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Oct. 5, 2016
FEATURES DRAKE CURRICULUM
Professor challenges students’ opinions Ellen Koester Contributing Writer ellen.koester@drake.edu
In his own words, Marc Pinheiro-Cadd has led an “interesting” life. Pinheiro-Cadd is the director of the World Languages and Culture department at Drake and teaches study abroad classes as well as intercultural communications. He is not afraid to discuss controversial issues in the classroom or test students on their opinions. “I talk with students about things that I’m probably not supposed to talk about or things most professors feel are not appropriate to talk about,” Pinheiro-Cadd said. Yet, this is exactly what his students say they enjoy about his classes. Tori Adams, a P-3 pharmacy student, said that while they have opposing political views, she always enjoys having him as a professor. “He likes to create more of a dialogue than a lecture,” Adams said. Pinheiro-Cadd focuses on communication in his courses, whether that is communicating across cultural boundaries or with someone with conflicting
views on a topic. Pinheiro-Cadd said he is very open about his opinions. “It’s impossible to be objective as a teacher,” Pinheiro-Cadd said. “You bring your whole life story into the classroom. Most students more or less understand my politics, but I want students to know that I never expect them to agree with me.” However, Pinheiro-Cadd often challenges students on why they believe what they do. It is all a part of his teaching style. “One thing I emphasize is selfawareness,” Pinheiro-Cadd said. “Students really need to know what they believe and why. Before you can communicate, you have to know yourself.” Pinheiro-Cadd is not afraid to fight for his own beliefs. Before coming to Drake twelve years ago, he worked at a Baptist-affiliated university. He frequently got into conflict with other faculty over a variety of issues, including his support for LGBT students. “Social justice has always been an area that I’ve been pretty passionate about,” Pinheiro-Cadd said. He is known as a very honest professor, but also as a very open and accommodating one. “Discussion comes easily in that class,” said senior John Wingert. “He’s a great facilitator for discussion and looking at your
experiences in an academic light.” Michelle Mages, another P-3 pharmacy student, also appreciates his flexibility. “For me personally, he’s just been so good working with my own schedule to help me achieve my goals and what I want to do,” Mages said. As for his life outside of Drake, Pinheiro-Cadd has met a variety of successful and influential people, a few being, Fred Phelps, former head of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church and Maya Angelou, a civil rights activist. He also had an interesting childhood. His grandparents, who raised him, told him he was adopted and he did not meet both of his parents until he was in his thirties. Pinheiro-Cadd said he has also traveled more than most Americans. He has spent time in Germany, Turkey and Brazil, where he got engaged to his current wife. “My wife said I should write a memoir,” Pinheiro-Cadd said. Whether his class is discussing current politics, other cultures or how many tattoos he has, Pinhiero-Cadd’s courses appear to be just as interesting as the man teaching them.
STUDENT LIFE
Humans of Drake The Times-Delphic tells the stories of Drake students and faculty Rob Clark, sophomore advertising major, music minor
CAMPUS CRIME
No leads on Wrinkles, stolen bulldog Jake Bullington Digital Editor jacob.bullington@drake.edu @JakeBullington The bulldog’s name is “Wrinkles.” Rather was “Wrinkles.” The bulldog statue went missing last year and the Olmsted Center has never been the same since. “Wrinkles” is one of 15 fiberglass bulldog statues that were part of a “Bulldog Parade Project” created by the Student Activities Board (SAB) in 2007, according to the 2015 Drake Iowa Private College Week tour guide manual. “Wrinkles” also wore the signatures of the SAB members who created the project. The disappearance wasn’t noticed at first, says former Vice President of Student Life Zach Blevins. “We all kind of knew something was off, we just couldn’t pinpoint what it was,” Blevins said. “And then finally someone mentioned, ‘Hey, where’d the bulldog go?’
I think it was two weeks after the (theft) that I noticed it (was missing).” Student Body President Thalia Anguiano also expressed sadness over the statue’s disappearance. “… And then one day, it’s just gone,” Anguiano said. “That was really sad, ‘Where’s the bulldog?’” Blevins reported the bulldog statue stolen to Drake Public Safety but Public Safety was unable to locate the statue either, according to Blevins. There are no security cameras in the area where the statue was placed, therefore the alleged thief remains anonymous. Anguiano worked on redecorating the statue with Blevins during the 2015 J-term. The bulldog was used as a means to feature studentsubmitted photos of students’ experiences at Drake events like Relays and Homecoming. “We wanted to replace the pictures of current students, so we spent hours over J-term cleaning it, sanding it, repainting it, getting it ready to go and poof
… it’s gone,” Blevins said. Both Blevins and Anguiano said it took weeks getting “Wrinkles” ready for the public eye. “At first I was sad, Blevins and I worked hard on that bulldog,” Anguiano said. Unfortunately for them, Blevins and Anguiano acknowledge there is little hope of seeing the beloved bulldog statue ever again. “I think if we would have gotten it back, somebody would have (returned the statue) by now,” Blevins said. Anguiano expressed further remorse for “Wrinkles.” “R.I.P. to Wrinkles. If you see Wrinkles, please bring him back to Olmsted,” Anguiano said. “I will find Wrinkles by the end of this year.” If students spot the bulldog, they can send The TimesDephic an anonymous tip. Visit timesdelphic.com/news-tip.
Student’s musical journey with the Legends Drum and Bugle Corps Haley Hodges Staff Writer hayley.hodges@drake.edu
Rob Clark, a sophomore studying advertising with a minor in music, spent his summer in the sweltering heat as a part of the Legends Drum and Bugle Corps located in Kalamazoo, MI. “Throughout high school I was a really big band geek. I loved marching band, it was my favorite,” Clark said. “My senior year of marching band I ended up being the drum major. My band director, when he realized I was interested in being drum major recommended I check out some drum corps videos to get an idea of what style of conducting he wanted. I was like ‘Okay,’ and I didn’t (watch the videos).” “Well after the season, I remembered what he said and wanted to check them out to see what it was. It was (some of) the most amazing marching bands I had ever seen … I kind of became obsessed with that for, you know, forever,” Clark said. “I was watching a bunch of YouTube videos of different corps and one day I realized there weren’t any clarinets on the field and I was like ‘What’s going on?.’ I went and researched the specific corps and found out they were all brass ... The next morning, I was in my band director’s office asking if I could borrow one of the baritones to learn on.” Clark followed that passion starting last year when he went through the long and strenuous audition process. Clark said he received a call back at his first audition camp and was contacted at his second then went to training camps once a month in preparation. From there, Clark did moveins as a part of spring training. “That’s a schedule where it’s twelve hours a day in four-hour chunks for like a month,” Clark said. “Usually about every eight to ten days you’ll have a laundry
day which is really nice because on a laundry day, you only have two four-hour rehearsal blocks and then the whole corps goes to a laundromat and a Walmart. The thing is, since we’ve been wearing sweaty, disgusting, athletic clothes for like a week, (everyone) dresses up. I’m talking like business casual, at the least, and we’re all just doing laundry. We all dress up, do makeup, do hair, just to go to laundry because we’re going out in public for the first time ever. It’s seriously like a holiday.” Throughout the summer, Clark said they were on the road touring for a show every couple of days to compete against other corps. At the end of the season, Legends Drum and Bugle Corps had placed third in the open class with the highest placement and score in the corps’ history. The process started for Clark back in November and culminated with the 64-day run during the summer where he said he’d spend a minimum of eight hours working every day. “I’m interested to know how much water I drank over the summer,” Clark said. “We were running around the field all day in like triple-digit heat so I would usually drink about a gallon per rehearsal block. On average, I probably drank about four gallons or more per day.” Clark plays the euphonium in Drake’s marching band and plans to participate in Legends Drum and Bugle Corps again next year, this time playing the 22-pound tuba. “I went from clarinet to euphonium to tuba,” Clark said. “The thing is, euphonium is the second biggest horn you can play. I got so used to be able to manhandle that really well I just wanted a bigger horn to be able to manhandle.”