Sep. 4, 2019

THE TIMES-DELPHIC The weekly student newspaper of Drake University Vol. 139 | No. 2 | Sept. 4, 2019

FEATURES

SPORTS

The Drake Counseling Center has partnered with Broadlawns Medical Center to improve the university’s mental health care program.

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Read about Ross Kennedy’s career as a football punter; the senior was named to the FCS Punter of The Year Award watchlist.

Read more on page 3

OPINIONS There’s more to the job than just nitpicking and writing reviews; read up on what it really means to be a film critic.

Read more on page 4

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PARTS OF UNIVERSITY AVENUE and the sidewalks near the Walgreens on the southern edge of campus are in the process of being dug up, disrupting foot and street traffic.

PHOTO BY VISHVA TUMMALAPALLY| DESIGN EDITOR

University Avenue under construction Taryn Ripple News Editor taryn.ripple@drake.edu

As students and staff make their return to Drake University for the semester, they will undoubtedly take notice of the construction zone on the edge of campus. There are several of these projects in development near the Drake campus.

The area of University Avenue between 25th and 31st Streets is to be the site of construction for the foreseeable future. The job is already underway; parts of the street and sidewalk have been excavated.

“The construction on that side [of the university] is a City of Des Moines project,” Jolene Schmidt of Drake Facilities Planning and Management said in an email.

Schmidt, who is the director of capital projects, further explained that the aim of this undertaking is to separate sewer and stormwater lines, an endeavor that is set to be finished by Dec. 1. Additionally, Drake will be installing new lighting fixtures along the street, and the road will be narrowed down to two lanes. The plans

also allow for new bus stops and a bike lane.

In addition to this renovation project, a number of new buildings will be added to University Avenue, including businesses like a hotel, a restaurant and retail outlets. Drake has partnered with Nelson Construction & Development to accomplish such an endeavor. The goal is to improve University Avenue and to help Drake connect with the community surrounding its campus. This project is set to be completed in May of 2020.

Roadside improvements and more businesses are not the only new developments in store for the Drake campus. At the beginning of 2019, the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement announced plans to build an expansion on the Drake campus; the corner of 28th Street and University Avenue is to be the site of an additional location for a new Harkin Institute building.

Though construction on the new Harkin building is not yet underway, the project has generated a lot of buzz.

DU Bulldog Catholic faculty advisor Professor Dorothy Pisarski expressed concern for

CONSTRUCTION ON CAMPUS near Dogtown obstructs sidewalks and certain lanes of the street.PHOTO

BY VISHVA TUMMALAPALLY | DESIGN EDITOR

students’ safety when walking from campus to St. Catherine of Siena church, a route that will go through the construction zone.

The three houses to the west of the church that extend into the University parking lot, which were originally slated to be demolished, will now be relocated to the Sherman Hill district, a neighborhood just

southeast of the Drake campus.

“The level of concern about students and community members walking safely to St. Kate’s is greatly increased due to the excavation and moving work required to relocate those houses,” Pisarski said.

It is difficult to guarantee complete safety in regards to a big construction project, but Schmidt of Facilities and

Management says that the department always takes precautions to protect students as well as the general public.

Construction on the Harkin project will not commence until these houses are relocated.

Though there is presently not an exact date for the excavation process, builders hope to begin work on the new Harkin building as early as next month.

New Wi-Fi connects students to other campuses Elizabeth Hennessey Contributing Writer elizabeth.hennessey@drake.edu

On Aug. 5, Drake University changed the wireless network on campus from DUStudent and DUFacStaff to eduroam.

Eduroam is a global wireless roaming service that allows students to connect to Wi-Fi at any school that uses it.

“By switching to eduroam, Drake students, faculty and staff can connect to a global WiFi service that provides secure and fast Internet connectivity at access points across the globe,” states the Information Technology Services website.

“This change benefits

Drake faculty traveling for scholarly and collaborative work, students studying abroad and visiting other campuses and anyone traveling to another participating eduroam institution.”

Director of Infrastructure Chris Mielke shared that Drake is the first private institution in Iowa to transition to eduroam.

Since its rollout, IT Services has been working to ensure everything runs smoothly.

“We are getting some reports of roaming issues,” Mielke said. “We are working with our vendor right now to figure out why it’s happening and try to rectify it as soon as possible.”

Back in April, IT Services switched from a single service provider to two. The switch has

already proved to be beneficial after a brief Internet outage on Friday, Aug. 27.

“I was surprised to see that I was connected to the WiFi. It was pretty nice to just have it on my phone.”

“Our previous carrier had a major outage, and if we had not had two carriers we probably

would have been out the entire day,” Mielke said.

Sophomore Amber Petrak, who has lived in the dorms since Aug. 15, has worked with IT to connect to the network.

“When I first got here we lived in the corner of the building and there was no connection in my bed,” Petrak said.

Petrak called the IT support line and was able to get connection in her room. Since connecting, Petrak has been able to experience the full benefits that eduroam has to offer.

“Last weekend I went to Iowa State and was surprised to see that I was connected to the Wi-Fi,” Petrak said. “It was pretty nice to just have it on my phone.”

EDUROAM will be Drake University’s new wireless network, replacing networks like DUStudent and DUFacStaff. Drake ITS says that students and staff should connect to eduroam by Sept. 13. | PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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IT Services also implements DUEntertainment, a system that allows students to connect TVs and gaming consoles to the network without connecting to a wired port.

“It was becoming more and more of a complaint over recent years that we should be allowing students to connect wirelessly,” Mielke said. “Since we have provided that option this year, that weighed into the option to only provide wired ports by request.”

So far roughly 80 students, including Petrak, have requested their wired ports be turned on.

On Sept. 13, DUStudent will no longer be a wireless option for students. Students must make the switch to eduroam to continue having a wireless connection.

For concerns or questions, visit the Information Technology Services website at drake.edu/its/.

An ITS staff member will be on campus until 6 p.m. on weekdays for tech support, and the ITS Support Center is located in lower Carnegie Hall.

Drake ITS additionally offers 24/7 phone service support.

FEATURES

FEATURES

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Counseling center partners with Broadlawns Mina Takahashi Staff Writer mina.takashi@drake.edu

Drake University’s Counseling Center recently partnered with Broadlawns Medical Center on a series of developments and upgrades to the university’s mental healthcare system.

The goal of this partnership was to improve community health and cater more to the student’s needs.

Danielle Green recently took over as director of the Drake student counseling center. Green was originally a Broadlawns employee, and now that she’s at Drake, she has plans to run the counseling center differently than in previous years.

“In the past, I think therapists’ practices were very different within the counseling center,” Green said. “Students would say ‘well I met with one person, and it was a completely different experience than when I met with a different person.’ Broadlawns has very strict clinical guidelines, so we’re all going to operate in a more uniform manner.”

After Green became director, she decided to hire all new therapists and all from Broadlawns.

“We’re going to be able to increase our capacity,” Green said. “I hired two new therapists trained in anxiety,

depression and trauma. They are all really passionate about wanting to work with Drake students. We are going to have new faces, new ideas and new approaches.”

Green is also currently working on implementing new technology.

“We are going to start

“I hired two new therapists trained in anxiety, depression and trauma. They are all really passionate about wanting to work with Drake students. We are going to have new faces, new ideas, and new approaches.”

doing online scheduling through Starfish,” Green said.

“I’m also planning to update our website so students can request a therapist to come talk to a group or their floor about mental health, or request trainings.”

Group therapy sessions are a new addition this year.

“We are going to have anxiety support groups starting this semester, as well as stress reduction groups where students can come and learn how to destress,” Green said. “Having groups will increase our services because

a lot of times folks have a hard time getting an appointment.

Additionally, Green has been meeting with various groups around campus.

“I’ve also been doing a lot of trainings on campus,” Green said. “I’ve been present at more student events and meeting with a lot of student groups.”

Office coordinator Jackie Robinson has spent 15 years in the counseling center scheduling appointments and ordering supplies. Although she has not seen any major changes yet, she expects to see an increase in students over the next few years.

“It’s still new, and really our scheduling system hasn’t changed,” Robinson said.

“I don’t think that’s gonna change for a couple of years until they transfer the clinic to becoming a full-service clinic, then it will be a lot different.

Right now it’s the same as it was before. It’s always busy at the beginning of the school year.”

Green also has long term goals for the future of the counseling center.

“I would like to implement walk-in hours, times when folks can just walk in and talk to someone,” Green said. “I’d also like to start something called ‘Talk To Me,’ which would be like speed dating for therapists. You get to come and meet us and get a feel for what therapy is like so it’s less

DANIELLE GREEN is the new director of the Drake student counseling center. PHOTO BY TINA INTARAPANONT | STAFF

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scary to schedule an appointment and come in and talk about hard things right away.”

Green also would like to see more diversity in the counseling center moving forward.

“I’d like to recruit a person of color,” Green said. “I think in the past there hasn’t been a lot of cultural humility. Folks would have to explain about

their culture or identity or how that impacted their life.

I don’t want students to have to backtrack and talk about why that’s important. Instead I’d like to focus on why they walked through the door.”

To make an appointment, contact the University Counseling Center during business hours at 515-2713864.

Drake students return from summer camp

SUMMER CAMP typically involves a variety of outdoor activities such as hiking, swimming, ropes courses, playing on the playground and singing songs around the campfires. PHOTO BY TINA INTARAPANONT | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Emma Brustkern Features Editor emma.brustkern@drake.edu

As college students across the country return to their respective campuses, many of them will be armed with stories from where they spent the past three months: summer camp.

According to the American Camp Association, half a million college students from across the United States worked at a camp in 2015 alone. Students at Drake University are no exception.

For many Drake students, having a job at a summer camp presents a sense of nostalgia. Sophomore Sophie Christensen worked at Luther Park Bible Camp in Wisconsin this summer as a camp counselor, where she previously attended as a camper.

“It was kind of a full-circle thing: when I was a kid, I always wanted to be a camp

counselor like the ones I looked up to,” Christensen said. “I wanted to give back to the place that gave me all the happy memories. I wanted to be that safe space for the kids.”

Senior Delia Koolick has a similar story. She attended camps for years, first as a camper, and then started working at camps in 2015.

Most recently, she was the Associate Director at Camp TEKO in Minnesota. For Koolick, working at camp has been a way to learn valuable skills while still enjoying what summer has to offer.

“I got to be outside and not sitting in a cubicle all day.

Everything that I would have learned sitting in a desk, I got to learn in a fun way,” Koolick said. “I learned teamwork, I learned time management, I learned self-care. I learned it all while getting to be outside and enjoying the summer.”

Christensen also believes that through being a counselor, she learned skills

such as leadership and how to get along with those you don’t agree with. It also introduced her to new experiences, such as having a camper who identified as transgender.

“ Everything I would have learned sitting in a desk, I got to learn in a fun way. I learned teamwork, I learned time management, I learned self-care. I learned it all while getting to be outside and enjoying the summer.”

“He had recently transitioned and his mom called him by his female name,” Christensen said. “I could tell he was uncomfortable, so I [asked

him] what name he goes by and what pronouns to use.

Having experiences like that has made me more open as a person.”

Working at a camp also allows students to make a difference in camper’s lives, a fact that Koolick found enlightening.

“It’s really fulfilling just seeing the kids get on the bus at the end of the day with a smile on their face, ready to go home and tell their families about what they learned and all the new friends they made,” said Koolick.

However, working at a camp definitely comes with slight challenges, especially if you’re a college student.

For example, Christensen was away from home almost the entire summer and had only one week to get ready for school.

“When you’re at camp, you’re in a camp bubble. You don’t have to deal with the drama of life,” Christensen said. “I basically disconnected

off of social media and my phone. You can’t have your phone around campers because they’re not allowed to have it. So that was definitely a big adjustment.”

Both students agree that working at a camp, no matter your position, takes a great deal of time and dedication.

For this reason, Koolick urges people to take students who work at summer camps seriously.

“It is a real person job,” Koolick said. “It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s fun work.

You get to be silly and you get to be yourself. People don’t judge you at camp.”

Even after a long summer, Christensen reflects on her time at camp fondly. She recalls in particular a moment where a camper told her that she had been greatly impacted by her time with Christensen.

“The whole summer was worth it,” Christensen said.

“Just hearing that I had a positive impact on the kids, that’s all worth it to me.”

SPORTS

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SPORTS

Kennedy named to Inaugural FCS Punter of the Year Watch List

DRAKE PUNTER ROSS KENNEDY (SR.) finished last season with astounding statistics. Placing 17 punts inside the 20-yard line and completing a 57-yard punt. | PHOTO COURTESY OF DRAKE BULLDOGS

Drake Lohse Sports Reporter drake.lohse@drake.edu

A punter’s perspective is quite strange. How many kids claw over on another to be the punter in backyard games?

How many punters jerseys do we see on sport store racks?

In a game of inches the punter decides where the opposing team will start their drive. For many football fans the punter often gets boiled down to a single syllable: Who? For Drake that ‘who’ is Ross Kennedy, former Cedar Rapids Washington standout.

Kennedy helped guide the Warriors to second place in

2014, and the quarterfinals in 2015 averaging 36 yards/ punt and 17 punts inside the 20 yard line.

“I started playing football in 6th grade. I played different positions and I wasn’t good at any of them,” remembers Kennedy, “I decided to stop playing my freshman year of high school until my freshman basketball coach talked me into playing again. I figured if I was going to play I was going to have to try kicking since I was a small kid. I had no shot in any other position.”

The marketing major suited up at Drake for his first season quickly picking up where he had left off. Last season he placed another

17 punts inside the 20 and booted a 57 yard punt against Montana. But perhaps the highest honor came this summer when the senior was named to the FCS Punter of The Year Award watch list.

“It’s still very weird to think about for me,” Kennedy said, “When I see the other punters on the list it makes me feel even more blessed. I’ve worked with most of them, they are all very talented.

Steve Doran texted me the tweet announcing I was on the list. It really fired me up!

Making this list means my hard work is paying off. But it only makes me want to work harder.”

The first winner of the

FCS Punter of The Year Award will be announced in early January. Kennedy and Bulldog fans have no choice

“When I see the other punters on the list it makes me feel even more blessed.” but to buckle down and show up on Saturdays.

“The collective aspiration

is to win conference and make the playoffs. As far as personal aspirations go, they have changed since I found out, “ Kennedy said, “It would be pretty cool to be the first person to win this award.

In order to do that I have to stand out. I have to punt in a way no one has seen before.

If I can do that it helps my chances towards this award, and it will help us win too.”

The Drake Bulldogs kickoff their home debut at Drake Stadium on September 7th @7PM. Hopefully Kennedy won’t see the field, but should Stepsis call on him the Bulldogs will be in good hands. Well, in good feet actually.

Chicago Bears begin their season 100 years in the making Maddie Topliff Sports Reporter maddie.topliff@drake.edu @Top_Dog30

Preseason football concluded last week and you know what that means: We’re out here in the real world now. Chicago kicks off the season tomorrow against Green Bay. I’m doing fine, totally fine, the queen of staying calm. We’ll wrap up the preseason, talk through tomorrow’s game, discuss roster news, and give my regular season predictions.

Grab a snack and adjust your reading glasses; it’s time to dive in.

Titans on top The Bears practiced southern hospitality last Thursday welcoming the Titans to Chicago and letting them win. Chicago put up 12-points early thanks to a backup QB touchdown and a pair of Pineiro field goals. Pineiro was 3-for-3 in field goals calming Bears fan’s nerves when he missed an early PAT. But Tennessee manifested two touchdowns of their own resulting in a 19-15 loss turning the Bears preseason record to 1-3. No matter — we’ve got real business to get to.

Biggest kickoff in history The hype for this game has been unreal. It’s the Bears’ 100th NFL season and first Thursday night opener.

Intense teaser commercials

have referred to the game as ‘the biggest kickoff in history’ and ‘an event 100 years in the making’. My whole life has been leading up to this moment. No pressure.

If last season is any indication of how this season should go then the Bears should win tomorrow.

Friends, we all know that “should” is the key word here.

The Bears should have also beaten the Packers this time last year, but sometimes we forget how to play football once the fourth quarter starts.

Roster roundup The Bears waived 33 players before releasing their roster on August 31. QB Tyler Fray’s contract was terminated but he will remain on the practice squad. The Bears cut down to four RBs, six WRs, four TEs, and eight OL. 48 of the 53 names have been acquired since 2015, the year Ryan Pace became the Bears GM; that’s over 90% of the roster. Maybe I should put more trust in the front office. Maybe.

OL Cody Whitehair’s contract was extended through 2024. Whitehair has started in every single game as center since he was drafted in 2016 and will likely play left guard this season. Whitehair is a team player, glad to have you a while longer.

Please protect Mitch.

Fortune in our future?

Last season’s success was long overdue. A 12-4 record and as NFC North champions

THE CHICAGO BEARS in their 15-19 loss against the Tennessee Titans | PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

we charged into our first postseason in EIGHT YEARS. This year our schedule is more difficult. The Rams, Saints, and Chiefs are lined up ready to crush my dreams.

The good news? Chicago will have home field advantage at two of three of those games.

But we have to make sure we are stifling the passing game or the box scores are going to be big sad. I predict an 11-5 regular season record.

The Bears start their season tomorrow vs Green Bay @7:20PM on NBC.

Sports Recap Men

Women

Cross-country (overall: 1-0) at Creighton (W 2237)

Cross-country (overall: 0-1) at Creighton (L 3222)

Football (overall: 0-1) at North Dakota (L 7-47)

Soccer (overall: 0-4) at Saint Louis (L 0-3)

Soccer (overall: 0-2) vs. Milwaukee (L 0-2)

Volleyball (overall: 2-1) at Eastern Illinois (W 3-1)

COMMENTARY

COMMENTARY

SEPT. 4, 2018 | Page 4

What is the Real Job of a Movie Critic?

Celia Brocker Commentary Editor celia.brocker@drake.edu

I’ve wanted to be a film critic for several years now, and my dream job often finds its way into my daily life. You know that one annoying friend that’s constantly making movie references, insists on showing up to the theater super early to watch all the previews, and then talks the whole time about plot holes and inconsistencies? Well, I’m that friend and I have absolutely zero regrets about it.

What I do regret is the standards being placed on the film industry nowadays.

I look at professional movie critics doing their jobs, and I can’t help but notice there is something very wrong with the field I have coveted and admired for so long. It seems to me that impossibly high standards are placed towards certain films that are not “Oscar bait” - action films, comedies, animated films - whereas

films that are considered “Oscar bait” - period pieces, dramas, biographies - receive endless amounts of praise for accomplishing the bare minimum in film making.

And it doesn’t help that the majority of published critics are white men, who possess a limited point of view on certain subjects.

Critics have confused their personal feelings with their actual jobs. The job of a movie critic is not to share if a film was good/made sense for them, but is actually to judge if a movie was enjoyable for its target audience.

The problem lies with critics expecting certain kinds of films. Critics are too caught up in the award part of the film industry and have forgotten that the point of a film is to be entertaining, and not to win awards. Yes filmmaking is an art, and yes some art is more sophisticated, but that doesn’t mean less sophisticated films are trash.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s a certain standard I hold films to, but the key word in that sentence is I. While I

may have certain preferences when it comes to what I believe makes a film “good,” that doesn’t mean they aren’t enjoyable to other people.

“Yes film making is an art, and yes some art is more sophisticated, but that doesn’t mean less sophisticated films are trash.”

I may not like to sit through a two-hour action movie with little plot, but other people may go for the intense fight sequences and the stellar visual effects. So if I were to review an action movie, I would write it as if I were that person and discuss if the film meets the expectations of that audience member.

This may sound a little backwards, because most people assume that critic’s job is to write whatever

A MOVIE CRITIC is should consider a film’s target audience |

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they want, but that is not the case. While critics may review a film and decide if it’s ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ their reviews shouldn’t necessarily match their opinions. A critic’s job is to determine if a movie effectively tells its story and tells it well, not their moviegoing experience. And that’s

something everyone should remember in this era of remakes and book-toscreen adaptations: just because a film doesn’t meet your expectations doesn’t automatically make it a terrible film.

Weekly Horoscope: What Advice You Need to Hear Laurel Cramer Contributing Writer laurel.cramer@drake.edu

Aries The universe’s hints are not always lightning and fanfare.

What are you overlooking or dismissing that is speaking to you? Guidance doesn’t have to scream to get your attention. Sometimes it is just a faint knocking. Pay attention to the shapes of clouds, the ripple of water, or the morning sounds.

Taurus Things are going right, so please enjoy it. The other shoe is not ready to drop— you’ve earned this. Dare to inhabit your own successes and trials and be only you. It can be hard to walk away from the version of yourself that doubt tries to pretend you are.

Gemini There’s been a lot of change recently. Consider carefully how you are mirroring your environment.

Adaptation is a very valuable skill, but finding the balance between shaping and being shaped is key. Don’t start to lose the authentic Gemini self in your whirlwind life.

Cancer You keep asking why, but does that question even matter now? It won’t change your reality. It’s harder for you to focus on the concrete

and solid right now as your life gets crazy. Find the quick moments of balance in the mess. They are there if you need them.

Leo Lean into it. You’re correct and second guessing yourself isn’t necessary. You’re bold and it allows you to know what you want almost immediately. Sitting on the fence isn’t a necessary action for you. Think about how your outward actions have been aligning with your strong spirit. Shrinking yourself goes against your nature.

Virgo It’s your season! Enjoy the way everything has a tinge of Virgo to it. Watch as the world takes a more grounded and caring stance. You’ll find comfort and ease in your environment and interactions with others. Go out for dinner this month with close friends.

Libra You value balance above all else, but don’t sacrifice your wants simply to keep peace. You’re here now and it would be a waste to not go after your goals. Make some good waves this Virgo season.

Scorpio Relationships of all kinds are feeling heavy right now.

I know that ghosting your whole life and never looking back is a weekly urge you have to fight against. A clean slate is so tempting right now,

but you still have to finish what’s in front of you.

Sagittarius How many hats do you wear? How many things are involved in your juggling?

You need constant change and excitement in your dayto-day routine. Don’t forget that people burning the candle at both ends are not the most special, just the most tired.

Capricorn You find that the bottom

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warmth are already beginning to leave your memory. Don’t feel stuck, your flow is still there. Don’t ever apologize for your quirks.

Pisces Everything is in flux right now and you are actually thriving. You really can roll with anything. Things will start to slow down soon so remember to enjoy this short time of rest. Something even crazier is to follow in the next few months.

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EMMA BRUSTKERN, Features Editor emma.brustkern@drake.edu

of your to-do list usually looks the same. Question why that is. What informs your hierarchy of attention?

If you find yourself slacking, trade the self-anger for selfquestioning. Be open and realize how effective an inquisitive mindset can be rather than a judgmental one.

Aquarius Transitioning from the flow of the summer into the fixed school year can be rough for you. The few idle hours of

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