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How much control is too much control for one student to have over other students’ money? This has been the underlying question the Government of the Student Body has been faced with in an ongoing dispute.

Last Wednesday, GSB passed a bylaw change which placed guidelines on t h e

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The Executive Initiative Account is funded by student fees and gives the president of GSB access to funds that can be use toward presidential initiatives for issues that may arise during his or her presidency.

The original bylaws pertaining to this account gave the executive position almost free reign of the account without any checks or balances. The absence of oversight was the driving force behind the bylaw change.

“We wanted to make sure the money spent from this account is used for well-worth

things,” said GSB Sen. Jake Swanson, junior in global resource systems.

“Students deserve to know what their money is being spent on.”

The account is allocated $1,500 per fiscal year; so far $1,285.80 has been spent this session. The money has been spent to build a wall in the GSB office for a new conference room and on pizza for the Executive Cabinet, pizza for the Iowa State Ambassadors, an Executive Cabinet retreat and for art work in the president’s office.

President Jared Knight said he plans on reimbursing the account for the $58 spent on art rental and the $98.90 spent on pizza. This was only made clear after concerns were raised by Senate members.

“We used the Executive Initiative Account to front cost on food purchases with [the] cabinet and the ambassadors,” Knight said.

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Most students at Iowa State can say they own a laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Unfortunately, some can also say they have been in the situation where they are in a public place with these possessions, have left the objects unattended for a couple of minutes and returned to find their valuable possessions gone.

The theft of objects such as laptops, tablets and smartphones is an unpleasant experience that no one wants to go through.

However, being in a large college community, it is bound to happen.

Here at Iowa State, there were 268 thefts on campus in 2011, a number that has remained relatively steady over the past five years. In 2007, there were 269 thefts recorded.

Most of the thefts here are opportunistic, said Lt. Elliot Florer of the ISU Police Division. A thief will see the valuables unattended and take them.

“People get up, leave their things behind without thinking, giving anybody the opportunity to take them,” Florer said.

The No. 1 thing students can do to protect their valuables while they are out in public is to keep the valuables with them and do not leave them unattended, Florer said.

Inside the dorms, Florer said the best way to keep things from wandering off is to keep the door locked when people are not in the room.

“If you leave your room, lock it,” Florer said.

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Springsteen rocks out for Obama Musician Bruce Springsteen will make a stop in Ames on Thursday in support of President Barack Obama.

Springsteen’s appearance will be free and open to the public.

For those wishing to see Springsteen, tickets will be distributed starting Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in front of Parks Library. Tickets can also be found at any Obama for America office in Iowa.

Tickets will be given on a firstcome, first-served basis.

The show will be at Hilton Coliseum. Doors open at 1 p.m.

In another campaign event, the ISU College Democrats will host actor Justin Long on campus from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday in front of Parks Library.

Long, known for his roles in movies such as “Dodgeball,” “Accepted” and “Waiting” as well as the Mac vs. PC commercials, will discuss Obama’s achievements in regards to young voters, talk to students and encourage them to vote early and often.

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By Emma.Altheide @iowastatedaily.com Several ISU students will use silence to make a statement Tuesday as they refrain from speaking to express their opposition to abortion.

The Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity is a project of Stand True Ministries and has a presence on thousands of school campuses worldwide.

The event was brought to Iowa State for the first time last year by The Rock Christian Students club.

Laura Weieneth, senior in horticulture, was involved with organizing the event and said the group is expecting increased participation this year.

The idea for the Silent Day of Solidarity came to Bryan Kemper, founder and president of Stand True Ministries, in 2004.

Since then it has spread to more than 4,800 schools in 25 countries.

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Photo courtesy of Laura Weieneth The Rock Christian Students Club is promoting the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity on Tuesday. The group will refrain from speaking to protest abortion.

One writer is coming to Iowa State to share his “special interests” with ISU and Ames community members.

David Finch will be speaking about life with Asperger syndrome in his lecture “Life on Spectrum” at 7 p.m.

Tuesday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

The lecture is free and open to the public. David plans to speak with specific ISU colleges earlier in the day.

David, a full-time writer and speaker, diagnosed himself in 2008

with Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder characterized by difficulties in interacting with others and repetitive behaviors. David used an online Asperger selfevaluation suggested by his wife, Kristen Finch. A psychologist later confirmed David’s self-diagnosis.

Kristen is a speech and language pathologist, who had recently switched her focus from autistic children to children with Asperger syndrome. Kristen began to notice the similarities David had with the characteristics of Asperger syndromes she saw in children.

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session of alcohol and providing false information at Lot G3 (reported at 6 p.m.).

Elizabeth Griffin, 20, 1221 Mayfield Dr. Unit 201, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Beach Ave. and Greenbriar Circle (reported at 4:47 p.m.).

Matthew Bogenschultz, 20, 230 Campus Ave. Unit 427, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported at 6 p.m.).

Dylan Gaudineer, 20, 1125 North Dakota Ave. Unit 1, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot 85E (reported at 5:10 p.m.).

The following were cited for underage possession of alcohol, Brandon Page, 19, 2208 Martin Hall, Kyle Peters, 18, 2222 Martin Hall, and Brandon Haberl, 18, 2208 Martin Hall, at Lot G5 (reported at 5:24 p.m.).

Two bicyclists collided at the Scheman Building at (reported at 4:27 p.m.).

Kyle McNutly, 18, 6353 Larch Hall, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Jack Trice Stadium (reported at 5:27 p.m.).

Micheal DeRuyter, 20, 415 Wilmoth Ave., was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported at 5:37 p.m.).

Lucas Cotter, 20, 905 Pinon Dr. Unit 4, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot G2 (reported at 5:38 p.m.).

Taylor Bryan, 19, 2622 Hunt St., was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported at 5:46 p.m.).

Ethan Manning, 23, 223 N. Sheldon Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Lot G2 (reported at 5:42 p.m.).

Ian Rice, 20, 2625 Knapp St., was arrested and charged with public intoxication and interference with official acts at Lot G3 (reported at 6 p.m.).

Jodi Tegeler, 20, of Dyersville, was cited for underage pos-

Kyle Beaton, 19, 1513 S. 16th Unit 204, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported at 6:07 p.m.).

A vehicle parked in the traveled portion of the road was towed at Bissell Road (reported at 7:01 p.m.).

Christopher Spalding, 19, of Gilbert, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, and underage possession of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported at 7:52 p.m.).

Melissa Gehl, 20, 3801 Lincoln Way, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported at 8:08 p.m.).

Joseph Bauer, 22, 303 Colorado Circle, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated at Campus Ave. and West St. (reported at 8:21 p.m.).

Brain Stuaffer, 22, 2322 Storm St., was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Lot G3 (reported at 8:21 p.m.).

Ashley Kadlec, 23, 1379 Tripp St. Unit 119, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Jacobson Athletic Building (reported at 8:33 p.m.).

Austin Haubrich, 19, of Manning, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported at 9:23 p.m.).

Hannah Fulton, 22, 815 Delaware Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Lot S4 (reported at 9:35 p.m.).

Correction: In Monday’s article about early voting on campus, it was stated that students would need an ID or proof of residency to vote early on campus. However, it is not required to have an ID or proof of residency before Oct. 27 to vote under Iowa law. You will need your driver’s license number or the last four digits of your Social Security number.

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law change that bound the account to “priorities and criteria,” which is a list of flexKnight ible rules the Senate uses as a guideline when determining funding for organizations. “ W e Vander Velden wanted to have a check and balance system in place for the auditing process,” said Gage Kensler, speaker of the senate and senior in political science.

When the account was

pressed concern toward the intended use of the account.

“The account was meant for presidential initiatives, not building walls or buying pizza,” Swanson said.

The account was redflagged by GSB’s Finance Director Arjay Vander Velden, when he noticed the need to comply with the auditing process performed by Campus Organization Accounting.

This is the first time GSB has been audited in four years.

This is also the Executive Initiative Account’s first time under inspection, as it was started four years ago.

To comply with the auditing process, GSB passed a by-

red-flagged, it was unclear to members of the executive cabinet, especially Knight, what audit standards were defined as.

For a week, Knight and other cabinet members searched through documents in an attempt to understand what Iowa State’s provisions were for audit standards.

Knight contacted several people around the university and in the Board of Regents office about the standards.

On Thursday, word from the Business and Finance office arrived, stating the account was compliant as it stood before Senate met Wednesday, but it was too late; the Senate had already gone through with the bylaw

>>FINCH.p1 According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Asperger syndrome is, “a developmental disorder. It is an autism spectrum disorder, one of a distinct group of neurological conditions characterized by a greater or lesser degree of impairment in language and communication skills, as well as repetitive or restrictive patterns of thought and behavior.”

When asked to describe Asperger syndrome, David explained how some individuals have unusual mannerisms that can differ depending on age.

Some might have repetitive actions or “persistent, intense preoccupations.”

“You may call them your special interests,” David said.

People with Asperger might have trouble gauging a social interaction because of impaired social reasoning.

David gave the example of having to remember that a party is a fun setting.

When David has trouble with these situations, he expressed how convenient and lucky it was to have his wife Kristen as a guide to social interactions.

David laughed when Kristen would give advice, such as “Be yourself. Don’t drone on about German Shepherds,” when he asked how to act at parties.

Clinical strength egocentricity is something David and others with Asperger syndrome have to deal with as well. David described it as an unintentional focus on one’s own needs and interests.

Photo courtesy of Mandi Backhaus David Finch, author of “The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband,” diagnosed himself with Asperger syndrome in 2008.

“[It’s] a difficult time stepping out of your own head, your own self, and really assuming someone else’s perspective,” David said.

Many people asked if having Asperger was a shocking revelation, but David described his findings as “a moment of selfrecognition” for both him and Kristen.

Their marriage had begun to hit snags and develop problems due to misunderstandings and miscommunication.

When David’s Asperger syndrome was revealed to them, a new way of resolving their differences came about.

change.

“It was an interesting procedure,” Knight said. “It was a classic GSB debate. … We can’t set the precedent that we’re going to pass bylaws to stop cabinet initiatives. ... The bill went forward without anyone talking to me or without a clear idea of what the audit standards were.”

Kensler reiterated the need for bylaw changes to support guidelines on the Executive Initiative Account.

“Some saw this account as a discretionary account; it is supposed to be an initiative account,” Kensler said. “We need to keep it within requirements; the original idea of the account has been lost in my opinion.”

David took steps to become a better husband and father. He quit his job of 10 years as a semiconductor engineer and began to write as Kristen suggested.

He would write small personal notes to himself such as “not changing a radio station when [Kristen] was singing along.”

David started attending a creative writing workshop once a week in Chicago, and the editor suggested submitting his essay about dealing with Asperger and his marriage to The New York Times.

Expecting rejection, David submitted the essay. The next day he was contacted by one of the top literary agencies in New York.

David was offered the option of turning his essay into a book. David’s book, “The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband,” became a New York Times Best-Seller.

His life has seen a significant turn-around.

“That’s really largely what the book was about; [it] was me trying to understand new behaviors that would make me a better husband,” David said.

Psychology Today also approached David to ask if he would write a blog for them. Two weeks ago, he became a featured expert.

“I try to write really meaningful, helpful blog posts for people,” David said.

David is currently working on proposing an idea for another book.

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>>SILENCE.p1 “If you have a group of 10, 15 kids talking about something on a campus, it’s no big deal; you get a few people that’ll listen to it,” Kemper said.

“But if you get that same group of kids refusing to say a word and just remain silent all day, everybody wants to know why and it becomes the most talked-about thing on campus. By them being silent, it’s actually speaking louder than any words can.”

In addition to remaining silent, many participants choose to wear red duct tape over their mouths or around their arms.

Their method of communicating with other students will be flyers explaining the event.

Weieneth said she found the event rewarding when she participated last year.

“It was a good experience for me to participate in it, just to really think about the issue, and it’s really sobering when you realize how many children are being aborted and treated as less than human,” Weieneth said.

Abortion was legalized under the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade in 1973. It has remained one of the most debated social issues in the United States, even triggering some dramatic moments in the vice presidential debate last Thursday.

The Silent Day of Solidarity will raise the issue of abortion as many students prepare to cast their vote.

“This isn’t necessarily a political event, but it obviously relates to politics,” Weieneth said. “I think something as important as the equal right to life of every human being should definitely be a consideration in politics.”

Photo courtesy of CNN President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in the first presidential debate Oct. 3, in Denver.

The second debate will be in a town-hall-meeting format and will focus on the candidates’ foreign and domestic policies.

Debate brings out undecided voters “Obama needs to prove that he is more hard-hitting than he was in debate one,” said Steffen Schmidt, university professor of political science, in analyzing each candidate’s abilities.

“Romney needs to show that he is really as moderate and dynamic as he was in his performance.”

Citizens at the debate will be able to ask the questions.

Each candidate will have two minutes to answer each question, with a moderator, Candy Crowley, facilitating the discussion.

The citizens at the meeting will be undecided vot-

By Solomon.Keithley @iowastatedaily.com Round two of the 2012 presidential debates finds the candidates in a townhall meeting, rousing issues on foreign and domestic policies.

In attempt to capitalize on his performance in the first debate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will try to continue his aggressive position against President Barack Obama.

The debate will run from 8 to 9:30 p.m. CST Tuesday in Hempstead, N.Y.

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Neither candidate is allowed to an opening statements, but they will have two minutes each to make a closing statement.

“It’s a town hall debate, so I am wondering how good the questions from the audience, all of them undecided voters, will be,” Schmidt said. “I think Obama will try, no matter what the questions are, to be more animated, engaged, awake and interested than he was in the last debate.

“Both [candidates] have to be careful not to get annoyed at anything or to be-

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Florer also recommended that people keep a record of the serial numbers on all of their valuables both here at college and at home.

“If we do locate a stolen item, having that information makes it a lot easier to get it back to people,” Florer said.

“Being aware of your surroundings will help prevent your things from being stolen; take a minute and look around you. Know what is going on.”

If a student’s laptop, tablet, smartphone or any other valuable is stolen, he or she is encouraged to contact au-

come annoying.”

Corey Cox, freshman in pre-architecture, explained what he was looking forward to the debate.

“To see who will slip up first,” Cox said. “I want to see if Obama can rebound from his last debate. I am interested to see what topics they lean toward talking about most, the topics they find most important. I want to know if Romney will clarify his tax plan in this debate.

“Lastly, I want to see how they are going to sway the undecided voters [who] are present.”

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Search begins for new dean of College of Business Provost Wickert organizes 18-member search committee

By Madison.Martin @iowastatedaily.com The search for the new dean for the College of Business is now well under way, according the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost.

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To find the new dean, senior vice president and provost Jonathan Wickert has created an 18 member search committee. The committee began its search Oct. 10 and is currently attempting to retain a Hira search firm to assist in finding candidates.

The full list of committee members can be

found on the college of business website.

This search committee will be run by Dawn Bratsch-Prince, associate provost for academic personnel and chief diversity officer and Pamela White, dean of the College of Human Sciences.

Also, Ruth Caccia-Birch, administrative specialist in the provost’s office, will be assisting the committee with it’s search.

Labh Hira, the previous business dean retired in March and is currently serving as in-

terim president of the ISU Foundation.

The position is currently being held by Michael Crum, interim Raisbeck Endowed Dean of the College of Business and professor of supply chain management.

At this time, no one in the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost was able to be contacted for comment.

Check back at the Daily for more information as the search develops.

Banking for the tech generation Waspit application fuses finance with social media

By Kari.Paige @iowastatedaily.com Waspit Interactive Social Banking is a first-of-itskind banking application. It combines social interactions, traditional banking and the latest technology. Because of this, Waspit likes to call the platform “Banking 2.0.”

Designed for students and people from ages 18 to 25 with iOS and Android phones, Waspit is an opportunity to connect with friends, and an opportunity to save money, spend money, receive money and know what to expect when going to new restaurants, stores and other venues.

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Southwest Airlines lands in Des Moines Promises of cheaper flights to Chicago spur more sales

By Tracy.Robinson @iowastatedaily.com Des Moines International Airport just gained a new a member.

As of Sept. 30, Southwest Airlines has begun serving customers at the Des Moines airport in what they call the AirTran Airways.

Southwest Airlines will only have one route from the airport. That route will be to Chicago’s Midway Airport and have two flights per day.

Southwest’s hope is to cause prices to become competitive between the different airline companies and, therefore, cheaper for their customers.

This arrangement, however, might not last long. Southwest has a lease with Des Moines until June 30, when it will evaluate its sales and decide whether or not it is in the company’s best interest to continue its flights.

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Finovate is a convention that provides companies the ability to present new technologies and inventions relating to financial and banking technology.

The presentations are short demonstrations that do not allow slides.

Nik Andresen, Waspit’s vice president of communications, said: “It was a huge honor for our company to be able to present, and we received great feedback.

“Waspit is a prepaid debit account that you can load money on to from any traditional account.”

The current student demographic constantly thinks about the amount of money in their bank account and relies heavily on technology to check those accounts. Waspit took advantage of that.

Creating an account with Waspit is simple.

The application is completely free to all who use it and has no sign-up fees.

The user can choose who to follow, how involved they’d like to be, and which service options to use.

Waspit can accommodate split-the-bill

Southwest’s hope that its presence will help lower the prices from other airlines as well to create a more competitive atmosphere and to help the company grow.

Don Smithey, executive director of the Des Moines airport, said: “Other carriers were forced to compete, so they did. It makes fares affordable, and that activity generates more activity.”

Many companies have been worried the employers and the workers could suffer from low economic growth because of the high ticket prices and the limited flights that are available in central Iowa.

The fare prices have already begun to lower by roughly 50 percent on flights just to Chicago.

Companies believe this will help their businesses grow, which in turn will help Iowa’s economy.

However, that is not the only benefit.

Southwest believes its participation in more flights in the central United States will help bring large-name businesses into the Midwest.

The airline has seen it happen before when it had added flights to Omaha, Neb. This might cause an expansion of outlet offices around

payments, instant payments, peer-to-peer payments and ACH or Bill Pay payments. It’s accepted in stores and online.

Waspit will work with most ATM withdrawals as well as bill payments and transfers from one bank account to another.

Waspit is a noncredit card company, and as such, students cannot acquire debt from using its banking platform.

There are also a number of ways to earn “Buzz Points,” Waspit’s currency. Writing reviews for merchants and friends to see, posting pictures or making transactions are all examples of how you can earn the points and build your Buzz Score.

Also available is the Waspit Shop. This allows users to either automatically or manually receive coupons. The coupons are linked to the user’s location.

Kasey Kaplan, chief marketing officer for Waspit, said at the Finovate unveiling, “While this information is completely anonymous to the outside world, Waspit’s algorithm, as time goes on, gets to know where a user spends their money, on what and at what time on any particular day.”

Waspit’s official vision statement states: “It seems none of the big banks or banking alternatives are taking students seriously, and many banks have essentially overlooked this demographic and their needs.”

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the Midwest due to the easy and cheaper accessibility.

Businesses aren’t the only ones to see the benefit from the new airline.

College students all over central Iowa who are from the Chicago area will find a more local, cheaper and, in some cases, faster method for traveling home.

Southwest is known for fares being $30 cheaper than other airlines, causing it to be looked at more by those booking airline tickets.

This will in turn benefit students as they try to visit their families while spending the least amount of money possible. It is Southwest’s hope that airline ticket prices will become competitive enough for college students to be able to afford going home for the holidays.

“I don’t think I will be heading home more, but it would make for a shorter trip when I do go back during the holidays,” said Jasmine Scholefield, freshman in mechanical engineering from Chicago.

Photo courtesy of Waspit Waspit unveiled its banking application in September at Finovate, a convention for companies presenting new financial technologies. The company is now working with 22 colleges.

On Oct. 11, Waspit officially launched the application in New York. There was a large turnout of people in Waspit’s target market and plenty of great feedback.

Waspit currently has connections with 22 colleges and expects to be present on 60 colleges by the end of the year.

Sixty-five brand ambassadors are being paid as well on the current 22 colleges to help make

the application known and sign up potential users.

Richard Steggall, Waspit’s CEO, stated at the Finovate unveiling, “Interactive social banking is well and truly where we are all heading. Students and the younger demographic, as is often the way, will ignite this trend and ultimately be the catalyst to a mainstream change to Banking 2.0.”

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Education costs more than money In Pakistan one week ago, a 14-year-old girl named Malala Yousafzai, was shot by members of the Taliban. They did so, according to news reports, because of her “outspoken” advocacy on behalf education for girls. Two other girls were also injured in the shooting.

It might or might not be the case that, according to the customs of Pakistan and her community, women should not be educated nor advocate anything. Although there are certain rules of morality we feel ought to apply everywhere, we generally support the prescription that, when in Rome, we do as the Romans do.

Without going into incendiary yet typical cliches about the oppression of women or the barbarism of Islam, this incident reveals something important every student in every place ought to take to heart. In many cases, education is not just a matter of selfbetterment. In a very real way, it is a struggle between life and death.

Yet in the United States, most of us take higher education — let alone primary and secondary education — for granted. Instead of talking about college in terms of how it will make us better people, able to constructively contribute to not just our own material benefit but that of our communities, we conceive of college as anything from a place where we continue our adolescent recklessness to a necessary prerequisite before we can “get a job.”

In the past century, especially in the United States, childhood has come to be regarded as a unique phase of human development; no longer are children thought of simply as short adults who must contribute to their own well-being.

We have repudiated the idea that children should have to go out and get jobs, in mines and sweatshops, and are in danger of forgetting that outside the United States, the world is a hellish place. Having imprinted K-12 education and a college degree into our culture cement, we need to remember the struggle some people go through to only slightly broaden their horizons through education.

Having incorporated into our lives the normalcy of attending schools for 13 or more years, our educational system has taken on a kind of “set it and forget it” attribute. Like the battles labor unions and progressives fought a century and more ago for better working conditions, better hours and better pay, we no longer have to consider what we are giving up to go to college — or high school.

For us, education entails little risk with the promise of sometimes lavish future gains.

The danger for Yousafzai, however, is not over. The Taliban reportedly have vowed to target her again if she survives.

This experience of hers is a testament to the value of education, and the value we should give it.

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t is customary for presidential campaigns to express their opinion of the current administration and the incumbent’s challenger(s). For President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney, this year is no different.

One piece linked to by NPR this summer, from The Weekly Standard, criticized Obama in an interesting way. “President Obama,” the opinion piece asserted, “has an accountability problem. It’s not simply that during the 2008 campaign he made extravagant promises to heal the planet, slow the rise of the oceans, end political divisions in America and usher in an era of hope and change, it’s that as a candidate and in the early days of his presidency, Obama and his top aides made a series of very specific promises on a range of issues.”

That rhetoric also figures in our presidential debates. In the debate two weeks ago, for example, Romney said in his closing remarks: “I’ll get incomes up again” and “I’ll restore that $716 billion to Medicare.”

Talking about politics in that way misses a critical point of the Constitution. We live in a republic where policy has to be agreed on by a majority of two different bodies as well as signed into law by a president before it becomes effective.

In our haste to assign (and perhaps escape) blame we forget that the president, whomever he be, does not rule the United States.

In explaining the new Constitution of 1787, Alexander Hamilton wrote: “The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.” It is we, the people of the United States, who rule it.

While Obama certainly promised too much

By Michael.Belding @iowastatedaily.com during his campaign, by our Constitution (which celebrated its 225th anniversary this year) does not allow the president to do whatever he wants. In 1787 and 1788, we had this debate. The president is not a king, never was a king nor designed to be a king, and the supporters of the Constitution went through great pains to draw distinctions between our president and the British king whose realm we had just separated ourselves from.

No policy measure can be imposed arbitrarily. Laws are made (or not) by Congress.

Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution — immediately after the Preamble — reads: “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”

As much as it is incumbent on the president to get out of the White House and do some politics with the elected senators and representatives of the American people, at some point they need to start meeting him half-way.

Such problems as Obama made into campaign issues are ones that belong to the American people as a whole, not a particular party or interest group.

The planet Earth is a place we all have to live; to the extent that we let it overheat and become infertile or pollute its environment and make its ecosystems uninhabitable, it becomes an inhospitable place for the Republicans as

Letters to the editor

Has Rastetter truly bettered Iowa State?

In a recent letter to the editor, a former president of the Government of the Student Body, Dakota Hoben, calls upon the Daily to thank Iowa Board of Regents President Pro Tem Bruce Rastetter for his efforts to “bring about positive change to the Regents system for the sake of future generations of Iowans.”

Hoben argues that the Daily consistently has trashed Rastetter and his efforts during the 2011-2012 academic year without crediting the Regent for his work that resulted in positive changes for higher education.

Let’s start from the beginning. Bruce Rastetter is among the wealthiest in Iowa.

Starting as an entrepreneur and rapidly accumulating capital, he is now the CEO of Summit Group. Summit Group is the umbrella organization for Rastetter’s agricultural pursuits — these include commodity production, processing and international investment .

With Rastetter’s gain in capital has come Rastetter’s increase in political influence.

Rastetter has been an active member of the Republican Party for years. In 2010’s gubernatorial election, Rastetter was the single largest donor to the current Gov. Terry Branstad’s campaign.

Not long after, Rastetter was appointed president pro tem of the Iowa Board of Regents

by Branstad.

Hoben was right about a few things in his article regarding Rastetter’s involvement in higher education — Rastetter has an interest in higher education, and he certainly puts his money where his mouth is. It seems quite clear, however, that

Rastetter’s interest in higher education amounts to nothing more than an interest in an education system that furthers commodity agribusiness and, as a consequent, his own personal wealth.

During his time as a Regent, Rastetter has been caught up in a hell storm of a scandal due to a highly ethically questionable (but of course profitable) land acquisition project pursued by Rastetter’s very own Summit Group. Summit Group was working on a deal that would have cleared a tract of land the size of Rhode Island that more than 100,000 people call home in the African country of Tanzania.

The land, already in use by local farmers, would then be utilized by Summit Group for commodity crop production.

Rastetter worked closely with the Tanzanian government to secure a deal granting land to Summit Group for 55 cents per hectare. Making matters worse, Iowa State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (whom Rastetter presides over as president pro tem) teamed up with Rastetter for a time to offer knowledge, people power and credibility to the for-profit project.

Needless to say, this was no humanitarian project. This was a land grab.

Hoben is correct: Rastetter puts his money where his mouth is. He contributed copious amounts of money to Branstad and was then given a position of high power associated with the very institutions that he could utilize for credibility in his grotesquely unethical forprofit ventures abroad.

Hoben is spot on: Rastetter is passionate about education. Rastetter is pas-

sionate about fostering an education system that supports commodity agriculture and consequently the growth of his own business pursuits at home and abroad, building a repertoire with students and the state of Iowa and lining his own pockets with more money.

Mr. Hoben, I’ll answer your question. Is Iowa State better today than it was two years ago? Iowa State was a better university when it was utilized only as a public resource, not a private profit machine.

Iowa State was a better university when it was free from fat-cat influences such as Rastetter who seek to utilize their capital and political clout to buy and use Iowa State.

Iowa State was a better university when we had GSB presidents who served students and protected the namesake of Iowa State.

Mr. Hoben, you accepted a position in business development at Summit Group from the very man who disgraced Iowa State’s reputation as a public resource and landgrant university. You later wrote a letter to the studentrun newspaper asking it to thank this same man for his contributions to education.

You failed to mention your relationship with Rastetter extending into the better part of last year, and you failed to mention the job promised you postgraduation and your current position in business development at Summit Group.

Is Iowa State better today than it was two years ago?

Absolutely not.

Ahna Kruzic is an alumna of Iowa State.

much as it does for the hippie tree-hugging Democrats. “The economy,” whatever that means, is, as far as hugely unwieldy organisms go, a bull in a china shop affecting all our lives.

And where ending political divisions in the United States is concerned, agreeing with the Republicans on the issues is a merely superficial solution that is anything but a genuine consensus.

Americans are divided on a whole host of issues. Divisions on several important issues are nearly half-and-half, which is a recipe for stalemate. Pluralities are even less helpful for getting things done. On abortion, 41 percent of Americans are pro-abortion rights and 50 percent are anti-abortion. On same-sex marriage, 50 percent believe such marriages should be valid and 48 percent think they should not be. On health care, 46 percent agree with the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) while another 46 percent disagree. On gun control, 41 percent believe the United States needs stricter gun control laws, and 51 percent disagree. Polling for the general election has Obama and Romney nearly tied, with the former at 47.3 percent and the latter at 47.4 percent.

Without the ability to rule by fiat and decree, the promises of any executive require the cooperation of others. The president might be at the summit of the American political mountain, but governing is not solely his problem. That responsibility also belongs to the 100 members of the Senate, the 435 members of the House of Representatives and the nine justices who sit on the Supreme Court.

Michael Belding is a graduate student in history from Story City, Iowa.

Vote ‘yes’ for retention of Justice Wiggins Article I, Section 6 of the Iowa Constitution says: “All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation; the general assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens.”

On that basis, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously a law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional. And since 2010, the far right has poured money into a witch hunt against the justices who were doing their job.

This time around, Justice David Wiggins is the focus of these misguided efforts.

In Iowa, we vote whether or not to retain district and Supreme Court justices, and it is absolutely clear we should vote to retain Wiggins. This is not an issue of liberalism vs. conservatism. It is not about personal beliefs on gay marriage. It is about judicial practice.

Recently, the Iowa Bar Association recommended retaining Wiggins.

Even the former Republican Speaker of the House for Iowa, Christopher Rants, said he is voting “yes” on Wiggins because everyone across the spectrum knew the law would not stand up to “constitutional scrutiny” and the court ruled as expected. The retention vote is meant as a safeguard against judicial malpractice; should we really oust a Supreme Court justice for doing his job?

In the United States and in Iowa, our judicial system is designed to insulate justices against the fickle nature of elections so that they can do their job without worrying about how popular their decision may be. Wiggins believes in that system, and thus is not campaigning, which leaves him vulnerable.

It is our duty as citizens to make sure these attacks are not successful, for the sake of our judicial process.

Students can vote everyday this week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Locations are the Memorial Union and Carver on Tuesday and Wednesday and Parks and Kildee on Thursday and Friday. As we do our civic duty, Democrats, Republicans and everyone in between should remember to turn the ballot over and vote “yes” on Wiggins.

Jonathan Upchurch is a senior in political science.

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Football: Big 12 standings Kansas State (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) West Virginia (5-1, 2-1) Texas Tech (5-1, 2-1) Texas Christian (5-1, 2-1) Oklahoma (4-1, 2-1) Oklahoma State (3-2, 1-1) Iowa State (4-2, 1-2) Texas (4-2, 1-2) Baylor (3-2, 0-2) Kansas (1-5, 0-3)

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Three-and-out SPORT: Football DEFINITION: When an offense us unable to gain a first down, or 10 yards, and has to punt the ball away.

USE: Iowa State’s offense had four thee-and-outs during Saturday’s game against Kansas State.

Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Running back Jeff Woody runs the ball during Saturday’s game at Jack Trice Stadium. Woody ran a total of 17 yards in the 27-21 loss to Kansas State. The offense overall averaged 1.3 yards per play on first downs.

Rhoads emphasizes first-down success

By Jake.Calhoun @iowastatedaily.com

Efficiency on first downs was something coach Paul Rhoads said was widely ignored by the media as other storylines commonly surfaced.

But after his team managed only one play of more than four yards out of 23 first-down snaps in a 27-21 loss to Kansas State last Saturday, Rhoads said converting for big yardage on first down has become a much larger point of emphasis in working toward offensive efficiency as a whole.

“Offensively, we want to gain 4 or more [yards] on first down and put ourselves in manageable situations,” Rhoads said at his weekly news conference Monday.

“I think we shied away from taking some shots as that game went along, being afraid of second-and-long to get to third-and-manageable to convert third-and-manageable because we weren’t doing a very good job of that,” he said.

Lack of execution by quarterback Jared Barnett — who went 3-for-10 for 11 yards and an interception on

first downs — stalled the Cyclones’ offensive flow (4-2, 1-2 Big 12). The offense as a whole averaged 1.3 yards per play on first downs against the Wildcats.

“If you have a deadline and your boss says: ‘This is due by 3 [p.m.]’ If he tells you that at 8 o’clock in the morning, you go, ‘All right, I’ve got some time to work on this,’” said running back Jeff Woody. “But the equivalent of second-and-10 or third-and-10 is if he says: ‘You have this due at 3 o’clock’ and he tells you that at 2:51 — you are pressed, you’re stressed out.

“It’s just a lot harder to do your job, and it’s a lot harder to do it well when you know you have that much longer to go or that little wiggle room.”

Woody was held without a yard in his two first-down runs while the running attack for the Cyclones managed 20 yards on 13 carries (1.5 per carry).

Improving the running game has also been a point of emphasis Rhoads has been stressing to his team.

After six games, Iowa State currently ranks 85th nationally in average rushing yards with 143 per game.

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White makes strides in rehab After sitting out last Saturday’s loss due to “knee issues,” Paul Rhoads said running back James White is doing better en route to returning to the field.

Rhoads said White “probably surprised himself” with his rehabilitation from the injury, which was noted as gradual rather than abrupt.

“It will be day-to-day and as soon as the docs say ‘go,’ we’ll be ready to go with him,” Rhoads said. “He will not play this week.”

Rhoads said White had surgery on his knee on Thursday and will be on a two-week path to returning to the field.

White is the team’s leading rusher with 264 yards and two touchdowns.

Homecoming game time set ■■ Iowa State’s game against Baylor on Oct. 27 has been announced to have a 6 p.m. kickoff time.

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Success in aggressive play

By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com When the week is all said and done, the ISU volleyball team will know where it sits halfway through the Big 12 schedule.

Sitting at 4-2 in Big 12 play entering Wednesday’s match with No. 8 Texas, the No. 22 Cyclones (10-6, 4-2 Big 12) will find out this week where they stand. How the team finishes the season might come down to the performance of its outside hitters.

“Their stats right now compared to how they were a month ago are much, much improved,” said ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.

“I’m excited about how they’re playing, that’s going to be key from here on out.”

In a match against Baylor on Sept.

22, the ISU coaching staff challenged outside hitter Victoria Hurtt to be more aggressive after she missed a ball.

By the end of the match Hurtt was heeding that advice. In the match Hurtt collected 14 kills to go along with a .444 hitting percentage, her best of the season.

Since then, the numbers for Hurtt and the team’s other outside hitters have continued to improve. The team has worked on out-of-system sets to help the players be more aggressive.

“It’s not always a perfect set,” Johnson-Lynch said. “They’ve been doing a lot of work on getting their feet to that ball and still taking an aggressive swing rather than just tipping the ball over.”

Outside hitter Mackenzie Bigbee — who currently leads the team averaging 3.07 kills per set — had been getting high sets all season, and now is getting low sets. That change has come as other teams make adjustments to defend the freshman.

“Obviously people have figured out that I’ve been a terminator — that I’ve been successful — so I’m seeing a lot more double blocks,” Bigbee said.

In addition to altering Bigbee’s

File photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Victoria Hurtt jumps up to block the ball Sept. 7 at Hilton Coliseum. Hurtt collected 14 kills in the match. Iowa State won against Iowa 3-2. The No. 22 Cyclones currently sit with a record of 4-2 in the Big 12.

strategy, outside hitter Rachel Hockaday has been moved around more frequently. Hockaday is third on the team averaging 2.48 kills per set.

Being more aggressive has payed off for Hurtt as the sophomore is averaging 2.82 kills per set this season compared to 2.54 kills per set last season. As a team the Cyclones are averaging 13.7 kills per set this season, just off their 14.2 kills per set mark from last season’s Elite Eight team.

“I think it’s just being confident in myself and knowing I have the ability to do it,” Hurtt said of her improved play. “Then going out there and performing every time and not taking a point off.”

Five different players have led the team in kills in any of its 16 matches this season. The most times any player has led the Cyclones in kills has been five.

“It’s not necessarily going to be one person every night, we have a lot of offensive weapons that we can choose from,” Bigbee said. “One night Hurtt might be doing better so she might get more sets, which is good that we have all of those options to go to.”

Bye week allows team to rest After the ISU volleyball team swept West Virginia last Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum, they entered a week off leading up to No. 8 Texas this Wednesday.

The week off allowed the team to rest after playing more than half of the 2012 schedule.

“Mostly I wanted them to take the weekend off to get a mental and psychical break and get fresh legs for this coming week, because we’re going to need them,” said ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.

With Texas and Oklahoma this week the Cyclones will reach the halfway mark in their Big 12 schedule.

After that, the team has eight Big 12 matches and one nonconference match left in regular season play.

Several players, including senior Jamie Straube, used the weekend off to go home and see family.

“It sounds so silly but two days is quite a bit,” Straube said. “It felt good to just put your feet up [and] relax. I went home and my mom made some great food, so I can’t complain.”

It had the makings of another historic upset, but it should have had seatbelts for everyone who went along for the ride.

In front of a record crowd of 56,800 — the largest ever in school history — at Jack Trice Stadium, the ISU football team had a chance to knock off thenNo. 6 Kansas State to end a fouryear drought to its Big 12 foe.

The Cyclones played a competitive game, but laid a proverbial six-point egg during a rollercoaster of a game that showed at times when they could have seized control and put pressure on their opponent.

The interception immediately following a fumble recovery on the muffed fair catch, the overthrown ball to Shontrelle Johnson with daylight ahead of him, the missed tackles that allowed Kansas State’s Collin Klein to run over the defense — it was a frustrating performance to watch, considering Iowa State had every shot in the world to win but didn’t.

While close losses add drama and excitement to the game, always coming up short in these types of games will only hinder the team moving forward.

“Have you ever been late to the same class three days in a row for no reason?” said running back Jeff Woody. “It’s the same feeling: it’s frustration, and it’s annoying; because you know you could have beat it and you know you could have done it right, but you just can’t go back and redo it.”

This team has proven what it can do in the midst of adversity considering its upsets of four ranked teams in the past three seasons — most notably the double-overtime win against No. 2 Oklahoma State to become bowl eligible last season. However, it has not shown the consistency that it can compete in the Big 12 week-in and week-out.

Getting over the hump for ISU football would mean beating a highly ranked Kansas State team one week after upsetting TCU and ending the nation’s longest winning streak; it would mean winning out against ranked opponents after upsetting Oklahoma State to finish the season 8-4 with a mountain of momentum heading into a bowl game.

We’ve seen what this team can do to surprise people, but that’s not enough. If it can’t win consistently and get over the hump of a 6-6 season and an appearance in the Rent-a-Car Bowl, then a change needs to be made.

We’re not suggesting that Paul Rhoads is at all on the hot seat — because, frankly, he isn’t — but retooling the offense and bringing in a quarterback that can make good decisions and consistently lead the offense would be a step in the right direction toward getting over that hump.

Jared Barnett can lead the offense, but he simply isn’t athletic enough to ever be uttered in the same sentence as “elite Big 12 quarterback.” The fact that it’s almost considered a miracle if Barnett amasses 200 yards passing — which he has only done once in his eight starts — is telling of his inability to facilitate consistency within the ISU offense.

Sam Richardson is the logical candidate among active quarterbacks to create said consistency, but not much has been said about him. Whenever Rhoads has been asked about Richardson, he’s simply said: “He’s not ready.”

Without an adequate field general to give the offense confidence in those clutch situations in the fourth quarter, the Cyclone faithful will eventually grow tired of watching their beloved team lose heartbreaker after heartbreaker.

It’s not something that should concern Rhoads and Co. just yet considering they are still in arm’s length of bowl eligibility. But in the back of their minds, they know it to be true: Some people aren’t too fond of rollercoasters.

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Fun Facts A substance called Ambergris, found in the ocean or on the coast and originating in the intestines of sperm whales, was a main ingredient for many popular perfumes (it has an earthy scent).

China is the birthplace of the first seismograph. Built in 132 AD by a man named Cheng Heng, it consisted of eight metal dragons holding eight carved balls over eight frog figurines. If an earthquake made the ground vibrate, the dragon facing the quake’s source would drop a ball into the mouth of its corresponding frog.

The ostrich doesn’t stick its head underground to hide from predators.

It bends its neck down low and flattens its head against the ground.

Although oil is known as “black gold,” it isn’t black to begin with. When it spurts from the ground, the crude stuff is most often dark green.

There’s a rumor that Twinkies have a shelf life of 20-plus years.

The truth of the matter, however, is that it’s closer to 25 days. The plastic-wrapped desserts contain the same apocalypse-vulnerable preservatives you’d find in most commercially baked breads.

At certain points during a baseball pitcher’s delivery, the pitcher’s arm is rotating at approximately 7,000 degrees per second—the equivalent of rotating your arm all the way around 70,000 times an hour.

The Meet the Press theme music was composed by John Williams.

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Include specific career goals, travel possibilities and educational passions to pursue. This year is all about learning. Fill it with adventure.

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

Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) Today is a 5 -- Work with a powerful team, and listen with intent. Don’t act like you already know the answer or you’ll miss a great opportunity. Creative work has a bittersweet flavor. Every little bit counts.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7 -- Gain experience and mastery. Share the load today and tomorrow, but hold on to the responsibility. And leave time in your schedule for romance.

Gemini (May 21-June 20 Today is a 6 -- Today and tomorrow, delve into the details. Hot soaks relax stressed muscles. Don’t squander your resources, even

if you think you have plenty.

Learn from an expert.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is an 8 -- Reserve the next two days for fun that’s balanced with creative productivity. Extend your psychic antennae. Don’t believe everything you’ve learned. Put in the work to reap rewards.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8 -- Stick close to home for the next two days. Clean up and discover a treasure. Make room for love.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 -- Practicing something you love goes very well now. Make sure you get all you earned. People know they can trust you to get to the truth. Waste not, want not.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 6 -- The air is filled with romance. Postpone travel for a few days. Start computing expenses. It’ll be easier to make household changes soon, but don’t obsess about it.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8 -- Your power is intense over the next few days.

Handle it as well as you can.

It’s best to have a plan in place, even if you don’t follow it.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 5 -- You’re under pressure to complete a project that you’ve been avoiding.

Roll up your sleeves and procrastinate no more (at least until later). Find out what rules apply. You win again.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 -- You can find the right balance between work and friends. Listen to those who support you, and let your self-esteem rise. Don’t forget to support others.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7 -- Help comes from far away, possibly financial. Time to refinance?

Do the homework and provide necessary information. Bring your quest for truth and social justice to work.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7 -- Adopt rules you can keep and let go of the ones you know you won’t.

New opportunities arise. A private conversation soothes.

Acceptance is key (and humor).

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10 | SPORTS | Iowa State Daily | Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012

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Female competitors extend winning streak, men gain momentum Teams work on faster times as championships approach

By Mark.Specht @iowastatedaily.com The ISU women’s crosscountry team extended its winning streak to two at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Friday in Madison, Wis. The victory comes just two weeks after a win at the Roy Saina Griak Invitational.

Senior Betsy Saina led the team with a second place finish, and senior Meaghan Nelson followed close behind to finish fourth overall.

The Cyclones managed to have five runners within the top 50 en route to a dominatHartke ing 72-point victory, beating second-place Stanford.

ISU assistant cross-country coach Travis Hartke called the victory “pretty big,” but thinks with the team’s ultimate goal being to do well at nationals, it will need to keep the win in perspective.

Bluske “I think at the end we just were really excited with where we are at,” said junior Samantha Bluske.

“But we told ourselves we could be excited for a few hours, but then we had to forget about it because there’s five more weeks left of the season.”

There were 48 teams in the field, with No. 2 Arizona and No. 3 Washington among them.

The Cyclones entered the race ranked No. 5 nationally. “[The Wisconsin Adidas Invitational] is a national level type environment and that’s the type of racing we’ll have to do at the NCAA Championships,” Hartke said.

“It’s a confidence booster.”

Hartke believes the win may place the Cyclones second nationally.

Bluske called a potential leap in the polls “both good and bad.”

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2012 Wisconsin Adidas Invitational results

“If we can get to 200, we’re probably having a pretty good day overall as an offense,” Rhoads said. “Right now, I’d settle for 180.”

The only contest in which Iowa State has recorded more than 200 rushing yards this season was in its win against Western Illinois of the FCS on Sept. 15 (264 yards).

“Having success on first down”, Barnett said, “will take the pressure off the offense to feel the need to pass on second-and-long and third-and-long situations and facilitate a more balanced offense with the run game involved.”

“It will make the difference between what the next play is, if it’s a run play or it’s a pass play,” Barnett said. “If it’s second-and-long, the defense knows that we’re going to have to pass it. They’re probably going to send some heat or they’re going to sit their safeties back farther.”

ISU women’s 6K Race

Brun makes history

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Betsy Saina- 19:35 (2) Meaghan Nelson- 19:45 (4) Crystal Nelson- 20:10 (26) Samantha Bluske- 20:14 (30) Katy Moen- 20:27 (47)

ISU men’s 8K Race ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■

Alex Dillenbeck- 23:58 (41) Mohamed Hrezi- 24:01 (50) Edwin Serem- 24:18 (106) Charlie Paul- 24:28 (141) Josh Hietkamp- 24:29 (149)

“I think we’re really going to be able to scare some people now and then also it’s kind of we’re the ones with a target on our back,” Bluske said.

“We kind of like to fly under the radar and now we’re going to be known more.”

As it works toward the NCAA Championships on Nov. 17, the women’s team will continue to try to work on getting the spread between its two through five runners to fewer than 30 seconds.

The spread between the two and five runners at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational was 42 seconds.

The ISU men’s team came closer to achieving its goal of making the NCAA Championships at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.

The men’s team tallied a 16th place finish, just ahead of a No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 16 Minnesota.

“Overall we’re happy with [the race],” said sophomore Josh Heitkamp. ”It’s taking the right steps for us to meet our goal of going to nationals this year, but we still feel like there’s a big upside for us and we’re capable of a lot more.”

The Cyclone men’s and women’s cross country teams will return to action Oct. 27 in Austin, Texas, where they will compete at the Big 12 Championships.

With a 30-yard touchdown reception on Saturday that required a full extension across the pylon, Ernst Brun became the first tight end in ISU history to record four touchdowns in a season since Al Dixon did so in 1976.

Having a 6-foot-3, 240-pound tight end line up as a receiver and serve as a deep threat has helped Barnett.

First-ever BCS ranking On Sunday night, Iowa State cracked the BCS rankings for the first time ever, at No. 24.

“We were all really surprised,” said quarterback Jared Barnett. “We’re all excited about it and we know that we’ve got to keep winning to make that rating be even better.”

While Barnett’s initial reaction was that of surprise, others said it was somewhat expected.

“We played well all year for the most part as a team,” said running back Jeff Woody. “The teams we’ve lost to have a combined one loss and lost by 17 [combined] points.

“It’s not a surprise that we know we’re a good team, it’s kind of a validation of what we think and what we believe that we are on a national scale.”

“He’s huge in the pass game because he can threaten safeties down field,” Barnett said. “He adds a different dynamic to the offense.”

His arrival at Iowa State, Brun said, has seen him develop in ways of becoming more coachable and motivated.

“I was in for a rude awakening my first couple days, I went against Patrick Neal and Jake Lattimer and just got manhandled; it wasn’t even fair,” Brun said. “From there, I was like, ‘I’ve got to gain weight and get stronger.’”

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