Associate Registrar Suzanne Bates is one of three final candidates in the College of Wooster's search for a new registrar, making her the second DePauw administrator this academic year to be a finalist for a position at Wooster. Executive Vice President Neal Abraham was among the final candidates in Wooster's search for a new president in 2006.… Post the First Comment

If there's a lesson to be learned from rising tuition rates, DePauw doesn't seem to be teaching it. Though the cost of a DePauw education creeps toward $40,000 a year, the University seems to offer little in the way of financial education and preparation. "It's not DePauw's responsibility, quite frankly," said Director of Career Services Tom Cath.… Post the First Comment

Concerns over the accountability of theme community housing have prompted Residence Life and Housing to add a new requirement for future theme communities at DePauw. According to the theme community housing application, students who live in theme communities next year will be required to host at least two programs relating to their theme each semester.… Post the First Comment

Despite the recent cold weather, global warming is nonetheless an issue of political importance right now. In order to spread the awareness about this issue, an organization called Focus the Nation has formed to educate students of all ages on the effects of global warming.… Post the First Comment

The Academic Technology Advisory Committee is currently looking into a new course-management system to replace Blackboard. ATAC has been considering the move since spring 2006. The committee presented the faculty with a survey to find out how Blackboard was being used.… Post the First Comment

Spurred by a controversial Facebook group, allegations of racism at popular campus eatery Marvin's and campus-wide debate, a planned Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority event to discuss the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education was followed by a closed meeting attended by a group of students and three administrators.… Post the First Comment

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article appeared online Feb. 16 at www.thedepauw.com.

In a letter sent Monday to Delta Zeta sorority national president Deborah Raziano, President Robert G. Bottoms laid out the administration's "dissatisfaction" with DZ nationals' handling of the reorganization of DePauw's DZ chapter, the campus' smallest sorority in recent history.… Post the First Comment

DePauw students are rallying around a local cause to help find a bone marrow donor for Greencastle native Robert Lyon, who is suffering from leukemia and is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant. Lyon is a Greencastle native who has started a local scholarship, the Lyon Family Scholarship fund.… Post the First Comment