Times - Delphic Monday September 24, 2012 timesdelphic.com THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR DRAKE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884 THE TIMES-DELPHIC |TIMESDELPHIC.COM TWITTER @TIMESDELPHIC FACEBOOK THE TIMES-DELPHIC Drake University, Des Moines Vol. 132 | No. 7 | Sept. 24, 2012 The >> SENATE, page 2 Student Senate Alec Hamilton Staff Writer [email protected]Alec Hamilton Staff Writer [email protected]Campus Calendar Check it out>>> <<<Campus Calendar Tuesday > Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Fraternity Recruitment > 7 p.m. > Levitt Hall in Old Main Nineties themed variety show benefits children with cancer Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Phi took home first place rewards Saturday af- ternoon at the 76th annual Sweetheart Sing competi- tion sponsored by Drake Greek Life. Eleven of Drake’s 12 so- cial fraternities and sorori- ties performed skits and musical numbers in front of students and parents in a sold out Sheslow Audito- rium. The theme for this year’s Sweetheart Sing was “Best of the ’90s” with fraternities and sororities choosing music from a spe- cific artist or group from the 1990s, all centered around an original skit of their making. Sig Ep won the frater- nity division with their rendition of the popular boy-band *NSYNC, singing hit song “Bye Bye Bye”. Alpha Phi blew the crowd away with their faux-story centered around hit pop singer Britney Spears, performing some of her biggest hits such as “...Baby One More Time” and “(You Drive Me) Cra- zy” to become the winner among the sororities. This year, proceeds from Sweetheart Sing went to the Children’s Cancer Con- nection, an organization that works to send kids who have been diagnosed with cancer to summer camps. The event raised almost $6,000. Among the other fra- ternities, Sigma Chi per- formed the works of Smash Mouth, Theta Chi sang Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, Pi Kappa Phi was the Back- street Boys, Pi Kappa Alpha did a medley of different hip-hop songs, Phi Gamma Delta performed the works of Sugar Ray and Sigma Alpha Epsilon portrayed Blink-182. For the sororities, Alpha Delta Pi sang the songs of Destiny’s Child, Delta Gam- ma performed S-Club 7, Kappa Kappa Gamma was the Spice Girls, and Kappa Alpha Theta the works of TLC. Investment surplus benefits students Improvements are in the future for Drake University’s campus and student body thanks to an investment from Student Senate. Thursday’s Student Sen- ate meeting was dominated by preliminary discussion of how to use a $50,000 invest- ment surplus to benefit cam- pus and the student popula- tion. The $50,000 has accumu- lated over the past few years in a quasi-endowment fund put together by previous Student Senates. “Over a decade ago, Stu- dent Senate would spend students’ activities fees but didn’t have any kind of cushion in case they spent more than they had,” said Vice President of Student Life David Karaz. “So, five or six years ago, Student Sen- ate decided that they would start saving surpluses into the quasi-endowment fund that is rolled into Drake’s en- dowment and it would earn interest.” Recently, Student Senate realized that with their re- serves/cushion over the last few years had ballooned into approximately $150,000. They decided to cap student activity fees as well as estab- lished a general rule that re- serves were to never exceed $100,000. In other words, any money that exceeds the $100,000 cap will now be spent by Student Senate in some way to benefit campus and the student body. With the $50,000 avail- able and needing to be spent, Karaz said: “We’re in a situ- ation where we can we can make a big difference in a way that many student gov- ernments wouldn’t even be able to think about. Now we have to make sure we’re making the right difference and we’ll have to consult the student body.” While there has been some brainstorming of ideas on how to use the money, several senators emphasized that Senate must first inform the student body of why Sen- ate has that much money at its disposal and must open up discussion with students as to how they would like the money to be spent. “Our intention is to do something tangible — some- thing students will be able to appreciate for a long time,” Karaz said. This was only a prelimi- nary discussion, there still needs to be extensive out- reach to the student body, research and discussion be- fore starting to make a deci- sion. No decision is likely to be made before winter and before consulting with ad- ministration and the Board of Trustees. Senate did emphasize, however, that this money should not go towards any kind of one-time event but rather something that will benefit all students every day. Alyssa Mozak, from the office for sexual violence response, came to speak to Senate about bringing a new bystander intervention training program to Drake. She and Dean of Students Sentwali Bakari had the op- portunity to undergo by- stander intervention train- ing as part of the Mentors in Violence Training Program last spring and they would like to bring the program to Drake and make it available to Drake leaders and stu- dents as part of a one-day seminar. The program is designed to train students how to prevent and intervene in gender violence. The ses- sion includes the topics of sexual and dating violence, homophobia and sexual ha- rassment. Mozak said, ideally, they would want to have the pro- gram over the course of one > OIT Tech Jubilee > 9 a.m - 4 p.m. > Olmsted Conference Center > Writers & Critics Series presents “Idiots’ Books” > 7 p.m. > Wesley House Gallery “We’re in a situation where we can make a big difference in a way that many student governments wouldn’t even be able to think about. — David Karaz Vice President of Student Life >>Piatkowski sets passing record to lift Bulldogs over Eagles See Page 6 The main organizers of Sweetheart Sing were juniors Max Johnson and Elizabeth Roque. The two masters of cer- emony were sophomores Emily Grimm and Dan Pfeifle. The winners were cho- sen by a panel of judges that included Drake admin- istration and faculty. This year Sweetheart Sing also featured a special appearance by Drake’s Bro- cal Chords, a vocal group on campus. The only socially Greek organization not to par- ticipate in Sweetheart Sing was the fraternity Tau Kap- pa Epsilon. Fighting the Freshman 15 Austin Cannon Staff Writer [email protected]The freshman 15. En- tering first-year students can hardly go a day with- out hearing it mentioned by their family, friends and the media. The freedom to eat whatever, whenever soon engulfs a first-year’s life and, after a month or two, they gain weight. First-year student Ja- son Rohloff came to Drake with plenty of forewarning. “Oh yeah, definitely, it’s something you always hear about and really kind of worry about. It’s some- thing you really don’t want to gain at all,” Rohloff said. While it is indeed a threat, there are ways to combat it. For instance, in Hubbell Din- ing Hall there is the “A Better Tomorrow for Your Health” plate. This plate contains 600 calories or less, 10 per- cent or less of saturated fat and three or more grams of fiber. It is a simple tool that helps students stay healthy. Karen Buchholz, the cam- pus dietician, insists that it is much easier for students to maintain their present weight than it is to lose it. She advocates smart consump- tion and an active lifestyle. “Moving more will actually Campus News increase your metabolism. One technique is to purchase a pedometer to track how many steps you take in a day and then set a goal of 10,000 steps,” Buchholz said. “Most people know what they should be eating for good health. The trick is doing it. Make gradual changes.” Many students skip meals, especially breakfast, which Buchholz discourages. “Skipping meals usually results in overeating at the next meal either because of hunger or because you ratio- nalize that you can eat more because you skipped a meal,” she said. “It is better to eat every three to five hours to keep your body fueled.” It may be a surprise to some, but eating smart does not require stripping des- serts entirely from one’s diet. Buchholz says the key is mod- eration — skip a day or two, and splitting with a friend is another viable alternative. As for staying active, the Bell Center is the place to go. Whether playing basketball, using an elliptical, taking a group exercise class or hit- ting the racquetball courts, there are plenty of ways to stay in shape. Intramurals also provide students an op- portunity to compete while >> FRESHMAN 15, page 2 Campus Events DINING SERVICES offers healthier dining options, such as the “A Better Tomorrow for your Health” plate, for students looking to eat well and stay in shape. Staying healthy on campus is a possibility Luke Nankivell | photo editor
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR DRAKE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1884
Tuesday> Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Fraternity Recruitment > 7 p.m. > Levitt Hall in Old Main
Nineties themed variety show benefits children with cancer
Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Phi took home first place rewards Saturday af-ternoon at the 76th annual Sweetheart Sing competi-tion sponsored by Drake Greek Life.
Eleven of Drake’s 12 so-cial fraternities and sorori-ties performed skits and musical numbers in front of students and parents in a sold out Sheslow Audito-rium.
The theme for this year’s Sweetheart Sing was “Best of the ’90s” with fraternities and sororities choosing music from a spe-cific artist or group from
the 1990s, all centered around an original skit of their making.
Sig Ep won the frater-nity division with their rendition of the popular boy-band *NSYNC, singing hit song “Bye Bye Bye”.
Alpha Phi blew the crowd away with their faux-story centered around hit pop singer Britney Spears, performing some of her biggest hits such as “...Baby One More Time” and “(You Drive Me) Cra-zy” to become the winner among the sororities.
This year, proceeds from Sweetheart Sing went to the Children’s Cancer Con-nection, an organization that works to send kids who have been diagnosed
with cancer to summer camps. The event raised almost $6,000.
Among the other fra-ternities, Sigma Chi per-formed the works of Smash Mouth, Theta Chi sang Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, Pi Kappa Phi was the Back-street Boys, Pi Kappa Alpha did a medley of different hip-hop songs, Phi Gamma Delta performed the works of Sugar Ray and Sigma Alpha Epsilon portrayed Blink-182.
For the sororities, Alpha Delta Pi sang the songs of Destiny’s Child, Delta Gam-ma performed S-Club 7, Kappa Kappa Gamma was the Spice Girls, and Kappa Alpha Theta the works of TLC.
Investment surplus benefits students
Improvements are in the future for Drake University’s campus and student body thanks to an investment from Student Senate.
Thursday’s Student Sen-ate meeting was dominated by preliminary discussion of how to use a $50,000 invest-ment surplus to benefit cam-pus and the student popula-tion.
The $50,000 has accumu-lated over the past few years in a quasi-endowment fund put together by previous Student Senates.
“Over a decade ago, Stu-dent Senate would spend students’ activities fees but didn’t have any kind of cushion in case they spent more than they had,” said Vice President of Student Life David Karaz. “So, five or six years ago, Student Sen-ate decided that they would start saving surpluses into the quasi-endowment fund that is rolled into Drake’s en-dowment and it would earn interest.”
Recently, Student Senate realized that with their re-serves/cushion over the last few years had ballooned into approximately $150,000. They decided to cap student activity fees as well as estab-lished a general rule that re-serves were to never exceed $100,000. In other words, any money that exceeds the $100,000 cap will now be spent by Student Senate in some way to benefit campus and the student body.
With the $50,000 avail-able and needing to be spent, Karaz said: “We’re in a situ-ation where we can we can make a big difference in a way that many student gov-ernments wouldn’t even be able to think about. Now we have to make sure we’re making the right difference and we’ll have to consult the student body.”
While there has been some brainstorming of ideas on how to use the money, several senators emphasized that Senate must first inform the student body of why Sen-ate has that much money at its disposal and must open up discussion with students as to how they would like the
money to be spent.“Our intention is to do
something tangible — some-thing students will be able to appreciate for a long time,” Karaz said.
This was only a prelimi-nary discussion, there still needs to be extensive out-
reach to the student body, research and discussion be-fore starting to make a deci-sion. No decision is likely to be made before winter and before consulting with ad-ministration and the Board of Trustees.
Senate did emphasize, however, that this money should not go towards any kind of one-time event but rather something that will benefit all students every day.
Alyssa Mozak, from the office for sexual violence response, came to speak to Senate about bringing a new bystander intervention training program to Drake.
She and Dean of Students Sentwali Bakari had the op-portunity to undergo by-stander intervention train-ing as part of the Mentors in Violence Training Program last spring and they would like to bring the program to Drake and make it available to Drake leaders and stu-dents as part of a one-day seminar.
The program is designed to train students how to prevent and intervene in gender violence. The ses-sion includes the topics of sexual and dating violence, homophobia and sexual ha-rassment.
Mozak said, ideally, they would want to have the pro-gram over the course of one
The freshman 15. En-tering first-year students can hardly go a day with-out hearing it mentioned by their family, friends and the media. The freedom to eat whatever, whenever soon engulfs a first-year’s life and, after a month or two, they gain weight.
First-year student Ja-son Rohloff came to Drake with plenty of forewarning.
“Oh yeah, definitely, it’s something you always hear about and really kind of worry about. It’s some-thing you really don’t want to gain at all,” Rohloff said.
While it is indeed a threat, there are ways to combat it. For instance, in Hubbell Din-ing Hall there is the “A Better Tomorrow for Your Health” plate. This plate contains 600 calories or less, 10 per-cent or less of saturated fat and three or more grams of fiber. It is a simple tool that helps students stay healthy.
Karen Buchholz, the cam-pus dietician, insists that it is much easier for students to maintain their present weight than it is to lose it. She advocates smart consump-tion and an active lifestyle.
“Moving more will actually
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increase your metabolism. One technique is to purchase a pedometer to track how many steps you take in a day and then set a goal of 10,000 steps,” Buchholz said. “Most people know what they should be eating for good health. The trick is doing it. Make gradual changes.”
Many students skip meals, especially breakfast, which Buchholz discourages.
“Skipping meals usually
results in overeating at the next meal either because of hunger or because you ratio-nalize that you can eat more because you skipped a meal,” she said. “It is better to eat every three to five hours to keep your body fueled.”
It may be a surprise to some, but eating smart does not require stripping des-serts entirely from one’s diet. Buchholz says the key is mod-eration — skip a day or two,
and splitting with a friend is another viable alternative.
As for staying active, the Bell Center is the place to go. Whether playing basketball, using an elliptical, taking a group exercise class or hit-ting the racquetball courts, there are plenty of ways to stay in shape. Intramurals also provide students an op-portunity to compete while
>> FRESHMAN 15, page 2
Campus Events
DINING SERVICES offers healthier dining options, such as the “A Better Tomorrow for your Health” plate, for students looking to eat well and stay in shape.
Staying healthy on campus is a possibility
Luke Nankivell | photo editor
THE COWLES LIBRARY MOVIE COLLECTION boasts more than 1,800 movies in addition to all of the books, journals, magazines and periodicals.
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Library offers more than books
Students know Cowles Library for its countless shelves of books, cozy study spaces and its newly reno-vated coffee shop. But, it also has its own collection of DVDs available for stu-dents to check out. There are over 1,800 different titles to choose from and they can be found along the north wall of the commons area.
For many students, this may provide a much-needed break from the limited DVD collection they were able to snatch from home and an economical alternative to go-ing to the theater.
“The selection is quite impressive. I will definitely be utilizing it in the future,” Shelby Derrick, first-year, said after checking out the collection.
Teri Koch, head of collec-tion development and man-agement at Cowles, empha-sizes that while the library recognizes the need for stu-dents to have entertainment outlets, their primary goal is to support the curriculum.
The library is allotted roughly $1.4 million every year to purchase new mate-rial, this includes books, journal subscriptions and databases. Though this may seem like a large sum of money, the items add up quickly. Every year, when the library gets the budget from the school, it allocates the money between the many different colleges and their departments.
The staff takes into ac-count the costs of mate-rial associated with various disciplines. For example, a science-based text tends to be much more expensive than its humanitarian and social science counterparts. Then a specified library liai-son is contacted from each college who then decides an appropriate way to spend the money. This is a prime example of Cowles’ dedica-tion to supporting the Drake curriculum and the students.
Another source that the Cowles’ staff is starting to tap into is e-book technology. Students are able to browse
thousands of books that the library does not necessarily own, but pays a rental fee for it once a student accesses the material. Once the e-book has been rented four times, it is automatically bought by Cowles. This is a way to avoid paying for material that stu-dents may never access.
Koch refers to the method as a “just in time” approach versus a “just in case” ap-proach. Koch, along with oth-er library staff members, are looking to do more “weed-ing,” meaning removing books that may not be neces-sary, with the current books on hand to make more space for student study areas.
Though the move to on-line sources and databases
is increasing rapidly, there are still many journals in dis-ciplines of arts and humani-ties that are available only in physical form, and many students still prefer paper to a LCD screen.
Koch said when she start-ed working at Drake infor-mation was accessed with a card catalog or a CD-rom index. In the middle of this whirlwind of ways to access information, Cowles is con-stantly working to strike a balance between the online and hard copy worlds.
Because the goal is to sup-port students, it is important for students to be involved in the process. Under the fre-quently asked questions tab of the Cowles Library page is a place that shows students how to request various ma-terials for the library.
It also constantly looks for feedback and ways to be continually student-cen-tered. Anyone interested in having their voice heard can contact Teri Koch at [email protected].
Bystander program in the works
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still getting their sweat go-ing. The Underground Fit-ness at the Olmsted Center also provides students with a variety of fitness equip-ment, at a more central-ized location on campus.
Assistant Wellness Di-rector Johanna Deter-mann explains the advan-tages of staying active.
“If you can find some-thing you can do, just to kind of keep your body ac-
tive, that’s going to help you in so many other aspects of your life,” Determann said.
Determann also added, “...if you’re going to study down at Mars Café and you have a car, there’s never a reason to drive there. You should always be walk-ing if you feel like you can.”
While there is the gen-eral fear of the freshman 15, Drake is up to the chal-lenge. Last year, Drake was selected as the healthiest university in Iowa by the
Academy for a Healthy Iowa for excellence in providing opportunities for the im-provement of student health.
If students find them-selves putting on the pounds, Drake’s past record should ease their worry.
“We’ve kind of proven that we have a culture of well-ness on campus and that we partner with a lot of dif-ferent people to achieve that,” Determann said.
In the middle of this whirlwind of ways to access information, Cowles is constantly working to strike a balance between the online and hard copy worlds.
— Emily Sadecki
A number of movies and e-books add to collection
day some weekend in late Oc-tober or early November. She and Bakari would facilitate involvement with the activity and there would be no cost with food and drinks being provided. The first pilot ses-sion would probably be open to 30 to 40 students, with that number increasing should the program prove popular and there is enough interest for more sessions.
“I would eventually like to include this training into the Adams Academy Leadership Program,” Mozak said.
Drake’s bandwidth was updated last Wednesday night, doubling the amount of bandwidth made available to students and faculty. Tech li-aison Joey Gale reported that there was a week’s delay due to a problem with Century-Link and the setup that was needed, but everything went off without a hitch. When asked by Karaz if it was possi-ble that the bandwidth would fill up again like the last time
the bandwidth was updated, Sen. Gale said they (OIT) are still waiting on data to see if that is happening and if so they might have to resort to other options, such as tether-ing to Iowa State University in Ames.
Senate approved three motions/resolutions as well, endorsing Drake’s new five-year strategic plan, approv-ing the appointment of the new committee members, and changing how proxies are designated.
Bakari gave his admin-istrative report, informing Senate that Faculty Senate ap-proved the strategic plan, the student code of conduct and the acceptable use of policy. Due to a state track meet in May, both graduate and un-dergraduate commencement will be moved back a day, now taking place the Saturday and Sunday of commencement rather than Friday and Sat-urday. Also, Drake has begun its search for a new associ-ate dean of students, which should be done this winter.
The 24-hour space in Cowles Library opened Wednesday, Sept. 19. Senator Emily Grimm said there was some initial confusion if the cards would be ready on time or not, but most are ready to be picked up. Students can only go pick up their cards at the Facilities Office next to the Fieldhouse and across from the Bell Center.
Cowles will be closing down a little before 1 a.m., during which students plan-ning to use the 24-hour space will have to wait in the lobby. Once the space opens, stu-dents will swipe their card to get in and once all of them have, a gate will be closed behind them. Once the gate is closed, the only exit will be through the doors leading out to University Ave., and they will have to swipe their card again to leave. There is no email notification for stu-dents to know when their card is done, but the time from order to pick-up is two business days.
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On Sept. 11, 2012, there were angry protests outside the United States embassy in Cairo, Egypt. That same day, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans were killed in a military-style attack. On Sept. 12, anti-U.S. protests spread to sev-eral Arab countries and on Sept. 15, the U.S. ordered non-essential personnel and families to leave Sudan and Tunisia. The outrage was in response to “The Inno-cence of Muslims”, an anti-Islam movie that depicts Mohammed as a womanizer, child abuser and homosexual. Originally, the movie had no religious references. Anti-Islam groups, without the actors’ knowledge, had gone and dubbed over their voices.
Soon after, the media was quick to judge the “Muslim world”. The Washington Post columnist, for example, asked, “Why is the Mus-lim world so easily offended?” But how can one use that term, “Mus-lim world”, correctly when Islam is the second largest religion in the world? It is also the fastest grow-ing, with almost 20 percent of the world’s 7 billion peo-ple adher-ing to it.
Too of-ten I have heard the term “Mus-lim world” t h r o w n a r o u n d in a political science class and I sit there and wonder if the per-son speaking realizes that over 60 percent of Muslims live in the Asian-Pacific area, not the Mid-dle East. When you say “Muslim world,” does that include them as well?
Sarah Kendzior, who received her Ph.D. in anthropology from Washington University, writes for Aljazeera: “The media should in-stead pay more attention to indi-vidual states, conflicts and leaders, since dictatorship and factional-ism have been as essential in shap-ing politics in Muslim-majority regions as has religion.” It reminds
Unrequited love. Everyone has experienced it. The pain. The hurt. The tears. For many, the feeling cannot be compared. Frank Ocean is no different. What is different is the unfiltered truth that he has packaged into 17 songs; better known as “Channel Orange.”
In his debut al-bum, Ocean uses his big soul voice to en-lighten listeners with the many stories of love lost in a way that is simply divine. Once you start listening, you won’t be able to stop. From testimonials of fiercely intimate relationships (“Pink Matter”), to the thrilling fantasies lying in-side high-class strip clubs (“Pyra-mids”), Ocean fills his album with double and triple entendres leav-
ing the listener to make its own conclusions.
Lust, love and drugs are weaved in and out of each of his songs. With so many characters in-volved, it’s hard to differentiate re-
ality from the drug-induced world within Ocean’s mind. But because pain is shown in so many different realms, listeners can truly appreci-ate the tales.
About a week prior to Def Jam’s release of the highly anticipated
album, word of Ocean’s muddled sexual orientation hit the press. The questions were quickly an-swered when Ocean divulged de-tails of his first love — and how it was for a man. And although it
was not mutual, the demons that followed were no less real. “Bad Religion” is his cry for help. The emotions in his words seep out of the track, leaving only the lingering essence of D’Angelo behind. “Channel Orange” is about coping. And the
drugs we use to help along the way.
Innocence of Islamic faith
Heart-break relatable, touching
ColumnStudents Speak
Column
>>What is your favorite class at Drake?
“I really liked ‘Food and Society.’ It’s an engaged citizen class, and it makes you think about how food in society is viewed in a different way. Recently, we’ve been talking about how meals are family time and are a big deal in America, and I like how it seems so true and applicable.”
“I loved ‘Entomology,’ which is basically insect biology, because 30 percent of my grade is catching and cataloging bugs.”
“I guess my favorite would be business 73, or ‘Business Communications.’ It really helped me develop my speech skills, and I didn’t have to study, just prepare for presentations, which was easy.”
“I liked Act-Sci 120, formerly 140, because I loved the professor. She was an adjunct professor, and even though she held down a separate job, she would come all the way to Drake if you needed to meet with her.”
“I like my Honors FYS, Perspectives on American Character in Society. It’s really discussion-based, and I’ve been learning a lot of new perspectives. Right now we’re talking about stuff like the role of religion in government.”
“I liked my finance class because we learning a lot of things about the market like how to create stocks, and that’s what I want to do in the future.”
Jafari is a junior biochemistry, international relations and philosophy triple major and can be reached at [email protected]
Nickey Jafari
Columnist
me of a woman in Egypt who told me religion is not what you be-lieve, but how you behave.
At the end of the day, you can-not call 20 percent of the world’s population “the Muslim world” for the same reason you cannot refer to the 30 percent of the world’s Christians as “the Christian world.” I promise you that there are many Christians throughout the Middle East who are just as infuriated with their governments as you
may be. Are all the Syrians who are currently protesting, all those thousands of innocent children sacrificed, Muslim? No. I assure you, they are not. But they are all people, just like you and I. My freshman year, Wanda Everage, previous vice provost for student affairs, reminded me “we all bleed red.”
I find it endearing that after the Libyan attack, many came out with signs promising Americans that the violence was not repre-sentative of Islam or their beliefs. I find it sad that they did so as a precaution, knowing they will be ostracized and judged as a singular
group for the actions of so few. Ac-cording to Reuters, “It is estimated that less than 0.001 percent of the so-called ‘Muslim world’ is pro-testing the film.”
On a final note, I recommend people read more about Islam be-fore judging it. It is one of the three Abrahamic faiths, after all. Think twice before your words hurt peo-ple. My grandma was a Muslim. And perhaps surprising to some, she did not wear a scarf. She died
last January in the ICU with her hand on the Bible, a Bible that she asked for, because she loved God and had no prejudice against other religions. Think about that before you say “the Muslim world.”
“I suspect that the Muslim Libyans who rushed our Ameri-can Ambassador to the hospital, and the Muslim Libyan doctor
who tried to revive him for 90 min-utes thought the same thing as the Christian Americans who rushed Sikhs to the hospital several weeks ago in Wisconsin and the Christian doctors who treated them,” says senior Ryan Price. “Extremism is extremism is extremism. We must remember Muslims want peace as much as Christians do and not be so quick to anger, stereotype and hate.”
“We should give up on the idea that we have an obligation to obey the Constitution of the United States.”
— Mike Seidman, Georgetown University professor
A Georgetown University professor celebrated Consti-tution Day on campus. Sept. 20 marked the lecture for Mark Seidman, professor of constitutional law. He spoke in Cartwright Hall and took questions afterward.
“I chose professor Se-idman to give the lecture because he is one of the na-tion’s most prominent and talented constitutional law professors and theorists,” said professor Mark Kende, director of the Drake Univer-sity Constitutional Law Cen-ter. “At the same time, he can convey complicated messag-es to audiences in ways that they can understand.”
Seidman teaches a variety of courses on constitutional and criminal law and has worked on many books and articles as well. One of his books is used at the Drake Law School as a class text.
Seidman took an approach to con-stitutional law that was unfamiliar to the audience. Most of the listeners were current law students, and had experience study-ing the Constitution. Seidman opened the event with a warning.
“This is going to be a rather strange event,” Seid-man said.
True to his word, he sur-prised many audience mem-bers with the argument he proposed. Constitution Day is often a celebration of the American Constitution. This event, however, was not.
“We should give up on the idea that we have an obliga-tion to obey the Constitution of the United States,” Seid-man said.
Seidman defended his thesis to the audience with several key points. He pos-tulated that no one claims every aspect of the Consti-tution can be considered living. Some of the language and ideas in the constitution are commonly thought to be outdated; yet the United States still operates based according to this document.
Seidman responded to the common objections to his thesis. He used the Unit-ed Kingdom and Australia as examples of legal sys-tems that operate without
a constitution. He asserted they had at least as equal records to the United States, if not better records, when it comes to preserving and advancing civil liberties. He went on to explain why the Constitution often does little to protect civil liberties.
Seidman referenced cases where the Supreme Court upheld what we now perceive to be violations of civil liberties, such as the Alien and Sedition Acts, laws which discriminate based on race, the Espionage Act, laws which discriminate based on sexual orientation and laws pertaining to abortion.
Seidman also alleged that the Constitution prevents beneficial discussions from
taking place in the United States. On issues such as gun control, health care and abortion, the debate in the political arena centers around whether or not a law is constitutional, not on whether or not a law is right for the country or moral.
“We need to be clear about exactly what it means to obey a text. The only cir-cumstance in which obedi-ence takes hold is when, but for the Constitution, we would do something else, and only because of the Con-stitution we would do some-thing that we would not oth-erwise do,” Seidman said.
Seidman said on mul-tiple occasions that he was not necessarily opposed to the principles of the Con-stitution, but the idea that the Constitution would be used to determine the right answer, rather than encour-age open debate and honest discussion. He opposes the Constitution, in part, be-cause of how difficult it is to alter. This makes the text in-creasingly dated and less ca-
pable of relating to the mod-ern world. He left audience members thinking about the Constitution and its relation to civil liberties.
“Obedience and obliga-tion are the natural enemies of (civil liberties),” Seidman said. “Our civil liberties will never be safe as long as they depend on the mechanism of repression which they are meant to combat.”
Some students took a less literal perspective on what Seidman suggested.
“I take his (Seidman’s) whole opinion as a challenge for the country to engage in a more meaningful dis-course than they do now. To this extent, it’s good,” said Thomas Bullock, a second-
year law student at Drake.
The pur-pose of the day was to have students consider a new perspec-tive on consti-tutional law.
“My goal with these lectures is to hopefully have the au-dience hear perspectives that challenge their own views or that take provoca-tive positions
on issues. My sense
is that he did a good job of making the audience think about whether constitu-tional obedience actually is logically required or not. I suspect some people had never thought about that be-fore, or had always assumed the answer was yes,” Kende said. “We also had a good turn-out in terms of num-bers and a nice combination of students, faculty, local lawyers and other members of the public.”
Whether or not students agreed with the argument presented, many appreci-ated the opportunity to hear Seidman speak. This was one lecture in a series that is provided by the Drake Con-stitutional Law Center.
“I feel like the Drake Law School’s Center for Consti-tutional Law presents stu-dents and professionals in the Drake community with a great opportunity to discuss these insightful perspec-tives,” said third-year law student Michelle Moss.
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Internships come in many forms. Paid and unpaid. Se-mester and yearly. And for one Drake student, her in-ternship led her to the world of sports and broadcasts.
While Des Moines does not have any professional sports teams, internships are still available. Sports an-chors and journalists in par-ticular are needed for Des Moines.
Senior Sami Richmond finished her internship for the Des Moines hockey team, the Buccaneers (a Tier 1 ju-nior team). Drawn to her attention by her advisor, she quickly applied. Origi-nally, she interviewed her sophomore year, but did not receive the job. The team, however, remembered her and called her junior year to offer her the job.
“It has been my goal since I was a child to work in sports broadcasting,” ex-plained Richmond. “When I saw the opportunity, I was ecstatic and realized it could quite literally make my dreams come true.”
She was hired as a radio broadcaster, but like many internships, learned about multiple aspects of the busi-ness. She filed weekly re-ports, conducted post-game shows, held interviews with players and coaches and ran the video board during the games.
Having so many differ-ent duties, Richmond ex-plained that her internship was incredibly flexible. Her boss, the Vice President of Communication and Radio Broadcaster Scott Montesa-no, had to approve her proj-ects, but Richmond was able to suggest them at will.
“I get to learn what I want to learn and do what I want
to do,” Richmond said.The internship lasted
from September to April of last year during the hockey season, but Richmond made strong connections and was asked back as a part-time employee for this year’s sea-son.
The internship has been a great help for Richmond.
“I was able to have the desire, confidence and skill to work for ESPN Radio this past summer, solely based on the experience I’ve had with the Bucs and with radio on campus,” Richmond said.
Her advice to students who are interested in sports internships, is simply to do them.
“It is the best field to work in. You literally go to work to have fun,” Richmond said.
If interested in sports in-ternships, Career BluePrint has several listed such as the ones aforementioned.
Internship offers insight into the realm of sports
“I would encourage people to keep up with speaking a language in college. That puts your resume at the top.”
— Raquel Rivera, Drake student
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Learning a second lan-guage is no foreign concept. School districts offer classes to learn new languages, and certain state schools require language requirements for admissions. Drake Univer-sity prides itself in its array of lan-guage classes and bi- and tri-lingual stu-dents across campus. But are there really benefits towards the time consuming skill?
Many students agree that, while on campus, the ability to converse in a sec-ond language doesn’t make them any dif-ferent.
“The majority of the time I use only English; there’s hardly anybody else who speaks the languages I speak,” said Darpan Mehta, a first-year international student from Mumbai, India.
While learning a second language for Mehta was ben-eficial to understanding his new environment, the lack of opportunities for speak-ing his own languages, Hindi
and Gujarati, are few and far between.
Sophomore Ricardo Mar-tinez, a student from Mexico, agrees that learning English is essential to being success-ful on campus.
“The disadvantages would be that some classes are still hard to understand
because of the vocabulary,” he said.
Sophomore Raquel Ri-vera explained that, often, people assume knowing a language makes you an ex-pert in all areas of a culture, which can get annoying.
“A lot of people tell me to say something or tell them something (in Spanish), but it’s just awkward,” Rivera
said.As for students pursuing
taking a second language, is it worth being bilingual in college?
“In my personal experi-ence, there haven’t been any advantages to being bi-lingual in college, but in the workplaces, I find it very helpful to be able to under-
stand two languages,” said Julie Gitman, a soph-omore fluent in Russian and English.
She said, although keeping up a language may be difficult, in the long run, the benefits are overwhelming.
“I would encourage people to keep up with speaking a language in
college. That puts your resume at the top. A
lot of people speak dif-ferent languages but aren’t fluent. Being fluent sets you apart,” said Rivera.
A globalizing economy welcomes people with the ability to communicate with multiple languages. Learn-ing a language is just anoth-er goal for them to pursue, as the students of Drake find it as no surprise that hard work pays off.
ASHLEY BERNHAGEN, SAMI RICHMOND and DEREK BOHL pose for a photo. Bernhagen and Richmond both interned for the Iowa Bucanneers while Bohl works in the press box.
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Fifth-year senior Mike Piatkowski set the all-time Drake passing record in the second quarter as Drake (2-2, 1-0 PFL) defeated More-head State 28-25 on the strength of 21 fourth quarter points.
The Eagles and their spread offense came out running the ball effectively, scoring on a play action pass to Donte Sawyer on the opening drive of the game. Drake could not answer un-
til the middle of the second quarter, responding to a fumble by quarterback Zach Lewis with a Piatkowski touchdown pass to senior Joey Orlando.
The second half was a tale of two quarters as More-head State dominated the third quarter with 10 points, seven of which came after a Piatkowski interception. The fourth quarter, however, was all Drake, scoring on touchdown passes to sopho-more J.T. Teague and senior Nick Rosa, and on a 14-yard scamper by sophomore Gary Scott, Jr. on fourth down that
gave the Bulldogs a 10-point lead with four minutes to go.
D e -s p i t e scoring a touch-down to n a r r o w the lead to three, the game ended on an interception by fifth-year senior Tyler Moorehead with no time-outs remaining for More-head State. After taking a knee, the game was over and
Drake opened the Pioneer League Football season with a victory.
Piatkowski f i n i s h e d with 268 y a r d s passing on 29-for-41, with three t o u c h -
d o w n s a n d one in-
terception. Scott emerged as the main running threat with 119 yards on 28 carries and a touchdown. Orlando led the receiving corps with
eight receptions for 73 yards and a touchdown.
“I worked on running hard just finishing the runs and making plays,” Scott said.
Defensively, the Bulldogs’ linebacker group took over, as sophomore Jon Hugunin and junior Travis Merritt combined for 30 tackles to go along with Morehead State’s clinching intercep-tion. Hugunin had the lone sack in the game, hitting Lewis on third down early in the second quarter.
“It’s a great feeling know-ing that you have two play-
makers on each side of you,” Merritt said.
Despite a sloppy game, the Bulldogs forced More-head State into its share of miscues. Morehead com-mitted 12 penalties and fumbled three times, with the last fumble leading to Drake’s first touchdown af-ter fifth-year senior Anthony Gianaras recovered at the Eagles’ nine-yard line.
Next week, Drake hits the road to play the Campbell Fighting Camels for its first PFL road game of the season.
Grand View Invitational sweep boosts Bulldogs’ confidence
Football
Celeste Arteaga’s Drake cross country career is only one month underway, but the freshman already boasts a collegiate title.
Arteaga won the Grand View Invitational on Fri-day at Ewing Park in Des Moines, pacing the Bulldogs’ 39-point victory over Mount Mercy.
Friday’s win surprised Arteaga, who claimed her first collegiate title in a time of 19:08.
“I wasn’t expecting to even get first place, but it happened,” Arteaga said. “I wanted a PR (personal re-
cord) in my first 5K of the season, and luckily, I got first. It was a really good day for me.”
Four seconds later, junior Amanda Marwitz crossed the finish line for second place. Freshman Emma Hut-son completed Drake’s top three with a time of 19:26.
The Bulldogs won Fri-day’s meet with 17 points. Runner-up Mount Mercy tallied 56 points, and host Grand View claimed third place with 86 points.
Arteaga’s Drake cross country resume already fea-tures a meet win, but she’s looking to repeat Friday’s performance at the Roy Gri-ak Invitational on Saturday in Minneapolis, Minn.
“There’s more room for improvement and getting better,” Arteaga said. “Hope-fully, I can place higher in the bigger meets like (Roy) Griak (Invitational). I know (there are) a lot of girls there, and I’m hoping to be up there with my other teammates, running alongside them. It really makes me look for-ward to the next couple of years here, and I’m really excited to be running here at Drake and being a Bulldog is fun.”
While the Roy Griak Invi-tational’s deep field poses a challenge for Drake, Artea-ga’s teammates ease her pre-meet jitters.
“I always look forward to practice,” Arteaga said. “It’s
my favorite part of the day, just going to run with them. We always go and get dinner at Hubbell (Dining Hall) here at Drake, and we feel like family. I really like the family feeling of the team.”
In men’s cross country action, senior Mike Rodri-guez won Friday’s Grand View Invitational, pacing the Bulldogs’ 45-point win over Central.
Rodriguez clocked at 26:12, edging junior Ryan Flynn for the title. Flynn fin-ished four seconds behind Rodriguez, good for second place.
Junior Guy Eckman com-pleted the Bulldogs’ top three with a time of 26:25.
The Grand View Invita-
tional offered several perks for Rodriguez and the Bull-dogs. Besides familiar scen-ery, Friday’s meet offered familiar faces.
“A lot of the girls’ soccer team and the women’s crew team came out to support us, so that was really awesome,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez and the Bull-dogs look to build on Fri-day’s strong performance at the Roy Griak Invitational on Saturday.
“The Roy Griak (Invita-tional) this weekend is the first semi-important meet for us, so we’re really look-ing to set a benchmark,” Rodriguez said. “Something everybody is really looking forward to is comparing how
their fitness was last year compared to these meets this year. It’s a benchmark to see where we’re at and how we’re progressing.”
With progress in mind, winning the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Championship tops Drake’s to-do list.
“The conference meet is still a little over a month out, and that’s definitely our pri-mary focus for the rest of the season,” Rodriguez said. “We think we can do really well this year and possibly have a chance to win it if we have all cylinders going that day.”
The Drake volleyball team claimed its first victory of the season this weekend with a five-set victory over Nebraska-Omaha. The score-board read 18-25, 25-20, 25-15, 24-26 and 15-13 as 583 fans watched the match in the Sapp Fieldhouse in Oma-ha, Neb.
In a match that featured 25 ties and 11 lead chang-es, Drake’s upperclassmen pushed the young team to the win column for the first time this season. Senior Bentley Mancini and sopho-more Amanda Platte both slammed 12 kills.
“Our seniors were carry-ing us quite a bit but it was a good overall team effort,” said head coach Tony Sunga.
Sunga believes his team will be able to build on Fri-day night’s performance.
“Last night (Friday) against Nebraska-Omaha definitely helped in our ef-
forts to be competitive in the Missouri Valley Conference,” Sunga said. “I think it will help next week and for the rest of the season.”
The Bulldogs had to fight for their first win of the sea-son. Down 12-10 in the fifth set, Drake regrouped after a Sunga timeout and managed to eek out a 15-13 set win to clinch the match.
“We showed our resiliency tonight and had a little more at the end to finish off some tough sets,” Sunga said in a Drake athletics press release. “We had some great blocks and digs and played at the nec-essary level we needed to at key moments of the match. We came out of the timeout late in the fifth and stayed calm and did what we want-ed to do. The win was a team effort tonight.”
Senior Jadranka Tramosl-janin recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 19
digs. Tramosljanin is listed as an outside hitter and de-fensive specialist and she filled both of her roles on the way to a Bulldog victory.
As a team, Drake had a hitting percentage of .128 and tallied 10 team blocks on the defensive end. The to-
tal match took just over two hours as the Bulldogs played their first five set game this season.
Registering more than half of Drake’s assists was sophomore Halli Meyer with 28. Redshirt junior Sarah Madden was instrumental on the defensive side of the ball as she was able to re-cord 27 digs.
“Defensively, Sarah Mad-den helped out and came up big for us,” Sunga said.
On Saturday, the Bulldogs fell to the Creighton Bluejays in straight sets of 25-23, 25-14 and 25-11. The Bulldogs are now 1-12 for the season and 0-3 in MVC play.
Freshman outside hit-ter Katie Dulek led the Bulldogs with a career-high eight kills. Platte and Tramosljanin re-corded six kills as well.
The team will play the Bluejays again on Oct. 20 in the Knapp
Center for the Dig Pink game, where
there will be a lim-ited edition poster giveaway.
Next weekend, the Bull-dogs will travel to Evans-ville, Ind., and Carbondale, Ill., to take on Evansville and Southern Illinois. This marks the end of the Bull-dogs’ four-game road stint.
SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER JOEY ORLANDO (left) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Morehead State on Saturday at Drake Stadium. Orlando led Drake with 73 yards receiving. SENIOR TIGHT END KEVIN MARSHALL (right) leaps to catch the ball in Drake’s 28-25 victory over Pioneer Football League rival Morehead State. Marshall finished with 13 yards receiving.
Luke Nankivell | photo editor
Bulldogs cap first win in five-set thriller
Fifth-year senior quarterback Mike Pi-atkowski set the school record for career passing yards on Saturday, thanks to a five-yard completion to senior Joey Orlando in the second quarter against Morehead State.
Besides breaking the school record set by Ira Vandever in 2002, Piatkowski passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns to lift the Bulldogs over Pioneer Football League rival Morehead State, 28-25.
Player of the WeekMike Piatkowski
Luke Nankivell | photo editor
“Our seniors were carrying us quite a bit, but it was a good overall team effort.”
— Tony Sunga, head coach
“Despite a sloppy game, the Bulldogs forced Morehead State into its share of miscues.”
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I see a Union Jack flag slightly tattered, with fringed edges from excited waving. It is gripped so tightly that it looks like an extension of a human appendage. The flag is attached to a young, bright-eyed blonde boy, who is perched upon his father’s shoulders. His other hand is gripping his father’s fore-head with such squeezing ferocity, as if it was the last Snickers bar in the world. Both are cheering on the Great Britain national team at the ticker tape parade in London on Monday, Sept. 10, the day after the Paralympic closing ceremonies.
It is a parade of the medal-draped heroes of a post-Impe-rial country b e a m i n g after its vic-tories. They are also c e l e b r a t -ing the re-turn of the O l y m p i c s and Para-lympics to London for the first time since 1948. The spectacular show of admira-tion, love and heroic worship at the parade was the defini-tion of nationalistic pride, as it was rightfully deserved. London put on one hell of a show. But how was all of this perceived by the British themselves? How did they view the American side and the Olympics/Paralympics as a whole?
Nationalism and fandom together create a whirlwind of passion, excitement and, sometimes, blind ignorance — if you aren’t careful. For the people of London, one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, it was a joy to plan and host the games. The performance of the Great Britain Team came as a pleasant surprise to the British people, says Justin Lorentzen, a sociology pro-
fessor at Richmond Univer-sity in London.
“The idea that Great Britain would do so well in the Olympics was a shock to most people,” Lorentzen said. “We garnered third place in the table, heading off people like Russia and Aus-tralia. We were astonished that we finished behind the USA and China because, per-haps, we don’t expect to do as well.”
As American sports fans, we expect to be the best. We expect to be at the top of the medal count, and whoever steals medals from our count is the villain. It is the way our sports culture and political culture are constructed.
If someone is preventing you from doing what you want to do (i.e. “winning”), then you try your hardest to beat them.
From the advertising, journalism and the people that I have spoken to, there is an overwhelming sense of pride regarding the whole of team Great Britain. Get-ting gold, silver and bronze medals showed that Great Britain’s athletic talent is on the “up and up,” and even more importantly, with the ever-growing diversity of the United Kingdom, that they can hold a games with such grace and support from the other participating coun-tries. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t political issues the team has come across.
Lorentzen outlines this as he explained, “What is interesting for the Olympics is that when we field a team,
we field a British team; it’s not a team from the United Kingdom, so it won’t be just England. It’ll be England, Scotland, Wales and North-ern Ireland, so it goes across the nation.”
Team Great Britain en-compassed all four coun-tries within its ranks. This unification of nations in the Olympics isn’t seen any-where else. England, Scot-land, Wales and Northern Ireland are all long-steeped in nationalistic pride, which could cause tricky loyalties and understanding of the games, but professor Lorent-zen feels that pride for the United Kingdon as a whole reigns supreme.
“So when a Scottish cy-clist (like Chris Hally) wins gold after gold, he wins it for Team Great Britain, and the old entities are buried. Not only do we pre-
fer that, because Ireland is so close to the United Kingdom, from a British point of view we will applaud Irish suc-cess, because we have those ties,” Lorentzen said.
The United Kingdom and London, for that matter, have gloriously held their heads high while on their quest for Olympic glory. While proud of their surprising success in the games that they held, they are most proud of their contribution to world cul-ture, despite some nation-alistic grey area. Overall, in a Olympic Games filled with heroes, glorious stories and incredible athletic competi-tion, one can only hope the games come back to London soon enough.
Sundays are for football, and if you play intramurals, soccer as well. Those two sports just wrapped up the first week of play and Sun-days are definitely intense.
Men’s Fraternity League, one of the most competitive leagues in football, is played on Sundays. We all know that some of the most his-toric rivalries are within the Greek system. Football defi-nitely high-lights those. This Sunday’s games might even suggest some new rivalries to come.
One of those comes from a surprising showing from Sigma Alpha Epsilon. In the past, SAE has not dominated the intramural playing fields. However, if you were in at-tendance during the FIJI and SAE game, you would have seen otherwise.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon ar-rived with, not only a full of-fense and defense, but also an experienced coach to help them with their play calling. Even with these new re-sources, it is tough to go up against a seasoned FIJI team. The final result showed that FIJI’s experience trumped the depth of the SAE team. Even with that loss, I would not be surprised to see a lot more of SAE in the future of intramurals. If SAE repre-sents the changing face of intramurals then PIKE is the team that holds us to our tra-ditions.
In the past, PIKE has
dominated the intramural gridiron. No team has come close to PIKE’s legacy in competitive league intramu-ral football. For 14 consecu-tive years, PIKE has held the championship title. The run was thwarted two years ago.
This year, PIKE’s team has scaled back in size but still has the fundamental
skills of a championship team. On Sunday, they beat Theta Chi, though it should be noted that Theta Chi held their own even with a small team. That leaves one more Sunday rivalry game, the classic battle of the Sigmas, Sigma Chi versus SigEp.
Unfortunately, after the all the build up of a great rivalry game, there was a slight disappointment in the air. As a supervisor, it was my duty to use the dreaded “F” word of intramurals, forfeit. The game was called due to a lack of Sigma Chi players. However, those of you con-cerned about the state of the Sigma Chi’s team eligibility, don’t worry. There has been a rule change.
In the past, when a team forfeited the first game of the season, they could not play the rest of the season. This year, a team is removed from the league when they forfeit two games. If you
have any questions about this change, check the Intra-mural League’s website; ev-erything is in writing there. If you have additional ques-tions feel free to contact Bill Moorman. This new rule up-date leads me to the last part of my column.
This week, I have a very important rule reminder.
Trust me when I say you all need to know this rule, espe-cially ladies playing in-t r a m u r a l s . E a r r i n g s have become a serious is-
sue this year. At intramurals, we play
by high school rules and those rules state that ear-rings are not allowed. Yes, that means you CANNOT tape earrings. They need to be out of your ears. There are absolutely no exceptions. It does not matter if you have new piercings or if you need pliers to take them out. If you have serious concerns, with this then please contact Bill Moorman, but please keep in mind that we are just trying to keep you safe. As al-ways, we want you to have as much fun as possible. So stay safe and play ball!
The Drake women’s soc-cer squad romped past Mis-souri State 3-0 in its Missouri Valley Conference opener on Saturday at the Cownie Soc-cer Complex, extending its winning streak to a school-record eight games.
Freshman Rhian Pritchard scored her first career goal in the first half to give the Bulldogs the half-time lead. Junior Generve Charles and senior Laura Moklestad both scored in the second half to make sure the Bulldogs’ winning streak
stayed alive.“I’m really pleased with
our performance tonight. Everything that we’ve done in non-conference (play) re-ally is irrelevant other than the lessons we’ve learned and the fact that we’ve im-proved up to this point,” said head coach Lindsey Horner in a Drake athletic press re-lease.
The previous winning streak record for the Bull-dogs was seven, which oc-curred during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Drake took advantage of its seven-game home stand, winning all seven of its matches and improving its home season
record to an impressive 8-0.With the victory, Drake
improved its overall record to 10-2 and 1-0 in MVC play.
“For the freshmen, and for everybody, it was an awe-some way to start,” junior goalkeeper Kalena Litch said. “Last year, we lost to them at their home field. We didn’t want to have that ex-perience.”
Drake struggled to get into rhythm in the first half, but the Bulldogs were able to shake off their sluggish start thanks to Pritchard’s goal. Junior Brittany Schuling as-sisted Pritchard on her goal to give Drake the lead at the 30:17 mark.
The Bulldogs outshot the Bears nine to seven in the first half and went into the break with a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, the Bulldogs managed to keep the lead and withstood the attacks by the Bears. It wasn’t until the 75:19 mark that the Bulldogs were able to breathe and extend their lead.
A diving Charles headed the ball into the net after a Schuling corner kick was deflected by junior Megan Fisher, giving her five goals so far this season.
Shortly after, Moklestad put the game out of reach after combining with senior
Kelsey Pigg to notch her third goal of the season and give Drake a commanding 3-0 lead at the 78:39 mark.
Drake’s late offensive push secured Saturday’s vic-tory.
“The shots were high, but that’s expected at the end of the game,” Litch said. “It shows that we did our job. We did what we had to do.”
Drake outshot Missouri State 19-17 in the contest. Litch registered seven saves en route to her fifth shutout of the year.
“Going into our first MVC game, I’m really pleased to get a shutout and get three goals up on the board,” Horn-
er said.The Bulldogs will look to
keep their winning streak alive when they hit the road to take on Northern Iowa on Thursday at 7 p.m. The Bull-dogs have not played a road game since Aug. 31 when they defeated South Dakota State 2-1. Drake is 2-2 on road games this season.
Litch expects a challeng-ing match against the Pan-thers.
“It’s always a chippy team,” she said. “It’s an in-state rivalry. It’s going to be a tough match even though we’ve been successful against them in the past.”
The Drake men’s tennis team kicked off its fall season with a bang this past week-end as the Bulldogs won two doubles titles and put them-selves in the position to win as many as four singles titles at the Drake Fall Invitational.
The tournament got un-derway on Friday afternoon with doubles play. Doubles play was split into three brackets, the ‘A,’ ‘B’ and ‘C’ flights. Two doubles teams represented the Bulldogs in the ‘A’ flight, as senior Anis Ghorbel paired up with ju-nior Robin Goodman, while freshman Ben Lott paired up with sophomore Ben Mullis.
The duo of Goodman and Ghorbel wasted no time get-ting Drake’s name in the win column, as the two hand-ily defeated Creighton’s Sean Mathison and Billy Paluch in the first round, 8-3. Good-man and Ghorbel would then advance into the finals of the ‘A’ flight with an 8-4 win over Gustavus Adolphus’ Tyler Johnson and Grant Leisner.
The final, played on Fri-day night as the sunlight began to fade over the Roger Knapp Tennis Center, pitted the Bulldog duo against Big Ten rival Iowa. The one-two
punch of Ghorbel’s booming serves and Goodman’s sub-lime net play led the pair-ing to an 8-4 win over Chase Tomlins and Joey White of the Hawkeyes. This was the second straight Drake Invite doubles title for Ghorbel and the first for Goodman.
Lott and Mullis per-formed admirably in the ‘A’ flight as well, despite losing their first match to Iowa’s Tomlins and White, the same duo that Ghorbel and Good-man would dispatch later in the day. But Lott, who was competing in his first colle-giate tournament, and Mul-lis were not deterred by the setback and would go on to win their next two matches. Their second round match was an 8-4 victory over Gustavus Adolphus’ Amrik Donkena and Mya Smith-Dennis, while the consola-tion final was an 8-5 triumph over Paluch and Mathison of Creighton.
“I started out a bit tight in my first tournament — a few nerves,” Lott said, “But we came out in the second and third matches, won the dou-bles consolation, so overall a good day and settled into it well.”
The ‘B’ flight, which was represented by senior Ryan Drake and sophomore Grant
Tesmer, didn’t fare as well as their ‘A’ flight teammates. Drake and Tesmer lost their opening round match 8-6 to Motasam Al-Houni and Juan Luis Chu of Gustavus Adol-phus.
Fortunately, the Bulldog duo regained their compo-sure to post a second round win over Iowa’s Alejandro Rios and Rob Trower, 8-2. But the duo’s victory was short lived, as they would end doubles play with an 8-3 loss to Joe MacGibbon and Brad Entwistle from Gusta-vus Adolphus.
The Bulldogs ended on a strong note though, as the ‘C’ flight pairing of senior James McKie and sophomore Alen Salibasic breezed through its three matches of the day. The duo started off the after-noon with a routine 8-2 vic-tory over Creighton’s Elliott Baker and August Nysted.
In the next round, the duo’s strong play continued, as they defeated Northern Il-linois’ Max Phillips and Jovan Zeljkovic by the same score. Salibasic and McKie took on Gustavus Adolphus’ Marcel Gyswyt and Logan Peterson, and the thunderous ground-strokes of Salibasic and dazzling netplay of McKie proved too much for the “Gustie” duo, as Drake would
prevail 8-2 to claim the title. “We lost some players
so we are trying new pair-ings out,” McKie said, “I was impressed with most of the doubles play today from the team.”
The Invite then shifted to singles play on Saturday, with play beginning in the early morning. The Bulldogs started right where they left off, with every Drake player winning its opening match. There were six flights in sin-gles play, ‘A’ through ‘F,’ with at least one Bulldog player in every flight but ‘D.’
Salibasic and Mullis both played in the A flight, with both players easily reaching the second round. Salibasic took out Iowa’s Chase Tom-lins 6-2, 6-2, while Mullis de-feated Northern Colorado’s Ben Gendron 6-0, 6-2.
Unfortunately, Salibasic’s tournament would end in the second round, as the Drake sophomore lost 6-7, 1-6 to Paluch of Creighton. After a tight first set that could have gone either way, Paluch capi-talized and seized the mo-mentum for the rest of the match.
Mullis advanced to the final of the ‘A’ flight with a tough second round match against Northern Illinois’ Dor Am’r. Mullis’ big serve
and characteristic grind-ing style was on full display in the second match, as the sophomore took out Amir 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the final to take on Creighton’s Paluch.
“Towards the end I was pretty tight, it was my first really competitive match in a while,” Mullis said. “My serve is what saved me a couple of times, but overall I’m pleased with how I com-peted out there.”
Drake’s Goodman and Lott dominated the ‘B’ flight, as both players advanced to face each other in Sunday’s final. Goodman advanced to the final with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Northern Illinois’ Fred-eric Cadieux and a 6-1, 6-1 win over Iowa’s Joey White.
Lott’s road to the final was equally impressive. The lone Drake freshman lost only five games in two matches. His first match, a 6-0, 6-1 win over North Da-kota’s Connor Oberle, was followed up by a 6-3, 6-1 win over Creighton’s Ryan Nor-man.
“It was good to ease my-self into the tournament, I think that first match set me up well to play two good sets in the second match,” Lott said.
Tesmer was the lone
Bulldog in the ‘C’ flight, but the sophomore represented the team well as he went 1-1 on Saturday. Tesmer started off his morning with a hard-fought 6-3, 7-6 win over Gustavus Adolphus’ Grant Leisner. In his second match, Tesmer took the first set 6-1, but the second set proved to be a challenge, as he let a lead slip into losing the second set 5-7. Northern Colorado’s Jordan Loughnan would take the third set and the match in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (5).
With no Drake players in the ‘D’ flight, senior Ryan Drake excelled in the ‘E’ flight. After defeating Creigh-ton’s August Nysted 6-1, 6-1, Drake would post an equally dominant 6-2, 6-1 perfor-mance over Gustavus’ Mar-cel Gyswyt to advance to the final on Sunday.
The last player represent-ing Drake was McKie in the ‘F’ flight, and the senior cap-tain had no trouble reaching the finals with two straight-set wins over Creighton’s Anthony Rauschenbach and Northern Illinois’ Max Phil-lips.
The complete results from Sunday’s finals will be covered in the next issue of The Times-Delphic.
Bulldogs claim two titles to open fall campaignMen’s Tennis
Strong doubles showing paces winning weekend
(1) BEN MULLIS prepares to serve in doubles competition on Friday at the Drake Fall Invitational. (2) BEN LOTT AND BEN MULLIS high five after winning a point on Friday. (3) ANIS GHORBEL stretches to hit a backhand volley on Friday. (4) ALEN SALIBASIC waits for his opponent’s serve on Friday. (5) BEN LOTT prepares to hit a forehand in doubles play on Friday. (6) ROBIN GOODMAN eyes the ball on Friday at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center.
