Drake University welcomed The Gregory & Suzie Glazer Burt Boys & Girls Club to campus this past August. The club is only the second in the nation to be on a private college campus. The presenc…
Fall Semester Plans Contingent on COVID-19 Developments
Faculty and students are preparing to resume online classes in the fall semester if necessary due to developments with the COVID-19 pandemic. Drake Provost Sue Mattison said the faculty are work…
COVID-19 Disrupts SJMC Centennial Relays Event
Sometimes the party can’t go on. The 2019-2020 school year is the 100th anniversary of the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication. To celebrate the centennial, a large party was planned for…
Faculty Profiles: Professor of Education Robert Stensrud
Professor of Education Robert Stensrud moved from Minnesota to Iowa where he now enjoys helping Drake students explore and pursue their passions. Born and raised on a farm between Freeborn and Hartlan…
Stallseat Journal Moves Online
The Stallseat Journal, Drake’s weekly bathroom newsletter, is set to move online for the rest of the semester after on-campus classes were canceled due to the coronavirus. The idea to move…
Drake Professors Continue Education Online amidst Coronavirus
Though the coronavirus and social distancing have put an end to in-classroom meetings, for the time being, that doesn’t mean learning has stopped as well. The professors at Drake University have been …
Dogtown After Hours Cancelled
by LIZZIE DEAL Dogtown After Hours, the largest alcohol-alternative event on campus, was cancelled after online classes were implemented for the two weeks following Spring Break. The event was s…
Students featured in national media spotlight
Very few people can claim to have arm-wrestled Stephen Colbert, but Drake Democrats Political Director Adam Koch can thanks to the media frenzy that surrounded the Iowa caucuses. Koch first entered t…
Students Prepare for Dogtown After Hours
by LIZZIE DEAL | Staff Writer Drake’s largest alcohol alternative event, Dogtown After Hours, will make its annual appearance on Friday, March 27 by taking over Olmsted with free food, games, and priz…
Siblings Weekend Brings Fun to Campus
Drake’s Residence Hall Association and Student Activities Board hosted a Siblings Weekend March 6-8, filled with fun events across campus all weekend for students and their siblings. In preparat…
Faculty Profiles: Dean of Students Tony Tyler
by GRACE HILSCHER Tony Tyler is a name you may be familiar with if you find yourself on Drake’s Campus. Tyler seems to be all over the place organizing and attending events, answering questions, and e…
“The Bachelor” Watch Parties Bring Students Together
by KATE FRANKE Inside a grand white house on 34th St. in Des Moines, Iowa is a group of 15 girls, all laughing at their living room TV screen. On Monday nights, sorority members and friends gath…
Black Panthers in Des Moines: History of Advocacy
by KENDALL HUNT Abdul Samad remembers the birth of black rights activism in Des Moines, as a lieutenant in the Black Panther Party. “I started my work because of injustice – injustice of b…
Drake Broadcasting System to host annual film festival
by KENDALL HUNT Drake University will be hosting its annual 48-hour film festival across campus from Feb. 28 until March 1. Led by the Drake Broadcasting System, the competition involves writing, shoo…
Students aim to support sexual assault survivors
by TRISH RICHARDS Sexual assault and other forms of gender-based violence are a pervasive issue. Over the course of the Fall semester there were four public reports of sexual assault within the Drake …