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DePauw receives $25 million for with Fitz & the Trantrums new dining hall, scholarship fund Dave and Suzanne Hoover ’67 donate towards key part of DePauw's 2020 Campus Plan

Indie pop/soul group Fitz & The Tantrums will perform in Bowman Park on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF KEN OWEN

By JIM EASTERHOUSE news@thedepauw.com

This Saturday, Bowman Park will be livelier than the usual recreational soccer and mud paths for students on campus. Fitz & The Tantrums, a nationally known indie pop/ soul group, will perform at 7 p.m. as a part of the university’s 175th anniversary celebration.

Hailing from Los Angeles, this pack of performers has a revolutionary taste.

With lead singer Michael Fitzpatrick and wing-woman Noelle Scaggs, the group brings Motown’s soul feel to a modern indie pop atmosphere.

In the past year, Fitz & The Tantrums has become a national showcase, touring major festivals across the country, including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella, FireFly and many more.

Their debut album, “Picking Up the Pieces,” received wide support from coast to coast. Ann Powers, music critic

of the Los Angeles Times, wrote, "Fitz & the Tantrums is the kind of band that communicates best in concert, but this album serves as a fine proxy and partystarter."

In addition, Vogue Daily credited Fitz & The Tantrums as being the “HardestWorking Band” in June of 2011.

The DePauw spoke with bassist Joe Karnes about the band’s sophomore record, traveling and much more.

The DePauw: “Pickin’ Up The Pieces” was a standout hit and received a lot of great publicity. You guys have a new album, still unnamed, coming out soon.

Frontman Michael Fitzpatrick described it as “a little less retro, a little more modern,” as an expectation to Rolling Stone in April. What’s your take on the sophomore record?

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The rough sketches of the 2020 Campus Plan layout of Bowman Park, Hoover Hall, Union Building, East College lawn and Burkhart Walk. PHOTO COURTESY OF JONATHAN COFFIN

By JOSEPH FANELLI and ELLEN KOBE news@thedepauw.com

The university announced Thursday that Dave Hoover ’67 and Suzanne Hoover ’67 donated a $25 million gift to be used for the creation of a new dining hall and an existing scholarship funds.

It broke a university record as the largest single gift in one day, according to President Brian Casey.

Sixteen million dollars of the donation will contribute to the construction of R. David and Suzanne A. Hoover Hall, a key part of DePauw’s 2020 Campus Master Plan. The new dining hall will be located on East College lawn between the Union Building and Burkhart Walk.

The Hoovers imagine Hoover Hall as a campus focal point that will allow the Union Building to repurpose itself as a place for offices committed to student life and career

planning.

“I would like to think that it’s a place in the center of campus that will create community, that people will enjoy because it’s a nice place to get together not just for meals, but for more meetings and events,” Dave said. “Hopefully, it will enrich the experience students have here.”

But the new dining hall is also an attempt to provide space for faculty who might find the already overcrowded space intimidating.

Casey stressed that donations like this do not happen suddenly — he spoke with the Hoovers almost weekly for the past year and a half about this donation.

Since the 2020 Campus Master Plan was approved by the board of trustees, the couple was intrigued about the

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Ascena moves in, fashion bug moves out

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Hoover | continued from page 1 possibility of the new dining hall, Casey said.

But getting the funding is the only beginning.

Casey said that next several months will consist of conversations between himself, the Hoovers and Dick Vance — associate vice-president for facilities — about the best way to construct the dining hall.

He said an architectural firm will not be selected until the end of this fall and that there is a chance the university might break ground next summer.

Casey predicted that the total cost of Hoover Hall will be $20 million and says the university is having conversations with two or three other donors about designating smaller spaces within the building.

The current eating space — the Union Building — will become offices for the myriad of departments that already work within the building, including the Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities Office. Casey said the idea is for the space to become “a place where students can plan their lives.”

The university has not yet received enough gifts to enact those changes to the building, according to Casey. The Hoover’s donation will cover about 75 percent of the cost.

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Late last week, soon after the opening of the new Starbucks and the new bookstore, Ascena Retail Group announced they will relocate their online commerce distribution center to Greencastle.

Ascena Retail Group, owners of several clothing stores such as Maurice’s, dressbarn and Justice, bought out Charming Shoppes’. Charming Shoppes’ owns several plus-sized women’s clothing stores under the name of Catherine’s, Lane Bryant and Fashion Bug. New jobs will be created in Greencastle to meet expansion, production and distribution needs of the company.

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Ascena Retail Group plans to expand upon the purchase they acquired from Charming Shoppes’. As a result of this relocation, jobs will be brought to Greencastle, which Brad Kelsheimer, vice president for Financial Affairs, says, will indirectly affect the university.

“A healthy Greencastle is a healthy DePauw,” Kelsheimer said pointing to the importance of a strong economy in Greencastle. “It helps recruit students, faculty and staff and improves the experience for students.”

Kelsheimer supports this claim by pointing to the fact that increased retail opportunities provide a greater incentive to have not only students come to DePauw, but also other professors.

“If you compare us against some other college towns that have a stronger

economic base,” he said. “You’ll see more opportunities, more options for students.”

Although there has not been news of a store, freshman Catherine Smith thinks that the relocation is a good thing.

“I think it’s good that Greencastle is expanding and starting to get bigger companies coming to it, especially since it is so small,” she said.

Mayor Susan Murray shares Kelsheimer’s optimism for the relocation.

“It’s an amazing thing,” Murray said.

Ascena Retail Group had several incentives to relocate to Greencastle, specifically tax breaks both from Putnam County and the state of Indiana if they hire workers from this area.

Casey said the Hoover’s donation of the dining hall is based on their enthusiasm and love for the university, the students and the faculty. “[The Hoovers] are not just interested in putting their name on a building,” Casey said.

The remaining $9 million will go towards the couple’s existing need-based financial aid scholarship fund, the R. David and Suzanne A. Hoover Endowed Scholarship Fund.

When Dave was a student at DePauw, he had a scholarship of $800 per year. “[My scholarship] was the difference between going to a state school in Indiana and DePauw,” Dave said. “I’m not sure I would have come here otherwise.”

Sara Scully, student government president, attended the announcement of the donation at President Casey’s house Thursday evening and said that everyone in the room was “incredibly excited.”

“Students are going to be really grateful for this amazingly generous gift and what it will do to bring campus together,” she said.

Casey emphasized that this donation is only the beginning of what he hopes will be many donations to complete the university’s capital campaign.

“Hopefully, over next two years we will find do-

However, Mayor Murray points to another incentive that made Greencastle appealing.

“They have a strong, reliable work force here,” she said.

Yet, the timing of the multiple economic ventures in Greencastle is merely a coincidence.

“There’s a lot of momentum in Greencastle and Putnam County right now,” Kelsheimer said.

But Murray said there’s always room for improvement.

“Economic development is something you work on all the time,” Murray said.

Despite this economic gain for Greencastle, the Fashion Bug will close, according to Murray and a sales associate in the Greencastle store.

Dave and Suzanne Hoover with President Brian Casey in May 2012. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

nors interested in highest priorities of campaign,” he said. “This is certainly not the last.”

Dave is a past chair of the university’s Board of Trustees and is currently co-chairing the university’s committee for its current capital campaign. He is a director of Boulder Community Hospital and Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Suzanne is a former teacher and President of the Muncie Community School Corporation Board of Directors.

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ESPN founder touts value of liberal arts

By ALEX PAUL news@thedepauw.com

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swapped — the fourth played before the third.

“No one called in,” Rasmussen said of the incident.

Since then ESPN has gained the rights to 52 percent of the sports market having ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U, ESPN Classic, ESPN 3D, ESPN Radio and airs Monday Night Football. Disney now owns ESPN and it accounts for 45 percent of its total revenue.

Despite rejection from seven of eight investors, and a $9,000 advance on his personal credit card to finance the network, Rasmussen never doubted himself or the product. Finally Getty Oil invested in ESPN. “I didn’t have to [doubt] because I knew I was going to succeed,” Rasmussen said. “I was a real optimist. We kept going.”

The national basketball championship game in 1980 between Larry Bird’s Indiana State and Magic Johnson’s Michigan State influenced the great success of the company. ESPN had the rights to the game, and the demand for live sports increased.

“The power of the fan made ESPN,” Ras-

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mussen said.

Rasmussen graduated from DePauw in 1954 with a degree in economics. After graduation, Rasmussen served in the United States Air Force, then earned his M.B.A. from Rutgers University.

“It’s a classic example of a liberal arts education,” said Page Cotton DePauw’s former Athletic Director. “You don’t learn that in one class.”

Cotton said he listens to ESPN radio while in his car on his satellite radio.

Junior Paul Mpistolarides attended the lecture and said he typically watches Sports Center 15 minutes before class every day.

“I thought it was cool hearing a speaker that the focus was he took a huge risk at something,” Mpistolarides said.

This week and next, Rasmussen will give talks and be available to meet with students.

“From a recruiting stand point he is important,” said David Bohmer, director of the Media Fellow Program. “The subliminal message is: see what can happen if you come to DePauw.”

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DePauw students looking to travel throughout Putnam County now have another option besides begging friends for a ride — and, that new service is free to students.

Community Ride, a free shuttle service to provide students with rides to community services opportunities in the Putnam County area, has been operating on campus since early September.

Gigi Jennewein, coordinator of community service and outreach, helped bring this service to campus after she recognized how many students wanted to do community service but did not have transportation.

“That was especially a problem with first-year students that I noticed last year and it was a problem with international students, as well,” Jennewein said.

A number of organizations have already begun using Community Ride, including the Bonner Scholar program, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Civic Fellows. The service has taken students to locations such as the Greencastle Middle School and Cloverdale.

Program Assistant of the Bonner Scholar Program and DePauw Community Service, Chris Klinger, said that “it is essential and crucial for these students to get out into the community.” She explains that the Bonner Scholars, for example, have service hours they must complete every single week — which was amlost impossible for the car-less.

A few years ago, students had the opportunity to rent vehicles from the Hartman Service Vehicles as long as they had a valid driver’s license, Jennewein said. However, the changed policy a couple years ago to only allow students who are 21 years old or older to rent the vehicles. This new ruling prevents most underclassmen from renting.

Transportation Coordinator Elyssa DiRaffaele became especially interested in Community Ride because she understands how difficult it can be to not have a car on campus but want to participate in organizations’ activities.

“I thought this was a really great way to promote more community service outside of campus,” DiRaffaele said.

Jennewein and Klinger are optimistic that knowledge of the service is expanding across campus as more organizations and even greek houses are recognizing the service’s usefulness.

“Students are really happy about it because it’s getting them to where they want to be and providing all sorts of new opportunities,” Klinger said.

The university-funded service currently runs Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

In order to use this program, students must email communityride@depauw.edu at least 48 hours before they need a ride to a service or academicrelated opportunity.

The program has three drivers but is looking for more hires. Drivers must be at least 21 years of age and eligible for work-study in order to apply.

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Bill Rasmussen ‘54, founder of ESPN, spoke at Kresge Auditorium Thursday night. ASHLEY ISAAC / THE DEPAUW

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Dick Vitale, ESPN correspondent, introduced Bill Rasmussen ‘54 to a crowded Kresge Auditorium Thursday night via video call.

“I thank him every day. He’s given me a heck of a living and a heck of a life,” Vitale said. “He’s awesome baby!”

Rasmussen, who is now 82, stood for 40 minutes retelling how he created ESPN. Charisma spilled out of his mouth from the moment he took the stage.

“Too bad Dick doesn’t have any enthusiasm in his voice,” Rasmussen joked of the notoriously excitable Vitale.

ESPN rose up from having eight employees when it first aired September 7, 1979 to employ some of the most recognizable faces in sports reporting: Chris Berman and Stewart Scott. ESPN’s campus now sits on 127 acres of land with the original building and satellite, which no longer functions.

Rasmussen stuck to the business model of FACTS: Financing, Advertising, Content, Technology and Subscribers.

To get prospective buyers to purchase ESPN into their homes Rasmussen created a graphic demonstrating how the newlyformed cable would get from the satellite to their homes. Green and red light, moving through tubes on a black screen conveyed the process.

“They even signed up. Can you believe that?” Rasmussen said. “I think third graders now can make better graphics than that.”

In the early days, things didn’t always run smoothly.

“One thing he didn’t mention was the early programming was just awful,” John Long ‘70 said. “There was sheep herding, third and forth rate tennis tournaments, obscure European sports.”

ESPN could not air games they taped that day until 10 p.m. Back when games were stored on video tapes, production workers had to physically place the tapes into the receiver to broadcast. Once, the third and fourth quarter tapes were

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Bike rental program attracts over fifty users

By MEDJINE NZEYIMANA news@thedepauw.com

The community bikes are docked behind Asbury Hall Thursday afternoon. The Community Bike program was launched last Saturday. HOANG NGUYEN/THE DEPAUW

Fitz | continued from page 1 TDP: While on tour, you have opened up for a Fitz & The Tantrums: The album is currently delayed, as we’re finishing touches to try to make it as good as possible. It should be out early winter, but not sure yet. [Fitzpatrick’s description] is very accurate. Recording it has been very great.

Over the past two years we’ve had these instrumentations with piano and organ and sax and vocals. We have to expand on that to diversify production. We’ll do so, even with some guitar.

What we’re trying to do is serve the new songs that we’re writing. If the song needs a different sound, we will set up to find it and not limit ourselves. All in all, it has a wide variety of moods and melodies. Definitely more 80’s influence than the last one.

lot of well-known artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper, Grace & The Nocturnals, Maroon 5 and many more. Has this helped the development and progression of the band?

F&T: There is a professionalism that is so nice to see. Take Dave Matthews Band, they’ve been doing it for 20 years with the same amount of passion in every single show. It’s a huge inspiration to play anywhere as long as that. You never stop giving 110 percent.

TDP: How would you describe the overall style and message that Fitz & The Tantrums represents to someone who doesn’t know the band very well?

On Saturday Sept. 29 the Management Fellows and the Office of Sustainability hosted the commencement of DePauw’s free bike rental program.

Students, faculty and community members utilized the bikes almost immediately. Approximately 40-50 individuals registered on Saturday, and four to five more on Monday, according to the Assistant Sustainability Director Anthony Baratta.

The sustainability intern, Ali Pistoia, shared their excitement.

“There were a lot of students there, which is what we like to see since [this program] is on DePauw’s campus.

We’re glad they had the courage to try it out,” Pistoia said.

A fair number of domestic and international students were present at the event, as noted by the Sustainability Director Carol Steele.

Registration and sign out for the bikes is available everyday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the Walden Inn. A tiger card or credit card, as well as another form of ID are needed for registration. Bikes can be signed out for 24 hours and are available for renewal. Late fees may apply and a renter is responsible for any damaged or stolen bikes, which can be charged to a student’s account.

The bikes were purchased locally from Covered Bridge Cyclery, located on the Putnam County Courthouse Square in downtown Greencastle, as noted by Gary Lemon, director of the Management Fellows Program.

The bike program spent $8,000 for 20 bikes, which were purchased with the aid of local sponsors such as Casa Grande, People Pathways and DePauw University. An endowed fund has also been set up for minimal repairs.

Upon reflection, Lemon expressed one regret.

“I wish the group of seniors who created the program would have gotten a chance to actually ride the bikes.

Unfortunately, the biggest challenge was getting the bikes here. The devil was in the details.”

F&T: The sound is definitely a soul-influenced indie pop. There is some bass and soul for indie pop fans — all elements in there. Eighties pop is in there with the melodies, with a indie-rock quality approach to it. It’s a lot more, even without guitars, of a rock element. We’re definitely trying to make a new sound using older idioms — 80’s and such — and then put them together to make a new musical dialogue. Don’t want to be a straight of electrical band, want to be found to make something new.

TDP: What made DePauw appetizing for you and the rest of the band to play at?

F&T: Our booking agent came to us and mentioned it. We love playing at universities. We love the crowds and the response they bring. Greencastle is in a great spot in Indiana right by Bloom-

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ington and Indianapolis, too. We’re really looking forward to the show. Hopefully we can all have a really fun time together.

TDP: You guys had a truly unique experience of intertwining politics and music by playing an acoustic set during “Occupy Wall Street.” How did the band benefit from such an engaging outing?

F&T: We went down there, did a little capella of “MoneyGrabber” and “Dear Mr. President.” We were concerned about that whole thing and being there really resonated the most with us. It’s something that everyone can get behind. That’s what the whole movement was about. It was a real pleasure to give a voice to people on Wall Street to know they have a little more responsibility. Give people a break for a second.

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On ethics, the universe and Mayan cosmovision

By JACLYN ANGLIS features@thedepauw.com

Amidst murmurs of Spanish conversation from the audience in the dimly lit Watson Forum, Carlos Escalante, a Mayan elder, spiritual leader and educator, stood confidently behind the podium.

Escalante, better known as Don Carlitos, spoke in Spanish about the concept of Mayan cosmovision and its application to the 21st century at on Tuesdays evening. Alejandro Puga, DePauw assistant professor of Spanish, translated the presentation into English.

Mayan cosmovision is an explanation about the development of the universe.

“The ethical, philosophical and mystical arguments of the vision of the world and of the life of Mayan culture can be found in different sacred texts, especially in the Pop Wuj,” Carlitos said, as translated by Puga.

Adorned in a red and navy patterned sweater, jeans, and thin-rimmed glasses, Carlitos began the free public lecture by discussing the Pop Wuj, one of the most diffused ancient texts in the world, as the projector behind him displayed a

colorful watercolor painting inspired by the text.

According to Carlitos, the Pop Wuj narrates the creation of the universe in the format of a mythical historical poem.

“Poetry — It is to create,” Carlitos said. “It is the act of creating a new reality.”

Carlitos said that myth in Mayan culture is an extremely complex reality that can be interpreted in several ways. But Mayan cosmovision constitutes more than an explanation of development of the universe; it also attempts to study energies and to recognize and observe life.

As the audience members gazed up at the projector screen, embellished with images of stars, Carlitos elaborated on the three essential points of the Mayan sense: ethics of birth, ethics of hope and ethics of the beginning. He also discussed the experience of living in cosmic vastness.

“Thoughts guide and cause elements of behavior and the destiny of the human being,” Carlitos said.

In Mayan rituals and recitations, they reiterate their deepest sense of belonging to the universe in order to develop a just life. They do not follow any single religion, but instead believe in a spiritual energy that compels people to do their daily activities. In the Mayan ceremony, humans

seek closeness to have contact with the creator of earth, translated in English as “a great man.”

“According to cosmovision, we all come from a vacuum of pure energy,” Carlitos said.

Carlitos works for a Guatemalan grassroots organization called DESGUA which is working toward sustainable economic development in Guatemala.

“Poetry. It is to create. It is the act of creating a new reality.”

— Don Carlitos, Mayan spiritual leader on the concept of cosmovision

Glen Kuecker, professor of history and the organizer of the event, said that DESGUA was created four years ago out of a desire to replace the need for mass migration to the United States.

“They were following el sueño americano,” Kuecker said. “They were following the American dream. And people now got to the point in Gua-

temala when they were saying, ‘Maybe we don’t want that. ... instead we want el sueño Guatemalteco. We want the Guatemalan dream.’”

According to Kuecker, Carlitos often works with children and educates the Mayan youth about culture and traditions that reach back thousands of years, some of which he discussed during his lecture.

“Don Carlitos is an organic intellectual,” Kuecker said. “He’s a professor who’s schooled in community organizing, who’s schooled in. ... regenerating culture and renewing that work.”

Puga, the translator, commented on some of the repetitions that the audience members may have perceived when viewing the recitations and said that they were very much in line with oral tradition.

“They’re not an accident,” Puga said. “They’re there to reinforce.”

At the end of the discussion, Carlitos invited the attentive audience to reflect silently on how people can affect future generations as they enter a new era with more creative development toward reality.

“Contemporary youth has a new life to develop for the future,” Carlitos said.

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1940 The football team defeated Franklin College 74-0 with their most decisive victory since 1906.

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By MARGARET DISTLER and LIZ HOFFMAN features@thedepauw.com

As DePauw celebrates its 175th anniversary, Old Gold celebrates its 105th. The event, now considered homecoming, initially attempted to unite campus and eliminate tension between the freshmen and sophomore classes in 1907 when it was created. Over the decades, Old Gold traditions have included hot air balloon appearances on campus, yard decorating competitions, dedication ceremonies, morning chapel, parades and bonfires, among others, some of which are presented here.

First celebrated in 1907, Old Gold Day was created by DePau Edwin Holt Hughes to formally stop the “scraps” or supervise between freshmen and sophomore students according to the A Pictorial History.” The day’s festivities began with chapel a and continued with organized basketball and football games freshmen and sophomores. Students spent the afternoon at M for the DePauw-Earlham football game. Following the footba was a bonfire and a “jollification meeting” in Meharry Hall, w presented awards to the winners of the day’s contests.

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Blackstock Stadium was dedicated during the Old Gold Day game. In memory of her husband, Mrs. Ira B. Blackstock donated funds to build the new $80,000 stadium, which would seat approximately 4,000 spectators.

Old Gold Day and Dad’s Day activities were combined due to food rationing and travel restrictions as well as to save money during World War II.

The campaign for the Memorial Union Building, estimated to cost $475,000, was announced during the Old Gold Day chapel in Meharry Hall. Parker Jordan ‘1911, then president of the DePauw Alumni Association, said the building was to be constructed in memory of DePauw’s deceased during World War II.

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1963 Col. David M. Shoup ‘26, the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, was the featured speaker during chapel for Old Gold Day.

1988 A live Bengal tiger named Bamboo ran around the field during halftime of the game against Kenyon College. There was also a hot air balloon, but it failed to rise due to excessive wind.

Jim Thompson, then president of DePauw Student Union, crowns Nanny Martin, 1965 Old Gold Day Queen.

1993 Dedication of the new Olin Building during Old Gold weekend

1994 Student Congress president kissed a pig during Old Gold halftime game as part of a fund raiser for Putnam County’s new playground equipment.

1995 Reappearance of the Old Gold parade throughout campus

Old Gold decorations outside of Pi Beta Phi sorority show Tigers eating Oberlin candies with a banner that reads "Let's lick 'em!" in 1951.

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A freshman was crowned as Old Gold Day queen, and the Tigers won their first Homecoming game in five years.

Members of the 19 football team and coach, Raymond R. Neal, were awarded plaques during the Day luncheon for th Anniversary of thei season.

1999 The Union Board sponsored a “yard decorating” competition with entries that ranged from toilet paper at Sigma Alpha Epsilon, to beautifully crafted designs.

2003 The Science and Math Week, including lectures and presentations, preceded the official rededication ceremony for the renovated and expanded Julian Science and Mathematics Center.

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1929 The newlyremodelled Speech Hall was dedicated with a performance of “The Goose Hangs High” by Lewis Beach.

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by Wabash College 0-62 during the annual football battle between the two schools.

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g the 100th rsary of Old ekend, both reen Center Performing d the Janet le Institute Ethics were dedicated.

A player-control system was operated for the first time on a midwest field during the football game against Boston University.

The system, which was used by Boston, involves the coach giving full guidance of the squad to the captain. Despite this new tactic, the DePauw “Tiger men” still won the game 14-9.

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Roy O. West Library was dedicated and formally opened.

The $1 million library replaced the Carnegie Library constructed in 1908.

The Raymond Woodbury Pence Seminar Room located on the third floor of Asbury Hall was dedicated. The room was intended for English majors.

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700 attendees saw the rededication of the newly-restored East College.

The ceremony mirrored that of first dedication, which occurred in 1877.

President Richard Rosser presided over the rededication ceremony in Meharry Hall, where entertainment was provided by the Men of Note, the Collegians and the DePauw Jazz Ensemble.

1983

1985 DePauw trustees announced that more than $100 million had been given to the Sesquicentennial Campaign.

A hot air balloon lands in Bowman Park in 1983.

2009 Residence Life sponsored an “Old Gold Corn Roast” where students could eat free grilled corn and play cornhole before the football game.

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Since the university switched from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference to the NCAC, the football team played against Austin College in Texas and did not have a home game scheduled on Old Gold Weekend. The traditional crowning of the Old Gold King and Queen occurred during the half time of the home women’s soccer game.

DePauw will host Ohio Wesleyan in the first-ever North Coast Athletic Conference game to be played at Blackstock Stadium.

INFORMATION COMPILED FROM DEPAUW ARCHIVES, THE MIRAGE, THE DEPAUW, DEPAUW WEBSITE, “DEPAUW: A PICTORIAL HISTORY” AND “DEPAUW THROUGH THE AGES”

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012

THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board Ellen Kobe | Editor-in-Chief Chase Hall | Managing Editor Lizzie Hineman | Managing Editor Brianna Scharfenberg | Chief Copy Editor Anastasia Way | Chief Copy Editor

Looking forward to improvements Twenty-five million is one pretty penny to donate to DePauw’s campus.

We want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Hoover for the kindness and loyalty they are showing to their alma mater with this contribution.

The creation of a new dining hall, fittingly christened Hoover Hall, promises a central place on campus for students to congregate. The Union Building will be reworked into offices for Civil, Global & Professional Opportunities, Student Life, Public Safety and other student-help organizations.

Buzz about this new addition to campus has been circulating rapidly, as dramatic news usually does.

Although it’s likely the current generation of students will have departed to the “real world” by the time the new dining hall is created, we are still excited to hear that our school is continuously improving.

We want the university to keep developing so when we return we can see all the great adaptations made since our graduations. When we bring our children back one day, secretly with the hopes that they’ll follow in our footsteps and walk along East College lawn to classes, we will marvel at the new improvements and maybe remember when we heard news of a new dining hall. We want to be even more proud of our school than when we attended.

The 2020 plan is underway, and we are glad to see the administration executing on their blueprints. This new addition shows that the plan is building strength. We hope the momentum will continue and spread to some of the other buildings seriously in need of some TLC. The administration should next aggressively focus their funding efforts on buildings most used by students, like the library for studying and the Lilly Center for athletics.

Improvements to these two buildings will encourage future students to come to DePauw since they are main attractions when it comes to buildings on campus.

We hope alumni see the need of helping Roy O. Library next – a building in the highest need of improvement. The interior of Roy should match the beautiful exterior. The library is a dark and worn (in some spots, smelly...) space to study for current students and a spot tour guides hurry through. During graduation, the backdrop is the aesthetically pleasing exterior but the building is disappointing on the inside.

We want the 2020 plan to both improve upon on our already lovely campus and fix the problem areas within. It’s about making lasting change for the future.

Again, many thanks to the Hoovers for their donation. Like Mr. Hoover noted, most DePauw students’ experiences were made because of generous alum. The positive feedback loop of alum aiding students so those student can return and do the same is a testament to DePauw’s connective powers.

We’ll do our best to pitch in down the road if this journalism thing ever works out.

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Ask what you can do for DePauw STEWART BURNS

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e wrote an article a few weeks ago in September challenging DePauw students to demand that the university improve in areas where it has been falling short. Students should look at their four years at DePauw as a foundation from which their best years will come.

Given our interests and fields of study, we should become capable and adequately prepared for whichever path we chose to pursue next. As undergraduates, we must not only be our own catalysts, but also seek out assistance along the way when necessary in order to assure that our foundation is suitable for the “real world” and that our goals remain within reach.

In addition to celebrating the successes of DePauw, Old Gold Weekend offers a unique, annual opportunity for students, alumni, friends and guests to come together and discuss what it means to have a DePauw education. Current student discussions across campus have been focusing

JIMMY KIRKPATRICK

on how the DePauw alumni network can better serve undergrads. This, we contend, is a flawed way of thinking.

The alumni and undergrad relationship should be one of reciprocity, sparked by the students.

Old Gold Weekend brings hundreds of DePauw alumni back to campus. It is a reunion of talent and success all toasting to Old DePauw.

Current undergrads would be foolish to idly stand by and not capitalize on this opportunity. Instead of assuming that alumni understand the current challenges for DePauw students, we should make them aware. As undergrads, we truly understand better than anyone else what it means to be a DePauw student. We know the problems, challenges and rewards of being a DePauw student.

Staying in the shadows this weekend will not be beneficial. Approach alumni and share your stories, good and bad. If you are unsure if they are DePauw alumni, approach them any-

way. Worst case, you’ll have a laugh and impart a feeling of honor that you thought they were a DePauw graduate.

It should be the goal of each and every DePauw student throughout this beautiful autumn weekend to showcase both our achievements and the challenges facing the campus. Reach out to guests, visitors and alumni. Alumni will notice. The board of trustees will notice.

As students we have the tremendous opportunity to be able to join the board for lunch today. Our concerns will be heard, and discussions will begin. Let them know about us, and then in turn learn about them.

Through our service to this university and by displaying our commitment to its improvement, we can best serve all others with whom we share this Old Gold bond. In the spirit of bettering ourselves by bettering this institution, “Ask not what DePauw can do for you, ask what you can do for DePauw.”

– Burns is a senior from West Lafayette, Ind., majoring in political science. Kirkpatrick is a senior from Overland Park, Kan., also majoring in political science. opinion@thedepauw.com

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012

Old Gold: take a break to enjoy tradition RYAN KONICEK

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ld Gold Weekend is a festive time here at DePauw; students, faculty and alumni alike adorn themselves in black and gold in preparation for the big Old Gold homecoming football game. This year, campus will be at a heightened point of excitement since the school is also celebrating DePauw’s 175th anniversary.

The Old Gold tradition began as Old Gold Day in 1907. It was meant to be a preventative program aimed at stopping violence between the freshman and sophomore classes.

The day began with chapel at 8:30

a.m. and continued with scheduled events throughout the day, which included inter-class games, a varsity football and a bonfire to conclude the day’s events.

Today, Old Gold Weekend is bringing together the co-founder and first president and CEO of ESPN Bill Rasmussen, students, faculty, family and basically everyone who is anyone, to Blackstock Stadium for fall weather and football (except for sports teams traveling this weekend).

It’s a weekend to relax and enjoy the school. Forget about your midterm tests and papers for the afternoon, take a deep breath and rest your brain. Participate in the pre-game tailgates, pull out the corn hole games, converse with your peers, hold your red cups proudly and listen to your music loudly.

Once the coin is flipped and the kickoff team is chosen, be sure

to be standing in the fan section cheering like crazy people in support of your DePauw Tigers. And at halftime, stay in those seats because your homecoming queen and king will be announced.

Be sure to vote for Old Gold king and queen by logging onto your Facebook account, going to the DePauw University Union Board page and following the link.

At the end of the game, if you have to get back to your studies, I understand. But for those of you that do not, the merriments will continue on into the night with a concert in Bowman Park, the sealing of a student time capsule and plenty of banquets and parties hosted by Greek units honoring the returned alumni.

Tradition at DePauw is huge.

Old Gold Weekend, with homecoming queen and king and all its festivities, is an event that we recognize every year.

To not take part in this would be a shame.

Being a DePauw Tiger means participating in your school’s traditions and celebrating with those around you. Old Gold Weekend is a joyous occasion meant to get the students out of the library and the alumni back on campus to celebrate the school we all love. Attend the tailgate, eat a hotdog, wear Tiger apparel and chat with the alumni.

You can use this weekend asnot only a study break, but also as a chance to create helpful connections within the “DePauw bubble”.

So kick back this weekend, surround yourself with the DePauw traditions and remember fall break is just around the corner. You can make it.

MAEVE MCDONOUGH

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’ll get straight to the point without a witty hook or introduction: nothing busts my hump more than people who talk about their dreams. They are neither real nor interesting. This is at the tip-top on my list of pet peeves, tied with loud chewing, sneezing and high fives outside of sports.

In high school, my best friend Becky and I had math class together every day for two years. Each morning when I would walk into class, the first thing she would say to me was, “Let me tell you about my dream.” After a week of this, I began to stroll into class at 7:39 a.m. so that she would not have enough

cal situations. My roommates and I sit around for hours and theorize about this girl that hangs out in our friend group but never says a word (She’s nice, but for all we know she could be from “Secret Millionaire” or be Hannah Montana). But these are things that we all share together and are somewhat plausible (for the most part).

Keyword: plausible.

Dreams don’t fit into this category. There is nothing plausible about Iron Man holding you hostage in Bowser’s lair while your peg leg falls off and a guy from your mentor group just morphed into a bear with chainsaw arms.

I know there’s psychology behind dreams, and they are probably very deep and telling, but I’m not a psychoanalyst and someone sharing every tedious detail about a dream is not going to bring me to a sudden epiphany.

If you want to stew on it, do it on your own time. Buy a diary or start a blog. If you begin to say, “So in

PHOTOPINION What do you think about the new campus bikes program?

"I think they are alright. I haven't seen anyone use them.

Once they pick up steam, they'll be really helpful for students."

BEN GORMAN, freshman "I would like to see more of them around.

The ones I do see are always locked up."

– Konicek is a sophomore from Geneva, Ill., with an undecided major. opinion@thedepauw.com

What Busts My Hump: Talking about dreams time to tell me about her dream before the 7:40 a.m. bell.

Since I also sat with her at lunch, and our lunch period was far longer than the 10 minutes before math, she had extra time for all the nittygritty details she wouldn’t normally have gotten in.

No matter how many times I told her to stop, I was ignored. The torture never ceased. Call me dramatic, but these were the worst two years of my life. I mean, just look at me. Nearly every outfit I wear has the American flag on it somewhere, and I am pursuing comedy by choice. Clearly, I’ve had a lot of rough years.

Maybe it’s the fact that I never remember my dreams that makes me so uninterested in others’. But I don’t think it’s unusual that I have absolutely no desire to listen to, or fake interest in, an outrageously detailed account of a story that has never happened and is never going to.

I enjoy talking about hypotheti-

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my dream last night…,” stop right there. You’re wasting your time telling me because I’m not going to help you. And if you keep talking, you must be a shameless person who does not care what people think of you. You know why? You are talking to yourself because I’ve already walked away.

I’ll sit around and chat about almost anything. I have a lot of opinions (uh, duh). But when it comes to talking about your dreams from last night, it sounds much more appealing to throw myself straight into Dante’s Seventh Circle. Toodles.

Got something that busts your hump? Email me at maevemcdonough_2015@depauw.edu or tweet me @MaeveMcDonough and let me know.

– McDonough is sophomore from Glen Ellyn, Ill., majoring in communication. opinion@thedepauw.com

ADAM CECIL, junior "Even though I don't have a bike, I think that overall, they are a great means of transportation."

CHELSI BURGOS-YOUNG, sophomore "I think the community bikes are cool for random bike rides on pretty/warm days."

JONATHAN ROSARIO, senior JIM EASTERHOUSE / THE DEPAUW

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012

Crowley-Marshall: a seemingly Another three-set victory perfect tennis duo for record 16th-straight win Chemistry produces first place win at Div III regional championships VOLLYEBALL

By NICOLE DARNALL

By CLARE POLEGA sports@thedepauw.com

The right- and left-handed duo complemented each other seamlessly Monday afternoon.

The strengths of sophomore Claire Marshall and junior Meg Crowley on the court are different: Marshall favors playing at the net and winning points off volleys, while Crowley excels at playing on the baseline.

The combination produced a first place win at the USTA/ ITA Div. III women’s tennis central regional doubles championships at Washington University in St. Louis.

Head coach Scott Riggle was excited to see that the pair matched up on paper and on the court.

“They both bring a lot of positive high energy to the match,” Riggle said. “They are doing a great job of keeping each other up. If they have a shaky streak, they don’t get down or bring their partner down. They are patient with their partner, and do things to lift each other up.”

Marshall and Crowley proved themselves as doubles partners this fall. The teammates complete each other’s style of play, and they make a seemingly perfect team.

“Our coach put us together solely by the way the style of our playing matched up,” Marshall said. “She’s more aggressive, and I’m more passive so when you put us together we worked really well.”

Added Riggle, “Claire and Meg have gotten to the point

where there are no holes in their play and no worries in any spots.”

The chemistry of the girls off the court also contributed to their success. Being best friends and members at Pi Beta Phi sorority allowed the girls to become comfortable with each other on and off the court.

“We have good communication and understand what we need to do to win a match,” Marshall said. “She became a big sister for me, and I really followed her and looked up to her, not only in tennis but also in school.”

Although Marshall is the younger of the duo, her skill is still at a high level.

“Playing with an upperclassman is harder for me than playing with an underclassman because I feel like I have expectations to live up to,” said Crowley, who played with a senior last year. “Claire has made monumental strides at her aggressiveness at the net.

I’m proud of her. She doesn’t play like an underclassman.”

Although the doubles partners have accomplished so much at this point of the season, Riggle has high expectations for them for the spring.

“I want the girls to just keep improving and getting better and better,” Riggle said.

“They need to approach their potential every time out. They have done a great job of this so far this fall.”

Next week, Crowley and Marshall will travel to Mobile, Ala., for the USTA/ITA National Small College Championship that starts on Thursday.

Sophomore Claire Marshall (above) and junior Meg Crowley (below) ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW

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On Tuesday, the DePauw women’s volleyball team improved its record to surpass its second-longest win streak in program history to improve its record to 16-2.

The Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops (11-10) traveled to the Neal Fieldhouse to be defeated by the Tigers in only three games.

The first set, which included a 13-3 DePauw scoring-run after starting in a 6-3 deficit, was won 25-17.

The second set did not fare as well.

“We got a little complacent, we won the first game, came into the second game thinking it would go the same so we just let them get into it,” sophomore Mary Kate Etling said. “But, we noticed it and had to start kicking it in high gear.”

DePauw began the second set down 6-1 before Tigers head coach Deb Zellers took her first timeout. Coming out of that time out, they began to make some changes.

The first serve back was quickly finished with a kill down the middle by junior Kelly Doyle.

“We didn’t want our aggressiveness to stop, but we needed to keep the ball in play,” Zellers said.

She took two timeouts within the second set, and out of both of them, the team came back with renewed focus.

“Coach [Zellers] called a timeout and just told us that we needed to play more as a team,” Etling said. “We were playing as individuals.”

The game did end up in Tiger favor with a final score of 25-21, which included two DePauw ace serves in the last five points.

Throughout the entire second set, the largest deficit was seven points in the Battling Bishops’ favor, but the Tigers went on to combat that heavily in the third game.

Finishing the match, the last match was ended with a 25-14 score in the third set.

“We just didn’t give up any more of those tips and junk plays,” Zellers said.

“In game two, we took that option away from them, and it’s how we came back.

They had to be more aggressive in their attack, and then our block was able to be successful.”

It was in game three that they found how to find those important pieces of their game and come together for the win.

“We’re just going to take it one game at a time,” Etling said. “We’re focusing on playing as a team.”

NCAC Player of the Week Senior Katie Petrovich

By THE DEPAUW REPORTS sports@thedepauw.com

DePauw senior outside-hitter Katie Petrovich from St. Louis, Mo., helped the Tigers surpass its second longest winning-streak in school history with a win over Ohio Wesleyan University on

Tuesday. She was named the NCAC volleyball player of the week Monday evening.

In action last weekend and Wednesday, Petrovich led the Tigers with 29 total kills. She is second on the team in kills during this season with 164.

The all-time record of consecutive wins at DePauw stands at 19 and was set in the 1990 season.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012

FIELD HOCKEY

Hat tricks put Tigers over Wittenberg

By KARA JACKSON sports@thedepauw.com

Two seniors and two hat tricks.

Margaret Ellis and Bridgette Shamleffer both executed Wednesday afternoon.

The two forwards led the way to DePauw’s 6-0 victory against Wittenberg University and its 10th win in the season and 8-0 in the NCAC. Sophomore goalkeeper Maggie Steele also contributed to the Tigers’ seventh shutout of the season.

The Tigers defeated Wittenberg 6-0 when the teams faced each other earlier in the season, but DePauw had no sign of letting that affect their level of play during the game.

Shamleffer played off a save by Wittenberg goalkeeper junior Alie Marousek and hit a high shot seven and a half minutes into the game. The Tigers utilized different angles from their offensive circle to find the net and beat the defense. Ellis was a triple threat to Wittenberg’s defense as she hit three unassisted goals in a row to end the first period.

“We utilized the turf field to start off fast and move the ball quickly as a team,” Shamleffer said.

She scored unassisted less than six minutes into

the half. The defense used their speed and passing to keep Wittenberg’s offense out of shooting range, and Steele kept their eight shots out of the net. Steele has 15 saves for the season.

“Wittenberg didn’t have a lot of offensive opportunities to score, which speaks to our defense and midfielders,” Shamleffer said. “They kept the ball away from our defensive end, and if they broke through, Maggie had great saves.”

Shamleffer was assisted by sophomore Paige Henry on the final shot of the game. DePauw held a 21-0 advantage over Wittenberg in shots-on-goal and 35-8 in shots.

“I was excited, but honestly some of my goals were being at the right place at the right time,” Shamleffer said. “The whole team effort of making good passes and everyone being where they should be in the circle so it wasn’t too crowded was crucial.”

Ellis leads in points with 40 for the season and Shamleffer follows with 26.

DePauw hopes to keep its nine-game winning streak alive Saturday as they travel to Ohio Wesleyan University (6-4, 5-3 NCAC). The match up earlier in the season ended with DePauw edging out a win by one point in overtime. The NCAC contest will start at 11 a.m.

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Volleyball | cont’d from page 12 Open lines of communication For junior Tori Bowerman and senior Katie Petrovich, the evaluation served as a method to finally express ideas that were on their minds.

“It opened up that line of communication that we all didn’t believe that was there before,” Bowerman said. “She didn’t know our thoughts, and we didn’t know her thoughts.”

When spring practices took place in March and April, just seven players remained as five seniors graduated. After each practice, Zellers said she and her players sat down for 20 minutes and discussed what needed to be changed from the results of the evaluation.

“One of those things was we needed to stress team chemistry as a whole,” Zellers said.

Added Petrovich, “I was brutally honest.

If there was something I didn’t like, I told her straight up. Before the freshmen got here, we came up with what we wanted from this season.”

What Bowerman and Petrovich wanted was what Zellers was primarily concerned with: creating team chemistry with what they knew would be an almost completely new team.

“There has always been this division between the seniors and the rest of the team,” Petrovich said. “They led what was going on and everyone else followed.”

So they came up with an upperclassmen buddy system where one of the returning players paired up with an incoming freshman to communicate with during the summer and answer any questions that may come up. They also created a team Facebook page to remain in constant contact.

With a better line of open communication with players and coaches, more responsibility and ownership took place from the returning players’ end.

“A lot of it comes from us, upperclassmen, talking about it,” Petrovich said. “We all are on the same page now.”

A new intensity On the court, Bowerman and Petrovich both said what needed to change was intensity and competition in practice.

Now, thanks to what Zellers and players have said is because of new assistant coach Lauren Torvi, the team moves quickly between drills. There are also new practices Torvi has introduced to the team.

Torvi is a 2011 graduate of Springfield College, and was on the American Volleyball Coaches Association Div. III first-team All-America squad, leading her team to the NCAA Div. III quarter finals.

“The program she’s coming from represents a lot of what I am as a coach,” Zellers said, “She definitely has a team-first mentality, open communication, always thinking of teammates — so some of that chemistry we were striving for. I thought she could be a tipping point factor for

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While the coaching staff underwent a moderate transformation, it was an increased sense of ownership of the team that can attribute to this season’s success.

She and Bowerman’s leadership is what Zellers is looking for.

“But if you want to a championship team, you want to have championship-level accountability,” Zellers said. “You also have to have championship level leadership.”

The leadership and accountability has translated to more effort and discipline during matches. Now, because of more intensity and increased competition in practice, players are in the right places defensively and better communication on the court is taking place.

“We are doing those things so much better,” Zellers said. “Our team chemistry is so fantastic.

I think we’ve really focused one game at a time instead of thinking of any big picture at all.”

“We’re not setting a ceiling” In the midst of this 16-game win streak, there is one point which Zellers and players both agree on for a realization of their potential.

They all point to their third game of the season against Cornell College. Before its Sept. 2 matchup, the team dropped its first two games of the season to national-caliber competitors at Dominican University and Washington University in St. Louis.

Even before that, on a bus ride to Washington, the team wondered who they were.

“We sort of had a sense of urgency in our practices to make sure we were doing the right things,” Zellers said. “That urgency put a lot of pressure on our players.”

DePauw went 1-3 during the scrimmage weekend, and then fell to 0-2 on the first day of the regular season. It was against Cornell – a five set win for the Tigers – that finally gave them some confidence.

The win over Cornell was indeed a catalyst for success, as the team won 24-straight sets in the span of nine games.

Winning 16-straight games seemed improbable at the start of the season with the influx of freshmen and the possibility of an entire new starting lineup.

“As a coach I saw the possibility of anything happening,” Zellers said. “I certainly knew that if we didn’t work hard, it could be a long season.

But our preparation was for that not to happen.

It’s exciting to see it’s worked.”

To predict what this team is capable of is something Zellers will not do. She said what’s gotten the team to this point is the philosophy of not defining what the team’s overall goals are, but focusing on practice one day at a time.

“The most rewarding moments as a coach come from the hard work that you see your players put in,” she said. “I’m very proud of them.

They probably don’t realize how proud of them I am, especially these returning players, for all that they’ve invested.”

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012

Why settle for good, when you can be great? Tigers to face veteran Battling The volleyball program evaluated every aspect of itself, and it’s paying off with success

Bishops quarterback Saturday

By PARKER SCHWARTZ

By MICHAEL APPELGATE

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It happens in almost every volleyball match.

An opponent goes on a point-scoring run, and their momentum can be tough to break.

Head coach Deb Zellers called a second timeout with her team down 13-6 in the second set of Tuesday’s match against Ohio Wesleyan University at the Neal Fieldhouse. It wasn’t that the Battling Bishops were playing at a high level.

It was, as Zellers described, because her team wasn’t executing its hits as well as they should.

She brought her team together on the sideline, kneeled down in the center of the cabal and spoke to them with a calm voice.

They responded.

Led by powerful hits down the middle from sophomore Mary Kate Etling, the Tigers slowly clawed back and tied the game at 21. DePauw won the set 2521 on its way to a three-set victory, and its 16th straight win on the season — surpassing the second-longest win streak in program history.

This winning streak caught many by surprise – not just Zellers or any upperclassmen who saw this team’s untapped potential for the past three seasons.

What DePauw players, coaches and fans are seeing on the court today is the product of an evaluation process Zellers – now in her 19th season at DePauw – and her team put itself through following the conclusion of the 2011 season. The result of the process, according to Zellers and players, is an improved attitude, accountability and team cohesion not seen just in the previous three seasons, but as many as six or seven seasons.

And it started with Zellers’ willingness to take some heat.

“If there’s one thing I had to have during this process it’s definitely courage,” Zellers said. “When you care so deeply about something and you want it to go well and you put so much into it, the last thing you want to hear is you’re not doing well.”

She heard it, and she’s reaping the benefits.

Good... But not great

The women's volleyball team huddles for a pep talk during a time out with head coach Deb Zellers Tuesday night in Neal Fieldhouse at Lilly. DePauw defeated Ohio Wesleyan 3-0. ASHLEY ISAAC / THE DEPAUW The 2011 season ended with a 21-12 record. While the team scratched off another winning record, it wasn’t satisfied with yet again being a team fighting to be on top.

The Tigers’ last losing season came in 2004 when DePauw went 16-17, and Zellers currently sports a winning percentage of more than 65.

But it’s been nothing but a struggle to, as Zeller put it, “become great.”

Especially last year, with five senior starters, she thought that could be a break-through year.

“It wasn’t a bad season, but it was very much like the six or seven seasons we had prior,” Zellers said. “For a number of years in a row, every team ahead of us in our conference has gone to the national tournament, but we have not.”

At the conclusion, Zellers instigated an evaluation of every aspect of her program. She “opened the book” to be graded on everything from off-season practices, pre-game preparation and basic player-coach communication.

“I think it comes back to the desire to be better than just good,” she said. “This is not an easy thing to do or to acknowledge. ... This was going to start with my ability to enable our entire team to look

at it.”

She created an eight-page document of aspects for her seven returning players to critique. She handed the document to them in December, and then they turned their answers back after Winter Term.

“It was literally a 20-page document,” she said. “It’s sort of scary to put yourself out there like that.”

The results, as Zellers described, weren’t all negative. There were many positives to reinforce the team was still headed in a positive direction. But there was another area that served as a bit of a wake-up call.

“I needed to listen more,” she said.

“I always thought of myself as a good listener, but I don’t think my past teams saw me in that framework.

“The teams I coach today have different needs than the ones I coached in the past. Today, the players I coach need to be a part of everything we’re doing. They want to have a say. The more I listen and allow them to have a say, the harder they work for me.”

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On a Saturday afternoon in Delaware, Ohio, last season, the DePauw Tigers compiled one of their strongest games in a 34-10 victory over Ohio Wesleyan University. Smiles spread throughout the bus after a dominant win, after a fluid Tigers pass attack and overall defense.

This year, both teams are different perhaps spelling a different outcome in this Saturday’s matchup between DePauw (1-3) and Ohio Wesleyan (4-0), playing together in the NCAC for the first time.

DePauw comes off a 17-14 win against Washington University in St. Louis at home last Saturday. The Tigers employed a conservative offensive scheme in the second half, but showed they have the ability to sustain drives and throw the ball with freshman quarterback Justin Murray.

“We came out firing on all cylinders [last Saturday],” interim head coach Scott Srnka said on WGRE’s Tiger Talk on Wednesday. “The kids believed. They played hard. We were very pleased.”

Both Washington University quarterbacks threw deep touchdowns down the right sideline, but besides the pair of passing touchdowns, the Bears offense was stagnant.

“Our linebackers are playing faster,” Srnka said. “The defense has put a lot on their shoulders because they see the offense getting better every week.”

Ohio Wesleyan will pose a stiffer challenge than Washington University, although their four wins this season are against the same four teams the Battling Bishops beat the entirety of last fall. Ohio Wesleyan features a new head coach, Tom Watts, and bring back multiple members of the receiving corps. Quarterback Mason Espinoza is also one of the country’s best passers.

“They are a tough team for sure. It will be great test for us,” senior captain Bobby Coburn said on WGRE’s Tiger Talk. “It is great we are getting this opportunity now. We have some momentum.”

The defensive secondary was a point of weaknesses for Ohio Wesleyan last year. Tigers’ quarterback Drew Seaman tossed three touchdowns as a freshman, two to Coburn. But the Battling Bishops bring a tough stack defense to the table this year.

“What we have with our game plan is we are really going to expose those open gaps,” said tight end Andrew Cusamano.

“I think the running backs will have a big week.”

DePauw will look to even their conference record with a win at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Blackstock Stadium.

Junior Jackson Kirtley drops back to pass during a trick play last Saturday's game against Washington University-St. Louis. ASHLEY ISAAC / THE DEPAUW