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Mold continues to be an issue in first-year Ines Hayouna's dorm room on the fourth floor of Hogate Hall. MARISSA HIGGS / THE DEPAUW BY MARISSA HIGGS news@thedepauw.com
Mold in Hogate Hall has been a topic of conversation among first-years since they moved to DePauw University in August. Ever since the flooding that occurred at the start of the year, several students have been complaining of bad smells and getting sick with more than just the average new-school-year cold. The effects of mold exposure are sometimes noticeable and can include nasal stuffiness, skin irritation, fever, shortness of breath and, in some cases, upper respiratory tract symptoms, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Molds are a type of fungi that grow both indoors and out. While they grow best in warm, damp conditions, molds can exist on many different surfaces. Angel Riley, a first-year living on the third floor of Hogate, believes she found mold growing in her
room. As a vocal performance major, she is concerned about how sickness could affect her. “It started about a week after I arrived on campus,” Riley said. “I noticed a funny smell in my room, but I thought it could maybe be my towels. The carpet smelled really bad, like mildew or mold.” Soon, Riley began having earaches. Her stomach would start to hurt after spending too much time in her room. Immediately, she contacted Facilities Management who was quick to respond to the problem. Later that week, workers arrived to shampoo the carpet, however, Riley says the smell has not gone away. Kenna McWilliams, another first-year vocal performance major in Hogate, has noticed herself becoming ill. Like Riley, McWilliams has been complaining of a bad earache and other symptoms, which she thinks are mold related. While the mold might not be in her carpet, McWilliams still believes it is in her room.
“My best bet would be in the air conditioning vent,” she said. First-year Ines Hayouna is certain her air conditioning vent has mold growing on it. She can see it. The brown and black spots are scattered throughout most of the visible inside parts of the vent. Not long after arriving on campus, Hayouna found herself feeling sick. After discovering the mold, she believes she knows why. She said Facilities Management is aware of the mold problem and will be sending someone to clean it. A member of Facilities Management suggested students be more careful with their windows and air conditioners. He said that leaving the windows open during rainy or warm weather and then turning the air on is the most common source of mold in student dorm rooms. While mold can typically be taken care of relatively easily, there are times when more work is required to get rid of it. Hayouna will just have her air
conditioning vent cleaned and hope that is the solution. Riley however, is considering more options. “I’m working on moving out into a different dorm that’s less likely to have mold or doesn’t have as many stories of mold,” Riley said. The Resident Assistant for the third floor of Hogate, sophomore Ines Giramata, said that anyone who thinks they might have mold in their room should seek help immediately. The R.A.s are students’ first stop in fixing dormrelated problems and are equipped with information, like emergency dorm rooms in the Women’s Center, to help students through any process. “As soon as you think you have mold in your room, contact Facilities Management. That should be your first step,” Giramata said. “The second thing that you should be doing is talking to your R.A.” Gregory Dillon, assistant dean and director of housing from the Campus Living and Community Development Office, gives similar advice. “We’ve had students raise concerns about the potential for mold in several rooms in Hogate,” Dillon said. “Facilities Management is aware of those, is investigating and, if they find mold, will thoroughly clean it up. If students are concerned they may have mold in their room, they should contact Facilities Management directly.” Currently, Facilities Management is working on making Hogate 100 percent mold free.
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The New York Times recently recognized DePauw University as one of the most economically diverse top colleges in the nation. Among other schools that have a fouryear graduation rate of 75 percent or higher, DePauw came in 21st. Vassar College was first, with Occidental College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology next to DePauw in 20th and 22nd place. “There are a couple of programs that DePauw has been associated with for a very long time that contribute to the socioeconomic diversity of the student body,” said Cindy Babington, vice president for admission and financial aid. She referenced the Posse and the Bonner Scholar programs. “The Posse Program seeks out leaders (20 per year) who may have been missed by the traditional college search process and often these are students from lower socio-economic backgrounds,” she said. The Bonner Scholar Program, which also aims for about 20 students per year, seeks out students who actively participate in community service and have a financial need. The Times “combined data on enrollment and tuition costs to measure how hard each college is trying to attract and graduate poor and middle-class students,” the article said. The result is a list of the most “economically diverse” top colleges in the nation. The article, written by David Leonhardt, discussed the importance of recruiting lower and middle-income students. “These colleges have changed policies
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and made compromises elsewhere to recruit the kind of talented, poor students who have traditionally excelled in high school but not gone to top colleges,” Leonhardt wrote. He highlighted the importance of recruiting these students and providing the resources for them to pay for school. Babington noted the role financial aid plays in economic diversity at DePauw. “Financial aid based on need is exceptionally important in providing access to students from lower socio-economic backgrounds,” she said. When asked about how some of the changes in merit aid requirements would affect DePauw’s economic diversity, she said she did not foresee an issue. Merit aid is not based on financial need, Babington explained, but rather it is based on academic achievement. “Based on the number and amount of scholarships given, it’s easy to have a more diverse school,” senior Caitlin Hutchinson said. Every year, different publications and organizations release lists ranking schools based on everything from partying to academics, and DePauw is usually on several. The administration has, in the past, stressed that these lists are not always indicative of the student experience. “I’m not a big fan of rankings period, but being high on this particular list demonstrates that DePauw cares about socioeconomic diversity,” Babington said. “I think that’s a good thing.” Students agreed. “It’s more positive than some of the other publicity we do get,” said senior Laura Drew. “It’s a ranking I’d rather be on, as opposed to some other rankings.”
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Delta Gamma presents its first Lectureship in Values and Ethics again,” Edwards said. She suggested that people share stories of bystander intervention through social media and interpersonal conversations. “Find your connection to this and talk about why this matters,” Edwards told the audience. Edwards serves as Executive Director of Green Dot, Etcetera. It is a nonprofit organization “dedicated to violence prevention education,” according to its website. “My personal and professional mission have always been the same,” Edwards said. Edwards was raped at the age of 19. She believes that experience is a part of her journey to beginning the Green Dot, etc. Haley Pratt, President of the DePauw chapter of Delta Gamma, thought Edwards gave concrete examples of how to implement bystander intervention on a college campus such as DePauw’s. “I think she gave a lot of practical advice, and I just hope people take it to heart,” Pratt said. Danielle Wenning, director of lectureship at the DePauw chapter of Delta Gamma, said Edwards Dorothy Edwards speaks to the DePauw community in Kresge Auditorium aligns with many of Delta Gamma’s values. Thursday evening. ERIN O’BRIEN / THE DEPAUW “Prindle actually had a large part in choosing our speaker with us, since they are the values and ethics institute,” Wenning said. “So combined with BY ERIN O’BRIEN some of our interests and their expertise we kind of arrived at this news@thedepauw.com decision, so we’re very happy with who we ended up with.” Andy Cullison, director of the Prindle Institute for Ethics, introDorothy Edwards, founder of The Green Dot, Etc. Strategy, duced the lectureship series and shared more about the partnership visited campus Thursday evening to address the public about her with Delta Gamma to help organize the event this year and in the bystander intervention program. future. The lecture is the first in the DePauw chapter of Delta Gamma’s “I’m optimistic that a natural by product of this [lectureship] Lectureships in Values and Ethics series, a partnership with the is that you end up with a campus culture that is comfortable with Prindle Institute. disagreement, that is comfortable with The Green Dot Strategy aims to diversity of opinion,” Cullison said, prevent “power-based personal violence” “and I think it’s going to be very conthrough the use of bystander interven“I stand here today because I don’t believe ducive to engaging in lots of difficult tion, according to the program’s mission conversations about ethical issues.” there is a choice.” found on its website. Before Thursday night’s lecture, “I stand here today because I don’t -Dorothy Edwards, founder of The Green Dot Etc. Strategy Edwards visited with Delta Gamma and believe there is a choice,” Edwards other classes at DePauw. declared. “It’s been awesome, both because When describing the strategy, I’ve gotten to meet this broad specEdwards told the audience to imagine trum of really cool faculty, staff and a map of their community. Anytime an assault or an instance of students. And within those meetings, everyone seems jazzed about violence in the community takes place, a red dot is placed on that the possibility,” Edwards shared. “Everyone seems really open to the location. possibility of gosh this could be different. I haven’t run up against On the other hand, any time violence is prevented or another community member promotes bystander intervention, a green dot is this can’t be done, been there done that. It’s just a cool campus.” In November, the Gamma Iota chapter at DePauw became the placed on that location. 20th and final Delta Gamma chapter nationwide to endow the “A single teeny tiny moment in time where someone says, ‘I will use my choices, my behaviors, my voice, to make it less likely that the lectureship after raising $50,000 and receiving a matching challenge grant. next red dot ever gets on the map,” Edwards said. The Lectureship in Values in Ethics was established in 1992 by The goal is to have more green dots than red on the map. Paul Martin in order to honor his 50th wedding anniversary with his The Green Dot Strategy also stresses that green dots should not wife, Dorothy Garrett Martin, an alumna of the Eta-Akron chapter of just be reactionary. Delta Gamma. “Even as you are responding to red dots that come up right now, what could you be doing on a daily basis to change the norms around here such that it’s less likely for a red dot to ever come up
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Tiger pep band missing from stands BY EMILY MCCARTER news@thedepauw.com
The Tiger Pep Band will no longer take the stands at DePauw University sporting events. Last year, Athletic Director Stevie BakerWatson asked the band not to play at any athletic events until they have a “bigger sound,” said David Ziemba, a pep band alumnus. Since then, efforts to get the band back up and running have not prevailed. “During the course of last football and basketball season, we tried to recruit more people to satisfy the requirement given to us, and because playing games is the only way we are able to actively recruit new members, we never found the membership,” Ziemba wrote in an email Saturday. “This problem [not being able to recruit without playing] was passed along to the athletic director, the dean of the School of Music and President Casey, but it did not change the decision to ‘ban
the band.” The Tiger Pep Band had been in existence since 1995 when Ziemba and alum Daniel Reck started it with money from student congress. The band was a main event at football and basketball games, with help from pep band advisor Valarie Ziegler. The Tiger Pep Band was the only group on campus in which current students, alumni, faculty, staff and townspeople could all play together. “If you play with the Tiger Pep Band, you can play with the Tiger Pep Band until the day you die,” Ziegler wrote. “It created an incredibly close and really invaluable community of people. It was wonderful for our students to make those kinds of contacts with alums.” With help from Ziegler, the band was studentrun and organized. On days of home football games, the students and other participants would be at the fields from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. “I think it would add another element of
school spirit,” sophomore Emily Bell said. “We have a School of Music. Why wouldn’t we have a pep band?” Pep band could be a way to bridge the gap between the School of Music and the College of Liberal Arts. “For students not involved in the School of Music ensembles, it allowed them to continue to play music, cheer for their fellow students on the athletic field or court and—if they took on a leadership role—put into practice the liberal arts education they were being given by DPU,” Ziemba wrote. Now that the pep band is no longer running, starting it back up again will be even harder. However, there is a group of seven to 10 alumni and faculty that are trying to restart the band, in whatever capacity they can. For students, alumni and staff alike that are interested in restarting the Tiger Pep Band, their Facebook page has more information.
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Column: PiYo or Pi-No Campus a capella groups welcome new singers BY TYLER MURPHY
really excited, We have already been able to establish songs. We have been so productive already, hopefully we can keep the ball rolling.” With the start of a new academic year comes the Rehearsals have been going well for DePauwCadeluge of emails filling student inboxes, remnants of pella, too. those regrettable decisions to sign up for every booth “We are really impressed with how fast they’ve at the activities fair. been picking up on music,” Brems said. That being said, two groups seem to stand out Both groups are determining set lists for their conabove the clutter. In true “Pitch Perfect” fashion, De- certs in December, as well as rehearsing pieces that PauwCappella and Keynotes, DePauw’s two a cappella can be sung throughout the year. groups, steal the show. “Right now we are working on more nitty-gritty The ball has been rolling for the groups as well, dynamics,” Brems said. “We have already worked out with auditions already conducted and rehearsals al- six songs.” ready underway. DePauwCappella and Keynotes like to keep their For both groups, turnouts to auditions weren’t set lists on the down low to surprise the audience, but favorable due to scheduling conflicts. they released a few sneak peaks at their concerts. “We had an issue with auditions being held on the “We are doing lots of funky mash-ups,” Haynes day of the first tailgate,” said senior Emma Haynes, said. “They are songs that you would not think would vice-president of Keynotes. “But it ended up working go together, but sound very beautiful.” out for the better.” DePauwCappella has a few songs in the line-up DePauwCappella had similar issues. from famous a cappella groups in the United States “We didn’t have as many as last year,” said senior today. Patrick Brems, Co-President of DepauwCappella. “We have our usual Christmas plans, but also a few “But [auditions] were earlier and the first-year class arrangements from Pentatonix.” Brems said. was smaller this year. We had 30 people come out, Both groups are ready to start their years with the but [we] ended up taking six people.” new additions. The Keynotes were in a similar boat, taking in four “It’s always fun to hear the new sounds and have a new first-years while turning down several others in new experience,” Haynes said. the process. DePauwcapella sees a great year ahead. “We are thrilled with the new members we took “Already we are moving at a much faster rate than in,” Brems said. The leaders of both groups have seen last year, and it’s very encouraging,” Brems said. a peek into the promise of this academic year.” DePauwcapella’s new members are excited, too. The Keynotes held their first rehearsal on SunSophomore Akil Davis said, “I expect nothing less day. than ‘Pitch Perfect.’” “It went really well,” Haynes said. “The girls are features@thedepauw.com
Lousiann McDole leads the new workout class, “PiYo.” CHRISTA SCHROEDEL / THE DEPAUW my life. As the class progressed, the difficulty kept getting worse. A third of the way through, I Instructor Lousiann McDole brings PiYo, started to notice the sweat pouring from my an intensive, one-hour workout experience, to body. I would say anything that I had drank within the last 24 hours started seeping through DePauw students. my pores. Needless to I didn’t know what say, I was a hot mess. to expect from the After a few more PiYo class beforehand. I assumed it would be “PiYo is all about flexibility, balance intricate poses, I up at the clock relaxing and calming, and strength. It gives you the long looked expecting to see that like the yoga classes the hour was up and lean dancer body that everyone I took in the past. that I survived PiYo. I Despite being slightly idolizes.” discovered that only worried about my abil-Lousiann McDole, PiYo Instructor 30 minutes had passed. ity to do PiYo, I threw My bottle was getting on some leggings and near empty. I had to made my way to the start rationing my GaLilly Center. After I set up my yoga mat and had a healthy dose of Ga- torade for fear of passing out on the mat. I was shocked to see how calm and put totorade, our instructor, McDole, started talking gether the other seven ladies in the class were. about what we can expect from the class. “PiYo is all about flexibility, balance and It was like they did this everyday of their life. strength. It gives you the long, lean dancer The girl next to me gave me a very encouragbody that everyone idolizes,” McDole said. “Its ing smile, helping me push through the last five going to be hard, but you can hate me tomor- minutes. After we worked out, McDole had us lay row.” Immediately my mind is flooded with imag- on our mats, with the lights off just breathing. es of Beyonce and Iggy, thinking that this one- Of course this confused me, because we were still trying to workout. However my exhausted hour class is going to get me that “hot bod.” Starting off was nice—lots of deep breathing body was thankful for the few minutes of rest. and stretching to warm up our bodies. Being It was probably the most relaxed I have been naïve, I assumed that the stretching was go- during my first few weeks at DePauw. While PiYo was a difficult exercise class to ing to be the bulk of our work out. Boy was I wrong. Almost immediately, fast paced music take, I think it was very beneficial to me. Hopebegan playing and our instructor took off, be- fully I can make it out every Sunday to take the ginning the actual workout. I did my best i to class. Who knows? Maybe it will get me one keep up. I got my body into various yoga poses step closer to Beyonce’s body. while doing what felt like the worst cardio of BY AMANDA BROWN
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NEW MEMBERS KEYNOTES DEPAUWCAPPELLA MICHAELA BALCHER ‘18
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ZOE CUNNINGHAM ‘17
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AKIL DAVIS ‘17
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Retired ‘pop-punk’ band reflects on glory days at DePauw University
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With intricately layered guitar parts, break-neckspeed drum fills and lyrics to tug at the heartstrings, TGL, which stands for The Good Life, named after a Weezer song, is a local band that isn’t afraid to show us what it’s really about. The band has consistently refused to label themselves in to one singular genre. “Because there are 500 different ‘genres’ nowadays, and I truthfully don’t know what any of them mean,” said Zach Stewart, a bass guitarist and a founding member of the band. Stewart said they are usually labeled in the “poppunk” or “emo” genre. “I’d like to think that the music is a blend of a lot of stuff — different sounds, stemming from what we were influenced by or listening to at the time,” Stewart said. “I was never fond of the ‘emo’ tag because I think it’s a bit of a oxymoron when put into the context of music. If you think about it, who writes music without investing emotion into it?” TGL comes from small beginnings at Greencastle High School when drummer Will Cath, DePauw class of ‘10, and Zach Stewart started playing music together as fresh-
men in high school. ”We started playing music in my basement and were terrible for a long time, but it was fun, harmless and a great way to learn on our own and not depend on anyone else,” Cath said. “[The band saw] a revolving door of musicians from Greencastle, Jake Berry, Trevor Fallis, Quinn Fenlon, Zach Stewart, John Sibbitt (fellow DPU grad) and myself. The start of the band was facilitated by so much support from our friends and families.” TGL started off playing shows on DePauw’s campus, where both Cath and, guitarist / vocalist Sibbitt attended. Initially the band was the only young group on the scene in Putnam County, so they were the band that was picked to play at all sorts of fraternity parties and other DePauw events. “We were pretty strategic in how we made money,” Stewart said. “We played pretty much every frat house and special event at DePauw, and that really helped fund our ability to play everywhere else.” As the band honed their performance chops on campus, from 2005 to 2007 they recorded two self-released EP’s, both of which boasted widespread radio play on WGRE. Soon after, TGL geared up for the opportunity of a lifetime. “WGRE was really supportive of TGL when we entered MTVu’s ‘Best Music On Campus Competition.’ They had been playing our stuff even before John and Will were students at DePauw, and well before the MTVu contest,” Stewart said. “I think that kind of support for local musicians really helped push us to the finals of the MTVu competition.” “Best Music On Campus” is a annual online battle of the bands for college musicians, hosted by MTVu. Every musician who enters must be in college and must represent their respective campus. TGL represented DePauw in 2007 when the top prize finisher received a $1.5 million recording contract with Epic Records and a gig on the Conan O’ Brien’s show. After the nearly six-month competition ended, TGL walked away as a runner-up and was dubbed one of the top five college bands in the country. The “Best Music on Campus” winners were chosed was based mostly on online fan votes, although a panel of judges chose which artist got the record deal. “Sadly it wasn’t us, but we weren’t in any sort of position to record a huge record like that anyway,” Steward said. “We were still pretty young, and we were still far from having a polished sound. That exposure really helped us transition
into taking the music more seriously, and it got the attention of the label that we would eventually sign to.” The band signed a deal with Lobster / Oort Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music group, just one year after the MTVu competition. “We began our music career in an age when signing a contract with a well known record label was deeply beneficial to being successful, if not essential,” Cath said. “We thought we were doing the right thing in signing with Lobster / Oort, but like most records deals, it turned out to be no more than a good learning experience in proper business and entrepreneurship.” When the band signed, they were immediately sent on tour all across the country in hopes of developing a wider fan base. “I took a full year off of school during my junior year at DePauw to tour and pursue our music,” Cath said. “I don’t think I can explain how fun and beneficial touring is. It’s similar to a long, thought-out backpacking trip across Eastern Europe, Asia and the U.S. You learn so much about yourself and how the world works.” Touring is not all fun and games, however. TGL did not experience the glitz and glam associated with rock starts. “There was nothing glamorous about it,” Cath said. “We didn’t attract mass amounts of girls because of it. We weren’t swimming in popularity. We were five to seven guys on the road, roughing it and loving every second of it because we were together, doing what we knew best — playing music to whomever would listen and enjoying life as we took it on head first.” Instead of tourin gin a bus, they toured in a van. “I loved our touring machine, Betsy, more than anything I’ve owned,” Cath said. “She was a 12-passenger van with bunk beds, a T.V equipped with all-you-can-play Donkey Kong, and we took it all over the country.” After a pretty extensive run of shows across the U.S. and Canada, TGL was ready to record their debut album on Lobster Records, but not without the hardships that come with being under contract. “Our first album, ‘Sweeter As Ficiton’ came out during the height of illegal downloading in 2008, and that album was on torrent sites everywhere weeks before it was released in stores, so I wouldn’t be surprised if CD sales were effected,” Stewart said. Although the deal with Lobster / Oort helped TGL expand their fan base, it didn’t lead to a break into stardom.
“We were on tour in support of Sweeter which had just been released a few weeks prior, [and] that’s when the label stopped answering our phone calls, literally,” Stewart said. “[During] one of the last conversations we ever had with label in October of 2008, they told us that our album was a flop and wasn’t going to sell. From that moment on— we never heard from the label again.” The band went back to a DIY attitude, trying to balance college and music in 2009 before officially announcing that they were disbanding. After trying their best to promote a leaked album, to tour and to manage class schedules, the band agreed to part ways and end their career while they were ahead. “It was time to call it a day.” Stewart said. Although the band hasn’t performed a gig since 2012, and has no plans to perform again, the hometown heroes of Greencastle have released their newest CD “This is the End.” on several digital retailers. “This is the End.” is a collection of songs recorded over the span of the band’s existence, as well as some new material, constitute the album. “I think it’d be nice to get this new album pressed on vinyl, but other than that... We all live in different parts of the country now and we don’t have any intentions of ever playing a show again,” Stewart said. “Sure there are probably things that are far more likely to never happen again, but the release of this album is really kind of the ‘final chapter’ and our way of saying ‘this is the end,’ if you will.” While TGL didn’t have the most successful music career, Stewart doesn’t count thier time producing music as a total waste. “I’d like to think that if someone somewhere is listening to our music right now and relating to it in their own way, then we accomplished more in our career than most do,” Stewart said. Even though TGL went on tour, Stewart’s and Cath’s favorite memories of TGL are from the shows they played around Greencastle. “Playing music in Greencastle was always a trip for me,” Cath said. “It was rarely a chill experience. We had a local fan base that would carry us through some of the bigger local shows. Cath performed some of his favorite shows on DePauw’s campus. “:Some of the wildest parties happened at DePauw, and the best shows ever were in frat houses,” Cath said. “The crowd was nuts, but in the best way possible. They were all really into it. We played a lot of fraternity and house parties that kept us relevant at DePauw, and [they]
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Gone but not forgotten Learning to remember 9/11 On Thursday, our country observed the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Most of us reading this can remember where we were the first time we saw a plane fly into the Twin Towers on the television screen. Leann remembers walking into the kitchen after getting ready for another day of third grade to see what she thought was a scene from a movie. Nicole remembers watching the second plane hit as her teacher watched in horror. Kevin vaguely remembers sitting in a giant beanbag in the first grade classroom when his teacher broke the news to him and assuming it was normal for planes to fly and sometimes hit tall buildings. The members of this editorial board are from the tail end of the generation that can remember that day. Most of DePauw’s first-year class were in kindergarten when 9/11 happened. Anyone younger than them is unlikely to remember that day. Not many of us have solid memories from before kindergarten. This means that high school seniors and younger are old enough to remember the effects of 9/11, but young enough not to remember the tragedy itself. This editorial board wonders what that means for the future of the tragedy. Years from now, when those of us old enough to remember that day are in our 80s and 90s, will people still post “Never Forget” photos on social media on the anniversary, or will such posts be reserved for pages specifically devoted to American history and 9/11, much like posts about Pearl Harbor or D-Day are now? High school teachers are already battling these questions. On September 11, 2014, the Ridgefield Press, a Connecticut paper, published an article titled, “For today’s students, there’s no ‘before 9/11.” The article outlines how current students have a difficult time understanding the effects of 9/11 because they have no personal memories with which they can compare the aftermath. The article also talks about how these students’ teachers must change the way they teach Sept. 11, shifting from a current event angle to a more historical angle, with 9/11 as the spark to current events. This editorial board finds this shift in angle troubling. For us, 9/11 is very much a current event, one that we still treat with reverence and solemnity, just as the country did in the years immediately following 2001. For us, 9/11 casts a shadow over what is happening in the Middle East now. Last week’s editorial about ISIS and the comparisons we drew between the situation in the Middle East today and the situation in the same area 13 years ago are evidence of our view. We think there is something worth preserving in that solemnity, and we are not alone in our opinions. On September 10, 2014, the San Bernadino Sun, a California paper, ran an article titled “Remember 9/11: Teachers adapt lessons to adapt to growing history.” The article quotes one teacher, Aaron Bishop, saying that in the future he hopes to bring people into his classes that experienced 9/11 to preserve the human element in his lessons for students who were born after 9/11. “You get real history from stories, not just from textbooks,” the article quotes. “I would like someone’s grandpa to come in to say I was at the Pentagon or I was at that field in Pennsylvania.” We think that’s a good idea. This editorial board thinks that in years to come, it will fall on those of us who remember 9/11 to make sure younger generations understand the events of that day and what those events did to our country. It will require those of us who lived that day to post more than a picture or a short status on social media each anniversary. It will require us to share our stories. email us at edboard@thedepauw.com
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Simple ways to beat boredom TAULBEE JACKSON
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o far, college has been a good experience. I have yet to hear one complaint from anybody about classes, living conditions or meeting new people. Sure things were weird at first, but by week three or four, everything is fine. Everyone seems to be feeling pretty good. Yet, this surely will not last forever. Eventually people are going to grow wary of the schedule they’ve set for themselves. It happens to people who live in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago ,and it especially happens to people who grew up in a small community (myself included). Feeling jaded after awhile is a normal reaction to life, if you’ve been doing the same thing for three or four or 19 years. The trick is getting past it. If you’re feeling bored, you should take it upon yourself to fix it. Here are five things you can do to shake things up in your life. Get to know someone you’ve never talked to before. It sounds super corny and obvious, but talking to someone you’ve never met exposes you to a whole series of events you’ve never lived. Sure, you may have things in common, but chances are if you meet a random stranger, you’ll learn something about that person and maybe even something about yourself.
During your free time between classes, walk into recital hour in the Green Center for Performing Arts. The people on that stage want to play music for a living, so they won’t care in the slightest if you hear them play. I’ve done this myself, and it is a good change of pace, especially if your pace is fast and stressful. It can be very relaxing. Wander into the office of a professor you’ve never had and ask them questions. These people are experts in their field. Even if it’s something you’re not interested in, they may have some insight to ideals or opinions you’ve never encountered before, so just ask them questions. Invite your whole floor to a movie night. Get a television or a laptop, pop a bunch of popcorn and go crazy. Movie nights can be a fun way to get to know people, break up the monotony of constant homework and make you instantly more popular. Even if nobody pays any bit of attention to the movie, people will have a good time just doing something different with new people. Make new food items. We all have to eat, so why not find a way to make a sandwich using pizza slices as the bread? There’s no limit to imagination or the eternal hunger of college students, so go wild. Ask your art major friends to help you, or you can even Google recipes for pasta and replace the noodles for Ramen. -Jackson is a first-year intended communications major from Cloverdale, Indiana. opinions@thedepauw.com
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he meaning of life is an age-old question asked by philosophers and laymen alike. Our lives begin abruptly, an empty cassette dropped into this vast universe. After a few years, the tape starts rolling and in comes a perpetual barrage of directives. To eat, to learn, to grow, to work; an endless list. Each day, humans work from one goal to the next completing short-term objectives or progressing towards a long-term aspiration. Along each step, we seek for some apparent checkpoint. But life is too long for a human to fully grasp and the future too chaotic to predict. How can one create a generalized goal for an unknown timeline in a dynamic world that encompasses more experiences than humans can fit into their heads? Entire systems of philosophy stem from searching for our mortal mission. Western philosophies bring answers ranging from Platonism, aiming to attain the highest form of knowledge, to Nihilism,
that life is without meaning. Confucianism, originating in China, teaches to minimize the negatives in one’s life and grow virtue through strong relationships and reasoning. Countless more philosophies exist of all variety, not to mention the dozens of religions, which all have their own twist on the matter. Potential answers to the meaning of life spring up throughout all civilizations across the timeline of human history. While human constructs provide an abstract basis to human purpose, one cannot overlook man’s evolutionary ancestry. Theoretically, lightning’s spark created the first organic compounds by reconfiguring atoms in the atmosphere to create amino acids. In the following few billion years, these basic compounds would interact to create countless organic compounds, structures and ultimately organisms. Then the environment shaped populations of the creatures at its mercy, morphing different species across the eons until nature produced its greatest invention: the human brain, a biological supercomputer capable of abstract thought, reasoning and problem solving proficiency far greater than anything else on Earth. But once nature achieved this pinnacle, evolution for the modern human stopped. For billions of years, life’s purpose was to survive and reproduce. Organisms fought over re-
sources for day-to-day survival. Now people bypass the struggles of life with modern conveniences making nature’s survival challenge a moot point. Luckily, humans strive for more than simply living. In this exploration, truth can be found. There is no set meaning of life. Philosophers and religious teachings provide invaluable lessons to steer your path, but each alone seems too rigid for life’s dynamic twists and turns. Realize that each person’s life is as vivid and complex as the next. People all have their own dreams, fears, ambitions and habits. An individual can hardly comprehend their own complex craziness, let alone communicate it all to another person. We stand helpless, recognizing the impossibility to fully understand another human as we tumble about in our own sea of experiences. You must find your own meaning to life. The only person who knows you well enough to decide your path is you. Take your knowledge and borrowed wisdoms to form your resolve. Never fear what you are capable of because the world is your playground where anything is possible. -Lockwood is a junior math and biology major from Indianapolis. opinions@thedepauw.com
Questions arise over new Pink Floyd album HUSSAIN HABIB
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ecently, British rock band Pink Floyd announced the upcoming release of a new album, “The Endless River,” in October. This comes as big news to fans since Pink Floyd hasn’t released an album in the past 20 years. The album will mostly incorporate material from the early 90s that was recorded when the band’s previous album, “The Division Bell,” was still in production. The sound of the new album will take fans back to pre–”Dark Side of the Moon” days, with an ambient, soothing sort of vibe. David Gilmour, the band’s guitarist, will be at the helm of the project working alongside drummer Nick Mason and a team of producers. Two key members of the band, Roger Waters and Rick Wright, the lead singer and keyboardist,
respectively, will be absent from production of “The Endless River.” Waters decided against reuniting with the band for personal reasons, while Wright tragically lost a battle with cancer in 2008. With two key members of the band missing from production, fan reaction to the album has been conflicted, to say the least. While some fans can’t wait to hear what Gilmour has in store, others feel that the album shouldn’t have been announced, let alone given an official release date. in the first place. The latter dislike the absence of Waters and Wright and the rushed pace of production this year. I happen to be of the opinion that this album is an awful idea. I’ve been an avid fan of Pink Floyd my entire life, and it simply feels wrong knowing that two of the essential pieces to the band’s historic success won’t be there to contribute to the album. Fans know all about Roger Waters because of his position as lead singer, but I think this album will really lack because of the absence of Wright. His work on the keyboard will be present in some capacity on the album, but Wright was always integral to the production process, whether it was song writing or editing.
I believe that this is a power play of sorts on Gilmour’s part. For people who don’t know, Gilmour and Waters have always had a feud over who should have more influence in the band’s work. The best example of this is during production of the album, “The Wall,” where Gilmour and Waters split writing duties for the same songs so both could get their verses in. With Rogers temporarily stepping away from the spotlight, it seems as though Gilmour is seizing an opportunity to leave his mark on the band’s legacy. I sincerely hope that this is about the music and not the band’s inner politics, but the forced, rushed nature of this album release suggests otherwise. Pink Floyd is undoubtedly one of the greatest bands of all time. They single-handedly changed the direction of the progressive and psychedelic rock genre and really forced people to reevaluate their views on what music is and what music can be. There isn’t anything left to prove. I say go out while you’re still on top.
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PHOTOPINION The NYTimes says DePauw is one of the top 25 most economically diverse schools. What do you think about that? “As an economics major, most of the people with whom I take classes appear to be affluent.”
DEMAR AYEE, SENIOR “Walking around campus, everyone looks pretty well off. So I’d say that the diversity that the NYT reports is not very evident.” HAYLEY WINDBIGLER, SENIOR “Thanks to DePauw’s wide range of financial aid, the student body’s diversity has increased and this benefits everyone by having more ideas at the table.” CAMERON MEEHAN, JUNIOR “It allows students to understand a broader range of perspectives and ideas that a less economically diverse school would have to offer.” TEAGUE HAMPTON, FIRST-YEAR
-Habib is a first-year from Fort Wayne, Indiana. opinions@thedepauw.com
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Field hockey suffers first loss of the season BY ABBY MARGULIS sports@thedepauw.com
The DePauw University field hockey team left Kenyon College tired and disappointed after falling one goal short to the Ladies, 2-1. This game marks the Tiger’s first loss of the 2014 season. “No one wants to see a loss, but I’m glad we got it out now instead of in the [NCAC] tournament,” senior Paige Henry said. “It’s okay, but we realized that every team is going to bring their best game against us. They’re gunning for us.” Leaving the loss behind them, the team drove to Denison University for its second match of the weekend. The Tigers stepped off the bus and onto the field ready to go, ending the match with a 2-0 shutout, improving to 5-1 overall and 1-1 in the NCAC. Facing the Kenyon Ladies Saturday morning, the Tiger’s first-year Addie Ball knocked in a goal early in the first half. Eight minutes later Kenyon tied the score at 1-1. With 51 seconds remaining in the first half, Kenyon scored its second goal, capitalizing on a penalty corner. The Tigers finished the game with no shots scored on them in the second half. The Tigers out shot Kenyon 22-8 despite the final score. The women moved onto their game against Denison with the goal of having each person individually give it her all. The women picked up the game coming out on top, 2-0 over the Big Red. The Tigers accomplished their goal by having all 25 players string together the pieces to make a win realistic.
“Sending a hard ball right to our teammate’s stick, cutting into open space, putting pressure on the other team right away,” junior Maggie Grady said. “What worked well for us [Sunday] to get the win is that we were winning the 50/50s and getting to the ball first and then sending it on to the next pass right away.” Scoring the two goals against Denison were Henry and junior Laynie Thomas. Thomas hit the back of the cage 19 minutes into the first half off a rebound, while Henry put a shot in after 51 minutes of play on a penalty corner. First-year Maddy Burds assisted Henry’s goal. The Tiger’s win Sunday was due in part to the fact that they left Saturday’s loss on the field and started fresh. “All you can do after a loss is to move forward and work ahead,” Henry said. “We knew Denison was going to be a tough game as well so we put the loss behind us. We focused on that game and making the improvements from there. We were excited and looking forward to Denison. We tried to have a positive outlook and build upon the things we have done so far.” The team is looking forward to finding improvements they can make to continue the success they want before facing Oberlin College Saturday at Reavis Stadium. “Every team we play from here on out is going to bring their very best game against us,” Grady said. “I don’t think Kenyon had anything that proved to their success. It was more about what we were missing. Our team needs to adjust to the way different teams play, offensively and defensively, and then make it our game.”
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SHOTS ON GOAL: 7
SAVES: 2
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PENALTY CORNERS: 11
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Lack of offense bites women’s soccer again
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The 22nd ranked women’s volleyball team had another impressive weekend, this time sweeping the competition at home in the Tiger Invitational. They began with Defiance College on Friday evening, beating them 3-1 (2624, 22-25, 25-17, 25-12). Sophomore Elisabeth Wilson led the Tigers with 17 kills, followed by junior Sarah Burtenshaw with 15. Junior Faith Rowles assisted 48 of the Tigers 57 kills. “To come out with a win was great,” Wilson said. “We got all the jitters out against Defiance and set the tone for the
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As the Tigers (1-4, 0-0) added a fourth loss to their record on Friday night, this time 2-0 at the hands of Thomas More College (5-0, 0-0), DePauw head coach Megan McCormick insisted her team is ready to turn around what has been a slow start to the season. “We are starting to see the number of dangerous chances we create in a match increase, so as long as we continue to create more chances, the goals will come,” McCormick said. “Ultimately, as that happens players simply need to stay calm and collected as they strike the ball.” Right now, however, it’s hard to ignore the straight up facts: DePauw has scored in only one of their five games while allowing over two goals per match, and they are being outshot 80 to 29 so far. Friday night was a little bit different. The Tigers came out and were able to play with a top-15 school in the nation. DePauw was cooled off after a quick start, allowing goals in the sixth and 29th minutes respectively, but came out strong in the final 45 minutes. “We put them under quite a bit of pressure in the first eight minutes of the match but lost confidence as a team after giving up a goal,” McCormick said. “We limped through the rest of the half playing Thomas More’s style of play and giving up a second goal.” The second half was a different story, as the Tigers were able to dictate the pace of play and create several solid scoring chances. “We were able to compete with the now 10th ranked team in the country and had we put together 90 minutes of the way we played in the second half, we may have ended up on the other
side of that scoreline,” McCormick said. Sophomore Elizabeth Seewer agreed. “We were in their half quite a bit of the second half and we created goal scoring opportunities,” Seewer said. All of those opportunities only amounted to one shot on Thomas More keeper, Megan Barton. DePauw’s last line of defense, senior Emma Cooper, shined once again, stopping eight of the 10 shots that challenged her. Cooper keeping the Tigers relevant in matches this year has become a common theme. She has recorded seven or more saves in each of the first five games and has kept DePauw within striking distance. “Emma has had a tremendous start to the year,” McCormick said. “Her ability to maintain focus and effectively communicate throughout the course of a match has certainly helped us stay organized.” With a poor non-conference record, the Tigers’ chances of receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament are next to nothing. Most likely, their chance into the tournament will be to qualify for the NCAC tournament and then win the conference’s at-large bid. The Tigers wrap up their non-conference schedule Wednesday when they host Franklin College at Reavis Stadium starting at 7 p.m. Saturday the Tigers will face their first NCAC challenge and first road game as they head to Hiram College for a tilt beginning at 5 p.m. Seewer said, “We will use this win on Wednesday to get the confidence we need as well as the confidence gained Saturday to go strong into conference this weekend and get the job done.”
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Volleyball’s streak nears double digits after wins BY JACOB LYNN
Junior Aly Marzonie runs to the ball during Friday’s game against Thomas Moore. LEANN BURKE / THE DEPAUW
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rest of the tournament.” First-year Emily Beckes dug up 13 balls, and junior Keely McGrath had 10 of her own. Rowles led the team with four blocks. Against Baldwin Wallace University, who the Tigers swept in three games (25-23, 25-12, 25-11), Rowles led the team with 31 assists, setting up 11 kills for Wilson, who again led the team. Beckes had three aces. In the second day of the tournament, the Tigers didn’t lose a single set. In the first match, DePauw grabbed a 3-0 win over Hanover College (25-18, 25-13, 25-19), with Rowles and Mary Kate Etling leading the charge with eight kills
each. Rowles also assisted on 23 of the total 35 kills from the game, and McGrath dug up 20 balls and led the team with three service aces. “We played together really well in this tournament,” Wilson said. “Even if we were down in a set we were able to come back and win, which was a big step for our team.” To finish out the tournament, the Tigers took on 25th ranked Millikin University. “Millikin was definitely one of the tougher teams we’ve played this year,” Wilson said. “They’re a really strong team with great defense.”
Men’s tennis optimistic despite departures BY AUSTIN CANDOR sports@thedepauw.com
Last year, the men’s tennis team ended their season with Ben Kopecky, ‘13, and Sam Miles, ‘13, who made it into the NCAA Division III Doubles Championship. Coming off an overall record of 17-5 at the end of the 2013 season. The Tigers look to improve without the pair. “We’re just as good if not better than last year,” sophomore Patrick Farrell said. “We have a lot of experience on our team and we know we have what it takes to win conference and go to the NCAA tournament in the spring.” This past weekend, the team opened fall play at the DePauw Invitational, an individual tournament divided up into nine flights composed of six sets of singles and three sets of doubles. For the most part, DePauw faced Division II teams like Ohio Dominican University, Grand Valley State University and the University of Indianapolis. The match-ups proved to be the “toughest level of competition the tournament has seen in a long time,” Assistant Coach Andrew Gregory said. Although the Tigers didn’t win any of the nine flights, the players see this weekend’s results as a positive start to the season.
“It’s still very early in the season, so it was great to see that our guys were in great shape and played well against good competition,” Farrell said. Senior Chris Bertolini was particularly impressed with how the team performed individually. “The returning players showed improvements from last year, while the freshmen and transfer students had very promising results,” Bertolini said. The newcomers to the team are who Head Coach Scott Riggle will pay the closest attention to early in the season. “One of the goals for the fall is getting to know the new kids and having them understand what they need to do to get better between now and the spring,” Riggle said. The first-years’ impact will play an important role in the Tigers’ season, as the team lost three talented seniors, Kopecky, Miles and Joe Collins. However, Riggle isn’t too concerned about the holes the three left. “Every year you wonder how you’re going to fill that void, but every year someone steps up,” Riggle explained. Riggle is also focusing on advancing many players deep into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Tournament in two weeks. The tournament will be played in Indianapolis
at North Central High School. “We want to play the best tennis we can and the results will follow,” senior Eric Bruynseels explained. “Our team has huge potential, and this year is going to be one for the books.” Besides a tough schedule, the team is preparing themselves for conference play through their in-season training regiments as well. “We’ve adopted a conditioning schedule that a top Division I team uses,” Bertolini said. “We’ve already noticed improvements in our physical stamina, and we look forward to seeing how it spans out for us.” Although conference play doesn’t start until April, the team has its eyes on the NCAA tournament. For the past two years, the Tigers have fallen just short, finishing second to conference-rival Kenyon College and missing the tournament each time. “This season our goal as a program is to win the conference tournament… and get over the hump,” Gregory said. “This will give us an NCAA berth for the first time in years.” Next up for the Tigers is Marian University this Wednesday at 5 p.m. before they wrap up fall play at the USTA/ITA Central Regional Championships at the end of the month.
The Tigers beat them in three straight sets, 25-20, 30-28 and 25-23. Great defense or not, that didn’t slow down the Tiger hitters. Junior Lauren Falotico and Etling both had 12 kills, with Wilson adding another 10 to the Tigers total 46. Rowles assisted on 38 of them. McGrath had 21 digs, and Wilson had three solo blocks and five block assists. “Millikin was definitely our best win of the tournament,” Wilson said. Wilson and Falotico were both named to the all-tournament team for their solid performances. “I was really excited,” Wilson said. “It’s my first college all-tournament
team.” The Tigers next contest will be at Oberlin College on Saturday, where they will play both the home team and Manchester University. For Wilson and the rest of the team, anticipation is high as they open up their North Coast Athletic Conference schedule. “We’re really excited to come off such a successful home weekend and get back to some conference play,” Wilson said. “We’re ready for this weekend,”
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Men’s soccer boosts resume after upset of Thomas More
Sophomore Julian Gonzalez parades after scoring the game winning goal against nationally ranked Thomas More College on Friday, Sept. 12. SAM CARVANA / THE DEPAUW BY JACOB LYNN sports@thedepauw.com
Julian Gonzalez gave the Tigers a win that they desperately needed Friday evening with a goal in the second overtime period that lifted DePauw University (4-2, 0-0) to a 2-1 victory over nationally-ranked Thomas More College (4-2, 0-0). The upset was the definition of a must-win game for the Tigers. The victory gives the Tigers a definite confidence booster as they prepare for conference play and the postseason. It also advances DePauw’s winning streak to three. “It was a huge win for the team,” Gonzalez said. “We really needed that to help come back after the rocky start to the season.” Sophomore Jonathan Wheeler found the back of the net for the second time in his caree, his second shot of 2014, to give DePauw the lead. It was Gonzalez who got credit for the assist on the 54th-minute goal. A little over 20 minutes later, Thomas More delivered the equalizer, scoring off a set piece. Brian Runyon played the ball into the box forcing DePauw goalkeeper, senior Jake Pezzuto, to leave his feet in order to make the save. While in the air, a player made contact with Pezzuto, causing him to lose control of the ball. With the net wide open, Jack Little seized the opportunity and tied the game at one. “The goalkeeper is supposed to be protected when they go up to collect a ball as they are exposed like a receiver over the middle in football,” DePauw Head Coach Brad Hauter said. “Incidentally, the official watched the game film and sent an email apologizing for missing the call. That’s the first time that has happened.” After the blatant missed call, Hauter and the rest of the coaching staff focused on prepaing the team for overtime. “My concern in this was that the goal was unjust and should not have been allowed,” Hauter said. “In moments like that it is easy for players
to get caught up in the non-call and lose rhythm. Our guys showed great poise and mental toughness in settling into the ‘new’ game.” It was less than one minute into the start of the second overtime when Gonzalez finally broke through. The sophomore capitalized on a deflected shot from senior Andy Morrison, much like the Thomas More goal, and finished it off. “Going into overtime, we knew that the other team was tired, so when I saw Andy breaking down the sideline, I knew I could beat my man to the rebound,” Gonzalez said. The upset gave the Tigers a standout win to put on their resume come NCAA selection time. “Beating a regionally ranked team is important for us in the event that we have to rely on a selection from the [NCAA] selection committee,” Pezzuto said. After their disappointing loss to Franklin College a week and a half ago, the Tigers’ only sure path to the national tournament will run through the North Coast Athletic Conference. “Our goal is still to win conference and win the conference tournament,” Pezzuto said. “If Franklin is the only real misstep we would have a chance [at an at-large bid] but our only guaranteed path into the tournament is to win the automatic bid from the NCAC,” Hauter said. Only the top four teams in the conference advance from regular season play into the conference tournament at the end of the year. The recent success has Hauter in a good mood as the team gets set to open conference play in a little under a week. “The NCAC is at its most competitive level with incredible parity,” Hauter said. “This year more than any other it can be won by any of six or seven teams, so it is great to see us solidifying as a team prior to entering that part of the schedule.” The Tigers will have to get through another non-conference matchup, as they travel to RoseHulman Institute of Technology on Wednesday night.
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