By CAMERON BOLTON Positive MENtality held a large group discussion on Feb. 4 in the upper halls of Olmsted at Drake University. According to Lynne Cor…
Drake students celebrate the Lunar New Year
By PHONG LY Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year) is right around the corner. People around the world are getting in gear to celebrate. Here…
The Big Ideas Initiative is introduced to facilitate change on the Drake Campus
By MAX BROWN Drake University is introducing the Big Ideas Initiative this semester, encouraging students to become more involved with facilitating ch…
New semester, still “Drake busy”
By BAILEY CORONIS Drake University is not only home to just under five thousand students, but is also a hub for hundreds of student-led activities, cl…
Inside Washington J-Term
By IVY BECKENHOLDT Twelve Drake students made their way to Washington D.C. in the midst of the government shutdown for the Inside Washington J-Term. A…
Clubs and organizations at Drake University offer students opportunities to explore their interest and develop new hobbies
By TARYN RIPPLE College years are largely regarded as an opportunity for individuals to expand their horizons and learn new things about themselves an…
Kamala Harris kicks off her presidential campaign at Drake University
By WILL BREDENSTEINER With just over a year until the Iowa Caucuses, United States Senator from California, Kamala Harris, announced her candidacy an…
A brief history of the Student Senate
By, WILL BREDENSTEINER Student senate is an organization that has some power to influence Drake’s campus, this is an opportunity that students may be …
Associate Director of Student Financial Planning given leadership award
By, MAX BROWN Chris Ditter, the associate director of financial planning at Drake, was recently awarded the State Leadership Award for Iowa at the Mid…
Letter from the editors: the website color
Dear readers, You will notice we’ve changed the website color back to white. The decision to change it black we executed knowing full well the color c…
Student organizations on Drake University’s campus are working toward solutions to reduce food waste.
By KRISTEN TOLLAS In 2014, students and faculty started a food recovery program on Drake’s campus called Next Course after noticing excess amounts of…
Nov. 8 2018 Student Senate Meeting Report
By, WILL BREDENSTEINER Some big changes may be coming to Drake University Painted Street. The latest senate meeting was attended by more than 30 guest…
Taking a look at the Midterm Election results
By, JACOB REYNOLDS After this past midterm election, I could say I was confused. I guess that would be a proper way to describe the results, as well. …
Drake pitches against racism with blackening of Painted Street
The patchwork of multicultural expression that is Painted Street was symbolically unified by a coat of black paint on Friday. The event represents the…
Why 3,500 rallied behind Drake students and faculty of color
In response to racist threats disseminated across campus, thousands of Drake community constituents joined together last Wednesday to both support st…