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Clinton takes DePauw

By DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com

He commanded the world’s most powerful military, negotiated with foreign leaders and led a nation.

Today, he lands in Greencastle.

Former President Bill Clinton, among the highest-caliber speakers in the Ubben lecture series’ 25-year run, will arrive on campus today just before his 3 p.m. talk, the marquee event on campus this semester.

Students like Sophomore Jacob Weiner have been eagerly awaiting to hear Clinton speak — and brag about the experience.

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As excitement abounds for the arrival of the first U.S. President to speak at DePauw, many remain frustrated with limitations placed on questions to be posed to our nation’s 42nd commander in chief.

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Students dance in the Great Hall of the Green Center for the Performing Arts last year during DeProm, a formal dance hosted by Union Board for all university students. The free event will take place in the social space of The Inn at DePauw this Saturday evening from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. SUNNY WANG / THE DEPAUW

By ALICIA TUTINI news@thedepauw.com

Prom isn’t just for high school any more.

This Saturday, Union Board will host its second annual DeProm in the social space at The Inn at DePauw.

“DeProm was started because Union Board wanted to create an event that truly brought together the entire DePauw student community,” said Union Board co-president Peter Haigh. “It is designed to be a campus-wide formal that would integrate all of the DePauw communities.”

Unlike the formal dances of high school years, DeProm is open to all university students, not just upperclassmen. Union Board organized the event for the first time last year.

“It was enormously successful last year, with over 500 students in attendance,” Haigh said.

“This year, we are hoping to build on that number and see even higher levels of attendance.”

Students like senior Son Pham said that the decision to attend the first DeProm was based more on the event’s novelty.

“It was the first time they had something like that,” Pham said. “I went out of curiosity.”

The appeal of knowing a friend who decided

to attend led others to make an appearance at the dance as well.

“A lot of my friends were going, and they said to go, so I did,” said sophomore Nat Meng.

Haigh said that one of the biggest benefits of DeProm is its ability to attract a diverse population.

“Many greek chapters on our campus, as well as other student organizations, host their own formal dances,” Haigh said. “We are hoping to attract students from all of the different communities at DePauw ... We want DeProm to truly be a campus-wide formal.”

Last year, DeProm was held in the Great Hall of the GCPA. This year it will be held in the social space at The Inn at DePauw. For some, the change in venue promises a welcome change from the size of the Great Hall, which they said was overwhelming and did not suit the event.

DeProm will be held this Saturday, from 9:30 p.m. until midnight. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend. There will be music, dancing, cookies and a photographer and backdrop for students to take free prom pictures.

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Panel talks conflict minerals L.A.C.E. occupies DePauw War financed by cell phone owners, aloof manufacturers

By ABBY MARGULIS news@thedepauw.com

Six million civilians in the Congo have died for the minerals that fuel cell phones.

That’s according to the Washington, D.C.-based Raise Hope for Congo campaign, which hosted an event Wednesday night in conjunction with the Prindle Institute for Ethics, where professors and students viewed and discussed the documentary “Blood in the Mobile.”

Juniors Henry Dambanemuya and Sarang Wardadkar hosted the event to raise awareness of the conflict.

The conversation centered around possible solutions to the violence and oppression occurring in the Eastern Congo. The discussion addressed what the world and the DePauw community can do. The panel expressed disturbance toward the images in the film and agreed that the scenes depicted should no longer take place in the real world.

Political science professor Brett O’Bannon said the documentary offered a gateway into the impact of the conflict at a personal level.

“The film gave a real face and identity to the conflict and gave a window into the personal lives of enormous suffering of people in the world who produce these minerals to make these electronics,” O’Bannon said.

Junior Henry Dambanemuya responds to a question at the Conflict Minerals Panel on Wednesday in the Watson Forum of the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media. CLARISSA ZINGRAF / THE DEPAUW

O’Bannon pointed out that many nations depend on electronic devices and that people should recognize that the devices are connected to people in the Congo who are suffering.

Following the documentary, junior Ashley Isaac acknowledged the connection each phone owner has to individual suffering.

“Just looking around, everyone has a phone and is using it,” Isaac said. “People don’t realize that there was blood shed to make the phone in their hand.”

DePauw Student Government passed a resolution last spring calling for limits on the purchase of conflict mineral electronics to reduce contributions to the violence in the Congo.

Dambanemuya’s goal for this campaign is to help raise awareness of conflict minerals. He also wants the university to help support this cause.

“My goal is to help the university pass a conflict-free resolution that commits to purchasing conflict-free electronics and made available there by pressuring the electronics industry to exercise due diligence in sourcing the raw materials,” Dambanemuya said.

The university is on board with going conflict free.

However, the solution is not as simple as passing a resolution.

The panel not only helped to provide awareness of the issue but also sought to explain how DePauw, and other universities, can start heading this campaign to stop conflict minerals.

“This panel brings awareness and gets students who are not involved in African courses to be informed on this topic,” said history professor McSamuel Dixon-Fyle. “If we can begin to get people to address these concerns, to give some teeth to the bill passed

by U.S. Congress to track suppliers of minerals, it will put pressure on cell phone companies to act.

We can show activism on this matter. We ought to be concerned for the people who die making these products” Wardadkar, an event co-sponsor and advocate for Raise Hope for Congo, said he was impressed with the turnout and believes the event was a positive step toward raising awareness around campus.

Freshman Sharon Maes said she became well informed about the issue after attending the panel discussion.

“It was very eye-opening, and it brings a whole new meaning to civic responsibility,” Maes said. “It’s important for us as young adults to educate ourselves of issues going on in the world.”

Alex Parker, also a freshman, said he felt impacted by the discussion and the effort of those involved to create change.

“It’s alarming to see everything that is going on, and it is great to see that there is a movement on campus,” Parker said.

Five students try to bring real-world issues to campus

By ABBY MARGULIS news@thedepauw.com

Five students sat waiting in the mat room of the Lilly Center on Thursday, hoping for others to join them in occupying DePauw.

These five students, members of Ladies and Allies for Cross-Cultural Education, sought to bring awareness to DePauw students about the Occupy Wall Street protests that started in New York City and have since spread to cities and campuses across the country.

Three outsiders joined the group’s discussion, but only two of them stayed through the entire event. The third stayed for five minutes before he walked out.

The members said they were very disappointed at the turnout, but not surprised.

Junior Ariana Mckeithen-Mead said that students of the DePauw community often choose not to attend events that do not directly affect them.

“People only show up if it’s important to them or if it is for greek life,” Mckeithen-Mead said. “If people’s fun time is going to be affected, people are not going to care and go to diverse events.”

L.A.C.E. seeks to bring the greater issues of activism to students’ attention.

“We want to promote diversity and make people aware of things they think are not close to in our community, but these issues still affect us,” said Crystal Depay, a junior and president of L.A.C.E. Junior Cheyenne Sherman, vice president of L.A.C.E., said the group hopes to bring attention to advocacy groups on campus.

“It is important to have events here on DePauw’s campus to show DePauw that there are smaller advocate groups on campus that do care about issues that are occurring in the world,” Sherman said.

The group said many Americans are taking a stand to fight the government as one group to have their voice be heard.

Occupy DePauw was designed to be a discussion based event in an intimate setting where participants could talk openly about what’s happening on Wall Street, how it is affecting the DePauw community and what the campus can do about it.

Sophomore Victor Felipe said he thinks it is important for the DePauw community to be aware of the issue on Wall Street because it affects DePauw’s current and future students.

“I want to tell DePauw students what is going on with Wall Street,” Felipe said.

“I want DePauw to have a voice and to know why we are not paying attention to this issue since it will effect our future.”

Depay added that many students

“People only show up if it’s important to them or if it is for greek life. If people’s fun time is going to be affected, people are not going to care and go to diverse events.”

—Ariana Mckeithen-Mead, junior

on the campus do not think about how world issues affect them. He added that students will be walking into these problems in the real world upon graduation, making them even more relevant.

“Living on campus shelters us from the outside world,” Depay said. “It is not until senior year when students begin to worry about what they will do after college how the economy will affect them.

They only pay attention to news that is import to them.”

This issue is just one that L.A.C.E. has addressed and will be addressing in the future. The group advocates for DePauw students to take action on issues in which they believe.

Mckeithen-Mead hopes DePauw can someday be known for having a community that supports activism.

“It would be great to not just be known for great sports and a great uncommon success rate, but it would be great to be known as a strong activism school as well,” Mckeithen-Mead said.

4 | News CLINTON | continued from page 1 “This is the first really big name, after Yo-Yo Ma, that has come to campus, and I think that the campus is really excited,” Weiner said. “Even people who aren’t very politically active are excited about it, and I think it’s a great opportunity for DePauw and Greencastle to have a former president here. It’s a huge deal.”

But Weiner suspects his questions may not get through Clinton’s screening process, which some worry may keep the former president from tackling tough questions.

“Obviously, as a student I would love to have all of my questions answered, but I understand because of his position and because he is really holding all of the power in this situation that he would not want to answer some of the questions,” he said. “And he has that luxury being a former president of the United States.”

Ken Owen, executive director of media relations, said the questions had to be submitted to student government, forwarded to him and then forwarded on to Clinton’s assistants to select the best questions.

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“I know in a perfect world people would like for there to be mics in the aisles and for people to ask their questions to Bill Clinton, but the problem with that is invariably one out of four questions are statements and one out of four people will get up there and use the opportunity to have their little moment,” Owen said.

Student government spokesman Brian Alkire, a sophomore, said he had received 34 questions as of Wednesday at midnight.

“It’s kind of a sketchy process [by which] everything goes through Clinton’s team and obviously there’s probably reasons for that, but we’re just looking strictly at the number of questions that we can give him,” Alkire said.

Bruce Stinebrickner, professor of political science at DePauw and former college classmate of Clinton’s at Georgetown University, said screening questions makes sense given the time constraints.

After all, Clinton would surely be able to answer unscreened questions, Stinebrickner said.

“That doesn’t surprise me and it doesn’t particularly bother me, but Bill Clinton knows how to handle questions from folks like us and

knows how to handle these controversial questions so the idea to me that some DePauw person or Greencastle person was going to get up and sort of stump him is, I think, you’re dreaming,” Stinebrickner said.

He described Clinton as an engaging and likable man who can easily captivate the attention of a room.

Stinebrickner said he looks forward to the speech and to seeing Clinton again.

“It’s a nice chance to see an old friend give a speech,” Stinebrickner said.

Vernon Jordan ’57 will introduce Clinton and moderate the Q-and-A session.

Jordan, who was a student when then-Vice President Richard Nixon visited campus, said he looks forward to hearing Clinton, one of his close friends, speak at his alma mater.

Jordan said he had little role in bringing Clinton to campus other than mentioning his fond memories for the university.

“I just told him it was my alma mater, it’s a great institution that I love very much and that if he could clear his schedule and find the time that he ought to come, so I encouraged him and he must have listened a little bit,”

Jordan said.

Tim Ubben, who along with his wife Sharon funds the lecture series, said Jordan had a greater role in bringing Clinton to campus than Jordan let on.

“We have a bunch of people who graduated from DePauw who know Clinton well, and I think they helped persuade Clinton that it would be fun to come here and that was Vernon Jordan and Tim Collins,” Tim Ubben said. “We used them to try to convince Clinton to come and he did.”

Ubben declined to reveal how much Clinton is being paid for the lecture. But the former president has commanded between $125,000 and $350,000 for university speaking fees, according to The Washington Post.

The Ubbens said they hoped to bring an especially influential figure to campus for the 25th anniversary as well as an individual who is a timely figure that maintains a permanent importance. The couple joked that they had originally sought performing artist Bono to speak.

In working with Clinton, Tim Ubben said there has been less freedom than with past speakers.

“He’s controlled us much more so than we want to be. We would like this

guy to filter through campus, visiting students, maybe going to a student forum, maybe teaching a class, doing those things that we’ve had other major speakers do,” Tim Ubben said.

“It’s a little disappointing, but we’re excited to have the former president of the United States to speak at our 25th anniversary. We’re very pleased to do that even though it’s not the perfect experience from our perspective.”

Though there is greater control over Clinton, they are both eager to hear his lecture and to have him on campus.

Tim Ubben said he and his wife Sharon began the lecture series in 1986 in order to bring a global perspective to DePauw and Greencastle.

“There was this perception that there is this bubble encasing this small liberal arts school, isolated somewhat by its location, and so we’ve always said our purpose is to break this bubble and to bring the world to DePauw, and we’ve done that,” Tim Ubben said. “We have literally done that.”

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White T-shirts signal to continue conversation Over 500 students and faculty wore white to talk campus climate

By DANA FERGUSON and BECCA STANEK news@thedepauw.com

It wasn’t a fashion faux pas, but an invitation to talk.

More than 500 students, staff and faculty members wore white shirts Thursday to signal openness as part of a day-long event dubbed Campus Conversation.

Hermen Diaz, assistant director of multicultural student services, said faculty and staff planned the event in order to facilitate dialogue following recent cases of harassment on campus.

The offices of Multicultural and International Life, Campus Living and Community Development and Campus Living as well as Student Life invited the student body, along with faculty and staff, to participate in the event.

“A lot of ignorance and unfamiliarity happens because you just don’t know people or you don’t know spe-

cific communities. So, we wanted to provide a framework for people to start building those bridges and establishing those relationships and essentially creating a campus climate that is welcoming, that’s affirming and one that people feel safe in,” Diaz said.

Diaz said the faculty and staff members involved in creating the event decided to ask invitees to wear white shirts in order to stand out to others interested in talking.

“The white T-shirts really just sort of served as a signal to other students, or faculty and staff that these individuals are open to these conversations,” Diaz said.

The university offices that sponsored the event purchased over 500 white T-shirts that they distributed to students and faculty to wear for the event.

The shirts cost over $1,000, all of which was financed by the offices.

Freshman Melanie Studnicka de-

cided to put on her white shirt Thursday after being encouraged by her mentor to open herself up to conversation with others.

“As a Jewish student on campus, it’s really important that we have an open campus dialogue about discrimination and anti-Semitism and that we are open to changing our campus

Studnicka said she struggled to find other individuals who wore white for many reasons, but said in her classes she encountered other T-shirt-clad individuals with conversation.

“It’s hard because it’s cold out so some people are wearing jackets and some people are wearing white and

“I think open conversation is both important and fun. I wore a white shirt because I believe in conversation about opinions, beliefs, and issues.”

-Olivia Flores, sophomore

and community, and I wanted to participate in it to let others know and to see who is open to changing our community,” Studnicka said.

they don’t even know about it,” Studnicka said.

Sophomore Olivia Flores also participated in Campus Conversation.

She wore a white shirt because she believes strongly in the importance of an open conversation on campus.

“I think open conversation is both important and fun,” Flores said. “I wore a white shirt because I believe in conversation about opinions, beliefs, and issues.”

Junior Molly Keller did not participate in the event because she didn’t like the idea.

“I didn’t wear a white shirt today, because I feel like campus should be open to conversation regardless of what color of shirt you’re wearing,” Keller said.

Though the number of white Tshirts on campus was smaller than the event’s planners had hoped, it was not necessarily a reflection of students’ attitudes towards open conversation, which many said was an integral and enjoyable part of DePauw life.

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Facebook forum discusses lack of diversity

By DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com

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Facebook notifications bombarded seniors Monday night following the announcement that DePauw invited James B. Stewart ‘73 to speak at commencement.

The conversation on the DePauw Class of 2012 forum created by student government sparked anger among some students who felt the lack of diversity in recent DePauw speakers represents the university in a negative light.

Senior senator Sam Wong said the initial comment triggered an unexpected reaction from other members of the group.

“Basically, the forum exploded into this argument about DePauw and our lack of diversity,” Wong said.

Senior J.C. Pankratz, one of the seniors arguing that the speaker choice does not represent the student body, said the past five years of commence-

ment speakers have sent a negative message to DePauw students.

“We’re sort of saying that this is what you could become, this alum is what you could become because you’ve received a DePauw education,” Pankratz said. “And for the past several years over and over that model has also been a white male.”

Senior Zach Clapp argued back on the Facebook forum that the speaker choice should not be scrutinized.

He said he is excited about Stewart’s speech and cares very little about a speaker’s race or gender as long as the individual delivers an effective speech.

“I’ve been to one graduation, and I just think all graduation commencement speakers are going to say the same thing you know, ‘Go out there and try hard. Get out in the world and do your best,’” Clapp said. “I don’t think it really matters if you’re red or black or brown — doesn’t matter what color you are.”

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Wong said that the negative reaction to Stewart may have stemmed from recent events on campus that centered around a lack of acceptance.

“Our campus right now — the tension is really high, so people have been overreacting lately probably in light of recent events on campus, the things that happened over Halloween weekend,” Wong said.

After noticing the trend of white male commencement speakers in past years, Pankratz said she hopes to create a dialogue about the significance to the DePauw campus.

“We’ve noticed this trend and we want to talk about what this means for our campus and for our senior class,” Pankratz said.

Wong said the senior senators will meet Friday afternoon to discuss the recent conflicts voiced in the forum and the senators will seek to ease tension among the seniors.

Wong said there is also tension surrounding the process of selecting

the speaker. Senior senators compiled a list of possible speakers from comments on the forum and brought suggestions to President Brian Casey.

Casey then suggested a few options to which the seniors were asked to respond. The strongest senior response was to Stewart.

In discussing the process of choosing a candidate, Wong said she was a messenger in bringing ideas back and forth.

Seniors upset with the pattern of white male speakers pointed out the process and lack of involvement of seniors in the decision.

“I see where they’re coming from, but DePauw obviously has a way of picking these commencement speakers and I think that there are different ways to bring diversity to DePauw’s campus outside of the commencement speaker,” Wong said.

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EASTERHOUSE HEARS ‘GHOSTS’

EVERYDAY ART

Mumford and Sons ready for a Memorials, Thanksgiving crafts sophomore round of hits, lyrics show gratitude through art Throughout the age of the music industry, numerous intro with occasional banjo tidbits, leading to a powerful bands have experienced unheard of success and rapid chorus combination of the two altogether. This remedy ascent to a national level of popularity. can be portrayed best in songs such as “Little Lion Man” Though it takes an immense amount of time, and “The Cave.” effort and progression from shows at local In the second case, Mumford sticks with a simple taverns to battle of the bands events, such acoustic melody throughout the entire song. This stardom can and has been reached. is the category I believe “Ghosts That We Knew” Sometimes, the problem isn’t reaching falls under. Being known as lyrical geniuses, the top of the charts, but rather staying songs such as this one truly bring out the deep there. That is exactly what Mumford & Sons, and profound meanings that this group has been one of the freshest and lovable bands of known to portray. Additional popular songs recent years, is trying to do. The indie such as “Awake My Soul” along with folk quartet from London released “After The Storm” can be seen as similar its first album, “Sigh No More,” in comparisons.

October 2009, which featured four This song does a good job of grabbing singles of international popularity. the listener’s attention, but not by a It was also listed as one of the powerful introductory riff or brief jam.

JIMEASTERHOUSE top albums of the year in over 10 Marcus Mumford’s strong, persistent countries. voice allows him to get the message On Nov. 2, Mumford released across quickly, which in this instance can a new single on a local radio station in Philadelphia. be inferred as ‘pain’ while referring to someone else, The song is titled “Ghosts That We Knew,” at least possibly a significant other, like most songs suggest. momentarily. Lead singer Marcus Mumford told MTV in A very simple and basic guitar melody creates a a recent interview that, “We’re not very good at deciding smooth background to add to the feelings and emotions song names,” and that the name could be shortened to offered by Mumford. As he enters the first chorus, his “Ghosts.” voice seems to be echoed as it becomes louder and Whichever way they go, the tune has been noted as a more graspable to the listener. Background singers possible track on their sophomore album. The next disc chime in and help with the following verse, making it has no official due date but a possible release date in the seem more powerful. For every chorus, another member midst of February has been reported. joins in unison and takes their own stand in the song.

Mumford can be regarded as a categorical band in the The banjo finally enters, finalizing a successful jam sense that they rely on a few simple formulas in a great of multiple assets of instruments and offsetting, yet majority of their songs. On one end of the spectrum, unified, voices. the group will rely heavily on a smooth acoustic guitar This slow progression, both by multiple assets and instruments, helps evolve and transform the mood over the course of the song. It begins with the sense of sadness and vulnerability, but because of a continued and progressive system of addition, it becomes more Mumford & Sons positively stricken and optimistic. Marcus Mumford strategically changes the tone and magnitude of his Top-rated songs: voice, which in doing so also evokes a wide variety of possible feelings and thoughts toward the overall “Sigh No More“ message of the tune.

After listening to this song numerous times today, I

- October 2009 firmly believe that Mumford & Sons will prevail over the 1. Little Lion Man sophomore slump trend. Though it is undeniable that they will develop a song or two that will gain mainstream 2. The Cave fame and regard, what truly makes an album successful 3. After the Storm is the message it gives to its listeners and its overall 4. Awake Me Soul smooth nature.

By evidence of what this song has already accomplished, it is quite obvious that if one band is to New Single: continue to produce songs at an incredibly high and well-accepted level, it undoubtedly is Mumford & Sons.

- November 2011

1. Ghosts That We Knew

—Easterhouse is a freshman from Evergreen Park, Ill., majoring in communications. features@thedepauw.com

Christmas time is coming around the 9/11 memorial and the controveragain, but before we begin decorating sy surrounding its design. Location, with lights and holly, we get to cel- as well as the proposed plan develebrate Thanksgiving. oped by Michael Arad, led to debate Filled with food, family and, most among architects and the families of importantly, thankfulness, this time those who died. Arad’s design includof the year is one to reflect on our ed deep pools that people felt would pasts and what we appreciate in our be potentially dangerous and would lives today. Believe it or not, art is a not commemorate the dead in the popular way to express thankfulness proper manner. to a person or group of people.

Nevertheless, the design was apConsider memorials for exam- proved with only small changes made ple. Most artistic and architectural by the architects on site. Today, we memorials or other tributes were and have a beautiful memorial dedicated are extremely controversial among to those who lost their lives on that people who live in the vicinity of the terrible day. We all remember 9/11, structure and others who see it. and even though we are in GreenBut how is a controversial memo- castle and not gazing upon the merial beneficial? The answer is that it morial structure, we can still stop and generates emotion, feeling and deep- recognize those who gave their lives seated expectancies as to what a me- not only on 9/11 but in the years folmorial should contain and how a me- lowing. morial should represent the person This Thanksgiving, you don’t need or people who have dedicated and to be standing in front of a memorial done much to benefit society. to realize its power. Rather, just think Among the different issues reabout one, perhaps the garding controversial memorials, the one that I’ve mentioned Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is a here, and stop for a moperfect example. ment to thank those Its silky smooth surface, black that have died for our coloring and low to the ground well-being. stature proved to be an inYou may not triguing dilemma for viewers have known anyand skeptics of the design one specific in

by Maya Lin. However, either of these the controversy over this tragic events monument only added to but, unfortuits appeal and meaning as nately, they a tribute to the tens of still took thousands who gave place, and ALEXCHAMBERLAIN their lives for the Unitwe are all ed States. here today bePeople were concerned about cause of each of those individuals’ showing such public appreciation for bravery. the soldiers. Even more concerning Or, if you are bored and feeling a was the display of appreciation for little crafty over break, resort back to soldiers who died fighting in such a your elementary school days. controversial war.

Make a little hand turkey with In any case, the wall was built to something you’re thankful for on show gratitude to those soldiers who each finger, and don’t forget to infought to defend their homeland clude a memorial. despite judgment from critics of the war.

— Chamberlain is a junior from Jasper, Another, more recent example, Ind. majoring in art history and English and perhaps one that hits closer to literature. home for our generation, is that of features@thedepauw.com

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Hedda Gab

Guest director brings unique directing style to M

By EMILY GREEN features@thedepauw.com

As the lights dimmed on the dress rehearsal of “Hedda Gabler,” director Larry Sutton quickly grabbed his clipboard left forgotten on the dining room table of the 1890s style one-room set.

Sutton, professor emeritus of communication and theater, sat stage right repeating lines almost as soon as they were out of the actors’ mouths. He knows nearly every word and rightly so, as he and his cast have been working on the production since mid-September.

“I was approached about this last may, and I’ve been working on it since,” said assistant director and production stage manager sophomore Brittney Biddle. “I was involved and working on it even throughout the summer.”

Before retiring in 2004, Sutton was involved in approximately 100 theater productions at DePauw. Upon returning to direct another play this fall he believed the program was ready for something different. Noticing the abundance of modern and contemporary works previously performed, Sutton chose a different path.

“You look at the modern, realistic play and it all begins with Henrik Ibsen. Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller — the premiere American playwrights of the 20th century all maintain that they followed Ibsen’s structure and technique,” Sutton said.

“OK, I’m going to do one that’s the basis of modern realism.”

Sutton chose “Hedda Gabler” because of the play’s complexity and ambivalence. Each character has a multi-faceted personality and individually influences the main character, Hedda, in different and challenging ways. The small cast of seven has worked closely with Sutton to produce a show not only focused on Hedda, but also on how she is affected by the people surrounding her.

Senior Katie Sink plays the lead role of Hedda, accompanied by junior David Kunkel playing her husband, Jørgen Tesman.

“She’s an interesting character,” Sink said of Hedda.

“She is definitely power hungry, but throughout the

show you’re able to see her vulnerable parts, too. You see her power struggle with the different characters on stage.”

The characters have formed relationships offstage too — running lines, blocking and rehearsing for countless hours in preparation for this weekend. Personalities meshed well, allowing the actors to become comfortable working in close quarters.

“It’s so much fun to be with [a smaller cast] because it has to be a group of people that really click together and can work well on stage, especially with a play like this, and with a playwright like Ibsen,” Sink said. “It’s been great to have these people that are willing to grow every day.”

As they rehearsed, Sutton’s unique directing style posed some challenges for students unaccustomed to the large amount of time he devoted to table readings.

“Larry definitely brought a different kind of directorial approach. He had a lot of unique insight as far as blocking goes,” said sophomore Rick Allen, who plays Judge Brack. “We spend a lot of time doing table readings before we actually got up on our feet.”

The style was new even for Jared Norman, a senior who has previously performed in nine plays at DePauw, with “Hedda Gabler” accounting for his tenth. Sutton told the cast when and where he wanted them to move during the play and had them write the movements directly on their scripts.

“At first it was a little stilting. It didn’t feel natural,” said Norman, who plays the role of Ejlert Løvborg. “But when I got used to it, it was easier to make the lines and movement all flow together.”

Also unique to the production is the house seating in Moore Theatre where the play is performed. The stage was extended and bleachers were built to provide space for the audience to sit in chairs, a usual arrangement for many productions in Moore.

The unique aspect of the setup allows stresses how dramatically close the audience is to the cast members during performances. The front row of seats will put the audience only one or two feet away from the actors.

“They’re very close,” Allen said. “I like it. Sometimes it’s a little bit of a pain

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-wise, because you have to make sure you’re facerybody, but other than that it’s really cool. It’s a personal theatre experience.” er rehearsing for months, the cast and crew are to finally have an audience. An hour before openght all seven actors were on set jumping, yelling, g and shaking about in a pre-performance ritual themselves of anxious butterflies. Stephanie r, the only freshman cast member, said she was a nervous for the first showing Thursday night. love it, though,” Grauer said. “It’s been great to with all the upperclassmen. It’s been a great exnce.” students plan their weekends, Norman said he rages them to consider coming to the play, even aren’t typically fans of DePauw theater. ’s a play and a genre that most DePauw people not seen from us,” Norman said. “It’s a much r show. I think if people are wanting to see somedifferent than what they’ve seen in the past from uw theater, this is the show they should definitely see.”

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Nov. 20 @ 3 p.m.

Tickets DePauw Theatre tickets are $3 for students and $6 for adults Purchase or reserve at the Green Center for the Performing Arts Box Office

Far left: Professor emeritus of Communication and Theatre Larry Sutton on the set of “Hedda Gabler.” Sutton was asked to return as a guest director this fall.

Middle: Senior Jared Norman plays Eijert Løvborg in “Hedda Gabler.” Pictured with sophomore Rick Allen (“Judge Brack”) on left and junior David Kunkel (“Jørgen Tesman”) on right, the three characters prepare for Judge Brack’s bachelor party. Above left: Junior Claire Wilkinson plays Mrs. Thea Elvsted alongside senior Katie Sink as Hedda Gabler.

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The DePauw | Friday, Nov. 18, 2011

THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board Matthew Cecil | Editor-in-Chief Chase Hall | Managing Editor Ellen Funke | Chief Copy Editor Stephanie Sharlow | Chief Copy Editor

EDITORIAL

Honor cheapened We have heard from former presidents of Costa Rica and South Africa. We have heard from award-winning directors and screenwriters. We have heard from congressmen.

Today, we get to hear from one of the most influential men in the world.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is coming to DePauw for the Ubben Lecture Series as the first American head of state to visit campus. Today is a monumental day for the university.

Clinton is currently on tour for his book “Back to Work,” which was released on Nov. 8. While here, he will speak for about 35 minutes on common humanity, then answer questions for approximately 20 minutes.

As excited as we are about his visit, the details show the name is bigger than the event.

He will only answer pre-screened questions. And, he will depart from Greencastle immediately following his speech. Today, Clinton will swoop in and out of Greencastle, escorted by an entourage of U.S. Secret Service.

An opportunity for students and community to engange with a U.S. president is lost.

Think back to Yo-Yo Ma’s visit: He surprised us in the Hub, performed for an audience of 20 at Asbury Towers retirement community, conducted multiple masterclasses and informal speeches and gave us a moving concert. The chance to directly learn from his expertise and hear him play commanded our attention by beautiful force.

Unfortunately with Clinton, that engagement in the university is completely absent. The lack of true interaction in no way reflects negatively on the Ubbens efforts and those of other generous DePauw alumni — their contributions are beyond appreciated.

We understand time is a concern and inappropriate questions could be asked, but the lack of interaction almost seems cheap.

What if a student thinks of a question during the lecture, perhaps spawning from Clinton’s speech or in response to another question? There we are, face to face with a former President unable to do anything but listen.

Perhaps Vernon Jordan ’57, a personal friend of Clinton who is introducing him, could have screened questions in real time, allowing students to ask questions in real time.It seems as though this screening process deterred a usually politcallyengaged student body. As of 1 a.m. Thursday morning only 34 were submitted.

With all this aside, the fact that DePauw is lucky enough to host a former U.S. President is a great feat. It may not be the learning opportunity it could have been and we may not get all the answers we want, but it is what it is — a once in a lifetime event.

EDITORIAL POLICY The DePauw is an independently managed and financed student newspaper. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of DePauw University or the Student Publications Board. Editorials are the responsibility of The DePauw editorial board (names above).

The opinions expressed by cartoonists, columnists and in letters to the editor are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial staff of The DePauw.

The DePauw welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and accompanied by the author’s name and phone number. Letters have a 350-word limit and are subject to editing for style and length. The DePauw reserves the right to reject letters that are libelous or sent for promotional or advertising purposes. Deliver letters to the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, email the editor-in-chief, Matthew Cecil, at editor@ thedepauw.com or write The DePauw at 609 S. Locust St., Greencastle, Ind. 46135.

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Course requests cause continued frustration H

ow does it feel when you sign up for four credits and get Another popular course request system is the first come, only one? When you talked to a professor before course first-served real time process. In this system, after a deadline, requests were due and found out that 10 people were already students log in and add courses, and whoever adds the class on the waiting list? When you emailed a professor after not first gets it. According to my friend at a small university in getting the class, and discovered that there were 50 people New York, this system gets fewer complaints than the one we on the waiting list? have at DePauw.

It is course request season at DePauw, a fact that is In the book “Freakonomics,” Steven Levitt and Stemade obvious by Facebook posts. My news feed is phen Dubner analyze the car-airplane case, in which flooded with statuses in which people either celebrate people are more afraid of plane accidents than car or complain about the courses they get next semester. accidents and would prefer driving over flying if Course requests are designed to be a fair and balpossible. Statistically, the rate of accidents in cars anced system of assigning students to classes. The is much higher than in airplanes. According to the process at DePauw does, or at least seems to, strive authors, people still prefer cars because they have to meet this goal. The computer system places more control. Driving empowers people to students into classes based on priority and determine their fate by themselves. alphabetized last-name group designation.

The reasoning for this is the same as Additionally, the last name order is changed why people complain less about the first every semester. It looks quite fair and balcome, first-served system than the Deanced, so why do we still complain about it?

Pauw system. As DePauw students, we The reason stems from the nature have little control over what courses of course requests at a small liberal arts will be assigned by the computer, NICKNGUYEN college. As a small institution, DePauw so the system is the easiest target to cannot afford to offer as many courses as a blame. In the first come, first-served sysbig university, and the small class size of a liberal arts college tem, students instead blame themselves for not waking up adds to this dilemma. Also, because there are classes with early in the morning or not fast enough to sign up for the high popularity and low popularity, it is almost impossible to desired course. satisfy everyone. One of the psychology courses, for instance, Complaining helps release stress, and DePauw students currently has a waiting list of approximately 50 students. will probably never stop complaining about the course reThus, course requests are fair and unfair simultaneously. quest system. But keep in mind that the situation will be the In the long term, however, they are fair because as students same every semester. While I believe that the system could have higher standings and their last-name ranks progress in be improved to make it less complicated and more efficient, the order, those who were not satisfied will be satisfied later it will always be full of difficulties. on and vice versa. Of course, anomalies exist for those few individuals who always seem to encounter course request —Nguyen is a sophomore from Hanoi, Vietnam majoring in computer difficulties. This is especially prevalent in the most common science. opinion@thedepauw.com majors. But in general, the system still does its job.

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The DePauw | Friday, Nov. 18, 2011

JORGENSON GETS PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE

This column may or may not be nasty O

ne of many reasons I came to this campus was for the personal, yet open conversations students have with each other and professors.

When I came to visit, as a freshman at the University of Tulsa, I wanted to transfer because I desired higher education and a chance to really succeed. Boulder runs sounded cool, too.

On the day of my visit, I was predictably late.

What do you call those classes you visit where, as a prospective student, you walk in, look confused and sit there for the rest of the hour hoping that no one can see how terrified you are?

Well, I was late for it, but I still found exactly what I was looking for.

Professor Sununu spent 20 additional minutes after the class, answering every question I had and going so far to show me her “Wife of Bath” doll, which is way cooler than that Barbie doll I allegedly flushed down the toilet when I was three.

I then interviewed for Media Fellows with Dr. Bohmer, who still managed to like me despite my lesser interest in baseball. I am from Kansas City, after all.

Those professors, the students I met and even the ridiculously fat squirrels (OK, not the squirrels — the cats.) brought me to DePauw and I’ve never looked back.

The only disadvantage is the snow globe we live in. You know what happens when a snow globe gets shaken up? Besides the arrival of Tim Allen with a long, white beard? Chaos ensues.

What if this column really got nasty about some particular issue or my own personal prob-

lem with something on campus? What if I said Why bring it up in a column? how I really felt about the bottled water column Because years of harsh evaluations at the end published in The DePauw the other day? of the semester have apparently been ignored.

I would probably say that I entirely I hesitate to speak my mind. disagree with it. The main arguThe likely event of encountering someone ments for bringing bottled wadeeply offended by my article after this is pubter back to campus were that lished hovers over me. spending five minutes filling up My love for this campus (and my own selfa water bottle is inconvenient preservation) conflicts with my opinion. and the water in the Hub tastes We need to evaporate the globe glass, keep “funny.” our minds open and not implode on ourI would probably get selves. down to basic human If you didn’t like my passiveness in decency. Forget the this article, neither did I. Sadly, it’s economics. “Funny” quite common on our campus. tasting water is a I hope that DePauw can move dream to most of the past the subtle judgments we often world’s population. bestow on one another based on In many countries, superficial traits, and ultimately DAVEJORGENSON people are forced become more productive in our to buy imported criticisms. water.

Also, I am very sorry to the I would probably talk about the thousands writer of this column in response to the bottled of children I came across in Ghana who will nev- water column of next week. er have the audacity to complain about someWhile I do disagree with your column, you thing as ridiculous as “funny” tasting water and are a fellow Tiger and that makes you awesome silverware. in my book.

I’d probably express my concerns about a certain professor whose closed-mindedness —Jorgenson is a junior from Shawnee, Kan., majoring in and laziness costs students their grades and, English writing and film studies. more importantly, their right to express their opinion@thedepauw.com thoughts openly.

On a campus with so many professors I truly revere, this particular case disheartens me.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

PHOTOPINION If you could ask Bill Clinton a nonscreened question, what would it be?

“How often do you play the saxophone?”

Robbie Jacobs, senior

“What was your hardest challenge in life?”

Kwame Newton, freshman

“What is the coolest thing you did while living in the White House?”

T-shirts, graduation speaker not indicative of student government ineffectiveness In a letter to the editor, which appeared in last Tuesday’s issue of The DePauw, student government was referred to as “reactionary and a detriment to the student body.”

I completely understand that students are upset they did not get a Monon shirt.

I would agree that student government should have made it known before the T-shirts were distributed that there were not enough for everyone.

With that information, the students who truly wanted one could’ve been the first in line to ensure their Monon apparel. Sadly, it was not in their power to order shirts for the entire student body. This was due to past years where lesser amounts of Monon shirts were ordered for students, and they still ended up with leftover shirts because not enough students came.

As for this year’s government being “just as disconnected,” while I believe it is student government’s job to put ourselves out there, it is also the rest of the student body’s job to meet us somewhere halfway.

The recent release of the senior class’s commencement speaker sparked another upset with student government, and some seniors felt their voices were not heard. Not every voice was heard, but there were plenty of suggestions relayed.

The problem in this case was the administration. They made it unclear that they were actually going to guide us in picking a commencement speaker, and we were to pick from their choices. I’m OK with that.

It was a simple misunderstanding between the senators and administration, but I’m not go-

ing to point another finger.

I’m happy with our speaker, but what I’m not happy about is the way DePauw students treat each other. College students should be discovering new and mature ways of addressing their issues with one another.

I am 100 percent positive pointing fingers and saying hurtful things to one another is not one of them. DePauw’s vision statement states we are a “distinguished university and proud family.”

Families are there for each other, so let’s have one another’s backs so we can start doing things DePauw can actually be proud of.

Samantha Wong, senior

Rebecca Williams, freshman

“Where do you see this country heading in the next 5-10 years?”

Rachel Robin, freshman CARLY PIETRZAK / THE DEPAUW

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CLINTON CROSSWORD

The DePauw | Friday, Nov. 18, 2011

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aiting in line without your gadgets to get into Lilly Center and listen to the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton? Try out the Clinton-themed crossword, sudoku number game or impress your friends with fun presidential history.

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FUN PRESIDENTIAL FACTS Across 15. Clinton's biography 1. Brass instrument, for short 5. City in which Clinton was born Down 6. Number of terms Clinton was elected 2. Clinton ____________ expanded 7. Left office with historically ______ international trade approval ratings 3. Only other 2-term Democratic 8. Clinton's successor president 10. Clinton was the governor of this 4. Clinton's wife's maiden name state 9. 1994 agreement removing trade 11. "I did not have sexual relations with and investment barriers among North that woman" America 12. Birth month of the 42nd President 14. Clinton received law degree 13. Ass Find answers to the crossword and sudoku online at www.thedepauw.com/news

Clinton was the seventh left-handed US President.

President Lincoln owned only one home during his lifetime, in Springfield, IL. James Garfield was the only president who was also a preacher.

JFK won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his collection of essays, Profiles in Courage.

George H.W. Bush played first base on the Yale University baseball team that twice reached the finals of the College World Series.

The “S” in Harry S. Truman’s name isn’t short for anything. The President was named after both of his grandfathers, Anderson Shippe Truman and Soloman Young. The initial honors them both.

Before he became president, Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small school in South Texas.

In 1915, Woodrow Wilson became the first President to attend the World Series, where he and his fiance, Edith Gault, made their first public appearance since announcing ther engagment.

Information courtesy of whitehouse.gov

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Ten Questions for Bill Clinton Welcome to DePauw University, Mr. President. Your visit occurs at a critical juncture in the nation’s history. We are in the midst of an economic crisis that has devastated working and middle class families. For the first time, student debt exceeds credit card debt. The decade-long occupation of Afghanistan appears to have no end in sight. Extreme weather and climate change threaten our fragile ecosystem. With each passing day, US citizens and immigrants alike are denied basic civil liberties. Meanwhile, popular uprisings across the country and around the world reveal the profound frustration and uncertainty of whole populations.

In the spirit of intellectual inquiry and civic engagement that are cornerstones of the liberal arts, we offer the following questions covering a range of topics: from the Clinton legacy and the partisan rancor in Congress to your policy prescriptions on vital issues of the day. We hope you will address these questions over the course of your visit to DePauw.

1. Do you agree with the sentiments of Occupy Wall Street, considering that much of the accelerating inequalities of the country began with the your administration, and acquisition of wealth by financiers was enabled by the deregulations?

2. If you were president today, faced with an obviously uncooperative Congress (with Blue-Dog Democrats part of the problem) and with unemployment at record levels, what would you do, through policy and politics, to address the parlous situation?

3. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton critiqued the over-commercialization of US news media.

How is the Telecommunication Act of 1996 – a bill you supported and signed into law – implicated in the current crisis of American journalism?

4. Knowing what you now know, would you still sign for the repeal of GlassSteagall – the Depression-era reform legislation that separated commercial and investment banking?

5. Two years ago in a public debate at DePauw, Governor Howard Dean described Barack Obama as “this generation’s JFK.” How would you assess the Obama presidency? Are there specific policy initiatives you would like to see him pursue more vigorously?

6. In a 2002 speech at Howard University, your friend and confidant Vernon Jordan argued, “Slavery was terrorism, segregation was terrorism, the bombing of four little girls in Sunday school in Birmingham was terrorism.”

In your estimation, does the use of predator drones, indefinite detention,

and “enhanced interrogation” techniques by the Bush and the Obama administrations fit Jordan’s definition of terrorism?

7. In a recent speech before the Council on Foreign Relations, former commander of US and NATO forces, General Stanley McChrystal, acknowledged that he had “a frighteningly simplistic” understanding of Afghanistan at the time of the invasion. McChrystal added, “We didn’t know enough, and we still don’t know enough.” Do you agree with McChrystal’s assessment? What does this admission suggest about US military intervention in that troubled and volatile region of the world?

8. When Russia invaded Georgia under the pretext of human protection, officials cited the Bush administration’s unlawful war on Iraq as a precedent.

But in light of the way that your administration flouted international law in the Kosovo mission, one must ask if the road to Tiblisi did not start in Belgrade. When the US ignores the UN Charter, even for admittedly more complicated cases like Kosovo, do we not open the door for others to do likewise?

9. According to the Washington Post, nearly 100 corporate lobbyists used to work for members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction – the so-called “congressional super committee” – charged with slashing the federal deficit. Should the American people have confidence in this process when corporate lobbyists enjoy such a cozy relationship with both Democrats and Republicans?

10. The banks have engaged in massive fraud using collateralized debt obligations. How would you punish the banks for their fraudulent activity?

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The DePauw | Friday, Nov. 18, 2011

First NCAC season a success, learning experience

Left: NCAC championship trophy for the regular season co-champion field hockey team. MICHAEL APPELGATE / THE DEPAUW. Right: Men’s soccer NCAC champions. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF MIKE SERBANOIU / NCAC

By MICHAEL APPELGATE sports@thedepauw.com

Aside from one lone runner in junior Noah Droddy for the men’s cross-country team, each fall sports team has completed its first season in the North Coast Athletic Conference.

The Tigers came away with one regular season co-championship trophy and one NCAC tournament title and learned much about their new opponents and levels of competition.

Before the start of the season, most head coaches were concerned about how they would scout and learn about completely new teams. But as head coach of the men’s soccer team, Brad Hauter explained, the talent level in the conference was so high that it took an extra amount of preparation before games.

“We don’t have a lot of data and history on these teams,” Hauter said. “It took us a lot more time on our efforts and scouting to try and piece together how we were going to play.”

Hauter’s team was the only Tiger team out of the six fall sports competing in the NCAC to win a conference title, claiming an automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III tournament. (Football maintained an independent schedule and will join the conference next season). According to Hauter, his players and staff learned that DePauw must play at a high level in every game because just one loss could put the Tigers behind in the standings.

“The thing we learned was just how close and competitive each of these programs are,” Hauter said. “The separation between teams in the confer-

ence is marginal, and so my hope is that the biggest lesson we’ve learned is you just can’t take any team for granted. There’s no room to blink and take your foot off the gas.”

Like men’s soccer, the field hockey team saw much success in its first NCAC season, going 13-1 in the conference and crowned regular season cochampions with Denison University. The Tigers could not claim a tournament title as Denison defeated the Tigers in the NCAC tournament final.

“They are really motivated for next season and were disappointed by the way this one ended,” said head coach Gina Preston. “Having that experience playing in the championship game and knowing what that feels like prepares us better for next season.”

Preston and her team now know where they stand in the conference and like the field hockey team, head coach of volleyball Deb Zellers also learned about the great amount of talent in the NCAC similar to that of the SCAC. “We learned where we stand in this conference,” Zellers said. “We pretty much stand in this conference like we did in the last conference, we have some good teams ahead of us and we’re still that good team trying to be a great team.”

Zellers’ team finished 11-5 in the conference, good for fourth place behind the regular season and tournament champions, Wittenberg University and Hiram College. Both Hiram and Wittenberg proceeded to the NCAA tournament. Like the volleyball team, the two cross-country teams, coached

by Kori Stoffregen, ran into a conference loaded with talent.

“I knew the depth of the conference would be good, and it actually was probably better than I anticipated,” Stoffregen said. “DePauw teams will have to be on top of their games all the time. We can’t be going through the motions and expect to do well in this conference.”

The men’s team finished fifth while the women finished third in the NCAC. Oberlin College took the NCAC women’s title and finished fourth in the regional meet last Saturday. On the men’s side, Wabash College claimed the title and finished fourth in the region. The top two finishers in the men’s regional meet came from the NCAC. “When they look around the conference and see how well our competitors are doing, hopefully they see we have to work hard to get back to the top,” Stoffregen said.

What was challenging for each team was the amount of scouting they had to do on the new opponents. Hauter was at a disadvantage to the other conference teams because of DePauw’s location.

“The challenge is that we were the outliers of the conference and we had to travel more just to scout teams,” Hauter said. “Other coaches can get into their car after practice and go watch a game.”

For Zellers, scouting the new opponents took more time sometimes starting with a completely clean slate in terms of what the team knew about opponents.

“We went in playing those games starting from scratch,” Zellers said. “We didn’t really have any information on who those teams were and who the best players were. We had to learn everyone from scratch.”

Zellers was aided by the NCAC film exchange program that requires all teams to exchange tape of games to each conference opponents. The film helped the volleyball team prepare for what it would be up against, but going in to the Tigers’ second season the team hopes to take advantage of what they learned and continue to grow into a great team.

But one aspect of the SCAC that Zellers said her team did miss was the long travel to the distant SCAC schools in Texas and Colorado.

“We really did like the SCAC, because our athletes like being able to fly and going to places,” Zellers said. “We established such great rivalries in that conference, so part of the challenge was getting our players to know who the NCAC is.”

Although the long travel will be missed, the volleyball players enjoyed the extra rest they received on their day off after a game. Because travel distances were shorter, teams returned to campus much earlier than they did in the SCAC. “The day we came back after the day off, we were a little bit fresher,” Zellers said. “We weren’t getting back at 4:30 a.m., so I do feel like it helped from a sleep standpoint and that helped with overall health as a team.”

The reasons for the conference switch included less travel time and strong competition for student athletes at DePauw. Most teams found much success in the conference and are primed to make an even bigger splash in the second season in the NCAC next year.

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Friday

• TBA — Swimming at Wabash Invitational • 6 p.m. — Swimming vs.

Wheaton (Ill.) at Erdmann Natatorium in Lilly Center • 6 p.m. — Men’s basketball vs. Marygrove at Case Western Reserve

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Saturday

• TBA — Swimming at Wabash Invitational • 5 or 7 p.m. — Men’s basketball vs. Case Western Reserve or Elmira at Case Western Reserve • 6 or 8 p.m. — Women’s basketball vs. North Park or Franklin (Franklin Tipoff Tournament)

• 8 p.m. — Women’s basketball vs. Albion (Franklin Tipoff Tournament)

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Saturday

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Sunday

• 2 p.m. — Women’s Basketball vs. Illinois Wesleyan

• 2 or 4 p.m. — Women’s basketball vs. Washington-St. Louis or Hendrix (WashingtonSt. Louis Tournament)

• 6 p.m. — Men’s basketball vs. Purdue North Central (Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge at Lilly Center)

• 2 p.m. — men’s basketball third-place game (Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge at Lilly Center) • 4 p.m. — Men’s basketball championship game (Mike Rokicki Community Versus Cancer Challenge at Lilly Center)

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December

Friday

• 11 a.m. — Swimming DePauw Invitational at Erdmann Natatorium in Lilly Center

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Wednesday

• 6 p.m. — Men’s basketball vs. Earlham at Lilly Center (LISTEN LIVE on WGRE) • 8 p.m. — Women’s basketball vs. Millikin at Lilly Center (LISTEN LIVE on WGRE)

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Basketball | continued from page 16 A staple for DePauw basketball under Huffman has been working hard on defense and grabbing rebounds. On the offensive end, while opposing defenses will identify Aldrich, who lead the team in scoring at 13.3 points per game last season, as the biggest scoring threat, Huffman is confident in the entire offense to score.

“I hope that our team defense is one of our strengths and our versatility on offense is also a strength,” Huffman said. “I don’t think we’ll have to get our points from certain individuals. I think we’ll be more versatile there.”

The Tigers will need to work hard on both ends of the ball moving into the North Coast Athletic Conference. DePauw enters the new conference atop the preseason polls to win over defending champion Denison University. Denison went 28-1 and 14-0 in the NCAC on its way to a first round loss in the NCAA Div. III tournament last year.

Like every DePauw team, there will be a lot of research on the new opponents by the coaching staff.

“We definitely have a learning curve, and we hope to shorten that curve up,” Huffman said. “The logistics of the travel and the gym, basketball players like the vision of the gym and what it’s like. So all these things will be new and the coaching staff has new scouting reports from scratch to start on all these teams, so it’s a lot more work.”

But for Huffman and her Tigers, the focus will always be on one team at a time. DePauw is set to face Albion College away tonight at 8 p.m. and will be looking to see how new players respond to the collegiate scene.

“We have depth, but it’s young depth. So, we’ll need some experience to kind of season this group along,” Huffman said. “We’ll have some freshmen on the court and some sophomores who haven’t seen the court yet. So, every day, I hope that we can continue to improve.”

With high expectations for the No. 9 team in the nation, predicted to finish atop the NCAC, Huffman and the Tigers are ready for a push to add another national title banner next to the 2007 one hanging in Neal Fieldhouse.

“I really like this team,” Huffman said. “They are extremely hard working and the chemistry seems to be very good.

They work hard as a unit and that’s very good to see early in the season.”

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Saturday

• 9:30 a.m. — Swimming DePauw Invitational at Erdmann Natatorium in Lilly Center • 1 p.m. — Women’s basketball vs. Denison at Lilly Center (LISTEN LIVE on WGRE)

Kati Aldrich

Kathleen Molloy Ellie Pearson

• 3 p.m. — Men’s basketball at Kenyon

Ali Ross

Kate Walker

PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF RICHARD FIELDS

Sports Calender Nov. 18 — Dec. 3

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The DePauw | Friday, Nov. 18, 2011

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Members of the women’s basketball team huddle before a drill in Thursday night’s practice at Greencastle High School. The team was displaced because of preparations for President Bill Clinton’s Friday address in the Lilly Center Neal Fieldhouse. CAROLINE KERR / THE DEPAUW

Young and old shooting for Div. III title

By MICHAEL APPELGATE sports@thedepauw.com

There is an expectation to succeed for every team at DePauw.

For the nationally-ranked women’s basketball team, it carries the title of a national championship team and eight straight years in the NCAA Div. III tournament.

This year, with a mix of veterans and youth, the No. 9 Tigers are set to make another push to the tournament in hopes for a second national title.

Last season, after going 25-3 and 15-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, DePauw faced perennial national tournament team Hope College in the first round. The No. 4 Flying Dutch sent the Tigers home by a score of 77-65.

In that game, DePauw struggled in shooting, facing a tough Hope defense. Then-senior Katie Mathews had 14 points but went 5-13 from the field. Mathews, known for her ability to score and lock-down defense, will be sorely missed, said head coach Kris Huffman.

“Katie is probably the toughest to replace because she was our best defender,” Huffman said. “She can play the one, two or three and was also our second leading rebounder. Also, when you can shoot a pull-up jumper like she could, that’s pretty hard to defend.”

Three-point shooters Lauren Goff and Brooke Osborne also graduated last year. Goff was third on the team in scoring with 8.8 points per game. Osborne, who struggled with injuries and played off the bench, averaged 4. Both players often drew attention from opposing defenses, giving forwards senior Katie Aldrich and junior Ellie Pearson space underneath the basket.

Replacing Goff at the starting position will be sophomore Ali Ross, while junior Kathleen Molloy will replace Mathews.

“Their games are different, but they are ready, willing and able to step in,” Huffman said. “They don’t have as much game experience as our seniors did, but Molloy has been in training behind two outstanding guards and Ali Ross is a talented and versatile player.”

Playing at the point will be junior Kate Walker in her third year with the starting job. Walker will look

to continue playing at the high level that Huffman demands.

“Some of the big strengths that we had last year that we need to carry over to this year are the things we focus on every year, and that’s rebounding and pushing the ball in transition and good defense,” said Walker on WGRE’s Tiger Talk on Wednesday. “Those are going to be key this year and every year in DePauw basketball.”

Walker is confident that Molloy and Ross can step in nicely for Mathews and Goff.

“We have some upperclassmen who are coming back who are really stepping up and filling those shoes,” Walked said. “We always improve each year, and I have high hopes for this team. We have a great work ethic in practice and have players who just really want to be there getting better.”

Basketball | continued on page 15

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