October 12, 2016

THE TIMES-DELPHIC

The weekly student newspaper of Drake University

Vol. 136 | No. 7 | Wed. Oct. 12, 2016 timesdelphic.com

FEATURES

OPINIONS

Abi Grimminger has “a lot of stories to tell” after spending a semester abroad in Sevilla, Spain. The Spanish-speaker chose the location specifically to challenge herself. Read more on page 6.

A nonpartisan organization, the Healthiest State Initiative, is looking to reduce obesity and make Iowa the healthiest state in America. Students and faculty participated in a walk to create awareness of this initiative on campus . Read more on page 7.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

SPORTS

Drake Football got back to .500 on the season with a 35-21 win on over Valparaiso University, the Bulldogs’ first road win in nearly two years. Conley Wilkins led the Bulldogs offense by tying a career-high with 205 rushing yards. Read more on page 10.

Panel discusses movement, promotes understanding

Drake Rhone Contributing Writer Drake.Rhone@drake.edu

Over a hundred people crowded into Cowles Library’s reading room Thursday night to hear a diverse panel discuss whether or not Black Lives Matter is a hate group and other issues related to the movement.

Professors William Garriott and Carol Spalding-Kruse mediated the panel titled “Black Lives Matter, Hate Group or Nah?”

The event drew a crowd of a variety of diverse backgrounds to listen to four panelists, which included Brenda Vasquez (Latina), Joe Weinrich (a Trump supporter), Kevin Price (a black man with both liberal and conservative views) and Kayla Schween ( a devout Christian).

The professors asked the panelists a series of questions written by the Coalition of Black Students (CBS). In the second part of the event, audience members stood up and asked questions themselves.

Anthony Pawnell, the president of the CBS, hosted the panel with the help of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.

“On Drake’s campus we talk a lot about diversity and inclusion,” Pawnell said. “We say it so much

that there are hardly ever any situations where we really truly embody that. I think the event was necessary to show what that looks like. I think when you take raw concepts like diversity and inclusion, it can sometimes be hard to find an intangible way to manifest that.”

Staying true to his message, Pawnell reminded the audience and panel of his ideal for the event.

“We are not here to have a shouting match, we are not here to have a debate,” said Pawnell at the start of the panel. “Our goal is understanding.”

While the discussion never escalated to a shouting match, several of Weinrich’s conservative views were met with backlash from the crowd, who groaned and laughed at several of his answers to the questions.

“When I wear a Trump hat,” Weinrich said. “I get looks, people call me names. I feel like a second-class citizen.”

Later, Weinrich amended his statement.

“The difference is that I can put my hat away,” Weinrich said. “I can hide, I can disappear, but there are a lot of people out there that can’t do that.”

The panel discussed several topics, including the statements “All Lives Matter” and “Blue Lives Matter,” popular retorts in response to Black Lives Matter activists.

“All Lives Matter negates what Black Lives Matter is doing,” Vasquez said. “I laughed when I saw Blue Lives Matter. I did. I thought it was funny.”

Weinrich said that for him, the reason people are offended by “All Lives Matter” and “Blue Lives Matter” is for the same reason that the “Black Lives Matter” phrase started an international movement.

“The statement creates a duality between the Black Lives Matter fight and who they are fighting against,” Weinrich said. “It’s obnoxious. It’s in your face.”

The titular question of the event, whether or not Black Lives Matter is a hate group, received the same answer from all panelists: no.

“I would classify Black Lives Matter as a love group, if I could,” Schween said.

A couple of the panelists did acknowledge problems in the movement.

“Do I think that Black Lives Matter always goes about protests the right way? No,” Price said. “But there are always certain people who have to ruin it for all of us.”

The panelists spent time discussing the role of white “allies” in the Black Lives Matter movement, including here at Drake University, where almost 80 percent of students are white.

“White people who are supporting Black Lives Matter

are using their privilege to do so,” Vasquez said. “As a woman, we’ve been talking about our issues for years. Black people have been talking about Black Lives Matter

for years, but they listen to the white man.”

For a more in-depth look at this issue, CBS posted a full video of the panel on its Facebook page,

discussed differing views of the group. PHOTOS BY DRAKE RHONE | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

New Prevention coordinator already familiar with Drake

After several months of applications, interviews and surveys, Drake University has chosen its new Prevention Coordinator for Sexual and Interpersonal Misconduct.

Tess Cody will step into her new role on Oct. 17.

“I’m appreciative that it got fast tracked to this point,” search committee member Grace Rogers said. “We have a lot of new firstyears on campus. It’s really important to get this information in their heads.”

Cody will be responsible

for many of the sexual assault prevention programs on campus. Students said that from their interviews with her, she has some goals and programs in mind, but wants to get to know Drake’s environment before pursuing them.

“She’s well aware she’s not walking into a barren field,” said Russell White, a search committee member. “We are doing things.”

The new coordinator will likely spend the first few weeks, if not months, getting to know campus, Mentors in Violence Prevention and meeting students and staff.

However, Cody is no stranger to Drake’s campus. Most recently, she worked at Crisis Intervention Services and supervised VIP.

“(Tess) is incredible because

she’s already worked a lot with people and students on campus and in other Des Moines schools,” White said. “She’s very used to working with students in regards to sexual assault and also prevention measures. So it was a very natural fit for her.”

Cody has extensive training in the field of sexual and domestic violence. She worked at the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence and organized many training and educational programs on sexual assault and domestic violence.

“She talked about a lot of the programming that has worked at other colleges and ideas on how to bring that to Drake,” Rogers said. “She’s had success with that in other places, and I

think that track record is really encouraging.”

The Luther College grad’s experience was a key determining factor in her hire, White said.

“Whenever we’re dealing with things like sexual assault and interpersonal misconduct, you have to have some kind of familiarity with how to handle those situations,” White said. “It’s a very sensitive topic, and it’s not something that any random Joe can walk in and do. They need to have the knowledge; they need to have the passion. They need to have some kind of experience.”

Beyond her professional and educational experience, students agreed Cody has the personality and demeanor for the job.

“She has one of those

personalities that when you sit down and talk with her, ” White said. “She’s very comfortable and she reaches out to you. She opens up a sense of vulnerability, which makes you feel comfortable to kind of open up as well.”

Cody’s office will be located in the Student Inclusion, Involvement and Leadership suite in Olmsted Center. Due to the nature of her position, Cody will be a mandatory reporter, legally obligated to report any instances of abuse or suspected abuse she comes across.

Students are reminded that there are confidential services at the counseling center and the health center. Members of VIP are also confidential advocates.

A PANEL agreed that the “Black Lives Matter” movement should not be considered to be a hate group, but still

Drake students officially have new way to get around campus

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

A week after its unofficial introduction, the Bike Library officially began last Saturday. The new program is free for students and faculty to use.

At the ribbon cutting ceremony, the three project leaders — Jessica Berei, Austin Brandes and Mari Moroz — gave a brief explanation of how students can access the bikes.

“It’s a pretty seamless and easy process,” Berei said. “A student just has to come into Olmsted to the Student Life Center, and they have to bring their ID. We have an iPad set up in there.”

According to Berei, students must sign a liability waiver for check out a bike. They are given a helmet and a key to the bike lock. Then they are on their way.

The project began with the foundation of a First Year Seminar, “I Want to Ride My Bicycle: Cycling and Social Change.”

The group of first-year activists applied for and received a grant of $10,000 from The Wellmark foundation in support of the bike project on campus.

“The LEAD concentration took the grant on,” Moroz said. “There’s a LEAD 100 class that took on the project and started in with more of the details,” senior Mari Moroz said.

A three-year partnership with the Des Moines Bicycle Collective, a local nonprofit organization representing the impassioned

cycling community, was initiated soon after the grant was received.

In addition to providing ongoing maintenance on the bikes when necessary, the collective offered logistical advice to the heads of the capstone project.

“Seth and Jeremy at the Des Moines Bicycle Collective were instrumental,” Moroz said. “They helped us choose the bikes. They helped us choose the kind of rack. They were the ones who said, ‘This would be great for Des Moines terrain, for student-use.’”

The 10 bikes available are Fritz models of the Sun-Bicycle brand. The style advertises durable, alloyed metal frames and a “classic Dutch Vibe” suitable for an urban Iowa environment.

“We had a threefold goal,” Moroz said. “We wanted students to use this for recreational use, just to bike around. We wanted it to be used as a means of transportation, a way to see Des Moines, a way to get to a job that they may not otherwise be able to access if they don’t have a car.”

The Bike Library organizers additionally wanted to encourage Drake students to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. In this pursuit, the initiative employed $8,500 of the $10,000 grant. The remaining funds will go back to the Wellmark Foundation.

Due to the high cost of materials, there are consequences in place to avoid intentional damage, loss or theft of the bikes.

“Part of the memorandum of understanding is that they are going to have to pay for a new bike (if the bike is damaged or stolen),” Berei said.

This could possibly amount to financial compensation of over $400. Administrators have also accounted for technical issues that may transpire away from campus.

“We have worked closely with Scott Law in Public Safety, and he has been very helpful,” Moroz said. If something happens, like if the student has a flat tire or

something, we are working out a relationship with them that they would be able to assist and pick that student up in whatever way is necessary.”

Despite these logistical details, the team has an optimistic outlook on the positive influence of the Bike Library in the Drake community. The development of safer bike lanes on Forrest and

University avenues was expressed as a possible next-step in this cycling-oriented initiative. “I think it’s just cool in the future to see what people are going to do with their capstone,” Berei said. “What sustainable change they’re going to bring to Drake, maybe not related to bikes but just in general.”

SATURDAY marked the official opening of the new Bike Library on campus.

PHOTO BY LÓRIEN MacENULTY | STAFF WRITER

Bernie Sanders campaigns for Clinton at Bell Center

debt, which was a key campaign issue for both Sanders and Clinton during the primaries.

Senate gives budget update, approves groups

Senator Bernie Sanders, former Democratic candidate for president, returned to Drake for the first time since the Brown and Black Forum in January.

Sanders received a warm welcome, with an estimated 300 people in attendance. As expected, Sanders went after Republican candidate for president Donald Trump and his policies.

“If you think what we need to do... is to give the very, very wealthiest people in this country a ‘huge’ tax break, then vote for Donald Trump,” Sanders said.

Sanders also addressed the Democratic Party’s issues. Speaking at the university gave Sanders ample opportunity to speak about education.

“Hillary Clinton and I understand that America does not do well, our economy does not do well, unless we have the best-educated workforce in the world,” Sanders said.

Sanders also utilized this opportunity to address student

CAMPUS EVENT

“How many people here have student debt?” Sanders asked. Many in the room raised their hands. “Well, there you go.”

Sanders also discussed why attendees need to vote for Clinton, rather than pulling an all-out attack against Trump and his policies. This left a good impression with Drake students present at the rally.

“I really liked it,” said firstyear Graham Johnson. “It was issue-based and wasn’t a whole lot of just angry words. The thing I liked about the speech is that it wasn’t all about Donald Trump. It was about actual issues. I think that’s important.”

Another student thought the rally was a good opportunity to unite Sanders and Clinton supporters with the general election nearing.

“(Sanders) made the point that they’re really the same party,” said first-year Dana Haverkamp. “They’re going for the same ideas and we just need to unite and go after Donald Trump.”

Tradition, romance live on at Kissing Rock event

Rain did not succeed in stopping the romance last Thursday night as Drake couples gathered around the Kissing Rock. The 118-year-old tradition has evolved from a legend into an entertaining rite of passage that hundreds of students, both single and coupled, experienced late into the night.

“It was a super cool Drake tradition because George Carpenter climbed up the Chancellor’s Elm and said, ‘Here we will build our university,’” said Jan Henderickson, Student Alumni Association (SAA) coVice President of Traditions and host of the Kissing Rock event. “That’s how Drake was built and why it was built, so it’s really cool that we keep this tradition going.”

Drake’s graduating class of 1898 donated the infamous rock to commemorate the University’s historic beginning, placing it just under the Chancellor’s Elm east of the Old Main building.

“Unfortunately (the tree) got Dutch Elm’s disease, so they had to get it removed because it was dying,” Henderickson said. “But the rock’s still here. Believe it or not, it survived.”

The initial legend spawned from first-year women, who, in order to be entitled members of a co-educational university, had to be kissed on the site of the kissing

rock.

“There’s folklore behind it that couples that kiss at the kissing rock have luck in their relationship,” said SAA President Ben Weinberg.

The ritual diminished in popularity for a time but has made a strong comeback due to concentrated administrative efforts to be more inclusive of the Drake community and its traditions.

“It has now developed into a more fun, interactive tradition where not only couples can go but singles, as well,” Henderickson said. “We have a trivia game about Drake. We have food,

which is always a positive. We have a photo booth. We brought a big Jenga game, because we were trying to incorporate more games to make it feel like you don’t have to be a couple to come.”

Extensive organization went into setting up the event. Planers acquired sponsorship from local restaurants, ordered food, placed lights to brighten up the outdoor location and researched facts about Drake and romance for trivia.

The couple games began at 11 p.m., which incorporated creative tasks like “Snack and Smooch,” where pairs munched on separate ends of fruit roll-

ups that concluded in humorous facial mashing. A few participants in the event did not really know what to expect.

“(We expected) to be utterly embarrassed,” junior Zach Cutler said, who attended the event with his girlfriend. “We are participating in the games but we really don’t know what to expect, so we are not prepared.”

The sporadic showers did not disperse the crowd, who huddled under tents to wait out the downpour. The night concluded with the naming of the 2016 Kissing Rock Champions.

At Senate’s weekly meeting last Thursday evening, Student Body Treasurer JD Stehwien gave an updated report on the student senate budget. Previous numbers that were provided to Stehwien were estimates from the University based upon enrollment numbers.

This last week, the finalized numbers from Drake came in on enrollment, thus the overall student activities fee funds available to senate to allocate.

The previous projection of a lower-than-expected dollar amount turned up to be much lower than the official finalized number, by about $25,000.

“I don’t know exactly how it happened and I don’t think I’ll have an answer, but student fee dollars are up,” Stehwien said.

“It’s great news for us,” Stehwien said.

Senator AJ Treiber asked Stehwien exactly how the discrepancy between projection and actuality was so large.

“They just kind of thought that’s where we were going to be at, and they were wrong I guess,” Stehwien said. This made the senators around the table laugh, with the number far-off from original estimates.

Stehwien also added clarification on senate’s deficit spending. Deficit spending for this academic year is now lowered due to the new figure of student activity fees senate has to work with.

“We budget for a deficit every year, we do it intentionally because not every organization that uses annual funding uses all their money,” Stehwien said.

In addition to the budget update from Stehwien, senate also approved the creation or renewal of six student organizations, including SAGE and Drake Democrats.

The newly formed Student Affairs Committee presented six motions Thursday to approve new and existing student organizations, which allows them to be recognized by senate and the university.

Students Against Gender Equality was the first motion. According to the student representative for SAGE, the student organization has been on campus in one form or another since 2003.

The group’s approval was renewed by senate unanimously.

Three new student organizations were also brought to senate Thursday.

Ad Club, a new student organization, proposed to put on networking events, create a mock advertising agency for students and help advertising students create portfolios before graduation. The group received unanimous approval from senate.

Drake Swim Club, Drake Women in Business and the Salt Company, a religious student organization from Cottage Grove Church. Each of these new organizations were approved.

Student Senate meets every Thursday at 9 p.m. in Cowles Library 201, aka the “fishbowl” and is live streamed at live.drake.edu/dbs.

COUPLES get personal with each other during games at the Kissing Rock event. PHOTO BY LÓRIEN MacENULTY | STAFF WRITER

BERNIE SANDERS addressed a crowd in the Bell Center to urge voters to support

Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton.

PHOTO BY JAKE BULLINGTON | DIGITAL EDITOR

SUPPORTERS listened attentively as the Senator and former Democratic candidate backed his former opponent.

PHOTO BY JAKE BULLINGTON | DIGITAL EDITOR

Jake Bullington Digital Editor jacob.bullington@drake.edu @JakeBullington

BATTLE OF THE PARTIES

OPINIONS

This week: Black Lives Matter

Read about Morgan and Kollin’s views on Black Lives Matter, as well as other groups’ reactions to the movement.

Do you agree with them?

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Black lives matter. Sure, white lives, “blue” lives, and all lives matter.

But black lives really matter.

Throughout modern history, black lives have been enslaved, segregated, neglected, systematically marginalized, institutionally discriminated against, and so much more.

White lives and blue lives, however, have not. They are the ones who have led and carried out the enslavement, segregation, systematic marginalization, and institutional discrimination.

Black lives matter just as much as all lives (including white and blue lives), but they deserve special and continued recognition for the years of hate and discrimination that they have endured and continue to endure.

The Black Lives Matter movement was created as a peaceful group to protest against violence and systemic racism against African Americans.

The group was not created, nor does it promote, to spread negative or hateful messages.

Instead, it advances its message of civil rights through a hashtag and organized events, which, for the most part, are peaceful.

Opponents of the group criticize the fact that it only boosts black lives and that all lives, or white lives, or blue lives, should be boosted too.

These people are correct in that all lives do matter; however, the movement was created to draw attention to the long history of black lives not mattering, rather than the fact that all lives do matter.

The movement has also been criticized because it has been perceived to be “violent.” Just as all police are not bad, not all activists participating in the movement are bad.

In only a few incidents, impassioned activists motivated by discrimination and hate destroyed property.

Their few actions, for opponents, define the group, when the group should be defined by its progress in bringing attention to the issues AfricanAmericans face everyday.

Some of the opponents also criticize the disturbances to daily life caused by protestors, which could include blocked roads or hampered shopping in malls.

While these actions may interrupt daily life, they are purposeful and effective because they deliver a message without physical force.

Although Black Lives Matter protests can concern a small group of people who are diverted in their path to or from work or shopping, everyone who cares about equality or justice should pay attention to the protests.

The Black Lives Matter movement did not spring up in 2011 because African-Americans wanted to be superior to another race.

The Black Lives Matter movement started in order to draw attention to the fact that there was and is a superior race that oppresses AfricanAmericans.

On July 13, 2013, a movement was founded. This movement is known as Black Lives Matter.

This movement was founded after the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin. Many believe that his killer, George Zimmerman, was not held accountable for his racist crime.

Others believe that Zimmerman acted out of selfdefense as he felt that his life was in danger.

Overall, since this case, there has been a divide within America along racial lines. And the question we need to ask ourselves is, is Black Lives Matter furthering or shrinking this racial divide we currently have?

The answer to that question is very complicated. On campus last week we had the forum titled “Black Lives Matter: Hate group or Nah?”

At the beginning of this forum the Coalition of Black Students started by telling the audience that this forum was for understanding and not for a change of perspective. Saying this shows that they are trying to shrink the racial divide, not further it.

However, I think some of the

Black Live Matter movement does not do this. Before getting into this debate, I feel that it is necessary to say that I do agree with the Black Lives Matter movement because simply black lives do matter.

During many protests put on by Black Lives Matter, people become very violent. I understand that the Black Lives Matter movement condemns these act of violence, but, sadly, the people who are breaking into stores, looting stores, and killing cops represent the Black Lives Matter movement.

Many people would disagree with this, but if we are generalizing all 2,000,000 cops that are sworn in the United States by the actions of very few of them, then the Black Lives Matter movement should get the same treatment.

When people say Black Lives Matter, some respond with saying Blue Lives Matter.

This is just being hypocritical. For those who disagree with Black Lives Matter and continue to respond with Blue Lives Matter, do you not see the hypocrisy?

You say Blue Lives Matter because you feel that their lives are in danger, but at the same time, this is how the AfricanAmerican community in the United States feels.

Also, there is a difference between an African American on the street and a police officer. The biggest difference is that a police officer has sworn to protect citizen lives and is paid to do so. When that is broken, it is unacceptable.

I do understand that people should not kill those who are there to protect us, but sadly people on the streets are not paid to protect the lives of police officers.

Lastly, one big controversy that has come out of the Black Lives Matters movement is Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the National Anthem. I do respect

Colin for taking his national profile to make a stand for something he believes in and I do not disagree that it is his right to do so.

However, from coming from a military community and growing up 5 minutes from one of the most strategic military bases in the nation, I find him kneeling for the national anthem very disrespectful.

The flag represents American as a whole. And I understand he feels that this country oppresses African Americans, and sometimes it does, but there are people dying for that flag and national anthem.

Growing up I saw just part of the sacrifice that our servicemen and women give for our country. Oftentimes, my friends’ parents would leave for 6 months to a year at a time. Missing birthdays, holidays, and sometimes even births.

Our service men and women give their lives for this country, and kneeling for something they have worked so hard to defend is just disrespectful.

The Black Lives Matter movement is a movement that needs to take place in America today.

Many Republicans believe this to be true. We just disagree with some of the tactics the movement uses.

So, no we are not all racist.

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OPINIONS

Bon Iver’s third album is a success, makes artistic transition

pretty, poignant, heartbreaking album spread throughout the underground scene, Vernon was featured on Kanye West’s seminal My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Soon after, Bon Iver released its self-titled second album, which was the most critically acclaimed album of that year. Its lush instrumentation and inclination to experiment was such a perfectly logical progression from the relatively simple acoustic ballads of For Emma.

Now, a Bon Iver album is a genuine event in the underground scene, and that’s why it’s so enthralling to see Vernon experiment on his newest effort.

“It might be over soon.” These are the words that we hear most prominently as Justin Vernon, the lead singer and mastermind behind Bon Iver, sets the tone for the record we are about to hear.

22, A Million – Bon Iver’s third – is a shocking album. Of course, there’s the insane track list, where every song title contains a number and usually some sort of symbol.

But it’s easy to get past song titles; what isn’t easy is digesting a complete artistic transformation, which is exactly what Bon Iver have provided with 22, A Million.

The mythologization of Vernon has been proliferated more times than he’d like to hear. The story goes that a heartbroken, mononucleosis-infected Vernon secluded himself in his family’s cabin in rural Wisconsin and wrote his debut, “For Emma, Forever Ago”. After news of this

BOOK REVIEW

22, A Million is an exploration of the relationship between organic and synthetic, natural and man-made, real and fake.

Moments of pure musical bliss are contrasted with harsh mixing and distorted vocals. Vernon explores his relationships with everything in his life; despite the instrumental grandeur, 22, A Million is Vernon’s most personal album yet.

“33 ‘GOD’” has significance in its title; of course, there’s the word “God”, but in addition, Jesus was likely 33 years old when he died. When he was young, for God, Vernon says he “would have walked across any thousand lands.”

But now, decades later, he comes to an epiphany: “I didn’t need you that night / not gonna need you anytime … I better

fold my clothes!” He’s rejecting religion, and bracing himself for a future without that higher power that he’s always known.

“715 – CR∑∑KS” is one of the most musically distinct songs on this record, for one big reason: there’s no instrumentation. Instead, the song evokes vocoder pioneer Imogen Heap, with a halfdozen tracks of Vernon’s vocals layered over one another.

The area code of northern Wisconsin just so happens to be 715, and Vernon wonders aloud why someone – his friends, his love, his god – couldn’t be there

for him: “I have been left in the reeds,” just like Moses was in the book of Exodus. Bon Iver’s music has always been more impressionistic than literal, and 22, A Million is no different. Vernon’s penchant for made-up or obscure words (“astuary,” “unorphaned,” “gnosis”) sets more of a tone than providing physical context. When he sings “I’m an Astuary king” at the climax of the stunning “8 (circle),” it’s a huge emotional release, regardless of what the words mean. Bon Iver’s intentional

obscurity and density of the lyrics means that the listener relies on the music itself more for aesthetic and feeling. That’s where the music comes in.

Vernon has been candid about his struggles with fame, and that’s understandable -- especially when his every last move is magnified by the independent music community.

No doubt the rise of social media and universal connectivity has a lot to do with that, and that’s why all of this organic beauty is intercut with painful songs like “10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄”, the one bad track on the entire album.

The harsh, stuttering, synthetic drums are hard on the ears, but it’s how I imagine Vernon must feel whenever he opens his mouth or hints at new music.

Every once in a while, I call my sister on FaceTime to catch up on how she’s doing back home.

We usually end up talking for over an hour. And even though the screen may vary in quality and our voices may distort through the internet connection, the love and warmth is still there. 22, A Million’s best (and most conventional) song, “29 #Strafford APTS”, is entirely acoustic up until the final chorus.

Vernon’s modulated voice cuts out: he sang with too much volume and passion, but just like with my sister and I, the emotion is still there.

Insightful poetry pulls student back to love of words

worth it.

One of the most talented humans I’ve come across is Bryce Hanna. He and I went to high school together and bonded over our love of poetry, art and our close relationship with our art teacher.

Now after graduating, Hanna actually uses his passion for the arts and puts them into words. Specifically, poetic words.

He has recently published a book called “Through the hole in the ozone layer” which is a collection of 54 original poems directly from his own mind.

I was lucky enough to get a PDF copy of said poems so I could write this article.

I know a lot of people in the Des Moines metro area.

Sometimes I think it’s a curse when I sit next to my Calculus teacher from high school in the Christmas Eve service at church with my parents. Others times, it’s really a blessing.

So many of my friends and family are just so talented that my supportive habits are causing me to go broke. But it’s

RESTAURANT REVIEW

Back in the day, I had a huge interest in poetry. However, there’s a lot of what I call “surface poetry” that litters the beautiful scene.

The surface poetry almost turned me away from poetry altogether, but Bryce pulled me back in and I could not thank him enough.

His poems are so intuitive

and insightful. Somehow he manages to say what everyone is thinking while basing it off of his life and experiences.

They’re just such good examples of using your art to bring people together to appreciate an art that is generally hidden from the front pages.

Hanna’s style is just a paragraph, no punctuation or structure, of text.

Hanna writes his poems by speaking into a microphone on the Notes app.

Hanna decided that it was a really cool way to write a poem and kept at it.

Hanna got started three years ago, which leaves a lot of time for writing.

He has many more poems than this one book, and he says the one he is most proud of is in the second book, which has yet to be published.

Now I could write about each poem and how it affects me, but I don’t think that’s what is important here.

What’s important is how his work builds the community even though he works individually. He has the incredible ability of creating an environment and ambiance through a couple strings of words tied together.

The feeling I get from most of his pieces is of laying on a rooftop while listening to really chill instrumentals while thinking about the origin of the universe and the future of society and humans themselves. All in all, a good night, honestly.

If you’re ready to face life, read Hanna’s poems. If you don’t like poetry, read Hanna’s poems. If you are annoyed with me and think I’m being overdramatic and pretentious, read Hanna’s poems.

If you’re a living, breathing human, read Bryce’s poems. They are so worth it.

The Des Moines area has an amazing poetry community. If you want to join in, you can go to Java Joe’s downtown every third Tuesday of the month for a free poetry slam.

You can present your own poems, be a judge or just watch. It’s a competition but nobody leaves unhappy. Unless one of the poets wants you to feel unhappy.

Hanna and I are attending soon. I hope it becomes a regular thing. I’d love to see you all join us, it’s a night of coffee, poetry, and community where everyone is involved and encouraged to support local art and artists.

But until then, I’ll leave you with a quote from Hanna’s poem “Outlet”. His main characteristic is lack of punctuation and I won’t add any in so you’ll have to deal with it.

“I’ll move my hand in a circle and whisper myself into your brain I explain that I’ve eaten the universe and that our love is made of flowers and you’re drilling out spiritual cavities in your soul’s clean teeth I fix your lips to mine to stop the bleeding”

Vietnamese restaurant, A-Dong, receives glowing review

can tell.

But, the first time I went to A-Dong, I went with my brother, who’s spent quite a bit of time in Asia, and he said it was legit, so I’ll take his word for it. All I know about Vietnamese food is that it’s crazy good.

but you know, it’s meh. So you know that you have to spice that broth up.

Adam Heater Food Critic adam.heater@drake.edu @damHeater

There’s this cool little Vietnamese staple of a restaurant called A-Dong. And if you’re from Des Moines, you’ve probably already heard of it.

What’s wonderful about A-Dong is that it broadens your ethnic food horizons in a way that is really true to Vietnamese cuisine, at least as far as I, a kid who’s never left the United States,

The signature dish at A-Dong is Pho (pronounced F-uh), which is a lot like ramen. Not the ramen you have in your dorm room, but the traditional Japanese noodle soup, Ramen. A lot like ramen, Pho is just a gigantic bowl of noodles and broth, with some scattered veggies and whatever meat you want with it.

I ordered mine with Vietnamese meatballs, flank steak and duck breast. The beauty of Pho at A-Dong is that you get to customize it the way that you want.

The broth that your noodles and proteins are served in isn’t that bad. I mean, it’s just broth, what do you really expect?

It has some pretty good flavor,

On the table you’ll find hoisin sauce, soy sauce and sriracha. Also if you order the Pho, which I honestly don’t know why you’d order anything else, they’ll bring you jalapenos, parsley, peppermint, bean sprouts and lime.

So you realistically can take your bowl of Pho in any direction you want. Just ask my mom, I’ve always been a coward when it comes to spicy food.

So I avoided the sriracha and jalapenos, but loaded up my bowl with everything else they put in front of me. I’ve never felt this way about soup before, I’ve never been excited by it.

It’s flavored water, what’s the big deal? But the meats in the soup are face meltingly good. For real, if you see me on campus, I’m sorry for my face, cause it’s a tad disintegrated.

This bowl of Pho has changed my view on an entire viscus food

group. It isn’t even soup. It can’t be soup. It’s just too. Freaking. Good. My only complaint about A-Dong is that they didn’t have a soundproof chamber for me to slurp my Pho in, I’m sure I drove some of the other customers

to near insanity because of the practically obsessive inhalation of soup going on at the next table over.

To A-Dong, I thank you. And to the other patrons of A-Dong, I apologize.

Parker Klyn Music Critic parker.klyn@drake.edu @KlynParker

Natalie Larimer Book Critic natalie.larimer@drake.edu @larimerslogic

BON IVER’S highly awaited third album “22, A Million.”

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OPINIONS

Going abroad gives student new experiences to share

Sometimes you’ll find unexpected strengths.

Other times, you’ll discover weaknesses you’d overlooked. One of the first things I realized , and was constantly reminded of throughout the trip, was that I was not very brave, or assertive, or even talkative.

shaky Spanish, using an American accent that sometimes made them laugh.

I haven’t been so conscious of my learning, or felt like I was learning so fast, anywhere in the U.S. But of course not. When I’m in the U.S., I’m comfortable.

Abi Grimminger Contributing Writer abigail.grimminger@drake.edu @AbiGrimminger

When you first start thinking about studying abroad, there are a lot of details to consider and a lot of countries to choose from. You can narrow programs down based on the academic opportunities they offer, their cost and their location.

Because I wanted to go to Europe and study Spanish, my choice was easy: Spain.

I knew there were areas in Spain where it would be easy to switch into speaking English (such as Madrid), so I opted to go to a city where English would be less well-known, Sevilla.

This choice would go on to influence the adventures I had abroad such as the people I met, the accent they used and the places I could easily go. But many of my experiences were similar to those of anyone who has studied abroad.

If you choose to go abroad, you will inevitably learn things about yourself you never knew before.

CONCERT REVIEW

At Drake, being quiet never bothered me. But in this new city where everyone was social, where being standoffish was not only strange but a little bit rude, I suddenly felt inadequate. I had to learn how to work with my shyness and not let it keep me from meeting people or seeing new places.

There were other obstacles, too. The accent in southern Spain was a bit unique. Locals spoke quickly and frequently dropped the ends of their words.

Sometimes when they realized I was from the U.S., they would speak more slowly and carefully.

Other times, I had to ask that they repeat themselves and slow down. But every time I was able to successfully communicate with someone else, without the aid of a translator tool or a textbook, my confidence was boosted.

Abroad, I was able to see how well I could communicate in reality, not just in a classroom.

Sometimes, it was really hard to be away from my friends and family. But this also gave me a freedom I’d never experienced before.

I was surprised by how much I was capable of doing on my own. I navigated a new city that spoke a different language. I ate with the locals and spoke to them in

Since I got back from studying abroad, I’ve noticed that I took some things with me.

I still incorporate some of the eating habits I picked up from my host mom. I don’t drink soda as often and I put olive oil on my salads instead of dressing. I’m a bit more assertive and I’m less worried about looking silly or out of place. Using Snapchat or Facebook, I still get to speak Spanish with the people I met.

I’m not so afraid of taking risks, either. The struggles I experienced abroad were so important for helping me learn about myself and the language I love. And naturally, they’ve given me a lot of stories to tell.

Parker Klyn Music Critic parker.klyn@drake.edu @KlynParker

Drake has been the talk of Des Moines for the past week. Not Drake University, mind you –Drake, the pop star, the biggest rapper alive, was coming to Wells Fargo Arena as a part of his Summer Sixteen tour.

He ended up coming to Drake, like we all asked, but it was in the middle of the night; everyone was asleep. A huge portion of Drake’s student body made their way across town to the Well to see what Drake and co-headliner Future had to offer. So, how was the show?

First, let’s talk about the openers, both of whom are signed to Drake’s label, OVO Sound. Roy Woods was generic at best and incomprehensible at worst. The music was mellow and trapinfluenced, but you’d be hardpressed to tell him apart from his musical contemporaries like Bryson Tiller and August Alsina.

Then we got dvsn, an R&B duo consisting of singer Daniel Daley and producer Nineteen85. It was just Daley on stage, and in all honesty, he stole the show. His impeccable voice and uniquely lush musical style set a high bar for the rest of the night.

Then, at 9:45, after an unnecessarily long wait, Drake himself emerged, clad in a Drake University letterman’s jacket over a Bulldogs basketball jersey. It was an endearing moment after the disappointment of earlier in the day. Of course, his opening

song was “Summer Sixteen” and the crowd was immediately hooked.

From there, the show was on its way. Drake rarely did more than dance around and rap; there was no choreography and a very minimalistic stage setup. He wisely interspersed his usual hits with tracks from his most recent release, “Views,” which dropped earlier this year.

I think that most of the songs from “Views” are a slog, and the crowd seemed to agree – the few times they seemed to lose interest were during “Views” songs. The one time where energy was almost completely lost was during a three-song stretch of slow cuts from Views. Only dvsn’s guest vocals on “Faithful” brought the crowd back up.

Over an hour into the show, Drake introduced Atlanta rapper Future to the building, and he rapidly moved through a medley of his hardest club bangers.

The most energized moments of the entire night came from Future’s set, with hits like “Bugatti” and “Thought It Was A Drought.” After Future and Drake came together for the biggest hits on their collaborative release What A Time To Be Alive, it was the end of the former’s night.

Drake closed the show with his angriest tracks, like “Know Yourself” and “Energy”. After the highs of Future’s set, these five encore songs seemed excessive.

The show wasn’t officially over until after midnight, over four hours after Woods’ opening set. I understand that Drake wanted to promote his most recent album, but it was a misfire to include the vast majority of the record’s tracklist.

All in all, the Summer Sixteen tour played out a lot like Views; an excessively long moment of self-seriousness intercut with moments of pure energy. If Drake had exercised some self-restraint and stuck to his hits, the show could have been transcendent; as a result, the show ended up meeting, not exceeding or falling short of, expectations.

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

Here at Drake, we have a strange outlook on environmental issues. We have compost bins at Quad, but since nobody uses them correctly, Sodexo has to put the compost bags into the trash.

Every dorm has a recycling bin provided, but the amount of people that I know who just use it as a regular trash can is astronomical. Just in the last two days, I’ve picked up about a trash can full of litter that was within 20 feet of a trash can.

So how do we fix this and become more of an environmentally friendly campus?

Well, there are simple solutions to those examples above. I should hope you can infer them.

But that’s not enough. We have the opportunity to cut back on severe cases of pollution and waste, and here’s what we can do.

First, if you have a car on campus and you have a bike/ skateboard/any form of nongasoline vehicle that can transport you a short distance, use it rather than the car.

I work at Mars Café and you can bet that I bike there every chance I get, regardless of the forecast. You don’t have to take your car to go to Walgreens. Walmart is close, but not close enough to bike, so take the bus.

It will run regardless if you’re on it or not, so you might as well save the gas money and the exhaust fumes and hop on, especially since your ID gets you a free ride on the Dart Bus at all times.

Use those reusable water bottles that you keep getting and not using.

Drake has given me at least three free water bottles and you can easily get one for like five bucks at Walgreens.

We have those nice water bottle fillers on most of our water fountains, and this way you’re not wasting all that plastic that is harmful to the environment and potentially even you.

Cut down that shower time and save some water. Yes, it’s nice to have an escape for a while and just soak in the hot water, but that’s not only bad for the Earth, but it can be bad for you too.

Speaking as somebody with severely dry skin, taking long showers turns my skin into parchment. All of the necessary moisture and oils get stripped from your skin the longer you stay in there.

And as for the Earth, it’s not just wasting water, it’s wasting

energy as well. It takes energy to heat the water and filter it back into the system.

Even though we live in Iowa where we have a prominent community of windmills that generate clean energy, we are still get 40.11 percent of our energy from coal, according to the Iowa Utilities Board.

Speaking of energy, turn off your lights when you leave the room and when you’re on your laptop watching Netflix.

Basically any time you don’t need the lights on, turn them off. Even if you aren’t paying for the bill, you’re paying for the side effects on the Earth.

Sorry to get all preachy on you guys, I’m just very passionate about this stuff.

So learn how to compost. There are posters by each compost bin. Start recycling and just throw away your trash. I’m sick of picking it up for you.

Drake should have ‘stuck to his hits’ at Wells Fargo

Opportunities to be eco-friendly on campus

GRIMMINGER AND FRIENDS (top) at the Puerta de Jerez, a Sevilla landmark. (Bottom) The Plaza de España, a famous collection of buildings in Sevilla noted for their Art Deco design and architecture. COURTESY OF ABI GRIMMINGER

Drake

Iowa aims to be healthiest state, starting with small steps

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

Outside of Cowles Library on the warm afternoon of Oct. 5, a group of about 30 people came together for the Healthiest State Initiative. Some came in workout gear, others in business casual dress rocking their walking shoes during their lunch break.

The Healthiest State Initiative (HSI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with the goal of making Iowa the healthiest state in the nation.

To promote this goal, HSI can be found in work sites, communities, schools and organizations to improve the health of Iowans.

Linda Feiden from Drake University Human Resources ,stood on the steps of the library with maps in hand for the 1-kilometer walking route.

As the group got ready to depart, raffle tickets were given out and winners received Drake t-shirts and hats as prizes.

The walk snaked through campus and only took twelve minutes.

The HSI is trying to illustrate to Iowans that making healthy choices does not have to be a huge time commitment.

As people walked and chatted along the way there was an instant moral boost.

Walking together as a group creates a safe social setting where everyone has the same mindset. Everyone is there for the same reason: their health.

Not only do the walks encourage a healthy lifestyle but they can create a place for accountability. They can also provide partners who can motivate each other toward future health habits.

Over 900 walks were organized throughout the state of Iowa on Oct. 5 in addition to the one at Drake.

Dedicated members and investors have come together to work towards creating and donating to programs that promote health and well-being across the state.

The idea is that the programs

would make it easier for Iowans to live a healthy life.

Iowa is currently no. 14 in national rankings for the healthiest state. Since the initiative was announced the state has made small steps, but Iowa has not moved in the ranking for the past five years.

Sophomore David Edwards takes having a healthy lifestyle very seriously.

“I think that walking and just being active in the gym is an important way to stay focused in classes and stay physically healthy too,” Edwards said. “I’m glad this is on our campus because it’s becoming a problem for people across the country ... I think it would be cool to see Iowa as the healthiest state in the nation.”

Feiden has only been at Drake for a short time but is already taking initiative, with this program to fight obesity, not only in the state of Iowa, but on campus, as well.

“We are more sedentary than we have ever been, because, with modern technology, there is less of a need to get up and go out,” Feiden said. “People also eat out

more and cook at home less. It’s harder to make healthy choices when you eat out … And when you do eat out the portion sizes have increased so people do not realize how much they’re eating.”

At Drake, students have resources to combat the “freshman 15” and the “Quad Bod” that can creep up after a few chicken melts.

“I played football in high school so when I wasn’t playing sports anymore I had to do something,” Edwards said. “The freshman 15 happens so fast and it happens all the time to firstyears. I make an effort every day to go to the gym. It’s important that I have a workout in or I don’t do as well in classes. It helps me focus and de-stress.”

Edwards believes that once weight is gained, people can be even less motivated to lose it.

“Obesity is a problem because people aren’t as educated on how to live a healthy lifestyle after they move out and head to college,”

Edwards said. “Getting into a workout routine and making healthy food choices is key to fighting obesity today.”

Feiden pointed out the resources that Drake has for students to stay healthy.

“On campus, we have two exercise facilities, a student wellness center and a nutritionist on campus,” Feiden said. “Drake students have access to so many helpful ways to stay healthy in college.”

The Healthiest State Walk took a different approach to exercise that students might often times forget.

Staying fit can start by taking the initiative to maybe have a grilled chicken wrap instead of a chicken melt or taking the long way to class to get some extra steps. The Healthiest State Initiative is about making changes in diet and exercise to be able to be happy and healthy.

“We have to remember to take care of ourselves mentally and physically in college,” Edwards said. “This is where we build the foundation for our future and being healthy all around should be a top priority for everyone.”

Students discuss the meaning of ‘home’ in the classroom

“Home: Dwelling and Belonging” is an Honors class offered at Drake University that explores the many different concepts of home.

According to the course catalog, “the course explores the idea, experience, representation, and feeling of home as a site of intimate belonging and of social status.”

“This class is a place to concentrate on the central theme and question and problem: What is home? Where is home? And how do we dwell and belong differently,” said professor Joan McAllister, the class instructor.

The ideas that the students are grappling with allow the students to draw on their personal experiences to explain what exactly the concepts course is working with.

The catalog adds that the class “draws on theories, philosophies and critiques of diverse versions of home from different times and spaces, examining the cultural, historical, material and political dimensions of this key place of everyday life.”

“We get a chance to reflect on our personal experience but also see it refracted in through someone else’s experience,” McAllister said.

The class is cross-listed for the rhetoric, media and social change major, as well as the global and cultural understanding AOI.

“It has drawn a really diverse group of students, from different years, from different majors, from different countries, different regions, different social locations, and that makes the conversation so great,” McAllister said. “I had to open more seats.”

Each class meeting usually begins with a large group discussion.

One exercise involved students sharing a post that was done for

homework that described their idea of a home.

This post was to be a picture and explanation of what gives each student a sense of home.

A few chose their beds, one had a fireplace, dinner tables and others’ had images that spoke of their own experiences.

At least two students commented that that they don’t have a particular location that reminds them of home, adding that they’ve each moved around a lot.

One student, Nya Makaza, showed a picture of a black and white tapestry of an elephant that she owns. She has moved from Zimbabwe to the United States multiple times. And the continued movement has affected her sense of home. The last time she moved she said that she got the tapestry; that way it can go with her wherever she goes.

“Home is what is familiar to me, something that doesn’t

change, (but) it can be moved,” Makaza said.

From there, the class generally breaks into a student-led a discussion.

“It has drawn a really diverse group of students, from different years, different majors, different countries, different regions, different social locations and that’s what makes the conversation so great.”

Joan McAllister Professor

Discussions are lead by different students each week.

Clio Cullison, a junior majoring in rhetoric media and social change, took the class because she needed it for her major.

The class does a good job to translating the rhetoric to everyday lives, Cullison said.

“I would recommend the class,” Cullison said.

When Cullison led the discussion, she had her peers split into three small groups, each discussing a different reading.

Afterwards, the group came back as a whole to discuss.

“It is a very personal class,” Cullison said. “We talk about very personal things in our lives, things we wouldn’t share normally.”

The class “Home: Dwelling and Belonging” is largely discussion based and the topics are very personal because students are sharing their experiences with a home.

It is a big class of diverse people, many who are willing to share their own experiences in discussing a key place in people’s lives -- the home.

“... Students of any level, of any background could bring insights,” McAllister said.

STUDENTS AND FACULTY walked for 12 minutes on campus as a part of the Healthiest State Initiative that a nonpatisan organization is pushing this year.

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Humans of Drake

The Times-Delphic tells the stories of Drake students and faculty

Jenny English • Student Accounting Major

Drake Theatre leaves questions unanswered in “Doubt”

Depression to World War II.

“She’s devoted her life to the church and the students,” Carlson said. “She really wants to protect these kids from all the harsh realities she knows about the world.”

Sports pushes student in direction of career

Hallie O’Neill Copy Editor hallie.oneill@drake.edu @hallie_oneill

Those who know Jenny English may know her as a sophomore accounting major, a Milwaukee native or a member of Drake’s chapter of the business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi.

But those who know her more closely know about her hidden interest: sports.

“I always saw myself working in the sports industry,” English said. “I’ve always loved basically any kind of sport, primarily football or baseball. It would be really awesome if I could get into that.”

She used to imagine herself managing accounts for a sports team, but recently she began to realize that accounting isn’t the right major for her.

After beginning more indepth accounting classes at the beginning of the semester, English found that she had a “change of heart.”

Although she doesn’t know which direction she’ll take her studies, she wants to continue to pursue business and the sports industry.

“All I know is that it just feels like a weight off my shoulders now that I know that I don’t want to do accounting anymore,” English said.

As for her interest in sports, English said it stems back to her early childhood. Sports, for her, are heavily tied to her family and the time they spent together while she was growing up.

“We had season tickets for the Milwaukee Brewers, so we’d go to those games a lot,” English recalls. “... sitting and watching a game with your family is just so

fun, because you’re all just kind of there. You don’t really talk that much, but it’s fun just being there and knowing that you’re all together.

“We all had our favorite player,” English said. “I loved Craig Counsell, the now manager of the Brewers.”

Her dad played a major role in introducing her to the sports world.

He was a football coach himself, and she remembers going to the games he coached at a young age and feeling an instant love for the sport.

She also looks back fondly on Sundays spent with her family.

“My dad would watch football all the time at home on Sundays,” English said. “It would be Football Day.”

Now, her dad lives in New York, so besides her yearly visit to the East coast, she doesn’t see him too much.

“I see him probably like four times a year,” English said. “It’s kind of sad, but we talk a lot on the phone.”

Her mom lives back in Milwaukee and her older sister attends Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

English is extremely close to her family. Even though they are spread out, she clings tightly to memories made with them.

Although her future is currently up in the air, English feels like she is in the right spot for the time being.

“I feel like a lot of people come here to Drake knowing exactly what they want to do,” said English. “But if not, they find out what they want to do and it becomes their new passion, and somehow, they wind up getting to where they want to go.”

Last week, the newly renamed Coleman Studio was turned into a Catholic school from 1964. A pulpit stood against one wall with an archway and garden against the other. In the middle was the principals office where most of the action took place.

For the first show of the season, the Drake Theatre department put on a production of the controversial religious drama, “Doubt,” written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Michael Rothmayer.

“Doubt” follows the story of an accusation and its aftermath. A nun becomes suspicious of a priest who spent time alone with one of the school’s more vulnerable students.

Sister Aloysius, played by senior Ruby Carlson, goes to drastic lengths to get Father Flynn, played by senior Zachary Decker, transferred out of the school.

“She’s not doing ‘innocent until proven guilty,’” Carlson said. “Up to the very end of the show, she doesn’t have the proof, but she has her certainty. Is having that certainty enough to validate what she does?”

Much of the beauty of the character comes from what the audience does not see. Carlson said she really tried to imagine what the nun had lived through, from the roaring ‘20s to the Great

By trying to protect the students, however, the character comes off as very strict and rigid.

Sophomore Grace Sopko plays another nun, Sister James. Her character plays is a foil to Sister Aloysius, as James is much more reluctance to confront Father Flynn.

“Her character arc is really fascinating because she undergoes the most change of all the characters,” Sopko said.

A main point of tension in the play comes from the conflict between Sister James and Sister Aloysius.

Aloysius goes to great lengths with her suspicions, even calling in the mother of the student in question.

Mrs. Muller, played by junior Madeline Jones, only appears for one surprising and memorable scene but does not give the audience enough evidence to decipher Flynn’s guilt or innocence.

Father Flynn himself is more like Sister James. He is following the way of the Vatican, which began to be more open-minded around the time of the play.

“He’s a relatively young priest in the grand scheme. He’s more on the progressive side of religion and less about inflicting rules and more about accepting everyone,” Decker said.

Flynn is a more tolerant character faces very serious accusations.

Like Aloysius, almost everyone on stage and in the audience has doubts over the innocence or guilt of Father Flynn. In fact, no one knows whether or not Flynn did anything wrong except the actor playing him.

“The director said that I have to make a choice whether Flynn was innocent or guilty and I can’t tell anyone,” Decker said. “That was pretty difficult, having to keep a secret this entire time.”

Only two people in the world actually know for sure if the priest is guilty or not: the play’s author and one of the first actors to play Father Flynn.

“It’s a show that doesn’t have an end. You don’t know what happened as there’s not enough evidence for either side,” Sopko said. “If people don’t walk out discussing it and disagreeing, we didn’t do our job.”

All the actors agreed that they wanted the audience to talk about the play. Even among the stage crew, there was quite a bit of disagreement about the culpability of Father Flynn.

“You don’t get a clear answer,” Carlson said. “You have to find your own truth in the show.”

It is not an easy thing to do. As Sopko said, there is equal evidence for either side. There is strong evidence that Father Flynn did do it and also that he did not.

“It’s dead even,” Sopko said. “You just have to have faith in your own answer.”

Honors students explore greater Des Moines religions

Hayley

Staff Writer haley.hodges@drake.edu

While many students choose to take Area of Inquiry (AOI) classes in varying disciplines, the Honors Track serves as an alternative to the traditional AOI route. The Honors Track still requires students to fullfill three of the AOIs, but offers different interdisciplinary courses for the other general education requirements.

In order to complete the Honors Track, students must also take the Honors 100: Paths to Knowledge course. In the spring 2016 semester, one of the Paths sections was taught by Professor of Philosophy Tim Knepper and focused on exploring religion.

“It looks at where the term religion came from, from the Latin ‘religio,’ and had very different meanings then and it’s had very different meanings over the course of its history,” Knepper said. “It’s only in the last three or four hundred years that it’s come to mean a system of beliefs or different sets of religious beliefs that are mutually exclusive.

“So we trace that history, we look at the current state of the academic study of religion how different scholars theorize religion and study religion,” Knepper continued. “Then we do a role-playing game where the students re-enact the 1893 World Parliament of Religions. It was

ORGANIZATIONS

the first time ever in the history of the world that practitioners and scholars of religion from around the world came together to talk about religion.”

The Paths class also includes a lab where Knepper said he proposed several options for projects. The students decided they wanted to create a booklet on the religions of the Drake neighborhood.

The booklet, which is available for students, showcases 36 religious communities and provides students with information about the community. It also says what to expect and how to act respectfully within each of the communities.

The booklet is published and will soon be distributed throughout residence halls as well as other buildings on campus, such as Meredith and Medbury Halls.

All of the students in the class were responsible for visiting different communities and writing their piece on them.

Juniors Mollie Clark and Shea Seiff organized and formatted the booklet as well.

“The rest of the class divided up into groups, so you and another person would then go out into the community and (visit) three or four religious sites with your partner,” said Dominic Adduci, a student who partook in the course. “(We’d) go out, take pictures of the place, talk to the people, talk to the practitioners, talk to the religious leaders and just get a good feel of it and then write a full report of your

experience there.”

Adduci, a junior studying English and philosophy, and his partner were responsible for exploring the St. John Basilica, Kyles A.M.E. Zion Church, The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-day Saints, and Ezan Islamic and Education Center.

“I think it’s important based on the fact that we have, and are trying to get, diversity here on campus,” Clark said. “With that diversity comes a lot of varying religious backgrounds, and the book will kind of point individuals who might have different religious backgrounds in the direction that they’re looking for. Also, it would expose students who might want to experiment with different religions or want to experience religions firsthand.”

It can be easier to not explore opportunities throughout the rest of Des Moines, but the course aimed to combat that complacency and introduce potential religious communities to students that would get them involved with more of the outside Des Moines community.

“I think that it’s really hard to get engaged with an outside community when you’re not already connected with them. So coming to college in a place that you don’t know, that’s a scary process and it’s really hard to get out of campus,” Clark said. “So this booklet provides students the opportunity to have a quick reference if they want to get involved in religious organizations or communities.”

Blue Crew Dance club offers classes for those who want to learn

Emily Larson Contributing Writer emily.larson@drake.edu

Walking into Blue Crew Dance Club’s (BCDC) practice, observers can feel the energy of the dancers. There is a sense of kinship between the students in the organization.

BCDC is an on-campus recreational dance club that holds weekly dance workshops and also trains for performances.

To become one of the dancers in this club, the only requirement is to show up.

“The time commitment is really up to the dancer,” said senior Mari Moroz who cofounded the club her first year at Drake. There are no tryouts or

standards of expertise to become a part of BCDC.

The new leaders of the club, juniors Jenny Steffens and Kelsey Olson, expressed that they wanted the club to be a laid-back place for people to get a great workout and enjoy themselves.

“The best part about our members is their passion,” Steffens said. “It’s really cool to be surrounded by people who love what you love.”

BCDC is a co-ed club full of students who simply enjoy dancing without the pressures a competitive dance team brings.

“It’s very relaxed, a great workout, Moroz said, “and you get to meet a lot of cool people.”

BCDC meets Wednesdays from 9-10 p.m. to learn different dances.

The type of dance they do varies from week to week.

The numerous types of dance offered by the club include hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, Bollywood, tango and ballet.

“We do weekly workshops where different Drake students will choreograph something to a style of their choice,” Moroz said.

The group is welcome to any kind of dance as long as someone is willing to teach it. Students do not have to be a “member” of the club to come to a practice or choreograph a dance.

Depending on the dance, the workshops draw in a variety of crowds from week to week. Hiphop is the most popular with about 20 people in attendance those days.

Boys and girls, athletes and nonathletic people, and shy and outgoing people alike come out for the classes.

People can sign up for

information on the classes by reaching out to any of the board members.

Some of the members were dancers before coming to Drake and desire to continue doing something they loved without any pressure. Some of the members have never danced before and simply want to try a new activity.

If a student is looking for more than just a weekly workout, BCDC also trains for performances.

In the three years since they have been an organization, they have had two regular performances a year. In the fall semester they perform at the halftime show for the Iowa Wild hockey team, and for the spring semester they are seen at the halftime show for the Iowa Energy basketball team, both at Wells Fargo arena. “One of my favorite memories

was our first outside performance for the Iowa Wild, where we danced at the third quarter to “Centuries” by Fall Out Boy,” Moroz said. “It was the moment when I realized, ‘Hey, we did this. We created an organization that’s doing something cool for the community.”

Last year, BCDC also held a line-dancing workshop at Relay for Life. Steffens said she hosted the class and it was a great success.

This year they hope to be featured in the spring showcase. The group’s next performance is at the Iowa Wild hockey game on Nov. 18.

Hodges

HONORS STUDENTS in last semester’s Paths to Knowledge class created a booklet that showcases various churches and places of worship throughout the Des Moines community. PHOTOS BY JAKE BULLINGTON | DIGITAL EDITOR

Bulldogs earn win on the road, defeat Valparaiso 35-21

The Bulldogs broke a streak last weekend that lasted for almost two years — that is losing games on the road.

The Bulldogs went out to Indiana to face Valparaiso University and won 35-21, bringing an end to the eight-game long losing streak away from Drake Stadium.

In the first quarter, the Bulldogs were able to score on their first possession.

Senior running back Conley Wilkins carried most of the weight during the 85-yard drive

with a total of 45 rushing yards.

The biggest play of the drive came when quarterback Grant Kraemer found wide receiver A.J. Spitz for a 29-yard reception moved the team into the redzone.

Kraemer finished the drive with a three-yard touchdown pass to redshirt-senior tight end Eric Saubert in the end zone.

Early in the second quarter, the Bulldogs pulled off some trickery to extend their lead to 14 when Wilkins completed an 18yard pass to wide receiver Zach Zlabis in the end zone.

The Crusaders answered back with a touchdown of their own in a 12-play, 65-yard drive bringing the score to 14-7 with eight minutes left of play in the second

quarter. The Bulldogs received two penalties during the drive for encroachment and pass interference.

Kraemer found Saubert twice more during the Bulldogs next possession. Wilkins added 16 rushing yards to his total.

Then a 19-yard pass from Kraemer to wide receiver Keegan Gallery led the Bulldogs to a 21-7 lead with six minutes left in the half.

Valparaiso could not gain any ground during their next drive and ended their possession with a punt. With the Bulldogs in possession and just over five minutes left to play in the second quarter, a pass from Kraemer

was intercepted by Valparaiso defensive back Joey MartinezDiaz and returned 49 yards for the defensive touchdown to bring the score to 21-14.

The Bulldogs were able to take back the momentum before halftime.

Kraemer was able to find wide receiver Devin Cates for a 67-yard reception and then found Saubert in the end zone once again for a six-yard touchdown pass, bringing the score to 28-14.

Valparaiso was able to chip away at the 14-point deficit early on in the third quarter with a 55yard touchdown-scoring drive.

The Bulldogs were unable to convert in the third quarter, but still managed to drive the ball well.

Wilkins added 23 rushing yards to his total and junior Brock Reichardt added 31 of his own. Going into the fourth quarter the Bulldogs opted to continue a rush heavy offensive strategy and it worked.

Wilkins has 107 rushing yards in the quarter and scored the only touchdown of the final quarter for either team bringing the final score to 35-21. Wilkins matched his careerhigh of 205 rushing yards in Saturday’s game, with over half of them coming in the final quarter of play.

The Bulldogs return home to face San Diego University at Drake Stadium on Oct. 15 at 12:30 p.m.

No. 5 Loyola shuts out Drake

Bulldogs lose sixth straight match

decided by only one goal with both of the last two ending in overtime golden goals.

it was saved by Loyola’s keeper.

Drake Men’s Soccer’s last victory was on Sept. 10, a shutout against the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Since then, the Bulldogs have lost six straight and have given up two or more goals in each of their last four games.

Most recently, the Bulldogs were blown out 4-0 on Oct. 8 in Chicago against Loyola University.

The Loyola Ramblers are unquestionably the best team in the Missouri Valley Conference at the moment.

They’re ranked 5th in the NCAA and only have one loss this season, and it was to another ranked team, no. 7 Creighton University.

After defeating Drake, Loyola improved to 4-0-0 in the Valley. The Bulldogs are in the opposite form: 0-3-0 in the MVC, 3-8-0 overall and haven’t won a match in more than a month.

Most of Drake’s losing streak has been suffered in narrow losses. Excluding Saturday’s loss to Loyola, each match has been

The Ramblers struck in the 6th minute when a lead pass got behind Drake’s defense and Loyola sophomore Alec Lasinski dribbled around redshirt-senior goalkeeper Darrin MacLeod to find the open net. It was Lasinski’s fifth goal of the season, tying him for the most on the Ramblers squad.

The Bulldogs responded with aggression and nearly evened the match in the 30th minute when senior forward James Wypych connected on a header, but it sailed wide.

Wypych has been struggling to find the net as of late. He hasn’t scored since Sept. 13 and only has three goals on 15 shots this season. At this time last year, he had four goals with 14 shots in one less appearance.

His miss was one of Drake’s two first half shots, neither of which were on net. The other was from freshman Antonio Sanchez whose shot was blocked with less than 10 minutes left in the half.

The Bulldogs managed to fire off four shots in the second half, but only managed to put one on goal — a 78th minute attempt by redshirt-senior Ben LeMay — but

The Ramblers tallied 15 shots in the match including 11 in the second half, with eight on goal in total.

Loyola only extended its lead after halftime.

Less than seven minutes into the period, Drake had already committed two fouls and conceded its second goal, again on a through ball the defense failed to intercept.

The Ramblers tacked on two more in the 71st and 73rd minutes, respectively.

Loyola’s fourth and final goal came on a penalty kick when Drake senior midfielder was given a yellow card for a foul committed in the box.

The final score of the match was Loyola 4, Drake 0. It was also the first time the Bulldogs have been shut out since Sept. 17 when the Ramblers defeated Drake in Des Moines 1-0, a match that appeared much less one-sided.

The Bulldogs returned home to face Bradley University last night, both sides still searching for their first win in the MVC this season. Go to timesdelphic.com for an online exclusive recap of that match.

DRAKE’S DEFENSIVE LINE prepares for a play against McKendree State on Sept. 21. The Bulldogs win last weekend was the first road win since Nov. 22, 2014.

PHOTO BY KATIE KURKA | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

GOALKEEPER Darrin MacLeod takes a goal kick on Sept. 17, Drake’s 1-0 loss to Loyola. MacLeod is Drake’s all-time shutout leader, although he hasn’t recorded one since Sept. 10. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Men’s Basketball season preview

Focus on defense, transfers, perimeter play

Adam Rogan Managing Editor adam.rogan@drake.edu

“There’s no better time than right now,” Drake Men’s Basketball head coach Ray Giacoletti said at the team’s annual media day on Oct. 6. “The (Missouri Valley Conference) is wide open. There’s no better time for us, as a program, to take a step forward.”

Giacoletti, primed to start his fourth year at Drake, and the Bulldogs team fielded questions from the press in the Paul Morrison Room and Shivers Basketball Facility to give a preseason taste of what can be expected from Drake in the 201617 season.

After finishing dead last in the MVC last season with an overall record of 7-24, a more experienced Drake squad has brought in several new pieces that could help the Bulldogs finish above .500 for the first time since 2011-12.

Big shoes to fill

The biggest story over the offseason was the departure of 7-footer Domink Olejniczak. He started the final eight games of his freshman season last year, but transferred in May to the University of Mississippi, known as “Ole Miss.” He averaged 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game during his eight starts.

Although the offense may suffer without Olejniczak, the defense could see improvement.

“(Olejniczak) was not a great defender,” Giacoletti said. “His strength was scoring the basketball, and so we’ll be better defensively … (Forwards) Kory (Kuentsling) and Nick McGlynn have more of a defensive mindset.”

After playing as a freshman in 2014-15, the 6-foot-11 Kuentsling sat out last season, but will be back in 2016-17 as a redshirtsophomore. Giacoletti sees him becoming a major player in Drake’s rotation for his high basketball IQ, team-focused mindset and ability to score in the post.

“Kory Kuenstling might be the biggest surprise of anybody on this team,” Giacoletti said. “People will be excited to see how his body has changed. I can see how he’s changed mentally. He’s our best talker of the big guys.”

The Bulldogs also acquired junior T.J. Thomas in the offseason, a 6-foot-8 forward. Giacoletti praised him for his work ethic, blocking ability and athletic prowess. Giacoletti mentioned that Thomas could be “a big help to our program” in

terms of offensive rebounding, an area where Drake ranked eighth of 10 in the MVC.

“We’re probably deeper in the big spots than any place else,” Giacoletti said.

The main responsibility of filling Olejniczak’s shoes will fall on Drake’s only remaining 7-footer, senior Jacob Enevold.

As Olejniczak improved last season, Enevold floundered.

After starting the season with 6.3 rebounds per game, Enevold finished with an average below five. His scoring slipped similarly.

He was also averaging 6.1 points per game on Jan. 17, but had dropped down to 5.0 a month and a half later.

Part of this could be blamed on sacrificing minutes to give Olejniczak more playtime, but some also fell on Enevold’s preparedness.

Enevold saw a sport psychologist over the summer to help correct and prevent some of his mental mistakes and nerves.

“My attitude is always good. Obviously, I want to play good every game,” Enevold said. “The more I think about (the game) the more tense I’m going to be. … The mind is the most powerful thing. … Just getting into the right mindset, and it’s harder than it seems.”

Defense looks to improve

Last season, the Bulldogs allowed the most points in conference play and recorded the fewest steals. To compensate, Giacoletti plans to employ a defense that will switch between zone and man more often in order to keep opponents “off-balance.”

“How this team gets better is at the defensive end,” Giacoletti said. “That’s where we have the most room to get better at.”

This adjustment has been accepted by the team, particularly by redshirt-junior guard Graham Woodward, arguably the team’s best on-ball defender.

“I think that’s important, just having ball pressure kind of disrupts the other team’s offense,” Woodward said. “I think that’s something I can really bring to the table … Increasing that this year can help us tremendously.”

Besides more depth in the post, Drake’s guards will be adjusting to a new rotation.

Junior De’Antae McMurray transferred in from Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) and is expecting to see significant playtime in his first season as a Bulldog.

McMurray comes in with a reputation of being a good distributor with a solid jump shot. As a sophomore at SWIC, he averaged 11.5 points, 5.1 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game on a team that finished 27-6. With

experience on a winning college team, McMurray could prove instrumental in shifting Drake’s seasonal momentum in a positive direction.

“My biggest thing is getting people involved, getting my teammates involved in the game,” McMurray said. “Passing the ball is probably my biggest thing.”

McMurray will most likely split time with Woodward at the point guard position, but nothing is locked in yet with the start of the season still a month away.

As for who else will round out the rest of the starting five, Giacoletti said, “It’s open competition.”

“It’s always great when you have competition in practice,” Woodward added. “We’re all able guards and we can all help the team in different sorts of ways.”

Timmer among MVC’s best

One thing that is essentially guaranteed will be the contribution of junior guard Reed Timmer. With the graduation of Evansville’s D.J. Balentine and Southern Illinois’ Anthony Beane, Timmer’s 16.8 PPG in 2015-16 makes him the best scorer left in the conference.

He is also the 19th player in Drake history to score more than 500 points in a season.

Besides Balentine and Beane, the MVC lost an excess of talent last season.

“Nine of the (MVC’s) top 10 players last year are gone,” Giacoletti said. “… There’s going to be opportunities that the league presents with a lot of guys being gone.”

Drake, on the other hand, has eight players who averaged 10 or more minutes per game last season, six of whom recorded at least one start.

They team will return to the court for on Nov. 11 for the season tip off when Drake hosts the University of South Dakota in the Knapp Center.

2015-16 MVC Final Standings

Bulldogs swept by Northern Iowa in final match of homestead

The Drake volleyball team dropped another conference match-up this weekend, falling to the University of Northern Iowa 3-0 at home on Saturday night. Although it was a hard-fought effort by the Bulldogs, they were swept in three sets: 25-27, 22-25, 22-25.

“We did a lot of things well,” head coach Darrin McBroom said. “We put ourselves in a position to win against a team that some rank as high as 40th in the nation.”

The first set was a seesaw affair that featured four lead changes and required extra points to decide a winner.

Drake jumped out to an early 12-6 lead thanks to multiple UNI attack errors, but the Panthers chipped away and eventually used a 5-0 run to tie the game at 20 apiece.

Northern Iowa used the energy to claw their way to a 27-25 win.

Drake senior libero Michelle Thommi notched a 10 dig performance in the set.

Set two was equally as competitive with neither side

being able to pull far from the other.

After Drake pulled within two in a 20-18 game, three consecutive kills by the Panther offense proved enough to put away the Bulldogs in the second set.

Although down two sets to none, Drake was determined to stay in the game.

“We always talk about keeping within two points and trying to fight hard and stay positive,” junior middle blocker Kameo Pope said. “(We) try to be tough and battle back.”

The third and final set stayed in form with the rest of the match. Neither team was able to gain more than a two-point advantage until the final serves when UNI took control.

Junior Kyla Inderski turned in a good performance on both sides, recording seven kills and ten digs. Senior setter Chandelle Davidson contributed 20 assists to aid the offensive attack.

Defensively, Drake was again led by Thommi who finished with 19 digs. Sophomore Grace Schofield who added 15 more.

Pope shined for the Bulldogs as well, recording seven kills on 13 attempts, finishing with a matchhigh .462 hitting percentage.

The match against Northern

Iowa marked the end of a fourgame home series for Drake that featured some of the top talent in the Missouri Valley Conference. All four of the teams the Bulldogs squared up against are ranked in the top five of the MVC. Drake came out of the stand at 2-4

in conference play, 11-9 overall.

Drake is looking to utilize the experience from their solid play against tough opponents to carry them through the rest of the season.

“Now we’re starting to turn and play some of our peers in the

conference,” McBroom said. “We hope that this transfers into some success against those teams.”

The Bulldogs hit the road this weekend, taking on Loyola on Friday and Bradley on Saturday.

OPPOSITE HITTER (above) Makena Schoene goes for a kill. She added six of her own. (Bottom-right) Setter Chandelle Davidson providing an assist in Saturday’s match, in which she tallied 20 assists.

(Bottom) The Drake volleyball team celebrates the good playing, despite loss. Overall, the Bulldogs had 69 digs, 35 kills and 33 assists in the match. PHOTOS BY KATIE KURKA | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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