Prindle News Hound

The new Steve Jobs bio says Disney CEO kept Jobs’ cancer remission a secret, which he learned about just an hour before Disney announced its acquisition of Pixar. The deal made Steve Jobs the largest shareholder, and gave him a seat on the board. At first, one might think this is no big deal. Jobs … Continue reading "Disney CEO kept Steve Jobs Cancer Secret"

A judge recently ruled that gamblers need to return the $1.5 million they won at a casino from games that used unshuffled decks. The gamblers are appealing and asking a judge to let them keep their winnings. It raises an interesting question as to whether a casino is entitled to a refund of winnings if … Continue reading "Who Should Get The Winnings in a Casino Error?"

DePauw is well known for its many off-campus classes, faculty-led excursions, and high rates of students who study abroad. Whether DePauw students choose to stay on campus or venture off campus through the many opportunities afforded them, many learn to view the world around them with a critical and questioning eye. The entries to Art … Continue reading "Art of Awareness 2015 Winning Photos"

Caroline is a junior intern from Glencoe, Illinois. She studies Pyschology at DePauw and is a member of the varsity women’s soccer team. Tell us about an ethics/social justice issue that is particularly important to you. Ethics in athletics and competition is of great importance and interest to me. As a college athlete, I have learned … Continue reading "Prindle Intern Spotlight: Caroline Zadina"

Recently, Dartmouth’s president, Philip J. Hanlon, banned hard alcohol across the entire campus and implemented  mandatory four year sexual violence prevention and education programs. By banning all alcohol with a 30 proof or higher for everyone on campus, regardless of age, President Hanlon hopes to rid Dartmouth of its party school reputation and take strides against … Continue reading "Dartmouth Bans Hard Liquor On Campus — What Could This Mean for DePauw?"

Natalie is a senior intern from Winnekta, Illinois. She is an English Writing major. Tell us about an ethics/social justice issue that is particularly important to you. Because I’m about to graduate, I find ethical issues involving the job market particularly interesting. For instance, what are the ethics of internships? How do those issues vary … Continue reading "Prindle Intern Spotlight: Natalie Weilandt"

Are you looking for an opportunity to enrich your DePauw experience and share your passions with others, while gaining valuable skills that will help you in virtually any career? As a Hillman Intern at The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, you will be exposed to a wide variety of experiences that will challenge you and … Continue reading "Join the Prindle Intern Team!"

An Australian man was arrested and stripped of his parental rights after treating his 2-year-old daughter with cannabis oil. Adam Koessler’s daughter has been diagnosed with stage-4 neuroblastoma, which develops from immature nerve cells. The cannabis oil was used in addition to diet changes, chemotherapy, and nautropathic medicine.  Although he says that his daughter’s quality of … Continue reading "Cannabis and Cancer"

Conner is a junior intern from Carmel, Indiana. He is an Honor Scholar and Political Science major at DePauw. 1. Tell us about an ethics/social justice issue that is particularly important to you. Most of my campus work/activism has focused on issues of race and privilege, both at DePauw and in the country as a … Continue reading "Prindle Intern Spotlight: Conner Gordon"

Philanthropy is a huge part of the average DePauw student’s life. Between Greek organizations, Relay for Life, Dance Marathon, Timmy Global Health, Civic Fellows and volunteering in the Putnam County community, it’s hard to find a weekend that does not consist of some kind of philanthropic effort. While I believe these philanthropic events teach DePauw … Continue reading "Philanthropy on Campus: Are we genuinely helping?"

Colleen is a junior intern from Indianapolis, Indiana. She studies Political Science at DePauw. Tell us about an ethics/social justice issue that is particularly important to you. One social justice issue that is particularly important to me is the idea of equality in law. I am currently taking a Philosophy of Law course and the … Continue reading "Prindle Intern Spotlight: Colleen Whiting"

Members of the Ohio legislature are currently fast-tracking a bill that would shield the names of pharmaceutical companies who sell Ohio execution drugs. Ohio has an interest in this shield because they are having difficulty finding people to provide them with drugs they need to execute persons sentenced to death. Lawmakers also claim that they need … Continue reading "Should the Identities of Execution Drug Manufacturers Be Secret?"

For most men and women in Greek chapters, flower-ins were a part of their first experiences in Greek life. The purpose of a flower-in is, in general, to allow new member classes from each fraternity and sorority to meet each other and bond. This is supposed to unite the Greek community as a whole, but … Continue reading "What’s the deal with flower-ins?"

Hometown: Crawfordsville, IN Major: Political Science Year: 2017 (Sophomore)

The Conflict Studies Program, The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, and the Department of Art and Art History are thrilled to announce an upcoming visit by artists Jon Rubin and Dawn Weleski, and chef Robert Sayre, of Conflict Kitchen. We will welcome them to campus the week immediately following fall break. Public events include: Public … Continue reading "Conflict Kitchen will be hosted Oct. 27-30 by Prindle, Conflict Studies and the Art Department"

Come out to Prindle on Monday, October 13 at 5:30 PM for a dinner and discussion about the ethics of cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation occurs when someone from one culture takes or uses something from another culture. What is taken can be a physical artifact, such as when an archaeologist takes an ancient relic and … Continue reading "Cultural Appropriation Dinner & Discussion on Oct.13"

Rape is a serious crime that today’s world is trying to combat. Especially prevalent on college campuses, the hook-up culture of Millennials seems to becoming a wide-spread controversy.  But what if there was something in between rape and a consensual hook up?  If you didn’t want sex, but had it and did not necessarily feel … Continue reading "Gen Y’s Hookup Culture: Is There Something Between Consensual Sex and Rape?"

DePauw Philosophy professor Erik Wielenberg has recently published his third book entitled Robust Ethics: The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Godless Normative Realism. In his latest work, “[Wielenberg] draws on recent work in analytic philosophy and empirical moral psychology to defend non-theistic robust normative realism and develop an empirically-grounded account of human moral knowledge. Non-theistic robust normative realism has it that … Continue reading "Professor Erik Wielenberg publishes “Robust Ethics”"

In the wake of Edward Snowden’s leak about the NSA surveillance programs, tech companies have been quick to respond to consumer concerns about the privacy of their data. Google and Apple are starting to roll out new privacy protections that encrypt consumer information on the phone. In some cases, these encryptions are so well done that even … Continue reading "New Privacy Battle Between Tech Companies and the Feds"

Comment on a Prindle Post article and we’ll send you a free sticker of this image featuring Rio, who’s become something of a mascot for the Prindle Post as of lately. Here are some very brief ground rules: General Guidelines 1. The comment has to engage with the post content in some way. 2. The … Continue reading "Want a Prindle pup sticker?"