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THE TIMES-DELPHIC THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR DRAKE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884
Des Moines, Iowa • Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 • Vol. 129, No. 12 • www.timesdelphic.com
Wire basket case Senate faces organization funding questions
Undergraduate program to begin this spring term
by Ann Schnoebelen
Staff Writer ann.schnoebelen@drake.edu
In a meeting lasting just 64 minutes, Student Senate allocated over $7,500, but not without asking a few questions. The funding went to four different campus organizations, and senators spent more than half the meeting asking Treasurer Nate Bleadorn, organization representatives and one another about the allocated funds. The largest single amount was $4,000, given to Students for Women’s Issues. The money will help pay to bring speaker Jean Kilbourne to Drake during Body Image Week in early November. “The reason we want to bring Jean Kilbourne to Drake’s campus is because she’s such a well-known speaker,” sophomore SWI Vice President Sheila Brassel told the senators. “We think it’s very important to have her come. Also, we’ve received an overwhelming amount of faculty approval.” Attendance for a similar speaker two years ago was much less than they’d hoped for, with different sources citing anywhere from 25 to 100 people in the audience. Brassel said SWI saw that changing, in part as a result of so much faculty support. “Because of the implied extra credit, we believe we’ll have a very large audience,” she said. “You better,” was Senate’s implicit message during the discussion that followed. The motion approving the funding passed easily, but not before emphatic statements by several senators. They insisted upon effective promotion for the event so that the money spent was more proportional to the number of students present at the lecture. “I do think this is a great idea, but I would definitely encourage SWI to plug it across campus,” Sen. Rachel Kauffold said. “Twenty-five people for $4,000 is not OK.” Sen. Dana Hansen asked senators voting in favor of approving the allocation to look for ways Senate could help with publicity. “When you’re thinking about whether to give this money, think about ways we can support this event as well,” she said. The Drake lacrosse club received the second largest sum, $2,151, to cover transportation, registration and equipment costs associated with the Central Iowa Lacrosse Association winter league. Before that motion was passed, three differ-
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>>MEETING IN BRIEF $4,000 – Students for Women’s Issues received $4,000 to bring speaker Jean Kilbourne to campus on Nov. 2.
$2,151 – Drake lacrosse club was allocated $2,151 for costs associated with the Central Iowa Lacrosse Association winter league. $668 – Drake dance team received $668 to cover costs associated with the Iowa State Dance Competition. $733.22 – Colleges Against Cancer was given $733.22 from the reserve fund to be donated to the American Cancer Society. OTHER – Marshall Phares appointed as non-athlete member of Intercollegiate Athletic Council.
Leadership concentration approved by trustees
by Jeff Hirsch
Staff Writer jeffrey.hirsch@drake.edu
photo by CONNOR MCCOURTNEY | Photo Editor
QUAD CREEK CAFE has had over two-thirds of its new wire baskets stolen this year.
Sodexo sees large number of Quad Creek cafe baskets go missing by Ryan Price
Staff Writer ryan.price@drake.edu
This is why we can’t have nice things. Approximately 160 of the 200 wire baskets Sodexo purchased for the Quad Creek Café at the beginning of the academic year have gone missing. The baskets, meant to create a fine dining atmosphere, are not cheap to replace. “Those were pretty expensive,” Sodexo General Manager Dannie Crozier said. “We wanted to make it look and feel more upscale than a normal dining hall at a university.” With the theft of such a great number of baskets in such a short amount of time, replacing the baskets won’t be feasible. Sodexo did not believe the theft would happen. In looking at many new pieces for the dining halls, Crozier and others scrutinize if objects will be stolen and what they will be used for. “We have to always make a conscious decision whether or not the students will steal items and what they will use them for,” Crozier said. Many wonder what these wire baskets could be used for outside of a dining hall. “What are people really stealing these
wire baskets for?” Junior Jessica Anderson wondered. “Seriously what is it good for? I’m curious.” Rumors are flying as to where the baskets could have gone. One rumor claims that a floor in Crawford Residence Hall is having a competition to see who can steal the most. “It’s a fruit bowl now,” one student said. “They’re just sitting on our floor,” another student admitted. “We’ll probably bring them back.” The resident assistants and others are instructed to be on the lookout for stolen goods. “People have their eyes open,” Crozier said. “There are consequences for these actions.” Students also say, “Well, they are new, and that’s exciting. You want a piece of it.” Junior Andi Summers is confused about the allure of the wire baskets. “I just don’t get it,” she said. “Sure they’re shiny, but they’re meant for the dining halls.” Sophomore Drew Albinson maintains that the wire baskets might not even be stolen. “I bet people are throwing them out,” he
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Azar Nafisi to give Drake’s 25th Bucksbaum Lecture by Emily Tozer
Staff Writer emily.tozer@drake.edu
Dr. Azar Nafisi will give a lecture for the 25th Martin Bucksbaum Lectureship Series this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Knapp Center. Nafisi is the author of the international bestseller “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” a novel about the Islamic revolution in Iran that has spent over 117 weeks on the “New York Times” bestseller list. It tells the story of a group of seven female students she secretly gathered to read forbidden Western classics in her house in the Islamic Republic of Iran. “My favorite topic [to speak on] is literature and the role imagination can play in it,” Nafisi said. “And I always try to incorporate things into the talks I give that come up in conversations I have with students beforehand.” Nafisi will be meeting with a small group of students before she speaks at the lecture. “Speaking with students before the event is fantastic because the event is so big, you
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cannot have an intimate conversation,” she said. “I don’t like to give a talk [in the small group], I prefer to have a real conversation where the students let me know what they think.” Nafisi is a visiting professor and the director of the Cultural C o nve r s at i o n s at the Foreign Policy Institute of John Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She has con“READING LOLITA IN ducted workTEHRAN” shops in Iran for women and girls on the connection between culture and human rights and has lectured
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With representatives from every college and the backing of faculty, alumni, university boards and committees, Drake University will unveil a new academic program one-and-a-half years in the making. The Drake board of trustees approved the Drake University Academic Concentration in Leadership Education and Development on Oct. 2. Drake will offer the undergraduate, interdisciplinary concentration in Leadership Education and Development beginning in the spring 2011 academic term. The 20 credit-hour concentration is open to all students from any academic major. The concentration was an idea derived from the success of the Donald V. Adams Leadership Institute. “The concentration, like a minor, is an extension of the Adams Leadership Academy,” said Thomas Westbrook, chairman of the Academic Concentration in Leadership Education and Development and professor of education at Drake. “We have an exemplary and very unique leadership program; we wanted to compliment the non-credit with the 20 credit-hour concentration and create something distinctly Drake.”
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Leadership is not limited to business or any certain degree.
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–Director of Student Leadership Jan Wise
The program design will link course material with experiences. Each student will work with Westbrook and will be assigned a leadership mentor who will assist the students to integrate course material with their experiences as student leaders on and off campus. “The whole idea is backed by actual experiences,” Westbrook said. “Each person works with a mentor whether it is a graduate student or business person in the community.” According to the concentration in Leadership Education and Development’s literature, leadership at Drake is defined as the process of challenging ourselves and others to develop a shared vision and of influencing individuals or groups toward the ethical achievement of common goals. While some leadership definitions and concepts are derived from business, the vision of the concentration is for undergraduate students to make not only significant contributions to the university, but also to their communities both on and off campus. “Leadership books are often written from a business perspective, but that’s just not the case with the practice of leadership,” said Jan Wise, director of student leadership and the Donald V. Adams Leadership Institute at Drake. “You’re a leader in your neighborhood or when you stand up to speak at the Parent Teacher Association. Leadership is not limited to business or any certain degree.” As students await the official announcement of the concentration in Leadership Education and Development from Provost Michael Renner, some students have caught wind of the new opportunity and are eager to be a part of it. Matt Vogel, a sophomore marketing and graphic design major, thinks that the new concentration is a unique opportunity.
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