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VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT LIFE BEN COOPER (AS3) (LEFT) will be referred to the Senate Judicial Committee by STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT BEN OLSON (AS4) (RIGHT).

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Olson to refer Cooper to Judicial Committee

Student Body President Ben Olson (AS4) announced Thursday that he will refer Vice President of Student Life Ben Cooper (AS3) to the Senate judicial committee for alleged mis-conduct. Olson said the allegations include sen-ate bylaw violations under the description of the duties of vice president of student life and non-academic student handbook conduct violations. Olson said he would not provide any further de-tails until after the judicial committee handled the matter.

Referrals to the committee are usually not made public to the entire Senate, Olson said, but he felt the need to address the issue after the events that transpired prior to the last meeting on Oct. 15.

For the past several weeks, President Olson

has met with a group of six senior senators, Dean of Students Sentwali Bakari, fellow ex-ecutive officer Tisleen Singh (J4) and Cooper himself to address concerns he had about Coo-per’s leadership. Olson said several senators ex-pressed similar concerns and made additional allegations against Cooper.

“There have been a number of senators at this point that have contacted me, wanting to refer him to judicial,” Olson said.

The traditional senate protocol for senator misconduct is for the issue to be reported to an executive officer, who has the authority to re-fer the accused to the judicial committee for a hearing. After Olson requested that Cooper step down from his seat and Cooper refused, Olson approached Senator Samantha Haas (AS3), chair of the judicial committee, to discuss the concerns, Haas said.

“He said that sometimes issues are outside the scope of the judicial committee, and after

we discussed the bylaw options, it seemed that it would be better if the matter were brought before the whole Senate,” Haas said. The chair said she was concerned about “five people de-ciding something that obviously the whole Sen-ate has a stake in and has an opinion on.”

Olson proceeded to draft a motion to im-peach Cooper. He e-mailed the proposed Senate agenda for the Oct. 15 meeting, which included previous notice of the motion, to each member of the governing body. When a motion is filed as previous notice, it is placed on the agenda to notify senators that it will be debated and voted on at a future meeting.

Notice of the motion seemed to catch many senators off guard.

“I’ve never taken issue with Cooper in the last few months,” Senator Emily Krstulic (E3) said. “It’s kind of surprising.”

Many senators felt they had been left out of assessing Cooper’s alleged misconduct, specifi-

cally the meetings Olson had with various sena-tors outside of the full senate meeting.

Prior to Thursday night’s meeting, senators discussed the matter in assorted groups. The Times-Delphic was told that five senators had drafted letters of resignation they planned to submit if Cooper was impeached.

Olson removed the motion before the official agenda was created and distributed Thursday night. He brought up the matter during “speak-ers and issues,” passing his gavel over to Parlia-mentarian Jourdan Fenster (J2) to oversee the speaking order.

“It was never my intention or goal to de-ceive any of you,” Olson said as he began his address to the organization. He asked senators to share how they felt about how the matter was handled.

President Ben Olson drops the impeachment motion in light of Senate’s reactionsby ERIN HOGAN

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27TH STREET RECAP

The rain may have soaked through the makeshift cardboard shelters, but it could not dampen the spirits of the 1,200 Reggie’s Sleepout participants gathered in Drake Stadium this weekend.

Roosevelt High School sopho-mores Samantha Watkins and Au-brey McCrorey said they slept in a small box, and joked about the close sleeping quarters.

“It’s a good thing we’re very good friends,” McCrorey said.

Reggie’s Sleepout is a fundrais-er that benefits the Iowa Homeless

Youth Centers. Participants sleep in tents or cardboard boxes in the stadium, collecting donations be-forehand for sacrificing their warm bed for a night.

Brad Whipple, a director at Iowa Homeless Youth Centers, said the event is not your typical, $100-per-plate black-tie fund-raiser. It gives people a first hand experience of homelessness.

Ankeny resident Rich Rondeau said the rainy weather only added to his experience. He said the event gives people a real world sense of the challenges facing homeless youth. Rondeau was one of the adult chaperones of 30 students from Our Lady’s Immaculate

Heart Youth Ministries. Part of homelessness is the

early wake-up call. Whipple said people had to leave the stadium by 7 a.m., which is the typical policy in a homeless shelter.

People of all ages participate in the sleepout. Whipple said last year’s youngest participant was 4 years old and the oldest was 73. The wide range reflects the reality of homelessness.

“Homelessness doesn’t have a demographic,” Whipple said.

Reggie’s Sleepout offers more than a night in the cold. With all the activities and entertainment, Whipple said he is not sure many people sleep at all. Texas Hold

‘Em, Bingo, movies and an educa-tion program about homelessness kept the group busy and distracted from the dreary weather.

Volunteers served a warm meal to all participants and Shy of a Dozen, a men’s a cappella group from Iowa State University, performed Saturday in the Field-house.

Reggie’s Sleepout is named in honor of Des Moines teen Reggie Kelsey. He aged out of the foster care system in 2001 and was found dead in the Des Moines River two months later. This year was the fourth annual tribute to the young man.

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Sept. 22 – Drake administration sends e-mail to students that parking on the east side of 27th Street will be banned and posts “No Parking” signs, eliminating 30 to 40 parking spots.

Sept. 23 – Parking ban takes effect at 6 a.m.

Sept. 28 – Bridgette Huntley (L2) speaks out against the ban at the Des Moines City Council meeting. The City Council reverses the ban and rescinds all tickets issued under the ban. The council plans to discuss the matter further at its Oct. 12 meeting.

Oct. 1 – Huntley asks Student Senate to draft a resolution opposing the parking ban.

Oct. 8 – Senator Megan Hutcheson (B3) presents Resolution SS [091008] “Expressing Lack of Support for the Parking Ban on 27th Street.” Senate passes the resolution.

Oct. 9 – The university drops its request to the city council for the parking ban on 27th Street.

Reggie’s Sleepout draws 1,200 participants

1,200 PEOPLE participated in Reggie’s Sleepout – a fundraiser for the Iowa Homeless Youth Centers – on the football field Saturday night.

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Senators brought up the issue of how the motion was communicated to them. Olson e-mailed the proposed agenda at 5 a.m. Wednes-day morning. According to section 10 of the bylaws, senators should receive the agenda a full two days in advance.

“I received the e-mail from President Olson at 5 a.m. when I was still sleeping,” Senator La’Cee Groetken (AS4) said. “That is inappro-priate, and I want the 48 hours the bylaw says I get.”

However, senators said they had heard about the impeachment motion before the agenda was sent by Olson.

“I heard about the impeachment before re-ceiving the e-mail on Wednesday,” Senator Ty-ler Coe (AS3) said. “It was leaked by someone.”

Olson made it clear that last week’s discus-sion was a matter of clearing up miscommuni-cations and the various rumors that had been spread on the issue.

“Misinformation was clarified at the meet-ing last week (Oct. 15), and I think that was the main issue of people’s concern and frustration,” Olson said.

Olson said that he felt the meeting ended on a positive note.

“My goal was to put everyone at ease, and I think we accomplished that tonight,” President Olson said after the meeting.

At last Thursday’s meeting, Olson included the matter in his officer report. He said the mo-tion had been taken off the table as a means of resolving the situation.

“We won’t pursue the motion any further, and I will refer VP Cooper to judicial, as that seemed to be the consensus,” Olson said. “This seems to be the best course of action at this time.”

Olson said he has not filed his written refer-ral to Haas yet.

“What will be included in the referral has not been finalized,” he said.

Haas and the rest of the judicial commit-tee, in cooperation with Olson, will determine

whether or not to proceed with a traditional ju-dicial hearing or pursue a trial-by-jury, one of the alternatives mentioned at the Oct. 15 meet-ing.

The judicial committee is composed of five senators: Tyler Boggess (J4), Jennifer Field (E2), Samantha Haas (AS3), Emily Krstulic (E3) and Carla Olszewski (J4).

For a traditional referral, the judicial com-mittee holds a closed hearing in which the refer-rer and the accused are given the opportunity to present their claims and are questioned by the committee members.

However, according to Bylaw 17, “in excep-tional cases,” the entire senate may hold a trial-by-jury, in which the claims are presented in front of “all eligible senators.” The decision of guilt or innocence is determined by the senators and presented to the judicial committee, which then makes “recommendations on intended courses of punishment.” These recommenda-tions can be approved, amended or stricken by the larger body.

Olson and Haas stressed that there have been challenges because this issue is so unprec-edented. Olson said that, in the past, all senators that have been asked to step down have com-plied. Furthermore, the trial-by-jury procedure is unchartered territory for this senate body. Ol-son said there has never been a trial-by-jury in the history of Drake Student Senate.

“I feel like no one actually knows how to do it because it’s never been done before,” Krstulic said.

However, Olson said he remains confident that they bylaws are clear enough to direct the process.

“The bylaws are our guidelines, and they’ve been written with some openness to deal with each situation,” Olson said.

The verdict and potential punishment would be presented in the weekly open Senate meeting following the decision and would be available to the public.

Haas said the judicial reports are relatively detailed and do not exclude much from what oc-curs at the closed hearings.

Kimberly Huey, associate professor of health sciences, pled guilty to fifth-degree theft charges on Oct. 10, following a citation for at-tempting to steal $15 worth of merchandise from the Hy-Vee on the 3300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.

On Sept. 20, Hy-Vee employees witnessed Huey put merchandise in her pants’ pockets. She purchased some items, but did not pay for the groceries in her pockets. As she was leaving the store, employees stopped and detained her until an officer arrived at the scene.

According to Des Moines Police records, Huey was cited for trying to steal four Boca Burger patties, a candy bar, a pack of turkey lunch meat, a granola bar and a bag of pea-nuts.

When confronted by a police officer, “she said she had done it on a dare from her broth-er. She said she had a problem and just needed a warning,” according to the case report. The officer also advised her on criminal trespass from Hy-Vee stores.

After pleading guilty to fifth-degree theft charges, she was sentenced to 12 months pro-

bation and ordered to pay a $65 civil penalty.Bob Soltis, professor of pharmacology and

chair of the Department of Pharmacy Sci-ence, released a statement on behalf of the College of Pharmacy.

“The college is aware of this incident,” Soltis said. “We take these matters seriously. We have addressed the incident based on col-lege policies regarding integrity issues. As with all personnel issues, whether they involve a student or faculty member, we keep the details confidential.”

In response to her actions, Huey released the following statement.

“I sincerely apologize for a highly regret-table decision I made to take several small items from a grocery store without paying for them,” Huey said. “This was out of character and a one-time incident that was precipitated by some personal/family circumstances. It was not only a poor reflection of myself, but of the College and Drake University. The College has handled this as they would any situation involving academic integrity. I have publicly apologized to both my students and colleagues, and I have greatly learned from my mistake. I would appreciate your understanding and sup-port as I put this behind me and look forward to this year at Drake University.”

Health Sciences professor pleads guilty to theft charges

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Senate struggles to choose procedure to address misconduct

Two Drake students are taking the school’s mission seriously by taking on jobs to become “responsible global citizens.”

Adil Khan (AS4) and Katie Carpenter (AS4) received internships last year from the World Food Prize Foundation and were exten-sively involved in the World Food Prize Sym-posium this year. The series of events took place in downtown Des Moines the week of Oct. 5. Both students were George Washing-ton Carver interns, but each played a very dif-ferent role in the symposium.

Khan spent most of his time working un-der Director of Communications Justin Cre-mer and Director of Secretariat Operations Judith Pim tackling projects in social media and graphic design and managing visitors dur-ing the symposium.

Carpenter was specifically assigned to Youth Institute Programming and worked mostly with the high school student program, which encourages youth to think critically about world hunger and gives them a chance to win internships with the WFP.

The two students shared some of their ex-periences:

The Times-Delphic (TD): What sort of work do you do for the WFP?

Adil Khan (AD): Some of my impor-tant tasks were creating the Twitter site for the WFP and I also worked extensively on the 2009 Laureate Painting. For Judith (Khan’s su-pervisor), I was given the task of compiling an 800-page report and then converting that into digital formats so that it could be used by the committee to choose the next Laureate.

TD: What was it like to work during the symposium?

AD: I was assigned to work directly under Washington representative Ed Redfern who is flown in specifically to head the ongoing day-to-day tasks of the symposium. When you are in the events, you have a radio on you at all times and Ed is shouting 200 tasks at you and you only have 30 minutes to do them. This was a stressful environment, especially when dealing with high profile guests, and it was like nothing I have ever been a part of before, but it allowed me to be involved in every aspect of

the symposium. It was the most exciting thing to be a part of and also the most exhausting.

TD: Has your experience influenced or changed your future career plans in any way?

AD: This internship has really made me wonder where my place is in the world and where I can make the greatest improvement. Some of the inspirational leaders that I was able to meet during the internship inspired me to take the effort to do my best to improve the lives of those that have the least. I always wanted to get involved with politics and lead policy and initiative change, and now, the WFP gave me contacts and reinforced my willpower to find a way to give back and to never be selfish.

TD: What do you do for the WFP Founda-tion?

Katie Carpenter (KC): Being part of the Youth Institute meant that I helped or-ganize around 250 high school students and teachers, from 14 states and seven countries, who came to the event. They also gave pretty significant roles to volunteers who consisted of former interns who come back every year to help. I really hope to be one of those people in the future.

TD: Now that this year’s event is over, are you out of a job?

KC: My job continues for at least the re-mainder of the semester and will most likely consist of reading incoming applications and compiling the papers from the past students.

TD: Are those interesting or boring to go through?

KC: Actually, I’m excited about reading more papers. The ones I have read have had a variety of resourceful and applicable ideas about ending global hunger and I love that high school students are thinking critically about real issues.

TD: What’s something you’ve learned or really started to appreciate while working for WFP?

KC: I think that any organization that places significance on youth programming is guaranteed to have influence in the future. It proves their continuous dedication to the cause of eliminating hunger. And interacting with such passionate students reminded me that I love to see kids learning.

by ANN SCHNOEBELENStaff Writer

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Two students intern for World Food Prize

photo by ANN SCHNOEBELEN | Staff PhotographerBILL GATES spoke at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines two weeks ago.

Have you ever thoroughly examined your bill from Drake, or is it just too depressing to even look at? There’s tuition, a monstrous number. You

may see room and board if you have the pleasure of situating yourself in one of the fine residence halls this year. There’s that technology fee, and then, most likely, a student activity fee of $66. Over the course of two semesters, that’s $132, and my guess is the majority of students paying it are not as knowledgeable regarding those fees as they should be.

Without some of the money from you’re stu-

dent activity fee, you would not be reading this paper right now, but more about that later. All of the student activity fees get added up and then divvied out to its respective beneficiaries. This year, they were estimated at $450,000 and the group that controls them is the Student Senate.

Luckily, there are rules and precedents as to how they

can use this money. To bet-ter understand this process and these figures I would en-courage anyone to check out www.drakesenate.com for more information.

For this year’s budget, about 62 percent of that $450,000 is going to annu-ally funded organizations. For example, the Student Ac-tivities Board (SAB) will take $140,000 of the $279,563 al-

located to these groups. About 11 percent of all the student activity

fees, or $48,964, have been allocated to the Stu-dent Development Fund. This means almost $50,000 is available to student groups for one-time funding requests. For instance, a couple hundred bucks might go to help cover the costs of a campuswide program sponsored by a non-annually funded organization. Any organiza-tion can complete a one-time funding request and plead its case before the Student Fees Al-location Committee.

The final 27 percent of the student activity fees are used by the Board of Student Commu-nication (BSC). This $121,500 is broken down even further when the BSC budgets for each of its products: the Drake Broadcasting System, Drake Magazine, Periphery, DUiN and The Times-Delphic. The TD operates with a budget of about $40,684, which, along with advertising

revenue, pays the bills. Speaking in broad terms, over the course of a year, The TD will distrib-ute around 45 issues of the twice-weekly paper, totaling almost 100,000 copies. In essence, each paper is using nearly 41 cents of Student Activ-ity Fees.

The bottom line is that, per year, $132 of your dollars go to provide activities and products around campus. To get your money’s worth, join annually funded organizations, petition SFAC for one-time funding, attend SAB and other organization-sponsored events and don’t forget to grab those BSC publications, you’ve already paid for them.

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As children, we loved playing games – tag, Twister, Clue – you name it. But, have we ever really stopped? Or are we just playing

with a whole new set of rules? Why do re-lationships, and even crushes, have to be so damn difficult?

One would think that, at 20 years old, we would or be tired of red rover and other playground games. Yet, everywhere I look, there we are – playing games and still acting childish. As college girls we find ourselves still saying, “Red rover, red rover, send that new cute boy over.”

Isn’t it time we grow up? On top of everything else, school, activities, intra-murals, sororities and work, why is game-playing still at the top of that list? Don’t we have better and more productive things to do with our time? Like finding a guy who is genuine and not going to play games with us. The men of Drake should know better by now than to put up or go along with our silly games.

We are smart, beautiful, great women. What is with all the extra work and drama that we add to our stress? Also, it just seems so high school to be playing games with your crush. No offense freshman, I know you are still transitioning and ev-erything, but cut out the games. Well, that really goes to everyone on this campus, and not just the girls, either.

The last few weekends I have found more and more people, both men and women – or should I say boys and girls? – asking these same questions. I thought when we came to college we were sup-posed to be adults. Maybe we are just in the stage where we are in between of let-ting go of our youth and becoming actual adults. But, is that really a legit excuse? It’s just hard to grasp why we play games to begin with. Some experts say that it is com-

pletely subconscious and we do it most of the time without even thinking about it.

Now, I do think some games are still fun, and almost necessary, to keep relation-ships interesting. But what’s the difference between playing games and just being flat out rude?

People need to be honest with one an-other. Why do we continue to do stupid things like wait until a certain time, or even day, to text or call someone? Even I will admit that, from time to time, I wait a while before I send a text back.

We are told we have to be interested, but not too interested. My biggest question is, who came up with these stupid rules for people to abide by? We have to decide what’s right for us. Why should there be rules, like how long you should be single or that you shouldn’t be with someone again. What is right for you isn’t necessarily right for someone else.

Something else people have been commenting on is reading body language

and signals. We may think they are saying something, when in reality they are saying, “Eff off.” Most of what we are saying to people is non-verbal, something we have to be very careful with. Everyone deserves a chance, but when the games begin, it is just best to walk away and know that, in the big picture, you will be better off and have a honest relationship with someone who isn’t a game-player, or just a player – whichever is worse. The whole thing is just maddening.

How much are we willing to let known to the other person? Why do we continue to keep our personal rules to ourselves? I guess it just takes one of the two in a re-lationship to be brave and tell them how they are feeling.

More people in this world need to be honest, forthcoming and brave. If we never try to imagine what we are missing, if we never take that leap of faith, worse comes to worse and you’re left rejected. But, hey, there will always be someone new to fix that!

Every kind of rela-tionship, even hookups, have some kind of game. Is playing games just a way to figure out the oth-er person? And is playing the game really worth the prize in the end? I think when people play games, they are just setting them-selves up for more dis-appointment when the game playing comes to an

unfortunate end, which so many times it does. Then we are left in the same predica-ment we started with.

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Who came up with these stupid rules for people to abide by? We have to decide what’s right for us.

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Kreznor is a senior accounting and finance major and The Times-Delphic’s business manager and can be

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Here are the opinions that are floating around our newsroom:

• Addicted to soap operas, but your TV’s broken? Just

show up to a Student Senate meeting. With the impeachment drama that’s unfolded in the last few weeks, Senate’s been pretty fun to watch. Like people say, this is Drake High School.

• Drake Lake(s) has returned. We com-mend the university for remodeling 28th Street last year, allowing water to drain cleanly and preventing any obnoxious pud-dles to form on the path. However, drainage issues remain prevalent on campus. Walking from the Quad to Cline Hall is like wading through the river, not to mention the mas-sive puddles in front of Old Main and Cole Hall. Will Drake fix this, or will students need start gathering wood to build an ark?

• We are just so exhausted, and tired, and don’t feel like Fall Break was long enough, and everyone came home from break with the H1N1 virus, and everyone is now sick, and midterms kicked our collective ass, and professors gave us homework over break, and it didn’t feel like a break, and now it seems like professors aren’t done hounding us yet, and it’s making us really tired, and people don’t know how to cover their mouth when they sneeze, and it’s really gross, and it’s getting cold in Iowa, and it won’t stop raining, and we keep on walking through puddles, and our shoes get really wet and why won’t it all stop? Whew!

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FEATURES DON’T. MISS. THIS.Major General Paul Eaton will speak about Guantanamo Bay tonight at 7 p.m. in Olmsted.

Times-Delphic: What’s been your favorite place to play so far?

LIGHTS. Well, I mean always hometown shows are fun, so Toronto is always a blast. But actually, now there’s these little nooks around in America that you wouldn’t expect there to be a ton of people that know your music. Like Texas – everytime I go down there, it always really surprises me there are a ton of people there. Also Omaha, Neb., we went there on the Copeland tour last year, and it was an awesome show. It was really, really fun. I like playing in Seattle too and also playing in the U.K. and London’s always a blast.

TD. Would you say your music caters to a specific audience or is it for everyone?

L: It’s for everyone and anyone that wants to hear it. I write based on my needs and what I want to write and what I want to hear. And anyone else that wants to listen to it is entitled to listen to it. I never write for a specific person, because if you’re not writing

for yourself, there’s no reason to be doing it. It’s for me. I write what I want to listen to, if I can’t find a vibe I feel like listening to. This is why I started doing electronic music. I used to be in metal band, and was, like, in a bunch of different places musically. I thought what about that lush, ambient music that you can really relate to that pulls at your heart. Where is it? I can’t find it, gotta make it.

TD: What would you say is your favorite artist that influenced you the most?

L: Long-standing influence is Bjork, definitely. Lyrically she says things in a way. She approaches an idea in a way that you wouldn’t think of approaching it because it’s so simple. I don’t know if it’s because English is her second language or something, but it’s a really cool way of looking at things. Plus, production and everything, it’s all really creative and she goes really left of center and just tries new things. And, she’s just a woman who does everything for herself you can tell it’s all driven by Bjork. It’s really inspiring to me.

TD: So, music is obviously a big part of your life. Was there a point when you realized it was going to be your career?

L: You know, it’s weird–I always knew. I always knew that I was going to do music and even if I said that it would’ve sounded crazy

when I was, like, 15. I actually, for a while, had this plan B career that I was going to do if music didn’t work out. And then somebody once told me, I think I was 17, that if you have a plan B, you’re not trying hard enough for plan A. So I ditched all my other plans and focused on music. And it seems to be working up until this point.

TD. What was your plan B?L: Lawyer. TD. Are there any special messages or

themes you want to communicate to people listening to your music?

L: It’s just generally the idea that you are in control of yourself and you can pull yourself out of a bad place if you need to. It’s just overall kind of positivity and looking at things from the glass-half-full kind of thing. It’s not that in a cheesy way at all, I don’t mean that. I never intend to be cheesy but I found myself happiest writing music when I was in a bad place and then a song made me happier. Because it’s saying exactly the things I need to hear. So it’s possible that, through music, you can tell yourself what you want some anonymous third party to tell you. And it works.

TD. What would you say is the best part of

becoming more famous?L: People say this a lot and it sounds

kinda cliché but it’s actually really true. If you put your time into doing enough small shows and working really hard to get your music out there, it takes a little while, for sure, and it takes a lot of stomping around and going back and forth back and forth but when you finally get to the point where people are coming to shows and know the words and can sing along, it’s amazing. And it works wonders when you forget a lyric on stage. Pretend it’s meant to happen and it’s covered!

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The MySpace sensation Lights headlined at the House of Bricks Friday in her first performance in Iowa. The up-and-coming artist was joined on stage by two great opening acts.

First to kick it off was Gravitywild, the brainchild of Drake student Jonathan McDonald (J2). With a driving bass, solid piano and synthetic solos, the electro-pop artist seemed right at home on stage. He played songs off his newly handmade EP, including the nostalgic “College Song” and the wacky ballad, “Silly Robot, Dancing’s for Humans.”

Despite the short time allotted, Gravitywild compensated with an unrelenting set list of high-energy songs.

Following Gravitywild was the indie-pop group Stars of Track and Field. The band had a completely different sound than the previous act with strong guitar riffs and a heavy hand on the drums. The band, made up of Kevin Calaba, Jason Bell and Daniel Orvik, is originally from Portland, Oreg. Originally a quartet, the band went somewhat digital after the loss of their bassist, Moxley Stratton, and has had success blending analogue and digital styles together. Included in their fast-paced, booming performance, were such songs as “Through the Static,” “Arithmetic” and “Racing Lights.”

Finally, Lights came on stage to a resounding applause

from the audience. Born in Ontario, Canada, Lights is slowly but surely forming a loyal following. The self-proclaimed intergalactic-electro artist captures a vivid imagination and creativity inside a synthetic-heavy, out-of-this-world sound. Her first full-length record, “The Listening,” is only weeks old in both Canada and the U.S. and is slated to be released in Europe and Australia soon.

Lights’ performance was more than well-received by the excited crowd. Lights showed off her variety with hard-hitting songs like “Ice” and “Saviour” to soft, more poignant songs like “Pretend” which wistfully looked back on childhood. Alternating between keytar and piano/synth, Lights did not fail to entertain. One of the best parts of House of Bricks is the intimate, up-close setup between artist and audience, and Lights was definitely feeling the love.

“This is my first time to Iowa, and this makes me feel like I should’ve come a long time ago,” said the artist during a friendly banter with the crowd.

Lights left the stage to tumultuous applause and was eventually called back to play an encore piece. She chose “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins, whom she cites as a major influence. Lights is well on her way to major success and is showing no signs of slowing. Keep an eye on the charts for this interesting artist.

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Upcoming musical acts in and around Des Moines:

House of Bricks Vaudeville Mews

Oct. 319:30 p.m.

A Tribute to the DoorsThe Des Moines Area Musicians Network will be hosting musicians playing music from the Doors. A costume contest will award prizes for the funniest, scariest and sexiest costumes.

Oct. 295 p.m.

Miniature TigersThe Miniature Tigers will be playing a mixture of indie-rock and pop music. Tickets can be purchased at Iowatix.com.

Val Air BallroomOct. 277 p.m.

TeslaThe rock band Tesla will regale audiences with metal music and hard-edged rock ‘n’ roll sounds.

Tuesdays until Dec. 297 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Acoustic Open Mic NightAudience members are welcome to bring instruments for a night of peer performance. All genres are welcome.

Billy Joe’s Lounge

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by SARAH CHESTNUTStaff Writer

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ARTS. LIVING. MOVIES. MUSIC. WEEKEND.

Films to die forSome horror movie remakes are excellent updates of the original classic. Some of them are scarier than the first movie only in terms of filmmaking. Here’s a guide to

some of the best and worst of Halloween horror gems.

The Hills Have Eyes

Original: Wes Craven 1977Remake: Alexandre Aja 2006

“The Hills Have Eyes” follows the Carters, a typical American family, on their road trip through the Southwest. When their RV breaks down on a shortcut through the New Mexico desert, they soon realize they’re not alone. The site was once a U.S. government nuclear testing field. The experiments deformed residents living in the desert’s hills, turning them into incestual mutant cannibals. For the Carter family, the lucky ones die first.

Winner: RemakeThe original wins points for its social commentary on

capitalism and the American family. After all, it’s hard not to notice the juxtaposition between the Carter family and the mutant clan. The remake’s cannibals feel less like a coherent

group and more like a bunch of blood-thirsty idiots, but they’re much more enjoyable. Drooling gap-toothed grins, pus-pocked skin and rotting flesh raise the cringe factor. If you’re looking for a movie that pushes the limits of blood, guts and gore this Halloween, make sure you pick up “The Hills Have Eyes” remake.

The Amityville Horror

Original: Stuart Rosenberg 1979Remake: Andrew Douglas 2005

The Amityville Horror is a true story of the Lutz family that moves into a house in Long Island, N.Y., one year after the previous owners were brutally murdered in their sleep by their deranged son. The Lutz family lasts 28 days in the house, eventually driven out by ghostly manifestations, demonic forces and George Lutz’s own slip into insanity.

Winner: OriginalWhile the remake boasts more quick thrills and cheap

scares, they’re mostly from loud noises and scary pop-ups. For those who know the real story, the remake deviates too far from the original account to be enjoyable. The first movie creates less terror from the house’s antics and more from its psychological hold on the father, George Lutz. As George’s

grip on reality steadily loosens, the entire family’s fate comes closer to the original owners’. Waiting for George to snap is far more suspenseful in the original than bracing for the bumps in the night in the remake.

CCCAMPUSCALENDAR

MONDAYLECTURE – Guantanamo BayWHAT: Major General Paul Eaton will speak out against Guantanamo Bay.

WHERE: Olmsted Center

WHEN: 7 p.m.

TUESDAYFUN – Pumpkin decoratingWHAT: Learn how to create a perfect pumpkin in a workshop session.

WHERE: Reiman Gardens, Ames

WHEN: 6:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAYCONCERT – Drake musiciansWHAT: The Drake Symphony Orchestra performs music by Dvorak and Beethoven.WHERE: Sheslow Auditorium

WHEN: 7:30 p.m.

FILM – “The Green Mile”WHAT: “The Green Mile” will be shown as part of a film festival at Drake University.WHERE: Harvey Ingham, Room 102WHEN: 5:30 p.m.

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Number of wins at Creighton for the men’s soccer team after the Bulldogs’ unprecedented win in Omaha Oct. 14

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The Bulldogs scored 14 points in the third quarter en route to a 21-16 victory Saturday on the road against Pioneer Football League oppo-nent Davidson.

The win marks Drake’s fourth straight and puts the Bulldogs’ record at 6-1 on the season and 4-0 in conference play. More importantly, it capped a 2-0 road trip that took the Bulldogs first to the west coast – against San Diego – then to the east coast for Saturday’s matchup.

At 4-0, Drake is tied with Dayton and Butler atop the PFL standings.

“It has been a hectic two weeks and we were presented with a tall order,” Drake Head Coach Chris Creighton said in a Drake Athletics press release. “Our emotion level was pretty drained and we didn’t have any intensity to start the game. But when we challenged our team to im-pose their will, they shifted gears at midstream and made some big plays.”

The Bulldogs grabbed the lead early on a nine-yard touchdown run by running back Steve Platek (B4). The score capped a four-play, 77-yard drive that started with a 64-yard recep-tion by Platek from quarterback Michael Piat-kowski (B2).

“We’re not a big-play offense, but we got a couple today and needed them,” Creighton said in the press release.

Piatkowski was consistent for the Bulldogs, completing 17 of 26 passes for 220 yards and one interception.

Davidson controlled the second quarter, however, scoring 10 points including a last-second field goal to take a 10-7 lead going into halftime.

The Bulldogs took back the lead in the third quarter thanks to two game-changing touch-downs in a span of three minutes.

Drake first took back the lead after Platek

dashed 63 yards for his second touchdown of the contest. Platek rushed just five times in the game but scored twice out of Drake’s new “wildcat” offense and totaled 75 yards on the ground.

With a 14-10 lead, the Bulldogs allowed the Wildcats to drive into their territory. When Da-vidson lined up for a field goal attempt, however, the Bulldogs were ready.

With just less than five minutes left in the third quarter, senior linebacker Ben Morrison (E4) got a hand on the 42-yard attempt that was then returned 58 yards by junior Michael La-hart (P1) for the decisive touchdown.

“It came down to special teams play last year to beat Davidson,” Creighton said. “Without us scoring our first special teams touchdown of this season, it would have been tough to win today.”

Davidson scored late in the fourth to cut the lead to 21-16, but failed to make the two-point conversion that would have brought them with-in a field goal. The Drake defense closed out the game for the Bulldogs, clamping down on the Wildcats’ offense.

The Bulldogs defense was again stellar, al-lowing the Wildcats just 240 yards on offense. Creighton said he recognizes that the defense has been the foundation for the team’s success so far this season.

“Our defense is good,” Creighton said in the press release. “They play so hard and together. There is a huge comfort as a head coach when your defense is as good as ours.”

The first place Bulldogs are now in control of their destiny in their quest for the conference title as they play both Dayton and Butler in the coming weeks.

Next weekend, Drake begins a three-game home stand against 2008 PFL champion Jack-sonville. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. at Drake Stadium.

The Bulldogs then host Campbell and Day-ton before traveling to Butler for the season fi-nale.

by JACK THUMSERStaff Writer

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photo by SARAH ANDREWS | Photo Editor

RUNNING BACK TOM KOSTEK (B3) puts the moves on a Valparaiso defender during the Bulldogs’ 34-14 win over the Crusaders. Kostek leads the team with 271 rushing yards on the season. Drake’s win Saturday at Davidson moved the team to 6-1 on the season and 4-0 in the PFL, the best start for the team since it also raced out to a 6-1 start in 2006 en route to a 9-2 record and a second-place PFL finish.

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Stephen Platek (B4) scored two touchdowns to lead Drake to a 21-14 victory at San Diego on Oct. 17 to improve to a 5-1 record and 3-0 in the Pioneer Football League. Platek’s second touchdown came on a 20-yard pass from Mike Piatkowski (B2) with four minutes and 23 seconds left in the game to break a 14-14 tie.

The win allowed Drake to keep pace with Butler, which is tied for first with the Bulldogs on top of the con-ference standings. San Diego was the preseason pick by PFL coaches to win the conference, but that looks like a long shot now as the Toreros hold a 2-2 league record.

Patrick Cashmore (B3) had a ca-

reer high 127 yards rushing in his first game this season. He also caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Piat-kowski in the second quarter. Tom Kostek (B3) added a career-high 69 yards rushing on nine carries. Ko-stek had 58 yards in the final quarter, which included a 36-yard run in the final drive. Two plays later, Platek scored what ended up as the deciding touchdown. The Bulldogs had 179 yards rushing on the game, which was its highest total on the season.

It was the first victory for Drake against San Diego since 2004, snap-ping a four-game losing streak to the Toreros. Drake lost its homecoming game 43-17 to San Diego last season.

The staunch Drake defense came up with another big game, limiting the San Diego ground attack to 19 yards on 16 carries. The Toreros, ranked second in the PFL in rushing

yards, averaged 157.2 yards rushing coming into the game.. Ben Morrison (E4) and Skye Buckner-Petty (AS4) had nine tackles each to lead the Bull-dogs.

“Our defense was phenomenal, our special teams made plays and the offense did enough to win,” Head Coach Chris Creighton said. “This was a team win. There are so many players that wanted this game so badly.”

Cashmore gained 92 yards on 13 carries in the first half. His second quarter score put the Bulldogs up 14-7. Platek had a 1-yard touchdown plunge in the first quarter to tie the game at 7-7.

“Our running game hasn’t shown itself this season, but the offensive line did a good job today,” Creighton said.

Brandon Wubs (B4) continued his

fantastic season by averaging 41 yards on eight punts, including three inside the 20-yard line. He was named the PFL special teams player of the week for the second-straight week and the third time this season.

“San Diego was a team that has had the better of Drake for the last eight years,” Creighton said. “We played a great team that wasn’t going down easy.”

Piatkowski went 11-27 passing for 119 yards and two touchdowns. Platek finished with four catches for 57 yards and added 12 yards rushing. Sam Scudellari led San Diego, going 26-41 for 317 yards and two touch-downs. Godfrey Smith had 107 yards receiving for the Toreros. San Diego outgained the Bulldogs 336 yards to 298.

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Drake avenges homecoming lossFOOTBALL

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QUARTERBACK MIKE PIATKOWSKI (B2) looks to pass the ball down-field in the Bulldogs’ 34-14 victory over Valparaiso, Oct. 3.

INTRAMURALCHAMPIONS

THE PIKE FRATERNITY won “A” Flag Football in both the All-University and Voltmer Cup divisions.

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Bulldogs finish cross-country road trip in style with an important win over the Wildcats to top PFL standings

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With two matches remaining be-fore the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, the Drake women’s soc-cer team’s ledger stands at 7-7-3 after the team split two games in the last 11 days.

The team came up with a big win, defeating Creighton 1-0 in overtime and avenging last season’s loss. Enter-ing the next game with a high from the Creighton match, but little rest, the team lost to Missouri State 2-0.

The team will play its final reg-ular-season match against Indiana State, Thursday at the Cownie Soccer Complex at 7 p.m.

“As a team, we understand how important this last game is,” defender Melanie Fielder (J2) said. “We are tight knit and willing to work for each other to win it, especially for our eight seniors.”

The team may even be too tight-knit. Players have had to battle a bar-rage of sickness recently, giving non-starters minutes on the field.

“When our starters need a break, the subs who go in give a great spark and the level of play doesn’t drop when we pull people off the bench,” Fielder said.

The team’s depth on the bench comes mostly from underclassmen, while juniors and seniors make up nearly the entire starting lineup. The rivalries against MVC opponents that those seasoned players have developed over the years have created a desire to beat certain teams, like Creighton.

The team’s defense worked to-

gether to earn the shutout, facing three of the league’s most volatile of-fensive players.

“We covered well for each other and were prepared to clear service in the box,” Horner said. “Kourtney Arnold (B2) had to make a few great saves in the Creighton game, but our defense did a good job of limiting their chances.”

After 96 minutes of play, forward Liz Woerle (AS,B2) scored the only goal to end the match and earn the Bulldogs the win. The team erupted in cheers at the sight of Woerle’s di-rect free kick hitting the back of the net near the lower left post.

“Any golden goal gets a celebra-tion, but beating our rival in overtime made it that much more dramatic,” Horner said.

Forwards and midfielders created scoring opportunities throughout the game with 11 shots, while Creighton took 12 shots on goal.

The team’s next match fell only two days after the Creighton game and the team came out a little flat, al-lowing the first goal within the first six minutes and the last one in the final 15 minutes.

“Unfortunately, we were coming off of a big game against Creighton while MSU had rested, so we knew that we had to play on tired legs,” Horner said. “MSU was an oppor-tunistic team that capitalized on two scrambles in our box.”

The Bears scored both goals off corner kicks. These were the first goals of the season the Drake team allowed off restarts. Missouri State worked for both goals, fighting to put

points on the board.“They are big, scrappy athletes

that have a blue-collar mentality,” Horner said. “If we were to face them in the tournament, our work rate off the ball and willingness to make some-thing out of nothing could provide us a different result.”

Drake may just have that oppor-tunity next week during the MVC tournament. The Bulldogs are seeded third for the tournament and will look to better their standings in the confer-ence with the match Thursday.

Horner said the Bulldogs will need to focus on the details, execute passes

and shots cleanly and stay organized defensively to secure the win.

“Our Indiana State game will be on senior day,” Horner said. “Our seniors have not forgotten that this team upset us and ended our season last year. Our team has all the motiva-tion they need.”

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FORWARD DANIELLE FIGLIOLA (HS2) charges past a Creighton defender during the Bulldogs’ 1-0 overtime win over the Bluejays.

by MARY BESS BOLLINGCopy Editor

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Drake splits MVC games as season draws to closeWOMEN’S SOCCER

Soccer is normally a game of speed and agil-ity, but for Garrett Webb (B4), it’s the size that matters.

“As an athlete, I wouldn’t say that I’m spec-tacular,” Webb said. “I don’t have the highest vertical or the fastest 40 time, but what I do have is a little bit of everything.”

The 6-foot-2-inch forward does have a physi-cality not often seen in soccer. Webb uses his size to his advantage.

In 2008, Webb led the Bulldogs with eight goals, six assists, 22 points, 42 shots, 22 shots on goal and three game-winning goals. The success brought Webb national attention, as he was named to the 2009 Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy Watch List. The trophy is considered the highest individual honor in inter-collegiate soccer.

This season, Webb runs at the front of the pack for the Bulldogs in goals, shots on goal and points. While his statistics may not add up to last year’s, his presence is still felt.

“You can’t really measure his value to the team statistically,” Head Coach Sean Holmes said. “He’s such a dangerous physical presence. If you saw him, you wouldn’t think he was a soc-cer player.”

Webb sees things differently from Holmes.“I like to think that I look like a soccer player,

but I definitely use my size to my advantage to hold off defenders and cause havoc for opposing defenses,” Webb said.

Although sacrificing his body doesn’t always beautify the stat book, Webb said he will do any-thing to help his team win.

“I’ll put myself in situations that could pull a couple defenders out of place, allowing my teammates to take advantage, which they have been doing phenomenally,” Webb said.

Teammate Calvin Clark (B4) described Webb as determined, ferocious and strong.

“He’s a very big Kansas boy so he uses his size and strength,” Clark said. “Every single game we play, he’s the biggest player on the field.”

Though Webb’s size has helped garner suc-cess, he maintains a level head on and off the

field.“I strive to be myself and what other people

want me to be,” Webb said. “It helps me stay humble and, so far, it has gotten me to where I want to be at this point in my life.”

Holmes said that Webb’s humility is one of his finest qualities.

“To be that good and not have a big ego is a rarity in today’s society,” Holmes said.

Webb accredits many of his personal quali-ties to his upbringing. In high school, he played basketball, baseball and soccer. Webb said each sport helped him become the athlete he is to-day.

Webb was surrounded by athletics from the beginning. His dad was a former basket-ball player, his mom played rugby in college, his sister played college softball and his brother plays football for Central College. Growing up around sports helped Webb develop a strong work ethic.

“I come from a hard-working and support-ive family that I just want to make proud,” Webb said. “I want to be able to be there for them just as much as they’ve been there for me.”

Webb’s work ethic has been invaluable to the Bulldogs. Holmes said it will be missed.

“Teams are successful when their best play-ers are the hardest working,” Holmes said.

Webb’s work ethic helped him emerge as a leader on the team during his sophomore year, when this year’s senior class got the chance to step on the field. They had to mold together to become successful.

“In spring of 2008 he barked at some of the younger players and made the transition from youngster to leader,” Holmes said.

“It was all about taking the next step,” Webb said. “We had the talent. We just needed to piece everything together, and we have been.”

Clark said hard work and fiery personality make Webb an ideal leader.

“He speaks his mind and makes sure that we are always focused, whether it be at practice or in a game,” Clark said.

Last season, the Bulldogs posted a record of 13-5-1, the best in school history. The Bulldogs will need to be focused to push that mark this year. No doubt they will continue looking to Webb for strong leadership and excellent play from his senior teammates.

by TIM WEIDEMANStaff Writer

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ATHLETE PROFILES

Preseason award nominee anchors Drake

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GARRET WEBB (B4) moves the ball upfield in this photo from the Bulldogs’ 2-0 win over DePaul Sept. 1. Webb, a preseason Hermann Award nominee, is the senior leader of the men’s soccer team.

Bulldogs collect first-ever win at CreightonMEN’S SOCCER

The Bulldogs have started to hit their stride over the past 10 days, with a monumental win over a tough conference foe Creighton and a solid 3-0 shellacking of Eastern Illinois in the rain. Saturday, with the cameras of national television on them, the Bulldogs came up just short against a sound Evansville squad.

The Bulldogs strolled into Omaha on Oct. 14 to take on the Creighton Bluejays – a peren-nial favorite to take home the Missouri Valley Conference title. In the past 27 meetings be-tween the two teams, the Bulldogs only earned a victory once, and that game was in Des Moines. On this night, Drake came in and tallied its sec-ond win ever against the Bluejays.

“It was thrilling to go to a national power-house like Creighton and get a shutout win and remain undefeated in our conference season,” Head Coach Sean Holmes said. “The game came in waves as we played well and then they played well, but we were able to finish a good

chance in the second half and that unsettled them.”

With a steady rain throughout the match, the Bulldogs had to adapt to the quick movement of the ball on the slick pitch.

While the game was a closely fought battle, Thomas Ostrander (B2) provided all the offense that Drake needed to put the match away. Os-trander, the MVC offensive player of the week, took a crossing pass that deflected off a Creigh-ton defender and put it into the back of the net with a header.

The single goal proved to be the game win-ner as the Bulldogs rode the momentum to vic-tory.

“It’s a huge win for our program and it felt good to beat Creighton in Omaha,” Kevin Shrout (B4) said. “We had the entire team travel with us which gave us some extra excitement.”

Victory over the Bluejays was just the first step for the Bulldogs over the past three games. Drake then hosted Eastern Illinois at Cownie Soccer Complex Oct. 21.

Pouring rain and a wet field made for some difficult battles with the elements, but the Bull-

dogs persevered through the weather and han-dled the Panthers of Eastern Illinois with a 3-0 victory.

“Playing is obviously more difficult in the pouring rain,” Shrout said. “Fortunately, it doesn’t affect our team’s play style a lot since we like to keep the ball on the ground. We usually try to adapt at the very beginning of the game and go from there.”

An early two goals in the first half made things easy for the Bulldogs, with Julien Ed-wards (B4) starting the scoring account just six minutes in after he took a corner from Matt Kuhn (B3) and headed it into the goal. Hunter Kennedy (AS2) added to the lead in the 35th minute as a deflection off a shot by Evan Har-rison (B3) found Kennedy, who then put it past the keeper.

“Tonight was very rewarding because we were able to beat a good opponent while resting key players,” Holmes said. “We’ve been striving all year to show that we have depth to our team and today was concrete evidence to that.”

With the victory, the Bulldogs improved to 9-4-1 overall and 4-1 in MVC play.

The Bulldogs were under the spotlight for their match against the Evansville Purple Aces, as the game was aired nationally on Fox Soccer Channel.

Unfortunately, the Bulldogs fell short in an even game that saw just one goal scored. The Purple Aces outshot the Bulldogs 17-13 as 1,758 fans cheered on at McCutchan Stadium in Evansville, Ill.

In the 52nd minute, the only goal found the net as Tom Irvin’s header from the six-yard box proved to be the difference between the teams.

“We weren’t really thinking about the game being aired on TV,” Shrout said. “But I know some guys were nervous since a lot of them have never been on TV at all. But the game was good experience against a good side that had a good crowd behind them.”

The Bulldogs will be back in action on Oct. 28 facing off against the Bradley Braves as the final four games of MVC play for Drake come to a close.

by SKYLAR BERGLStaff Writer

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