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MEN’S SOCCER

Ed Stang debunks some Alaskan myths while talking about his hunting exploits in Des Moines.

One senator clarifies his Oct. 29 vote to not fund new recycling bins.

The Broadway classic starts at the Civic Center on Nov. 10.

Drake ties Creighton in a doubleovertime match Saturday night.

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Sit, stay, lie down; H1N1 is on the rise Absence rate has yet to reach 10 percent mark, Renner still fears H1N1 outbreak

by ANN SCHNOEBELEN

Staff Writer ann.schnoebelen@drake.edu

It seems even Spike isn’t invincible against the threat of the H1N1 virus.

Posters displayed around Drake University’s campus urge students to “STOP!” as a feeble looking bulldog gazes out pitifully from the paper. The words above the dog announce, “H1N1 flu is on the increase in this area and is highly contagious.”

Provost Michael Renner said the posting of the “sick puppy” signs was spurred by an increase in the number of First Year Seminar student absences in recent weeks. Renner and the response team he chairs have tracked weekly FYS attendance since the beginning of the year as an indicator of student absence numbers for the campus.

But, at 7.8 percent for the last week of Oc-

tober, the numbers have not reached the 10 percent absence rate required for the university to proceed to the next level of institutional response.

“Students, faculty and staff have all responded responsibly to the situation, and I believe that the increased attention to the things everyone can do to help prevent the spread of this virus are a big part of why (the numbers are lower),” Renner said.

However, he warned, H1N1 “still could grow quickly into a big problem, so we are continuing to monitor the situation and make sure we are ready to respond with additional action, if the need arises.”

According to the Drake University Pandemic Response Overview, at 10 percent absence, the university will begin to track staff absence,

SEE H1N1, PAGE 2

Senate debates its purpose on campus

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by ERIN HOGAN

News Editor erin.hogan@drake.edu

Last week, Senate discussed several issues that have been on the minds of students and senators for several weeks, including how the governing body responds to student input, how it addresses sustainability and the importance of resolutions on the Drake campus.

STUDENTS ASK, “HOW GREEN IS SENATE?” AT TOWN HALL MEETING Last Wednesday, Senate held a “Sustainable Town Hall Meeting,” open to the entire campus community. Senators decided upon the town hall meeting at the Oct. 29 Senate meeting after students expressed frustration over Senate voting down the motion to fund the purchase of eight additional campus recycling bins.

The town hall meeting attracted about 50 people, including several senators. Senators Greg Larson and

Brittney Miller led the discussion, keeping a speaking order to give all students a chance to participate.

“We hope this open meeting is conducive to dialog from everyone,” Larson said.

Matt Jurysta was the first person to speak at the meeting. Jurysta was one of the primary advocates of the motion brought up at the Oct. 29 Senate meeting to fund eight more recycling bins on campus.

The sophomore said that he believed Senate should allocate student activity fees based on how students want the money spent. He said he felt that Senate ignored the group of 38 students who attended the meeting to support the recycling motion.

“We felt we were being censored and weren’t being listened to,” Jurysta said.

He continued, saying he felt Senate was not receptive to what students were asking, and he did not understand why they were willing to

SEE SENATE, PAGE 2

photo by TIFFANY KRAUSE | Staff Photographer

THE DRAKE FOOTBALL TEAM beat Campbell at home Saturday en route to an 8-1 overall record.

Drake beats Campbell 49-6 Saturday, top the PFL

by JACK THUMSER

Staff Writer john.thumser@drake.edu

Seven different Bulldogs scored touchdowns Saturday, as Drake trounced Campbell 49-6 to stay perfect this season in Pioneer Football League play and extend its winning streak to six games.

The victory brings the Bulldogs to 8-1 on the season – their best record through nine games in school history.

They also remain tied atop the PFL standings with Butler at 6-0.

“You’re never as good as you think, and never as bad as you think before you watch the film,” Head Coach Chris Creighton said. “But it was a pretty good, well-rounded performance. We played well in all three phases of the game.”

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photo by KYLE GLASER | Web Editor

STUDENTS AND SENATORS gathered for the Sustainable Town Hall meeting last Wednesday to discuss the Senate disconnect.

Adams exhibit comes to Drake Cowles Library hosts ‘John Adams Unbound’

by MARIAH MARCONI

Staff Writer mariah.marconi@drake.edu

photo by SARAH ANDREWS | Photo Editor

“JOHN ADAMS UNBOUND” will be featured at Cowles Library through Dec. 11.

Though President’s Day may not be until February, Drake is honoring John Adams with its new exhibit in Cowles Library. From Oct. 28 to Dec. 11, students, faculty and community members will be able to learn more about the history of democracy in America through “John Adams Unbound,” a touring exhibit developed by the Boston Public Library and the American Library Association.

The exhibit is on display in

the Cowles Library Reading Room and is open to the public during regular library hours.

Cowles Library is one of 20 libraries across the nation to host this exhibit, which will tour until June 2012.

Claudia Frazer, associate professor of librarianship, applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund the exhibit.

“The exhibit, itself, is more a reflection of the library that John Adams amassed over his lifetime,” Frazer said. “Believing, at age 32, that an ample and well-chosen assortment of books could serve seven possi-

ble ends: fame, fortune, power, God, country, clients and fellow men, John Adams began assembling one of the greatest private libraries in early America,” Frazer said.

John Adams’ personal beliefs about the value of citizenship and knowledge closely mirror the goal of the exhibit and the Drake mission statement calling for global citizenship.

“Through close examination of each of these seven themes, you can easily see how Adams

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PAGETWO Senate holds meetings to hear student input on sustainability FROM SENATE, PAGE 1 fund a $5,000 etiquette dinner, but not the eight bins to complete the plan for the “Blue is Green” initiative.

“We hoped you guys would take the reins for us when administration and facilities failed to act,” Jurysta said. “We have a problem and we want Senate to listen to us.”

Many students said they felt Senate did not take sustainability seriously.

“The recycling bins aren’t the issue, it’s the attitude of Senate toward sustainability,” sophomore Amanda Hanzlik said.

Students also discussed the prospect of campuswide printing and ice machines that has been the talk of campus this semester. Several students, including sophomore Cara Pratt, felt that these campus changes should not be considered because they are not sustainable initiatives.

Senators said they needed to remember there was a diverse body of interests among their constituents.

“We need to keep other students’ issues in mind, including those that may not be concerned with sustainability,” Larson said.

SENATE RESPONDS TO STUDENTS’ CONCERNS After hearing the input of students, several senators began asking questions about how to move forward and incorporate student input.

Senator Norah Carroll asked students, “What are you looking for beyond this issue?

Where do you want our efforts to lie?”

Students called for a more proactive response from Senate.

Senator Samantha Haas said that students might feel Senate was not taking action because they did not hear the follow-up discussion during Speakers and Issues.

“I don’t want students to think that we aren’t listening just because it doesn’t show in dollar signs,” Haas said.

Senators also took the opportunity to explain

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how they were already supporting sustainability.

Senator La’Cee Groetken reminded students that there are Senate committees, including Larson’s Campus Advancement Committee, that are working on sustainability efforts.

Senators and fellow students also discussed the notion that if Senate started funding facilities projects, they would be on a slippery slope to funding lots of projects outside of their realm.

THE FUNDING AGENT CONTROVERSY At the Oct. 29 Senate meeting, it was revealed that Vicky Payseur, vice president of business and finance, had sent a letter to Senate encouraging it to vote in favor of the motion.

However, Student Body President Ben Olson said Payseur had also sent an e-mail that said the administration would pay for the bins if the motion failed.

Many students said they were confused as to why Senate brought the motion forward if administration had already agreed to pay for the bins.

“We had a hunch, but we weren’t 100 percent confident the university would pay for it,” Olson said.

Olson said he could not explain the administration’s actions.

“The motion was more to see if Senate would philosophically pay for them, and we decided we wouldn’t,” Olson said.

Other senators explained that they were unaware that administration had indicated they might pay for the bins. Olson confirmed that he was the only one who knew that Payseur had indicated that administration might cover the cost.

Jurysta said he felt the town hall meeting was productive.

“I have learned a lot, but there is a long road ahead with much to do,” Jurysta said.

After the meeting, Senator Tyler Coe said the meeting didn’t get to the root of the issue about how Senate spends student activity fees.

“Do we listen to students or do what we think is best?” Coe said. “I don’t think Senate always knows what’s best. These are our fees, not play money President Maxwell gave to us.”

THE DISCUSSION CONTINUES The discussion continued at the Nov. 5 Senate meeting during Speakers and Issues.

Jurysta attended the meeting to apologize to DEAL and Senate, asking senators not to judge DEAL based on the signs that were posted last Tuesday or the comments made at the meeting, as those were individual expressions, not group representations.

“Don’t judge DEAL on anything I’ve said and done,” Jurysta said. “Senate is one of DEAL’s best friends. It was a group of frustrated students, not DEAL, that put those signs up,”

Lecturer speaks on John Adams and the foundation of democracy in conjunction with exhibit FROM LIBRARY, PAGE 1 felt about responsible citizenship and, more importantly, how he practiced responsible citizenship throughout his life,” Frazer said.

A lecture by Gordon Wood introduced the exhibit and highlighted its purpose. The Brown University history professor is known for his essays on the uses of history. The event focused on Brown’s latest book, “The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History,” and the development of American democracy. Brown discussed the importance of the Founding Fathers in the foundation of our democracy and their relevance today.

“No other nation honors past historical figures like America,” Wood said. “I am always asked, ‘What would Washington think of Iraq?

What would Jefferson think of affirmative action?’ We need to know what they think of us.”

Wood analyzed the reasons that Americans feel such a great need to understand the

Founding Fathers. He explained that the struggle to uphold constitutional accuracy and the desire to retrieve lost political integrity were motivators. However, Wood said he believes the development of the “American Identity” is the primary reason we want to understand the past.

“In order to know who we are, we need to understand who those men were,” Wood said.

Wood classified the Founding Fathers as “not demigods and really not democrats.” He portrayed the historical figures as men who, like modern-day politicians, were not afraid to use elitism. They had to sacrifice speaking their own beliefs to preserve political disinterestedness.

The next lecture accompanying the “John Adams Unbound” exhibit will feature Beth Prindle Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Cowles Library Reading Room. Prindle is the manager of the John Adams Library Project at the Boston Public Library and curator of “John Adams Unbound.”

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– Senator Brad Dick

Jurysta said.

However, the recycling advocate encouraged Senate to take more progressive action on sustainability.

“Actions speak louder than words,” Jurysta said. “Words won’t define your Senate, but your actions will.”

Senators said they felt the town hall meeting was their way of taking action and that they ensured the recycling bins were funded through some means.

Senator Haas said that she felt that students were funding the bins either way.

“My tuition money goes to facilities’ budget, so I think we were still funding recycling,” Haas said. “There’s no reason to fund them (through Senate) if they can be paid for in another way by the university.”

Olszewski also presented research on what the student senates at other universities have done to boost sustainability efforts.

She mentioned the creation of sustainability committees and implementation of a sustainability fee. Other senates also sponsored events to increase sustainability awareness and collaborated with student organizations and Greek life.

The Senate Campus Advancement Committee has been exploring several of these suggestions and other sustainability initiatives this semester. They are developing proposals to present to the Senate later this year.

A SUSTAINABILITY SENATOR? At the end of Speakers and Issues, Senator Jenny Koska asked for thoughts from senators about the idea of a sustainability senator. The idea had been suggested at Wednesday’s town hall meeting. Senators discussed the prospect of reorganizing the Campus Advancement Committee, appointing an advisor (a Senate consultant who is not a senator-at-large, like the student body auditor.)

Senator Eric Gudmunson said that he did not think it was appropriate because there would not be a student constituency for the senator to represent if the senator’s sole task was to represent the environment’s interests, as Koska described the position.

“Issues are for committees,” Boggess said.

“If we select a senator for every issue, we’d have a lot of senators.”

The senators concluded that they were not in favor of creating a new position, but said they would explore the issue further in the Senate ad hoc bylaw committee.

ARE STUDENTS APPROPRIATELY VOICING CONCERNS? The town hall and Senate meetings led to conversations of how much impact a resolution has on the Drake campus.

“A resolution is one of our most powerful

H1N1 affects students on Drake campus, but attendance still reasonable FROM H1N1, PAGE 1 notify groups visiting campus of current H1N1 status and inform schools where Drake athletes are traveling of the H1N1 presence at Drake.

The response outlines plans for up to a 40 percent absence rate, where it mandates the suspension of in-person class meetings and utilizes alternative instructional methods.

While Drake is nowhere near that point yet, many sources around campus point out that there have still been a lot of sick students.

LuAnn Volkmer, a nurse practitioner at the American Republic Student Health Center, said the last few weeks have been busy with students complaining of flu symptoms.

“We were probably doing about 25 calls a day, and I was probably diagnosing, probably six to 10 a day, and that’s what I’ve actually seen,” she said. “Most of them we don’t need to see because they can self-treat.”

The health center is not actually testing for H1N1, she said.

“We are confirming like the rest of the United States are confirming and that’s if you have flu symptoms, it’s presumably H1N1 because seasonal flu has not been confirmed yet in Iowa,” Volkmer said.

Polk County has not made the H1N1 vaccine available yet, and the health center has had only a few students come in to get the seasonal vaccine. Volkmer encourages students to

tools,” Olszewski said.

She asked students interested in drafting the legislation to leave their contact information with one of the senators after the town hall meeting.

“We strongly believe resolutions carry weight with the administration,” Olszewski said.

Senator Brittney Miller said that she was frustrated by Senate conversations.

“I feel like we talk in circles and our conversation gets confusing,” Miller said. “What I have to say may not be the most popular thing, but I need to say it.”

Miller said that she didn’t feel resolutions were able to create change on campus.

“People think this is our money, but it’s not,” Miller said. “It’s theirs. If students are coming to us with a way to spend it, we should.”

Miller also said that she felt Senate was not proactive enough in communicating with students.

“Nothing happens until students provoke us,” Miller said.

Miller also said there should be more town hall meetings with more advance notice given.

Senators also discussed the red posters placed around campus last Tuesday. The posters represented the eight unfunded bins and read, “What is your purpose Student Senate?”

Jurysta said Senate should be more of an advocate for students and “shouldn’t take anything from administration.”

Senators emphasized that relations between administration and Senate were key to improvements on the Drake campus.

“We can’t burn bridges with administration,” Gudmunson said. “We don’t want to hinder Senate’s voice in the future.”

Vice President of Student Activities Tisleen Singh said she felt there was a misunderstanding between Senate and the student body.

“The student body is uneducated,” Singh said. “The administration is here to work for us.”

Singh suggested students run for positions as senators or committee members if they had opinions to voice for the student body.

Almost every senator that spoke thanked Jurysta for attending the meeting.

“I love that you’re here,” Senator Megan Hutcheson said. “This is what Senate means.”

“I’m actually really, really proud of what this motion did,” Senator Jenny Koska said.

She said it sparked good discussion and got students involved in what was happening on campus.

Jurysta said that he plans on returning to Senate meetings in the future.

“Senate has not seen the last of me,” Jurysta said.

get the vaccine because Drake is one of the few locations in Des Moines with the seasonal shot.

Dean of Students Sentwali Bakari said he plans to receive a seasonal flu shot at his physical next month. He said he suspected many students had already done the same thing, receiving the vaccine from their family physician.

He said he believed that a large number of students were also receiving treatment for H1N1 symptoms elsewhere.

Bakari’s office has been monitoring the number of students excused from class for flu symptoms through information from the health center and direct calls to their office.

However, with just 36 cases reported to his office university-wide, Bakari said he knows “that number is not right.”

“There are those who don’t even touch base with our office or may not have gone over to the health center,” he said. “They went home and were treated by a family physician or something and just stayed home and emailed the faculty saying, ‘I’m going to be out for a few days,’ and we don’t know about those folks.”

Sophomore Nisha Patel was one student who saw her family doctor at home. She was sick over fall break and remained at home for the Wednesday and Thursday after classes resumed.

She did contact the associate dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, though, when she realized she would be absent.

“I’ve never been that sick really,” she said.

“Usually I just get the cold I can brush off and live with. But this wasn’t one of those things. I’d walk up stairs and get tired.”

Renner said he expects H1N1 to be around for a while.

“Experts who know more than I do are predicting that the incidence of H1N1 will continue to increase in the coming weeks,” he said.

“I have no reason to doubt that.”

Volkmer, Bakari and Renner all directed students to do exactly what Spike’s poster suggests: Drink plenty of fluids, take over-thecounter medicine to treat symptoms, get lots of sleep and keep away from people.

REMEMBER

Veteran’s Day is Nov. 11.

If you know any Drake alumni that have served in the military, please e-mail their names to tdnews@drake.edu.

They will be featured in the next issue.

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OPINIONS & EDITORIALS

OPINIONS&EDITORIALS

BUZZ the BUZZ

THE TIMES-DELPHIC Hope you enjoyed the weather, because Mother Nature’s about to turn ugly.

CELEBRITIES

Stalking instead of celebrating Reality shows turn drama to fame, for better or worse

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auren Conrad, Kim Kardashian, Spencer Pratt, Jon and Kate Gosselin.

Celebrities? Or just reality TV stars that are on the 10th minute of their 15 minutes of fame?

Americans give individuals the stamp of celebrity stardom for a number of reasons. Among those dubbed worthy of celebrity status, there are record-setting athletes like Tiger Woods and LeBron James, Academy Award winning actors and actresses like Brad Pitt and Kate Winslet, daytime talk show hosts like Oprah Winfrey and Rachael Ray, and Platinum record sellers like Rascal Flatts and Bon Jovi … and then there are those who have sold their personal lives to various TV networks and become spectacles in the tabloids.

The road to celebrity status isn’t as clear cut as it once was, and as a result, the role of the celebrity in American society has evolved. As it was once an achieved status, acquired by a spectacular performance or above-average talent and charisma, the days of celebrity by merit have long passed. Now, any average person with an interesting – or troubling, depending on how one looks at it – lifestyle and story can rise to fame in a scandalous reality show or high-profile law suit.

The Forbes Celebrity 100 ranks people of celebrity status based on their income for the year, and their TV, Web and press power. Its No. 1 ce-

lebrity in the July 2009 issue, of being stalked. Modern Angelina Jolie, earned only technology allows for a cerone-fifth of what the highesttain level of celebrity worship earning celebrity took in, but and obsession by fans that has graced the cover of dozens escalated the trashier, more of tabloids while headlinchemically dependent stars ing countless editions of E! into the spotlight. You can News. Her high-profile relanow keep up with every move ERIKA SEVIGNY tionship with superstar Brad they make by subscribing to Pitt and rapidly expanding their Twitter, or if they mess COLUMNIST young family carried her to up enough, you can chronicle the top of the Celebrity 100 their daily lives by stringing List much quicker than startogether paparazzi photos ring in a number of notable films over the past that dominate supermarket magazine stands. decade.

Nonetheless, these people are being paid to As far as celebrity ranking goes, Forbes Mag- appear at clubs and award shows, or even to azine has high standards, ranking people that do appear in public doing something crazy. Meanactually possess above-average talent and have while, true celebrities are improving on their had some remarkable achievements to back talents and creating true works of art, or pushtheir celebrity status. These would be consid- ing the boundaries of athleticism, while fans ered true A-list stars. But how often do you hear celebrate a successful trip to rehab for a C-list people gossip about celebrities such as Oprah celebrity.

Winfrey, Steven Spielberg or Harrison Ford?

Our culture needs to reclaim the term “ceNot even close to as often as we hear about the lebrity” and use it to honor people of true merit saga of reality TV stars Jon and Kate Goesslin over those of shallow ascents into fame. The and their messy divorce, or as often as Lindsay word “celebrity” must be used to describe peoLohan’s most recent breakup with girlfriend Sa- ple of Audrey Hepburn’s achievement level, or mantha Ronson is splashed across every media of Martin Luther King Jr.’s charismatic capabiloutlet possible. ities – stars that have lasting power and deserve “Celebrity” has evolved from Webster’s defi- the spotlight, who serve as role models for aspirnition of “a state of being celebrated,” to a state ing actors, actresses, talk show hosts, leaders and

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

– TYLER COE Junior

Dear Editor, On Nov. 3, Student Body President Ben Olson sent a deceptive, dishonest e-mail to student organization presidents. The message responded to protests made by students after Student Senate rejected a measure to fund eight new recycling bins on campus. Olson said that the measure would have been an inappropriate use of student funds, since the bins are a capital expenditure. Olson also said, “In this case, the university had already agreed to purchase the remaining eight recycling bins before the motion was brought to Student Senate.”

The university, in reality, agreed to pay for the bins only after Student Senate rejected the measure. This means that Olson intentionally deceived students. Even if Drake had agreed to pay for the bins before the meeting, Olson would have wasted Student Senate’s and students’ time by allowing deliberations to proceed at the Oct. 29, meeting. In reality, since Drake only agreed to pay for the bins after the meeting, Olson lied to Drake’s student organization leaders.

Olson should remember that Student Senate, like all government, is intended to be transparent and serve its constituents. By deceiving the student body in this manner, Olson fulfilled neither of these goals and abandoned his responsibility. I have lost my trust in Olson to effectively and honestly carry out his duties. If actions like this continue, I’m sure more students will feel as I do.

– DANNY AKRIGHT Senior

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LIFE: LIVING IT FROM EXPERIENCE

Senate and recycling Dear Friends, On Oct. 29, 2009, a motion to purchase eight recycling bins for academic buildings was presented to student senate. I passionately argued for the purchase of the recycling bins via the utilization of student reserve account funds. The money in the student reserve fund is comprised of unused student activity fees from the past. As such, it is only just to spend that money on items students demand and demands that align with the mission statement of Drake University. In this circumstance, students demanded the purchase of eight recycling bins that correlate with Drake’s mission statement of “responsible global citizenship.” This made perfect sense to me.

So, why did I cast my vote against the purchase of eight recycling bins? I voted no because eight bins are not enough to satisfy the demands and needs of students in leading Drake toward a more environmentally friendly campus. Even though the administration has now invested funds to purchase the eight requested recycling bins, I strongly urge students to demand more bins from Senate. With the current 12 bins plus the eight additional bins the administration will now purchase, we will only have 20 bins total.

This is not enough, especially when there is money to spend on such items. Student fees are student money. Therefore, the wellinformed demands of students always gain my attention and my support.

As always, please contact me anytime you see me around campus, or send me an e-mail. I’m always looking for student input. This is your money; show us how to spend it!

athletes. Let’s find a new word for the trashy socialites that can’t step out of the spotlight and ask for more from the mass media that thrusts them into it repetitively. After all, society can only read, watch or hear about so many drug overdoses, sex tape scandals and broken marriages before these events are the norm for our culture, thus destroying the virtues of hard work and success.

Kreznor is a sophomore marketing, accounting and advertising and can be contacted at erika.sevigny@drake.edu.

All the single ladies Being single can be harder than finding Mr. Right

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his article goes out to everyis gone and then miss it, you need to tell us one who is single, but espethat we are the ones you want. Otherwise, you cially the ladies. For a long will be alone and we will be gone. OK, those time now, I did not fully recare just some lyrics, but it’s still true. Hiding ognize how truly difficult it can be to your feelings, choosing not to recognize them, be a single woman. Sure it can be fun, or not taking the time to figure out what you in fact one of my favorite lines to say do and do not want is not fair to anyone, espein response to my singleness is, “Oh, cially yourself. With such a large pool of fun JEN CALDER I’m just single and mingling,” but most and interesting single people, what is the point of the time things are just messy, conin waiting around for someone who doesn’t COLUMNIST fusing and just plain old risky. Being want you? single is not all it is cracked up to be, The funny thing is that older and wiser people. But many times it is necessary, people are always informing me that I should like after a long relationship, when you have been burned too be single for at least a couple years of your life, especially durmany times or just fed up with the opposite sex. And when ing college. And I get it, I totally do, but I think it’s also imyou look at the big picture, no one really wants to be single. I portant to at least date. Then, you will know what you do and say that because if your soulmate were available, you would do not like for future reference, like when we get to that scary be with him or her. Don’t lie, if Mr. or Mrs. Right was next age where we are actually really settling down. Being single is to you in class, you would be all up on that. Sorry, Beyoncé important to find out who you really are, but don’t you think brings that out in me. other people shape you, like your family and friends? So you Don’t get me should date or be inwrong, being single volved with someone, if can be a pleasant not for anything else but experience.

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So, if you like it put a ring on it – well, maybe not a ring – For women, being single is especially difficult, because when but do something so we know what’s up. women hook up with multiple people, they are consider sluts.

But when men hook up, they are studs. We have all heard the saying, “Just another notch on the bed post.” No one wants to be that. Come on, we’re better than a notch, aren’t we? But when our emotions become confusing and harder and harder Calder is a sophomore public relations major and can be contacted at to read, how do we even know what we truly want? jennifer.calder@drake.edu.

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REVIEW | WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Film captures childhood innocence with whimsy

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by MATTHEW H. SMITH Staff Writer matthew.smith@drake.edu

For those who want to relive the imagination and nostalgia of their youth, “Where the Wild Things Are” is just the ticket.

As adults, we often overlook such things as make-believe. But, in director Spike Jonze’s new film, we are thrust head-first into it.

Fans of the 1963 classic storybook by Maurice Sendak, upon which the film was based, may be disappointed. The book consists of 10 sentences, now reproduced on the silver screen into a twohour adventure. While parts of the film seem to drag because of this, there is an indelible beauty in the visual way Jonze tells the story.

“Where the Wild Things Are” follows 9-year-old protagonist Max (newcomer Max Records). He is a rebellious boy, often resorting to temper tantrums to get the attention of his family.

He wears a grubby handmade wolf costume constantly, a symbol of his wild side.

Max’s mother is fed up with his antics one evening and sends him off to bed with no supper. Max runs out of the house and escapes to a magical island – a figment of his overly active imagination. On this island, strange and unusual creatures greet him and make him their king. As Max befriends these “wild things,” they have a rough rumpus, start a dirt-ball war and build a mystical fort.

One might argue that very little happens during the course of the film. And yes, the 10 sentences of Sendak’s book leaves Jonze and co-screenwriter Dave Eggers relatively little to build on. They fill the gaps reasonably well, creating a visual fantasy book on screen both dazzling and mesmerizing.

Max Records is the most marvelous aspect of this adaptation.

Records’ 9-year-old character has never been more alive or believable. Records is an extraordinary young actor, letting the many emotions of his character naturally flow through him.

Records is also backed by the voices of A-list actors playing the roles of the wild things, including James Gandolfini and Forest Whitaker. Each creature has its own unique, offbeat personality.

The greatest moments of “Where the Wild Things Are”

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MAX, the protagonist of “Where the Wild Things Are,” journeys to an island filled with fantasy creatures. Over the course of the film, he meets a variety of wild things. include those between Max and his mother (Catherine Keener).

Although Keener’s on-screen interaction with Records is brief, each scene is beautifully written and acted by both parties.

It’s difficult to say exactly what the core of “Where the Wild Things Are” is about. There is no clear message and no closure in its finale. Even though it transports us to this alternate universe, the film doesn’t tell us why we are here or why we should care.

In the 1963 book, it was an escape for Max, who soon realizes he wants to be home again where his mother loves him.

In the film version, Max inadvertently screws up the creature

universe, causing conflict between the wild things. His little mind can’t take it anymore, so he gives up and goes home where things make more sense. The message this conveys is confusing, never giving Max, or his new wild friends, a chance to come full circle.

But, not all is lost. “Where the Wild Things Are” is an entertaining ride into the mind of a young boy, despite its most obvious flaws. After all, this kind of story is best told visually. That part, at least, Spike Jonze got right.

Broadway play ‘Rent’ opens at Des Moines Civic Center Original cast member to speak at Drake

by JARED HANEL

Staff Writer jared.hanel@drake.edu

photo courtesy of the DES MOINES CIVIC CENTER

ADAM PASCAL (LEFT) AND ANTHONY RAPP (RIGHT), original cast members of “Rent,” star in the Des Moines Civic Center’s production of the Broadway musical.

The rock opera, “Rent,” which has been stuck in everybody’s head since 1996, is coming to Iowa along with cast members from the original production.

The Des Moines Civic Center will feature the smash hit musical “Rent” Nov. 10 through Nov. 15. Previous viewers as well as those who have never seen the production before are in for a treat, as the original Roger (Adam Pascal) and Mark Cohen (Anthony Rapp) act in the production.

Rapp will hold a question-and-answer session as well as a book signing in Sheslow Auditorium from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday.

When “Rent” opened on Broadway, it received 18 awards, including multiple Tony awards, a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Drama League Award for Best Musical.

The writer of the show, Jonathan Larson, died tragically just before the show was set to premiere on Broadway, robbing him of his chance to see his work take off.

Rent’s opening depicts a few of the troubles the characters are dealing with, allowing the audience to become close to the protagonists.

Fights, drugs and paying rent are just a few of the struggles the group of impoverished young artists and musicians face.

The first scene depicts Roger tuning his guitar and Mark, a filmmaker and the show’s

narrator, filming him. During the jam/moviemaking session, they receive several phone calls introducing other characters and exposing several of the conflicts in place. Mark’s girlfriend left him for somebody else. Tom Collins, a friend of Mark and Roger, gets robbed and beaten up in an alleyway. As storylines intertwine, the plot starts to come together.

The cast of characters is rich and full of colorful personalities. Mimi is an exotic dancer addicted to drugs. During the course of the play, Mimi barges into Roger’s apartment and seduces him, with surprising consequences.

Another character deals with the looming threat of HIV, and by the time the curtain falls, others will have faced their own close calls.

While Rent may come across as being about death, drugs and dancers, the production is actually a show about friends handling their baggage while trying to live life to the fullest.

Rent imparts a powerful message, reminding audience members through song lyrics to “forget regret, or life is yours to miss.” With the threat of death close at hand, there may be “no day but today.”

IF YOU’RE GOING: “Rent” will run at the Des Moines Civic Center on Nov. 10 through Nov. 15.

Showtimes are every day at 7:30 p.m., except for Nov. 15, which will be at 6:30. Matinees are Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 1 p.m.

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Alaskans supposedly live in igloos, can see Russia from their photo by SARAH ANDREWS | Photo Editor homes and are abducted by aliens.

While there are many real differences between Alaska and the ED STANG’S, pictured here in his GK Hall room, walls and floor of Stang’s room are decorated with various animals. continental U.S., there are also many myths. Edward Stang, a 20year-old Drake University student originally from Nome, Alaska, (points to poster on his wall of two seductive blondes), you won’t hat around Drake too much. can separate fact from fiction.

“Its gets a lot of weird looks,” he said.

The most recent myth is portrayed in Universal Picture’s “The find any women like that in Alaska.”

One Alaskan he does find attractive is former governor and It’s not just the hat that Drake students can’t understand.

Fourth Kind.” The movie blames alien abductions for suspicious vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Stang’s hunting stories can be hard for others to relate to. disappearances in Nome, a coastal town in northwest Alaska.

Whether he becomes a dentist or not, Stang plans to return “It’s hard to explain to somebody what it is like to shoot a 62Stang called the movie “bogus.” He said that, while people do inch bull moose or have one charging you at 75 feet with its horns go missing, alcohol is more to blame than aliens. Stang described to Alaska.

“I’m going back to Nome as soon as I’m out of school. That’s down,” he said.

Nome as “a soaking-wet town” with 12 bars and a population of Despite these differences, 3,500. He said people from the surrounding 15 dry towns come to guaranteed,” he said.

His main reason for going Stang seems to have no probNome to drink. Stang said, under the influence of alcohol, people lem interacting with people are more likely to jump off the jetty (a manmade stone or wooden back is Nome’s recreation. Nowhere else offers the same huntat Drake. People often stop structure extending into the ocean to break the current) and die. ing and fishing, he said. by to talk, and he is friendly Nome is about 500 miles from Anchorage and a major road Stang said his father got him to those walking past his open system. Stang said three planes, filled with mostly cargo, fly in hunting at a young age.

He shot door. each day. Because of transportation costs, things in Alaska are Lehn said he has had no more expensive. Stang said fresh food costs about twice as much his first bear when he was eight years old.

He has continued problem getting to know as it does in the continental U.S., such as milk costing about to hunt and fish, and this past Stang. $7.50.

“Although Ed lives almost Alaska may get cold, but not cold enough for people to live in summer he worked as a fishing guide. a world away, he is one of the igloos. Stang said the warmest day this summer was 75 degrees.

One glance into his Goodmost personable and welcomAlthough he has slept in an igloo twice, Stang’s family has a ing people I have ever met,” house in Nome and a cabin in Council – an abandoned mining win-Kirk Residence Hall room and it’s obvious hunting and Lehn said.

– ED STANG, Alaskan at Drake town, about 75 miles from Nome.

Even though Stang preEducation and not aliens pulled Stang from his hometown. fishing are very important to Stang.

Pictures of the game he fers Alaska’s hunting and After 8th grade, he moved in with his aunt and uncle in Milwauhas caught taped to the wall and fishing to Iowa’s, he has still kee, Wis. to attend Marquette University High School. managed to find adventures Drake’s pharmacy program brought Stang to Des Moines. flash by on his computer’s screen on Drake’s campus. Last year, However, his career goals have changed. Stang said after he hated saver. Animal furs cover the floor, wall and a chair.

Stang said he chased a fawn out of GK’s lobby after it snuck working as a pharmacy technician, he decided he wanted to beThe types of fur in Stang’s room are uncommon for Iowa. through the plexiglass windows. come a dentist. His decision to change career paths also comes Other Iowans may have a deer head mounted on their wall like This year outside of GK, Stang said he noticed a squirrel that down to money.

His dad is a dentist and owns a successful private practice in he does, but they probably don’t have a musk ox hide on the floor was missing a lot of hair and bleeding a little, a possible sign of or a grizzly pelt on the wall. rabies. He chased the squirrel over to a tree and eventually caught Nome. This creates an opportunity for Stang.

“Ed’s room is purely his own,” said Tom Lehn, one of Stang’s the animal by swiping at it and preventing it from climbing the “If I became a dentist, I would walk right in to his building with the whole customer base and everything,” Stang said. He is sophomore residents. “Additionally, Ed is very proud and knowl- tree. edgeable about each and every animal he has in his room, and is “That was really, really stupid of me,” Stang said. now in the process of interviewing at dental schools. always looking to add to his already impressive collection.”

The squirrel bit him on the thumb, and he has a scar to prove An education is not the only thing Stang wants to bring back A beaver pelt, a caribou’s shed antlers, duck and mallard it. After a trip to the emergency room, he said doctors assured to Nome. He said he hopes to find a girl while he is in school because men outnumber the women in Alaska, and the few women feathers, furs from a red fox, swan feet, a bear skull and a snap- him that he didn’t have rabies. ping turtle’s shell also decorate Stang’s room. Up on a shelf is an there are not attractive.

“There’s no beautiful women,” he said. “Like that poster otter hat. It is not only made from an otter’s fur, but the otter’s face makes up the front of the hat. Stang said he doesn’t wear the

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It’s hard to explain to somebody what it is like to shoot a 62-inch bull moose or have one charging at you at 75 feet with its horns down.

photo courtesy of ED STANG

ED STANG, took down a 62-inch moose in Goldbottom Crick just outside of Council, Alaska. The 62-inches indicates the spread between the antlers. Stang shot this moose, his second, when he was 13.

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STELLAR STATS Straight wins for the Drake football team, which is tied with Butler for first place in the PFL.

MEN’S SOCCER

Drake earns overtime draw with Creighton Bulldogs play in front of near-capacity crowd in season finale

by MARY BESS BOLLING Copy Editor mary.bolling@drake.edu

photo by SARAH ANDREWS | Photo Editor

SENIOR FORWARD GARRETT WEBB turns away from the sideline during Drake’s 3-3 double-overtime draw with Creighton on Saturday. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a record of 11-6-2 and will face Creighton again Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at Cownie Soccer Complex.

In front of a nearly packed house of 1,632, the Bulldogs tied Creighton 3-3 in the final conference game of the season Saturday night. Eight seniors were also honored before the kickoff at Cownie Soccer Complex. “No one doesn’t play hard on senior day,� Head Coach Sean Holmes said.

In the high-scoring match, Holmes said the team’s strategy going into the game was to focus on offense and create scoring opportunities. Creighton played with the same offense-oriented strategy. “After winning at their place, we knew those guys would be extra motivated,� Holmes said. “Our earliest goal worked to counteract that energy.�

Senior Garrett Webb’s goal 10 minutes in, to the first half kicked off a five-minute-long scoring spree for both teams.

Creighton responded with a charge directly up the center of the field. Caught off guard, Drake’s defense allowed Bluejay Josh Moran through the back line where he was able to chip the ball over junior keeper Michael Drozd. “When we attack, we’re going to leave ourselves a little bit naked and we know that,� Holmes said. “I’m proud of the way we play.�

Just 36 seconds after he subbed into the game after the Creighton goal, junior Kenan Malicevic took advantage of a rebound from Bluejay keeper Brian Holt.

Drake held the lead at 2-1 until Bluejay midfielder Sergio Castillo found space at the top of the box and drove the ball past Drozd into the upper right corner of the net to tie the match in the 77th minute.

Creighton took the lead for the first time just two minutes before the final whistle as a Bluejay defender came up a with a header goal off of a corner kick to bring the score to 3-2. “The goals we gave up were, unfortunately, silly and sloppy,� Holmes said.

But the team’s offensive efforts made up for its errors as Webb tallied his second goal of the game, heading it in during a scramble in the six-yard box. Webb’s finish brought the score to 3-3.

The crowd remained tense as each moment of overtime passed.

With no goals in either overtime session, the 110-minute-long match ended in a tie.

The crowd consisted of Drake students, area youth soccer players, parents and alumni.

Zack Brennan, a 2004 Drake graduate and former goalkeeper, traveled from Kansas City to watch the match and play in the alumni game at Cownie at 2 p.m. Saturday. He said he would attribute the high-intensity feel of the game to the rivalry between the two schools. “It’s Creighton, you always want to beat that team,� Brennan said. “It was a fast game and both teams played up-tempo.�

This year’s eight seniors contributed to the program’s reformed reputation in the Missouri Valley Conference. “I’m proud of the program because they’re finishing in the top of the conference every year,� Brennan said. “It’s not an automatic win for Creighton anymore.�

Despite facing what Holmes said is the team’s “most arduous schedule,� the Bulldogs finished their season with an overall record of 11-6-2.

The Bulldogs will again face Creighton again next weekend, when the Bluejays return to Cownie for the semifinals of the MVC Tournament Friday at 6 p.m.

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A recap of Drake Athletics

by PETER ZEMANSKY Copy Editor tdsports@drake.edu

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The women’s basketball team won its second and final exhibition matchup, defeating Quincy 69-47 Friday night at the Knapp Center.

The Bulldogs were led by senior guard Jordann Plummer, who tallied 17 points to go along with five steals. The team’s defense dominated the game, as the team finished the game with 13 thefts. The Bulldogs’ pressure defense held Quincy to 28.1 percent shooting in the game.

Bad shooting was contagious to both teams, as Drake managed a mere 38.7 percent field goal percentage. Monique’ Jones and Amber Wollschlager contributed nine points apiece for the Bulldogs.

Drake will open its regular season play by traveling to the University of Missouri-Kansas City Nov. 13.

WOMEN’S SOCCER The Bulldogs’ season came to a close Friday as they lost a 1-0 decision to the Redbirds of Illinois State in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament semifinals.

Jessica Carlson scored the game-winning goal in the 60th minute by redirecting a loose ball that rebounded from a save by sophomore goalkeeper Kourtney Arnold.

The Bulldogs were forced to play most of the game without all-MVC honorable mention selection junior Bailey Dorrington, who left the game with an injury in the 25th minute of the game.

The Bulldogs dominated the all-MVC selections, as seven Drake players were named to all-MVC rosters. Senior Liz Woerle was the lone first-team selection for Drake, while senior forward Crystal Townley and senior midfielder Blair Nelson were named to the second team. Senior forward Melissa Lewis, junior defender Bailey Dorrington and senior defender Rachel Gielau all earned honorable mention honors. Freshman forward Laura Moklestad was named to the all-freshman team.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The Bulldogs opened their season with a 74-58 victory over Upper Iowa Saturday night at the Knapp Center.

The guards led the team, as senior guard Josh Young finished with 18 points and junior guard Ryan Wedel, a transfer from Arkansas State, chipped in 11 points for the Bulldogs.

The game was important for many of the Bulldogs to adjust to playing basketball for Drake, as the roster features 10 new players. The team had two or more freshmen on the court throughout the entire game. Freshman forward Ben Simons led the Drake freshmen with nine points, five rebounds and three steals, while freshman center Seth VanDeest tallied eight points and freshman forward Aaron Hawley added seven points.

The Bulldogs capitalized on Upper Iowa’s mistakes throughout the game, as they forced 31 turnovers out of the Peacocks that led to 32 points for Drake. The team collected 17 steals, led by four from senior forward Adam Templeton.

The Bulldogs pulled away during a 15-0 run early in the second half that included two consecutive 3-pointers from Wedel.

Drake returns to action in its regular season opener on Nov. 14 at the Knapp Center.

VOLLEYBALL Drake was not able to complete a season sweep of MVC rival Creighton as the Bulldogs fell to the Bluejays in three sets Saturday at the Knapp Center.

The Bulldogs started strong, gaining advantages in the first two sets, but were unable to finish off the Bluejays in either set – in part due to Drake’s .072 hitting percentage compared to Creighton’s .220.

Senior setter Chelsea Lauersdorf led Drake with 18 assists and 11 digs while freshman Emily Heffernen added 11 kills and four blocks for Drake.

Drake returns to action as the team plays at South Dakota 6 p.m. tonight.

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FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK TREY MORSE carries the ball toward a Campbell defender during the Bulldogs’ 49-6 win over the Camels on Saturday. Morse finished the game with 108 yards on 13 carries.

Bulldogs smoke Camels, continue streak Dominant win sets up critical battles with PFL rivals Dayton and Butler FROM FOOTBALL, PAGE 1 Drake held the Camels to just 202 yards of total offense, but racked up 422 yards on the other side of the ball with over 200 yards rushing.

The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard first when sophomore quarterback Mike Piatkowski hit senior tight end Frank Pucher for an eightyard touchdown. The score capped a 13-play, 83-yard touchdown drive that took just four mintues, 43 seconds.

Despite being a quick touchdown drive, it was Drake’s lengthiest touchdown drive of the game. The Bulldogs needed less than three min-

utes to score in five of their seven touchdown second quarter when senior wide receiver Spendrives. cer Cady ran one in, from two yards out, to put Drake did not slow down on offense the rest the Bulldogs up by three scores. Campbell scored of the day. After getting the ball back after a late in the quarter to get on the scoreboard, but Campbell three-and-out, Piatkowski threw his a blocked extra point gave Drake a 21-6 lead at second touchhalftime. down pass of After guiding the game, to Drake to an early freshman relead, Piatkowski ceiver Joey Ordeferred to the lando. running game in Piatkowski the second half. had one of his Four different best games of Bulldogs found his collegiate the end zone in career, comthe half, as Drake – HANS BROMAN, sophomore wide pleting 21 of wore down the receiver 26 passes for Camel defense. two touch“The key to downs and no the running game interceptions. was getting to the “Mike has had a really good first year,” outside on the edge,” sophomore wide receiver Creighton said. “He’s never been rattled. You Hans Broman said. can’t tell he’s a first-year player. He’s got great Broman ran the ball eight times for 56 yards poise. He understands football and he’s fun to and a third-quarter touchdown that gave Drake coach.” a 35-6 lead.

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Tom Kostek each added rushing touchdowns of their own, to seal the win for the Bulldogs.

Perhaps the most impressive performance of the game was from freshman running back Trey Morse. Despite running for just 163 yards through the team’s first eight games, Morse had a career day with 100 yards on 13 carries, including a 34-yard touchdown.

After Butler beat Dayton Saturday, Drake is tied with Butler atop the PFL, with just two games remaining. Drake takes on Dayton next week at home and then will travel to Butler for the season finale.

“We have a very tough stretch coming up,” Creighton said. “We’ve had really tough stretches already. Nothing’s been easy all year. We’ve had to battle all year.”

Drake would likely have to win the rest of its games to win the conference, but has a strong chance to do so thanks to a suddenly explosive offense and a defense that has held four opponents under 10 points this year.

“We’re pumped up,” Broman said. “We’ve been riding this winning streak for a while.

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