On Campus - Stories
May 31,
2002 - Vol. 54, No. 42
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Drake University will
be featured with several other Iowa colleges on a special WHO-TV program, "College
Tour," at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1. The program, created to provide information
to prospective college students about various Iowa colleges, will include a 5-minute
"mini-program" on Drake. Produced by Drake, the "mini-program"
shows Drake students talking about the many advantages of attending Drake University.
Check it out at 6:30 tomorrow on Channel 13.
Todd Fuller, visiting
assistant professor of English, will sign copies of his new book, 60 Feet Six Inches:
The (Baseball) Life of Mose YellowHorse, from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at Borders
Books and Music Café, 4100 University Ave., West Des Moines.
In the book, Fuller explores the life of Chief YellowHorse, a Pawnee, Okla., pitcher,
who played in the Major Leagues in 1921 and 1922.
An article about the book in Tuesday's Des Moines Register said the funniest story
in the book is when "YellowHorse beaned the hated Ty Cobb with a pitch."
The article also mentions that the book highlights the racism YellowHorse faced in
baseball long before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
Fuller is spending most of the summer in Oklahoma, living among the Pawnees there.
He has pledged to devote half of all royalties from book sales to establish an endowment
for the Pawnee's higher education.
The Drake Neighborhood
Association will conduct its Annual Tour of Historic Homes from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1, and Sunday, June 2. The tour will begin at the newly constructed
Sigma Chi fraternity house at 3212 Forest Ave.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for $7.50 at the Drake Diner, Alphabet Soup and
Drug Town. Tickets also will be available for $10 each at the Sigma Chi house on
the tour days.
Another special event in the Drake Neighborhood - the annual Greek Food Fair - will
take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at St. George Greek Orthodox Church,
35th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.
Tickets are $9 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets may be purchased in advance
at the courtesy counter of Dahl's on Ingersoll Avenue.
Drake senior Jamie
Waterman (Des Moines Dowling) and junior Brook Buchanan (Port Neches, Texas) have
been named to the Missouri Valley Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete team.
Waterman, a graphic design major, also had been selected honorable mention on the
2001 MVC Scholar-Athlete team. Waterman hit .234 with two home runs and 18 runs-batted-in.
Student-athletes must be starters or important reserves and own a 3.0 cumulative
grade-point average.
Buchanan, also a graphic design major, earlier earned first-team All-Missouri Valley
Conference playing honors after leading the Bulldogs with a .421 batting average,
including a team-high 64 hits, 26 runs scored, 12 doubles, four home runs and 25
runs-batted-in. She also had a team-high .605 slugging percentage and a team high
.483 on-base average.
The Drake Neighborhood
Farmers Market will open for the season at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, in the parking
lot of First Christian Church, 25th Street and University Avenue. There will be a
special visit by Ronald McDonald on opening day as well as a live cooking demonstration
by Chef Tag Grandgeorge of the Art House.
Faculty and staff
are invited to join alumni and friends in serving Pepsi beverages and bottled water
to thirsty Des Moines Arts Festival goers June 28, 29 and 30.
The Des Moines Arts Festival, ranked 7th among the top arts festivals in the nation,
will again be held on the streets and bridges of Des Moines' downtown riverfront.
This free three-day celebration of the arts and music will have something for everyone.
Last year's festival had record attendance and the organizers are expecting it to
grow again this year. With this comes a great need for volunteer support and an excellent
opportunity to promote Drake and help the community!
For more information about volunteering, send an e-mail message to kathleen.dooley@drake.edu.
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