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Sen. Cole Button explains his point regarding the topic of Buck Bowling in the Underground during Wednesday’s GSB meeting.

Button’s proposed bill hoped to extend Buck Bowling throughout the week.

GSB talks bowling, upcoming Senate elections

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ISU campus takes a stand toward preventing sexual assault

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Students who have been a victim of sexual assault or know someone who has can get help from the following resources:

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t’s on us to end sexual assault. It’s on us to take action. It’s on us to never blame the victim.

Those statements are the foundation of the national It’s On Us movement that has been designed to end sexual assault on college campuses.

Iowa State is participating in the kick-off week of the national sexual assault campaign implemented by White House administration in September. It has been designed to train students on bystander techniques and to promote awareness of sexual assault on college campuses across the country.

“It’s more about bystanders.

How to not just be a bystander.

It’s about being active,” said Robinette Kelley who works as a Title IX administrator in the Office of Equal Opportunity.

Kelley is organizing faculty and staff participation in the campaign and working with Hillary Kletscher, Government of the Student Body president, to

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To learn more about the It’s On Us movement visit its website here: ItsOnUs.org engage the student body.

The Iowa State Police Department, Thielen Student Health Center and other organizations are working alongside Kelley and Kletscher to customize and promote the It’s On Us campaign across the university.

“It’s very collaborative,” Kletscher said. “We have a lot of people at the table, but I think long-term is what’s going to make it successful.”

By working with a variety of different organizations, Kletscher said she is confident that different perspectives are being represented. Kletscher said that

Planning and Management.

They then paid nearly an additional $100,000 in billed costs.

This totaled up to over onefourth of their yearly budget for all activities.

This money is used to fund a 50-man team that clears the snow and operates snow removal equipment. The equipment includes trucks, sanders, brooms and shovels. The

Bowling prices and upcoming elections were the main topics discussed at the Government of the Student Body’s regular Senate meeting Wednesday night.

Sen. Cole Button proposed a bill—which later failed—that would fund $13,000 to the Underground Bowling to extend Buck Bowling Day throughout the semester. A game costs $1 on Sundays and Mondays. Button proposed having Buck Bowling seven days a week throughout the entire spring semester as a trial period. Shoe rental and one game would each cost $1.

Button acknowledged there would be a loss in profits for Underground Bowling, but the loss would not be significant. The Underground agreed they would be willing to take the chance because of the 6,000 students who consistently use the facility who would benefit.

Some senators disagreed with the idea, saying that it would be a loss of money to fund something unsustainable.

“We’re going to put $13,000 in to something that they’re going to lose money on. This is a one semester thing. I just don’t see the point,” said Sen. Abbie Lang.

Button said that when he wrote the bill, he was thinking of enhancing students’ experience at Iowa State and the fact that Underground Bowling agreed to the conditions, meant it had a chance.

Some senators thought $13,000 was too much money to spend on a semester-long trial period, and that a smaller portion for a shorter trial period would be a better idea.

George Micalone, assistant director for the Memorial Union, said the only way the Underground could take on the idea would be to do it all semester. The bill failed after votes.

Election Commissioner Alex Rodgers also spoke to the senate about upcoming GSB elections, which take place during the first half of the spring semester.

Sen. Danielle Nygard proposed an amendment that would change the number of senator positions open for election from 44 to 50 seats. As it has been planned this year, there is one senator to represent 1,500 students. Some positions do not have 1,500 students to represent, but a senator will still need to be on that seat.

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it is important to have as many campus organizations involved during the planning process as possible in order to make this an effective effort.

“Sexual assault is something that is life-altering,” Kletscher said. “If we can prevent that or help students, then that’s what we need to do.”

During the fall semester, Kletscher wanted the Iowa State community to know that the university is invested in the It’s On Us movement. Kletscher said that she wants to focus on long-

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By Morgan.Kelly @iowastatedaily.com International Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day to honor people who identify as transgender who have died in the past year.

This year Iowa State’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Alliance community is honoring those whose lives have been lost due to anti-transgender violence with a series of events today Gamma Rho Lambda is having an interactive art piece to raise awareness about cisgender privilege, or those who identify with and who are comfortable expressing their gender based on their physical sex, and the advantages they have. It will be

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The Facilities, Planning and Management staff spent more than $400,000 in 2013 on snow removal including clearing more than 34 miles of sidewalks and 162 acres of parking. They added $100,000 in billed costs nearing one-fourth of the budget.

Facilities, Planning and Management staff clears the way for Iowa State

By Ryan.Leon @iowastatedaily.com With winter weather already here and more in the forecast, students need to know that the sidewalks and parking lots they use everyday to get to class will be clean.

The Facilities, Planning and Management staff on campus is responsible for chipping ice off the sidewalks and clear-

ing snow out of the parking lots throughout the season. However, these duties take a large cut of their budget each year.

As of last year, the staff spent over $400,000 on snow removal efforts that includes clearing more than 34 miles of sidewalks and 162 acres of parking, said David Miller, associate vice president for Facilities, Planning and Management.

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ISU signs three recruits Three new recruits signed on to play for the ISU tennis team. One recruit is all the way from Venezuela while one is from right here in central Iowa. For the full story, go online to the sports section of the Daily’s website.

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Nov. 15 Jessica Gisella Parra, 20, of 5112 Frederiksen Court, Ames, was arrested and charged with public intoxication (second offense) at Frederiksen Court (reported at 1:52 a.m.).

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Annual turkey dinner takes place at UDCC UDCC dining center hosted its annual turkey dinner for students on Wednesday. Fresh whole turkeys were carved to students’ liking and served fresh alongside stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.

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Iowa State’s Army ROTC cadets were tested in several combat water survival situations Thursday at Beyer Hall. These situations were part of a test that meets commissioning requirements for the cadets.

Water training builds confidence

By Kelly.McGowan @iowastatedaily.com A uniformed cadet handed her training rifle, a “rubber duck,” to the senior standing on the Beyer pool high-diving board and climbed the ladder.

She pulled her hat down to cover her eyes and took the gun back.

The senior held a strap on her back and guided her with short steps as she inched toward the edge of the board, her stiff arms holding the rifle in front of her.

He signals. She jumps.

Dakota Farrer, senior in biology, plunged into the water Wednesday as part of Army ROTC’s combat water survival training lab.

“You have to really trust whoever’s up there to not just let you slip off and fall down,” Farrer said. “It’s all about trusting the people around you.”

Farrer said that the jump is “a little bit terrifying,” but that this is one of her favorite training exercises.

Lower-level ROTC cadets from Iowa State and Drake University completed five water exercises as part of the test, which, is a commissioning requirement.

Senior cadets organize this lab every semester and

oversee the underclassmen cadets.

The blinded jump off of the high dive is the “exclamation point” of the event, said Frederick Thompson, senior in criminal justice.

Cadets also did a five-minute water tread, a 10-minute swim, a 15-meter swim and an equipment ditch, an exercise in which they were pushed into the water with a training rifle and had to remove equipment and swim to the edge of the pool.

“It’s a test of your confidence and your mental ability to push through something that may seem scary on paper,” Thompson said.

“Once you jump in the water and tell yourself mentally that you can do it, it’s a lot easier than you think it is.”

Lt. Col. Richard Smith said these activities are designed to exercise confidence.

“The army says our cadets have to thrive under pressure,” Smith said.

Some of the students found the high dive to be the scariest part of the training, while other students who couldn’t swim thought the distance swim was more difficult.

Cadet Koby Wortman, senior in linguistics, ran the event and said there will be restructuring and possibly harder exercises to teach

confidence in more stressful situations next semester. He said he will get input from other leaders and gauge the swimming level of the cadets to inform changes.

“I want it to be more focused on a fear-based testing,” Wortman said.

Future trainings may be shaped by activities based on some students’ global experiences.

Nick Smith, senior in mechanical engineering, participated in the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency program in Croatia last summer with Croatian Special Forces and cadets from around the world.

Smith trained in the Adriatic Sea for four to five hours every day for 10 days out of the three-week program. Those activities could impact combat water survival trainings in future semesters.

Only junior cadets are required to pass the water lab, as it is a prerequisite for the Leadership Development Assessment Course, a 29-day course taken between junior and senior year to test a cadet’s ability to lead, according to a previous Iowa State Daily article.

Students who wish to join the Army will have to go through some form of water training in their ROTC career, Wortman said.

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Cadets were challenged to tread water in full gear, carry equipment over a distance in water and be plunged from a platform into deep water. These activities are designed to exercise confidence.

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A cadet plunges into the pool with his training rifle after he inched off the edge of the high diving board. In addition to the plunge, they had to do a five-minute tread, 10-minute swim, 15-meter swim and equipment ditch.

Increased enrollment creates rush to sign leases

By Eric.Wirth @iowastatedaily.com Two weeks into the fall semester may seem early to begin thinking about signing housing contracts for the following fall, but it’s a reality students are facing.

It’s no secret that housing in Ames is becoming harder to secure for students looking to live both on and off campus. Students are being forced to start searching for housing earlier than ever.

Ben Wichtendahl, leasing coordinator for Campustown Property Management, said students were coming in just two weeks

after classes began this fall to sign leases for next year.

“You have to think faster,” Wichtendal said.

Campustown, which offers 1,217 beds to tenants each year, hasn’t had trouble filling housing contracts.

Due to such the large demand for available living space, Campustown has sent out renewal notices to their tenants with deadlines in December.

Early winter renewal deadlines such as Campustown’s have become common for rental companies in Ames.

The housing shortage is not only a problem for off-campus students.

In 2005 on-campus housing at Iowa State was at a record low for occupancy with only 7,909 students.

This fall 12,237 students are living on campus, breaking the all-time high set in 1985.

“The rate of occupancy is growing faster than the growing rate of enrollment,” said Brittney Rutherford, marketing coordinator for the Iowa State University Department of Residence.

This is due to an increased number of students choosing to return to oncampus housing in recent years, she said.

In order to accommodate students wishing to

live on campus, the Department of Residence has leased properties in Ames including Legacy Tower and the Maricopa-Walton complex. These additions added 1,060 bed spaces available to students. However, it hasn’t quelled student frustrations.

“There’s just not enough housing at Iowa State,” said Bailey Banger, sophomore in event management.

In order to secure housing, both Rutherford and Wichtendal suggest that students be decisive in the experience they want to have and be proactive in renewing or signing new leases. Rutherford said Iowa

State and the Department of Residence can accommodate most experiences that a student wants to have from dorm life to apartment style living.

The biggest tip for students as a whole is to pay attention to renewal dates.

The Department of Residence begins recontracting December 8th with a March 1st deadline. However, all university apartments, such as Fredericksen Court, have a deadline of Jan. 30 in order to secure a student’s current room.

All residence halls have a Feb. 13 deadline. In order to secure the room or apartment that one wants, Rutherford suggests contracting

as early as possible.

“I woke up before 6 a.m. to apply for housing,” said Celsey Moody, junior in animal science, in reference to registering for housing for her sophomore year.

Moody said that students wishing to live offcampus should research where the closest bus stop to their desired residence is.

As the fall semester winds to a close, housing needs for next year should not go unattended. Paying close attention to renewal dates or watching for notices from lessors is paramount in continuing to enjoy one’s adventure at Iowa State.

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Currently, all students living on-campus have to sign a year-long contract. Greek Affairs is working with the Department of Residence to make breaking contracts easier for students who wish to move into their chapter home.

Housing transition simplified for greek students

By Sarah.Muller @iowastatedaily.com Students who want to join the greek community can be stuck between wanting to live in the residence halls or wanting to live in their chapter’s house.

The Department of Residence works with the Office of Greek Affairs to help accommodate students’ living arrangement preferences.

The DOR requires students living in university housing provided by the school to sign a year-long contract.

If the student decides to move out of the residence halls at semester, they must pay a fee for

breaking their contract.

There is an exception for greek members.

The DOR partnered with the Office of Greek Affairs to allow unlimited cancellation for greek members at 15 percent penalty reduction, said Lisa Ludovico, assistant director of administrative services for Department of Residence.

“The student would still have to pay a penalty but only 15 percent as opposed to the 80 percent,” Ludovico said.

The DOR has tried to accommodate for the increase of students who want to live in the residence halls. Using den spaces as rooms has been one solution, but it is only

temporary. Occupants must move out and into a permanent space before the fall semester is over.

The department bought and rented out apartment buildings as well as made plans to building a new residence hall near Buchanan Hall to provide more space.

About 200 students were turned away from housing this semester.

All of these students were returning students who already had the chance to claim a residence but turned it down by March 1. If they submitted their request after the required date, they knew they might not have housing.

“As the summer progressed we had a few spac-

es open up,” said Brittney Rutherford, DOR marketing coordinator. “Our contracting office went through all of those names and made sure to call each and every one of those students and see if they were taken care of. Lucky all of them had found housing off of campus.”

Some of the fraternities can help the DOR by providing spaces for members to live once they are active in the fraternity, she said. But a majority of the sororities are at maximum capacity and need the assistance of the DOR to provide living spaces for their members.

Khayree Fitten, sophomore in political science and member of Beta Theta

Pi fraternity, was a freshman when his fraternity was encouraging members to live in the house.

“They were able to pick up the tab from our housing corporation so then they gained more money by paying that small fee than me not living in the house at all,” Fitten said.

A number of factors go into whether a student can live in the house, such as grade point average, behavioral standings and amount of members living on campus, among others.

While Fitten wanted to spend all year in the chapter house, his parents encouraged him to spend a semester in the residence halls.

He lived on the 5th

floor of Larch, something he said he doesn’t regret.

“It definitely opened up my network of individuals that I was in contact with,” Fitten said. “I had the dining center right below me. I had the resources, using the computer lab, printing in the dorms.”

Fitten chose to move into his chapter house because of the connections he saw others making.

“I definitely wanted to make the connection and the friendships and get closer and bond with the people in the house that I saw my brothers had who lived in the chapter facility,” Fitten said. “That was ultimately a part of my decision so I could get closer to the chapter.”

Trips offered to international students during Fall Break

By Wendy.Cardwell @iowastatedaily.com This week thousands of Iowa State students are packing bags with their minds focused on turkey, mashed potatoes, apple pie

and stuffing.

However, in all of the excitement, some international students do not have that luxury and are unable to travel home for Thanksgiving.

While many international students plan to

travel to American cities during break, a number of students are staying on campus.

The International Students and Scholars Office will be taking some students on two trips over fall break.

For their first trip, they are taking a group of about 30 students to Kansas City from Nov. 22 to Nov. 25.

They will be shopping at the Plaza Shopping Center, taking a “Gangster Tour” around old parts of the city, exploring a sculpture garden, walking through museums and much more.

“We communicate with them by having a blog and emails being sent out every month. We also communicate through Facebook and Twitter,” said Prerana Ganguly, undergraduate assistant for the International Students and Scholars Office.

Another option is taking a day trip to Des Moines by bus to visit Jordan Creek Mall Nov. 28, also known as “Black Friday,” a day when stores offer a number of sales.

The bus will arrive at Jordan Creek Mall at 7.50 a.m. on Nov. 28. The cost of the trip is $15 per person.

“I am staying in the dorms during break. I miss my family very much and being away from them is hard. It took me 22 hours to fly here, and the plane tickets were very expensive, so it would be difficult to go home during this break,” said Yiwei He, freshman in engineering from China.

Student’s travel from all over the world to attend Iowa State, but in some cases, the trip is to far to go home for shorter breaks.

If students who live in the dorms choose to stay on campus during break, they are welcome to stay throughout the whole week.

“I am thinking about taking the bus to Des Moines for Black Friday shopping,” He said. “My friend follows the [International Students and Scholars Office] Facebook page and thinks that it will be fun.”

A few international students who are not at-

tending the trips have big plans for break too.

“My mom is coming from South Korea to get me, then we are going to New York for the Thanksgiving holiday. My mom has never been out of the country, so we are very nervous and amazed,” said Sunhee Park, freshman in journalism and mass communication from South Korea.

Chenghao Wang, freshman in psychology from China, also has plans to leave Ames for fall break.

“I’m taking a bus to Chicago with my friend to go Black Friday shopping,” Wang said. “I’m staying in a hotel for three days.”

Located in the Memorial Union, the International Students and Scholars Office is available for any questions or concerns international students may have. They help with orientation, setting up housing arrangements and generally just getting them settled.

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Keep the minimum wage

By Sean.McGarvey @iowastatedaily.com

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n increase in the minimum wage would lead to the same result as the last forced wage increase, higher inflation.

If the minimum wage continued to increase at the same amount as inflation, a worker would make close to $11 an hour.

That worker would also be the sole income and be able to support their family without having to apply for government aid.

As a college student, I would love to be in favor of an increase in wages. But as someone who wants to see prosperity and stability, I don’t see how paying more money for the same work to be done will help the economy.

After the last minimum wage increase, there was a predicted spike in the unemployment of unskilled young workers. David Henderson, an economist working with the NCPA insisted that in 2006, increasing workers’ wages would not lead to more jobs, but less jobs leading to the same levels of productivity.

One of the argument’s proponents of the minimum wage increase is that the more money workers receive, the more money gets put back into the economy. The national poverty line has not decreased in the last 10 years, says Henderson. Raising

the minimum wage did not work the last time, and it would not work this time.

By paying employees more money, we’re simply putting other employees out of a job.

If smaller stores are forced to pay their employees more money, the stores must continue to grow to match the rate of the wage increase. If the store does not improve sales, they only have a few options: cut back on employees and make less employees do more or raise the prices of their currents goods and services.

The first option might better please the public.

Yes, the unemployment rate would skyrocket from its current 5.8 percent, but the lucky workers who managed to keep their jobs would be able to afford more items.

The second option of raising prices to afford the increase wages is the more likely solution. If we use a typical grocery store as an example, there is a constant competition in prices.

If Store A cuts its employees, their prices would not have to rise. Store B won’t cut employees; instead, they raise their prices. If store B wants to continue competition with store A, the profit margin would dramatically decrease and possibly put store B out of business.

This would leave many people unemployed, looking for a job in even worse conditions than they

already are.

Companies that employ a large amount of minimum wage workers also employ workers with wages much higher than the $7.25 rate. If the minimum wage rate increase, does the worker who makes more money deserve a raise as well?

Suddenly the people with the most responsibility will be making the same as the entry level workers.

By increasing the minimum wage, companies would be forced to raise all employee salaries, not just minimum wage workers.

If we continue to look at economist Henderson’s calculations, only 11.3 percent of minimum wage workers are under the poverty line. By raising the minimum wage, we’d be paying more money to the households with two incomes or more that live two or three times above the poverty line.

Academics like David Neumark and William Wascher have found that there isn’t a real correlation between poverty and the minimum wage.

Promising a wage increase, like our president has done, will not lead to a reduction of impoverished people. But it can lead to reduction in school attendance and an increase in teen crimes.

Instead of raising the minimum wage, an increase in school funding should be the focus of politicians. By placing an

emphasis on teaching and learning, students may focus on gaining experience to become more specialized in the workplace.

Raising the minimum wage seems detrimental to the growth of the United States. It may give people a reason not to go to school but to continue working at jobs that pay minimum wage.

Yes, big companies can afford to pay their employees more but at what cost? The focus of our country should be toward reforming the education systems and helping the less fortunate achieve their goals through training, not a pay raise.

Minimum wage is not meant to be a sole income for an adult. The wage of $7.25 is meant for a younger worker just beginning in the workplace or a secondary income for a household.

If an adult is forced to live on minimum wage, a two or three dollar raise will not help their financial status by any means.

“Based on 20 years of research, I doubt there is ever a good time to raise the minimum wage,” Neumark said.

Earning more money is something everyone wants to do. I would rather see people work to obtain financial and economic stability by gaining experience, rather than rely on the government to force companies to give out pay raises every few years.

Education in U.S. comes at a price

By SeungWon.Kim @iowastatedaily.com

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ttending a U.S. college as an international student is still valuable.

Back in the 1970s, anyone who studied at United States universities was considered elite in Asian society. According to Raymond Chua, junior in chemical engineering from Malaysia, studying in American colleges is still worth it when it comes to applying for jobs in Malaysia since it is a developing nation and there are not many well-known educational institutions there.

However, since Northeast Asian countries like South Korea, Japan and China have achieved economic developments recently, there are lots of employees in these three countries doubting the professional skills of international students who graduated from American colleges.

As the economy in these countries grew, the quality of their education also became increasingly better. So not all of their inhabitants think it is worthwhile to study in the States for four years, and some even claim that international students studying at American public schools escaped away from Northeast-Asian education systems because it is supposedly easier to get accepted into American schools.

However, they need to realize the fact that the curriculum at American universities is

more difficult than Asian colleges, so students need to study harder if they decide to study in the United States, even though it is less difficult to attend.

In order to clarify the reason for international students’ motivation when it comes to applying for American colleges, I interviewed several Chinese and Korean students. Ziyang He, Ph.D. student in industrial engineering and manufacturing systems, said that some Chinese students apply for American colleges because the Chinese National College Entrance Exam, also known as the gaokao, is extremely difficult.

In addition, Jung Donghyun, a Korean student attending a Korean university, said he does not have a good impression from Korean students who went to American colleges because they all acquired low scores on the suneung or College Scholastic Ability Test, the South Korean college entrance exam, so it seems to him like they all escaped away from Korean education system.

Both Chua and Donghyun claimed that prestigious universities in Korea and China have less than 10 percent acceptance rates while American universities have very high acceptance rates. According to U.S. News, most U.S. universities accept more than 80 percent of applicants with the exception of Ivy League schools and several liberal arts colleges.

But the interesting fact is that most United States public universities are ranked higher

than prestigious universities in Northeast Asia. According to the World University Ranking, the organization which rates reputations of colleges in all across the world, Iowa State University is ranked in 194, while Yonsei University, one of the best Korean universities, is ranked significantly behind Iowa State.

Even though Iowa State’s acceptance rate is almost nine times Yonsei’s, it has a higher ranking in regards to quality education. This shows that low acceptance rates are not necessarily crucial when it comes to evaluating academic reputations of colleges.

Park Yongsu, another Korean student attending one of the most prestigious Korean colleges stated that he could acquire a C+ even though he only did well in the attendance portion and did not participate in any other class activities.

Although it is extremely difficult to enter the colleges, students do not have to study very hard once they are accepted to colleges in Korea. There are typically only two exams per semester, and there are not many assignments compared to American colleges.

Because of this simplicity, very few students drop out of college, even though they are attending highly-ranked colleges in Northeast Asia. On the other hand, less than 70 percent of college students acquire bachelor’s degrees within six years at most four-year colleges in America because U.S.

colleges generally require more schoolwork and experience before students can graduate.

Yat Chow Lee, junior in civil engineering at Iowa State, also said that college students can easily graduate from Northeastern Asian colleges without even focusing on their schoolwork. Because he wanted to improve his academic skills, he made the decision to transfer to Iowa State from his original school in China.

I agree that there are some international students who may have simply escaped from their own education systems, but those students have to work much harder than most students in Northeastern Asia to hone their skills if they hope to graduate.

If international students have positive goals and attitudes involved with studying in the United States, lots of different opportunities will be provided from workplaces after graduation since they overcame such difficulties.

Therefore, comparing colleges only by acceptance rate is not a good idea since employers care more about how hard graduates studied in their major, not so much how they studied in high school.

Although there are several international students who did not do well on university entrance exams, they still have the chance to improve their academic skills by starting a new chapter in the United States. It is more important to focus on the present rather than the past.

Blake Lanser/Iowa State Daily Classrooms in Lagomarcino Hall utilize mediascapes to allow students to collaborate and share their screens for group members or classmates to see and provide feedback.

Incorporate technology in classrooms Many of the classrooms on campus have several available ways to better lectures and instruction. Projectors, Elmos, SMART Boards and TVs are a few of the pieces of technology available. With all of this technology in the classroom, professors have many options to incorporate the available technology and better instruction.

Utilizing a projector can give students at the back of the room easier ways to see content and images. An Elmo can give students the ability to share their work and drawings for critiquing. With these options available, one would think everyone would be using these technological advances.

Advancements in technology have been made available to instructors for the very reason of bettering the class and bettering the understanding of content.

The university has a dedicated team of information technology specialists to train professors, offer help and are on call when technology fails during class.

It seems like this would be enough of a reason to use the technology, but not all educators use what is available.

In a survey, we asked 20 professors, “Do you utilize the available technology in the classroom during lectures and instruction?”

Of those 20, 12 professors answered yes, while eight answered no. The eight who answered no were then asked, “Do you know how to utilize the technology in your classroom during lectures and instruction?” All eight of the professors answered yes.

The 12 professors who answered yes to using the available technology, had a projector and an Elmo/document camera to use, while others had more advance technology such as SMART Boards and Mediascapes for individual student use.

These technologies have come a long way and have helped the university overall come a long way in accommodating the large classrooms. Five or six years ago, a lecture room of 100 might not be filled to the very brim with students, and images wouldn’t have had to reach the very final seat in the back row.

However, with enrollment as high as it has ever been, every piece of technology that can be used, should be. But these educators can only do so much with the information they’re given. If you’re a student who sits in the back row and can’t see the screens or slides, let the professor or lecturer know. If they don’t know it’s a problem, they can’t fix it.

With so many options available, training and encouragement to use the technology, professors and lecturers should consider what they have and utilize it to the fullest potential. With students here to get the most out of every class, modern technology shouldn’t just sit by the wayside when it could be enhancing the learning opportunities of those within a classroom.

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Thomas, Nader reinstated to team

By Max.Dible @iowastatedaily.com

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Redshirt junior Abdel Nader jumps into the air before his first dunk at the Hilton Madness dunk contest in Hilton Coliseum on Oct. 1.

Matt Thomas and Nader were both recently reinstated to the team.

It does not take a math whiz to understand that the additions of Matt Thomas and Abdel Nader to the active ISU roster will equal a markedly improved team.

However impactful the return of the two ISU absentees proves to be, Iowa State is counting found money.

No matter what, it adds up to more than the Cyclones had before.

The reinstatement of Thomas and Nader, who each served three game suspensions for drunk driving arrests in the offseason, comes at a convenient time for Iowa State as it travels to Kansas City, Mo. to battle Alabama on Monday.

The ISU starting five has scored 165 of the team’s 174 points over the course of two victories to open the season.

The lack of an offensive presence from the bench is a glaring weakness as the Cyclones stare down their first major-conference opponent of the season. It is a weakness that ISU coach Fred Hoiberg is now happy to say he is equipped to address.

“I am excited to see those two guys out there.

They are two of our better shooters,” Hoiberg said. “I know our guys are excited to have them back, and I am as well.”

Thomas played more than 21 minutes per game in his freshman campaign at Iowa State, averaging 5.5 points per contest as well

as just over two rebounds and one assist per outing.

He will serve as an option not only to lighten the load of minutes under which the ISU back court has been burdened with during the first two games of the season, but said he also plans to administer an injection of offense into the lineup when he rises off of the pine.

“My role will be off the bench initially,” Thomas said. “I am going to come in and score points.”

Nader is 6 feet 6 inches tall who transferred from Northern Illinois and has yet to play an official game for the Cyclones due to NCAA regulations that forced him to the sidelines for the entirety of the 201314 season.

During his one year at Northern Illinois, Nader led the team in scoring with 13.5 points per game to compliment his activity on the glass, where he pulled down more than 5.5 rebounds per night.

Along with offensive versatility that includes a jump shot, a 3-point stroke, an off-the-dribble game and a 230 pound frame, Nader brings length and athleticism to Iowa State’s perimeter defense, while still being able to guard front court players on the block if called upon.

Nader said he is willing to do anything that is asked of him out of respect for Hoiberg, who recruited him to Iowa State initially, then afforded him a second chance after Nader’s judgment erred.

“You have got your back against the wall,”

Nader said. “This is really your last shot. It is all or nothing right here, so guys [like myself]…they get their lives on track.”

Thomas had a similar revelation that he said provided clarity to his priorities.

He took responsibility for his actions and apologized publicly via Twitter the day following the incident.

In his apology, Thomas cited those he had let down, from friends and family to teammates and coaches, to finally, the fans.

“It is definitely unfortunate that I had to [sit out], but I made a bad mistake and is it just part of the process,” Thomas said.

Hoiberg stood by his players when he spoke on the topic at Iowa State’s media day in October, saying he noticed behavioral changes in both men in the immediate aftermath of their separate arrests.

“Since that time, I have been very proud of how both of those guys have conducted themselves,” Hoiberg said.

Iowa State also caught a break with a week off in between contests.

The hiatus has allowed for ample time to help reintegrate Thomas and Nader into the team’s offensive and defensive schemes, as well as re-acclimate them to playing with the starters.

Thomas said that the excitement both he and Nader feel to get back on the court is almost palpable.

“We just can’t wait to get going for real,” Thomas said.

Basketball club aims for national title

By Trey.Alessio @iowastatedaily.com Dazhawn Davis walks into the doors of State Gym, goes up to the entrance to swipe his student ID and immediately turns to climb the stairs to head to the basketball courts.

Like many State Gym goers at Iowa State, Davis is getting ready to play some basketball, but his intentions are a little different than the average college student.

As the sounds of shoes skidding against the floor fill the air, Davis goes up to some fellow basketball enthusiasts and shakes up with them as they begin to play.

Davis, a sophomore in computer engineering, is the president of the basketball club at Iowa State.

He also serves as a player on the team, as well as a coach of sorts. He and the surrounding students on the court with him are there to compete and get better.

“This club just gives you a chance to play more organized basketball,” Davis said. “It just gives you a chance to be free and have fun.”

Although they are there to have fun, the basketball club is very competitive. It travels around the country to play other schools in the National Collegiate Basketball Association.

The basketball club has been around for about five years, hosting an annual fall league at Iowa State, but the club travel team was first established last year. It was supposed to play six games in Ames but the opposing team always had something conflicting, so the ISU basketball club was awarded six wins to start the season last year.

They ended up with ten wins, beating teams like DePaul and Northwestern. With those wins, they earned a bid to go to the national championship tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but couldn’t go because of a shortage of players as well as lack of funding.

This year, the goal is to make it back to the national championship tournament.

“That’s the goal. We’ve been thinking about it all offseason and this preseason,” said Markus Flynn, a junior in kinesiology and health and a member of the club basketball team.

“That’s really our end goal — to make it back to the national championship — and anything less than that, to us, would probably be failure.”

With new faces with different styles of play, the basketball club hopes to come together and work toward its ultimate goal.

When asked what it will take to get back to the national championship, Flynn jokingly said, “Give

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me the ball.” He then went on to say that it will take good team chemistry and playing as a collective unit to get back to where they want to be.

“We have to trust each other, we have to move the ball a lot, we have to play hard and play for each other,” Flynn said. “I feel like we have an even better team than we did last

year, so if we can live up to our potential, we should be back.”

Davis said a lot of people on the club are close friends and others are just newly acquainted, but he believes the tools are there to be great.

So as Davis, Flynn and the rest of the basketball club run up and down the court at State Gym, shoot-

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ing 3-pointers and running plays, they all have one goal in mind and are all striving to get better and achieve that goal.

The ISU basketball club played its first tournament last weekend in Chicago, going 0-4, but it continues to strive for its goal of making the national championship tournament.

Volleyball falls to Kansas in four sets ISU winning streak ends at four games

By Harrison.March @iowastatedaily.com The No. 15 RPI ISU volleyball team saw its late-season winning streak end at four matches Wednesday in Lawrence, Kansas as the Cyclones fell to the No. 16 RPI Kansas Jayhawks in four sets (25-17, 25-23, 20-25, 2515).

Iowa State (15-10, 7-7 Big 12) came out flat at Horejsi Family Athletics Center, winning just three of the first 12 points against Kansas (20-7, 8-5 Big 12). The Cyclones pulled back to within a point at 11-10, but the Jayhawks weren’t about to concede the lead.

Kansas ripped off a 7-2 run and went on to claim the set comfortably 25-17.

The second set started similarly with the Jayhawks jumping ahead 7-1.

This time, however, Iowa State responded differently.

A 10-3 run from the Cyclones gave them their first lead of the night 55 points into the match.

Iowa State and Kansas traded blows throughout the stanza, ultimately leading to a late-set tie at 20 apiece.

Much of the ISU resurgence was due to the solid play of middle blocker Tory Knuth, who has seen reduced playing time this year due to an offseason surgery and the emergence of freshman Alexis Conaway. Knuth tallied three kills and two block assists in the set.

Despite Iowa State’s effort to come back and play even most of the way, Kansas emerged from the second set victorious, 2523.

Just as they improved from set one to set two, the Cyclones stepped up their game in the third frame.

The teams were neckand-neck through the midpoint, splitting the set’s first 32 points. A kill from ISU hitter Morgan Kuhrt sparked a 6-1 ISU run that gave the Cyclones enough momentum to ride out the set and claim a 25-20 set victory.

In a must-win fourth frame for the Cyclones, they managed to hang around within striking distance, trailing just 1315 midway through the set. That would prove to be all Iowa State could muster, as Kansas pulled away with a 10-2 run to claim the set and match.

ISU libero Caitlin Nolan, who tied a Big 12 record with 43 digs in Iowa State and Kansas’ first match of the season on Oct. 22, was held to just 25 digs on the evening’s contest.

The ISU volleyball team has the weekend off before returning to Hilton Coliseum to host Texas Tech on Nov. 26 and Baylor on Nov. 29 for its final two regular season matches of the 201415 campaign.

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Courtesy of Ames Community Theater Ames Community Theater performs ‘The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays’ at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 21, 22, 28, 29 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 30. Each character has their own secret to keep the audience intrigued throughout the play.

‘Game’s Afoot’ predicted to thrill

By Haley.Brase @iowastatedaily.com Whispered accusations of murder echo throughout William Gillette’s home when one of his guests for the weekend is stabbed.

Ames Community Theater, also known as ACTORS, performs “The Game’s Afoot [or Holmes for the Holidays]” at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 21, 22, 28, 29 and at 2:00 p.m. on Nov. 30 at the Ames Community Theater.

William Gillette, played by Cory Hug of Des

Moines, has an eye for mysteries.

“I like the whole Sherlock Holmes aspect of it and trying to solve the crime and the fact that he’s the king of the castle,” Hug said.

Mr. Gillette invited his friends to visit his castle for the weekend for pure enjoyment, but it led to nerves pulsating through everyone’s bodies once they became suspects of a murder.

Inspector Goring, played by Caesarea Hendrix of Ames, is assisted

by Mr. Gillette to solve the

crime. When taking notes from suspects, Inspector Goring’s facial expressions are amusing and intriguing, achieved by the flexibility of her eyebrows.

“All the characters have something in their past or with them that is flawed, and it takes one character to bring it all out,” said Nicholas Schoenfelder of Ames, who plays Felix Geisel.

Mr. Geisel is an enthusiastic spaz throughout the play that will make the audience wonder what he’s up to next.

Each character has a

secret and will keep the audience on the edge of their seats, continually trying to figure out who the murderer is.

“I think it’s a wonderful suspense, murder mystery, farcical comedy,” said producer Stan Rabe. “I think it’s fun because it’s a comedy based on this murder mystery thriller. The humor is kind of dark, but it’s still funny as can be.”

Rabe has been involved with ACTORS intermittently since 1978 as a director and producer.

“Producing is satisfying because you impact the

entire show,” Rabe said.

“Here at ACTORS, as the producer, I’m the boss.”

Similar to Rabe, Susan Norris has had a lot of experience with ACTORS. She has been in the role of an actor, set designer and director, so the actors listen to her instructions with trust.

“We’ve had several rehearsals where we’ve done improv so they can, you know, think on their feet, because if the disappearing book case doesn’t work well they’re going to need to think on their feet,” said Norris.

Each actor participates in improvisation activities to prepare for malfunctions on stage or in case an actor forgets their lines.

“It’s got Sherlock Holmes, it’s got Shakespeare, it’s got Christmas, it’s got silliness, it’s got suspense,” said Alex Kirstukas of Ames, who plays Simon Bright. “It’s everything you could ask for in a show really.”

A thrilling play combining laughter and wonder will cause the audience to become Sherlock Holmes, as Mr. Gillette did, to crack the case of the murder.

Increased enrollment affects student entertainment

By Emily.Benda @iowastatedaily.com It is 8 p.m. on Nov. 7, and the Memorial Union is as busy as it is on a weekday at noon for lunch.

The ISU After Dark team is spread out all over the building, ready to host a busy evening for all who come through the door. Some students head straight for the comedy performances, while others venture off to make silly putty or sing karaoke with their friends.

For over 10 years this student organization has been planning events and activities for students on Friday nights.

“We’re providing a good option for students instead of going out drinking,” said Amy Patterson, ISU After Dark’s co-sponsorship co-director.

While they started out small, ISU After Dark has grown into a popular weekend option for students, according to Samantha McPherson, president of ISU After Dark. The event is hosted about three times a semester, and over 2,000 students are expected to show up throughout each night.

A mix of regular attendees and newcomers are present at every ISU After Dark. Allision Taplin, freshman in early childhood education, said any-

time she is able she comes to the event.

“I would love it if it was more often,” Taplin said. “I love coming here with my friends.”

Evan Woodring, sophomore in software engineering, attended his first ISU After Dark on Nov. 7.

“I watch The League and wanted to see the comedian, Steve Rannazzisi since I enjoy his humor on the show,” Woodring said. “If there are other big names that perform, I’ll definitely come again.”

To get more students involved in this event, ISU After Dark has co-sponsors of different activities provided during the night. The co-sponsors choose what

they would like to do to help, and ISU After Dark purchases all materials needed.

“They [ISU After Dark] bring supplies, but we bring the fun,” said David Nguyen, one of the Interfraternity Council’s co-sponsors.

Another co-sponsor of ISU After Dark is Iota Sigma Pi, the graduate honors society for women in chemistry. These volunteers created a station that allowed students to make silly putty.

“Our main goal is to encourage science literacy,” said Andra Castle, vicepresident of Iota Sigma Pi. “We do a lot of activities with younger kids, too, but ISU After Dark gives

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us a chance to promote our group to Iowa State students.”

To keep this event free for students, ISU After Dark relies on funding from other organizations. About 50 percent of their budget is funded through the Government of the Student Body. The rest of this funding is usually raised with the help of other student groups who have the funds to pitch in.

However, due to increased enrollment numbers, some organizations have had to cut back their support for ISU After Dark.

“Due to the larger student population, the Theilen Student Health Center needed to serve the stu-

dents in a different capacity, and I think [ISU] After Dark couldn’t be one of those higher budget items,” said Valerie Hall, graduate advisor for ISU After Dark.

Hall is not concerned about the cutbacks from other organizations.

“It hasn’t been difficult to find funds from other sources. Other departments have said they’ll definitely support it,” Hall said.

In the meantime the ISU After Dark team is dedicated to putting on the best event possible, while still having fun themselves.

“All of my friends are here, and I get to come and just hang out. We’re like a big family,” Patterson said.

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by Linda Black

Today’s Birthday (11/20/14)

Your status and influence are on the rise this year. Strengthen networks, and delegate. Work gets especially busy after 12/23, for a yearlong boom.

Pay debt and stash savings. A romantic new adventure calls you out after 3/20. Around 4/4, tranquility suits your mood. Take time to consider big questions. Collaborate for a dream. It’s all possible.

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

Aries - 8

(March 21-April 19) A lack of funds could threaten your plans. Illusions cloud your mind, and imagination grows them.

Don’t incite jealousies. Consider an investment in your own education. Envision harmony.

Taurus - 9

(April 20-May 20) Charm your way through a difficult situation. Work in partnership today and tomorrow for best results. Take the lead, or support the leader. Collaborate. Give and take. Go for concrete actions.

Gemini - 9

(May 21-June 20) The pace picks up.

Reach your goals through a side route, if the road you’re on seems blocked.

Don’t pursue a mirage. Wait for confirmation and committed action. Postpone travel.

Cancer - 8

(June 21-July 22) Today and tomorrow could get exceptionally fun and romantic.

Get playful, and immerse yourself in a delightful game. Invite someone interesting over. Whip up some spicy magic together.

Leo - 7

(July 23-Aug. 22) Take care of home and family for the next few days. Listen carefully to a loved one’s considerations. Clean up a mess. Don’t try to fool yourself.

Keep your infrastructure running smoothly. Enjoy your castle.

Virgo - 8

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Hold off on travel or starting new projects for now. Catch up on studies and reading today and tomorrow. Put your ideas down on paper, and take advantage of your quick wit.

Words come easily.

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Libra - 9

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Take advantage of favorable conditions for making money. Ramp up the action! Postpone distractions and deviations from your plan.

Spend what’s needed to keep momentum.

Scorpio - 9

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’re strong, and getting stronger. It’s easier to see your own purpose and inspiration. Hold out for what you really want. Listen carefully to your partners. You’re getting more sensitive. Others want you.

Sagittarius - 7

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Deadlines may loom, so keep in action today and tomorrow. Allow time for exercise, meditation and peaceful rest to conserve your resources. Don’t worry about the money. Breathe, and keep moving.

Capricorn - 8

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Your team comes to the rescue. Gather input from others today and tomorrow. Social interactions provide greatest benefits for career, health and happiness now.

Group collaborations satisfy.

Aquarius - 8

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Be attentive now, and for the next couple of days. There’s a test, and discipline is required. Someone important is watching. Follow instructions carefully, and provide great service.

A rise in career status is possible.

Pisces - 9

(Feb. 19-March 20) Travels and adventures call you out. Keep your compass on hand, and maps at the ready. Revise old assumptions and expectations to suit actual conditions. Dispel stereotypes and myths with first-hand experience.

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term prevention and work to educate the community about resources that are available to victims.

Kletscher said she also wants to see more conversation and prevention about sexual assault before and during any possible sexual assaults, instead of conversation being focused on resources available after an assault.

Anthony Greiter, community outreach officer for the ISU Police Department, said that every officer with the ISU PD is trained to respond to sexual assault reports. They also have a sexual assault response team that consists of 11 officers. These 11 officers

GSB p1 She recommended adding seats to select positions in order to reflect growth while keeping the scale of senators to students.

Sen. Khayree Fitten said it is GSB’s job to expand senators, but he said an increase of senators would hinder the efficiency of Senate meetings.

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are specially trained and go through more extensive training regarding sexual assault. “[Sexual assault] is everywhere. It’s one of the most underreported crimes and part of that is the culture that we live in,” Greiter said.

Greiter said that today’s society tends to blame the victim for being assaulted and sympathize with the perpetrator.

He said that victims may be afraid to report the assault due to society’s viewpoint.

“Having this movement is important so victims of sexual assault don’t stay silent,” Kletscher said.

Being aware of sexual assault and the It’s On Us

movement around campus is just the first step.

Students, faculty and staff will also be given the opportunity to take a pledge to end sexual assault.

By taking the pledge, students, faculty and staff are acknowledging that sexual assault exists and that they will no longer be bystanders. Greiter said that by pledging, people will continue to learn about issues so that they can make an impact.

Kelley said that in order to have continuous promotion of the campaign, there will be a large social media push. ISU PD has began to personalize the campaign by creating a video featuring President Steven Leath among other

faculty, staff and students saying “It’s on us”.

“I envision a continuous campaign, and I think that students are on board,” Kelley said. “If we can all as a community decide that we will not tolerate [sexual assault], I think we can improve.”

Kletscher will be working to make sure that the conversation stays alive and that students, faculty and staff continue to stay engaged in the movement as well as in prevention techniques.

“We are a close-knit campus community and so I really think that will help this be successful,” Kletscher said. “It’s on all of us to take care of other cyclones.”

ment were tabled and will be discussed at next week’s meeting.

The election timeline was also proposed, and Fitten proposed an amendment to do away with the election kick off date scheduled for Jan. 29, which says candidates who begin campaigning before that date will be given a fine.

Fitten said it was “fundamentally unconstitu-

tional” and a strike against free speech to fine candidates who may even speak about running or announce candidacy before their date.

Fitten said a large portion of GSB knows who has intentions of running or has decided to run by October or November.

The amendment was passed and the kick off date was struck from the timeline.

GSB also discussed recommendations to give to the administration on enrollment growth, which will be in the full story online.

At the time of press, the Government of the Student Body was still in session. For the complete story, including a discussion on enrollment, go to the Daily’s website.

and raise awareness on the intricacies of gender expression and identification.

Each activity costs $1, and the funds will be donated to a local charity aimed on transgender support.

Gamma Rho Lambda, in partnership with the Multicultural Greek Council, will host a Trans 101 workshop in the Sun Room in the Memorial Union from 7 to 8:30 pm.

The workshop aims to ex-

pand the understanding and impact of gender for individuals, organizations and groups.

The pair will also sponsor a memorial from 8:30 to 9 pm in the Sun Room as well.

SIDEWALKS p1 money spent on the team is primarily used for the cost of labor, which includes overtime pay for late night shoveling.

The 50-man team is organized by Lester Lawson, the facilities maintenance manager. He oversees the process of clearing the sidewalks and parking lots. The team operates on various routes, which allows them to clear the most amount of snow in a timely manner.

“This is a very experienced group of workers that move very quickly and efficiently over high traffic areas around campus,” Lawson said.

However, this group doesn’t work alone. The team also works with the city of Ames and Ames Parks and Recreation to remove snow around the city.

“It works a lot like a small neighborhood clearing snow,” Miller said, “You work through your route and if you get to another, you don’t pick up your

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A team of 50 people work with Facility Planning Management to clear sidewalks and parking lots during the winter months. The team operates on various routes allowing them to clear snow in the most timely manner.

blade. You keep moving to keep the process moving.”

This means if a worker clears their route and is on their way back, they will continue to plow snow on the way even if it is not their route. This has led to a great relationship between the workers of the groups.

“Our group is very resourceful,” Miller said, “I’ve seen our crew adapt

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all sorts of equipment to meet snow removal needs.

That is why we started only using equipment that can go all four seasons.”

The groups use a variety of methods to clear the snow from the sidewalks.

They use the basic shoveling that everyone sees, as well as salt brines, sanders and many other pieces of equipment. The workers

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