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Ames Police searching for missing person By Makayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com A 21-year-old Ames man was reported missing Wednesday after family and friends have not been able to contact him since Jan. 31. Thomas Dooley was reported missing by his father, said Geoff Huff, investigations commander for Ames Police Department. Dooley, who was not an Iowa State student, lived off Florida Avenue in West Ames. “We have this all the time, where parents call us and say I
haven’t been able to get ahold of my kid for three days,” Huff said. “We go out and knock on a couple of doors and we find them. This one, it’s been two weeks. We’ve got roommates that haven’t seen him. He hasn’t called anybody we can find.” The former girlfriend of the missing man said she may know where and why he disappeared. “I’m the reason that he’s missing. I’m his ex-girlfriend. I pressed charges against him for domestic abuse and a whole bunch of stuff,” said Makenzie Hobson, junior in
pre-business at Iowa State. “He kind of went MIA after I told his dad.” Hobson said she and Dooley had dated for 11 months prior to his disappearance. Although Ames police remain unsure of Dooley’s whereabouts, Hobson said she believes Dooley is in Arizona and that he disappeared of his own volition. She said she last saw Dooley on Jan. 31 after she drove him to his home . “Right after I dropped him off, I went and pressed charges,” Hobson said. “He knows he’s in a
lot of trouble.” Hobson did not want to detail the charges because she said they are still pending. “He always said, ‘if we weren’t together I would be gone. I would move to Arizona and I would never tell my family.’ He’s kind of good at just up and leaving and finding new places to live,” Hobson said. “We didn’t leave on very good terms.” The Ames police department asks anyone with information about Dooley to call them at 515-239-5133.
Courtesy of Ames Police Department
Leath talks major issues with GSB members By William.Dyke @iowastatedaily.com
Ravenscroft said that they wondered if estimates done by the Iowa State Center internal estimate matched with the consultant’s report. The consulting firm estimates showed that there would only be 48 added jobs instead of the 218 the Iowa State Center estimated. The Iowa State Center also estimated that there would be a $14.4 million boost in the Ames economy instead of the $3.2 million figure on the consultant’s estimate.
Iowa State President Steven Leath addressed the Government of the Student Body Wednesday night to cover major issues including student enrollment, funding from the state government and other issues. On the topic of student enrollment, Leath shared positive feelings for the student enrollment levels and how they’re far exceeding expectations. ISU currently enrolls more than 33,000 students with 22 percent minority diversity. The university is finalizing a large, university-wide diversity report on how to address current minority issues. President Leath also addressed the GSB’s bill for the addition of a Student Diversity Committee, expressing wishes for the ISU administration and GSB to partner on issues brought up in the report. Leath suggested multiple variables as to why Iowa State’s enrollment continues to increase. They included communication between alumni and current students to friends and family, the university’s job placement rate, as well as the sense of community with having so many students in a single area. “Everyone asks me, why we have so many students and why our application numbers are so high,” Leath said. “The truthful answer is, we don’t really know.” Leath also addressed funding from the state government. “The governor came through for us this year with a 4 percent general fund increase and he also wrote things into his budget to fund specific programs,” Leath said. Leath mentioned the university’s promise to freeze tuition if the 4 percent budget increase came through. Leath did mention that he still has to go through the House and Senate to get approved, but he expressed cautious optimism that Iowa State would be able to freeze tuition for a second consecutive year. “Tomorrow when I testify in front of the joint and approach committee, the things I’m going to stress are related to you,” Leath said. “I told them when I got here that providing access and affordability weren’t that hard. Providing access, affordability and quality was the difficult problem, and we don’t want to lose quality.” Leath told GSB that he would explain what it takes to maintain academic excellence and improving it. He plans to also talk about student suc-
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Wen Qingwu, top left, Guan Jiaqing, right, and Wang Xin , bottom left, each pose with their pieces that are put on display in Gallery 181 in the College of Design. The College of Design worked with the Chinese Student and Scholars Association to host the exhibition from Feb. 12 to Feb. 21.
ART FROM AFAR Chinese exhibition opens in the College of Design By Kat .Gruenewald @iowastatedaily.com Twenty-eight pieces of Chinese art from seven Wuhan University faculty members will be displayed in the College of Design from Feb. 12 to Feb. 21. Iowa State’s College of Design together with the Chinese Student and Scholars Association will host the Exhibition of Artwork by Wuhan University School of Urban Design faculty
members. “Our faculty has worked nationally and internationally and I thought about how their passion and talent could be displayed on an international venue,” said Zhang Ming, dean of the School of Urban Design at Wuhan University. Chiu-Shui Chan, professor of architecture, had been working with exchange programs for quite some time and was also on a search to broaden his students horizon. While searching for such a venue, Ming said he got in touch Chan. Feb. 12, an opening ceremony will be held in the College of Design’s Gallery 181. Speakers will include David Holger, ISU associate provost; Luis Rico-Gutierrez, dean of
College of Design; and Zhang Ming, dean of the School of Urban Design at Wuhan University. The exhibition will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Feb. 21. The partnership is the first of it’s kind with the Wuhan University School of Urban Design. A former graduate student of Chan, who joined the Wuhan faculty, built the connection between the two professors, Chan said. After two years of organization, the exhibition “Shang Shan Ruo Shui,” which translates into “the highest good is like water,” will open. “I want [students] to start thinking and approach art
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Visitors bureau uses inaccurate numbers Convention Center estimated cost, benefits controversial By Makayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com The Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau continues to use inaccurate economic benefit estimates of a proposed convention center in Ames, said Dave Swenson, associate scientist of economics-agriculture and life sciences, despite his recom-
mendations they use accurate numbers. The bureau released updated estimates Friday, but Swenson said the estimates were still miscalculated. The proposed convention center and reconstruction of the Scheman Building would benefit the hotel, restaurant and business industries in the Ames area. The bureau is asking voters to approve a $19 million bond referendum to fund some of the construction costs. This bond would be paid in property taxes that would cost the average
homeowner an estimate of $60 a year for 20 years. Sixty percent of voters would need to approve the construction of the convention center which would cost an estimate of $38.8 million. In 2012, Swenson and Sue Ravenscroft, professor of accounting, were asked by Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau board members and city councilman Matthew Goodman to review estimates made by the consulting firm Conventions, Sports & Leisure. After reading the consultant report, both Swenson and
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