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Research

Professors receive grant to aid in Gulf oil cleanup By Matt.Wettengel iowastatedaily.com Two ISU professors received funding to begin research on greener methods of oil cleanup, specifically in the Gulf of Mexico, through the National Science Foundation’s rapid response grant. Buddhi Lamsal, assistant professor of food science and human nutrition, and Charles Glatz, professor of chemical and biological engineering,

will be collaborating with Modular Genetics Inc., Columbia University and Louisiana State University to produce bio-dispersants. These are natural-based products that break up oil, that may replace petrochemical dispersants, which are oil-based products that are currently used for oil spill management. “When you have oil-water mixtures, they don’t blend, so the oil globs up,” Glatz said. “The surfactant goes to the interface between the two, where they touch, and disperses the

oil globs as much smaller droplets that are more readily degraded.” The work that will be done at Iowa State will involve Lamsal’s work with genetically modified organisms, called Bacillus, provided by Modular Genetics. These organisms are engineered to produce a collection of surfactants, each with subtle differences. Lamsal will work with the organism to improve the quantity of surfactants produced through the process of fermentation. “We will receive one strain that

is genetically modified to produce one ‘green’ chemical, since it will be derived from a natural source, which will serve a petroleum substitute,” Lamsal said. “This chemical will be useful in breaking down oil in oil spills.” The second stage in the research entails the purification of the complex, impure mixture that results from fermentation. Glatz will head the purification efforts. Once testing from Iowa State is completed, the results will be sent to

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Columbia University and to LSU to test its effectiveness. Another focus of the experiment is making sure the product of the research works without harming sea life. The project will begin Wednesday and has a one year span. “[This research] is preparing for the future, but on the other hand some of the material in the gulf is in deposits that will be there for a long time if not treated, so in one year the results from this project could still be put to use,” Glatz said.

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Alan Schluetter, freshman in mechanical engineering, signs paperwork to pick up his books Aug. 19 in the Campanile Room. Photo: Ryan Damman/Iowa State Daily

Textbook rentals available UBS offered 140 titles for rent this semester By Chelsea.Davis iowastatedaily.com University Book Store has decided to follow suit after seeing a huge draw from buying and renting textbooks online. “Students started asking us if we rented textbooks, so we saw that the demand was there for it,” said Carl Arbuckle, textbook supervisor. UBS was 1 of 30 recipients of a $300,000

The Ames City Council unanimously passed the Iowans Helping Iowans flood recovery assistance program in its meeting Tuesday. The Iowans Helping Iowans program helps create loans to home and business owners to purchase new property or renovate property that has suffered damage in the recent flooding. Loans written under the program are available to residents registered under FEMA and will be written for a five-year time period with a 20 percent per year rate. The City Council unanimously passed five other items within two minutes. The meeting was convened to approve street and lot closings for the upcoming All-American Weekend event. The event featured barbecue and a car show, lasting from Friday to Saturday. The meeting also approved city involvement for the Iowans Helping Iowans flood recovery assistance program. ™

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grant from the U.S. Department of Education to start a rental program in October 2009 but was not able to start the program until this fall. “We had to wait for our computer system to be upgraded to handle the rental function,” Arbuckle said. Rental fees can vary from 20 percent to 50 percent of the new price. Arbuckle said quite a few titles ran out fairly early on. “We look at what our cost is to bring books in, whether they’re new or used and try to figure out how many semesters we’re able to rent the book for, and base our price on

that,” Arbuckle said. UBS offered 140 titles up for rent this semester. “We tend to focus on bigger courses or those that need more expensive books to save students the most money,” Arbuckle said. It’s advisable that professors commit to using the same textbook for at least four to six semesters for rental to be economically feasible for students, according to a news release. UBS advises students not to rent a textbook if it will be needed for more than one semester. Arbuckle said students could be better off purchasing the textbook at that point.

Textbooks that have tear-out pages or single-user access codes cannot be rented unless the code can be sold separately. UBS will be upgrading their software provider so they can hopefully rent more titles and have that ready in time for the spring semester. “Our used book ratio in the fall 2009 semester was at 41 percent,” said Rita Phillips, director of UBS, in a news release. This means 41 percent of textbook sales were used books, which cost students 25 percent less than buying new books, according to a news release.

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is related to climate change,” Gallus said, “but you can say that climate change should bring heavier bursts of precipitation to this part of the country. So it is likely with climate change that there will

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary awarded almost $312 million to 13 states affected by natural disasters in 2008. Iowa received the largest portion of money, $84.1 million. The HUD grant is supposed to be used toward developing forwardthinking land-use plans that reduce development in high-risk areas, buyout payments for homeowners living in high-risk areas, optional relocation payments to encourage residents to move to safer locations, home improvement grants to reduce damage risks and improving and enforcing building codes, according to the HUD website. “An independent study by the National Institute of Building Sciences, every dollar spent on disaster mitigation activities saves taxpayers $4 in future disaster recovery expenses,” according to the website. Throughout the past two years, HUD has allocated a little more than $5.6 billion in recovery funding through the Community Development Block Grant to the 13 states, according to the website. The Disaster Recovery Enhancement Fund was created to support long-

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Climate models show patterns Scenarios estimate more intense rainfall in Midwest By Taysha.Murtaugh iowastatedaily.com As the city of Ames works to prevent future floods like the one last month, Gene Takle, professor of agronomy and geological and atmospheric studies, said it is important to look at climate models for trends in weather patterns. “We have confidence that these models do represent events of past climate over the 20th century,” Takle said. “We then use these models to look into the climate in the 21st century; we don’t know a lot of things about the future, but we can make estimates.” These estimates involve projecting different scenarios. One scenario involves the population continuing to use energy and resources at the same rate. Another scenario measures a more energy-efficient population. “For all of these scenarios, one of the things that these models show is that there will be more intense rainfall events in central U.S.,” Takle said. These intense rainfall events are likely due to the climate being warmed, Takle said. “When the atmosphere heats up this way, it’s like putting more fuel in the fire,” Takle said. “It

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Cars sit in the floodwaters in the MWL parking lot during the August flood. Climate change scenarios predict more intense rainfall for the central U.S. in the future. Photo: Ryan Damman/Iowa State Daily

just speeds up everything and makes for more intense rainfall events.” William Gallus, professor in geological and atmospheric sciences, said global warming is a controversial issue. “You can never say that any one weather event

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SWING: Dancing at the Memorial Union Julianne Taylor, senior in HRI, and Colton Kennedy, junior in mechanical engineering, swing dance at the Down and Dirty Swing Dance, hosted by Student Union Board on Friday, at the Memorial Union. Photo: Ryan Damman/Iowa State Daily

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Kyle Walker. (reported at 2:05 p.m.) Shyon Shelton ,21, of Chicago, Ill., was arrested and charged with peddling. (reported at 4:03 p.m.) Marquita Joy, 21, of Hazel Crest, was arrested and charged with peddling. (reported at 5:18 p.m.) Tracey Pirtle, 22, of Gary, was arrested and charged with peddling. (reported at 5:18 p.m.)

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(reported at 12:29 a.m.) Andre Williams, 26, 3125 Grove Ave. unit 6, was arrested and charged with driving while barred, aggravated misdemeanor and driving under suspension, three counts. (reported at 1:12 a.m.) A resident reported receiving harassing calls and text messages. (reported at 2:07 p.m.) A vehicle that left the scene struck a car owned by Kerry Fox. (reported at 3:59 p.m.) A vehicle that left the scene struck a car owned by Timothy Corkrean. (reported at 7:38 p.m.)

A resident requested assistance with a child custody issue. (reported at 8:29 p.m.) Kevin Korth, University Village unit 113C, reported damage to a vehicle windshield. (reported at 9:14 p.m.) A staff member reported the theft of a computer power supply unit. (reported at 10:07 p.m.). Michael Finn, 18, 4206 Willow Hall, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. Brandyn Roers, 18, 4218 Willow Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. (reported at 10:24 p.m.)

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Obama announces end to operations in Iraq Iraq veteran reacts to mission’s end By Ethan.Subra iowastatedaily.com President Barack Obama gave his second Oval Office speech of his presidency Tuesday night. He announced his decision and plans to officially end Operation Iraqi Freedom. A marine, Cpl. Joe Verrant, who returned from Iraq in September of 2008, agreed with Obama on his decision to officially end the mission in Iraq. “Since we did pull out, it’s a good thing,” Verrant said. “I think we did accomplish good things. There’s only

so much you can do with the military in the Middle East. It’s all about the restructuring. What we were going to accomplish militarily over there we did accomplish. As soon as we left, the insurgents came back in. The insurgents were moving into the area to fight the U.S., so we pulled a lot in.” Obama mentioned how the event of offensive troop withdrawal was a milestone for the nation. Verrant agreed. “It is a milestone,” he said. “It was a drastic troop withdrawal, so yeah. For all intensive purposes it’s over.” Verrant said he did not feel his time in Iraq was wasted. “We did some humanitarian work but the only hostile situations were a couple of close calls with IEDs,” he

IRAQ: By the numbers 7.5 years of fighting 4,736 U.S. troops killed 31,926 U.S. troops wounded 1,500,000 Americans served in Iraq said. “I think the longer you stay there, what can you expect to accomplish?” Verrant said there is no simple way to tell when the U.S. won against Iraq. “It would be very easy to say in Iraq that if you have a democratic government for the people, we would win,” he said. “Democracy is not a one size fits all.”

Excerpts from the nationwide address Obama declares ‘combat mission in Iraq has ended’ President Obama declared that “the American combat mission in Iraq has ended” in his prime-time address Tuesday. “Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country,” he said. The mission officially drew to a close at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Obama said the winding down of the war in means it’s time for citizens to unite and build a better life for all Americans. “Our most urgent task is to restore our economy and put the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs back to work,” he said in his nationwide address from the Oval Office. “... This will be difficult. But in the days to come, it must be our central mission as a people and my central responsibility as president.” The president said ending the war in Iraq is in the United States’ best interest and “it is time to turn the page.” TheAmericanswhohavebeenkilledinIraq“gavetheirlivesforthevaluesthathave livedintheheartsofourpeopleforovertwocenturies,”ObamasaidTuesdaynight. The CNN Wire

Greek Community

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Students participating in Fall Fraternity Rush socialize during the last night of the event, where formal attire was required. This is the second year formal rush has taken place since it was reinstated. Photo: Tessa Callender/Iowa State Daily

only allow a certain number of women in each of their chapters to make it fair. Fraternity house size is the only limit to the number of members per chapter. While one chapter had 19 potential new members return to their house on the last night, some houses didn’t have any. If it wanted, that chapter could have extended bids out to each of the nearly 20 members that visited, house size permitting. Brian Bednarek, Theta Delta Chi’s international director of expansion, said he is happy to see ISU greek life is trying to revive fraternity formal recruitment. Bednarek was visiting Iowa State to help recruit for the fraternity. “Though [Theta Delta Chi] didn’t get strong numbers this semester through formal rush, I am very optimistic that this process will aid us during recruitment in the years to come,” Bednarek said. In the past, fraternity recruitment has been mostly based on informal recruitment, a mass calling system and Greek Getaway exposure. “Having informal recruitment gives us the chance to meet and sign great guys throughout the year, but formal recruitment allows the potentials and us to get to know each other in a greek-promoting environment,” said Dana Brown, senior in anthropology and Theta Delta Chi recruitment chairwoman. This year, various mar-

keting strategies were implemented, including posters, a small calling process, table tents in the Memorial Union, mass e-mails, word of mouth and even promoting Fall Fraternity Rush to incoming male students at Late Night at the MU during Destination Iowa State. Although only five people had signed up the Monday before classes started, more were recruited once Interfraternity Council put its marketing plan into place. Last year’s fraternity formal recruitment was more of a trial run that helped make this year’s process more successful. Some key things those in charge of the event realized needed to be worked on this year were the structure of the event, the marketing and the timing. Structuring it better would

make the process more organized and smooth, marketing more efficiently would help get higher numbers and having the event earlier in the school year all benefited the program this year. “Our goals were to restructure and hold [Fall Fraternity Rush] at a time where students are looking for something to be involved in and be a part of an organization,” Lucas D. said. Of those who attended, many seemed to really enjoy and appreciate the experience. “I feel that rush gave me the opportunity to better understand the greek system and see if it was for me, because it gave me the chance to ask the members of that house all the questions that I had about going greek,” said Colton Nebel, freshman in open option. Active members of some of the fraternity chapters saw Fall Fraternity Rush as a

worthwhile endeavor. “I think Fall Fraternity Rush this year was a great start in bringing back formal recruitment to Iowa State. Give it a few years of development, add in freedom for houses to hold more events and a longer recruitment week, and I know it will be successful for all the fraternities,” Brown said. “This year has been one of the best years for rushing in the greek community. Many of the houses were able to sign record-breaking pledge classes, and I think [Fall Fraternity Rush] definitely had something to do with that.” The Interfraternity Council future goals include one day “having a name to it” like sorority rushing does. It wants to come up with a more organized scheduling system, find a way to have the potential new members meet more men in the fraternities

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Re-implemented last year for the first time in approximately 20 years at Iowa State, fraternity rush came back this year with bigger numbers and more structure added to its program. Fall Fraternity Rush took place Wednesday to Friday during evening hours. Various activities included a presentation that gave an overview of greek life and what to expect, a social event called Watermelon Fest and a formal-attired celebration banquet with guest speaker ISU Alumni Association President Jeff Johnson. Participants had the opportunity to preference and tour eight of the 24 fraternity houses involved, and narrowed them down to their top two choices. They were then able to attend an open house with the members of each of the houses they selected. Invitations to join the chapter, also known as bids, from the various fraternity houses were extended Saturday to those who took part in the recruitment process. “It was interesting to see how all the houses did tours and get a chance to show the potential new members around, introducing them to the greek system and our methodology,” said Max Boose, senior in philosophy and 1 of the 20 Rho Gammas, or recruitment counselors who led participants in the formal recruitment process. This year, there were 70 potential new members registered for the fall fraternity rush, and approximately 45 attended each day — double last year’s attendance, when 35 men signed up, and 18 attended. Although the Interfraternity Council vice presidents of recruitment were shooting for 100 men registered and 70 attending, they still fared well with attendance, especially compared to last year. “I feel the event was very successful in that we grew attendance by more than 200 percent and restructured the process so that next year they have a schedule to build on and improve,” said Lucas D., one of the two Interfraternity Council vice presidents of recruitment. The initiator who brought back the formal recruitment process last year, Dan Renner, junior in marketing and current Interfraternity Council president, did so because he “wanted to open up the opportunity to ‘go greek’ to more men.” “One of the most general questions we get is, ‘With so many fraternities, how is it possible to see them all?’” Renner said. “With 28 fraternities, it is very difficult to see all unique aspects of each chapter. So, this event helps highlight each chapter and gives potential new members the opportunity to explore all of the options that are out there.” There are 28 chapters involved with Interfraternity Council, but involvement in fall fraternity rush was not mandatory, so not all chapters participated. Unlike sororities, fraternities have small, medium and large chapters — sororities

and find a set time to have fall fraternity rush to take place, all while not taking away from summer recruitment. “There are many areas that we can improve on to get the students to see even more fraternities and tailor the event to better work around school schedules,” Lucas D. said. Recruitment for the greek community is an ongoing process, and recruitment personnel are always on the lookout for new and interested members. “Even though Fall Fraternity Rush is over, that does not mean recruitment is over,” Lucas D. said. “Fraternities recruit yearround, and I encourage anyone that may be interested in greek life to be proactive and seek out those chapters of interest. The Greek Affairs office is a great resource to start that search and get more information.”

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Speed Cameras unnecessarily placed on ramps The Des Moines City Council recently decided to waste more of our tax dollars by installing speed cameras on most major offramps and other unspecified locations along I-235 and I-80. Why? Mon... er... Reven... uh... Safety, of course! For starters, the red light cameras have been proven to work in reducing the amount of stupidity at intersections. There have been quite a few studies that demonstrate the efficacy of having them installed above busy intersections: people take notice, slow down and crashes are reduced significantly. With the invention of airbags, the death rate from front-impact crashes has decreased around 20 percent in the last 30 years. However, deaths from side-impact crashes have increased to more than half of the overall total, and it’s not just because of the airbags. Trucks and SUVs appear on the road far more frequently than they used to. It’s simple physics: A greater number of heavier vehicles with higher ground clearance means more side-impact crashes at head level. Coupled with statistics that say one-third of red light runners are teenagers, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. But that’s not what we’re talking about: We’re specifically mentioning the speed cameras that will be installed along both interstate corridors before this year’s end. Des Moines Police have estimated each of these cameras will generate around $100,000 in revenue for the city of Des Moines every year. That’s nice, we guess, considering they cost $40,000 a piece, not counting maintenance. What’s ironic is that the state legislature had attempted to flat-out ban speed cameras in 2007, but ultimately failed. We hope they’ll try again. Soon. Red light cameras are only on, supposedly, when the light is red, whereas a speed camera is on around-the-clock. If that doesn’t scream “1984,” we don’t know what does. In other words, we don’t want the government wasting money while spying on us. It may be a public roadway, and the cameras typically give 5–10 mph of breathing room, but we’ve used Vista enough times to know that machines are by no means infallible. We’ll take lower tuition, thanks. Do speed cameras reduce speeding? Sure, in places where the cameras are located. Does that mean we should put them on every stretch of public roadway? Absolutely not. Then there’s the burden-of-proof issue: A police officer who cites you for speeding has witnessed you doing so, has the data to back it up and has physically pulled you over to say so. They’re trained to use their equipment, and can provide honest testimony against you in court. A speed camera is a machine, and an inefficient one at that. A 2007 report by the Auditor General of Arizona showed 47 percent of the detections in the first year of implementation were rejected because the driver, license plate or both were simply unclear, and that figure came from vendor data. What’s even more interesting is a report from Swinton, England, where the town council voted to turn off the speed cameras. Since doing so, the number of accidents, injuries and fatalities have all gone down. The hypothesis? Deactivated speed cameras means less erratic braking into, and less acceleration out of the areas monitored by speed cameras. The British government also announced a 40 percent cut in funding for these cameras two months ago, and other municipalities are expected to follow suit. Now take that same erratic braking for those cameras, and pair it with Iowa’s winter weather, the slightest of which turns I-35 into equal parts bobsled run and demo derby. No thanks.

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What pickup lines work best at the bars? Why do they work? Do guys learn them from experiences or the movies they watch? Columnists Gabriel Stoffa and Sean Flack break down the issue. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

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Columnist battle: Pickups at the bars Sean Flack: Why are guys jerks at bars? Is it the movies?

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like observing people. It’s not staring or creeping, it’s people-watching. Like Andy Warhol said, the world fascinates me, and I love seeing all these different people interacting and colliding against each other. One of my favorite spots to observe people is the bar. Contributing to the observations is the fact that I live with three girls. So usually when I go out with my roommates, everyone is mostly female. This makes going in a bar feel like those old cartoons where someone is tiredly walking through the desert while vultures are circling above them. Except here in Ames, these vultures pop their collars and wear sideways baseball caps. There are a million ways I could start off this paragraph, but I guess what it all boils down to is that I just don’t get people. I don’t get how any human with a brain could think that sitting down next to a girl you don’t know and letting out some line you heard in an “American Pie” movie is a good idea. A guy pulled this routine once and then just started talking about his BMX bike in

between grunts. He looked around the table with a face that suggested he was looking for the girls to jump him at any minute. Sure, one could argue the point that if you like a girl, then you should go up and talk to her. But jeez, at least have some class while you’re doing it. Don’t just nudge your way into the group and say, “Hey, baby.” I’d really like to do a scientific study or something to see if these awful techniques actually work on any girls. I mean, if these guys continue to creep, it must be because it has worked on girls before, right? I think these behaviors stem from this huge influx of “college” movies that have been released over the past couple of years. The frat boy movies, the “American Pie” series, all this crap heavily contributes to this idea that if you act like an jackass, you’ll get chicks. You’re probably thinking, “Sean, it’s just a movie.” But you know, a big chunk of what I know today, I learned from movies. I think this applies to a lot of people. We wonder why guys are such jackasses

— it’s easy, stuff like this. These movies make girls out to seem like stupid toys, whose only purpose in life is to please the OMGOMGTOTALLYHOT guy. And the guy role isn’t much better. Guys just strut around, and act like you should be honored to be in their presence. Hell, even the nerd’s a jerk in those movies. Since it’s the mainstream, teenagers gobble this stuff up. There are poop jokes, boobs and bad language. Whether they know it or not, that mentality I think seeps into their head. This all leads to swooping through the bars with guys looking for their own “American Pie” girl. It’s exactly the same idea with girls and Disney movies. You grow up watching this stuff for so long that you expect reality to follow suit. But it doesn’t. And people don’t realize that. No girl wants to be weirdly propositioned at a bar. It may work on a drunk girl or two, but eventually that’s going to get old. And if you’re still using Google pickup lines on people post-high school, post-college, then that’s just sad.

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fter reading Sean Flack’s article “Why are guys jerks at bars, is it the movies?” I was filled with a sense of challenge. As you may know, I am a movie fanatic. What you may not know, is that I was an avid gamer; and I don’t mean the video type. I can say proudly that I learned most of what I do today from movies. Well, I learned about things from movies, and then watched more movies to compare the content. Then I did research and tried things out, and then watched more movies to see where I could alter what I had observed. Long story short — too late — I formed my personality around the characters I viewed growing up on the silver screen. One of the primary things I learned from movies: How to meet women. Flack wrote the following: “I just don’t get people. I don’t get how any human with a brain could think that sitting down next to a girl you don’t know and letting out some line you heard in an ‘American Pie’ movie is a good idea.” Well, I’m here to tell you, those lame or jerkish lines are not only what you want to be doing to pick up women, but they are the best things you can be doing. Now, before someone goes off about how pickup lines are dumb and how this is sexist or any of the other arguments you may make, understand I am only speaking from the perspective that in using these lines, you are wanting to get to physi-

cally know a woman first; if you both click, the dating without the pure intent of carnal activities can occur later. Coming into a group of women and being something different is an efficient way of being noticed. Being the “alpha” of a group means attention is granted to you. Being very forward is an effective way of accomplishing that. But don’t take my word for it, check out the works of some of my favorite PUAs, or pickup artists: Erik Von Markovik, aka Mystery, and Neil Strauss, aka Style. These two are legends among the pickup community, and the methods they use have been displayed, comically or otherwise, in film for years. And yes, I do speak in game jargon and I do “peacock;” I’ve even run game successfully in the Sunset Boulevard area. I got into the “game” back in around 2003. I was introduced by a friend, and I loved the idea of having a group of like-minded guys all out with the intent of discovering the magical equations that would work to gain the admiration of women. Now, before this, I had only what I saw in films to use as a basis. And let me tell you, they aren’t all that different. The seemly bad lines guys deliver at bars are likely due to the person’s lack of effort to hone their pickup skills into an art form. Men like Ross Jeffries, one of the early yet still effective PUAs, and David DeAngelo have been consulted for years as outlets to help create the needed skill set to persuade people; to gain their attention

and keep it focused on you. The bad pickup lines in movies are the sort of game guys run in real life. The big difference being, in film, they don’t show the conversation past the openers; it simply isn’t doable in a film to spend the time showing every little nuance of a conversation, you’re just getting the highlights. The openers that are as bad as, “Hey baby,” do work to start things rolling. So, the problem doesn’t lie with the films, it lies with the lack of solid follow-up — so don’t blame the movies. It’s the whole violence in films argument all over. All aside, being a jerk, or rather being an alpha, does work at the bar or at parties. I’ve done it for years, and had I not met my amazing girlfriend, I would still be using the same tactics — by the way, I used the same tactics when I met her. Hell, I still use the tactics when I go out with some friends to help them pick up. Flack’s disgust with guy’s using pickup lines from movies and whatnot appears to not be annoyance with the use of them, but more of an annoyance that they are working. No, they won’t work on all women, but they do work, you just have to keep trying. I realize that I am moving beyond the realm of conversation the original article presented, but rather than complaining about them, why not try to instigate change and force the guys delivering pickups without follow-up into a corner; game them right back. Be the alpha.

Nice guys finish last. Being only yourself, and expecting people to like you for it, is naive. Being confidant is some of the most misplaced advice someone can give you — being competent is a far cry better. With the interconnectivity of the world, there is more and more competition out there that might not have previously existed. Getting your ideas from a movie is not only advisable — tell me honestly everyone doesn’t think Ferris Bueller or Van Wilder aren’t amazing as possible personality archetypes — but it is almost necessary. Using pickup lines is a good idea if you want to get laid; the caveat being you have to understand the follow-up. You have to be able to keep the rest of the conversation going. Learn your basics from the movies, then do some reading. I recommend books such as: “The Game,” “The Annihilation Method” and “Venusian Arts,” or even the abundance of online community sites where you can discuss your trials and tribulations. Use film to your advantage. I’m happy to elaborate further if anyone is interested; just ask away. Until then, I leave you with the best pickup line I’ve ever heard, and used, from a movie: “I don’t exactly know what I am required to say in order for you to have intercourse with me, but could we assume I said all that? I mean, essentially we are talking about fluid exchange right? So could we go just straight to the sex?” - “A Beautiful Mind”

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Sophomore fills predecessor void By Travis.Cordes iowastatedaily.com Her predecessor was a four-year starter, two-time All-American, Iowa State Female Student-Athlete of the Year and the holder of the three highest single-season assist tallies in the volleyball program history. It wasn’t an easy resume to follow, but someone had to do it. Last year Alison Landwehr spent her freshman season watching and learning from senior Kaylee Manns, who managed to shatter nearly every possible ISU assist record by the end of her illustrious career. But now it’s Landwehr’s turn to shine. “She’s been awesome so far,” said junior outside hitter Carly Jenson. “Even in her first two big games she really stepped up for us, and that just shows she can fill Kaylee’s void and we all know what she’s capable of.” The two setters may have both ended up in Ames together for one season, but their pre-college backgrounds with volleyball were vastly different. Although Manns was widely known as a phenomenal multi-sport athlete throughout high school, she never received setting training or played club volleyball and slid mostly under the radar on the national prep volleyball scale. Landwehr, on the other hand, earned accolade after accolade while playing on club teams and at Parkway West High School in St. Louis, and was one of the most highly sought after setters in the nation. Thanks to that, it was a much easier transition for her when she arrived in Ames. “From where she started to where she ended this spring I thought was really pretty amazing,” said coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “I’m really excited about her progress. And I feel like we’ve started this fall from where we left off in the spring.” Her senior year of high school she was named an AVCA High School All-American and played in the Under Armour All-American High School Match, was ranked the No. 24 high school player in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com and was named both the Missouri Gatorade Volleyball and St. Louis Post Dispatch Player of the Year. The list goes on and on. Then when you couple all of her previous experience with a full year of learning under a pair of two-time All-

Setter Alison Landwehr passes to a teammate during the Cardinal and Gold Scrimmage on Saturday at Ames High. File photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

American setters in Manns and Johnson-Lynch, the process of jumping into the mix becomes a little more simple. “I can’t even imagine coming into that big of a role,” said sophomore middle blocker Jamie Straube. “Especially in this type of environment, without even starting a game at setter yet. But she’s been so great and has already improved a lot so far, and it’s only going to go up from here.” And if her past volleyball experiences weren’t enough

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Ter’ran Benton, left, Leonard Johnson and Michael O’Connell. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

Cyclone secondary strong point of defensive squad By Chris.Cuellar iowastatedaily.com If hype was everything, then the entire Iowa State defense is young, inexperienced, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Returning starters and hard hitters fill the Cyclone secondary, a deep unit of safeties and corners that are shouldered with improving the Iowa State’s 10thranked pass defense in the Big 12. The slow morph from an area for improvement, into a strength of the defense, occurred in 2009. During the off-season of 2010, it could have been the lack of experience anywhere else or the swagger displayed by the starters, but the Cyclone secondary is the strong point of defensive coordinator Wally Burnham’s squad. “The secondary is the strength of the group,” said coach Paul Rhoads. “Those guys are going to have to improve daily, improve game-by-game, and I think through 26 opportunities or practices, they’ve done exactly that.” The safeties are led by returning Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, strong safety David Sims, and co-captain Michael O’Connell. Sims’ suspension for

Northern Illinois for his off-season legal troubles have moved West Des Moines Valley product Zac Sandvig into the starting role for Week One, but Sims will likely resume his top spot against Iowa on Sept. 12. While Sims has been held from the media since his misdemeanor charges for unauthorized use of a credit card, O’Connell has taken the spot as defensive co-captain, and the redshirt senior from Iowa City Regina Catholic Education Center is ready for a big season starting every game for the first time in his career. A couple big games at Texas A&M, 11 tackles, and Nebraska, interception, threw him into the limelight, but he’s focused one game at a time just like Rhoads; and Northern Illinois is priority number one. “I think the last month we’ve really progressed in communicating and understanding and being on the same page [as a secondary],” O’Connell said. “But by no means have we arrived, and this first game is when we can see how far we’ve really come.” Sims had a team high of five intercep-

tions last season, including 88 tackles, but the redshirt senior Sandvig will have to fill his cleats for game one and will likely see plenty of action in relief this season. “In our defense the safeties are going to make plays in the run game and the pass game,” Rhoads said. “Having the poise to do that will be [Sandvig’s] top priority for us.” The only seniors on the depth chart in the secondary reside as safeties, as the youth movement at cornerback has taken shape and given the Cyclones some continuity and toughness. At the top of the depth chart for the corners are former Freshman AllAmerican Leonard Johnson and junior Ter’Ran Benton. Benton’s comeback from a broken leg to start the Insight Bowl is a story in line with the program since Rhoads’ arrival, and Johnson’s athleticism is a program standard itself. The two give the Cyclones a duo that has the potential to lock down receivers and hit some of the Big 12’s sweep-happy run-

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With the pressure high and the thanks low, the kicking game is a place at Iowa State that requires usually no name athletes to step into the spotlight. Standing in that spotlight for Iowa State will be junior Grant Mahoney. Mahoney, a Marion native, had an up-and-down 2009 campaign, which included having an extra point kick blocked against Kansas State and was 13-of-20 on field goal attempts. He was also 26-30 on point attempts after making all 33 of his tries in his freshman season. “Grant has had a consistent camp,” said coach Paul Rhoads. “He’s kicking the ball off with more distance this year because he’s stronger.” Rhoads said Mahoney’s distance on field goals has improved, too, giving the ISU offense greater confidence in the junior placekicker. “When you’ve got a football team that worked that hard for 15 plays and comes away with nothing, you’ve got a group of guys that can get upset with ya, but he came through for them,” Rhoads said. The coach said Mahoney’s improved confidence was even evident in practices during fall camp. During the team’s final scrimmage Aug. 21, Rhoads said Mahoney made his kicks despite not warming up well. “He hit two big field goals today,” Rhoads said, “which is good because he didn’t warm up very good, and sometimes when that gets in a kicker’s mind he can struggle for the length of the game. So I saw, today, a guy who could have come out and warmed up poorly and go kick in a game.” There is a hole to fill in the kicking game, though. The departure of Mike Brandtner, fifth all-time in ISU

history for punting average, has left a hole at the punter position that will be filled by Mahoney senior Daniel Kuehl or true freshman Kirby Van Der Kamp. “ I t ’ s been a very heated race all throughout camp. Dan Kuehl Kuehl is much improved to create that,” Rhoads said after the Aug. 21 scrimmage. Kuehl was Brandtner’s backup in 2009. Rhoads said the team has coached Van Der Kamp differently than he was in high school, which has caused the youngster some trouble throughout camp. “We do things a little bit differently than Kirby did in high school, which is creating different steps and things like that, and sometimes that transition takes a little bit when you’re a specialist like he is,” Rhoads said. As of Monday, Rhoads said Kuehl was the front runner, but no final decision had been made. However, the return specialists were announced at Rhoads’ Monday, news conference. Cornerback Leonard Johnson and freshman running back Shontrelle Johnson will be sharing the kick returning duties, while sophomore wide receiver Josh Lenz will be handling punts for the Cyclones. The decision was not made without some competition, though. Rhoads said late in camp that the team had a whole host of options to fill the return

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>>KICKERS.p5 positions. “That’s a big positive that we’ve got a big group to choose from.� Leonard Johnson was named a freshman AllAmerican kick returner, a season that included a 319yard performance against Oklahoma State. Lenz had 20 returns for 96 yards as a freshman last season.

Iowa State’s Grant Mahoney lets loose a ďŹ eld goal attempt during the game against Iowa on Sept. 13, 2008, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. Mahoney was one for four ďŹ eld goal attempts in the 17-5 loss to Iowa. File photo: Iowa State Daily

>>VOLLEYBALL.p1 to get her comfortable, the supporting cast of Cyclones around her surely sealed the deal. Iowa State has often been synonymous with great passing, and when combined with the slew of experienced hitters all over the court this season, Landwehr has been able to make a relatively smooth transition into her new role. “I couldn’t have been put in a better situation,â€? Landwehr said. “It’s all about consistency for me right now, and we have so many good passers. And that makes my job much easier when they’re getting the ball right to me just about every time.â€? Landwehr’s ďŹ rst two starts of the season

came at the prestigious Runza/AVCA Showcase on Saturday and Sunday in Omaha, Neb., where she faced off against a pair of top 15 teams in her debut. It certainly wasn’t the easiest circumstance for a ďŹ rst career start, but coaches and players alike can all agree she certainly passed the ďŹ rst tough test of the season. “For her ďŹ rst starts to be in this environment, against these teams, on TV, I thought she did a great job,â€? Johnson-Lynch said. “I think a lot of other setters would have crumbled.â€? In the second match of the season against No. 14 Kentucky, the six-footer notched the ďŹ rst double-double of her career, but not in traditional fashion for her position.

While the majority of the time setters ďŹ nish with double-digit digs along with assists, Landwehr accomplished the feat in another category — kills. During the course of the weekend she managed to drop 15 kills to the oor, including 10 in Sunday’s win over the Wildcats. With that performance, Landwehr became the ďŹ rst setter in ISU history to record 10 kills in a match, and those impressive numbers put her on the weekend’s all-tournament team. “Kaylee didn’t dump the ball quite as much,â€? Jenson said. “But Alison is very willing to go up and attack the ball. And that just brings something else to our offense that the opponents have to prepare for because it’s like we have three hit-

ters when she’s in the front row.� It’s no question the loss of a four-year mainstay like Manns will bring noticeable differences to the team this fall. But with all of her previous training and the tutelage of one of the nation’s premier setting coaches, Landwehr will be able to make those differences fade away as time goes on. Then when her career comes to a close three years from now, don’t be surprised if next setter in line faces the exact same situation she is now. “She’s really good at moving the ball around,� Johnson-Lynch said. “She can get the middles going and knows how to keep setting [Victoria Henson] and [Kelsey Petersen] when they get hot.�

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 5 -- You feel pressure at work to manage multiple tasks in a tight time frame. Focus on what you have and avoid discussion of impractical ideas.

Virgo (Aug. 23--Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Give extra thought to each communication today. Words can jump out unexpectedly if you’re not careful. Think before you speak.

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GOP leaders to visit Iowa in September By Tyler.Kingkade iowastatedaily.com

Three notable Republicans, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, are scheduled to appear at GOP fundraisers in September. The top Republican in the House, Boehner, will make a stop Friday morning in Urbandale for a Brad Zaun fundraiser. Boehner’s event is a breakfast with the price tag for attendance at $150 per person, $250 per couple. Gingrich will speak Sept. 9 in Ames at the conservative Team Iowa PAC luncheon at the Jack Trice Club. Gingrich made several appearances in Iowa through the summer to help raise money for Republican candidates and to attend the Iowa State Fair. The former speaker of the house said he will make a decision next year as to whether he’s running in 2012, depending on how the midterm elections go. Palin will headline the Republican Party of Iowa’s Ronald Reagan dinner Sept. 17 in Des Moines. Iowa GOP chairman Matt Strawn said tickets for the event will be $100 per plate or $1,000 for a table of eight. Palin, the former vice presidential candidate who left office as governor of Alaska before completing one term, has not appeared in Iowa

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for months since her brief book tour last winter. She made four stops to campaign in the state in 2008, and one appearance at Sioux City for a book signing in Dec. 2008 where she did not take questions from news media. Strawn said Palin is popular among Iowans. However, in polling of Republican voters she trails behind former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, but slightly ahead of Gingrich for likely 2012 candidates, according to a Des Moines Register poll. A poll conducted by Voter Consumer Research for the Iowa Republican blog placed Palin in fourth among likely 2012 contenders, behind Gingrich in third. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee lead with Romney in second. Palin also lead in negative views in the Register poll, with 39 percent ďŹ nding her unfavorable and nearly every respondent having their mind made up about her. GOP groups like Team Iowa are counting on Gingrich to help orchestrate a Republican wave in Congress similar to his time in 1994. Gingrich has said the 2010 elections could be more important than the 2012. Both Gingrich and Palin have made a slew of endorsements of Iowa Republican candidates. Republican gubernatorial nominee for Iowa,

amounts of rainfall. Flood events, like last month’s, require a weather system parking out over a single area, Gallus said. “You have lots of wind coming from the Gulf of Mexico with lots of moisture,� Gallus said, “and because the weather system is pretty much sitting there, you can keep creating thunderstorms over and over, hitting the same places, which is really what happened in Ames.� Takle said rain “runoff� occurs when the soil stops

absorbing water, usually when an area receives more than about one-and-one-fourth inches of rain. “More of our rainfall is coming in these rainfall events that are more than 1 inch and a quarter,â€? Takle said, “and if these come back-to-back like they did in August, there’s certainly a chance that it will lead to ooding.â€? Gallus said one of the remarkable things about Ames’ ood is that it occurred in August.

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Floods typically occur earlier in the summer, because the ground retains a lot of moisture from the winter’s melted snow and the crops are immature and unable to use the excess water. “By August, the crops are usually using lots of water,â€? Gallus said. “The ground is usually getting pretty dry, so the fact that we had our worst ood in August just shows how incredible the amount of rain was that we got.â€? Takle says a longer growing season is another indication of climate change. “Farmers may tell you they don’t believe in climate change,â€? Takle said, “but they’re planting corn on the 15th of April. Fifty years ago they would start planting maybe the 10th of May.â€?

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Besides increased rainfall, other effects of global warming include more frequent heat waves, bigger snowstorms during the winter and more droughts. “It may make the pattern of rainy days and dry days get more extreme,â€? Gallus said. “You’ll have longer periods without rain and then when it does rain, it will rain harder.â€? These extremes make it difficult to ďŹ nd solutions which will prevent events like ooding. “We can’t say if we get a drought next year, that we can quit planning for oods,â€? Takle said. “You should think about making your community resilient and that means making it stand up to a variety of extreme events.â€? The city of Ames has been

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making an effort to prevent these extreme events, including reconsidering their policy on building on ood plains and discussing whether or not to put up levees, Takle said. “After the 1993 ood, they made several changes to the Hilton Coliseum,â€? Takle said. “Those changes worked, but it’s just that the ood we had this year had different characteristics than the 1993 ood.â€? Takle said there are a number of solutions to ooding, but they are highly complicated and expensive and carry consequences if other reverse extremes, such as drought, were to occur. “I would admonish people to think carefully about this and not jump to quick conclusions to either discount climate change or to blame climate change, but to just be observing,â€? Takle said. “Remember this event, and think next year and the year after and the year after: Is there anything unusual going on? Are we continuing to get these unusual events, and if so, what is the cause?â€?

>>RELIEF.p12 term recovery efforts after many natural disasters in 2008. Thirteen states, including Iowa, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Illinois were eligible for additional Community Development Block Grant funds because of the signiďŹ cant investment they have made to disaster mitigation, according to the website. Jeremy Davis, a member of the Ames City Council, said he hasn’t been made aware of whether Ames will be receiving any of the funds.

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