Students Join Greencastle Residents In Rally For Black Lives →

On Saturday, a crowd gathered on the lawn of Putnam County Courthouse for another week of Black Lives Matter rally. However this week, it started with some battery issues in the megaphone that hadn’t been turned off since last week. A trip to Dollar General and a four pack of AAA batteries later, the chants began.

When Liberal Arts Goes Online, Who Stays Onboard? →

Zoom University

Since last spring when a university email notified students that the DePauw community would be moving online, what it means to be a Tiger has felt like a moving target.

While historically the student experience at DePauw has been divided along social lines like Greek affiliation and race, the challenges presented by COVID-19 divide us physically. 

Our ability to live and learn together is being threatened, and it has made me reevaluate the value of DePauw. Many of the university’s strengths-the global nature, interactions with faculty, staff and other students, and the opportunity to be an involved student leader on campus-are all now unavoidable challenges.

Learning the Limits →

This school year, 19 DePauw University students were hospitalized because of alcohol poisoning. Colleges nationwide are struggling to create a campus balance that allows young adults, often away from home for the first time, learn their limits while keeping them safe.

DePauw is at the center of this issue…

No Longer Put to the Test →

When Anna Werkowski, senior, was applying to colleges the thing that worried her most were standardized tests. “When I was in high school getting ready for standardized tests, I was really afraid because I don’t test well,” Werkowski said. “I get really anxious during testing scenarios.”