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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012
VOL. 161, ISSUE 17
Indiana’s Oldest College Newspaper
Position profile finalized in continued VPAA search
Campus wild on Halloweekend, but down from previous year
By KATIE GREEN
By ZOE GRABOW
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As the pursuit for DePauw’s new Vice President of Academic Affairs continues, the university’s search committee has finalized the position profile that will be used by the consulting firm Isaacson, Miller to find candidates. The firm is in charge of advertising the position in academic news sources and then circulating the lengthy position profile to potential prospects. The position profile includes a history on DePauw, the university’s future goals, and the job’s expectations. According to the profile, the VPAA reports directly to President Brian Casey and is the lead academic officer responsible for overseeing various academic programs, the faculty, the core curriculum, departmental majors, interdisciplinary programs and centers of inquiry, and several administrative offices that support academic life.
Students across the country celebrated Halloween by dressing up and going to parties all over campus, making this weekend one of the most notoriously rowdy times of the year. DePauw was no exception. Public Safety responded to 11 incidents on Saturday alone, according to the Public Safety Active Report. Five of these were alcohol
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management plans for these ‘big’ nights and weekends. “We collaborate with student life, campus living and community development,” Nally said. “We’re trying to work with the greek life coordinators to prepare for risk management.”
Halloween | continued on page 4
noise-loud music
suspicious person(s)
alcohol violation
theft
welfare check
fire alarm
criminal mischief
minor in consumption
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possession of marjuana
English professor Wayne Glausser, who is heading the committee, said he is confident that the firm understands the type of candidates the university is looking for and that they will get these prospects interested in working for DePauw. “What we are saying in the profile is that this is a unique opportunity for someone that is ambitious and who we think could be a really great leader,” Glausser said. “We’re not just asking for somebody to do a job for a few years. We’re asking for an original, dynamic
2012 Halloween Activtiy Log
dents and one possession of marijuana citation. While the numbers were still high, public safety was pleased to find students calling to help intoxicated friends. “We had several students calling for friends, which is really great,” Nally, said. “It’s not something to celebrate. [Nonetheless], I’m grateful that many students would much rather transport than take a chance.” Nally and Public Safety have risk
The following statistics were taken from DePauw University’s activity logs of 2011 and 2012 Halloween weekends.
harassment
2011 Halloween Activtiy Log
disorderly conduct
“We don’t want someone that only the faculty members pick because. … the issues aren’t the same amongst students.” – Arezoo Nazari, senior
related. For the weekend, three intoxicated students were sent to the hospital — one on Friday, and two on Saturday. Another student was tested for drugs, but the results have not come back yet, and there is no evidence that drugs were in the students system as of now, according to Angie Nally, director of Public Safety. But these numbers are an improvement from Saturday of last year’s Halloween weekend with 13 incidents, four alcohol-related inci-
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