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DePauw students have expressed mixed feelings about the 2013 commencement speaker, Elisa Villanueva Beard. “”I don’t understand why she is qualified to be in a position to lead us through [commencement],” senior Berkley Frost said. Beard, a 1998 graduate of DePauw, became Teach for America’s co-chief executive officer earlier this year. Teach for America remains a controversial program in the eyes of many. The program takes recent college graduates who aren’t necessarily education majors, gives them a five week training period and then places them graduates in urban schools. To select a commencement speaker, President Brian Casey met with senior student body senators, the student government president and vice president. Casey said the alumni office was contacted and was responsible for generating 30 young alumni as potential commencement speakers. "This group of [DePauw student government] senators and Sara [Scully] and Mark [Fadel] were adamant that they wanted an alum and they wanted someone young," Casey said. Frost doesn’t share the same enthusiasm that student government did for Beard. Frost said she thinks the university could have picked a speaker that was better known. Not all students feel the speaker was a poor choice though. DePauw senior Casie Sambo will join Teach for America next year. She was assigned to teach secondary math in Milwaukee, Wis. Sambo feels optimistic about the potential message Beard can send to the student body not because of her involvement in Teach for America specifically, but because of her role leading a large non-profit organization. “It’s important [DePauw students] realize the opportunity they have been given,’ Sambo said. “We have the responsibility to the next generation to ensure the same.” Casey believes having a young alumna in a high position in an organization focused on education is something for graduating seniors to look up to. “I understand that people have different feelings about Teach for America’s mission, but to have one of our alums running such a corporation really seems like a positive thing,” Casey said. Having alumni come back and speak at graduation displays the close ties students both former and current possess. “I think it’s cool that we get alumni coming back,” senior Jack Quinn said. “I am certainly interested in what she has to say.” Sambo hopes the controversy surrounding Teach for America will lead to healthy conversation about the program, its flaws and ways to fix the state of
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University switches dining services Elisa Villanueva Beard, co-chief executive officer of Teach For America, has been selected to deliver the primary address to DePauw’s 174th graduating class on May 19. Villanueva Beard graduated from DePauw in 1998. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY American education. “[The speaker] has potential to trigger discussion,” Sambo said. “At least it will get people talking about the problems.” Kelsey Moore, a current Teach for America member and former DePauw student, acknowledges the benefits and pitfalls of the program. She does believe that having a strong female speaker at DePauw is important. “It’s great [DePauw] will have a strong female speaker who made her own way up,” Moore said. Sambo believes that if there were to be a real uproar about the speaker it would have happened already. She said at her sister’s graduation the student body turned their backs on the commencement speaker because they all disagreed with the message. Sambo hasn’t felt quite anything like a protest to Beard. “[DePauw] students understand we don’t have anything to stand up against,” Sambo said. “I don’t think anyone sees it as a setback, but maybe a wrong agenda.”
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Two English professors and one art professor will join the DePauw faculty for the fall 2013 semester. Amity Reading and David Crouse will join the English department, specializing in medieval and Renaissance literature and fiction, respectively. Part-time art professor John Berry has been hired as a full-time professor for the art department. Reading, who is has been at Albion College since 2010, has since taught courses in medieval literature, Renaissance literature, and theatre in modern England. She also specializes in the history of the English language. “In [the English] department we’ve been without someone who can bridge the medieval and Renaissance period for a while,” English department head Harry Brown said. “We’re happy to have [someone] who has liberal arts teaching experience.” According to Brown, Reading is particularly knowledgeable about Anglo-Saxon literature, which is the beginning of English literature. At Albion she taught courses in the history of the English language, which is a subject DePauw has not been able offer. “Suddenly we have a colleague who can teach the linguistics of the language, the development of English as it relates to both spoken and written expression,” Brown said. Crouse joins the faculty as a fiction writer. He is the former head of the Writing and Literature program at the Chester College of New England and, since 2007, has been the head of the M.F.A. program at the University of Alaska – Fairbanks. “Our department needed a fiction writer since the departure of Barbara Bean,” Brown said. “[Crouse has] written graphic novels, and he is interested in teaching a course or courses on graphic fiction and the interplay of fiction writing and image.” Crouse has published works for Dark Horse Comics and as well as two short story collections, Copy Cats and The Man Back There. “He is a beautiful writer,” English professor Lili Wright said. “He has published probably thirty different stories.” After three years of part time teaching at DePauw, Berry will join the art department as a full-time professor. Berry received his M.F.A. in painting from Indiana University and has received awards and grants for his work from
“Suddenly we have a colleague (in Reading) who can teach the linguistics of the language, the development of English as it relates to both spoken and written expression.” - Harry Brown, English professor
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“(Berry’s) paintings are figurative, and involve complicated spaces and passages. Painting remains a very important medium for the visual arts. It’s very important for us that John has joined the faculty in a tenure-track position.” - Michael Mackenzie, art professor
institutions such as the British School in Rome and the Rhode Island School of Design. “His paintings are figurative, and involve complicated spaces and passages,” art department head Michael Mackenzie said. “Painting remains a very important medium for the visual arts. It's very important for us that John has joined the faculty in a tenure-track position.” Students are advised to check e-Services for the new courses that Reading, Crouse and Berry will teach.
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Campus construction is here to stay
The current construction on the Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center blocks many of the gym’s entrances. The project is estimated to end in August or September of 2014. SUNNY STRADER / THE DEPAUW
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Construction fences went up before Spring Break and on March 25, Facilities Management broke ground in front of Lilly Athletic Center. Work on the athletic campus followed, beginning April 1. “It’s been challenging but nothing that is not normal for a project like this,” Dave Doell, manager of Campus Project Implementation for Facilities Management said. “We just adjust and move on.” So far, the Lilly project’s challenges have been locating underground utility services.
Facilities Management has been digging small holes to find the steam pipes service, chilled water service connected to air conditioning, the domestic water service connected to drinking water, an additional water service connected to fire sprinklers and the underground electrical service. “All [of the underground utilities] are in the way of the new addition,” Doell said. “We’ve had to relocate all that stuff so we can build the addition.” According to Doell, the Lilly Center expansion and renovation is scheduled to continue until August or September of 2014. “It’s unfortunate that we have to have [the
construction] smudging campus for graduation,” senior Ian Artis said. Traditionally, graduating seniors walk on the sidewalk between the Lilly Center and the Julian Center as part of the walk to the commencement ceremony. Construction will take place during graduation weekend, but Doell said it is his understanding that the sidewalk will be open so the walk can take place as it always does. However, some students have said that the construction is disrupting their existing commute to class and around campus. “On the days when they block off College
Street to cars, it adds a couple minute delay that can be big for making it to class on time,” Artis said. Senior Jeffery Perkins said the construction work blocking off a small section of Lilly weight room has been affecting his daily routine. “Workers are working and they are taking up space,” Perkins said. “We’re inconveniencing each other, us as students and them as workers.” Sophomore Haley Pratt said she recognized the inconvenience of the construction, but expressed hope for the project as a whole. “It’s necessary to improve the campus,” Pratt said. “Hopefully it will be worth it.”
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DePauw switches dining service to Bon Appetit By LEANN BURKE news@thedepauw.com
Dining services announced that DePauw will switch from Sodexo to Bon Appetit as the dining service partner in an email to the DePauw community on March 21. The switch will take effect July 1. The university began the search for a new company in October and formed the Dining Service Committee, a group of students, staff and administrators. The committee began work after DePauw’s contract with Sodexo expired. During the selection process, the committee reviewed proposals from Sodexo, Aramark and Bon Appetit before choosing Bon Appetit as the new partner. The committee talked to peer institutions already partnered with Bon Appetit when making its decision, and the feedback was positive. The March 21 email reported that several schools, including Carleton College, Oberlin College and Wabash College are pleased with Bon Appetit’s services and the freshness and quality of the food served. The committee also considered the company’s willingness to collaborate on the upcoming Hoover Hall construction project. “We wanted to ensure that the provider that helped design the kitchen aspects of [Hoover Hall] would be the long-term provider for the food,” Audra Blasdel, director of community relations and auxiliary services said. According to the email sent on March 21, Bon Appetit has agreed to collaborate with campus sustainability groups by using the campus farm and other local sources, as well as by looking at ways to increase sustainability. The transition will bring changes in other areas, however, including meal plans and food pricing. “I don’t think it’s anything major,” Blasdel said. “You’ll see the same meal plans exist, with an extra option. It’s tweaks.” The extra option will be the residence hall plus plan and will replace the current residence hall plan as the largest available. A flat-rate all you can eat option at the Hub will also be added. For a single price, students will be able to mix and match between the vendors. The transition to Bon Appetit may also change the dining staff at DePauw. While all non-management employees will be able to keep their jobs and benefits, Sodexo-contracted employees, including Steve Santo and two others, may not make the transition. "We talked to Bon Apetit and said that all the employees, all the current hourly employees must be offered positions in the new operation,” President Brian Casey said. “We have less control over the contractual Sodexo employees.” All current management employees are being interviewed by Bon Appetit. “DePauw cannot be involved in management team building because of contracts and privacy,” Blasdel said. “But Bon Appetit has a representative on campus a lot to make sure they are building best team.” DePauw faculty and staff want the management employees to stay. Recently, an email circulated around the community in support of Steve Santo. “I know there are a lot of people who’d like to see them stay,” Jeff Hansen, professor of chemistry said. Hansen teaches the Sweet and Savory Science Winter Term course where he works closely with Sodexo employees including Linda Wallace in the Den, Steve Santo and Fred Mildner, chef in the Hub. “They’re not just part of Sodexo,” Hansen said. “They’re part of the DePauw community as a whole, and, especially in Santo’s case, the Greencastle community too.”
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CAMPUSCRIME March 22 • Hazard - subjects on roof • Forwarded to Interfraternity Council | Time: 1:54 a.m. | Place: Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity • Medical • Transported to Putnam County hospital | Time: 5:39 a.m. | Place: Lucy Rowland Hall • Suspicious person • Officer checked area / unable to locate subject | Time: 6:11 p.m. | Place: Harrison Hall
March 23 • Domestic disturbance / criminal trespass • Arrested: Richard A. Jordan (non-student) | Time: 12:20 a.m. | Place: Coan Apartments • Noise - loud music • Made contact with resident / verbal warning issued | Time: 1:33 a.m. | Place: Association of African American Students building • Recovered property • Returned to owner | Time: 12:47 p.m. | Place: Union Building
March 24 • Suspicious vehicle • Subject located / verbal warning issued / left premises | Time: 1:46 a.m. | Place: Nature Park • Medical • Transported to Putnam County hospital | Time: 5:52 p.m. | Place: Madison Hall
March 26 • Housing policy violation • Forwarding to campus living / forwarded to Community Standards | Time: 7:11 p.m. | Place: Humbert Hall
March 26 • Suspicious activity • Officer checked area / checked okay | Time: 1:46 a.m. | Place: Senior Hall parking lot
• Welfare check • Subject located / checked okay | Time: 9:28 a.m. | Place: Delta Upsilon fraternity • Property damage to vehicle • Report filed | Time: 9:28 a.m. | Place: College Street Hall • Investigation for odor of gas • Forwarded to Facilities Management | Time: 3:21 p.m. | Place: Harrison Hall / Academic Quad
March 28 • Assist Putnam County Police Department - traffic stop • PCSD took call | Time: 12:26 a.m. | Place: Lucy Rowland Hall • Theft of laptop • Pending l | Time: 12:07 p.m. | Place: Roy O. West library • Housing policy violation • Forwarded to campus living / forwarded to community standards committee | Time: 12:23 p.m. | Place: 109 Hanna St. #4
• Driving while intoxicated / possession of marijuana / possession of paraphernalia • Arrested: Ian Edward Nelson (non-student) l Time: 2:16 a.m. | Place: 200 Block N. Jackson St.
March 3 • Theft of sign • Pending | Time: 9:56 a.m. | Place: Larabee St. • Theft of laptops • Unsecured / under investigation | Time: 2:48 p.m. | Place: Beta Theta Pi fraternity • Theft of laptop • Pending | Time: 12:07 p.m. | Place: Roy O. West Library • Harassment • Delayed report / under investigation | Time: 5:49 p.m. | Place: Off campus • Fire alarm • Cooking / alarm reset | Time: 9:44 p.m. | Place: Warner
• Housing policy violation • Forwarded to campus living / forwarded to community standards committee | Time: 12:51 p.m. | Place: 105 W. Hanna St.
April 1
• Housing policy violation • Forwarded to campus living / forwarded to community standards committee | Time: 1:22 p.m. | Place: 107 W. Hanna St.
• Property damage to vehicle • No report at this time | Time: 1:05 p.m. | Place: Larabee St.
• Welfare check • Subject located / checked okay | Time: 2:10 p.m. | Place: Campus
March 29 • Suspicious vehicle • Subject located / checked okay | Time: 3:44 p.m. | Place: Hogate Hall lot
March 30 • Suspicious person • Officer checked area / unable to locate subject | Time: 1:38 a.m. | Place: East College lawn
• Suspicious person • Subject located / released to friend | Time: 12:20 p.m. | Place: Union Building
April 2 • Noise - loud people / music • Forwarded to Campus Living | Time: 12:31 a.m. | Place: Coan Apartments • Theft of laptop - delayed report • Unsecured / Pending | Time: 9:06 p.m. | Place: Montgomery Hall • Solicitors • Subject located / checked okay | Time: 5:02 p.m. | Place: Campus SOURCE: PUBLIC SAFETY WWW.DEPAUW.EDU/STUDENTLIFE/CAMPUSSAFETY/PUBLICSAFETY/ACTIVITY-REPORT/ YEAR/2013/
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From English writing major to song writer By NICOLE DECRISCIO features@thedepauw.com
For David McMillin ’06, the jump from writing prose to writing songs was an easy one. “I think there are so many connections between writing prose and writing songs,” McMillin said. McMillin majored in English writing while at DePauw, but took what classes he could in the School of Music. He fused what he learned with Professor Graham’s non-fiction creative writing course to his own song writing and has been pumping out songs since. Several of his songs, especially those used early on in his solo career, were written while he was at DePauw. Now, he is in a rising band named The Hopewells. “The band is sort of a mix between americana and indie rock,” McMillin said. McMillin noted that the band gets a lot of their influence from newer artists like Modest Mouse, but also from classics such as The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Next week, McMillin will be coming to DePauw to teach a song writing workshop and to perform as part of the Performing Art Series. The workshop will be on Tuesday April 9 at 4 p.m. in Kerr Theater, in addition to sitting in a couple classes. Although no preparation is necessary, pre-registration is requested. Those interested can email Dye to register. McMillin will also be performing Wednesday April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Theta Garden or, in the case of inclement weather, Thompson Recital Hall. “I don’t think there was a song writing course when I was at DePauw,” McMillin said. “I think it’s a great addition to the curriculum.” McMillin wants to connect with students that are interested in learning about song writing. “I just want to share what I have been doing since I graduated from college, and how I continued making a career in music,” McMillin said. Professor Ron Dye, coordinator of the Performing Art Series, is re-
sponsible for McMillin’s upcoming visit to campus. Dye, as part of his job, is in charge of booking various music and other art programs. “Besides myself, there are a couple of other people, here on the faculty, that teach a bit of song writing when we can,” Dye said. “It’s not even a formal part of the creative writing program.” Dye says that composition isn’t taught as much as he would like and that it is more widely part of graduate programs. “This semester, we only have one composition class, which is general composition,” Matt Skiba, a freshman in the School of Music, said. “We’re working on expanding the program. The reason we don’t do it here is because we stress more education of performance.” He noted that there is direct benefit of having an artist like McMillin come to campus, but wishes that the visits of these artists were better publicized. Despite the lack of a composition degree, Dye, McMillin and Skiba agree that the creative writing program is a strong start that allows interested students to apply similar skills to song writing. “Songwriting is similar to poetry writing,” Dye said. “It’s probably the thing that it is closest to, but it is different. A lot of people argue that they’re radically different. I don’t think poetry and song writing are that different.” Dye believes that even students within the College of Liberal Arts can enjoy the performance because of the type of music that is going to be played. “For a lot of people [seeing it as an art form] is a revelation,” Dye said. Dye had McMillin for a playwriting class, where they would schedule conference times during Dye’s office hours to play music together for fun. Dye said was his only regret was they didn’t do it enough.
David McMillin, American singer-songwriter and DePauw alumnus, will visit DePauw next Tuesday and Wednesday. McMillin will conduct a song writing workshop in Kerr theatre on Tuesday, and he will perform in the Theta garden on Wednesday. COURTESY OF DAVID MCMILLIN
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Pro-life Seth Drayer speaker to debate communications professor By NICOLE DECRISCIO news@thedepauw.com
Seth Drayer will be on campus next week to debate communication professor Geoff Klinger as part of a week of events sponsored by DePauw’s chapter of Students for Life America. Drayer is the director of training for Created Equal, a pro-life organization based in Columbus, Ohio that equips students with the knowledge of pro-life apologetics and leads them in engaging their own peers in a dialogue. Junior Erin Komornik, the current president of DePauw’s chapter of Students for Life America, originally met Drayer at the Students for Life America National Conference this past year. “He’s very on point, and he knows what he’s talking about,” Komornik said of Drayer. The debate will feature a formal resolution format, meaning each side knows the resolution beforehand. Drayer will affirm that elective abortion is a human rights injustice, while Klinger will negate this idea. The entire debate should be about an hour long, with a question and answer period with the audience after. “It’s going to be a little bit shorter than what we originally wanted, but we wanted to make sure that we held everyone’s attention the whole time, because all of the material is going to be important,” Komornik said. Although they are still waiting on approval, the group wants to have their Cemetery of the Innocence display up next week from Monday through Friday. They have put up similar displays in the past two years. The group will be writing information of their events in chalk throughout campus on Tuesday. On Wednesday evening there will be a pro-life apologetics training session with Drayer. “You don’t have to be necessarily part of our organization, but it’s extended to anyone that is pro-life and wants to learn how to defend [their view] scientifically and philosophically,” Komornik said, “but that’s not where we want to have the debate.” Instead, the debate, which is open to everyone, will occur the following night, Thursday, in the Olin Auditorium at 8 p.m. In addition, during the lunch hour on Thursday, the group will be tabling in the academic quad with a display asking people when they personally believe life begins. The series of events will conclude with a donation drive outside of Walmart for the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Putnam County and a viewing of the documentary “It’s a Girl” sometime next week. The
documentary focuses on the worldwide gendercide of females being aborted, killed after birth, abducted, neglected and left simply because of their gender. The group hopes that by showing the documentary they will broaden the discussion into women’s rights. However, the group has had several issues finding someone to take up the challenge of debating Drayer. The group began by reaching out to the Feminista group on campus. They then extended the invitation to any professor who has a strong feeling to their pro-choice conviction. Then, with no luck in the first two endeavors, they reached out to the debate team and professor Klinger. “I think he’s going to bring something that probably no other professor can because he knows how debates work and he knows how to prepare for that,” Komornik said. Komornik thinks that having a well-known professor will bring more people to the debate, which was an over-arching goal that they had. Komornik offered a potential reason that the group had a difficult time finding an opponent for Drayer. “If you aren’t that convicted to it,” Komornik said, “you don’t want to put your name to it.” Klinger, also the director of Forensics at DePauw, admits that he had reservations about accepting the challenge.
“[Pro-Lifers] have been characterized as anti-science, but we actually use and celebrate science to clearly affirm the humanity of the pre-born.” - Seth Drayer, director of training for Created Equal
“I kind of wring my hands about it because I know that it is a contentious issue and a lot of people are very committed to one side or the other of the debate,” Klinger said. “At first blush, I didn’t want to be a part of the debate, but as I thought about it more, my students encouraged me to go ahead and give it a try.” Rather than come out with a strong pro-choice message, Klinger is taking a different approach: look at arguments that Drayer will bring and grapple with them as they come up. “I don’t think I’m going to spend hours of research to engage in
this topic,” Klinger said. Klinger noted that while his classes do debates, he tends to discourage people from taking on the hot-button issues. He also offered a different perspective as to why professors seemed unwilling to participate in the debate. “DePauw professors are pretty busy in general, and you have somebody who it seems to be that a lot of his career is devoted to this particular cause, so in many ways, he’s an expert in the area,” Klinger said. “Other people don’t have the same kind of background and depth of knowledge that perhaps he has, so it’s probably kind of daunting to take on somebody with the kind of credentials that he has on this particular topic.” Klinger believes that this is an important issue that, regardless of their beliefs, students should be informed about, especially in light of the attempt in Indiana to defund Planned Parenthood. This has led to other states to attempt to follow suit, and states like Arkansas not licensing abortion doctors from outside the state to practice within the state. Klinger was delighted by the opportunity to have a debate on a topic that many people don’t talk about, let alone engage in discourse. “The fact that you can handle fairly contentious issues in a respectful way and have a civic dialogue about things that people have such strong feelings about I think creates a nice kind of model for students on how to have that type of civic engagement,” Klinger said. In contrast, Drayer is preparing by reviewing the science of embryology, studying philosophy and watching to past debates that his mentors have done. “[Pro-Lifers] have been characterized as anti-science, but we actually use and celebrate science to clearly affirm the humanity of the pre-born,” Drayer said. Drayer believes that debates like this are important. “We’ve never really had a national debate. Roe v. Wade decided abortion de facto for the country,” Drayer said. Drayer believes that in order to debate there must be two things: facts and respectful manners. “If we can’t have a civil conversation that is based upon civility and exchanging of ideas in a respectful way, we can never have arrive at a conclusion,” Drayer said. “If the students gain nothing else from the evening of the debate, I think they will see from professor Klinger and I that we both can engage in a respectful dialogue, and they can too.” Drayer added: “They may have friends on the opposite side, but they will learn that evening how to exchange ideas civilly without compromising and without defaming the other person.”
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On Sunday nights, dorm hallways are not a pretty sight to see. Posters are torn down, empty cups and Marvin’s bags litter the ground, and stray socks line the baseboards. The bathrooms are often too horrifying for words. Yet, when college students arise Monday morning, the mess is gone, as if by magic. Trash has disappeared, mirrors are shining, and even the tiniest crumbs have been whisked away. The same before and after story can be told in regards to broken doors, burnt-out light bulbs, full recycling cans, empty vending machines, bad plumbing and ravaged flowerbeds. One minute the campus is a mess, the next it is postcard-worthy. A few weeks ago, senior Taylor True talked to three faculty members, Carol Steele, Anthony Barratta and Jennifer Everett, about her senior project on recycling. All three professors pointed her directly to Tony Robertson, assistant director of Facilities Maintenance and a man who has been integral in DePauw’s sustainability efforts. According to True, when recycling efforts first began on DePauw’s campus, the majority of the work was left up to facilities workers. “Administration pretty much handed the facilities department recycling bins and said, ‘figure it out,’” True said. This is where Robertson stepped in. Professor Jennifer Everett, associate professor of philosophy, got to know Robertson through working with him on various sustainability projects. Through this work she has learned how key Robertson, and others like him, are to both campus sustainability and to campus life as a whole. Robertson could not be reached before publication, but Everett commented on his work at DePauw. “Tony has been here for a very long time, and has seen recycling systems come and go and has worked really hard, but there isn’t a very good forum where all the things he has accomplished can be put out for the students to see,” Everett said. For Everett’s classes, students are often pushed to communicate with staff members in order to complete projects and assignments related to recycling. Everett said that students are often shocked by how helpful staff members are.
“The idea that the staff know things, care about things and are as pressed for time as absolutely everybody else, in many ways more so, and yet are still so willing to help students, it sort of a wake-up call,” she said. Unfortunately, said Everett, there are many such people on campus working very hard and getting very little credit for it. “They’re on top of things, they’re dedicated to their work, and they have all these skills that the rest of us are utterly reliant on. I could not do my work, at all, without them,” she said. Included in Everett’s “they” are the custodial workers. Candice Price, who is a section leader for facilities, manages 24 people, which includes setting up their scheduling, placing them in buildings on campus and signing off on timecards. Aside from this, Price sets up for campus events, and fills in herself when they’re short on staff. “I pretty much do whatever needs to be done for the day—anything that they need, I do,” Price said. An average day for a custodial worker begins at around 7 a.m. In the dorms they use this time to clean public areas: lobbies, common areas, stairways and so forth. After 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., they begin cleaning student living areas, including bathrooms and hallways. In academic buildings, once the cleaning is done, the workers set up for events going on that day. However, this dry run of Price’s schedule doesn’t begin to include all she does. “You’d be surprised by how much [the students] talk to us,” she said, “It’s almost like I’m a mom—this is a home away from home.” For Price, this often means making sure students are adjusting properly, and ensuring that the proper steps are taken if they seem to be having problems. “Any problems, any issues with the students and we’ll say to the R.A., ‘hey, we think this student might be needing help,” Price said. Linda Sellick is a facility service provider who has been working at DePauw for almost 35 years, and agreed that she
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Heroes tries to provide a support system for students. “You try to make them feel at home. I always tell my students, ‘if you need anything let me know and I’ll help you if I can and if I can’t I’ll get somebody who can,’” she said. Sellick was once put in the unfortunate position of stepping in when a student didn’t get the help they needed. “You don’t want to know the worst thing I’ve had to clean up,” she said, “we had a student commit suicide over in Lucy one year—it was pretty bad.” Though Sellick feels that today she would not have been the one called in, at the time when the suicide occurred, “after they got done with the investigation we just went into the room and packed it up and cleaned.” But student-staff interaction is far from being even mostly related to tragedy. “I don’t make fast friends with all the students, but there’s always a couple every year that you just take to. There’s always one or two you just have to be friends with,” Sellick said. She reminisced about a boy who lived in Mason, a building where she worked for 15 years. “He looked and acted just like Eddie Murphy—he was the funniest kid I’ve ever seen,” said Sellick. Sellick went on to describe the boy as having “dreads” and that on graduation day when someone—without dreadlocks—came up behind and picked
her up, she thought, “what the heck,” before realizing it was her friend, now dread-less. “He said his mom had made him get a ‘big boy hair cut’ for graduation and so he had a normal haircut. I didn’t even recognize him. He was a good kid.” Student interaction has gone even beyond bear hugs for Sellick. “I have a few who still come back for alumni events and they’ll come and stay at my house,” she said. Both the student relationships Sellick and Price have experienced, as well as Robertson’s academic input to student lives “are not part of their job description,” according to Everett. “They go above and beyond when they contribute to the education experiences of students, but they do it happily,” she said. “I still don’t know everything [the staff] does and everything it takes— and I’m a senior here,” True added. While it’s impossible to ignore the results these people achieve with their work—clean buildings, perfectly pruned shrubs and weedfree sidewalks—it’s all too easy to ignore the people themselves. “I think the nature of the work makes it easy to overlook,” True said. “we’re an academic institution and then over here’s our trash. But none of our buildings and none of our systems on campus would run without the staff.” Everett agreed whole-heartedly. “I think the staff of this university are extremely knowledgeable people,” she said “They’re just awesome.”
“But none of our buildings and none of our systems on campus would run without the staff.” ~Taylor True, senior
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THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board Dana Ferguson | Editor-in-Chief Isabelle Chapman | Managing Editor Joseph Fanelli | Managing Editor Becca Stanek | Chief Copy Editor Anastasia Way | Chief Copy Editor
EDITORIAL
Commencement speaker choice a missed opportunity The culmination of our college career is celebrated with our peers, faculty, friends and family on commencement day; a day that the seniors on this editorial board have thought about since we stepped foot on campus as freshmen, and we will be talking about for years. Or at least hope to. We are proud and grateful for the alums who come back and inspire us to start our own Fortune 500 companies, become CEOs of major organizations, volunteer for important causes, receive Fulbrights or serve quietly and accomplish their own definition of success. As a whole, this editorial board is less than thrilled with the choice for this year’s speaker. This is mainly because of the opportunity cost of missing out on someone who could identify professionally with a larger majority of the crowd. We want to remember our graduation as a celebration of our hard work and as the day that we will begin to apply the lessons we have learned these past four years to our choices about the future. We understand why the select group of DePauw student government seniors wanted a young alum. They’re relatable, they’re part of our generation and they have a better idea of what life can look like post-DePauw than an older speaker. While we hope she will give a fantastic speech we will reminisce about when we go to the viewing parties in our respective cities for the Monon Bell game, we worry that this won’t be the case. High ranking titles, while an applaudable career success, are not a unique achievement. For an individual’s impact to be relatable for many, it must surpass the confines of his or her respective organization. It is this type of accomplishment, such as in the cases of Newberry medal winner and renowned author Richard Peck, former Secretary of State Dan Quayle, world-renowned soprano Alicia Berneche, in addition to Fox News host Bret Baier that demonstrates the unique mark DePauw alums can make. Looking at Denison, Miami of Ohio and Illinois Wesleyan, schools we are most comparable to, it’s disappointing when we look at their 2012 commencement speakers and hear about Carnegie Hall musicians, two-time Academy Award winners, U.N. policy advisors and leaders pioneering the cure for HIV/AIDS. If having alums is important, then someone like Brad Stevens, Tim Ubben or Lee Hamilton would have been better choices, to name a few. We are not questioning the validity or the accomplishments of the 2013 commencement speaker, we merely wanted to voice a reaction to an announcement that seems to have fallen flat across campus.
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Is Jane Goodall all that bad? EMILY BRELAGE
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ecently, the Washington Post reported that famed primatologist Jane Goodall’s new book, “Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants” allegedly contains at least a dozen passages of information without proper internal attribution or footnotes. The borrowing of small phrases to entire paragraphs — copied from various Web sites like Wikipedia — has the potential to leave a dark scuff on Goodall’s sterling legacy. DePauw’s Ubben Lecture Series has brought countless world-class speakers to Greencastle, and Goodall, this semester’s lecturer, is no different. The caliber of her contributions to the scientific community deserves far more attention than the space allotted for this newspaper column. Which is why Goodall’s alleged plagiarism hits that much harder. Goodall has since issued an apology, stating, “I hope it is obvious that my only objective was to learn as much as I could so that I could provide straightforward factual information.” Regardless, it is difficult not to allow these revelations to color my view of Goodall to an extent, especially in light of her visit to campus on April 17. Goodall has since postponed the release of “Seeds of Hope” and has promised to work with her team to address all citation issues. In light of all of this and considering her larger body of work, I found myself asking — does the controversy really matter? Under what conditions are we willing to forgive the people we lift up as experts, geni-
uses, even heroes? Had Goodall been a student at DePauw, her plagiarism clearly violates the three simple principles outlined in Charles Lipson’s Doing Honest Work in College — you know, that book we all were required to read in our freshman year seminars. Lipson boils down the concept of academic integrity to this: actually do the work yourself. When you don’t, give others proper attribution. And lastly, don’t inaccurately skew the research or opinions of others to fit your own ideas. Goodall appears to have violated the second principle, of which the punishment at DePauw ranges from lowered grades to permanent dismissal. At DePauw, our conviction in academic integrity defines our educational experience. Does Goodall’s status as a world-renowned primatologist, ethnologist, anthropologist and former U.N. messenger for peace make her exempt from the standards of academic integrity in ways that your average DePauw student is not? I’m not sure if I’m willing to draw a hard and fast line on these questions. At least not yet. But I do think that from all the controversy surrounding our upcoming Ubben lecturer, students can continue to be reminded of the fallibility of our idols and cautioned against the elevation of them. It’s important to not ignore the flaws that make them human while we celebrate what makes them great. The gravity of Goodall’s mistakes are seemingly minor, but by confronting these faults — by taking our heroes down from the pedestal — we might be able to view accomplishments such as theirs as that much more attainable. — Brelage is a senior from Indianapolis, Ind. majoring in English writing. opinion@thedepauw.com
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Marriage equality: Learn the controversy so you can teach it
PHOTOPINION
sex…is clearly a significant impairment of social functioning and persuasive evidence of a disorder (which disorder may have a genetic component).” This is not someone who is merely misinformed. This is someone who is operating from fear. People are uneducated about the issue and what it means to be gay, but they can be taught. What concerns me, though, is this fear. People are rationalizing fear with made up facts. It’s happened before: the popular meme that made the rounds today was the one that compared anti-gay rights protesters to anti-black rights protesters. The same thing happened there. After Pearl Harbor, “leading experts” gave reports on the physiology of the Japanese mind and what made them predisposed to crime and evil behavior. This is a derivative of the same idea. What we see in the above quote is someone talking in an elevated fashion but not making any sense. This is a word salad, a jumble of technical jargon and two-dollar words that attempt to mask fear of the “other” with pseudoscience. It is terrifying. So, you put an equal sign as your Facebook profile picture. Good job. It’s a reminder to all your friends that you’re willing to hide your mug for a day to show support for basic civil rights. Want to really make difference? Never stop talking. Every time you hear someone use a gay slur, tell them it’s hate speech and that, while “words are just words” to them, someone else may disagree. Every time someone cites a medical journal
What do you think about this year’s commencement speaker?
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n March 26, the Supreme Court began to hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, a landmark case in the same-sex marriage debate. Amidst much social media outcry (and lots of pink and red equal signs), the Indianapolis NBC news affiliate WTHR Channel 13 posted on its Facebook page asking people if they were in support of the gay marriage ban. Prepared to witness the typical banality and name-calling that ensue out of most Facebook debates, I was shocked at what I read. Commenters were doing the thing that scares me the most in discussions: they were avoiding personal attacks. No one was accusing anyone’s father of being gay or (for the most part) using offensive terms. People were actually talking about the issue. The same arguments for both sides arose with very little changing in how people perceived the messages, but they were…oddly cordial about it. Why was this so scary? Because when people aren’t using schoolyard tactics to demean their opponents, they use “facts.” One comment struck me: “The fact that homosexuals do not have the desire to engage in perfectly natural phallic/vaginal, procreative
that claims homosexuality is genetically deviant, send them on a credible Internet search to discover truth on their own. Learn the controversy so that you can teach it. I have classmates, co-workers, fraternity brothers and lots of other friends who are gay. Some are creative and intelligent and some are dumb as a sack of hammers. Some are black, some are white, some are Asian. And yet, for all their different backgrounds, I see a pall come over them when we invariably discuss gay marriage. A good friend of mine once said that she never felt lower than when Senator Lindsey Graham asked Piers Morgan in an interview if gays were allowed to marry, then could three people love each other? What of the man who loves his horse? Could they get married? How appalling that we allow others to be so dehumanized by that rhetoric. What this movement really needs is champions, people who will change one mind at a time but who will not stop until every mind is changed. Because even if the Supreme Court gives a thumbs-up to gay marriage, people still have minds that need changing. Fears that need disseminating. And it’s going to take more than a newsfeed full of equals signs to turn off that hatred.
STEPHANIE GRAUER
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logged onto Facebook as usual, expecting to see new photos uploaded from Spring Break trips and statuses about the struggle to transition back into classes. Instead, I was greeted with anonymous updates such as “I’d hug trees with those guys any day, if you know what I mean,” “I puked on the couch of a hall I don’t live in” and “yes, you look fat in that dress.” DePauw students, educated and alert as we are, are no strangers to online interaction. Whether we chose to change our pictures to bright blocks of color or whether we ardently argue against such overt displays of belief, we are nonetheless aware of this online realm for discourse. But there is a fine line between these displays and exploitation. The newly emerging Facebook forums such as DePauw Confessions, DePauw Crushes and DePauw Insults toe this line.
KATIE BROECKER, senior “Who is it?”
— Shapiro is a senior from Southport, Ind. majoring in English literature. opinion@thedepauw.com
DePauw’s damaging “crush” on anonymous social media Don’t get me wrong, I’m guilty of reading the posts on these pages, and some are hilariously entertaining. But it’s that occasional post that goes too far, and I have a sinking feeling that it is only a matter of time before a post is overtly alarming, prejudicial or just uncalled for. I’ve read more than a few crushes, confessions and insults that made me think, “Wow, I’m so glad that comment is not directed toward me.” There’s something inherently uncontrolled and risky about these posts, because they are anonymous by nature. We don’t ask for our names to be put on the DePauw Crushes page, yet they can appear and we may never know who mentioned them. Granted, posts can be removed, but all it takes is one person to see it for the message to spread. We don’t know who is confessing to what, and we don’t know who is critiquing what. Maybe these forums spark conversation outside of the Internet realm — I’ve overheard a few “real-life” conversations about each myself. But the lack of accountability can also inhibit further argument. How can we have a discussion if we don’t
“Teach for America has been in DePauw news a lot this year, so it makes sense. But I still wish we had someone a little cooler.”
know to whom we’re talking? Better yet, what kind of discussion are we choosing to engage in when the participants will not own up to their statements? Personally, I think that it’s important to own our beliefs. If you aren’t willing to wear a shirt with a flag or message for a cause, don’t post that flag or message online. If you aren’t willing to own up to your crushes, actions or insults, then maybe it’s time to reassess them. It is time for social media users, especially those at DePauw, to be willing to broadcast their views in public, not just behind a computer screen. We need to take responsibility for what we post, and then be willing to defend those views in a productive, respectful conversation — not hide behind the cloak of anonymity those silly groups like DePauw Crushes, Insults or Confessions champion. We’re not middle school gossip addicts, so let’s have our contributions to the virtual world reflect that. — Grauer is a sophomore from Rocky River, Ohio majoring in art history. opinion@thedepauw.com
PATRICK CORLEY, senior “I think [TFA] is controversial in that not all students necessarily agree with it. So having a representative from that organization speak doesn’t appeal to everyone.” BERKLEY FROST, senior “I’m disappointed.”
CARROLL BIBLE, senior EMILY BRELAGE / THE DEPAUW
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-W’s tennis at Midwest Invitational -M’s golf at Hanover Spring Invitational -W’s golf at Washington University Spring Invitational -Baseball v. Ohio Wesleyan 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. -M’s Lax v. Wooster 1 p.m. -Softball v. Oberlin 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. -W’s Lax at Oberlin -M’s and W’s
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MEN’S TENNIS March 23 vs. Redlands 1-8 LOSS March 24 vs. Williams 0-9 LOSS
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SPRING BREAK SPORTS RECAP WOMEN’S TENNIS March 23 vs. Redlands 3-6 LOSS March 24 vs. Williams 2-7 LOSS
SOFTBALL March 28 vs. Trine (DOUBLEHEADER) 2-5 and 0-8 LOSS
March 24 vs. Occidental 6-3 WON
March 25 vs. UC – Santa Cruz 7-2 WON March 29 vs. Aurora (DOUBLEHEADER) 0-7 March 25 vs. Whittier 8-1 WON and 1-7 LOSS
March 25 vs. Whittier 1-8 LOSS
March 26 vs. Middlebury 0-9 LOSS
March 26 vs. UC-Santa Cruz 3-6 LOSS
March 27 vs. Claremont 2-7 LOSS
March 27 vs. UC-San Diego 3-6 LOSS
March 28 vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater 8-1 WON
March 30 vs. Illinois Wesleyan (DOUBLEHEADER) 1-2 and 2-6 LOSS
BASEBALL March 23 vs. Southern Maine 10-2 WON
March 25 vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 14-19 LOSS
March 23 vs. Southern Maine 6-12 LOSS
March 26 vs. St. Thomas, Minn. 12-17 LOSS
March 24 vs. St. Olaf 6-5 WON
March 31 vs. Denison 4-3 WON
March 24 vs. St. Olaf 9-2 WON
March 31 vs. Denison 2-8 LOSS
MEN’S LAX March 23 vs. Hiram 9-14 LOSS March 25 vs. Elmhurst 4-14 LOSS March 27 vs. Transylvania 6-2 LOSS March 30 vs. Denison 1-23 LOSS
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WOMEN’S LAX March 23 vs. Albion 23-12 WON March 24 vs. Trine 17-6 WON March 30 vs. Hiram 27-1 WON
TRACK AND FIELD March 23 at Rose Hulman Early Bird , Men3rd , Women - 3rd March 30 at Hanover Invitational - Men 11th
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Tigers split Thursday double header in tight games THE DEPAUW STAFF REPORTS sports@thedepauw.com
DePauw baseball played a double header against Washington University – St. Louis Thursday evening and concluded with a 1-1 record. The DePauw Tigers lost the first game but pulled out a win in the second. Losing its first game 9-7 the team gave up six runs to Washington University in the second inning. In the bottom of the third sophomore Collin Henry, senior Zach Galyean and junior Rob Stein got on base. Henry and Galyean both scored off of walks while the bases were loaded. In the fifth inning the Tigers tried to make a comeback scoring four runs to bring the score to 9-6. The Tigers got two more runs than the Bears during this inning. The Tigers got another run in the sixth to round out the final score to 9-7 as no one scored in the last inning. In the following game against the Bears neither team was able to get a hit until the top of the fourth inning when Washington University got a run. DePauw then took the lead in the fifth after freshman Connor Einertson Lyons crossed home plate after Stein got on base. These were the only runs scored to make the final score 2-1 with the Tigers winning. The Tigers will play Ohio Wesleyan over the weekend in four games starting Saturday, April 6 and finishing up Sunday afternoon.
Junior Paul Mpistolarides bats against Washington University-St. Louis on Walker Field Thursday afternoon. The Tigers were defeated with a final score of 7-9. ASHLEY BAUER / THE DEPAUW
Softball wins first NCAC game of the season THE DEPAUW STAFF REPORTS sports@thedepauw.com
DePauw softball played a doubleheader against Ohio Wesleyan University in its first NCAC game of the season Tuesday, April 2. The team made a comeback with two wins after a series of losses in early March. DePauw improved to 6-12 overall in the season with a 2-0 lead in the NCAC. The Tigers had excellent pitching performances in both games, only letting one run through in the second game. They won the first game 2-0 and continued to win 7-1 in the nightcap. Senior Amy Hallet scored the first run in game one hitting a solo homer to the left corner while freshman Samantha Bell followed up a second hit in the sixth inning to get on base. Bell moved to second
after Hallet hit a bunt and scored off of freshman Linsey Button’s single to score another run to win the game. The Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops only managed two hits during game one against freshman pitcher Emily Bichler. In the second game DePauw again scored in the first inning, but this time it was two runs. Hallet walked onto first base and moved to second on a wild pitch. Freshman Haleigh Chasteen hit a single to score two runs in the top of the first. The Bishops tied the score in the third inning, but the Tigers came back in the seventh to score four runs including a three-run homer by freshman Catherine Conte. DePauw totaled eight hits in the second game with Chasteen leading by two. The next softball game is Saturday, April 6 and is a home doubleheader against Oberlin College in the team’s strikeout cancer game.
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Women’s lax suffer first loss of inaugural season five games they have played. “Although we lost to Ohio Wesleyan, it was a great experience for us as a first year team to play against an established program and a very aggressive team,” Swiler said. “This was our first really close game and even though losing is not fun, we learned a lot about what we need to do to stick with the teams in our conference.” On the Battling Bishop’s side, senior attack Annie Swanson led the team with six goals. The team was aided by sophomore goalie Jordan Bernstein who blocked six of the Tiger’s attempts. But besides those key plays, DePauw had the lead going into halftime, 9-6. It was in the start of the second half that Ohio Wesleyan picked it up. After a goal by Powell, the Battling Bishops scored eight
“The loss isn’t too heartbreaking because we’re a first year program. It was awesome just to start our season with that many wins. People don’t expect first year programs to do so well. The loss was a bummer because we felt like we could do better but it happens. We were lucky to get this far so far.” - Elizabeth McCracken, freshman
Freshman Maryclaire Heldring fights for the ball during the women's lacrosse game Tuesday. The women fell 12-16 to Ohio Wesleyan. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW By NICOLE DARNALL sports@thedepauw.com
After winning all four games of their first varsity season, the DePauw women’s lacrosse team (4-1) lost to Ohio Wesleyan (2-7) during their game on Tuesday at Boswell field, 16-12. The game left the Tigers and the Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops both 1-1 in North Coast Athletic Conference play. Freshman attack Elizabeth McCracken led the team in points with four goals and one assist.
“The loss isn’t too heartbreaking because we’re a first-year program,” McCracken said. “It was awesome just to start our season with that many wins. People don’t expect first year programs to do so well. The loss was a bummer because we felt like we could do better but it happens. We were lucky to get this far so far.” Following McCracken was sophomore midfielder/attack Jamie Powell, who tied McCracken with four goals, senior attack Natalie Swiler with two goals, and sisters Carey Kunz, sophomore midfielder, and Knubbe Kunz, senior midfielder, each with one goal. As a first-year program this is the first loss the team has faced in the
of the next nine goals. “It was tough to finally get our first loss as a team,” Kunz said. “But after leading the first half and most of the game, it is exciting to know that we are capable of competing with well-established teams like Ohio Wesleyan as a first year program.” The loss highlighted areas of skill and plays the team can work on and improve in practice. “We’ve worked on our attack footing and cutting, which was a big problem with them cutting down our balls,” McCracken said. DePauw junior goalkeeper Amy Clark played a big part despite the loss, saving nine shots. As the team looks at the positives, they continue to grow as a program as they face more established teams. “We have specific pieces on offense and defense to build off of from the game on Tuesday and we hope to keep improving everyday,” Swiler said. The Tigers are back in play on Saturday against Oberlin College. The game will be played at Oberlin at 1 p.m.
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DePauw swimming finishes strong at nationals Men finish 13th, women 27th in Texas By ABBY MARGULIS sports@thedepauw.com
The DePauw men and women’s swimming and diving teams came home from Shenandoah, Texas knowing all their sweat, sore muscles and endless hours in the pool paid off. The team competed in four days of competition to earn its final ranking of 13th with 105 overall points at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. The women’s team finished 27th with 19 points. Every swimmer on the men’s team walked away receiving an AllAmerican honor and three swimmers who raced individually earned honorable mentions placing All-American (top 16 times). Sophomore Casey Hooker placed tenth in the 200-yard butterfly, breaking the school record in the event. Hooker also broke the school record in the 500-yard freestyle, in which he placed 13th. Senior Matt Kukurugya finished ninth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 56.09 seconds breaking his own school record in this event. Freshman Alex Grissom placed 16th in the 500-freestyle earning All-American honors as well.
“Overall, it was a fantastic meet. We still have to focus on not making mistakes and we have a couple things to clean up for next year.” - Adam Cohen, men’s head coach
Sophomore Alex Alfonso was one of fourteen swimmers to qualify and receive All-American honors at the NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championship on March 23. PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
Two relays placed in the top eight. The 800-yard freestyle relay of Hooker, senior Rob Spichiger, Grissom and junior Matt Haeske – placed seventh earning All-American honors in school record time of 6:40:36. The 400-yard freestyle relay team broke the school record during the national’s preliminaries and again in the finals as they dropped .02 seconds in the second swim with a time of 3:00:41. This relay also achieved All-American honors as the team placed fifth. Unfortunately the Tigers’ 200-medley relay was disqualified to an exchange violation. Coach Cohen was excited to see everyone on the team receive AllAmerican honors, but next year hopes to place in the top 10. “Overall, it was a fantastic meet,” Cohen said. “We still have to focus on not making mistakes and we have a couple things to clean up for next year.” Sophomore Alex Alfonso competed in the 200-yard individual medley placing 16th with a time of 1:52:71. Alfonso managed to drop just
over a second from his meet qualifying time. Freshman Blake Lehmann placed 27th in the 50-freestyle improving his time from his prelim results. Cohen looks forward to the future of the team as the freshman and sophomores made great strides forward. Lehmann had exciting split times in his relay and Alfonso has reinvented himself from a sprinter, now swimming backstroke as his main stroke, Cohen said. “We’re excited about where we are and where we are going,” Cohen said. The women’s 400-yard freestyle relay placed 13th earning AllAmerican honors. Freshman Caroline Bridges, senior Nicole Rossillo, sophomore Emily Weber, and freshman Erin Horne broke the school’s record in this relay not once, but twice. Their final time was .34 seconds faster than their prelim time that originally broke the school record in the event. This was the first time all women on the relay team synchronized and each got their best times according to Horne.
Bridges and Weber were among the two women who swam in individual events in Shenandoah, TX. Weber finished 18th in the 1,650 free in 17:26:54. Bridges earned honorable mention All-America with a 14th finish in the 100 free in 51.66 seconds. Last year the women only had one senior, Catie Baker, qualify for nationals. Baker received All-American honors at nationals. This year the women’s team qualified five women and had one All-American performance, an improvement from last year. For four of the women, with the exception of Rossillo, not only was it their first time at nationals, but they will have future opportunities to qualify and return to the event. They are all looking forward to getting there again next year. “We did well on paper, but there’s a thought in the back of my mind that we could do so much better,” Horne said. “I know what I want now. I want us to get to the next level and do even better next year.”
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