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DePauw VOL. 161, ISSUE 31 FEBRUARY 22, 2013 Indiana’s Newspaper By NICKY CHOKRAN [email protected]A sewer line connecting a small portion of the Green Center for the Performing Arts to the sewer located beneath College Street collapsed on Monday evening, causing the close of College Street between Olive Street and Hanna Street for construction. “There was never anything spilled in the GCPA at all,” Jim Ruark, assistant director of Facilities Management said. “There was some odor but noth- ing real serious.” According to Ruark, construction began Tues- day morning and by Thursday afternoon workers were running a new sewer line out to the street. “We had to dig it up and replace it,” Ruark said. “This is a tough repair because there are a lot of other lines that run we don’t want to cut.” Ruark said construction is expected to con- clude Monday night. “It should all be put back together.” DePauw hired a construction team to per- form work on College Street after a sewage pipe malfunctioned in the GCPA on Monday. STEPHANIE AANENSON / THE DEPAUW Sewer caves out- side of the GCPA By SOPHIE HOFFMAN [email protected]Flu season has arrived on campus. Rapidly spreading throughout DePauw’s community, many students and staff alike have been affected by ei- ther a stomach virus or some form of influenza. “We’ve seen a lot of the stomach flu, with the vomiting and diarrhea, probably about six a day right now,” Dr. Ripple of the Wellness Center said. Ripple said he’s been treating most with medicine and fluids but he has had some who are unable to hold fluids and must be hooked up to an IV. In regards to cancelling classes because of the overwhelming number being affected, the Well- ness Center does not have an exact count of how many people have to get sick before cancellation is considered. “We deal with it more on a case by case basis, depending on what we’re seeing,” Ripple said. Although there have been no plans to cancel all classes, several faculty members have been sick and as a result, have had to cancel class on their own. Three members of the English department have come down with similar cases. “I went down on Friday afternoon -- got home, went straight to bed with chills, an insatiable lust for anything with vitamin C – orange juice, grape- fruit juice, tangerines, even fresh salsa,” an english professor said. But there’s more than just one illness that has been going around. “I had five people absent from class today -- one with pink eye, one with what he called ‘the campus plague,’ and another with a stomach virus,” said the same professor. And that’s not the only department that’s been afflicted. A sophomore in the communications depart- ment, Kristen Dickman, had been sick for over 36 hours with complaints of a headache and dizziness. “I honestly think it’s been passed around at the frats,” Dickman said. Many fraternity members have experienced the flu-like symptoms. “A lot of people in my house are sick,” said a junior member of a fraternity who has been sick for nearly two weeks with fatigue, nausea and loss of appetite. “It sucks [at school] because there’s the obligation to go to class. I mean I would rather go to class sick then miss work, so you just got to tough it out.” Going to class sick and being in such close proximity to one another at fraternities, sororities and dorms is one of the leading causes of the high numbers of illness going around campus. “It been going around my dorm so I assume that’s how I got it,” freshman Sammi Bell, who complains of vomiting, nausea, cold sweatsand extreme fatigue said. “I left a chemistry lab early and I went to the Wellness Center to- day and they told me there wasn’t much they could do except stay hydrated and let it takes its toll,” Bell said. Because the flu is not a bacterial infection, no antibiotics can be used to treat it and students are simply stuck waiting it out. In general though stu- dents are among the most resilient and likely to fight off viruses and diseases. According to the weekly influenza report is- sued by the Indiana State Department of Health, there have been nine deaths this week and 56 this season due to influenza, but none have been with- in the age of 19-24. Norovirus Invades FEATURES DePauw alumna named co-CEO of TFA page 5 INVESTIGATIVE History of multi-cultural fraternities and sororities page 4 NEWS IFC increases flower-in regulations page 2 Oldest College Light your fire on pages 6&7
A sewer line connecting a small portion of the Green Center for the Performing Arts to the sewer located beneath College Street collapsed on Monday evening, causing the close of College Street between Olive Street and Hanna Street for construction.
“There was never anything spilled in the GCPA at all,” Jim Ruark, assistant director of Facilities Management said. “There was some odor but noth-ing real serious.”
According to Ruark, construction began Tues-day morning and by Thursday afternoon workers were running a new sewer line out to the street.
“We had to dig it up and replace it,” Ruark said. “This is a tough repair because there are a lot of other lines that run we don’t want to cut.”
Ruark said construction is expected to con-clude Monday night.
“It should all be put back together.”
DePauw hired a construction team to per-form work on College Street after a sewage pipe malfunctioned in the GCPA on Monday. STEPHANIE AANENSON / THE DEPAUW
Flu season has arrived on campus. Rapidly spreading throughout DePauw’s community, many students and staff alike have been affected by ei-ther a stomach virus or some form of influenza.
“We’ve seen a lot of the stomach flu, with the vomiting and diarrhea, probably about six a day right now,” Dr. Ripple of the Wellness Center said. Ripple said he’s been treating most with medicine and fluids but he has had some who are unable to hold fluids and must be hooked up to an IV.
In regards to cancelling classes because of the overwhelming number being affected, the Well-ness Center does not have an exact count of how many people have to get sick before cancellation is considered.
“We deal with it more on a case by case basis, depending on what we’re seeing,” Ripple said.
Although there have been no plans to cancel all classes, several faculty members have been sick and as a result, have had to cancel class on their own.
Three members of the English department have come down with similar cases.
“I went down on Friday afternoon -- got home, went straight to bed with chills, an insatiable lust for anything with vitamin C – orange juice, grape-fruit juice, tangerines, even fresh salsa,” an english professor said.
But there’s more than just one illness that has been going around.
“I had five people absent from class today -- one with pink eye, one with what he called ‘the campus
p l a g u e , ’ and another with a stomach virus,” said the same professor. And that’s not the only department that’s been afflicted.
A sophomore in the communications depart-ment, Kristen Dickman, had been sick for over 36 hours with complaints of a headache and dizziness.
“I honestly think it’s been passed around at the frats,” Dickman said.
Many fraternity members have experienced the flu-like symptoms.
“A lot of people in my house are sick,” said a junior member of a fraternity who has been sick for nearly two weeks with fatigue, nausea and loss of appetite. “It sucks [at school] because there’s the obligation to go to class. I mean I would rather go to class sick then miss work, so you just got to tough it out.”
Going to class sick and being in such close proximity to one another at fraternities, sororities and dorms is one of the leading causes of the high numbers of illness going around campus.
“It been going around my dorm so I assume that’s how I got it,” freshman Sammi Bell, who complains of vomiting, nausea, cold sweatsand extreme fatigue
said.
“I left a chemis t ry
lab early and I went to the Wellness Center to-day and they told me there wasn’t much they could do except stay hydrated and let it takes its toll,” Bell said.
Because the flu is not a bacterial infection, no antibiotics can be used to treat it and students are simply stuck waiting it out. In general though stu-dents are among the most resilient and likely to fight off viruses and diseases.
According to the weekly influenza report is-sued by the Indiana State Department of Health, there have been nine deaths this week and 56 this season due to influenza, but none have been with-in the age of 19-24.
Norovirus Invades
FEATURES
DePauw alumna named co-CEO of TFA
page 5
INVESTIGATIVE
History of multi-cultural fraternities and sororities
page 4
NEWS
IFC increases flower-in regulations
page 2
Oldest College
Light your fire on pages
6&7
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Like many of DePauw’s greek traditions, spring flower-in’s are highly regulated to ensure that they go smoothly and efficiently.
Flower-ins are a tradition held by many greek chapters on DePauw’s campus. During the event, a female new member class is presented alongside a male new member class. One by one a male new member offers a female new member a flower. After accepting the flower, it is common for the man and woman to hug or kiss.
Current regulations for flower-ins include a “so-ber hour” which takes place 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after the event. Additionally, tackling, chanting, forceful behavior and peer pressure are
banned. This year, a new rule was introduced that mandates the events to be supervised by a member from Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council.
According to Tyler Notch, IFC president, this new rule mandating increased supervision by authority figures was created in an attempt to address a “past problem across the board with chanting.”
“Chanting makes new members feel pressured, which is not what flower-ins are about,” Notch said. “They’re about meeting people.”
Sophomore Libby Warren, a Panhellenic Council member that is involved in flower-ins, agrees.
“The problem lies in when a girl is anxious or afraid to get flowered-in. There would be contro-versy if we stopped flower-ins altogether, but risk-management and chapter presidents understand that some regulations are needed,” Warren said.
Senior Kunhee Lee, member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, said she noticed an improvement in the way flower-ins are conducted.
“My freshman year, when I was being flowered-in, there was a lot of chanting of things like ‘make out,’” Lee said. “But I noticed that by last year, although there was chanting, it was more positive—chants like ‘Meet her dad!’ or, ‘Take her out!’”
However, even with this improvement, some
have noticed that some freshman may still feel pres-sured or uncomfortable at flower-ins.
“Even though flower-ins are entertaining for the people watching, I think that the way members of a pledge class act can still make the other members feel pressured, even if not intentionally,” freshman Emily Behrens, member of Alpha Chi Omega soror-ity said. “Upperclassmen explicitly tell freshmen not to feel pressured to make out with the guys they are paired with. But I don’t think that any new pledge members would even think of doing that in the first place if it hadn’t been mentioned to them.”
Freshman Michael Tobin, member of Sigma Chi fraternity, agrees that there is an underlying pressure associated with flower-ins, but doesn’t think that it’s a serious problem.
“There’s some pressure,” Tobin said, “but when you decide to not do anything, everyone is okay with it.”
“The problem lies in when a girl is anxious or afraid to get flowered-in. There would be controversy if we stopped flower-in’s altogether, but risk-management and chapter presidents understand that some
regulations are needed.”
- Libby Warren, sophomore
Nigelie Assee, junior, embraces fresman Alex Hostetler during the Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Alpha Theta flower-in on Thursday night. SUNNY STRADER/THE DEPAUW
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In the bitter climate, the Hoover Gate archway remains vacant on the Anderson Street entrance. Despite the gates’ highly anticipated reveal, their clashing contemporary vibe prompted their removal after two weeks.
The removal process took just a few hours and was completed by DePauw Facilities Management just after Winter Term. According to Robert Harper, assistant direc-tor of Facilities Management on DePauw’s grounds, the gates currently reside in a large storage facility off campus. They will remain at this location until further notice.
The barren archway sparked concerns amongst some students.
Junior Courtney Bowers, who resides on Anderson Street, said she felt the gates completed the street’s overall appearance.
“I was upset when the gates were taken down, because I felt like nobody really had the chance to look at them and really get used to them,” Bowers said.
The change on this picturesque street has been a cause of uncertainty for some within the DePauw com-munity. Rumors surrounding the gates’ looming financial burden, which Christopher Wells, DePauw’s vice president of communication and strategic initiatives, tried to subdue.
“All costs associated with this project were covered by gifts,” Wells said in an email. Students are not paying anything for them, nor are funds being taken away from anything else on campus.”
Despite the current vacancy, the administration remains optimistic.
Wells noted that the Hoover family and DePauw admin-istration are currently investigating new gate plans in hopes of preserving DePauw's welcoming atmosphere.
What’s next for the Hoover Gates?
The Hoover gates, which were removed shortly before the start of this semester, currently reside in a storage facility off campus. Photo courtesy of Banner Graphic
While the greek system is known for being alive and well at DePauw, some students might forget that Panhellenic and Interfraternity Coun-cil greek organizations are not the only sororities and fraternities on campus.
Multicultural greek organizations on campus pride themselves on including members from a variety of ethnicities, and backgrounds. Many multicultural greek organizations originated as support groups for residential communities. Their purpose is to empower these members.
Lambda Sigma Upsilon is DePauw’s first multi-cultural fraternity and the first chapter to form in the Midwest. DePauw’s Lambda Sigma Upsilon chapter has four members on campus. Senior John Yates acts as the chapter’s vice presi-dent, philanthropy chair, academic chair and step-intro captain.
“People from every background are encour-aged to join multicultural greek organizations,” Yates said. “We embrace each and every culture and we celebrate them as a fraternity together.”
Senior Daniella Novas, president of Omega Phi Beta and vice president of DePauw’s Multicul-tural Greek Council, said the 17 female founders for Omega Phi Beta came together for a cause.
“They all possessed a strong passion for fight-ing against violence toward women,” Novas said. “Our founders wanted to create an organization that fought for women’s rights, and that’s exactly what they did.”
Lambda Sigma Upsilon began in the 1970s, when there were many Latino issues arising. A group of people wanted to provide a voice for the Latino community and thus formed Lambda Sigma Upsilon.
While the multicultural fraternity started as
a Latino-based organization, it has become the most diverse multicultural fraternity in the na-tion. Currently, Lambda Sigma Upsilon repre-sents over 80 countries and nationalities.
“Throughout our development, we have not only become the voice for Latinos, but for people all over the world,” Yates said.
Novas said that choosing to join a multi-cultural sorority was inevitable after hearing of Omega Phi Beta’s philanthropic cause, raising awareness of human trafficking and ending it.
“The cause impacted me from the very begin-ning,” Novas said. “I’m a feminist, and fighting for an end to all forms of violence against women is something I am very passionate about.”
Novas was also motivated to join Omega Phi Beta because of the sisterhood. After three mem-bers graduated last May, Novas is currently the only member of Omega Phi Beta on campus.
Novas fills the position for every job of the sorority, including finance chair, philanthropy chair and president.
“Essentially, I’m running a whole chapter by myself,” Novas said. “But to be truthful, it doesn’t feel like I am.”
Novas said that she gets help from members that she’s met through multiple conferences and regional retreats and also from members of the other multicultural greek organizations on De-Pauw’s campus.
“I really don’t feel alone or overwhelmed,” she said.
Yates said that since he has leading roles in his fraternity, he can represent his community and act as support system. He also has the cred-ibility to work with other greek organizations.
“I’ve always been passionate about my be-liefs, but I wanted to share my goals with others,” Yates said. “I wanted to join a group of men who are like-minded in their pursuit to improve our
community both on campus and at large.”For both Novas and Yates, being part of a
multicultural Greek organization directs a focus to individual roots. Multicultural organizations are heavily based on members knowing where they come from, as well as studying other mem-bers’ backgrounds and teaching about their own culture.
“I’m a Latina myself, which is very important to my identity,” Novas said. “I am always refer-ring back to the Dominican Republic’s history… but studying my sisters’ backgrounds allows me to embrace every culture I learn about.”
For those in multicultural Greek organiza-tions, the idea of a small group holding similar passions is a large part of the appeal.
“I considered rushing for one of the other sororities on campus that wasn’t a multicultural sorority, but the idea of working in small num-bers on campus with a diverse group of women was very attractive to me,” Novas said.
Senior Trista Wyman, a Panhellenic sorority member, finds multicultural Greek organizations a small and limited population, but thinks they provide an advantage for certain students.
“I think it’s [a] good way for those with strong ethnic backgrounds to keep up with important traditions,” Wyman said.
For Yates, being in a multicultural fraternity provides a very different Greek experience.
“I did consider joining a majority fraternity,” Yates said. “But for myself, it just didn’t work.”
Novas and Yates both said they do not frown upon IFC and Panhellenic greek organizations.
“I always support them,” Yates said. “If that’s what makes you happy, then go for it.”
A history of multicultural greek organizations
LAMBDA SIGMA
UPSILON
FOUNDED ON APRIL
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UNIVERSITYOMEGA PHI BETA
FOUNDED ON MARCH 15, 1989 AT
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SIGMA LAMBDA GAMMA
FOUNDED ON APRIL 9, 1990 AT
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CITY, IOWA
TIME LINE OF MULTICULTURAL GREEK COUNCIL CHAPTERS
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With the many alumni who have recently donated millions of dol-lars to their alma mater, it is not difficult to believe that a DePauw education prepares people for uncommon success.
However, money is not the only mark of success. Success can be giving back to the community as well, and Elisa Villanueva Beard, ’98, has been incredibly successful as a member for Teach for America.
On February 13, Beard was named co-CEO of Teach for America, an organization that sends recent college graduates and young profes-sionals to teach in low-income communities for two years and trains them to become life-long leaders in education.
Beard and her co-CEO Matt Kramer will succeed Teach for Ameri-ca’s founder, Wendy Kopp, who has served as the sole CEO of Teach for America for 22 years, but will now serve as chairman of the board of directors. Beard and Kramer have served together for eight years on Teach for America’s leadership team.
“It’s an evolution, not a revolution for Teach for America,” Steve Mancini, a spokesman for Teach for America, said.
Beard heard about DePauw from her high school mentor whose wife was an alumna of DePauw. Beard came to DePauw from Rio Grande Valley, Texas, a small town on the U.S-Mexico border.
The town’s population is 95 percent Mexican and is highly influ-enced by Mexican culture and places high value on family and faith. Beard experienced a bit of culture shock when she arrived on De-Pauw’s campus and was immersed in mid-western culture.
“It was like a foreign country to me,” Beard said.The affluence and educational prowess of her classmates added
to the culture shock. Despite being in the top 5 percent of her class, Beard found she was under--prepared for the academic rigor of De-Pauw. Despite her frustrations, she stuck it out.
“What I learned about myself was that I had the capability to figure out how to [succeed at DePauw],” Beard said.
As she spent more time on campus, Beard began to wonder why there were not more students from communities like hers on De-Pauw’s campus. During her sophomore year, she heard about Teach for American and the organization’s mission of creating equal access to a good education for every child in America. As a senior, she de-cided to apply.
“[The mission] really resonated with me as a cause that was right and fair,” Beard said.
She became a member of the 1998 Phoenix Corps. She taught bi-lingual first graders for two years before moving up to second grade with her students for a third year of teaching.
Beard’s job as a corps teacher was two-fold. She had to teach her students and train their parents to help their children progress through school. Many of the families she interacted with suffered from poverty and had trouble affording basic necessities.
“My students had lots of cavities,” Beard said. “I had to make sure they had access to dental care and taught them about dental hygiene.”
Beard’s students were able to overcome the obstacles they faced and achieve the high standards she set. She came to know her stu-dents and their families as hard-working people trying to overcome the challenges they faced.
“I learned that [unequal access to education] is a solvable prob-lem,” Beard said. “You just have to expect the kids to do the work. You set the bar high and they meet it. You just provide the support they need along the way.”
After her three years of teaching, Beard was offered the opportu-nity to be the regional director of the Rio Grande Valley area. Although she loved her community in Phoenix, she said she is a Texas girl at heart and wanted to move back to her home state.
Since then, she has spent 12 years on staff for Teach for America, most recently as the chief operating officer on the senior leadership
team. As co-CEOs, Beard and Kramer will be responsible for the day to
day operations of Teach for America, but each will have specific areas of focus. Kramer will handle recruiting, training and admissions while Beard supervises Teach for America’s 46 regions across the country and represents the organization publicly.
“Teach for America plays such an important role in developing the leadership our country needs to live up to our highest ideals,” Kramer said in a press release on February 13. “And Elisa and I are eager to continue the hard work of ensuring that all children in our country have the opportunity to reach their full potential.”
The two will begin with a 100-day national listening tour where they will hear what Teach for America staff, teachers, supporters, school partners, and other associates feel they should be focused on.
Beard said she is excited hear what people have to say and to un-derstand people’s view of Teach for America’s role in the social justice movement for education.
Beard is not the only DePauw alumnus to be part of Teach for America. According to Mancini, there are currently 30 DePauw alumni teaching. There are also DePauw alumni on staff at Teach for America.
“We have a number of DePauw grads on staff, from our recruit-ment team, to our instructional coaching team, to our development team,” Kaitlin Gastrock, who handles Teach for America’s media rela-tions with college campuses, said in an email.
When Beard assumes her role as co-CEO, DePauw will have alumni working in every level of Teach for America.
“[Beard’s promotion] says something about your university,” Man-cini said. “It is a tribute to her as well as to the education and opportu-nities DePauw offers its students.”
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DID YOU KNOW THAT ODONTOPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF TEETH?DID YOU KNOW THAT ELEPHANTS ARE THE ONLY MAMMALS THAT CAN’T JUMP?DID YOU KNOW THAT THE DEPAUW HAS AN IPHONE APP NOW?DID YOU KNOW THAT IT’S FREE?NO?
The new smart phone application Tinder has sparked a wildfire of mobile romance on DePauw’s campus.Tinder, advertised as, “a fun way to break the ice,” syncs itself with users’ Facebook profiles and then refers them to
others on Tinder in the area. Tinder users can then either “X” or “heart” those profiles that the app gives them access to. “It’s all anonymous,” says their website, “until someone you like, likes you back.”Once a “connection” has been formed, the user has the option to “Message” or “Keep Playing”: the goal being for
users to meet and become romantically involved with these people who would have remained total strangers if not for the wonders of Tinder technology.
In the last few weeks, Tinder’s popularity on DePauw’s campus has boomed, and it has become the new app to have. However, has Tinder’s true purpose, to romantically connect two people, been lost in the madness of shuffling through profile pictures?
“I just like meeting new people and talking to them. I use it more in a social kind of way; I’m not really looking for anyone,” freshman Dalton Wheeler said.
Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, a communications professor at DePauw, said that from his perspective, most students aren’t using Tinder with serious intentions.
“I get the sense that people see it mostly as a kind of game that’s fun to do—and a little addictive,” he said.For Nichols-Pethick, what makes Tinder unique is not its purpose—using technology to “match” people together—
but the users it has been aimed toward.“As the demographics of Match.Com and eHarmony get older, we have this new app that’s catering to the younger
generations—they’re really pushing it on college campuses,” he said.So far, the students have been eating it up.“I’ve met a bunch of IU guys and guys from Indiana State: it’s really fun to meet a Wabash guy and say you’re from
DePauw,” senior Courtney Nelson said, whose Tinder usage began as early as last Thursday.Freshman AJ Houk said, “It’s just kind of funny seeing who you get paired up with.”However, none of these Tinder addicts have taken their romantic dalliances from the online world to the real world. Sophomore Rachel Burriss said, “I wouldn’t be comfortable going out of my way to meet someone that I only knew
from ‘hearting’ them on an app.”Even Nelson, who admitted that she has “met a guy” through Tinder that she would be willing to meet in person,
said that it would be too “weird” to actually suggest a face-to-face meeting.“The anonymity that is involved makes it unsafe to meet these people in person,” Nelson said. She then added, “Our
generation knows better than to meet up with someone they met on the Internet.”While Nichols-Pethick does seem to have faith in students’ caution when it comes to the dangers this app could
potentially pose, he admitted to worrying about what apps like Tinder say about today’s relationship between business and romance.
“I’m always worried about the commodification of everyday life: especially when we get into these personal issues of romance,” he said.
It’s a modern take on the old saying, “don’t mix business and pleasure.” Nichols-Pethick worries that as Tinder increases its user-base, the manufacturers will move to a more aggressive way of making money.
Through transitioning to in app purchasing, advertising, or even forcing users to pay for what is currently a free ap-plication, Tinder will build its revenue, and in turn increase the similarities between romance and commodities.
“Will your romantic life now become, not a product necessarily, but something within the commodity structure? In order to have a romantic life and participate in this thing you’ll have to pay in,” Nichols-Pethick said.
However, he did admit that the fault of this cannot be placed wholly on Tinder. “It’s where people have been headed anyway,” he said.Tinder is simply the latest addition to society’s mediation of communication through the use of technology. “We’re moving away from actual interactions with people. More people text than they do actually call someone. You
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DePauw,” senior Courtney Nelson said, whose Tinder usage began as early as last Thursday.Freshman AJ Houk said, “It’s just kind of funny seeing who you get paired up with.”However, none of these Tinder addicts have taken their romantic dalliances from the online world to the real world. Sophomore Rachel Burriss said, “I wouldn’t be comfortable going out of my way to meet someone that I only knew
from ‘hearting’ them on an app.”Even Nelson, who admitted that she has “met a guy” through Tinder that she would be willing to meet in person,
said that it would be too “weird” to actually suggest a face-to-face meeting.“The anonymity that is involved makes it unsafe to meet these people in person,” Nelson said. She then added, “Our
generation knows better than to meet up with someone they met on the Internet.”While Nichols-Pethick does seem to have faith in students’ caution when it comes to the dangers this app could
potentially pose, he admitted to worrying about what apps like Tinder say about today’s relationship between business and romance.
“I’m always worried about the commodification of everyday life: especially when we get into these personal issues of romance,” he said.
It’s a modern take on the old saying, “don’t mix business and pleasure.” Nichols-Pethick worries that as Tinder increases its user-base, the manufacturers will move to a more aggressive way of making money.
Through transitioning to in app purchasing, advertising, or even forcing users to pay for what is currently a free ap-plication, Tinder will build its revenue, and in turn increase the similarities between romance and commodities.
“Will your romantic life now become, not a product necessarily, but something within the commodity structure? In order to have a romantic life and participate in this thing you’ll have to pay in,” Nichols-Pethick said.
However, he did admit that the fault of this cannot be placed wholly on Tinder. “It’s where people have been headed anyway,” he said.Tinder is simply the latest addition to society’s mediation of communication through the use of technology. “We’re moving away from actual interactions with people. More people text than they do actually call someone. You
lose that intimate connection with people,” Houk said.“Apps like Tinder as well as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have all redefined the notion of knowing someone,”
Nichols-Pethick said.It is easy to access information about strangers on Facebook -- religious beliefs, interests, etc. But this information
really only gets at the surface of what people are really about.“What I know about them is what they’re willing to put out there. I have no idea what they’re like when no one’s
watching,” Nichols-Pethick said of his own Facebook friends.In part, this rise in mediated connections can be attributed to the growing mobility of society in general, and specifi-
cally the increased mobility of younger generations.This modern mobility, Nichols-Pethick said, is two-fold. “This might be less about checking your ‘connections’ on Tinder in the car, and more about a kind of interpersonal
social mobility where you’re making a lot of connections quickly.”“Mobility isn’t just physical movement through space, but social movement through connections,” he added.Nelson also sees Tinder as a way to foster short-lived, superficial relationships, rather than anything more lasting
and meaningful.“It’s just like a ten line conversation and then it’s on to the next person,” she said.However, Nichols-Pethick added that he believes that as people grow old, they begin to have more of a propensity
to “settle down,” and that even apps like Tinder, which make long-term relationships seems less necessary than ever before, will not have a serious impact on human nature.
For now though, Tinder users are focused on the flirting and fun this app brings to everyday life.“It makes it easier to meet people who are close to you and to find things to do,” said Burriss.So while Tinder maintains what is sure to be it’s relatively short-lived popularity, it might be good to keep in mind
the effects that Tinder and applications like it are having on society as a whole. Even those most cynical are not afraid to tell DePauw students to “keep playing.”
How to use Tinder in easy steps
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Perhaps you have successfully avoided pulling out your syllabus, or maybe you’re among the few who have already been keeping a close eye on your assignments. Either way, the reality of your second semester workload is beginning to set in, and scheduling your extra-curriculars around classes and assignments has become quite a feat.
But what happens when your syllabus hours extend be-yond the classroom? For virtually every course at DePauw, students complete regular reading assignments, make the rounds to office hours and participate consistently in class to receive a passing grade. But many classes also come with an additional requirement — whether that is mandated by the teacher or by the discipline’s department — to attend out-of-class activities that might not be directly related to the course material.
These activities can consist of research studies, studentpresentations or theatre productions that professors
deem worthy of student attendance and exploration.When I was a freshman, I was initially horrified by
these requirements. I didn’t sign up for this, I objected. Why weren’t these events explicitly listed in the course description online? Why did I have to spend my limited free time learning things that might not even directly relate to course material? This method was vastly different than anything I had experienced in high school or anything that my friends at other universities described.
But despite the clutter and over-scheduling that these extra commitments may cause, these extra requirements
provide a necessary break from the monotony that can so often plague our academic lives.
Over the past few semesters, I have come to cher-ish—even look forward to—these events. I might have had trouble scheduling my other commitments around these requirements, and I may have invested in many new agen-da books and calendars, but it definitely was and continues to be worth the effort.
When we are forced to expose ourselves to new expe-riences, however inconvenient these may seem, we are granted the chance to put our learning into action. When we attend a speaker that recounts stories of his or her work abroad, we bring our political science or conflict studies textbooks to life. When we attend a play like “The Cruci-ble,” not only are words transformed into a live narrative before our eyes, but we are also confronted with complex moral questions that are well worth discussing.
I’ve attended events that deeply inspired students, one of which made me rethink my personal life goals. I’ve at-tended events that deeply challenged students, one of which made me rethink the way I interact with others on a daily basis.
Whether inspirational or challenging, these discussions not only provide a break in our day, but they provide a much needed relief to our cluttered minds. They enable us to engage in thoughts and discussions that we would scarcely allot ourselves the time to explore otherwise. And when these discussions leak into the classroom the fol-lowing day, it’s that much more rewarding. Through these events, we are given the chance to breathe and to simulta-neously redefine both our sense of selves and our sense of community. Not to mention, we become masters of the art of time management.
--Grauer is a sophomore from Rocky River, Ohio, majoring in art history.
Tinder’s plague has officially broken out, and now it’s easier than ever to judge a book by its cover. The iPhone app is fun because of its novelty and the short-lived thrill of connecting with someone, but technology’s newest guilty pleasure is further affirma-tion of our generation’s diminishing social skills. Obviously, Tinder is not to be taken too seriously. We assume that those on Tinder are not hoping to find their true love. But Tinder is a product of a larger phenomenon.
DePauw’s campus simply does not cater to substantial relationships with the oppo-site sex. Tinder is a reflection of a dating culture on campus that values surface and ef-ficiency over the development of an intimate relationship. At DePauw, arranging casual sex can be relatively easy, but having an organic conversation or a real relationship with a member of the opposite sex (or a member of the same sex) is difficult.
Every member of this editorial board has spent a semester abroad, and we returned to campus with the affirmation that the dating culture at DePauw is not normal. In the real world, people go on dates, maybe several dates before sexual intimacy comes into the picture. Sex doesn’t have to be the sole motivation of getting to know someone.
At DePauw, it’s just the opposite. A casual hookup comes first, maybe several casual hookups before a personal conversation takes place. Sex appears to be the purpose of talking to a member of the opposite gender. And even then, alcohol is almost always involved, and usually there are others present during sexual activity.
Few people on campus have their own bedrooms. At DePauw, usually two or three people share a room, and cold dorms are a whole different story. Let’s just say it — it’s weird. Hearing someone else having sex is uncomfortable, and knowing someone else is present during the act is also uncomfortable. This doesn’t make it easy to have a normal relationship.
But college is a time to experiment. We’re not saying that casual hookups are neces-sarily a bad thing. But when casual sex continuously prevents anyone from getting to know each other outside the bedroom (or cold dorm, or rack room, or whatever) this presents a problem, especially in terms of developing healthy dating habits.
It is not our intention to offer a solution to this problem, we just want to pose the question: why is this our normal?
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PHOTOPINIONWhat are you doing to prevent the Norovirus?
HUNTER WILSON, freshman
“The standard hand-washing, sanitizing and getting good sleep. I’ve also been cleaning my room a lot lately.”
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LUCY HANG, sophomore
“I’m trying to keep warm as often as pos-sible. When walking to class, I make sure to bundle up.”
Anti-whistleblower bill suppresses free speech, right to know
As of Thursday, the Indiana State Senate has amended and placed back on the floor S.B. 373 — or as many activists, journalists and
liberty-minded individuals are calling it, the “anti-whistleblower bill.”
Just as legislatures in neighboring states like Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri have attempted, Indiana is dangerously close to passing a measure that makes it a crime to enter a farm or industrial site and take pictures or videos without the writ-ten consent of the property owner. The adoption of the bill would significantly obstruct investigative reporting on potentially unethical and unlawful agribusiness practices — hence why such laws have come to be notoriously known as “ag-gags.”
A short drive through Putnam County will show you what a powerful role agribusiness plays in Indiana’s economy. But the legal implications of S.B. 373 are an express abuse of that power — a deliberate violation of free speech and the public’s right to know exactly where and how their food is
produced. Though organizations like the Humane Society
and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have led the charge in opposing the bill, it’s important to first understand that S.B. 373 is an assault on civil liberties above anything else. Re-gardless of your stance on animal rights, the anti-whistleblower bill is problematic because it is an unconstitutional breach of authority.
The motive behind S.B. 373 remains absolutely clear: suppress the democratic flow of information, protect corporate interest. It’s the same kind of crony capitalism that pervades Washington, where government continues to strong-arm its citizenry at the behest of big business.
This comes at a heavy price. In terms of serv-ing the public good, legislators in support of the bill are putting all of us at risk by restraining media access to industrial farms that may be committing serious health code violations — not to mention the mistreatment of animals, child or immigrant laborers or the environment. As consumers, we demand the ability to be well informed and it’s the whistleblowers’ responsibility to help us to do so.
Supporters of ag-gag measures frequently ar-gue that they are necessary to counter the extrem-ist efforts of anti-meat zealots for political motiva-tion. But as guaranteed under our constitution, all political speech is free speech. While some in-
vestigative reporting on industrial farms serves an agenda, others assist us in making better choices. Their work contributes to the marketplace of ideas that characterizes a vibrant and well-functioning public sphere.
S.B. 373 has also been articulated as a protec-tion of private property. I’ll concede that a privately owned company should be able to prosecute in-truders. But in Indiana, laws are already on the books regarding trespassing. Defamation and libel laws are already in place to protect the industrial farming industry from media falsifying information about their operations. The criminality supposedly prevented by S.B. 373 is already actionable. By this logic, S.B. 373 is a redundant proposal that does nothing but infringe upon our civil liberties.
The State Senate will not vote on the bill until Monday at the earliest. Until then, I strongly en-courage you — Indiana resident or not — to contact the assembly and urge them to vote no on S.B. 373. We all deserve the right to know what we’re eating, and we won’t be privileged with this information unless we protect our free press.
— Brelage is a senior from Indianapolis majoring in English writing.
Dear Editor,As three staff members who work very closely
with alcohol issues on campus, we were concerned by the editorial in Tuesday’s edition of The De-Pauw. While the editorial points out the new Life-line Law in Indiana that became effective last sum-mer to protect those who call for help for someone in danger from alcohol consumption, this has been the practice of DePauw for many years. Students who call for help for their friends are not charged through Community Standards. This past fall we specifically outlined this practice in the Student Handbook through the Safe Community Clause. We have seen very positive outcomes from educat-ing students about calling for help. During the fall semester alone over half of the calls for help for an intoxicated student were from a friend.
Where the editorial falls short is that the Safe Community Clause also applies to organizations that call for help for an overly intoxicated guest, provided that the organization has not created an environment deemed to be unsafe for guests. A host organization has a responsibility to maintain a safe environment. This is a responsibility that the organization takes on when opening its doors to guests in all situations, but particularly when the or-ganization chooses to provide alcohol to its guests. Safety plans should include calling for help when
it appears that either a guest or member of the organization has had too much to drink. Though the Greek Life Coordinators have communicated with chapter leadership about the Safe Community Clause, its application has yet to be tested as none of our calls for help have come directly from or-ganizational leadership or social hosts of an event this year.
Creating a safer campus is the responsibility of all DePauw community members. Individuals who choose to drink alcohol have a responsibility to make safer choices. Organizations that choose to provide alcohol have a responsibility to create safer party atmospheres. And there is a responsibility on everyone’s part to call for help when someone needs it. We hope that health and safety are always the number one concern.
Meggan JohnstonDirector of Community Standards
PJ MitchellGreek Life Coordinator and Coordinator of
Alcohol InitiativesJulia Sutherlin
Director of Student LifeDear Editor,
We, the faculty members of Asbury Hall, wel-come the arrival of the Energy Games competition.
We have no doubt that our electricity reduction and increased recycling efforts will provide further confirmation of the vast superiority of our academ-ic departments and programs to those of Harrison Hall. Admittedly, Harrison has Indiana Professor of the Year Michele Villinksi, but we have (among so many other advantages) the legendarily efficient Professor Andrea Sununu! We are confident that when the results from Week One are posted on Monday, Asbury will be in the lead. We would en-gage in further justifiable trash-talk, but we need to shut down our computers now to ensure our sweet, sweet victory.
Jen Everett, PhilosophyJeremy Anderson, Philosophy
Rebecca Bordt, Sociology and AnthropologyRich Cameron, Philosophy
Jeff Dunn, PhilosophyMaryann Gallagher, Political Science
Peter Graham, EnglishClaudia Mills, Philosophy
Brett O’Bannon, Politcal ScienceMatthew Oware, Sociology and Anthropology
Deepa Prakash, Political ScienceErik Wielenberg, Philosophy
Ellen Bayer, English
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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After seven minutes of play, Hiram College nailed a three pointer, prompting an immediate timeout from De-Pauw head coach Kris Huffman.
It was just a 30-second timeout, but she took the time to pull some of her starters and speak about the wide-open three surrendered by her team.
The score was the Terriers’ first, and it was 14-3.
That’s how the North Coast Athletic Conference first round match went for the DePauw women’s basketball team. After 15 minutes of play, the Tigers led 29-4, and led by as many as 44 for a final score of 72-35.
DePauw (26-0) smothered Hiram (9-17) in the first half at the Neal Fieldhouse, holding the visitors to a 14.8 field goal shooting percentage and 23.1 percent in the end.
“Definitely on defense we just worked on pressuring them,” point guard Kate Walker said. “We were hoping we
could interfere with them enough so they couldn’t get it into their post players. Offensively, we were just aggressive.”
The senior tallied six steals on the night and posted four assists. Walker led countless fast breaks down the court that caught Hiram on their heels. The Tigers compiled 23 points off turnovers and earned praise from Huffman for their in-tensity.
But what was more impressive was the scoring of the DePauw bench.
With more than 12 minutes remaining in the second, Huffman withdrew her seniors from the floor and reached deep into the bench to close out he game.
“I knew (the starters) probably would not be re-entering the game, so I tried to stretch them about two more min-utes,” Huffman said.
Seven bench players then combined for 25 points.Sophomore Savannah Trees led all scorers with 14
points, and juniors Alex Gasaway and Ali Ross both pitched in with 10.
The Tigers will next face Wittenberg University (13-13) on Friday. A week ago, DePauw downed Wittenberg by eight points — it’s second closest win margin of the season.
“I am excited to face Wittenberg,” Walker said. “They are a good team that definitely gave us a challenge last time, so I’m looking forward to having them here. We have a lot to prepare for and a lot to work on. Wittenberg definitely challenged us so we’ll need to get better over the next few days.”
Added Huffman, “Hopefully we can get ready for them a little bit more, and get ready for their changing defenses. We like playing at home, so we hope it will make a differ-ence.”
The Tigers' will host Wittenberg on Friday at 8 p.m.
Kathleen Malloy, senior, draws the foul against Hiram's Danielle Day and Kelsey Koskinen on Tuesday night. DePauw defeated Hiram with a final score of 72-35. ASHLEY ISAAC / THE DEPAUW
They’re on to the next oneDePauw women run over Hiram in first round of NCAC tournament
“I am excited to face Wittenberg. They are a good team that definitely gave us a challenge
last time, so I’m looking forward to having them here. We have a lot to prepare for and a lot to
work on. Wittenberg definitely challenged us so we’ll need to get better over the next few days.”
- Kate Walker, senior
between him and the basket, we stab at the ball and now he drop steps and lays it in.”
In the second half, neither team trailed by more than five, and DePauw led by one with 29 seconds left. Kevin Sullivan scored eight of DePauw’s final 10 points in highlight fashion.
With DePauw in the lead, Wittenberg threw the ball down into the low-post to Masin, who caught the ball, turned, and was fouled by Flynn in the act of shooting.
Fenlon said his players knew the ball was going to go to Masin, and still couldn’t stop the pass.
“You got to make that play,” he said. “When you come out of the timeout, and you know what’s
coming, you have to make that play.”Masin hit both free throws, putting the spotlight
on DePauw.The home team called a timeout after moving
possession across midcourt. The inbound pass went to Adam Botts, who passed it off to Flynn at the top of the key. Flynn tossed it to the right side to Sullivan, a senior who was having his most pro-ductive offensive game of his career.
He drove to the baseline, and put up a contest-ed shot that hit the front of the rim.
After the game, Fenlon said Sullivan should have driven to the middle of the key like he had in his previous possessions, or Flynn could have driven to the rim himself.
“There’s nothing for you on the baseline there except what happened,” Fenlon said. “It was Barry’s choice, and he didn’t have a very good game. Nor-
mally I think he would try and keep it, instead he flipped it.”
The missed shot by Sullivan was attempted with just two seconds left on the clock, and a final half-court shot was no good, ending DePauw’s season.
Sullivan led DePauw with a career-high 19 points while fellow-senior Flynn scored 13. The freshman Botts also had 13. Masin led with 25 points.
“If you can just do half a decent job [on Masin], you win the game,” Fenlon said. “He’s so wide, and it’s hard to get to him and block a shot. He’s a load. I think he’s the best low post-up guy in he league.”
This is the second consecutive year DePauw has been defeated in the first round of the NCAC tour-nament. For Wittenberg, the win marks the first win on the road in the NCAC first round. Since joining the conference in 1989, Wittenberg had never trav-eled for a first round game, and was never a lower
seed than No. 4.“We just really wanted it and we believed that
we could do it,” Brown said. “Maybe that belief and desire just hit at the right time, and applied itself at the right time for us to get over the edge.”
DePauw shot 38.3 percent from the field com-pared to Wittenberg’s 48.8. The Tigers, who piled on nine offensive rebounds in the first half, added just two in the second.
Fenlon’s team improved three wins from a year ago for a final regular season record of 16-10. The one-point loss was DePauw’s eighth loss of the sea-son by four or less points.
“I think our guys have a lot to be proud of,” Fenlon said. “We competed really well all year and had a lot of big wins. We played some really good basketball just not consistent enough at key times and in close games.”
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Myth of the DePauw sports fan
[email protected] It was almost too embarrassing to compose a Tweet.Seconds before tip-off of the DePauw men’s basket-
ball team’s North Coast Athletic Conference first round game Tuesday night in the Neal Fieldhouse, I turned around from my courtside post to make an observation about the crowd.
I laughed because sarcastically, I could have count-ed one-by-one the people who were there. It would have taken maybe 10 seconds. Instead, I turned to my computer to compose 140 characters on the scene.
I began to write, “Approximately 40 people…”Then I deleted “40” and wrote “20.”I didn’t end up sending the Tweet out. I was too
embarrassed for my fellow students. This was an NCAC tournament game between No. 4 DePauw and No. 5 Wittenberg University. DePauw downed the No. 9 team in Division III last week to earn the home game, and yet, less than 20 people showed up at the start.
This is common, though. Across the board, atten-dance at home games is generally poor. The fact of the matter is students at DePauw are busy with fraternity and sorority obligations, homework and doing other things. Low on the average student’s list of priorities is going to an athletic contest.
It’s an observation I’ve made after two years of at-tending every home event on campus as sports editor of The DePauw. Now as a writer, out of habit, I still go to every home game I can. Tuesday evening’s lack of crowd didn’t concern me until after the game.
DePauw head coach Bill Fenlon ripped the lack of support, and it wasn’t a typical protest.
“What a crowd we had tonight. Talk about Tiger Pride,” he said. “Two conference tournament games and we can’t get 14 people out to the game. It’s de-pressing. You know what? If I was a player, I’d be a little depressed too.”
He kept going.“That’s not what they play for clearly, but it’s too
bad. It’s too bad there’s just isn’t a little bit more aware-ness and support for some of the things that our ath-letes do on campus.”
Amen, coach.This is a campus disinterested in its own teams.
And everyone is guilty. Two weeks ago, this very paper wrote an editorial (“Team deserves school support” Feb. 8) about supporting the women’s basketball team.
However, while a casual student can never be as-
sumed to be at a game, at least fellow athletes, faculty and staff do show up. On Tuesday, I saw members of the field hockey, softball, football and other teams in the stands. I even saw their coaches.
Eventually, students trickled in after tip-off, and there were more than 100 people there. But most promptly left when the men’s game ended, and the women’s basketball team’s game against Hiram College started.
Even head coach Kris Huffman let loose a rare quip after the game.
“It was quiet,” she said, smiling.By many accounts, attendance at games has been in
steady decline. It didn’t used to be this way. At the same time, I’ve heard there hasn’t been good attendance for a long time.
Try anything: give away free pizza, go on a social media campaign, re-brand a logo and utilize a #Team-DePauw hashtag, things don’t work to create a DePauw student fan base.
“That’s DePauw,” Fenlon said. “You got the No. 1 women’s team in the country and it doesn’t matter if
we’re third in the league. We’re pretty fun to watch if you actually watch us. I’ve been wracking my brain for 20 years trying to figure out what needs to happen.”
You’re right, coach. That’s DePauw. Out of 2,336 students, we’re lucky to get more than 100 in the stands. That’s four percent.
There is no fan base, and you can never count on it to appear. It’s nothing but a myth.
We just have better things to do, and let that be a lesson to teams — if you think fans will come out and give you an energy boost, you might want to rethink that.
The women’s basketball team hosts Wittenberg to-night at 8 p.m. There will be more of an attendance than Tuesday, and probably more fans every game after into the NCAA tournament.
It’s embarrassing that can’t be every game.
— Appelgate is a senior from Kent, Wash. majoring in communication
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“I laughed because sarcastically, I could have counted one-by-one the people who were there. It would have taken maybe 10
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- Michael Appelgate, senior
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DePauw downed in NCAC first round for second straight year
There were chances, opportunities, a poorly executed game plan on defense and moments of what could’ve been.
In the end, a bad start plagued the DePauw men’s bas-ketball team in the first round of the North Coast Athletic Conference’s championship tournament.
The Tigers fell to Wittenberg University (17-9), 63-62, in a game that featured 12 lead changes, swings of emotion and a head coach calling attention to the lack of a home crowd. After the first eight minutes, Wittenberg held all momentum Tuesday evening in the Neal Fieldhouse, and jumped out to a 23-11 lead after an 11-0 run.
That had DePauw playing catch-up, and while the team evened the score, the deficit from the start had head coach Bill Fenlon wondering what could have been if his players were also sparked by others rather than just themselves.
“You have a little more crowd out there, and maybe you find a little bit more energy,” Fenlon said about the crowd at tip-off that numbered less than 40. “If they want energy they
are going to have to generate it all by themselves every single time they go out there. That’s their job, and they didn’t do it tonight.”
DePauw managed to erase the 12-point hole using a 16-6 run over seven minutes, and ended the half leading 35-33.
The home team worked through a mix of zone and man-to-man defense from Wittenberg, and appeared to be primed to build momentum into the second half. The Tigers were lifted by nine offensive rebounds that generated 16-second-chance points in the first led by Barry Flynn with 10 points.
Wittenberg head coach Bill Brown said they tried to slow down the DePauw offense that beat his team a week ago.
“[DePauw] was just so much more aggressive than us last Wednesday, and I thought our guys were pretty aggressive tonight,” Brown said. “We guarded them better this week.”
6-foot-5 forward Scott Masin of Wittenberg shouldered the offensive load scoring ten points in the first half and fought under the net all night.
“The bottom line is we couldn’t guard Masin,” Fenlon said. “He got going and we made some really bad decisions
Towering above both Sam Miles and Ben Kopecky, their Division II foe glided across the court with ease and unleashed powerful serves with every flick of his wrist.
After a five-all tie, the duo from Uni-versity of Southern Indiana went on to win the next three games on the back of 6-foot-2, 185-pound sophomore Mi-chael Kuzaj.
Despite the 8-5 loss, numerous positives abounded for the DePauw men’s tennis team’s juniors, who lost to Southern Indiana’s Kujaz and Jack Joyce.
As a team, the Tigers lost 7-2 in their second match of the season Wednesday evening at the Indoor Track and Tennis Center, taking away wins from just one singles and one doubles match.
Head coach Scott Riggle said it’s still early in the season and Southern Indi-ana is a top-ranked team in their Div. II, West region.
“They really showed us what we need to work on,” Riggle said.
After an hour of play, No. 1 doubles duo Miles and Kopecky were the last pair left on the courts out of the three matches. Both teams held serve until the Screaming Eagles pair broke De-Pauw’s serve for a 6-5 lead.
Miles said the pairs strengths were in their returns today, but their serves hurt them in the end.
“We struggled with holding our serves at this level,” Miles said. “It’s a big disadvantage.”
Their opponents also had a strong
forehand making it hard to make some of the returns.
“They didn’t give us a lot to work with when the ball is coming 110 miles per hour,” Riggle said.
Despite the loss, Riggle saw im-provements in the team’s play.
“They’re able to set up their partner at the net and get more points off their serves,” he said.
Moving into singles, Miles faced Ku-zaj again and lost the first set in a tie-breaker 9-7. Miles was broken early in the second set and lost 6-2.
“I couldn’t get back in,” Miles said. Riggle saw Miles make good prog-
ress on his returns, but Kuzaj — a trans-fer student from France — was not miss-ing as much as he did in the first set.
Kopecky, facing Juan Quiroz, a se-nior from Venezuela, came away with a win, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-6).
The other victory of the evening came from No. 2 doubles combo, David Moss and Reid Garlock (8-5).
Riggle hopes to see the doubles teams consolidate breaks better and take advantages of their returns. In singles he hopes to see the players im-prove their patience and drive out some tough matches.
“It’s going to be a matter of who ex-ecutes the best, who makes good shots, and who’s more active at the net,” Rig-gle said.
This Saturday the Tigers will face Washington University in St. Louis and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at the Indoor Track and Tennis Center.
Southern Indiana tops Tigers
Senior captain Barry Flynn keeps the ball away from Wittenburg in Neal Fieldhouse on Tuesday night. STEPHANIE AANENSON / THE DEPAUW
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BLOWS BY WITTEN-BERG IN FIRST ROUND
