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President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney traded blows Wednesday night in Denver, Colo. at the first of three presidential debates for the 2012 election. The two made clear divisions in their policies surrounding tax plans and healthcare.

Moderator Jim Lehrer began the debate with a question directed at the differences in job creation plans that slowly turned into the two candidates espousing their differences about corporate and individual tax rates.

Obama said the correct path is to relieve taxes on the middle class and raise them for those making $250,000 or more, to return to where we were under former president Bill Clinton. He recalled that under Clinton, the United States saw a budget surplus and the creation of more millionaires. Obama cut against his opponent, saying Romney’s plan to cut tax loopholes and deductions ust doesn’t add up with his plan to cut $5 trillion in taxes and increase military spending by $2 trillion.

Romney defended himself, saying, “Bottom line, I want to bring [tax] rates down.” He also said the most important way to get the economy working again is to help small businesses that pay the individual tax rate.

“For me, this is about jobs. This is about getting jobs for the American people,” said Romney.

The former governor continued by saying that his plan would reduce deficit by trying something no one else ever has: bringing down taxes and credits at the same time. He also said that reducing the deficit was “not just economic issue, it’s a moral issue. ... Adding a

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Live roaches discovered at Chasers Brian Church, the health inspector in charge, discovered several live roaches at the first floor bar of Chasers Monday.

Another critical issue mentioned in the inspection report was improper draining on the fountain gun holders.

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Third-party options can offer U.S. voters alternative views

By Solomon.Keithley @iowastatedaily.com While the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates are hogging the limelight, there are five names on the voting ballot this year that are not Mitt Romney or

Barack Obama.

Representing the Constitution Party is Virgil Goode, who has been a Republican, Independent and Democratic congressman for the state of Virginia. Goode wants to lower the national deficit by cutting programs such as National Endowment for the Arts and No Child Left Behind, and by slashing and trimming several other programs.

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Players form ‘brotherhood’ ISU Paintball Club bonds over club sport

By Maia.Zewert @iowastatedaily.com When deciding what university to attend, one Cyclone took a somewhat unusual factor into consideration — paintball.

“I played paintball a little bit be-

fore I came to college, and that was part of the reason I came to Iowa State, because I knew they had a competitive team,” said Aaron Hebeisen, senior in animal ecology and member of the ISU Paintball Club.

Founded in 2000, the club competes in the Midwest North Division of the National Collegiate Paintball Association. According to the club’s official Facebook page, the ISU Paintball Club finished 18th out of 91

teams in the 2011-12 season.

While shows such as “The Big Bang Theory” and “Community” paint TV viewers a dramatized picture of the sport, Daniel Christensen, senior in mechanical engineering and club president, said media descriptions are not always accurate. “[Paintball] is more of a spectator sport than in the woods,” Christensen

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Sept. 21 Brock Negrete, 19, 134 Campus Ave. Unit 10, was arrested and charged with interference of official acts and serious misdemeanor assault in the 200 block of Ash Ave. (reported at1:42 a.m.).

Andrew Standley, 18, 9456 Wilson Hall, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Wilson Hall (reported at 3:38 a.m.).

Officers assisted a resident who had taken an overdose of several medications at University Village (reported at 7:19 a.m.).

An individual reported the theft of a bike at Buchanan Hall (reported at 3:08 p.m.).

A staff member reported the theft of a sign at Pammel Woods (reported at 4:44 p.m.).

An officer initiated a drug related investigation at the Armory (reported at 6:16 p.m.).

Sept. 22 Theodore Fick, 21, 51 Friley Chamberlian, cited for providing alcohol to minors (reported at 8:45 p.m.).

Christopher Long, 21, 1201 SE Wanda Dr. of Ankeny, was charged and arrested for operating while intoxicated (reported at 1:05 a.m.).

charged with public intoxication in the 200 block of Welch Ave. (reported at 12:34 a.m.).

Wilfredo Galarza, 23, of Chicago, Il, was arrested and charged with public intoxication in 2400 block of Chamberlain St. (reported at 12:31 a.m.).

The following were cited for underage possession of alcohol at Hunt St. and Welch Ave., Steven Carlson, 18, 6419 Wilson Hall, James Butts, 18, of Macomb, Il, Benjamin Kindle, 18, of Des Plains, Il (reported at 1:44 a.m.).

Nathan Wink, 19, 1277 Friley Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at Friley Hall, was released on citation (reported 2:01 at a.m.).

Officers checked on the welfare of a person who was experiencing emotional difficulties in Frederisksen Court, the individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for treatment (reported at 2:21 a.m.).

Officers assisted a 19 year old male who had consumed to much alcohol at Friley Hall, individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for treatment (reported at 2:44 a.m.).

Cody Lutzen, 26, 1103 Delaware Ave. #6, was charged and arrested for disorderly conduct (reported at 2:22 a.m.).

Mateus Zucato-Toledo, 25, 247 Sheldon Ave. Unit 3, was arrested and charged with public intoxication in the 100 block of Sheldon Ave. (reported at 3:19 a.m.).

Tyrus Mcgee, 21, 1338 Mayfield Dr. #632, was cited for possession of alcohol under age (reported at 8:50 p.m.).

A resident reported being harassed by a roommate in Martin Hall (reported at 4:32 p.m.).

Forrest Nicholson, 18, 2225 Willow Hall, was arrested and charged with public intoxication and false information to a peace officer (reported at 12:00 a.m.).

Anthony Kugel, 19, 3231 Willow Hall, was arrested and charged with public intoxication in the 200 block of Welch Ave. (reported at 12:10 a.m.).

Jonathan Buzan, 21, of Fairfield, was arrested and

Thomas Pititti, 19, of Milford, was cited for underage possession of alcohol and possession of drug paraphernalia at the Arboretum (reported at 7:12 p.m.).

Risty Stamoulis, 19, 4472 Friley Hall, and Patrick Williams, 20, C293 Helser Hall, were cited for underage possession of alcohol at the Arboretum (reported at 7:12 p.m.).

Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Roughly 40 students watched the presidential debate on Wednesday at Linden Hall.

>>POLICIES.p1 trillion dollars a year [to the deficit] simply is not moral.”

Romney said that if he becomes president, he would cut government employees and combining agencies, he would look at government programs and ask, “Is the program so critical it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay for it? If not, I’ll get rid of it.”

Obama went on the defense by saying, “The day I walked into the Oval Office, I had a trillion dollar deficit waiting for me,” referring to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which had not been paid for, and the economic crisis.

After the candidates discussed their different views on social security and Medicare, Lehrer moved the focus to Obamacare. Romney, who has been extremely critical of the plan and its costs, criticized Obamacare. He defended

>>OPTIONS.p1 “Reducing regulations will help the United States become energy independent,” Goode said. “That will, in turn, create more jobs for Americans.”

“First and foremost, we are bringing in thousands of foreigners every year that take jobs every year. They are taking jobs that college students should be getting every year,” Goode said. “Each year we bring in 1.2 million green card workers; if I am elected president, I will end that. It makes no sense to bring in so many people from foreign countries when we have people here who pay taxes and are citizens that need those jobs.”

his own plan, which was put into place in Massachusetts, by saying that it was right for the state at the time, and he pushed it though with bipartisan support.

He contrasted his plan to Obama’s plan, which would force a one-size-fits-all plan onto every state. He said the plan was forced through Congress with no bipartisan support. Romney said he favors a change in the healthcare system, but one that lets the private sector drive those changes.

The president expanded on earlier messages by saying that making the healthcare system work smarter, not harder, will be the key to bringing down costs. He spoke about hospitals changing the way they function to make a more streamlined process for patients.

The clear differences, though, came in each candi-

dates’ closing arguments.

Obama acknowledged that he inherited a country in crisis four years ago, but the way to make sure the country can climb out of that crisis was to make sure that “everyone is playing by the same rules,” and that “four years ago [he] said [he] would be a perfect presdient, but promised to fight every day on the behalf of the American people.” He said if he is elected he would continue that fight.

Romney had the last word, though. He said America has “two paths” from two choices.

He said that under his watch, unemployment would go down and America would see 12 million new jobs. Romney said he “will keep America strong and keep middle class working.”

Students and professors were gathered in Linden Hall to watch the debate. Of the roughly 40 that were in atten-

dence, the general opinion was that Romney had “won” the debate.

“I thought Romney seemed incredibily prepared. Obama was not as smooth as he had been before; Romney was chomping at the bit,” said James McCormick, professor of political science.

“I was surprised that Obama didn’t go with the attacks that he has been using in his ads; he didn’t make any of those points,” said David Peterson, associate professor of political science.

Rhiannon Michelson, a freshman in pre-architecture, said she was just interested in learning. “I watched the debate tonight because I wanted to be a more informed voter.”

She said she was also a bit surprised at the outcome. “I thought Obama was going to be the stronger individual tonight, but he was the weaker one.”

Representing the Libertarian Party is former New Mexico Republican Governor Gary Johnson. According to his campaign literature, Johnson wants to make sure that a new health care program will increase the amount of care Americans receive while decreasing the cost.

Johnson believes affordable energy is critical not only to our quality of life, but also for the health of the economy.

By making schools more affordable, Johnson believes that more power will be put into the hands of students while also giving parents the right to choose where their kids will go to school at a young age.

Roseanne Barr, formerly

known for being the star of the show “Roseanne,” is running for the Green Party. Barr wants to lower the cost for college students and forgive all student loans. She believes forgiving student loans is the only way to end the burden of student debt.

A priority of Barr’s is to bring home the troops from Afghanistan. Barr wants a resource-based economy and new “green” jobs that will give citizens careers that are environmentally-friendly.

Jack Fellure of the Prohibition Party is basing his campaign on the Biblical statutes. Fellure believes in job creation and reducing the amount of jobs that are outsourced.

Peta Lindsay from the

Socialism and Liberation parties believes in making jobs a constitutional right. Lindsay believes in making minimum wage $20 per hour and in guaranteeing a living income for those who cannot work.

In order to make education affordable, Lindsay believes in forgiving student loans. However, Lindsay is is 27 and therefore ineligible due to age.

“I feel like they are kind of wasting their time because Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are the only legitimate candidates in the election,” said Aaron Ventling, junior in pre-business. “I like the idea of third party candidates because they can sometimes offer a better alternative to the two major parties.”

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Photo: Lyn Bryant/Iowa State Daily Members of the ISU Paintball club prepare for a game Sunday in the Southwest Athletic Complex. The club meets every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Photo: Madison Martin/Iowa State Daily Hunter Lovins, founder and president of Natural Capitalism Solutions, lectures about how citizens need to prepare themselves for a change in personal sustainability.

Renewable energy becomes priority Nonprofit leader discusses future of green economies

By Madison.Martin @iowastatedaily.com Hunter Lovins presented multiple issues and facts dealing with sustainability in a lecture in the Alliant Energy Auditorium at Iowa State Wednesday. Lovins is the founder and president of Natural Capitalism Solutions, an organization determined to inform businesses, governments and civil societies of the principles of sustainability.

One of Lovins’ major topics was renewable energy and how companies across the country are committing to use 100 percent renewable energy by a certain timeline.

“Wal-Mart has committed to become 100 percent renewable. Currently in California, 75 percent of Wal-Mart is renewable,” said Lovins.

Lovins touched on many issues in places around the world. She specifically touched on sustainability in Iowa.

“Iowa is already getting 20 percent of its energy from sun, wind and biofuels,” Lovins said.

As an example of excellent commitment to renewable energy, Lovins praised the state of Iowa.

“The wind companies here in Iowa are creating jobs,” Lovins said.

“If you unleashed the Iowa green economy by 2020, there would be 20,000 new jobs, saving customers one billion dollars.”

Lovins brought up countries around the

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■■ Iowa gets 20 percent of its energy from sun, wind and bio fuels.

■■ Lovins believes sustainability is the change of the future, and it needs to be embraced.

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said. “There are people shouting from the sidelines.”

Evan McCann, senior in finance and club secretary, described a paintball competition.

“The game is played on a turfed field about the size of a hockey rink. Each team is represented by five members and a team flag in the middle of the field,” McCann said.

“The objective is to get the flag and hang it on the other team’s starting gate, which normally happens when you shoot everybody out on the other team,” McCann said.

McCann said an average game sees a team of five going through about 2,000 paintballs.

The club usually attends five events during the school year with two regional tournaments in the fall and spring followed by a national competition. In one of the more memorable national tournaments, the club traveled to Galveston, Texas, and found themselves playing in some uncommon conditions. After a rainstorm poured over them at four of the eight fields, the teams were playing until one in the morning.

“We were playing in six inches of water with the Storm Chasers van there,” Christensen said. “It was a good time.”

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world, talking about the methods they are using to create sustainability within. She continued to speak of how not only do countries use common methods, but they are constantly trying to innovate new strategies and plans.

“Who innovates rule the world,” Lovins said.

“China is innovating; Europe is innovating.”

In closing, Lovins said, “We’ve had a good run with sustainability. It has brought us all of the prosperity that we now enjoy. But it’s got to change.”

After her lecture, Levins answered questions from members of the audience and sat for a book signing.

Lovins concluded her presentation by reciting a quote from Buckminster Fuller.

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Lovins said. “Are we smart enough to invent the future?”

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“We are definitely one of the cheapest fields to rent,” Christensen said.

The club is able to keep costs down due to its sponsors. Guerrilla Air and RAZA sponsored the club’s air tanks and jerseys. Iowa State and the Government of the Student Body also help to support the club financially.

“The school supports us in doing all of the things we love to do,” McCann said.

The club is student-run, which sometimes leads to problems.

“Tempers get hot, just like on any competitive team,” Hebeisen said. “Everyone’s out trying to prove themselves.”

With all the time members spend driving to competitions and practicing together, it’s no wonder a member referred to the club as a brotherhood.

“I’m closer to the guys in the paintball club than I am with anyone else at this school by far,” Hebeisen said. “You go out to the field, and you don’t have to worry about anything else.

You’re out there to play paintball, and that’s all that’s on anyone’s mind for a few hours that day.”

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President should not need study time for debates Walk up to any business owner or manager and ask them the top five things wrong with their business and possible solutions to those problems, and it’s a sure thing that person can rattle them off in but a minute or two with no thought, and probably have a dozen more problems to give you. And it’s no feat for them to do so really; the business is their life.

Whether you like the idea or not, for competent, diligent, successful people, work does tend to become one’s life, and every little facet of one’s work is as known as the proverbial back of one’s hand. The same is certainly true, and hopefully even moreso given the stakes, for the president of the United States of America.

It was with the typical dismay of this election cycle that we found a story on CNN Tuesday afternoon about President Barack Obama taking a break from studying for the debates to speak with workers at the local campaign office. The president quipped that his staff was keeping him busy boning up on the campaign’s message, making him “do his homework.”

Of course, there’s nothing to be shocked by there; that a candidate would study for a debate is nothing new. No doubt Mitt Romney is off somewhere doing the same thing as you read this. However, that the president of this nation needs to cram to deliver information about the country and his proposals to move forward is just plain disheartening and revelatory of the modern so-called “politician’s” lack of Editorial Board

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File photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily President Barack Obama, Democrat, is running for his second term in office.

File photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for the presidency, is the former governor of Massachusetts.

actual political skill.

The presidency is Obama’s life and has been for the last four years. There are few people in the world as qualified to talk about government and matters of American domestic and foreign policy as he is. A truly talented politician president, one who possesses that indescribable spark of the truly political individual, would have no need to study for a debate at all. He could simply waltz on stage and tell it like it is.

And the people would love him for it.

Unless, of course, what’s being studied is a canned message developed by apolitical propagandists who are less interested in public interaction and more interested in scamming the most votes out of our broken electoral system. Furthermore, that candi-

dates occupy themselves memorizing what amounts to a script reveals just how much of a media sideshow elections and politics have become.

Candidates are now asked meaningless questions like “Coke or Pepsi?” Candidates jumping through flaming hoops and balancing balls on their noses will likely be next in the circus the debates have become.

Our candidates for public office have been reduced to mere stage actors giving a performance for a witless audience. And while TV networks rake in all the advertising dollars, American civic life dwindles further.

One day Americans will all wake up and ask, “Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?” On that day, it’ll be too late.

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ill Nye gave a very profound presentation recently with many interesting stories, ideas and advice on how we all can “change the world.” One idea that I find significant for us as students in particular is the availability of online free education resources, which an audience member brought up by asking Nye his thoughts on their importance.

Personally, I have explored some of the educational resources available for free online, and I can confidently say that they have been a substantial help to my education.

For example, one of the most useful sites I have experienced is also the most popular one, the Khan Academy. Started

by Salman Khan as a series of YouTube videos that he made to tutor his cousin remotely, the site now has over 3,400 videos, almost all of them created by Khan himself.

There is a broad range of topics covered, though the math and science topics are the

By Alexander.Maxwell @iowastatedaily.com most comprehensive.Khan Academy also has a sweet achievements system that has motivated me many times to continue learning about things that I normally would not pursue so ambitiously.

Nye himself is involved with the free educational site Sophia.org, which focuses on short videos that explain particular concepts. The overall purpose of Sophia is to be a place where many people contribute content, similar to the way Wikipedia functions. The site also pursues academic professionals to review and verify the submitted content.

There are many other places to learn for free online, including sites that are supported by universities. MIT was the first institution to offer its educational resources specifically for free online over a decade ago. Today they have over 2,000 courses available, using materials taken directly from the classroom.

Another university-supported site, Coursera.org, was founded by two professors from Stanford and includes courses from 33 institutions such as Princeton, Johns

Hopkins and Columbia, as well as universities around the world including the University of Tokyo, the University of Edinburgh and the Indian Institute of Technology.

When I have difficulty understanding something in a class, I can usually find clarity by using free education websites, and particularly by watching videos made to explain these topics. Knowing that these resources are available has made it much easier to do well in classes that are taught by teachers that do not present material in ways that I find very helpful. Even when I feel I have a firm grasp on a certain concept, checking out an explanation on one of these sites almost always gives me a better intuition regarding it.

I have directed other students to use these tools, and when they do it usually helps give them a better attitude regarding the class with which they were having trouble.

Teachers themselves also look to these resources when they wish to improve the way they teach students. Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera, says that “I’m watching other professors’ lectures as well and learning from them…

[I’m] watching their teaching, thereby learning to improve

Photo: Megan Wolff/Iowa State Daily Bill Nye gave a speech at Stephens Auditorium on Sept. 21, as the kickoff event for Engineer’s Week. The speech, titled “You Can Change the World,” told how scientists and average people can make a positive change in the world.

pedagogy as well.”

The Khan Academy has also integrated its site into a few classrooms in the United States, with impressive results that he summarizes in a TEDtalks exhibition presented by Bill Gates.

As a college student, I greatly appreciate the effort

that is being made to make this material freely available.

But even more significant is what this effort is doing for non-students. Sites such as these are giving people everywhere access to resources that historically have been only available to a very small percentage of the population.

Education should not be a privilege reserved for a select few, but something we should all share with each other.

Alexander Maxwell

is a senior in computer engineering from Ames, Iowa.

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Future success requires more than your degree Professional societies give students access to others’ experience

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or many of us here at Iowa State University, we tend to think college is the intermediate “waiting room” between being a young adult and getting a career as a full-fledged member of society. We are mostly on our own and now get to make choices about our lives, but college is rarely the highest aspiration for anyone seeking a degree. After graduation, students will be seeking to enter a new part of their life in their chosen field of study.

It is rather easy to fall back onto the idea that while we are in college, we have not really started our “real” job yet and do not need to be worried about how we are hopefully going to do it. After all, what is the point of working on something that you do

By Phil.Brown @iowastatedaily.com not even have yet?

The short answer is that we all need to be thinking about making ourselves better at whatever we want to do because anyone interested in hiring us is sure to be thinking about it.

Making oneself better at performing any given career path is certainly easier said than done.

However, there is a relatively simple step that almost anyone can take, and this simple step is joining a professional society.

Professional societies exist in virtually every field of work. From landscape architecture to forestry to event management, there are groups that exist to foster communication and connect individuals with common career interests. Most of these societies also encourage student members and offer discounted mem-

bership fees to anyone still attending school.

As ISU students, we arguably have the most to gain from such connections and communication.

Since most of us in college cannot actually start our careers without the degree we are working toward (think of applying to work as a geneticist with only a high school diploma), we may end up trying to enter a field of work with no real-world experience to speak of.

For many of us, our sole form of education about the job we are expected to do came in classrooms or highly structured laboratory settings.

By joining a society composed of people who work in the same field, we gain access to their experiences through offered newsletters and publications.

That access to experience also informs any potential employers that we have access to current information pertaining to our field of study.

Most textbooks go through an extremely lengthy publication process, in many cases several years, and are rarely updated on a yearly basis.

This means that by the time a student’s graduation comes, he or she may have been learning from publications that are five or more years old.

Professional societies also signal to employers that you are prepared to enter their companies as a productive worker as soon as possible.

Joining a professional society shows that you have some form of professionalism that is at least brought out during an interview.

Many people are going to have well written cover letters, and many applicants will interview well.

Someone who has actually dedicated time and effort outside of their schooling to become a better worker is someone an employer is going to take a second look at.

Depending on the profession and

the professional society, membership may also show a potential employer that you are dedicated to your chosen career path. For example, someone who is a member of the Ecological Society of America looks to be more dedicated to ecological issues than someone who simply has a degree in ecology.

In a working world where a university level-education is becoming far more common than it once was, it is important to show an employer you spent your college life doing more than just going to class.

A potential employee who shows that he or she is dedicated to his or her work and to professionalism beyond what is required to obtain a degree will be a safer and more economically viable choice for any employer.

Phil Brown is a senior in political

science, biology and environmental studies from Emmetsburg, Iowa.

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Women’s Bball:

Poppens joins All-Big 12 team by united vote

File Photo: Iowa State Daily ISU forward Chelsea Poppens was named to the preseason AllBig 12 team by league coaches on Wednesday.

Poppens, a senior from Aplington, Iowa, was a unanimous selection for the All-Big 12 first team as a junior and was the only player in the Big 12 to average a double-double with 14.2 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.

Poppens recorded 14 doubledoubles last season with eight being against conference opponents. Poppens was also ranked 13th nationally in rebounding in 2011-2012.

Joining Poppens on the preseason All-Big 12 team are Brittney Griner and Odyssey Sims of Baylor, Angel Goodrich of Kansas, and Aaryn Ellenberg of Oklahoma.

-Daily Staff

Football:

ISD Sports Big 12 power rankings 1. West Virginia (4-0, 1-0) 2. Kansas State (4-0, 1-0) 3. Texas (4-0, 1-0) 4. Oklahoma (2-1, 0-1) 5. TCU (4-0, 1-0) 6. Baylor (3-1, 0-1) 7. Oklahoma State (2-2, 0-1) 8. Texas Tech (4-0, 1-0) 9. Iowa State (3-1, 0-1) 10. Kansas (1-3, 0-1)

Football:

Cyclones in Texas during Rhoads’ era ■■ Iowa State is 2-2 all time in Texas under Paul Rhoads with both wins coming against ranked teams (No. 22 Texas in 2010, No. 19 Texas Tech in 2011).

■■ Iowa State has been outscored 112-105 in those four games in Texas.

■■ Total yards per game: 399.0 ■■ Passing yards per game: 169.8 ■■ Rushing yards per game: 229.3 ■■ Total yards allowed per game: 459.5 ■■ Passing yards allowed per game: 245.3 ■■ Rushing yards allowed per game: 214.3 ■■ Turnover margin: +6 (Iowa State currently has a turnover margin of -5 through four games this season)

Sports Jargon:

Dig SPORT: Volleyball DEFINITION: A dig is a pass of a ball after it has been hit by the opposing team, and digging is often done by a defensive player such as a libero.

USE: Libero Kristen Hahn averaged 5.44 digs per set for the Cyclones last season.

Last season the Big 12 Conference saw seven of its women’s basketball teams advance to the 64-team field in the NCAA Tournament. Despite changes to the Big 12 this season — the loss of Missouri and Texas A&M and the addition of both West Virginia and Texas Christian — the expectations for the conference remain the same.

“Every year probably every coach says the same thing to all of you, that the Big 12 is the best league in the country and it’s a hard league,” said ISU women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly at the team’s media day Wednesday. “But it’s the truth.”

Most teams in the league will bring back the bulk of their starters from last season, and that includes Baylor, who went 40-0 on its way to winning the national championship.

Conference newcomer West Virginia made the NCAA Tournament last season too, beating one of its new conference foes, Texas, in the first round.

“I think it’s going to be a situation where our league could put seven, eight teams in the NCAA Tournament,” Fennelly said. “You better be ready to play.”

The Cyclones went 18-13 overall last season and 9-9 in the Big 12, making the postseason for the 15th time under Fennelly in his 17 seasons at the helm of the team.

One thing Fennelly hopes to see improve this season is the team’s shooting. “Our field goal percentage was the second-lowest since we’ve been here, [and] we’ve got to turn

Photo: Adam Ring/Iowa State Daily ISU women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly spoke with media about this year’s team Wednesday.

the ball over less,” Fennelly said.

“Offensively, we have to be more efficient and we have to get the ball in the basket.” Last season the Cyclones shot 39.2 percent from the field and committed 495 turnovers. The team averaged 62.7 points per game. This season the team has three seniors including two key players in Chelsea Poppens and Anna Prins. Poppens was named on Wednesday to the AllBig 12 First Team.

Fennelly said Prins has missed

more than 150 practices in her time as a Cyclone. Prins said she’s healthy and hopes to contribute more in her senior season. “I’m actually really excited that I’m healthy,” Prins said.

“I know for me it’s been frustrating to work hard for a period of time and then all of a sudden something happens and I take a few steps back and have to work back again.”

The team also has three freshmen this season in forward Madison Baier and guards Emiah Bingley and

Nicole Blaskowsky. Poppens said the tough Big 12 will be a challenge for the young players, but thinks they can adjust.

“You always expect it to be competitive, you always expect everyone to be super good,” Poppens said of the Big 12. “At first it’s going to be pretty stressful, and they’re going to feel a lot of pressure, but they’ll adjust.”

Iowa State’s season will begin on Nov. 1 with an exhibition against Northwest Missouri State in Ames.

Football

Texas ties spark ambitious play

By Jake.Calhoun @iowastatedaily.com Going home is always nice for James White.

The redshirt junior running back from Skyline High School in Dallas will be doing just that with his 18 teammates that also hail from the state of Texas when Iowa State travels to Fort Worth, Texas, to take on Big 12 newcomer TCU on Saturday.

After getting overlooked by almost every FBS school in Texas, White said he has a little bit more fire whenever he plays against one in their stadium.

“I feel like it’s personal when I play them,” White said. “Any team that’s from Texas, I want to do my best against them — prove them wrong, show them what they missed out on.”

Having two away games every season in Texas — America’s football recruiting hotbed — is a perk ISU coach Paul Rhoads stresses while recruiting high school

players from there.

“The opportunity to go home is special,” Rhoads said. “A lot of these kids’ families don’t get up here very often and so the opportunity to go home and play in front of them is something that motivates them.”

In his time as coach at Iowa State, Rhoads is 2-2 in the state of Texas with both wins having come against ranked teams (No. 22 Texas in 2010, No. 19 Texas Tech in 2011).

While losing Texas A&M to the Southeastern Conference hurts Iowa State’s chances at recruiting the Houston area with its proximity to College Station, Rhoads said adding TCU, which is in the heart of the Dallas metroplex in Fort Worth, to the Big 12 makes up for that.

Cornerback Jeremy Reeves, who hails from Allen, Texas, in northern metropolitan Dallas, said the addition of TCU adds more than just another av-

Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily ISU running back James White runs for a first down against Texas Tech Sept. 29 at Jack Trice Stadium. The Cyclones lost 24-13.

enue for recruiting.

“It’s a good look for the Big 12,” Reeves said.

“There’s a lot of good teams in this league... It’s a very offensive [oriented] league too. Those guys, they can play on offense, but they’re very known for their defense also. So it’s a good fit.”

Along with White, Reeves is one of the 15 Texas natives on the team who did not receive scholarship offers from the schools in Texas. Damein Lawry, Jared Barnett, Chris Young and Jerome Tiller are the only players who declined offers from Texas schools to come

to Iowa State.

When asked which school he would have liked to have played for, however, White could not give a definitive answer.

“I can’t say, I’m just happy to be a part of Iowa State,” White said with a chuckle. “I can’t really say.”

Commentary

Creativity pays off in big numbers T

he strategy: let any opponent attack Kristen Hahn.

Left back. Middle back. Right back. No matter where ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch puts her, Hahn will dig the ball.

After uncharacteristically low dig numbers from the team during the early part of the season, JohnsonLynch began moving Hahn around the back row with the hope of turning that trend around.

“I think Christy’s being really strategic in putting me in positions where I’m going to face up against one of the better hitters,” Hahn said of the strategy.

And rightfully so. Last season, as a sophomore, Hahn was named the Big 12 Libero of the Year after averagPhoto: Huiying Yu/ ing 5.44 digs per Iowa State Daily set.

By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com Hahn often plays left back like any other libero. However, around the time Iowa State took on then-No. 1 Nebraska at Hilton Coliseum in mid-September, the team’s defense started getting altered.

“For teams that attack a lot [on the] left side, those people tend to hit the ball at the left back digger — that’s where Hahn usually plays and that’s where traditionally liberos play,” Johnson-Lynch said. “A team like Baylor has a lot of attacks from the middle and right side, so those teams tend to hit it at middle back and at right back.”

So Johnson-Lynch and her staff have adjusted accordingly

and moved Hahn to the middle and right back positions — depending on the opponent — to counter those very attacks.

The results have not gone unnoticed. In the past four matches — around the time the team got “creative” — Hahn has been named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week three consecutive times, an ISU record.

In the first nine matches of the season, Hahn averaged 4.43 digs per set for the Cyclones. During the past three weeks and four matches, the junior has averaged 6.19 digs per set.

“She’s just very focused,” Johnson-Lynch said. “She was good preseason, early season, but I feel like in the last few weeks she’s just been everywhere.”

Statistics prove that she definitely has been. In three of those four matches, Hahn has collected 25, 26 and 33 total digs.

Hahn is currently leading the Big 12 during conference play in digs per set at 6.08 through three matches, and nobody else in the conference averages more than 4.25 digs per set

during Big 12 play.

“We’re trying to be creative and find ways to funnel the ball to her,” Johnson-Lynch said. “For us to be a good defensive team and hold teams down to a low hitting percentage, she has to be very involved in the defense.”

In the first seven seasons under Johnson-Lynch, each libero has been heavily involved as an ISU player and has won Big 12 Libero of the Year four consecutive years.

But does Hahn get anything for those weekly awards?

“I don’t think so,” Hahn said. “Just the article.”

Her team has received something more important though: wins. In the last four matches — with this strategy — the team is 3-1.

If Hahn’s big dig numbers continue to increase, there could be more awards for her down the road and big matches in the season’s final stretch for the team.

Alex Halsted is a junior in

journalism from Mason City, Iowa.

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Entertainment

Thursday Bella Hristova ■■ Where: Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall ■■ When: 7:30 p.m.

■■ Cost: $5 to $15

Friday Dance social ■■ Where: 196 Forker ■■ When: 7:30 p.m.

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Tony Lucca w/Gabe Dixon ■■ Where: M-Shop ■■ When: 9 p.m.

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Saturday

The Amazing Spiderman ■■ Where: Carver 101 ■■ When: 7 and 10 p.m.

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Jon McLaughlin ■■ Where: M-Shop ■■ When: 9 p.m.

■■ Cost: $7 students, $12 public, plus $2 day of show

Sunday

Photo: Caitlin Ellingson/Iowa State Daily Grandma Mojo’s is comedy troupe with a focus on long-form storytelling and situational improv that performs regularly in the Maintenance shop. Though it is part of the performing arts division, the group is open to any and all majors.

Grandma Mojo’s Revival Comedy troupe lightens the school week for students with improv and more

By Rahemma.Mayfield @iowastatedaily.com Every day, there are a number of entertaining events happening on campus. On Wednesday nights, Grandma Mojo’s Moonshine Revival Comedy Troupe performs in the Maintenance Shop, helping students get through the rest of the week with laughter.

Informally called “Mojo’s” by its members, the group is under the umbrella of the Student Union Board (SUB) and it’s only $1 to see.

“We are technically a part of their performing arts division,” said Ethan Peterson, junior in performing arts and a member of Mojo’s.

Most student organizations allow students to become familiar with oth-

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er students, but Mojo’s seems to have a different feel for its members.

“The Mojo’s aren’t just a club, they’re family,” Peterson said.

There are currently eight members in Mojo’s. Even though some members have been in the group longer than others, there is an equality that is shared among the group and no one person has more say than the other. Alex Begle, sophomore in

event management and director of performing arts for SUB, explained that no Mojo is more important than anyone else.

Most groups or organizations also have some sort of coach, but not Mojo’s.

“When you have a coach, that is someone who has a lot of knowledge that can give that knowledge to other people,” Peterson said. “If any one of us would try and pretend that we are the coach of Mojo’s, it would be like saying that we are better than each other. ... You have to be so trusting with each other.”

While Mojo’s is part of the performing arts division, it is open to any and all majors. Begle noted the current group is composed of majors like events management, engineering,

architecture, performing arts and philosophy and religion.

For most shows, the group tends to favor long-form storytelling and situational improv, with a few structured improv games sprinkled in.

The long form improv is called “good cheese.”

Begle explains that usually, when they start a show, one member will ask the crowd for suggestions. For example, a Mojo will ask the audience for an item that is found at a store like Goodwill. The troupe then goes from there, unscripted.

This type of long form improv has very few rules and allows for more free form, and Peterson noted that the skits are often “a lot like sitcoms.”

“You never know what’s going to come out of your mouth,” Begle said.

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ISU ballroom dance club offers more than exercise

Photo: Randi Reeder/Iowa State Daily Eduardo Trujillo and Andreea Erciulescu, both graduate students in statistics, dance together at ISU Ballroom Dance Club’s social Friday.

Daniel Barksdale took the Intro to Ballroom dance class two years ago, and since then, Barksdale has not only applied his skills of ballroom in other dance classes, but to his life outside of class as well.

“I have taken the intro class more than once, I really like the class. Plus, I really wanted to help other people learn the steps as well,” said Barksdale, senior in psychology. “It’s all about being free to learn something new.”

The introductory class is one way for new dancers to test the waters, and also provides students with class credits. Dancing with partners, what ballroom dancing is dedicated to, is a little more challenging. The intro ballroom class offered at Iowa State focuses on a variety of dances, including maranga,

waltz, tango and two-step.

“I am really glad Iowa State not only has these classes, but professors that love what they teach,” Barksdale said.

Barksdale is currently taking a jazz dance class with instructor Janice Baker, and Barksdale said he thinks this will be his third or fourth dance class at Iowa State.

While Barksdale enjoys the dancing aspect of the classes, he has also learned how to act in a leadership position through the classes he has taken. Barksdale is currently the president of the ISU Ballroom Dance Club on campus.

“The club has a very diverse group of members. Most of the members and non-members attend the dance socials that we hold on Friday evenings, and I really enjoy them,” Barksdale said.

Baker said Iowa State has several dance classes to offer to students.

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“There are many, many different dance clubs on campus, and they are always doing something,” Baker said. “There is also a competing ballroom dance club that is different than the one [Barksdale] is involved with.”

Of all the dance classes on campus, Barksdale chose the ISU Ballroom Dance Club because it allowed him to socialize, work with other people and exercise. He also said the club will be looking for more board members in the near future.

Barksdale said he is hoping to make the club more prominent at Iowa State, and make students more aware of their presence on campus.

Barksdale encouraged students to join the club if they are “looking for a fun experience.”

Lessons for the ISU Ballroom Dance Club are Tuesdays from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Forker 213.

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By Cole Komma Ames247 Writer

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Ethan Peterson, junior in performing arts, has begun his fourth semester with the student improv troupe Grandma Mojo’s Moonshine Revival. With just a simple nudge from a classmate to audition, Peterson began a journey that would leave audience members grinning and laughing the night away.

Q: How did you first hear about Grandma Mojo’s?

A: Chris Tedford was an existing member of Mojo — he’s still in it now — was in my script analysis class.

And we were having debates and stuff in that class.

He came up to me after class and said, “Hey, we have tryouts on Monday for this improv troupe; you really need to come.” And I’d done improv in high school, but I kind of gave up on it because I hadn’t heard about any opportunities here.

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Q: What were the auditions like?

A:I’d say a long process, but it’s not draining on anyone because a lot of people show up most times, and you want to try and give everyone the chance to play fairly

Q: What was your first performance like?

A: My first performance was actually two days after I made the group. And it’s so interesting because it’s so different then what you would expect. In a Mojo’s show we basically say ‘Hey tell us something about your day.’ That’s what it is. And whatever spark goes off in somebody’s head, a scene comes out of that. And it can sometimes be weird, messed up fun and spectacular in a scary sort of way. My first show…it was just terrifying.

It’s such a brand new thing. Long-form improv is the way we play, so there isn’t a ton of structure. I don’t think I came in very often my first couple shows, but once I got closer to the group and more comfortable, I’ve been in a lot of scenes since then.

Q: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve had to do in a scene?

A: We had an old member; Colin Morgan, and I think the number of times I almost kissed that kid is uncanny.

Last week, Adam and I played a scene about euthanizing Blue, from “Blue’s Clues” because he was 10 years old. And it was so weird and sad, but so funny at the same time…I don’t think I’ve never done anything normal at Mojo’s.

Album review

Killers move back in time with ‘80s pop-rock feel

By Maggie McGinity Ames247 writer The Killers are moving backward in musical time with their new album “Battle Born.” Laden with flowing synth, steady keys, ‘80s drum patterns and power chords, this album sounds like is was released in the ‘80s, not 2012.

“Battle Born” starts out strong with “Flesh and Bone,” which relies first on a repetitive, catchy keyboard pattern and later on guitar and light drums. This track has clever lyrics (“Natural selection picked me out to be/A dark horse running through a fantasy”) and fighting metaphors.

Next up is “Runaways,” The Killers’ latest single. With an ‘80s rock feel reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, this song tells the classic story of a boy and a girl who fall on hard times but still try to make it work.

Check out this song’s music video, chock full of album art references and closeups on the band.

“Battle Born”’s steady start segues into a three-song run comparing and contrasting an old relationship with the consequences of that relationship’s end. “The Way It Was” leads this set. It would be a great summer hit, with a singable chorus and simple

but memorable lyrics. Featuring a reference to Elvis Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel,” the song offers the idea of redemption and a return to better times.

“Here With Me” is the second breakup ballad in the set. Everything indicates this will be a good song until the chorus: “Don’t want your picture on my cell phone/I want you here with me.” The mention of modern technology briefly shatters the album’s illusion of 1980s origin. This track continues the themes of redemption and reconciliation started in “The Way It Was,” and ends up just being a slower twist on that song.

Poor “A Matter of Time.” It stands on its own really well, bringing Bon Jovi-esque unison male background vocals at the beginning and a Meat Loaf-like unison of vocals, synth and bass at the end. But this tune has the misfortune of following two tracks that are also about a breakup. By this point, hearing Brandon Flowers sing about an ex is getting tiring.

The album finally finds new subject matter in “Deadlines and Commitments.” This syncopated track features themes of community and support in times of need: “I’ll catch you, darling/I’ll be waiting/I am on your side.”

For the next five songs, the album jumps all over the place with subject

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia The Killers move backward in time with their new album “Battle Born” that was released Sept. 17. The top tracks are “Runaways,” “Flesh and Bone” and “Battle Born.”

matter but keeps a similar musical style throughout.

“Miss Atomic Bomb” is too similar to other tracks; it recalls the keys pattern from the chorus of “Flesh and Bone,” and ends up sounding like a faster mash-up of that track and “Runaways” with new lyrics.

“Battle Born” wraps up with its title track.

The song “Battle Born” leads with a kicking guitar lick and then adds in steady drums and bass before heavy synths and keys take the tune to ‘80s pop rock. The lyrics, calling out to a “star-spangled heart,” seems to be a rallying call for the American spirit.

There’s a certainty in its description of the United States’ landscape: “From the blue ranch to the black

hills/To the redwood sky/The season may pass/But the dream doesn’t die.”

This track, cementing the album’s theme of Americana(popular in the 1980s), wraps up “Battle Born” nicely.

Top Tracks: Runaways, Flesh and Bone, Battle Born 7/10

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Go public.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7 -- Your crazy ideas win appreciation. Your luck’s shifting for the better. Avoid confrontation, and don’t forget where you put your keys.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 5 -- Anticipate some disagreement and resistance.

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