Drake students paint 12 homes in Carpenter Neighborhood The volunteers in the Parade of Paints Homes project worked in a two-block area bounded by 23rd Street, Carpenter Avenue and 22nd Street just north of University Avenue. "It made a tremendous difference in the entire two blocks," said Dolph Pulliam, director of community outreach and development at Drake. "One neighbor who left his house in the morning and returned late in the day said he hardly recognized his street. It looks great now." Painting contractor Allen Coppock, who helped organize the project, said two houses are completely painted and the other 10 are 90 percent complete. "The students performed wonderfully," he added. "I can't say enough about how strong and organized they are. They far exceeded our expectations. We expected it would take another couple of weekends for the contractors to finish all the work, but now it looks like everything will be done this week." The Parade of Painted Homes received news coverage on WHO-TV, WOI-TV and WHO Radio. The Des Moines Police Department is coordinating a crosswalk enforcement effort around the Drake campus today. The following three locations were monitored this morning and will be monitored again from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today: 26th Street and University Avenue, 27th Street and University Avenue and 30th Street and Carpenter Avenue. These areas are not serviced by traffic control signals, which means police can establish a more accurate level of compliance from the motor vehicle traffic. Police officials said they plan to forward to Drake the results and observations stemming from this enforcement, including any recommendations to improve the crosswalk situation in the Drake area. Approximately 50 students at Drake University have organized a weeklong Mardi Gras-themed relief effort to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina, beginning with the Mardi Gras Relief Party from 4:30 to 7 p.m. today (Monday, Sept. 19) in Helmick Commons. Students as well as faculty and community members will enjoy a Cajun-style meal with a donation of $5. Live jazz will serve as entertainment for the evening. All money raised at the event will be donated to the Red Cross. Throughout the week, students involved with the relief efforts will be selling Mardi Gras beads and T-shirts, all of which will go toward Drake's contribution to the American Red Cross. Adhering to the motto "Every Dollar Counts," students are encouraged to donate spare change as they go about their daily routines. Other events include a silent auction, a dance marathon and a candlelight vigil at the end of the week. A variety of activities were intentionally incorporated to try to get as much participation from the student body as possible-with one of the core events being the Sunday kickball tournament, which begins at 10 a.m. Sept. 25, in Helmick Commons and Aliber Field. Teams of 10 must each contribute $25 to participate and will receive discounted T-shirts. Total proceeds from the week will be announced following the championship kickball game on Sunday afternoon. For a complete schedule of the week's events, refer to the calendar section of On Campus. The Drake Quilters was formed in 1996 and is comprised of current and former employees of Drake, specifically in the Athletic Department. They have donated many handmade quilts, used as fundraisers for Drake events and other charitable organizations. Members of the Drake Quilters are Gerry Hinst, Athletics; Pat Knight, Athletics; Jolene Ostbloom, Athletics; Beth Pfander, Law School; Joyce Ryerson, Athletics; Mary Scheetz, retired; Ing Sherer, retired; Myrna Smith, retired; and Carol Thomason, retired. Drake University will return to its roots on Tuesday - quite literally. University lore says that George Carpenter, founder of Drake, climbed a tall, strong elm tree in a densely wooded rural area on the edge of the budding Des Moines in the summer of 1881 and declared, "Here we will build our university." The elm, known to Drake students, faculty and staff as the Chancellor's Elm, stood outside Old Main and became a place for young lovers to kiss and a central meeting place at Drake for decades. The tree, which dated back to before the Revolutionary War, stood until 1969 when Dutch elm disease wiped it out along with nearly every other elm West of the Mississippi. At 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, Drake leaders, including President David Maxwell, will help plant an elm - a disease-resistant hybrid - about 50 feet from the location of the original Chancellor's Elm in celebration of Drake's 125th anniversary. The Sept. 20 planting marks the first day of classes at Drake in 1881. The 125th Anniversary Elm will honor Drake's heritage and founding vision as well as stand as a symbol for the University's continued vitality, growth and strength. Convocation also will feature President Maxwell's "State of the University" address and the announcement of the winners of the Madelyn M. Levitt Employee Excellence Award and the Levitt Distinguished Community Service Award. Marty joined Drake in 1984 as dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and continued as dean of Arts and Sciences from 1986 to 1994, when he was named the Ann G. and Sigurd E. Anderson university professor and professor of history. "Mike Marty is the definition of scholar and teacher that we so greatly value here at Drake," President Maxwell said. Marty has taught at all levels from elementary school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to high school in St. Louis to community college at Florissant Valley Community College in St. Louis and finally to Drake, where he worked until retirement in 2002. He is the author of numerous books, including "Daily Life in the United States, 1960 - 1990: Decades of Discord" and, with his wife, Shirley, "Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship." He has written hundreds of book reviews, the majority of which have appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Marty, who now lives in Monticello, Ill., has spent more than two years conducting research, much of it at the University of Illinois Library, for a second, more comprehensive book, on Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship. He also serves on the boards of several organizations: the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Taliesin Preservation Inc., the Abraham Lincoln Association and the Piatt County Museum. Bauer specializes in 19th and 20th century American literature and gender studies. She is the author of numerous articles, including "The Other 'F' Word: the Feminist in the Classroom." Her books include "The Cambridge Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Women's Writing" and "Feminist Dialogics." Other programs presented this fall by the Drake Writers and Critics Series are: Goodall will bring her lifetime of adventure to Drake University as part of the Bucksbaum Lecture Series. She plans to deliver a speech titled "Reasons for Hope" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Drake University Knapp Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. After the lecture, all guests are invited to a reception and book signing. A selection of her books will be available for sale at the event. Drawing on more than 40 years of work as a tireless advocate for environmental stewardship, personal action and humanitarianism, Dr. Goodall inspires audiences to reach above and beyond what they've believed they can do and challenges people's beliefs to instill "Reason for Hope" for the world and environment. She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, a United Nations Messenger of Peace and has authored many books, including the best-selling "Reason for Hope," "In the Shadow of Man," "My Life with the Chimpanzees" and the popular Jane Goodall's "Animal World" children's series. She has been featured on many television specials and the IMAX film "Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees" is currently showing at large-format theaters around the world. The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by a gift from Melva and the late Martin Bucksbaum, former chairman and president of General Growth Corp. and longtime member of Drake's governing board. For more information about the Bucksbaum Lecture Series, call Susan Breakenridge at x3994 or send an e-mail message to The Drake University Business Link is offering a free interactive workshop to help business leaders who want to update and improve their crisis management plans in the wake of the massive devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. "Crisis Management: Have You Tested Your Disaster Plan Lately?" will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 30, in Parents Hall at Olmsted Center. Registration and a continental breakfast will start at 7:30 a.m. "This scenario-based training workshop will give you a template that can be adapted to any organization, is simple to learn, and is an effective approach to address any crisis, said Drake management professor Delaney Kirk, director of Drake Business Link. Presenters will be Lt. General Paul Carlton, M.D., director of homeland security at the Texas A&M Health Sciences Center in College Station, Texas; Suzanne Cooner, vice president of operations at Grinnell Regional Medical Center in Grinnell, Iowa; and several representatives of Anterra Overwatch Security Consulting Group of Des Moines. Although the workshop is free, advance registration is required due to limited seating. The registration deadline is Sept. 28. For more information and registration, visit "A staged murder took place while 130 individuals, each of whom was assigned a new identity for the evening, feasted on a gourmet dinner in Cowles Library Reading Room," said Jean Samson, head of Friends of Drake Arts. "The guests regaled in the merriment of trying to solve the mystery of who committed the murder. Dean Burney, who played Inspector Seymour Klewes, led the audience in unraveling the mystery. At various points in the play, members of the audience themselves became suspects. The evening ended with surprise twist and all guests in attendance were sworn to secrecy by the inspector." The next Friends of Drake Arts event will be an interactive open house from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Harmon Fine Arts Center. Guests will tour Drake architecture, participate in master classes in voice and theatre, meet international sculptor Ledelle Moe, explore set and costume design, go behind the scenes to watch preparations for the opening of "Arts and Leisure" and enjoy instrumental music and refreshments. Admission is free. For more information, visit |
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