Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 | Volume 210 | Number 103 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
Eating Disorder Awareness Week begins
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Caitlin Deaver, director of visual media, speaks about a proposal to potentially change the name of Government of the Student Body to Student Government during Wednesday’s meeting.
By Jasmine.Schillinger@iowastatedaily.com
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verybody has those moments. The moments spent looking in the mirror, squeezing that little pouch of belly fat, wishing it would disappear. The moments spent incessantly counting calories, skipping meals or over exercising to insure the daily calorie limit is not exceeded. Unfortunately, for some people, there comes a point when it goes too far.
GSB looks into new name
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helping Iowa State install a chief diversity officer. He went on to explain how The Spelman and Johnson Group and the search committee will be having regular meetings with the goal of getting community input on the new position. After a few minutes of outlining the information on the job search, audience members had a chance to ask questions. Joy Busch, senior in psychology, asked what Hall meant when he said “community.” She wondered if he meant only ISU faculty and students or if
The Government of the Student Body passed an amendment that would potentially change the name of its organization. The proposal will be put to a vote by the student body in the coming elections to make a final decision on this matter. The change will not take effect until the end of the current term. Hillary Kletscher, GSB president, said the plan has been in motion for several months and will help make several improvements from a public relations standpoint. Kletscher said this would be an opportunity to better connect with the students. Several senators pointed out the majority of the students did not know what GSB was, or what it did for the ISU student body. “Our name is very different,” Kletscher said. “They know what student government is but not GSB. Students relate in the conversations better to Student Government than to GSB.” Speaker Gabe Walsh agreed that GSB needed a rebranding because he said students are not receptive of GSB, as evidenced by the involvement of the student body with an 8 percent voter turnout in GSB elections. “I usually say ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it,’ but I would say the system is a bit broken,” Walsh said. “Maybe this won’t affect it, but sitting and doing nothing isn’t what we should be doing.” Sen. Richard Hartnett said GSB should not change the name, but instead do things that will bring in more senators and students into the GSB chamber. Sen. Danielle Nygard agreed and said the rebrand will not solve GSB’s public relations issues. Caitlin Deaver, director of visual media, said the rebrand would eliminate an unnecessary obstacle and make the name of GSB change to Student Government. “It’s putting the student before the government,” Deaver said. “It’s a small change, but it’s a big change that will really impact people.” The amendment was voted on and passed. The final decision will be voted on by the student body during GSB elections. GSB also voted on a bill that would not require the vice president to chair the weekly Senate meetings. The proposal failed in a majority vote. In the past, the GSB vice president has been required to oversee the meetings. The new amendment would allow the vice president to designate a senator to chair the meetings. Walsh said the vice president has chaired the meetings to break any ties in the vote on senate debates. Sen. Abbie Lang said she would not want a vice president to vote on a tie-breaker in a debate if he or she had not been participating in the debate earlier. Kletscher, who was GSB vice president last year, shared her perspective on the position. “I did see it as a valuable growth opportunity,” Kletscher said. “However, it seems that their time is going to meetings instead of initiative. That’s not
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Schedule of events Thursday, Feb. 19 -
7 p.m. - Headline speaker Brian Cuban will present “Shattered Image: Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphic Disorder” and discuss his experience with the diseases in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.
Tuesday, Feb. 24 -
7 p.m. - Actress and singer Demi Lovato’s documentary, “Demi Lovato: Stay Strong” will be shown at 101 Carver Hall. A Q&A panel discussion will follow the film.
Wednesday, Feb 25 -
2 to 5 p.m. - A “Rock Your Body” party including dancing and smoothies will take place to celebrate you and your body at State Gym.
Thursday, Feb. 26 -
7 p.m. - A dietitian will provide information about nutrition and exercise in the “Athletic Image” activity in 60 HixsonLied Student Success Center.
Friday, Feb. 27 -
12 to 1 p.m. - Students can learn about healthy eating habits during the “Mindful Eating” activity in 2021 Human Nutritional Sciences Building.
University community provides input on new role of chief diversity officer By Adam.Sodders @iowastatedaily.com The goal of making Iowa State University more diverse starts with the search for a new inaugural position on campus: the chief diversity officer. This was the emphasis of the town hall-style meeting that took place Wednesday in the Oak Room of the Memorial Union. The university announced its search for a chief diversity officer in 2013 after the Jackson Consulting Firm conducted a study of the university’s diversity programs and initiatives. In Oc-
tober of 2014, President Steven Leath appointed the chief diversity officer search committee, which is made up of ISU faculty, staff and students. Mark Hall, senior associate at The Spelman and Johnson Group, is working with the search committee. The committee’s goal is to create and fill the new position of chief diversity officer at Iowa State. One of the 12 members of the chief diversity office search committee, Keith Bystrom, who is also a member of University Counsel, explained how the committee was composed of several different people from a
variety of positions at Iowa State. The committee first met in October 2014, Bystrom said. He said the process of defining and filling a new position takes time. He went on to explain that during those first few months of the search, “the committee has mostly been deciding how to proceed.” During the meeting, Hall said The Spelman and Johnson Group and the search committee will “spend the next couple months looking for a person to fill the position.” He also said The Spelman and Johnson Group was picked out of three or four firms that were interested in