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This week in Drake Athletics

Below is a list of the home athletic events this week.

Men’s Tennis
Drake vs. Iowa
March 4 @ 6 p.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

Women’s Tennis
Drake vs. Marquette
March 5 @ 10 a.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

Women’s Tennis
Drake vs. Gustavus Adolphus
March 5 @ 1 p.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

Men’s Tennis
Drake vs. Michigan State
March 5 @ 6 p.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

Men’s Tennis
Drake vs. Cornell
March 6 @ 10 a.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

— Tom Florian, Assistant Director of Ticket Operations and Donor Management

 

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Drake Law celebrates Diversity Week Feb. 22–26

Drake Law School will celebrate Diversity Week Feb. 22–26 with various events hosted by Drake Law student organizations. Events include Gender and Sexuality Awareness Day, a discussion with local Muslim students and community leaders, a panel of diverse judges, and a roundtable on refugees and immigration law.

Schedule of events:

Monday, Feb. 22
Gender and Sexuality Awareness Day
9 a.m.–4 p.m., Cartwright Hall, Porterhouse Lounge

Tables will be set up in Cartwright Hall  with information related to various gender and sexuality issues in law and society, including reproductive rights, the wage gap, how to address clients of different genders, and more. There will also be facilitated discussions about the upcoming abortion and religious freedom cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and how Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing may affect the decisions.

Girls Court Information Session
4:30–5:30 p.m., Cartwright Hall, Room 206

Drake 3L Laura McGuire will present on the Girls Court, a gender-specific court designed to better accommodate victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. McGuire, who has been involved in the process of opening a Girls Court in Polk County, will discuss what the Girls Court is, when it will start, and why it’s important. The presentation will include time for questions.

Sponsored by Drake Law Women and Drake OUTlaws.

Tuesday, Feb. 23
The Muslim Experience in Iowa
4 p.m., Cartwright Hall, Kern Commons

Students are invited to share in a conversation with Muslim students and leaders from the Des Moines community. During the event, the guests will discuss how the past few years of changing political climate has impacted them in Des Moines. Food will be provided.

Sponsored by the International Law Society.

Wednesday, Feb. 24
“We’re All Just a Piece of a Beautiful Puzzle: Do Your Piece”
10 a.m.–3 p.m., Cartwright Hall, Porterhouse Lounge

Various tables will be set up in Porterhouse Lounge. The display will include an interactive element with two puzzles depicting diversity, a variety of photos celebrating differences in people, and candy giveaways containing uplifting messages.

Sponsored by the Black Law Student Association and OWLS.

Thursday, Feb. 25
Diverse Judge Panel
5:30–6:30 p.m., Cartwright Hall, Room 206

This panel will focus on how diversity and the law interact. Various judges will talk about their own experiences and observations with diversity and the law—both on and off the bench. Potential topics include how the judicial system promotes diversity and where it can improve; the role of diversity in judicial elections, elections in general, access to legal education, and jobs; and how diversity will affect the nomination of the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Judges confirmed to attend the event include Judge Mary Tabor from the Iowa Court of Appeals, Judge Romonda Belcher from the Fifth District of Iowa, and Deputy Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Michelle McGovern. The judges will speak for about 40–50 minutes, leaving 10–20 minutes available for questions from the audience. Light refreshments will be provided.

Sponsored by the American Constitution Society—Drake Law Chapter.

Immigration and Refugee Reception
6:30–7:30 p.m., Cartwright Hall, Kern Commons

Attend a reception and roundtable discussion on immigration and refugee matters. Local practicing lawyers in the areas of immigration and civil rights are invited to participate in the discussion with students and share their work with refugees, employment law, and other aspects of immigration law. Each table will have prepared questions and topics to discuss. Food will be provided.

Sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association.

Friday, Feb. 26
Students are encouraged to get a signature on their activity cards at each event they attend during the week. Students who have attended at least three events can submit their cards to Cartwright Hall, Room 128, by noon on Friday, Feb. 26 to be entered into a drawing to win a $50 prize.

Sponsored by the Student Bar Association.

For more information, visit: www.law.drake.edu/newsEvents/details.aspx?eventID=2016-diversityWeek

—Kayla Choate, Law School Alumni Affairs & Communications Coordinator

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Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship event Feb. 22

What: “Kleptomaniacal Chimpanzees, Unripe Figs, and Lousy Knees: Drake Goes to Rwanda” presented by The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship
When: Feb. 22, 7–8:30 p.m.
Where: Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center

Michael Renner is a professor of biology and psychology and routinely teaches courses in both of these departments as well as the environmental science and policy program. His research is organized around the broad theme of the reciprocal influences between organisms and their environments and has included work in the neuroanatomical and neurochemical influences of environmental enrichment, theoretical models for animal curiosity, and the development of new methods of measuring and quantifying animal behavior. His current projects include optimizing the captive management of endangered species in zoo environments and field studies to model and prevent crop raiding by chimpanzees along the boundaries of the Gishwati Forest Reserve in the Western Province of Rwanda.

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Bulldog Bonanza

Below is a list of the home athletic events this week.

Men’s Tennis
Drake vs. Purdue
Feb. 26 @ 5 p.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

Women’s Basketball – Pink Game
Drake vs. Loyola
Feb. 16 @ 7 p.m.
Knapp Center
*First 3,000 fans receive a free Pink T-shirt

Men’s Basketball – Senior Day
Drake vs. Loyola
Feb. 27 @ 1 p.m.
Knapp Center
*Final home game of the regular season, honoring our senior, Karl Madison

Men’s Tennis
Drake vs. Denver
Feb. 28 @ 11 a.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

Women’s Basketball – Senior Day
Drake vs. Bradley
Feb. 28 @ 2 p.m.
Knapp Center
*Final home game of the regular season, honoring our senior, Emma Donahue

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Art and chemistry

What: Art and Chemistry, by Mark Vitha, Department of Chemistry, and Maura Lyons, Department of Art and Design
When: Friday, Feb. 26, 12–12:50 p.m.
Where: Harvey Ingham 134

From the minute an artist completes a painting, the materials such as the paint, varnish, and substrate on which it is painted begin changing. Some of these changes are slow enough to be imperceptible even after hundreds of years. Other changes, however, are significant and alter the way we see the painting, even after just a few decades. By combining knowledge of art history and chemical analysis techniques, it is possible to assess the changes that have occurred in a painting. With this knowledge, restoration projects are undertaken to try to restore the painting to its original ‘look’, or conservation methods are applied to try to decrease the rate of degradation. In some examples, technological approaches are used to reproduce how the painting would have looked in its original state, while preserving the work in its present state.

In this presentation, we will describe case studies in which art historical and chemical analyses were combined to gain a better understanding of the current state of paintings by Christen Købke, Mark Rothko, and Vincent van Gogh. We will also demonstrate that art historical questions have motivated research into new areas of chemistry, and conversely, chemical analyses have motivated new art historical investigations.

—John Gitua, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Director of DUSCI

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Don’t miss the first Drake Theatre shows of the semester

The Drake University Theatre Department is starting the spring semester off strong with a repertory showcase featuring two student-directed shows. The showcase begins Thursday, Feb. 25, in the Studio Theater of Harmon Fine Arts Center.

[title of show], the first in the showcase, is playing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, and Saturday, Feb. 27, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28.

Fuddy Meers is playing at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, and at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. Learn more about the shows in the Drake Newsroom.

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Former chief judge to give free lecture

Randall R. Rader, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, will present a lecture, “Standards, Patents, and Proper Valuation of Technology: An Innovation Standard that Honors Standards,” on Feb. 23, 3 p.m., Cartwright Hall, Room 213. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow in the Faculty/Staff Lounge. More information is available on the Law School website.

—Kayla Choate