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FEBRUARY 4, 2014
Indiana’s Oldest College Newspaper
Gary Lemon fired from Management Fellows director position By Emily McCarter news@thedepauw.com Thirteen years of service to the Management Fellows program. Countless connections for DePauw internships made worldwide. Now, Gary Lemon says he is being forced to resign from his position. “I was fired,” Lemon said. “There is no reason, it just said I would not be reappointed. Larry Stimpert, my boss, said ‘We don’t want you anymore.’ So what can you do?” Stimpert disagreed. “I think it would
be sad to characterize it as being let go,” Stimpert said. “I think he and I came to a mutual agreement that it would be good to have some new leadership.” According to an email sent out to faculty by Vice President of Academic Affairs Larry Stimpert, Lemon has been the Director of the McDermond Center and the Management Fellows program since 2000. Lemon has also been a member of The DePauw’s publishing board, has led a scuba diving Winter Term trip for years and has been a professor in the Economics Department.
“It’s bittersweet [to be leaving] because I poured my soul into this program for 13 years," Lemon said. “[And] to then be told it isn’t enough is bittersweet.” After taking a year’s sabbatical, Lemon will resume teaching full time in the Economics and Management Department. “I think that he has been a really great program director,” said senior Management Fellow Erika Krukowski. “I’ve gained limitless opportunities through him being here and I just think it’s a shame [that he’s leaving].” Lemon has brought several high-ranking business leaders to speak to Management Fellows such as Jeffrey Harmening '89, President of Big G cereals and General Mills, as well as Angie Hicks '95, founder and chief marketing officer of Angie's List. Although Lemon brought several connections to DePauw, some Management Fellows students feel the program needed some changes. “I guess I could see where some criticisms of the program could be made,” said first-year student Everett Schau. Lemon said he doesn’t know who will be the next director of the Management Fellows program, nor does he know the reasons for his forced resignation. “I’m not sure how [Lemon’s leaving] is going to affect the program, which is the scariest part,” said Krukowski. “I’m not quite sure what that means for the future of the program.” Lemon found out about his forced resignation in December, but negotiated a year sabbatical for his staying until June. “I’m only grateful to have been in the Management Fellows as it was under Gary [Lemon],” said senior Bart Freibert. Many of the students in the Management Fellows program are upset and confused, the McDermond Center and Management Fellows program being the main reasons they chose to attend DePauw. Krukowski just wanted to ask Stimpert, “Why?”
VOL. 162, ISSUE 25
Greek life on the rise? Increases in numbers for recruitment, placement By NICOLE DECRISCIO news@thedepauw.com
Preliminary recruitment numbers for the 2014 season show an increase not only in the number of students registering for recruitment, but also overall placement into greek chapters. This year, the Panhellenic Council set the quota for each sorority at 35, which is the same number as last year, but all chapters received quota additions. “This year, no one got more than three chapter additions, but it depends on the year,” said Maggie Hayes, coordinator of sorority life. “In Panhellenic recruitment there are two main priorities and that’s to get as many, or the ideal all of our chapters, getting to quota, which happened this year. And then our tied priority is to get as many women placed as possible.” Of the 265 women that registered for recruitment this year, 263 of them showed up for round one. On Sunday, 228 of those women received bids, or invitations to join a chapter. These numbers mean that 35 women either withdrew from recruitment or were released. This year, 90 percent of first-year students were placed in chapters, which is a four percent increase from last year. Upperclassmen women were placed at a rate of 61.29 percent, which is up from a 55 percent placement rate last year. “We’re going to have fewer releases than last year and more withdraws,” said Myrna Hernandez, assistant dean of campus life and director of greek life. “That’s what I can tell you off the top of my head. We haven’t done the math, but that’s where we are.” Each fraternity had a soft quota of 27 and a hard quota of 30. However, PJ Mitchell, assistant director of campus life and coordinator of fraternity life, noted that each chapter has the ability to lower their quota if they so choose. The Interfraternity Council had 199 men registered for recruitment, and 197 participated in the first day. The preliminary numbers show that about 186 men were matched with a house. This year more men registered for recruitment than registered last year. “I believe our starting number last year was 166, so it was a pretty significant increase,” Mitchell said. The potential infractions within the Interfraternity Council has decreased drastically. “We had two infractions that are still potentially under ap
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