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ISU professor arrested in Ankeny prostitution sting

By Stephen.Koenigsfeld @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State has confirmed Michael Spurlock, professor at Iowa State, was arrested and charged Wednesday with prostitution in Ankeny, Iowa, under

Iowa Code 725, which involves both the selling and purchasing of sexual services.

Rob Schweers, program director for the senior vice president and provost, said Spurlock is a tenured professor in food sciences and human nutrition in

the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Schweers had no other details to offer.

Schweers said that once legal actions are final, the university will be able to better decide how it will handle the situation.

Spurlock, who has worked

at the university since 2005, was one of 11 individuals arrested in a prostitution sting

by Ankeny Police

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Kalligraphy goes global Student uses Etsy to sell custom painted canvases

By Mackensie.Moore @iowastatedaily.com Achieving good grades and being involved during in college are important but one student is exceeding expectations and running her own business.

Kalli LeVasseur, senior in advertising, opened her own Etsy shop on April 25.

An online site for homemade creative items, Etsy.com is available to anyone to sign up and place their products on for sale.

Under the name “Kalligraphy Designs,” LeVasseur creates custom painted canvases for customers. LeVasseur is a free-hand painter and anyone can order a custom piece from her using Etsy or Facebook.

from how we plan on honoring them which is to improve physical fitness by honoring these veterans through a workout that will put participants under physical duress,” said Jon Lazo, project officer for the event.

Smith said that besides the physical part of the event, it’s also a great opportunity for future officers to connect with veterans in the community.

“Those who have served before the future officers of today hold a great deal of importance to us,” Smith says.

Lazo shares the same sentiment.

“All of us are striving to become officers in the U.S. Military and to eventually become veterans ourselves. To hold this event and

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LeVasseur said she has always enjoyed painting and crafting. She started out as a student in the design program but after deciding to switch to advertising, she continued to paint as a creative outlet.

“I don’t know what I would do if I wasn’t painting,” LeVasseur said. “It takes up a lot of my time but is completely worth it.”

After painting a canvas for the first time, LeVasseur kept painting and experienced so much support for her art that she decided to put her pieces on Etsy.

With canvas sizes ranging from 5x7 to 16x20 inches, LeVasseur has created a custom headboard piece for a customer and

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Multicultural Student Affairs bedecks office, wins Homecoming 101 decorating challenge

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The Multicultural Student Affairs office won the Homecoming decorating contest. Decorations included cardinal and gold streamers, posters, memorabilia and information on the history of the Multicultural Student Affairs office.

whole office look like a tent, so we decorated the ceiling with cloth and streamers in the Cyclone colors,” Williams said.

“We also incorporated a lot of information on the history of Homecoming and of Iowa State, on our programs and different Iowa State memorabilia.”

The Homecoming committee received 21 submissions, twice as many as last year.

“We looked at some really creative and impressive works,” said Colin Odland, sophomore in kinesiology and health and Homecoming official. “General Services, for example, built a

football field outside their office.

That was a really cool idea. The Office of Greek Affairs based their office on what Homecoming will probably look like 101 years in the future, including a jet CyRide and all the houses of

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Army ROTC hosts first WOD for Warriors event

By Blake.Dowson @iowastatedaily.com This Veterans Day, the ISU Army ROTC program is reaching to military veterans.

The first annual WOD for Warriors event will be Monday morning at 6 a.m. at the Lied Recreational Athletic Center.

WOD is an event ran by the ROTC program at Iowa State that hopes to raise awareness about veterans that attend Iowa State and live in the Ames community.

“We want to raise awareness to the community that we have veterans living here and we want to recognize that we know the sacrifice that they have made,” said Lt. Col. Richard Smith, professor of military science and tatics.

In its first year, the Iowa State WOD event is already one of the biggest in the country, with more than 200 participants signed up.

Each participant will be asked to do a 20-minute workout, involving two nine-minute “amraps” [as many reps as possible], and a two minute rest in between.

The amraps involve a 100-meter sprint, followed by 11 sit-ups and 11 air squats.

Then you must complete another 100-meter sprint, followed by 22 sit-ups and 22 air squats. Participants add 11 reps to each additional round in the first nine minutes. After the two minute rest, participants must complete a similar workout involving pushups and box jumps.

“Our primary goal for this event is to honor veterans, but our secondary goal stems

By Makayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com Story County attorney Stephen Holmes concluded that Ames Police Officer Adam McPherson “acted reasonably” and his “use of deadly force was justified,” after reviewing the investigation with the Division of Criminal Investigation.

“Upon reviewing the recording, interviews and video recordings of the event, Officer McPherson acted reasonably under very difficult circumstances,” said Mike Motsinger, Division of Criminal Investigation special agent in charge of the investigation.

McPherson continues to be on paid leave, which began Monday after the fatal car chase with Tyler Comstock, 19, of Boone, Iowa. The DCI in Iowa began investigating McPherson’s actions after he fired seven shots at Comstock’s vehicle, two of which struck Comstock resulting in his death.

“The suspect had every opportunity to comply with officers,” said Geoff Huff, public information officer for Ames Police. “At the end of the pursuit, the officers were out of options with two disabled squad cars and a suspect still intending to harm the officers and posing a very real and deadly risk to everyone in that area. Officer McPherson fired into the truck to stop the threat and stopped firing once it appeared the threat had been reduced.”

Comstock’s truck entered Central Campus, blowing through a Homecoming sign where he reversed across the grass into a wooded area. An Ames police car and ISU police car simultaneously rammed Comstock’s truck, pushing it into a tree.

Comstock then accelerated and crashed into another tree, continuing to rev the engine until McPherson fired seven shots at Comstock’s vehicle.

DCI turned over the investigation to Holmes who discerned that McPherson’s actions were justified because Comstock “gave no sign to either officer that he was going to cease the car chase and end the threat he posed.”

Reasons Holmes gave for justifying McPherson’s actions included the fact that Comstock “could maneuver his vehicle as a dangerous weapon” at both responding and present officers.

Comstock could also have made another “attempt to escape and again act in a reckless manner, placing members of the public at risk of death and serious injury.”

According to the Ames Police Department’s Pursuit of Motor Vehicles policy, “No more than one secondary unit shall become actively involved in a pursuit unless specifically directed otherwise by the onduty shift supervisor; the involvement of more than two patrol vehicles may add to the hazards of the pursuit.”

Because of this policy, McPherson was under scrutiny when audio of the incident was released by news organizations. In the audio, a man who the audience assumed was a dispatch officer can be heard saying, “We know the suspect, so we can probably back it off.”

The voice on the audio was not a dispatch officer.

“The communication that was taking place was between the officers and the supervisors on the street,” Huff said. “At the point when the supervisor made the comment to back off the officer had already backed off and reduced speed. The reason they continued with lights and sirens was a warning to all the other bystanders.”

Huff said McPherson did follow protocol in the incident, backing off when it was suggested. Huff said McPherson continued to fol-

Though Kalli LeVasseur, senior in advertising, just started her business six months ago, she has already shipped some of her work to places like Canada and with interested customers from Italy and the United Kingdom. LeVasseur’s canvases range in size and can be ordered on Etsy.com and Facebook.

Streamers, posters and ISU memorabilia greeted the winners of the Homecoming Decorating Contest who entered the Multicultural Student Affairs office on Thursday night.

“We received an email from the Homecoming committee with the invitation for the contest a month ago,” said Kenyatta Shamburger, assistant dean of students and director of Multicultural Student Affairs.

“After that we decided as a team that we wanted to take part.”

Putting all the decorations together was a full team effort.

Shamburger said that 15 or 16 students and staff members helped over three days.

“One of our staff members had this vision of what the place should look like. A few members took the lead on it and gave us instructions on what to do. A few undergraduate students stepped in to help, that’s how we we were able to succeed.”

Ebony Williams, coordinator for multinational programming, talked about the inspiration for decorating the office.

“Our goal was to make the

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Baja car takes second place; members aim at higher goals

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The Baja team of Cyclone Racing is working to take their competitiveness to a new level this year.

The team took second place at the Backwoods Baja Competition at the University of WisconsinStout, which ran from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2.

The Baja team puts together a 10 horse-power Baja car each year that they use to compete with other schools.

Blake Wulf, sophomore in agricultural engineering, said each school uses the same engine and has to follow certain standards, but each of the teams has to figure out how to make the vehicle affordable, durable and sustainable.

“The main part of the business side of competition is to sell the car as if it was going to be mass produced,” Wulf said.

Wulf said that for design aspect of the competition, experts go through and look at the car to make sure it fits those standards and abides by the rules of the competition.

The car then goes through a course in which the car is tested on its sustainability, in which there are obstacles that are basically meant to destroy the vehicle, Wulf said.

“The last thing that it is test on is endurance, which it goes around a track that is around a mile and half long and for a set period of time, and it is just getting the amount of laps in,” Wulf said.

Police Blotter 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.

Nov. 4

An individual reported receiving a harassing telephone call at Jacobson Building (reported at 11:36 a.m.).

Officers assisted the Ames Police Department with a pursuit that ended on campus at Central Campus (reported at 10:27 a.m.).

Josaphat Wabenga, 18, 2245 Welch Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance at Welch Hall.

He was subsequently released on citation (reported at 3:15 p.m.).

An individual reported receiving harassing telephone calls at Ross Hall (reported at 1:16 p.m.).

An officer received information that an individual was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in an unknown residence hall at 1100 block of Duff Avenue. No other information was provided (reported at 10:09 p.m.).

An individual reported several items were taken from an unlocked vehicle at Lot 63 (reported at 3:11 p.m.).

A vehicle that left the scene collided with a parked car at Lot 17 (reported at 6:12 p.m.).

Nov. 5 An individual reported finding a quantity of cash at Linden Hall.

The money was placed into secure storage (reported at 10:54 a.m.).

An individual reported the theft of a laptop computer at Wallace Hall (reported at 8:07 p.m.).

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Friday Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books When 7 to10 a.m.

What Derek Anderson, an ISU alumnus, will share his expertise of writing and illustrating books after writing 21 children’s books.

Where Room 130, College of Design

Auditions for “The Vagina Monologues” When 5 to 8 p.m.

What Auditions are open to any one who leads their life as a woman.

Scripts are available upon request and no former acting experience is required.

Performances will be Feb. 13 and 14.

Where Margaret Sloss Women’s Center

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Blake Wulf, sophomore in agricultural engineering, is a member of ISU Baja Team. The team builds and designs every aspect of their car and travels across the country.

The car that was used for this past competition was actually the Baja car that was built for last year’s season, Wulf said.

This year’s technical director Andrew Tauke, junior in industrial technology, has high hopes for this year’s car and

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“This is the first year that Iowa State’s team has signed up for three competitions and there are only three Baja competitions every year,” Tauke said.

The competitions will be in El Paso, Texas, from April 24 to 27; Pittsburg, Kan., from May 22 to 25; and Imperial, Ill., from June 4 to 7.

Before this year, Iowa State has only signed up for two of the competitions the past two years, and before that, the team would only participate in one of the competitions, Tauke said.

“I would like to finish at the top ten at all of the competitions and that take home at least one first place trophy,” Tauke said.

Zachary Verbeck, project director and cocontrol teams leader and junior in mechanical engineering, feels the same

Baja Team ■■ General meeting every Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. at 1227 Hoover Hall ■■ Shop time on Saturdays.

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excitement for this year’s season.

“I know a lot of people are really excited about us being able to go to three competitions. I can’t stress that enough, that we’ve never done that,” Verbeck said.

Verbeck said that he got involved with the Baja team his freshmen year as way to get hands on experience.

Verbeck encourages newcomers and said “to just be consistent about coming to the general meetings and also showing up to the shop on Saturdays.”

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Greeks continue tradition of lawn displays Skits, exhibits show Homecoming spirit on Greekland yards

By Delaney.Vierkandt @iowastatedaily.com Every year, the greek community spends about a month of their time in preparation for a Homecoming tradition called “Lawn Displays.”

This year, five pairings started “ground-breaking” on Oct. 5, which is where they dig a hole where the displays are placed.

Lawn displays are a spectacle for the audience.

The greek community may choose if they want to do community service or lawn displays, which is why there are only five pairings this year, said Jessica McDonald, co-chairwoman of lawn displays.

“A lot of the time, [the pairings] choose community service over lawn displays because it is either a lot of work, or they don’t want to tear up their lawn,” McDonald said. “It is pretty costly, also.”

Each pairing gets to have their own theme, as long as they incorporate it into the main Homecoming theme, which is “Homecoming 101: The Tradition Continues.”

These lawn displays aren’t just something to look at, McDonald said. Each pairing also has a 20-minute skit they perform.

To match the theme this year, the skits are going to be based off past and present traditions of Iowa State.

The co-chairs started organizing last spring by updating the Homecoming Activities Guide, which is a reference for the pairings and explains everything to the community.

Planning picked up when school started, McDonald said.

“Lawn displays are my favorite Iowa State tradition,” said Katelyn Carver, junior in agronomy and member of Alpha Delta Pi. “People should come and enjoy them this year if they’ve never experienced it before. It’s always a great time.”

Homecoming is a competition within the greek community. They are awarded points based on how well they place in events such as Yell Like Hell,

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Members of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity prepare lights for their lawn display. The lawn displays are part of the ISU Homecoming tradition which is accompanied by skits performed by the greek community. This year’s theme is “Homecoming 101: The Tradition Continues.”

sports tournaments and other activities.

The lawn displays are no different, McDonald said.

Points go to the winners, while participation points are also given out.

“Since there are five [pairings], there will mostly just be one, two and three rankings,” McDonald said. “There will be participation points also but of course, you want to get first place so you can win overall, because the ultimate goal is to win Homecoming 2013.”

The two co-chairs of lawn displays, McDonald and Michael Burt, decide on who will judge each of the activities.

For lawn displays, they like to have a minimum of six judges, so there are diverse opinions among the group, McDonald said.

“The majority of the pairings know what homecoming is, just because it’s been around

for so long,” McDonald said. “So a lot of times we’re just here for support, not so much telling them what to do. They have upperclassmen who contribute to making it a better time for the house.”

Lawn displays are a longrunning tradition in the greek community, a tradition which is expected to continue in future years.

“My favorite part of lawn displays are just to see how everything comes together. It truly shows school spirit, hard work and dedication,” McDonald said. “These pairings have spent so many hours working on the displays to put on a good show for the audience, Iowa Staters and the alumni.”

The pairings participating this year are Alpha Gamma Delta, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Lambda Chi Alpha; Alpha Delta Pi, Phi Delta Theta and Phi Kappa Theta; Chi Omega, Delta

Homecoming 101 information Friday ■■ Alumni Association’s honors and awards ceremony at 1:30 p.m. in the Scheman Building ■■ Open house from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Alumni Center ■■ Pep really and Yell Like Hell at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Center ■■ Greek lawn displays 8 to 9 p.m.

■■ Campaniling and fireworks at midnight Saturday ■■ Pregame tailgate from 8 to 10:30 a.m.

■■ Football vs. Texas Christian at 11 a.m. at Jack Trice Stadium ■■ Volleyball vs. Oklahoma at 5 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum

■■ Pancakes on Central Campus from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. for $3

■■ Men’s hockey vs. Robert Morris University at 7:30 p.m. at Ames/ISU Ice Arena

Tau Delta and Delta Chi; Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Gamma Rho and Kappa Sigma; and Gamma Phi Beta, FarmHouse and Delta Upsilon.

Hundreds of people come to see the lawn displays, Carver said.

“Many people come to see

lawn displays. It is a great event to enjoy with the family,” Carver said. “The streets are all closed off and bleachers are set in the streets so the audience can enjoy the skits.”

The lawn displays will be presented from 8 to 10 p.m.

Friday night after the pep rally.

Greenlee celebrates majors, offers networking chances School provides lunch, connections to alumni

By Caitlin.Deaver @iowastatedaily.com The Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication is hosting a celebration of the three majors in the school — journalism and mass communication, advertising, and the new public relations major.

The celebration will take place Friday at Hamilton Hall. It will be from noon 1:30 p.m. At 1 p.m., there will be a presentation in the Hamilton Hall atrium.

Alumni of the Greenlee School, faculty, public relations employers and benefactors, along with students, will be in attendance. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the unique networking opportunities.

“We were looking for an opportunity for our current students to mingle with

some alums, as well as professionals,” said Erin Wilgenbusch, senior lecturer of journalism and communication and Public Relations Student Society of America adviser.

One of the more prominent employers in the public relations world, Weber Shandwick, will be in attendance. Barb Iverson, president of Weber Shandwick’s financial services practice and an Iowa State alumna, helped Wilgenbusch coordinate Friday’s event.

With this weekend being Homecoming, the Greenlee School wanted to have a small reunion for its alumni, embracing the celebratory feelings that come with Homecoming.

“The new [public relations] major, large enrollments rate and other accomplishments gave us every reason to celebrate Greenlee as a wonderful part of Iowa State University and that’s why this event is happening,” said Hayley Sitz, senior in public relations and president of the PRSSA chapter at Iowa State.

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Wilgenbusch stated that 662 undergraduates and 45 graduates were enrolled in Greenlee by the 10th day of classes.

Seventy-one of those students signed up for the public relations major back in September.

Wilgenbusch also said that the postgraduation job placement rate in Greenlee has increased, as well.

With the new major, students are more prepared to take advantage of the growth in public relations jobs.

“As the profession becomes more recognized, we’re beginning to realize public relations folks are really a strategic function of the business,” Wilgenbusch said.

“The growth in the public relations field is astronomical through 2020, at least.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, there were 320,000 public relations jobs in 2010, with a 21 percent job growth rate. The median pay in 2010 for public relations managers and specialists was $57,550 per year.

The campaign for a public relations

major began in August 2011; after approximately two years of paperwork and moving through the pipeline of authority, the major was approved this fall. “[Having a public relations major] formalizes something that we’ve been doing for years,” Wilgenbusch said. “We’ve been teaching these public relations courses, but they’ve always fell under the journalism and mass communication degree.”

A free lunch of Hickory Park sandwiches will be provided for the entirety of the event and is open to the public, as well.

Greenlee, the Greenlee Advisory Council and PRSSA are sponsoring the celebration.

“Greenlee has done a lot of really great things for the journalism and communication world and this is an opportunity to celebrate that,” Sitz said. “With this new public relations major and one of Greenlee’s largest enrollments ever, we wanted to really honor the school and the people who have helped make it what it is today.”

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Recently, New York City voted to increase the legal age of tobacco consumption from 18 to 21. This vote raises the question of whether people age 18 and older are being treated as adults members of our society.

Raising legal age on smoking fails to solve any issues New York City, the largest municipality in America, has recently voted to increase the legal age of tobacco consumption from 18 to 21. The city’s council vote, which passed overwhelmingly, is expected to be signed into law by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the coming days.

In addition to the new age restriction, packs of cigarettes will face a minimum price of $10.50 within the city.

These developments have upset not only the tobacco industry but have also irked others who view such legislation as unfair. To be sure, the notion that young adults are able to become full members of our society at the age of 18, yet must be protected for three more years from the dangers of tobacco has led to more than a little head-scratching.

Like the 21-year-old limit on purchasing alcohol, the increased age for tobacco was passed largely on health concerns. The dangers alcohol poses to developing bodies and brains (which, in general, are not fully formed at the age of 18) has long been understood, but the reasons given for tobacco to join in such restrictions are somewhat different.

It has been repeatedly proven that tobacco use can be extremely addictive. It can also be very difficult, as millions of Americans know, to quit smoking once you have started. An entire industry has been created to cater to those attempting to quit via nicotine patches, gum and smokeless e-cigarettes.

With that difficulty in mind, the idea behind disallowing those under 21 from smoking is that those three years give young adults extra time to assess their choices in life, potentially stopping them from ever putting a cigarette to their lips. After all, few would argue that the average 18-year-old makes better decisions than they would three years later.

More than just stopping youngsters from starting a nasty habit, a valid argument could be raised that keeping some potential smokers from lighting up will prevent their early deaths. New York City Councilman James Gennaro was quoted as saying of the new measure: “This will literally save many, many lives.”

Indeed, the Center for Disease Control lists tobacco use as the most common cause of preventable death in the United States. With more than 400,000 Americans succumbing to tobaccorelated fatalities each year, it can be hard to argue against measures that limit tobacco use in any form.

The problem of second-hand smoke adds even further to the frustrations our society has regarding tobacco use. For when someone chooses to smoke, they are potentially endangering the health of others around them, even with restrictions on where smoking is and is not allowed.

Despite all of these facts, we should have reservations about raising tobacco use age limits beyond 18. The oft-invoked comparison of being able to “join the military” or “die for your country” before you can drink (or in this case, smoke) is a powerful one.

Along with such patriotic invocations, the logic goes that 18 is still, in fact, the legal age of majority in the United States.

Does it really make sense to claim that individuals who in almost all other areas of life are treated as full and complete adults are not able to make well-informed decisions? What would be the reaction if a regular 20-year-old committed a crime, yet was tried as a minor on grounds that he or she was not able to make choices as a full adult?

Undoubtedly, such special treatment would not stand.

While it is easy to claim the need for further restrictions on smoking, doing so through an increase in the legal age of consumption beyond that required for adulthood is the wrong solution.

If we expect those 18 and over to behave as adult members of our society, we must treat them as such.

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The stolen Spring-Green Lawn Care truck sits on Central Campus southeast of McKay Hall after being damaged during a pursuit by police officers Monday. When this settled, the community began to react in many ways about what happened.

Students react childishly to gunshots on campus

By Ian.Timberlake @iowastatedaily.com

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n the face of adversity and tragedy, humor is an excellent coping mechanism. It’s a quick way to brush off that which might otherwise cause concern, and in fact, does cause concern.

Social media were littered with humorous comments as soon as the news of the chase and shooting broke. Some statements — “Shots fired on Iowa State Campus today.

Seriously? I mean I’m disappointed with how the football season’s going too but its going to be okay” and “Mystery machine is on site to solve this” — were among the more stainless comments. Some of the more irreverant comments included, “Shots on campus? I’ll bring the chaser,” “Is the tree okay?” and one by football player Cory Morrissey: “GTA VI Iowa State University.”

The police chase and shooting on campus on Monday provided a glimpse into the way our peers cope with hair-raising situations. Instead of a reserved silence before facts could be presented, students opted for immaturity. Regardless of how you decide to cope, what happened on campus was no laughing matter.

The unloading of firearms with lethal intent in Ames isn’t precisely unusual, as every couple years an incident “goes down.” It is, however, far less common for it to occur on the university campus. And even rarer, by police.

Only the suspect who was run-

ning from the police was harmed and ultimately killed in the incident, a rather miraculous outcome considering the location of the chase and shooting was in the heart of Iowa State on a road nearly always flooded with students.

I have little sympathy for people who bring such chaos on themselves and others. People like Tyler Comstock, the suspect shot by the police, only brought problems onto himself once he decided to run from police and endanger the lives of others. Geoff Huff, investigations commander for Ames Police, said: “This is really the option they had left.” But was it?

I would place a pretty large wager to say that the police messed up. Tyler Comstock, though reckless, destructive and deserving of prison for his actions, was stuck in a cluster of trees and squad cars and was fired upon in the middle of a sprawling, bustling campus.

Was he a threat to the lives and safety of others while barrelling up Morrill Road? Yes. Was he a threat when he was stuck up against a tree? Probably not so much.

Joking about the actions of Tyler, the behavior of the police, the gunshots and the aftermath might be your coping mechanism for dealing with chaos, but it’s less than dignified and worse than crude.

The comments I quoted above weren’t the only gems: “Shooting outside my class?

Enjoy your adventure at Iowa State,” and “Nothing like starting home-

coming week off with a bang.”

I’ll usually be the first to say that nobody should get their panties in a bunch when someone says something of ill taste; offense can only be taken, not given. In the same breath, I’ll tell you that it just makes you look stale, boring and unseasoned.

A mother and father lost their son on Monday, a son who had past issues with mental stability but by some accounts wasn’t a troublecausing kid. Though at one point in the car chase he posed a severe threat to bystanders, his death could’ve easily been avoided by the police as Comstock’s vehicle was trapped.

In my opinion, the officer who fired the shots should be reprimanded. After watching the dash cam video of the pursuit and shooting, I believe the police officer was a little quick to pull the trigger, given the state of the vehicle and its surroundings at the time.

There is absolutely no comedic value in the incident involving Tyler and the police. As stated before, Tyler brought hell on himself, but the police made a terrible lapse in judgment that ended in somber tragedy.

Don’t get me wrong, Tyler’s actions were moronic, and if he were alive today, I’d be perfectly indifferent to him receiving justice behind prison bars. But homicide is black and white. There is no coming back, no chance for reflection, and certainly no comedy.

Accept ignorance to discover Listen, learn in all debates to gain more knowledge

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college campus could easily be mistaken for a playground full of debate warriors, each using their flourishing knowledge as a weapon against the other debate warriors, with each one more stubborn than the last.

There is a trend of arrogance going handin-hand with knowledge.

In order to look smart, we must act like we know everything about everything.

When faced with an opposing point-ofview, we must defend our viewpoint until we reign victorious, even if it means totally ignoring the opposition — who, believe it or not, may offer some valid ideas, or even be right.

These feuds have been amplified in recent weeks because of the ongoing left wing/right wing struggle to function, and many put the blame of this and countless other unresolvable disputes on ignorance.

But I do not believe ignorance itself is the problem, but instead, it is how we are using our ignorance and refusing its existence.

Because the truth is, we are all ignorant, and the sooner we acknowledge it, the sooner we can work on it.

I am not talking about ignorance that lets us choose to be unaware and close-minded. That sort of ignorance goes unnoticed, which in turn makes it a weapon against our consciousness, resulting in a dangerous naivety we should all strive to overcome.

That sort of ignorance is bliss, but that’s not what it should be; it ought to ignite a curiosity.

The ignorance I am talking about is accepting the fact we know a very little about very few things, and having the desire to do something about that.

Conscious ignorance is what probes us to ask more questions; it is the reason we are able to learn.

Without it, we fool ourselves into believing there is nothing left to observe, and we get caught in our exclusive cycle of personalized opinions and facts that we take for granted.

No great discovery was founded upon abso-

lute knowledge, because if absolute knowledge existed, there would be nothing left to discover.

Instead, it is curiosity that moves us forward, opens our eyes and can even bring us together.

When society recognizes our ignorance together, we are curious together, and when we are curious together, we discover together. The go-to display of national unity is the 1969 moon landing, which perfectly exhibits how a whole country can bring together all their curiosity to accomplish something out of this world.

Ignorance should excite us, just as learning should excite us. The moment we feel as if we have learned all we need to learn is the moment we have failed as students — not only students of school — but students of life.

All that the world has to teach us is as vast and endless as the ocean, compared to the pebble of knowledge each of us possesses.

It is true that some of the pebbles are larger than other pebbles — some of us do know more than others — but in the end, we are all basically pebbles of information with nothing to boast about.

Socrates once said,

“I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.”

This is more true to all of us than we would like to admit. But we are lucky (perhaps too much so) in that we have a great deal of knowledge at our fingertips each and every moment thanks to our smartphones and Google.

These devices should be utilized in moments of inquiry, but the problem is the ease lets us take the information for granted.

We are bound to digest it, accept it, and then leave it. This process has taught us to ask fewer questions and just learn a little about lots.

By learning just a smidgen about everything, we think of ourselves as experts in life — all knowing fountains of wisdom, if you will. For most of us, this will never be the case. It is a fact of human nature that ignorance is inescapable, but that does not mean it shouldn’t inspire us to be better by asking questions, opening our eyes and pursuing the unattainable goal of utter knowledge.

So, next time you catch yourself in a healthy warrior-worthy debate, remind yourself how ignorant you are, then listen and learn.

What you’ll gain from this is more valuable than a passing victory.

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dvocates for the LGBT community have had quite a bit of good news recently. The Supreme Court has allowed for federal acknowledgment of same-sex marriages, states such as New Jersey and Illinois have legalized samesex marriages, and just this past week the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has made advances. The act as it is commonly referred to, would place a federal ban on discrimination against workers because of their sexual orientation or identified gender.

Along with the 55 Democrats and independents in the Senate, 10 Republican senators joined in a successful vote Thursday to move the act along to the House of Representatives.

Unfortunately for those wishing to see legally protected workplace equality, Speaker of the House John Boehner has positioned himself opposed to the bill as it is written in the Senate. A Boehner spokesman was quoted as saying: “The speaker believes this legislation will increase frivolous litigation and cost American jobs, especially small business jobs.”

The idea behind the belief that laws like the act increase frivolous litigation is that there will be instances where individuals of the newly protected class are fired or not hired for legitimate reasons. In some of those instances, the individual in question will sue their former or potential employer under the new law, despite the fact that they were not actually the victim of unfair discrimination.

If such cases were to go to court, the employer will face unnecessary legal fees and have to spend time making sure they are not found guilty of a crime they never committed, to say nothing of the unfortunate cases where innocent individuals may actually be found guilty.

Those costs, and the costs incurred by employers who actually do discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity may very well force some businesses, especially small businesses, to reduce their workforce or even close altogether.

What Boehner fails to realize is that despite these potential corruptions, there is still a need to protect workers from discrimination. We do not suspend similar legal protection (such as that from employ-

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Community members attend a DOMA rally on June 6 on Main Street through the GAyLA program. Recently, U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner has positioned himself against an act aimed at banning workplace discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientaion.

ment discrimination based on race or biological gender) simply because there may be a few bad apples in the bunch.

Like biological gender and race, there is a proven history of discrimination against those belonging to certain sexual orientations and those who may identify as a gender other than the one in which their employer feels they should identify. A widely reported study by Harvard University’s Andras Tilcsik found that a significantly lower proportion of resumes including membership in a gay organization received callbacks compared to similar resumes without such memberships.

An argument against employee protection based upon their sexual orientation or gender identity is an argument against all employment protections, unless there can be found some distinguishing factor, other than the belated social acceptance of the LGBT community.

Some claim to have found such a

distinction, referencing religious beliefs that oppose homosexuality and other forms of so-called “unnatural” personal identification. Many legislators and activists have warned the act would trample on the religious freedoms of employers and businesses.

While the bill excludes religious organizations, some employers who run for-profit, nonreligious businesses may still have personal reservations against certain employees. However, despite what is often said of the famous “Citizens’ United” Supreme Court case, businesses and corporations — which are the entities being regulated by the act — are not people.

While they have a right to freedom of speech, this is due to their legitimate political interests. There are different ways to operate a country, and corporations (along with their profits) will be affected by our government. They do not have religious interests, though, as they are not actually

people, and could not possibly have beliefs on the existence of a spiritual realm, let alone the rules by which people should behave to gain eternal salvation.

With two-thirds of registered voters (including over half of Republicans) in favor of the act and around 80 percent of the respondents of a recent Americans for Workplace Opportunity poll thinking such a law already exists, it is more than obvious that legislation like the Employment NonDiscrimination Act needs to be passed.

Apart from the widespread national and state-by-state support, there is a better reason to support the act. In the words of our very own Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who led the bill through committee: “Here, we are taking one more step to make the American family more inclusive.”

Harkin could not be more right.

Tolerances like those espoused by the Employment Non-Discrimination Act are what truly make up American family.

Letters to the editor

History needs support from administration Madeline Becker is a senior in history and political science.

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

Spoken by a man whose knowledge of physics earned him a Nobel Prize in 1921, these words remain relevant a century later. The orator in question, Albert Einstein, is best remembered for his theory of relativity, but his interests extended beyond science. An accomplished violinist who kept travel journals and enjoyed reading the stories of Don Quixote, Einstein’s scientific brilliance was complemented by an enthusiasm for the arts.

Einstein was no anomaly. According

to Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein, the most successful American scientists (think National Academy members) are more likely to engage in liberal arts avocations than their lesser counterparts.

Investing in liberal education enhances creativity, improves language skills, and promotes abstract thinking. However, an increasingly narrow focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education has undermined such programs at our university, most crucially, the history department.

Iowa State falls behind the universities of Iowa and of Northern Iowa in its history professor to student ratio, currently positioned at one professor for every 21.4 students. This is a 25 percent

reduction since 2004. Iowa State has just 18 tenured and tenure-track faculty, substantially smaller than departments at similar schools around the country, which average 43 tenured professors.

Anticipated retirements and resignations will exacerbate the issue, as three history professors will leave the ISU history department this year without replacement.

Paltry faculty numbers also mean limited class offerings, a challenge for students preparing for the Praxis II exam. Iowa State has just one faculty member with global history expertise, a disincentive for secondary education majors to attend our university, as they need knowledge of worldwide history to pass their exam.

Despite these challenges, stu-

dent enrollment in history courses has increased by 200 percent since 2004, a testament to the quality of instruction in the department. History students will agree; our professors are enthusiastic, engaging and encouraging. Their energy is contagious; they deepen our curiosity and inspire us to further learning. Even so, their heroic abilities do not make our professors superhuman, and an ever-declining department cannot sustain such success. I urge the university to expand the department, giving our professors the support they deserve.

Any fool can know about the past; it takes an exceptional teacher, supported by a fair administration, for students to understand history.

Ethanol paves sustainable pathways to fuel our future Brent Drey is a junior in agriculture.

As an agricultural student and current farmer, I was disappointed in the recent editorial by the Daily urging us to “cut our losses” in reference to the ethanol industry. The author mentions the “billions in federal subsidies” the ethanol industry has received; however, the corn industry gave

up the federal tax credit in 2011.

The article also failed to mention heavy taxpayer support for the oil industry for the last 100 years. From 1991-2001, average corn yield has increased by 36 percent (109 to 147 bushels per acre). We’re currently (even with the deplorable conditions experienced during the 2013 growing season) in the process of harvesting one of the largest corn crops

Group unfairly endorses candidate for Iowa governor Paul Dahl is running to be Iowa governor The recent endorsement by AFSCME of Tyler Olson on Oct. 31 rings hollow since AFSCME would not allow me to be part of the endorsement process. I believe that every union should treat all the Democratic candidates in the same manner. It is clear that I did not receive the

Contact Paul Dahl for Governor of Iowa P. O. Box 184 Webster City, IA 50595 Email: dahlforgover nor2014@gmail.com Phone: 319-242-2319

same treatment as Bob Krause, Jack Hatch and Tyler Olson did in meeting with what I believe was a three-person panel. I con-

in history. Need I remind you the corn we’re harvesting for ethanol production is not used for human consumption?

A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture study found that only 11.6 cents of every dollar spent on food is returned to the farm.

Believe it or not, Corn Flakes spends more for printing on the box of Corn Flakes than it does for the corn in Corn Flakes. In

times of economic uncertainty, the last thing we need to do is “cut our losses” with a renewable fuel source. Iowa leads our nation in production of renewable fuels.

In Iowa, ethanol accounts for more than $5 billion of our gross domestic product, generates $3.5 billion dollars of income for Iowa households, and supports nearly 55,000 jobs in various sectors of the economy. I don’t know about

you, but I don’t think of those numbers as losses.

I do not believe we can replace the entire oil industry with ethanol, but I do believe a balanced approach between renewable fuels and fossil fuels will put us on a sustainable path into the future. I don’t think we can we afford to turn our backs on an industry that provides this much economic vitality to our state.

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tacted AFSCME via telephone and email, and was intentionally frozen out by Marcia Nichols, the political director of AFSCME. I respectfully request AFSCME members to vote their conscience in the June 2014 primary by ignoring the unfair and underhanded AFSCME directive to support Tyler Olson.

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Women’s team to open season by taking on North Dakota

By Dylan.Montz @iowastatedaily.com Through Iowa State’s first two exhibition wins this week, no play caught the attention of ISU coach Bill Fennelly like the one he saw Wednesday.

It was near the end of the game in the Cyclones’ 78-49 win against Carthage, after every player on the ISU roster had been able to hit the hardwood, that made him react.

“We’re trying to run a play for Elly [Arganbright] to get a shot as a senior.

And she drives into the lane and has a shot, and decides to pass the ball to a freshman,” Fennelly said. “That is the definition of hopefully what this team is going to stand for moving forward, and I’m very proud of that.”

After two wins last week, against Wayne State and Carthage in exhibition matchups, No. 23 Iowa State will now turn its attention to its regularseason opener against North Dakota on Sunday at Hilton Coliseum. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m.

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new faces to the lineup after the departures of Chelsea Poppens and Anna Prins. Filling those seniors’ places left open after last season are two freshmen, Jadda Buckley and Seanna Johnson.

With a starting group that looks a little different from last year’s, the transition offense by Iowa State could be perhaps more important than in recent years.

“We’re smaller, we can run and you’ll see that when we play,” said senior Hallie Christofferson, who finished with 17 points and six rebounds in 18 minutes of action

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Wednesday. “Just using their turnovers to our advantage, just going full throttle to the basket and knowing that we can make something happen that way.”

In Iowa State’s first two exhibition games this season, the Cyclones have committed just 17 turnovers. While ball handling has been a strength of the ISU offense, the defense has to make up for what it lost after season.

Rebounding has also been a point of emphasis leading into Sunday’s season opener. After losing Poppens, who stands at 6-foot-2 and Prins (6foot-7), the way Iowa State approaches rebounding must change to adapt.

Three starters on the North Dakota roster stand 6 feet or taller compared to just one by the Cyclones, so Fennelly believes his team’s rebounding must be a collective effort.

“It’s like gang tackling in football. Everybody’s got to run to the ball and tackle, I mean everyone,” Fennelly said.

“We’re going to face a team on Sunday that might be one of the tallest teams in the country.

We’re not getting taller, we’ve got to get tougher, you just have to go get the ball.

“We’re not going to out-rebound a lot of teams, we’ve just got to survive.”

By Dean.Berhow-Goll @iowastatedaily.com Heading into the ISU men’s basketball team’s season opener, the team is not only learning to adjust to life without their AllBig 12 forward, but learning to play with each other.

With forward Melvin Ejim out of the lineup after hyperextending his left knee in practice shortly before last weekend’s exhibition game, Dustin Hogue slid down to the four, while Naz Long started at the three.

Hogue is similar to Ejim, in that he’s a warrior under the hoop who is also a talented rebounder.

“It’s been tough, banging low with the big men, but I’ve always played a physical game, so it’s not too much to adapt to and plus I’ll be able to get more rebounds now that Melvin’s not in the game,” Hogue said with a smile.

Even Iowa State’s Georges Niang had a hard time in his first game without the second part of his front court duo, pressing in Sunday’s exhibition win against Augustana while feeling he had to carry the team right off the bat.

Niang finished the

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game hitting only five of his 15 shots, going 0-for-4 from behind the 3-point line, too.

“Shots weren’t falling, I felt like I was just pressing for the first couple minutes without having Melvin out there,” Niang said. “I just felt like I needed to score and obviously I didn’t need to, those freshmen played a hell of a game.

“It was just the first game, especially the way the season ended last year I’ve been anxious to get out here for a while now.”

When it comes to Ejim’s progress returning from his left knee injury, the team is taking every

precaution and listening to the team doctors instead of going purely off how the knee feels.

“I think the big thing with Melvin is you’ve got to do what’s best for him long-term,” said ISU coach Fred Hoiberg.

“Melvin’s got a long basketball career ahead of him and selfishly we’d like him to come back early, but we don’t want him to come back if it’s going to further his risk. As soon as the doctors say he’s ready, he’ll play.”

Hoiberg said the biggest thing with Ejim’s knee is that the swelling is almost completely gone.

He’s expected to undergo a scanning of his knee next week, which should give them a much better of idea of where Ejim stands in terms of a return date.

“I think the frustrating thing for Melvin is that he doesn’t feel much pain,” Hoiberg said. “So it’s just a matter of what the scan says next week, if it’s clear then yeah there’s a chance he’ll come back a little bit earlier, but at the same time we’re going to take a cautious approach and make sure he’s 100 percent before he gets back out on the floor.”

The regular season will begin without Ejim, though, as the Cyclones take on UNC-Wilmington at noon Sunday at Hilton Coliseum.

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Iowa State hunts for first Big 12 win against TCU

By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com There will be no bowl game for Iowa State this season, but players say they are moving forward with other hopes.

“We have to stay with it,” said ISU running back DeVondrick Nealy, who rushed for the Cyclones’ lone touchdown in last Saturday’s loss to Kansas State.

“There’s not much positive that can come of the season. We can’t go to a bowl game; it’s mostly just playing for yourself, showing your coaches that you really have good character.”

“You want to continue the season out even though we can’t go to a bowl game or anything.”

Iowa State — still winless in conference play — (1-7, 0-5 Big 12) will face Texas Christian (3-6, 1-5) in its Homecoming game Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium.

The Cyclones have lost seven consecutive Big 12 games dating back to last season.

The latest game puts Iowa State against a team facing similar problems.

The Horned Frogs enter Saturday’s game potentially missing a handful of key players, much like the Cyclones.

TCU running backs Waymon James and B.J. Catalon are both questionable, defensive end Devonte Fields is out for the season, and cornerback Jason Verrett also might not play.

“They have a pretty good defensive line,” said Nealy, who rushed for a team-high 53 yards Saturday. “We have to just continue to do what we’re supposed to do, continue to execute, read our keys, make our blocks and we should be fine.”

Iowa State’s quarterback situation remains unresolved. ISU coach Paul Rhoads said Monday that he hadn’t made a decision who will start against TCU, redshirt sophomore Sam Richardson or redshirt freshman Grant Rohach.

Rohach has entered each of the last

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Redshirt sophomore running back DeVondrick Nealy scored a touchdown in the second quarter after flipping over an Oklahoma State defensive player on Oct. 26. The Cyclones will take on the Horned Frogs for Iowa State’s 101st homecoming Saturday.

three games to replace Richardson, entering in the second quarter against Kansas State. Rohach was listed as the starter on the team’s depth chart Monday.

“Moving the ball down the field and getting in the end zone,” said ISU offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham when asked about the factors in the quarterback decision. “That’s the bottom line.”

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Cyclone volleyball to battle Sooners to keep top-25 ranking

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Mackenzie Bigbee, right side, tries to save the ball during the match against South Dakota on Tuesday at Hilton Coliseum.

The set up ■■ Iowa State (15-6, 8-2 Big 12) will take on Oklahoma (18-6, 6-4 Big 12) at 5 p.m. Saturday at Hilton Coliseum.

■■ The two teams will compete for the second time this season, with Oklahoma taking the first match on Oct. 5 in Norman, Okla., 3-2.

■■ Iowa State holds a five-game winning streak heading into Saturday’s matchup. Oklahoma has lost two in a row, but has won four of its last six matches.

■■ Iowa State re-entered the AVCA rankings this week at No. 25. Oklahoma held the 25th spot the week before.

Iowa State and Oklahoma have both claimed the 25th spot in the American Volleyball Coaches Association rankings in the past two weeks.

This weekend, the Cyclones and the Sooners will have a chance to compete for a longer stay in the top 25.

The No. 25 ISU volleyball team (15-6, 8-2 Big 12) will host Oklahoma (18-6, 6-4 Big 12) in the second of two meetings this season on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Hilton Coliseum. Oklahoma won the first match on Oct. 5 in Norman, Okla., winning in five sets.

ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch believes the keys for the Cyclones matchup with the Sooners relate to areas of the game that have been impacted the team’s performance throughout the season.

“The thing we know that we’ve really learned this year is we must serve well, pass well and play defense,” Johnson-Lynch said. “If we do those things, it puts us in position to beat just about anybody, but anytime we get in a match where one of those three things doesn’t happen, it really puts us in a tough situation.”

A consistently aggressive effort, something the team believes they were unable to fully accomplish in their latest match, a 3-0 win against South Dakota

on Tuesday, Nov. 5, will also be crucial.

“I thought at times we were really aggressive and at other times we were lackadaisical,” said Mackenzie Bigbee, sophomore right side hitter, of the team’s most recent effort. “I think we really just need to work on being consistent every night, coming out and giving 100 percent.”

Iowa State, tied for second in the Big 12 with Kansas, will take a fivegame winning streak into its match against fourth-

more focused on preparing the team for a potential NCAA tournament run and capping off the season in similar fashion to last year, when the team won its final 10 regular season matches.

“Our goal is to win out,” Johnson-Lynch said.

“We did it last year, that’s a huge task. We’ve got a lot of tough matches, but that is our goal. If we can do that, we’ll put ourselves in great position for NCAA’s.

We want to do great in the Big 12, but we’ve got the bigger picture in mind.”

place Oklahoma, losers of two in a row.

With five matches remaining after Saturday, an ISU win against Oklahoma would put a three-game gap between the two teams and would keep the Cyclones within shouting distance of first-place Texas, which is 10-0 in Big 12 play.

Iowa State is on a fivematch win streak. The Cyclones finished last season with 10 straight wins.

Though the team still has a shot at a conference title, Johnson-Lynch is

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Official results confirm election standings

By Emelie.Knobloch @iowastatedaily.com Steffen Schmidt, university professor of political science, said students were encouraged to vote, but again the numbers were low, which is common for students in city elections.

“On the ballot were mayors, initiatives in various states and many other local public offices, like City Council races,“ Schmidt said.

The final official results — including absentee ballots — for the city elections were released Thursday after the canvass.

Ann Campbell received 4,021 votes.

There were 178 write-in votes for a total of 4,199 votes.

Schmidt said the term “off-year” election refers to elections that are in oddnumbered years.

“The outcome was overall a reaffirmation of the same general position by City Council members as the previous council,” Schmidt said.

For 4th Ward, Chris Nelson received 525 votes and Victoria Szopinski received 465 votes for a total of 995 votes.

Monica Diaz, president of ISU Democrats, said she believes a lot of students don’t feel the need to vote because they figure they are not living in Ames for long.

“Students don’t really know what the City Council does or how City Council impacts them,” Diaz said.

The purpose of the canvass is to account for every ballot cast and ensure that every valid vote cast is included in the election totals, according to the Story County website.

For the at-large position, Amber Corrieri won the election with 2,276 votes.

Anne Kinzel received 2,168 votes for a total of 4,461 votes.

Jonathon Laudner, ISU Republicans president, said he believes students don’t think City Council decisions affect them when these decisions actually directly impact students.

Gloria Betcher received 809 votes while Justin Dodge received 615 votes.

Schmidt said these elections rarely feature any election to a federal office, few state Legislature elections and very few gubernatorial elections.

“The fear that was spread before the election about zoning rules, I am told, was “fear mongering” and that none of the candidates running, including the unopposed mayor, were planning to do anything to these houses,” Schmidt said.

Peter Orazem received 607 votes of the total 627. There were 20 write-in votes.

Schmidt said there are some “progrowth” members of City Council and some “responsible growth” members of city council who want to see more limited housing in particular.

Pro-growth refers to advocating the commercial development of land.

Responsible growth refers to growth with a more selective process in developing land.

Tim Gartin received 1,151 votes while Francis Todey received 164 write-in votes.

There were a total of 1,356 votes.

“I feel that both Anne Kinzel and Victoria Szopinski’s campaigns were greatly impacted by the miscommunication,” Diaz said. “A lot of absentee ballots were sent in before the clarification was made.”

Diaz said she believes Szopinski’s former district being cut in half also led to a loss of support.

“After students got their first impression, there was not a lot of change,” Laudner said. “After that, people weren’t listening.”

More efficient communication between ISU students and City Council could have potentially increased the student voter turnout.

“City Council has often talked about coming to GSB meetings, but that only benefits GSB members,” Diaz said. “City Council could have more student forums and have a meeting in the Memorial Union to encourage student participation.”

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Official election results released Thursday showed little change in City Council seats.

This might have been different if students had turned out to vote in larger numbers.

Gold Star Hall ceremony recognizes two ISU alumni

By David.Gerhold @iowastatedaily.com They made the ultimate sacrifice to secure American freedom. This Friday, three days before the celebration of Veterans Day, Iowa State will honor two alumni who lost their lives in war at the Gold Star Hall Ceremony.

“We do this to really bring the individuals we’re honoring to life,” said Richard Reynolds, Memorial Union director. “We want to tell their stories prior to their military services and portray them as individuals, as brothers, as sons, as uncles.”

Each year, the Memorial Union staff researches persons who haven’t been added to the Gold Star Hall walls or who haven’t been honored individually yet. They have to verify if they attended Iowa State for at least one semester and that they

died in the field of battle.

“After that, we spend as much time as possible to find out all the details about the persons, so that we can their stories as accurately as possible,” Reynolds said.

The staff places ads in local newspapers of the soldiers’ hometowns and conduct detailed web searches.

“We often find groups of war veterans on the Internet who served in the same unit,” Reynolds said. “They organize reunions and try to keep up with where everyone is. On more than one occasion, groups like these were able to provide us with a lot of information.”

Kristin Erdman, marketing coordinator at the Memorial Union, said they looked at more than 300 websites to find one of the veterans.

“After that, we had to care-

>>CONTEST p1 different planets.”

On Wednesday, the Homecoming committee picked the winner of the contest.

“We chose, whoever we could tell put the most effort into it, whoever went above and beyond,” Odland said. “It was a highly subjective decision and a close call.”

In the end, Multicultural Student Affairs made the race.

>>OFFICER p1 low the vehicle because Comstock showed no signs of slowing down.

“We do believe the dash cameras speak for themselves,” Huff said.

At the news conference Thursday morning, the video from McPherson’s dash camera was played, showing the chase with Comstock’s truck through Ames and onto Central Campus.

In the video, McPherson fired seven shots rapidly at

“You could tell that they spend a lot of time researching and getting all the information they incorporated,” said Mary Burkert, senior in journalism and mass communication and Homecoming official.

“They incorporated the themes and colors of ISU in a very unique and creative way,” Burkert said. “They paid close attention to our traditions and it was obvious that they really wanted to win.”

Both Williams and Shamburger stat-

Comstock’s truck while Comstock continued to rev the truck’s engine.

“Officer McPherson fired into the truck to stop the threat, and stopped firing when the threat was reduced,” Huff said.

Holmes said Ames officers were faced with “an impossible situation” which began with Comstock’s first assault on police when he tried to back his trailer onto the hood of a police car, at which point officers could not disengage due to the posed threat.

>>ETSY p1 has also painted the driveway for her sorority, Delta Zeta.

“Every time I paint something new it becomes my new favorite,” LeVasseur said.

While interning in Los Angeles this summer, she decided to keep the site open but didn’t put too much effort into marketing her business. Now that she is back in Iowa, she is focusing on promotion.

fully piece together the little bits we found into a full story,” Erdman said. “That took a very long time.”

Even 40 to 60 years after the soldiers passed away, the efforts of the Memorial Union are still deeply appreciated by the families, Reynolds said.

“There have been times when family members approached us after the ceremony and thanked us,” Reynolds said.

“The service we provide can bring closure to the loss of their loved ones.”

One of this year’s honorees will be James Lee Merrick Jr., whose name has already been on the Gold Star Hall wall.

James Olberding, member of the Gold Star Hall Committee and Vietnam War veteran, brought his name to Reynolds’s attention.

“James Merrick was a pilot

Holmes said neither officer overreacted at the second confrontation point when Comstock spins his truck and is nose to nose with McPherson’s vehicle.

Holmes also said it is only at the third confrontation point when officers again try to disable Comstock’s vehicle by ramming into it that officers appropriately draw their weapons, fearing that Comstock will continue his “rampage.”

“It becomes a very precarious exercise to

“Right now social media is a driving force for everything, especially for a business,” LeVasseur said.

Crediting her major with helping her to understand the business side, LeVasseur uses social media sites like Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest to display her creations.

While the site has only been open for six months, she has already experienced a great deal of business as well as support for

of an air reconnaissance aircraft in the Vietnam War,” Reynolds said. “He was based on an aircraft carrier. On his way back to his base, he crashed in the Gulf of Tonkin.”

After a lot of research in order to conduct Merrick’s story, Reynolds and his team managed to contact his mother, who still lives in Ames.

“She could provide us with a lot of stories about James’s childhood and youth,” Reynolds said.

Friday, a new name will be added to the Gold Star Hall wall: Robert Lynn Hodson.

“In this particular case, we were actually approached by Hodson’s nephew,” Reynolds said. Robert Hodson was a navigator during World War II. His nephew was able to share his compelling story with the Memorial Union researchers, Reynolds said.

ed that they were proud of their work.

“The office feels really warm and festive. You can just feel the energy that is present here,” Shamburger said. “The fact that we won and our effort paid off gives me a really good feeling.”

Williams stated that he felt that students would enjoy the work that was completed.

“I think students really appreciate, what we’ve done with the place,” Williams said. “To see students lighten up, once they enter and smell the popcorn, makes

attempt to pick apart split second decisions.

Much deference has to be given when questioning an officer’s presence of mind and judgment in a life threatening situation,” Holmes said.

Huff said that despite internal reviews, the investigation concerning McPherson has been concluded.

Comstock’s parents were not available for comment and did not respond to phone calls.

Check back with the Daily as more details emerge.

what she is doing.

LeVasseur has shipped multiple places across the United States, as well as to Canada.

Currently she has customers from the United Kingdom and Italy interested in her work.

Her first customer was a woman from Pennsylvania, but a good amount of LeVasseur’s business is based in Iowa and from her fellow Delta Zeta sisters.

Amelia Medici, junior in industrial engineering, has or-

“He told me that Robert was part of a large air raid over Germany and got attacked and severely injured,” Reynolds said.

After that, Robert Hodson still managed to redirect the course of his aircraft and safely return to England. Everyone aboard survived, except for him.

“It is amazing to me that both of the honorees knew that their jobs would put them in situations they might not return from,” Reynolds said.

Erdman said it is very important for ISU students to attend the ceremony.

“I believe, as they walk through Gold Star Hall every day, they tend to forget that the Memorial Union actually is what the title says — a memorial,” Erdman said. “So, I think it is really important to take the time and remember those, who gave their lives for us.”

me very proud.”

Shamburger said that the decoration will probably come down by Monday.

“But we’ll receive a certificate for winning, so we gladly take the bragging rights,” Williams said.

Odland said that the goal of the contest was community and campus involvement.

“We tried to get everyone involved in Homecoming,” Odland said. “A contest like this is the best way to get all the faculties to show their Cyclone spirit.”

>>ROTC p1 honor these persons provides us an opportunity to display our appreciation for all that they have done for our nation,” Lazo said.

“People should attempt to do something on Veteran’s

Day to honor those who have served … something as small as thanking a veteran can go a long way.”

Anyone is allowed to participate in this event, and can sign up at cyclonebattalion3. eventbrite.com. There is no cost involved.

>>STING p1 at an undisclosed hotel.

Investigators put an ad on www.backpage.com that resulted in approximately 200 inquiries. Detective Nate Lampe said the suspect responded to the ad and contacted an undercover agent.

Lampe said an undercover agent and the suspect met and made a verbal commitment to a sexual act in exchange for money. Police came into the hotel room and made the arrest.

dered multiple times from her and used the canvases as gifts for family and friends.

“One time I gave her a vague idea of what I wanted and she created something greater than I could have ever imagined,” Medici said. “Everything she makes is really unique and very special.”

Medici first ordered while LeVasseur was in Los Angeles and said that LeVasseur was extremely understanding with her

deadline and had the canvas created and shipped within 10 days.

“She’s going out of her way to make people happy and just above and beyond what a normal college student is doing,” Medici said.

LeVasseur will be displaying her creations from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Prairie Moon Winery & Vineyard on Dec. 7 as a part of the Lucky Star Market, a popup market open to the public to shop.

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Horoscope Today’s Birthday (11/08/13) Your creativity flourishes this year. Your finances transform with Pluto direct, and it’s easier to make money. Fix up your place.

A new door opens regarding love, and partnerships are your secret power. Exhibit or launch a new endeavor; your career sparks this summer. Focus on what (and whom) you love.

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

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18 Kind and caring 19 Stadium section for charity workers?

21 Keats work 23 Steam 24 Calypso relative 25 Keats’“Sylvan historian” 26 Really old hardwood?

32 “Phooey!”

34 Give a damn?

35 Disney’s “Bambi”?

41 Paralyze with dense mist, as an airport 42 “Horse Feathers” family name 44 “Merrie Melodies” theme song?

50 One of two single-digit Yankee uniform numbers that aren’t retired 51 A, in Acapulco 52 “Mazel __!”

53 Ranch handle 54 Emperor Justinian as a young man?

61 “That’s my intention” 62 Around the bend, so to speak 65 “Flavor” singer/ songwriter 66 Beat badly 67 Letters to the Coast Guard 68 TV component?

69 Quick Down 1 Chicken general?

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 9 -- With Jupiter in retrograde, give extra care to communications and negotiations. Return calls and correspondence. You meet a key person at a social gathering.

Begin to see what needs to be done.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 8 -- Make new connections and discover new rewards. Scratch another person’s back without expectations. Just do a good deed. Keeping your promises gives you the superpower of making things happen. Get ideas from home and family.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 7 -- Encourage group unity. Travel compels but could get complex. Friends help you understand. Expand your customer base by figuring out what the opposition wants.

Others find you charming.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 9 -- They’re saying nice things about you again. But don’t fall asleep at the wheel; use those endorsements to generate new sales. Now’s a great time to step on the accelerator. You provide the imagination.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 8 -- Get rid of some of your surplus stuff. It’s easier with the help of a friend who’s not attached to your possessions.

Work with a partner, and accept their coaching. Over the next four months, rejuvenate an old bond.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 9 -- Turn your attention toward work. Find support and resources where you didn’t see them before.

Your family is willing to make a difference. Stay out of somebody else’s argument.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9 -- You have an unusual advantage when you listen closely. You inspire others.

Don’t ignore a brilliant idea.

Make love your top priority.

Spread your love letters to the four corners.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 -- Don’t compare yourself to others. You do best focusing on your work. It’s not a contest, anyway. Inspiration goes farther than being demanding.

Pay back a favor. Good will builds from kindness freely given.

Dream out loud.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 -- You may notice temporary overwhelm and possible delays in career advancement, but don’t worry. Focus on today, and use renewed confidence to make extra money. Talk about your dreams, and what you love.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9 -- The pressure is increasing. Only use what you need. Kindness is the most valuable gift. Find the good news among the rubble. Don’t worry ineffectively. Collect an old debt.

Blow off steam with someone you love.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 -- Work’s getting fun. Play with your tasks, and make fascinating discoveries.

Take note of your ideas. Your patience is rewarded. A beautiful moment sneaks up on you. Love is contagious, and you have what another seeks.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9 -- Investigate ways to increase income and savings.

A potential disruption can be avoided. Neatness counts double, especially at home. Work that you love pays very well.

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