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drake SPRING 2009 magazine drakemagazine.com ROUGH NIGHT? SURVIVE YOUR MORNING AFTER 18 tips every RECESSIONISTA must know 3 alumni who’ve made it big CONTENTS CONTENTS departments features 12 30 52 YOUR MORNING AFTER SURVIVAL GUIDE 32 Save these quick tips for your next troubling case of the morning afters. Find out what to do the morning after: YOU HAVE A ONE-NIGHT STAND YOU GET INKED YOU CATCH YOUR BOYFRIEND CHEATING YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX YOU LOSE YOUR WALLET YOU FINISH A KILLER WORKOUT YOU PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER IN TRANSITION 38 Transsexual college students are still working for equal treatment on campus. BITS & PIECES MUSIC PHOTO ESSAY 22 06 THE SLACKER’S GUIDE 12 CHAIRLIFT TAKES OFF RECESSIONISTA 42 TO COLLEGE This band has gone from Apple ad FOLKS Cutting back on spending is oh-so-hott. Check out these tips on how to fit to the top in no time. schoolwork into your party schedule. 26 GLOSS & GLITZ 14 ROCK OUT Living InStyle comes naturally 07 SIMPLY SMITTEN Check out where you can hear some DIRTY DIALING 46 for this Drake grad. Working as a Phone Sex Operator This PDA-friendly accessory will of the hottest live music in the country. requires more than sultry tones. spice up the cold winter months. 28 THE PEN IS MIGHTIER Meet the biggest (Drake) bulldog 08 BURN BABY, BURN SPARE CHANGE of the silver screen. Find out how to lose weight without really trying. 16 TO GIVE OR NOT TO GIVE 30 Kickin’ IT Learn what’s okay and what’s too Star kicker Billy Cundiff tells us how 09 BIT OF LIT much when it comes to giving at work. he went from Drake to the NFL. The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life 18 QUIRKY CASH-INS Try these offbeat methods of QUICKIES making quick moolah. GREEN PIECE 50 Three’s a CROWD When there are two guys and a girl, 10 PARTY LIKE AN ECO-STAR SAY WHAT relationships can get tricky. Throw a green bash and party like it’s 2009. 20 POP CULTURE DEAL BREAKERS 51 WHY GUYS LOVE MEAN GIRLS The smallest details in a relationship Bitches keep guys coming back. 11 5 WAYS TO SPOT can make the biggest difference. AN ECO-MANIAC 52 Err… NOW WHAT? 46 Learn the tell-tale signs 21 She’s JusT NOT THAT INTO YOU Learn how to make your newfound of green gone wrong. Sorry boys—not all girls want you. F-buddy work for you. 2 drakemagazine.com spring 2009 spring 2009 drakemagazine.com 3 editor’s letter ART & EDITORIAL STAFF Is bigger really better? ur vote: Absolutely. This issue of DrakeMag is the biggest yet. Each of our 55 pages is packed with even more great people, Tara & Margaret Ounusual trends, and offbeat advice. It’s full of what you’ve come to expect from DrakeMag, but this time there’s more to love. drake We’re especially excited about the big names in this issue—and the fact that they’re all Drake alumni. Flip to the Folks section to learn magazine how Charla Lawhon of InStyle magazine went from the Midwest to Manhattan and worked her way to the top of the fashion food chain EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (pg. 26). Keep turning for profiles on John August, the pen behind Tara Richards Riane & 2005’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and Billy Cundiff, former Clara Dallas Cowboys kicker. ART DIRECTOR Be sure to check out our extra-large feature dubbed “Your Morning Margaret VanEchaute After Survival Guide” (pg. 32). You’ll get great tips on surviving Erin & everything from a one-night stand to losing your wallet after a night MANAGING EDITOR Max out. And guys—take a look at “She’s Just Not That Into You” for Erin Strecker insight on what girls really want (pg. 21). Though it will be sad to retire my green pen and close the door on SECTION EDITORS Meredith 124C one last time, I’m happy to tell you that DrakeMag is Riane Menardi in good hands. I’m confident the new editor-in-chief, Erin Strecker, Max Plenke will keep raising the bar to bring you even more great content. So, from all of us at DrakeMag, enjoy! ASSISTANT EDITOR Clara Haneberg Xoxo, DESIGNERS Monica Brandli Meredith Gallivan Meredith, Mike P, Michael Carbaugh Michael Pruim Annie & Allison Alexandra Doffing Allison Quick Annie Fuhrman Brittainey Sieren Tara Richards PHOTO EDITOR Mike C Emilee Richardson P.S. Don’t forget to check out drakemagazine.com for more great stories on everything you care about—and things you didn’t even ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR Brittainey know you should. Alex Myers P.P.S. Love this issue? Hate it? Let us know at [email protected]. PHOTOGRAPHERS We can take it. Sarah Andrews Darin Friedrichs Garrett Fardon Kevin Mead Jason Oelmann Emilee SPECIAL THANKS: ADVERTISING MANAGER Lori Blachford, Jill Van Wyke, Jeff Inman, Matt McGuire, Connie Wilson, Natalie Zheng Kate Baratta, Eric Gudmundson, Xian Zhang, Wendy Hanson of InStyle magazine, Ross Fraser, Will McGarry, James VanEchaute, and the nice WRITERS security guard. Kate Baratta Lucas McMillan Alex & Kate Foley Rachel Nauen Monica ©2009 Drake Magazine is published with the support of the Board of Student Lindsay Fullington Matt Nelson Communications. Opinions expressed in the magazine do not necessarily reflect Chelsea Hicks Brooklyn Presta the views of Drake University. Letters to the editor are encouraged, although Kate Krug Lindsay Scarpello they will not be published. Direct any questions or concerns to drakemag@ Greg Larson Matthew H. Smith gmail.com. Nicole Luciano Matt Smith Alex Masica Caitlin Thornton COVER PHOTOGRAPHY BY DARIN FRIEDRICHS Joe Maus Amy Wanek Abby Wolner 4 drakemagazine.com spring 2009 spring 2009 drakemagazine.com 5 BITS & PIECES BITS & PIECES WRITTEN BY JOE MAUS PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN MEAD the slacker’s GUIDE TO COLLEGE Sleep in. Go to class. Get “A.” Repeat. SIMPLY SMITTEN These mittens will warm your hands and your heart. WRITTEN BY CLARA HANEBERG PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEVIN MEAD ulky layers of nylon and wool can make things kind of awkward when it comes to winter PDA. The struggle often Bleaves someone out in the cold, with romance close behind. But thanks to Smittens, you can heat things back up. These mittens, ranging from $34 to $38, come in a set of three, with two regular and one conjoined mitten. Everyone from a married couple to a child and mother will love these one-of-a-kind finger defrosters. 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