Student Politics

Jared Poortinga Candidate for Student Body President What year are you at Drake? I am currently a Sophomore. What are...

When students came onto campus at the beginning of the semester, they knew it was going to look different. Whether...

by OLIVIA HECKER The recent closure of campus has affected the operation of many on-campus organizations. One such organization that...

by LIZZIE DEAL A Student Senate task force is currently investigating different ways to reinvent the process by which organizations...

by CAMERON BOLTON Drake University held a mock caucus in Olmsted Center on Jan. 27. The purpose of the event...

A debate over First Amendment rights and the alleged suppression of conservative voices on Drake University’s campus has caught national...

by ZOE TREIBITZ Connor Oetzmann has become Drake's first-year senator following the runoff election that wrapped up on Oct. 1....

By, WILL BREDENSTEINER Drake University’s 32nd Student Senate In coordination with the Drake Environmental Action League, Student Body President Jose...

By WILL BREDENSTEINER Drake University’s 32nd Student Senate held its 11th meeting on Nov. 1, 2018. Two funding motions came...

By WILL BREDENSTEINER Drake University’s 32nd Student Senate held its 10th meeting on Oct. 25, 2018. Student Body President Jose...

Photo from ACHE BY AILEEN ACOSTA Drake University students will be attending the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in...

Photo by Caitlin Clement BY CAITLIN CLEMENT Around 3,000 Iowa students and residents came together in snowy conditions at the...

BY TUMA HAJI A new pro-life group called Students for Life was approved by a Drake Student Senate vote of...

BY TUMA HAJI Marginalization can still be an issue in groups who are already marginalized from a larger group. Lesbians...

BY CAITLIN CLEMENT Drake University is known for its political voice on topics discussed in the governmental sphere, but with...