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Kristian Bush to host Cyclone Idol at Veishea

By Dominic.Spizzirri @iowastatedaily.com Country music star Kristian Bush, of the duo Sugarland, will host Cyclone Idol at this year’s Veishea on April 10. An evening with Kristian Bush at 7

p.m. will follow the Veishea event.

Known for their singles “All I Want to Do”, “Already Gone” and their Grammy winning song “Stay,” Sugarland (consisting as the duo of Bush and

Jennifer Nettles), Sugarland made marks on the country music scene since their debut album “Twice the Speed of Life” in 2004.

Bush began his career in the folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim before founding

Sugarland in 2002.

In 2013, Bush made his solo debut with his single “Love or Money.” Bush has won 17 different awards from Grammy, CMT and American Music awards under Sugarland.

Cyclone Idol is an annual Veishea event where contestants go through a singing competition along a panel of judges.

A winner will be chosen for first, second and third place.

Kristian Bush

Branstad, Reynolds seek re-election

By Lissandra.Villa @iowastatedaily.com Republican Gov. Terry Branstad kicked off his re-election campaign on Wednesday night at the Hy-Vee Conference Center in Des Moines.

He is seeking his sixth term in office, with Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds as his running mate.

If he wins the election, Branstad will increase his lead as longestserving governor in United States history. His opponents include Democrats Jack Hatch and Paul Dahl.

Branstad, a native Iowan, served as governor of Iowa from 1983 to 1999. He then served as president of Des Moines University before running for re-election as governor. He won his campaign and returned to the spot he has held since 2011.

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A three dimensional rendering of the proposed convention center in the proposed building area. Annually there are 450 events which draws 191,000 attendees. The funding for the potentially $38 million project will be split between the City of Ames and Iowa State University.

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Provides 500 local jobs

Serves 191,000 people

Generates 30 million dollars Public meetings begin about Scheman Building expansion

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he start of the Scheman Building renovation and addition begins Jan. 16.

The proposed project is to add an Ames Convention Center to the Scheman Building that would eventually host job fairs, professional conferences and larger social receptions.

“The project would add larger community events, conferences and conventions,” said Shawne Ungs of the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau. “This would also

add more summer events as well.”

The addition and expansion includes the renovation of the Scheman Building and a new building attached to the north side of the building.

“There are 450 events with 191,000 people in attendance annually,” Ungs said. “Since the majority of the attendees are from out of town, they bring in $30 million annually to our local businesses.”

The Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau will be providing three public meetings to inform the public of the project.

The three meetings will be

Jan. 16 at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Room 4 of the ground floor at the Scheman Building.

“The events provide 500 local jobs, including many student jobs,” Ungs said. “The payroll of these jobs is $8.5 million annually.”

The public vote for this project will be March 4.

The project idea began because of the growing demand for event space.

“The addition won’t bring an extreme amount of traffic like

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Morrell elected SASES president

By Morgan.Ball @iowastatedaily.com Bailey Morrell, senior in agriculture studies, was elected as SASES’ 2014 president.

There are a lot of changes with the start of a new year. Many clubs and organizations, including SASES (Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences) have gone through an election process.

According to the group’s website, it is “an affiliation of agronomy, crops, soils, plant science or environmental science clubs and their undergraduate student members from colleges and universities throughout North America.”

Morrell considers herself “farm cultured.” She did not grow up on a farm, but her grandparents owned a small row crop and cattle operation.

She grew up knowing she wanted to stay in agriculture.

As a sophomore, Morrell joined the Agronomy Club in hopes to get involved on campus. In 2012, the club was beginning to plan for the SASES regional meeting.

Iowa State had applied to host the meeting her sophomore year. After the regional meeting, Morrell went to Cincinnati for the national meeting to get involved on a higher level. She was voted to be the SASES corresponding secretary.

While in office, Morrell knew she wanted to broaden her leadership skills and wanted to try for another office position. It is a SASES policy that once a duty is served, you cannot hold that office again.

Because of this, Morrell tried for the president position, and with support from the net-

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works she had, she became the 2014 SASES president.

Melissa Stolt, Agronomy Club advisor, said, “Bailey is a very friendly, energetic, organized and highly-motivated student within the Agronomy Club. All of these qualities make her a great president for SASES. I look forward to her success in this position.”

Morrell looks forward to the networking that will happen during the regional and national meetings. There are three societies: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America.

The regional meetings are composed of just students and the national meetings are where it brings the students and professionals together.

Morrell has been through a long journey to get where she is now. She began internships as

a freshman and has had multiple ones since. A few of the internships included Pioneer, Farmers Co-op and Iowa Farm Bureau.

The internships have helped her discover what she enjoys and also helped her decide what she wanted to study.

Also over the years, Morrell has been involved in not only SASES, but other clubs as well.

Morrell has been involved in the Agronomy Club, ISU Iowa Corn Growers Association and the Veishea committee.

Participating in various clubs have helped prepare Morrell for her new position as president.

Morrell is not sure what she wants to do after graduation, but says she plans to graduate in December of 2014.

Morrell wants to take a few more classes of interest to her, and she plans to be flexible and apply for more internships.

Six major areas of focus were outlined by Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady, among them efficiency, youth and transparency, in his State of the Judiciary Address.

Cady, who has been chief justice since 2011, gave his address on Wednesday morning in the House Chambers at the Des Moines Capitol.

“Together, we can build the best court system in the nation,” Cady said, listing some of the accomplishments Iowa Courts had

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Charges against defensive lineman Irving dismissed

By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com Domestic assault charges against ISU defensive lineman David Irving were dropped Jan. 15.

Irving was going to go on trial Jan. 28, but all charges were dropped Jan. 15.

Irving was charged after being arrested Nov. 13 when police were called that night to 1415 S. Grand Ave. with David Irving a possible domestic assault that occurred between 2 and 4 p.m.

Police spoke with the victim on the night of the arrest and she “stated her boyfriend and the father of her child held her down earlier in the afternoon and cut a large portion of hair off.”

The victim told police the defendant punched her in the leg several times and officers noticed several bruises on the victim’s leg and a large scratched area on the back side of her leg. The victim also had a small cut on her hand, which she said was caused by the scissors.

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By Blake.Dowson @iowastatedaily.com Ludovico Cademartiri has developed methods to make new materials using crystals and polymers.

Cademartiri, an assistant professor in materials science and engineering, says his new findings, called nanowires, could open many doors in technology. Nanowires are materials 50 thousand times thinner than human hair.

Cademartiri said that he developed the synthesis for nanowires because he was curious.

“In the case of nanowires, we developed the synthesis out of curiosity,” Cademartiri said. “Then I noticed that their shape was very reminiscent of polymer molecules. That was the observation that spurred this whole area of research, and it turned out these nanowires are, indeed, remarkably similar to polymer molecules.”

Cademartiri also said that, often times, someone’s best research comes from unusual observations.

“What I consider my best research, like this one on nanowires, originated usually from unusual observations, often of unintended consequences of an experiment,” Cademartiri said. “This is why I believe that looking into unusual places is vital to the longterm health of scientific progress. To expect truly new discoveries to originate entirely out of prediction is, in my opinion, missing what is the most important contribution the human brain can make to

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research in the long term: finding patterns and having an intuition of their importance and meaning.”

In the case of nanowires, Cademartiri believes that the discovery could hold significance.

“I believe that shaping metals and ceramics in the form of nanowires could provide them with some of the properties that we traditionally associate exclusively with polymers,” Cademartiri said.

Santosh Shaw, a graduate student who helped Cademartiri with research and development, shares the same beliefs.

“These ultrathin nanowires help us to bridge the gap between the two classes of materials: polymers and crystals,” Shaw said. “Evidence of these nanowires growing and showing properties like polymers challenge our textbook knowledge of materials. Research on these nanowires is still in their very early stages, but the more we explore, the more it will unveil the uniqueness and applications of it.”

Shaw said research on these nanowires has raised lots of eyebrows around the scientific world, which will be beneficial for this growing field.

Shaw said fundamental research on nanowires

In the case of nanowires, we developed the synthesis out of curiosity.”

Ludovico Cademartiri, assitant professor

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Ludovico Cademartiri, an assistant professor in materials science and engineering, says his new findings, called nanowires, could open many doors in technology.

is interesting for the field of materials science.

“Crystals are known to be rigid, whereas polymers to be flexible; however, our novel crystalline nanowires show flexibility of a polymer molecule, which was never known or existed before,” Shaw said. “This whole idea of exchange between two classes of materials creates lots of curiosity that ultimately drives us into this research.”

Cademartiri explained that the creation of nanowires is done by a relatively simple process.

“They are formed into a hot solution of solvent by reacting two precursors to-

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gether,” Cademartiri said.

“Once purified, the nanowires are stable in solution as colloids.”

Shaw said everyone has learned a lot from him. “[Cademartiri] has always been very motivating and professional about the research going on in the lab,” Shaw said. “This gives us immense opportunities to learn the way research is done by eminent and prolific scientists.

[Cademartiri] always motivates and pushes you to realize your ultimate potential and he regularly meets with us to keep tabs on our research progress, which really benefits us a lot.”

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Hurd develops tiller that addresses heavy equipment

By Caitlin.Deaver @iowastatedaily.com An ISU 2013 agricultural studies alumnus, Colin Hurd, recently developed a new planter product, TrackTill, which will help farmers during planting season. “[TrackTill] is a product that attaches to planters to help reduce compaction from the wheels,” Hurd said. “As planters have gotten larger in the last few years, they have also gotten heavier for a number of reasons.”

TrackTill, which is a patent pending product, attaches behind the planter’s wheels and vertically tills the soil. It also addresses the tractor and its wheels and weight.

Hurd said the primary reason planters have gotten heavier was because of the structural differences between older and more modern planters.

Older planters store all of the seeds on top in boxes called row units, and newer planters, like the com-

mon Central Commodity System Planter, store all of the seeds in one central location. That puts a big portion of the machine’s weight on the carrying wheels of the planter.

“All that weight is concentrated on those four center wheels of the planter,” Hurd said. “In turn, it causes more compaction in the soil.”

The tractors that pull the planters are also getting bigger, too, so the bigger the planter purchased, the bigger the tractor needed to pull the planter. That all adds up to more weight and more soil compaction.

Hurd also said compaction is often addressed with tillage, though after planting, it is detrimental to till the field.

“That helps reduce the compaction and, in turn, increases yields lost in those center rows [where the weighted-down wheels are located],” Hurd said.

There are currently two models of TrackTill available. They include TrackTill Frame Mount and

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A planter much like the ones that Colin Hurd’s invention, the Track Till, would attach too. Hurd became an agriculture alumni in 2013.

TrackTill Wheel Mount.

TrackTill FM will fit a 30 inch row planter, having been tested to fit John Deere Bauer Built planters. The TrackTill WM is designed to mount around the wheels on 30 inch row planters, and have been tested to fit 24 row John Deere 1770 NT planters.

According to a study conducted by Iowa State and Hurd during the last growing season, which collected data from three different locations and 48 individual plots, using TrackTill has shown better crop yields.

“When you compact soil, it limits the ability for

Plantenberg elected University Affairs Committee Chair in GSB

By Brian.Voss @iowastatedaily.com The GSB Senate elected Michael Plantenberg as the chair of the University Affairs Committee at Wednesday evening’s Government of the Student Body meeting. Plantenberg had recently served as the chair of the University Affairs Committee on an interim basis.

“Honestly, no offense to anybody on any other committee, I have not met anyone who’s more passionate about their commit-

>>SUPREME COURT p1 last year and goals for which the judiciary branch continues to reach.

Within two years, Iowa will be the first state to have a completely paperless court system, thanks to Electronic Document Management System, Cady said.

According to the Iowa Judicial Branch website, 43 Iowa counties were operating fully on the system by the end of 2013, including Story County.

Iowa youth were also included in the speech.

Cady said 13 juvenile court officers have been added throughout the state.

“Meaningful court intervention guides these

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The ground level of this addition would feature covered parking, due to potential flooding, as well as open space and meeting rooms on the upper level.

This would possibly be a $38 million project. The funding would be split between the City of Ames and Iowa State.

“This expansion would just show how great of a team the City of Ames and Iowa State University are together,” Ungs said.

“They teamed up for other

tee than Michael Plantenberg,” said Sen. Hamad Abbas.

Plantenberg expressed interest in doing a big project incorporating all committee members, opposed to individual projects.

“It would have a larger impact than just one student’s efforts although we do work on some pretty impressive projects.

If we pulled all 10 or so members of the committee, I think we could do something pretty phenomenal,” Plantenberg said.

Plantenburg expressed a desire to build closer relationships

with university administrators.

Sen. Nick Terhall was also nominated for the position, believing his leadership as the President of Friley Hall and as a group leader on two different aerospace engineering clubs as reasoning to be elected as chair.

Terhall cited his engineering experience as a positive.

“I see a problem, I solve it. That’s kind of how it works,” Terhall said.

Sen. Krista Johnson said she did not believe anybody’s major made them more qualified for

root growth,” Hurd said. “It limits, essentially, how easy it is for the roots to penetrate the soil to gain nutrients. When you do that, in a lot of cases, it will make the plants grow shorter and yield less.”

Hurd also said the compaction problem is worse with corn because of the crop’s fibrous root system that is prone to moresevere compaction issues. “[Compaction and corn crops] are a big deal to Iowans,” Hurd said.

Hurd said the Iowa State study showed TrackTill to give fields a yield average of 8.12 more bushels. There was also a 6.5 percent increase in plant height, an average of 16.5 percent less compaction resistance and a 4.5 percent relative yield increase.

Hurd first came up with the business idea in his agricultural entrepreneurship course at Iowa State and remembered past agricultural experiences.

“I was working on a farm, and it was a year the

the University Affairs position.

“I’m not sure being in the College of Engineering makes you inherently more qualified to lead a group. But regardless, until about a week ago Sen. Plantenberg was also in the College of Engineering,” Johnson said.

Vice Speaker Barry Snell saw the appointment as important because he plans to put the University Affairs Committee at the forefront of GSB. “We’re supposed to be an organization that accomplishes things for students at the university. Again, as I’ve said before, that’s precisely what the University Affairs Committee is tasked to do in our own bylaws,” Snell said.

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children toward productive lives as adults and saves taxpayers the cost of paying for future incarceration or treatment of more serious conditions that too often occur without such intervention,” Cady said.

Transparency was another of the six areas of focus that were listed.

In an effort to keep the court system as open as possible, Cady said, expanded media coverage rules were proposed. He went on to say that these changes would better accommodate changing mediums of communication.

Besides efficiency, youth and transparency, the other priorities Cady listed were “providing fulltime access to justice,” “providing faster and less

costly resolution of legal disputes” and “providing fair and impartial justice for all.”

One issue Cady pointed out was that the number of people Family Treatment Courts can help is limited because the federally funded pilot sites are currently “sprinkled” throughout Iowa. The funding for these will end in Summer 2014.

The Des Moines Register reported the Iowa Supreme Court will consider a proposal before it that would provide Iowa law school graduates the opportunity to practice law in Iowa without taking the bar exam this coming summer.

Gov. Terry Branstad said at his press conference on Monday morning that he thinks law students

should take the bar to protect the quality and the integrity of the profession.

“As someone that took the bar, I think they ought to take the bar,” Branstad said.

This proposal would still require students pass an ethics exam and background checks and an Iowa specific course, according to The Des Moines Register.

“For those students who would know that they want to live in Iowa, practice in Iowa, build their lives, maybe have a husband, family, kids, all that in Iowa, that might actually be a really, really nice option,” said Kaitlin Heinen, a senior in chemistry planning on attending law school.

Heinen said she is still

projects like the ice arena and CyRide.”

The commitment from Iowa State to fund this project must be approved by the Iowa Board of Regents.

“I would encourage all residents, including students, to attend one of public presentations or reach out to the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau for further information,” said City Council member Amber Corrieri.

Iowa State will bring the subject up at the February Board of Regents meeting so public voters will know if the University is committed by voting time in March.

“I hope that the community is engaged in this

process and takes time to vote,” Corrieri said. “It is an important vote for taxpayers.”

If the project happens, the Ames community will have access to six rooms on the ground floor of the Scheman building without charge.

The accessible rooms’ capacity will range from 5 to 120 people.

These rooms will be used for functions sponsored by non-profit organizations and Ames.

There is more information on the project at amesgatheringplace.com.

compaction showed up really well in the soil,” Hurd said. “You could actually see, with every pass of the planter through the field, that the corn was yellower and shorter than the rest of the corn that was surrounding the wheels.”

Hurd knew his idea was unique and a working solution to a problem.

“I said to myself, ‘Well, this is a real problem, I know it exists and as far as I know, no one else has come up with a good solution to it.’ I started working on it then and haven’t stopped since.”

With TrackTill’s success, Hurd hopes farmers realize the advantages of their potential investment.

“It comes down to money,” Hurd said. “[Farmers] are able to save money, increase yields and get a better return on their investments.”

This upcoming spring, Hurd is taking TrackTill to market, going full-scale, by launching the product through several John Deere dealerships.

based on changes that have not yet happened.

Also during the GSB meeting, Sen. Danielle Nygard and Sen. Megan Black were seated as members of the University Affairs Committee.

Sen. Peter Benzoni, a member of the University Affairs Committee, said Black has consistently attended University Affairs Committee meetings in her time on GSB. Sen. Krista Johnson was seated as a member of the rules committee. No other nominations for this position were made.

Matt Kerns, Elvir Klempic and Brian Garrido were confirmed as at-large members of the University Affairs Committee.

Kerns was previously the chair of the committee before resigning his Senate seat last semester.

choosing between schools, and does not yet have a definitive opinion on the proposal.

This is only one of the many proposals Cady

and the rest of the Iowa Supreme Court will have to consider in 2014 while continuing to strive toward the initiatives Cady emphasized.

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Memes spread information which could be true, false Memes are everywhere.

They make us laugh and they make us roll our eyes, but sometimes they also do something else: they inform us.

Unfortunately for those who would gather news or information from funny pictures they found on the internet, they do not always inform us correctly.

The term “meme” itself goes back decades to its use by Richard Dawkins in his book “The Selfish Gene.” Dawkins used the term to refer to “... a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation” in the context of comparing human cultures to genetics.

Strangely enough, Dawkins’ original definition still fits fairly well with what we would now regard as memes, though he could never have pictured the goofy captions now adorning every corner of the Web. Like the genes he was really talking about, the memes of today are endlessly replicated and passed on, whether or not they actually do what they are supposed to do.

For most memes, their intended effect is a simple one: make someone laugh. Sometimes, though, these silly creations are made with actual motives.

For instance, numerous memes maintain patently false information about Phil Robertson’s recent controversial remarks, while others contain untrue statistics and facts about various government programs.

To be sure, there are so many unique memes in existence that the presence of a few falsehoods should not be so surprising. On top of that, aren’t memes just jokes? Can we really be expected to take them seriously in any sense?

Ultimately, yes.

Memes are, by definition, the most basic level of cultural transmission. Just because they are propagated with a spirit of humor does not mean that they are without a message. Maybe no one actively looks to memes to gain real information about the world around them — at least we would hope not — but they still carry information.

Perhaps it is only subconsciously kept around, but false information gathered from a meme is just as bad and just as untrue as false information gathered from any other source.

In fact, it could very well be easier to unwittingly collect untruths from a meme than from, say, a news headline.By their very virtue of being silly jokes, memes can lull their audience into a state where information presented is not questioned at all.

By way of example, if a comedian tells a story that involves a red blazer and being mistaken for a Mountie in Canada with hilarity ensuing, your average audience member will not seriously question the truth behind the joke. Those same audience members may, at some point in the future, conjure up a recollection of the anecdote, and forget the part about it only being a comedian’s joke.

In this way small lies told for the sake of humor can be accidentally taken for truths. Imagine what audiences can be made to think if the so-called joke is actually created specifically to spread a falsehood. That is not to say that the internet is being overwhelmed with untrue memes, or that there is some conspiracy afoot, but the danger remains.

Memes are, after all, an almost perfect vehicle for spreading false information. They are virtually untraceableand they are extremely easy to spread. They are simple and direct and they have absolutely no oversight or regulation. There is no reputation to be tarnished by being proven wrong. Verification of information in the memes is easy, yes, but unlikely to be checked given the context in which it is presented.

It can be very, very easy to write memes and the like off as simple, sometimes funny internet oddities. It can also be very, very easy to underestimate the negative effects such simple, sometimes funny units of information can have.

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Traditional classes have been taught in the same style for a long time. Columnist Bader suggests changing teaching styles to include more discussion-based learning or group quizzes to enhance classroom environments and student participation.

Class structure limits learning

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he first month of any semester is exciting and seems to fly by because you have new classes, new professors and new students to meet.

Inevitably though, the semester starts to drag on after the first month because you realize that this semester is going to be no different than your entire previous school career. Wake up, go to class, listen to a professor lecture for an hour and repeat. Everyday. All year.

This is how the classroom structure has always been, and we’ve all grown used to it. The professor talks, students (ideally) listen and take extensive notes.

Because of this, many of us may not even consider how it could be different.

However, it is not too far fetched to expect that given how advanced our society is, that we can’t come up with a more efficient, or at least less mentally and life draining system. What makes this problem worse is that, compared to high school, students are paying much more money for this inefficient system while in college. I often find myself sitting in class wondering why I’m going thousands of dollars in debt for the privilege of sitting in a classroom and not only having a professor lecture at me for an hour, but also assign a chapter of reading every class. I don’t need to pay a university in order to read books. Additionally, I can often get the gist of a lecture through the

PowerPoint of the presentation posted online, so the lecture itself loses its value.

Class time is a very unique opportunity that our system squanders through lectures. If you want to learn about a subject on your own, it’s more difficult because you have no one with which to discuss ideas. This is the unique opportunity that class time provides.

For one hour, two to three times per week, everyone trying to learn school subject “X” gathers in a room to try and advance their knowledge of “X.” Our system should encourage discussion between students during every single class. Lectures may be simple to prepare and easily applicable to various school subjects, but they don’t they provide the best form of learning for the majority of students. Discussion exists in classes now, but it’s often a mediocre attempt at best. The participation methods either aren’t in-depth enough, or they aren’t consistent enough. Consistent participation and discussion is what will force students to put forth a genuine effort rather than the bare minimum.

One method professors employ is calling on students to answer simple questions about last night’s reading.

Alternatively, a handful of times throughout the year, the class will meet in small groups and discuss a handout. Maybe there will be one group project at the end of the semester. The reason these are all ineffective is that many students have figured out that they can get through these events without much effort and not

be forced to participate too heavily.

In this way, students are somewhat responsible in that they don’t make the effort to reach out to other students or to participate in class as often as they could. However, the responsibility falls on the university to encourage this type of behavior by creating a classroom structure that primarily focuses on collaboration and participation rather than silently listening. Humans are social beings. Discussion should be an integral part of class, not just an occasional activity.

There are many ways to feasibly alter this system without overhauling it. A complete overhaul may be ideal in the long run, but for now, we must think in baby steps. One small step may take the form of the university requiring that all classes contain at least ten minutes of small group discussions. Another solution may require a group quiz every week. Whatever the solution is, the focus must be student to student interaction.

Hopefully in the future, classes will not rely heavily on lectures. Students may have more freedom in the classroom to pursue their own interests, and not necessarily be force fed information through a lecture. For now that idea is a fantasy, but it’s not impossible to achieve. Students can start working towards this future classroom now by making more of an effort to participate in class and pressuring their universities to develop a more stimulating classroom environment.

Immigration reform will not fix drug problem

By Phil.Brown @iowastatedaily.com

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ith National Security Agency (NSA) scandals, website troubles, budget concerns and the usual partisan bother, it can be easy to gloss over issues that require attention without making for very good headlines. One such issue is that of immigration reform.

For those who have been living under a rock at the bottom of the sea for their entire lives, there is quite the discussion — currently on hold — over what to do about the increasing number of undocumented, or illegal, immigrants here in the United States.

To be clear, the problem being debated does not stem from an unfathomable number of Canadians coming down from up north. While there are undocumented aliens from all over the world contributing to the issue, the heart of immigration reform deals with our southern border shared with Mexico.

Of course, the majority of Mexicans and those of Mexican descent living in the United States are, by a very large margin, here legally. Likewise, many of those people who emigrate illegally across our southern border are not necessarily Mexican themselves. Those that do cross the border without documentation are, however, in direct violation of our laws. Because of this,

many feel that ‘amnesty’ or anything resembling it should not be used as a potential reform. Illegal aliens may very well work with or for citizens, they may have children who are citizens, and they may be indistinguishable from anyone else on the street, but they broke the law.

In all honesty, the argument against amnesty seems like it should be common sense. If someone breaks the law, they should be punished, not simply forgiven. Whether or not the law is desirable or fair does not really matter. The whole point of laws is that they are rules which we all must obey, regardless of our personal feelings on the matter. So in granting amnesty to those that illegally came to the United States, we would be sending a message that it is sometimes OK to break our laws, which is not really something any government would want to say.

Additionally, some undocumented immigrants have committed more crimes than just crossing our border.

Stories abound of aliens that travel to the United States bringing drugs, human captives and a host of other illicit things. Trying to figure out which immigrants should be held accountable for these acts would be problematic to say the least.

There are those who believe that this is perhaps the biggest problem in dealing with immigration reform.

United States Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who represents

those of us registered here in Ames, weighed in on the subject this past summer In response to a proposed Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors act, which would provide a path to citizenship for some illegal aliens (notably including undocumented high school valedictorians), King claimed, “For everyone who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.”

Of course, the numbers King uses are completely fictional, the implications are exceedingly stereotypical, and the whole remark is clearly offensive. It would seem that there is nothing productive to gain from King’s comments, but they actually provide insight to the way immigration reform is being framed for the people of the United States.

Those who oppose amnesty will tell you that there is a drug problem, which amnesty will fail to adequately fix. What those such as King probably will not say is that other proposed solutions would also do little to combat drug smuggling.

Would a thousands of miles long fence stop drug smuggling? Would a doubled, tripled or quadrupled border guard stop drug smuggling?

Would magically deporting all resident illegal aliens stop drug smuggling?

Of course not.

Drug markets are not driven by the ease with which drugs can be distributed. They are driven by the demand for illicit substances.

This means that try as we might, attempting to stop drug rings by arresting dealers and smugglers is an exercise in futility, as more will always pop up to take advantage, however briefly, of the market void.

This problem is made even worse when criminals use kidnapping and threats to coerce otherwise law-abiding individuals into service as a human drug mules which are both expendable and devoid of any information that would be useful to law enforcement.

So no, immigration reform that includes something like amnesty will not solve the drug smuggling problem we have on our southern border.

Then again, neither will any other proposed solution.

Perhaps instead of focusing on what potential reforms would not do, we can look at the problems they would solve. A modified form of amnesty, along with an easier legal route into the United States could get undocumented workers paying taxes.

It could reduce the need for law enforcement. It could allow for residency without extending all of our country’s benefits and assistance programs. It could do a great many things.

These solutions can only occur; however, if we as a country actually move forward with reform efforts.

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A smile to remember Defensive line coach dies; players, Rhoads reflect on legacy left behind

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By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com eye.

Curtis Bray looked his players in the

His defensive line was about to take the field against in-state rival Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in September 2012, and Bray had a message for them.

“Hey, man, it’s going to be a heavyweight fight. You’re going to get hit in the mouth. How will you respond to it? What will you do?” Bray preached to his players before that afternoon’s game.

During the fourth quarter, defensive end Roosevelt Maggitt allowed an Iowa tight end to get through his gap. Bray quickly pulled him off the field.

“I told you it was going to be a heavyweight fight. How will you respond? How will you respond, Rosy?” Bray asked Maggitt.

He hustled back onto the field.

“That right there was, ‘Man, this coach loves me,’” Maggitt said. “It made me want to go out there and play for him and the team.”

The defense stopped the Hawkeyes and secured the win that afternoon. Bray was all smiles afterward as the team celebrated. Nobody could forget that smile.

“He always had a particular smile about him that you could always look back and remember that smile,” said former ISU defensive end Rashawn Parker, who played two seasons for Bray. “He always had that smile to light up the room.”

Bray died Wednesday morning at the

age of 43, leaving behind his wife, Heather, a daughter, Sydney, and a son, Colden Charles.

Rob Bowers of the ISU Department of Public Safety said an emergency call came to Ames Police at 6:27 a.m. Wednesday and an emergency crew responded to the Bergstrom Football Complex. Bray was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames at 6:45 a.m.

The cause of death had not been released.

“Curtis Bray was a dear friend to me and to all he ever came in contact with,” ISU coach Paul Rhoads said in a statement.

“He was a trusted and loyal assistant coach who always put the kids and the team in front of his work. We will miss him dearly.”

Bray arrived at Iowa State as part of Rhoads’ first staff in 2009, having previously coached alongside him at Pittsburgh. He spent the past five seasons in Ames coaching the Cyclones’ defensive line.

Before coaching, Bray was a prep star in high school, becoming the first defensive player to be named Gatorade National High School Football Player of the Year. He played for Pittsburgh from 1988-91 before later serving there as a coach for seven seasons, acting as linebackers coach when Rhoads was defensive coordinator.

Prior to arriving in Ames, Bray coached linebackers at Temple University.

“He would never tell you about (his success) because he was an extremely humble person,” said Jake Knott, who was a linebacker for four of Bray’s five seasons.

One day during Knott’s freshman

season, Bray walked into the linebacker’s room where Knott and fellow freshman A.J. Klein were watching film.

“He came in and taught us a few little things that really helped us,” Knott said.

“That, I think, has really went a long way in the development of me and A.J.” “He didn’t coach our position. He didn’t have to do that. That suck with me ever since.”

With the players in his position group, he went the distance. Bray, players said, knew the ins-and-outs of football. He knew what to expect and what it should look like.

There wasn’t much yelling with Bray.

He found ways to motivate his players with other methods, and he always knew the perfect thing to say.

“He was very calm and cool and collected and could get messages across,” Knott said. “Whenever he would raise his voice or get after it a bunch, you knew it was time to go. You better be ready, because you respected the man so much.”

And he expected a lot of out his players, too.

“Everything you do, there’s always someone watching,” Bray would tell players. “So why not do it your best every time you step on the field?”

Bray’s motivation pushed players to take a step to the next level. Sometimes it kept players from giving up in difficult times.

After Rashawn Parker struggled with injuries during the 2009 season, Bray pushed him to keep working. Parker re-

turned to the field the next season with a medical hardship and recorded 30 tackles, a career high.

“He never gave up on me. He gave me a chance,” Parker said. “He just reassured me to keep working hard and that hard work would pay off.”

He did the same for Maggitt, who recorded 33 tackles his senior year in 2012.

“He took me from just a regular football player to All-Big 12 honorable mention,” Maggitt said. “He had a really big impact on the way I played, my mindset in life and was just overall a good role model.”

Bray will be remembered as a friend, coach, father and husband. Most of all, players said, they won’t soon forget his smile.

“He had a good smile,” Maggitt said. “Just seeing coach Bray smile was awesome.”

“His smile actually made you feel like you were the only one in there with him, you feel special for being in there,” Knott said. “That’s just how he was with everybody.”

During an Iowa State camp for children near the end of Maggitt’s career, Bray gave his defensive lineman instructions.

“All right, Rosy, introduce yourself and show them the drills that we do,” Bray told him.

Maggitt has since become a defensive line coach himself at Blinn College. He is certain Bray’s legacy will carry on.

“I still do those drills that he taught me,” Maggitt said. “His legacy will forever live in me and I’m sure plenty others.”

HONORING COACH BRAY “Thoughts & prayers to The Iowa St Football Family as they mourn the death of Curtis Bray. He left us way too soon. May God Bless his Family” — FORMER TEXAS COACH MACK BROWN

“It’s all been said, but it needs to be said again. A stand-up guy and a great coach was taken too early today. Rest in peace, Coach Bray.”

— FORMER ISU RUNNING BACK JEFF WOODY

“So sad to hear Iowa State DL coach Curtis Bray passed away. Was always so kind and friendly to me. Prayers to the ISU family.”

— ESPN SIDELINE REPORTER SAM PONDER

“Coach Bray was a very likeable man and an excellent coach. Prayers to his family and the Cyclone football family.”

— VOICE OF THE CYCLONES, JOHN WALTERS

“In shock that Coach Bray has passed away this morning. Great man and great coach. Will be missed.”

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Finding offense key in losses ISU stalls in lowest-scoring game of season

By Alex.Gookin @iowastatedaily.com

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Senior forward Hallie Christofferson loses control of the ball against West Virginia on Jan. 15 at Hilton Coliseum.

After a sorry loss to No. 15 Oklahoma State ended Iowa State’s perfect season, the No. 13 Cyclones needed to address an offensive problem. Specifically, getting more production out of players not named Hallie Christofferson.

Christofferson scored 20 of Iowa State’s 62 points in the loss to the Cowgirls and her 18 field goal attempts were eight more than any other Cyclone.

After getting in foul trouble early, the team struggled to find any offense and registering a season-low in points scored.

West Virginia, one of the Big 12’s best de-

[Hallie] didn’t get much help.

That’s the worst part about it for me.”

ISU coach Bill Fennelly

fensive teams, handed the Cyclones their second consecutive loss and more questions about their offensive struggles Wednesday night, 73-59.

“Right now, offensively we are just not very efficient,” said coach Bill Fennelly. “We had two teams that just kind of punched us in the mouth. ... Offensively, as far as shooting the ball, we got some kids that are really struggling right now.”

Christofferson scored 13 of the Cyclones’ 23 first-half points as the rest

of Iowa State went only 2-of-21. The second half featured better shooting, but the Mountaineers’ 13-point halftime lead and potent 3-point shooting held off the Cyclones.

Christofferson recorded her 11th 20-point game of the season in the 21-point, five-rebound effort on 9-of-12 shooting.

The team, however, recorded their lowest-scoring effort of the season for the second-straight game. “[Hallie] didn’t get much help,” Fennelly said.

“That’s the worst part about it for me. That kid deserves everyone - everyone’s - best effort, and she didn’t get it.”

The team will need to find some offensive balance in a Big 12 that features three ranked teams and two teams receiving votes — West Virginia being one of them. With a 3-2 record and tied for fourth with Texas in league play,

the Cyclones have an uphill climb to remain in contention for the Big 12 title.

With much of the team in a cold spell, Bill Fennelly isn’t buying into the notion that confidence is an issue.

“The confidence thing, I think it’s an excuse,” said Fennelly. “You build confidence by getting in the gym and working. They might say they don’t have any confidence, but I’ve never been a big believer in that.”

The Cyclones hit the road on Saturday to take on a struggling Kansas State team that is 7-9 on the year and 1-4 in the Big 12. The Cyclones are 6-0 away from Hilton this season.

“Our numbers show that we need to get in the gym and get some shots up,” Christofferson said.

“Playing at home, we shouldn’t need any extra motivation, but now we take it on the road on Saturday and just hope to get a win.”

As Larson steps up his game, ISU wrestling team looks to improve

By Ryan.Young @iowastatedaily.com Redshirt freshman Kyle Larson got the news that he would be wrestling on Sunday instead of usual starter Earl Hall Jan. 11 for the Jan. 12 dual against Oklahoma. Hall, the regular at the 125-pound weight class, suffered a minor injury to his knee the day before.

There was just one problem; Larson was five pounds over weight.

“I’m really proud of Kyle,” said ISU coach Kevin Jackson.

“He found out he was going to have to make weight [Saturday], and he sucked it up and got it done. He was ready to go, and competed pretty well.”

And while Larson didn’t win the match — he lost to No. 5 Jarrod Patterson 5-0 — he still kept the match close, keeping the score within three points until the very end of the match.

Despite the loss, Larson still managed to catch the eye of his coach.

“He showed that his head

was in the right place,” Jackson said. “He competed hard every single second of that match. That showed me his head was in the right place to give us that depth that we need, and to challenge for that spot.”

Leaving matches on the mat The Cyclones won only three matches against the Sooners, but several matches, however, were decided in just the final seconds.

Boaz Beard and John Nicholson’s matches were each decided in the third period, and in Beard’s case, within the last 30 seconds.

Jackson feels close matches could have swung the dual in Iowa State’s direction.

“It comes back to toughness and effort,” Jackson said. “You can’t leave matches hanging in the balance. We came in expecting to fully win those matches, and we’re coming out of that dual with a little different feeling if that happens. That just can’t happen, especially in your home gym. It was pretty disappointing.”

Nicholson knows the team

left some close matches out there last weekend, but he is taking it as a learning experience, and using it to prepare for the meet Jan. 17 against Rutgers.

“We just need consistency and effort,” Nicholson said.

“Close matches are really won by who wants it more. But against Rutgers, we need to finish the period, because they are going to wait to score on us at the end. We can’t give that up.”

Cyclones find areas to improve While few of the wrestlers are happy with the team’s performance against Oklahoma, they also realized that facing highlyranked teams will make them better in the long run.

“There are no surprises as to the level of competition that we are going to face,” Jackson said.

“As you look forward, its all the same. There are going to be tough guys that we will face at the national meet that we have to give effort and put ourselves in a position to win. We’re just looking for that total 10-man effort, and we

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Redshirt junior Michael Moreno,165 lbs, grapples with his opponent Jan. 12 at Hilton Coliseum. Moreno won by major decision. Iowa State lost the dual to Oklahoma 11 to 27. ISU wrestles Rutgers on Friday at Hilton.

will be all right.”

But on the issue of winning just three matches last week, Iowa State feels that is an issue that should be addressed quickly.

“We need to have a bigger energy and compete,” said AllAmerican Mike Moreno. “And I’m never one to call anyone out,

because I’ve had my struggles too, but you can just see it when people aren’t excited to compete out there. You have to be ready to go and realize that you’re wrestling for Iowa State. It’s a big deal.

It’s a really, really big deal. We just need to get back to our roots and realize that.”

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This two-day event will begin with a concert

by Inacio at 7 p.m. Inacio works for the Awaken Whole Life Center at Unity Village in Kansas City, Mo., using music and sound to heal and relax audiences.

This is done through the use of different instruments, sounds and frequencies, all composed by Inacio, to elicit responses in the human body.

“Music is all about ratios and proportions,” Inacio said. “When you get it right, there’s balance on the physical, mental and spiritual levels. It responds with harmony.”

For his concert, Inacio will be playing twelve crystal bowls from the Unity Village. Each bowl is a different size and produces a

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“It’s a very relaxing tone. They might notice semantic experiences, all different experiences,” he said. “You might feel a sensation you’ve felt years before.”

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Horoscope Today’s Birthday (1/16/13) Career and financial gain comes naturally this year, as you discover experimental, creative and innovative solutions. Social fun heats up into February, when reinvention sparks with spiritual and philosophical inquiry. Romance flavors spring and summer. Increase fitness and health. Your financial advice helps a partner in mutually beneficial ways.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Across 1 In the know 6 Simplicity 10 Dundee damsel 14 Ledger entry 15 Cannonball, e.g.

16 In the know about 17 “The Caine Mutiny” novelist 19 Walk or run 20 Some NASA dataretrieval missions 21 Invitation “S” 22 Take the wrong way?

23 Empty (of) 24 “Reward Your Curiosity” soda 27 Fragrant resin 29 Dusk, to Donne 30 Aus. language 31 Crescent piece 33 Underworld piece 34 Medical breakthrough 35 17th-century artistic style 38 Booted, say 40 Org. with complex schedules 41 Lump 42 Mr. Potato Head part 43 Tankard filler 44 Ferry stops 48 Early Schwarzenegger nickname, with “The”

53 Asia’s __ Darya river 54 Glisten 55 “__ Wiedersehen” 56 Oscar-winning Whitaker role 57 Stadium access 58 People of good breeding 61 Tommie of the Miracle Mets 62 Unpopular spots 63 __ Claire: women’s magazine 64 Sew up 65 Woody __, “Cheers” bartender 66 Strictly controlled refrigerant Down 1 Stay attached 2 Cotton pest 3 Wear away 4 Glass edges 5 Two after epsilon 6 Dickens’ Drood 7 Pungent mayo 8 “Law and Order: __” 9 It’s a scream 10 Columbo asset 11 Veggie burger, to a hamburger 12 Price place 13 “In your face!”

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22 Twitter follower 24 D.C. neighbor 25 Edward known for limericks 26 Reveal 28 Certain domestic 32 Some like it hot 33 Word with log or burner 34 Wrigley team 35 Revelation foursome 36 City ESE of Los Angeles 37 Nestlé product introduced in 1948 38 Big name in liquor 39 Railroad charge 43 Ulna locale 45 Rossellini film renamed “Ways of Love” in its American version 46 Actor Estevez 47 Like the Titanic 49 Wrapped, as an ankle 50 Nursery employee 51 Exposed publicly 52 Old gridiron gp.

56 Where some worship from 58 Shoot the breeze 59 “Foucault’s Pendulum” writer 60 “Unbelievable” rock group

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 5 -- Take care with changes of routine. Still, what would you do if you knew failure was impossible? Romantic challenges are all worth it. Love’s a comfort when money’s tight (and more fun when it’s not).

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 6 -- In case of conflict between home and career, family comes first today and tomorrow. Don’t gamble now.

Wait for later on a project, and avoid arguments about money.

Authorize improvements. You’re gaining respect. Get domestic.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 5 -- Save out enough for expenses. You’ll concentrate well today and tomorrow.

Passions flare and then fizzle. The possibility of error is high now.

Be fair to avoid jealousies. Things are starting to make sense. Take it easy.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 6 -- Discover a useful time management tool and use it. Household finances take priority. Get supplies and groceries. A Full Moon turning point arrives in a relationship.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 5 -- Assert your desires over the next two days. A new phase begins with this Full Moon in your sign. Saving gets easier. Offer love and support when spending time with friends.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 6 -- A Full Moon turning point arises regarding institutions, spirituality and magic. You’re extra intuitive today and tomorrow. Postpone a romantic rendezvous or creative endeavor. Clarify your direction with friends.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 6 -- Follow emotions, as well as intellect. Don’t travel quite yet. This Full Moon brings a new phase in your education; consider attending a seminar or workshop over the next two days. Passion guides your decisions.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 5 -- Postpone gratification. Your partner wants your time, not your money.

Everybody’s more willing to compromise for the next few days. This Full Moon brings a turning point regarding your selfimage. Try on another’s view.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 5 -- Do more research before advancing. Opposites attract even more so now. Haste makes waste. This Full Moon in Leo brings a turning point in your savings and values. Get practical today and tomorrow.

Postpone an outing.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 6 -- Focus on work today and tomorrow. Solve a problem. The Leo Full Moon brings a shift in priorities. Check carefully for plan changes. The workload is getting intense.

Stand up for what’s right. You’re extra attractive now.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 6 -- Cooperation comes easily today and tomorrow. Rally the team. Inject passion into the moment. This Full Moon opens a financial turning point. There’s a new opportunity for profit. Avoid distractions and stay in action.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 7 -- Patience usually wins. Career matters demand your attention today and tomorrow. A new phase dawns in your professional confidence.

Postpone an outing. Save caustic comments until later.

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