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A tree, lights, decorations, cookies and hot chocolate helped transform the Knoll into a scene straight out of a Christmas movie as it received guests on WinterFest’s first night.

“It looks like something that

should be off Pinterest,” said Erin Robinson, freshman in chemical engineering.

On Monday, Steven and Janet Leath’s residence doors were open to everyone to tour the main level of their home and enjoy a cup of Knoll Hot Chocolate.

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because it’s a little different than most,” said Andy Luse, graduate student in business administration. “This stuff always tastes more authentic.”

The rich hot chocolate’s not-sosecret recipe was available for guests to take home.

Luse also said he liked the new

baby grand piano, a difference he noticed from the last time he’d attended the event.

He was not the only returning guest.

“My office comes here every year and [we have] our picture taken with

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GSB makes edits Researchers study to election code biofuel processes

By Charles.O’Brien @iowastatedaily.com At the Government of the Student Body’s meeting, the Senate passed revisions made by the GSB Election Commission to its election code.

Changes included reduction of signatures executive candidates need to collect in order to get their name on the ballot, a ban placed on the passing of election petition sheets in class and changes in when and in the way students can campaign for office.

“The Election Commission decided that the most important aspect that we felt was lacking in the elections was consistency and wanted to

start a more fair and consistent system to run a more fair and publicized election,” said Adam Guenther, election commissioner, in reference to the election code changes.

The most debated change made in the code was the ban on passing of election petition sheets around during classes.

This was a change that drew mixed reactions from GSB senators, some who stated that the passing of these sheets spread the word about GSB and garnered awareness for GSB. Others who

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Researchers at ISU-based Biorenewables Research Laboratory are exploring a process called solvolysis that resembles Mother Nature’s formula for making fossil fuels by using heat, pressure and a solvent.

Xianglan Bai, adjunct assistant professor of aerospace engineering, and Matthew Kieffer, graduate research assistant in mechanical engineering, use solvolysis to convert fibrous biomass, such as switchgrass and microalgae, into bio-oil that can be further processed into transportation fuels.

The solvolysis process uses bio-

mass and a solvent, such as water, as its two main ingredients. A solvent is either a liquid or gas that takes into itself a solute, biomass, and creates a solution. Bai said researchers mix small amounts of fibrous biomass with a solvent before sealing the slurry-like solution into a vessel called a microreactor. “[The microreactor] is two caps that you twist together and tighten,” Kieffer said. “So it’s a very small reactor.”

Bai said the microreactor is a small container designed to maintain the pressure inside. The container is then dropped into a bath of liquid tin or flu-

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By Danielle.Ferguson @iowastatedaily.com The College of Engineering has narrowed down the search for dean to three finalists: Robert Bishop, dean of the College of Engineering at Marquette

University; Mark Law, associate dean of engineering for academic affairs at the University of Florida, Gainesville; and Sarah Rajala, dean of the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State.

Bishop, the first of the

candidates to visit campus, spoke Monday, Nov. 26, in Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall.

Bishop has served as the dean of engineering at Marquette University in Milwaukee since July 2010.

Previously, he worked for

20 years at the University of Texas, Austin, in the department of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics, including serving as chairman from 2003-09.

Speaking on his experience in Texas, Bishop said: “We were big on collabora-

tion, but all of the leadership was in my department. [We were] very focused on shared governments.”

Bishop’s main goal, he said, is to help understand and solve global issues by fo-

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

Nov. 6 A patron reported the theft of a coat, iPod, and keys at Lied Recreation Center; these items where later found in another locker (reported at 10:04 p.m.).

Kaleb Keefe, 22, of Milwaukee, WI, was arrested and charged with public intoxication (reported at 10:54 p.m.).

Ryan Bushore, 24, 115 Center Ave., was arrested and charged with burglary in the third degree (reported at 3:15 a.m.).

Terrance Jenkins, 29, 1826 Duff Ave., was arrested and charged with theft in the third degree (reported at 3:23 p.m.).

Nov. 7 A patron reported the theft of a laptop computer from Parks Library (reported at 10:35 a.m.).

Tatiana Tien, 20, 227 Gray Ave., was arrested and charged with fifth degree theft, she was subsequently released on citation at the Armory, the charges stem from an incident that occurred on 10/30/12 (12:00 p.m.).

A vehicle driven by Patrick Trammell collided with a parked car in Lot 50B (reported at 12:41 p.m.).

An individual reported the theft of a wallet at Lagomarcino Hall (reported at 4:55 p.m.).

Vehicles driven by Elisa Sargent and Sheryl Cronin were involved in a property damage collision at 13th Street and Stange Rd. (reported at 6:11 p.m.).

Brett Daniel, 21, 2728 Lincoln Way Unit 1, was arrested and charged with probation violation (reported at 8:30 p.m.).

Joshua Jerkovich, 22, 1125 N. Dakota Ave. Unit 3, was arrested and charged with failure to maintain control, operating with out registration, and driving under revocation (reported at 6 p.m.).

Isidro Montiel-Martinon, 32, 4300 Westbrook Dr. Unit 17, was arrested and charged with operating with out registration and no drivers license (reported at 8:33 p.m.).

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Nov. 8 An officer initiated a drug related investigation at the Armory (reported at 8:40 p.m.).

A staff member reported receiving counterfeit currency at a a dinning facility in State Gym (reported at 2:06 p.m.).

An individual reported the theft of a cell phone in Birch Hall (reported at 10:38 p.m.).

Daniel Weis, 22, of Roscoe, IL, was arrested on warrant at Sweeney Hall, charging him with third degree harassment (reported at 3:52 p.m.).

Justin Lestina, 23, of Stratford, was arrested and charged with assault and unlawful passing of a bus (reported at 4:12 p.m.).

Vehicles driven by Peter Martin and Kamalakar Baikerikar were involved in a property damage collision in Lot 30 (reported at 4:45 p.m.).

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By David.Bartholomew @iowastatedaily.com Come January, state legislators from across Iowa will begin a new session at the Iowa General Assembly in Des Moines.

The control of the General Assembly remains the same, with Democrats controlling the Senate and Republicans controlling the House of Representatives as well as the governorship.

However, optimism for productive legislation appears to be in the air in regards to many issues pertinent to the state of Iowa.

Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames, said economic and educational issues like student financial aid, K-12 education reform, job creation and training, commercial property tax relief, and the implementation of health care reform are all major tasks the General Assembly will face in January.

Despite the partisan rift in Des Moines, Quirmbach said he is confident bipartisan agreements can be reached on a number of issues, especially education reform and commercial property tax relief.

Quirmbach said, “On education re-

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form, we passed a bipartisan bill last year; that was a good first step. I have already had discussions with Jason Glass, director of education, about how to proceed with the next stage.

“Commercial property tax relief has been identified as a goal of both parties.

Two years ago the Senate passed a bipartisan bill, but the House did not go along.

I am hoping that with a newly elected House, we can come to common ground.”

However, David Swenson, associate scientist in the economics department at Iowa State, sees a slightly more gridlocked General Assembly this year and does not see either party as having the upper hand in negotiations over these issues.

“The Iowa General Assembly is split,” Swenson said. “There is just no evidence that one side or the other has the upper hand this year.”

Despite this equal split of power, Swenson stills sees potential for compromise on a variety of issues, especially, as Quirmbach pointed out, on commercial property tax relief.

Both sides in the past have expressed a need for commercial property tax relief.

The friction remains in the details, but

that can be sorted out this legislative session, Swenson said.

“Firstly, the House has the ability to focus on social legislation that it knows will be not be taken up by the Senate,” Swenson said.

“The Senate really does not have the ability to play that game as effectively as the House.”

Swenson also said: “It is an article of faith that commercial property tax as well as corporation income tax will be addressed. If there is reform, I believe the Senate version — which favors small businesses — will be implemented. I do not believe there will be meaningful reform in other categories of taxes.”

For Iowa State, Abhishek Vemuri, president of the ISU College Democrats, said he hopes that financial aid and student debt will be addressed this year as well.

“Definitely affordability at universities is a big issue for college students,” Vemuri said. “We will want to see some tangible action on improving the affordability of college and reducing debt.”

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>>OPEN HOUSE.p1 the president’s wife, and we come for the hot chocolate,” said Rita Knight, an administrative specialist who was attending the open house for her sixth year with other members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

“We were especially excited about the new furniture and the way it’s been decorated, just to see the touches that the new first lady has put on the house. It’s gorgeous. … We met Mrs. Leath, and she was charming.”

Janet, the hostess, did a lot of the decorating herself, but she was not without help.

“Some interior design students did the wreath over the fireplace,” Janet said.

“I had already done [some garland], but when I saw what they did compared to

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what I did, I took mine apart and redid it. ... They served as my inspiration to do the rest of it. They set the bar really high. …

They were wonderful.”

Janet said she had stayed up until two in the morning to finish decorating the eight and a half foot tree and had finished other details to the house throughout Monday as well.

The Leaths added personal touches to the decorating, including their 25-yearold Christmas cactus that sat next to the piano.

Stewart Burger, coordinator of special events, said that the Knoll open house is a yearly tradition that was started during the tenure of the previous prsident, Gregory Geoffroy.

Members of the President’s Leadership Class greeted guests and helped serve the hot chocolate and

cookies.

Quill and Dixie, the Leaths’ dogs, were in the backyard, where they excitedly ran up to the fence whenever someone arrived.

The number of guests that attended was determined by the amount of hot chocolate served, which ended up being roughly 450 servings.

Sixty dozen cookies were also prepared.

“The cookies are a little different this year,” Luse said. “This year they tasted like the dutch letters, but in a cookie form. … They tasted awesome.”

The Knoll Open House is just one of many events happening at Iowa State this week for WinterFest.

“I think people seemed pleased to be able to see the house and have the famous hot chocolate,” Janet said.

idized sand that serves as the heat source. After dropping the reactor into the tin or the fluidized sand bath, the pressure builds inside the reactor and the temperature increases.

“The idea is similar to putting it in an oven, but we want higher heating rates so we use tin or sand baths to quickly reach the desired temperatures,” Bai said. “We [add] the biomass into water or some other kind of solvent, put a cap on and heat it at a lower temperature. When we open the cap, everything’s cooked inside, [and] we get the liquid product in the process.”

Researchers then filter this solution to separate the solvent from their desired product. By using the solvent, Kieffer said he hopes solvolysis will yield higher-quality end products.

Bai said the solvolysis process possesses an advantage that makes it an appealing idea for producing transportation fuels: energy efficiency.

Unlike other thermal conversion processes, Bai said solvolysis does not require its feedstocks to be sufficiently dry with moisture levels under 10 percent before the undergoing the actual process. This trait is useful because both the

Pedersen said.

The Election Commission also reduced the number of signatures required by executive candidates to get their name on the ballot from 1,500 to 1,000 stating that the amount was too high and was too tedious for people running for the executive position. This reduction should allow for an easier process for students interested in running for the presidential position.

Students running for GSB seats may start collecting election petition signatures after they have attended a candidate seminar and after Jan. 21, 2013; they may begin open campaigning after Jan. 25, 2013. Active campaigning while the polls are open during Election Day has also been banned by the election commission.

“These election code changes get rid of a lot of red tape and also clarifies the unknown areas of the code which were in the past up to the discretion of the election commission,” Pedersen said.

>>GSB.p1 supported the change saw passing petition sheets around a classroom as an interruption of class time and as an easy way for senators to collect signatures.

“It was simply that class time is for academics and the commission, and I agree that the students deserve the right to not be bothered during a time that they pay for an education by GSB and the election process,” Guenther said.

David Pedersen, senator for the College of Business, pointed out some positives in passing around petition sheets, saying how many professors required a candidate to make a speech about GSB and what they were running for to the class before handing the sheet out. Pedersen also stated the need to spread the word about GSB and the elections.

“We need to make it more of the idea of making speeches before the class and then collecting signatures after the class,”

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cusing on collaboration, quality of faculty and student success.

“For hundreds of years, we have pursued excellence in our world, but that world is now challenged,” Bishop said. “Look at the quality of food, water, health care and the environment. ...

Engineering will play a big role in all of these, but engineering can’t do it alone. We need collaboration with other departments. We can’t just react to these issues. We have to understand and attack them.”

By focusing on addressing these global challenges in the classroom, Bishop said it will help with research as well.

The idea is the students will assist in the research progress by working on ways to solve global issues in the classroom.

Examples of Bishop’s execution of the initiative have been demonstrated at Marquette University. Since being there, Bishop, along with faculty and engineering students, helped establish a walk-in clinic to assist people with mechanical medical problems.

“We helped create a walking aid for a young

boy and also helped a girl who wasn’t able to feed herself by creating a mechanical device,” Bishop said.

In addition to local assistance, Bishop has lead teams to Guatemala and Africa to help communities with water systems.

“I think of engineering as precision,” Bishop said. “But solving global problems will take our passion.”

If chosen, Bishop has high hopes for Iowa State’s “modest Midwest” approach. His six sub-goals are: to collaborate with other departments; have students, faculty and staff work together to solve global issues; make Iowa State a leader in education and research with a focus on student success; increase overall efficiency; enhance Iowa State’s national prestige; and make the university a place alumni are proud to associate with. “[Iowa State] is led down a path of excel-

fibrous biomass and microalgae feedstocks usually have higher moisture levels; microalgae in particular contains about 80 percent moisture. “[Solvolysis] is more energy efficient because there’s less heat being applied to dry the biomass,” Bai said.

Like most new ideas, solvolysis has its own share of problems. Kieffer said some of the problems researchers have encountered thus far with the process include finding the best combinations of biomass and solvents, and finding the right temperatures that produce the best results. “[There are] a lot of variables at play that, if changed, might give you a different product,” Kieffer said. “[These are] problems encountered by most other thermal converting processes.”

Currently, researchers at the Biorenewable Research Laboratory, such as Bai and Kieffer, work to remove the limitations that keep the process from becoming a reality.

“When it comes to solvolysis, there are many factors to take into consideration,” Kieffer said. “We are in the process of screening out the best solvents and the conditions that would optimize production.”

lence and the next dean needs to continue this,” Bishop said. “I think you are in a great position to go after real problems.”

Lisa Rueschhoff, senior in materials engineering, said she agrees with Bishop’s idea to not change what is already working.

“I like how he wants to keep things the same, but get our word out there about all of the great things we are doing,” Rueschhoff said.

Kyle Torkelson, senior in mechanical engineering, said: “He seems like a good candidate. If he says we have a great thing going, why change it?”

When asked what he would want his legacy at Iowa State to be, Bishop would love to say he helped Iowa State get into the top rankings of engineering schools.

Bishop said: “This is a community.We all work together. It’s not about ranking necessarily, but about the problems we can solve.”

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Democrats target specific demographics It has become apparent demographics and demographic changes drove this year’s election cycle.

Pollsters and analysts were quick to credit Democrats with embracing those changes and equally quick to blame Republicans’ losses on their failure to adapt to the needs and wants of a changing electorate.

Even Mitt Romney weighed in on the subject. After the election, he told donors President Barack Obama won re-election by giving “gifts” to young voters, African-Americans, Latinos and women, in the form of student loan interest forgiveness, contraceptives, health care and the like.

He has a point. The fact the Obama campaign specifically targeted demographic groups to cobble together — dare we say, gerrymander? — a majority is evident just from his campaign buttons. There was the “I Like Obamacare” button. There was the “Women for Obama” button.

There were “African-Americans,” “Latinos,” “Hispanics,” “Nurses” and “Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders for Obama,” “Jewish Americans,” “Veterans & Military Families,” “Environmentalists” and “LGBT for Obama” buttons.

Evidently, it paid off among key groups. Obama won 93 percent of African-American voters, 71 percent of Latinos, 60 percent of youths, 53 percent of women, 69 percent of Jewish voters and 73 percent of Asians. Much was made of the fact he won even though he received support from only 39 percent of white voters.

But where were the “Americans for Obama” buttons? Why did so much of his support have to come from interest groups — even if they are people rather than corporations — instead of Americans who all have basically the same concerns?

At a certain point, when a player finds the game he or she is playing has changed in practice from its rules or its inventors’ intentions, he must change the way he plays. But being practical should have its limits. When it becomes necessary to promise this to this group, that to that group, and the other thing to the other group, how can we retain national unity?

Politics is supposed to be done based on the ties that bind us; but if we keep this up, politics will be done in a spinning centrifuge, and we will all end up on opposite sides.

Obama’s favorite politician, Abraham Lincoln, said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.” Let us hope — and work — for a political scene in which attention to demographic divisions is fleeting, not permanent.

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iversity is everywhere and growing all the time, but discrimination is still a problem. When we are taught how to avoid discrimination the focus is primarily placed upon skin color, religious beliefs and lifestyle choices.

These three categories are broad and cover many instances of discrimination. But they tend to leave out those individuals who choose to tattoo and pierce their bodies, and they, like any racial or religious group, don’t deserve to be discriminated against because of how they look and choose to express themselves.

Why is it, then, one of the golden rules of interview success is to cover up any tattoo you may have in any way that you can? Or take out any piercings that go beyond the ear? All the training to reverse discrimination and stereotyping shouldn’t automatically go out the window just because a piece of tattoo might slip out from under a cuff or collar of a shirt.

Tattooing has been in existence since 3300 B.C., making it one of the oldest traditions still to be in existence and popular today.

Tattoos have become less taboo and more acceptable as the 21st century has progressed. However, stereotypes about those who embellish their bodies in ink still remain: They’re into drugs; they aren’t professional; they aren’t motivated about their future; they don’t take life seriously.

These stereotypes have led society to encourage only engaging in the art of getting a tattoo if it can be easily covered up. It is important to understand that by putting a message, picture or

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symbol on our bodies for anyone to see is making a once private thing, protected by certain rights, now open to public perception, backlash and judgment. This is a risk taken by all who choose to ink their bodies, but the decision made by those individuals shouldn’t automatically subject them to the hurtful stereotypes that are so well linked to those seen with visible tattoos.

We are constantly encouraged to give the benefit of the doubt to strangers we pass on the street, meet in class or interact with at work, and to always assume the best in others until they give you a reason to think otherwise. It’s important to keep the same open mind, even when those strangers have metal in their skin or ink on their arms. Just because they choose to express themselves in a different way doesn’t mean they should be treated differently.

Mackenzie Nading is a junior in political science from Elgin, Iowa.

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hy do I have to hear people talking about a Muppet’s voice involved in sexual activities, when the issue has little to nothing to do with Muppets?

Kevin Clash, the third and most recent voice of “Sesame Street’s” Elmo, is under legal fire due to allegations Clash engaged in sexual activities with a 15-year-old boy; the boy is now 23-year-old man Cecil Singleton.

Clash, who admits being homosexual, claims nothing sexual occurred while Singleton was underage; that when something happened, they were both consenting adults.

Please note it is the alleged sexual relationship between Clash and Singleton in focus, when the context of the nonsexual relationship is where the attention should really be. The new dark jokes behind Tickle-Me-Elmo vs. people’s general lives are getting their wires crossed.

Folks across the world love a good scandal. Seeing others fail or falter is partly why so many people enjoy reality television; specifically those ridiculous scared-straight or copbased shows.

So here is the actual sex-related information, with the pertinent gossip so you can get by it and onto what should be under discussion: Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind “Sesame Street,” underwent a “thorough investigation [and] found ‘the allegation of underage conduct to be unsubstantiated,’” according to CNN Entertainment.

To add to the situation, Clash was accused earlier by another boy, now 24-year-old man Sheldon Stephens, of having a relationship.

No lawsuit was filed, and the man said sexual activities did not occur while he was a minor.

Stephens didn’t file a lawsuit because no allegations of illegal activities occurred.

Singleton filed a lawsuit because he claims sex while a minor.

For the conspiracy-minded, in October 2011, “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey” came out for limited release to make Kevin Clash a name for everyday chit-chat.

Eight months later, Stephens was in the news talking about his nonsexual relationship as a minor with Clash and then sexual relationship when an adult. Shortly after, Singleton filed a claim and a lawsuit against Clash saying he had a sexual relationship as a minor.

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By Gabriel.Stoffa @iowastatedaily.com misconduct of Clash strike a chord?

Hmm. Perhaps this is like those claims in 2011 from Mariah Yeater to being Justin Bieber’s baby-mama, which were later dropped due to lack of existing as reality.

There you go, there is the Hollywood gossip. Now that is over, let’s get back to the more relevant topic.

Whether you think Clash is guilty of a legitimate crime is not very interesting. Whether Clash is “guilty” of being lonely and having a questionable nonsexual relationship with others not in his general age-bracket is something of a bit more substance.

“Sesame Street” has undergone numerous scandals in the past. From an HIV-positive Muppet named Kami, to the death of the character Mr. Hooper in an episode, to Bert and Chris Conetzkey The Des Moines Business Record Publication: ISU students subscribe to the Iowa State Daily through activity fees paid to the Government of the Student Body.

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Ernie’s sexual ambiguity, the public is fascinated with sensationalizing the show’s content.

The focus, unfortunately, has to involve a bit of the Muppets, but those news stories hit well on the topic of same-sex relationships or death or HIV in regard to children’s education.

As of now there is little focus to most columns on anything but the connection of Elmo’s voice actor to sexual allegations. And this should primarily be about adult-minor nonsexual activities, as those are more of a gray area. Clash’s issues are merely a side-note.

The issue of adult-minor interactions is a worthwhile conversation, and when we get some more facts rather than just allegations it will become a real news topic. Until then, this is one of those moral philosophical exercises of mental masturbation.

So can we drop Clash for now, and Elmo entirely? I know fans and concerned parents want to talk about this, but can we please wait a little bit to focus on the actual conversation, rather than waste headline after headline on gossip in connection to a Muppet?

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Hahn earns eighth award, makes history By the time ISU libero Kristen Hahn is done at Iowa State, the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award might end up named after her.

Jokes aside, Hahn was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Monday for the eighth time this season.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native is the first player to ever win the award eight times in a single season. After recording 17 digs at West Virginia on Wednesday, Hahn pulled through with 30 digs in her team’s 3-2 upset against No. 3 Texas on Saturday.

Hahn finished the week with an average of 5.88 digs per set.

With that, it comes as no surprise that the junior led the Big 12 in digs this season with 5.84 digs per set. The No. 15-seeded Cyclones (20-7, 13-3 Big 12) also led the Big 12 in digs with a resounding 17.53 per set.

Also this week, freshman Andie Malloy won her second-straight Big 12 Rookie of the Week award. Malloy was pivotal in Iowa State’s victories against West Virginia and Texas, hitting .371 with 3.50 kills per set.

To cap off her week, Malloy recorded her first career doubledouble against Texas with 19 kills and 20 digs. Hailing from Allen, Texas, Malloy finished the season with a 3.17 kills per set average to put her in the conference’s top 10.

The NCAA tournament begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Hilton Coliseum with the Cyclones taking on IPFW. — By Cory Weaver, Daily staff writer

By the numbers: 9-2

File photo: Adam Ring/Iowa State Daily Chelsea Poppens drives toward the basket in the Nov. 1 exhibition game at home against Northwest Missouri State.

In a game last weekend, Poppens sustained a concussion and might not play in Tuesday’s game against Drake.

Poppens ‘doubtful’ for play vs. Drake

By Dylan.Montz @iowastatedaily.com As Iowa State prepares for its first in-state foe Drake, it will be doing so with its best player possibly out of the lineup on Tuesday night.

Forward Chelsea Poppens is doubtful for the No. 24 Cyclones (40) matchup with the Bulldogs (1-3) after sustaining what was later determined to be a concussion in the first half of a 55-33 ISU win against Loyola Marymount at the Junkanoo Jam last week.

ISU coach Bill Fennelly said at his news conference Monday that Poppens would be day-to-day on returning to the court.

“Concussions are very odd things,” Fennelly said. “It has certainly become the medical condition that we all talk about, think about. Our medical staff will handle it perfectly. We all know what’s at stake here.”

Iowa State had practice Sunday night, one in which Poppens did not participate. Fennelly described the All-Big 12 forward as “upbeat” and is hoping for the best.

In Poppens absence, the workload for center Anna Prins is likely to increase. In Iowa State’s 68-50 win against Illinois on Saturday, Prins played 34 minutes with six points, seven rebounds and zero turnovers.

While she didn’t put up large numbers, it was her intangibles, Fennelly said, that were why she played well.

As long as the Cyclones are without Poppens, Fennelly believes Prins will have to emerge as a senior leader on and off the court.

“Pop is without question the leader of our team not just because she’s the best player, but she’s the most vocal,” Fennelly said. “That’s not [Prins’] personality but even last night in practice she was talking more. Her contribution both on and off the floor has to increase. I think she’s excited about that, and she can handle that.”

From watching at film, Prins said she has noticed Drake is a fast team and that the ISU defense will have to get back quickly. Prins also recognizes that without Poppens, teammates will be going to her for leadership.

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Fennelly on Poppens’ injury With eight minutes left in Iowa State’s game against Loyola Marymount, forward Chelsea Poppens dove onto a pile of players for a loose ball in what ISU coach Bill Fennelly called “a typical Chelsea Poppens” play.

Fennelly said it was almost as if Poppens was “trying to recover an onside kick to win a game.”

“We looked at it on film, and it wasn’t a severe hit, but like most cases there was one white jersey and three red ones, and we were wearing white that day, and her head hit the floor a little bit,” Fennelly said. “She got up, came to the bench and was holding her neck so we pulled her out.”

While all on the bench, Poppens was administered all concussion tests and passed each one of them.

Poppens went back into the game but the coaching staff knew something wasn’t quite right.

“We put her back in for about 30 seconds then pulled her out and she was done,” Fennelly said. “Then we just kind of monitored her symptoms.”

Iowa State’s current lead in the Cy-Hawk Series

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Photo: William Deaton/Iowa State Daily The NCAA Cross-Country National Championships begin as the runners make their way down the first hill Nov. 17 at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Ky. ISU runner Betsy Saina took first place in the national race.

File photo: Jonathan Krueger/ Iowa State Daily Senior guard Tyrus McGee shoots a wide-open 3-pointer against North Carolina A&T last Tuesday at Hilton Coliseum.

Combined rebounds for men’s basketball team in two losses

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AP Top 25 1. Stanford 2. UConn 3. Baylor 4. Duke 5. Notre Dame 6. Penn State 7. Louisville 8. Georgia 9. Kentucky 10. California 11. Maryland 12. Oklahoma 13. Texas 14. Purdue 15. Ohio State 16. Tennessee 17. St. John’s 18. Oklahoma State 19. UCLA 20. Kansas 21. Nebraska 22. North Carolina 23. Dayton 24. Iowa State 25. West Virginia

Sports Jargon:

Concussion SPORT: Athletics DEFINITION: Type of traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head, or any other injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull.

USE: Chelsea Poppens sustained a concussion agasint Loyola Marymount last week.

Historic season comes to a close

By Emily.Hejlik @iowastatedaily.com The 2012 women’s cross-country squad could write its own record book, ending its season as one of the most prolific teams in school history.

Six-time All-American Betsy Saina became the third individual cross-country national champion in Cyclone history after winning the NCAA Championships on Nov. 17 in Louisville, Ky. The decorated senior joins Peg Neppel (1975) and Dorthe Rasmussen (1981), who won Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women individual cross-country crowns before women’s cross-country was an NCAA-sanctioned sport.

“This season was great — I can’t even put it into words,” Saina said.

“Everything went really well as I hoped it would go from the beginning of the season. My goal from day one was to win the NCAA title, so to

be honest, my dream came true on Saturday.”

Saina covered the 6,000-meter course in 19:27.10 and held on to best a field of 253 runners. Fellow senior Meaghan Nelson placed 16th to earn All-America honors for the second straight season.

“I didn’t sleep Friday night thinking about how to do things in the race since it was a tough field, having all the best girls in the nation,” Saina said. “Winning the title was not an easy achievement to get. I knew going into the race that if I won, I would put myself in the history books for Iowa State.”

The year concludes one of Iowa State’s best women’s cross-country seasons as the Cyclones repeated as Big 12 Conference and Midwest Regional champions.

Saina was the Big 12 and Midwest Regional individual winner, while

SEASON.p8 >>

Positives remain in focus for team

By Cory.Weaver @iowastatedaily.com The phrase “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” doesn’t necessarily work for the ISU men’s basketball team.

For the Cyclones, they took several things away from their losses to No. 22 Cincinnati and No. 18 UNLV during the weekend.

Coach Fred Hoiberg’s team showed areas of success as well as lack thereof in what could be its toughest matchups in nonconference play. Now, Iowa State is faced with the tall task of putting all those positives together into one complete “package.”

“We’ve just got to take baby

PACKAGE.p8 >>

ince 2004, the Cy-Hawk Series has been a fan favorite, matching up state rivals Iowa and Iowa State.

Iowa State could be the first to win in consecutive years and, needless to say, doing this would mean a great deal. “[We] consider the Cy-Hawk Series one of the most important competitions of the school year because neither school has ever won it two years in a row,” said Steve Malchow, senior associate athletic director of communications.

“We have an opportunity to do the unprecedented.”

Malchow said it becomes more difficult this season with only three events in Ames — of the rest, two are neutral and seven are in Iowa City.

“The fall sports provided a good start,” Malchow said. “But the month of December is key with both basketball teams, as well as the swimming and wrestling teams meeting within a week and each of those competitions is in Iowa City.”

As of now, Iowa State leads 9-2.

Two points are awarded to the school that wins any given matchup other than football, where the winner receives three.

Cyclone fans shouldn’t get too comfortable though — this will come down to the wire.

Wrestling in Iowa is huge, but this year might be lopsided.

Currently, Iowa is ranked fourth nationally while Iowa State is 30th.

With that, chalk up this one for the Hawkeyes: Iowa State leads 9-4.

Iowa State will win in women’s basketball. They are ranked higher, and Bill Fennelly is 11-5 against the Hawkeyes.

Be cautious though: All five losses were delivered in Iowa City, the location of this year’s game.

Iowa State leads 11-4.

The men’s basketball game could go either way, but Iowa gets an edge at home.

Iowa’s top-25 recruiting class against an ISU team that had three starters leave helps too.

Iowa State leads 11-6.

Swimming and diving is simple. Iowa has received votes to be nationally ranked and has beaten Iowa State the last two seasons 173-108 and 176-124. Iowa wins; Iowa State leads 11-8.

Neither tennis team traditionally is very good. Iowa gets the edge but only because it has won the last two meetings. Iowa State leads 11-10.

Two matchups left: gymnastics and softball.

If the last two years are any indication, Iowa will win Softball.

The Hawkeyes were 2-1 against the Cyclones, outscoring the team 34-12. Iowa gets its 12th point.

But before softball, ISU gymnastics could clinch the series for the Cyclones, again. A gymnastics team has clinched the series the last two years, once for each school. “[We] didn’t even realize we were in the position to clinch it or not [two years ago],” said ISU gymnastics coach Jay Ronayne.

“Last year we knew it. It was a focus of ours: We’re going to chase it down and do it.

“We’re going to do that again if we’re in the same situation [this year]. It’s very motivating.”

Ronayne also said he loves that it brings attention to the sport that most fans would not get without the series and the opportunity the gymnastics team has. Iowa State clinches the series with its 13th point.

There is also an academics category.

It’s awarded to each school if its student-athlete graduation rate is better than the school’s undergraduate student graduation rate.

It’s going to be close, but Iowa State will be the first team to win the series back-to-back.

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File photo: Yanhua Huang/Iowa State Daily No. 4 Nikki Moody goes for a layup during the game against the University of North Dakota on Nov. 18 at Hilton Coliseum. Moody saw 22 minutes of play in the Cyclones’ 73-34 win.

File photo: Yanhua Huang/Iowa State Daily No. 21 Will Clyburn tries to get around an opponent from Campbell University for a chance to shoot for two points Nov. 18 at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones won the game 88-68.

>>PACKAGE.p5 steps,” said Tyrus McGee, the team’s leading scorer. “Korie [Lucious], he’s been turning the ball over a little bit because he’s new to the system — it’s his first year here. But by the time Big 12 conference starts, we’ll be pretty packed.”

Against Cincinnati on Friday, Iowa State found success on the rebounding end, cleaning the glass for 46 rebounds. Melvin Ejim collected 10 rebounds, including five on the offensive end.

But the team had a tougher time in the turnover department and from the charity stripe, turning the ball over 18 times while shooting 12-of-21 from the line. The opportunities were there, but Hoiberg said his team just couldn’t put the two halves together.

“The first one, we didn’t get off to a great start because we turned the ball over too much,” Hoiberg said at his weekly news conference Monday. “Second half, we took care of the ball a little better, but then we couldn’t make a free throw. We just didn’t finish the end of that game when we had opportunities.”

Against UNLV on Saturday, it was a similar situation.

The Cyclones out-rebounded the Rebels on the offensive glass 24-14 for 22 second-chance points. On the downside, they couldn’t finish the easy ones that could have helped pull off the victory.

“We missed; we counted 10 wide-open layups right at the basket, and again you can’t do that against good teams and expect to win,” Hoiberg said.

Rebounding is one area of the game where the Cyclones have stayed consistent through-

out the season thus far. Averaging 48 rebounds per game as opposed to the 34 by its opponents, rebounding has been an area Iowa State can count on.

Considering how the team rebounded against a pair of top-25 teams in Las Vegas, Will Clyburn said the goal from the get-go was to be consistent on the boards.

Clyburn posted a double-double against UNLV on Saturday, contributing 21 points and 15 rebounds for his best performance of the season. Everyone who played except freshman guard Naz Long recorded a rebound against the Rebels.

“Knowing that everybody on the team is tough and they’re going to go in there and try to attack the glass-rebounding is an important part of the game to get you extra possessions,” Clyburn said. “So just knowing the team is going to go in there and try to get you extra possessions is always good.”

In regards to the turnovers, Hoiberg said the team has been “trying to hit too many home runs.” Working on making better passes and basketball plays will help decrease the turnover margin.

Hoiberg stressed that more than anything, it’s a matter of compiling it all together for 40 minutes.

“Biggest thing we need to do is put a package together,” Hoiberg said. “We’ve got to take away those lapses right now, those five-, eightminute stretches where we aren’t getting much. Once we do that, I’m confident that we can get things going in the right direction.”

Next up, BYU heads to Ames for on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

>>POPPENS.p5 “Just all-around leadership, I know I have to step up,” Prins said. “It doesn’t come that easily to me but it’s something that I know I need to do.”

After missing two exhibition games and the regular season opener with a viral illness, point guard Nikki Moody returned to the ISU lineup on Nov. 18 and was in full force at the Junkanoo Jam. Moody played 31 minutes with seven points, five assists and three turnovers in the victory

>>SEASON.p5 also earning Big 12 Runner of the Year.

Crystal Nelson earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honors and coach Corey Ihmels was named Big 12 Coach of the Year.

“It was a great season and the group of girls we had really changed the landscape of what it means to be a Cyclone crosscountry runner,” said associate coach Travis Hartke. “I don’t think our place or how we ran in the last race of the season really truly represents the type of team we had.”

The pedigree of this year’s team was different than any other squad the coaching staff has ever had — Hartke said their composure and camaraderie put them in elite company.

“There was a quiet confi-

against Loyola Marymount. Against Illinois, the sophomore played 39 minutes with 16 points, six assists and five turnovers.

Fennelly described Moody’s contribution against Illinois as “39 hard, good minutes.” As for how Moody is feeling, she says she’s improved after being out for a couple weeks.

“I feel a lot better than I did a week ago,” Moody said. “In back-to-back games, it was a lot of minutes but I’m get back [to being fully healthy].”

Tipoff between Iowa State and Drake is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hilton Coliseum.

dence throughout the entire season that you just don’t see very often,” Hartke said. “The group got along better than any I have ever seen and everyone knew their spot. As a coaching staff, we sometimes worried that the group was not nervous going into big meets.

It was crazy how calm and collected the group was most of the time.”

Nelson, an All-American, also weighed in on how unique of a team she was a part of and the conclusion of her ISU cross-country career.

“When I came here four years ago, I never expected to be on a group that is as successful as this one was or have as much success as I have had over the past few years,” Nelson said. “In that respect, I have completely exceeded any expectations I had when I came into college.”

Looking ahead The end of cross-country season means only one thing for most of the Cyclone runners — it marks the beginning of the indoor track year.

The women have a chance to eclipse any prior team accomplishments with their big three of Saina, Nelson and Dani Stack all returning.

“Those three are poised to have a great season and do as big or bigger things than has ever been done here at Iowa State,” Hartke said. “I think all three have a great background of competing in big races already and want to go on and keep getting better so they can run after their NCAA days are over.

“I expect them all to take the next logical step.”

Stack exhausted her crosscountry eligibility in 2011.

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