Doing some recruiting

I have been recruited to recruit for Drake – at least for a few hours. Somehow, with its all-knowing superbrain, the university knows where I live. So they sent me an e-mail begging me to go to a college fair in town and talk to high schoolers about the "many benefits of a Drake education."

It happened to coincide with my day off, so I figured, I might as well. It's not like I have anything better to do on a Monday afternoon. I also figured there would probably be someone else there from Drake, so I could meet some other alum who lives in the area. Wrong! Turns out I'll be flying solo at this event, which is a little bit frightening given that I know virtually nothing about things such as tuition, financial aid, scholarships and academic programs other than journalism. My areas of expertise are more like which off-campus slumlords to avoid, which on-campus spots have the best food (hint: not Hubbell) and which are the best bars in Des Moines.

But they're sending me an entire box of reading materials for me to round out my Drake knowledge. Sounds like fun.