DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Urban STudy NchPhIYIwaC The icing on The cake for me was being included in The filming of an M- TV video for Chrisfmas, and subsequenfly appearing on M- TV several Times. Growing up in a small Town in Indiana for 24 years, I never imagined I would one day find myself living in New York CiTy for four monThs. If you had Told me I'd be working for The naTion's number one cable neTwork e MTV - while I was in New York, I would have really laughed. BUT, Thanks To The GLCA New Yorks ArTs Program, I was able To do boTh of These Things. Before going To MTV, I had worked for a concerT promoTion firm in Indianapolis and had some limiTed experience wiTh radio aT WGRE. Beyond ThaT, my only involvemenT wiTh The music indusTry was my purchase of albums, concerT TlckeTs, and T-shirTs. MTV changed all ThaT. This experience was invaluable. l was able To meeT several arTisTs, including: 28 Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon, John Anderson of Yes. Billy Squirer, and Michael HuTchence and Tim Farris of INXS. Besides meeTing These people, I was able To aTTend The 2nd Annual MTV Video Music Awards and was a guesT aT The world premier of STing's movie, Bring On The Nighl. Perhaps The icing on The cake for me was being included in The filming of an MTV video for ChrisTmas, and subsequenfly appearing on MTV several Times. MTV, I discovered, was noT all fun and games. There really was a loT of work To be done and a IoT To learn. Living in one of The world's mosT exciTing clTies was an experience I'll never forgeT. BUT working aT MTV was an experience of a IifeTime. eCaThy Shoemaker M. '95.-

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would wager ThaT my experience as an exchange sTudenT in WesT Africa was radically differenT from any oTher. IT wasn'T jusT a casual sTep off- campus, buT a conscious decision To spend a semesTer in rural Liberia, immersed in The life of African sTudenTs and focuITy 0T 0 small, ' privaTe college of 900. To be honesT, iT Took some guTs. Beforehand, iT was hard To imagine whaT iT would be like To be one of Two whiTe American exchange sTudenTs in a counTry so proud of iTs heriTage, where only persons of African heriTage may become ciTizens. Somehow ThaT boThered meeThe me who had never had The experience of being a racial minoriTy in all of my 20 years. i sTruggled wiTh quesTions of my own racial prejudices and a fear ThaT I would noT be accepTed as a person because my color sTood for someThing greaTer. Now Those fears and quesTions are gone for The mosT parT. AfTer seTTling inTo Liberian life, reflecTing, and reading, I Think I know myself preTTy well. I have begun To undersTand abouT pride, and abouT being oppressed, ignored, and TreaTed like a sub-human-and whaT all ThaT means To me. In Liberia, I Took all of my classes in African IiTeraTure, hisTory, arT, and poliTics. and l was opened up To a differenT view of hisTory and The world, a view I had previously been denied. I experienced The richness of African culTure and read abouT and saw wiTh my own eyes how The indusTrialized world had become so rich-by exploiTing Liberia, Africa, The . resT of The Third World. Living in Liberia was a wonderful growing experience for-me. I came back To DePauw wiTh energy and wiTh angereanger aT The facT ThaT very few people here had any idea or even cared abouT whaT was going on in The resT of The world; angry ThaT This whole Euro-American cenTered aTTiTude was parT of DePauw as a whiTe, monoliThic, insTiTuTion, supporTed by iTs dominaTing social sysTem; angry ThaT Those Two IiTeraTure courses I had Taken my sophomore year ignored and Thereby dismissed all auThors who weren'T whiTe Americans or Europeans; angry ThaT I realized how lucky I was To be an anThropology major. Those courses were The only place I could regularly find a place To deal wiTh The world ouTside of The U.S. I now undersTand Those who call The liberal s arTs educaTion The firsT of The area sTudies. I began To Think abouT whaT iT would be like To be a person of color aT DePauw-and grew angry again. When i was in Liberia i had no personal power and could have been Thrown ouT aT any Time. BUT l was sTill a whiTe U.S. ciTizen who represenTed a dominanT sysTem, and no one was denying my righT To read and sTudy importanl IiTeraTure and hisTory. ThaT college had given me The choice To read The speeches of Nelson Mandela, The novels of Chinua Achebe or The plays of William Shakespeare. All, as well as The works of on Alice Walker or 0 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, are imporTanT for me, for my Liberian roommaTe Gbour, and for every DePauw sTudenT To read. WhaT I leave To DePauw is a quesTioning of iTs values. Shall iT remain The monoliTh concerned only wiTh The dominanT powers ThaT be? Or shall iT include The hisTory, issues and views of all? WhaT my African experience gave To me was an appreciaTion of The value of diversiTy and a knowledge of The world in my educaTion and The resT of my life. eAngie Beauchamp

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The WashingTon Journalism SemesTer . . . simply one of The mosT exciTing experiences ThaT l have ever had. The opporTuniTy To live aT American UniversiTy, a School ThaT I would call a broadening change from DePauw, was really fascinaTing. I became acquainTed wiTh noT only The American UniversiTy sTudenTs, buT many sTudenTs from all over The UniTed STaTes who were parTicipaTing in The same program as I. My semesTer consisTed of parTicipaTion in seminars held by professionals in The field of journalism. However, The inTeresTing parT abouT my program was ThaT The seminars were held on locaTion, Ge, The WashingTon PosT, New York Times, Newsweek, The WhiTe House, The PenTagon, STaTe DepT., eTcJ. Along wiTh The seminars, I was involved in an inTernship ThaT I had To seek ouT and arrange afTer my arrival. I was lucky enough To work aT a major neTwork news operaTion, Cable News NeTwork. l became more involved and aware of The various faceTs of broadcasT journalism. BuT believe me, along wiTh This fun, There was even more fun. The endless hours of sighTseeing, shopping, and nigthife in GeorgeTown, all IefT my free Time To a minimum. This program was Truly an ouTsTanding experience, as I was able To sTudy specifically in my area of inTeresT in The news capiTal of The world. I feel Thai The benefiTs were greaT ones and will reflecT in The years To come. eSarah GoldsmiTh The Philadelpha CenTer is a semesTer long program which is sponsored by The GreaT Lakes College AssociaTion. The program offers The chance To work, sTudy, and live in one of our counTry's oldesT and largesT ciTies. The experience gained Through This program is invaluable, and The enjoymenT of living on your own in a large ciTy is Tremendous. The Three componenTs menTioned above are The essenTial parTs of whaT could prove To be your besT semesTer of your collegiaTe career. The firsT sTep is, perhaps, The mosT imporTanT sTep of all, and This sTep is The process of landing an inTernship. The Phil. CenTer has over 500 possible placemenTs on file. Therefore, anyone can find an inTeresTing and enjoyable inTernship. These jobs range from working for a radio sTaTion To working for a company such as ARCO Chemical Company. And, They have had people aTTend The program wiTh majors varying from compuTer science To geology. The Philadelphia CenTer has someThing for everyone. Each sTudenT who aTTends This program is required To Take Two courses which are TaughT by GLC'A professors. One course is a ciTy seminar, which is designed To Teach you abouT Philadelphia. And, The oTher course is an elecTive which can vary from Economics To JusTice. The courses TaughT are in a seminar-like aTmosphere, and They are quiTe inTeresTing and exciTing. Professors definiTer consider The inTernship work when making assignmenTs. The CiTy of Philadelphia has a greaT deal To offer, also. EveryThing you could ever Think of doing seems To be righT around The corner from your aparTmenT. Philadelphia is a ciTy ThaT is rich wiTh cuITure and full of exciTemenT. One can visiT The ArT Museum in The morning. caTch a baseball game in The afTernoonl and waTch a play aT nighT. WhaTever a person could wanT, iT can be found in Philly. The nigthlubs and The small pubs can Turn a boring nighT inTo someThing ThaT will never be forgoTTen. The people of Philadelphia can Turn a Terrible morning mm a beauTiful afTernoon. The Philadelphia CenTer is a growing experience, and an experience ThaT should be had by all. One more Thing, The Philadelphia CheesesTeaks and Hoagies are Tremendous. -Kevin Sweeney 29