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Ruth J. Simmons to give 2015 Commencement Address BY ALISON BAKER news@thedepauw.com
Commencement weekend is filled with memories of years spent at DePauw University, the celebration of the beginning of a new chapter and melancholy of no longer being a student. The weekend concludes with the formal Commencement Exercises, which include an address given by a notable member of society. The speaker for the University’s 176th Commencement Exercises will be Ruth J. Simmons, President of Brown University from 2001-2012. Simmons was the first female president at Brown and the first African American president of an Ivy League Institution. "Seniors always want the same two speakers: Ellen DeGeneres and Michelle Obama," said president Brian Casey. However there are students who see the value in a speaker outside of the traditional spotlight. “As a senior woman, I’m excited that an incredibly accomplished, trailblazing woman was chosen to be our commencement speaker,” senior Rachel Massoud said. “Dr. Simmons has done some amazing work in higher education and I’m looking forward to her remarks to the senior class.” While at Brown she completed a $1.4 billion initiative to improve academic programs. Her stellar leadership earned the
confidence of many distinguished alumni who made gifts of over $100 million back to the university, which provided valuable scholarship opportunities to current and future students. "She's going to be a lot different than Kal Penn—Penn was a lot of fun—but Ruth has done so much academically, that I expect everyone who hears her speak to take a lot away from it,” said Casey. Along with her immense academic achievements Simmons has earned countless prestigious awards that include the 2002 Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal and The Rosenberger Medal from Brown University in 2011. Students like senior Parker Schwartz agree with Casey and believe she has a valuable message to instill upon this year’s graduates. “She’s one of the most successful and popular university presidents in the history of the Ivy League and her perspective is one every student can value,” he said. She joins the ranks of New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Kingsolver, ’77, Actor Kal Penn, Marine Biologist Wallace J. Nichols, ’89 and many more renowned people who have been selected to give addresses in DePauw’s history. Said Massoud: “I’m honestly just excited because she’s a woman who went where no other woman has gone before her [Presidency at Brown].”
Ruth J. Simmons, former president of Brown University and Smith College, has been chosen as the speaker for commencement on May 17. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHESTER HIGGINS JR.
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A construction worker stands in a steamy pit on the corner of East Hanna St. and South College Avenue. Acrid smelling steam has leaked from the ground in multiple locations around campus in the last month including near the main entrance of the GCPA. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW BY LEXY BURTON
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to heat different buildings throughout campus. Facilities management was seen digging at the corner of Hanna and College Streets due to a recent steam leak found in the underground piping. The steam leak sparked student concerns and discussions last Monday. Sophomore Sarah Brougher, shares her concerns: “It concerned me that
The visibility of steam is not always present, and often has more to due with the air temperature verses the warming ground temperature caused by the deteriorating insulation. Unfortunately, a horrible is smell is often associated with the leaking steam. Benson associates the holes with sewage due to their horrible smell. “They smell like they’re choking my lungs,” said Benson. However, these smells aren’t from sewage leaks. Ruark says the smell is simply because the ground temperature is rapidly rising in a localized point. “Imagine the ground is cooking,” said Ruark. “Cooking grass clippings and sod as organics just give off an odor.” Ruark confirms there is no smell associated with steam, but sometimes the insulation itself will have an odor because is has completely eroded away. The whole section of line that goes through Lilly have caused issues and therefore steam-feathers pop up. Usually facilities management discovers these hot spots in the ground two to three times a year where they have to dig on the line. When discovered it is usually due to the appearance of dead grass. However, facilities management has the ability to use infrared guns to localize the hot spots and record ground temperature. Ruark reports that it is a joint effort between facilities staff and outside contractors to do the "earth work." “I hope to have it fixed by the end of the day today [Monday],” said Ruark. “The steaming has stopped, and that's how we know there isn’t a leak anymore.”
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it seems that the steam holes appear out of nowhere. Is there something underground that wasn’t properly put together? And if that is the case, what is DePauw going to do about it?” Brougher is one of many students that have voiced a concern. Sophomore Mallory Benson claims they appear unsanitary and unsafe. “I try to avoid them at all costs because the warmth and the humidity the steam creates immediately upon touching my skin is incredibly unnerving,” said Benson. Although the steam appears dangerous, Assistant Director of Facilities Management Operations, Jim Ruark, confirms that the DePauw community should not be concerned. “If the insulation on a steam line fails and ground water gets on the pipe then steaming will occur,” said Ruark. Due to the very high ground water table in Bowman Park, most of these leaks occur during the wet season or during heavy rain, explained Ruark. As the water level in the ground increases the insulations are subject to deteriorate causing then the pipe to overheat, presenting leaks. “About fifty percent of the time this problem isn’t due to a steam leak but rather an insulation issue,” said Ruark. According to Ruark, the pipe is about 300 degrees Fahrenheit and surrounded by a thick wall of insulation and then covered by another jacket. “When this does happen we have to go in and dig up the ground in order to cut the bad insulation away so we can reinsulate it to keep the water away from the pipe,” explained Ruark. “The goal is to keep water away from the pipe.”
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University meal plans set to evolve next semester BY EMMA MACANALLY news@thedepauw.com
About two weeks ago, Associate VP for Finance Kevin Kessinger sent out an email to the student body, alerting students to a change in DePauw University’s meal plan structure beginning in the fall of the 2015-16 academic year. As of now, DePauw runs on a declining balance meal plan, but will be switching to a more flexible single swipe system come August. Initially, this change was met with confusion and disapproval from students, but Kessinger believes that once students gain a fuller understanding of the swipe system, it should be a relatively easy adjustment. “This meal plan was structured after meal plans offered at DePauw’s peers and is the standard in colleges and universities,” he said. “It might take a few days for students to understand the meal alternatives at the Den and Express locations, but we’ll have marketing materials and information on the DePauw Dining site to aid the transition.” This transition was deemed necessary due to the overwhelming number of students last spring who were below the suggested meal plan balance by April 1.
Kessinger explains: “This change is primarily a result of feedback from students, parents and faculty about students who utilized their meal plan dollars before the semester ended.” Jason Rose, General Manager for Bon Appetit, expressed his concerns with the high percentage of students who aren’t able to eat breakfast due to low budgets. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day...and with this new meal plan you can eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.” The new meal plan is expected to provide more meals per week than the now-existing declining balance plan. Kessinger explains that those on the current Residence Hall Meal Plan have about $14 per day to spend on meals, which essentially adds up to 14 meals a week. The implementation of the swipe system will give students the option to have 18 or 19 meals a week (these swipes reset each week), plus the allotted $200 in flex dollars per semester. Flex dollars can be used at any of the cafes around campus including Café Allegro, Café Roy, Hub eXpress, Blend and Longden Hall. “I think the biggest misconception is that you have to eat at the Hub,” Rose explains. “We are not changing anything in the offerings that we currently have on campus…once
students start using [the swipe system] they will understand that they are getting more bang for their buck.” Modeled after the like swipe systems of Bon Appetit clients such as Wabash, Carleton and Saint Olaf, this meal plan will follow the standard structure of colleges and universities across the country. President Brian Casey strongly endorses the transition. “We’re going to end up looking, essentially, like every other major private institution,” he said. Casey also advocates for the new swipe system because he believes it will foster a stronger sense of community amongst DePauw students. “The reason why Bon Appetit usually has this model is [because] where you eat tends to be an important component of an institution’s culture,” Casey said. “You want people to have meals with each other…because it’s part of their education.” Rose and Kessinger both encourage students to get involved with the process by visiting the DePauw Dining website to read more about the new plan. Students can also give their suggestions on this website for different food options.
As construction on hoover hall goes forward, Bon Appetit makes plans to change Depauw meal plans, based on what makes sense for the new space. the new swipe-system for meal plans combined with a larger dining area will make eating a more social experience, according to President Brian Casey. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
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Brentin Mock speaks on racial justice, Kendrick Lamar in Environmental Fellows Lecture
Journalist Brentin Mock speaks with a group of Media Fellows on Monday afternoon in the PCCM. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW BY ALEX WEILHAMMER news@thedepauw.com
At 7:00 p.m. in the Peeler Art Center auditorium Monday night, Brentin Mock prepared to deliver a lecture titled “Justice Matters: 'To Pimp A Butterfly',” but some technical difficulties with the projector delayed its start. As students and faculty continued to trickle in, professor Jennifer Everett read from Mock’s bio. “Brentin Mock is a Washington, D.C. based journalist who covers the intersection of civil rights and environmental justice for Grist,” Everett said. Mock’s lecture is a part of the Environmental Fellows’ own lecture series, titled “What a Waste: Reclaiming the Value of People and Things.” More than just an environmental writer, Mock also has covered “the challenges presented by new voter ID laws, suppression of voter registration drives and other attempts to limit electoral power of people of color,” as Everett explained. By 7:20, Mock decided to ditch the presentation, as no one could make the technology work. He thanked those who attended the event, complimented the campus’ beauty and promised he would be done in time for the NCAA Men’s Basket-
ball Championship. “I’m going to zero in on Eric Garner,” he said. He gave a quick recount of the story, describing Garner the way the newspapers described him, as “overweight man, selling single cigarettes” who “felt regularly harassed” by the NYPD. “The cops put him in a chokehold, and he died,” said Mock. “His famous last words were ‘I can’t breathe.’” At the time of Garner’s death, Mock admits he was “pissed off.” He said he didn’t want to talk about intersectionality, but he later had a conversation with a colleague that helped him understand the context of a larger social inequality at play in Garner’s death. Garner’s official cause of death, Mock explained, was loss of breath, but Garner also had asthma. He also mentioned that Garner lived in a place in New York “burdened by pollution where a disproportionated amount of African Americans lived.” “It was literally like there was racism in the air,” said Mock. He further explained how Garner’s death proves why black lives matter, and how when racial injustices occur, society cannot reduce each event to only what physically happened. “We have to look at the whole context,” commented Mock.
He frequently referenced “intersectionality” throughout his lecture, as the term orients the many social concerns of his work in spatial setting, maintaining each concern’s significance and its relation to the others. The polluted air Garner had to breathe also contributed to his death, but Garner was not, and is not, the only person breathing that air. Mock saw Garner’s story as an “opportunity for environmentalists to understand why Black Lives Matter should matter to them.” Mock took a brief detour and asked the audience what they thought was the number one killer of African American males over the age of 21. The answer is heart disease and cancer. “We see on the news white on black crime,” said Mock, but he explained how the cause of death for most male African Americans had more to do with the environment, with air, water and soil pollution. He transitioned to say that since January of 2014 alone, Brooklyn has recorded an alarming amount of oil spills within its boundaries. Mock then explained how Brooklyn, more than any other borough (excluding parts of Harlem), has the largest concentration of black people and other people of color. Mock asked, “Why does this happen?” His answer: “The reason this happens is because these are the places people of color have been placed throughout history.” Close to 8:00 p.m., Mock wrapped up the lecture and opened up discussion for questions. He admitted that the presentation meant to include more references to Kendrick Lamar’s most recent album “To Pimp A Butterfly.” “[The album] was to say that a lot of African Americans have been rendered invisible through most of history,” said Mock. Mock contends that Kendrick Lamar is pointing out that “no one notices the caterpillar. Then, they become these beautiful butterflies, and they become mythological. [Society] does not recognize the beauty in the caterpillar. They don’t even see it.” Kendrick’s “To Pimp A Butterfly” challenges people to pay attention to “everybody.” Said Mock, “Our lives matter no matter what stage we are in." Mock applied the natural themes of Kendrick’s album to his lecture. When an individual, a society or a government denies the reality of Black Lives Matter, according to Mock, “You are basically stepping on the caterpillar.”
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Faculty Meeting minutes Monday, April 6 -Advance notice was given on making a vote for changes to the distribution requirements. Two forums on the the topic will be held, one on April 9 in Julian 159 at 11:30 p.m. and another on April 14 in the Julian Auditorium at 4 p.m. -Faculty Governance Steering Committee took a vote to commit to changes to their new governance model, which decreased number of committee members and shortened term length. University Strategic Planning Committee will now give a voice to faculty members. -Advance notice was also given to vote on adding an environmental biology major. -Voted on changes to the Incomplete Grade Policy. Problems involving transportation, jobs and family circumstances are no longer sufficient grounds to give a grade of “I”. -Voting priveleges were also changed, with part-time faculty now having a voice. -Voted on the passage of a faculty statement as a result of the Indiana SB101, stating that DePauw faculty were “shocked and embarassed by the March 2015 passsage of Indiana SB101.”
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Prindle lunch discussion delves into concepts, responses to Indiana’s RFRA
Joshua Thompson '04 discusses the larger concepts surrounding the RFRA during a lunch discussion on Friday, April 3. Particpants deliberated on questions such as "What are the requirements of religious freedom?" SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW BY LILLIAN BURBA news@thdepauw.com
Much national attention has been turned toward Indiana recently due to the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) on March
26. This law has caused many discussions and much confusion. Andrew Cullison, '01 director of the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics recognized this confusion on DePauw University’s campus. As a result he convened a discussion last Friday so members of the DePauw community could learn more about the
law and the recent changes it has undergone, as well as share their ideas with each other. The program began with a brief presentation given by Cullison. He explained the history of the federal RFRA and how it does not apply to state laws, which has led to many states passing their own versions of the law. He noted that the wording of Indiana’s law is identical to that of the federal law. The differences come in that the Indiana law defines who can seek protection under this law more broadly than the federal one. The law allows individuals in the business world to maintain their religious beliefs. Last Thursday, in response to national and local criticism, the Indiana RFRA was amended. Now, individuals and businesses cannot refuse service to an individual on the basis of that individual belonging to a certain group; the list of factors for which one cannot endure this type of discrimination now includes sexual orientation and gender identity. Additionally, individuals or businesses who discriminate on those bases cannot use the RFRA as protection from legal action. However, the LGBTQ community has not yet been granted status as a protected class, meaning they can still technically be discriminated against based on their belonging to that group. The only difference is that those who do discriminate won’t have the RFRA to defend their actions were they to be sued for discrimination. Following the presentation attendees engaged in small-group discussions at their tables. To spark the conversations, Cullison gave a list of questions that were pertinent to this topic, but could also lead to broader discussions. After the groups had time to share their ideas amongst themselves, Cullison opened the floor
for individuals to share what they had gotten out of their discussions. Claudia Mills, a visiting ethics professor at Prindle, was among those who contributed. She shared her response to one of Cullison’s questions: “What should the criterion be for being recognized as a protected class?” “A protected class is a group that has suffered systemic, oppressive discrimination,” Mills said. “It’s not just a one-time thing, it’s an ongoing, historic oppression.” Senior Natalie Weilandt, a Prindle intern, posed a question to the large group that was first raised by someone in her small group and that created murmurs at several tables: “Why do straight people care about this, since they are not the ones being discriminated against?” Another student responded to that question and compared it to white individuals caring about the rights of individuals of color during the Civil Rights Movement. She framed it as noticing that there is injustice in society and having a desire to end that oppression. When asked why he wanted to convene this conversation Cullison said, “When the rights of a group of people are at stake, it’s important to have a discussion about it. Also, there has been significant disagreement but also some confusion about this law and we wanted to provide some clarity.” He disliked that Indiana was being viewed as an unwelcoming state because it had the potential to lend that same reputation to DePauw, which he believes is far from true. “I’d hate for this law to affect anyone’s perception of us,” he states. “DePauw makes great efforts to welcome a diverse community.”
Open studio session invites community to engage with future local food event BY EMILY MCCARTER news@thedepauw.com
“Why would you make a community project if you’re not trying to engage them at all?” said Becca Zucker, the fifthyear Efroymson Arts Intern at the Peeler Art Center. Last Thursday night, ceramics professor Meredith Brickell opened up the ceramic studio inviting students, staff and Greencastle community members alike into the studio for a hands on open studio session to make art in collaboration for her socially engaged art project alongside the campus farm dinner. Zucker is a part of a group of students who meet with Brickell every week to help develop the idea for the dinner program. Working alongside Brickell’s
“brain-child” is Director of Sustainability, Anthony Baratta, and Director and Curator of Exhibitions and University Collections, Craig Hadley “The plans for this event were inspired by the Lucy and Jorge Orta exhibition—especially, the meals that they organize,” Brickell said. “Craig Hadley, Anthony Baratta and I saw an opportunity to connect to the Orta exhibit and the campus farm with this event.” Brickell’s past first-year seminar and ceramics class ‘On The Table,’ and Conflict Kitchen’s visit were also inspiration for this project. The event on Thursday consisted of studio visitors having the ability to create art through drawing fresh produce, or using clay to create ceramic replicas of fresh produce. This art will then be incorporated
into the ceramic plates that will be used at the dinner, or decoration on the table at the dinner. “The main goal is to bring people together for a conversation about local food,” Brickell said. “The talk at the gallery about the Orta's work, locating the meal at the campus farm and the plates made by my ceramics classes will all serve as facilitators of this conversation.” Several of Brickell’s classes are involved in creating the work that will be used and seen at the campus dinner, but opening up the studio to the greater DePauw and Greencastle community is key in engaging the community with the role of ceramics and eating local food. “Ceramics, and pottery specifically, offer this really interesting point of intersection where food and the arts come together in an intimate way and in a way
that we can, as artists, dive into and intersect,” Zucker explained. The drawings guests made will be transferred onto plates as decals, which will then be used as the dinner plates during the farm dinner. “So what we’re doing with these drawings by placing them onto the plates is to hopefully incite a little bit of thought or dialogue,” Zucker said. “This is how you can engage in that invisible back-work in a way, and also contribute, to see your drawing on maybe the plate that you eat off of or maybe the plate that you’re professor eats off of or the plate that your farmer is eating off of, that’s a cool connection that we can foster and we have the power to do that tonight.” Students agree that the lack of dialogue around local food is a problem that
needs to be addressed and this campus farm dinner, catered by Bon Appetit, in collaboration with a socially engaged art project will spark these conversations. “I feel like there’s a lot of people ignoring both dietary restrictions on campus and just not talking about local food in general, and we live in an agricultural state so that’s kind of an important topic around here,” said sophomore Hayden DeBruler. The campus farm dinner will be held on Earth Day, April 21st, either outside by the farm, or inside Prindle, depending upon weather. The menu will include meat from Fisher Farms, along with turnips and other produce from local growers. Tickets for 50 available seats will go on sale soon.
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CAMPUSCRIME April 3 • Alcohol violation / Welfare check • Released to custody of friends / forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 12:31 a.m. | Place: Rector Village Lot • Alcohol violation / Welfare check • Released to custody of friend / Forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 2:57 a.m. | Place: Longden Hall April 4 • Possession of False ID • Forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: unknown | Place: Duck/Inn at DePauw • Assist Greencastle Police Department-Personal Injury Accident • GPD took call | Time: 1:05 a.m. | Place: Bloomington St. • Property Damage Accident • Report filed | Time: 6:27 a.m. | Place: College St. Hall Lot April 5
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Inside the lives of DePauw international students BY AUSTIN CANDOR features@thedepauw.com
For first-years, adjusting to college life can be many things. It can be exciting, eye-opening and outright terrifying. But try to imagine what the experience is like for international students, a group that’s experiencing America through the eyes of a DePauw University student. “As a first-year...I felt as if my first semester was a few months of mere confusions. [Many] events
“Growing up, I had a lot of freedom from my family regarding my decisions. However, there were continuously certain norms that I had to adhere to. Coming here gave me a chance to truly develop an idea of what I want to achieve in my life as a unique individual.” -Ia Tserodze, sophomore
were taking place, and I could not wrap my head around one when another had already started,” said sophomore la Tserodze, who is from Tbilisi, Georgia. “After some time, I decided that I actually liked the lively and occasionally overwhelming campus lifestyle. So I decided to embrace and become a part of it, rather than hide and escape from thrilling opportunities.” Despite international students like Tserodze who have become immersed in the school’s environment, there are others who are more hesitant to do so, which has become more and more noticed. “There are times when international students don’t feel like they’re part of the… majority patterns on campus socially,” said president Brian Casey. “And you wonder if we’re doing enough to break those patterns down, if they need to be broken… I tend to be a very big believer in the power of the actual design of a campus to affect things. I think a year-and-a-half from now when we have a
very large dining hall… there will be more chances for people to encounter each other. I think that’s going to be a very helpful thing.” For the time being, DePauw is doing the best it can to reach out to international students. “In general, there is a really relaxed feel at DePauw…which is comforting,” said first-year Opeyemi Animashaun, who came to DePauw from Ghana. “Anytime we are in doubt about anything, the ISS (International Student Services) office is a great resource with a lot of amiable faces ready and willing to assist you.” But often times, adjusting to the environment of a college campus only serves as part of the process in immersing one’s self in American culture. “I think a big aspect is just when you’re around people from another country and you see what things are valued…in this culture compared to mine…you get another perspective,” said sophomore Philip Horstmann, who is from Sweden. “Like when I’m in Sweden, I’ve had these values like… this is what I look up to…this is what I want to be like, and then you realize when you get over here that’s really not a universal thing.” Tserodze agreed. “Growing up, I had a lot of freedom from my family regarding my decisions. However, there were continuously certain norms that I had to adhere to,” she said. “Coming here gave me a chance to truly develop an idea of what I want to achieve in my life as a unique individual.” Despite the challenges, it is all worth it in the end in the eyes of Associate Dean of Academic Life, Loutfi Jirari. “I…believe in the value of what these students are bringing to DePauw,” said Jirari. “They add something to the process…They communicate in class, they share their own ideas…it helps our domestic students…hearing a point of view that might be different than what we hear, seeing how other countries are doing their processes, their systems.” Regardless of these transitions, there are some things here that never quite change. “One thing I cannot get use to is how unbelievably cold it gets here,” said Animashaun. Welcome to Indiana.
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WGRE MUSIC REVIEW
JIM EASTERHOUSE BRIAN AUSTIN
Over the course of an overcast day post spring break, the WGRE music staff assembled a wealth of musical artists, origins and styles into a neat compilation known solely as the ‘H’ folder. This virtual library in the station’s Studio A introduces listeners to twenty plus musicians hoping to spread their latest creations across college airwaves. Having the opportunity to showcase new material and introduce artists to listeners, the WGRE music staff heavily considers the message that’s reflected in adding particular artists. With this mammoth batch of new songs, stretching from Swedish folk rock to a funky Mystikal feature, listeners have the opportunity to appreciate the contemporary abundance of thriving themes and genres, both on 91.5 FM and beyond.
rently on tour across America, stopping in Chicago and Cincinnati next weekend.
Alison Wonderland – All the way from Sydney, Australia, Alison Wonderland found her way out of the rabbit hole and made it to Greencastle, Indiana. Originally trained as a classical cellist, Wonderland now tours the world as a live DJ. We’ve added a few tracks off of her debut album “Run,” released in America on April 7th. Alison Wonderland is one of the few electronic artists recently added to the WGRE music log, but there is a reason for her specific selection. She packs a punch with trap-infused beats, drops that beat your ears up and lyrics that would only be found in the fantasy of genre bending created by Alison herself.
We have plenty of new artists featured on WGRE, and these first are just the tip of the iceberg. Tune in at 91.5 FM for more new music from WGRE artists, including Umphrey’s McGee, Mark Ronson, Doldrums and many more.
Monophonics – This six-man group from The Bay Area use their roots to create modern blues fused with the psychedelic sounds of 60s and 70s rock. With influences such as Sly & The Family Stone and Funkadelic, Monophonics brings us into a world of the past, with smooth bass lines, organs, electric guitars, beats and a piercing voice fit for Alabama rock. They are cur-
Twin Danger – The first moment we heard Twin Danger, everything clicked. Norah Jones and Macy Gray quickly took the back seat in 21st century jazz singers to smoke a cigarette to. The duo is made up of saxophonist Stuart Matthewman and New York jazz singer Vanessa Bley, who combine to remake the sexy sounds of the speakeasy ear. They combined for their self-titled debut, while performing shows all across New York. The album is great for working on homework, cooking, showering, driving, sleeping and probably just about everything else. If you like to relax to soulful sounds of modern jazz, sit back and listen to Twin Danger.
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First-year Madison Dudley visited Kitchen Mesa in New Mexico during O'Keefe Ghost Ranch winter term trip. PHOTO COURTESY OF MADISON DUDLEY
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$2,637 will get you a three-week stay at a historical retreat in northern New Mexico where you can spend your time doing everything from pottery to sustainability research along with hiking, horseback ridging, yoga sessions and field trips. $2,637 was money that I did not have when I signed up for the O’Keefe County: Arts and Culture at Ghost Ranch for my Winter Term. My family was unsure about how to pay, thinking that my scholarships and grants would cover the costs of my trip. In the end they did not, and the entirety of my savings went into those three weeks in January. The off-campus Winter Term registration deadline is fast approaching, with applications due through Horizons next Saturday the 18th. The cost of these trips can be make or break for some students, with many questioning what their options are and whether or not it’s worth it. The average trip is around $4,000. The least expensive is Wilderness Writing: Paddling Florida’s Everglades at $1,750. The most expensive is The Galapagos: Natural Laboratories of Evolution, which is capped at 14 students and costs $6,100. “We make sure we offer a wide range of price points for students,” said Director of Off-Campus Programs Mandy Brookins Blinn. “Any student with any budget could potentially go on a Winter Term or May Term program.” There are 20 off-campus Winter Terms being offered for next year including one May Term and five service trips. Brookins Blinn said that they “run the gamete” when talking about the different fields or areas of study. These trips cover housing, most meals, transportation and activities. Depending on the trip air fair may or may not be included. Each off-campus Winter Term course
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The Great Wall was one of many stops for students who particpated in the DePauw-led trip to China. PHOTO COURTESY OF HUSSAIN HABIB
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THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board
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Kentucky's failure to capture perfection keeps sports fans watching Saturday, the Kentucky Wildcats fell short of perfection, shattering brackets and breaking hearts. 38-1. It’s not the record the Big Blue Nation, Coach Calipari or the team itself was hoping for, but following a 71-64 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers Saturday night, it’s the record they’re stuck with. What must sting the BBN the most is just how close they came. They had close games littered throughout the season, but had always managed to come out on top until now, when it really mattered. Including Kentucky, nineteen teams have entered the NCAA tournament undefeated only to fall in their pursuit of perfection. The seven teams in the history of college basketball who have gone undefeated in the regular season and then gone on to win the NCAA tournament include 1956’s San Francisco, 1957’s North Carolina, 1964, 1967, 1972 and 1973’s UCLA and 1976’s Indiana. In losing on Saturday, Kentucky said goodbye to making history, and became an “almost” team—a great team certainly, but not perfect, and not historic. For the team and the fans, as well as the 48 percent of college basketball enthusiasts who had Kentucky pegged to win it all, this is a tough loss to swallow, but for the rest of us, games like Saturday nights are what keep us watching. Sports are a multimillion-dollar industry, with the NCAA’s annual revenue reaching $912 million in 2012-13, and the unpredictability of it all is a big part of what keeps people so interested. From making brackets to the adrenaline that comes with rooting on your favorite team, the guesswork of being a sports fan is half the fun. With Duke’s win last night capturing the National Championship for the Blue Devils, some might argue that—according to the record books— the best team didn’t win this year. But Kentucky’s loss, while upsetting to the BBN, is just part of what makes the sporting industry such a hugely profitable form of entertainment in this country. Great teams lose, which is why a 40-0 run for Kentucky would have been something of a miracle. But next year, there will be other great teams, and the pursuit of the perfect season will begin all over again, with millions across the nation watching. email us at edboard@thedepauw.com
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It’s more than a food: Ignorance at its most subtle JULIE BLOCK
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’ve never been really religious. Growing up with a Catholic mother and a Jewish father kind of threw a wrench into our family’s predetermined religious affiliation, so my family has just kind of ignored the concept of religion altogether. We still, however, like to take part in some of the religious festivities associated with each religion: celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Easter and Passover. Most everyone knows that Easter was this past weekend, but not a lot of people know that Passover is also going on right now. In the Jewish religion, Passover is an eight day celebration of the Jews’ escape from slavery in Egypt. The event is accompanied by a Passover Seder, which usually takes place on the first of the eight nights with different foods representing different hardships that the Jews overcame during this time so many years ago. Also involved in Passover is the consumption of matzo, an unleavened bread that is supposed to serve as a reminder to stay humble. Instead of consuming bread, or any product that rises in cooking, practicing Jews consume matzo as a bread substitute during this holiday. But I guess this town doesn’t care. On Friday morning, I drove to Wal Mart to buy some matzo for the holiday. After searching through the aisles for a while, I finally approached a female employee who was stocking cereal boxes. I asked her if she could help me find matzo and she gave me a strange look, like I was from another planet. She asked me what that is, and I explained to her that it was an unleavened bread that Jews
ate during Passover. She then gave me the same strange look and asked what Passover was. I figured she probably wouldn’t be able to help me since she didn’t even know what the holiday was, so I asked another employee and got the exact same response. Needless to say, Wal Mart doesn’t stock matzo. I then went to Kroger, where I received a very similar response. The employee I talked to made me spell out the word m-a-t-z-o three times, as if I didn’t speak English and she couldn’t understand me. When I tried to explain to her that the word is sometimes spelled in different ways, she seemed dumbfounded, and just said they had “Mexican chips, but not this thing that you speak of.” It was alienating. Now, I know that Indiana is not historically populated by Jews; as of 2014, there were just over 17,000 Jews in the state, which equates to only .3 percent of the population. It makes sense that not everyone would understand everything about the holiday, as it does not apply to most people. But this shouldn’t allow our corporations to be so ignorant. It might not be a big holiday for Greencastle, but it’s a big holiday for the Jewish population—many of whom go to DePauw—and I am shocked that our businesses can’t even have the decency to recognize an important event when it doesn’t specifically apply to them. It doesn’t seem like a big deal to most people, but these subtle acts of ignorance are what lead to greater issues. If you’re not going to stock something that has important religious significance at this time of year, at least be able to point me in the direction of someone who does, or do something other than looking at me like I belong on another planet because you don’t completely understand what I’m asking. Being open to different people is not that hard. Try it sometime. -Block is a sophomore English writing and Spanish double major from Glenview, Illinois.
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Should DePauw University ban Yik Yak? NICOLE DECRISCIO
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yberbullying isn’t new. Since the dawn of the Internet, those who want to use the tool as a means to bully others have done so. But Yik Yak has the ability to bring the bullying to a whole new level. The anonymous nature of the app means that unlike Facebook and Twitter, users don’t have to attach their name to their posts. The results stem from funny, innocent and truthful posts that may be slightly too raunchy to post on someone’s profiles for fear of future employers seeing it to shameful, hateful, cruel and discriminatory posts. If you’ve used Yik Yak, you’ve seen a little bit of both. Recently, amid the innocent “should I invite my crush to formal?” Yaks, I’ve seen replies to Yaks
that are completely unacceptable for anyone to say, let alone for anyone within our community to say. This is particularly upsetting when there are such cruel comments on Yaks about people dealing with depression and seeking support from the community at large. To those commenters, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. So, is it surprising that several universities around the nation have discussed banning Yik Yak from their campuses? John Brown University and Utica College are two such institutions that have banned Yik Yak. They block the use of the app from the school’s Wi-Fi. But with the use of smartphones, I’m not too sure how a ban could be effective. However, I don’t think banning the app as a whole is the answer, especially for an institution such as DePauw. DePauw aims to make students capable of critical thinking. When I was a prospective student, I was told that not only would I graduate with a piece of paper that signifies that I have attained an undergraduate degree, but that being at DePauw would make me capable of being well-spoken, strong writing and advanced critical thinking. But even if an institution does not place such
an emphasis on critical thinking, I don’t think that they should ban use of the app. Banning the app limits free speech. It creates one less forum for voices to be heard. This doesn’t mean that the aforementioned comments are acceptable or okay in any way. Instead, it means that there needs to be responsible usage of the app. The freedom of speech needs to be met with responsibility. The fact of the matter is that college students are adults and should act like it. Institutions should be able to trust that their students act like responsible adults and to have sanctions in place should they not act like adults. Lastly, even though Yik Yak seems like no one will know it was you who made that hateful post, nothing on the internet is truly anonymous. -DeCriscio is a junior political science major from Ft. Wayne, Indiana
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our and half months ago, I left Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America for the bonnie land of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. With only eight weeks of my semester long adventure left, I can say that I did not expect to run into any ethical dilemmas while abroad. Yet being in another country has forced me to encounter more than I did back home. At the Eiffel Tower, London Eye or the Opera House in Vienna, you are expected to act like a tourist. Taking photos, oohing and ahhing, talking loudly and blatantly acting like a tourist are not abnormal behaviors to locals because they are facilitating your tourist experience. But when you are in a small restaurant in Prague, is it disrespectful to do the same? As a tourist, should you change behavior based on your situation? Is ethical tourism even a possibility and what does it look like? One of the things that I struggle with is how to be
PHOTOPINION How do you feel about the changes to DePauw’s meal plan? “Seeing the monetary value made me learn budgeting and how to monitor my eating habits. A swipe system is a little too abstract.” BECCA ZUCKER, FIFTH-YEAR INTERN “I prefer the current system. It makes me proactive and restrictive in how much food I buy.”
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Is tourist ignorance of culture, bliss? respectful of other cultures while trying to experience them in a short amount of time. This internal battle between wanting to take my photos and then not wanting to offend those who live there has marked my traveling. Another stamp of my travels is the amount of other tourists who seem not to care about the local culture in the least. From chanting “USA” in a Dublin bar to singing loudly on a tour bus with 35 other people on it, I have been shocked by how little concern some tourists show for the people around them. I love my country, I love my hometown and I love my school; but I did not go abroad to talk about that love across the pond. Instead, I went abroad to learn something new about myself in a different place and to try and grow. This is not to say that I am not a tourist, but its hard to embrace a culture and truly immerse yourself it in when you are just there to snapchat or pose in front of a monument. Traveling should be about discovering parts of your soul in another place and setting, not how many likes you can get on an Instagram. As a 21 year old, its pretty hard to not care about social media, but making a conscious effort to take in the culture has given me more happiness than hitting 200 likes has. I wonder if travelling ethically means we have to give up a little part of who we were back home in order to
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fully participate in the present. Being abroad has made me miss Greencastle, Indiana more than anyone should ever miss a small Indiana town but I have loved every minute of this journey. They say that adventure is good for the soul, and I would have to agree. But adventuring for a couple days at a time does present the dilemma of how to do so respectfully. From the people in my program to the trips that I have been on, cross culture communication has become a part of my daily life. The ideas of cross culture communication and cultural sensitivity expand beyond my abroad experience and those experiences of the other Depauw University students abroad this semester. International communities exist both in governments, like the UN, or in industries, like NATO or OPEC. Culture sensitivity and figuring out how to communicate across boundaries should be at the core of these organizations, and yet, that is not exactly what we see in practice. How does that change? Or should it change? How can individuals and communities work on interacting with each other in a more respectful manner? Does this topic even matter? -Weilandt is a senior Prindle Intern from Winnetka, Illionis
“I don’t even get three swipes at the Hub a day. I’m a growing man and I need to eat three meals per day. Where am I supposed to eat my third meal? That’s bullshit.” LUKE LATTNER, SOPHOMORE
“It takes away the choice of the student.”
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Track and field finishes sixth and seventh at own invitational TDP STAFF REPORTS sports@thdepauw.com
Junior George Macy (left) and first-year Kevin Feller (right) run together on Monday following the DePauw Invitational on Saturday. In the home meet, the women's team outshone the men's, placing sixth while their mail counterparts finished seventh. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
Neither of the Tigers’ track and field teams finished in the top halves of the standings at the DePauw Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The men finished seventh out of 10 teams while the women took home sixth place out of the nine competing teams. Leading the way for the Tigers on the women’s side was senior Celia Kauth who came in second place in the high jump with a mark of 1.58 meters. In addition to Kauth, the Tigers also got a strong performance out of junior Heather O’Brien who crossed the finish line 4:54.15 in the 1500 meter race, a mark good enough for a third place finish. Sophomore Emma MacAnally and senior Hope Jordan also finished fifth and sixth respectively in the event. All in all, the Tigers finished the afternoon with 47 points and a sixth place finish. DePauw finished 146 points behind eventual winner, Illinois Wesleyan University. For the men, junior Marcus Dozier continued his impressive run through the field events. On Saturday, Dozier picked up a pair of wins in the discus and the shot put. His throw of 50.96 meters once again set a personal best and was good enough for first. In the shot put, Dozier’s best throw went 15.54 meters and was also enough to take home gold. In the track events, first-year Josh Ebikwo took a runner-up finish in the 100 meter sprint, crossing the finish line in 11.08 seconds. Junior Paul Watts was third in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:13.60. The men totalled 41.5 points on the afternoon and fell 86.33 points behind eventual winner, Wabash College who had 127.83. Next up for both of DePauw’s teams is the Indiana Division III Championships next weekend.
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Sophomore Reid Pittard swings at a pitch during DePauw's fourth and final game over the weekend against Denison University. The Tigers dropped their first game to the Big Red before winning the second and fourth game and finishing 2-2 on the weekend. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
Softball splits double-header with Hiram BY MEG MORROW sports@thedepauw.com
After an impressive 4-0 start to their North Coast Athletic Conference play, the Tigers suffered their first conference loss of the season against Hiram College this weekend. Winning the first game 6-4 after an impressive end-of-the-game rally by the Tigers, Hiram came back and beat them 8-7 in the second. DePauw University is now 14-9 overall, and 5-1 in NCAC play. The Terriers are 4-12 overall, and are 1-1 in conference games. Offense wasn’t the problem this weekend as the Tigers still managed to get hits and runs, shown off by two
home runs junior Linsey Button had. “Hiram's fields have one of the deepest outfields, so the fact that Linsey roped the ball out of the park really energized our team and switched the momentum of the game,” said senior Jennifer Ridge. Button’s pair of homers tied the school record for homeruns in a single game. “The first game we showed that our bats could make up for our defense that wasn't working as well that day,” firstyear Morgan McCord said. “The second game we came out strong, and then just got too comfortable. Our bats started out strong and then didn't follow all the way through like the first game. It was a team loss just like the first game was a
team win.” Overall, the Tigers had 11 hits in the first game and 14 in the second. 11 different players had at least one hit, and multiple players had more than one. “Our offense generated a lot of runs, but we didn't have a defense to stop Hiram's momentum,” Ridge said. The biggest problem this week was the team’s biggest strength in their last NCAC doubleheader—pitching and defense. “As a team we made the same mistakes the second game as we did the first game. The second game Hiram was able to capitalize on those errors and take the game. We lost because we didn't have our usual tough defense and pitching,” Ridge said.
Starting pitcher, senior Kahla Nolan took credit for the first game and the win, improving her personal record to 6-6 on the season. First-year Emma Baldwin was credited with the loss in the second game, with her personal record going down to 5-3. “I think the big take away from the Hiram games was that we cannot be complacent,” Ridge said. This is the first loss for the Tigers after a strong conference season start, and has brought them back to reality. “We need to jump ahead, stay ahead and always have our strengths, defense and pitching, in top form,” Ridge said. “Every conference opponent is elated at the thought of beating DePauw, so we need to bring forth that same energy
and excitement to the rest of our conference games.” McCord agreed with Ridge, saying the loss was mainly a result of personal error. “We just got a little too comfortable with a team that was not giving up and it came back to get us,” McCord said. Looking forward to the next game, the Tigers know what they need to do. “We will be working on getting back to being defensively perfect, as well as offensively getting ready for the type of pitching we will face next game,” firstyear Lauren Godden. The Tigers' next games will come in the form of a double-header on Wednesday when they travel to Ohio Wesleyan University.
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Rough start dooms men’s lacrosse against Wooster BY JACOB LYNN sports@thedepauw.com
The Tigers came into Saturday’s North Coast Athletic Conference matchup with the College of Wooster riding high. They had just blown out arch rival Wabash College in the first ever meeting of the programs in lacrosse and had just reached the .500 plateau on the season. The Fighting Scots made sure that whatever momentum the Tigers had, didn’t make it through Saturday. Wooster roared out of the gates at Reavis Stadium, scoring the first five goals of the game en route to a 14-3 shellacking of the Tigers. “It’s pretty demoralizing,” sophomore Benton Givens said. “I think we re-
sponded pretty well after the first streak they had. We went on a short run, but then they ran away with it.” Matt Paremelee got the Fighting Scots going early with a pair of goals in the first five minutes. Wooster added three more goals over the span of five minutes to take control. Givens did his best to keep the Tigers in the game, closing out the first quarter with a goal with less than three minutes remaining to cut the deficit to four. “It actually wasn’t a set play,” Givens said. “The guy playing defense on me just gave me too much room too close to the goal so I just shot it.” DePauw University carried some momentum over to the second quarter, as the Tigers scored the first two tallies of the second half on goals from sopho-
more Sam Alkema and first-year Ben Sherman. With the score standing at 5-3, Parmelee quickly put a stop to any of the momentum the Tigers were collecting. He quickly answered Sherman’s goal with one of his own only 59 seconds later to reestablish the Fighting Scots’ lead. After moving the margin back up to three, it was Wooster’s Pat Henderson who put the game away for the Fighting Scots. Henderson scored the final two goals of the first half to make the score 8-3. When play resumed for the final 30 minutes, Henderson got right back at it. He quickly ripped home two more scores in the first three minutes of the third quarter to put the game away. Parmelee would go on to add one more tally in the third quarter to round out his days scoring at four. Henderson
The men's lacrosse team streches before practice on Monday following their 14-3 loss to Wooster College on Saturday. After the conference defeat, the Tigers are 1-3 in the North Coast Athletic Conference. SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
was the star for the Fighting Scots, finishing with six goals on the day. The pair of Fighting Scots who got time in goal were only called upon to make eight saves. For DePauw, first-year goalie Jack Musto recorded 22 saves in the loss, including seven in the final quarter of play. “I think I had around 60 percent saves so that's not bad,” Musto said. “They were a very good team and I did the best I could and so did my teammates.” The loss drops the Tigers back under the .500 mark to 5-6 on the season and to 1-3 in conference play. On the other side, the win moves the Fighting Scots to 8-4 overall and across the .500 mark in NCAC play to 3-2. Now the Tigers face a challenge as they begin to wrap up their season. The
Tigers’ poor record away from Reavis Stadium [2-4] will be challenged, as they play three of their final four games away from home. “Well with the remainder of our games being conference games, I think we'll be playing with a little more of a chip on or shoulders because these games are huge for us as a program and we know they're gonna be tough games but we're all excited and ready to put in the work to get some wins on the road,” sophomore Dan Kantor said. DePauw now embarks on a two game trip that will take them to Wittenberg University and Hiram College. DePauw’s matchup with Wittenberg is scheduled for Wednesday evening, with the action getting underway at 4 p.m.