My life has gotten better but now, with all of the same-sex marriage debates, I have to hope that life will get better once again. When I think about my future, as in who I will spend it with, I get ...

Photo: Joey Gale Winter break 2013 is going to be 45 days long. After all of the hot cocoa drinking, sledding and holiday celebrating, Drake students are going to be looking for something else to fill ...

“Shucked,” is the newest corniest corn musical on tour. It boasts strong vocals and strong themes of family, loyalty and love. As a lifelong Iowan, I was thrilled to see a musical that represented my ...

Cheerleaders pop and lock and leap. Lights twinkle all about the stands. Fans covered in gold and purple chant, “Skol.” U.S. Bank Stadium is the place to be on Minnesota Vikings game day. Yet, Jillian ...

Recently, the NCAA began to allow college athletes to receive direct compensation through their name, image and likeness (NIL). This change has completely reshaped NCAA scouting strategies. In the ...

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” is nine of 15 episodes through its third and final season, and so far, the show’s quality has remained on par with the previous two seasons. Good, but not great. Be warned, ...

This past weekend, Des Moines welcomed “A Taste of Reelabilities,” a film festival featuring films made by and about the disability community. This marked the festival’s first appearance in Des Moines ...

Drake Athletic Communications welcomed its newest staff member in September by hiring Jack Bluhm as Assistant Director of Athletic Communications. Bluhm worked as a sports information director at ...

Prior to taking office, Donald Trump led a campaign that championed “making America great again.” While many people embraced this idea with open arms, some of Trump’s promises set alarm bells blaring ...

Associate Provost for Campus Equity and Inclusion Terrance Pendleton was in the middle of leading an outdoor activity as president of his undergraduate college’s math club when he was approached by ...

by KENDALL HUNT Abdul Samad remembers the birth of black rights activism in Des Moines, as a lieutenant in the Black Panther Party. “I started my work because of injustice – injustice of black folk, ...

In the hours after Drake’s second-round loss to Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament, fans of the Bulldogs were anxious. Just last year, after a first-round exit at the hands of the Washington State ...