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Online: Photos courtesy of Amber Bruer, left, Alice Hoyt Veen, middle and right Members of Iowa State’s ROTC program competed at the Task Force Ranger Challenge Competition on Saturday in Johnston, Iowa. The two male teams, Cardinal Team and Gold Team, placed first and third, respectively, and the female team, Army ROTC Lady Cyclones, placed first, in their separate divisions.

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By Michael.Finn @iowastatedaily.com The sun hadn’t yet risen on Camp Dodge, and the air was still icy cold, yet 215 cadets had already been sweating for hours doing sit-ups, push-ups and running laps.

They were warming up for a day that would put their skills to the ultimate test — more than 15 brutal hours of non-stop physical and mental trials called the Task Force Ranger Challenge Competition.

Twenty-seven teams from ROTC programs all across the Midwest came to compete in the yearly event, which was Saturday at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa.

Iowa State was represented by two male teams, Cardinal Team and Gold Team, and, for the first time, one exclusively female team, the Army ROTC Lady Cyclones.

Iowa State dominated the competition.

Among the 20 teams making up the male division, the Cardinal Team placed first, with the Gold Team taking third.

Among the seven teams making up the first-ever female division, the Lady Cyclones won first place.

“We won because we had the heart to win; we did outstanding,” said Amber Bruer, cadet captain of the female team. “It was a good check on

the females to see who had it in them.”

In 10 out of the last 11 Ranger Challenges, Iowa State has brought home a first place trophy.

The Task Force Ranger Challenge Competition began at 5 a.m. Saturday morning.

In male teams of nine and female teams of five, cadets navigated several square kilometers of prairie land and farmland, using their skills to seek out 20 checkpoints scattered in unknown locations.

Six of the checkpoints were randomized events, ranging from a memorization test to a hand grenade assault course.

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Fast facts Task Force Ranger Challenge Competition When: Saturday Where: Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa

Male Division First place: Cardinal Team Third place: Gold Team

Female Divison First place: Army ROTC Lady Cardinals Next competition: Brigade Ranger Challenge Competition When: Nov. 2 Where: Fort Knox, Ky.

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By Elizabeth.Polsdofer Daily staff writer As the election looms, the ISU College Republicans and the ISU College Democrats will spar wits once again 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union at the 2012 Campaign Debate.

Abhishek Vemuri, president of College Democrats and senior in electrical engineering, said each side presented five questions to a committee for debate. He said he was unsure which questions would be asked but expected there to be questions about job markets, the economy, education funding, health care and foreign policies.

“I’m looking forward to a good discussion with our opponents,” Vemuri said.

Jon Laudner, vice president of ISU College Republicans and sophomore in pre-business, said he hoped members of independent parties or undecided voters would attend the debate. “Our biggest thing is getting the message out,” Laudner said.

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Photo illustration: Megan Wolff/Iowa State Daily The Government of the Student Body is working on a plan to install a bike-maintenance station outside of the Memorial Union. The station will have an air pump to refill bicycle tires and small tools for basic repairs.

GSB debates bike station

By Lissandra.Villa @iowastatedaily.com The wheels are turning on a new revolution as bike riders take over campus, and the help to integrate sustainable student transportation is on its way.

A project to install a bike-maintenance station outside of the Memorial Union is currently under way.

The project is a collaborative effort between several student groups, including the Government of the Student Body, Inter-Residence Hall Association, Facilities Planning and Management and the ISU Cycling Club.

The station, which will be compatible with the vast majority of bikes, will consist of a durable stainless steel

bike pump and stand that will allow for tires to be filled and minor repairs.

It will have several tools tethered to it and will feature a QR code that can be scanned with a smartphone for instructions and tips on how to conduct certain repairs.

The station is designed to withstand severe weather and vandalism.

However, minor maintenance will be required, which will entail replacing valves annually.

The plan originally called for several stations scattered around campus but has been narrowed to one central location.

As a result a higher-quality product has been selected and will be purchased from BikeFixation, a

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This week at GSB ■■ Voting on bike station installation ■■ Funding for longboarding club ■■ Seating new senator for Ag and Life Sciences, Matt Kerns

More information ■■ Will include air pump and basic tools ■■ Centered at Memorial Union ■■ Compatible will most bike styles ■■ Project supported by GSB, Inter-Residence Hall Association and ISU Cycling Club ■■ GSB says student input is welcomed

The Thielen Student Health Center has become one of the first clinics in the state of Iowa to implement smart card technology in their check-in kiosks.

Smart card technology gives ISU students the option to swipe their ISUCard for a quicker checkin process when they come to the Student Health Center. “[Students] can use their student ID card to check themselves in,” said Gail Miller, business manager at the Student Health Center.

“What that does is it reduces the instances of medical fraud because they have to have their own ID card. It identifies the appointment that the student has made with their ID card.”

The Student Health Center knew that offering an electronic check-in system was a logical direction for the clinic to go.

“Hopefully the lines will go faster because it only takes 60.7 seconds now to check in at a kiosk system,” Miller said. “It’s longer than that with a registration clerk.

It’s more efficient for the student

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Ames, ISU Police Departments

The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records.

All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Sept. 24

of South Sheldon Avenue (reported at 10:26 p.m.).

The following were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at the Arboretum, Brian Copley, 18, 2211 Martin Hall, Samuel Nelson, 18, 1364 Eaton Hall, Taylor Bleeker, 19, 2204 Martin Hall (reported at 11:08 p.m.).

Ricky Huerta, 22, 820 Sixth St. Apt. 3 of Nevada, was charged and arrested for sexual abuse of the third degree (reported at 1:45 a.m.).

Sept. 26 An officer initiated a drug related investigation at the Armory (reported at 11:51 a.m.).

Sept. 25

Jordan Wineland, 19, 116 Howard Ave., was arrested and charged with driving under suspension at Hawthorn Court Drive and Stange Rd. (reported at 9:07 p.m.).

Derek Morgan, 24, of Story City, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at the Southwest Athletic Complex (reported at 2:50 p.m.).

A bicycle operated by Jessica Stander collided with a car driven by Irene Lang at Lincoln Way and Welch Ave., Stander was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for treatment (reported at 9:24 a.m.).

Tina Meyer, 51, 2101 Oakwood Rd. #G13, was arrested and charged with arson in the first degree (reported 9:30 p.m.).

A vehicle that left the scene collided with a car owned by Carmen Velazquez in the 2200 block of Lincoln Way (reported at 3:34 p.m.).

Nathan Guske, 19, 1411 S. 16th St., was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver and violation of the drug tax stamp act (reported at 8:40 p.m.).

>>ROTC.p1 In one event, teams were given a scenario in which two of their cadets were severely injured and needed immediate medical assistance.

Teammates had to work together to treat the cadet’s wounds before a Black Hawk helicopter arrived to escort the injured soldier away.

In another event, called the One Rope Bridge, cadets had to find a way to cross a 40-foot wide dried-up creek bed with one rope and makeshift harnesses called “Swiss seats.”

“It’s dangerous if you aren’t trained,” said Brandon Amerine, ranger challenge commander and cadet captain of the Cardinal Team. “We covered close to 21 miles in full battle uniform, carrying our

Sept. 27

An officer initiated a drug related investigation at the Armory (reported at 4:10 p.m.).

A staff member reported a motorist leaving the ramp at Memorial Union with out paying (reported at 7:40 p.m.).

Peter Montalbano, 20, 322 11th St. Apt. 5, was arrested and charged with willful failure to appear (reported at 2:30 p.m.).

James Morrison, 23, 1300 Conconino #116, was arrested and charged with public intoxication (reported at 2:55 a.m.).

Ross Crump, 18, 1523 Helser Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance at Wallace Hall (reported at 9:41 p.m.).

An officer initiated a drug related investigation at the Armory (reported at 9:01 p.m.).

Brain Copley, 18, 2211 Martin Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance in the 300 Block of South Sheldon Avenue (reported at 10:26 p.m.)

Tyler Pokorny, 18, 1368 Eaton Hall, and Connor Grierson, 18, 223 Lynn Ave., were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia in the 300 Block

Brandin Petree, 18, 124 S. Hazel, was arrested and charged with simple assault (reported at 12:45 p.m.).

Jeremy Whatley, 18, of Roland, Ia, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver and violation of the drug tax stamp act (reported at 8:40 p.m.).

>>BIKES.p1 Minnesota-based company.

The cost will come to less than $3,000 and will be funded by GSB and IRHA, with the possibility of having the ISU Cycling Club handle tool maintenance in the future.

Although the project has been collaborative, these organizations are steering the handlebars in the project. A lot of the pedaling power has come from student input, something this project relies on.

GSB Sen. Michael Hoefer, part of the University Affairs Committee and one of the leading advocates for this project, said the concept design had changed quite a bit thanks in large part to student input,

Sept. 28 Kevin Stormert, 22, 905 Dickinson #112, was arrested and charged with public consumption (reported at 12:18 a.m.).

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>>KIOSKS.p1 as well as the staff.”

Students are asked to stop by the main registration desk, and then a staff member will direct them to the kiosks.

“It’s helpful: For one, it decreases [student’s] wait time on staff,” said Tammy ParisWalker, staff registered nurse at Thielen Student Health Center. “If they’ve been here

rucksacks with all of our gear in it. You are constantly moving, constantly thinking.”

After the cadets continued to search for checkpoints well into the darkness of night, the competition ended with a 10K foot race.

“They’re gaining vital teamwork skills, small unit leadership and confidence.

They are setting themselves apart from the rest,” Amerine said. “They are becoming future leaders of the United States Army.”

Iowa State is ranked number two in terms of ROTC programs in the country.

Maj. Richard Smith, professor and chairman of the military science and tactics department, said Iowa State’s ROTC program’s ranking as second best in the country is

based off their performance in an event similar to the Ranger Challenge, called the Leadership Development and Assessment Course.

More than 6,000 cadets from 273 ROTC programs all over the country participated in the course this summer at Fort Lewis, Wash.

For 29 days, cadets went through a rigorous training process and were evaluated on factors like physical fitness, leadership skills and land navigation skills.

“All senior ROTC members go to [the Leadership Development and Assessment Course] to get evaluated,” Smith said. “The rankings they receive go toward their session. It will tell them where they’ll end up in the real military.”

The ISU cadets who championed the Ranger Challenge will move onto the next big competition, the Brigade Ranger Challenge Competition.

ROTC programs from the 3rd Brigade — a brigade containing schools from 11 Midwestern states — will compete against each other in early November.

The winners will move onto the biggest military competition of them all — the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition, hosted at West Point Military Academy.

Military units from all around the world compete in the event.

Iowa State’s ROTC program has not made an appearance at the Sandhurst competition since 2009.

and the future of this project, including additions to it, would rely on continued feedback from the student body.

“What we need to make sure happens is, if people … have comments at all about it, then they really need to let [us] know,” said Sen. Joey Norris, senior in aerospace engineering. Norris, along with Hoefer, has been a crucial part of the project, which has been in the University Affairs Committee since its conception at the beginning of the semester.

“We’ve never gotten much feedback on bike facilities on campus,” said Christopher Strawhacker, landscape architect for Facilities Planning and Management. “We’ve always tried to identify problems and

respond to them, so it’s good to have some input from the students on what they need,” Installation will not actually be a long process, Strawhacker said. It is just a matter of drilling a couple of holes and bolting the system into the concrete. The hope is the bike station will be up and running before the ground freezes.

The system will work regardless of temperature.

Getting the station running is not expected to be too difficult, provided GSB and IRHA approve funding when they vote on the bill next week.

Norris said, as it stands, IRHA will provide approximately one-third of the funding. The GSB bill, which asks

for $2,164.49, was passed on to the Finance Committee on Wednesday night.

Hoefer said a few details, such as the precise placement of the system, have yet to be finalized and will not be until funding is approved.

Hoefer, who was described by a peer as driven and committed to the project, said: “This project will be a big step forward for Iowa State as far as sustainable efforts and healthy living [go].”

A bike station such as this, Hoefer believes, will promote green living and sustainability on campus and provide a currently unavailable service to bike-owning students at Iowa State as well as the rest of the Ames community.

before and they come for frequent appointments, it makes it a lot easier because they don’t have to check in with staff and go through the whole paperwork and questions that they are asked. They can check in with a staff, and tell them if they’ve been here before, and then go check in at the kiosks.”

The electronic system automatically lets the nurses at the back stations know that

their patient is ready to be seen. With students checking themselves in, staff members will be available to answer more phone calls and help students schedule appointments.

“It is way more efficient to the staff here,” Miller said.

“We have realized a lot fewer dropped calls ... which are students that are trying to call in for an appointment that are getting an answering machine

because everyone is tied up.”

A large issue that staff hope to resolve with the cards is medical fraud.

“One of the things that I have learned is that medical fraud is one of the highest growing instances of fraud,” Miller said. “And anything that we can do to stop that or reduce those instances helps.

Having a smart card [system] really helps that.”

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Double check Romney’s debate ‘facts’ Picking up where we left off Monday, after addressing some of President Barack Obama’s falsehoods during last week’s debate, we now turn to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

While Obama was misleading in his statements about Romney’s tax plan — claiming that it would amount to a $5 trillion dollar cut — ironically Romney hasn’t been forthcoming about it either.

Romney said: “My No. 1 principle is: There will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. ... I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans. ... I will lower taxes on middle-income families.” But not once has Romney actually explained how. What little of Romney’s plan that he’s revealed is impossible.

Obama misleadingly used a nonpartisan report from the Tax Policy Center to attack Romney’s nonplan.

In rebuttal Romney said: “There are six other studies that looked at the study you describe and say it’s completely wrong.”

These other “studies” are utter nonsense. They amount to nothing more than blogs, columns and a paper written by the Romney campaign itself. The only “study” not performed by a Romney supporter was written by a former Bush adviser.

On health care, Romney said that the Independent Payment Advisory Board — the so-called “death panel” — was “going to tell people ultimately what kind of treatments they can have.” According to the law itself, this is completely false: It will find ways to decrease spending only in Medicare.

While the advisory board might make binding recommendations to reduce Medicare expenditures, Congress can override them by a three-fifths vote.

Incidentally, New York Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were the first people to use the term “death panel.” This term and its supposed definition was voted as PolitiFact and FactCheck. org’s biggest lie of 2009. Romney continues its use in 2012.

On the deficit, Romney claimed: “The president said he’d cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it. Trillion dollar deficits for the last four years.” This is half truth, half lie.

Obama did say he’d halve the deficit, and he has failed. In fiscal year 2009, when Obama took office, the Congressional Budget Office said the budget would end with a $1.2 trillion deficit, but Obama added only $203 billion to that number b y year’s end. Deficits remained at about $1.3 trillion, and this year are projected to end less than where Obama began.

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olidays such as Columbus Day rarely make headlines, as they are rarely considered exciting.

Setting aside this day is, like setting aside other holidays, intended to mark a special event. “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” as goes the old rhyme school children become familiar with.

As we all know, this discovery of North America led to its colonization by Spain and other European powers such as France, England, the Netherlands and Sweden. North America became the site of a colonial race in which such countries sought outlets for surplus population; sources of precious metals, other natural resources and trade; glory; and imperial bargaining chips.

In the decades following the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, millions of the indigenous peoples died from war, from diseases they were not immune to but to which Europeans had been protected for centuries, and from the hardships of slavery.

Despite the consequences of his discovery — not all of which are bad — Columbus Day is well worth marking, as it contains many lessons for us today.

One of my favorite sayings begins as a strong assertion but, before it can be finished, trails off into oblivion: “The best laid plans of mice and men.” Some things can be planned. Others can be staged and stage-managed. Still others, however, such as the exploration of new worlds (whether they actually be new places, or whether they be new areas of interest which we have not yet visited), cannot be anticipated.

Using inflated calculations of Earth’s circumference and Asia’s landmass, Columbus planned his 1492 and later voyages as explorations of Asia. Until his dying day in 1506, he insisted that he had reached the eastern extremities of what we know as Japan.

Nevertheless, Columbus accepted his discovery, continuing his exploration over the course of three more voyages. He is, in that regard, a role model for us.

From our politicians’ reluctance to say they don’t know the answers to some questions

Illustration: Bolun Li/Iowa State Daily Columbus’ discovery of North America is a model example of expanding human knowledge and greatness, even if he believed it was east Asia at the time.

By Michael.Belding @iowastatedaily.com and their readiness to spout off prefabricated talking points that are untailored to the vicissitudes of circumstance, to new students’ reluctance to walk up to a stranger and ask for directions rather than wander around aimlessly, we fail to understand the world and everything in it are in a constant state of flux.

We cannot and we should not seek to systematize everything.

“The struggle is the glory,” as the saying goes, and it is because of the conquistadors’ struggles that they live in glory today.

Reflecting on Columbus Day can also help us realize that even the most important individuals among us — and maybe even ourselves — are fatally flawed. It is easy to mythologize the past and overlook the deep flaws of our predecessors such as the Spanish

conquistadors, the Founding Fathers of the United States and other heroes. Carrie Chapman Catt, for instance, for whom the home of our College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is named, made statements (as did many people of her time) that we could consider today as racist. There is no escaping the original sin that forever condemns the human race to do bad and reprehensible things. Just as much as us today, the people to whom we owe great debts were fatally flawed.

That observation might sound foreboding, as if it was a death knell for the potential of human character.

I think, however, it is a challenge. Depending on what our wills lead us to do, we can be just as great or just as bad.

It is a challenge to do the best with what we have. One of James Madison’s insights into political theory as he defended the Constitution in 1788 was humans are imperfect beings; “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” Perfection is eternally elusive, and to embark on the quest to attain it is to set off on a

wild goose chase.

Our predecessors, those who captured the Renaissance in art, discovered the Americas, made great scientific discoveries during the Enlightenment, founded the United States, and bequeathed it all to us as a cultural inheritance have done great things. They took their world as it was, made up of the inheritance that the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans and medieval scholastics gave to them, and proceeded to make it their own.

They made their own footprints rather than treading along in those already made.

They did not, however, let the success of their own predecessors overshadow their own potential to expand the balloon that is human greatness.

As we come away from Columbus Day and approach another important election and legislative deadlines, we should learn to accept things, deeds and solutions that are less than ideal.

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

Exams

Woes of the online testing center R ecently, I spent an hour taking an exam in the online testing center in Carver.

The computer was slow; scrolling up and down the page was a process in itself. I was in there during a busy time so I just accepted that part.

The truly frustrating part was when I hit “submit.” My screen went blank and I was told that “iastate.edu is not responding” before my computer shut down. I raised my hand and explained to the proctor what happened. She responded, “Yeah, that happens a lot.” I had to go file a technical complaint and email my professor.

I understand that with technology things like this happen, but if so much of our coursework and exams are going to be reliant on Blackboard, shouldn’t it work the grand majority of the time?

Last semester, 50,000 tests were taken in the testing center. So far this semester 10,000 exams have been taken in the two locations in Carver and Gilman halls, and that is before midterm week.

Online classes as well as in-the-classroom courses have online exams. This option does offer flexibility to students when exam time rolls around, especially during times when there are a lot of exams like midterm and Finals Week because students are typically given a larger time frame to take their exam, as opposed to a set class time. It also frees up lecture time for professors that would have otherwise been spent on exams.

I wanted to learn more about the running of the testing centers and Blackboard in general.

Through my research I learned quite a bit.

First I talked to Tom Brumm, the professor in-charge of Engineering-LAS Online Learning. He informed the testing centers’ budget for operation is $240,000. This is the cost of operating the Carver and Gilman locations. The main cost is labor. There are always student proctors working to make sure everything is running smoothly, as well as the people who make sure the computers are functioning.

He added that as Iowa State and the popularity of online testing grows they will have to look at adding a third testing location, but as of now

File photo: Lyn Bryant/Iowa State Daily Students wait to take final exams for online classes in Carver Hall on Dec. 8, 2011. Columnist Hannah Dankbar argues the testing centers need to expand to accommodate more students.

By Hannah.Dankbar @iowastatedaily.com there are no plans.

When I was at the Carver location taking an exam, it was very crowded. When planning of a third location begins, I would like to see a larger location so everybody isn’t right on top of each other. I believe that would make taking an exam much less stressful. Those rooms are already so full of tension; we don’t need any more.

Next I talked to Jim Twetten, director of academic technologies for Information Technology Services. He said schools nationwide have had issues with Blackboard. At Iowa State, it is a problem of Blackboard conflicting with the infrastructure and database, but there have been no major issues with Blackboard since Sept. 16. When Blackboard updates, there is always a potential for more problems, but IT Services tries to address most of those before the update occurs.

For those of you who are wondering about what happened to WebCT (the online system Iowa State used prior to Blackboard and phased out last year) and why we changed

to Blackboard in the first place, Blackboard bought WebCT in 2006 and let it die. So WebCT doesn’t even exist anymore. Iowa State is constantly looking at what other programs are out there even though we have a contract with Blackboard.

We have all had our own Blackboard woes.

As the school year has progressed they have become less frequent. I don’t expect technology to always be perfect. As the year goes on, I would like to hear even less complaints about Blackboard.

I ended up going into my professor’s office to go over my exam. It turns out I was not the only one who had technical difficulties. Most of my exam did submit and she was gracious enough to let me write out the questions that did not. I will soon be headed back to the testing center for a midterm exam. Now I know that I should prepare myself for the environment, the potential disappointments and, of course, my exam.

Hannah Dankbar is a senior in political science and spanish from Johnston, Iowa.

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‘Extraordinary Visions’ project ■■ Phase I: Six story tower and Support Services buildingEnd date: Spring 2014

■■ Phase II: Enhanced Main entrance and covered skywalk End date: fall or winter 2014

■■ Phase III: Relocation and expansion of emergency department End date: summer 2015

Photo: Andrew Clawson/Iowa State Daily The Mary Greeley Medical Center is currently undergoing a $129 million dollar expansion as part of the hospital’s “Extraordinary Visions” campaign.

Since 1916, the Mary Greeley Medical Center has been caring for Ames, even when the population was only about 5,000 people.

Today, the Medical Center is expanding to accommodate the U.S. Census Bureau population estimate of 59,042 people living in Ames, with an estimated budget of $129 million. The project is referred to as the “Extraordinary Visions.”

Capt. Wallace Greeley named the hospital after his wife, Mary Greeley, who died two years prior to the hospital’s dedication in 1916.

“It affords me great pleasure, more than words can express, that I can contribute something toward the welfare of not only those in need now, but also for those who will be here long after we have passed,” Greeley said at the hospital’s dedication in 1916.

The expansion of Medical Center began Sept. 27, 2011.

Working along with Shive-Hattery, an architecture firm, three phases were formed for the 210,000 square feet of the new project. These ideas were put in to minimize interruption of patient care recovery.

The expansion is funded by three main contributions; about $63 million from health care revenue bonds, $60 million in Board

of Directors designated funds, and a $6 million goal from the Extraordinary Visions Campaign.

Currently, the fundraiser campaign is at $5,200,264.

“We’ve managed our finances well and, as a result, are in a strong position to reinvest in Mary Greeley Medical Center,” said Brian Dieter, president and CEO of the Medical Center, on the hospital’s website.

“When we reinvest in the Medical Center, what we’re really doing is re-investing in our service area — improving patient care, improving the patient experience, improving the quality of life in central Iowa.”

A new six-story patient tower with a $92 million construction budget is being added.

The tower will provide larger rooms for the medical, surgical and oncology units.

Existing flooring will be updated as well to be connected with the flooring of the tower. Also being added is a support services building to provide a stronger, physical plant for utilities and more. The hospital has an anticipated end date for the first phase for the spring 2014.

The second phase is expected to be finished in fall or winter 2014.

The main entrance will be enhanced to make room for a new, covered skywalk. The skywalk will connect the second level of the parking ramp to the second-level main entrance.

The third and final phase is the relocation and expansion of the emergency department. A new drive entrance for ambulances will be added as well.

The completion of this phase is expected to be finished during summer 2015 in time for the 2016 centennial.

Features such as rooftop gardens will be added for a relaxing environment, and larger rooms for patients will include areas dedicated to medical care, patients and visitors.

“This is the largest capital project in our history,” said Steve Sullivan, director of marketing and community relations for the Medical Center.

The hospital does not only serve Story County but the surrounding six counties, thus not only enhancing Ames residents’ health care but that of the encompassing area.

Those involved are hopeful for the future of the hospital in providing excellent care to patients as well as to see how the renovations will enhance its prestige.

“We have architectural renderings of what some aspects of the project will look like, and we have them framed and hanging in one of the foyers in the main entrance of the hospital,” Sullivan said. “You always see people stopping and looking at those pictures.”

Technology

Local business wins John Pappajohn competition

By Tracy.Robinson @iowastatedaily.com In continuing traditions of technical innovation, Ames business Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies was named winner of the John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan competition.

This contest occurs every year for individuals or companies to submit their business plans in hopes of creating a growth of entrepreneurs in Iowa to stimulate the economy.

Last Friday, Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies was named the winner out of 43 other business plans that were submitted. The company

will receive $25,000 to help expand its business plan.

The company’s director of business development, Doug Moore, said Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies plans to use the prize money toward their business plan as well as toward additional tests to perfect their technology.

A manufacturer of titanium powder, the company specializes in efficient and cheaper-than-normal methods for production of the powder. Titanium forms into solid metal easiest when it is in its powder form. Known to be a strong, lightweight and corrosion-resistant, titanium is mainly used for artificial

Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory Titanium is easiest to form into metal when it is in its powder form. It is known to be strong, lightweight and resistant to corrosion.

limbs, military vehicle parts, biomedical implants and aerospace parts.

The company’s application

for the contest didn’t go unnoticed. Several manufacturers for car and airplane frames have already contacted the

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To enter the John Pappajohn competition, a business must present an original idea for a business that has been in operation for four years or fewer; have its the main office in Iowa; make sure its members are U.S. residents 18 years or older; and must not be previous recipients of the first, second or third prize, as they are ineligible.

The seven finalists of the original 43 had to present their plans at a conference.

The plans were judged on the following criteria: reasonable opportunity for the success of the business, meeting an identifiable need and a

strategy satisfying this need, utilizing resources effectively, potential to raise additional capital as well as a realistic time frame for company growth, with a strong and experienced management team.

John Pappajohn graduated from the University of Iowa in 1953 and immediately started up his own insurance firm, and in 1969 he started Equity Dynamics Inc. and became one of the early venture capitalists. Since then he has been involved in over 100 start-ups and has served as director of 40 publicly owned companies.

Today, he is one of the most recognized business leaders in the Midwest.

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When libero Kristen Hahn learned of the award she had received, she was so surprised she said she almost felt sick to her stomach.

For the fourth consecutive week, Hahn was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. Hahn stands alone as the only Big 12 volleyball player to ever receive any weekly award four times in a row.

“I’m really thankful for my teammates and everything that they’ve backed me up on and just all of the hard work that we put in,” Hahn said.

“I wouldn’t be where I’m at without them.”

In Big 12 play through this point in the season, Hahn is averaging 6.05 digs per set. The next closest player in the Big 12 to Hahn in digs per set is Brianne Riley of Kansas with 4.47.

ISU coach Christy JohnsonLynch believes the four consecutive awards go to show how valuable Hahn is to the No. 23 Cyclones (96, 3-2 Big 12) and that she is being recognized as an elite player in the league.

‘Quotable’: I told the people at the bagel store this morning, and they still made me pay for my bagel and coffee.”

ISU coach Paul Rhoads on his team’s 54 votes received in the latest AP poll

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Cabrera should win MVP With the regular season ending and playoff baseball underway, it’s about that time to start discussing who will win the end-of-season awards.

This year offers a unique matchup in the American League though.

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout is a speedy 21-yearold who has captivated fans with his acrobatic catches in the outfield and his powerful swing at the plate. He probably could win the MVP award.

An MVP is a player whose team could not live without, a player who got his team through the trials of the 162-game season like no one else could.

During the last 20 years that the AL MVP hasn’t been awarded to a player whose team didn’t make the playoffs.

Trout had an unbelievable year in 2012, but his team still couldn’t make the playoffs even with the added Wild Card slot and slugger Albert Pujols.

Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera should be the 2012 AL MVP. We can’t guarantee it will be unanimous, and odds are it will not be, but Cabrera had a regular season for the ages in 2012.

Cabrera led the AL with his .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs to become the first player in 45 years to win the MLB Triple Crown.

First baseman Prince Fielder was next on the list in each of Cabrera’s Triple Crown categories for the Tigers. Despite this, even he couldn’t come close to Cabrera’s numbers as he hit 14 fewer home runs with 31 fewer RBIs. Not only does that make him the most ideal MVP candidate of the last 40 years, it also begs the argument to make him the MVP since there hasn’t been a Triple Crown winner since 1967.

You can’t dispute the facts.

File photo: Iowa State Daily Kristen Hahn looks to bump the ball to her teammates during the Iowa State vs. Arizona State match Sept. 2 at Hilton Coliseum.

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n a chilly October night in Ames, the ISU soccer team finally got the boost it needed to win its first Big 12 game of the season.

That boost came in the form of a new facility that’s part of the Cyclone Sports Complex — a $13 million

13. San Diego 14. Kansas State 15. Louisville 16. BYU 17. Purdue 18. Dayton 19. Ohio State

By Maddy.Arnold @iowastatedaily.com facility built to house the ISU soccer, softball, and track and field teams.

“It’s a great atmosphere; it’s a beautiful facility and it was fun to play in,” said senior defender Megan

Longobardi after last Friday’s game.

When soccer first became a sanctioned ISU sport in 1995, the athletic department built the ISU Soccer Complex east of the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. The program used

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23. Iowa State

Prep begins for rivalry showdown

24. Pepperdine 25. Michigan State

By the numbers: 4-3

By Jake.Calhoun @iowastatedaily.com

Jared Barnett’s record as the ISU starting quarterback

The age-old question won’t go away for the ISU football team: How does one defeat a team that seems unbeatable?

At his weekly news conference

on Monday, ISU coach Paul Rhoads said No. 6 Kansas State is a team “that doesn’t lose games,” providing a challenge that yields few answers.

“Seventy-one points, generally,” Rhoads joked of how much his team would need to score to win in the Big 12. “Right now, that’s the bench mark

for this year — 71 should win it.”

Iowa State has not beaten Kansas State since 2007 — losing four straight years by an average of 5.75 points.

Rhoads said even though the

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>>DEFENSE.p5 Creativity with Hahn’s is positioning on the court has also been an important adjustment for Iowa State.

“I think Hahn’s earned a reputation — a well deserved reputation — and people know to stay away from her,” Johnson-Lynch said. “We’re trying to make it hard for them to do that. We’ll let the server think she’s serving at one person, and we’ll move Hahn into that spot at the last second.

“Defensively, [we’re] making switches so you have no choice but to hit the ball to her because you didn’t know she would be there.”

‘Competitive anger’

fuels Hockaday in win at Texas Tech After a lackluster performance against Kansas State and a loss in the first set at Texas Tech, Johnson-Lynch had to find a way to inspire her team to avoid going 0-2 in matches for the week.

“The words she said were: ‘You have to have a competitive anger,’” said outside hitter Rachel Hockaday. “I could just tell on everyone’s face that everyone was ticked off. It was just a little thing, but it was just something that small that triggered something.”

The Cyclones went on to win the next three sets defeating the Red Raiders powered

by Hockaday who recorded 20

kills, a service ace, 11 digs and two block assists.

Iowa State has been moving Hockaday around the court more recently hoping that it will help the offensive attack since she is a smaller outside hitter. Johnson-Lynch said the looks Hockaday has been getting in open areas when she is mobile has paying off for her. “[At Texas] Tech was really the first time we gave her the green light to do that,” Johnson-Lynch said.

“I think that allowed her to get into that groove a little bit. I thought that both outsides, [Hockaday] in particular played terrific, and I am hoping that’s a sign of things to come.”

Photo: Adam Ring/Iowa State Daily The ISU women’s soccer team plays TCU last Friday at the new Cyclone Sports Complex. The Cyclones won the match 2-0, giving the team its first win Big 12 conference play. The match was the also first at the new, $13 million Cyclone Sports Complex.

>>SOCCER.p5 that facility for almost 16 years — until last Friday, when the new complex opened.

The new facility was necessary for Iowa State to be competitive in the Big 12. The ISU Soccer Complex lacked the simplest of amenities that soccer stadiums typically contain.

The complex did not have attached locker rooms for the athletes, nor did it have indoor restrooms for the fans.

Iowa State did not receive lighting until a $170,000 renovation in 2004 and a meeting room for the team was not built in Lied until 2005.

The Cyclone Sports Complex is a much-needed step in the right direction for the ISU soccer program. The state-of-the-art facility is a big improvement from the last one.

The new stadium contains locker rooms for both the home and also houses an athletic training room for injured athletes and team meeting rooms.

In addition to the new features for student-athletes, fans also receive new amenities. The 1,500-seat stadium includes restrooms and concessions for spectators.

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Complex’s new brick exterior is a refreshing improvement to the less-than-impressive fence and metal structures in the old stadium.

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>>DEFEAT.p5 Cyclones (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) had good preparation going into their upset 37-23 win against then-ranked Texas Christian last Saturday, they will need that same caliber of attentiveness heading into this weekend.

Jared Barnett, who led the team in its win last weekend and is 4-3 as a starter, said he got too high on himself when he faced Kansas State last season — two weeks after pulling off the biggest upset in school history by beating No. 2 Oklahoma State.

“I think I just settled there,” Barnett said. “I wasn’t focused on being better, I think I was content with where I was. That’s why it led to a decrease in my playing ability.”

Barnett finished the final three games of the season completing 48.4 percent of his passes following that win, which was his last as a starter before last Saturday.

File photo: Iowa State Daily ISU quarterback Jared Barnett is tackled by Kansas State’s defensive back David Garrett in the game Dec. 3, 2011.

Having already played against Kansas State, Barnett said, will be beneficial for his preparation. Of everything he has seen on film from Kansas State, Barnett said there aren’t any drastic changes in the defensive schemes he faced last year.

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