Wednesday April 1, 2015
Bulldog puppies greeted s tudents at Dogtown After Hours. PHOTO BY SAM FATHALLAH | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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OPINIONS A new Tinder-like app called Bumble only allows women to message men and they have within a 24-hour period to make contact after matching. What does that mean to women? They have to make the first move and there are no more creepy messages from random Tinder men they’re matched with. | Read more on page 04.
SPORTS
A newly recognized student organization is aiming to bring together students from various faith backgrounds to openly discuss spiritual questions. Interfaith was founded by two sophomores and will give students an opportunity to learn and discuss their peers’ worldly views. | Read more on page 08.
The field for Drake Relays has grown even more competitive, as five more world number one athletes have been announced this past week. Des Moines native Lolo Jones, who is ranked third worldwide in hurdles, will also return to the Drake Relays to compete in the women’s shuttle hurdle relay. | Read more on page 10.
CAMPUS EVENTS
Dogtown After Hours breaks unofficial record Fermata the Blue performed in Sussman Theater at the #CarpeDU event. PHOTO BY SAM FATHALLAH | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Morgan Gstalter News Editor morgan.gstalter@drake.edu @morgGstalt
Dogtown After Hours broke an unofficial world record for the largest Nerf gun fight last Saturday in the early morning. The Nerf gun fight, held in Helmick Commons, had
557 participants according to Elizabeth Bald, co-chair of the Dogtown After Hours (DTAH) annual event. The participants were split between two teams, red team with 3oo students and blue team with 277 students, and battled for 10 minutes under large spotlights. There was no winner, as the teams were just for fun and to build competitive morale. The current record is held
by Washington University in St. Louis with 461 students and lasted roughly five minutes. However, it is unsure when or if the Guinness Book of World Records will recognize the record. “Unfortunately, it is a very long process to have all of the evidence submitted to and processed by Guinness. We will be sure to keep everyone updated and will hopefully know if we have been approved for breaking
the world record soon,” Bald said in an email. The organization was allocated $9,360 by Student Senate to help fund the events and purchase the Nerf guns. The Nerf guns are going to be donated to local youth organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, YMCA Summer camps and Boy Scouts. The “Seize Drake” event on Friday, Mar. 27, also included
free food, bubble soccer, chair massages, dueling pianos, henna hand tattoos, caricaturists, a tech room, trivia, s’mores tables, raffles, a photo booth, mug decorating, a street magician, a decorated mural dedicated to the late live mascot Porterhouse, performances from D+ Improv, Fermata the Blue a capella and Brochal Chords.
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South Asian Student Association travels to St. Louis for show Angela Ufheil Staff Writer angela.ufheil@drake.edu @AngelaUfheil
Drake University’s South Asian Student Association (SASA) spent March 28-29 at St. Louis University. They attended SLU’s Indian Student Association’s Spring Show, a mash-up of Indian culture that included dance, song, and skits. SASA president Nikita Khara
enjoyed each performance, but says that her favorite was the classical dance. “To coordinate that many people and with such intricate moves and keep to the tradition of the dance and keep it as authentic as possible is very difficult,” Khara said. “And I love how they put a very modern twist on it by synthesizing modern, pop styles with Indian music.” Sophomore Drake student Anthony Pawnell also enjoyed the classical dance. “They were the most sharp, the most clean, everything was precise,” Pawnell
said. Pawnell also enjoyed the skits between each performance, which depicted two brothers starting their freshman year of college. Their parents go undercover to make sure their sons do not make mistakes. “The dialogue about the generation gap reminded me of my uncle,” Pawnell said. “He’s one of the older guys who wants to be young and hip, but he’s not, at all. I just related to it personally.” However, some people thought the skits lasted too long. “I felt like they took away from the rest of the
show,” Khara said. Tikku George, the treasurer for SLU’s ISA, said that each part of the skit was only supposed to last five minutes. However, improvisation from the actors exceeded that limit. George was overall happy with the show, especially the large turnout of 550 audience members. “We heard a lot of good things from a lot of the audience, and a lot of the participants were really happy as well,” George said. The fun continued with an after set at The Landing, a club in downtown St. Louis.
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SLU’s ISA set up buses to shuttle students to the party, but a series of delays left many standing outside in the cold for an hour. “The bus schedule was really thrown off because a student had to be taken to the hospital,” George said. George did not have details about the incident, but explained that the ambulance stopped the bus from leaving on time.
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