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Red Green is a comedian who started out working with Patrick McKenna and Rick Green in Canada. The show went on for 15 years before he went solo.

Red Green to perform at Stephens

By Dominic.Spizzirri @iowastatedaily.com Comedy actor Red Green (Steve Smith) of the Red Green Show will be bringing his “How to do Everything” show to Stephens Auditorium on May 6, 2014.

The performance is a solo tour for actor Steve Smith of the television show. Red Green finds himself back in the United States after his highly successful “Wit and Wisdom Tour” in 2012.

That performance came to Stephens Auditorium as well for a sold-out performance and was able to bring in a show that attracted all ages.

“Based on the last time Red Green was here, the age of people who attended that show extended from elementary school kids to grandparents,” said general manager of Iowa State Center, Mark North.

“It’s a really popular show ... a lot of different age groups come to watch him. The guy is generally clean and funny.”

The Red Green show started in Canada before premiering in the United States in 1991 up until its 2006 series finale.

The show was made up of actors Patrick McKenna, Rick Green and Smith.

The Red Green Show lasted 15 seasons on multiple television stations.

North promises the show will be an amazing time for all fans of Red Green and comedy. “[Attendees] can expect to have a good time, laugh the entire evening,” North said. “[They] will walk away feeling good about what they saw.”

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The Northern Research and Demonstration Farm in Kanawha, Iowa, is Iowa State’s oldest research farm. Micah Smidt, a 2010 agronomy alumnus, will be taking on the role as the new superintendent. The Kanawha farm is the oldest outlying research farm that Iowa State has and was opened in 1931.

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ISU alumnus takes over research farm

By Caitlin.Deaver @iowastatedaily.com The Northern Research and Demonstration Farm in Kanawha, Iowa, Iowa State’s oldest research farm, has a new superintendent, ISU alumnus Micah Smidt.

Smidt, who graduated with a degree in agronomy in 2010, grew up near the research farm.

“I am excited to be part of the oldest outlying research farm Iowa State has,” Smidt said. “I grew up on a farm outside of Kanawha and am excited to be working so close to home and doing something I am passionate about.”

Kanawha’s research farm was first opened in 1931. Smidt is the sixth superintendent since the farm’s opening.

Smidt took over the position when the former superintendent David Rueber retired. Smidt met

The Northern Research and Demonstration Farm is the result of the merging of the North Iowa Experimental Association and the Clarion-Webster Experimental Association. Both associations combined their separate acreages to put the present Northern Research Farm, located just south of Kanawha, Iowa, at a total of 173 acres.

Rueber the summer following his senior year of high school when he first worked on the research farm before starting college in the fall.

“Trying to fill [Rueber’s] shoes won’t be an easy task, but I am confident that I will be able to jump right in and do a good job here,” Smidt said. “[Rueber] ran this farm with great accuracy and knew this farm like the back of his hand, and I am hoping, in time, I will be able to do the same. There will be some learning curves, but I am looking forward to the future.”

Smidt will have crucial responsibilities to fulfill on the farm, as well.

“My responsibilities are to manage the research farm as a farmer would manage their farm,” Smidt said. “Along with making sure the crops get planted and harvested, I will be working with researchers managing their trials. I will be overseeing all activities at the Northern Research Farm and employees, setting up field days and maintaining the farm.”

To acquire the position, Smidt interviewed through Iowa State. The skills he gained while working as a crop consultant trainee at an agriculture retail business in north central Iowa helped him get the position. “[Smidt] has excellent current skills for today’s rapidly changing agriculture,” said Mark Honeyman, director of Iowa Research and Demonstration Farms.

Smidt also worked as an Ag Specialist at the Kanawha research farm before becoming superintendent. He began that position in February 2012, working at the farm and with farmers doing on-site research.

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Learning communities foster connections, help students engage

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Mead Over, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, lectures on he uses his background in economics to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. His lecture on Tuesday in the Memorial Union kicked off World AIDS Awareness Week at Iowa State.

AIDS treatment has economic impact

By David.Gerhold @iowastatedaily.com Over the years, society has achieved major success in the fight against AIDS, but there is still a lot to be done, said Mead Over, se-

nior fellow at the Center for Global Development and former World Bank economist.

Over kicked off this year’s World AIDS Awareness Week with his lecture, “The Global Struggle against AIDS — The U.S. Role & Prospects

for Sustainability.”

Over said his economics background allows him to share a different experience on how to fight the disease and to improve matters

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Each year at Iowa State, there is an opportunity for peer mentors from every learning community on campus to nominate their supervisors for a peer mentor supervisor award.

This year, Lois Girton, academic adviser in the genetics department, was the recipient of the award.

Girton is in charge of the “Genetics — The Secret of Life” learning community on campus.

“The awards are presented at the annual peer mentor recognition event at the end of April. I attended to honor my peer mentors and hoped that one of them would receive the outstanding peer mentor award for which she had been nominated by the students. “So I was focused on that rather than on the supervisor award and it came as a

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surprise,” Girton said.

“It was nice to receive the award because it shows that my peer mentors are responsible and caring individuals who took time to put together the nomination.”

Learning communities are small groups of students within a certain major that meet periodically to discuss different topics that relate to their studies.

Learning community members are required to enroll in a certain amount of classes together, making their class schedules quite similar.

This gives members a chance to get to know each other.

“Learning Communities, especially those for freshmen, are extremely important to the firstyear experience … they help students adjust to campus and provide a built-in venue for stu-

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Groups help international students adapt to new culture, environment

By Kat.Gruenewald @iowastatedaily.com Of Iowa State’s 3,797 international students, exactly 1,986 are from the People’s Republic of China.

This group has been the largest international group on the ISU campus since 1991 and has grown rapidly during the past years.

Other major international groups from India, South Korea and Malaysia may not reach the number of the Chinese population here, but with a range from 266 to 404 students they are still fairly large compared to the student populations from other countries.

Coming to Iowa State as a student from one of these backgrounds can bring some advantages but some disadvantages as well.

James Dorsett, director of the International Student and Scholar Office said new students of these origins come into a large group of people who can help them with cultural, logistical and adjustment issues.

“Obviously if there is a lot of students that’s easier to do because they set up committees and have different people in charge of different things. That

makes it easier to handle all those sorts of issues,” Dorsett said.

The Chinese Student Association has set up numerous events this semester to bring Chinese students together and get new students involved.

“We helped them to get involved in Iowa State as soon as possible. During orientation we had a short introduction of Ames and Iowa State, where to go eat, buy clothes or how to choose classes,” said Xiaolong Wang, junior in supply chain management and president of the Chinese Student Association.

“We helped them to open their bank accounts and get their cellphones set up.”

The Korean Student Association, which represents the third-largest international group on campus goes even further and does an orientation for new Korean students right in Korea.

“We do a little gathering, where we introduce the university and give them our advice and experience, and we try to do that again when we come back here in the Fall when they all try to settle in again,” said Byoungwoo Choi, graduate student in accounting and president

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of the Korean Student Association.

Choi said that the large group of internationals students provides a safety net when students come into a new culture.

“You need the most help when you first get here. People new to this country have never lived on their own before; it is hard to know what to expect. So right when they come here, they can get in touch with another Korean student,” Choi said.

In addition to help while settling in, such large groups can provide the students with familiar things from home.

As Choi points out, Korean students can fall back on their traditional food or their religion from South Korea. Wang says the Chinese Student Association does that as well.

“For the Chinese New Year Celebration, we provide moon cake and make them feel back at home. It is a tradition,” Wang said.

“We are really close to each other, and when we are homesick we go to our Chinese friends.”

Dorsett agrees that when students really need help with certain problems being in such a situation can be beneficial, but points out that part of the value of being in a different culture is to learn to be more independent.

“If you are coming into a situation where there is nearly 2,000 of you, like the Chinese students,

it’s easier to not have to get out of your comfort zone and not branch out and have to fend for yourself,” Dorsett said.

Coming out of that comfort zone is never easy and sometimes language barriers make matters even more difficult.

“Chinese students are shy.

They don’t know how to say some things. They will just say hi and then stop talking,” Wang said.

This self-consciousness and the fact that some of these students might not be as used to moving out of their comfort zone, can lead to slightly more interaction between students from the same country and other international countries.

“If I am a non-native speaker and you are a non-native speaker and I am a bit self-conscious, I may feel more at home in talking to you than I would with an American because there would be this hope that your English is no better than mine,” Dorsett said.

Choi said he agrees.

“It is easier to become friends with Korean students. We speak the same language and English is more difficult. So it can be a barrier,” Choi said.

He also points out that it is hard for American and Korean students to become best friends.

“Becoming best friends is really hard,” Choi said. “Everyone has their American friends and international friends, but it is hard to become friends for life since people fall back on their Korean friends for that.” With time and effort, Dorsett said he hopes that students will form strong friendships with others from everywhere.

“If they have been here long enough and developed confidence in their cross-cultural abilities and their English, then hopefully they will branch out to everyone,” Dorsett said.

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Fossil fuel use, extraction leads to greenhouse effects

By Michelle.Schoening @iowastatedaily.com Fossil fuels have been a debate in environmental sciences for years now, ranging from how they impact climate change to where they originate.

Climate is the average weather conditions over a long period of time.

The idea of climate tends to be about the present and what the weather is like.

Ed Fallon, host of the Fallon Forum, discussed the question of whether fossil fuels will ever run out and what that means for the climate crisis.

Beth Caissie, assistant professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, said we cannot look at our climate changes and make the connection of it to carbon in the air.

“When you look back on how climate has changed … and you look at things like solar output and volcanic eruptions, all of these different things that could change climate, you really cannot explain the changes we have seen without carbon dioxide in the mix,” Caissie said.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been on the rise according to the Earth Systems Research Laboratory, with the current level at 393.66 parts per million.

Caissie said this number can be linked to the carbon cycle and the extraction of fossil fuels.

“There is carbon dioxide buried deep underground where the fossil fuels are, there are all these different places where carbon is stored,” Caissie said. “What that is doing

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Carbon is a major element that plays a role in many levels of the ecosystem. The carbon cycle is demonstrated in this illustration including the transmission of carbon in the form of carbon dioxide from animals that are stored and used for fossil fuels.

is when you add carbon in the atmosphere to make carbon dioxide, you create greenhouse effect.”

The greenhouse effect traps the heat in the earth’s atmosphere rather than letting it escape. This effect

allows the atmosphere to trap more heat and warm up, Caissie said.

Caissie said the process is unnatural because individuals are pumping carbon into the air so quickly.

While the amount of carbon dioxide affects the climate, it will take hundreds of years before citizens see the consequences in action.

“The predictions I’ve heard here in Iowa, we ex-

pect to have more persistent droughts and more major rainfall events ... big rain and big droughts, not at the same time,” Caissie said.

She said that the number of 100 degree days is

predicted to increase and the rainy seasons may shift.

The extraction of the fossil fuels is cheap and easy, yet it’s harmful to the environment. Dave Murphy, communications director at Climate March, said the reasoning for the continuation of extracting fossil fuels is greed.

“People have made a lot of money on oil, coal and natural gas, and it is seen as economically foolhardy to blow off their cash cow,” Murphy said.

A solution to reserving this nonrenewable resource may be renewable energy such as wind or solar. However, those too have to be made with minerals Caissie said. “[To say] fossil fuels are bad and alternative energy is good, I think that may be simplistic,” Caissie said. “If you look at wind and solar, you are also having to mine minerals that we need to put into these super high-tech solar panels ... there are trade-offs for everything.”

Even the minerals need to be mined and brought to their locations using these fossil fuels. For example, the large trucks carrying those windmills run on a form of gas to get the renewable energy source to their destination.

“You are not going to take [the carbon dioxide] out over night, but what can we do to slow it down a little bit,” Caissie added.

Murphy said little things like walking more and using less gas are things individuals can do now.

The main goal is to wean society off fossil fuels as much as possible.

Tuition and fees set for decision at Board of Regents meeting

By Danielle.Ferguson @iowastatedaily.com Proposed tuition and mandatory fees for the 2014-15 academic year is the main agenda item for the December Iowa Board of Regents meeting.

If approved, this will be the first time since 1975 that tuition rates for undergraduate residents has been held constant for three years.

“What [the board is] asking for is a four percent increase in state appropriations.

That’s based on the understanding that the resident undergraduate rates would not increase,” said Warren Madden, senior vice president for business and finance.

The national average increase in resident undergraduate mandatory fees and tuition rates for the past five years has been 5.9 percent. The state of Iowa has held the increase to 3.9 percent.

This will be the Board of Regents’ second reading for tuition rates.

“The only difference in the item being presented for approval is [the item] now includes some part-time rates that were not included in the October agenda item,” said Sheila Koppin-Doyle, the communications director for the Board of Regents.

Part-time rates are the same for resident and nonresident students if credit hours taken are below four. Once five credit hours are taken, resident and nonresident rates are different. To be considered part time, undergraduates must take fewer than 12 credit hours and graduate students must take below nine credit hours.

Mandatory fees are proposed to increase by .54 percent for Iowa State, the lowest of the three regent universities. This increase comes from a requested $2.80

increase in the student activities fee and $3.00 increase in student services.

The student activities fee increase, which has not increased since 2012, stems from Iowa State’s higher enrollment. The Government of the Student Body, who receives the activities fee, has experienced higher demand from the student activities it sponsors as well.

The additional money is said to cover increases in student wages and partly fund liability insurance for students using vehicles.

A new fee proposed for Iowa State is the International Student Orientation fee, for the amount of $120 for the academic year. The fee would cover costs to help improve new international student orientation that would include providing more training for leaders and meals for students.

Iowa State is requesting approval to establish a Center for Arthropod Management Technologies. The center, which would attempt to develop a management system of arthropod pests, would be in the Department of Entomology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Request for Faculty Professional Development Assignments is among the Education and Student Affairs Committee.

Professional Development Assignment is a program designed for professional development and growth within the universities and the program hopes to motivate faculty participation.

Purposes for Professional Development Assignments would include conducting research or scholarships, writing scholarly books or articles, developing new grant proposals for course materials or participating in an international program. Chosen faculty can also participate

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These numbers represent the proposed tuition and fees for undergraduates at Iowa universities that will be considered at the December Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday.

in new or specialized training within their fields.

Each university has a limit of three percent of faculty who can receive a Professional Development Assignment.

Iowa State has 45 faculty members participating in the 2014 fiscal year.

A report for the 2013 fiscal year’s assignments will be given, as well as the requests for fiscal year 2015.

The meeting is a telephonic meeting originating from the Iowa State University Alumni Center on Dec. 4 with open sessions beginning at 1 p.m. and expected adjournment at 3 p.m.

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Students need more input in Cyride funds discussions Changes may be coming for the CyRide bus system. With more students than ever, expansion of transportation routes and number of buses might be the next necessary step. As discussed in a previous editorial, the big question is, who will fund these changes?

CyRide transportation is funded by a partnership among students (through their fees), the city of Ames and Iowa State University itself. Different fractions of funding come from these groups, all of whom have some sort of representation on the CyRide Board of Trustees, which decides on many of the most important matters.

Unfortunately, the three groups that make up the partnership do not enjoy equal or proportional representation.

The board is composed of six members, which is only three more members than there even are groups in the partnership. Of these six, one is a university representative, currently Warren Madden, Senior Vice President for Business and Finance. Two of the members are student representatives, one of whom is appointed from the GSB senate by GSB senators (currently Zach Murrell), the other (currently Dan Rediske) who is appointed by GSB president Spencer Hughes. The final three members represent the city of Ames appointed by various people.

With a dearth of alternative information, this may seem like a fairly reasonable system of representation. However, in truth, it is blatantly disproportionate, with students receiving the shortest stick. As said, students are represented by two members, making up 33 percent of the CyRide Board of Trustees.

Actual student funding of the CyRide system via student fees is nearly double that, hovering around 63 percent. It just makes sense that if we as students are paying for more than half of the service, we should have at least 50 percent of the representation. The university provides 11 percent of the service’s funding, while the city’s portion sums up to approximately 25 percent.

Another often overlooked detail, is that actual CyRide ridership is approximately 91 percent students — nearly triple the student representation on the Board. The obvious response to that is that in this case, students should be providing more than 63 percent of CyRide funding. However, it can hardly be expected that students dish out more money without first receiving representation to match what we already spend on the service.

It is important to add to that argument that some of the university’s and city’s funding comes indirectly from students, anyway. Part of city funding comes from property tax, which students who live off-campus pay. University dollars come in part from the state, but primarily from student tuition, so it could be said that students are somewhat paying for that split as well.

Even if we forget for a moment that students pay indirectly through all three groups of the partnership, the representative proportion is obviously skewed.

Funding is at approximately 63:25:11 for students, city and university respectively while representation is closer to 33:50:17.

To alleviate this disparagement, GSB President Spencer Hughes feels that increasing the number of members on the board to seven would be a first good step.

By knocking down city representation to two members and increasing students to four, representation would be 57:29:14, which is much closer to the spread of funding than is now represented.

Increasing the board to seven members would keep the group small while doing a great deal to shift the accuracy of representation. However, such a change would have to be agreed upon by all members of the partnership, which may not be so easy to do.

To see that students, who are the largest CyRide ridership group, are provided with enough buses and routes to accommodate their schedules, these representative rearrangements must be made. Though it may seem like a minor issue, routes and buses will be overfull and wait lines will be long until some sort of adjustment is agreed upon.

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Abolish zero-tolerance policies

By Hailey.Gross @iowastatedaily.com

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ime and time again it has been proven that it is more effective to reinforce good behavior with rewards than to teach better behavior by punishing mistakes. Since the appearance of operant conditioning in psychological fields, scholars have argued that positive reinforcement is a more effective tool in shaping human and animal behavior than is punishment — whether it is at home, school or the workplace.

This is not to say that punishment has no place in behavior conditioning. Without punishment, children may grow to think that poor actions or mistakes have no negative consequences, which can be just as dangerous as being punished too frequently or fearing consequence at every turn.

However, as in most things in life, it must be used in moderation. Looking at the case of any abused or neglected child can show you the dangers of over-punishment.

Despite this, school districts around the country continue to use harsh zero-tolerance policies for student misbehavior. This means that students who are caught underage drinking, possessing drugs, or otherwise breaking the law are most likely met with harsh punishment: suspension, expulsion, and even arrest at times.

At such a critically young age in their lives, these students are being treated as fully-fledged adults, which not only results in excess punishment but also in losing the opportunity for proper behavior to be learned.

This accompanies the idea that hard conditioning will eradicate the bad behavior of a child, like a dog swatted for peeing on the carpet. However, these methods rarely Photo Illustration: Jonathan Krueger /Iowa State Daily work, and reports of zero-tolerance Zero-tolerance discipline policies can not only be detrimental to students by putting them policy failures are growing each year. behind with class-work but also discourage some students from continuing their education.

The New York Times reports that these “get-tough” policies are resulting in systems of bad students and social devi- ing it hard for that student to continue increased arrests and drop-outs, rather their education, or hard to even want to ants, but schools are not meant to be than the other way around. do so. pinnacles of societal balance and peace Perhaps some may see it as “punAdditionally, keeping students out — they are institutions of education. ishment” for a student to be suspended of sports, dances or other school funcMany argue that it is the parents’, not for a week or two. However, without tions may seem like a good punishment the schools’, duty to morally educate a making sweeping generalities it can for poor behavior, but these actions child but in a situation where parents safely be said that children who are isolate children and sometimes, encourare unwilling or unable, whose job is it? suspended are not often the type to be age them to turn to other, less beneficial Under the Obama administrafussed over a for few missed classes. forms of recreation. With the options tion, the Departments of Justice and What results is then not punishment of school sports, clubs, dances or other Education respectively have worked to at all, but a delaying of educational after-school groups, it is easier for a keep children in schools, and discourprocess.

As a result of those precious missed age schools from expelling students child to fall into less legal or socially acwho commit minor mistakes. With weeks, a student who misbehaved or cepted habits. federal attention, perhaps the problem broke the law will fall behind in their Think back to the mistakes we will eventually be assuaged, but it isn’t classwork. Any motivation they had to made in high school, or our friends something the public can ignore in the do well in class will evaporate when it made, or even other classmates that we meantime. becomes difficult just to catch up with didn’t know too well. Is it fair for those Young people who commit one the rest of the class. kids to have their future taken away That effect is only increased if a stu- tiny error — going to the wrong party, from them? If you or your friends were making a bad split-decision, making dent is kicked out of a school. Without caught and punished for every bad the wrong friends in a new district being tied to that institution, it is up thing you did, would you still be where — can have their futures taken away to potentially lax parents or oblivious you are today? from them. By suspending or expelling authorities to make that student restart It’s time to rethink the zero-tolerstudents, schools can indirectly cause their education at a different school. ance policies, and give our children a students to lose their diploma by makOf course, schools want to flush their second chance.

Hunting is more than just killing animals

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all is well underway and that means one thing for many Iowans: hunting season is here. Whether they go dressed in camouflage or blaze orange, thousands of hunters have already started their yearly harvest. Many more are eagerly awaiting the final seasons of the year, namely, early and late shotgun season for deer.

To those possibly unfamiliar with the practice, hunting can seem like nothing more than the barbaric slaughter of innocent animals. Even though the deaths of wild animals is undoubtedly the result of hunting, there is so much more to the process.

To an avid sportsman or woman, the benefits of harvesting game are clear. Not only do hunting seasons act as population control and information gathering events, but the act of hunting itself imparts a deeper respect for the natural world, and the lifeforms that constitute it.

Here in Iowa, there are a number of wild game seasons that are open for hunters to engage in. From waterfowl to turkeys to deer to coyotes, Iowa is still an abundant source of game.

“Still” is an important qualifier, for much has been done in our state to reduce the

populations of game species.

There are those who would see hunting eliminated. Various reasons for this view exist, but none is more apparent than the simple desire to treat wild animals as fellow beings, worthy of life at the very least.

It is certainly understandable to not wish suffering on any living being. It would seem nearly impossible to reconcile such a concern with actively shooting firearms at those very living beings, but that is precisely what occurs.

Wild animal populations are fairly stable, yet are not immune to rapid and devastating changes. In a world devoid of humans, animal populations would very likely show far greater resilience.

But such a world does not exist, especially here in Iowa, where we have literally the most altered landscape in the United States.

With the massive effect our modern existence has on wildlife, we have already come far beyond a policy of leaving animal populations to themselves. The only reasonable course of action at this stage of our development is to recognize the consequences of our presence and respond accordingly.

For populations of deer, waterfowl and a host of other game, that response is one of population control. Even with current hunting levels, animals still starve, freeze

and otherwise die due to habitat loss. It would be a cruel joke indeed to subject more innocent game animals to a slow and natural death than to allow for responsible and productive harvest by a fellow animal.

Beyond acting as a means of population control, hunting also allows individuals to engage in a natural process and become a part of the ecosystems they hunt in. It is no secret that some of the biggest land and water conservation organizations in the United States are also proponents of responsible hunting. From Ducks Unlimited, which preserves wetlands across the nation, to the National Wildlife Federation, which has the simple goal of conservation in all of its forms, hunting and sportsmen find good company with those seeking to preserve our environment.

Of course, it could easily be argued that hunting is not required in order to love the outdoors. Many enthusiasts simply engage in nature walks, safaris and other passive modes of wildlife interaction. No matter how these activities are portrayed, they still maintain a barrier between nature and ourselves.

In this sense, hunting and fishing are akin to gardening in that they connect us with wildlife in the same way personal agriculture connects us to our land.

When you are hunting, the

world is not some terrarium intended to be placed on a shelf like a photograph, it is an ecosystem in which you participate.

Of course, hunting and fishing also come with other, more direct benefits to environmental protection. Every hunting and fishing license is an opportunity to collect revenues that can then be spent on increasing wildlife habitat and other conservation needs.

The Dallas Safari Club made headlines earlier this fall when it announced that it would take this idea to a more extreme extent. This January, they will be auctioning off a chance to hunt a black rhino in Namibia — even though the black rhino is a critically endangered species.

The club has made clear that the target of the hunt they are selling in cooperation with the government of Namibia will be an older male, incapable of breeding.

Despite projected revenues in the hundreds of thousands, some still see this kind of conservation as counter intuitive.

It may very well go against common sense to say that systematically killing and harvesting animals is actually in the benefit of wildlife and their habitats. Those familiar with it, however, will recognize the value hunting has for us as humans and our untamed counterparts.

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Television could be used for education

By Zachary.Neuendorf @iowastatedaily.com

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ight off the bat, let me clarify that I am not a savage wielding a flamethrower with the intention to set ablaze stacks of books. Nor am I thrashing on a street corner somewhere accompanied by a large, white sign with the words “DEATH TO THE WRITTEN WORD” written in the blood of authors past. As a matter of fact, I like books — maybe, dare I say, adore them.

But would you believe me if I told you the greatest storytelling tactics books have to offer — complex symbolism, riveting character development, and entertainingly diverse situations — have transcended past the growingly obsolete paper page or growingly hip e-reader? One word: television. That is where the classic tales of our times are unfolding.

To claim that we are in the golden age of television is like beating a dead horse. But, nonetheless, it remains a truth that the horse is indeed dead.

Hot off the heels of Breaking Bad, in the penultimate stages of Mad Men, and with the run of classic literary television shows such as The Sopranos and The Wire just escaping our rear view mirror, we are fortunate to be an audience to such a renaissance.

Is this how the English felt umpteenth years ago standing in the Globe Theatre experiencing a brand new Shakespeare play?

Or possibly like hearing a living, breathing Mozart bang a good, sturdy tune out of his piano? A majority of the audience is being entertained, but is not entirely aware of the history taking place right in front of their eyes and ears.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, we aren’t dealing with your grandma’s TV programs.

Today’s creme de la creme of series are created with a novelistic approach — a beginning, middle and end all in sight from the get-go. Episodes have become chapters to the season’s booklike installments that make up the overall series.

Yes, there are the inevitable tasty junk food programs thriving on the ratings’ approval to misguide them to umpteenth seasons, choosing a safe, predictable formula over innovation and creativity. But, including the aforementioned, there is the handful with true visionaries at the helm, along with arguably the greatest living writers.

Not so shocking, these shows are plump with prestigious literary devices and those beloved intricate plotlines, worthy of an academia-fueled critical analysis. What exactly am I suggesting? If you guessed teaching and analyzing television shows in our English classes as if they were novels, you would be correct and deserve a gold star. Cue mass hysteria from all those in their caves who still believe dramatic television rots our brains.

In their defense, they prob-

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Television shows have become more captivating as literary devices and intricate plotlines are used to engross viewers. TV shows are a major way that people are able connect socially with people that have similar interests.

ably have statistics that indeed confirm too much television turns our gray matter to jelly. But television is not leaving, instead it is shape-shifting and converging to fit all our devices. It’s not going away, so why not chew on it in healthy portions and turn what could be poisonous in vast quantities into nutritional brain food? All it takes is to switch on the thinker, and where better to sharpen that tool than the classroom?

If you are a dedicated fan to one of the modern classics, you’ve probably implemented these critical thinking skills when trying to solve the mystery or

just keeping tabs on the characters’ personalities and actions.

But it can and has gone deeper.

Breaking Bad’s Walter White’s moral decay and rise to power could spark a million more think-pieces than the already million floating around. It’s just that complex and thematic.

More than all of this, television speedily moves to the forefront of our culture, once again.

Both highbrow and lowbrow aficionados can come together to discuss last night’s episode of “Girls” or “Games of Thrones” or “Homeland;” it has become a meeting ground free of elitism.

Television is a fresh, exciting

medium still in its formative years, hopefully with the greatest achievements yet on the horizon.

And as a fan of art that comes in all shapes and sizes, it feels truly paramount to witness a medium in which all those shapes and sizes are mixed into a cauldron and cooked into these brilliant shows.

In hundreds of years, these will be the classics in which scholars analyze in order to get a grasp on the culture of the past.

So why not get a head start while they are still current? And if that’s not your style, just sit back, relax, and watch because this age is truly golden.

Conversations on Campus Diversity

Bring diverse perspectives through student government Editor’s note: This column is the tenth in a series called Conversations on Campus Diversity. It will appear each Wednesday in the Opinion section.

Presha Kardile is the GSB director of Student Diversity As the Director of Student Diversity for the Government of the Student Body, I am proud to say that we have achieved quite a few milestones as a student organization in

terms of creating and participating in projects that encourage all students to run or apply for positions in GSB. Some projects such as having the ‘Conversations on Campus Diversity’ column in the Iowa State Daily has helped me and other GSB leaders identify issues related to diversity across campus.

We also formed the GSB Student Diversity Committee which helps us act on diversity issues across campus through various projects. This com-

mittee is comprised of two senators and five other student members. Our major project for Spring 2014 is to host a ‘Diversity Resources Fair’ to acquaint incoming and current students with the resources offered through various departments across campus.

One of the great advantages of being involved with GSB is that you get to contribute to the betterment of the whole student body and have the resources to put your ideas into action. As an international student and a woman, I be-

lieve that I bring a diverse perspective to this student organization which is mutually beneficial.

Spring 2014 offers multiple opportunities for you to get involved with GSB. If you are interested in getting involved, there will be informational sessions 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 in the Gold Room of the Memorial Union.

If you cannot make it at

that time, there will be additional sessions on January 20 and 23 at 7 p.m. in room 3512 of the Memorial Union. Another way you can get information is by participating in the Campaign College 2014 Workshop which will be held 1 to 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.

In the introductory column, I had mentioned

that the representation of the diversity on our campus should also reflect in the leadership of our student organizations.

I firmly believe that students have the most powerful voice on this campus. GSB needs you to exercise that power and make Iowa State the campus to gain the best academic and student life experience ever.

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Campus Scouts mentor local Girl Scouts

By Brian.Day @iowastatedaily.com In the United States today, there are approximately 2.3 million young girls involved with Girl Scouts, according to the Girl Scouts’ official Web page.

However, graduating from high school doesn’t mean involvement with the organization has to stop.

Iowa State Campus Scouts is an organization dedicated to helping young Girl Scouts learn, succeed and continue on their path as a scout.

“Our main goal is really to help area girl scouts,” said Kristina Grubbs, a junior in animal science and the president of Iowa State Campus Scouts. “We try to do a lot of stuff to help the girl scouts earn their badges, bridge from one level to the next and whatever they need help with, we’re around.”

In doing so, the Campus Scouts plan and hold events for Girl Scouts where they do activities and play games to help the young girls understand the Girl Scout Law. The Girl Scout Law is essentially a code of ethics for all Girls Scouts to understand and follow before they can move up to the next rank of scouts.

One of the main events for the Daisies, the youngest level of scouts, is called the Pedal Picking Event which takes place at

Our main goal is really to help area girl scouts. We try to do a lot of stuff to help the girl scouts earn their badges, bridge from one level to the next and whatever they need help with, we’re around.”

Kristina Grubbs, president of Iowa State Campus Scouts

the Girl Scouts Camp.

“It’s an event for Daisies where we try to help them earn their flower pedals, each of which correspond to a different part of the Girl Scout Law,” Grubbs said. “There are ten different parts and they have to earn all ten of the pedals to move up from Daisies to Brownies, so we try to help out with that.”

Even thought the Campus Scouts work very closely with Girl Scouts, anyone is eligible to join and men are encouraged to get involved with the organization as well.

Although the majority of the members of the organization have been a part of Girl Scouts when

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Iowa State Campus Scouts is an organization dedicated to helping young Girl Scouts learn, succeed and continue on their paths as scouts. The Campus Scouts try to do at least one big outreach activity each semester and several smaller activities.

they were younger, it is not a requirement for joining.

“You don’t have to have ever been a Girl Scout and you don’t even have to be female,” Grubbs said.

“A lot of the girls are interested because they were Girl Scouts at some point and they want to continue doing service events that help out the Girl Scouts now.”

The Campus Scouts try to do at least one big

outreach activity each semester along with several smaller activities amongst themselves each semester as well.

One of the main outreach activities that they are planning for the spring semester is called Taking the Road Less Traveled.

“It’s a program that is put on by the Women in Science and Engineering and it has been going on for almost 25 or 26 years,”

said Jana Stenbeck, advisor for the Campus Scouts.

“It’s an opportunity for girls in middle school and high school to come to Iowa State and be exposed to STEM, or science, technology engineering and mathematics.”

Grubbs says that being a part of Girl Scouts since she was a Daisy has really made her want to stay involved with scouts, and encourage other people to

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“Life at a research farm is never boring,” Smidt said of working at the Northern Research and Demonstration Farm in Kanawha, Iowa. “Every day there is something different.”

>>FARM p1 The on-site research with farmers is a program called Farmer Assisted Research and Management, which Smidt will be continuing with while being superintendent.

He will be overseeing approximately 30 onsite research projects related to corn and soybean management.

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>>GIRTON p1 dents to build relationships with fellow classmates, upperclassmen and to a certain extent, faculty within their major,” Girton said.

Dennis Chamberlin, professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication and leader of the journalism learning community, echoed Girton’s feelings.

“The university uses learning communities as an integration tool to help the students,” Chamberlin said.

“With a lot of the learning communities on campus, it is used as a way to retain students and get them really engaged with the school.”

Each year before class starts in the fall, Girton invites every student enrolled in her genetics learning community over to her house for ice cream.

She feels that this is a great

farmers in northern Iowa today.

“I think it is best to get as much good information out to the area farmers to help them make better management decisions,” Smidt said.

Overall, Smidt said he is excited to work with researchers and working with them to solve important agricultural issues.

“Life at a research farm is never boring,” Smidt said. “Every day there is something different. I always look forward to coming to work and seeing what sort of tasks there will be.”

way for the students to get to know each other.

As for the learning community itself, Girton explained that there are many different learning outcomes for the course. “[We want to] foster connections between students, peer mentors, staff and faculty to increase knowledge of the requirements, sequencing, course content and other policies pertaining to the major, colleges and university so that students make informed decisions and appropriate progress towards completion of the degree,” Girton said.

“We also want to educate and inspire participants about the current and future impact of genetics and the various career paths that genetics alumni are prepared to take.”

Girton does not restrict all of her learning community activities to the classroom, something she says that her students love.

“We try to provide a balance

significantly.

“We spend a large amount of money on fighting AIDS, and we’ve come pretty far already,” Over said. “But the billions of dollars could be spent more effectively.”

The major issue with AIDS, as of now, can be compared to the birth and death rate development, Over said.

“In the pre-industrial stage of history, birth and death rates both were very high. But once the industrialization kicked in, the death rate began to decline.

On paper that sounds really great, but it also leads to another problem,” Over said.

Since the birth rates remained high, people started to worry about the vast population growth, especially in the developing countries.

“What really helped the issue was the birth rate to fall down as well, so that the rate could level off and stabilize,” Over said.

Due to better treatment, the number of AIDS deaths have been falling since 2003, yet the annual number of new infections is barely declining.

“The result is that the yearly addition to HIV positives is growing and growing,” Over said.

On the one hand, that is good news, Over said, because that means people who would have died otherwise have survived due to better medical treatment.

“On the other hand,

We spend a large amount of money on fighting AIDS and we’ve come pretty far already.

But the billions of dollars could be spent more effectively.”

Mead Over, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and former World Bank economist

though, the problem gets worse, because more people get infected with HIV,” Over said. “Also, people are depended on donors for that one pill a day that keeps them alive for another day.”

Over said that to accomplish an AIDS transition, governments must not only keep the AIDS mortality low but also greatly decrease rates of new infections.

“There are various ways of accomplishing that goal,” Over said. “One would be to spend donations more effectively.”

For that, donors would need to make a multi-year commitment with the recipients, allowing them to define specified terms to raise the efficiency, Over said.

A far better solution would be the concept of Cash on Delivery, a

get involved too, even after their high school days.

“I love Girl Scouts, but also I want to get other people interested in it because it’s such a great organization for girls,” Grubbs said. “It gives them an opportunity to do things that maybe they wouldn’t be able to do otherwise and it teaches girls to be independent and that they can do anything they want to do.”

term formerly used in traditional post offices, where people would pay for their mail once they received it.

“It’s quite simple. A certain amount of money, let’s say $100, would be given to the governments for each averted case of HIV, which in our modern times can be achieved in multiple ways,” Over said.

He said programs like this must not replace current aid programs: “I’d rather see them as a bonus, a complementary addition.”

That way, countries would be rewarded for improvements, giving them an added incentive to work on the best possible solutions.

“HIV infections would be averted from scratch, thus overall reducing the number of AIDS victims significantly,” Over said.

“I thought the lecture was very informative and opened up some new ideas,” said Rebecca Clay, junior in agronomy. “I’m not an expert on economics, though, so I had troubles understanding some of the points Mead Over was making.”

Nick Jackosky, sophomore in global resource systems, said the topic hit home to him.

He had a teacher whose brother had HIV. Jackosky said he doesn’t know how one could look at someone who has that disease and not feel compassion for that person. “That’s why I visit lectures like this — to learn how to fight this problem.”

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Lois Girton (third from left), recent receiver of the outstanding peer mentor supervisor award, doesn’t restrict all of her activities to the classroom, playing Pandemic with a group of peer mentors and students being mentored.

of social and educational activities in the learning community.

As a small community of about 40 students and four peer

mentors, we are able to offer field trips and service learning opportunities,” Girton said.

“I also pair each student

with an alumnus to interview for one of the class assignments to highlight the great variety of careers that our alumni pursue.”

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AGGRESSIVE, ENERGIZED, FRESH Freshmen settle in before matchup with in-state rival Northern Iowa

The 3-point preview GAME Who: Northern Iowa vs. Iowa State Where: Hilton Coliseum, Ames

By Alex.Gookin @iowastatedaily.com

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday

THE MATCHUP

ISU head coach Bill Fennelly knew he had some special high school players when nationallyranked recruits Jadda Buckley and Seanna Johnson signed their letters of intent to play for the ISU women’s basketball team.

However, the transition to college success was a big unknown.

Through six games, the Cyclones are the only team ranked in the top 25 to start two freshmen in every game this season. With a 6-0 record and No. 20 ranking, Fennelly’s frosh formula has worked thus far.

“I don’t want to jinx it, but they are way ahead of where I thought they would be with the amount of minutes they are playing and the responsibility we’ve given them,” Fennelly said.

The duo has energized their play after a slow three-game start, due in part to senior Hallie Christofferson’s high-scoring outburst. The two were averaging 17.3 points and dished out 16 assists in the first three games, but did not shoot the ball as often as Fennelly hoped.

Then the freshmen started heating up. Both scored in double-digits against Drake before Johnson lit up the scoreboard

History: ISU, 33-8 — 16-0 at home Current Records: ISU: 6-0, UNI: 2-5

PLAYERS TO WATCH Iowa State: Seanna Johnson (12.7 points/game, 6.2 rebounds/ game, 2.2 assists/game) Northern Iowa: Jen Keitel (10.7 points/game, 6.4 rebounds/game, 6 blocked shots)

with a 37-point outburst in a twogame stretch at the South Point Shootout.

The pair averaged 26.3 points per game in the last three contests and pulled down 34 rebounds — 13 more than their previous three-game stretch.

Johnson sits at second on the team in points per game (12.7) and rebounds per game (6.2), while Buckley leads the team in three-point percentage (.462) and is 13-of-14 at the free throw line this season.

“I’m playing my role,” Buckley said. “Seanna is putting up the numbers, which is amazing ... we’re all just meshing pretty good out there.”

Johnson has been the most pleasant surprise for Fennelly.

Averaging 17.0 points per game during the ISU Thanksgiving

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Seanna Johnson defends the net against the Drake Bulldogs on Nov. 24 in Des Moines. Johnson recorded her first career double-double with 14 points and 11 boards, helping in the Cyclone 89-47 victory over the Bulldogs.

break, she has become the offensive weapon to take the pressure off of pre-season All-Big 12 pick, Christofferson.

Buckley, who was recruited as a sharp-shooter, has come on as a defensive headache for opposing teams. She leads the team in steals (8), and despite being one of the shortest players on the team, she trails only Christofferson (4 blocks) and Brynn Williamson (4 blocks), with three blocks of her own.

However, Fennelly hopes to

see more scoring out of Buckley.

“We need to get her to have the same aggressiveness on offense as she has on defense,” Fennelly said. “She’s got to be a more viable option for us offensively. ... She can do it; she just has to start shooting more.”

Buckley sits at 9.2 points per game, but hopes to increase that number by Big 12 play. She will have an opportunity to start that trend against the Panthers.

Although Northern Iowa has struggled to find success in

the confines of Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State will be on full-alert for another in-state rivalry game.

The Panthers (2-5) force turnovers and will play a different style than the Cyclones’ previous six opponents.

“Historically when we play UNI, they do some weird things defensively to us,” Fennelly said.

“You kind of have a general plan, but adjust it as the game starts.”

The Cyclones will tip off against the Panthers at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum.

Sister follows in swimmer’s footsteps to ISU

By Chris.Wolff @iowastatedaily.com Three years ago, ISU’s swimming team signed Imelda Wistey, a transfer from Grinnell College.

Imelda had made waves at Grinnell; breaking six school records on her way to collecting a third place and 16 place finish at the NCAA Division III championships and winning the Midwest Conference Swimmer of the Year award.

All of the success came after Imelda had a change of heart. After initially deciding against swimming in college, she chose Grinnell for the schools academics.

Imelda then rethought her decision and decided that swimming was something that she wanted to pursue. After breakout performances in her lone season at Grinnell, Imelda transferred to Iowa State and never looked back.

“I really loved it at Grinnell, but Iowa State provided me with the best

opportunities in swimming,” Imelda said. “The coaches here are great, and I knew that it was the best decision for me personally.”

Now Imelda is a senior at Iowa State and has built up an impressive resume.

Imelda’s name is all over the ISU record books, as she has the top-20 times in five different events, including the school record for the 100-yard breaststroke.

She has also won a Big 12 Swimmer of the Week award and been an All-Big 12 performer.

Just as Imelda finishes her distinguished career, another Wistey is heading to Ames to start her own career at Iowa State next year.

Imelda’s sister Kaitlin Wistey recently signed her letter of intent to swim for Iowa State.

“I am incredibly excited for her,” Imelda said of her sister. “I am excited to see what she’ll do and to live the experience with her. I kind of get to relive

everything through her.”

Throughout the process, Imelda tried to stay out of Kaitlin’s college decision. Instead of playing the role of a recruiter, Imelda continued to play the role of a sister.

While trying to remain impartial, Imelda always hoped that Kaitlin would choose Iowa State.

“Obviously I wanted her to go to Iowa State, but I didn’t want to influence her decision,” Imelda said.

“I wanted her to make her own decision and be her own person.”

Initially, Kaitlin did not want to go to Iowa State, specifically to avoid following in her older sister’s footsteps. She decided to visit Ames and “fell in love” with everything. The campus, the coaches, the team and the atmosphere were all major factors in her decision.

“You can’t help what you fall in love with,” said Kaitlin of her decision.

“Now I’m actually really excited to be following

[Imelda] because she can relate to everything.”

Imelda is glad to have a chance to watch her sister and relive the experience all over again. The coaching staff is also excited to sign another Wistey.

ISU coach Duane Sorenson noted that Kaitlin was a “student of the game” and a very coachable athlete. After having plenty of success with Imelda, Sorenson is happy to get a chance to coach her younger sister.

“Imelda has been very consistent for us the last three years and was an athlete that you could always count on to be ready to race,” said ISU coach Duane Sorenson.

“Now Kaitlin is coming in, and she is a fierce competitor just like her sister. I’m really excited for what she’ll be able to do.”

Kaitlin is also excited to get to Ames and start off her career.

“I can’t wait,” Kaitlin said. “I wish I could start right now.”

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Imelda Wistey, senior in English, swims the breast stroke and free style during practice Monday. Wistey has built an impressive resume, and with top-20 placings in five different events.

Hahn wins 3rd-straight Big 12 Libero of the Year award

By Mike.Randleman @iowastatedaily.com

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Kristen Hahn, senior libero, digs the ball against Texas on Nov. 27 at Hilton Coliseum. During Hahn’s last game at Hilton Coliseum, she recorded 24 digs in the Cyclone 1-3 loss.

“Libero U” has been a common nickname given to the ISU volleyball team for its reputation for developing successful players at that position.

With senior Kristen Hahn winning her third straight Big 12 Libero of the Year Award, the sixth-straight honor given to a Cyclone, the nickname has been backed up on the court.

“It’s a big honor just to be able to be here and be a part of a program that stresses defense,” Hahn said. “I’ve had the best coaches probably in the nation defensively and the best support system in my teammates as well.”

En route to earning all-Big 12 firstteam honors, along with Libero of the Year, Hahn has kept up, if not exceeded, the pace she set in her last two seasons.

This season she recorded a career high average of 5.73 digs per set, tops in the Big 12 and third nationally.

Heading into the NCAA tournament, she is 38 digs short from recording her third season in a row with 600 or more digs and set a career-high in digs in one match, with 39 against Oklahoma on Oct. 5.

Along with her teammates and coaches, Hahn attributed her success to her freshman year playing alongside former Cyclone Ashley Mass, also a three-time Big 12 Libero of the Year.

“I grew up thinking it’s a spot you should be exciting and energetic, but she

Big 12 Honors: First-team: Mackenzie Bigbee, Kristen Hahn Second-team: Victoria Hurtt, Tenisha Matlock All-freshman team: Ciara Capezio Academic first-team: Mackenzie Bigbee, Kristen Hahn, Morgan Kuhrt, Caitlin Nolan, Natalie Vondrak Academic second-team: Victoria Hurtt

played it very calm and cool,” Hahn said. I think she taught me a lot about being patient and playing relaxed; I’m a very highintense person.”

Just like Mass was a leader to Hahn, Hahn has made it an effort to pass on her wisdom to her teammates.

“I have taken a different outlook on this season just to try to be a mentor and leader and to try to help my teammates improve. It’s kind of taken away the stress on my game,” Hahn said. “I just try to pass on my knowledge of reading hitters and being able to see what I see that they may not.”

One teammate who has benefited from playing with Hahn is sophomore Caitlin Nolan, who could be in line to replace Hahn at the libero position next season.

“I think she deserves everything she’s gotten; she works hard every day. She’s done a great job,” Nolan said of Hahn’s accolades. “I don’t think she’s close to being done with her playing career after this. She has so much more to go.”

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

Ski, Snowboarding Club begins season

By Harrison.March @iowastatedaily.com Cold and snowy times encroach upon the ISU campus, causing many sports clubs to find alternatives to their normal outdoor events. For the ISU Ski and Snowboarding Club, things are just getting started.

“The club [is] great for recreation and competition,” said club president Michael Harris, senior in mechanical engineering.

“Skiing and snowboarding are things we all love to do and we have a ton of fun doing them.”

The recreation aspect of the club is where a lot of the fun happens, Harris said. Club secretary Austin Kolb agreed, citing it is the main reason he joined the club.

“I went to a community college last year, but two good high school friends were in the ski club here,” said Kolb, a sophomore in marketing. “They took me on a club trip and I had a lot of fun. When I got to Iowa State this fall, I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of.”

The Ski and Snowboarding Club takes three of these particular trips per year, one each on Thanksgiving, Winter and Spring Break.

“We typically go out

west for the trips,” Harris said. “They’re mostly for fun, but we also use them as a chance for the Race Team to practice.”

The Race Team serves as a competitive supplement to the Ski and Snowboarding Club, giving riders and skiers the chance to travel and vie for a regional title.

“I like being on [the Race Team] because it just gives me another reason to get out there on my board,” Kolb said. “We all love to have fun, but we also push each other to be the best that we can be.”

The Race Team competes collegiately in five races across the Midwest each year. In the 2009 and 2010 seasons, the team earned first place in its division for men’s skiing, women’s skiing and men’s snowboarding.

Beyond recreation and competition, the Ski and Snowboarding Club also puts an emphasis on the social aspect of their gatherings.

“It’s a huge social club as well as sports club,” Harris said. “We do all kinds of things at our meetings: games, raffles and more.”

The social aspect is very important to club vice president William Reierson, who said it compelled him to join the

Courtesy of Michael Harris

The Ski and Snowboarding Club take three trips per year, one each on Fall, Winter and Spring breaks. The club typically goes out West for its trips. Will Roberson, Landon Weber, Ryne Sullivan and Mike Harris ski with the club.

club’s executive board.

“I joined the club right away freshman year,” Reierson, senior in industrial engineering, said.

“There’s a lot of people you

get to know on those long trips, and I really wanted to help progress that part of the club.”

The Ski and Snowboarding Club pro-

vides its members with all sorts of options, whether it is for fun, trophies or friends.

“The trips are great social events and they’re

really fun,” said Kolb.

“Being in the club and being an executive member, I’ve met some pretty interesting people made a lot of cool friends.”

Gymnastics program grows with confidence New season brings feelings of all-around selflessness

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Michelle Shealy does a backward flip during her beam performance Feb. 15 at the Hilton Coliseum. Shealy qualified for the NCAA Championships last year and returns this year as a senior.

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As the preseason begins to wind down, the ISU gymnastics team gears up for competition.

Seeking to build off last season’s late success, the Cyclones feel poised for a big year.

“We started looking good late last season,” said ISU coach Jay Ronayne.

“I think that’s when the team really realized that we could be pretty good.

We’re going to try to capitalize on the momentum we gained [last season] and get off to a good start.”

Though last season ended with a disappointing 8-14 (0-2 Big 12) record, the Cyclones are returning three All-Big 12 Championship team members.

Caitlin Brown returns on the beam, Milan Ivory on the vault and Camille Santerre-Gervais on the bars.

“I’m hoping to go all-around this season,” Brown said. “Obviously I want to still be strong where I was last year, but

I want to do more to help the team this season.”

The sentiment of selflessness is not unique to Brown, as every gymnast is focusing on how they can each contribute to the overall success of the team this season.

“Everybody is working hard,” Brown said. “It’s like our poster says: ‘One Team, One Vision.’ We all believe in that, and I think it’ll show.”

Another returning stand-out on the team is senior Michelle Shealy, who last season qualified for the NCAA Championships in the individual all-around and beam events.

Shealy went on to earn fifth place on the beam, the highest finish on beam in ISU history.

Shealy’s efforts were recognized by being named a First Team AllAmerican on the beam, this accomplishment makes her the first Cyclone to make an All-American team since 2007.

“Coming off a lot of personal success, the goal this year is to get the whole team working together,” Shealy said. “We’re building a lot of confidence right now and that’ll be good for the freshmen who haven’t competed yet.”

Shealy’s off-season, however, did not come

without challenges.

Shealy suffered an upper-back and lower-neck injury after falling from the bars during practice.

“We’re giving her time,” Ronayne said. “She’s coming along well, but we don’t want her to hurry and make it worse.”

While things are shaping up in the gym, Ronayne acknowledged that only so much preparation can happen in practice.

“The [intrasquad] meet is going to tell us a lot about ourselves,” Ronayne said. “We pretty much go head-to-head in practice already, but the environment is very different. It can be harder to perform when a lot of eyes are watching.

“But it’s like I always say: it’s the same floor and the same bars as practice.

We just have to treat it like that and we’ll compete at a high level.”

With the start of the season approaching, Iowa State is hard at work to start this year’s campaign strongly while keeping their sights set on the ultimate goal.

“We learned a lot after last year’s [post-season] run,” Shealy said.

“Finishing so close to making nationals showed us what it’ll take to get there this year. We can definitely taste it.”

AmesEats

Flavors

Editor: Steph Ferguson | steph.ferguson@iowastatedaily.com

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With the holidays approaching, getting gifts on a college student’s budget can be tricky. Making a homemade gift such as a peppermint sugar scrub is a good alternative to spending money.

Peppermint Sugar Scrub

By Steph Ferguson AmesEats Flavors The holidays are a great time for giving, but if you are short on cash like many college students, it can present a challenge.

Take some time and have a doit-yourself Christmas this year. Your friends and family are sure to appreci-

ate the homemade gift that doesn’t take long to make.

If you are looking for a way to turn food into something else, here’s the perfect do-it-yourself gift.

A peppermint sugar scrub for hands and feet is a perfect gift for anyone in the family, and you can make it at home using household items that you would normally find in your pantry.

Chinese Dumplings

By Hanxiao Hu AmesEats Flavors Sick of your usual lunch or dinner? Feel like you are stuck in a food rut?

Maybe it is time to try some traditional Chinese food this holiday season.

Chinese dumplings are a traditional food from China that is often served during celebration of the Chinese New Year. It is simple to make and easy to stockpile. Check out the recipe of this Chinese dumpling.

Ingredients ■■ 1 - 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ■■ water ■■ 1/2 pound ground beef ■■ 1/2 pound carrot, diced

■■ ■■ ■■ ■■

1/6 cup rice wine 1/6 cup soybean sauce 1/4 cup sesame oil 1/8 cup ground pepper

Personalize your cocoa

1. Add water to flour and rub to combine. Continue to add water by tablespoon until the flour and water become a cohesive paste.

2. Roll the paste into small round buns. About ¼ inch thick.

3. Combine carrot, cooked ground beef, rice wine, soybean sauce, sesame oil and ground pepper.

4. Pack the mixed ingredients into the buns. Fold buns over and pinch around the edges.

5. Drop the dumplings in a large pot of boiling water and cook until the dumplings are firm yet elastic-like.

Directions

■■

2 cups white granulated sugar

■■

1/4 cup almond or coconut oil

1. Mix together sugar, oil and peppermint extract in a bowl.

■■

A few drops of peppermint extract

■■

Red food coloring

2. Separate the mixture into two bowls.

3. Add a few drops of red food coloring to one of the bowls to give it the color of a candy cane.

4. Take an empty jar or clear container and layer the sugar mix, alternating between white and red layers.

Cocoa tastes better homemade

By Lauren Grant AmesEats Flavors

Directions

Peppermint Scrub

Homemade cocoa is better than any of the packaged versions you can find in the store. Not only is it easy to make, but it also makes a large quantity for a minimal cost. Show your friends and family some love this holiday season with this simple-to-make homemade gift!

This recipe will make two jars full of cocoa. Double or triple this recipe if you have a long list of friends and family.

Ingredients ■■ 2 cups powdered sugar ■■ 1 cup cocoa ■■ 2 1/2 cups powdered milk ■■ 1 teaspoon salt ■■ 2 teaspoons cornstarch

Optional toppings: ■■ mini marshmallows ■■ crushed peppermint ■■ mini chocolate chips Lauren Grant/Iowa State Daily

Directions

Make homemade cocoa for your friends and family for a tasty treat all season long. You can vary each cocoa jar by customizing the toppings.

1. In a medium size bowl, combine all ingredients. Stir with a whisk to evenly combine.

ture to a glass jar and fill about 3/4 of the way full.

Top the rest of the jar off with your choice of topping or make a combination of them.

2.

Transfer cocoa mix-

3. Tightly secure a cap on the jar and wrap with a holiday ribbon.

4. Attach instructions to prepare the cocoa: To

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Follow your highest ideals. With respect and acknowledgment, partnerships expand.

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