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“It’s been a long journey since day one.” That’s what the teary-eyed Jake
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Knott said at his news conference Wednesday. Jake underwent season-ending surgery Monday in Chicago on his injured left shoulder and will begin rehab after a month of immobility.
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Death typically summons feelings of pain, sadness, and an overwhelming feeling of loss, but Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, allows families to honor their deceased loved ones with traditions originating from the Aztec and Mayan cultures. “It’s both emotional and also a fun event,” said Jesus Rodriguez, junior in construction engineering and president of the Latino-based fraternity Sigma Lambda Beta. Rodriguez remembers celebrating Dias de los Muertos every year as a child. Although the holiday is known as “Day of the Dead,” the celebration takes place over a two-day period for specific reasons. “Nov. 1, is celebrated for the children who have passed away. You bring out their toys in reminiscence of the children and any games that they would play,” said Julio Ramirez, senior in industrial technology and president of the Mexican-
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Ambassadors gauge ISU outcome of 2012 election The ISU Ambassadors are holding a mock election to gauge who ISU students are voting for. Students have the choice to vote for Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Gary Johnson for president. Steve King and Christie Vilsack for U.S. Senate and all candidates for Iowa House districts 45 and 46 are on the ballot. Students in the residence halls should have received an email. Others can vote by going to the ISU Ambassadors’ Facebook page. -By Daily staff
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one day before the ISU football team’s Homecoming game against Baylor. Once they met with the doctor, they moved the surgery to Monday, which left one obvious question in Jake’s
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The week before this Monday was “a crazy one” in Knott’s words. First, they decided that he and his family would ask around and see a specialist in Chicago on Oct. 25, then have surgery the next day, which was
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White – Purity Pink – Celebration Black - Land of the dead Purple – Mourning Yellow and Orange – Light and the Sun Red – The blood of Jesus and the blood of Life
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Water Salt Bread Candles Skulls Wash basin
Soap Mirror Comb Flowers Personal items of the deceased (toys, pictures, etc.)
American Young Achievers Society. Aztec and Mayan cultures believed that the soul returns for one day a year after death to visit their loved ones.
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Hurricane alters plans By Eric.Debner @iowastatedaily.com While the state of Iowa may have dodged Hurricane Sandy’s left hook as it passed through the East coast, Iowa State still felt the wake of the storm. One group of staff and students in particular was impacted by the hurricane’s fervor. Twelve students and four staff from multidisciplinary research backgrounds in biomass gasification and pyrolysis and technoeconomic analysis of biofuels production were originally scheduled to fly out to Pittsburgh on Oct. 29, to present their work at the week-long American Institute of Chemical Engineers conference. “As of Sunday night, it looked like the storm would pass directly through Pittsburgh,” said Robert Brown, director of ISU-based Bioeconomy Institute and Anson Marston distinguished professor of engineering. “I made the decision late Sunday not to go based on the fact that I was responsible for a large group, [and] we were essentially flying into a hurricane.” According to Patriot-News,
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Student activists save acre of forest By Michael.Finn @iowastatedaily.com
tory, enough to rank it among the top three or four in its history.” The risks involved with flying out to the conference were too great, and Brown predicted the airport in Chicago would close at some point. The concern was that the group could get stranded in Chicago for multiple days.
An acre of the Amazon rainforest is now in safer hands thanks to the efforts of The Lorax Troop, a small ISU student-run group of eco-activists who advocate for rainforest and wildlife protection all over the world. Through a three-day fundraiser that began last Monday, the group met their goal of raising at least $100, enough to buy and protect one pristine acre of the Amazon rainforest. The group raised money by selling home-baked goods that did not contain palm oil (a precious and highlyexploited commodity of the world’s rainforests) outside Parks Library for one dollar each. “It’s pretty exciting to be able to save a piece of rainforest that hasn’t been touched yet,” said Nicole Laurito, sophomore in animal ecology and founder and president of
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Photo: William Deaton/Iowa State Daily A group of staff and students from multidisciplinary research backgrounds in biofuel production, who planned to travel to Pittsburgh for a conference, listen to a presentation Oct. 31, at Marston Hall.
based in Central Pennsylvania, the worst of the storm in Pennsylvania occurred throughout Monday. “PECO reported 585,000 without power in Philadelphia and nearby counties, a total which would fluctuate as residents awoke to find their service disrupted,” Patriot-News said. “PPL said the storm caused 395,000 outages in its service terri-
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