Drake University Wellness is again making massage therapy available to Drake faculty, staff, and students in the Wellness Center. Special Drake rates are offered at $30/30 minutes, $50/60 minutes, $75/90 minutes. Add-ons are also available. Contact massage therapist Anne Boal directly at 515-988-8760 or www.anneboalwellness.com to schedule an appointment. Extended morning and afternoon appointment times are available.
—Submitted by Anne Boal
Purchase your all-session tickets for the 2016 Drake Relays and take advantage of discounted pricing. All Drake faculty and staff can purchase all-session tickets at the discounted price of $89 each (regular $95). Don’t miss out on any of the action on the blue oval; get your tickets today by calling 515-271-3647 or visiting the Drake Athletics Ticket Office Monday–Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Questions? Please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.
—Submitted by Tom Florian, Assistant Director of Ticket Sales
Looking for a unique way to celebrate your valentine? Send them a singing valentine with the Drake Choir. In addition to winning brownie points with that special someone, you’ll be supporting the Drake Choir’s 2016 concert tour of Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. No University funds are used for the tours, so your support is important and greatly appreciated.
Each Singing Valentine is a special delivery. Surprise them at work, at home, at a special dinner … be creative!
We deliver to the entire Des Moines metro, including West Des Moines, Clive, Johnston, Windsor Heights, and Urbandale Feb. 12–13, 2–8 p.m.
We will also deliver to Ankeny, Altoona, Waukee, and Norwalk after 5 p.m. on Feb. 12 and from 2 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 13.
Three easy ways to order:
All orders must be received by Feb. 6.
—Submitted by Aimee Beckmann-Collier, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Conducting
Michael Haedicke, associate professor of sociology, has a new book coming out in May from Stanford University Press. Organizing Organic: Conflict and Compromise in an Emerging Market is now available for pre-order online.
SJMC students awarded Dow Jones News Fund internships
Two news-Internet juniors have landed highly competitive Dow Jones News Fund internships for summer 2016. Tim Webber will intern at the Kansas City Star, and Sarah LeBlanc at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Both will work on the copy desks.
About 85 students were selected from more than 700 applicants, including graduate students, nationwide. In addition to the paid internship, interns receive a $1,000 scholarship. Senior Austin Cannon, also a news-Internet major, was a Dow Jones intern last summer for the Hartford Courant.
Ad majors win American Advertising Awards
Three SJMC students have won American Advertising Awards in the American Advertising Federation of Des Moines Annual Award Competition. Vickie Chai, Paityn Langley, and Kelsey Rooney will find out if they have won silver or gold awards at the AAF awards ceremony on Feb. 20.
Multimedia professor offering spring workshops
Professor Chris Snider will offer three workshops this spring on social media strategies, new digital tools, and shooting better smartphone video. The workshops are free for Drake students, faculty, and staff who sign up in advance.
For details, see the SJMC website. The workshops are sponsored by the E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies.
—Submitted by Kathleen Richardson, Dean, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Cheer on the Bulldogs this week:
Women’s Basketball
Drake vs. Wichita State
Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.
Knapp Center
*Faculty/Staff Day
Men’s Basketball
Drake vs. Northern Iowa
Feb. 6 at 1 p.m.
Knapp Center
Women’s Basketball
Drake vs. Missouri State
Feb. 7 at 2 p.m.
Knapp Center
*Baby Bowl at Halftime
—Submitted by Tom Florian, Assistant Director of Ticket Sales
All Drake faculty and staff are eligible to receive up to four complimentary tickets to the women’s basketball game on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. against Wichita State. Tickets may be picked up at the Drake Athletics Ticket Office Monday-Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or at the ticket window on game day. Must show valid Drake Card (ID) at time of pick up. More information is available at www.DrakeTix.com/promotions.
This year’s Engaged Citizen Experience theme is “Making Democracy Work.” We have scheduled both a documentary film series titled “Democracy Around the World,” and mini-conference from 1:30 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26. All events are free and open to the pubic. Click here for additional information and to register for the conference.
—Art Sanders, Associate Provost
I urge all of you to attend your local caucus and support the candidate of your choice. For information about caucus sites, for Democrats visit www.iowademocrats.org/2016-democratic-caucus-locations/
For Republicans visit www.iowagop.org/caucus-locations/
—Submitted by Art Sanders, Associate Provost
What: Drake Constitutional Law Center Distinguished Lecture Series:
“Scrutinizing Polygamy after Hobby Lobby and Obergefell”
Featuring Maura Strassberg, Drake Law School professor
When: Thursday, Feb. 4, 4 p.m.
Where: Cartwright Hall, Room 213
Maura Strassberg, professor of law at Drake Law School, will present “Scrutinizing Polygamy after Hobby Lobby and Obergefell” as part of the Drake Constitutional Law Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
Now that the Supreme Court has determined same-sex marriage is constitutionally protected under the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses, many have wondered whether polygamy should also receive constitutional protection. In addition, recent developments in the protection of religious freedom under the 1st Amendment as well as federal and state Religious Freedom Restoration Acts also provide the basis for a re-evaluation of bans on religious polygamy.
Strassberg will discuss whether existing laws distinguishing polygamy from same-sex marriage are the result of prejudice or if they stem from good reasons. She will point to modern social science research on the harms of polygamy from a global perspective that may answer this question as well as justifications for state prohibitions on polygamy that could survive even stricter scrutiny.
The event is free and open to the public.
—Submitted by Kayla Choate, Law School Alumni Affairs & Communications Coordinator
