Drake's annual In
Celebration of Womyn Week starts today with the opening of "The Vagina Monologues"
at 8 p.m. in Studio 55 of the Harmon Fine Arts Center.
The award-winning play also will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 2, and Sunday,
March 3. A reception will follow all three performances in Monroe Recital Hall. Tickets
for the play, which are $12 for the general public and $7 with a Drake ID, are available
through the Drake Fine Arts Box Office, x3841.
On Monday, March 4, there will be a film and discussion of "Beyond Borders:
Arab American Feminists Talk About Their Lives" at 7 p.m. in room 206 of the
Morgan E. Cline Hall of Pharmacy and Science.
A Volunteer and Information Panel will discuss women's community resources at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, March 5, in room 235 of Meredith Hall.
Adrien Wing, a professor of law at the University of Iowa, will give a lecture on
polygamy in the 21st century at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Medbury Honors
Lounge. Her lecture is sponsored by the Critical Studies of Culture Program.
The week will conclude on Thursday, March 7, with a film and discussion of "Satya,
A Prayer for the Enemy: The Resistance of Tibetan Buddhist Nuns" at 7 p.m. in
room 206 of the Cline Hall of Pharmacy and Science. Also at 7 p.m., there will be
a discussion of women's health issues in the living room of Morehouse Residence Hall.
Throughout the week, a table will be staffed in Olmsted Center during the lunch hour.
Bumper stickers, pepper spray key chains ($10) and Women's Studies newsletters will
be available.
Frances Morehouse
Glomset, who served on the Drake University Scholarship Selection Committee and was
the daughter of former Drake University President Daniel W. Morehouse, died of peritonitis
Tuesday at Wesley Acres. She also was a supporter of the Drake Municipal Observatory,
which was established by her father in cooperation with the city of Des Moines.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at Dunn's Funeral Home,
2121 Grand Ave. The family will receive friends at Wesley Grand following the memorial
service.
Glomset, 88, had lived in Des Moines all her life. She was a homemaker, a member
of Plymouth Congregational Church and a 50-year member of PEO. She was a founding
board member of the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines and had supported music through
the Civic Music Association.
She is survived by her husband, Dan; two daughters, Martha Schwen of La Crescent,
Minn., and Carol Bard of Athens, W.Va.; a son, Leif of San Rafael, Calif.; five grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Frances Morehouse Glomset Drake University
Observatory Fund or Wesley Acres Good Samaritan Fund.
Adam Nardini, a senior
theatre arts major from Des Moines, won the college edition of "Weakest Link"
in the syndicated version of the game show hosted by George Gray that aired the afternoon
of Feb. 20 on WHO-TV.
Nardini won $4,750 and defeated five contestants from colleges in Alaska to California.
Although the show was taped in December, Nardini couldn't reveal how he did until
after the show aired last week.
"It was so much fun to go to L.A. and be on the show," he said. "A
lot of people gave me a hard time about being from Iowa and the Midwest. They wanted
to know if we sit around and count corn. I'm glad I got to win and prove that we
do more than count corn here. "
Although he won't collect his winnings until 90 days after the show aired, Nardini
isn't in a big hurry to spend the money. "I'm going to save it for graduate
school," he said.
Herriott Residence
Hall took the gold in the first Drake Ecolympics, a competition organized by the
Drake Environmental Action League that challenged residence halls to compete to be
the most conservative in their energy use from Feb. 8 through Feb. 24.
Each residence hall's energy use was monitored by the Drake Power Plant. To determine
a winner, the plant took a meter reading at the beginning and end of the competition.
Residents of Herriott Hall, the residence hall with the biggest drop in energy use,
were awarded Krispy Kreme donuts today.
To conserve energy, students were advised to take short showers, do full loads of
laundry and turn off computers, televisions and lights whenever possible.
"Conserving energy is one of our primary concerns, and we were able to achieve
that," said Jennifer Anderson, a first-year psychology major and member of the
Environmental Action League. "I think the Ecolympics increased awareness on
campus and had an impact on students."
William Appelgate,
vice president for planning and technology at Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical
Center, will discuss osteopathic medicine at Let's DU Lunch on Wednesday, March 13.
The luncheon series, which is open to the public, is sponsored by the Drake University
Central Iowa Alumni Chapter and the Greater Des Moines Partnership.
In his lecture, Appelgate will highlight the differences between osteopathic medicine
and traditional medicine and how Des Moines University has helped shape the community.
Jack Taylor, chairman and chief executive officer of Taylor Ball Inc., will conclude
the luncheon series on Wednesday, April 3, with a lecture on the evolution and future
of the construction business.
The Let's DU Lunch speaker series is held at 11:30 a.m. in the Younkers Tea Room
in downtown Des Moines. The cost is $15 per luncheon. Due to limited seating, reservations
are recommended. Contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Programs at x3848 or x3378,
or send an e-mail message to jolie.prentice@drake.edu.
The Drake University
Small Business Development Center is sponsoring a workshop for small-business owners
and individuals interested in learning about patents, trademarks, copyrights and
protecting trade secrets.
James Napier, an attorney with the Des Moines law firm of Brown, Winick, Graves,
Gross, Baskerville & Schoenebaum, will conduct the seminar titled "An Introduction
to Intellectual Property for Small Businesses."
The session will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Drake University
Legal Clinic. The cost is $25. Register by calling x2655.
Arthur Kinoy, a nationally renowned civil rights lawyer, will speak at Drake University Law School on Wednesday, March 13. Kinoy, professor emeritus of law at Rutgers University, will discuss "The Role of a People's Lawyer" at 4 p.m. in room 205 of Cartwright Hall. His lecture is co-sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild and the Law School's Constitutional Law Center.
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