The DePauw
Per the plan announced in July, following Thanksgiving break, all students will be remote. Winter term is also entirely remote. However, all students will be welcomed back to campus for the spring term according to an email sent by Lori White.
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.
As the 11 a.m. bell rang from the Putnam county courthouse, Greencastle residents gathered on the lawn, as they have all summer, holding signs reading “Black lives matter,” and “End racism.”
First there were four. Then throughout the next hour, about 20 mostly older, white protesters showed up holding signs and chanting.
While protests have been seen across the nation, often focusing on violent confrontations in large cities, Greencastle community members have found their own steady voice.
Last Friday, the DePauw Presidential Search Committee released its prospectus, “which provides an overview of DePauw for candidates and a description of the role and the desired attributes of the next president,” said Justin Christian ‘98, chair of the Presidential Search Committee, in an email to the DePauw community.
As a student who has my own opinions and as a journalist who covered the presidential search listening sessions, I was surprised by the content of the prospectus…
What is the difference between Barbies and Hot Wheels?
The inexpensive plastic and aluminum that entertain kids have historically sent immediate implicit messages about gender: boys drive fast cars and learn about dinosaurs while girls play with hair and learn how to take care of babies….
Sitting down for what is presumably his last interview at DePauw University, Matt Abtahi looked ready. The gray walls of his office were the most exposed they have been since he made it his own, with many of the personal artifacts that used to decorate his space already sitting in a box outside the door.
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…
Insomniac Theatre participants talk sleep.
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