Drake graduate student Tony Shafer, 30, will receive a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling on Saturday. Shafer suffered a stroke and underwent two brain surgeries in the fall of 2003, during his fifth year in Drake's pharmacy program.
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Father, daughter share recognition as teachers
Drake University alumnus Bob Danner, a retired music teacher who taught at Muscatine Community School District, will receive an Excellence in Education Award from a Muscatine student named Giles Joslyn, who also plans to attend Drake University.
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After 41 years, Iowan adopted by her mom
Mother and daughter have been working with the Drake Legal Clinic on the adult adoption. Katie Madson, a third-year law student who filed a petition for them, says "It's a fairly routine process."
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Iowans React to Pres. Obama Not Showing Bin Laden Photos
Mahmoud Hamad, Drake University assistant professor of politics, comments on the President's decision not to release Bin Laden photos.
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Is the world safer without bin Laden?
Drake University Political Science Professor Dennis Goldford and Iowa State University Political Science Chair Jim McCormick examine the death of Osama bin Laden through the political lens on "The Exchange."
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Ex-Drake kicker finds stride, but runs into NFL lockout
Des Moines Register columnist Sean Keeler talks with Drake alumnus Billy Cundiff about his career and the NFL lockout.
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For 'Bama Students, A Somber, Sudden End Of Classes, But The Game Goes On
Halfway through the story, members of the University of Alabama's women's track team rave about their experience at the Drake Relays, where the thousands gathered cheered them like they were the home team.
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CAIR-St. Louis rep reacts to Bin Laden Death
Drake political science alumnus Faizan Syed, a representative from the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Saint Louis, discusses the Muslim community's reaction to Osama Bin Laden's death.
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Facing college decision? Consider going private
Art Cullen, editor of the Storm Lake Times, describes his family's experiences with Drake and other Iowa private colleges. They might be the best deal you ever get, he writes.
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Newsmaker: Drake student going on Freedom Ride, Part 1
Drake sophomore Ryan Price discusses his participation in the 2011 Student Freedom Ride, which will retrace a 1961 bus trip through the Deep South that historians credit as a turning point of the Civil Rights Movement. Part 2 of the story can be found at http://www.kcci.com/video/27723187/detail.html.