Some Des Moines high school students got their first taste of live theater last month when Drake students performed the second act of "Nickel and Dimed" at five city high schools. The tour was made possible by an $8,000 grant from Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino to Friends of Drake Arts.
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Drake magazines win 2007 Pacemaker award
Drake University student magazines 515 and THiNK won the Associated Collegiate Press' 2007 Pacemaker award for magazine excellence on Oct. 27, at the 2007 National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C.
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Adoption Saturday set for Nov. 17 at Polk County Courthouse
National Adoption Month will culminate by uniting dozens of children with new families at the seventh annual Adoption Saturday, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Polk County Courthouse, 500 Mulberry St.
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Drake summit featured two Olympians Tuesday
Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton and two-time Olympic silver medalist and world record holder Mike Powell headlined the third annual CHARACTER COUNTS! In Iowa's Pursuing Victory With Honor Summit on Oct. 30.
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Writers and Critics Series to feature Gary Gildner
Prize-winning author and poet Gary Gildner will return to Drake University after 16 years as part of the Drake Writers and Critics series on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
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Prof to address criticisms of ‘Nanny State’ and impact on consumers
The fall season of the Humanities Center Colloquium series will continue with a presentation by Megan Brown, assistant professor of English, on "Somehow We All Survived: The Ideology of the U.S. Backlash Against Risk Management," from 3:30-5 p.m., on Friday, Nov. 9.
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Adam Niewood Jazz Quartet to perform at Drake
Renowned jazz saxophonist Adam Niewood and his Rabble Rousers jazz quartet from New York City will perform a public concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Performing Arts Hall of the Harmon Fine Arts Center at Drake University, 25th Street and Carpenter Avenue.
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Human rights expert to assess reparations for slave trade
International human rights expert Rhonda Howard-Hassmann will deliver a free, public lecture on "Reparations to Africa for the Slave Trade," at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium.
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Drake International Film Series features “Grave of the Fireflies”
Drake University's International Film Series will continue at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, with a screening of "Grave of the Fireflies" (Hokaru no Haka), a Japanese film with English subtitles.
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‘In the Actors Studio’ with Lou Diamond Phillips
Drake students saw Lou Diamond Phillips in a new light -- out of character, stage makeup and without a speaking accent, wig or costume.