Forty-seven comely canines will
compete in the 23rd annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest that will kick off Drake Relays
Festival Week at 11 a.m. Monday, April 22, at Nollen Plaza in downtown Des Moines.
Entries are usually limited to 30 to 35 bulldogs, but this year all applicants have
been allowed to entered this dog-eared version of the Miss America Pageant.
"This is the biggest Beautiful Bulldog Contest we've ever had," said Dolph
Pulliam, director of community outreach at Drake. "It's going to be huge."
Most of the contestants are from central Iowa, but a couple of dogs will be coming
from as far away as Omaha and Minneapolis to compete for the chance to serve as Drake's
mascot for the 93rd running of the Drake Relays April 25-27.
Starting at 11 a.m., the contestants will be judged by a panel of nine celebrity
judges including Drake University President David Maxwell and Drake First Lady Madeleine
Maxwell. The pageant will follow at noon.
The Beautiful Bulldog Contest is sponsored by the Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery
of West Des Moines. Three Dog Bakery of Valley Junction will provide special treats
for all the contestants while Drake will provide cookies shaped like dog biscuits
for all the judges.
A forum on abortion will be held at 9 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center. There will be a panel of professional speakers from both sides of the issue, and the questions will come from the audience. The forum is sponsored by several organizations: Drake Students for Life, Women's Awareness Coalition, College Republicans and College Democrats.
Faculty and staff members are
invited to join in the "Litter Marathon 2002" on Tuesday, April
23. Volunteers will meet at the Painted Street at 10 a.m. and then begin picking
up litter. Gloves and trash bags will be provided.
All volunteers will receive a free barbecue lunch following the marathon. The lunch
will take place from 11:30 to 1 p.m. in the picnic area near Medbury Hall. In the
event of rain, the lunch will be moved to the Fieldhouse.
Poet and author Todd Fuller will
discuss his works at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in the Honors Lounge of Medbury Hall
as part of the Writers and Critics Series.
Fuller, visiting assistant professor of English at Drake, is the author of 60' 6"
and Other Distances from Home, a biography of Mose YellowHorse, a professional baseball
player in the 1930s and a member of the Pawnee Nation.
Fuller received his Ph.D. in creative writing and Native American literatures and
languages from Oklahoma
State University. His
work has appeared in such journals as the American Literary Review, Hawaii
Review, Poet Lore, Spoon River Poetry Review and The William
and Mary Review. His work has earned him an Academy of American Poets Prize and
a poetry fellowship at Wichita
State University.
Joseph Nagyvary, professor of
biochemistry and biophysics at Texas A&M University, will discuss his research on 17th and 18th century
violinmaking in a speech titled "Renaissance Chemistry and Violin Making
in Cremona, Italy" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, in Sheslow Auditorium.
Nagyvary has discovered that Antonio Stradivari and other master violinmakers were
the beneficiaries of lucky coincidences with regard to their wood supply and varnishing
techniques. His research shows that the highest refinement of tone color in fine
violins, demanded by the best players, is primarily determined by material composition.
In conclusion, Nagyvary has proven that tone quality can be defined objectively.
In his speech, Nagyvary will compare an antique Italian violin with a newly created
violin that produces a typical Stradivarius-like sound spectra. Misha Rosenker, assistant
professor of violin at Drake, will demonstrate the sound quality of the violins.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Ames Section
of the American Chemical Society and is hosted by Drake. Refreshments will be provided
at 7 p.m. For more information, call (515) 271-2596 or send an e-mail message to
mark.vitha@drake.edu.
The Drake Concert Band,
conducted by Sean Flanigan, will perform at 8 p.m. tonight (Friday, April 19) in
the Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center.
George McTyre, baritone, and Emily Witt, piano, will give a faculty recital
at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main.
The program includes works by Handel, Schubert, Rogers and Sondheim.
On Monday, April 22, the Drake Flute Choir, conducted by Deanna Hahn, will
perform at 8 p.m. on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main.
Robert Meunier will conduct the Mosaic Wind Symphony in the performance of
chamber music and works by Malcom Arnold and Paul Hindemith at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April
23, in the Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center.
The Drake University Community School of Music is sponsoring a program for
two pianos -- titled "Suites, Sonatas, Rhapsody, Rag and Rock" -- at 3
p.m. Sunday, April 28, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main. The
performers are Robert Lien, a faculty member of the Community School of Music, and
Ray Songayllo, a Des Moines-area pianist and composer. The program will feature many
styles ranging from the 18th century to the contemporary, including works by Clementi,
Ravel, Bowles, Arensky, Hovhaness, Bennett and Falla.
Carl Staplin, organ, will present the third in his series of recitals celebrating
"The Art of J.S. Bach" with the assistance of members of the Drake Choir
at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in the Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center.
The program includes Bach's favorite preludes in A Minor, D Major and B Minor and
six of the Leipzig collection of chorale preludes.
Robert Hariman, the Ellis and
Nelle Levitt professor of rhetoric and communication studies, will give this year's
Paul Morrison Relays Lecture at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 27, in room 106 of Meredith
Hall.
The lecture is titled "Icons of Patriotism in American Life." Hariman
will analyze how images of soldiers, firefighters, and the American flag influence
conceptions of national identity and citizen obligation. He also will discuss how
familiar images such as the photos of Iwo Jima and Ground Zero are used as a basis
for allegiance to a cause, as well as dissent from it. The lecture is free and open
to the public.
The Drake Legal Clinic's Joan
and Lyle Middleton Center for Children's Right's Center in cooperation with The Iowa
Supreme Court Select Committee to Review State Court Practices in Child Welfare Matters
will sponsor the fourth annual Issues in Juvenile Justice Conference on June 18,
2002 at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines.
Topics to be presented include: case law and legislative updates; reasonable effort;
terminating parental rights; appellate court rule changes; and ethical considerations.
"As many public defenders, county prosecutors and private attorneys in Iowa
are aware, legal issues that effect juveniles can sometimes fall by the way-side
or through the cracks," say Suzanne J. Levitt, executive director of the Drake
Legal Clinic. "It's important that we come together as a legal community to
examine these issues and assess solutions."
Participation is by invitation only. Attendees will receive 6 continuing legal education
(CLE) credit hours, including 1 CLE for ethics. Continental breakfast will be served
from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with adjournment at 4 p.m. Lunch
will be provided to all participants at the conference site.
Participants that live more than 60 miles out of the city of Des Moines are eligible
for travel reimbursement, including lodging and mileage, reimbursed at the rates
allowed by the State of Iowa. Rooms have been reserved for the night of June 17,
at a rate of $59. To make reservations, call the Hotel Fort Des Moines at 515-243-1161. Reimbursement forms will be provided
at the conference.
For an application to attend the conference, please contact Carol Escovedo at the
Drake Legal Clinic at x3851.
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