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Feb.
28, 2003 Vol. 55, No. 33
Guest artist Katherine
Kemler, flute, will join Drake professor Chiu-Ling Lin, piano, in presenting a
concert at 8 p.m. tonight (Friday, Feb. 28) on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium
in Old Main.
The program includes works by Bach, Haydn, Taktakishvilli and Genin. The concert
is free and open to the public.
The V-Day College
Campaign at Drake University will present "The Vagina Monologues" as
part of V-Day, a global movement to combat violence against women and girls launched
by playwright Eve Ensler five years ago.
In its first five years, the V-Day movement has raised $14 million, with half
of that raised last year alone. This year, more than 1,000 V-Day benefit events
are scheduled worldwide, including productions of "The Vagina Monologues"
in more than 370 cities nationally and abroad.
Performances at Drake will start at 7 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 28), and March
1 and 2 in Bulldog Theatre in Olmsted Center. Each performance will be preceded
by a carnival at 6 p.m. just outside Bulldog Theater. The carnival will feature
information booths from area women's organizations, as well as Drake Amnesty International.
The carnival is free. Tickets for "The Vagina Monologues" are $7 for
all students and $12 for non-students. Tickets are available at the Olmsted Information
Center, x4711.
For more information about V-Day: Until the Violence Stops, visit http://www.vday.org
Drake University
will hold a poetry read-in at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in support of the International
Day of Poetry Against the War on March 5.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Bulldog Theater
in Olmsted Center, 29th Street and University Avenue. Drake students, faculty,
staff and members of the community are invited to read a poem or short piece by
a poet who speaks for peace.
The International Day of Poetry Against the War was established by Poets Against
the War, a network of poets who are calling for the Bush Administration to halt
its rush toward war and for people to seek a peaceful means for resolving conflict.
Drake's poetry read-in is sponsored by the Writers and Critics Series and the
English Department. For more information, send an e-mail message to carol.spaulding@drake.edu.
To learn more about Poets Against the War, visit http://poetsagainstthewar.org
Before departing
on their spring tour of Wisconsin, the Drake Choir and Chamber Choir will perform
a concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium
in Old Main. The program includes works by Haydn, Bardos, Mechem, Victoria and
Ginastera, as well as folk music. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Drake choirs, conducted by Aimee Beckmann-Collier, will embark on their tour
of Wisconsin on Wednesday, March 12. They will perform concerts in Appleton, Green
Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, Sheboygan and Stevens Point.
The Drake Choir is Drake University's select touring ensemble. The choir tours
throughout the Midwest annually and internationally every four years. In May 2004
the ensemble will perform in Austria, the Czech Republic and Italy. The Chamber
Choir is an ensemble of 20 singers drawn from the 48-voice Drake Choir.
Both choirs are conducted by Beckmann-Collier, director of choral studies at Drake
University in Des Moines, Iowa, where she has taught since 1989. She is immediate
past president of the Iowa Choral Directors Association and a frequent clinician,
adjudicator and guest conductor for high school and college choral festivals and
contests throughout the country.
Drake's annual
Womyn's Week celebration will begin Monday, March 3, with the distribution of
solidarity ribbons and "licenses" to practice feminism in the lobby
of Olmsted Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Also on Monday, March 3, three will be a reading of Aristophanes' ancient Greek
anti-war comedy "Lysistrata," in conjunction with hundreds of readings
scheduled around the world. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. in Bulldog Theater
in Olmsted Center. The event is free and open to the public.
"Lysistrata" sends a unique anti-war message. Powerless in their society
and distraught over their children being slaughtered in battle, the women in Lysistrata
unite to end a war by refusing to sleep with their husbands until the men agree
to lay down their swords.
On Tuesday, March 4, there will be festival featuring women in martial arts films
at 7 p.m. in room 206 of Cline Hall. The festival will be followed at 8:30 p.m.
by an International Women's Day panel discussion.
A Volunteer Awareness Fair offering community service opportunities in the Des
Moines area will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in the lobby
of Olmsted Center.
The week will conclude on Friday, March 7, with a reading by Jennifer Baumgardner
and Amy Richards, co-authors of "Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the
Future." The event, which is part of the Drake Writers and Critics Series,
will start at 8 p.m. in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center.
Drake senior center
Carla Bennett of the Drake women's basketball team has been selected as one of
12 potential candidates for The State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year.
The State Farm Wade Trophy is the most prestigious award in women's basketball.
It is presented annually to the best women's basketball player in NCAA Division
I.
Bennett, a three-year starter, ranks sixth on the Missouri Valley Conference career
scoring charts (1,837 points) while ranking fourth in rebounds (932) and is tied
for fourth in blocked shots (165). She is averaging team-bests of 15.8 points,
8.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots for the Bulldogs while shooting 55 percent
from the field.
Candidates for The State Farm Wade Trophy are selected based on game and season
statistics, effect on team, leadership, character, and overall playing ability.
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