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Wednesday Nov. 11, 2015

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Making safety strides SENIOR KERSTIN DONAT voiced her concerns at the public safety forum held Friday. Senate, alongside other community organizations, sponsored the event. PHOTO BY JAKE BULLINGTON | DIGITAL EDITOR

CAMPUS EVENTS

Senate safety forum fails to discuss overall goal

Still makes first strides towards conversation of student security Jake Bullington Digital Editor jacob.bullington@drake.edu @jakebullington

Student Senate hosted a public safety forum intended to spark discussion around Public Safety and Des Moines Police policy.

However, the conversation focused almost solely on Drake students becoming more involved in the culture around the community, and breaking down the ‘mental walls’ surrounding campus. This surprised some of the 50 students and community members in attendance of the event Friday.

Diversity Interest Senator Thalia Anguiano said that although the forum didn’t go as expected, the end result was positive.

“I was a little thrown off at the fact that public safety wasn’t touched on as much as I was expecting,” Anguiano said. “But the fact that we talked about how

we want to better our relationship with the Des Moines community was super good.”

Student Body President Kevin Maisto shared Anguiano’s expectation of the event.

“I thought there was going to be more of a focus from students about how to keep the neighborhood a little bit more safe, but I think everyone there understood that a positive community could then lead to a safer community,” Maisto said.

Community Outreach Senator Daniel Creese, who helped organize the forum, echoed this sentiment.

“Once the conversation shifted towards this mental wall or ‘bubble’ that students feel confined to on campus, the spotlight and dialogue shifted more towards the students, faculty and the community members,” Creese said.

One student chimed in to the conversation, saying that “we have this wall in our heads” around campus.

Wayne Ford, a 1974 graduate of Drake and founder of community organization, Urban Dreams, was present at the event.

Ford reminded attendees of a movement about a decade ago, one that proposed building walls up around Drake’s campus.

“I thought there was going to be more of a focus from students about how to keep the neighborhood a little bit more safe, but I think everyone there understood that a positive community could then lead to a safer community.”

Kevin Maisto

Student Body President

“This wall today is a mental wall. It’s worse than that physical wall,” Ford said.

Asking for tangible results of the forum, Ford added, “We don’t want to leave without having a

timeline with solutions.”

Community Advisory Board president Jamie Willer gave numerous suggestions for outreach including opening up 34th Street to hold a block party, and pledged CAB’s willingness to collaborate with neighborhood organizations.

Representatives from Public Safety and DMPD were also present and took notes on key points students and community members made, but did not contribute to the dialogue. This was, due in part, to the fact that the conversation had skipped over the safety aspect of the discussion almost entirely.

With the issue of outreach into the community surrounding campus discussed, there is still much to address in regards to students’ safety.

“I think it was a really great first step, but I think we really need to emphasize that this was indeed a first step,” Maisto said.

“We need to take what was talked about and discussed, and the concerns that were brought up, and even some of the potential solutions and use that as ground to better the relationship between

the Drake community and the neighborhood.”

Maisto wants to continue discussing Public Safety as dialogue continues.

“I think that sometimes we might need to take a step back and focus on the public safety that we’re in right now and making it a safe community for everyone,” Maisto said.

According to Student Senate, there will be a follow-up to this forum during Thursday’s Senate meeting at the fishbowl in Cowles Library at 9 p.m.

Overall, Maisto was pleased by the attendees’ engagement in the roundtable-like discussion.

“I was really excited by the participation, not just from the senators that were there, but also the other students as well as the community members who showed up,” Maisto said.

Another roundtable is planned

by CAB for November 17 at 9 p.m., with a location not yet determined, further discussing the barriers between the community and Drake students.

CAMPUS NEWS

Drake ranks among Ivy Leagues on Economist list Lauren Velasco Staff Writer lauren.velasco@drake.edu

The Economist recently published its investigation comparing institutions’ alumni earnings and ranked Drake in 17th place among several notable universities.

This was the Economist’s first college ranking and their approach differed from several other college ranking publishers because they chose to measure

the value of a university by the outcome.

With any ranking that is released about Drake’s educational value against other schools, students continue to wonder whether or not their degree will have more merit upon graduating.

“Going into Drake as an undecided major, I feel comfortable knowing that whatever job I choose to pursue, I will be making money in that field,” first year Madeline Cramer said.

Having never ranked colleges before, the news organization

wanted the focus of their evaluation to be a more in depth look at the value of an education when it comes to being successful and having a well-paid job.

“The Economist’s first-ever college rankings are based on a simple, if debatable, premise: the economic value of a university is equal to the gap between how much money its students subsequently earn, and how much they might have made had they studied elsewhere,” they said, along with the rankings they released.

Students find it important to know how their investment in a

particular university will benefit them in the future.

The ranking gives perspective to students about what they’re working towards.

“This is a great thing for Drake students to know that all the hard work put into your education pays off in the end, which is what you hoped for in the first place,” sophomore Kori Ponder said.

Drake’s ranking not only influences students, it also creates a name for Drake nationwide as a school that puts a high value on the outcome of an education.

“That information offers the potential to disentangle

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student merit from university contributions, and thus to determine which colleges deliver the greatest return and why,” the Economist said.

With another ranking that positively reflects the work being done here, Drake continues to receive national attention for its impact on students.

“I think (the ranking) adds more merit to our degrees because a Drake student is a very unique kind of student.

We’re dedicated, passionate and ambitious,” Ponder said.

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Nov. 11, 2015

NEWS CAMPUS NEWS

Support group opens discussion about relationships Jessie Spangler Staff Writer jessica.spangler@drake.edu

Walking into the Wesley House on a Monday night, Drake students can find the healthy relationships support group talking in a confidential setting about their current and past relationships.

The group is backed by the Crisis Intervention Services and Domestic Violence Services, two local organizations.

The group was created to help students find a safe place

to move forward from abusive relationships in the past or learn more about healthy relationships.

The group meets every Monday night and is a resource for students who have questions about relationships, or are looking for support from others who have had similar experiences.

Melissa Ulrickson, a sexual assault advocate with Crisis Intervention Services and a campus outreach specialist, and Stacey Granger, a domestic violence advocate with Children and Families of Iowa, facilitate the group.

“The healthy relationships group offers a safe and comfortable environment for

students to discuss healthy and unhealthy relationships,” Ulrickson said.

The idea of this group is to connect students with other students so they do not feel as alone with whatever circumstance they are in or have experienced.

“Learning to interact with group members in healthy ways increases the ability of participants to recognize healthy relational patterns outside of the group,” Ulrickson said. “Groups connect people that may have shared experiences or concerns that might not otherwise have found each other.”

The support group covers physically violent relationships,

as well as emotionally and mentally abusive ones.

This group is open to anyone wishing to learn more about how to find healthy relationships, or learn more about ones that are abusive.

“Some people have experienced abuse from a partner, parent or someone else and would like a place to process, heal or move forward,” Ulrickson said. “Others may have had difficulty with a particular person or relationships in general and would like clarity as to why or desire help with choosing healthier relationships. Others may just have questions or want to learn more about this topic.”

The group setting allows for those learning how to create healthy relationships to increase their awareness.

“Groups often normalize experiences or feelings that may have felt isolating or embarrassing,” Ulrickson said.

“Groups provide opportunities to learn from others and increase self-awareness.”

The healthy relationships support group meets every Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wesley House. The Wesley House is located across the street from Cowles Library.

CAMPUS EVENTS

Students raise awareness for adult illiteracy through spelling bee Sam Fathallah Staff Writer sam.fathallah@drake.edu @samfathallah

One in six adults in the United States cannot read this sentence.

This fact resonated with students in last year’s Leadership: Influence and Change class.

During the class, a 60-yearold man shared the story of his journey to literacy through Drake University’s Adult Literacy Center.

This story about the center moved these students to give back to the center. A year ago, the students decided to put on a team spelling bee fundraiser in order to raise money for the center.

This year, the new students from the same class are putting

on a second Adult Spelling Bee and want to beat the $3,000 raised last year.

The event is at 6 p.m. on Friday at Pomerantz Stage in the Olmsted Center.

Junior Tierney Sereika, a member of this year’s class, said not many Drake students are aware of the work the center is doing to help these individuals.

“We’re really trying to get more students to come and understand what’s going on,” Sereika said.

“We’re trying to make the Adult Literacy Center something much bigger.”

That’s where Sereika and her classmates come in.

Most students of the center receive scholarships in order to attend classes, so the Adult Spelling Bee aims to raise this money to fund these scholarships.

Students and community

members will pay $200 to register their five-member teams for the spelling bee. Throughout the night there will be appetizers and adult beverages. The participants’ reading and writing skills will be tested through different games played at the event.

“We’re making an intangible impact on real people’s lives,” Sereika said. “We’ve had speakers come into class and we’ll have speakers come to the event to share their stories. It’s those kinds of stories that make it worth it.”

For Anne Murr, director of the Adult Literacy Center, the work these students are doing is critical to the success of the center as a whole.

“Not only do we want to raise money for the center, but we want to raise awareness about adult literacy issues,” Murr said in an email. “It was great fun (last

year), and several teams said they would come back this year.”

Aside from being the director, Murr gives back to her community by teaching classes at the Adult Literacy Center. Through these classes, she said the community gives back to her just as much, through their stories.

“For me, the most gratifying part is that I get to listen to people’s stories, to share in some small way, in their life journey,” Murr said. “I hear how life as a non-reader defeats them and I am able to give them hope.”

Sereika was surprised when she heard these stories about adult illiteracy as she and her classmates began planning the event.

“It’s not that people don’t want to learn how to read or write,” Sereika said. “It’s just hard if you’re not educated as a child and

you grow up not learning it.”

Meghan Blancas, one of the professors of Leadership: Influence and Change, said her students’ project was a learning opportunity for her too.

“I had never met anybody or heard of anybody who was not able to read or write,” Blancas said. “To meet someone who learned literacy at a later age made me realize how privileged I am to have these skills.”

This is Blancas’ second year overseeing the class and the event, which she believes to be a success.

“It’s heartwarming to see students engage with something like the Adult Literacy Center,” Blancas said. “It’s really gratifying to see the students actually beginning to apply leadership principles to their projects.”

STUDENT SENATE

Senators grapple with issue of funding low-impact projects Beth LeValley Staff Writer beth.levalley@drake.edu @BethLeValley

Student Senate tabled a motion to allow four students in the science education department to go to Reno, Nevada for the Association for Science Teacher Education International Conference.

These students have all been researching in the realm of education for at least a year, and they will take part in at least one of the presentations. Two of the students are newer and will replace the older students once they graduate.

Senior Neal Patel has been

to the conference before and finds the conference extremely beneficial.

“Last year, I was one of three students there, which means the rest of the people attending were educators,” Patel said. “I got to interact with future colleagues.”

Patel has been researching elementary science education for three and a half years.

While the Senate agreed that the information discussed at this conference would be beneficial to students, professors and the Department of Education as a whole, Senate debated whether the student body should be funding this endeavor.

At the beginning of the semester, Student Senate had a discussion about fiscal

responsibility and specified what student fees should be spent on.

“We’ve been leaning towards funding what will impact the student body as a whole,” Treasurer Matusik said.

While any student can request funding from Student Senate, student organizations are given priority for funding.

This conference is tailored toward benefitting academic life and will also directly benefit professors. Because of this, senators wondered if the School of Education would provide any funding for the conference.

The students that would be attending the conference are planning to present their findings to the School of Education, and they are potentially working with

the TEDx Drake club to present a talk.

With this information, Senate still was not satisfied that it would impact Drake enough to spend $1,856. Ultimately, Senate decided to table the motion until research had been done about other possible funding.

As the Democratic debates get closer, Senate had a discussion about how to act and receive feedback from students, the media and the community.

Student Senate is putting on two events around campus, “Pancakes and Politics” and a debate watch party.

“As you’ve seen in the media, other universities haven’t catered to the student body, and there have been some protests,” Pres.

Kevin Maisto said. “We’re lucky (the) administration is really trying to do as much as they can for us.”

O’Hea, a leader for these political events, echoed Maisto’s words.

“Other universities haven’t really taken advantage of this, and I really don’t know why,” Sen. O’Hea said.

Maisto continued warning Student Senate members of the possibility that the media will contact them, asking them to be more aware of their actions than on any other day.

“I know I’m trying to remain calm, but I’m like, bursting on the inside,” Maisto said.

Joan Gerling, ed’86, contributed more than $600,000 to distinctlyDrake toward construction of the new School of Education building within the STEM complex and School of Education Scholarships.

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Nov. 11, 2015

OPINIONS NATIONAL EVENTS

NATIONAL EVENTS

Police violence toward student

China changes long-time One-Child Policy

Ashley Kirkland

Staff Writer ashley.kirkland@drake.edu

All it took was a nine-second video on Facebook to shed light on a recent resource officer attack on a student last week in South Carolina.

On Oct. 26, a student refused to hand over her phone to her teacher. Resource officer Deputy Ben Fields was called to the scene to remove the student. When she refused to stand up and leave, Fields violently lifted and threw her on the ground to handle arrest.

When I talked about this issue in my First Year Seminar with my classmates, we were appalled. In no way does civil disobedience in the classroom demand violent action from an officer.

Since the incident, Fields has been removed from the school and has not been receiving pay.

I believe it was a smart move from the Richland County School District to take such actions. This man was a threat to students at the school for his violent actions.

A report stated that Fields has had two lawsuits in the past decade, both relating to excessive force and battering. In Field’s last lawsuit, the jury was in favor of him, and he was placed back in a school. Will a jury be so quick to allow him to walk away with a minute slap on the wrist?

A resource officer is placed in a school to protect and assist the students in the school district. No young adult should fear the police system.

I argue that he should not be stationed in a school again.

While I acknowledge the video feed released shows pertinent evidence to the violent actions between the two subjects, I feel that there were other factors that play a part in the time line.

This whole issue relates back to the young student that refused to hand over her phone to the teacher, therefore the educator called for assistance from Deputy Fields. I believe that the teacher was slightly hasty when making the decision to involve the police officer. This student refused to hand over her phone and was not violent about it. In no way does an act of civil disobedience require violent action to solve an action.

I believe this would have been a whole different issue if the young student would have stood up and respected Deputy Fields, but in no way does this disregard the vile actions taken by Fields.

While I do not feel he should be placed in a school ever again, Fields was following his orders and regulations of being an officer, and those skills could be used in a less sensitive environment such as a school.

Jessie Spangler

Staff Writer jessica.spangler@drake.edu @Jessiespangler3 For the last 35 years, one of the worst phrases a parent in China could hear was “it’s a girl.”

That’s due to its One-Child Policy, which has been the leading contributor to gender imbalance and gendercide, especially in poorer areas where males are expected to carry on the family name and bring in more income for the family. For decades, this has caused huge problems with sexism and has had many terrible consequences.

According to All Girls Allowed, an organization that seeks to end the China’s One-Child Policy, in 2012, there were over 18 million more boys than girls under the age of 15 in China, and the national government estimated that China had 40 million more males than females that same year. About 40 to 50 million Chinese men will never marry due to the lack of females. But a bigger problem they face from the consequence of their One-Child Policy is

that the gender imbalance it has created is the driving force behind sex trafficking and sex slavery. Women and children are trafficked into China from North Korea, Vietnam, Burma, Mongolia and Thailand and are forced into marriages, employment and sexual exploitation.

The One-Child Policy was originally adopted as a way to control China’s rapidly growing population. It was officially implemented in 1979, even though the central government started encouraging couples to only have one child in 1975.

But recently —and thankfully– the One-Child Policy has been lifted to allow parents to have two children. For the time being, only parents that have no siblings can have two children, until March, when anyone in the country can have two children.

While this is definitely an improvement and good news, hopefully more will be done to ensure the decline in gendercide and gender imbalance.

China’s top leaders met for four days at a Communist Party Summit in Beijing, where they discussed how to maintain growth at a time where concerns for the economy are at a high. According to the Communist Party, China will “fully implement a policy of allowing each couple to have two children as an active response to an aging population.”

In China, 8.5 percent of the population is over the age of 65, and by 2050, that number will have risen to 23.9 percent, according to United Nations data.

China dropping its One-Child Policy is an attempt to tackle

one of their biggest challenges: a population that is aging too fast.

The working age population has seen a decrease, thus causing problems for China’s economy.

While the issue of their economy is a consequence of the One-Child Policy, other consequences have had more lasting effects. In China, it is obvious that males are much more valued than females. Families that have baby girls abandon them in the street, leave them at orphanages or hospitals, or even go as far as to commit infanticide, sometimes multiple times until they manage to have a boy. Forced abortions of female fetuses were also common. Families that do keep their daughters run the risk of having them kidnapped at a young age by families looking for a future wife for their son.

Now that the One-Child Policy has been dropped, hopefully China will see a decrease in infanticide and female orphans.

While it will take a long time to change China’s cultural preferences of having a boy over a girl, hopefully the new policy will also help with this issue.

While China has definitely taken a huge step for human rights, more needs to be done still to ensure that parents still aren’t abandoning their baby daughters in the hope for a boy. Girls are not burdens —China only sees them as such because of old-fashioned views.

It will take time for China to see this, but I’m confident that with this change, they’re on the right path.

CAMPUS EVENTS

‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’: brave characters take on a sexy show

Molly Adamson

Staff Writer molly.adamson@drake.edu

Drake Theater People put on performances of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” for the second year this past weekend. DTP proved with this year’s performances that with time comes experience.

The actors “went there” in terms of what they did with their characters. Dr. Frank was sexier,

and completely comfortable with his sexuality. (The makeup and high heels this year were on point!) He even went for some butt grabbing, (and almost even ball- grabbing fun) with Rocky. Rocky was the confused Frankenstein creation he was meant to be. Having just been created, his expressions were often confused at the beginning of the play, because he didn’t understand the world around him. Who would?

One thing that I found very interesting about this year’s show was the supposable gender switches. Eddie, typically a male role, was played by Hannah McClatchey. Riff Raff, which is also typically a male role, was played by Haley Ashlin. The narrator role was split into two parts, given to Shelby Jensen and Kayla Ferris.

What was interesting about the narrator role being split into two roles was that it gave off a vibe like “The Shining” by Stephen

King. The girls looked a lot like the twin girls from the movie, which they intentionally dressed up as. McClatchery put on some shading to appear as though she was in fact a man to play the role of Eddie. She also played the scientist Dr. Scott. This doubling up confused me, but nothing that interfered with my enjoyment of the show.

What did interfere with my enjoyment slightly was the music.

I was seated right next to the computer that was playing the music, so that may have been part of the problem. But at times I could hear the recorded voices over the singers on stage. This problem seemed to be fixed later on, but I was surprised that there were no instrumental versions of some of the songs. At some points during the show, more so at the beginning than anywhere else, I could not hear the actors’ over the music coming from the computer. Again, whether this was due to where I was seated or

not, I cannot tell you. The actors needed to belt it out a little bit more.

Overall, I really enjoyed the show. I loved how much braver the characters seemed this year.

However, my heart will always hold a special spot for that first showing from last year. That was my first time seeing the show, so yes, I was a “virgin.”

There’s just something special

about being thrown into that world unexpectedly, without any background knowledge at all.

I want to congratulate the cast of this year’s show on a job well done though. Hopefully the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” has found a permanent home at Drake, and DTP students can continue to entertain and shock audiences for years to come.

RED LIPS appear at the begining of the film “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

NATIONAL EVENTS

Russian plane crash in Egypt leads to misinformation, tension between nations

Chamindi Wijesinghe

Business Manager wachamindi.wijesinghe@drake.edu

On Oct. 13, Metrojet Flight 9268 was on its way from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg.

Then, approximately 23 minutes into the flight, the plane dropped off the radar without any distress call.

CNN reported that “a U.S. military satellite detected a midair heat flash from the Russian airliner before the plane crashed… (suggesting) a catastrophic in-flight event – including possibly a bomb.”

A statement given by U.S. Director of Intelligence James Clapper at a Washington News conference voiced the thoughts of British and US officials: “ (Terrorism) is unlikely, but I wouldn’t rule it out. We don’t have any direct evidence of its involvement yet.”

However, Russia boldly dismissed any theories about what caused the crash in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as “speculation.”

Ireland and the United Kingdom momentarily suspended flights to Sharm-el-Sheikh while other countries more lenient, advised extreme caution. Amidst all the confusion, panic, possible

diplomatic row and power play happening among the angered, stranded passengers, political and aviation authorities of different countries, the bodies of the 244 killed have been flown into Russia.

Responding to such a crisis is sensitive. When information is hidden or tweaked before it reaches the public as plane crashes, especially those that are not due to technical issues can hurt a country’s economy, security and diplomatic relations. Following every devastating tragedy, there is more international unrest.

Thousands of people are waiting for the truth, whether they be impatiently sitting behind laptops or waiting to hear in person what really happened. It seems the information is being held behind government’s closed doors.

The monstrously inflated wrong prioritization and the clash

between what leaders are trying to defend and protect make it hard for the citizen to sync with them. Moreover, when your own government shows emotions just for the cameras, it angers more than the terrorists who murdered your family. An “I am right, you are wrong” attitude between officials is not going to give the victims’ successors closure. They don’t want to hear about the past.

They need to know about what’s next. Offering money (some twisted family members do take advantage of that) is not going to bring back the dead or alleviate the pain.

The 244 passengers — 24 of whom were children, the youngest a toddler of 10 months — were innocent.

If passengers disappeared midair, having done nothing wrong, the least they are entitled to is a sincere apology—a sincere

moment where politics take a back seat to the essence of being human.

Moreover, to find solid evidence and take action, the closed doors should open to an honest representation so that we don’t jump to conclusions and aggravate the matter. The public can understand that full transparency might lead to favor those involved in the possible terrorist attack by the Islamist State branch, but it should have trust in its leaders to know that international cooperation is happening.

It took four resource-abundant allies to end WWII. Shouldn’t history be a lesson?

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Nov. 11, 2015

OPINIONS HUMANS OF DRAKE

FILM REVIEW

Humans of Drake Each week, staff writer Rachel Wermager will capture stories of students on Drake’s campus

‘Steve Jobs’ biopic simple, unique and intelligent as the man himself

Eric Deutz Film Critic eric.deutz@drake.edu

Claire Franksen|| Freshman || Digital Media Production and Psychology “I’m very passionate about people. My friends and family mean a lot to me so I always put them before myself. It means far more to me that my friends and family are happy than if I am. There have been so many days where I didn’t do my homework in order to cheer up a friend, just stuff like that where I put myself second to those I care most about because being a good friend is important to me.”

STAFF OPINION

Healthy lifestyle tips for the busy and lazy

Hema Rengasamy Staff Writer hemapraba.rengasamy@drake.edu

There are many busy people on campus who may not have time to exercise or be attentive to their health, or some people who are simply lazy. Here are some tips that can be incorporated into both lifestyles to help promote health without exerting too much effort.

Plan your week: Take 10 minutes off of your weekend and plan the week ahead. Look at all of your syllabi.

Estimate how much time you need for your homework and readings.

Then look at your social calendar (if a you are busy) or your list of Netflix shows (if you are lazy) and put the puzzle together.

This is when that smartphone comes handy. Put everything into your phone’s calendar so you always know how much time you can spare. This will essentially enable you to plan an exercise

schedule and allocate time for sleep.

Snack healthy: Put down the chips or the chocolate that you are eating right now, because they aren’t doing you any favors. I know that you get hungry, which is why you should stock up on fruits, yogurt and maybe vegetables (these can be trickier).

Eat breakfast: No, you don’t have to wake up an hour earlier. Ziploc bags do the trick. I suggest packing some cereal and dried fruits for each day of the week, especially those days with 8 a.m or 9 a.m. classes.

You can just grab these and run to class with a small carton of milk so that you still get the protein that you need in the morning.

Split your desserts: Dessert is definitely the best part of a meal, but it is usually the unhealthiest. Team up with a friend and split your dessert in half. This reduces the amount of calories you consume substantially. Bonus, it doesn’t take up much time, if anything, it saves time.

Eat until you are ¾ full: I know Hubbell goes by the ‘all you can eat’ policy but eating until you are full is a very bad idea. It is proven that eating until you are almost full actually aids in weight loss. Eating until you’re 75 percent full is ideal if you are attempting to lose or merely keep off the freshmen 15.

Limit soda: Soda is pure sugar, caffeine

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and chemicals. Need I say more?

Exercise: With good planning you could easily fit in 15 minutes of exercise at least three times a week. For “the busy,” I recommend yoga because it is very calming and rejuvenating.

Manage stress: Stress is a burden for all people.

This is a problem that can be solved with a little planning ahead of time. There are several ways to cope with stress. Try meditating, journaling or exercising.

Avoid alcohol: The life of a 21st century college student does definitely involve alcohol whether one likes it or not. If you don’t drink, good for you. Whether you are lazy or busy, you are bound to attend a party every now and then, but that doesn’t mean that you have to consume any alcohol. There are adverse effects to drinking. Offer to be a designated driver for your friends from time to time.

Sleep: This ties back to the first tip.

If you have a well-planned week, you can be both lazy and busy and still be able to eat and sleep and function on schedule. There is plenty to do as a college student, but not getting enough sleep might cost you your immune system and mental health.

“Steve Jobs” also unanimously takes home the award for “Least Creative Film Title Ever.” Having written these reviews for a few months now, I completely understand that the title is always the most difficult thing to write.

I’ll give the writer a pass on that, and you should as well, because there’s hardly another word in this entire film that feels out of place.

Master screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network,” “Moneyball,” “The West Wing”) is front-and-center in this clever look at several of the most important dates in Jobs’ life, and once again he manages to confidently retain his title as the smartest writer in Hollywood.

Certainly, there are other important cinematic figures involved with this project. Oscarwinning director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “127 Hours”) and acclaimed actors like Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen and Jeff Daniels but make no mistake, the most important person in this film is not any of these, nor is it even the man in the title. It’s Sorkin. The pressure’s on, and he delivers.

A biopic of the late Apple pioneer, “Steve Jobs,” who is played smartly by Fassbender, takes a unique approach to telling the story of the Father of the iPhoneThe movie is split into three acts, with each act taking place just before a huge launch for a product Jobs is introducing,

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The Apple Macintosh launch in 1984, the NeXT Computer launch in 1988 and the iMac launch in 1998. Over the course of these three launches, the audience discovers deep insights into Jobs’ relationship with his assistant Joanna Hoffman (Winslet, already getting Oscar attention), Apple CEO John Sculley (Daniels, who ought to be getting Oscar attention in a riveting supporting role), Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (Rogen) and the daughter he continuously claims he never had, who we watch grow up before our eyes right alongside Jobs.

These relationships all live and die off of fast-paced, witty and incredibly intellectual oneon-one conversations delivered with all the tenacity and bravery that Sorkin scripts require. He’s merciless on the actors, which means as long as the actors know what they’re doing, the audience is in for a treat. And they do, so we are.

All that being said, it isn’t perfect. Jobs’ daughter is the one thing in his life he can never quite figure out or simplify, and their relationship never reaches its emotional potential. Sorkin soars with the complex, but it’s the simple situations that just don’t quite read. Sorkin is a shooin for his third Academy Award nomination this year, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he ended up taking home the big prize once again. Granted, this Oscar season still has a long way to go.

Odds are, you’ll leave the theatre talking more about Sorkin and the actors than about your new thoughts on the life of Mr. Jobs. But you will most certainly be talking about the film, and you will be marveling at how the talented individuals involved can make something so incredibly complicated and involved seem so simple… much like Steve Jobs.

And that in itself is a beautiful tribute to one of the most incredible minds of our time, taken from us much too early.

Grade: A-

Ricki And The Flash November 13th 9:00 pm at Sussman Theatre

Southpaw November 20th 9:00 pm at Olin 101

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05 | opinions

Nov. 11, 2015

OPINIONS DEAR BRANDI

STAFF OPINION

Dear Brandi: When should I start preparing for finals?

Christmas music in November

Brandi Dye Advice Columnist brandi.dye@drake.edu @14bad01

If you would like your question included in future Dear Brandi columns, email her or DM her on Twitter.

Is it too soon to start prepping for finals? What should I do? –S.

Give me advice on how to get a man! –D.

It honestly just depends on how lame you are.

Jk. I say that now is a great time to get prepped, but not to start stressing out over it. For some classes, you will need to study more, so it is best to start early. It would be really dumb to try to start studying everything like crazy right now. It’s not finals week yet, so save your caffeine and crazy for December.

Get ahead on the classes you struggle with. If you start now, you will have four weeks to get it downloaded into your brain before you forget everything.

You can do what my friends do and say, “Brandi, give that guy my number,” or you can be more mature and direct and just start talking to one.

Find something that you have in common, make a comment on a shirt they are wearing. That’s your in and that’s all you need. “OMG I love your Nickelback shirt! I saw them live in like 2007.” Boom.

Connected. Finding a bae is just like making friends. You find something you have in common and run with it.

STAFF OPINION

Royals take the crown and win the World Series

Jacob McKay Staff Writer jacob.mckay@drake.edu

The Kansas City Royals have been crowned. Royals fans from across the country came together around the popular slogan and hashtag “Take the Crown” for the team’s postseason run.

With a 4-1 series victory over the New York Mets, the Royals became World Series champions and broke a 30-year championship drought. The team made its second trip to the Series in two years, surprising baseball experts along the way.

The 2014 team was not expected to make the noise that it made in the postseason, and the 2015 team was discounted in a similar fashion. Many did not

give the 2014 team credit for the experience it got down the stretch of that season, scratching and clawing its way into the playoffs.

This year was not supposed to be about the Royals. The Chicago Cubs were destined to make history with a talented young group. The Toronto Blue Jays and their prolific hitting were set to make waste of opposing pitching.

The Royals were not supposed to be able to contend because of questions about their pitching and a lack of confidence in their offense. But, In my experience, baseball is a sport where if the chemistry starts clicking at the right time, and if the team believes in itself enough against all odds, any of the expert analysis and statistical projections can be thrown out the window.

The “us against the world” narrative serves to give some teams fuel, and the Royals are one of those teams. A team with a traditionally low payroll that can rarely attract free agent stars in the offseason, Kansas City represents a team from the heartland that grew up together.

A team built with well-timed trades and farm team call-ups, the Kansas City front office knew what they were doing with this team. People can doubt a product as much as they want, but you can’t argue with results.

In a town that has not seen good baseball in decades, the Royals bring people together in a way unlike anything else. Kansas City sports usually revolve around the college scene, with Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri all boasting proud fan bases in basketball and football.

The Royals are a unifying force, something to collectively be proud of. The 30-year drought brought to life a dream for many who had grown up loving a team that was not used to winning.

There are certain franchises where a world series is just more icing on the cake of tradition.

The Royals are not one of those franchises. But there is a certain feeling in Kansas City that a new reign has begun.

Ellen Converse Staff Writer ellen.converse@drake.edu @EllenConverse

If you were like me, you were eagerly looking forward to Halloween. The costumes, the candy, and all the fun activities that go along with it sure provide for a memorable weekend. After such a fun holiday and weekend, it’s easy to feel let down, so it’s easy to see why so many people are excited to start preparing for the next holiday.

That being said, the next holiday is NOT Christmas and we should not be pretending that it is. I am against playing Christmas music before the end of November for many reasons.

Now, I understand the need to take down your jack-o-lanterns and monster decorations. But that doesn’t mean that we need to jump into decking the halls and blasting “Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer” 24/7. Starting to celebrate a holiday early may seem like a fun way to get yourself in the holiday mood or to pump yourself up for all those many late night study sessions. But in my opinion, it actually has the opposite effect. Instead of just going through life day to day, you are now looking forward to a holiday that is over a month away! Starting a countdown to Christmas will be forcing you to live focusing on the future, instead of living in the present and enjoying normal everyday experiences.

Even more than that, by doing this, you are skipping an amazing holiday! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because of the parade, amazing food and all the time spent with family. If I were to get on my soapbox for a little bit, I could point out that the tendency of Americans to

skip from celebrating Halloween all the way to Christmas could be highlighting the fact of how materialistic our society has become. I mean c’mon, we skip a holiday all about reminding ourselves of our multitudes of blessings and taking a minute to be thankful for them, to celebrate a holiday where we get presents.

(Granted, I know that presents are not the true meaning of Christmas, but just stick with my train of thought to see where I’m coming from. ) I’m sure that none of this is the intention of those people that are already listening to Christmas music. I asked my roommate Meghan, a notorious Christmas music listener, why she has already started and she said, “Listening to Christmas music really gets me ready for the holiday and puts me in a great mood all day.”

I’ll admit, Christmas music is my favorite kind of music too, and while I am looking forward to listening to all of my favorite Christmas albums on repeat, I can wait.

I can wait one more month and finish living out all of my fall experiences and enjoying my first fall at Drake University. I can wait one more month before trudging through the snow to my 8 a.m.’s and I can wait one more month in order to continue watching the squirrels chase each other around.

So if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to continue drinking my pumpkin spice lattes and listening to my regular Pandora station before switching to peppermint lattes and Christmas music.

HE SAID SHE SAID

He said vs. She said

Making a dorm feel more like home The old RHA and their “Making halls into homes!” Ahh it really is so true, you come to college, and then the fireplace and fresh baked cookies really did make me think that a residence hall was my real home. Oh wait.

They don’t hand out cookies, turn on the fireplace, or even a FREE ROBE, like honestly! But I got a mug so my residence hall is now much more home-y.

I can say this because I was on RHA and it was very difficult to come up with ways to really mimic the life of being home.

Eventually I realized you can’t.

The motto shouldn’t be making halls into homes, but making halls into the most interactive and best group living experience you’ll ever have. But. Try fitting that onto a mug. Anyway, here is how to make your residence hall ROOM more homelike.

First, low key, hanging lights are a thing, just don’t invite your RA into the room to see them.

You DO know it is their job to tell you not to do that right? “Hey RA, don’t you love these things that I am not allowed to have but am showing you because I thought you were cool enough to not do your job?!” No. Don’t do that! Second, a rug never hurt anybody! I think that something as simple as a shaggy rug, or you know what, even a massive bear

rug could definitely spice up a room. I guarantee that if you have a bear rug in your room, you will immediately gain friends due to your massive swagger. Third, please buy an air freshener. There is absolutely nothing worse than a room with stale air that smells like wet towel.

Ever heard of a Glade plug-in?

They change lives and rooms. Plus the ladies love it! You could have a suuuuppper messy room, but if it smells nice you are already winning her over. 10 out of 10 I promise you.

Finally, I think that posters will lighten up anything. FUN FACT after the date of an event that has a poster in your residence hall, the poster is then taken down and THROWN AWAY. Wanna know something that makes great Drake wallpaper? You guessed it, DRAKE POSTERS! Scan the bulletin boards and see what has already happened and snag that poster! Be sure to not take anything down too soon! But something that RHA will love you for is if you take down the posters that don’t have contact info. WIN WIN they don’t have to take it down and you get free wallpaper!

By using these five senses, taste, touch, smell, hear and sight, that were learned in preschool and elementary school, it is possible to better college life through the decorations of dorm rooms.

The first of the five senses is touch. To make a dorm room more familiar and “homey,” bring items from home to decorate. Cuddling up in a childhood blanket can bring back familiar emotions and memories that create a homier atmosphere.

Familiar touch can also be solidified through personal contact. If a student comes from a “hugger” family, the best way to make college feel more like home, is being able to give hugs.

The second of the five senses is taste. Many students at Drake University receive care packages from their family members back home. One of the best ways to engage in the sense of taste is through homemade snacks and desserts from family members.

The third of the five senses is smell. Every home has a specific scent or smell to it that the owner goes nose blind to. In an effort to make a dorm room homier, the student has two options. Either match the scent of their previous home or choose a new scent that they find warm and comforting.

The fourth of the five senses

is sight. If students bring decorations from home to put up in their dorm room, they have familiarity in their life, which brings them one step closer to a more comfortable and homier dorm room.

The last of the five senses is sound. Depending on the demographics that the student has come from, Drake may be the hardest to ease in and out familiar sounds. Students from cities may feel more comfortable with the sounds at Drake because of the constant noises. However, constant familiar sounds will be harder to achieve for students who grew up in the country. In order for the sense of familiar sound to be achieved, students may listen to old songs that bring back old memories and emotions.

Sight, sound, touch, smell and taste. These five senses can transform college life and make college a little more enjoyable for new students by creating less of a transition stage. Bringing bits and pieces of their previous home with students through their transition into college helps so that students won’t feel so unfamiliar in universities.

Joe Herba Staff Writer joseph.herba@drake.edu

Victoria Tramp Staff Writer victoria.tramp@drake.edu @TrampsFTW

06 | debate preview

Nov. 11, 2015

CBS began setting up Saturday for the Democratic debate.

PHOTO BY YING CHYI GOOI | PHOTO EDITOR

Jessica Lynk News Editor jessica.lynk@drake.edu @jessmlynk

If students haven’t heard, the Iowa Democratic Party, in collaboration with Drake University, is hosting the nationally-televised Democratic debate in Sheslow Auditorium on Saturday, November 14.

Democratic presidential

candidates Hillary Clinton, former Gov. Maryland Martin O’Malley and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will be debating on campus this Saturday.

The event will be broadcast by CBS News and KCCI. This is the first debate to be held in Iowa this presidential season.

The Democratic National Committee issued a limited

Save the Date Thursday: Yahoo Technology and Politics Conference

8am – 12pm & 1:30pm – 5pm

Parents Hall

Saturday: Politics and Pancakes

9am ­– 12pm

Quad Creek Cafe

Bernie Sanders Watch Party 6pm

Varsity Theatre

Student Senate Debate Watch Party 7pm

Sussman Theatre

Democratic Debate 7pm

Sheslow Auditorium - Ticket Required

Sunday:

number of tickets to students. First year Ravyn Daniel was among those students who were issued a ticket.

“I wanted to have a chance to take part in a historical moment in history and for Drake,” Daniel said.

The tickets were assigned randomly to students through a lottery.

“I have never won

anything like this before, and it shocked me when I received an email saying I had been picked from the lottery,” Daniel said.

Other students will still participate in the events on campus, through watch parties and events with politically-affiliated officials.

The debate wraps up a week of multiple political events on campus, which

CBS engages with students through Twitter partnership Drake Rhone Staff Writer drake.rhone@drake.edu

This Saturday, November 14, CBS News will partner with Twitter to gather conversation and insight from the whole country and broadcast it live during the CBS News Democratic Debate. The debate is the first Democratic Debate in Iowa, and it takes place here at Drake University. The debate will be broadcast across the country from this CBS/Twitter news team.

As of this moment, Hilary Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are confirmed to be participating in the CBS News Democratic Debate.

The partnership between CBS News and Twitter for this debate is essentially just integration between tweets using the #DemDebate hashtag, the candidates’ own campaign Twitter accounts and the live television broadcast. Through this method, tweeters from all over the world can review, discuss and report on the debate while the feed is shared live on CBS News as a way for the

general public to participate. The Twitter partnership also extends to CBSN, their 24/7 online new streaming site.

“CBS News is so pleased to partner with Twitter on our Democratic Debate,” said David Rhodes, CBS News president, in an official statement. “Our people have worked with Twitter’s unique curator tools to measure changing responses to what viewers will see on the screen. This Twitter integration will inform our coverage and integrate seamlessly with CBSN, our always-on digital network.”

Since only a very small number of Drake’s student body can be present at the debate, some students feel that participating in Twitter’s partnership with CBS News can keep them involved even if they don’t get to be at the debate in person.

“I think that having the Democratic Debate connected through Twitter lets me be more involved in the political scene,” said Connor Gordon, a first-year at Drake University. “Especially as a Drake student, because I feel like it gives us a voice.”

It’s not only students who want to learn more about politics who find Twitter’s partnership

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help further inform students.

“I am expecting to come out with new, fresh ideas about who the Democratic candidates are with regard to their personalities,” Daniel said.

“I have read a lot about the various candidates, but it is different to see how they conduct themselves in a real-life setting and situation.”

Sheslow Auditorium - Taping is closed

The buildings listed below will only be accessible with approved credentials during the following hours beginning Thursday: Old Main 3pm Friday – 12am Monday Sheslow Auditorium 3pm Friday – 5pm Sunday Cartwright Hall (second floor) 9pm Thursday – 12pm Sunday Cartwright Hall 6am Saturday – 12am Monday

Streets closed on Saturday 5pm to midnight: University Avenue (from 25th to 28th Street) 25th Street (from Carpenter Avenue to University Avenue)

Bell Center (gym) 6am Saturday – 3am Sunday

Parking reserved for debate attendees on Saturday: Olmsted parking (lot 16) Aliber and Morehouse parking

Howard Hall closed to public all day Saturday

Limited parking as of Tuesday: 27th Street and Carpenter Avenue Check the interactive map for more details: http://iowacaucusproject.org/demdebate-at-drake/

with CBS News to be helpful.

“It really allows us to get more involved in the political process,” said Emma Muth, a politically active student and writer for Drake Political Review.

“Especially with Twitter since it’s an active forum that’s so accessible and easy to use, I think it’s something to look forward to because people can get their voice out there.”

Part of Twitter’s partnership with CBS News has to do with informing reporters and cameras covering the debate which aspect of the debate to focus on.

However, in the interest of being impartial, Twitter will also be gathering tweets from current Republican candidates and broadcasting their reactions to the Democratic debate alongside the live debate footage and tweets using the official hashtag.

CBS News will broadcast the debate live from Drake, but the Twitter feed is gathered from all tweets from around the world. To participate in the conversation on Twitter, use the assigned hashtag #DemDebate and follow the current list of candidates’ Twitter accounts at https://twitter. com/gov/lists/presidentialcandidates.

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Nov. 11, 2015

Polls

according to RealClear Politics as of November 4

4.5

29.8 Sanders

O’Malley

53.8 Clinton

Helmick Commons will be designated a free speech zone during the Democratic debate

#DEMDEBATE: Meet your players

FROM MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES

CLINTON

Perhaps no other candidate in the entire 2016 field is as well-known as Hillary Clinton. Her experiences as first lady, senator from New York and Secretary of State were seen as her main selling points to the American people going into the 2016 race, but these experiences also seem to make her a member of the “establishment” that voters seem to have rebelled against in favor of candidates like Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and, debatably, Bernie Sanders.

That being said, Clinton remains the strong frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, especially after Vice President Joe Biden declined to run for President. The withdrawal of Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb, who were presenting challenges for the center-left electorate, also did not hurt her candidacy.

SANDERS

So far, in the 2016 Democratic nomination process, Bernie Sanders has presented the key challenge to Hillary Clinton. Although Joe Biden polled well before deciding not to run, Sanders was for a time able to capture the plurality of Democratic support in Iowa and New Hampshire.

However, after Clinton’s exemplary debate performance, his refusal to attack her on her e-mail scandal and Clinton’s widely applauded performance in front of the Benghazi Select Committee, Sanders has seen his polling advantage wane almost everywhere. That being said, Sanders is stridently focused on the issues, particularly income and power inequalities.

O’MALLEY

The former governor of Maryland and former mayor of Baltimore, Martin O’Malley has languished in poor poll numbers for months. Most of his time and energy has been spent in Iowa to try and make an impression that will win him the first-in-the-nation caucus and provide him the show of viability he will need to proceed to the nomination.

Besides campaigning in Iowa, O’Malley has put forward several detailed policy proposals to prove his policy chops for the federal level and has showcased his performance abilities as a front man for an Irish rock band.

Discover Democratic candidates’ positions Same-sex marriage CLINTON: In her 2016 campaign, Clinton has promised to reduce discriminatory practices against non-heterosexual or gender-nonconforming individuals in the workplace and abroad. As early as 1999, Clinton voiced vociferous support for the Defense of Marriage Act which defined marriage as a union of one man and one woman. In 2000, Hillary Clinton declared, “Marriage has got historic, religious, and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time, and I think a marriage is as marriage has always been, between a man and a woman.”

SANDERS: Senator Sanders is a co-sponsor of the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination of LGBT individuals in the workplace. He also wants to ensure the health programs of the Department of Health and Human Services are adequately prepared to handle the needs of transgender individuals. Discrimination and bias can also be reduced, he claims, with new programs aimed at police departments, schools and banking. In 1993, Sanders voted against the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, and Sanders voted against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996.

O’MALLEY: Martin O’Malley has supported equality of same-sex marriages for several years. In 2010, he blocked an amendment to prevent same-sex marriage in Maryland, and then in 2012 supported legislation allowing same-sex marriage in his state. During his 2006 gubernatorial campaign, O’Malley would not go so far as supporting same-sex marriage, but instead, he only supported civil unions at the time.

College Tuition CLINTON: On the issue of college education costs, Clinton has suggested decreasing the costs, but to do this she proposes several things. Some of her suggestions include cutting interest rates on federal student loans and expanding federal work study programs, but her ultimate goal is landing on a solution that would allow students not to borrow to pay for public colleges.

SANDERS: When it comes to the cost of college education, Sanders wants more intervention to make it affordable. Like Clinton, Sanders wants to expand workstudy programs and refinance student loans to lower rates, but he also wants to make public colleges and universities 100 percent tuition-free.

O’MALLEY: O’Malley has proposed seriously cutting the cost of college tuition. O’Malley wants to refinance current student loans, fund higher education to reduce rises in tuition, increase work study programs and increase standards for universities to ensure students get jobs.

Gun Control Whether students will be in the debate hall, at a watch party or on the futon of their dorm room streaming the debate, candidates’ stances on the issues may be fuzzy during this age of overcrowded Twitter feeds.

Times-Delphic political columnist John Wingert spelled out the three candidates’ stances on extensive issues so students can have a broad understanding of what to expect on Saturday when they come to town.

All information written by John Wingert.

Immigration CLINTON: Hillary Clinton has proposed “a fair and just immigration system.” By her definition, this would mean supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, which allows minors raised in the United States to continuing living here with their families. She also wants to strengthen “our borders and national security” while upholding “the rule of law.” Beyond sympathizing for “families who have enriched America for years,” Clinton has resisted going into more specific policy proposals.

SANDERS: When it comes to immigration, Sanders wants to bring 11 million undocumented immigrants into some sort of legal status. He also wants to avoid tying this to border fence proposals, which he says are unrealistic and ineffective. Like Clinton, Sanders supports the DREAM Act and wants to expand the premise beyond Obama’s DREAM Act executive order into Congressional legislation.

O’MALLEY: Governor O’Malley has spoken repeatedly about passing a version of the DREAM Act in Maryland and insists he would expand those programs across the United States by providing deferment to parents of U.S. citizens and lawful residents. O’Malley wants to try to naturalize more undocumented immigrants and expand healthcare programs for them.

CLINTON: Gun control has been one of few issues about which Hillary Clinton has been able to lean further left than Bernie Sanders. She wants comprehensive background checks on gun purchases, toughening loopholes in gun registration and gun show sales and restricting the ability to supply guns covertly to those who would have their background check denied. She argues that these measures, in tandem with assault weapons bans, will reduce rates of gun violence and mass shootings in the United States.

SANDERS: Sanders argues that gun control differs in impact from urban and rural areas. He voted for the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which does not make gun sellers or manufacturers liable for how their guns are used. Sanders says his home state of Vermont does not suffer the same problems of mass shootings and urban gun violence that much of the rest of the country does and instead relies upon rural hunting traditions.

O’MALLEY: O’Malley has long emphasized his ability to pass comprehensive gun control legislation in Maryland while respecting the hunting traditions of rural areas. O’Malley wants to strengthen background checks for every gun purchase and also introduce regulations on areas that might not otherwise be included like Internet loopholes, fingerprinting gun owners and establishing a national firearms registry.

Foreign Policy CLINTON: Having experience as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was thought to proceed to 2016 with the strongest foreign policy experience. But her vote for the Iraq War, past support for intervention in Libya and current support for enforcing a no-fly zone over Syria put her on the more hawkish end of the Democratic Party spectrum.

SANDERS: On foreign policy, Sanders has often taken the position of “less is more.” He has voiced concerns over the size of the military-industrial complex and wants to make cuts to the defense budget. Sanders also supports the Iran Deal as the best available option to reduce the risk of rogue nuclear weapons, but this position is part of Sanders’ larger approach to foreign policy.

O’MALLEY: O’Malley has defended the TransPacific Partnership, arguing that it allows the U.S. leverage in guiding other countries to a progressive agenda. Although O’Malley has dabbled in fewer specifics than other candidates, he has not removed the possibility of military action against the Islamic State and has promised to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity.

08 | features

Nov. 11, 2015

FEATURES JAZZ

Iowa native performs smooth jazz for Des Moines audience Nicole Kincius Staff Writer nicole.kincius@drake.edu

Sarah LeBlanc Features Editor sarah.leblanc@drake.edu @sarahleblanc201 Last Wednesday, jazz vocalist and composer Keri Johnsrud performed her set in the Basement at the Des Moines Social Club.

Johnsrud, a native of Conrad, Iowa, writes songs based on her environment. Simple experiences like conversations with friends or seeing a show on TV trigger melodic lines rather than lyrical ones for Johnsrud, meaning the notes of the song are inspired before the words.

“I get inspiration from anywhere, everywhere around me,” Johnsrud said. “You never know what’s going to happen.”

Other influences on Johnsrud’s music include personal idols like Shirley Horn, Billy Joel and her own musical family members.

“I’ve always had a love of all kinds of music, but jazz was something that I pretty much grew up with,” Johnsrud said.

After graduating from the University of Iowa, she decided to try a career in music in Chicago.

This proved to be a motivating move. The encouragement she received from fellow musicians in the Windy City helped her to pursue this career. However, following her dream did not come without its challenges.

“It’s really easy to get overwhelmed in this industry,” Johnsrud said.

For aspiring musicians, Johnsrud advises that artists stick with their passions and avoid making comparisons to other people.

“The most important thing is to be true to who you are and do what you do, and you’ll find an audience for it,” Johnsrud said.

In her home state, the audience gathered in the Basement where the room was lit with hanging lights and allowed for an intimate setting.

Matt “Red” Rebelskey, the Social Club’s technical director, attended the show and noted the versatility of the location.

From jazz singers to hip hop performances to plays, the Basement’s mellow atmosphere and bare-bulb lighting allows the area to accommodate a variety of different purposes that may attract wider demographics.

Mickey Davis, the program manager at the Des Moines Social Club, noted the lack of younger

turnout, which is a pattern we try to follow with many artists. It can sometimes be hard playing a town where you don’t currently reside, but multiple trips can really build up a fan base, as after every show people tend to tell others about their experience.”

Johnsrud has big ideas for

the future, including taking her gig overseas. Compared to these plans and a bustling, jazzy city like Chicago, Des Moines seems more like a fly on the wall. However, Davis brings up a good point: our city is a growing one, with plenty of opportunity to bring in what’s popular elsewhere.

“It’s a good place to live for that stuff if you’re ambitious about finding it and even creating it,” Davis said.

Johnsrud hopes to return to Des Moines in the spring for another performance that will help the talented vocalist establish her sound.

“The most important thing is to be true to who you are and do what you do, and you’ll find an audience for it.”

Kerri Johnsrud Jazz vocalist and composer

attendees.

“Many of the events we host are all ages, and we would love to see more students attend,” Davis said.

Davis advises Drake students to look around campus for flyers, visit the Social Club’s website and check social media for information on upcoming events.

Despite the limited demographic in attendance, for Davis, Wednesday’s event was a success.

“It was great!” Davis said.

“I think we’ll bring her back in the spring and try to get a larger

KERI JOHNSRUD performed live at the Basement last Wednesday to an intimate crowd of around 20 people. Many of her songs were from her latest album, “This Side of Morning.” PHOTO BY SARAH LEBLANC | FEATURES EDITOR

THEATER

DRAKE

‘Fiorello’ musical preview

Cowles library transformed by modernity

Molly Adamson Staff Writer molly.adamson@drake.edu

Bertha Bush Staff Writer bertha.bush@drake.edu @Laydeee_B

Drake University will be swarming with political figures over the next few months, as the second Democratic Debate will be held on campus on Nov. 14.

Candidates flock to Iowa, trying to get people’s vote.

The Drake Theater Department is banking on that buzz with their performance of “Fiorello!” a musical based off the life of Fiorello LaGuardia, one of New York City’s most famous mayors.

The musical follows Fiorello’s life, from his years as a young man fighting in World War I to a successful politician.

The play spans about 18 years, starting in 1916 and ending in the mid-1930s. In this amount of time, the actors are able to tell the true ups and downs of their reallife characters.

Junior musical theatre student Allison Buol plays Fiorello’s wife Thea.

“I think it’s fun to do a musical that takes over such a long period of time, because then I can really experience a full character journey,” Buol said. “I get to start as this girl who is fighting for women’s rights, fall in love, watch him come back from war and then get married. I really get to feel this full range of emotions.”

Karla Kash, the head of musical theatre for Drake University and the director of the play, spoke of her appreciation for the history the play brings.

“I love doing theater that is non-fiction,” Kash said. “It’s great for our students because they get to do a lot of research and really delve into that history.

We actually started rehearsals with two days of each actor doing a presentation on themes

surrounding the show. Doing a show like this in an educational setting really adds another layer in educational component that is really important to us.”

Buol was just as excited as her director to be a part of this play.

“There are a lot of good female parts in this show. I was excited about that prospect going into auditions, knowing that there were a lot of female opportunities,” Buol said. “It’s really cool to be able to do a Pulitzer Prize-winning show, because there’s only eight musicals that won the award.

Just the fact that it’s actually a historical story is really cool.

We’re telling a true story that happened about a real person who has a New York airport named after them. It’s exciting to have something like that on my resume.”

Sophomore Nathan Smith plays the role of Fiorello.

“It’s been interesting because this was the first character that I’ve ever played that was an actual real-life person,” Smith said. “It’s changed my perception on creating a character but still holding the integrity of them as a person, while still having my own creative artistic approach to the character. That’s such an important part of theater, to create a character. It’s about finding the nice balance between who they actually were and at the same time you are putting on a musical, and it’s like that Broadway style that you have to put on. It’s just about making sure you have both of those parts.”

The play will be a challenge for the actors to portray moments in history that actually happened.

They will face that challenge in front of an audience. “Fiorello!” will begin playing Nov. 19-22 at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matinee show at 2 p.m. on Nov. 22.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens.

Drake University has gone through a lot of changes since Francis Marion Drake founded it in 1881. Students and faculty have come and gone away with memories of their time at Drake. Some past students have returned to become current faculty members.

Cindy Seley, adjunct instructor of Spanish, has noticed a lot of changes from the time she was here as a student to when she returned to join the faculty.

“I was an undergrad here (at Drake University). I was here from fall of ’89 to spring of ’93,” Seley said. “There was “city street” (28th street) between the law school and FAC. (The library) café wasn’t here. This room had bookshelves full of books. The library closed at 1 a.m., and that was it. You had to leave. You couldn’t come in the back door, and there was no food allowed.

This is much nicer. We would’ve loved this.”

Drake art alumna and current university archives associate Kathy Lincoln remembered how it was almost impossible to access information around the world.

“You figure how small our world was back then, and how technology just opened that up for everyone,” Lincoln said. “It’s just been amazing to watch, and kind of scary though, too. … I think students now expect information instantaneously because that is how you get it.

Back then you’d go in and ask a question, and they’d say, ‘Well, let me do some research for you, and I’ll call you by telephone…’ (And) that was attached to a cord! And you’d have to wait a few days for your answer.”

Some of us in our mid-20s

can vaguely remember using card catalogs during our elementary school years. Professor Seley recalled a time when the information of the world was only an encyclopedia away.

“People actually owned sets of encyclopedia, the whole 26 letters (of the alphabet),” Seley said.

“That’s what you did, you went to the library and go through the encyclopedia just as a starting point, like Wikipedia now.”

The act of physically searching through paper cards to find a book at the library has been replaced by typing in a keyword or title on the search bar of an online access catalog on a computer. Perhaps you’re more familiar with the laptop.

“My roommate had a (desktop computer), but not everybody had one,” Seley said. “Upstairs in the second floor of the library… there was a big room, and it was the computer lab. You had to go and give your ID. Then they gave you a disk with the operating system.

You had to put the operating

system into the computer every time and then you could save your stuff on the floppy disk.”

Technology has not only expanded the ability to learn about things around the world, but to also connect with everyone around the world. Liga Briedis, associate professor of librarianship and coordinator of reference services for Cowles Library, has been a member of the Drake faculty for 45 years and noted another benefit of this expansion.

“We now have the Pharmaceutical Internship Database which our pharmacy alumni can access from all of the world,” said Briedis. It’s designed to benefit pharmacy students currently in their early professional years seeking experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

With LinkedIn, email and Facebook, it’s difficult to imagine how different it was to search for a job 20 years ago. Where would you begin? What would you find?

THE FISHBOWL, on Cowles Lwibrary’s second floor, was a computer lab for students before a popular study spot. PHOTO BY YING CHYI GOOI | PHOTO EDITOR

09 | features

Nov. 11, 2015

FEATURES LOCAL EATERIES

Vegetarian café offers mellow atmosphere and healthy eats Anna Gleason Staff Writer anna.gleason@drake.edu

Coffee shops are a hotspot for most college students. While options like Scooters and Mars Café are great for their location, those willing to make the trek downtown will find Ritual Café to be a worthwhile alternative.

Located downtown at 1301 Locust St., Ritual Café is a hidden gem in the Des Moines coffee realm.

“We’re Des Moines’ best kept secret,” said Denise Diaz, the café’s sole owner.

Ritual Café is both independent and locally owned.

They’ve offer a full menu of traditional coffee items as well as an all-vegetarian menu since their doors opened in 2005.

In addition to great coffee, Ritual Café provides a great atmosphere.

“When waking into Ritual, one immediately feels at home,” Diaz said. “It’s diverse, vibrant and eclectic!”

Ritual Café has a lot to offer in terms of entertainment and things to see. You can find events happening inside every week.

The first Monday of every month features The Tighten Up, a local funk band bringing elements of blues, rock and jazz

into their music.

The second Thursday of every month is open mic night, an opportunity for anyone to share their own original creations.

On the third Wednesday of the month is an Irish jam session, which is open to anybody.

Boisterous audience reactions are strongly encouraged.

The last Thursday of the month is “Poetry Unplugged.”

Ritual Café also helps to promote the Des Moines art scene. Inside, their bright red walls are lined with works by local artists that are switched out monthly.

The café is featuring Lisa Wright’s art for the month of November.

“Ritual Café is a great place to go to escape from the Drake bubble, especially if you are appreciative of art,” junior Isaiah Enockson said. “It’s mere steps away from the sculpture garden, so you can easily grab coffee and see one of the best aspects of downtown Des Moines. ” If there is anything Ritual Café is known for, it is their specialty drinks.

“Our specialty drinks are amazing,” Diaz said. “We have a Horchata Latte, Mayan Mocha and Hemp Nut smoothies.”

Ritual Café is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

RITUAL CAFE, located downtown Des Moines, is a vegetarian establishment that provides healthy food options and specialty drink combinations in a mellow but vibrant environment. PHOTO BY ANNA GLEASON | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

POLITICS

Social media reduces interest in article depth, communication Katherine Bauer Staff Writer katherine.bauer@drake.edu

America is the greatest country in the world. This view may pose problematic for the United States in the years to come.

“I would love it if we started thinking of ourselves as global citizens and trying to have a better understanding of each other,” electronic media associate professor David Wright said.

“If we don’t take that to task, somehow this is going to all come tumbling down. Because you can’t create enough walls or tanks or planes to isolate yourself.”

Wright thinks Americans have an isolationistic view of the country, which means that the United States can be selfreliant. He acknowledges that there are citizens who want the United States to have a stronger international presence.

Many are focused on this country, its issues and its successes. The inability to think about global impacts may hinder the United States’ ability to be a leader and positive power in the years to come.

“I think as the world becomes more interconnected and what happens in one place has more

impact on somewhere else, (this view) becomes more dangerous,” associate provost and political science professor Arthur Sanders said.

The media reinforces this American-centered view.

Americans turn to the news when they want to know what is going on in other parts of the country and the world.

Because they are looking for the connection to the United States in global topics, the media does not focus on the impact an event has on other countries or the world.

Americans want to know why a story matters to them and to this country not what impact it has on others.

“I think the lens in television is not so much ‘America is the greatest place,’ but it is Americancentric,” Sanders said. “They examine and look at problems through the lens of their impact on the United States. It doesn’t give you the full picture.”

While social media has opened new windows to getting the full picture, it does not help audiences to delve into topics.

Wright mentions how shorter attention spans and social media have changed what Americans want in their news.

“More and more people are doing social media,” Wright said, “and if you can’t give me a story

in 148 words, the less I care about it. Something is lost in us that we don’t dig deeper into stories, and we don’t want that. I don’t blame the media for this necessarily.”

Viewers and readers hold a large degree of power in determining what the media will cover.

If Americans were to stop watching the mainstream news and find in depth sources with global perspective, more media outlets would turn to that kind of reporting. This would have to be a conscious effort.

“You tend to interpret things through the biases you have (such as those about America),” Sanders said. “You’re not even aware of them unless you systemically work to overcome them, and most people don’t care enough to do try to do that.”

Sanders and Wright both agree that the audience does not solely have the responsibility to gain a global perspective.

Journalists have the power to provide Americans the information they need to become more global citizens. Wright has already seen this in his journalism students who have graduated and are striving for more.

“I am getting more and more comments from my alumni who are 25 or 30, who are starting to dig deeper,” Wright said. “They’re hungry for more information.”

While there are steps now to enable Americans to have a more global and engaged view of the world, Sanders and Wright admitted that this process might need to begin early on in elementary school.

“We need to instill that appreciation that we’re interdependent,” Wright said.

“We do impact each other that there are lots of different ways that we’re connected with each other.”

WITH SOCIAL MEDIA and shorter tags, international knowledge and communication remains crucial. PHOTO BY HALEY HODGES | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

ATHLETICS

Exercise promotes mental, physical health and activity Ellen Koester Staff Writer ellen.koester@drake.edu

When it comes to learning time management, college is sink or swim.

Between homework, clubs, student organizations, volunteering and social events, students do not have much time for anything else. Most of the time, the first thing to get cut out of a student’s routine is exercise.

Unless a student is an athlete, he or she may not have time to devote an hour to an elliptical every day.

Still, exercise is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“I think exercise is important to be able to live a functioning life when I’m older and even for now,” first-year Drake student Colin Piscitello said. “It helps you maintain an active lifestyle for a longer time and I just want to be a well-rounded individual. You have to have social, mental and physical health. You can’t be too good in the physical area without exercising.”

Piscitello mainly runs in order to stay active, but usually only when he is training for a marathon. Currently, he is taking a breather and focusing on classwork.

Renee Rivera is a Drake cheerleader who is also trying to pursue a healthy lifestyle.

“Exercise helps maintain mental health as well as physical health, and it helps you step back

and think,” Rivera said. “It’s also a great de-stressor.”

Rivera uses exercise to be a better cheerleader for her team.

Her teammates depend on her to be in the best shape she can be. The cheerleading team meets every weekday either for actual practice or just to workout for an hour.

“I feel like I get enough exercise from cheerleading to maintain my physical health,” Rivera said.

“I think Drake students exercise enough because a solid percentage of the students are student athletes.”

Even students who are not athletes can still find time to exercise around their busy schedules.

“I’d say a fair amount of people are being active,” Piscitello said.

“A lot of students go for a run or

go to lift at the Bell Center. In general, it’s a fairly active campus and a fairly active city as well.”

The struggle many students may have with getting to the gym is the time it takes. It may be hard for some students to find the time.

Rivera exercises with her team, but she also has a lot to say about how students can get motivated and when are the best times to hit the gym.

“Mornings before classes is when I work out the most,” Rivera said. “I feel like in the morning you can’t give yourself an excuse like you can at the end of the day when you’re tired, and you can just say you’ve done enough for the day. In the morning, you still need to get things done. Setting a time and sticking to it also helps.

Making exercise a part of your

routine helps too. If you just say ‘I’m going to work out today at some point,’ you know it’s never going to happen.”

Exercise is well worth the time.

Although it may take students away from their schoolwork and friends, it is shown to be a good source of stress relief and good for mental health as well as physical.

When one needs to take a break, try to use that time to get some exercising done.

“You’re not going to regret an hour of exercise like you’d regret an hour of Netflix,” Piscitello said.

Remember: there is Wi-Fi available in most gyms. Instead of binging Netflix in the dorm and eating leftover Halloween candy, get to the gym and multitask.

10 | sports

Nov. 11, 2015

SPORTS FOOTBALL

Bulldog Football Week Eleven Preview vs. Butler Bulldogs 1 p.m. CST Saturday, Nov. 14 in Indianapolis, IN Butler Record: 5-4 (3-3 PFL)

Conference: Pioneer Football League

Offensive Player to Watch — Senior quarterback Matt Shiltz is perhaps the most all-around player in the conference. He has the fourth most rushing (546) and passing yards (2098) in the PFL and is also responsible for 25 touchdowns — 10 on the ground and 15 through the air.

Defensive Player to Watch — Defensive lineman Josh Willis has opposing offensive lines worried. He has 8.5 tackles for a loss and six sacks this year.

ERIC SAUBERT and Zach Zlabis, two of Drake’s top receivers, celebrate in the thriller with Jacksonville on Oct. 24. PHOTO BY VALARIE MEYER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Fast Facts • Butler is undefeated at home this season.

Drake, on the other hand, is 0-5 on the road.

• Making good on the chances they are given, Butler has the fourth most total yards and the second most points in the conference.

• Butler has been inconsistent overall in 2015.

After starting the season at 3-1, Butler went 1-3 in October against PFL opponents.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Fall tournament successes overshadow season-ending injuries Eggleston and Kozulic done for the year, Johnson and Ante called on to step up Adam Rogan Sports Editor adam.rogan@drake.edu @Adam_Rogan With a busy fall slate, the Bulldogs competed in five tournaments over the past two months.

After warm-ups at the Roger Knapp Invite and Wildcat Invite, Drake players had strong showings at the MVC Individual Championship.

“Overall, everyone did really well,” senior Maddie Johnson said. “We definitely had to stay strong mentally and physically.”

Sophomore Adrienne Jensen won the second flight in the tournament while only dropping one set in three matches.

Summer Brills also impressed, winning two matches and placing second in Flight Three.

Jensen and Johnson advanced to the championship match in the doubles bracket after defeating a duo from Missouri State 8-7 (2).

They fell to Illinois State’s doubles

pairing 8-1 in the championship.

“We’re trying to figure out what are the right doubles teams at this point – hopefully put some good teams together for the spring,” Johnson said.

Competition stiffened at the upcoming ITA tournaments.

The doubles team of senior Mariel Ante and sophomore Tess Herder were invited to the ITA All-Americans pre-qualifying tournament at Pepperdine University in Malibu in early October.

Ranked fifth in their bracket, the Bulldogs were unable to make it past the second round, losing 8-2 to a pairing from Florida State.

“We need to put in a little bit more time,” said assistant coach Nell Boyd, a 2015 Drake graduate. “(Most players at that level) come in and they’re already so, so talented … They have the drop shots, the fancy serves and the huge forehands. Some of our girls have those, but some of them don’t and that’s what makes the difference.”

“We need bigger weapons,” head coach Sadhaf Pervez added.

The ITA Central Regionals followed not far behind, taking place from October 16-18 in Oklahoma City. And it featured Drake’s best play of the fall.

“I think Regionals was a great experience,” Jensen said. “It’s a really neat environment to play against and with a lot of really top-line players.”

Jensen and Johnson each dropped their first match of the tournament – although Johnson nearly upset the number one from Oklahoma University, a Big 12 program.

“Regionals was a really good experience for me,” Johnson said.

“I was really happy with the way I competed against a top player like that. I just rebounded well and tried to stay strong mentally and was able to win quite a few matches in the back draw.”

Both Jensen and Johnson managed to go deep into the consolation bracket.

Jensen lost to the eventual consolation champion Guilia Guidetti in the

semifinals, whom Jensen had already defeated in the MVC tournament.

Guidetti had to defeat Johnson to win it all, however. Johnson made it to the final round after winning her semifinal match 4-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Guidetti and Johnson’s match ended 6-4, 6-0.

“I think Maddie and I both did a good job of rebounding … and having success in the back draw,” Jensen said.

Johnson came into the fall season expecting tough competition at the number one spot, but her job was made even harder when the already short Bulldog roster was plagued with injuries.

Seniors Lea Kozulic and Jordan Eggleston have both suffered season-ending injuries.

Johnson is now one of only two seniors who can compete on the Drake roster this season. Jensen and freshman Kenya Williams are both in the process of recovering from minor injuries as well.

“Kenya is definitely a promising freshman with a lot of potential,” Johnson said of her newest teammate.

Williams was ranked 59th in the nation at her level before coming to Drake. She is expected to make a significant impact on the Bulldogs in 2016.

Regardless, the injuries leave only four healthy Bulldogs on the team, although Jensen and Williams are expected to be match-ready when the spring season begins.

“That was tough for us to wrap our minds around at the beginning of the year, but we have really great leaders in Maddie and Mariel,” Jensen said. “They have a ton of experience and are great leaders in general.”

However, Pervez is still confident that the Bulldogs will remain competitive.

“We’re prepared,” Pervez said.

“The spring season is tough. It’s going to be the toughest spring schedule Drake has ever had …

It’s either going to make us or it’s going to break us.”

MEN’S TENNIS

Senior Ben Lott to lead youthful Drake Tennis team Adam Rogan Sports Editor adam.rogan@drake.edu @Adam_Rogan

Drake’s 2015-2016 roster looks lopsided, to say the least.

After having four seniors in the starting lineup last year, there is now only one upperclassman on the team – senior Ben Lott.

“It’s definitely going to be a step up for me,” Lott said. “It’s always going to be tough, losing four starters from last year, but I feel like we’re in a really good position to have a strong season.”

Lott will be called on to be more than just a player this season. With three freshmen and four sophomores as teammates, Lott will need to be a leader and teacher both on and off the court.

“We’ve got a young group of guys,” head coach Davidson Kozlowski said. “It’s a much different makeup than my previous three years when we always had an upper-class group leading the way.”

Lott entered the fall season ranked 40th in the nation. His ranking could change after he lost in the first round of the ITA All-American Championships – falling 6-3, 7-5 to no. 37 Naoki Takeda of Arizona – but still managed to advance to the final 16 in the consolation bracket.

“It’s a great starting point for this year,” Lott said. “I just got to make sure I’m consistent with what I’m bringing to the court, both mentally and with my tennis.”

Kozlowski is looking to Lott’s experience with success to help him develop at the helm of this young team.

“We definitely want to get a lot of wins out of him,” Kozlowski said. “He’s been part of the best teams in Drake history so that experience alone … (makes) him a tremendous asset for us to have for the younger guys to be leaning on him and looking towards him.”

The team’s dynamic has been stable even if almost half of the team members are new to Drake.

The sophomores’ collective experience, however limited, will prove invaluable as well.

“I feel like the … (sophomores and Lott) help us (freshmen) a lot,” Vinny Gillespie said. “We feel like we’ve easily grown into the team.”

The biggest successes of the Bulldogs’ spring season came at the ITA Central Regional Championships in mid-October.

Gillespie and Lott each advanced to the quarterfinals, putting them among the top 8 collegiate players in the Midwest.

Gillespie and Lott – the youngest and oldest team members – were also paired together for the doubles bracket of the tournament and advanced to the round of 16. This could be a duo to look out for in the spring season.

“I really enjoyed it,” Gillespie said. “I saw that Lott was doing really well and that inspired me to go out and play.”

Sophomores Calum MacGeoch and Bayo Philips advanced in the tournament as well. MacGeoch fell in the round of 32 in three sets while Philips made it one match further before dropping two close sets in the round of 16.

“I was pleased that we progressed with each tournament that we participated in,” Kozlowski said. “Everyone has

been really motivated to improve and (I am) looking forward to a competitive spring season.”

More than just how capable his players are with a racket in their hands, Kozlowski believes that the mentality and mindset of the

team will heavily influence their success in the season to come.

“The guys need to love competing more than they need to love winning,” Kozlowski said.

“This is an extremely talented team. We have brought in a great

group of young guys the last two years. I know talent-wise and on paper they can do it, we just need them to mature and make sure they’re developing the right way under our Drake system.”

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11 | sports

Nov. 11, 2015

SPORTS WOMEN’S SOCCER

MEN’S SOCCER

Loyola’s late goal cuts Drake’s regular season end with tie Drake’s season short Central Arkansas awaits Drake in MVC Tourney Bulldogs collect plethora of conference awards and honors Adam Rogan Sports Editor adam.rogan@drake.edu @Adam_Rogan

After going undefeated against Missouri Valley Conference opponents in the regular season, the Bulldogs lost 2-1 to Loyola in their first match of the conference tournament.

“I’m pleased with our team’s efforts,” head coach Lindsey Horner said. “I thought it was a great game. It could’ve gone our way, but it didn’t this time. I think that will motivate us in the offseason.”

For the 14th time in 2015, the Bulldogs started out behind.

Rambler freshman Taylor Lambouris put a cross into the box in the eighth minute and found MVC Freshman of the Year Jenna Szczesny for the goal.

When Drake gives up the first goal of the match this season their record is 4-8-1. That means that the Bulldogs have been forced to play catch-up in 13 of their 18 regular season matches. And they haven’t been too successful in completing comebacks.

Still, the Bulldogs had hope.

Junior Rebecca Rodgers was the center of the Bulldog offense in the match, as she has been all year. She led the team in the match with five shots, three of them on goal.

She was also the one who tied the match in the 56th minute.

Junior Sarah Grace Nicholson connected with Rodgers on a cross. Rodgers then beat the goalie and put the ball into the back of the net.

It was Rodgers’s 10th goal of 2015, tying her for third most goals in a single season in Drake history. She now has 26 career goals, just seven shy of setting a new school record.

With the match tied, the pressure fell on the defenses to keep their teams in the fight.

This led to the game becoming increasingly physical.

Drake was able to dominate possession in the second half, despite not having freshman midfielder Alyssa Brand in the lineup. She has been injured and hasn’t played since Oct. 21 versus UNI. “(Brand) has been somebody who has been so dominant in the air for us,” Horner said. “Restarts are an opportunity for anybody to score a goal and obviously that hurt us, not being really strong and tough in the air.”

Even though only one yellow card was issued, there were a total of 25 fouls – 13 by Loyola and 12

by Drake.

Plenty of chances were generated in the match as well.

There were a combined 20 shots, nine of which were on goal, and 13 corner kicks.

As the clock ticked closer to the 90th minute both teams stepped up in the hopes of ending the match before overtime with a late, go-ahead goal. Loyola was the one who was able to find the back of the net.

Szczesny, who already had a goal on the day, attempted a cross in the 84th minute. She connected with junior Ciara Murray, who proceeded to score her first career goal when her team needed it most.

“In the second half we had more possession and we were in our attacking end and that created a great opportunity for them to counter,” Horner said.

“There was just so much more space for them to get in behind us. (Szczesny) is insanely fast.”

With less than seven minutes left to play Drake was unable to tie the match back up.

Loyola came out on top, 2-1, and advanced to the MVC Final.

Drake’s season was over and

returned to Des Moines, their conference championship hopes eradicated. “(The loss will) definitely be a motivator for us (next season),” Rodgers said. “If we’re in that situation again (we) know we cannot let it happen again, especially since it’s going to be my senior year and my last year.

I don’t want to go out that way again.”

Loyola fell to the Evansville Purple Aces in the conference championship in a shootout that followed four periods of scoreless soccer.

The Bulldogs’ season ended with an overall record of 7-102, but stood at 4-0-2 in regular season conference play.

“I think we did well in league, and that’s our main focus and our main goal of our team each season,” Horner said. “I think we could of (and) should of ended on a higher note. But overall I think some of the struggles we had early on in playing some tough teams prepared us to do well in the league.”

Rodgers led the Bulldogs — and the MVC — in goals and points while junior Kayla Armstrong had the most assists on the team with four.

With only five seniors graduating and juniors like Rodgers, Nicholson and Armstrong set to return, the Bulldogs are sure to be competitive in the MVC again next season.

Their biggest hurdle will be to tighten up on defense as their offense continues to improve.

The problems is that two of those departing seniors were defenders and one, Rhian Pritchard, was a defensive midfielder.

“From now until the preseason next year, I really think what our current junior class does to really push our team and ask a lot of them in terms of wanting to end on a higher note than we did this year,” Horner said. “That will be the difference in how we’ve done this year and how we’ll do next year.”

Even if the season didn’t end with a conference championship, Drake still had a hugely successful season as Bulldogs dominated the MVC awards list.

Rodgers was named MVC Player of the Year, the third time a Bulldog has earned the conference’s highest honor.

“It feels great to finally know that all my hard work for so many years has paid off,” Rodgers said.

“It was my number one goal at the beginning of the season to get Player of the Year.”

Brooke Dennis and Nicholson followed up by earning the Goalkeeper and Defender of the Year honors, respectively.

All three of them, along with Pritchard, were named to the AllMVC First Team. Senior defender Emma Winstead was also named to the All-MVC Second Team.

Armstrong and freshman Alyssa Brand also garnered All-MVC honorable mentions.

Defender Linda Fiortio joined Brand on the All-MVC Freshman team.

Capping off Drake’s 2015 awards was the MVC Coaching Staff of the Year Award. In her eight years as head coach, this is the first time that Lindsey Horner has earned the award. Horner was part of a 2005 staff that received the award, but was still just an assistant at the time.

“Earning those awards reflects the success that our team had and then it just highlights some of the talented players that we have at certain positions,” Horner said.

“Regardless of how talented those players are, if our team didn’t do well we wouldn’t have earned those awards. It definitely is a reflection on our team’s success through MVC play.”

Adam Rogan Sports Editor adam.rogan@drake.edu @Adam_Rogan

Drake battled to a 1-1 tie with the Bradley Braves at home on Saturday evening after Gareth Smith was promoted to head coach. He has led the team as an interim head coach all season and been an assistant for the five years previous.

“I don’t think it changes the nature of the position or what we’re trying to achieve,” Smith said. “I’m excited about the opportunity to be the coach at Drake and just want to continue the work that we’ve been doing in the past two, three months.”

Had the Bulldogs managed to pull out the win, they would’ve stolen the second seed in the Missouri Valley Conference from Bradley heading into the conference tournament.

However, as neither team was able to score in overtime, the rankings remained unchanged.

The match was Drake’s fourth straight to go into overtime after tying three of their last four matches and losing to Edwardsville on Oct. 24 via golden goal in the 105th minute.

“That extra 20 minutes will certainly influence you in the next three to four games and your recovery time. It’s certainly become more kind of squad games now that we’re seeing a lot more substitutions being done to keep us fresh,” junior James Wypych said. “(It’s) a big squad

effort, not just the 11 guys on the field.”

“Looking back at those games, sure there were opportunities to get a result,” goalkeeper Darrin MacLeod added, “but I don’t think our performance in those last four games have really been any different than how we’ve been preforming earlier in the season.”

Drake got out ahead of the Braves midway through the first half. Midfielder Mueng Sunday hit Wypych with a long pass.

Wypych’s dribbling beat the lone defender and his finishing put the ball past the goalie.

Wypych now has seven goals on the season and Sunday has just as many assists, both of which lead the team.

The two teams looked even throughout the match, each finishing with six shots on goal in regular time. Bad news for the Bulldogs — they would end up even on the scoreboard as well.

With less than two minutes remaining, Bradley midfielder Andrew Brown scored his first goal of the season to tie the match at one.

“It’s an indication that, through the course of the game, we need to take the chances that we’re given,” Smith said. “If you don’t take those chances then you always give the opposition an opportunity to get back in the game at one-nothing, but if you get it to two or three then you can sustain one of those mistakes or concentration lapse.”

The goal broke goalkeeper Darrin MacLeod’s chance at his fourth shutout of the season.

The Bulldogs have been unable to keep an opponent scoreless since Oct. 13 when they defeated Western Illinois on the road 1-0.

Their third place finish in conference will force the Bulldogs to play in the first round of the MVC Championship Tournament in Edwardsville, IL. The Bulldogs will face off with the no. 6 Central Arkansas Bears tonight.

“Our front three need to concentrate on being clinical in the final third,” Smith said, “and I think as a unit, but in particular our back line … is going to have to be good because it’s in the later stages when your concentration goes that you really need to fight against the fatigue in order to be more focused and close games out.”

Should the Bulldogs come out on top in that match, Bradley will be waiting for them again on Friday night.

“They’re certainly not a team that we can overlook. We didn’t have the easiest of times when we went to Central Arkansas,” MacLeod said. “When it comes to the details they can get one lucky thing and then we can be backs against the wall, so we really can’t underestimate Wednesday’s game.”

Check out timesdelphic.com tomorrow for a recap of the game.

MVC Tournament Round One Preview vs. Central Arkansas Bears Noon Wednesday, Nov. 11 in Edwardsville, IL — Broadcast on ESPN3

Central Arkansas Record: 2-14-1 (1-5 MVC)

Drake defeated UCA 1-0 on Oct. 10

Offensive Player to Watch — Junior forward Wes Carson seems to be Central Arkansas’s lone attacking threat. He leads the MVC in both points (21) and goals (9).

Defensive Player to Watch — Goalkeeper Harrison Veith may have given up more goals than any other goalie in the MVC (44), but he also has the most saves (88).

Fast Facts • After Carson, the Bears only have four other players who have scored this season. And none of them have more than two goals.

• The Bears are a highly aggressive team, creating lots of chances while also giving up plenty. They have the second most shots in the conference — behind Drake — and the most goals allowed.

VOLLEYBALL

Drake struggles against MVC’s best Playoff elimination imminent, hitting inconsistent Adam Rogan Sports Editor adam.rogan@drake.edu @Adam_Rogan

The Wichita State Shockers (21-7, 12-2) continued their dominance in the Missouri Valley Conference by taking the Drake Bulldogs (14-18, 5-10) down in four games on Nov. 6. The Missouri State Bears (18-9, 9-5), who are currently ranked fourth in the MVC, swept the Bulldogs the following night.

Drake has now lost three straight matches, tying its longest losing streak of the season.

“Last weekend was challenging,” sophomore outside hitter Kyla Inderski said, “but we played pretty well for our team, especially against Wichita.”

The first two games in the Wichita State match had mirror scores. Both sets ended 25-22, one in favor of the Shockers and the other going to the Bulldogs to tie the match at one game apiece.

Drake had a hit percentage over .300 in set two, but was unable to keep it going as the Shockers proved why they are the best team in the MVC. “This past weekend we

didn’t win,” head coach Darrin McBroom said, “(but) we did some things that we haven’t been able to do up until this point in the season.”

Wichita State hit a combined .371 in the match’s final two sets while forcing the Bulldogs to hit below .150. Drake never led in those sets as Wichita State coasted to victory: 25-15, 25-17.

Still, several Bulldogs shined in the match to give Drake reason for optimism. Senior Katie Dulek recorded a season high nine kills to go along with four blocks. Katie Allen and Taylor Zant also swung exceptionally well in the match.

Their hit percentages were .381 and .333, respectively.

“We need to get more production out of our middles, which we did this weekend,” McBroom said. “If we get our middles going, that opens up (more) offensive options as well.”

Junior outside hitter Makena Schoene led the Bulldogs with 11 kills, followed by Allen and Inderski with 10.

However, everything that the Bulldogs had done well against Wichita State they struggled with against Missouri State.

Drake never led by any significant margin in the match

and had a hit percentage below .100. No Bulldog had more than seven kills and committed a total of eight errors as a team (three serving, four receiving, one blocking).

The Bears dominated the Bulldogs and won in straight sets: 25-19, 25-18, 25-16.

“We need to keep playing aggressively and keep playing together and finish off the season strong,” Inderski said.

Drake will finish the season at home. UNI will travel to the Knapp Center this weekend.

“We would love to beat UNI,” said Inderski, as the Bulldogs have not defeated the Panthers since 1996. “It’s our year.”

Loyola and Bradley will come to Des Moines the following week.

“We’re in a place now where we control our own destiny,” McBroom said. “We need to win our next three matches. Two of the three teams we’ve beat already – Loyola and Bradley. Not saying I can guarantee we can beat them again, but we have to beat those two teams. We need an upset win over UNI. The odds aren’t in our favor, but one upset and then two teams that we’ve already beaten before – it’s possible.”

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Nov. 11, 2015

SPORTS MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Drake tops McKendree Bulldogs 2-0 in preseason matchups 95-78 in exhibition

JUNIOR GUARD Cortni Rush drives the lane on one of Drake’s many fastbreaks against Grand View. She scored eight points to go along seven rebounds and played 24 minutes, a team-high. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Austin Cannon Beat Writer austin.cannon@drake.edu @NotAustinCannon SOPHOMORE GUARD Reed Timmer pulls up in traffic. He had 16 points in Drake’s only exhibition game of 2015. PHOTO BY YING CHYI GOOI | PHOTO EDITOR Michael Wendlandt Beat Writer michael.wendlandt@drake.edu @shaus_6

The Drake Men’s Basketball team gave the Bulldogs’ fan base a reason for optimism with their exhibition victory against McKendree University on Saturday night. After finishing with a record of 9-22 last year, this preseason victory may be a spark of hope for the 2015-2016 season.

By putting up 95 points, the offense demonstrated improved flow and rhythm than years past as the Bulldogs move into year three of the Ray Giacoletti era.

The Bulldogs were led by Kale Abrahamson, who had 22 points in his first action as a Bulldog after transferring from Northwestern last season. He drained five threes, was open consistently throughout the game and was buoyed by the brilliant passing of fellow Big Ten transfer Graham Woodward.

Woodward poured in 18 points and led the team with eight assists.

Beyond those two, the other newcomers also made a considerable impact in their first game on the Knapp Center floor.

Freshmen Billy Wampler, Mike McGlynn and Dominik Olejniczak combined for 13 points and nine rebounds, with Olejniczak making his presence known on the defensive end.

Also seeing his first playing time was redshirt freshman Casey Schlatter, who showed

strong offensive potential by scoring six points and pulling down five rebounds. Joining him on the wings, C.J. Rivers and Ore Arogundade each scored 8 points.

Veterans Karl Madison and Jacob Enevold Jensen did the little things that helped make the team flow.

If there was a downside to the game, it was the play of McKendree’s Darin Winkelman who scored 32 points while hitting six threes.

For the game, McKendree hit 42 percent from the field and 40 percent from three. Besides that, the Bulldog defense was solid, forcing contested shots and creating difficulty for the McKendree offense.

With the regular season right around the corner, the Bulldogs look toward their youth and length to lead them. With forwards ranging from six-footeight (Abrahamson) to 7 feet (Jensen, Olejniczak), the Bulldogs have the size and athleticism to go inside and out both offensively and defensively.

Guard play appears to be much improved this season as Woodward has taken control of the point, helping Reed Timmer slide to the off guard spot. And with the faster pace that they showed Saturday, the Bulldogs look to improve on their offense from a year ago, when they averaged only 59 points per game.

The regular season now faces the team as they open up play Friday night against Simpson College at the Knapp Center. Tipoff for the game is scheduled for 7 p.m.

McKENDREE SOPHOMORE Rob Hudson is contested by Drake defenders. He was held to two points in the game. PHOTO BY YING CHYI GOOI | PHOTO EDITOR

The Bulldogs finished their short exhibition season the way every team wants to: a pair of easy victories without any injuries.

Now Drake has a week to prepare for its opener against Iowa State.

The Bulldogs won their second and final exhibition game Sunday at the Knapp Center, drubbing Simpson, 94-61. Drake also beat Grand View on Tuesday, cruising past the Vikings, 96-46.

“We’re feeling good,” forward Lizzy Wendell said. “We’re glad we got two wins out of this.”

Like the contest before it, Sunday’s game against Simpson was hardly in doubt. The Storm’s final lead of the game was 9-8 in the first quarter. A Nicole Miller transition layup gave Drake the 10-9 lead with 6:42 left in the first and Drake took off from there.

Wendell, last season’s Missouri Valley Conference scoring champion, led all scorers with 33 points. Freshman forward Sara Rhine came off the bench and led Drake’s second unit with 24 points on 9 of 12 shooting.

Simpson plays the same style Drake does: high-pressure defense that operates baselineto-baseline and a fast-paced offense that puts up a high volume of shots. The two teams unsurprisingly combined for 138 shots on the afternoon.

Drake took a 47-36 lead into halftime. The Bulldogs returned to the floor and went on a 12-0 run, working the ball down low.

“When we have an advantage like we did, we needed to be able to score in the paint a little more in the second half,” head coach Jennie Baranczyk said. “I think we did that.”

The Bulldogs did indeed, scoring 22 points in the paint in the third quarter. Rhine added 10 more points to her tally by shooting 80 percent from the floor.

The freshman from Eldon, Missouri was the primary scoring threat when Wendell was out of the game. With center Becca Jonas out for the year, the 6-foot-1 Rhine will be called upon early and often to provide an inside presence.

“She’s going to be one of those players that grows a lot this season,” Baranczyk said.

Since it was the exhibition season, Baranczyk was able to experiment with whom she put on the floor. At times in the second, third and fourth quarters, she would take out starters Wendell, Caitlin Ingle, Maddy Dean and Emma Donahue and replace them with her team’s younger players.

Each of Drake’s 10 players scored and all of them played at least 13 minutes in the exhibition finale.

“It’s really fun to be able to go out and sit on the bench and then watch our second group keep the intensity, keep the pressure and then keep the lead,” Wendell said.

Baranczyk said she has an idea of what her typical player rotation will be, but she will still need her team to be able to play together no matter who’s on the floor at any given moment.

“We mix up groups and just mix up different sets so that everyone gets a feel with everyone and can see all the different options,” Rhine said.

Drake was also able to keep Simpson contained as the Storm were never in control throughout the game. They turned the ball over 22 times. Fifteen of those turnovers were Drake steals.

“I think we’ve gotten better

defensively,” Baranczyk said.

“We’ve gotten better, partially, because we understand our system more.”

The Bulldogs depended heavily on Wendell. She led the team in points (33), shots (17), rebounds (eight), blocks (two), steals (five) and minutes (27).

The junior scoring machine had to carry the offense with limited production from the other four starters, who managed only 20 points combined.

Baranczyk won’t complain about a huge game from her star, but she wouldn’t mind if someone — like Rhine — occasionally eases the pressure off Wendell.

“She is going to have to lead us to a certain extent,” Baranczyk said. “We just hope… she (doesn’t need) to score 30 points every night for us to win a game.”

The Bulldogs have a week to prepare for the Cyclones, who enter the season just outside the AP top 25, receiving four votes.

The practice games are over – the real season starts Sunday at 2 p.m.

“I think the biggest thing we’re going to take out is we’ve got to stay focused and locked in,” Baranczyk said. “We’ve got to continue to get better.”

For an additional Women’s Basketball preview make sure to check out timesdelphic.com for three things to watch out for from the Bulldogs in 2015-2016

PAIGE GREINER looks to pass at the top of the key. She averaged 14.5 minutes per game last season. She also recorded the team’s highest 3-point percentage, .470. PHOTO BY CASSANDRA BAUER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER