Sept. 10, 2013

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ARTS & LIFEFEATURESFORUM SPORTSJoin the debate about Syria

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Students stepped out in the sun on Academic Quad to take a look at what various campus clubs, groups, and activities have to of-fer at the annual Involvement Fair on Sept. 5.

According to Natalie Keller Pariano, director of the Campus Leadership & Involvement Cen-ter (CLIC), Denison has about 175 campus organizations, many

By Cecilia SalomoneSta! Writer

There was plenty to be excited about at the campus Involvement Fair. Chickens, snow cones, faces old and new, and of course the many organizations and clubs to be a part of all made

an appearance to bring a strong start to the next year at Denison.

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of which were present at the In-volvement Fair.

!ese organizations include service groups, academic activi-ties, club sports, Greek life, mul-ticultural organizations, campus media, student government, reli-gious life groups, and many spe-cial interest groups.

Rachel Auerbach, a sophomore from Mount Horeb, Wis., current-ly serves as the public relations chair for Denison Homelessness & Hunger, which made waves

across campus last year with its “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” video promoting their sandwich prep event for the Newark Salvation Army. “We’ve tried to expand, and

we’re now working with Sparta Café and Saint Vincent de Paul.” Auerbach added that the group also hosts “sleep-out” events to raise awareness.

Denison Christian Community president Tori Newman, a junior from Willard, Ohio, expressed hope that her organization could o"er interested students “a fun, welcoming community– we’re re-ally excited!”

Pariano advises students look-ing for involvement to “take it

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By Chris HermanNews Editor

$25,000 break-in at Mitchell Center

On July 20, 2013, Steve Romine of the Athletics Department ar-rived at his o#ce in the Mitchell Athletic Center to $nd his moni-tor missing from his desk. Romine inspected other o#ces to $nd over $25,000 worth of Denison prop-erty missing from the building.

“!ere were 13 Denison owned laptops, three desktops, two moni-tors, and some cameras were tak-en. Also assorted personal prop-erty of sta" was also taken,” said Head of Security Garret Moore.

He was believed to be posing as a custodian the day before and swiped a master key set from the construction o#ce in the lower level of Mitchell.

!e next night with keys, ra-dio and ID in hand, the suspect broke into the building, took what

he could carry, and exited via the doors to the basketball court on the south side of the building. !e suspect was captured on surveil-lance footage from the building’s camera system which directly re-sulted in his apprehension.

“!e defendant’s name is Yusef Ali Mcleod, a 37 year old Colum-bus resident. None of the comput-ers were found,” said Moore. How-ever, other property taken in this incident and in a burglary from the week prior was found a%er a search of Mcleod’s vehicle.

Mcleod was arrested by the Granville Police with the assistance of Columbus PD in Columbus, Ohio. He paid his bond and was released from the Licking County Justice Center. Not long a%er, he was once again arrested as suspect to a burglary at Ohio Dominican University on July 30th. He is cur-

CarShare comes to campus

rently serving time. Since the burglary at Denison,

security has made changes to how master keys are managed with construction projects. “We might want to consider increasing the amount of surveillance equipment we have in Mitchell since the facil-ity is so large,” said Moore.

The suspect inside Mitchell.

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This 2013-14 school year, DCGA has collaborated with Denison administration to cre-ate a car-sharing program that will benefit both students and the environment. The program, Enterprise CarShare, works to encourage environmentally friendly practices and focuses on student convenience.

The way in which the Enter-prise Carshare program works is simple. Since it is a mem-bership-based car-sharing pro-gram, anyone wishing to use to the program will need to obtain a membership. Anyone with a valid driver’s license (interna-tional licenses will also be ac-cepted) and a willingness to spare some cash can become a

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Any student who wants to start their own organization should do their best to ensure that their group is ‘sustain-able’ and... will attract other like-minded stu-dents.

member. The membership will allow a student to rent vehicles for short term needs of several hours or for extended lengths of time. The cost of renting one of the vehicles is an annual mem-bership fee of $35 and an hourly rental fee, $9.50 on a weekday and $10.50 on weekends. Pro-gram benefits include but are not limited to: free gas, insur-ance, parking, and a $25 dollar credit for the first three hours after joining.

slow” and carefully consider what groups they want to be a part of.

She adds that involvement means more than just campus or-ganizations. “It includes having a campus job or even just attending campus events too.”

Pariano says that any student who wants to start their own or-ganization should do their best to ensure that their group is “sus-tainable” and will not only last, but will attract other like-minded students.

Students kick off semester exploring opportunities on campus

CarShare at the involvement fair.

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NEWS Tuesday, September 10, 2013Page 2

Changes on campus now involve student inputBy Celeste AlsinaSpecial to "e Denisonian

!e beginning of each semester at Deni-son usually brings with it a lot of transfor-mations to get used to. !is semester has come with quite a lot, a new president, a new cardio room, and some administrative changes you still may not be completely up to date with. !is week the Denison community received an email from Laurel Kennedy announcing once again the time to swipe into a residence hall had changed, extended an hour from 11pm to midnight.

!e initial change occurred this past spring, when the time was moved from 1am to 11pm. !e initial change was mo-tivated by a rise in vandalism in residence halls. !ese acts included "re alarms being pulled and glass doors being broken. Gar-rett Moore, Director of Security, Safety &

Risk Management at Denison, stated that “people were being held responsible for damage in the area that they lived in and many claimed that they weren’t respon-sible.” As a result the two hour deduction from swipe access time was made to con-trol non-resident access to the halls.

Tuesday Questions, conducted by the Department of Student Development at Denison, gathered data on students’ per-ception of the changes in residence hall ac-cess. Students communicated feeling safer and noticed less disruptions and noise in the residence halls. Others noticed a nega-tive e#ect from the change, "nding it in-convenient when trying to meet friends or peers. !ere were also complaints about students congregating near entrances to let nonresidents into a building. Because of the aforementioned and there being a reduction in vandalism the decision was

made by Moore, Kennedy, and Bill Fox, Dean of Students, to restrict access by one hour instead of two.

Another recent administrative change is the renaming of “Medical Amnesty” to “Medical Assistance.” !e administration was "nding that students were waiting for people to get better on their own instead of seeking help; with the name change the hope is that it will be clearer to students that they should call for help as soon as someone is in a bad state.

Change is also on the minds of many with a new president on campus. President Adam Weinberg is known as someone who is open to student input, spending the sum-mer meeting with all who were willing, and although the above administrative changes were made with the best intentions for stu-dents, this year may bring changes that in-volve the decision making of students.

Aug-O festivities bring together class of 2017

LOCAL

New animals at The Wilds

!e Newark Advocate A rhinoceros calf and male gira"e calf have joined the African herds at the Wilds, a safari park in nearby Cumberland, southeast of Zanesville.

City of Granville helping Schilling

!e Granville Sentinel !e Granville Village Council is considering backing local busi-nessman Robert Schilling in his application to the Ohio State Historic Preservation Tax Credit program for developing the Granville Inn and a second property. If approved, Schilling would receive a 25 percent tax credit.

NATIONAL

Unemployment rate decreasing

US Today During August employers added 169,000 jobs and the national unemploy-ment rate fell to 7.3 percent, down only 0.1 percent, according to the Department of Labor. !e highest areas of employment included retailers, education, and health.

NSA hacks everything

!e New York Times A new leak from Edward Snowden reveals the NSA has suc-ceeded in hacking into almost all encrypted electronic information worldwide, including global banking systems, trade networks, medical records, and communiques such as emails and social networking sites.

Obama to decide on Syria

Politico With opinion in Congress growing in disfavor, President Obama will address the American people today to clarify his position on military intervention in Syria. Obama spent the end of last week in St. Petersburg, where he discussed the Syria issue with Assad supporter Vladimir Putin at the G-20.

INTERNATIONAL

Largest volcano discovered

CNN Scientists led by William Sager of the University of Houston have discovered the largest volcano on earth submerged beneath the Paci$c Ocean. Dubbed the Tamu Massif and approximately the size of New Mexico, the dormant volcano was active around 145 million years ago.

U.S. intercepts threats from Iran

!e Wall Street Journal U.S. o#cials inter-cepted orders from the Iranian government to Iraqi Shiite militants on Friday, commanding elements to attack American assets in Bagh-dad in the event of a U.S. strike on Syria. Pos-sible targets include the embassy in Beirut and the U.S. &eet in the Persian Gulf.

O! the Hill

Senior Michael Vawter dealing cards at the Casino Night for the

class of 2017.

President Weinberg and History professor Catherine Dollard

welcome freshman to the Hill.

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Earlier in the summer, two Denison alumni, Richard Lugar ‘54 and William G. Bowen ‘55, received national awards from President Barack Obama. Bowen received the National Humanities Medal on July 10 at a White House ceremony, whereas Lugar is slated to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom later this year.

Bowen, an economics major here at Denison, would go on to become “one of the great $gures in American higher education” according to Christopher L. Eisgruber, President of Princeton Uni-versity, a post Bowen himself held for eighteen years from 1978 through 1996. According to Princeton’s University Com-

munications, his leadership of that school is considered “legendary.” Bowen went on to serve as President of the Mellon Foun-dation from 1988 through 2006, and has been a lifetime researcher of higher edu-cation and economics. He has authored or co-authored over 20 books, according to Princeton, and was critical in founding JSTOR and ARTstor, electronic databases for scholarly articles and $ne art, respec-tively. Bowen serves on Denison’s Board of Trustees as a life trustee.

Richard Lugar, another economics ma-jor here on the Hill, served in the U.S. Senate from 1977 to 2013. At the time of his departure from Capitol Hill earlier this year, he was the most senior Repub-lican in the Senate. Prior to running for Senator, Lugar served as mayor of India-

By Kristóf OltvaiFeatures Editor

Alumni Lugar and Bowen awarded during the summernapolis, Ind., his hometown, from 1968 to 1976. He served as Chair of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee twice and twice again as Chair of the Senate’s Com-mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-estry. On Aug. 8, President Obama named him among this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, alongside several others including Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton, according to the White House website. Lugar currently serves as presi-dent of the Lugar Center, a think-tank, and is an active member of Denison’s Board of Trustees. Earlier this year he was also made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Continued from page 1CARSHARE

After proof of license and payment, students will receive a membership card that activates a sensor on the driver-side window to start and end their reserva-

tion. Reservations are easily accessible and can be made online at the Enterprise Car Share Site (http://www.enterprise-carshare.com).

Keeping the environment in mind, the program exclusively uses fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles to reduce fuel emis-sions. With designated spaces at Swasey

parking lot, this program aims to reduce parking problems while giving students greater mobility on campus and beyond. For this upcoming school year, Denison’s Enterprise CarShare Program hopes to make life greener on the other side not only for the environment but also for its students.

In July, Denison’s administration con-cluded investigation into possible viola-tions of the Student Code of Conduct by Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi, and Sigma Phi Epsilon, three of Denison’s seven recog-

By Kristóf OltvaiFeatures Editor

Fraternity investigations conclude, chapter reinstatednized Interfraternity Council (IFC) frater-nities.

!e school reached three distinct deci-sions. Kappa Sigma was found not respon-sible and was reinstated with full privileg-es. Sigma Chi was placed on disciplinary probation until Apr. 30, 2014, when the administration will reevaluate their status.

Sigma Phi Epsilon has lost its charter and is no longer recognized as a legitimate stu-dent organization at Denison. At earliest, SigEp may begin recolonization in 2018.

!e Denisonian’s full summer cover-

age of the case can be found online; visit www.denisonian.com.

CorrectionsThe Denisonian regards itself as a professional publication and strives for the highest standards of journal-ism at all times. If there is a mistake, please contact us at [email protected] so we can correct our error.

DCGA Weekly Report

!e "rst Senate meeting of the year took place last Tuesday, Sept. 3. President-elect Ana Morales ‘14 and the senators of the class of 2016, 2015, and 2014 was o#cially inaugurated. Meghan Pearce ‘16 was elected as the Senate Speaker, and Kiara Sims ‘14, Jackson Wu-Pong ‘15, Emily Schultz ‘16, and Chris Hoye ‘16 was respectively elected as Chair of Finance, Policy, Public Relations, and Rules Committee in all-senate votes.

DCGA was also nominating student rep-resentative to many di"erent committee: Dining Committee, University Council, etc. Students can send email to Ana Mo-rales to nominate themselves or to $nd out more at [email protected].

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New Denison website raises visibility, targets prospective students

“important for Denison to be aligned with the times and modern communications.”

Next, the right web partner had to be found. !is search started in the early sum-mer of 2011. Code and !eory, the partner that Denison ultimately chose to help them with the programming, code and design, has previously worked with Vogue and "e Daily Beast.

When thinking about a new website de-sign, Tribble looked to websites like Mash-able, CNN and ESPN for inspiration. He wanted to explore what non-education or-ganizations were doing on their websites.

“In the .edu space, there is a lot of simi-larity out there. We wanted something dif-ferent,” Tribble said.

!e new website was a lengthy process because the new site was built from scratch and it was time consuming to move content from the old website to the new website, ac-cording to Tribble.

In the end, the new layout of the website is, “striking, elegant and has beautiful ty-pography” according to Tribble, “It’s bold for a college website but still feels appropri-ate.”

!e new site is more conceptually orga-nized around topics and related areas of interest, whereas the old website was based on the university’s organizational chart.

!ree new features of the website are the “Straight Talk From Students”, “Get to Know Denison” and “Denison A to Z”.

!e “Straight Talk From Students” is from-the-heart unedited student com-ments and advice.

!e “Denison A to Z” guide is a dynamic directory which is a literal and $gurative A to Z guide of everything you need to know.

A new president, a new food provider, a new cardio room, the CarShare program, and of course, a new website - that is all it takes to amaze students, faculty, sta", alumni and parents alike.

While still in the very early stages, the new website has already had positive anec-dotal comments by key in&uencers.

“So far, prospective students, guidance counselors, and donors really like the web-site. !e hope is that MyDenison becomes the internal portal and the Denison.edu website becomes the external portal,” said President Adam Weinberg.

!e website serves a wide variety of au-diences, but a main focus is in recruiting prospective students.

“!e new website will help raise visibil-ity. We are always concerned about admis-sions, so we hope the website will become a sort of funnel to encourage new students to visit our campus,” Weinberg said.

Jesse Yeager ’10, assistant director of Ad-missions, who just returned from a “South-west” tour of the Colleges !at Change Lives fair in Chicago, Denver, Albuquerque and Phoenix, said that the new website at-tracted students to learn more about Deni-son. “I had multiple students comment to me that Denison had the best website of any of the (40 or so) Colleges !at Change Lives schools,” said Yeager.

Yeager said she liked how the new web-site is very externally oriented, “It is a place I want to send students to so they can truly explore our college more and learn about the wonderful people here and the fascinat-ing projects and passions that they pursue!”

!e site is primarily for people who don’t know Denison, but is still useful for sta" and students.

“!e site is designed to help outsiders and newcomers get to know Denison better and provide a big picture overview of who we are,” said Scott Tribble, director of he O#ce of Digital Strategy & Development. Tribble was the guiding force throughout the long process of getting a new website.

“It was his vision and guidance that en-abled us to produce a site that goes well beyond the countless standard-issue ‘.edu’ sites that so many colleges are publishing these days,” said Jack Hire, director of Uni-versity Communications.

!ough the initiative was a team e"ort by

the O#ce of Web, Social and Mobile Strat-egy & Development, and the University Communications sta", Tribble was charged with managing the project from concept to launch. !is included de$ning the mission and scope of the site, developing its techni-cal speci$cations, and identifying its orga-nization, form and functionality.

“Because of the breadth, depth and rich-ness of this dynamic site, it was an enor-mous undertaking, but with its launch in mid-August, Denison was able to take a quantum leap into a new era of commu-nications with its public audiences.” said Hire.

“It’s o%en challenging to help people un-derstand how vibrant the Denison com-munity is and how engaged and friendly students are,” said Weinberg. “!e more we can tell stories about our students, the more it helps people understand the tex-ture of our community,” emphasizing that Denison’s major “selling point” is its quality of students, faculty and sta".

!e previous website, last revamped in 2007, was viewed as static, whereas the new website helps keep Denison up with the times.

Getting to the new website was far from a quick and easy experience, especially be-cause it was built up from scratch.

First, it was agreed upon by the college that Denison needed a modern web com-munication platform that could connect with prospective and current students, as well as faculty and sta".

“We wanted the website to communicate to these audiences in a way that they are accustomed to being communicated to on-line,” said Tribble. He emphasized how it is

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!e “Get to Know Denison” section gives people a virtual campus experience of not only the exterior of buildings but also high-lights what happens inside those buildings. !is is a great tool for students who live outside of America and might not be able to visit Denison before applying.

!e key motto behind the new website’s design is the tried-and-true phrase “show, don’t tell.” Tribble wanted it to be more vi-sual.

“Images can be very powerful,” said Trib-ble, “It was a conscious decision to make the site much more visual.”

Online, www.wenison.edu will continue to grow over the next several years. Web-sites are built to be continually adapted, ac-cording to Tribble.

Tribble himself said it best: “!e day you launch a website, it is already out of date.”

Denison’s newly design website.

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Bon Appétit debuts: Better food with some drawbacksBy Kristóf OltvaiFeatures Editor

!e past two weeks have been something of a proving ground for Denison’s new din-ing service provider Bon Appétit. !e new company, which took over from Sodexo in June, has attempted to revamp the Denison's dining experience.

Bon Appétit’s managers a"rm the prog-ress they have made, and students generally agree that the new food is better, albeit high-lighting a few drawbacks in service such as longer waits.

Denison’s dining system is built on the “station” service model, meaning di#erent types of foods are available in distinct physi-cal locations within the three main service facilities: Hu#man, Curtis, and Slayter. From Sodexo to Bon Appétit, station location and production have been the main changes, while concepts have remained similar.

In Slayter, the new “Cantina” option, which o#ers Chipotle-style burritos and other pseudo-Mexican cuisine, is the only station without a Sodexo predecessor; the burger/grill, salad, soup, panini, and “Asian bowl” stations have existed in some form before. Curtis and Hu#man retain the tradi-tional options: pasta, pizza, burger/grill, stir fry, salad bar, deli, and “main line.”

In Hu#man, the layout of these stations has been modi$ed to re%ect Bon Appétit’s “made-to-order” business model.

Student agrees that the food, culinari-ly, an improvement on Sodexo - with some drawbacks.

!ere is “better food” and “more variety,” says Max Kelly ‘16, a physics major from Vienna, Austria, adding that “the only thing Hu#man lacks, really, is ice cream. If Bon Appétit had been at Denison last year, we [would have] seen way more of the freshman 15...[You] couldn’t have asked for a better setup,” he concludes.

“You can de$nitely taste the di#erence,” agrees Celia Cambray ‘15, an economics and education double-major from Waukegan, Ill. She highlights the greater degree of control the guest has. “You can make your own sand-wich, your own salad,” she says.

Others disagree. “I hate it,” says Nancy Martinez ‘16, a psychology major from Chi-cago, Ill., “We don’t have a lot of options and the portions that we get are very small.”

Max Collins ‘15, a biology and philosophy double-major from Stanford, Conn., agrees regarding portion size, and adds that Bon Appétit “probably will be [better than So-

dexo], but it’s still in its infancy. A lot of peo-ple that work there don’t know where every-thing is,” he says, a comment corroborated by John Baird ‘15, a biology major from Dal-las, Texas. “I have to go hunting for things" in the dining hall, says Baird.

Bon Appétit at Denison is still growing

Bon Appétit’s campus management, head-ed by General Manager Jennifer McGann and Sustainability Manager S.K. Piper, seems con$dent in the $rm’s ability to live up to student expectations. McGann says that Bon Appétit’s services are “going according to plan,” while highlighting sta"ng as the pri-mary challenge of these $rst few months.

She says Bon Appétit is still looking to $ll positions, a process she does not expect to conclude as late as Christmas. Piper adds that disposing of compost has become a dif-$culty because Bon Appétit produces ap-proximately four times as much compost as Sodexo did.

Regarding the company’s dedication to lo-cal produce, Piper says she “cannot give an accurate percent” for how much of the food in the dining halls is local, explaining that it “usually takes three to four years to build a local produce chain.” She stresses that Bon Appétit’s other local venues, such as Aber-crombie and Fitch national headquarters in New Albany, State Auto national headquar-ters in Columbus, Otterbein University in

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Westerville, Oberlin College, and Case West-ern Reserve University outside of Cleveland may help the $rm boost its locality faster than usual.

McGann and Piper agree that as of now, the bulk of dining tra"c has been concen-trated at Hu#man and Slayter; Curtis is currently underutilized. To deal with over-%ow, which according to managers is due to “faculty and sta# eating in the dining halls” alongside seniors and eager West-Quadders, the President’s Room has been regularly opened in Hu#man for dinner.

But Bon Appétit’s plans for redeveloping campus dining is ongoing yet. Friday saw the $rst full opening of the Curtis Veggie con-cept, by which students can request a veg-etarian meal which is brought out to them at their seat.

McGann and Piper indicate that they are interested in revitalizing !e Roost on Slay-ter's third %oor, though they acknowledge that it is di"cult to compete with o#-campus pub options like Brew’s 2 and Broadway. Currently they are running Late Night out of the Roost, available 10 p.m. through mid-night every Wednesday.

McGann says that students have expressed support for a “sports bar” theme in !e Roost as well. Bon Appétit plans on putting local beers, speci$cally from Homestead Beer, Co. from here in Granville. Slayter already fea-tures co#ee from River Road down in town.

McGann indicated that the transition has been complicated by internal matters, how-ever, especially since Sodexo did not provide relevant data to Bon Appétit. !is makes numerical comparisons of the two providers

Kristóf Z. OltvaiHometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. Class of: 2015Majors: Philosophy and English On campus: DCGA, Moot Court, "Ex-ile," "Episteme"

has the power to move the soul. This may sound philosophical, which

is, not coincidentally, my main intellectual interest. I'm particularly interested in exis-tentialism and the philosophy of Christian theology. I also have interests in creative writing, travel, and Hungarian culture.

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New professor Sam Cowling loves philosophy, comicsProfessor Spotlight

You can tell a lot about a professor just by looking at the books on their desk. If they are anything like Dr. Sam Cowl-ing of the Philosophy department, you might be surprised and delighted to !nd a copy of Modal Logic as Metaphysics just inches away from an issue of DC Com-ics’ Swamp !ing.

One of Denison’s newest hires, Cowl-ing is an amiable and uniquely engaging addition to the faculty. Long before he pursued his doctorate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Cowling was just a comic book fan living on the Cana-dian West Coast.

Upon taking his !rst philosophy course at University of Victoria in Brit-ish Columbia, he realized that a lot of the questions and concepts explored in the comics he loved, particularly the impli-cations of time travel and multiple uni-verses, were ones he could engage with in philosophy.

"is discovery set him on a course to-ward scholarly engagement with meta-physics, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of language. He received his B.A. from UVic in 2004, his M.A. from the University of Manitoba in Win-nipeg one year later, and his Ph.D. from UMass Amherst in 2011.

Like many college graduates contem-plating professorship, Cowling decided not to jump into graduate school right away. Instead, he took a year o# from school, during which he worked in a pawnshop. “I thought it might not be a bad idea to see if [being a professor] was really what I wanted to do,” he says. “I took a year to re$ect, and it helped me realize, of course this is what I want to do!”

"ough his time being a working pro-fessor has been relatively brief (before his arrival in Granville he did a two-year stint at Western Michigan University), Cowling has been impressed by the stu-dents and faculty at Denison thus far, comparing his experience on the Hill to his previous work in Massachusetts.

Of his fellow professors in philosophy, he was delighted to !nd that they have social skills, which, he noted, is not al-ways the case with academics. Cowling has also been glad to see the wealth of in-tellectual and cultural diversity present in our campus community, both among his students and his colleagues.

Asked about his own personal philos-

ophies about education, Cowling said, “I like the idea of giving people philosophi-cal literacy, or the tools of critical think-ing and inquiry that philosophy can give you.”

He expressed that one of the key values of a philosophical education is that “you can take philosophy wherever you go.”

Becoming a professor has not dimin-ished his love of comics, and in between preparing for his Introduction to Philoso-phy and History of Analytic Philosophy courses, Cowling enjoys a healthy diet of the medium’s !nest. Among his long list of favorites are Brian K. Vaughan’s epic space opera Saga, the many works of Mike Mignola (Hellboy, among others), Grahm Morrison’s Doom Patrol and Paul Chad-wick’s Concrete.

He is encouraged to see comics being implemented into the Denison curricu-lum, and hopes he can o#er Denisonians a chance to explore philosophy through comics sometime soon.

Cowling has only had a few weeks to es-tablish himself as a presence on this cam-pus, but students are already raving about his unique approach to teaching. Karen Osbourne ‘16, a psychology major from Nashville, Tenn., says that “Dr. Cowling is enthusiastic about what he teaches and has the talent to make his students excited about the subject matter. He explains phi-losophy in a way that’s easy to understand and relevant to his students.”

Anyone interested in an interesting way to broaden their Denison education should be on the lookout for Cowling’s course o#erings this spring.

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By Sam TaggartArts and Life Editor

Organizers and volunteers of the Ho-tlicks Bluesfest stopped the traffic along Broadway Ave. in Granville early this Saturday, Sept. 7, setting the stage for the 13th Annual music-based event.

Arranged by the Granville Federation for the Appreciation of the Blues and funded by donations, the day-long event showcased the rythmyc sounds of the Blues, with performances from two-time Grammy nominated headliner Ruthie Foster and the Jeremiah Johnson Band, a St. Louis based Blues-rock group who played the Crossroads Festival at Madi-son Square Garden in New York City.

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Nice Riffs! 13th Annual ‘Bluesfest’ rocks GranvilleBeginning in the heat of the early af-

ternoon with a performance by Dave Workman and various guests, the fes-tival provided music, a refreshing beer garden, and food from local businesses and food trucks, the event proved fun for all as local families gathered and en-joyed the sounds of the talented, soulful musicians.

For the older - and rowdier - members of the crowd, lighting fireworks and “jamming out” with the performers ex-tended late into the night at the upstairs bar in Brews.

The festival was an overall success, and the residents of Granville – includ-ing its students – look forward to next year’s events!

ABOVE: Despite the heat, a crowd gathered facing the United Church of Granville, and

enjoyed the live performances late into the evening.

LEFT: The Mai Chau food truck, based in Columbus, parked itself on Broadway Ave.

and prepared Vietnamese-inspired snacks for the audience.

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Members of the Jeremiah Johnson Band rock the stage on a hot, humid Ohio afternoon.

Page 9Tuesday, September 10, 2013 ARTS & LIFE

Fresh, fantastic and all-natural: Al!e’s adds "avor to Granville! By Golzar MeamarAssistant Arts and Life Editor

Hidden in a nook in front of the Gran-ville library is Al!e’s, a “wholesome food restaurant,” which opened this summer. While Al!e’s is essentially a very small shop, you can take your food and eat it at tables right outside the restaurant, in front of the library. It’s not on Broadway, but its intimate character still captures the essence of Granville.

"e restaurant hosts a menu of sand-wiches as well as a window you can order from with a sizeable selection of healthy salads. Everything served is fresh and lo-cally produced food. "e salads and pas-tries are made daily and are made from fresh farm ingredients. Al!e’s makes their own mayonnaise and peanut butter and use sandwich bread that is baked in town!

A Saturday trip in the middle of the Blues Festival led us to realize that we had found a new place to dine regularly in town. “"e V.W.”, their most famous sandwich accord-ing to one of their employees, was heaven-ly. "e sandwich included roast turkey, !g jam, brie, and spinach on sourdough bread.

I was very excited to be eating there and

my friends who tried the V.W. agreed; the sandwich was refreshing, both to their taste buds and in quality. Sophomore Molly Mc-Donough, an education major from Chi-cago, Illinois, who visited Al!e’s for the !rst time with me, said that her California Veg-gie sandwich was “really good for only ten dollars!”

"e California Veggie contained house-made hummus, tomato, red onion, cu-

cumber, avocado, spinach, and sprouts on whole wheat bread. Other options on the sandwich portion of the menu include “"e $14 PB&J” -- don’t worry, it’s only four dol-lars, and it comes with freshly ground pea-nut butter, granola, and strawberry basil preserves! Al!e’s also gives you the option to create your own sandwich with all of their fresh ingredients.

Beyond sandwiches, Al!e’s menu in-

cludes salads like “Happy Tummy” which is a mixture of spinach, carrots, quinoa, chick peas, dried cranberries, scallions, and walnuts drizzled with a citrus vinaigrette. "ere are also meat options for those with more carnivorous taste, which include House Roasted Turkey Breast, roasted with herbs and apples. If the delicious food were not enough, beverages include local tea as well as fresh orange juice. We were served homemade Rosemary Lemonade, a very special treat that tasted magni!cent.

Al!e’s is fairly priced and a great option for any Denisonian’s craving some delicious and healthy options o# the Hill, since Bon Appetite has gone beyond expectations in providing for us this semester.

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Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.Majors: English Writing and Queer StudiesOn campus: Hillel, D.I.T.A, Safe Zone, Writers’ Club, Beta Theta Pi

Arts and Life is one of the most dy-namic sections of the Denisonian, and I am honored to be among its editors. I got my Denisonian start writing reviews of the theatre productions put on by the Denison Theatre department and of comedians brought in by UPC, and the entertainment created by members of our campus com-munity continues to inspire and excite me, even as a senior.

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The Arts and Life section is such a plea-sure to write, edit, and share with the rest of campus! Denison is never short of dif-MLYLU[ L]LU[Z ZVJPHS NH[OLYPUNZ HUK ÄULart performances, meaning there is never a dry spell. The campus-wide appreciation MVYÄULHY[ZPZHIV]LHUKIL`VUKHUKV\Ydedication to living and working together is incredible to write about.On a more personal side note, while I love to write, I also love to sing, read, and spend time in the bioreserve. I’m very ex-cited for this semester at The Denisonian and I plan to take it on with a lot of coffee and hopefully great feedback!

Hometown: Summit, NJMajor: English Literature/ PhilosophyOn campus: Delta Chi (VP), Club Ice Hockey, 2-time Intramural champion

Hi, I’m Sam! I am on the Hill for the last time this year and I am pleased to be a part of this accomplished Denisonian staff.

This year I will be covering events on campus and off, as well as writing my own creative pieces on the side.

Having traveled abroad during the Fall of my junior year, and having returned back to Denison the following semester, I recog-UPaLK^OH[HUPUÅ\LUJLV\Y<UP]LYZP[`OHZhad on my growth as an individual.

In last year at Denison, I look forward to what lies ahead in school, and outside the classroom, where the my friends - the stu-dents - have made my time here truly un-forgettable.

On-campus culture, o!-campus lifestyles, and everything in between.

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student-run coffee shop

Hours: 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. everyday

IN PICTURE: UPC brought the Piano Duet to the Bandersnatch last Friday night

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Fresh Basil Pesto SauceSenior Recipe

Classic Basil Pesto Sauce

3 cups fresh basil leaves ! cup roasted pine nuts

! cup pecorino romano (or parmesan) 1/3 cup of good olive oil

Pinch of salt

As the end of the summer approaches, it’s time to whip up some recipes with ingredients while they are still in season. After living on campus and spending my summer cooking in my Meyers Hall apartment, I practiced the techniques of simple recipes made with only a few ingredients. Ranging from basil tomato sauce to buttermilk baked fried chicken, all my recipes are made with only a few steps. One recipe that I take much pride in is my mouth-watering pesto sauce. Using fresh basil, pine nuts, olive oil - and don’t

forget freshly-grated parmesan! - this spread goes great on pas-tas, sandwiches, or just about anything. I recommend using it as a sauce for pasta, as I did recently at a dinner with my roommates. For an added zing add sau-téed mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, and goat cheese to make the pasta super yummy! Try it now before the basil is gone until next season!

Instructions:

In a food processor, blend the basil leaves, pine nuts, pecorino romano, and salt. Then, gradually pour in the olive oil. After all the ingredients are thoroughly combined, scrape off the sides of the food processer and re-blend until the sauce is smooth and creamy. The pesto can be kept in the fridge for up to a week with a layer of quality olive oil covering the sauce. Variations of this recipe including adding roasted red peppers or almonds in lieu of pine nuts.

Don’t forget to send us your recipe to [email protected]

Contributor of this recipeJIMMY CONROY ‘14

Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Page 11SPORTS

DBringing you the box scores

from the past week in Big Red athletics.

For game recaps, visit:www.denisonbigred.com

WOMEN’S SOCCER9/8Berry 2Denison 1

FOOTBALL9/7Earlham 28Denison 51

MEN’S SOCCER9/7Washington & Je!erson 1Denison 5

WOMEN’S GOLF9/8at Denison Invitational1st Place

FIELD HOCKEY9/8Washington College 1Denison 2

WEEKLY ROUND-UP

FIELD HOCKEY9/7Denison 4Johns Hopkins 3

VOLLEYBALL9/7Denison 0St. Mary’s 3VOLLEYBALL9/7Denison 3North Park 1

MEN’S GOLF9/7Transylvania Invitational8th PlaceWOMEN’S GOLF9/7Denison Invitational1st Place

WOMEN’S SOCCER9/6Shenandoah 1Denison 2

Luke Belechak/ !e DenisonianThe front entrance to the Mitchell Center was completed this summer, capping nearly

twoyears of construction.

By Luke BelechakSports Editor

Crown Fitness Center caps construction

Recently, Denison students have become accustomed to returning to the hill with a new addition to the campus.

"is summer, work on the $38.5 million newly renovated Mitchell Center came to its conclusion with the opening of the Crown Fitness Center on Monday, Aug. 26.

"e completion of the 8,000 square-foot space concludes two years of construction.

"e renovated facility features brand new equipment, providing Denisonians with plenty of space and opportunity to use the machines.

"e open-air feel is a radical change from the previous con#ned workout spaces. “"e old weight room was always packed,” ex-plained senior Reid Worrel. “"is new area allows for plenty of room to spread out.” Now students have both the space and machines to ful#ll every cardio and strength-training need.

As with the rest of the Mitchell Center renovations, the Crown Fitness Center was built in accordance with U.S. Green Building Council meeting LEED standards, a trend Denison seems to be following.

"e new space was largely made pos-sible thanks to 1985 Denison graduate Janet Crown, whom the new facility is named a$er. A member of Denison’s Board of Trustees, Crown led the charge in the funding and con-struction of the Crown Fitness Center. Crown undoubtedly used her experience as the own-

er of Burn 60 Fitness Studios in Brentwood, Calif. in the creation of Denison’s newest ad-dition to campus.

Graduating from Denison with a B.A. in History, Crown has taken on numerous tasks and jobs a$er leaving Granville. A$er fur-thering her education at Northwestern Uni-versity’s Medill School of Journalism, she re-located to Los Angeles and became involved with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), a sports entertainment agency.

Her work with CAA led to a position as Vice President of Client Services at Focus Me-dia, Inc. In 2005, Crown successfully opened her #rst #tness studio, Burn 60, which has

been gaining in popularity since its inception. "e studio advertises 60 minute workouts, combining cardio and strength and resistance training for all levels.

Nowadays, Crown lives in Los Angeles with her husband and #ve children. She has recently added a published writer to her list of credentials. She recently published the book Where Do the Animals Go When it Rains?, her #rst in a four part children’s series.

"e opening of the Crown Fitness Center is a much needed improvement to the Mitchell Center and will provide Denisonians with a beautiful, well used space for years to come.

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Page 12 SPORTS Tuesday, September 10, 2013

DU Stat of the Day

!e Denison Football team had four interceptions versus Earlham college on Saturday night. Last year the Big Red only had one interception

throughout the entire year. In total, Denison accumulated 109 yards on interception

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Atmospheres are pretty great. They evoke a mood, a touch, a smell, they can evoke everything and anything.

And for Denison Big Red Football, the under-the-lights atmosphere on Saturday night evoked dominance-with a bit of heart-warming hope.

In their season opener, the Big Red recorded four interceptions, 475 yards of total offense and clobbered Earlham college 51-28.

Among the players who excelled in this game, one stood out among the rest. And that man is junior quarter-back Brandon Sklenar.

Sklenar tallied 275 yards of total offense, three touchdowns, a 72.7% completion percentage and a moun-tain of respect from his team and coaches during his first game as a col-lege football starting quarterback.

“This is the first time since high school that I’ve played with a Quar-terback who is younger than me,” mused senior run-ningback John Wilson. “A Quar-terback playing his first college game, there is definitely going to be a learning curve and I think he understands that and he’s going to do what he’s gotta do-filmwise and

studying.”Sklenar was the main lightning rod

for DU’s offense early, lobbing a 49-yard touchdown pass to DeShawn B r o w n with less than a m i n u t e into the game and on just the second play of the game.

A n d only 40 seconds after that, yes just 40, Sklenar sprinted 20 yards for another TD culminating almost right after se-nior Joel Elliott’s impressive intercep-tion deep in opponent’s territory.

“Brandon played well tonight. Re-ally excited about the defense as well,” says offensive coordinator, Austin Holter. “[Sklenar’s] a junior and he’s going into his first college start so there is a lot he still has to work on but you can tell he is a special player

and we are really excited about the progress Sklenar’s made so far.”

But Sklener’s impressive stat-line wasn’t done yet, not even in the first quarter.

He had yet another passing touch-down, this time to senior John Wilson

for 15 yards. In total, Denison had 21 points in

just the first quarter, including 14 points within just the first two minutes

of play, all coming from Sklenar.

“I think Sklenar did really well,” says 4th year head coach, Jack Hatem. “He’s a great athlete. It’s a fun offense with him running around.”

But Sklenar’s domi-nance isn’t the whole story, actually, according

to Jack Hatem, the whole story has to do with speed.

“We have some fast guys. I think it’s hard to defend all of them,” says Ha-tem. “The offensive coaches did a real nice job utilizing all of that.”

Within the bevy of offensive coach-es there is new offensive coordinator, Austin Holter.

Holter has a great reputation within the DU program as he is largely re-sponsible for the development of Deni-son Football legend Max Paulus ‘13.

“Holter is a great leader,” remarks Sklenar. “I’d follow him into battle.”

And now, with total reigns over the offensive side of the ball, Holter’s schemes and plays showed serious promise in the season opener.

One of the more successful offensive weapons was Wilson, who totaled 102 yards on only 14 carries, accumulating an amazing 7.3 yard per carry average.

This is a big difference to his stats last year, where he had only 48 yards on 13 carries throughout the entire year.

“It starts with the O-line,” Wil-son says. “They did a great job in front of me. We’ve been working the run game a lot. With a guy like Sam [Fioroni ‘13] gone, it’s a big shoe to replace and we did a good job and the numbers show that for sure.”

John Wilson looks to get his first crack as the feature running back this season after backing up Fioroni for many years, and he seems to be poised for greatness after his 109-yard game

And while the offense flourished under the pistol/zone-read formation that Holter instilled, the defense also dominated with their scheme.

“The defense really played well and put us in some situations with good field positions so we could capital-ize,” Holter says. “For a young group, I’m really proud of them. Guys up front did a great job.”

The three other players who got interceptions were sophomore Zach Pewitt, freshman Andrew Baird and senior Teddy Kuntz.

Baird, in his very first college foot-ball game, led DU with six solo tack-les as well as the interception which he returned for 28 yards.

This incredible defensive perfor-mance is very promising compared to last year’s, which only totaled one interception the entire year.

For the near future the crystal ball seems bright, but with a flurry of im-provements. For instance,basic mis-cues seemed to be the achilles heel for the team who lost 90 yards on ten penalties.

“We have to work on fundamentals. Make sure we are reading our cues, making sure we are taking care of our assignments,” adds Holter. “Ob-viously, we need to continue to de-velop. We have a lot of young players playing right now, a lot of them play-ing in their first actual college foot-ball game. I tell them to ‘Enjoy the win but come back tomorrow ready to work’.”

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