Students and Drake employees who are veterans or members of military families are invited to a meet and greet on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 8–8:45 a.m. The event will be held at the Pomerantz Stage area of the Olmsted Center.

This casual open house is a mechanism for individuals who have a military background to meet each other. There is no specific program.

Light refreshments and morning beverages will be available.

For more information, contact Nancy Geiger at 271-3095 or nancy.geiger@drake.edu.

Nancy Geiger, School Certifying Official

The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown: Newspapers, Op-Eds, and American Responses to Antisemitism

Attend a talk on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center that addresses the landscape of the United States from the end of World War I to 1941, identifying the historical and social context in which Americans lived. It will also examine the role media played in what Americans knew about the world around them. It concentrates on three influential American leaders, Henry Ford, Father Charles Coughlin, and Charles Lindbergh, who were all involved with the America First Committee and who all spread antisemitic vitriol to millions of supporters. News articles, editorials, and letters to the editor reveal how a number of Americans in various communities in the Midwest and around the country reacted to this antisemitic rhetoric. The talk concludes with generalizations from this period and lessons for the post-war era.

Program Sponsors:  Principal Center for Global Citizenship, Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines, Iowa Council for Holocaust Education, and Drake Hillel.

This program is made possible by the Campus Outreach Lecture Program of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, supported by the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund.

Speaker notes: Eric Schmalz is the community manager for the History Unfolded project at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He oversees the review of newspaper submissions to the project website, assists participants with their questions, and helps educators effectively incorporate History Unfolded into various learning environments. Mr. Schmalz specializes in developing and deepening authentic human connections through his work.

Dorothy Pisarski, SJMC

Drake Hillel is hosting the University’s first ever Holocaust Education Week. Join us Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for a photo exhibit in the breezeway and for the following events:

Tuesday, Nov. 6: Genocide Survivors Panel, 7–8 p.m., Parents Hall
Wednesday, Nov. 7: Screening of Schindler’s List, 7–9 p.m., Hillel
Thursday, Nov. 8: Speaker from USHMM, 7 p.m., Sussman Hall

Rebecca Perl, JO’19

The Des Moines Film Society is proud to present a special Advanced Screening of Shoplifters, winner of the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, before it opens in New York and Los Angeles.

The film tells the story of a family of small-time crooks who take in a child they find on the street.

Shoplifters will screen one night only, Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at Varsity Theater. Tickets are $10 and available at desmoinesfilm.org or at the door the night of the show. The film is in Japanese with English subtitles.

Dan Chibnall, Cowles Library

All four Drake choruses, a student/faculty orchestra, and student soloists will perform “Dona nobis pacem,” a large-scale work written by the great twentieth-century English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams as a passionate plea for peace. Over 300 musicians are involved in the performances, which will take place Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 11, at 3 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church, located at 7075 Ashworth Road in West Des Moines.

Tickets are available online and at the Drake Fine Arts Box Office (515.271.3841). Tickets will also be available for purchase at the church, beginning 45-minutes prior to the performance. They are $18 for non-students and $8 for students. For more information, contact Dr. Aimee Beckmann-Collier (aimee.beckmann-collier@drake.edu), director of choral studies.

Aimee Beckmann-Collier, Director of Choral Studies