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Live Band Karaoke entertained participants

Students speak out about their favorite thing about Fall

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PARTICIPANTS in the Nearly Naked Mile ran a course through campus to help donate clothes to area Goodwills. The teams that participated were eligible for awards based on costumes, running times and donation amounts. After the run, students were able to indulge in pizza, brownies and other snacks from SAA to help warm them up. Hot chocolate was also a popular treat at the event.

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Had the Homecoming carnival been anywhere but the Drake Uni-versity campus, it might have been mistaken for a kid’s birthday party.

No, not a pin-the-tail-on-the-don-key birthday party with melted ice cream, one grumpy guest and store-bought cake, but the party with an envied guest list, an endless supply of

a skyline rivaling that of Des Moines.

Commons last Wednesday in a quest for camaraderie, carnival treats, bar-becue delicacies prepared by Sodexo and the promise of free stuff.

The carnival was planned by Drake’s Student Activities Board and was a welcoming break from the rig-or of midterm exams for many, and students couldn’t help but stop by on the trek from afternoon class, guided by “Drake Homecoming: Where

Dreams Come True” decorations.

my way back from class, and it looked

as she waited in line for the bungee races attraction.

At this popular spot, students were

resistance as they sprinted forward to -

able, with many springing backwards

the target. Laughter permeated the area,

perhaps caused by the sight of fellow students who battled one another in sumo suits that clearly gave marsh-mallows a run for their money. Cam-

at this attraction, and students who

gear for an action photo barely got off the ground.

in such cumbersome equipment was getting out of it, and several students sought the help of friends to escape

Aside from sumo wrestling and academic reprieve, students lined the outside of Olmsted in pursuit of car-nival prizes that included snow cones, popcorn and cotton candy. The com-plimentary goodies lured sophomore Brian Simkus to the Homecoming carnival, as did the free cups and meeting new people.

The Homecoming carnival is an annual tradition for senior Anna Guth, who counted on a number of

at Drake. “I come every year for the free

food, to meet people and to take my pictures in the photo booth,” Guth said.

The line practically stretched down the stairs outside Olmsted, and students prepared their cheesiest grins and silliest expressions for the camera lens, creating memories and a comical keepsake.

A common fancy for college stu-dents, the free T-shirt is both a fash-

ion statement and a way to deny the presence of one’s swelling laun-dry bag for another day. First-year Laura Zbinden tried her luck for a free T-shirt at Wednesday’s carnival,

course.”For students who didn’t stand

in line for a third helping of cotton candy, Sodexo provided a welcome change from the indoor atmosphere of Hubbell Dining Hall. It pro-vided an outdoor picnic, complete with barbecue chicken and pork, hot dogs, brownies and even potato

-nic on the lawn for a dining experi-ence complemented by music and the warm fall air.

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At 9 p.m. sharp last Thursday, an air horn roared across a peace-ful Drake campus, sending naked, goose-bumped covered legs rocketing

Nearly Naked Mile. The Drake Student Alumni As-

sociation hosted a new homecoming

Moines area Goodwill Industries. The Nearly Naked Mile is a charity event made in collaboration between

-cal area families.

Drake students were invited to ar-rive in clothes they wished to donate, and then run a one-mile lap around the Drake campus in far less attire. Each student was asked to bring at least three clothing items, but most

students brought much more.Goodwill is an international or-

ganization that provides support ser-vices and clothing items to struggling families who would otherwise be forced to go without them. As winter approaches, Goodwill’s resources are stretched extra thin, making events such as the Nearly Naked Mile that much more important.

Senior Emily Boyd is an intern at Goodwill and helped coordinate the event.

“Participating in events like this help promote Goodwill and Drake,” she said. “The mile in particular is great for the community. It’s good to use the things we have and give to something bigger than ourselves. Luckily, we have a great organization to give to.”

Around 100 Drake students be-

p.m., bundled up in two-sizes-too-

and mismatched socks. As the clock inched closer to 9 p.m., the layers melted away and the donations pile grew higher, revealing a plethora of skin tones and shapes.

SAA President Christopher Nowacki began herding the steadily growing crowd out into the Olmsted parking lot on the chilly 52-degrees

athletically disposed to the front, the race was underway. The route snaked around Olmsted, across Helmick Commons and through Meredith Hall before coming to a stop in front of Cowles Library, where a dozen

-ly Hamilton said.

Hamilton ran the mile with her friends, who became interested in the event because of the cause it sup-

ported.The SAA gave out awards fol-

lowing the race. Senior Colin Hagan

running the mile in less than six min-utes. The Drake Knights of Colum-bus received an award for donating the most clothes as a group and the Drake choir won for best costumes, sporting white bow ties with nothing underneath.

Nowacki and the SAA were thrilled with the turnout and hope to turn the Nearly Naked Mile into an annual Drake Homecoming tradi-tion.

“Let’s make it bigger than Street Painting,” Nowacki announced via loudspeaker before the race started.

The crowd roared with approval, but that might have been the hyper-thermia talking.

Students get nearly-naked for a good causeNew tradition let students strip down to run a mile

Student Senate voted unanimous-ly to increase the Student Activity Fee in its meeting last Thursday night.

Organizational Sen. Alex Hen-dzel expressed the need for the in-crease to help support the creation and the funding for new campus organizations. Sen. Michael Riebel backed her on this notion.

“I feel like this is something that needs to be done,” Riebel said. “It’s

organizations in the future.”The increase of $7 per semes-

school year. The current Student Activity Fee of $66 per semester has

school year.Student Senate also unanimously

passed a funding allocation for mem-bers of the newly-approved Drake UNICEF organization to attend the Campus Initiative Summit in New York this weekend.

Vice President of Student Life Matt Van Hoeck campaigned for

-cation Amendment, which would change the amount of members on

number of students to a range of stu-dents. Senate will vote on the motion next week.

Dean of students Sentwali Ba-kari announced that Drake has hired Mark Kloberdanz as the new direc-tor of counseling. Kloberdanz will start his new position on Nov. 1. Ba-kari also announced the resignation of Leigh Thiedeman, director of so-rority and fraternity life.

The rest of the session was dedi-cated to Senate’s second installment of a strategic meeting, a new effort to discuss student issues and brainstorm solutions.

campus security, particularly the shooting near campus on 26th Street that occurred last week. Senators were concerned that campus was

through email or emergency text message.

-ment call that this was not a par-ticular threat to the Drake campus,” Bakari said.

Another security issue discussed was the condition of the 26 security poles located around campus. Sen. Erin Hogan reported that some poles contained some dysfunctional ele-ments.

Other issues discussed were op-erational issues at Hubbell Dining Halls, putting printers into residence halls and the option of gym credits for students.

President Greg Larson polled the senators on their feelings about the monthly strategic meetings. Senators

-cial but voted to review the process of gathering student issues.

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King and queen crowned at event on Friday

It’s Friday night. The sun has just disappeared behind the horizon where you can just make out the Walmart in Windsor Heights. Sud-denly, shooting up from Drake’s cam-

Homecoming celebration has started with a display of lights, a tradition that Student Activities Board would like to continue.

Bringing back old traditions and starting some new, Drake’s Home-coming events are carefully planned in order to attract as many students as possible.

Under a tent in Helmick Com-

mons a live band karaoke tuned its instruments, getting ready to start the entertainment. This is another Homecoming event that Amanda Kramer, co-chair of the homecom-ing committee, hopes will become a new tradition for many more years to come.

“It’s been a fun year to be on the homecoming committee. We’ve been trying to add events that had big turnouts from last year and eliminate some of the ones that aren’t as suc-cessful,” explained Kramer. “We’re no longer doing the powder-puff football game because only seven groups signed up last year, and not many students were in attendance.”

Last year, the live band karaoke

that’s why Kramer hopes they con-

tinue on with those traditions. “It’s been really exciting trying

new things and seeing if it works,” she said

It’s hard to refute success when

up to sing and enjoying the free food and amazing atmosphere.

Throughout the night a variety of people were brave enough to take the stage. Some students formed singing groups and really put on a show. A group calling themselves the “Phoenix” sang a rendition of “Bad Romance.” A few of them rocked out the microphone while the others danced the choreography from Lady Gaga’s video. Another group called “The Warrior Women” also sang. Eventually, even SAB took the stage.

Homecoming wouldn’t be Home-

coming without a king and a queen. Halfway through the evening, Kram-er brought all the candidates onto the stage.

Each candidate was given a

who is king and queen, they had to unwrap the present to see if their box contained a crown.

The crowd watched in hushed anticipation while the candidates opened their presents. Wrapping pa-

through their boxes. A roar ripped through the tent when Matt Smith raised his crown in the air in victory.

A few moments later another round of cheers went when Erin Ho-gan found hers.

“I don’t know what to say. It has been such a fun week. I would like

to thank everyone for their support-ive comments…Thank you,” Hogan said.

After the homecoming court left the stage, Smith made his way through the crowd that was waiting to shake his hand and congratulate him with pats on the back and hugs.

“Thanks everyone who voted for me. Drake means a lot to me and this means a lot more,” he said.

Partaking in the time-honored tra-dition of Homecoming king Smith, respects the power of tradition.

“Drake has the best, rich history and it is nice to be a part of that,” Smith said.

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Drake Actuarial Science Studentsare invited to attend the 2011Actuarial Science Recruiting Events

Actuarial Interview WorkshopWednesday, October 56:00-7:00 pmBulldog Theatre

Actuarial Evening Career FairThursday, October 64:00-7:00 pmParents Hall

Thursday, October 6Friday, October 7Parents Hall

Interviews will be held

Professional Dress Attire (suit)

Special thanks to our sponsorsAllstate InsuranceAon HewittAviva

DRAKE STUDENTS dance under vanilla-scented soap as part of the SAB homecoming events. The Foam Party was Saturday night from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on the Olmsted patio. Warm water helped the dancers keep away the chills during the cool evening hours.

courtesy of SAB

WHAT: Barack Obama: A Foreign Policy of Change

WHERE: Bulldog Theater

WHEN: Monday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m.

WHAT: “Can”dy Grams

WHERE: Jewett, Hubbell

WHEN: Monday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m - 1:30 p.m., 5:30 - 7p.m. in Hubbell, 9 - 11 p.m., Jewett

WHAT: Unity Roundtable

WHERE: Medbury Lounge

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m.

WHAT: Co!ee Night

WHERE: Patty and Fred Turner Jazz Center

WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m.

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Growing opposition to President Barack Obama’s economic policy is not due to his failure; rather, it should be attributed to his success. True, the Obama dream and the American dream both intend for the removal of inequality and both in-clude the aim of abundant prosper-ity, but there is a world of difference in how each approach is supposed to reach that goal.

Obama has made clear his wish to create a risk-averse society through government intervention and dependence. He wants to ensure that “everyone has a chance at suc-cess,” and his means to achieve that goal is through the redistribution of wealth.

“I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for every-one,” Obama said in a speech near the 2008 election.

Here lies a fundamental differ-ence between many Americans and Obama.

By instilling a system that further takes from successful people and gives to unsuccessful people, two things are being done: the incentive to provide opportunity for society is being reduced and the incentive to re-

main dependent on others is being in-creased. Those two consequences are incredibly dangerous because they negatively affect individual drive and

accountability.“If I had known my reward was

going to be diminished the way it has, I never would have taken the risk to bring new development to my com-munity,” Kurt Brewer, an Iowa entre-preneur said. “I would have been bet-ter off staying in the conventional job mold and doing work that was going to be done anyway instead of creating new work.”

Tom Egli, another Iowa small business owner, agrees.

“Due to the uncertainty regard-ing future small business taxes, regu-lations and Obama health care ex-penses, it is too risky for me to invest in hiring any new employees,” he said. “In addition, consumer con-

need to hire. In the past 14 months, we have had six candidates turn down job offers to stay on unemployment – despite being $14-$18 per hour plus

when you can get a check from the government for not working? Too many individuals are becoming de-pendent on the government.”

Obama chooses to neglect the fact

that he is taking money from people who would otherwise use their funds to grow businesses and create more jobs. He would rather redistribute an unprecedented amount of money himself and create a larger class of dependent people. That way he can

the working class,” and he can use his strong speaking skills to blame his op-position for hardships Americans are facing.

Obama’s plan to raise the Ameri-

ceiling could seem effective in the short term, but only if the country

problem is that excessive redistribu-tion of wealth is not a sustainable long-term policy. Remember the

feed him for a day; teach a man to

Obama continues to give out more

wondering why they should work so hard. After all, Obama is taking their hard work while he demeans success by equating it with greed and unful-

Obama’s plummeting approval

rating shows the realization that is be-coming more apparent with time; the president’s approach to government is not commensurate with American success. Providing the best platform for people to pursue the American dream is what made this country the most capable nation in the history of the world. Obama should start work-ing on that instead of trying to sal-vage his voting base through speeches full of buzzwords and blame.

opinions&editorialsLast weekend was a great weekend for Drake athletics. The Bulldogs came away with wins in football, volleyball, men’s soccer and women’s soccer.

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New Drake University Board of Trustees member

Sally Davis, FA’85, GR’86, and her husband, Larry

Moore, contributed $60,000 to distinctlyDrake

to create the Leadership by Example Endowed

Scholarship. This scholarship honors Drake leaders

who inspired Ms. Davis: Paul Morrison, coach Randy

Wilson, professor Jon Ericson and Don Adams.

“Lady Day” is back for a limited two-week engagement at the Civic Center Stoner Studio Theatre.

The legendary jazz singer is being brought back to the stage by 2011 Drake University alumna Sierra White. White graduated last year with a bachelor’s de-gree in musical theater and is now head-lining the second show in the StageWest Theatre Company’s 15th season.

“I have always been a fan of Billie Holiday, and an opportunity to get to bring such an amazing artist back to life is one that I simply could not pass up,” White said.

“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” written by Lanie Robertson, follows the career of renowned jazz singer Billie Holiday. The time is 1959 and the place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia where Holiday is about to give one of her last performanc-es. More than a dozen musical numbers are included with witty and deep personal dialogue about Holiday’s career and life,

according to StageWest’s website. For Ron Lambert, StageWest’s pro-

ducing arts director, the show seemed a natural addition to the current season of “daring plays for adventurous audiences.”

“The script is strong and has been pop-ular with multiple generations,” Lambert said. “Jazz music has fans from college-age to seniors. It is also a small, intimate play that is perfect for the Civic Center’s Stoner Theatre.”

When taking on the role of a real per-son, the actor has less freedom to create a character because he or she has to adhere to recorded history of how the person they are depicting acted.

“The process was amazing and terri-fying,” White said. “On one hand, I have gotten to learn so much about her as a person and her life before she was an art-ist, but on the other hand, she is after all a

Drake and StageWest have an ongo-ing relationship of supporting each other’s theatrical endeavors. Not only is White act-ing in “Lady Day,” but her voice professor,

-er) again,” White said. “He was always one of my favorite professors at Drake and I am just overjoyed that I got the chance to work with him once more.”

Lambert feels like the relationship is a natural and necessary one.

“Passion for great theater and personal relationships are at the beginning of a good partnership,” he said. “Theater is always a collaborative process, and it makes perfect sense for theater artists to work together, especially connecting Drake to the Des Moines community.”

StageWest has become a strong outlet for Drake theater students to hone their skills in an environment which fosters bold, innovative theatre.

“We provide expanded opportunities for DU students in their theater educa-tion, and several faculty members, such as

StageWest because of the type of plays we select and additional creative outlets we offer,” Lambert said. “In exchange, we are fortunate to welcome more talented and energetic artists into our theater company.”

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LADYDAY at emerson’s bar & grill

Porterhouse’s owners seek support for bulldog rescue charity

Illinois English Bulldog Rescue is a charity that has the support of Erin and Kevin Bell, owners of Drake’s most beau-tiful bulldog in 2009. Their dog, Porter-

for the 100th running of the Drake Relays.

-ful dogs.

One of the numerous bulldogs that have been saved by IEBR is Faith. Faith was originally offered for free on Craigslist

IEBR. Once she arrived, she went to a vet-erinarian. She had to have eye surgery, get teeth pulled, get sprayed and needed quite a few other things. She will probably need ear and eye medication for the rest of her life. She was in pretty bad shape before get-ting rescued. Faith is now receiving the love

in her life thanks to IEBR.Bulldogs end up at IEBR for a variety

of reasons. Quite a few are saved from shelters while many others are strays. It is unfortunately common for bulldogs to be surrendered by their owners due to a move or change in their life circumstances.

In order to help so many bulldogs, IEBR requires quite a bit of help, both from volunteers and donations. Volunteers can do a variety of things such as helping with transportation, conducting interviews over the phone or at a home and assisting with events. They can also provide bull-dogs with temporary homes. IEBR utilizes foster homes in order to provide the dogs with the best care possible. Students at Drake cannot easily volunteer for the orga-nization due to the distance, but they can still make a huge difference.

Bulldogs need more than just love. In order to provide them with the care they deserve, quite a bit of money is needed.

Rescued dogs often need special medical

very least, the dogs need check-ups. On top of this, IEBR has to provide for a dog’s day-to-day needs. This all adds up quickly, and this is how students can help. They can raise awareness for IEBR and the wonderful work they do. Bulldogs are very important to Drake, and students could re-ally do a lot for IEBR through fundraising. Donations help pay for all medical care res-cued bulldogs need to give them a second chance at happiness.

If any organizations are interested in fundraising for IEBR or assisting with pub-licity, please contact Erin Bell at [email protected]. The Bells would love to help you in any way they can. Students should also check out the IEBR website at www.ilenglishbulldogrescue.org.

by Caitlin IrelandSta! [email protected]

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‘Let’s DU Lunch’ features president of Iowa Public Television Foundation

It was routine for most to come home from school, grab a fresh-baked cookie for a snack and snag a half-hour of television. It was a time to button up a sweater with Mr. Rogers, do experiments with “Zoom” and

made fun. It was made possible by the Public Televi-sion Foundation.

Susan Moritz, president of the Iowa Public Televi-sion Foundation, is now making education just as fun at the next “Let’s DU Lunch” event. On Wednesday, Moritz will share her professional experiences and lead a discussion on the modern age of public media.

The Iowa Public Television Foundation is a non--

sible through state memberships and fundraisers. The previous “Let’s DU Lunch” event featured

Scott Bush, the president and founder of the infamous Templeton Rye and Spirits. He spoke on bootlegging history, entrepreneurship and business.

Unable to attend this month’s luncheon? The last lecture will be on Nov. 2 and features Jean Groben, owner of Jasper Winery. She will discuss the challenges and rewards that come with the Iowa winery.

The “Let’s DU Lunch” series is sponsored by

luncheons are held downtown at the Des Moines Club

The event will also feature a time for networking at 11:30 a.m. and then a catered lunch and presentation from noon to 1 p.m.

Traditionally, the event is geared toward alumni, but students are encouraged to attend with a special price of $13 per lunch for those 35-years-old and younger. For those over age 35, each luncheon costs $17. There is also a ticket package for the entire series that is available for $42.

Registration is highly recommended due to limited seating. To RSVP, visit www.alumni.drake.edu/lets-

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The name “Ayrton Senna” may not ring a bell in your head, but don’t let that stop you from making a trip down to the Var-sity Theatre in the upcoming weeks.

The biographic documen-tary “Senna,” which chronicles the life and death of the legend-ary Formula One racing driver, is appropriately fast-paced, thrilling and surprisingly poi-gnant.

Produced entirely using ar-chive footages of Senna’s races, public appearances and home videos, it is amazing what di-rector Asif Kapadia and writer Manish Pandey have managed to produce without technically

many aspects of Senna’s career and personality to cinematically capture arguably the most im-portant facet of his life – his fer-vent passion for race car driving.

Ayrton Senna, born and raised in Brazil, made a splash in the Formula One racing scene

1984. He went on to win three world championships and, to this today, is regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers ever by both industry experts and race car drivers alike.

Using a personality with that caliber of talent as a sub-ject would have easily made for

“Senna” isn’t just good. It is great, much like its namesake,

present Senna as a legend, but it also paves the path he took to get as far as he did for the audi-ences to properly comprehend his reverence. Senna was a ge-nius behind the wheels, but he was a force to be reckoned with even when he wasn’t racing. His highly publicized rivalry and fallout with French F1 driver Alain Prost is effectively used to highlight the extent to which

In “Senna,” we see a hero who was clearly an extraordi-nary race car driver, but who was by no means the F1 golden boy of the era. He did not re-ceive a fairly earned shot at the

world championship trophy in 1989 and was similarly wronged on more occasions.

the politics that prevailed in the fast track world of F1 racing during that era and uses that as an antagonistic device, even more than Prost himself, to high-light the challenges Senna had to overcome to become a three-time world champion.

Senna’s constant turmoil over the dangers and risks haunting his passion was another element of his career that presented itself as a road block. As he saw fellow drivers speed into messy acci-dents, his pain and torment was particularly palpable. In spite of all this, however, Senna never exhausted his passion for racing.

The greatest thing “Senna” does is that it goes the extra mile and properly shows the charac-ter’s life story by presenting him

was. He was the underdog, go-ing up against rival drivers and his own self by refusing to give racing up. For making it possible for everyone to witness the real Senna in this way, as opposed

to James Franco or Tom Har-dy portraying him in a Martin Scorsese directed Hollywood bi-opic, Kapadia and Pandey have to be applauded. In the end,

that will inspire many to pursue their dreams with a new vigor, but it may scare the others into abandoning that uphill battle for safer alternatives. Either way, it is sure to make an impact.

Show times at Varsity The-atre include 7:30 p.m. and 9: 30 p.m. every day. It is also shown at 4 p.m. on Fridays through Sundays and at 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

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Movie review: ‘Senna’ does racer’s life story justiceby Asmita GauchanSta! [email protected]

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Poets reading series continues with benefit at Mars Café

Drake University has many won-derful speakers come to our campus, and this year the Younger American Poets Reading Series is no exception. Jennifer Perrine, assistant professor of English, and the Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines is bringing in a collection of astonishing authors. The poets will not only share their work but also speak about their cre-ative process and converse with audi-ence members after each presenta-tion.

Each of these events takes place

including this Thursday. The read-ings take place at Beaverdale Books, located at 2629 Beaver Ave., in Suite 1. All poetry nights will start at 7 p.m., and like many of the great events Drake hosts, every reading is free.

This Thursday, renowned poet Stacey Waite, assistant professor of rhetoric and composition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will speak. She has published two popular

books: “The Lake Has No Saint” and “Love Poem to Androgyny.”

Susanna Childress, who received her doctorate degree in English at Florida State University, will also speak. As the author of “Entering the House of Awe” and “Jagged with Love,” Childress won the 2005 Brit-tingham Prize in Poetry. On Nov. 3, Rebecca Hazelton from Beloit College and Hadara Bar-Nadav, a publisher of three poetry books, will present their works. Alexander Long, who has worked on four books, will be here on Dec. 1 along with Robyn Schiff from the University of Iowa.

series at 7 p.m. this Friday, which is being held at Mars Café. Waite, who will have presented the night before,

giving one student an incredible op-portunity.

Young poets from Drake are in-vited to share their works by select-ing up to two poems to present at the café. One will be chosen by Waite to be her opening reader in a future se-ries event. If you wish to take part in this amazing offer, email Perrine at

[email protected]. However, you need to act quickly. All applications must be turned in by to-day.

These reading are a wonderful op-portunity for Drake students. Korrie Hoskis, a worker at Mars Café, said

-ry event and “getting people together to share ideas.”

Her coworker, Curtis Poortinga, agreed, mentioning a similar event the coffee house hosted last spring. He admitted that he “wasn’t expect-ing a huge crowd,” but that the café

If you’re curious, come to the reading this Thursday. The authors who are coming know how to write and have been published, and you won’t be disappointed. If you want to share your poetry, sign up and come to Mars Café on Friday. It’s an incred-ible opportunity and a chance to have your art appreciated.

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Drake’s dance team to have more performances, encourage school spirit

The Drake University dance team is doing more performances this year than ever before. The team will perform at one football game, three basketball games and Relay for Life, lead-ing up to competing in the Iowa State Dance Team Championships on Dec. 2.

“That’s unheard of,” senior captain Morgan Meier said.

Meier said more performances will bring a lot of attention to Drake. She said that Drake sports do not have enough school spirit, and the dance team is one way to change that.

At the state competition, the team will com-pete against Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa. Although Drake’s dance team is relatively small with only 18 members, it still brings tough competition.

“The reason why we compete against such big schools is because we are considered a uni-versity, not a college,” sophomore Becca Lewis said.

Meier said the team is not intimidated by the

larger schools.“We hold our own,” Meier said. “We tied

UNI in 2008.”

both poms and jazz routines to state. Fourteen members will compete in the jazz dance, while 16 will compete in the poms routine.

After the state competition last year, former Hawkeye dancer Stef Shandri approached the members and told them they were too talented to be without a coach.

“(Shandri) wants to coach us, but we don’t have any money to pay her,” Meier said.

Unable to be hired as coach, Shandri offered to choreograph the jazz routine for free, which increased the team’s repertoire.

The team gets minimal funding from Student Senate. Each member pays $120 to $200 of her own money, and the squad fundraises for the remainder of costs. Last year, members sold T-shirts with the phrase “D+ and proud of it.” This year, members are selling tumblers for $10 each.

-urday at the Homecoming football game. The squad performed its poms routine.

by Brenna DohertySta! [email protected]

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2011-2012 ISDTA State Dance Team Championship

Thursday, Oct. 6, 7 p.m.

– Beaverdale Books

Stacey WaiteAuthor of “The Lake Has No Saint” and

“Love Poem to Androgyny”

Assistant professor of rhetoric and

composition at University of Nebraska

Susanna ChildressAuthor of “Jagged with Love”

Winner of Brittingham Prize in Poetry

Friday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m.

– Mars Café

– Series benefit featuring local poets

Thursday, Dec. 2 -‐ Friday, Dec. 3

Wells Fargo Arena & HyVee Hall

‘Big Four’ category featuring Drake, University of Iowa, Iowa

State and University of Northern Iowa

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The Drake Bulldogs schooled the Campbell Fighting Camels 31-14 in their fourth-straight win of the season and their sixth-straight win at home. Drake improves to 4-1 on the sea-son and 2-0 in the Pioneer Football League.

Senior quarterback Mike Piat-kowski had a career day, setting an NCAA Division I FCS record for completion percentage with a mini-mum of 30 pass completions. Piat-kowski completed 30 of 33 passes for 342 yards and three touchdowns. His 90.9 completion percentage broke the previous national record of 88.9 per-cent. The 30 completions also tied a single-season school record.

a great deal of intensity and during

Drake scored on the slow-starting Fighting Camel defense.

“We played a pretty good foot-ball team and handled them pretty well,” head coach Chris Creighton said. “We have a lot of respect for this team. So (this is) another chal-lenge we can put a check mark by and there will be plenty more, but we’re very pleased to be where we are right now.”

yard pass from Piatkowski to junior Joey Orlando after a drive of 10 plays for 67 yards. The second was a four-yard run by junior Trey Morse on Drake’s second possession, which was a drive of 13 plays for 80 yards.

Drake continued its tirade, and Orlando had a second touchdown on a 12-yard pass with 5:30 left in the

Leading 21-0, the Bulldogs en-tered the second half strong, with

the third quarter.

Drake retaliated with a 25-yard

Janssen, ending the third quarter with a lead of 24-7. Early in the fourth quarter, Piatkowski found senior Na-than Paddock in the end zone for a two-yard touchdown pass.

“The O-line had a great game today, (and) the backs were doing great,” Piatkowski said. “Everyone had a great game: offense, defense and special teams.”

Paddock, who had 97 yards re-ceiving, was impressed with the way Drake’s offense played against the Fighting Camels.

“I think the whole offense was

“It was one of the most-full games that we had this whole season, so I’m pretty pleased at how well we did. Ev-ery throw that I had (from Piatkowski) was on the spot, so it’s hard to not look good whenever he’s throwing perfect balls.”

The Bulldogs are 17-3 at home

since Creighton took the reins as head coach in 2008.

Creighton was impressed with Pi-atkowski today as well.

“Everybody’s got to be working on that (performance): the offensive line, the backs, the receivers, and he’ll

-ton said. “But 30 of 33 is better than pretty good; it’s really good.”

Drake’s Homecoming game

Drake Stadium.“I appreciate all the alumni being

here, and it’s just a beautiful day be-ing at Johnny Bright Field and Drake Stadium,” Creighton said. “I just ap-preciate everybody tuning in and lis-tening to Drake Bulldogs’ football.”

The Bulldogs are gearing up for their away game next weekend against the Morehead State Eagles in Morehead, Ky.

As Piatkowski looks forward to

football team.

“We just got to keep getting better, keep executing and just work off of this (win,)” he said. “We had a great game and just try to get better every week.”

sportsSenior quarterback Mike Piatkowski broke the NCAA Divison 1 FCS record for completion percentage in a game with a minimum of 30 completions this past Saturday against Campbell. Piatkowski completed 30 out of 33 passes for a 90.9 completion percentage. He also threw for 342 yards and three touchdowns.

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Drake undefeated in PFL, pushes winning streak to four games

In a fundraiser game entitled “KICK Cancer,” it was Danielle Fi-gliola’s head that made the difference – literally.

Figliola’s header in double over-time found the back of the net for the golden goal in Drake’s 2-1 vic-tory over Indiana State last Friday at Cownie Soccer Complex.

season in the 85th minute to tie the game at one. Her second goal of the year was one of Drake’s most impor-tant tallies of the season.

conference win of the season to move to 1-1-0 in the Missouri Valley and 3-5-4 overall. The Sycamores fell to 3-9-0 and 0-2-0 in the MVC.

“We knew tonight was going to be important coming home after a long road swing for us, (and) as we like to say, ‘Defend Cownie,’” Drake head coach Lindsey Horner said in a Drake athletics press release. “Get-ting three points at home in confer-ence will be important for us as all the games in our league will be tight. In-diana State beat us last year in double overtime, so we sort of had that in the back of our heads all week going into training.”

Drake outshot Indiana State 21-9, with sophomore goalkeeper Kalena

-mores opened up the scoring with a goal by Shelby Troyer in the 59th minute.

After Indiana State’s goal and for most of the second half, the Bulldog offense put plenty of pressure on

broke through for a goal with Figli-ola’s late tally, which was set up by sophomore Paige Dusek.

“I thought we did a good job pos-sessing the ball and moving it side to side and trying to attack down the

getting on the end of our service in

early goal against the run of play.”Figliola paced the Bulldogs with a

career-high nine shots. Junior Laura Moklestad added four.

senior defender Melanie Fielder said. “We were getting good service across the box and moving the ball well in

Drake donned purple jerseys for the “KICK Cancer” event to raise cancer awareness. The Bulldogs raised $475 for the American Cancer Society in pregame sales for its Wall of Honor, and then collected $445 in

Children’s Hospital.“We love being home,” Fielder

said. “We love the support we get out at Cownie (Soccer Complex). The fact that we came back to win in dou-ble overtime was exciting and a great feeling…We raised a ton of money

after falling down a goal.” The Bulldogs head to Missouri

State this Friday to take on the Bears at 7 p.m. Drake returns home for a quick turnaround game on Sunday,

p.m. at Cownie Soccer Complex.

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The Drake men’s soccer team won a nail-biting contest that featured two entirely different sides. The Bulldogs outlasted the Saint Louis Billikens 4-3. Saint Louis is a program with 10 national championships to its name.

Senior Matt Kuhn headed the game-winner home in the 86th min-ute. Watching the Bulldogs may not be easy for the faint of heart, but they never fail to keep it interesting. The

sided effort by the Bulldogs.Unable to capitalize on multiple

crossed in the box on a corner kick during the 31st minute by senior Mi-chael Noonan. He connected with fel-low senior Thomas Ostrander as his header gave the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead. Ostrander said he was ecstatic about his goal and he praised Noonan’s ball.

ball and beat two guys (to earn the corner kick), which was amazing,” Ostrander said. “But he hit a nice

their two center backs. (I) sent it to the far post and it went in.”

Senior Hunter Kennedy netted a goal to put the Bulldogs up 2-0 in the 36th minute. This was followed by another goal from Ostrander in the 54th minute. The ball was played in and Ostrander executed a bicycle kick to put the pall in the back of the net. It has been one of the more spec-tacular goals of the season. Ostrander was as excited as he was surprised about the goal.

“I don’t even know who played me the ball,” he said. “I’ve tried (bicycle kicks) in games this year already. This one just hit my foot, and I looked over my head and it was headed towards the back post. It went in, and it just felt really good to get two goals. It was

The team looked extremely con-

lead, but that would all change in the 58th minute when Saint Louis scored

sensed that the pendulum had swung

“That’s the kind of soccer we have been trying to play all year,” Kuhn

then right at the beginning of the sec--

ders, and then I think we let the game get away from us a bit. Then they got a goal and got the momentum.”

The Bulldogs gave up two more goals, one in the 69th minute and then in the 81st minute. However, it was the late-game heroics of Kuhn who pushed the team on top. Head coach Sean Holmes was happy to get the win but was candid about his team’s play in letting the Billikens back into the game.

“I feel that any time we are on the

that we can hold people off. That be-comes apparent every single game.”

The 4-3 result is a win, but Os-trander said he would have enjoyed

said he was happy with the result.“We’ve done that so many times,

and we just have to keep our com-posure,” Ostrander said. “Still, up 3-0, no team should come all the way back, especially the way we were

one out.”

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Defense proved to be the deciding factor in Drake’s 3-1 triumph over Indiana State last Friday night at the Knapp Center. However, Illinois State swept the Bulldogs the next night.

“We followed the game plan, stuck to it,” Drake head coach Tony Sunga said about the team’s lone victory this weekend. “We made our minor adjustments during the match, made those adjustments without hesitation

It was those adjustments that al-lowed Drake to ward off the Syca-mores’ particularly tough outside hit-ters.

“They had a couple of good out-side hitters, so we had to slow them down,” senior setter Caitlin Johnson said.

Friday’s game marked perhaps one of Johnson’s best as she recorded

“I just tried to play hard like I al-ways do,” she said.

The Sycamores earned the serving

was all Drake from there. The Bull-dogs took the early lead when a Syca-more error led to a hit into the net.

Then, the Drake offense took charge. Junior Whitney Westrum, who boasted a team-high 16 kills,

-fense to put Drake up 2-1. The teams traded points until the Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run to lead the Sycamores, 19-11. Drake rode the momentum to a 25-14 win in the opening set.

Drake senior Michelle Reidy sent the Indiana State defense diving to tie the second set at 10-10 with a kill. The teams traded points until the

pushed forward to earn a narrow 25-21 win.

Lengthy volleys and accurate shots pushed the Sycamores past the Bull-dogs in a 25-23 win in the third set.

on several occasions, the Bulldogs couldn’t overcome Indiana State’s sudden surge of tricky blocks and the

game went to a fourth set.Capturing an early lead in the

fourth set, the Bulldogs used a 6-0 run to extend the lead to 6-1, and they never looked back. Drake held a sub-stantial lead throughout the remain-der of the game, toppling Indiana State 25-20.

Completing Drake’s weekend of MVC play, the Bulldogs faced a no-toriously athletic Redbirds team last Saturday night at the Knapp Center, falling 3-0.

“The difference between last night’s match and tonight’s match is that the teams are very different,” Westrum said.

Westrum recorded 13 digs in the contest. Drake juniors Jadranka Tra-mosljanin and Sarah Madden com-bined for 22 digs against the Red-birds.

“Some games, you don’t win all the points,” Westrum said. “Volley-ball is a game of errors, and we need to reduce our errors.”

The Redbirds’ speed and agility were apparent early, and the Bulldogs struggled to keep up, falling behind

State made offensive statement after offensive statement, sending Drake

The Redbirds went on a 7-0 run to

set, forcing the Bulldogs to scramble on both defense and offense. Despite numerous competitive points, Drake failed to counter the Redbirds’ offen-sive efforts and Illinois State earned a

Particularly advantageous for the Redbirds was their height.

-ing team,” Westrum said. “They had some pretty tall girls.”

Lead changes were abundant throughout the second set and the Bulldogs adjusted their game plan, capitalizing on more offensive op-portunities. Westrum recorded two consecutive kills to put the Bulldogs up 11-9.

Then, Illinois State unleashed an-other kill, sending the Bulldogs lung-ing for the ball. The teams went back and forth until the game reached a

23-23 tie. The Redbirds scored quick-

which came on a serve that hit the top of the net and dropped just over it. The set ended 25-23 in the Redbirds’ favor.

The Bulldogs’ only lead in the third set was thwarted by three straight points from Illinois State, and the Redbirds closed the match with a 25-19 win.

Drake is now 6-12 on the season and 2-3 in the MVC.

The Bulldogs take on Wichita State in Wichita, Kan., on Friday fol-lowed by a contest at Missouri State on Saturday.

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The Intercollegiate Tennis Asso-ciation All-American Championships began last Saturday in Tulsa, Okla., and two of the three Drake Bulldogs in competition moved on to the third round of the pre-qualifying singles draw.

Freshman Alen Salibasic and ju-niors Jean Erasmus and James McKie were the three Bulldogs in the pre-qualifying round, and all three play-

Salibasic and McKie advanced to the third round, though.

to post a victory, as the junior cap-tain took out Liberty’s Dillon Segur 6-1, 6-2. McKie was in control the entire match, never allowing the Lib-erty freshman, the sixth-ranked junior player in North Carolina last year, to make his mark in the match.

“I felt really good on the court to-day,” McKie said. “These courts are really slow and bouncy, so I’ll have to be ready to grind and battle.”

McKie will face sophomore Jarryd Chaplin of the Tennessee Volunteers, an incredibly gifted player from Aus-tralia. Chaplin was ranked as high as No. 72 in the ITF World Junior Rank-ings and was a member of the 2008 Australian Junior Davis Cup team.

Shortly after McKie left the court, he was joined in the third round by Salibasic. The freshman also posted a

straight-set win against his opponent, taking out Dominique Maden of Clemson 7-5, 6-3. Maden, a sopho-more for the Tigers, spent much of the year playing near the top of the lineup, including a few stints at the top singles spot.

Salibasic will now face Jackson Withrow of Texas A&M. Withrow, one of the top freshmen in this past recruiting class, is best known for par-ticipating in the 2011 U.S. Open in the main doubles draw with the next great U.S. hopeful, Jack Sock.

Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, Erasmus failed to get past the second round, as he fell to Missouri Valley

Conference rival Matheus Pereira of Wichita State 6-2, 6-3. Pereira, who played primarily at the second singles and doubles spot last season, is now the Shockers’ top player.

McKie and Salibasic are now in the third round, and each player will need to win two more matches on Sunday to join junior Anis Ghorbel in the qualifying round that begins today.

The ITA All-American Cham-pionships will continue all the way through next weekend, so The Times-Delphic will follow the Bulldogs as long as they keep winning.

Last Friday, the Drake women’s -

ished second in the Grand View In-vitational. Led by freshman Melissa

the ladies navigated the Ewing Park course in the chill of late September.

Parks is from Norfolk, Neb., but she did not feel far from home when the gun sounded at 5 p.m. last Friday.

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best time of 19: 39. She was enthused to see that her team did well.

“It was great to turn around af-ter the race and see my team packed up heading through the line as well,” Parks said. “Our team really had a great day. This course reminded me a lot of my high school home course; it was quite hilly, but it was a fast course.”

Rounding out the top 10 was sophomore Erin Poss in ninth with a time of 19:53, and sophomore Celia

Venezia in 10th in 19:54. Next on the Bulldogs’ schedule is

the Walt Disney Cross Country Clas-sic held in Orlando, Fla., this Satur-day. The team hopes it will get some free time so it can see some Florida sun off the course.

“I am very eager to run in Or-lando,” Parks said. “I love traveling, and it will be even better getting to go with my teammates. We will be leav-ing Friday morning and not getting back until Sunday, so hopefully we’ll have some time to sight-see after our race Saturday morning.”

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Led by sophomore Doug Brady’s -

mance on the 8,000-meter course, the Drake men’s cross-country ‘B’ team

-vitational last Friday.

-ing Park in 25:47.

The Bulldogs were able to place

dominated the competition. In addi-tion to Brady, these runners include sophomore Ryan Flynn in fourth, ju-

-more Matt Eckman in eighth and senior Matt Jurysta in 10th.

The team scored 24 points as the -

ish of the young season. Head coach Dan Hostager was pleased with his team’s performance and is happy with the direction the team is heading as it rolls into October.

“I thought our squad competed very well today as it was a nice com-petitive opportunity for a lot of our younger runners,” Hostager said. “This was a great step forward as we move towards our bigger meets in October.”

The next step Drake will take is in Orlando, Fla., for the Walt Disney Cross Country Classic this Saturday. The team will leave on Friday and re-turn on Sunday. The race will feature the Bulldogs’ top seven runners.

by Rodney SpearsSta! [email protected]

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

‘B’ squad captures Grand View title

Drake takes home second at Grand View Invitational

>> NEXT UP FOR THE BULLDOGS

SATURDAY, OCT. 8! MISSOURI STATE, 7 p.m.Spring"eld, Mo.

FRIDAY, OCT. 7! WICHITA STATE, 7 p.m.Wichita, Kan.

SATURDAY, OCT. 8

Men’s and women’s cross country head to Orlando,

Fla., for the Walt Disney Cross Country Classic this weekend.

MONDAY, OCT. 3BOB HURLEY ORAL ROBERTS SHOOTOUTTulsa, Okla.

MONDAY, OCT. 3JIM COLBERT INTERCOLLEGIATEManhatten, Kan.

>> MEN’S GOLF >> WOMEN’S GOLF

FRESHMAN GRANT TESMER returns a volley at the Drake Fall Invitational.

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Car Day

Virus

Appreciation

Day

National

Golf Day

National

Storytelling

Festival

Day

German-

American

Day

National

Frappe

Day

American

Tag Day

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We know everyone is looking forward to the holiday that’s at the end of October, but there are some different holidays to celebrate that go unnoticed. Here is a calendar of bizarre American holidays.

Vegetarian

Day

Moldy

Cheese

Day

National

Angle

Food Cake

Day

It’s My

Party Day

International

Moment of

Frustration

Scream Day

National

Peanut

Festival

Day

Be Bald

and Free

Day

White

Cane

Safety Day

Dictionary

Day

Gaudy

Day

No Beard

Day

Evaluate

Your Life

Day

National

Brandied

Fruit Day

Babbling

Day

National

Nut Day

National

Mole Day

National

Bologna

Day

Punk for a

Day Day

Mule Day Sylvia

Plath Day

National

Chocolate

Day

Hermit

Day

National

Candy

Corn Day

National

Increase

Your Psychic

Powers Day

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