Category: Official News Releases

Adam Emmenecker and Leonard Houston scored four points apiece to trigger a 13-2 scoring spree late in the game, enabling 14th ranked Drake to beat Northern Iowa, 65-55, while winning its first Missouri Valley Conference title since 1971.

Drake's spring International Film Series will begin with a screening of "The Lives of Others," a German film with English subtitles, at 2 p.m. in room 101 of Meredith Hall.

Drake will participate in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's national cancer awareness "Think Pink" week when the women's basketball team takes on Southern Illinois at 6:05 p.m. in the Drake Knapp Center.

The Drake University Choir will perform at 8 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main.

Leonard Houston's three-point basket that could have sent the game into overtime bounced off the rim at the buzzer as Drake fell to defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Southern Illinois, 65-62, Wednesday.

Nonfiction writer Tim Bascom will continue the spring 2008 Drake University Writers and Critics Series Tuesday, Feb. 26.

Drake University's Undergraduate Mock Trial Team will host a public trial as part of Drake's new Engaged Citizen Experience program.

Drake University Trustee Don Davidson is making a $300,000 gift to renovate the Donald F. Davidson Pharmacy Practice Laboratory in Fitch Hall.

Drake will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the V-Day campaign with performances of "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer" and Eve Ensler's award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues."

Drake University will perform Eve Ensler's award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues" at 7 p.m. in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center.