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Students at Wednesday’s basketball games might have been surprised to see (and hear) a new addition to the student section. Under the direction of Jon Tebbe (‘21), The DePauw University pep band played for both the men’s and women’s teams from the stands.

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Tooting His Horn Micheal Aikin, first-year, plays the trumpet || Photo by Ian S. Brundige

Tebbe joined the pep band after first-year music student, Philip Lehr, asked him to.

“My job comes on game days and in rehearsals. I stand up and direct and make sure the music sounds good” said Tebbe. “I wear a walkie talkie to communicate with them and the scores table to figure out when we can play.”

Lehr started planning to start a pep

band back in August, and it has since grown to twenty current members.

“When I first got here, I noticed that the school did not have a pep band. It was one of the favorite things that I did in high school and I just wanted to bring that to the school” said Lehr.

“After asking around, I realized a lot of friends also wanted to do this.”

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Debt and Development Plans for campus renovations proceed despite financial difficulties

Story by Peter Nicieja News Editor

Upgrade South quad houses the majority of firstyears, and is the target of early renovations. // Photo

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DePauw’s campus will undergo several developments in the coming years including renovations to first-year residence halls, Roy O. West Library, and upperclassmen living units, according to Vice President for Finance and Administration Bob Leonard.

This is despite a current university debt of $110 million, according to numbers shared at the Feb. 4 faculty meeting, eliciting concerns from some faculty members.

The full renovations of the first-year dorms are expected to cost between $80 and $100 million, said Leonard.

Last year after budgeting, the administration asked every department to pull back on their overhead spending, said Leonard. In addition, last fall the board of trustees approved a 2.9 percent increase in tuition for 2020, which university President Mark McCoy said comes at a time when “we are trying to take on first-year residence halls,

support all our faculty and staff, and continue to navigate in the financially challenged world of our education.”

While the design is still being worked on, construction of a new first-year residence hall is expected to begin this summer and will be completed before students return in the fall, said Leonard. The hall will be built on the corner of E. Olive St. and S. Locust St., where a faculty parking lot currently resides. After that, each first-year dormitory will be demolished and rebuilt, starting with Hogate Hall.

In addition to enhanced dorms, much of the renovating will be done to the outdoors of South Quad, including a plan to add an outdoor amphitheater and more community space, said Leonard.

“I don’t want to only highlight the halls because we’re really creating a first-year community.”

The process of completing first-year residence hall renovations is expected to take three to four years, he added.

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Strategic Planning Committee addresses next steps Story by Durin Hendricks Staff Writer

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he Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) is taking measures to address DePauw University’s financial security in the midst of concerns about the university’s future.

The past semester saw many concerns about the financial model of DePauw. DePauw increased tuition by 2.9 percent, asked departments to cut overhead spending and implemented changes to employee healthcare that led to discontentment among students, staff and faculty with DePauw’s administration. This discontent became evident when 83 members of the faculty voted having no confidence in university President Mark McCoy. “Ultimately, the ways that [DePauw’s finances] will be addressed will come from the board of trustees and the president, but...we want to be able to make sure that DePauw continues

to exist 10, 20, 30, 100 years from now,” said Jeanette Pope, the head of the committee.

The SPC is a committee consisting of both faculty and administrators who look at DePauw’s revenue, expense stream and the long-term effects of many policies. Though the SPC has been active since the 201516 academic year when former President Brian Casey established it, its purpose has since been revised several times. A proposal to better define the committee was passed at the Feb. 4 faculty meeting.

The SPC does not plan goals for the various departments it can advise, says Pope. She sees a role for the SPC in DePauw’s future because of the committee’s wide scope and focus on long-term financial strategy in addition to year-by-year budgeting.

“Right now, most of the business

Two students face charges in minor in consumption case Story by Katie Hunger Editor-in-Chief

The recent arrest of two DePauw students for providing alcohol to a minor has drawn media attention, but Alan Hill, vice president for student academic life, says that all illegal student activity is investigated and sent to the county prosecutor.

“All we’re doing is collecting the information. The prosecutor decides if they have enough,” Hill said.

Katherine Fredrick and Robin Hutton, both 21, were charged last week with providing alcohol to Gunter Jaeger, 20. He was hospitalized with a blood alcohol content of .471. The incident occurred at a waiter appreciation dinner Nov. 29 at Alpha Tau Omega.

Fredrick has a trial date of April 22 and Hutton’s trial date is April 29.

has been focused on the faculty job description,” says Pope. Some of that business included examining faculty sabbaticals weighing their costs and benefits. “This fall was really (about) looking at the sustainability of (DePauw’s) financial model,” Pope said.

Currently, the SPC is made up of 12 members and consists of both administration and faculty. Pope also wants Bob Leonard, vice president for finance and administration, to be involved with the committee. “Most of what we’ve talked about has financial implications,” said Pope. “So not having that person directly involved in the process means that everything is talk. We can’t actually get into what the implications would be.”

Pope feels that the SPC is not doing as much as it could, citing that shared governance, an overarching goal of the SPC, among faculty, staff and students is difficult to allocate. “It’s hard to bring such different scales to the same table in different ways.”

One way that Pope suggested students could be more involved is by having DePauw Student Government ask the SPC to look into a particular issue. The committee can then decide to seek further action.

Two weeks ago, when The DePauw spoke with Myrna Hernandez, dean of students, about the incident, Hernandez said, “It was really very scary, life-threatening levels. We are very lucky this did not turn into a tragedy.”

According to the affidavit, Jaeger was unconscious in the front passenger seat of a vehicle parked behind the house when ambulances arrived. He had been drinking alcohol purchased by sorority members at a pre-party at ATO before being taken to Kappa Alpha Theta for dinner.

When members of the sorority realized how intoxicated Jaeger was, they drove him back to ATO. Court records show that Jaeger was previously charged by the Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office with illegal consumption of an alcoholic beverage in February of 2018.

Kappa Alpha Theta and Alpha Tau Omega are still suspended pending a decision on their community standards case.

On fraternity bid night, Saturday, Jan. 26, two minor in consumption hospitalizations occurred at Phi Delta Theta and Phi Kappa Psi. It is unknown if the alcohol was served by Phi Delta Theta and Phi Kappa Psi.

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Renovations to Roy O. West Library will begin within the next two years, and will be worked on alongside the first-year halls, said Leonard. “We want to use that time to make certain that we’ll have the best option for a 21st-century library,” said McCoy. Leonard added that upperclassmen housing renovations to Mason Hall, Lucy Hall, Rector Village, and the west duplexes are also in the works, but did not give any specifics. The first-year residence halls are the primary focus.

According to Leonard, funding for these projects will come from three major sources: fundraising, withdrawing from the endowment and borrowing. He claimed that fundraising is the best option, but it can be difficult to predict, as there are conversations with donors happening now that could lead to funding for part of one building, the whole project, or anything in-between.

The board of trustees, who meets three times a year, are aware of the projects, said Leonard, but “we’re making a real push with those that we don’t

have constant contact with to make sure they’re aware of the opportunity (to donate) as well.”

The administration launched a recent campaign that raised nearly $80 million in pledges for general purposes, which Leonard defines as money gifted by donors that will not be available for some time.

Withdrawing from the endowment is another way to fund construction projects. However, according to Leonard, over the last several years, the university has been withdrawing more than the standard 5 percent.

“We invest very heavily in the student experience, which takes precedent even if it’s going to cause some short-term pain to the endowment,” said Leonard. He added that while DePauw may not be the most efficient school with regards to spending, the administration has been evaluating their spending habits and believes spending can be more resourceful moving forward.

Despite the $110 million debt, Leonard says borrowing money is still an option to fund construc-

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tion projects. He claims that there are a handful of guidelines such as the debt burden policy that have been implemented to make sure the university is in a safe place to borrow.

However, Richard Cameron, associate professor of philosophy and member of the university’s strategic planning committee, said that last fall during a faculty meeting, faculty were told that if DePauw chose to fund residence hall construction through loans, it would fall into “terrible” financial status.

He added that the board of trustees approved the use of loans to fund the first-year dormitories.

“What we as a strategic planning committee need to be concerned about is how much of the structural deficit that we’re in is being driven by reckless choices to take out loans so that we can start a building project two or three years earlier and put DePauw in serious financial difficulties as a result,” said Cameron. “I think it’s a conversation we should be having.”

Leonard said that to ensure a healthy financial future for the university, there need to be investments in top-notch housing, leading libraries, and the future of education. “DePauw is one of the top liberal arts schools in the country, and we need to make sure it stays there,” he said. “That will require big investments.”

SAE to begin recolonization Story by Liz Cottingham News Editor

Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) has begun laying the foundations for a return to DePauw University’s campus.

In April 2016, SAE’s Indiana Delta Chapter at DePauw was closed and all members expelled from the national fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Director of Communications Johnny Sao explained via email. This decision came in the wake of “healthand-safety violations” perpetrated by the chapter. Sao says that the status of SAE on DePauw’s campus as of February 2019 is that “there is no active chapter.”

This may be changing. During recent IFC recruitment, Sigma Alpha

Epsilon sent a representative to give presentations as well as host interest meetings for those going through the process. Then, the representative held “individual meetings with students expressing interest in Sigma Alpha Epsilon,” according to Harwood.

In regards to the expected timeline of SAE’s recolonization, Harwood explains that “the national organization has submitted a plan that would cover the timeline for re-establishing the chapter with the interest group.” Ultimately, the process will be up to the Dean of Students Myrna Hernandez, but as of now, no decision has been made.

Currently, there have been ongoing repairs to the former fraternity

house, suggesting a recolonization in the near future. However, according to Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Dean Harwood, through email correspondence, the property is undergoing typical upkeep and “the national organization has indicated that their focus would be on developing the chapter, focusing on brotherhood

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and values, and that they would not return to the house until the chapter is fully established.” While a chapter on DePauw’s campus may eventually be formed, they would likely be unhoused as an organization for the years following indicated by Harwood.

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Review

It’s February but…

Story by Grace Noden Staff Writer

Josie Silver’s novel “One Day in December” is a charming, light read that will warm your heart, and don’t let the title fool you: this book is perfect to read any season. However, winter is probably the best.

Here’s the premise per the book cover: “Two people. Ten chances.

One unforgettable love story.” The story begins when Laurie, newly graduated from university, gets off work at her crummy job a few days before Christmas and gets on the bus to go home. This bus ride is different though because at one bus stop she looks out the frosted window and makes eye contact with a handsome man she instantly feels is the

one. Laurie thinks that this stranger may have the exact same feeling, but then the bus drives away. How cute (and sad) is that? Laurie continues to look for this mystery man throughout the next year, and just when she’s given up, she finally meets him, Jack. There’s a catch though: he’s just started to date her best friend, Sarah.

One can only guess what will happen next as the novel takes its readers through the next ten years of these characters’ lives.

The premise might sound a little cliché. Afterall, there’s a similar plot line with Jill Santopolo’s novel “The Light we Lost” and the film “Love, Rosie” (both good too) along with countless others, but sometimes one just needs a familiar story. Silver also makes sure to add her own twists as

well like a chapter set in a “Grease”themed amusement park and a callin radio exchange that goes viral on Twitter.

“One Day in December” is an absorbing read with characters that just make one smile. Although the novel takes place over ten years, reading it can be done in a day since each chapter in Silver’s novel features an ending that keeps pulling one back in, again and again. Overall, “One Day in December” is the perfect winter read that serves as a great escape as the semester starts to pick up. It can be found at places like Books-AMillion and wherever else books are sold. Plus, Reese Witherspoon’s book club picked this book as its DecemPhoto courtesy of Penguin Books ber-read so it has to be good.

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Center for Spiritual Life holds Curry Fridays Story by Jordyn Blakey Staff Writer

Photo by Abby Cook

Good food, better intentions

peace and feel welcome.”

Bartlett House, Center for Spiritual Life In the garden area just outside house, Aziz has plans to conopens first-ever campus food pantry the struct a koi pond, complete with a Story by Alayna Trier Staff Writer

The Bartlett House, home of the DePauw Center for Spiritual Life is decorated with twinkle lights, essential oil diffusers, and trickling water features. Among these decorative features is a food pantry. University Chaplain Sami Aziz founded the food pantry a few months ago.

“I saw a need, and I had the space,” Aziz said.

While it is still relatively new to DePauw’s campus, Aziz’s project has already grown beyond what he had initially imagined. Within the small room that it occupies, there are cans of soup, cereal, snack foods, and even an array of donated books.

Students can access the Bartlett House with key card access 6am to 1am and are welcome to give or take from the food pantry freely, no questions asked.

Most of the donations have come from students and faculty,

as well as Aziz himself. However, according to Aziz, if interest continues to rise, he plans to partner with Student Government to fund the construction of a larger pantry connected to the space it currently occupies.

Food is an important part of the Muslim tradition, to which Aziz adheres. His philosophy is that by nurturing the body, you also feed the soul.

“Part of the religion, a core part, is feeding people,” Aziz said. “Taking care of people.”

The Center for Spiritual life has taken on various roles, attempting to fulfill student’s needs. The staff there work with the intention of feeding the hungry in more ways than one.

So while it is decorated with lights, essential oil diffusers, and water features, Aziz claims that these were not placed randomly. “Everything was purposefully done,” Aziz said, “to create an environment where people feel

waterfall, and a treehouse for meditation in the space.

“One thing we know about people who are hungry,” he said, “is that they often don’t have access to things like waterfalls and koi ponds.”

These luxuries will be added with the intention of providing a space for healing. Aziz claims that healing is accomplished through the body and the soul, needs for both of which will be met by the meditation spaces and food resources.

Another aspect of healing that is conducted through the Center is largely societal. Curry Fridays is a social outreach program that centers the many social, economic, and ethnic groups that benefit from the Bartlett House’s resources.

Aziz hopes that these divides, while complicated, will seem smaller while sharing a free meal.

“A big part of healing disparity in our society is having the rich and the poor, everyone, sit together and have a meal.”

On Fridays at noon, the scent of curry can be smelled from outside the Center for Spiritual Life. Inside, two pots of curry and rice sat on a table. The sound of boiling rice radiated from the kitchen, as Chaplain Sami Aziz, Director of the Center for Spiritual Life, stood by the stove making Basmati rice for the curry.

“Everybody feels comfortable here, I think part of the reason is because it’s the Spiritual Life Center, ” Aziz said.

On Curry Fridays, the Center is filled with students and staff members alike talking and eating curry.

Junior Sam Daughenbaugh was a new face at the gathering this past Friday and he said he enjoyed his first time visit.

“I had plans to get lunch with [my friend] Kobby and we were going to go to Hoover, but he recommended this, [and] this was clearly the better option. It’s kind of home-y. It’s more of a community environment, it kind of reminds me of the Media Free dinners,” Daughenbaugh said.

Curry Fridays started when Chaplain Sami Aziz, Director of Center of Spiritual Life, saw a need in the Muslim community on campus.

“I started Curry Friday because the Muslim community needs to pray, and they to have the service Fridays.

Because we live in a western country, unlike a Muslim country where they’ll give you time off, we don’t have that time off, so I’ve got to fit it into that one-hour lunch break that everybody’s got,” Aziz said.

As a result of this, he created a time on Fridays to cook for Muslim students. He also encouraged students to bring their friends and a significant amount of non-Muslim people attended Curry Fridays.

“It was for the Muslim community, but it is also a part of my faith as a Muslim to feed people who are hungry and (in) need,” Aziz said.

Aziz also said food is a way to spread love. “We believe that the cells of the food actually pick up the emotions of the person cooking it and it transfers into the cells of that person’s body. If the person is cooking that food with love, then love transfers,” Aziz said.

Along with love, Aziz hoped to spread community with this event. Curry Fridays were made to build relationships and bring people of different backgrounds together through food.

“That’s what’s happening here: you have black people, you have white people, you have Muslim people, [got] brown people here, you [got] people from different nations,” Aziz said. “You have staff, you sometimes have faculty, you have students. They’re looking at each other’s eyes and they’re eating food.”

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Emotions on canvas

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Emma Wittkowski,

lot of Bonnard’s paintings and used those to teach myself his technique.

Story by Joslyn Fox Features Editor

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i, I’m Jos. Welcome to my column, Peeler Portraits.

I’m so glad that you decided to explore the white-walled studios of Peeler with me. Like the artist that I will be featuring, I am also a studio art major (double majoring in English Literature whoo-hoo!). If you have any classes in Peeler, you are probably familiar with the art that fills it.

However, the art produced by students tends to stay in Peeler. Due to this, I created Peeler Portraits to give a more intimate tour of Peeler for people who may not otherwise experience it.

My first art class wasn’t until the second semester of my freshman year. But like other art majors, I was quickly sucked into the Peeler vortex, and declared.

I am really excited to introduce junior Emma Wittkowski, who was my roommate and studiomate during our Winter Term in Corsicana, Texas at the 100W, an art residency (led by the brave souls of John Berry and Jerry Bates). Emma began to experiment with art when she was six or seven.

From there, her love for painting and drawing followed her into college.

However, her passion was not solidified into a major until her first art

class at DePauw.

JF: Why did you chose to major in studio art?

EW: I came to DePauw with no intention of studying art; I think I wanted to study psychology but knew that I wanted to take a few art classes anyway. I decided to sign up for Professor Berry’s Intro to Painting class and was introduced to my TA at the time, Skip Brea. During every class period he would ask me repeatedly when I was going to declare my art major, which gave me a lot of confidence in myself. But, it wasn’t until we watched a documentary about Jean Michel Basquiat that I realized I actually wanted to pursue a career in art and decided to declare my major.

JF: What medium is your favorite?

EW: I prefer to use oil paints, generally on wood panel or canvas. I tend to make pretty small paintings, no bigger than the size of printer paper.

In addition, something that intrigues me the most is human emotion or areas where humans generally express a lot of emotion, so I tend to paint body parts, such as eyes or hands, or living spaces like bedrooms. I think interest stems from my other major,

sociology, because I learn a lot about how people interact with each other and the world around them, which generally influences a specific set of emotions. I try to evoke these emotions in my paintings.

JF: What artist inspire you?

EW: A lot of my earlier work wasn’t inspired by any specific artists because of my lack of knowledge surrounding art history, but my more current work was greatly inspired by Pierre Bonnard. I’m intrigued by the way he forms light and layers the paint as a way to emphasize how the light moves. While making my most recent paintings, I studied a

JF: What would your ideal exhibit look like?

EW: My dream exhibit would take place in a smaller, more intimate space. I think galleries can be a little cold, especially modern ones, so ideally my work would be hung in an older building or living space. Because I tend to paint small-scale pieces, the space would be more confined which would also force the viewers to interact with one another. I’d like to have an exhibit that centers around one or two human emotions and that forces the viewers to feel what is expressed within the paintings. I think that once I have achieved making the viewer feel a specific way, then I have made a successful painting or set of paintings.

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Emma Wittkowski,

Tiger pep band Continued on from front First-year flutist, Matt Starkael also joined the pep band after being asked by Lehr.

“I enjoy playing in the pep band because it allows me to meet new people, go to the sporting events, and still be able to play music. I like being able to show my school spirit in a musical and athletic setting” Starkael said.

While the pep band takes some experience to join, you don’t have to be in the School of Music to participate. In fact, only about a third of the group is actually currently studying music.

“We take people of all experience,” Lehr said. “For example, we have one player who’s been playing their instrument for two months, and

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they’ve been playing and having a great time.”

The group is entirely student-led and rehearses for an hour every week in the GCPA. They also recently received new jerseys to wear during games. Tebbe usually directs the weekly rehearsals.

“It’s been a really good outlet for me to just go and have some fun playing,” Tebbe said. “It’s good to remember that why I do music is for the fun of it and not just all the stuff I have to do with school. And it’s fun to cheer on the teams . . . especially when we beat Wabash.”

The pep band will play their last game on Saturday, February 16 against Wooster. If you have any interest in joining, please contact Philip Lehr.

Four count Shouting and signaling with his hand Jon Tebbe, sophomore, directs the Tiger Pep Band || Photo by Ian S. Brundige

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Review

Thank you, yes

You like my review? Gee thanks, just wrote it Story by Ian S. Brundige Design Editor

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Here’s the thing: you’re in love with a version of a person that you’ve created in your head, that you are trying to but cannot fix. Uh, the only person you can fix is yourself.”

—Doug Middlebrooks, “in my head” The music industry can often feel slow and reactive. Albums often comment on the past rather than existing as a part of the current conversation. Ariana Grande’s fifth studio album, thank u, next, breaks this mold as it feels like the act of living rather than a reaction to life. In the past six months since Grande released her last album, Sweetener, her life has appeared incredibly emotionally strenuous with the death of her ex, Mac Miller, and engagement and break up

with comedian Pete Davidson all while the media followed her every move. Yet at the same time she has consistently dropped bops with the record breaking “thank u, next,” and equally revolutionary “imagine” and “7 rings.”

The juxtaposition of personal life and professional life is perfectly described

by Grande in her acceptance speech for Woman of the Year from Billboard.

“I find it interesting that this has been one of the best years of my career and, like, the worst of my life,” Grande said.

With the release of her 12 song album today it is clear that Grande has expressed her emotions through a new era of music providing a fresh sound that prioritizes real life as an essential part of the creative process.

Starting with “imagine” Grande uses her vocal range to achieve hypnotizing whistle tones paired with perplexing

Chic with Cinema Emma

echoes. As the second single released from the album “imagine” gave listeners a deeper preview of the experimental sounds to expect from the album as a whole. The lyrics, “Imagine a world like that/Baby, direct it, name in the credits/Like the movies do,” establish thank u, next as the album of a heartbroken romantic on the journey toward happiness.

As the album continues Grande begins to explore other emotional aspects of grief, shifting towards rap and R&B sounds. As a contrast to “imagine”in the third track, “NASA,” Grande calls for space rather than invoking a fantasy relationship. “NASA” is also the first of the tracks which samples an outside recording in the intro. This becomes a recurring element that contributes to the authentic aesthetic of the album. From drag queen Shangela Laquifa Wadley in

Valentine’s day is coming, and because my only Valentine this year is film (don’t feel bad for me, this is great), I figured I write a few love letters, or one love column to my favorite romances. Please enjoy this list of my favorite V-day films:

romance. The beauty of the surroundings adds to the tender storytelling, and the same care is taken when portraying both leads. Every piece of this film reflects the complex, gorgeous nature of falling in love. In addition to the beautiful relationship between Elio and Oliver, the audience sees love between Elio and his parents. In a film full of poignant moments, one of the most is a conversation between Elio and his father, which will stay with you for long after you finish this film. It is hard for me to write about this film, because it’s so incredible. There are very few words that I think can express the gravity of this film’s tenderness, and power. You have to see it for yourself.

“Call Me By Your Name”- This film is my favorite film ever and perfect to watch now. What’s better than two people in love in Northern Italy? Nothing.

This film takes places in the 1980’s and centers Elio, a young adult living with his parents in the summer, and Oliver, the American student studying there. The film chronicles their relationship amidst the beauty of the Mediterranean country-side. The stunning filmmaking gives the audience a lot of room to take everything in. Their summer is lazy in the way that all summers are dreamt of being: full of sun, fresh air, and

“When Harry Met Sally”- This classic film is my favorite romantic comedy. Harry and Sally meet on a drive to New York, and the audience follows them on a journey from mutual dislike to eventual love. This film combines incredible acting, wonderful dialogue and scenes, and amazing humor. Throughout their relationship, the audience gets to see them set up friends, sing karaoke loudly in public, and even humiliate one another. (The famous line: “I’ll have what she’s having” comes from this movie and is in one of my favorite scenes ever filmed) But ultimately what

Love is in the films

“NASA,” to her grandmother (Marjorie Grande in “bloodline”) and best friend (Doug Middlebrooks in “in my head”) Grande’s use of personal messages give direct insight into how she thinks and feels.

The album closes with “7 rings,” “thank u, next,” and “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored,” which set the visual vibe of the albums and the three music videos released so far. Notably all three songs begin with the same electric drum beat, and while “7 rings” and “thank u, next” are are both breakup anthems of sorts, they take slightly different approaches. “7 rings” is an indulgent celebration of independence and wealth while “thank u, next” is a sentimental thank you note to all of Grande’s ex’s.

Grande—who has largely been silent, at least publicly, in processing the events of last fall —says everything she needs to with Thank u, next and has left me with one thing to say: Thank you Ariana, I am ready for whatever you do next.

Must listens: “fake smile,” “in my head,”

makes this movie so good is how real it feels. Harry and Sally’s relationship transforms from dislike to friendship to love and feels genuine during every step.

The pair’s banter and behavior can easily remind the audience of some of their own relationships. The film just breathes like a piece of reality with all of its weirdness, unexpectedness, and humor.

“The Graduate”- If you’re looking for an even more untraditional romantic comedy, the film “The Graduate” is worth watching. Ben, recently college-grad , struggles with an inability to advance in his life. In his free time, Ben begins a relationship with his neighbor, Mrs. Robinson, an older woman, and then falls in love with her daughter, Elaine. With an incredible film score and some amazing cinematography that both work to draw out Ben’s his turmoil and indecision towards his future, the film encapsulates the audience almost immediately. And the audience can easily empathize with a main character who is grasping at the only future he can see, love. This complex narrative that takes several turns while also presenting a nuanced portrait of how life can be both exciting and boring is sure to make you think about your future and your love life.

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A royal enragement

Julie Andrews at the top of the slide

Julie Andrews at the bottom of the slide

God save the queen In defense of Julie Andrews mattress surfing Story by Liz Cottingham News Editor

Dame Julie Andrews has graced film, television and stage throughout her career, doing such with elegance and grace that can only be described as regal. This description is quite fitting for her role in “Princess Diaries” and the subsequent sequel “Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” as Queen Clarisse, Queen of Genovia.

“Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” has been a staple film not only in the romantic comedy genre but overall setting a precedent for young girls everywhere about the value of believing in themselves, fierce independence, and not needing a man to be successful and strong.

However, some may want to belittle the messages conveyed in the film and the film itself by arguing that in one of the most iconic scenes in the 21th century, Julie Andrews did not actually mattress surf during Mia’s bachelorette party as she is shown to do, but in fact is portrayed by a stunt double.

In response to this wild accusation only one phrase comes to mind as said by Queen Clarisse herself: “Shut up!”

The scene in question is Julie Andrews gliding angelically down a ramp on a large mattress at her granddaughter Mia’s bachelorette party. The process of her “flying” down the incline is shot from beginning to end in six angles. The shots are either from the back, straight on but far away, or a close up of her face but failing to show the mattress with her.

A critic may argue that it is impossible to determine whether or not it truly is Dame Julie Andrews riding atop of this mattress. She is hardly shown close up with a clear shot of her face. To be fair, this movie was released in 2004, and the quality of film was not as good then as it is now and it is difficult to make out specific facial details. However, there is still plenty of evidence to support that it truly is Julie Andrews performing the stunt.

In a filmed interview with The Hollywood Bite commemorating the 10th anniversary

of the first “Princess Diaries” film, Julie Andrews tells reporters that it absolutely was her performing the stunt. She explains, “Children often ask me, ‘was that really you’ and I say ‘yes it was and I was absolutely terrified,’ hugely proud of myself when I pulled it off.”

In another interview reported in News & Record, she goes into even more depth explaining the process, saying “That’s me up there…I had people (helping me) all the way.

It took more than one take.”

In the credit section of the film itself and online on IMDB, while there are stunt doubles credited for people such as Anne Hathaway, there are none credited as Julie Andrews’ stunt double. Furthermore, after going through all of them, there really are none that resemble Julie Andrews at all.

Finally, the b-roll of the mattress surfing scene is literally on ScreeSlam’s youtube channel . All you have to do is google it and you will see that Julie Andrews is actually performing the stunt. Albeit wobbly, but she is doing it herself.

Julie Andrews has been widely successful in every aspect of her life, still continuing to inspire delight even today. No one would care if she truly was not the one mattress surfing, especially being 68 at the time of the filming.

However, she has gone out of her way to insist that she is the one up there doing it. With no reason o lie, I believe that it is downright disrespectful to assume otherwise especially with her holding the prestigious title of Dame, a title given to those of the highest character, bestowed to her by Queen Elizabeth II. In conclusion, while the scene was filmed in many takes and overall it is a make up of what they could use for the final cut, Julie Andrews did in fact mattress surf in “Princess Diaries 2.”

Only a coward or a chicken would claim that Julie Andrews is incapable of performing the scene herself and would use a stunt double, but I’m not going to waste my time proving this obvious point anymore because as Queen Clarisse says herself, “A princess never chases a chicken.”

Uncovering the deception of ‘Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement’ Story by Ian S. Brundige Design Editor

A queen, a princess, a magic nanny, a nanny running away from Nazis; Julie Andrews has played many roles. Never did I think liar would be added to this list.

In the 2004 classic “Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement,” Andrews plays Queen Clarisse Renaldi of Genovia. The film is a work of contemporary feminist pedagogy as Princess Mia Thermopolis, played by Anne Hathaway, proves that she can rule as an independent woman For the past 14 years since the movie has premiered every time I watch it (which is at least once every three months) I am delighted by the rom-com aesthetic, the hilarious cast of royal staff and most importantly the iconic princess sleepover scene. As great as it is, this is the scene in question. The scene features about 20 young princesses sliding on mattresses down a metal slide with a hump in the middle.

Notably all of the princesses that ride down the slide do it laying down as this seems the safest. Yet, when it becomes time for Andrews to take the big plunge she apparently does it standing up. Andrews has claimed in interviews with D23 “the Official Disney Fan Club” that she did that stunt herself but the evidence shows otherwise. Now every time I get 60 minutes into the movie I am distracted by wondering if Andrews really rode down the 20-foot mattress slide while standing up.

The moment was captured at three angles: a wide shot of Julie starting at the top of the slide, a closeup of her face gliding past the camera, and another wide shot from behind, which highlights her flowy hooded cloak.

Julie Andrews in motion

Each of these shots leaves ample room for a stunt double. With the 2004 camera equipment, the first wide shot does not provide enough detail to identify the face. The second shot clearly shows Andrews’ face, but the actual slide is not in it at all which means it could have easily been filmed separately.

The third shot is only from behind and Andrews’ entire body is covered by her fairy godmother-inspired cloak.

Finally, it important to note the dismount.

At the end of the third shot the mattress stops at an angle, and the Queen still standing with her back to the camera. There is a cut and Andrews is shown turning around on a mattress which has been straightened on the floor. Clearly some amount of adjusting happened between the end of the slide and Andrews directly revealing her identity.

I want to believe that Julie Andrews is capable of anything and this would not be the first time she has reportedly completed her own stunts— in an interview on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” she told the story filming the scene where she descends from the clouds in the 1964 “Mary Poppins”— however, based on the footage provided it is impossible to conclude that she completed the mattress slide. This is not something to be ashamed of. Virtually every Avenger, all of the “Harry Potter” kids, and even Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill” had stunt doubles.

Ultimately either the failure of the camera operators and editors of “Princess Diaries 2,” or a lie from Julie Andrews has unnecessarily tainted one of the film’s best scenes. Maybe if something were done differently in this one moment the movie would still be on Netflix today.

Unidentifiable figure gliding down the slide

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Feb. 13 2019

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DePauw’s unsung heros

If you didn’t realize already, Indiana weather is unpredictable, and this winter has been no exception.

We went from subzero temperatures and school closures due to frostbite being likely in under ten minutes to spring-like temperatures and excess sunshine in just a few days (Global Warming isn’t real, huh?). But through it all, the one constant has been the unfailing and always reliable work of DePauw’s facilities management team.

When the sidewalks are covered in slick ice, Facilities Management is there to save the campus community from the embarrassment of falling. They spread salt over every sidewalk when the rain decides it wants to freeze and scrape every sidewalk free from snow before the sun even has a chance to melt it.

And yes, they fix every burst pipe and leak when residents leave their windows open allowing them to freeze (please, close your windows).

While many students were indoors this past Sunday, watching as our campus was covered in a fresh layer of snow, a small army of Facilities Management workers were out making it possible for us to get safely from place to place.

And all of this work is in addition to their normal duties. They’re the ones that come at 2:30 a.m. to shut off your beeping CO2 alarm. They’re the ones who make sure residence halls and campus are clean of trash. They are also the ones who send campus-wide emails to alert the campus community of potential hazards, thus aiming to keep us safe.

The amount and quality of work they do is admirable and sometimes goes unrecognized. DePauw Facilities Management, thank you.

Valentine’s Day:

Finding your missing piece Story by Emily Schabes Opinions Editor

It’s that time of year again folks— Valentine’s Day! To some, Valentine’s Day is a day dedicated to appreciation and love; to others, it’s an opportunity to get half-priced chocolate on Feb. 15 and for some it’s another excuse to push a capitalist agenda. Usually, I am not one to write about love or Valentine’s Day in any capacity, but I recently watched a standup on Netflix entitled “Jigsaw” by comedian Daniel Sloss, and it certainly changed my perspective on love, more specifically self-love.

When Sloss was 7 years old, he asked his father what the meaning of life was. His father created a relatable metaphor, saying life is like an individual jigsaw puzzle, but the catch is that everyone has lost the box and does not know what they are creating. Sloss believes that this particular piece of advice is, “... the reason I will die alone. Very happily, I may add.”

Sloss’s father went on to explain that people begin their puzzles with the four corners and edges.

“Family. Friends. Hobbies/interests. Job.” Then in the center, there is the “partner piece.”

Society today often pressures us to find a partner, or else it tells us we are incomplete. There are countless examples of this: quizzes on social media asking if you and your crush have compatible star signs, romantic movies, celebrity relationship drama. The list goes on, and I could not disagree with it more.

The secret to feeling complete is finding what makes you happy, which does not necessarily have

to be another human being. I agree with Sloss as he says happiness is the real center of the jigsaw. You should find that one thing (be it a person or not) that makes you feel pure happiness.

This is where self-love comes in. Sloss says, “If you only love yourself at 20 percent, that means somebody can come along and love you 30 percent.

You’re like, ‘Wow, that’s so much.’ It’s literally less than half.”

If you do not know how to love yourself at 100 percent, then you may often find yourself settling for someone who loves you less than you deserve, which is something Sloss also jokes about and has significant evidence to back it up. In a tweet from Sep. 14, 2018, Sloss writes, “#Jigsaw has now officially ended 3500 relationships, 4 cancelled engagements and caused 7 divorces. Keep spreading the love, guys. I appreciate it so much.” Sloss also attached screenshots to his tweet of those who reached out to him to say that his jokes were a catalyst for ending their relationships.

I would like to make clear that I am not agreeing with everything Sloss says or that love does not exist, but I think it is critical to center your life around what makes you happy, or gives you positive reinforcement of who you are as an individual.

For Sloss, it’s comedy, for some, it’s their partner and for others, they don’t know yet. “Make it [happiness] the center of your life. And then everything else will naturally fit in around it,” Sloss says. So this Valentine’s Day, go out there and find your happiness, whatever it may be.

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Intramurals to change schedule Story by Brooks Hepp Sports Editor

DePauw University intramurals, with the addition of three new sports, will be splitting the second semester into two seasons: an early spring season and a late spring season.

The early spring season will consist of indoor soccer and volleyball, while the late spring season will be basketball and wiffleball. The early season will take place in the end of February and March, while the late spring season will take place in April.

Liz Getz, coordinator of campus activities and alcohol programming, said that she received several requests this fall about having volleyball, soccer and wiffleball, which is why they added them.

“Our intramural sports are driven by student interest,” Getz said.

Getz said that they built the two seasons so that the early season would be completed before midterms and the late season would not begin until after midterms.

“Student participation tends to be lower around midterms,” Getz said.

Getz is expecting at least five teams for each sport, since two sports will run concurrently at a time.

This year will be the first year stu-

dents can sign up as individuals, and the intramural committee will create teams out of the students who signed up as individuals. In the past, students had to sign up as a team, which is still an option this year.

Getz said that sports could change in the future depending on participation and student requests.

Senior Erika Repass said she thinks she will participate in intramurals more now that there is a wider range of sports.

“I never got really into IM basketball or football,” Repass said. “But I played soccer my entire life so now I feel more inclined to play.”

Senior Cole Taylor, captain of the 2018 intramural basketball championship team, is concerned that participation in basketball will decline since it is pushed back to April.

“It’s frustrating that IM basketball has been moved to April,” Taylor said.

“It’s usually during basketball season which makes it timely, and I think academics gets busier toward the end of the semester, which is concerning.”

Registration for the early season ends on Friday at 5 p.m. Registration is only open for the early season.

Tigers by the numbers

Story by Dom Miranda

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According to DePauw University, there were 1,250 people in attendance at the men’s basketball team’s victory over Wabash. This was most attended game home men’s basketball game since March 2, 2002.

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The men’s Track and Field team had 15 point-winners in the DePauw Invitational.

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The women’s basketball team shot 91 percent from the free throw line in their victory over Ohio Wesleyan.

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Women’s basketball player senior Maya Howard scored her 1,455th point in the team’s win over Ohio Wesleyan University, which places her second all-time in school history.

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Tiger of the Week: Sophomore

Nick Felke Sophomore Nick Felke scored a career-high 27 points in a win over 18th-ranked Wabash College last week. He averages 10.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game this year. He is this week’s Tiger of the Week.

The DePauw: You shot 11-13 from the field with 27 points against Wabash last week. What allowed you to be so effective?

Nick Felke: I just wanted to be aggressive early and get going to the basket and it worked so I just kept doing it. The big home crowd gave us a big energy boost so that helped a lot as well.

TDP: What are your goals for the remainder of the year? Individually and as a team?

NF: Any goal for any team is to win every game they play so I don’t see why that shouldn’t be our goal. Win the conference tournament for a chance to play in the NCAA tourney.

TDP: What made you fall in love with playing basketball?

NF: I think I initially enjoyed basketball as a kid because you can play it all year, indoors or outdoors, so it was easy for me to enjoy it.

TDP: Did you always know you were going to play college basketball?

NF: I didn’t start thinking about playing in college until high school, and I chose to play for a multitude of reasons.

TDP: Do you try to model your game after any player?

NF: I don’t really try to model my game after anyone, but my teammates say I play like an old man and Tony Parker is old, so maybe I play like him.

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Hands in the air Students at last Wednesday’s game boo Wabash after a foul.

Storm the court After the win against Wabash students rush the court in celebration || Photos by Ian S. Brundige

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We need more student sections Story by Brooks Hepp Sports Editor

Chants and crowd noise rained through the walls of Neal Fieldhouse last week as I sat behind the south basket with hundreds of other students while we cheered on the men’s basketball team to a 94-79 win over 18th-ranked Wabash College.

I played football and basketball in high school, and I played football here at DePauw, so my opportunities to be in a student section have been limited. That’s why I look forward to the Wabash basketball game every year.

Once a year I get to scream my heart

out and lead coordinated chants.

The game was a blast. There was an energy unlike anything I have seen at a DePauw basketball game, and I have to believe it contributed slightly to the result. The men’s basketball team is surging this year, on their way to their first winning conference season since the 2014-15 season, and they fed off the crowd’s energy. DePauw’s runs seemed like they would never end and Wabash’s ended before they even started.

As I left the stadium that night, I wondered why this has to be a yearly tradition. How come we can’t have a true student section at more games,

like we do against Wabash once a year?

Inattendance against Wabash was 1,250 people, which is the most at a home basketball game since the game against Wittenberg University on March 2, 2002. That’s awesome, and I’m not expecting for crowds of over 1,000 on consistent basis, but the next highest attended home game this year was 325 people against Wittenberg. We can bring in crowds over around 500 people more consistently.

I’m not perfect with this, either.

I’d even consider myself part of the problem. I don’t go to every home game I can, and I certainly don’t try to set up a student section for every game.

Let’s start with women’s basketball games. We average 233 people per game this season, which is just 18 people more per game than the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) average. This is a team that has won

six of the past seven NCAC championships and has won two national championships in the last 12 years, and we support them like they’ve been a slightly above average team in the conference.

Senior Maya Howard, the defending-NCAC Player of the Year, just scored her 1,455th career point, which leaves her just 25 points short of the all-time DePauw record. Howard averages 16 points per game, so there’s a chance she breaks the record on Saturday.

Saturday is Senior Day, and Howard is the only senior on the team.

Let’s bring a respectable crowd to Saturday’s game that is a worthy send-off to possibly the greatest player in the program’s decorated history.

It’s the least we can do as a fan base that hasn’t supported her the way we should have the past four years.

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