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On Campus - Stories
August
18, 2000 Vol. 53, No. 11
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PROF. MARSTON
TO GIVE FAREWELL PRESENTATION TONIGHT
Tony Marston, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Drake University, will
give his farewell presentation at the Drake Municipal Observatory at 8 p.m. today
(Friday, Aug. 18). He will discuss the future of astronomy and assist visitors in
viewing stellar objects through the large refracting telescope and several smaller
reflecting telescopes.
The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held regardless of the
weather. The observatory is in the middle of Waveland Park and can be reached by
turning west off Polk Boulevard onto Observatory Road.
Marston, who has been conducting public presentations at the observatory for six
years, is leaving Drake to join the Operations and Observing Support section of the
Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) Science Center in the Ifrared Processing
and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology. SIRTF is a NASA project,
the last of its four "great" observatories (the others were the Hubble
Telescope, the Compton Gamma Ray Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Telescope). Beginning
Sept. 1, he will be helping with operations, supporting astronomers in their use
of the observatory and doing research.
Public presentations at the Drake Municipal Observatory on Friday nights will continue
this fall under the direction of Herbert Schwartz, Drake's astronomy lab instructor.
His first program, titled "The Earth is Born," will start at 8 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 1.
For more information about the presentations, call x3141.
DRAKE SETS
RECORD FOR IOWA PRIVATE COLLEGE WEEK
Drake welcomed 339 prospective students and their families to campus during Iowa
Private College Week (Aug. 7-11) ó the largest number of campus visits experienced
by any of the 29 colleges and universities participating in the program.
Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, had the second largest number of campus visits
(322), according to the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
(IAICU).
Drake officials said they were very pleased with the turnout at Drake, which eclipsed
last year's total of 192 campus visits during the first annual Iowa Private College
Week.
"The commitment and enthusiasm of current Drake students, staff, faculty, President
David Maxwell and the Drake neighborhood businesses was a true reflection of Drake's
mission," said Deneen Dygert, associate director of admission. "Families
were very surprised at the many opportunities they had to learn about the benefits
and features of the Drake experience."
During Iowa Private College Week, prospective students and their families attend
free campus tours and information sessions starting daily at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
The prospective students will have their application fees waived at each of the colleges
they visited. Those who visited three or more colleges will have their application
fee waived at any of the 29 participating colleges and universities.
Statewide, there were 3,066 campus visits during Iowa Private College Week, a 38
percent increase over last year's total of 2,214. "It was a good increase,"
said Kathleen Gannon, director of marketing and public affairs for IAICU.
NOMINATIONS
SOUGHT FOR LEVITT COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Faculty and staff are invited to submit nominations for the 2000 Madelyn M. Levitt
Distinguished Community Service Award, which will be presented at the Fall Faculty
and Staff Convocation at
3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main.
Levitt, a member of Drake's Board of Governors and national chair of Campaign Drake,
created the award seven years ago recognize outstanding contributions of Drake faculty
and staff. This award is given to one who exemplifies the ideals of volunteerism
and community service.
Past recipients have been Dean Wright, professor of sociology; Alan Cubbage, former
director of marketing and communications; Neil Hamilton, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt
distinguished professor of law; Herbert Strentz, professor of journalism and mass
communication; Russell Lovell, professor of law; and Aimee Beckmann-Collier, associate
professor of conducting.
Nominations and supporting material are due in the presidents office by Wednesday,
Aug. 30. A screening committee, composed of senior administrative staff, will review
all nominations and make recommendations to President David Maxwell.
DOCUMENTARY
NOMINATED FOR EMMY AWARD
A documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs that includes a series of
photos showing "The Slugging of Johnny Bright" (Drake's greatest football
player) has been nominated for a 21st annual News and Documentary Emmy award.
Winner of the 2000 Telly Award, "Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize
Photographs" was produced and directed by Cyma Rubin, in association with Turner
Network Television. The 90-minute documentary aired on TNT and CNN in 1999.
The documentary returned six of the Pulitzer photographers to where their prize-winning
photographs were taken. Their stories, directed and edited in a style of film verite,
reveal the personal impact of the events surrounding these photographs.
The photos of Bright, an African-American, were taken by John Robinson and Don Ultang
of The Des Moines Register during the Drake-Oklahoma A&M (later named Oklahoma
State) football game Oct. 20, 1951. The photos captured Bright taking a malicious
forearm from the Aggies' Wilbanks Smith well after the play had ended, resulting
in a broken jaw.
Bright's college football career came to an end because of the injury. Drake withdrew
from the Missouri Valley Conference and severed all future ties with Oklahoma A&M.
As a result of the incident, the NCAA changed its rules mandating facemasks and mouth
guards for all players, as well as making such illegal hits grounds for suspension.
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