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Six-year-old initiative seeks to improve retention of African American malesBy MATTHEW [email protected]

Jordan Davis plans on taking over DePauw. And he wants other African-American males to

have no excuse not to do the same.“I wanted to make sure African American men,

specifically the men in my class, stayed on cam-pus,” Davis said.

To accomplish that task, the current sopho-more started attending meetings of the Black Male Initiative his first semester on campus.

Last spring, he became a member of the initia-tive’s planning committee.

Aliya Beavers, coordinator of multicultural recruitment and a member of the planning com-mittee, said the initiative began over six years ago to improve the retention rates of African American males at DePauw.

“It was a way for them to bring men of the community together to talk about any concerns or issues that they may be having and try to fig-ure out how to support better so more students would be retained on campus,” Beavers said.

Since then, the population of international stu-dents and domestic students of color has doubled. That population now composes 27 percent of the student body with domestic students of color making up 17 percent.

Hermen Diaz, who joins Beavers on the com-mittee and also serves as assistant director of mul-ticultural student services, couldn’t find the actual percentage of black males that have graduated

from DePauw over the last several years, but he said retention rates among them have risen.

“I think at DePauw we started to utilize some resources and push some new initiatives to try to help that (retention),” Diaz said. “I think that we at DePauw do a good job and a much better job than I would say most institutions do at focusing on specific populations that have historically been retained at a really poor level.”

But Davis says many of his friends haven’t been so lucky.

The Indianapolis native said several of his friends from home have already dropped out of college.

‘NO EXCUSES’When searching for colleges, Davis said he

wanted a small student body and small class sizes.He also wanted to attend a school with a high

retention rate for African American males.“It’s (retention of black males) always been a

big problem that I heard about when I was in high school,” he said. “When I came to college, I knew, I wasn’t going to drop out.”

Davis heard about the Black Male Initiative from friends who went to DePauw while he was still at Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School, a small charter school in Indianapolis with the mot-to “College or Die.”

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Keith Stanford, senior associate director of admission, shares interviewing advice with students, faculty and staff during a meeting of the Black Male Initiative on Thursday afternoon in Reese Hall Lobby. The initiative, which was established six years ago to increase retention rates of African American males, offers professional, financial and academic advice to students in monthly meetings. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW Retention | continued on page 3

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Sophomore Ronnie Kennedy answers questions during his interview in the Alpha Phi King of Hearts pageant Thursday evening. The Pagent concluded Alpha Phi’s week-long phi-lanthropy to benefit the Alpha Phi Foundation, a foundation that supports women’s heart health. Throughout the week, 81 students gave blood, 130 particpated in awareness day and approximately $2000 was raised for the foundation. Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Alpha Chi Omega sorority won the week-long competitions. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW

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The panel on ethics on Wednesday at The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, students and faculty at-tended a panel discussion on the ethics of the death penalty. The panel was part of a three-day event on the death penalty sponsored by Prindle, Men for Jus-tice and the conflict studies department.

Sharon Crary, faculty coordinator for Prindle, fa-cilitated the panel which featured crimanl defense attorney Laura Paul, homicide coordinator for Mar-ian County Denise Robinson and Tracey Salisbury, assistant professor of history at Wabash College.

“From what I could understand, it was a good representation of different fields of practice,” junior Jordan Ragasa said. “It was nice to hear how all three of them interacted with each other.”

Jorden Giger, junior and member of Men for Jus-tice and Prindle intern sophomore Margarita Niko-nova were responsible for planning the events that

took place during the week.The inspiration for the events was the Troy Davis

case, which sparked interest among many students and organizations last semester.

Troy Davis was executed on September 21, 2011 for the shooting death of an off-duty police officer in Savannah, Ga., despite reasonable doubt of his guilt. Seven of the witnesses who testified during Davis’s trial later recanted their testimonies. His execution was delayed more than four hours on the night of, before the U.S. Supreme Court decided to deny his stay.

“After the Troy Davis case happened, I got the idea for this event,” Nikonova said. “Things happen and people have a huge response to it and then it just all dies down. So I was hoping to continue the whole topic going and get people thinking about it.”

Giger also stressed the importance of recaptur-ing a response from students and faculty alike.

“We were just really trying to capture that feel-ing, capture that emotion and passion that people

had for this case and create a scholarly discussion about it,” he said. “A lot of people wanted to weight in about how they felt about the case, but they didn’t really know how to understand it, so we felt that hav-ing these series of events to give people a more bal-anced way of looking at it.”

While Giger and Nikonova did not have any long-term goals while planning the events, they have been pleased with the response from students. They also stressed that this three-day event on capital punishment is a continuation of the conversations that were started by a number of identity and affin-ity groups on campus after word spread about Troy Davis’s case.

“I think it’s important to sometimes remind people, that happened, we can maybe prevent something similar in the future from happening again,” Nikonova said. “If you don’t think about it, it may be too late when something actually happens and then you’ll all get outraged again, but we can’t really take action.”

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But he said the biggest reason he attended DePauw was the university’s scholarship package.

Since arriving at DePauw, Davis said he’s seen more friends leave for financial reasons than for academic ones.

“They’re leaving because of finances, which is an issue that has not been tack-led,” he said. “It’s mostly that they’re not getting enough money.”

Davis said the solution is to look for more scholarship opportunities for Afri-can American men, a topic the initiative plans to address at its next meeting on Thursday, March 22.

Diaz and Beavers said other reasons for dropping out have included family responsibilities and feelings of not fitting in at the university.

This month’s meeting, which took place on Thursday, focused on inter-

viewing skills and featured admissions officer Keith Stanford ‘95 as the guest speaker.

COMMUNITY OF ONEAs a freshman at DePauw, Stanford

said the mentoring he received from upperclassmen helped him acclimate to the university, a wholly different envi-ronment than his high school.

Stanford credits that assistance, as well as the guidance from then DePauw president Bob Bottoms, for his success.

Since then, the number of African American males at DePauw and their retention rates has risen.

The group’s structure and purpose has changed, too.

While the initial focus of the initiative revolved around retention and academ-ics, Diaz said, this year’s meetings have centered on professional development.

Students have also begun to play a more integral role in the initiative.

According to Beavers, students only became involved in the initiative’s plan-ning process last year when the commit-tee was first developed.

“The students really identify the per-tinent issues specific to the black male population here at DePauw,” Diaz said.

“So that way we’re not just assuming what the population needs.”

Juniors Isaiah Holmes, Ersane John, Jeffrey Perkins and Christopher Taylor join Beavers, Diaz and Davis on the com-mittee.

“It provides a safe and affirming en-vironment for black males to come and get to know one another, learn some new things in a place where they feel comfortable doing so,” Diaz said.

But for Davis, the potential of the Black Male Initiative extends beyond

race or gender.“It’s not just about helping to retain

African American men on campus,” he said. “[My goal is] making sure that the Black Male Initiative continues to grow, and that one day we become a great or-

ganization that does not just appeal to the African American community but men of all colors.”

Beavers, too, said there’s room for improvement in multicultural affairs.

She hopes to see more multicultural alumni return to the university to speak with students. She also said she’d like to see more African American men to at-tend the initiative’s meetings.

The Black Male Initiative meets monthly and usually hosts a social event or two each semester.

Looking forward, Davis said he hopes all students can learn to support and build each other up.

“We’re at the same school, in the same classes, and heading towards that great standard of uncommon success,” he said. “We need to make sure we’re building each other up, and I think one day [the Black Male Initiative] will come to that level. And I’m excited for the fu-ture.”

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“I want to ensure that people like me stay on this campus.A lot of African American males feel when it gets tough,

when it gets hard, they drop out.”—Jordan Davis, sophomore member of the Male Black Initiative planning committee

Junior Myron Burr (left) talks with Keith Stanford, senior associate director of admissions, in a mock interview. Stanford spoke to students, faculty and staff about the importance of good interview skills at a meeting of the Black Male Initiative Thursday afternoon in Reese Hall lobby. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW

Junior Myron Burr (center) and senior Sheldon Graves (right) listen to Keith Stanford dis-cuss interview skills at a meeting of the Black Male Initiative Thursday afternoon. Graves said he was pleased with Stanford’s presentation. “It’s (interview practice) important as job search and internship season approaches,” Graves said. “It’s important to practice to get an understanding of what works when interviewing.” EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW

Feb. 21• Harassment via text • Under investigation | Time: 3:40 p.m. | Place: Campus

• Disorderly conduct • Subject located / verbal warning issued, left premises | Time: 10:32 p.m. | Place: Inn at DePauw

• Possession of marijuana / possession of paraphernalia • Forwarded to Prosecutor’s office / forwarded to Community Standards Commit-tee| Time: 11:50 p.m. | Place: Phi Gamma Delta fraternity parking lot

Feb. 18•Theft of trophy / shield • Unsecured / pending | Time: Unknown | Place: Lilly Center

• Oven fire • Extinguished / alarm reset | Time: 8:12 p.m. | Place: 414 Indiana Street

• Noise / welfare check • Officer checked area / unable to locate subject | Time: 12:18 a.m. | Place: East College Lawn

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A dunk booth, potato sack race, inflatable obstacle course and many other standard field day activities await students and their younger siblings this weekend.

The 2012 Little Sibs Weekend is scheduled for this weekend, February 24-25. According to the Union Board, they have worked hard this year to make this year’s weekend extra special for DePauw students’ younger siblings and guests.

The weekend will kick off Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Den where the Union Board will be hosting Party House.

Sophomore Jordan Davis, entertainment chair for the Union Board, describes the Party House as an evening that should not be missed.

“[It will be] an evening of nothing but fun ac-tivities for you and your sib — games, prizes, mu-sic, sib activities and so much more,” Davis said.

The main event for this weekend will be the first annual field day on Saturday. Activities will include a moon bounce, an inflatable obstacle course and a dunk tank. There will also be other various games and contest for the community to take part in.

Fraternities and sororities will host stations and competitions throughout the day to show DePauw’s community coming together. Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi and Zeta Phi Beta sororities and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity will participate in the event.

Activities include a craft station and basket-ball competition.

The idea of hosting a field day was first sug-gested at the end of last year at a student govern-ment all-board meeting.

Davis said the board wanted to have an event that would appeal to all ages and create a fun ac-tivity for all to participate in.

Freshman Courtney Cosby, special events chair for the Union Board and head of organizing the field day, said field day was suggested to pro-vide an event that younger siblings would enjoy participating in.

“It will be a lot of fun for younger siblings and for us to relive our younger days,” Cosby said.

Both Cosby and Davis are looking forward to this weekend.

“I expect this weekend to be a break from re-ality and a chance to go back to the past to forget about all the stress endured here at DePauw,” Cosby said.

Davis echoed her sentiments.“Expect for a crazy, fun and exciting weekend

you don’t want to miss,” he said.Many DePauw students are looking forward

to a weekend of fun and quality time with their siblings and other family visitors, such as fresh-man Emily Haight.

“My cousin has never been here before, so I’m looking forward to sharing DePauw with her,” she said.

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Two words: Holy plus-a-certain-expletive. That is all that could have been said as part of an alarming reaction to the recent lineup release of Bonnaroo.

The annual four-day camp out music festival sta-tioned on a farm in Manchester, Tenn. continued its trend of stacked acts to rule the fest. By reeling in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Phish and the Beach Boys, one can be sure that the streak of incredible crowds of 70,000-80,000 every summer since its birth in 2002 will surely continue.

When reading the lineup on the official website, it is easy to be drawn into which biggest names Bonnaroo will be featuring. This is not new to the fest, which has had the diverse yet impactful headliners in recent years ranging from Eminem to Arcade Fire, Bruce Springs-teen to The Strokes. However, it is when one scrolls down and stumbles upon an unknown artist with an unorthodox name that truly makes a lineup worth-while.

Big festivals with plenty of spots for performers of-fer a great opportunity for up and coming musicians to showcase their stuff before a grand audience. Such as 2008, when Bonnaroo featured MGMT and Vampire Weekend, who both at the time were slowly but surely gaining popularity off of their first acclaimed albums. The same happened in 2009 with Passion Pit, along with The xx and Temper Trap in 2010. Kings of Leon performed in 2003 after only producing their first EP, 5 years before their most popular album “Only By The Night.”

Needless to say, it wouldn’t hurt looking up a few bands on the lower level of the lineup and seeing what they have to offer. The Antlers, The War On Drugs and tUnE-YarDs are all experiencing a rise in popularity from certain singles or tracks off their latest album are hitting a mainstream circuit. The ever recognizable and equally intriguing intro to tUnE-YarDs “Bizness” will un-doubtedly bring a crowd and also raise the demand for better tunes to come. The Antlers’ “I Don’t Want Love”

and The War On Drugs’ “Baby Missiles” offer more of an indie side and therefore appeal to an increasing indie crowd. These songs will definitely be included and will portray what else these bands have to offer.

Many lower level bands from Lollapalooza this past summer are also included. The Joy Formidable, Two Door Cinema Club and Grouplove will play as they continue to festival hop their way to mainstream status. All three of these bands have received recent success and exposure via well-known commercials (such as Grouplove’s “Tongue Tied” in an Apple commercial) or peer reference (Dave Grohl’s open support of Joy For-midable.) This is a unique opportunity for fans to see and follow bands firsthand as they become increasingly popular as time progresses.

Major up and comers in the rap/hip hop industry have made the lineup this year and are looking to make a statement on their prior success. Mac Miller, known for his hit “Donald Trump,” is coming off debuting at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 for his first album “Blue Side Park.” Yelawolf, said to be Eminem’s prodigy, will per-form in hope of making a strong stand for Shady Re-cords, while actor Donald Glover, who goes by Child-ish Gambino, looks to successfully sway from acting to performing.

By just settling on the top-notch headliners that a festival such as Bonnaroo has to offer, one would defi-nitely miss out on what the rest of the fest is all about. Seeing some lower level but equally entertaining bands and then working your way up to the best of the best accounts for an unbelievable concert experience unlike any other. Now pause, take a deep breath and read the rest of the lineup.

—Easterhouse is a freshman from Evergreen Park, Ill., majoring in communications. [email protected]

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With the Oscars hurriedly approach-ing, the speculation regarding which nominee will be crowned

best picture is reaching fever pitch. Though the prize will most likely be awarded to “The Artist” or “The Descendants,” its rightful re-cipient, writer-director Terrence Malick’s magnum opus, “The Tree of Life,” towers above any competition.

Summarizing a film so centralized around its extraordinary cinematography is nigh-upon impossible.

Is it the story of Mr. O’Brien, a discipli-narian father struggling with raising three radically different sons and with his own ordinariness? Is it the story of Mrs. O’Brien, a spiritual mother who exudes forgiveness and affection?

Is it the story of adolescent Jack, the el-dest of the three sons, a boy characterized by a fear of becoming what he despises in his father and by a restless, itching urgency to become an adult? Is it the story of middle-aged Jack, an urban professional saturated in postmodern angst as he struggles to un-derstand both his fraught relationship with his father and the death of his brother?

Or, better yet, is it the story of the cre-ation of the universe, depicted in breathtak-ing cosmic images?

“The Tree of Life” offers few concrete answers, free-associative and non-linear as it is, skipping effortlessly through time and space, through 1950s Texas and the creation of the universe, through idyllic childhood and contemporary adulthood. Its narrative unfolds through seemingly unrelated im-ages and through whispered voice-over. In doing so, it asks its viewer to participate in the creation of its meaning.

It evokes an upbringing many of us have experienced: A time of sprawling lawns and the endless idleness of sum bmer days, of dinner table theater and drinking from the garden hose, of a restless urgency to grow up and discover who we are.

The Tree of Life is an immense film about immense things — about the manner in which we wrestle with the impressions left by our parents, about skepticism versus faith, about our tempestuous relationship with God, about our rightful place in the universe.

It asks weighty questions about the pro-found connection between human beings, about the loss of innocence, about why we were put on this earth and by whom.

Its themes are painted in lovingly under-stated strokes: The struggle of the grieving process, the question of why bad things be-fall good people, the difficulty of accepting suffering as an act of creation.

In the O’Brien family, Malick lends such momentous weight to the small, ephemeral phenomena of day-to-day life (an infant’s foot, a running tap, a shaft of sunlight, etc.) that they slot into the significance of the nebulas and galaxies of the macrocosm.

In essence, Malick is endeavoring to encompass all of human existence through the prism of infinitesimal lives. He crafts a profound evocation of feeling by shining the light of the sacred onto the secularism of everyday reality.

Malick has accomplished what no other filmmaker has ever accomplished: He has crafted arguably the most visually stunning film in the history of filmmaking, he has ren-dered the mundane every bit as momentous and mysterious as the profound and he has, in essence, brought the cosmos into the Cineplex.

“The Tree of Life” captures the tension and tenderness of marriage, the volatility and fidelity between siblings, the enthralled manner in which we perceive the world as children.

It encapsulates what it means to be sentient, what it means to be alive, what it means to be aware of our own mortality. It won’t win best picture, but for decades to come, it will stand as a towering illustration of what movies are, of what they should be and of what they can be.

—Westenfeld is a freshman from Fort Wayne, Ind., majoring in creative writing and English literature. [email protected]

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“In essence, Malick is endeavoring to encompass all of human

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“Needless to say, it wouldn’t hurt looking up a few bands on the lower level of the lineup

and seeing what they have to offer.”

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By ALICIA TUTINI and MATT [email protected]

Freshmen Casey Hooker, Paige Henry and Andy Morrison started this year as rookies. Hooker ended it with a “B” cut qualifying time for nationals. Henry and Morrison each ended it as an NCAC Newcomer of the Year.

Morrison, of Bristol, Ind., plays forward on the men’s soccer team. He walked onto the team as a starter.

“I’m looking forward to next year, for sure,” Morrison said. “I’m already ready for it. Hopefully we get a good recruiting class, but we should be just as good again. There are a few seniors that will be leaving, but hopefully we can fill those spots.”

Morrison cherished the moments he

was able to spend with his teammates and their accomplishments. One of his favorite moments was when the team defeated Ohio Wesleyan University at the conference championship — on his birthday, no less. But he identified less competitive moments as his favorites.

“My favorite part of being on the team would be, well, first of all, us being one of the better teams in Div. III is always nice, but I would have to say the guys,” Morrison said. “Being with a bunch of great guys. It’s such an awesome group. Just hanging out with them during the season is a lot of fun.”

His teammate, freshman Charlie Parks, agreed that hanging with the team and Morrison was one of the best parts of the season.

“Andy is a fun, enjoyable guy,” Parks said. “He’s easy to get along with and he’s a great player. He’s a good scorer, he knows when to pass the ball. He knows how to move on the field well.”

Agility and speed are crucial to the players and the team will be working on them this off-season. Morrison said they are playing indoors and doing drills until the spring season starts up.

Strong dedication to soccer has paid off for Morrison as well.

“As a player, he’s got a great first-touch. You could give him a bad pass and he’ll handle it well,” Parks said. “He’s good at distributing the ball after the first pass. He’s got great feet, a good dribbler, and he’s confident. Very confident on his feet, which is something you always want to see. Just knowing that he would know what to do when he got the ball, where to go, how to distribute it. Knowing that out of 100 times, 95 times he would make the right choice.”

Parks noted that the shift from high school soccer to college soccer is a significant one, but that Morrison was able to overcome the challenge. He stated that

players have to think on their feet and “make the right choices,” which Morrison does.

“He’s got a great attitude and you can tell that he loves the game,” Parks said. ”Got a lot of passion and helps create a fun atmosphere.”

Louisville, Ken. native Paige Henry started as a forward and midfield for the women’s field hockey team after being recruited by head coach Gina Preston.

“I originally thought I wanted to play Div. I, so I visited like, 13 Div. I schools,” Henry said. “But then I thought that I didn’t want something so intense and coach Preston emailed me. Plus I knew another girl who came and played field hockey here. So I came here and visited then just knew that I wanted to come here.”

Henry’s memorable times with the team were both on and off the field.

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our biggest competitor in the conference, and we beat them.” Henry explained that her favorite memories including bonding with the team when staying in.

The team is now working towards the upcoming season.

“Now that we’re in the off-season, we start practices and we have spring season when we’ll do conditioning and practicing as well,” Henry said. “We will also be training over the summer. We get a workout packet that we’re supposed to be doing throughout the summer.” Henry stated that players come a week early in the summer for preseason, training with three-a-days. However, the training “cools down” once the season begins.

Freshman goalie Maggie Steele said that she thoroughly enjoyed Henry as a teammate.

“My favorite thing about Paige is that she works really hard and motivates you to do your best,” Steele said. “She is such

a good player, and you can always tell that she gives 110 percent and that makes you want to give 110 percent as well.”

But giving her full effort was a regular occurrence for Henry.

“I’m going to miss the games,” Henry said. “My family would always come in for the games, so I’ll miss seeing them and just being out on the field with everyone, having that competitive part of my life.”

Even as the season ends, the bonds formed between teammates does not.

“She is very nice, she gets along with everyone,” Steele said. “She’s someone you can trust on and off the field and definitely someone you can depend on.”

Swimmer Casey Hooker made a splash during his first year in DePauw’s natatorium. In what has been a record-setting year for the Tigers, Hooker’s performance has been one of many highlights.

Hooker, of Rensselaer, Ind., has been

swimming since he was nine years. He wasted no time during his DePauw career and is already the school record-holder of six different events.

He now holds individual records in the 500-yard freestyle, the mile freestyle, 1000-yard free, 100-yard backstroke and is a part of both the 800-yard freestyle and 400 medley relays.

“Obviously I’m very happy with the records,” Hooker said. “I’ve put in a lot of hard work, but it’s really all about the team. It’s an honor to represent DePauw.”

But with all the success, Hooker never misses an opportunity to praise his teammates and coaches for their leadership.

“I didn’t expect to do as well as I did,” Hooker said. “I mean the team has done great, too. It’s not just me. Everyone has done exceptionally well this year.” Hooker stated that the captains did a great job leading the team as well.

Hooker assisted the Tigers in attaining a 3rd place overall finish at the NCAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. Hooker earned all-conference honors for his 3rd place finish in the 500-yard freestyle.

Hooker also earned his “B” cut time in in the 1,650-yard freestyle, ending in sixth place. He will compete in the NCAA Div. Championships at IUPUI’s natatorium. Hooker is also a member 400-yard medley team, which is waiting to see if its time will allow them to compete as well.

Hooker is still in the pool training for nationals.

Even though Hooker’s eyes are currently on nationals, he has larger goals. Ultimately, he wants a top place at the competition, which is a real possibility.

“He’s an extremely talented swimmer,” head coach Adam Cohen said. “He’s been a missing piece on our relay teams and he’s really brought us a lot of success. He’s the whole package and has definitely

intermixed well.” However, Hooker does not define his

life around swimming. “I wanted to go to a small college,”

Hooker said. “And I wanted to swim in college, but that’s not why I picked DePauw. Academically, it’s a great school. That was probably the biggest part — academics.”

Hooker modestly shared his favorite memory of the team — watching the team improve and witnessing many achieve personal bests at conference.

His talent creates a bright future for himself.

“Last year was good, but this year has been uncharted as we’ve beaten a lot of tough opponents,” Hooker said. “We weren’t even close to the top ten at the start of the year but have defied the odds and are there now, and we look to continue this ride into nationals.”

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EDITORIALThumbs up: Black Male Initiative strengthens com-munity

DePauw has a distinct student stereotype. Princeton Review’s top-15 party school is often the first

label to come to mind. Resume-cushioning is a close secondBut organizations like Black Male Initiative help prove

that the spirit of DePauw takes shape in its community. The group promotes African American males, as well as

those of other multicultural backgrounds, to strengthen resolve to stay enrolled until graduation. Now six years old, it hosts meetings

and speakers to create an environment that builds community from student to student.The Admissions office has shown distinct interest in increasing student body diver-

sity, and the Black Male Initiative should be a good indication the approach is a good one, supported by the existing comminity.

The university should be recording these numbers and sharing them with prospec-tive students. Those could show definitive progress.

We enrolled in this liberal arts institution to have our ideals challenged, our com-fort zones explored and our horizons broadened. What better way to do that than discussions and interactions with students of different backgrounds, different interests and different histories than our own.

In our opinion, DePauw is at its best when those with a variety of backgrounds come together to strengthen community by not only supporting eachother, but also challenging the status quo.

Thumbs Up: Trustees green light five big campus projectsIn the Tuesday, Feb. 21 issue of The DePauw, we reported that

the trustees made an exciting decision.Let’s be clear: approving five projects that require ma-

jor renovation or construction is a big deal. Especially when the buildings targeted are the most used facilities on cam-pus: the dining hall and student union, the library, athletic

center,and student residences.These are the buildings the DePauw community spends

their time in, which can only mean good things for the way our com-munity interacts and grows together.

The trustee’s move also says a lot about the power of students’ voice. We’ve been talking about Roy O. Wests’ too dark and dusty corners and Lilly Center’s tight quarters for a while now — but funds weren’t realistically available. The trustee’s heard students loud and clear and their actions reflect that.

We appreciate the trustees’ willingness to listen to student suggestions and to take them into account in proposing changes. We hope they will continue listening.

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Organizations should provide real service

Last week, I read a letter to the editors addressing the misunder-standing about Underrepresented in Science, a new club that has just been added to DePauw’s over 100 active student organizations.

The misunderstanding revolves around Underrepresented in Sci-ence’s plan to provide past tests and class materials to members dur-ing study sessions. Student govern-ment worried that these will violate academic integrity, as the Underrep-resented in Science members will have advantage over other students in their classes.

Student government’s concern is reasonable. In the letter, the au-thor claims that Underrepresented in Science only provides past tests that professors have already placed online and the club will print out. I am a Computer Science major and have taken many science classes at DePauw. Before any exams, my professors often provides a review sheet or a sample exam or some-times only one exam from last year.

I have never had a professor who posted exams from the last five or ten years online for students to

access. I may be wrong, as I by no means

take every science class at DePauw, but I wonder, will Underrepresented in Science be a studying club where members go to get help on the up-coming exams and homework?

If I am an “underrepresented” science student, I will never go to Underrepresented in Science just to have a hard copy of what I already have or never go just to seek help for my reviewing for exams when I can ask my professors, who obvi-ously have better knowledge and resources to help.

At any university, a student or-ganization or a club often serves as a hub where people can gather and pursue their similar interests. The majority of the clubs approved for this semester seem to focus on a tangible interest.

There is a shooting club where people who love to shoot meet up and there is a gaming club where students can go and play board and strategy game with friends who have similar interests.

Looking into its name, I would assume that Underrepresented in Science’s goal is to promote the underrepresented in the fields of science. Yet this goal is very ambigu-ous. First, who is considered under-represented? Since about 80 percent of students in my Computer Science classes are male, are women under-

represented? Is it addressing stu-dents whose parents are Amish and have little contact with science since they were a kids? In addition, De-Pauw offers eight different science majors ranging from psychology to kinesiology. As the word “science” stands in the club name, the goal to promote the underrepresented in every field of science sounds rather too ambitious to me.

Above all, the idea of having a club serving as a study club does not make sense for me. Whether cheat-ing or not, I think student organiza-tions’ main goal should promote students to pursue their interest outside the academic environment, which perhaps is part of the reason why they are called extra-curricular activities.

All I know about the club is just its name and a letter to the editor. I admit that there are objective and goals and intended activities that I don’t know about Underrepresent-ed in Science.

Yet in my opinion, the organiza-tion have a lot to prove to make an impact on DePauw campus.

— Nguyen is a sophomore from Hanoi, Vietnam majoring in computer science. [email protected]

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PHOTOPINIONWhich spring sport are you

most interested in following?

TROY STRATFORD, junior

“Softball. I have a lot of friends on the team and I enjoy going to the games.”

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GRACE CLAUSSEN, senior

“Baseball. My friend plays on the team...go number seven!”

THOMAS JOHNSON, sophomore

“Track. My best friend runs track, and I’d like to support her.”

ASHLEY SANCHEZ, freshman

“Baseball. My family is really big on baseball.”

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TFA column lacks evidence

Teach for America has legitimate, thoughtful critics. Sunny Strader, whose attack on TFA includes not a single attributed statistic, is not one of them. Your readers deserve to be presented with facts, not with over-heated allusions to “iron fists” and “communism.”

For example, Ms. Strader did not cite the 2004 Mathematica Policy Re-search study that found that “students in TFA classrooms outperformed stu-dents in control classrooms in math, and they performed about the same, on average, in reading.”

She also ignores the 2010 Uni-versity of North Carolina study that found that “Teach For America teach-ers outperform UNC undergraduate prepared teachers, in some cases by wide margins.”

There are many such studies. Ms. Strader didn’t bother to tackle any of them.

Ms. Strader claims — without sup-port — that “85 percent of the em-ployees drop out of the program by their fourth year. Consequently, they abandon the children, the idea and the future.” This statement complete-ly misapprehends the program. Corps

members spend two years teaching in underserved rural and inner-city schools.

Judging by the studies cited above (and not by Ms. Strader’s unattributed attacks), corps members do an awful lot of good during those two years.

Ms. Strader presents no evidence to suggest that there are any TFA corps members who are “merely looking for a cultural experience” and ignores the thousands of current and former corps members who are “influential, dedicated and fervent,” such as Jason Kamras (DC ’95), the 2005 National Teacher of the Year.

I joined TFA and taught seventh grade social studies in rural North Carolina after graduating from De-Pauw. I believe I made a difference during my two years in the classroom and my experience on the front lines of the civil rights struggle of our gen-eration guides many of the profes-sional decisions I’ve made since then. I think many of my students would disagree with that “the idealism of the program crumbles under the iron fist of reality,” and I encourage your readers to base their decisions on evi-dence, not invective.

– Dan Kelley ‘05

Domestic Violence: Nothing to joke about

Earlier this week, the perfor-mance of Chris Brown served as a celebration of the rapper’s return to the stage. While it was well-received, Jorge Rivas of the blog colorlines.com points out that the reaction of several viewers were nothing but negative and quite simply disturbing.

“Chris Brown can beat me all he wants… I’d do anything to have him”

“…Chris Brown you can punch me in the face all you want. #sor-rynotsorry”

“Chris Brown your[sic] sexy you can punch me anyday #imkindanot-kidding”

Three years ago, our nation’s eyes turned to the issue of domestic abuse for a short time when Brown was arrested for violently assaulting his girlfriend, music artist Rihanna. This highly publicized case of do-mestic violence has become nothing more than mere trivia, and that’s a problem. While this might not necessarily glorify domestic abuse, treating any case of domestic abuse as a simple melodramatic event with famous characters trivializes a

devastatingly pervasive issue. The National Coalition Against

Domestic Violence estimates that each year in the US, 1.3 million individuals are victims of “one of the most chronically under-reported crimes.” Of the total murders of women ages 20-24 in the United States between 1993 and 1999, 45 percent were the result of domestic abuse. That same demographic is at the highest risk for domestic violence. This isn’t history — this is the present.

The police report filed March 5, 2009 states that while driving his car, Brown punched Rihanna in the face several times, told her he was going to kill her when they got home and even tried to strangle her by keeping her in a headlock. This woman called the police while being hit in the face repeatedly to make sure police were at her house when they arrived. She thought she was going to die. To be capable of dismissing such brutality with a snarky hashtag can only be the result of ignorance or callousness. If we hope to end domestic violence, we must be champions against both.

— The Women of Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Chapter

Over the past few days, The Prindle Institute held events concerning ethics and capital

punishment. From a showing of “The Green Mile” to guest lectures, these discussions showed what a promi-nent ethical issue capital punishment is in American society.

Consider some quick back-ground. Recorded statistics for civil executions (aka nonmilitary) began in 1930 in the United States, although surely unrecorded executions were occurring before this time. Today, 35 of our 50 states abide by the death penalty, including Indiana.

The methods used for capital punishment in the U.S. are lethal injection (the primary method), elec-

trocution, gas chamber, hanging and firing squad. Although firing squad seems pretty old school, Oklahoma still lists it as a method of execution that can be used if injection and electrocution are found “unconstitu-tional.”

The most popular arguments for the death penalty include the penalty as a deterrent for murder, as an equal form of justice and that inmates on life sentences are more likely to kill other inmates while incarcerated. Ernest van den Haag, a well-known defender of the death penalty and former professor of public policy at Fordham University, said that it is, “the most fitting retribution for mur-der I can think of.”

Overall, I just see too many weak-nesses with these arguments support-ing the death penalty. First of all, does capital punishment actually deter murder? I don’t think a murderer is

thinking about how he/she will be punished because they don’t think they’ll be caught in the first place.

It’s also more expensive to sen-tence and execute criminals to death. There is also the interesting argument that jurors may be less likely to con-vict a criminal if the death penalty is on the table.

For or against capital punishment, the system that decides the fate of these criminals is flawed. Remember the case of Troy Davis? Why is it that he was executed even though seven of the nine recorded witnesses re-canted their former statements?

Race and the death penalty is another important ethical issue that needs to be explored. Take the case of death row inmate Duane Buck in Texas. Duane is an African American who admittedly shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and a male counterpart. His guilt is not the issue. His case is under

review because at his trial, a psycholo-gist named Walter Quijano testified that black criminals are more likely to be violent again in the future. In 2000, six other cases with testimonies from Quijano went under review for racial discrimination.

More ethical questions can be addressed with the methods of ex-ecution. For instance, what about the doctors who have to administer the lethal injection? All doctors abide by the Hippocratic Oath that states that they must practice medicine ethically. Does purposefully administering death go against this code of ethics?

Both sides of the capital punish-ment argument raise important ques-tions and concerns about our justice system and what we see as fitting ret-ribution for murder.

— Aldrich is a senior from Lexington, Ken., majoring in environmental geoscience. [email protected]

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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By JOSEPH [email protected]

Looking to bounce back after a disappointing outing in 2011, the DePauw baseball team begins its 2012 season this Saturday with a game against Washington University in St. Louis.

“Coming off last year where everyone was dis-appointed, the guys are motivated,” head coach Jayson Martin said. “The senior group is very moti-vated to bounce back and finish strong. Everyone in the program has very high expectations.”

In 2011, the Tigers could not overcome a slow start and found themselves battling the entire season to reach a 500 record. Their play curved upward near the end of the season, finishing 11-7 during April, but a nine game losing streak in the middle of the season was too much to overcome and the team finished 19-21, losing in Southern Coast Athletic Conference double-elimination con-ference tournament after three games.

“It was very frustrating, but we were young,” senior Alex Berlyn said. “We only had two seniors on the team.”

But optimism is up as the team heads into the

new season with a veteran roster and plenty of tal-ent returning. The team has been practicing since the beginning of February and is itching for its first real competition of the season.

“This is the longest we’ve waited to play our first game,” senior captain and catcher Sam Swafford said. “We’re all definitely anxious to get out there.”

Martin echoed that the Tigers were eager to be-gin the season.

“They’re ready to go,” he said. “They’re excited. We’ve been fortunate to get outside and get a lot of good work in. I think we’re geared up to have a pretty good start of the season.”

For pitching, the team returns four of their five consistent contributors. Senior captain Andy Man-son held the best starting record for the team at 5-2.

“We have a deep pitching staff,” Manson said, “Last year, some of the trouble came because we were young all over.”

Manson, senior Elliott Ross who led the team in starts last season, senior Hobbs Donovan and sophomore Michael Chiaro round out the starting pitching rotation for the Tigers this season. Dono-van, though, is still on limited pitches as he returns from minor shoulder surgery during the off-season.

“As a catcher, it’s great to have some pitchers with experience,” Swafford said. “It really makes my life a lot easier. We know we can depend on them.”

From the offensive side, junior Jason Cohen and senior Rob McPike lead a talented and productive lineup of hitters who all boast experience.

“I just go to continue to do what I’m doing,” said Cohen, who batted .368 in his sophomore sea-son. “Just hitting through the gaps and driving in some runs from the four spot.”

McPike, who carries into the season his thirty game on-base streak, hopes to keep production up.

“I just got to make sure I don’t start playing like a jackass,” McPike said.

This spring marks the baseball team’s first sea-son in the North Coast Athletic Conference.

“The SCAC was a very good league. I think the teams at the top were good,” Martin said. “I think of the depth of the (NCAC) is also very good, with Wooster the team has been a perennial contender.”

The team unanimously agrees that its primary goal is to make and win the NCAC tournament. To reach the conference tournament, teams must place in the top two of their division. The top two teams from each division then play a double-

elimination tournament to decide the conference winner. While the introduction into the new con-ference will be not easy, the team looks forward to some advantages.

“I think the biggest difference is we’re going to play a lot of teams that have faced similar chal-lengers early on in the year with having to practice outdoors,” Martin said. “In the SCAC, the first con-ference opponent we played had 20 games in and hadn’t practiced indoor at all.”

The Tigers will look to lean on their veterans as the season begins.

“We have seniors at all the positions. They’re able to lead. It makes practice run smoother and hopefully translates to the field,” Swafford said.

Martin has been impressed and believes in his seniors and their leadership.

“We’ve got nine guys, nine seniors compared to two last year,” Martin said. “They’ve done a really good job holding their team mates accountable for how we practice.”

DePauw will travel to St. Louis this weekend for Saturday and Sunday matches against Washington University as they begin their 2012 season.

Tigers look for comeback, utilize veteran leadersBASEBALL

Freshman Derek Asuras, pitcher and outfielder, bats during practice on Thursday afternoon. The men's team opens their season tomorrow at Washington University in St. Louis. "I'm excited, coming from high school, to take the next step in baseball and be with the team," Asuras said. EMILY GREEN / THE DEPAUW

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After a disappointing match against Chicago University two days earlier, senior Kelly Gebert dismantled her

opponent 6-1, 6-2 in the number one singles spot against Taylor University on Sunday. She also won her doubles

match with junior Maggie MacPhail 8-2.On the day, the women’s team won swept Taylor 9-0.

On her play against Wittenberg:

“I think mentally I wanted to come out stronger. I think it was important for me to start over and play my game.”

“We all we put a big emphasis on coming back after our match against Chicago. The girls really stepped up.”

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In these wins, the Tigers led a concerted effort to play pos-session-by-possession basketball.

This trend declined with a close loss on Jan. 25 to Witten-berg, 66-62. The Tigers lost in the waning minutes and could not rebound despite playing a consistently competitive brand of basketball. After the loss, DePauw dropped 8 of 9 games to end the season.

Six of the Tigers last 10 games were losses by less than 10 points. Five of those six games were to the top-three teams in the NCAC: Wittenberg, Wooster and Ohio Wesleyan.

“We did a good job of fighting all year and we were in a lot of games,” said senior guard Sean Haseley. “But a 500 [winning percentage] isn’t what DePauw basketball is all about.”

The Tigers biggest struggles in losing such close games in-cluded rebounding and a consistent offensive plan. DePauw was out-rebounded by 23 total rebounds in the final five contests — a problem that exposed an inconsistent offensive plan.

“The biggest struggle for the offense was inexperience in the motion offense,” Payne said. “The more games you play in it, the better you get. One thing we can do better is getting in the lanes and making smart passes.”

The Tigers showed they had the ability to compete with any team in the NCAC, but their youth and subsequent inexperience was a large component to the dramatic season downfall.

DePauw had only two seniors on this year’s team after losing six seniors last year. And after losing fellow senior Tommy Weak-ley, Ian Rumpp and Haseley had to pick up the role as leaders for a young team entering a new conference.

“It was tough for both of us because we aren’t big vocal guys,” Haseley said. “We tried to lead by example. But, overall I think we did a pretty good job.”

After having limited playing time in his first three seasons, Rumpp became a key contributor for these Tigers, adding a spark off the bench with a tall frame and adept three-point shot.

“I just put the work in and was grateful for the opportunity to really contribute this season,” Rumpp said. “You just understand the responsibility. Sean and I both understood our role on the teams as leaders and contributors.”

Haseley, on the other hand, came into the season with a great amount of experience, a starter in last year’s 19-9 finish.

After averaging 14 points per game last season, Haseley aver-aged 12.1 points per game this season. Haseley also eclipsed the 1,000-point marker in his career.

“It’s awesome to get to that mark,” Haseley said. “It was a testament to the work I put in, and I’m proud that I made it past 1,000 points for my career.”

Although the Tigers suffered a rough finish to the end of the campaign and will lose two valuable seniors, the team can have confidence in its youth and many returners in its second season in the NCAC.

“Right now, you’ve got to be really excited for next year with the people we have coming back,” Payne said. “Everyone needs to work hard and not take a summer off.”

DePauw returns its top-three post players: freshman Tommy Fernitz, sophomore Camron Burns and junior Barry Flynn. Fly-nn, a Ball State University football transfer, led DePauw with 13.3 points per game and seven rebounds per game.

The Tigers also return valuable backcourt options including sophomore point guards Michael Wilkison and Payne. Three-point threat Connor Rich will also be another consistent pres-ence for the Tigers next season.

Freshman Bob Dillon, Tommy Hanrahan, and sophomores Jeff Sustarsic and Pat Haggin also figure to be important role players for DePauw’s deep squad.

The Tigers may also have the opportunity to take advantage of player losses with teams such as Wooster and Wittenberg. Wit-tenberg’s entire starting five consists of seniors and Wooster’s star scorer and all time three-point NCAC champion, Justin Hal-lowell, exits the ranks of NCAC actives this year.

Although DePauw returns most of its core group, and other NCAC heavyweights certainly lose key performers, it’s no secret that Wittenberg and Wooster will reload, a fact the Tigers will not take for granted.

“We have played a lot of good teams this year,” said freshman Tommy Fernitz. “We are just getting more experience with each game [we play] and that will help us going into next season.”

The Tigers learned a lot about themselves and their competi-tion from their first full season in one of the nation’s most com-petitive NCAA Div. III basketball conferences. DePauw will look to be one of the favorites in the NCAC next year, a challenge these newly experienced Tigers should be able to handle.

W Nov. 18 vs. MarygroveW Nov. 19 at Case Western ReserveW Nov. 26 vs. Purdue North CentralL Nov. 27 vs. WabashW Nov. 30 vs. EarlhamW Dec. 3 at Kenyon GambierL Dec. 5 vs. IU-EastL Dec. 10 vs. Ohio-WesleyanL Dec, 19 vs. Rose-HulmanW Dec. 29 vs. SUNYITW Dec. 30 vs. FDU-FlorhamW Jan. 6 at AlleghenyL Jan. 7 at Hiram

W Jan. 11 at WabashW Jan. 14 vs. WoosterW Jan. 18 at DenisonW Jan. 21 vs. OberlinL Jan. 25 at WittenbergL Jan. 28 at Ohio WesleyanL Feb. 1 vs. WabashW Feb. 4 vs. KenyonL Feb. 8 vs. DenisonL Feb. 11 at OberlinL Feb. 15 vs. WittenbergL Feb. 18 at WoosterL Feb. 21 at Wooster

MEN’S BASKETBALL 2011-2012 SEASON RECAP

By PARKER SCHWARTZ

[email protected]

After a heartbreaking last minute loss, the DePauw men’s basketball season came to an end Tuesday.

The Tigers capped off a five-game slide with the 51-59 loss to the College of Wooster in the quarterfinals of the Northern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament.

After losing to Wooster on the road the previ-

ous Saturday, DePauw once again failed to stage a last minute rally to upend the defending NCAC champions, a frustrating culmination for a team that once had high hopes.

“The major problem was that we dug ourselves in too many holes at the start,” said sophomore point guard Alex Payne. “Another part was a little bit of inexperience. A lot of guys were put in situa-tions they had never been in before.”

DePauw started the season with major ques-tion marks, including an unknown starting lineup, a young supporting cast and a new lineup of con-

ference opponents. The NCAC proved to be more competitive

than the Southern Coast Athletic Conference as Wabash College, Wooster, Wittenberg University and Ohio Wesleyan University placed in the top 25 and/or received votes by D3Hoops.com pollsters to be in the top 25.

DePauw’s strength of schedule was com-pounded by having to play each of the top-three teams in the conference twice during the season, and fourth place Wabash three total times.

Despite the challenges, DePauw made some

noise midway through the season with back-to-back wins against Wabash and Wooster. DePauw would go on to win games against Denison Uni-versity and Oberlin College by a combined 37 points, extending the Tigers win streak to four games.

When DePauw played winning basketball, it was the team’s efficient shooting and cognizant front court defense that led them to win and close games.

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Tigers double Yeowomen’s score, look forward to next conference opponent By MATT [email protected]

The DePauw women’s basketball team made a statement Tuesday night in their 76-38 win over visit-ing Oberlin College in the quarter-final round of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament.

“We know [the NCAC] has been talking a lot about us, so we wanted to go out and prove our-selves,” junior Kathleen Molloy said.

Oberlin ended up on the wrong side of a route against the Tigers for the third time this season. In their previous two matches, the Tigers beat the Yeo-women 78-33 and 70-39.

But Oberlin came aggressive on Tuesday, as both teams vied for early control. End-to-end action sup-plied fans with a lot to look forward to as the teams traded leads five times early in the first half.

In what has been the theme for the women’s team this season though, a late first-half DePauw run saw the women score 10 points straight. Sophomore Alex Gasaway and freshman Emma Ondik combined to hit back-to-back three-pointers during the run.

With about three minutes left to play in the first half, Oberlin closed the gap by scoring five straight until another DePauw run opened the lead more and the Lady Tigers led 31-19 at the half.

Excellent offense and disciplined defense al-lowed the Lady Tigers to open up the second half with 10 unanswered points, putting Oberlin on the wrong side of a 41-19 deficit. In fact, the Yeowomen were not able to score until the 11:30 mark of the second half.

Oberlin would come as close as 16 points down, but the final ten minutes saw DePauw outscore its opponent 35-13. In the end, DePauw closed out a comfortable win by a final of 76-38.

Oberlin now finishes the season 6-20.

Freshman Savannah Trees set a new career-high in points, scoring 14. Gasaway finished with 13 while sophomore Ali Ross chipped in 10. Molloy matched her career-high in assists with 4 while junior Ellie Pearson and senior Katie Aldrich both brought down 7 rebounds.

Although the team has been winning by impres-sive margins, Aldrich stresses that they are taking no breaks with their approach to each game.

“We’ve gone undefeated in conference, but the games aren’t easy,” Aldrich said. “Teams always come out to play us with their best game. We pre-pare for every team the same way as if they’re the best team in the country, because that’s how they play us.”

The next challenge for the top-seeded Tigers occurs tonight at 8 p.m., in Neal Fieldhouse where they will battle Wittenberg University in one of two semi-final match-ups. Kenyon College and Denison University start the show at 6 p.m. The winner of each game will face the other winner Saturday at Neal Fieldhouse for the NCAC conference tourna-ment crown.

Sophomore Alex Gasaway shoots against Oberlin College on Tuesday night. Gasaway scored 13 points and the team pocketed their 23rd straight win, defeating Oberlin 76-38 and advancing to the NCAC semifinal game tonight. COURTESY OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

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“Teams always come out to play us with their best game. We prepare for every team the same way as if they’re the best team in the country, because that’s how they play

us.”—Senior Katie Aldrich