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EXCELLING INDOORS Catch up with the track team on the beginning of their indoor season Page 12 February 22, 2018— Vol. 96, Issue 10
For the love of the game by BENJAMIN COLWELL | staff writer
This past Saturday, Feb. 17, the Loras College Sports Management program assisted in putting on the Second Annual Cards for Kids Show for local youth in the Greater Dubuque Area. The card show dates all the way back to 2005 when Craig Reuter, the event’s original coordinator, came up with an idea for kids to embrace a hobby involving personal interaction with others in a time where cell phones were becoming a social concern for him. Reuter himself remembered how much he loved collecting sports cards and wanted to share this joy with today’s youth. Many of the kid vendors have been participating in this hobby for years, finding great joy in it and often looking forward to card show events like these. Cards for Kids is especially enjoyable because the parameters only allow for kids ranging from kindergarten to seniors in high school to participate, making it an event exclusively for youth. This was another reason Reuter started the event – because it wasn’t about the money. It was about the hobby. photo CONTRIBUTED That’s exactly the legacy the Loras Sports Above: Former White Sox player Mike Huff talks to the kids and Loras students Management program wanted to continue about his love of baseball and sports. when they were given the opportunity to take the reins on the event. said junior Cole Hansen. “When Dr. Gar- they may not even know who I am. That Senior Brian Wulf of the Sports Managerett asked me to help I knew I had to jump doesn’t matter though. What matters is the ment program had a lot of things to say in at the chance, not only for the practical bond everyone who steps through this door regards to the behind-the-scenes planning experience but because of what this event has, that is, the love of sports.” of the event and how it helped him apply stands for. I think events like these really “I do remember opening packs of gum what he was learning in the classroom to a encompass what we’re and getting the cards inside them,” Huff real world scenario. trying to do here in the said when asked if he collected cards as “I think the biggest thing Cards for Kids Sports Management a kid. “I even remember going back and is the event planning,” said program: use practical buying a second pack of gum because the is especially Wulf. “Event planning inskills to help preserve first pack of cards didn’t have any of the enjoyable because volves so much. It starts a universal love for players I wanted in them.” Huff not only with strategy: how are we the parameters sports.” talked to the kids and signed autographs, going to achieve a b c all This year the Cards only allow for but also led a hitting clinic before and after the way to z? It involves for Kids event brought kids ranging from the show.” communication skills: who in numerous sport fans “The highlight of my career is working do we have to talk to in orkindergarten to to help support these der to get certain things with youth,” said race car driver Haase, kids and their hobby. seniors in high done? It includes teamwho was just as glad to be at the event. “I The Sports Manageschool to participate, m e n t p r o g r a m w a s have a driver development program where work: where does everyone fit in the puzzle? And making it an event even able to bring in I get to work with aspiring young drivers of course it entails sales: exclusively for youth. professional athletes and expand on their talents.” how are we going to sell Cards for Kids brought in significantly Mike Huff and McKenthis event to people and get na Haase to speak with larger numbers than the previous year, althem in here? These are all the kids and bond over their mutual love lowing the kids to meet more individuals things we have to learn about in the Sports who encourage and support their hobby. for sports. Management program and it was great to “I love coming to these things because of The event has become a tradition for many have a chance to put them to use.” the people. It’s all about the people for me,” kids, including Reuter’s, the first vendor to “I collected cards as a kid and it’s really said Huff, a former Major League baseball attend the event from kindergarten to the great to see others still doing the same,” player. “They may not be baseball fans, and end of high school.
One last curtain call for Doug Donald The Lorian sits down with Loras Players director to discuss his career and the memories by ELIZABETH TIGGES | copy editor
professionally in the theatre as an actor and a director. I also plan on continuing to develop some of my original scripts as some of my fellow artists have expressed an interest in producing them.
The Lorian sat down for an exclusive interview with Loras Players Theatre Director Doug Donald as he prepares for his last production before retiring.
The Lorian: What were some of your favorite shows that Loras players has done?
The Lorian: How many years have you been working at Loras? Doug: I have been teaching at Loras for 34 years. This is my 18th year as director of theatre.
The Lorian: What has been your favorite thing about teaching at Loras?
Doug: Simply put, working with my students. In the theatre my students are fellow collaborative artists; we create the production together. A lot of time is spent in rehearsals where ideas, communication, listening, and yes, even failures are encouraged. For the creative process to work, everyone must be an active participant. What each individual, myself, my students, and the Dubuque community,
bring to that process must be respected, encouraged, and valued. It is that creative process with my students that I treasure.
The Lorian: How did your journey with Loras begin?
Doug: I was hired to teach public speaking and theatre on a part time basis.
The Lorian: What are you planning on doing after you retire? Doug: I hope to return to working
Doug: I am afraid there are a lot of those because I don’t look at just the finished product, but I also look at the journey I took with the students. So each show has a special place for different reasons. Plus, how can I pick one group of students over another? By the end of this year, Donald and the Loras Players will have put on a total of 87 productions. In his time at Loras, he produced five faculty/staff shows and over 38 original scripts, including their current production “Darkness Visible” by Gary Arms, which will be performed at 7:30 p.m. March 15 -17 and March 18 at 2 p.m.
Honors Projects series
Duhawks DuSupport Duhawks by AUDREY MILLER | staff writer
Four sophomore Loras students are “Du-ing” something important for the Loras student body – specifically, its newest incoming members. This “something” is called DuSupport. It is an honors project designed as a supplementary program to facilitate first-year’s transition from high school into college. This class builds off the Intro to College course in the fall, which is directed by Kim Walsh. Within the next couple weeks, the sophomore group of Molly MacDuff, Elyse Acomponado, Grant Wiederin and Logan Ben will be meeting with Walsh to discuss the class curriculum and decide upon a goal for the first class session. DuSupport will essentially be an SItype program for students to learn about the transition into college, stress management, and time management since so many students struggle with these areas. Currently, the program is geared primarily towards first-year students at Loras, but as the group pointed out, it is certainly not limited to them. Another potential group that could benefit from DuSupport would be dismissed students, with the idea that they would be required to take this class if they returned to Loras. At this point in their honors career, the four students are still in the planning stages of their sophomore experience. Aside from meetings with Walsh and their mentor Lynn Gallagher, the group is preparing their first trial run of the program. At this first session, the honors students will help the first-year attendees build class schedules and organize assignment due-dates. They also plan on putting together a panel of students to answer questions about how to properly manage stress. As many recall, the first year of college can be full of poorly-managed stress situations. The panel will be a proactive way to address those inevitable occurrences before they become issues. The number of students at this initial program session is yet to be determined. The honors students are primarily targeting students from MOI classes in Fall 2017. The group is reaching out to MOI professors who feel some of their students could benefit from a program such as this. “We have no idea how many will come,” group member MacDuff said honestly. “But we want to have this first session so we can use it for research and get feedback from students.” How did this topic come to be? Gallagher—who works in the Lynch Learning Center—had the whole idea set out before the honors group even formed. She saw students who struggled to manage everything on their own, and despite the success of the Intro to College class, she wanted an option outside the classroom to help with these issues. She developed the project, presented it to the honors program, and the rest is history. “I’ve done tutoring in the past,” MacDuff said, when asked why she specifically chose this honors project. “And I work in the writing center, so I like helping people with stuff like that. I’m also an organizational person and like teaching people about that too.” DuSupport will be a worthy addition to academic richness at Loras and will likely impact and benefit many students as these sophomore honors students continue to develop their project.