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DePauw University out, Colgate University in:
Why President Casey is leaving BY NICOLE DECRISCO
news@thedepauw.com This spring, as the class of 2016 begins a new chapter of their lives, so too will university President Brian Casey. Casey, his dog Emrys and his 16 suits will make the roughly 750 mile journey from Greencastle, Indiana to Hamilton, New York to be Colgate University’s 17th president. “I’m either in a bathing suit or a suit suit,” Casey said. For him, the suit is a symbol of how being president of an institution isn’t just a job. “I’m actually representing the institution, even when I’m here and in some ways I’m dressing up to respect the position,” he said. But Casey dresses the part even when not on campus. “Whenever I go on an airplane, I always wear a suit because I have never in seven plus years been on a plane or an airport where some alum hasn’t come up to me,” he said. “It happened to me in LaGuardia Airport four days ago.”
People will sniff you out This year intends be just as active in his efforts for DePauw as in other years of his term. He plans to “really working on the inclusion plan with Renee Madison” and “really work with the faculty on these curriculum conversations.” He sees the most important thing he can do as raise the endowment for student scholarships.
“I have a number of conversa“I remember thinking that I the search for the 20th tions that I’ve started with potential- needed to ape [other presidents’] president, with trustee ly important donors, and if there’s behavior or, you know, copy them,” Kathy Patterson Vrabeck anything I want to leave for this Casey said. ‘85, chairing the search institution, it is endowment for stuPrior to DePauw, Casey’s committee. dent scholarships because those references for what a university “It’s actually too gifts will last centuries,” Casey said. president should look like came early to articu“They just assure you that students from presidents such as Ted Heslate the goals,” who want to come here can.” burgh from The University of Notre Vrabeck said. For Casey, knowing the lasting Dame, Derek Bok from Harvard “We’re just impact that endowment for student University, John Hennessy from kicking off scholarships will have is “clarifyStanford University and Ruth Simthe search ing.” mons from Brown University. process.” “I really appreciate Colgate “I learned really quickly that The letting me stay here for the year you have to be yourself,” Casey first to do those things,” he said. “I said. “You have to be the authentic step can see given I have this year at version of you. If you try to be will DePauw, I can finish a lot of things something else, people will sniff be I’ve started.” that out really fast, and you’ll have To allow Casey the time to tie no authority.” up the loose ends at DePauw, Casey has confidence that Jill Harsin will serve as Colgate’s his successor will be “someone interim president. terrific” because of the strength of It is DePauw’s board of trustee’s DePauw. goal to find Casey’s successor “To whoever comes in, I’m in time to not need an interim going to say: whatever you’re president. dreaming dream, whoever “Colgate is incredibly fortunate you are be you, that’s to have attracted such an expewho you should be. rienced, proven and nationally Don’t try to be anybody recognized leader as our 17th else,” Casey said. president,” said Colgate board chair Daniel B. Hurwitz in a press We’re going release on Colgate’s website. Colgate is a Slightly Larger to move on Casey is looking forward to his School: (2,900 vs. 2,304 time at Colgate. and build on “Every place has its challenges. Total Students) what he’s Every place has its opportunities,” Casey said. “You just learn a new done place, and you learn to see what Colgate is Significantly they need. I think their challenges DePauw is imMore Difficult to Get Into: are challenges that I can address mediately starting and want to.” (26.4% vs. 61.2% AccepHis advice to his succestance Rate) Casey continued sor, which will be DePauw’s 20th president, is simple: Be on pg. 5 yourself.
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Graffiti on churches brings confusion rather than fear BY MADISON DUDLEY
news@thedepauw.com Three Greencastle churches were vandalized with what some would characterize as “antichristian” sayings and symbols. Early on Aug. 14 Gobin United Methodist, First Southern Baptist Church and St. Andrews Episcopal were spray painted by vandals with sayings such as “Die with your false God” and “God hates you.” “As a church, our members had a range of emotions,” said Gobin United Methodist Pastor, Bryan Langdoc. “We don’t know what the message was.” Similar graffiti was found on a dumpster behind Bloomington Street Hall several days later by DePauw Public Safety. “We are assisting the Greencastle Police,” said Angela Nally, Director of Public Safety at DePauw. Public Safety has been going through film from the day of the crime to find any clues as to who is responsible. Nally confirmed that there is a person of interest in the case but the investigation is ongoing.
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Anne Harris new Vice President of Academic Affairs, Larry Stimpert returns to teaching BY MARIA RUMMEL
news@thedepauw.com Anne Harris, a professor known for her coveted classes in DePauw University’s Art and Art History department, will now reach students across all majors. This July, Harris was appointed Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA) by President Brian Casey. This fall marks Harris’ 16th year at DePauw. Most recently she has served on the Writing Curriculum
Committee (2011-2014) and the team that implemented Extended Studies changes during the 2013-2014 year. In a press conference last Tuesday Harris said that she felt “Called to serve at the pleasure of the President,” in overseeing many of DePauw’s academic functions and working with the faculty this year to further develop recent changes to curriculum. The change in administration was driven by Casey in July, just one month before announcing his resignation as DePauw’s University
“It’s going to be a year of good conversation,”
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Professor Anne Harris / Courtesy of DePauw.edu
president at the conclusion the 201516 academic year. Of the change, Casey said, “It was sort of a complex set of things. You have to always make sure the chemistry of your senior team works.” Harris is Casey’s fourth VPAA in what will be his eight-year term at DePauw. Harris’s predecessor, Larry Stimpert has stayed at DePauw as a professor of economics and management and has been asked to support Michelle Vallinski, director of the McDermond Center and Management Fellows program. As VPAA, Stimpert appointed Vallinski during the Spring of 2014 after a sudden departure of the previous director, Gary Lemon. Harris said she is excited to see the work that Stimpert will do in the McDermond Center.
Casey claimed the change in position was not a result of any disagreement with Stimpert. Stimpert declined to interview with The DePauw at this time. “I thought we could make some shifts on the academic affairs side and have him because his PHD is in business,” Casey said. “and I thought given his interest over there we could move him there and bring Anne up in Academic Affairs.” Harris has three big areas of focus for the year: developing the new graduation requirements that will take effect in the fall of 2016, faculty development of classes to revolve more around life’s work and further development the global and local awareness requirements with the new Power, Privilege and Diversity courses. “It’s going to be a year of good conversation,” Harris said. One conversation that has not happened is with her, now former, students. Due to the speedy transition in July, Harris has had to drop the classes she was scheduled to teach this fall. Her love for students is evident and she hopes to return to teaching next year. Sophomore Kirsten Haulk had signed up for one of Harris’ classes this fall and was unaware that Harris will not be teaching this fall. “I would like to know something about it and who’s teaching the class so I know if I still want to take it and give us enough time to chose another course or stick with it” Haulk said. “I was really looking forward to her teaching that class.” “This is definitely the year to say, who knows what the future will bring,” Harris said.
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The car is pointed west, destination DePauw University and a year 3 full of shenanigans and some studying. Toughest goodbye had to be my cat
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The Class of 2019 BY THE NUMBERS
24 percent in honors or fellows programs
Honor Scholars
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39 percent recruited athletes
44 school of music students
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23 countries are represented
GPA 3.79 ACT 27
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CAMPUSCRIME June 29
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Aug. 20
Recovered Property / False ID | Report Filed / Closed Pending Additional Information | Time: 7:37 a.m. | Place: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Theft of Ladders- Unsecured | Report Filed / Closed Pending Addional Infomration | Time: Unknown | Place: Sigma Nu Fraternity
Mischief to Trees | Officer Checked Area / Unable to Locate Subjcts | Time: 4:55 p.m. | Place: Bowman Park
July 6
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Aug. 21
Unauthorized Control of University Property | Forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: Unknown | Place: Campus
Suspicious Person | Officer Checked Area / Unable to Locate Subject | Time: 10:04 p.m. | Place: Seminary Street
Assist GPD-Itrusion Alarm | Offcer Checked Building / Checked Okay | Time: 12:29 a.m. | Place: Off Campus
July 9
Aug. 12
Mischief to Elevator | Officer Made Contact With Camp Staff / Verbal Warning Issued | Time: 1:20 p.m. | Place: Humbert Hall
Animal Control | Forwarded to Facilities Management | Time: 1:58 a.m. | Place: Anderson Street Hall
July 16 Posession of Paraphenalia | Forwarded to Community Standards Commitee | Time: 2:35 p.m. | Place: Montgomery Hall
Aug. 14 Assist Campus Living - Investigate for Odor of Marjuana | Officer Checked Building / Unable to Locate Source | Time: 9:39 p.m. | Place: Lucy Rowland Hall
-Editor’s Note: This list represents an abreviated list of all crimes from May 5 until Aug. 21. A full list can be found at on DePauw’s website. SOURCE: PUBLIC SAFETY WWW.DEPAUW.EDU/STUDENTLIFE/CAMPUS-SAFETY/PUBLICSAFETY/ACITIVITY-REPORT/YEAR/2015
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selecting the rest of the committee. “We’re still in the process of selecting a student representative for the search committee,” she said. “The search committee will likely be about 15 people made up of all the different constituencies.” After that point, the committee will be soliciting information as to the qualities desired in DePauw’s next president. Chair of the DePauw Board of Trustees Marshall Reavis, ‘84, like much of the community, was saddened by the news. “But I’m not shocked,” Reavis said. “Most presidents last six and a half or seven years, and he will have been here for eight years at the end of the academic year. So, we’ve had him a little longer than the average, which we’re lucky for.” Reavis knew this would be inevitable. “At some point we were going to have a 20th president,” he said. “Maybe I would have preferred it be a couple years from now, but it is what it is.” The goal is to find the right fit for DePauw and to build on what Casey has done so far. “We’re DePauw people,” Reavis said. “We’re going to move on and build on what he’s done.”
I’ve had rumors about when I was going to leave since the day I started. While Casey was not interested in leaving, he had toyed with the idea after seeing so many of the projects he started coming to an end. “I turned 50 and I remember thinking that it could be time because I had done a lot of the work I had wanted to do here,” he said. Then, at the beginning of the summer, he received a call from Colgate. “It was a remarkably fast search,” Casey said. By comparison, when he went through the process to become DePauw’s president, he met the search committee in October, but the search wasn’t over until February. “This one just went a lot faster,” he said. “A lot of conversations in a very compacted period of time. So all of a sudden it was the summer and then I had to make a decision.” With timing as a key reason, Casey said that “the most important thing for a president with an institution is fit.” “Colgate felt like a very good fit,” he said. “It’s a liberal arts college. I love liberal arts colleges. I get their spirit. I get their character.” Casey also said that being closer to family was a consideration. “It’s also close to home,” he said. “I grew up in that part of the country. I have family that live quite near there.”
The political landscape in Indiana played a small indirect factor in his decision. “Last year was actually hard personally to watch the debates that were raging across the state,” he said. “I do think that moving more to the coast might allow me to have a different life.” Casey, who is openly gay, remembers being concerned about moving from a liberal state to a more conservative one. “What I found when I came to this community [was] a profoundly accepting community,” he said. “The students very quickly indicated that they could care less. They just never had an issue with it, nor did the board.” Casey made the decision to accept the job offer in July and said discussions of going to Colgate did not occur prior to this summer. “I’ve had rumors about when I was going to leave since the day I started,” Casey said.“My first year, I got that question almost constantly. When are you going to leave? I said I just got here.” Money was not a factor. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, these positions pay well. They just do,” he said. “But no, it just felt like it was time to start the next chapter.” To Casey, money should not be a motivating factor for any college president due to the nature of the job. The wrong motivations can make the person unhappy quickly. “These jobs are all encompassing,” Casey said. “It touches every aspect of your life. Twenty-four, seven is a cliche but it goes beyond 24/7. These positions affect where you live, how you live, how you spend your time, who your friends are. I have other people manage every minute of my day.”
“There was less planning conversations involving faculty and staff.” Looking back, there are a million things that he wishes he could have done differently. “I wish that I had either promoted or been more directly involved in an additional number of academic initiatives,” Casey said. “If I think about the first three or four years, so much of it was focused on finances that I wish I had spent more time during that period, maybe on the curriculum, maybe on faculty development, maybe on faculty life.” However, with the financial success that has come under Casey, he says the university can focus on academic improvements. “We’re now in a stronger financial position than at any point since I walked in the door,” he said. “That’s when you can really strengthen the academic side of the house, and I feel that’s going to hurt not seeing it.” That’s not the only thing that has been hard about the decision to leave DePauw. He will miss the people the most and said that he
would get emotional if he talked about that. At yesterday’s faculty institute, Casey cried when addressing the faculty. “We’re just planning the library renovation now and I think it’s going to be exciting, but I won’t see it,” Casey said. “I’ll help plan it and help raise money for it, but I won’t see it. Those are hard things. It’s going to be very emotional for me to not be on the campus when Hoover Hall opens.” However, one of the areas that will be hardest will be changing his opening convocation speech. “A very sad moment will be at opening convocation I say ‘When you’re a senior I will read this charge to you,’ and I can’t say that to them.” DePauw will always hold a special place in Casey’s heart. The day after the Aug. 13 announcement, Casey posted a photo of Anderson Street to his Instagram. “I took this shot and knew I love DePauw,” he wrote on the post. “I always will.”
I love DePauw. I always will. Throughout his time at DePauw, Casey launched the university’s first capital campaign in almost 20 years. As of June, the campaign had raised $225 million of the $300 million goal. The endowment, or the financial assests donated to an institution, as a whole has increased 51 percent since 2009. The purpose is to invest the money and collect the interest to pay the bills of a university. “I arrived in 2008, and the world was slipping into the great recession so the first two years were just really trying to get the institution through brutally challenging financial chapters,” Casey said. “My second year was when the economy just kept going down, so that was 2009-10, those were two of the hardest semesters I’ve ever experienced in my life.” While being president during the stock market crash was a lowlight for Casey, the increase in faculty conversations is one of the highlights of his time at DePauw. “When I came here, I thought that there was a faculty culture that didn’t promote deep conversation about important issues,” he said,
For once not in a suit, President Casey talks with a student at Splash for Cash fundraiser in 2010. Photo courtesy of DePauw University archives.
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Top: Construction continues on Hoover Dining Hall outside and Hubbbard Center inside. Tyler Murphy / The DePauw Bottom: Rendering of the Stewart Plaza / Courtesy of Dick Vance
What do Labor Day, Halloween and move in day all have in common? They’re all prospective completion dates for DePauw construction projects. “I like to use milestones that people can remember,” said Dick Vance, Assistant Vice President of Facilities Management. By this Labor Day weekend, the makeshift wall separating the Union Building Lobby from the new Hubbard Center space will come down. On Halloween of 2016 a party is being planned to introduce Hoover Dining Hall and move in day fall of 2017 will see the Stewart Plaza completed. These are days that university President, Brian Casey, awaits anxiously. “I’m a profoundly impatient person when it comes to buildings,” he said. For Hoover Hall especially, the journey to completion has taken a long and windy road. Vance first hoped to have it ready for student use by fall of 2016, but unforeseen difficulties forced him to rethink that date, and push completion back to Winter Term of that same school year. However, with hard work over the summer the date has been moved up by two months, with completion planned for Halloween. “It’s a fairly intricate building, so I don’t know that we’ll gain much more time, but we will meet October 31,” he promised. Originally, the project was slowed down by cold weather and complicated design. “You’d be ready for a concrete pour and to start placing steel, and then you’d get a snow,” said Vance. Though the cost of project has exceeded expectations, it is being funded entirely by donors, with the lead gift coming from the Hoovers themselves. Vance says that brick will start appearing on the outside of the building within days as construction amps up in these next 14 months.
Meanwhile, just a few steps away in the Union building, a construction wall hides the rapidly progressing Hubbard Center from view. “There’s currently a wall behind a wall,” Vance said. But while the wall currently visible is blocking the view, the wall being built will do just the opposite. “It’s full of glass, and there are glass doors so it will be very transparent and very obvious that this is the Hubbard Center. The transparency is really important,” said Vance. In tangent with the Hubbard Center construction, a small update was made to the McDermond Center, which will now be connected to the Hubbard Center. “New floors and walls—no more of that old green carpet,” Vance said. A staircase has also been added to that side of the building, which will connect the first and second floors to the Hub. Upstairs, the Daeske Boardroom has retained its integrity, and interview rooms are outfitted with new furniture and ready to go for use by visiting interviewers and students who require special services during finals time. Once Hoover is completed, the changes to the Union Building will start to feel more drastic. “I think of the projects as being interrelated,” Casey said. With Hoover as the main dining hall, the dining servery and parking dock will be torn down, creating a space that will be as wide as Ubben quad, according to Vance. This space, which will be known as Stewart Plaza, will allow a direct view of East College from Bowman Park. “There really was no link between Bowman Park and East College— physically or visibly,” Vance said. Casey is especially excited about this phase of the building projects. “I just know that the whole campus is going to feel like it has a center and a crossroads and everyone is going to run into everybody. I just know it’s going to chemically change the institution,” he said. With the Hoover Hall and the Plaza in place, the Hub itself will change from a dining hall to a multipurpose
student lounge. With couches, soft seating and maybe even a “portable stage” according to Vance. “A student space in the student union—imagine that,” he added of the plans for the Hub. Aside from the big projects in the central part of campus, smaller projects have been completed over the summer or are in the works. A change to the roads surrounding Peeler will create more parking, while the new partnership with Hendrick’s Regional Health has necessitated updates to the health clinic in Hogate Hall. “Now there are two clinics instead of one,” Vance said, citing the need for privacy in the form of separate entrances now that both students and faculty and staff will be using the clinic. However, this is merely a holdover measure until an entirely new clinic can be built, probably on the North side of campus as a way to bridge the divide between DePauw’s campus and downtown Greencastle. Though the completion of these projects is something Vance looks forward to with unmitigated excitement—“This doesn’t feel like work to me,” he said—for Casey it is more bittersweet. “The fact that I won’t actually be here the day they cut the ribbon and welcome people into Hoover Hall, that will be a hard day for me on a very, very personal level,” Casey said. Though he won’t be president by the time the construction is completed, the efforts he has made towards beginning the projects will make the temptation to return to look the newly renovated campus over might prove too much to resist. “What I might do, sometime in the near future, is to slip on campus and put a baseball cap on and look at the projects,” he said, “Then I’ll get in my car and drive off.”
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Human rights activist to take the stage in the first Ubben Lecture of the academic year BY MADISON DUDLEY
news@thedepauw.com She crossed a frozen river and three mountains to freedom, watched her mother be assaulted by human traffickers and buried her father without having time to grieve. Now, she will cross the stage in the Green Center for the Performing Arts’ Kresge Auditorium to share her story and a message of freedom to all people of the world. Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector who just wrote her first book called “In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom.” It comes out on Sept. 29; six days later, on Oct. 5, she will be speak at DePauw University as the first Ubben Lecturer of the 2015-2016 academic year. The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series began in 1986 and showcases approximately four speakers every year. The lecture series strives to bring world leaders to DePauw and has welcomed individuals of varying backgrounds from politicians to athletes. The lectures are free to all, including the Greencastle community. Past Ubben lecture speakers include: talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Margret Thatcher, former president of the United States Bill Clinton and scientist and activist Jane Goodall. “Her background story is so rich, it’s so human,” said Ken Owen, executive director of media relations at DePauw. He is excited for Park to speak as a part of the lectureship and feels she will bring important conversation to the community. “It’s very rare that we are confronted with someone who has lived it,” he said. Owen schedules the Ubben lectures every year, and said that this year will be special, with the next speaker already being planned for later in the fall semester. “I don’t want the Ubben lecture series to be one thing,” he said. “‘Mix it up’ is the goal.” Yeonmi Park serves as a human rights activist and will talk about her experience with the horrors of human trafficking and her quest for freedom. She was a featured speaker at the Oslo Freedom Forum and the One Young World Summit in Dublin and is on the BBC’s list of the “Top 100 Global Women.” Park will speak at DePauw one day after her 22nd birthday, making her the youngest Ubben speaker in the program’s history. She will be the first lecturer from Northeast Asia and the first whose topic is human rights since Paul Rusesabagina, the inspiration for the film “Hotel Rwanda.” “I think it is really great that she is coming when the book comes out and she is going to get some attention,” Owen said.
Parking fee nearly doubles for students TDP STAFF REPORTS
news@thedepauw.com Though the some of the lowest gas prices in years have made driving more affordable across the nation, here at DePauw things aren’t looking quite so inexpensive. Over the summer, DePauw University increased the cost of parking on campus for students by $35, which is almost double the previous price. In the past, students have paid $40 per school year for a parking permit that gives them access to parking in all university owned spots allocated to students. This is significantly less than other comparable universities across the United States. “We did benchmarking with similar institutions…and we were drastically below the benchmark,” said Director of Public Safety Angie Nally. Although the fee for obtaining a parking permit increased, fees for parking citations have remained the same. The newfound revenue will go to continuing to improve safety on campus. “The revenue for the parking permits will go into a budget for security measures,” Nally said. “It will be overseen by the Public Safety Advisory Board.” These security measures could include security cameras or new signage. The number of parking spaces generally available to the student body will also remain the same.
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Lighthearted play’s producers hope to entice students to theatre BY LILLY BURBA
features@thedepauw.com Like some students on this campus, the protagonists of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” make a promise to each other that their studies will be their highest priority; however, like many such promises, theirs falls apart when love comes into the picture. Presenting a casual Shakespeare production to kick off the year for the third year in a row, the Shakespeare in the Park players here at DePauw will be presenting the Bard’s comedy “Love’s Labour’s Lost.” About a dozen students, joined by a professor or two, will be taking to the stage for this lighthearted performance. Faculty advisor Andrew Hayes said the tradition of this event began when a DePauw theatre student wanted to produce a play outside the four larger main stage productions put on by the theatre department each year. “I think that it is entirely student-run
makes this a really fun production for the students involved,” Hayes said. The production is produced and directed by DePauw students. Previously, a single student had undertaken this role each year, but this year, junior Maggie Furtner and sophomore Jerica Bean are sharing the task, which Hayes believes will have positive
show,” Furtner said. Senior Alison Howard added that “this is one of the lesser-known Shakespeare comedies, so it was a good way to expand students’ knowledge of his various plays.” Furtner and Bean said they hope this show will attract people to the different theatre opportunities that DePauw has to offer. The show is sponsored by the Duzer Du chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, a theatre honors society. “This group likes to spotlight students who want to produce their own shows,” said Howard, Duzer Du copresident with Furtner. Some are put together on shorter notice, but since this one is a tradition, the group was more prepared to produce it. “Love’s Labour’s Lost” will be performed in the Theta Gardens (the green space on Locust Street between the two wings of the GCPA) on Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public, and there will be hamburgers, hot dogs and other food served prior to the show.
“We hope this show will attract people to the different theatre opportunities that DePauw has.” -Maggie Furtner impacts on the production. Hayes said he is involved mostly just to help with reserving the space. He said the majority of the planning and execution, even down to what play it will be, is in the hands of the students. “We chose to put on “Love’s Labour’s Lost” because we wanted to start out the year with a fun and silly
The play will take place in the Theta Gardens outside the GCPA.
DePauw Theatre Main Stage Productions 2015-16 Spamalot, October 1-4
Arcadia, November 19-22 Seminar, January 31-February 3 Original Plays by DePauw Student Playwrights, April 14-17
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Free music festival to take place in downtown Greencastle BY TYLER MURPHY
features@thedepauw.com Almost Home Restaurant marked it’s 20th year of being in the Square in 2010. With that in mind, owner Gail Smith decided to celebrate. That celebration turned into a music festival that is growing in population and with talent. This year, Almost Home’s 25th year in business, they plan to throw their biggest party so far. On Saturday, Aug. 29, the sixth annual Greencastle Music Fest will take place from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the square, with an after show in the restaurant’s bar, The Swizzle Stick. The streets on the Square will be blocked off to cars for the event and will be free to the public. Though a bit jittery, Smith is excited. “It scares the bejeezus out of me,” Smith said, “but I can’t wait.” The event will feature three live bands, the Louisville Crashers, who have been featured on Jay Leno and Conan, local musician Tad Robinson’s band Soul Bus and Ellusion, a returning favorite. Smith saw the Louisville Crashers, fittingly enough, in Louisville more than two years ago and knew right then and there that she wanted them for her festival. She booked them that night. The MacDaddys will be playing in
the after show. “[They’re] one of our favorites,” said Smith. While the bands have their own original tunes, they will mainly be playing covers of more popular music. David Hunt, who will be the emcee for the event, said they started planning back in January for the event. “It’s six months away, then three months, then four weeks and now here we are only a week-and-a-half away,” Hunt said. “I feel like the community has said that they want it and enjoy it.” “And we enjoy it,” said Smith, who told us she never really planned to throw it every year, but does it to have a good time and bring the community together. While Smith and Hunt pretty much have done all of the planning on their own, she attributes the event’s success to her staff and close friends. “It takes an army,” said Smith. But Smith is no amateur, as she started the First Fridays on the Square events and continues to help with them today. People travel to the festival as well, according to Smith, and with all of the new changes implemented in the Square over the past few years, she is excited to show off her town. “I feel like we’ve got something to show off now,” said Smith, “and we’re going to celebrate it!”
Gail Smith and David Hunt, the event coordinators, huddle over months of planning in notebooks and binders. Tyler Murphy / The DePauw Smith says a lot of preparation goes into getting things ready the day of the event as well. She herself will be getting there at 7 a.m. when the streets close to start getting ready. The sound aspect, from local business Showtyme Sound, takes all day to set up, and the physical stage takes time as well. But no fear,
the farmers’ market will continue as usual. The event will feature beer gardens, food tents from Almost Home and Myers’ Market, a cornhole tournament, activities for children and something Smith is particularly animated about: a dessert tent. In the past, the event has taken
Check out the bands that will be there
Ellusion has been in the festival before and identifies as coverband / blues / funk / rock / alternative / pop.
Gail Smith saw these guys two years ago in Louisville, Kentucky and booked them for the fest that day.
The MacDaddys will play at the Swizzle Stick after the fest at 11 p.m.
place on DePauw move-in weekend, which Smith says does draw some parents and their incoming first-years to the Square, but she hopes having it the weekend after this time around will increase attendance. “It’s already wall-to-wall,” said Smith, “but we would love to see more DePauw students as well.”
Soul Bus features Tad Robinson, who currently lives in Greencastle, and this show is their debut here.
Photos courtesy of the bands’ Facebook Pages
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Stimpert replaced, exact reasons left unknown to community
Two weeks before students were set to return to campus, members of the DePauw community received the saddening news that President Brian Casey is on his way out at the end of this academic year. However, this is not the only change among DePauw administration that has occurred recently. Larry Stimpert has been removed from the position of vice president of academic affairs (VPAA) and replaced by Anne Harris. Stimpert was part of a nation wide search, while Harris was internally selected. Harris’ appointment to the position of VPAA means that, unlike Stimpert who was chosen by the faculty, the faculty had absolutely no input in the decision. The VPAA works directly under the president and plays an important role in the daily running of the university. This position guides the conversations and policy changes that drastically impact the academics of the university and the day to day life of the faculty. No exact reasoning behind this transition has been provided to the general DePauw community despite inquiries from many people, including the staff at The DePauw. Instead, all that is left is rumors and speculation. As an Editorial Board, we feel that the vague answers provided by the administration are not adequate. Especially given that unlike the other cases of administration personnel changes, this one comes abruptly and right at the end of Casey’s term.
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Cheating in the world of study drugs Taulbee Jackson
What is cheating? How do you define it? If you think it means looking at a test that belongs to another student and copying down exactly what they wrote down word for word, then cheating is just plagiarism. If cheating is the same as someone giving you an old paper, and you using similar content in your own paper, then cheating is just a New Age version of the “Monomyth” (the idea twhat all epic stories are based
on the same structure). But what about study drugs? Is that cheating? Are they brain steroids, or are they just a way for you to stay focused the night before while you’re cramming all that information in your head prior to the test? I think that cheating has to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis when it comes to borrowing papers or “working together” too much, but the idea that abuse of drugs like Adderall, Concerta and Vyvance is a form of cheating raises a more complex set of questions. I personally think that using study drugs is a fair move. In the same way that drinking coffee keeps you awake, study drugs keep you focused. It’s not like taking Adderall bolsters your IQ before a test, because the whole idea is you have to study for the study drugs to work. Therefore, you hold the information in your head, just like you would without study drugs. Whether or not you agree with me, the numbers don’t lie, and 82 percent of all people reading this article have cheated at one point or another (according to Time magazine this past June). As to whether or not taking study drugs are considered cheating, 46 percent of students don’t believe it is, 35 percent think it is
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and another 19 percent aren’t entirely sure what they think of it. Regardless of what anyone says is cheating or not, 69 percent of students have used study drugs to write an essay, and 66 percent of students have used them to cram for tests. The interesting part of the article (which is particularly relevant to DePauw) comes from the fact that students become twice as likely to take study drugs when you are a member of a Greek organization, which 67 percent of all DePauw students are. I’m not necessarily condoning buying and abusing prescription drugs. But a lot of people do it, and statistically speaking, it’s very likely that most people do it on DePauw’s campus. So is it a morally sound thing to do? I believe so. opinions@thedepauw.com -Jackson is a sophomore English Writing major from Cloverdale, Indiana.
What will your DePauw story be? Leeann Sausser
My very first opinion article for The DePauw was on homesickness. I was a freshman terrified of college and working very hard to pretend I wasn’t (honest truth: most freshmen are). I put forth everything I was trying to work through into that one small article. People were concerned for me at the time (which is silly, homesickness is normal) but looking back, everything I said seemed to be a positive way to deal with a drastic life change. I rattled off several suggestions to battle homesickness—talk to people at home, make your dorm room homey, come up with a routine—and then ended with this piece of wisdom: “With the start of September, here’s my advice: start to see yourself as an actual DePauw student. Don’t be afraid to pick a favorite study spot, settle down with a few new friends and find things you like about campus better than home.”
It’s one thing to give advice; it’s another to take it. Oh sure, I found the perfect study spot (it’s Starbucks), met my lifelong best friends (we’re living together again this year), and loved the walkability of Greencastle more than my urban neighborhood (always take the East College route). But I struggled to see myself as a DePauw student those three years ago. What was a DePauw student, anyway? How could I be one? What I didn’t realize was how much I valued my education as much as being with my peers. How I enjoyed a Marvin’s run as much as my classmates. How I took the time to get to know my professors just like the people waiting outside the office’s door. How I loved dorm life as much as the upperclassmen. How I hated on the Hub food only to miss it a year later, an experience we all go through. But most importantly, I didn’t realize how my individual self shaped not what a DePauw student was, but what a DePauw student could be. My tendency to study only a few days before a test instead of weeks in advance works for me; just because it’s not the “usual” way doesn’t make me a bad DePauw student. Neither does my tendency to watch a movie and eat popcorn instead of frat hop Friday nights, or my aversion to Chipotle. I only add to the mix of all DePauw students, a mix that goes beyond a monotone body of like-minded people. A liberal arts education is about learning both inside and outside the classroom. Take the time to get to know other DePauw peers. Find out what they feel makes them a DePauw student.
Observe differences and learn from them. Grow. Share your story and teach them something, too. I’m not saying that changing who you are is a bad thing. I’m saying don’t change just because you think you have to. Change because you’re growing, maturing, learning. Be willing to be shaped by your DePauw experience, let new knowledge affect who you want to be. But do it in a way that always stays true to you. We’re all DePauw students just by being here. So congrats, you’re in! But what kind of a DePauw student you want to be is entirely up to you. There are things that tie us together; that’s how we ended up here in the first place. But we all have our individual gifts that make our university awesome, gifts that shape the DePauw story of our college years. So first years: What will your DePauw story be? And the rest of us: What has your DePauw story become? Together, our stories make us DePauw students. And there’s only more to come. opinions@thedepauw.com -Sausser is a senior English Writing major from Indianapolis.
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New field hockey coach inspires on and off the field BY AUSTIN CANDOR
sports@thedepauw.com Last May, DePauw introduced a new field hockey head coach in Erica Dombkowski. While she brings an impressive track record in Division III Field Hockey to the Tigers program, it’s her life outside the sport that makes Dombkowski one of the busiest coaches on campus. Earlier this week, The DePauw had a chance to sit down with Dombkowski and learn more about her. The DePauw (TDP): How did you come across DePauw? Erica Dombkowski (ED): It was basically in my job search. Being a head coach was the whole goal the whole time. In the job search I just came across DePauw and knew of their success in the past. I was very open to any type of location at the time and basically got an interview pretty quickly. When I came on campus, I fell in love with the school so I was just like, “man, if I got this offer, this is where I’d really want to be.” I thought it was just a great fit. TDP: What have been your overall thoughts of DePauw so far? ED: I’ve been here a month. I tried to get here a little early to settle in and get acquainted with everything. It’s a beautiful campus. It’s definitely a much different school than I’ve been at before… I think the Greek life aspect here is very intriguing. It’s very different for me, but I’m very excited to learn more about it. I love that our students are involved in so many different
things, because I like to be that way too.
TDP: Can you talk about your involvement in Springfield’s program? ED: I had a lot of jobs at Springfield. Like I just said, I liked to be involved immensely. I’m going to be teaching a fitness class, I’m going to be director of intermural sports because I like to be visible to more than just my team. At Springfield, I was a wellness supervisor, I taught yoga in the physical education department, I was the assistant coach / interim head coach, and then I also did an internship at the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). TDP: What was your job at the NESCAC? ED: I basically worked in everything there. I worked mainly under The Director of Media Relations doing lots of weekly releases, voting on player of the week, attending championships and things like that. It’s a very powerful field hockey conference, so I definitely wanted to be involved in that. TDP: You said you’re starting a new fitness class here? ED: I’m teaching a bodypump (full-body conditioning) type class so we’re going to try to introduce it to the fitness population here… It’ll be on Fridays and it’s a low-weight, high rep class and it’s choreographed music, so it should be a lot of fun. Each muscle group is choreographed to a song. It’s just like a fun weightlifting class. If people are savvy on weightlifting or if they’re nervous to try out, bodypump is usually a really good introduction.
Field Hockey Coaching Career:
Assistant Coach at Vassar College, 2010-2011 Assistant Coach at Missouri State, 2011-2013
Interim Head Coach at Springfield College, 2013-2015
TDP: During your time at Springfield, you established a service-like project, “Empower With Pride.” Can you go into more depth about it? ED: Springfield [last winter] was going through a lot of changes with a new president. We got a Vice President of Diversity. So I though it’d be something good to go along with their philosophy to do something to show where athletics stood in that capacity. I rounded up 25 student athletes from seven different teams, and we went to a local elementary school to basically talk about the power of language and how to demonstrate safe and positive language, and how our language can hurt people without us even thinking about it. It’s something that I really value. That two hours that the team has
with me a day is the time I want my team to feel the most safe and the most comfortable and to gain the most confidence, and part of that is using the right pronouns when referring to people or being open to people’s orientation or gender identity—all of those things. I think it’s really important as coaches that we be aware of those things and support it. We’re here for our athletes. TDP: You played field hockey at SUNY Oneonta, a Division III school, and now you’ve coached multiple teams at the D3 level. What’s been your favorite thing about D3 programs? ED: I really appreciate the Division III philosophy of the entire student and developing the whole student. I definitely like that you can
kind of have your cake and eat it too, and just be involved in everything. Athletics is a part of your life, not your entire life. Because, at the end, you’re here to have a lot of experiences. TDP: Coming onto a new team fresh can be challenging. What’s been your way in immersing yourself in a program? ED: It’s a lot more than just status quo. We obviously have a very successful program here that was wonderfully set up by the last coach. The first thing to do was to get to know the team and share my philosophy with them on being a coach, and getting to know them the most and see what stresses them out, see what they respond to. That really set the foundation for what I’m planning to do this season.
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Men’s Football: Bring Back the Bell After finishing third in the NCAC last year, it’s understandable that the Tigers come in at third for the preseason prediction—the team lost to both Wittenberg University and Wabash College last year, which, per usual, are topping the poll. However, Head Coach Bill Lynch is entering his third season, and with him at the helm, the Tigers have yet to hit a peak in progress. But Lynch isn’t the only returning face on this team—the Tigers are returning 19 starters and 41 players total, including the entire offensive line, starting quarterback junior Matt Hunt, and eight defensive starters. “I don’t think people will see that same third place team this year,” said returning widereceiver sophomore Jake Hagan. The goal for every DePauw student is to see the return of the Monon Bell—but the team is looking beyond that. “Our number one goal this year is to win the NCAC,” said right tackle senior Kody Bontreger. “In order to do that, we’re going to have to come out and compete every week. If we accomplish that, it’s likely the conference championship comes down to the Bell game.” With so many returning play makers and the constant reminder that no student on campus has ever seen the Monon Bell come to DePauw, this could be the year that DePauw football finally explodes past that third place
ranking. Key Returning Players: -Junior Quarterback Matt Hunt (58% pass completion and 16 TDs) -Sophomore wide-receiver Jake Hagan (32364-2)* - Senior wide-receiver Connor Jeffers (19-2502)* - Senior running back Amen Galley (684-6)* - Sophomore running back Jack Gruber (3638)* -Junior kicker Marko Adams (100% on extra points and 12-15 on field-goal attempts) Best Case Scenario: With another year under his wide-receivers belts, Hunt exceeds his averages for TDs and pass completion from the past two seasons. The offensive and defensive lines only get stronger, and the team brings back the Monon Bell for the first time in seven years. Worst Case Scenario: The team hovers around its third-place ranking the entire season, losing first to Wittenberg and then to Wabash at home in the final game of the season.
Men’s Cross Country: Passing the Torch and Avoiding the Sophomore Slump While the program lost their two top runners in Will Bond and Noah Gatwood to graduation, there’s no reason the men’s team can’t repeat last year’s performance, if not exceed it. The team will be led by senior captains Brian Mincks and Paul Watts, who was an all-region runner after placing 33rd at last year’s regional. The men improved significantly last season, placing fourth out of ten teams at conference and eighth out of 35 teams at the regional. The team is looking to carry that momentum into this year and shorten the gap between them and rival Wabash College, who has distanced themselves from the Tigers in past years. The team will also
be relying on a strong sophomore class that includes Polo Burguete, Kevin Kenney and Chris Lowry. The x-factor for the Tigers will be the nine incoming freshmen, who can provide the team with serious depth, especially if injuries become a problem down the road. “Our depth is probably as good as it’s been in a long time,” said Head Coach Kori Stroffregen. “It’s just who’s going to step up.” Key Returning Runners: -Senior Paul Watts (PR: 25:11)* -Sophomore Polo Burguete (PR 25:48)* -Sophomore Kevin Kenney (PR: 25:57)*
-Sophomore Chris Lowry (PR: 26:41)* * PR= personal record; men’s races were 8 kilometers Best Case Scenario: Watts and Mincks don’t disappoint as team leaders, the freshmen and sophomore classes provide consistent depth and the team qualifies for nationals. Suddenly, the Tigers find themselves neck and neck with Wabash. Worst Case Scenario: The freshmen struggle in adjusting to the collegiate level and the injury bug bites early. The absences of Bond and Gatwood are felt throughout the season.
Women’s Field Hockey: A Change in Leadership Field hockey is another program that has been consistently successful—a tradition that will continue, despite a change at the Head Coach position. Erika Dombkowski will be taking over after the departure of Gina Wills. Though the change at head coach and the loss of a strong previous senior class might seem like trouble, the returning squad—along with eight freshman who look “fantastic” according to sophomore Reilly Bruce—are prepared to continue working hard. Some top returners include first-team all-NCAC senior Grace Goodbarn, and second team all NCAC sophomore Sophomore Maddy Burds and junior Annie Wyman. “With a new head coach and assistant coach it will be a learning process for everyone, but our team is up to the challenge and ready to work,” Bruce said. The team is composed of smart, hard workers—as shown by their National Academic Team Award last year. “Our team is very balanced and we all have different strengths to support others weaknesses,” Bruce said. The team plans to make it further than last year, after finishing the season in a disappointing loss to Denison University in the semifinals of the NCAC tournament—a team they had beaten earlier in the year. Key Returning Players: -Senior Grace Goodbarn (six goals, six assists) -Senior Colleen Conway (ten goals, one assist) -Sophomore Samantha Carlin (seven goals, zero assists) -Sophomore Maddy Burds (two goals, one assist) Best Case Scenario: Dombkowski picks up where Willis left off and shines in her first year as head coach. The team once again goes deep into the postseason, only they take the next step and win the tournament. Worst Case Scenario: Players have trouble adjusting to Dombkowski’s coaching style. While the program has enough talent to make it to the playoffs, lack of communication leads to an early exit for the team.
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Women’s Cross Country: Avoiding the Injury Bug Depth and talent won’t be the issue for the women’s team. It’ll be their health. While the team was completely healthy last fall, injuries plagued juniors Becca Conley and Lois Miller, who will also be one of the team’s captains this year. To make matters worse, the team’s top runner and senior captain, Heather O’Brien, has been dealing with feet problems during summer training. “She just has poor feet, they’re not structurally really strong,” said Head Coach Kori Stroffregen. But injury issues aside, last year’s finish for the women was almost identical to the men’s team. After also placing fourth in conference, the women finished seventh at the regional. With having lost only one senior in Hope Jordan, the team has talent throughout. Backed by O’Brien and a strong junior class, the Tigers are looking to match the men’s team by making it out of the regional.
Key Returning Runners: -Senior Heather O’Brien (PR: 18:36 for 5K, 22:11 for 6K)* -Junior Lois Miller (PR: 19:15 for 5K, 23:21 for 6K)* * Women’s races are run in either five kilometers or six kilometers Best Case Scenario: The team stays healthy throughout the season, and, like the boy’s team, makes it out of the regional. Worst Case Scenario: Injuries carry over from track season, keeping O’Brien and many of the junior class from setting PRs. The Tigers fail to build on last season’s finish, and find themselves behind the eight ball for conference and regionals.
Women’s Tennis: No Senior Swan Songs The women’s team has quietly become one of DePauw’s most consistent sports teams. The Tigers have won the NCAC Conference tournament four years in a row. But without any seniors this season (the team graduated six), the team finds itself in a challenging yet manageable position. Juniors Gretchen Wilder and Maddie Lee are more than capable of stepping up as leaders. The biggest goal for the team will be developing chemistry early, as there will be eight freshmen coming into the program. The Tigers will be looking to build off last year’s strong season, when the team went an overall 16-9. A smooth transition into DePauw tennis for the freshmen will go a long way in working to make this season no different from the last four. “I think a lot of our competition will be wondering what kind of team we will have or the upcoming [fall and spring] seasons,” Wilder said. If the team is able to come together this year and adjust to the changes, the tennis program should be strong for a good while.
Key Returning Players: -Junior Gretchen Wilder (7-3 at singles, 5-4 at doubles) -Junior Maddie Lee (11-7 at singles, 4-2 at doubles) -Junior Morgan Cohen (3-4 at singles, 2-5 at doubles) Sophomore Alyssa Senevirante (4-5 at singles, 2-3 at doubles) Best Case Scenario: Wilder and Lee play and lead like seniors and the team clicks. The Tigers make a statement and take the DePauw Invitational, their first match of the season, showing teams they’re capable of winning without their seniors. Worse Case Scenario: Despite the players’ efforts to take on new roles, they can’t make up for the loss of six seniors. The team struggles to find their groove throughout the fall season, and their hopes of continuing their success in the NCAC tournament are thrown into doubt. The team heads into winter with a lot to work on.
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DePauw Volleyball is coming off a successful last two years that both ended in making it to the NCAA tournament. However, those two seasons—according to junior hitter Elisabeth Wilson—were just stepping stones to get where the Tigers are now. “The team looks absolutely amazing. I think this is one of our strongest preseasons yet. My personal prediction is that we will go farther than any other DePauw Volleyball team,” Wilson said. A bold call by Wilson, but the team is returning three all-NCAC players—including setter Faith Rowles, who also received an All-American Honorable Mention last
year and spent the summer with Wilson playing volleyball in Brazil for Team USA. Senior Keely McGrath is also back for her senior season. Sophomore Haley Bitzer, coming into her second preseason, also can feel it’s going to be a big year. “Our main goal is to prove ourselves as a huge national competitor and to seriously challenge some of the teams that finished to a higher rank last year.” Key Returning Players: -Senior Setter Faith Rowles (1.41 kills/set, 9.68 assists/set, 2.18 digs/set ) -Junior Middle Hitter Elizabeth Wilson
(2.47 kills/set, 0.07 assists/set, 0.64 digs/ set) -Senior Keely McGrath (0.05 kills/set, 0.42 assists/set, 5.28 digs/set) Best Case Scenario: Wilson, Rowles and McGrath compete like the all-NCAC players they are, and the team finds itself even deeper in the postseason. Worst Case Scenario: The team returns to the NCAA Division III tournament, but doesn’t make it past the second round, where they also lost last year. Solely advancing to the tournament is no longer good enough.
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For DePauw football, wins haven’t President Casey’s led to more fans top 4 moments in BY JACOB LYNN DePauw Sports sports@thedepauw.com
Last season’s 7-3 record was the best that DePauw’s football program had put together since a nine-win campaign in 2010. Yet DePauw’s average attendance was their worst since the school started recording the numbers in 1998. For the first time since records were kept, the Tigers averaged less than a thousand fans at their home games. “We love to have big crowds and great student support,” Head Coach Bill Lynch said. “That makes for a great event.” Yet for some reason, the attendance numbers took a dive last year. DePauw football games used to be a hot ticket in Greencastle. In recent history, as in 2011 when the team won only four games, the Tigers averaged almost 3,700 fans per game, their highest mark since the numbers began to be recorded. Lynch cites the large number of events on campus as the reason Blackstock Stadium isn’t packed each Saturday. On any given fall Saturday, there
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could be soccer or field hockey games taking place at Reavis Stadium and events from the School of Music taking place on campus. Philanthropy events and club meetings also contribute to filling up students’ time. “We’ve got so many positive things going out there right now besides just football,” Lynch said. “Between men’s and women’s soccer [and] women’s field hockey.” Then there’s the problem that arises when the Tigers play at home during Fall Break. With one home game taking place during the weeklong break, attendance numbers drop off significantly for the Tigers. Students cite a lack of school spirit as to why they don’t attend, however. “I guess I don’t go because no one really goes,” junior Grace Cusack said. “All my friends stay out at the tailgate, and then when that gets shut down, we either go into the game for a little or go back home. I would go if there was more school spirit, but even in the game no one’s really cheering or anything.” “I would probably be more likely to go if there were more school spirit,” junior Oliver Mauk agreed. Yet there seems to be no correlation
between DePauw wins and more fans in the Blackstock bleachers. In their three losing seasons since 1998, the Tigers have averaged almost 2,600 fans at games, a good mark for a team playing in a stadium with seats down only one sideline. When the Tigers are winning, however, even fewer fans show up. In their last 14 winning seasons, the average attendance at Blackstock has been just 2,323 fans at games. The numbers are also skewed by events centered around football. As a general rule, games on Old Gold Weekend and Family Weekend are some of the most attended on the schedule. And then every other year when the Monon Bell Game is played in Greencastle, the number of fans in the stands jumps up sometimes as high as 8,000. But for some reason, people aren’t attending Tiger games on regular Saturdays. On Senior Day a year ago, in the midst of DePauw’s best season in three years, just 575 fans came out to see the Tigers trounce Hiram College 45-12. As the team continues its rise, we’ll see if the attendance numbers make a turn and follow suit.
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sports@thedepauw.com In addition to improvements in the financial and academic realms, DePauw’s athletic program has had success during President Casey’s time at DePauw. From a women’s basketball national championship to opening a state-of-the-art workout facility, athletics have been a big part of Casey’s tenure. Here’s a list of President Casey’s four favorite sports moments.
4. Field Hockey advances to the Final 4 in 2012
After knocking off Utica College in overtime in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the Tigers faced a tough matchup with undefeated Middlebury College with a trip to the Final Four on the line. The Tigers fell behind by a goal in the first half, but, then sophomore Maggie Campbell scored the equalizer with less than three minutes to play. Five minutes into overtime it was Paige Henry, then a sophomore, who found the back of the net to clinch the win and DePauw’s first trip to the NCAA Semifinals.
3. Softball makes a run in the NCAA tournament
DePauw softball got hot at the right time last season. The Tigers stormed through the NCAC tournament defeating Denison University three times along the way to capture the conference title. DePauw kept things going in the NCAA tournament, winning their first three games before dropping the first game of the Super Regional in extra innings to Moravian College. The women rebounded, however, winning the final two games to advance to the Division III Finals. After splitting their first two games, DePauw eventually bowed out, getting no-hit by Linfield College.
2. His first (and only) Monon Win
President Casey hasn’t had the best of luck with the Monon Bell Game during his time at DePauw. His overall record in the game is 1-6, and he hasn’t seen the Bell since his first year in Greencastle in 2008. Spurred on by a 20-point second quarter, the Tigers rolled over the Little Giants in a 36-14 blowout. The DePauw win handed Wabash its first loss of the season and helped the Tigers put together back-to-back eight win seasons for the first time since 1981-82.
1. Huffman and the Tigers cutting down the nets
It’s fitting that the only national championship of his tenure is in the top spot on President Casey’s list. After going undefeated in regular season play, the Tigers won all three games of the NCAC tournament and advanced to the NCAA’s. DePauw hung on to defeat Williams College by three in the Final Four, and then took the whole thing with a 69-51 win over The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the championship game.