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DePauw to cancel classes for an inclusiveness discussion day 2007-2008 Campus Climate Task Forces for Faculty, Staff and Students of Color makes a series of recommendations to the faculty and the administration.

April 22, 2012 Student Government passed a white paper titled “A White Paper concerning multicultural requirements at DePauw University with possible suggestions.

Nov. 19, 2014 The faculty held a special lunch hour meeting and voted to cancel classes for a day during spring semester for a campus-wide discussion on inclusivity.

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Public Safety, risk managers try to keep DePauw University students safe during parties

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2011-2012 The Student Body President emailed President Brian Casey for an update on the process of reconvening the Diversity and Equity Committee with no response.

April 27, 2014 Student Governmen passed a resolution concerning the addition of a multicultural competency component, a resolution requesting mandatory diversity training for all faculty, staff and administrators and a white paper centered on a firstyear diversity program.

the faculty what their by-laws state of the procedure, as well as reminding them that they news@thedepauw.com would be following Robert’s Rules of Order, It’s not often that DePauw University can- which provides a guide for parliamentary procedure. Parliamentary procedure is the procels classes, especially if there is cess and not inclement weather. But this rules by academic year, DePauw is doing w h i c h just that.

“I think trust is broken down, meetings Faculty voted to cancel classand votes and we need to talk to one es for a day next semester to have are cona campus-wide discussion about another.” ducted. inclusiveness after a special facul“I was -Pedar Foss, professor of classical studies ty meeting held Wednesday durso hearting lunch. 145 faculty members ened by the attended, exceeding quorum. turn out,” Chair of the Faculty Bridget said Renee Gourley called the meeting in light of the Madison, senior advisor to the president for open forum that University President Brian diversity and compliance. “I think sometimes Casey held on Nov. 9.

Gourley opened the meeting by reminding we lose sight of how much people care here.”

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port of canceling classes for a day. No one spoke against it.

“I think trust is broken down, and we need to talk to one another,” Pedar Foss, professor of classical studies, said.

The only voiced concerns were centered on the logistics for the day of discussion. The faculty voted by secret ballot with 125 voting yes, 13 voting no and two abstaining from voting. The motion passed, which gave way to the second aspect of business: who should plan this day of discussion and when it should occur.

The next vote tasked Christopher Wells, vice president for student affairs, Renee Madison, senior advisor to the president for diversity and compliance and Title IX coordinator

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In the last month, there have been a total of eight students transported to Putman County Hospital due to overconsumption of alcohol, according to DePauw University Public Safety’s Active Report.

The majority of the hospital visits were during the Halloween and Monon weekends.

“We interact with some people just because we are worried about them and want to make sure they are okay,” said Director of Public Safety Angie Nally.

According to Nally, last weekend the four students that were transported to Putnam County Hospital were very cooperative.

At DePauw University, students found with a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) higher than .25 are transported to the hospital and are required to undergo medical evaluation.

“It is a difficult place to be in when you know someone needs medical clearance, and they are trying to work against you because after they are released from the hospital Public Safety is often times responsible for picking them up and bringing them back to campus,” Nally said.

Students who are transported to the hospital are then reported to Community Standards, which consists of a review team that decides if a policy violation of the Code of Conduct has occurred. The Community Standards Board then has the ability to determine consequences.

“Public Safety was called on behalf of one student because he was having behavior issues along with being intoxicated,” Nally said. “Two of them just happened to be in the same place at the same time as Public Safety, and they were presenting high signs of intoxication for which we felt the need to check on their level of intoxication and unfortunately their level of BAC’s were very high.”

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“I don’t want to see us blow this opportunity by planning it quickly. I want this to be inclusive and a strong program. I hope that we do this right and well.”

-David Newman, professor of sociology

“I do not think that it needs to fall solely on the administration,” said Courtney Cosby, vice president of DePauw Student Government. “There needs to be faculty on that planning committee, and there needs to be students on there as well.”

Bob Hershberger, professor of Spanish and modern languages department chair, agrees.

“This is something that has to include the entire community,” Hershberger said.

Alicia Suarez, professor of sociology, urged the faculty to avoid looking at this on an individual level.

“This isn’t just about students,” Suarez said. “This is systemic.”

David Newman, professor of sociology, raised concerns about planning such a discussion day too soon.

He worried that trying to have the conversation this semester might lead to a less effective conversation.

“I don’t want to see us blow this opportunity by planning it quickly,” Newman said. “I want this to be inclusive and a strong program. I hope that we do this right and well.”

After the votes, the faculty began what will be a continued discussion as to whether DePauw needs a multicultural, or M, distribution requirement and what that might entail.

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government, namely a white paper on April 22, 2012 and a resolution on April 27, 2014.

The 2012 white paper dealt with the idea of a multicultural requirement. It cited a study by Penn State, which has a multicultural requirement, that stated that less than 1 percent of their students

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Debater Kate Brooks, from the British National team, defends the legitimacy of the Tea Party during the debate this past Wednesday. LILY BURBA / THE DEPAUW

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Two members of the DePauw University debate team took to the stage in the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media’s Watson Forum Wednesday evening to debate the two members of the British National debate team.

The topic of the debate, as agreed upon by the two teams, was

“This House laments the rise of the Tea Party,” with DePauw taking the affirmative position and the British team the negative.

Sophomore Justine Clarke and senior Alex Parker represented DePauw. Their opponents were Kate Brooks and Alice Coombes Huntley.

DePauw’s team is composed of undergraduates, while both members of the opposing team have completed their undergraduate degrees.

Brooks received hers from the University of Oxford, and Huntley received hers from the University of Bristol. For the first time since 1928, the British National debate team was composed of two women.

DePauw applied to host the British team through the Center for International Debate and Discussion. DePauw was their last stop on a seven-and-a-half-week tour across America, during which the two women debated various collegiate teams. Huntley has enjoyed the experience.

“It’s been really fun seeing this country,” Huntley said.

Instead of judges, the audience selected the victors on Wednesday. Though the debate was hosted by DePauw and the crowd was made up of DePauw students, the British team won.

The event was co-sponsored by the department of communication and theater and the DePauw debate society.

Wednesday’s debate did not follow the style of one particular type of debate. Instead, it was a hybrid that combined elements of parliamentary and public forum debates.

The team usually competes in parliamentary debates. In such debates, competitors are presented with their topic at the beginning and have 15 minutes to prepare for an hour-long debate.

When they aren’t battling the British, DePauw debate team attends intercollegiate tournaments to compete against debaters from other universities as a part of the department of communications.

The team holds weekly practices where they participate in mock debates, run drills on different types of arguments and listen to lectures on various aspects of the theory behind debate. They also do many hours of research on their given topic, if they know it ahead of time, and on current events that could pop up as topics for competitions where the topic is a surprise.

So far this year, the team of four or five students has competed at several intercollegiate debate tournaments, including one against Wabsh College as part of the lead-up to the Monon Bell game.

Clarke, the debate society president, said that there is still much more to come for the team this season.

The team plans to attend a tournament the first weekend of December as well as some in the spring, including a national tournament,

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“It was very monumental for this campus to have voted to take this day away from the class schedules to have these discussions.”

strongly opposed the requirement.

“Similarly, surveyed DePauw students have expressed interest in the implementation of a multicultural requirement,” the white paper reads.

In April, DePauw Student Government passed a white paper stating that the student body values the importance of developing a multicultural competency and that students are included in the process of creating such a competency. Then-juniors Ryan Pranger and Cody Watson and last year’s seniors Sandy Tran, Olivia Flores and Walker Chance authored the white paper.

Student Government also passed a resolution requesting required diversity sensitivity training for faculty, staff and administrators as well as a white paper concerning first-year diversity programming.

“From the minimal response received, records indicate that while discussions on these reports have initially started in CAPP and SLAAC, they were quickly halted in order to handle matters that were perceived to be more pressing,” Watson’s letter read.

CAPP stands for the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning. SLAAC stands for Student Life and Academic Atmosphere Committee.

“The lack of accountability, the lack of follow through, has concerned many students in that it’s an institutional failure and not a failure of a specific division of students, administration or faculty,” Watson said in an interview after the meeting.

Watson believes the meeting was a success and the first step in the right direction.

“It was very monumental for this campus to have voted to take this day away from the class schedules to have these discussions,” Watson said.

Madison believes these conversations will continue long after the day of discussion.

“This is not a one time commitment from the administration,” Madison said. “This is ongoing.”

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But discussions centering around multicultural inclusiveness and the possibility of a multicultural requirement have occurred since at least the 2007-2008 academic year, according to a letter by DePauw Student Government President Cody Watson.

Watson’s letter, which was placed on the chairs with the meeting’s minutes, cited “a couple of specific examples of the institutional failure on multicultural initiatives at DePauw University.”

Watson first cited a lack of follow through after recommendations from the 2007-2008 Campus Climate Task Forces for Faculty, Staff and Students of Color. The task force made a series of recommendations. These included the creation of a vice president for diversity and community that would report to the president, a position similar to Madison’s, and the addition of an M requirement. The Task Force also recommended several other added resources specifically for the Office of Admission, the Office of Human Resources and the Office of Student Life.

Only some of the recommendations have been addressed.

The letter also cited an email to President Brian Casey by the 2011-2012 student body president asking for an update on the Diversity and Equity Committee. The Student Government president received no response.

The letter cited one final charge against the faculty and administration: ignoring legislation from student

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and Carrie Klaus, dean of the faculty and chair of the diversity and equity committee, with planning the conversation for early in the spring semester. The motion included an expectation that students and faculty would be involved in the planning of the discussion.

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PAGE 4 Safety | cont’d from page 1 Risk was properly managed and none of the four incidents occurred at the expense of a fraternity chapter or on fraternity property.

According to Nally, providing risk management is crucial. Risks that frequently can cause issues at fraternities include over crowding, managing door duty and the awareness to stop serving someone who should no longer be served.

Sophomore and Vice President of Risk Management for Alpha Chi Omega Lex Gaumer agrees.

“Risk management is important because everyone deserves to feel safe on this campus regardless of the circumstances,” Gaumer said. “Nobody should be afraid to have a good time because they are worried about what could come from it. If a good risk management team is put in place, it makes people feel relaxed and allows for people to easily approach the identified managers in case they ever need help or need an extra set of hands based on whatever the situation might be.”

Gaumer is also a student volunteer for the CATS, Chapter Assisting Trained Students, program on campus, which is made up of two to three members of each greek chapter on campus.

“I think the CATS program is a great way for greek chapters to band together and help each other,” Gaumer said. “It’s such a simple job that goes such a long way. You still get to go out and have a good time too,

so really it’s a win all around.”

When there are registered parties on campus, a team of usually six to eight people affiliated with CATS attend and monitor the registered parties by handing out water bottles and pizza.

“I think CATS is important because we really are there to help students, and helping students is our only priority,” said sophomore and CATS team member Claire Halffield.

Although risk was properly managed during Monon, there was one non-student hospital transport that was the result of a Safe Community Clause call on Friday night. DePauw’s Safe Community Clause mirrors the philosophy as the Indiana Lifeline Law, in this case any individual or organization that calls for medical help for another individual will not have any pending community standards or charges.

“The organization that called for the non-student on Friday night did receive a letter of thanks from the office of Public Safety and the greek team saying how much we appreciate that they would put that person’s safety as a priority,” Nally said.

Nally and the Public Safety team shared their appreciation for those students who provided their risk services and showed great acts of responsibility throughout the weekend.

“I did see some great acts of responsibly by students and especially appreciate Delta Upsilon for cleaning up at Wabash,” Nally said.

Meggan Johnston, the director of intervention program was unable to comment.

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In December, DePauw University School of Music students will be going to Washington, D.C. The DePauw Jazz Combo, DePauw Chamber Singers, Asbury String Quartet and DePauw Cello Ensemble will perform two hours of music each at the White House on Dec. 20.

The Dean of the School of Music, Mark McCoy, sent in recordings of the student singers and musicians to the White House, which resulted in being chosen this week to perform.

“He was actually extremely grateful and surprised that we got this gig because the White House

only usually picks musicians of extremely high caliber, which is saying that DePauw has a really high caliber music school,” said junior Sara Blanton, member of the chamber singers.

Students will be leaving Dec. 19, the last day of final exams, so some had to reschedule with their professors. They are flying as opposed to bussing, which pleased students.

“We found out we’re taking a plane, instead of 11 hours on a bus, so that’s nice,” said sophomore Graeme Richmond, member of the Cello Ensemble.

Students are excited about the chance to perform at such a high profile event.

“Everyone’s just beyond thrilled,” Blanton said.

“It’s the opportunity of a lifetime.

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Steve Timm brings travel adventures to DePauw with theatre production

BY AUSTIN CANDOR features@thedepauw.com

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Perhaps the most uplifting song on the album, “Trouble,” reminds us that even though trouble and suffering is universal, it is important to remind yourself that, “everything’s gonna be okay.”

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If you went on adventures to hike through the Appalachian Trail, paddle hundreds of miles on the Green and Colorado Rivers and explored other areas of wilderness around the country, what would you want to do next?

Write and direct a play based off them?

That’s exactly what Professor Steve Timm is doing with his original production “X< Steve Here 2.0,” which opens this week.

“When you’re deep in the wild for extended periods of time, the daily routine of sleep, eat, hike or paddle, make camp, eat, sleep frees up the mind to really travel and … observe,” Timm said.

“Once I settle in, the creative process begins and every encounter holds the potential for meaning.”

The play is composed of “a collection of monologues and vignettes,” with each scene introducing a new character that Timm meets during his journey. Senior Grace Lazarz was able to explain one of Timm’s monologues through the description of her character.

“It’s called ‘Good At Finding Dead Bodies’ and I’m actually playing a nameless character,” Lazarz said. “The basic premise is this woman’s husband Evan is called upon whenever someone goes missing along the creek they live near, as he is skilled at finding dead bodies. Her struggle is coping with his job and with their unhappy material relationship as well.”

Having come to DePauw in 1990, Timm has long established himself as a respected member of the theatre department.

“Steve is a great director to work with,” Lazarz said. “He’s challenging. He never lets you off easy or lets you stop working.”

Senior Kevin Courtade agreed. “‘Battle, Baby, Bird’ was also directed by Steve, [and] I had a great experience working under him that time,” Courtade said. “When I heard he was directing another play, I wanted to get involved.”

Despite the originality behind “X< Steve Here 2.0,” this isn’t Timm’s first time using theatre as a way to share his experiences. Having gone on these “sabbaticals” for the last 12 years, Timm also recounted his past adventures in 2007’s “Steve Here > X,” with this week’s production serving as what some may call a sequel.

But even to those who are new to DePauw theatre, Timm’s play has kept them involved from the start. One of these newcomers includes first-year Drew Smith.

“It was interesting to see the progression of the play from conception to direction and finally production, especially since I’m in Steve’s class and helped with concept ideas for some of the production,” Smith said.

Considering it “has something for everyone,” Timm’s play shouldn’t be overlooked as just one of the four main stage shows put together every year by members of DePauw’s faculty.

“Steve’s writing is incredible. It’s got everything a good play needs,” said junior and assistant director Laura Loy. “I hope everyone comes out to see all the hard work we have put into this.”

The play will open Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Theatre of the GCPA. There will also be Friday and Saturday night performances at 7:30 p.m., followed by a Sunday matinee at 1 p.m.

Senior Kevin Courtade and first-year Drew Smith perform in the dress rehearsal of “X< Steve Here 2.0.” DARA HOU / THE DEPAUW

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The smell of Indian food, incense and socked feet filled the Hartman House Wednesday night as students, faculty and their families celebrated Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights.

The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil and hope over despair.

Diwali begins with a prayer, or the Puja, which takes place in a room full of candles and other various lights. participants must remove their shoes before entering the room. Then, they sat in the prayer before a statue of Ganesha, one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu religion.

Led by Rudra Vishweshwar, those participating prayed and waited to receive a tilak, a red dot placed on the forehead. The tilak shows that the person has prayed.

Once finished, those praying ate a Prasad, a religious offering in the

Hindu religion. Other food was offered to those who prayed and to those who were merely there for the experience.

The Center for Spiritual Life served a full meal of typical Diwali food, including samosas and gulab jamun, the latter being a treat related to the holiday.

Samosas are typically made with potatoes, peas and spices all mashed together. The mash is then wrapped and fried.

Diwali typically happens on the darkest night of the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika. This year, that night fell during fall break, so the Center for Spiritual life decided to host the celebration this week instead.

The house was packed to the brim. The food line wound all the way from one side of the house to the other. Junior Amarilis Roman thought the event might have been better suited in a different location.

“This is such a wonderful holiday, and there was such a diversity of students, faculty and staff here,” Roman said. “I just wish the spiritual life center was three times this big. Though I love the space, I just wish we had a bigger one to hold this event.”

Students wave their multi-colored spaklers after the Puja and after finishing their dinners.

Guests were encouraged to sit around the house and eat their dinners before the nighttime festivities began.

Fireworks are customary in the holiday, so those in attendance were given sparklers. Fireworks were shot off in the parking lot behind the Hartman House. The children of the faculty and staff laughed and screamed as the fireworks exploded.

Most of those in attendance weren’t of the Hindu religion. Senior Demar Ayee liked the space the festival created.

“I was very happy I was able to experience such a cultural event,”Ayee said. “These events are important because they are important in bringing DePauw students together.”

Sophomore Kainat Akmal believes similarly.

“Being Muslim I found it intriguing to go to a holiday I was not aware of,” Akmal said. “I was very happy with the diverse amount of people that were there at the event and that participated in every aspect of the holiday.”

The event lasted around two hours before the shoes were back on and the smoke of the fireworks cleared.

Gulab jamun, a traditional Hindu treat, was served to guests after prayer.

Senior Rudra Vishweshwar, a leader of the event, eats his dinner after completing the Puja.

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A Ganesha statue at the front of the prayer room that participants prayed to.

Sock-footed guests wait to pray and recieve their tilaks, a red dot upon their foreheads signifying they prayed.

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DePauw didn’t care — at least not all of it

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Day of discussion, M requirement would do DePauw students good At an emergency faculty meeting Wednesday, DePauw University’s professors voted to cancel a day of classes in the spring semester for a day of discussion about campus climate, diversity and inclusiveness.

Although we question how much effort some of our peers would put into the day of discussion, this editorial board supports the faculty’s decision to dedicate a day to discussing campus climate, and we hope that each student takes the day seriously.

Last year, the Movement dealt with many of the same issues we are facing now. This editorial board realizes that change, especially on an institutional level, takes time, and we realize that some steps have been taken toward fixing our climate, such as hiring Renee Madison. Still, we are saddened that several members of our community do not take the stories people of color are sharing seriously, as evidenced by several posts to the anonymous social media app, Yik Yak. Clearly, there are racial and cultural divides on our campus. We invite the students who claim there aren’t to take a look at the Hub during rush hours. People of color sit in one section, international students in another.

The Caucasian students take over the rest of the tables. It’s the clearest visualization of the divides on our campus. A day dedicated to discussion, if taken seriously, has the potential to break down the barriers that keep our student body separated and to enrich our DePauw education.

Issues of racism and social justice are not new to our campus. The idea of a multicultural, or M, distribution requirement has been around since the 2007-2008 school year, according to what DePauw Student Government members have found in their archives. This editorial board hopes that this time the distribution will make it through. It would be an asset to our transcripts.

This editorial board is frustrated that the same conversations and issues have been going on at DePauw since 2007. When we graduate, we enter a world that includes people of countless cultures and backgrounds. DePauw is doing all of its students a disservice by not ensuring we learn how to interact with people from different cultures.

As we enter the world beyond the DePauw Bubble, it is imperative that we know how to listen to all kinds of people and to appreciate different cultures, whether we agree with them or not. A day of discussion and an M distribution requirement would help us learn that. It’s time to move forward, DePauw.

-Nicole DeCriscio did not contribute to this editorial.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

DePauw Student Government on the current campus climate Hello, In light of the recent conversations regarding the cancellation of classes, M-requirement and campus climate, DePauw Student Government would like to explain its position on these matters. We understand that as conversations on campus climate have been occurring over the past few weeks, there have been many different reactions by students. Rumors and miscommunication have occurred, and it has left many students confused. For these faults and on behalf of DSG, I would like to say that we are sorry that we have not better communicated the information regarding conversations on campus climate. Moving forward, I want to assure you that DePauw Student Government will continue to improve its communication regarding the conversations on campus climate.

As we wrap up this semester and continue into Winter Term and then spring semester, I promise that the conversations on campus climate will continue to be a focus of DSG

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and this university. While these conversations are occurring DSG will continue to inform students as well as hear any concerns or thoughts students may have. At any time a student who would like to express his or her opinion or would like more information can contact myself or another member of student government, or email dsg_president@ depauw.edu. We will make sure your voice is heard.

Finally, I want to thank you for both reading this letter as well as contributing to making this campus great. As DePauw continues to grow and learn, I urge you to take the opportunity to be a part of the process and have your voice heard. At this moment no one has the right answer for any issue facing this campus, but if we continue to work and learn from one another, we can all work to find these answers together.

Sincerely, Dakota “Cody” Watson

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’m a recent graduate (’14). Most people know me as a staunch defender of DePauw, and I’ve usually thought of myself on the same terms, but recent events have prompted me to reconsider why I fought to return to the school, after two leaves of absence, when so many would have transferred.

I was supposed to graduate in 2012. A terrible and life-determining battle with Anorexia Nervosa decided otherwise, though, so by August 2010, I had to return home to India for a year and a half, where treatment for eating disorders is scarce to none and where I dropped to a deadly 62 pounds and was hospitalized on my 21st birthday. Every day I was back, however, all I obsessed about was returning to DePauw.

I now question why I was so infatuated with this school, and the answer, sadly, has little to do with DePauw itself. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, where

the phrase “women’s rights” is an oxymoron, and having been repeatedly abused in India, I’d been obsessed with coming to the States all my life. DePauw afforded me this chance. It was the first place I felt safe.

But looking back, I’m realizing that the only reason I defended DePauw was because of its location in America. When I hit my lowest, DePauw turned its back on me. I returned January 2012, having made some progress but not enough, and relapsed immediately. I was hospitalized seven times in the same month, with a heart rate of 38 and a weight of 66. The doctors emphasized that a 16-hour flight to India would kill me, but it began to appear like my only option. DePauw strongly conveyed that it wasn’t their problem, and technically, it wasn’t, but after having spent all my time shining academically at the school, juggling three programs of distinction and finding it my home, this was the worst kind of rejection. This was being told I didn’t matter.

To give credit where it is due, the faculty at this school saved my life. Professors took me in to their own homes, took me to the hospital and raised funds for me out of their own pockets. I’m not exaggerating when I say that the faculty here

are some of the best in the world: friends at other schools are stunned when they hear my story. And the friends I made here are my closest: they tried to raise money for me through the International Student Bazaar. I survived, and it’s because of them. I graduated summa cum laude last May. Even so, I can’t help but wonder where I’d be today if I hadn’t found these friendships in my professors, a lot of which were rooted in my enthusiasm for learning. Probably dead. The administration even told one of them that he “didn’t have to do this” — save my life, basically. I don’t like thinking of these questions, but they’re there, and they’re important. To me, now, DePauw is fragmented: there’s the part that cared, and then there’s the part that didn’t, or “couldn’t” — wouldn’t. It saddens me that it’s because of the latter that I don’t miss the school as much as I thought I would, if at all. The former will stay in my life. As for DePauw … I don’t really care.

-Akanksha Chawla is a Class of 2014 alumna of DePauw University. She works in entertainment and lives in Chicago, Illinois. opinions@thedepauw.com

The implications of unpaid internships CORBY BURGER

As any college student knows too well, cold weather signals the beginning of an annual rat race that infiltrates the university experience – internship application season. Over the next few months students will be scrambling for a summer job, pleading for nepotism from friends and family, searching the web for any morsel of opportunity or cold calling alumni in a last ditch email barrage of desperation, all in an attempt to lockdown the allimportant internship offer.

The yearly number of unpaid internships is between 500,000 and one million, and employers across the nation are more than willing to turn a student’s ambition into free labor.

Despite a surge of related lawsuits, this issue is often overshadowed by more politicized issues concerning the American workforce. But when we take a look at the larger ethical implications of unpaid internships it is clear that this concern is critical in understanding what it means to be part of the

modern workforce.

The Department of Labor has outlined six criteria that employers must follow in order to bypass the normally non-negotiable minimum wage.

These standards were developed in an attempt to rectify some of the mistreatment of interns by making their voluntary internships more educational than exploitable.

The problem is the requirements of these laws and the demands of a summer employer are not always one in the same. Some institutions go to great lengths to insure the rights of their interns are respected, but it’s easy to find horror stories of internships where employers had a very different understanding of the difference between education and labor. The U.S Department of Labor candidly states that institutions cannot gain any “immediate benefit” from the work of an unpaid intern. Some employers interpret this very loosely in assigning mind-numbingly boring tasks or treating unpaid interns like entry-level employees.

Increasingly, internships have become the standard tool in building a resume, with many students sacrificing pay for a more prestigious opportunity.

This puts lower-income students at a disadvantage in the job market. Those with dreams of working in non-profit, journalism, politics or research are held back by their inability to take jobs that don’t pay.

Countless students do not have the privilege of tak-

ing an unpaid internship because they are forced to take a job that can provide them with the financial backing they need to manage the ever-increasing costs of higher education.

No matter how qualified, students who do not come from a wealthy background are often forced to sacrifice aspirations for jobs that pay. Despite the job-market showing signs of improvement, employers are more selective than ever when hiring recent college graduates. Competition is intense and an employer’s obsession with internships can undermine the credentials of low-income students who couldn’t sacrifice three months of potential income for a stanza on their resume.

Are employers using interns as mere means in an attempt to maximize their profits through free labor? Should schools be forced to provide a stipend for summer employment to even the playing field? The solution to this problem isn’t simple by any means, but unpaid internships are undermining traditional notions of what it means to work hard and achieve something for it. Interns deserve real compensation, and should be unsatisfied with vague promises of future employment or the intangibility of a supposedly educational experience.

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PHOTOPINION What do you think should happen during the multicultural discussion next semester?

“It’s a great idea to have a campus wide space to express their ideas and thoughts; place for free flowing dialogue.”

KEREEM VIDAL, SOPHOMORE “Providing a place for dialogue between students is the best way to inform everyone about the issues at hand and make them more personal.”

MARY REISING, SOPHOMORE “It’s a good opportunity for people to branch out.”

MATEUSZ KOSCIUSK, JUNIOR “It’s people’s choice whether or not they want to do this.”

MONICA VALADEZ, SOPHOMORE

-Corby Burger is a junior Prindle intern from New Albany, Indiana.

-The article appears on The Prindle Post. opinions@thedepauw.com

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Men’s basketball begins new season with blowout win over Franklin

BY JACOB LYNN sports@thedepauw.com

The Tigers picked up right where they left off last season in Tuesday night’s opening game. After going 5-2 in their final seven games and feeling like they got snubbed out of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, they took out their frustration with a blowout win to kick off the 2014-2015 season.

“It was huge for us,” senior forward Tommy Fernitz said. “With guys stepping into their new roles we really needed to set the tone, and I think we did that against Franklin by coming out strong both offensively and defensively.”

Not much could have gone better for the DePauw men’s basketball team (1-0, 0-0) as they began their 2014-2015 campaign with a 79-60 win on the road against Franklin College (0-2, 0-0).

An early 21-4 run by the Tigers gave DePauw the cushion they would need, as they coasted to a 13 point lead at

the halftime recess.

Not much would change in the second half, as the Tigers’ lead ballooned to 22 points at its highest point.

Fernitz led the way for the Tigers, scoring 15 points and securing eight rebounds in the victory. Fernitz’s classmate, Bob Dillon came alive in the final 20 minutes, scoring 12 of his 14 points in the second half to finish second on the team in scoring.

Along with Fernitz and Dillon, junior Bradley Fey was the only other Tiger to score in double figures, dropping 10 points in 13 minutes off the bench.

“I played pretty well,” Fey said. “Hitting a couple of shots always helps.”

Solid bench play was key for the Tigers on Tuesday. On a night when three of their starters scored less than seven points, eight players contributed with points off the bench.

The DePauw bench outscored their Franklin counterparts 34-10.

“It was crucial and just as important as the play of the starters,” Dillon said. “When you can get energy and a boost from players that come into the game off the bench, it makes winning a lot easier. Also, people outside of the the team tend not to see the small details that our reserves help with such as calling out the plays that the other team is running.”

Despite being outworked on the glass, the Tigers held the Grizzlies to just over 30 percent shooting from the field and caused 20 turnovers.

Bench play will be key for the Tigers going forward as their depth will allow head coach Bill Fenlon to give some of his starters added rest.

“I try to stay ready to go,” Fey said about his mentality coming off the bench. “You never know when you’re going to play or for how long, so you try and stay ready and once you’re in, you have to play with confidence and trust your preparation.”

Next up for the Tigers is a visit to Otterbein University for the Smokey Ballenger Tournament. Tonight, DePauw will take on Anderson College at 6 p.m. before turning around and facing the hosts tomorrow.

“We had great energy on Tuesday and hope to keep that going headed into the tournament this weekend,” Dillon said.

After that, the Tigers will return home to Neal Fieldhouse for their first home game on Tuesday against Rose Hulman Institute of Technology.

Senior center Tommy Fernitz (right) practices free throws during a pre-season practice. Fernitz received first team all NCAC honors last season. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Tiger OF THE Week:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

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Rowles and Wilson to represent the U.S. in volleyball tour of Brazil

NOAH GATWOOD CROSS COUNTRY HOMETOWN: BIRDSEYE, INDIANA YEAR: SENIOR

After leading the Tigers’ cross country team to an eighth place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional event last weekend, senior Noah Gatwood is our Tiger of the Week. To make up for missing the Monon Bell game, Gatwood brought home an armful of accomplishments. He covered the 8,000 meter course in just under 25 minutes, a time good enough for 18th, and then was awarded All-Region honors. This performance came just two weeks after Gatwood finished nineth at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships and was placed on the second team All-NCAC. While he came just short of qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletic Association national meet, Gatwood wrapped up his career with the Tigers on a high note.

The DePauw (TDP): With cross country being a tough sport for fans to come out and watch, can you just say a few words about what the atmosphere at an event is like?

Noah Gatwood (NG): The atmosphere at a cross country meet is actually largely driven by fan support. It’s an interesting situation when fans get to run around the course as we race and can experience some of the rush that we feel as competitors. We definitely both make contributions to a strong and spirited atmosphere.

TDP: In an individual sport like cross country, do the personal accolades that you acquired mean a little bit more?

NG: It’s hard for me to speak to other sports, but I will say that XC is a unique mixture of both individual and team-driven aspirations. I weigh my accomplishments only on what I believe my limits to be, but individual goals can only go so far. The contribution to a team is really what makes my personal accolades worth it.

TDP: How nice was it for you to wrap up your season with such a strong personal performance?

NG: It meant a lot for me to have such a strong race as my last. I saw it as the culmination of all the work I’ve put into making myself better. There’s a lot of sacrifice that goes into being a successful distance runner, and I was happy to see that it paid off.

TDP: Now that your career running for DePauw is over, what sort of emotions do you feel looking back on the last four seasons with the team?

NG: Like I said before, I’m definitely sad that my running career at DePauw is over since it was such a large part of my experience here. It’s hard to really explain to anyone but a few who have experienced it know what exactly it’s meant to me. I do, however, find some relief that I’m leaving a team that has such big goals for the future.

Faith Rowles

BY MEG MORROW sports@thedepauw.com

While the season for the DePauw University women’s volleyball team is over, junior setter Faith Rowles and sophomore hitter Elisabeth Wilson have been given the unique opportunity to play for the USA Select League in Brazil this summer.

“I didn’t apply for it,” Wilson said. “An invitation got sent to out to the all-regional players, so Coach [Zellers] forwarded it to me after we got back from the NCAA’s and said I’ve been invited to go. From what I understand, it’s basically a college club team that gets to travel to Brazil.”

It’s the program’s sixth year taking Division III college athletes to Brazil in multiple sports, including soccer, volleyball and basketball. Senior basketball player Tommy Fernitz, who plays on the men’s basketball team, participated in the same trip for basketball last summer.

“I actually didn't really know much about it. I knew that Tommy got invited to it for basketball, but I didn't know it was offered for volleyball as well,” Rowles said. “I received an email a couple of days ago telling me I was invited along with Elisabeth Wilson… we are beyond honored to have been offered a roster spot.”

The email sent out to Wilson and Rowles states that the goal of the trip is to “expose some of our USA players to some of the best volleyball in the world while growing educationally, culturally and socially.”

Like many extended studies programs in which DePauw athletes participate, the focus will not just be on playing volleyball.

“We'll also be going around to see the sights,

Elisabeth Wilson staying on Cabana Beach, and we'll be going to just travel,” Wilson said.

The program takes the team to Brazil from June 7 to June 16. They will begin in Orlando , Florida before the trip to meet with their teammates, hold practice and get to know their coach for the trip, who, according to the email sent out, will be Mika Robinson from Berry College.

Robinson has some history with the Tigers. Her Berry Vikings defeated the Tigers in their second game of the season this year.

“We’re travelling to various cities playing different teams almost every day,” Rowles said. “There’s also a men’s team that will be coming with us.”

Volleyball is the second most popular sport in Brazil behind soccer, and Brazil is the top ranked team in the “senior women’s world rankings,” according to the email Rowles and Wilson received.

“We're going to be playing some of the top club teams in Brazil,” Wilson said. “They haven't gotten the schedule together yet, but I know in Brazil volleyball is the second biggest sport, so it's very popular, and I know we're playing a couple club teams and then I think an adult team.”

For Wilson, this will be her first experience out of the country.

“I'm most excited to be out of the country,” Wilson said looking forward to the experience. “This will be one of my abroad experiences here at DePauw. I'm excited to see another culture and also to get the opportunity to play really intense competition with a bunch of different girls.”

The email assures the players that “this will be the ‘experience of a lifetime,” and while that may sound cheesy, it just might be true for two top volleyball players at DePauw.

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DePauw football: a season in review cause we didn’t give ourselves a chance because of all the turnovers,” Lynch said. “We had 11 turnsports@thedepauw.com overs for the season, and seven of them came in [that] game.”

It’s funny how much weight one game can That loss seemed to spark a fire in the Tigers, hold in a team’s season. There’s no doubt that as they went on a three-game win streak before DePauw University’s final game against Wabash dropping their second game of the season to College was a disappointment, but the Monon Ohio Wesleyan University, a game that, accordClassic does not define the Tigers’ entire season. ing to Lynch, wasn’t “played with the energy it This was the Tigers’ year in so many ways. takes to win a game.”

For starters, this was the team’s first winning seaNevertheless, like what was seen after Witson since 2010, which is perhaps the biggest indi- tenberg, the disappointing loss to Ohio Wesleyan cator of how much the program has progressed. drove the Tigers toward another three-game win “The program has come a long way in the past streak, leaving only the Monon Classic left to four years,” senior tight end J.D. Robinson said. play.

“Coach Lynch and his staff have done a great job Considering that the Monon game always of getting guys to buy into the system, which has closes out DePauw’s regular season, it’s hard to been crucial in turning around the program.” forget it, especially after recognizing its imporAfter helping the Tigers bring back the bell tance. in 2004 during his one-year stint as head coach, “As a coach, you look at the totality of the Lynch returned last season and has succeeded in season,” Lynch said. “There’s a lot of big games bringing the Tigers out of a stretch where they along the way, but for the foreseeable future, if went a combined 10-19 over the previous three you’re going to win this championship, you’re years. going to have to beat Wabash. That’s what Wit“Our goal is always going to be to win the tenberg’s been able to do… We have to get ourconference championship, there’s no question selves in that mix.” about that,” Lynch said. “Coming off a 4-6 year…

The same can be said for Tiger players, who the goal was to separate ourselves.” will head into the offseason more determined The team did just that, finishing the season than ever to get back at Wabash next fall. third in the North Coast Athletic Conference “It’s definitely motivation,” sophomore quarstandings with an impressive 7-3 record. The terback Matt Hunt said. “We will carry that feeling Tigers took down Sewanee: The University of we had after the game with us all offseason.” the South, Denison University and the College Junior wide receiver Connor Jeffers agreed. of Wooster, all teams who defeated DePauw last “I think more than anything the Bell Game season. showed us where our team needs to be next “We beat some very good football teams and year,” Jeffers said. “Another year of experience made huge strides in establishing a competitive and work in the weight room for everyone will spot within our conference,” Robinson said. go a long way in getting us closer to where we The Tigers finished only behind Wittenberg want to be as a team.”

University (9-1, 9-0) and Wabash (9-1, 8-1), who With Lynch at the helm and players like Hunt accounted for two of DePauw’s three losses this and Jeffers returning at key positions, this could season. be the beginning of DePauw’s return to the elite “The Wittenberg game was disappointing be- of the NCAC.

BY AUSTIN CANDOR

DePauw University’s Amen Galley attempts to recover a ball fumbled by teammate Matt Hunt during the Monon Bell Game at Wabash College. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Sports teams factor everything when hitting the road

BY SAM CARAVANA sports@thedepauw.com

While playing a game on the road is never an ideal situation, DePauw University’s athletic department makes the best of the situation.

“Anytime you take an athlete and take them out of their comfort zone, it’s going make some changes,” said Adam Cohen, head men’s swimming and diving coach. “We can do some things to minimize it though.”

One way the DePauw athletic department minimizes the affect of travel on student-athletes’ performance is arranging for the team to spend the night in a hotel before a match or game.

A number of factors go into determining if a hotel stay is necessary.

“We look at … the amount of missed class time, we’re going to look at game time. We’re going to look at how far we’re traveling, what time might we have to leave campus,” said Stevie BakerWatson, DePauw’s athletic director.

The choice of which hotels to stay at is left up to the coaches, but it is often dictated by proximity to the opposing team’s competition site. This restriction can lead to questionable conditions in some cases.

Adrian Ables, a junior men’s soccer player,

dealt with this first hand.

“I had to move rooms because it had bedbugs in it,” said Ables recalling an incident that occurred this fall.

Brad Hauter, head men’s soccer coach, called the experience that Ables was involved in, “an isolated occurrence.”

The athletic department travel guidelines dictate the number of student-athletes per room.

“I had to move rooms because it had bedbugs in it.”

-Adrian Ables, men’s soccer player

“We ask that there are no more than four student-athletes per room and no less than two,” Baker-Watson said.

The men’s soccer team usually places three players in a room with two beds. Who gets to sleep alone usually comes down to seniority.

“If you’re a freshman, you usually sleep with the other younger kid,” Ables said.

Men’s swimming varies the number of athletes per room depending on the gravity of the meet.

“For competition meets … we usually put two to a room,” Cohen said. “That has 100 percent to do with sleep quality.”

For meets with little on the line, the team usually has four swimmers stay in one room.

Transportation to the hotel and game differs from sport to sport and depends on roster size.

“If you’re within a 70 mile radius and we can get you into two 15 passenger vans or a 29 passenger and a 15, that’s what we do,” Baker-Watson said. “Those are typically coach driven vehicles.”

If a team exceeds those limits, it takes a coach bus driven by a professional driver. If two smaller teams have away games on the same day against the same opponent, which often occurs in basketball and soccer, they usually share a bus.

“In those instances the coaches will work together to essentially fill every seat on the bus,” Baker-Watson said.

In a further attempt to maximize performance on the road, the athletic department ensures student-athletes are properly fed. This is a point of emphasis for Baker-Watson.

“We want to make sure our student-athletes have access to three meals a day when we’re on the road,” Baker-Watson said.

For meals, student-athletes are either given a per diem of around $10 per meal or team meals are arranged ahead of time by the coach.

Ables said the per diem gives more flexibility. “[Coach Hauter] will give us a stipend … so we can eat whatever we want,” Ables said.

For pre-arranged team meals, coaches often choose healthy chain restaurants.

“We generally choose places that are going to give them good nutrition,” Baker-Watson said.

All travel expenses such as transportation, food and lodging are a part of each athletic team’s budget, which is proposed by a coach and then granted or slightly altered by the athletic department.

In addition to regular season expenses, coaches must take into account the possibility of additional costs added on by competing in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament at the end of a season.

If a team makes it beyond the NCAC tournament and into the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, some expenditures are picked up by the national organization.

“The NCAA gives a per diem amount for a specific travel party,” Baker-Watson said. “The per diem amount right now is $96 per day per studentathlete.”

While teams may not be happy to hit the road, student-athletes are taken care of.

Ables said, “We’ve had hotels that are like ‘wow,’ this is a nice hotel.”

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With NCAC Division III schools stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast, sports teams often have to make hotel arrangements for their longer treks. The average one-way trip for DePauw teams to an away NCAC game is four hours and 19 minutes. GRAPHIC BY NICOLE DECRISCIO / THE DEPAUW