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News • Changes in University policy on demonstrations have sparked campus-wide discussions, revealing various states of discontent and confusion.

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Features • Get ready for Halloween! Check out the spookiest and haunted sites on campus and around Greencastle.

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Sports • While some students headed home or abroad for Fall Break, our dedicated DePauw student athletes continued competing on and off campus.

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BY AUSTIN CANDOR & EMILY SCHABES Co-Sports Editor and Co-News Editor news@thedepauw.com

After reported extensive planning, costume shopping and, and late night hiding, four Wabash College students were unable to steal the Monon Bell from the Lilly Center.

The attempted theft occurred at approximately 2 a.m. on Oct. 19, while most DePauw students were off-campus for Fall Break, according to Lieutenant Rick Keller, of the Greencastle Police, who witnessed the spectacle.

The three students, Aaron Scott, 21, Mason Owens Simmons, 18, and Schuyler Nehrig, 19, who physically took the bell were caught on video, two wearing Barack Obama masks and one wearing a Donald Trump PHOTO / CUSTOM INK mask.

Alpha Tau Omega’s Monon T-Shirt design for this year’s The three Little Giants used an arMonon Bell Game. The shirt pokes fun at the recent attempt ray of tools to unbolt the bell, cover to steal the bell from DePauw’s display by Wabash students over Fall Break. the bell clapper with a sock, and place the bell on a dolly, securing it with zip thieves in white coveralls and masks Student leaders have met with the ties. The men did not know there was pushing the Monon Bell on a dolly. dean of Wabash and were informed a pressure alarm that sounds when the In his report, Keller wrote that that there will be repercussions and bell is removed he stopped the three the students will be met with in order and left small men outside of Lilly to address the issue.

“Now, I don’t think it’s scratches on the excusable. I think it fails to and asked them why Nehrig had already made a name bell’s display, but consider the ‘Gentleman’s he should not charge for himself as the kicker for WaRule’.” no major damage them with theft. One bash’s football team when he took his was done. of the three men re- blocked field goal attempt back for a Jack Kellerman The students plied with the simple touchdown in a recent game against Wabash student body president managed to roll answer, “tradition.”

Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday, Oct. 14. the bell outside of In an interview, Although the three men did not the Lilly Center Jack Kellerman, Wa- complete their goal of stealing the where their getaway driver, Brendan bash student body president, said, “I Bell, they arrived at DePauw at apMcCoy, 19, was waiting for them. think that’s honest to goodness the proximately 6 p.m. the evening prior Unfortunately for the Little Giants, truth. Now, I don’t think it’s excus- to the alleged theft.

Keller was waiting for them as well. able. I think it fails to consider the Jalen Friendly, a sophomore DePKeller had filed the police report, ‘Gentleman’s Rule’.” auw football player, said, “I just want saying he originally saw the suspiWabash’s ‘Gentleman Rule’ refers to know how they laid under bleachcious getaway pick-up truck parked in to the one rule of the university con- ers for 6 hours.” front of College Street Hall and called duct which is “to act like gentlemen Now that is some off-field dedithe dispatcher to get a record of the li- at all given times on and off campus cation. cense plate. and be a responsible citizen,” KellerThe Little Giants will get a legal He also noted receiving a call back man said. crack at taking back the bell on Satfrom the dispatcher about a “priorKellerman also said Wabash’s ity 2” alarm coming from the Monon dean is taking this incident very se- urday, Nov. 11, when DePauw hosts Bell display. As Keller approached riously and plans to discipline the the 124th Monon Bell game at 1:09 p.m. at Blackstock Stadium. the Lilly Center, he saw the supposed group.

Derogatory word written on Humbert Hall whiteboard

BY MADDY MCTIGUE Staff Writer news@thedepauw.com

A racist word was written on a white board in Humbert Hall on Oct. 12. Shortly after midnight, a white resident assistant (RA) found the word written outside their residence hall door.

The RA, who wishes to remain anonymous, said, “I knew I had to take immediate action” because the word strongly misrepresented the DePauw University community. Directly following the incident, they sent out a message to all of the residents in the hall to express their disappointment and intent to identify the suspect.

Public Safety and Resident Assistant supervisors were quickly contacted to discuss the perpetrator’s possible motives. The RA mentioned there have been previous occurrences where whiteboards have been used to write derogatory language, “These incidents are hard to prevent….but you don’t just erase it and pretend it wasn’t there. The worst thing you can do is disown it.”

Alan Hill, vice president of student academic life, was involved in action taken by the Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) following the incident. He says, “We made sure we triggered an alert,” referring to an email sent by Myrna Hernandez, dean of students, to the student body. The email provided notice of the incident and requested anyone with information to report it.

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NEWS

Community discontent grows LGBTQIA+ HISTORY MONTH 10/22-10/28 Asexual Awareness Week in response to demonstration We will be tabling at Hoover that week just policy change

BY VICTORIA ZETTERBERG Staff Wrier news@thedepauw.com

A change in University policy on student demonstrations became effective just before the start of the school year and has sparked discussion between students and faculty who are in various states of discontent and confusion.

The Presidential Cabinet approved a new version of the demonstration policy in the student handbook on Aug. 15. Changes to the handbook happen each year, according to Dorian Shager, dean of campus life. However, this particular change caught the attention of some members of the DePauw University community.

While the University continues to affirm the right to demonstrate, there are several different phrases within the policy adjustment that have been highlighted as points of concern. One of the focal phrases is found on page 73 of the handbook, which states: DePauw students, faculty, and staff are free to support causes in an orderly manner,including organized demonstrations that do not disrupt the normal and essentialfunctions of the University. Actions that disrupt the normal and essential functions of the University include material and substantial disruptions that are more than simply creating discomfort and unpleasantness.

Demonstrations may not endanger the physical safety of any individual or destroy property.

Douglas Harms, professor of computer science, has heard discontent from a few fellow colleagues.

“My understanding from some of my colleagues is that there needs to be a way to have disorderly protests for some significant issues and I actually agree with that,” Harms said.

First-year Phillip Collingwood agrees. “It sounds like a ‘disrupting the learning environment’ cop-out.

The University will have seemingly reserved ultimate power because many actions can be seen as interrupting.”

However, Shager said some of the changes are meant to give student demonstrators more leniency, not less. For example, part of the new specificity in language includes the replacement of “do not disturb” functions of the University in the prior policy to “do not disrupt.” This was intended to raise the threshold of what could be considered an interruption or interference, according to Shager.

Other changes are meant to restrict non-DePauw demonstrators.

Demonstrators who are not a part of the DePauw community must obtain a sponsorship from an academic or administrative department or from a recognized student organization.

The goal was to make it harder for outside, non-DePauw affiliated demonstrators to come to campus, after the September 2015 provocative appearance of evangelist Brother Jed Smock and the counter demonstrations that followed.

“My general understanding of the policy is orderly.

Don’t rock the boat, but there are times where the boat needs to be rocked.”

Douglas Harms Professor of computer science,

Some changes were made to make the student body more aware of different laws and policies in effect regarding demonstrations. The new demonstration policy is a compilation of previously existing policies, with additional specificity and clarification added, Shager said.

During Spring 2017, drafts of the Demonstration Policy were shared with the Student Academic Life SEE DEMONSTRATIONS, PAGE 3

to do some information around what is asexuality. Our hope is to build more awareness so that as we have conversations with each other we take time to honor that for some folks, sex isn’t necessarily something that they are looking for in relationships.

10/26 Intersex Awareness Day This is another day of tabling. This is to honor our intersex community members. Our hope is to honor their existence in all of our communities, so that we start to slowly find ourselves moving away from only thinking in binaries.

10/27 Man Therapy!

For those that identify as men, it is important that they take time to understand their mental health. It is a reflection space for our men on campus to think about how they want to exist on campus.

10/31 Rocky Horror Viewing This is put on by United DePauw and is a tradition on campus. It will be in Watson. It is a very engaging film where you are supposed to throw stuff at the screen and yell at the screen during the movie. United DePauw is preparing items so everyone can fully engage in that experience.

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PG. 3 | October 25, 2017

Snack time ceases operations at Hoover Dining Hall

BY ELIZABETH BRUSTMAN Staff Writer news@thedepauw.com

A quick sandwich at Hoover will no longer be an option for those with the afternoon munchies.

DePauw University Dining and Bon Appetit decided to end “snack time” in Hoover in response to a lack of demand from the student body.

According to John Hecko, general manager of DePauw Dining for Bon Appetit, Hoover averages three to four people per hour from 2 p.m. through 5 p.m. during “snack time.”

“Snack time” was originally established because there were no other food options close to Hoover. It used to average around 70 people per day until this past March when the C-Store opened in the Memorial Student Union Building. “We realized that we were competing with ourselves at that point,”said Hecko. There are also two other stores located on campus, Café Roy and Café Allegro, which offer the same options “snack time” does.

The lack of foot traffic during snack time was not financially feasible for Bon Appetit since it is a

charges based on University policy. Nally emphasized the BIAS INCEDENT importance of providing quick Continued from Page 1 and accessible information about these incidents “to set Cameras are currently be- the culture of not tolerating ing checked in an attempt to this behavior on campus.” identify the student. However, In terms of prevention, there are only cameras in the Nally mentioned the efforts of stairwells/common areas, not another group on campus: Bias the resident hallways where Education and Action Team the incident occurred. Hill (BEAT) which strives to edusays sanctions against the indi- cate the DePauw community vidual will “depend on [crimi- about diversity and inclusion. nal] identity and evidence that Recently, BEAT removed obconnects the jectionable grafindividual to “These incidents are hard fiti from campus the incident.” to prevent….but you don’t property such as He believes just erase it and pretend desk and chairs everyone at it wasn’t there. The worst in an initiative DePauw, espe- thing you can do is disown called “Campus cially students, it.”

Clean-up.” should be inBoth Hill and Anonymous RA volved in takNally emphasized ing action to the importance prevent future of awareness and bias incidents, because they education of bias incidents. are the “eyes and ears” of cam- Hill says, “We have an obligapus spaces. tion to continue to educate our Angela Nally, director of members of our community on Public Safety, said in an email understanding, and appreciatthat when/if the student is ing, and respecting, and valuidentified, he/she will be re- ing difference.” ported to Community Standards, who will in turn make

“service based business module.”

However, according to Hecko, it is not always a matter of losing money. “We realized that we could offer the same basic options through the other stores on campus, by adjusting the hours a bit,” Hecko said.

However, sophomore Natalia Costard disagrees with Hecko.

“The C-Store does not offer the same options as ‘snack time’ and all of the salads in the C-Store contain meat,” said Costard. As a vegan, Costard’s options for food are limited in all three stores located on campus, and “snack time” was that best alternative. “‘Snack time’

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Committee (composed of students, faculty, and staff), faculty department chairs, and at an open forum for students, Shager said. Feedback from these groups indicated they believed that one purpose of a demonstration is to draw attention to a message and potentially cause some level of disturbance in an effort to draw attention.

It is for that reason why “material and substantial disruptions that are more than simply creating discomfort and unpleasantness” was added to the policy.

He explained that during the draft period there weren’t any major issues with the policy brought to his attention. “It was a transparent process,” Shager said.

Harms questioned the use of the language “normal and essential functions.” It is typical and appropriate for policies to talk about the normal operations of a university, but every university policy should respect that, not just the demonstration policy, he said.

But, according to Shager, it was the language and standard that was already University policy. “The concept of ‘normal and essential functions’ has been a long-standing

was perfect since I could make my own salad or sandwich,” said Costard.

According to Hecko, he does not want to take away dining options, in fact, he wants to improve what Bon Appetit already has. He plans to do this by extending the hours in the C-Store and possibly bringing panini presses in.

However, Costard disagrees with this statement as well. “By discontinuing ‘snack time,’ a place to snack and study is also being taken away,” said Costard.

First-year Light Laleye, is also upset “snack time” is ending. “I was not aware of ‘snack time’ until

recently, when I tried to sneak into Hoover a little after lunch ended and then they told me I could come in since they were staying open for the snack period,” said Laleye. Recently discovering this, she is now upset it is closing due to that fact that she was not able to take advantage of it.

DePauw administration and Bon Appetit, have decided that discontinuing “snack time” is what is best for the community. According to Hecko, Bon Appetit plans to expand on what they already have and hope to accommodate everyone in the future.

standard for peaceful demonstrations at DePauw,” Shager said. Additionally, the use of “normal and essential functions” has appeared in many prior handbooks, including one from 1999.

Harms additionally was struck by the particular use of “orderly.” A term that has been in the policy for at least ten years. He noted that demonstrations both orderly and disorderly have been crucial in making changes throughout history. He believes there are times where an orderly demonstration is appropriate, but then there are times where it is better to be spontaneous. It happens and to him it is not necessarily bad.

“My general understanding of the policy is orderly. Don’t rock the boat,” Harms said, “but there are times where the boat needs to be rocked.”

Additionally, the policy also refers to how students should proceed with counter demonstrations.

Counter demonstrations must adhere to guidelines of the demonstration policy and occur at least 20 feet away from the initial protest. While it may be new to the written policy, the measures explained in the handbook have been in practice for two years. “[Demonstrations] can raise awareness; it can get a discussion going to make systemic changes,” Harm said. “It can help create change.”

But to Harms, the policy creates a clear boundary. “If I know there is a line and if I cross the line, I should know the consequences, as opposed to finding out later with unknown consequences,” Harms said. In his eyes, it is not problematic to have a policy that outlines what is and is not acceptable. It allows groups that choose to demonstrate to be more informed of what they can do and what consequences might occur if they cross a line.

Shager thinks this is one of the reasons to have a demonstration policy. It allows DePauw community members to be more aware of rights and expectations before demonstrations occur, Shager said.

If students want to cross the lines, they can know here is where the lines are, Shager said. He explained the two lines in place include safety and then separately disturbing the normal function of the University.

Sophomore Natalia Costard, who has read the new policy, agrees with Harms. “Demonstration is important because that is how things change,” she said. Demonstrations are not effective unless people pay attention.

The new policy seems to limit the impact of demonstration in her eyes.

“A demonstration is supposed to disrupt,” Costard said, “That is how you get people to listen.”

PG. 4 | October 25, 2017

Screening the global horror genre

FEATURES

Asian Studies’ Pan-Asia Horror Film Festival

BY Lindsey Jones Guest Columnist features@thedepauw.com

Before dressing up in their scariest costumes this Halloween weekend, DePauw students are invited to watch popular Asian horror films, eat sushi and win prizes at this year’s Pan-Asia Horror Festival.

Hosted by Asian Studies as part of DePauw University ArtsFest, the horror festival will screen four films over both Friday and Saturday: “Ju-on 2” (2003), “The Eye” (2002), “Confessions” (2010) and “Train to Busan” (2016).

DePauw Professor of Asian Studies Andra Alvis led to the creation of the Pan-Asia Horror Festival to celebrate the Asian horror genre and introduce Asian Studies courses to the wider student body, all on the cusp of Halloween.

“Students often stumble upon the many courses offered by accident. Ultimately these classes have good enrollments, but a lot of students don’t know about them,” said Alvis. “We wanted to give an idea, to students, about how you approach these [films] as both fun and coursework.”

Each film will be introduced to contextualize the movie for guests who have never seen an Asian horror movie.

“When some people think about the word ‘Asian,’ they think about ‘traditional’ culture,” said Alvis.

“But, we want to talk about Asia in a more complex way, focusing on social issues, historical circumstances, media influences, and give students different ways to approach the films.”

Alvis will introduce “Confessions,” where she will unpack the

second wave of the Japanese horror genre.

Director Tetsuya Nakashima adapted “Confessions” from a popular mystery novel, where a teacher must solve the murder of her young daughter.

Alongside Alvis, other professors in the Asian Studies department and Indiana University’s visiting Assistant Professor, Dr. Michael Crandol, will introduce the films.

Crandol’s research has been in Japanese film, horror and East Asian traditions, making him a perfect resource to introduce the first feature on Friday, “Ju-on 2.”

Directed by popular horror genre filmmaker Takashi Shimizu, “Ju-on 2” is about a supernatural ghost who curses a house after the murder of a housewife.

Crandol hopes students learn how Asian horror is both similar and different to the American horror genre mainstream in the U.S. through films like “Ju-on 2.”

“There is a tendency for American and Western viewers to look at Asian horror and say it’s completely different than Hollywood, and while that is true to some degree, commercial cinema is a transnational and global cinema,” said Crandol. “Hopefully they will get a sense of how Asian horror operates in a global context.”

The festival will commence with “Train to Busan,” the critically acclaimed Korean zombie film, which Alvis described as the “best zombie movie of the 21st century.”

The Pan-Asia Horror Film Festival is happening this Friday and Saturday in the Watson Forum of the PCCM.

“The definition of sonic joy.”

— Mark Holston, Latino Magazine

green guest artists

gabriel alegrÍa jazz and dance ensemble celebrate “diablo en brooklyn”

thursday, october 26 ∙ 7:30 pm green center, kresge auditorium tickets: $20 ∙ music.depauw.edu ∙ 765.658.4827 seniors, youth and all students: free

FEATURES

PG. 5 | October 25, 2017

Beer, liquor, and spirits DePauw’s ghostly stories

Enjoying Los Angeles and Blue Cheese

BY JERICA BEAN Guest Columnist features@thedepauw.com

Hello, hello! I’m back to tell you about three new releases I was listening to over fall break! Oct. 13 was a day I had long been waiting for. DePauw was about to go into break and I was finally going to listen to two much-anticipated releases: St. Vincent’s “Masseduction” and Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile’s “Lotta Sea Lice.” I continued to be musically blessed into the next week with the Oct. 20 release of “Tegan and Sara Present The Con X: Covers.” Strap in for what I’ve got to say about these records.

I first discovered St. Vincent during her 2014 SNL performance where she gave a futuristic and rigid rendition of favorites “Birth in Reverse” and “Digital Witness.” “Masseduction” was written and produced by St. Vincent with the help of Jack Antonoff, a pop powerhouse who is constantly at work with artists like Lorde, and his own band, Bleachers. The first time I listened to “Masseduction,” I admit I wasn’t too enthused; however, I liked it more with each listen. Some tunes on the album are riddled with unoriginal lines and clunky images. Filled with sexual anxieties, debauchery, and dystopia, “Masseduction” finds its stride in the tracks that lack overt attempts to be edgy and provocative. My favorite tracks are “Savior,” “Happy Birthday, Johnny,” and “Los Ageless.”

If you’ve been keeping up with my articles, you’ll know that I covered and loved the first single from Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile’s “Lotta Sea Lice,” “Over Everything,”

and since then I’ve been wondering if the entire album could stack up - and it did! Individually, these two make profoundly sincere work, but this effect is amplified when they are together. Their beautiful friendship can be seen in the covers of each other’s songs and the new tracks they wrote for each other. Barnett and Vile created a guitar-packed record that will make you chuckle, hum, and overall, feel warm. My favorite tracks are “Peepin’ Tom,” “Blue Cheese,” and “Over Everything.”

Tegan and Sara originally released their album, “The Con,” in July 2007.

Surging the Quin sisters’ fame, this record heavily affected the lives of many at the time, especially gay women. As a celebration of its ten-year anniversary, Tegan and Sara asked their friends and fellow artists to cover tracks from this quintessential album and formed “Tegan and Sara Present The Con X: Covers.” Some artists kept pretty true to the originals, while others, like Shura and Mykki Blanco, totally changed up the sound. There are some recognizable names throughout the album: Hayley Williams of Paramore, City and Colour, Sara Bareilles, and more.

Proceeds from this album go to the Tegan and Sara Foundation, a foundation “fighting for economic justice, health, and representation for LGBTQ girls and women,” according to their website. Be sure to listen to the original album if you haven’t, then pick up a copy of “The Con X: Covers!” My favorite tracks are: “Like O, Like H,” “Knife Going In,” and “Nineteen.”

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Hello. And let us introduce ourselves, we, your ghost hosts, (hahaha get it) are going to take you on a spooky tour of our own campus. We wanted to share with you all of our spooky files, and give you the insider information about what is haunted on campus.

East College Of course the most gothic pillar of DePauw’s campus has to be haunted.

As the spookiest tales go, a former University president’s daughter hung herself in the bell tower. In 1981, a janitor for the building saw a young, black-haired girl sitting on the steps of East College in the rain, but when he looked again, she vanished. Other students report hearing singing in Meharry Hall or a girl staring at them from the upper floor windows. Some students and professors say that they regularly hear footsteps going up and down the stairs.

Roy O. West All-nighters in Roy might not be so eerie after hearing this tale. James Whitcomb, former governor of Indiana from 1843-1848, donated a vast collection of books to the Roy O. Library with detailed instructions that the books should never leave the library. All was well until one student took “The Poems of Ossian” to his room, only to be awoken by the chilling visage of Whitcomb shouting “Ossian! Who stole Ossian?!”

Needless to say, the student bolted to Roy first thing in the morning to return the spooky book.

PCCM’s Haunted Elevator During the construction of the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, which houses The DePauw, a worker died in the elevator shaft.

Apparently, the hydraulics malfunctioned, and immediately after the

elevator was completed it started moving from the first floor to the basement with no one inside. Additionally, the door will reportedly open late at night without anyone pressing the button. People have been reportedly hearing strange noises in the area as well since the death that occurred while building the elevator. Sometimes our own printer will turn on, even though it is not plugged in. Spooky stuff.

Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity Yes, you read that right. Theta is supposedly haunted by the very woman who founded it: Betty Locke. Locke founded the first Greek-lettered women’s fraternity in 1870, and, according to legend, has never left. Sorority members, current and present, have told of their rather mundane experiences with the spectre. According to some members, Betty, as they fondly call her, is the cause of an assortment of spooky happenings, including flashes of light, randomly slamming doors, and ouija board conversations. If the legends are to be believed, Betty can most frequently found in room six watching over her sleeping sorority sisters.

Dadadadaaaaa Goatman Just off of South County Road 525 West stands the Big Four Arch, home of the dreaded Goat Man. The mysterious black-caped goat-headed man haunted the area, jumping out in front of oncoming traffic and scaring teenagers. Sightings and stories grew

out of control until a 20-year-old Greencastle resident came forward.

In an article by the Banner Graphic, James C. “Chris” York came forward to the police, admitting to dressing up as the Goat Man because he was bored. No animals were harmed in the making of the Goat Man, the skull came from a goat that died of natural causes. However, days after York came forward, the police department received a letter covered in arcane symbols and bloodstains with magazine clippings spelling “I will f------ kill someone. The Goat Man.” He may still be ahoof.

Cultural Resource Center In the original Alpha Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega, a member of the house committed suicide on top floor of the house. She apparently had trouble making friends, and has had that same trouble ever since. When the house exchanged hands to the men of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, they continued to feel her cold presence.

Until the chapter’s closing, members reported a spooky presence when they were hanging out. The ghost may have been friendly with the men of SAE, but reportedly has not been so nice to visiting women.

To hear the stories of Pearl Byran and many more, all of whom are local, check out our website….If you’re not too scared.

PG. 6 | October 25, 2017

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UNIV291A: Mere Civility Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration

Instructor: David Alvarez Text: Teresa M. Bejan, Mere Civility Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration Meets the first eight Thursdays of Spring 2018, 7-8:30pm at the Prindle Institute.

UNIV291B: Mini-colloquium on Important Books: Ethics since Modernity

Coordinators: Keith Nightenhelser and Humberto Barreto Text: Multiple texts Meets the first eight Tuesdays of Spring 2018, 7-8:30pm in Julian 300.

UNIV291C: Crowds and Party

Instructor: Derek Ford (derekford@depauw.edu) Text: Jodi Dean, Crowds and Party Meets the first eight Wednesdays of Spring 2018, 6-7:30pm in Harrison Hall 106.

UNIV291D: The Art of War

Instructor: Sherry Mou Text: Sun Tzu, The Art of War Meets the first eight Tuesdays of Spring 2018, 7-8:30pm (location TBD).

UNIV291E: Letters to a Young Farmer

Instructor: Jeanette Pope Text: Martha Hodgkins, ed., Letters to a Young Farmer: On Food, Farming, and Our Future Meets the first eight Mondays of Spring 2018, 7-8:30pm at the Prindle Institute.

UNIV291F: Wages of Rebellion

Instructor: Caroline Good Text: Chris Hedges, Wages of Rebellion Meets the first eight Mondays of Spring 2018, 7-8:30pm at the Prindle Institute.

FEATURES

Fun ways to spice up your fall

BY EMMA HOUSTON Features Editor features@thedepauw.com

Visit an apple orchard or pumpkin patch!

Beasley’s Orchard 2304 E Main St, Danville, IN 46122 Offers pick-your-own apples, corn maze, and hayrides. Bond with you friends as you get lost in the corn maze and sip some apple cider afterwards.

Open daily through Oct. 31.

Anderson A pple Orchard 369 E Greencastle Rd, Mooresville, IN 46158 You-pick produce with over 30 apple varieties, concession stand, and country store. Honor the fall season by chowing down on fried apple dumplings and ice cream, then bring some fresh apples home to share.

Open daily until Nov. 5.

Chandler’s Farm & Country Market 2849 S CR 825 E Fillmore, Indiana 46128

PG. 7 | October 25, 2017 Decorate your dorm room or house with your fresh-picked apples and pumpkins from the farm.

Enjoy horse-drawn hayrides and a Country Market.

Open Tuesday-Sunday until late December.

Upgrade your wardrobe with fall-worthy clothing!

Thrifty Tiger Basement of Mason Hall Features a wide variety of cozy fall clothing and warm-weather DePauw apparel at the lowest prices in town.

Open Sundays 12-2pm, Tuesdays 2-6pm.

Greencastle Goodwill 1021 Indianapolis Rd, Greencastle, IN 46135 Up your ugly sweater game on the cheap with grandma’s handme-downs at Goodwill.

Open daily.

Enjoy the changing leaves and beautiful scenery!

DePauw Nature Park 1400 W County Road 125 S,

Greencastle, IN 46135 Walk, bike, or drive from campus to glimpse the changing leaves surrounding the quarry at DePauw’s Nature Park. Admire the surrounding vistas from the warmth of the Reflection Center and have a bonfire in Prindle’s backyard.

Open daily from dawn to dusk.

McCormick’s Creek State Park 250 McCormick Creek Park Rd, Spencer, IN 47460 Take a day trip or camp overnight at McCormick’s Creek. Enjoy the miles of hiking trails and smell the crisp red and yellow leaves.

Open daily.

Nashville, Indiana Visit the quaint little town of Nashville, Indiana. Just a 1.5 hour drive from Greencastle, Nashville is full of cute shops, art galleries, and live music venues. Spend a crisp fall day admiring the changing leaves and rolling hills of Brown County.

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What not to wear: Halloween Costume edition This is not up for discussion. Do not dress up in something insensitive or offensive for Halloween.

Do not make light of the Las Vegas massacre with a t-shirt that says “Welcome to Las Vegas,” that appears soaked in blood. Do not come to a party dressed up as Anne Frank. Do not dress up as Harvey Weinstein. Do not wear a native american headdress. Do not dress yourself as a “sexy” religious figure. Do not come as a wall saying “Mexico will pay.” Do not dress up as a Nazi. Do not goes a Moana or Maui if you are painting your skin a darker color. Do not come as a kneeling NFL player. Do not come as a border patrol agent, “sexy” or otherwise. Do not come as a “terrorist.”

But more broadly, do not come as a racial stereotype, sexual predator, a zombie version of a recently dead celebrity, a “sexy” version, or a member of a hate group. Do not paint your skin darker, and do not make light of a serious political movement or issue. Do not dress up as something racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic.

We don’t care if you think it’s funny or a good costume, it’s unacceptable. Wearing clothing that belittles another’s experience, especially if it is one that is traumatic, is wrong. Dressing up to mock or make fun of a serious political issue or movement, is offensive and demeaning to anyone involved in the movement. Capitalizing on someone’s death just to have a ‘cool’ costume, is inappropriate.

Painting your skin another color or appropriating religious or cultural symbols is offensive, plain and simple. Additionally, benefiting and allowing businesses to benefit from cultural appropriate will only continue the trend of cultural appropriation. It is 2017, we don’t even feel like we need to be saying this anymore. We should know better.

And if you do decide to be inappropriate for Halloween, you will be called out.

EDITORIAL POLICY T h e D e Pa u w i s a n i n d e p e n d e n t l y m a n a g e d a n d f i n a n c e d s t u d e n t n e w s p a p e r. T h e o p i n i o n s e xp r e s s e d h e r e i n d o n o t n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t t h o s e o f D e Pa u w U n i v e r s i t y o r t h e S t u d e n t Pu b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d . E d i t o r i a l s a r e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f T h e D e Pa u w e d i t o r i a l b o a r d ( n a m e s a b o v e ) .

T h e o p i n i o n s e x p r e s s e d b y c a r t o o n i s t s , c o l u m n i s t s a n d i n l e tt e r s t o t h e e d i t o r a r e t h o s e o f t h e a u t h o r s a n d d o n o t n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t t h e o p i n i o n s o f t h e e d i t o r i a l s t a ff o f T h e D e Pa u w.

T h e D e Pa u w w e l c o m e s l e tt e r s t o t h e e d i t o r. Le tt e r s m u s t b e s i g n e d a n d a c c o m p a n i e d b y t h e a u t h o r ’s n a m e a n d p h o n e n u m b e r a n d s e n t i n b y 4 p. m . t h e M o n d a y b e f o r e p r i n t d a t e s . Le tt e r s c a n n o t b e r e t r a c t e d a ft e r 5 p. m . t h e s a m e d a y o f s u b m i s s i o n . Le tt e r s h a v e a 3 5 0 - w o r d l i m i t a n d a r e s u b j e c t t o e d i t i n g f o r s t y l e a n d l e n g t h . T h e D e Pa u w r e s e r v e s t h e r i g h t t o r e j e c t l e tt e r s t h a t a r e l i b e l o u s o r s e n t f o r p r o m o t i o n a l o r a d v e r t i s i n g p u r p o s e s . D e l i v e r l e tt e r s t o t h e Pu l l i a m Ce n t e r f o r Co n t e m p o r a r y M e d i a , e m a i l t h e e d i t o r- i n - c h i e f a t e d i t o r @ t h e d e p a u w. c o m o r w r i t e T h e D e Pa u w a t 609 S. Locust St., Greencastle, Ind. 46135.

OPINION

It’s Time.

We have what we need, now is the time to draft articles of impeachment.

BY REID COOPER Staff Writer opinions@thedepauw.com

It was hard to miss Larry Flynt’s ad in the Oct. 15 edition of The Washington Post. A full-page, all-caps ad that simply stated: “$10 MILLION FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF DONALD J. TRUMP.” In this advertisement, Flynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine, detailed all the reasons he believes President Trump is unfit for office.

Flynt charged Trump with everything from “telling hundreds of

bald-faced lies” to “gross nepotism” and “compromising domestic and foreign policy.” This is why, Flynt wrote, he is seeking a “smoking gun” that would lead to the impeachment of Donald Trump. Don’t we already have what we need? Let’s face the facts: it’s time to impeach Trump.

Trump has continued to fan the flames of hatred and bigotry in our country, something that has been ever-growing throughout his campaign and presidency. We can no longer wait for Robert Mueller to finish his investigation, the president’s behavior in light of recent events is no less than morally reprehensible, and it is unfathomable that members of Congress refuse to see the issues on hand.

The evidence of Trump’s criminality has not necessarily become much clearer than it was a day, week or even month ago. But any member of Congress wishing to do the right thing cannot, in good conscience, deny their doubts about Trump’s inability to fulfil his role as president of the United States. Members of Congress took an oath to defend and support the Constitution, and the country has entered a divisive time where those who are serious about their oaths must confront this issue

head-on. Trump has abused power, most obviously in his conduct regarding investigations into his campaign’s collusion with Russia, he has failed to prove himself as morally stable and intelligent leader, and has abandoned even the most basic duties of his office.

It’s like Justice Joseph Story once said: “Impeachment is designed not to punish an offender by threatening deprivation of his life, liberty, or property, but to secure the State by divesting him of his political capacity.”

Whether or not Donald Trump should be criminally charged is a separate question, but in order to secure the future of our country, it is time to take the reins from Trump, as he is unfit to lead.

At the end of Flynt’s ad, there is a number and email address, along with reassurance that he fully intends to pay the full sum of $10 million for good information. “Impeachment would be a messy, contentious affair, but the alternative — three more years of destabilizing dysfunction — is worse,” Flynt wrote. “I feel it is my patriotic duty, and the duty of all Americans, to dump Trump before it’s too late.”

For Affordable Care Act

BY ELIZABETH COTTONGHAM

Staff Writer opinion@thedepauw.com

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), more popularly known as “Obamacare,” became law in 2010, expanding insurance coverage for millions of Americans and causing controversy. The ACA is now again at the forefront of political debates as President Trump ran for office with repealing the ACA as one of his key political platforms.

The ACA has been criticized on several fronts: rising insurance premiums for some, complicated enrollment at the start, some health offices not accepting Medicaid, new taxes assessed to pay for program, and the decision of some employers to cut staff and staff hours in response to the mandate.

These are important concerns, but they are dwarfed by the fact that out of the 33 developed nations across the globe, the U.S. is the only nation that fails to guarantee its citizens even basic healthcare. All other developed countries, such as France, Switzerland, Denmark, Argentina, Kuwait, South Korea, Israel, and the United Kingdom, to name a few, recognize that

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support for the health of their citizenry is a basic human right and foundational for maintaining a thriving and successful country. Supporting U.S. citizen’s health creates a healthier workforce better prepared to contribute to our society.

In the U.S., the Affordable Care Act was a critical first step toward taking on a national responsibility, and has had great success. The ACA resulted in the highest percentage of Americans ever to have health insurance, with the majority of the newly insured being young adults, and allowed young adults to stay on their parents’ plan until they turned 26. It made health insurance more affordable for many and ensured that health insurance covered a complete panel of key basic services, including mental health care which was previously largely paid for out of pocket. It lowered prescription drug costs and ended the practice of denying health coverage to U.S. citizens with normal pre-existing conditions such as mental disorders, almost every cancer, Alzheimer’s and dementia, paralysis, epilepsy, etc… or simply cutting coverage when citizens became ill.

If the ACA is repealed would you like to be the one to tell Grandma who is having a little trouble remembering or Uncle George with bladder cancer that they may

not get the healthcare they need because they don’t look good on paper? Or that their premiums are now higher than their retirement and social security will cover?

Do you want to be without key services because the only health insurance we would be be able to afford after college covers so few services that it is essentially worthless? Without the ACA, all of the above situations will happen; if not to you directly then to a family member or close friend.

U.S. citizens, like the citizens in every other developed country, deserve access to basic health services, regardless of their social and/or economic status. The ACA is not a perfect system. However, repealing the Act does not take our country forward but shows how little we care for our own. I urge everyone to support keeping the law, but encourage to continue the practice of revisiting and revising aspects of the Affordable Care Act. Repealing and totally replacing it would not only be devastating and possibly deadly for millions of U.S. citizens, but it would also enable congress to waste taxpayer money debating and attempting to slop together a new plan which, in this highly divided political climate, wouldn’t happen any time soon, causing millions to needlessly suffer.

ily, but the opposite happened, and premiums continue to increase.

American families are burdened by related ACA taxes. In 2008, Obama said no family making less than $25,000 a year would see a tax increase. However, according to Americans for Tax Reform, there are multiple Obamacare taxes that harm middle class families. These include a cap on Flexible Spending Accounts, the individual mandate, a rule preventing Americans from using money in FSAs or Health Savings Accounts towards over-the-counter medicines, increasing tax deductible thresholds for medical costs from 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income to 10 percent of adjusted gross income.

Obama said, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.” Supposedly, insurance companies could keep people’s current plans if they complied with the new Obamacare regulations through a “grandfathering in” process. However, the regulations are vast and uncompromising.

Therefore, insurance companies have been required to provide benefits that many people don’t want or need. Thus, premiums have increased, many people have been pushed off of their insurance plans, and some people have been forced onto Medicaid.

There’s a lot of speculation about what an ACA replacement would look like. People opposed to the repeal have told us that

20 million people will lose coverage if Obamacare is repealed. But according to The Hill, 16 of the 20 million people who’ve gained coverage gained it through the Medicaid expansion. Republicans may work to restructure Medicaid, but they will not get rid of it. The people not covered by Medicaid still have to deal with the continually rising premiums and lack of insurer competition in the Obamacare exchanges.

ACA defenders claim people with preexisting conditions will not be able to access medical coverage. But many people with pre-existing conditions could gain medical coverage before the ACA was passed. According to Legal Insurrection, there were 35 states that offered high-risk insurance pools for people with pre-existing conditions, and the majority of states did not have the preexisting conditions mandate that is required under the ACA. We have the ability to call our congressmen and women, along with our senators, and tell them to work on and pass repeal. If this law continues to be in place, it is likely that insurers will continue to leave the exchanges, premiums and deductibles will keep increasing, and the typical American family will pay the price while the federal government’s debt keeps growing. It’s time that this Republican controlled government repeal the ACA and its legacy of broken promises.

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OPINION What are you going to be for Halloween?

“I want to be Mark McCoy because I want to take my school spirit to the next level.”

Emma Wittkowski, Sophomore

“Playboy bunny in honor of Hugh Hefner’s death.”

Against Affordable Care Act

BY LUKE PATTY Staff Writer opinion@thedepauw.com

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed The Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. It was the largest regulatory overhaul and medical coverage expansion since Medicaid and Medicare were passed in 1965. The ACA has been unpopular since its creation. With that being said, here are some of the biggest problems with the ACA, and some broken promises by the President who signed it into law.

Ironically, the ACA is unaffordable. The federal government currently has a debt totaling around $20 trillion. During Obama’s 2009 State of the Union, he said that he wouldn’t sign anything that would add to the deficit. Presently, Obamacare could actually contribute an enormous amount to the federal debt. The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan agency, has stated that the debt could rise to $30 trillion by 2030, and that Obamacare is one of the largest factors behind the expected increase.

The Kaiser Family Foundation has said that the average employer-based family policy that cost $13,770 in 2010, then cost $16,834 in 2014. A $3,000 increase is the opposite of what Obama stated when promoting the ACA. Obama said premiums would be reduced by up to $2,500 per fam-

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This week in sports...

Clinched…With their 2-0 win over Wooster in their home finale on Sunday, DePauw field hockey clinched a spot in the NCAC Tournament set to start in early November.

4.... turnovers by DePauw football in the Tigers’ 52-6 loss to undefeated Wittenberg last Saturday at Blackstock Stadium. It was DePauw’s first loss of the season.

8… Field hockey players scored goals in the Tigers’ 9-0 rout of Oberlin on Saturday. DePauw was led by sophomore forward Kate Milner

who scored her sixth and seventh goals of the season. The loss set Oberlin back to 1-16 on the season and still winless in Conference.

Home sweet home… After having their seven-match win streak snapped by Wittenberg, DePauw volleyball responded by shutting out Oberlin 3-0 in their last home match of the season.

11… saves by senior goalie Natalie Sheeks in women’s soccer’s 1-0 win over Wittenberg.

TIGER OF THE WEEK

Preparing for Conference…

After winning the Inter-Regional Rumble in Oberlin, men’s cross country has been tabbed as the favorites to win the NCAC Conference race this weekend. The Tigers finished second last season.

Season Opener... for men’s and women’s swimming who opened their season at Purdue’s Indiana Intercollegiates. The men’s team placed fifth/seventh, while the women finished third/seventh.

Sport: Cross Country Year: Senior Major: Interdisciplinary and French Burguete has once again played a big part for the men’s cross country team. His fourth place finish helped DePauw win the Inter-Regional Rumble last weekend. The Tigers were also recently predicted to win the NCAC Conference meet, a feat they haven’t accomplished since joining the NCAC in 2011.

The DePauw (TDP): How does this the most important thing I’ve taken season’s team compare to the others from running at DePauw is how to be a good person and teammate. I’m still you have been on at DePauw? not there and have a lot to learn, but Polo Burguete (PB): The men’s I’m grateful to my team for teaching cross country team has become me how to work and encourage more competitive throughout my others so that we may all succeed-years here. In part, that’s because and have fun doing it. individuals have established high goals for themselves and done TDP: What’s been the biggest everything that they can to achieve challenge this season for the men’s them, like trying to qualify for team? nationals individually. In turn, this has rubbed onto others, and now PB: The biggest challenge for the we have a group of guys who are men’s team is for each individual to motivated and willing to work hard put their best foot forward and not to be afraid to hurt. We need everyone to make big things happen. to commit themselves to the idea that TDP: Having already run Oberlin’s we can win conference because we course this season, how will the know we can; we’ve beaten every team in our conference in prior team approach Saturday’s race? meets. If we all go out on the course PB: Conference is going to be fun on Saturday and give it our best, I because--unlike last time-- they are think we can become conference putting hay bales on the course, champions. So far, we haven’t had a which I’ve never had happen in my meet where everyone puts it together college career. And, despite running and we all have a great race, but I can the course two weeks ago, this is see that happening this weekend and cross country: you have to expect at Regionals. the unexpected. Every DePauw runner will have to be aware of TDP: From a mentality standpoint, where they are during the race and how does winning a big race like the make sure that they’re doing their Inter-Regional Rumble help the team job: getting in front of as many of in preparing for this weekend?

Allegheny guys as they can.

PB: Winning the Inter-Regional TDP: Looking back over your four Rumble was a big deal and a taste of years, what have you improved on the success we can achieve as a team. most as a runner, apart from your Never, in my four years, had we won a big invitational like this nor been race time? nationally ranked. It’s an amazing PB: Fortunately, I’ve learned how to achievement and I’m proud to part stay healthy and avoid injuries. But, of it!

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Field hockey clinches spot in NCAC playoffs

BY JEREMY NUTTER Staff Writer sports@thedepauw.com

This weekend the field hockey team clinched their seventh NCAC tournament berth by defeating Oberlin College 9-0 and The College of Wooster 2-0. The win over Oberlin saw eight different players score goals.

“It’s a proud moment to be able to come together and qualify for the

postseason,” said Head Coach, Erika Dombkowski. “Many teams end their season with the last regular season game, so we understand that a lot of hard work and investment in each member of the team is what is needed to make it this far. We do not take it for granted.”

The team mentality is an important part of the Tigers’ success, something Dombkowski says makes them “the strongest team I’ve ever been part of.”

First-year, midfielder, Catherine Zesiger agreed.

“Saturday was especially great because so many people scored and to contribute in a positive way, and both goalkeepers got a shutout on both days,” said Zesiger who is excited to continue her first season at DePauw in the playoffs. “We played our game and had a lot of fun doing it… Despite a few conference games that didn’t turn out the way we wanted, it’s exciting to have

PG. 11 | October 25, 2017 this opportunity to prove ourselves.”

However, they still have two games remaining this season, which is important preparation going into the postseason. Dombkowski says these games “will affect seeding in the tournament, but more importantly, however way it goes, will be a lesson and a preview of what the competition will be like in the postseason.”

The Tigers have played both Earlham College and Wittenberg University earlier this season, beating Earlham 3-0 and losing to Wittenberg 0-3.

“The focus is to take it game by game. We can’t focus on the tournament that we aren’t playing it yet.

When that time comes, then we will,” said Dombkowski. “It’s always part of the big picture goal, but we must accomplish our goals with the next two teams we face by beating them and go into the games confidently and make necessary adjustments.”

The Tigers will play at Wittenberg Thursday night and at Earlham on Saturday in their lead up to the NCAC tournament.

Student athletes will Get to know your Tiger athletes never leave campus THIS WEEK’S ATHLETES

zach Batt

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KURT SWIETER SWIMMER, SENIOR

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Best thing you’ve been for Halloween

Laziest thing you did over Fall Break

TV show I’d love to guest star on

When I was younger my Dad got me a kid’s flight suit and let me wear his fighter-pilot helmet from when he flew A-10’s in the Air Force. Not the most creative costume, but breathing like Darth Vader through the oxygen mask and slamming down the visor to run around the neighborhood shooting down ghouls and witches was - to me - the absolute coolest.

Enjoyed ice cream straight from the container, but ate the entire thing because I didn’t want to trek downstairs to put it back in the freezer.

Stranger Things 2 - preferably to take down a few Demogorgons.

I was Captain Hook when I was 6. I think this still holds the top spot.

Watched all of American Vandal in 2 sittings.

Workaholics

Laying in bed playing word brain for hours and three hour naps after soccer practice.

Grey’s Anatomy for sure.

Specifically in the O.R. with Derek Shepherd assisting him with one of his brain surgeries.

A few years ago I dressed up as a baby and it was pretty amazing.

BY ANDREW GOLD Co-Sports Editor sports@thedepauw.com

“Finally, it’s Friday, I’m done with classes and Fall break is here.

I can’t wait to go home, how about you?”

“Yeah, actually I’ll be on campus the whole week. Well, and Allegheny, and Wittenberg, and Kenyon.”

If this exchange sounds familiar to you, odds are you’re one of the many fall and winter athletes at DePauw. The typical break for a DePauw athlete consists of 21 hours of downtime, two or three hours of practice, constantly checking to see what the adjusted hours of Hoover and Lily are, and deciding what movies to watch.

For some athletes, fall break is a week of transitional living, moving from their sororities or fraternities to Rector Village where they live out of a suitcase and try not to mess up their brother’s or sister’s rooms too much.

For myself and the men’s soccer team, fall break included a couple of grill outs and bonfires, a round of campus golf, a trip to Enda Collins haunted bridge, and three bus rides for a combined 32 hours of travel along with every movie in the Star Wars series and the Insidious trilogy.

Some of us were fortunate enough to travel home for a day and half, see our families, and perhaps, more importantly, our pets. Like

any mix of students, we had guys enjoying the homework free week, and others who were working on their final papers due in a month and half.

One of the most poignant parts of fall break, however, is the sense of comradery among athletes from all teams. Despite the nearly empty campus, volleyball had one of the biggest crowds come out in recent memory for their match last Tuesday against Wittenberg. The environment was equally raucous at women’s soccer’s must win game against Wittenberg the next day.

The next morning all the athletes gathered in Meharry Hall for a talk by Don McPherson about loving each other differently. Before the meeting started the entire room sang happy birthday to one of the girls on the softball team, setting the tone for the lecture that followed.

So, if you know an athlete, and they don’t look tan, or seem illogically tired despite having just had fall break, more than likely you could ask them what movies they’ve seen recently and whether they won their games this past week instead of gloating about your week of home cooked meals and laying on a beach.

But make no mistake, when push comes to shove, most every athlete would tell you that they’d take the experience and privilege of being an athlete playing for DePauw over the minor inconvenience of staying on campus ten times out of ten.

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Despite being on campus for a week, junior defender Andrew Gold (right) enjoys the team comradery and other perks that come with being an athlete on Fall Break.

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Senior wide receiver Ryan Grizzard attempts to catch a pass in the end zone during DePauw’s 52-6 loss to Wittenberg.

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Senior forward Paige Berliner battles an Oberlin opponent for the ball during DePauw’s 9-0 win on Saturday.