VOL. 161, ISSUE 9 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 Indiana’s Oldest College Newspaper By MICHAEL APPELGATE [email protected]The athletic department along with university administration remains quiet on reasons why head football coach Robby Long was dismissed Sunday morning. Stevie Baker-Watson, DePauw’s athletic direc- tor, dismissed Long for failing to “comply with administrative expectations and university policy,” according to an Athletic Department release. On Monday, Baker-Watson still wouldn’t reveal specifics on what “administrative expectations” he did not meet leading up to his dismissal. Most coaches at DePauw hold secondary assign- ments along with their coaching positions. Baker- Watson used head field hockey coach Gina Wills’ position as director of club sports and intramurals as an example of a secondary assignment. For years, Long was director of student athletic recruitment until about a month after Baker-Wat- son’s arrival in February. Baker-Watson and Long agreed that being head football coach required his full attention; therefore, University officials silent about Long’s dismissal Ubben Lecture Series opens with CNN’s chief political correspondent PHOTO COURTESY OF CBS ST. LOUIS. By ELI CANGANY [email protected]This academic year’s first in- stallment of the Ubben Lecture Series welcomes Candy Crow- ley, CNN’s Chief Political Corre- spondent, on Sept. 25 — three weeks before she will moderate a presidential debate. “I think this is a good get for DePauw, given the timeliness,” said Jeff McCall, communica- tions professor. Crowley’s experience with covering elections and working in journalism will remind those on campus about what will be happening in our country come November and the role the me- dia will play. “She can offer some insights to what a mediator has to do for a debate,” said David Bohmer, director of the Media Fellows program. “What they do, what they ask, can change the de- bate.” Crowley’s role as a presiden- tial debate mediator is stirring excitement among faculty and students. “[I am excited to hear] how she views the situation, what she hopes to accomplish,” Mc- Call said. “It is very timely when public affairs are at the forefront of people’s minds.” Crowley’s involvement in the debates is what excited Bohmer most about her visit. “Having direct contact with someone in the debate part of the campaign provides an in- teresting perspective,” Bohmer said. Junior Zach Crenshaw, who is apart of the Media Fellows program, is looking forward to learning about Crowley’s past and what steps she took to reach her position. “I am excited to hear her story about how she rose to where she is to- day,” Crenshaw said. “It is exciting to hear how hard work and talent pays off.” Although Crow- ley’s focus is in journalism, Crenshaw hopes students with other interests outside of writing and communi- cations will enjoy her visit to campus. “As a Media Fellow, I’m excited to have one of the top correspondents visit. Its great for the university, even if you aren’t interested in media,” Crenshaw said. DePauw’s former head football coach Robby Long overseeing pre-season practice in mid- August. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW Robby Long | continued on page 11 CROSS COUNTRY Developing a strong race pace online at thedepauw.com/sports Coffee wars: what will become of local joints? page 6 & 7 Read Freestone’s history column at thedepauw.com/features BLOGGERS TDP GRAPHIC BY THERESA CARPER
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administration remains quiet on reasons why head football coach Robby Long was dismissed Sunday morning.
Stevie Baker-Watson, DePauw’s athletic direc-tor, dismissed Long for failing to “comply with administrative expectations and university policy,” according to an Athletic Department release.
On Monday, Baker-Watson still wouldn’t reveal specifics on what “administrative expectations” he did not meet leading up to his dismissal.
Most coaches at DePauw hold secondary assign-ments along with their coaching positions. Baker-Watson used head field hockey coach Gina Wills’ position as director of club sports and intramurals as an example of a secondary assignment.
For years, Long was director of student athletic recruitment until about a month after Baker-Wat-son’s arrival in February.
Baker-Watson and Long agreed that being head football coach required his full attention; therefore,
University officials silent about Long’s dismissal
Ubben Lecture Series opens with CNN’s chief political correspondent
This academic year’s first in-stallment of the Ubben Lecture Series welcomes Candy Crow-ley, CNN’s Chief Political Corre-spondent, on Sept. 25 — three weeks before she will moderate a presidential debate.
“I think this is a good get for DePauw, given the timeliness,” said Jeff McCall, communica-tions professor.
Crowley’s experience with covering elections and working in journalism will remind those on campus about what will be happening in our country come November and the role the me-dia will play.
“She can offer some insights to what a mediator has to do for a debate,” said David Bohmer, director of the Media Fellows program. “What they do, what they ask, can change the de-bate.”
Crowley’s role as a presiden-tial debate mediator is stirring excitement among faculty and students.
“[I am excited to hear] how she views the situation, what she hopes to accomplish,” Mc-
Call said. “It is very timely when public affairs are at the forefront of people’s minds.”
Crowley’s involvement in the debates is what excited Bohmer most about her visit.
“Having direct contact with someone in the debate part of the campaign provides an in-teresting perspective,” Bohmer said.
Junior Zach Crenshaw, who is apart of the Media Fellows program, is looking forward to learning about Crowley’s past and what steps she took to reach her position.
“I am excited to hear her story about how she rose to where she is to-day,” Crenshaw said. “It is exciting to hear how hard work and talent pays off.”
Although Crow-ley’s focus is in journalism, Crenshaw hopes students with other interests outside of writing and communi-cations will enjoy her visit to campus.
“As a Media Fellow, I’m excited to have one of the top correspondents visit. Its
great for the university, even if you aren’t interested in media,” Crenshaw said.
DePauw’s former head football coach Robby Long overseeing pre-season practice in mid-August. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW
Robby Long | continued on page 11
CROSS COUNTRY
Developing a strong race pace
online at thedepauw.com/sports
Coffee wars:what will become of
local joints?page 6 & 7
Read Freestone’s history columnat thedepauw.com/features
BLOGGERSTDP
GRAPHIC BY THERESA CARPER
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Student Body Vice President Mark Fadel speaks to the recently-elected DePauw Student Government senators during a meeting Sunday evening. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW
The DePauw Student Government Senate met Sunday and introduced new initiatives, including im-proving the often groaned-about course registration system.
The Course Registration System Committee, cre-ated by student government, spoke with Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Ken Kirkpatrick to determine an ideal prototype.
The new proposed system would include time slots for choosing classes, straightforward waiting lists, enrollment priority for students with relevant majors, professor overview of students’ class needs and an overall speedier process.
Because the program is still in conceptual stages, speculations on how to execute all of these factors have been arranged into questions to determine se-mantics.
The other initiative that was discussed was the pos-
sible creation of a campus-wide Solo Cup Brigade to reduce waste on campus. The Solo Cup Brigade is a national recycling program meant to properly recycle the frequently-used cups on college campuses across the U.S.
Solo Cup has paired up with TerraCycle, a com-pany that specializes in collecting non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste and converting it a variety of products and materials. The Solo Cup Brigade would allow students to collect recyclables, turn them into TerraCycle and send the proceeds to a charity of the student’s choice. Greek Houses especially would be targeted for recycling productivity.
In addition to this, the Sustainability Committee discussed an initiative that would compile a report on DePauw’s summer watering methods, keep track of student suggestions and bring major flaws in the wa-tering system to the administration’s attention.
Senators working on Kaplan Prep Courses talked to administrative staff about the possibility of starting an on-campus Kaplan Prep program. Collaboratively they are looking at costs, potential contacts, research
and options for executing the program. Planning has been narrowed to several options, and the eventual choice will be determined by price, availability of teach-ers, general attainability and research.
Apart from proposals, the Senate also incorporated five new first-year members.
All senators were reintroduced, followed by an integration of freshmen senators Adam May, Colleen Whiting, Ciera Decourcy, Laurel Johnson and Deanna Reder into the chamber.
Important events that the senators highlighted for this week include Union Board meetings open to all students each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in U.B. 231/232. Union Board sponsors an array of on-campus gather-ings at DePauw, including a past laser tag event and last week’s highlighter party.
This year’s School of Music event DePauwPalooza will kick off in Bowman Park at 5 p.m. on Friday. The event will feature a variety of student performances and entertainment and will continue the endeavor to unite DePauw’s School of Music with the College of Liberal Arts.
DSG Senate initiatives off to a productive start
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The Academic Resource Center, located on the first floor of Asbury Hall, provides tutoring services to students who need to catch up with their studies.
The Academic Resource Center houses the Q-, W- and S-Centers to aid in quantita-tive, writing and speaking skills.
Whether or not a tutor is able to help though is a different story.
Richard Martoglio, Director of the Q-Center, said that this situation is unlikely.
“Our tutors let me know what classes they want to support,” said Martoglio, also an assistant professor of chemistry and bio-chemistry. “The courses that we support don’t have to be a Q course necessarily. You just have to have a tutor that can support the class.”
This information is then posted on the DePauw University website with the hopes that students will look beforehand to see when a tutor is available for the subject that they need help with.
Martoglio emphasized the difference be-tween help and providing the answers.
“Tutors aren’t necessarily there to give students the answers,” he said. “Instead, the focus is placed on teaching students the concepts in order to provide long term suc-cess.”
He added: “I think we do a good job at [helping students].”
Some students would agree with Mar-toglio.
“They don’t give you the answers,” said sophomore Hope Jordan, who went into the Q-Center last year for help with her economics homework. “They work through it with you and that was what was helpful about it.”
Freshman Emily Waitt had a similar ex-perience with the Q-Center.
“I went to the Q-Center to help prepare for my calculus test,” Waitt said. “The tutors there are definitely willing to help you with more than just homework.”
However, freshman Nathan Fox points out that the center has its limitations.
“It’s only really good when the tutor
knows what they’re talking about; other-wise it’s not that great,” said Fox. "I really didn't learn anything more than I already knew. They tried using the book to jog their memories but it didn't help.”
Part of this issue is due to the fact that the Q-Center encompasses a wider variety of classes than the other two centers. Mar-toglio lets the individual tutor decide if he or she is equipped to help a student in another subject. He said it would be unfair to limit the tutors to only one subject.
“That seems a little stifling to me to say that [the tutors] can’t try,” Martoglio said.
“They’re able to say I don’t know the an-swer, but I can point you in the right direc-tion, or I can help you find out,” he added.
Unlike the W-Center, where an appoint-ment is typically requested, Martoglio said, “We operate as a drop-in service, but that’s not to say that appointments can’t be made.”
Although the exact number of how many students use each center was not available, Martoglio estimates that in the course of a year, there are between five hundred and six hundred documented visits.
“I think it’s less than the W-Center, but I’m not sure how it relates to the S-Center,” said Martoglio.
Yet, the number of visits on a monthly basis varies on the time of year.
“The S-Center is used more during some times of the term than others depending on the assignments students receive in courses as well as their co-curricular needs,” said Su-san Wilson, director of the S-Center and a communications professor.
“We don’t see ourselves in any kind of competition with each other,” said Susan Hahn, Director of the W-Center and an English professor. “Our centers are here to provide support to all students at DePauw, during all four years.”
Q-Center up to par with W and S Centers, helpfulness
Junior Shelby Beasley helps freshman Michael Chavez with a paper Friday afternoon in the Academic Resource Center. ALEX-ANDER SPEARS / THE DEPAUW
“They don’t give you the answers. They work through
it with you, and that was what was helpful about it. I have no
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The School of Music is welcoming the mu-sical group PROJECT Trio to campus as part of the Guest Artist Series. They will be perform-ing in the Kresge Auditorium Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
PROJECT Trio is a three-man chamber music ensemble from Brooklyn, N.Y., that of-ten mixes classical music with an assortment of other musical styles. Dean of the School of Music Mark McCoy has previously seen the band perform and considers them accom-plished, young musicians who will appeal to all DePauw students.
“It’s a wide variety of music that they play, and they always put their own spin on it,” said McCoy, who particularly noted the beat-boxing flute player. “They’re fun to see on a video, they’re fun to hear on a recording, but it’s nothing like seeing them live.”
Professor of Music Eric Edberg comment-ed that PROJECT Trio is an especially great model for students who are looking for ways to stand out in the music industry.
“I’m really excited to have PROJECT here because they are an example of a young group that is doing innovative things that are reach-ing new audiences,” Edberg said. “They are very original in their programming.”
Senior Orlando Ramirez agrees that PRO-JECT Trio’s success and originality is an inspi-ration.
“For classical musicians, it [PROJECT Trio’s music] kind of gives us that idea that you can do much more than reading what’s off the page,” Ramirez said. “It’s refreshing.”
Along with their concert Wednesday even-ing, PROJECT Trio will perform and talk to the
students of the School of Music at the morn-ing recital hour. They will also be doing a short performance at the Hub during the lunch hour before going to Greencastle Middle School to announce the School of Music’s adoption of the middle school’s music program.
The Guest Artist Series is part of a new initiative to reach out to the College of Liberal Arts and the community of Greencastle. The Series will host four guest group performanc-es and two performances by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra throughout the year. PROJECT Trio is the first Series performance of the school year. Dr. McCoy emphasizes that the bands selected for the series are intended to attract both the School of Music and CLA students.
“We want this to become a DePauw thing,” Dr. McCoy said of the series. “It’s really de-signed as a way to bring us all together and to get every student fired up about music at DePauw.”
Ramirez also has high hopes that this first show of the series will bring in a variety of stu-dents.
“It gives people the chance to see that clas-sical music can be fun, and out-of-the-box, out of the ordinary.”
Junior Will Freske performs during the annual Insomniac Theatre this past weekend. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW
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“They’re fun to see on a video, they’re fun to hear on a recording, but it’s nothing like seeing them
live.”
– Dean of the School of Music, Mark McCoy
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For years, the closest Starbucks to Greencastle has been the one located in Plainfield, over 37 miles away. Starting Monday, one of the Se-attle-based coffee shops will be open on the courthouse square, within walking distance of the DePauw campus.
The Starbucks café, adjacent to the university’s new bookstore, is the result of the Stellar Communities grant received by the city of Green-castle last year. The grant allotted approximately $19 million dollars for community improvements.
Seniors Amanda Feller and Emily Wilson, who have both been hired to work at the new Starbucks, think there’s no way business owners with preexisting coffee shops in the Greencastle area will suffer. Instead, they think the arrival of the chain could be beneficial for other downtown shops.
“Starbucks itself as a big corporation does a lot to give back to the community,” Feller said. “We had to learn about ‘the history of Star-bucks’ as new employees, and I was really impressed.”
Both students noted that the corporation contacted other down-town businesses asking them to be a part of the store’s grand opening celebration. The week-long celebration will begin on Monday, Sept. 24
and will continue through Sunday, Sept. 30 to include Parent’s Weekend at DePauw. Twenty employees have been hired to work at the café, in-cluding five DePauw students. According to Wilson, the new Starbucks will be open from 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on weeknights and from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Debbie Gould, the manager of the new Starbucks, has been a Green-castle resident since high school. Feller is excited to work with Gould because she “really knows how this town runs.”
While Gould may be focused on Greencastle coffee consumers, Ste-ve Santo, the general manager of DePauw dining services, is focused on maintaining the campus dining facilities.
“You always lose some business when somebody comes to town,” Santo said. “But I’m just not worried.”
To ensure campus coffee can stand up to the competition, Santo has reviewed what both Café Allegro and Café Roy are doing to stay on top of their game. As a result, Café Allegro has extended its hours to be open for dinnertime during the week. The café is now open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays.
“Starbucks definitely has a following, but some people don’t like their coffee,” Santo said. He believes that Green Mountain, the Sodexo brand of coffee sold on campus, has developed loyal customers of its own.
While the on-campus coffee shops have more convenient locations for students on-the-go, Santo said he’s “a little worried” about night business. According to Santo, the lounge-like setting of the new Star-bucks may be an excellent hangout area for students, especially in the evening when they’re studying in between classes.
Lisa Peacock, supervisor at Café Roy, echoes some of Santo’s feel-ings. She said the Starbucks will be somewhere new for people to go study in the evening. This could pose a potential problem for the on-campus cafes, whose evening sales account for a little less than 30 per-cent of their revenue.
While any on-campus coffee purchases made with ID OneCards are deducted from students’ DPU meal points, this is not the case at Star-bucks. Students hoping to use their ID OneCard at Starbucks will be lim-ited by the $50 worth of DPU Plus Points, unless they deposit additional funds to their account.
While Wilson loves Starbucks coffee, she admits it will be a special treat for her.
“I have four cups of coffee a day, so the buck fifty I pay at Roy O. sounds pretty good to me,” Wilson said. “It’s not like oh, I’m going to run and get Starbucks between classes — it’s just too far out.”
Freshman Grace Quinn also thinks Starbucks will be an “every once in a while” treat.
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Coffee wars
Downtown Deli: Est. 2005
The Blue Door CafÉ: Est. 2007cafe allegro: Est. 2008
Starbucks: ESt. 2012
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“I’ve got to have my coffee fix,” Quinn said. “I love Starbucks, but it will be kind of a walk from campus — and expensive.”
Overall, Quinn is content with the campus coffee and thinks she’ll continue drinking it on a daily basis.
Junior Mackenzie Cremeans, another coffee enthusiast, is also con-cerned about the new Starbucks’ relatively distant location.
“I suppose just getting people off campus would be a big obstacle for them because students generally stay inside the confines of campus and don’t go to the square,” Cremeans said.
Even though the bookstore’s new location may not be as convenient for students, Santo believes the Starbucks could be a great way to get more people walking the streets of downtown Greencastle.
“I think it’s going to draw people here,” Santo said. “It could defi-nitely create some foot traffic.”
Feller also believes that some of the citizens of Crawfordsville, a town located 30 miles north of Greencastle, are “super jealous” of the Starbucks.
With people coming in from a distance to get their coffee fix from a brand they already know and love, Santo said other downtown busi-nesses could do nothing but benefit.
Seven years ago, Lynda Dunbar opened her own gift shop and res-taurant called Treasures on the Square. The shop, which is still located
at 2 West Washington St., was recently renamed the Downtown Deli in anticipation of the new Starbucks. Dunbar said the change was made to ensure that people knew what they were getting since she’s no longer selling gift items.
Dunbar said she is “thrilled to death about Starbucks” and wants people to know they can grab a coffee from Starbucks and head next door for a meal. She has also changed her hours to make certain that the coffee chain moving in next door doesn’t hurt business.
Downtown Deli will now be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, with Saturday hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dunbar is considering staying open on Fridays and Saturdays 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
“If students say they’ll come, we’ll stay open — I’d love feedback on the idea,” Dunbar said.
She agrees with Santo and believes that the popular coffee chain will be a huge help to downtown business.
“The bookstore and Starbucks will definitely increase traffic down-town,” Dunbar said.
Dunbar believes that the bookstore will be a draw, especially for pro-spective DePauw students.
“Prospective students always end up at the college bookstore,” she said. “I’m hoping they’re going to then see us, and stop by and see what we’ve got.”
Leslee Brown, front house manager at Almost Home, another restau-rant located on the square, is also excited for the Starbucks to move in.
“I’ll be stopping in there in the mornings,” she said. She believes the coffee shop will be a boost for downtown business-
es, especially for Dunbar’s Downtown Deli. “I think it will get business for her,” Brown said. “I wish they were moving in next to us.”
While the relocated bookstore is expected to attract more traffic downtown, some individuals are nervous about the implications associ-ated with having a Starbucks in Greencastle.
“I’m kind of sad that the commercialization of Starbucks is probably going to drive the Blue Door out of business,” Cremeans said.
Cremeans said she likes Starbucks, but she prefers the atmosphere of the locally owned Blue Door Café, which has been located at 302 East Washington St. for several years.
Sue Furr, owner of the Blue Door Café, declined to comment for this story.
Despite the mixed feelings about the presence of Starbucks, Green-castle residents and DePauw students alike will be anxiously counting down to Monday. Then, it will be up to their taste buds and wallets to decide exactly what kind of role the new coffee shop will play in the downtown economy.
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MADIBRINKER
It’s simple: wake up earlier
My favorite definition of simple is: early mornings, sunshine, a great cup of coffee and “quiet.” Dur-ing my summers, this is how I wake up every sin-
gle day, and I absolutely love it.Then I get to school and it is like, “go, go, go” with
zero personal time. As college students, we already have a lack of sleep
due to the high demand of everything else going on, so it might seem crazy to wake up even earlier than com-pletely necessary. However, this year, I have made it my goal to start every morning with my own personal quiet time and a cup of coffee. The difference that this step makes in my day is immeasurable.
How can some quiet time with myself make such a change in my day? The answer is simple: I start my day off right.
If I don’t make it a priority to wake up 20 minutes earlier to have my peace and quiet, then I will most likely find myself rolling out of bed late, scrambling to get my stuff together and then sprinting to class – my day al-ready beginning with stress.
After about two days of forcing myself to get up and get ready, gather myself before the chaos hits, it became essential and enjoyable. I spend this time listening to quiet music and reading the Bible. I am instantly ready for whatever the day is going to bring. It is a sure guar-
antee of starting my day off on the right foot, versus the alternative.
I wish that I could convince everyone that has a stressful and hectic life to give this a try. It sounds too simple to be that great, but it really is rewarding. When you start your day off in the right place, it is more likely to end in a better place as well.
A friend of mine once told me, “If it has to be done, it must be done first,” and I couldn’t agree more. Once I get into the craziness of my days, there is almost zero opportunity to just sit down and think for a few minutes, uninterrupted. And everyone needs a little “me time.”
So in order to get that done, you might as well get that done bright and early before the madness of every-thing else takes full swing and you lose your opportunity to enjoy the simple things.
So if I could persuade you to give yourself an easy gift, set your alarm 20 to 30 minutes early tomorrow, sit down with your favorite book and a cup of coffee.
Or maybe take the time to journal and allow yourself the time to mentally prepare for the day. Those minutes are guaranteed to be much more rewarding than snooz-ing a bunch of times only to end up scrambling to class. So do yourself a favor, grab a cup of coffee and relax.
— Brinker is a sophomore from Stevensville, Minn., with an undecided major.
The dismissal of head football coach Robby Long leaves campus looking for answers. But administration has been close-lipped.
The official statement on the dismissal is that Long did not fully comply with “administrative expectations.” Our translation: something happened off the field to cause the release of the coach, and the administration thinks weathering a storm of questions from both local and national media is better than telling the whole truth.
We understand: as a private university, DePauw’s administration is not legally required to disclose information on staff releases.
That doesn’t make it right to do so.Our community deserves more transparency from the university on why such
a prominent public figure on campus was released.In effect, significant staff changes alter the product we pay for and the instiu-
tion faculty align their work with. Administration has an obligation toward some clarity on a matter that affects our university experience.
The head coach of the football team is important to the student body and alumni. His team’s record affects school spirit, game attendance and alumni donations. Particularly, the outcome of each historic Monon Bell game majorly influences the student body, alumni and prospective students who look at our rivalry with Wabash as the quintessential college sports fandom.
Vague explanations will only frustrate the community. We can only imagine how doubly frustrating the unclear reasoning would be for a football player, who has dedicated countless hours to their team. They work for attention from the head coach for starting time. A leader was suddenly removed at the start of a season and without a clear explanation, and players must feel cheated.
The team deserves answers more so than any other party, yet it seems even they received only the official statement.
Refusals to comment by administrative heads add to the unseemliness of the matter. This silence is also frustratingly similar to Vice President of Advancement Marcia Latta unexpected departure.
The grounds for her leave were more openly communiated than Long’s, but are still not entirely clear. At least for Latta, President Casey and the administra-tion disclosed a portion of the story. Why apply a hard-and-fast policy in this case?
That double standard is multiplied when noting the administration’s desire to include students in conversations about the regulation of hard alcohol or the course selection process. Maybe these issues are incongrous in spirit; but in the end, they are all significant changes to the experiece we pay for.
The community can handle the truth.Don’t tell us this isn’t our business. It is.
It IS our business
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PHOTOPINIONHow will the dismissal of coach Robby Long affect
the football team?
GARTH MCMAINS, sophomore
“It’ll be positive, I think, because with the experience new interim head coach Scott Srnka brings to the table, it’ll only make them better.”
JIM EASTERHOUSE / THE DEPAUW
MADELINE O’BRIEN, freshman
“I feel that coach Long’s dismissal will be a hard transition for the players, especially the seniors.”
“I know the campus is divided in how we feel, but I know the Tigers are onto bigger and better things.”
CHEYENNE SHERMAN, senior
“I doubt that a new coach will make much of a difference in how the team plays or behaves off the field.”
DePauw Student Government (DSG) has worked tirelessly on several new initiatives with the collective goal of making DSG
more transparent, accessible and effective. The first annual student government retreat on
Sept. 9 was a success. All four chambers of DSG – Senate, Representative, Allocation Board and Executive Board — met collectively to discuss the expectations of the year and brainstormed ideas of how to better reach the student body.
Under the new leadership of junior Maryclare Flores, the Representative Chamber discussed their focus for the year based on specific issues organizations face throughout the year. For exam-ple, they will discuss how to better utilize the Inn at DePauw’s social space and how to create a better system of scheduling organizational events so less overlaps occur.
The Senate Chamber discussed how they could communicate with their classes in order to get feedback on student concerns. They also updated each other on the committees they have formed, including, but not limited to, DePauw Spirit, Course Registration System Changes and Campus Climate. The first event-by-event funding opportu-
nity was last Sunday, Sept. 16 in UB 231 at 9 p.m. The Allocations Board met for the first time
with its newly-elected chamber and discussed the layout of their meetings and what changes they will see to the allocations process this year.
Outside of the board meetings, DSG hosted the Gold Zone tailgate on Sept. 8 in Blackstock Stadium. We were very happy to see many DePauw students come together and celebrate DePauw ath-letics. Our goal in this event was to provide a com-mon ground for all students to converse, especially first-years who are not as familiar with the tailgating culture at DePauw.
A Senate Committee on DePauw Spirit has al-ready collaborated with Stevie Baker-Watson on creating standing student sections in the football, soccer and basketball arenas. We applaud the stu-dents who have proactively began a Pep Club on campus to raise team spirit, and we hope to col-laborate with them in the future to make sure their endeavors succeed. This is only a small step toward campus unity. We need more students be proud DePauw tigers and show spirit in any way possible.
As you may have noticed, DSG officials have taken on the task of ensuring that we create a safe and enjoyable environment. DSG’s Campus Climate Committee and several other student or-ganizations are working tirelessly to foster a safer campus environment, that is not stereotyped as a school that pushes its limits.
The Princeton Review’s top party school rating has undoubtedly sparked many conversations on
campus that have led us to reevaluate our priorities and reputation. We ask the students a simple ques-tion: when asked by a potential employer where you went to college, do you want them to question your collegiate experience due to rumors or do you want to feel very confident in your education due to facts? Take pride in the institution that you chose to attend and be conscious of how your ac-tions affect others and DePauw.
As always, we are here to talk with you about your concerns and help you with any issue you have. We would not be in these positions if it were not for you, and we hope you continue to chal-lenge us on issues and encourage us to seek more information.
Please invite us to your organizational meet-ings and keep us updated on any event you will be hosting.
Good luck with approaching exams, and we look forward to seeing you around campus.
Sara has office hours on Thursdays from 12 to 1 p.m. in Reese Hall — please do not hesitate to visit. Additionally, you can email [email protected] or [email protected] in order to inform us of any specific issues you have.
– Scully is a senior from Dallas, Texas, majoring in philosophy. Fadel is a senior from Cleveland, Ohio, majoring in biochemistry. They are student body president and vice president, respectively.
It is with bittersweet regret that I write to inform my departure from DePauw.
Arriving in the fall of 1999, I could not have imag-ined the growth, personally & professionally, I would experience. Thanks to university President Dr. Rob-ert Bottoms, I was “recruited” back to my alma mater to the finest profession I have known. Dr. Bottoms’ dedication for DePauw has always driven the passion for my work, as I have always sought to make him proud. He has been the Mentor of My Life, and I will eternally be grateful to him for making DePauw a reality for a poor, first-generation African-American from Youngstown, Ohio.
I dedicate my DePauw career to you, Dr. Bottoms.It would be unfair to mention the names of stu-
dents whom I have grown to love as Friends for Life, so I will refrain from mentioning any, specifically. Watching all of you enter as first-year students and progressing throughout your DePauw career has been the true joy of my professional life. I love you all and will treasure our friendship forever! This is not a
goodbye, but rather a wave and promise that I shall be seeing you all again soon. Continue to make De-Pauw a better place.
Faculty & Staff: It has been a wonderful time earn-ing your confidence and respect in me as a student-centered professional.
A special note for Gary Lemon, my Friend for Life: Thank you for all of the fond memories and belief in me. I especially appreciate your thoughtful and car-ing advice as my tenure as the university progressed. I will never forget you and Susan and hope to con-tinue our friendship beyond the town of Greencas-tle. I am grateful for the professors who taught me as student Keith B. Stanford and welcomed me as a colleague.
Finally, a special thanks to my colleagues in Ad-mission & Financial Aid. Especially Earl Macam, thank you!
Before heading west, I would love to see as many of you as I possibly can to share a warm smile and well wishes.
It was a foreshadowing act for a coming storm when senior kick return-man Taylor Wagner fumbled the opening kickoff. He was hit hard on the play, then Wittenberg University didn’t stop piling up the points.
The home-team Wittenberg Tigers took just 18 seconds to score its first touchdown of the game and scored on the next four subsequent drives to put up 42 points in the first half of Saturday evening’s football game against the DePauw Tigers. Wittenberg im-proved to 2-0 after a 52-14 thrashing of DePauw in the Old Gold’s first NCAC game in school history.
“I think it was just a lot of bad things happening,” interim head coach Scott Srnka said Monday. “We did a lot of good things in those Wittenberg drives, and we had opportunities to get off the field. We had one guy make a mistake then get a completion, or we had a missed tackle which would have gotten us off the field.”
At the end of the first quarter, Wittenberg put up 21 points while DePauw couldn’t muster any. However, in the second quar-ter, DePauw’s offense found some life.
In the Old Gold’s fourth offensive drive of the game, sopho-more quarterback Drew Seaman lead his team down the field, or-chestrating a 13-play, 80-yard march ending in a 13-yard touchdown pass to junior tight end Kevin Ude.
However, Wittenberg responded with a 55-yard drive of its own and pushed its lead to 28-7. Another 80-yard drive from Wittenberg seemingly created an insurmountable lead over DePauw, but senior linebacker Cody Crook forced a Wittenberg fumble, and Seaman made a five-play, 36-yard drive for DePauw’s second touchdown of the game.
“Drew did an outstanding job,” Srnka said. “Offensively we moved the ball, and we scored on a darn good defense. What’s good about our offense is they are starting to gel.”
The offense in the first half did not carry over into the second as DePauw failed to score points in the entire second half.
“What we’ve got to do is put together both sides,” Srnka said. “We have to be solid on both sides, and when we get there, we’ll be where we want to be.”
Seaman was 18-37 on the night and threw for a career-high 167 yards. Senior tight end Bobby Coburn hauled in five catches for 47 yards. For Wittenberg, quarterback Reed Florence threw for 336 yards and was 17-20 on passing with four touchdowns.
DePauw travels to Carnegie Mellon University (3-0) on Saturday.
The women’s tennis team played the Tiger Invitational, a round robin tournament, this past weekend. The teams in the tournament consisted of Div. I and II schools. DePauw stepped up its game and played well against great competition. Sophomore Julie Wittwer and junior Meg Crowley stood out to head coach Scott Riggle this weekend.
“Meg Crowley moved up to number one singles and did a great job,” Riggle said. “Number one singles is a completely different game.”
In two weekends, the Tigers will play ITA Regionals at Washington University in St. Louis. All teams in DePauw’s re-gion will be competing.
DEPAUW’S HIGH FINISHERSSingles: Senior Elizabeth Young and sophomore Julie Wittwer
Doubles: Sophomores Julie Wittwer and Kaitlin Pickrel
This weekend, head coach Scott Riggle was proud of the men’s tennis team’s matches at Bradley University because they played with heart and tenacity. The tournament consisted of five teams, four of those teams being from Div. I. Two players that stood out this week-end were sophomore Chris Bertolini and junior Ben Kopecky.
“The other four teams were division one teams, so it was a high competition for us and we came out with a winning record, which was nice,” Riggle said. “The guys didn’t really surprise me because I knew they had it in them, but they played really well.”
Next weekend, the men will play at North Central High School in the ITA Regionals.
DEPAUW’S HIGH FINISHERSTop singles:Junior Ben KopeckySophomore Chris BertoliniFreshman Alec Kaczkowski
The Tigers finished third at the Denison Fall Classic this weekend. The team shot a 303 in the opening round and a 616 two-day total. DePauw was tied for the lead the first day but finished third. Witten-berg finished first. The players had not been in this position before, and it proved to be a learning experience, said head coach Vince Lazar.
“They worked on trying to stay calm and not get too excited,” Lazar said. “They were closer this week than they were last week.”
Next weekend, the men’s golf team will play in the Franklin Invi-tational.
DEPAUW’S HIGH FINISHERS
T-3rd sophomore Eric Tandy 150T-9th senior Matt Coffin 152T-14th junior Andy Hill 153T-31st sophomore Brandon Bekkering 158T-36th sophomore Tyler Frost 160T-40th junior Charlie Castino 162T-60th senior Pat Herrod 168T-63rd freshman Logan Bertalan 169
The women’s golf team finished fourth this weekend, shooting a 332 the first day and a 317 the second day. The tournament was challenging for the team because of the tough competition and difficult conditions of the course. Each player focused on one aspect of their game to work on during the second round of the tournament, which brought improvement for the team as a whole the second day.
“It was just an okay tournament,” head coach Vince Lazar said. “We didn’t play very well, but all of our players are consist-ently getting better.”
DePauw’s High Finishers
Second overall: junior Kelsey SmithTop ten: junior Paige Gooch
Improved scores at Denison for third
Strong second round lifts women’s golf to fourth in tournament
“I think it was just a lot of bad things happening.”
– Interim head coach Scott Srnka
he did not need a secondary assignment. She stated this did not factor into the dismissal, and Baker-Watson would not elaborate further on a specific reason as to why Long was dismissed.
“That is the question everybody will be asking, and it’s something that that’s where it crosses the line, and it becomes a personnel issue,” Baker-Watson said. “I’ve been honest and forthcoming thus far with why we came to this decision and how we came about it. ... But there are some things that are meant to remain pri-vate, and this is one of those things.”
President Brian Casey also would not elaborate Monday morning on specific reasons for Long’s dismissal. He said the university does not discuss personnel matters publicly, and it never will.
“I understand the dissatisfaction that might come from that, but the decision not to open up personnel files and talk about that is sort of a standing university position,” Casey said. “But I get that. I get that. I get why that’s dissatisfying.”
He also voiced his displeasure with the lack of “consistent leadership” in the program.
“I am so looking forward to there be-
ing a rigorous public national search for a football coach, which we have not done for a long time,” he said. “I cannot wait to begin this search, and I cannot wait to have this program stabilized. I am not happy.
“We’ve had ineffective leadership now for a number of years. You cannot have a program do well without consistent lead-ership and consistent strong leadership over a period of time, and we have not had that, and I don’t like that.”
Baker-Watson added: “I’m commit-ted to this football program and making it successful, and I’ve said that to Robby when he was in his role.”
The decision to dismiss Long, accord-ing to Casey, came from Baker-Watson. Casey said he was only briefed on the matter, and Baker-Watson made the final decision.
Baker-Watson said she was in con-stant contact with her immediate supe-rior, Cindy Babington, vice president of student life and dean of students.
“[Cindy] is in the loop in all of this stuff,” Baker-Watson said. “This was a huge decision for this department, this institution and the program. This is not something that I went in alone on. It’s something I regularly and routinely con-sulted with Cindy on.”
Babington declined to comment Monday afternoon.
“This was not a decision made in the course of minutes,” Baker-Watson said. “This was a very thoughtful discussion with Cindy and other folks on campus whether this was the best thing for us. In the end, we believe this is the best thing for DePauw and the football program.”
Long’s dismissal came the next morn-ing after losing his final game as head coach — a 52-14 loss to Wittenberg Uni-versity on Saturday. Baker-Watson re-mained firm on her statement that the dismissal had nothing to do with wins and losses, but was a decision made because Long did not meet her timetable for com-plying with administrative expectations.
“I wish Robby well in his next endeav-or, but I needed to make a decision that was in the best interest of us,” Baker-Wat-son said. “I’m hopeful I did everything in the right way so it remains in the best interest of DePauw.”
Assuming the interim head coaching position is second-year defensive coor-dinator, Scott Srnka. Before he came to DePauw, he was defensive coordinator for 17 years at his alma mater, Rhodes College. This is his first head football coaching role.
A national search for a new head coach will begin at the conclusion of the season.
— Ellen Kobe contributed to this article.
the depauw | sports PAGE 11TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Highlight:
weektiger
Cutler scored one goal and assisted on another in a 9-0 route of Oberlin College on Saturday and assisted on senior
Margaret Ellis’ goal in a 1-0 effort over College of Wooster on Sunday. Cutler is tied for the team lead with four assists and
has two goals.
On two weekend wins and individual performance:
“The fact that we got back behind the ball and helped out the defense, (the forwards) created more opportunities for themselves with turnovers from the other team’s defense.
We just have a lot of depth at forward. We have subs coming on, and we will have the same offensive pressure. I’m really
In practice last week, head coach Gina Wills said the team needed to improve on shot quality off penalty corners.
Practice made perfect during Sunday night’s game against The College of Woost-er.
A corner shot by senior Margaret Ellis would not only be the winning goal, but also the only goal scored during the entire game.
DePauw notched two shut-outs on the road this weekend, beating Oberlin Col-lege (2-2, 1-2 NCAC) 9-0 and Wooster (3-4, 2-2 NCAC) 1-0 leaving the Tiger’s with their fourth straight win of the sea-
son.DePauw competed against
NCAC conference opponent Oberlin on Saturday and scored three times in the first ten minutes. Sophomore Paige Henry was the first to find the net with an assist from Ellis. Henry assisted senior Bridgette Shamleffer with the score less than two minutes later.
Seven different players scored during the match, and the game was all but over when the Tigers carried a 5-0 lead into halftime.
“The highlight of Oberlin’s game was that we had a lot of different people doing good things on offense,” Wills said.
The Tiger’s defense kept the Yeowomen to two shots on goal in the second half and
four shots the entire game. Wills said the defense out-hus-tled Oberlin by winning the ball in transitions and tackling to clear the ball.
DePauw’s offense totaled 36 shots on the Yeowomen’s goal in the game.
The Tigers traveled next to Wooster knowing they had to make adjustments from Ober-lin to face a more challenging team. Wooster’s long hits and physical style of play got DeP-auw off to a slow start.
“We were trying to uti-lize the passing, and it’s hard when you play against people with a different style,” Cutler said. “Our main goal was to stick to our style of play, keep possession and stay calm.”
The score was 0-0 at the half, but DePauw made some
strategic moves to up their level of play by utilizing cross-field passes and leaving more space between the defense, midfield and offense. With only 16 minutes left in the game, junior Chelsea Cutler teamed up with Ellis to score.
“We never stopped attack-ing even after the goal,” Cutler said. “It’s really crucial that you keep playing offensively to not get stuck in the defen-sive shell.”
Sophomore Maggie Steele tallied three saves to blank the Fighting Scots for a 1-0 victory.
DePauw improved this weekend to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the NCAC. The Tigers will continue NCAC play against Earlham College (0-5, 0-4 NCAC) on Thursday at 5 p.m. at Blackstock West Field.
A blowout and a close game result in two winsFIELD HOCKEY
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Late in the first half, sophomore Patrick Reineke delivered a corner kick that fell onto the feet of a Denison Uni-versity defender.
He failed to run back on defense and prompted a Big Red counter attack and a few stern words from head men’s soccer coach, Brad Hauter.
Reineke, however, redeemed him-self in the second half.
Reineke delivered the game-win-ning goal in the 84th minute to propel the Tigers (5-0-2, 1-0 NCAC) to a 2-1 win at Boswell Field over Denison (3-3-1, 0-1 NCAC). The scoring was a wel-comed relief for DePauw, as it did not score a goal in close to 220 minutes of play before Nate Snyder, a sophomore, scored in the 49th minute of Saturday’s game.
But it was Reineke’s goal that stole the spotlight.
It started with the feet of sopho-more Andy Morrison who made a run down the field battling one defender. He chipped the ball over the head of his defender and found a streaking Reineke, who chipped in the game win-ner.
“I just snuck in between the defend-er and the goalie near the back post,” Reineke said after the game. “I got hit on the play, and when I was lying on the ground, I was just hoping it would go in.”
He just got a foot on the ball and lift-ed a shot over the Denison goalkeeper.
In the Tigers’ first goal of the game by Snyder, it was cross from junior George Elliott to freshman Adrian Ables inside the box which set up a golden opportunity. Ables headed the ball straight down, and Snyder sprinted in to finish it off.
But before that chance, DePauw had other opportunities — Hauter’s was worried it was going to be another scoreless game.
“It crosses your mind, you play and you coach a little bit tighter when the goal feels smaller,” Hauter said. “The guys press a little bit more, but we have a really good team and we know it. We knew it was going to come through eventually.
“Like all our fans after the last four hours of soccer, you just expected that ball to not go in. I give it to Nate and our guys to scrapping it out and fighting.”
Also, the Tigers’ streak of not al-lowing an opponent to score ended
at more than 660 minutes. The only goal from an opponent came in the first 90 seconds of the Tigers’ season-opener against Hope College. In the 61st minute, Denison evened the score 1-1, and ended senior goalkeeper Tony Halterman’s shutout streak at five.
“It was lazy defending,” Hauter said. “If we don’t press the ball midfield, it goes in. All of the principles that make us a great defending team, we dropped on that play. I think human nature takes over sometimes and you think ‘well it’s not going to go in, I don’t need to give 100 percent here.’ We took our foot off that gas and that’s all it takes.”
Hauter said he wants his team to keep its foot on the gas pedal on of-fense because the Tigers now have some momentum after not scoring for two-straight games prior. Reineke is now a legitimate scoring threat along with Elliott, Morrison, Snyder and Ables.
“With this group, even though they are young, these are high level play-ers who have played the last four or five years at a high level,” Hauter said. “Some of (the scoring struggles), you can say it’s youth.”
DePauw travels next to Hiram Col-lege (7-0, 0-0 NCAC) on Saturday.
Reineke delivers game-winnerFreshman Adrian Ables steals the ball from Denison's Zach McKelvey Saturday at Boswell Field. DePauw beat Denison 2-1. ISABELLE CHAPMAN / THE DEPAUW
The women's volleyball team beat Olivet College 3-0 this past Friday night. MEG CROWLEY / THE DEPAUW
other more important one continued for DePauw’s volleyball team.
In what some believe to be the longest in school history, the Tigers’ 24-straight set wins came to an end Sat-urday when the Tigers dropped a third set 25-22 against Millikin University.
DePauw went on to win the match, 3-1 and adjusted well in that fourth set to eventually earn the win. The victory com-pleted a 4-0 weekend for the Tigers, who extended their match winning streak to 11. Other straight-set wins during the weekend were against Kalamazoo Col-lege, Olivet College and Hanover Col-lege.
“I still see so many areas of our game where there is a tremendous up-side,” head coach Deb Zellers said. “I want to see us continue to move forward. We will see even better teams than what we’re seeing right now. These wins are great, but this is a great starting point for when we want to gain momentum for some of the even tougher competition that we’ll see.”
The team displayed incredible preci-sion on defense and offense at times. During one stretch against Olivet on Fri-day, DePauw went on a 15-1 run as the team recovered from an 18-13 deficit in the second set then scored three straight
points in the third and final set.Senior outside hitter Katie Petrovich
attributes excellent play to competition in practice and strong defense leading to smooth offense. She pointed toward stel-lar play by freshman setter Faith Rolwes — but that there is room for improve-ment.
“We have to be smarter with our hits,” Petrovich said. “We have the ability to put the ball down, and I think once we can decipher what shots to make at what times during the game, that will lead to winning this conference.”
But it was against a 9-4 Millikin team where the Tigers overcame some adver-sity to win their 11th straight match. In the third set, Zellers said Millikin was simply hitting balls to holes in DePauw’s defense and they were frustrating to her team. However, after a timeout midway through the third, the Tigers adjusted their defensive set up and began to creep back into the set. The deficit was too great to overcome, as DePauw dropped it 25-22, but carried the momentum into the fourth to win 25-11.
“The chemistry that we’re seeing on the court is really the outcome and the intent that we’ve put in the game,” Zel-lers said. “We have no idea where the ceiling is. We can just keep going and the sky is the limit.”
The Tigers host the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Win streak at 11 after another 4-0 weekend at home tourney
