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Students find bugs in produce from campus food provider By JULIE BLOCK news@thedepauw.com
First-year Elizabeth St. John’s rasberries, bought from the Den, containing a dead bee. COURTESY OF LEX GAUMER
First-year Mary Reising enjoyed her Strawberry Fields salad at The Den last week until she looked down to find a bug in the strawberry she was about to bite into. Disgusted, she threw away her food, but not before taking a picture of the bug to send to her friends. Two other first-year DePauw University students have recently experienced similar food situations with their fruit from DePauw dining facilities. Many other students have complained about contracting food poisoning from the fish at the two oncampus dining halls. While Reising states that her lunch experience last Wednesday was revolting, she did not talk to any of the Den staff about the bug she found. “[I] picked up a strawberry, and, thankfully, looked down and saw the bug,” Reising said. “I'm never the person to complain about my food. I feel too bad. I know the people in the Den are always busy, so I don't like to be an inconvenience.” Neither first-year Elizabeth St. John nor first-year Grace Pittner spoke up about the bugs in their food either. St. John found a dead bee in a package of raspberries that she bought from the Den approximately
three weeks ago. Pittner found what she believed to be a white worm in an orange that she was eating at the Hub over Winter Term. “I was casually eating [the raspberries] while I was catching up on my Netflix in between classes,” St. John said. “All of a sudden I looked down and there was the dead bee. I texted it to my pledge class GroupMe because I was just so revolted.” Pittner reacted similarly to her situation, and she explains that she is now careful when consuming any type of fruit at either The Hub or The Den. “It’s the same provider, so any fruit I get, Den or Hub, or even any of the cafes, I’m skeptical,” she said. “I didn’t get an orange here for probably two months [after the incident].” Hearing about these incidents shocked General Manager for Bon Appétit Jason Rose, as none of the students came forward with their findings. He explains, however, that it is much more common for bugs and other insects to be found in fruit than it would be in other food, because the food is grown on local farms and the products are exposed to wildlife and insects. “Obviously these come from farms,” Rose said, “and when you’re talking about fruit and stuff, it does at-
tract wildlife. Its not abnormal to see something like that.” Reising realizes that the fruit attracts bugs and does not blame Bon Appétit for the bee in her salad.
“I was casually eating [the raspberries] while I was catching up on my Netflix in between classes. All of a sudden I looked down and there was the dead bee.” -Elizabeth St. John, first year
“I don't think The Den is unsanitary or nasty,” she said. “I appreciate The Den and The Den workers. I just happened to have a bad experience, and I don't think that should be entirely reflective of The Den and the staff.” Despite her belief that the Bon Appétit staff is not entirely to blame
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Rose encourages students to contact Bon Appétit workers if anything is wrong with their food, and especially in instances of bugs. “I would certainly encourage the students, if something like this happens in the future, to immediately bring it to the manager’s attention,” Rose said. In addition to the instances of bugs, many students have complained of contracting food poisoning from the fish at The Hub and The Den. Rose, however, is not sure about the reliability of those complaints. He explains
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The DePauw community will welcome social entrepreneur and TOMs founder Blake Mycoskie on Sunday at 7 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. The Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture Series will present “Conscious Capitalism and the Future of Business.” “I am so excited,” said first-year student Liz Fraser. “Blake Mycoskie seems like a really innovative individual with a lot of creative ideas fashionably and for the general well- being of humanity. I think we can learn a lot from him.” Executive Director of Media Relations Ken Owen originally had the idea to bring Mycoskie to campus. Owen began conversation with Mycoskie starting three - four years ago when he initially talked about bringing Mycoskie to DePauw. Owen believes that now is a great time to bring Mycoskie to campus because the TOMs company has grown to a point where most people are more familiar with its purpose in social entrepreneurship. “This weekend is a big weekend for Admissions, and Ben Mycoskie has been on DePauw’s radar for a while,” Owens said. “He is a great example of a younger person doing things and making the world a better place, and hopefully this lecture will engage a lot of students.” According to the DePauw website, while traveling in Argentina in 2006, Mycoskie witnessed the hardships faced by children growing up without shoes. His solution to the problem was to create a for-profit business that was sustainable and not reliant on donations. The concept began with the name “Shoes for a Better Tomorrow,” which was shortened to “Tomorrow’s Shoes,” and then simply became “TOMS.” Mycoskie’s One for One charity movement has turned into a global phenomenon. His company is currently distributing shoes in 28 countries. According to Owen, getting Mycoskie to come to DePauw was a challenge. “He doesn’t do many of these, so it was difficult to find a time for him to come,” said Owens. “[We] nailed it down in the fall and announced it in December after I signed a contract in October.” Mycoskie’s visit to DePauw will mark the fourth Ub-
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Special delivery making trips like this one to Ethiopia last year fuels Blake Mycoskie’s passion for his company. PHOTO COURTESY OF KWAKU ALSTON ben lecture this year, funded by 1958 DePauw graduates Timothy and Sharon Ubben. Other Ubben Lecture speakers this year have included Ron Paul, Bret Baier and Martin Luther King III. Owen explains that the Ubben Lecuture speakers are always chosen with great care, as the speakers generally attract a large portion of the student body, and the students are looking to be inspired. “Primarily for students, we want to bring influential and impactful people,” said Owen. “I think we are going to fill up. Between students, perspectives, and alumni we should have a full house.” Many students have been looking forward to attending the event Sunday evening. First-year Kimi DeBusschere believes that Mycoskie’s speech will be particularly inspirational for students involved in greek life at DePauw, as greek houses focus in on philanthropy. “As a large Greek school, we are very invested in philanthropies,” DeBusschere said. “We try to raise
money for our cause, in fun and innovative ways. Blake has made it fashionable to help children across the world and change their life in extreme ways.” Owen thinks that the timing of the lecture is perfect, especially given that there are many prospective students on campus this weekend for the Honors and Fellows Weekend. He hopes that the lecture will encourage prospective students to choose DePauw. “It is a great weekend, being a big admission weekend with prospective students coming, and it is close to spring break,” Owen said. “There might be one more Ubben lecture this year,” Owen said. “The goal is to bring a variety of backgrounds and viewpoints and we try to hit all the bases. Hopefully this will cover bases including people who are interested in business or entrepreneurship or students rather interested in being impactful or producing a product that benefits people.”
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Winter Term changes passed at February faculty meeting By EMILY MCCARTER news@thedepauw.com
Professors are no longer required to teach Winter Term, students only need two instead of three Winter Term courses to graduate and some courses will be offered for academic credit (0.5 credit). These are just some of the changes that were passed at the Feb. 3rd faculty meeting. Vice President of Academic Affairs Larry Stimpert originally proposed these changes, among others, in a faculty meeting last fall. However, only after many changes to the proposal and various motions by the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP), the Extended Studies Committee and suggestions made at faculty forums, were the changes actually made to Winter Term at the February faculty meeting. “There is no perfect curriculum, but this is a very good proposal, thanks to the input from you [the faculty],” Stimpert said at the faculty meeting on Feb. 3rd. “Today is not the end of the story. CAPP has already committed itself to an ongoing review of Winter Term and ensuring that we can continue to improve Winter Term in the future.” Another modification to Winter Term is changing the name to ‘Extended Study Opportunities,’ to help encompass the experiential learning courses and the courses for academic credit. Whether they be in the January term, the May term or research over the summer. Financial aid will now be offered for all ‘Extended Studies’ programs, including on-campus courses and travel study courses. The main problem that needed to be fixed with Winter Term, according to multiple faculty members and students, was the on-campus experience. “Who wants to do an on campus winter term? No one,” said Biology professor Vanessa Fox. In the past, students have been required to participate in at least three Winter Term courses. The original proposal of moving the required amount of Winter Term courses from three to two was to compensate for the fact that faculty members are no longer required to teach Winter Term. The university anticipated that fewer professors would teach Winter Term because of the lack of requirement, so the university would not need as many students, but many faculty
and staff disagreed with this. A motion to move the requirement back to three was proposed, but a tied vote of 62 to 62 was recorded at the February faculty meeting, resulting in the proposal staying with two required Winter Term courses to graduate. Due to the changes, a student can now take an extended study opportunity course for academic credit and to fill their credit to graduate. Academic credit courses will be graded on an A-F scale and will count toward students GPA. The main changes faculty will now have to decide is if they want to teach an extended study course or a course counting for academic credit. Experiential learning courses with P/F grading scales will still be offered on campus and in the form of trips. With a period of three weeks devoted to a single class, the University wanted to make sure that students could get the full benefit and experience of the ‘extended study opportunity.’ “The thing about that time period, that three week time period, is that there’s so much flexibility built into it, that you can do all these field trips,” Fox said. “You can run to Indy and go to the zoo, or you can run over to Terre Haute and look at the coal-fired power plant if you’re studying greenhouse gas emissions. You can’t do that during the regular academic semester because we all have such crazy schedules.” Although faculty are no longer required to teach a Winter Term course or trip, there is still incentive to teach a course since professors will be compensated for their course, just like during the regular semesters. Monetary compensation aside, many professors say that they enjoy teaching Winter Term courses and will continue to do so even though it’s not required. “Experiential learning to me has been rewarding,” said English professor Tom Chiarella. “I’ve had classes that I’ve worked very hard on in Winter Term, and not having to give credit has freed me in the same way I hope it frees students. But I really do understand, because I was department chair for five years in English, that some people feel really handcuffed by Winter Term. [The changes are] probably an intermediate step towards a better model, or the better model itself.”
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Bonner scholar leads team to rebuild Putnam County’s website By BROCK TURNER news@thedepauw.com
When Greencastle mayor Sue Murray (D) sat down with DePauw junior and Bonner Scholar Richard Walsh last summer, she had no idea the meeting would result in a new website and a set of mobile applications for Putnam County. Walsh is part owner of WynWay Technologies, a tech startup located off Greencastle’s square. As a DePauw Bonner Scholar, he began working with the city last year to complete a service project for the program. The two sat down to author a plan on how to put the mayor’s desire for a countywide emergency alert system into action. After talking to Walsh, her ideas and ambitions changed. “We were talking last summer about the communication systems and how we could pair them with the website,” Murray said. The conversation quickly progressed. The mayor’s initial plan called only for an emergency alert system allowing residents to know when emergencies are taking place. After talking to Walsh, her ideas and ambitions shifted toward building a completely new website for the county. “Richard [Walsh] is quite capable, quite creative and quite ambitious,” Murray said. The mayor stressed, “The time is right. It’s a win; win for him [Walsh] and for us. Could we have put it off, sure, but the relationship developed.” The new website, set to go live within the next two weeks, includes the ability to contact each city office, receive personalized emergency alerts and provide updates on previously out of date information. “I’m really excited for it,” Walsh said. Mayor Murray is most proud of the improved communication between the community and their government. “We’re going to have the ability for anyone to get in touch with any of our city departments,” Murray said.
Specifically she points to the ability to merge city, county, university and other local calendars to give people a common place to go for information. The website also includes her original goal of an emergency alert system integrated within. Murray believes the updated website surpasses all goals she initially set. “It will be user friendly, and takes steps to ensure the information is correct. We’ve improved communication, and made sure people can use it regardless of their background,” Murray said. Walsh’s work on the project doesn’t end once the site goes live. “We’re working on a suite of mobile apps for the city that can help communicate emergency notifications as well as paying bills online,” Walsh said. “We’re also setting up the city with an email system so they can send out monthly newsletters and emergency email notifications any time something needs to go out.” In addition, Walsh has begun training first-year Lobsong Tashi on the website so it can stay up to date in the future. “He wants to be able to pass it to the next generation,” Tashi said. In the middle of her final term in office, Murray believes the website renovation is another example of how DePauw’s relationship with the city of Greencastle and Putnam County continues to improve. She is confident this relationship will continue to grow over her next two years in office and beyond. According to the mayor, the $3,500 expenditure mentioned in the February 18th edition of the Banner Graphic is not a problem, and the council’s approval is not necessary to continue. “We have money available as needs come up, but we have not made any major expenditure for this project,” Murray said.
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And the Oscar goes to… Posse Plus Retreat: ReBy C THAMBUNDIT features@thedepauw.com
Before those last snow flurries of winter cover the campus, there’s one more season we must kiss goodbye before the tulips begin to sprout: Awards Season. Starting it off in Jan. with the People’s Choice Awards, Golden Globes and Grammys, we’ve finally reached the end of the red carpet with this year’s 86th Academy Awards. They will air live this Sunday at 7 p.m. on ABC. The Academy Awards, or better known as The Oscars, are awarded for excellence in cinematic achievements. Awards range from Best Picture and Best Original Score to Best Costume Design and Best Visual Effects. First and foremost, this year’s host will be Ellen DeGeneres. All I can say is, why didn’t this happen sooner? DeGeneres was a genius choice of host on behalf of The Oscars, especially after the dynamic comedic duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted the 2014 Golden Globes. Not only is DeGeneres a hilarious talk show host, but she is capable of handling The Oscars that are known for being a bit more serious and cut-throat. Fey and Poehler even admitted that the Academy’s were much harder to host and will be sticking to the Golden Globes. DeGeneres has a perfect balance of comedy and maturity to be able to take the gig. Now, onto the nominees. For Best Picture, the big prize of the night, we can probably expect it to be a tight race between “American Hustle,” “Gravity,” and “12 Years a Slave.” I believe that “12 Years a Slave” will end up taking home the Oscar. Sure, “American Hustle” has 10 nominations lined up, but quantity does not equal quality. “Gravity” was one of the most popular films this past year, but I’ve heard too many negative reviews of the motion picture to have
me convinced it could come out on top. “12 Years a Slave” seems to be the ideal candidate. It’s a moving drama with exemplary acting, not to mention it’s already racked up a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture- Drama, a BAFTA for Best Film, and an AFI for Movie of the Year. Without a doubt, “12 Years a Slave” will most likely be adding another prestigious award to their shelf. For Best Actor- in a Leading Role, we will probably see a face-off between Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey. Honestly, there is no competition because McConaughey’s work in “Dallas Buyers Club” was nothing like he’s ever done before. His usual roles in not-so-successful romantic comedies were shattered with this emotional performance, pulling a complete 180 in his acting career. I just had to throw in Leo because that man needs an Oscar before he dies. The last award that I’m going to touch on is Best Animated Feature. The Oscar will no doubt go to none other than the reigning champion of all things animation this year: “Frozen.” The other nominees in this category are irrelevant because there is no way, no how, no possibility that the writing, editing, score, voice acting, soundtrack and special effects of “Frozen” can be beat. The others are simply incomparable. “Frozen’s” powerhouse song, “Let it Go” was also nominated for Best Original Song and can expect to take home the Oscar for that as well. With “Frozen” in the running, the only thing other films will be given is the cold shoulder. Other movies to keep an eye on during the awards ceremony include “American Hustle,” “Gravity,” “Her,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Make sure your eyes are nowhere but that television
volt? Rethink? Reform? By AMARILIS ROMAN features@thedepauw.com
On a Friday afternoon, instead of mellowing down after a long week of classes, many DePauw Posse Scholars and “Pluses” prepared for an intense three-day experience that concerned deep intellectual debate. This year’s topic, social movements, was suitably titled “Revolt? Rethink? Reform?” to mirror the actions and open-mindedness necessary for social change. DePauw faculty and staff such as Dana Dudle, Ellen Bayer, Vince Greer and Anne Harris were only a few of the numerous remarkable individuals who participated in and supported the Posse Plus Retreat. Posse trainers and staff served as the backbone of the retreat, facilitating activities and providing positive and energetic attitudes. Andrea Sununu, a very respected and praised English Literature professor exclaims that this was her twelfth Posse Plus Retreat. “[The Posse Plus Retreat] holds the spirit of community and empathy and understanding, a sense of camaraderie and collaboration and warmth,” said Sununu. In fact, many scholars agree that the Posse Plus Retreat provides a much different atmosphere than DePauw offers. Sophomore Anna Gawlik, a Posse Scholar herself said, “It was one of the safest environments I have ever experienced both as a Posse Scholar and a DePauw student.” Immediately following everyone’s arrival, students and faculty struggled to agree on what constitutes a movement. Questions such as, “Is TOM’s mission statement really a social movement?” and “Are internet-based movements the ‘new’ revolution?” brought many opinions to light and ignited insightful arguments. On the following day, we began by reading headlines concerning the last decade’s most popular news, discussing similarities and the importance of the article’s source. Even though there were headlines that really resounded in individuals or some that did not impact them at all, most agreed that a great amount of social change had taken place recently. Collectively, we discussed social issues on campus, such as the disunity of social events on campus, while offering direct solutions. “We need to have events that all types of students can attend,” said first-year Ranyerlis Galvez. “We need to think of campus as one.” The importance of integrating both majority and minority Greek events was also discussed in length. Individuals from Student Government advocated for unity for the sake of new friendships, greater social change, a higher event turnout. Many others, such as sophomore Posse Scholar Kayanat Parachat offered solutions that were more
internal to campus and aimed towards breaking social barriers. “We need to get people to be open to discuss misunderstandings,” said Parachat. “Even though you see people in the classroom everyday, they would not acknowledge you outside of that setting.” In light of the progressive solutions offered, much dedication and hard work is necessary for social change. The most memorable activities of the Posse Plus Retreat include traditions, such as writing
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“Warm Fuzzies”, which are heart-felt compliments that individuals address to one another on a colorful sticky note. Another activity, taps, involves forming a circle and counting off in groups of eight, and remaining seated with eyes closed. Then, each group silently taps the shoulder of a person, to whom they believe a prompt applies. “The [activity] that really touched me, was the last activity, where we had to walk around and tap people,” said first-year Posse Scholar Corey Medina. “When they said, ‘tap somebody you’re proud of,’ I felt three or four hands tap my shoulder and it legitimately brought tears to my eyes.” In totality, the Posse Plus Retreat produced viable friendships and the emotional validation of all participants. All stereotypes concerning the Posse Scholarship were debunked, and many ideas for social reform were produced. But of course, as Parachat said, “You don’t have to be a Posse Scholar to believe you can make change.” Many individuals look forward to next year’s Posse Plus retreat including Professor Sununu. “I think every year has its own distinct feel, because the themes and the students vary,” said Sununu. “Each Posse Plus Retreat develops its own personality.”
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‘Mozart meets “The Office”’ in DePauw’s spring opera By TYLER MURPHY features@thedepauw.com
Amid a stage of forest foliage and office clutter, DePauw University’s spring opera hopes to dig up success in the Green Center for Performing Arts this weekend. DePauw students plan to go above and beyond what has ever been attempted by presenting “The Secret Gardener,” a production that fills Moore Theater and features more than twenty-seven characters on stage at one time. Campus has brought in internationally known stage director Joachim Schamberger, currently in residence at the School of Music. Schamberger is a German native who also set last year’s opera, Strauss’s “Die Fledermaus.” This year, he was voted one of Indianapolis’ “Ten Most Compelling Performing Arts People.” DePauw’s production of “The Secret Gardener” is a modern-day twist on Mozart’s 1775 opera, “La finta giardiniera,” which roughly translates to the same title as DePauw’s 21st Century version. The play features the original music of Mozart, but the script is written in a modern way so that it feels fresh. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart originally wrote the opera when he was eighteen years of age. It first premiered on at the Salvator Theater in Munich, Germany. Schamberger is responsible for preparing the adaptation of the story and English dialog, as well as producing, directing and designing the production. “Preparations for the opera began in the fall of 2013,” said Schamberger. In the opera, the character Anchise, the mayor, decides to run for re-election on a “green” campaign and hires two gardeners, Sandriana and Nardo, to help. The story bases itself on the mayor’s love for Sandriana, which becomes clearly evident toward the beginning of Act I. The opera includes three acts overall and runs approximately two and a half hours.
Tenors Joseph Leppek and Alec Reznich will sing the part of Mayor Anchise on alternating nights. Leppek will sing on Thursday and Saturday, and Reznich will sing on Friday and Sunday. Sopranos Elleka Okerstrom and Sydney Cason share the role of Sandrina while basses Blake Lampton and Yazid Pierce-Gray will sing the part of Nardo. All of the characters constantly switch love interests, making the story hard to follow at points, but director Schamberger knows how to solve that: a who’s who program guide to keep everything straight. Each audience member will receive a guide when they enter the auditorium. The opera features all ages, which drew first-year Kimberly DeBusschere to audition. “As a first-year, it is a great experience to be a part of the opera,” said DeBusschere. “At larger schools, the graduate students are the ones who get the roles, but we currently have quite a few first-years with leads in this year’s opera.” Comedy is most certainly not lacking from the production. As in the original Mozart version, in Schamberger’s modern piece amidst the singing are comical interactions between characters. “It is just like any hilarious sitcom you would watch on TV nowadays,” said sophomore Yazid Pierce-Gray. “It has love, insults and a very large amount of jokes.” The acting is impeccable, making the dramatic scenes extremely intriguing, and the funny scenes will leave the audience grabbing at their sides due to all of their laughing. “The opera is something like Mozart meets ‘The Office’,” said Schamberger. “We updated it so it makes for a really fun night.” Props scatter the stage to give the set an office feel. The stage includes a large back wall with office-style glass doors and windows. There are desks and computers as well as office chairs. There are artistic elements to the set that match Schamberger’s artistic style as well. Schamberger often uses graphics, still images and videos to enhance the quality of his productions. This one is no different.
Vines line the ceiling and green plants cover the stage. A projector flashes branches and leaves across the back walls of the stage, creating eerie, dark images when the lights go dim. The performers wear contemporary outfits as well, with women wearing pants suits and dresses while the men dress in full business attire. The gardeners sport overalls and shovels. The opera features more than actors and singers. The orchestra pit will be full to the brim, just like the stage above them. Music director Orcenith Smith conducts the DePauw Opera Orchestra, which features first-year through senior students. First-year Graeme Richmond will spend his opera looking up at the actors from the orchestra pit. “Performing in the pit has been a great learning experience,” said Richmond. “I have next to no experience playing in pit orchestras, I have only been in one musical, and I believe this experience will definitely move my musical abilities to the next level.” The cast rehearses day in and day out to put on their final show for campus this weekend. The showings are Feb. 27 through March 1 at 7:30 p.m., as well as a matinee showing at 2 p.m. on March 2. Though the practicing has been vigorous and rehearsals have been going on for over a month now, the final product and the experience the opera gives students is unmatched. “Being a member of the opera cast has been such a great experience,” said first-year Madeline Piscetta. “Learning to do what I love while still having fun is one of the best parts of being in the cast.” Tickets are available to anyone for seven dollars, but are free to students, children and seniors past the age of 65. They can be found online at www.depauw.edu/ music/tickets or in the box office at the Green Center for the Performing Arts. “There is something for everyone and the music is very beautiful,” said Pierce-Gray. “People will leave the theatre very satisfied with the way they spent their evening.”
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FROM TOP: All 27 cast members watch as leads Sydney Cason and Lance Orta perform in only their “skivvies”. First-year Alec Reznich looking extremely distressed when his collegue reveals big news. Lance Orta and Sydney Cason plea wile the other cast members look on in awe. BIG PICTURE: Sophomore Sydney Cason performs as Sadrina, while being “buried alive” on stage. PHOTOS BY C THAMBUNDIT / THE DEPAUW
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THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board
Diversify your summers: take advantage while you can
Abby Margulis | Editor-in-Chief Nettie Finn | Managing Editor Franki Abraham | Managing Editor Leann Burke | Chief Copy Editor
ARTHUR SMALL
Social change: more than just a fad Through the years, DePauw has been lucky enough to have prominent speakers from today’s society and culture come speak to our community. In the past academic year alone, Martin Luther King III, Ron Paul and Harry Belafonte have visited campus. On March 2nd, we will host Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS. No matter the details of their speeches, the essential message our guests bring is the same: be a force for beneficial change. These speakers often follow up by challenging our generation to facilitate this change. However, this editorial board is worried that our generation is too easily distracted to bring the change to which we are called. With social media, the news media and even the speakers themselves bringing new issues to the forefront every other week, few of us pay any prolonged attention to any one problem. We pick up social movements as if they were fads and set them down again when the next injustice screams for our attention. We seem to think that a share on Facebook or our 140-character tweet is enough to do the job. This is not true. Real social change takes dedication, years and more than a few hundred Facebook “likes”. In the last few years, many of us on this campus have participated in movements such as Kony 2012, the “Live Strong” campaign and Occupy Wall Street. Despite how these movements may have ended, the fact of the matter is this: many of us participated in and nearly all of us recognized these movements for the three weeks to a month that they held our attention. When they were no longer in the spotlight, we let them fall into the shadows. That is exactly the problem. A social movement can only actually help us move forward if we give it our attention for more than a few weeks or a month. We are extremely excited for Blake Mycoskie to share his vision and his mission of “change for tomorrow” with this campus. Our worry is that listeners will take it to heart in the moment, but quickly move on. To sustain any type of movement and to make change, you can’t just have the passion, you need to have the motivation to see things through. As an editorial board, we see individuals on this campus with this motivation and we applaud them. We also hope that the rest of us can follow their lead.
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Ubben Lecture by TOMS founder offers chance to think and act NATALIE WEILANDT
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n Sunday, March 2nd, Blake Mycoskie, the president and founder of TOMs will deliver a speech about his story and his revolutionary Buy One Give One (BOGO) business model. I don’t need to point out that the Ubben Lecture Series has a reputation for bringing in impactful speakers from varying fields. The Ubben guests I’ve heard from over the course of my time at DePauw have opened my eyes to a bigger picture and given me an opportunity to connect the wonderful privilege of my education to a new and interesting narrative. Part of the aim of bringing in these speakers seems to be to motivate us to do everything we can with the knowledge we take from DePauw. That’s why I find this choice of speaker particularly intriguing. Blake Mycoskie will draw students in. He’s relatable. He graduated from an American university and got the idea for TOMs on a foreign aid trip to Argentina, an idea students at DePauw are
not strangers to. He has a track record for starting businesses throughout his college career and afterwards, and his story is inspiring to everyone, especially young people. Choosing him to speak was a brilliant marketing move because we all want to see a little bit of ourselves in a young entrepreneur like Mycoskie. He hit the jackpot. He had an idea that went viral: service based capitalism. TOMs rests at the intersection of business and social movement, which is something that many thought was impossible. While there’s no shortage of praise (magazines, public figures, us), it’s important to shed light on the fact that TOMs has its critics too. Some say the company donates shoes to those who don’t need them. Others consider it foreign intervention that contributes to and simplifies a complex wheel of poverty. Still, others see it as a “band-aid fix” for something that’s just a symptom of poverty. While the criticisms come from many angles, they can all be boiled down to one simple message: buying a pair of TOMs is not enough. The solutions to problems of global hunger and poverty aren’t waiting for us in Kresge. They live in the way we’ll be thinking when we leave. We should view Mycoskie’s speech as not a message, but
an idea to be questioned—isn’t asking questions how he came to his creative business model in the first place? Blake Mycoskie’s speech is a platform, not an end. His company has its pros and its cons. It’s our responsibility to be aware of them as we listen on Sunday. We have the tools to be critical thinkers and decide for ourselves what counts as fulfilling our social responsibility. The impact of TOMs and similar corporations can be translated in several different ways. Whether it’s the shoes they put on the feet of the needy or the shoes we slip on for our short walk to class, Mycoskie’s product has someone, somewhere, thinking about poverty. But it’s not enough to just think about it. Raising our awareness is part of the good impact of TOMs. Hopefully, we will learn about the possibilities of socially responsible business models and how our travel experiences can be shaped into something more meaningful. But remember, talking doesn’t save the world—listening and acting does.
-Weilandt is a junior intern at the Prindle Institute for Ethics.
ost underclassmen at DePauw University spend spring semester furiously searching for an internship to occupy their summer months. I understand the draw to a traditional internship. They look good on resumes, help you prepare for the ‘real-world’ and help you figure out whether you might be interested want a career in that profession. As a senior, I cannot help but sit back, enjoy my last few months of hazy memories and late nights and try to remind each and every younger student that life is not a rat-race to get ahead of the kid next to you. Internships are not the missing ingredient to your future success. I have never once had a ‘traditional’ nine-tofive internship. It is not because I have perpetually failed to secure an internship, but rather because I have never really sought internships out. My par-
ents told me during the summer preceding my first year at DePauw that they would not be giving me any spending money in college, a decision that I respect and appreciate to this day. It taught me how to budget my money for the memories I wanted to make while in college. Their decision also meant that I had to work a lot to pay for what I wanted to do while at DePauw. I have had some odd jobs over the summers: the head cook at a summer camp, a butcher, a forklift operator, and most recently, on a construction crew. I do not regret a single one of these positions even if they do not look particularly impressive on a LinkdIn profile. They have taught me about who I am and have instilled a work-ethic in me that I might not have had if I had a monotonous internship over my summers. DePauw students always worry about what will help set them apart from their peers. The ‘realworld’ seems to pressure us into believing that internships and experience working at a desk job is what will set us apart. In my humble opinion, this could not be further from the truth. I have sat through a fair share of interviews, both legitimate and mock, during my life, and I have never been asked is, “why haven’t you ever had an internship?” Instead, most start out asking about the
oddities of my work experience. They comment on how interesting it is that someone from my generation got into the bizarre job of butchering or ask how much I grew-up from the responsibilities associated with being responsible for feeding two-hundred plus mouths three times a day. In my opinion, setting yourself apart is what matters: making sure that when you leave an interview, the interviewers remember you for something. At the end of the day, it is not all about how many internships you held. Instead, you should focus on how you plan to sell yourself to a future employer. In my case, I know that I can sell my work ethic and ability to learn quickly on the job. Before applying for that tenth internship, consider what it will really do for you in the greater scheme of your life plans. Companies and graduate programs are not only concerned with whom you worked for. They want to know that you got something from that experience. You are only young once. Do not sacrifice every summer to a desk job because society tells you to. -Small is a senior history and political science double major from Zionsville, Ind.
“Turn up” for sustainability: student involvement in the climate action SARAH WHITE
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he sustainability movement at DePauw University is a topic that has gained a lot of publicity in the past few years. It began with the Climate Action Plan in 2008 and has been slowly but steadily gaining momentum since then. We have so many creative ideas and projects like the Campus Farm, community bikes and recycling. We have all the tools needed to become a more sustainable campus. We have the support of the faculty. We have a strong and supportive network of student organizations such as Green Greeks, Eco Reps and Environmental Club. Most importantly, we have a signed pledge from President Brian W. Casey stating that DePauw has a responsibility to “model ways to minimize global warming emissions.” We have committed – all that remains is to put
words into action. President Casey signed the petition with the belief and the hope that students would be motivated to act and reach the goal of carbon neutrality. The petition was not intended to be thrown around and publicized to brag that DePauw is an “environmentally concerned” university. Our Climate Action Plan indeed symbolizes how we would like to be perceived, but it is also an explicit call to action. We must take the tools we have as a student body and encourage each other to lead sustainable lifestyles. It is not easy – but it never should be. Reaching carbon neutrality demands living with intention: turning the lights off after you leave a room, carrying a mug to class (even if it is the dorky one your mother gave you as a graduation present 2 years ago) or attending the offered thirty-minute lectures that discuss climate change and sustainability efforts around the nation. One of the newest improvements to the Sustainability movement on campus is the involvement of greek life. Each house is encouraged to elect members of their fraternity or sorority to be Environmental representatives, or “Green Greeks”. For the first time, the Order of Omega is featuring a “Green Chapter of the Year” award as a way to encourage the importance of sustainable lifestyles
within greek houses on campus. The award application is divided into six categories: Reduce & Reuse, Recycling, Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Education and Purchasing. The application is due March 10th and the participation of each greek house is encouraged. Not only is it interesting to see where energy is being allocated, it is also interesting to see the small changes a house can make to improve their ecological footprint. For the first time, students can be involved. The Sustainability movement on campus is termed a “movement” for a reason. It is a force that requires a transcending energy full of enthusiasm and motion. The goal of reaching carbon neutrality will not be reached by 2040 without the involvement of a dedicated and motivated student and faculty body. It is time to implement President Casey’s call to action in our everyday lives and within our houses. Whether you are part of the greek community, live in a residence hall or live in alternative housing, utilize the resources you have been given to make your living space a sustainable place. -White is a sophomore environmental-geoscience major from Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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PHOTOPINION How do you feel about the upcoming Ubben Lecturer, TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie? “Considering the caliber of past lecturers, Mr. Mycoskie has a lot to live up to.”
BRAYDON LUCAS, SENIOR “I love the TOMS company and what they are doing to help those less fortunate. Plus their shoes are extra comfy.”
MADDIE SCHROEDER, SOPHOMORE “I’m super excited about Blake Mycoskie coming to DePauw! TOMS make me smile. I can not wait to hear what he has to say. “ PERRIN DUNCAN, FRESHMAN I can’t wait to hear about the journey of how he made TOMS into a successful business.”
CHRIS FEDERMANN, FRESHMAN JACKSON MOTE / THE DEPAUW
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Movin’ On Up for Despite frozen temperatures, Lady Tigers off to a hot start DePauw Tennis By Paul Watts sports@thedepauw.com
BY ANDI MILLS sports@thedepauw.com
The DePauw University Tigers women’s tennis team, now 13th in the nation, began conference play over the weekend in a victorious performance over Ohio Wesleyan University. The team dominated the tournament, only losing three games in both the singles and doubles matches. Senior Caroline Emhardt and junior Maggie MacPhail who won the doubles matches, both had great things to say about their team and individual performances. The two are undefeated as a doubles unit this season. Emhardt credits the duo’s friendship off the court for their team chemistry. On the technical side, MacPhail and Emhardt go into each match with a strategic game plan. “We implement good consistency from the baseline and lots of activity and aggressiveness at the net,” MacPhail said. “We try to be quicker to cut balls off at the net with our volleys than our opponents.” The Tigers aren’t afraid of pure domination. “One of our biggest strengths as a team is our mental toughness and our camaraderie,” MacPhail said. “We are always fighting hard to win every point, every game, and every match regardless of the current score or who our opponents are.” With a possible National Championship in mind, it is difficult to remain focused on the weekly matches. “Our coach (Riggle) reminds us to focus on the present day,” Emhardt said. “The most important match is always the next match. Small steps will help us reach our big goals.” The Lady Tigers are preparing for the InterCollegiate Tennis Association Indoor Nationals, which will take place this weekend at the University of Chicago. “The competition there will be the toughest test of the season to date, with eight of the top 15 teams in the country,” said Emhardt. The men’s tennis team also came out in a ruling fashion over the Battling Bishops. The DePauw men swept both singles and doubles over the weekend, moving them to 5-1 on the season. Matt Santen, a first-year, came out with two impressive 6-0 wins. “I was really excited for my match because this was one of my first, being a freshman,” says Santen. Junior Eric Bruynseels also displayed a 6-0, 6-0 win over his opponent. “I was controlling the points well with my forehand [this past weekend],” Bruynseels said. “I hope to continue this form against our next opponents [University of Chicago].” The team has gained confidence and Santen believes they can make a post season run. “I think the team believes we can [make a post season run] with all of our talent,” Santen said. “I know that Coach Riggle thinks so too.” The men’s team has this weekend off, and will resume play on March 8th at the University of Chicago.
The frigid Greencastle winter impacted DePauw University softball. Deep snow and cold temperatures forced the team to practice indoors and less often. Despite these problematic conditions, however, the DePauw softball team has made the most of their indoor practices. Tigers softball practice started on Jan. 27, and the team has been unable to hold practice outdoors so far. Instead, they have used the Hollensteiner Indoor Track Facility and continue to have positive attitudes about their practice situation. “None of the players even think about it,” said head coach Erica Hanrahan. “I never once heard anyone talk about playing outside for the first time this season.” The weekend of February 15th-16th, the Tigers traveled to Memphis, Tenn. to face off against Rhodes College and Maryville College, leaving with a winning record of 3-1. “Our strongest element right now is that we are defensively sound,” said Hanrahan. “Despite not being able to practice outside, we had no trouble fielding off the dirt and had some exceptional defensive plays.” Throughout all four games, the Tigers remained defensively strong and only gave up two errors, both on attempted double plays. By using the large space of the indoor track, the team has been able to set up a full-size field for practice. The high ceiling has also allowed them to hit and field fly balls. “We’re very grateful for what we have,” said Hanrahan. “All the teams in the Midwest are facing the same problem right now, but we’re in a fortunate place.” In addition to the good attitudes and productive use of facilities, team
members talked about how the practice dynamic has been more focused and intense compared to past years. With only five upperclassmen, the new players seem eager to prove themselves. “This year, all 16 players work hard and have worked hard in the offseason,” said senior Megan Landahl. “Practice has been intense and this team has good chemistry.” “Practice is a little bit of everything,” added freshman outfielder Julia Waggoner. “There’s a lot of energy and we have the focus and intensity to bring us to the next level.” This weekend, the team will travel down to Atlanta to square off against Messiah College and Emory University. Despite 12th ranked Emory being able to practice outdoors year round, DePauw players don’t think that the team has an advantage in that area. “We’ve all been playing softball our whole lives,” said Waggoner. “Playing on dirt is nothing new and we can handle the transition.” Emory softball is always a competitive program and consistently ranks in the top 10 in the nation each year. Emory has currently slipped to 12th in the national rankings, despite an impressive 12-0 record. Their smallest margin of victory was decided by three runs. The Tigers are excited to see what they can do against such a talented and proven program. “This is an outstanding growing opportunity for us to see how we stack up against some of the best in the nation and see what we need to improve on,” said Hanrahan. “This is a big weekend,” added Megan Landahl. “Everyone’s pumped to leave it all out on the field, we have nothing to lose and everything to gain.” The Tigers will open their weekend slate of games on Saturday in Atlanta with a double header against Messiah.
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Hot start helps Tigers roll Wabash and move on to semifinals By JACOB LYNN sports@thedepauw.com
DePauw men’s basketball headed to semifinals On Tuesday night, the DePauw Univeristy men’s basketball team fed off of an electric atmosphere at Neal Fieldhouse to earn a 73-59 victory over the Wabash College Little Giants and advance to the North Coast Athletic Conference semifinals. The Tigers raced out to an early 13-0 lead in the first three and a half minutes. Junior guard Bob Dillon led the way through this stretch scoring the last eight points of the run on two layups, a threepointer and a free throw. “It’s always a fun atmosphere with Wabash and DePauw,” said Dillon. “I got that first layup that got me going, and from there on it was going in for me.” Following the Little Giants’ first basket of the game, DePauw’s Tommy Fernitz sunk a layup that made the Tigers 6-6 shooting in the first five minutes of action. Wabash responded well, however, and closed the DePauw lead to four points with about seven minutes to play in the first half. “It was kind of inevitable that they were going to settle into the game and make a run,” said DePauw Head Coach Bill Fenlon. “We certainly didn’t expect that they were going to go away. I think you have to make them go away, which we eventually did.” A key point in the game came with just under three minutes to play in the opening half when Wabash’s Kasey Oetting fouled DePauw first-year Luke Lattner hard. Lattner fell to the floor and landed on
his elbow. Despite being visibly shaken up, Lattner made one of his free throws and stayed in the game. “You know in the heat of the game, I feel like I might have overreacted a little bit,” said Dillon. “I felt like he got to [Lattner] after the whistle was blown, but it wasn’t anything too big.” However, the foul got the Tiger faithful into the game and added to the energy in the building. Aided by the crowd’s support, the Tigers went on a run that helped them take a ten-point lead over the Little Giants into halftime. The Tigers opened the second half on a scoring run that helped keep Wabash from making it a close game. A 6-0 run to open the final 20 minutes helped give the Tigers a 44-28 lead. From there on, DePauw dominated the contest. The closest Wabash trimmed the deficit to was 11 points, as the Tigers would go on to earn an easy 73-59 win over their arch rivals. “We just needed to win that game,” said Fenlon. “A lot of people are way more hung up on the beating Wabash thing than I am. The next step was getting to the weekend in the conference tournament, so from that standpoint it was a really big win for us.” Senior Michael Wilkison led all scorers with 20 points and became the 25th person in over century of Tiger basketball to score 1000 points in a DePauw uniform. When looking at the statistics, the two teams were virtually identical in shooting percentage. Each team shot over 25 percent from beyond the arc and above 40 percent from the floor. The disparity on the stats sheet is evident in the inside
game. The Tigers outscored the Little Giants 34-26 in the paint and grabbed 13 more rebounds. However, there are still areas where Fenlon would like to see improvement. The DePauw bench was outscored 43-14 by the Wabash reserves. Despite this, the Tigers will live to play another day, as they head to the College of Wooster for the semifinals of the NCAC tournament against Wittenberg University. The Tigers of Wittenberg have not provided DePauw with much of a challenge this season. In the teams’ two previous meetings, DePauw has outscored Wittenberg by a total of 48 points including a 72-46 point thrashing in mid January. “Overall, we know what it takes to beat Wittenberg,” said junior Tommy Fernitz. “This is the third time we are playing them this season, so we know that they are going to come out strong and ready to play. Wittenberg is a very good team, but I think we just need to match their intensity and play our game and the rest will take care of itself.” With a win this Friday night, the Tigers could advance to the championship game of the NCAC tournament for the first time in school history. Tip off against Wittenberg is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Friday evening. Balanced attack helps women move on in NCAC tournament For the first time in almost two years, DePauw University’s women’s basketball team took the floor with a blemish on their record. But the Tigers dominated when they hosted the College of Wooster in the quarterfinals of the NCAC tournament.
DePauw students show their support for the Tigers at their game agasint Wabash. SARAH BURTENSHAW / THE DEPAUW
The Tigers came into Tuesday night’s playoff game following a devastating 65-64 loss to Ohio Wesleyan University in their regular season finale. In the first game since their 58 game winning streak snapped, the Tigers advanced easily onto the semifinals of the NCAC tournament with a 71-40 win over the Fighting Scots. From the opening tip, it was clear that the Tigers were in a class far above Wooster. DePauw took an early six point lead in the first three minutes and was off and running from there. DePauw took a commanding 40-17 lead into halftime thanks to a solid 12-25 shooting mark. The second half was more of the same for the Tigers, as their massive lead ballooned to 38 points. DePauw ended up winning by a final score of 71-40. “You never know what’s going to happen if you don’t win,” said senior Ann Sarkisian. “I mean it’s win and advance, so it’s really important that we started the tournament off right.” Hannah Douglas led the Tigers with only 12 points, but it was the balanced attack by DePauw that got the job done. All but three of the 16 women on the roster scored. The DePauw bench chipped in with 30 and outscored their Fighting Scots counterparts by 22 points. “We have even practices all year,” said Sarkisian. “So we’re preparing everyone the same way. [Coach Huffman] develops all of her teams this way.” The fourth ranked Tigers are back in action when they host Kenyon College at Neal Fieldhouse on Friday night at 8 p.m.
Center Tommy Fernitz tips off against the Wabash Little Giants on Tuesday. SARAH BURTENSHAW / THE DEPAUW