This semester’s BFA thesis exhibition, titled WIP – Work In Progress, is being hosted in Anderson Gallery and is open to public until May 12. WIP features a variety of works by graduating seniors Justin Atterberg, Paul Brenin, Grace Lim, Bryan Nance, and Jessica Podemski. Please join us for a closing reception this Friday, May 12, 5–7 p.m.

—Joshua Cox, Gallery Director

We just learned that Dark Energy may not make up 70 percent of the universe, and that Fast Radio Bursts (FRB) may actually be an energy boost to an interstellar solar sail the size of a planet more than 3 billion light years away. Learn more at the Drake Municipal Observatory on Friday, May , at 8 p.m.

—Sharyn O’Connor Beener, College of Arts & Sciences

Come out and cheer on your Bulldogs!

Softball
Drake vs. Iowa
May 2 at 6 p.m.
Ron Buel Field

Softball
Drake vs. Loyola (DH)
May 6 at 12 p.m.
Ron Buel Field

Softball
Drake vs. Loyola
May 7 at 11 a.m.
Ron Buel Field

—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics

A new monthly series, Meet My Religious Neighbor, starts on May 6 with a multi-ethnic mosque, Masjid an-Noor. The mosque is located 1117 42nd St in Des Moines. Feel free to drop in any time from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and tour a sacred space, learn how religion is practiced in it, and meet the congregation who worships there.

—Kayla Jenkins, College of Arts & Sciences

The final Comparison Project Lecture is at 7 p.m. on May 4 in the Cowles Library Reading Room where four scholars will make comparative philosophical reflections on the 2015–2017 Death and Dying series.

—Kayla Jenkins, College of Arts & Sciences

Topic: “Is Civil Disobedience in Democracy Morally Justified”
When: April 25, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Sheslow Auditorium

Join the National Speech and Debate Association as two professional speakers and a moderator discuss a controversial issue of contemporary public importance.

Moderator: Clay Masters, host of Iowa Public Radio’s Morning Edition

Speakers:

• Bakari Sellers, youngest African American in history to win elected office, served on President Barack Obama’s election steering committee
• Kayleigh McEnany, CNN political commentator, contributor for The Hill and Above the Law

—Mollie Clark

About 100 years ago an American astronomer and a Danish astronomer working independently for about a year came up with similar systems that classifies every star in the sky: hundreds of trillions of them. Learn more at the Drake Municipal Observatory on Friday, April 28, at 8 p.m. Visit www.drake.edu/observatory for more information.

—Sharyn O’Connor Beener

On Thursday, April 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Cowles Library, Room 201, there will be an expert panel-led discussion on “The Human Trafficking Crisis: Strategies for Resistance.”

—Art Sanders, Associate Provost

The final film in the Engaged Citizen Documentary Film Series, Fall Seven Times, Get Up Eight, about Japanese War Brides, is this Wednesday, April 19, 7 p.m. in Sussman Theater. After the film, there will be a discussion led by Professors Mary McCarthy and Joanna Mosser, both from the Department of Political Science. Pizza will be served. Click here for more information.

—Art Sanders, Associate Provost