Abby* never suspected her friends as capable of date rape, but two summers ago at her friend Dave's house, she found she was wrong. "We were going to watch movies, and he made us rum and cokes," Abby said. After drinking half of her rum and coke, Abby started feeling sick and stopped drinking.… Post the First Comment

Ubben Lecture Series speaker Ralph Nader noted that, in only about 15,000 days, all of the students seated in Kresge Auditorium listening to his speech would be 65 years old. With this, he later asked, "What kind of mark do you want to leave on the world?" Though the title of his speech, "Don't Waste Your 20s: Your Most Creative Decade," indicated a focus on the potential of youth in general, Nader, a nationally recognized consumer advocate, lawyer, activist and three-time presidential candidate, spoke mainly of civic responsibility, social justice and the need for global change.… Post the First Comment

In a closed press conference Thursday afternoon, The DePauw, WGRE, D3TV and National Public Radio sat down with Ubben lecturer, former presidential candidate and consumer advocate Ralph Nader. After speaking in a student forum earlier in the afternoon, Nader answered the following questions.… Post the First Comment

Friday• 4 – 7 p.m.  • Welcome desk — Stop by to pick up a final schedule of events, campus maps, directions to the Nature Park and community information. | Place: UB lobby• 4:30 p.m.  • Field Hockey vs. Hendrix — Admission is free.… Post the First Comment

Faculty and students still utilizing Blackboard in their classes encountered problems with the course management system this week. A HelpDesk e-mail sent to the student body said the service was down from 8:30 p.m. Tuesday evening until 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.… Post the First Comment

A court date has been set for the lawsuit between DePauw University and Delta Zeta national sorority nationals. DZ filed a civil suit against the University last spring, citing that DePauw broke promises by severing ties with the sorority. The trial is set to be held at U.… Post the First Comment

David Collier has taken over the general manager position at the Walden Inn Conference Center, since Scott Pasch stepped down after two and half years in the position. Collier was hired by Sodexho, the leading food and facilities management at DePauw, and began working on Sept.… Post the First Comment

Freshman Ryan Rush was arrested Sunday morning for alcohol- related violations, making him the second of the year for freshman students. Associate Director of Public Safety Angela Nally confirmed that Rush was arrested by the Greencastle Police Department on Sept.… Post the First Comment

Twenty to thirty DePauw students will travel with the Timmy Foundation to Quito, Ecuador over fall break. The Timmy Foundation is a community service group that meets once a month to discuss and plan events on how to improve health care for children. The group makes the service trip annually and they deliver various hygienic supplies and over-the-counter medicines to children and their families who otherwise would not have these important items.… Post the First Comment