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With the presidential election season under way, information concerning the candidates is on every corner. The College Democrats and Republicans on campus are working hard to promote their respective candidates and inform students on the platform. But both organizations share a similar goal. “We think it’s really important to get students registered to vote,” said senior Abbey Jordan, the president of College Democrats. “You have to be registered at least a month prior to any election.” College Republicans are also recruiting voters. “We’re hoping to get some tabling in the Hub in the next couple weeks,” said senior Elyssa DiRaffaele, secretary of College Republicans. “We aren’t going to turn anyone away because of their political affiliation. We’re open to everyone be-
cause we really want college students to get out to the polls.” According the state of Indiana official website, Indiana residents only need photo ID, such as their driver’s license or U.S. passport to register to vote. Non-Indiana residents may need additional documentation, such as their birth certificate, for registration. DiRaffaele, a Connecticut resident, explained how she registered to vote in a different state. “I’m registered to vote in Indiana since I live here [in Greencastle] for a majority of the year,” DiRaffaele said. “During my freshman year, I got involved in the organization and did the voter registration tabling at the Hub. I helped other students register, including those from out of state, and registered myself.” Junior Allison Orjala, the public relations chair of College Democrats, stressed the importance of the college vote. “We [the College Democrats] think it’s really important that the college voice is heard,” she said. “Unfortunately, young voters aren’t aware of the repercussions of their vote.” The push for more informed voters is also a big objective for both executive boards. “We’re trying to get students informed about the election,” said junior Clark Edwards, treasurer of the College Democrats. “Especially if you’re
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Society of Professional Journalists President John Enssiln speaks to new members at MeHarry Hall this past Saturday during the member initiation ceremony. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW By KATIE GREEN news@thedepauw.com
Ten DePauw students were inducted into The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Saturday night in Meharry Hall. Ironically, the same numbner of student journalists founded the now-national organization at DePauw as Sigma Delta Chi fraternity in 1909. SPJ National President John Ensslin came to campus for the initiation as well as for the chapter’s first meeting Sunday afternoon. He explained that
when the organization was founded, journalism ethics was in question nationally as yellow journalism became a popular form of reporting. “DePauw’s history is central to SPJ,” Ensslin said. “[The founders] brought some seriousness to journalism, and what they launched that day became a fraternity that spread across the country, and a fraternity that then evolved into this society of professional journalists.”
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The initiative taken by Greek student leaders to unify the students on campus not only with one another, but also with the Greencastle community, has resulted in the newest addition to Greek life – Greek Service week. Vice President of Risk Management Kathryn Drew, a junior, thinks that implementing an opportunity to give back is an important addition to Greek Week. “Service week is a great way to bring Greeks together for a common cause,”
our campus and the local community. “I believe many organizations on campus related to philanthropy export their services, but I wanted to bring it back into the local setting and in doing so, help foster a stronger overall community, bringing together Greencastle and DePauw University,” Carmel said in an email interview. To promote Greek Service Week, IFC Vice President of Operations Ben Cox has shared a description of the week and sent a sign-up form to all the chapters on campus. Carmel has posted information endorsing Greek Service Week on social networking sites and delegates from each council in-
“Service shouldn’t be a one-and-done thing. It should be a commitment.” — Ben Cox, IFC vice president of operations
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Drew said. With the collaboration of the National Panhellenic Council, Multicultural Greek Council, Panhellenic Association, Psi Lambda Xi and Interfraternity Council, a list of activities have been planned that create volunteering opportunities for those involved in Greek life. Among these opportunities are arts and crafts with residents at the Senior Center and Autumn Glen, setting up and cleaning up at the Be Great Today BBQ, filling out domestic violence packets for Family Support Services and painting doors at the Gobin Methodist Memorial Church. Transportation to places not within walking distance has been covered with the new service on campus called “Community Rides,” which Director of Service and Philanthropy Olivia Carmel likens to a taxi service for students doing community service. Carmel explained how adding the dimension of service onto Greek Week is important for creating a relationship between
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volved in its creation have communicated the opportunities to their chapters. According to Cox, the week is not only important in connecting with the community, but it’s also a valuable opportunity for members of different Greek organizations to connect with each other and learn from one another. “We may have varying letters and traditions, but at our core we share the most important aspect of Greek life: a commitment to values,” Cox said in an email interview. “Through this commitment, it is our responsibility to improve ourselves and the world around us.” Both Carmel and Cox hope to implement a Greek Service Week each semester. “Service shouldn’t be a one-and-done thing. It should be a commitment,” Cox said. “It is my hope that…the Greek Service Week [can] go from simply a new idea to a deep-rooted tradition.”
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DePauw’s faculty received an update on the institution’s financial state Monday night at the first all-faculty meeting of the year. In the update, Brad Kelsheimer, vice president of finance and administration, focused on DePauw’s financial health and resource management. The university’s financial health is determined by two factors. The first is acute management, which is paying bills on time and staying within budget. DePauw’s acute management is not in perfect shape, but the debt is decreasing and bills are being paid. “We are still getting a deficit [in the budget],” Kelsheimer said, “but we are also still paying the price of the market drop in 2009.” The second factor is an external assessment. DePauw uses Moody’s Investor Service, a company that provides customers with a financial analysis that can be compared with those of competitors. 1,500 universities are ranked by Moody’s system, which gives DePauw a large pool for comparison. DePauw rates in the center of the continuum. The ranking could be better if not for the large gap between tuition and cost of educating each student. Net tuition per student is over $24,000 while the educational expense per student is over $41,000. In order to bridge the gap, the university made cuts to the facilities management budget, which lowers DePauw’s Moody rating as well. Still, DePauw does have sufficient funds to cover its operating cost. The available funds go to three major budgets – operating, annual capital and major projects. The operating budget covers DePauw’s academic mission, opportunities to reduce overhead and investment funds. The annual capital budget covers the renewal and replacement budgets, which are for projects such as sidewalk repairs. The major projects budget covers large jobs such as the current construction on Anderson Street. The funding for these projects comes primarily from donors and grants like the Indiana state sponsored Stellar Communities grant. DePauw’s resources are scarce, but the administration is happy with how DePauw’s resources are being managed overall. The university’s main goal is preserv-
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ing the “academic mission,” and so far the university has not had to make any cuts to that budget. President Casey said the financial problems originated in the ‘90s when the administration expanded the faculty and built new facilities. Casey indicated that the expansions allowed DePauw to grow and become a better university over all. “It’s the same thing I would have done,” Casey said. The administration at the time, however, did not look at the sustainability of its projects as closely as it should have. Now the effects of those projects are being dealt with. “We’re taking a long-term approach,” Kelsheimer said. “The problem didn’t happen overnight, so we can’t fix it overnight. The important thing is to be resilient.”
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SPJ | continued from page 1 SPJ has about 65 professional chapters and 100 student chapters in 41 states. However, the DePauw chapter’s original SPJ involvement faded sometime in the ‘90s. “I think part of the problem was when Media Fellows started up here it in some ways took some of the steam out of SPJ because the program brought in a lot of speakers and that was often the role of SPJ: to create forums for journalism ethics and freedom of information issues,” said Distinguished Professor of Journalism Ethics Bob Steele, who was initiated as a member of SPJ in 1968 when he was a student at DePauw. Ensslin recalls how ideas for the chapter to start up again began in 2009 at SPJ’s 100th Anniversary event on DePauw’s campus. Upon learning that the DePauw’s chapter was no longer in effect, Ensslin made it one of his goals to bring it back to DePauw when he became president. He informed his then-colleague Andrew Tangel ‘03 that he wanted to revive the chapter when he came to campus for a Media Fellows Speaker Series in 2011. At the chapter’s first meeting, the new members discussed possible programming and how they should strive to better inform the rest of the campus about the importance of journalism. The chapter will continue to meet and plan events, such as bringing in guest speakers and holding journalism workshops. Communication Professor Mark Tatge is the chapter advisor, and senior Chase Hall will act as the interim president of the chapter until elections are held later this year. “I’m looking forward to working with other members,” freshman Lauren Owensby said, who was initiated on Saturday. “Chase has some great ideas for what to do with the new group.” Steele commented on the benefits of bringing the organization back to DePauw. “I think it’s an opportunity for DePauw’s student journalists to talk in serious ways about the importance of journalism in our society,” Steele said. “And in these conversations, recognize that journalism serves a unique purpose that no other profession provides.”
Emily Pence ‘10, spoke about her Graduate school experience as part of a “Life after DePauw” panel this past Thursday at the Watson Forum.
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After graduation students ultimately have two options: enter the workforce or continue their education. Though students can wait to start sending out job applications, several graduate programs require planning and forethought. Medical schools and law schools require that applicants take the MCAT or LSAT either the summer before or the fall of their senior year. But one of the first things students can do to prepare for graduate school is to have a strong GPA. “I wish someone would’ve reiterated that your GPA matters,” said Emily Pence ’10, a current student at Indiana University’s Maurer Law School. She, like many of the panelists at the Life after DePauw forum on Thursday, encouraged the use of the Kaplan Prep courses for their respective graduate school tests. About 24 percent of DePauw students typically enter further post graduate education, said Bill Tobin, director of Institutional Research. Six percent of those students head to either law school or medical school with the other 18 percent pursuing postgraduate education in a variety of fields, according to Tobin. Michelle Sollman Sharp’08, who went studied oc-
cupational therapy post-grad at Marian University, said students should “be your own advocate” – meaning that it is ultimately the student’s responsibility to search out deadlines and the processes that are required for their respective graduate schools. Adrienne Cobb ’09 wishes that she had followed preparation more closely while she was at DePauw. “Since we don’t have a set pre-med major, I didn’t have someone to spell it out for me,” Cobb said. As a result, she and several of the other panelists, especially those who went into the medical field, nearly missed deadlines to apply for graduate school. Although the application process to graduate school is in many ways similar to the application process for undergraduate institutions, the differences end there. According to the panelists, the biggest changes between life at DePauw and graduate programs are the class size and the specialty necessarily involved in graduate studies. “You are focused on one area,” Sharp said. “The fun sociology class no longer exists.” However, despite the differences between the schools, the panelists felt that their time here at DePauw adequately prepared them for life after DePauw. “I think that DePauw teaches you time management and to do your work,” Pence said, which are two qualities she said are necessary for law school, or any aspect of life.
“DePauw is a small world that extends beyond to the real world,” Sharp said. In fact, Pence said that “law school is a glorified liberal arts school.” Pence, who plans on moving to California at the end of this year for work, said that she wishes that she would have known that it is better to go to law school in the state in which you plan to practice law. She had to compete with the law students at prestigious colleges in California such as Stanford or UCLA. Yet the road to even higher education is not set in stone. Gerry Wallace ‘08, now an admission counselor at DePauw, took a different path other than the traditional jump from undergraduate to graduate school, to which he has no regrets. “I wanted to go work for a while,” Wallace said. Wallace, a philosophy major and French minor, worked at a construction firm as a project manager and at an executive search firm, which led him to discover what he does and does not like. He even went as far as to say he thought law and business schools like to see the “gap years” between college and post-graduate education. He said those years provide students with otherwise unattainable real life experience, which helps to set aside a student’s application from the pool of students. “It’s not a race to get there,” Wallace said. “Just go when you’re ready.”
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 Politics | continued from page 1 undecided on which candidate to vote for [and] don’t really know each party’s platform.” Both groups also focus on candidates at a local level. The College Democrats and Republicans work closely with candidates running for positions in Greencastle, Putnam County and Indiana. College Democrats has been approached by local candidates, such as Jeff Blaydes, who is currently running for Putnam County Commissioner, as well as Jinsie Bingham, who ran for city council last year. The College Republicans are involved in the campaign efforts for candidate Richard Mourdock, who is currently running for the U.S. Senate against the democratic candidate Joe Donnelly. Several members are also involved in candidate Todd Rokita’s campaign for Indiana State Congress. Both organizations are working hard to increase campus-wide interest in politics. College Republicans holds bi-monthly meetings on Thursdays in Julian 300 at 6:30 p.m. In these meetings, executive members facilitate
the depauw | campus news discussion about the economy and other relevant issues. These meetings help them gauge the level of involvement each member wants to have in the organization. “We want students to be able to come and express their ideas in a free, open and safe space,” DiRaffaele said. “Though a few members are involved in off-campus campaign ef-
“We’re not just preaching to the choir that everyone in the organization has the same opinions.” – Hillary Egan, senior
forts, these are voluntary options that would be separate from our bimonthly meetings.” “We’re not just preaching to the choir that everyone in the organization has the same opinions,” said Hillary Egan, a senior and vice president of College Republicans. “Amongst Republicans, there are many stances — far
right to moderate. We want everyone to feel comfortable enough to come and express their ideas or just listen.” College Democrats also runs discussion based meetings, such as Pizza and Politics. “Anyone is welcome,” said Edwards. “Your official party affiliation doesn’t concern us.” Both organizations are organizing a joint election night viewing party as well as other upcoming events in order to promote a bipartisan climate. “Having both organizations run discussion- based meetings speaks highly of our liberal arts campus and the types of events we are able to sponsor,” DiRaffaele said. “Here, you are able to be respectable towards other people and have an adult conversation about politics.” Information can be found about both groups through social media — which has played a big factor in promoting upcoming events. Each organization has an email account and an active Facebook group for students to join. Students interested in the groups can contact College Democrats at collegedemocrats@depauw.edu and College Republicans at depauwcr@gmail.com.
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CAMPUSCRIME September 7th • Theft of chairs • Pending | Time: unknown | Place: Inn at DePauw • Operating motor vehicle while intoxicated / resisting law enforcement / driving while suspended • Arrested: Kissandra M. Carr (nonstudent) | Time: 3:12 a.m. | Place: West Walnut Street/Creek Road • Investigate for odor of Marijuana • Officer checked building/checked okay | Time: 1:32 p.m. | Place: Anderson Street
September 8th • Operating motor vehicle while intoxicated / habitual traffic violator • Arrested: Russell A Layne (non-student) | Time: 12:20 a.m. | Place: Franklin Street • Fire alarm • Hair care products/alarm reset | Time: 10:56 a.m. | Place: Kappa Alpha Theta sorority • Noise – loud music • Forwarded to IFC | Time: 11:03 p.m. | Place: Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity • Noise – loud music • Forwarded to Campus Living | Time: 11:05 p.m. | Place: Humbert Hall (outside) • Noise – loud music • Forwarded to IFC | Time: 11:08 p.m. | Place: Beta Theta Pi fraternity • Noise – loud music • Forwarded to IFC | Time: 11:24 p.m. | Place: Delta Tau Delta fraternity
September 9th • Alcohol violation • Transported to Putnam County Hospital / forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 12:08 a.m. | Place: Lucy Rowland Hall • Alcohol violation • Transported to Putnam County Hospital | Time: 3:00 a.m. | Place: Longden Hall The Mind Space exhibit opened in the Richard E. Peeler Art Center this week. It’s an exhibit that portrays maximalism — an expression of the meditative mind of the abstract artist during the creation process. It is comprised of 10 installations and 30 wall-hung pieces. The exhibit will stay at Peeler until Dec. 7. KYLE FREED / THE DEPAUW
• Medical • Transported to Putnam County Hospital | Time: 8:17 p.m. | Place: Phi Delta Theta fraternity
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To drink or not to drink: alcohol education programs By PANYIN CONDUAH features@thedepauw.com
Some students kick off the weekend on Thirsty Thursday when they celebrate the end of another rigorous week of schoolwork with black lights, thumping house music and bottles of alcohol. Though DePauw is often hailed as a “party school,” not all students partake in such activities. “When I see people drink, I see that they are kind of like a shell of a human being, and that is something that really doesn’t appeal to me,” junior Benjamin Diekhoff said. Diekhoff chooses to abstain from drinking both on and off campus. Although he is part of a fraternity, Diekhoff as of now does not drink for both religious and legal reasons. Diekhoff follows the Roman Catholic faith, which has played a huge role in his decision not to drink. “If we should drink, it should be in moderation.” Diekhoff said. Angela Nally, director of Public Safety, offered some additional factors that come into play when
DePauw students decide whether or not to drink. “Students need to take into account several things before making the decision to use alcohol... if they are in compliance with the law, their family values regarding alcohol use [and] also how alcohol affects them personally, because it affects each and every person differently,” she said. Nally also said that not only should students take into account if they are going to use alcohol, they should also take into consideration how they interact with alcohol. One way the faculty on campus helps inform students about the way they interact with alcohol is through organizations like S.O.A.R., The Student Organized Alcohol Research project. Senior members Kati Lear and Lian Weinstein both work closely with psychology professor Pam Propsom on gathering information about the drinking culture at DePauw. “Our main aim is not to govern the student body, but just to educate them about how much their peers actually do drink and what perceptions they have,” Lear said of S.O.A.R. Weinstein said that they try to inform students about drinking by asking them questions like, “Do
you know how much a shot is?” as opposed to saying, “Hey, you shouldn’t drink!” According to The Student Organized Alcohol Research report for the 2011-12 academic year, 15.4 percent of the student body does not drink. However, only 22 percent of the campus would describe themselves as “risky” drinkers, meaning they have eight drinks or more per sitting. Both Lear and Weinstein said that students should drink responsibly and safely. Members of S.O.A.R. and DePauw After Dark both try to educate the student body before and during events where students may decide to “pregame.” The programs set up booths with free food, but they also provide facts and statistics that reflect the drinking culture on campus. During last year’s preparation week before the Little 5 races, S.O.A.R. attracted interest to their booth where students could wear B.A.C. goggles and learn how much alcohol is really in a shot compared to their initial perceptions. DePauw After Dark also presents free food trucks on campus during late nights so students can have a meal before or in between drinking sessions.
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While DePauw provides students with Drinking Alternative programs to cut down the drinking here on campus, some students who choose to abstain from drinking still go to parties. For example, since Diekhoff’s fraternity hosts parties, he volunteers as a sober monitor. “Since I’m already going to be sober, I might as well help out the house by walking around and making sure everybody else is okay,” he said. When Diekhoff decides not to surround himself with the partying scene, he plays video games with friends and occasionally vists Plainfield. When asked if he was ever pressured into drinking before, he said, “My friends are kind of surprised still that I don’t drink...I’m lucky to live in a fraternity that accepts me and doesn’t care at all that I choose not to drink.” Diekhoff will celebrate a big milestone in his life later this week, turning 21. He does plan to drink with some friends on that day, but not excessively. “A lot of people depend on alcohol in order to have a good time, and I pride myself on not [having] to do that.”
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Although current DePauw students were in school wh the events of 9/11 happened, many were too young or t removed from the situation to understand its significan This led Professor Kevin Howley to focus his COMM 33 Media Criticism on 9/11 culture. Howley believes that DePauw students mostly und stand the event in a rather vague way. The focus of the cl is to gain insight into the event by studying media that sulted from 9/11. “9/11 was an important historical moment. It’s not som thing that’s ancient history,” Howley said. “The class kind helps them [students] get a better handle on the meani of the event in our country, and the implications that we still living with.” Political science professor Deepa Prakash believes t events of 9/11 are intriguing on a global scale. Prakash, who starting her second year at DePauw, wanted her first Win Term course to deal with the media’s relation to 9/11. Wh her topic is similar to that of Howley’s semester-long cla Prakash’s course will focus more on the political aspects the event. Prakash, who has several master’s degrees deali with terrorism and political science, said her personal expe ences with terrorism have impacted her intellectual persp tives on the topic. “We deal with depictions of the events from a Unit States perspective, but, I also want students to see 9/11 fro an outside perspective,” Prakash said. “It has impacted p found political areas.” While students have not been able to enroll in Prakas Winter Term course yet, there are currently 18 students t ing Howley’s course. Jack Russell, one of the 11 juniors in t 300-level class, said he enjoys the class because the readi material is interesting instead of “stale and boring.” “The subject matter is some of the most powerful I ha ever crossed as a student,” Russell said. Howley was inspired to create the Media Criticism cl
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“It was horrific, a terrible tragedy. I want students to feel free to look at this event critically without feeling like they are crossing a moral line.”
a film in January 2012. Howley chose to begin with this text because it “offers an approach to the way of thinking of the class and how it will handle the media of 9/11.” Russel said the reading material has been a valuable asset to the class. “It is always important to review and analyze major traumatic events in order to learn about the reasoning behind, in this case, the attacks and effects it has had on our country,” he said. Beyond books focused on 9/11, Howley will also teach a book called Techniques of Close Reading in order to help students do their own analysis of some form of media, whether it be a play, book or multimedia. Howley’s goal in creating this class was to help students take pop culture and media seriously and to learn the impact of the event so they can ascertain what it means to be an American. Senior Noah Droddy, who took Howley’s class last year as a junior, still remembers some of the material from the class. “I learned just how much 9/11 has permeated our culture to this day. References both subtle and explicit flood through all forms of media still to this day,” Droddy said. “It was also interesting to really learn the facts of what happened that day, and how those facts have been interpreted; which is definitely something the news media did a poor job reporting…while the attack was an awful tragedy, as humans we must always strive for peace.” Howley and Prakash hope they can help students look at 9/11 from a critical perspective. Both of their classes focus on the media’s relation to 9/11 and how the event has impacted the past 11 years in American popular culture and around the world. “I’d like them [students] to know that asking critical questions does not mean they do not have profound empathy for the terrible events of that day,” Praskah said. “It was horrific, a terrible tragedy. I want students to feel free to look at this event critically without feeling like they are crossing a moral line.”
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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
CGPopps office becoming stronger utility for students Despite all efforts, the Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities office is not a part of every student’s four-year experience. Though with newly appointed Dean of Experiential Learning Raj Bellani and new programming like the Sophomore Institute, the office is vying to change that. The program is growing from what students perceived as largely appointment-only to offering more comprehensive programming. But like other offices and events on campus, it needs to prove a meaningful opportunity if students are to give it any amount of their stretched attention. There’s real opportunity for the office to become part of each student’s consciousness as a partner to the ever-present jobless future. When a student thinks internship or post-graduate work, they should think Career Services too. That could come with more universal programming. The Sophomore Institute reached for that this year – the two days meant to attract all sophomores at least increased visibility of the office’s many services. The Life after DePauw alumni series also is an easy sell to students. But experiences with the CGPopps staff are usually black and white: reaching out to an alumni is successful, or its not. A resume is overhauled for the better, or there’s little to say. A graduate student has relevant experience or is lost among their undergrad stories. We know the value of DePauw’s alumni network for professional opportunities, and ultimately what our education is worth. But the students who need help getting there should be more actively courted by the Career Services office. — Brianna Scharfenberg did not contribute to this editorial because she works in the CGPopps office.
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Exams don’t measure intelligence NICOLE DOBIAS
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hile pretty much everyone I know spent his or her summer interning, working or lounging at the beach, I spent mine studying for the LSAT. And as we have progressed into the school year, I have continued preparing for the test. But as I get deeper into preparing for the exam, I have started to ask myself “What is the point? What will this test prove?” Ever since we were six years old we have had to take test after test, year after year. It seems that everything we do in school is to help us prepare for yet another test. We learn material, get tested on it, and then we forget what we have learned. I have been thinking about this a lot and have come up with my own philosophy on education. In the real world, we won’t have to take tests. We will have paperwork, essays and presentations. So why do we focus so hard on taking exams in school? Isn’t the purpose of school to prepare us for the real world? All tests really assess is our
ability to memorize, and the second the test is over, we lose some of the knowledge we learned to prepare for the test. Maybe there is a better way to measure our knowledge on a subject. Think about where your life is headed after college. I am going to law school, and then will hopefully become a lawyer. My time working will be comprised of writing case briefings, going to meetings, giving presentations and speaking in the courtroom — none of which have to do with taking tests. In my opinion, it would be more beneficial to be evaluated in my classes by writing papers and giving presentations. After all, that is what I will be doing when I graduate. And I don’t think it matters if you don’t plan on being a lawyer, I’m not aware of many jobs that require you to take tests consistently. A lot of what we learn here at DePauw accumulates. It builds upon other knowledge we have learned. I am a communications major, so I incorporate information I have learned from my other classes into the classes I am in now. That is better shown through writing as opposed to answering multiple-choice questions.
However, I will admit that there are several courses that cannot be assessed without tests. Science, languages and math, would be hard to accurately measure without taking an exam. But for other courses, papers and presentations would work better. Furthermore, in this era of advanced technology such as smartphones, iPads, tablets and laptops, any information we may need is always instantly available at our fingertips. Should we really have to memorize anything when in the real world we will always have technology by our sides? Think about it, how accurately do tests really assess your knowledge on a particular subject? And how will taking tests prepare you for the real world? So I propose that we abandon the status quo of assessing our knowledge by taking tests. I encourage teachers and professors to stop testing us and instead have us do presentations and write papers. That would truly prepare us for the real world. — Nicole Dobias is a junior from Fishers, Ind., majoring in communication. opinion@thedepauw.com
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What it means to have DePauw spirit RYAN KONICEK
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chool spirit cannot be easily defined. The dictionary defines it as the emotional support one has for their educational institution, but I believe this definition is too general. I would say school spirit is proudly wearing your DePauw gear, getting involved with a school organization or attending a sporting event, musical performance, or theatre production. School spirit is being excited about DePauw. It means having Tiger Pride. Just this year, DePauw University changed its primary logo to the face of a tiger. Before, there were a number of different symbols representing DePauw, including a tiger paw print, a letter “D” and a sideways facing tiger. There were too many emblems representing our school, and we weren’t united as a whole. The new logo was chosen because our administrators, staff and faculty believe that it embodies the nature of DePauw and its students. The face of the tiger is meant to inspire our DePauw community to come together and support one another. At larger universities, you always see a lot of stu-
dents wearing school apparel. Whether it is school colors, logos or the name of the university, it is difficult to walk across a Big Ten campus, for example, and not see at least one student supporting their school. Here at DePauw, it is not as common, unless you are attending a sporting event. Greek affiliated attire is far more often worn. Yes, greek life is a huge part of life here at DePauw, but it segregates the student body as a whole. Just as some sororities have days were they must wear clothing representing their house, I think we should have a day where DePauw apparel is encouraged. This way, there is no separation of our community. Student attendance at DePauw events is something that I believe is vital. It is the core of what school spirit essentially is. As a DePauw athlete, I can say that whenever there is a large crowd of students at soccer games, it adds a motivational component to the game. You want to win not just for yourself and your team, but for all of those who are there watching and screaming you on. Having that kind of encouragement is the best feeling in the world. My roommate freshman year was sophomore Anna Gatdula. She is in the School of Music at DePauw and sings opera. We made a deal first semester of freshman year that I would attend musical performances and she would watch my soccer games. In this way, we were both able to be there for each other and support one another in the activities that
we were enthusiastic about. Having her as a roommate and friend has opened my eyes to the musical and artistic life here at DePauw. It has helped me to realize that school spirit isn’t just about cheering your heart out at athletic events, but it is screaming your head off at the end of a musical/theatrical performance as well. The university has over 100 student clubs and organizations to be apart of. If you don’t see anything that you are interested in, then, by all means, start something of your very own that you are passionate about. It is your opportunity to be involved with your school, make the most of your time here and encourage others to participate as well. Being apart of an organization at DePauw gives you a chance to connect with your peers, create new experiences and ultimately contribute to your school. DePauw’s clubs and organization are school spirit at its finest because everyone is there voluntarily to partake in all that DePauw has to offer for them. Your challenge is to prove that you have school spirit. Wear your gold and black with pride, shout till you lose your voice at school events and get involved with everything DePauw University has to offer.
MADI BRINKER
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hen you find yourself at school freshmen year, it seems that one of the most common questions your fellow peers ask you is “what is your major?” And nine times out of 10, the kids can give each other an answer. They think that they know. They think that they have known what they want to do since they were in the fifth grade during career day. And it can be overly intimidating when you find yourself in a classroom full of kids who think they know what they want to do with their life and their careers, and you are the only one who doesn’t have a clue. Well, this isn’t true. As it turns out, those kids who came in to school the first day knowing that they are going to major
PHOTOPINION Have you found value in post-grad programming at DePauw? “Honestly, I still haven’t heard enough about it at DePauw.”
MARTIN DeFRANCE, SOPHOMORE “I think there should be more information offered and publicity about post-graduate programming for students.”
— Konicek is a sophomore from Geneva, Ill., who plans to double major in psychology and education. opinion@thedepauw.com
Uncertainty about the future isn’t a bad thing in economics and run their own business some day probably will end up changing their mind. Coming to school undecided (and as a sophomore still being undecided) no longer scares me. It is all a part of the process: taking classes you think you have no interest in, finding out you still have no interest in them, realizing that you find something you never even heard of fascinating and pursuing it a little further to find out more about it. People might tell you your entire life that you should “know by now” what you are going to do with your career, five, ten, fifteen years down the road. This isn’t how life works anymore, and DePauw certainly doesn’t encourage this kind of thinking either. I have an advisor at DePauw that has pushed me to try out classes in fields I didn’t think I would have any interest in. I found them intriguing, and they have helped to steer me in a direction that will ultimately help me figure out what I am going to declare — someday. There is no rush to figuring this out because you can take a few classes at a time and boil it down, one by one. This is also one of the huge benefits of going to a smaller liberal arts college — you have time and room to decide these things. There
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isn’t pressure to join a particular field or get into a certain part of the school in order to pursue your major. And for me, this has been really helpful in trying to decide what I want to do. I thought it was science, then after struggling a bit in that field, I tried out anthropology, then English. I have finally found my comfort in writing, and finally might have the guts to declare something. But nonetheless, I am undecided, and I have been reassured many times by school professors and faculty that this is perfectly okay. For those of you (especially freshmen) who are scrambling trying to find an answer to the daunting “what is your major” question: settle down. Only time will help you figure this out. In the mean time, don’t be afraid to take a organic chemistry course, or that political science class that you have been thinking about. It can only help you in the long run, and the long run is what really matters. — Brinker is a sophomore from Stevensville, Minn., with an undecided major. opinion@thedepauw.com
SHANI GLOVER, JUNIOR “The walk-in advising bar is super helpful. The staff is very friendly and patient.”
RADHIKA DAYAL, SOPHOMORE “(Direcor of Professional Opportunities) Steve Langerud is the absolute man! I definitely recommend taking your resumes to him for help.” NATHAN MULLINS, SENIOR JIM EASTERHOUSE / THE DEPAUW
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MEN’S SOCCER
Offense struggles in win, later in tie By CONNOR HOLLENSTEINER sports@thedepauw.com
For a team whose primary offense is two sophomores and a freshman, defensively-strong teams are giving DePauw’s young players tough challenges up front. The men’s soccer team (4-0-1) remains undefeated, as it pulled out a dramatic overtime victory against Earlham College Saturday 1-0. DePauw then tied the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Sunday, 0-0. However, the team’s one goal and subsequent tie were both hard-fought on offense. The Tigers went into overtime Saturday and sophomore Andy Morrison, who leads the team in scoring with three, put away his second game winner of the season off of junior Matt Reda’s assist. Head coach Brad Hauter said the team had to deal with quite a bit of adversity Saturday, but managed it. “There were some really odd challenges the guys faced,” Hauter said. “Earlham was much improved from last year, the storm from the night before made the footing on the field really difficult, and it was 10 yards shorter and 10 yards more narrow than we’re used to. It allowed them to neutralize our speed up top.” The Tigers played an Earlham team that played excellent defense, and it was tough for the Tigers to find the net. “I thought we were a better team and could have won before overtime,” said sophomore defender Kevin Tolley. “It was unfortunate we
couldn’t get a goal earlier because they packed most of their players in the defensive third of the field. But we prevailed in overtime because we were able to put the extra work in, and Earlham was unable to keep up.” On Sunday, the Tigers played against defensively-minded Rose-Hulman and couldn’t find the back of the net again. “It was pretty disappointing to settle for a tie because we thought we were the better team,” Tolley said. “They played a very defensive game ,and it was hard to put away a goal.” The Tigers dominated offensively throughout the match but couldn’t find the score sheet. “Rose-Hulman sat in with eight players always behind the ball and only one real high player up top they could counter to,” Hauter said. “The low pressure of them just defending was tough for us to get in our groove, but we outshot them 8-1 in the first half, but their keeper was red hot.” The Tigers are now five games into the season and have only given up two goals, one of which was an own goal. With a strong defensive line the Tigers open conference play on Saturday when the team faces off against Denison University. “We are only at 70 or 75 percent of what we are capable of,” Hauter said. “We are too far off of our players, they get too many touches, and they get too many opportunities. When we really get into a defensive rhythm, it’ll be impressive.” The Tigers return home Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against Hanover College in their final test before NCAC play Saturday against Denison University.
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DePauw wins six of nine at home By CLARE POLEGA sports@thedepauw.com
The men’s tennis team hosted the annual DePauw Invitational this weekend. Although there are no team standings at this point of the season, the team won six out of nine events. Head Coach Scott Riggle was impressed by the level of play this early in the season. “I don’t really have expectations going into matches,” Riggle said. “I expect them to play hard and smart and with great sportsmanship. I let the results take care of themselves and expect us to play as hard as we can.” The upcoming tournament is the Bradley
Invitational next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Even though the tournament will consist of four Div. I teams out of a total of five teams, DePauw’s tennis team is proving to be a good competitor. DEPAUW’S HIGH FINISHERS No. 2 singles: senior Noah Swiler No. 4 singles: senior Reid Garlock No. 5 singles: junior Joe Collins No. 6 singles: freshman Nick Makowiecki No. 1 doubles: seniors Reid Garlock and David Moss No. 2 doubles: Noah Swiler and freshman Alec Kaczkowski
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Tigers still searching for first win By THE DEPAUW STAFF sports@thedepauw.com
The women’s soccer team is still searching for its first win of the season after losing in doubleovertime to Kalamazoo College (2-1) on Friday and Alma College (3-1) on Sunday. Against Kalamazoo, the Tigers got on the board early on a goal by junior Angela Cotherman just eight minutes into the contest. However, DePauw was not able to add to its lead, and Kalamazoo evened the score with less than 11 minutes left to play in regulation time. In the second over-
time, the Tigers lost their second overtime game of the season as Kalamazoo outshot DePauw 2515 including a 19-8 margin in the second half and both overtimes. On Sunday, the Tigers’ Dana Sprague scored in the first 20 minutes against Alma, but her team didn’t score again. Alma scored three unanswered goals to win the game 4-1. Alma outshot DePauw 29-4 and held the 14-4 advantage in shots on goal. The Tigers didn’t win a corner kick as Alma had three. DePauw opens up NCAC play Saturday when it hosts Denison University (0-4) at Boswell Field.
Freshman Nick Thompson serves to Bellarmine University in the finals of the No. 2 doubles flight at the men's invite this past Saturday. MEG CROWLEY / THE DEPAUW
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Football | It’s great to have a quarterback who can put his continued from page 16 head down and run...The worst thing to do right rolled out to his right looking in the end zone for an open man with three St. Olaf defenders in pursuit. As he was about to get tackled near the sideline, he threw across his body to Kirtley for DePauw’s first – and only – touchdown of the game. “Justin is a competitor, he’s tough as nails, and we love that about him,” Sansone said. “The offensive line and receiving corps love him. He did all he could do. He’s a good player, and we have his back. Everyone has to learn from their mistakes and get better from there.” The Tigers scored just one more time – a field goal by junior Eric Malm – in third quarter as St. Olaf halted drives, and Murray’s arm became erratic. “We just were not consistent enough today,” head coach Robby Long said after the game. “You cannot win tough football games that way.” Sansone added: “Justin gave 110 percent effort.
now is put our head in the tank. We have to keep our head up and give it 110 percent at practice to get better.” In the second half, DePauw was out-scored 213, and Murray was pulled in the final five minutes of the game in favor of Seaman. Seaman went 3-9, threw one interception and accumulated 20-yards through the air. During one offensive series for Seaman, two dropped passes by Kirtley possibly derailed a touchdown. The Tigers travel to Wittenberg University (1-0) next Saturday at 7 p.m.
Freshman Quarterback Justin Murray drops back for a pass during a game Saturday at Blackstock Field. He played the majority of the game. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW
CROSS COUNTRY
Sr. Droddy and frosh O’Brien stand out at Knight Invitational By GRANT WALTERS sports@thedepauw.com
An old face stole the spotlight, and a new one is moving into the limelight with high finishes early in the season. This weekend, the DePauw women’s and men’s cross-country teams placed ninth and 10th at the Calvin College Knight Invitational in Grand Rapids, Mich, respectively. While the team finishes were not much to note, individual performances by two Tigers bode well for the future. With 257 points, the women’s team was led by freshman Heather O’Brien in 16th place at 18:35.6. Senior Noah Droddy took fourth
“I ran under 25 minutes, which was the fastest I’ve opened up by at least a minute.” — Senior Noah Droddy
for the men with a time of 24:55.6 on the 8K course. The men scored 305 points as a team. “The purpose of going up there was to get a real competitive meet,” head coach Kori Stroffregen said. “We wanted to get on a course
that was fair and fast, and that was also accomplished.” With 24 total schools participating, Calvin was the favorite of this race, being ranked 7th in Div. III. The Calvin men and women won with 30 and 34 points, respectively. The Knight Invitational hadn’t seen the DePauw cross country team in quite a few years, but its even running plane, gradual and smooth elevations and a 10-meter wide path aided the runners. Its flat nature also deemed advantageous for Droddy, who set a personal best. “I ran under 25 minutes, which was the fastest I’ve opened up by at least a minute,” Droddy said. “I had some really good competition — all of the top five runners were All-Americans.” O’Brien brought just as much to her second collegiate meet, after teaming up with sophomore Hope Jordan last week and placing first in the tag-team Hokum Karem at Wabash College. “I was satisfied with the results,” O’Brien said. “It being the first main meet made me excited because I can hope for a lot of improvement for future meets.” Stoffregen added: “Believe it or not this is the first year she's ever run cross country. She discovered the running bug here late in her high school career. She's very talented. We're excited to see once she gets cross country figured out how good she can be.” The cross country team will take their top 10 finishes to the Indiana Intercollegiates on Friday in Terre Haute, Ind.
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FIELD HOCKEY
Away match ends in 4-1 victory By KARA JACKSON sports@thedepauw.com
When Rhodes College stumbled upon the goal first, DePauw got hit with a wake up call. “After they scored that first goal, it lit a fire under us, and rekindled our desire to beat Rhodes even more,” senior Caroline Torie said. Rhodes struggled to put out the flame as the Tigers’ intensity lasted the rest of the game. DePauw traveled Saturday afternoon to St. Louis to play Rhodes (1-2) where the team found itself down 1-0 in the first fifteen minutes. The Tigers came back to score two goals in each half to walk off the field with a 4-1 victory. The game got off to a slow start for DePauw when Rhodes scored and went unanswered until a little more than 10 minutes later when junior Chelsea Cutler found the net assisted by senior Margaret Ellis. Ellis and Cutler teamed up again with 2:20 left in the game, this time Cutler setting up Ellis to score. “We were creating opportunities on offense, but not doing a great job moving the goalkeeper at the beginning of the
game,” head coach Gina Wills said in an email. “We had one breakdown on defense, which resulted in the goal.” The Tigers’ mid fielders hustled back with the defense to beat Rhodes to the ball. That effort protected DePauw’s goal from the Lynx for the duration of game. The Tigers recovered the ball effectively spreading out Rhode’s offense and clearing the ball up the field with long passes. In the second half, senior Bridgette Shamleffer scored unassisted and Ellis hit an open shot with the assist by Paige Henry less than a minute later to end the game. In this week of practice, Torie said the team plans to work on their corner shot percentage after the Tigers scored twice off corners. “The team took big step this weekend, taking advantage of corner shots is one of our goals this season and was the highlight of the game,” Wills said. She also said this was a quality win for the team as Rhodes has made it to the NCAA Div. III tournament the past two years. DePauw is now 3-1 on the season heading back into the NCAC play for their next game. The Tigers travel to Oberlin College (1-1) on Saturday starting at 11 a.m.
Coffin leads men’s golfers
Women’s golf places fifth at IU
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The Tigers played in their first tournament of the year at Wildkat Golf Course at the University of Kentucky starting Sept. 8. The inexperienced lineup proved to be influenced by nerves in their play when they finished 11th out of 17 teams. The team was doing well during the first round Saturday, but anxiety affected their performance on Sunday. “It was an up and down tournament,” Lazar said. “Even though we did not finish well, I saw enough to keep me optimistic about the season. Going forward, we will improve.” For some players, this tournament was the first one of their college careers. Although the team was not able to execute as a group, Head Coach Vince Lazar thought the team did an excellent job of preparing and understanding the course prior to the tournament.
The women’s golf team finished fifth out of nine teams this weekend in the second tournament of the season at Indiana University-Bloomington. Considering three key players live off-campus during the week due to internships, the team played well as a whole. Two of five players in the lineup were freshmen and helped the team compete successfully. “Our scores were not as good as the previous week,” Lazar said. “Distance played a role in that. The girls did not know the course as well.” The purpose of this tournament was to prepare the team for next weekend’s tournament at St. Mary’s. The tournament will consist of strong competition of last year’s top ten finishers from Div. III schools across the country. The tournament will act as a preview for the NCAA championship.
DEPAUW’S HIGH FINISHERS T-27th senior Matt Coffin T-46th sophomore Ty Frost T-60th senior Pat Herrod T-60th sophomore Brandon Bekkering T-95th junior Andy Hill
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DEPAUW’S HIGH FINISHERS 17th junior Paige Gooch T-23rd senior Camila Romero T-25th junior Kelsey Smith T-32nd senior Sam Stahler T-36th freshman Jacqueline Carroll T-47th freshman Kate Burklow T-50th freshman Brooke Hasler
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name:
KELLY DOYLE, JUNIOR
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VOLLEYBALL
position: RIGHT SIDE HITTER
hometown:
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On her weekend play: Doyle accounted for 44 kills this weekend including 27 on Saturday alone. Her efforts were part of the volleyball team’s 4-0 record, and DePauw dropped just one set during the Rose-Hulman Invitational. The Tigers have now won six straight matches.
In response to the 4-0 weekend and six straight wins: “We’re very versatile. We don’t really have any holes in our team right now. We’re strong all the way around. There’s nowhere you can think [where] there’s a weak point on the team. The team cohesion is really coming together for us, which is awesome being such a young team.” — COMPILED BY MICHAEL APPELGATE / SPORTS@THEDEPAUW.COM
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Volleyball 4-0 at Rose Hulman tournament By NICOLE DARNALL sports@thedepauw.com
Ask DePauw’s volleyball team about how to incorporate new players and few veterans. They could provide you with the winning formula. This weekend the Tigers dominated at their tournament at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, finishing the weekend undefeated at 4-0 for an overall record of 6-2. “We knew coming into this tournament that every team we were going to face was going to be a quality volleyball team,” said head coach Deb Zellers. But, quality team or not, the Tigers knew exactly what to do. “We were able to spread our offense out so that everyone was terminating and getting kills,” said junior Kelly Doyle. “That was something that really helped us because going to someone every time doesn’t work. We were really spreading out on offense.”
“We knew coming into this tournament that every team we were going to face was going to be a quality volleyball team.” - Deb Zellers, head volleyball coach
The Tigers began their weekend with a match against the home team, Rose Hulman. But DePauw got the win after winning three out of the four games. “We certainly knew Rose Hulman would be a great opponent to play,” Zellers said. “We went into it mentally expecting a battle in every match.” Last year, Rose-Hulman competed in the Div. III national tournament along with Webster College, who DePauw played later in the weekend. Even after the first match, the weekend continued to go just as they hoped with the Tigers defeating all three of their other opponents 3-0. “We knew that they were all strong teams,” Zellers said. “But that’s the kind of tournament that is really valuable in our season right now, where we’re not playing super easy teams but we aren’t playing teams who are top ten in the country. We were able to rise to the challenge.” And indeed they did. The team not only added to its win streak, but it also had two players chosen for the all-tournament team. Freshman Faith Rolwes, who was all-tournament at last weekend’s tournament as well, was chosen for the setter position alongside her sophomore teammate, Mary Kate Etling. “[Rolwes] had a strong all-around performance offensively... She is our primary server and served very aggressively for the weekend and in that rotation played some great defense as well,” Zellers said. The Tigers look to continue their win streak Wednesday with a game at Anderson University and then a home tournament next weekend. “Last weekend (at Washington), everyone’s nerves got the best of us,” Doyle said. “Then, everyone has really risen to the challenge, and we’ve been working really hard in practice.”
Freshman Lan Sansone chases down St. Olaf College’s sophomore Joel Reinhardt during Saturday’s game at Blackstock Field. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW
Murray at helm, DePauw drops opener 31-10 By MICHAEL APPELGATE sports@thedepauw.com
In Justin Murray’s first collegiate game at quarterback – a start – one can’t place all the blame for DePauw football’s first loss of the season on the freshman. On the contrary, the Tigers have something to look forward to in the season, and subsequent years. Despite DePauw’s (0-1) 31-10 loss Saturday afternoon at Blackstock Stadium to St. Olaf College (2-0), Murray showed why the head coaching staff chose him over sophomore Drew Seaman. He utilized his speed, quickness to get outside the pocket and find receivers downfield, going 18-35 for 170-yards. He threw one touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Jackson Kirtley in the first quarter, and was picked off in the third quarter. Murray is the first freshman to start
an opening game for DePauw since 1978. He showed a large potential, but will need grooming to excel. He began his day showcasing his skills as a mobile quarterback, rolling out to his right
“We just were not consistent enough today. You cannot win tough football games that way.” - Robby Long, head football coach
and hitting senior wide receiver Taylor Wagner for a 12-yard gain. He found Wagner again on the next play for 6-yards, but his drive was derailed when he fumbled the ball trying to
stretch for a another first down on a run. His turnover gave St. Olaf possession at midfield, and Oles quarterback Dan Dobson went to work on the DePauw secondary. He completed passes for 30 and 16-yards and scored the first points of the game on a oneyard rush. On the next Tigers possession, Murray displayed his mobility to get outside the pocket and found Wagner again and hit senior Nikko Sansone in open space. After two first downs, DePauw punted, and the St. Olaf punt returner botched the catch on the three yard-line. The Tigers’ Kortney Cartwright pounced on the ball, and DePauw started its third offensive drive on the Oles’ two yard-line. Murray, after a delay of game penalty,
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