October 27, 2021

THE TIMES-DELPHIC The weekly student newspaper of Drake University Vol. 141 | No. 8 | Oct. 27, 2021 FEATURES

SPORTS

COMMENTARY

Check out the haunts where the ghosts of Des Moines dwell... if you’re brave enough, that is.

Goalkeeper Kelsie Stone has broken the Bulldogs’ school record for the most shutout in a career: 21.

Words have consequences, and the real villain behind Dave Chappelle’s transphobic comments is Netflix.

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Meet the candidates for Des Moines City Council Madeleine Leigh Staff Writer madeleine.leigh@drake.edu

On Nov. 2, Des Moines will hold elections for three seats on the Des Moines City Council: Ward I, Ward III and At-Large, with eight candidates running across the three races. Drake University sits just within Ward I, with Ward III just on the other side of University Avenue. Find your polling place at the Iowa Secretary of

State’s website.

The past two years have been contentious for the Des Moines City Council.

Among the issues driving this election cycle are the questions raised by the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests about reforming police practices and how the council handles protestors and public comments at its meetings.

Candidates have also focused on issues like improving infrastructure, community unity and housing security.

“I grew up here, I live here and I love it here. This is my home. I care so much about this community, which is why I started organizing this community in the summer of 2020…I just want to be a representative for the people of Des Moines who have not been represented by our current city council.”

Bill Gray is the incumbent for Ward I. In a written interview with the Des Moines Register, Gray said he is campaigning on continuing to improve Des Moines’ infrastructure.

According to his campaign website, Gray also wants to continue prioritizing more private investment in Des Moines if reelected.

Josh Mandelbaum is the incumbent for Ward III who previously worked for former Iowa Gov. Thomas Vilsack.

He is running to continue addressing the climate crisis in the Des Moines community and to encourage more economic and infrastructure development both downtown and in the outer neighborhoods.

“When I ran the first time, it was plain and simple. There were three things I wanted to do under the umbrella of neighborhoods, and that’s improve infrastructure, improve our parks system and make sure we have adequate staffing for our first responders. That worked well then, and I think it works going forward here, too.”

“My great-great grandfather came here as a German Jewish immigrant at a time when he didn’t have opportunity everywhere,” Mandelbaum said during KCCI’s Ward III candidate forum. “But in Des Moines, he did. He built a store, and a life, for generations of his family.

That’s what a great city can do. It builds opportunity for everyone and anyone who wants to be a part of the community, and that’s what I want to do for the city of Des Moines.”

“As an African American, more than ever [I believe] we need to be leaning into what people’s lived experiences are.

That’s why I’m running. I want to lead with people’s lived experiences in their communities and facilitate government from that level.”

Justyn Lewis is the founder of Des Moines’ Selma, a group dedicated to educating Iowans about “injustices faced by the Black community.” Lewis is running on a platform of healthcare, restorative justice in policing and counteracting climate change.

Indira Sheumaker is a community organizer with Des Moines’ Black Liberation Movement and the Des Moines People’s Town Hall. In a written interview with the Des Moines Register, Sheumaker said her goal is to make the city council more representative of the people it serves in both its members’ identities and their priorities.

Cory McAnelly is a Drake University Law School alumnus who advocates for new leadership that will bring the community back together after too long operating under what he calls an “us versus them” mentality.

“Many people will always ask…‘Why are you going to run again?’

The same reason I ran initially: because of the need, I thought, for Des Moines to improve their neighborhoods, [to] rebuild them. Also, to provide great public safety. To work on the infrastructure. There is a lot of need in the city, and I think with the passing of the sales tax we’ve been able to start [to] make headways in that area.”

“For the last decade I’ve been an urban planner working with communities to solve problems in cities around the state. I understand how to take a problem and really move it into a solution. For me, I think of success in a city as a series of four S’s: safer streets, safer neighborhoods, smarter government; and finally, we need to make a city that’s more sustainable.”

“This city council race is about trust and accountability, it really is. Between city council and the citizens, between police and the citizens.

We need a city council member who’s going to bring us together to find out common ground, to overcome and rebuild the trust and [reverse] the fundamental erosion of the relationship between the citizens of this community and the city council.”

THE DES MOINES CITY COUNCIL ELECTION will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 2. PHOTO OF BILL GRAY BY MADELEINE LEIGH | STAFF WRITER ALL OTHER PHOTOS COURTESY OF INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGNS. ALL QUOTES TAKEN FROM CANDIDATE FORUMS BROADCAST BY KCCI.

Connie Boesen is the incumbent for the At-Large seat.

Her platform is centered on revitalizing housing, expanding mental health crisis response teams and working more closely with the Des Moines Public School Board of Directors.

Marcus Coenen is president of the Beaverdale Neighborhood Association. His platform includes making more data-driven decisions when it comes to creating policies and managing budgets for city services.

“If you had a problem with something on the agenda that was released on Thursday, you have three days to send in an email and that email will more than likely be ignored. You cannot speak on the consent agenda.

[The current city council members] are abusing their power and you can hold them accountable on Nov. 2 with your vote.”

Brandi Webber is a Des Moines native running on a platform of prioritizing people without housing and reforming the Des Moines City Council’s rules of procedure.

Test Iowa site in Olmsted expands COVID-19 testing on campus Andrew Kennard News Editor andrew.kennard@drake.edu

Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 20, Drake students can now obtain a self-administered COVID-19 saliva PCR test for any reason from the Student Services Center and receive their results within 24 hours, the university announced.

The new system institutes several changes to students’ COVID-19 testing experience, and Drake Chief of Staff Nate Reagen said it will also keep test results from being shared automatically with the university.

“We completely trust and support our students telling us that they’re positive, because that’s the shift,” Reagen said.

“Before, it was [the] contact tracing team telling students

that they’re positive; now it’s the reverse. Students need to tell us [by emailing contacttracing@ drake.edu].”

By making Olmsted a Test Iowa site, Drake has joined a test-at-home program run by the Iowa Department of Public Health and the State Hygenics Lab. Before giving a saliva sample and following other test instructions, test-takers should not eat, drink, smoke or chew gum for 30 minutes, according to the Test Iowa website.

Drake said the take-home kits will be available to Drake students, faculty and staff at the Student Services Center in Olmsted without requiring payment or a particular reason to get tested. Reagen said that on the first day of testing, 36 tests were dropped off by students, not including tests taken by student athletes.

Previously, Drake only let students who had been in contact with someone who had tested positive or who had symptoms get a test, Reagen said. He added that with the Test Iowa site, tests are now free for the university.

“Before, it was contact tracing team telling students that they’re positive; now it’s the reverse.”

“Previously, we did not just let anybody get a test,” Reagan said. “There’s a cost to the University, and it’s actually not cheap.”

Every weekday at 2:30 p.m, Drake Public Safety will collect

the returned test kits from Student Services for delivery to the Polk County Health Department, the university said in the program announcement.

Students who return a test after 2:30 on Friday will have to wait until the following week, although Reagen said the university will work with students who want to get tested on the weekend.

“It would be good to have an option, even for just like an hour, to come and get tested [on a weekend],” Drake sophomore Corey Herby said.

Reagen said that in the past, test results have taken as long as 36 to 48 hours to reach students depending on when the test was taken or supply chain issues. He encouraged students to drop off their tests before Public Safety picks them up at 2:30 p.m.

“I was tested just this last

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week and I got my results back in less than 20 hours,” Drake sophomore Kennedy McNaul said on Oct. 20.

In a March 2021 interview, clinical sciences department chair Erik Maki said that Drake started using nasal swab tests due to a lower cost and a need for fewer volunteers. Because the new Test Iowa site shifts the cost of testing away from the university and the tests are self-administered, shifting back to a saliva test has fewer disadvantages for Drake. Both past and present tests are PCR tests, which Maki said are more reliable than their rapid test counterparts.

Students can also take advantage of Test Iowa sites near Drake that have different hours than the Olmsted site, including the Grace United Methodist Free Clinic.

02 | Features & Sports

Features

Oct. 27, 2021

The ghosts of Des Moines fall break Grace Altenhofen Managing Editor grace.altenhofen@drake.edu

Welcome to Iowa, home of Drake University, corn, wind turbines and...ghosts?

That’s right, there are many allegedly haunted locations in the state, a few of which are right here in Des Moines. For the thrill seekers among us, these are some spots worth checking out in pursuit of the paranormal...if you’re brave enough to enter.

Merle Hay Mall Tower: Merle Hay Mall was allegedly built on the ground formerly occupied by a monastery. Now the tower of the mall is said to be inhabited by some residents who just won’t leave, including the ghost of a nun carrying a dead infant.

On the website Haunted Places, many have reported ghost sightings and other unexplained phenomena in the Merle Hay Mall tower.

“I was walking through the tower and saw a nun-looking

figure walking from a room to the one across the hall,” one commenter named Austin wrote. “I thought it was a coworker playing a prank on me, [but] I searched each room [and] I was the only one on that floor.”

Another visitor to the website, DeAnna, reported strange occurrences that happened to her in the mall tower.

“I just got back from there and I had a strange feeling and heard what sounded like distant crying and whispers, and I felt like I was being watched,” DeAnna wrote. “So I turned around and saw this figure that [then] disappeared.”

According to Haunted Places, the sound of footsteps and the sighting of floating orbs are also common experiences in the mall tower.

Dowling Catholic: Dowling Catholic High School was built in 1918 as a Catholic boarding school for boys. However, staff members and students have reported

DES MOINES was established in 1843, so it’s no surprise that it may be full of ghosts. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

seeing a floating purple orb over the years, with some speculating that the school is haunted.

Terrace Hill: One of the most recognizable buildings in Des Moines aside from the capitol, Terrace Hill was built in 1867 by a wealthy businessman and now serves as the home and office for the governor.

However, the governor may have more company than she thought. The home is allegedly haunted by the apparition of a little girl, who causes the elevator to move on its own.

Hoyt Sherman Place: Built in 1877, Hoyt Sherman Place was formerly the family home of Des Moines postmaster Hoyt Sherman.

Des Moines resident and psychic Leah Ackerman said the building is now one of the most active paranormal spots in the city.

“Just about everywhere [is haunted], but I’m psychic to where I can see and feel higher frequencies than just human physical,” Ackerman said.

“Head on over to Hoyt Sherman Place, it’s very active. Also, Merle Hay Tower and the old barracks at Fort Des Moines.”

Farrar Elementary: Situated outside of Des Moines in the small town of Farrar, the elementary school was constructed in 1921 to combine all the oneroom schoolhouses in the surrounding area.

After being purchased by Jim and Nancy Oliver in 2006, strange occurrences began that seemed to support stories of paranormal activity by students who formerly attended the school. The couple soon opened it to tours for the paranormalfascinated public.

“It was featured on Paranormal Activity and Ghost Hunters,” Des Moines resident Reike Plecas, who toured the building, said. “Personally, it scared the crap out of me.”

reflection Max Harfst Staff Writer max.harfst@drake.edu

Drake University resumed classes Oct. 20 after a fourday fall break. During this time, Drake students travelled domestically or spent their leisure time locally.

Max Masko, a sophomore studying history and anthropology and sociology, stayed on campus over fall break.

“I live in Indiana but I have family here in Des Moines, or around Des Moines, so I just stayed here on campus,” Masko said. “I was with friends who were in town every single day and all day long pretty much.”

“I personally hadn’t had a day off in two months, so just getting a few extra days to not even think about classes was very refreshing.”

Masko said he spent a lot of time outside playing yard games with his friends since the weather was beautiful.

Sami Kalman and Brian Orellana travelled to their respective homes during the four-day break. Kalman, a junior studying advertising, said she did multiple activities with her family from her hometown in Shakopee, Minnesota.

“I went to a movie theater and saw ‘Halloween Kills’ with my parents and grandma,” Kalman said. “I also went to a corn maze with my family.”

Kalman said she doesn’t like how fall break is set up.

“It’s awkward because not everyone’s break starts the same day,” Kalman said. “I can’t

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tell if I was lucky or unlucky that my break started on a Thursday because I got to spend more time with my family, but it threw me out of my school routine.”

Orellana, a sophomore studying secondary education and math education, also spent time with his family.

“I went back home to Houston,” Orellana said. “I visited my family and attended a Maluma concert with my mom and sister.”

Orellana said that break should be Friday and Monday instead of Monday and Tuesday.

“It would give people extra time to go home on Friday, for those who have classes Friday,” said Orellana.

Aayushi Sarkar, a sophomore studying health science, travelled to Colorado alongside her teammates from the women’s golf team.

“Fall break gives students time to relax, see family or go on a trip with friends,” said Sarkar.

For students like Liz Emmert, fall break is a time to improve mental health.

“I personally hadn’t had a day off in two months, so just getting a few extra days to not even think about classes was very refreshing,” Emmert said.

“I think that with how poor mental health is campus wide, [fall break] was greatly needed to try and recharge.”

Emmert said they went back home to Topeka, Kansas, to spend time with family, whom they haven’t seen since July.

Thomas Karandjeff, a freshman studying business and human resources management, said his fall break was busy, but he wishes it was longer.

“College students in particular need a time to recharge and focus on their mental health, and four days just isn’t enough time to do that,” Karandjeff said.

Kelsie Stone: Drake’s record setting women’s goalkeeper JD Snover Staff Writer jd.snover@drake.edu

When she was young, senior and starting goalkeeper for the Drake women’s soccer team Kelsie Stone was on the B team. But that didn’t stop her from becoming a Division I athlete and recently breaking the Bulldogs’ school record for shutouts in a career with 21.

“I’ve been playing soccer since I was five,” Stone said.

“When I was younger, I was actually on my club’s second team for about six years. There’s only one goalkeeper that plays for each team so I learned from a young age that it’s going to take a lot of work if I want to get where I’m going.”

Stone said that to get to where she wanted to be, she had to give it everything she had. Soccer had to become her identity.

“It just came with a lot of extra practices and I’ve done that since I was in about fifth grade,” Stone said. “It was just something inside me that really wanted to work really hard and to get good at this. I’m just a soccer player at Drake. That’s about all I do so I feel like that’s kind of who I am.”

Eventually, after many extra practices and extra time on the field, Stone made her club’s first team and never looked back.

“I eventually made the top team by the time I was in middle school and by the time I was a senior in high school, I was an All-American,” Stone said. “I

FIFTH-YEAR GOALKEEPER Kelsie Stone broke Drake’s record for career shutouts with 21. PHOTO BY LIA REICHMANN | SPORTS EDITOR

think my consistency and need to be the hardest worker is what got me there. I obviously wasn’t given natural talent, and I worked to get there.”

Even so, Stone said her time on a college soccer team has had its challenges. She said she had to continue in her determination to have success.

“The college game is a lot more intense than anything I’ve experienced,” Stone said.

“Coming in right away I had a really great goalkeeper coach here and I give him a lot of credit because he just threw me into the deep end and then told me to catch up. Having that pressure put on me helped to up the work rate and learn more about the game, how it’s played and how we do things here at Drake.”

In her first three seasons as a

starting keeper for the Bulldogs, Stone averaged 41 goals against in 3,660 minutes and 41 games.

That’s an average of one goal per game.

Senior Libby Helverson said that Kelsie’s talent gives Drake’s defense more confidence.

“It’s very helpful when we have so much confidence in Kelsie’s ability that it makes our back line play better as well,” Helverson said.

She also credited Kelsie’s hard work as a motivator for the rest of the squad.

“Kelsie is always trying to better herself which inspires others to keep working hard,” Helverson said.

“When challenges arise, she’s the person that is going to calm the team down and solve the problem. She’s also great at building her teammates up and

recognizing their efforts and talent.”

And, although her final season as a Bulldog isn’t over, all the work culminated into the school record books. Stone said that it’s a testament to the program and the back lines she’s worked with during her career at Drake.

“Being able to bring not only myself but my four defenders in front of me--bringing them together,” Stone said. “A shutout is really a testament to how good we are defensively as a whole, not just my ability to make saves. That was big for me because it shows that despite the players that we have in there--the different strengths or weaknesses we’ve had--that I was able to bring each back line together and be successful.”

Stone said that through all

the hard work, dedication and ups and downs, it was ultimately her teammates that got her to this point.

“A little shout-out to my defenders that I’ve had, especially the ones this season, Megan Valenzuela and Delaney Goertzen,” Stone said. “The two of them have been huge and the three of us have tried to come together and keep the standards high. I know that it’s a goalkeeping shutout record, but I also think that highlighting them is important as well.”

Stone and the Bulldogs currently sit eighth in the Missouri Valley Conference with a record of 6-6-5, and they will wrap up their regular season on Thursday, Oct. 28 when they host UNI.

04 | Commentary

Oct. 27, 2021

Commentary “Just a joke:” a passe phrase?

Dave Chappelle’s special “The Closer” under fire for insensitive jests at Chappelle. I, for one, am definitely mad at Chappelle.

For someone who has been called the greatest comedian of all time, making cheap, transphobic jokes feels tired.

However, the real villain of this story isn’t Chappelle: it’s Netflix.

Netflix has long been hailed as a leader in LGBTQ representation. Many Netflix originals feature LGBTQ characters, and the company even has a dedicated hub for LGBTQ content, Most.

However, as we see Netflix continue to give Chappelle a platform, even the most casual observer can realize they aren’t walking the walk. It’s one thing to celebrate Pride with rainbow advertising; it’s another to actually take time to listen to queer and trans employees who are speaking out against the platform.

My disappointment with Netflix intensified when Variety reported that Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos sent a memo to employees on Friday, Oct. 15, speaking out against the backlash.

“Several of you have also asked where we draw the line on hate,” Sarandos wrote. “We don’t allow titles on Netflix that are designed to incite hate or violence, and we don’t believe The Closer crosses that line.”

Luckily, this ignorance did not go unanswered. In a heated response, LGBTQ media organization GLAAD released their statement on the matter “Authentic media stories about LGBTQ lives have been cited as directly responsible for increasing public support for issues like marriage equality,”

Emma Brustkern Editor-in-Chief emma.brustkern@drake.edu

When I first heard the controversy about comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, I was sadly unsurprised.

“The Closer,” which is now streaming on Netflix, is the latest in a series of specials resulting from a $60 million deal between Chappelle and the streaming platform. Most of the special is run-of-the-mill humor from Chappelle, who has been lauded as one of the best comedians of all time. However, his comedy isn’t necessarily what landed him in the news: it’s his transphobia.

In “The Closer,” Chappelle complains that transgender people accuse him of “punching down,” suggesting that only white people identify as queer and misgenders a former friend who died by suicide.

Additionally, Chappelle vocalized support for notoriously transphobic author, J.K. Rowling, and declared himself “Team TERF,” thus aligning himself with the views of trans-exclusionary radical feminists.

This is not the first time Chappelle has been criticized for his transphobic views. Previous specials, such as “Equanimity,” “Deep in the Heart of Texas” and “Sticks & Stones” have all featured bite-sized bits of transphobia.

In “The Closer,” however, Chappelle seems to double down. The anti-trans rhetoric has caused widespread outrage on social media, as well as internal conflict at Netflix.

Now, it’s easy to be mad

THE OVERTON WINDOW IS SHRINKING to the size of a monocle, one writer avers, pointing the finger at the insouciant streaming shark, Netflix. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

the group said in a statement.

“Film and TV have also been filled with stereotypes and misinformation about us for decades, leading to real world harm, especially for trans people and LGBTQ people of color.”

In response to the backlash, Sarandos has since said in the Wall Street Journal that his original memo was an oversimplification. Despite this backtracking, it is clear how Netflix sees this controversy: just another example of cancel culture.

However, it should be noted, no activists have called for the special to be taken down.

Rather, they are asking for accountability. On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Netflix employees

walked out of their offices to protest the platforming of Chappelle’s hateful rhetoric. In conjunction with the walk-out, the employees have released a list of demands in order to achieve more positive and meaningful representation for trans and non-binary people at Netflix.

Asking for accountability is not equivalent to cancellation.

No one is wishing harm on Chappelle. Rather, we are asking Netflix, a multi million dollar corporation, to put their money where their mouth is. If they want to pride themselves on being leaders in LGBTQ representation, they must put in the time and effort to make trans viewers, and trans employees, feel safe, respected and heard.

By giving the Chappelle special a platform, they are doing the exact opposite.

Words have consequences.

Spewing hatred on a platform used by millions has consequences. According to the Human Rights Campaign, 2021 has already seen at least 41 transgender or gender nonconforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means.

Misinformation and hateful rhetoric about trans people only contributes to these statistics.

It’s on Netflix to reconsider their relationship with Chappelle and to make serious changes to include trans voices.

Otherwise, blood will be on their hands.

amorous autumn: mochas, movies and mummies Courtney Jackson Contributing Writer courtney.jackson@drake.edu

Fall is happening all around us, with the leaves changing colors and the temperature dropping. It’s also the season for couples to start getting together and going on those cute fall dates that we see all over our social media feeds.

Sometimes we don’t know what to do during this time, so here are five fall date ideas that every couple must try. You can also do these with your friends as well; it doesn’t have to be with a significant other.

1. Get coffee Just getting to sit down across from someone with a good drink in your hand is the best way to start conversation.

This date idea could be for a couple that has just started dating or for one that has been together for years. It creates conversation for you to better get to know someone or just have a silly conversation.

2. Pumpkin patch

This date idea just screams fall and fun times. There are tons of pumpkin patches around that offer a wide variety of activities. You could pick pumpkins, drink apple cider, get lost in a corn maze and go apple picking. It’s the perfect activity to get some cute fall photos for your Instagram.

3. Movie marathon Having a movie marathon is fun any time of year, but fall makes it extra special. This date can include horror movies, leftover Halloween candy and blankets to stay warm under. It allows for you to just stay in for a night and be in the presence of another person, which can sometimes be a sigh of relief in the midst of the craziness around us.

4. Haunted house This adds a little fright to your night. Haunted houses are very popular throughout the month of October and going on a date to one could have you both in shared fear. It allows for you to hold hands and scream together–just make sure not to

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MURDER YOUR HEART by drinking a pumpkin spice latte, murder your mind by watching an Ari Aster film. Fall is a murderously romantic season, indeed. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

punch the people who jumpscare you.

5. Bake together Now, it doesn’t matter if you are a master baker or just an amateur: baking together adds some fun to your night. Fall is

the season of eating sweet treats and cooking lots of food. Baking with someone else just makes it more fun and a more enjoyable experience.

Fall isn’t just a time for watching the leaves fall. It’s a

time to spend with those you cherish. So, these five date ideas will just bring you one step closer to finding ways to spend time with your favorite person.

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