12.02.13

Iowa State falls in Cy-Hawk dual, 23-9 p7 >>

Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 | Volume 209 | Number 65 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.

EYES ON

THE SKY

Comet ISON underscores changing interests in space

By Lissandra.Villa @iowastatedaily.com

Comet ISON left stargazers with a dramatic cliffhanger during Thanksgiving break: Would it survive its trip around the sun?

The sun-grazing comet, on a hyperbolic trajectory around the sun, is paying the inner solar system the only visit it ever will from what Charles Kerton, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Iowa State, said is a reservoir of comets found outside the solar system called the Oort Cloud.

“ISON is one of these visitors from the Oort Cloud,” Kerton said. “Something gave it a little kick at some time and started it heading in, and it’s just falling in towards the sun just because of gravity.”

Kerton said the speed of the comet would whip it around the sun and on its way, providing, of course, the sun did not tear it apart. Initially assumed to have been destroyed, at least part of the comet remained intact after coming to its closest point in proximity to the sun on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28.

On Nov. 30, the NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign’s update on the comet was that what was left over was “a faint, diffuse, cloud with no obvious central condensation.”

The comet drew many eyes upward and opened up room for discussion about space, something that has historically captivated Americans’ interest. That interest, however, may have changed over time.

“I would argue that we’re not as interested in space as we once were,” said Dirk Deam, senior lecturer of political science. “We don’t have anybody that we’re particularly

competing against or any other form of national urgency that would cause us to take this realm more seriously than we would otherwise.”

If indeed overall interest in space has waned since the Space Race era, the economy may have also been a contributing factor, particularly when it comes to publicly funded programs.

“I think since the Apollo program and the moon landing, Americans have generally shifted their interest

Courtesy of ESA&NASA SOHO/SDO

ISON grazes the sun on its visit to the solar system.

The comet has piqued interest in space, something that has waned recently.

away from space, especially with the economic difficulties now,” said Logan Prust, senior in aerospace engineering. “A lot of people just don’t see it as something that’s worthwhile compared to other things.”

COMET p6 >>

NOTABLE DATES IN THE HISTORY OF SPACE 1958 NASA is founded

1986

1969

1957

Challenger explodes

American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are first to step on the moon

Soviet Union launches Sputnik

1976

Viking 1 lands on Mars Courtesy of Thinkstock, NASA

GSB election seminars begin Those planning to run for office must attend info session

By Brian.Voss @iowastatedaily.com Elections for offices in the Government of the Student Body will not happen until April, but those wishing to run for GSB can attend a seminar and information session at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Gold Room of the Memorial Union.

Adam Guenther, GSB’s election commissioner, said anyone wishing to be on the ballot must attend one of the three

information sessions offered by the election commission.

Guenther said the information sessions will be an opportunity to go over the election code, as well as deadlines and campaign guidelines.

“If a candidate does not follow the election code, they risk having their name removed from the ballot and being fined,” Guenther said.

“If a candidate is found to be meddling with the election process or trying to disrupt the student government elections, then they can also be referred to the Dean of Students and Judicial Affairs.”

Guenther said that after candidates regis-

3+3 program saves law students time Drake, Iowa pair with LAS to fast track law schooling

By David.Gerhold @iowastatedaily.com

Iowa State Daily

President Spencer Hughes delivers his GSB presidential address, in which he spoke about how GSB has been taking steps to reach the long-term goals he set back in April.

ter they will be paired up with a member of the election commission who will serve as a liaison.

“If they have ques-

tions, they have a direct person to go to, and that way, I’m not getting everyone’s questions,”

ELECTION p6 >>

The usual way ISU students obtain a law degree consists of studying for four years at Iowa State and going to law school for additional three years after that. A new accelerated 3+3 program, however, might save students time and money in the future.

In cooperation with Drake University and the University of Iowa, the

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State offers the possibility of earning a bachelor’s degree and a law degree in just six years.

“We’re allowing students to do three years at ISU, and then let them transfer to law school,” said Beate Schmittmann, dean of LAS. “If all goes well, they’ll have the first year of law school counted as sufficient credit to be awarded with an Iowa State degree.”

The advantage of this program is obvious, Schmittmann said.

Students who participate will save one full year of tuition.

LAW p6 >>

LEASE TODAY FOR FALL 2014 ISUCAMPUSTOWN.COM | 515.598.9000 THE RESORT AT CAMPUSTOWN outdoor swimming pool + oversized hot tub + two-story fitness center + sauna + free tanning

2 | NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Monday, Dec. 2, 2013

Editor: Katelynn McCollough | news@iowastatedaily.com | 515.294.2003

AIDS week to raise global awareness

Weather MON

Mostly cloudy.

TUES

Partly sunny with a chance of light rain.

31|59 31|61 WED

17|50

Events to feature world lecturers, documentary

By Antonia.Hutzell @iowastatedaily.com

Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain/snow.

Provided by ISU Meteorology Club

Police Blotter The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records.

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

Nov. 21 Mary Fielder, 23, 2829 Woodland Ave., West Des Moines, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated at Mortensen Road and State Avenue (reported at 1:52 a.m.).

Sean McCullough, 23, 4709 Steinbeck St., Apt 19, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Hunt Street and Welch Avenue (reported at 2:34 a.m.).

Garett Hamilton, 21, 1711 24th St., was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Stange Road and University Boulevard (reported at 2:46 a.m.).

Officers received a report of chairs being thrown at a fence and damage to two apartment windows at Hunt Street and Welch Avenue Tyler Belling, 22, 2617 Hunt St., was arrested and charged with public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance (reported at 2:27 a.m.).

An individual reported damage to a men’s restroom at Sweeney Hall (reported at 8:51 a.m.).

An individual reported being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance more than one month ago at Student Services Building (reported at 1:37 p.m.).

A vehicle driven by Xiaotian Lin collided with a curb at Stange Road and Yorkshire Street (reported at 3:59 p.m.).

Vehicles driven by Katelin Thompson and Emilie Githens were involved in a property damage collision at Hayward Avenue and Mortensen Road (reported at 4:55 p.m.).

An individual reported the theft of cash and an identification card from the basketball court area at State Gymnasium (reported at 5:14 p.m.).

An individual reported receiving harassing communications at the Armory (reported at 6:02 p.m.).

An individual reported the theft of a cell phone at Curtiss Hall (reported at 4:52 p.m.).

Vehicles driven by Angela Williams and Joshua Hones were involved in a property damage collision at Haber Road (reported at 7:36 p.m.).

Nov. 22 Drew Vespestad, 21, 1525 S. Grand Ave., Apt 301, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated at Hyland Avenue and West Street (reported at 1:54 a.m.).

A vehicle driven by Anthony Smith collided with a curb at Haber Road (reported at 4:35 a.m.).

Officers responded to a false fire alarm at Friley Hall. The

investigation is continuing (reported at 2:57 a.m.).

Vehicles driven by Camille Schroeder and Theodore Dieckmann were involved in a property damage collision at Edenburn Drive and Stotts Road (reported at 8:42 a.m.).

Vehicles driven by Joyce Hagley and Tanna Stowe were involved in a property damage collision at Lot 59F (reported at 4:06 p.m.).

Nov. 23 Officers assisted a 19-year-old female who had consumed too much alcohol at Larch Hall (reported at 12:15 a.m.).

Jared Tolliver, 18, 6345 Larch Hall, and Tyler Havel, 19, 4032 Buchanan Hall, were cited for underage possession of alcohol at Larch Hall (reported at 12 a.m.).

Forrest Nicholson, 19, 1014 Ash Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication (third or subsequent offense), fifth degree theft and possession of drug paraphernalia at Ash Avenue and Knapp Street (reported at 2:50 a.m.).

Meghan Beckman, 19, 35179 East Jewell Drive, Earlham, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Lot S7 (reported at 6:29 p.m.).

Joshua Jobe, 23, 321 Stanton Ave., Apt 1, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Lot S5 (reported at 7:07 p.m.).

Laurel Benson, 63, 2200 Stanton Ave., Apt 39, Des Moines, was arrested and charged with third degree theft at Jack Trice Stadium (reported at 7:16 p.m.).

Vehicles driven by Mhikealy Knight and Ronald Danilson were involved in a property damage collision at the 2900 block of Mortensen Road (reported at 10:33 p.m.).

Officers responded to an alarm and discovered a tub of laundry had caught on fire at Maple-Willow-Larch Commons. The flames were extinguished by a sprinkler system prior to officer arrival.

The cause of the fire is unknown (reported at 11:22 p.m.).

Nov. 24 Jordan Welch, 19, 3425 Frederiksen Court, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Hayward Avenue and Lincoln Way (reported at 12:24 a.m.).

Ryan Lovstad, 24, 3413 Coy St., was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated (second offense) at Knapp Street and Welch Avenue (reported at 2:09 a.m.).

Keegan Davis, 19, 117 N. Franklin Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Lincoln Way and State Ave. (reported at 2:30 a.m.).

The ISU Global Health and AIDS Coalition will be hosting its second annual World AIDS Awareness Week to spread awareness about AIDS on the global level.

The AIDS Coalition focuses on awareness and advocacy for global health policies at the national level.

The organization advocates heavily on behalf of the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief and global funding to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria.

“We have a group that focuses on awareness. We have events all throughout the week to promote student experiences of observing these global health disparities abroad or domestically, and we try to discuss about it,” said Deepak Premkumar, senior in economics and president and founder of the AIDS Coalition. “Another branch of ISU GHAC is advocacy. We have the passion. We’ve even instilled some awareness.”

Starting off World AIDS Awareness Week, which runs from Monday to Friday, starting with the ISU GHAC setting up tables around campus where they plan to promote awareness and will be handing out little red ribbons to students to support their cause.

File: Madison Martin/Iowa State Daily

Deepak Premkumar, president of the ISU Global Health and AIDs Coalition speaks during last year’s World AIDS Awareness Week. This year, the AIDS Coalition is bringing in several lecturers and showing a documentary, called “Blood Brother.”

On Tuesday, Mead Over, a former World Bank economist who focuses on the economic impact of AIDS, will be speaking at the lecture “The Global Struggle against AIDS: The U.S. Role & Prospects for Sustainability.” The lecture will be at 8 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

“Blood Brother,” a documentary about a college student named Rocky Braat, will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the South Ballroom of the

Memorial Union.

The documentary shares a story about a boy who takes a spontaneous trip to India and meets a group of orphaned children at an AIDS hostel. He then devotes himself to the wellbeing of the children.

“When you go around and travel and see these great injustices, it’s hard to just walk away. And now students like myself can sort of find a facet in which they can directly make changes and really translate what they’ve seen around the world that they

don’t feel comfortable with into a manner of creating a concrete difference in the world,” Premkumar said.

Ken Patterson, a Global Grassroots Manager of RESULTS, will be speaking at the lecture “How Local Organizing Can End Global AIDS and Malnutrition.”

The lecture will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Cardinal Room of the Memorial Union. RESULTS is an organization that strives to create long-term solutions to poverty. Some of the root causes include lack of access to medical care, education and job advancement opportunities.

“I’ve had the chance to travel and see the health disparities in other countries and it really inspired me to do something,” said Lea Hoefer, senior in global resource systems and awareness director for the AIDS Coalition.

“I think students should get involved because even though we don’t always see it in Iowa, this is an issue that has literally changed the face of the world that we know. How we respond to it will change the face of our future and health.”

Ella Gahrke, freshman in global resource systems and public relations director for the AIDS Coalition, said she enjoys the organization because she gets to voice her opinion and help volunteer.

“We focus on global health and everyone should care about it because it affects our lives. It’s a great opportunity to meet great people who care about our world,” Gahrke said.

Students help stop campus fire damages Police charge freshman with recklessness after setting multiple fires

By Makayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com ISU students helped prevent added damage Nov. 9 when an ISU freshman set fire to someone else’s property three different times throughout the course of the evening.

Grant Whitaker, freshman in open option, was charged with reckless use of fire after he was found by students behind a car on Campus Avenue.

Students had noticed smoke and flames rising from the driver’s side of the vehicle before finding Whitaker hiding behind the car.

When the witnesses asked Whitaker what he was doing, Whitaker took off running northbound from the area, according to the police report.

Three males who witnessed the exchange ran after Whitaker, and they were able to detain him for a short amount of time before he got away

again.

Fire fighters later determined that Whitaker had placed leaves on top of the front driver’s side wheel, which were set on fire.

As the fire grew, the tire exploded and caused damage to the engine compartment.

Geoff Huff, Ames police investigations commander, said that witnesses positively identified Whitaker once police apprehended him.

“We get the occasional Dumpster fire, the occasional couch fire—somebody hauls a couch out into a public area and that ends up on fire—but people starting vehicles on fire doesn’t happen very often,” Huff said.

However, Kevin McKeon, senior in sociology, said that before being spotted trying to start the car fire, Whitaker twice set fire to the couch on the front porch of his house on the west side of Lincoln Way. McKeon said that when he got home from work, someone knocked on his door, telling him that they saw smoke coming from the couch and that they put it out.

“I was like ‘oh thanks.’ It looked just like a cigarette burn so I didn’t think anything of it,” McKeon said.

“In about 15 minutes, I looked out a window in my house again and saw a really big, flickering orange light reflecting off of my neighbor’s house, so I ran back down there because I knew it was a fire again.”

McKeon said he found a group of about 15 people who had dragged the flaming couch off his porch and onto the street and were trying to put out the fire. McKeon said he got his fire extinguisher and put out the fire that had now engulfed half of his couch.

“The guy came back a second time and tried to set it on fire again, and this time it was a lot bigger,” McKeon claimed. “None of us knew the guy, so obviously he didn’t have some problem with us. He was pretty much just out to cause problems.”

McKeon said he is grateful for the number of “Good Samaritans” out that night.

“I was really impressed with how many people helped me out. I had two different groups of people that ran up and tried putting out the fire on my couch,” McKeon said. “I’m just kind of proud of the people of Ames for stepping up on three different occasions.”

As for Whitaker, “I would tell him he owes me a couch.”

Visit our website for information about internships and full time job opportunities. www.fccoop.com FC is an EOE/AA Employer

© Copyright 2011

n

Iowa State Daily Publication Board

Iowa State Daily Main Office

Retail Advertising

294-4120

294-2403

Iowa State Daily Newsroom

Classified Advertising

294-2003

294-4123

General information: The Iowa State Daily is an independent student newspaper established in 1890 and written, edited, and sold by students Publication Board Members: Megan Culp chairperson Preston Warnick vice chairperson Josh Adams secretary

RIa Olson Seth Armah Prof. Dennis Chamberlin Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication Prof. Christine Denison College of Business Chris Conetzkey Kyle Oppenhuizen 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.

Subscriptions are 40 cents per copy or $40, annually, for mailed subscriptions to ISU students, faculty and staff; subscriptions are $62, annually, for the general public.

The Iowa State Daily is published Monday through Friday during the

nine-month academic year, except for university holidays, scheduled breaks and the finals week.

Summer sessions: The Iowa State Daily is published as a semiweekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays, except during finals week.

Opinions expressed in editorials belong to the Iowa State Daily Editorial Board.

The Daily is published by the Iowa State Daily Publication Board, Room 108 Hamilton Hall, Ames, Iowa, 50011.

The Publication Board meets at 5 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month during the academic school year in Hamilton Hall Postmaster: (USPS 796-870)

Send address changes to: Iowa State Daily Room 108 Hamilton Hall Ames, Iowa 50011 PERIODICALS POSTAGE

Editor: Katelynn McCollough | news@iowastatedaily.com | 515.294.2003

Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 | Iowa State Daily | NEWS | 3

Language creates barrier for international students

By David.Gerhold @iowastatedaily.com Living in a country far from home, where everyone speaks a language you didn’t grow up with, can be a challenge. For some international students, the English language can be a barrier that makes them feel lonely and excluded.

Once they get to America, a concern for international students is the “Test of English as a foreign language”, also known as the TOEFL test. It evaluates their listening, reading and writing skills and is required for non-native English speakers in order to be allowed to study at Iowa State.

However, the mandatory nature of the test lead to an unhealthy obsession among international students with TOEFL, said Joan Chamberlin, director of intensive English and orientation program, IEOP. “TOEFL is of limited ability. It tests how fast you can read, some grammar or some vocabulary, but it doesn’t help you with the real problems you have to face once you’ve passed it,” Chamberlin said.

Chamberlin said that many former IEOP students struggle with understanding lectures and interacting with professors. Basic skills such as taking notes, writing essays and coping with the quantity of reading for class can be big issues, because they are not measured and tested by TOEFL. “Sometimes a professor might make an inside joke about Iowa and international students don’t understand the context, so they feel left out,” Chamberlin said.

Malaysian student Xun Chong, sophomore in chemical engineering, said the IEOP class was way too easy for him. He managed to get above the required score for TOEFL, however his real problems began afterwards.

“In some classes, I had no idea what the professor was talking about,” Chong said. “I had to go to countless professors during office hours and ask them what they meant.”

Chong said his broken English skills often are like a barrier when communicating with American students.

“I am a big music fan, and I’d love to talk with native speakers about my and their favorite bands, but I don’t have the skill to talk naturally to them,” Chong said. “It always sounds formal, and that’s not good if you want to have a casual conversation.”

TOEFL is a standardized test, but un-

fortunately, the skills that you need to pass TOEFL aren’t the same skills you need in real life, Chamberlin said. As a result, a lot of international students feel left out.

“I’m not used to American culture, it’s so different to me,” said Rocio Aviles, student from Guatemala and sophomore in industrial engineering. “Everything is going so fast, everyone is constantly rushing, no one really stops to engage in a conversation with friends. That’s so stressful for me.”

Most of the time, Aviles hangs out with Spanish-speaking students rather than with native English speakers. She said that’s why she doesn’t practice English as much as she would want to.

“I am very shy and I simply can connect better with international students,” Aviles said. “They have the same challenges, they understand how I feel, because they’ve been through the same.”

Mostafa Fawzy, student from Egypt and graduate in industrial and manufacturing systems, experienced the opposite, because he had no other choice.

“I had a lot of group assignments and had to communicate with native speakers on a daily basis, so I had to make friends quickly, which helped me a lot,” Fawzy said.

Fawzy said that after IEOP class, he often recorded himself talking and sent it to his IEOP teachers in order to get feedback and improve his English speaking skills.

Aviles said she doesn’t think that TOEFL helped her prepare for college life.

She recommends watching English movies with English subtitles to practice pronunciation and listening skills.

The problem isn’t limited to international students only. Teachers from other countries often have trouble with the intricacies of the English language as well, said Ryosuke Aoyama, professor in the orientation program.

“Communicating with students was a little difficult at first, especially due to my pronunciation or my grammar,” Aoyama said. “I was very afraid of making mistakes.”

Aoyama said that he got used to making mistakes over time. He learned that he doesn’t have to speak perfectly. People still understand the basic points he’s making.

“Don’t shy away from mistakes, learn from them,” Aoyama said. “Keep the conversation going, that’s very important when it comes to learning any language.

Perfection just prevents us from speaking

File: Jake Miller/Iowa State Daily

Susan Burkett, lecture for IEOP, instructs an English course designed to help foreign exchange students transition into speaking English in the United States. Joan Chamberlin, director of IEOP, said the test, although comprehensive, is limited in ability to solve practical problems.

fluently.”

Practicing your language skills on your own is not a good idea, Aoyama said.

“I don’t like practicing all that much, which is strange coming from a teacher, I know,” Aoyama said.

In his opinion, international students should focus on having real and meaningful conversations with native speakers.

“It’s like playing basketball,” Aoyama said. “You could practice how to dribble by yourself, but it’s much more important to play with somebody else. It’s also much more fun.”

Korean student JaeHee Lee, senior in

food science, said she found it helpful that a lot of American students are very patient with her and talk slowly to help her understand them better.

“I’m actually pretty jealous of one of my Korean friends. She has an American boyfriend and now her English is really, really good,” Lee said.

Chamberlin encourages students to step out of their first-language groups and leave their comfort zone in order to overcome the language barrier.

“There is a life after TOEFL and it takes a lot more than just measurable test results to master it,” Chamberlin said.

Professor’s book on Sylvia Porter receives national attention

By David.Gerhold @iowastatedaily.com Sylvia Porter is considered a strong, independent woman and a key figure in the women’s rights movement of the 1960s — yet people rarely know her name today.

Tracy Lucht, assistant professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, has written a book about Porter that receives broad media attention.

“I discovered Porter when I was in graduate school researching the way women were portrayed in news magazines after World War II,” Lucht said. “One book mentioned that Sylvia Porter ‘tidied up the world of statistics like a housewife cleaning up her husband’s den.’ That really intrigued me.”

Porter was the first person to write a personal finance column, at first under the initials S.F. Porter to hide the fact she was a woman.

“The Associated Press wouldn’t hire her, so it was very difficult for her to get a job,” Lucht said. “It was common believe that readers wouldn’t trust information that came from women.”

Eventually Porter’s articles received broader attention and became very popular with readers.

Courtesy Iowa State University

Tracy Lucht, assistant professor of journalism and communication, wrote book about Sylvia Porter, which has received attention from National Public Radio and other national mass media.

“They really liked the fact that she made economics understandable to average people,” Lucht said.

After a while, Porter decided to promote the fact that she was a woman.

“She started publishing under her full byline,” Lucht said.

“That was something that people hadn’t seen before — a woman writing about finances.”

Lucht said Sylvia Porter started to use the growing media attention to her advantage.

Headlines called her “Super Sylvia” and she was portrayed as a strong sassy woman. That came with a disadvantage though, Lucht said.

“In my book, I also had to deal with the fact that she wasn’t the most ethical person, especially later in her career,” Lucht said. “She started using ghostwriters and ended up not crediting them for their work.”

Furthermore, Lucht said Porter decided she wanted to be a brand and market herself.

“As a result, her content became a lot more simplified and much more streamlined, which was a departure from her early career choices.”

For Lucht, the book, titled “Sylvia Porter: America’s Original Personal Finance Columnist,” became more than just a research project.

“It was hard work that took many years for me to finish, but it was so much fun, because it was such a good story to tell,” Lucht said.

She said that it was hard for her to put her work out there, because she spent so much time working on it.

“The feedback has been very positive though, which is very gratifying for me,” Lucht said.

Lucht said that there is some

valid criticism people could make.

“I didn’t go all too far into Porter’s personal life, partly because I wasn’t interested in that, but also because it was very hard to find personal information about Sylvia Porter,” Lucht said.

Lucht’s book has attracted national attention. Aside from various reviews, Michael Martin, of “Tell Me More,” will do an interview with Lucht on National Public Radio on Dec. 2.

“Many books get published each year, and no one even notices, so I am especially grateful that my book is getting so popular now,” Lucht said. “But it’s not like I’m going to need an agent soon. Not yet.”

Michael Bugeja, director of the Greenlee School, said he nominated it for a prestigious price in their discipline.

“I have read many journalism biographies, but none in recent memory captures the person, the time and the legacy of a woman’s empowerment through her very own brand,” Bugeja said.

He said that he was especially proud of her accomplishment and excited by the reviews and attention Lucht is receiving.

Lucht did a book talk with her journalism class two weeks ago. Lynnely Parker, senior in apparel, merchandising and design, said she enjoyed the passion Lucht had about her book and

her research.

“I thought it was particularly interesting when she talked about how it’s so easy but also so dangerous to fall in love with your subject,” Parker said. “That’s when you start to write more for the subject rather than your audience and can become skewed or biased regarding the truth.”

Parker said she hasn’t read the book itself yet.

“But hearing how enthusiastic professor Lucht is about it made me curious to read about it,” Parker said.

Lucht said her book talk gave her the opportunity to use her book as a good example of why Wikipedia can’t be trusted as a source of information.

“Sylvia Porter has a Wikipedia page that is full of mistakes,” Lucht said. “I haven’t corrected them, so the false information about Porter is still out there.”

After all the interviews Tracy Lucht has given, she said there is still one question that she wished had been asked more — should Sylvia Porter be a role model for today’s students?

“As far as the earlier part of her career goes, I’d definitely say yes,” Lucht said. “People starting out in the media business today should find something that few other people have tackled before and specialize in it. The message is be unique.”

Tips to minimize stress in closing weeks after Thanksgiving break Professors offer advice on how to lessen burdens of final exams, projects

By Zoe.Woods @iowastatedaily.com There are only two weeks before finals after students return from Thanksgiving break. Many students do not have enough time to re-acclimate to the college atmosphere before they are forced to switch gears for finals.

Nathaniel Wade, associate professor of psychology, said that stress is common for students to encounter during this time.

“I would imagine it would depend on the year in school. Your first-year students going home for a week and then coming back could be a bigger transition than for seniors who have done this multiple years now. They kind of get the pacing of how Thanksgiving falls in the fall semester,” Wade said.

However, freshmen are not the only

students that feel the stress. Senior in forestry Hannah Howard said her days are filled with all-nighters and stress when she comes back from break.

“I would definitely agree that I am stressed when I come back from Thanksgiving break. Each of my professors makes the last paper, project or group presentation due the week after Thanksgiving break,” Howard said.

Even though there is added stress, Mary Berns, senior in interior design, said she feels it is all worth it.

“The most important thing to me is family. So I am thankful for the time I get to spend with them during Thanksgiving break. Although that short time between Thanksgiving break and Christmas break is stressful, it is a small price to pay for the time I get to spend with my family,” Berns said.

For others, it all depends on the classwork. Brian Allen, senior in industrial engineering, said that time isn’t the main factor that contributes to his stress.

“I really feel like you can’t really change the timing of the breaks. They are what they are and people just need to adapt to the schedule of the semester,”

Allen said.

The way the breaks fall in the academic calendar is not under the control of Iowa State. Decisions are made based on guiding principles and then events are set in motion like clockwork. Eventually it resets itself and the cycle will start over, said Laura Doering, registrar of the records and registration department.

“The academic calendar is created in a very deliberate way and not arbitrary.

It’s actually formula-driven and Board of Reagents-approved,” Doering said.

Many students are happy for the break. Hannah Howard said she believes the timing is just right.

“You really can’t have Christmas Break any later without infringing on holiday celebrations and family plans,” Howard said.

For the stress that the weeks ahead may cause students, there are many healthy ways they can cope.

“As psychotherapists, we train people on how to meditate and how to do deep breathing and relaxation stuff,” Wade said.

Talking to people, participating in fun activities and taking walks also contributes to stress relief, said Wade.

How to relieve stress Communication ◼◼ Talk with friends and family about issues

◼◼ Talk with counselors and advisors on campus Exercise

◼◼ Hit the gym and work up a sweat ◼◼ Ride a bike

◼◼ Participate in fun and engaging activities ◼◼ Make time to something you enjoy Meditation

◼◼ Do breath exercises ◼◼ Walk outside

◼◼ Listen to music

◼◼ Rest and take a nap

“For many people [Thanksgiving break] is a great stress reliever; it’s a good rest period before really hitting it for the end of the semester and maybe for others it feels like it came a little too late and they could’ve used it sooner,” Wade said.

Opinion

online

iowastatedaily.com/opinion

Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 Editor: Hailey Gross opinion@iowastatedaily.com

Editor-in-Chief: Katelynn McCollough editor@iowastatedaily.com Phone: (515) 294.5688

4

Editorial

Corporations must treat workers with fair payment This holiday season, the sale-happy enabler of our avid consumerism is also the villain that keeps the underprivileged from participating. To clarify, the giant American corporation Walmart has been under some heavy fire about the treatment of their workers this fall.

While many were planning their Black Friday shopping routes and ticking off names of those whose Christmas presents were already purchased or sleeping off turkey overindulgence, many Walmart employees and their families were struggling to host a Thanksgiving dinner at all.

Yahoo’s 24/7 Wall Street report found Walmart to be — surprising to few — the worst paying company in the United States. This information, and the information that Walmart is generally not great to its employees, is so common that the severe conditions and low payment of its workers are no longer shocking. As a result, it is quite easy to disregard these sorts of annual reports and to think simply, “Well, that’s just Walmart.”

However, a recent development that occurred before Thanksgiving is putting entirely new and bright light on the issue.

A Walmart store in Canton, Ohio, hosts an annual charity drive to get Thanksgiving food and other holiday goods. What is so shocking about the drive is that it isn’t for the area’s underprivileged, but for the employees themselves (though you could argue that those two groups are one and the same).

A Forbes article states that upon receiving the fruition of the drive, employees felt depressed or demoralized, as the cans of food represented both Walmart’s low pay rates as well as their lack of respect or consideration. Representatives and spokespersons for the company didn’t seem to find the drive as repugnant as employees and other individuals did.

Just after Thanksgiving came yet another development — employees and trade union members across the nation staged protests and rallies during Walmart’s Black Friday sales times. These protesters feel that it is unfair that Walmart’s workers must rely on charity drives and more often, government assistance to make a living, and who can disagree with that? According to the Guardian, similar protests were held last year during Black Friday, but it goes without saying that the problem has not been fixed.

For those who harbor little to no pity for the lower class of America, it must be said that these people are by no means looking for a handout, or refusing to work.

These are people who have jobs, work hard, and simply are not paid enough for what they do. With low minimum wages, few opportunities for advancement, and limited full-time employment slots, these people have no choice but to rally and protest.

This is not to say that Black Friday is evil (though it could argued after viewing footage of the frenzied mobs) but that those corporations that take part in it and in all retail business have a responsibility to their workers, an obligation to provide a decent living and to respect them.

Additionally, it is obvious that Walmart can afford to pay its workers better. It cannot, perhaps, fund an enormous pay jump for everyone, but as a company that pulls in several billion dollars every year, it should not be at the top of the “worst paying corporations” list.

The Guardian also published a report drawn up by a U.S. House of Representatives committee showed that taxpayers are supplementing worker income at one superstore alone at a rate of more than $1 million per year through government assistance programs. With that in mind, even those with no pity for the low income employees can feel rage Walmart is indirectly costing all taxpayers money.

Whether for reasons of compassion or thrift, it can generally be agreed that instead of holding charity food drives for employees, Walmart should simply pay its employees more. In a tight economy, worker and corporation both suffer, but in the end, it is the minimum wage worker without a meal for the holidays.

Editorial Board

Katelynn McCollough, editor-in-chief Hailey Gross, opinion editor Elaine Godfrey, assistant opinion editor PhIl Brown, columnist Opinions expressed in columns and letters are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Daily or organizations with which the author(s) are associated.

Feedback policy:

The Daily encourages discussion but does not guarantee its publication. We reserve the right to edit or reject any letter or online feedback.

Send your letters to letters@iowastatedaily.com.

Letters must include the name(s), phone number(s), majors and/or group affiliation(s) and year in school of the author(s).

Phone numbers and addresses will not be published.

Online feedback may be used if first name and last name, major and year in school are included in the post. Feedback posted online is eligible for print in the Iowa State Daily.

Iowa State Daily

Learning to fail Find lessons in mistakes; don’t shy away from blunders

By Jamie.

Wandschneider @iowastatedaily.com

L

ast weekend, the American Music Awards were my form of entertainment.

It was a night full of good music and crazy performances. Many brilliant, talented musicians were all hoping for the chance to walk on stage and claim an award for being the best something of the year. It is the time for the greatest to be recognized as being great.

As the nominees were introduced, I, like many others, was rooting for my favorite one. When the winner was called, that person walked on stage to claim their prize.

Obviously, there wasn’t anything for the artists that didn’t get chosen for that award.

The other artists lost and in real life we will all be on the losing side at some point.

It is up to us to understand that it is OK to lose, but due to certain practices, children are finding it difficult to accept that it is okay if you don’t win every time.

This starts at a young age.

From the moment we have been able to compete, we have always been rewarded no matter the outcome. After a competition in elementary school, the winner receives a ribbon and everyone else receives

Illustration: Tiffany Herring/Iowa State Daily

Students should use failure as a learning tool and as a part of education and everyday life. Life doesn’t hand out participation ribbons, so we must not give children a false sense of greatness but instead teach lessons with their failures.

a participation ribbon.

It is almost like we are scared to let the others go home empty handed.

To the receiver of the participation ribbon, it seems that they have won. There is no lesson in what it means to have lost or any acknowledgment on how to improve. It is being unintentionally taught that there never is really a loser.

Participation ribbons and their equivalents are preventing us from understanding

that you can’t win at everything. By teaching young children that everyone gets a ribbon, they are failing to see that sometimes in life you will lose and the lesson of failure is all you get.

This can give us a false sense of greatness. As children, when we get that ribbon all we think is that we got a ribbon, that must mean that we are good. With that feeling, we may lose the drive to get better. In our mind, we are already

great enough, so why try harder?

That feeling of greatness becomes something that we crave. We always need to hear that we did great, even when we didn’t achieve greatness. When my sister was younger she was an avid soccer player.

After each game, she would always ask my dad, “Why didn’t you tell me I had a good game?” She felt that after each game she had done a “good job,” even when she

hadn’t.

To try and avoid heartbreak, people will lie saying that they did a great job. We want them to know that we are proud of their efforts. What we need to say is “you did OK, but you could have done better.”

By enforcing this fabricated greatness, that mentality becomes ingrained into our brains and when we get told we didn’t do a “great job,” it is much more difficult to cope with.

Saying in your future job you are assigned to put together a proposal. You work very hard and feel like it is exactly what your boss wants. When you get the feedback, you discover that you didn’t do a good job. This can be much harder to accept since we have always been told that we have done a good job.

Everyone deserves to feel like they are a champion, but we can’t give our praises that don’t accurately describe the performance. We don’t think that it will have long term effects, but it does.

By not allowing children to feel a false sense of greatness, they are able to make the improvements needed to become great. They also have the chance to discover their strengths where they are able to fully achieve greatness.

Life doesn’t hand out participation ribbons, there is success and failure and that is all. We need to stop identifying failure as a negative idea and start acknowledging it has a lesson to make us better.

Campustown changes affect students

By Katie.Titus @iowastatedaily.com

S

tudents looking for a fun night life in Ames know about Campustown. It has been engraved into our brains since freshman year.

We walk down the street with our new T-shirts and lanyards on and we pass Welch Avenue, the golden road of upperclassmen cutting loose.

Every new student looks forward to the days when they can finally walk into a bar in Campustown and take their opportunity to be a true, legal bar goer, but there is a dark cloud looming over the party scene we care about so dearly, and its name is Kingland Systems.

We students now know that the plans are official for Kingland Systems, which is well on its way to changing the face of Campustown. This is going to change the “scene” of campus town in a huge way. If the two large apartment complexes are both being used for student housing for freshmen, and Kingland Systems being the new face of Campustown the night-life is dramatically going to decrease in the area. Businesses such as Charlie Yolks bar are going to be moved from their locations and the whole front side of Campustown is going to be refaced.

What part of “campus” are we leaving in Campustown?

As a new student coming to Iowa State the campus was the first thing that sold me, but there is so much more to a university than where you take classes. If I wanted to study I could go to the library, if I was hungry I could go to the MU, and if I wanted to go out on a Friday night with my friends I could go to Campustown. When new students come in to look at Iowa

State University are they going to be turned away by the giant face of Kingland Systems lying right across the street?

What is Kingland bringing to the table for us? If Kingland is going to be our new neighbors we students should take advantage of their assets.

Kingland Systems will bring many jobs to the Ames community which is great if you are ready to be hired, but we are college students and not all of us are ready to go to the work force, even for part-time jobs. Luckily it seems that Kingland Systems is going to have many internships available. Becoming an intern for Kingland will bring the internship right to you, no travel necessary. Kingland will be offering great internships, especially if you are in a field of study in technology. It’s a smart move on their part to move in right next to a school of science and technology.

Having Kingland Systems in the area could help some businesses. The employees will be needing a lunch break, therefore, the local food businesses in the area can thrive during Kingland’s lunch hour.

Same goes for gas stations and even the tanning salons. The only businesses that could take potential pitfalls from Kingland moving into campus town would be local bars and perhaps tattoo and piercing companies. They could even come to the final conclusion of having to relocate.

What does this now mean for the businesses that are going to have to relocate from the area? Will businesses stay in campus town? If businesses that are being moved out of their buildings start to relocate, loyal customers may choose to follow them.

If Charlie Yolks decides that they want to set up shop in West Ames and all of their loyal customers follow, the

Iowa State Daily

Kingland Systems is moving forward with its plans to revitalize Campustown. Now that its plans have been finalized, it’s time to reflect what these changes will mean to the campus part of Campustown.

other bars and clubs in Campustown are going to lose that cliental. What is going to stop them from also picking up and moving? Soon all of our campus town originals could move to a new location and we could be left with corporate buildings taking over our once beloved campus town.

We must stand strong is our love and support for Campustown businesses.

Kingland is coming whether we would like it to or not. We students should take advantage of what Kingland Systems has to offer, internships to help students and jobs to support the Ames community all while staying true to our campus town originals.

Let us not fully let go of what campus town is supposed to be, an area of the community for the community, especially students.

Editor: Hailey Gross | opinion@iowastatedaily.com

Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 | Iowa State Daily | OPINION | 5

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bo Pelini’s antics have been questioned by many sports fans and have been scrutinized in the media. Pelini has said that if his antics are what people want to fire him for, then to go ahead.

Cornhusker’s Pelini acted in line with coaching job

By Kelsey.Cummings @iowastatedaily.com

F

ew football fans missed Nebraska’s 38-17 loss to Iowa on Friday, and even fewer missed Cornhusker head coach Bo Pelini’s explosive sideline antics and the controversial repercussions that followed.

After a pass-interference call on Cornhusker linebacker Zaire Anderson, Pelini, using a few choice expletives, challenged a referee for a bad call.

Bo’s apparent “hat throwing” seemed to be the last straw for the ref, who penalized him for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Questions have been raised by the sports community about whether or not Pelini will be allowed to return to finish out the rest of the season. Fans are concerned that Pelini’s behavior has reached a new height.

Pelini stated in Friday’s post-game press conference that

“[The press has] chosen to make a story of [my behavior] all year.

It’s impacted our football team.

It’s hurt our football team … If they want to fire me, go ahead. I believe in what I’ve done. I don’t apologize for what I’ve done.

I don’t apologize for anybody, myself or this staff.”

Though Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst prefers not to comment on Pelini’s job status until the completion of the season, fans must wonder if keeping Pelini would be the right decision.

Former Nebraska coach and athletic director Tom Osborne believes it would be, stating Saturday: “You just don’t make a decision to get rid of a coach after an 8-4 season, and five straight 9- or 10-win seasons and three division championships. Bo has had a good record.”

However, fan reactions have not been so positive. With many fans pushing for Pelini’s speedy leave, they seem to be

in disagreement with Osborne’s opinion. The question now is: are they right to be?

Since the record-breaking legacy left behind by former head coach Osborne, it might be fair to say that Nebraskans have been spoiled by success and are unwilling to accept anything less than Osborne’s nonabrasive coaching style.

With a 255-49-3 record and reputation as a soft-spoken man, his legacy seems completely in opposition to Pelini’s. And though not as ground-breaking as Osborne’s career, Pelini’s record hasn’t been completely without success, as Osborne himself said. Could it be that Nebraska fans are simply holding the bar too high for Pelini?

Because although many of Pelini’s antics may in fact be considered unsportsmanlike, the reality is that football is an aggressive sport. Though it may be the players’ jobs to be aggressive, it makes sense that a little bit of that testosterone-fueled

rage might rub off on a coach once and a while.

Now, that’s not to say that Pelini’s constant bouts with anger are acceptable. A coach is supposed to be the head of the team. He is the brains of the organization. If the coach is unable to keep a level head, who is to say that he still has the capacity to properly lead?

But a coach should possess some level of aggression. If he feels that his team was unfairly flagged or an improper call was made, he should stand up and defend his team to the refs. And while referees may be less likely to take Pelini and other aggressive coaches seriously because of their anger, Pelini must be commended for his willingness to fight for his team.

While aggression may not be a good motivator for some, it’s difficult to say whether or not college football players would not receive similar strict treatment from NFL coaches. In fact, some of the players don’t seem

to be bothered by Pelini’s style at all.

Junior receiver Kenny Bell was quoted at the press conference as having said “Bo Pelini is a father figure to me … I would play for Bo Pelini against Satan himself and a team of demons at the gates of the underworld …

I can say that in confidence for everybody in that locker room.”

If the Cornhusker football team is ready to stand by their coach and trust his decisions, should not the Cornhusker Nation possess that same confidence?

Pelini was right in stating that the media has focused too much on him lately and not enough on the players and the game itself. Coaches might be the planners behind the maneuvers, but they’re not the ones who execute them. Being aggressive and fighting for the team is what coaches are hired for, and to be fired for that would be nonsensical. Pelini was just doing his job.

Letters to the editor

Working families can’t afford another government shutdown Richard Trumka is president of the AFL-CIO, and Ken Sagar is president of the Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO. Earlier this year, we saw Washington at its worst. Republican leaders including Rep. Tom Latham, driven by the Tea Party, recklessly shut down our government and brought our nation to the brink of default.

Ignoring voices of reason from working families across Iowa, some of our leaders in Congress listened to shouts of “shut it down” and inflicted unnecessary damage to our economy.

The shutdown cost 120,000 jobs in the first two weeks of October and will reduce economic growth by at least .25 percent in the fourth quarter.

And here in Iowa it directly impacted 7,715 state federal workers, and put thousands of more in harms way.

Thankfully, reason prevailed, Republican leaders relented and Congress appointed negotiators to work on a new budget agreement.

Now it’s on to the next fight in Washington. But before we get caught up in another news cycle where extremists convince us we shouldn’t invest in our future, it is worth noting that a congressional budget is a vision. It is a blueprint that outlines our priorities as a nation.

A good budget invests in America.

It doesn’t rob our government of the resources it needs to succeed. A good budget properly funds its obligations and promotes the creation of well-paying jobs.

It doesn’t bargain away protections for our seniors and it isn’t balanced on the backs of working families.

As Democrats and Republicans and Representative Tom Latham spend this month negotiating how to avoid another government shutdown, it is important to remind Washington politicians about what working families need.

The recovery is still being dragged down by the repeated budget crises manufactured by Republicans in Congress.

Budget austerity in the Tea Party Congress has already slowed annual economic growth by 0.7 percent, cost 1.2 million jobs and increased the unemployment rate by 0.8 percent, according to macroeconomic advisers.

First, Congress should repeal the sequester it created, not replace it. The sequester’s dumb across-the-board cuts have hurt everything from education to child care to medical research.

Repealing the sequester would generate 800,000 jobs by this time next year, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The next budget should undo this painful damage— and not replace it with other harmful cuts.

Most importantly, policymakers in Washington must reject proposals to cut Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare benefits. They should avoid deficit hysteria promoted by billionaires and the 1%. Instead of terrifying our parents and grandparents with threats to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits they’ve earned, politicians should protect these

MONGOLIAN BUFFET 515-232-2338

1620 S. Kellogg Ave. #103 Ames, IA 50010

$1 OFF Coupon Expires January 31st, 2014 1 coupon/table

vital programs that have shielded the elderly and vulnerable from poverty for generations.

Our nation’s safety net should be strengthened, not weakened, because working people need more economic security, not less.

Instead, Congress should look to raise new revenue by repealing the tax subsidies that encourage corporations to send jobs overseas and ending special tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans.

When the average CEO’s salary for the first morning on the job is the same amount the average worker makes in a year, it’s clear that the wealthiest Americans and corporations making record profits can pay their fair share.

Ending these undeserved and wasteful tax breaks would allow us to invest in our workforce and create the well-paying jobs millions so desperately need.

By rebuilding our infrastructure, edu-

cation, and manufacturing base, we can create good jobs with good benefits and provide relief to our struggling working and middle class. This is America, after all. No job should trap anyone in a vicious cycle of poverty.

In addition, Congress needs to pass comprehensive immigration reform, so that 11 million aspiring Americans are no longer second-class citizens and the rights of all workers are protected. Allowing hard-working immigrants to contribute to our communities would increase our economic growth, support important benefit programs and create jobs across Iowa.

By focusing on helping working families instead of how to score political points, Congress can produce a budget that supports an economy that works for all. It is time to tell Rep. Latham: Instead of shutting down progress, please listen to the needs of the hardworking voters who sent you to Washington.

Roll out the new year in style

Scion College Grad Pure Lease.

This 2013 xD $180 with $0 down.

All taxes and fees included.

2212 South Duff | 888.329.5545

scionofames.com

6 | NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Monday, Dec. 2, 2013

Editor: Katelynn McCollough | news@iowastatedaily.com | 515.294.2003

Courtesy of NASA

The Comet ISON originated from a reservoir of comets in the Oort Cloud, said Charles Kerton, professor of physics and astronomy at Iowa State. Many Ames residents are still fascinated by the concept of outer space, as evidenced by the large crowds of more than 100 people who still attend monthly planetarium shows on campus.

>>COMET p1 Samantha Glick, senior in physics, said research on space is still important and can lead to some of the technology that is used by the general public every day.

Cellphones, for example, require satellites.

“We can’t predict what [one] little discovery will change for the world in 20 years,” Glick said.

Glick referred to the field as being in a transitional phase from one that is heavily government funded to becoming a more privatized one.

Companies such as SpaceX independently pursue the goal of enabling humans to eventually live on other planets, according to the SpaceX website.

“What we do as a field [is] we prioritize,” Kerton said.

“Ultimately, it comes back to the public whether they want to fund and the level they want to fund these projects. The science community kind of sets the science direction, sets the priorities and then the nation as a whole

>>ELECTION p1 Guenther said.

GSB Sen. Zachary Bauer, who also serves as the public relations committee chairman, said being a member of GSB gives students an opportunity to address problems around campus.

“People who want to make a difference on campus, people who want to, is thrown around on GSB a lot, make the student experience better for everyone,” Bauer said.

Bauer said more problems could arise as the student population continues to increase at Iowa State.

“It’s the student’s pre-

GSB really empowers students to ... go after what they see wrong, to give them a way to ... go about fixing it.”

GSB Sen. Zachary Bauer

has to decide whether it wants to fund the agencies that can do those things.”

At Iowa State, the attendance at planetarium shows has shown there is still regular interest in space.

Alan Hulsebus, graduate in the physics and astronomy department, said the monthly planetarium shows can draw more than 100 people out at a time.

“I think [space is] something that everyone can relate to,” Hulsebus said. “You can go outside and look up, you know, at the night sky and stare at it and wonder.”

Kerton referenced accessibility as a potential reason people can be captivated by an interest in space.

“I think, for a lot of people, it’s a hobby that lets you get outside if you are interested in space. It’s something that’s accessible to a lot of people,” Kerton said.

A simple pair of binoculars can allow a viewer to catch sight of many celestial occurrences, at times such as comets like ISON.

Fast facts ISON stands for International Scientific Optical Network, the telescope the first spotted the comet.

The hyperbolic trajectory Comet ISON is on is essentially a U-shape that wraps around the sun.

“There’s still the background interest in exploration, there’s still the background interest in astronomy and things that happen in the heavens,” Deam said. “But the imperative that was present in those earlier years in the 1960’s is no longer with us because there’s no political context in which that could occur.”

While part of Comet ISON appeared to have survived its close encounter with the sun, at least for a while, only time will tell whether the same can be said for the American public’s general interest in space.

Other info sessions 7 p.m. Jan. 20 and 23 in room 3512 of the Memorial Union Campaign College event: 1 to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 18 from in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.

The Campaign College event will not count as one of the official sessions for those running for GSB.

rogative and priority to be an influence in solving those issues, and GSB is a great venue to go to, to run for, in order to have the tools necessary to actually address those concerns,” Bauer said.

Bauer said a lot of the current GSB senators ran on a specific issue they believe needed to be addressed, such as sustainability issues or issues with CyRide.

“GSB really empowers students to kind of go after what they see wrong, to give them a way to kind of go about fixing it,” Bauer said.

Bauer said being on GSB also gives students an opportunity to gain leadership and public speak-

>>LAW p1 “Determined law students will finish and reach their career goals much sooner,” Schmittmann said.

This requires careful planning though.

“It’s not like you study here for three years and get your degree just like that,” Schmittmann said. “We have to carefully look at the students’ courses and make sure we plan appropriately, so that they will satisfy all the requirements they need to master their degree at ISU.” The program is voluntary. Students who still want to do the regular four years are more than welcome to do so, Schmittmann said.

“I’d only advise the accelerated program to first year students who are determined to follow a career in law and who don’t want to wait,” Schmittmann said. “A lot of students find other career opportunities or other fields they’re interested in over the years, so this is only for those who really want to do this.”

One less year of studying at a university also means that students will have to cut back on seminars and information that you can learn in one year.

“The secret is to focus on and map out the most important aspects of your law education,” Schmittmann said. “The first year of law school has to teach you the ba-

Last year’s presidential candidate Daniel Rediske congratulates elected GSB President Spencer Hughes.

ing experience. “[It’s] stuff that you’ll use when you’re interviewing for your first job and in your future employment,”

Bauer said.

Bauer said some of the projects around campus initiated by GSB include the BigBelly recycling

compactors across campus and the bike pump outside the Memorial Union.

Registration to be an

Iowa State Daily

official candidate must be completed by 7 p.m. on Feb. 5.

More information can be found on GSB’s website.

3+3 program In cooperation with Drake University and the University of Iowa, students can now obtain a bachelor’s and law degree in six years.

Students study for three years at Iowa State, and then go to law school at Drake of Iowa for three years.

sic aspects of what you’d learn at ISU such as critical thinking or writing at a sophisticated level.”

Bruce Allen, academic adviser for LAS, said there are already some students who have indicated interest in the 3+3 program.

“We receive a fair amount of attention, and we expect some more,” Allen said.

Since this is the first time Iowa State is doing this, there are still some general issues regarding the individual planning, Allen said.

“We’re working on it to make it more of a seamless transition for students who participate in the program,” Allen said. “I will provide students with general guidance, resources, services and advice.”

The cooperation with Drake and Iowa has been very positive so far, Allen said.

“I’d call Drake our backyard law school,” Allen said. “We have a fair number of students who attend Drake, because they want to practice law in Iowa.”

Illustration: Jonathan Krueger/Iowa State Daily

Through a partnership between Iowa State, Drake University and the University of Iowa, students can earn a law degree in as little as six years, one year less than the usual method.

Schmittmann said she recommends accelerated programs like this to all departments at Iowa State, especially concerning the debate of cost for high education.

“Programs like these are a very costeffective way for students to reach their goal,” Schmittmann said. “It shows that ISU is very flexible in how it allows students to move towards their degree.”

Sports

iowastatedaily.com/sports

Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 Editor: Alex Halsted sports@iowastatedaily.com | 515.294.2003

isdsports

7

Iowa State Daily

Discover more: online

Find out where the ISU volleyball team is headed for the first-round play iowastatedaily.com/sports

NCAA announces volleyball’s tournament bracket

ISU football makes abrupt changes to coaching staff

By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com The ISU football team announced Sunday that offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham and running backs coach Kenith Pope have been re-

lieved of their duties.

Both Messingham and Pope had been on ISU coach Paul Rhoads’ staff since he arrived at Iowa State (3-9, 2-7 Big 12) in 2009. The move came one day after the Cyclones finished their 2013 season with a 52-44 triple

overtime victory against West Virginia.

The ISU offense, through Nov. 30 games, is ranked No. 96 in the country out of 125 FBS teams.

“I want to thank both Courtney and Kenith for their service to Iowa State,” Rhoads said in

a news release. “They have great character and work ethic, and have been excellent ambassadors for the university and community. They worked hard to help elevate our program and have been an important part of the success we have had in this program the

last five years.”

Iowa State will begin an immediate search for replacements to fill both positions. Rhoads has no timetable for decisions and Iowa State said he will have no comment until he returns from recruiting in two weeks.

Brian Achenbach/Iowa State Daily

Redshirt sophomore at 197 pounds Kyven Gadson grapples with Sam Brooks of Iowa on Dec. 1 at Hilton Coliseum. Gadson won the match by decision. Iowa State lost the dual to Iowa 23 to nine.

Cyclones fall to Hawkeyes in Cy-Hawk dual meet Iowa’s 10-year streak stays unbroken with win

By Ryan.Young @iowastatedaily.com After losing the last nine meetings, the Cyclone wrestling team was looking for a change.

Iowa State (5-1) hosted in-state rival Iowa on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to record the first victory in the Cy-Hawk series for the program since 2004. Iowa (40) prevailed, however, winning the match 23-9.

“It was a much better match than we had last year,” said ISU coach Kevin Jackson. “This match is going to be a valuable tool for us going forward into the season. All in all I’m proud of my guys, and I’m excited about the direction of our program.”

The No. 4 Hawkeyes didn’t miss a beat early, defeating both Tanner Weatherman and Lelund Weatherspoon in the first two matches. Weatherman and Weatherspoon

both fell to top-ranked opponents 10-1 and 4-0, respectively.

With the Cyclones down early, they needed a spark to stay in the match. That’s exactly what they got.

No. 3 Kyven Gadson took on Iowa’s Sam Brooks at 197 pounds, a weight class that has typically been successful for the Cyclones this season.

Gadson took the lead early with a takedown in the first period and then held on to win 3-2.

“I think that this team has the capability of something special,” Gadson said.

“That starts with beating Iowa. I know we didn’t do that today, but we did make strides today, and we will be there in March.”

The Cyclones weren’t content with just one win. Quean Smith came to the mat next for the 285 pound match. Smith led for the majority of the match, but Iowa’s Terrance Jean-Jacques fought back to force an overtime period.

Within five seconds in overtime, Smith had recorded a takedown, winning the match 6-4.

“I need to improve still on many posi-

tions,” Smith said. “I need to work harder and keep pushing, because I never know when I’m going to go to overtime again.”

After Smiths match, Iowa State had cut the Iowa lead to one point, trailing 7-6.

But that’s where the meet went downhill.

Iowa won five of the next six matches, effectively winning the match 23-9, and handing the Cyclones their first loss of the season.

In the final match of the night, No. 3 Michael Moreno took on No. 7 Nick Moore, a match that had drawn a lot of attention prior to the start of the dual. The two had met before, once in the dual last year, and once at the NCAA Championships.

Moreno and Moore were locked in at 1-1 with one minute remaining in the match, when Moore recorded a takedown to take the match 3-1.

With several matches decided in the final minute Sunday, Jackson wants to use the matches as fuel to improve for later in the season.

“I’m not happy with leaving a couple of matches out there that we could have won,” Jackson said. “We have to continue to improve, and this match gives us a lot to

Iowa 23, Iowa State 9 Individual Results 125 - Clark (UI) def. Hall 8-7 133 - Ramos (UI) def. Bauer 16-5 141 - Dziewa (UI) def. G. Moreno 12-5 149 - Goettl def. Kelly (UI) 4-2 157 - St. John (UI) def. Nicholson 5-1 165 - Moore (UI) def. M. Moreno 3-1 174 - Evans (UI) def. Weatherman 10-1 184 - Lofthouse (UI) def. Weatherspoon 4-0 197 - Gadson def. Brooks (UI) 3-2 HWT - Smith def. Jean-Jacques (UI) 6-4

work on moving forward.”

Iowa State will compete next in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this weekend. Jackson knows how important it will be to stay focused and not dwell on the last meet.

“We’re better than what we showed tonight. I know it, and they know it,” Jackson said. “We’re going to continue to improve, and we’re going to beat the Hawks. It’s coming.”

Smith, Goettl provide spark amid Cy-Hawk loss Mental, physical play aid wrestlers in late wins for ISU

By Beau.Berkley @iowastatedaily.com The referee blew the whistle and the overtime clock began to tick. It was in this moment that ISU heavyweight Quean Smith saw his opening.

Smith and Iowa’s Terrance Jean-Jacques had already spent three rounds under the lights, trading escapes and reversals until halfway through the second period when Smith earned the first takedown of the match.

It would not be his last.

After Smith’s takedown gave him the 4-2 lead, he was stuck with a stalling call followed by an escape from Jean-Jacques that put the match at 4-4, sending the two heavyweights into sudden death overtime.

Five seconds ticked off the clock before Smith sent JeanJacques through the air and onto his back, securing a two-point takedown and the match.

“Just as soon as the whistle blew I said, ‘OK, should I just take this shot or wrestle through?’ but once I saw it open it up I said, ‘Okay, that’s where I can take this shot,’” Smith said.

Smith’s victory against JeanJacques was the first of the season for the Cyclones at heavyweight after going 0-5 through the first of their six duals.

The lights are always brighter when Iowa comes to Hilton Coliseum and the intensity and pressure became even greater during Smith’s overtime match, but he didn’t let the size of the stage rattle him.

“I was nervous, but I know I wrestle for Iowa State so I shouldn’t be nervous and that was it,” Smith said.

Smith was not the only Cyclone that brought Iowa State

Brian Achenbach/Iowa State Daily

Quean Smith, ISU redshirt freshman at 285 pounds, attempts to pin Iowa’s Terrance Jean-Jacques on Sunday at Hilton Coliseum. Smith won in a sudden victory. Luke Goettl also won his match, against a No. 17-ranked opponent. Iowa State lost the dual against Iowa overall, 23 to 9.

fans to their feet during 23-9 loss against the in-state rival Hawkeyes.

Luke Goettl earned a 4-2 victory against No. 17 ranked

Mike Kelly during the dwindling seconds of the third period.

The two went back and forth from the start, with Goettl taking a first period lead off a

takedown, but Kelly evened the score in the second period after getting a reversal.

Goettl chose neutral to start the third period and with just two seconds left scored the decisive takedown. Afterwards, Goettl was rather mum about his takedown that brought the Cyclone faithful to their feet.

“Probably should have done it [takedown] earlier in the match, but I still got the win,” Goettl said.

ISU coach Kevin Jackson said there was more to the matches than just a win.

“It was big for him [Quean] and Luke Goettl to find a way to win in a gut-check type match,” Jackson said. “What it tells them is that this is what it feels like to dig down deep and figure out how to go get that win. This is what it feels like mentally, this is what it feels like physically and this is what it feels like technically to go out and impose your will on that match.”

8 | SPORTS | Iowa State Daily | Monday, Dec. 2, 2013

Editor: Alex Halsted | sports@iowastatedaily.com | 515.294.2003

Multiple runners earn All-American status at nationals ISU takes 13th at NCAA national women’s crosscountry championships

By Ryan.Young @iowastatedaily.com The ISU women’s cross-country team surprised more than just its fans this season; it surprised itself.

The Cyclones competed Nov. 23 at the National Collegiate Athletic Association National Championship meet in Terre Haute, Ind., and finished 13th as a team, something many didn’t think they would be able to do.

“From the outside looking in, it looks like we have accomplished all of these great things,” said ISU coach Andrea Grove-McDonough. “But we’ve really had some challenges this year, and what we’ve done is really remarkable. If you had asked any of us at the beginning of the year if we thought we would be where we are now, we wouldn’t be giving an honest answer if we said, ‘yes.’”

Sophomore Crystal Nelson led the team once again at the championships.

She hung around with the front pack for the first portion of the race, but hit a patch of mud and fell early on.

Nelson ended up finishing 32nd over-

all, earning All-American honors.

“A girl right behind me clipped my heel, and I just fell face first into the mud,” Nelson said. “By the time I got up, the pack was gone. But I could hear people cheering me on, and I just had to stay mentally tough and in the race. I couldn’t have done that without my coaches and teammates.”

Nelson, who won the Midwest Regional the week before, had higher expectations for herself going into the national meet.

“At first I was upset with my place,” Nelson said. “I was expecting around a top-15 finish. But looking back on it now, and having had time to think about it, I’m ecstatic. I can’t be disappointed being an All-American. I’m happy with how it ended up.”

Nelson wasn’t the only Cyclone to earn All-American status.

Freshman Bethanie Brown finished 37th at Nationals, coming in just 1 second behind Nelson.

Brown proved to be a valuable asset to the team all season long. She was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, along with her All-American honors.

“We didn’t know Bethanie coming into this year,” said team captain Samantha Bluske. “She is one of the toughest girls I’ve ever met in my life. She has heart and determination that I have never seen before.”

The ISU men’s team sent one individual to the national meet as well. Mohamed

From the outside looking in, it looks like we have accomplished all of these great things. But we’ve really had some challenges this year, and what we’ve done is really remarkable.”

ISU coach Andrea Grove-McDonough

Hayley Hochstetler/Iowa State Daily

Freshman Crystal Nelson crosses the finish line in first place with a time of 20:12 at regionals. Crystal Nelson finished 32nd at nationals and earned a All-American honor on Wednesday in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Hrezi finished 24th, making him an All-American.

Hrezi became the 23rd Cyclone to be-

come an All-American, and the first since 2008 for the men’s squad.

“I am extremely happy for [Mohamed], earning the title of All-American,” said ISU coach Martin Smith in a news release following the meet. “That is an extremely difficult feat to accomplish, especially when it’s your first time at the national meet.”

Looking forward to next season, the women’s team loses only one member in Bluske. The amount of experience coming back is what runners say will make the biggest difference.

“I am so excited. I’m already thinking about it,” Nelson said. “We’re returning just about everyone, and I think we can do big things. I can’t wait to see what the future brings.”

Cyclones overcome 31-14 halftime deficit for emotional win Senior players finish the season with three wins

By Dylan.Montz @iowastatedaily.com A lot of tears and emotion poured out of the ISU locker room.

For the seniors, it was the last chance to wear the cardinal and gold. For the younger players, it was a chance to get more experience and jumpstart the momentum into the offseason.

But for Iowa State as a whole, it was the last chance this season to

right a few wrongs, get one last win and sing the fight song one more time.

The ISU football team got to do all of that in its 52-44 triple overtime win against West Virginia in Morgantown, W.Va. on Saturday. With the win, the Cyclones finished 3-9 overall and 2-7 in the Big 12, and for a senior class that has been a part of three bowl games, their careers ended on a high note.

“Finishing with two wins gives them just a huge positive taste in their mouth about leaving this program and allows them to leave sticking their chest back out again,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads.

“And of course it propels us into the off-season with renewed strength and vision and so forth.”

The win didn’t come without a little adversity, though. After three threeand-outs, an interception and a fumble recovery for a touchdown, the ISU offense struggled to gain traction early and the Cyclones found themselves in a 17-0 hole.

Iowa State was down as much as 31-7 in the second quarter, a mark that would have possibly caused the team to roll over a couple weeks ago.

But the message before this game was that adversity would come, Iowa State would just have to

EARN WHERE YOU LEARN!

Senior Advertising Account Executive

Part-Time / Graduate Students / Internship Candidates When was the last time you were PAID to go to school?

How would you like to have unlimited earning potential while taking a class?

General Description: The Senior Advertising Account Executive targets potential advertising clients and develops relationships in order to acquire new advertising accounts, as well as maintains relationships and favorable contacts with current and potential advertising accounts. He/she liaises closely with his/her clients throughout ad campaigns, often on a daily basis. He/she manages administrative and ad campaign work, ensuring that everything is completed on time, on budget, and meets the customers’ expectations.

Responsibilities: 1.

Manage a portfolio of accounts to build assigned territory and increase market share; Maintain electronic and printed client account records.

2. Achieve sales targets, relying on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

3. Meet and liaise with clients to discuss and identify their advertising requirements.

4. Make “pitches” to try to win new business for the agency.

5. Work with Sales & Marketing Director to devise an advertising campaign that meets the client's brief and budget. Become and remain familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.

6. Present creative work to clients to obtain approval and/or modification.

7.

Lead and direct the work of other Advertising Account Executives; Act as a mentor and trainer with junior staff members.

8. Brief media, creative, and research staff, and assist with the formulation of marketing and ad campaign strategies.

9. Act as the link between the client and agency by maintaining regular contact with both, negotiating with clients and agency staff about the details of campaigns, and ensuring that communication flows effectively.

10. Monitor the effectiveness of campaigns; Deliver and present client reports.

11. Complete administrative work, as required.

Skills: • • • • • • • •

Excellent spoken and written communication skills Strong presentation and negotiation skills Confidence, tact, and a persuasive manner Excellent organizational and time management skills Excellent “people skills,” for working with a range of colleagues and clients Ability to meet deadlines and reach goals A professional manner Excellent business sense

Apply at:

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/apply/ Iowa State Daily, 108 Hamilton Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

Send Inquiries To:

apply@iowastatedaily.com

respond.

“Everybody wants to finish with a W,” Rhoads said. “It was [West Virginia’s] senior day; guys that have done a lot for this school and program. A lot for this school and program; they were going to play. Certainly didn’t count on the turnovers and opportunities we provided for them, but adversity was discussed and the response to it was going to have to be a must and the kids did.

“Even down 31-7, never did our sideline change like it did at Oklahoma.”

Rhoads said redshirt freshman quarterback Grant Rohach grew up a lot in that loss to Oklahoma.

His growth as a quarterback showed in Saturday’s win as he went 25-of-39 passing for 331 yards and four touchdowns with just one interception.

What the win did for the young quarterback couldn’t have been more valuable. Ending on a winning note propels Rohach and the team into spring ball, but getting the win didn’t come without a team effort, especially down 31-7 in the second quarter.

“It’s demoralizing to say the least, but I have full faith in our guys to come back,” Rohach said. “And I think that’s why we didn’t keel over and give up that game. We have faith in each other to do our job and get the win.”

Brian Achenbach/Iowa State Daily

Redshirt freshman quarterback Grant Rohach drops back to pass during Iowa State’s 34-0 win over the Kansas Jayhawks at Jack Trice Stadium on Nov. 23. Rohach had 15 completions on 20 attempts for 300 yards on the night.

For seniors like safety Jacques Washington, his ISU career ended just like he wanted to. Even though the wins didn’t come as often as he hoped they would throughout the year.

“It’s good for me to end this way. It was a great

game,” Washington said.

“We were down 31-7 and the things that we did to show this program that we’re not done. To show that it wasn’t just some fluke wins the past four years. The most important thing is confidence for those younger guys.”

Men’s basketball moves forward with undefeated season record Cyclones find unexpected team chemistry early on

By Dean.Berhow-Goll @iowastatedaily.com For Iowa State’s Melvin Ejim, it’s going better than he expected. For Georges Niang, they’re ahead of schedule. And for head coach Fred Hoiberg, that’s the case because there were so many unknowns coming into this season.

This is a consensus that the No. 17 Cyclones (5-0,) is where they hoped they’d be after passing two major early season tests before Auburn (4-1) comes to Ames on Monday night.

“I just think there were so many unknowns,” Hoiberg said about coming into this season. “For everybody, for us, for the guys, just because of all the new faces.

The thing I’ve been most impressed with and I said this last night, was how well they come together and how well they’ve fought through adversity when it’s hit us in games, specifically Michigan and BYU. You find a way to bounce back and gut out a tough win and in BYU’s case in an extremely difficult environment.”

At this point in the season last year, Iowa State had just dropped two consecutive games to No. 22 Cincinnati and No. 18 UNLV in Las Vegas during Thanksgiving.

Now this year’s team, which only returned two of the main rotation players from last season, Niang and Ejim, hasn’t missed a beat and ranks in the top-10 in

points, rebounds and assists per game through November.

“I think it’s coming together better than I thought it would,” Ejim said. “We have great guys, we have great pieces, but I thought it’d take a little more time. Last year it took a little bit of time, we didn’t really start clicking until the end of the season. This year we started clicking really early where we’re playing well, we’re all comfortable with each other, we’ve got a good chemistry off and on the court so it’s going well.”

In the two wins, Niang has taken on the role of closer.

In the 77-70 win against then-No. 7 Michigan, with 3:21 left, Niang scored six straight, including the last two field goals Iowa State made to put Iowa State up two scores with just more than a minute to play.

Then against BYU with Iowa State only leading 80-77, Niang assisted on the first, then scored the next three buckets to put Iowa State ahead 88-83, before Naz Long and Daniel Edozie free throws sealed the game.

Niang is averaging 13.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game so far this season.

“That’s not too bad of a name now is it,” Niang joked when he was asked about his closer role. “I feel like I’m just going out and helping my team in whichever way I can and if that’s having to score in the last four minutes of every game then that’s what I’ll do. I just felt like my name needed to be called and so coach gave me the ball and I made plays.”

Monday, Dec. 2, 2013 | Iowa State Daily | GAMES | 9

515.294.4123

www.iowastatedaily.com/classifieds

IOWA STATE DAILY BUSINESS DIRECTORY

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

Call us at 231-3649

•Windows •Deep Cleaning

•Rentals •Sorority & Fraternity

The Recommends ALL ITS READERS Closely examine any offer of a job opportunity or service that sounds too good to be true; chances are it is.

Before investing any money, please contact the

Des Moines Better Business Bureau at 515-243-8137

classified@iowastatedaily.com

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

Leave the rest to us.

References • Insured & Bonded • 25 Years Experience • Gift Cards Available

ANNOUNCEMENTS

You do the living.

Jackson Cleaning Service •Residential Cleaning •Getting Your Home Ready For the Market

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HUD Publisher’s Notice All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, family status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is a violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at 1-800-424-8590.

• Full time management and maintenance staff • Online rental payment (no fee) • On campus rental locations

• Numerous Ames locations • Most properties “owner” managed • 1,100+ apartments

HELP WANTED STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM Paid survey takers needed in Ames. 100% free to join. Click on surveys.

515.233.4440 • www.hunziker.com

Print PDF

Website

com www.facebook.com/iowastatedaily

www.twitter.com/iowastatedaily

iPhone App Android App

iPad Edition

Tablet Edition

Daily Fun & Games Puzzle answers available online at: www.iowastatedaily.com/puzzles

Crossword

Horoscope Today’s Birthday (12/2/13) If you love your work, it will grow.

If not, accept new opportunities.

Prioritize passion. Collaboration thrives with balance and respect.

With persistent attention, creative and romantic risk pays off. Record springtime muses for late summer launch. Pitch and negotiate then. New flavors inspire your work. Maintain high standards and your nest egg will grow. Follow love.

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

Across 1 Mooing critter 4 Ancient region surrounding Athens 10 Reagan era mil. program 13 Disgusted grunts 15 Resident of Tibet’s capital 16 Muscle spasm 17 Illegal activity admitted by Lance Armstrong in January 2013 19 Writer for whom the Edgar award is named 20 Not sacred 21 Secret matters 23 Baba who stole from thieves 24 Singer with Crosby, Stills & Nash 27 Glass container 29 Actress Cannon 30 Peter Fonda’s title beekeeper 31 Opposed (to) 34 Hurts with a tusk 37 ESPN show with an “Inside Pitch” segment 42 Willem of “Platoon” 43 100-lawmakers group 44 “Peter Pan” pirate 47 Hang around 49 Pretoria’s land: Abbr.

50 Trousseau holder 53 Stomach-punch response 55 Start of the line that includes “wherefore art thou” 56 Female star 60 Comfy room 61 Volcanic Hawaiian landmark, and a hint to the first word of 17-, 24-, 37- and 50-Across 64 Night’s opposite 65 __ Pie: ice cream treat 66 Reached base in a cloud of dust 67 “Tasty!”

68 Unsettling looks 69 Arid Down 1 Baby bears 2 Look at lasciviously 3 “So what?”

4 Alan of “M*A*S*H” 5 Like rosebushes 6 Pub spigot 7 “Woe __”: Patricia T. O’Conner grammar book 8 Gondolier’s “street” 9 Hopping mad 10 One of Minn.’s Twin Cities 11 Singer Warwick 12 Frigid historic period

14 Aretha’s genre 18 551, at the Forum 22 Dad’s nephew 25 Aerie hatchlings 26 Playing an extra NBA period, say 27 Quick blow 28 Gardner once married to Sinatra 29 Refusing to listen 32 Use, as a coupon 33 Entrepreneuraiding org.

35 Optimistic 36 Opposite of WSW 38 Come in last 39 Lasagna-loving cat 40 Growth chart nos.

41 Brewed drink 44 Poorly made 45 Wells’“The Island of Dr. __” 46 Arnold Palmer or Shirley Temple, drinkwise 48 Where charity begins 51 Formally gives up 52 Raise, as a sail 53 Old fort near Monterey 54 Sounds of wonder 57 Grandson of Adam 58 Depilatory brand 59 Hot tub swirl 62 Alias letters 63 Former Russian space station

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 9 -- Embark on a wild adventure, and take a partner along. Your universe is expanding. Empower assertive behavior. Don’t spend on celebrations; keep the money in the bank and find low-cost alternatives. Test new recipes.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8 -- Past deeds speak well for you, so keep up the good work. Don’t confuse enthusiasm with being impulsive. Stand up for what’s important. Consider the impact before acting. Handle financial matters now. A friend’s referral opens a door.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is a 9 -- Adjust to the demands and needs of others now. Put fantasies on hold for a while and study. Finish up all the old tasks on your list. The effects will be far-reaching. Do a little bit at a time.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 9 -- Discover and take advantage of new opportunities.

Put insights to imaginative use. Intuition reveals a winning strategy. Fulfill a promise to a colleague. The pace quickens.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9 -- Verify connections and reconfirm the plan. Consult an expert. You’re getting stronger. Dreams provide answers. You’re extra hot today and tomorrow. Save for a rainy day. Change things around at home. Use your skills and enjoy the results.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 -- Obstacles make you even more determined.

Friends help out, too. Dance with surprises. Let your partner take the lead. Schedule meetings for today, and think things through to the logical conclusion.

Upgrade equipment. There’s a positive outcome in the works.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8 -- Provide something that’s required. Make more time for love over the next few days. Prepare a glamorous event. Imagination is your best asset to generate creative and unusual ideas. Organize and delegate, then celebrate.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 -- Focus on keeping old commitments today and tomorrow, freeing space for new ideas. Get your partner involved.

Don’t worry about the money.

Get the team to play along. Get advice from somebody who’s been there, done that.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 -- Career matters claim your attention today and tomorrow. Pay attention.

Consider an interesting proposition and discover an answer. Offer your own ideas.

Meditate on a problem, then act on your convictions.

by Linda Black

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 -- Stick close to home for the next two days, and relax. Reassess your view of a situation. A disagreement about priorities could arise. Work the numbers and negotiate a firm deal. Research options by reviewing expert opinions.

Sudoku

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 -- Take care of a household emergency with quick thinking. You’re extra brilliant today and tomorrow.

Don’t spend money just to look good. Actions speak louder, so work faster and make money.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9 -- Household finances take top priority.

Upgrade domestic technology without getting distracted.

Go for it together. Provide the perfect atmosphere using available resources.

LEVEL:

1 2 3 4

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk

UNIONS

A special wedding edition of the newspaper that runs on the last Wednesday of every month.

The section features unique wedding ideas, tips and trends.

Submit your announcements to From rehearsals to receptions, and everything in-between, we’ve got your nuptial needs covered.

by the Mepham Group

public_relations@iowastatedaily.com

!

E R O CS

10 | Iowa State Daily | Monday, Dec. 2, 2013

w o n y r e v i l ! e e l D b a 6 l i 3 ava 239-50 5 1 5 l l a C

S L A I C E P S IGHT

N Y s ts A g D n i N MO ¢ W Pin 50 estic m o D 5 7 .

1 $

T H G I AL TE N

R U O H Y P P HA

T y nda

h s e r f g n i ! r a e z f f z i o p w e o d a N em hom

36

S 114

D

e• v A f uf

-50 -239

515

s r e h c rs t i P ic itche t s e m lty P o D s y a 0 o i 5 c .

B $7 0 Spe t Tall 5 e k . c 1 u $1 .50 B , s 2 o 1 h $ c a N l l a , b s t e o t i o $5 F hicken B icks, t C S s e k s c i e t Che retzel S P t f o S

SATU

ts n i P stic 2 oz. e m o D ic 2 tles 5 t 7 s . e 1 $ om tic Bot s D 0 $2.5 Domes ll wine a m 0 p 9 $2.0 2.00 off tizers t a g $ n e i rt a And rice app t s y P a d 2 / s 1 hur

Su

N U S & Y A RD

S L A I C E P S DAY