Drake journalism student wins Hearst award Reid won third place in the competition, earning a $1,000 scholarship and is in the running for the national broadcast news championships, which will be held in San Francisco this spring. She already won a seventh-place, $500 Hearst award in January for a series of features. The broadcast journalism major is also a Radio Television News Directors Foundation scholar, the 11th in the history of Drake’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She will travel to Las Vegas April 16-20 for the RTNDA national conference. She co-anchors DrakeLINE Weekly, an Emmy-winning newscast by Drake’s broadcast journalism majors that airs Thursdays at 4 p.m. on Mediacom Channel 16 and replays at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. "It’s all very hard to believe," Reid said. "I feel very honored to have earned these awards, especially knowing how competitive the Hearst program is." Reid’s award-winning stories were a series of three news stories for KETV. The first dealt with a grieving parent’s allegations that years of bullying led to the beating death of her 16-year-old daughter in the parking lot of an Omaha Burger King. The second covered an early-morning shooting in Omaha and the third dealt with the assault, robbery and abduction of an Omaha woman. "Kailyn has loads of talent and a lot of experience for someone so young," said John Lytle, Drake professor of broadcast journalism. "She looks right through the camera and is a superb reporter. Her future is very bright." Tim Russert, managing editor and moderator of NBC-TV’s "Meet the Press," has rescheduled his speech at Drake for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the Drake Knapp Center. Russert was scheduled to deliver the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, but was forced to postpone his appearance because of news coverage of Pope John Paul II’s death. Two years ago, the University moved the parade from downtown Des Moines back to the Drake neighborhood to draw attention and celebration to campus and its neighbors, which have grown closer in the past 10 years in part because of the Drake Neighborhood Improvement Task Force. The group was founded in 1995 to foster partnerships between the faculty, staff and students and surrounding residents. "The parade generates a lot of enthusiasm in the area and is just a lot of fun," said Dan Koenig, a member of the Drake Business Association and owner of Yankee Doodle Dande Tattoo at 24th Street and University Avenue. "It’s great to see all the people in our neighborhood seeing everything we have to offer." The grand marshal of this year’s parade will be Donald V. Adams, a Drake administrator for 36 years. Adams, who will retire in June, also serves as leader of the neighborhood task force and believes the parade symbolizes the spirit of camaraderie and cooperation between the University, its neighbors and all of Des Moines. "It is a tremendous honor to be selected as grand marshal," he said. "This is a fantastic event that has only prospered by returning to the neighborhood. The students, the staff and the faculty, as well as our friends in the business community and the neighborhood really take pride in this event. It’s really about how much they love the Relays." The parade will begin at 24th and University next to the Kinne Center and proceed west on University Avenue to 31st Street. The route turns north on 31st Street to Forest Avenue and runs past the McDonald’s restaurant. The parade turns east on Forest and returns to 24th Street. To participate in the event and get guidelines for floats and groups, call the Office of Student Life x3711. On Wednesday, April 6, Drake University will host a recorder and accordion concert by David Bellugi and Ivano Battiston, world-renowned musicians and faculty members at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, Italy. The performance, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8 p.m. on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main. "Bellugi and Battiston performed at Drake last year and they were phenomenal," said Eric Saylor, assistant professor of music history at Drake. The upcoming concert will encompass a variety of musical styles, including Eastern European dances, Bach's Sonata in D major and an improvisation session. Bellugi and Battiston have performed concerts in the United States, Canada, Australia and throughout Europe. They also have produced a variety of recordings, as well as being featured on film soundtracks and selected for numerous honors. A reviewer from the San Diego Reader said "Bellugi's mastery of his instruments goes far beyond mere technical prowess…. a true musician in the deeper matters of phrasing, structural shapeliness and style." The music reviewer for the Italian newspaper Corriere delle Alpi described Battiston and his accordion as "bewitchingly beautiful music making." The Drake concert is made possible by Drake University and an Iowa Arts Council grant. From dog sledding across Antarctica to kayaking the wild rivers of Chile and China, Jon Bowermaster has made a life out of adventure. In slides, videos and words, Bowermaster, a 1976 Drake journalism graduate, will spin the tales of adventure, environmental laws and governments gone awry in a lecture 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at Cowles Library. The event is free and open to the public and will be Web available via streaming video through the Cowles Library Web site at "Whether as editor, writer, documentary producer or lecturer," Bowermaster said, „my worldwide travels have a common goal: To inform myself, and my various audiences, as best I can, about how the world works today. My expeditions are less about adventure-for-adventure's-sake and more about what the map of the world looks like early in the 21st century.“ Bowermaster’s 20 years in journalism have taken around the globe writing for a variety of national and international publications from National Geographic to The New York Times. He has visited six continents, including two-person sledding expeditions across Antarctica, sailing a 60-foot sailboat across the Atlantic and making first descents of rivers. Bowermaster has written eight books, including three with renowned polar explorer Will Steger and made a number of documentary films. During his years as a Drake journalism student, Bowermaster worked at the now-defunct alternative newspaper The Daily Planet, which poked fun at Des Moines’ culture – and earned the ire of DC Comics for taking the name of Superman’s hometown newspaper without permission. When not traveling, Bowermaster lives in Stone Ridge, N.Y. His biography and selections of his photography and writings are available on his Web site, Birgit Wassmuth, professor of journalism and mass communication, said she is disappointed that her advertising students won't be able to benefit from the guest lecture that Cleveland was scheduled to give at Drake this semester. "He was an innovator, an expert in semiotics and a fantastic guest lecturer," she said. "He could convey complex ideas in a very down-to-earth way." Ken Miller, professor emeritus of sociology, said Cleveland promoted the use of computer technology in the teaching process and helped other faculty members apply computer technology to their research efforts. "In the area of teaching, he brought to Drake some areas of expertise that we did not have, such as linguistic analysis," Miller added. "One of his primary interests was using computer technology to analyze the content of people's verbal interactions." As part of the ongoing efforts to renovate Drake Stadium, the University took possession of and permanently closed portions of 28th and Clark Streets surrounding the Stadium today (Monday, April 4). Clark Street is closed between 27th and 28th Streets. Also, 28th Street is closed north of Forest Avenue to Clark Street. No parking is allowed on the streets. As part of the 30th Street and Forest Avenue Storm Sewer Improvement Project, the city of will be cutting down trees between the sidewalk and the street on 29th Street the week of April 4-8. Traffic through and parking on that street will be severely limited during that time and it is recommended that students, faculty and staff avoid the street. The street will completely close April 11 for approximately 8 weeks. Parking access will still be available to the Drake parking lot at 28th and Forest. The city is building a temporary access the parking lot across from Carpenter Residence Hall at 29th and Forest. The temporary access will be available from the alley adjacent to the west side of the lot. Due to the loss of some street parking, the University is offering access to University lots at a one-time pro-rated parking permit for $15 for the remained academic year. A parking permit can be purchased for the remainder of the academic year. This is only for those who have not previously purchased campus parking permits. Permits may be purchased at the Drake University Bookstore or at the Student Accounts office in Old Main. For more information about parking and traffic, contact Hans Hanson at x2222 or For more information about construction plans, contact Jolene Schmidt at x3955 or Drake University will host the 2005 North American Saxophone Alliance Region 3 Conference on April 8-10, featuring numerous concerts and master classes, including a performance by renowned jazz saxophonist Dick Oatts. The conference will begin with a concert on Friday, April 8, by Debra Richtmeyer, professor of saxophone at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne. She will perform John Cheetham's "Concerto Agrariana" with the Drake Wind Symphony. The concert will also feature James Romain, professor of saxophone at Drake, and other guest artists. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center. Tickets, which are $8 for adults and $6 for students, are available at the Drake Fine Arts Box Office at (515) 271-3841. Oatts, an Iowa native, will perform a concert with the Drake University Jazz Ensemble I at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 9, in the Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center. Oatts began his professional music career in the Twin Cities in 1972. He moved to New York City in 1977 to join the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. He has since recorded and toured with numerous groups. Oatts has taught at New York University and has been a member of the Manhattan School of Music faculty since 1989. Tickets, which are $12 for adults and $10 for students, are available through the Drake Fine Arts Box Office. The conference is made possible by Drake University and an Iowa Arts Council grant. Lisa Lundstrom, assistant director of recreational services, is organizing the faculty-staff golf league. For more information, call x4710 or e-mail lisa.lundstrom@drake.edu. |
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Kailyn Reid, a Drake University senior from Omaha, Neb., has won her second William Randolph Hearst Foundation scholarship for a series of hard-news stories she reported for Omaha’s KETV Channel 7, an ABC affiliate.
The deadline to register to participate in the annual Drake Relays Parade is Friday, April 8. The parade is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, April 23, in the Drake neighborhood.
Charles E. Cleveland, a former Drake faculty member who helped usher in the computer age at the University, died March 21 in Dallas, Texas. Cleveland taught sociology and was director of academic computing at Drake from 1972-79. He left Drake to found the communication development company Quester. Born in St. Paul, Minn., Cleveland lived in Des Moines for 30 years. He was in Texas to give a speech at the time of his death and was scheduled to speak at Drake this semester. 
