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Jimmy Kimmel cracks jokes, delivers advice By Brock Turner and Leah Williams news@ thedepauw.com
Jimmy Kimmel knew his audience while visiting DePauw University, opening with, “I was invited to come to Wabash tonight, but I said I’d sooner die than go to that pack of deadbeats.” Taking a night off from his perch behind his late night desk in Los Angeles, Jimmy Kimmel made a quick trip to Greencastle delivering his characteristic comedy, laced with advice. Kimmel started his media career in radio before transitioning to television, eventually becoming the host of ABC’s first late-night talk show. He stressed the value of hard work during his 90-minute Ubben Lecture. Kimmel, usually the one behind the desk, responded to interview questions during his exchange with Tom Chiarella, Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished University Professor of Creative Writing. Since he was young, he has been interested in entertainment and media. Kimmel described a picture of himself as a young child. “I’d sit there drawing watching Johnny Carson and David Letterman,” he said Saturday evening to a studentfilled Kresge Auditorium at DePauw University. Five minutes before the show, the audience was
shown a compilation video of moments from his popular late night talk show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” including bits starring some of his past interviewees like Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise and Will Ferrell. Kimmel then came on stage to music played by a band of DePauw University students. Kimmel made his first impression on first-year Jasmin Ramos. “I wasn’t really familiar with his talk show,” said Ramos. “[but] I thought he was really funny and really great.” Kimmel started his career moving from radio station to radio station before arriving in Los Angeles on KROQFM. “I read that David Letterman started in radio,” Kimmel said. While doing sports for the famous station, he went on auditions for different television shows. After landing his first job in TV as a game show host, Kimmel spent time with Comedy Central, MTV and ESPN. Following an interview with ABC, Kimmel was told he had his own late night show. “You think that people in business know what they’re doing,” he commented on the early days of the show. “No one plans ahead; it just happens suddenly.” For the first year, the fledgling talk show had trouble Jimmy Kimmel fills Kresge auditorium with laugher on Saturday night during the
Kimmel engaged in conversation with creative writing professor Tom Chiarella (left). PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
Ubben Lecture. Kimmel performed as a guest of the Arts & Laughter themed Arts Fest week. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY getting high-profile guests. Kimmel interviewed “D-list” celebrities and reality TV non-stars. It was during this time that he started one of his most famous bits, ending the show with apologizing to Matt Damon for running out of time for an interview. The actor’s publicist eventually called, said Damon thought it was funny, and the joke continued. “There’s no good reason for it, but it just goes on and on,” Kimmel said. Chiarella asked about the host’s success and work ethic, mentioning a student who had missed his class recently after taking a shower that was “too hot.” Laughing, Kimmel commented that he had never missed a show, even working the day of his appendectomy and through an extreme allergic reaction to Advil in which his face swelled through-
out the show. “Part of me got a perverse kick out of the fact that I was dying on television,” Kimmel said. This kind of dedication is the type of effort Kimmel looks for from his employees, even interns. Kimmel offered advice to students on how to be noticed, regardless of how insignificant the position may seem. “If you’re a hard worker, people you work with … will notice and reward you for that,” said Kimmel in a pre-show interview. “You’re always making connections, and you’re always making an impression, and you should always make
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Tailgating expectations and regulations at Wabash College for the Monon Bell football game on Nov. 15 will remain similar to recent years. “There will be the same expectations as two, four, six years ago,” said Angela Nally, director of Public Safety at DePauw University. Wabash administrators have asked DePauw students to refrain from leaving campus until 10 a.m. on game day. Small groups of students going to set up tailgates will be allowed to leave prior to 10 a.m. in order to claim a spot in the parking lot set aside for DePauw fans. Space in the lot will be given at a first-come, firstserve basis, with parents and alumni being allowed in on the evening of Nov. 14. Students will be restricted from the lot until the morning of Nov. 15.
Tailgaters will be allowed to put up tents, play music and serve alcohol, according to the DePauw athletics tailgating guidelines. Student will be free to serve hard alcohol and beverages in glass bottles, as well as have shared contains such as kegs, which are all acceptable under Wabash’s tailgating regulations. Drinking games and bringing alcohol or coolers into Hollett Little Giant Stadium will be prohibited. Nally advises students who are underage to be wary of drinking alcohol. Off-duty Crawfordsville police officers will be present through out the day. The Monon tailgate at Wabash will not be shutdown at the kickoff, but students are encouraged to go to the game. DePauw fans should use the northeast gate when entering the stadium.
Free buses to and from the game: Student Government has two buses leaving at 10 a.m. and one leaving at 11 a.m. from the Union Building for the game. Each bus holds 55 people. No alcohol is allowed. Seating will be on a first come, first serve basis. The buses will return immediately following the game. Free t-shirts: Each year, student government sponsors free t-shirts for Monon. This year, shirts will be distributed Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the student org space in the basement of the Union Building. They will also be distributed Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Lilly Center to celebrate Alpha Chi Omega Sorority’s Ring Sing Pep Rally. The last chance to get a shirt will be Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the student org space. Free pancake breakfast: The night of the game, there will be a free pancake dinner starting at midnight and continuing until 2 a.m. If DePauw wins back the bell, students will have an opportunity to see the bell up close and personal. They can also ring the bell if they so choose.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014 Kimmel | cont’d from page 1 the best impression you can.” However, when he was in college at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Kimmel did not always take his own advice. In one acting class, he spent much of the time goofing off and ignoring the professor. “There were these acting exercises where you had to act like you were an amoeba and kind of float around—things I deemed ridiculous,” he said. Kimmel’s professor finally pulled him aside and informed him that she would have him kicked out of school if he did not stop disrupting the other students. Kimmel joked that he failed to realize that some people went to college to actually learn. “I thought of it more like driving school than anything,” he said. “You go, you get through it, and then at the end of it it’s over and your parents are happy. So when she [the professor] said that, I was really struck by it. It changed my outlook.” Kimmel also recommended that students interested in a career in the entertainment industry practice writing as much as possible. “When I was a kid …I used to record Bill Cosby on TV with an audio cassette player, and then I’d write out everything he said on yellow legal pads,” he said. “I didn’t realize at the time, but it gave me an opportunity to see what comedy—what a script—looked like.” These kinds of experiences would define Kimmel’s youth. Looking back, he recalled his admiration for Steve Martin. “Back then, believe it or not, Steve Martin was kind of a dirty com-
ic,” Kimmel said. “My dad gave me a Steve Martin comedy album, and I would listen to it secretly.” Kimmel and his father kept this secret from his mother. On stage, Chiarella also asked about his family’s influence on his career. Similar to his advice to DePauw students, Kimmel’s parents instilled in him the value of hard work. “When we went to church…my family would be the ones putting the chairs away,” he said. Following his interview with Chiarella, Kimmel answered student questions ranging from comedic advice to fulfilling a request from first-year, Meghan McCann, to prank call her mother. One student, sophomore Susie Schmank, even tweeted Kimmel’s wife, Molly McNearney, asking what Schmank should ask him. McNearney responded, “Ask him why he leaves his dirty Q-tip on the bathroom sink every. Single. Morning.” Students were enthusiastic and responded well to Kimmel’s presence. “I thought he was great; he was real as hell and had a lot of good life advice,” said sophomore David Kobe. “He was very charismatic and personable.” Kimmel was only in Greencastle briefly, flying in to give his talk and leaving for the airport shortly after. The audience was not allowed to use any recording devices during the interview, and Kimmel only left a single recording of the evening for DePauw’s archives. Kimmel’s visit marked the second Ubben Lecture of the year, following New York Times columnist David Brooks and preceding author of “Orange is the New Black”, Piper Kerman, who will be on campus in February.
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Hearing the Monon Bell ring is the best. Knowing that no current student at DePauw has had that opporunity makes it even better.
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This week, The DePauw had the chance to sit down with Scott Perkins of the music department and get to know his life inside and outside of music. The DePauw (TDP): Can you talk a little about your background? Scott Perkins (SP): I grew up in Connecticut… didn’t have very much of a musical family. I went to college in Boston. I was at Boston University for four years, and I studied music theory and composition there. I was pretty active in middle school and high school in music as a singer, saxophone player and as a composer. I started composing when I was around five or so. TDP: You said your family wasn’t very musically active. What led you to music? SP: I have no idea. We didn’t have a piano in my house or anything. But when we went to visit my grandparents in upstate New York, I would mess around on their piano and just come up with stuff on my own. My mother knew the names of the notes on the piano, but she didn’t know how to write music notation or anything like that. But she’d write it down the best she could and showed it to my elementary school music teacher. I played some stuff for him as well. He just happened to be the bell-ringer at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and he decided that he was going to perform my piece there. It was my first primier, I guess, and I was six by that point. TDP: How advanced are you with singing? SP: Singing I’ve done quite a bit of. I’ve performed all over Europe and North America as a soloist. I don’t do so much of it anymore. I miss it, but teaching takes up a lot of time, along with composing the rest of the time. I’ve recorded some CDs as a featured soloist with groups.
TDP: Did you base your compositions around your singing? SP: Well, I guess I started composing, really, before I started singing. I didn’t start singing much until I joined my elementary school choir when I was in fourth grade, but I had already been writing some music before then, not very much, not very seriously. I didn’t really know how to write music down very well until I was about 12. But I do see a lot of crossover between my life as a performer and my life as a composer. I love writing vocal music. TDP: Do you have a favorite type of music, for vocal or any instrument? SP: That’s hard to say. I like a lot of different styles, really. I listen to a lot of different kinds of music. My inspiration as a composer is pretty eclectic. It comes from a lot of different places. Sometimes I’m not really aware of where it’s coming from. I mean, there are certain composers that I can think of whose work has had an influence on me as a composer. TDP: Like who? SP: I would say Benjamin Britten is one of them. Arvo Part, he’s an Estonian composer, still alive. I’d say I get some from John Corliano, who was at the school earlier this year as our featured guest composer of residence. But it really depends upon the occasion. I write different kinds of music for different situations. It depends on what people want me to write. I work just on commission now. TDP: What did you listen to growing up? SP: I grew up listening to pop music. Top 40s stuff. Actually, I kind of got a lot of different styles from different people in my family. My mom liked listening to oldies, my dad loved classic rock. My stepmother liked southern rock, also a little bit of folk music. My brother was really into punk and grunge and stuff like that. I started listening to classical music at one point too when I was about 12. TDP: How did you come across DePauw? SP: DePauw I found out about because I went to grad school with the choir director here, Greg Ristow. He was telling me all these wonderful things about the place. I hadn’t actually heard of DePauw before that. Greg Ristow told me there was an opening and that I should check it out. I came out here to interview, which was the first time I had spent more than a couple of hours, I think, in Indiana. And I just couldn’t believe it. It was so different from where I was from. People were friendly. I remember the woman who was working the desk at the Inn at DePauw. She asked me why I was there, and I had said I had a job interview. She had said, “Oh, I’m sure it will go great,” that sort of thing. And then when I came in the evening, she asked me how it went, and I had said it went alright. But she said, “Oh, I know you got it. I can feel it in my bones.” And I was like, wow, you’re so friendly. Who are you? TDP: What is it like to see a student develop musically? SP: It’s unbelievable. It’s just my third year, but seeing some of these students, hearing some of these students who were in their firstyear when I got here, how far they’ve come, it’s really amazing. We have some great teachers here who are helping them along the way. But there’s a lot of dedication here, too, among certain students to
really work on their craft. And it shows. It’s incredible, the transformations they’ve undergone. Professor Perkins teaches music theory and composition and is currently a coordinator in designing the new musicianship program in the 21st Century Musician Initiative that DePauw is using to, in Perkins’ words, “change the way we prepare music students for the world today.”
Music School Events Monday, November 10
*Faculty Select Series: Guest Artist Yotam Baruch, cello, with Faculty Pianist Tony Weinstein, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 11
*Entrepreneurship: Funding Your Dreams 7 p.m.
Wednesday, November 12
*Recital Hour Presentation: Pay It Forward: Community Music Instruction, 10:20 p.m. *Under the Hood: Running a Self-managed Ensemble, 11:30 p.m. *State of the Art: Putting Your Audience Center Stage, 1:40 p.m. *Defining Success: Documentation & Evaluation, 5:30 p.m. *ArtMusic@AlmostHome, 6 p.m. *DePauw Improvisation Ensemble: “An Evening of Improvised Chamber Music,” 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 13
*DePauw Percussion Ensemble: “Percussive Roots,” 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 14
*Vocal Master Class with Franco-American Vocal Academy, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. *Senior Non-Degree Recital: Sarah Kirkman, saxophone, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 15
*Young Artists Piano Competition, 9 a.m. *Horn Master Class with Guest Artist Tod Bowermaster, 10 a.m.
Sunday, November 16
*Senior Non-Degree Recital: Elizabeth King, saxophone, 3 p.m. *Faculty Select Series: Projecto Arcomusical, Berimbau Quartet, “New Music for an Ancient Instrument,” 7:30 p.m.
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As difficult as it may be to imagine, the DePauw Chamber Singers and the University Chorus turned a set of bleachers and all-black outfits into a funny, entertaining hour-and-a-half show in Kresge Auditorium Sunday afternoon. After a week of festivities, DePauw’s 13th annual ArtsFest, with the theme of Arts and Laughter, came to a close with their performance entitled “To Make You and Me Laugh.” Directed by Kristina Boerger, the presentation included an alternation of the two groups on stage and 11 pieces of music by the over 70 performers. While the attendance wasn’t Jimmy Kimmel-scale,
Kresge saw a large turnout for the event and the performances didn’t disappoint. Several bursts of laughter could be shared throughout the show, from both audience members and singers in the groups. Many of the pieces performed were laced with humor, playing on the echoed singers and being written completely in satire. “This was something completely different than anything we have ever done before,” said senior Patrick Brems, a member of the Chamber Singers. While the pieces were indeed funny, it was the faces of the performers that brought the humor to the audience. Since their attire was only black dresses, pants and button-ups, their faces were the focus of the audience’s attention and these groups didn’t fall short in their acting ability. “They were so funny,” said first-year music student Tabatha Hickey, who attended Sunday’s performance. “Especially since I know some of the singers personally, it was hilarious.” The concert began with the University Chorus singing William Billing’s “Modern Musick.” The piece is a mockery of how songs trick the audience into feeling certain ways and mocks the typical framework of other composers. It even goes as far to say that his “process surely will not fail to please.” The Chamber Singers then debuted with Benjamin Britten’s “The Lift Boy,” a piece written in a very nonsensical manor about a boy with nothing in his pocket but a jackknife and a button. Amanda Hopson performed the piano for this piece, as well as the Above: Boerger directs the DePauw Chamber Sing- concluding one. ers in Robert Dennis’ “Brainy Teacher.” The first few choices set Below: The Chamber Singers sing Benjamin Brit- a light tone for the rest of the concert, only building with coten’s “The Lift Boy.” medic inserts as it progressed. While the piano was slowly being dragged away after the previous piece, the Chamber Singers waited in what seemed to be awkward silence, but was in reality a purposeful act to prepare for the next piece which, unknown to the audience, featured both of the musical groups. One girl ran up to the front and began belting a solo to the auditorium. In return, however, there came an echoing voice from the rafters above. Soon after the rest of the Chamber Singers joined
The Depauw University Chorus Photos and Story by Tyler Murphy & Chamber Singers features@thedepauw.com Senior Anna Gatdula begins the song, “O, La, Che Buon Echo,” which featured both of the musical groups.
Above: Director Kristina Boerger chases a Chamber Singer dressed as an evil teacher. Below: Boerger directs the DePauw University Chorus.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 in the song, the University Chorus echoed their every voice from the balcony, unseen to the audience. The piece was “O, La, Che Buon Echo,” or “The Echo Song,” by Orlando di Lasso. After this came several others, including a French song about a man who won’t eat pork because he once saw a confrontation between a pig and a “turd.” Following close suit with the animal theme came “Of All the Birds that I Do Know,” a metaphorical song about, you guessed it, birds. Once finished, the University Chorus took the stage once more to sing a piece by P.D.Q. Bach, a favorite and must-have when looking for humor. P.D.Q. Bach is the fictitious alter ego of the actual composer Peter Schickele, who took to writing parody pieces, this one in particular about the stench his wife possesses. Following this, the Chamber Singers took the sage, only to have a backstage worker come out to tell one of the students about a problem in the back. The singer then followed the worker off of the stage. After a few seconds, however, he came bolting back out the door followed quickly on the heels by the director. Boerger, dressed in her professor graduation attire and wielding a long stick, chased him back to his place and then began to conduct the next song, “Brainy Teacher,” by Robert Dennis. The song consists of several lines and solos of students rebelling against their teacher. “My favorite part of the show was when the director came in chasing after one of the singers,” said sophomore Grant Spratt. “It made me laugh out loud because it was so unexpected.” Tailing closely with the teacher gig, Boerger brought out a whiteboard and started pointing to places on it with her stick. Members of the University Chorus began naming geological places on the map, which eventually turned into the next song, “Geographical Fugue,” which consists only of the names of places around the globe. This performance was then followed by two more which included a variety of shifting tempos as well as humorous duet dances by group members. All of this, however, was leading up to the end: the most comical portion of the concert. The last presentation reprised P.D.Q. Bach, with his piece “The Seasonings.” This piece pokes fun at Joseph Haydn’s “The Seasons.” In Bach’s new rendition, the singers literally buzz about different types of seasonings and spices. It includes puns such as “bide thy thyme,” and even draws from “Old McDonald had a Farm,” with lowed-down ee-i-ee-i-os. Though the lyrics were comical, it was not necessarily them that had the audience rolling. It was the performance by the singers, the director and the entire staff who teach voice in the School of Music. They came out in full-force, purple boas blazing, whoopee cushions in toe and tiaras atop their heads. “Our conductor and the voice faculty didn’t even tell us they were going to be doing everything that they did,” Brems said. “We knew it was going to be funny ,but even us singers didn’t know it was going to be to that extent. I think that’s the main reason it was so entertaining.” The audience agreed, applauding the singers long
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When science and legislation collide: the l’Aquila earthquake Jackson Mote
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esterday an Italian appeals court overruled a 2012 decision that found six geologists and one government employee guilty of manslaughter. In 2009, they were commissioned to investigate several seismic tremors in the Abruzzo region of Italy and days after they began their work, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the town of l’Aquila. They were charged on the grounds of “inexact, incomplete and contradictory information” after they failed to communicate an impending severe danger to the town’s population. The earthquake in 2009 resulted in at least 309 deaths. These experts and the population of the town knew that it was a high-risk area for earthquakes, and that was one of the factors in the appeals court’s decision. In September of 2013, one of the at-the-time convicted scientists, Enzo Boschi, published a letter in Science magazine stating his reasoning against the convictions. At the time of the earthquake, he was the director of Italy’s National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology and was a member of the Major Risks Commission. In part of this letter, Boschi states, “I have been found guilty despite the illogical charges and accusations that
set dangerous precedents for the future of the scientific process”. More than 5,000 scientists signed an open letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano following the guilty verdicts. The open letter expressed support for the scientists. After the verdicts were announced, four members of the Major Risks Commission quit in protest and due to the “impossibility” that they could “work in serenity and offer highly scientific analyses to the state in these complex conditions,” according to Luciano Maiani. I believe that it is good that an Italians appeals court overruled the verdict because if the charges had not been overturned, the relationship between science and legislation would have greatly changed. If scientists could be charged for being wrong in cases such as this, we would either see a great increase in the accuracy of seismologists’ claims or a lack of new seismologists entering the scientific field due to fear of prosecution. Is it true that being wrong at science could have been a crime? The concept of making mistakes in science could have been vastly changed within Italy and possibly in other parts of the world, if the accused had remained guilty. Let’s just be glad that legislation hasn’t challenged scientific mistakes forever. If scientists had been prosecuted for mistakes in the previous centuries, scientists such as Darwin, Fleming and Einstein may have been imprisoned. -Mote is a junior French language major from Indianapolis. opinions@thedepauw.com
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Flower-ins and Title IX: a cause for change
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Yesterday President Obama asked the Federal Communications Commission to place stricter rules on Internet regulations in support of net neutrality in a two-page statement and a two-minute online video. Net neutrality is the idea that all Internet data should be treated equally in so much as there is no discrimination or added charges based on user, content, size, platform, application, type of attached equipment or mode of communication. Debates surrounding net neutrality center on whether or not Internet ought to be a common carrier, meaning it provides public telecommunications facilities. The issue came into the public eye after Comcast announced on Feb. 13, 2014 that they were merging with Time Warner Cable. This merger not only creates a potential cable tv monopoly, but it also poses a threat to net neutrality. Because the merger leaves Comcast as the only Internet and cable provider in several of the largest markets, Comcast has the power to slow down the speed of certain websites if they do not pay more or meet their demands. This means that if Netflix, for example, refuses to comply with Comcast’s demands, than their website will load slower than a competitor such as Amazon Prime. Netflix then either has to pay the price dictated by Comcast or lose customers who become frustrated with the amount of time it takes for their video to load. If Netflix were to pay the higher price, the costs would then be imposed on members in the form of a slightly more expensive membership fee. Yesterday, The Los Angeles Times published an article titled “Obama urges net neutrality; Cruz calls it ‘Obamacare for the Internet.” In it, Obama is quoted saying, “Ever since the Internet was created, it’s been organized around basic principles of openness, fairness and freedom. There are no gatekeepers deciding which sites you get to access. There are no toll roads on the information superhighway. Abandoning these principles would threaten to end the Internet as we know it.” Later that day, an ABC News article titled, “5 Major Ways the Internet Could Change Without Net Neutrality,” lists the following consequences of not having net neutrality: degraded service, higher costs, less innovation, uneven service / faster service for some and greater technological divide by income and demographic. Comcast has said that they would not charge more for faster bandwidth for some websites, and so far, they have not given the general public a reason not to believe them. However, without a law prohibiting it, there is nothing stopping Comcast or any other internet provider from deciding to charge more for faster bandwidth. This editorial board believes that net neutrality is a good thing that promotes a freer flow of information and a free press. As a result, we support the president’s efforts to get the internet listed as a common carrier.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Flower-ins are a DePauw tradition, and there has been a lot of controversy about getting rid of them. For those who are unfamiliar with flower-ins, they are the ceremony in which the new member classes of any given fraternity and sorority are presented to one another. In my experience, the two houses sing their respective songs, and then new members are presented one by one. Because of the singular nature of these presentations and, in some cases, the presence of alcohol, there is an extreme pressure on these new members to kiss each other. With the extensive list of schools that were published last spring that were being investigated for allegations
of sexual assault, it came to light that flower-ins are most likely a Title IX violation. Try to explain this activity to someone that does not go to DePauw. Explain to them that you stand in a room with around 150 of your peers and watch your new members make out with someone they may not have ever met before. I am fortunate enough to be in a sorority that has recognized the awkward situation that flower-ins put us in as new members and took action to change that. I only experienced one true flower-in, and let me tell you, it was a lot to take in. At first I felt like I was missing something by not having flower-ins; however, looking back, I do not feel like I missed out on anything. We implemented a mixer system that employs the basic structure of flower-ins without the awkward Title IX violations. We still are able to sing our songs, and our new members are still able to mingle with the new members of each fraternity with whom we are paired. The key distinction is that the event is centered around a fun activity rather than a long succession of awkward make-out sessions. I think the
mixer system worked really well for Kappa Kappa Gamma, and it can be easily adapted to the needs of other groups that choose to participate. While I know that no one explicitly forces the new members to kiss, I have talked to many people about how pressured they felt during flower-ins to do so and how awkward it was when the guy leaned in for a kiss and they did not reciprocate. Not only does it put new members in an awkward position, but this could definitely be construed as a hazing activity. While flower-ins have been a part of DePauw tradition long before we attended the school, I really believe that we will be better off without them. Grace Hopper once said, “The most dangerous phrase in the English language is ‘we’ve always done it this way,’ and I am glad that we are finally changing this dated and awkward tradition. -Bargiacchi is a junior political science and conflict studies double major from Memphis, Tennessee. opinions@thedepauw.com
Composting: We can do it Ashley Junger
When you imagine trash, you most likely imagine piles of plastic containers, crumpled paper, scraps and pieces, banana peels, etc. It turns out that that banana peel makes up about 24 percent of our trash according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Therefore, reducing waste isn’t as simple as recycling; DePauw must also address its organic waste to become a zero waste campus. To compost one simply collects a pile of organic matter, usually a mix of brown and green matter. Brown matter is high in carbon and includes bark, cardboard, leaves, newspapers, etc. Green matter is high in nitrogen and includes food waste, garden waste, hay, algae, etc. Once you have a heap, you simply have to turn the pile every week or two to aerate it and blend it. After a few months, the com-
posting process will be complete, and you will be left with a dark, crumbly soil that can be used as fertilizer. Approximately two years ago, DePauw’s Earth Tub, an electronic composter, broke and fell into disrepair. Since then there has been no postconsumer composting at DePauw. The Earth Tub broke because the volume of composting it processed was too great. Therefore, simply fixing DePauw’s Earth Tub is not a viable way to bring composting back to DePauw. DePauw is trying to set itself apart from other similar liberal arts colleges as one that is concerned with the environment, as evidenced by President Casey signing The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment in 2008 and the theme for the 2014 - 2015 school year, “Zer0 Waste.” Implementing a composting system is an opportunity for DePauw to become a leader among other small colleges, a golden model for others to visit and base their own composting programs off. It is also an opportunity for DePauw to tangibly demonstrate its commitment to sustainability. The investment DePauw would need to put into a composting system would be relatively low, yet its
significance and return would be high. Composting would save the campus money in the long run because we could start producing our own fertilizer,and avoid buying commercial fertilizer for DePauw’s farm or gardens. The composting program would be a symbol for prospective students and investors that DePauw is committed to sustainability and to being a forerunner in the implementation of sustainable practices. DePauw needs a way for all of its organic waste to be processed. The system should be established so its functioning is not threated by a shift in food service providers. DePauw needs to recognize the importance of a composting system to its goal of zero waste and begin to implement a system that becomes integral to the university’s functioning. Composting: We Can Do it. -Ashley Junger is a junior English literature and biology double major from St. Louis. She is also an Environmental Fellow. opinions@thedepauw.com
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PHOTOPINION What was your favorite part or a surprising part about Jimmy Kimmel? “The opportunity to play some music that Jimmy Kimmel liked and to have him hear it live.” Spencer Schillerstrom, first-year
“It was awesome. He is hilarious. It was nice to see someone so involved and known here.”
Kevin Salinas, first-Year
“The prank call was really funny. Also, I enjoyed when he spoke freely rather than only answering the questions.” Gretchen Stibich, sophomore
“When people went up there with stupid questions and he kept it real. He followed his own way and didn’t follow the norms.” Nicholas ailstock, sophomore Jackson Mote / the depauw
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Tuesday, november 11, 2014
Tigers lock up first seven win season since 2009 in blowout of Hiram BY MEG MORROW sports@thedepauw.com
DePauw’s seniors stepped onto the turf at Black Stock stadium for the last time Saturday and, along with their teammates, delivered a blow out win against the Hiram College Terriers. “Hiram really concerned me coming in,” said WGRE Announcer Robert Sherman. “I thought we might have a repeat of the OWU game, where DePauw got caught looking down their schedule and let the weaker teams get the best of them.” Clearly, however, the Tigers were up to the challenge. “That was not the case at all,” Sherman said. DePauw scored on their first five offensive possessions in the game to jump to a 38-3 first half lead. “Our offense has been clicking very well recently,” first-year receiver Jake Hagan said. “Everyone understands his roles better, and it seems we're just hitting everything in stride at the right time now.” They received the ball off the opening kickoff,
and sophomore quarterback Matt Hunt lead the team 75 yards down the field, converting three third-downs. “It all started up front,” Hunt said. “They had a talented defensive line, and we blocked them tremendously. When we get time to throw and open holes in the run game we are dangerous offensively.” Hunt proved that, connecting with senior J.D. Robinson for the first touchdown of the game. “We executed very well [against Hiram],” head coach Bill Lynch said. Power sacks by both sophomore Michael Mitsch and senior Craig Neece on Hiram’s opening drive set the tone for the defensive dominance that would continue throughout the game, holding the Terriers to a field goal on their first series. It was the only points they had in the first half. “Our defense was excited to play,” Lynch said. “They really helped control field position, which is always important on cold, windy days. That was a big advantage for us.” Like the offense, Hagan believes that it’s important that everyone has learned his own roll.
“Our defense has been playing outstanding,” Hagan said, “and I think just like the offense, when everyone is sure of their assignments, it makes it that much easier to make plays and shutdown offenses.” On the Tiger’s second possession, Hunt teamed with Amen Galley on a 43-yard touchdown. Kicker Marko Adams knocked the extra point in and passed the single-season record for points by kicking. It was his 66th of the season. “It’s a cool thing,” Adams said of breaking the record. “Honestly, it’s an honor to even be in a position to achieve something like that. The bottom line is, I wouldn't have been able to do it without the offense, defense or special teams doing their jobs. Adams broke Tom Downhan’s record that was set in 1986. Another defensive stop led to yet another passing touchdown from Hunt to Robinson, 21-yards, to make it 21-3. After yet another scoring drive, capped by a 43-yard field goal by Adams, the Tigers gained possession of the ball off an interception forced by
J.D. Robinson, senior, runs under a pass from sophomore quarterback Matt Hunt, scoring a touchdown in Saturday's 45-12 win over Hiram. CHRISTA SCHROEDEL / THE DEPAUW
sophomore Thomas Gray and picked off by Peter Nelson. “Our defense has been playing beyond expectations this whole year,” Nolan said. Hunt then added another touchdown, this time with a 28-yard pass to junior Connor Jeffers, making the score 31-3. “I was just getting the ball to the receivers,” Hunt said, “and they were making plays after the catch.” WGRE’s Richard Sherman was impressed with Hunt’s play. “This was the best I have seen Matt Hunt look in a while,” Sherman said. “He was very sharp, efficient and made lots of good decisions.” According to Sherman, however, it was the defense that really stepped up. “The defense, however, gets my game ball for the week,” Sherman said. “Between forcing all the turnovers, the negative plays they created and the constant pressure they put on Robert Partridge [Hiram’s quarterback], Hiram never had a chance.” In the last two minutes of the first half, it was Gray’s turn to get the interception, and took it back 18-yards for a pick-six. The score at the end of the first half was 38-3. “Good things come from forcing punts and turnovers, so that has allowed for us, as a team, to achieve momentum in most games,” Adams said. “Hiram has had offensive success this year, so the defense holding them to 12 points says a lot about their preparation.” Into the second half, Hiram was able to put a couple more points on the board with a 23-yard field goal, making the score 38-6. Then Hunt completed his fifth touchdown pass of the day to first-year Jake Hagan for 39-yards. “The passing game was there for us Saturday because of the run game we established,” Hagan said. “When you have a solid run game like we do, it opens the playbook up for Coach Lynch to call in some deep passes and bigger plays. Add on top of that our QB finding the right people with the ball and it makes for a winning combination like it did on Saturday.” Hiram’s only touchdown came after an interception from sophomore Ian Good, DePauw’s backup quarterback, which four plays later led to a 1-yard rush touchdown. “I think that over the course of the last three weeks we’ve made good improvement as a team and on both sides of the ball,” Lynch said. “I’m happy for the seniors because this is their first winning record since they’ve been here, and they’re the ones that have lead us. They provide great leadership.” Up next for the Tigers is the season finale with the Wabash College Little Giants, beginning at 1:07 p.m. at Hollett Stadium.
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No at-large bid ends field hockey's season By Abby Margulis sports@thedepauw.com
From the first preseason practice back in August, the DePauw field hockey team had visions to see the turf at the NCAA tournament, but Denison University ended the Tigers hopes in the first round game of the North Coast Athletic Conference match, defeating DePauw 2-0. Finishing with a 16-3 overall record, the Tigers' final game came as a shock. “We did not get the ending that we hoped for,” senior forward Paige Henry said, “and I don't believe the outcome of our final game versus Denison represents the success and talent of the team.” In last week’s match, the Tigers gave up a goal early in the first half to the Denison Big Red and could not recover from it despite their efforts to put a goal in the back of the cage. “It’s tough,” head coach Gina Preston said immediately following the game. “Hat’s off to Denison they came out with a really strong game with intensity…I’m really proud of [our] team. They played really hard during the second half to come back. They never gave up.” Throughout the season the team focused on small details to lead to their
success and saw improvement over the course of 19 games. “We worked a lot on passing and eliminating,” first-year Paige Berliner said. “We also focused a lot on trying to win our conference. Unfortunately we were unable to do this, but I know everyone worked hard to be the best we could be.” Looking back to the Tigers' second game of the season against Rhodes College at the end of August, Henry comments on seeing the team’s growth to its final game. “We began the season with a great start defeating three very good teams right off of the bat,” Henry said. “When thinking back to our over time game with Rhodes, we seem to be a completely different team. Our passing began to really click down the road. When we worked together as one unit, our game was really pretty.” Not only did the team improve on the field but they also got to know each other during practice, long bus rides and locker room talk. Even though the season is over Berliner is excited for her next three years on the team. “We’re all going to work really hard during this offseason and next year so hopefully we can win the NCAC next year,” Berliner said. “We’re losing a lot of really
good seniors so that will be another reason for us to keep working hard and improving.” For the seniors their season ended early but they can’t complain about the strides they were still able to make. “My favorite game this year was our senior day game versus Denison, who is always a huge rival of ours,” Henry said. “We were relentless that game, and I know the seniors weren't going to accept anything other than a win. We held Denison to a shutout and won 4-0. I don't think Denison knew what hit them that day.” Even though Denison ended the Tigers chance to head to the NCAA for the third year in a row, the seniors can’t help but look back on their past four seasons and smile. “While I am disappointed the season is over and there isn't a next year, I have had an incredible four years on this team,” Henry said. “We have been extremely successful, and I think it just proves that hard work really does payoff. All of the early mornings and long practices are all worth it when you think about all of the accomplishments our team has achieved. While this season did not end in the way we wished, our team still has a lot to be happy about.”
Senior Paige Henry advances up the field imposing on Denison's defense to create a scoring opportunity for the Tigers in last week's game. ABBY MARGULIS / TEH DEPAUW
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Men's soccer disappointed by early exit from postseason By Jacob Lynn sports@thedepauw.com
The saying “it’s not about how you start, it’s about how you finish” has become an overused cliche in the world of sports. Nevertheless, it still gives an accurate description of DePauw soccer’s 10-8-1 record in 2014. Whether it was injuries, upsets or results out of their control, the Tiger just couldn’t sustain any momentum and failed to reach the NCAA tournament for the second straight season. “There is no one thing to point at,” senior goalkeeper Jake Pezzuto said. “It was a combination of many different things.” The Tigers struggled immediately out of the gate, splitting their pair of games at the Ohio Northern Invitational. After a 1-0 win over John Carroll University, the Tigers fell 3-2 to the hosts in a double overtime marathon. The Tigers followed that up with a resume-ruining loss on the road at lowly Franklin College, a team that won fewer than 50 percent of its games. “The Franklin loss put our at large opportunities on life support but didn't end them,” DePauw head coach Brad Hauter said. “What we did after ended them.” It was then that the Tigers turned things around and showed some promise as they quickly rattled off three straight wins by an overall score of 8-1. After a 1-0 win over Principia College, the Tigers won a rain-soaked affair 5-0 against Hanover College and then defeated Thomas More College in overtime. After a 1-0 overtime loss to the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, the Tigers defeated Hiram College and blew out Anderson College 9-0. It was really their play down the stretch that cost the Tigers a chance at moving deeper into postseason play. DePauw won only one of their final five games and went 1-3-1 over the stretch including a bad loss to conference rival Allegheny College. The season ended for the Tigers when they lost for the second time this season to Ohio Wesleyan University in the first round of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament. The Tigers will lose six seniors including forward Andy Morrison who finishes his career third on DePauw’s all-time scoring list. It was a down year for Morrison who scored a career-low five goals this year. In an interview, Morrison admitted that he probably rushed back too quickly from a hamstring injury and that could have resulted in his down numbers. “It's always tough to see a class move on,” Hauter said. “This group won two NCAC championships and made the NCAA tournament twice so they've certainly left a footprint on our program.” Also leaving is goalkeeper Jake Pezzuto, who has started the last two seasons. In his place will come rising senior Chris Yount to see his first real action of this career. “We have complete confidence in Yount,” Hauter said. “He's been a great player in our program for three years. The fact he played the majority of the OWU match and played great sets the table for a great senior season.” Hauter and his coaching staff have already begun the process of replacing the six seniors. “We have already begun working on our 2015 class and have our top 20 identified,” Hauter said. “It is shaping up to be a great class.” Even though he won’t be here next year, Pezzuto is still confident that the Tigers can turn things around quickly in 2015. “At the end of the day,” Pezzuto said, “I’m confident that the men’s soccer program will have nothing but success in the future.”
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At-large bid from NCAC keeps volleyball's season alive By Austin Candor sports@thedepauw.com
After shutting out both Oberlin College (13-19) and Hiram College (24-7) 3-0 in the first two rounds of the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, the Tigers looked poised to upset the first seed host Wittenberg University, a team ranked fourth in the nation who had won the tournament eight years in a row. “We went into our game … ready for a tough, competitive match," junior outside-hitter Lauren Falotico said. “We competed well and didn’t let down easily.” But despite the Tigers’ evident teamwork and hard-fought effort, Wittenberg proved too strong, as the hosts won the championship in four sets. Throughout the entirety of the match, neither team appeared to be in complete control. After los-
ing the opening set 16-25, the Tigers battled back and edged Wittenberg 25-23 in the second set. The final two sets proved to be even more of a seesawbattle, but the Tigers just weren’t able to put Wittenberg away. “There’s a reason why they’re ranked where they are,” Head Coach Deb Zellers said. “By the same token, we felt that we had the capability to not only compete with them, but to beat them. To fall short of that was disappointing, even though it was a very competitive match.” Like Falotico and Zellers, senior middle hitter Mary Kate Etling was impressed with how the team played as a whole. “We went into this past weekend fully prepared,” Etling said. “Unfortunately things did not go our way, but we knew at the end of the tournament that we left it all out there.” But Saturday’s loss against Wittenberg didn’t
spell the end for the Tigers’ impressive season. On Monday, the Tigers were one of only 20 teams nationally to receive an at-large bid to advance to the NCAA Division III Championship. “Those at-large bids are very competitive,” Zellers said. “It’s tough because there are a lot of great second-place teams and conferences across the country. That’s why we set out to win our conference championship … We didn’t want to put it in the hands of a selection committee to determine if we should go or not.” Nevertheless, it would have come as a big surprise if DePauw hadn’t earned a bid. Besides how they played in the conference tournament, the team showed their potential through the strength of their regular season schedule. Eight of the team’s 10 losses came against teams ranked in the top 25. “I’m just very proud of our volleyball team this season,” Zellers said. “Because we played such a
tough schedule, it’s been a more mentally-grueling season. They’ve been an easy team for a coach to want to fight for.” Despite the obvious excitement in advancing, the Tigers will have to turn right around and get back to work this week, as they only have two official days to practice before heading off to the tournament. “Our focus is mainly on us, not the other teams,” Falotico said. “If we have a strong, confident mindset going into the tournament, we will be successful.” The Tigers will open the tournament Thursday against the University of Chicago (26-12) at 6:30 p.m. in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “We have had the mindset all season that in November, this is exactly where we wanted to be,” Etling said. “Now is our chance to capitalize.”
Women’s swimming and diving “brushes off” tumultuous start By Sam Caravana sports@thedepauw.com
Despite starting their season with a 1-2 record, the women’s swimming and diving team is looking at the beginning of the season as a building experience. On Nov. 9, the team split its meet, trumping University of Missouri-St. Louis and dropping to University of Indianapolis. “It was kind of disappointing because we really did want to beat [University of Indianapolis] because we’re very similar and they’re not that much of a reach for us to beat,” sophomore Angela Newlon said. “I think we definitely brushed it off instead of letting it affect us.” Although the team lost to University of Indianapolis, the meet was not a bust for many individual swimmers. Newlon placed first in both the 200- and 300-meter freestyle, while senior co-caption Emily Weber also topped the podium placing first in the 1650m free. “Angela did awesome,” sophomore sprintswimmer Jamie Fritsch said. In addition to the individual performances, the team’s 800-free relays also had a strong showing. The relay, which placed fifth at nationals last season, placed first at the meet with a time of 7:50:35. The relay team consisted of Newlon, Weber, sophomore Kirsten Olson and junior Erin Horne. The only difference between last season’s nationals-winning relay team and this one is Horne, who replaced junior Caroline Bridges. Despite the strong performances thus far, issues have plagued the team. In the middle of October, Assistant Coach Alyssa Swanson left the team to pursue a career in sports advertising.
“It’s definitely been a lot different with only one coach on deck,” Olson said. “It’s been a lot harder for us, not having that extra coach and support system.” In addition to the mid-season loss of Swanson, Head Coach Ben Hewitt returned home during a portion of fall break due to a family emergency. His absence left the team temporarily coach-less. To keep the team’s training on track, Hewitt took full advantage of the DePauw University community. Retired DePauw women’s swimming coach Mary Bretscher and assistant professor of kinesiology Brian Wright both filled in at times for Hewitt. The squad even had a campus celebrity lend a hand. “Even President Casey coached one day, which was really cool,” Newlon said. “He was a really motivating coach.” Another factor in the team’s 1-2 record is the quality of competition they have swum against thus far. At the Indiana Intercollegiate Invitational, a preseason meet, the team swam against Division I talent in the form of Indiana University and Purdue University. The squad opened their season against Washington University (St. Louis) who ranked eighth in the nation at the conclusion of last season. DePauw saw more talent on Friday against University of Indianapolis, which is a Division II school. The team has looked at such meets with a positive attitude. “Some of these Division I teams are right with Denison and Kenyon, so they’re just preparing you for who you’ll be racing in the end of the season,” Frisch said. Olsen agreed. “It definitely prepares us for later in the season when we do race against really fast teams in our
conference.” The team is hoping to build off their experience with top quality talent as they head in to their next meet, the Patrick Woehnker Invitational at Wabash College. There the team will not face the all-male Wabash, but will instead go head-to-head with Hope College from Holland, Michigan. The dual-meet, while it holds no weight in the North Coast Athletic Conference, will allow the team to mix things up. “Invites give us an more of an opportunity to swim a few more events and put girls in some events and see what they can do,” Olson said. DePauw is also looking ahead to the invitational at North Coast Athletic Conference rival Kenyon
from Dec. 4 to Dec. 6. Newlon noted that the invitational “[is] our big mid-season meet.” In order to ensure times fast enough for nationals qualification, the team will rest and wear full body suits known as “fast suits.” The fast suits reduce drag and thus allow the wearer to swim faster. As the women’s team pushes ahead in its season towards important meets, confidence is high. “Overall, we’re working very hard this year. Even harder than last year. I think our times show that,” Newlon said. “When we're rested and wear fast suits, we're going to have standout times.”
Angela Newlon strains against a rubber resistance band during a Monday evening practice. The team is currently in its hardest training of the season as it prepares to face Kenyon in December. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW