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Student government corruption

By DANA FERGUSON

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Student ambassadors serve president, board and peers

By MARITZA MESTRE

“When I arrived in July of 2008 I realized that one, I wanted to open the house up for as many events as possible,” Casey said.

Senior Rajpreet Heir received a letter in “I wanted the house to be a place of energy the mail one day asking her to come to the and discussions and conversation, so I knew I SUHVLGHQW·V KRXVH ,W ZDV KHU ÀUVW WLPH HYHU was going to have a lot of events at the house, meeting President Brian Casey. which has proved to be very true. And, two, I Heir’s invitation to Casey’s home last needed help with these events.” spring was to offer her, and a group of her After consulting with friend and president peers, the opportunity to assume the role of of Ohio State University Gordon Gee, Casey a presidential ambassador her senior year. investigate@thedepauw.com

decided to establish the presidential ambassador program in order to create a group of students who would serve as co-hosts of these events.

In order to develop this group, Casey went to Cindy Babington, vice president for

Ambassadors | continued on page 6

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Holiday Gala to spread musical cheer the Performing Arts, said she has high hopes for the success of the gala. news@thedepauw.com “We are hoping the community will come together and join us,� Bagell said. “We are planning to make it an The School of Music resounds with hymns and carols ongoing tradition within the Greencastle and DePauw this week as bands, orchestras, choirs and ensembles re- community.� hearse for their Holiday Gala.

Many students agree that the event should become a The holiday concert for all ages will take place this Sat- tradition and a community event. urday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. “I hope that this starts to become a Greencastle and Mark McCoy, dean of the School of Music, described DePauw tradition,� Norman said. “It is a great way to show the gala as a celebration to bring the community together. the community who we are.� “This is the last hurrah of the semester and is a great Junior Sarah Tibbitts agreed. opportunity for the School of Music to come together and “I think it will be cool to have a bridge between the showcase their wide array of talent,� McCoy said. community, the School of Music and the liberal arts colMcCoy said the concert offers a break from studying lege,� Tibbitts said. and an opportunity to support School of Music performers.

Orchestra director Orcenith Smith said he sees the -DUHG 1RUPDQ D VHQLRU PXVLF VWXGHQW VDLG LW¡V WKH Ă€UVW concert as an event for the community. event in his four years of performing in which all groups of “The idea is to feature a lot of the School of Music as a musicians will come together. gift to the community and the entire community of Gre“I’m really excited about the concert,â€? Norman said. “It encastle,â€? Smith said.

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Gala offers a more accessible selection of music that caters 7KLV LV DOVR WKH Ă€UVW WLPH LQ UHFHQW \HDUV WKDW WKH 6FKRRO to a wider audience. of Music plans to perform a holiday concert in hopes that “The gala will be more relatable to the community, it will bring the entire community together. McCoy said whereas our individual concerts performed is more of that it’s important the school affects the community of intellectual side of music,â€? Delcambre said. “The gala will which it is a part. give a taste of who the School of Music are and what they “I hope it will bring together the town and the uni- have to offer to the community. This event will be someversity,â€? McCoy said. “The idea is that the School of thing fun that the community can bring their children to.â€?

Music should have a profound impact on the university 7KH +ROLGD\ *DOD ZLOO VHUYH DV WKH ÀQDO PXVLFDO HYHQW and community to which it belongs. This gala is a chance of the semester. Freshman Brad Harris said he hopes the for the community at large to see remarkable talent that concert will draw a large crowd.

DePauw has to offer and DePauw is interested in being a “The gala will be a wonderful example of the talent in cultural hub in this community.� the School of Music,� Harris said. “I encourage students, McCoy said the goal of the gala is that students, faculty faculty and administration to come watch. It will be an and residents of the Greencastle community will have the amazing night.� chance to listen to the products of the School of Music.

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DePauw to celebrate 175th

By LEANN BURKE news@thedepauw.com

On Jan. 10, 1837, the Indiana General Assembly approved the charter for Indiana Asbury University, later renamed DePauw University.

The university began as a tiny school with only one professor and five students, but it quickly grew. In 1867, when many men left school to fight in the Civil War, the university admitted its first group of female students. In the 1870’s, the university was hit by economic hardship. Washington C. DePauw and his family donated over $600,000 to the university and the Board of Trustees authorized a change in the name from Indiana Asbury University to DePauw University.

And on Jan. 10, 2012, DePauw University will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the original 1837 founding.

The anniversary will be commemorated with an 18-month celebration of the university’s past, present and future that will begin Jan. 10, 2012, and end May 4, 2013. Vice President of Advancement Marcia Latta said the schedule of events is still tentative — particularly the later events — but more information will be available next semester.

DePauw’s alumni webpage lists lectures by distinguished alumni, special music and theatre performances, departmental events, a student planned ceremony and a renewal of vows for “Met and Marrieds,� married couples who met on campus.

DePauw wants current students to be in-

volved in every aspect of the 175th anniversary celebration. Last year, the student government appointed a committee chaired by Greek Life Coordinator Eric Wolfe that, according to student body president senior Charles Pierre, “Explores how students would like to celebrate this momentous occasion in our history.� “[The] 175th Anniversary Committee is comprised of students and administrators.

This committee has been meeting since last year and has regularly convened,� Pierre said. “The students on this committee are diverse, engaging and honest.�

Some students are aware of the anniversary and the celebrations while others only know that this academic year’s graduating class will be the 175th. “I’m very aware of the 175th anniversary. I think it’s a really monumental occasion for the university and to be a student during this time makes it even more special,� said sophomore Brian Alkire. “I’m hoping the university and President Casey have some special events up their sleeve to unveil during the celebration as well.�

Many students, including freshmen Kathleen Raymond-Judy and Morgan Sears, were aware of the anniversary but did not know about the celebration. “I vaguely remember hearing about the celebration,� said freshman Jessica Schilling. “I’m a little excited to see what DePauw’s going to do.�

Events celebrating the 175th milestone: s &EB - Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ’57 will launch the 175th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series. The programs, which will continue over the course of the 18-month-long celebration, will bring 6,407 distinguished graduates to campus to discuss their life’s work and recall the impact their undergraduate experience at DePauw had on their lives. s *UNE - Alumni Reunion Weekend will coincide with the 175th anniversary of Indiana Asbury University opening its doors to its first students. s /CT n - Student Life 175th Anniversary Festival, which will include a student-produced play on DePauw’s early history. s /CT n - Old Gold Weekend: DePauw’s traditional homecoming, celebrated since 1907, will focus on the university’s 175 years of history and traditions. s -AY - A special program will feature the recognition of the 175 exceptional alumni who have most impacted their communities and the world, covering the entire spectrum of the university’s long history. — Courtesy of DePauw University website

Corruption | continued from page 1 with it even though you’re violating the allocations board ruling?�

Further instances of requests for allocations late or without proper allocations board proFHGXUHV IUXVWUDWHG 9LOOD 6SHFLĂ€cally, in ordering the Monon Bell T-shirts, the executives waited until three nights before the game, generating a $600 late fee.

Villa said the additional fee was not allocated for and the allocations for shirts were hasty. “That prompted an additional $600 fee and if you think about it that’s a lot. That’s like two to three students’ activity fees,�

Villa said.

Ultimately, Villa decided to split the position and to take up the role of head of the allocations board exclusively. Her departure and separation of positions left the position of treasurer for another individual in the student government executive group.

Following application revisions and voting among senators, senior Megan Napoli was elected to the position of student government treasurer.

Villa said the split stemmed mostly from her frustration with the corrupt system and her desire to act in a way that would create change. Pierre said the group decided based on the student government constitution. “The way it stood before, treasurers and presidents of organizations couldn’t serve on the allocations board because it was said that they would have a FRQĂ LFW RI LQWHUHVW ZKHWKHU WKLV is true or not,â€? Pierre said. “And so we wanted to make sure that we were following this rule and that Margarita wasn’t put in a hard situation, which is she is our treasurer, and she did an amazing job as our treasurer, but she’s also the head of our allocations board.â€?

Villa expressed confusion at the double standard the student government utilized in requesting block funding without adhering to the allocations process. “I just don’t understand why, as a governing body, they didn’t sort of feel the need to set the example for all the organizations in going through the process

as any other organization goes through,� Villa said.

Student government Vice President of Student Affairs Arezoo Nazari said the change from bypassing the allocations process to being obligated to go through it made student government a better example for other student groups. “It had a lot of positive to it,� Nazari said. “We were placed under the same restrictions and the same expectations as other organizations, so it didn’t seem like we had any special privilege.

This way, we’re living by the same procedures we tell others to use.�

Pierre agreed that the change has created a positive impact for student government. ´,W¡V WRWDOO\ Ă€QH Âľ 3LHUUH VDLG “It’s a little bit more work, but I think that with anything great it just means you have to work harder for it. I think that Margarita has done an amazing job of making sure that organizations don’t abuse power and I think that in the past, not that any president has abused power, not in the time that I’ve been here anyway, but it leaves the door open for someone to do that.â€?

He also said that if the student body wants student government to go through the same process in order to gain funding, he would be willing to comply. “If students want us to be treated like every other student organization, which is what we are, which is how we act already, then we have no problem with applying for funds and doing all that,� Pierre said.

Of the adjustment to the allocations process, Nazari said that the switch required little adjustment. “We’ve always had to go through allocations process, MXVW WKURXJK WKH 93 RI Ă€QDQFH Âľ Nazari said. “Now, we have to go through a different individual, the head of the allocations board and do some extra work. So it takes a little longer, but it’s not all that different.â€?

Villa said that her position swap has left her better able to monitor student government funding. She still worries that executives will continue attempts to bypass the process. “They’re still sort of ignoring

a lot of it, but now with the split positions I see them as less able to sort of dip in and get the money for themselves,� Villa said.

3LHUUH FRQĂ€UPHG VRPH RI Villa’s fears when he said that student government does in fact have a fund from which to draw payments of which she was not made aware. “Whether Margarita knew or not we were allocated funds last semester, which was a block fund,â€? Pierre said. “So we went through our event by event, but we had our money allocated to us already, so essentially I was playing by the rules this semester even though I didn’t have to.â€?

Though the adjustment has created extra work for student government executives, Pierre said it has not been a burden. “It’s not about what I’d prefer,� Pierre said. “It’s about the cards I’ve been dealt with and I’m playing them happily. I’m the president of the student body. It’s a job that I’ve wanted to have for some time now and I have it now and we’ve gotten everything that we’ve wanted.

Everything that we’ve requested, we’ve received.�

Villa stressed that though she decided to take a position adjacent to the board following her stepping down from the role of YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI Ă€QDQFH VKH KDV no hard feelings toward student government. “I think student government is a really good thing, that it has a lot of potential to be a really good thing,â€? Villa said. “But I wish it was people that really wanted it to represent the student body and really offer opportunities to the student body and not just something that has to be there and that has to run and just go through the processes of things.

I think there’s a lot of room for improvement.�

President Brian Casey acknowledged the changes ensuing between the allocations board and student government, but said that the allocations process has provided too great of a positive impact to change it based on this one incident. “This is just an inevitable, F\FOLFDO Ă DUH XS LV ZKDW LW IHHOV like,â€? Casey said. “If this heat continues, we’ll have to take a look at it.â€?

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The DePauw | Friday, Dec. 9, 2011

Midnight study breakfast Semester yields three new reports of sexual assault

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Gobin United Methodist Church will host its 12th annual midnight breakfast this Sunday beginning at 11 p.m.

Located directly across the street from the Administration Building, the church expects to serve at least 250 students. On the menu are pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, juices, coffee and water, though some may be disappointed in the exclusion of one breakfast favorite this year. “No biscuits and gravy, so sorry everyone,� said administrative assistant Denise Thede, laughing.

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Thede said. “So, I think someone just thought of the idea and went from there.�

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After a semester of increased emphasis on sexual assault prevention on campus, only three cases of sexual assault were reported to Public Safety, the same number as last semester.

Director of Public Safety Angie Nally said the number surprises her as it is low for a campus having repeated discussions about sexual assault prevention. “Honestly, I think you should have the expectation that the number of reported cases should go up when you’re having an awareness campaign and you’re making such an effort to make sure that our campus and our resources are safe and approachable to receiving a student,â€? Nally said. ,QLWLDWLYHV LQFOXGLQJ WKH UHG Ă DJ FDPSDLJQ DQG WKH OHFWXUH E\ Jackson Katz regarding bystander intervention aimed to bring awareness to the topic of sexual assault. Nally said these efforts were successful in generating conversation, but many students affected by sexual assault remain uncomfortable with the idea of reporting their cases or do not know the resources open to them on campus.

Nally said many other cases of sexual assault over the semester likely went unreported. “I would not insinuate at all that the three that are in the activity log are the only instances of sexual assault on our campus this semester,� Nally said. “Those three individuals made a report to Public Safety.�

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Bookstore Relocation Committee members chosen

By DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com

As construction and moving continue to take place as a result of the Stellar Communities Grant and DePauw 20/20 plan, DePauw’s bookstore will be relocated to the town square.

In an effort to please students as the planning phases for this move occur, student government president Charles Pierre said he consulted with President Brian Casey to gather a group of students

to serve on the Bookstore Relocation Committee.

Following processing of applications from various candidates, Pierre said student government chose 10 students to consult with Casey and other university administrators about what they would like to see in a new bookstore.

Pierre emphasized the importance of student opinion in the moving process. “I think that because it is going to be such a big change and such a large move that will affect us all, I think that students should have a huge say in what this bookstore has in it,� Pierre said.

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If legislation introduced by Republican Sen. Jim Banks of Columbia City passes, guns could soon be allowed on public college campuses across Indiana.

According to Banks, the bill would allow licensed students to better protect themselves in accordance with the second amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

If passed, Banks’ bill could take effect as early as July 1, 2012.

Currently, most public and private universities in Indiana employ a penalty system as a means to keep guns off campus — this, Banks stated, is unconstitutional. “Almost every gun crime that’s ever happened has occurred with people who aren’t licensed,� Banks said in an interview with Indianapolis’ RTV6 Wednesday. “These are taxpayer-funded entities, subsidized by you and I as taxpayers, and for college campuses to restrict gun rights on campus is just plain wrong,�

The law would affect all public schools in Indiana, including Indiana University, Purdue University, Indiana University-Purdue University

Indianapolis, Ivy Tech, Indiana State University, Ball State University, Vincennes University and the University of Southern Indiana.

Wisconsin legislature passed a similar law to allow licensed students to carry a concealed weapon. Purdue University’s student senate recently failed to pass a measure overturning the current Ă€UHDUP EDQ RQ FDPSXV DePauw, along with all other private schools, would be unaffected by the change. As they are private properties, they can create their RZQ SROLFLHV RQ Ă€UHDUPV Thus, DePauw’s policy on the possession of weapons would remain unchanged. The policy currently reads: “Possession or use RI Ă€UHDUPV DQG DQ\ ZHDSRQV DPPXQLWLRQ H[SORVLYH PDWHULDOV pellet guns, bb guns, toy air soft guns or other items deemed to be perceived as dangerous on university property or any student approved living facility is prohibited. Violations of this policy will be processed through the Community Standards Program and are subject to criminal prosecution where applicable. Penalties may include suspension or expulsion.â€?

Whether or not Banks’ bill passes, DePauw still has the choice to be gun free.

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The DePauw | Friday, Dec. 9, 2011

New ranking says partying pays off

By BECCA STANEK news@thedepauw.com

DePauw students’ “work hard, play hard� mentality was reflected in the university’s recent sixth place ranking on PayScale’s list of “Top Party Schools By Salary Potential�.

Each year, PayScale, an online salary, benefits and compensation company completes a college salary report.

Amongst lists like “Best Engineering Colleges by Salary Potential� and “Best Ivy League Colleges by Salary Potential,� “Top Schools By Salary Potential� lies the schools that have time to work hard and have fun. DePauw placed sixth on the list amongst many major universities, such as the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, who ranked first, University of Colorado—Boulder and University of Texas—Austin.

After examining the top-20 schools on the 2010 Princeton Review Party School Ranking, PayScale took a look at how much the typical graduate from each of these universities earned at the start of the careers and mid-career.� DePauw graduates average starting salaries were estimated at $41,300 with median mid-career salaries at $85,500 The study considered “starting em-

ployees� to be “full-time employees with 5 years of experience or less in their career or field who hold a bachelor’s degree and no higher degrees.� Mid-career employees were considered “full-time employees with at least 10 years of experience in their career or field who hold a bachelor’s degree and no higher degrees.�

PayScale created this particular list to offer information that “no course catalogue can describe,� answering students’ big question — “Which top party schools give you great memories and a good paycheck after you toss your cap?�

As this list is being released to prospective students around the country, the question arises — how will this impact their perception of DePauw? “I think statistics like this will draw a certain population to DePauw,� said Eugene Gloria, professor of English. “DePauw already attracts a certain type of student, one who wants a quality education and a social experience. I don’t think this will take away from DePauw’s strong academic reputation.�

But many question the validity of the survey. “All rankings that try to rank social aspects are dubious at best,� said President Brian Casey.

Professor of Spanish Aaron Dziubinskyj echoed this sentiment. “I really would hope that people looking at these polls would take it with a grain of salt. Level of pay does not equate to success and partying does not equate to failure,� Dziubinskyj said. “The fact that DePauw is a ‘party school’ doesn’t really impact my job or my perception of the students at this university at all.�

Sophomore Ann Sarkisian also doubted the accuracy of the study. “This might be true for some, but the truth of it really depends on who you are.

It doesn’t really impact what we are doing at DePauw,� Sarkisian said.

Overall, students, faculty and staff did not see this ranking as a negative thing for DePauw’s image, but rather a reflection of how well rounded students are and their ability to strike a balance between leisure and academics. “A lot of people think partying automatically equates to something negative, but honestly I think DePauw showing up on this list shows the spirit of DePauw,� said sophomore Leah Freestone. “DePauw is a fun, close-knit community that has a good time but also gets their work done.�

Payscale’s top-10 party schools by salary potential Mid-career median salaries:

1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — $94,300 2. University of California, Santa Barbara — $91,000 3. University of Colorado-Boulder — $90,400 4. University of Maryland — $89,800 5. University of Texas-Austin — $89,500 6. DePauw University — $85,500 7. University of Wisconsin-Madison — $84,800 8. Pennsylvania State University — $83,700 9. Michigan State University — $80,900 10. West Virginia University — $80,800

Information courtesy of PayScale

Freshmen ‘Empower Students’

By TAYLOR ZARTMAN news@thedepauw.com

Freshmen Jon Sutton, Sam Henderson, Alex Lemna and Richard Walsh have proven the common slogan of “uncommon successâ€? to be true with WKHLU UHFHQW FUHDWLRQ RI WKH QRQSURĂ€W RUJDQL]DWLRQ (PSRZHULQJ 6WXGHQWV The inspiration for the program came from Sutton, who got his idea from Building Tomorrow and the program’s incentives. “I really liked their business model of getting students involved with service. I wanted to apply that to a larger concept and that was how Empowering Students was born,â€? Sutton said.

The purpose of Empowering Students is to serve as a facilitator between student-led service groups and charitable organizations. The organization will offer an online venue for discussion and the resources to connect to various services organizations and opportunities. ´, WKLQN LW¡V D FULPH WKDW SHRSOH FDQ¡W Ă€QG VRPHZKHUH WKDW WKH\ ZDQW WR volunteer for,â€? Sutton said. “If service in our country is to the point where \RX FDQQRW Ă€QG RQH SODFH DURXQG ZKHUH \RX OLYH WKDW \RX¡UH LQWHUHVWHG LQ helping, either there’s not enough information out there or we are drastically failing as a country. I think it is the former, not the latter.â€?

The organization wants to focus on smaller, lesser-known charities in hopes to give service to places where it is needed but not usually received.

While eager to gain recognition from DePauw, Empowering Students does not want to be limited to one campus and hopes to gain a large following. “There are too many good organizations that haven’t seen the light of day,â€? Sutton said. “Instead of kids going to some local huge charity, we can Ă€QG VRPHZKHUH WKH\¡UH SDVVLRQDWH DERXW $QG ZKHQ \RX¡UH SDVVLRQDWH you work so much harder.â€?

Since its creation two months ago, Empowering Students is now a VWDWH UHFRJQL]HG QRQSURĂ€W RUJDQL]DWLRQ WKDW KDV DOUHDG\ EHJXQ WR PDNH an impact.

The organization’s latest projects include a “Puppy Pledge-a-Thon� organized through a Facebook page from which they raised $230 for the Indianapolis Humane Society.

Empowering Students’ current project is a collaborative effort with the Bonner Scholar program. They are looking into volunteer fairs at high schools and the possibility of an event with the DePauw alumni association.

Another one of the group’s recent projects is its website, which will be fully launched on Jan. 1. The site will feature lists of charities from New York along with eight different Midwestern cities. ´3HRSOH FDQ JR RQ RXU VLWH DQG ÀQG DQ\ GLIIHUHQW QXPEHU RI FKDULWLHV affecting any different number of places headquartered in any one of those nine cities and all these charities are going to be places that we’ve contacted who are interested in help from students,� Sutton said.

The charities’ contact information will be provided along with links WR WKHLU EORJV 7KH IXOO VLWH ZLOO IHDWXUH D SURĂ€OH RI HDFK FKDULW\ LQFOXGLQJ reviews and an opportunity for students to create their own personalized service opportunity. For those unable to volunteer, there will be the opportunity to make donations through the website. “I hope that students we get on our site can relate to other students directly in case they want to get together and do something,â€? Henderson said.

The group has already gotten a good response from the DePauw community. “DePauw has a very unique environment that is conducive to not just service, but big ideas and people who want to change things. I’m excited to say [Empowering Students] started at DePauw University. It’s a great place to start something. I’ve found great people who want to help just in my dorm,� Sutton said. “Hopefully, we can create a new generation of service based learners. We need to instill this initiative at a young age.�

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Cantril said he took it as his responsibility to share how DePauw is doing from In order to develop this group, Casey different student perspectives and while went to Cindy Babington, vice president he may not have known how every stufor student life and dean of students, and dent felt, he had a good understanding of other faculty in academic affairs and asked how some of them did. them to help pick a group of 12 students “You’re always going to have a hard ZKR PLJKW UHSUHVHQW DQG UHĂ HFW WKH GL- time representing everyone if you only versity and interests of the senior class. have a group that small,â€? Cantril said. “I The job of the ambassadors has al- think it probably did a fairly good job of ways been to serve as co-hosts at events representing voices on campus, but there with campus visitors, like the Board of are probably voices that were not includTrustees and Board of Visitors. ed and it’s partly inevitable with that small “Getting 250, 275 people in and out of of a group.â€? the house on a cold night and move them This year’s group of ambassadors around is actually a lot of work,â€? Casey includes 14 seniors: eight men and six said. “A lot of what the ambassadors do women. The students represent a range is they welcome people, they take their of perspectives — including domestic coats, they move them to the back. When and international, a variety of races, the meals are about to happen they invite School of Music and the College of Liberal them into the dining room. They get Arts, honors and fellows programs, athletthem back to their car.â€? ic teams, greek organizations and student Senior ambassador Van Hoang said leaders and voices from a selection of difthat the ambassadors receive instructions ferent organizations and programs. on the layout of the event and the goals Senior ambassador Ashwin Upasani, of the night when they arrive at the event. an international student from India, said “It’s very hard for me to touch base that he does have conversations with visiwith everybody,â€? Casey said. “So their tors about his international perspective, job is actually to truly be co-hosts. And although that is certainly not the only it might seem glamorous, but often it’s topic he discusses. rather not glamorous. It’s quite gritty acMany alumni, Upasani said, did not extually.â€? perience such a strong international comThe role of the ambassador involves munity at DePauw when they were unthe practical aspects of hosting, but also dergraduates. Upasani entered DePauw includes responsibilities like making new with a freshman class that had increased guests feel comfortable. its international student population from ´7KH Ă€UVW >HYHQW@ ZDV UHDOO\ DZNZDUG 30 or 40 entering international students I think, for most of us,â€? Hoang said, since to 70, a number that has remained somemost of the ambassadors had never been what steady since then. in the situation of a cocktail party before. “I think DePauw itself ‌ and the Since then, she has developed greater student culture on campus is I guess Ă XHQF\ LQ PLQJOLQJ DQG KDV EHHQ DEOH WR still evolving to the idea of having quite apply this skill to other jobs. a considerable number of international Senior ambassador Katherine Butler students,â€? Upsani said. “But I feel like we sees the role of the ambassador as a face are rapidly going towards ‌ a more cofor the students who can help answer hesive campus, I would say.â€? any questions visitors might have about Upsani shares these experiences and campus and to be honest about issues opinions with visitors and helps them and controversies and express those pro- imagine what a larger international stuductively. dent population at DePauw would look “I think I started feeling like I was kind like and mean for the university. He sees of playing an admissions role, and I was these conversations as a mutual exchange supposed to sell DePauw,â€? said Taylor of understanding and perspectives.

Cantril ’11, a current graduate sustainabilCantril described the trustees as humity intern and former ambassador. ble and curious, but he was not always “But then I realized that I’m not talk- comfortable interacting with them at the ing to prospective students and families beginning. who don’t know anything about De´$W Ă€UVW , WKLQN ZH >DPEDVVDGRUV@ Pauw,â€? Cantril said. “I’m talking to people were kind of talking about how it was inwho went to DePauw and care a lot about timidating,â€? Cantril said. “To walk into a it and have a lot of ideas for how it will room and know that you’re going to be change. So then I realized that I could be eating dinner with and talking with and a lot more honest about my experience socializing with the biggest decision makand that I was really kind of collaborating ers of the university, many of the bigger with them on where we thought DePauw donors to the university. I mean that’s not was going, what we liked about it, what like my average weekend hang out.â€?

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=DN 3KLOOLSV D ÀIWK \HDU WULSOH GHJUHH student studying philosophy, violin performance and Spanish, served as an amEDVVDGRU WKH ÀUVW VHPHVWHU RI KLV IRXUWK year. During one event he was even asked to play his instrument for the Board of Trustees. This year, after returning from an off-campus experience in the spring, he picked up as an ambassador once again.

Last year, Phillips said, he was more preoccupied with how new and aweinspiring the experience of serving as an ambassador was. But this year, he realized that he can affect the visitors just as they affect him. For instance, Phillips recalled one experience when he was seated next to Judson Green at an event. “So he’s asking me all these questions ‌ and he had a sheet and he was writing down my responses ‌ The whole idea was like, I’m sitting next to this man who created the building of which, when I was looking at universities to go to, this is really something that contributed to it — the idea of a brand new School of Music,â€?

Phillips said. “And then here I am sitting next to the man who created this and had this vision of this School of Music. And to be able to share my ideas with him and to have him note ‌ It’s like, yeah, he is caring for the university.â€?

Hoang, who serves as an intern at the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, recalled an opportunity she had as an ambassador to sit down with Janet Prindle and learn about her experiences after college. “For me personally, working as an intern is inspiring not just because of the group of people I work with or the task that I do ‌ but the institute for which I work stands for something that I really admire,â€? Hoang said. “For me, because I work [at the Prindle Institute], Janet Prindle was kind of a superstar in my eyes.â€?

Hoang describes the encounter as so memorable because, in having a personal conversation with Janet Prindle, Hoang was able to experience and interpret her emotion in the moment — something she would not have experienced from reading a story about Prindle.

Upasani recounted his experience meeting former President Bill Clinton prior to the speech Clinton gave on campus last month. The ambassadors had been told that there might be the opportunity to meet Clinton and to be prepared for that possibility. “It was kind of unbelievable,� said Upasani, who also took a photo with Clinton. “It kind of hit me when it was happening that, oh, wow I’m meeting a president of the United States, and just kind of thought about how things have gone over the past few years since I’ve been at DePauw and what all has hap-

pened ‌ I guess senior year being able to be a presidential ambassador and being able to meet Clinton and see him for a few minutes was I guess the high point.� $IWHU WKH ÀUVW \HDU RI WKH SURJUDP when Babington and representatives from academic affairs suggested potential ambassadors to Casey, new ambassadors are now selected based on the recommendations of the previous year’s ambassadors.

Casey said these nominations amount to about 30 names, at which point student transcripts are examined in order to assure the ambassadors are made up of students who have done well during their time at DePauw. From there the ambassadors are selected based on how to best represent the senior class.

When asked to be an ambassador, Upasani didn’t even know the ambassador program existed nor did he have much of a relationship with Casey.

Unlike Upasani, Cantril had worked closely with Casey prior to becoming an ambassador. Starting his freshman year, Cantril organized the energy wars that occur between the residence halls to reduce electricity and water and worked to have Casey sign the President’s Climate Commitment in order to commit DePauw to measuring its greenhouse emissions and coming up with a plan to reduce them over time during his sophomore year.

Cantril said that he thinks he was probably closer to Casey than most students, a connection that developed through repeated interaction and involvement on Cantril’s part with the administration.

Hoang believes Casey may have had an idea of who she was prior to serving as an ambassador, but she did not have a personal relationship with him.

When Hoang was found out she was selected as an ambassador, it was during her semester abroad. “For me, I got an email that was related to mentoring stuff,� Hoang, also a peer mentor for the First-Year Experience, said.

But when she opened the email, Hoang found that the message wasn’t about mentoring business after all. Instead, she ZDV VXUSULVHG WR Ă€QG DQ LQYLWDWLRQ WR EHcome an ambassador. “The whole process was mysterious,â€?

Phillips said.

During the spring of his third year on campus, Philips delivered a talk to the spouses of the Board of Trustees on an independent study project he had done.

It was at this talk that he received an envelope from a student. Inside the envelope were instructions telling him to go to The Elms, the president’s house, at a certain time.

Phillips had no idea what he was walking into or why he was at The Elms until he arrived. Upon arriving he learned, along with the other potential ambassadors present, what they were invited to participate in and what their involvement would look like.

2WKHU WKDQ WKLV Ă€UVW LQWURGXFWRU\ meeting and another at the beginning of the fall semester that provided a brief introduction to the kind of situations and events the ambassadors would participate in, the ambassadors do not meet formally with Casey or amongst themselves outside of the events they attend as presidential ambassadors. “But I do get to know them very well because they’re in my house all the time,â€?

Casey said.

Informally, the ambassadors speak with Casey about a range of issues, ranging from their personal lives to ideas about the university and world. “While people think it’s cool that we get to go there, I don’t think it’s as unusual as one might think, just because he’s so open and welcoming,� Butler said. “And I feel like I’m lucky to have that experience, but a lot of other people have had similar ones too.�

Casey said that it’s not unusual for him to invite different student groups over to The Elms. He’s hosted 27 different student organizations at his house this semester, ranging from Honor Scholars and captains of the sports teams to representatives from United DePauw. “I wouldn’t say that we [ambassadors] are the best representatives, because I know it’s not a very democratic process of who’s selected,� Hoang said.

While she feels that the ambassadors are well spoken and do their best to give university guests and idea of what students think and what matters to them, she said that being an ambassador “doesn’t mean that we’re all the shiniest and best students on campus.�

Upasani sees necessity in the presidential ambassador program because it allows visitors to the university to interact with students in an organized manner in a way they might not otherwise experience, therefore providing a more recognizable face and voice of the students.

Butler, whose parents are both DePauw alumni, said she has enjoyed getting to see the different ways alumni experience DePauw but how they all share a passion, love and commitment to give back to the university. “It kind of rubs off a little bit,� Hoang said. “It makes you want to think that way as well.�

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GET TO KNOW YOUR NEW FACULTY

New curator to bring new interest, art student or not Fine art will get a new direction next semester as Craig Hadley joins the university faculty as Curator of Exhibitions and University Collections. Hadley is taking the place of current curator Katie Johnson. Staff writer Alicia Tutini spoke to Hadley about his work as a curator and coming to DePauw.

Alicia Tutini: Why did you decide to apply for the curator job?

Craig Hadley: It looked like a good mix of challenges. It provided an opportunity to hopefully get more than just the traditional audience interested in the art as well as getting a variety of students involved.

AT: What sort of art education do you have?

CH: I don’t have a traditional art background, per se. I have a very informal art education background.

My undergraduate degree is actually from Beloit College, and I studied anthropology and museum studies. I also have an Asian studies background as well — I’m half Japanese. So I spent some time in Japan looking at those from an anthropological perspective.

My master’s degree is in history and museum studies.

So I have a pretty broad lens when you consider how , DSSURDFK WKH WRSLF RI DUW VSHFLÀFDOO\ 0RVW RI P\ art training has been through internships and also through the works that I’ve done over the last three years.

AT: Where do you currently work?

CH: Currently I’m at Beloit College, which is in Wisconsin. It’s very similar to DePauw — it’s a small liberal arts school — except we’re about half the size of DePauw. At Beloit, we have two museums on campus: we have an anthropology museum and we have an art museum, which is the one I’ve been working at.

AT: How long have you worked there?

CH: I’ve spent the last three years at Beloit.

AT: What have you done in your time working there?

CH: We’ve really tried to make the museums much more accessible to students and faculty. So that means reaching out past the more traditional audience, which has typically been art or art history students, to different departments like political science, modern languages, history, anthropology

and many others — really trying to create exhibits and events for students who typically wouldn’t visit the museum to get involved and feel that the museum really is relevant to them.

AT: What are you hoping to do in your time at DePauw?

CH: There seems to be a real student interest in getting involved, whether that is the exhibition selection process, all the way up to the actual installation. I’m not saying that overnight all these things will happen, but I think to start it would be nice to get students involved at some level.

AT: :KDW VSHFLÀF DFWLYLWLHV ZRXOG \RX OLNH students to get involved in?

CH: At Beloit, we have a large museums study program. So the students are involved in nearly every level of the exhibition design and development. A lot of them will curate or co-curate their own exhibits, students will give gallery talks and they’ll assist with programming.

AT: How do you feel about Greencastle?

CH: Well, actually, my family and my wife’s family live in Indianapolis, so we’ve been looking to move to Indianapolis for some time. So when this opportunity came up, it was something that we just couldn’t pass up. When I saw that a position as wonderful as this and as similar to what I’ve been doing, it was just irresistible.

AT: Why did you decide to be a curator?

CH: Ever since I was young, I’ve always had an interest in objects. We would always visit museums and galleries and things like that. I have always been very comfortable with it. It’s sort of addicting.

AT: Who are some of your favorite artists?

CH: Gosh, let’s see — one piece that I’m just in love with right now that we’ve actually sent for conservation is a lithograph from 1895 by Toulouse Lautrec. It’s a beautiful poster. He was sort of at the forefront of modern advertising, so his work is still very relevant today. I really enjoy our collection of Goya prints … We have “The Disasters of War” series that, though not contemporary per se, still address contemporary issues and still has meaning today. Of the more modern and contemporary work, I really enjoy Andy Warhol — the exhibit was perfect — and

Jasper Johns. My interests are all over the board.

There isn’t necessarily one particular piece that I love.

AT: Why do you think that art is important?

CH: Well, knowing art and material culture in general is really a skill that is important for many of us beyond higher education. Being able to interact with objects and learn the visual literacy skills that are required to interpret objects in visual culture. These aren’t necessarily skills that we learn in the classroom when we’re students. These are skills that really need development. We live in a very visual culture and especially with mass media, so it’s important that we can all at least understand what it is we’re looking at.

Whether or not you’re an art student doesn’t matter.

I think, for example, if you’re a pre-med student, observation skills are obviously very important and being able to really interpret what exactly you will be dealing with through a detailed lens. Art can be a truly useful tool for whatever career path you’re aiming for.

AT: How will you make art more important for DePauw?

CH: It’s all about piquing interest and getting students involved. Branching out from the traditional audience into a more broad range of students and faculty. To see how students would like to shape the direction of the gallery.

Andy Warhol’s “I am a Camera” exhibit in Peeler Art Center. ARCHIVES OF THE DEPAUW

Andy Warhol’s “I am a Camera” exhibit in the Gallery of Peeler Art Center. Craig Hadley, the new curator of exhibitions and university collections, will be responsible for curating the galleries at Peeler. ARCHIVES OF THE DEPAUW

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Christmas tree farm in Greencastle brings

By JACLYN ANGLIS features@thedepauw.com

John Zeller has the opportunity to be a part of many different family Christmases.

His business, Snowy Pines Nursery and Christmas Tree Farm, can be found about two and a half miles north of downtown Greencastle. Twenty acres of carefully charted land contain copious amounts of various trees.

Originally from Greencastle, Zeller had planned to become a park or forest ranger out west. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry at Purdue University. There weren’t many jobs available once he graduated, however, VR KH GHFLGHG WR SXUVXH KLV Ă€UVW MRE DW D WUHH IDUP LQ where he remained for about eight years. “It belonged to my now ex-wife’s family. When the marriage didn’t work out, I started growing Christmas trees,â€?

Zeller explained. “I found out this property was available, so in the early spring of ’86, I signed a 20-year contract to buy it. That’s how it started.�

A decorative banner printed in red reads “Real Christmas Trees,â€? with live evergreens grown on either side. Holiday songs such as “Last Christmasâ€? can be heard from the small radio and advertisements for Christmas wreaths and “Charlie Brown treesâ€? can be spotted on a short walk down the paved pathway between the trees. The centerpiece of 6QRZ\ 3LQHV LV WKH VPDOO ORJ FDELQ XWLOL]HG DV WKHLU RIĂ€FH The sharp contrast between the bitter cold outside on the farm and the comfortable warmth of the cabin makes it all the more welcoming. Within the little house, complete

holiday cheer with a replica of a rustic Christmas village and multiple wel- mulch [to them], so the nursery is more related to the Decome signs, Zeller offers his customers complimentary cof- Pauw students [in particular].�

Some of the youth that visit come from bigger cities and fee, hot chocolate and homemade Christmas cookies.

Zeller’s favorite part about Christmas is the appreciative get a taste of a rural setting upon arriving at the farm. Alreactions of his customers. To accomplish quality service, though Zeller says that Indiana has a lot of rural land — and he does a lot of the same small gestures every year. He still Greencastle is no different — the majority of the Indiana bakes the same Christmas cookies he has for 35 years, sets state farms produce corn or beans. “So it’s something a little different,â€? Zeller said. “They XS D Ă€UH SLW IRU FXVWRPHUV WR ZDUP WKHPVHOYHV E\ SDVVHV out coloring books to young children and never fails to have seem to enjoy the atmosphere out here.â€?

DePauw senior Katie Aldrich agrees that a Christmas tree Christmas music playing in the background of it all. “I’ve tried to be a people pleaser,� Zeller said. “And it farm in Greencastle is a great idea, as there needs to be a producer for local families who purchase real trees. She seems like what we do does make people happy.�

Zeller believes that anyone who likes to purchase real also believes it’s important to support the local economy as opposed to buying a tree from WalChristmas trees would enjoy the farm.

Mart or another corporate store. +H DOVR EHOLHYHV WKDW LW¡V GHĂ€QLWHO\ EHWHowever, sophomore Ashley Coter to buy a real tree as opposed to a nard believes that it’s better to buy fake tree. He thinks it’s a great way to WANT TO VISIT SNOWY PINES? DQ DUWLĂ€FLDO WUHH DV RSSRVHG WR D UHDO help support the local economy. tree, as chopping down trees can “Trees absorb carbon dioxide and LOCATION: 1375 N US HWY. 231 hurt the environment. put out oxygen, so that’s one way to HOURS: OPEN EVERY DAY UNTIL “There aren’t enough DePauw KHOS WKH HQYLURQPHQW :LWK DUWLĂ€FLDO DEC. 23 9:30 A.M.-7:30 P.M. students that would buy one, and I [trees], there’s oil used,â€? Zeller said. am against devoting more land to a ´$QG DOPRVW HYHU\ DUWLĂ€FLDO WUHH LV PRICING: tree farm,â€? Conard said. made in China — all imported. It’s nice LIVE TREES: $13 However, she does believe to support [our] local economy.â€?

CUT TREES: $5-$9 that Greencastle residents would Zeller says that real Christmas trees CHARLIE BROWN TREES: $5 respond to information about enalso carry a lot of cultural history. He vironmental concerns since it perbelieves a lot of traditions have fallen SNOWY PINES OFFERS A VARIETY tains more heavily to families. to the wayside in the current computOF SPRUCE, PINE AND FIR TREES “Because this is a farming comer age, and this is one way to continue munity, I think they would be interwith one custom that is special to him. ested in learning more about the “It goes back a lot of years. I hear a lot of people tell stories about trees and things in the past,� environmental impact,� Conard said.

Aldrich, an environmental major, agrees that real trees Zeller said. “All good memories.�

Since the farm has opened, Zeller and staff have received might be more expensive for families, but that they are ultiseveral compliments from their customers about how they mately better for the environment. “In my opinion, it’s better to buy a real Christmas tree. enjoy the quality of the trees and the atmosphere, particuODUO\ ZLWK WKH QHZ ODQGVFDSLQJ Ă€OOHG ZLWK RWKHU SODQWV DQG It looks and smells better, and it’s essentially compostable,â€?

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Zeller thinks the best part about his job is being outdoors. think that’s a nice favorable impression coming into Green“I’ve always enjoyed being able to work outside, growing castle that’s a little bit different,� he said.

Zeller notes that several DePauw students have come to plants and being a part of the Christmas spirit,� he said.

YLVLW WKH IDUP RYHU WKH \HDUV ,Q IDFW WKH Ă€UVW WUHH VROG WKLV year went to three DePauw students on their way home. “With our nursery, we do a little more with DePauw fraternities and sororities,â€? Zeller said. “We offer plants and

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Above and immediate left: Zeller shows a photograph of himself and his college roommate cutting down his family Christmas tree during his sophomore year. Zeller’s family was notorious for having huge, 18-foot trees in their home. “Every year, my father said this would be the last year,” Zeller explained. “But then the next year we would convince him to get one again.” Zeller said his family’s tradition might have been one reason he decided to go into the Christmas tree business.

Far left: A small cabin in the center of the farm serves as office headquarters for Snowy Pines. Zeller hopes to expand or rebuild the office in the future to allow more space for himself and his employees. The small cabin originally arrived on the farm in three large boxes and was later assembled by Zeller and his employees. Left: One portion of trees in Zeller’s field are just beginning to grow as others are ready to be cut down and placed in homes. Zeller leaves the fields bare for approximately one year so any diseases or illnesses will die out before he plants new trees. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW

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The DePauw | Friday, Dec. 9, 2011

Lessons from “The Little Prince� Past music brings nostalgia comes a heartrending twi There | News light zone somewhere between child-

prince from the distant Asteroid-B612, the prince teaches him a tender tale hood and adulthood, when adoles- of loneliness, friendship, curiosity, cents are expected to put aside the love and loss. books of their formative years and al“The Little Princeâ€? is also a low them to gather dust on a shelf, chilling illustration of how never to be revisited again. life imitates art — a year I’ve never seen the function after its publication, Saintof this. Why should adolesExupĂŠry disappeared over cents be forced to outgrow the the ocean in his airplane. books that shaped them into In the latter portion of the who they are? What’s there to novel, the narrator suggest that we ever outand the prince, dygrow such books at all? ing of thirst after Everything I know about being marooned life, love and the wonder in the desert for of imagination, I learned days, search for a from “The Little Prince,â€? well. The circumand I’m not about to exstances are emcise it from my bookshelf ADRIENNEWESTENFEILD blematic of the anytime soon. novel’s most French aviator Anfamous truth: toine de Saint-ExupĂŠry’s beloved “What is essential is invisible to the novella is the most widely read and eye. It is only with the heart that one widely translated work of literature can see rightly.â€? in the French language, and with “The Little Princeâ€? teaches that we good reason. When the pilot narrat- must discover the meaning of things ing the tale crashes in the Sahara and for ourselves. We need to learn lesstumbles across a boy claiming to be a sons through experience, not through

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But the book’s greatest lesson leaves me teary-eyed every time: the nature of real love. When the prince meets the fox in a field, the fox begs to be tamed. The fox explains that to be tamed means to establish ties, to need one another, to become unique to one another.

After the prince tames the fox and makes to leave, the fox claims, “You become responsible forever for what you have tamed.� “The Little Prince� teaches that love is more than a feeling. It makes us accountable for one another.

Similarly, the prince’s love for his rose is the driving force behind the novella. He leaves his planet for the rose, allows the rose to permeate his discussions with the narrator and returns to his planet because of the rose. The rose is vain, proud and standoffish, but because the prince has invested so much time in watering her, the fox is correct when he claims, “It’s the time that you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.�

Children’s literature tends to offer an unrealistic depiction of love in which the lovers ride off into the sunset to live happily ever after, but “The Little Prince� teaches that love requires investment, time and responsibility. What one gives to another is more important than what one gets in return.

In the dedication of “The Little Princeâ€? Saint-ExupĂŠry claims, “All grown-ups were once children — although few of them remember it.â€?

We live in a culture where adolescents have Facebook pages, where 10-year-old girls shop at Victoria’s Secret and where childhood is perceived as a developmental stage to be briskly rushed through and gotten out of the way. In this world, is it so wrong to pull children’s books down from the shelves in order to remember that elusive and ever-shorter time?

Is it so wrong to hold onto the last dregs of our childhood with everything that we have? I am what I am because of “The Little Prince,� and I’m not about to let that slip away anytime soon. — Westenfeld is a freshman Media Fellow from Fort Wayne, Ind., planning to major in English literature and creative writing. features@thedepauw.com

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Ludacris, Brit“All the Small Thingsâ€? ney Spears and “Adam’s Songâ€? and Thirdwere included on Eye Blind, it’s this disc and quickly tough not to made their way into look back on the hearts of music our musical JIMEASTERHOUSE lovers nationwide. youth with a Even today, there are laugh or smile. probably few of their Take some songs that most students can’t recite PXFK QHHGHG WLPH RXW RI \RXU Ă€QDOV by heart. Though each member is preparation to enjoy a few tunes and now in their late 30’s, Blink 182 will remember the care free world we always bring a unique energy to mu- lived to the fullest. sic that is hard to duplicate.

Whether you know him as Slim is a freshman from Evergreen Shady, Marshall Mathers or Rabbit —Easterhouse Park, Ill., majoring in communications. from “8 Mile,� Eminem has become features@thedepauw.com

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we return to the Stone Age and boycott electronics altogether. Consumers can demand to know where the resources for their electronics come from, and purchase their items accordingly.

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With the holiday shopping season in full swing, take a second to think about where your gifts are coming from and how they were made. Purchasing locally made goods or making a creative gift this year are just a couple of ways this season of giving can give even more. —Aldrich is a senior from Lexington, Ky., majoring in environmental geoscience. She is an intern at the Prindle Institute for Ethics. opinion@thedepauw.com

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While DePauw is neither a hospital nor Perhaps they wander else- a nursing home, I’m inclined to bewhere during the warmer months, but lieve the effects can still be the same. If come fall and winter they seem to con- you’re a cat person, you likely already gregate around campus.

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Fall Break or ThanksgivAfter all, getting ing Break can tell, things used to being fed outfeel very dead. Everyside of dorms may thing’s closed or on not be good for SAMHOLLEY-KLINE reduced hours, and the the cats. What hapmajority of the campus pens when breaks has left. There are squirrels, of course, come along and the cats don’t get fed? but they’re everywhere. Cats are un- +RSHIXOO\ WKH\ Ă€QG IRRG HOVHZKHUH common enough that they get no- The same goes for housing them, too. ticed, but not common enough to be It’s against policy, it may affect ignored. Plus, how can you really inter- your cat-allergic neighbors, and you act with squirrels? Have you ever tried can’t keep it up unless you plan on to pet a squirrel? I certainly haven’t. , VDZ D VTXLUUHO Ă€JKW RQFH DQG VLQFH “Have you ever tried to then, I pretty much avoid them. They can be surprisingly violent animals. pet a squirrel? I certainly You can try and pet a cat, though. haven’t.â€?

While I recognize that not all DePauw students are cat people, the option is still there. Many cats are receptive to it, taking the cat home for break. Besides, even though they may just be trying to some of them may already have homes get food. You can even play with them in Greencastle. — provided you’re careful and wash I think the best plan of action is to your hands after. treat the cats well and enjoy their comEven Director of Public Safety An- pany, but not to get too attached. With gie Nally was quoted earlier this year the closing of the local humane socisaying she didn’t know of any safety ety, we may have more cats around problems concerning the cats. They campus than ever. may be noisy sometimes, with the meowing and yowling and whatnot. But —Holley-Kline is a senior from Anchorage, as far as noises you’d hear outside at Alaska, majoring in Spanish and anthropology. night on this campus, I think cats are opinion@thedepauw.com probably pretty low on the annoyance VFDOH 7KH\ FDQ HYHQ EH EHQHÀFLDO Ever heard of therapy cats? They’ve been used in hospitals and nursing homes to keep residents company.

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The DePauw | Friday, Dec. 9, 2011

PHOTOPINION

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

EDITORIAL

Cheers, Jeers and Tears Cheers to Yo-Yo Ma embodying the DePauw learning experience.

Jeers to leaky pipes, moldy hallways, broken elevators and millions in deferred maintenance.

Tears to a Monon Classic blowout, again. &KHHUV WR 7LJHU GRPLQDQFH LQ WKH 1RUWK &RDVW $WKOHWLF &RQIHUHQFH LQ RXU ÀUVW year as a member school. Roar!

Jeers to little outcome to student government’s white papers: no new study spaces, no progress on how kegs can work in our party scene and lingering WiFi dead spots.

Tears to loosing The Monon restaurant. Sunday mornings will not be the same without your cheap, greasy food. &KHHUV WR (PLVRQ EHFRPLQJ DQ H[FLWLQJ PRGHUQ VSDFH IRU WKH 2IĂ€FH RI Admissions.

-HHUV WR WKH PHWDO GRRUV WKDW GRQ¡W TXLWH ÀW RQ WKH FODVVLFDO JUDQLWH IDFDGH Tears to only three home football games as the team sat in conference limbo.

Cheers to Dean Mark McCoy living up to his high expectations as the new face of the School of Music.

Jeers to an expensive and unsuccesful Union Board concert, again.

Tears to tearing down members of our community with irresponsible hate speech and discrimination. We are better than that.

Cheers to a step in the right direction to addressing our campus climate. We still have a long way to go.

Jeers to the Lilly Center and the lack of any athletic facility improvement.

7HDUV WR PHQ¡V VRFFHU ÀUVW URXQG ORVV WR &DVH :HVWHUQ LQ WKH 1&$$ 'LY ,,, tournament. We thought they were going all the way.

Cheers to a successful admissions material re-branding and a cool new website.

-HHUV WR ÀHOG KRFNH\ DQG IRRWEDOO EHLQJ GLVSODFHG IURP WKHLU QRUPDO SOD\LQJ ÀHOGV :H QHYHU NQHZ WKHUH ZHUH VR PDQ\ EUHHGV RI JUDVV Tears to Pepsi replacing Coke, although $1 million saved is pretty nice &KHHUV WR 1RDK 'URGG\ IRU ÀQLVKLQJ QLQWK DW WKH 1&$$ 'LY ,,, QDWLRQDO PHHW Jeers to low voter participation in the student government elections.

Cheers to freshmen playing detective and busting a meth lab.

Jeers to freshmen telling seniors to move out of the way. Watch yourself.

Tears to hazing. Not cool.

Cheers to DePauw University’s 175th birthday and The DePauw’s 160th.

Cheers to Old DePauw.

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

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

The DePauw welcomes letters to the editor. Letters

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

How has The DePauw newspaper done this semester?

Students “I think they did well, but they need to find a new distribution strategy to make it more available to students.� *ORDAN (ICKAM SOPHOMORE “It was very informative and honest to the events at DePauw.�

Megan Benedict, junior “Great. I especially liked the writing style of the recent women’s basketball articles.�

Pete Stuart, sophomore “Too much emphasis on sports. The op-eds could be more critical of campus norms. More Christmas-themed fonts would be nice.�

Kumar Amarnath, junior

DePauw Staffers “We had awardwinning content, but I wish we could better connect with the whole community.�

Chase Hall, Managing Editor “I think we did a good job of actually covering the events on campus, but there is definitely room for improvement.�

Emily Green, Features Editor “As a learning newspaper, The DePauw always struggles to find its place. This semester, we’ve taken a positve step toward that goal.�

Matt Cecil, Editor-in-Chief “Coaches, this is for you: Preston, Cotton, Huffman, Skrenta, Cohen, Bretscher, Bill Wagner. One love.�

Michael Appelgate, Sports Editor

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The DePauw | Friday, Dec. 9, 2011

New Year’s resolutions, hooked on the Internet

BOB ALLEN AND AUSTIN FRY / THE DEPAUW

Unnecessary hashtagging #sobadit’sgood “#Sorry4partyinnn,â€? “#RealTalkâ€? tempted joke seem successful and clevand “#PartayPrince$$â€? are names of er. Now anyone can tack random words Facebook albums I made up. But if you and phrases onto the end of a sentence are anything like me (breathing), you and make a joke appear ingenious and were most likely immediately annoyed witty. the second you saw a hashtag outside Things like, “Two and a half men of Twitter. is just awkward now lol #cmonson In recent months, it seems like #pumpthebreaks,â€? “I didn’t think Twitter’s hashtags are spending my mascara was that noticeable more and more time in places #awksteezeâ€? or “Will Smith where they don’t belong, such please serenade me to sleep. as Facebook and text mes#will2k #willenium #wilsages. Although we all seem lyoumarrymeâ€? are now apWR Ă€QG WKHP PRUH DQQR\LQJ propriate Facebook and than when a Kardashian Twitter jokes by the marathon is on and the Internet’s standards. remote is all the way And we made it that over there, we still canway. We did this to not seem to stop ourourselves. selves from doing it.

Abuse of the Twitter’s hashtags hashtag system started out, simto gain easy coply and logically medic credibility MAEVEMcDONOUGH enough, as a search has caused the helper and a way hashtag to lose to track what was its power. It was “trending� or popular. But somewhere secondarily used, for a very short while, along the line, probably because of one as a relatively successful joke. But its internet dweller trying to impress a girl days were numbered and it did not take by making a joke, the hashtag was used too long to lose its novelty. as a punch line.

So why is it that we love to hashtag The hashtag has now become the things unnecessarily? One could say it lazy comic’s dream, making any at- is because, as a nation, we love symbol

equality. Power to the ampersand.

But more realistically, one could say this trend is a sign of the times. Internet fads are fast moving and always changing. We want the coolest, funniest thing to do and once it is popular, ZH ÀQG LW WLUHG 7KH WHFK VDYY\ LQWHUQHW crowd has realized that this trend has come and gone, just like Aaron Carter’s popularity. In a completely serious (and minimally hipster) way, the hashtag has become too mainstream and lost its power.

There are some social trends we all hate, but for whatever reason we keep them alive: wearing Ugg boots and shorts, talking in abbreviations, taking Myspace photos. Hashtagging is just another example of our society’s lack of cultural control. We hate those hashtags so much.We cringe at the sight of them, but they are so popular we cannot stop ourselves.

Just like a narcissistic aspiring hiphop star, if the hashtag could talk, it would say “haters make me famous.� —McDonough is a freshman from Glen Ellyn, Ill., planning to major in communication and creative writing. opinion@thedepauw.com

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(If you haven’t seen “It’s a Wonderful 5. I am smarter than Justin BieLife,� you should. It will make your ber. This is the same guy that said, Dad cry). “People write to me and say, ‘I’m givThe fact that Kim Kardashian and ing up, you’re not talking to me.’ I just a 17-year-old boy are some of the top write them a simple message like, ‘NevGoogle and Bing searches in 2011 ac- er give up,’ you know? And it changes tually makes me want to Google “Are their life.� humans superior to animals?� So I did.

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7KH Ă€UVW LWHP WR DSSHDU OLQNHG PH WR D yes/no poll: “Is Snookie smarter than a — Jorgenson is a junior from Shawnee, Kan., majoring in English writing and film studies. bottlenose dolphin?â€?

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The DePauw | Friday, Dec. 9, 2011

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By MICHAEL APPELGATE sports@thedepauw.com

The goal of the athletic director search committee was to have a candidate chosen by the end of the semester so that current Athletic Director Page Cotton can move into his new role as a senior adviser to President Brian Casey on Jan. 1.

While there is still a chance that can happen, Cotton or an interim athletic director might be needed to give the new athletic director more time to transition to DePauw.

The search for a new athletic director is down to its final three candidates after combing through numerous applicants to this highly attractive position, and there are two front runners.

“We are going to be pretty close,” said Christopher Wells, co-chair of the search committee. “I hate to jinx it, because it seems like this has been going on forever. There’s some desire to have one more meeting with

folks of the board of trustees and other staffers. That will be the end of the process and a decision will be made.”

DePauw decided to conduct the search internally instead of spending more than $50,000 dollars, according to Wells, to hire an outside firm to conduct the search for them. Although the search has been difficult, problems were expected in a process of such great importance.

All applications were first screened through DePauw’s human resources department. They looked for certain criteria such as a familiarity with collegiate athletics, but administrative experience was not a requirement for consideration. The applications were then passed on to the search committee who conduced 16 phone interviews with applicants.

“The search committee waded through a lot of resumes,” Wells said. “Some were coaches who never had administrative experience. Some had collegiate admin-

istrative experience but not a lot of athletic experience.”

The committee then met with candidates near the Indianapolis airport for their first face-to-face interviews.

“In searches of this kind, you want to be respectful of peoples’ confidentiality,” Wells said. “They may not have told their home institution so that first step was not here on campus but in a more private setting.”

After narrowing down the candidates, potential finalists were brought to campus and met with the vice presidents, coaches and some students. Now the search is in a place where there are three finalists and the two strongest of those three will interview with some members of the board of trustees.

“Early on, we wanted to be casting the broadest net possible,” Wells said. “The pool was so strong with individuals who had conventional backgrounds. The finalists all have significant expe-

rience working with student athletes and administration.”

The search has taken so long because of the seriousness and complexity of finding a new athletic director. Because this position is incredibly attractive given the success of almost every team here, the committee has attempted to get to know its candidates on a personal level.

“Some of the questions we asked were particularly centered around, ‘What’s your understanding of the institution and Div. III athletics here,’” Wells said. “It’s draining to try and get to know a stream of people you’ve never met before. We want somebody who can be here for a long time, so it’s important that we know how they think and know how they can interact with students.”

Fortunately, only the men’s and women’s basketball teams compete during winter break and Winter Term until swimming returns to competition on Jan. 13.

SEARCH COMMITTEE MEMBERS: · Cindy Babington, Vice President for Student Life (Co-chair) · Christopher Wells, Vice President for Communications and Strategic Initiatives (Co-chair) · Mary Bretscher, Associate Athletic Director and Women’s Swimming Coach · Kris Huffman, Women’s Basketball Coach · Robby Long, Head Football Coach and Coordinator of Student Athlete Recruitment · Scott Riggle, Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach · Pam Propsom, Professor of Psychology · Geoffrey Klinger, Associate Professor of Communication and Theatre

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The DePauw | Friday, Dec. 9, 2011

Senior all-American lineman looks back To the next athletic director: NCAC success only starting

By PARKER SCHWARTZ sports@thedepauw.com

The DePauw football team will sorely miss one vital piece heading into NCAC play next season, 6’2� 283 lb. senior Lewis Brown. A four-year starter on the offensive line, Brown won D3Football.com’s first-team, allNorth Region honors for the 2011 season. Last year, Brown earned a spot on the all-American team, an accolade he is likely to pick up again this season.

The DePauw sat down with Lewis to talk about his career, favorite memories and the future of DePauw football.

Q: Can you summarize your career at DePauw and your interaction with your teammates?

Lewis: It’s been a great four years.

It’s sad looking around at all the guys, especially at the seniors that I won’t be able to play with anymore. I think

that’s what makes this team special. It wasn’t the school or the Monon Bell that made me come all the way from California to this school. It was meeting the guys and seeing how they interacted with each other that really drew me here. I couldn’t ask for anything else the last four years.

Q: What are your favorite memories playing football at DePauw?

Lewis: One that sticks out is winning the Monon Bell Classic my freshman year. Another memory is clinching the first ever SCAC championship for DePauw my sophomore year. On a personal level, being named captain [senior year] is something that tells you that your teammates really think highly of you. Knowing that my teammates think that highly of me to be one of the leaders on the team is something I won’t forget.

Q: You were an All-American last

Lewis Brown (74) blocks for running back Derrick Karazsia ‘11 in a game during the 2010 season. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF LEWIS BROWN

year. This year, already named allNorth Region first team with more awards to come. You are going to go down as probably the best offensive lineman in DePauw history. What are your thoughts about that?

Lewis: I’ve never really thought about that. Awards aren’t things that come around too much as an offensive lineman and getting all the recognition is hard to describe. I’m not used to it, because I didn’t get all of these awards in high school. But, contributing all four years here and having people know about me outside of DePauw is special.

Q: What’s the direction that DePauw football is moving towards and what is your message to the team going into next season?

Lewis: The team will get better.

This was a transition year with the new offensive coordinator. The message I would give to the team is just don’t ever stop. There are a lot of guys who after freshman and sophomore year don’t get a lot of playing time because they just don’t think it’s worth it to put in the time. Stick with it and work hard.

What makes the difference is having a team that fights and pushes each other trying to get that playing time.

Q: Finally, can you talk about one of your most personal relationships you had with center and fellow senior Mitch Turnbow? You two played all four years together and were some of the most experienced players on the team this season.

Lewis: Mitch and I have had a great relationship for four years. Freshman year we didn’t know each other coming in. Our first road trip, Mitch and I sat together and neither of us were small beings, so that was a fun road trip. Mitch is a great guy, and I wouldn’t want to have anybody else next to me on the line. Over the years we have developed a relationship where he and I know where we are going to be. I know he has my back. People like Mitch that you meet makes the college experience better.

Lewis Brown will play in Salem, Va. on Friday, Dec. 9 in the NCAA Div. III Football Senior Classic. Lewis will represent the South Region squad and is the only senior from DePauw participating in the game. The game is set for 7 p.m. kickoff and will be broadcasted on the Fox College Sports Network.

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Page Cotton has spent his last 42 years at DePauw University as both the head men’s soccer coach and athletic director, where he has strived to improve the complete student athlete experience. (See the four-page pullout section about Cotton’s career inside.)

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Athletic director search update Page 14

O-lineman Lewis Brown Page 15