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Chinese New Year CARL BERNSTEIN, WORLD-RENOWNED JOURNALIST, SPOKE IN MEHARRY HALL WEDNESDAY EVENING AND TOLD STUDENTS TO “BE A GOOD LISTENER. LET PEOPLE TELL YOU WHAT THEIR TRUTH IS.” SUNNY STRADER / THE DEPAUW

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There were at least five popped balloons on the ground for every child at Putnam County Library celebrating the Chinese New Year Wednesday evening.

From five to seven, preschool to elementary-aged children enjoyed traditional Chinese games and food. In the absence of fireworks, they popped balloons to replicate the noise.

Troy Scott, assistant director of Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department, organized the event and to ensure accuracy, Scott enlisted help from DePauw’s Explore Chinese club.

“The goal is for kids to have fun and learn something—we try to sneak in a little education—and we like them to bring parents, too,” Scott said. “We want to bridge, get students involved with Greencastle and Greencastle involved with the university.”

With help from Explore Chinese, Scott taught the kids and their parents about various aspects of Chinese culture, including the Chinese calendar and food—explaining, for example, that fortune cookies are not at all Chinese. They originated in New York City.

Other traditional food included egg rolls, cracker bars made with rice and wafers.

In addition, a table was set up with activities and information sheets for the children to learn about the Chinese calendar and the Year of the Snake.

Freshman Explore Chinese member, Riki Gao, said the year of the snake is one of twelve animals in the twelve-year cycle. Each year he celebrates that year’s corresponding animal.

“At the beginning of the year, we buy [things resembling] that

year’s animal—this year a snake—to put in the home, like toys,” Gao said.

There were also games for the children to gain cultural insight.

“Kids start playing, they ask questions and they take that [knowledge] home,” Scott said.

Scott recruited Explore Chinese to give the event a personal touch.

“Our goal was to bring someone who could tell us about their cultural experience, whether they’re of Chinese descent, come from China, or just into studying Chinese culture, instead of using just what we see on television,” Scott said. “They also could tell me what they had done in their homes. When fireworks were unavailable, one student told me, she and her family stepped on balloons to make noise.”

Explore Chinese provides language and martial arts lessons for children on Fridays, two one-hour sessions a week. This has been a principal activity of the club since it began two years ago.

Sophomore Bolun Zhang, director of Explore Chinese, has been with the organization for three semesters. Starting with 12 members, there are 17 this semester.

“It’s not happening that fast, but it’s growing,” Zhang said.

The other main purpose of this event was to unite DePauw and the Greencastle community.

“It’s not only one of the department goals, but also one of my personal goals to get the community and campus closer together,” said Scott. “It’s easy for anyone to go to Google or Wikipedia, but it’s nice to get a personal touch from a person who has grown up with it, sharing ideas.”

Bernstein encourages listening, pursuit of the truth

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In the summer of 1972, this week’s Ubben lecturer and worldrenowned journalist Carl Bernstein broke the news of Watergate to an unsuspecting nation.

With the help of Bob Woodward, the two reporters uncovered the biggest scandal the United States had ever seen and unapologetically took down a criminal president of the United States.

Their reporting would later win the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service for The Washington Post.

Wednesday evening, after a long day of shaking hands with faculty and students all over campus, Bernstein addressed a crowd in Meharry Hall to discuss the uncertain future of his craft.

Professor Lili Wright introduced the living legend, and begged the question, “How can we bring our beloved field back from the grave?”

Bernstein responded with just as much passion and love for the industry as one would assume he had as a 28-year-old reporter hot on the trail of the biggest breaking news story of the 20th century, but not without frustration.

“Journalism is not dead,” Bernstein said, peeking out behind

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For junior Jennifer Dickman, discovering that DePauw University was offering a Winter Term trip to Cuba was a chance far too rare to pass up.

“Spanish is my minor, so I’ve been looking for a forum to really speak the language,” Dickman said.

“There’s such a small window of opportunity to go to Cuba, so I jumped on it.”

For Professor Marcelle McVorran, one of the two faculty leaders for the Cuba winter term, travelling to Cuba is an incredibly important opportunity experience for students. The purpose of the trip wasn’t just for students to learn about Cuba and America’s historical and present relationship, but also to experience the socio-cultural impact of the Marxist revolution on all aspects of Cuban culture.

“It’s a different government structure, a place where people who have left the country voluntarily have all kinds of stories to tell,” McVorran said. “We wanted to expose our students to alternative constructions of that reality, as well as come up with their own conclusions of what Cuba means.”

In order to get the students more involved and well-informed on Cuban culture, students attended multiple meetings prior to the trip composed of discussions about contemporary and historical Cuba, as well as talks about cultural differences.

For Dickman, those meetings were crucial.

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“Journalism is a reflection of the larger culture.

It’s troubled. We’ve had thirty years of cultural warfare in America,” Bernstein said. “It has taken a terrible toll on our country, on our culture, on our politics and on our journalism.”

But despite alleged cultural warfare, Bernstein doesn’t seem to think that good reporting is irrelevant nor that it is gone for good. In fact, Bern-

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nervous; I didn’t know exactly what to expect at all,” Dickman said. “We don’t commonly speak about Cuba in the US.” In order for DePauw to receive approval from the United States government to go to Cuba, students had to be approved on both American and Cuban regulations, which only allowed students to visit stateowned locations and agency-sponsored events that had religious or educational purposes.

“I was chomping at the bit with the structure, because I’m not a tourist,” McVorran said. “But I understood that the licensing office had to do that. We were lucky to have had this approved, and so we to meet the terms of the program.”

Upon arrival, students were thrown full-speed into a tightly packed agenda. From cultural centers and museums, to universities and even dance centers, the group was constantly travelling from one place to another via tour bus. Students were able to indulge in a wide range of activities that allowed them to experience multiple aspects of Cuban culture.

According to junior Seth Morris, the unique dynamic among the rather small group of DePauw students and two faculty leaders gave the trip a personal, comfortable feel.

“Professor Fenlon’s awesome energy gave the trip so much life. No matter what environment we were in, she was so upbeat,” Morris said. “I just tried to focus on soaking everything in.”

Due to Cuba’s strict policy on tourists, one activity that students were almost unable to experience, but ended up being a highlight of their trip, was the

chance to speak with the Amigos, or Cuban students.

“The conversations between the two different types of students were absolutely rich,” McVorran said. “I think the knowledge and level of intelligence in terms of everything from foreign policy to art and music that the Amigos were able to give our students shocked them; many DePauw students voiced how much more informed they felt that the Amigos were in comparison to themselves.”

According to sophomore Penny Hyde, that welcome feeling that the Amigos gave DePauw students extended past the classroom.

“Before I went to Cuba, I had these pre-conceived notions that Cubans hate Americans,” Hyde said. “But as I talked with them, I realized we were one in the same; we read the same books, enjoyed the same music, and had so much in common. There’s a lot to be learned from the way they live their lives.”

Dickman agrees Hyde about the personable energy given off by the Cuban natives.

“The natives actually wanted to talk to us about real issues, which made me feel more welcomed there than I do in many American cities,” Dickman said.

McVorran feels confident that DePauw will be able to offer the trip as a Winter Term option again.

“I honestly learned that there are lots of other types of people in the world, and cultural barriers are better broken down,” Dickman said. “I think it’s important for everyone to have the opportunity to experience that.”

stein stressed that journalism is now more important than ever because of issues of bi-partisanship and a general lack of enthusiasm for truth amongst people today.

“We must pursue the best obtainable version of the truth. We live in an age when people…want to enforce what they already know. Facts become unimportant,” Bernstein said of issues caused by America’s largely divided political culture.

Ken Owen, Executive Director of Media Relations for DePauw, said that he hopes that students take the lessons of Bernstein’s lecture to heart.

“We simply need to do a better job of seeking out truths. Finding the truth is never easy. But [Bernstein’s lecture] was a perfect message for our

time,” Owen said.

But despite Bernstein’s frustration with the state of the general American society, he maintained that he still believes in journalists. He stated, “I have total faith.”

Bernstein closed his speech by reminding his audience—both journalists and non-journalists—to listen.

“Every first-rate story I’ve ever done has been a surprise because I listened. I followed where persistence would take me. I went to hear other people, not to hear me,” Bernstein said before adding, “That’s a good place for us to start.”

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Career fair creates On sexuality and spirituality on college campuses jobs beyond DePauw

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DePauw students spent their Valentine’s Day lunch hour looking for jobs they could fall in love with at the 14th Annual Career, Job and Internship Fair yesterday.

Over thirty employers, including Angie’s List, the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Indianapolis Motor Speedway set up booths in the Union Building lobby and ballroom in hopes of finding the next round of passionate new employees.

“We’re looking for that outgoing person with a lot of enthusiasm that we think will be a good fit,” said Nikki Secrest, talent acquisition specialist for Enterprise Holdings. Enterprise Holdings is the company that handles Enterprise Rent-a-Car, as well as Alamo and National car rental groups.

Career fairs provide students with a place to meet several employers, pass out their resumes and begin the networking process. Often, employers will contact students they meet at career fairs in hiring. “[Career fairs] are probably my best resource for recruitment,” Jessica Willoughby said, a campus recruiter from Northwestern Mutual who looks solely for potential interns. “I will reach out to the ones I think will make a good fit, to have that initial conversation and an initial interview.”

DePauw’s Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities office has seen a lot of success from its

career fairs.

“I was just talking to a student who met one of our employers at a career fair in the fall and has a potential opportunity on the table,” Erin Mahoney, assistant director of professional opportunities said. “The Indiana State Museum tries to have a DePauw student intern with them every year, and they use the career fair as that avenue.”

DePauw alumni will often use career fairs to connect with current students and to find potential new hires.

“When Senator Lugar was in office, Amy Huffman who is an alum, would regularly come back and take students from either our fall fair or our spring fair,” Mahoney said.

DePauw’s career fairs usually reach about 10 percent of the campus, and students from all classes will attend. “[DePauw] is fairly unique,” Mahoney said. “A lot of my colleagues at other schools cannot get their students to job fairs. I think our students understand that they can come here and meet a lot of people. For them, it’s probably a time management thing.”

“I think that I have definitely found some good options,” Hendrickson said. “I think that it’s something you have to make time for. Your future is probably more important than anything else you’re doing at 11 a.m on a Thursday.”

Visiting activist Joshua Moon Johnson presented the lecture “Beyond Surviving: A Discussion on Sexuality and Spirituality” on Tuesday night at Peeler Art Center.

Johnson discussed the issues presented in his new book “Beyond Surviving: From Religious Oppression to Queer Activism,” which focuses on Christian college-aged individuals of the LGBT community and their struggles with balancing their sexuality and religious beliefs.

The lecture was open to those of all faiths and affiliations and included an anonymous Q&A at the end in which audience members could text a question to a phone number, without having their identities attached. The lecture was sponsored by LGBT Services, United DePauw, Center for Spiritual Life & AAPI Initiative.

United DePauw Co-President Laila Howard emphasizes the importance of having healthy outlets for LGBT individuals and how college can be an opportune time for students who may be struggling.

“With spirituality and sexuality…the intersection of these two are particularly difficult for some people, and for LGBT students it can create an inner turmoil that really needs to be talked about,” Howard said.

Johnson, the Director of LGBT Services at the University of California-Santa Barbara, began his lecture by providing information about his own background as a queer Asian-American who grew up in a Christian home. It was not until his mid-twenties that he had his first samesex relationship. During this time of his life, he struggled with how his sexuality collided with the faith he grew up with.

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organizations like United DePauw and Code Teal on campus. However, she thinks that is it important to have models like Johnson to remind students to not only accept individuals for their sexuality but that “accepting them for all aspects of their identity, especially their religious beliefs, is something we should want to achieve, too.”

Johnson continued to discuss how many Christian LGBT individuals have felt rejected from their family or their church community because of their sexuality. Such feelings can lead to selfhatred, doubt and depression. Johnson explained that these themes of helplessness are illustrated throughout his book in interviews with LGBT students.

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ality: “You can’t have a relationship with God or that faith if you are queer.”

Suicide is a common theme in the book as well “since it can be a theme in LGBT communities.”

Johnson said this topic must be discussed openly so that students can better support their peers. He further explained that not everyone has the support to “come out,” and that providing safe gathering spaces and other resources in college settings may be helpful for any distressed LGBT students.

Assistant Director of Campus Life and Coordinator of LGBT Services An-Vi Vivie Nguyen aims to invite more speakers like Johnson to campus who students can identify with on different levels.

“It’s so important for these students to have access to good role models and recognize that here’s somebody who’s made it, who is young and going through the same thing,” said Nguyen.

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Gender disparity in DePauw majors

By JACLYN ANGLIS investigative@thedepauw.com

It isn’t uncommon for a DePauw student to sit down on the first day of class and be surrounded by members of the opposite gender.

According to DePauw’s Institutional Research reports, of the 50 majors offered at DePauw, many majors offered show gaps of gender representation in the current senior and junior classes. For instance, the class of 2013 consists of six female and 33 male computer science majors, and 31 female and five male psychology majors.

Gloria Townsend, professor of computer science, shared her thoughts on why more men major in the subject than women.

“There are societal and cultural stereotypes, and those stereotypes dictate that computer science might be antisocial, that people, particularly men, sit in cubicles and acquire monitor tans, and don’t mix with other people at all,” Townsend said.

At DePauw, computer science classes at DePauw emphasize learning about problem solving, programming, and creation of application, among other lessons.

“We do a lot of teamwork, which dispels the myth that everything is solitary,” Townsend said.

Townsend said that DePauw plans to have more contact soon with the National Center for Women in Information Technology, an organization that has listed numerous benefits of having women in computer science field.

“NCWIT says, ‘Computing needs women,’” Townsend said as she held an informative card up.

Some of the points outlined on the informative card include work teams with a 50-50 gender membership have been shown to be more efficient and experimental than same-sex teams.

“The point I think NCWIT is making is that we need to tap [into] a new pool,” Townsend said.

Townsend said there is no reason why women shouldn’t major in computer science if they’re interested in the subject. Townsend said that DePauw has a 24 percent average of female computer science majors over the past decade or dozen years, but across the United States the average is about 11.7 percent.

Still, Townsend said that a 50-50 split would be even better, as she thinks that an even split of gender representation is important in the classroom.

“Anything approaching a third is when one stops feeling like the minority and starts feeling like part of the clubhouse,” Townsend said.

Senior Emily Bichler, a computer science major, said that she thinks the importance of even gender representation depends on the type of class the student is taking.

“If it’s discussion-based, and a class that ensures a lot of opinions will be coming out, you need to see things from different realms,” Bichler said. “It’s important for the learning atmosphere.”

However, in technical classes, she doesn’t think it’s necessary for a certain gender to be represented because it’s not as discussion-based.

“I would appreciate a few more women in class, but I don’t think it would make or break a class,” Bichler said.

Bichler said that she thinks that women are generally more accustomed to taking classes that have human interaction, but that many of them could master the material of computer science.

“I think it’s just a matter of [having] confidence in themselves,” Bichler said.

Eric Gasper, a senior psychology major, said that psychology might not appeal to some men at DePauw since it’s often seen as a “soft” science.

“Maybe they see it as something that can directly relate to or that they could just figure out on their own,” Gasper said.

Gasper thinks that class size, an interesting teacher, and content of a class are more important than an even split of gender representation.

“It doesn’t really matter to me,” Gasper said of the uneven split in his classrooms. “It doesn’t really affect your learning or your studying.”

The communications courses at DePauw, like the psychology courses, have also been attracting more women than men, at 46 women and 28 men in the senior class and 49 women and 30 men in the junior class, as seen on the institutional research website.

“I think, in general, the humanities fields attract more women than men, and that’s often because of cultural norms and expectations associated with different fields of study,” Seth Friedman, assistant professor of communication and theatre, said.

Friedman said that reasons why people don’t major in a subject comes down to a number of variables, such as a communications major not always being seen as the best pre-professional training.

“The pressure on men still to be traditional breadwinners, to be able to make a certain base salary, may scare some away from the field of study,” Friedman said.

Friedman said some may not understand what communications is all about, and they might see fields such as advertising and marketing as the feminized side of the business world. Additionally, it may come down to taking classes with their friends, or the fear that the content of a certain course could attack men.

Friedman said that having multiple perspectives in class and a variety of voices are good things, but he does not see attracting more men to communications as a problem for the major.

“I don’t want to cater to a niche audience that I feel is somehow underserved or underrepresented,” Friedman said. “I don’t feel that is the case anyway, and even if it was, I don’t think we should re-tool our curriculum for the purposes of that.”

Friedman said that he does not support trying

to engineer the constitution of classes with statistic benchmarks in mind. He said that if he saw a problem, he would want to remedy it, but does not see it as a problem for the communications department.

“I still have a good threshold of men in each of my classes, and I don’t feel that men’s voices and perspectives are being drowned out or not heard,” Friedman said.

Michele Villinski, associate professor of economics and management, said that she has never taught a course that had a 50-50 gender representation, but she isn’t sure that’s something she would want to artificially receive.

“I think anybody can benefit from taking econ or from minoring or majoring in econ,” Villinski said. “I think that just like all the different majors and courses on campus, econ helps use think critically about the world.”

However, Villinski said she thinks that there is always more that can be done to attract more women to the major, such as more activities and more partnerships with organizations on campus.

Women in Economics and Business was established in 2010-2011, and Villinski said that she thinks that the reaction has been quite positive from students who attend regularly. They listen to speakers and attend review sessions and learn about networking.

“We generally try to support and encourage women who are thinking about what they might want to do related to economics and business while they’re here, but also once they leave DePauw,” Villinski said.

Villinski said that her colleague Mary Dixon, who is a professor of economics and management, had a faculty fellowship from the university to look at the distribution of men and women in the economics major and some of the reasons behind the distribution. She presented her findings on the disparity to an audience on campus in 2011.

“She found that the percentage of econ majors who are women has hovered around 30 percent since 1975,” Villinski said. “That’s stayed pretty constant, even though the number of Ph.D. economists who are women at DePauw has increased from zero in 1987 to five today.”

Some of the reasons why students did not major in economics, according to Dixon’s study, included that they thought economics was hard, not very interesting, or that it required too much math. Nevertheless, the study found that the majority of students who were economics majors were satisfied with their major, even though they found it to be difficult.

“Student initiative is a wonderful thing,” Villinski said. “I have high hopes that we’ll continue to grow and expand our opportunities through [Women in Economics and Business] and other things we can do through the department.”

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A show to see: annual juried student art exhibition at Peeler

By SOPHIE HOFFMAN features@thedepauw.com

A shoe made completely out of wire, a sketch of a naked woman resembling a hologram and a self portrait of a boy wearing a pilgrim dress were displayed among other pieces of art at the entrance of the annual juried student exhibition.

Since Dec. 10, students throughout DePauw have been entering pieces to be submitted in this year’s show in the Peeler Art Center, which is open through March 22.

Craig Hadley, DePauw’s curator of exhibitions and university collections, has had a profound impact on the show. Hadley hired juror Sarah Aubrey, the curator of art at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Hadley then had to set up the show and decide how the exhibition would be presented.

“When I curate a juried show, I look for common threads that tie the work together,” Hadley said.

Hadley said with so many works of art, choosing what to display is always a challenge “We always have the dilemma of having so many excellent works we’d like to include,”

“Certain works grab you; insist on being included the moment you see them. Others are dismissed but you keep returning to them, an unnamed fascination.”

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curator of art at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.

Hadley said, while also refusing to pick a favorite piece.

Unfortunately though, only 40 works can be selected.

Each work in the show is unique, from a skeleton head on a wall, to a stack of leaves piled up in the center of the room, to replicas of rooms made out of paper collages, to paintings with neon colors that jump out the moment you set foot in the room.

“We try to have a variety of works submit-

ted,” Hadley said of the show.

He said he thinks it’s important that all levels of work are entered and not just the pieces by the seniors who have the most experience.

“A student show is both especially exciting and particularly challenging,” Aubrey admitted in her juror’s statement. “Certain works grab you; insist on being included the moment you see them. Others are dismissed but you keep returning to them, an unnamed fascination.”

There are three different categories in the show: two-dimensional (2D), three-dimensional (3D), and four-dimensional (4D).

Senior Emily Wilson was this year’s 2D winner, Junior Linyao Liu was this year’s 3D, and Senior Sammi Yin won the 4D. “It’s nice to get recognition for artwork,” said Wilson, who won for the second year in a row.

“Personally, I don’t expect to get any recognition or acknowledgement. I just paint to paint.”

Even though some didn’t place, an excessive amount of work went into each and every piece.

Sophomore Lauren Arnold describes what went into creating her piece, “Please Remain Seated,” a very realistic-looking sketch of three old men sitting on beach chairs, looking out into the distance.

“I did it in my drawing class with Laurie Miles. We were asked to find a magazine picture, and I found mine from National Geographic.

Then, we had to shade and enlarge the picture,” Arnold said. “The whole process took her about 12 hours.”

This truly unique, engaging exhibit will be open for a little over a month. Nowhere else will you be able to see works entitled “Metamorphosis,” “Alveoli,” “Please Remain Seated” “Goodnight Vinal Haven,” “102+102+102” and “Flying Hot Dogs.”

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When the doors to the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting open on April 20th, at least 15,000 scientists from around the world will pour in. Two of DePauw’s very own will be among them.

Seniors Maria Haag and Adedoyin Johnson have both been named finalists in this year’s undergraduate competition section of the Experimental Biology Conference, and will head to Boston, Mass. for a four-day biology event full of presentations, networking and (hopefully) award winning.

Professor Pascal Lafontant , who has helped both students all along the way, couldn’t be more impressed.

“It is truly surprising that both students were selected as finalists. I really wasn’t expecting that,” Lafontant said.

While two students out of 15,000 might not seem like many, for a small liberal arts college in the middle of Indiana, those numbers are quite impressive. It gets even more impressive when the pedigrees of the other 14,998 are considered.

“99 percent of these people are researchers and professors at big institutions, and then there are a few undergrad students,” Lafontant said.

Even the other undergraduates hail from big research institutions, like Cornell and John Hopkins, which can be intimidating to researchers from smaller schools, like DePauw.

Johnson considers herself more than up for the challenge.

“The thing about research is that no one knows more about your research than you do because you’re the one doing it,” Johnson said.

However, she admitted to feeling nervous as the date approaches.

“In some ways I’m scared,” Johnson said. This is going to be the first major conference I’ve ever been to.”

But Lafontant’s dedication to the DePauw’s biology department has ensured that while Johnson might be new to the conference

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rch students finalists in competitive conference scene, DePauw isn’t. other—which I don’t like,” he said.

“Two years ago, Tanmoy Das, who was a junior here at the time, was However, the two students doing the competition take a much lighter a finalist at this same conference,” said Lafontant. view of matters.

And Das, who was one of eleven undergraduate finalists, most of “We’ve laughed about it a little bit, but it’s really just awesome that we whom came from large research institutions, didn’t just final: he won. both got this far,” Haag said.

“It was great when we found out that Tanmoy was a finalist, it was Johnson agreed, adding, “we’re not competing, we’re from the same even better when we found out he had won—and it was great for him lab. If she wins I know I’ll be totally happy—but I’ve got dibs on because he won $500.” some of that money.”

While Lafontant’s impressive track record makes it seem Lafontant admitted that while the success is that DePauw is the place to be for biology research, nice it is only a byproduct of the knowledge, both he and his two student finalists admit there and he wants both Johnson and Haag to have been drawbacks. walk away with more than a plaque.

“We don’t have all the resources that insti“My goal is to have students start tutions established specifically for research to think of themselves as scientists.” have,” Lafontant said.

And it’s not just the students’ Often, Lafontant would take a few stupersonal achievements as redents from his lab on “field-trips” to larger searchers that should be celinstitutions that boasted of more precise ebrated; Lafontant stressed the technology. He laments though, that with networking possibilities this lab classes of six or seven, that he was only conference holds for both young able to take one or two students along for women. these half-day ventures.

“That’s another aspect: just Johnson added that with DePauw’s many getting them to interact with other requirements, it’s often hard to find enough scientists. They can see those peotime in a day for both classes and research. ple that they’ve read about, they can ~senior, Adedoyin Though DePauw does offer independent reactually meet those people.”

Johnson search credits that give credit for lab time and are So while all three are hoping that Deworth anywhere from one-fourth of a credit to one Pauw can take home a “W” come April, they credit, this is often not enough. are quite proud as it is.

“You have to find your way around this and that; some se“It’s a huge honor to be able to say I made it this mesters I have research in my schedule, some semesters I don’t and I far as an undergrad,” Haag said. ”This little school in the have to find extra time for it. Research is hard, and this has been a slow middle of Indiana has two students going to this huge conference.” process,” Johnson said.

“Students are stretched,” said Lafontant. “They have a lot of things going on, they have extra-curriculars on top of their normal responsibility .”

But DePauw’s biology department makes up for strained schedules and a lack of access to high quality equipment is other ways.

“I’m working on this lab with Dr. Lafontant,” said Haag, “but it’s my project. I’m the one who presents it. When you go to a larger research institution you’re just helping out a grad student: you don’t experience that same ownership of a project.”

Haag’s experiment is no science-fair project, either. She has, for the last two years, been focusing on heart regeneration in gold fish. Other studies have proven that some species of fish are able to completely regenerate their hearts after a heart attack, and Haag is attempting to discover if goldfish operate the same way.

Johnson’s experiment is also fish related, with Das, winner of the Experimental Biology undergraduate award of 2011, playing a key role in getting this research off the ground.

Johnson, who is studying the side effects of cancer drug Doxorubicin using a Giant Danio fish, said Das “was the one was who really started this project. He had the idea, and then he pretty much dumped it on my head and said, ‘you go with this and see what happens.”

As thrilled as Lafontant is that both students managed to make it this far “the reality now is that they’re going to have to compete against each

“The thing about research is that no one knows more about your research than you do.”

PROFESSOR PASCAL LAFONTANT WITH MARIA HAAG AND ADEDOYIN JOHNSON. PHOTO COURTESY OF PROFESSOR PASCAL LAFONTANT.

THREE ISOLATED HEART CELLS BY FLORESCENCE MICROSCOPY. PHOTO COURTESY OF PROFESSOR PASCAL LAFONTANT

PASCAL LAFONTANT (FAR RIGHT) AND HIS CURRENT LAB STUDENTS. PHOTO COURTESY OF PROFESSOR PASCAL LAFONTANT

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THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board Dana Ferguson | Editor-in-Chief Isabelle Chapman | Managing Editor Joseph Fanelli | Managing Editor Becca Stanek | Chief Copy Editor Anastasia Way | Chief Copy Editor

EDITORIAL Here’s the thing about being a college student.

There is a serious disconnect between the open, thoughtful and educational environment we all experience in lecture halls and classrooms and the behind-the-scenes, dirty world we all slink back to when we finish packing up our books and leave Asbury, Julian or Meharry Hall.

This past Wednesday night renowned journalist, author and speaker Carl Bernstein — one half of the reporting duo that busted the Watergate scandal of the early ‘70s — spoke to students, faculty, administrators and community members in Meharry Hall as part of the university’s Ubben lecture series. He talked about the state of journalism (not dead), the state of our congress (not good) and the possible solutions to creating a society that seeks news that is “the closest attainable version of the truth.”

It was an honest, blunt and thought-provoking speech and we of the editorial board can say allowed us to leave East College in a state of heightened awareness and with a newfound motivation to be active voices and examples of change in our community.

But then of course, we all go back to our rooms and our couches and “hey, The Walking Dead is on” and all of the great lessons we learned from Mr. Bernstein lay dormant in the back of our minds.

That is the challenge about existing on a college campus like DePauw’s. We constantly have great conversations about social change and environmental problems and push each other to think, but at the same time, we are also out to enjoy our college years.

There is a reason the Ubbens contribute so much to bring extraordinary minds to campus and it’s not just to fill a building for a night. These speakers instill our university and our community with ideas we can learn from and apply to our lives.

The challenge, of course, is actually turning those ideas into action.

To everyone who attended the Ubben lecture Wednesday night, or even heard about it from someone who did, we urge you to continue to be aware of the words of Carl Bernstein. Continue to seek out truth, keep listening and sometimes put the “common good” over your own interests.

And for that matter, to be aware that while part of being a DePauw student means having a whole lot of fun, it’s also about applying the knowledge we have gained from our experiences to our lives so we may enter the world in better form to change it.

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Personal responsibility requires “killing the snake” STEPHEN SHAPIRO

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here’s a saying that I really like by a man that I really don’t like: Ross Perot. He said, “If you see a snake, kill it. Don’t form a committee on killing snakes.”

Aside from the fact that Mr. Perot’s snake-slaying agenda seems a bit misplaced, his point remains relatively sound — if something needs to be done, just do it.

The advice can be a double-edged sword (as our shortlived Hoover Gates can attest), but for the most part, wellplanned action on the part of the individual beats out the slow-moving monster of bureaucracy.

Mr. Perot’s advice could be applied to the DePauw bubble, at least on a personal level. I’m not attempting to question the processes by which funds are allocated for university buildings or the quick construction and/or removal of campus fire pits, staircases and garish power outlets along the Burkhardt walkway.

What I mean is a level of personal responsibility that seems to evade people my age, very much including myself.

What happens when an email goes unanswered by a professor? We pout and blame our confusion and declining grades on the professor instead of talking to her directly after class or utilizing campus resources like the Academic Resource Center (a pretty apt name, yes?) to help make our lives easier.

It is remarkably easy to hide behind a veil of technological anonymity and convenience. A classmate recently revealed to my class that he was much more likely to say something rude via text or email than he was in person.

I’m not vilifying digital interaction against personal interaction. Quite the opposite, in fact, as digital communication is not going anywhere anytime soon. But I do think it is imperative that people of all ages pull down the curtain of technological anonymity and allow themselves to be put into situations where you are “killing the snake,” as it were.

Direct and open discourse is the way to open channels that can be voluntarily closed by digital communication.

Again, if something needs to be done, just do it. Don’t twiddle your thumbs waiting for an email from a professor — visit during office hours or stop by the secretary of his or her department.

If you hear from a friend of a friend that your other friend said you’re “whack,” don’t post an angry Facebook status about it while listening to Evanescence. Just talk it out.

I’m still attempting to apply this principle to my own life, and it becomes more difficult the deeper you become embedded in your society, organization or cause. But by killing the snake, you’ll find that life becomes a lot less stressful due to less waiting around for the world to react to you. Instead, we should be acting, and hoping that the world keeps up with us.

— Shapiro is a senior from Southport, Ind. majoring in English literature. opinion@thedepauw.com

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In Putnam County, ‘care’ missing in healthcare GRACE QUINN

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t’s by no means a blessing, but I have spent my fair share of time in doctors’ offices and the ER. I’ve torn ligaments, fractured my spine, sprained both of my ankles, the list goes on. In each and every emergency situation and appointment, I had my mother by my side not only to comfort me, but also to be my advocate. I never realized how important her presence was until now.

I have recently identified a serious issue in the DePauw community that affects the health and well being of every student on this campus, should we ever require serious medical assistance. Over the past few weeks, and in talking with my peers, I have come to question the care we receive when we enter the doors of Putnam County Hospital.

Having personally visited the hospital to support my friends, and witnessing their deplorable treatment, I have grown to be not only nervous for myself, but for all of you as well, should you have to seek medical attention.

Most recently, one of my best friends came down with a fever approaching 105 degrees, a frightening body temperature. We rushed her to

the county hospital where she waited and waited to be treated. Two other girls and I sat in the lobby, hoping and praying they would let just one of us go back there for moral support. The answer was continually no, not only in response to our request, but to hers as well. It wasn’t until they poked her with a fifth IV needle and blood was dripping down her arms to a point where she was kicking and screaming that they let one of us enter her room, simply to hold her hand.

When I finally had the chance to see her, I began to ask questions to the doctors and nurses that I knew my mother would ask in this situation. “How will this antibiotic interfere with other medications she is taking?” I inquired. The nurse looked at me like I was a duck with three heads and snapped back with a snarky response. It became clear in that moment that I was not being taken seriously.

As college students, we’re meant to act like adults and be able to take care of ourselves, but who is speaking on our behalf when we are not able to do so? The answer: no one. Many of us are on our own for the first time, and to be thrown into a medical situation without an advocate is a scary reality. Being dismissed or ignored by the people from whom we need reassurance the most — medical professionals — doesn’t make it any better.

In my experience, when a student needed care we were all treated in the same way, despite the graciousness and warm demeanors we exud-

ed when we walked through the door. Each time I go to the hospital, I see the well-being of the citizens of Putnam County and their loved ones being put before DePauw students, but I recognize where this bias comes from. Perhaps the staff is fed up with the flood of college students every weekend because their blood alcohol levels are dangerously high. Perhaps they are sick of watching us abuse our bodies on a regular basis and then have to treat us when it was our choice to put ourselves in such a hazardous situation. I surely can see the root of their frustration, but that doesn’t make it right.

All patients, regardless of their physical state and its cause, should be treated as dignified individuals deserving of equal medical treatment.

Without doing so, they violate their esteemed profession. The administration also needs to step up to protect us from poor medical care and to advocate for us when we are being disregarded.

But I do realize that in order to get respect, you must give it in return. DePauw must continue to work to curb alcohol-related hospitalizations — arguably the root cause of the hospital’s animosity — and all students should strive to foster positive relationships with the members of our community.

— Quinn is freshman from Kenilworth, Ill. majoring in English writing.

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It’s unfortunate that the most energyefficient and environmentally conservative individuals at DePauw reside in the same building. However, this stands as a challenge to the Non-Humberts to prove their worth as second-rate competitors.

“I think there are more women in the religious studies major, but in terms of area interest, I think the distribution is pretty proportional.”

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Swim NCAC Finals schedule Friday – February 15 W-200 Medley Relay M-200 Medley Relay 15 Minute Break (finals only) W - 400 Individual Medley M - 400 Individual Medley W - 100 Butterfly M - 100 Butterfly *W - 200 Freestyle –Freshman Caroline Bridges looks to excel here *M - 200 Freestyle –Sophomore Casey Hooker is looking good here W - 100 Breaststroke –Junior Allison Kirby has the seventh best time in this event in the conference *M - 100 Breaststroke W - 100 Backstroke M - 100 Backstroke Session Ends (preliminaries) – Diving Break (finals only) W - 800 Freestyle Relay (finals – “A” relays only) M - 800 Freestyle Relay (finals – “A” relays only) Diving- Women’s 1-meter Diving – preliminaries (or at the conclusion of the morning swim session) 6:30 p.m. Evening session begins – Women’s one-meter Diving – finals after 100 backstroke Saturday – February 16 W - 200 Backstroke M - 200 Backstroke *W - 100 Freestyle *M - 100 Freestyle *W - 200 Breaststroke - Junior Allison Kirby has the seventh best time in this event *M - 200 Breaststroke W - 200 Butterfly *M - 200 Butterfly Diving Break (finals only) W - 400 Freestyle Relay M - 400 Freestyle Relay 10 Minute Break (preliminaries only) W - 1650 Freestyle (all but fastest heat-swum fastest to slowest heat) M - 1650 Freestyle (all but fastest heat- swum fastest to slowest heat) 1650 Freestyle Finals - the timed final of the 1650 is the first event of the Saturday final session Diving 12:00 p.m. (approx.) - Men’s three-meter Diving – prelims (or at the conclusion of the morning swim session) 6:30 p.m. Evening session begins – Men’s three-meter Diving – finals after 200 butterfly *Events with promising DePauw athletes ­— compiled by Michael Appelgate

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and I really think that a lot of times they get away with things that I don’t think they should, so the game should stay a little more neutral.”

Thursday morning, Jurewicz struck a more conservative tone, explaining that both teams were very physical throughout the game and her emotions got the best of her in the post-game interview.

“It was a very hotly contested game and I may have said things that don’t sound right or appropriate,” said Thursday. “There were instances that I felt things went too far. I’m a very emotional coach, there’s no covering that up. That impassioned coach in me wanted to protect the players.”

Jurewicz was asked a probing question by Wittenberg play-by-play man, Dave Williams, directly about what she though about the offensive charge call. Williams, who has broadcasted Wittenberg basketball games since 1998, is heard laughingly agreeing with Jurewicz as she answered.

“In all honesty, I’m regretting that the commentator brought that into the conversation,” Jurewicz said. “More of it was driven form the ferocity of the game.

That’s frustrating because it’s easy to see how hard the game way played. Things happen in the game because of the intensity.”

Thirty-eight fouls were called in the game including 21 on DePauw. While Jurewicz said her team only tried to match DePauw’s physicality, DePauw head coach Kris Huffman said Wittenberg (11-13, 7-8 NCAC) was just as tough, and possibly incited more contact than her team did.

“When we scouted them the first time around when we had them at home, that’s one thing we told them — that they’re physical,” Huffman said. “I don’t think our two teams are any different, and I don’t feel like the officials favored one team over the other last night. The way it was called as well, I don’t think any one team won out.”

The lead changed five times, and was tied on four occasions. At the half, DePauw led, 25-22, after going down in the opening minutes, 6-0. The Tiger shot a seasonlow 29.5 percent from the field.

“Wittenberg mixed up their man and zone defenses, and that had us on our heels and indecisive,” Huffman said. “We didn’t have anyone on the court step up and lead to get the ball moving on the offensive end. We were on our heels looking for someone else to do the work.”

But midway through that first half, with DePauw up by three, Kate Walker stole the ball, and on a contested layup, was called

for an offensive charge.

Huffman said Walker’s and Haralmos’s charges were virtually the same.

“To me, those two calls even themselves out,” she said.

Alex Gasaway led DePauw with 18 points and 14 rebounds in the win and Savannah Trees pitched in with 14.

But Huffman and Jurewicz both admitted officiating was inconsistent throughout, and that changed the way the game was played offesively. However, in Jure-

“This wasn’t a game won or lost by the officials ... This was a game we were able to squeak out.”

- Kris Huffman,

head coach of the DePauw women’s basketball team.

wicz’s post-game comments, she said that officials “…let a lot of things go that were just really uncalled for and unfortunate.”

Added Huffman, “It was a physical game and you didn’t know what the call was going to be when the whistle blew. So it’s a tough game to play in. Early on some of our players reacted to some of the calls and we reacted and we can’t react.”

Twelve hours later, Jurewicz raised a concern over the NCAC’s officiating in general.

“Overall we have some looking at to do in the quality of officials, I have said this over the years,” Jurewicz said.

Huffman admitted that the varying calls affected DePauw’s play, but attributed the win — the smallest margin of victory for DePauw since a one point win over Washington University in St. Louis on Nov. 24 — to inconsistency on their offensive end.

“This wasn’t a game won or lost by the officials,” she said. “This was a game we were able to squeak out.”

DePauw next hosts its final regular season home game Saturday against College of Wooster (4-11, 9-15 NCAC).

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Win vs. Wittenberg puts men at third in NCAC

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Team uses turnovers and rebounds in key conference victory

By MICHAEL APPELGATE sports@thedepauw.com

The men’s basketball team earned a huge conference road win on Tuesday as they defeated Wittenberg University 70-62. The win pushed the DePauw Tigers (15-9, 8-7) into third place in the North Coast Athletic Conference with one game remaining in league play.

One of the reasons the team was successful on Tuesday was their success in the possession battle. The team recorded 25 rebounds and only committed nine turnovers.

“They had 17 turnovers and we only had nine, so we were plus in the possession battle,” head coach Bill Fenlon said.

“That’s a really big plus on the road and a big deal in any game.”

The game was back-and-forth for much of the first half until the Tigers were able to gain control against Wittenberg. With 3:43, DePauw went on a 10-0 run to lead 32-20 at the half. Senior Kevin Sullivan and junior Pat Haggin were key in the run as they both knocked down three pointers.

DePauw continued its impressive play in the second half as the team went on another 10-4 run to earn its biggest lead of the night, 44-24.

“In stretches we’ve played really really good basketball,” Fenlon said. “The key for us right now is to bottle the good Tigers and try to bring that. If we can bring that, I feel like we can play against anybody.”

Turnovers were a huge factor for the Tigers in the victory. DePauw had 19 points off of turnovers compared to Wittenberg’s 10.

“I thought we did a really good job of helping each other and we did a good job of squeezing down on their post guys and making them cough it up a little bit,” Fenlon said. “I think it was an overall team effort defensively and on the boards.”

The team, however, was plagued from the free throw line. The Tigers only shot 46.8%, as they were 13-28 from the line.

“The thing about missing free throws is that it’s like pink eye, it’s contagious,” Fenlon said. “I think that’s what happened last night, you know we were a little bit excited, we were trying to close out a big win on the road and everybody had a hand in not shooting it well from the line.”

DePauw will host Wooster College on Saturday. Wooster (21-3, 14-1) currently has locked up first place for the NCAC conference tournament.

NCAC MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS W L Win % 14 1 Wooster 0.933 4 Ohio Wesleyan 11 0.733 8 7 DePauw 0.533 8 7 Wittenberg 0.533 8 7 Kenyon 0.533 7 8 Denison 0.467 6 9 Wabash 0.400 5 10 Hiram 0.333 5 10 Oberlin 0.333 3 12 Allegheny 0.200

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Team outlasts Wittenberg to stay undefeated Wittenberg coach calls out officiating, DePauw physicality after game ing called.

By MICHAEL APPELGATE sports@thedepauw.com

After Wednesday’s 54-46 DePauw win on

In a situation not seen since November, the DePauw women’s basketball team clung to a three-point lead with two minutes remaining in a game against Wittenberg University.

DePauw eventually won by eight points, but the win provoked comments about officiating by the Wittenberg head coach, and an accusation that potential personal fouls from DePauw were not

the road, Wittenberg head coach Sarah Jurewicz grumbled about officiating on Wittenberg’s Tiger Sports Network.

She referenced an offensive charge call on her team with less than two minutes left to play.

Maddie Hochwalt, sophomore, practices butterfly during the last practice of the season on in Charles P. Natatorium on Tuesday. ASHLEY ISAAC / THE DEPAUW

Wittenberg player Katelyn Haralmos sprinted

Here come the Tigers

down the court with DePauw senior Ellie Pearson tracking back to defend. Contact was made on a

Swim teams finish first full day of competition Thursday

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Thursday was the first full day of competition at the men’s and women’s swimming North Coast Athletic Conference championships. After one full day, DePauw women were the fourth ranked team and the men were ranked third out of all of the teams. On the men’s side, Denison is in a strong lead with Kenyon close on their heels outranking DePauw. On the women’s side, Kenyon is on top, followed by Denison; while Wittenberg only holds position over the Tigers by four points with two days of competition still to go.

The women’s team can boast more than just a fourth place seat going into today and Saturday.

Thursday saw the women posting two records during the competition. The 200-yard freestyle relay made up of freshman Caroline Bridges, senior Courtney Lehmann, freshman Erin Horne, and senior Nicole Rosillo put them into the DePauw record books with a time of 1:35.86 in the preliminaries on Thursday morning. The women also landed a third place spot with their time. The relay also made the NCAA “B” cut time in the finals. Then there was sophomore Emily Weber who touched the wall in 5:03.03 to break the school’s 500-yard freestyle record of 5:03.25

-- the record that she had set in preliminaries earlier that morning. Weber finished in seventh place in the event. The women’s 400-yard medley relay had a disappointing disqualification in the event finals.

The men’s team worked hard to go into the rest of the competition in third place, while also grabbing four NCAA “B” cut times. The men’s 200-yard freestyle team also achieved a national “B” cut time and third place with their time of 1:22.92. Sophomore Casey Hooker took third place in the 500 free followed by freshman Alex Grissom in fifth place. Both men made the national “B” cut time of 4:47.33. Blake Lehmann was another freshman boasting an impressive performance at his first conference championships. Lehmann took fifth place in the 50-yard freestyle. The men’s 400-yard relay claimed the fourth of the “B” cuts taken by the men’s team Thursday. The team of sophomore Alex Alfonso, junior Luke Hessburg, junior Matt Gleason and Lehmann touched the wall at 3:22.99 for a third place conference finish.

Friday and Saturday hold the events of many more talented DePauw athletes. With the third and fourth place standings of the respective teams, the sky is really the limit these next two days.

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