DES MOINES, IOWA | MONDAY, FEB. 20, 2012 | VOL. 131, NO. 35 | WWW.TIMESDELPHIC.COM THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR DRAKE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884 THE TIMES DELPHIC inside NEWS FEATURES OPINIONS SPORTS PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 What your weight gain could mean for you Women’s basketball stifles Indiana State And so start the Student Senate Exec elections Hubbell Trouble Mocha? Yes please! Get your fix tonight What do George Lucas, Christo- pher Nolan and Drake junior Carter Oswood have in common? If you an- swered that they all made their direc- torial debuts making movies for their respective college film contests, then you answered right. Drake’s Student Activities Board and DogTV are joining forces to host Drake’s first-ever, student-made film contest. “The idea came out of our Enter- tainment Committee wanting to cre- ate more personal, home-made type campus events on a smaller budget,” SAB entertainment co-chair Carly Noyes said. “Something that we could really take ownership of.” The contest, which is open to all Drake students, calls for any type of film, ranging from documentaries to cartoons and commercials to short films. “We are encouraging a lot of creativity for the films, which can be anything from scripted movies to documentaries to silent films,” Noyes said. “We ask that they be in good taste. Otherwise any idea you have, go for it.” There will be two parts to the judging, half of which will come from the students in attendance. The other half will come from local “ex- perts” that could include a professor from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and someone involved in the Des Moines 24 Hour Film Festival. The top two films will receive $200 and $150 respectively, though other prizes (and popcorn) will be given away throughout the evening. The contest is open to any and all majors, as well as any grade levels. “Obviously we are hoping for a lot of participation from journalism and drama students, but I think there could be a lot of interest from people across the board who like filmmaking as a hobby, or even people who have just always wanted to try it,” Noyes said. Oswood and junior Drew Albin- son are working on a promotional documentary of the city of Des Moines for the film festival. “I chose (that topic) because I feel like I could get some great shots of the city and want to portray it as somewhere awesome,” Oswood said. Senior Jeff Kwiatek, on the other hand, is taking a less serious ap- proach. “While my partners want me to be light on the details, I can divulge the genre is ‘early-surrealist drama,’” Kwiatek said. DogTV is hosting two informa- tional sessions for anyone interested in learning about the craft. A filming session today aims to teach the basics of using a camera and filming a vid- eo, and an editing session next Mon- day aims to teach students how to edit using iMovie. Both presentations will be in Meredith Hall 104 at 7 p.m. Students have until March 5 to submit their films to the Entertain- ment Committee’s mailbox in SLC. The actual movie screening will be at 7 p.m. on March 8 in Aliber Hall 101. Though both Oswood and Kwi- atek have limited filmmaking experi- ence, they’re excited to give the con- test a shot. “We are entering the contest be- cause there’s no time like today to start the rest of our lives,” Kwiatek said. “First Drake, then the world.” by Bailey Berg Staff Writer [email protected]Student-directed films to be featured on campus All levels of film making ability have a chance to win prizes courtesy of DRAKE ATHLETICS PAUL MORRISON has been a friendly face around campus for over 70 years. Drake University will honor him with the renaming of a portion of Forest Avenue on Feb. 22 at 4:30 p.m. at the Knapp Center For years, many people have known Paul Morrison as Mr. Drake. Morrison has served many roles around campus, from student to resi- dent historian. The Des Moines City Council re- cently approved Drake University’s latest effort to honor the man who continues to bleed blue. At a ceremony this Wednesday, a portion of Forest Avenue stretching between 25th and 31st Streets will be renamed Paul F. Morrison Way. This honor has been selectively granted in past years by the city council, giv- ing added weight to the momentous event. For many, Morrison is a common name heard around campus, but of- ten not so well understood. Many stu- dents today are in the dark regarding his 78-year affair with Drake Univer- sity. Morrison graduated from Drake in 1939 after serving as sports editor of both The Times-Delphic and the since-discontinued yearbook Quax. In 1945, he returned to Drake as director of the Drake News Bureau, bouncing around news and sports un- til his retirement in 1986. Since then, Mr. Drake has re- mained a familiar face around cam- pus. At 94, he volunteers as a histo- rian for the athletic department. He is often interviewed regarding both the fascinating and the mundane. He has received awards and defined awards, and he continues to be a force on campus. This new street and sign will bolster his place not only in the Drake community, but also in the city of Des Moines. by Ethan Clevenger News Editor [email protected]Portion of Forest Ave. to be renamed in honor of Mr. Drake First-ever ‘Stories of Our People’ event marked the celebration of Black History Month on campus In honor of Black History month, the Omega Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Coali- tion of Black Students teamed up to present the first-ever “Stories of our People” event last Thursday night in Sheslow Auditorium. Featuring Teju the Storyteller, Dr. Tom Hill and the Bridges to Harmo- ny gospel choir, the two groups col- laborated to form this large celebra- tion of an event by accident. “Originally, CBS had an event (planned), and the Omega Chapter had a separate event planned that eve- ning,” said Matt Martin, polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi. “When we real- ized the events were planned for the same night, we consolidated.” Thus, the Stories of Our People event was born. From the Kappa Alpha Psi side of the event, the idea began last summer, and the formal planning started last October. “It has proven to be a logistical nightmare,” Martin said of the plan- ning process. He noted that once the logistics were straightened out, the event became simple to plan. The evening began with the Bridges to Harmony performance. Bridges to Harmony is a gospel choir from Roosevelt High School that features many deep stories told through music. The choir of nearly 30 students sang heartfelt renditions of classic gospel songs with a modern twist. Next came Teju the Storyteller of Milwaukee. Teju is a world-renowned storyteller and folklorist, and his sto- ries last Thursday were no different. He performed with traditional Afri- can instruments and spoke of some horrible hardships of his ancestors. The final aspect to the show was a keynote address by Dr. Tom Hill, vice president of student affairs at Iowa State. Hill, also a medalist in the 1972 Olympics, told his story of African- American hardship. Many visitors were moved by the deep stories of black heritage shared throughout the evening. What does the future hold for the successful event? “There has been talk of making it an annual event,” Martin said, “but it is not being planned as an annual event yet.” by Eryn Swain Staff Writer [email protected]courtesy of DRAKE ATHLETICS PAUL F MORRISON WAY will replace Forest Avenue between 25th and 31st Street in honor of the long-time Drake affiliate ETHAN CLEVENGER| news editor JUNIOR CARTER OSWOOD is in the process of filming a promotional documentary about Des Moines for the SAB and DogTV student-made film contest on campus. The event is to be held in early March for all students. ELIZABETH ROBINSON | managing editor FRESHMAN KYNDAL CLARK tries to get around a defender in the Bulldog’s match against Illinois State on Sunday during the Hoops for Hope game. Complete coverage will be in the Feb. 23 issue of the TD.
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR DRAKE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884
THE TIMES DELPHIC
insideNEWS FEATURESOPINIONS SPORTS
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What your weight gain could mean for you
Women’s basketball stifles Indiana State
And so start the Student Senate Exec elections
Hubbell Trouble Mocha? Yes please! Get your fix tonight
What do George Lucas, Christo-pher Nolan and Drake junior Carter Oswood have in common? If you an-swered that they all made their direc-torial debuts making movies for their respective college film contests, then you answered right.
Drake’s Student Activities Board and DogTV are joining forces to host Drake’s first-ever, student-made film contest.
“The idea came out of our Enter-tainment Committee wanting to cre-ate more personal, home-made type campus events on a smaller budget,” SAB entertainment co-chair Carly Noyes said. “Something that we could really take ownership of.”
The contest, which is open to all Drake students, calls for any type of film, ranging from documentaries to cartoons and commercials to short films.
“We are encouraging a lot of creativity for the films, which can be anything from scripted movies to documentaries to silent films,” Noyes said. “We ask that they be in good
taste. Otherwise any idea you have, go for it.”
There will be two parts to the judging, half of which will come from the students in attendance. The other half will come from local “ex-perts” that could include a professor from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and someone involved in the Des Moines 24 Hour Film Festival.
The top two films will receive $200 and $150 respectively, though other prizes (and popcorn) will be given away throughout the evening.
The contest is open to any and all majors, as well as any grade levels.
“Obviously we are hoping for a lot of participation from journalism and drama students, but I think there could be a lot of interest from people across the board who like filmmaking as a hobby, or even people who have just always wanted to try it,” Noyes said.
Oswood and junior Drew Albin-son are working on a promotional documentary of the city of Des Moines for the film festival.
“I chose (that topic) because I feel like I could get some great shots of the city and want to portray it as
somewhere awesome,” Oswood said. Senior Jeff Kwiatek, on the other
hand, is taking a less serious ap-proach.
“While my partners want me to be light on the details, I can divulge the genre is ‘early-surrealist drama,’” Kwiatek said.
DogTV is hosting two informa-tional sessions for anyone interested in learning about the craft. A filming session today aims to teach the basics of using a camera and filming a vid-eo, and an editing session next Mon-day aims to teach students how to edit using iMovie. Both presentations will be in Meredith Hall 104 at 7 p.m.
Students have until March 5 to submit their films to the Entertain-ment Committee’s mailbox in SLC. The actual movie screening will be at 7 p.m. on March 8 in Aliber Hall 101.
Though both Oswood and Kwi-atek have limited filmmaking experi-ence, they’re excited to give the con-test a shot.
“We are entering the contest be-cause there’s no time like today to start the rest of our lives,” Kwiatek said. “First Drake, then the world.”
Student-directed films to be featured on campusAll levels of film making ability have a chance to win prizes
courtesy of DRAKE ATHLETICS
PAUL MORRISON has been a friendly face around campus for over 70 years. Drake University will honor him with the renaming of a portion of Forest Avenue on Feb. 22 at 4:30 p.m. at the Knapp Center
For years, many people have known Paul Morrison as Mr. Drake. Morrison has served many roles around campus, from student to resi-dent historian.
The Des Moines City Council re-cently approved Drake University’s latest effort to honor the man who continues to bleed blue.
At a ceremony this Wednesday, a portion of Forest Avenue stretching between 25th and 31st Streets will be renamed Paul F. Morrison Way. This honor has been selectively granted in past years by the city council, giv-ing added weight to the momentous event.
For many, Morrison is a common name heard around campus, but of-ten not so well understood. Many stu-
dents today are in the dark regarding his 78-year affair with Drake Univer-sity.
Morrison graduated from Drake in 1939 after serving as sports editor of both The Times-Delphic and the since-discontinued yearbook Quax. In 1945, he returned to Drake as director of the Drake News Bureau, bouncing around news and sports un-til his retirement in 1986.
Since then, Mr. Drake has re-mained a familiar face around cam-pus. At 94, he volunteers as a histo-rian for the athletic department. He is often interviewed regarding both the fascinating and the mundane. He has received awards and defined awards, and he continues to be a force on campus. This new street and sign will bolster his place not only in the Drake community, but also in the city of Des Moines.
Portion of Forest Ave. to be renamed in honor of Mr. Drake
Forest to be renamed
First-ever ‘Stories of Our People’ event marked the celebration of Black History Month on campus
In honor of Black History month, the Omega Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Coali-tion of Black Students teamed up to present the first-ever “Stories of our People” event last Thursday night in Sheslow Auditorium.
Featuring Teju the Storyteller, Dr. Tom Hill and the Bridges to Harmo-ny gospel choir, the two groups col-laborated to form this large celebra-tion of an event by accident.
“Originally, CBS had an event (planned), and the Omega Chapter had a separate event planned that eve-ning,” said Matt Martin, polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi. “When we real-ized the events were planned for the same night, we consolidated.”
Thus, the Stories of Our People event was born. From the Kappa Alpha Psi side of the event, the idea began last summer, and the formal planning started last October.
“It has proven to be a logistical nightmare,” Martin said of the plan-ning process. He noted that once the logistics were straightened out, the
event became simple to plan.The evening began with the
Bridges to Harmony performance. Bridges to Harmony is a gospel choir from Roosevelt High School that features many deep stories told through music. The choir of nearly 30 students sang heartfelt renditions of classic gospel songs with a modern twist.
Next came Teju the Storyteller of Milwaukee. Teju is a world-renowned storyteller and folklorist, and his sto-ries last Thursday were no different. He performed with traditional Afri-can instruments and spoke of some horrible hardships of his ancestors.
The final aspect to the show was a keynote address by Dr. Tom Hill, vice president of student affairs at Iowa State. Hill, also a medalist in the 1972 Olympics, told his story of African-American hardship.
Many visitors were moved by the deep stories of black heritage shared throughout the evening.
What does the future hold for the successful event?
“There has been talk of making it an annual event,” Martin said, “but it is not being planned as an annual event yet.”
PAUL F MORRISON WAY will replace Forest Avenue between 25th and 31st Street in honor of the long-time Drake affiliate
ETHAN CLEVENGER| news editor
JUNIOR CARTER OSWOOD is in the process of filming a promotional documentary about Des Moines for the SAB and DogTV student-made film contest on campus. The event is to be held in early March for all students.
ELIZABETH ROBINSON | managing editor
FRESHMAN KYNDAL CLARK tries to get around a defender in the Bulldog’s match against Illinois State on Sunday during the Hoops for Hope game. Complete coverage will be in the Feb. 23 issue of the TD.
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Election season is upon Student Senate, and new election rules have been approved.
The 2012 election rules revisions had four goals: to allow for and to promote creative campaigning, to re-duce social media confusion, to make election results verification process more efficient and to “clean up” the election rules.
“I think the changes that were made will make a positive impact on elections in the future,” Sen. Sean Walsh said.
The new rules are effective for the upcoming executive and at-large senate races. With the changes, can-didates will now be allowed to cam-paign during voting, to alter their campaign material and to pursue mailbox stuffers through the Resi-dence Hall Association.
After confusion surrounding social media last year, the Election Com-mission has decided that this year, e-mails sent via Facebook notifications will no longer count as solicitation.
Results of the election will be an-nounced a little differently. Tentative results will be announced shortly after voting has ended, but official results will not be posted until 24 hours after the election.
Lastly, the Election Commission will only review complaints that could affect election results.
Sen. Amanda Laurent brought up two issues surrounding grading that had been discussed at Faculty Senate. The first was the idea of switching Drake to a plus/minus grading scale.
“The main purpose is to prevent grade inflation,” Laurent said. “It would be an option and not manda-tory, but it sounds like a whole grad-ing system would be the exception not the whole.”
Laurent estimated that 90 percent of Faculty Senate appeared to be in support of, or apathetic to the change. Drake stopped having a plus/minus grading system in 1950.
Laurent and other senators were not initially supportive of the idea. Sen. Kayleigh Koester said that the grade inflation issue needed to be dealt with on a class-by-class basis.
“Grade inflation is a problem, but I’m not convinced it’s a prob-lem at Drake,” Koester said. “If we do decide grade inflation is an issue, it needs to be dealt with in the grade system posted in the syllabus.”
Sen. Carly Kinzler said that there are other alternatives to dealing with grade inflation.
“I feel that adding a plus/minus system would make students focus on their actual grade rather than actual-ly learning,” Kinzler said. “That’s an
issue that needs to be brought up. I think there are other ways to combat the grade inflation issue.”
Laurent encouraged student in-volvement on this issue.
“I want students to know that we are acting on this and we want their opinions,” Laurent said.
The second grading issue dis-cussed was Drake’s replacement grading policy. Currently, students can retake a course for a better grade without it affecting their grade point average. The better grade is posted on the student’s transcript, but the fact that they retook the class is not-ed. However, faculty is concerned how the current policy could affect students when they apply for gradu-ate schools.
In funding allocations, two cam-pus organizations were approved for upcoming events.
Colleges Against Cancer was allo-cated $1,232.50 to cover equipment, henna supplies and police and securi-ty costs associated with Relay for Life.
The South Asian Student Associa-tion was allocated $1,350 to cover bus rental costs associated with attending the Nachte Raho dance competition.
KAYLI KUNKEL | staff photographer ELIZABETH ROBINSON | managing editor
DANCERS IN QUAD CREEK CAFE (left) perform a square dance to the sound of Tar and Rosin, an up-and-coming, old-time Appalachian string band. THE DRAKE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM (right) stand in line to listen to the “The Star-Spangled Banner” during Sunday afternoon’s Hoops for Hope game in the Knapp Center
It all started with a Facebook post. Actually, it all started in the second century, but that’s beside the point. For the purpose of this article, I’ll focus on the more current definition and celebration of Valentine’s Day.
As we recover from chocolate-filled stupors and the furry embrace of stuffed animals, perhaps it is time to reflect on what exactly this holi-day means (or should mean). Shortly before the big V-Day this year, I was privy to a Facebook friend’s rant about how Feb. 14 is just a day for singles to lament their lack of a sig-nificant other. That same friend pro-ceeded to fume over never having received chocolates, flowers or a per-sonalized love song offered to her by a gentleman on this day of love. Having never shared the day with a beau, she had reached the conclusion that Val-entine’s Day is a ridiculous holiday to be avoided at all costs.
How many of us have at one point entertained the thought that Feb. 14 can only be celebrated in the loving
arms of a significant other? I will admit that I was once a victim of that wavelength. Society, as a whole, does tend to put more value in rela-tionships rather than being single. If “Twilight” were a story of a clumsy brunette claiming her independence from her vampire lover, would it have sold as many books, tickets or Team Edward shirts? Doubtful.
Though being half of a lovey-dovey pair may be enjoyable, should couples be the only ones who take pleasure in Valentine’s Day? My Magic 8 Ball says, “My reply is no.” If you won’t accept my claim in this matter, there can be no argument against the mystical powers of the Magic 8 Ball.
For me, Valentine’s Day is about something more than having a sweet-heart to share it with. It’s about hav-ing someone to share it with — pe-riod. That person could be a family member or a friend. Heck, that per-son doesn’t even need to be a person. Share the day with a pet cat, dog or
iguana. Chances are, they’d like to enjoy some Conversation Hearts, too.
Some of you may even contend that celebrating with roses and big gestures is not for you, regardless of the holiday. That’s perfectly fine. There are dozens of ways to express your love that don’t necessarily come in floral form. Don’t fear the V-Day because you prefer a less traditional expression of affection. Forge a new path of celebration if that’s what tick-les your fancy.
There are plenty of ways to en-gage in Valentine’s Day, no matter what your relationship status is. Right here on campus, “Pyscho” was being shown as an alternative to engaging in love-filled frolicking. An unconven-tional event, yes, but I have a feeling Norman Bates would have wanted to share the love on Valentine’s Day, most likely with his mother.
The bottom line is that your single status doesn’t mean that heart-shaped balloons and mushy greeting cards should make you dive for cover under
your bed. Don’t worry if you lack a special someone in your life. Embrace the love of Valentine’s Day with whomever you love in your life. Next year, I challenge each and every one of you to take a moment on Feb. 14 to tell someone in your life that you love and appreciate him or her.
opinions&editorialsStudent Senate Executive elections are in full swing! Be prepared to be bombarded with signs all over campus, Facebook groups and unnecessary election commission violations.
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Calling all singles, reclaim next year’s Valentine’s Day
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“The bottom line is that your single status doesn’t mean that heart-shaped balloons and mushy greeting cards should make you dive for cover under your bed.
Hubbell Trouble brings you a beverage
So, we’ve all had that concoction that Olmsted likes to call coffee. Sometimes they put some sugary syrup in it to try to mask the taste, but it just doesn’t work… at all. Being the marvelous creators that we are, we have come up with a solution to this dilemma. Which is why we made the... (drum roll please) BEST. MOCHA. EVER. We apologize for yelling but it’s seriously really good.
To make this beauty, you’re going to need one of those tiny mugs that they expect us to drink out of. Fill it up a quarter of the way with vanilla ice cream and then pour some chocolate syrup on top of it. Mix it together and add some coffee. Compli-cated, we know. Also, because we don’t believe in stealing intellectual property (the Social Network scared us) we would like to credit first-year student Hayley Runde for suggesting the addition of ice cream.
Want to get a little crazy? We suggest adding caramel syrup as well and then, if Hubbell ever brings back the cozy caramel coffee (not that we’re bitter or anything,) but we are, substitute that for the regular coffee. Another idea is to add cinnamon sugar to your regular mocha or use chocolate ice cream instead of vanilla. Whatever trips your trigger!
Hope you enjoy your Hubbell Mocha that you didn’t have to use your flex dol-lars for.
Here’s Lookin’ at You, Kid, Hubbell Trouble
Previous recipes include...
– caramel apple paninis
– fruitylicious oatmeal
– see their blog at hubbelltrouble.wordpress.com
– Have any questions on recipe ideas or ways to spice up your dining hall experience? Send them to Hilary or Kenzie to get your questions answered and to learn new ways to eat in Hubbell.
Leave behind the Olmsted coffee for a homemade Hubbell mocha
don’tmissthis Learn how to shoot quality video and have the opportunity to use DogTV equipment as part of the DogTV and SAB first annual film festival kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. in Meredith 104.
What you didn’t know about college weight gainWays for college students to maintain weight and a healthy lifestyle
“My mother warned me about weight gain before I went off to college,” junior Erin Donegan said. “Whether it’s picking an apple over a bag of potato chips for a snack or walking to the sorority house in-stead of driving, she always told me that it’s the little choices that make a difference.”
Juggling 19 credit hours between two majors in addition to holding three leader-ship positions throughout different groups on campus, Donegan, 19, said she hardly has time to eat regularly or work out.
“I admit — I’ve never been to the Drake fitness center,” Donegan said. “My freshman year, professors always suggested that I go there to relieve stress, but my free time was spent otherwise. I was working on homework, practicing my instruments, completing leadership duties or attending sorority meetings.”
Due to her lack of inactivity and an inconsistent dining schedule, Donegan gained three to four pounds during her first year of college, which is in line with the national average.
“I knew I wasn’t always making the best decisions for my body, so I was sur-prised that I didn’t gain more,” Donegan said.
For many students, the transition from high school to college can be challeng-ing. The new independence found in the college environment presents you with a plethora of choices that require continu-ous decision-making. You’re on a mission to find the right friends, the best Greek house on campus, the specific clubs to join and certainly, the most happening bars to venture into on the weekends. What many are unaware of is how each of these choices impact weight gain during the four or more years away at school.
The freshman 15: Truth or myth?The freshman 15, a scary term for
many college students, refers to the weight gain that many students experience dur-ing their first year of college. It first made its debut in a 1989 issue of “Seventeen” magazine. Since then, teen-geared articles, books and TV shows have many college students across the country fretting about the potential to put on extra pounds after
that final drop off at the dorms. “The media never really tells you
what attributes to the weight gain, only that you’re going to gain it,” said Johanna Determann, assistant wellness director at Drake. “It has been around for so many years, but I don’t think that there’s any sci-ence behind it.”
And she’s right. According to charts produced by the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, young adults ages 18 to 19 gain between 2.5 to 3.5 pounds on average during their first year of college. While a select few may put on 15 or more unwanted pounds when they reach col-lege, the majority does not.
“Fifteen is definitely not the average,” Determann said. “Yes, many are going to gain weight, but there is a variety in the number of pounds based on the individ-ual’s lifestyle.”
Work a plan into your meal plan “The all-you-can-eat buffet style cafete-
ria can be overwhelming for students,” said nutritionist Joan Murphy. “They aren’t used to making these decisions on what or when to eat because they’ve been so used to regimented meal times and only one op-tion at home. They go crazy with the new choices and don’t realize how quickly it all adds up.”
The American Dietetic Association states that the best solution for avoiding college weight gain is to be aware of your daily caloric intake. When in line at the dining hall, stick to a set plan or checklist. Know what foods and drinks are best to consume and how much to consume. The American Dietetic Association also suggests that logging your meals, drinks, snacks and physical activity can help keep weight under control.
First Lady Michelle Obama has joined with the United States Department of Agriculture to promote her dietary icon, My Plate, in her “Let’s Move” campaign designed to decrease obesity in America. This icon, released last spring, replaced the USDA’s food pyramid created in 1992. My Plate is a simpler symbol of proper nutri-tion to which your plate should be broken down. This icon has thrown out the glu-cose and fats and instead focuses on four main food groups. Proteins and whole grains must be divided equally to fit one half of your plate, while the other half
focuses on fruits and veggies, with more veggies than fruits. Adhering to these four quadrants will help you stay on track. A glass of milk is also recommended.
“Sometimes including each of these foods can be tricky,” Determann said. “That is why we must get creative and think outside the box.”
Be sure to explore before tossing sea-soned French fries and that greasy slice of pizza on your tray. According to the Cleve-land Clinic, a health institute in Ohio, two slices of Domino’s deep-dish pepperoni pizza or Pizza Hut’s meat lover’s pizza contains around 700 to 800 calories. If you were following a 1,600 calorie-diet and ate two slices of meat lover’s pizza, you would have already consumed 43 percent of your daily calorie needs and 65 percent of your fat allowance.
Take foods from different stations and incorporate a rainbow of colors into your meal. Different colors provide different nu-trients. Look for foods that are roasted in-stead of cooked au gratin. Go for steamed instead of sautéed and broiled instead of breaded.
Get some ZZZ’sMany students would sleep all day
when presented with the opportunity, and surprisingly, there are a select few who do. For most, though, it’s difficult fitting sleep into busy schedules when class and study time takes up a huge chunk while the re-maining is devoted to social or athletic commitments.
The National Sleep Foundation rec-ommends at least 8 1/2 to nine hours of sleep per night for young adults. Irregular bedtimes allows for more time in the day to squeeze in late night snacking and meals eaten when students would otherwise be sleeping.
K.J. Burrington, a researcher for the Wisconsin Center for Dairy research at the University of Wisconsin, said that it’s much harder for young adults to burn off calo-ries at night when they are sitting around snacking while studying or socializing.
“There’s no physical activity for these kids late in the evening,” she said.
Not only is it difficult to fight off calo-ries without sleep, but it is also a challenge making it through your next day of classes when you’re running on five or fewer hours of sound snoozing.
Eat breakfast“WebMD” Magazine states that many
people attempt to lose weight by skipping breakfast, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Break-fast is the most important meal of the day because it recharges your body and your brain.
“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper,” Deter-mann said.
Start out with a big meal. From the time you wake up to the time you go to bed, the energy needed throughout the day decreases as hours pass, so the amount of calories consumed decreases with lunch and dinner.
Consider breakfast as an investment. When you skip breakfast, your body is missing out on the energy it needs to carry out daily tasks efficiently, according to WebMD. Obtaining the energy and nutri-ents that breakfast gives you is much more valuable than those few extra minutes of sleep after hitting the snooze button on your alarm. Not only will skipping a meal lead to a decreased level of performance and concentration, but it also can cause overeating to occur at the next meal, De-termann said. Other consequences detri-mental to our health are as simple as the Caramel Mocha Latte or the Red Bull that students grab on the go.
Don’t drink your caloriesDetermann said that people tend to
forget that calories exist in drinks.“Students don’t keep track of the im-
pact of beverages they drink like pop, juice, special coffee drinks and alcohol specifi-cally,” Determann said. “They all matter.”
It’s college, so for many that means heavy drinking and partying. Going out to local clubs and bars plays a significant role in weight gain. These social scenes provide an atmosphere that promotes the intake of high calorie, alcoholic beverages like beer as well as sugary drinks like vodka lemon-ades that contain a large amount of empty calories and carbohydrates. When the party stops, usually in between the hours of 1 and 3 a.m., the consumption continues with food. Students stumble into the local pizza joint or McDonald’s.
“When you’re in the social setting, a lot of times you’re eating, too,” Murphy said. “A combination of the drinking and
eating is what accumulates so many empty calories.”
The USDA recommends 200 calories used for fluids on a daily 2,000-calorie diet. The department said that a small amount of empty calories is OK, but most people consume far more than is healthy. The easiest solution is water, according to the USDA.
Move that body “Grab a water bottle and a friend and
head to the fitness center,” Determann said. “Girls tend to enjoy the group exercise classes such as Zumba or yoga while guys are more involved in intramurals.”
Increasing daily activity can make a difference no matter what the level.
“Little changes in daily activity can add up,” Burrington said. “Walk up the stairs instead of taking the elevator.”
That might just be enough to keep weight down. Burrington said that col-lege students still have high metabolisms. A small increase in physical activity would be beneficial.
“Unless you are really into working out, many find it hard to make time to con-sistently work out,” Murphy said. “They need to get back in the swing of things and make small changes to see results. They need to ask themselves if it’s important enough to them to make it happen.”
Telling a friend could be the push you need into a better lifestyle.
“When you’re really trying to make a lifestyle change, a close friend or family member will hold you accountable,” De-termann said. “If they know you’re trying to make a change, they aren’t going to in-tentionally sabotage that. They will help you.” Determann recommends hav-ing work out buddies and study partners for encouragement and steady change.
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Old string band brings entertainment to Hubbell
Drake University’s Quad Creek Café has been offering more enter-tainment to students than TV soap operas. Tar and Rosin, an up-and-coming, old-time Appalachian string band from Des Moines, has played several casual shows in the café and has evoked eye-catching outbursts of barn dancing among audience members. Students may recognize Joe Brauner, a Sodexo employee, on string bass. Other members include guitarist George Lane, Kyle Cox on fiddle and John “Fly” Martin on banjo.
Tar and Rosin’s sound is best de-scribed as traditional American string music.
“We play mostly old, old, old songs,” Cox, 23, said. “Like pre-Civil war music from the 1830s and 1840s.”
The band’s inspirations are a mixture of old and modern groups, including Flat Mountain Girls, Fog-horn Stringband, Uncle Earl and Hot Buttered Rum. At shows, the band combines old-time covers with origi-nal songs.
Tar and Rosin typically plays one show per week, with many arranged spontaneously. The band occasionally will enter a coffee shop or other estab-
lishment and ask management if they can play a show on the spot, which the band calls “door-pulling.” The band has “door-pulled” several of its shows at places such as Smokey Row Coffee Co. and the Chicha Shack. As for the group’s Hubbell performanc-es, Brauner asked his Sodexo man-ager for permission and had the band scheduled in no time.
The band’s Quad Creek Café shows have inspired foot tapping and dancing from students, but Tar and Rosin also has fans that regularly at-tend shows. All band members agree that shows are “definitely more fun to play” when the audience is energeti-cally involved.
“We’re trying to make a cult,” Cox said. “A dance cult, if you will. This music is dance music. That’s what it’s made for. It’s a community-based entertainment. You’re fueling this huge dance.”
Tar and Rosin has no recorded albums yet, but the band is currently writing music for a demo album and planning shows at future venues. The new album will be a mix of traditional American covers and original tracks written by members of the band.
As far as expanding the group goes, all members agreed that a po-tential band mate must first have a connection with the existing group.
“What we have going right now
works really well for us,” Cox said. “We’re all buddies.”
Cox and Martin, the band’s origi-nal members, said they have been involved in the music game for years.
“(We started it) just to entertain ourselves and to keep us from going insane,” Cox said. The other mem-bers had been introduced by fellow musicians and joined later on in the band’s career.
“We just started up one day and never stopped,” said Brauner, who joined Tar and Rosin six months ago.
Lane joined the group two months ago as the final member.
“Tar and Rosin is still in the baby phases and will be up and running pretty soon,” Lane said.
Aside from writing music and playing shows, the four members of-ten get together and play purely for themselves.
“What we do happens regardless of if we’re playing a show or not,” Cox said. “It’s like, I’m going to have a good time with my friends, and I’m going to bring my fiddle.”
Tar and Rosin can be found both on Facebook and on YouTube. The band’s plans include Hubbell shows and shows at other nearby venues with dates and times to be announced on the group’s Facebook page.
When 101-year-old Lois Bright thinks about it, it truly has been “a long time.” And when she has a few girls from the Drake women’s rowing team over for card night and some snacks, it’s more than just ‘Go Fish.’
“You get a little history lesson when you go,” said second-year phar-macy student Brittney Smith, who has been a crew member for three years. “She’s lived through everything.”
Sipping her basil ravioli vegetable soup at Palmer’s Deli Market in Des Moines, she looked sharp as a tack — but even sharper in her chic leather jacket, her tiny pearl studded earrings and her warm smile. The soup was on Smith.
“They are so good to me,” Bright said. “They take me out for dinner, bring me flowers.
“Sometimes I ask them to come to my home to play cards…and they cheat,” she added jokingly.
For almost 17 years, Bright has been one of the Drake crew’s biggest supporters through donations from the Bright Foundation. At 101, she is still the president and director of the foundation, which she and her hus-band, Dale, founded together in the early 1980s.
“We know how hard it is to get money to go to school,” Bright said. “It was our goal to help young people be able to (do that). We started out with just two employees — my hus-band and myself.”
Through her donations, the crew team has been able to buy new row-ing boats and rowing equipment. All of the boats are named after her and Dale. The Lois Brights are “eights” — the typical eight-rower boat. And there are two “Dalos” — a combina-tion of Dale and Lois’s names. The Dale H. Bright is a four-rower boat.
Apologizing for her aging mem-ory, she can’t quite remember how relations between her foundation and the Drake crew all got started, but she does remember the day when she met with head coach Charlie DiSilvestro and the president of Drake at the time, among others, over lunch in the mid-1990s.
“My husband wasn’t too enthused about girls on a rowing team,” Bright said. “He couldn’t believe girls would get up that early for a row on the water, but he finally decided that we would help them out.”
When Dale died in 1996, Lois Bright became president and director of the foundation, which has support-
ed projects at Grand View Univer-sity, Des Moines Area Community College, Drake and other establish-ments around the Des Moines area which all work toward improving the education and learning experi-ences of young people.
Bright also attends almost ev-ery home rowing meet at the Des Moines River, and Smith drives her there. Over the years, she has had the great pleasure of getting to know many of the girls.
“Not as well as I’d like to, though,” Bright said.
“I know the girls that come over — and I know this lady,” she said, pointing to Smith. “She’s my best friend.”
Smith first met Bright three years ago when the team captain asked her to pick up Bright for a team event in the spring. Soon af-ter, they discussed setting up a card night at Bright’s home, and they’ve done it every month since.
“It gives the girls a rest from school, and I just love to have the girls come over to my house to play cards,” Bright said. “I usually serve a little popcorn or cookies.”
Bright said that the card games don’t get too serious.
“They’ll play Uno, Go Fish, Old Maid — it’s real high class,” Bright joked.
Only three or four girls come to play at a time, and Smith said she tries to bring different girls each month. Bright also goes out to dinner with the whole team once a semester.
“She’s very entertaining,” Smith said. “She has a great sense of humor and—”
Bright cut her off before she could finish.
“Don’t tell her that stuff,” Bright said jokingly. “I don’t see how they put up with me — I’m over 100 years old.”
Smith said that she loves Bright’s personality.
“We like to joke all the time,” Smith said. “She’s a nice woman, and she’s friendly — for the most part.
“She can get a little ornery some-time,” Smith joked.
Both she and Bright laughed along.
“I have to crack the whip on ‘em sometimes,” Bright added.
At 101, Bright’s comedic personal-ity is still a part of her repertoire. Her thin-rimmed glasses and camouflaged hearing aids are the only things that show her age. Her rings — perhaps her 1930s wedding band on her left hand — are loose fitting around her
nimble fingers, and her hair is stark white. Still, one would probably not guess that she is 101 years old.
Last January, Bright celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at three different parties. Her favorite was the one that her nieces and nephews put on for her in the large meeting room at the East Side Library in Des Moines, an establish-ment to which the Bright Foundation has made many contributions.
“My nieces went all out,” Bright said. “All the family got together for me. That was pretty special.”
Bright doesn’t have any children, but she has five nieces and two neph-ews. She had been married to her husband for 66 years — they were high school sweethearts.
Bright lights up when she tells the story of how she met her husband. It was the summer of 1928, and Bright’s father would let her drive the old Ford Model T to school. In her small southern Iowa town, driving to school was by no means common, and when other teenagers saw her with the car, they’d gather round to watch her start it up.
Starting the car was not as easy as turning a key. She had to get out of the car to crank the choke lever below the radiator. Sometimes, however, the handle would backfire. On this par-
ticular afternoon, while a dozen or so students congregated around her to watch her perform this seemingly complex task, the handle did backfire. It hit her solid in the arm.
She looked up to find a strong, tall boy. His hair was curly and blonde, and he stood a good six-feet tall.
“He said, ‘I’m taking you to the doctor right now,’” Bright recalled. “He did, and I never let him get away.”
Yes, the tall, blonde boy was Dale. Lois Bright graduated in 1929, while Dale was a year ahead of her. The two married in 1930.
“He was very appreciative of me all the time we lived together,” she said. “I was appreciative of him...(there’s) a lot of memories.”
For 25 years, Dale worked as the treasurer and president of Western Tool & Stamping Co., a company that eventually became the country’s largest lawn mower manufacturer. Lois Bright worked at Rollins Hosiery Mill sewing back seams on the stock-ings. The Bright Foundation was a re-sult of the couple’s smart saving and investing over many years.
“We are very fortunate to have Mrs. Bright be part of our program, and I wouldn’t want to imagine where we would be with out her support,” DiSilvestro said.
Next year, her fifth year studying pharmacy at Drake, will be Smith’s last year as a part of the crew, but she knows it won’t be the last she’ll see of Bright.
“She wants me to be her pharma-cist,” Smith said. “So I’ve got to stick around after I graduate.”
Lucky for Bright, sophomore row-er Mallory Bonstrom is studying to become a doctor.
“I’ve got my pharmacist and my doctor,” Bright said. “Now I just need somebody to cook for me.”
The two shared another laugh. By now, Bright was finished with her soup, and she had drawn what-ever she could from her century-old memory.
One hundred-and-one is a big number, but perhaps for Bright, it’s not that number that matters. It’s easy to count years, but to count the people she’s benefited and sup-ported, whether directly or indirectly, throughout those years is not easy. In fact, it’s a number that may not even be possible to count.
Bright is still the boss of that foun-dation and still the president. Age? That’s got nothing to do with it.
That immeasurable number, though — wherever it’s at — is going to keep growing.
MEAGAN FLYNN | staff photographer BRITTNEY SMITH AND LOIS BRIGHT have a close relationship after knowing each other for years due to Bright’s support of Drake’s crew team.
J-term logo contest designs due this week REQUIREMENTS• Paper copies of portrait and landscape designs set for a let-
terhead design• Must have a black-and-white design, full color designs are
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address and entries• Designs are due to Meredith 110 by 3 p.m. on Wednesday,
Feb. 22
WINNER• The winning design will be announced at the J-Term Fair
on Tuesday, Feb. 28• The winner will receive a $50 gift card to the University
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Senior Rachael Hackbarth is not showing any signs of slowing down in her stellar season. On Friday, Hackbarth recorded her 18th double-double of the season (good for second in the NCAA), finishing with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Hackbarth has recorded 11 straight double-doubles.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Bulldogs take down ranked foes Nebraska and Idaho on the road, improve season record to 9-1
At this point, Drake defeating na-tionally ranked opponents shouldn’t sur-prise anybody.
Just ask No. 38 Nebraska and No. 66 Idaho.
The No. 73 Bulldogs went into Lin-coln, Neb., and shocked the Cornhusk-ers with a 4-3 victory last Friday. Drake followed that up with a 7-0 rout over the Vandals on Saturday.
The sizzling Bulldogs have won eight-straight matches and are now 9-1 on the season. With these two victo-ries, Drake is expected to shoot up the national ladder when the next Intercol-legiate Tennis Association rankings are released.
“Obviously, it was a great week-end for us,” junior Anis Ghorbel said. “These were two big wins.”
The Bulldogs’ depth was key in the victory over Nebraska. At the top doubles spot, Ghorbel and junior James McKie took on the fifth-ranked duo in the country in Chris Aumueller and Benedikt Lindheim. Ghorbel and McKie pushed the Cornhusker pair but dropped the match 8-6.
Senior Cesar Bracho and freshman Alen Salibasic notched a thrilling 9-8 (4) win at the second slot to keep Drake’s hopes alive for garnering the doubles point. In the third position, junior Jean Erasmus and sophomore Robin Good-man secured the point with an 8-4 vic-tory.
Aumueller and Lindheim were also strong at Nebraska’s top two spots in sin-gles, respectively. At the top slot, No. 60 Aumueller defeated No. 73 Ghorbel 6-1,
6-3. Erasmus fell to No. 54 Lindheim at the second position 7-6 (5), 6-0.
The Bulldogs, however, responded with wins at the next three slots to clinch the match. McKie won his match 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 3 spot. Salibasic notched a 6-3, 6-4 victory at the No. 4 position, and Goodman garnered a 6-3, 6-4 tri-umph at the No. 5 slot.
“I think this was our best win so far (this season),” Ghorbel said. “They (Ne-braska) have been a top 30- or top 20-
team for the last five years. It was the toughest match so far.”
Freshman Ben Mullis dropped a 6-2, 6-3 decision at the No. 6 position to round out the final score.
“Nebraska has really great players,” Ghorbel said. “We played our best ten-nis, and we were all confident on the
court. We carried that confidence into our match against Idaho.”
The Bulldogs had much less trouble with Idaho as they took down every point in the match.
On Saturday, Bracho and Salibasic handled the top spot in doubles with an 8-4 victory. Ghorbel and McKie fell at No. 2 doubles 8-7, but Erasmus and Goodman won 8-1 to notch the point for Drake.
The Bulldogs were unstoppable in singles play. They won every match and nearly took every set.
Ghorbel rallied from a first-set loss at No. 1 singles and kept his composure in two tightly contested final sets. He hung on for a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 win. McKie also battled at the No. 2 slot, but he came away victorious in his match by a line of 6-4, 3-6, 10-8.
Once again, Drake’s depth proved to be an advantage. With those hotly con-tested matches at the top two slots, the Bulldogs barely sweat at the final four positions. Erasmus, Salibasic, Goodman and Mullis all swept their matches at the No. 3-6 slots, respectively.
“We’re not going to stop,” Ghorbel said. “We are going to keep working hard and play our best tennis. We have the players, the talent and the potential. Our (head) coach (Evan Austin) has done a great job.”
Drake returns home this week to take on Butler this Saturday. A match with in-state rival Iowa at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center looms on Feb. 29.
TRACK & FIELD
Junior Dan Karys and sophomore Alex Kaster, who won the long and triple jumps, respectively, last Friday at the Iowa Invitational in Iowa City, led the Drake track and field teams.
The team traveled with 17 ath-letes on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s side. Both squads placed six athletes each in the top eight in their respective events.
The Iowa Invitational was thelast
meet before the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, and it featured schools such as Iowa, Northern Iowa and Western Illinois.
Karys soared a distance of 22 feet, 11 inches en route to his title in the long jump.
Karys also managed to finish in second place in the triple jump. He fin-ished behind his teammate Kaster, who leaped 56 feet, 10.75 inches.
Junior Marissa Smith stepped out-side of her comfort zone sprinting in the 200-meter dash, and she was re-
warded with a second-place finish with a time of 26.38 seconds. Smith com-mented on her versatility.
“It feels good to do well in another event, especially when you know it will transfer over and help you with your main event,” Smith said.
Freshman Mariel Fulton ap-proached a sub five-minute mile with her fourth-place finish in the one-mile run. Fulton finished in 5:11.68, and she was the only underclassman in that event to finish in the top nine.
In the absence of sophomores Omet Kak and Brogan Austin, senior
Matt Jurysta finished in fifth place in the one-mile run with a time of 4:18.04.
Juniors Sarah Yeager and Emily James showed their strut in the 60-me-ter hurdles with fourth- and fifth-place finishes, respectively. Yeager finished with a time of 9.06 seconds, and James finished with a time of 9.15 seconds.
Both teams are back in action at the State Farm MVC Indoor Track and Field Championships this Saturday and Sunday at the UNI Dome in Ce-dar Falls, Iowa.
Drake wins eighth straight, tops UMKC and Chicago State
Drake began an eight-game home stand last weekend, and the Bulldogs rolled to their seventh- and eighth-straight victories over Missouri-Kansas City and Chicago State.
Drake took down UMKC 6-1 last Saturday. The Bulldogs swept Chicago State 7-0 later in the day. Drake has not lost a match in a month of action.
The Bulldogs lone loss this season came at the hands of No. 25 Oklahoma on Jan. 21. Drake moved to 9-1 on the season with the victories last weekend.
“It feels awesome,” freshman Nell Boyd said. “It’s the best record we’ve had in a long time, and it feels good to be a part of it.”
The Bulldogs dominated at the top two positions in doubles play against UMKC. The top tandem of senior Gabby Demos and junior Manca Kriz-man won decisively 8-3. Senior Jessica Aguilera and sophomore Klavdija Rebol won 8-1 at the No. 2 spot to secure the point.
Drake was just as dominant in singles play, winning five of the six matches. In all five wins combined, the Bulldogs dropped just a single set.
Rebol battled at the top spot. She split the first two sets before separating herself in the third for the victory. The final line was 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.
Krizman won 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 2 position. Boyd was flawless in her 6-0, 6-1 win at the No. 3 spot. Demos and Aguilera rounded out the team’s points at the No. 4 and No. 5 slots, respectively. Demos won 6-1, 6-0 while Aguilera earned a 6-0, 6-1 triumph.
“At first, I was a little nervous to play at No. 3 (singles),” Boyd said. “But it wasn’t bad at all.”
Drake was even better against Chica-go State. The Bulldogs won every match — in fact, they won every set — against the Cougars.
Demos and Krizman set the tone at No. 1 doubles with an 8-3 victory. Agu-ilera and Rebol won 8-5 at the No. 2 spot, while Boyd and junior Ali Patter-son cruised to an 8-0 win at the No. 3 position.
“We always do doubles work, and we
practice getting better at court position,” Boyd said. “We also need to work on be-ing more consistent in singles (play).”
Rebol did not drop a game in her 6-0, 6-0 singles win at the No. 1 slot. Krizman won 6-1, 6-2 in No. 2 singles while Demos cleaned up in a 6-4, 6-1 win at the No. 3 spot.
Senior Amanda Aragon earned a 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 4 singles. Senior Earlynn Lauer won by an identical line
at the No. 5 slot, while freshman Aman-da Dick triumphed 6-3, 6-0 at the No. 6 position to complete the sweep.
The Bulldogs continue their home stand with three matches this weekend. Drake takes on Montana this Friday at 3 p.m. at the Roger Knapp Tennis Cen-ter. The Bulldogs face Upper Iowa at 10 a.m. and then Kansas at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Drake opens Missouri Valley Confer-
ence play on March 31 against Northern Iowa, and Boyd said that the Bulldogs have a legit shot at earning the league title.
“I look forward to playing Wichita (State) and beating them,” Boyd said of the three-time defending MVC cham-pion Shockers.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
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Nebraska has really great players. We played our best tennis, and we were all confident on the court. We carried that confidence into our match against Idaho.
- junior Anis Ghorbel
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JUNIOR JAMES MCKIE charges the net in a match against East Tennessee State last week at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center. The Bulldogs improved to 9-1 over the weekend with victories on the road over Nebraska and Idaho.
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New Mexico State’s Wendell McK-ines was too much for Drake to handle last Saturday, and the Aggies over-whelmed the Bulldogs in the Bracket-Buster contest in Las Cruces, N.M.
New Mexico State (20-8, 7-3 WAC), which is second in the Western Athletic Conference, dealt Drake (15-13, 8-8 MVC) a 71-55 loss. McKines had 25 points and 12 rebounds.
This one was never really close. The Aggies led by 10 for most of the first half and stretched their lead to as much as 21 in the second half.
Sophomore Rayvonte Rice led Drake with 18 points and five re-bounds. Junior Aaron Hawley, who started his fifth game for the inactive ju-nior Ben Simons, added 14 points and
six rebounds.“There were times where it looked
like a man against a boy,” head coach Mark Phelps said. “They certainly had a lot of size, a lot of girth, a lot of bulk.”
New Mexico State was ranked No. 74 in the Ratings Percentage Index coming into the game. It ranked 23rd in the nation in scoring (77.7 points per game) and 14th in rebounding (39.6 per game). The Aggies out-rebounded the Bulldogs 40-31. McKines entered the game averaging 18.1 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, both tops in the WAC.
“They’re one of the leading teams in the nation at getting to the free throw line,” Phelps said. “They’re a very, very physical team and a very good basket-ball team.”
Drake shot just 34 percent from the field while New Mexico State fired 48 percent from the floor. The Aggies sank
53.8 percent of their 3-point attempts. The Bulldogs were just 12-of-23 from
the free throw line.Last Wednesday, Drake survived a
late Bradley run to defeat the Braves 62-55 in Peoria, Ill.
The Bulldogs built an 18-point lead, but they missed key free throws down the stretch to let Bradley back in the game. Drake did enough to close out the victory and reach .500 in the Mis-souri Valley Conference. Drake moved into a tie for fourth place with the win.
Bradley (7-22, 2-14 MVC) dropped deep into the Valley cellar with the loss. The Braves sit in last place and trail ninth-place Southern Illinois by three games.
Rice and senior Kurt Alexander had 15 points apiece in the contest. Hawley added 12 while junior Jordan Clarke contributed six points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Walt Lemon Jr. had a game-high 22 points to lead Bradley.
Drake is tied with Evansville and Il-linois State for fourth in the Valley. Mis-souri State is one game ahead of those teams in third place. Northern Iowa and Indiana State trail the fourth-place trio by one game.
The Bulldogs’ final home game of the season is this Wednesday against Southern Illinois. The team will honor seniors Alexander and Kraidon Woods. Tip-off at the Knapp Center is set for 7:05 p.m.
Drake’s final regular season game is at Wichita State this Saturday. The Shockers have already clinched at least a share of the regular-season MVC title.
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Drake dispatched Indiana State 60-43 at the Knapp Center last Friday, ac-complishing two key objectives.
The rout of the Sycamores lifted the Bulldogs above .500 at 13-12 over-all and at 7-7 in the Missouri Valley Conference, pushing Drake into sixth place. If the Bulldogs finish above sev-enth place, they bypass the State Farm MVC Championship’s opening round on March 8.
Indiana State entered the game in sixth place, and Drake trailed just be-hind in seventh place. With both teams battling on the MVC tournament play-in bubble, the Bulldogs knew that it was a must-win game.
Drake’s first-half play mirrored its must-win mindset as the Bulldogs pow-ered an early 17-4 run en route to 50 percent first-half shooting.
With 1:13 remaining in the first half, Indiana State’s Brittany Schoen nailed a 3-pointer, narrowing the deficit to 10 points at 29-19. Just 17 seconds later, Drake freshman Kyndal Clark an-swered with a bucket from behind the arc, rounding out a 32-19 halftime lead.
The Sycamores opened the second stanza with a statement, scoring five straight points to close within eight at 32-24.
At the 15:17 mark, senior guard Brittnye McSparron stepped in with back-to-back baskets, extending the Bulldogs’ advantage back to double fig-ures at 38-28.
Indiana State’s offensive drive wasn’t finished just yet, though.
The Sycamores powered six straight points, edging within two possessions at 38-34. Despite a tense turnaround, the Bulldogs maintained composure.
“For the first time in a long time, we were like, ‘OK, we’re not just going to give in, and we’re going to grind this out and fight back,’” senior forward Rachael Hackbarth said.
Then, Hackbarth handed the ball to sophomore guard Morgan Reid. Reid netted consecutive layups, restoring Drake’s eight-point advantage at 42-34.
“Morgan (Reid) did a good job of communicating and collected the ball at the right time,” Hackbarth said.
Less than 30 seconds later, se-nior Amber Wollschlager’s 3-pointer swished through the hoop, securing Drake’s double-digit advantage for good. One possession later, redshirt freshman Carly Grenfell responded to Wollschlager’s bucket with a trey of her own, giving the Bulldogs a 48-34 lead.
Another Reid layup completed Drake’s 12-0 run, and she said it couldn’t have come at a better time.
“We just had a run when we need-ed it,” Reid said. “It was the spark we needed to pull away from them.”
The Bulldogs did just that, closing out the win with two Hackbarth bas-kets.
“Our team had really good chem-istry in the second half,” Reid said. “It was a much-needed win. We just need to build off this momentum.”
Hackbarth continues to build on her already notable season. She reg-istered her 18th double-double of the 2011-12 campaign with 20 points and 13 rebounds.
She sits in second place in the nation
for the most double-doubles this season, and for Hackbarth, it’s an almost unbe-lievable statistic.
“I feel like I’m watching someone else perform,” she said. “It doesn’t feel like that’s me when people tell me that, so it’s definitely an honor.”
Clark chipped in nine points and five rebounds. Reid and McSparron re-corded identical eight-point efforts.
The MVC tournament is just around the corner, and the Bulldogs are eager to finish the 2011-12 regular sea-son on a strong note.
“We’ve just got to take it one game at a time and hope other things work out, that we are in control of other teams,” Hackbarth said.
With avoiding the play-in slot in mind, the Bulldogs aim to notch three more key regular season wins. For head coach Amy Stephens, last Friday’s vic-tory marked a pivotal step.
“There’s still a lot of basketball to be played,” Stephens said. “If we’re chipping away and finding a way to win, then we’re playing for seeding ev-ery night down the stretch of these last games.”
Drake took on Illinois State at the Knapp Center yesterday. Details from that game will be available in the next issue of The Times-Delphic.
The Bulldogs take on Bradley this Friday night in Peoria, Ill. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.
JAN. 29vs UNI
L, 77-82
FEB. 2vs Missouri St.
L, 66-69
FEB. 4vs Wichita St.
L, 56-74
FEB. 9@ Southern Ill
L, 59-63
FEB. 12@ Evansville
W, 55-51
FEB. 17vs Indiana St.
W, 60-43
FEB. 19vs Illinois St.
2:05 p.m.
FEB. 24@ Bradley6:00 p.m.
FEB. 26@ UNI
3:05 p.m.
JAN. 27vs BradleyW, 77-62
MAR. 3vs Creighton
2:05 p.m.
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Last Friday was day one of the South Florida Invitational, and it was cancelled due to rain. On Saturday, the Bulldogs simply could not find any of-fensive rhythm to muster out a win.
Drake went 0-2 this weekend, losing to Arkansas 4-1 and then to Georgia Southern 2-0. The losses put the Bull-dogs’ record at 2-4 on the season.
Arkansas got off to a good start with a two-run double in the first inning. The Bulldogs responded later that in-ning with an RBI single by senior Torey Craddock to shorten the gap and make it 2-1. But Drake managed just four hits for the entire game and never got any closer.
It wasn’t until the seventh inning that the Razorbacks put the game out of reach. A solo home run and then a bases-loaded walk gave Arkansas all the insurance it needed to round up the fi-nal score at 4-1.
Sophomore Jordan Gronewold took the loss for the Bulldogs. Grone-wold went seven innings and allowed 11 hits, three walks and four earned runs. She also recorded three strikeouts. Gronewold is now 1-2 this season.
Game two against Georgia South-ern did not wake up the dormant Drake offense. The Bulldogs managed just two hits the entire game, wasting a solid performance by freshman Re-bekah Schmidt.
In just her second collegiate start, Schmidt was impressive throughout the game, allowing just two earned runs on six hits to go along with four walks and seven strikeouts. Schmidt dropped her record to 1-2 this season.
The Bulldogs took on Wisconsin yesterday. The results can be found in the next issue of The Times-Delphic.
Next weekend, Drake will hit the road once again. The Bulldogs will travel to Texas to be a part of the Texas-Arlington Tournament. Drake will take on Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Houston Baptist on Friday. The Bull-dogs will then face Texas at Arlington on Saturday and will hope to be in con-tention to play the semifinal game.
New Mexico State stifles Bulldogs on the road 71-55 in BracketBusters match
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“They’re one of the leading teams in the nation at getting to the free throw line. They’re a very, very physical team and a very good basketball team.
