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University abandons hard-liquor ban; begins search for new alternatives By ABBY MARGULIS news@thedepauw.com

Last year, many students at DePauw lived up to the university’s “Top Party School Ranking.” The result was at least 21 students transported to Putnam County Hospital for high BACs and over 100 incidents of intoxicated students with Public Safety officers. DePauw’s social life has turned into a high-risk alcohol scene. Last spring, the university took action by creating a new alcohol policy banning hard liquor from registered fraternity events. But after much disapproval from students, the university lifted the ban and is now discussing new measures to slow down high-risk drinking at DePauw. The alcohol collaborative group, chaired by Vice-President of Student Life Cindy Babington, features students and faculty working to develop initiatives to address high-risk drinking. The group will introduce initiatives to combat high-level intoxication and study those issues through data feedback to critically evaluate whether they are making an impact. The policy stated that if hard alcohol was served at a registered event and policy violations came to the university’s attention then the sanction would be more stringent than if other types of violations occurred. Additionally, individuals would be sanctioned more harshly for using hard alcohol as opposed to beer or wine. After the alcohol collaborative

group received negative feedback from fraternity and sorority presidents and DePauw Student Government, the group reconvened. Students in these organizations felt like there could be a better way to create a safer alcohol scene on campus. In recent years, the university has continued to become more concerned with students drinking hard alcohol, leading to more black outs. More alcohol comsumption has put students into increasingly dangerous situations. BACk Down, a group of seven students, was formed over the summer to meet weekly to discuss creative solutions to DePauw’s high BAC levels. DSG President Sara Scully defined the group’s mission. “It’s us collaborating to form initiatives and create creative solutions to protect students’ safety while still continuing our engaging social atmosphere,” Scully said. The group was formed for many reasons, one of which being the high number of BAC levels being over .3 percent. Greek Life Coordinator P.J. Mitchell, who helped spearhead the group, sees BACk Down as a necessary group to have on campus. “Our campus was heading towards a ledge [with the high BAC levels and hospital runs], and we want to push back against it before it goes too far,” Mitchell said. The group protects student safety by keep students from crossing the dangerous line of alcohol comsumption at DePauw’s social scene.

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Professors connecting on social media By NICOLE DeCRISCIO news@thedepauw.com

Facebook in recent years has been seen as a method of communication between friends and family. However, Facebook is taking on a new role as professors use it to take learning to a new level. “Facebook has developed into something far more than pictures, friends and a means to communicate,” said sophomore Kristen Dickman. “It’s starting to become a networking thing.” Professor Mark Tatge, Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor, is one of several professors using Facebook as an educational tool here at DePauw for his Multimedia Storytelling class. He created a closed group and added the students to the group, where they exchange tips, techniques and ideas. “I think that in today’s classroom, you need to engage students,” Tatge said. “You need to basically approach them on a lot of different levels. You have to communicate with them in more than one venue. I wanted to offer a venue where they would participate.”

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Health concerns in the African-American community have become a national problem, according to the campus Association of African American Students (AAAS). Students at DePauw are raising awareness in order to promote healthy lifestyles. “Healthy is Sexy” is a month-long series of events organized by AAAS to provide insights and skills to becoming a healthier person. While “Healthy is Sexy” targets DePauw’s AfricanAmerican community, any student on campus can attend. Previous events have included Zumba, dodgeball and various health presentations. According to the Food Research and Action Center, 82.1 percent of African-American women and 69.9 percent of African-American men are overweight or obese. Such health problems can lead to a myriad of issues including type two diabetes, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Half an hour of cardio and strength/weight training several times a week can curb these numbers, according to AAAS event organizer Khadijah Crosby, a junior. “We’d like to raise awareness of different health problems we’re facing and try to change them because they can be prevented with proper diet exercise and physical activity,” Crosby said.

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“Healthy is Sexy” is a new take on the familiar idea of getting in shape. “It’s something different from what we’ve done before — that’s the most striking thing about it,” said AAAS President Jorden Giger. Because the series is only a month long, Crosby has smaller but more significant and realistic goals in mind than rippling biceps. “Students don’t need to work out every day and become athletic,” Crosby said. “We just want them to start to become more physically active.” Planning for this series entailed gaining insight into the health problems and routine procedural solutions. Scheduling for a month-long event posed more than a few obstacles though, even when planning far in advance. “Booking rooms was hard, especially with finding the right room at the perfect time,” Crosby said. After first visiting Lilly for a workout, Crosby saw the dilemma firsthand. “When I went to the gym, I didn’t see too many minorities, and I felt like that’s the problem,” Crosby said. “I wanted to change that, the sedentary lifestyle.” Crosby recognized the implications of these health statistics after that experience. “We have to do better,” Crosby said. “If not, we’re facing an early death.” After some summer work, “Healthy is Sexy” is now

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in effect, and students are excited to participate. “This program sounds like it’ll make a connection between activity and fun,” said freshman Benjamin Davis. “That connection is what will keep people active and continuing such healthy lifestyles.” Upcoming events for “Healthy is Sexy” include a lecture from Dr. NiCole R. Keith of IUPUI about physical activity and health in the black community, a presentation about proper diet and meals at locations on campus, tied together by a course at the end of the month. “We would really like people to come out to the events,” Crosby said. “It’s targeted to audiences of the black community, but obviously the events are open to the entire campus.” However, obstacles to maintaining a healthier lifestyle arise no matter the advantages. Time management is essential to any student, especially one who is trying to fit in an exercise routine. “People have to make the time, but if you make the exercise enjoyable, and people are having fun, they’ll find the time,” Davis said. “As long as that activity functions as exercise.” Students can find the schedule for all “Healthy is Sexy” events online at DePauw e-services. “We all have a lot to do, but we can’t make excuses about not going to the gym,” Crosby said. “These statistics are scary. That’s our future.”

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Teach for America grows DePauw draw school like DePauw than a student from Over the Rhine in Cincinnati or from the South Side of Chicago because of the zip code I grew up in and thus the access I had to great schools.” Teach for America was always a presence at DePauw, Lau said. In her opinion, one reason that DePauw students find themselves exceptionally prepared for the hardships of teaching in disadvantaged and rural areas is the amount of leadership opportunities available to the DePauw student. “Being an effective leader is essential when trying to manage a classroom in the conditions that these teachers have to teach in and even when interacting with other teachers,” Lau said. Kelsey Moore ‘12 agreed with Lau’s assertion that leadership skills are important in the classroom. Moore is in her sixth week of teaching at an Indianapolis charter school. “It’s the most challenging experience of my life,” she said. “It’s not a job—it’s my whole life.” Moore, who often works 16-hours days, added: “It’s really, really hard— they don’t tell you how hard it is before you get there. But it will probably be the most rewarding experience of my life.”

Jennings agreed that the hardships of teaching were worth the good moments. “It’s not just about the quantitative stuff—the test scores,” he said. “It’s about really seeing a change in your student as the year goes by.” According to Jennings, a crucial element of DePauw that contributed to his decision to join Teach for America was the sense of social responsibility that was instilled in him by many professors. He mentioned his first year seminar, in which the professor exposed the class to global social injustices and “not only taught, but inspired us to go out and do something, even if just on campus or studying abroad,” Jennings said. However, the path to education equity in the United States is not as simple as a two-year teaching stint. Emily Smedra ‘11 knew since high school that she wanted to be a teacher, and after having experienced the Teach for America program, now aspires to be in education administration. “This experience has shown me that a certain amount of change has to come from higher up,” Smedra said. DePauw graduates and Teach for Amercica strive to make the dream of equal education across the na-

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have important conversations for what their expectations for each other are socially, and it is ultimately working towards creating an environment without putting students at risk, Mitchell said. BACk Down is only one project on DePauw’s campus to take initiatives towards creating a safer student community socially. DePauw is part of the National Alcohol Collaborative, giving them the opportunity to share ideas with 32 other universities working towards a similar goal.

Through this collaborative, other programs have been developed such as the CATS program, a paid sober monitor and peer education program. Another program is BASICS, a more effective individual alcohol-screening tool and an extension of the program for student-athletes alcohol presentations. BACk Down and these other projects let the university find different approaches to help the community become safer.

What makes a good teacher? Apparently, DePauw does. This year, DePauw tied for second nationally with Amherst College as a small school—2,999 or fewer undergraduates—contributing the most students to the Teach for America program, with 19 students joining the corps (compared to top-ranked 21 from Wellesley College in Wellesly, Mass.). Teach for America is a national corps committed to solving educational inequality. The program recruits young, often fresh-out-of-college men and women to teach in disadvantaged urban and rural schools. These are not easy jobs—yet many DePauw graduates are drawn to this program. Matt Jennings ‘09 started out in the Teach For America program as a 9th grade English and English as a Second Language teacher at a school in Houston, Texas. After finishing his two-year commitment to teaching, Jennings decided he wanted to continue to be involved in Teach for America. He is now a recruitment manager for several private schools in Ohio

students. There has also been talk amongst a variety of students about the university allowing kegs if they are to ban hard alcohol. Scully and Fadel are skeptical about allowing kegs for fear of how students would use them. The group is open to gathering feedback from students

Down will continue to meet weekly throughout the rest of the school year to discuss ways to deter drinking in excess. They will be tracking progress through data showing the number of hospital runs, extreme BAC levels over .3 percent, average BAC levels, number of drinks students have in a night and what type of drinks those are. The group provides students to

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Tommie Badgley, 53, was pronounced dead at Putnam County Hospital Wednesday evening after he was allegedly stabbed in the upper chest by his son, according to the Greencastle Police Department. At approximately 5:48 p.m., Greencastle officers responded to a residence on the 900 block of Crown Street after a reported stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found Badgley inside the residence suffering from a stab wound to the upper chest. His son, Thomas Badgley, 21, was taken into custody without incident, police said. Witnesses at the scene told officers said that Thomas Badgley’s parents, Tommie and Debbie Badgley, were visiting their son at the house when an altercation took place between the father and son, police said. Thomas Badgley is currently in custody at the Putnam County Jail pending charges by the Putnam County Prosecutor. He will be arraigned in court Friday at the Putnam County Courthouse.

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and Indiana, including DePauw. Matt isn’t the only TFA alumnus who chose to continue a career in education—in fact, 63% of TFA’s 23,000 alumni continue to work full time in educationrelated fields. Jennings had not always planned to end up with Teach for America, though. As political science and French double major, he didn’t decide to join Teach for America until his senior year. “When I was in my senior year and saw all the opportunities that a DePauw education had given me, I also realized that so many students are systematically denied these same opportunities,” Jennings said. “Teach for America had tangible ways to provide these kids with the means to achieve those opportunities.” Siobhan Lau ’09 also currently works for Teach For America, but not in the classroom. She is part of the Chicago region development team and didn’t join the organization until after attending graduate school at the University of Cincinnati. “I worked in an arts integration program at six different elementary schools,” Lau said. “It was there that I realized the education inequity in America for the first time. It is unjust that I had a better chance to go to a

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The Delbert Tibbs’ story: Life after death row By JOSEPH FANELLI news@thedepauw.com

Delbert Tibbs stood on a stage and spoke slowly and deliberately about the time he spent five years as a death row inmate. “God sent me to death row so I could be a witness,” he said in front of an audience at Peeler Auditorium Tuesday night. Tibbs, now in his 70s, was featured in events on DePauw’s campus this week to tell the story of his 1974 arrest that eventually put him on death row for five years after he was wrongfully accused of rape and murder in Fort Meyers, Fla. In 1974, Tibbs was enjoying his youth traveling across the U.S.—by foot. He had held several jobs before attending the Chicago Theological Seminary from 1970 from 1972, but after two years, he decided the seminary was not the right place for him. Tibbs was walking along a highway in Mississippi when was he stopped by a police officer who informed him he was wanted for arrest in Ft. Meyers, Fla. He was moved to the city and watched the news coverage of himself arriving in handcuffs a few days later from a Fort Meyers jail. He said it was only after he was picked out of a lineup that morning that he realized the amount of trouble he was in. “I was living in some sort of nightmare,” he said. Tibbs was found guilty for the rape of a 17-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man in front of an all-white jury, despite the fact he did not meet the witness’s

description. The woman said it was a 5’4” black man, and Tibbs is well over 6’2”. And he had never even been to Fort Meyers, Fla. What followed was an eight-year battle that reached as high as the Florida Supreme Court before the case was eventually dropped by the prosecutor who said his witness may not be reliable. But Tibbs still spent five of those eight years in a maximum security Florida state prison. Tibbs spoke to the crowd Tuesday night about his experience in a casual, informative voice—sometimes even with humor—but stressed the power of “agitation” to create change. A friend of his from Chicago started the Gilbert Tibbs Defense Committee to raise awareness and money for Tibbs’ case and created a small national movement for his release. “Agitation makes a difference,” Tibbs said. “It lets the powers that be know that people are not satisfied with the way things are.” Tibbs’ continues to fight today through the Witness to Innocence advocacy group. An organization dedicated to abolishing the death penalty in America. Nicki Hewell ’11, Graduate Fellow at the Prindle Institute, worked with the Indiana Abolition Coalition and the Men of Justice, a DePauw organization, in bringing Tibbs and was happy with the turnout. She said about 20 students also met with Tibbs for a more intimate conversation Wednesday afternoon at the Dorothy Brown Cultural Resource Center. Senior Jorden Giger, President of Men for Justice, was impressed with

Facebook | different things...I find it more producif a professor emails from Moodle continued from page 1 tive or their personal email. It’s a definite Despite Tatge’s assertion that “everyone’s on it all the time, I’m not a heavy Facebook user,” junior Christine Webster said. Dickman also points to the fact that Facebook is a distraction from school work a lot of the time. She uses the Macbook application Self Control to temporarily block social media sites, so she can be more productive. “I don’t see how it’s much different than a Moodle forum,” Webster said. “I feel that Facebook and school are two

thing. If it’s Facebook it’s more optional because it’s a fun thing.” Facebook still has other drawbacks when it comes to educational purposes, according to Dickman. “I ignore my newsfeed because it’s a newsfeed of everybody,” said Dickman. In addition, one of the many drawbacks is the excessive notifications, which Dickman related to annoying ‘reply all’ emails. Even Tatge acknowledged the shortcomings of Facebook. He points to the excessive ads, invasiveness and difficulty in finding someone with a

CAMPUSCRIME September 11th • Suspicious vehicle/after hours violation • Subjects located/verbal warning issued | Time: 11:18 p.m. | Place: Nature Park lot

September 12th • Medical • Transported to Putnam County Hospital | Time: 11:06 a.m. | Place: Emison

September 13th • Noise – loud music • Forwarded to Campus Living | Time: 12:06 a.m. | Place: Chabraja Hall • Possession of false ID • Released to custody of friend/forwarded to Prosecutor’s office and Community Standards Committee | Time: 1:18 a.m. | Place: Jackson Street Dilbert Tibbs speaks about his time as a death row inmate in Florida during a lecture at Peeler auditorium on Tuesday. PHOTO COURTESY OF HENRY DAMBANEMUYA

Tibbs “willingness to share his personal stories” and emphasized the importance of his message. “I think his story is incredibly important in an age in which men and women of color are being incarcerated at enormously high rates,” Giger said. “We are

common name. He even admits that there are other networks that would work better than Facebook. “Google+ is easier to use than Facebook,” Tatge said. “It’s not as cumbersome.” Facebook has not yet crossed completely into the education threshold, though. It still lacks the general acceptance of it as an educational tool. “If teachers move to Facebook for classes, I think Facebook will be less and less used,” Dickman said. While Dickman and Webster did not personally have any issues with being Facebook friends with their professor, they did both recognize that some students could be worried about it being

the future of the United States and if we are unaware of the ways in which the least empowered or least represented groups among us are being disproportionately imprisoned, we run the risk of allowing injustice to continue on for another generation.”

an invasion of privacy. Webster offers the following advice to those with this concern and as a general rule for all. “If there’s something on your Facebook that you don’t want a professor to see, then you probably shouldn’t have it there for everyone to see,” Webster said. Finally, Webster addressed the issue of some students not having a Facebook. “There needs to be another means of being able to communicate [the] information [from the class], and I think my professor realizes that,” she said.

• Alcohol violation • Released to custody of friend/Forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 1:20 a.m. | Place: Bowman Park

FOR THE RECORD On page three of the Sept. 11, 2012, issue of The DePauw, the university’s net tuition and educational expenses were incorrectly stated. The average net tuition per student is actually $16,188, whereas the average net educational expense per student is $36,530.

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School of Music increases jury Prindle hosts children’s lit conference difficulty, embraces changes By LEEANN SAUSSER news@thedepauw.com

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It’s been about a year and half since Mark McCoy was hired as Dean of the School of Music, and many of his ideas are now tangible plans as the School of Music undergoes various changes this fall. Some of the differences include added visibility of the Student Advisory Board and a weekly recital hour in which every music student has the opportunity to perform to a packed house. But the new school year has brought even more attention to the music school with the goal of continuing to improve. One important addition is large ensembles return to touring. Groups such as the Chamber Singers, Jazz Ensemble and many others will be touring across the U.S. The orchestra will also travel to England during Winter Term. “The first step in spreading the word about the great things we are doing here is getting our groups out on the road,” McCoy said. “There are no serious schools of music who aren’t on the road all the time.” This high level of performance is brought about by many changes in structure within the music school, including a shift in end-of-the-semester juries. All students within the School of Music must complete an end of the semester jury on their instrument, showcasing progress to the faculty, much like a ‘final exam.’ This year, the School of Music is trying an 8-level process. Each performance student must reach an 8 – meaning they are ready for graduate school – before commencement. If they do not, the degree will not be earned, and they must return each semester for juries until that level is reached. “I think that leveled juries are more or less ‘good’ in theory,” said junior Tom Piotrowski, a double major in euphonium and biochemistry. “The whole mindset behind them is appropriate. It forces students to want to achieve a certain level of competency on their respected instrument.” However, Piotrowski fears that although this will force students to achieve great success, the pressure may be inappropriate for the undergraduate

education. He also hopes it doesn’t deter College of Liberal Arts students from getting involved with the programs. This year, the levels are on a trial basis and will not affect any current student. Once the levels are refined, the next incoming class will begin the new process. Bachelor of Music Education and Bachelor of Musical Arts degrees will have to reach a slightly lower level in order to reach graduation. “I think these changes are truly going to alter the way the DePauw School of Music is seen to the rest of campus, the community and all of the prospective music students,” said junior voice performance major Elleka Okerstrom. “We are a serious school, and these new policies reflect that. It's all about recruiting the best incoming students that we can and pushing our current students to their maximum potential.” In addition, DePauw University has adopted Greencastle Middle School’s music program. Beginning September 19, students will volunteer their time to guide students in music. DePauw is also creating a preparatory music school in which current university students will actually teach private lessons to members of the community. “We are looking at a ‘CommUniversity’ which is a coming together of university and community to provide not just college-aged music instruction, but all ages with instruction,” McCoy said. “It’s an opportunity for us to make a big impact in our community because were reaching out to help with music programs in public schools.” To round out the new school year, well-known guest artists from Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to Project Trio will be performing at DePauw this year. “These are fantastic musicians, and it’s aimed for the CLA so we hope that the College of Liberal Arts will join us and come celebrate these great musicians,” McCoy said. Piotrowski and Okerstrom both agreed, stating that the guest artist series were what both looked forward to the most this year. “DePauw was one of the first schools of music in America,” McCoy said. “We are a leader in music in America and we need to take that role seriously. So how can we move ourselves forward?”

Most people do not think of children’s books posing ethical questions, but a symposium at Prindle this weekend wants to change that. Claudia Mills, the Robert and Carolyn Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ethics, has always loved both ethics and children’s books, since she is a professor of philosophy and a children’s book writer. When she came to DePauw, she knew that it would be the perfect venue to hold “Ethics and Children’s Literature: A Symposium.” “DePauw has such a focus on making connections across disciplines that it seemed like a wonderful place to host a conference that would actually bring ethics and children’s literature together,” Mills said. The symposium is meant as a place for children’s authors, children’s literature scholars and philosophers to all come together and combine their separate fields. The attendees will discuss the importance of the ethics instilled in children from literature. “We just tend to be in our little narrow disciplinary tracks,” Mills said. “It’s the thought of jumping those tracks and going off into the big flower-filled meadow together and having those conversations that you wouldn’t get to have.” The conference will consist of three keynote speakers, then a series of sessions with presentations by scholars and students on a variety of topics concerning ethics and children’s literature. Two of the presenters are DePauw students, senior Alex Chamberlain and junior Rita Nikonova. They were chosen from several submitted abstracts to present papers at the symposium, and are the only undergraduates who will be presenting. Chamberlain took the opportunity to get her opinion out there and write about something important to her — racism. Her paper focuses on the reaction of audiences to “The Hunger Games” movie, and the race chose for some characters. “People still nowadays don’t get equality and they don’t care to get it—And that’s something that’s really frustrating for me,” Chamberlain said. “It comes from the way they were

Award-winning young fiction writer Susan Campbell Bartoletti signs a audience member’s book after her keynote speech at Prindle Thursday. ASHLEY ISAAC / THE DEPAUW

taught and the way they grew up, and the only way to change it is to change the way a child is brought up.” Nikonova is also looking at “The Hunger Games,” comparing the moral code of Katniss to the one of Jerry in “The Chocolate War.” The scholars attending the conference find the combination of ethics and children’s literature an important connection to consider. For Chamberlain, books are an important part of childhood, and the impact they have can make a huge difference in the development of a person. Mills hopes that children are in the audience so that they can gain this awareness of ethics, especially during the talk with children’s author Susan Campbell Bartoletti. She is looking forward to having a very diverse audience, including her children’s literature class, the scholars presenting and hopefully members of the community and students at DePauw.

Both Nikonova and Chamberlain are excited for the experience to meet these scholars and learn from the presentations. As for their own talks, having her peers in the audience gives Nikonova more confidence, while Chamberlain finds herself more nervous than usual. “I’m presenting to people who are older than me, more schooled than me, [and] I want to be able to prove myself to them,” she said. After the conference, Chamberlain hopes her paper goes further, and it is possible with an interested publisher looking to collect the papers into a book. Mills sees the end results as meaning something even more. “[It should] keep ethical questions on the radar of authors and scholars as they go about their writing and scholarship,” Mills said. “These [are] fruitful intersections that I’d like to foster.”

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Office workers in the U.S. generate approximately two pounds of paper and paperboard products every day. Americans throw away enough paper and plastic cups, forks and spoons a year to circle the equator 300 times.

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What’s in your trashcan? For most people, trash talk is a rather unusual conversation starter. We dispose of our trash and continue on with the day. But for the university facilities staff, waste management is a constant discussion topic. The staff, which works at all hours of the night, works to clean the campus before most students even eat breakfast. On average, DePauw produces approximately 100,000 pounds of paper and 50,000 pounds of compost each year. These estimates are compiled from the staff’s monthly reports, according to Facilities Director Tony Robertson. Randy Young, a facilities staff member, begins his shift in the GCPA at 6 a.m., collecting trash and recyclables from various offices in the Music Library. He then moves to the lower level of the music wing closest to College Street, commonly referred to as “Bum Alley” by students. Since the area is a common evening study space for students, coffee cups and sandwich wrappers are often left behind. The morning shift is also responsible for collecting the waste from Café Allegro in the Great Hall, the Music Library and the copiers. They often end their shift by gathering the trash and recycling from the trash bins located around the perimeter of the GCPA. All residence halls have trash col-

lection between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. two floors. Their shift begins by cle television room and laundry room ers then clean their assisgned floor As part of the university’s effor bins have been placed in separate l nate the confusion over the recycla cans are located in the bathrooms located in the middle closet on th member Candy Price said that som ers. More popular buildings, such Quad, have trash collected multiple are in charge of maintaining their c Ron Howard, head of the Gr provided insight on the detailed p interview. “The trash is picked up from t volume,” Howard said. “Once it is rial are shipped to various location The waste is dropped off at t near the city lim sized trailer. O t

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ut the Trash:

with one housekeeper being in charge of eaning the common area, lobby, stairways, m. After a 30-minute break, the housekeeprs and head to the recycling rooms. rts to be greener, the trash and recycling locations on every floor in hopes to elimiable nature of certain products. The trash s and kitchen while the recycling bins are he floor. Despite this effort, facilities staff me floors are better at recycling than oth-

as the GCPA, Julian and all of Academic e times a day. Workers from all three shifts cleanliness around the clock. reencastle division of Republic Services, process on waste management in a phone

the campus every day depending on the collected, the waste and recyclable matens across Indiana.” the Greencastle Transfer Station, located mits. It is then placed inside an industrialOnce the trailer is filled completely, it is then transported to the Sycamore Ridge

Landfill in Terre Haute. The recyclable material is transported to sorting facility in Indianapolis on 96th street and segregated into different bins. This location accepts all recyclable material, including all plastics 1-7 and aluminum 1-10. Once the sorting is completed, the material is sold to vendors all over the country. Paper is distributed to mills across the state. Aluminum is sold to big brand vendors, such as Pepsi and Bush, to remake aluminum cans that can be used to distribute their products back into the market. Students have commented on the overall cleanliness of the academic buildings on campus, especially during the week. Those taking morning classes rarely complain about a disorderly classroom. Junior Courtney Bowers has classes throughout the day in several academic buildings and rarely notices a change in cleanliness. DePauw still has room to improve. High traffic areas, such as Roy, the GCPA and the dining halls have proven to be the most difficult areas on campus to keep clean. With people always on the go, spills and crumbs are inevitable, making the space appear unkept. “If people throw away recyclable material in the trash, it is considered contaminated and cannot be removed and recycled,” said Sheri Comer, a facilities staff member.

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Littering has also been a common complaint among students. Freshman Norah Gorman recounts that some mornings, entire meals and other random trash are tossed carelessly on the sidewalks. “It makes me mad because I hate littering,” Gorman said. The absence of the facilities staff on the weekend has also affected the campus’ overall appearance. “After a weekend, there is trash everywhere. I can find red solo cups and beer cans all over the place on a Sunday morning,” Bowers said. DePauw has already begun a movement towards more effective sustainability, such as the ban on plastic bottles sold in the dining halls and the monitoring of sprinklers on campus. With a campus wide effort, the university can transform itself into a greener environment.

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Drinking policies wishy-washy Is drinking a problem at DePauw? Our administration says yes and no. In President Casey’s email to students, he said our No. 12 party school rating was inaccurate, yet our participation in the Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking implies that we are increasingly toeing the line of dangerous levels of partying. DePauw Student Government has convened several times this semester to discuss ways to slow us down, and the administration is backing them. In college, the line between drinking and getting drunk becomes blurred and there is a tendency to turn a blind eye at underage drinking. Unfortunately, the truth is that excessive alcohol consumption is a problem for nearly every campus. Drinking is not the concern — they can’t stop the students from comsuming alcohol; it’s the rising BACs and number of hospital runs that has caused the administration and student government to deem DePauw’s social nightlife as dangerous. In an effort to monitor the drinking culture of DePauw and encourage safer social habits, DePauw administration and student government has collaborated to create programs like S.O.A.R., C.A.T.S. and now the newest program BACk Down (which we think is a clever name). However, after all this talking, we haven’t seen a decline in the drinking-related incidents. DePauw’s drinking culture is heading down a slippery slope, and there needs to be action before we get to the bottom and a line is crossed. As far as addressing the situation, all we’ve really noticed are water bottles being supplied and Beta Theta Pi getting pizza delivered late night in effort to sober people up. Thumbs up to the student monitors keeping an eye out for the safety of other students, but providing sobering-up tools isn’t going to help reverse the raising drinking trends. Last semester, the university was pushing towards a policy change: no hard liquor allowed at registered events. When this news hit the campus, there was a negative response from the students. They weren’t too keen on the idea. The administration withdrew the “no hard liquor” idea. Back to the drawing board. Why didn’t the policy stand? It didn’t even last a full semester. Without going into what it takes to define our drinking habits as a “problem,” there seems to be a hiatus of coming up with a solution that people are willing to stand by. The phrase echoed around campus is that our lifestyle here is “not real life,” and in many ways, this is true. There are no real punishments that stick, and fraternities do not fear breaking IFC and administrative rules. While we praise student government’s aim to make students happy, they seem to have a fear of upsetting the student body. That might not be keeping students’ best interests at heart. Let’s face it: many students are going to disagree with any rule that limits their alcohol comsumption. But if the administration or student government doesn’t taking any punitive measures, what is going to encourage students to be more responsible? All we ask is that the administration and student government follow through on their goals. If they decide nothing really is wrong, then focus on other issues. However, whatever policies are going to be implemented, they need to be backed with confidence if we are ever going to expect them to work. Note: Brianna Scharfenberg did not contribute to this editorial because she is out of town. email us at edboard@thedepauw.com

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Venture off the beaten path in Greencastle NOAH DRODDY

he bubble just popped, my friends. We get too comfortable here. We walk down the same streets each day, on the way to the same classes. On the weekends we hang out at the same places. It’s easy to get lulled into a routine here, and there’s not necessarily anything wrong with that. But I find that my DePauw experience has definitely been enhanced by just a handful of chances I took to get off campus and explore Greencastle. It’s easy to believe the notion that DePauw is our home, but Greencastle is a small town, and we are an essential part of it. DePauw is just a part of our larger Greencastle home, and it troubles me how few of my friends have explored its many nuances. Our Nature Park is a great place to start. I often take it for granted, I’ve spent so much time out there I could run its trails backwards and blindfolded. But sometimes I go out there alone, stop at the overlook and just enjoy the serene silence. It’s good for the soul. But if you’ve been there and done that, there’s more to the story. I love to drive around “rural Greencastle” in the fall. The roads are winding, the terrain is a little hilly, and there are a lot of great views out there. Head out towards the Dunbar covered bridge; on your way back to campus you’ll be treated to an aerial view of our campus. It’s amazing to look at our world in a new way, and I promise you’ll carry a more grateful perspective with you

when you return. Cataract Falls is about a 20-minute drive from campus. That’s right, you are only 20 minutes away from Indiana’s largest waterfall (by volume). It’s a great place to relax, do a little reading and lose yourself in the sound of the moving water. Climb on the rocks and rediscover some of your childlike energy. Just because it doesn’t have a screen and buttons doesn’t mean it isn’t worth your while. Sometimes we have to disconnect to reconnect. If you want to get a little grimy, and more than a little creeped, head out for the Four Arches; a bridge over a mostly forgotten Greencastle road. You can crawl from one end to the other through the arches in the middle. Once you’re down, head up top and throw some rocks off the train tracks. If being scared is your thing, look up the Edna Collins covered bridg. I won’t get into the story of it here, but it has creeped me out more than a couple times. That of course is a short list — a very short list — of some off-beat things to do in this home we all share. Get your friends together, do it alone even, there’s no shame. Head out on an adventure, we’ll be here when you get back. Trust me this place has a unique charm, a lure all its own. If you fail to explore it, you haven’t taken all you can from this amazing place. Check out for a while, it’s ok I promise, the roads are always open. — Droddy is a senior from Indianapolis, Ind. majoring in communication. opinion@thedepauw.com

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Liberal arts a strong foundation for seniors STEWART BURNS

e arrived at this institution with an abstract idea of what a liberal arts education should afford us. Many of us may have believed that we could deeply explore our greatest passions while finding a career path to lead us onward. That a classics major can be properly prepared to excel in medical school or that a budding geoscientist will be ready dive into law is an idea that should be fully embraced and thoroughly encouraged. An individual’s passion for ancient Greece or rocks should not be the sole determinant of their future. The mechanisms are in place for each unique student to make that happen. But they can often be overlooked.

JIMMY KIRKPATRICK

In our own ways, we have each sought guidance and mentoring from those at our school. It is not a bad thing for us to give a bit of guidance along the way either. Through this process, if inadequacies appear, let your grievances be heard. As well as DePauw can prepare us, we must also prepare ourselves. Don’t wait to start exploring the possibilities of what you can do until after your four years have expired. Enjoy the luxury of exploration as early as you can because it will end far too soon for most of us. Two-hundred and forty-seven days from now, one of the largest classes in DePauw’s history will celebrate their graduation. For many, that may be a worry-

ing thought. Various seniors have expressed worry over how best to close the gap between their philosophy, or biology major, and the day after graduation. That worry may result, in part, from wondering what has been done over the last few years to help us better understand where it is we want to go. Where have we as an institution come up short? What it is we want after these four years expire? How can this university, in all its capacities, best help us to answer these questions? These questions are necessary for current and future students to ask early, and often. Not asked with worry and anxiety, but with enthusiasm and curiosity. Students must demand from DePauw a dedicated effort that is of the same magnitude that this institution demands of us. Although in most regards we are an exceptional institution, we think it not improper when we say that DePauw is imperfect. Nor should we be disillusioned to think otherwise.

Moreover, look not at these four years as if they will be the best of our lives, but instead, as a foundation, from which our best years will come. To make this true, students must utilize the resources they are privileged to have and demand those that they lack. If we do this, we will be best suited to make the rest of our lives even better than these four years. Students, parents, faculty, staff and alumni, should know a DePauw diploma proves we are fully capable and well on our way to greater achievements. When we return to our campus as physicists, novelists, choralists or philanthropists, we will hopefully do so because of an unshakable liberal arts foundation granted to us by DePauw University. — Kirkpatrick is a senior from Overland Park, Kan., majoring in political science. Burns is a senior from West Lafayette, Ind., majoring in political science. opinion@thedepauw.com

Busts my hump: Wifi on campus should be top priority MAEVE McDONOUGH

love to discuss any grievances I have with this campus by pointing them out as issues that I most certainly do not pay nearly $50,000 a year for. They are all mild, seeing as how I currently do not have any real or serious problems with this campus (but if I ever do, I hope they will be settled with a bare knuckle backwoods brawl). But something that I did get several responses about (and thanks for that) is the spotty WiFi connection in university housing. Although I rarely experience these issues living in my Ritz Carlton of a dorm room in Senior Hall, the Wi-Fi problem appears to be an exceptionally aggravating and pressing one for many students. So to speak, it busts your hump to the point where a few of you actually tweeted President Casey himself the other day to complain. My first thought when I heard about this was, “quit whining. It’s just the Internet, ya pansies.”

But then my roommate reminded me of my own blatant Internet addiction that’s had me by the throat for years. It made me rethink everything. Now, let’s examine this cruel and unusual tragedy. How could this happen? How does it work out that a university whose endowment of $513 million, cannot extend Wi-Fi just a few more blocks? Although it appears that I know the answer judging by the way I posed the question, I do not. I’m just a simple-minded ginger with a special knack for calling people out on things. But I do know what the repercussions are. I’m going to skip over the whole part about how the Internet is the glue of our society; how it connects us all and keeps us well informed citizens of the world. But I am not going to skip over the part about how this campus relies so heavily on the Internet. Picture the desperate conditions some students endure: you’re in your house on Anderson street. You have just buried yourself in blankets and snuggled up to your laptop to watch a movie on Netflix. What’s playing? Nothing. The only thing being played for you is the world’s smallest violin while you impatiently fiddle with the

Internet diagnostics. Since you’re out of options, you decide you might as well do some work you’ve put off till the last moment. Well friend, may the force be with you because the only way you’re logging onto Moodle or E-Services is with a tribal chant and an outdated technology sacrifice to Bill Gates. Sure, you can do some work. But realistically, you can only do so much without your Wi-Fi. So people in university houses, my heart goes out to you. As you struggle bus through yet another week of slipping into Julian at 3 a.m. to check your Facebook and promise yourself that after one more photo album you’ll start to study, I hope this Wi-Fi issue is one that is resolved for you as swift as Taylor. You are most certainly not paying nearly $50,000 a year to be disconnected from the world. Got something that busts your hump? Email me at maevemcdonough_2015@depauw.edu or tweet me @MaeveMcDonough and let me know. — McDonough is a sophomore from Glenn Ellyn, Ill., majoring in communication. opinion@thedepauw.com

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PHOTOPINION Would you connect with professors on social media? “Yes, being in a class Facebook group with my professor has made communication much easier.”

KARL SULLIVAN, senior “Maybe some professors feel like they can connect with their students through social media, but I don’t think it is a good idea because content can vary and not always be educational.” EDSON RAMIREZ, senior “I do have a class where we use Facebook to ask questions and share opinions with our professor. I think it’s effective in our learning.” EMMA SPRINGMEIER, sophomore “It depends on the professor’s personality and habits as well as what classes I am in.”

ZERAN LEI, freshman JIM EASTERHOUSE / THE DEPAUW

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Seven straight wins after 3-0

ADVERTISEMENT The Robert C. McDermond Center For Management & Entrepreneurship presents the

First Annual DePauw Entrepreneur Symposium Friday, September 14, 2012

4:30 p.m. Turning Your Ideas into Products and Services Gagan Dhillon Green Center for the Performing Arts, Thompson Recital Hall 5:00 p.m. Panel Discussion on Entrepreneurship Denver Hutt, Joshua Mitchell & Ryan Tinker ‘09 Green Center for the Performing Arts, Thompson Recital Hall 5:30 p.m. Building Relationship with Potential Investors Dr. Tony Ratliff Green Center for the Performing Arts, Thompson Recital Hall 6:00 p.m. Dinner Memorial Student Union Building, Ballroom 6:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Sustainably Delicious Alejandro Velez Memorial Student Union Building, Ballroom

By NICOLE DARNALL sports@thedepauw.com

Two opening game losses are distant memories for the DePauw volleyball team. Wednesday night, the Tigers (7-2) brought their win streak to seven games, beating Anderson University 3-0, (25-13, 25-10, 25-23.) It was the Tiger’s first mid-week game as well as their first single match. “It’s a little nerve-wrecking going into your first midweek match because things are starting to pile up academically, and it’s just different,” said head coach Deb Zellers. “We did a good job being proactive and talking about how we needed to be mentally tough in this match even with the differences.” They definitely performed the way they needed to. “We had a sense that Anderson (2-7) was going to be athletic and have some talent, but

might not be able to put it together, so we thought maybe they would at times give us some points but at other times they would make some great plays,” Zeller said. She noted that the first two games of the match were the best the team had played all season. Anderson put up a good fight in the third and final set, but it was not enough. The Tiger’s motto for the season is “How bad do you want it?” and they are continuously demonstrating it game after game. Both the offense and defense performed well after spending time in previous practices on middle-of-the-floor coverage. “The first two games [of the match] just helped to build our confidence,” Zellers said. “We were just on fire for a while.” The team looks to keep that fire burning this coming weekend when DePauw hosts the Tiger Invitational in the Neal Fieldhouse. The invitational will take place Friday night and Saturday during the day.