t an issue of needing new equipment. He says the problem is not properly maintaining the equipment. “We need to do the simple things of cleaning equipment surfaces of sweat and dirt after they are used, picking up weights, dumbbells, used towels and putting them back in their appropriate places,” Dortch said. “We do have quality equipment. It is not taken care of the way it needs to be.”
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TDP: Which one of your books is your favorite? IF: I do have a favorite, but I feel bad about saying it. It’s like the favorite child, its one of those things you can’t say. My favorite book that I have written is “Great Plains,” which came out in 1989, the year my daughter was born. It was my most successful book. It was an investment. It was a risk.
TDP: Who is your favorite author? IF: After reading and writing a lot, you really start to develop a sense for literature. It’s so hard to pick just one, but I guess I would have to go with Mark Twain. He’s the classic American writer. I would also recommend Joseph Brodsky, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Flannery O’Connor is hilarious and grim. I have also been reading a lot of Robert Frost lately. Oh and Joseph Mitchell – he’s a great reporter.
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The DePauw: Where do you get your inspiration for your work? Ian Frazier: I really like to write about my experiences. I think people write the best when they write about what they like.
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Ian Frazier, author and columnist for “The New Yorker,” has been in the business for 39 years, doing everything from creating captions for nude photos at Playboy to writing a national best-seller. Both funny and thoughtful, Frazier speaks on comical career moments, personal achievements and advice for aspiring writers.
most memorable interviews was with Bear Bryant, a longtime University of Alabama football coach. He had written a book and I noticed that in his book, each time he got a new air conditioner he specifically mentioned it. When I sat down at the interview, I didn’t have much time to talk to him. Imagine 50 people were lined up for interviews after you and someone was timing the interview with a stopwatch. I sat down and mentioned air conditioners to him. Turns out, he had grown up in the south and didn’t have air conditioner as a kid, so getting air conditioning was a big deal to him. He hadn’t even realized that it was in the book so often. Bear got on a roll talking about air conditioners and kept talking and talking. It was funny because everyone was looking at us, waiting for me to finish the interview, but Bear was still talking away.
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Students celebrate the year of the dragon By LEANN BURKE news@thedepauw.com
As the Chinese New Year came to a close, students from around the world came together to celebrate their culture and welcome the year of the dragon. At a party organized by the ASIA Club on Saturday night, students welcomed the final day of the Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival. The students celebrated the new year of the dragon with Chinese and Filipino foods, games, student performances and authentic dragon and lion dances performed by the Indianapolis Chinese Community Center. The Chinese New Year, also called the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is the most important celebration of the Chinese culture. The festival is referred to as the Spring Festival because it marks the end of the winter season on the lunar calendar. The 15-day-long celebration begins on the eve of the New Year. The celebration is drenched in tradition from red decorations to gifts of money given in red envelopes. Red — the symbol of good luck — is the color of the festival. Another tradition involves writing wishes for the coming year on red slips of paper,
which are then hung on the walls. “My favorite part is getting money from my parents in the red envelopes,” said Jing Jing, an international student from Beijing. While a feast is one of the main traditions of the festival, the foods eaten at the feast vary according to region. In northern China, dumplings are the main food while in southern China, niangao, or a cake made from sticky rice, is the main dish. “My favorite part of the New Year celebration is definitely eating dinner and watching TV with my family,” said Zhyian Jian, another Chinese international student. Another integral part of the traditional celebration is the dragon and lion dances, though they are rarely performed in person. “[The dances] require too many people for everyone to perform them, but we all know the tradition,” Jing said. “Today, the dances are a part of the television special shown on the eve of the New Year.” On the 15th day, the celebration concludes with the Lantern Festival. Traditionally many red lanterns are lit and set free to float in the night sky. The children carry the lanterns to temples and solve the riddles written on the lights. In ancient times the lanterns were very simple — only nobility flew ornate lanterns. In modern times, the designs have
grown to be much more complex and are often in the shape of an animal. In some areas, the Lantern Festival is called the Chinese version of Valentine’s Day because it celebrates love and affection. In Chinese culture, a particular animal denotes each year. The animal of 2012 is the dragon. In Oriental culture, dragons are a sign of good fortune and great power, therefore people born in dragon years are honored and respected. The Chinese zodiac considers people born in the year of the dragon to be free-spirited, innovative, enterprising, brave, passionate, tactless, conceited and quicktempered. The dragon’s characteristics are affected by one of the five Chinese elements: Earth, fire, water, wood and metal. The five elements rotate in a way similar to the zodiac, and occur once every 60 years. This year is a water dragon year, which last occurred in 1952. Water years are said to have a calming effect on the personalities of those who are born in the year. Many international students could not travel thousands of miles home for the festival, which traditionally revolves around family. “In the days before the New Year, it is almost impossible to get train tickets because everyone is trying to get home to their families,” Jiang said. Students said they were happy to gather with a
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CAMPUSCRIME Feb. 9 • Suspicious persons — delayed report • Officer checked area / unable to locate subjects | Time: 10:10 p.m. | Place: The Inn at DePauw/ The Duck • Suspicious person — delayed report • Pending | Time: 10:30 p.m. | Place: Off campus Feb. 12 • Disturbance / possession of marijuana / possession of paraphernalia • Citations issued / forwarded to Prosecutor’s Office and Community Standards Committee | Time: 12:24 a.m. | Place: Londgen Hall • Disturbance / welfare check • Subjected located / checked okay | Time: 3:00 a.m. | Place: 500 Hanna Street • Phone harassment, delayed report • Pending | Time: 1:00 p.m. | Place: Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity • Theft of laptop, delayed report • Pending | Time: 3:00 a.m. | Place: Bishop Roberts Hall • Welfare check • Subjected located/ checked O.K. | Time: 10:15 p.m. | Place: Bloomington Street Hall SOURCE: PUBLIC SAFETY HTTP://WWW.DEPAUW.EDU/STUDENTLIFE/ CAMPUSSAFETY/
The Asian Club helped students celebrate the Year of the Dragon with performances and dances. This costume is for the dragon dance, traditionally performed during the Lunar New Year celebration. HOANG NGUYEN/THE DEPAUW
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175th anniversary exhibit showcases student involvement over the years DePauw Exhibit | continued from page 1 the tough part. The theme of the museum was to be Student Life and Construction on Campus. We wanted to show how the campus had evolved over time and also how the students had evolved over time. We had to break down the information, so I told them that we needed to find something that was three-dimensional and that had a big impact on DePauw’s history. On certain events we did just have to use photographs, but they were such important parts of DePauw’s history that we had to include it. We included things that really revolutionized or impacted our campus. AT: What was your favorite aspect of the time period you were responsible for? SS: President Merlin, because as of Feb. 13, it is the 86th anniversary of lifting the social ban on dancing at DePauw, which he was responsible for doing. That is why I chose that time period. When DePauw was first founded as Indiana Asbury, we held the most Methodist members in the entire country. So for quite a long time, those Methodist roots had been manifested in DePauw’s culture, but in the 1920’s there was a shift in the types of students. From 1920 to 1928, DePauw increased its size by 1,000 students. There were a lot of students coming from the suburban area of Chicago, which is a trend we still see today. But there were students coming back from war who were questioning why they weren’t able to dance. Back in those days, any wiggle of the body to any music was grounds for expulsion. The students put a lot of pressure on President Merlin to lift the ban. They thought dancing was natural and wanted to see a more progressive DePauw. This was the first real breakthrough as far as student life goes. AT: What exactly were the senior cords all about? SS: This was not exclusively at DePauw, but it was kind of compilation of what you had done for the four years. It was something different and unique — it was like a yearbook on your pants. They were very popular in the 1950s and ‘60s. It basically just denotes your four years at DePauw. AT: Student protests have played a big role in DePauw’s history. What is an example of the influence these protests have played? SS: There was a lot to do with the sorority and fraternity life in the late 1800’s that protested the administration. I’ll go into the Black Friars incidence because I find it very fascinating. The Black Friars was a social drinking club on campus comprised of men from several fraternities. There was an initiation which ended at Moore’s, a drinking song — or fight song…definitely a big social drinking club. There was a guy hired by the administration who dealt with investigations.
He wanted to meet with the members of the Black Friars. Five of the 12 showed up and discussed what was going on in Asbury Hall. The next day, those five men were suspended immediately. This reached the student body very quickly. This was in 1959 — Cold War Era — and so the students figured out that this guy was hired in to oust this group. So, students protested — skipped class, burned books right in front of the library, chanted around the administration building, ignored all social protocols. Because of this, DePauw created a strong student senate that actually rivaled the administration. That was actually one of the breakthroughs of that ordeal. The student body has always played a role in making sure that the administration did not get too big. Those students were very active in making sure that DePauw made the right decisions for the students. That seems to be the bloodline of DePauw students — what they see as just is followed through.
Left: Old photos showcased in the Putnam County Museum give current students an idea of what DePauw looked like years before their arrival on campus. Mounted among many others, this photo shows Roy O. West library as it was circa. 1965. Top right: The 24th issue of DePauw's first student newspaper, the Asbury Notes, is on display at the museum alongside older copies of The DePauw, the DePauw magazine, and other student publications. Bottom right: An old letter jacket, cheerleading uniform and other sports memorabilia is on display at the museum with a brief summary of DePauw's athletic history. Previously, when DePauw was Indiana Asbury, baseball was the first sport to be played on an intercollegiate level. In April of 1936, the St. Louis Cardinals played at DePauw against the men's team. PHOTOS EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW
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Expanded Public Safety jurisdiction could up security but also price tag It’s hard to argue with any policy with DePauw students’ safety in mind. So, we’re glad that the board of trustees is following up the Indiana legislation that gives Public Safety the legal right to venture off campus and into Putnam County with legal authority. The benefits of an increase in jurisdiction are obvious; DePauw officers could continue pursuit of a suspect outside of campus boundaries. Currently, they don’t have that power and instead have to rely on the Greencastle Police department to track down someone who may have caused harm to a DePauw student. This is obviously an inefficient system (with no implication that the GCPD is not trustworthy). Alternately, Public Safety also could be called upon to assist other Putnam County Law enforcement in an emergency. The administration maintains that off-campus work would only occur in a time of specific need. For example, a drunk driver who continues off campus can now be pursued by Public Safety. More comprehensive investigations can take place in Putnam County and Public Safety will be able to assist Greencastle Police in case of emergency situations. It’s important to note though, as Professor Kelsey Kauffman, who followed the state legislation closely does, that allowing our Public Safety off campus could invite unwanted lawsuits. And, the new policy could worry DePauw’s insurance holder, increasing premiums to protect against the possibility of an unexpected cost of Public Safety exercising power off-campus. Do cases that require this power happen often enough that a bigger bill is worth it? The concerns the possible new policy addresses — the handicap for Public Safety faces off campus — are legitimate. But so are the concerns the new policy creates, especially when the Greencastle Police are by no means unwilling or unfit to serve DePauw students. That resource is already available. If the insurance policy stays put, we’ll be excited for Public Safety’s extended reach. If DePauw starts to look at shelling out a ton of money, though, let’s reassess. email us at edboard@thedepauw.com
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‘The Vow:’ Valentine’s candy for the heart MADISON BRINKER
The much-anticipated movie “The Vow” came out on Friday, Feb. 10, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The movie stars Channing Tatum (“Step Up”) and Rachel McAdams of “The Notebook.” “The Vow” is the story of a newly married couple that struggles to find love again after an accident that causes McAdams’s character, Paige, to lose her recent memory. She can no longer remember her husband, Leo, or any of their past together. After months of dramatic previews and hype, the movie built itself up to be a serious, heartbreaking, romantic drama — possibly even to be the next “The Notebook.” Although I wouldn’t go that far, the movie was certainly entertaining, containing moments of heart wrenching intensity and beautiful scenery (both geographically and Channing Tatum, who takes his shirt off at least three times throughout the film). On the downside, Tatum displayed subpar acting skills. While he’s eye candy at its finest, he appears on screen as slightly awkward at times.Tatum was previously the star dancer in his debut film “Step Up” and that might have contributed to his awkward movement across the screen and the way he handles some of the more serious moments of the film. Despite his toned body, it appeared as if his hair dresser decided to comb his hair in every direction just
for the fun of it, which became a huge distraction. On the other hand, McAdams’s performance was no less than her usual: Well-characterized and believable. The beautiful star scores again alongside a less-thanOscar-winning Tatum. The film fulfilled its expectation of being a mixture of “Dear John” and “The Notebook,” both movies the stars filmed earlier. However, “The Vow” wasn’t previously a Nicholas Sparks book, but instead a combination of true events which compliments the movie’s attempts to play out the struggling romance between the couple. I was hoping for a tearjerker, but the movie didn’t move me to the edge of my seat (though my companions might argue otherwise). It was more straightforward than “The Notebook” and focused on a journey of love rather than suspense, which allowed viewers to lie back and enjoy watching the story of difficult love unfold. “The Vow” is clearly geared toward a female audience, and in a packed theater on opening night at Plainfield’s Rave Theater, there were definitely a minority of men in the audience. Just the few that looked as through they had been dragged a long by unmerciful girlfriends. All in all, the movie fulfilled my expectations and I left the theater confident my money had been well spent. So for those of you who are fans of “The Notebook” or Channing Tatum’s body, this movie is definitely for you. — Brinker is a freshman from Stevensville, MI. with an undecided major. opinion@thedepauw.com
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Spending the Lunar New Year half a world from home HAI NGUYEN
While many people in Asia were celebrating Lunar New Year, I was here in the frigid weather of Greencastle. It was not a fun experience, but I’ve gotten used to it because this year was not my first time missing New Year’s dinner with family. When you have to endure something unpleasant more than once, I guess it will be less unpleasant and more bearable over time. Some of you may ask, what exactly is Lunar New Year? Maybe you have heard about it before, but just aren’t clear of its meaning. Lunar New Year is a festival celebrating the beginning of the year in lunar calendar. As the solar calendar (which is used worldwide today) uses the position of the earth relative to the sun to tell dates, the lunar calendar is based on cycles of the lunar phase. Therefore, dates and months in the two calendars are very different.
The Lunar New Year celebrations are often on different dates of our “normal” calendar each year. Lunar New Year is celebrated in most countries in East and South East Asia. Even though the solar calendar is officially used in those countries, people from these countries still consider the lunar calendar traditionally and ritually important. These cultures continue this valuable tradition because they believe using the lunar calendar is the best way to pay respects to their ancestors.
“It is supposed to be this time of year when family members gather together regardless of how busy they are.”
So, you ask, what do people do during Lunar New Year? It varies depending on where you celebrate it. But in Vietnam, where I am from, people will prepare dishes and fruits and use them to worship the Gods and ancestors in a ceremony known as “Cung Giao Thua” or “New Year’s Worship.” After that, the whole family has the last dinner
of the old year and spends the rest of the night together. However, some may not stay at home but go out to the main streets in the city to see fireworks. On the first several days of the New Year, family members wish each other health and happiness, children receive “lucky” money from adults, and people go to temples to pray for success and luck. The first person to go to a house (or “xong dat”) in the New Year is believed to bring fortune or misfortune to the family living there. Therefore, each family often chooses a person beforehand to “xong dat” to make sure they will have great luck next year. This is the second time I am not home during the New Year festival. It is supposed to be this time of the year when family members gather together regardless of how busy they are. However, my studies and the long distance between the United States and Vietnam would not allow me to do that. And of course, I feel homesick not being able to see my family during one of the most important festivals of the year. — Nguyen is a sophomore from Hanoi, Vietnam majoring in economics. opinion@thedepauw.com
Underrepresented in Science on studysession misunderstanding in student gov. During the student government session on Sunday Feb. 12, several DePauw Student Assembly members were concerned about the academic integrity of Underrepresented in Science (UiS) regarding student access to past test exams during their study sessions. We would like to address this general misunderstanding and clarify both this activity and what UiS as an organization represents. As mentioned in the presentation given in student assembly, UiS hosts study sessions allowing students to interact and help expand their understanding of the course work. We do provide past tests though these tests are the ones that professors have already placed online and any student taking the course has access to them. All we do is print out these tests so that it can be a resource for students to use as a study guide at
— Anderson Antoine, junior President of Underrepresented in Science
Correction from Eye On The World The editorial board of Eye On The World would like to call to your attention a correction in the Fall 2011 issue. The article “Jangele Ma — Teach Me” by Sajel Tremblay was based on her individual expe-
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What do you want student goverment to accomplish this semester? “More campusunifying events, because campus is too divided.”
KIRSTEN SEELAND, senior “I would like to see a panel of students, faculty and staff discuss about the alcohol consumption [on campus].” KREIGH KAMMAN, senior
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR our sessions if they desire. We are thankful to the student assembly for recognizing us as an organization and we are sorry about the miscommunication that has occurred. UiS strives to uphold academic integrity and does not support students violating the rules set forth the university. We are excited about the opportunity to support students through our organization and will work to make a positive impact on campus.
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rience in Pikine, Senegal and was incorrectly presented as an experience of Africa. We also regret labeling articles by country, as we don’t wish to present students travels as representative of an entire nation but rather highlight their unique off-campus experience. Unfortunately our error is not the first on DePauw’s campus. Africa is incorrectly portrayed as a single country, despite the reality that it is composed of 52 countries and 1 billion people. This is perpetuated by national media and other social institutions, but moving forward as an editorial board and members of the student body we will be changing the editorial process to present ourselves our writers in a more accurate manner. If you have any further feedback or comments please do not hesitate to email eotw@depauw.edu
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DePauw travels, trounces Oberlin By MATT REDA sports@thedepauw.com
The DePauw women’s basketball team took the to the road for the first time in February for a matinee showing this past Saturday at Oberlin College. The Lady Tigers enjoyed a comfortable 70-39 victory over the hosts in their third-to-last conference game of the regular season. Following the Saturday triumph, DePauw climbed the D3Hoops.com national ranking to sit at the fourth spot at the weeks end. DePauw (21-1) roared out of the gates, took the lead and never gave it back against the Yeowomen. Oberlin was within three points with around nine minutes to play in the first half. It was the closest they would come to tying the Tiger women. With six minutes left in the half, sophomore Ali Ross converted a three-pointer that opened the floodgates for an unprecedented 20-0 run by the Tigers to close out the half. Oberlin failed to make the game competitive in the second half and a couple of DePauw runs closed out the game quickly and efficiently. The Tigers benefitted immensely from some big time offensive performances from sophomore Alex Gasaway, senior Katie Aldrich and junior Kathleen Molloy. The trio scored 18, 14 and 10 points, respectively. Senior Kathryn Denbow and junior Katie
Walker assisted three times each while junior Ellie Pearson grabbed eight rebounds and four steals. Having clinched the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament last week, the Lady Tigers could relax these next two games in preparation for the upcoming NCAC tournament. “While we know we’ve done well in this new conference and are happy for our success, coach doesn’t want us to relax, and I certainly don’t want to become complacent in what we’ve accomplished,” Gasaway said. “What’s important is what comes next, and we know the competition is going to become more and more difficult the further we get into March and we need to do whatever we can in practice to ready ourselves for that.” Pearson stressed that the team never looks past a game. “It is rewarding to see our hard work pay off as we have secured the No. 1 seed for conference,” Pearson said. “It can definitely be easy to get into the lull of winning but focusing on one thing at a time helps overcome that. We can’t take winning for granted. Instead we must take it one day at a time, one practice at a time, one play at a time, one game at a time. Thinking about the past and the future are only distractions. Our day-to-day focus as a team is powerful enough to prevent us from relaxing against opponents.” The Lady Tigers play their last final home game of the regular season this Wednesday at 6
Junior Kathleen Molloy dribbles around a Kenyon player during DePauw’s 68-47 win on Jan. 31. ARCHIVE PHOTO / THE DEPAUW
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Another loss after poor shooting, though conference still in sight By PARKER SCHWARTZ sports@thedepauw.com
The DePauw men’s basketball team has now dropped five of their last six games after an underwhelming loss to Oberlin 49-48 on Saturday. The Tigers had two chances to score in the final five seconds of the game, but failed to convert on either attempt. “We came out flat coming off a tough loss to Denison,” sophomore guard Alex Payne said. “I think partially, we just overlooked (Oberlin). That just can’t happen especially in a new conference.” The Tigers shot just 37.5 percent from the field in a loss that marked a steep turnaround from DePauw’s last game against Oberlin on Jan. 21, in which the Tigers dismantled the Yeomen 69-37. That win was only their second in conference play. DePauw will finish its regular season this week, with games against the Wittenberg Tigers Wednesday night and Wooster on Saturday. Those opponents are tall orders for these Tigers who stand at 13-10 overall, 7-7 in the NCAC. Though the Tigers have struggled defensively at times, it is a more methodical and effective look on offense that has sparked former Tiger victories. “Our recognition on the offense end needs to improve,” assistant coach Brian Oilar said. “We didn’t know what we were looking for and when to look for it. We have lost some offense chemistry a little bit and need to get the ball to multiple sides of floor.” Regardless of recent struggles, DePauw still has an outside chance to gain home court advantage in the conference tournament beginning Feb. 21. “If we can have two great performances in these next two games, I don’t think it’s going to matter who we play,” Oilar said. “We can beat anyone in the league. We’ve proven that at points in the season.” The top eight teams out of 10 are invited to the NCAC Tournament. DePauw is currently sitting at sixth in the standings. To gain home court advantage, DePauw will need to be at least a No. 4 seed — they are currently two games back from Wabash, who hold that spot. DePauw will look to surpass Denison for the No. 5 seed. Denison sits one game ahead of DePauw and finishes the year at home against
Kenyon and away at Ohio Wesleyan. “We are definitely thinking about [the NCAC Tournament],” junior Kevin Sullivan said. “As it stands, we will either be at Ohio Wesleyan or at Wabash. Those are two places we will have to stick it out and get a win.” In the short term, Wittenberg is an immense challenge. The other Tigers from Springfield, Ohio, clinched at least a share of the NCAC regular season title with a 68-62 overtime victory over second place Wooster on Saturday. “They offer a lot of big guys down low that can bang around,” Sullivan said. “I’m confident in [senior] Sean Haesley, [sophomore] Camron Burns, [junior] Barry Flynn and [freshman] Tommy Fernitz posting up down low. I’m confident in our matchups. We only lost at their place by four, I think it will be a different story once we have some fans in our seats.” With a two-game lead and a confident victory, Wittenberg will be a challenge for a young Tiger team who have struggled shooting the ball all season. The most prevalent challenge will be containing senior Clayton Black, who leads Wittenberg with 14.6 ppg and 7.2 rpg. Black, who surpassed the 1,000-point marker for his career, is a physical, athletic and tenured force down on the blocks, making him a challenge for the Tigers both on offense and defense. “We need to have better preventative defense on [Black],” Oilar said. “That means not letting him catch the ball on the first play. Once he’s got it, he’s really tough to handle. We want to push him off the blocks and off the lane.” DePauw will need to rebound more effectively against Wittenberg as they were out-rebounded 35-to-25 in their last game against the Tigers and shot just 9-for-30 from three-point territory. “We need to come out and follow the same game plan with fewer defensive lapses,” Payne said. “Wittenberg is a first place team and maybe this is exactly what we need to come out with more energy.” Having endured a full schedule in a battletested NCAC, DePauw knows that losing at this stage is not an option. The clock has struck, and it’s time to see if DePauw can culminate their season into one of progress and success.
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The DePauw men’s swimming and diving team, now ranked 10th in the nation, will face off against the top two teams in Div. III this Thursday in hopes of qualifying for the national competition at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis’s natatorium. “Everyone is really looking forward to [the meet],” sophomore Cameron Wiethoff said. “I mean, we’re a little nervous going into the NCAC, but we’re confident and had a great season last year and undefeated in dual meets this year so we’re excited and think we’re going to do very well.” The Tigers sit at a perfect 7-0 in dual meets on the season and coming off a dominant victory over Rose-Hulman 202-57. The Tigers have won the DePauw invitational as well as the Patrick Woehnker Invitational at Wabash College, while placing second at the Washington-St. Louis Invitational. The Tigers claimed conference championships in the last six years in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, but will face off in their first year in a new and much deeper conference. The team placed an impressive 13th overall at last year’s NCAA Championships. In their inaugural year in the North Coast Athletic Conference, the team is looking to make a statement going up against the top two ranked swim teams in the nation — Kenyon College and Denison University. “We definitely want to start out on the right foot
Track | continued from page 12 “We’re behind other teams because we’ve only had like two weeks of practice, but everyone is definitely improving,” Wong said. On the men’s side, freshman Steven Rutherford continued his success in the long jump with a third place finish and senior captains Tyler Giesting and Jon Cripe finished third and fourth in the 800 and 1,000 meter runs respectively. The 4x400 meter relay team rounded off the day with a fifth place finish. Giesting was not pleased with his performance. “I’m not thrilled with how I ran,” Giesting said, “the times were okay, but I made a couple of very basic mistakes in both races I can correct.” “With every week of practice the men are getting better. A lot of our contributors are freshmen and these are some of their first college track meets. Eventually they can be the core of this team which is exciting,” continued Giesting. The young rosters on both the men’s and women’s
heading into the NCAC championships and really set a high marker for us going into the new conference,” senior captain John Montgomery said. Sophomore Jack Burgeson, who qualified for nationals last season, sees this as a great opportunity to put DePauw swimming on the map. “We’re kind of in the transition of becoming one of the top teams in the nation, so we’re definitely excited to have the opportunity to swim against these teams at the conference meet before we swim against them at nationals,” Burgeson said. “In our first year we want everyone to know DePauw’s here and we’ll put up a fight.” The team is looking to improve its times in hopes of making qualifying national cuts for the national championships. With various swimmers qualifying earlier in the year for nationals, the team thinks they will have to improve their times if they want to keep those national cuts. Montgomery understands how important one race can be in a competition as big as the conference championship. “We all feed off each other,” Montgomery said. “A lot of the national level guys look at the people who might not be the fastest, but they see someone who really steps up in their swim and has waited for this one moment to go fast at conference and a lot of times those swims will motivate us for the bigger swims.” The team travels to Canton, Ohio to compete in the NCAC Conference Championships on Thursday in hopes of extending its season into the national championships.
teams have proven that inexperience does not necessarily mean negative results. Both sides saw a multitude of freshman compete and finish in top spots in their events. Four freshmen from both squads ended the day with top ten finishes in individual events. The Tigers now have just three weeks before their first-ever indoor conference championship meet at Crawfordsville. “We just hope to keep getting better, the younger athletes to keep setting new (personal records),” Wong said. “We’re staying healthy and we hope everyone can stay healthy.” Giesting also looks for his team to improve in the upcoming weeks. “Coach is still figuring out what events everyone will compete in at the conference meet,” Giesting said. “So over the next weeks I’m sure he’ll be tweaking a few things and setting a strategy to maximize everyone’s talent and abilities.” The Tigers will host their last home meet of the indoor season Saturday, Feb. 8 at the DePauw Classic. The meet is set to start at 11 a.m.
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Mens, womens track teams place fourth at DePauw Invite week,” said Stoffregen. “Fourth place for both squads was good. I’m looking forward to our last home indoor meet. It was great to see Pascale Hansen set the new school record in the pole vault.” Hansen was surprised, but excited about setting the record this past Saturday. She expresses high team and individual hopes for the rest of the season. “It’s going to be a great year, people are breaking records all over the place.” said Hansen. “I’d like to beat the indoor and outdoor record.” A litany of athletes from the women’s team had top five finishes including a third place finish from freshman Hope Jordan in the mile run, a fifth place finish in the same event from senior Claire Hollis, two third place results from sophomore Katie Doran and freshman Elizabeth Dilbone in the 600 meter and 1,000 meter races respectively, a second place finish from the 4x200 meter relay team and a third and fifth place finish from junior captain Chenae White in the 60 and 200 meter dashes. In the 60, White broke the previous team record she last weekend with a time of 8.26 seconds. Senior captain Sam Wong finished seventh in the long jump and was proud of the team’s performance.
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The pole vault pit was the place to be Saturday at the Indoor Track center as two separate track and field Tiger athletes obtained great results during the DePauw Invitational. Sophomore Kyle Mackey was the event winner on the men’s side with a jump of 4.2 meters (13’9.25”) and freshman Pascale Hansen set a new team record with a height of 2.95 meters (9’8”) on her way to a second place finish. Both women’s and men’s squads finished fourth during the meet. Bethel was the overall winner on the women’s side with 140 points compared to the Tigers 79.5 points. The distance medley relay of – was the lone first place finish for the women’s team. The men saw a talented and deep Wabash team win the meet with 192 points. The men’s 55 points earned them a fourth place finish. Mackey’s win was the only top finish for the team. “You know, you can’t greedy about winning,” Mackey said. “I always set high goals for myself and hope to obtain them. What I jumped was what I wanted and it got me the win.” Men’s and women’s Head Coach Kori Stoffregen was pleased with the results from both teams. “I really thought both teams made a lot of progress this
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Sophomore Ashley Guevara participates in the high jump at the DePauw Indoor Track & Field Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The women’s team placed fourth with 79.5 points. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW
Swimmers look to conference championships, hope for nationals By ELEANOR AXT sports@thedepauw.com
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After taking some time to rest up and recover, the 2012 North Coast Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships are here at last. “We’ve been training really hard all season,” senior Catie Baker said. “We want to have a good showing our first year [in the NCAC] and show them what DePauw’s made of.” With the second and third highest nationally ranked teams, with secondranked Kenyon and third-ranked Denison sitting atop the conference, the Tigers have set their goal on third place. “We’re going to be in a tight battle for third against Wittenberg and a number of other schools,” assistant coach Erin Mullins said. “It’ll be a great atmosphere. I think it’ll help them swim faster.” The Tigers are eager to be facing tougher competitors than they have in previous years in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
“Unless you go to nationals you aren’t usually facing that kind of talent, so we’re lucky,” junior Kelly Harms said. Baker said that this will be a much deeper meet than those in the past and that while the SCAC had some talented swimmers, the NCAC is a much greater level of competition. “Honestly, we are competing for third realistically,” Baker said. “It would take some phenomenal life-out swims to beat Kenyon and Denison.” Besides the conference title, many of the athletes are competing for a chance to swim or dive at the Div. III women’s swimming and diving national championships at Indiana UniveristyPurdue University Indianapolis’s Natatorium. There are three different ways to make the national competition so the Tigers will not necessarily need to win the championships overall to have some swimmers go on to nationals. In the NCAC, two levels of time and scoring standards are created in events to gauge athletes who do not win their
event. An A-cut time means a swimmer automatically has a spot at the nationals. A B-cut time gives an athlete a reservetype status at the national competition. These standards are created at the beginning of the season and can be reached at any time during the season. “If you get a B-cut time, you pretty much sit around and wait,” Mullins said. Baker has already received B-cut times in the 100 breast and 200 breast. Mullins said that there is still a possibility to achieve an A-cut time at championships. “It’s all based on the individual,” Harms said. “[The team] could win conference and not have anyone qualify. It’s the luck of the draw.” Overall, the team is excited to face faster swimmers and compete in the NCAC for the first time. “I believe everyone’s going to do really well,” Harms said. “We mixed up a lot of things compared to last year. I’m looking forward to seeing how everyone swims. It’ll be rewarding.”