Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 | Volume 209 | Number 56 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
Tuition break down Faculty describe how Iowa State appropriates students’ fees By Danielle.Ferguson @iowastatedaily.com Students know that attending a university comes with a pretty hefty price. However, where that money actually goes is not always known. Both tuition and mandatory fees must be approved by the Board of Regents. David Biedenbach, assistant vice president of the Board of Regents, said the proposal is submitted early enough, usually in the fall, so that if the state budget changes for some reason, the university would have time to change its proposal if necessary. The state appropriation request that was discussed, but not voted on, at the September meeting for the Board of Regents, could possibly freeze tuition for a second year. Once voted on by the board, the university can begin to look at how the tuition money will be distributed to colleges. Mandatory fees are calculated into students’ U-bills.
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ROTC honors veterans with workout
Mentor program helps international students adapt in United States By Kat.Gruenewald @iowastatedaily.com
After flying thousands of miles away from home, leaving family, friends and everything they have ever known behind, international students arrive in Ames knowing close to no one. While adjusting to a new culture, a new environment and maybe a new school system it is sometimes easier for international students to stick with people who share the same background. To encourage friendships between international students and Americans the International Student and Scholars Office offers a mentoring program where American juniors and seniors serve as mentors to new international students. “Mentees are new international students that have just arrived in Ames,” said Paul Chung senior in management and international mentoring program coordinator. “[The mentors are supposed] to help them adapt to a new environment.” In this semesterlong program, mentors help their mentees with cultural differences and how to solve problems with their new American friends. They do activities
together such as bowling, laser tag or dancing. “We just invite them out to do things they might not know about otherwise. Just mix and mingle,” said Webster Kpor, senior in industrial technology and occupational safety and mentor in the program.”We have to meet four times a semester, but of course you can meet more often. Just go with the flow.” Anyone can become a mentor. The only requirements are being sufficient in knowledge about Iowa State and fluent english skills. Chung said many mentors have interest in the global society and have made experiences abroad trough traveling or studying abroad. David Harper, senior in kinesiology and mentor in the program, said he agrees. “I love to meet international students. I went to Malaysia last summer, which was fun,” Harper said. “I got a feeling for what it is like to be in a different country for an extended period of time without knowing the language really well.” Many international students who choose to sign up for this program are actually graduate and postgraduate students who come to the United States to advance their
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By Blake.Dowson @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State’s ROTC cadets honored veterans on Veterans Day by hosting their first WOD for Warriors. All veterans present at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center for the event were called to the front of the crowd and were given a round of applause. Lt. Col. Richard Smith, professor and chairman of military science and tactics, opened the event for the crowd of nearly 300. The WOD for Warriors was a workout that consisted of two sep-
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ROTC and civilians participate in the WOD for Warriors event Monday at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. The event was organized to honor veterans.
Brandi Boyett/Iowa State Daily Christina Hill, assistant professor of anthropology, was involved with the production of a new PBS history video game.
Anthropology professor helps PBS develop video game By Natalie.Whitis @iowastatedaily.com
STAYING WARM: Semester’s first snow fall hits campus Jackie Khamma, freshman in psychology, snuggles up to stay warm in the snow on Monday, Veteran’s Day.
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An ISU professor has helped PBS in developing an educational video game that puts the gamer in the shoes of a member of the Cheyenne tribe. Christina Hill, associate professor of anthropology, has worked with PBS for the last year and a half developing a video game about the Northern Cheyenne tribe. The game is called “Mission U.S.: A Cheyenne Odyssey” and chronicles the life of a young Cheyenne boy in the 1860s. It follows him from young adolescence to adulthood. The game is third in a series of video games that PBS is producing to teach
middle school to high school students about American history. Hill said she approved of the way the video game presents history. “They take these slices of American history that are really important, that involved the big picture of the United States and global issues,” Hill said. “Then, they follow one person and look at how all of these huge forces in history affect that one person. It’s a really cool idea.” The other two video games that have been produced follow a boy in Boston during the American Revolution and an black girl in the South
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