DePauw University
DePauw is known for this type of educational model that emphasizes broad learning and close faculty relationships.
What is a liberal arts education?
This 1988 action movie set during a Christmas party famously sparked debate over whether it qualifies as a holiday film.
What is Die Hard?
This late night host attended college at Ball State University, located in Muncie, IN.
Who is David Letterman?
This Methodist bishop and namesake of the university helped establish DePauw’s early legacy.
Who is Washington C. DePauw?
This 1960s holiday TV special marked the first time jazz music was used as the primary score for an animated special.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
This Indiana pizza chain has 9 store locations in Munice.
What is Pizza King?
This DePauw alumna turned a simple idea about trusted service referrals into Angie’s List, now a nationally recognized consumer review platform.
Who is Angie Hicks?
Before becoming a holiday standard, this song was banned by the BBC for being too suggestive, despite its festive setting.
What is “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”?
This 1977 blockbuster film takes place in Muncie, where local residents encounter aliens in the dare of night from their farm outside of the city.
What is Close Encounters of the Third Kind?
Founded in 1870 at Indiana Asbury in Greencastle, this organization became the first Greek-letter fraternity for women.
What is Kappa Alpha Theta?
In the sequel to the holiday classic Home Alone, this New York City hotel serves as Kevin McCallister’s playground.
What is the Plaza Hotel?
This 2007 reality show filmed in Muncie featured 5 celebrities who went through training to become police officers.
What is Armed & Famous?
This former First Lady took the stage at DePauw University on March 20, 1996 as a part of the Ubben Lecture.
Barbara Bush
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” finally reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in this year, more than two decades after its release.
What is 2019?
This former mayor of Muncie was was federally indicted and arrested in November 2019 for taking a $5,000 cash bribe for steering city contracts, later being convicted and sentenced to prison for corruption related to public works projects.
Who is Dennis Tyler?