Drake University News

A Drake University student was hospitalized on Sunday for apparent alcohol poisoning.

NEW JOBS Jim McConeghey has resumed his 25-year career with Brooks Borg Skiles Architecture Engineering as a mechanical designer.

JERRY L. ANDERSON is Richard M. and Anita Calkins Distinguished Professor of Law, Drake University Law School.

Brittanie Pearson says it's time to play the race card at Drake University. The Westminster, Colo., senior has organized a conference on Saturday on 'white privilege,' a term used to describe the belief that whites in America have institutionalized racism to sustain advantages they've enjoyed for more than a century.

Heidi Anfinson and Michelle Kehoe were both guilty in the deaths of their young sons, but they were found responsible for different crimes and they face different punishments.

DRAKE STUDENTS entertained children through the use of a Spanish puppet show. English subtitles helped non-Spanish speakers follow along.

Incumbents suffered this week from a 'kick the bums out' sentiment among voters, said Steffen Schmidt, an Iowa State University professor of political science.

Kathryn Knoop of Des Moines is part of the research team at Emory University in Atlanta that recently received a grant for $100,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Des Moines orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert Breedlove played a pivotal roll in a film documentary called Bicycle Dreams that's picked up awards at nine film festivals this year.

These are modern times, but we are spending more time than ever on something we've been doing for a million years.

Johnston voters Tuesday are likely to re-elect a mayor and city councilman, while also choosing a new member of the council.

Five hundred excited and exceptionally well-behaved Iowa schoolchildren make lots of noise.

Medical and pharmacy students do it. Many electricians and plumbers go through it.

A 17-year-old girl who struck and killed a motorcyclist during a hit-and-run crash last year in Des Moines "made a series of poor decisions" but she should not be prosecuted as an adult, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.

STUDENT SENATE will know soon what approach Senate Judicial Committee will take with Vice President of Student Life Ben Cooper.

A security officer observed two kittens playing at the southwest stairs of the Knapp Center.

Richard H. Davidson of Clarinda is proudly following in the footsteps of his grandfather.

Iowa residents are depositing more of their money in banks as they seek a safe place to put their savings.

Musically, Susie Miget has both nature and nurture covered. She is the daughter of a father who was a high school band director and a mother who taught high school choral music.

The Associated Press IOWA CITY -- The Iowa state Board of Regents will take up a 6 percent tuition hike for the 2010 school year.