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The Seminary St. entrance to the Burkhart walkway sits filled with snow Sunday. This February has been the coldest since 2007, with temperatures averaging 10 to 14 degrees lower than is normal for February. This February has been the fifth coldest and 15th snowiest since record-keeping began in 1871. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW

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Tuition increases, renovation, campus diversity and faculty awards were all covered during the faculty’s monthly meeting on Monday.

President Casey opened the meeting with discussion on the board of trustee’s winter retreat session, which focused on academic enterprise. The board also covered several other issues on campus.

These included the proposition of potentially having a faculty member sit on the board of trustees. The final decision, however, rests with the board, not the faculty.

Further, the board voted to increase tuition to $44,674, a 4.5 percent increase.

In regards to campus construction, the scheduled renovation to the Union Building is on pace, and set to begin in May. There are scheduled updates on

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Suarez, a sociology professor and published author, was described as being passionate, and caring about social justice as well as her students.

Klaus also announced that there will be diversity training for faculty with the primary focus on difference, understanding multicultural identities and transformative teaching. Inclusivity is the primary goal.

There will be an enactment of cultural sensitive guidelines in classrooms, and a culturally relevant curriculum. These workshops will be held on Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13. Professors are encouraged to attend.

Faculty meetings are held every first Monday of the month in the UB ballroom at 4:00pm. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to sit in on the proceedings.

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Hoover, planning related to a Roy. O. West renovation and Dick Vance reported that the Lily Renovation received LEED Gold Status.

Renee Madison also discussed the campus inclusion plan for the 2015-2016 school year with the hopes of developing a long-term plan. More discussions are slated for the April meeting.

John Caraher, physics professor and Chair of the Comittee on Academic Policy and Planning, proposed a potential change to the Winter term/May term, requiring that one of them be a DePauw led group experience; whether it be a course, traveling or service learning.

Carrie Klaus, French professor and Dean of Faculty, announced the United Methodist Exemplary Teaching Award to Marnie McInnes and Alicia Suarez.

McInnes has had a profound role on campus, helping found the women’s studies program and launching the First-Year Seminar program.

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Hubbard Center hires new pre-med adviser

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After being in her new position at DePauw University for about three weeks, Colleen McCracken has her work cut out for her.

McCracken was hired as the Health Professions Adviser in the Hubbard Center for Student Engagement on Feb. 17.

She hopes to create programming and resources for those seeking careers in the medical field by the start of the next academic year.

McCracken previously worked for Indiana University, and she has a PhD in Exercise Physiology. She has taught fitness, physiology and kinesiology classes at the college level.

In her free time, she is a yoga instructor and is interested in wellness as a whole.

Prior to McCracken’s hiring, Ken Kirkpatrick was doing a lot of the pre-med advising. Students then sought additional help and advice from trusted professors, their academic advisers and whoever else they could get advice from.

“There wasn’t one designated person doing all of that,” McCracken said.

She hopes to create specific programming for each type of medicine. This means that the pre-dental advising would look different than the pre-med advising. She wants to create a general timeline in which students should complete some of the core classes for postgraduate medical programs.

McCracken believes in DePauw students’ ability to get into some of the top programs in the nation when they graduate. “[DePauw Students] are a special class of students,” McCracken said.

As a result, she wants to make getting into medical programs less of a guessing game.

“It’s about helping [students] be successful and streamlining the process,” McCracken said.

She will be taking some students to a health sciences fair at Indiana University this semester, and she is meeting with the medical fraternity, which currently has about 50 members, next week to find out what they think could better help students wishing to pursue a career in medicine.

So far, McCracken likes DePauw.

“There’s a very special DePauw connection that is unparalleled to any other institution,” McCracken said.

She said that having better pre-med programming does not undermine the basis of liberal arts.

First-year John Sherers, an intended biology major who hopes to go to medical school, expressed the same sentiment.

“We can still have a liberal arts range of classes,” Sherers said. “We would just have a particular branch towards our end goal, but we’d still branch out into other subjects.”

Sophomore Aaron Mahoney also believes that there is not a disconnect between suggested pre-med courses and the idea of liberal arts.

“I think [having a health sciences adviser is] almost more necessary in a liberal arts school,” Mahoney said.

Mahoney, who is a philosophy major intending to go to medical school, pointed to the fact that non-science majors apply and are accepted to medical school.

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, for 2014 applicants, 41.1 percent were accepted, 40.3 percent of appli-

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Thanks to all our visitors for a stellar Honors and Fellows Weekend. We can’t wait to meet the new classes of these prestigious programs.

Colleen McCracken is the Hubbard Center’s most recent hire in her new position as Health Professions Adviser. PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.DEPAUW.COM cants that majored in biological sciences were accepted, 46.1 of applicants that majored in humanities were accepted, 46.5 of applicants that majored in math and statistics were accepted, 46.8 of applicants that majored in physical sciences were accepted, 40.9 of applicants that majored in social sciences were accepted and 34.5 of applicants that majored in specialized health sciences were accepted.

This data shows that the acceptance rate is nearly constant despite the major. However, according to the 2014 data, humanities majors scored higher on the MCAT than biological sciences majors in all categories.

Mahoney pointed to fellow pre-med seeking philosophy major, Kristina Mulry, ’14. Mulry is currently studying at Indiana University’s school of medicine.

“We don’t necessarily need to have a pre-med program per se,” McCracken said.

Instead, McCracken wants to be there to help students find the resources that they need and to recommend additional things that students can do to increase their odds of being accepted to a graduate program.

“I’m just very excited to be here,” McCracken said. “I feel very very welcomed and very fortunate to be part of the Hubbard Center team.”

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Donation from Cornelsen Charitable Foundation doubles funds for summer internships

BY VICTORIA HOUGHTALEN news@thedepauw.com

Midterm stress may be in full swing, but the Hubbard Center is looking to assuage some student stress this summer.

A donation from the Cornelsen Charitable Foundation of St. Louis has essentially doubled the funds available for students to pursue unpaid summer internships in the coming years.

“Unfortunately we still live in the world of unpaid internships. There are certain industries, especially, that will never have built-in budgets to support students at their organizations and unfortunately those industries are often areas that need extra support in help and staff members,” says Internship

and Employer Relations Coordinator for the Hubbard Center of Student Engagement, Christine Munn.

There has previously been a grant process that aspiring students apply to in order to participate in these unpaid internships, but resources have been somewhat limited.

“I hate turning students away, it’s a competitive program,” continues Munn. “Our goal is to grow the fund every summer and increase the number of grants made every summer. Our first year, we had 38 students that were funded. In the second year, we were able to increase that a little bit and had 44 students. The fact is that there is no outside scholarship or funding sources for unpaid internships like there are for study abroad.”

Rick Neville, a 1976 graduate of DePauw, made the first major donation to the summer internship grant fund with his wife, Jan Neville. He interned with Western Petroleum while attending DePauw, and then spent almost 40 years with the company thereafter.

“More of the valuable internship experiences are with nonprofit and they can’t always afford to pay. DePauw helped me when I was an undergraduate and even after that,” said Neville.

“It was just an obvious way to help pay back DePauw.”

The most recent donation of $750,000 from the Cornelsen family has allowed the grant program’s resources to cover double the students as it did previously, allowing it to accept 35-40 new applicants.

CAMPUSCRIME March 2 • Fire Alarm • Hair Care Products/Alarm Reset | Time: 11:26 a.m. | Place: Humbert Hall

of Friend/Forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 2:50 a.m. | Place: Inn at DePauw

• Lost Passport-Delayed Reports • Pending | Time: unknown | Place: Campus

• Fire Alarm • Facilities Management Working in Building/Alarm Reset | Time: 7:10 p.m. | Place: College Street Hall

• Medical • Ambulance Dispatched/Patient Refused Transport | Time: 6:09 p.m. | Place: Longden/Den

March 4 • Theft of Sign • Pending | Time: Unknown | Place: Bloomington Street Hall

• Hit & Run Property Damage Accident • Pending/Report Filed | Time: Unknown | Place: Administration Lot

• Suspicious Article • Under Investigation | Time: 10:50 a.m. | Place: Union Building

March 3 • Public Intoxication • Released to Custody

• Theft of Projector • Pending | Time: unknown | Place: Union Building • Alcohol Policy Violation

Katherine Cornelsen St. John, ’89, a Trustee of the Cornelsen Foundation, said, “The donation aligned with our foundation’s mission. We work with new initiatives and encourage growth in new programing, especially revolving around children and families; this seemed like a really great fit.”

The funds will go to unpaid internships or internships without sufficient funds for living. These areas include government, nonprofit or entrepreneurial start-ups.

“These are areas where there are valuable skills learned. They are also organizations that are making wonderful, great change in our world. Our DePauw students are very much aligned with wanting to make change in the world.

So we want to help support them by

giving them funding,” adds Munn.

Cornelsen St. John agrees that it is important for DePauw students to engage in any internship or opportunity they can gain access to.

“I think it’s wonderful, the more the merrier. If DePauw is going to be competitive, DePauw needs a program like this that can be competitive in the nonprofit arena,” said Neville about the most recent donation.

Cornelsen St. John summarized, “It is really for our love of the university and our belief in the liberal arts education. We just wanted to make sure that this kept going.”

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First master class in dance coming to DePauw, Ashley Morton to teach

BY TYLER MURPHY features@thedepauw.com

After starting his own dance company last year, senior André Williams is breaking grounds once again and bringing in a professional to teach the first ever master class in dance to be held on DePauw University’s campus.

Ashley Morton, who dances in Pones Incorporated in Cincinnati, will be teaching the class which will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in Lilly 1025, the new dance studio.

A master class is when a professional comes in and works with a group of people for a specific project. Morton will be coming in to teach a full class open to DePauw faculty, students and staff tonight as well as an exclusive class to Company Unspoken all day on Saturday.

Williams wants to encourage people to stop by and watch Saturday’s class as well, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Lilly 1025.

Morton has performed with Onix and O2 color guard as well, which is how Williams got to know her.

“She is a really good friend of mine,

so I am excited to spend time with her as well,” said Williams. “I met her when I was a senior in high school, marching winter guard, and I was obsessed with Onix’s show that year and [also] with her. I met her at regionals and we became Facebook friends and have been talking ever sense.”

Morton has also been helping Williams with some of his choreography for his company.

“It’s amazing that André can bring in outside people like this to better our choreography,” said sophomore Company Unspoken member Hayden DeBruler. “It’s always good to have more opinions and professionals from outside of campus. I’m excited to experiment and learn from someone new too.”

First-year Kevin Salinas is also intrigued at the idea of new content.

“I’m excited to see what kind of choreography she writes,” said Salinas.

“I’m also excited just to get to know her as a person and learn from her background and her experiences.”

The event was made possible through funding from DePauw Student Government.

“I am most excited about seeing the company and people at DePauw work with someone who is an artist and great choreographer,” said Williams. “We don’t have a dance major or minor here and dancing is sparse on campus so it’s nice that we were able to bring someone in who has the skills and talent to teach us some cool stuff other than what I have been teaching.”

As far as Company Unspoken goes, their first and only performance this semester will be in May. “It is a huge production titled ‘Aftermath,’” said Williams. “That is what [Morton] is working with us on this Saturday: ideas for the show.”

This year the company held two auditions: one at the end of last semester and one at the beginning of this semester.

“We also had some come in a bit later who were interested,” said Williams.

“Depending on their schedule, and if they enjoyed it, we had them join the team as well.”

Last semester there were 18 members, but this semester there are 24.

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School of Music brings guest artist Jason Robert Brown to campus for student talks, panels

BY RACHEL ALMAFITINO features@thedepauw.com

Today, DePauw University’s School of Music will be hosting world-renowned guest artist Jason Robert Brown as part of the Living Composer Festival. He has a prolific career and is a three-time Tony Award-winning composer. One of his acclaimed works includes the score of the 2014 fall musical presented at DePauw, Parade. JRB was scheduled to be at DePauw during Parade’s debut but unfortunately, his trip was postponed until now due to the release of his new Broadway musical, The Bridges of Madison County and the premiere of the film adaptation of his musical, The Last Five Years.

Maintaining a strong presence in the media, some of his more notable acknowledgments in-

clude a quote made by the Philadelphia Inquirer saying that JRB is, "one of Broadway's smartest and most sophisticated songwriters since Stephen Sondheim." The New York Times also acknowledges him as "a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the American musical."

Brown’s career has taken off in full force as he has become one of the great contemporary artists.

Students have the amazing opportunity to meet with this composer today. Starting at 11:30 a.m., Jason will be leading a “Success in Theatre” discussion. If you have an interest in the theatrical arts, this unique experience is a must attend. There also will be a “Composition and Creative Process” discussion held at 1:45 p.m. for those students interested in the making of music. Each of these events

will be held in the Thompson Recital Hall in the GCPA near the Communication wing.

Saturday, March 7, the day begins at 10:00 a.m. with an Alumni Panel featuring alumni from the classes of 1959 through 2007. They will be sharing their experience relating to the work they have been doing in the area of music and theatre in room 1029 in the GCPA. A panel luncheon, “Ethics and the Stage,” will follow in the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics Auditorium. Leaders of these conversations will consist of Music and Communication department faculty.

During this talk, students will get the chance to discuss the element of ethics within a production with examples from theatrical productions including, but not limited to, Parade and Into the Woods.

This type of discussion ties well into the diversity

and acceptance discussions that have been occurring on campus.

We are extremely lucky to have the opportunity talk with and listen to this seasoned professional here at DePauw. Performances Saturday will take place back in Thompson Recital hall starting at 2:00 p.m. with a Student Cabaret performance. For the Grand Finale of the weekend, students will be able to see “Jason Robert Brown In Concert” at 5:00 p.m. in Thompson.

Whether musical theatre is a genre you are passionate about or one that you have never had much experience with, I recommend you take this chance to learn more about the makings and artistry that happens on the stage and behind the curtain. You won’t be disappointed.

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WHERE TO GET

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You need a haircut. But having no idea where to g get a hair cut? Your hair grows long and looks unke kempt, your friends and your parents won’t recogniz town to try:

DICK’S BARBER SHOP: Having been around since 1924, Dick’s offers the classic cuts: tapered, flat top, Hollywood burr and high-andtight. To top it all off, one’s given a shave around the neck and ears.

But in the eyes of Bud Thomas, who’s worked on and off for the business since 1989, Dick’s offers an atmosphere that is hard to find.

“It’s almost like a family gathering,” said Thomas in regards to the relationship

between workers and clientele. “[And] the neck shave… you don’t get that every place.”

First-year Alex Buskin agreed.

“It’s calm and everyone is really friendly,” said Buskin. “It’s just three barbers and they like to chat, plus the haircuts are good and the price is cheap.”

If you like tradition, Dick’s Barber Shop is the place to go.

Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.5:00 p.m.

Price: $10

GREAT CLIPS: While the local salon or barbershop suits some, Greencastle also has franchise chains, such as Great Clips.

“Our franchise is Future Keys, we’re the largest one in the area,” said assistant manager Staisy Sparks.

One thing that Sparks sees in Great Clips that makes the franchise stand out are waiting times.

“You can get right in… without an

appointment… and get a hair cut, opposed to having to wait,” said Sparks. “ Along with haircuts, Great Clips offers shampoos, styles and Malibu treatments.

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. on Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays.

Prices: $12 for women and men

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A HAIRCUT IN

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go, you don’t get one. What happens when you don’t empt. And when your hair grows long and goes unze you. So get a haircut. Here are a few places around

HAIR DEPOT: Being only a few stores down from Dick’s, Hair Depot opened two years ago, and offers a more modernized cut, specializing in color and perms.

“Hair Depot has always given me a quick and enjoyable haircut,” said first-year Danny Schultz. “The beauticians are very nice, and they always offer pleasant conversations during the haircut.”

While one might think the business feels the competition from

Dick’s, it’s a different story.

“I wouldn’t consider it competition because we do something totally [different],” said a stylist, who’s been cutting hair for 40 years.

“Any overflow they have comes down here to us, and they’re [Dick’s is] fine with that.”

Hours and prices depend on stylist.

IDENTITY HAIR SALON:

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Along with Great Clips, Identity is another franchise chain that DePauw students go to regularly.

“I really enjoy it there. It’s not overpriced, and they do a nice job,” said senior Emma Haynes. “They did my hair once for a formal as well and it looked really nice.”

Hours: Monday-Wednesday 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Thursday 9:00 a.m.8:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Saturday 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Price: Depends on stylist

One also has the option of staying on campus, as some of DePauw’s very own students cut hair as well. One of these students is senior Jordan Bantista.

“Since freshman year, my friends had always cut my hair,” said Bantista. “I started watching how they did it and eventually started cutting their hair.”

First-year Osei KariKari also cuts hair for students.

“When I got to campus, I realized there weren’t many black barbers around…To cut

my hair I had to go to Indy, and it cost about $30 for a haircut, and I thought that was ridiculous,” said KariKari, who started cutting hair this past September. I just went to Walmart and got a barbering kit, and I YouTubed how to cut hair, and I…went from there.”

Despite having to do a fair amount of work, Bantista enjoys giving hair cuts.

“It’s, for some reason, stress relieving, and feels as if you’re being productive,” said Bantista. “Being a perfectionist, it’s satisfying chopping off a lot of hair and making their hair look clean.”

Hours and prices depend on stylist

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THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board

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Nettie Finn | Editor-in-Chief Alex Weilhammer | Managing Editor Alison Baker | Chief Copy Editor

Affordable Care Act back in front of the Supreme Court The Affordable Care Act, better known to Americans as Obamacare, is in front of the Supreme Court--again. Since being signed into law in 2010, there has been nothing but issues surrounding all aspects of this act. The most current dispute pertains to whether citizens should receive tax credits for purchasing their health insurance through Healthcare.gov.

According to TheSkimm, Obamacare stipulated that each state was responsible for setting up a marketplace through which residents would be able to purchase their health insurance. However, only 13 states, plus Washington DC, have complied in establishing these marketplaces. So that means Americans in the remaining 32 states must turn to Healthcare.gov, which is the government’s platform to be used when purchasing insurance.

Americans who use the state marketplaces are supposed to receive tax credits in order to help pay for the insurance they are required, by law, to obtain whether that be through an employer or one of these exchanges. As the law currently stands, these health credits are not intended to be given to citizens who utilize Healthcare.gov. However since only 13 states and DC have these websites available to their residents, people have been forced to turn to Healthcare.gov, which has had its own menagerie of problems.

That’s where the current Supreme Court hearings come in. Should tax credits be given to people who used Healthcare.gov or not? If not, then there are millions of Americans who will be unable to afford the health insurance Obamacare mandates they have.

If the Supreme Court votes against this, it could very well be the beginning of the end for the Affordable Care Act. While yes, health care is more affordable for some, and the number of insured people has increased, there have been few moments where it seems like Obamacare is functioning smoothly. The GOP has been against it from the beginning, many Americans who were forced to drop their plans are unhappy and there is the potential for harm to the job market in coming years.

Whatever the Supreme Court decides pertaining to tax credits, it seems as though the Affordable Care Act will continue to receive criticism from all parties. So either the GOP needs to put asside their extreme opposition, or Obama and his administration need to respond to the criticisms of Obamacare. American citizens cannot afford a prolonged political disagreement, as they will still struggle to afford health care. This issue is too important, too essential to citizens' basic rights, for our legislators to wallow in the ideological muck of red versus blue.

email us at edboard@thedepauw.com

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Do you have a moral responsibility to ‘Go Green’?

NOELLE WITWER

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ePauw is reaching the end of its annual three-weeklong “Energy Wars:” a competition between the major housing buildings on campus to reduce the amount of electricity and water that students use in their day-to-day lives. In 2010, DePauw students made the largest reduction in energy out of all of the nearly 40 campuses that participated, and each year students continue to do their homework by window-light and take fewer showers to win the energy-reducing competition.

However, once the three-week Energy War ends, our lights come back on and students cease thinking about whether they unplugged their computer charger to reduce electricity usage. The three-week period of Energy Wars, instead of setting a standard, is an example of how environmentally friendly living is often seen as “extra”—for example, we might applaud the actions of someone who brings their own, reusable bags to the grocery store, but we generally consider using the plastic bags provided to us by the store as standard and acceptable.

On the other hand, people seen blatantly littering on the street may find themselves the target of dirty looks or even the recipient of a fine. Littering, although not considered socially unacceptable in the past, is now less prevalent due to social pressures and legislation.

This interesting contrast highlights how beliefs about whether an action is morally required can affect our behavior. Furthermore, as Stanford professor Rob Willer points out in a recent article for The New York Times, this phenomenon can explain why there is such a large difference

in the way our political parties approach environmental policy.

Essentially, while a large portion of people who identify as Republicans report believing that global warming is a significant problem, the Republican party has historically made far fewer efforts to combat climate change. According to Willer, this disparity may be due to the fact that liberals tend to view environmentalism as a moral issue, whereas conservatives do not. Therefore, conservatives are more likely to view an environmental program as just one program out of many proposed social programs that are all potentially beneficial but also are all costly. Ultimately, if one doesn’t view an issue or action as morally necessary, one is less likely to be willing to make it a priority.

Part of the problem seems to be that liberals and conservatives have different values that guide their moral inclinations, and arguments for environmental policy have traditionally been grounded in liberal values, like protection from harm. When Willer and Matthew Feinberg conducted a study in which they gave conservative participants an argument for environmentalism grounded in the traditionally conservative value of moral purity, they found that participants given this message reported much greater support for environmental legislation.

What can we take from this information? Essentially, the first step in significant environmental policy change is making it clear to citizens—liberal and conservative alike— that environmentalism is not merely a problem of logic and cost-benefit analysis, but of ethics. On a smaller scale, as students, we can hold each other accountable for actions.

Even after Energy Wars ends, congratulate your friend for turning off their light, and smile at someone you see opting to walk to the library instead of drive.

- Witwer is a Prindle intern from Ft. Wayne, IN Originally published on the PrindlePost opinions@thedepauw.com

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The effect of body cameras in the LAPD’s shooting investigation JACKSON MOTE

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n Sunday, a homeless man known as “Africa” was shot dead by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD officers were responding to a report of robbery on the 500 block of San Pedro Street when they encountered the man near his tent set up on Skid Row; the area of a populated homeless community.

A disturbing bystander video of the shooting was then shared throughout the Internet and watched across the world. In the altercation between the homeless man (identified yesterday as Charley Leundeu Keunang) and the LAPD officers, the alleged struggle for a rookie officer’s gun resulted in Keunang being shot several times

by other officers at the scene of the dispute.

The witnesses shouted obscenities at the officers as they worked to cordon off the area of the homicide. It was clear that the amassing crowd around the scene had one unified question in mind: Why is this happening again and again?

In the days after the incident, the LAPD revealed that two of the officers involved in the altercation were part of a pilot program to test the use of body cameras in the line of duty. The role of the body cameras in the LAPD’s investigation will focus on the officers’ actions and will be heavily critiqued by the public, who are searching for answers to yet another police-involved tragedy. The LAPD has wisely opted not to release the footage from the body cameras at this point of the investigation.

Even though the bystander footage of this horrific incident is available online, I question whether releasing the body camera footage to the public will solve any of the issues at hand, including the LAPD’s blatant use of force to subdue Keunang.

Publicly releasing the body camera footage of the incident will not give back the life of Charles Keunang. It will not ease the sorrow of his friends and family. I believe that doing so will likely further the pain and anguish inflicted upon them.

The presence of body cameras will not stop life-threatening situations, such as the death of Charles Keunang, from arising. However, their presence will hold the recorder and the subject of the recording to a higher level of accountability. Both parties will be more likely to act in accordance with the laws set forth if they know that their actions can be reviewed at a later point in time.

I believe that body cameras are a modern necessity to quell the growing insecurity of improper police actions in our communities. However, the public release of their footage is a line that should not be crossed yet.

LEEANN SAUSSER

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he last time you were at Casa, how much did you tip? 10 percent? 15 percent? 20 percent?

Nothing?

An average server earns $4.63 an hour, $2.62 less than Indiana’s minimum wage requirement of $7.25. Wait staff rely upon that extra $2 you tag on your bill in order to make a living, meaning that tipping is not just a courtesy—it’s a requirement.

As a little kid, my great-grandpa always said that you gave the same tip no matter what kind of service you received. “You never know what kind of day they’re having,” he would say. Just like my grandparents and parents, I took that to

PHOTOPINION “Where do you get your hair cut in Greencastle? “ “Great Clips because they’re predictable. It’s hard to mess up a high and tight.”

TY BARRETT, SOPHOMORE “I choose to go to a place in Plainfield called Elements of Style.”

-Mote is a junior French major from Indianapolis. opinions@thedepauw.com

Here’s a tip: leave one for your server heart and leave the same percentage tip behind no matter what level of service I have.

But in college, I quickly found that tipping was not the universal rule I thought it was. Some of my friends left small tips that rounded out the total or simply filled the extra line before “total.”

I got into the habit of over-tipping when I ate out with certain people or in big rowdy groups.

I understand that we’re in college, and what little money we do make goes straight into the college loan fund. But that doesn’t mean we deprive people from earning something from their own hard work.

We all have bad days. There are times where every word out of my mouth is something snappy, and I rely on the fact I have good friends who know I don’t mean anything by my rude actions.

But I’m lucky enough to be a student and not have to deal with strangers on days when I failed a test, lost my pet or can’t pay the rent.

The person waiting on your table is called a “server” for a reason. He or she is offering you a service, one that, yes, you must pay for. Imagine if a professor wouldn’t give you a grade for a paper

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because “you did the work, why do you expect something in return for it?” That’s essentially what you’re saying to someone you don’t tip.

Maybe you don’t tip because you feel like you shouldn’t have to; people should be paid enough without your contribution. On my winter term trip in Italy, we never tipped since Italy has figured out that it’s much better to just pay servers a real wage.

But just because you don’t tip doesn’t mean an establishment is suddenly going to change their practices. This is a nationwide change that needs to happen, and for some reason the United States has not been able to implement a system used all across Europe So for now, that quesadilla you purchased does not include your server’s wage. And until it does, we need to do our part and pay up.

MELISSA GUERRERO, JUNIOR “A friend, my sister or even myself has cut my hair for the past five years.”

LINDSEY SULLIVAN, SOPHOMORE “I cut my own hair or I’ll have Nigel cut it for me because there aren’t any barbers in town that can cut my hair.”

-Sausser is a junior English writing and history double major from Indianapolis opinions@thedepauw.com

CRAIG CARTER, JACKSON MOTE / THE DEPAUW

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FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015

Women’s basketball faces Hanover in first round of the NCAA tournament

BY MEG MORROW sports@thedepauw.com

FOR THE RECORD

800 FREE

In the March 3 issue of The DePauw, Emily Weber was listed as a junior, when in fact she is a senior. The women’s relay team was also not mentioned, but is included below.

WOMEN’S RELAY TEAM ERIN HORNE, JUNIOR ANGELA NEWLON, SOPHOMORE

KIRSTEN OLSON, SOPHOMORE EMILY WEBER, SENIOR

The DePauw University Tigers (24-2) are back—again—for another appearance in the DIII NCAA tournament after receiving an at-large bid.

Ranked eighth in the nation, the Tigers will face Hanover College (19-8), who earned automatic qualification for winning the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

This is the Tiger’s twelfth consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, while it is Hanover’s fourth ever.

The NCAA tournament elevates the level of intensity, of play and of preparation. “We know that the season only gets harder when you make it into the NCAA tournament so we've been preparing for a tough game and know that a loss will end our season,” said junior Morgan Skordos. “We will do whatever it takes to win.”

That being said, the team is also trying to keep things normal. “We’re preparing the same way we do for every game,” said Hannah Gardner, who, as a freshman, said she is “anxious but excited” for her first NCAA tournament.

Hanover, who placed second overall in their conference but won their tournament, are going into the first round of the tournament with only four other trips to the tournament at their back.

They’re led by two seniors, forward Megan Caudill and guard Alicia Hopkins, who both average over 14 points a game. Caudill also pulls down close to eight rebounds a game.

“We have watched a lot of film to see the tendencies the Hanover players have as well as practicing against the offenses and presses they run,” said Skordos.

Specifically, Hanover runs a full court trap that the Tigers have been targeting. “We’re working on beating that trap in practice,” said Gardner.

“I think it will be a great matchup

because our teams are very similar,” said Skordos. “They can all drive and shoot the ball really well, similar to us.”

After carefully watching film, Gardner has a good understanding of how Hanover plays. “They play a lot of guards and that is something we can do as well. They run a quick, fast tempo offense and an up in your face defense. They try to make you make mistakes. We just have to remain calm and run the offense how we want to,” she said.

Hanover player Zoe Higgins, whose team captains wouldn’t allow her to answer any questions about the actual game, said, “All I can say is that we're going to come out and play with the

“We know that the season only gets harder when you make it into the NCAA tournament so we've been preparing for a tough game and know that a loss will end our season. We will do whatever it takes to win.”

-Morgan Skordos, junior

same tenacity we've had all year. We're very thankful to have the opportunity to keep playing the game we love.”

The Tigers offense will be lead by top scorer, senior Savannah Trees (averaging 16 points a game) who was just named first team all-conference in the NCAC, along with fellow senior Hannah Douglas. Emma Ondik was named second team.

The game is Friday night at Neal Fieldhouse at 7 p.m..

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015

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Fenlon reaches 500th win milestone

BY JACOB LYNN sports@depauw.com

Having more than 500 wins in a career puts a coach at an elite level—a Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, Bob Knight, John Wooden kind of level.

While those four men coach in the ranks of Division I, the accomplishment for DePauw’s Bill Fenlon means just as much in Division III. “He’s a great coach and he’s won a lot of games,” senior Tommy Fernitz said about his coach. “Getting his 500th, you could tell it really meant a lot to him. It was very emotional, to get that victory was just a really special moment for Coach Fenlon and for our team.”

In his 23rd year at DePauw and his 30th coaching at a collegiate level, Fenlon reached the 500th win milestone

“As a team we knew Fen was close to 500 and that is something we wanted to accomplish this year. So us getting him his 500 while beating OWU was pretty special.”

-Frank Patton, senior

last Friday night, with a 69-65 win over the Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops.

The win moved the Tigers to the finals of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament and kept their season alive.

And if you ask Fenlon, he’ll tell you that’s what matters most--but for his players, to win the game and help their coach reach a milestone, it was pretty significant.

“As a team we knew Fen was close to 500 and that is something we wanted to accomplish this year,” senior Frank Patton III said. “So us getting him his 500 while beating OWU was pretty special.”

“Getting it was a non issue for me,” Fenlon said. “What the issue was for us, was getting the game in front of us.

501 was the big one for me because it would mean we’re talking about playing

today.”

For the winningest coach in DePauw’s more than a century old basketball program, the achievement has been long in the works.

Fenlon’s first coaching gig came in 1985, when he took over the reigns at The University of the South-Sewanee.

After an opening season that saw Fenlon guide the Tigers to a record four games below .500, he finished his three year stop in Sewanee with seasons of 12 and 14 wins.

From there, Fenlon moved on to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he coached the Engineers for Head men's basketball coach Bill Fenlon (right) three seasons. His stands next to athletic director Stevie Baker-Watson best year came in his (left) as he holds the "game ball" from his 500th first at Rose-Hulman win. The ball which was presented by Baker-Watson when he guided the was not the actual game ball from DePauw's victory team to a 19-8 re- over Ohio Wesleyan. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW cord. In his final two seasons, Fenlon led the Engineers to matching 17-9 records. you leave here and you close a big real Fenlon then spent one season with estate deal or make a big sale, the next Southwestern University and led them week, your kids are still going to want to eat. There are things in life that deto a record of 19-8.

It was then that Fenlon took over mand your full and undivided attention the reigns of the Tigers in 1992 and and successful people are able to attack, found his home. In each of his 23 years regroup and attack again. Those are the in Greencastle, the Tigers, under Fen- things you learn in competition.”

Fenlon’s current group of players lon’s leadership, have recorded double digit win totals and only twice have the understands this and is grateful to have learned from him.

Tigers had a record below .500.

“He’s had a lot of players and He’s coached players like Brad Stevens, the former head coach at Butler coached a lot of guys,” Fernitz said. “To University and the current head coach of be a part of his 500th, is just really spethe Boston Celtics in the NBA. But Fen- cial.”

For now, he’ll just keep winning. lon’s also coached players who haven’t set their career path towards basketball, and for him, they’re all the same.

“What you learn through competition is that you have to work really hard to have success,” Fenlon said. “When

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Tiger OF THE Week: FRANK PATTON JR III BASKETBALL

POSITION: GUARD YEAR: SENIOR Its been a busy few days for DePauw’s men’s basketball team in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament. After a double overtime win over Wittenberg University in the quarterfinals, the Tigers upset the tournament’s number one seed, the Ohio Wesleyan University Battling Bishops 69-65, and in the process, earned head coach Bill Fenlon his 500th career win. DePauw would go on to defeat the College of Wooster Fighting Scots the next day to claim the NCAC crown and advance to the NCCA tournament. Key to that surge was senior Frank Patton III who led the offensive attack for the Tigers.

Over the three contests of the conference tournament, Patton averaged over 13 points per game that included a career-high 20 against the Fighting Scots in the championship game. These numbers were good enough to award Patton the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award.

The DePauw (TDP): What does it mean to you to be a part of the team that got Coach Fenlon his 500th win?

Frank Patton III (FP): It's something special. The way we got his 500th win made the moment even more special. The locker room after that game is something I will always remember.

TDP: How does your preparation differ for win- or-go home games like the ones in the NCAC tournament?

FP: We try to prepare just like it is any other game. We obviously know there is more on the line than a regular season game, but at the same time there is no reason to play tight or scared. These are the moments I live for.

TDP: What changed for you this past weekend that allowed you to amp up your offensive production?

FP: I think it goes back to the last question. I knew going into the week-

end that this game could be my last and I wasn't ready for that happen. So my mindset going into the game was to do whatever was necessary to win.

TDP: What does it mean to you to be singled out by the NCAC as the tournament's MVP? FP: It's a great honor and accomplishment. It was not my intention to go out there and win the MVP. However, my intention was to do whatever I could do to make sure I was going dancing at least once in my collegiate career. So that was the most important thing, but I'm not going to lie and say I'm not happy that an MVP came with the opportunity of playing in the NCAA tournament.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015

Men's basketball tames Bears in first round of NCAA tournament

BY JACOB LYNN sports@thedepauw.com

Sophomore Luke Lattner pumps his arm in excitment after Washington University's Nick Burk received a technical foul with less than one minute left in the game. DePauw shot down the Wash U Bear's 83 to 73 as they moved on to the second round of the NCAA championship tournament where they will play Augustana College. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW

Michael Onuorah, Mark Johnson, Connor Rich, Tommy Fernitz and Luke Lattner (left to right) cheer as DePauw's matchup against Washington University in St. Louis is announced. Washington snagged an at-large bid to the NCAA championship tournament while DePauw's NCAC post season title guaranteed them a spot. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW

ST. LOUIS - He was there and he was gone.

Five possessions, four threes,12 points and then nothing more.

Those are the numbers that senior Connor Rich put up in the first half of Thursday’s 83-73 win over Washington University-St. Lous in the first round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament.

The Bears opened the game on a 9-3 run that was capped by a slam from Matt Paluki. It looked like Washington had all the momentum and was getting ready to open things up early. Rich had different ideas.

He hit a three, missed one, but proceeded to pour in three straight buckets from deep.

Not only did this run get DePauw back in the game, but it also served to calm down some of the nerves of the Tigers. This is each player's first trip to the NCAA tournament.

“Just getting some buckets, that was the deal,” said DePauw Head Coach Bill Fenlon. “He knocks in a couple shots, and we kind of stem off having a super bad start.”

Taking a cue from Rich, the DePauw shooters quickly went to work building up a lead of their own and pushed their first half lead to 10 at its largest point.

Sophomore Luke Lattner shot 5-of-10 from the field and 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, while senior Bob Dillon was 2-of-2 from the floor in the opening 20 minutes. As a team, the Tigers shot an impressive 52 percent from the field and 75 percent from three in the first half on their way to a 40-35 lead at the end of the half.

DePauw did this without any help from senior Tommy Fernitz who picked up two early fouls and finished the first half with zero points on no shot attempts.

Fenlon put the 6-foot-9 Fernitz back in to start the second half. The move to hold him out seemed to work.

Fernitz scored nine of his team’s first 12 points of the second half and gave DePauw a presence down low that they were lacking in the opening 20 minutes.

“I think a lot of that just starts with the warm up coming out to the second half,” Fernitz said.

“I came in there with fresh legs and those guys have been battling.”

Pair that performance from Fernitz with the three three-pointers hit by junior Bradley Fey, and the Tigers were in business in the second half.

The Bears wouldn’t go away, however. They kept the deficit within seven points for most of the second half. While the Tigers relied on bursts from several key players, Washington used its tournament experience to stay in the game.

Four Bears scored in double figures; only 10 appeared in the game.

The second half turned into a back and forth contest as the Tigers and Bears changed leads eight times in the final 10 minutes of action. DePauw took the lead for good with 1:46 to play when Fernitz converted on a basket down low to put the Tigers up by one.

After a layup from Lattner, the Bears had to force up a three that missed and was rebounded

by Dillon, who was then fouled. Dillon converted on both of his free throws and senior Frank Patton III added four more from the charity stripe to end the Bears’ chances.

Lattner led the Tigers with 18 points followed up by Dillon and Fernitz with 13 each. Dillon finished just two rebounds shy of a double-double.

Rich completely disappeared from the action, attempting just one shot in the second half and finishing with the 12 points.

For the Tigers, this win comes after an emotional weekend where they played double overtime game, upset the number one seed in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament, Coach Fenlon earned his 500th career win and the Tigers claimed the conference championship.

“Well at the beginning of the year we had high expectations to begin with,” Lattner said.

“We knew we could be a good team. We started slow, but we clicked right at the start of the conference tournament.”

For Fenlon, it was all about putting the weekend behind them and moving forward.

“Competition is just like life,” Fenlon said.

“You accomplish something, you do something great, and then the important thing is there’s the next thing. It’s how well you reset to get to the next thing that really kind of defines who you are.”

Next up for the Tigers is a date with Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois on Saturday in the second round of the tournament.

Said Fenlon: “We’re going to enjoy it until we sit down and start talking about Augustana at some point tomorrow, and then if these guys have it in them to reset and refocus like they have the last couple of weeks, I think we’ll be able to go to Rock Island and compete well.”