Gracie Hines (she/her) is a sophomore majoring in psychology and sociology with a minor in religious and interfaith studies and a concentration in women and gender studies. @graciehines_for_vpsa What ...

Starting this fall, Drake University students can join men’s lacrosse, Drake’s newest premier club sport. The club sport stemmed from Drake’s continued commitment to expanding club and recreational ...

How many times have students jokingly heard that or similarly defeatist expressions in the dorms of their school, the hallways, or even said it themselves? How often is this merely an expression of ...

If you were to ask any first-year college student the worst moment of their college journey at Drake University so far, they would say one of two things: the Hubbell Dining Hall food or Welcome ...

When an eight-year-old girl gave me unprompted advice about skating, I knew I was laughably bad. “Keep your feet close together,” she said in passing. For a sports writer, that was humbling. I’d never ...

Audience members at the xBk venue looked to the stage on Sept. 30, intently listening as Erica Nichols Cook, director of the Wrongful Conviction Unit of the Iowa State Public Defender, detailed the ...

After the Civil War, Union veterans staggered home to Des Moines with wounds, a newfound understanding of the world, and, most importantly, a little game that East Coast soldiers had taught them. Yet ...

Ty Walls won the 2025-2026 runoff student body president election. Walls, a junior majoring in information systems, built their platform on transparency, togetherness and transformation. The results ...

As someone who describes themselves as an old lady in a young person’s body, it is a rare occasion when I stay up past 11 p.m. What can I say, I enjoy my naptime! But as a new student on campus, my ...

Since students have arrived back on campus, copies of an anonymous zine — short for “magazine” — titled “Snapshots of Drake as an Ableist Campus” have been circulating in campus buildings. The ...

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The Student Activities Board unveiled the Drake Relays theme, hosts and artists at their annual Blitz Day event on March 30 for the upcoming Relays Week taking place April 20-26. This year’s theme is ...