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On Campus - Stories
July 21,
2000 Vol. 53, No. 7
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Drake President to Leave Saturday
for RAGBRAI
Drake President David Maxwell will leave Des Moines at noon Saturday for the Register's
Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, which begins Sunday, July 23, in Council Bluffs.
Dr. Maxwell, 55, completed last year's 530-mile RAGBRAI despite a heat wave that
melted asphalt roadways. He's taking up his Le Monde touring bike again for this
year's 450-mile ride to continue to raise the visibility of Drake across Iowa. Along
the way, he will attend two receptions for Drake alumni and friends.
The Drake Web site will feature daily dispatches and photos from President Maxwell during RAGBRAI,
which ends Saturday, July 29, in Burlington. Dr. Maxwell also will be doing daily
interviews with Des Moines radio station KMXD Mix 100.3. In addition, he is scheduled
to be featured on the WOI-TV evening newscasts on Saturday, July 22, and on the KCCI-TV
morning newscast on Wednesday, July 26.
President Maxwell will be riding with several Drake faculty and staff members as
well as alumni who have banded together to form Team Drake. They'll be wearing blue
jerseys printed with the "Team Drake 2000" logo, the Drake mascot, Spike,
on a bike, and the slogan "No Bark. All Bike."
Third Web Page
Design Class Added to Meet Demand
Due to two completely full classes,
an additional section of Web Page Design, JMC 199-603, has been scheduled for August
18 and 19. The class can either be taken for one hour credit or for no credit as
a workshop.
The class introduces students to the basics of building a Web page, said David Wright,
associate professor of journalism and mass communication. Students will work with
Claris Home Page 3.0, a cross-platform application, to learn the ins and outs of
pages, links, forms and images. This is not a class for "code heads," but
instead an intense introduction to the joys of creating Web pages, Wright said.
The class will meet from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, August 18, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 19, in room 125 of Meredith Hall. Seats are expected to fill quickly.
Call Barbara in the SJMC office at x2838 for registration. Questions about the class
should be directed to Wright at x4527 or David.Wright@drake.edu.
Lehmkuhle
Places 25th in U.S. Olympic Track Trials
Recent Drake graduate Jason Lehmkuhle fell short in his attempt to make the U.S.
Olympic track team when he placed 25th in the 10,000-meter run at the U.S. Olympic
track trials in Sacramento, Calif., on July 14.
Lehmkuhle, a native of St. Charles, Mo., was clocked in 30 minutes 32.29 seconds.
Mebrahtom Keflezighi of Nike won the race in 28:03.32, holding off a late charge
by Alan Culpepper of Adidas who finished in 28:03.35.
"I think the length of the season caught up with Jason [Lehmkuhle]," said
Drake men's track coach Dan Hostager. "None of the college runners really ran
well. They were all peaking for the conference and NCAA national championships and
it got to be a long season."
Earlier, Lehmkuhle had placed third in the 10,000 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
May 31 in Durham, N.C., and won the 5,000 at the Missouri Valley Conference outdoor
championships in Wichita, Kan., May 20.
"This was a great experience," Lehmkuhle said. "But in my mind my
whole season was geared toward the NCAA national championships, so it was hard to
hold a peak longer.
"I'm going to continue running at a high level, and I think when I compete in
the trials in four years the results will be different. Running in the Olympic Trials
was a great way to finish off my college career. I want to thank Drake for helping
me develop as a runner during the last five years."
Bulldog Golf
Classic in Ankeny August 7
Entries are being accepted for the annual Drake Bulldog Golf Classic which will be
held Monday, Aug. 7, at the Briarwood Golf Course in Ankeny.
The four-person, scramble format will begin with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The $75
entry free covers golf, golf cart, a golf shirt, prizes and dinner, which will start
at 5:30 p.m. For those wishing to attend the dinner only, the cost is $15.
For more information contact Pat Knight in the Drake Athletic Department at x2734
or send a check, payable to the Bulldog Golf Classic, to the Athletic Department,
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311.
Drake
Football Season Tickets Available
Drake football season tickets are now on sale for a six-game home schedule.
Faculty and staff members receive a $5 discount. The cost is $30 for a season ticket
for an adult. For more information, call the Drake athletic ticket office at x3791.
The Bulldogs open their 109th year of intercollegiate football playing host to McKendree
on Sept. 2. Drake will open the Pioneer Football League season at home Sept. 30 facing
the University of San Diego. The Bulldogs also entertain PFL league members Valparaiso
Oct. 7 and Butler Oct. 28.
Drake will face NCAA I-AA independent Jacksonsville Nov. 4 and then close out the
season playing host to Towson of the Patriot Football League Nov. 18. All home games
will start at 1 p.m.
With 15 returning starters, headed by first-team All-American defensive end Mike
Foster, the Drake football team hopes to ride the momentum generated last year when
a late surge enabled the Bulldogs to enjoy their eighth straight seven-plus victory
season. Drake posted a 7-4 record last year, finishing third in the Pioneer Football
League. Besides Foster, returning first-team all-league selections are offensive
guard Sean Coughlin, fifth-year quarterback Solon Bell, and junior placekicker Billy
Cundiff.
Foster, who was the only underclassman named to the American Football Coaches Association
NCAA Division I-AA All-American team, will anchor a defense that has six returning
starters. He led the PFL with 13 quarterback sacks.
Bell was a first-team all-league choice in 1998 but suffered a torn anterior cruciate
ligament in his right knee in the second game of last year. Cundiff led the PFL with
10 field goals and set a school single-season mark for points by a kicker with 67.
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