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By Daniel.Bush @iowastatedaily.com An ISU couple has added some fun in the fight against a rare cancer by cutting their hair then shaving their heads together.

Deidre Sechi, former ISU student, was diagnosed with having a desmoplastic smallround-cell tumor in her abdomen in January 2013.

According to the Office of Rare Diseases Research, the cancer is a rare type of sarcoma.

“It was more fun to cut it with her and to make it a fun experience as opposed to her doing it by herself and then being sad,” said Riley Nicolay, freshman in mechanical engineering and Sechi’s boyfriend.

“Doing it together was actually really fun.”

Erin Langhofer, freshman in counseling at University of Kansas and hometown friend of Sechi, said she has never heard of a time when the couple hasn’t been “cracking up at each other and making jokes,” within the first five minutes of being together.

After being diagnosed and realizing that Sechi would eventually become bald, the couple decided to spend an evening cutting their hair in styles they would have otherwise not fashioned.

“On Friday night, when we did it, we shaved hers into a mullet and mine into a Mohawk, and then hers into a cul-de-sac haircut like her dads,” Nicolay said.

“We made it more fun than it could have been.”

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Is it possible that art could potentially raise money and give back to not only the community of Ames but also to communities in need overseas?

That is the question Hannah Rosenthal, master of science in architecture candidate, has decided to challenge with her senior thesis project.

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Philosophy, an area of study once popularized by the likes of Aristotle and Socrates, is now an afterthought for many in search of postsecondary options.

A stigma is regularly impressed upon philosophy majors, one that commonly stems from financial and professional uncertainty connoted with that particular degree.

“A lot of students express worries about the marketability of a philosophy degree,” said Kevin de Laplante, associate professor of philosophy and chair of Iowa State’s philosophy department.

De Laplante said he believes these worries are often misguided.

“Your income expectations may be higher than you think,” de Laplante said.

In 2008 a study from Payscale. com he referenced, while starting median salaries for philosophy majors are nothing extraordinary; mid-career median salaries for

More information ■■ Philosophy majors tend to rank highly in terms of mid-career median salaries.

■■ Philosophy courses at Iowa State are available to anyone, regardless of philosophical background or aspirations.

■■ Philosophy as a sole major, or as a supplementary major or minor, serves as a résumébooster and reinforces valuable everyday skills.

these same majors commonly place ahead of those with more soughtafter degrees.

“Chemistry is below philosophy, marketing is below philosophy, political science is below philosophy,” de Laplante said, naming just a few degrees that rank lower than philosophy in this facet.

Although a degree in philosophy

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The couple then proceeded to shave their heads.

“I hadn’t heard her so excited and in such a good mood since she was diagnosed,” Langhofer said.

Throughout the night, they took photos of the different styles. Nicolay later posted one final picture of the couple staring at each other on Reddit.

The photo has reached more than 1.2 million views.

“The joke behind it was when she first found out that she’d have to go bald, she said she was going to make a bald blog and get famous and she would be on ‘Ellen,’” Nicolay said.

The joke suddenly became a reality, as Nicolay was contacted from multiple news outlets.

“It was a little bit more famous than I expected it would be,” Nicolay said. “Let’s just see if the ‘Ellen’ thing actually happens.”

Sechi is undergoing chemotherapy in her hometown at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Overland, Kan., Nicolay said.

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Laughter isn’t the only thing that defines the couple: “[Sechi] is the type of person who will be there for you and support you no matter

what you are going through,” Langhofer said.

“I had health struggles in high school and she was there for me every step of the way.”

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Hall Council, described Nicolay as being one of the most supportive guys on their floor.

“He’s always going around asking people if they need help with anything,” Guenther said.

“He’s always been there for everyone else on the floor if they needed anything.”

Langhofer finds comfort in knowing Riley will always be there for Sechi to comfort and console her through the difficult journey which lies ahead.

“It was really reassuring to know that Riley was there to make the process easy and painless,” Langhofer said.

“I wouldn’t even say it was a ‘bit’ more fun; I would say it was a lot more fun!”

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also served to further cement this impression.

“In my Philosophy of Technology course, the professor taught it as if the people there didn’t have deep philosophical backgrounds, and that works really well. They’re much more accessible than people give them credit for,” St. Clair said.

Many students find enjoyment from philosophy courses yet do not pursue them any further, de Laplante said.

“I get a lot of students who tell me that they love the one or two philosophy classes they took as an undergraduate, and that they would’ve taken more courses if their schedules allowed it,” de Laplante said.

Albeit many students express post-satisfaction from their courses, most do not pursue any further courses in philosophy.

“Since they weren’t majoring in philosophy, it really wasn’t possible.

This is unfortunate when you find a student who loves philosophy,” de Laplante said.

>>PHILOSOPHY.p1 has deceptive financial benefits of its own, other options exist for those pursuing any type of education in this area of study.

Jeff St. Clair, president of the ISU Philosophy and Religious Studies Club, said he believes taking introductory-level classes is a good option for meeting both general-education requirements as well as further exploring what philosophy can offer.

He attributes this sentiment, in part, due to a solid faculty.

“As far as faculty goes, I would say they have the best faculty. Every professor I’ve had has been great,” St. Clair said.

St. Clair also spoke to the flexibility and understanding found in the department’s professors.

“I get the impression that people in the department, especially at the 200-level courses, realize that a lot of the students there aren’t going to be philosophy majors,” St. Clair said.

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>>PROJECT.p1 Rosenthal partnered up with Design Across Boundaries, a student-run organization on campus, to plan this project. The goal is to have students, faculty or anyone interested create artwork.

This project’s title FOuR WALLS is a pun, said Rosenthal. It has to do with what equitable shelter means to each person and has to do with the fact that some people don’t have four walls and a roof over their head.

Rosenthal explained that the u is emphasized to show the importance for you as an individual, student body and community.

The pieces of artwork are to be auctioned off the week of Veishea. This money will then be donated to nonprofit organizations in both India and in Ames.

In Ames, the money will be put towards homeless shelters to use however it is deemed necessary. The money donated to India, however, will take on a slightly different focus.

Rosenthal traveled to India in 2011 to intern with Engineering Ministries International.

She said Engineering Ministries International is a company of

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architects and engineers that design structures in hope that their designs eventually are built.

The company offers an internship program that relies on a lot of American and English students.

Rosenthal said Engineering Ministries International wants to expand and have more Indian intern students, but the problem is that in India’s culture, it is frowned upon to volunteer time and talent free of charge.

“Don’t get me wrong; there are a lot of people in India doing great things and volunteering, but if you’re an architect, it’s very expected that you’ll go make a lot of money, and that you won’t donate your services to the poor,” Rosenthal said.

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In studying philosophy, one learns “how to think logically, critically, and independently,” de Laplante said.

These skill sets can be utilized on a regular basis. They also hold intrinsic value whether philosophy is in play in one’s professional career or not.

Furthermore, students gain a better understanding of “how to communicate ideas and arguments clearly and effectively,” de Laplante said.

To reinforce skills learned in philosophy courses, or just learn more about philosophy and religious studies, the Philosophy and Religious Studies Club serves as a conduit to do so.

“We’ve had speakers on the Matrix Hypothesis, on intro to philosophy and on bizarre metaphysical concepts,” St. Clair said.

There is a variety of topics that can be expected at meetings.

“We basically figure anytime four or five people can come up with a topic they want to hear about, someone is willing to give a talk on it,” St.

nizations face a little bit of that cultural resistance, particularly from their families.”

Rosenthal said these are the experiences that inspired a big part of this project.

This money would help the American architecture firm hire Indian students to give them the opportunity to do social projects without being frowned upon.

“I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude for what I’ve been given, not even what I’ve earned, because there are so many things in our lives that we have just been handed,” Rosenthal said.

Rosenthal explained that the reason behind her project is to show and educate people on what kind of poverty not only takes place in India, but in every culture, including Ames.

“If I can teach while helping my collegus and Indian students, then why not?”

Rosenthal said.

Though Rosenthal headed this project, she said it has turned into a group project.

Rosenthal has networked with churches, artists and architecture firms. “[Design Across Boundaries] is a student organization that ties in a lot of different disciplines and a lot of people from different majors

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Clair said.

While attempting to build an understanding in the realm of philosophy may be an intimidating undertaking, topics warranting deep

in order to work to develop an understanding of humanitarian issues, such as housing,” said Zach Sunderland, senior in architecture and president of Design Across Boundaries. “[Design Across Boundaries] also focuses on and works on projects that help communities in need.”

The organizations vision is to serve communities in need both locally and abroad. Both Rosenthal and Sunderland agreed to pair up on this project.

The group has teamed up with Rosenthal to set up the

thought always go down easier with a slice of pizza. St. Clair welcomes any and all to participate in the club.

Weekly meeting occur at 5 p.m. every Friday at Jeff’s Pizza.

event, coordinate volunteers and possibly even design an instillation piece for the event.

“We always want to advocate for the people that are in need so we can bring attention as well as resources to them,” Sunderland said.

“We also want to educate the people in our own communities so they can have a bigger vision of the world and be more informed.”

Rosenthal said that she not only sees an importance in fundraising for communities in need, but she also said she wants to challenge the design-

ers for the project, mainly the architects.

She hopes this project will spark people’s interest in what the phrase equitable shelter is and what it means to design equitable.

Rosenthal hopes that her project will also challenge society’s expectations of artists.

“Artists and designers make the difference,” Rosenthal said, “There’s a change that needs to happen in the world and artists have a role in that. We need to own it, and society needs to recognize it as well as expect it from us.”

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Knowledge worth more than price In keeping with one of the announcements from his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama’s administration made a “College Scorecard” available to the general public. The project should enable “parents and students … to compare schools based on a simple criteria: where you can get the most bang for your educational buck,” Obama said in his address.

The College Scorecard received immediate criticism for a variety of reasons. But, aside from the fact that most of the “Scorecard’s” information can be found in the annual college rankings of U.S. News & World Report or the Princeton Review, the initiative has a serious issue. At a basic level, in only giving quantitative data, the Obama administration’s College Scorecard falls short of indicating “value” in addition to “affordability” as Obama stated it would in the State of the Union address.

Users of the Scorecard can view several pieces of information about any college in the United States. If you search for Iowa State, for example, you can see the “average net cost” of attendance, the six-year graduation rate, the rate at which graduates default on their student loans, the “typical” amount of money borrowed for an undergraduate education and, eventually, graduates’ average earnings.

None of that information deals with the “value” half behind the College Scorecard. Getting “the most bang for your educational buck” suggests that there is a bang — in the case of colleges, something learned, some connections made, etc. — that goes along with the dollars invested.

The College Scorecard does not discuss the range of majors offered by a college. It does not point to a student-tofaculty ratio. It does not incorporate the number of faculty in a given department. It does not enumerate the notable awards faculty have earned. It does not state the large research grants or impressive research projects done by a college’s faculty or done on its campus.

In short, it offers only the price of a product, not its quality.

College admissions offices and public officials constantly remind us of the correlation between a higher education and a higher standard of living.

Although those personal benefits exist, the gaining of knowledge shouldn’t be a question of monetary profit and loss.

Knowledge is important in a social way, not just an economic way that deals with how scarce are the skills a person possesses. With knowledge and an awareness of the means to acquire it, such as the principles of logic and the scientific method, we free ourselves from dependence on others who may seek to distort the truth and reality in an attempt to benefit themselves. With a critical eye to the knowledge we have and the knowledge others offer as evidence for their arguments, we can carry public discourse to an honest, more productive plane.

Once acquired, knowledge can’t be taken away. We cannot unsee, unhear, or forget as easily as we sometimes would like to. When facts are in dispute — the causes of the “Great Recession,” for example, or the federal government’s balanced budget at the end of President Bill Clinton’s term — the possession and use of knowledge and thought is a more powerful check on tyranny than any constitutional guarantee.

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any college students across the nation have been receiving letters of notification in the post concerning their student loans. The federal government is informing students that their college loans were handed over to Sallie Mae. Sallie Mae has been one of the largest private education loan providers for years, assisting students whose federal loans are not enough and who are subsequently without any other options to finance their education.

And, I’ll tell you something. The number of students in need of assistance beyond federal loans is increasing, especially given the high number of families already still repaying their student loans and, hence, unable to contribute much or at all.

A college degree likely gets you a job over the bloke without a nifty piece of accredited paper, but that job isn’t necessarily going to pay enough money to cover all your bases.

Living in that real world comes with a lot of responsibilities compared to college life, where a lot of students still had mommy or daddy to reach out to when they screwed up. Common real world expenses that are all on the newly graduated individual alone include housing fees, food, medical, general utilities, clothing and other household items, Internet and cell phone, car maintenance, planning for families, unforeseen events, and a bit of entertainment.

And, oh yeah, this one is usually the biggie — student loans.

The real world tends to pay most newcomers bottom-of-the-barrel salaries or hourly wages. But, let’s say your diploma does what it is supposed to do right out of college, and you land something a little better than President Obama’s newly proposed $9 per hour minimum

By Gabriel.Stoffa @iowastatedaily.com wage: Working 40 hours a week, four full weeks out of the month, 12 full months a year at $15 an hour is the same as a salary of $28,800, and that is before any taxes. Looking at the Statistical Abstract for the 2012 U.S. Census Bureau, about one-third of households make that much or less.

The student debt for an average student — four years in college for a bachelor’s degree — freshly graduated is $27,000. The Stafford Loans many students have are at 6.8 percent interest and set for repayment over 10 years.

Just using those numbers, a student’s interest is $10,285.87 with monthly payments of $310.72 or $3,728.64 per year.

So, let me tell you. A $28,800 salary does not cut it if you want to be more than a workhorse into your twilight years — possibly still then.

But hey, everyone knows a college degree guarantees you make more than that with nary a risk of not having the perfect 40 hours a week every single week out of the year without a break and increasing wages with time, right? (#sarcasm) Before 2005, if the weight of the world fell too hard on a student’s shoulders, they could file bankruptcy to include private school loans.

Then, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act eliminated even

those from potential discharge.

The need for that safety net might now be at hand again. The Fairness for Struggling Students Act was proposed in 2013 to put student loans not made, insured, funded or guaranteed under a government program back into the bankruptcy system.

And, even those federal loans not under the proposed umbrella can be discharged with certain provisions provided under public service.

This isn’t to say bankruptcy is a get-out-ofjail-free card and shouldn’t be used as such, nor would it be that simple, but it would give students an option if life seems jolly rotten before the urge to laugh and smile and dance and sing is snuffed out.

Even Sallie Mae is “not opposed to bankruptcy protection for student loans, provided that it applies to all student loans, and there is some sort of good faith attempt at payment for five or six years” according to a Forbes interview with John F. “Jack” Remondi, president and chief operating officer of Sallie Mae. Contact your representatives to let them know you support the Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2013. Maybe you won’t need it; maybe you will. Maybe it will help someone you know or even someone you haven’t met yet who you want to share your life and financial plights with.

Whatever the reason, with low starting pay and a challenging job market already in place, having some kind of safety net in place for those still struggling terribly under student loans after six or so years is a logical idea to back.

Gabriel Stoffa is a graduate student in political science from Ottumwa, Iowa.

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echnology never fails to amaze me. Within five years, six different models of the iPhone have been released. Seven different models of the iPad have been released. Technology companies are in a never ending race to see who can come up with the coolest product. Facebook and Twitter seem to be changing every other day with a new feature.

Remember when Facebook was used just for connecting with friends?

In its eight-year lifespan, Facebook has accumulated more than 1 billion users and adds between 600,000 to 700,000 users per day.

InsideFacebook predicts that Facebook will hit 200 million active viewers in March.

My fascination with technology goes past all of the fancy products. Social media is getting creepier and borderline invasive.

We’ve all heard the drill: Once you put something on the Internet, it’s there forever. Facebook adds features that seems to make it easier to — for a lack of a better word — stalk people.

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By Katie.Henry @iowastatedaily.com Assuming people don’t understand how to tweak their privacy features so incriminating details can’t be found, it’s too easy to find out information about people.

Those are probably the people who have at least 10 status updates a day, half of those a journal entry of literally everything they do that day. Sure, we can adjust privacy settings, but those people who you let see your personal information have access to that forever. Not only can that result in messy situations, but employers have tricks of passing those privacy settings and going straight to your profile.

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that allows users to post their picture and browse through the photos of other Tinder users until they find someone near them they’re attracted to.

Users can browse photos of people near them until they find a person they like.

They can “like” the photo, which gives the other user a chance to reply back. If there is a mutual like, users can send a message.

I have a lot of skepticisms about an app that only gives someone a name, age and photo. Your impression about this person is based solely on their appearance. What if you took a chance and decided to meet someone, and they turned out to be a jerk? Even worse, what if they’re completely psychotic and use the app to prey on gullible people?

That seems paranoid, but I’ve come to find that unless you know someone personally, you cannot trust anything on social media.

In case you thought that Tinder was wacky,

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there’s an app called Lulu that basically allows women to rate men like restaurants. I wish I was joking. Built for women by women, the app connects to your Facebook and allows women to rate all of their male Facebook friends. Women can rate men on their looks, sense of humor, commitment level, best and worst qualities, and... ahem... abilities.

To me, this seems like a way for vindictive women to get back at either ex-boyfriends and past hookups in an extremely petty way. Unless you’re out of ways for getting back at somebody, or you really need a good laugh, don’t waste your time. In my opinion, this is an

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extremely creepy (and stereotypical) way of exacting revenge. I would even go so far as to saying it’s objectifying men, and isn’t that something that women don’t want men to do to them?

While our technology may be changing for the better, social media is not.

What happened to just Facebook and Twitter? I normally like to take the “whatever floats your boat” attitude when it comes to social media, but there are creepy, new websites and lots of creepy people. This obviously isn’t a good mix.

Bottom line: DO be careful, and DON’T be stupid.

Kristen Daily is a senior in journalism and political science from Pella, Iowa.

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AP Top 25 1. Indiana (43) 23-3 2. Miami (Fla.) (20) 21-3 3. Gonzaga (2) 25-2 4. Michigan State 22-4 5. Florida 21-3 6. Duke 22-3 7. Michigan 22-4 8. Syracuse 21-4 9. Kansas 21-4 10. Louisville 21-5 11. Georgetown 19-4 12. Arizona 21-4 13. Kansas State 20-5 14. Oklahoma State 19-5 15. Butler 21-5 16. New Mexico 22-4 17. Marquette 18-6 18. Ohio State 18-7 19. Wisconsin 18-8 20. Pittsburgh 20-6 21. Memphis 22-3 22. Colorado State 21-4 23. Oregon 21-5 24. VCU 21-5 25. Notre Dame 20-6

Confidence, rest keys to Babb’s latest success Return of Palo has Babb stepping up his game

Inside the numbers

By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com

ISU guard Chris Babb has turned up his production on 3-pointers in the team’s last six Big 12 games:

If basketball is a game of confidence, there is no question that Chris Babb has had plenty of it in recent weeks.

The redshirt senior sank three of his six 3-pointers in ISU’s 34-point victory against TCU on Saturday. Those numbers are just a fraction of Babb’s recent shooting streak.

“Babb is just playing with so much confidence right now,” said ISU coach Fred Hoiberg.

“You always know what you get out of Babb on the defensive end, but the way he’s been knocking down shots and shooting the ball, it’s making us pretty tough to guard.”

After starting slow beyond the arc in Iowa State’s first six Big 12 games — he shot 9-of33 for a 27.3 shooting percentage — Babb has turned it up in the team’s six most recent conference games.

In the past six games, Babb has gone 19of-33 on 3-pointers for a 57.6 shooting percentage and has made at least three 3-pointers in five of the six contests.

“I get a lot of open shots throughout the game,” Babb said. “I don’t really shoot a lot of contested shots.”

Those numbers include Iowa State’s game against Baylor in which Babb missed all three of his 3-point attempts. With that game excluded, the guard has gone 19-of-30 in five of the team’s last six games.

The sharp jump for Babb started shortly after the return of guard Bubu Palo. While Palo didn’t play in the first five conference games, his return has meant fewer minutes for Babb.

In the first five Big 12 games when the team was without Palo, Babb averaged 38 minutes per game. In seven games since Palo’s return, Babb is averaging just more than 34 minutes per game, and his numbers are rising because of it.

“He’s getting some rest now,” Hoiberg said. “Bubu’s giving him an opportunity to sit out a for few minutes in each half, which may contribute to his offensive surge as of

Women’s bball:

AP Top 25 1. Baylor (38) 24-1 2. Notre Dame 24-1 3. UConn (2) 24-1 4. Stanford 24-2 5. Duke 24-1 6. California 23-2 7. Penn State 21-3 8. Kentucky 22-3 8. Maryland 21-4 10. Texas A&M 20-5 11. Tennessee 20-5 12. Louisville 21-5 13. Georgia 21-4 14. Dayton 21-1 15. South Carolina 21-5 16. North Carolina 23-4 17. UCLA 19-6 18. Delaware 22-3 19. Florida State 20-5 20. Colorado 20-5 21. Syracuse 21-3 22. Purdue 19-6 23. Oklahoma State 18-6 24. Nebraska 19-6 25. UW-Green Bay 21-2

■■ First six Big 12 games — 9-of-33 ■■ Last six Big 12 games — 19-of-33 One reason might be lessening of Babb’s minutes per game following the return of ISU guard Bubu Palo: ■■ Five Big 12 games without Palo: 38 minutes per game ■■ Seven Big 12 games with Palo: 34.4 minutes per game

late. You get those few minutes to get your legs back, and then, you come back, and those shots are easier.”

Babb has already made nine more 3-pointers this season than he did all of last season with six more games remaining.

That is thanks in large part due to his recent stretch of confident shooting.

“Confidence is a funny thing in the game of basketball,” Hoiberg said.

“When you have it, the game’s pretty simple; when you don’t have it, it’s hard to dribble that ball across half court.

“Chris is playing with a ton of confidence right now.”

Iowa State is also confident as a team beyond the arc. The Cyclones lead the nation averaging 9.5 3-pointers per game, and they have made at least 10 3-pointers in six of their last seven games.

“Confidence is a good thing in basketball, and once you get on a roll, you just kind of keep shooting them,” Babb said. “I think everybody on the team is kind of feeling like everybody’s shots are going in.

“It’s a good feeling for us.”

Photo: Suhaib Tawil/Iowa State Daily Chris Babb shoots a free throw at the 73-67 win against Kansas State on Jan. 26 at Hilton Coliseum. Babb has shot 19-of-30 in five of the team’s last six games. The jump started for Babb shortly after the return of guard Bubu Palo.

Gymnastics

Freshman walk-ons make big impact Young gymnasts are integral part of team roster

Others receiving votes: 26.

Iowa State

By the numbers: 57.6 percent Chris Babb’s 3-point shooting percentage in past six games

2 Number of spots the WBB team fell in the most recent AP poll

9.5 per game Men’s basketball team’s nationleading average for 3-pointers

147 Sasikarn On-iam’s day one score at the Central District Invitational, tying her for sixth place

Sports Jargon:

Arc SPORT: Basketball DEFINITION: The line encompassing the the basket from a distance of 20-feet-9-inches in college that acts as the official marker of a 3-point shot.

USE: Chris Babb is shooting 19-of33 from beyond the arc in his last six games.

By Maddy.Arnold @iowastatedaily.com The ISU gymnastics team is young this season with five freshmen on the roster.

Two of those freshmen — Sara Townsend and Alex Marasco — are walk-ons who have so far made a big impact for the Cyclones despite the difficulty of adjusting to collegiate competition.

“I am very happy with the way that they’ve stepped up,” said ISU coach Jay Ronayne.

“Our freshmen are kind of forced into a role where they have to come off the bench and do something for us.

There is no chance for them to get lost for a little while.

They need to get out there and do it.”

Marasco has participated in two, gymnastics events so far for Iowa State. This season, she has competed on both the vault and balance beam at meets.

Townsend has competed in every meet so far this season for Iowa State, performing on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise. Townsend is tied for the top score on vault, 9.75, this season for the Cyclones.

The walk-ons said it can be difficult to play such a large part on the team as freshmen.

Townsend said it was tough for them to adjust to their new roles on the team.

“We don’t have very much experience, but I think we’re

Photo: Andrew Clawson/Iowa State Daily Alex Marasco begins her performance on the beam Friday night at the Hilton Coliseum. Marasco scored 9.800 on her beam performance. That is her highest score on the beam.

Photo: Andrew Clawson/Iowa State Daily Sara Townsend performs a floor exercise routine during the Beauty and the Beast gymnastics and wrestling meet on Feb. 8 at the Hilton Coliseum. Her highest on this is 9.775.

almost halfway through the season. Now, we’ve learned what we have to do,” Townsend said. “During preseason, it was hard to adjust because we had 6 a.m. workouts and had to learn how to manage our time, but once we got everything settled, it was great.”

Marasco, a Nebraska native, and Townsend, an Illinois native, did not have any ties to Iowa State coming

State before their freshman season.

Although they are not on scholarship this year, earning them in the future is a possibility for both gymnasts.

“Sara Townsend has been doing a great job,” Ronayne said. “Alex Marasco [has] also [been] doing wonderfully on vault and beam. I couldn’t ask for a better bench to come on in and do what they need to do right off the bat.”

in. However, they said they walked on because they liked the atmosphere the team provided.

“I came to Iowa State because I thought it more was family oriented. It felt like home,” Marasco said. “The team was nice and welcoming. So, they made us feel at home.”

Both walk-ons were recruited by Ronayne and signed to compete for Iowa

Career high scores Alex Marasco Balance beam - 9.8 Vault - 9.725

Sara Townsend Uneven bars - 9.75 Floor exercise - 9.775 Vault - 9.75

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Ames’ community radio station goes live

Photo: William Deaton/Iowa State Daily Ames’ own community radio station, KHOI, went live for the first time Friday with the installation of a new link to a higher, nearby tower. The radio station is located at 410 Douglas Ave.

By Alexander.Furman @iowastatedaily.com The locally run Ames radio station, KHOI FM 89.1 The Pantorium, has recently set up their new station to tower link, going live for the first time last Friday.

The event was used as a fundraiser to get pledges and donations from the community to help fund their renovations to create broadcast studios in the back.

“We want to have three recording spaces; we’ll have two big ones that are soundproof and one will be a little bigger than the other so that we can have a number of people who want to have things like a round table discussion,” Director Debeorah Bunka said.

“In the back there’s a closet that will be for one person who will be doing things like narrations.”

The broadcast studios are set to begin construction next month.

The radio station, which is comprised of its board of directors and run completely by volunteer citizens, hasn’t been able to broadcast live because of the geography of Ames.

Ames was originally marshland and was at a much lower elevation than Story City, where the tower is located.

In order to have the ability to broadcast live, there needs to be a direct link, which was impossible until they discovered how to run fiber optic cables to a local grain elevator and put a receiver on it.

Before the new receiver, members of the station had to record the day’s events prior, put it on a flash drive, then drive all the way to the tower and upload them to a computer.

The event was filled with local citizens who came to support the nonprofit radio station.

“My mom volunteers here. On Facebook, I’m friends with the or-

ganization. I went to a concert here a couple of months ago — the Pandemonium at the Pantorium,” supporter Sarah Whaley said.

Having a nonprofit radio station can have its obstacles, but for now, the board is confident things will fall into place.

“Because we didn’t start with big equipment or anything, we’ve had to learn production from the very bottom up. Every single recorder here has to know how to edit their own stuff; they have to know how to put a show together, we don’t have producers to do that for us. ... We’re our own producers,” Bunka said.

“Because of all that, I think we have a higher quality radio [station].

The people have just taken to it.”

The radio station has been around since 2007, but it wasn’t until a rare move by the Federal Communications Commission the same year that sparked the move

from a cramped church basement to their current location.

“KHOI is a result of the fact that back in 2007, the FCC opened up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Being able to apply for a noncommercial radio license is a very rare event,” said Ursula Ruedenberg, chairwoman of the board of directors.

“We discovered that there was an opening in Ames, and so we applied and got the permission from them.”

KHOI had to beat out 11 other applicants from the Ames area alone.

With limited funds, they had to move into the old Pantorium Dry Cleaners on Douglass Avenue in downtown Ames. The cleaners were family owned and shut down after the owners retired.

The energy hasn’t wavered yet, and the board has been surprised by the reception and support for the radio.

“It’s like we have some incred-

ible, positive energy. It’s just been really miraculous; the people have just come in when we needed them,” Bunka said.

After setting up the link from the station to the tower, the directors also found they were able to reach twice as far as originally thought, with the potential for 480,000 listeners.

In the past KHOI has hosted the concert series “Pandemonium in the Pantorium” and free workshops where volunteers will teach anyone how to edit content.

In the future they plan on hosting events at Band Shell Park and, starting on April Fool’s Day, clips of bloopers the studios have had since they started.

KHOI airs radio shows discussing local events and issues, and also plays local music and other special music shows.

The Pantorium is located at 410 Douglass Ave., just off Main Street.

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Accounting majors volunteer to do taxes

By Justin.Senecaut @iowastatedaily.com Starting Tuesday, the College of Business is holding their annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.

Commonly known as VITA, the volunteer program is run by graduate and undergraduate accounting students and is sponsored by Beta Alpha Psi, the on-campus greek business organization.

“Any student can volunteer to help with VITA. You don’t have to be a Beta Alpha Psi member,” said Jeremy Burkle, VITA chair for Beta Alpha Psi. However, you do have to be an accounting major.

VITA is run by accounting major students taking the one-credit accounting class, accounting 487, volunteer income tax assistance. This class helps students get real-world tax preparation experience.

Even though this tax preparation is through students, there is no need to worry.

“The [Internal Revenue Service] has requirement certifications to volunteering. The students have to be certified to volunteer, and this is done through the accounting 487 class,” said Bill Dilla, associate professor of accounting, who teaches the accounting 487 class and coordinates the VITA program.

The IRS makes sure there are certain situations that will not happen, preventing potential errors. “The tax forms get reviewed at least once.

The more complex tax forms will get reviewed at least twice,” Dilla said.

Dilla also said that over the last couple years

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program When: Feb. 19 to April 11

Where: 2148 Gerdin Business Building

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■■ Wednesday: 6 to 8 p.m.

■■ Thursday: 6 to 8 p.m. *Additional information at College of Business website

clients have dropped, but this is because clients who used to go through VITA now using the free tax preparations online.

They also have clients with more complex tax forms, who can’t use free tax forms online because of their complexity. Such complex issues include adding sold stock to pay for college or people who are self-employed.

“VITA uses software on a computer that helps with filing taxes, and the software used is similar to the software used by professional tax filers,” Dilla said. In this way, VITA can complete many of the same tax forms as a professional company.

Dilla said this program has been around for at least 25 years, and this program isn’t just for

Photo: Lindsay Kayser/Iowa State Daily Members of the VITA program will be completing community members’ taxes, if needed.

Beginning Tuesday, appointments can be made with VITA to meet in 2148 Gerdin Business.

students but also for the community.

There are requirements to use the VITA program: Household income has to be less than $51,000, and the tax forms can’t be too complex.

The College of Business website warns that VITA volunteers may not be able to provide assistance to all people.

VITA is open for service for just under a

month — from Feb. 19 through April 11, and is closed during Spring Break — March 18-22.

Visit the VITA webpage and set up an appointment to get taxes completed, and look at forms needed for the appointment.

VITA is open from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Tuesdays, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays.