Category: DU in the News

Middle States, the current show at Drake's Anderson Gallery, is highlighted in a blog post about the contemporary paintings and their Midwestern inspiration. Middle States features work that represents both the real and unreal"” abstraction as a process.

Myron A. Marty, a professor of history emeritus, reviews "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery." Myron writes that the book is impressively researched and splendidly written, and will long stand as the authoritative work on Lincoln and slavery.

About 20 to 30 club members participate each Tuesday evening at the Metro Ice Sports Facility for curling practices and matches.

Drake finance professor Tom Root offered comments on a plan to privatize most of the mortgage industry by phasing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Root said phasing out Fannie and Freddie would be a sweeping change, and it would be a lengthy process.

Alejandra Moran, who studied journalism at Drake University, says before she'll work for a political candidate she needs to believe in that person. She is press director for former Illinois Senator Miguel del Valle, candidate for mayor of Chicago.

Drake Law School alumna DaNita Murray, director of public policy in the National Corn Growers Association's Washington, D.C. office, will join the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee as counsel for Chairman Frank Lucas.

Cairo native and Drake University Professor Mahmoud Hamad said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's refusal to step down was not enough for many Egyptians. [After this story published, Mubarak abruptly announced he was stepping down.]

Hugh Winebrenner, former dean of the College of Business and Public Administration, and politics professor Dennis Goldford get due recognition in this article about Iowa's political reporters.

Politics professor Dennis Goldford said 26 Republican votes against the Patriot Act extension "sends a signal" that some "purist types... will be willing to go over the cliff with flag waving and not worry about the consequences."

WHO TV reporter Andy Fales connects once prominent Des Moines figures with their namesakes in this local history segment. Gen. Francis Marion Drake and George T. Carpenter, the University's first president, are included.