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SEE FREEDOM WRITERS, PAGE 2
The Drake University Writers and Critics Series hosted three “Freedom Writer” teachers last Wednesday.
Three high school teachers in Iowa have applied the Freedom Writer techniques that Erin Grunwell implemented in her classroom 15 years ago.
Grunwell was a novice high
school teacher in Long Beach, Calif. Her unorthodox methods for teaching troubled teens worked so well that she founded the Freedom Writers Foundation to “promote innovative teaching.”
Emily Bollinger, Cody Cochran and Katie Williams, all members of the foundation, contributed to the book “Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers.”
The book is a collection of 150 stories from teachers across
the United States and Canada. It was written in honor of the 10th anniversary of “The Freedom Writers Diary,” which is composed of journals from Grunwell’s students. The Freedom Riders, participants in the famous bus rides of the civil rights movement, inspired Grunwell’s students to dub themselves the Freedom Writers.
Bollinger said the main purpose of both the Freedom Writers Diary and Teaching Hope is to
show that everyone has a voice and that words have power.
“Even though ‘Teaching Hope’ was written by teachers, it’s all about the students,” Bollinger said.
A few of Bollinger’s students from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines shared their classmates’ and their own stories at the presentation.
The students’ narratives were very similar to the memoirs of the original writers. The stories
included problems of gang violence, abuse and homelessness.
The students led the entire audience in Grunwell’s famous “Step to the Line” activity. Standing in a circle around a taped line on the floor, they asked anyone who had flown in an airplane to step to the line. Every person stepped to the line.
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Over the summer, students traveled to Uganda for a class on local issues.
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HOLLYWOOD COMES TO
DRAKELights, camera, action! On Sept. 9,
Hollywood came to Drake in the form of rock & roll. While it was not a big break into acting, about 200 students seized their 15 minutes of fame as extras in the upcoming film, “Janie Jones”.
A mass of students arrived at the Harmon Fine Arts Center prior to 3 p.m. call time, toting extra clothes and wide smiles.
“I’m an actor and this is a fun process,” Tony Dimiglio (AS4), one of the extras, said.
When Dimiglio graduates in May, he plans to push his acting career to
the next level by moving to Hollywood. Filming Janie Jones offered the perfect opportunity to jumpstart his career.
“This will be my movie debut, and if I get a line, that would be awesome,” Dimiglio said.
ACME casting company organized the 400 extras, along with a small squad of security and a tech crew.
The crowd was expected to cheer, oooh and ahhh at the staged fight that took place in the Fine Arts Center.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance,” Alicia Atwell (PP2) said. “I might not necessarily be famous, but one day you could rent it and be like, ‘Hey kids, that’s me.’”
Producer Steven Ritchie said the Performing Arts Stage in the Fine Arts
Center was the perfect setting for the intended scene. Unfortunately, the stage will not be associated with Drake, but will appear to be the University of Kansas.
Ritchie said that the scene sets the plot for an onslaught of events after a young girl (actor Abigail Breslin) is dropped off by her mother at a rock concert. Unbeknownst to him, Breslin is the rocker’s daughter. The turn of events thrusts him into the adventure of fatherhood while staying on tour. Altercation and change is sure to develop out of the father-daughter relationship in the “dramady,” as Ritchie called it.
A few students reported seeing the enchanting 13-year-old Abigail Breslin, best known for her roles in “Little Miss
Sunshine” and “My Sister’s Keeper.” Others reported speaking with Britney Snow, one of the stars of “Hairspray.”
And why would a movie want to be filmed here, in our beautiful, but corn-enveloped state?
“The amphitheater location was just what we were looking for,” Ritchie said. He praised the Drake administration and the city of Des Moines for their cooperation.
“Janie Jones” had already filmed other scenes at the local Redwood Motel, on Hubbell Ave. and the BP Gas Station on S.E. 14th St., according to the Des Moines Register. Ritchie anticipated the “Janie Jones” release date to be summer 2010.
In their third meeting of the 2009-10 school year, Student Senate directed attention to a number of smaller issues in preparation for the appointment of Senate committee members next week.
President Ben Olson (AS4) said that Senate’s activity will pick up significantly following the appointment of more than 45 additional students to committees.
The open positions were filled this past week through a series of interviews conducted by Olson and Vice President Ben Cooper (AS3).
“We had 70 applications for about 45 spots,” Cooper said. “The applicants were excellent, and it was very difficult to make the decisions. We’re extremely excited about the appointments and are looking forward to a very productive year.”
Cooper added that the opportunity to serve on Senate committees is limited to a set number of students by the Senate bylaws, despite the high volume of qualified applicants.
“The quality of the applicants for Senate committees signifies that Drake continues to recruit great leaders. Many of the first-year students that applied for positions occupied impressive leadership positions in their high schools,” Olson said.
Senators also received an update from the Campus Technology Committee student representative
about the committee’s search for a new Computer Management System (CMS). Kristen Corns (AS, J2), undergraduate representative for the committee, said that the group is looking for input from student users or anyone with expertise in computer systems to help the committee choose a new system.
“Drake’s current CMS is not campuswide,” Corns said. “Instead, each college has their own. Implementing a new system would utilize resources in a much more effective manner, and would make getting information to students much less complicating. An improved system would be more user-friendly and change the way student organizations update information on the web.”
Dean of Students Sentwali Bakari explained the university’s plans for combating the H1N1 virus and the actions being taken to help Drake students stay healthy this flu season.
Bakari also notified senators that statistics on fall enrollment and freshman-sophomore retention rates will be officially released in the upcoming week.
President Olson announced plans to honor first-year student Victorya Van-Pelt (AS1), who passed away last week. As is tradition in honoring the death of a student, a tree will be planted on campus in her memory. Olson is working with her family to create a commemorative plaque to be featured at the base of the tree.
Dean Bakari will accompany four Drake students to attend Van-Pelt’s funeral this coming week in Little Rock, Ark.
by ERIKA SEVIGNYStaff Writer
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JANIE JONES
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by KRISTEN SMITHStaff Writer
FOR A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF BEING AN EXTRA IN “JANIE JONES,” SEE KRISTIN KOWALSKI’S STORY ON PAGE 5.
Olson calls for tree planted in deceased student’s honor
Students participate as extras in “Janie Jones”
photo by TYLER O’NEIL | Relays Editor
CREW MEMBERS work on the set of “Janie Jones” in the Fine Arts Center on Wednesday. There, students had the opportunity to be extras in the film.
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“I might not necessarily be famous, but one day you could rent it and be like ‘Hey kids, that’s me!’”
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After a few more general questions, they addressed more personal issues. “Step to the line if you have lost someone to violence.”
The point of the exercise was to recognize the difficulties young people face every day and how these issues can interrupt their education. The results of this activity come as a surprise to many students.
The teachers said they hope the new book will inspire teachers and students alike to change the world.
“The Freedom Writers Foundation helped me find a voice; a voice of hope and a voice of change,” teacher Katie Williams said.
Teachers inspire youth
SIFE travels to Missouri for business conference
by ERIKA SEVIGNYStaff Writer
Twelve Drake University students traveled to Kansas City, Mo., Saturday morning to attend a national team training event for Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE).
The annual training event gave new organization members the opportunity to bond with upperclassmen while learning more about the goals and objectives of the organization.
“The training event explains more to our new recruits about how to use the organization and set up events, as well as providing a great way for the Leadership Council to connect with potential members,” SIFE president Luke Dawson (B3) said.
SIFE is a global organization with 1,300 university chapters in 41 countries. The mission of the organization is ‘to bring together the top leaders of today and tomorrow to create a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business,’ according to SIFE’s web site.
Dawson said he felt that the fundamental goal of SIFE is to provide individuals with the skills they need to accomplish their goals on their own.
The organization focuses on seven different categories of enrichment, including financial leadership, entrepreneurship and success skills.
Drake’s SIFE chapter looks forward to a number of events to promote these objectives, including their sponsorship of the annual Entrepreneurship Week.
SIFE plans to have a global video conference on an accounting topic and host a benefit concert for a small non-profit organization. They also plan to provide a resume workshop and social branding event for students called “Brand Yourself ” later this semester.
“Not only is there the community service aspect to the group, there’s a personal achievement and career building element for our members, as well,” Dawson said.
SIFE plans to implement new strategies from the conference when they return to campus.
photo courtesy of JOHN JOHNSON | Hubbell Realty
LAWRENCE CRAWFORD (J3) and MICHELLE ANDERSON (J4) share their video footage with HUBBELL REALTY CEO RICK TOLLAKSON.
Drake students help develop 9-in-9 Hubbell Realty project
SEE FREEDOM WRITERS, PAGE 1
photos by TD STAFF VOLUNTEERS serve guests at Sen. Tom Harkin’s annual Steak Fry, where MINNESOTA SEN. AL FRANKEN (ABOVE) spoke.
Sen. Al Franken headlines Steak Fry
“He was very entertaining and
very intelligent. His approach was very methodical, and he
ended up with a serious tone.”
– JEFF GLAZE, vice president of Drake Democrats, on Sen. Franken
Drake students come out to support the freshman senator
Well here we are already a month in. I have been charged with the
task of writing this first-year interest column, appropriately titled Tabula Rasa, or blank slate (latin makes everything cooler). Although we haven’t been here long, our tabulas no longer seem to be rasa. Rush is over and we have some of our first tests this week. Most of us have that group that we hang out with and study with, whether they’re from our first-year seminar, our floor or a sport.
It’s amazing to think that just a month ago we were nervous freshmen moving in with our parents. We didn’t know the importance of personal hygiene, emptying the trash or developing a “do not disturb” code. We had some icebreakers along the way that helped us meet one another.
Like the very first night here, when five of us were coming back from Paul Revere’s Pizza. Walking through the crosswalk, laughing at how long it took us to get our pizza (albeit delicious), we saw a car coming at us. The elderly gentleman inside apparently mistook his gas pedal for the brake, sped up, and hit four of the five of us! He slowed rapidly enough to keep us from falling over, but not enough to prevent some bruised shins. He kept apologizing through the glass and we just
shrugged it off and let him go. Adrenaline pumping, other first-years who heard the squealing tires and saw him hit us came over to check on us. That was, ironically, a great way to meet some new friends.
Or the time Steven Schaaf (AS1) from my floor came back from a game of football wondering where his classes were. He ran up and down the Stalnaker basement trying to recite people’s names. Apparently Steven had a mild concussion. Three of us took him to the hospital; five hours and one CAT scan later we came back to start on our homework. Even though it was a challenge and a little scary for him, we all got to laugh our way through another experience.
When Welcome Week finally came to a close, many joked that the icebreaker activities were corny or pointless; everyone thought we could meet people on our own. I have friends at ISU, University of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin who
would disagree, though. A lot of them are having a hard time meeting new people or are just hanging out with friends from high school. I have been asked many times during Rush, and other activities, why I chose Drake and I haven’t been able to answer completely. I say I liked the size, location and majors, but I never really had that feeling that Drake was “the one.” Now that I am here, though, our class of 800 something students feels so close, I know Drake is “the one.”
The next four years will take us places J.K. Rowling’s imagination couldn’t even come up with (Muggles live exciting lives, too – even if you’re not on Drake’s Quidditch team). Our blank slate has already been written on, but barely. We have just scratched the surface of what we will accomplish in college. This is the reason I am excited every morning, even when I wake up for J30 class at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have a tabula rasa, and it is up to us how we use it. I intend this column to follow our slates throughout the year and report on all sorts of amazing – good or bad – experiences that our class shares together.
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• The members of Tau Delta (TD – bad joke) would like to congratulate all those who have decided to join a sorority or fraternity. Members of the Greek community are known around Drake for their leadership in campus activities and their dedication to altruistic service projects. Remember that this is a big responsibility and that your actions always reflect upon the university. Congrats, again.
• Big ups to Drake Administration for installing hand sanitizer stations around campus. Keeping your hands clean can significantly decrease the chances of getting sick or, dare we say, get the
dreaded SWINE FLU! Plus, doesn’t it feel good to wash your hands? Stay clean, Drake University.
• Although students may have been able to be extras in “Janie Jones” – the blockbuster starring Abigail Breslin – don’t let your newfound stardom get to your head. Your face may pop up on the screen for a brief second, and millions will see your beautiful mug, but don’t try to pursue your acting career just yet. I know it can be hard to let your newfound celeb status overcome your humble natures, but stick to your current role – college student.
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STAFF EDITORIAL
Death penalty: a divided debatePOLITICS
A just sentence or an undeserved murder?
TABULA RASA
A new year, a new startFirst-years get the feel of Drake University with one
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RYAN PRICE
COLUMNIST
The official definition for capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the killing of a person by judicial process
for retribution, general deterrence, and incapacitation. The debate over the death penalty has been going on for as long as anyone can remember. Either Americans are finding they believe the death penalty is a harsh and violent way to punish someone for committing a crime, or they believe that those sentenced with the death penalty deserve to be killed. In the end, it comes down to whether one believes the golden rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you – or their own rule, which goes a little more along the lines of: Do unto others as they did unto others.
Personally, I am not in favor of implementing the death penalty as a serious option, not only because of the moral and ethical beliefs that have been instilled in me but also because it isn’t very economical to do so. It actually costs more to use the death penalty than it would be to keep that same person in prison for the rest of their life. In California alone, the death penalty system costs taxpayers $114 million per year beyond the costs of keeping convicts locked up for life.
These taxpayers have paid more than $250 million for each of the state’s executions. In Florida, enforcing the death penalty costs taxpayers $51 million more than the cost of convicting their murderers to a life imprisonment in jail. In Texas, the
cost of the death penalty is almost three times the amount of simply holding someone in a cell for forty years.
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, there are only 15 states that do not allow the death penalty to be used. That means that 70 percent of Americans believe murdering criminals is an appropriate way to punish wrongdoers.
The top five death penalty states are Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Virginia and Missouri. These five states alone accounted for 66 percent of all United States executions since 1976. Most of these states are located in the southern part of the United States and consequently, the South accounts for more than 80 percent of executions. According to Amnesty International, in 2008 the United States had one of the highest amounts of executions – at a whopping 37 people. Funny how the United States is also
in much more economic trouble than the rest of the world.
According to a survey done in May of 2006, overall support of the death penalty was down to 65 percent from the 80 percent of two years before. In that same 2006 survey, it was discovered that when given the
option between the death penalty and life imprisonment without parole, more people
would choose life imprisonment over the death penalty. In 2009, a survey showed that 88 percent of the people surveyed do not believe that the death penalty is an effective deterrent to crime.
Outside of the United States, world leaders are also beginning to remove the death penalty. For instance, in Kenya this past August, President Mwai Kibaki announced that he was commuting all criminals who face the death sentence to life imprisonment. He said that the wait
for those 4,000 criminals in his country to face the death penalty was “undue mental anguish and suffering.”
Even within the United States, more and more state governors are beginning to change their laws in objection to the death penalty. New Mexico’s governor Bill Richardson said that ridding his state of the death penalty was “the most difficult decision in my political life.” (New Mexico had previously banned the death penalty from its state, but it had been reinstated in 1976.)
I can understand the dilemma people have on choosing which side they will stand on. I also realize that, for many people and many issues, things are not simply black and white – there are some gray areas as well. But in my case, I simply see it as killing someone. No matter whether a person committed a horrible crime or not, what gives us the right to be able to choose when and how they die? How is what we are doing any different than first-degree murder? Even the definition of the death penalty itself states that it is the killing of a person. Although this person may have done something in the past and may have gone against the laws of the United States of America, it does not justify the killing of a living, breathing, thinking being.
KATRINA WIDENER
COLUMNIST
Price is a first-year journalism major and can be contacted at [email protected].
CORRECTIONSRandi Rumbold is a
female student, not male as was reported last
issue in the page 4 story “Teachers and tanning.”
The Times-Delphic would like to apologize for the
confusion.
It comes down to whether people believe the Golden Rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you – or their own
rule which goes a little more along the lines of: Do unto others as they did unto others.
Widener is a second-year magazine major and can be contacted at [email protected].
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This summer, Drake students received an education that they could get nowhere else – in a country over 8,000 miles away.
The students of “Sustainable Development in Africa,” a spring-semester honors course, took a three-week trip over the summer to Uganda. The course focused on many different issues that the developing nation faces, from transportation to corruption in government to HIV/AIDS.
Tom Root, an associate professor of finance at Drake, said he hopes the students who gained “an appreciation of something totally different than in the U.S. (and) what life is like for a country just developing.”
Drake teamed with Makerere University Business School in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, where Drake students took courses alongside Ugandan college students.
“You go on (the trip) with Ugandan college students, so you learn how their colleges work, how they get jobs, basically how Ugandan college students live their lives,” Kelsey Anderson (AS3, J3) said.
The group, which has ranged from 16-20 people during the three years of the program’s existence, spends the majority of time in Kampala.
Deb Bishop, associate professor of practice in management at Drake and one of the professors of the course, said that the group also spends three to four days in Mbarara, where they visit a rural school.
The school was a highlight of the trip for many of the Drake students, including Franklin Peitz (B3), who said that the visit “was one of the most enriching things I’ve ever done. It was cool to have that kind of impact on a child.”
Rachel Gielau (AS4) said she has similar
feelings. “They were so happy, and so grateful for
the smallest things,” she said. The trip also consisted of day classes at
Makerere University, visits to newspapers and even political figures. The class focused on Uganda, but the final paper for the course allowed the students to study anything that interested them concerning the development of the country.
The trip may have focused on a broad range of interests and issues, but the students who took the course were all affected in one way or another by their journey.
“The whole trip made me realize there is so much more out there than myself, and my family and my city,” Peitz said.
Several students are even considering a change of career based on their experiences.
“In the beginning my focus was on American politics, but now I’m looking to nonprofits,” Anderson said of her future career options.
Gielau is even considering changing direction academically
“Before this trip, I’d been leaning toward more social work or social politics work, but what we did in Uganda definitely shaped my interests,” Gielau said. “I’d like to get my MPA with my law degree to hopefully work with an international organization that does development work with countries like Uganda.”
It seems as though Bishop’s objective for the course has been achieved.
“My hope is that this will really be an eye-opening, life-changing experience,” Bishop said. “You can spend an entire semester or a long time trying to explain, but until you’re really immersed in (the culture), I really don’t think you can ever understand.”
The Friday, September 15, 1967 edition of the Times-Delphic reported that 7,200 new students registered for classes at Drake University. The student-teacher ratio was 20:1.
A new sorority, Gamma Phi Beta, formed on the campus that fall.
A change in regulations finally allowed Drake students to dress any way they liked in the dining halls. The big change was the regulations on Sunday, which required a coat, tie and shined shoes. Drake abandoned its policy of keeping records of race. The new policy made it optional for students at registration to indicate whether they were white, negro or other, including “persons of American Indian, Oriental and Spanish-American origin.” The goal of the policy reversal was to enforce Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which authorized federal agencies to withhold funds from any program where discrimination was found.
Then-Drake President Paul F. Sharp said, “The method of gathering this data is free and quite open. The government can’t enforce the Civil Rights Act unless they know the racial breakdown.”
A key-card program was initiated, which gave some 200 Drake women over 21 or with senior status, to be out of their resident halls until 7 a.m. The key cards were attached to Drake’s five sorority houses and eight dorms. To be eligible, women had to get parental permission, whether they were over 21 or not. The women in the program had to be on good social standing and could not loan the card to anyone.
“If the card is loaned to anyone, the girl will lose card privileges for the rest of her college career,” Ann Wilson, chairman of the judicial board of Association of Women Students said.
The cost of a card was only 50 cents, but if one was lost, the girl would have to pay to have new cards for all the girls made. Doorboxes were installed in Stalnaker, Crawford, Carpenter, Herriot and Morehouse.
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ALEX BOLAND (AS1) celebrates shortly after receiving a Delta Gamma bid during the 2009 Greek recruitment. Old and new sorority members gathered outside Olmsted on Sunday to usher in the new members.
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The chronicle of a feature film extraA Drake student talks about her experience as an extra on the set of “Janie Jones”
Most people wouldn’t hesitate to say “Yes!” when asked to be in a movie (I know I didn’t), but making one isn’t as glamorous as some might think.
Students had that chance on Wednesday when Drake’s campus was chosen as the filming location for the flick “Janie Jones,” starring Abigail Breslin of “Little Miss Sunshine.”
Shooting took place in the Performing Arts Hall as the setting of a rock concert on a college campus. The lead singer starts a fight with his lead guitarist over the keyboardist, played by Brittany Snow.
The volunteer extras played the part of the audience, obviously because we actually are college students. We were told to wear “jewel tone” clothes, which I’m sure sent most of us to Google images to find out what the heck that meant. We were also told to have cell phones because they were going to film us catching the scene’s fight on our phones.
The three-minute scene took seven hours to shoot, without any food provided. The first four hours found all of us wannabe-stars in a room in the Harmon Fine Arts Center (FAC). We were told every 30 minutes that we would start filming in 20 minutes.
The wardrobe lady wore a red dress and sported Captain Hook boots. She walked
around, judging our outfits and pulling a few people from the crowd to get prepped to be in the front row.
I was one of those lucky people. The hairstylist started doing our hair.
She gave me an edgy, punkish hairstyle. Soon everyone started lining up to get a new ‘do,’ as it looked like we weren’t going to get started for a long time.
When we finally did get into the action, we found out no actual music was involved at this mock concert because the fight starts right after he introduces the band. After the lead singer gets tackled to the ground, Snow’s character walks over and cusses him out. Snow got a little too into it during one of the takes and dropped twice as many f-bombs than the script called for. She apologized to the director and said she didn’t know what was going on. He just ignored her, and they did another take.
Joel Moore, from the movie “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” was there. He actually turned out to be a pretty cool guy. He jumped down from the stage between takes and asked for someone to tell him a story. He joked around with us for a while when we were all sitting there, waiting some more – most of what the extras did was wait.
Our reactions were pretty realistic and enthusiastic all the way through. They told us we were a better crowd than L.A., which is what they probably tell every crowd. But they did invite us all to join the cast and crew at a bar. STUDENTS gathered at the Fine Arts Center to be extras in the filming of “Janie Jones.”
Two young men juggle in pirate costumes on a wooden stage, surrounded by people dressed in tunics, gowns and feathered caps. The pirates make jokes and involve members of the audience in their routine, even for their more dangerous tricks involving flaming clubs. The setting is not Medieval England, but the Des Moines Renaissance Faire where one of the pirate jugglers is Drake student Forrest Williams (AS2).
For Williams, a sophomore theater major, being able to earn some extra cash with a hobby he enjoys is great. His first introduction to the stage was in third grade, when he starred in a production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at his elementary school in Pella, Iowa.
As a youth, Williams took juggling lessons from his uncle, a professional juggler on the East Coast. He and his friend and performance partner Mark Meyer frequently perform at shows across the Midwest. They’ve entertained audiences in Danville, Ill. and Des Moines, and will be traveling to Omaha, Neb., in October. The
schedule keeps these two busy performing for festivals and various events throughout the fall season.
“I love the attention,” Williams said. “I like making people laugh. I’m a lot quieter when I’m around people I don’t know very well, but I let go and just have fun on stage.”
Stage fright is rarely a problem for him.“If we’re doing a new trick, sometimes I
get nervous; new jokes too,” he said. “But if it goes badly, we just don’t do it anymore.”
The pair even incorporate fire into their juggling routines. Williams’s father gave him torches as a gift on his 17th birthday, and Williams and Meyer practiced in the front yard during spring break when Mark’s parents were gone on vacation. Despite the risky tricks, neither of them have suffered any serious injuries.
Williams does admit, however, “I don’t have any knuckle hair left.”
For the next few years, Williams and Meyer plan on touring the Midwest with their act on the weekends, performing when they have time and earning some cash for school. Williams may continue performing after graduation, “but there’s nothing sadder than a 50-year-old clown,” he said.
Return of the Renaissance
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Take that special someone out and look at the stars. Not only is it free, it’s romantic. There is something about burning balls of gas, lightyears away that makes everything seem perfect here on Earth. Just like the band Train said, “When I look to the sky, something tells me you’re here with me and you make everything alright.”
Clear nights provide a good opportunity to stargaze, but if you really want to impress that special someone, find a night when something extraordinary is going on, like a meteor shower or a planet that is rarely visible.
According to Drake University professor Herbert Folsom, the most visible planet is
Jupiter.“It’s that bright star-like object you see
high in the southern sky,” Folsom said. “With a small telescope or binoculars you might even see its four Galilean moons.”
He also said there will be a meteor shower coming up in October. A person doesn’t need much knowledge of astronomy to appreciate the beauty of either of these
events.H o w e v e r ,
if you do want to know more about a s t r o n o m y, but cannot get into a class for
some reason, try checking out the Drake Municipal Observatory in Waveland Park. Every Friday from now until the end of October there will be a public viewing accompanied by a lecture, beginning at 8 p.m. More details are available on the Drake Web site.
So brew some good coffee, grab a blanket and your favorite person and look up at the sky and wish upon a star.
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TUESDAY:WHAT: Supreme Court journalist Adam Liptak speaks about “The Roberts Court in the Obama Era: A Reporter’s Reflections.WHEN: 3 p.m.WHERE: Room 213 in Cartwright Hall
WHAT: South African novelist and playwright Zakes Mda to speak and read his work.WHEN: 7:30 p.m.WHERE: Cowles Library
WEDNESDAY:WHAT: Representatives from various wildlife organizations will be present on as part of “Conservation Day” during Earth Week.WHEN: All dayWHERE: Helmick Commons
WHAT: Drake Neighborhood Farmers MarketWHEN: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.WHERE: Parking lot of First Christian Church, 2500 University Avenue
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Drake student juggles torches at the Des Moines Renaissance Faire to earn money
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by JANNA LAUERStaff Writer
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Last year’s men’s soccer team yielded the best record in school history and the team’s first NCAA Tournament bid. This year, the action has started off at a blistering pace, and the team has already played their first three regular season games against DePaul, Michigan and Marquette, as well as an exhibition against No. 7 Indiana.
Coming into the exhibition game against Indiana, the Bulldogs ranked No. 21 in national polls.
The Hoosiers jumped into the lead in the 28th minute and held it into halftime. But despite trailing, the Bulldogs held the 6-5 advantage in shots.
The equalizing goal came in the 58th minute as a long ball from goalkeeper Michael Drozd (B3) made its way from Hunter Kennedy (AS2) to Evan Harrison (B3), who slotted the ball past the Indiana keeper.
But it was the 88th minute that provided the winning goal for the Bulldogs. A corner kick from Matt Prather (AS2) found a group of players in front of the Indiana net. Defender Julien Edwards (B4) found the ball in the scuffle and sent the ball into the goal, giving the Bulldogs the win.
“Tonight was good, as we played all 20 players, moved the ball around, stayed injury free and played good soccer,” head coach Sean Holmes said. “I think the players have a sense of the possibilities that lie before them this year.”
“The game helps set the tone for the season,” midfielder Kevin Shrout (B4) said. “We understand that it was an exhibition game, but they played their first string for some of the game. The win helps put us on
the map after some people think last season was a fluke and shows them that we’re for real.”
In the Bulldogs’ second game, against the DePaul Blue Demons, the Bulldogs came out with a victory despite some struggles.
Garrett Webb (B4) netted two goals in the last 10 minutes of the game and the Bulldogs came out on top 2-0.
“This was a game years ago we would’ve found a way to lose and now, despite not playing great, we could still win,” Holmes said.
While the Bulldogs dominated the game, outshooting the Blue Demons 12 to 3, the scoring didn’t open until the 80th minute when Webb put home a shot from the top of the box.
The defense, led by Edwards and Calvin Clark (B4), was strong enough to prevent the Blue Demons from creating any real scoring opportunities.
“I don’t believe there are two better center backs than Calvin (Clark) and Julien (Edwards),” Holmes said. “They battle, they fight and they can pass.”
No. 22 Michigan proved to be a tough challenge for the Bulldogs, ranked No. 21. In a battle of nationally ranked teams, the scoring didn’t begin until the second half when the Wolverines took the lead in the 48th minute.
While the scoring wasn’t consistent, the physicality was, as a combined 17 fouls were called and six players were booked with yellow cards.
In the 61st minute, the Bulldogs evened
the tally as Kennedy’s cross found Webb posted up in the center of the box, who then put the ball past the keeper top shelf.
Holmes highlighted Webb as a key component of the offense,
“I think Garrett (Webb) proved tonight why he is a legitimate Hermann Award candidate with three goals in two games, and he was an absolute handful,” Holmes said.
While Webb brought things back to even, Michigan bounced back late in the game. In the 87th minute, a shot from Chase Tennant beat Drake keeper Drozd, snatching the win for the Wolverines.
Shrout felt they outplayed the Wolverines.
“It goes to show that we can’t let teams hang around,” he said. “We had some good opportunities, but we need to put them away when we can. It was good to come back after not playing well against DePaul and play well against a good program like Michigan.”
The Bulldogs were not to be denied in their next game against Marquette, as they dominated the Golden Eagles in the first half, seven to three on shots and eight to one on corner kicks. However, the game went into halftime tied up at 0-0.
Matt Kuhn (B3) got the scoring started in the 61st minute as Drozd sent a long ball into the Marquette box. Kuhn then got a hold of and put into the upper left corner. It was Kuhn’s first goal of the season and the first assist of Drozd’s collegiate career.
After a penalty kick conversion in the 68th minute by Shrout, the Bulldogs enjoyed the 2-0 lead and went on to earn the win. The shutout gave Drozd his second of the season and seventh of his career.
MEN’S SOCCER
No. 21 Bulldogs continue to dominateDrake backs up its preseason ranking with wins against top-notch competition
by SKYLAR BERGLStaff Writer
After posting its highest win total in a decade last season, the Drake volleyball team will use that momentum this season.
For the first time since 1998, this year’s Bulldogs are looking to make it to the Missouri Valley Conference Championship. With no players lost from last year’s team, the Bulldogs want to be one of the six MVC teams playing in Omaha, Neb., over Thanksgiving weekend.
“With the experience we have and us being together for a full season, it is something we can do,” head coach Phil McDaniel said. “We took a big step last year and it is now a reasonable goal for us.”
So far, the Bulldogs have paced themselves to be one of the top six teams in the MVC, as they came out of the weekend with an 8-3 record.
“I am very happy with how the season has started,” Chelsea Lauersdorf (J4) said. “We should have won the game against S o u t h Dakota but it ended up being a very good game.”
T h e B u l l d o g s started their season by placing second to Butler in the Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational. Drake lost to Butler 3-0 in the first game of the tournament
“Butler is a very good team and they played incredible defense against us,” McDaniel said.
Drake went on to beat Kent State on Aug. 28 and also defeated Eastern Illinois and IPFW.
“Those three wins gave our team more confidence and they were good quality wins over quality teams,” McDaniel said.
Drake hosted the Hampton Inn Invitational at the Knapp Center last weekend and, as hosts, they were able to win the tournament.
The Bulldogs lost a five set heartbreaker to South Dakota 23-25, 25-26, 21-25, 25-15, 11-15.
“Against South Dakota, a couple of balls didn’t bounce our way and we did not execute our defensive game plan,” McDaniel said. “Our defensive focus shifted from that game to games two, three and four.”
Drake was able to overcome the loss as they went on to sweep Valparaiso, Texas
A&M, Corpus Christi and Cetenary.“I was happy with the way we played
in the last three matches and the things we learned from those matches are things we can carry over to our matches in Iowa City this weekend,” McDaniel said.
Four Bulldogs were named to the Hampton Inn Invitational All-Tournament Team. Alana Wittenburg (AS3) was named MVP after her career-high performance against South Dakota with 35 digs.
“She was solid defensively for us and she earned the MVP for us,” McDaniel said.
Lauersdorf was named to an all-tournament team for the second time this season. She had 48 assists against South Dakota.
“It is quite an honor,” Lauersdorf said. “I was not expecting it at all and it makes my job easier when the passers do a good job putting the ball where I need it and when the hitters put the ball down.”
Alisa DeBerg Roth (E3) and Michelle Reidy (B2) were also named to the all-tournament team. DeBerg, Roth and Reidy
finished the tournament with 35 kills each.
Saturday, the Bulldogs started off the Hawkeye Cha l l enge
with a win over Northern Colorado in five sets after losing the first two sets.
“We are two and one in five set games,” McDaniel said. “Our girls are tough minded and they stay focused even when they face adversity on the court.”
The match against the Iowa State Cyclones ended in a four-set loss, 25-18, 25-14, 26-28, 25-15.
“When we play teams like Iowa State we can’t afford to make too many mistakes,” McDaniel said. “We made too many mistakes in the first two sets and we gave them easy points.”
The Bulldogs came away with a 3-0 win against the Hawkeyes.
“It was a big game for us,” McDaniel said. “It is a huge in-state rivalry. We came out and played well and it is rewarding to see the hard work that the girls have put in pay off.”
The Bulldogs will play host to UMKC Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Knapp Center.
“The biggest thing is they can’t have a let down,” McDaniel said. “We have to treat every match like we treated the Iowa match. We have to come out and play with that passion and emotion every night.”
VOLLEYBALL
Experienced athletes lead Drake to an 8-3 start
by AJ HARRISONStaff Writer
photo by ALEX MASICA | Staff Photographer
THE DRAKE VOLLEYBALL TEAM huddles up during the Hampton Inn Invitational at home. The team started the season with big wins, including a victory over the Hawkeyes.
Drake returns entire lineup from last season and looks to improve record in MVC tournament
“We have to come out and play with that emotion every night.”
- PHIL MCDANIEL, volleyball head coach
photo by SARAH ANDREWS | Photo Editor
CHARLES SCHWARTZ (B2), seen here against DePaul, and the men’s soccer team are 3-2.
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The Drake football team’s defense and special teams caused six turnovers en route to a 34-6 thrashing against Marist Saturday. It was Marist’s first game as a member of the Pioneer Football League, and it will not be one for them to remember. It was the worst home loss for the Red Foxes since a 33-0 blow-out against Fordham on October 27, 2007.
“Everything we did today was fed off of our defense and special teams,” head coach Chris Creighton said. “We imposed our will and got turnovers. This was one of the first times our offense anteed up and did well once we were in the red zone.”
The Bulldogs suffered a slow start to the game, but after trailing 6-3 came back to score 31 unanswered points on the way to their second-straight victory. Drake scored on all six red zone opportunities.
The defense had its second-straight strong showing, following its opening game shutout. In addition to the six takeaways, the Bulldogs held Marist to just 38 rushing yards on 36 carries, allowing only 181 yards overall.
Tyler Moorehead (B2) forced two fumbles, both of which were recovered by Drake. Ben Morrison (E4) forced a fumble on just the second play of the game, which the Bulldogs turned into
a Brandon Wubs (B4) field goal. Nick Chenier (B2) and Cale Hunt (B4) also had interceptions. Drake recorded seven sacks on the day for a loss of 55 yards.
The offense did its part as well, turning the Red Fox turnovers into points. Drake established field position from the start and used it to their advantage. Tom Kostek (B3), Patrick Oliver (PP2) and Spencer Cady (B4) all rushed for touchdowns. Mike Piatkowski (B2) connected with Stephen Platek (B4) on a 10-yard touchdown pass, which gave the Bulldogs a total of four touchdowns on the day. Platek set a school non-scholarship record with 13 receptions for 112 yards.
“Stephen Platek had a really good game,” Creighton said. “He didn’t get to play last week. He put three games into one today. He is a warrior and perfect for our position.”
Piatkowski was efficient, going 22-33 for 184 yards through the air. Kostek led the team in rushing with 28 yards.
“I’m so proud to be coaching this team,” Creighton said. “This was our first road trip of the season against a team we respect while never having played them. But with all the unknowns and long travel, our kids had the right mindset and were locked in all week in preparing for Marist.”
Drake will take its undefeated record on the road again next week, when they make the trek to play South Dakota.
A suffocating defenseFOOTBALL
Bulldogs continue to shut down opponents with strong offensive and defensive play
by MATT MORANStaff Writer
FILE PHOTO
A GANG OF BULLDOGS, swarm an opposing punter in this file photo. The Bulldog defense has smothered its opponents in the first two games of the season after a 34-6 win over Marist to follow its opening game shutout.
Hungry for successWOMEN’S GOLF
The Drake women’s golf team tasted success last spring when it finished a program-best second place at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Now the team is hungry for more as they begin the fall season.
With every player returning from last year’s squad, head coach Scott Bohlender said he believes his team has the experience needed to contend with conference favorite, and defending MVC Tournament champion, Illinois State.
“With us not losing anybody, I can’t imagine we’re not right up there,” Bohlender said.
The Bulldogs’ competition for the MVC Championship will be fierce. Several teams will return strong this year, including Illinois State, Missouri State and Wichita State.
“I’d be surprised if four or five teams didn’t have a shot at winning conference,” Bohlender said.
A first place finish at the conference tournament this spring would give the Bulldogs a bid to play in the national championships.
With such high goals, the team has worked hard over the summer and in its early practices to fine-tune areas of its game that need improvement.
“Right now, our rounds are pretty manageable,” Bohlender said. “The best players in the country typically don’t hit it a whole lot better than our girls; they’ve just got the short game.”
Bohlender also said 75 to 80 percent of a team practice involves working on the short game.
Bohlender said he hopes the fine-tuning of the Bulldogs’ weaker areas in practices will pay off and that the momentum from the team’s spring campaign carries over into the fall.
“I would like to continue what we did last spring,” Bohlender said. “I’d like to finish in the top three or four of all our events.”
Defending MVC golfer of the year and five-time MVC golfer of the week
Olivia Lansing (AS4) will lead the charge in pursuing those goals this fall after taking the Minnesota Women’s State Amateur Golf Championship this summer. Lansing finished three strokes ahead of runner-up and Drake teammate Kelly Godwin (E4).
Lansing also qualified for the 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship over the summer for the second-straight year.
Lansing shares Bohlender’s expectations for the fall.
“I think that we’re going to have a great season,” Lansing said. “But we are also playing a much more competitive schedule this fall, so it’ll be fun to see how we stack up against some of the best teams in the country. We’re on the verge of being a great team.”
One of Lansing’s main goals for the year is to enjoy every moment of her senior season.
“I’ll be able to play golf for the rest of my life, but not with the incredible women that I am so proud to call my teammates,” Lansing said.
Lansing’s teammates have been busy competing during summer break, too.
After playing against Lansing in Minnesota, Godwin took home the Des Moines Women’s City Championship in August. Other members of the Drake women’s golf program claimed four more of the top seven spots in the tournament.
Michelle Mathwick (P3) tied for third with Drake golf assistant coach Leanne Smith. Kaitlyn Mauk (B3) took fifth and Chelsey Gannon (B4) claimed seventh place.
Amanda Vogt (B4) won the Peg Shoup Flight, the second flight behind the championship flight of the Des Moines city tournament.
Elena Vukmir (B4) also had an active summer. She competed in the Women’s Trans National Championship in Loudon, Tenn. Vukmir qualified 29th out of 108 golfers to advance to the 64-person match-style play. Vukmir was defeated in the second round by the tournament’s No. 3 seed Corinna Rees.
by TIM WEIDEMANStaff Writer
Bulldogs look to continue their success, leave a mark in the up-for-grabs MVC
New coach, high hopes
The Drake men’s tennis team is looking forward to a season full of fresh starts. With the loss of previous head coach Hodges, the team welcomes newcomer Coach James Borendame, along with three new freshmen – James McKie (AS1), Sergey Dulin (B1) and Ryan Drake (AS1).
The team will also be playing on newly renovated outdoor and indoor courts this year, changes that Coach Borendame thinks will make matches more fan-friendly.
Last year, the team finished with another Missouri Valley Conference championship, a tradition Coach Borendame is looking to continue.
“I expect to win the conference and put another MVC men’s tennis title up and continue to decorate my office with more MVC titles,” Borendame said.
He also added that he expects the team to gain recognition in national polls.
“This past year was the first year in the past five seasons the team did not finish the year in the national rankings,” Borendame said.
Not only did the Bulldogs lose their head coach, the team also lost MVC men’s tennis player-of-the-year Maor Zirkin (G ‘09). Zirkin won first team all-league honors in 2009, both in singles and doubles. He also broke the all-time victory record at Drake,
finishing his career with 228 wins. Zirkin will have a presence with the
team this season as he will join the team in an assistant coaching role.
“Not having Maor taking care of the number one singles spot will be tough to recover from this year,” Evan Enquist (AS3) said. “But, having him as an assistant coach is very valuable and his knowledge of the game will help make everyone on the team better players.”
Borendame is optimistic about the upcoming season. He returns four players from last year’s team – Guilherme Marsiglia (B4), Enquist, Mauricio Ballivian (B3) and Cesar Bracho (AS2).
“I have high hopes for all of them because I think any one of the guys can step up and have a great season,” Borendame said. “So far, everyone on the team has been professional and coachable.”
The team’s fall schedule is loaded with tough competition. The Bulldogs’ first home event is the Drake Invitational, hosted at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center Sept. 18-20.
“I am not sure how many people out there realize what a strong team we have, but I can’t tell you how much better my players perform when we have some wild and crazy fans in the seats,” Borendame said. “So, go out and support the Drake men’s tennis team at their first home matches and help them bring home another MVC title.”
Drake looks forward to challenging adjustmentsby TIM WEIDEMAN
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FILE PHOTO
GUILHERME MARSIGLIA (B4) follows through on his serve in this file photo. Marsiglia and a host of new faces must overcome losing the most prolific player in Drake history.
MEN’S TENNIS
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