The DePauw

Wild Art: Music, Machetes, and Student Government

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Incoming class shaping up to surpass targets

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

If next year's incoming class were a fighter jet landing on the aircraft carrier USS DePauw, administrators say they are increasingly confident about a safe landing on the deck runway.

At least that's what Special Advisor to the President Christopher Wells said.

Class registration causes concerns

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Students registering for classes for next fall may have noticed they did not get the classes they wanted.

DePauw registrar Ken Kirkpatrick submitted a report to Neal Abraham, executive vice president, detailing "how close students came to being enrolled in the amount of credit they requested.

Faculty weighs in on intellectual life with poll

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A year of formal discussion and proposal writing regarding intellectual life culminated in two surveys totaling 45 questions at Monday's faculty meeting.

The first survey was five quesrtions and addressed the five charges put forth by President Brian Casey at the beginning of the semester, asking the faculty if they recommended "No Changes, Minor adjustments, Moderate adjustments, Significant changes" or had no opinion on the matters of graduation requirements, Winter Term, internships, Programs of Distinction and first-year programs.

3 seniors, 1 alumna receive Fulbright awards

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Three DePauw students were recently named Fulbright scholarship recipients.

The Fulbright is a national award which allows select individuals to conduct research or teach English in a foreign country for a year.

Seniors Todd Schmid, Lauren Wendling and Ross Robinson have received Fulbright awards.

Quarantine ends; no swine flu found

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

With all the attention about swine flu in the media, students on campus may be able to take a deep breath and relax for now.

According to Dr. Scott Ripple of the Wellness Center, all students who were quarantined on campus last week for flu symptoms have been released.

RSA hosting end-of-the-year garage sale Friday

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Packing up a dorm room or apartment for the summer is a sign of warm weather and no homework. However, it can also be a stressful task if you have too much to move or things you don't want.

In order to help students solve this problem, Resident Student Association is sponsoring a yard sale and barbecue on Friday, May 8 from 11 a.

DePauw 2008-2009: The year in pictures

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Learn to expect the unexpected at DePauw

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

To say my collegiate experience has gone according to plan couldn't be further from the truth. I came to DePauw as an economics major and Management Fellow; when that didn't work out I settled on communications, which I'm still not completely happy with. I came impressed by the strikingly beautiful campus.

In need of heroes, even fake ones

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Searching for music for my iTouch was a surprisingly educational experience.

I needed to find good music, but that posed a problem: I don't know any good music. I needed someone to tell me what songs were good; I needed someone I trusted, and that is where Thom Yorke comes in.

Letters to the Editor

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Kappa coverage focuses
on sensationalism

I was disappointed by the cover of last Tuesday's issue of The DePauw. It chose to highlight Kappa Kappa Gamma's recent probationary status on the front page, which appeared as a very small article within the issue.

Cheers, Jeers, and Tears

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

� Cheers to President Brian Casey for a successful first year at DePauw. We look forward to the same commitment to interacting with students and continued discussions on intellectual life come fall.

� Cheers to the faculty for their in-depth work on the intellectual life discussions this year.

Softball: Tigers sweep Bears, prep to host NCAA tournament regional

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A week after securing the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship, the No. 17 softball team is gearing up for the NCAA Div. III tournament. The Tigers found out Monday morning that they will play Hiram College (26-14) Thursday at 2 p.m. on their home field.

Men's Track and Field: Optional meet helps individuals

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The men's track team competed in the Indiana State Pacesetter Invitational this past weekend. The team had few competitors, though, given the invitational's optional nature.

Even without the team aspect behind it, many runners took the opportunity to improve upon their personal bests.

Women's Track and Field: Individual leaders compete in hopes of qualifying for nationals

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

After a successful conference meet, several members of the women's track and field team are continuing to participate in meets with hopes of qualifying for nationals.

This past weekend, several women competed at the Pacesetter Invitational at Indiana State University.

Baseball: Tigers end season with a whimper against Chicago

Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

In a season of high expectations, the Tiger baseball team's lackluster effort Saturday against the University of Chicago put into perspective a season of ups and downs that never got on the right track.

"Usually we have that run where we have nine or 10 games in a row where we will be hot," said senior outfielder Justin Weiner.

4-3-09: A world without spam

Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT

One of the pros of the Internet for media outlets is that it has brought more opportunities to interact with readers, viewers and listeners.

This editor's blog is an attempt at interaction. The simple step of putting editor e-mails at the top of stories in The DePauw is an attempt at interaction.

4-26-09: The never-ending deadline

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

By far the biggest change to the workings of The DePauw this semester has been the staff's newfound focus on online content. We've got video and audio clips, photo slideshows and stories and columns that you won't find in the newspaper. At the start of the semester, we weren't even posting photos with our stories; it was pretty much all text.

4-21-09: Newsy times at DePauw

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

This semester has been a fun, hectic time to reportr news for The DePauw - and we've still got some big headlines coming in the final two weeks.

I've been involved with the newspaper since the Saturday I moved into Humbert Hall as a freshman, and I can say that this semester has definitely been the newsiest of my eight at DePauw (or seven if you like, since I spent a semester off-campus).

4-14-09: SPJ conference highlights DePauw's journalism history

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

In my last post, I mentioned the legacy that 1929 alum Bernard Kilgore has left on The DePauw through a fund he left to the newspaper. Kilgore is a giant in the journalism world for making the Wall Street Journal into a media powerhouse during his time as editor of the paper from the 1940s through the '60s.

4-8-09: The incredible shrinking newspaper

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT

If you're a regular reader of The DePauw's print edition, you might have noticed that the paper has seemed lighter for about the past month - to be specific, four pages lighter.
The DePauw has not been immune from the economic recession and widely known woes of the newspaper industry, and financial concerns have forced us to make some adjustments this year.

4-1-09: Whose opinion is it anyway?

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

With my first post back from spring break, I want to clear up one of the most common misunderstandings about what people read in The DePauw: the differences among opinion columns, editorials and letters to the editor. Each designation represents the thoughts of different people and is handled in a different way by the newspaper.

3-19-09: Student returns hundreds of newspapers after taking them Tuesday

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Hundreds of copies of the Tuesday edition of The DePauw are back out for distribution to the public after they were taken by freshman Patrick John Kelly Tuesday afternoon.
I contacted Kelly and met with him Wednesday afternoon after hearing from a University employee that Kelly had come to the employee's office and asked if he could have all the copies of the newspaper there.

3-13-09: Mistakes, we've made a few...

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Posted March 13, 2009
1:55 a.m.

In Friday's issue of The DePauw, Professor Alicia Suarez has a compelling letter to the editor expressing disappointment with a story in our March 6 issue titled "Former porn star discusses transition to sex education." She touches on several topics that are key to The DePauw's (or any newspaper's) mission: accuracy, clarity and the allusive concept of taste.

3-5-09: Reflecting on Tuesday's intellectual life forum

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Posted March 5, 2009
1:55 p.m.

If you've been reading The DePauw anything close to regularly this year, you've grown accustomed to the term "intellectual life." As an editor, I've kind of grown to resent the term, because it's one of those phrases that seemingly doesn't mean anything, sucking all the excitement out of what really is a huge issue for the University.

3-4-09: Transparency is my goal (so please send me your questions and comments)

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

In an effort to help get The DePauw into the 21st century, the staff has been thinking about ways to produce more new media content. The fact that I just said The DePauw is a newspaper is becoming hopelessly outdated, as we should really be thinking of ourselves as a news providing service; the medium is irrelevant.