Monday, October 10, 2016 | Volume 212 | Number 35 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
THE
SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Clinton, Trump get nasty less than month before election By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com Donald Trump dismissed controversy over a 2005 video of the presidential candidate making lewd comments about women, saying he was “embarrassed” but it was just “locker room talk” during the second presidential debate Sunday night. Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton traded personal jabs over if their opponent was fit to be president, including Trump at one point threatening to put Clinton in jail if he is elected. Trump has lost the endorsement of many Republican leaders, including 2008 Republican nominee John McCain, over the video. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan uninvited him from an event in Wisconsin, while his own running mate, Mike Pence, said he does not condone his remarks and cannot defend them. “That was locker room talk,” Trump said. “I’m not proud of it. I am a person who has great respect for people, for my family, for the people of this country. And certainly I’m not proud of it, but that was something that happened.”
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CIO gave Leath flight lessons Flying began around time Jim Kurtenbach returned to ISU By Emily.Barske and Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State President Steven Leath said Friday that Chief Information Officer Jim Kurtenbach served as his flight instructor starting in October 2014, helping him earn his Instrument Flight Rules certification. Leath told the Iowa State Daily in an interview Friday morning that Kurtenbach began flight lessons with him in late 2014, before he was announced as interim CIO in November. Leath said the timing worked nicely because they could fly over Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. Leath has faced questions after revelations that he used two university-owned aircraft for both
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President Steven Leath speaks to Student Government senators last week. Leath told the Iowa State Daily Friday that Chief Information Officer Jim Kurtenbach gave him flying lessons in 2014, around the time Kurtenbach returned to Iowa State.
personal and business use. In a July 2015 trip, Leath made a hard landing at an Illinois airport resulting in $12,000 in damages. Leath said the lessons ended on either Jan. 10 or Jan. 12, 2015, after Kurtenbach, who previously worked at the Ames-based tech company Workiva, was hired as in-
terim CIO. At the time, Kurtenbach and the IT department reported to Provost Jonathan Wickert. “The Provost started talking to Jim [Kurtenbach] in early October, when Jim Davis announced his retirement, about coming
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Career Day arrives in backyard By Allison.Vincent @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State students are gearing up for the nation’s largest CALS Career Day for the College of Agriculture and Life Science, an event hosted annually. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. A total of 260 companies will be represented, nearing the record mark of 277 from last year. Mike Gaul, director of career services for the College of Agriculture, said the drop in numbers is not surprising. “As I look at last year’s companies that have not RSVP’d for this year, a lot of them are from manufacturing, equipment or technology sectors,” Gaul said. “This makes sense due to low commodity prices, and producers are not looking to buy those things.” CALS Career Day has grown exponentially since Gaul’s first year at Iowa State in 1998, when
135 companies were represented. Gaul said the Career Fair has expanded by more than 50 percent in the last four years, with roughly 2,600 students attending last year. “There aren’t many career fairs in this country that have grown by that magnitude,” Gaul said. “This speaks volumes for the [agriculture] industry as a whole in terms of the diverse opportunities that are available. It also speaks volumes about the quality of students we have here at Iowa State.” Many companies follow up Career Day with individual interviews in the Memorial Union. A total of 950 were conducted last year, and Gaul is bracing for more this year. Gaul described Career Day as having people right there in your backyard specifically for you. “It is a privilege to have this opportunity,” Gaul said. “Agriculture is such a close-knit sector and this provides for phenomenal networking.” Gaul believes internships are an important piece to each stu-
dent’s puzzle at Iowa State, and Career Day is a vital key to obtaining those through networking. Gaul provided a few pieces of advice for students who plan to attend Career Day. “Do your homework on the company, learn something about them and show that you have done your research about their opportunities,” he said. “This will make a huge impression on them.” Confidence is key when speaking with potential employers, Gaul continued. ”Have your infomercial ready,” he said. “Be able to walk up and tell your story.” Another key aspect, Gaul said, is to find out if companies are interviewing the next day and ask if there is a chance to get on their schedule. CALS Career Day kicks off recruitment season for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. ”If you miss out on this day, you are missing out on a phenomenal opportunity to jumpstart your career here at Iowa State,” Gaul said.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks Sunday about his support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the Central Iowa Fall Barbecue at the Jeff and Deb Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center.
Dems grill Republican leaders at barbecue By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com Iowa Democrats gathered Sunday in Ames to rally support for candidates less than a month before Election Day, but also jabbed at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as the fallout continues from a leaked video over the weekend. The “Central Iowa Fall Barbecue in the Barn” brought Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack back to the state. Vilsack, the featured speaker, was introduced by State Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames, at the Jeff and Deb Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center. Quirmbach was the first to jab at Trump as the state senator bashed the GOP presidential nominee on “going bankrupt six times” and the possibility of Trump not paying his federal income taxes for the past 18 years, saying, “that level of success, this country can’t afford.” “You and I pay our fair share, but not Donald the Moocher,” Quirmbach said while also calling Trump a “freeloader and sponge.” Quirmbach brought up a video from 2005 that surfaced over the weekend of the candidate making lewd comments in reference to women, saying he could grab them because “when you’re a star, they let you do it.”
“I thought about these things, but then the tapes were released on Friday, you’ve all seen them,” Quirmbach said. “There’s just one question I’d like Chuck Grassley to answer ... do you still think Donald Trump is worthy of the office of President of the United States?” Quirmbach also said he’d ask these questions to Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and “every Republican and candidate in office.” Vilsack, a former governor of Iowa, followed Quirmbach and was met by a standing crowd of Democrats. “I know a little something about this state, and I know a little something about what’s important for our state,” Vilsack said, citing concern for the Iowa Board of Regents under Branstad. He said it is “unfortunate the Board of Regents is not getting the attention or resources they deserve,” a slam at inadequate education funding for the regent universities. Kim Weaver, the Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 4th District, later backed Vilsack’s concern on education funding, saying that most students and families cannot afford college. Weaver said she “deeply believes” that students who have the drive and ability to succeed
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