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Hoover Hall construction will destroy some of DePauw’s oldest trees By ZOE GRABOW news@thedepauw.com
When construction begins on Hoover Hall this August, the landscape east and north of the Hub will change in more ways than just adding a construction site or a new building. The mature hardwood trees east and north of the Hub will almost certainly be cut down to make way for Hoover Hall, according to Associate Professor of Biology Dana Dudle. “I understand the need to make suitable land for construction,” sophomore Omar Abdel-Rahim said. “I also understand the importance of building new structures to accommodate new classes in the ever-changing college atmosphere. But it shouldn’t be at the price of what few trees we have on this campus.” As an environmentally conscious campus, DePauw University has an obligation to certain principles, junior Kat Raymond-Judy said. “DePauw has made enough of a point of making itself seem environmentally friendly,” Raymond-Judy said. “People make a big deal about the nature park and the president has had trees planted. I feel that if we’re going to be consistent with our values, we need to find a way to keep these trees. They aren’t little twenty-year-old trees; they’re massive trees that have been on campus for a very long time.” Some members of the DePauw community are thinking of ways to honor and remember the trees, as this will likely be their last year on campus. There should be a ceremony to commemorate them, Dudle suggested. Already Dudle has seen a flurry of responses and support for her ceremony idea. Carol Steele, director of the Office for Sustainability, is working to organize an event around Arbor Day, April 25.
“The idea… is to get the writers/artists of various sorts together for an Arbor Day event that would honor the trees—especially the trees in the area where we will be building the new dining hall,” Steele said. “Some of those… will surely be cut down to make way for the dining hall—and for the planting of new trees.” With the trees’ fate almost a foregone conclusion, the nature of the Arbor Day ceremony will be more of a dedicatory one. “It’s not a protest,” Dudle said. “It’s resigned acknowledgement.” People have talked about possibly keeping the stumps or even building around the trees. However, these ideas may not be feasible, she added. The next step is finding out which specific trees will be affected and the planning will continue from there. Another possible way of honoring the trees would be incorporating the wood into the building, Coordinator of Convocations Keith Nightenhelser said. “My idea, in line with LEED-certified buildings like the Prindle building that used on-site material to a large extent to lower its carbon footprint,” Nightenhelser said, “was to have the trees at least evaluated for logging as a source of hardwood lumber that could be made into furniture or wooden surfaces within the new building or elsewhere on campus.” Another option for the trees’ future is examining the rings of the trees to determine age and learn about climate where the trees grew, Nightenhelser added. Dudle, who has walked past the trees several times a day for fifteen years, spoke of them being characters in the lives of students and faculty at DePauw. “Trees change,” Dudle said. “They look different every day [and every season, now] with snow and ice on them. They have a different effect on mood when it’s windy than when it’s extremely hot and sunny. They’re there. They watch you and they witness everything you do.”
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As groups of women walked into Peeler Auditorium Thursday night wearing greek letters, some said, “Go Panhel!” and joked that they should have brought posters. Meanwhile, onstage, two teams prepared to debate if the Panhellenic recruitment process at DePauw University objectifies women. The ‘government’ team argued that the Panhellenic recruitment process objectifies women. The opposition argued that the process does not. The ‘government’ team soon began recognizing they might have a hard time convincing the crowd. Upon taking the stage for an introduction, senior Ronnie Kennedy, president of the DePauw Debate Society joked about the unbalanced gender representation. “We were worried we weren’t going to have enough women,” Kennedy said. “Clearly that’s not the case.” Of the over 50 audience members, more than 35 were women, many representing the six Panhellenic sororities at DePauw. Throughout the debate, audience members indicated their preference for one side or the other by knocking on their chairs or applauding the debaters, according to parliamentary debate procedure. Though the crowd allowed both sides to argue, a majority cheered on the opposition (supporting the Panhellenic Council), and they stood at the debate’s end to indicate that the opposition won the audience over. The ‘government’ team that argued in favor of the resolution, comprised of seniors Kelly Blair, Shelby Beasley and Sam Leis, claimed the Panhellenic recruitment process objectifies women through its use of a ranking system,
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high enough on the school’s list. “They tried to do the best they could to get to know me in a short amount of time,” he said. “I wasn’t quite weird enough for the University of Chicago.” Warren’s argument, another crowd pleaser, received a fair number of chair knocks of approval from the audience, especially when she mentioned the community of support amongst Panhellenic organizations and shared the Council’s values. She also mentioned that 84.5 percent of women who went through Panhellenic recruitment this year and received their first choice, which indicated a mutual selection and limited level of disappointment. Senior Eleanor Axt, who vocalized her approval throughout the debate, said she knocked in support of the opposition throughout the debate. “I knocked when Vincent [Guzzetta] brought up the University of Chicago rankings and rejection, and when Libby [Warren] said even if you don’t end up in your first choice house you can still love where you end up,” Axt said. “I admit I really didn’t agree with the government side.” After the debate concluded and the audience stood to vote, indicating that they believed the opposition group won, groups of women left Peeler together, running toward their houses through the pouring rain.
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Sorority women fill auditorium for recruitment-centered debate potential for pre-ranking women prior to the recruitment process, conformity to pre-established stereotypes in each chapter and inhibited ability of potential new members to suicide bid (selecting only one preferred chapter with which an individual may be matched, rather than ranking two). In an attempt to gain common ground with the heavily Panhellenic audience, Blair mentioned her affiliation with Alpha Chi Omega sorority and said that though the process of recruitment leads to a positive end, the means to that arrival can be painful. “When something is so severe that women are crying in the bathrooms between rounds [of recruitment], something is wrong,” Blair said. Beasley, who went through the recruitment process as a first- year, but rejected a bid, said she has witnessed those tears and feels the ranking system allows for judgment and labeling among women. While many find happiness after going through the process, she said, it is not free of flaws. “No system, no matter how great the goals are, should be above reproach,” Beasley said. On the opposing side, senior Vincent Guzzetta, first- year Emily Hofferber and President of the Panhellenic Council Libby Warren asserted that ranking systems (including those used by the Council to match members to chapters) are part of life, that rejection does not equate to objectification and that, overall, the recruitment process is a positive one. In an anecdotal example, after which the crowd laughed and knocked on chairs with enthusiasm, Guzzetta said he was not admitted to the University of Chicago because he did not rank
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New public relations position to bridge gap between student government and student body By LEXY BURTON news@thedepauw.com
DePauw Student Government is on the verge of change after dealing with some minor setbacks. Last fall, the public relations officer stepped down, leaving DePauw’s student government lacking communication with the student body. “I don't know what student government is doing” said first-year Vyvian Borse. Borse is not the only student that is completely unaware of what student government has accomplished. This year, a lot of changes are occurring within student government and on campus that many DePauw students are unaware of. First-year Mallory Benson shares the same feelings as Borse. “I believe student government holds great opportunities and is really great for DePauw students, but I feel like there is a great lack of communication between the two,” Benson said. Public relations is in charge of the majority of the student government’s social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as graphics, posters and the TV in the basement of the Union Building. Student government president senior Walker Chance said the loss of their public relations officer caused a lack of communication between the student body and student government because this information was not being transferred to the students via these methods of communication. “Last semester there was a time when we did not have PR so we couldn't let everybody know what exactly we were doing.” Chance
said. This semester, student government is actively trying to bridge this communication gap by making changes within student government and on campus through different committees created by senators. “It’s a little unfair to say we haven’t done anything” said first-year Student Senator Perrin Duncan. “[The thought that] we don't do anything has to do with not having PR. A lot of committees are still in the works. There are things that students have done but they don't realize it was student government.” Duncan cites the changing of the Hub hours and the altering of the menu to try to improve the taste as changes that student government was responsible for. Duncan’s own work on the sanitation committee involves putting hand sanitizer stations in the Hub. The committee is also working on getting feminine wastebaskets in the freshmen dorms and meeting with Dick Vance, associate vice president for Facilities Management, to start a pilot program. Committee work, however, is not all that the student government has been working on this year. Currently, there is talk of amending the current constitution of student government, which would help students with goals for student life. “We are holding an open conversation about amending the constitution that would improve student government, allowing us to be a better advocate for the student body,” Chance said. For example, in April, student government will be hosting “UPushStart Startup Institute,” which will allow DePauw students to work with mentors in small workshops and bring new ideas to the table. Student government’s goal is that, with senior Lizzie Hineman in
charge of Public Relations this semester, projects like UPushStart will be more advertised. “We had students apply and submit resumes, and as an executive board we looked over them and did two things,” Chance said. “First thing was checking qualifications and experience, because we wanted to make sure that this semester of PR would be a big thing.” Hineman was hired for the position because she had the most experience out of all of the applicants, as she had already been doing Public Relations for a nonprofit organization in New York, according to Chance. After hiring Hineman, first-year Claire Halffield was named assistant public relations officer. Since the additions, many senators have spoken positively about bridging the gap between communication student government and students. “I feel like the fact that a PR person was missing last semester distanced students from senate,” said first-year Student Senator Charlie Douglas. “Having Lizzie and Claire will bring student government and students together and help the student body understand what student government does on campus.” Sophomore Student Senator Colleen Whiting expressed the same sentiment. “I think it has made student government more visible and transparent because a lot of things that happen no one really knows about because we haven’t had an effective outlet to share what we have accomplished,” Whiting said. “Lizzie has done an excellent job and it has enabled students to feel more confident about what we are doing.”
DePauw launches alumni app for smartphones By EMILY MCCARTER news@thedepauw.com
On Monday, DePauw University’s Office of Alumni Engagement launched a new application for smartphones to enable a quicker and easier way for alumni to contact other DePauw grads in their area or around the world. The application came about after President Casey requested that the Office of Alumni Engagement increase alumni connections and engagement with the University. The first initiative was developing a new online directory, which was launched last February. So far, over 4,000 alumni have set up profiles on the directory. “The app is a platform, which will allow DePauw and alumni to engage in two-way communication,” Charley Meyer, ’86, said in an email on Thursday. “The app is the starting point for a significant change in the way that the University communicates - instead of the traditional ‘one way,’ blanketmarketing approach - DePauw is now dynamically
communicating with alumni. This is a sea change, which opens up a myriad of opportunities for both the University and the alumni.” Although the app is primarily for alum-alum interaction and connection, students will be able to have access to the app starting with seniors as soon as March. “It’s really hard to get your foot in the door in an industry where you don’t have that many connections,” said sophomore Corby Burger, “so I think that [the app] could provide me with the contact that I’m going to be able to get in touch with, especially a DePauw alumna; they’re going to be able to hook me up with something.”. The Alumni App, run by EverTure, gives the user their own profile and a map of their current location where points are illuminated to signify other alum’s business addresses in the area. One can also do a specific search to see where alumni are in different cities around the world. Many other institutions such as Amherst College, Carleton College and Brown University use
EverTrue’s system, but DePauw’s application is unique with links to give donations to the University and see upcoming events. The app can also connect to the user’s LinkedIn account for further information and networking capabilities.
“The app is a platform, which will allow DePauw and alumni to engage in two-way communication.” -Charley Meyer, ’86,
“The EverTrue System that we use for the app actually has some really great reporting in it for us…so right now we have 850 users who have downloaded the app in the first two days since we launched it,” said Holly Enneking, associate director
of Alumni Engagement for Career and Online Programs. “We’ve heard from EverTrue that it’s one of the strongest launches that they’ve ever had.” So far, the Office of Alumni Engagement has heard only positive feedback. Although the app is focused towards alumni, many other offices at DePauw had an influence on the implementation of this app. “Throughout the process we've been collaborating with others on campus, including the Hubbard Center for Student Engagement, Office of Communications, and Office of Admission, in order to leverage the app in support of all of DePauw's endeavors,” Enneking said. The Office of Alumni Engagement made sure to cover all of the media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, e-mail and the DePauw Magazine to enable the largest amount of alumni to find out about the application and utilize it.
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Hollow & Akimbo debut album shows makings of stardom
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BRIAN AUSTIN
E You know that they have a bright fuvery so often, a band releases their debut album, and you just know.
ture ahead of them, filled with record deals, worldwide tours and, if they get lucky, a little trophy on the shelf. They become a band you know will climb the charts for years to come. This week, WGRE stumbled across one of those bands. On Feb. 11, Hollow & Akimbo released their debut, self-titled album under Quite Scientific Records. The Ann Arbor, Mich. based band is made up of longtime friends Jon Visger, Brian Konicek and Mike Higgins. Their chemistry is palpable from start to finish. On Facebook, they show a humble charm and sense of humor in all their posts on the Hollow & Akimbo fan page. They like to hang out and have fun. Their upbeat attitude and psychedelic licks should crank them up the charts as they groove away into some sort of dance-rockpop history. Hollow & Akimbo hit the scene in 2012 and released their debut EP “Psuedoscience” in October 2013. By January, they released a five track single entitled “Singularity,” featuring remixes by Com Truise, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Osborne. By February, the full length debut was released. This band has been putting in the work for stardom, and I believe they will get there. The album begins with “Trunk of a Dead Tree,” a song about heartbreak, which is a common motif throughout the album. Lead singer Visger belts out melancholic lyrics while the bass line rides the sound waves to the chorus. The next song, “Singularity,” begins with ominous organs until the major guitar riff comes in with funk-punk drums. Visger’s range is incredible, sounding like Lexy Benaim of the Harlem Shakes in one song and Michael Milosh of Rhye in the next. Hollow & Akimbo joins electro-
pop to rock with hints of several other influences. “Lucky Stars” comes in acting like a jazz tune backed with syncopated beats from Mike Higgins. Each song represents another part of the journey of a lost relationship filled with deceit, but it’s hard to be sad because the tracks are just too cool. Hollow & Akimbo is new to the business, but they don’t act like it. Their debut was written, recorded and mastered entirely by the three-man band. An album like this doesn’t come around every day. I hope it is the first of many albums to come. Looking back to artists like The Strokes, The White Stripes and Beck, each artist’s first album was a hit. As they continued making music, they only got better. Hollow & Akimbo feels like that. This album is an indication of a beautiful future for indie rock music. WGRE works hard to bring you the best new music every week. This week, Hollow & Akimbo grabbed our attention. Throughout the semester, Music Director Lauren Wigton and I will be searching for the best new music for your enjoyment on WGRE. Be sure to tune into our New Music Preview Wednesdays 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. New music comes out every day; we can help you find it. -Austin is a junior English Writing major from Terrance Park, Ohio
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The Malpas Scholars Program lies in the shadow of several prominent academic programs: a scholarship program made up by few, yet that does so much. A man named Rolla M. Malpas, who never actually attended college or finished high school, set up the scholarship program. He came into a lot of wealth later in life and wanted to give the youth of Indiana an opportunity he did not have: a college education. He chose DePauw specifically because he believed it was where students could get the best education. In contrast to programs like Media Fellows and Management Fellows, the Malpas Scholars Program does not have a seminar each semester. In fact, there are no classes at all required to be a member. The program focuses more on giving students the full academic experience that DePauw has to offer. In order to remain a part of the program, Malpas Scholarship recipients are required to maintain a 3.25 grade point average. Though this seems difficult, board members select only students they believe will be able to do so. In the past, the program has let students go. Because of
this, the board attempts to admit students that have had exceptionally high grade point averages in high school, as well as those that did well on their standardized tests. Students of the program are barred from holding a job while on campus in order to better maintain their grades. The Malpas program is a highly competitive scholarship program that only a select few students receive each year. “I wish the Malpas board could afford to do more,” said Craig Slaughter, director of financial aid. “I know of one member attempting to get that in the works.” The application is available to high school seniors. To qualify, the student must be born in Indiana, have parents who are both United States citizens, attended a public high school, had at least a B+ average while in high school and show significant financial need. The Financial Aid office looks at applications from high school seniors, then sends them forward to the board. The board chooses its top five-six applicants and requests that they come to campus for interviews. “It is an outside board that looks for the scholars,” Slaughter said. After the interviews, the board makes their selections. They only select the ones they believe will do the most while at DePauw University, maintain their grade point average and continue to be involved even after the end of their four years at DePauw. “It certainly is a tremendous opportunity for the student that receives it,” Slaughter said. “People confuse it as a full ride. It is a full need scholarship, so Malpas Scholars do have to pay their family contribution each year.” The average amount of financial aid received is well over $40,000 for each of the recipients.
Many of the students in the program would not be at DePauw if not for the generous grants that are given with the Rolla M. Malpas Scholarship. In the case of sophomore Jessica Keister, the Malpas Scholars Program helped her tremendously. “In my case it was full tuition,” Keister said. “They were very generous.” Junior Erin Minnick also felt the same gratitude towards the program. “I wasn’t originally going to be able to afford DePauw,” Minnick said. “I started searching online and found this scholarship available. I wouldn’t have been here without it.” In 2008 when the recession hit, the program hit a slight bump. Since the money is invested, their funds took a plunge and the program could only have one scholar per year for a time. The program is back on its feet now, however, and has been able to give three students the money they need for the last two years. “It feels like there is some new energy with Malpas,” Slaughter said. “They got a new logo and one board member is working on fundraising. The next step is to develop a society of past Malpas Scholars to connect with them and feel like part of a larger legacy. Malpas Scholars do not necessarily get to know one other very well like members of other programs on campus. The program forces students to focus on their academics, but apart from that attempts to take a back seat and let the students grow on their own. “I know a couple [other Malpas Scholars] by chance,” Keister said, “but we don’t have monthly workshops or meetings.” The program does, however, gather all of the scholars on
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campus once a semester to meet each other over lunch in the fall and dinner in the spring. The gettogethers give the Scholars a chance to meet the people who were in charge of selecting them, including Slaughter. The board meets once a semester to discuss the program’s future around the same time as the meals. In addition to covering all financial need bases, the scholarship also covers the scholars’ study abroad ambitions. First-year Charles Weber hopes to take full advantage of this. “I hope to go to Spain,” Weber said. “I wouldn’t be able to without the scholarship.” Erin Minnick went to Australia during this past Winter Term for her opportunity. Sophomore Damon Hyatt took advantage of the opportunity and studied abroad in China. “The Malpas Scholars program has opened doors for me that I could have never imagined,” Hyatt said. “In no way, shape or form could I have gone to DePauw University, let alone spent three weeks in China, without the program’s gratitude and full financial assistance. Honestly, in my opinion, I stumbled upon the best opportunity at DePauw, and I couldn’t be more thankful for it.”
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ccording to the DePauw University Campus Living and Community Development CLCD) Office’s website, the goal of upperclassmen housing communities on campus is “to have students leave DePauw prepared to enter an increasingly complex and diverse world as a productive citizen.” After living in an upperclassmen duplex last semester, I must beg to differ. When the opportunity presented itself to become a liveout member of my sorority, I was thrilled. Having visited other housing units, usually for social gatherings prohibited in Panhellenic housing, the idea of my own place sounded great. I could finally tap into the inherited housekeeping abilities from Mom and Grandma, which I didn’t have the chance to use before. Cooking my own meals, doing laundry without trudging up and down three flights of stairs, and my own single bedroom: who wouldn’t be thrilled? I moved into The Pence House duplex near Blackstock in August. Immediately stunned by the blank, un-insulated walls, disappointment in our placement (not the one we requested on Jackson Street) sunk in. In the laundry room, the washer and dryer stood in front of a disgusting amount of dust. A black layer of scum stuck between the shower door and bathtub clearly hadn’t been cleaned properly in years. There were gnats around before we even brought in food. That my room and board price equaled my friend’s in a spotless Rector Village apartment across campus shocked me. Not only did they have accessible location and weekly cleaning service, their places also came equipped with toilet paper and a vacuum. My duplex did not.
Basically, I paid the same price for a lower quality unit, which I found out wasn’t meant to be permanent housing in the first place. “To meet the demand for housing after the Rector fire [in 2002], DePauw constructed nine two-story duplexes behind Roy O. West Library that house eight upperclassmen students each” (www.depauw.edu). The intentions to give students a suitable place to live on campus were genuine, but the reality of these units is regrettable. They are outfitted with stained furniture not suited to the building’s measurements and are not to be removed, according to university policy. My bed could only be placed against the non-air-tight exterior window because it was too long to fit the interior wall. The engineering seemed idiotic. It wasn’t only the building itself that vanquished my toohigh expectations. The procedures and policies of CLCD office in conjunction with those of Facilities Management were also a source of frustration. On multiple occasions, the entrance of Facilities Management employees without knock or doorbell stupefied my housemates and me. Never did these employees introduce themselves or describe their assigned task at hand. Most of the time, these tasks weren’t requests my roommates or I made. When I called to ask Facilities Management to clarify their procedures for sending employees to the living units, they asked me for more information about my complaint of the issue at hand. They never responded with a straight answer. With discrepancies between units and unprofessional procedures, the system is subpar. The worst part—it’s the only choice for housing besides Greek units (which for women, isn’t much better). Because DePauw requires its students to live on campus, we are deprived of real world experiences: apartment hunting, signing leases and (truly) independent living. Bottom line, DePauw housing does not, as its objectives state, yield productive world citizens. – Dickman is a senior English Writing major from Zionsville, Indiana opinions@thedepauw.com
Libel. Sensationalized. Published without consent. Are you uncomfortable yet? You should be. This is the kind of reporting The DePauw does. In response to the editorial and article published in the last edition of The DePauw, I want to explain the highly unethical manner in which the article about date rape was published. As one of the sources exploited by this publication, I deserve the right to expose the reality of this reporting and to address the real problem with rape culture at DePauw. According to the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics, the first rule of professional journalism is, “Test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error. Deliberate distortion is never permissible.” The DePauw and the author violated this ethical code by publishing a story about my experience as a rape victim with my real name and without my consent. In November 2013 I gave an interview to the author with the exclusive condition of anonymity. I was promised that the interview would only be used for a class research paper. Imagine my shock to see my private interview smeared across the front page of Tuesday’s The DePauw. Imagine what
it feels like to have every detail of your horrific and immensely private experience open for the world to see. Not only have I been put through hell, my family and friends have now had to suffer on behalf of a sloppy, unethical piece of journalism. You have exploited me, and what for? The DePauw wants to talk about rape. Then let’s talk about rape. I can tell you drugs and alcohol are not the underlying problem. It’s the perpetuation of rape culture by students, faculty and staff at our university. Rape culture is society speculating about my sobriety and clothing choice instead of asking why my rapist did it. Rape culture is your sorority sister refusing to testify on your behalf, because it might hurt their reputation. Rape culture is anyone who treats you like a piece of glass because you must be powerless if you were raped. Rape culture is my personal nightmare that if the whole campus knew about my rape experience, I would be alienated and judged and made to relive my attack. Rape culture is a student newspaper naming the victim while my perpetrator walks unnamed and free of consequence. . While The DePauw applauds itself for raising awareness, it has perpetuated the exact cause of rape culture at DePauw. The DePauw violated
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PHOTOPINION
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Abby Margulis | Editor-in-Chief Nettie Finn | Managing Editor Franki Abraham | Managing Editor Leann Burke | Chief Copy Editor
The four tenants of the Society of Professional Journalism’s Code of Ethics are as follows: seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently, and finally, be accountable. Unfortunately, in the Tuesday, February 18 issue of The DePauw we did not uphold the second of those tenants: to minimize harm. In response to this situation, we as an editorial board are ensuring that we uphold the final of these tenants, and hold ourselves accountable. In our attempt to bring light to a prominent issue on campus, individuals have unintentionally been hurt. There was no malicious intent aimed toward the sources quoted. We feel that the issue of sexual assault was one that needed, and still needs, to be discussed. However, in our attempt to take on a difficult topic, we overstepped our responsibility to test boundaries and breached our ethical responsibilities. As student journalists, we welcome new writers and open our doors to any student willing to learn how a newsroom operates. Through this process, we gain interested writers and train them with student editors. However, this article came to us from a journalism class, which is a separate entity from The DePauw. This is not the usual procedure. In allowing the lines to blur between ourselves, an independently run news source, and the university, we opened ourselves up to writers not trained by The DePauw staff and to improperly vetted articles. Moving forward, this will not be allowed to happen as we redraw the line between material produced only for The DePauw and material produced for journalism classes. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism, but as a student newspaper, we make mistakes. In our mission to move forward and learn from this experience, we are currently in collaboration with Code TEAL, Public Safety and DePauw’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists to engage in a dialogue so that we may better understand how to approach such high impact topics. As journalists, we are constantly being confronted with new issues and choices on how to report these issues. In the future, we intend to exercise even more care and caution in upholding the four tenants of professional journalism so that we can spark constructive conversations and bring the truth to light.
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my right to choose when and how I get to tell my story, much like my rapist took away my right to choose when and how I want to engage in sexual activity. Blaming drugs or alcohol for the rape at DePauw is the easy way out. It completely negates that there is a serious behavioral and cultural issue on this campus that needs to be changed. Women and men alike on this campus perpetuate rape culture. We are all complicit. “Friends” that tell a victim to hide his or her story and to cover up the memory encourage the belief that the victim should be ashamed, not the rapist. It means that when women and men are raped, they are told to keep quiet and take the blame. Silence allows this behavior to go unregulated. Victims should be allowed to speak out on their own terms. For all sources hurt by this story, I hope you feel some sense of peace. While the very private details chronicled in this article can’t be taken back or unseen, we have to find the silver lining. We have to be allowed to heal. Anonymous
Does sorority recruitment objectify women? Why or why not? “It is merely a way for greek associations to get to know different girls and figure out whether or not they should be in their chapter.” MARY GRACE MORGESE, FRESHMAN “I think that it depends on the house. Some houses go about it in wrong ways. I think the same thing happens with men’s recruitment.” MATT ACTON, SOPHOMORE
Warning: this content may be a trigger for some individuals. In response to recent discussion surrounding sexual assault on campus, we urge everyone to focus the conversation on ways of combating the issue at hand: why is sexual assault occurring? Sexual assault is not acceptable, period. We must focus the discussion around what in our society allows individuals to think that rape and sexual assault is acceptable in any form. Emphasis must be placed on providing consent, that anything but a clear YES should be interpreted as a no. With conversation shifting away from the comfortable/uncomfortable mantra that has taken shape over the past semester and back to an involved dialogue, we can proceed to combat the statistics and truly reduce the amount of assaults that occur. It is unfortunate that we can’t combat the perpetrators directly. However, we can act preventatively. Through becoming active bystanders, we can all work to ensure that preventable situations can be avoided. Many cases of sexual assault begin in a public environment where there is an opportunity to intervene. Through being proactive and being aware of the events and individuals around us, we can stop sexual assault before it occurs. Watch for signs of incapacitation, unwanted or unwarranted advances and situations that appear wrong. When you see signs, act! Distract those in the situation, directly intervene if you are com-
fortable and if not utilize your resources such as finding another individual who can. If we were to watch for warning signs and for each other, positive bystander intervention could create a powerful impact on this prevalent issue. In the case of a sexual assault case actually taking place, let’s then discuss how we help the survivor. In our society, the blame is often wrongly placed, thus leaving survivors of sexual assault in a position of feeling alone. These are our friends, peers and relatives. We need to be willing to do something. We need to start by doing something right. These statistics can be reduced drastically by engaging in conversations about consent, being an active bystander and acting on these topics. This is something we can do together. Code T.E.A.L. Committee
Recent coverage of sexualized violence in The DePauw and ensuing conversations across campus can be a trigger for the victim/ survivors who were mentioned in Tuesday’s story and for others who have had similar experiences. If you or someone you know need(s) support, please seek assistance. Confidential counseling is available at the Wellness Center by calling 765-658-4268. Sexual Assault Survivor Advocates (SASAs) are accessible 24/7 at 765-658-4650. Staff in the Dean of Students office can also talk through options for your emotional and physical wellbeing, as well as the adjudication process to hold perpetrators accountable- 765-658-4270. There are a lot of people hurting on campus right now. Please take care of each other and get support if you need it, too. Sarah Ryan, Women’s Center director
“When you show up and you are who you are its not going to get you as far, especially if they don’t like how you are.” NATASHA HOCKADEN, FRESHMAN “Yes, because you have such little time to actually get to know women in women’s recruitment.” OMAR ABDEL-RAHIM, SOPHOMORE JULIE BLOCK / THE DEPAUW
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014
Softball team already shows improvement By JACOB LYNN sports@thedepauw.com
This spring, DePauw University’s softball team will look to add consistency and improve on their season from a year ago. The Tigers’ 2013 campaign can be broken up into two distinct halves. In the Tigers first 16 games, the women went 4-12, including a demoralizing eight game losing streak. Following that skid, however, they railed off 12 straight wins and closed out the season with an overall record of 22-17. Things turned around for the Tigers when they opened up conference play. DePauw was 13-3 when facing North Coast Athletic Conference opponents. All of the losses came on the road, with two from the hand of Wittenberg University and one from Kenyon College. The Tigers survived a loss in the first round of the NCAC tournament to Allegheny College when they trumped Kenyon in the second game of the tournament. However, a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to Wittenberg ultimately ended DePauw’s season and a chance at a NCAC championship. It was a lack of consistent hitting last season that gave the Tigers the most trouble during their rough start. Through the first 16 games of the season, Tiger batters only crossed home 44
times compared to 80 runs scored by their opponents over that stretch. Yet when the calendar turned from March to April and the Tigers opened up conference play, the hitting made a complete recovery. Over the final 23 games of the season, DePauw touched home 111 times while only allowing 60 runs.
“I feel like it was important for us to start the season strong. We have worked hard throughout the offseason so we knew that it would pay off.” -junior, Taylor Golden
This season’s roster will look radically different than the one the Tigers took the field with last season. Losing seven seniors from last year will force DePauw to play with a young lineup. With five first-years and only two seniors, young players are certain to play a large role in the
team’s season. “All of us have goals,” said head coach Erica Hanrahan. “For me, however, it’s injury prevention. If we stay healthy, we can do anything.” The new-look Tigers opened their new season this weekend in Memphis, Tenn. when they played two games each against Rhodes College and Maryville College. For the second straight season, DePauw opened the year playing a game on the road against the Rhodes Lynx. However, unlike last year’s 4-3 loss that the Tigers suffered, the Tigers came out hot in an 8-3 win. DePauw followed up their solid performance later that day, when sophomore Haleigh Chasteen hurled a four-hit complete game against the Maryville Scots. DePauw would win easily by a score of 9-1 in only five innings thanks to the mercy rule. The following day, the Tigers kept their hot start going when Chasteen tossed her second complete game of weekend, as DePauw would go on to beat Maryville again, this time by a much closer margin of 3-1. The final game of the weekend proved to be too much for the Tigers as they fell 3-0 to the host, Rhodes. However, players did not blame fatigue as the reason for the loss. “All in all, most softball players have had days during travel ball seasons where they play
six games in one day,” Chasteen said. “It really isn’t that tiring, and after how hard we work at practice and in the weight room, we have been conditioned to play a lot more than that.” Despite losing the opportunity to come home with a weekend sweep, players were pleased and optimistic about the start to the season. “I feel like it was important for us to start the season strong,” said junior infielder, Taylor Golden. “We have worked hard throughout the offseason so we knew that it would pay off. We also have a young team so it was important for us to gain some confidence.” Hanrahan was pleased with the way her squad performed over the weekend. “It gives us confidence knowing that we prepared well enough,” Hanrahan said. “And the loss gave us some early season adversity which I think is good for us too.” The Tigers will take the next two weeks off as they prepare for a trip to Atlanta to take on Messiah College and Emory University. “I am looking forward to this two-week layoff so that as individuals and as a team we are able to work on the small adjustments that we need to make before we take on some of the best competition in the country,” Golden said. Tiger fans won’t have the chance to see DePauw play at home until March 15, when they face Aurora University.
Tennis teams show potential against University of Washington in St. Louis By ANDI MILLS sports@thedepauw.com
Last weekend’s battle against 12th ranked University of Washington in St. Louis couldn’t be a closer matchup for the DePauw Tigers women’s tennis program. The Tigers, ranked 13th in the nation, proved victorious with a 6-3 win over the Bears. The doubles teams for DePauw helped the Tigers get out to an early lead. “We started off sweeping [Washington University] in doubles, which they haven’t had happen to them since Emory, who was number two nationally at the time” said senior captain Meg Crowley. Only eight games in total were lost during the three doubles matches, each of which the Tigers won. Junior Maggie MacPhail, junior Claire Marshall and freshman Maddie Lee each won their singles matches.
The Tigers have been moving forward with positive momentum this season. “This was an encouraging start to this season for which our goal is to win a National Championship,” Crowley said. Last weekend was also the annual DePauw Tennis alumni weekend. Every year current team members face the alumni teams. This year, both the men’s and women’s current teams were undefeated against the returning alumni. “Alumni weekend is one of our favorite weekends of the spring season,” said junior Julie Wittwer. At one point, eight all-American women’s tennis players were on the court at one time. Crowley, Marshall, MacPhail and senior Caroline Emhardt are current all-Americans on the team. On the men’s courts, they, however, lost all but one match last weekend. Senior leaders Sam Miles and Ben Kopecky, got the only win for DePauw on Sunday, and for good reason.
Their doubles team is hard to beat largely because of their experience together. Kopecky and Miles have played together for four years and are friends off the court. “Because we are such close friends, we com-
“This was an encouraging start to this season for which our goal is to win a National Championship.” -senior, Meg Crowley
municate really well both during and in between points,” Miles said. “We adapt quickly to how our opponents are playing against us, a dynamic that is important to being successful in fast paced col-
lege doubles.” On the technical side, Miles and Kopecky agree that they are both stellar at returning a serve, a key to the game. “If we have a pre-match ritual, it would be that we usually like sit together on the bench before the coin toss and talk a little trash about our opponents, Kopecky said. “Whether it is a goofy haircut or just the way one of them walks, we think it helps us gain a competitive edge to poke fun at the opponent before the match begins.” The tactic works well for them. Both the men and women Tigers will be in action this weekend. Last night, they both took on Olivet Nazarene University at home. The women are back in action tonight, taking on The Principia School at 6 p.m., and the men will square off against them at 8 a.m. Saturday. They both play Ohio Wesleyan University later in the day on Saturday.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014
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First-year attack man takes optimistic approach to new lacrosse season By MICHAEL JENNINGS sports@thedepauw.com
Robert Lapp is a first-year attack man who has established himself as a legitimate goal scoring threat. Lapp scored six goals and two assists in the team’s first two scrimmages. The DePauw sat down with Lapp to see how he felt about the DePauw University lacrosse team’s outlook this season and how he and his teammates are settling in. The DePauw (TDP): Being a mostly freshman team, how have you guys adjusted to the college level? Robert Lapp (RL): Well, you know, coach has helped a lot. We have a senior, Jack Russell, who really helps out a lot. He tells us the guys we’re playing are pretty much men. We’re just a bunch of freshmen coming out of no where. We’ve had a few scrimmages so we’ve gotten a feel for how much faster the game is. We just have to play our hearts out; we have to play scrappy. TDP: How has the coaching staff dealt with teaching an entirely new team a new system? RL: There are obviously classic fundamentals, lacrosse I.Q., that we all know. When it comes to the college game, he’s obviously instituting a new defense, a new offense. We’re playing the run and gun type style, so he wants us to run a lot. He wants us to lay unsettled. We’re playing against teams that have been together for years at a time, so we’re not going to be able to beat them in the six-on-six game. He wants us to push. He wants us to take a lot of shots. TDP: What has been the most exciting part of having an almost completely new team? RL: It’s just the opportunity we have. People don’t really take it into [account]. I always think about it. We have such an amazing opportunity. We’re the building blocks, we’re the foundation of the program. We can either not play well and continue to lose, or we can make this program a real program. We can win games; we can become a force in the NCAC. Maybe we can make it in a couple years to the conference tournament or the national tournament. It’s just truly remarkable the opportunity that we have been presented with, and we want to take advantage of that to our highest ability. TDP: What was the atmosphere like on the team at the beginning of the year compared to now? RL: Personally, coming in at the beginning of the year I was really nervous. I didn’t know what to expect. I just knew there were a ton of freshmen they just scouted. We like to think of it as our first year, considering last year didn’t go too hot. We’re the first recruiting class. We have guys from Florida, Ohio, all over the country. We really came together as a team, and I truly love hanging out with all the guys. We want to win games. We want to be an actual contender. TDP: Being the first real recruiting class, competition must be intense for positions. How has the team dealt with that? RL: On our defense, we’ve got a lot of really good long poles. Our coaches keep an updated depth chart
you can go and check. If you do really well in practice, you’ll move up the depth chart. It’s constantly changing. There’s always room for improvement; there’s never a set in stone depth chart. If you don’t play well, there’s a chance you won’t start. There’s just a constant competitive nature for our team. TDP: How have you guys been able to come together as a unit? RL: The weather this year has not been advantageous, so we’ve had a lot of 5 a.m. practices and 7 a.m. lifts, but we’re all getting through it together. We all get breakfast after practice and go to Two West on weekends. And we hang out too. We’re all good friends. We’ll see each other, we’ll have a good time. We all like hanging out with each other, not just on the lacrosse field, but off it as well. It’s really nice to have a large group of freshmen that actually like each other. TDP: What has the chemistry been like on your line in particular? RL: We have Sam Caravana. He’s a lefty. He’s a finisher; he likes to settle the ball down. He’s going to be sneaky. If I dodge and draw a slide, he’s going to be the guy people forget about. When people turn their heads, he does a good job of slipping behind the defense. I’m looking for him. And then you’ve got Adam Bridges who is kind of an outside threat. He really spreads the defense because he can just hit it from anywhere. If his guy collapses on me, I can feed it to him and he’s wide open. We have every single necessary piece on our attack line. TDP: You scored six goals in your first two games. How have you been able to step in and find your groove so early? RL: I came from a really good high school program [where] I had really good coaches. I know the game very well, and coming into college I expected the same type of thing. We have different types of players on this team than I did in high school, so I adopted a different kind of role. I want the ball on my stick a lot. I want to be the guy to create the offense. If I’m not scoring, I’m doing a good enough job that somebody else is scoring. I do adopt the role of being the guy who initiates the offense, which I didn’t really do that much in high school. It’s great that guys can feed off me because we’re picking up team chemistry off of it. We’re all adopting our own kind of roles, so it’s really nice to see how well we mesh into our offense and our game plan. TDP: What are your expectations for this year’s team? RL: We want to win a lot of home games. We really just want to win. We set a bunch of goals that we want to capitalize on. We want to become a respected team on this campus; we don’t want people to just be like “Oh it’s just DePauw lacrosse, whatever.” We want the campus to get a whiff of what we are and what we stand for, and [we want] to be a force to be reckoned with. We’re going to score some goals; we’re going to stop some goals; we’re going to win some games. It’s going to be fun to see how dramatically a team can improve through team chemistry.
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tiger week of the
EMILYSWIMMER WEBER
hometown:
CINCINNATI
sport: SWIMMING Emily Weber is a junior swimmer who recently broke her own school record for the 1,650 yard freestyle at the NCAC Championship. She also broke a record for the 1,000 freestyle, finishing at 10:25.95. We were able to catch up with this week’s The DePauw Tiger of the Week. Here is what she had to say:
TDP Sports: Let’s talk about the NCAC Conference Championship. You broke the 1650 and set a record for the 1,000 free. What did you do to prepare for that outcome? Emily Weber: I was a little worried going into this year’s conference. I felt what happened if I don’t get my cuts. I’ve worked the hardest this year, and I knew it’ll be set in place. I tried to have fun with it, knowing everything will be ok. We went in wanting to close the Kenyon[College], Denison [University] gap and make ourselves known. The part that got us showing off was the 800 relay. We broke the school record by six seconds and were ranked sixth in the nation. It proved we can compete against these girls. TDP Sports: Coming from Cincinnati, what made you decide to come to DePauw? EW: DePauw was the last school I visited. I didn’t visit anywhere
until season was over. I wasn’t ready to give up on swimming. A girl at DePauw went to my high school, and I loved it. Perfect distance. And I loved the kinesiology program. Looking at the swim program at some of the schools, the programs were developing and here, it was already there. I thought it would be the perfect fit. TDP Sports: What are your predictions for this year’s NCAA Championships? EW: We’re taking the same amount of girls. Last year we were 27th. We’re definitely going to go up this year. We’re pushing for top 10 and Angela is going to place well. Having three of us return and two new, it’s made us more hungry to get back there and do better. We’re definitely going to move up in rankings.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014
Men’s basketball hang on for one point win against Wabash College
Sophomore Adam Botts prepares for a free throw during the Wabash game. The DePauw Tigers finished the game with a 75-74 win. SARAH BURTENSHAW / THE DEPAUW By ERIC ST. BERNARD sports@thedepauw.com
Despite a second half surge from the Wabash College Little Giants, the DePauw Tigers held on for an important 75-74 win Wednesday night at the Neal Fieldhouse. With 850 fans in attendance, some donning Wabash’s red and white school colors, the game could not have had a better ending in the long-standing rivalry. “Last night’s game was more exhilarating than if it were a blowout,” said sophomore Michael Hineman. Hineman has followed the Tigers unit since coming to the University. “It was the most exciting game of my DePauw tenure,” he said. With a minute and 42 seconds to go and the Tigers leading 7367, Little Giants’ sophomore forward Daniel Purvlicis converted on a layup, trimming the Tigers’ lead to four points. Purvlics was fouled on the play and had a chance to make it a one possession game, but he
missed his free throw shot. However, it was not long before the Little Giants had Tiger fans in panic mode. Little Giants’ senior forward Pete Nicksic came down the offensive board off of Purclivis’ missed free throw and delivered a pass to Little Giants junior guard Houston Hodges. With a minute 37 seconds left in regulation, Hodges rose for a three point attempt, converting to trim the Tigers’ lead to one. After trailing by as many as fifteen points in the first half, the Little Giants had all the momentum going into the final minute of play. However, sophomore Tiger guard Adam Botts stepped up to the plate, solidifying Wednesday night as his best game as a DePauw Tiger. Following a time out, an impressive cross over on the following possession freed Botts for a mid-range jump shot, which he nailed with 58 seconds on the clock. Botts seemed to be in tuned all game. He finished the game with a career-high 29 points and converted on 10 of his 15 shot attempts. The bread and butter of Botts’ breakout performance came from behind the arc, where he went five for six.
“My mindset was just to be aggressive and play well on both sides of the ball to help our team win,” Botts said. “We needed to win to improve our seed in the NCAC tournament. I was just looking to make a play. I had been making shots so I was confident that I could get a good look at the basket and fortunately it went in for us.” Even with Botts’ crucial isolation score to get the lead back to six, the game was far from decided with a minute to go. On the following Wabash possession, Botts committed a shooting foul on Wabash junior guard Kasey Oetting. Despite the DePauw crowd in his ear, Oetting converted on both free throw attempts, making it a one point game with 40 seconds remaining. Following the Tiger’s miss by junior forward Bob Dillon, the Little Giants had an opportunity to come out with the victory in the game’s final possession. However, a long pass by Hodges ended up in the hands of Tiger junior center Tommy Fernitz, ending the game. “Defense has been a big key to our team’s success this year, so we kow it is extremely important to be focused on the defensive end,” Fernitz said. “Overall, I thought we battled their runs in the second half, and Adam Botts along with Bob Dillon hit some keys shots for us.” Dillon joined Botts for his best scoring performance as a Tiger by finishing the contest with 15 points and shooting five for 10 from the field. Fernitz, a sixfeet, nine-inches junior center, scored eight points with nine rebounds. He also had a career high five blocks, with several of them coming at crucial defensive stretches. The loss left the Little Giants 8-15 over-
all and 7-10 in conference. The Tigers, currently 17-7 and 12-5 in NCAC play, have only one game remaining before the North Coast Athletic Conference Quarterfinals, which starts on Feb. 25. The team travels to Delaware, Ohio to take on Ohio Wesleyan University for their final regular season game. The Battling Bishops are currently number 18, as ranked by D3hoops.com. When the Tigers and Battling Bishops squared off last month in Delaware, Ohio, the Tigers lost 64-75. They are hoping for a better result this time around. Afterward, they have their eyes set on starting NCAC Tournament play. “I really think our key for the NCAC Tournament is to get back to rebounding the ball like we used to earlier in the year,” Fernitz said. “We haven’t been rebounding like we know we can, so that could definitely help us in the tourny. Also playing tough defense and staying together will determine how far we go.”