Author: Carl Olsen (Carl Olsen)

Drake's Black History Month celebration will culminate with a day featuring soul food provided by students from the Coalition of Black Students.

Joan Lamm-Tennant, global chief economist and risk strategist for Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC, will present the first lecture, titled "Enterprise Risk Management and the Current Financial Crisis."

Phoebe Haddon will deliver the Constitutional Law Distinguished Lecture at 3 p.m.

Students will explore preventing disease through mini discussions and a keynote address by public health expert Mary Mincer Hansen, associate professor at Des Moines University.

Orders for Singing Valentines will be accepted through noon today.

The awards competition, sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, drew nearly 1,000 entries this year.

A winter storm prevented the Evansville team from flying to Des Moines for Wednesday's game.

Student Activists Against War and the Muslim Students Association at Drake will co-sponsor the event to honor the memory of the hundreds of people who died in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Dolph Pulliam describes his selection as "a total surprise" and "the biggest honor I have ever received, especially in light of the other players being inducted."

Dale Patrick, professor of religion, will present "Introduction to Redeeming Judgment" at 3:30 p.m. in the Honors Lounge of Medbury Hall.