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DePauw Student Government Parliamentarian Majorie Daily, alongside Vice President Mark Fadel, introduces candidates Mike Curts, Stefani Cleaver, Walker Chance, and Olivia Flores during the Presidential Debate in Meharry Wednesday afternoon. Flores attended the debate via skype from Buenos Aires, Argentina. All candidates are rising seniors, and elections will be held on eservices from April 25-27. SUNNY STRADER / THE DEPAUW By ALEX PAUL news@thedepauw.com

Student body presidential candidates took the stage in Meharry Hall on Wednesday evening to debate issues for the next academic year before voting began Thursday. Approximately thirty people attended the debate. Olivia Flores skyped in from Buenos Aires to help her running mate Walker Chance debate Mike Curts and Stefani Cleaver. Each pair had two minutes to answer questions proctored by Majorie Daily, who stood between the two teams. The first question was the only one candidates knew before the debate began. A coin toss determined who answered the first question. “Why do you want to be student body pres-

ident and vice president?” Daily asked. Curts and Cleaver, winning the coin toss, spoke first. They said in the weeks leading to the debate they spoke to many students in various places on campus. Talking to as many students, Curts and Cleaver said, produces concrete ideas for campus. Flores’ head loomed large over Daily as Chance gave the first half of the opening statement. “What gets to the heart of me is that students like all of you can meet their potential,” Chance said. The remaining questions came from submissions by students. Daily asked the candidates how they would better improve relationships between National Pan-Hellenic Council, Interfraternity Council,

Multicultural Greek Council and Panhellenic Association. Improving communication between the different greek councils would improve attendance at events and unity on campus, Chance said. “We want to make sure organizations have a space to meet,” Chance said. “Improving communication between organizations is a key point for us.” Curts discussed a plan to highlight one organization per week to get rid of some of the flyer overload students notice on campus. By having one organization in the spotlight for the week, Curts believes attendance to events

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The deserted Sonic Drive-In on Rt. 231 will open its doors early this summer as a Dairy Queen franchise. Mayor Sue Murray said the owners of the building recently had their layout design released from the state, and they hope the restaurant will open by June 1. According to City Planner Linda Dunbar, the Sonic was only open for one season of business. She said she believes part of its failure was due to the fact that central Indiana weather conditions are not fit for a mostly drive-in restaurant. “We have pretty harsh winters, short springs, short falls and hot summers,” Dunbar said. “And if it’s really hot who wants to sit and eat in their car?” Dunbar said she thinks that Dairy Queen will be a good new option for food services in the community and will not hurt any of the other local businesses. “It’s just one of those things that keeps competition going,” said Dunbar. Dairy Castle owner Rob Best is confident in his customer loyalty, and also thinks that the competition will benefit the community. “I think [the opening of Dairy Queen is] a good thing because it’s showing that the economy is coming back,” Best said. “Usually when competitive companies get together it increases business for both if they’re good companies.” General Manager of Charlie’s Chill and Grill Mark Benassi is staying optimistic about Dairy Queen’s opening and does not seem worried about it taking business away either. “Competition is good,” Benassi said. “It’s just the little guy against corporate America. That’s basically what it’s boiled down to.” Charlie’s, which opened on March 1, is owned by Putnam County Comprehensive Services. Benassi said he thinks the business’s individuality will keep it going strong. “We work mainly with the mentally and physically impaired, and what we’re doing is the first of its kind,” Benassi said. “We’re hoping that the community gets behind us.” In addition, Benassi expressed confidence in the two businesses varying food options as a factor that will help maintain customer loyalty. “My quality of ice cream is much better than [Dairy Queen’s],” Benassi said. “I know that for a fact. And of course I offer different sandwiches than they do. So it’s two different

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“Being available isn’t necessarily enough. People won’t necessarily come up to you,” Cleaver said. “That face to face communication will help get the concerns across.” The final question posed to the candidates after approximately a half hour of debate was why they would make a better president and vice president. “What DePauw needs is two experienced, open leaders,” Flores said. Chance echoed Flores. “Our goals are very well thought out,” Chance said. Curts and Cleaver had the last word in the debate. “We’re not the only idea people,” Curts said. “We can’t guarantee that everything you ask for will be put into action, but I can guarantee we will listen.” Voting ends Saturday night.

Senior gift drive aims to start lifelong tradition of alumni gifts By PANYIN CONDUAH news@thedepauw.com

As the Class of 2013 approaches its final weeks, DePauw’s Advancement team is encouraging seniors to give back to the university through the senior gift drive, which will help future students of DePauw. The senior gift drive is a way that DePauw’s advancement team reaches out to seniors and asks them to participate in Annual Fund donations. The idea is to host special senior events where seniors can enjoy themselves in a comfortable setting and give their first gifts to the university. Associate Director of Annual Giving, Matthew Mascioli, organizes the drive with the help of senior gift drive interns, Colin Chocola and Megan McGowan, and senior representatives from various organizations. “The senior gift drive is mainly about participation, so it’s not important how much money we raise necessarily,” McGowan said. “It’s more important how much of the senior class partici-

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that otherwise only get attended by members of the organization that put it on could be improved. DePauw’s Student Government created a new position for next year—vice president of Community Relations. Both sets of candidates discussed how they envisioned using the new position to bring Greencastle and DePauw closer together. “We want to make sure students go out and go to Greencastle community service events. To just know each other more, because that’s something we don’t have,” Cleaver said. Within DePauw’s community, communication needs to become more prevalent in order to move forward to make concrete change. “All students can work together to build better

community and climate, and we look forward to doing that,” Flores said. Daily asked the candidates how, if elected, they would concretely improve the school during their term. “The student concerns committee its already in place it’s there. We need to advertise it better,” Chance said. Chance said he and Flores would make themselves available for students to bring their concerns to them in the new space created for student government in the former Hub. “The idea that students can come there and discuss ideas they deem pertinent in a safe space,” Chance said. “But it was not successful. Having that organizational space will make it more successful.” Curts and Cleaver have a similar method to Chance and Flores, but would openly seek out student opinion.

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pates.” In the fall, the team also used tabling around campus to promote “Tuition Run-out week” to inform students about how much the university relies on private support. “The gift is funding these scholarships making sure people could go here and funding winter term and other factors like that,” Chocola said. Chocola and McGowan strive to plan events around times that are convenient for seniors so that more students partake in the cause. “We looked at the audience, we looked at how we could target a majority of people on certain nights,” McGowan said. “It is very hard to host events when people are so busy doing things that they might not already be doing.” These events are held at places where seniors spend their downtime, such as The Duck and Hoods and Capers. The team also encourages seniors to donate as they attend senior traditions like picking up their cap and gowns and during graduation weekend at DePauw Under the Stars.

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“From a sheer numbers perspective, the Class of 2013 is one of the largest classes to ever graduate from DePauw, which means that it takes more donors to get to 85 percent than it did for the Class of 2012,” Lindsay Stegman said, director of annual giving. Currently 60 percent of the class of 2013 has participated in the Senior gift drive. Stegman is positive the class of 2013 could surpass the class of 2012’s participation rate of 85 percent because of the size of this year’s senior class. Senior Austin Livsay disagrees with the approach that the gift drive takes to get seniors to come out and donate. Livsay expressed his thoughts of the recent senior banquet where students were asked to donate in order to receive an official invitation. “It just feels like its just classist. An elitist group it’s not something I want to be a part of,” Livsay said. Senior Tina Galindo also said that she ignored her emails from the senior gift fund because at the time she was underage and unable to attend senior gift drive bar night events.

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“The way that they portray it could be differently,” Galindo said. “To include all of the students so nobody would feel left out.” The team encourages students to give any amount they’re comfortable with in order to increase the participation rate of the senior class. The team is also planning upcoming events to include the school of music and an international student event. Seniors Henry Dambanemuya and Kalpesh Mehta see the drive an opportunity to leave their mark on the university. “It’s also a good way for seniors who are about to graduate to keep connected with the university by donating money it shows your commitment to the university,” Mehta said. Dambanemuya agrees. “Everyone has a role to play in giving back,” Dambanemuya said. “But as seniors who are about to graduate and give to DePauw I think it’s their opportunity to say thank you for what they’ve received during their four years here.”

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Debate Society discusses pros and cons of greek system from alcohol and sexual violence.” Alcohol and sexual violence could also be viewed as a culture problem. The party environment of schools without greek systems and the consumption of alcohol in bars also have high risk environments. “Rapes are not mutually exclusive to fraternities,” freshman Mickey Terlep, said. The greek life members are more likely to become distracted by alcohol an irrelevant argument. “Numbers prove that greeks have higher

“There are more hospital visits, but greek life is shrinking,” “Alcohol use is rising, but it doesn’t seem to be connected.” - Matt Piggins, freshman

Audience members participate in discussion during the “The Greek System Has Done More Harm Than Good” in Peeler Auditorium on Thursday evening. THUY NGUYEN / THE DEPAUW’

The controversy surrounding greek life was brought into the public sphere in a debate in Peeler Auditorium Thursday night. “Mostly it’s discussed behind closed doors; it’s very rare to come talk about it in a public setting,” junior Ronnie Kennedy said when he began the debate. Debate Society faculty adviser Geoff Klinger opened the event. Senior Jimmy Kirkpatrick, Debate Society president, moderated. The debaters were split up into government and opposition teams, and each debater gave a timed response.

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life is shrinking,” freshman Matt Piggins said. “Alcohol use is rising, but it doesn’t seem to be connected.” Members of fraternities and sororities record higher GPAs according to Piggins. But they are far more likely to be distracted by alcohol, sophomore Alex Parker said. Twenty-five percent of independents say they are distracted from their schoolwork by alcohol, but the percentage was half of that of greeks. In addition, 70-90 percent of rapes on college campuses occur within fraternities. “Although there are benefits to greek life, it needs to be about brotherhood,” Parker said. “There needs to be a complete transformation in conversations. The topics need to go away

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Some of the problems addressed were alcohol and sexual violence in fraternities. It’s no secret that the current freshman class produced the largest number of hospital transports in DePauw’s history. How much of an influence Greek life had on this situation was one of the points debated. “Greek culture romanticizes alcohol in a unique way,” Kennedy said, citing instances of upperclassmen influence at parties and what is subsequently perceived to be status quo behavior in fraternities. Others believe that the spike in alcohol consumption doesn’t appear to correlate to Greek culture. “There are more hospital visits, but greek

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GPAs on campus and around the country,” Terlep said. “So the academia argument doesn’t hold.” Klinger said he thought greek life “seemed like the greatest system in the world” while he was at college, but as a parent his perspective changed. “Alcohol is a very serious issue on college campuses,” Klinger said. “All kind of partying takes place…I’m also concerned about the misogyny issue.” This event hoped to spark campus-wide conversation on the qualities and problems of greek life.

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Next phase of Stellar Grant projects to begin this summer By NICOLE DECRISCIO news@thedepauw.com

Members of both the DePauw and Greencastle communities gathered in city hall Wednesday night to hear Mayor Sue Murray speak about updates on the Stellar grant community projects. DePauw has reaped multiple benefits from the Stellar grant, including the building of Starbucks and the new bookstore, as well as the reconstruction of the Anderson street entrance. The next phase of action will focus on improving downtown Greencastle. The overarching goal, with various projects that have ranged from moving the university bookstore downtown to road reconstruction and adding streetscapes, is to make Greencastle “the next great college town” by making the downtown area a dining and commerce center for the city and college alike. Murray noted the need to make stronger connections between the university and the city, especially because Murray estimates that DePauw brings about 60,000 people to Greencastle a year. The first phase of the grant projects was the

relocation of the bookstore and the renovations on Anderson Street. “It’s proven to be a very successful move,” Murray said of the relocation of the bookstore. While the first phase of the projects seemed to be university focused, the next phase of the projects is centered on downtown Greencastle. The first of these projects will occur over the summer. “You’re going to be seeing sidewalk construction and traditional streetscaping on Washington Street from Vine Street to the traffic light at Bloomington Street,” Murray said. The construction will widen the sidewalks, create better drainage and add lighting that will match lighting that has already been placed downtown. In 2014, reconstruction of Indiana Street between Washington Street and Seminary Street will begin in order to fix the approximately seven inch pitch in the road. “We’re actually going to widen the sidewalks from Washington Street to the alley that’s there,” Murray said. The goal is to create enough space on the sidewalks along Indiana Street near Starbucks

and Downtown Café for these two businesses to have outdoor seating. However, the downfall of widening the sidewalk is the loss of parking spaces in an area. According to Murray, a solution would be to build a parking structure near the square. The city went before the board of Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority on April 25 with the hopes of having them release funds for the parking structure. If the structure is built, all parking in city lots will be free and parking on the square can be limited to two hours in an effort to accommodate those who visit the square for shopping or dining. In 2015, Vine Street from Washington Street to Seminary Street will be reconstructed as well. Additionally, the development of a new health clinic to combine the work of the Johnson Nichols Clinic and DePauw’s Wellness Center are in the planning stages. Murray hopes that this new health clinic will also include occupational medicine. “If anybody gets hurt [now], we’re sending them to Terre Haute or Danville,” Murray said. The university has been working alongside the city to make sure that the needs they have

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within the new health clinic are met. “We’re starting to do research alongside them as well to make sure that we make a thoughtful decision there,” Audra Blasdel, director of auxiliary services and community relations, said. Adam Cohen, men’s swim coach at DePauw and President of Greencastle Common Council noted something unique about how Greencastle has handled the money and work from the Stellar Grant. “Stellar has not stopped Greencastle from being Greencastle,” Cohen said. Cohen also expressed the need for Greencastle to work alongside the rest of Putnam County as a whole in order to meet countywide needs like reopening the humane society and the Away Home Shelter. “We have a lot of things that need to happen,” Murray said. Blasdel tries to keep this prospect in mind by posting a saying on her office’s dry erase board. “Stellar is not the answer,” Blasdel’s white board reads. “It is merely posing the question of what we will do next.”

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CAMPUSCRIME April 21 • Medical • Transported to Putnam County hospital | Time: 12:23 a.m. | Place: Delta Tau Delta fraternity • Criminal mischief / public intoxication / resisting law enforcement • Arrested: Cameron Huffman (non student) | Time: 12:29 a.m. | Place: East College Lawn • Alcohol violation • Released to custody of friend / forwarded to Community Standards | Time: 12:43 a.m. | Place: Beta Theta Pi parking lot

• Fire alarm • Smoke detector / false alarm | Time: 12:27 p.m. | Place: 503 S. Jackson St. • Suspicious person • Officer checked area / unable to locate subject | Time: 1:26 p.m. | Place: Locust Street • Suspicious person • Officer checked area / unable to locate subject | Time: 4:40 p.m. | Place: Locust and Howard Streets

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• Hazard — subjects on roof • Made contact with house representation / verbal warning issued | Time: 2:07 a.m. | Place: Alpha Tau Omega fraternity

• Suspicious activity • Made contact with house representative / verbal warning issued | Time: 2:46 a.m. | Place: Tennis & Track facility

• Medical • Transported to Putnam County hospital | Time: 12:23 a.m. | Place: Delta Tau Delta fraternity

• Theft of food •Forwarded to Community Standards | Time: 2:05 p.m. | Place: Union building

• Assist PCSD — traffic stop • PCSD took call | Time: 3:03 a.m. | Place: Seminary and Bloomington Streets

• Student concern • Student located off campus / checked okay | Time: 5:21 p.m. | Place: Off campus

April 22 • Criminal mischief to lights •Report filed / forwarded to facilities management | Time: 7:55 a.m. | Place: Alumni Office • Theft of iPhone — unsecured • Delayed report / under investigation | Time: 12:24 p.m. | Place: Delta Tau Delta fraternity

April 24 • Welfare check • Subject located / checked okay | Time: 9:00 a.m. | Place: Sigma Chi fraternity • Theft of laptop — unsecured • Pending | Time: 12:15 p.m. | Place: Roy O. West library

Independent film week features guest stars By NICOLE DECRISCIO news@thedepauw.com

After going on the Sundance and Slamdance Winter Term trip, senior Olivia Carmel was inspired to create an independent film week at DePauw. Slamdance is an annual independent film festival in Utah that features films made with budgets under a million dollars. “There’s rawness and honesty to [independent films] that Hollywood films can’t accomplish,” Carmel said. “I knew that other people at DePauw would enjoy it.” Although other films will be shown on Friday and Sunday night, Thursday night’s films included “Irene and Marie” by Alex Thompson ’12 and “The Dirties” by Matt Johnson. “Irene and Marie” is about two octogenarian Greek women and their friendship. Thompson says that the film is also about tradition. “I really wanted to humanize a population that we normally don’t talk about,” Thompson said. Freshman Grant Walters said that he was emotionally touched by Thompson’s piece. Johnson’s film, which shows friendship in another light, is about the pervasiveness of being a

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Corrections and Clarifications: In the Tuesday, April 23 issue of The DePauw, the story “North Quadrangle to be renamed” should have read “Timothy and Sharon Ubben” rather than “Timothy and Susan Ubben.”

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celebrity. In his film, the main character, played by Johnson, pretends that he is in a movie, a status he uses to justify his actions. “It’s about friendship and how friendship changes under stress,” Johnson said. The film “The Dirties” touches on sensitive topics such as bullying. “It was completely shocking,” Walters said. Both Thompson and Johnson were excited about the opportunity to come to DePauw: Thompson because it was a chance to return to campus, and Johnson because this was the first screening at a small liberal arts university. “I’ve screened the movie at a lot of different universities,” Johnson said. “This is the first small liberal arts college, and it was the one I was most excited about—more so than the film schools and bigger universities.” Johnson interest in film began with a Sony floppy disk camera that he used to shoot music videos with his friends to Busta Rhymes songs. Johnson hopes that his film will eventually inspire aspiring film makers, although he admits he does not if he has yet accomplished this. Walters offered one piece of advice for those who unable to attend the showing: “Try to seek it out.”

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Boston Marathon bombings hit close to home for some students By JACLYN ANGLIS investigative@thedepauw.com

When senior Estee Ward’s younger sister heard the first bomb go off at the Boston Marathon outside her Berklee College of Music dorm, she thought it was a firework. But when she heard the second one, which sounded a little differently, she knew something was wrong. Before the flag outside the Hub was lowered to half-mast following the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon, many DePauw students were feeling intense emotions about events happening nearly a thousand miles away from Greencastle. Some emotions hit close to home for some DePauw students, as they did for Ward. “I was in class when it happened,” Ward said. “When I got out of class I had a voicemail from my mom saying, ‘You probably heard by now what’s going on.’” When Ward listened to the whole voicemail and learned that bombs had gone off four blocks away from her sister’s dorm, she didn’t know how to process it. Her sister is 18 and at college for the first time,

a considerable distance away from family in Chicago. Ward knew she had to call her sister. It took Ward a while to reach her sister by phone since so many people were calling her. Once she was able to reach her, she heard her sister crying on the other end. “When something like that happens so close to one of your family members, you don’t really know how to feel,” Ward said. “And when the suspect was on the loose, that was also very terrifying.” Classes were canceled for the next few days, her sister had to stay in her dorm, and security was extremely heavy. “The National Guard was all up and down the street that she [walks] to class,” Ward said. Even so, Ward said that it was comforting to see the city rally the way it did and support its citizens as they shut down the city to look for the suspect. Though Ward is grateful that the suspect is now in custody and nothing tragic happened to her family, this event has heightened her awareness that devastating things can happen anytime. “There are students just like us that populate that city,” Ward said. “That city is so heavily populated by young people our age going to school, and they have so much ahead of them.”

Junior Emma Pence was actually in Boston when the bombings happened, and she went there specifically for the marathon, to see her brother-in-law run. Pence and some other family members walked through the finish line area about 30 minutes before the bombings. Since her brother-in-law had finished the race, they all went to a park that was a considerable distance away from the finish line. “I had a friend of mine from DePauw text me and ask me about explosions, and ask me if I was okay,” Pence said. “I had no idea what he was talking about.” Then she received a flood of texts and calls from her friends asking her if she was okay, since they had seen the bombing on the news. “It wasn’t until we got to the airport that same day that we saw it on TV, and then realized how bad it was,” Pence said. Pence said at baggage check and security, it took 30 minutes to get through the line when there were only about five people in front of her. Her flight was delayed for a few hours. When she actually got on the plane, she was nervous about someone placing a bomb on the Chicago-bound flight, especially since there were many runners on board. “Something that is usually so foreign that you

see on TV and you read about just [became] so real,” Pence said. Pence said she feels content for the people in Boston now that the suspect is in custody, but at that same time it does not erase what happened. “All you could think about was this horrible massacre, as opposed to the hard work and accomplishments you have made running,” she said of the athletes that ran. “So that was the saddest thing, that’s what all the runners took away from it.” Freshman Grace Flickinger’s father has ran the Boston Marathon about eight times before, and it scares her to think he could have been there on April 15. “Luckily a few days before, he had a hip replacement,” she said. “He couldn’t go and run.” Of the attacks, she said that she didn’t believe it at first when she heard the news. She feels better now, knowing that the suspect is in custody. But she says she’s still scared. “Anything like that – it can happen anywhere,” Flickinger said. Though many DePauw students have experienced many different emotions over the course of recent events in Boston, there’s no question that many now have heightened awareness of the possibility of such occurrences.

Celebrating Student Achievement Monday, April 29, 2013 Senior Showcase

Academic Awards Convocation

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8 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium

Learn about the outstanding work done by graduating seniors from majors all across campus: papers, performances, posters, readings and more

Honor academic award-winners, hear from Bess Evans ‘07, of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, and see President Brian W. Casey announce the recepient of the 2013 Walker Cup.

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MacArthur Genius George Saunders visits DePauw By SOPHIE HOFFMAN features@thedepauw.com

After his reading George Saunders opened his Q & A session telling the audience, “usually the first person to ask a question has the most sexual energy of anyone in the room.” With the same sense of humor Saunders, a New York Times bestselling writer of short stories, essays, novellas and children’s books, read a story entitled, “Victory Lap” from his newest collection of short stories, “The Tenth of Decemeber” in Meharry last Wednesday. He was introduced by English Professor, Emily Doak, who referred to him as “a genius” and “the Mark Twain of the new millennium.” Doak ended her speech with, “may we open ourselves to be enchanted.” Then Saunders took the stage and began to

read. Rather than depict characters from an onlooker’s perspective, the story actually gave a play by play of the thoughts going on inside each character’s heads. The story is centered around two teenagers, Alison and Kyle, who live in the suburbs and lead very sheltered lives. A third character is thrown into the mix: a rapist who tries to abduct Alison. Rather than simply shun this man and only depict him as the villain of the story, Saunders’s actually gives the readers access to his thoughts as well. The story ends with the two kids getting saved, and the rapist hurt on the sidewalk. While reading, Saunders constantly switched voices to help the audience members keep the different characters straight. His humor kept everyone’s rapt attention. “I thought that the reading was great,” sophomore Cassidy Stortz said. “His unique pauses and

changes of voice made the characters a lot more alive and made it more unique then if I had just read it myself.” Several classes have been studying Saunders’s work and brought their books to be able to read along with him. Although, Saunders came as part of The Kelly Writer Series, Doak organized the event. Doak felt that Saunders was a good choice because he presents a different mode of fiction than the previous authors that have come to speak in the past. “I felt like he would be a good choice because we haven’t had anyone who writes speculative fiction in a long time” Doak said. Doak said that the thing she admires most about Saunders is his ability to create a completely strange and surreal world, yet make it totally recognizable. “There’s something so human and so universal at the heart of his stories,” Doak said.

The ability to easily relate to Saunders’ stories, among other things, has made him wildly successful. He has published six books and won multiple awards including The MacArthur Fellowship, The World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction and The Lannan Literary Fellowship. Most recently, on April 17, Saunders received The PEN Malamud Short Story Award, an award given for excellence in short fiction. Then, on April 18, he was named 54th on Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people. Although his book reading was late on a Wednesday night, students still seemed very eager to come hear Saunders speak. Meharry was packed with students and faculty alike, and everyone seemed enthralled and mesmerized by his work. “He writes good fiction,” Doak said. “I don’t know what could be more inspiring than that.”

DePauw community ventures into new territory By ASHLEY ULLYOT features@thedepauw.com

Typically, when people hear the word “adopt,” they don’t think of adopting a grandparent. While, there are several service opportunities, sophomore and volunteer coordinator in the management fellows program, Hope Jordan and Elise Nguyen were inspired to create a new program, Adopt a Grandparent. As a result, students on campus have the option to have a grandparent and the elderly could have a grandchild. This is important because many members of the elderly community in Greencastle do not receive regular visitors. After joining the program in the fall, they were given permission to start service work this semester. The two heard from a friend that Hickory Creek, a senior citizen center in Greencastle, was looking for volunteers. After visiting the location, the girls fell in

love with the people: both the staff members and the elderly citizens. “We came up with the idea of pairing up with some of the elderly people because they are just so sweet and they don’t have a lot of people who visit them,” Jordan said. Adopt a Grandparent rapidly grew in popularity. At the onset of the program there were 52 volunteers for the 48 residence, meaning there were more volunteers present than residents, which Jordan was excited about. Some of the volunteers include sophomore Taz Kadam, sophomore Molly Wilder, sophomore Jake Weeks, junior Abigail Emmert, junior Mary Arnold, sophomore Vlad Stankov and sophomore Leann Burke. While the volunteers were present at the nursing home, they had no set agenda of activities and were assigned a grandparent. “A lot of people clicked with their grandparents,” Jordan said.

Her grandparent, Ester, enjoyed getting her nails painted. Other grandparents just wanted to talk to the volunteers or tell them stories about their lives. Even if the volunteers just came by for a weekly dinner, they were able to brighten the lives of the elderly. Last Sunday, Adopt a Grandparent threw its biggest event: senior prom. “We had a good turn out,” Nguyen said. “It was a good opportunity not just to get to know your grandparents a little bit better and have fun with them, but also a good opportunity to network with other DePauw students.” The event was similar to a high school prom. The elderly dressed up for the occasion and most of them danced, even if they were in wheelchairs. For students who wish to get involved, starting the process of adopting a grandparent is a simple one. “All you have to do is contact Hope Jordan, or if you know someone else who is in it, contact them,

and we can help get you set up,” Jake Weeks, a sophomore who volunteers for the program said. In the future, Jordan hopes that this program will become a yearly event. She noted that she is very thankful for the dedicated team of volunteers that she had this semester and is looking forward to having additional volunteers next semester. Jordan hopes to see a great turn out at that time While she is off campus next fall, a new volunteer coordinator will be in charge of the program. Although the program only lasted for eight weeks this semester, Weeks sees great potential in the program. “If anyone wants to [be involved,] and they couldn’t this semester,” Weeks said. “I’d say keep at it because there is always next semester, and it is so rewarding,” Overall, Jordan thinks that the program did its job by serving a portion of the Greencastle population that is, in a lot of ways, underserved.

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Greek life: good or bad? Thursday evening, The DePauw Debate Society held an event at Peeler Auditorium to discuss the affirmative and negative side of the statement “At DePauw the greek life system has caused more harm than good.” We here on the Editorial Board are here to throw in our two cents. (Full disclosure: All five members of this Editorial Board are or have been affiliated with greek organizations on campus.) Why the greek system is good: The greek system, undeniably, brings a large sum of money in from donors and alumni. Fraternities and sororities allow students to have one more strong connections to the school that they love, and thus when they get jobs and look back on their days at DePauw, they feel that much more attached to the place that educated them. The system at DePauw is unique. We are a small school with a large greek system, which allows the administration to have a firm handle on greek activities. In turn, this encourages the system to be inclusive. Fraternity parties are not invitation-only, like they are at many large schools. This, in theory, allows for more cross-over between greek students and non-greek students, in addition to the fact that DePauw doesn’t have a greek row. The houses are scattered across campus, forcing students from different parts of campus to consistently cross paths. Another argument against the system is fraternity parties. People say that greek organizations promote binge drinking, we say DePauw condones binge drinking. Pointing a finger at greek life for is like pointing a finger at McDonalds for obesity. It ignores other issues. There are problems with the greek system, yes. It is easy to blame such a large system for the issues at hand, however many of the problems in question would be present anyways, as they are a product of college culture. Why the greek system is bad: The problem with the greek system is that it condones behavior that would otherwise be deemed inappropriate or even dangerous. Binge drinking is the first issue that comes to mind. One could argue that this sort of excessive drinking is allowed if not encouraged at greek parties. While parties would probably exist anyways, at least party hosts wouldn’t have to pay dues in order to drink beer. In addition, hazing, a ritual common in fraternities, would also not be an issue if these houses weren’t present on campus. Many argue that the greek community provides leadership opportunities that would not be available otherwise. However, one could argue that if fraternity and sorority members were not spending so much time on greek events, they would have more opportunities to be leaders in organizations that perhaps have more meaningful causes – the environment, student government, code teal, or even in one of the three media departments. It is possible that the issues at DePauw are only perpetuated by such a large greek system. For the five of us the pros outweighed the cons. We ask that anyone consider both sides carefully before forming his or her opinion. email us at edboard@thedepauw.com

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Virtual stories during crisis: What to believe KELLY KILLPACK

ut-wrenching stories went viral on Facebook, Twitter and the like amidst the devastating news of the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, April 15. Online, perhaps you saw the image of a man cradling a woman’s head who had been injured from the bombings. The caption of this image read, “The man in the red shirt planned to propose to his girlfriend as she crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but she passed away… Most of us will never experience this amount of emotional pain.” The image had been shared on Facebook over 92,000 times by that Tuesday morning. But this woman didn’t die. This tragedy never happened. Social media breaks stories faster than we can even process actual events. In times of disaster, while these types of stories appeal to our emotions, they deter us from the facts. Especially with stories that are still developing, the Internet allows reporters to keep audiences up to the second on what they need to know. As the Tsarnev brothers fled from authorities, social media was indispensable to alert Bostonians to take shelter. But because this sort of crisis is filled with chaos, it involves hard-to-decipher — or more than often, false — leads. Mark Blank-Settle from the BBC College of Journalism said, “On days like this, Twitter shows its best and worst: loads of info at huge speed, but often false and sometimes deliberately so.” As helpless and fearful bystanders miles away from the emergency, it is inappropri-

ate use social media to theorize what is happening or let our frustration take over. I believe this issue of false breaking news or humaninterest hoaxes primarily stem from the demand to push information out the fastest. But we need the right information rather than the quickest post. So how can we distinguish the true from the false in a time where everyone is a reporter? If we expend our technological resources fully, both journalists and audiences alike can verify what they are reading quite simply. The BBC suggests verification through time stamps and location trackers on social media posts, so that those with corresponding places and times with the crisis are better trusted. We can also track where the post began before its thousands of shares. The origin of the post is equally important as the information itself. Even though we’re encouraged to express ourselves on social media, perhaps we should look at these posts with a more critical eye before sharing. Even if the story is misreported or an accidental post, it spreads far too fast to retract it. The result is sensationalism. Sharing these posts makes friends and followers aware of the tragedy, but it only prolongs the grieving rather than coping and understanding its severity. We have a social responsibility to share information, but we must make sure it is to help rather than deter, us from arriving at the truth. So long as we continue to take on this sort of responsibility correctly, I believe we can put our faith back in social media to spread news for the common good. Killpack is a junior from Elk Grove, Ill. majoring in — communication. opinion@thedepauw.com

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Open access policies to allow the free flow of information

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dreaded “G-word,” afraid to leave DePauw behind in May. But graduation means losing more than just proximity to Marvin’s. While my waistline may benefit from fewer MacBites, I see no intellectual benefit to losing my access to the thousands of academic articles available at my fingertips as a DePauw student. As Ellen Kobe reported earlier this year, around 85 percent of DePauw’s library operating budget goes to pay for journal subscriptions. Some carry a yearly price tag equivalent to a brand new car. We hardly hear about this, and we seldom think of how many people around the world are excluded from the information we have at our fingertips — albeit, only for these four years. For me, this raises several questions. The first of which — why do we have such an exclusionary culture within academia in the first place? If an important discovery is made, and articles are written, shouldn’t we all be able to share in our understanding of this new knowledge, regardless of financial situation or institutional affiliation? Can, and should, we consider intellectual property a public commodity? Granted, there are important factors to consider in this debate. How could this kind of infrastructure be established — both from a practical economic as well as a philosophical standpoint

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his past January, activist and world-renowned computer genius Aaron Swartz took his own life. Though his passing was mourned around the world, it particularly resonated with many in our own community, as he was the partner of Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, daughter of two professors here at DePauw. At the time of his death, Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and exorbitant fines for downloading millions of articles from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s academic databases. He was a staunch supporter of the free flow of information through the Internet and garnered national attention for the issue of open access policies. Though they’re unique to fit the needs of each individual institution, open access policies are overall intended to enable members of academic communities to publish their work online for anyone to use without a pay wall or password. I’ll admit—I’ve been in denial about the

— without diminishing the validity and caliber of academic work? And if academic literature were available to everyone with an Internet connection, how would this free exchange of information change the value we place on a formal education? Open access has the ability to fundamentally and radically shift the way we educate ourselves in society as a whole. It’s time to begin a discourse on what this could mean for DePauw. Our community is fortunate to have think-groups like the Prindle Institute, who will address the issue of open access policies at a panel on Monday, April 29 at 4 p.m. Hopefully, we can begin to work to answer these complex ethical questions. And as more and more universities — including Harvard, Princeton, Hope, Oberlin and more — are adopting some form of an open access policy, we need to examine the benefits and drawbacks of a system like this at DePauw. This is about something greater than just us. We can’t let Aaron Swartz’s legacy fade away at an institution with such ties to his genius.

“If you value your individualism, I don’t think greek life is for you. But it’s good if you’re interested in belonging to a group or ‘family’ dynamic.” ALEX MOSS, freshman “DePauw University would not exist without greek life.”

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GRACE ADKINS, senior

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Prindle symposiums effective in engaging campus and community Dear Editor, Before the semester winds to a close, we would like to belatedly congratulate the Prindle Institute for Ethics on hosting the wonderful symposium, “The Ethics of Communicating About Climate Change.” The speakers were top-notch, engagement among students, faculty, and staff was high, and the issues relevant. DePauw was fortunate to host such an event and we look forward to more conferences in the future. Carol Steele Director for Sustainability Anthony Baratta Assistant Director for Sustainability

“Sometimes people have thoughts and feelings, and when they come together, they form opinions.” - DANA FERGUSON, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

“For the most part, I don’t think it’s negative. Most fraternity events are open to everyone, so it’s more inclusive.”

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“We see it in guys all the time,” Haas said. “(They) might have what I would call a hitch in their throwing motion or how they catch, and then all of the sudden, in an instant in a game, I’ve turned to (assistant coach Jamie Hasser) or (assistant coach Gregory Shandor Devonshire) and say, ‘hey did you just see that? Did you see how he caught the ball?’ I can see that (improvement). I can see how that goes.” What some see as losing, Haas calls a process. In practice many times he can be overheard telling his players about the little things. How to throw the ball properly, how to hold the stick, how to field ground balls. It’s about making the small improvements. The team even spends time after each game telling each other what aspects of their game they excelled at. Haas said that all of this is to make the players understand “what may have worked before on one level is not going to work the same on a higher level. And we have to get better at what we do, have to get better at how we do it.” The idea is to improve now to make something better in the future. Freshman fogo (face off get off) John Zupancic was not recruited but chose DePauw because he learned

about its future program. For him, he saw it as an opportunity to be a part of something bigger. “It’s not many times you get to start something like that,” Zupancic said. “I played football and lacrosse in high school…the football team was there for 60 or 70 years, so you’re part of something someone else built. But one of the

“We have a lot of great kids on the team, a lot of great guys, a lot of characters. I would not want to trade any kind of part for what we have, but it’s been tough. It’s been tough and we’ve had to have a baptism by fire and I only hope guys can see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel… we can be a team to be reckoned with.” - Carl Haas, head coach

things coach said at the beginning of the year was that when

people look back, we’re it. We start the tradition. We start what we want. The program is what we want it to be. You don’t have many chances where you’re going to start something like that.” Haas, Johnson and Zupancic all talk about laying a foundation. Haas calls it “creating a culture.” And right now that culture may not be fully formed, but there is hope. “None of us want to lose,” Zupancic said. “But in the when the games are over and we lose 20-2, we’ll come back in a couple of years and we’ll beat them 20-2.” At least 22 recruits have committed to play lacrosse at DePauw next year, a number that would double the total roster of the team and give some needed relief to a team that is small by any normal standards. The team will play their last game of the season Wednesday, May 4 against Olivet at home. It’s the team’s last chance for a win this season. Regardless of the outcome, Haas and the rest of the gang will be looking forward. As he said, “You have to start somewhere.” “We have a lot of great kids on the team, a lot of great guys, a lot of characters,” Haas said. “I would not want to trade any kind of part for what we have, but it’s been tough. It’s been tough and we’ve had to have a baptism by fire and I only hope guys can see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel… we can be a team to be reckoned with.”

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Brother of Joeckel ’10 is second pick in NFL draft THE DEPAUW STAFF REPORTS sports@thedepauw.com

Football has become a family affair for David Joeckel, ‘10 graduate of DePauw University and the former captain of the DePauw Tiger’s football team. Junior All-American Luke Joeckel, David’s younger brother, is a standout offensive tackle for Texas A&M University. The Jacksonville Jaguars picked Luke Joekel second overal pick for the 2013 NFL draft. Luke Joeckel will be the first from the Aggie football program to be the number one pick in the draft. “Sports Illustrated” projected midseason Luke Joeckel as a top 10 selection in the 2013 NFL Draft. Luke Joeckel seeks to become the third Aggie drafted in the top 10 in the last three drafts. Football is in the Joeckel’s blood starting with grandfather Reece Washington, who played tight end for Texas Tech University. Father, Dave Joeckel, now a trial lawyer in Fort Worth, Texas was a four-year letterman and three-year starter as an offensive lineman at Texas Tech from 1979-82. During David Joeckel’s time at DePauw he was named to the Division III All-Region team in 2009. Luke Joeckel’s twin brother Matt also plays football as the sophomore quarterback at Texas A&M.

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Junior Texas A&M All-American Luke Joekel, brother of DePauw graduate David Joekel ‘10, was drafted second overall in the 2013 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. COURTESY OF AGGIEATHLETICS.COM

“Shows a strong feel for blitz pick up. Knows his assignments and shows good natural reaction skills. Keeps hand on swivel. Feels delayed blitz/twist/stunt consistently. Shows quick feet in pass pro set. Plays with good balance and consistently stays under control despite aggressive style. Will not get beat by quickness.”

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APRIL 17 WOMEN’S/ MEN’S GOLF AT NCAC CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT 1 MEN’S TENNIS VS. DENISON OR OBERLIN WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. OBERLIN OR ALLEGHENY WOMEN’S/MEN’S TRACK AT BELLARMINE INVITATIONAL BASEBALL AT WITTENBERG SOFTBALL AT KENYON APRIL 28 WOMEN’S/MEN’S GOLF AT NCAC CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT 1 MEN’S TENNIS VS. TBD WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. TBD BASEBALL AT WITTENBERG SOFTBALL VS. WASHINGTON – ST. LOUIS 1 AND 3 P.M. THE DEPAUW STAFF REPORTS

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After placing second in the discus at Rose-Hulman University, the North Coast Athletic Conference named DePauw track and field freshman Marcus Dozier the men’s track and field field events athlete of the week. Dozier’s second place toss of 46.13 meters/151-04 led the DePauw Tigers to a fifth place finish last weekend. Dozier’s discus is the top ranked performance among student-athletes in the NCAC. Heading into the end of the season, Dozier hopes to break into the top 22 throws in the counry to qualify for the NCAA Division III Nationals Meet in LaCrosse, Wis on May 23-25. As of right now, Dozier needs two more meters to break the top the 22. Dozier, from South Bend, Ind., is a two-sport varsity athlete. He also plays on the defensive line for the football team. In the 2012 season Dozier saw action in four games. The track and field team will travel to Louisville, KY April 27 to compete in the Bellarmine Invitational, their last meet of the season before the NCAC Championships.

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You have to start somewhere By JOSEPH FANELLI sports@thedepauw.com

This is not stuff for history books. Thirteen straight losses with zero wins. Seven losses with deficits of 20 or more. Last in almost every statistical category in the NCAC: Goals scored, assists, points totaled, shots totaled, man-up scoring, man-down scoring, last in turnovers, last in total penalty minutes (although some might call first in total penalty minutes). All in all, it has been a tough inaugural season for the DePauw Men’s Lacrosse team. “It’s certainly hard,” junior attack Sam Johnson said. “There is a rational part of me that’s saying, ‘we’re playing established teams with a lot of talent and we’re not going to win,’ but it’s hard to lose no matter what. No matter how much you prepare yourself, it’s hard to lose.” Johnson is one of the many players that has been a part of the men’s lacrosse team’s first season as a varsity program at DePauw. The team, which existed on campus as a club sport in the past, meaning university funded, but not NCAA affiliated, learned in August 2011 that the program would make the jump after a $1 million donation from DePauw Board of Trustee member and lacrosse enthusiast Steve Trulaske ’79. From there the team has seen the hiring of its firstever head coach, Carl Haas, along with a $5 million donation to fund the multi-purpose athletic stadium for both the men and women’s lacrosse and soccer stadiums. So the money and administrative steps have been made, what the men’s team is waiting for next, is the success. Haas, who has over 20 years of lacrosse experience as a player and coach, most recently as the head coach at Saint Vincent College (Pa.), said he knew coming in that it would be difficult. He arrived on campus in the spring of 2012 to begin work with the then club team. “(When they told me I would coach club at first), I thought, ‘that’s fine, I’ve never done that before, but sure, sounds good,’” Haas said. “It gave me an opportunity to implement the things that we want to do a year ahead of time. As far as not having a year to recruit, that became much more apparent and obviously it turned out to be a lot tougher than I thought it would be this year.” The result is a team that has seen the growing pains of becoming a varsity sport in such short time. One doesn’t have to be a lacrosse expert to watch and know these games are lop-sided affairs. But even with the amount of struggle the team has had, there is still a strong level of commitment from Haas and the players. And the improvements are there, even if they are very hard to spot.

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The DePauw men’s lacrosse team is making history and it hasn’t even won a game