The Women’s and Gender Studies Program is hosting an important campus event to raise awareness about reporting sexual assault on Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. in Cowles Library, Room 201 (the “fishbowl”). Students have said they want to hear from local professionals, and we have listened! The panelists at this discussion will help students understand their rights when they wish to seek medical attention and/or call the police when they have experienced or witnessed a crime. Our goal is to raise awareness about support networks outside of Drake and to demystify the reporting process so that students feel confident contacting off-campus advocates and/or calling the police when they witness or experience a crime.

Panelists include:

• Mandy Schiefert RN, Manager, Methodist Emergency Department
• Lynne Cornelius, Advocate & Counselor, Polk County Crisis & Advocacy
• Sergeant Mark McKinney, Des Moines Police Department
  Mary Howell Sirna, Attorney and current advisor to ISU police

Questions we’ll answer:

If I am (or my friend is) assaulted on campus…

• What happens if I call 911?
• How should I preserve evidence?
• What happens if I go to the hospital?
• Who can come with me to an ER?
• What happens when I see a doctor or nurse?
• What is involved in pressing charges against an attacker?

This event is co-sponsored by Drake University’s Title IX Coordinator, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Violence Intervention Partner (VIP) in collaboration with Women’s and Gender Studies.

—Katie Overberg, Title IX

Come out and cheer on your Bulldogs!

Football
Drake vs. Campbell
Oct. 29 at 1 p.m.
Drake Stadium

Men’s Soccer
Drake vs. Central Arkansas
Oct. 29 at 7 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

Volleyball
Drake vs. Indiana State
Oct. 31 at 7 p.m.
Knapp Center

Questions? Call 515-271-3647 or email tickets@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics

A black southern writer whose work bridges the worlds of high culture and pop culture will meet with Drake students and deliver a free public reading on Drake’s campus.

Kiese Laymon will read from his award-winning collection of nonfiction essays, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26, in the Cowles Library Reading Room as part of the English department’s Writers & Critics Series. The event is free and open to the public. Learn more about Laymon in the Drake Newsroom.

Hear from a panel comprising representatives from three refugee communities—Bhutanese Hinduism, Bosnian Islam, and Congolese Christianity—who will engage in a religious dialogue as part of The Comparison Project. This event will be held at Dunn’s Chapel, 2121 Grand Ave., at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27.

—Tim Knepper, The Comparison Project

The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship will host a free lecture this week titled, “Getting Ahead with Almost Nothing: What Immigrant Communities Can Teach Us About Achieving the American Dream.”

Jeffrey Ashe, a scholar and international microfinance expert, will deliver the lecture at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Sussman Theater in the Olmsted Center. The talk is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by The Solidarity Foundation, a nonprofit, which is based in Des Moines and operates savings groups in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Des Moines. These savings-based microfinance tools, designed by Ashe in the early 2000s, provide vulnerable populations with safe and affordable ways to save and borrow money. For more information, visit the Drake Newsroom.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and VIP—a confidential, peer-run crisis hotline—is supporting survivors through multiple events to raise awareness of domestic violence this week. All event details can be found on the VIP Facebook page.

—Ashley Hawkins

Faculty and staff are invited to join Cowles Library and the Department for the Study of Culture and Society on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. for a free and open discussion about Professor Michael Haedicke’s recent publication, “Organizing Organic: Conflict and Compromise in an Emerging Market.” Join us in the Cowles Library Reading Room, with a reception to follow in the atrium.

—Claudia Frazer, Cowles Library

Volleyball
Drake vs. Southern Illinois
Oct. 21 at 7 p.m.
Knapp Center

Women’s Soccer
Drake vs. Missouri State
Oct. 22 @ 2 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

Men’s Soccer
Drake vs. Evansville
Oct. 22 at 5 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

Volleyball
Drake vs. Evansville
Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
Knapp Center

Questions? Call 515-271-3647 or email tickets@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics

Join fellow Bulldogs at the Downtown Marriott for breakfast and a preview of the 2016–2017 Drake basketball seasons. Hear the latest from head coaches Ray Giacoletti and Jennie Baranczyk as well as Director of Athletics Sandy Hatfield Clubb, all while enjoying a delicious spread.

Cost: $15 per person
Time: 7 a.m.
RSVP by Oct. 21: www.DrakeTix.com/tipoff

Questions? Call 515-271-2228 or email austin.strawhacker@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics