October, 26, 2016

Domestic Violence

Katherine Bauer News Editor katherine.bauer@drake.edu @bauer_katherine

When people hear the words domestic violence, images of black eyes, beating and abuse may pop into their heads. Violence Intervention Partners (VIP) and other prevention services at Drake University are trying to change that image.

“Basically with domestic abuse, at the core, it’s abusers trying to gain the power and control over the other person,” said Stacey Granger, a domestic violence advocate with Children and Families of Iowa who supervises VIP. “That’s their main goal.”

Granger said that while domestic abuse or dating violence does include physical harm, it can also take on the forms of emotional and mental abuse. Manipulation, put downs, intense jealousy and isolation are all forms of domestic abuse.

These non-physical forms of domestic violence take shape in ways that demand control by the

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abuser in a relationship. A list of red flags is posted on the Office for Sexual Violence Response and Healthy Relationship Promotion website.

Instances of abuse include when someone:

Tries to isolate their partner from family and friends Controls where their significant other can go

• Blames their significant other for the treatment they receive

• Takes and withholds money from their significant other

• Threatens to kill themselves if their significant other leaves them

“What it means is one person believing that their needs are more important than their partner’s need or that their rights are always more important than their partner’s rights,” Drake’s Prevention Coordinator Tess Cody said.

For men and women who have experienced domestic violence, their understanding of love and trust can be greatly altered, according to Cody.

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ELECTION 2016

Young man’s death inspires Reggie’s Sleepout Presidential mock debate continues despite low attendance

Matthew Gogerty Sports Editor matthew.gogerty@drake.edu @matt_gogo

Reggie’s Sleepout began at 3 p.m. on Oct. 22 with people coming to claim their spots on the field and register for the “boxedin contest,” which is exactly what it sounds like: people building temporary shelters out of cardboard in a competition to see who can come up with the best design.

The boxed-in contest gives participants an idea of what it feels like to live in the type of structures and conditions that the homeless population experiences every night.

“It’s pretty neat to see the themes,” said Toby O’Berry, director of Iowa Homeless Youth Center. “We have groups that come back year after year: different churches, organizations, and clubs. They work on their theme for months. We’ve had unique ones where a group designed a tank and they were going to fight homelessness.”

At the event, there were boxedin structures built to represent a number of things, most notably the replica of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden and the Joppa Tiny Home-inspired minicamp set up by a number of Des Moines University students.

“Our box village was inspired by Joppa’s Tiny Home that they have suggested as a possible plan for Des Moines,” Julia Blue said, a second year medical student at Des Moines University. “Whether that happens here or not we just love the idea and we wanted to replicate it here.”

Youth and Shelter Services (YSS) has been a huge component in the fight against homeless youth since its official inception in 1976. Reggie’s Sleepout has grown to be one of the biggest outpours of community support the non-profit has found.

“We typically have around 1,000 people sleep out,” O’Berry said. “The average donation is about $50 per camp, so it’s really grassroots, friends asking friends, just small gifts, which means the community is really embracing the cause.”

In 2001, the young man named Reggie Kelsey aged out of the foster care system in Iowa and died three and a half months later while camping by the Des Moines River.

The response by Youth and Shelter Services was to implement an aftercare system that would give young men in Reggie’s age range a chance after they aged out of the system.

The sleep-out is the main source of funds for the programs that has been implemented in the light of Reggie’s story.

“We typically raise from anywhere between $100,000 to $140,000 from just this one event,” O’Berry said. “100 percent of that goes directly to supporting our youth, so it allows us to (do)

some of the work we do that maybe can’t be funded by a grant or isn’t funded by a grant.”

One such program, offered by YSS and Iowa Homeless Youth Centers, is their Transitional Living Program, which offers people ages 16-21 safe housing in order to focus on more pressing things like education and employment.

“People say, ‘Well, if they just went out and got a job…’ but it’s not that easy,” YSS Board Member Mary Oliver said. “It’s not a matter of making them comfortable being homeless, the goal is to get them out of homelessness.”

Mary Oliver has been present at all 11 sleep-outs and was involved in the planning meeting

for the very first sleep-out.

“The big issue is awareness,” Oliver said. “There are so many people who have no idea that we have homeless young adults in Iowa, they say, ‘No, that doesn’t happen here’ They become aware of the issue and some of the issues around how it is that kids become homeless, and how they get out of homelessness.”

At the time this article was written, Iowa Homeless Youth Center had reached over $90,000 of their $150,000 goal. Since the sleep-out began in 2005, over $1.4 million have been raised to battle youth homelessness in the Des Moines area and the state of Iowa.

Drake Rhone Contributing Writer drake.rhone@drake.edu @drakerhone

At 7 p.m. on Thursday, only four people had arrived to Meredith 106 to watch the presidents of Students for Trump and Students for Hillary debate policy issues and promote their respective candidates.

By the time the open question portion started at 8 p.m., late arrivals brought the number of audience members to 17 in time to ask Josh Hughes, of Students for Hillary, and Joe Weinrich, of Students for Trump, questions about their chosen candidate’s policy.

“We didn’t spend a lot of time marketing the debate,” Hughes said. “So I don’t think it’s incredibly predictive of what voter turnout among students is going to be like. I think it’s just a rough time for people. I was happy to do it, and I’m glad we did.”

Hughes said that he and Weinrich had agreed to the debate because they were “disgusted that at the national level there wasn’t a substantive discussion of policy.”

Hughes said that they agreed that there were too many young people who were turned off from politics by all the mud-slinging and name-calling and wanted to encourage a healthy discussion of actual policy issues.

The first part of the student debate featured questions from moderator Dennis Goldford, Drake’s political science department chair.

Among questions to clarify Clinton’s policy, Hughes answered inquiries into why there seems to be an enthusiasm gap between older citizens and college-aged, first-time voters.

“I grew up with Barack Obama as president,” Hughes said. “He’s been president for almost as long as I can remember.”

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PARTICIPANTS put together their temporary boxed structures to sleep out in Drake Stadium. People used card board boxes and rolls, tape, tarps and even egg cartons to build their shelter.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Week offers support to survivors

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“Your perpetrator is someone you’re supposed to know and love the most,” Cody said. “And they’re the one that’s hurting you. So I think in some ways, that can shift your understanding of who you are (and) how you are valued in the world.”

VIP hopes to show people the different faces of domestic violence through its events for Domestic Violence Awareness Week.

“I think often-times people don’t realize that it might be a problem,” VIP member Kevin Kane said. “They think ‘my significant other just has a temper.’ You can kind of justify it when it’s a college relationship or you’re younger. It’s important to get students to understand that it’s a broader issue, and it’s not necessarily something that’s as identifiable as other things.”

VIP has been hosting a different event each day this week.

A speak out against domestic violence was held last night at Mars Café where survivors of domestic violence could share their feelings and experience through poetry.

“What I would like to see is just a space where students can share their experiences and kind of have that camaraderie of recognition,” Kane said. “There are other people who feel this way and feel free enough to express themselves and talk about their issues in a way that’s conducive to healing.

I think it can be important for people to have their voices heard in that way and in that medium.”

An interactive art display is up today in the Olmsted Breezeway.

The week wraps up with a panel of experts discussing the issue of domestic violence in Olmsted 312 starting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Kane hopes these events can help students realize that domestic violence is more common than they may believe.

“I think domestic violence is

something we don’t necessarily think of as much on a college campus,” Kane said. “But it is a really prevalent issue. Especially in relationship around this time, teenage to early 20s, can be tough and can be tough to see what’s going on, to realize the red flags. It’s just to raise awareness, to say to survivors, ‘We stand with you.’” While one of the goals of this week is to help students recognize dating abuse, students do not have to read the red flags alone, Kane explained.

“(VIP is) trained in recognizing red flags in abusive relationships,” Kane said. “We’re trained in sexual assault counseling … We’re not just a number you call after something has happened.”

Seeing the red flags in an abusive relationship is just the first step to recovery, Granger said.

“It’s a tough thing to come forward about,” Granger said. “It’s definitely a personal thing. It’s a tough thin anyone’s going

through. I think when it comes to reporting, having there be either a case on campus or a criminal case through the police, that is a big decision to make.”

Granger said that confidential advocates are vital for students to process their experiences.

“When you’re first even realizing you’re in an abusive relationship, at that time, you’re not even necessarily thinking about the big picture,” Granger said. “You’re really just wanting to process the relationship.”

Recovery poses unique struggles for victims of domestic violence.

“It’s a lot of self-work,” Cody said. “A lot of a person’s understanding of who they are and they’re understanding of the world has been shaken. It’s a lot of figuring out what is healthy again.”

“I’ve had clients where they’ll say, ‘After I got out of my first abusive relationship, the next (relationship) I went into was

probably a very healthy one. But because they weren’t jealous all the time or because they didn’t want to know where I was all the time ... I didn’t think they loved me. So I broke up with them.’”

Domestic violence can be a very invisible situation a person goes through. Kane said that is why the events this week are so important.

“People might think these events or these weeks aren’t important because they don’t see it,” Kane said. “But you’re not going to see it. This issue really rocks survivors to the core, whether they show it or not.” VIP can be contacted at 515512-2972 to talk to a confidential advocate like Granger. A full list of confidential advocates can be found on the Drake Title IX page: drake.edu/titleix.

Public Safety: clown sightings not an issue on campus

seem to fear them the most.

In recent months, murderouslooking clowns have been spotted not only all over the nation, but internationally in the UK as well.

Slate Magazine reported that the sightings began in August in South Carolina when it was reported to local authorities that clowns had tried to bribe children into following them into the woods.

Since then, social media has spread videos and reports of homicidal clowns across America.

First-year student Annika Lewis is afraid of clowns. She has been since she was young.

“They creep me out,” Lewis said. “They are just overly

friendly.”

Clowns were not originally meant to be sources of fear; they were meant to entertain and amuse people. Parents would call and have clowns come to their children’s birthday parties. They performed in traveling circuses and made the crowd laugh as they did silly tricks like pulling a never-ending handkerchief out of their nose.

Circuses have now accepted that not all their attendants are fans of clowns.

“Some circuses have held workshops to help visitors get over their fear of clowns by letting them watch performers transform into their clown persona,” according to the Smithsonian online.

Children are the primary audience for clowns, and yet they

Patricia Doorbar, in an interview with BBC News, said, “Very few children like clowns. They are unfamiliar and come from a different era. They don’t look funny, they just look odd.”

People are unnerved whenever a clown is spotted. But the mayhem of the recent jester jitters is nothing new.

Slate online said that every few years terrifying clown encounters are reported. In fact, there is a website called ihateclowns.com that has been in place since 1996, specifically dedicated to creating a safe place for all clown-haters.

Social media has played a part in the clown chaos going on around the nation. There is a Twitter account @IowaClowns dedicated to spreading awareness of clown appearances in Iowa.

The Des Moines Register reported that police all across Iowa have received calls about clown sightings. The Register said the clowns have directly threatened schools and colleges, but no injuries have occurred.

Director of campus Public Safety, Scott Law, has had only one case called into Public Safety. But when authorities arrived on scene about four minutes after the call, they did not find anything out of the ordinary.

“I think that anyone who behaves in a manner that raises concerns for members of the community is a real problem,” Law said. “It is important however to remember that just because someone is in a clown costume does not immediately make them a threat.”

As Halloween approaches,

clown hysteria heightens. Lewis said she is a little more leery this upcoming Halloween because of the recent scare epidemic.

“If a clown came after me, I would cry and run and scream and probably lay in the fetal position,” Lewis said. “But as long as I’m in a group with my sorority sisters (on Halloween), I will feel safe.”

Law advised people to remain cautious this coming Oct. 31. But he wanted to remind students that just because someone is dressed in a scary costume on Halloween, it does not mean they are dangerous and should not be immediately reported because of their outfit. However, he said to report any suspicious or dangerous behavior to Drake Public Safety or use the Rave Guardian App.

Emily Larson Contributing Writer emily.larson@drake.edu @emj_larson

debate

“I feel like there are people who might not realize that there is a very real chance that we might elect both a Republican president and congress,” Hughes continued, “and don’t remember what that looked like under the Bush years. They just don’t understand what the stakes are.”

One question prompted Weingirch to explain why neoNazis, white supremacists and anti-Semites enthusiastically support Trump.

A glimpse into the prescription drug abuse epidemic

Lórien MacEnulty Staff Writer lorien.macenulty@drake.edu @lorienmacenulty

In the years of 2000-2014, the United States experienced an approximated 300 percent increase in the number of opioidrelated deaths, according to statistics revealed by the national Center for Disease Control.

The Iowa Department of Public Health announced that the Midwest alone experienced the most dramatic jump in heroinrelated fatalities, leaping from less than one to over four deaths per 100,000 people.

This increase has led pharmacists and government officials to agree that the United States is immersed in an opioid abuse epidemic.

“Of course, as opioid use grows, we need to be concerned on our campus,” said professor Renae Chesnut, the dean of Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

The term “opioid” describes drugs that chemically bind with neurological receptors in the body, reducing the amount of pain an individual may experience. The categorization extends to legal and illegal drugs, includig heroin, morphine, fentanyl, and oxycodone, among others.

“While there are several

people who are abusing this class of drugs, there are also many patients who legitimately need them for pain relief,” Chesnut said. “So, as we increase the regulations and access to these drugs, many of the patients who legitimately need them could be harmed.”

A National Health Institute study in 2012 said that 11.2 percent of Americans suffered from chronic pain. Many of these individuals receive long-term opioid treatment to counteract the immense pain.

Despite this, however, abuse of legally obtained opioids is on the rise. On average, 72-82.1 out of 100 patients in Iowa in 2012 were prescribed painkillers, according to the Intercontinental Marketing Services National Prescription Audit.

Various marketing techniques employed by the pharmaceutical industry and the high value placed on patient satisfaction contribute to the widespread abuse of legally obtained opioids.

According to a presentation assembled by Drake faculty, opioids “hijack the reward circuit” for survival type behaviors, including eating, drinking and sex. This partially motivates substance abuse because of enhanced release of dopamine, the hormone that makes people feel happy.

“As patients take the

medication, they can develop a tolerance and addiction, and therefore need more of the medication to have the same effect,” Chesnut said. “... there is a misperception that prescription drugs have to be safe otherwise they wouldn’t be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Because of that notion, people often erroneously think that it doesn’t really matter what they take or how many.”

This is not the only motivation for individuals to disregard a doctor’s prescribed dosage. Chesnut described a particularly dangerous recreational trend known as pill or pharmaceutical parties, dubbed “pharm parties,” for short.

“Kids bring ‘pills’ that they have taken from their parents, grandparents or someone else’s medicine cabinets, dump them in a big bowl and then take pills to see if there is an effect,” Chesnut said.

The illegal possession of heroin has become an increasingly potent problem, as well. In 2015, 6,722 kilograms of heroin were seized by officials in the United States, compared to 2,763 kilograms in 2010, according to the National Seizure System.

Heroin-related mortality rates are strongly correlated with increased distribution of the drug in American communities. While all demographics have increased

in illegal use of heroin, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2013 concluded that non-Hispanic white males aged 18-25 are most at risk of death by heroin overdose.

Increased awareness of this issue on college campuses may counteract the consequences, Chesnut said.

“Everyone can be at risk. However we are concerned for adolescent usage of prescriptions,” Chesnut said.

“Sometimes college students have injuries and are prescribed a pain pill (opioid) either then or after a surgery that they might have, which can lead to an addiction.”

Chesnut advised students to be responsible with their prescribed medication, taking opioids only when necessary and with doctorapproved dosages.

“Never take medications that were prescribed for someone else,” Chesnut said. “If you are aware that someone is experimenting or trying an opioid or heroin, report it. You may save their life.”

Access to Medication Assisted

Treatment has been expanded to provide individuals with drug rehabilitation programs.

For more information, visit uconline.org or call (515) 280-3860 if you are in need of rehabilitative aid.

“I think a lot of people bring their baggage of their racism and their hatred and apply it to policies that are not built out of hatred,” Weinrich said. “The biggest example, I think, is the wall. That is to keep out illegal immigrants who have come into this country. There are also drugs coming in. A lot of people who have these racist mindsets latch onto these ideas for their own reasons.”

Weinrich also had to respond to the tapes leaked of Trump talking about grabbing and kissing women.

“I think (comments are) mainly misconceptions and peer pressure,” Weinrich said. “A lot of people have painted them as sexual assault. It’s not. It’s him bragging about being a billionaire and how he can be with any woman. It’s part of his personality.”

Like moderator Chris Wallace in the third presidential debate before him, Goldford ended the event with a chance for both speakers to provide a one minute closing argument on why students should support their candidate.

“I support Donald J. Trump because he puts the American people above everyone else,” Weinrich said. “He does not have a motive for corruption. He does not have any personal gain from the presidency. He is for the American people. Donald Trump will make America great again.”

Hughes started his closing argument with thanking all those who attended for doing so.

“I am supporting and voting for Hillary Clinton because there has never been a candidate who is more qualified,” Hughes said. “Hillary Clinton believes that we need an economy that works for everyone, not just those in power, and that the rich should pay their fair share.”

Occupational therapy program aims to offer real-world experiences

Molly Adamson

Contributing Writer molly.adamson@drake.edu

@somecallmemally

Occupational therapy is a type of therapy for those recuperating from physical or mental illnesses that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities that are required in daily life.

“Occupational therapists have the unique opportunity to apply their scientific knowledge to reallife activities,” said Bre Walton, one of the students enrolled in Drake University’s new occupational therapy graduate program. “This means that, in my chosen field of pediatrics, I will be able to incorporate therapeutic activities with play. This is what truly attracted me to occupational therapy: the chance to work with children in a medical setting which might not completely

terrify them.”

Drake’s graduate program is nine semesters long. According to the occupational therapy curriculum outline on Drake’s website, the program allows students to do fieldwork with a professional mentor.

The program strives to teach students how to take care of others.

“Part of our concern is that in Iowa there are more than 12 counties that have neither an occupational therapist who lives there nor works there,” said Ann Burkhardt, the program’s director. “Iowa is very underserved in terms of occupational therapy. So we hope that most of our students from the area, will stay in the area, and want to give back to the community.”

Before being accepted into the program, students must receive their bachelor’s degree in pre-OT. This degree allows them to learn the beginnings of the field

they want to go into, while the doctorate goes into more depth and allows them to participate in field work. Some students, like Walton, transfer to Drake to pursue their graduate degree.

“I think it’s really hard for students to be in school for nine semesters straight,” professor Jayna Fischbach said. “It’s hard, because it’s a doctorate program. A lot of our students this past summer came straight from undergraduate, so their friends are out enjoying life after their senior year, and our students are nose to the grindstone, studying really hard. That’s why we’ve tried to develop as many community experiences into what we’re doing, to kind of be that reminder that ‘Yes, you’re learning all of this stuff and sometimes life is really hard, but remember this is the end goal,’ to be able to help people.”

Students appear to enjoy it.

“I love the connections that

I have made, with both my classmates and the faculty,” Walton said. “My professors and fellow OT students have already become a part of my family. Since this is Drake University’s first year offering an occupational therapy program, we have bonded over the victories and hardships associated with it.”

Some students have expressed frustration because they came to Drake under the belief that they would be accepted into the program after two years of schooling. Fischbach explained that although that was the original plan, that is no longer the case.

Unlike the Drake Pharmacy Program where students are accepted after two years, occupational therapy students will need to complete their undergraduate degree before they can be accepted into the program.

Fischbach understands the frustration some students may have because of this

misunderstanding, but she did point out that they would not need to take the GRE, the test students take to get into graduate school.

The program’s goal is to teach students a way to help other people through occupational therapy.

“For campus as a whole, one of our goals is to focus on things like accessibility, acceptance and understanding of diversity in a way that diversity isn’t always talked about,” Fischbach said. “We talk a lot about differences in people’s gender identities or differences in people’s races, but we don’t talk about people’s different ability levels and what that looks like for inclusion.” The OT program may be vigorous, but in the end, students are getting the chance to help others.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS result in more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Developing a tolerance to these drugs is a factor that can lead to the abuse of prescription drugs and use of illegal ones.

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Morgan Garner Democrat Columnist morgan.garner@drake.edu

Arguably, America is “big government.”

This fact makes many Americans uncomfortable. Yet, all of America enjoys the benefits of a big government—a government that is in every aspect of our lives—that dictates the standards and regulations of our food, communication, transportation,

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The government also plays a key role in protecting the stability of the market in the best interest of most people. The government prevents the formation of monopolies and aggregation market power.

In many industries, such as transportation and communication, the government prevents mergers or acquisitions that would negatively interfere with industry competition or installs price caps or yardstick competition.

If the government did not do this, market failure would occur, as it did when the top 10 big banks that controlled 50 percent of the market failed with the market crash of 2008.

While media organizations are extremely large and have experienced a large amount of consolidation since the 1980s, the government prevented the consolidation of AT&T and T-Mobile in 2011 because it would have significantly lessened competition and violated

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It seems like the government is everywhere nowadays. It is on our televisions, it is in our health care and it helps pay for people’s way of living. The government basically dictates our lives each and every day. This is not how it should be.

The government has three roles: to defend the Constitution, to

to do, people would not have been allowed a fair trial.

Again, this would be a slippery slope. If we start limiting the rights of suspected, not even confirmed, terrorists what is stopping the government from limiting the rights of citizens it disagrees with? The answer is nothing.

The second most important role of government is to protect its citizens.

This is why I do not support cutting the military budget. We have plenty of enemies who are trying to bring down our country.

The biggest threat to our country right now is radical Islamic terrorism. Sadly, I think the current administration does not think this and is putting our country in danger.

The last role of government is to respond to the will of the people.

Many of our elected officials sadly do not do this. They think they are elected to represent themselves and their families, but

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Gazali’s gyros are ungodly good, according to one writer

I don’t know much about how to cook food.

And I certainly don’t know how to cook a gyro as good as the ones at Gazali’s, the most authentic Greek restaurant you’ll probably ever eat at.

But if I had to take a guess, I would think their gyro recipe looks something like this: Start with a big slab of lamb, raised by Artemis herself, raised in the clouds and fed nothing but wine that Dionysus squeezed with his beautiful, bare, Greek hands.

Pass that glorious hunk of lamb over to Hephaestus, and let him cook it however long he feels like it. He’s the God of Fire, he

probably knows what he’s doing. Now that you’ve got the lamb, we need the Tzatziki sauce, which is definitely the best I’ve ever had.

I’m assuming that Zeus had something to do with that, because there really is no one else who could possibly make anything that good.

I’d just like to think that it’s Zeus’s secret recipe, and I won’t try and beat it out of him, I’ll just bask in its glory.

“What’s a gyro without the veggies, baby?” – Demeter (probably). Demeter got a taste of the lamb fresh off the fire and thought she could contribute something to this gorgeous dish.

She snapped her graceful goddess fingers and popped some cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce out of the ground, diced them up, and threw them on top. It can’t get any fresher than that.

Serve with a glass of Poseidon’s smoothest water, because as far as cooking goes, he isn’t really good for anything, but he started getting upset about not being involved in anything—Poseidon gets a little moody sometimes.

I can’t say for certain how accurate my recipe is, and your results using my recipe might vary from the exalted sandwich itself, so you might as well just get one from Gazali’s. It’ll save you a trip

to Mount Olympus.

So, there you have it. A Greek meal fit for a king. Or a god. Or a goddess.

If you ever need to take a date out to dinner somewhere a couple of steps from campus, whether they look like Aphrodite or Hades, they’ll most likely fall in love with you if you take them to Gazali’s.

American Football’s comeback record doesn’t compare to first

simple, poignant statements on love and life (“You can’t miss what you forget”; “How should I say goodbye? With a handshake, or an embrace, or a kiss on the cheek?”).

It’s a classic, landmark emo album, and deserves every ounce of its cult classic status.

It’s been 17 years since that release, and now American Football have given us a comeback record—self-titled just like the first.

The difference, now, is that we have perspective on Kinsella’s career: stints in post-hardcore bands Cap’n Jazz and Joan of Arc plus a prolific solo career as Owen.

while still math-oriented and oddly timed, aren’t nearly as challenging. And Kinsella’s vocals have nowhere near the amount of passion that they had back in 1999. Where the band’s debut had teenage angst, this new record

substitutes mid-life pining and existential dread. On lead single “I’ve Been So Lost For So Long,” Kinsella imagines a routine checkup going off the deep end: “I feel so sick / Doctor, it hurts when I exist … I can’t believe my life is happening

to me.”

Later, on “Give Me The Gun,” it seems as if Kinsella is admonishing himself: “I don’t care if it’s not loaded / But I’m scared for us both.”

Love is the most common theme in popular music, but it’s rarely framed in a way that involves two people who have been married for years. “Oh, how I wish that I were me / The man that you first met and married.” He realizes that he’s changed, and he hates it.

When I initially heard American Football’s first record, I thought I was listening to the best album ever recorded.

The self-titled debut, released in 1999, was edgy and mature, like most emo acts at the time, but was also unfathomably pretty.

Clean guitar arpeggios fell over each other. Intricate drum patterns kept me engaged. A solo trumpet lead, like on “The Summer Ends,” colored what could have been an oppressively gray piece of music.

Plus, lead singer Mike Kinsella—who was just a senior in college at the time—displayed wisdom beyond his years with

We just got an Owen record this summer, and that act could be seen as a much more strippeddown version of what American Football is trying to do.

And that’s a good thing, because aside from cultish acts like The World Is A Beautiful Place and Pinegrove, emo seems to have lost its earnestness. There has never been anything remotely pretentious about American Football’s music, and that continues on this record.

The music is still lush, almost more so than on the band’s debut. The guitars are as twinkly and relaxed as ever, even more so this time around. The drums,

Unfortunately, the lyrics on this album are nowhere near as potent or poetic as the first. And because the music doesn’t experiment and rarely challenges the listener, it’s easy to let it wash over you without paying attention to Kinsella’s pleas.

It’s said that in pretty much any field, the youngsters act with force, brute strength and passion while the veterans use finesse and skill. That doesn’t work in emo, where the rule of thumb is that the more passionate the music, the better.

Comeback records rarely meet expectations, but this one stings a little bit harder, because now we know that American Football’s first great record will probably also be their last.

An editor’s experience at long-awaited Chicago Cubs playoff game

Over fall break, my parents surprised me with a ticket to Game 2 of the NLCS, which is a bunch of fancy baseball lingo meaning I was going to watch the Cubs play the Dodgers in postseason baseball at Wrigley Field.

Earlier in October my mom had posted on Facebook, “Sure wish I could take the family to a Cubs playoff game, but holy cow it is cost prohibitive!” To which I replied, I would walk home (from Drake) if they bought the family Cubs tickets.

And I would. I am one of those die-hard fans. And after years of misery, my dreams are coming

true before my eyes. Luckily, I got a ride home.

On Friday afternoon, my dad told me that one of his work friends was stopping by to drop something off. I didn’t ask many questions, but I was wondering why someone would drop documents off at a house when they could fax them or leave them at the office.

I was playing a game with my mom and sister when my dad walked back inside and dropped two pieces of paper in front of me with a giant Cubs logo and the words “NLCS Game 2” underneath.

The first thing I said was, “How did you get these?” which is probably not the reaction they were expecting. I was practically speechless; all I could think to say was thank you, over and over and over.

The game was on Sunday, Oct. 16 and the first game of the championship series was being played the night before.

On Saturday night, my family and our neighbors sat in my backyard around our fire pit and watched the game through my living room windows. They won the game 8-4 with an epic grand slam in the 9th inning after the Dodgers intentionally walked two people to load the bases. The Cubs were leading the series 1-0 going into the second game. That was such a relief because they were facing the Dodger’s best pitcher, Clayton Kershaw. Dun Dun Dun.

Despite the 1-0 loss, the Cubs’ subpar defense and terrible hitting against Kershaw, the game held a whirlwind of emotion.

Since I am under 21 and was unable to sneak past the unbearable amounts of security with my mom, we couldn’t get into any of the bars in Wrigleyville.

We decided to enter the ballpark an hour and a half before the 7:08 start to catch some of the batting practice. My mom and I pushed through the crowd until I was right up against the wall, my body inches from the dirt on the field.

It was rumored that the Cubs players were going to walk past us on their way to their dugout and I was thinking about how incredibly jealous my sister would be if I got a selfie with Cubs allstar Kris Bryant. That didn’t happen though, which was a bit of a let down.

While I was standing front row watching the Dodgers take batting practice, a cameraman and reporter walked over by us and asked who the biggest Cubs fan was, which of course I shouted ‘me’ but wasn’t picked.

I stood literally two people away from the guy being interviewed with envy, but absorbing every question the reporter asked, thinking to myself that one day that would be my job and I’d interview the girl in the cool Cubs dress.

In the Dodgers second inning of play, Hendricks’ gave up a homer to make it 1-0.

That was one of the five hits in the game, and unimpressively, the game-winning run. Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks didn’t pitch great (which he did in Game 6. He was so impressive), but what was really lacking was the Cubs offense against Kershaw.

They managed to string together two hits and a walk or two, but the game itself lulled with strike out after strikeout. Halfway through the game my mom said it was no wonder my dad’s work friend was willing to sell his game 2 tickets, because Kershaw was starting.

I am a little upset that the Cubs were so unimpressive against Kershaw in game 2 and then they came out against him in game 6 and put 2 runs on him in the bottom of the first.

But it wasn’t about the score of the game for me. It was the atmosphere that Wrigley had — the fact that not one of the fans stopped cheering at every strikeout Hendricks had, or every foul ball of a Cub bat or any catch that an outfielder made.

I was standing for 6 out of 9 innings, pumped up with adrenaline with the expectation that anything could happen at any moment.

When the Cubs won the National League pennant on Oct. 22, many of the players — Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and David Ross — said that this win was for the fans and they could not have done it without them. It was being a part of the buzz that made the game memorable, not so much the result.

The Cubs are going to the World Series and the Cubs are going to win the World Series. I am confident in saying that I saw the worst offensive game they are going to play in the playoffs. It will only be up from here.

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Limited campus parking creates parking fines

lots and four commuter and overnight communal lots.

However, there are no less than 19 commuter lots. And if you check the parking map, six of the overnight lots are tiny. Like, super tiny.

I’m not one to complain about minor inconveniences. But this is no minor inconvenience. I live in Jewett hall which has a parking lot of 35 spaces.

to park there just for a place to put my car. And I’ve gotten two tickets from that.

Yes, that’s my own fault. However, that’s not it. After admitting defeat in telecommunications, I decided to go to the FAC lot, or Lot 1 on our handy dandy map. It’s listed as both a commuter and overnight lot on our map.

behind their building and refusing to move my car.

Now, let’s reminisce about last year during Drake Relays. The lot I parked in, Lot 18N, was closed off for the whole week, meaning we had to fend for ourselves. I parked in the Olmsted lot overnight, which led to a ticket, then moved to the Jethro’s parking lot and walked to my dorm.

I get it, the marathon has a route and they need to stick to the route. But when the lot closed, where was I supposed to go park?

That’s when I went to the FAC lot and got a ticket, which I am multitudes of bitter about.

Jewett isn’t a large building and I understand that we don’t have a hundred spaces for us.

Natalie Larimer Contributing Writer natalie.larimer@drake.edu @larimerslogic

Okay, let’s get something straight. I’m a poor college student who is astounded by the price of not only our tuition but our various fees such as purchasing a parking pass for $250.

Now, with this parking pass, I’m granted access to 10 overnight

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One is for the Residence Hall Director, one is for service vehicles, three are handicap, and two are for telecommunications. And about 99.9 percent of the time, it’s all full (except for the reserved spots).

Now, I know what you’re thinking. What is telecommunications and why do they need two spots? Well, they’re Internet people, or IT if you will, but I have never once seen anybody parked in those spots.

Occasionally, when the rest of the spots are full, I have ventured

However, I was ticketed for parking there overnight. This quote is taken from the Drake University Public Safety web page: “Residential permits are allowed in lots one and four between 6 a.m. and 2 a.m.” sssssss

Well, after this I was stupid enough to just pay it, but I should have challenged it at Public Safety.

Ever since, I’ve been having to resort to my old parking lot from when I lived in Herriott, which is a good 10-minute walk from my dorm now.

I’ve honestly considered just parking in the Public Safety lot

MILLENNIALS

questions was the only time I saw it necessary to speak up.

My way of thinking is that one can learn more from absorbing information, rather than showing off what they know.

Ivy Beckenholdt Contributing Writer ivy.beckenholdt@drake.edu

From my point of view, many think that when others do not speak they don’t have anything of value to say.

People may look at being an introvert as a weakness, but for me, I see it as power. Having the power not to insert my opinion and to listen to others instead makes me learn more.

A gift that comes along with being introverted seems to be the ability to judge others.

When people have a lot to say, it does not just go over the other’s head. When I converse with extroverts it is much easier to judge what kind of person they are.

They may not be paying attention to the small things that they say that can be politically or socially incorrect; however, that helps the introvert understand who the other person truly is.

The frustrating part about being an introvert is when people misjudge you, and it is out of character to attempt to confront them.

In high school, during class I did not speak up much to answer questions. I mainly spoke when I needed to ask one. I didn’t want to be in an uncomfortable situation, such as speaking in class more than I had to, and asking

The way I chose to speak resulted in someone saying I was stupid and then talking down to me. This may all seem very “high school” but it happens everywhere. Now at work I don’t speak up much—really only to ask questions. This has resulted in being talked down to again.

I feel that some see admitting that you do not know everything is a weakness, and so they choose to misjudge those who do.

Being an introvert, it is difficult for me to speak up when people think a certain way about me that may be disrespectful.

This is where some truths about introverts come into play. Some may see introverts as people who are not comfortable in social situations.

At least for me, this can be true. Depending on the situation, I am sometimes nervous talking to a new person or being with big groups of people.

When others judge me, I could confront them, but I am not comfortable speaking to people about those types of things. Not confronting people about what they say to you may not be the worst thing in the world.

I just remember that it simply makes them look bad that they could not pay attention to their surroundings more. Along with this comes the part of saying what needs to be said.

What is important for introverts to remember is this: speak up when it matters.

I am trying to learn to do this as well. It may be okay to not confront someone over a trivial thing, but when that person says things that can be taken as offensive to others, speak your mind.

If you guys weren’t at Drake or don’t remember Relays last year, it was freezing. So not only was I kicked out of my parking lot with no alternatives opened up, I halffroze on my way to my dorm from the restaurant parking lot that I luckily found a spot at.

Plus, I’m sure Jethro’s wasn’t very appreciative of me taking up one of their spots.

Fast-forward to this year: the Jewett lot was closed for a day and blocked off by the Des Moines Marathon for the morning of Oct. 16.

But look at GK’s lot. They’ve got two tiny ones right off the building that are 100 percent of the time filled to the brim, and then they have the one outside of West Village. But according to my friends in GK, there’s almost never a spot there.

So, Public Safety (and all other officials at Drake University who have any sort of jurisdiction over any of the campus and/or parking), riddle me this.

Where are we supposed to park? Why am I getting ticketed for parking in an overnight lot? Will you reimburse me for the $25 ticket I paid for?

Millennials are constantly criticized by previous generations

in every poll regarding high way to success and life privileges, the gen-y seemingly needs to do even more. After all we did grow up with more and should realize the capacity we have to exploit these.

Let’s pause for a while.

It’s unfair to lump every baby boomer and every gen-y/ millennial into the same basket and address an issue as if each were unanimously agreeing.

Chamindi Wijesinghe Business Manager wachamindiwijesinghe@drake.edu

Millennials. A term coined by William Strauss and Neil Howe in 1987 to describe those born between 1987 and 2000.

The implications of the term have come a long way and today millennials are increasingly growing restless about the label used to define them.

In fact, a poll by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 66 percent of millennials do not identify as such. Resistance to labels is innate in human beings and yet my generation’s complaints sound louder than most.

Millennials have been criticized heavily for their mistakes and their accomplishments go ignored.

Most of us hate it because trailing not far behind the term, are the dreaded words that make millennials’ ears bleed: cocky, entitled, lazy and any variation of these terms.

It is true that this generation is America’s most educated to date, the first to have access to the internet in its formative years, considered the engine of the economy and single-handedly the most diverse group.

In light of all the privileges that millennials have in contrast to the baby boomers, who lag behind

A recurring theme, however, is that the pressure upon millennials, typically by the boomers, to live up to unrealistic expectations is taking a toll.

Most of the things wrong with society are convincingly placed upon a millennial’s shoulder and the stereotypical view of millennials is far more negative than positive.

Millennials even undervalue themselves.

We have rearranged rules, become more open-minded, involved, inclusive, tolerant, respectful, taken technology far beyond expectations, established economic success in a time of recession and continue to do so.

An article by The Guardian highlights how millennials “stand out in their willingness to ascribe negative stereotypes to their own generation […] while the Silent Generation [and Baby Boomers] overwhelmingly described themselves as hard-working, responsible and patriotic.”

We fail to see the gigantic wave of human advancement that millennials have provoked – the White House has a whole

economic document about us (this is certainly not to undermine what the baby boomers have done).

We have rearranged rules, become more open-minded, involved, inclusive, tolerant, respectful, taken technology far beyond expectations, established economic success in a time of recession and continue to do so.

Yes, there are a few bad apples but it is unfair when all of us are drilled for the mistakes of a few in the generation. We are bringing about a shift in the world and some might not be the best – but to all the boomers and silent generation – most of us are doing our best given our circumstances, just like you did.

There is a narrative that comes with every generation and each has their own demons to battle and victories to celebrate.

We might have a high selfesteem, a sense of entitlement and we might have grown up in a relatively less atrocious era but that doesn’t warrant the scrutiny that millenials have been under.

What’s important is that the animosity between baby boomers and millennials does not telescope into one between millennials and generation Z.

If we hate the stereotypes associated to our generation, we should not go out of our way to reciprocate this.

Just as the boomers’ era ended and the millennial era began with more privileges, generation Z has now come to be with even more privileges.

Each generation feeds and teaches into the next and the important thing to remember is that we stop before our opinion become obtrusive. What we do for the world as a whole, together, is what’s important.

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DRAKE ARCHIVES

Drake Super Fan Paul Morrison celebrated by football display

Molly Adamson Contributing Writer molly.adamson@drake.edu

Paul Morrison still spends a lot of his time at Drake even though he graduated back in 1939. He’s attended more than 700 Drake Football games and is now often found in the Bell Center helping out the athletic department.

To celebrate Morrison and his upcoming 100th birthday, Drake Athletics and the library partnered to create an exhibit honoring him and the history of football at Drake University.

The exhibit is located in the Collier Heritage Room on the second floor of the library.

This idea took shape because Drake Athletics had been storing artifacts in Drake’s fieldhouse. The fieldhouse is not a climate controlled room though, so there was concern about the artifacts being damaged.

Thus the athletic department had a meeting last March to discuss what should be done.

Soon after, the library contacted them about a possible exhibit.

The timing couldn’t have been more perfect according to Dave Haskin, Drake’s associate athletic director for external affairs.

“I’m a former college athlete myself, so I was very interested in seeing what material they had and if they’d be interested in bringing it over to the library,” said Hope Grebner, the political papers archivist at Cowles Library.

Morrison has played an important role at Drake, and he feels honored to be acknowledged in this way.

“It’s a real honor, there’s no question about that,” Morrison said. “It’s good to have it so that other generations can know about our history.”

Each month, Drake University Archives and Special Collections plans on placing something

different from Drake’s history in the exhibit. In September, it was an old football helmet.

“One reason we had this made up was: one to preserve our history, and two to tell our story,” Haskin said. “We want to honor Paul and properly make sure that history is placed in a place where the public can have access to it.”

This school year has been branded as the “Year of the Fan” by Drake Athletics in honor of Morrison’s 100th birthday,

coming up this summer.

Student-athletes are handdelivering season passes to fans. Fans are also being invited to watch the athletes practice. Haskin says there will be more exciting opportunities to come.

“It’s a way to give back and say thank you to Paul and anyone else who supports not just Drake, but the community,” Haskin said. “It all goes back to Paul’s principles and his character. It’s been a unique way to say thank you and

show gratitude to Paul and all that he’s done here at Drake.”

Football is just the beginning for this exhibit though. As the year goes on, more sports will be featured, including some that are no longer on campus such as baseball and wrestling.

The potential goes beyond sports though. Haskin discussed the opportunities other programs, such as the School of Education or the Law School, could have with the library.

“Maybe this will open up other doors for others on campus who have similar interests,” Haskin said. “But athletics is a good way to show how valuable the staff over at the library is.”

As for Morrison, he’s just happy to be supporting the college he loves. “I have no hobbies and no vices,” Morrison said. “All I have is Drake University.”

Student tours allow for personal stories

Molly Adamson Contributing Writer molly.adamson@drake.edu @somecallmemally

Part of the college decision process often involves taking a tour of the campus, and here at Drake University it is no different.

Student-led tours allow for those interested in attending Drake to see campus from a student’s perspective. For Drake, the students who volunteer for the Admission Cole-ition give that perspective.

Admission Cole-ition is a volunteer program that lets students share Drake and their Drake experience with prospective students on their own time.

Senior Zach Blevins helps organize the program.

To be a part of the ogranization, students must attend a meeting going over rules and then shadow a tour.

“I like simply getting to share my story at Drake with the prospective students,” Blevins said.

Blevins posts a monthly newsletter for the volunteers so volunteers will know what dates and times they are assigned to give tours. After giving the tour, the guides revieve a letter with feedback from parents and students regarding their tours.

Courtney Smith, a junior marketing major with a psychology minor, has been a part of the Coalition for three years.

“You have to have a passion for Drake,” Smith said. “You have to fit the tour towards their interests, whether that be art, math or journalism.”

Of course, there are aspects of college life that are hard to talk about in a tour where parents are present.

Cole-ition volunteer, Natalie Calandro, a junior rhetoric major with a psychology minor, understands this part of the job.

“It’s hard when people ask difficult questions about things like drugs or alcohol, because you don’t want to lie and say that doesn’t happen, but you also can’t say ‘Oh, everyone does drugs,’ which of course isn’t true,” Calandro said. “It’s hard, because you want to be honest but the parents don’t want to hear that.”

Smith admitted that it can be hard to always keep the positive attitude that is required of the tour guides.

“You still have to show them that it’s the best place, even it if it’s not your best day,” Smith said.

Besides the difficulties, students enjoy getting to show off their campus and share their stories with prospective students.

“It’s the prospective students’ first introduction to Drake,” Calandro said. “It’s really cool to be the first person they meet on campus. I know they meet with faculty, but it’s different when it’s someone close to their age. I like to see everyone’s eyes light up when I walk into the library, or into a building like FAC if they’re interested in art. I like getting to see them see themselves in those places.”

As the student in charge of the program, Blevins has a lot of passion the organization and Drake.

“Drake is such a phenomenal school that we don’t really have to sell it, we just have to show them what it is,” Blevins said.

THE COLLIER HERITAGE ROOM celebrates Drake Athletics with artifacts that will be on display until December. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER |STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Learning the lessons of locked doors

fee.

Students living on campus may be all too familiar with the disheartening feeling of locking themselves out of their dorm rooms and the associated $5 fee charged to their student accounts to be let back in.

The reason behind this money, however, may not be common knowledge.

Director of Drake Residence

Life Lorissa Lieurance has the answers.

“This charge reinforces with residents that it is their responsibility to maintain their keys with them at all times,” Lieurance said. “It encourages residents to build a life skill of responsibility for their own keys both here and beyond Drake.”

The “key-ins” vary in magnitude each semester. Last academic year, approximately 985 lock outs incited RA assistance and assessment of the fee. Nearly 1,000 locked doors garnered about $4,925.

“The $5 key-in charge is returned to the University’s general operating budget to benefit all students,” Lieurance said.

It is unclear how long this policy has been implemented at

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Drake. However, it is practiced policy at several universities. The University of Michigan, for example, charges $35.00 per key-in after the third incident according to its residence website, making Drake’s own fee modest in comparison.

“Staff seem to appreciate that the fee is a deterrent for residents to simply rely on staff to open their door for them,” Lieurance said. “Staff have their own study and work schedules unexpectedly altered when assisting residents who locked themselves out.”

Bridget Fahey, an assistant residence hall coordinator in Crawford Hall, has personally keyed in about 5-10 people this year.

“It’s not my favorite part of the position,” Fahey said. “When I was in Ross, every once in a while I would be leaving for class and someone would be standing outside the door like, ‘Hey, Bridget.’ I would end up being late to class because I would have to stop and key them in.”

Sometimes Resident Assistants (RAs) are woken up in the middle of the night to administer a key-in. This has happened twice to Fahey.

“It doesn’t happen super often, but when it does it’s frustrating,” Fahey said.

Students may be even less enthusiastic about the $5 key-in

“I do not appreciate it especially because I’m in a single dorm, and the $5 is just kind of annoying,” first-year Kristen Thompson said. “Since I have a single dorm, the people with doubles have their roommate, so it’s like we get charged $5 just for being alone. I’ve been locked out five times, I think.”

Certain circumstances will prompt RAs to waive the fee. Fire and tornado drills prioritize the student’s swift and safe evacuation of the premises, so residents are not expected to spend time fumbling around for their keys.

A grace period at the beginning of the year is occasionally extended to allow students time to settle in.

“For the most part, it’s pretty much universally accepted as a positive influence,” said Fahey. “Nobody likes to pay $5, but for the most part the residents realize it’s their fault they did not bring their key with them.”

In this way, Drake encourages its students to be mindful and responsible.

“If an individual is living in an apartment or house off campus and required a locksmith or landlord to come and open their door, a charge would be assessed,” Lieurance said. “This is a life skill.”

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Playwright dreams provide opportunities for learning

Haley Hodges Staff Writer haley.hodges@drake.edu

Drake University calls to many students, especially from the Midwest, as a small, private school with many well-acclaimed programs.

Ryan Hultman came to Drake from Northbrook, Illinois, to study entrepreneurial management and creative writing.

“I kept comparing all the other schools I was looking at to Drake just because Drake, I felt like, was the best fit for me,” Hultman said. “So I was like, ‘Well, if I can have the best, I’m going to go have the best.”

Hultman has had experience as an entrepreneur and hopes to use his majors after graduation to become a young adult novelist and playwright.

“What got me interested was, when I was younger, I owned two of my own businesses so I thought majoring in (entrepreneurial management) was very fitting,” Hultman said. “I still believe that nowadays, employers are looking more for those self-starters. It may not be directly entrepreneurial management majors, but I think there are more people interested in entrepreneurial endeavors and going off on their own … Running your own business I kind of feel is like breaking the status quo a little bit because it’s breaking off on your own and doing what you can do with what you’ve got.”

So far, Hultman said his attitude has gotten him into an independent study adapting a play from a short story, studying abroad last semester, and, prior to Drake, as an extra in the movie “Divergent.”

Hultman said that being an extra in a movie was an item on his bucket list and he got to fulfill it recently when the filming of “Divergent” came to Chicago.

“Hearing about everything

that was going on in Chicago, everything that’s filming there, I decided to look further into ‘Divergent,’” Hultman said. “It was a thing my dad and I did and we just went down and it was fun. They took some pictures of us. We filled out some paperwork then waited in line for like 2 hours. Out of a thousand to two-thousand people, they picked like 600 and, thankfully, I was chosen. I was only on set for one day because of scheduling stuff with other things that I was doing and you can see the back of my head in the film so, you know, mission accomplished.”

While “Divergent” was a unique occurrence outside of Drake, Hultman has had opportunities while at Drake as well.

Last year during the Democratic debate held on Drake’s campus, Hultman was a stand-in for Governor Martin O’Malley for the technical trials leading up to debate night. He said he was approached while walking through Olmsted and questioned about his height to see if he shared the trait with O’Malley. At 6-foot-2, Hultman had the opportunity to be his stand-in while the production team was preparing for the candidates’ arrivals.

For the debate, Hultman said he was also selected to join the watch party hosted by Olympian and reality showstar Caitlyn Jenner.

“With all of these opportunities, maybe less random opportunities, like studying abroad, this independent study I’m doing right now, and acquiring a job in the business school, (it shows that) hard work is an honorable thing,” Hultman said. “Through my experiences I’ve found that college isn’t easy. You do really need to work hard; if you want something, you have to go after it, you have to put all your weight into it and push.”

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POLITICS

Public hopes next President will finally address political issues in office

Savannah Prescott Staff Writer savannah.prescott@drake.edu @savageprescott

All the presidential debates are over. Although many people don’t know which candidate they want to vote for, many have a firm standing on their political beliefs.

This election is not only making history because of the candidates. It’s making history because of the issues that are on the top of the agenda for the next coming years. Climate change, immigration, national debt, equality and policy reform — they are all up in the air.

Americans are anxious to see what the top priorities will be in the coming years and what will fall low on the totem pole. On Drake’s campus, concerns are across the board.

For visiting professor Kieran Williams, climate change is his top concern. “Climate and the environment in general are important,” Williams said. “We should be focusing on policies that would minimize the impact that is inevitable-but also be preparing

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for impacts that may come.”

Williams believes the candidates need to focus on climate change because it is important for the stability of the country.

“We’ve made huge progress over time. I would hate to see us go backwards. It should be an important value because this nation was built on equality.”

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“Clean water, food, supplies … all of that goes together and is effected by climate change,” Williams said. “This would mean the beginning of a long-range thinking. City planning and the development of cities would be contrasted in a way to minimize the environmental impact.”

Williams would like to see governments get involved in

Prof. Jane Lynch retires, void affects students, co-workers

Anna Jensen Features Editor anna.jensen@drake.edu @annaxjensen

The Administrative Assistant for Cole Hall, Jane Lynch, retired after 31 years of working in the recruitment process at Drake University.

Lynch sent out dozens of emails a day, answered phone calls of students and parents, stuffed admissions packets to send out to prospective students and was the woman in charge of the method behind the madness.

Lynch impacted many in her years at her job.

The admissions staff sent out a small press release to students regarding her retirement which described her as a “popular work study supervisor, a soundingboard, mom-away-from-home and friend to countless students.”

Lynch retired to spend more time with her family and young grandkids.

Lynch has had many workstudy students assisting her in her position because, when she began in 1984, there were no computers or Internet to make her life easier and she needed extra hands, said Associate Director of the Office of Admission and Lynch’s boss, Amy Nichols.

“If one of her student workers ever needed to talk about something, needed guidance or mentoring, she always took the time to do that,” Nichols said. “She was just a hidden gem on campus. Her staff diminished quite a bit because of technology but we were trying to do the math on about how many student lives she impacted each year.”

Lynch always had a spot in her heart for her students. She was a teacher at the elementary education level before coming to work at Drake.

“I don’t think she expected to work at Drake this long,” Nichols said. “She ended up enjoying the interaction with the college-aged students and the cyclical business of admissions. After breaks, she would always be so excited because ‘the students were coming back to campus.’”

Lynch knew all of her workstudy students’ birthdays and made them her special homemade cakes. She also never missed a Friday at Peggy’s during Relays week where she could catch up with now-alumni who used to work for her.

As an employee and a friend, Lynch was loyal to the university, her work and her students, as

committing of our country to climate change.

Sophomore pharmacy student,Taylor Boorn, is also looking towards the future of America but offers a different perspective.

“I care most about immigration, securing our borders and our national debt,” Boorn said. “Trump wants to build a wall … I’m not sure how the hell he thinks he’s going to do that. It’s just not practical. But at the same time I don’t agree with just letting anyone into our country. It’s just not an option either.”

As a college student, Boorn feels that she is going to be heavily affected by the national debt.

“I feel like it’s something that we will have to pay off in our lifetime,” Boorn said. “Student loans are hard to balance enough and soon we’ll have to provide for families, as adults, so that worries me, too.”

First-year pharmacy student Darshika Desai is concerned with immigration, tax policy reform and equality. Much like Boorn, Desai believes a wall won’t be attainable.

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well as one of the most caring, concerned and humorous people Nichols knew.

“Cole Hall will not feel the same without her,” Nichols said.

Sophomore finance student Derek Miller feels likewise about Lynch’s personality and charisma as he worked with her this semester before she retired right before fall break.

“She’s by far one of the coolest people I know,” Miller said. “She’s hilarious, very helpful and we got along really well.”

On Miller’s first day on the job, Lynch took him around the office introducing everyone to him to make sure he felt welcome.

Miller began working for Lynch less than a year ago, but they became fast friends because of their common love of reading and similar personalities.

Miller said Lynch had given him one of her favorite books to read, Horses of God, which they then talked about almost everyday.

“It was by far one of her favorite books and I could tell no one else she knew had read it so about everyday (while I was reading it) she would be asking me questions about it and she just was so excited,” Miller said.

Part of the job entailed Jewett Hall runs, in which Lynch and her work-study students would walk to the residence hall to either collect items from the basement — where all of the boxes, publications, envelopes and admissions bulk was stored — or to unload a van full of new arrivals.

“The guys who normally bring the truck over know her really well too, so all four of us were having a lot of fun sorting the boxes together and she always made us laugh,” Miller said.

Despite only knowing Lynch for a few months, Miller said he will miss her. His was one of the hearts she generously touched in her 31 years at Drake.

While she loved her time with the students at Drake, it is important for her to be a part of her grandchildren’s lives as they quickly continue to grow.

“She is a grandma at heart,” Nichols explained, sharing that while Lynch loved her job, it was important for her to spend time with those that she truly loves.

to make a fair and easier process so people don’t have to jump through hoops to come here legally,” Desai said. “The reason they come illegally is because of the difficult process of coming to America legally.”

Regarding tax reform, Desai wants to see a shift from the US’s current policy.

“I think we should increase taxes on the upper class,” Desai said. “I don’t believe in trickledown economics. Obviously it just doesn’t work.”

Equality is important to Desai and she hopes to see our country only move forward.

“We’ve made huge progress over time”, Desai said. “I would hate to see us go backwards. It should be an important value because this nation was built on equality.”

Sophomore economics and politics double major Alex Freeman feels this election should be focused on working on the policies that have already been established as well as improving state and local economies.

An understanding of how federal policy affects local economies is important to Freeman.

“Some politicians don’t understand that (what is) one percent unemployment to them is one hundred percent unemployment to the person without the job,” Freeman said. Freeman would like to see steps taken towards reform with an added focus put on the issues with current policies.

“Some steps were misguided and even mal-intended,” Freeman said. “In some spheres, the federal government has over and incorrectly stepped in the wrong directions. In the next four years, it’s critical we recalculate the role of the federal government in regulating the economy at the state and local levels.”

Freeman says that he feels disillusioned by the presidential election as a whole and has decided to abstain from voting for president this year, but will participate in state and local elections.

Election day is on Nov. 8 and students and faculty hope to see a president elected that holds similar values as them.

Whether or not those values are put to action will only be a matter of time.

Drake Political Review

Haley Hodges Staff Writer haley.hodges@drake.edu

Among Drake University’s many clubs and organizations, publications fill an unique role.

Most of Drake’s publications don’t have a strict meeting time every week but instead require the students involved to take an initiative and get work done on their own.

Drake Political Review (DPR) is a student-run magazine that focuses on political issues, ranging from a local to an international scale, that comes out once a semester.

Anyone can write for DPR as long as they’ve pitched their story idea or signed up for one from the query list sent out at the beginning of each semester.

“As far as who can write what, we’ve had Pharmacy majors write about international foreign policy,” said section editor Joe Fahey, a senior studying strategic political communications. “Anything that someone’s even slightly interested in, if they want to pursue it, we usually have the resources.”

The writers’ main responsibilities throughout the semester are to work on their story by collecting sources and compiling them for a comprehensive piece, appropriate for the niche of the magazine.

Throughout this process, writers have to meet regularly with their editors to ensure they’re on the right track.

“As far as editors go, we kind of just push them in the right direction with their writing,” Fahey said. “Anyone who’s edited a story before knows it’s not always just about ‘Here’s how you have to write it,’ it’s more about, ‘Try this instead, let’s see how it looks.’ Even as an editor, I don’t always know what a story should look like at the end of it. I just try to see what they have and see which direction they’re trying to head and make it a really good story that people want to read.”

DPR is a nonpartisan publication that usually has an interest among students with politically charged majors or those in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Sarah LeBlanc, a senior double

majoring in news/internet and politics, is currently serves as DPR’s Editor-in-Chief.

“It’s a perfect combination between my two majors so it allows me to express my political passions and just explore new avenues of writing,” LeBlanc said. “A lot of my writing was very feature-y or on things that were going on around campus or in the community and I realized I could combine my two primary interests into one publication, so I was very excited.”

While relevant majors certainly may help for experience, any student can be a part of DPR.

“For people who are interested in joining, really if you have a passion for issues that are going on in your community or in the country and if you like to write, we’d love to have you on board,” LeBlanc said. “And it’s not just people who love to write. If you like designing too, we also take people who love to design and help bring stories to life.”

LeBlanc encouraged students to look at previous issues of DPR and look forward to the upcoming

release at the end of the fall semester.

“Our goal for it is to have it be a political magazine that students are interested in because I think, especially with this election season, people can get a little sick of talking about politics so I think it’s good to try and make politics interesting to people, especially our generation,” said Andrea Beck, DPR’s managing editor. “I think because it’s created entirely by Drake students, I think it has a focus on issues that our generation is concerned about.”

The team of DPR editors and writers work throughout the semester to produce an issue covering a wide range of relevant political issues.

“It’s coming out right after the election so I wouldn’t necessarily expect a lot of election coverage but you can expect maybe a little bit of the election and also a broad overview of what’s happening in politics right now,” Beck said. “Not just in Des Moines but in Iowa, in the United States and internationally.”

Campus magazine offers political junkies a chance to share passion, viewpoints

XC ‘prenats,’ warming up

This weekend the Drake men’s and women’s cross-country teams travelled to Terre Haute, Indiana, to run in the pre-national crosscountry meet. In the unseeded races, the men took 18th place and the women took 25th.

The pre-national crosscountry race, referred to as “prenats,” is a meet that is run to determine where universities rank going in to the final weeks of the cross-country season.

As the name suggests, this race acts as a national championship race preview, helping NCAA champion-hopefuls gague how well they can perform compared to other schools that are also contending for the title.

The course is run on one of two NCAA national courses. The other course is in Louisville, Kentucky, and the meet oscillates between the two each year.

The entire course is mowed into an open field on a hillside and is composed of numerous twists and turns. Every corner turned sends runners either up a hill or down one.

The entire course, located in such an open area, is great for spectators, who can see the entire race unfold from the highest point on the course.

For runners, it allows them to see the whole field of runners at almost all times.

Since the course winds, the long line of runners often end up running parallel to each other, with the faster runners running one way and the slower ones running the other way on mowed paths a few feet apart.

The Drake men’s and women’s teams had disappointing races overall at prenats. With

Armstrong’s hat trick gives big win

the exception of a few great performances, most Drake runners experienced their “worst” race of the season — that is, they either didn’t PR or didn’t place as high as they would have liked.

However, the past two weeks of training have been crucial to the teams, and both teams have put in phenomenal workouts. The Missouri Valley Championship meet is in two weeks, and if both teams can translate their workout performances into race performances, Drake should see positive results.

It is important for the teams to focus on what has been going well and to not let one disappointing race outweigh the number of great races and workouts that have been happening.

Despite the underwhelming performances at prenats, the teams should be feeling confident about the upcoming MVC meet.

We aspire to get better each meet, and after each meet we will share one athlete’s new best mark.

This week’s featured PR: Mykaela Cole, 6k, 23:07.9 (previous PR: 24:37.2). #GetAnotherOne

The Drake women’s soccer team earned a much needed win this weekend, defeating the Missouri State Bears by a convincing 3-1 margin. This win kept hope for a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament appearance alive for the struggling Bulldog squad.

“I think we calmed down and really played our game,” head coach Lindsey Horner said. “We were able to put them under pressure and get something from it.”

Drake’s offensive attack was led by senior Kayla Armstrong, who turned in a hat trick for her sixth, seventh and eighth goals of the season, the second-highest total in the conference.

Drake’s offensive effort ended with 22 total shots, 11 of which were on frame.

“Everyone knew how important this game was,” said Armstrong. “My teammates just put me in a great position today.”

Drake got themselves on the board early when, in the seventh minute, a foul on senior Gabby Charles in the penalty box gave the Bulldogs a chance at a penalty kick. Armstrong put the ball in the net to give the team an early lead.

“The penalty straight away changed the game,” Horner said. “Putting that one away gave us a little confidence.”

The remainder of the half was a defensive battle, as the Drake defense held the Bears to only two shots, both of which were saved by Drake’s senior goalkeeper Brooke Dennis. Drake’s defense only allowed six shots on goal.

As the game winded down, Drake’s offense took advantage of a fatigued Missouri State defense when, in the 75th minute, junior Rachel Wanninger sent a pass to Armstrong who beat a defender and put a goal into the net.

Armstrong did not stay complacent with a two-goal lead, however. She took the ball downfield 11 minutes later, beat two defenders and recorded her third goal of the afternoon.

The hat trick helped Armstrong earn MVC Offensive Player of the Week honors.

With a comfortable 3-0 lead, Drake subbed in many of its reserves; 21 different players saw minutes for the Bulldogs. As the game winded down, Missouri State prevented a shutout by scoring on a corner kick in the 89th minute.

Drake’s handle on the game came from constant pressure and a control of the pace and possession of the ball.

“We were able to control on restarts, to be quick or slow it down,” Horner said. “And our team did a good job of picking and choosing our moments.”

Drake entered this game winless in the conference, giving them little hope of earning a spot in the MVC Tournament on Nov. 4. However, this win did improve the Bulldogs’ chances.

“We’re treating this game like the first round of the tournament, as a must-win situation,” Horner said. “Our team is a team that can make a run.”

Drake looks to keep their chances alive as they’ll face off against Loyola on Oct. 27.

JUNIOR DEFENDER Kasey Hurt attempts a mid-field pass in a home game against South Dakota in September. Hurt has a shot on goal percentage of .857 for the season. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Bailee Cofer Columnist bailee.cofer@drake.edu

Matthew Gogerty Sports Editor matthew.gogerty@drake.edu @mattgogo

Drake Volleyball took one loss and one win this past weekend. The loss came against Southern Illinois 1-3 on Friday night and their 3-1 win came against Evansville on Saturday, with both matches being played at home.

In the first match of the weekend the Bulldogs couldn’t get the momentum going early with the first set ending in a 2515 loss. Despite coming within two points twice throughout the opening set, Drake was unable to shift the momentum from the early 13-8 SIU had carved early on in the set.

The second set was a different story, the Bulldogs had a strong start and gained an 8-5 lead early on as a result of SIU errors, but they were unable to maintain that lead.

SIU tied it up 12-12 and went on a run thereafter that built a 2115 lead, with the set ending in a score of 25-19.

In the third set the Bulldogs had another slow start, but after the 3-0 SIU opening, Drake was able to shift momentum back it’s way.

After a 12-12 tie the Bulldogs forced their way into the lead and kept it, with the help of kills by sophomore outside hitter Grace Schofield. She had six in the set.

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The Bulldogs took set two 25-27.

Southern Illinois finished the fourth set with a score of 25-23. The Bulldogs tied it up at 15-15 midway through, but couldn’t manage to pull ahead of SIU.

The Bulldogs faced the Evansville Purple Aces the following night.

Evansville grabbed the win in the first set with a score of 25-23, but fell to the Bulldogs in the next three.

Set two featured five lead changes with the Bulldogs ultimately taking the 25-23 win and tying up the match.

Sets three and four were onesided affairs with the Bulldogs pulling ahead in each match by leads as big as 11.

The second match featured a huge presence from junior outside hitter Odessa Kody who put up a career-high of 19 kills.

Outside hitter Kyla Inderski put up 24 kills throughout the weekend and middle blocker Kameo Pope added another 17 of her own.

The Bulldogs are currently 1311 overall, and 4-6 in conference.

In 2015 they finished 6-12 in conference play and 15-20 0verall with a .429 win percentage.

The Bulldogs will be on the road for two matches on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29 against Missouri State and Wichita State.

JUNIOR OUTSIDE HITTER (top) Odessa Kody swings in game one against Souther Illinois. (Bottom) Junior middle blocker Kameo Pope prepares to pass in Friday’s match against SIU. PHOTO BY KATIE KURKA | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Annual media day provides inside look to Women’s Basketball The Bulldogs look to strike a balance between bench and starters

Joseph Miller Staff Writer joseph.w.miller@drake.edu @josephmiller3

As a new season of Drake Women’s Basketball approaches, head coach Jennie Baranczyk gave members of the local media a preview of the Bulldog squad at the annual media day Oct. 18.

“We have so much to do in terms of practice,” Baranczyk said. “And yet we cannot be more excited about this season.”

Drake is looking to build off its success last season, one that ended with a 23-10 record and an appearance in the second round of the WNIT. The 23 wins were the most for the Bulldogs since the 2007-08 season. This marked the second straight twenty win season for Drake, and this year’s team is determined to keep the streak alive.

“Obviously there is a lot of expectation in terms of winning basketball games,” Baranczyk said. “This year we really get to see what we’ve learned.”

Offensive/Defensive Balance

Drake looks to remain a dynamic offensive force, Lizzy Wendell is primed to start her senior season. Her 19.6 point per game average led the Missouri Valley Conference and ranked 31st in the country.

The Bulldog offense put up an average of 79.6 points per game, ninth among Division-I schools.

Although often overshadowed by the powerhouse offense, Drake’s defense remained a staple

“We were first in the Valley in field goal percentage defense,” Baranczyk said. “We put a lot of emphasis on the style of play we have.”

In addition to being ranked no. 1 in the MVC, Drake’s field goal percentage defense ranked 19th in the nation.

Another important aspect of the Bulldogs game was their rebounding skills. Their 43 rebounds per game ranked first in the Missouri Valley Conference and ninth in the NCAA.

Although their success last season gives rise to optimism, there are a number of areas in which the Bulldogs could improve. Turnovers were a recurrent problem for the team, as they averaged 16.7 per game, while only forcing 14.5 on their opponents.

Finding Chemistry

While a number of individual standouts may light up the stat

book, Drake looks to cultivate a deep and well-rounded team for the season.

The Bulldog roster features an upperclassmen-heavy squad, but also brings in a number of young faces who Baranczyk says will play a crucial role

“I think you’ll see the freshmen plenty,” Baranczyk said. “Look at our style of play…You’re going to see them play.”

Although the freshman will add some depth to the roster, Drake will still depend heavily on senior leadership.

“I think we have a lot of experience, and a lot of leadership,” Baranczyk said. “The best team’s go as their seniors go and I think that’s something that we have this year that we can be excited about.”

With nine players from last year’s team returning, it appears unlikely the team will suffer any significant chemistry issues.

“It’s a fun group, it’s a fun style of play,” Baranczyk said. “We really get along well.”

Conference Play

In preparation for the competitive play of the MVC, Drake incorporated a number of strong, non-conference opponents into their schedule.

“Those games alone bring up your RPI,” Baranczyk said. “We have a schedule that is going to not just prepare us for our conference, but will prepare us for the postseason.”

The Bulldog’s nonconference schedule features large programs like Iowa, Iowa State and Nebraska. Drake will also take a trip to New Orleans for the Tulane Classic, squaring up against the SEC’s Auburn University and Tulane.

Drake also looked abroad to strengthen themselves for the season, taking a trip to Italy in August to compete in exhibition games.

“We had the fortune of going to Italy this summer and being able to play against some really good competition,” Baranczyk said. “And to bond in a different way, to get those extra ten days of practice and to see your team in August is really, really fun.”

Announced this week, Drake Women’s Basketball is predicted to win the conference in the MVC’s annual preseason poll.

Drake’s first action of the season will be an exhibition match against Winona State on Nov. 1 at the Knapp Center.

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The Cubs win first pennant in 71 years, next stop World Series

They did it, the Chicago Cubs have won the National League Pennant for the first time in 71 years and are heading to the World Series.

In a stunning performance that took place at Wrigley Field last Saturday night the Chicago Cubs were able to dominate the Los Angeles Dodgers in a performance that will surely be talked about for the next decade.

As the famed Cubs announcer Harry Caray once said, “As sure as God made green apples, someday the Cubs are going to the World Series.”

Caray said this in 1992 after the Cubs swept the Cardinals in their final regular season series, but didn’t have the numbers to make it to the playoffs.

However, the day Caray predicted all those years ago arrived on Oct. 22, 2016 – as sure as God made green apples.

In game one the Cubs had a memorable go-ahead grand slam that came at the swing of a pinch hitter Miguel Montero and he became the third person to pull off such a feat in the history of Major League Baseball. The grand slam was followed by a solo home-run at the bat of center fielder Dexter

Fowler.

But, the following night the Cubs were shut out 1-0 – at Wrigley. The loss seemed so devastating after watching the stellar performance the night prior and brought back some flashes of disappointment from the season prior when the Cubs lost the pennant to the New York Mets.

In game three at Dodgers stadium, another loss came. This put the Dodgers at 2-1 over the Cubs and the backlash was remarkable.

This, as one could guess, was followed by numerous stories about the infamous goat curse. Even SportsCenter posted a story about Dodgers ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw being the proxy of the curse.

As silly as it seems though, there was evidence that Kershaw had indeed messed with the Cubs, but not as part of some curse.

After the Cubs faced Kershaw in game two: their bats went cold.

First baseman Anthony Rizzo was two-for-26 in the postseason going into game four and he is a huge component of the Cubs lineup. In total all of the Cubs 3-4-5 hitters were two-for-35

going into game four: they hadn’t driven in a run for 21 consecutive innings.

To claim the Cubs were in a slump has merit, but to say that Kershaw is the proxy of some age-old curse is reaching for something that isn’t there.

The Cubs didn’t end regular season play with the best record in baseball by accident.

Second baseman Ben Zobrist opened up an onslaught of hits and runs in game four with a successful lead off bunt.

The bunt was followed by two singles, one of which drove in the RBI, and then shortstop Addison Russell bombed a three run homer.

Thus ended the hitting slump that had come to plague the Cubbies in the two games prior.

Chicago won game four at Dodgers Stadium 10-2 and tied the series 2-2, making the series a best of three with one more to play in Los Angeles.

The Cubs came into game five with the same velocity that they ended game four with.

John Lester threw a gem and Rizzo was able to find his rhythm at the plate.

Rizzo doubled with an RBI to

open the game. The Cubs went on to win 8-4.

Game six is when history was made. It’s also when the notion of Kershaw being the proxy of some curse was smashed.

Kyle Hendricks started on the mound for the Cubbies and Kershaw started for the Dodgers. Hendricks gave up a hit in the very first pitch of the game, but good defense led to a double play thereafter and shut down the inning. That first hit on the first pitch from Hendricks would be the only one he gave up until the top of the eighth. Hendricks shut down 17 consecutive hitters and left the mound to a standing ovation at Wrigley.

Meanwhile, Kershaw could not figure out how to throw against the rejuvenated Cubs. He gave up seven hits and five runs during his time on the mound.

Hendricks gave up that last hit and was replaced by fast throwing Aroldis Chapman, who would close out the game without giving up another hit or any runs.

The Cubs shutout the Dodgers 5-0 in game six to take the pennant and officially be in the World Series.

Which, started after the Times-Delphic went to print on Tuesday night.

Cursed? No. Many years of bad luck and poor management? Maybe.

One thing is for certain – the Cubs can play ball. The only thing left is to win four more against the Cleveland Indians, who are also battling their own World Series and playoff drought. But, as it has famously been noted on and plastered all over social media, only one can win – that seems kind of obvious.

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SOPHOMORE GUARDS Sammie Bachrodt and Nicole Miller pose for photographs. Bachrodt’s shooting percentae was .392 last season and Miller’s was .419. (Bottom) Jennie Baranczyk speaks to the press. PHOTOS BY JOSEPH MILLER |

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