The Times-Delphic (09.14.16)

THE TIMES-DELPHIC The weekly student newspaper of Drake University

Vol. 136 | No. 3 | Wed. Sept. 14, 2016 timesdelphic.com

FEATURES

OPINIONS Over recent decades, political parties have become more and more polarized. Two students explain their reasons for having different political views as the 2016 election looms ever closer. Read more on page 4.

SPORTS

Pianist Tom Splitt will grace the stage on Sept. 22 as a thank you to two Drake seniors who researched and designed his marketing plan. The performance will take place in the Harmon Fine Arts Center. Read more on page 7.

Drake Football has a potential NFL player in the works with tight-end Eric Saubert. Over 20 NFL teams came to Drake Stadium to observe him in action. The coaches and teammates are excited at the prospect of having a potential NFL in their midst. Read more on page 12.

STUDENT SENATE

STUDENT SENATE revamped senate elections rules effective immediately and discussed how to reach student organizations throughout the year. PHOTO BY JAKE BULLINGTON | DIGITAL EDITOR

Student Senate to enter deficit after projections fall short Jake Bullington Digital Editor jacob.bullington@drake.edu @jakebullington Budgetary woes face Student Senate after it was announced Thursday that the governing body will be deficit spending this year.

Last academic year, thenStudent Body Treasurer Trevor Matusik grappled with nearly $460,000 in annual funding requests.

Annual funding requests are proposals submitted by student organizations applying for year long funding from Student Senate. Matusik cut that figure by almost $123,000, to a total of around $335,000.

To read more about last year’s budget, visit timesdelphic.com/ senatebudget2016.

For comparison, current treasurer JD Stehwien and the Student Fees Allocation Committee (SFAC) have just over $300,000 to spend on annual funding requests. However, SFAC has budgeted for the $335,000

figure from last year’s budget. If nothing changes, Student Senate will have over $34,000 in deficit spending this academic year.

The budget’s decrease is also reflected in the decrease of projected Student Fee Dollars, the money that is collected via the student activity fee.

Last year’s projections had the figure at around $526,000 for the 2016-2017 academic year. This projection fell short. According to Auditor Caleb Potratz, the current projection of money is actually around $509,000, a projected shortage of $17,000.

The Student Development Fund, which is slated to be under $51,000 is “typically around $60,000,” Potratz said.

At the end of last year, SFAC added $41,000 into the reserves, meaning that they had underspent by roughly $70,000 last year, according to Potratz.

Potratz said he hopes to have the finances updated monthly.

“We’re doing new accounting procedures this year, where we should have up-to-date budgets for all student organizations weekly,” Potratz said.

During last week’s meeting, a motion upgrading the Student Body Treasurer position to being a paid role was tabled. Since it is amending a bylaw of the Student Senate rules and regulations, it is required to be tabled one week and voted on the next.

“All we’re doing is moving the description of the Student Body Treasurer position to an executive officer position,” said Vice President of Student Life Kevin Kane.

Executive officer positions are paid positions.

At Thursday’s meeting, this motion was approved unanimously, including by Stehwien’s proxy, Paxton Gillespie. A proxy fills in for a senate member if they cannot be present.

Stehwien confirmed the rate of pay was $2,000 per academic year. Stehwien also commented that Drake is considering raising the student activity fee to make up for the funding gap.

“It seems like it’s been a very natural transition,” said School of Education Senator AJ Treiber.

Student Senate budget

$526,000 how much senate expected to have from student activities fees

$509,000 how much senate received from student activities fees

$17,000 how much senate is short

$35,000

how much senate will use in deficit spending

CAMPUS NEWS

Drake has final candidates for prevention coordinator Katherine Bauer News Editor katherine.bauer@drake.edu @bauerkatherine The 2016-2017 academic year has marked a time of great administrative and staff changes at Drake University.

This past July, Alysa Mozak resigned as the Coordinator for Sexual Violence Response and Healthy Relationship Promotion.

A search committee sprang into action shortly after, looking for her replacement.

Mary Traxler, a junior music and psychology double major, felt there was a lack of communication with students asked to participate in the hiring process.

“I wish the school had made it easier for students like myself to get involved with the hiring process like they said they would,” the member of Mentors in Violence Prevention said. “I don’t know that it’s so much a rush as it is just a bit of negligence.”

Normally, administrators would wait 60 days before posting the position after a vacancy occurs. This is done to evaluate the necessity of the position.

However, as Drake’s Title IX Coordinator Kathryn Overberg explained, this waiting period was waived.

“Given the number of students and first-year programs, as well as requirements under Title IX and the Violence Against Women Act, it was important for us to be

able to fill the position sooner,” Overberg said.

The coordinator’s role on campus is to provide resources on sexual violence prevention.

The person taking on these roles will also become responsible for coordinating two student groups: Violence Intervention Partners and Mentors in Violence Prevention.

Human Resources confirmed that 21 people applied for the position. A search committee of faculty, staff, and students met to review applications. Several phone interviews were also conducted. Two finalists were identified through this process.

In-person interviews occurred on Sept. 6 and 7. Again, students, faculty and staff participated to

get to know the two remaining candidates.

“I’m really confident in the two potential hires,” Traxler said.

“And on the side of prevention and awareness, the new coordinator will be able to have an impact.”

Feedback from these interviews was submitted on Monday. Overberg said that interim Dean of Students Jerry Parker will make the final decision between the two candidates.

“The Prevention Coordinator will have a significant impact on campus,” Overberg said.

“Prevention begins as early as Orientation and continues throughout a student’s Drake experience.

The Prevention Coordinator will work collaboratively with students

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and student organizations to bring relevant, meaningful conversations to their lives and educational experiences.”

Traxler said that the prevention coordinator position is a very difficult job to take on since they are a mandatory reporter to the university, making it difficult to balance legal requirements and students’ needs.

“I want them to know how hard of a job it will be to go against student needs in order to legally protect the school,” Traxler said.

“I want them to know that we have a lot of very passionate, hard -working students who deserve the best resources available.”

The university expects to hire the new coordinator by Oct. 1.

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Sept. 14, 2016

NEWS

Q&A ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS

with Drake’s new provost What is a provost?

A provost is a senior administrator who serves on the President’s Council in a university and who is the leader for Academic Affairs.

At Drake, Academic Affairs includes leading and managing a number of areas, from academic colleges and schools to the Cowles Library and faculty honors and awards.

This responsibility affects faculty, staff and students’ daily lives.

THE NEW PROVOST is an Iowa native but has worked at the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay. PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

After a six month search and nearly 70 candidates, a search committee recommended Sue Mattison to be Drake’s new provost.

The Times-Delphic was able to ask her some questions so students can get to know her and really find out what a provost does.

Why did you apply?

Growing up in Iowa, I always knew of Drake’s awesome reputation. When the position came open, I could not pass up the opportunity to apply, and I’m so excited to be here.

I’m the first person in my family who graduated from college. My mom’s big dream as a girl was to go to Drake and major in journalism, but back in the day, girls didn’t leave home to go to school, so she stayed

in Cedar Rapids and attended beauty school. So, I know firsthand the trans-formative impact of a college degree. It not only changed my life, but changed my family and my community.

How are you qualified for this position?

I worked my way up through the faculty ranks and held administrative positions at UNI, then was dean of the College of Professional Studies at UW Green Bay. I was a paramedic for several years, and am a mother, so I’m ready for anything.

What are your goals for Drake’s campus?

Everything I do is with the overarching goal of providing outstanding educational opportunities for students.

Interacting with the faculty is something I really enjoy; these are some of the smartest people in the world, and it’s an honor to be their colleague.

SUE MATTISON handed out donuts to welcome students back to campus during the first week of school. The new provost is a mother and formally a paramedic. COURTESY OF SUE MATTISON

Goals of the new provost • Focus on good stewardship of resources • Support faculty and staff • Ensure adequate financial resources • Support a thriving and inclusive environment for everyone • University and program accreditation • Develop and strengthen community connections

ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS

Drake hires additional student disability services coordinator Molly Adamson Contributing Writer molly.adamson@drake.edu @somecallmemally In recent years, Drake University has seen an up tick in the number of students coming to the school who have disabilities.

Michelle Laughlin is the Student Disability Services Coordinator, whose job is to help out those with disabilities. Laughlin is the only coordinator, but that is about to change.

“I’m looking forward to having someone on the same team,” Laughlin said. “I’ve been doing this on my own for a long time, and while everything was getting

done, there’s been some extra things that I’ve wanted to do. So now, to have someone else who can share that vision is exciting for me.”

Leah Berte will be taking on the new position of Coordinator for Student Support Case Management.

“With the new position, I am most excited to help out students who may have fallen through the cracks or need extra resources to be successful here at Drake,” Berte said.

Berte previously worked in the Disability Services Office and as an academic advisor at Iowa State University so she is experienced.

“I really enjoyed working in those roles … being able to help

students and to get them to the right resources,” Berte said. “This job was a great combination of getting to work with the disabilities office again and also with other students who might not have an affiliation with any other office on campus. I was excited to come to a smaller campus and have a bigger impact.”

Berte and Laughlin will be splitting the responsibility of taking care of the students with disabilities.

Berte will work with returning students. Laughlin will take the new students who will be coming to campus.

Berte will also be in charge of alternative testing, making sure all students are comfortable

with their testing environments and making accommodations for them in that area.

Along with her work with students with disabilities, Berte will be in charge of case management. This means that she will often be coordinating outside resources for students who may need them.

Melissa Sturm-Smith, the Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Student Success, helped in the search for someone to fill the new role.

“When you start referring a student to multiple resources, it’s important to have a touch point for all of those resources so that they’re talking to one another,” Sturm-Smith said.

The university hopes that having Berte in this role will make things smoother for students.

Before, professors and deans of the colleges would often step in to help students. This will ease that burden.

Laughlin has given Berte advice on how to handle her new role since it encompasses so many things.

“I’ve already talked to her about how, even though this is an important role in making sure students get the best, we’re still human too,” Laughlin said. “Just enjoy it, enjoy getting to meet the students and getting to know them. My advice to her would be to enjoy Drake for what it is.”

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Sept. 14, 2016

NEWS CAMPUS EVENT

STUDENTS tabled throughout last week to bring awareness to students about suicide. Information is still available to students from the counseling center. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Suicide Prevention Week designed to save Drake’s campus Ellie Hilscher Contributing Writer ellie.hilscher@drake.edu @elliehilscher

Last year, around 38 thousand Americans took their lives according to Suicide Awareness Voices of Education.

Drake students have come together this week to support one another and provide awareness over suicide.

National Suicide Prevention Week was Sept. 5 through 11.

The goal for Drake University

Counseling Center was to bring awareness to the students on campus to prevent losing any more lives to suicide.

Over the past week, Olmsted was the main hub for information about National Suicide Prevention Awareness.

Student volunteers wrote encouraging messages in chalk on the sidewalks to uplift individuals as they made their way to class.

Counselors were also set up along the main hall of Olmsted to help anyone with questions or concerns over the topic.

Several risk factors lead to

suicidal actions, said Diane Eischeid, a counselor at Drake.

“Depression, substance abuse, prior suicide attempts, family history of violence, and peers that have committed suicide” are all factors to note, Eischeid said.

“Suicide is the third leading cause of death for ages 15-24,” Eischeid said.

Often, someone will not reach out for help because of the stigma surrounding suicide.

“You don’t have to feel like anything’s wrong with you,” said Russell White, the health and safety comittee student

CAMPUS NEWS

senator. “It’s okay to admit that everything’s not okay.”

For some, counseling may be an intimidating idea.

“People need to ignore the stigma,” White said. “Counseling is there to help.”

Eischeid agrees that counseling is highly recommended.

“Things change every day,” Eischeid said. “By bringing awareness to this topic, we can save lives.”

Both White and Eischeid agree that mental health and suicide awareness need to be significant

topics on Drake’s campus.

A wall of remembrance was placed in the hall of Olmsted to commemorate loved ones who had taken their own lives. Another goal of the wall was to show that every single person matters.

This wall helped showcase the goals of the week.

Drake University students in need can contact the counseling center any time at 515-271-3864 or Drake’s Public Safety at 515271-2222 or 911 for an emergency.

CAMPUS CHANGES

New printing provides versatility Group X uses new student still need improvement online system Drake Rhone Contributing Writer drake.rhone@drake.edu @drakerhone

This year, a new vendor contract means that Drake has both new printers and a new way to print. Carla Herling, Information Technology Services Communications Manager, said the biggest change is the FollowMe printing system.

“In the past, students would upload their documents into web print, and then they would have to go and select a specific printer,” Herling said.

ITS has provided instructions for FollowMe printing on campus

signs, a blueView channel and on its website at its.drake.edu.

Instead of scrolling through dozens of printers, students simply have to select the printer with the proper combination of characteristics they need, like whether the printer can print single-sided or double-sided.

Then, students can go to any printer, swipe their card, and their paper will print.

“I like the fact that we don’t have to search through different printers from different halls,” sophomore Alex Peake said.

“Also, that we can choose to have things single-sided now.”

Another difference is FollowMe’s extra step the first time you print.

STUDENTS are finding that the new FollowMe printing system allows them to print easily on campus. PHOTO BY PRANEETH RAJSINGH | PHOTO EDITOR

“The first time you have to register, or activate your card,” Herling said. “The card activation just means that you tap it, you enter your Drake ID number and your password, and that connects your online account to your card.

The only time that you have to do that again is if you lose your Drake ID card and have to get a new one.”

Nicholas Anderson, a firsttime FollowMe printer user, registered his card and printed from the queue in about two minutes.

“I like it,” Anderson said, after finishing his print job. “It’s pretty simple. I like how you can print it from wherever and just go pick it up from wherever too.”

Herling said she hopes the FollowMe printing queue will end the problems with one document getting the whole printer stuck.

Some students say that the system could still use some improvements.

“One time, it took a really long time to submit the job,” sophomore Julia Gutsch said.

“But other than that it’s been pretty good.”

Several others said they also experienced long upload times, but that was not the only issue with the new system.

“A lot of people were struggling with swiping the cards,” Peake said. “Late at night, to help out a friend, I had to have them send a document to me. I printed it out for them and that took about half an hour when I just wanted to go to bed.”

A majority of students said that they still prefer it to the old system, which, as Gustch said, “had a lot of glitches.”

Victoria Clausen Contributing Writer victoria.clausen@drake.edu

Drake Wellness is adopting a new application to track students’ participation in Group X classes.

The new application, REC*IT Fitness, allows students to preregister for fitness classes held in the Bell Center’s multipurpose room.

Originally, fitness instructors would close the doors to the multipurpose room once capacity was reached, which then excluded all incoming participants from the class.

Now, once the class has reached its capacity, it will be shown on the application that all the spots are filled before students venture over to the Bell Center.

According to the Drake Wellness website, along with being able to register for classes, the REC*IT Fitness application keeps track of how many classes participants attend. Previously, participants tracked their attendance on a stamped piece of paper.

For some Drake students, tracking attendance used to be a hassle before the REC*IT Fitness application.

Sophia Murphy, a sophomore at Drake, agreed with Furlow and said that the REC*IT Fitness application is more resourceful and convenient than the previous process.

“Last year, I personally forgot my paper every time I went to class,” Murphy said.

Once participants reach a set number of classes, they receive

incentive prizes. Last year, Drake Wellness gave out t-shirts and hats to those who attended the certain number of classes. This year, Drake Wellness is giving tank tops to those who attend 15 or more classes during the first semester.

Furlow said she is planning to earn a free tank top and that they are “super cute this year.”

Murphy said she is planning to go to Zumba and Hip Hop Works as much as she can in order to earn a shirt.

“The stamped paper could get annoying because you had to stand in line and wait to get your sheet stamped.”

Emily Furlow Bell Center Employee

Registering for classes beforehand can also hold students accountable for attending the classes. Furlow said that she would feel bad if she took a reserved spot and someone else wanted to go.

Murphy said that she feels more responsible to attend when she registers for class beforehand.

Before attending a fitness class at the Bell Center, make sure to download REC*IT Fitness from the App Store or Google Play.

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Sept. 14, 2016

OPINIONS REPUBLICAN PERSPECTIVE

DEMOCRAT PERSPECTIVE

The fundamentals of the two main political parties Student strongly believes in GOP party Student compares Democratic

Kollin Crompton Contributing Writer kollin.crompton@drake.edu @Str8FrmCrOMPTON

In modern day politics, when I say I am Republican, people begin to assume I hate women, minorities, the environment, equality, and homosexuals.

People also assume I love guns, racism, Fox News, torture, mass deportation, and Donald Trump (#BuildTheWall).

In reality, these could not be any further from why I identify as Republican.

I am Republican because I am pro-life, I believe in small government and low taxes, and I believe in capitalism.

The main reason I identify as a Republican is because I believe that unborn children deserve a chance at life.

Before you call me a womenhating bigot, hear me out.

I believe that the definition of life is the growth and development of cells. Under this definition, to me life begins at conception.

I believe that an unborn child has the same rights as a living child and should not have someone else dictate whether it shall live or die.

Usually at this point people will say to me, “Well, what about life of the mother?”

While this is the most valid argument someone can bring up to a pro-life supporter, the percentage of abortions that are actually in case of the life of the mother is less than one percent, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute.

If you dig a little deeper into this statistic, you will find that this one percent includes a mother’s mental health, such as someone who allegedly cannot take care of a child with Down Syndrome or similar disabilities. This one percent statistic also includes ectopic pregnancies (pregnancies where the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus).

Now, I believe that this is the only time abortion is acceptable because with this condition either the child will die or the mother’s internal organs will burst and kill her and the child.

Many who disagree with this point of view will now say “It’s her body, let her choose.”

My usual response to this is that the baby’s body is simply not her body. If it were her body, then a mother and child would share a blood type and a circulatory system.

With a basic understanding of biology, I know this is simply not true. Mothers and their children have different blood types, if they did not have separate circulatory systems, then the two different blood types would mix and cause each immune system to deteriorate and eventually kill both the mother and the child.

Secondly, I believe that the government should stay out of the lives of Americans. To me the government does not always have the best or “right” solution to state problems.

This is a fundamental belief of the Republican Party. One mainstream example is minimum wage, some believe that the government needs to step in and raise the federal minimum wage to 15 dollars.

I, however, think that the government should not tell businesses what they should have to pay their employees; this is because not all businesses are in the same situation.

Many big corporations can afford to pay their employees 15 dollars, but not small businesses.

With small businesses making up 99.7 percent of employee firms, this is not plausible or healthy for our national economy.

If the government were to raise minimum wage to 15 dollars for small businesses, many of them would be forced to cut employees and raise their prices, putting the American economy on the decline with a rise in unemployment and a rise in cost of living.

Along with big government comes higher taxes. I, as a Republican, believe in lower taxes. I feel that the American people know how to spend their money better than the corrupt Washington politicians that we have now. Many people consider this selfish or uncompassionate, but I view it as smart. In a free country, the wealth belongs to the people not the government.

Now, I don’t oppose all taxes.

I do think that the people should pay taxes towards public goods like firefighters, police, and the military.

But, I do not agree with American taxpayers paying into welfare systems because many of these programs simply do not work and are susceptible to becoming free-rider systems.

As Ronald Reagan once said, “We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many people are added.” No, I do not hate the poor; I simply believe there are other ways to getting people out of poverty, like promoting economic and job growth.

Lastly, to me, capitalism is the best economic system.

Capitalism is defined as “an economic system

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featuring the private ownership of business wealth and the free and unfettered operation of trade markets.” With the belief in capitalism comes the belief in free markets.

I believe that the government should not dictate what kind of products the American people can buy. I understand that many would say that we need to protect American businesses and American workers by imposing tariffs on foreign products being sold in the United States, but I disagree.

The way American companies stay in business is by creating a better product for a lower price and competing with similar products: this way, people are getting the best products for the best price.

Many people, due to recent political candidates, would say socialism is the best economic system. I think this is completely wrong. Socialism benefits few at the cost of many. I agree that in a socialist economy people below the poverty line would benefit, but those above it would see a decrease in their quality of life.

It simply makes everyone equal without the possibility of bettering your situation.

This is something that I find contradictory to the American Dream. I think that the possibility of being able to better yours and your family’s socioeconomic status, through hard work, is what makes this country the best in the world.

I hope that even with recent political discourse people can begin to look at Republicans as people with different opinions and not fascist pigs who hate all things good in the world.

Many Republicans are willing to discuss why they align with the Republican Party; you just have to simply ask.

Yes, we may disagree with Democrats politically, but please hear us out. That is all we ask.

Now with that being said, many of us college-aged Republicans will probably be voting for Donald Trump.

I, myself, was a Marco Rubio supporter in the primaries, but I cannot morally or ethically vote for Hillary Clinton. I also do not believe in the fundamental foundations of the Johnson campaign.

Therefore, I will probably be voting for Donald Trump, but I will be doing it while plugging my nose.

Party to running track

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

Why am I a Democrat? Well, to put it simply, I just believe that everyone should start out with a blank slate.

Take the Drake Relays, for example: on a track they have staggered starting points for each runner because the inside lane is shorter than the outside lane.

They don’t just have one line to start everyone at because then, the person running on the inside lane would have a severe advantage and nine times out of ten, they’d win.

There is a slight possibility of someone in the other lanes to be such a fast runner that they’d beat the insider, but they’d have to be Usain Bolt for the outsider to win.

That’s how I see the Democratic Party. Imagine a track where every single citizen (not minors or elderly, of course) had a lane.

Now, since they’d be staggered, they all have an equal opportunity to win the race (taking into account disabilities and other conditions that would prevent them from doing well in the race).

Well, hold on there buck-o because there are things that complicate it.

For instance, say your 64-year-old (therefore not a senior quite yet) grandmother is racing against the Usain Bolt of the economy who we’ll refer to as Jimmy Jimson.

Even if they do start out staggered, Jimmy has the advantage here because he has two good knees on him.

Grandma, however, has to use a walker due to a slippery patch of ice that she caught on the way to the track. Obviously not the Blue Oval, we aren’t that irresponsible.

So Jimmy is sprinting on ahead and Grandma is trying to put that second tennis ball on the base of her walker, and there’s me in the stands thinking that this is incredibly unfair.

Grandma didn’t even have a chance here, and all the while Jimmy is taking a victory lap

and getting sponsorships from Mike (Must Do It!) and other incredibly influential companies.

This is where Democrats start getting a little heated. Yes, Jimmy Jimson did well and he did win the event, however, he wasn’t up against somebody who was an equal to him. That’s why wrestlers have weight classes.

If there’s a 140-pound kid up against a 285-pound kid, everyone roots for the 140-pounder since he doesn’t stand a chance and you feel bad for him.

Everyone loves an underdog story. In this election, Clinton, who is playing that she is going to make everything better because nobody expects a woman like her (or any woman) to win, is milking the underdog story.

But really, the underdog was Sanders. I know you’re sick of hearing it, but he’s not a millionaire. He actually had to respond to Saturday Night Live saying that he had an “ample supply of underwear.” Money Nation cites Sanders’ net worth to be 528,014 dollars.

So yes, he can afford underwear, but he doesn’t have the funds to launch an industrial marketing campaign.

And I think that’s why a ton of Democrats love Sanders.

He’s a lot more real than anyone else (especially Trump) and he’s actually the humble old man that he claims to be.

He’s the underdog in the party that’s full of underdogs.

So yes, Jimmy Jimson might’ve won against Grandma, but that doesn’t mean Grandma couldn’t have thrown her walker at Jimmy to slow him down.

Sometimes you’ve got to do whatever it takes to make a point, and I hope mine has come across.

After taking multiple alignment quizzes and digging through files of political policies for each candidate, I decided to vote for Martin O’Malley.

However, that’s not really an option at the moment because he won’t reply to my tweets asking to come back and save us.

So then I turned to Sanders.

I actually volunteered for his campaign for a bit. But we all saw how that worked out.

After multiple tweets to Obama asking him to stay in office, I decided to vote for Clinton because I’m not letting our international reputation be ruined by a guy who represents modern racism and dirty money.

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Sept. 14, 2016

OPINIONS RESTAURANT REVIEW

BOOK REVIEW

Student gives praise Review of The Cursed Child: Act One to new pizza place

Adam Heater Contributing Writer adam.heater@drake.edu @damHeater

The opening of a new pizza place, Twisted Pizzeria, within walking distance of campus excited me more than is probably healthy—mentally or physically.

The young man who served me was more than genuine, holding conversation in a comfortable but passive way.

The menu surprised me with an array of options spanning outside of just pizza: sandwiches, house-smoked ribs, and bacon cheese fries.

While pondering over the spread, I kept coming back to two pizzas: the Bacon Mac and Cheese pizza and, living the life of the pudgy, Iowa, corn-fed boy that I’m proud to be, the Meat Mania pizza.

Being all too familiar with skimpy restaurant portions, I almost lost my breath when I saw the absolute heap of mac and cheese on top of a pizza crust being brought towards me. I had to remind myself that I was looking at a personal pizza, and not at a family size helping of mac and cheese with a golden brown halo surrounding it.

The only thing that comes to mind as I reminisce about the first hearty bite that I took was the cheese. Just cheese.

There really wasn’t much more to it. My mouth, my thoughts, and eventually my arteries had nothing but complete focus on cheese.

After only one piece I was bogged down, a feat that no single slice of pizza had ever done to me before.

Then, as if a beam of light

split the clouds and procured a blessing specifically for me, I got my first taste of Twisted Pizzeria’s crust. It was garlic brushed with parmesan dust and, if I had to guess, God’s own mighty touch.

But regardless of my praise, not all is perfect in Mac and Cheese land.

Sadly, there was a scarce amount of bacon included on the pizza. The bacon seemed misplaced, almost like an afterthought, and a very tentative one at that.

Especially after seeing and smelling the big wood smoker behind the building, I was disappointed by the lack of meat.

Almost on cue, the Meat Mania was placed in front of me.

I don’t know if it’s fair of me as a consumer to expect an entire helping of cheese on top of my gluttonous six helpings of meat.

But I felt a tad cheated considering they obviously have no aversion to cheese. The pizza held a similar niche to the one prior: an absolutely beautiful mess.

“It seems to me that Twisted Pizzeria is a restaurant directly out of our child whimsies, reminiscent of 12-yearolds at two a.m., throwing everything but the kitchen sink into a pizza crust.”

It seems to me that Twisted Pizzeria is a restaurant directly out of our childhood whimsies, reminiscent of 12-year-olds at two a.m., throwing everything but the kitchen sink onto a pizza crust.

Forget Ben & Jerry’s after your best friend gets dumped by that “super cute” guy she met in the sandwich line and eat your feelings away with Twisted Pizzeria.

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

Before I get into this, I just have one word to say: SPOILERS. I’m writing about Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, and I’m approaching this differently than my other articles. So bear with me, this is new to all of us, and please don’t blame me for revealing too much about it.

Okay, now that we’re done with that, can I just say that this book is the one thing that I was looking forward to all summer?

I preordered it when it was announced, and it arrived on my birthday (they obviously planned that) and even though I was excited for it and wanted nothing more but to read it, I didn’t.

I waited until this moment so we could share this together.

In this article, I’m going to be writing one paragraph per part of the story.

It’s divided into four acts of the play, all written in a screenplay format, which makes it a quick and easy read while also bringing our favorite characters to life.

What I was hoping from this book was a continuation of the series that didn’t ruin anything for me.

The problem with that is I’ve somehow convinced myself that there was a different ending that was acceptable to me, but that’s not what’s in canon.

So it’s going to take some getting used to, but I’m hoping to reclaim my “Potterhead” roots and start this book off with the pure optimism that I had when I was seven years old and first read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (which should be the Philosopher’s Stone but I guess we Americans just can figure that one out).

ACT ONE: I opened this book and was amazed by how much was put into this. I follow J.K. Rowling and the whole crew on Twitter and the anticipation surrounding this book was astronomical.

The title pages are a cool grey gradient thing that reminds me of the old-school drawings in the original Potter series.

They start where the last book leaves off, at King’s Cross, waiting for the new Potter kids to get on the train.

Now, I’ve got issues with the canon ending. First off, they killed my favorite characters (Remus and Tonks) and then assumed that everyone lived happily ever after even though they all just fought a traumatic war where their friends and family gave their lives.

So I don’t agree with the “19 Years Later” ending idea, but whatever.

So they’re all at King’s Cross, Ron is making dumb jokes, and I quote, “It’s a lame trick.

Everyone enjoys its lameness.”

Albus Severus is upset that he might be in Slytherin (spoiler: he gets sorted into Slytherin and befriends Scorpius Malfoy). The Potters all try to comfort him, yet James Potter teases Albus and everyone gets mad.

In short, the first Act is just diving into the plot line, which is a good way to start a script but it also seems like they’re trying really hard to find a way to make this interesting for the preexisting Potter fans. I guess we’ll see how Act Two goes.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is J.K Rowling’s latest release.

Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series, among other. Natalie Larimer was looking forward to the book all summer. COURTESY OF HARRYPOTTERTHEPLAY.COM

ALBUM REVIEW

Student has mixed feelings about M.I.A.’s new album

Parker Klyn Contributing Writer parker.klyn@drake.edu @KlynParker

In 2012, at Super Bowl XVI, Mathangi Arulpragasam (aka rapper M.I.A.) was brought out as a guest for Madonna’s halftime show.

She, along with Nicki Minaj, brought some much-needed intensity and swagger to an event that had become tame in the wake of the Janet Jackson controversy.

It was a breath of fresh air, but immediately afterward, M.I.A. was slapped with a 1.5 million dollar lawsuit from the NFL for flashing a middle finger. She later settled, and the amount was rumored to be even greater than the original suit.

Such issues have plagued M.I.A. throughout her musical journey. She’s had visa issues, losing her thousands of dollars in

payment.

She was (unfairly) criticized for promoting an anti-poverty cause while being romantically involved with a billionaire.

Plus, she has an incendiary, no-nonsense attitude towards people and social issues that rubs people the wrong way. M.I.A. is an intelligent woman of color in power, and some people recoil at that thought.

Luckily, M.I.A.’s music has generally been at a high enough quality that we are able to separate her life from her art.

Kala, her seminal sophomore album, is widely hailed as one of the best experimental pop rap records in music history.

That, along with memorable, inescapable, strange singles like “Paper Planes” and “Bad Girls,” has given M.I.A. a lot of musical clout—a new M.I.A. album is an event.

Now, we have AIM, her newest album—and her first following 2013’s panned Batarangi. And it starts off with a bang with lead single “Borders,” one of my very favorite songs from last year.

It’s incredibly poignant and powerful; a dissertation and criticism of the first-world social problems that we express without consideration for those in need (specifically, refugees).

“Guns blow doors to the system / F*** ‘em when we say we’re not with them,” she spits in her signature deadpan flow.

“Identities? Privilege? What’s up with that?” she asks.

She’s saying that it’s fine to be in touch with your identities, but for people who are genuinely in danger and inherently oppressed, it may come off as a little bit trite.

Plus, “Borders” just bangs.

Here, M.I.A. utilizes trap drum machines for the first time in her career, creating trunk-rattling effects.

Booming sub-bass, harsh sharp snares, and hi-hats punctuate the track, making it not only a powerful statement, but also a great musical accomplishment.

It’s one of her best songs.

So, we know that AIM starts great. Does it maintain this success throughout the record?

Unfortunately, nothing even comes close to being as good of a song as “Borders.”

Sonically, the album doesn’t stray far from her previous efforts. We still have fusions of electropop and native music from India, but it rarely makes much of an impact.

The instrumentals on tracks like “Go Off” and “Finally” are so nondescript that it makes me wonder what happened to the boundary-pushing M.I.A. of the past.

Another problem with the record is M.I.A.’s singing. She’s never been a very talented vocalist, but she’s brought enough character to make up for her lack of refinement. There is no energy

on many of the tracks here. “Ali R U OK?” and “Jump In” are genuinely monotonous, in both a literal and figurative sense.

The only other real highlight is “Freedum” featuring ZAYN, and even that is a result of the catchiness in the production and melodies, as opposed to being due to M.I.A. being interesting.

At this point, M.I.A. is 41 years

old. She’s middle-aged, and while the self-confidence and swagger is still there, it doesn’t seem that she has a great view for the music that she wants to make anymore.

She’s also said that AIM might be her last album; if that is true, then it’s a real shame that someone so transcendent would leave on such a whimper.

M.I.A. has a new album out, AIM. This is following her album in 2013. Parker Klyn believed the album didn’t do her justice. COURTESY OF MIAUK.COM

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Sept. 14, 2016

OPINIONS 2016 ELECTION

SOCIAL ISSUES

Student responds to Marco Gutierrez’s ‘offensive’ remark to Latinos

Student defends player’s right to remain sitting

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

In the speech Donald Trump gave in Arizona on immigration policy, he appeared to have diverged from his previous plan of deporting all undocumented immigrants by suggesting that he would allow immigrants who obeyed the law to remain in the country.

Many believe this change of heart is due to Trump’s need to broaden his political appeal.

According to Univision, Trump currently has only 12.9 percent of the Latin American vote in Florida, an important swing state. When Barack Obama and Mitt Romney ran against each other in 2012, the Latin American vote was an important factor in Obama’s success.

Unfortunately for Trump, he’s been alienating himself from minorities since the beginning of his campaign, and his most recent speech hasn’t helped much.

Making matters worse, after the speech was delivered one of Trump’s campaign surrogates and the founder of Latinos for Trump, Marco Gutierrez, appeared on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” to discuss Trump’s current strategy.

While addressing Trump’s current stance on immigration, Gutierrez, a Mexican immigrant himself, mentioned the problems he felt were being created by his culture in the U.S. Joy Reid, who was guest-hosting the show, asked him to explain what he meant by “problems,” leading to the

response, “My culture is a very dominant culture. It is imposing and it’s causing problems. If you don’t do something about it, you’re going to have taco trucks (on) every corner.”

Naturally, people got pretty pumped about these tacos, and the hashtag “TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner” was trending on Twitter in no time.

As comical as Gutierrez’s statement was, the Trump campaign wasn’t laughing. Of course, Gutierrez isn’t the only reason Trump is having difficulty recruiting the Latin American vote.

After all, he has made it clear with policies, like building a Southern border wall. A major part of his strategy is demonizing minority groups. Now he wants their support? It seems a bit counterintuitive.

That being said, it would be a mistake to believe that no member of a minority group would ever vote for Trump.

Just look at Gutierrez’s organization, Latinos for Trump, which has brought together members of a group that has been treated with so little cultural awareness by the Trump campaign. Despite that Cinco de Mayo tweet with a taco bowl proclaiming “I love Hispanics,” Trump still has a few supporters in the Latin American base.

In this situation, though, I’m willing to bet most Latin Americans disagree with Gutierrez’s point of view, because most people in general seem to disagree with his point of view.

His support for Trump seems to be rooted in his support for the status quo.

In an interview with the DW he explained, “We are a sub-culture within the American culture and I think that Trump is trying to put a little balance into that. I came to this country to become an American. I didn’t come here to be a Mexican.” Like his taco truck comment before, this statement is problematic.

American culture is Latin American culture. Let’s put aside

the fact that we’re sharing the continents referred to as “the Americas.”

Our histories have been deeply intertwined since the moment these continents were colonized and explored by the French, British, and Spanish. Spain didn’t confine its search for gold and souls to convert to Christianity to only the southern half of the New World. Spanish explorers combed what is now the United States as well.

Several of our states and cities have Spanish names, we proudly display the Spanish architecture of the Alamo, and some of the descendants of these Spaniards have been U.S. citizens since they settled (or when they were forced to become citizens after the U.S. swallowed Mexican territory).

Our nation’s roots are connected to the roots of Latin America.

Besides, the Latin American population in the U.S. is growing.

CNN reported last year that the U.S. now has more Spanish speakers than Spain (though this also includes non-Latin Americans who simply want to be able to communicate as effectively as possible with this rising population).

We should be celebrating the changes a large Latin American population can bring. If there’s one thing the U.S. is supposed to know very well by now is that diversity is often a good thing.

Trump doesn’t appear to be able to see the many strengths diversity brings to our country.

Instead, he continues to try to find ways to pin us against each other.

But trying to use fear of minorities to gain power isn’t a new tactic in the U.S. political field anymore.

We’re better at recognizing the warning signs now, and we’re better at knowing when something is so racist that it’s simply ridiculous.

If Trump wants to win this election, he might want to find a new strategy, and maybe get a bit more excited about those taco trucks—people seem to really like having those around.

Ivy Beckenholdt Contributing Writer ivy.beckenholdt@drake.edu

San Francisco 49er’s quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, decided not to stand during the national anthem on Aug. 26.

This came with a wide range of responses from social media, some saying that Kaepernick was disrespectful and “un-American.”

While it is an understood custom to stand during the national anthem, sitting down was more patriotic.

When the media questioned Kaepernick about his decision to sit, he stated, “I just can’t stand for what this represents right now.”

He was suggesting that the government allows injustice towards people of color. Police brutality and lack of convictions towards wrongful officers are subjects that need more attention because effective change has not yet been made. When people with platforms like Kaepernick’s take a stand, it sparks much needed conversations.

Kaepernick’s action was not only justified, but it was fulfilling his civic duty. The Declaration of Independence states, “That all men are created equal … whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.”

As Americans, we are not supposed to follow the law blindly, but instead we need to critique it and refuse to stand for injustice. Sitting during the

national anthem may seem unjust to some; however, I think the fact that African-Americans are two and a half times as likely to be shot and killed by the police— according to the Washington Post—is the true injustice.

Kaepernick’s action not only sparked much needed conversation about injustice, but it has also caused a lot of anger towards him.

On Twitter, there was a “boycott NFL” hash tag that was used by many to express their desire for discipline to Kaepernick for not standing during the national anthem.

It baffles me that this is the reason people want to boycott the NFL: not for the detrimental injuries that have been caused by playing football or the abuse against women committed by some players, but for someone peacefully protesting.

Some have suggested that Kaepernick should leave the United States if he is unhappy.

When people say this it shows a lot about their ignorance.

Throughout American history, racists have encouraged AfricanAmericans to “go back” to Africa, even though we all, except Native Americans, are immigrants.

This “back to Africa” movement occurred during slavery with freed slaves because some did not believe that blacks had a purpose to be here anymore.

And so, when people tell him to leave if he is not happy, they are being extremely ignorant and Kaepernick’s reasoning behind his stance is strengthened even more.

The flag has united the country in difficult times, such as the 9/11 attacks and in times of war. It has meant a lot to countless citizens, yet many use that symbol as a shield.

People highlight the American way with the flag, but that way has left out millions of people who have not had the same opportunities. Some may say Kaepernick was showing disrespect towards the flag, but how could he stand for a symbol that was not being upheld?

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

Mental health issues in veterans should be taken more seriously, student says

Emily Larson Contributing Writer emily.larson@drake.edu

The Headstrong Project and Humans of New York (HONY) have joined forces to tell the stories of veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Headstrong is a group dedicated to helping America’s veterans with the mental stresses that come from war such as: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anger management, addiction treatment, and grief.

One of the biggest things ailing veterans is PTSD: the problem is that most people have a skewed vision of what it is exactly. In one of the HONY interviews, Gerard Ilaria, head clinician at Headstrong said, “It’s not homelessness ... PTSD is an anxiety disorder and we can treat it ... You’re back with your families and the warrior mindset is no longer appropriate ... Just like a broken leg, it needs to be fixed.”

He’s completely correct. It is a

mental illness that can and must be treated for the person’s wellbeing. The person who has come back from the battlefront is surely different from who they were when they left.

Unfortunately, it is typically hard for their families and friends to understand that. Veterans with the ailment suffer detachment from their lives because they feel no one understands what they’re going through in their head.

How can you as a loved one help them? First and foremost, let them know that you’re there for them no matter what they are going through. Make sure they feel loved and safe in their own homes but not overwhelmed.

Their mental illness can be treated. They didn’t lose a limb— they lost part of themselves, but you can help them get it back.

Headstrong Project provides a treatment option for veterans with no cost or bureaucracy. It is the best way for veterans to overcome the brand that it is “weak” to be treated for anxiety, anger, or PTSD. Unfortunately, suicide among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan war is alarmingly high. In another HONY interview, the founder of the Headstrong Project, Zach Iscol, said, “It’s an epidemic. Every veteran knows another veteran who’s taken their own life.”

Twenty two veterans a day take their own life, according to the . For non-deployed veterans, the risk of suicide is 61 percent higher than people who are not in the military.

It deeply saddens me that

these brave people who served our country are so disturbed by what is going on in their thoughts and emotions that they choose to end their own lives. Life is valuable. People are valuable.

I strongly believe that if more people understood that what they are going through can be helped and is not a shame, suicide rates would go down.

Veterans should not be embarrassed to seek help, it should be encouraged by their loved ones. Just this last Sunday here in Des Moines, a veteran shot himself outside of the

Veterans Affairs hospital.

Steven Craig Albers was 72 years old, had served in the Vietnam War, and was a graduate from Drake University.

Albers was reported to have gotten physical attention at the Veterans Affairs hospital, but he did not seek the mental attention he needed.

Albers’ sister said he had been suffering from PTSD for years but never reached out to the VA for help.

She urges families of veterans to help them get the mental health aid they need. This past week

was National Suicide Awareness week, and it could not be a more prevalent topic in today’s world.

Knowing when to seek help, no matter your age, is important.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a stressed out teenager or a veteran suffering from PTSD, your mental health is important.

The national Veteran’s Crisis Hotline is 1-800-273-8255 for you or a loved one in need of help.

ZACH ISCOL was interviewed by Brandon Stanton, the creator of Humans of New York (HONY), about the mental illness in veterans. Brandon Stanton runs the popular HONY account. COURTESY OF HUMAN OF NEW YORK’S FACEBOOK PAGE

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Sept. 14, 2016

FEATURES POLITICS

Drake students, staff reflect on flawed presidential candidates Ellen Koester Contributing Writer ellen.koester@drake.edu

CANDIDATES Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both have a lot of supporters, but can’t seem to gain middle-of-theroad voters. This could be good news for a third party candidate in this election. PHOTO BY EVAN GUEST | ADS MANAGER

During the 2016 spring semester, the state of Iowa (including Drake’s campus) became embroiled in politics. The primary paved the way for one of the most unique presidential elections in recent history.

The Republican nominee, Donald Trump, and Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, are both widely disliked.

According to RealClearPolitics. com, both candidates are disliked by over half of those polled, thus giving rise to third party candidates and puzzling political experts.

“It’s an election of who you don’t want, rather than who you think is best,” sophomore Natalie Fisher said.

Drake Political Professor, David Skidmore said this election has emphasized the polarization of the country.

“Iowa used to go for moderate, middle-of-the-road candidates, but like the rest of the country, we’re polarizing,” Skidmore said.

“People are moving further to the left and further to the right.”

This showed during the primary elections with the rise of outsiders like self-titled democratic socialist Bernie Sanders and Trump. Even Ted Cruz, who won the Republican primary in Iowa, is far-right politically.

Over the summer, both Clinton and Trump tried to soften their message to appeal to more voters, but neither has made much progress as shown in their favorability polls.

These candidates have obstacles they need to overcome before the November elections come around.

“Hillary’s problem is that people don’t trust her and don’t feel personal enthusiasm toward her,” Skidmore said. “They don’t feel warmth. It’s hard to tell where that comes from, but I have to think some of it comes from being a woman. Some of the ways she’s characterized are traits that are admired in a man and put

down in a woman.”

Even if this is true, most of those who dislike the first female candidate blame it on the scandals she has been associated with in the past. Her email scandal has haunted her since she began her campaign.

While Clinton struggles with past actions, Trump’s biggest weakness is current gaffes.

“He doesn’t seem to have the ability to stop himself from saying stuff,” Skidmore said. “He gets in front of a big crowd and he says what will get them excited. He can’t stop himself from throwing red meat to the audience. It might sound good to them, but when they play it on the news that night, it turns off other people.”

Drake student Caroline Hempleman said that Clinton “must be laughing that he’s her opponent” because of his frequent unprofessional behavior.

While Trump has been far behind Clinton in many polls this summer, he has recently been making a comeback, Skidmore said.

Trump has been struggling due to the connotations that being a Trump supporter brings.

“From surveys we know he’s pulling heavily from uneducated white males and those are the folks who feel like their status has declined in the past decades,” Skidmore said. “They see women and minorities gaining status and power and they interpret it as being at their expense.”

Clinton and Trump are even disliked in their own respective parties because their ideals are so far left or right, according to Skidmore.

“There are a lot of people even in her own party who are not very enthusiastic about her and would prefer someone more ideologically left leaning,” Skidmore said about Clinton.

“Her selling points are confidence and experience, and the mood of the country isn’t in favor of that.”

It is possible to make one’s voice heard on Nov. 8, Election Day. Drake is a polling location and one can vote in between classes if they are registered in Iowa.

CAMPUS ENTERTAINMENT

Student marketers help pianist return to stage

Haley Hodges Contributing Writer haley.hodges@drake.edu

Aaron Bell and Cheyenne Ramsay didn’t initially know what to expect when they signed up for Professor Andrew Norman’s upper-level business class over the summer.

As the only two students enrolled in the course, the seniors participated in the independent study with the purpose of assisting pianist Tom Splitt with his marketing campaign. “(Splitt) wanted to get back into the music game; re-release his music and up his sales on his old albums and it was up to Cheyenne and myself, through five assignments that Dr. Norman gave to us over the summer, to put together a whole marketing plan for Tom Splitt, literally from start to finish,” Bell said.

Bell had taken a Marketing 101 class with Norman the previous year and was eager to sign up for another course with him, even if he may not have known exactly what it would entail.

While Bell and Ramsay may have been initially uncertain of their class expectations, Norman, a professor of marketing, had been in contact with Splitt and developed the class to assist him.

“I was 18 when I picked up a Tom Splitt album, and I picked up a couple more in the few years after that,” Norman said. “It really

made a big impact on me because it was the time in my life where everything was changing, going from high school to college, and it was such beautiful, emotional music.”

Norman said he wanted to find Splitt’s music on either CD or as an MP3 download, which led him to Splitt’s website with the two getting into contact soon after.

“He asked if I had any input for him [as a marketing professor] and I thought about it and wanted to involve some students in it,” Norman said.

As an unconventional class, Ramsay said she never spoke to Bell or Splitt during the process and would only contact Norman as needed.

“I think the most challenging part was never meeting Tom and it being a virtual classroom,” Ramsay said. “Also never communicating with Aaron, although that was our own fault, and never meeting my professor until (recently).”

Both Ramsay and Bell said that Splitt has since reached out to thank them for their work and will get to formally meet both of them when he performs at Drake’s Harmon Fine Arts Center on Sept. 22.

“After the class was finished, Dr. Norman contacted Cheyenne and I and told us that Tom was starting an intense practice regime to come perform for us,” Bell said. “I’m really looking forward to it because I get to meet him … I’m excited to introduce

myself to him, because I haven’t met him yet. I’m excited for my whole family to come with me.

This is a big thank you from him to us so it means a lot that he’s taken all of these hours out of his day to practice as a thank you.”

The performance will be open to the public and will have

free admission. Splitt will play on Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Hall in FAC. Leading up to the performance, Norman has recruited other students in advertising to help market and promote for the concert as well.

“Am I an expert in Indie

music marketing? No, not at all, but I’m a music lover,” Norman said. “I created the structure for the course applying general marketing principles to a specific field and I directed them to go out and do some digging, do some research and figure out what the best practices are in these areas.”

PIANIST TOM SPLITT will be playing at Drake on Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m.. His act is out of gratitude for the two Drake seniors who constructed his marketing plan in professor Norman’s business class. COURTESY OF ANDREW NORMAN

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Sept. 14, 2016

FEATURES STUDENT LIFE

CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS

Humans of Drake El Ritmo Latino focuses The Times-Delphic tells the stories of Drake students and faculty

Samantha Becker • Faculty Campus Engagement Librarian

on culture and dance mission Jessica Banks Contributing Writer jessica.banks@drake.edu

El Ritmo Latino’s mission statement asserts that its purpose is “to promote the learning of Spanish and Latino culture,” and the cultural organization’s leaders plan to do just that.

“We’re really excited about exposing Drake’s campus to not only Latin culture, but diversity in general,” said Brooke Haesemeyer, El Ritmo Latino’s marketing and promotions chairperson.

Haesemeyer said that being a part of the organization the previous year helped her develop her own sense of cultural awareness.

“I think being a part of El Ritmo Latino has helped me develop a better understanding and appreciation for Hispanic and Latin culture,” Haesemeyer

said. “I’m always learning. I hope this year the organization will do that for other people and get them outside their bubbles a little bit.”

EL Ritmo Latino President, Andie Contreras-Muralles, expressed similar sentiments when it comes to the organization’s ultimate goal for the semester.

“Since I’m Latina, (El Ritmo Latino) has offered a way for me to engage with people that don’t belong to my culture and invite them into my culture in a friendly, social environment that ignites their curiosity to learn,” Contreras-Muralles said.

“Essentially, we’re breaking barriers.”

Both Contreras-Muralles and Haesemeyer said they are eager to get started on what the organization is centered around: dance and bringing people together.

Contreras-Muralles said that El Ritmo will be hosting dance classes every Thursday at 6:30

p.m., where students can learn Salsa, Bachata, and Cha Cha along with several other dances. “(The class environment) is very learner-friendly,” ContrerasMuralles said. “You go there and probably don’t know the difference between your left from your right foot, and that’s totally fine because (the instructor) will always make you feel like you’re getting it. And you will.”

Students who go seem to enjoy the lessons and culture that they are welcomed into.

“I had a really great experience the first time I went to a dance lesson,” Haesemeyer said. “It was a really great opportunity for me to interact with and meet new people. I really enjoy dancing and I’m sure there’s other people out there that would love to tap into that interest as well.”

El Ritmo Latino will be hosting their first lesson of the 16-17 school year at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the Pomerantz Stage in Olmsted.

DES MOINES

Iowa Cubs Interns learn skills outside of major Molly Adamson Contributing Writer molly.adamson@drake.edu @somecallmemally

Librarian inspired by Diversity efforts at Drake Hallie O’Neill Copy Editor hallie.oneill@drake.edu @hallie_oneill Drake University welcomed a new member to the Cowles library staff on Aug. 1.

Samantha Becker, a lover of literature and her nine-year-old dachshund Naomi, grew up in Downers Grove, Illinois.

She was first introduced to Drake University when a friend sent her information regarding the university’s recent diversity and inclusion efforts—a topic that falls right into Becker’s comfort zone.

“It seemed like a place that was actually trying to make some real efforts in terms of inclusion rather than just paying lip service,” Becker said. “I think diversity is really fashionable in higher education and everyone wants to talk about it, but I don’t think that many universities are actually trying to make strides toward it.”

She earned her undergraduate degree at a social justice school deeply focused on inclusion, equity and looking critically at social issues. Her experiences there greatly shaped the way she views her job today.

“I got brainwashed by a social justice school when I was 18 and just drank the Kool-Aid and never looked back,” Becker said.

As an undergraduate, Becker studied English and philosophy.

She was initially unsure about how she wanted to progress her professional career, but after speaking with her academic advisor, she began a librarianrelated internship at the Art Institute of Chicago.

This internship led her to attend graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she completed her degree

to become a librarian.

“I like to tell people that one day, I just found myself in library school so I decided I should keep going, and that’s sort of how I got there,” Becker laughed. “But I definitely think that I stayed because I got to meet and talk to librarians who looked very different from what I thought librarians generally looked like.

“I got to meet librarians who believed very much in librarianship as a form of activism and as a form of advocacy, and I think that they’re probably the reason why I stayed in library school, even if the way that I got there was by just showing up one day,” Becker said.

As the campus engagement librarian, she’s enjoying the opportunity to work closely with Drake students and talk with members of various student organizations.

Becker hopes to delve further into her passion for social justice and campus inclusion in this new position. Librarianship, she said, is crucial to upholding a university’s equity standards.

“I really view librarianship as working toward information agency and giving students the ability to find and use information,” Becker said. “If you can’t find information, there are a lot of aspects of life that you can’t really participate in as fully.”

She wants to be the librarian that leads students into the incredible world of knowledge and curiosity—in other words, the library.

This world of knowledge, she believes, can equip one with magnificent life skills. She wants to open that door to Drake students.

Of course, a conversation with a librarian wouldn’t be complete without talking about favorite novels. Becker’s is “Nightwood”

by Djuna Barnes.

Hot dogs, Cracker Jacks and the shouts of the umpires fill the summer for any Drake student who interns for the Iowa Cubs.

Students have been interning with the sports program for years, doing tasks such as running ticket sales to video production for the stadium.

Senior Sam Laden, a marketing major, just finished his internship this Labor Day weekend.

“I never did the same thing day to day,” Laden said. “My main job was selling tickets but I was out there every game doing something with promotions, talking to people, helping resolve customer problems, as well as just working with my bosses on efficiency.”

Senior Sarah Beth Coleman, a radio and television production major, shared some of her fond experiences working with the Iowa Cubs this summer.

“I’m a little short, so when we were running our wireless camera I was not able to see out of the dugouts so I would have to stand on a folded up tarp that grounds keeping would keep down there just for me so that way I could

be able to get the shot,” Coleman said. “It was a great abdominal workout, because it wasn’t exactly flat.”

Baseball can be a dangerous sport though, Coleman said, when she described the time a fly ball accidentally hit her on the side, knocking her off of her special tarp.

Sophomore digital media production major Haley Guerdet shared a similar experience, in which a ball hit her while out filming in the outfield.

The memories made and skills learned during their internships were worth the pain and long hours.

“The interns had to pass out Blue Bunny ice cream bars every Saturday home game,” Laden said. “We’d pass them out to everyone who was leaving, which was cool because, as a marketing guy, I like that sort of promotion.

It was really fun because I was hanging out with my buddies tossing people ice cream bars.”

Coleman is a baseball fan and one of the perks of a ballpark internship was being able to get to know the players.

Coleman was able to be up -close-and-personal with her favorite player, John Andreoli, after she hopped the fence to get to the media dugout and then rolled to the ground to avoid hitting him while he was signing

autographs.

She claimed that Andreoli laughed when she did this, saying, “‘with moves like that, you’d be great in the outfield!’”

The internship provides many learning opportunities.

The student interns did more than the same repetitive task day-to-day.

“My favorite part was getting to do a variety of things,” Guerdet said. “You didn’t just have to be a director or a camera person.”

For Coleman, one of the takeaways was learning how to handle expensive cameras and work in an entirely environment than that of a studio.

“One of the things I really got the opportunity to master was the continued practice of using those studio-style outdoor sports cameras that are $15,000 each and cost more than my car,” Coleman said. “But they’re a lot more technical than anything we have here at Drake, so it was a big opportunity to work with that high-level technology that isn’t always available on a college campus, where some communications stuff is underfunded.”

Interning for the Iowa Cubs was an experience each student enjoyed because it expanded their knowledge of what could be done in each of their respective majors.

PRINCIPAL PARK is where Iowa Cubs interns spent their summer. They learned things both relevant to their major and area of study. The stadium environment was engaging to students. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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FEATURES ANDERSON GALLERY

THOMAS KNAUER shares his simple passions for human rights, marriage equity and his dream of overcoming forms of violence in his unique quilting. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Messages in Patchwork’ show commentary on world Madeline Cheek Contributing Writer madeline.cheek@drake.edu

A member of the Drake family returned to campus and brought with him a visual glimpse into his own mind, on Sept. 10.

Venture into the Anderson Gallery this month, located on the first floor of the Fine Arts Center.

The inside will be surrounded by color and pattern, standing in what Thomas Knauer considers to be his diary.

Knauer, a former instructor of design, has contributed 18 symbolic quilts to his show “Beyond Patterns: Activism and Identity in Quilts.”

Knauer says he is “bringing the public to my private space and taking that private space and putting it on display.”

After his time at Drake university, Knauer was diagnosed with what he calls “the mystery disease”: a rare form of muscular dystrophy in combination with mast cell disease.

As can be expected, some of Knauer’s quilts are about living with chronic illness, but the range of topics he illustrates in this show alone is vast, spanning from marriage equality and

female beauty standards to gun violence, domestic violence and the devaluing of labor and individuality.

Although quilting may seem outdated, the tradition associated with quilts underscores the messages that they send.

“I think there’s something really wonderful about the quilts.

I stuck with them because they are most associated with one of our most intimate spaces,” said Knauer, in a short speech at the gallery opening It can be eerie walking into a room draped with quilts. Some are illustrations of some of the most poignant issues of our time.

It is as if this staple of the home has been influenced with the outside world.

“This work is largely about breaking that division, bringing the world into that space, both the joys and the horrors,” Knauer said.

Knauer also gave a lecture on Thursday to give some context to his exhibit and discuss the wide range of functions that can be applied to simple objects.

Professor Maura Lyons, who is an instructor of art history and a former colleague of Knauer, reflected on the lecture and his exhibit.

“We tend to think about quilts

as being associated, as he was talking about, with family, with tradition, with comfort, with private spaces,” Lyons said. “...there are certain things that he doesn’t want to forget that happen in the world, and so by bringing (those) into that context of domestic/private, it makes you think about those issues in a different way, and of the people who can’t separate themselves. So if you’re a victim of gun violence, you don’t have the luxury of thinking about that in an abstract way, as a statistic— you’re implicated. Every day you’re dealing with that. So that’s one of the things that I think is so interesting. He takes our expectations about quilts and turns it on its head.”

Upon further inspection of the quilts displayed in the gallery, what may look like a decorative pattern becomes vows, messages, binary codes, morse code and barcodes.

“I ended up in quilting entirely by accident,” Knauer said.

The inspiration for Knauer’s endeavor into quilting as an art form was his three-year-old daughter.

The story he tells is that he and his daughter were walking handin-hand, looking at their merging shadows in front of them, when

his daughter looked up at him and said, “Daddy, we are an ‘h’.”

Knauer was struck by the simple intimacy of a statement that referred to the fatherdaughter unit as a whole — she didn’t say “we make” or “we look like” but rather “we are.”

He decided to make her a quilt with a design composed of different transformations of the letter ‘h’, and when she saw it, she said “Daddy, that’s us.”

“At that moment, that whole notion of quilts as a symbolic

language just sunk in,” Knauer said.

Knauer’s work began as a gift for his daughter, but it evolved beyond that.

He believes the outside world and his art cannot really be separated.

“To me, (quilts) are translations of the way I see the world,” Knauer said.

Through an object that is traditionally an heirloom, Knauer passes his own story on to the next generation.

ANDERSON GALLERY is located in the FIne Arts Center. Thomas Knauer has his quilt artwork featured now. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

STUDENT LIFE

Bulldog will compete at Miss Iowa with her partner by her side Molly Adamson Contributing Writer molly.adamson@drake.edu @somecallmemally Emma Haselhuhn didn’t stop smiling as she was crowned Miss Eastern Iowa this past weekend.

Her boyfriend, Cort McElmury, stood in the crowd, smiling just as much as his girlfriend.

“I love seeing her at the end when her face lights up,” McElmury said. “She absolutely loves doing this, and I can tell the whole time.”

Both Drake students, the pair works together towards Husselhuhn’s goal of winning Miss Iowa in the summer of 2017.

“We go to the gym in the morning before classes,” McElmury, a junior marketing major, said. “I try to keep her on track. Sometimes I help her with eating, but most of the time I’m trying to get her to eat chocolate and stuff like that. She says, ‘No! Why are you doing this to me?’”

Haselhuhn is a sophomore public relations major, and she

keeps busy with being the cochair for the Dogtown After Hours program, a member of Drake’s marching band, president of her Bible study group, a member of Drake’s chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, and maintaining a part-time job. She manages to keep it all balanced, though.

Haselhuhn keeps a tight schedule in order to achieve her goals.

“You have to have it prioritized,” Haselhuhn said.

“People who walk around saying, ‘Oh, I can’t do that, I’m so busy’ and complain about being busy’, no one’s ever too busy. It’s all about priorities, and some people’s priorities stink. I do sacrifice some social time. I do sacrifice sleep. Sleep is not something I want to be sacrificing, but I have to I do it, because academics are the most important.”

Haselhuhn’s mom, Carolyn Husselhuhn, knows her daughter has what it takes to become Miss Iowa.

“Emma is passionate about

Iowa and all that it stands for,” her mom said, “from the small town community that she was raised in to the agricultural background and lifestyle of living on a farm that has taught her an excellent work ethic and understanding of every Iowan’s part of making Iowa the great place it is to live.”

Haselhuhn is passionate about both her competition and the state of Iowa that she happily represents.

“I want to represent Iowa on that national stage,” Haselhuhn said. “I think my personal brand that I have going on shows a lot of what Iowa’s all about. I’m from an agricultural community; my father is a farmer. I feel that I am very well educated and well versed on those issues of the agricultural community in Iowa.

I also feel as though I have that class that Iowans have, and I can bring both of those things to the Miss America stage and show them that Iowa isn’t just some rinky-dinky agricultural state. It’s more than just cows, sows and plows.”

EMMA HASELHUHN hugs her boyfriend after it was announced that won her first title this spring and at Miss Iowa 2016. He expects to be at Miss Iowa 2017 to watch her compete. COURTESY OF CAROLYN HASELHUHN

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SPORTS NFL COLUMN

NFL domestic abuse epidemic and what it means for 2016

With last week’s kickoff of the NFL season, football fans prepared for yet another autumn of mixed emotions.

I don’t mean “mixed emotions” like the ones you experience due to heartbreaking losses and come-from-behind victories.

I mean “mixed emotions” like the ones caused by supporting a league that turns a blind eye to concussions, has a team named after a racial slur, and seems to have no idea how to deal with domestic violence.

For a league that is, by all accounts, too big to fail, the NFL sure is trying its best.

I’m a fan of the Kansas City Chiefs and, while perusing Twitter one day, I saw a question posed by a prominent account in the Chiefs Twitterverse: “What scares you the most about the upcoming season?”

There were all sorts of possible answers—an injury to our quarterback, a young secondary getting exposed—but the first reply was the one I agreed with

the most: “That Tyreek Hill might be good.”

That sounds backwards, right?

Why would Chiefs fans be most concerned about one of their rookie players actually being good at football? But in a backwards league, what’s backwards is now forwards.

Let me explain who Tyreek Hill is: Hill is a wide receiver and kick returner who played at Oklahoma State and then the University of West Alabama. He ran a ridiculous 4.24 40-yard dash at his pro day, and he has obvious skills in the return game.

But let’s back up a second. Why did he go from Power Five school Oklahoma State to the University of West Alabama? Because he was charged with—and ultimately pleaded guilty to—choking and assaulting his pregnant girlfriend.

In a city that is still celebrating a baseball championship won by a team ostensibly built around character, and where the memory of a Chiefs player who murdered his girlfriend and then committed

suicide in the stadium parking lot in 2012 still lingers, the selection of Hill in this year’s draft irked a significant portion of the fan base.

Chief fans are now grappling with several tough questions: Can I support a player who has committed appalling acts of domestic violence? Would I be comfortable cheering for the team while he’s on the field? What if he’s actually good?

Hill is far from the only player who has provoked such mixed reactions from football fans. Last December, Vice listed 44 players who had been accused of sexual or physical assault. Cases involving high-profile players, such as Greg Hardy and Johnny Manziel, get much of the press. But there’s a good chance that your favorite team employs a player who has been accused of assault.

Yes, your team is probably to blame for employing a player with a checkered history. But the root of the problem is the NFL’s inability to properly punish players who commit acts of

CROSS-COUNTRY COLUMN

Runners work to maintain pace Last Friday, the Drake men’s and women’s cross-country teams traveled to the University of Minnesota to race the Oz Memorial, a meet named after the former head coach of the Drake women’s program, Gary Osborn.

The Oz Memorial course is, above all else, a leg destroyer. The course runs through a golf course and is home to several short, rolling hills that look harmless until you run over them. The women’s 6k course — a 3.72mile race — starts off relatively flat for the first 2k. From 3k to 5k, however, the hills appear in dreadful form; your legs feel heavy just looking at them.

They are not dreadful in that they are so large; rather, it is their terrible habit of appearing around every bend in the course that makes them awful.

It is during this section of the race that many runners enter the dreaded no man’s land—the place you sometimes find yourself in a cross-country race, all alone, stranded between two groups of runners.

Entering no man’s land

happens subtly. At first, you start the race and find yourself swarmed by other racers, oftentimes being so smushed together that you have to concentrate on not tripping and getting trampled.

A mile into the race, however, that large group of runners breaks up. The people in the front either speed up, or the people in the back slow down.

When this happens, the people in the middle can all of a sudden find themselves all alone, comfortably ahead of the chase pack, but a little too far behind the lead pack to catch up. They are in no man’s land.

No man’s land is notorious for breaking down a runner’s spirit, because once you enter no man’s land it is difficult to get out. The only two options are to catch the group of runners ahead of you, or to be caught by the group of runners behind you; the former is the preferable option, but is much easier said than done.

The Oz Memorial, however notorious it may be, was a great experience for our young team.

Learning to fight through the pain of a hilly course and to avoid getting stranded between packs will pay off come MVC time.

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: Chris Kaminski, Oz Memorial 6k course conversion, 19:45 (previous course PR: 20:10). #GetAnotherOne

Bailee Cofer

Columnist bailee.cofer@drake.edu

domestic violence.

The suspensions levied at such players—if a suspension is handed down at all—are frustratingly short and always reduced upon appeal. They are weak deterrents.

In October, the NFL will blast pink directly into your retinas.

The message is clear: “LOOK AT US! WE CARE ABOUT WOMEN, AND YOU SHOULD BUY OUR PINK MERCHANDISE!” It’s an empty symbol, and will remain so until the NFL finally gets tough on domestic abuse.

For his part, Tyreek Hill has made all the right moves since he’s been drafted. He has been candid about his past, saying that fans have “every right to be mad” about it. He’s stayed clean and kept his head down.

On the field, he has dazzled spectators in off-season workouts and training camp. He believes that he’s changed, fans want to believe that he’s changed and, maybe, he has.

I’m all for giving second chances, but second chances don’t

erase the past and Hill will be an uncomfortable subject in Kansas City in the foreseeable future.

Most fans, myself included, will be content to cheer for the other ten players on the field.

But Tyreek Hill? We still need a little more time to sort through our feelings.

Tim Webber

Contributing Writer timothy.webber@drake.edu @HelloTimWebber

VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball has strong start

Will they maintain momentum?

Matthew Gogerty Sports Editor matthew.gogerty@drake.edu @mattgogo Drake Volleyball went to Charleston, Illinois, this past weekend to compete in a tournament. The team came back home with two wins and one loss with match scores of 3-1, 3-0 and 1-3.

The Bulldogs opened the EIU Panther Classic with a win against Eastern Illinois.

Senior outside hitter Makena Schoene had a season-high 17 kills, on 32 attempts in the match.

“Every game has a life of it’s own,” Schoene said. “I had a struggle the past couple weekends, just getting in a rhythm with my setters and getting the feel of the team. I think that everyone was doing their jobs and hitting their spots.”

The first two sets came easy for the Bulldogs with scores of 25-18 and 25-9, respectively.

In the third set, the Panthers put together a 5-3 run to give them the set win, 25-23. This brought the match to a fourth set.

The Bulldogs were quick to refocus and punched out a 16-6 lead to start the fourth set, bringing the set to a close with a Drake victory of 25-13 and a Bulldog match win of 3-1.

Junior middle blocker Kameo Pope added another nine kills and four blocks. Sophomore Grace Schofield and senior Capris Quaites added another eight kills each and combined for seven additional blocks.

On the defensive end, senior libero Michelle Thommi led the team with 21 digs.

The Bulldogs were able to hit an average of .248 and keep Eastern Illinois at .085.

“Eastern Illinois was a team that has had a slow start this year,” head coach Darrin McBroom said. “It was a test for us to not come in and play down.

We had a little trouble in the third set because of an injury. We had to make some changes that threw us off a little bit, but we came back strong the fourth.”

The next day the Bulldogs had their second match, this time against Louisiana Tech.

Schoene was a major part on the offensive end once again, adding 11 kills on 23 attempts.

Junior outside hitter Kyla Inderski added another 11, with junior Odessa Cody adding a career-high 10 kills.

The first set opened with a 10-3 lead against Louisiana. During the set, Louisiana was able to pull within three points four separate times, but an ace from Pope coupled with a pair of Louisiana

errors, gave Drake the win.

“Our team chemistry is really good,” Pope said. “Just how we all mesh together looks bright for us going into the conference.”

In the second set, the Bulldogs were able to manage a 10-6 lead early on. However, a 5-1 run by Louisiana put them at 21-20 over the Bulldogs.

With the score tied at 23, a pair of back-to-back kills from Schoene and Quaites ultimately gave the Bulldogs the victory in the second set.

Louisiana managed to stay within two points for most of the third set, but an 8-2 Bulldog stretch followed soon after by a 5-0 run gave Drake the final victory.

The Bulldogs shut out Louisiana 3-0 on the match with set scores of 25-19, 26-24 and 2515.

Unlike the previous two matches where the Bulldogs shot a .248 and a .295 respectively, they were unable to get above a .085 in the final match against Bowling Green.

Drake won the third set 2523, after losing back-to-back 2520 sets, but a 7-1 run by Bowling Green sealed the Falcons’ victory by a score of 25-15 in the fourth set.

In 2015, the Bulldogs had a strong start, going 5-0 initially, but then lost eight of the next 12 games.

They finished last season ranked eighth of 10 teams in the Missouri Valley Conference and are looking to surpass that mark in 2016.

Currently, Drake is 8-3, a slightly stronger start than last year, so now it’s about maintaining that success.

“It’s really focusing on the little things. We can’t let a win like this go to our head. We still have to hit the ground running and really focus on the stuff that didn’t go well and prepare for what’s coming,” Schoene said.

“By watching film, figuring out what spots are going to work, what hits are going to go down and what parts of the court we need to defend. So we can be prepared.”

Following next weekend’s tournament, the Bulldogs will begin conference play.

The Bulldogs head to Western Illinois next weekend for their final non-conference tournament.

They will play Southeast Missouri State, Western Illinois and Weber State.

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SPORTS WOMEN’S SOCCER

Unmatched defense keeps Bulldogs undefeated on road

KAYLA ARMSTRONG battles with a UWM defender on Sept. 4. With three goals and an assist, Armstrong is tied for most points on the team with seven. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Adam Rogan Managing Editor Adam.rogan@drake.edu @Adam_Rogan Drake Women’s Soccer recorded another two shutouts last weekend with commanding road wins over the United States Naval Academy and Towson University to improve to 6-0-1 on the season.

With senior goalkeeper Brooke Dennis in net, the Bulldogs faced Navy on Sept. 9 in Annapolis, Maryland.

Junior midfield Rachel Wanninger scored on a cross from sophomore defender Linda Fiorito, her first assist of the season.

Drake junior forward Hannah Wilder made the score 2-0 when she prevented a Navy clearance with a header-goal from inside the box in the 81st minute.

The story of the match, however, was Drake’s continuous defensive dominance.

The Bulldogs have still only given up one goal all season in a match that they still went on to win.

The objective has been to force

opponents to take “bad shots,” according to head coach Lindsey Horner. Navy took 19 shots against the Bulldogs on Friday, but only five of them were on goal, all of which were saved by Dennis in her second shutout of 2016.

The Bulldogs were more conservative. They only took five shots, three were on goal, two found the net.

“Our goalkeepers have come up big a few times, but for the most part we’re protecting our box really well, so the shots are easier for our goalkeepers to clean up,” Horner said. “We’re being really hard to break down as a unit, so teams can get around us.

But to try to play through; us we become very stingy and difficult to play through.”

This shows how efficient Drake has been on both offense and defense this year. Through seven matches, the Bulldogs have a shot percentage of .210 while their opponents have been held to only .011. Nearly 60 percent of Drake’s shots have been on goal, while opponents have been on target less than 35 percent of the time.

“It’s definitely very exciting,”

Wanninger said in regards to Drake’s flawless start. “It’s something that I haven’t had in the last couple years.”

Wanninger opened scoring again two days later against Tuscon. Drake senior midfielder and co-points-leader Kayla Armstrong crossed the ball from inside the box, and Wanninger put it past the keeper at the near post.

The goals have been especially meaningful for Wanninger after spending most of 2015 on the bench with an injury. She now has six points this season, only behind Armstrong and sophomore Alyssa Brand for the most on the team.

“To come back and be able to score some goals right away is really nice, hope to continue.”

Towson had seven shots in the first half, but again was unable to score. This time, junior goalkeeper Haley Morris defended Drake’s net and made six saves en route to her third clean sheet of the season.

Morris and Dennis have been sharing the wealth in goal this season. It’s an unorthodox approach, having two goalkeepers receive ample playtime, but it’s

been effective thus far.

“I think we’re both really good goalkeepers, we both deserve a lot of minutes, we’re both playing really well,” Morris said. “It’s good that we’re both on the same page with that and on the same page with the team.”

Drake extended its lead further in the second half, further unburdening the Bulldog D. Senior midfielder Gabby Charles earned her first goal of the season by dribbling past two Towson defenders unassisted and beating the keeper with an uppershelf score in the 49th minute after subbing in at halftime.

Armstrong capped off Drake’s scoring with a corner kick that she bent into the net in the 85th minute, her third goal of the year.

Still undefeated seven matches into the regular season, the Bulldogs have their best start in program history.

They have the third-most goals out of all teams in the Missouri Valley Conference and the best defense in 2016. This is contrasted with last season, when Drake finished with the most goals but had the second most goals against in the MVC.

This has been achieved with the relative absence of reigning MVC Player of the Year and leading goal scorer Rebecca Rodgers, who’s been battling injuries and has seen little play time.

Drake’s scoring has been spread out throughout the roster.

Seven different Bulldogs have scored Drake’s 13 goals.

“Everyone contributes in the scoring column,” Horner said.

“That was just a focus of ours really since last spring.”

Drake Women’s Soccer will again look to preserve its undefeated record at home against Western Illinois University in a 7 p.m. matchup on Sept. 14 at home.

Catch their match TONIGHT vs. Western Illinois 7 p.m.

Cownie Soccer Field

MEN’S SOCCER

Late game heroics, smart defense gets Drake above .500 Adam Rogan Managing Editor Adam.rogan@drake.edu @Adam_Rogan After a concerning 1-2 start to the season, Drake Men’s Soccer’s win percentage is over .500 for the first time in 2016.

Getting back to a winning record wasn’t an easy endeavor, as the Bulldogs traveled to face the University of WisconsinMilwaukee Panthers on Sept. 9 in a shootout in front of nearly 2,000 UWM fans for the Panthers’ home opener.

“The biggest thing for that is trying to adjust to that atmosphere,” redshirt-senior Eric Williams said. “They had a good crowd, they were loud, people were lining the fence. (We were) just trying to stay focused during the game.”

Drake struck first with a goal in the 15th minute by junior forward Steven Enna, set up by a long run by senior James Wypych.

UWM responded quickly,

netting two goals in less than 15 minutes to take a 2-1 advantage at halftime.

Although three goals is relatively high scoring for a half, it’s marginal considering the 16 combined shots taken by the teams.

This plays into Drake’s revised defensive strategy, head coach Gareth Smith wants to limit opponents’ chances within the box while allowing shots from far out.

UWM fired off another seven shots in the second half, but none of them found the net.

Drake had four corner kicks in the first 20 minutes after halftime.

The first three didn’t lead to any goals. The fourth found its mark.

Wypych took the corner and sent it to the far post. Redshirtsenior defender James Grunert headed it goal-wards to tie the match at two.

A Drake win seemed unlikely, however, when senior defender Andre Heine was sent off in the 74th minute with his second yellow card of the match.

Having shifted from left-back to centre-back this season, Heine has been a little “too eager” in his new role, Smith noted, resulting in some overly aggressive tackling. This was the second time that Heine has received a red card so far in 2016.

“The best teams are tactically flexible,” Smith said. “If you look at the evolution of any program, the guys need to make tactical adjustments during the course of games and from game-to-game.”

A late-game triple-sub, bringing on three experienced attackers — Enna, senior midfielder Mueng Sunday and junior forward Gabe Edel — in the 83rd minute, showed that Smith and his Bulldogs didn’t want to settle for a draw.

The decision paid off within two minutes. A double assist from Grunert and Sunday led to a goal line header for Enna’s second score of the day, his second career multi-goal game.

“It was a massive, massive feather in the cap for our squad character-wise,” Smith said. “Had

it gone to overtime, I think the momentum shifts to the team with 11, so we went for it with 10 men in the last 15 minutes.”

The Missouri Valley Conference recognized Enna’s perseverance and timely goalscoring by naming him Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 12. “(The comeback) showed our grit and our commitment to putting in work against opposition,” Williams added.

Drake kept the momentum going on Saturday against the University of Missouri – Kansas City Kangaroos. Smith called the win Drake’s “most complete performance” of 2016.

After devoting much of the past two weeks to implementing Smith’s new tactics, it all came together in Kansas City.

“It’s like adjusting your golf swing,” Smith said of the new mentality. “Sometimes it goes out of sync a little bit, but when it comes back it’s better.”

The Bulldogs got out to a lead early with a 16th minute goal when Wypych netted his second

shot of the match.

They wouldn’t relinquish the lead as redshirt-senior goalkeeper Darrin MacLeod claimed his 17th career clean sheet, the most of any goalie in program history.

Smith said that MacLeod has been encouraged to get more aggressive defensively, and it seems to be paying off. He has 19 saves through five games, six of them coming against UMKC. Drake tacked on an insurance goal in the 57th minute on a cross that found junior Mason Leonard.

It was his second career goal.

Wypych delivered the assist.

He now leads the Bulldogs with three assists and seven points this season.

Drake hosted the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay last night for the home opener. That match began after The Times-Delphic went to print. The Bulldogs open up MVC-play this Saturday at 7 p.m. when they host Loyola University at Cownie Soccer Complex.

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SPORTS FOOTBALL

Drake Football is potentially fostering an NFL player

More than half of the NFL’s teams have scouted tight end Eric Saubert Matthew Gogerty Sports Editor matthew.gogerty@drake.edu @mattgogo

This summer has been one of excitement for Drake Football.

Between accolades for players and one individual being scouted for the NFL, it’s been quite the sight for the coaching staff and the team as a whole.

Just about 20 NFL teams have been to Drake Stadium over the course of the last month to take a look at fifth-year senior Eric Saubert.

“It’s pretty surreal,” Saubert said. “I’m just excited and blessed.”

Saubert is a tight end for the Bulldogs. He is 6-foot-5 and weighs in at right around 250 pounds, a player of exceptional ability, whose 40-yard dash is under the 4.85-second average.

He meets all of the requirements to be a player that the NFL will consider looking at.

It didn’t come as a surprise to Head Coach Rick Fox when the recruiters came knocking.

“Every college football player in America, who is in their fourth or fifth year, is in a database for

the NFL,” Fox said. “So every year they say, these are the guys on our roster who are seniors, we confirm that roster in January.

Then they ask who we think has potential for the NFL, so we give them a couple names each year.”

According to Fox, after the NFL scouts do the research on their list of players, they decide who piques their interest. Then they have them all come out for what is called “Junior Day,” which took place at Iowa State University last April, which Saubert attended.

There he was measured in almost everything imaginable including height, weight, hand size, arm length and in his 40yard dash. On Junior Day the NFL determines who, at least by their measurement, is a possibility for drafting.

“We got his numbers back, and I knew it was going to be good,” Fox said.

When the day finally came that Saubert would indeed be getting some looks, Fox forewarned player’s about what it was going to be like, including Saubert.

“It’s exciting for our guys,” Fox said. “18 or 19 practices there has been a NFL scout at the end of the field. Everybody is aware of it, I coach a little different. Who are we kidding? Everyone sees it and notices it. But, I don’t think its distracted us.”

Saubert has had dreams of being in the NFL his entire life and is willing to take the opportunity if presented.

“I might as well go for it,” Saubert said. “I have the rest of my life to work, may as well follow my dream.”

Saubert has been a player at Drake since he was redshirted in 2012. He started seeing action

on the field in 2013 and has maintained an upward trajectory ever since.

This summer, he was picked for the FCS ADA All-American Team, received All-PFL First Team honors and he led the Bulldogs with 48 receptions.

He received similar honors and accolades in 2014 as well, but to him, it’s just the level of play he expects out of himself.

“I don’t read too much into that stuff,” Saubert said. “If I play how I play then the accolades will come.”

Quarterback Cody Thibault has been with Saubert during his entire time on the team, having a first-hand look at the growth in Saubert, from red-shirt to NFL potential.

“I wasn’t surprised at all,” Thibault said about the news.

“He’s got the frame, size and, ever since he’s been here, he’s been a workhorse.”

Thibault maintains that Saubert is as hardworking off the field as he is on.

Of the 20 teams that have come to see Saubert so far, the Chicago Bears would be his main choice.

“I’m from Chicago, so the Bears would be a dream come true,” Saubert said.

So far this season Saubert has seen action in both the season opener against Quincy and the game on Sept. 10 against South Dakota State. He had a teambest seven receptions for 95 yards against Quincy and six receptions for 53 yards last Saturday against South Dakota State. With one touchdown in each game.

ERIC SAUBERT celebrates with now graduated offensive lineman Jack Beck in an overtime win against Truman State on Sept. 6, 2014. FILE PHOTO

FOOTBALL

Drake starts 0-2, falls to Bulldog Football Week Three Preview vs. McKendree University Bearcats South Dakota State 56-28 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 at Drake Stadium Big plays keep Bulldogs close Matthew Gogerty Sports Editor matthew.gogerty@drake.edu @mattgogo

Drake Football has had a rough start to its season. After losing 35‑38 to Quincy University in the season opener at Drake Stadium, the team went to South Dakota this weekend where they were again unable to put a win on the record, losing 28-56.

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits opened the game with a five-play, 63-yard drive that led to a touchdown immediately following the kickoff. And this seemed to set the pace for the rest of the game, with SDSU closing the first quarter up 21-zip over the Bulldogs.

Opening up the second quarter, the Bulldogs were able to put together a touchdown scoring possession. Fifth-year quarterback Cody Thibault was able to find tight end and fellow fifth-year Eric Saubert three different times in an 11-play drive that ended with a score.

The touchdown came on a 3-yard pass from Thibault to Saubert in the corner of the end zone, putting Drake’s first six points on the board.

Junior quarterback Grant Kraemer saw action as well.

He led the Bulldogs to another touchdown in the second quarter, an 83-yard scoring drive that spanned four-plus minutes and 11 plays.

That drive ended on a threeyard run by senior Conley Wilkins, his third TD of the season.

That left the score at 28-14 to start of the second half with the Jackrabbits still in the lead.

The Bulldogs were unable to clear any ground in their 14-point deficit in the third quarter.

South Dakota State’s Jared Blum intercepted a Bulldog screen pass for another touchdown, making the score 35-14 going into the final quarter of the game.

Early in the fourth, South Dakota State was able to convert on a 3-yard pass, making it 42-14.

Drew Lauer, a sophomore running back, returned the ensuing kick off 87 yards to the end zone, making it the second 80-plus yard Bulldog score of the game. It was also Lauer’s first career touchdown.

The Jackrabbits scored twice off of turnovers to start the fourth quarter, bringing their lead to 49‑14.

The Bulldogs returned in kind one last conversion of their own on a 13-play, 73-yard drive.

A 3-yard pass from Kraemer to senior tight end Andrew Yarwood brought the final score of the game: 56-28.

SDSU’s domination was largely provided by its turnover ratio. The Jackrabbits didn’t turn the ball over once, while Drake threw the ball away thrice and lost one fumble.

Despite the interceptions, the Bulldogs hung with SDSU passing-wise. Drake ended with 224 passing yards, only 69 less than South Dakota State.

On the ground it was a different story. SDSU outran Drake by 101 yards, 187 to 86.

Although it has been a somber beginning for the Bulldogs, Lauer was named Pioneer Football League Special Teams Player of the Week.

The Bulldogs will be at home for the next two weeks. They will be hosting McKendree University this Saturday afternoon and Morehead State the following week on Saturday afternoon for the annual homecoming game.

McKendree Record: 2-0

Conference: Great Lakes Valley Conference

Offensive Player to Watch — Quarterback Elcee Burke is as dangerous on his feet as he his throwing the ball. He has 283 combined passing and rushing yards this season.

Defensive Player to Watch — Senior linebacker A.J. Wentland is a beast that’s tough to get past. He a sack, four tackles for a loss and a team-leading 30 tackles in 2016.

Fast Facts • The Bearcats’ attack is balanced. They have 285 passing and 347 rushing yards with two TDs on the ground and two through the air.

• The real danger from McKendree is its defense.

With six takeaways, 11 sacks and only 34 points against through two games, the Bulldogs shouldn’t expect a high-scoring shootout.

DEFENSIVE BACK Jabari Butler stopping a drive in the season opener against Quincy University. Butler totaled 11 tackles against South Dakota State University, seven of which were solo. PHOTO BY PRANEETH RAJSINGH | PHOTO EDITOR