Drake Blue spring 2006 by Casey Gradischnig

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BLUE More than the score A LOOK AT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE PRIDE IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT SHAPED DRAKE ATHLETICS DURING 125 YEARS OF BULLDOG SPORTS

From the President. . . EVERY YEAR I ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — the

national association that represents the interests of the country’s higher education community. I suspect that ACE’s annual meetings are typical of those in most professions: some of the formal sessions are interesting, useful and challenging, a few are not, and the informal interaction with colleagues from around the country is always helpful in sharing concerns, solutions and perspectives. This February, at ACE’s annual meeting in Los Angeles, there was a new 90-minute session for presidents only entitled, “What Keeps You Up at Night?” It was a fascinating and wonderfully helpful discussion — part voicing concerns, part exploring solutions, part cathartic whining and part group therapy. Not surprisingly, many of the issues that I have related to you in earlier remarks are very much on the minds of my colleagues: the changing demographics of K-12 students; the increasing lack of preparedness of high school graduates for college-level work; public demands for transparency and accountability; the impact (positive and negative) of technology; the proliferation of legal issues; our failure to communicate to the public what we do in higher education and why we do it in a meaningful way. The most intense discussion was catalyzed by the comment of one president who said, “Tuition and fees at my college are roughly $42,000 per year, and we’ve just increased it five percent. How do I justify that to our students and their parents, and how do I

ensure that students who are academically qualified are not turned away because they cannot afford us?” It was clear from the subsequent conversation, and from the many discussions that we have had on the Drake University campus, that the issue of cost, its impact on student access to higher education, its impact on who our students are and who they will be, and ultimately its impact on an institution’s ability

manner that reflects our strategic priorities (with the heaviest emphasis, of course, on the quality of the educational environment). But these efforts — to keep tuition down (our annual increase in the past five years has been significantly below the national average) and to maximize our cost-effectiveness — are an ongoing struggle. The future promises a bigger challenge: the economic status of high school graduates is shifting downward, placing even greater demands on financial aid resources that ensure access to a Drake education for the broad spectrum of America’s population. Beyond continuing to do our best to keep expenses down, the only way that we can avoid passing on increased costs to our students and their parents is to increase our resources: Drake Fund contributions (which support the operating budget), and gifts to endowment that provide income in support of scholarships. As we celebrate Drake’s 125th year, it is more important than ever that we enlist the

Beyond continuing to do our best to keep expenses down, the only way that we can avoid passing on increased costs to our students and their parents is to increase our resources:

Drake Fund contributions, and gifts to endowment that provide income

in support of scholarships. to deliver on its educational promise, is on everyone’s minds — as well it should be. The annual cost of tuition, room and board at Drake University is nowhere near $42,000 a year (next year it will be slightly over $29,000), and there is good reason that we are consistently ranked in the upper echelons of various publications’ “best buy” lists — our ratio of price to quality is superb. It is also important to note that our commitment to financial aid this year is nearly $35 million. Ninety-five percent of our undergraduates receive financial aid, and the average award is close to $15,000 annually. At the same time, starting with Program Review six years ago, we have systems in place to continually ensure that we are using our resources as effectively and efficiently as possible, and that they are allocated in a

support of our alumni and friends to provide these resources. Right now I do not share my colleague’s problem — I can sleep at night, knowing that we are doing our best to make a Drake education affordable, but there are those moments after midnight when I worry (with good reason) that it’s only a matter of time before that best isn’t good enough. I hope that when called upon, you will do everything that you can to help Drake University keep its promises — both in the present and in the future.

Dr. David E. Maxwell, president

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Dr. David E. Maxwell

Vice President of Institutional Advancement

John H. Willey

Director of Alumni & Parent Programs Barbara Dietrich Boose, JO’83, GR’90

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Drake Education Professor Puts the Power in Empowerment

Director of Marketing & Communications Brooke Benschoter

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Drake Law School Focuses on International Relations and the Creation of Global Citizens

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MORE THAN THE SCORE

Looking Back on the Men and Women Who’ve Shaped 125 Years of Bulldog Athletics at Drake

Departments CAMPUS

Drake Students Earn Central Iowa Activist Awards • SJMC Students Earn Unique Honors • Drake Students Perform at Regional Theater Competition • Law School Hosts Variety of Speakers

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Chen Receives Award for Printmaking • Law Professor Studies Issue of Intelligent Design • Drake Faculty Discuss Teacher Quality with Des Moines School Board

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A Hawkeye on Bulldog Tom’s Court • Five All-Americans Headline the All-time Drake Men's Basketball Team Commemorating 100 Years of Basketball

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Ad Exec, NPR Reporter Earn Drake Journalism Alumnae Awards • SOE Expands Recognition Of Educators • A Golden “Drake Beauty” Celebrates Crowning Achievement • Break Away For A Bulldog Bash

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campus buzz A DAY OF DRAKE’S OWN Drake’s ongoing celebration of its 125th birthday has meant free cupcakes to thousands of visitors to the Iowa State Fair, road trips to several U.S. cities to meet with alumni and a historical look at the University at the Francis Marion Drake Society Dinner. But it’s also meant many lesserknown undertakings that continue the advancement of the University’s mission and the development of Drake into a truly global university. In recognition of these efforts and in honor of 125 years of service to the city of Des Moines and the state of Iowa, Gov. Tom Vilsack and Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie each issued proclamations that declared Monday, Dec. 5, “Drake University Appreciation Day.” Drake president David Maxwell, accompanied by members of the Drake community, was on hand to personally receive the proclamation from Mayor Cownie, who called Drake “one of Des Moines' most important residents” and mentioned a recent trip to China

during which he visited with Drake students who are teaching English overseas. DRAKE STUDENTS EARN CENTRAL IOWA ACTIVIST AWARDS Ben Parrott, a third-year Drake law student who worked to better equip a breast cancer treatment unit in a Nicaraguan hospital, and Danielle Sturgis, a junior journalism and sociology major who founded the Network of Enlightened Women here on the Drake campus were among the local activists honored on Nov. 15 at the third annual Central Iowa Activist Awards ceremony sponsored by the Des Moines Business Record. “Central Iowa is filled with people with passion and commitment to improve the lives of the people who live here," says Connie Wimer, publisher and owner of Business Publications Corp. "Recognizing a few of these people each year is our way of supporting the work they are doing and encouraging others to continue to commit themselves to such important work.” Drake has been a partner in

MUSIC FROM THE DRAKE GOSPEL CHOIR highlighted the Jan. 17 celebration of the work and life of Martin Luther King Jr. held on campus. The program also included a performance by the Langston Hughes Players and poetry pieces by current Drake students.

the HOT list the Activist Project since its inception in 2003. United Way of Central Iowa is a corporate sponsor of the project. SJMC STUDENTS EARN UNIQUE HONORS Drake senior Chris Hamburger always preferred hot dogs to the sandwich with which he shares a moniker. So when he saw an essay contest dubbed “Win Your Weight in Hot Dogs” in For Him Magazine, Hamburger decided to tell the editors exactly why he deserved it. “I’m always buying hot dogs, which I like better than hamburgers anyway,” says the journalism major. “I love my name because it makes me a hard person to forget, but I hate when everyone thinks they're doing me some kind of service by making some crack at my name,” he said. Apparently FHM enjoyed the Lincoln, NE, native’s tale. They sent him 255 pounds of beef, smokehouse hot dogs, and hot and spicy hot dogs, which are packed in his refrigerator and put him on the cover of the Nov. 2005 issue. Hamburger’s peer, senior Adam Davis, radio and television major in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, was awarded Best Picture and Best Screenplay for his independent film “Embroidery” at the 2005 Oilcan Film Festival in Minnesota. In addition, the New York Film and Video Festival nominated Davis to compete in the drama category. Davis started writing screenplays after his first year at Drake and his previous awards include first place at the 2004 Oilcan Film Festival for his film, “Inner Ear Project”

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Drake University Writers and Critics Series hosted a reading by Chris Offutt, a visiting writer at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and award-winning author recognized for “prose that takes risks.” Drake Theatre presented a production of Toni PressCoffman’s award-winning drama “Touch,” followed by an adaptation of “The Duo Shakespeare,” and finally, “Wonder ful Town,” by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Thomas Frank, author of the New York Times bestselling “What’s the Matter With Kansas? How Conser vatives Won the Hear t of America,” spoke to a packed house. Drake’s Center for Global Citizenship hosted an evening of authentic food and music to celebrate the cultures of Israel and Palestine. The Anderson Gallery was home to “Doubletake,” as well as the 32nd annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, and the “Trauma Reflected in Ar t” exhibit was on display in the School of Education building. United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spent a week at Drake Law School as the distinguished jurist in residence and taught a Supreme Cour t Seminar, met with students, faculty and staff and participated in a question-and-answer session with the entire Law School student body. Festivities celebrating the Chinese New Year and welcoming in the year of the (Bull)Dog took place on Jan. 28, and the award-winning Drake Jazz Ensemble released their CD, “Swing Classics,” at a November concer t to suppor t their 2006 European Tour.

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In Poseidon’s Realm DRAKE STUDENT STUDIES IN THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS JOSH ANDERSON IS A TYPICAL COLLEGE STUDENT

living on fraternity row, but this history and marketing double major from Shorewood, IL, spent last summer exploring a part of the world most students know only through Internet conspiracy theories and television shows about unsolved mysteries. While some believe Atlantis was merely a fictional creation of Plato’s, others believe the tale refers to a thriving Pre-Greek civilization on the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea that was destroyed more than 3,500 years ago. Anderson, who was presented the Top First-Year Student award in 2004 for his academic achievement and demonstration of leadership, spent several weeks last summer studying the ruins of this island and learning about the techniques archeologists use to uncover clues about the people (descendents of Poseidon according to Plato) who called the island home. ANCIENT CULTURE PRESERVED: The island —

now known as Santorini — was rocked by

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earthquakes that sent residents fleeing before a volcanic eruption covered the port city of Akrotiri with ash, simultaneously destroying a culture and preserving it for future generations to study. “I’ve always been interested in ancient cultures and we talked about this in Professor (Julian) Archer’s class,” says Anderson. “History is just something I’ve always been interested in.” Anderson joined a handful of students from across the United States who met daily with Christo Doumos, a world-renown professor of archeology at the University of Athens and the director of excavations at the site, for classes. “I envy him,” says Archer. “Here I teach the course and he got to go do this. It was an incredible opportunity.” Doumos taught Anderson the history of the city, allowed him to attempt reconstructing pottery shards and explained the city’s walls, many of which were decorated with elaborate frescos. “From these they figure out the culture,

the history and a lot about ancient Greek culture,” explains Anderson. “Some of these frescos are broken into thousands of pieces and it is someone’s job to sift through it all and try to piece it back together. It’s going to take years upon years. It takes a special kind of person to do that.” GOING BACK IN TIME: Anderson says Doumos does not believe this is the legendary city of which Plato wrote. But, even if it’s not, he adds, it’s an incredible place that he feels fortunate to have visited. “They say it is the best place in the world to watch the sunset,” he says. And he doesn’t disagree. In fact, many of the 800-plus pictures he took on the island seem to back this up. “Everything was slow-paced and they took their time and enjoyed life,” he recalls. “In school, there was a schedule, but it wasn’t set in stone. You had to learn to be flexible and go with the flow. It’s so different and eye-opening on the islands. It’s like going — Tim Schmitt back in time.”

campus buzz EXHIBIT COMBINES ART AND GREAT APE RESEARCH Students in Angela Battle’s painting class recently toured the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, where they observed Azy and Knobi, two adult orangutans, and met with Robert Shumaker, director of orangutan research at the facility. Shumaker, a university fellow at Drake who teaches two courses — Introduction to Primatology and Primate Cognition — also visited the art class at Drake to present additional information on primate cognitive research, including the ability of orangutans to use a system of symbols and to communicate. The students created a visual response to the experience with the orangutans, which was displayed in an exhibition titled “The Shumaker Project: Artists Respond to Primate Cognitive Research” from Nov. 18 through Dec. 2 in the Harmon Fine Arts Center. The exhibition also featured drawings by the orangutans and the opening reception included a video of the orang-

utans creating their drawings. “Apparently they love to draw and we were thrilled to be able to include some of their drawings in the exhibition,” said Battle, an assistant professor of art at Drake. DRAKE STUDENTS PERFORM AT REGIONAL THEATER COMPETITION A scene from Drake’s fall production of William Inge's “Picnic” was selected for inclusion at the Region V Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Fargo, N.D. in January. The performance featured theatre arts majors Ashley Sinclair and Matt Roth in a powerful and poignant scene in which Rosemary begs Howard to marry her. “Picnic,” which was directed by Deena Conley, assistant professor of theatre arts, was one of 12 scenes selected for the festival out of 193 entries from Midwest colleges and universities. “This was quite an accomplishment considering the sheer number and quality of the entries,” says Conley. “To be singled out in this form is extremely flattering.

THE CELEBRATION OF DRAKE’S 125TH BIRTHDAY continues to unfold. Following several events in honor of the University’s achievement of longevity, perhaps the most visible display of the anniversary in the Des Moines area came with the unfurling of banners bearing the Drake 125 logo from streetlamps surrounding the University. The banners will hang for the duration of the anniversary year.

The scene in particular was quite difficult and I am very proud of the students and their work on this production.” LAW SCHOOL HOSTS VARIETY OF SPEAKERS Justin Webb, BBC Radio’s Chief Washington Correspondent and anchor for the evening BBC World News on public television, wrapped up a run of impressive lectures sponsored by the Law School when he gave the keynote address at the 69th annual

admission update MEGHAN BIALLAS WAS MORE THAN A LITTLE EXCITED to learn she had been accepted to Drake. And so was her mother. The Westmont, IL, native received her acceptance letter and admitted student brochure in November and will enter Drake as a first-year student in the 2006-07 school year. Meghan’s mother was so thrilled by the news and the uniqueness of Drake’s acceptance packet that she had Meghan pose for a photo with the brochure while sporting a Drake T-shirt. Meghan sent a copy of the photo to Drake with a letter expressing her excitement, and a resume of activities during her high school years. Meghan wrote that she would take advantage of Drake’s annual bus trip from Chicago and overnight campus stay so that she can join others from her area and get to better know her future alma mater. The bus trip — one of the Office of Admission’s Premier Preview events — is offered for a fee to accepted students from the Chicago area that allows them to spend the night at Drake with a student, attend classes, eat on campus and experience life in Des Moines and at Drake. Approximately 50 Chicago-area students participate in the bus trip each spring.

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Supreme Court Day Celebration on March 11. The Constitutional Law Distinguished Lecture Series continued with a Feb. 2 discussion on constitutional issues and children’s rights by Emily Buss, professor of law and Kanter director of Chicago policy initiatives at the University of Chicago Law School. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett followed with a March 1 visit to campus and a speech entitled “Life in the Balance: Reflections of a Federal District Court Judge on Two Death Penalty Trials.” On April 8, speakers at the Constitutional Law Symposium included Georgetown University Professor of Law Mark Tushnet, University of Chicago Political Science Professor Gerald Rosenberg, University of Wisconsin Professor of Law Jane Schacter and Chapman University Professor of Law John Eastman. On January 26, Michael Josephson, founder and president of the Josephson Institute and the creator of the Character Counts program, spoke with 140 first-year law students about ethics and professionalism. Drake Law School is the first law school in the country to partner with Character Counts, the nation's leading character education system, which reaches 5 million youngsters through part-

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nerships with schools and youthserving organizations. PRESIDENT MAXWELL DISCUSSES INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITIES AT CONFERENCE IN TURKEY Drake President David Maxwell traveled to Istanbul, Turkey in early December to participate in an international conference titled “Independent Universities in the Muslim World: A New Approach.” The conference brought together some 25 distinguished leaders of universities from the Muslim world and the United States, as well as a few policy specialists, for an in-depth discussion about the development of these universities. The conference was the first program to be organized by The Hollings Center (known formally as the International Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue), an initiative of the U.S. Congress designed to find areas of potential cooperation between institutions in the United States and Muslim-majority countries. The focus of the five-day conference was on a significant new trend in higher education: the emergence of private or independent universities in many countries where universities have traditionally been a monopoly of the state. “I am very excited about the opportunity to participate in this discussion,” Maxwell said. “Universities — especially those free of government control — are essential institutions in a democracy, and I hope that our colleagues will find our experience and insights to be of use. At the same time, it is an important opportunity for us to connect with institutions in parts of the world about which we do not know nearly as much as we must and to look for opportunities to collaborate that are of mutual benefit.”

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COWLES LIBRARY HOSTS HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM EXHIBIT On Jan. 30, 1933, torchlight parades announced the onset of the Nazi revolution. One month later, the flames of the Reichstag fire consumed the last vestiges of the Weimar Constitution. On May 10, 1933, German university students launched an “Action Against the Un-German Spirit, which meant burning the books of authors ranging from Helen Keller and Ernest Hemingway to Sigmund Freud. Americans quickly condemned the book burnings as antithetical to the democratic spirit. A traveling exhibit from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that documents this time opened at Cowles Library on March 26 and will remain on display until May 20. The exhibition, “Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings,” focuses on how book burnings in Germany became a potent symbol during World War II in America’s battle against Nazism and concludes by examining their continued impact on our public discourse. STADIUM RENOVATION NEAR COMPLETION A trio of recent contributions totaling $2 million capped off fundraising efforts for the Drake Stadium renovation project, which is near completion and will be unveiled at the 97th annual Drake Relays in April. Peggy Fisher, a 1970 Drake alumna, and her husband Larry Stelter donated $500,000 to construct a plaza and archway on 28th Street immediately west of the stadium. The couple previously provided Drake with a generous gift of $100,000 for development of Helmick Commons. An unnamed alumnus also donated $500,000

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toward the project, and Vision Iowa provided a $1 million Community and Tourism Grant. The $15 million project will bring the track into compliance with national and international track and field standards, add new seating, media facilities, meeting rooms, restrooms and greater access for the disabled, as well as new lighting and a field surface for football and soccer. PHARMACY FACULTY PROMOTE INNOVATION Faculty from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences have been busy developing and promoting the DELTA Rx Institute, a program created to promote the concepts of entrepreneurial leadership and advance the community of pharmacy. Among other things,

the institute’s Web site was unveiled through an exhibit at the 2005 National Community Pharmacists Association meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL; the College cohosted the Community Pharmacy Management Conference with the Iowa Pharmacy Association in Okoboji, IA, for the second straight year; and sponsored and delivered two special sessions at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy annual meeting in 2006 on Entrepreneurial Leadership. “As we talk to practitioners, faculty and students, there is a lot of excitement about the DELTA Rx Institute and what it might do for the profession of pharmacy,” says professor Renae Chesnut. “The profession is ready for a movement of this nature.”

CHARLA LAWHON, JO’78, MANAGING EDITOR OF INSTYLE MAGAZINE, visited a journalism class and led a layout critique of Drake’s student-produced 515 magazine. Lawhon came back to Iowa as part of the School of Management and Communication’s Executive in Residence Series. Also participating in the series were Pete Brace, JO’89, director of public relations for Tropicana Beverages North America; Herb Baum, BN’58, retired CEO of the Dial Corporation; Don Peschke, BN’69, owner and founder of August Home Publishing; and W. A. Krause, co-founder and CEO of the Krause Gentle Corporation. Each of the speakers met with students in small group sessions before speaking to a full house at the Bulldog Theater.

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The Fine Arts season began with a murder mystery in Cowles

Library and students showcasing their talents across Europe. The Friends of Drake Arts celebrate the cultural riches of the visual and performing arts at Drake by supporting many fine arts events and enhancing the audience experience at such events with interactive open houses, pre-theater dinners and audience talks, receptions at the Anderson Gallery, special performances and other events. By presenting more than 100 low cost or no cost performances and exhibits throughout the year, Drake provides an ongoing vital and active art experience available to everyone.

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Picture 1: Thanks to Friends of Drake Arts, the historic Salisbury House overflowed with music and theatre performances by Drake students and faculty, and an art exhibit featuring works by students, faculty and alumni at the Salon Des Beaux-Artes celebration of 125 years of fine arts at Drake. Picture 2: The Drake University Chamber Choir toured England in January and performed in the cathedrals of Salisbury and Ely, at St. John’s College Chapel at Cambridge University and at St. James Piccadilly and The Grosvenor Chapel in London. Picture 3: The School of Fine Arts and the Friends of Drake Arts gave the public the ultimate insider’s look at theater, music and art at its October Open House. Guests interacted with artists as they installed sculptures, learned to move like thespians or enjoyed free music lessons courtesy of Drake faculty. Picture 4: Drake’s Theater Arts Department presented playwright Steve Tesich’s meditation on emotional disconnection, “Arts and Leisure,” at the Harmon Fine Arts Center in October. Picture 5: Drake University’s award-winning Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Andrew Classen, released its latest CD, “Swing Classics,” at its free fall concert on Nov. 18. Proceeds from sales of the CD will support the ensemble’s 2006 European tour. Picture 6: The Anderson Gallery featured “Doubletake,” which showcased the 100 best-designed books and covers of 2004 as selected by a jury of national renowned and influential book designers. Picture 7: The Die Laughing Players investigated a murder in the Cowles Library Reading Room. Picture 8: Drake’s four choral ensembles, with a cast of 250 singers and a faculty/student 60-piece orchestra, performed Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Dona nobis pacem” and “Serenade to Music,” at the Des Moines Civic Center on Nov. 13.

faculty focus CHEN RECEIVES AWARD FOR PRINTMAKING Phillip Chen, associate professor of art and design, had his printmaking work chosen from more than 400 nominations as worthy of honor with a Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award. The cash award is given every two years to emerging American artists and craftspeople whose work shows promise, but who have not yet received widespread critical or commercial recognition. “Sizeable individual artist awards are truly scarce. Rarer still is that such an award be given to a print artist,” Chen said. “I am most pleased that my primary creative medium, printmaking, has been amply acknowledged.” The award comes without restrictions of any kind, and Chen, his wife, Lenore, and their children plan to make a charitable contribution and use

the remainder of the award for a publication project. The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts has offered matching funds for the production of a book of Chen’s prints. “I am indebted to a family of Drake colleagues, departmental and college-wide, whose scholarly and creative work has set admirable standards for my future endeavors,” Chen added. LAW PROFESSOR STUDIES ISSUE OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN The debate over the teaching of the so-called intelligent design theory in public schools has been raging in town halls and school board meetings for some time and is likely to continue. Kristi L. Bowman, assistant professor of law, has been watching the issue closely and has attended portions of a recent

AN ADDRESS BY DR. ERIC JOHNSON, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION, capped the on-campus celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The Jan 17 event focused on reflecting on the past, while considering the present and pushing on toward the future. The program also featured a performance by the Langston Hughes Players, musical selections from the Drake Gospel Choir, and poetry pieces by Drake students.

high-profile trial in Dover, PA, in which a judge struck down an effort to require teachers to teach intelligent design in the public schools there. Following the trial, Bowman was quoted in a New York Times article on the trial and was the focus of a column in the Rockford Register Star, the newspaper of her Bowman native Rockford, IL. Bowman’s writing on the intelligent design issue will appear in the next issue of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. MORAL CENTERS OF BRAIN SUBJECT OF ANNUAL STALNAKER LECTURE Steven F. Faux, associate professor of psychology, makes an argument with which only few in his field agree. Recent neuroscience research claims to have located centers of morality in the brain, but Faux says the studies, which show colorful pictures of the human brain with Faux red dots allegedly marking the spots where moral decisions are influenced, are flawed and add little to our scientific understanding of behavior. “All this gives you is a very beautiful picture with some dots on it,” Faux said. “And it may not be any more significant than that.” Faux, who believes that the functional MRI technology used in the studies is too slow to accurately capture meaningful data

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on moral decision-making, presented his controversial opinion on the current brain studies as part of the Stalnaker Lecture Series in October. “Functional MRI provides less information than a still picture of traffic patterns on a freeway,” Faux said. A Drake psychology professor since 1990, Faux teaches courses in introductory psychology, sensation and perception, cognitive psychology, and occasional courses in the Drake Honors Program. DRAKE PRESIDENT AND FACULTY APPEAR BEFORE DES MOINES SCHOOL BOARD President David Maxwell, Dean of the School of Education Jan McMahill and Eric Johnson, assistant professor of education appeared before the Des Moines School Board on Jan. 24 to present information on the Teacher Quality Partnership. The partnership, developed by Drake, the Des Moines Public Schools, and Des Moines Area Community College, hopes to increase the number of highquality teachers of color in schools that enroll large numbers of low-income students from ethnic minority groups. Both McMahill and Johnson are actively involved with the partnership, which is funded through a U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Enhancement Recruitment Program grant. The goals of the project include supporting the minority teacher candidate recruitment efforts of the three partner institutions, funding forgivable loans and other supports as selected candidates complete their teacher preparation programs at DMACC and Drake, and creating four professional development schools that will become demonstration sites for quality urban education.

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Change agent DRAKE EDUCATION PROFESSOR PUTS THE POWER IN EMPOWERMENT ONE MIGHT THINK starring in a production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

would keep someone as far away from the field of mental health as possible. But for Robert Stensrud, GR’83, Drake’s associate professor of education and director of the National Rehabilitation Institute, it was yet another building block for the foundation of knowledge he draws from to instigate positive change for individuals facing obstacles. EXPERIENCE LEADS TO ADVOCACY: Stensrud guided a variety of individuals with learning and social disabilities as a counselor in a state mental institution and in private practice. During these years, he identified a pattern. “Middle school is a huge turning point for most people and where you’ll find the largest concentration of issues begin,” he says. “If left untreated, it causes huge problems later.” This also applies to those with physical disabilities, consequently hindering job placement and life success. Stensrud’s mission now is to shine a light on solutions and system modifications that individuals with disabilities, assistance agencies and employers can put into action. He warns that an expectancy of powerlessness can lead to actual powerlessness. “Once counselors recognize that personal power is healthy and beneficial, they can begin to structure institutions and agencies to encourage the development of personal power,” he adds. BE A VERB: Thanks to millions of grant dollars secured by Stensrud in his nearly 20 years at Drake, counseling and rehabilitation grads have numerous tools for success, such as forgivable loans if they accept direct-need employment placement. Other students have traveled with Stensrud to pueblos in New Mexico and Taiwanese villages to see firsthand why being a catalyst for change is so necessary. “Individuals with various disabilities want to fit in and do for themselves, but many challenges still lie within the system.” Stensrud isn’t afraid to approach a classroom, boardroom or Capitol Hill as an impassioned advocate for process renovation. “I’d like to see organizational mission statements measured by CEO behavior, not slogans, and performance standards reinforce those activities,” he says. “Don’t wait for — Tracey L. Kelley change. Be a verb. Do something.”

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The French Connection DRAKE LAW SCHOOL FOCUSES ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE CREATION OF GLOBAL CITIZENS

hile visiting France last summer, Jim Adams, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt professor of law, was accused of committing armed robbery and stood before his peers and students in a French court that decided his fate. Adams was convicted, but there was a surprising lack of concern and no calls were placed to the embassy looking for assistance. Instead, the small group

of law students who witnessed the proceedings walked out of the courtroom with a greater understanding of the French justice system and an ironic appreciation of their professor as a convicted criminal. Adams’ trial was part of the Drake Law School’s Summer in France program, which among other things, puts students in a courtroom to see first-hand the differences between the U.S. justice system and the French system. “It was a marvelous learning experience for these students who’ve already sat through a U.S. trial in the First-Year Trial Practicum,” says Adams. “They are much better able to make assessments of how our system works and how other systems work. It’s hard to discuss it until you have some idea where it comes from.” And while providing students with personal, practical experiences like this has long been a goal of the Law School, doing so in an international setting with a focus on globalizing education is a fairly recent endeavor — albeit one that’s been highly successful. “It’s increasingly obvious to American lawyers, who think we

have a lot of good ideas at work in our legal system, that we don’t have a monopoly on good ideas and we can learn a lot from the legal systems of other countries,” says Associate Dean Russell Lovell. “The world has gotten smaller in terms of business and commerce. Lawyers in Des Moines have international clientele and must have a good grasp on international law. The same will be true of many of our graduates.” CREATING INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES Students recognize the effects of an evershrinking world and have, as a result, asked for more of a focus on international law. Recognizing this, the Drake Law School has focused on creating international relationships that will help bring a global perspective to students and faculty. And the effort is paying off. Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center Mark Kende teaches comparative constitutional law and is an expert on the South African Constitution; Professor Hunter Clark teaches several courses in international law; Professor Neil Hamilton is on the board

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of several international organizations related to food issues and helped establish the Summer in France program; faculty members participate in an exchange program with universities in France; Jean Christoph Boze, a French scholar, is teaching a course at Drake this spring for the second year; Ren Donglai, a Fulbright scholar from China, is teaching courses on Chinese constitutional history; Professor Maura Strassberg and Drake Provost Ron Troyer spent time in China last fall exploring the possibilities of an exchange program with universities there; Professors Matt Dore and Jerry Anderson have both participated in programs in Germany; and Andrew West, a Wales native who teaches at the University of Nantes in France, taught a course at Drake last semester. The Summer in France program, currently run by Professor of Law Cathy Mansfield, is the flagship program of the law school’s efforts at globalizing its curriculum. The program came to fruition in 2000, with about 18 students participating. That number has increased steadily since then,

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with more than 35 students scheduled to participate this summer. “I think this is the beginning of a larger program,” says Mansfield. “Compared to other law schools, this is a relatively small program, but we like it that way.” BROADENING PERSPECTIVES The intimate size of the Summer in France program, explains Mansfield, allows professors to focus more attention on each of the participants, and creates a bonding situation among the students who live, eat, study and play together. Each year, two or three Drake professors, as well as two professors from the University of Nantes, teach classes in France. The French classes remain the same — an introduction to European Union laws and a course on how the European Union functions. Drake professors alter their courses depending on what is happening in the world at the time, but generally focus on some sort of comparative law, which allows students to explore and understand the differences between the system they are train-

ing to work within and the legal system of France and the European Union. “In those programs you can’t just teach your American law course,” says Dore, who adds that about 40 percent of the Drake faculty has participated in the program. “For all of us who’ve taught it’s been an extraordinary eye opener.” Mansfield agrees and says that through the program and the relationships she’s developed with professors from Nantes, she’s learned to look at her area of expertise with a fresh perspective. “It’s really a great broadening experience for students and professors,” she says. “It completely enlightened my teaching and writing to see how someone does things differently. It is amazing.” And for students, Mansfield says, immersion in the culture while simultaneously learning about their legal systems has proven invaluable in a reality meets textbook sort of way. “I think it’s important for the students to be comfortable in all situations,” she says. “Part of being a well-rounded person is being able to function in a different culture.” Clarissa Rodriguez, a third-year law student, spent the summer of 2005 in France as part of the program and says the experience provided her with new insight into more than just legal theory and practice. “This gave me the opportunity to actually experience a culture first-hand on a day-today basis by living there as opposed to a quick trip or vacation through a certain city,” says Rodriguez. “Interacting with the people in their own setting gave me, as a student and American citizen, a perspective on how other cultures view us. It gave me the opportunity to interact and discuss the different — and sometimes similar — views we have in regards to politics, culture and society. The experience broadened my perspective on life and culture.” And that is the ultimate goal. “These international relations help students understand that the problems are universal,” says Dore. “The answers we have to solving them aren’t the only answers. It gives a perspective that you might not have considered. It helps students open their minds to other possibilities.” — Tim Schmitt

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125 years of Drake History, Part 3: Athletics

HE FACULTY WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT. DRAKE STUDENTS WANTED ATHLETICS. FROM THE VERY START, IN 1881, DRAKE STUDENTS PLEADED WITH UNIVERSITY LEADERS TO LET THEM TAKE TO THE FIELDS OF SPORT. “ARE WE TO HAVE A CLASS OF WEAK, PUNY, STOOP-SHOULDERED, SALLOW-SKINNED, SUNKENEYED MEN OR A GRADE WHICH CAN BE COMPARED WITH ANY MEN IN THE WEST?” OPINED AN 1881 EDITORIAL IN THE DELPHIC, THE STUDENT LITERARY MAGAZINE THAT EVENTUALLY BECAME

THE TIMES-DELPHIC NEWSPAPER. “O, FACULTY! … WIPE THE SOOT OFF YOUR GOLD-RIMMED SPECTACLES … AND CATCH THE COLLEGE SPIRIT.”

described sports idols in his novel, The Natural, “Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.”

EARLY FACULTY LOOKED UPON ATHLETICS AS A GRUBBY ENDEAVOR THAT , at best, was a distraction from important studies and, at worst, a base activity pandering to the more animalistic tendencies of the human condition. Drake broke through finally with baseball in 1885, but the new “fad” of football waited until 1893 for Drake men to set cleat upon gridiron grass. Even then, only the most meager of accommodations were given to the footballers: 11 canvas jackets, 11 pair of canvas pants and one football. They were allowed to practice on an open field west of campus — where Cowles Library stands today. The early football experiments were hardly glorious. Drake failed to score a single point, managing a scoreless tie with a Des Moines high school team and getting a vicious 62-0 drubbing by Simpson. The men rallied for a 6-0 defeat later in the season. Yet by 1898, led by Channing Smith, Charles Pell, Homer Holland and future

Drake President Daniel Morehouse, Drake posted its first winning record — going 4-2 and defeating Grinnell, Monmouth, Iowa and Nebraska — and declared themselves “Champions of the West.” Thus began the long and storied tradition of Drake athletics. The administration mellowed and sport became a necessary and important part of life at the University. Perhaps those fussbudgets in the faculty and administration realized those early athletes resembled how Bernard Malamud

BLAZING BRIGHT Easily one of the finest all-around athletes to play not only at Drake, but also in the country, was Johnny Bright. A 1952 School of Education grad, Bright brought power and glitz to the Bulldog football backfield in the late 1940s and early ’50s. He ran with strength and grace and threw passes with speed and accuracy. His sophomore year saw him win the national collegiate total offense crown in 1949. He set the best single season total offense mark in 1950 with 2,400 yards, averaging 266.7 yards per game passing and running. Bright scored 30 of Drake’s 36 touchdowns that season. He was the first man to gain more than 1,000 yards rushing and passing in one season, running for 1,232 and passing for another 1,168 in 1950. Sadly, a cruel play in Stillwater, OK, robbed Bright of a certain Heisman Trophy in 1951. On an early Drake offensive play in the game, an Oklahoma A&M lineman charged Bright — who did not have the ball — and punched him in face, breaking his jaw. The time missed by Bright cost him the necessary yards in his senior season to compete for the prestigious awards. A series of photographs taken by Des Moines Register photographers showed the brutality of the play and obvious racism. Bright became the first black player to play in Stillwater in 1949 and A&M did not take kindly to his dominance. Bright went on to a successful career in the Canadian Football League before dying of a heart attack in 1983 at the age of 53.

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THREE POINTS AWAY The Maury John era in Drake men’s basketball was a magical time for hoops. As coach, he led the Bulldogs to three consecutive Missouri Valley Conference championships from 1969-71. The 1969 team advanced all the way to the NCAA Final Four in Louisville, KY. Willie McCarter, ED’69, averaged 22 points per game. Dolph Pulliam, FA’69, was a master of taking charges and grabbing rebounds. Willie Wise, ED’69, rounded out the supporting cast. Top-seeded UCLA, coached by basketball legend John Wooden, edged Drake by a mere three points — 85-82 — in the national semifinals. Drake won the third place game to complete one of the most fantastic seasons in Drake history. WOMEN TAKE THE COURT Mary Carpenter, daughter of Drake’s first chancellor, George Carpenter, may have banned women’s basketball in 1905, but after Title IX made Division I women’s athletics a reality, Drake flourished on the hardcourt. Led by the hard-charging Wanda Ford, ED’86, and dead-eye shooting of Lorri Bauman, ED’84, the Drake women’s basketball team came just one win away from the Final Four in the first year of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in 1982. Bauman poured in 50 points for Drake. Ford led the nation in both scoring and rebounds that season. The Bulldogs made another long run in the NCAA tournament in 2003. Led by center Carla Bennett, JO’05, and point guard Stephanie Schmitz, JO’03, Drake reached the Sweet Sixteen before bowing to South Carolina 79-68. GOLD GLOVE, MEDAL, HEART Baseball ended in the 1970s for Drake, but the softball diamond has produced plenty of stars — none grander than Dani Tyler, BN’97. The sweet fielding, hard-hitting shortstop led Drake in hitting in 1995 with a .462 average, 11 doubles and 37 runs batted in. Tyler made the 1996 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic softball team. Most famous for a gaff, she swatted a home run against China but failed to step on home plate

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resulting in her being ruled out. She handled her mistake with the same grace she handled her successes. Marc Hansen, a sports columnist for the Des Moines Register who covered the ’96 games, had a pre-arranged time to talk to Tyler after games. The phone rang that night in his hotel. It was Tyler. At the end of the interview, Hansen said, “To be honest, I didn’t expect to hear from you tonight.” Tyler, not missing a beat replied, “You talk when you win, you talk when you lose.” GRANDEST OF EVENTS The grandest of all Drake athletic events is, of course, the Drake Relays, a 97-year-old track and field classic that brings more than 6,000 athletes and nearly 40,000 spectators to Drake Stadium on the final full weekend in April each year. John L. Griffith, Drake’s first athletic director, organized the event in 1910. Held in Iowa’s wildly unpredictable spring weather, fewer than 100 athletes from nearby colleges and high schools participated in a full blizzard.

Since those humble beginnings, however, the Relays blossomed and have showcased nearly every great track athlete in the sport’s history, including Olympians Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson. One of America’s finest athletes, Jessie Owens, running for Ohio State University, won both the 100-yard dash and the broad jump in 1935. His leap of 26 feet, 1 3/4 inches set a world record at the time. Wilma Randolph, a triple Olympic gold medalist, won the first women’s race at the Relays, sprinting the 100-yard dash in 11.1 seconds in 1961. Bulldog runners’ finest moment came in 1951 when a Drake relay team won three first-place titles when George Nichols, JO’53, Jim Lavery, ED’52, Jim Ford, ED’57, and Ray Eliand, ED’56, and Jack Kelly, AS’53, zipped to victory in the 440, 880 and mile relays. FINISH UP STRONG When the late Jim Duncan was behind the microphone at Drake Stadium, the burning heat or the bone-chilling cold seemed a little less severe, the athletes seemed to move just

a little faster and every race seemed to be “on record pace.” For nearly four decades, Duncan, JO’31, GR’49, was the voice of the Relays. He began announcing morning events in 1950 and took over the whole two-day event in 1962. A Drake radio and television producer, he called nearly every race from a perch beside the track with a trademark green hat atop his head. He was the son of an auctioneer and his calls had a speedy, nasal feel about them that harkened to the great horse track callers of the ’30s and ’40s who could keep pace with a fast-changing field without losing a beat. Olympian Danny Harris said Duncan’s voice made him run harder. Perhaps Duncan’s most endearing trait was also indicative of the spirit of all Drake athletes. When runners trailed badly in a race, far out of contention, Duncan encouraged the crowd to cheer them on to hustle to the line — not as a jeer, but as warm embrace from the spirited Relays crowd — a value of finishing. “Come folks,” he would say, “Let’s heart it for them. Help them finish it up strong. Finish up strong!”

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A Passport to Success Globetrotting via the Internet may be an everyday occurrence for most students, but it’s a small and often impersonal way of experiencing different cultures when compared to Drake’s initiative to prepare students to become global citizens. This goal is so important, it’s part of the University’s mission statement. The faculty and staff strive to help students awaken multicultural views and to form international perspectives in order to build a base of universal knowledge. AN “INFUSION APPROACH” TO INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS Many universities relegate global affairs to a lone international program office, but Drake’s plan starts in Old Main. President David Maxwell built a career on international education and languages before coming to the University, and Provost Ron Troyer has long analyzed shifting community and corporate influences and championed the need to instill a global perspective in students. The result of such determined leadership is an “infusion approach” to international teaching and learning that permeates the campus with cross-cultural experiences via the Center for Global Citizenship, Drake University’s Language Acquisition Program and university exchanges. Drake’s globalization aim sharpened through the Center for Global Citizenship. Directed by David Skidmore, professor of politics and international relations, the center nurtures international awareness with cultural performances and prominent speakers, such as Tibetan Buddhist monks, Latin American activist farmers and Rwandan refugees. “The center focuses on an integration of both the academic and experiential learning experience,” Skidmore says of the center’s multifaceted programs and initiatives. “We’re fortunate to provide centralized efforts to accomplish these objectives.” The center also allows Drake faculty to build a bridge from the classroom to the world through professional development. “Our instructors return from their excursions abroad with a stronger commitment to international education, integrate it into the

curriculum and influence student pursuits,” Skidmore says. For example, a pharmacy professor examining health care initiatives outside the United States uncovers opportunities for pharmacy grads to do rotations in Australia, New Zealand and Italy. Magazine majors have traveled with instructors to Slovenia to pursue travel writing. Drake Law School students and faculty delve into European law through a study program that takes place every summer in France. The center also encourages students to engage in humanitarian efforts through the Global Ambassadors certificate program and the Global Service grant, which supports volunteer opportunities worldwide. “I thought I would learn about a new culture, practice Spanish and feel I was doing good for the world,” says Ashley Templeton, an international relations major who donated her time at an orphanage in Costa Rica. “All of that was very superficial in light of my actual experience. I realized my place in the world: as a U.S. citizen, I have access to opportunities, wealth and influence. With that kind of power, I carry responsibility in the manner I live my life.” Templeton has since studied abroad in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. MAKING THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY The second element to the international infusion approach is Drake University’s Language Acquisition Program, nationally recognized for its method of direct independent language study because it’s a system unlike any language program in the country.

by Tracey L. Kelley DULAP matches students with nativespeaker language partners who serve as resources to expand cultural awareness, learning strategies and verbal communication skills. Languages offered this year include Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Swahili — a fine example of the multinational student body currently at Drake. Finally, Drake continues a decades-long practice of forging relations with major universities throughout Europe and Asia to exchange students, teaching opportunities and workshops. While commonplace at larger institutions, it’s an unexpected benefit for a private Midwestern university to provide such layered global immersion. When international instructors and students choose Drake, the University community is exposed to cultural diversity. This year, in addition to various visiting faculty members, Drake has 187 students from 54 countries enrolled, and many of them hold leadership roles throughout campus. Hadi Alhorr, assistant professor of management and international business, is a native of Lebanon. He left Texas Tech University for Drake because of the University’s reputation and international efforts. “The close culture here allows for major interaction on issues — you couldn’t really have that at larger schools.” Drake has a multitude of options to study internationally and each year, more than 100 students gain once-in-a-lifetime experiences while abroad for at least a semester. “Our undergraduates take classes in their majors right away — they don’t have to postpone graduation or a career by a semester after studying abroad like at some other institutions. Drake’s flexibility allows for a flat fouryear degree with an international focus,” says Charles Edwards, dean of the School of Management and Communication, of Drake’s approach to study abroad experiences. Preparing tomorrow’s professionals and encouraging global citizenship — both are core components of the University’s mission. As students become more adept to having the world at their fingertips, Drake ensures they’ll have it in their hearts and minds as well.

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sports sideline SAYAVONGCHANH SONG If the senior women’s basketball point guard has taught her opponents, her doubters and perhaps even herself anything, it’s this: Never count out Linda Sayavongchanh. When Sayavongchanh was a star at Des Moines Lincoln High School, many Division I scouts passed on the 5-9 player because they thought she was too small for big-time college hoops. Former Drake coach Lisa Stone saw something special in

Sayavongchanh though, and brought the south-side Des Moines native to her hometown university. “I definitely felt I had something to prove at the next level,” Sayavongchanh says. “I knew I could play at this level and I knew there were doubters. I was excited to be at Drake.” Sayavongchanh started in 12 of the team’s first 13 games her freshman season, averaging 11.7 points and 2.3 steals. Then there was a hiccup. Sayavongchanh

slipped up academically her first semester as a college student. Missing Drake’s 2.0 grade-pointaverage cutoff for athletic eligibility, she was required to sit out the remainder of her first year. Then Stone left Drake for the University of Wisconsin. Drake hired current coach Amy Stephens and Sayavongchanh wondered if there would be a place for her on the Bulldogs. “I was determined to come back and Coach Stephens wanted me to,” she says.

Stephens wanted her and boy, did Sayavongchanh come back. In her second season, she became the 10th player in Missouri Valley Conference history to record 100 steals, led Drake in scoring with nearly 12 points per game and became the unquestioned floor leader of the Bulldogs. The following season the hometown heroine continued her dominance averaging 12.8 points a game along with swiping 78 more steals and dishing 129 assists. Sayavongchanh’s senior sea-

FIVE ALL-AMERICANS headline the all-time Drake men's basketball team announced in February at a banquet commemorating 100 years of basketball at

Chuck Orebaugh (1933-37) Guard The Des Moines native

MVC selection as well as Bulldog co-captain. He led the Bulldogs in scoring as a junior and senior with an 18.5 scoring average.

the 1971 NCAA Midwest Regional.

Here’s a capsule on each all-time team honoree: Ted Payseur (1918-22) Forward

The first Drake basketball star ever, Payseur brought the Bulldogs out of the Missouri Valley Conference cellar for the first time, with the team posting a 3625 record in three years after winning only 33 of 154 previous games in history. Bill Boelter (1921-24) Forward

Boelter was the second Bulldog to ever earn a spot on the first-team All-MVC basketball team. A threesport star at Drake, Boelter finished second in scoring one season from a guard position. He later coached Drake's basketball team for seven seasons from 1925-32 and was also an assistant football coach for all of those years under Ossie Solem. Chuck Everett (1923-27) Forward Everett was one of the

most decorated players in Drake history, winning 10 letters in basketball, football and tennis. He was twice a first-team all-state selection in his four-year career at Drake.

was the first three-time All-Missouri Valley Conference performer and was Drake's first All-American in basketball as selected by the Helms Athletic Foundation. Bill Evans (1942-43, 1946-49) Forward The 6-foot 3-inch forward

played before keeping rebounding statistics was fashionable, but he is one of the best rebounders to play for the Bulldogs. Walt O’Connor (1938-41), Guard O’Connor led the Missouri

Valley Conference in scoring (10.8 avg.) as a senior while earning first-team All-American honors by the Helms Athletic Foundation. Gus Ollrich (1946-48, 1951-54) Guard Ollirich graduated from

Drake ranked third on the school career scoring list with 932 points and owned the school single-season free throw percentage mark at .836 set in 1952-53. Red Murrell (1955-58) Forward He is the all-time career-

scoring leader in Drake with 1,657 points. He was a two-time first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference player and was selected third team AllAmerican by the Helms Foundation as a senior. Gus Guydon (1958-61) Guard

Guydon was a two-time first-team All-

Wayne Kreklow (1975-79) Guard He played in 109 straight

Gene West (1962-65) Guard

He was instrumental in leading Drake to its first ever post-season tournament — a trip to Madison Square Garden in New York and the prestigious National Invitation Tournament in 1964. Willie Wise (1967-69) Forward

Despite his 6-foot 5-inch frame, the forward shot 52 percent from the floor and grabbed a then school single-season record 343 rebounds in 1968-69 for a 11.4 rebounding average. Willie McCarter (1966-69) Guard He was the leading scorer

with a 20.4 average on the Drake team, which went 25-5, finishing third in the 1969 NCAA Final Four behind UCLA. Dolph Pulliam (1966-69) Forward The vocal leader on the

1968-69 NCAA Final Four team, he left Drake ranked No. 11 on the career scoring list and No. 9 on the career rebounding charts. Jeff Halliburton (1969-71) Forward The two-time first-team

All-Missouri Valley Conference selection led the Bulldogs to the championship game of the 1970 NCAA Midwest Regional as well as

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He ranks 6th on the school career rebounding (702) and 8th in career scoring (1,310) charts. He averaged 19.5 points as a senior. Lewis Lloyd (1979-81) Forward He holds the Drake sin-

gle-season scoring record with a 30.2 average, while finishing second in the nation in scoring as a junior. He also ranked second in the countr y in rebounding with a 15.0 average. Melvin Mathis (1982-86) Forward He’s Drake’s all-time

rebounding leader (854) and ranks second in career scoring (1,651). Sam Roark (1986-90) Forward

He had 28 points and 22 rebounds at Southern Illinois and is the only player in Drake history to record a triple-double by collecting 21 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 11 assists against Iowa State. Lynnrick Rogers (1993-97) Guard A three-time All-MVC guard,

he is the only player in Drake history to score more than 1,500 points and collect 180 steals.

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champions son looked to be as dominate until another one of those hiccups came along — a stress fracture in her foot limited her preseason and non-conference play. Yet she mentored freshman Jordann Plummer as she nursed back to health. The pair finished the season as a deadly backcourt, averaging 17 points a game combined. “I’ve learned that there’s always going to be adversity in your life no matter what you’re doing,” Sayavongchanh says. “You just have to keep after it if you really want to succeed.” STARS ON FIELD, IN CLASSROOM Drake seniors Chris Daniels and Kristin Underwood were both named ESPN Academic AllAmericans this fall, heading a long list of Drake athletes who were honored for their work in the classroom. Daniels, a nose guard on the football team, earned first team Academic All-American honor. Underwood, a midfielder for the women's soccer squad, was named a second-team Academic All-American after earning the same honor in 2004. The football team had four players earn all-district honors: Daniels, junior linebacker Brian Conway, sophomore running back Michael Bialas and sophomore linebacker Matt Haas. Junior forward Melissa Nelson, senior forward Andrea Schmitz and senior midfielder Bailey Wilberts earned academic alldistrict plaudits, along with Underwood in women's soccer. Sophomore defender Luke Frieberg was the lone all-district honoree for the men's soccer team. Honorees must be a starter or important reserve and a sophomore academically with at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale).

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Drake's fall season also saw numerous players named to their respective Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete teams. Underwood, Nelson, Schmitz and Wilberts earned the honor for women’s soccer, while senior defender Corey Farabi was named to the men’s soccer scholar-athlete squad and senior midfielder Jesse Baker was an honorable mention pick. The volleyball team had three honorable mention picks to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team-junior Betsy Funk, sophomore Samantha Nelson and junior Megan Veltman. The football squad got seven nods to the Academic AllPioneer Football League Team. Bialas, Conway, Daniels, Haas and senior punter Ryan Horvath received first-team honors, while senior quarterback Connor Jostes and junior linebacker Kevin McVey earned second-team plaudits. FIRST WOMEN’S HOOPS COACH TO MVC HOF Legendary Drake women’s basketball coach Carole Baumgarten was inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame as the eighth “Institutional Great” during ceremonies March 2 at the Sheraton St. Louis City Center Hotel. She’s the third former Drake University head coach inducted into the MVC Hall of Fame, joining former basketball coach Maury John and former track and field and cross country coach Bob Ehrhart. The school’s first women’s basketball coach at Drake, Baumgarten posted a 257-99 record, including an unprecedented 10-consecutive 20-win seasons — a feat that has never been achieved by any other Gateway Conference or Missouri Valley Conference school.

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IOWA CITY NATIVE WALKS ON TO MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AFTER LIFETIME AS A U OF I FAN SO HOW DOES A KID GROWING UP IN IOWA CITY, IA — HOME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HAWKEYES — BECOME A DRAKE BULLDOGS FAN?

Well, when it comes to Drake first-year student Cody Ruess there are two answers. First of all, his sisters dragged him into it. Ruess’s older siblings, Charissa Ruess, JO’98, and Kelsi Ruess, BN’04, both graduated from Drake and loved it. “They kept on me basically saying it was a great school and I should really check it out,” says Cody Ruess, a walk-on member of Drake’s men’s basketball team. But what sealed the deal for young Ruess was Drake men’s basketball coach Tom Davis. “When I found out I could be playing for Tom Davis, I was amazed,” Ruess says. “I mean I grew up watching this guy. He’s a legend.” Davis was an idol to any Hawkeye basketball fan growing up in Iowa from the mid-1980s through the late 1990s. He won more games as Iowa’s head coach than anyone in the school’s history and has more than 500 career wins. Plus, Davis’ reputation as an all-around nice guy made him one of the most popular figures in not only Iowa City but in the entire state. Ruess was point guard on the Iowa City West team that finished fourth in the state tournament in 2004-05. He was considering coming to Drake, family connections and all, and let Drake coaches know he’d be willing to walk on to the team, meaning he’d play with no scholarship. Davis and his coaching staff accepted the offer and suddenly Ruess was playing for his childhood hero. Ruess was nervous about playing for the superstar coach — until he finally met Davis. “I realized he was pretty much everything people say about him,” Ruess says. “He’s a super nice guy and a really good teacher. I’ve learned so much from him this year.” Ruess will red shirt his freshman season, meaning he won’t play in any games this year but will have four full years of eligibility remaining. Someday, Ruess hopes to take the court for the Bulldogs — hopefully at Carver Hawkeye Arena during a Drake blow-out of the Hawkeyes. “That,” Ruess says, “would be the ultimate.” — Daniel P. Finney, JO’97

alumni update ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED On May 12, Drake University will honor five alumni at the Alumni Awards Dinner on the Drake campus. Edmund J. Sease, LA’64, LW’67, will receive the Distinguished Service Award. Sease is an attorney and president of the McKee, Voorhees and Sease law firm, remains active in many aspects of Drake Law School and supports Drake philanthropically. James M. Collier, GR’70, will be presented with the Alumni Loyalty Award. Collier, a retired educator and passionate philanthropist who supports numerous Drake endeavors — including scholarships and the Collier Heritage Room in Cowles Library. The Alumni Achievement Award will be given to Mark A. Ernst, BN’80, chairman of the board, president and CEO of H & R Block, Inc. He is credited with strengthening the Block brand and serves on many civic boards. Kim White, BN’91, will receive the Young Alumni Loyalty Award. White is the director of national accounts at FinishMaster. She is a former student body president, cur-

rent alumni organizer and member of Drake’s President’s Circle Board. Sara M. Taylor, BN’97, will be honored as the Young Alumni Achievement Award winner. Taylor is deputy assistant to the President of the United States and director of political affairs. To submit a nomination for future consideration, e-mail barbara.boose@drake.edu. AD EXEC, NPR REPORTER EARN DRAKE JOURNALISM ALUMNAE AWARDS Innovative media mavens received recognition at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumni event held Oct. 6. The SJMC honored Donna Tweeten and Neenah Ellis. Tweeten, JO’84, is president of the Meyocks Group, a Des Moines-based advertising agency. Tweeten’s keynote speech at the awards event was “Take the Hard Way Out Ethics: What I Have Learned from Life … And Life in Advertising.” Ellis, JO’77, is a National Public Radio reporter whose “If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians” series became a best-selling book. Ellis also worked on a 10-year oral history

GILLIAM RECEIVES DOUBLE D AWARD Frank Gilliam Jr. (second from right) received the Drake Double D Award in February. The Double D Award is the highest honor Drake bestows on its student-athletes. Since its inception in 1968, the Double D Honor has been presented to 217 former Drake letterwinners. Gilliam is the associate vice chancellor for community partnerships at UCLA, overseeing the “UCLA in LA” initiative, which links the university to the greater Los Angeles community. He works with UCLA faculty and administrators to further engage the university with schools, legislators, nonprofit and community organizations, businesses and faith-based groups across Los Angeles. He earned his bachelor of science degree from Drake in 1977, where he was co-captain of the 1976 Bulldog football team and a running back. He also received a master’s degree and doctorate degree in political science from the University of Iowa.

project for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. SOE EXPANDS RECOGNITION OF EDUCATORS The School of Education paid tribute to two accomplished alumni and a member of a

A GOLDEN “DRAKE BEAUTY” CELEBRATES CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT CAROL (MORRIS) MCCANN, ’58, WON THE MISS USA BEAUTY PAGEANT IN 1956 — THE ONLY IOWAN EVER TO DO SO . Later that year, she donned

the Miss Universe crown, and remains one of only seven delegates from the United States to win that title. Many young women from Iowa are lovely, poised and professional, yet in 50 years, no one has taken McCann’s tiara away. While select contestants have come close to gracing the winner’s circle — such as Jensie Grigsby, JO’95, a Miss USA semifinalist in 2000 — there has not been another Miss USA titleholder from Iowa since McCann. Last September, the Miss Iowa USA delegation honored McCann’s reign by conducting the annual pageant in her hometown of Ottumwa, IA. McCann had more snapshot moments after winning Miss Universe. She traveled with comedian Bob Hope on USO tours and starred in a few Hollywood movies. Later, she was a dance instructor, mother and grandmother, and returned in Texas.

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prominent education program at the annual SOE Alumni Awards dinner Feb. 16. Davis Eidahl, GR’99, GR’02, is principal of Ottumwa Middle School in Ottumwa, IA, and a Milken Educator Award recipient; Celeste Bremer, GR’02, is a United States magistrate judge; and Thomas F. Snargrass, Head Start and youth specialist, is the second non-alumni to be recognized by the SOE. During his career with Head Start, he has championed policy, funding and program advocacy for Head Start programs in the Midwest. Sarah Grant, a former art educator and co-founder/owner of Sticks, Inc., presented the keynote address “Who Are the ‘They’ That Say Art is Dead: How to Retain, Restore and Renew the Arts in Educational Settings.” Grant also designed SOEinspired artwork given to guests during the event.

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Broncos Booster JOURNALISM ALUMNA SPENDS HER SUNDAYS WRANGLING THE SUPPORTERS OF DENVER’S FAVORITE PRO SPORTS TEAM

BEFORE YOU ASK, THE ANSWER IS NO. Sandy Bretzlauf, JO’02, cannot get you free tickets to a Denver Broncos home game. Sure, Bretzlauf works in the marketing office of the NFL team. And, yeah, one of her jobs is to give away tickets. Those passes, though, are for the team’s biggest boosters, sponsors and other Denver high rollers. “When people find out I work for the Broncos, the first question they ask me is if I can get them tickets,” she says. In Bretzlauf’s native Denver, the Broncos are the top sports franchise in one of the nation’s top sports markets — way ahead of baseball’s Rockies, pro hockey’s Avalanche and the NBA’s Nuggets. Anybody who has any connection to the team becomes a possible way into INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, one of the toughest tickets in pro football to come by. “It gets to a point where if I’m out with friends, I’ll just say I’m in marketing,” Bretzlauf says. “Our fans are really passionate. It’s all they want to talk about. I love working for the Broncos, but it’s not the only thing I want to talk about.” As the Broncos’ partnerships and game day marketing coordinator, Bretzlauf uses her Drake advertising degree to help plan fan events, such as the pre-game tailgating in the Broncos Barn, which includes autograph sessions, meet-and-greets with cheerleaders and former Broncos players and other fan appreciation duties. Once the game starts, Bretzlauf spends the afternoon hustling on behalf of Broncos supporters — making sure they have what they need and are comfortable. On the day of a game, she arrives at the stadium six hours before a 2:15 kickoff making sure the Broncos Barn is ready to rock. “Some people think working for the Broncos means you get to hang around the players all the time and watch football all the time,” Bretzlauf says. “On a game day, I might watch the game for a few minutes while I’m getting something to eat. Otherwise, we’re pretty much in motion the entire day.” – Daniel P. Finney, JO’97

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alumni update REUNION ROUNDUP Reconnect with old friends and classmates, visit your former haunts and celebrate Drake at a variety of alumni reunions scheduled for spring 2006 in Des Moines. Scheduled during the 97th annual Drake Relays weekend April 28-30 is the 10-year cluster reunion for the classes of 1995, 1996 and 1997, and the 40-year cluster reunion, which includes the classes of 1965, 1966 and 1967. Drake Law School will also host a large cluster reunion and numerous activities during Relays weekend. Law classes include 1955, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2001. Drake’s 50-year cluster reunion will bring together the classes of 1956, 1946 and 1936 during commencement weekend May 12-14. ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS KEEP ALUMNI CONNECTED Stay up-to-date on the latest Drake news by signing up for Drake’s new e-mail newsletters eBlue and eLaw. Through eBlue, Drake alumni worldwide will receive a sampling of stories and recent news as a supplement to Drake Blue magazine. eBlue covers what’s new on and around campus as well as timely information regarding upcoming events. eLaw outlines exciting developments within Drake Law School. To automatically receive the e-mails, log on to www.drake.edu/alumni and update your contact information. BREAK AWAY FOR A BULLDOG BASH Alumni in more than 35 cities will gather this spring and summer at a variety of hot spots to share Drake memories, receive new Bulldog memorabilia, net-

work and just have fun at a local Bulldog Bash. Arranged by alumni for alumni, Bash invitations will be sent to those in the host cities, or visit www.drake.edu/alumni to find the location nearest you. For more information or to volunteer to organize a Bulldog Bash, contact Melisa Cox at 1-800-44-DRAKE, x2769. 125TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK NOW AVAILABLE The rich history of Drake unfolds in a beautiful 125th anniversary book, with more than 100 pages highlighting the stories behind the names on Drake’s buildings, athletes and successes on and beyond campus: visionaries of the past who established the groundwork for students to follow. This keepsake coffee table book, with color imagery by award-winning photographer Dave Peterson, is available at various bookstores in Des Moines, including the University Bookstore, or by calling 1-800-44DRAKE, x4176. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AT DRAKE RELAYS The 97th annual Drake Relays promises to be quite an extravaganza. To celebrate Drake’s 125th birthday and the newly revitalized Drake Stadium, alumni, family and friends are invited to an early-evening celebration on Helmick Commons right after the Friday daytime session with children’s activities, refreshments, entertainment and more. New Relays events are slated for Friday night, complete with a halftime show of fireworks and entertainment. Festivities continue in the Court Avenue entertainment district with live music on the bridge. For more Relays information, visit www.drakerelays.org.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 Let’s DU Lunch • Des Moines

Bulldog Bashes begin around the globe

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 Mornings @ Drake Des Moines

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 Mornings @ Drake • Des Moines

SATURDAY, APRIL 22 Relays Parade • Des Moines

FRIDAY, MAY 12 Alumni Awards Dinner Des Moines

Parade Marshals: Daniel Jorndt, PH’63 and Patricia McDonnell Jorndt, LA’64

SATURDAY, MAY 13 Alumni Board Meeting Des Moines

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Weaver Medal of Honor Lecture & Reception Des Moines

SATURDAY, MAY 13 50-Year Reunion Dinner Classes of 1956, 1946 & 1936 Des Moines SUNDAY, MAY 14 125th Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony Des Moines

FRIDAY, APRIL 28 Parents Board Meeting Des Moines

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FRIDAY, APRIL 28 – SATURDAY, APRIL 29 Relays Weekend • Des Moines FRIDAY, APRIL 28 – SUNDAY, APRIL 30 Drake Law School Alumni Cluster Reunion

FRIDAY, JUNE 23 – SUNDAY, JUNE 25 Des Moines Arts Festival

Classes of 1955, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2000 & 2001 • Des Moines SATURDAY, APRIL 29 10-Year Cluster Reunion Classes of 1995, 1996 & 1997 • Des Moines SATURDAY, APRIL 29 40-Year Cluster Reunion Classes of 1965, 1966 & 1967 • Des Moines

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 12th Annual Windy City Golf Outing and Banquet • Chicago

September WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Let’s DU Lunch • Des Moines FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Parents and Family Weekend Des Moines FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Homecoming • Des Moines Visit www.drake.edu/alumni for details regarding alumni events and services, to update your contact information, to share news and more.

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Drake grad Tom Rickey (right) provides care to infants in Bodarie, Haiti.

Little Pills, Big Rewards CARING FOR HAITIAN VILLAGERS GIVES THIS PHARMACIST A HEALTHY STATE OF MIND WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT in the rectory kitchen of the Church of St. Benoit in the mountain village of Bodarie, Haiti, it’s ink black. The generator powers down and the priest locks up. “A lot goes through your mind in that silence,” Tom Rickey says. “It’s frightening but peaceful, and as you stretch out on the kitchen floor to sleep, you can’t help but wonder why you’re there.” For the past seven years, Rickey, PH’68, GR’71, has led a group of health professionals to the Sud-Est area of Haiti each winter to operate a medical clinic. SHIFTING PRIORITIES: Rickey is a former retail

pharmacist who, along with his wife Pat, JO’68, invested nearly 20 years developing

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the successful Respiratory Unit Dose Pharmacy in his hometown of Peoria, IL. Seven years ago, he was at a juncture in life where things “could slow down a bit.” The children were grown. His business accomplishments had received national recognition. Yet he questioned whether he was living up to his full potential and what being a pharmacist meant to him. “In 1963, I was a clerk in a small store. I watched people come to the pharmacist looking for guidance and the time he took with them. They had a real connection and I liked that.” Rickey credits Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences leaders like Boyd Granberg and Lon Larson for teaching “not only how to be a pharmacist, but to be a

better person and giving back to your community — any community.” GENEROUS SPIRIT: Rickey’s time in Haiti is not

the typical life of a pharmacist. It takes eight hours to travel 50 miles and there are extensive language barriers. Contaminated water compounds the plight of the villagers, along with civil unrest in a troubled country. “But after that first trip, I was glowing,” he recalls. On each return, Rickey is convinced he made the right decision. “We have so much wealth in this country, it’s hard for anyone to imagine what it’s like there. Now I’m so grateful for what I have and each year I go back, there’s a new discovery.” — Tracey L. Kelley

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Bowman, AS’98, at the Drake 125 on the Road event in Chicago last November. Picture 2: Bryan Moon, ED’84, GR’94, and Mark Kilian, BN’83, enjoyed a Central Iowa Alumni Chapter party. Picture 3: John August, JO’92, screenwriter for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, explained his craft to alumni at a private premier of the movie in Los Angeles last fall. Picture 4: Billy Oyadare, LW’04, Mark Peterson and Lisa Peterson, LW’04, at the Sioux City, IA, law alumni reception. Picture 5: Sarah Williamsen, AS’02, Mike Meyer, Erica Lundquist, JO’02, and Tom Zanetti cheered on the Bulldogs as they battled the San Diego Torreros. Picture 6: Drake kicked off the spring session of the Let’s DU Lunch series in Des Moines with speaker Steve Lacy, president and COO of Meredith Corporation. 6

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Senior business major Bryan Klopack Drake Student Body President Hometown: Country Club Hills, IL Activities & Accomplishments: champion for people with disabilities, head of risk management of Sigma Phi Epsilon, director of marketing for Drake Broadcasting System, Dean’s Council for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, graduate of the Donald V. Adams Leadership Academy, three years on Student Senate, orientation counselor, peer mentor, academic consultant, member of seven different honor societies, Drake Marketing and Communications intern. Career aspirations: “I’d like to develop an organization for children with disabilities and their families that provides legal services, counseling and general support.”

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History’s Newest Home PRESERVING DRAKE’S HERITAGE THANKS TO A GENEROUS GIFT OF $100,000 FROM JAMES M COLLIER, ED’70, Cowles

Library has dedicated space and resources to create the Collier Heritage Room and the Drake Heritage Collections. The purpose is to collect, digitize and preserve important stories of Drake University’s 125-year history. Current exhibits, which are also available for viewing at www.lib.drake.edu/heritage, include a history of the Drake Relays, a look at a Drake student lost on the H.M.S. Titanic and a graduate who was America’s oldest living person. President David Maxwell and Board of Trustees Chair David Miles and Dean of Cowles Library Rod Henshaw were present at the room dedication in October.

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