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Ignite Issue 5.10.23
Among other things: What social media jobs are actually like, behind the scenes on a Broadway tour, and how a mascot can make or break your college…
May 10, 2023 • 
Drake SJMC Students
The reality of being a social media editor
Spoiler alert: You don't get many vacation days.
May 10, 2023 • 
Princess Hart
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
An inside look at Broadway National Tours with Kaitlyn Mayse
Find out how this fairy tale worked for triple threat Kaitlyn Mayse, a St. Louis native who now performs all over the country, Canada, and Mexico.
May 10, 2023 • 
Cassandra Schoene
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
The power of a college mascot
He’s the only one students consistently creep out of their dorms to come see. But he’s not a beloved professor — he’s a bulldog.
May 10, 2023 • 
Nate Eisenmann
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
"Because I feel like I have to": Why this high school junior is an activist
Hannah Hayes wants her work to help create ‘a better world’ — one in which she doesn’t have to be an activist.
May 10, 2023 • 
Andrew Kennard
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
There's a science behind the zoo ... and you can be part of it.
Every day people are working to save the environment and its inhabitants, but the most important work starts with education. Here’s how Drake University…
May 10, 2023 • 
Chenoa Nicholson
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
What’s teaching really like now?
Teachers have some rough days, planning lessons on the daily and dealing with unruly attitudes. But they show up no matter how bad it’s going, to get…
May 10, 2023 • 
Courtney Jackson
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
A detective in therapy
Mandated mental health checks push law enforcement officers to get help they need.
May 10, 2023 • 
madison
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
Wild adventures at local zoo
The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, is where tourism and conservation come together for a memorable animal experience.
May 10, 2023 • 
Courtney Jackson
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
Ignite Issue 4 (5.4.23)
Among other things: Calculating the REAL cost of college, what Frankenstein and a pacemaker have in common, and how to write a song for the ukulele that…
May 4, 2023 • 
Drake SJMC Students
Step into Frankenstein's laboratory
The Bakken Museum is known for electricity and magnetism, but there’s a whole lot more lurking behind its Gothic stone exterior.
May 4, 2023 • 
Nate Eisenmann
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
Bakken Museum: Where electricity meets medicine
Discover how the story of Frankenstein inspired the life-saving pacemaker
May 4, 2023 • 
Nate Eisenmann
 and 
Drake SJMC Students
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