In front of an audience of nearly 40 student environmental advocates, Student Senate voted down a motion last Thursday to fund the pur-chase of eight additional recycling bins for aca-demic buildings.

Senator Jenny Koska introduced a motion to use $2,247.04 of Senate’s Reserve Fund to pay for eight stainless steel recycling bins. Only 12 have been purchased, using facilities funds, and placed around campus. The Senate Reserve Fund includes $30,000 of excess student activity fees from previous years.

“We wanted to use the reserve fund for some-thing proactive on campus,” Koska said.

The eight bins would be placed in Meredith Hall, the Knapp Center, Medbury Honors Lounge, Cline Hall, Olmsted Center Breezeway and lower Olmsted.

WHY ASK SENATE FOR THE MONEY?Mark Chambers, general manager of facil-

ity services, said Facilities exhausted the money allotted to its environmental budget for the year. The money went toward the 12 new recycling bins and renovations to accommodate new dumpsters for single-stream recycling.

Koska’s motion asked for the funding to pur-

chase the remaining bins, recommended by fa-cilities, “on an assessment of student traffic and waste accumulation.”

“The offer that was made was a good-faith offer,” Chambers said. “We didn’t ask them for the money. We were thinking of something that would help in our sustainability effort and it was brought up as an idea of how to spend their money.”

Student observers at Thursday’s meeting urged Senate to pass the motion. They asked senators to be mindful of their roles as repre-sentatives of Drake students and alluded to past problems with transparency and accountability.

“I know that a lot of you said in your cam-paign platforms that you want to become ac-countable as a senate,” sophomore Justine Ahle said. “This is your chance.”

Senior Zac Bales-Henry, one of the leaders fighting for the bins, called on Senate to live up to its responsibility to the student body.

“You have the ability to fundamentally change this campus,” he said. “You don’t un-derstand the scope of your ability. You are the leadership. Take a stand.”

WHY DID SENATE DENY THE FUNDING?

Senators responded to the students’ com-ments by thanking them for their attendance and input. However, they explained that the funding of the new bins was not in the best in-

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The bets are high, and in the next round you can pass or play the card. Which will you choose?

Senior Brittanie Pearson is trying to educate students on the concepts of white privilege and race relations through “The Race Card: Who holds the privileged hand?”

Pearson said the conference is a platform for students to evaluate how race influences societal rela-tionships. It will be held this Satur-day, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Drake Legal Clinic.

“The race card” is an informal term referring to the use of one’s race to gain an advantage in a con-

versation or debate. O.J. Simpson, Naomi Campbell and even Presi-dent Obama have been accused of using race to their advantage.

Conversely, the white popula-tion in America has access to op-portunities not available to other races. Pearson asks, “Who holds the privileged hand?” Attendees will be asked to analyze the pos-sibility that there are inherent so-cietal norms and practices that ex-clusively benefit one race of peo-ple. Pearson said she saw a need for a forum on Drake’s campus to discuss the issue of race. What began as a personal endeavor soon turned into a project for her Hon-or’s program capstone.

“I was introduced to white privilege by Professor Harvey in Liberation Theology (class),”

Pearson said. She said she began to notice a

variety of seemingly race-related arrests and the use of race as a descriptor of suspected criminals involved in crimes in the Drake neighborhood.

“Race tensions seem to be ris-ing on campus and no one wanted to talk about it,” Pearson said.

The conference will offer a se-ries of activities to address modern conceptions of race. Round table discussion groups of students and faculty will allow for open conver-sation of these topics. Workshop sessions will address the social con-struction of race and provide tools to combat institutionalized racial hierarchies.

Pearson said the highlight of the conference is keynote speaker

Peggy McIntosh. The author is the associate director of the Wellesley Center for Women at Wellesley College in Boston, Mass. McIn-tosh’s lecture will focus on her 1988 essay, “White Privilege: Un-packing the Invisible Knapsack.” Many scholars consider the article a timeless example of how race can impact societal position.

“Peggy is a recognized name in academia and among the top five recognized speakers over white privilege, so she seemed like a logi-cal choice,” Pearson said.

Pearson said that raising mon-ey to sponsor the speaker was a challenge in organizing the event. Pearson reached out to campus or-

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Writers, editors and designers of Drake Magazine have a new reason to be proud.

The publication won the Associated Col-legiate Press (ACP) Pacemaker Award Satur-day, beating out schools across the country to claim the national prize. In addition, Drake University graduate Brittainey Sieren placed third in the magazine spread design category and senior Danny Akright received an hon-orable mention in the feature photography category for his image of a bulldog in a bath-tub, published in last year’s Relays Edition of The Times-Delphic.

“The Pacemaker Award is the most pres-tigious award in student publishing,” said Lori Blachford, the chair of magazine jour-nalism, in a Drake University press release. “To receive recognition as an outstanding magazine of the year from (ACP) is a real honor.”

The staff of San Francisco’s “Wired” magazine judged Drake Magazine on art, photography, graphics, content, layout and design, overall concept or theme and quality of writing and edition.

The periodical is written entirely by un-dergraduate students.

“I loved working on Drake Magazine,” said Tara Richards, a senior magazine ma-jor who served as the publication’s editor-in-chief last year. “The whole staff was extremely dedicated to the project, and we gave our all to make sure the publication was the best it could be.”

Kathleen Richardson, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Commu-nication, said she was thrilled about the award.

“This is a national award that puts the Drake student magazine at the top of the pack for student publications,” Richardson said in the press release. “Almost all of the other finalists were from bigger schools.”

Blachford said that one of Drake Maga-zine’s biggest assets is that it offers students the chance to gain real-life experience in magazine production.

“They start each semester with a collec-tion of blank pages and make all the deci-sions required to arrive at the end of the semester with a magazine that represents their best work,” Blachford said in the press release.

The Drake University publication THINK was also nominated as a Pacemak-er finalist in the category of Online-only/Broadcast/Magazine/Yearbook. THINK is produced by the News/Internet Journalism senior capstone class.

DRAKE AWARDSDRAKE MAGAZINE

BRITTAINEY SIEREN

THINK MAGAZINE

DANNY AKRIGHT

Pacemaker, Magazines

Third Place, Magazine Spread

Pacemaker Finalist, Online

Hon. Mention, Feature PhotoSEE RACE, PAGE 2

Pearson to lead discussion on the ‘race card’

Drake administration decides to pay for eight additional bins

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terests of the students. Treasurer Kyle Lewandowski urged students

to challenge administration to pressure Facili-ties to pay for “capital improvements.” Lewan-dowski said the responsibility to provide these bins was the university’s, not the students.

“We all love recycling, this isn’t a question about supporting recycling,” Lewandowski said. “However, this is not the right way to go about it. This is a waste of our money. We need to defeat this tonight and work in a more pro-ductive manner to get these bins on campus.”

Senator Carla Olszewski said that Senate has already spent student funds on recycling in the past to convey to the university that re-cycling and sustainability are important to stu-dents.

“Why should student funds continue sup-porting it when it is not our responsibility to allocate for capital improvements?” she said. “We, as a Senate and student body, cannot keep caving in to the administration. Approving this motion would go against the oaths we took and the bylaws we operate under.”

Five senators voted to pass the motion. Senator Emily Krstulik encouraged senators to pass the motion to fulfill their duty to serve student interests.

“I understand it’s not our burden,” she said. “It will be eight bins – not like we’re flooding the campus. We can take a stand on this, and I feel like we want to send a message to students by passing this motion that we care about their interests.”

HOW DID ADVOCATES REACT TO THE MOTION’S FAILURE?

Senators also echoed concerns that the gov-erning body was solely looked at as a wallet, rather than a body of persuasion and a liaison to the administration to voice student concerns. During the Speakers and Issues portion of the meeting, senators brainstormed how they could get the remaining bins without expending stu-dent funds.

“What we need to do now is move forward, to do something about it,” Senator Samantha Haas said. “We need to have members of the administration show up at this body to listen to our concerns.”

The motion failed, with 16 senators voting nay, five voting aye and three abstaining.

“While Student Senate does support the university’s recycling and ‘Blue is Green’ ini-tiatives, the purchase of recycling bins using Student Activity Fees is not appropriate, as it is a university expense and obligation,” Student Body President Ben Olson wrote in an e-mail to Drake student leaders.

Koska said that she was disappointed the motion didn’t pass, but said she respects the opinions of her fellow senators.

“I’m not upset,” Koska said. “The other senators had their reasons for not passing the motion, and I had my reasons for bringing it to the table.”

Chambers said that Senate should have passed the motion to improve the entire Drake community, even if it isn’t their designated duty.

“It’s not my responsibility to clean vomit up in the dorms, but we do it anyway,” he said. “We know the vomit came from somebody who got drunk last night and couldn’t contain themselves. We’re a community and we try to do things as a community.”

Senator Megan Hutcheson said that Drake administration should pay for the bins because they affect the whole community.

“If it’s an all-university improvement, the university should pay for it, as far as I’m con-cerned,” she said.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?The first motion to pass by a majority vote

for the evening was a $5,000 one-time funding

allocation for the Senior Etiquette Dinner. This motion, which will affect approximately 180 senior and second-year pharmacy students, passed with little or no discussion around the table.

Members of the audience who supported the recycling motion were shocked to see the allocation pass unanimously. However, Lewan-dowski said that it was important to understand the purpose of student activity fees and the cri-teria for using the funds.

“It differs from the recycling motion in that it is a one-time funding allocation that will come from student activity fees, rather than the reserve fund, and it’s an event for students, not a facilities issue like the recycling bins,” Lewan-dowski said.

Before last Thursday’s meeting, Vicky Payseur, Drake vice president of business & finance, sent Senate a letter supporting the mo-tion. She wrote in the letter that she believed the Senate Reserve Fund was the most appro-priate funding source for the additional eight recycling bins.

“With its passage, recycling bins will be located in most academic and administrative buildings on campus and these locations have been selected for the high traffic they receive,” Payseur wrote. “It is important for us to expand our campus recycling efforts. One of the best ways to expand is by making recycling con-venient and easy for all Drake University stu-dents, staff and faculty.”

However, Senator Hutcheson said Payseur told some senators before the meeting that if the motion failed, Drake had money to pay for the bins.

Days after the Senate meeting, Payseur an-nounced that Drake administration would, in fact, absorb the cost of the additional eight re-cycling bins, Payseur confirmed on Tuesday.

WHAT’S THE BIG PICTURE?Bales-Henry said he doesn’t understand

why Senate would spend time on the motion if they already knew Drake administration would pay for the bins if the motion didn’t pass.

“It’s amazing the amount of deception that’s going into this,” Bales-Henry said. “My major concern is, What does this say about Student Senate? Where exactly does Student Senate take a stance for the students? What re-sponsibility do they have to us? Obviously, they handle our student fees, but if they’re not going to listen to the students and if they’re not going to allocate the funds where we feel they should be allocated, what purpose do they serve?”

On Tuesday morning, students woke up to find eight red signs posted around campus di-rected toward the Senate. Each sign read, “This represents a recycling bin that Student Senate felt was ‘unnecessary.’” It continued, “What is your purpose, Senate?”

Sophomore Matt Jurysta noticed that three signs were gone later that day – two outside Ol-msted and one outside Cowles. Chambers said that no one in his department was involved or was ever given directions to take the signs down.

“We don’t know how or who did that,” Ju-rysta said. “We’re not blaming anyone, but this isn’t an adequate way of expressing your opin-ion on campus.”

Hutcheson said that, although she com-pletely disagrees with the signs, she still feels students had the right to post them.

“Students are allowed to say whatever they want, but it’s hard for me to see those when I know I tried to make the best decision pos-sible,” she said.

On Wednesday, Student Senate hosted a Sustainable Town Hall Meeting to “gather stu-dents’ opinions on appropriate ways to spend Student Activity Fees, especially in relation to capital improvements,” Olson wrote in an e-mail to student organizational presidents.

Video and updates regarding the meeting will be posted on The Times-Delphic Web site.

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12:20 p.m. Oct. 27 A female student reported her roommate observed a male fondling his penis in a vehicle (1994 white four-door Honda Accord with Iowa license plates) near

30th Street and University Avenue. Security and police were advised and the male suspect was stopped by police in downtown Des Moines a short time later. The victim positively

identified the suspect at a later time and a warrant for indecent exposure will be put out for him. When arrested, the police will advise him on trespass for the Drake University campus.

11:12 p.m. Oct. 29 Security responded to Goodwin-Kirk Residence Hall based on report of a male who appeared to be intoxicated and was hitting windows on the building. The male was identified as an underage-for-drinking student and produced a fake driver’s license. He was identified as a student security had encountered about a year ago in an intoxicated state at 5 a.m. in a locked room of

Howard Hall. He was fairly cooperative, but refused to say where he lived. Police were called and he would not tell them where he lived either. He was then arrested and taken to jail.

7:37 p.m. Oct. 30 A security officer observed a vehicle parked in the intramural parking lot and observed a Mason jar half-full of what appeared to be marijuana buds on the floorboard. Des Moines Police was called. The male adult car owner showed up shortly after and became quite nervous. An electronic scale and hatchet were also found in the vehicle. Police arrested the male for possession and intent to deliver. His vehicle was

also impounded and he was advised on trespass for the Drake campus.

8:15 p.m. Oct. 31 A male adult was stopped in the intramural fields where he had his vehicle parked. He had no legitimate purpose for being at the intramural field and was advised on trespass for the Drake campus.

8:51 p.m. Oct. 31 A security officer encountered a large group of people in a Drake parking lot located in the 1300 block of 31st Street. Many were carrying 40-ounce bottles of alcohol and one male threw one of the bottles at the security officer, striking his foot. The entire group

fled in different directions. The male who threw the bottle was wearing a red striped hat and shirt. The items were later found where the subject discarded them near Hubbell Dining Hall.

7:36 p.m. Nov. 1 Security responded to Carpenter Residence Hall based on report of drug activity. Marijuana was found in a student’s room. A plastic baggy that contained marijuana was also observed in one of the student’s pockets. Police were called and he was arrested. He had also been arrested in early October. The matter has been coordinated with the dean of students.

A male adult was observed near the north steps of Herriott Residence Hall. He was stopped by a security officer and had several contradictory stories to tell, including his sister being his girlfriend. The web he wove was large and police were called. He was then advised on trespass for the campus.

4:43 p.m. November 1

FROM SENATE, PAGE 1

Recycling advocates question Senate’s decision-making, react with a public response

ganizations for assistance, and the Donald V. Adams Leadership Institute, the Center for Global Citizenship, the Engaged Citizen pro-gram, the Women’s Studies program and Stu-dents for Women’s Issues all donated resources and funds.

Student Senate passed a motion allocating $1,058.50 to the conference. Student Senate Treasurer Kyle Lewandowski said the confer-ence would address campus diversity issues.

“Additionally, SFAC noted Ms. Pearson’s personal passion for these issues, as well as the thorough steps she has taken to organize and publicize the conference,” Lewandowski said.

Students have already expressed interest in the conference. First-year student Mario Sin-clair said he plans to attend the event to in-crease his knowledge on the issue.

“I want to hear Peggy McIntosh speak,” Sinclair said. “And, I want to learn more about the racial effects on society.”

The conference will feature McIntosh’s speech, round table discussions and workshops throughout the day. Registration is free, and lunch is provided. Students must register in advance if they would like to attend any part of the conference. E-mail brittanie.pearson@drake.edu for more information or to register for the event.

FROM RACE, PAGE 1

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On the evening of Thursday, Oct. 29, I attended a Student Senate meeting that I will never forget. Because, for the first time in my politically active career, I saw a group of my peers destroy a motion that could have fundamentally changed Drake politics forever. On this rainy evening mem-bers of Drake Environmental Action League, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Sports Business Association came together to support a motion for environmental action. This motion would allow for eight additional recycling bins (on top of the existing twelve) to be purchased with students’ money, from a $35,000 reserve fund, for the purpose of advancing Drake’s responsible recycling policy set forth by “Blue is Green.” The total cost of these bins equaled $2,500. Yet, the Senate felt that the issue was not substantial enough to vote in favor of it. Instead, the majority of 09-10 senators, after hearing concerns from 20-plus campus leaders representing over 400 students, decided to turn a blind eye and pursue a vote of negligence. The vote pierced like an icy spear through our hearts as the sound of “nays” resonated from the senators’ mouths. The key arguments against the motions were:

1) Student Senate should not take a position on something that facilities should be responsible for.

2) Student Senate won’t take from the $35,000 reserve fund to pay for $2,500 recycling bins.The problems with these arguments are obvious. Earlier that evening, the Student Senate

dipped into the fund to pay for a senior dinner that teaches graduating seniors etiquette. Yet, they can’t afford to pay for recycling bins affecting the entire student population as well as the world community. What I heard that meeting was, “We can teach etiquette for proper consumption, but not fund recycling.” So, the question comes to mind. Where exactly does Student Senate take a stand for us (the student population)? Many of us were represented in that meeting, but none

of us were heard. Why exactly do we have student fees if we never see them reflected in campus improvement and activities? I, along with many

other students, wonder, exactly what does Student Senate do? Because, they obviously don’t respond to our heartfelt cries for responsible recycling or pass fundamentally powerful legislation.

I want Student Senate to take a stand. I want them to realize that they represent us. They are

the leaders of our great campus, but, sadly, many of them have lost sight of their responsibilities. I have come to the end of my rope. If Student Senate

won’t act, we, the unofficial leaders, will take the lead. This issue won’t die.

Please help us get the message out.

– ZAC BALES-HENRYSenior

To My Student Senate,On Thursday night, I

attended my first Student Senate meeting to personally let my Senate know that I, as a student aofDrake University, and many other stu-dents like myself, would very much like you to spend our money on pur-chasing a few new recy-cling bins so that we may have the ability to recycle in our academic buildings. I entered the room on Thurs-day with the idea that this seemed like a reason-able request to ask the so-called governing body here to represent me. But when we asked, you said, “No,” and we left the room with a bitter taste in our mouths and the feeling that you may have heard us, but you did not listen to what we had to say.

From what I gathered, senate told us three things:1. That you all apparently love the earth very much, and that’s great! But not why 38

of us showed up that night. Sorry.2. That you don’t think spending our money on things we want, like recycling bins,

is in our best interest.3. That this is someone else’s problem to take care of and not ours (I say ours be-

cause, from my understanding, Student Senate is a representation of the entire student body, and this is a problem of the student body, and I don’t think I’m mistaken).

While I respect your opinions on the matter, I disagree with your decision and the reasoning you explained behind it. Student Senate took this issue, which was as simple as, “We want and need recycling bins – will you buy them for us?” and turned it into a debate over unrelated topics of money, politics, scope and who loves the earth the most. I was confused because I don’t think you understood why we were there. Senate ignored what we had to say, and it seemed to me that they already knew how they were going to vote before the meeting even started, so our cries to be heard fell on deaf ears from the start. I don’t know what else to say, so I’ll end this letter by saying how, as a student, an athlete, a member of an organization on campus and as someone who is ac-tively involved in trying to make a difference at Drake, I am just disappointed in my Student Senate’s inability to not only act on important issues, but even hear their student body out when we come to them.

Student Senate could accomplish so many great things and make a huge positive change if you could all just get your acts together and actually listen to what we have to say, find out our problems and work with us to solve them. You’re Student Senate. You decide what your scope is. If your scope doesn’t include using the money and influence you possess to solve our problems, then that’s just a crying shame. But I guess that’s just the way it is.

– MATTHEW JURYSTASophomore

Dear Times-Delphic,It’s completely ironic Stu-

dent Senate decided to turn down an action that would help move toward a more sustainable and impressive envi-ronment at Drake

University during their “Sustainability Meeting”

on Thursday, Oct. 29. I was one of the many students that attended the

Senate meeting to show support for add-

ing 12 new recycling bins throughout the campus. This would only be $2,500 of Student

Senate’s $35,000 backup budget, but they completely shot it down and wouldn’t listen to the voice of their fellow students who are paying student fees and deserve oppor-

tunities. I am disappointed that Student Senate would dismiss this need for more recycling on campus, but will throw away thousands of dollars for a new printer and an etiquette dinner during their so-called “Sustainability Meeting.” What a completely unethical deci-sion on their behalf. Student Senate definitely gave me a bad taste in my mouth. I’ve heard many stories of how stingy and greedy Student Senate is, but it became evident tonight. They kept saying they are not a pot of money to hand out to people. But the huge amounts of money that Student Senate has didn’t just fall from the sky. This is the student’s money,

so they should do something good with it! Not having the amount of recycling that there should be on campus also makes Drake University bad as a whole. How do we promote “Blue is Green” on campus if our students aren’t even given the opportunity to recycle? And, what will it take to get our voice out to Student Senate without them denying our needs as students? These are all questions that linger in my mind as I think about the two hours of my Thursday night that Student Senate wasted, just to deny paying for a few recycling bins throughout our campus. So please, let’s all let Student Senate know that something needs to change, because the students at Drake University are not impressed.

– TIMOTHY KOJETIN Sophomore

Student Senate,I came to your last meeting in order to support my friends, trying to convince you to use a little

over two grand of your surplus reserve fund to buy the students of Drake a few more recycling bins to let us recycle more easily on campus. Then you told us it’s not your problem and it would be a misuse of student money? I’ll have to disagree there. What is a good use of our money? A table manners dinner? A printer we still have to pay to use? If recycling bins aren’t your problem, then how and why are those? Also, all of the parliamentary procedure and political jargon wasn’t really appreciated, because I feel like the lot of us in the back were being ignored as the senators educated us on their opinions without really letting us state our two cents. If my Senate doesn’t think that spending our money on things the students at Drake want, then I don’t think Student Senate represents me.

– ANONYMOUS

It was interesting, if disappointing, to listen to the Student Senate discuss and vote on a motion to

approve $2,200 for eight more recycling bins in academic buildings. The Student Sen-

ate’s reserve fund (excess student fees) usually holds $15,000 for emergencies, but the account held

over $35,000 on Thursday. Giv-en the excess, and the campus green initiative, it seemed the

vote would be a no-brainer. Not so, as the motion was overwhelm- ingly defeated. Since the Drake

administration has paid for most of the recycling bins on campus thus far, the Senate argued the administration should be picking up the tab for the extra recycling bins, not the Senate. Doing so might set an unintended precedent for future

Senate spending. Point well taken, but it seems to me the Senate missed the bigger pic-ture. The 30+ supportive students in attendance were there to send a message to our elected

leaders: We want to spend our own money (i.e. our student fees) in support of recycling and the environment – in addition to what the administration contributes. Since the meeting, the adminis-tration has stepped up with the funding for the recycling bins. Members of the senate all expressed their support for recycling and the green initiative at the meeting, and said they would do more in the future, regardless of their decision on this particular motion. I hope the Senate will live up to their promise to show their support for recycling and the environment in a more proactive way in the future.

– COURTNEY HOWELLFirst-Year Student

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Drake Community,I want to begin by thanking all of the students who came to last week’s Student Senate meet-

ing and last night’s Sustainability Town Hall meeting to express their thoughts and opinions on the importance of recycling. Student Senate relies on student feedback to pursue the projects and programs our campus needs most, and it is essential that students continue to let their voices be heard.

At our meeting on Oct. 29, Student Senate voted on a motion calling for the use of a portion of the Student Senate reserve fund to purchase eight recycling bins at a total price of $2,247.04. After much discussion, Student Senate did not pass this motion.

While Student Senate continues to support the university’s efforts in recycling and the “Blue is Green” initiative, we could not justify using money from Student Activity Fees to fund the univer-sity’s capital improvements. These projects should remain part of the university’s obligations and should be paid for through the university’s budget.

I am confident that the Drake administration will continue to expand the single-stream recy-cling solution on the Drake campus, providing additional recycling bins to meet our needs. I commend the university’s initiatives thus far, however, I pledge to advocate and pressure the administration should this not be completed in a timely manner.

Everyone is in favor of a greener Drake, in-cluding Student Senate. We must now find the right outlets for our passion, and ways for our entire cam-pus to embrace sustainable changes at Drake University. I encourage all Drake students to continue to advocate for recycling; your opinions are being heard and Student Sen-ate is taking action.

As always, please contact me with questions, com-ments or concerns.

– BEN OLSONStudent Body President

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Hundreds of people visited the Des Moines Art Center Nov. 1, making the ninth annual Day of the Dead celebration a lively place.

The streets around the museum were lined with cars for nearly a half a mile as families and commu-nity members gathered to enjoy the Día de los Muertos festivities. People of all ages and backgrounds wandered through the exhibits, as music from the Mariachi Zapata band drifted through the air, swirl-ing with aromas of tacos and traditional Day of the Dead bread.

In one studio, students from Drake University’s World Language and Culture (WLC) program and Latin-American student organization La Fuerza Latina (LFL), teamed up to host activities for children and their families, like making story booklets and students of Drake’s WLC program also put on a pup-pet show in Spanish.

Eduardo Garcia, an assistant professor of Spanish at Drake and one of El Día de Los Muertos’ com-munity advisors, handed out the booklets to children as they walked past.

“Here, this is for you,” he said to a little girl holding her mother’s hand. “Do you want to make a book?” He chuckled as she gazed up at him apprehensively and hid her face. “Every time I ask someone to make a book, I scare them,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s the sombrero or what.”

Garcia said that he felt that the Drake-led activities benefited both the visitors and the students. This was the second year that Drake students were involved in the Día de los Muertos event, but the first time the puppet show was presented.

“Last year, I decided to participate and try to give an opportunity to the [Drake] students to use experiential learning,” he said. “Not to only study the language in the classroom, but outside the class-room.”

Students from LFL said it was a positive thing to get involved outside of campus.

“So many times when you’re at Drake you just study and do whatever there,” LFL President Sam Li said. “But coming out here, you see more people and share Drake’s name actually. We tell people that okay, yeah, Drake is here.’”

Though the crowd couldn’t see them hidden behind the brightly-colored painted scenery, puppeteer juniors Meredith Lamberti, Lena Thompsor and Emily Sibigtroth along with sophomore Lisa Myers said they enjoyed being a part of the event.

“It was a lot of fun to interact with the crowd and to use our Spanish to do that,” Thompson said. The event also proved to be educational for both children watching and the WLC students. “There are things I didn’t know about the Day of the Dead that I learned through the puppet show,”

Myers said. “I always knew there was something like a table with things on it, but I didn’t know exactly what it meant. Now I know that they’re things to welcome the dead and for the dead to eat.”

English subtitles helped non-Spanish speakers follow along, and the show encouraged people to talk and sing with the puppets. LFL member and WLC instructor junior Stephanie Sanyour played the guitar and led the singing as the audience hummed along to the traditional day of the dead song, “Chumba la Cachumba.”

LFL member and WLC instructor junior Raquel Nogueria said the puppets were a good way to help children understand the Day of the Dead.

“We just want to explain what it is about,” she said.Nearby, a little boy waved his storybook with his illustrations in his mother’s face yelling, “¡Mira!

Look!”Glancing over, Nogueira smiled. “It’s been really fun,” she said.

photos and story by ANN SCHNOEBELENStaff Writer

ann.schnoebelen@drake.edu

HOW TO CELEBRATE DAY OF THE DEAD

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receive bottles of tequila as well as marigold flowers and candles. Families sit on picnic blankets next to the stones and have a meal that has the favorite

food of their loved ones. Some families choose to stay at home for a family meal and build small shrines in memoriam of those who have passed.

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of time, with the idea of guiding spirits through the night. When the evening approaches, hundreds of candles can be seen glowing in cemeteries.

ABOVE: WLC AND LFL STUDENTS helped children put together story booklets at the Day of the Dead event at the Des Moines Art Center this past Sunday. RIGHT: Eduardo Garcia, assistant professor of second language acquisition at Drake, helped coordinate the event.

DRAKE STUDENTS entertained children through the use of a Spanish puppet show. English subtitles helped non-Spanish speakers follow along.

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Return to FunctionOct. 2 – Jan. 10The exhibit features pretty as well as practical artistic pieces. A cellular phone doubles as an exercise machine and a do-it-yourself coffin. The works look like items used daily, but contain a commentary about the pervasive nature of advertising, among other messages.

Art in RuinsThrough Jan. 3The exhibition presents prints, photographs, sculpture and a video that depict the remains of former civilizations, governments and religions torn apart by war, disaster and time. The strange part about “Art in Ruins,” however, is how it mirrors contemporary society.

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Sophomore backup quarterback Peter Badovinac lead Drake to a victory with two fourth-quarter scoring drives to defeat defending league champion Jacksonville 45-38 on Saturday.

Badovinac found out Thursday that he had a torn labrum in his throwing shoul-der, but played through the pain to help the Bulldogs to a 7-1 record and 5-0 in the Pioneer Football League.

“It’s been a crazy week,” Badovinac said. “We just kept playing hard, and it’s a great feeling right now.”

Head Coach Chris Creighton was ex-tremely satisfied with how the emergency quarterback battled through adversity.

“I’m so proud of how he has handled all of this,” he said. “It’s been painful for him, and he just recently decided to gut it out.”

Drake trailed by scores of 14-0 and 28-10 in the first half, but battled back to win the shootout in the fourth quarter.

“We’ve been in this situation before and we just try to stay confident,” senior linebacker Ben Morrison said. “We just dug deep. This team has so much deter-mination and drive.”

In the first seven games this season, the Bulldogs have outscored opponents 46-20 in the first quarter. Jacksonville was an ex-ception, putting Drake in a 14-0 hole in the first quarter.

Drake made a comeback as senior run-ning back Stephen Platek caught a Piat-kowski pass, broke a tackle, and made an ankle-breaking juke to get the Bulldogs on the board. A 26-yard field goal from senior

kicker Brandon Wubs in the second quar-ter cut the lead to four.

The Dolphins responded with a touch-down pass and a pick by Keenan Bowe on the next possession. Bowe returned the in-terception 35 yards for a score to push the lead to 18.

Piatkowski led Drake on a drive deep into Jacksonville territory on the final pos-session of the half. With 25 seconds left, he scrambled out of bounds and took a vicious hit from Joseph Fennell. A near brawl ensued on the Drake sideline, and three penalties followed in the aftermath. Each team received unsportsmanlike con-duct penalties that offset each other, but a late hit on Jacksonville moved the ball up to the 17. Piatkowski scored on a 3-yard run to complete the drive, and Drake trailed 28-17 at the break.

“The offense picked us up big time,” Morrison said. “We knew the game was not over.”

The Bulldogs scored on their open-ing drive in the second half, as Piatkowski lobbed a well-placed 6-yard pass to senior wide receiver Spencer Cady. Piatkowski was picked off by Bowe again on the next possession, and the Jacksonville offense turned that into seven points on a touch-down reception by Joshua Philpart.

With the third quarter winding down, Jacksonville had the ball and a comfortable 11-point lead. Drake came away with a huge turnover, as Jacksonville quarterback Josh McGregor fumbled and sophomore defensive back Tyler Moorhead scooped it up and returned it to the 9-yard line. Piat-kowski tossed another touchdown to fresh-man Mike Bilton, and then threw to Cady on a slant route for the two-point conver-sion to cut the lead to three.

Jacksonville opened the fourth with a field goal, and Piatkowski was injured on the next possession. Badovinac finished the drive off with a 1-yard sneak to tie the game at 38, and the point after attempt was blocked.

“I was just doing my job,” Badovinac said.

Sophomore wide receiver Hans Bro-man recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, and Platek finished off that drive with the game-winning 3-yard score.

“It was a matter of our team believing something would happen before it did,” Creighton said. “The will to win is what prevailed.”

Jacksonville came within inches of ty-ing the game, when the craziest play of the game occurred. On third-and-goal from the Drake 1-yard line, McGregor botched a snap and the ball rolled into the back-field. Senior defensive back Skye Buckner-Petty recovered it with nothing but green grass separating him from the end zone. When he got into Drake territory, howev-er, he stumbled and coughed the ball up, and Jacksonville recovered on its own 36 with 3:53 remaining.

The Dolphins drove down to the Drake 28, but an incomplete pass on fourth down ensured a Drake victory.

Piatkowski finished 17-29 passing for 212 yards, with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Cady had seven catches for 93 yards.

The Bulldogs have three games re-maining. They will play both Dayton and Butler, with whom they are tied atop the PFL standings.

“We control our own destiny,” Morri-son said. “And we don’t quit.”

by MATT MORANStaff Writer

matthew.moran@drake.edu

Bulldogs’ magical season lives on after thrilling win

SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK MIKE PIATOWSKI scrambles towards a pair of Valparaiso defenders.

PFL STANDINGS

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Butler

Dayton

Drake

Marist

Jacksonville

San Diego

Davidson

Campbell

Valparaiso

Morehead State

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5-0

4-2

2-4

2-4

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1-4

0-6

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7-1

7-1

5-3

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3-5

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NOV. 14AT

DAYTON

NOV. 21AT

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In the midst of the football team’s amazing run this season, one important story has been brought up – a problem that still has not been addressed by the student body.

The attendance at Drake’s home games has been as dismal as ever, but even worse considering the season the team is having. The Bulldogs are 7-1, in the midst of a five-game win streak and are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the PFL – impressive for a team picked to finish sixth in the preseason polls.

A common excuse for low attendance from students is the teams’ poor performance, but that is no reason to miss a game at Drake Stadium this year. Drake students should be proud to support a Bulldog team that is off to its best start since 1998 and has a legitimate chance to win the PFL.

I urge each and every one of you to drag yourselves out of bed this Saturday at the early hour of 1 p.m. and go watch the Bulldogs defend their win streak against Campbell and show them that you appreciate their incredible season.

PETER ZEMANSKY

SPORTS EDITOR

Lack of pride

Going into the Missouri Valley Conference championships, the Drake men’s and women’s cross country teams had posted strong results at the previous meets. They had all the necessary tools to put together a championship run at con-ference: fitness, confidence, strong leaders and, most importantly, a will to win. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the strength of their rivals and the wet course conditions subdued both squads in Peoria, Ill. last Saturday.

On the men’s side, Illinois State and South-ern Illinois dominated the last 400 of the 8,000 meters. The depth of both teams kept many Drake runners out of the top 10, while Illinois

State’s Scott Krapf pulled away from the rest of the pack to gain a first-place finish. Illinois State won the meet, barely edging out pre-race favor-ite Southern Illinois by one point for the title, while the Drake men’s squad finished sixth.

The runners also had to deal with wet and muddy conditions in Peoria Saturday, as the rains the day before left parts of the course com-pletely submerged in water.

“We basically ran through a small lake at some parts,” freshman runner Cammy Dole said. “It was really difficult to get traction.”

Head Coach Dan Hostager said he felt that the conditions may have affected the race.

“I hate to use course conditions as an ex-cuse,” Hostager said. “But I’ve never seen a course quite that bad off for a college meet.”

The Drake men put forth a valiant effort. Sophomore Derek Campbell finished first for the Bulldogs in 25th place, with a time of 27:37. Senior Jeff Grassmeyer and sophomore Colin Hagan also cracked the top 40 with times of 27:59 and 28:00, respectively.

Coach Hostager said that his team didn’t

quite adapt to the conditions as well as they had hoped. Hostager noted that Drake did beat out Wichita State for the sixth-place spot – a team Drake finished behind at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational earlier in the year.

On the women’s side, junior Casey McDer-mott raised her performance, once again, and earned all-conference honors with a ninth-place finish overall. McDermott anchored the wom-en’s squad to an eighth-place team finish in the conference with a time of 19:14. Junior runner Katie Coomer cracked the top 40 with a time of 20:29.

“Our conference was really, really tough this year, a lot deeper than previous years,” Hostager said.

But the Bulldogs’ season isn’t over yet, and they don’t plan on giving up any time soon. Al-though they may not have reached the bar this time, the desire to stretch further is there. The passion, the fire, the intensity that has driven the team throughout this year cannot be extin-guished in one day.

Hostager said he is looking forward to NCAA

regionals in two weeks. “Traditionally, we run better at regionals

than conference because some of the pressure is off,” he said.

In the next two weeks the Bulldogs will be looking to up the intensity in practice.

“I don’t think we need to change anything in practice, just keep going with what we are do-ing,” Dole said. “Coach Hostager keeps saying our fitness is there.”

Hostager said he believes that rebuilding any lost confidence is key to success at regionals.

“If you get intimidated by the competition your performance will suffer there, too,” he said.

Next time the cleats of the Bulldogs’ shoes reach the grass they will be racing for more than a spot in the NCAA meet.

“We are just going to go down there and re-deem ourselves,” Hostager said.

Drake will run in the NCAA Regionals Nov. 14 in Terre Haute, Ind. The men’s and women’s race starts at 11 a.m.

by DOMINIC JOHNSONStaff Writer

dominic.johnson@drake.edu

Bulldogs endure sloppy conditions at MVC meetCROSS COUNTRY

Tough course leads to disappointing results

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KEEP IT CLEAN

Drake’s defense will have to communicate effectively against Creighton so it doesn’t make any mistakes. Against a defense as good as Creighton’s, Drake does not want to give them any opportunities score – one Creighton goal could be all they need to win. To avoid a crushing loss like they suffered at Missouri State, the Bulldogs must make an effort to keep it clean across the back line.

SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS

The Bulldogs are going up against one of the MVC’s best defensive units in the Bluejays, who lead the league in goals allowed (7) and shutouts (8), despite being near the bottom of the MVC in saves. This means that Creighton does a good job of preventing shots, so Drake must take advantage of any and all shot opportunities to score. The Bluejays’ weak offense means putting a single goal across the line could decide the game in what looks to be a defensive battle.

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BULLDOGGAMEDAY

Senior day will mark the first time Drake will play Creighton after winning its last matchup in Omaha. It will also be the last time seven senior Bulldogs will play a regular season game for Drake.

“Because of the emotion with senior day, the first 10 minutes are going to be a little crazy,” senior defender Calvin Clark said. “We’ll go out pretty hard at first, but I think we’ll settle down and play our game.”

Drake needs the win Saturday, against the Bluejays, to secure a second-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Creighton beat national powerhouse No. 7 UCLA last Saturday and will arrive in Des Moines after a full week’s rest,

while the Bulldogs traveled to Eastern Illinois yesterday for a final road game.

Drake traveled to Creighton Oct. 14 and beat the Bluejays 1-0 on their own turf for the first time.

“It was one of the best feelings I’ve had after a game,” Clark said. “I’ve felt like we’ve been pretty close to beating them all four years so to finally pull a win felt great.”

This year’s senior group has brought talent and drive to the field with two players on the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy Watch List and three earning academic all-district honors.

These strengths have brought national recognition to Drake’s team.

“The past couple years, we’ve really stepped up our program,” Clark said. “We still go places and people see our shirts and say, ‘Drake? Where’s that?’ But more people are starting to realize who

Drake is and that we’re a strong team.”

While building the reputation of Drake men’s soccer, the senior class built camaraderie.

“To know that the person standing next to you, the person in front of you, the person behind you are some of your closest friends, it makes it easier,” Clark said. “We all play for each other.”

That team-oriented attitude will help move Drake to a win Saturday. Head Coach Sean Holmes said the team will focus on cleaning up the play and being more responsible and accountable.

“I like to call it tidy,” Holmes said. “We need to be tighter in the back than we’ve been and not give up silly goals.”

Last Sunday’s game against Missouri State ended with what Holmes said was a “silly” goal. Missouri State’s Gerard Barbero stole the ball from a Drake defender

and scored on a low corner shot 21 seconds into overtime.

Holmes said he is still looking for a resident goal-scorer to step up on this year’s squad.

“We’re a really good attacking team that doesn’t score enough goals,” Holmes said. “Nobody has really emerged as a guy who can carry the team.”

Sophomore midfielder Thomas Ostrander has put away two game-winning goals this season and said he looks to continue producing goals for the Bulldogs.

“I just go out there and fight for every ball,” Ostrander said. “Anything I can do positively to get the team fired up I try to do.”

After the Creighton match, Drake will host the MVC tournament at Cownie Soccer Complex that will last from Nov. 13 through Nov. 15.

DRAKE VS. CREIGHTON

SATURDAY 7 P.M. | COWNIE SOCCER COMPLEX

KEYS TO THE GAME

MVC STANDINGSTEAM

Missouri State

Drake

Creighton

Evansville

Eastern Illinois

Bradley

6-1-1

MVC TOTAL

5-3

4-2-3

4-3-1

1-8

2-5-1

11-3-2

10-6-1

7-3-4

10-6-1

6-10-1

6-7-3

by MARY BESS BOLLINGCopy Editor

mary.bolling@drake.edu

photo by SARAH ANDREWS | Photo Editor

SOPHOMORE MIDFIELDER CHARLIE SCHWARTZ chases down a loose ball against Eastern Illinois on Oct. 21.

Heading into Drake’s Oct. 28 home game against Bradley, the team was on the verge of breaking into double-digit wins for the second-straight season, and the second time in school history, as the Bulldogs’ MVC regular season winds down.

The Braves provided a tough challenge in the first half, as the Bulldogs had a hard time adjusting to their strategy.

“Their play style took a little bit for us to get used to,” senior mid-fielder Kevin Shrout said. “We knew they were coming in with nothing to lose. Playing a team with no confer-ence wins, you have to expect them to play differently.”

In the 18th minute, senior mid-fielder Luke Gorczyca put the Bull-dogs on the board, as he gathered an attempted clearance from Bradley goalkeeper Kyle Orne.

The rain-soaked field didn’t help the teams either, as it forced the game to relocate from the main field at Cownie Soccer Complex.

“Tonight was an interesting game as we had the last-second change of venue that unsettled our preparation a little bit,” Head Coach Sean Hol-mes said. “The condition of the field didn’t help us a lot and the wind was with us for a half and in our face the other half.”

The Braves responded with their third in-conference goal this year, as a laser of a shot beat junior keeper Jordan Kadlec to the lower right corner in the 21st minute.

While the first half of the game ended in a stalemate, the second half went in favor of the Bulldogs.

“With their play style, we had some things to get used to, especially with the field as well,” Shrout said.

“We had a rough first half and it was kind of frustrating, but we really picked it up in the second half.”

The game remained tied until the final five minutes of the second half, when junior forward Kenan Malicevic scored off of a corner kick from junior midfielder Michael Noonan. With a reverse flick of the foot, Malicevic turned his only shot into the game-winning goal for the Bulldogs.

“The test of the team was that new guys stepped up to win the game,” Holmes said. “We’ve driven hard on the seniors all year long, and then it is Michael Noonan making some fantastic runs down the wing and Kenan Malicevic scoring the winner. That makes me excited, not only for the remainder of the sea-son, but for next year. We can’t be so senior-focused that no one else is able to win us games.”

The Bulldogs’ next match, against Missouri State, which was scheduled for Oct. 31, was resched-uled for Nov. 1, due to problems with Missouri State’s stadium light-ing system.

This was the second time in two weeks that the Bulldogs and the Bears faced each other. Missouri State topped Drake Oct. 17, in Des Moines with a 2-1 victory in which the Bears fought back from being down 1-0 to steal the win away with two second half goals.

This time, however, it was the Bears who jumped out in front ear-ly. In the 16th minute, Edin Sabic found the back of the net for the Bears, which held the lead at 1-0 up at the half.

A second goal came for the Bears in the 75th minute when a cross from David Buckenheimer found Ben Griffiths inside the 18-yard box. Griffiths’ volley made its way past Kadlec to give the Bears a two-goal

lead. The Bulldogs changed their

formation to create more scoring opportunities against the Bears. Switching from a 4-4-2 to a 3-4-3 in the last 20 minutes, they found the net twice to tie up the game.

“That move created more op-portunities,” Holmes said.

The Bulldogs quickly took ad-vantage of those opportunities. In the 81st minute, Malicevic slotted home his fourth goal of the season on a pass from junior defender Nick Foster that found him behind the de-fense. His sliding kick beat the Mis-souri State keeper and put Drake on the board.

Just 64 seconds later, a scramble in the box led to a header from se-nior forward Garrett Webb, tying the game up at 2-2 with only eight minutes remaining in the game.

“The switch we made seemed to give them some problems at the back,” Shrout said. “Our guys up top fought hard in the box and start-ed to put away more chances.”

The second half ended in a tie, so overtime was necessary to decide the game.

A mere 21 seconds into overtime though, Bulldogs lost after Gerard Barbero stole the ball and sent the first shot of overtime into the back of the net to end the game before the Bulldogs knew what hit them.

The dramatic 3-2 victory moved the Bears to 11-3-2, and the Bull-dogs fell to 10-6-1 with a 5-3 record in the Missouri Valley Conference.

“Our two games against Mis-souri State have been characterized by big mistakes,” Holmes said. “If you want to compete for the Mis-souri Valley Conference title, you must play more error-free. They forced us into making mistakes and we have to be bigger and stronger than that.”

by SKYLAR BERGLStaff Writer

skylar.bergl@drake.edu

Missouri State beats Drake in heartbreaking fashion, lead the MVC

MEN’S SOCCER BULLDOG BRIEFS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The women’s basketball team opened up its exhibition season with a 72-55 victory over Upper Iowa Sunday. The team was led by 18 points from sophomore forward Rachel Hackbarth and 17 points by senior guard Jordann Plummer. The Bulldogs shot an impressive 45.8 percent from the floor in the victory. The team will return to action in its final exhibition game tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. in the Knapp Center be-fore it travels to the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Nov. 13 for its season-opener.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

The women’s soccer team won a thriller, beating Indiana State 3-1 in the opening round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament at Drake Stadium. The Bulldogs scored two goals in the final 2:12 of the game to break a tie with the Syca-mores in the teams’ second matchup of the week in Des Moines.

Senior midfielder Liz Woerle add-ed to her team-leading goal tally with her eighth goal of the season, while junior defender Bailey Dorrington scored her first goal of the season. Freshman forward Laura Moklestad added the third goal of the game for Drake.

Senior forward Melissa Lewis was named the MVC defensive player of the week – yes, that is not a typo, the forward won defensive honors. Lew-is earned the award after making a highlight reel, goal-line save on a shot that had beat sophomore goalkeeper Kourtney Arnold. The save helped protect the Bulldogs’ 1-0 lead over Indiana State.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Preseason All-MVC selection se-

nior guard Josh Young looks to lead the men’s basketball team as it kicks off its season with an exhibition matchup this Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Knapp Center.

WOMEN’S GOLF

Senior Olivia Lansing led the women’s golf team to an eighth-place finish at the Pat Bradley In-vitational last week in Fort Myers, Fla. Lansing paced the Bulldogs by shooting a 76-73-74=223, which was good for 20th place. Senior golfer El-ena Vukmir finished one shot behind Lansing in 23rd place, after shooting a 74-76-74=224. That tournament wrapped up the fall season for the team and they will continue action in the spring.

VOLLEYBALL

Although the volleyball team end-ed its seven-game winning streak with losses to Wichita State and Missouri State over the weekend, the Bull-dogs will look to take a season sweep of Creighton when the two teams face off in Omaha, Neb., Saturday. Drake then travels to South Dakota in the last match of its current, four-game road trip on Nov. 9.

MEN’S GOLF

The men’s golf team closed out its season in the Husky Invitational Oct. 27. The Bulldogs finished in eighth place at the event with senior Luke Joy leading the Bulldogs with a ninth-place finish after shooting a 71-76=147. Junior Cody Schweine-fus placed 19th for the Bulldogs after shooting a 77-72=149.

The event took place in Missouri City, Tex., but was shortened to two rounds due to soggy conditions on the course.

by PETER ZEMANSKYSports Editor

tdsports@drake.edu

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