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Students from Greencastle High School and Middle School rehearse Twelfth Night on Thursday afternoon. Performances for the Spring Spectacle of Shakespeare take place on Saturday at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW BY ALEX WEILHAMMER news@thedepauw.com
On Saturday, May 2, DePauw University and six Putnam county schools will put on three separate plays. “King Lear” will begin at 2:00 p.m., “Hamlet” at 4:00 p.m. and “Twelfth Night” at 7:00 p.m. For students, tickets are $3, and for general audiences, $6. Amy Hayes, part-time assistant professor of communication and theatre, spearheaded
the directing series while working closely with several student directors. Senior Carter Gorman co-directed “King Lear” with sophomore Laurel O’Rourke and first-year Jerica Bean at Cloveradle. Gorman explained students anywhere from seventh to 12th grade can participate in the plays. Said Gorman: “The aim of the festival is to allow them to express themselves through the language of Shakespeare.” He finds this acting experience to be quite relevant to students in the middle
school to high school range. “It is a fantastic way for young teens to escape from the bounds of adolescence,” Gorman said. Sophomore director Oley Yager described his directing of “Twelfth Night” as “a total up-and-down-process.” He is codirecting this play with junior Laura Loy and sophomore Midori Kawaue. “The directing experience in this setting
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New DePauw University Student Government officers are ready to get the ball rolling for next semester. Newly elected Student Body President, Craig Carter and Vice President Katie Kondry are looking forward to a smooth transition between last year’s officers and the newly elected cabinet members. With Carter and Kondry at the helm, DSG is planning to make many changes. Carter plans to work with the strengths of his cabinet, understand their weaknesses and he is ready to adjust on the fly. “I think it is going to be actually a really smooth transition, the current officers such as Cody and Courtney they have been helping very much in this process,” Carter said. Kondry also has confidence in the newly elected executive board. “We have a couple of returning key players, I know Perrin Duncan…will be a key player on the exec board this year. We also expect to have some returning senators such as Mary Ann Etling…and the duo of Charlie Douglas and Claire Halffield,” Kondry said. The sole new face to the executive board is Anna Gawlik. Gawlik has not been part of DSG before. Gawlik is excited to serve on the executive board as Vice President of
Student Life and is looking to form unity between organizations at DePauw. “I would like to help foster a community where we can continue the dialogue about diversity and inclusion while encouraging students to take an active role in being a part of a stronger, more unified campus,” Gawlik said. The elected senators for the sophomore class are Griffin Botts, Mary Ann Etling, Patrick O’Malley, Erika Killion and Kathryn Whalley. The senators for the senior class are Hannah Viti, Melissa Guerrero and Marcus Dozier. As for the junior class, Perrin Duncan ran but was instead elected as Vice President of Academic Life, which removed her as the option for junior class senator. Due to the large number of juniors planning to spend time off campus and the senate being a full-year commitment, no juniors were elected to the senate. To address the lack of junior senators, the student government wrote legislation that would allow juniors to serve for one semester on a split ticket. The amendment was passed this last week. In the past, candidates were only able to serve for an entire academic year. The new amendment serves to accomodate the many students
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“The aim of the festival is to allow them to express themselves through the language of Shakespeare.” -Carter Gorman, senior
“Once they got that background knowledge of Shakespeare, they were just picking up everything we threw at them,” Yager said. Gorman has high hopes of the students and their performance. “I hope they do actually act out and embellish as opposed to going back into themselves and being reticent,” said Gorman. “I hope they seize the moment and really give it their all.”
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is different than any other acting experience I’ve had,” Gorman said. His directing is focused on expressing oneself through the rich and complex language of Shakespeare. They avoid using various acting methods, and they take a patient approach in educating the students on what background and word meanings are necessary. “That was the trickiest stuff, teaching them why certain things happen in the script and why certain characters act they way they do,” Yager said. Yager went on to say that he and his fellow directors had cut the script to make it more manageable.
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DePauw University relocates the Hubbard Center for Student Engagement with the resources they need. “The new Hubbard Center for Student Engagement will be about nine thousand square feet and two levels. We are renovating everything from the current lounge, all the way to McDermond Center and up to the board room," he said. "It will have rooms for presentations from employers, student interviews and study abroad presentation.” The decision to make the move now instead of during the summer, when most students are away, was to give the construction a jump start. This way when students come back in August the new Hubbard Center should be close to completed. “We started moving now to give the contractors the month of May so the Hubbard Center could start ahead of time. We should officially move back and reopen in September,” Bellani said. The relocating of the Hubbard Center was inevitable if the final improvements were to be made. Either the move would occur now, allowing the center to open in September, or the move would happen over the summer, pushing back the grand opening somewhere into October or November. Sophomore Ellen Tinder was excited Workers move chairs out of the Hubbard Center and into a truck. The Hubbard center to see the move occur. is temporarily relocating to the area that previously housed the student organization "This move is great because it means space. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW that the construction is happening and things are on schedule," Tinder said. BY ZACH TAYLOR “The move is making us take a little bit In any case, the three day relocation pronews@thedepauw.com of a hit now, but we are still open for busi- cess did not effect the center too much, and ness, and have continued to take appointWalking into the Union Building, or “The ments with students despite everything being it is now up and running again in the lower Hub” as students like to call it, usually en- moved,” Dean of Experiencial Learning and level of the UB Building, next to the post oftails passing through a lounge of couches, Career Planning, Raj Bellani said, smiling as fice, and across from tech services. Students weren't really inconvienced by by a few desks and past signs and faculty all he sat waiting for students to approach him the move either. encouraging students to expand on their at the white marble table. "As an RA [First-year resident assistant] careers. Recently, this area has be filled with Improvements being made to the Hubworkers emptying the place of every piece bard Center will increase its ability to help I don't really use the student org space for furniture and equipment, leaving only a few students and employers work to achieve their more than making door decs." people and desks behind. goals. DePauw’s Hubbard Center for Student Sophomore and Hubbard Center employEngagement is dedicated to helping stu- ee Yuka Kitajima is looking foward to these dents find internships, jobs and study abroad changes and agrees that the new location will opportunities. Usually located on the first make the Hubbard Center more accessible to floor of the UB Building, it began its re- all students. "I hope this change brings more location downstairs on Tuesday until the students visiting the Hubbard Center and new center is fully renovated. While the cen- making the most out of what we have to ofter was hindered from April 27-29, the mov- fer," Kitajima said. ing of the Hubbard Center did not effect its Bellani is also looking forward to how the commitment to helping students. changes will better equip DePauw students
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PAGE 4 DSG | cont’d on page 4 who spend part of their junior year off campus whether that be fufilling an internship requirement or studying abroad. Charlie Douglas is a rising junior looking to continue to serve on DSG under this new amendment. Due to the timing of this amendment, no juniors were elected to senate positions but the current and new executive boards are working to appoint senator pairs for next year. “This is extremely useful to those who plan on studying abroad, have an internship or just generally only want to work for one semester,” Douglas said. Kondry hopes that this amendment will help retain some of the leadership and talent on student government as they take on their goals for next year. DSG is looking to have junior appointments completed by this weekend in order to have everyone inaugurated on Sunday and come together for a retreat next week to get everyone on board and up to speed. Over the summer, Carter is looking to put legislation on President Casey’s desk that will yield general improvements to
campus. One of the big things on Carter’s agenda is to push for the reallocation of parking spaces from the faculty to the student body. He is also looking to continue work with Code T.E.A.L and Green Dot. In the upcoming year, Kondry would like to work with Duncan to create an academic cabinet that would bring together all majors as well as honors and fellows programs to better understand and communicate with the administration the wants and needs of students. Carter and Kondry would also like to see President Casey address the student body with updates about university plans such as the 20-20 Plan, the Campus Inclusion Plan and other efforts from the Hubbard Center. Kondry sees an update from the administration as necessary. “One of our big item agendas is to try and get President Casey to host a state of the university address. We think that it has been quite a few years now since he has addressed the student body all as one.”
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Claudia Mills and children's book thrills BY AUSTIN CANDOR features@thedepauw.com
Claudia Mills is this spring’s Robert and Carolyn Frederick Visiting Distinguished Professor of Ethics. She currently teaches a course on the Philosophy of Rousseau along with a children’s literature class in the English department. She also writes childrens books. This week, The DePauw had the opportunity to sit down with Mills and find out more about her background and interests. The DePauw (TDP): What originally brought you to DePauw University? Claudia Mills (CM): I came as just a speaker for the Undergraduate Ethics Symposium, which Prindle hosts every year…It’s a wonderful event where students from all over the country submit both scholarly and creative work on topics having to do with ethics, and they bring in outside faculty members to serve as seminar leaders, and speakers and facilitators. So
I came as a UES speaker, and then came again, and then was invited to come as a visiting professor. So I’ve had a long association with DePauw. TDP: Can you talk a little bit about your background? CM: I grew up in New Jersey, and I was partway through my PhD in philosophy at Princeton when I took some time off and went to work for scholastic in New York City…almost all publishing takes place in New York…That’s when I started writing children’s books. And then I went back and finished my PhD, but I kept the two interests always going simultaneously. TDP: What made you interested in teaching philosophy? CM: When I read literature, I always found that I read for what’s called the epiphany moment…The moment when a character kind of learns something, some deep truth about herself or the world, and now
it all clicks into place. I always would read for that moment where the big truth was revealed. And then I thought, ‘well, philosophy, you’re just getting to learn about big truths, and sort of skip the story.’ And now I found I really like both. I like to have stories and big truths…But…I was just fascinated by the questions that philosophy could pose about freedom of the will and the existence of God, and…‘what is a good human life?’. So I loved the questions right from the start. TDP: Is it difficult having to go back and forth between philosophy and children’s literature? CM: I think philosopy and children’s literature have a lot more in common than people realize…I think children’s books are often very philosophical because children are learning to explore deep questions about who they are and where they belong in the world and how they should live. So I think children are actually drawn to philosophical questions, and I think that philosophers are the grown ups who
keep asking those questions…When I teach philosophy I often like to bring in some aspects [that have to do] with childhood or children’s literature. TDP: How do you get ideas for your stories? CM: Not so much for ideas, but more for inspiration in terms of craft…I like to read the very best books to set a standard for myself. In terms of inspiration for my books…I’m a mother, I’m a grandmother. I love to go to schools and interact with kids. And, in just 10 minutes of interacting with kids, you’ll get so much material, because you just see the way children’s minds work…The kinds of things that hurt their feelings and the kinds of things that give them joy…all that can be material to use in a story. TDP: Do you have a favorite book of yours that you’re most proud of having written? CM: Well, I think each book has its own challenges. And you’re always excited about the new book…I should probably tell you about the new book that I’m doing…The newest book is called Izzy Bar, Running Star…it’s part of a series called “Franklin School Friends” that’s third graders. So there’s Kelsey Green, Reading Queen, Annika Riz, Math Wiz and Izzy Bar, Running Star. So they’re third grade girls who have talents and passions… they sort of cheer each other on. But each book raises its own little philosophical question. TDP: Are there any goals that you’re looking towards in the upcoming years? CM: I like to challenge myself by writing different kinds of books…Most of my books were middle grade novels, and then I started writing a few picture books, and easy readers and chapter books…I used to write only about girls and then…I became a mother of boys so I started writing a lot of books about boys. I’ve never done children's creative non-fiction where you are writing a non-fiction subject but expressing it in a creative way, and I would like to try writing a non-fiction book. TDP: Do you think we ever grow out of children’s books? CM: I don’t think we ever do grow out of good children’s books. I like to think of it as not ‘leaving this behind and going on to this’, but ‘keeping this and then adding that'…I think of myself now, you know, later in life, that I’m the sum total of all the books I’ve read and all the things that I’ve loved and I haven’t discarded any of my early loves.
Rowan O'Bannon(left) gets her Annika Riz, Math Wiz book signed by author and professor Claudia Mills (right) as O'Bannons mom, Valerie Rudolph (middle) looks on. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
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music and art mix at Peeler: The 'Sounds of Food+Water+Life' BY MADISON DUDLEY features@thedepauw.com
Art, in all forms, can be a powerful tool to spark discussion and thought on many issues that plague our world. When several art forms are combined, this can be a very influential experience that can resonate with audiences more than if just one medium is presented alone. That was the goal on Wednesday night as Percussion @ Peeler combined with the Lucy and Jorge Orta "FOOD+WATER+LIFE" exhibit to create awareness to some of the biggest problems in the 21st century. "Sounds of FOOD+WATER+LIFE" was a performance that both captured your ears and your eyes. It took place in the middle of the Lucy and Jorge Orta exhibit, with the audience sitting on chairs among the artwork and the musicians moving around them. There were several, station-like areas set up with instruments and house-hold items that the musicians would move around to depending on the piece, creating a very tight atmosphere where the audience had to be turning around constantly as the performers would change positions. There were seven areas scattered around the gal-
lery that were designated performance spaces. There were traditional instruments such as marimbas, a gong and series of shakers and rattles, but there were also flower pots, glasses filled with water, ceramic plates and metal lamps. There were four student percussionists and a guest flute performer, Eleanor Price. Their director, Bonnie Whiting, school of music percussionist and instructor, accompanied them. They descended from the second floor of the gallery and came in behind the audience performing a traditional samba reggae compilation before organizing themselves at their respective spots among the crowd. Their performance was a combination of percussion and spoken word elements. Composers wrote some of these pieces and some of them were taken from quotes of environmentalists, conservationists and different texts from faiths such as Islam and the Old and New Testament. “First we came and looked at the exhibit,” Whiting said. “We were inspired to program pieces that fit with the theme of food, water and life and how we conserve and share those things.” Whiting participated along with her fellow students, even performing
The percussion ensemble, comprised of students, performed in the space utilizing not only instruments but various other items. MARIA RUMMEL / THE DEPAUW
a solo piece titled “To The Earth” which was composed by Frederic Rzewski. She kneeled on a table and tapped on flower pots of varying sizes with pencils as if she was at a drum set. In the piece “Living Room Music” the four members of the percussion ensemble (sophomore Zachary Jacobs, first year Salvador Rodriguez, first year Zachary Suchanek and first year Mariah Taller) sat around a small table and drummed on ceramic plates and glasses. They then did a round table acapella style piece. The acoustics of the Peeler gallery were fantastic for this type of performance, as the sound bounced around the room, making it truly a special experience for all who were present. “The performance was very different, I wasn’t expecting it,” first-year Ryan Grizzard said. “But it was very unique and I liked it a lot.” Peeler creates an interesting musical experience not just for the audience but for the musicians as well. “Its fun to get out of the GCPA,” Taller said. “That’s my favorite part.”
Jacobs agreed and thought that it provided an experience much different than being on the stage in Kresge. “I like the fact that you can orient it to something you see,” Jacobs said. “Where as if we were on the stage at Kresge, you just see these instruments and they aren’t connected in anyway where as in Peeler you get the art experience as well.” Whiting was proud of the work her students put in to contribute to the event. “The percussion ensemble worked really hard to prepare those pieces,” Whiting said. “The students did all the hard work of performing it and putting it together.” Percussion @ Peeler once again brought joy to the audience and the performers. These musicians' hard work really paid off and reaffirmed Percussion @ Peeler's status as one of the best Peeler Art Center and School of Music events of the year.
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Bud Light perpetuates rape culture with latest slogan on bottles On a campus where partying is quite prevalent, it would be expected that there are DePauw University students that have reached for a Bud Light at some point during a night out. Most not thinking twice about the messages portrayed by the company’s marketing strategies. Anheuser-Busch, the producers of Bud Light, have recently faced much criticism after printing a controversial slogan on some of their bottles: “The perfect beer for removing ‘no’ from your vocabulary for the night.” Critics across the country have been posting photos of these bottles on all social media platforms claiming the company is perpetuating rape culture. In a country where there are approximately 300,000 reported incidences of sexual assault a year, this is not an okay message to send. Sexual assault and rape are serious issues that must be treated as such, and trivializing the topic in a manner such as this detracts from the severity. The slogan was printed as a part of the now two-year long “Up for Whatever” campaign. A campaign that according to Alexander Lambrecht, vice president of the Bud Light Division of AnheuserBusch was: “intended to encourage spontaneous fun.” This choice in phraseology, however, clearly crossed a line that does not encourage good-natured fun the promotion intended. Lambrecht stated that, “It’s clear this message missed the mark, and we regret it.” According to an article on Bloomberg Business, the company has apologized for this marketing slogan. Still, it has sparked conversations nationwide drawing attention to a topic often avoided by the general public. In the wake of Code T.E.A.L week and YouTube sensation Laci Green’s address on rape culture in the United States, The DePauw encourages students to be aware of messages such as these that permeate the media, perpetuating rape culture. This generation is responsible for sparking change in the way sexual assault is treated. What we say, how we say it and how we react to things that are said effect how these matters are treated and what changes will be incited in the future. email us at edboard@thedepauw.com
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Sensational media and the Baltimore protests GRANT SKIPPER
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s someone from the greater Baltimore area, I have been following the recent protests in the city with great curiosity. Whether or not you support or denounce the recent violence in the city it is important to keep in mind that there is no ‘correct’ answer in whether the escalation has been warranted or not. Why however, do certain circumstances make violence appear like the better option? When a voice repeatedly attempts to be heard and acknowledged, and time and time again it is ignored, it is understandable that resentment and frustration can build to the point where violence appears to be the only alternative capable of forcing the issue. Does violence such as the rioting and looting sparked in Baltimore reinforce the issues it wants to call attention to, or does it take away from its potential for positive change?
Prior to the eruption in Baltimore there had been an entire week full of peaceful demonstrations and unity by the Baltimore community. Unfortunately the peace and good intention of these protestors has been completely forgotten in the eye of the American public due to the increasingly sensational and slanted narratives of the media. While it is understandable that the media would want to zero-in on the radical violence of the past few days, they are shifting the mind of the average American away from the heart of the issues that caused the violence in the first place. Instead of reporting on the collective community of Baltimore’s distrust of the justice system and advocacy for a real, tangible change, it has instead further divided the American public. Baltimore’s own mayor, in the span of five days, went from applauding the protestors in Baltimore, to calling the looters and rioters produced from the movement, “thugs.” The mayor has since retracted her statement, but this example still shows the diverting potential violent protesting can cause.
Go to class and ask your peers for their opinion on what is taking place in Baltimore. I’d bet that the vast majority of them are from nowhere near the Baltimore area, yet they will still have very polar opinions on the issue. Which is fine, everyone is entitled to their own opinions. It’s just that the focus of many people’s attention is on the sensationalism, not the actual issues. This is upsetting, not because people are so invested in the events taking place in the city (which I contend, is a good thing), but because the issue of injustice and cries for actual change are being put on the back burner, behind that of sensationalized buzz news media. It hurts to see my peers more interested in browsing and sharing on social media articles such as, “25 Shocking Pictures of the Baltimore Protests,” rather than something more constructive like, “John’s Hopkins President Calls for Further Investigation Into Freddie Gray’s Death”. -Skipper is a sophomore computer science and English literature double major from Gaithersburg, Maryland. opinions@thedepauw.com
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The possibility of an ethical debate to the legal use of study drugs VICTORIA JENNINGS
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he rampant use of study drugs on college campuses has been the cause of extensive debate for some time now. It has become increasingly easy to acquire a prescription, and to then sell it cheaply to other students. Study drugs such as Adderall and Vyvanse have become hard to regulate and as a result, the industry has become largely student-run. Because it has become so easy to access certain study drugs, the ethics of this issue do not lie in its legality, but rather in its affordability and effects. One of the greatest arguments against the widespread use of study drugs is the unfair advantage that those with higher economic statuses enjoy because they can afford to illegally buy the drugs and/or they have a greater chance of acquiring a prescription from a private family doctor, for instance. Money greatly unevens the playing field by making the study drugs more accessible to some than others. This angers many people who claim that those that can afford to acquire performance enhancers in any way also already have a
better chance of being accepted into their college of choice, so they’re in fact two steps ahead rather than just one. Additionally, those who are willing to experiment with “mind-altering” drugs are also much more likely to take them and benefit from them than those that choose to be responsible, or can’t take them due to health risks. The issue of cheating is also a big concern because rather than putting in time, effort and dedication to finish an assignment, one can just take the pill, sit down and power through. In a society where hard work is highly regarded, the option to achieve the result without really earning it is appalling to some. But the race for college acceptances and scholarships has become so competitive that for some it’s unrealistic to attempt to finish all their work and do it well without aid. But don’t tutors also increase one’s performance at an even higher cost than most study drugs? And what about the SAT prep classes that can cost anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand dollars? If the issue is that some are able to afford performance enhancers and some aren’t, then doesn’t this issue spread beyond prescription pills to tutoring and access to technology? An interesting counter to these arguments is the claim that Adderall actually helps level the playing field. By doing away with procrastination and distraction, the students are left with their best study selves. If everyone in a room took the same drug in comparable doses according to their neurochemistry, then after taking the drugs, those
that still excel past others are doing so because they are ultimately more intelligent or more capable in that area than everyone else. One is not “altered” on the drug, and so is not capable of doing something while using the drug that they are incapable of while not using the drug, sans being able to focus. A new, legal study drug called Neurofuse has recently hit the market and offers all the benefits of Adderall but with naturals ingredients. The legality of the supplement and its low cost make it much more accessible to all, and it claims to also diminish any health risks posed by Adderall because it does not increase your heart rate. Is this a more ethical option than the abuse of study drugs? While checking the boxes of safety and accessibility, Neurofuse still offers a great advantage to those willing to try it who are not afraid of the risks a new drug can pose to one’s health. Which argument do you agree with? Does Neurofuse offer all the benefits of Adderall but in an ethical manner? And is Neurofuse the equivalent of an energy drink or is it just as unethical as the illegal use of prescribed study drugs?
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egs could be brought back but it seems rather unlikely to promote safe drinking on campus. DePauw University’s educational alcohol programming, targeting first-year and upper-class students, has positively impacted the education of the dangers of high risk drinking. The alcohol programming annual report demonstrates the university’s vast effort to promote the responsible consumption of alcohol in social settings. In doing so, the university provides various resources of both proactive and practical nature. The educational programs such as MyStudentBody.com, Greek 101, DePauw Gets Graphic and new student/mentor meetings are numerous approaches to responsible drinking on cam-
PHOTOPINION “What are your plans for summer break 2015?”
“To sit on the couch, drink a cold one and watch some TV.”
ARIANNA ABAD, FIRST-YEAR
“I’ll be in Memphis Tennessee working for St. Jude’s Children’s Research hospital.”
-Jennings is a first-year undecided major from Rochester, IN. This article was originially publish in the PrindlePost on April 29th, 2015. opinions@thedepauw.com
The idea of kegs returning to DePauw is improbable pus. The practical approaches include the CATS Team, BACk Down, Nolan Security and identifying high-risk weekends of the year. I believe that the CATS Team is one of the best ways to curb high risk drinking. They are trained sober monitors and know how to be active bystanders. They even provide water bottles and pizza to partygoers throughout the evening. The other element to responsible drinking at DePauw is the health and safety policies set forth by Greek organizations at their social events. The university works with and meets with fraternity leaders throughout the year to ensure internal policies are conducted that also promote responsible drinking. It’s too simple to assume that alcohol is available in copious amounts at fraternities’ social events. Opinions such as those reduce the possibility of kegs returning to fraternity property in the future by discrediting all of the work that fraternities do to promote safe drinking on their property. A real factor to take into account is the importance of the individual accountability to drink responsibly and that is exactly what the university’s alcohol programs succeed in doing.
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If the discussion of kegs coming back to DePauw is had in the upcoming school year, I would not be surprised to hear the suggestion to completely ban hard alcohol again in favor of repealing the ban on kegs. Due to the direction that DePauw’s alcohol programming is headed in, it seems unlikely that DePauw would bring back keg parties unless these partygoers completely removed hard alcohol from the setting. Promoting the understanding of the consumption of alcohol is a necessary component to the culture of DePauw social life. Even though the programming may not have always achieved the goal of preventing over-consumption of alcohol, they are still valuable resources to reduce the quantity and severity of this over-consumption. Most importantly, bringing back kegs doesn’t fit the agenda to remove DePauw University from the Princeton Review’s annual list of top party schools. But as Stephanie Wang of the IndyStar once wrote “The party, it seems, rages on in Greencastle.” -Mote is a junior French major from Indianapolis, IN.
CJ CAZEE, JUNIOR
“I’m going to be interning for the National Center for Education Statistics in DC.”
LOIS MILLER, SOPHOMORE
“I’ll be working and traveling in Italy.”
PATRICK TAUBENSEE, SOPHOMORE JACKSON MOTE / THE DEPAUW
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Tigers outhit Rose-Hulman, still drop regular season finale
Softball sweeps doubleheader with Anderson BY JACOB LYNN sports@thedepauw.com
TDP STAFF REPORTS sports@thedepauw.com
With the first game of their North Coast Athletic Conference cross-over series game against Oberlin College looming, the Tigers closed out the regular season dropping a 7-1 decision to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Wednesday night. Keepings arms fresh for the weekend set with the Yeomen may have been DePauw University’s main concern, as they used six different pitchers, none lasting more than 2.1 innings. Despite this fact, pitchers from both teams dominated the game’s early stages. Sophomore Riley Futterknecht started the game for the Tigers and pitched the first two innings. Futterknecht didn’t allow any runs or hits despite surrendering three walks. Replacing him came senior Nick McCreary who kept the no-hitter going, hitting two batters but still surrendering no hits or runs through the fourth inning. Things went bad for the Tigers in the fifth inning, however. After retiring the leadoff man on a groundout to third, McCreary allowed a single, ending DePauw’s hopes of piecing together a nohitter. After McCreary walked the next batter, DePauw manager Jake Martin replaced McCreary with sophomore Michael Hammel. Hammel quickly allowed a single to load the bases and then allowed the first run of the game to score on a passed ball. The big blow came later in the at-bat, when Rose-Hulman’s Schnitz brought home the remaining two runners with a triple. Schnitz would come across to score on the very next at-bat after an unassisted groundout to first base was enough to get him home. The Engineers added two more runs in the bottom of the seventh on a throwing error and an RBI single that pushed their lead to 7-0.
Meanwhile, Rose-Hulman’s Daniel Sutherland was making quick work of the the DePauw lineup. Sutherland worked seven innings giving six hits and one earned run, while striking out just one. The Tigers finally got to Sutherland in their half of the eighth inning. Sophomores Ryan Grippo and Reid Pittard, along with senior Collin Henry all hit singles to lead off the inning and load the bases. Junior Lucas Italiano hit into a fielder’s choice that retired Grippo at the plate but left the bases loaded for the Tigers. Sophomore Rick Okazaki got the Tigers on the board in the next at-bat, singling home Pittard. Rose-Hulman reliever Chuck Alexa got the Engineers out of the inning with their lead intact by striking out junior Connor Einertson and sophomore Jack Thompson to leave the bases loaded. The Engineers also got the lone run back in the their half of the eight on a solo home run from Donnie Waters to push the lead back to six and round out the scoring at 7-1. The Tigers out hit the Engineers 9-6 but in the end, still fell. Eight DePauw players collected base hits, but Pittard was the only Tiger with a multi-hit game. The loss means the Tigers close out regular season play with an overall record of 14-22 yet they finished the season with an 11-5 record in conference play. The Tigers will play three games against Oberlin this weekend in the NCAC cross-over series. The Tigers and Yeomen will play a doubleheader on Saturday with games 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. The teams will wrap up the series at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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Not much was on the line when the DePauw University softball team traveled to Anderson University for a doubleheader on Tuesday night. The Tigers had already locked up a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference Championship and had ensured that they would host the conference tournament in Greencastle beginning today. “We went into the double header with the attitude that just because conference had been scheduled we still needed to use these games to our advantage in order to prepare for the conference tournament,” first-year Liz Getz said. However, there would be no letdown on the part of the Tigers, as they swept the pair of games from the Ravens, taking the first game 8-4 and then finishing off Anderson 6-5 in eight innings in the nightcap. “Anderson is a good team, so playing our hardest against them allowed us to test our limits so that we can push ourselves as hard as possible in the tournament,” Getz said. In game one, the Tigers quickly took control when senior Taylor Golden hit a three run blast as part of a four run first inning for the Tigers. Golden was back at it again in her next at bat in the third inning, this time hitting a solo shot that would go on to be the game winning run. The Ravens replied with two in the bottom of the third, however, the Tigers got to work erasing that effort with two runs of their own in their next at bats. Senior Jennifer Ridge brought home a run with a single, Getz brought home the other with a sacrifice fly. Anderson cut the deficit back to four with a run in the bottom half of the fourth and both teams added runs in the sixth to round out the scoring at 8-4. Senior Kahla Nolan got the win for the Tigers, going four innings and giving up three runs, only two of which were earned, on four hits while striking out two and walking two. First-year Emma Baldwin picked up her first career save, recording the final six outs for DePauw. Golden had the big day at the plate for the Tigers, going 2-for-4 and driving in four of DePauw’s eight runs. In the night’s second game, it was Anderson’s turn to get off to a fast start. An RBI single and a two-run double in the bottom half of the first, quickly had the Ravens out to a 3-0 lead. Ridge brought home Golden with a single in the top of the second, however, Anderson quickly got the run back in the bottom of the third. Looking to make a comeback, the Tigers made their move in the top of the fourth inning. Golden drove in a pair of runs with a double, pushing her total to six RBIs on the day, and sophomore Gabby
Smart scored her on a groundout that tied the game at four. In the top of the sixth, Smart was at it again, scoring first-year KJ Holden, however, the Ravens tied the game in the bottom of the seventh to force the game into extras. It only took the Tigers one added inning to finish off the Ravens. Smart hit another run-scoring groundout to shortstop, this time chasing home first-year Lauren Godden, who turned into the winning run. Nolan got the start again for the Tigers in game two and once again lasted four innings, this time giving up four earned runs on five hits and only striking out one. Baldwin got the victory for the Tigers, throwing the final four innings giving up only one run on five hits in relief. “I think Kahla gave us a solid start in both games and coming in for her in both games allowed the hitters to never get used to either one of us,” Baldwin said. “I think that was a big key that allowed us to be successful.” Smart came into the game with only seven RBIs on the year, but her big day pushed her season total up to 10 in the victory. Getz, Godden and Golden all recorded multi-hit games as well for the Tigers. The pair of wins also helped the Tigers close out the regular season with an overall record of 2712 and 14-2 inside conference play. Now the Tigers turn their attention to Denison University who will travel to Greencastle for the first round of the conference tournament beginning Friday afternoon. Keeping things the same, will be key for the Tigers as they move into postseason play. “I treat every game the same way,” Ridge said. “So although it's postseason I will continue to face each pitch, each play and each game the same as I have done the entire regular season.” DePauw won their only two meetings of the year against the Big Red by a combined score of 14-0. “As a freshmen it's pretty exciting to be able to host and attend the conference tournament in my first year at DePauw,” Getz said. “It just shows that our hard work this year has paid off.”
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2015 Women’s lacrosse | cont’d from page 12 seconds remaining to keep the Battling Bishops from tying the score, and with the Tigers’ teamwork DePauw slid by and defeated Ohio Wesleyan by just one goal, 14-13. First-year Emma Flynn agrees with Kunz that it’s been a great season. “There have been so many highlights. Despite the score we always played our hardest this season, fighting for the whole 60 minutes,” Flynn said. “That showed especially when we beat OWU.” Another successful game came early in the season when the Tigers faced Trine University defeating them 21-2, DePauw University’s widest margin of defeat. This was the team’s first victory of the season. Over the course of the year, the Tigers faced tough practices and games, but through it all they grew closer as a team and have become a stronger program. Kunz mentioned the most challenging part of the season was learning how each opposing team worked. “Each game is interesting because every team plays a different type of attack or defense and we had to learn to adjust to each style of play,” Kunz said. The Tigers biggest deficit came when the team faced Augustana College at the beginning of April.
the depauw | sports The Vikings were in control throughout the match up. They outshot DePauw 42-19 including 32-16 on goal. Augustana also held a 23-16 edge in ground balls and 20-12 in draw controls. The Vikings were 12-of-17 in clears with DePauw successfully clearing 8-of-16 opportunities. Even though the Tigers were faced with a new battle starting every game the women learned how to play with each other. “We figured out each others strengths and were able to put that together to work as a solid unit on both attack and defense,” Kunz said. “We also became a lot more confident in our abilities, and after that it seemed like everything came together and we were able to win more games.” The Tigers have a bright future in upcoming seasons with a young team, as only three seniors will be graduating. Even though the seniors who were with the team from the beginning are leaving they are excited for how the team will grow. Said Morrison: “It's been a great experience for me to play lacrosse these last three years and I'll miss playing, but I know our team will continue to improve so I look forward to seeing how they do in the future.”
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CAROLYN HUERTH WOMEN’S TENNIS POSITION: SINGLES AND DOUBLES YEAR: SENIOR HOMETOWN: FONTANA, WISCONSIN
Last weekend at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships, DePauw University’s women’s tennis team earned their fourth straight conference title. The women won their quarterfinal match 5-0 over Wittenberg University and then shutout host Kenyon College 6-0 in the semis. DePauw kept the shutout streak going into the finals against Denison University, blanking the Big Red 6-0 to bring home the title. Senior Carolyn Huerth, along with her classmate and doubles partner Taylor Mahr were victorious in each of the three doubles matches. Huerth was up 6-0, 3-0 when her singles match was called off because the Tigers had already clinched the victory and then went on to win her match in the finals 6-0, 6-1. This wraps up what has been an impressive regular season for Huerth. She has a singles record of 14-6, giving her the second highest win total on the team, and a winning percentage of .700, the highest on the team. Huerth will look to lead the Tigers into the NCAA competition that begins the weekend of May 10. The DePauw (TDP): What does it mean to you to have brought an NCAC championship back to DePauw each of your four years with the team? Carolyn Huerth (CH): I actually transferred from a DI school so I came to DePauw my junior year. So just being able to contribute to the last two conference wins was awesome and I would not want to be playing for any other team or any other coach. So grateful I transferred and could spend my last two years playing for DePauw and being apart of this team. I know for the rest of the seniors on the team the 4-peat is such an accomplishment and well deserved because it is something we have been training for since the beginning of season so I am just happy to have a 2-peat. TDP: I know it was a pretty complete team effort last weekend at Kenyon not dropping a single match. How pleased were you guys with such a dominating effort? CH: We were pumped. I think the reason why we played so well against Kenyon was because across the board in all singles/doubles matches we all had the same level of determination and focus. We all came out with high energy and I think it really caught Kenyon off guard.
Senior Carey Kunz shoots during a breakaway versus Capital University. The Tigers went 7-9 overall and 3-5 in the North Coast Athletic Conference this season. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
TDP: How do you get ready for such an important event like the NCAAs? CH: We train a ton, two-and-a-half hour
practices every day plus weights and our coach is having us run six 800’s 3-4 times a week so I think we are a really fit team compared to most which is a huge advantage. Our fitness obviously helps our playing but it keeps us mentally tough because we can outlast our opponents in long grueling matches. We are getting pretty fast too, some of us I think could join the track team so look out. But the main reason why we will be ready for the NCAAs is because as a team we want to excel and go far and win the whole thing. When you have teammates who have the same goals as you big things happen. TDP: With the date of the national tournament falling around exam time back at DePauw, how do you juggle the school work along with the competition? CH: Just time management and discipline. It’s tough because there is not much free time but I know tennis and school work comes first before friends and extracurriculars. TDP: With tennis being a sport that takes place in both the fall and spring semesters, does the team have any extra chemistry because of all the time you guys spend together? CH: We are so fortunate with the team we have because we are all best friends on and off the court, I honestly think we are the closest tight knit team in the nation. So I think already we have extra chemistry than most.
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Quality pitching staff has softball ready for another deep postseason run BY AUSTIN CANDOR sports@thedepauw.com
It’s not often that a softball pitcher goes 11-4 with a 2.11 ERA and punches out 142 batters while playing with an 80 percent torn ACL. Yet this is the case for first-year Emma Baldwin, who has had to deal with the injury since August. “I don’t really think about the fact that I have a torn ACL when I am pitching,” Baldwin said, who wears a brace to stabilize the tear. “Sure, it takes a little adjustment because you have to be more careful with where you step…but I don’t notice it anymore.” Baldwin is only one of the many bright spots in the Tiger’s pitching staff, which has been lights out this season, carrying a team ERA (earned run average) of 2.92 and a 1.40 ERA in conference play. “Our pitching staff put in a lot of extra work this season,” senior pitcher Kahla Nolan, who is the ace of the staff, said. “Along with the hard work I think that we have really dedicated people and competitive people on our staff who love the game.” Much of Nolan’s personal success has come from her pinpoint control. “If she misses a spot, it’s like ‘what happened?’ because she throws the ball, I mean, we’re talking inches,” head coach Erica Hanrahan said. “We don’t throw to areas. It’s not like ‘hey, throw a curveball, let’s see where it goes.’ It’s ‘throw a curveball to one of these nine places'.” Nolan has also had to deal with her fair share of setbacks. Having been a Type-1 Diabetic since she was nine, Nolan has often had to take time out of practice to fix her blood sugar. On top of this, Nolan has also been dealing with a forearm bruise that developed after the team’s games against Franklin College in
mid-March. “We think that it came from the contact between my arm and hip at the release point in the pitching motion,” Nolan said. Nolan and Baldwin have developed a special bond that’s helped them both on the mound. Last season, Nolan accounted for almost all the innings pitched for the team. Baldwin’s emergence has helped lessen the workload for her. “The relationship is, ‘thank goodness I have you’,” said Hanrahan. Baldwin agreed. “We trust each other pitching and that we will get the job done,” Baldwin said. “Kayla has been a great role model to me…She gives me something to aspire to be.” It also helps that Hanrahan was a pitcher in college and works as a specialized pitching coach. “Every practice is a lesson for the pitchers,” Nolan said of Hanrahan’s knowledge of pitching. “She is able to make in game corrections by saying a phrase or keyword that reminds us pitchers to make a self correction to a specific pitch.” Senior Kahla Nolan pitches during a game agianst Wooster College on Sunday. The Tigers kick off the NCAC tournament Nolan and Baldwin have be- with a home game against Denison University on Friday at noon. ZACH TAYLOR / THE DEPAUW come the team’s one and two on the mound over the course of the season. them,” Hanrahan said. “They’re ready to ters off balance,” Roberts said. ing the Tigers through the tournament. With Nolan and Baldwin starting go…It’s a good comfort zone to have Holden also comes in to change “If you do not have pitching on your most games and combining for over 127 if something happens with [Nolan and things up for batters, who are used to team, no matter how good your offense innings, Hanrahan often turns to first- Baldwin].” seeing the high velocity that Nolan and is, you’re not going to make it as far year pitchers Bekkah Roberts and KaitOut of the four pitchers, Roberts Baldwin bring. as…everybody’s goals are,” Hanrahan lyn Holden to come in to relieve the two has the lowest speed, specializing in This weekend, the team will open up said. “If you look at the teams left in our workhorses. off-speed pitches. As a southpaw, she’s North Coast Athletic Conference tourna- conference that made it to…the tourna“The fact that we’ve got KJ [Kaitlyn] brought in to face left-handed hitters in ment play against Denison University ment, it’s the best four pitching staffs.” and Bekkah to use if anywhere some- certain situations. (19-17) with a 27-12 record. Expect the That’s not a coincidence. thing happens, we are…confident with “I give a different look to throw bat- pitching staff to play a big part in carry-
Record setting 2015 has women's lacrosse excited for what is ahead BY ABBY MARGULIS sports@thedepauw.com
After three years of being a varsity sport the women’s lacrosse team made waves this season bringing home seven victories to mark the team’s success rate. In the 2015 season the women finished 7-9
overall and 3-5 in North Coast Athletic Conference play, compared to their three victories from a season ago. For the seniors on the team the past few seasons have been a whirlwind. “Looking back at the past three years, it's amazing how much the team has grown and changed,” senior Carey Kunz said. “Being a part of a first-year
program is something not everyone gets to be a part of and it really has been fun to see the changes and the history that has been made from the start.” Senior Megan Morrison adds that she has seen so much improvement over the years. “This was a great last season for me as a senior, we had some amazing freshmen join our team this year and everyone on the team clicks well,” Mor-
rison said. The biggest uproar and highlight for the Tigers was their match up against Ohio Wesleyan University on April 14. DePauw started off trailing behind the Battling Bishops, but with help from sophomore goalie Liz Hawkins, who made a save with 46
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