The stage is set for Student Sen-ate’s executive election.

With all three positions up for grabs—student body president, vice president for student life and vice president for student activities—campaigning has begun. Senator-at-Large Samantha Haas will run

unopposed for student body presi-dent, the position currently held by senior Ben Olson. Diversity Interest Senator-at-Large Seejo Valacheril and Senator-at-Large Byron Spears are running for junior Ben Cooper’s seat as vice president of student life. Finally, Greg Larson, the campus advancement committee chairman, is running unopposed for Vice Presi-dent of Student Activities —Tisleen Singh’s current position.

Voting for the three positions will begin at 12:01 a.m. next Monday and will conclude at 11:59 p.m. that Tuesday.

Since petitions were due last Fri-day at 5 p.m., the election is closed.

Thursday’s issue of The Times-Delphic will include a Q&A with the four candidates.

There will also be an executive candidate debate Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Upper Olmsted. n

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JUNIOR MAURICIO BALLIVIAN has led the Drake men’s tennis team all season, continuing his dominance in Minneapolis this weekend.

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The spring beauty of the Botanical Center.

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>Vice President of Student Activities

>Vice President of Student Life

>>THE CANDIDATES>Student Body President

Samantha Haas

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Ballivian beats No. 37-ranked Minnesota athlete Saturday afternoon

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Renner named to outer space research group

by JENNI MATASEKStaff Writer

jennifer.matasek@drake.edu

Provost Michael Renner was recently named Drake University’s presidential representative for the Iowa Space Grant Consortium.

Named as the representative in July at the annual meeting of the ISGC, Renner works with the three state universities—Univer-sity of Iowa, Iowa State Univer-sity and University of Northern Iowa—as well as government and other industries. Some of these groups include the Iowa Depart-ment of Education, Iowa Depart-ment of Natural Resources and the Science Center of Iowa.

Provost Renner takes the posi-tion after the 2009 retirement of Ron Troyer, the former provost of Drake University. He will work with Charisse Buising, director of Drake’s biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology program and the campus director with the ISGC.

The ISGC was formed in 1990 as part of NASA’s National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-gram. Drake joined the ISGC in 1996.

“The ISGC works to coordi-nate and improve Iowa’s aerospace science and technology and stimu-late aerospace research, education and outreach activities throughout the state,” according to the ISGC’s mission statement.

Renner says the ISGC works mostly within the upper levels of education, but do work with el-ementary, middle and high schools in Iowa. Most of the ISGC’s work is with science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics (STEM) education.

College-level benefits of the ISGC include competitive grants and scholarships awarded to Iowa college students working in STEM jobs or education. Eight Drake students were awarded scholar-ships to work with researchers in bioengineering in California, be-ing funded by the ISGC, Renner says.

“Lower education benefits through such events like the State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa for student benefit, as well as training for science teachers in Iowa,” Renner said.

The ISGC continues work with these programs and more as well. More information is available on the ISGC Web site, http://www.ia.spacegrant.org. n

Two weeks ago, Drake Head Coach Jimmy Borendame told his team that their next four matches, all against nationally ranked opponents, were amazing opportunities. After falling to BYU and Denver last weekend, Drake traveled to Min-nesota to take on the Golden Gophers.

Junior Mauricio Ballivian and sophomore Jonathan Hadash were able to capitalize on these amazing opportunities, but unfortunately the No. 37-ranked Gophers were too much for Drake, as the Bulldogs lost 5-2.

The story of Saturday night wasn’t of Minne-sota’s victory as a team, however, but of the out-standing performance of Ballivian. After falling 8-6

at the first doubles spot with his partner, resurgent sophomore Cesar Bracho, Ballivian took the court to take on Minnesota’s No. 1 player, Sebastian Gal-lego. Gallego is not only Minnesota’s best player, but the seasoned Colombian is ranked No. 37 in the nation.

That was before Ballivian took the court.Ballivian arrived on the court rejuvenated after

the short 10-minute break between doubles and singles. Gallego was firing on all cylinders, attack-ing Drake’s number one with a myriad of angles, ground strokes and volleys. Gallego took the first set 6-4, breaking Ballivian’s serve after a long game toward the end of the set. As he took his seat af-ter the set was finished, he didn’t look nervous—he

by DOMINIC JOHNSONStaff Writer

dominic.johnson@drake.edu

SEE BALLIVIAN, PAGE 6

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Student Senate was all smiles be-fore its meeting as members posed for the yearly group photo before getting to work last Thursday.

The back of the room had a dif-ferent look to it than normal. Spec-tators of the meeting were provided with multiple posters that provided information about the agenda and certain processes such as time alloca-tion by senators.

Vice President of Student Ac-tivities Tisleen Singh cleared up the confusion about the scheduling of Relays Street Painting being on Fri-day instead of Saturday like it was for many years before 2009.

“This will now be a permanent change so that we can have a built-in rain delay,” Singh said.

Singh also said that the Student Activities Board is looking into pro-gramming changes for the next school year. After learning from oth-er schools’ programming boards at a recent conference, Singh stated that

SAB is looking into scheduling pro-grams to always happen on the same weekday so that students can rely on SAB programming on the same days throughout the year.

Senator Greg Larson, chair of the Campus Advancement Commit-tee, reported that his committee has been re-evaluating Drake Direct.

“This is to better assess the direc-tion (Drake Direct) is going and to target flaws and things that need to be improved on,” Larson said.

Dean of Students Sentwali Ba-kari reported that the Sexual Assault

Committee is still looking for more representation, especially by males. Bakari stated that, much like the Alcohol Task Force in recent past, the committee will be meeting with a consultant and working in small groups to discuss possible initiatives on Drake’s campus.

Senate approved a funding allo-cation to the Student United Way Al-ternative Spring Break with minimal discussion. The three students on the trip will be looking to bring other ser-vice opportunities back to Drake. n

A look into the proceedings at this week’s Student Senate meeting

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of the “I quickly learned that tickets are an effective form of punishment. Yes, take them seriously, or else they will grow exponentially. Fortunately, I did not take the time to test this law.

— CHELSEY TEACHOUT, SEE PAGE 3

Comedian Barry Smith presents ‘Jesus in Montana’

The 10,000 Hours Show of Central Iowa is making an offer, which most students can’t refuse: a free concert ticket. The 10,000 Hours Show is holding a concert this spring with alter-native rock band, the Cold War Kids.

As a way to promote and recognize vol-unteerism in the Des Moines community, The 10,000 Hours Show is only giving tickets to students who have completed 10 hours of com-munity service.

Students can earn a ticket to this concert by registering and logging volunteer hours on its Web site at www.10000hoursci.org.

The 10,000 Hours Show staff will also be in the Olmsted Breezeway to assist students with the Web site and an on-campus service project. The 10,000 Hours Show staff will have cards that students can decorate for Aging Resources, a local non-profit that holds programming for the elderly.

By making a few cards, Drake students can earn one volunteer hour to log towards the

concert. Students can come visit the 10,000 Hours Show from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m in the Olmsted Breezeway. The 10,000 Hours Show staff will be available in the Olmsted Breezeway from Feb. 22- 26.

The 10,000 Hours Show concert will take place on April 9 at Iowa State University. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. and the 10,000 Hours Show will provide free transportation to and from the concert.

The 10,000 Hours Show of Central Iowa is a student-run organization at Drake and Iowa State that promotes volunteerism by rewarding those who volunteer 10 or more hours of com-munity service with a ticket to a free concert held in April. Past performers have included: Ben Folds, Guster, Cake, Augustana and Jet.

The 10,000 Hours Show is an endeavor of United Way of Central Iowa, the Volunteer Center of Story County, the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service, Drake University and Iowa State University.

Des Moines Police Department sets up traffic hotline as part of new program

If a motorist is driving too fast down your residential street, there’s a hotline for that.

The Des Moines Police Department has set up a 24-hour hot line telephone number—515-271-4655—dedicated solely for the purpose of reporting frequent traffic violations on residential streets. The new program went into effect on Sept. 29.

When residents call the hotline, they are directed to leave a voicemail with their name, phone number and details of the traf-fic violation. Police officers are then required to respond to the residents’ messages within 3-5 days. After investigating the com-plaint, the officers are also required to get back to the person who initiated the complaint within two to three weeks to explain what they have done and what enforcement actions were taken.

Police Lt. Mark Buzynski runs the police department’s traf-fic unit operations and said that he has generally been pleased with the new hot line. He also said that the public has responded well to the program.

“I think it’s helpful for people and I think people like that,” Buzynski said.

Buzynski hasn’t kept a detailed track of how many calls the de-partment received since starting the program, but did say that in the first couple days, the hotline received around 48 complaints. Since then, however, it’s dropped down to about a handful a day, he said.

“Obviously all of those complaints are being assigned out to officers and we haven’t had many results from many of those,” Buzynski said. “But, especially when it was announced, getting that many, it gives the public a different avenue of fixing some of the problems they have in their communities.”

Police Sgt. Lori Lavorato said that Des Moines residents

should take advantage of this new hot line as a way to get rid of frequent and reoccurring traffic violations in their neighbor-hoods.

“Sometimes there’s a problem vehicle that seems to be the car that always speeds down the road or always runs through the stop sign,” she said. “People are more than welcome to call in and give that information on the vehicle and a plate number, so that we may look into who owns that vehicle and maybe go out and have a chat with whoever is driving that vehicle. These are for complaints that are for an ongoing thing.”

Lavorato wants to make sure Des Moines residents are clear of the hotline’s specific purpose, as a way to report non-emergen-cy traffic violations.

“If there’s a car accident or something that’s happening right now, we still want them calling 911,” she said.

Lavorato said that Chief of Police Judy Bradshaw initiated the program around two months ago, a program that is unique to Iowa.

“Chief Bradshaw felt that there was a need for it,” she said. “Since we do get a lot of traffic complaints that come in on 911 or to non-emergency dispatch, it is important that we have the public’s help in identifying different streets or different intersections that are having a lot of issues.”

Before this program was imple-mented, Des Moines residents had several options when reporting traffic violations—an inefficient system, Buzynski said.

“It was scattered; they could do a number of things,” he said. “If

they looked in the phonebook and found our traffic unit number, they could call that. Or they could call dispatch and they would take it depending on the priority of the call, and issue it to a police officer.”

One of the issues that arose from sending an officer to the scene of a traffic violation is that the vehicle in question is most likely long gone. This is only one of several problems with the old system.

“The report wouldn’t, most likely, make it to us and an officer would just go there and, a lot of times, they’re just going from one trip to another,” Buzynski said. “They really can’t spend 30 minutes at a time. Instead, they might drive through there, but the chances of them getting a violation were slim.

The 15 officers that Buzynski has under his command are not responsible for dispatch calls. Instead, they are primarily investi-gatory based.

“Our primary function is fatality investigations and then seri-ous accident investigations—hit and runs, OWIs, DRE investiga-tions and then complaints on traffic violations, in that order,” he said. “So, I think what this does is it gives the community a good way that we can investigate it more thoroughly than by going through dispatch and giving it to an officer who is going from trip to trip. He doesn’t have 30 minutes to sit at a location and do some really effective enforcement.”

Buzynski has 15 officers under his command—a number that remained the same even with the new hotline. Traffic enforce-ment is currently around 50 percent complaint driven—a per-centage he said will most likely increase.

To the public, Buzynski has one main point to tell residents—be specific with all complaints.

“Be as specific as possible with the date and time of day that the problem is most likely to occur,” he said. “A lot of people will generalize. Say we have a four-way intersection in a neighbor-hood where people are running the stop sign. A lot of people will say, ‘All times of the day.’ I can’t send an officer out there for 24 hours on that intersection. Whatever they could give is so that if we’re sitting there for a half-an-hour or an hour, when are we most likely to see the violations occur so that we can use our time the most wisely.” n

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It gives the public a different avenue of fixing some of the problems they have in their communities.

Barry Smith spent three years of his life be-lieving Jesus had returned in the form of a man named Leland Jensen and was living in Mon-tana.

Smith presented his self-written theatrical piece, “Jesus In Montana,” last Thursday night on Pomerantz Stage in Olmsted.

After taking acid throughout two years of college because God told him to, Smith dropped out and went to Colorado. He heard about a man teaching classes in Aspen and that is when he discovered Jesus.

He goes on to tell about his hitchhiking ex-periences on the way to Jesus’ house, and later about his time living with Jesus and the other

followers. The followers were known as mem-bers of Baha is Under the Provisions of the Covenant (BUPC), a group that was founded by Leland Jensen in the 1970s.

They practiced as a religious group, and when Smith and two friends moved back to Colorado after being converted, their house doubled as a BUPC center complete with hand-outs, props and pamphlets.

Smith was always “looking for that opening” to tell everyone what he knew about Jesus. But after a car accident left Smith with a major head injury, it hit him: It was all made up.

Smith has been writing for 15 years and at some point he told his story to some friends who suggested he write about it. Smith’s vulgar, ani-mated language kept the audience laughing.

“It feels like it wants to be told,” Smith said. “I realized everyone didn’t live in Jesus’ base-ment.”

Freshman Nick Capellupo did not expect the event to be a comedy event.

“I was surprised,” Capellupo said. “I didn’t know he was going to be a comedian; I thought it would be a legit talk about Jesus.”

Smith would like to come back to Drake in

the future. “I have written other shows as well,” Smith

said. “I’ve got four shows that I tour and this is the only one about Jesus, luckily.” n

by NICOLE MITTELBRUNStaff Writer

nicole.mittelbrun@drake.edu

photo by SARAH ANDREWS | Photo/Design Editor

BARRY SMITH comically shared his theatrical piece, “Jesus in Montana,” Thursday night on Pomerantz stage. Smith lives in Aspen, Colo.

Pomerantz sets the stage for theatrical event Thursday

The 10,000 Hours Show promoting free concert for students

Information compiled by Kelsey Anderson

Public given chance to report violations on residential streets

Witnessed a traffic violation? Call the 24-hour police hotline telephone number: 515-271-4655. Leave a voicemail with your name, phone number and the details of the violation. A police officer will respond to your message within 3–5 days.

I once heard the phrase “Every time we choose fear, we reinforce the need for safety.” If we

don’t have fear, then we don’t have hurdles to cross.

Everyone fears something, whether it’s being near a smil-ing clown, being stung by a bee or being burned on a stove. All these phobias are specific to each person, but have you ever wondered if there’s a unifying fear we all share?

Failure. Success and failure brings us all to-gether under the same truth: Fear guides our lives.

Phobias are developed over time and are cho-sen consciously or unconsciously. These are self-selected from exposure to society, allergies or ex-perience. By this, we choose what phobia we have, but none of us have a choice with failure.

From the moment we’re born—the doctor yanks us out of our mother’s womb and clears our airways for our first breath—the journey of success and failure begins.

I sat down about a month ago in the corner of a reading area of a public library and real-ized me being there was based on my desire to graduate college. If I didn’t study and pound out hours upon hours of studying, I wouldn’t succeed in passing the classes. If I didn’t fear failure, then maybe I’d be out sucking down a Budweiser or sorting a pile of mail.

Each challenge is success-based and is chosen from every little movement and halt in my life, all of which are based on fear.

By putting myself in the bicycle seat without training wheels, I chose to take a step forward toward success. My hands gripped tightly to the rubber handles, my helmet—oversized because my parents said I’d grow into it—strapped under-neath my chin, my feet locked firmly to the sta-tionary peddles. As my dad held me upright with one hand on the back of the seat and one hand on the middle of the cross-bar, he pushed.

If I fell, it was failure. If I stayed up, it was suc-cess. I feared falling, so I chose the safety of the training wheels. They were stable and never let me fall. I loved hopping on and riding off down the street to my buddy’s house where we raced around and around on his backyard racing track.

It was great. We’d act like motocross racers and make the sounds of dirt bikes as we pretend-ed we were rubbing our bikes against one anoth-er’s to obtain the precious first-place position. His mom brought out juice boxes for our half-time break, which consisted of praising each other for our well-fought victories. Jimmy lived two houses down.

I wasn’t allowed anywhere past his house or mine, so my world was as big as three yards (and the old lady between our houses didn’t let us play in her yard). I was limited, but this was a success-filled life at the time because I was happy and I

was safe.When it came time

to expand my world with-out the training wheels, I was ready to challenge myself, but I was scared. Scared of not being able to ride the bike and scared I’d always be stuck in Jimmy’s backyard.

This was not the case. When my dad gave me that ultimate push, I wiggled. I staggered. I went left clumsily, then right. I straightened out. My eyes shifted from side to side like a printing needle applying ink. I was doing it. Then I fell. Failure.

My fear came true. I wasn’t Randy Garcia, the fastest bike rider on my block; I was Zach Polka, the training-wheel junkie that would never ride a real bike.

But failure didn’t drive my bike riding ability; the fear of failure did. After I fell, my dad walked over to me, my bike entwined with my legs, and he said, “Let’s do it again.”

I thought he was nuts. No. I don’t like falling on my face.

He explained that we fall to find what doesn’t work: what an interesting concept for a 5-year-old. But parents know best, so they must be right. With a little untangling from my dad, I got back up and back on. He counted to three and away I went. I was unsteady and uncer-tain at first, but I finally got it two houses down.

And I rode. I rode like the thunder of racing mustangs. “Not even a cheetah can catch me,” I’d say, riding past the police station five blocks down.

That moment, like every moment in our lives, we chose to either let fear take hold of us or we find ways to get around our hurdles, succeeding at our challenges.

I see it like this: Never fear failure; just be cau-tious. And if we don’t try the hard things, then we limit our racing tracks.

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Take the training wheels offDon’t let the fear of falling keep you from trying

...We chose to either let fear take hold of us, or we find ways to get around our hurdles, succeeding at our challenges.

There comes a time when a freshman does not want to stomach yet an-other expense. Fees creep into the lives of college students like ninjas creep into a Jackie Chan movie; they are almost unavoidable. While my education takes the financial spotlight, I’m watching every other

distraction.Tickets are a distraction—completely unnecessary. Have no fear, responsible

citizens, I did not receive a speeding ticket (I set that aside for my high school experience) nor did I receive any sort of traffic violation. The ever-secure and Johnny-on-the-spot Drake Security wrote me a parking ticket—that’s even more embarrassing than getting a ticket while moving.

This ticket was impersonally placed on my windshield for me to find the first weekend I was on campus. Admittedly, I did park in an unmarked zone, but there was ample space in the parking lot for my car. Plus, I did have my parking pass placed on my rear view window as required. Now, since my car is a small representation of myself, I took it a little bit personally. My car, like myself, was looking for a place to call home; a place to rest its wheels. We both are often found running. It’s a shame my car’s engine isn’t as efficient as my own, though.

I quickly learned that tickets are an effective form of punishment—$25 later. Yes, take them

seriously, or else they will grow exponentially. Fortunately, I did not take the time to test this law. The funny thing is that I did not have to; a new ticket found me. I thought that having a navy blue car would soften up the security staff since it is Drake’s foremost color. Not a chance. My second ticket, written about a month later, reminded me that I could not have my sun guards placed in my front and rear windows. Why? My parking pass was not visible.

This was the last straw. I was protecting my car and the pass was visible through the side windows. I then promptly made a visit to the security office where there was a kind lady who passed me an appeal form. I didn’t even think that these pieces of paper existed in the realm of campus law and order. With the form filled and turned in, I waited for a response. After weekly calls to the secu-rity office, I won my appeal more than a month later. For the rest of this school year, I hope that the security staff may keep their tickets and that I may keep my

bank account free from those creeping ninja fees.

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CHELSEY TEACHOUT

COLUMNIST

Ninjas...where?As if college wasn’t already expensive, parking fees seem to add up

Teachout is a first-year news/Internet and english double-major and can be contacted at chelsey.teachout@drake.edu.

What’s 136 years old and still kicking? Paired down with a T-shirt or dressed up with pearls, jeans have survived the test of time—and the trend doesn’t seem to be letting up.

Currently, the average American woman keeps around nine pairs of jeans in her closet, if not more. The average American, however, prob-ably does not know who in-vented the first pair of jeans or where they even came from.

Back in 1873, Levi Strauss madethe first pair of jeans. Strauss, at the time, created them out of necessity. With several of his customers being min-ers and railroad workers, Strauss needed something that could endure the elements. He started to use a fabric from France called serge de nimes—later shortened to denim. One of Strauss’s customers, Jacob Davis, immediately saw these early jeans as a hit and became business partners with Strauss.

Together, they filed a patent for “riveting man’s workpants,” or “waist overalls.” With new inventions, such as the zipper, jeans con-

tinued to grow and evolve over the years until in 1990, they were officially placed under the fashion category of clothing instead of the work segment.

The popularity of jeans isn’t in just the United States; it’s global.

“I have often said that I wish I had invent-ed blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant,”

French designer Yves Saint Laurent once said of these iconic bottoms. “They have expression, modesty, sex ap-peal, simplicity—all I hope for in my clothes.”

In the 1960s, jeans found their way to India, where they now represent a casual lifestyle lived in fashion, not work.

Today, there is a myriad of jeans to choose from in

all styles, fits and even colors. From Levis to Wranglers, from traditional blue to neon pink, from boot cut to skinny, jeans have been and will continue to be a staple of the international clothing industry.

As Cameron Diaz says, “I’m like every oth-er woman: A closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear. So I wear jeans.” n

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TODAY

READ-INBook, “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers.

Sponsored by CBS for Black History Month.

WHEREOlmsted Parents Hall

WHEN6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

AUCTIONSilent auction

sponsored by Blue, Inc.–advertising seniors

WHEREOlmsted Pomerantz

Stage

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WEDNESDAY

COMEDIANSarah Prussman on body image, part of National Eating

Disorder Awareness Week

WHEREMerdith room 101

WHEN: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

calendar

KICKOFFRelay for Life spring

event, for the March 26-27 fundraiser, sponsored

by Colleges Against Cancer

WHEREOlmsted Pomerantz

Stage WHEN

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Have you heard of My DNA Fragrance, the perfume created to match your DNA to make you feel the most attractive, at least in scent? Well, there’s a new hot fashion going around. Although this time, it’s with clothing.

Identity Apparel takes a sample of the cus-tomer’s genetics and builds it into the garment. There are three different lines, each with a dif-ferent part of what makes you unique from everyone else.

There is the DNA Line, which takes the actual sequence of a person’s DNA and incor-porates it into the shirt or clothing item using a digital processor. The DNA Line shirts start at $105, but prices are expected to come down with new innovative ways to make the entire process simpler and more efficient.

The second line is the Kiss Line, which is just like it sounds. It takes the actual kiss im-print that someone would leave on an object and transforms the imprint into a design on a shirt, tank top or even a dress. These designs are slightly cheaper at $90, but are expected to be the top seller due to the history of lip imprints. It allows Identity Apparel to “make

a one-of-a-kind shirt that shows the sexiness of the individual who wears it.”

Last but not least, customers can sport what is most unique among human beings: the fin-gerprint. As learned back in elementary school science class, no two people, not even twins, have the same exact fingerprints. This allows the shirt to be as special as the individual, let-ting the customer choose the color of the shirt and fingerprint as well as the design. With the same prices as the Kiss Line, the Fingerprint Line may be the most popular item of these three lines because they appeal to both men and women.

Identity Apparel recently premiered these innovative shirts at New York Fashion Week. The company’s goal was to take a personal identity and “incorporate it into your clothing in a fashionable style.”

When Drake students were asked about their opinions on this new upcoming fashion, the general consensus was that people seemed to be interested but unable to buy the cloth-ing at such a high price tag. Once the clothing lines develop further, perhaps the prices can drop and the average college student will be able to enjoy showing off his or her personal style through their genetics. n

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Fight the layoff: Secrets to being employee of the month

History lesson: Dream behind the jeans

by KATHY HUNTStaff Writer

katherine.hunt@drake.edu

Be an overachiever. Look for opportunities in every task that comes your way. If you’re

working on a mundane task, try to find new ways to approach it. Participate in volunteer activities through your company. Take time to learn from those mandatory development workshops.

“Everybody puts their effort forward when they’re working on those big projects that their boss is going to see,” Josh Ingalls said, a human resources consultant at Principal Financial Group. “But the people who do that day in and day out build a better reputation.”

Be everywhere. The key to being irreplaceable lies in being known. Exposure can come

in many ways—by networking, by working with different areas of the com-pany, by joining local community and professional organizations. When more people know who you are and where your talents lie, they’ll vouch for you when times get tough. They may even recommend you for promotions within the company.

Be an expert. Focus on a specialty and work to become the best in that area. “The more you can specialize, the more you can grow in your field, making

yourself indispensable,” Philicia Weaver said, a training manager at First Inde-pendent, a financial services company in Vancouver, Wash. “When you’re able to provide unique value to the people you work with, they’re more likely to see you as a partner and come to you for advice.”

Be inventive. Embrace the 90/10 rule: Spend 90 percent of your work time doing the things

that need to be done, the things that lie directly in your job description. For the oth-er 10 percent, look for new ways to do things—new approaches, new technology, new ideas. By showing that you want to make a difference (without being asked), you demonstrate your dedication to the company as a whole.

“Always take a little bit of time each week to go find something you weren’t told to find,” Ingalls said. “That can open up a lot of doors.” n

Whether it’s a part-time gig or an internship leading to your dream career, holding onto your job these days is more important than ever. Here are four ways to make sure you’re irreplaceable.

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Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evi-dence that throughout the centuries something really happened among human beings.

– LEVI STRAUSS, inventor”

by KATHY HUNTStaff Writer

katherine.hunt@drake.edu

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FEATURESMONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010PAGE 5 THE TIMES-DELPHIC

Catwalks for a Cause struts for charity

The glowing lights, baseline beats and flashy backdrop turned upper Olmsted into a scene straight out of Bryant Park during Fashion Week. Catwalks for a Cause brought a breath of fresh fashion on Saturday night, all in the name of charity.

Organized by students, the event required a large, diverse group of committee members and models. Sponsored by the Coalition of Black Students and Student Activities Board, the show was five months in the making, with multiple practices and rehearsals. Junior Lawrence Crawford was one of the fashion committee members and a visionary behind the show.

“The idea for the entire event birthed from a realization that we needed a fashion show at Drake to benefit our different senses of style and what looks good,” Crawford said. “And that there also needed to be a clothing drive to benefit our college and our community.”

There was a similar show in spring of 2008, Crawford said, but it wasn’t as successful as this anticipated event. The show charge was two dollars, or the encouraged price of a donated clothing item. All the monetary and clothing donations benefited the Iowa Homeless Youth Centers nonprofit organization.

Profits from Saturday’s event will serve three different Iowa Homeless Youth Centers programs, including the transitional housing and services Lighthouse Host Home, counseling through the Street Outreach Program and the youth services at Buchanan Transitional Living Center.

“A few of the participants with the event have had strong ties to IHYC over the years and we’ve seen that they are a truly befitting organization that does great things for the community,” Crawford said. “And hence, it’s our sincere honor to help them continue to help others.”

After an intro by junior emcee Vanessa McDonough, the show highlighted the charity with a poem entitled “Dress it Up,” by junior Jamechia Prater.

“I learned you can never really judge a good by its cover,” Prater said in poetic closing. The event, advertised as a fashion show for all, converged different styles and attitudes to the

runway. Separated into four different sections, the show highlighted eight different designer venues. Anticipation to view the late winter and spring designs heightened as the red lights dropped and the beat started to pound. The models emerged through the glitter curtain and stuck fierce poses at the top of the stairs. The format continued as models stomped, strutted and flounced past the front rows of spectators, hit a pose on the corner and danced to the other corner before continuing back up the stairs.

Premiering in the first segment, entitled “Dynamically Bold” was the urban styling of Big Moe’s Clothing. A dynamic inside-out jacket switch on the runway started the show at a top note. From brown faux fur on first-year model Carissa Lewis to a black outer layer on Trey Morse, versatility was the name of the fashion game. The segment changed directions as the more preppy Blonde Genius added a Drake touch to the fashion. Sophomore model Mason Aderwole worked an old-school let-terman jacket with royal blue sleeves.

Holding true to the promise of a diverse fashion show, the next section was “Expressively Trendy,” with Vitae Design Collective sending six model sets down the catwalk. Attention to detail made high-waisted skirts and summery dresses au courant with modern fads.

Fab’rik delivered a high blast of style with clothing reminiscent of classic J. Crew with a sexy twist. The popular anchor theme was present on both top tank and bottom skirt in the enticing first set of fashions, followed by a brown motorcycle jacket modeled by first-year Allison Stephens.

Audience members all received 20 percent off at the local boutiques as the designers utilized the showcase to promote the stores with business cards. Many of the vendors agreed to showcase cloth-ing because of the charity focus and observed a good chance to showcase clothing to the college demographic.

“We wanted to participate because it was for a good cause,” said Fab’rik representative Alisha Eickstaedt. “It was an opportunity to benefit the community and the store.”

Splitting the third segment, “Classy Cocktail,” was Betty Jane Designs on girls and Lowery’s De-partment Store on the gents. Lindsey Shepard, an Iowa State University graduate, is an independent designer for the women’s formal, clothing line. Dresses perfect for formal events were framed with hairpieces that would make even Jackie O jealous. For the modern trends in menswear, Aderwole strode down the runway in a classy white suit over a bronze, brown vest.

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Contemporary women’s clothing boutique, Siren, closed the show with “Dress to Impress” tops.Complete with flashing photographers and models mingling after the show, all participants con-

curred about success on the event. “The show turned out great and I give props to all the committee members,” said fashion commit-

tee member Eric Hall. “I give a big shout-out to Brittany Holmquist [committee co-chair].”The show came to a stylish close as the models did a final walk and the color-coordinated fashion

committee sashayed to the end of the runway. From the audience there were multiple overheard intentions to go shopping and to also donate more to IHYC. n

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looked determined. Two years ago, Bal-livian beat Gallego in three sets. All this meant in Ballivian’s mind was that this match would go to three sets as well. Shortly thereafter he took the court exud-ing confidence. Not many at the Baseline Tennis Center noticed, but Gallego did.

The second set played much like the first, as each player held serve until the final games of the set. Up 5-4 with set-points, the pressure got to Ballivian. Despite squandering three set-points, he continued to scramble and fight for ev-ery shot. Rewarded for his efforts, he was granted another set-point on Gallego’s serve. With Borendame on the sideline encouraging him to be aggressive, Balliv-ian sent a rocket forehand to the deuce corner. Gallego got to the ball, but not quick enough. His shot sailed long. En-tering the third-set super tiebreaker, Bal-livian took the momentum with him.

Continuing his aggressive play, Bal-livian fought back from down 8-4 in the tiebreaker to have a match point at 10-9. Luring Gallego to the net, the Drake captain hit a dipping shot to Gallego’s feet. Gallego’s shot hit the net, and rolled over. Tied at 10, Ballivian would use his opponent’s shot as fuel. With two straight points, Drake’s No. 1 would be the top tennis player at Baseline Tennis Center that Saturday, beating Gallego 12-10 in the third set.

“Mauricio is showing he can be our team’s No. 1 player,” Borendame said. “Today he stepped up and showed why he can be a nationally ranked player.”

Despite the team’s loss, Ballivian be-lieves he can motivate his teammates for the home match against Iowa on Wednesday. He is especially looking for-ward to seeing his friend and teammate, Bracho, take the court with him against

the Hawkeyes.“My win was great motivation and

confidence for Iowa,” he said. “Today was my first doubles with Bracho in a while, but it was good preparation be-cause we are going to be ready.”

Although less dramatic than Balliv-ian’s match, Hadash posted a convincing win at the No. 6 slot against two-time Minnesota state champion, Michael Si-cora. Having transferred from Minnesota to attend Drake this spring, Hadash was comfortable playing on the maroon and gold courts of the Baseline Tennis Cen-ter. Breaking his opponent’s serve early, Hadash was able to take the first set 6-4.

With the Minnesota crowd cheering him on, Sicora fought back gaining an early advantage in the second set. Ha-dash responded, breaking Sicora’s serve late in the set. With a match point at 6-5, the Drake sophomore hit his shots from one end of the court to the other, wearing his opponent out. As the Gopher’s shot sailed wide, Hadash celebrated his first singles win as a Bulldog.

“Jonathan’s win is even sweeter com-ing against his old team in Minnesota,” Borendame said. “He played really well today.”

Taking Sunday off for rest, the Bull-dogs will use Monday and Tuesday to prepare for nationally ranked, in-state rival Iowa.

“We are going to work on playing the bigger points better,” he said. “There were too many 30-alls where we got de-fensive.”

Borendame is hoping an enthusiastic student turnout will help carry the Bull-dogs to their first win against a nationally ranked opponent this season. With free pizza, pop and the chance to win Drake prizes for students, the Bulldogs will take the court Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Roger Knapp Tennis Center. n

Despite upset, Gophers best DrakeMEN’S TENNIS

SOPHOMORE JOHNATHAN HADASH played in the No. 6 for the Bulldogs, defeating Minnesota’s Michael Siccora in two sets. Hadash earned the second of two wins against the Gophers this weekend.

photo by SARAH ANDREWS | Photo/Design Editor

The Drake track and field teams finished second overall in team standings and won nine total events Friday at the University of Northern Iowa Dome Open.

It was the teams’ last warm ups before next week’s State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships.

Sophomore Jon DeGrave stole the show on the track, winning the 400-meter and running the first leg for the Bulldogs’ event-winning 4x400 relay team. DeGrave clocked in with a time of 50.34 seconds in the 400-meter, beating

Central College’s Kyle Wood by four-tenths of a second.

The 4x400 team, made up of DeGrave, freshman Dan Karys and seniors Anthony Pet-taway and Kevin Earl, also nudged out Central with a time of 3 minutes, 24.43 seconds. Pet-taway also finished 16th in the 200-meter dash and 10th in the long jump.

The men’s team wasn’t the only Drake 4x400 meter team that saw success on Friday. The women’s squad, composed of senior Caitlin Able, and juniors Beth Hamling, Kara McCart-ney and Clarissa LaFlora, also brought home first place with a time of 4 minutes.

Able, like DeGrave, also won the 400-meter run in 59.56 seconds and ran the opening leg of the 4x400 relay.

The Bulldogs also dominated the longer dis-tance events, especially in the mile. Sophomore Ben Jaskowiak won the event while the Bulldogs placed three runners in the top seven, and Ni-cole Braunsdorf took home top honors on the women’s side.

Jaskowiak finished with a time of 4:29.15, narrowly edging out teammate Colin Coomer

who came in at 4:29.19. First-year Mike Rodri-guez finished in 4:35.61, good enough for sev-enth.

Senior and team leader Jeff Grassmeyer did not race to rest for next week’s MVC Champi-onship.

“I took the weekend off,” Grassmeyer said. “I already qualified for next weekend and didn’t need another warm-up.”

Braunsdorf won the women’s mile with a time of 4 minutes, 58.68 seconds—the only run-ner to run an under a five-minute mile.

“It was an impressive mile,” Head Coach Natasha Brown said. “She led start to finish.”

The off week for some of Drake’s top ath-letes allowed some non-regulars to get some experience, and Grassmeyer was impressed by their efforts.

“I thought there were good performances across the board,” Grassmeyer said. “It’s a smaller meet, but I thought we did well.”

Other winners for Drake included junior Ari Curtis in the 60-meter hurdles and senior Josh Bangert in the long jump.

“Bangert had a good jump,” Brown said.

“Especially coming off a four-week rehab for a strained hamstring.”

Junior high jumper Tyse Samani tied her best jump of the year with a 5-foot-7-inch leap that won the event.

The Bulldogs also had some success in the women’s pole vault, as juniors Molly Scott and Johanna Sprang tied for third with a height of 10 feet, 11.75 inches.

Sophomore Shaun James had an impressive day, finishing third in the 60-meter hurdles with 7.03 seconds and fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.37 seconds.

The Bulldogs will return to the UNI Dome next weekend to compete in the MVC Indoor Championships, the conclusion of the indoor season. The meet starts on Saturday and lasts two days.

“We’ll be ready to go,” Grassmeyer said. “It’s one of the biggest meets of the year. We plan our training around it, but we don’t put all our cards in the same basket. You don’t know how it’s going to turn out, but we’re ready and I feel good about it.” n

Drake uses UNI Open to prep for conference meet

by JACK THUMSERStaff Writer

john.thumser@drake.edu

TRACK AND FIELD

Bulldogs took 2nd in final indoor meet before conference

FROM BALLIVIAN, PAGE 1

Infielder Elena Leon, a senior biology major, sat down with The Times-Delphic to answer some questions about her goals and expectations for the softball season. Leon needs only three home runs to become Drake’s all-time home run leader, and she earned second-team All-MVC honors last year.

The Times-Delphic: Why did you choose to attend Drake University?

Elena Leon: Because of the softball program and be-cause it’s a really good school. I liked what I saw from the coach and the program. It’s a great institution academi-cally and having a Drake degree with my name on it will really help me out.

TD: What has been your most memorable experience at Drake?

EL: In my sophomore year, we went to the NCAA tournament and we won the Missouri Valley Conference that year. Also, all the people I’ve met have been very memorable.

TD: What makes this year’s team special?EL: We have our entire team back, except for one

senior that graduated. We have experience and we have three freshmen that are doing a great job. We have experi-ence to have a successful year.

TD: What is something the team can improve on?EL: We went 2-3 in the Metrodome Tournament. We

got a feel for what we need to work on. It was good to see some live pitching; we don’t get to practice that in the fieldhouse. The freshmen are getting more experience, and I would say just playing some more games would help us improve.

TD: Give us some of your personal goals for the sea-son.

EL: To keep a positive attitude for the team. Being a senior, a lot of freshmen look up to me and I have to be able to stay positive and get the ball rolling when things are down. I want to take the lead and be ready to play every game, and hopefully everyone will want to do the same.

TD: What are your expectations for the rest of the season?

EL: I have very high expectations. We have all the as-pects to be successful. Like I said, we have experience and we have freshmen who are really stepping up and doing a great job. We have to play as a team and be ready to play.

TD: What would be your advice to aspiring softball players?

EL: A big thing would be to work hard. But the big-gest advice I would give is to always have fun. If you don’t have fun you will never be successful. A positive attitude and having fun lead to great success.

TD: Can you give us any funny memories you’ve had with the team since you got here?

EL: (Laughs) There are so many to just name one off the top of my head. All the bus trips have been pretty good; they’ve been a lot of fun. We’ve had many memo-ries and I know we will never forget those. n

by EDUARDO TAMEZStaff Writer

eduardo.tamezzamarripa@drake.edu

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Senior Josh Young had his sixth 20-point game of the season to lead Drake to a 90-80 victory over Cal State Northridge in the annual ESPN Bracket-Busters game on Saturday. The Bulldogs moved to 6-1 all time in BracketBusters games with the win against the two-time defending Big West champions.

“It was a gritty performance,” said Head Coach Mark Phelps. “We had a great effort in a physical game. (Cal State Northridge) won some battles, but we won the war.”

Young scored 14 of his points in the second half and for the second straight game pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. Drake shot 52.9 percent from the floor and made 12 of 23 3-point at-tempts.

The game, however, was decided at the free throw line. The Bulldogs made 18 of 21 charity-stripe shots in the sec-ond half en route to shooting a scorch-ing 85.7 percent overall from the line. Drake entered the game ranked ninth in the country in free throw percentage at 75.8 percent.

“Clearly, the free throws were a big part of us winning the game,” Phelps said. “We made the plays when we had to.”

Senior Adam Templeton had 16 points and seven rebounds. Junior guard Ryan Wedel added 10 points.

Phelps said that the play of fresh-men Seth VanDeest, Aaron Hawley, Ben Simons and Reece Uhlenhopp was an-other factor in deciding the game. The four players combined for 32 points, led by 13 from VanDeest.

“Our freshmen really stepped up for us in a big way,” Phelps said.

Simons hit four of five shots, includ-ing two of three from the arc, to score 10 points off the bench in the first half.

Cal State Northridge led 34-31 in the first half when Drake went on an 8-0 run to take the lead for good. The Matadors pulled to 44-42 in the second half when the Bulldogs responded with a 13-3 run. Young hit a left-handed la-yup in the paint followed by a 3-point shot to spark that run.

Senior Craig Stanley and sophomore Frank Wiseler split the point guard du-ties once again, with Wiseler starting and scoring three points and adding five assists. Stanley scored nine off the bench with four assists.

“Playing as a team and giving great effort (was a key to victory),” Wiseler said.

Drake scored its last 10 points from the free throw line. Cal State North-ridge pulled within 84-79 with 2:02 left, but the Bulldogs made six straight free throws to go up 11 and seal the deal.

“It was a great win on the road,” Phelps said. “Everyone stepped up.”

A jumper by Templeton gave Drake an 80-66 advantage with 5:26 left before

the Matadors closed the gap. VanDeest again dealt with foul trou-

ble. He scored four of the Bulldogs’ first seven points, but watched the final 10:54 of the first half from the bench when he picked up his second foul.

Drake led 44-39 at the half. The Bulldogs committed 14 turnovers, but Cal State Northridge committed 17 to

fuel the Drake victory.Drake travels to Missouri State on

Wednesday and hosts Evansville Satur-day to close out the regular season. The Bulldogs sit at 7-9 in the Valley, and can finish as high as fourth heading into the conference tournament but can also drop to ninth. The middle-of-the-pack mess is sure to be decided this week. n

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Bulldogs take 2nd at Carlton Oaks Invitation

Senior Luke Joy paced the Bulldogs at the Carlton Oaks Invitational with a total score of 146, including a stellar first-round score of 70. Drake led after day one with a 616 score, and Loyola (Md.) trailed at 624. With no other golfer within three strokes of his first-round score, Joy snagged the individual lead. Junior Cody Schweinefus followed up Joy tied for fourth placed with a score of 156.

The second day of play was a different story for the Bull-dogs. Joy fell behind and shot a round of 83 and the team shot a score of 312. While no team shot better than Drake did in the first round, Point Loma Nazarene came out firing.

With a third round score of 297, Point Loma Nazarene moved ahead of the Bulldogs and ended up taking home first place with a final score of 924. Four strokes behind at 928 were the Bulldogs.

Setting pace for the Bulldogs in the third round was junior Ben Freeman, who shot the second best score of the round with a 73 and a total of 231. Joy, who fell off the pace from the lead, ended up placing second with a total score of 229.

In the end, the Bulldogs placed three in the top seven scores of the tournament. Joy, Freeman and Schweienefus tied for sec-ond, fifth and seventh respectively. n

Drake shut down by UNI momentum

The Drake women’s basketball team suffered a blow Thursday night, losing to in-state rival the Northern Iowa Panthers 62-43, a season-low point total for the Bulldogs.

The loss drops the Bulldogs to 13-11 overall and 6-8 in Missouri Valley Conference play.

“I thought we got our chin down and UNI took total advantage of it,” Head Coach Amy Stephens said.

Drake’s previous season-low point total came against Northern Iowa when the Bulldogs lost to the Panthers in Des Moines Jan. 22, 59-46.

Northern Iowa’s Nicole Clausen hit a 3-pointer to open the game. The Panthers would lead for the entire game. Clausen finished with 12 points off her game-high four treys.

Drake shot 36.4 percent from the field but only 25 per-cent from beyond the arc. Northern Iowa shot 43.4 per-cent overall, but made its living off 44.4 percent 3-point shooting.

Contributing three 3-pointers was Panther sophomore Jacqui Kalin, who hit a jumper with 6:30 left to play be-fore halftime. The basket sparked a 9-2 run that Northern Iowa would carry into the locker rooms.

Kalin, the MVC’s fifth leading scorer, tallied a game-high 15 points, but K.K. Armstrong scored 13 points to give Northern Iowa a balanced attack and a surprise spark off the bench.

Stephens said the Panthers were the more physical team throughout the contest, but the Bulldogs played hard.

“It’s very disappointing,” Stephens said. “I thought we

competed pretty hard until the last five minutes.”Drake junior Kristin Turk completed a three-point

play after getting fouled to bring the Bulldogs within sev-en, 45-38, at the 9:02 mark in the second half. Northern Iowa, however, would respond by ending the game on a 17-5 run.

Turk scored in double-figures for the third consecutive outing, finishing with a team-high 14 points. Her seven rebounds were also a team high.

After four Drake players scored in double-figures the previous two games, the Panthers limited all but Turk to single-figure nights. Senior Jordann Plummer was the closest to joining Turk in double-figures with nine points.

Senior Monique’ Jones, who was the lone Drake play-er to reach double-figures against the Panthers in January, totaled only two points and four rebounds.

“They’re always inspecting players on our team trying to find our weaknesses,” Turk said of the smart Panthers.

Turk said the Bulldogs can hang their hat on the team’s improvement.

“We’re trying to do stuff really hard,” Turk said. “We’re doing a lot of things really well.”

The Bulldogs, ordinarily a team with defensive strug-gles instead of offensive, were able to match Northern Iowa in rebounds with 31.

“We like what we’re doing on defense,” Stephens said. “We’re just turning the ball over on offense.”

Turnovers, a persistent problem this season, hurt the Bulldogs once again. Drake gave the ball up 22 times and Northern Iowa made the mistakes count, scoring 26 points off turnovers.

A bright spot of the Bulldogs’ evening was the fans. Despite playing in front of a relatively sparse crowd in Northern Iowa’s McLeod Center, Turk noticed a good portion of the fans were supporting Drake.

“We had a lot of people up there cheering for us,” Turk said. “I love our fan loyalty. It’s always nice to see that people will support us.”

As far as the loss goes, Turk said the Bulldogs are keep-ing their heads up.

“We were disappointed by the loss but I don’t think it was devastating,” Turk said. “We all know we’re good enough to overcome it.” n

SENIOR GUARD JORDANN PLUMMER was held to only nine points in Thursday night’s game. Drake scored a season-low 43 points against UNI.

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by TIM WEIDEMANStaff Writer

tim.weideman@drake.edu

Panthers kept Bulldogs down, capitalized on the team’s weaknesses

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Young’s late scoring spree wins BracketBuster battle

MEN’S BASKETBALL

by MATT MORANCopy Editor

matthew.moran@drake.edu

SENIOR ADAM TEMPLETON contributed 16 points and seven rebounds this weekend. Templeton will play his last game at the Knapp Center Saturday.

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by SKYLAR BERGLStaff Writer

skylar.bergl@drake.edu

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>>CARLTON OAKS RESULTSDrake finished 2nd overall in the tournament with final scores of 303 313 312 928.

Individual player standings:

2th Luke Joy 70 76 83 2295th Ben Freeman 77 81 73 2317th Cody Schweinefus 77 79 77 23316th Jared Gustafson 79 81 81 24118th Brad Reierson 85 77 81 243

Drake takes all in Sleep Inn Classic

The Drake softball team went 4-0 at the Sleep Inn Classic in Denton, Texas, over the weekend. The Bulldogs garnered victories over Buffalo, North Texas, Sam Houston State and Colorado State.

Junior Jenna DeLong pitched 10 shutout innings and struck out 19 batters in the two Friday victories. DeLong tossed a com-plete game and struck out 13 in a 5-0 victory against Buffalo, then came back to close out the final three innings in a 6-2 win over North Texas. The 13 strikeouts were one shy of a career high for DeLong. Junior Erin Bly hit a home run in each game to lead the Bulldog offense.

Senior Elena Leon hit a three-run blast in the fourth inning to give Drake a 6-0 lead against North Texas. The next day she led off the game against Sam Houston State with a home run to tie the all-time Drake home run record with 25. Leon tied Katie Shimon’s record set in 2004. The home run was more than enough for DeLong, who went on to tie her career high in strikeouts with 14 in a complete game, 2-0 victory. Junior Erin Mollohan also homered.

Junior pitcher Brynne Dordel pitched six scoreless innings after Colorado State scratched across an unearned run in the first to lead the Bulldogs to an 8-1 win. Mollohan drove in two runs and freshman Lindsey Vande Wall rocked a grand slam to right field to break a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning.

Sunday’s game against Arkansas was canceled due to rain. After the tournament, Drake sits at 6-3. The Bulldogs will be back in action at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. on March 5. n

by MATT MORANCopy Editor

matthew.moran@drake.edu

MEN’S GOLF

SOFTBALL

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You see it whenever you drive down-town—a big, glass dome along the river. However, rarely do students venture down Robert D. Ray Drive to check out the Des Moines Botanical Center to bask in the year-round beauty.

The center contains a greenhouse full

of flowers, palm trees and ponds. But here’s the kicker: It’s warm all year long! In the winter months, as its Web site points out, the temperature is set in the mid-sixties and air is kept humid—perfect for the winter blues. The smell of the plants is intoxicating and immediately puts you at ease. This is a must-see for any Drake student.

The center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. all week. Admissions costs $5. n

It’s always sunny in the Botanical Center

by MATT VASILOGAMBROSEditor-in-Chief

times.delphic@drake.edu