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Due to allocations board’s low available funds this semester, many student clubs and organizations lack necessary funding.

According to senior Margarita Villa, president of the allocations board, there is currently a delay in funding coming out this spring due to a high amount of requests for funding. The board was unable to respond to the overabundance of

requests.The budget has officially been

released to all student organizations and clubs and many did not come close to the amount of funding they requested. 18 groups did not re-ceive any.

Many affected student groups are expressing their dissatisfaction with the allocations board.

One of the groups largely af-fected was the African-American Students organization. The group put in a request for roughly $13,000

to support various events for Black History month including speakers, a Bowl-a-thon and a trip to the India-napolis Zoo. The club only received about 12 percent of the funding they requested.

“We wish they prioritized fund-ing more accurately for the sea-son,” said senior Adrienne Taylor, president of the African-American Students Organization. “We wish it were done at a quicker pace. We don’t feel like some of the things are just. One of our biggest high-

lights of the school year is black history month and our funds were cut when other clubs across campus weren’t funded.”

The Lacrosse Club also faced cuts to funding.

“The allocations board actu-ally ended up cutting our funds for most expensive and arguably most anticipated events we planned for,” Lacrosse Club President sophomore

Low funding, drastic budget cuts from allocations upsets student organizations

Trustees green-light five ‘aggressive’ campus improvement projects By MATTHEW CECILnews@thedepauw.com

Three years after a global economic crisis cut mil-

lions from the university endowment, the university board of trustees approved initial proposals for five campus projects last weekend.

These ventures include updates and entire replace-ments of athletic facilities, the dining hall, student resi-dences, Roy O. West library and student services facili-ties in the Union Building.

“It was a bit stunning to have a board of trustees say, ‘Begin aggressively planning five major projects,’ said President Brian Casey. “It’s extremely unusual for an institution of this scale.”

The request for architectural drawings and more concrete planning of the five projects was yet another development from the trustees’ winter meeting in Naples, Fla., which finished on Sunday, Feb. 12.

Other approved measures included a tuition hike, endorsement of the School of Music and Dean Mark McCoy, as well as the potential expansion of Public Safety jurisdiction from university property to all of Putnam County.

According to Casey, it was the most important meeting of the trustees he had attended since his first year at DePauw.

Proposed draft plan for a new dining hall to replace the Hub. COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

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Riders to circle GCPA in new route for 2012 Little 5 criterium bike race. See story on page 3. ARCHIVE PHOTO

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Vernon Jordan took the stage in Meharry Hall 58 years ago with anxious-ness and excitement. As a freshman, he addressed an audience in a speech competition on the topic “The Negro in America.” He knew the topic well.

The words of Martin Luther King, Jr. echoed in his head as he delivered his speech. Empowered by this inspiration and his desire to create change, Jordan won the contest.

Jordan returned to Meharry Hall Sunday night to deliver the first lecture in the 175th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series entitled “You Can Come Home Now: DePauw Past, Present and Future.”

His voice resounded through the historic hall as he reflected upon his time at DePauw and his experiences as a civil rights activist. Jordan told the story of his arrival at DePauw and how his father initially told him, “You can’t come home.”

Jordan said his father acknowledged that he would be the only black student in his class and one of six attending De-Pauw, but that should not prevent him from perservering and completing his bachelor’s degree at the university.

“Every black student who came to DePauw heard some version of my fa-ther’s message,” Jordan said.

Student body president senior Charles Pierre introduced Jordan — his personal hero. After handing the micro-phone off to Jordan, Pierre sat in the

front row with his mother, who came to visit for the occasion, and President Brian Casey.

“I met him three months ago and now getting to introduce him tonight, it has been just amazing,” Pierre said.

Jordan said he hoped to serve De-Pauw and Pierre well as a hero figure.

“I think that’s in the DePauw tradi-tion, and that’s the way it ought to be, and I’m glad to be a part of it,” Jordan said.

Vice President of Advancement Mar-

cia Latta said she was very happy with the lecture and with the turn out to the event.

“We wanted a big name alumnus to come and kick this celebration off well, and it couldn’t get any better than Ver-non Jordan,” Latta said.

Jordan also narrated the Music of the 21st Century concert Sunday after-noon. One song was written to have one of Martin Luther King’s speech read under it. Jordan spoke the words as the DePauw University Band and Or-

chestra played an accompaniment. Casey invited a select group of

guests to his home following the con-cert for dinner with Jordan leading up to his lecture.

As he stood at the podium Sunday night, Jordan smiled and looked out across the crowd gathered to see him in Meharry Hall. He recalled his days in college standing in the same spot.

“It brings me full circle to return to the same place where I stood,” Jordan said.

Vernon Jordan ‘comes home’ to kick off 175th lecture series

Professor Emeritus of History John Dittner (right) speaks with Vernon Jordan Jr. ‘57 (left), the first of many alumni to speak at DePauw as a part of the 175th Anniversary Distinguised Alumni Lecture Series: A Yearlong DePauw Discourse. AREZOO NAZARI / THE DEPAUW

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Katie Sherrill said. “It was pretty disappointing simply in comparison to past years. I understand all the time and effort allocations board puts in and knows that it is no easy task. I would like to hope they are doing the best they can to accommodate for all orga-nizations.”

The Trap and Skeet Club, a newly formed club, as well as others, are now looking elsewhere for funding.

“With the funds being as low as they are, a club like DePauw’s Trap and

Skeet Team realizes that we need to go elsewhere for funds,” said sophomore Jacob Weiner, a founder and president of the Trap and Skeet Team. “We hope that allocations will recognize that we are working as hard as we can to get off of their back.”

Senior Charles Pierre, student body president, said the allocations board has an extremely tough job and the government has been working towards finding solutions to this problem.

“[The board] has limited resources, so we can’t make everyone happy,” Pierre said. “There are a few ways we can address the issue. For one, con-versing amongst student organizations

and us is key. The Allocations Board needs to become more transparent and voice their concerns. By letting students know what was going on in those meetings, we would begin to understand what predicament they are in. The university could increase the student activity fee, which would give the board more to distribute and make more organizations happy. This would probably make individual students un-happy, as they would incur more costs and or debt.”

Pierre highlighted communication as the best solution to the issue, as funding is a complicated problem.

“This issue is complex, and com-

munication seems to be the best way to get organizations, students and the board on the same page,” Pierre said.

Student government is also discuss-ing creating a new approach to recog-nizing new clubs.

According to Pierre, there should be no correlation between a club be-ing recognized and a club receiving funding. They need to be two separate processes.

Villa failed to respond to multiple requests for interview.

Dean of Campus Life Dorian Shager, who oversees the Allocations board, could not be reached in time for publication.

Casey arrived in the fall of 2008, a time when he said the university was dealing with “chronic” financial difficulties.

Three years later and over 50 univer-sity administrators lighter, he says the university can now look to the future of DePauw’s place among the “very upper ranks of liberal arts institutions.”

At the meeting, the trustees approved all “soft” costs for the five projects, mean-ing that fees for architectural drawings and other preparatory expenses have al-ready been covered.

The “hard” costs will come from in-dividual donors, who will also drive the priority and size of the approved projects.

Dick Vance, associate vice president of facilities, said estimates for those im-provements could range from as much as $5 to $20 million.

Typically, the university will not pur-sue a project until 75 percent of the funds are available and the other 25 percent has been committed.

The university has not met that crite-ria, but Casey doesn’t think that will be a problem.

He said he is “very confident” the

university will be able to secure funds for all five projects, adding that construction could begin as early as 2013.

Meanwhile, Casey said the proposed new entrance to the university on Ander-son Street will start undergoing “radical” transformation as early as this spring.

Vance said the project is complete from a design perspective and hopes it will go out for contractor bids on March 7.

If the university keeps to that time-line, Vance said Anderson Street renova-tions should be “substantially complete” by Oct. 1, 2012.

Regarding schedules for the five new projects, Vance said “significant progress” likely won’t be made until the early part of the summer and plans for one or two of them should be complete by the end of the year.

DINING HALLThe new dining hall, which will re-

place the Hub, is the most developed of the projects thus far, Vance said.

According to Casey, the Hub currently feeds about 1,000 students but seats far fewer than that.

Vance said plans for the new dining hall mirror those concerns.

“It’s a very tight site in terms of real es-

tate that’s available to us,” he said. “Mostly we have to think about making the build-ing appropriate in size.”

According to Vance, university pro-posals for the eating-place also call for an “axial relationship with the Green Center for the Performing Arts and East College.”

To accomplish that vista, new con-struction will likely extend to the west of the Union Building.

General manager of dining services Steve Santo, who works for the universi-ty’s food provider Sodexo, said he has not been brought into the meetings on the new dining hall but expects to participate in the future.

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT CENTERThe university also plans to renovate

preexisting space in the Union Building to create a center for various student ser-vices.

Ideally, Casey said he imagines the Office of Civic, Global and Professional Opportunities and other student advising staff will move into centrally located of-fices in space left vacant from the current dining hall and bookstore.

The university bookstore will eventu-ally be moved to the former location of Fine Print bookstore on the square down-

town.“All those offices that serve students

as they think about their lives … that all becomes one space in the middle of the campus,” Casey said.

A headhunting firm is currently searching for a director of the proposed center, a position that Casey said other peer institutions “absolutely” do not have.

STUDENT RESIDENCESBeyond centralized advising services,

students can also expect the addition of new housing to replace university apart-ments and other converted houses.

“It (the plan) is to replace sub-stan-dard housing or housing that is less than desirable that we’re asking students to live in,” Vance said.

According to Vance, the priority is to build more duplexes for senior hous-ing between Indiana and Jackson streets, which will house as many as 50 students.

LIBRARYThe trustees also approved planning

on a “general freshening up” of Roy O. West library, Casey said.

Relatively untouched since 1985, the library will potentially receive new light-ing, flooring, ceilings and furniture.

“It’s really going to be a modest pro-

gram,” Vance said. “Where we just spend appropriate dollars to upgrade the ap-pearance of that facility.”

Casey added that there would be a general opening-up of the first floor and a “more rational use” of support space in the level below.

ATHLETIC FACILITIESAnother decades-old building, the

Lilly Center, is slated for renovations in conjunction with other athletic facilities.

“It’s clear that we’ve outgrown the Lilly Center,” said former athletic director Page Cotton. “It’s something that will not only benefit athletics but just benefits the entire community.”

Cotton, who came to DePauw over 40 years ago as a soccer coach, recently as-sumed his new role with the university in which he’ll work with Casey to raise funds for athletic programs and facilities.

“We want to have one of the top ath-letic programs in the country,” he said. “You got to have outstanding staff. You got to have outstanding facilities.”

Cotton said the types of improve-ments being discussed could attract high-level athletes and signal commitment toward establishing DePauw as a top-tier NCAA Div. III contender.

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By BECCA STANEKnews@thedepauw.com

DePauw’s favorite spring tradi-tion, Little 5, is to be revamped this year with a changed racecourse and the addition of campus wide events to the week’s schedule.

This year’s route will not center around the Lilly Center and Julian Mathematics and Science Cen-ter like last year, but has instead been shifted to center around the Green Center for Performing Arts. The route that will be used for this year’s races has been used previ-ously, but was not able to be used last year due to construction. The roads have since been repaved and

are now ride-able.“The course we are using this

year was used about a decade ago, but got moved to the track due to poor road conditions,” said ju-nior Paul Dugdale, co-chair of the Steering committe. “It’s a really great route because it goes right through the center of campus, past the GCPA, Julian, Lilly, the Hub, the freshmen dorms and several greek houses.

The new route will offer greater visibility to spectators and offer a more social and open venue.

“With the new route spectators will be able to see three-fourths of the race, as opposed to last year when many parts were not visible,”

Dugdale said. “The route will also be weather-friendly because there are so many buildings around. If you look at the atrium of the GCPA you can see two-thirds of the race track.”

Along with a plan for an im-proved route, there is also a plan to get campus more involved in the activities, rather than just focusing on the riders and on greek organi-zations. There are plans for a variety of activities to happen throughout the week, along with the usual rac-es on Friday and Saturday.

“We want to get a lot of stu-dents involved because it is not just a greek event, it is a campus-wide event,” Dugdale said. “We have

some great idea for events through-out the week from a 5k run to an obstacle course on tricycles to a raffle.”

Planning is still in the beginning stages. The Steering Committee, a group of representatives for each competing team, is currently meet-ing to brainstorm ideas and finalize plans.

“We are really excited about this year, we have a lot of new and ex-citing things that we are planning,” Dugdale said. “Get hyped.”

Safety meetings for riders will take place Tues. Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. and Wed. Feb. 29 at 11:30 a.m. Lo-cation is to be decided.

Little 5 criterium race route and week’s events to shift

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The map above charts the new race course for the 2012 Little 5 bike race. COURTESY OF MARGARET DISTLER / THE DEPAUW

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Feb. 16 • Sexual Assault • Outside jurisdiction/resources provided | Time: 6:48 a.m. | Place: Off campus

• Medical • Ambulance dispatch/transported to Putnam County Hospital | Time: 4:02 p.m. | Place: Bloomington/Walnut Streets

Feb. 17 • Public indecency • Verbal warning issued/forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 2:48 a.m. | Place: Senior Hall Lot

• Investigate for shots fired • Subjects located on private property/checked okay | Time: 1:21 p.m. | Place: Creek Road

• Medical • Ambulance dispatched/transported to Putnam County Hospital | Time: 6:28 p.m. | Place: Beta Theta Pi fraternity

Feb. 18• Alcohol violation • Transported to Putnam County Hospital/forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 12:10 a.m. | Place: Bloomington/Anderson streets

• Disorderly conduct • Subject located/verbal warning issued | Time: 1:18 a.m. | Place: Inn at The DePauw/The Duck

• Medical • Patient chose to seek medical atten-tion at later date/time | Time: 9:26 a.m. | Place: Phi Delta Theta fraternity

Feb. 19• Indecent exposure/party registration viola-tion • Event shut down/forwarded to Community Standards Committee | Time: 12:30 a.m. | Place: 307 Seminary Street

• Theft of sign • Recovered | Time: 12:30 a.m. | Place: Vine Street

• Investigate for odor of Marijuana • Officer checked area/unable to locate source | Time: 10:28 p.m. | Place: Humbert Hall

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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

The article “Golf coach notes three-day alcohol policy is nothing new,” which appeared in the Friday, Feb. 14 issue of The DePauw, cites mens and wom-ens golf coach Vince Lazar stating that no women had quit the team this semester. After the article was pub-lished, the coach corrected himself to note that two women have left the team this semester.

By BECCA STANEKnews@thedepauw.com

Sunny skies, a well-planned schedule of events and good atten-dance culminated in what the Office of Admission considered a success-ful admitted students weekend.

The weekend offered prospec-tive students their first glimpse of DePauw with a variety of events, a tour and the option of an overnight stay with a current student.

A welcome session kicked off the events on Saturday morning, followed by information sessions about basic DePauw facts, winter term, study abroad opportuni-ties and technology at the univer-

sity. Academic fairs were offered in Julian Mathematics and Science Center and the Union Building ballroom. Prospective students also had the opportunity to attend an alumni panel.

“I think it really helped that it was such a beautiful day and that everything was well planned,” said Dan Meyer, vice president for ad-mission and financial aid.

According to Meyer, 102 stu-dents attended the weekend. Only six students did not show up, a sig-nificant improvement from last year when 20 percent of students were no-shows.

This year, admissions staff made phone calls to prospective students before the event.

“The staff was really able to con-nect with family and prospective students,” Meyer said.

Tour guides agreed with ad-missions’ positive feedback on the weekend.

“Lots of people on my tours seemed happy with admissions’ programming,” said sophomore Ol-ivia Flores, who is a tour guide. “Stu-dents told me that they really liked interacting with their host.”

Sophomore Sydney Sprawls was one of these hosts.

“My prospective student said that the admission staff was so bet-ter much here than other schools she’d visited in terms of being ac-commodating and being excited about her visit,” Sprawls said.

But Sprawls didn’t think the weekend was absolutely perfect.

“The one negative thing was how structured the visit was and how exhausting all day college open houses can become after visiting so many schools.”

According to Meyer, the class of 2016 is shaping up well, though it is still a “work in progress.” Currently around 2,350 students have been admitted. Normally by the end of admissions, about 3,000 students are admitted. Meyer said admis-sions has 1,100 more applications to review and is expecting 200 more students to apply. The second ad-mitted students weekend is sched-uled for Apr. 14 -15.

Admitted students weekend improves from last year

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18 - Uncertain19 - Ship in ancient Greek mythology20 - Children’s TV show, 1955-1959, with “The”23 - Wood-shaping tool24 - Newspapers, with “the”25 - Type of hammer28 - Other: Sp.30 - “...woman who lived in _____”31 - Mystique32 - A firefighter winds it up36 - Orlando theme park opened in 197139 - Chemical suffixes40 - St. who brings gifts41 - Fix firmly42 - Trouble spots?43 - Runs together44 - Verdi aria47 - Emmy-winning actress Ward46 - Blue Cross competitor48 - 1928 cartoon starring a rodent54 - “Pow!”55 - Sleep disorder56 - Ingredients in a hearty “meal”57 - Slippery fish58 - Spud59 - Future lice60 - Ticklish toy61 - Skip, in speech62 - Switch follower

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Dancing”6 - Words of assistance7 - Too8 - Type of cheese9 - Mist felt on a boat10 - Mutual harmony11 - Some British nobles12 - Hogwarts caretaker Filch13 - One who looks down?21 - Moved carefully along a cliff22 - Historical stretch25 - “I never ____ moor”: Emily Dickinson26 - Aspiring atty.’s exam27 - “Pride and Prejudice” actress Jennifer28 - 1/16 pound29 - Tough journey31 - C ____ Charlie32 - 1990 Christmas movie33 - “Kill ___ killed”34 - Iditarod vehicle35 - TV’s Byrnes and Hall37 - Keep eggs warm38 - First part of rapper .AM’s name42 - $$$ dispenser43 - Sign in dog owner’s yard44 - Lucy’s best friend45 - Kingdom46 - Response to “You are not!”47 - Noble horse48 - Popeye’s ____’ Pea49 - October birthstone50 - Opposite prefix51 - Hideout52 - The Eagles’ “Take _____ the Limit”53 - Canadian gas brand

PP U Z L SE

“Remember the Magic”

By EMILY VINCENTZ

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Primary fever has gripped the coun-try and millions of Republicans are still fighting for their presidential nominee. With the caucuses in full swing, a clear front-runner for the Republican nomi-nation has emerged — Mitt Romney — with 104 pledged delegates.

Romney, who was the 70th governor of Massachusetts, has been viewed as the least “Republican-like” candidate since day one of the primaries. Re-publican politicians and citizens alike have targeted him as not conservative enough and as a candidate that will do or say anything to become elected.

While in office as governor, Rom-ney was seen as a liberal Republican or a conservative Democrat due to his politics.

In 2006, Romney proposed and signed into law the Massachusetts Healthcare Bill which gave every Mas-sachusetts citizen healthcare coverage.

In 2007 Romney unveiled his own version of the National Healthcare Plan, which followed the same suit as the Massachusetts plan in the previous year.

However, Romney’s plan allowed the individual states to tailor the re-form to their unique needs. His 2007 proposal is what President Obama fol-lowed when creating the current Na-tional Healthcare Reform.

Romney’s healthcare reforms are

only the tip of the iceberg for the Re-publicans that see him as too liberal, though.

In 1994, while debating with Sen. Ted Kennedy, Romney was quoted say-ing that he hoped abortion would be safe and legal regardless of one’s per-sonal beliefs. Later in the campaign he was also spotted donating to Planned Parenthood. When Romney’s support began to dwindle in 2005, he was quot-ed by the Boston Globe as saying he was pro-life, though he believed that states should be the ones to decide legislation.

In coming out and changing his political position on abortion, Repub-licans tagged Romney as a politician who swings his policies in the direc-tion of the most votes.

Although Republicans see Romney as a fair-weather politician, Democrats see him as pragmatic because he was a Republican governor with a Demo-cratic legislation and still managed to get work done.

However, Democratic politicians see him more as a threat because he is such a liberal Republican.

Obama is counting on the inde-pendent votes that are still unclaimed by either party. If Romney wins the Republican nomination then Obama will most likely lose a majority of those votes because Romney is such a mod-erate candidate.

But the real question is what the Republican voters will do if Romney wins the nomination. Will they vote for him even though he’s not seen as fit for the job?

Democrats already seem to know who they will be supporting in the ring. But if Romney wins the nomina-tion, Obama needs Republican voters to not cast a ballot or he will most likely be voted out of office.

— DeJoie is a freshman from Concord, N.H. with an undecided major. features@thedepauw.com

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LEAHFREESTONE

Moderate Republican could bring competition for Obama

KATHARINEDeJOIE

“Although Republicans see Romney as a fair-weather

politician, Democrats see him as pragmatic because he was a Republican governor with a

Democratic legislation and still managed to get work done.”

On this very day, 47 years ago, one of the most influential African-American leaders in our nation’s history was bru-tally shot in front of a crowd that includ-ed his wife and children as they awaited his speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan.

Malcolm X had recently broken away from the Nation of Islam and had publicly feuded with its leader, Elijah Muhammad, creating a great deal of rage within the Nation of Islam’s com-munity.

The Nation of Islam was a religious movement with ideals of black suprem-acy that began in 1930. Even though he was a leader for many years, Malcolm X’s decision to separate himself from the group was based on the fact that he believed its strict religious views would prevent it from experiencing any kind of success.

He also believed that working with other civil rights leaders would be ben-

eficial, an action that Elijah Muhammad forbade. His open severance from the community enraged three of its mem-bers enough to transform ideas of re-venge into actions as they ended his life on Feb. 21, 1965.

As a history nerd, it is sometimes hard to remember that not everyone appreciates historical texts, facts and knowledge like this quite as much as I do. Being the stubborn person that I am though, I refuse to give up on sharing the intrigue and importance that I find in studying history.

Perhaps you will be more accepting of one little piece of history if its events fall on the same day that you happen to be reading this paper. If not, I guess I’ll just have to try some other way (it might involve costumes).

With February being Black History Month each, Americans get this similar opportunity simply because this timely motivation promotes our learning and appreciation of something we truly need to know and care about. Black History Month is meant to be a celebra-tion and a reminder of the unthinkable struggles and remarkable achievements of African-Americans throughout our nation’s history. Quite different from

the Civil Rights Movement’s stance, Malcolm X promoted segregation and black power. Instead of endorsing inte-gration and equal rights, which would have been a courageous risk enough as it is, he developed his own solution to the inequality that he observed and experienced. He also took great risk in his decision to separate himself from the Nation of Islam: a risk that eventu-ally resulted in his assassination.

Personally, I do not find the idea of the outcome to my actions as being shot to death too appealing, and I believe it is safe to say that nobody else really does either. However, Malcolm X’s boldness, audacity and originality are all some-thing we should aspire to demonstrate even in the slightest form.

Whether this means standing up for something you believe in or step-ping away from something you don’t, take action and speak up. Just as our recent Ubben Lecture speaker Leymah Gbowee stated: “No one leaves a legacy by being quiet, you have to risk being a troublemaker.”

— Freestone is a sophomore from Brownsburg, Ind., studying biology and history. features@thedepauw.com

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English professor fulfills writer’s dream

“Even if he was reading off his grocery list to you, it would still be

pretty.”- Senior Connor Willett, English Writing major

“He’s the reason I’m an English Writing major. All I want to do is write and that is a testament to

him.”- Senior Chris Collins, English Writing major

“Poison Sonnets”By ALICIA TUTINIfeatures@thedepauw.com

After years of waiting, English professor Joseph Heithaus finally accomplished one of the greatest feats a poetry author can be faced with — publishing a book.

The book, entitled “Poison Sonnets,” is a collection of sonnets that Heithaus has been accumulating over the past decade. This Thursday, he will be reading a number of these poems at the Putnam County Public Library. Interestingly enough, the inspiration for the book came from an assignment he gave a student.

“Many years ago, I told a student that he

needed to write a series of sonnets,” Heithaus said. “When he walked out the door I realized that I hadn’t written a series of sonnets myself. I turned to a page in an old dictionary in my office that had pictures of poison plants, so I began to write poems about those poison plants.”

Though the inspiration — and title — of the book suggest otherwise, the sonnets vary wildly

through topics. Some do directly link to poison plants, others use them as backdrops for a larger story. Some are deeply saddening, while others exude a dark humor. Despite the wide spectrum, the poems are still intricately linked.

“The poems are all connected,” Heithaus said. “It’s kind of weird how they work. But that’s the beauty of poetry…anything that is in the air at the time can seep into your writing. You’re feeling in the dark until you stumble upon something.”

Although “Poison Sonnets” is Heithaus’ first book to have published, he is still an accomplished author. What he describes as “weird claims to fame,” Heithaus is among the few “Air Poets” — poets with their work appearing in the Indianapolis

International Airport and has a poem printed on the side of a barn in Putnam County.

Heithaus has been an English professor at DePauw for the past 16 years. A few of his

students, seniors Chris Collins and Connor Willett, described him as both smooth and understanding.

“He’s very understanding,” Collins said. “He is the reason why I’m an English Writing major. All I want to do is write and that is a testament to him.”

Willett concurred with Collins’s descriptions of Heithaus.

“He’s a lot of fun to listen to,” Willett said. “Even if he was reading off his grocery list to you,

it would still be pretty.”They both agreed that they were thrilled to see

Heithaus have his book published. Before “Poison Sonnets” was published,

Heithaus found success in other areas. He was asked to write a poem for President Casey’s inauguration, an experience he described as humbling. He also had the honor of writing a poem for Roy O. West’s 100th birthday, which is still in

the library today. Heithaus also struggled with discovering what

publishers exactly wanted in a book.“For the longest time, I just sent poems out to

contests and they would be the semi-finalists or finalists,” Heithaus said. “This is a very frustrating thing to tell people. When they would ask if I had a book, I would have to respond that I almost did. I kept trying different angles after coming in second — trying to figure out what the hell I should do — to see what could be done differently. So finally, a year ago last fall, I decided that I would make a book of sonnets. For a short, very intense period of time, I wrote maybe 15 to 20 sonnets to fill in between the ones I already had.”

Those poems that he already had written were quite successful on their own.

In 2002, four of his poems were published in “Poetry Magazine,” which he equates to a journalist having the opportunity to appear in “The New York Times.”

In 2007, he sent ten of his poems for the Discovery/The Nation Prize. These poems would go on to be the foundation for “Poison Sonnets” and gained him this prestigious award he won along with three other poets. After winning this, he was published in “The Nation” and invited to read at the 92nd Street Y, a cultural institution and community center located in New York.

“Even though I didn’t have a book, I was luckily and amazingly recognized by DePauw and the community,” Heithaus said. But when he found out that his book was getting published, he described it as “such as a relief.”

Heithaus learned that “Poison Sonnets” would be published last year on St. Patrick’s Day while on vacation with his family.

“We were at Ghost Ranch, which is kind of out in the middle of nowhere so computer access was

limited,” Heithaus said. “But I got on one of their computers and there was an email. My whole family was there with me, my wife and kids were sitting in the room trying to check their emails, and then I got the news. And so, we immediately celebrated.”

However, having his book published is not a destination. Heithaus will continue writing poems and has hopes that he can publish another book within the next couple years.

He will be reading various poems from Poison Sonnets at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Putnam County Public Library. He will be reading both poems from his book as well as others that he feels connect to the community.

“I always wrote poems with the hope someday I would be able to read them publicly,” Heithaus said. “Having my book published is the end — or hopefully the beginning — of a different journey.”

of a heart turned against me? I whisper bluewords, suck in the blue air,

I open the blue doorand sing my way through

to blue flames burning, burning, burned.

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used and looking for air? How do I unload

emptiness? How do I bearthe nonstop thud

English professor fulfills writer’s dream

What’s left but the blues,the fire and tumble of dusk,the deep blue of each bruise

from blood inside us

Joseph Heithaus’ Sonnet for the Blue Door

“Poison Sonnets”

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EDITORIAL

Change a must to fix allocations gum-up

We’re proud to be part of a university that provides built-in extracurricular ex-perience into its schedule — DePauw’s stereotypical community member is heavily involved in their subject of study both in and out of the classroom.

But for a campus that boasts 126 university-recognized organizations, the lack of funding to each of these organizations creates a serious problem.

The allocations board bears the burden of having to decide who receives the money and respond to the disappointment of groups who don’t get exactly what they ask for. The board does the best it can to make these decisions, but it shouldn’t have to.

We’re seeing a fundamental issue with the system if cuts are dramatic and wide-spread. Past the obvious — there’s not enough money — this means that there are too many clubs asking for too much money. The system seems overloaded.

There could be a better way of requesting funds and deciding who should receive them. It could also help to recognize a clubs are able pay their own way.

Allocations board could create a classification system in which organizations that have a high impact on student life get monetary priority. Here, we’re looking at the Association for African American Students which saw $12,550 cut, leaving them with just over $1,000 for the semester. Feminista! asked for $11,000 and received none.

A recreational sport organization, such as volleyball club or gaming club, two recently-recognized clubs, should make a different type of request that might be capped. Or, they should settle with recognition.

Keeping totals under wraps worsens allocations’ already bleak PR problem, as it generates distrust with the student body. Very few actually have access to these totals — students on the board are also kept in the dark when deciding the financial fate of some groups.

Allocations board can’t continue to operate the way it does now and expect to be effective in benefitting student life. At minimum, the major cuts need to be ad-dressed publicly — we had less access to the board than we would like for the story in this issue — and change needs to be made.

Extracurricular activites are essential to the DePauw experince, and we hope the issues now won’t lead to negative consequences for future students.

Fundamental change to the allocations system, though daunting, could prove to safegaurd that experience.

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Studying abroad is good for you, the world

ANTHONYNAVARRETE

There are students who come to DePauw with studying abroad at the end of their priority list. But there are others who chose DePauw because of the study abroad opportunities available.

I was one of those students who came to DePauw because I knew I wanted to study abroad. I was so sure I actually applied for my passport the summer before I started my freshman year so I could be ready to study abroad when the first chance presented itself.

I first studied abroad during Win-ter Term '10 through an off-campus faculty led course to Spain and Por-tugal. It was an amazing experience, but I knew there was more out there to see. Once I got back to DePauw, I started my off-campus study applica-tion for fall 2010. I was accepted to the Institute for Study Abroad-Butler University (IFSA-Butler) to study in Santiago, Chile the first semester of my junior year. My experience in Chile was nothing like my Winter Term experience — I was in Chile for about 5 months, lived with a host family and was completely immersed

in the culture.My study abroad experience in

Chile changed my life. I came back to DePauw the next semester more open-minded, speaking Spanish almost fluently and filled with a desire to go back to Chile as soon as possible. I actually ended up going back this past Winter Term to do an internship with the IFSA-Butler Santiago office. I realized I have a pas-sion for travelling and learning about other cultures. There is a whole world to explore.

I have less than four months before I graduate and start a new chapter of my life. Two weeks fol-lowing graduation, I will be moving to Ethiopia to begin service with the U.S. Peace Corps. I am excited and nervous at the same time — never be-fore in my life would I have thought I would be moving to a place like Ethio-pia but I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to it. There will be new challenges, a new culture and a completely new life that I will need to assimilate into. However, I know that is what I'm passionate about.

Studying abroad is not for everyone, but I think there are some barriers that deter people from ex-ploring it. First, students participating in DePauw-approved programs can earn credit towards any major as well as Winter Term credit for that year. DePauw financial support is available

and can help pay for programs and outside scholarships are available as well.

You may miss the Monon Bell Game or Little 5 weekend, but the experiences you will have and friend-ships you make abroad will last a life-time. All it takes is the self-confidence to step out of your comfort zone.

My thoughts are portrayed perfectly in a recent article that was published in USA Today by Rick Steves entitled “Study abroad is necessity, not luxury.” If you haven't read it yet, Google it. Studying abroad is an opportunity to learn about life around the world and become a sort of global citizen. Information spreads faster than ever with modern technol-ogy and in our increasingly intercon-nected world, I too believe that study abroad is a necessity. It is not only an opportunity to learn and travel but also to understand different cultures and ways of life around the world and to truly grow as a person and to make your mark on the world. As Rick Steves tells us in his article, we should all see the world as a classroom. He said it is good for America. But I say it is good for the world.

— Navarrete is a senior from Slater, Mo., majoring in Spanish and minoring in Latin American and Caribbean studies. opinion@thedepauw.com

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PHOTOPINIONWhat are you doing to

observe Lent?

AMBER FRANKLIN, sophomore

“Possibly giving up sweets and exercising more.”

ELI CANGANY / THE DEPAUW

CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR, junior

“I wouldn’t do anything for it, I don’t celebrate it.”

KATY STRADER, senior

“I don’t believe in giving something up, I believe in adding something. I am add-ing fresh fruits and vegetables.”

BRE JENNINGS, junior

“I’ll probably give up swimming.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORSilly traditions eclipse scholarship

I, like 450 or so other people, crowded into Meharry Hall Wednesday night to hear Leymah Gbowee, a 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner, speak about her efforts as a peace activist in Liberia. In his opening remarks, President Casey character-ized the event as a very special night for the univer-sity. Indeed it was. It is rare for a college campus — of any size, location or stature — to have the good fortune to host such an internationally renowned figure. Her life story is a compelling one. And I hope that the students in the audience were trans-formed and inspired by her words. I left the talk that night feeling proud of DePauw.

So I was especially disheartened (but far from surprised) when I picked up today’s The DePauw. The cover story, which took up two of the issue’s twelve pages (not to mention an additional edito-rial and cartoon in the opinion section), was about sorority flower-ins. A brief account of Ms. Gbow-ee’s talk was relegated to page 4, where it shared space with a story about the Putnam County Mu-seum’s contributions to our 175th anniversary cel-ebration.

The pride I felt on Wednesday withered and blew away only to be replaced by a gnawing sense of shame. Our Greek system had once again man-aged to eclipse a golden opportunity to applaud this institution’s remarkable capacity to bring is-sues of global significance to Greencastle. Here we have a lecture by one of the most significant wom-en on the world stage today and our paper chooses to discuss some inane ritual that became outdated sometime during the Nixon administration. Don’t get me wrong. I understand the need for students to participate in fun activities. And I have no doubt that it’s vital for them to know that the new rules require a “30-minute pre-Flower-In period” or that flower-ins of the past included “short kisses” and not “deep romantic embraces.” But by prominent-ly featuring some silly tradition in our school paper

rather than chronicling a real honest to goodness scholarly event, our campus once again ends up looking vapid and anti-intellectual. It makes me sad.

— David Newman,professor of sociology

Imbalanced coverage of Gbowee

On Wednesday night our campus had the great honor and pleasure of hosting Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee and it was an inspiring event. It was a “talk” not a speech, it was “real” not rule-bound (she took off her shoes!) and most impor-tantly, Meharry Hall was full of faculty, students, staff and others who shared an important ritual — a symbolic event on our campus that emphasized at the very least, just what women (and anyone with passion for peace for that matter) can do if they are in this struggle for justice together.

What a profound disgrace then to learn today that The DePauw newspaper chose to devote “cov-erage” of that event to interior pages of the paper and to highlight instead the “news” of flower-ins and the symbolic ritual of sororities. Sure, I teach about the importance of rituals and symbols, but some have greater impact and import than others in this world. One cannot help but wonder about the misplaced understanding of sisterhood in this context.

— Rebecca Upton,professor of sociology and anthropology

Teacher training is fleeting

In regards to the article titled “Teach for America doesn’t meet expectations,” I cannot help but wonder why being an education major better enables someone to teach a high school student math. For years, the United States has ranked far below many other countries in Math and Sci-

ence. According to an article by the Associated Press published on USA Today’s website, “Out of 34 countries, the U.S. ranked…25th in math.” I wonder: Could this possibly be a reflection on the current education system and the fact that the ma-jority of teachers specialize in Education instead of the field that they claim to know well enough to teach others?

While I admit that there are things to be learned through education courses in regards to pedagogy and theory, I cannot help but question the notion that understanding and developing a “Personal Teaching Metaphor” will help my future students learn Algebra 1 better than taking Number Theory, a course that will provide an explanation behind prime and imaginary numbers and enable a teach-er to answer the “Why?” that students love to ask.

I cannot even begin to recall how many times I asked “Why?” and my teacher told me “That’s just the way it works” as if there was not an explana-tion. I have since realized that there is, in fact, an explanation, and they simply did not know it, but they knew the historical background and implica-tions of Brown vs. Board of Education.

I am not saying that understanding this con-cept is unimportant. I simply fail to see how that improved my mathematical education.

Teach for America offers a way out after two years of teaching, but I cannot bring myself to see this as a bad thing. At times in my education, I des-perately wish my “trained” teachers would have re-evaluated their professions, but they had spent so much of their lives becoming trained that there was not another option for them.

It does not take four years of Education classes to realize that our public education system is in trouble. Why not try something new?

— Casie Sambo, junior

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By PARKER SCHWARTZ sports@thedepauw.com

Rebounding and efficient shooting were the two most pressing areas for improvement going into DePauw’s contest against the College of Wooster on Saturday.

In that game, the Tigers shot an even 52 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Scots 30-25, yet still lost in the final minutes, 74-67. Wooster hit 8 of 19 three-point field goals while committing only eight turnovers to DePauw’s 12.

“A couple possessions go our way and it’s a different outcome,” senior Sean Haseley said. “We have to focus on the little things.”

DePauw’s junior forward Barry Flynn scored 23 points and had eight rebounds. Flynn’s dominant play ex-

emplified a potential strategy for head coach Bill Fenlon: Give the ball to Fly-nn until he can be stopped.

“Wooster gave us a little throwback action [on Saturday] and we were able to give it down on the post to Barry,” assistant coach Brian Oilar said. “If they want to give us that again we will be happy to take it.”

DePauw has chalked up a variety of offensive lineups all season and last game was no different. The start-ing five featured senior three-point specialist Ian Rumpp along with quick sophomore point guard Alex Payne, who made his second consecutive start. Junior Kevin Sullivan, Haseley and Flynn round out the new starting lineup.

“We are going to go with the lineup we had the most success with on Satur-day,” Oilar said. “That lineup gave us a

great spark on Saturday and I think we will try to recreate that on Tuesday.”

Although DePauw has dropped seven of eight contests to end the year, this youthful DePauw team has shown they can compete with any team in the NCAC.

Wins against Wooster and Wabash earlier in the year were compounded by recent close losses to Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan, Wabash and Wooster due to a few elements.

“We have to be five percent better on the defensive end,” freshman cen-ter Tommy Fernitz said. “A little more focus on defense and we can pull any of these games out.”

DePauw ended the conference stretch as the seven seed in the up-coming tournament, but a rubber match against Wooster may favor De-Pauw more so than a contest against

first place Wittenberg or third place Ohio Wesleyan.

DePauw will play Wooster for the second time in four days. The Tigers have shown ability to halt the fast-paced guard play used by Wooster to quickly run past opponents.

DePauw’s largest struggle was con-taining Div. III star front man Justin Hallowell who led the Fighting Scots to the National Championship game last season.

Hallowell redeemed himself after only scoring seven points in the open-ing contest against the Tigers on Jan. 14. Hallowell put up 22 points on four three-point field goals on Saturday, a game removed from having set the record for three-point field goals in NCAC history.

It is clear that DePauw will need to stop Hallowell who has the ability to

drive, post up, or shoot long-range. “A few possessions we over helped

on Hallowell [in the last game],” Fern-itz said. “He hit a couple killer threes from the top of the three-point line.”

Leadership is a key ingredient to finishing the remaining games strong-ly. That is often provided by Haseley and Rumpp.

“We try to lead by example,” Hase-ley said. “We attempt to set good ex-amples with effort and attitude. I just want to go out there and have fun and if we focus on the little things hope-fully this won’t be our last game.”

DePauw enters the quarterfinals in the 2-12 NCAC Tournament next Tues-day. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. at College of Wooster.

By MATT REDAsports@thedepauw.com

Fast-paced offense and lock down defense allowed the DePauw women’s basketball team to continue to domi-nate NCAC competition as they closed out their regular season with a 51-31 victory away against the College of Wooster Saturday.

The win marks DePauw’s 24th con-ference victory and its 5th undefeated conference season in 15 seasons.

DePauw has now completed its first regular season in the NCAC, going 16-0 and thoroughly dominating the compe-tition. The win at Wooster also marks

the 7th time DePauw has held its oppo-nent to under 40 points.

The Tigers now improve to 23-1, while the Fighting Scots dropped to 3-21 on the season. Wooster’s 31 points mark the lowest amount scored by an opponent against DePauw this season.

The game proved to be a mismatch from the tip-off and was quickly under Tiger control as they pounced out to an 11-2 lead in just the first six minutes. The Scots did all they could to remain relevant during the first half and re-treated to the locker rooms down just 11 points, the score 22-11.

Unfortunately for the Scots, their deficit would never drop below double

digits as the Tigers stopped numer-ous offense attacks. Sophomores Ali Ross and Alex Gasaway both notched 12 points for DePauw, with Ross add-ing 3 assists. Senior Kate Aldrich nearly racked up her second double-double of the week with a nine point, 10 rebound performance.

DePauw, currently ranked fourth in the nation according to D3Hoops.com prolonged its current win streak to 22 games and hopes to take its momen-tum into the first game of the NCAC conference tournament tonight against Oberlin College. The number one seed guarantees the team home court for the remainder of the conference tourna-

ment.“We know that every team is going

to give us their best go,” Aldrich said. “So we have to come out and be more aggressive than them and we want to own the game from the tip.”

With such an impressive season and national ranking, the Tigers are sure to make the Div. III NCAA tournament re-gardless of the outcome from the NCAC conference tournament. But the team is still taking its goals one step at a time.

“Our goal is definitely to win the conference tournament,” Aldrich said. “We have tomorrow against Oberlin and I think we just want to send a message to this conference that we deserve to

have this championship and we deserve to gone to the NCAAs.”

The Tigers will begin conference play Tuesday night at home against Oberlin.

“We’re really hoping there is going to be a big crowd the next few days,” Aldrich said. “It’s exciting to happen at home where we think we play really well and we have good support and it will be a great atmosphere.”

The Tigers begin their journey to-wards the conference championship and NCAA tournament tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Neal Fieldhouse.

MENS BASKETBALL

Tigers search for revenge in first game of NCAC tournament

Picture perfect Tigers clear conference, keep opponent scoring low

Wooster 74 / Tigers 67MENS WOMENSScoreboard

recap Tigers 51 / Wooster 31

WOMENS BASKETBALL

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By JOSEPH FANELLI sports@thedepauw.com

Freshman Pascale Hansen set an-other school record in the pole vault and sophomore Dillon Raidt won the 1,000 meter run, respectively for the women’s and men’s track teams Saturday at the DePauw Indoor Track and Field Classic.

The women finished fourth out of 14 teams with 78 points. Bellarm-ine University won the meet for the women with 178 points. There were no top finishes on the women’s team.

The men placed sixth out of 18 teams with 49 points. Wabash Col-lege finished in first with 146 points. Raidt’s win in the 1,000 meter was the only first place finish for the Ti-gers.

The win by Wabash marked the second time in two weeks the Little Giants have finished first at DePauw, although with very different margins.

“Wabash is a great team and to say anything less wouldn't give them justice,” Raidt said. “However, the

important thing for our team isn't to worry about what Wabash or any other team is doing, but to worry about ourselves and our own train-ing.”

Men’s and women’s head coach Kori Stoffregen also recognizes Wa-bash’s talent but says his team his working hard to improve.

“Wabash is definitely at a whole other level right now and hopefully our guys aren’t discouraged,” Stof-fregen said. “I think they have twice as many guys out for track as we do, and that’s tough to overcome. We just got to keep battling and do what we can take care of and hope we have some good things happen.”

Despite having no first place fin-ishers, the women’s team recorded a strong performance. Hansen, who broke her own record on Saturday in the pole vault on her way to a fifth place finish, was particularly happy with her results.

“I haven’t (set a personal record) yet,” Hansen said. “That’s what I think is funny. But I’m trying to get over 10 feet. I’m really close.”

After jumping 9 feet, 8 inches at the meet, Hansen is just two inches away from her goal.

And she admits that pursuit may trump winning.

“I just want to PR,” Hansen said. “I don’t care if I win, I really don’t. I don’t care if I get third, fourth, fifth. I just want to get better and get the form the way I want it.”

Other highlights for the wom-en’s squad included a second place finish from junior Taryn Owens in the 600 meter dash, a third place finish for junior Lee Harmon in the same event and a another third place for freshman Megan Everhart in the 3,000 meter run.

“We are just continuing to get better every week,” Stoffregen said. “The kids that are healthy and get-ting at it are all getting better.”

For the men, junior Noah Drod-dy placed second in the 3,000 meter run and freshman Jim Easterhouse placed third in the 600-meter dash.

DePauw’s lone first place finish-er, Raidt, was surprised but pleased with his win.

“I wanted to run something dif-ferent because once the outdoor season starts I’ll most likely only be running the 800 and 1,500 meter races,” Raidt said. “Winning the race came as a surprise. It definitely will serve as a confidence booster for me.”

Both teams will now compete off campus for the first time in the in-door season as they travel to Ander-son University this weekend.

The teams have just two weeks until their first-ever indoor confer-ence championship as a new mem-ber of the North Collegiate Athletic Conference.

“We are just continuing to get better every week.” Stoffregen said. “The kids that are healthy and get-ting at it are all getting better. Again, it was another great step and we’re looking forward to these last two weeks.”

The track and field teams will travel to Anderson, Ind. for the Fred Wilt Invitational this Saturday.

Women run to fourth, men again at mercy of No. 1 Wabash

By COLE HANSON and JOE FANELLIsports@thedepauw.com

The DePauw men’s tennis team split its opening day matches of the 2012 spring season with a shutout win against Taylor University and a loss to Case West-ern Reserve University.

The 16th ranked Tigers started off Sat-urday morning with a 9-0 win against Tay-lor at the Indoor Tennis and Track Cen-ter. Between the three doubles matches, the Tigers only lost six games, including a sweep by doubles partners senior Michael Rardon and junior Noah Swiler.

“We were just executing our shots real well,” Swiler said. “We got them down early and that was it.”

Sophomores Sam Miles and Ben Ko-pecky, who traveled to Alabama in the fall for the NCAA Div. III nationals, won against Taylor’s No. 1 doubles team.

“Against Taylor, we came out with a lot of energy and got ahead quickly.”

Kopecky said. “Everyone was clicking. We were definitely playing to our full poten-tial.”

In singles, Miles had the closest match in the No. 1 spot against Jon Wegener for Taylor, winning 6-3, 5-7 and 11-9 in the super tiebreaker. That proved to be the only close matchup in singles play as the rest of the Tigers won by large margins in their victories.

The second match of the day proved to be much different for DePauw as they faced off against 19th-ranked Case West-ern. The Tigers lost to the Spartans 3-6. DePauw was swept in doubles during the match 8-6, 8-4 and 9-8. Head coach Scott Riggle was disappointed with the doubles performance, which is usually one of the team’s strengths.

“I think Case Western just played more attacking doubles than we did,” Riggle said. “And especially for about a 25-minute span in the middle of the match, all three of their doubles’ posi-tions went on big runs where their guys

were moving forward and our guys were moving backward and you can’t win dou-bles like that,” Riggle said.

Kopecky also felt the doubles teams were outplayed.

“In the second match against Case Western, all the doubles got up quick but then they fought back with a lot of inten-sity,” Kopecky said. “We seemed to just back down. We weren’t ready for it.”

In singles, Kopecky, Rardon and se-nior Eric Hubbard all won to give DePauw their three wins.

Miles, who lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, was not happy with his own play.

“We under-achieved big time in the second match,” Miles said. “I was pretty mad with my performance. I felt like I was playing left handed the whole time.”

DePauw will return to action next weekend at the Indoor Tennis and Track Center with an 8 a.m. match on Saturday against 17th-ranked Carnegie Melon Uni-versity followed by a 4 p.m. match against Luther College.

Opening day brings 9-0 win against Taylor, 3-6 loss to 19th ranked Case Western Reserve

DePauw freshman Steven Rutherford runs in the 4X200 meter relay on Saturday. The men’s track and field team finished sixth at the DePauw Indoor Track and Field Classic. HOANG NGYUEN / THE DEPAUW

Junior Reid Garlock and partner David Moss (not featured) defeated Taylor University’s No. 2 doubles team on Saturday morning. The men’s team won the match 9-0 but fell 3-6 to Case Western Reserve University that evening. ASHLEY BAUER / THE DEPAUW

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By ELEANOR AXTsports@thedepauw.com

The NCAC conference champion-

ships in Canton, Ohio this past week-end proved successful for the wom-en’s swimming and diving team. Two team members earned all-conference honors and one will have a chance to compete at the Div. III nationals in Indianapolis.

The Tigers also totaled 877 points to finish fourth overall. Denison won with 1,611 points followed by Kenyon with 1,581 and Wooster with 947.

“We were a little sporadic at times,” head coach Mary Bretscher said. “But overall with the new at-mosphere and everything, I think we handled it pretty well.”

After the first full day of competi-tion on Thursday, the DePauw wom-en totaled 248 points, 2 points behind Wittenberg University in third place.

“The stakes were higher, and we knew the competition overall was go-ing to be a lot tougher than the SCAC championships,” junior Courtney Lehmann said.

Both relays finished fifth as the 200-yard freestyle relay of senior Ra-chel Wheaton, freshman Mary Reilly, Lehmann and junior Nicole Rossillo finished in 1:38.06 and the 400 med-ley relay of freshman Emma Haynes, sophomore Allison Kirby, senior Catie Baker and Rossillo swam a 4:00.48.

“I thought we got off to a slow start Thursday morning,” Bretscher said. “Every session we got more en-ergy and better performances as a result.”

Junior Morgan Crandall said that the divers were given more opportu-nity to get to know their competition than the swimmers.

“It’s a pretty social sport because you get to stand around and talk to other divers from different schools,” Crandall said. “It’s a great conference to be in.”

Crandall placed 10th with 219.5 in the three-meter competition, while Morgan Crandall’s sister, fresh-man Sarah Crandall, placed 6th with 288.75 points. Junior Chelsea Court-ney placed 4th in the three-meter dive

with 322.60 points.“This is a great conference for the

divers to shine,” Bretscher said. “[In the SCAC] it used to be hard to break into the top 8.”

After the 2nd day, the Tigers to-taled 545 points and found them-selves in fifth place. With Denison and Kenyon still in the first and second spots, College of Wooster snuck up into 3rd with 616 points followed by Wittenberg with 552 points.

“We were obviously the under-dogs going into the NCAC champion-ships, the new kids on the block if you will,” Lehmann said. “We wanted the other teams to see how much support we have for each other.”

Baker made an NCAA B cut with a 4th place finish in the 100-breast stroke with a time of 1:04.84. A B cut time gives a swimmer reserve-like status for the national competition. Swimmers will find out on March 2nd whether or their B cut times will earn them a spot in Indianapolis.

On the final day of the competi-tion, Saturday Feb. 18, diver Court-ney earned all-NCAC honors with a second-place finish in one-meter div-ing with 369.75 points. Morgan Cran-dall finished fifth with 326.70 points and Sarah Crandall was seventh with 278.5.

“Everybody comes together dur-ing conference,” Morgan Crandall said. “You want your best time, but you want to beat the other teams. I love being a part of the swim team as a whole during that week.”

Baker achieved another B cut time in the 200-breast stroke and finished second in 2:20.23 to earn all-NCAC honors.

Bretscher said that she’s proud of how the team competed all season. She said that while they will miss the senior class, she’s excited about the freshmen.

“Next year we’ll get to see some of the younger swimmers move into scoring positions,” she said. “We had a great work ethic this season.”

Baker will now continue to train and wait to see if either of her B cut times will land her a spot in the NCAA Div. III championships.

Women leave Canton with honors, look to send Baker to nationals

By JOSEPH FANELLI and CONNOR HOLLENSTEINERsports@thedepauw.com

Several athletes earned all-conference honors as the DePauw men’s swimming and diving team finished third in the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships in their first year in the new conference.

The Tigers won six straight conference championships in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, but placed third this year in the NCAC behind the top two ranked teams in the nation — Denison University and Kenyon Col-lege.

Despite the third place finish, the Tigers qualified mul-tiple people for the NCAA Div. III National championship by reaching NCAA Div. III B cut times. B cut times are not a guaranteed spots into the national championship, though. The swimmers are now waiting for March 2nd, after the rest of the nation has competed and their times are either fast enough to qualify or not.

Freshman Casey Hooker and sophomore Matt Gleason both raced B cut time and earned all-NCAC honors with third place finishes — Hooker in the 500-yard freestyle (4:31.49) and Gleason 200-yard individual medley (1:52.92) and 200-yard butterfly (1:51.53). All three times were school records for DePauw.

Hooker also earned a B cut time in the 1,650-yard free-style with a sixth place finish.

For sophomore George Morrison, the conference championships went very well despite their third place fin-ish.

“Conference went great,” Morrison said. “We had at least one guy in every top heat and qualified quite a few guys for nationals which was nice.”

All five of the Tigers relay teams finished in third place, with three of those teams reaching B cut times. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of freshman Matt Bacinich, senior John Montgomery, sophomore Jack Burgeson and fresh-man Alex Alfonso (1:22.94), the 400 medley relay of Hooker, junior Matt Kukurugya, Gleason and Montgomery (3:22.15) and the 400 free relay team of Hooker, Alfonso, Burgeson and Montgomery (3:03.95) will now have a chance to make the national championships in Indianapolis.

The Tigers knew entering the meet that competition would be raised in the NCAC, but for the team it was just another hurdle on their way to success.

“We knew from the very beginning that it would be tough, but we wanted to really try to fight hard and take it to another level,” Morrison said. “We went in there and swam great and had a lot of great times which will bring some of the guys on the team to nationals.”

Other members of the team to earn B cut times were Montgomery in the 50 free with a sixth place finish (20.90), freshman Jordan Bantista in the 1650 free with another sixth place finish (16:03.34) and Kukurugya with a fourth place finish in the 200 breast stroke (2:07.62).

The Tigers had high expectations going into their first ever NCAC conference championship, but understand a third place finish is respectable and another step towards becoming a national power.

“Throughout the season we beat a higher ranked team in Chicago and more than doubled Wabash’s scores,” Mor-rison said. “So this is another step towards nationals.”

The Tigers must hold tight to learn their fate for the national championships on March 21. The championships are held at IUPUI’s natatorium.

Men finish third behind two top ranked despite hopes for first, record breakers

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Members of the men’s

swim team cheer before

Thursday night’s final races at the NCAC Swim-

ing Cham-pionships in

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TESY OF BETSY BURGESON