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Psychology professor Akshat Vyas suspended amid numerous allegations, visa at stake
By ABBY MARGULIS and DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com
In the basement of Harrison Hall cages of finches occupy a research laboratory. Their keeper, after facing serious allegations, had to abandon them. Exactly two weeks after the announcement of psychology profes-
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sor Akshat Vyas’ suspension from DePauw University, the investigation process continues, though a hearing date has yet to be determined. After Vice President for Academic Affairs Larry Stimpert received multiple emails from students, faculty and staff regarding Vyas’ inappropriate conduct, he suggested that University President Brian Casey suspend the professor. Under suspension, Vyas is still a full member of the faculty and still receives his pay and benefits from DePauw. Casey heeded Stimpert’s suggestion and decided to suspend Vyas. “It was in the last 10 days that matters seemed acute,” Casey said. “The situation seemed to be accelerating to the point where I said and the Academic Affairs office asked me to take extraordinary measures." Effective Friday, April 4, Vyas was suspended, and an investigation by Stimpert began. Per the faculty governance process in the faculty handbook, the proper procedure for “dismissal or non-reappointment based on complaints” states that the vice president for academic affairs will receive complaints, contact the faculty member in question and conduct a preliminary investigation. Once the preliminary investigation has taken place, the vice president for academic affairs brings evidence to the Committee on Faculty (COF). The committee then conducts a hearing and provides a recommendation to the university president. Though Stimpert said he and faculty members are unable to comment on the inappropriate conduct they’ve witnessed, email correspondence from Vyas to Matt Hertenstein, the psychology department head, indicates frustration over non-compliance with the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). Vyas oversaw a laboratory of finches that his students researched. The “Cool Peeps” lab, as Vyas called it, did not have proper drainage for the birds’ waste. The birds were housed in Harrison Hall, which does not have proper facilities for washing the cages. Vyas also said in an email that he had chemicals in his lab that may not be compliant with university guidelines. In the same e-mail, Vyas wrote that he interacted with Public Safety and Human Resources regarding his disheveled appearance and per university recommendation he sought psychiatric help. Vyas also
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wrote that he felt the criticism he received from the university was unfounded. “My interactions with the offices of the dean of the faculty, offices of the HR (Human resources) and the Public Safety make me believe that I have been a victim of a pattern of harassment,” Vyas wrote in his email. In the last two weeks, Vyas’s life has unraveled. “DePauw has made my life hell,” he said in a phone call made to The DePauw late Thursday night. “I am very strongly considering resigning.” Casey and Stimpert said the suspension was based on inappropriate behavior, including sending emails that were deemed aggressive. Vyas sent some representatives of the IACUC emails every day for a month seeking help in getting proper facilities for his finches. This instance, along with others, prompted Casey to action. He said this is the first suspension case he has dealt with in his six years at DePauw. "Presidents need to act very cautiously of the removal of a member of the faculty,” Casey said. “It's a rare thing." And this case in particular is made murkier by Vyas’ immigrant status. The professor has a work visa through DePauw that also covers his wife Soma Dixit and his son N.V. Should the COF and Casey elect to dismiss Vyas as a faculty member, he and his family could be considered illegal aliens almost immediately. They could then be deported to their native India. After experiencing Vyas’ extreme behavior in her home, Dixit filed a protection order against her husband on Thursday, April 10. In her protection request, Dixit said she had been the victim of domestic or family violence at the hand of her husband. The order details 19 specific instances in which Vyas physically and/or verbally abused her. A family friend who wished to remain anonymous said he and his wife witnessed a change in Vyas over the last few months. “To some extent he’s a different person than he was even last semester,” he said. “The reason behind the change is kind of a mystery.” The family friend said the situations of Vyas’ suspension and his re-
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haven’t had the opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation with a Rwandan to hear what exactly is going on today.” Although the commemoration is a time for remembering, students also considered it a time to think about the future. “The story that [Giramata], as well as her guests and Professor Brett O’Bannon, told us described a story about a country that sets a precedent for human nature and for our world and how we interact with each other,” said senior Olivia Flores. “It is a completely transformative experience that definitely gives hope to our futures if we continue to talk about
“Every year we remember, I have been remembering for 18 years. Not enough people came today, not the whole school came. Maybe next year more people will come and one day we could hopefully have the President come.”
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DePauw’s commemoration ended with a candle lighting and moment of silence for those affected by the Rwandan genocide. It was a very emotional part of the commemoration and many individuals were touched. “I am so thankful for [Giramata] for putting it on,” said senior Mary-Clare Flores. “I also think it is a great lesson to take to people…everyone is capable of doing terrible things, but it is about making sure the best comes out of everyone collaborating to ensure that ... we avoid these things in the future.”
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With just a few weeks left in this school year, it is not just the seniors who are about to say goodbye to Old DePauw. Director of the Prindle Institute of Ethics Bob Steele, ’69, will be leaving DePauw University as well—for the second time. Steele, who returned to his alma mater in 2008 after nearly 40 years of separation, is retiring alongside his wife, Sustainability Director Carol Steele. Throughout his years here, Steele has been known as someone who loves to tell stories and who believes strongly in forming personal relationships with his students. “In my own heart, I’m a storyteller,” Steele
said, “and I have great appreciation for people who are really good storytellers, so what I’ve tried to do is bring the stories out in my students.” Sophomore Conner Gordon, one of the Prindle interns, has experienced Steele’s use of storytelling by working with him at the Prindle Institute. Gordon explains that Steele makes a conscious effort to connect with each of his students through storytelling, and this has been evident since Gordon first stepped on campus. “He was actually one of the first people I met when I was coming to DePauw,” he said. “I just remember him being a very thoughtful person who can engage with people, someone who can really connect with you not only on an intellectual level but on a personal level as well.” Steele has not only formed connections with students; he has befriended many of his colleagues as well. Though Professor of English Joseph Heithous does not work directly with Steele, Heithous’ poetry and Steele’s passion for storytelling have brought the two close. “He’s a person of tremendous depth and a person of profound character,” Heithaus said. Heithaus believes that the connections that Steele makes with his students and the stories that he shares are how he will be remembered at DePauw. “His curiosity is infectious,” Heithaus said. “He knows how to get out of students and others their stories in a way that doesn’t seem intrusive, in essence, because of that curiosity. And I will say that will be one of his legacies at the Prindle.” While many are sad to see Steele go, the search committee to find a new director for Prindle is coming close to picking Steele’s replacement. “I think definitely there are big shoes to
fill,” Gordon said. “Bob’s influence is always going to be there, but this is an opportunity for someone else to take what he’s worked on and take it in a new direction.” Steele hopes that whoever the committee chooses will work to desegregate the student body. He feels the new director should try to bring the campus closer together, especially with all of the conversation about diversity that has been taking place recently, something he thinks he could have done better with as director. “There is way too much segregation,” Steele said. “I am disappointed in that piece of DePauw. We’ve created a more diverse campus but we haven’t embraced it…I’ve tried, without much success, to push some of these issues in terms of the ethics institute.” Despite having great relationships with students and faculty alike during his six years working at DePauw, Steele has had some hardships. In addition to serving in the Vietnam War and having seen battle up-close, he suffered an unexpected heart attack this past fall. The heart attack spurred on his decision to retire after this year. “When you go through something of that magnitude, when you’re really kind of walking around death’s door, the whole notion of mortality becomes quite clear,” Steele said. “You want to spend the rest of your time doing meaningful things.” While people understand his reason for retiring, many believe that his presence on campus will be sorely missed. “He’s figured out a way to give [the students] a sense of status, that their role in campus is an important one,” Heithaus said. “We want to celebrate Bob Steele.”
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“Every year we remember.” Giramata said. “I have been remembering for 18 years. Not enough people came today, not the whole school came. Maybe next year more people will come and one day we could hopefully have the President come.” Giramata explained the tradition of the commemoration, called ‘A Walk to Remember,’ that occurs every year in Rwanda. The President of Rwanda lights a candle and passes it on to a youth in the community to represent the remembrance and the blessing to the future generations. “I thought it was a phenomenal event that [Giramata] put on,” said senior Allison Orjala. “I am glad a lot of students were here to hear about Rwanda and the incredible strides that have been developed since [the genocide].” The commemoration started with a historical video showing quotes and images about the Rwanda genocide. An introduction of Rwanda’s historical background and statistics about the genocide followed the film. “[The event] was a great way to learn about the people that I share my DePauw community with and discover more knowledge about our international students [from that area],” said first-year student Ellen Tinder. The speakers shared their personal stories about how learning about the genocide or the genocide itself effected them. Giramata personally shared Students light candles celerbating the tradition her parents’ stories about the genocide and offered called ‘A Walk to Remember.’ ALEXIUS BURTON / many details about her experience. “I am so extremely happy that there were so THE DEPAUW many people willing to participate,” Giramata said. “It wasn’t just me saying my experience, we had By LEXY BURTON Sandy Tran, Ashton [Johnson] and Professor Brett news@thedepauw.com O’Bannon volunteer to come and share their perDePauw students and faculty packed the Union sonal stories.” Giramata related this subject to a larger scale by Building Ballroom for the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide talking about the importance of remembering this genocide and expressing how this is an important Monday night. The Rwandan Genocide began on April 6, 1994 subject for humanity. “I have been working with a program that teachin Kigali. The violence lasted until July of that year. During those three months, nearly 800,000 people es youth about the Rwanda Genocide, and I have were killed by the Hutu ethnic majority, which made worked with the ‘Walk to Remember,’” Giramata up 85 percent of the population. Most of the victims said. “Since DePauw has never had a Rwandan student, I felt that [the genocide] was important to were part of the Tutsi minority. First-year Rwandan student Ines Giramata share. I know there are a lot of students who are conflict studies and political science majors that planned and executed the event.
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Not enough or way too much: TigerCard balances are rarely just right By ZOE GRABOW news@thedepauw.com
As the year draws to a close, students are taking a closer look at their Tiger accounts to see where they stand on dining money. Many are not happy with the numbers they see. Although the meal plan is designed to run out at the end of the year, not many students eat according to plan. Generally, students end up in one of two end-of-the-year situations: running out of meal money early or being left with a large amount of unspent money. The second scenario might not be so bad if it weren’t for the “use it or lose it” policy for meal plan money. According to University policy, if a student does not spend all of his meal money by the end of the year, he or she cannot get that money back. Bon Appetit adjusted the meal plans when they took over DePauw’s dining facilities from Sodexo for the 2013-2014 academic school year. The Hub became an all-you-care-to-eat, one-swipe buffet. In the past, the Hub operated in much the same way as the Den, offering all items a la carte. First-year Emma MacAnally was surprised to find that she has a large surplus of money left on her card. She attributes the sum to not eating at the Hub Café as much as other people might, denying her the steady expenditure of money. “I guess I don’t eat three meals a day, and I don’t really buy expensive things, just snacks,” MacAnally said, “but I feel like I eat a lot, so it’s confusing.” Students can choose to use their Tiger Cards in several locations on campus. The Hub and Den supply meal foods. Two West and The
Suspension | cont’d from page 1 moval from Dixit’s home have been troubling and made more difficult by the family’s immigration status. “She is very concerned about her immigration status,” he said. In Dixit’s descriptions in the protection order request form, she said Vyas mentioned the state of their visas on more than one occasion and brandished his power over her visa. She also wrote about Vyas’ state of paranoia and psychological instability. “He said he was scared of the cops,” Dixit wrote. “He is scared of everyone.” In her protective order request, Dixit also commented that Vyas’ relationships with his students were becoming a concern. “Akshat has some very questionable relationships with some DePauw girl students,” Dixit wrote. “As a neuroscientist, he studies female sexual behavior. When I ask him about the relationships, he says that is part of his job and that his students are special to him.” Vyas taught a “Sex and Behavior” course at DePauw that featured conversations that sophomore Karina Adams said contained material that was controversial. Adams, a student in the class and Vyas’ lab manager, said Vyas never overstepped any boundaries in or outside the classroom. “The topic he taught could easily be misperceived,” Adams said, “but it was never his intention to say anything inappropriate. It all came from the textbook. It
Fluttering Duck serve restaurant-style meals. Café Allegro, Café Roy and Hub Express offer “grab and go” snacks and coffee. Buying coffee every day seems to make a big difference in the spending balance for others, MacNally added, but that is not something that she does. First-year Eleanor Price is experiencing the same issues as MacAnally.
“Maybe they should have a new dining system. The current one is expensive. It’s good in that you can get more food if you need more, but I don’t need that much food.” -Eleanor Price, first-year
“I go to the Den mostly and buy a la carte things,” Price said. “I don’t really eat large lunches, just mostly go to the Café Allegro.” She added that it would be nice to have that money go toward tuition. “Maybe they should have a new dining system,” Price said. “The current one is expensive. It’s good in that you can get more food if
was just a risky subject.” Students enrolled in Vyas’ classes are now under the tutelage of Matt Hertenstein and Kevin Moore. Hertenstein now oversees the senior psychology members as they complete their theses. The laboratory research has been ended indefinitely and university staff members, according to an email to students from Stimpert, are caring for the finches. “We felt like this is what we had to do for this university,” Stimpert said. “We want to minimize the disruption for students.” Adams said she felt disappointed that months of research are being discontinued. On Thursday, she went in search of a new work-study position to fill her time for the rest of the semester. “I wish it was still continuing in the way it was before,” she said. “It’s a strange experience having a professor disappear in a way.” Sophomore Hunter Wilson agreed that having a new professor enter the classroom five weeks before semester’s end has been a difficult transition for his Introduction to Psychology class. “There is an invisible barrier between the new professor and the class,” Wilson said. “It’s weird, almost like a different class.”
you need more, but I don’t need that much food.” While all first-year students are required to get a meal plan of either $2,985 or $2,535 for the year, many upperclassmen students do not have meal plans at all. Most receive their meals in their greek houses, cook their own food or choose to eat elsewhere. If they do have a meal plan, often it is significantly smaller than the meal plan that is required of all first-year students. Rector Village residents can downgrade their plans to $2,180 per year, and students living in University houses and apartments can go as low as $520 per year. “I like cooking for myself more because I can make what I like, there are more flexible hours and I feel I get more value for my money,” said junior Kat Raymond-Judy, who has the UniversityOwned Apartments and Houses (UOAH) plan, which is the smallest meal plan DePauw offers. “It’s nice to have some money in account for snacks, if I’m in a rush or for things I don’t know how to cook myself, but I like having less.” Bon Appétit is looking for more ways to spend the extra money in addition to the options they currently offer. “We’re having a truckload sale in May,” said Maria Russ, who works at the Hub. “Students can also spend through pizza parties and barbecues and FOHTY [From Our House To Yours] meals—cold food students can order to bring back to their dorms and microwave.” Most of these options, Russ said, will be available next week. -Julie Block also contributed to this article
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‘Foster the People’ cover artist tries out the music industry BRIAN AUSTIN When I came to college, DePauw University busted the music world wide open for me. It seemed that every person I met gave me 500 new songs to listen to. Many of my favorite bands have come from the friends I met at DePauw. One persistent friend bothered me about Foster The People and their debut album “Torches.” I remembered seeing the same Lollapalooza set my friend saw that summer and not being too impressed, so I didn’t give them much of a chance at first. When I finally gave in and picked up a copy of the album, my opinion of the band drastically changed. Mark Foster had a fresh voice reverting back to 80s pop, something that was forgotten before the release of “Torches.” I enjoyed the album’s peculiar album artwork most. The art depicts a group of creatures, some resembling the animated creatures in The Beatles motion picture, “Yellow Submarine.” Others looked as if they were from “Where The Wild Things Are.” The somewhat-sighing faces all seemed to be looking for something, holding lit torches of their own hands. This past week when the graphic artist for “Torches” came into WGRE – in CD form. Young & Sick is an Los Angeles based artist and musician. He has been designing album covers for years for artists like Foster The People, Maroon 5 and Robin Thicke. Last year, Young & Sick emerged as a musician. Young & Sick’s debut, self-titled album is something to celebrate. Combining elements of R&B, electronic and jazz styles, Dutch-born artist Nick Van Hofwegen created something brilliant. His songs combine smooth bass lines with harmonizing high-pitched tones, resembling coins rippling through an electric kaleidoscope. But then he retracts and slows down, bringing in his 80s pop ballad and jazz influences. Each song on the debut follows true elctro-R&B style with a constant reminder of how beautiful life can be. Young & Sick begins the album with “Mangrove,” a song that self evaluates itself. During the song, he realizes something must be wrong in his life for him to be so optimistic. As we see on the next track, “Heartache Fetish,” Van Hofwegen’s world came to a halt after a breakup. As the album progresses, we see Van Hofwegen torment himself in attempt to discover what happened. In “Feeling Pain,” he describes his experience in deal-
ing with breakups, burning memories and forgetting about the love that once was. Without warning, Young & Sick follows up one of the saddest songs on the album with “Gloom,” a jazzy delight, complete with syncopated beats and a sexy trumpet accompaniment. And after slowing down, the only way is to build back up by playing up-tempo dance beats. “Glass” follows and kicks up the energy before “Valium” slows it down again, singing “you started fires in me / and watched me go down,” reflecting on how the heartbreak affected him. With all the pain and time that consumed the life of Young & Sick, one must hope for a happy ending. At first glance, “Nowhere” sounds as though he has moved on and over the past relationship, singing the chorus “there is nowhere that I’d rather be than right here.” As it turns out, he had not moved on, but was back together with his former relationship. In fact, Young & Sick wanted a happy ending so badly that he says “let’s not wait for happy endings / let’s not talk there’s nothing left to say / let’s make love” before the chorus. As we see in the final track on the album, however, she left him again, leaving him heartbroken. The album ends with the final line “I just can’t wait for this night to be over and over / sick of finding out over and again, over and over” and an instrumental fade out. In Young & Sick’s beautiful debut, we see Van Hofwegen come to a realization on relationships we all can agree with: they don’t work one sided.
-Austin is a junior English Writing major from Terrance Park, Ohio features@thedepauw.com
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DePauw professor and alumni cowrite independent film, Reparation By NICOLE DECRISCIO features@thedepauw.com
After nearly 20 years and a dozen script rewrites, Steve Timm, professor of communication and theater, and Kyle Ham, ’94, have decided to pursue making an independent film together. The film, “Reparation,” is an adaptation of the a play that Timm wrote and produced at DePauw University in 1993 titled “The Activist.” “Reparation” is centered on Bob Stevens, a small-town farmer that has a three-year hole in his memory. A stranger appears making the claim that he was Stevens’ best friend in the Air Force Security Police. Stevens and his family have to try to discover the truth about the man’s identity before it is too late. The role of Stevens has been given to Jon Huertas, who is known for his roles in “Castle” and “Generation Kill.” Marc Menchaca, who is known for his roles in “Homeland” and “Generation Kill,” will be the stranger. “There’s a level of satisfaction, I suppose, in sending the script out to professional actors and having them respond, along with their agents and manager, in such a positive way,” Timm said. “They’re fighting to do the film.” Timm believes their excitement is a reflective of the quality of the script. “They could certainly take a project and make a lot more money doing another project,” Timm said. A Kickstarter launched last night to raise money for the film, which will begin filming in Greencastle and Putnam County around June 21. Although Ham and Timm began working on the project shortly after Ham graduated, they decided to pursue the project as an independent film about a year ago. Ham, who was in the first class Timm taught at DePauw in 1990 and a film studies major, received an internship with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 1995, Ham contacted Timm wanting to turn “The Activist” into a film. Timm joined in. They spent the next few years producing multiple drafts and shot a trailer for the film in 1997. “Steve and I were still learning to write together,” Ham said in a phone interview yesterday afternoon. “Frankly, I was still learning to write at that point. I was in my early 20s and had never written a screenplay before.” In 2002, they gave the film the working title of “The Broken.” Producer Bonnie Bruckheimer began circulating the script through Hollywood. The film was considered by directors such as Christopher Nolan, Bruce Beresford, Billy Bob Thornton and Wes Craven. During the next six years, the script would be re-written repeatedly. “The script went through probably 15 to 20
revisions while it was circulating in Hollywood,” Timm said. “Every director that we worked with, and they were talented people, wanted to put their stamp on it or eliminate certain characters.” Then Bruckheimer told them to stop rewriting the script. “It became a story that we didn’t want to tell and a story that we didn’t recognize,” Timm said. Timm and Ham believe that this is the time to continue pursuing the project. “Kyle’s at a point in his career where if he’s going to be a film maker, he wants to do it now,” Timm said. “For me, I’m not at the end of my career, but I’m closer to the end than I am at the beginning.” Ham had personal events that left him with a now or never mentality. “I started to be aware that maybe I should be making the most of my time, and this film was always something that I was very passionate about, something that I always wanted to make,” Ham said. “I picked it up, looked at it, read it and realized I was still deeply in love with it, even though I hadn’t touched it in seven years.” Ham, who was senior supervising producer at Discovery Channel, resigned from his position to work on the film full time and will be moving to Greencastle on May 1 to start the pre-production process. But Ham and Timm are not the film’s only connections to DePauw. There is a slew of alumni collaborating on the project. Matthew Lessall, ’93, is the casting director and a fellow producer. Lessall was one of the actors in the original production of “The Activist.” Kaitlin Klose, ’13, is the production coordinator. Tina Anderson, ’96, and Brian Harvey, ’94, have offered advisory help. Olivia Carmel, ’13, is also working on the project, as well as other alumni. Four current students will serve as interns on the project. The interns include seniors Alex Gasaway and Henry Johnston and juniors Caleb Haydock and Maeve McDonough. “I immediately wanted to get involved,” said Haydock, who is a production intern. Timm said that DePauw’s administration has been supportive of the project. “They have provided the funding for the interns,” Timm said. “They have helped us find housing for the actors and crew. They have given us access to other facilities on campus.” Timm sees working on the film project as a unique opportunity. “There’s something uniquely special about working on a collaborative project,” Timm said. Ham agreed. “I think that DePauw creates that type of environment where professors and students can actually collaborate on things,” Ham said.
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Right: McFerrin encourages students to join him in an interpretive rendition of “We’ve Got the Whole World In Our Hands” during his two and a half hour preformance, originally scheduled to only be an hour and a half. CLAIRE HALFIELD / THE DEPAUW
Bobby McFerrin jazzed up Tuesday night when he performed his spiritual sound for a full house in Kresge Auditorium. From his greeting to his band introductions, he found a way to turn everything into a song that somehow worked together, highlighting his musical talents. McFerrin, best known for his song, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” and 10 Grammy awards, visited DePauw as part of the Judson and Joyce Green Guest Artist Series. The series provides not only DePauw students and faculty but also the surrounding community the opportunity to attend concerts and performances they may not otherwise be able to. This year the series has brought in artists such as Fernando Otero and Chanticleer. Mark McCoy, dean of the school of music, explained that he brought McFerrin to DePauw because of his appeal to the entire student body. “Bobby McFerrin is one of, if not the, most creative musician on the planet,” McCoy said in email. “A 10-time Grammy winner, he is an amazing, well-loved musician. I thought he would be an excellent choice for students in the College of Liberal arts as well as those in the School of Music. I also felt he would be great for our community since he was doing the “Sprityouall” tour and everyone loves American spirituals.” First-year Jerald Parks believes the series is a good opportunity for the campus and the surrounding community. “I think with guest artists like that, and some even better, the students and surrounding community would enjoy being able to come and watch an amazing performer like Bobby McFerrin for a great, low price,” Parks said. McFerrin, who is the son of Metropolitan Opera baritone Robert McFerrin and Sara Copper, a voice teacher, grew upsurrounded by music. McFerrin’s latest album, “Spirityouall,” was the main focus of his DePauw performance. The album highlights one of his greatest influences, his spirituality.
Songs such as “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” and “Fix Me Jesus” appear both on McFerrin’s latest album and on the album of another one of his greatest influences, his father. In addition to some songs that his father also performed, McFerrin’s youngest daughter, Madison, sang vocals, making the event a family affair. The relaxed manner of the show from the lack of set list to the conversational way McFerrin talked as he decided which song to play next made Kresge Auditorium feel as if he just decided to perform in your living room. The feeling of family filled every aspect of the show. McFerrin’s concert was far from just a selection of songs. Even when talking to the audience McFerrin entertained. Many times he would be so caught up in his performance, laughing along with the band followed by a “We’re good” or a sung “Hey everybody.” He described the stage as a “platform for adventure,” which seemed to be a theme for the show. Crowd favorites from the performance include some of McFerrin’s original songs as well as his impressive improvisation skills. First-year Eylie Buehler and Parks both remarked about how much they enjoyed the concert. “One of my favorite parts is when [McFerrin] totally improvised a two minute song from an inaudible comment someone in the audience made,” Parks said. “It was pretty funny and spectacular.” Another highlight was the crowd participation that McFerrin encouraged. “The way that [McFerrin] encouraged the audience to perform with him was really cool,” first-year Carrie Robinson said. As McFerrin was performing “He’s got the Whole World in His Hands,” he invited three members of the audience to sing with him on stage. The evening later revealed that McFerrin was not the only one in the room with improvisation skills when he invited two more audience members to join him in a musical riff session. McCoy said that seeing some of his students perform with McFerrin was “the highlight of the evening...what an incredible opportunity.”
At the end of the concert, both McFerrin and his band said their good nights and walked off stage. People thought that was the end of the night, but as the crowd rose to leave, McFerrin appeared again to answer questions from the audience. McFerrin answered every question with warmth, making each member of the audience feel as if they were having a conversation with their father. People’s questions ranged from an eager child asking about the grapes McFerrin had brought from backstage to about where he finds his spirituality. McFerrin didn’t lost sight of the fun energy that flowed through the concert when answering these questions. He offered grapes to his youngest admirer and spoke to not only his spiritual beliefs, but also how they have helped him and his music. The night ended with McFerrin showing his ability to interact with audiences and perform on the spot when he brought the band back out for a rendition of “Glory, Glory” after a member of the audience shouted the request from the balcony of Kresge. Much like his rendition of “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” “Glory, Glory” took on a few genres and changed with the artists and the crowd. The next concert in the Green Guest Artist Series is The Fifth House Ensemble on Sunday, May 11 at 3 p.m.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
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THE DEPAUW | Editorial Board
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
The Boulder, graduation and living in the moment
Abby Margulis | Editor-in-Chief Nettie Finn | Managing Editor Leann Burke | Chief Copy Editor
DANIEL CHEN
Student Government elections on the horizon, be informed and use your vote Getting voters to voting booths is a national problem, a microcosm of which can be seen on our very own campus. Last year’s 2013 elections included the Virginia governor’s race, the New Jersey governor’s race, the New York City mayor’s race, the Houston mayor’s race, the Atlanta mayor’s race, the Boston mayor’s race, the Detroit mayor’s race, the Pittsburgh mayor’s race and the Seattle mayor’s race. According to colorlines.com, the highest turnout for any of these races was in Seattle, where 57 percent of the voting public picked up an “I voted” sticker and elected Ed Murray, the city’s first openly gay mayor. Far more commonly, however, turnout was down. The Houston mayor’s race saw only 13 percent of the public vote and in Atlanta the numbers weren’t much better, at 15 percent turnout. According to the New York Times, on Election Day last year, November 6, 2013, the turnout was 24 percent, which set a record low for the city. The previous low of 28 percent was set in 2009. Even the 2012 presidential election barely managed to break the 50 percent mark, coming in at 57.5 percent—a decrease from the 2008 election turnout of 62.3 percent. Unfortunately, the national trend of apathy is a problem on DePauw’s campus as well. In 2012, only about 50 percent of the DePauw student body voted during the Student Government elections. Voter turnout numbers for the 2013 Student Government elections could not be found. This editorial board feels that these numbers are unacceptable. We are a small liberal arts college, ranked highly on lists of colleges and universities nationwide. We, as DePauw students, are primed to be leaders in the world outside of the “DePauw bubble.” If we can’t bring ourselves even to take approximately five minutes out of our day to get on e-services and vote for our students leaders, how much are we contributing to choosing leaders on a local, state or national level? Being an active member of your community should start now. Be informed about who is running for what and what their platforms are. Do the research, go to debates, get involved and when the time comes, vote. Apathy will never create change. Your vote counts, use it.
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End of year housing policy burden to students and parents NICOLE DECRISCIO
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s the end of semester draws near, finals inch their way closer. And so does the added stress of moving out. The current housing policy requires that students living in university owned housing, with the exception of graduating seniors and those participating in graduation, be checked out by 6 p.m. on the Thursday of finals week. The last final ends Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. By requiring students to check out immediately after the last final, students, especially those who have a final on the last day, have to choose between studying and packing up their belongings throughout the days before. The university provides a study day prior to the first final of spring semester. To me, this day, in which there are no classes, signifies the university’s desire to have students succeed on their finals. But the success is compromised immediately because students have to make sure that their belongings are ready to go in addition to working towards their goal of doing well on finals. But if the forced selection between studying and packing is not enough to warrant a change in the policy, perhaps the burden that the policy places on parents is. Not all students have a car on campus, and even if they do, their parents still might need come to campus to help them move out. My friend certainly can’t fit her mini fridge into a Chevy Cobalt. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2012 averages, 82 percent of single job holders work during the week
as opposed to 31 percent who worked on the weekends. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also maps out what percentage of employed people work at what time. The map shows that 80 percent or more of all employed persons were working between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. These statistics show that if a student needs his or her parents’ help moving out and they live more than three hours from campus, the parents will have to miss work to get their child moved out by DePauw’s deadline. A lot of DePauw students are from cities more than three hours away: Fort Wayne, Ind., Chicago (or the surrounding suburbs) or St. Louis. Each of these locations is between three and four hours from DePauw. Parents from these areas would not arrive at DePauw until somewhere between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Without leaving work early, parents couldn’t make it to DePauw in time for the mandatory check out, let alone have time to actually move their kids. Let’s assume the parents leave work early and drive the three plus hours to move their child out by DePauw’s deadline. Since move-out day is a Thursday, the parents would then have to drive home and go to work the next day. That’s at least six hours in the car in one day. I’m tired after three hours in the car. The last thing I want to do the day after moving out is go to work. I’d wager most parents feel the same. True, students can apply for an extension until 9 a.m. the next day, which would be great except the next day is Friday, and that’s also a work day. Instead, the mandatory check-out day should be a Saturday. Since no finals are on Friday spring semester, students would no longer have to choose between studying and packing. Since the check out day would be on a weekend, parents would no longer have to choose between helping their child move out and working. Everyone paying the $51,340 to attend DePauw ($54,025 next year) wins. -DeCriscio is a sophomore philosophy major from Fort Wayne, Ind.
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ften times we become slaves to the shackles of numbers: calculating, counting up and counting down. A few examples include counting up money, calculating grade point averages and, perhaps the most priceless of all, counting down time. There are thirty-one days until graduation. There are twenty-eight days until the completion of another DePauw University semester. There are fifteen days until the end of classes. There is one day before the weekend. Are humans preconditioned, inherently inclined or destined to head down the path of eternal counting? In reality, will there be a better tomorrow by wondering if time will be different on the other side of thirty-one? Wishing the days away and hoping for a better tomorrow is exponentially easier to accomplish
than making today better than tomorrow. When our lives are at odds with our wishes, we feel the everlasting sentiment that things should have been better yesterday. However, is that really the way we wish to continue living? It is not living at all if a conscious, autonomous decision is made to sit through the day passively, wishing with the luck of a four-leaf clover for life to simply pass by handing out good fortune at random. I propose a challenge—in some respects, similar to a daily boulder run. Live in the moment. When the first snowflake, ahead of the pack, gently floats to the ground after an elegant tangle with gravity, DePauw students run naked to the boulder. The real challenge is to live in the moment the first snowflake falls everyday. Do not wait complacently for the alarm of winter signaled by a rush of snowflakes. Dash alongside your friends with your arms stretched out reaching as far as possible to grasp the boulder. Live in the moment. Think of clothes as only physical representations of your insecurities. Strip them off and sprint naked of your vulnerabilities to the boulder in a better day. No longer should our “clothes” mask our ability to make today the better day for which
we have been yearning so long. Think of the boulder as the manifestation of everything you’ll miss after graduation. Grasp the boulder with your fingers. Make sure you hold on tight because it is other side of thirty-one days. It is the other-side of twenty-eight. It is the other side of fifteen. Live in the moment. It may be a painful experience pushing forward towards the finish line, while fighting the obstacles of hand cramps and anxiousness through a midterm. Or it may be more pleasurable; maybe it’s your last Little Five. Perhaps it’s even the last time you sit on a friend’s bed before you part ways for just the summer. Regardless, I would rather experience nostalgia for something that I’ve lost due to living in the moment than feel nostalgic for something that I have not yet lost, and will not lose unless I have the courage to grab it in the first place.
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PHOTOPINION Where can DePauw expand the use of the Tigercard “DPU points” in Greencastle? “Expand DPU Points to be able to be used at the bookstore and Starbucks.”
GABRIELLE DUONG, SOPHOMORE “DPU Points should be able to be used at Dairy Castle!”
– Chen is a sophomore sociology major from New York City. opinion@thedepauw.com
HANNAH PAIST, FIRST-YEAR
Cost of a resume: competing to get the job TYLER DAVIES
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f education is competitive, getting a job is even more competitive. Most college students are pressured to join clubs, to play on teams and to take on leadership positions. We’re told that travel experience, studying abroad and having an internship or two will set us ahead. All of this, of course, on top of your degree of choice from whatever school you were accepted to. Each of these in and of itself takes some type of competition—and a LOT of money. Most of us at DePauw University are willing to take on the competition. We accepted it back in grade school, and we knew it wouldn’t be easy. I’ve discovered though, that many of my peers and I had no idea how much it would cost. This brought into light a whole new type of competi-
tion, a financial one. If your loans aren’t consumed by tuition, maybe they’ll help you pay for the experiential learning we’ve all been told is vital. If you’re lucky, workstudy, family or possibly a part-time job can make it happen. Gaining the finances necessary to accept internships or partake in study-abroad, experiences which I’ve been told are crucial in the competitive job market, can be a struggle. There may be a lot of resources and aid available for those who cannot afford to egregiously fill the Education, Experience and Skills sections of their resumes, but it can take twice the work, an achievement that’s left off of the resume. For instance, as an art student, I often struggle to afford all the supplies I need to complete my projects. For a double major, it’s nearly impossible to hold a job on the side, and for athletes, partaking in international travel generally isn’t an option. Therefore, I think it’s very important for students, especially those of a lower socioeconomic status, to think critically about which experiences will benefit them most—personally and professionally. Make sure you know why you’re working so hard; make sure it’s worth it. One great experience could make it worthwhile.
In my experience, an unpaid internship turned out to be much more worthwhile than a sought after winter term experience abroad. The internship didn’t sound as exciting; however, in the end, it was much more rewarding. I very much enjoyed my winter terms, but I hadn’t thought them through enough. For my last winter term, I ended up planning my own trip, which was the most rewarding of all. Plan accordingly and know what you want to achieve. This way, you’ll quickly gain the experience, skills and education you need to do what you love regardless of your financial situation. –Davies is a senior Prindle intern from Greencastle, Ind. opinion@thedepauw.com
“DPU Points at Walmart would be great.”
JINYI XIE, JUNIOR “Walmart would be nice so that we can purchase goods that are not necessarily available at the Den and on campus.” MICHAEL DOLIVERIA, JUNIOR JACKSON MOTE / THE DEPAUW
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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
Depth propels DePauw
Senior golfer Charlie Castino men’s tennis past Wabash leading golfers in final season By CHRIS DICKOW sports@thedepauw.com
The 23rd-ranked DePauw Tigers men’s tennis team took down the Wabash College Little Giants 8-1 on Wednesday in North Coast Atlantic Conference. The win boosted the Tigers to 12-6 overall, and a perfect 3-0 in the conference. The Tigers came out strong by sweeping all three doubles matches. Seniors Sam Miles and Ben Kopecky led the charge in the number-one doubles match with an 8-3 win over Wabash’s Wade Miller and Michael Makio. Junior Eric Vannatta and sophomore Alec Kaczkowski followed with a victory of the same score in the number-two doubles match over Mark Troiano and Graham McMullen. Firstyears Pat Farrell and Harold Martin rounded out the the group with an 8-5 triumph over Wabash’s Nate Koelper and Mazin Hakim. Kopecky credits top to bottom contributions to the team’s success on Wednesday. “With the depth we have comes confidence in the strength of the guys at the lower end of the lineup and their ability to pull out big wins for us,” Kopecky said. “Because of that, we are a little bit hungrier this year. We know we have a ton of potential and if we get hot we can surprise a lot of teams.” The dominance continued in the singles matches, with four of the five victories coming in straight sets. Senior number-one Sam Miles defeated Wade Miller (6-3, 6-0), and firstyear number-four Pat Farrell trounced Nate Koelper (6-2, 6-1). Then, junior number-five Chris Bertolini defeated Graham McMullen
(6-1, 6-3), and senior number-six Joe Collins topped Mazin Hakim (6-3, 6-1). Farrell was satisfied with the true team effort against a competitive conference rival. “We were very focused and everyone played well at every spot,” Farrell said. “We knew Wabash was going to be really excited to play us, so we had to match their intensity and we did that well.” The Tigers split the matches that went into a third set, with number-two Kopecky defeating Makio 6-1, 6-4, 1-0 (10-2), and numberthree Kaczkowski coming up short against Troiano 6-2, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7). Although Kaczkowski dropped his singles match in a competitive third set, he was happy with the team’s overall effort and hopes to carry the momentum over to their next conference match against Denison University. “It’s good to get a win over a tough conference opponent and is definitely a confidence boost for Denison this weekend,” Kaczkowski said. Denison boasts an 11-5 record overall, including a perfect 2-0 record in conference play. The Tigers have their work cut out for them, considering that the Big Red have won their previous two matches by a combined score of 15-0. They go head-to-head Saturday in a match hosted by the Tigers. The match is the final conference meeting before the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, which kicks off next Friday in Granville, Ohio and is hosted by upcoming opponent Denison. The Tigers look to carry their momentum through the rest of the season to end the year on a high note.
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Even in loss, women's lacrosse sees gains against Wittenberg
By MICHAEL JENNINGS
By ERIC ST. BERNARD
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Four years ago, Charlie Castino began his DePauw University golf career. He has been the program’s rock ever since. Now in his final season with the Tigers, Castino can add a runner-up finish at The Big Four Classic tournament at Crooked Stick Golf Club to his list of accomplishments on the green. The Big Four Classic proved to be a defining moment in Castino’s career, as he finished one over par for the tournament and took home second place while also leading DePauw to the team title over Butler University, Hanover College and Wabash College. The Tigers defeated second place Butler by five strokes in the event. “For me, personally, my best moment was probably winning at Crooked Stick because my dad and brother were able to be there with me,” Castino said. Apart from winning the Big Four Classic, Castino has had solid finishes in each of the spring tournaments of his final season. “My senior year has been the best year so far,” Castino said. “I am playing the best I have played since I came to DePauw. As a team we have a really good group of guys and have a good chance to go to nationals. “ Notable finishes for Castino this season include 22nd at the Millsaps Collegiate Tournament out of 69 participants as well as 43rd out of 158 participants at the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate. First-year Oliver Mauk noted the senior’s consistency. “He’s the most consistent player we have,” said Mauk. “That’s why he’s always our top player every week.” Castino’s performance and leadership prevailed throughout his four years. Castino has tried to be a positive example for his teammates and set a good example. “Overall my DePauw career has been a great experience,” Castino said. “We have definitely had our ups and downs, but I am proud of the improvements I have made individually and the direction our team is headed.” Since he began playing at DePauw, the golf team has undergone two coaching changes and several players have left the team. “The upperclassmen and myself have faced a lot of different situations and policy changes,” said Castino. “Through what we have done and experienced, the program is going to run smoother for the younger guys and guys to come.”
This past Wednesday night, the DePauw University Tigers women’s lacrosse team traveled to Springfield, Ohio, where they took on the NCAC first-place Wittenberg University Tigers. Despite a valiant effort, DePauw was handed its eighth loss of the 2014 season, losing 25-12. Considering Wittenberg stands at 10-2 overall and 6-0 in NCAC competition, DePauw was not disappointed by their outcome. “I thought we played pretty well even though the scoreboard didn’t look great,” said sophomore attacker Elizabeth McCracken. “We were confident
CHARLIE CASTINO
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First-year Evan Atkinson commented on the leadership of the upperclassmen. “They make coming to practice a lot of fun every day. They’re really good teammates, and they’ve been pretty
“Overall my DePauw career has been a great experience. We have definitely had our ups and downs, but I am proud of the improvements I have made individually and the direction our team is headed.” - Charlie Castino, senior
welcoming to the young guys on the team,” said Atkinson.” Castino and the Tigers are back in action on Wednesday when they take on the Little Giants of Wabash College at Crawfordsville Country Club. Following that event, the Tigers will move on to the NCAC Conference Championships beginning on Saturday, April 26.
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“There are definitely things that we could have improved on in yesterday's game against Wittenberg,” said junior Carey Kunz, “but with them being the top ranked team, I think we gave them a good fight and were able to get more goals on them than we had expected.” -Carey Kunz, junior
going out there.” McCracken scored four of the Tigers’ 12 goals, including three in the last 12 minutes of the contest. Joining McCracken on the Tigers scoreboard was junior Carey Kunz, who netted three goals, and fellow classmate Jamie Powell had two. A pair of freshmen, Emily Scinta and Taylor Summers, each scored one goal to round out DePauw’s twelve goals. Scoring 12 goals against Wittenberg was no small feat. The last time the top-ranked team lost a game was a March 27, double overtime match against the University of Mount Union Purple Raiders. For DePauw, a team that was only officially established a season ago, they feel they are stepping in the right direction. “There are definitely things that we could have improved on in yesterday's game against Wittenberg,” said junior Carey Kunz, “but with them being the top ranked team, I think we gave them a good fight and were able to get more goals on them than we had expected.” Kunz and Powell make up half of the juniors on the Tigers squad, with the lone senior midfielder
Amy Clark. Powell, who was third in team goals in 2013, has seen great progress in her Tigers team since two years ago, when they were only a club team. “The team work’s a lot better, and we’re getting to know the game,” said Powell. “Over half the team are freshmen, and we’re getting players who have never played [lacrosse] used to the sport. Last year, we came out well as a first year program compared to a lot of teams. Now, almost every coach from the opposing team congratulates us on how far we’ve come.” Most of the team thinks that as far as they have come, they still have a long way to go. Since the majority of the team is freshman players, including their goalie Liz Hawkins, the women hope to continue growing into an NCAC contender. The team currently stands at 2-4 in NCAC competition, with their two wins coming in the seasonopener against the College of Mt. St. Joseph and a 14-13 nail biter home appearance against Oberlin College. Nevertheless, the team needs to get better outcomes in order to appear in post-season competition. As they are well aware, it starts with confidence. “I think being such a new team playing teams that have been around for a few years, we’ve had problems staying positive,” said McCracken. “Other than that we’ve been doing pretty well.” Even with the loss, McCracken and several other leaders thought last Wednesday’s matchup against Wittenberg was a step toward building that confidence. The Tigers now know that if they could compete with the 10-2 Wittenberg Tigers, they should be able to matchup against anyone in their Conference. They hope to take this mentality into this Saturday’s home conference game against Allegheny College. “The most important thing going into our game Saturday against Allegheny is to keep up the communication on the field and to be confident in how we play,” said Kunz. “Knowing that we have been able to compete and beat established teams in our conference such as Oberlin.” Saturday’s matchup against Allegheny begins at noon and will take place at DePauw University’s Boswell Field.
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hometown: ST. LOUIS, MISS. sport:BASEBALL Before sophomore outfielder Connor Einertson stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Tigers’ first game of a double header against the Wabash Little Giants last weekend, he never had a college home run. On Saturday, Einertson wasted no time at the plate, swinging on the first pitch he saw for a three-run walk-off home run to beat the Little Giants. The DePauw Sports caught up with Einertson, this week’s Tiger of the Week. Here’s what he had to say:
TDP Sports: Being a sophomore, what is the biggest difference between this year and last? CE: This year we have young guys stepping into big roles. There were big pinch hits. Last year we had senior pitchers, now we’re experimenting and finding what roles certain pitchers are. Last year it took us longer to get going, but nothing has changed in terms of our will to win. Everyone works hard, whether on or off the field. TDPS: Take me back to this weekend. You step up to the plate in the eighth inning. What is going through your head? What about after the hit? CE: Before I came to bat, it was Colin [Henry] that got warmed. I assumed they would bring in their specialty pitcher, who was right around the strike ball. I knew I would get a manageable ball to hit, and I knew in that position I had to be aggressive. The first pitch he threw, I took a hard swing at. There wasn’t a lot to think about from then, I saw it going up and had
a good feeling going around first. It was my first college home run, and one of the most fun days of baseball for the entire team. TDPS: Hailing from St.Louis, what made you decide on DePauw University? CE: When I played with guys that went to my high school, we were back-to-back champions. I saw the same fight with DePauw. I knew there was talent on the field, and I liked the feel for the program, and DePauw in general. TDPS: What is needed to get a good seed in the NCAC Tournament? CE: It’s very important that we win next week at Denison. It was big, sweeping Ohio Wesleyan, and it would’ve been nice to sweep Wabash, but they’re a good team as well. Everyone in our conference is sub-.500 so everyone has a shot. But the home game against Wittenberg will be a big deciding factor.