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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | Volume 212 | Number 32 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
Leath used second plane for personal business By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State President Steven Leath on several occasions used a second university-owned plane to fly to his home in North Carolina, go on trips with a celebrity bowhunter for fundraising and fly relatives to a men’s basketball game, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The new revelations from the AP this week follow criticism from a hard-landing in 2015 that resulted in nearly $12,000 in damages to another university-owned plane that Leath was able to pilot himself. Leath, who is certified to pilot one of the planes, said in a statement last week that he will no longer fly any state-owned aircraft. New questions have now been raised following Tuesday’s reporting that Leath also used the university’s larger King Star plane. The flights revealed Tuesday cost the university tens of thousands of dollars in private donations, according to the AP, that could be used for other priorities, and potentially violates policies that require other travel expenditures. Leath said last week that the he did not violate university policy or state law, which Warren Madden, senior vice president emeritus, backed in a letter to the Iowa State Daily. “In the context of a long discussion, with a reporter about the history of the ISU Flight Service Department, I stated that according to ISU policy, university aircraft should not be used for purely personal purposes,” Madden wrote. “While this is true, nothing I have known or have read about President Leath’s use of Flight Service or university aircraft is in violation of ISU policy. “When ISU employees travel for university business, the university pays for the transportation expenses related to the travel. This
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StuGov resolution would seek investigation By Alex.Hanson @iowastatedaily.com A resolution set to be introduced during Wednesday night’s Student Government Senate meeting would ask the Iowa Board of Regents to look closer at President Steven Leath’s use of university-owned aircrafts. Sen. Abhijit Patwa, who is involved in drafting and introducing the resolution, said a lot of students were surprised at the original reporting, and subsequent updates on use of the university aircraft have led to questions about Leath possibly breaking university policy and
PENCE KAINE
VP NOMINEES SQUARE OFF By Emily.Hammer @iowastatedaily.com
questions, focusing on each other and not the policy, comparable to the first presidential debate last Monday with Clinton and Trump.
and Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com
ON THE ECONOMY
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im Kaine and Mike Pence squared off Tuesday night during a televised debate, circling around issues rooting from immigration, a distrust with the presidential candidates and the economy, to terrorism and the most recent controversy involving Donald Trump’s tax returns and Hillary Clinton’s emails. Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, thwarted attacks from Pence, the Republican vice presidential candidate, and vice-versa, as the two battled it out for the first time, largely in defense of their running mates. Indiana Gov. Pence, and Kaine, an American attorney and politician serving as a junior U.S. Senator from Virginia, were both announced as the vice presidential candidates this summer and have taken to the trail stumping for their party’s candidate. Elaine Quijano, a TV reporter for CBS, moderated the event, focusing on domestic and foreign policy in nine segmented debates. But throughout the debate, both vice presidential candidates made attempts to move the answers away from the original
Quijano began the debate by asking the vice presidential candidates about their plans to reduce the $19 trillion national debt, citing that both of their plans would “add even more to it.” “I think the fact that under this past administration of which Hillary Clinton was a part, we’ve almost doubled the national debt is atrocious,” Pence said. “I mean I’m very proud of the fact that I come from a state that works.” He added that in the state of Indiana, “We cut taxes, we’ve made record investments in education and in infrastructure. I still finished my term of $2 million in the bank.” He then attacked Kaine, saying Kaine tried to raise taxes by $4 billion in Virginia, leaving his state about $2 billion in the hole. Kaine ignored his attacks, introducing five components to a working economy: • Invest in manufacturing and infrastructure and research into clean energy • Invest in a workforce • Promote fairness by raising the minimum wage • Promote small business growth • Have a tax plan that targets tax relief to middle-class individuals
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Lard to join Cyclones in December By Ryan.Young @iowastatedaily.com ESPN four-star recruit Cameron Lard is expected to join the Cyclones this December, Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said Tuesday. Lard, a 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward, committed to Iowa State last November, and was a highly anticipated member of Prohm’s 2016 recruiting class. But Lard did not enroll in classes earlier this fall, causing speculation as to whether the New Orleans native would make it to Ames at all. Prohm confirmed Tuesday
that Lard is continuing for another semester at Pro-Vision Academy in Houston, where he attended last year, to finish his academic requirements. “He’s going to do a semester there, finish up there, and we hope to have him here fully academic qualified in December,” Prohm said. Lard is currently enrolled in three classes this semester at Pro-Vision. As long as he meets NCAA eligibility requirements, Lard would then join the Cyclones in December and redshirt the remaining half of the season. He would then be eligible to play for the 2017-18 season.
Prohm also said Lard was ruled a non-qualifier by the NCAA. Prohm said he wasn’t concerned about his schoolwork, either, saying he fully expects Lard to meet the academic standard set by the NCAA. “I’m not concerned. He’s shown academic progress,” Prohm said. “He’s done a good job down there. He’s in the right courses … he doesn’t have to make five As, or anything like that. He just has to do solid work, good work, and I’m very confident he’ll be here in December.” Lard attended Natchitoches
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Courtesy of ISU Athletic Department
Future Iowa State basketball player Cameron Lard signs his letter of intent last Novemeber. Lard is expected to join the Cyclones in December.