Internet advances First Amendment rights Mark Kende is the James Madison Chair in Constitutional Law, professor of law, and director of the Drake Constitutional Law Center. Elizabeth Ford Kozor, Drake Blue editorial staff member, sat down with Kende to discuss the internet’s effect on free speech. How has the internet changed free speech in this [...]

We gave Drake students, alumni, and community members the opportunity to ask Sentwali Bakari, dean of students, anything they wanted. Here’s what they were eager to know about the charismatic administrator: Tyler Von Ehwegen, AS’12: I’d love to learn more about how you became the dean of students at Drake. Bakari: I decided to pursue [...]

Tom Henderson came to Drake University with a secret Unbeknownst to his peers, Tom Henderson, LA’77, LW’80, began his undergraduate career as the grandson of Florence Myers Wallace, a 37-year member of Drake’s board of trustees (BOT). Despite his connections, Henderson was determined to make his own way, and by his junior year Henderson had [...]

Lindsay Whorton, AS’09, ED’09, Rhodes Scholar, Fulbright recipient, trustee Former Drake women’s basketball standout and present Drake University Board of Trustees member Lindsay Whorton recently concluded her time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. Her academic ambitions have taken her to Finland for a year, where, with the help of a Fulbright grant, she [...]

Through endurance events, a trio of Drake alumni have cemented their bonds of brotherhood.

Melissa Sturm-Smith, Associate Dean of Students, talks about her job, student affairs and why this position is “it” for her.