October 3rd, 2018

The Times-Delphic Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018

Volume 138, No. 6

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Drake football defeats Jacksonville 41-9; 1-0 in PFL JD Pelegrino Sports Editor jd.pelegrino@drake.edu @jddontdrop

CHEERLEADERS RAN with flags on sidelines during the football game Drake played against Missouri S&T on Sept. 18th. PHOTO BY JD PELEGRINO | SPORTS EDITOR

New presidential text alert system tested Sabina Idriz Staff Writer sabina.idrizdrake.edu @lifelonglock

At 1:18 p.m. CST on Oct. 3, most smartphone users in the U.S. can expect to receive a test alert message from President Donald Trump. Many phone carriers, including major ones like Verizon, AT&T and Sprint are participating in the testing. The president has the ability to alert the public in situations of any type of national emergency under the National Wireless Emergency Alert System.

According to FEMA, there is no way to opt out of presidential alerts if you use one of the phone carriers participating.

“I think alert systems are good. People being informed of emergencies is a necessity,” firstyear student Sterling McTee said.

The testing of this presidential alert system was planned for Sept.

20, but was pushed back due to response efforts for Hurricane Florence. The EAS has allowed for two other types of alerts: warnings of imminent threats such as extreme weather emergencies and Amber Alerts.

“The alerts are very important and it’s ridiculous that there are people who wish to opt out of them,” first-year student Nick Irwin said. “For Amber Alerts at least, it’s your duty to be aware of

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There are restrictions in place as to what the president can send alerts for. The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015 serves as a directive for the types of alerts that can be sent out through the FEMA system. The bill states that the warning system can not be used for anything that is not a natural or man-made disaster, act of terrorism, other threat to public safety or necessary test. For some, this quells potential fears of Trump abusing his new power.

“It can be a good thing because sometimes there are things the president would know about that the whole nation needs to hear,” McTee said. “Hopefully it doesn’t turn into something that could be abused and it’s done right. Maybe there’s someone that has a little more experience in emergency management than our President and can advise him on that kind of thing.”

There has previously been a mishap with the FEMA alerts. The alerts caused panic in Hawaii this January when citizens received a warning of an incoming ballistic missile. This was accidentally sent out and there was no threat, but the message had specifically warned them it was not a drill. It took 38 minutes for a follow up message to be sent informing Hawaiians that there was no missile. This incident was attributed to a

miscommunication during a drill and led to the resignation of Hawaii’s emergency management administrator.

These alerts have typically been sent out in English, but according to FEMA, enhancements will be made in 2019 to allow Spanishlanguage WEA alert messages. The 2017 United States Census states that around 13 percent of citizens speak Spanish in their homes.

Many of these Spanish-speaking citizens can also speak English, but this will allow for those citizens who can not to also be notified.

Although this will be the first time a president has sent these alerts, many have had the opportunity. The

Communications Act of 1934 gave presidents the authority to send alert and warning messages to the public during national emergency.

“The President has sole responsibility for determining when the national-level EAS will be activated,” says FEMA’s website.

Unlike Amber Alerts and imminent threat warnings, the presidential alerts can not be opted out of because it is only to be used in emergencies.It is unclear how often the president will be using his power, but the Oct. 3 testing will be the nation’s first look at it.

A PRACTICE TEXT ALERT will be sent out on Oct. 3, allowing the president to send national warnings. PHOTO BY AUTUMN OSIA | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Following the collegiate football bye week, the Bulldogs headed to Jacksonville, Florida to face their first conference matchup of the season, the Jacksonville Dolphins. Coming into the game, the Bulldogs were 1-1, with their last win taking place two weeks before against Missouri S&T at home. The Bulldogs were set to earn their first Pioneer Football League win against the Dolphins.

In the win against Missouri S&T, Drake quarterback Grant Kraemer completed 14 of 16 pass attempts for 359 yards and 6 touchdowns.

This was the best offensive display by the quarterback all season, and beat his best game of 2017.

Last season, Kraemer played his best, against Campbell where he completed 17 of 20 passes for 369 yards and 3 touchdowns; a similar performance, but half as many touchdowns.

“I think [Kraemer’s] playing spectacular,” Doran said. “I think watching him in fall camp, his ceiling is super high. He can still improve a lot, but from what I’ve seen, he’s been the star.”

The Bulldogs showed up at D.B. Milne Field on Sept. 29 to try and win their first conference game.

The Dolphins received the opening kickoff to start the game, but punted the ball after just six plays on offense. Kraemer and company hustled out onto the field, having great field position due to a Terry Wallen 15-yard punt return to the Jacksonville 39-yard line.

Drake’s drive only lasted six plays as well, but ended in a touchdown.

Running back Drew Lauer carried the ball on four of the six plays for 14 yards. Kraemer threw 2 passes on the drive, both to the 6 feet 3 inches tall wide receiver Steven Doran. The first pass was deflected

by Jacksonville defender Jeremiah Johnson, but the second went for CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 >>

Iowa shifts mental health programs Taryn Ripple Contributing Writer taryn.ripple@drake.edu

In recent years, the state of Iowa yielded poor outcomes in terms of mental health concerns.

As of 2016, Iowa ranks last in the United States in availability of psychiatric beds. In addition, the state has one of the lowest numbers of licensed psychiatrists in the nation.

However, Iowa may be taking small steps towards improving their substandard mental health statistics. The Mercy Medical Center of Des Moines recently announced their plans to annex an additional hundred beds to their facility. Mercy representatives say they aim to have completed the construction by early 2020.

Furthermore, Iowa recently updated one of it’s most prominent laws regarding mental health. Prior to July 2018, mental health commitment orders could be issued if and only if the patient was deemed an immediate threat to themselves or others.

The revised law states that

individuals can now be required to undergo treatment if they have previously fallen seriously ill due to noncompliance to a doctor’s instructions.

Though this modification is intended to be a step forward in the promotion of mental health facilities and to protect those affected by psychological disorders and those around them. The change has been met with mixed reviews.

By adding another condition under which someone can be involuntarily hospitalized, some fear that the adjustment is actually a drawback in the mental health movement and an infringement on civil rights. This is a delicate subject as it is difficult to weigh a person’s need for treatment against their will to refuse the treatment.

Steps to further mental health advocacy and awareness are being taken on at a local level as well.

Junior Abbie Gartland organized Drake University’s first annual Suicide Prevention Walk in March of this year. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness for the importance of mental health.

Gartland says she did a lot of work with suicide prevention

and mental health awareness in high school, creating a program called Not Even One as a way to emphasize the gravity of such issues and to support those affected by mental illness.

Gartland noticed that Drake had little presence on the mental health scene, with few resources and opportunities to emphasize the importance of mental health.

Gartland stated organized the walk in the hopes of providing the Drake community with a new event to promote mental health and suicide prevention.

Gartland says she is planning another Suicide Prevention Walk this school year.

“There’s a huge stigma surrounding mental health, and there’s no easy way to treat it,” Gartland said. “This is a way to be the voice for the people who can’t speak for themselves.”

The Drake Counseling Center was unavailable for an interview.

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02 | News

Oct. 3, 2018

News Nike’s market value skyrockets to six billion Catlin Clement Staff Writer catlin.clement@drake.edu

Nike’s six billion dollar market value increase came as a surprise to some after the controversial ‘Just Do It’ campaign with Colin Kaepernick in September. The deal was prompted by a powerful and politically charged statement that could have cost Nike many customers. Some have wondered why something that received so much hate and backlash in the media is profiting this significally.

In 2016, during Kaepernick’s time as the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, he began kneeling during the national anthem before games in protest of inequality and police brutality. After that season, Kaepernick left the 49ers and became a free agent. No teams signed Kaepernick the following season. Many advocate that this was because of his field protest and the vocal backlash it received.

Nike’s move was seen as risky because they have been involved in a partnership with the National Football League (NFL) since 2012. Making a political statement is often times avoided by major companies so that they don’t lose customers. David Skidmore, a politics professor at Drake University, said Nike made a smart decision releasing this campaign with the target market they were trying to reach.

“This is a very polarized time and companies can sit on the sidelines or they can pick a side and try and build a brand around a certain set a values,” Skidmore said. “When you do that, then you’ll gain some loyalty from those who happen to agree with you.”

Initially, their market value went down, but the support behind this campaign was shown when Nike had an all-time high market value increase, despite the videos of people burning and boycotting Nike products. Skidmore then went further into political identifiers within the country that may have

NIKE SHOES, due to recent controversy, caused some consumers to or embrace or reject the Nike brand. PHOTO BY SHREEYA SPAKOTA | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

affected some of Nike’s decision making.

Skidmore used the term “socially conscious branding” to describe the decisions made by large companies like Nike. With high polarization at the moment, some say it makes tactical sense for businesses to pick a side or values they want to focus on. African-Americans and younger generations are two of Nike’s top demographics, so supporting this resistance movement can be viewed as smart on the business end of things.

Heidi Mannetter, a marketing professor at Drake University, agrees that Nike was smart in being aware of who and what their target market is when making this

decision. Mannetter said that it was most likely very well thought out before being released.

“Nike used their sophisticated marketing and analytic capabilities to make a calculated risk based on what the firm knows and understands about their target market,” Mannetter said.

It can be seen as a big leap by a company to take such a political stand where few others have dared to go in the past. In an article by The New York Times, Camilo Lyon, an analyst at the financial services Canaccord Genuity, wrote that Nike was “courageous” in taking a stand “in support of social issues where few (if any) companies have as of late.”

Only time will tell whether this type of marketing strategy will continue, but with this generation of adults, Skidmore believes it’s a tactic that is here to stay due to the conflict the United States finds itself in. However, he doesn’t see this as an entirely negative thing for the country and its future progress.

“The opposite of politicization is apathy and I think when we are too apathetic we let other people make choices for us. Often the periods in American history where we see the most positive progress are in periods of conflict,” Skidmore said.

First-year elections: neither candidate secures majority

This is a very polarized time, and companies can sit on the sidelines or they can pick a side and try and build a brand around a certain set a values.

Iowa and mental health >> CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

SARAH HUTCHINSON (left) AND SYDNEI WASHINGTON (right) explained their platforms for first-year senator. PHOTO BY RACHEL JAMES | NEWS EDITOR Rachel James News Editor rachel.james@drake.edu @kindisgroovy

One of the available representative positions on the student senate body is the firstyear senator position. First-year Senator is a delegate from the first-year class and they set a tone for the year based on a platform of their choosing. The first round of voting for the first-year senator position was Sept. 21 and there was a runoff election between two out of the seven candidates: Sydnei Washington and Sarah Hutchison.

Student senate is a representative body at Drake, who, according to their website, “commits to upholding the interests of its constituents as its highest priority by bringing students’ opinions to the forefront and providing solutions to the needs of the university through legislation and open communication to ensure the present and future success of Drake

University.”

Sydnei Washington, an elementary education major, is running on the platform of equity, inclusion and community engagement.

“To me, with those three things, if everyone has a little piece of that they definitely will have a great experience at Drake,” Washington said.

Sarah Hutchinson, LPS and graphic design double major, said she is running on “the idea of fostering inclusivity, promoting social and academic success and making sure everybody’s mental health is accounted for.”

The runoff elections occurred Sept. 27 and 28, and students were asked to revote, this time for either Washington or Hutchinson.

“For first-year senators, since there’s just one position, the rules are they have to get 50 percent plus one of the votes...but neither of the top two got that,” said Delia Koolick, election commission chair for student senate.

No one managed to secure this majority, so the two top candidates had to compete in the runoff. Voting was accessible online through MyDrake for the first election as well as in the runoff election.

This runoff was important because “everyone else who voted for other people can redo their votes for the two in the race and anyone who didn’t vote can vote,” Koolick said.

When discussing the runoff, Washington talked about how excited she was, and that she was happy to work with Sarah.

“She is very kind,” Washington said. “I really loved being able to see her and see me run.”

The two candidates have been working together during the runoff.

“Finding out about the runoff election was really exciting because I really love Sydnei,” Hutchinson said. “I think she is cool and being able to work with her and talk with her about things was such a rewarding opportunity.”

The student senate has a

different personal definition to many students at Drake. The two candidates elaborated on what they believe student senate is and why it matters.

“Student senate is a leadership body on campus that helps students reach their goals and make sure that campus is a welcoming environment for everybody,” Hutchinson said.

“Student senate, to me, is a place where all members of Drake get a voice,” Washington said.

“They get to allocate funds, they get to set up programs and get to do a lot of different things that affect the community at Drake.”

On Sept. 28, the results were announced after another week of running and Sarah Hutchinson was named the first-year senator.

Washington says she still plans on being involved in senate and hopes to work with Sarah again.

For more information on student senate or how to get involved, go to the student senate website.

of two full-time counselors in addition to one newly hired temporary counselor. A small staff can contribute to the counselors’ full schedule.

Many students utilize the center for differing reasons.

According to the Drake Counseling center’s website, “Most students come to University Counseling Services for assistance with some identifiable concern.

Some typical concerns include selfesteem issues, relationships, stress and anxiety, loneliness, transition to college, depression, eating disorders and alcohol or drug abuse.”

Most students come to University Counseling Services for assistance with some identifiable concern.

Oct. 3, 2018

03 | Features

Features Help SAB choose Relays artist through survey Phong Ly Features Editor phong.ly@drake.edu @originalphong

Relays time can be an exciting time for Drake students. The track and field events attracted nearly 40,000 fans to Des Moines and to Drake last year, according to Drake’s Athletic Department.

Besides the main events which are the actual competitions, the annual Drake Relays is also known for the concert with wellknown artists brought to Drake by the Student Activities Board (SAB).

“SAB tries to choose a Relays artist that a majority of students will enjoy,” Giada Morresi, SAB president, said. “We pick and confirm our act in the fall semester so that we have plenty of time to finalize other important details and contracts.”

In order to find the best act for campus, SAB sends out a Relays survey each fall to gain feedback about the previous concert and suggestions from students for the artists they’d like to see at Drake.

“The last two artists were chosen based on the artist and genre suggestions from the student body,” Morresi said.

The SAB president encouraged students to take the survey and choose any artist that they want.

“Our survey offers some realistic choices for students to consider as they think about artists they’d like to see,” Morresi said. “Who knows? Maybe next year’s artist is someone on this year’s survey.”

Some of the names that came

to Drake in the past Relays were recognizable.

Students that attended Drake Relays 2017 saw Lil’ Yatchy, a rising rapper with a few hit songs that year, which included “Broccoli” and “iSpy”.

The 109th Drake Relays last year welcomed Marc E. Bassy, an R&B artist with the famous hit “You & Me” and brother band AJR with their hits “Weak” and “Sober Up”.

Genesis Buckhaton, one of the two Band Co-Chairs of SAB, stated that they always need to look through their budget before booking an artist.

“We also pick out the Relays artist/band by looking through the suggestions we get through the Relays survey and suggestions we got from the bucket where students could write down an artist and put it in,” Buckhaton said.

So far, the suggestions the two Band Co-Chairs received have been diverse.

“We have been receiving an array of artists, like rappers, indie/alternative and other not as well-known artists,” Buckhaton said.

Buckhaton urged Drake students to take the survey so that they can voice their preference about the kind of act they would enjoy.

“The artist we choose could come from the Relays survey so everyone’s input is greatly appreciated,” Buckhaton said.

Even SAB members have their own idea of a dream Relays concert. President of SAB, Giada Morresi, wants the “Thrift Shop” rapper, Macklemore, to perform at Drake.

“I think that Macklemore would be a terrific Relays artist,”

THE RELAYS SURVEY is online, and students can take it anytime from now until Oct. 12 to help SAB determine the artist they will invite to Drake. PHOTO COURTESY OF SAB Morresi said. “He’s got great energy, has a lot of awesome songs, and would put on a fantastic show.”

Genesis Buckhalton also wanted a rapper to make an appearance, the rapper that

shares names with this very institution, Drake.

“I would love to see Drake come back to campus,” Buckhaton said.

“But I’ll take any artist that would appeal to the rest of campus.”

Any Drake student can

take the Relays Survey until Oct. 12, 2018. Two survey takers will be randomly selected to win a $25 Amazon gift card. Students can access the survey at “tinyurl.com/ SABRelaysSurvey”

Clark 150 addresses ongoing racial issues

THE CLARK 150 CONFERENCE on Friday, Sept.28 planned a celebration in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Iowa Supreme Court landmark case Clark v. Board of Directors. PHOTO BY PHONG LY | FEATURES EDITOR

Phong Ly Features Editor phong.ly@drake.edu @originalphong Drake University planned a celebration in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Iowa Supreme Court landmark case Clark v.

Board of Directors last week from Sept. 25-28.

The celebration began with the Cole Hall Rededication, which took place in Kern Commons, Cartwright Hall, featured the presentation of a Governor’s proclamation, read by Iowa State Senator Jack Whitver in honor of the case’s anniversary. There was also the unveiling of art work designed for the celebration. There were remarks made by Marty Martin, Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady, Drake law student Brinet Rutherford and Professor Emeritus of Law

David Walker. Drake Choir also performed at the event. On Thursday, Sept. 27 the talk titled “The Iowa Constitution: An Enduring Testament to Equality”, took place in Hubbell Hall at Simpson College. On Friday, Sept.

28 the Clark 150 Conference, occurred in Cartwright and Sheslow Halls at Drake and closed with the banquet in Parents Hall.

The Clark 150 Conference’s sessions discussed the Clark v.

Board of Directors decision in the framework of the historic civil rights decisions of the Iowa Supreme Court, the ongoing relevance of the Clark case, issues of the criminal justice system in the state of Iowa and creating quality education for all Iowans.

“Iowa is the first state to take this position in 1868 with Clark leads Iowa, and Iowa leads the nation,” Paul Finkelman, president of Gratz College and the first keynote speaker of the event, said

in his speech on Friday. “But Iowa is not unique, there is a whole line of cases in Michigan that do the same thing, some of them even cited the Iowa case.”

In 1868, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Susan Clark, a 12-year-old African-American girl, could not be denied admission to her neighborhood public school in Muscatine, Iowa, because of her skin color. The court was the first to declare “separate but equal” unconstitutional under the equality provisions of the Iowa Constitution.

The decision was 86 years before the U.S. Supreme Court issued the same ruling in the case of Brown v.

Board of Education.

Finkelman also mentioned cases with the same outcome following the decision of the Clark case, including a case in Nebraska in 1906, in which a barber loses a suit in which he refused to cut the hair of a black man, and a case in Michigan involving a restaurant

that discriminated against black customers.

The rest of the conference held three different panel sections, each one tying the result of the Clark case to different issues that the state of Iowa is still facing today. This includes the racial disproportional reality in Iowa’s Criminal Justice System due to implicit bias and quality education for all.

On the issue of racial disproportionality in the justice system, Thomas Newkirk, one of the partners of the Newkirk Zwagerman Law Firm in Des Moines, stated in his panel speech that African-Americans are arrested for drug usage more frequently than Caucasians even when they use drugs at the same rate.

“Judges are sentencing black offenders four to eight months longer than white offenders for the same damn crime,” Zwagerman said. “Is this racist, maybe?

Or maybe there is bias in their decision-making and no one is watching their ends of it when they are making decisions about the future of African-Americans.”

The president of the IowaNebraska National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) State Area Conference of Branches Betty Andrews also made an appearance at the Clark conference as one of the speakers. She encouraged the audience to “take action” with specific means rather than simply with words.

“Taking action is talking about it, is keeping these conversations alive, is making sure that you are telling your story to the people that have been affected by this,” Andrews said. “It is also making sure that when you are having these conversations you are talking to the right people.”

04 | Features

Oct. 3, 2018

Features Preparing museum study specimens through taxidermy

PROFESSOR MUIR EATON teaches his students how to perform proper taxidermy through experiments with birds. Eaton belives that aspects of the experience might come in handy for his students later in their lives. PHOTO BY CAMERON BOLTON | CONTRIBUTING WRITER. Cameron Bolton Contributing Writer cameron.bolton@drake.edu

In the lower levels of Olin Hall is the classroom for Museum Curation, which is taught by Professor Muir Eaton. There the students are taught how to prepare museum study specimens by learning taxidermy. This class has been taught by Eaton for 11 years here at Drake.

The process starts with acquiring a deceased bird, naturally, which Eaton does in a number of different ways. Mainly, they come from a rehabilitation clinic in Minneapolis that will bring in animals that are injured and try to rehabilitate them.

If the bird’s injuries are too severe, the birds either pass in their care

or they are euthanized. Eaton then picks up boxes of preserved birds a few times a year.

In a corner of the classroom lies a freezer full of the frozen specimens. According to Eaton, the students then proceed to basically peel the skin off the animal and remove everything except a few bones that are left in the specimen.

After that they then put cotton into the specimens to recreate the shape of the bird.

“I think it’s the wrong perspective to look at it like handling dead things, which we are,” Phelps Hawley said. “But it’s more important to see it as an educational purpose,” . Hawley is a sophomore Environmental science major with a concentration in zoo and conservation science attending the class.

Eaton also explained that no

preservatives are used, unlike fluid specimens, where you take the whole animal and put it in ethanol to preserve it. What they’re working on in class is called a dried specimen.

For dried specimens, cotton is the main material because they don’t want anything that will deteriorate over time. Which is why they would also use acid free paper for the tags, and archive quality ink for all the writing they do for the tags and cataloging.

Once the skin is dried out, it becomes a matter of climate control. Where you would need to watch out for wild fluctuations in humidity and moisture. Another thing to look out for is pests like beetles and flies.

“As long as those are kept out of the collections, then they are preserved for potentially hundreds

of years.”Eaton said. “There are scientific specimens in museums around the world that go back as long as modern science has been documenting biodiversity, so back to the 1600s.”

What happens to the birds made in this class is that there put in the universities’ vertebrate collection, housed in the new bio diversity center. There you would find a collection of specimen that are tagged with various pieces of data.

At which point they can be used for scientific reference material for people to do research on. Eaton also uses them in some of his other courses. Such as for teaching bird identification and collecting basic morphometric data for lab exercises.

The main goal for this class, as stated by Eaton, is to learn this skill and trade. Some of the students

who take this course might be able to use aspects of it in there later life.

“I’ve had students use their experience here to say that they have experience dissecting animals and taking biological tissue and things like that,” Eaton said. “ A student who graduated from here talked about her experience in here to get a job as a, I can’t remember what you’d call it, but she would go to people’s homes of people who have died and agreed to donate certain parts of their body for science and she would go and harvest those tissues.” Eaton said.

From human’s best friends to human’s best assistants 15 minutes before an episode by the scent of Kitto’s pheromones when her blood pressure drops.

In addition, Sadie hands items to Kitto when her joints dislocate due to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

A service animal is an animal “If I didn’t have her now, I who has been trained to benefit wouldn’t be able to drive anymore, an individual with a disability, be able to go to class, be able to according to the Service and have a life,” Kitto said.

Assistance Animals, Animal Having a service dog allowed Mascots and Pets policy at Drake Kitto to have independence; University, Service animals with however, Kitto has made sacrifices proper documentation are allowed to have Sadie. in any academic area as well as “It’s not fun taking a service dog everywhere, like I’m the girl with the dog,” Kitto said. “It’s weird to be 22 and not be able to go to bars since drunk people and dogs don’t go well together.”

Although Drake has a nondiscriminatory policy about the use of service animals, some students are uneducated about the proper way to treat a service animal.

“People are generally fairly knowledgeable,” said Brian Sweeney, an adjunct accounting professor at Drake who trains service dogs. “I have more problems with people asking to come up and pet the dog or people making the stupid kissy noises trying to get the dog’s attention. It’s just bad manners.”

The Puppy Jake Foundation taught Sweeney to treat the dog like medical equipment when first teaching him how to properly train service dogs. Sweeney now shares this technique with his students at Drake.

Kitto said she has not experienced any major discrimination while attending ABBY KITTO’S SERVICE DOG helps her handling items and alerts her of cardiac Drake. She said she has never been and seizure episodes. PHOTO BY KRISTEN TOLLAS | CONTRIBUTING WRITER. denied access to buildings either.

Kristen Tollas Contributing Writer kristen.tollas@drake.edu @kritentollas

residence halls.

“I believe there is only one student with a service animal,” Michelle Laughlin, the Student Disability Services coordinator at Drake, said in an email.

Abby Kitto, a senior at Drake, was diagnosed with epilepsy at 18 and was later diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in Sept. 2016. Two years ago, Kitto started training with Sadie, her cardiac and seizure alert service dog. Sadie alerts her five to

BRIAN SWEENEY, A PROFESSOR AT DRAKE, learned how to train service dogs from the Puppy Jake Foundation. He is now sharing these techniques with Drake students. PHOTO BY KRISTEN TOLLAS | CONTRIBUTING WRITER.

“At Drake, people are very inquisitive, very respectful,” Kitto said. “But you do have the few people who are like what’s wrong with you, why do you have a dog?

There’s definitely been a snarky response from me that’s like, ‘Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t know we were exchanging personal information – what’s your bra size?’”

Without the help of her dog,

Kitto would dependent more on others. Taking care of Kitto’s dog is a full-time commitment.

“Your life completely changes with a service animal,” Kitto said.

“It’s for the better, but your life completely shifts.”

Oct. 3, 2018

05 | Sports

Sports Drake loses to Valparaiso, beats Loyola; 2-2 in MVC Hannah Cohen Staff Writer hannah.cohen@drake.edu @seamammals

The Bulldogs went on the road this past week, earning one win and taking one loss, making their season record 13-5 and setting their conference record at an even 2-2.

We wanted to prove to each other that we can bounce back and fight through with adversity and beat Loyola.

Their first stop was Indiana in a match against Missouri Valley Conference leader Valparaiso, making Valparaiso’s conference record 4-0. Drake fell behind in all three sets with scores of under 20 points.

“This was definitely not ‘Drake volleyball’ and was a tough game to play in,” said Emily Plock.

“Valparaiso is a good team and we just had an off night. The next day

we came together as a team to talk about what happened and how to learn from that experience.”

Plock led the team with 8 kills and 1 block in the match.

Grace Schofield, outside hitter, and Natalie Fry, middle blocker, compiled a total of 9 kills.

“Valparaiso brought a lot of intensity and we struggled to match their intensity,” Fry said. “Our team effort overall just wasn’t what it usually is.”

After getting a head start in the second set, Drake couldn’t keep up the momentum. This loss marked the lowest hitting average of the season so far with a .041 and not maintaining the lead at any time in the third set.

“Because Valparaiso and Loyola are similar teams, we went into the Loyola game accepting the challenge that we did not accept the night before to prove that we are the better team,” Fry said.

Moving past the loss with a change of pace in Chicago, the Bulldogs defeated Loyola in four sets 3-1. Drake’s three wins were achieved with a leeway of six points or less with a loss in the third set as Loyola got the 7-0 lead and maintained it, taking the set with Drake scoring 14 points.

“We wanted to prove to each other that we can bounce back and fight through with adversity to beat Loyola,” Schofield said. “Having a short memory of the night before was key in the Loyola match and playing together and having fun was one of our goals for that

SOPHOMORE OPPOSITE HITTER Emily Plock goes to tip the ball against Iowa earlier in the season. COURTESY OF DRAKE ATHLETICS| PHOTO BY CHRIS DONAHUE

game.”

In the fourth set, Drake recovered taking the win in a close score of 25-23. This loss for Loyola tacked onto their MVC average giving them a 3-2 record. After these two on the road, the Bulldogs hope to add on three more wins to give themselves an advantage over Loyola and Valparaiso.

“I am a Chicago native and had a huge crowd come out to support us at Loyola,” Schofield said.

“Winning in front of my family and friends was icing on the cake.”

Their next match is in the Knapp Center at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5 to kick off parents’ weekend at Drake against Bradley (MVC 4-0). Illinois State (MVC 4-0) will come to the Knapp Center the next day at 7 p.m.

To finish off the homestand, Indiana State (MVC 0-5) will be in the Knapp at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8. Tickets for these matches

can be purchased at draketix.com/ volleyball for non-students. All Drake sporting events are free of charge for students using their school issued ID. “We always love seeing our student section at our games and hope to see a big crowd there,” Fry said.

Men’s soccer improves to 6-3-1 with win against Central Arkansas

REDSHIRT-JUNIOR MIDFIELDER Alex Peterson dribbles the ball up the field during the 0-1 loss vs. Oral Roberts in the home opener. The Bulldogs are a few games beyond halfway into the season, and will be looking to finish the season strong for playoffs. COURTESY OF DRAKE ATHLETICS | PHOTO BY CHRIS DONAHUE Erin O’Boyle Staff Writer erin.oboyle@drake.edu @erin_oboyle1

After three games on the road, the Bulldogs hosted the Western Illinois Leathernecks on Wednesday night at Cownie Soccer complex where they made the most of their home turf advantage and shut-out the Leathernecks 4-0.

They started off strong, with goals from sophomore Leroy Enzugusi and junior Antonio Sanchez back to back at the 14th and 16th minute marks and then a goal from senior Steven Enna in the 20th minute.

Enna’s goal came from a free kick by midfielder Cole Poppen that

was headed by Lucas Bartlett and bicycle kicked into the goal by Enna. This was Poppen’s 7th assist this season, which positions him as the holder of most assists on the team.

“Set pieces are something that our team takes a lot of pride in,” Poppen said. “I know if my service is where it’s supposed to be, my teammates will be there to finish.

All credit is to those guys, though.

I’m just crossing a ball.”

It wasn’t until the second half that Enzugusi scored his second goal of the night to make the final score 4-0. The two goals that Enzugusi scored against the Leathernecks put his total at 5 goals this season, making him the team’s top scorer. With 14 shots on

the goal and two saves, junior Jared Brown, the Bulldogs’ goalkeeper, was kept busy throughout the game, but in the end let nothing past, allowing the Bulldogs to claim their second shut-out of the season.

“Credit has to be given to our back line and goalie who have held two clean sheets as well,” Poppen said. “It’s a lot easier to win games when we aren’t getting scored on.”

The Bulldogs then hosted Central Arkansas on Saturday night at Tiger Field in West Des Moines instead of the Cownie Soccer Complex due to the weather.

Despite the weather conditions, the Bulldogs and the Bears began play at 4:30 p.m. In the 36th minute, Enzugusi scored the first and only

goal of the game off of a header.

Enzugusi now has 6 goals on the season. Again, goalie Jared Brown excelled in the goal with 5 saves throughout the game. The win against the Central Arkansas Bears is a big feat for the Bulldogs seeing that the Bears were last year’s MVC champions.

This win advances the Bulldogs to 6 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie situating them at the top of the MVC standings. With six more games to play before the MVC tournament, the Bulldogs are on the right track heading for that number-one spot in the MVC when the tournament rolls around in early November.

“We all still know we have a long way to go, and preparation for

next Saturday has already began,” Poppen said.

The Drake Men’s soccer team will host Omaha at home next Saturday, Oct. 6, for their third game at home.

Catch their game Saturday against Omaha 7 p.m.

Cownie Soccer Complex

06 | Sports

Oct. 3, 2018

Sports Drake football defeats Jacksonville 41-9; 1-0 in PFL >> CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

25 yards and a touchdown. This was Doran’s first of 3 touchdown receptions on the day.

“I was supposed to actually run a deeper route, but my mind said on third-and-6 or third-and-7 is always just get the first down, worry about yards after the catch later,” Doran said. “On the other plays, it’s more of Grant throwing great balls.”

The second Dolphin drive of the game resulted in a three-andout courtesy of fifth-year senior linebacker Kieran Severa and redshirt-sophomore Will Kulick.

Severa sacked Jacksonville quarterback Calvin Turner Jr. on third down for a loss of 6 yards, forcing the Dolphins to punt on fourth-and-12. From their own 23-yard line Dolphin punter Riley Garrison’s punt was blocked by Kulick.

The Bulldogs started their second offensive possession in enemy territory on the 9-yard line. It only took two plays for Cross Robinson to hammer his way into the end zone on a 1-yard touchdown rush.

The Bulldogs scored a touchdown on 5 of 6 first half drives, kicking a field goal on the other. Drake receiver Doran, scored his final two touchdowns on the last two Bulldog drives of the first-half. The second Doran touchdown of the game came on a 43-yard reception from Kraemer to put the Bulldogs up 24-0 (Danny Donley kick).

The third of Doran’s three touchdown receptions came from Kraemer for only a 1-yard gain.

Doran finished the day with 103 yards on 5 receptions with 3 touchdowns. At the end of the first half, the Bulldogs led the contest 31-0.

The Bulldogs piled on 10 more points in the second half to bury the

WIDE RECEIVER Steven Doran caught and ran with the ball thrown by quarterback Grant Kraemer during the Drake vs. Missouri S&T game. Doran hauled in 5 receptions for 112 yards and a touchdown in the 52-12 Bulldog victory. PHOTO COURTESY OF DRAKE ATHLETICS

Dolphins 41-9 by the end. Aside from another dominant Bulldogs offensive display, the defense is owed much credit for the win.

“I think ironically, [our offensive success] was mainly because of our defense,” Doran said. “The defense held Jacksonville’s offense inside their 30, inside their 20 a lot of the time.”

Drake LB Severa concluded the game with 1½ sacks, 2½ tackles-for-loss and one fumble recovery. The fumble recovery was made possible by fifth-year senior defensive back Austin Dismond who punched the ball out of Turner Jr.’s possession mid-way through the fourth quarter. It was redshirt-sophomore cornerback

Jeran Proctor who intercepted one of three Dolphin pass attempts throughout the game, which led to the Bulldogs lone touchdown in the second half. “[Severa] flies around and makes plays,” Doran said. “As a senior leader and a captain, he brings so much energy to the team. To have a linebacker that can flow and make those types of plays, helps tremendously on the defense.”

At the conclusion of the game, the Drake defense surrendered only one 9-yard pass to the Dolphin triple offense throughout the game.

The majority of the Jacksonville’s yards came on the ground and from their QB. Turner Jr. carried the

ball 27 times for 137 yards and the Dolphins only touchdown of the game.

Drake posed only 278 offensive yards against the struggling Jacksonville defense, while forfeiting 218 yards on defense.

Turnovers proved costly in the first PFL matchup of the season.

Kraemer finished his first PFL game of the 2018 season, 16 of 24 for 176 yards, 4 touchdowns and one interception. Through three games, Kramer has posed a 65 percent completion percentage for 845 yards and a powerful 11 touchdowns with 4 interceptions. “[Kraemer’s] been the driver of our offense, the driver of our team, really,” Doran said. “If he

can continue to play at that level of success and us receivers as a home, we have a lot of options.”

The Bulldogs will be home for the next two weeks for conference games against Butler (3-1, 1-0) and Stetson (3-1, 1-1). Butler just defeated Morehead State (1-3, 0-1) by a score of 24-21.

Drake head coach Rick Fox and his Bulldogs will take the field at Drake Stadium for opening kickoff set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. This will be the 26th meeting between the Drake and Butler Bulldogs,.

Drake leads the series 18-7 thus far.

Drake women’s soccer starts conference schedule 2-0 Drake Lohse Staff Writer drake.lohse@drake.edu

The cold and poor weather conditions did not stop the Drake Bulldogs Saturday night. As the night went on and the hometown Bulldog crowd shivered in their seats, Drake was able to impose a 2-0 win against Illinois State.

For the first time this season, the Bulldogs have won consecutive games. Last week, the women of Drake soccer hit the road for Indiana and left with their first conference win against Valparaiso—a 1-0 thriller that ended in overtime.

Senior Elaine Gorom appeared

excited as to how the Bulldogs came out with the win against their conference rivals.

“We really stepped up together as a team [against Valparaiso],” Gorom said. “We really came together as a team and played with a lot of cohesiveness.”

The week between games can be a long one for any team, and identifying what needs to improve and what needs to remain consistent can be key to long-term success.

This week, the challenge for the Bulldogs was to keep the energy from the win steady alive—something that’s proved to be difficult for them already this season. Gorom elaborated what

Drake needed to do to keep tenacity

We really came together as a team and played with a lot of cohesiveness. afloat for Saturday’s match against the Red Birds of Illinois State.

“In order to make sure we reach the same result against Illinois State,the biggest thing we need to do is maintain the level of positivity we’ve found, and remember every little thing we do is for a reason,” Gorom said. “Our big thing is making sure we close out games by knowing when to take risks and when to stand our ground.”

Heading into Saturday, Illinois State wasn’t going to let Drake away with an easy victory—and neither was mother nature. From the moment the game kicked off, a steady, icy mist made it difficult for the two teams to get their feet underneath them.

With Drake demonstrating the same aggressive offensive that has become their signature, the game moved fast as the ball slid up and down the field. Sophomore Sam Nosler ripped the ball from an Illinois defender—then did the same to another Red Bird less than a minute later. At the end of the first half, The Bulldogs and Red Birds were scoreless.

The Bulldog’s relied heavily on the shot-stopping capabilities of standout goalkeeper Kelsie Stone.

By the end of a first half that ended in the staunch score of 0-0, Stone had saved two scoring attempts from the Red Birds.

Late in the second half, firstyear Allison Walls finally got the Bulldogs on the board, sending a shot from 20 yards out in the 64th minute of play.

Drake had been taking the risks, just as Gorom had emphasized late in the game. A little over three minutes later, second year Olivia Bruce delivers the second strike for the Bulldogs. Halie Reznik capitalized on an opportunity from the high right corner of the box— the Red Bird goalkeeper saved the shot from going in, but a layer of rain may have made the ball difficult to collect.

SENIOR DEFENSEMAN Elaine Gorom passes the ball up the field during the Drake vs. Marquette game earlier this season. The Bulldogs lost 1-2 at home. COURTESY OF DRAKE ATHLETICS | PHOTO BY CHRIS DONAHUE

Bruce took the risk she saw available—forcing her way through and blasting the loose ball in for the second Drake score of the night.

Head Coach Lindsey Horner spoke after the game on how the Bulldogs got it done stating, “Our players did a great job of executing the game plan. They took our week of training and put it into action.

We were organized defensively and didn’t allow ourselves to be caught arriving late and getting played around.”

The Drake Bulldogs head to Loyola of Chicago for another MVC matchup Saturday, Oct. 6 where they hope to extend the streak to three against the Ramblers. The game commences at 7 p.m. and coverage can be found on ESPN3.

Oct. 3, 2018

07 | Commentary

Commentary Iridescence: A Brockhampton reflection Sam Amadeo Staff Writer sam.amadeo@drake.edu @Sam_Amadeo

Brockhampton: America’s best boy band that flew onto the scene in 2017, released three critically acclaimed albums in the Saturation trilogy. With each member equally talented and skilled as the next, each person on the team of mixers and producers are considered a part of their squad. Brockhampton used the various voices and diverse tones of their members over selfmade beats to create something fresh and intriguing. This leap of faith to express their musical talents in a new, distinctive way paid off and Saturation III reached number five on the US Billboard 200 list by the end of 2017. The quick rise to fame from a group of young artists who released three acclaimed albums in a single year made them early prospects for multiple Grammy nominations; however, they would not appear on the ballot in any category for the 60th Grammy Awards.

They reassured their fans they were not fazed by being “overlooked” at the Grammys and announced their fourth studio album, Team Effort, would be delayed indefinitely and replaced

by Puppy. In early 2018, fans were elated to hear Brockhampton had signed with RCA Records for six albums over three years for an estimated $15 million. RCA is a record company who also represents artists SZA, Alicia Keys, the Foo Fighters, Khalid and Pentatonix. Everything seemed to be rolling smoothly for this group of talented young men, and the future looked bright and exciting, but the good momentum would be brought to a quick halt in May 2018. Co-founder and front man, Ameer Vann, was accused of sexual assault of a minor a few years prior,

along with accusations of mental and verbal abuse committed in his past relationships. Vann had been open about his past behavior in many of Brockhampton’s songs and how he was using the start of a career in music as an opportunity to change for the better; however, he would end up being removed from the band, and Brockhampton canceled their remaining tour dates to “go home and regroup.” For an entire month, Brockhampton would stay out of the public spotlight, and their once promising future now looked bleak.

Brockhampton would reappear in June as the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing a new song titled, TONYA. The song was received as powerful, beautiful and something coming from a group standing united in the wake of tragedy. They also announced their next trilogy’s title, The Best Years of Our Lives. Over the summer of 2018, they would release three singles, each well-received by critics and fans alike. On Aug. 26, they announced the first installment in their new trilogy would be Iridescence, which is a word meaning a lustrous, rainbow-like play of color caused by differential refraction of light waves, often seen in soap bubbles and fish scales.

Their fourth studio album and first installment in The Best Years of Our Lives trilogy, Iridescence, was released on the Sept. 21. The album consists of 15 songs and feature vocals from Jaden Smith and the London Community Gospel Choir, and samples from Radiohead and Beyoncé. As with their previous albums, Iridescence was critically acclaimed, as it should be.

Fans were unsure what to expect from Brockhampton in the wake of such heartache and speculation that surrounding the album before its release. As should be expected by now, this revolutionary boy band put out a piece of art given

heart, soul and passion. They successfully navigated their way around new sounds and styles, laying the groundwork for future Brockhampton projects. Yet the motif of the album stuck out as similar to an album I had listened to nearly two months ago and whose artist had recently passed away.

That’s right, Mac Miller’s fifth and final studio album, Swimming.

Both Miller and Brockhampton had suffered the loss of someone extremely close; additionally, both Miller and the boys of Brockhampton have similar pasts and struggles. Many would expect sad, heartbreaking songs from such tortured artists, but they chose a different route, one that is extremely refreshing.

Specifically, the members of Brockhampton have dark pasts, such as being a victim of homophobia, experiencing the death of a high school boyfriend to drug dealing and difficult but relatable struggles in their present lives, such as mental health issues and nicotine addiction. The band was collectively heartbroken removing Ameer from the group as he had been a brother to them as member Kevin Abstract says in TONYA: “I’ve been in my feelings on an island in the dirt // I feel like brothers lie just so my feelings don’t get hurt // I said I’ll try vacation, I’ll try to run away.”

Instead of wallowing in their sorrows they look at their situation from a different perspective. Each sadly knows suffering and pain but learned how to climb out from the very darkest corners of life. It will sting harsh and be sore for a while, but in time, it will eventually heal.

Moreover, each member was more complex than being defined by that one situation. They had to adjust to a life of fame and fortune while maintaining personal relationships, creating new music and taking care of themselves. It’s this adjustment

to new circumstances, whether they are good or bad, which defines the motif of Iridescence.

Brockhampton suggests the best way to handle this adjustment is to be calm and hopeful and especially to not get beat up when mistakes are made or an effort results in failure. To take courage in admitting personal faults and put in honest effort to change; to follow the heart and mind instead of surrendering to the loud, pitiful sound all around.

The members of Brockhampton, like Miller, understand life brings much undeserved suffering, and to be overly shocked and easily shaken by them is naïve. Pain and pleasure, good times and bad times, love and sorrow are cycles in life

and days will get better in time.

Seek out happiness to consume when the heart cannot produce enough, be that through various, lovely interests, skills and talents.

Swimming was the first time a hiphop artist had suggested a calm, relaxed and positive mindset would be an impenetrable wall protecting hope during the worst of times.

Brockhampton confirmed this similar idea in Iridescence, telling a much-needed message to a teen and young adult audience suffering from similar issues. Explaining the best solution, though difficult, is to be hopeful and optimistic, ask for help, take responsibility, be proud of individuality and always be generous to others and kind to oneself.

BROCKHAMPTON released their fourth studio album, Iridescenece, on Sept.

21st, 2018. This was the first installment of in The Best Years of Our Lives triology. PHOTO COURTESY OF AMAZON

Looking at: “A Simple Favor” Free Movie Friday Celia Brocker Contributing Writer celia.brocker@drake.edu @celiabrocker

“A Simple Favor” is a mystery thriller directed by Paul Feig, based on a novel of the same name

by Darcey Bell. The story follows Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a preppy, single parent who runs a vlog for moms. After her new friend Emily (Blake Lively) disappears, Stephanie begins a one woman quest to find answers and discovers the dark secrets of Emily’s past.

This movie could have been entertaining if it wasn’t so predictable. A Simple Favor is the kind of movie that reveals the whole movie in a two-minute trailer. The relationships that develop in the movie surprise absolutely no one and every new secret Stephanie discovers about Emily is something the audience has likely already guessed. Even the ending, which is supposed to be the best part of every story, is boring. The ending wraps the story up with a nice bow in an attempt to please the audience, but what would’ve been really satisfying, would’ve been shocking the audience and abandoning the happy ending cliche “A Simple Favor” tries to sell.

The other big issue with “A Simple Favor” is the characters, who are interesting but unlikeable.

Nothing against the actors; they did an excellent job. But a movie is supposed to have one character the audience can root for so they’ll feel like they have stakes to lose, which keeps them engaged. But if the characters are awful, the audience won’t care what happens to them.

The audience is supposed to sympathize with dorky Stephanie,

but nearly everything that comes out of her mouth makes the audience cringe. The movie also tries to sell Stephanie as a sweet, innocent young woman but fails on that front. Why should the audience root for Stephanie when the role she plays in Emily’s family is actually kind of creepy?

And the movie makes it clear that this is not the first time Stephanie has been inappropriately involved with people close to her.

Emily’s character is also contradictory. She is presented as enigmatic woman who fascinates those around her, but is also shown to annoy them. Even her husband (Henry Golding) expresses his impatience towards his wife’s behavior, and seems almost relieved when he thinks she’s gone

for good. Which begs the question; if he’s truly that frustrated with his wife, what made him stay with her for all that time? It’s probably his lack of a spine, which is evident when he lets first Emily then Stephanie take control of his life.

While his character is meant to be secondary to the two leads, he adds nothing to the plot aside from being a toy passed between Emily and Stephanie.

The thriller genre of film has been dominated by men for decades, so it’s refreshing to see a movie where the women run the show. But if all the industry can offer is a film with a basic plot and annoying characters, it seriously needs to step up its game. A Simple Favor isn’t a bad film, but it could’ve been a lot better.

A SIMPLE FAVOR stars Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in a mystery thriller setting. It was released on Sept. 14th 2018. PHOTO COURTESY OF AMAZON

pulls off heist with latest showing Savannah Kluesner Staff Writer savannah.kluesner@drake.edu @savannahkluesner

On Friday, Sept. 21, the Student Activities Board premiered “Ocean’s 8”, an action-comedy about Debbie Ocean, a member of the infamous heist family.

Having recently been granted parole, Debbie decides it is time to pull off her biggest heist yet: the robbery of one of the most famous and valuable sets of jewels of all time. To pull off the scheme, she recruits a team of seven other cohorts to attempt to commit the crime of lifetime. With an all-star cast including Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna, this movie was a hit with the Drake audience.

“For me, Anne Hathaway’s performance stood out.” said first-year Maggie Parker, “She was convincing and absolutely hilarious,” The feeling seemed to be mutual among the other audience members.

“My favorite character has to be Daphne Kluger, played by Anne Hathaway,” said first-year Jaelyn Lentz.

However, these were not the only stars of the movie.

“James Corden’s small role makes the movie though,” Lentz said..

So did “Ocean’s 8” steal viewers’ hearts?

With the bulk of the cast being female, the movie, as put by Parker, is doing “a great job at humanizing women and

acknowledging their skills. The trend of gender-swapped classics serves to show that women don’t have just one role in movies, and should have the opportunities to be the heroes, as well.”

However, this movie was not just for women.

“I think it’s a funny movie that can be enjoyed by anyone,” Lentz said.

With so much action and humor, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what makes “Ocean’s 8” so great.

“My favorite part of the movie was the moment when all the women walk down the stairs at the Met Gala,” Parker said.

For a change of scenery, “Ocean’s 8” was shown in Helmick Commons as opposed to its usual location, Sussman Theater. The reaction?

“Having it outside was something that set it apart from the normal theater experience that we even have here at Drake,” Lentz said. “Being able to bundle up with your friends and watch a movie was great, even if I was really cold afterwards.”

“Having the movie outside was fun, except for me not wearing warm enough clothes,” Parker said.

Of course, the matinee helps.

Parker describes “Ocean’s 8” as “incredibly well shot,” while Lentz claims that the movie is “fun, empowering and enjoyable.”

This week, Free Movie Friday will return to Sussman Theater.

Coming up next month, SAB will show “The Incredibles 2”, “Skyscraper” and, in a Halloween special showing, “Hereditary.”

08 | Commentary

Oct. 3, 2018

Commentary

One-Hit Wonders From “Mambo no. 5” to “Toto”

Max Brown Staff Writer max.brown@drake.edu @maxbrown

Sept. 25 is national “One-Hit Wonder” day, a day where we celebrate those artists who had one famous (or infamous) song and were never heard from again.

In honor of this day, let’s look at a few of the most famous one-hit wonders, both for the right and wrong reasons:

The Bad

“Mambo no. 5” (a little bit of...)

- Lou Bega (1999) David Lubega’s one and only contribution to pop culture was this cover of a 1949 instrumental piece of the same name. Bega wrote lyrics for the instrumental, over 50 percent of which are him simply reciting women’s names.

The ‘40s mambo grooves are shot through with jarringly out-of-place synth stabs and record scratches and the names Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Monica, Tina, Mary and Jessica are ruined for an entire generation.

While the comically simplistic lyrics have been a small yet constant meme since the song’s release, Bega’s admiration for “Monica” has recently been discovered and lampooned by fans

Hallie Keiper Staff Writer hallie.keiper@drake.edu @hallie.keiper

In honor of National OneHit Wonder Day this past week, I looked into the trend itself and our society’s favorites. If you weren’t aware of the importance of Sept. 25 and did not celebrate, put on Spotify’s One-Hit Wonders playlist, enjoy the tunes and read on.

Defined by Wikipedia, a onehit wonder is “any entity that achieves mainstream popularity and success for a very short period of time, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among

of Monika, antagonist to the horror game Doki Doki Literature Club.

“I’m too Sexy” –Right Said Fred (1992) Sporting vocals that sound like Henry Kissinger’s attempt at dirty talk and a music video that looks like a workout video staged by Hooters employees, Right Said Fred’s “I’m too Sexy” is a shoe-in for this list.

Right Said Fred have had a relatively healthy career post ”I’m too Sexy,” touring and creating music up to today. They’ve maintained a modest but consistent following in Europe. In 2018 Right Said Fred members Richard and Fred Fairbass were given a songwriting credit for Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” due to similarities between the Swift tune’s chorus and “I’m too Sexy.”

“Ice Ice Baby” - Vanilla Ice (1989) Perhaps the best argument against white rappers, Rob Van Winkle, known by his stage name “Vanilla Ice,” steals samples the beat and bassline of Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure,” adding one repeated note to the end of the bassline in a feeble attempt at making the music his own. On top of this stolen track Winkle delivers history’s most generic party rap, which would conjure

images of pyramids of solo cups and pizzas on the turntable if it weren’t somehow so subdued and lifeless.

After a lawsuit forced Winkle to pay a fine and share songwriting credits with Bowie and all members of Queen for the song, he largely dropped off the radar save for some legal trouble every few years.

“Axel F” - Crazy Frog (2005) Possibly the worst one-hit wonder ever made, this mindbogglingly infuriating cover of the Beverly Hills Cop theme was “created” by Crazy Frog, a 3D animated frog and the brainchild of Swedish playwright Erik Wernquist. Originally dubbed by his creator as “The Annoying Thing,” Crazy Frog’s animation and sound effects were purchased in 2004 and two albums were sent into the world.

the general public solely for that momentary success.” The wonder is the musician, though most commonly, people refer to a onehit wonder as the song itself.

To begin brainstorming, I naturally sent a text to my FAM BAM group message, asking for input on my family’s favorite onehit wonders. My dad replied, “I’m Too Sexy,” prompting my mom to most likely roll her eyes and then respond “Dad’s always wanted to have a reason to say that.” My brother, taking after my dad in terms of seriousness, sent “I’m Lindana and I Wanna Have Fun,” a song from the beloved kids show Phineas and Ferb. Thanks, family.

Left at a dead end, I moved on to more reliable sources: my friends.

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“Spirit in the Sky” - Norman Greenbaum (1969) An earlier one-hit wonder, this gospel-driven rocker was written

by Greenbaum in 15 minutes. Over a hard rocking fuzz guitar riff, Greenbaum tells the story of an old west gunfighter preparing to meet his maker after “dying with his boots on.” Although Greenbaum never had another hit, “Spirit in the Sky” sounds just as fresh as it did

50 years ago.

The song was introduced to modern audiences in the 2014 film “Guardians of the Galaxy,” where it finds a spot in hero Peter Quill’s “Awesome Mix.” Greenbaum was critically injured in a car accident in 2015, but he has since recovered and returned to performing.

“Come on Eileen” - Dexy’s Midnight Runners (1983) Dexy’s Midnight Runners, a band named for the club amphetamine Dexedrine, found a lightning strike in this eclectic Celtic–tinged folk rock number.

The lyrics tell a tale of lust similar to contemporary tracks like Meat Loaf’s “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” and the Georgia Satellites “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” while a folk setup of bass, fiddle, banjo and piano provide a pulsing, danceable beat.

Reuniting in 2003 after breaking up in 1986, the band shortened their name to simply “Dexy’s” and have remained a local presence in the UK and Ireland, recording an album of Irish soul standards in 2016.

“Video Killed the Radio Star” The Buggles (1979) Recorded on the eve of the MTV era, this reflection on the changing landscape of the music industry in the face of modern technology would prove to be eerily prophetic

as MTV dominated mass media over the next 20 years. Despite lyrics worrying about the influence of technology in the music industry, the song embraces this technology to great effect, pioneering the muffled vocals, synth beats and sleek production that are a staple of every pop album recorded today.

“Video Killed the Radio Star” heads “The Age of Plastic,” an album focused on the massive benefits and potential pitfalls of technology. The band broke up in 1982, only a couple years into their predicted video revolution.

“Take on Me” - Ah-ha (1985) This synth-pop song by Ahha is arguably the greatest onehit wonder ever recorded. All the staples of a legendary op song are here. The melody is infectious, the music video holds up today and singer Morten Harket’s vocal acrobatics during the chorus, trailing into an unmatchable pitch during the last line, are legendary.

“Take on Me” sits on the level of those songs like “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Hey Jude,” where every member of every generation can sign along to every word. The song has remained famous well into the 21st century. Although A-ha’s international success fell off after “Take on Me,” one couldn’t ask for a better song to define their legacy.

“What’s your favorite one-hit wonder?” I yelled, dancing around the room. Annoyed (yet amused), they took out their headphones as I repeated the question. I don’t know, they said, give us some options. With this, I realized that I couldn’t actually name many onehit wonders off the top of my head.

I could think of a couple of ideas, but couldn’t confirm they were for sure one-hit wonders. So my real research began.

I began with a generic but effective Google search of best one-hit wonders. It worked. As usual, thousands of search results popped up in 0.62 seconds and I chose the first five that appeared on my screen. I browsed through long lists, murmuring “aw yeah”

and “mm good one” every few seconds. Within about 15 minutes, I had compiled a list of about ten one-hit wonders and their one-hit song. I narrowed it down to six for a Facebook poll, also including the option of adding your own, hoping that I would receive some interesting results from my peers.

Knowing I was not in a Facebook group with every single Drake student, I chose the second best option. By placing my poll in the group Drake University Class of 2021, I believed that would be representative of the population.

A week later and the results were in! 175 students responded to the poll in total. In third place, we had “Take On Me” by A-ha with 15 votes. In second, “Come

on Eileen” by Dexys Midnight Runners with 53 votes. And the winner is, drum roll please …

“Africa” by Toto with 80 votes.

This winning wonder comes as no surprise to me, as a new version by Weezer has recently skyrocketed in popularity, and is a classic among college students, much like “Mr. Brightside” or “Everytime We Touch.”

All poll results: “Africa” by Toto (80), “Come on Eileen” by Dexys Midnight Runners (53), “Take On Me” by A-ha (15), “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by The Proclaimers (14), “Mambo No. 5” by Lou Bega (7), “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas (3), “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell (2) and “Skype Sex” by Harry Love (1).

The Good

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