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Friday, March 13, 2015 | Volume 210 | Number 119 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
Fashion From Afar ISU student presents array of unique clothing designs at African fashion show
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or a young woman who loves art, traveling and design, Claire Kean, senior apparel merchandising and design, is certainly combining her three loves into a blossoming career. From Iowa to Spain to Ghana and back, she is beginning to make a national name for herself as a budding designer.
Courtesy of Claire Kean
By Anna.Chandler @iowastatedaily.com
For a young woman who loves art, traveling and design, Claire Kean, senior apparel merchandising and design, is certainly combining her three loves into a blossoming career. From Iowa to Spain to Ghana and back, she is beginning to make a national name for herself as a budding designer. Kean will show a collection of 15 garments in Washington D.C. on March 21 at African Fashion Week, a large feat for a senior in college. Kean has been studying and preparing for an opportunity like this since graduating high school. Post high school graduation, Kean spent a year studying art history in Spain while living with a host family. After receiving scholarship offers to some of the top art schools in the United States, she was drawn closer to home to attend Iowa State University. Over the past few years, the apparel, merchandising and design program at Iowa State University has gained national prominence and Kean has taken full advantage of the quality information she has absorbed from professors and mentors. “Our creative and technical design students in apparel, merchandising and design are showing their lines in professional fashion shows throughout the United States,” said Eulanda Sanders, professor of apparel, events and hospitality management. “This sets Iowa State University’s program apart from other fashion design programs.” Kean showing her line on the
Claire Kean’s fashion designs, known as the “Kranto Kolection,” will be presented at African Fashion Week in Washington, D.C., on March 21. Kean was inspired by the bright colors and bold patterns she saw on a trip to Ghana and hopes to one day market the clothes to a national and international clientele.
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GSB works to publicize new branding effort By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com
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Students swing between trees, enjoy warm spring weather Students stack hammocks on Central Campus on one of the first warm days of the year. Other students on Central Campus are playing ultimate frisbee, throwing a football, playing catch with a baseball and other sports. Some are sprawled on the snowfree grass doing homework while others lie on the ground to chat and catch up with friends.
After the recent elections, the Government of the Student Body has traded in its current title for a shorter one: Student Government. Many in the GSB are hoping the name change, which will officially happen on April 6, will help the organization better reach out to the students at Iowa State. Of the 32,794 ISU students, 4,135 voted in this year’s executive elections. That equates to 12.8 percent of the total student body. Newly-elected president Dan Breitbarth and vice-president Megan Sweere earned 2,754 student votes. Amanda Loomis and Kathryn Leidahl, the runners-up, earned 1,328 votes. The 12.8 percent voter turnout was a 4.8 percent increase from last year, which reached a total of 8 percent. To those in the GSB, the increase was cause for celebration. Alex Rodgers, election commissioner, said he was happy with the improvement. “It was at 8 to 10 percent [last year],” Rodgers said. “To see it at almost 13 percent I think says a lot to both how the election commission and [public relations] handled things, and the campaigns did a tremendous job.” Rodgers said he also saw room for improvement for next year’s election. Many in the GSB believe the name-change could be the opportunity for students to become more involved in student government. Caitlin Deaver, director of visual media, said this would help improve the students’ perception of the organization. “We’re trying to do fun stuff to get students engaged,” Deaver said. “My biggest goal is to make the GSB more approachable and
more personable.” The committee hopes this will help students better connect to their governing body. “We’re here to serve the students,” Deaver said. “We have the same student problems that they do. I think it’s easy for students to connect with that, so they feel comfortable coming forward with their problems.” Marshall Dolch, director of communications, said he has found the name “Student Government” is better for students to relate to. The public relations committee of the GSB is working on ways to get the name-change to the students in the best possible way. Deaver is partnering with Dolch and Loomis, director of special events, to spearhead the project to transition the rebrand of the organization. Dolch said they plan to move forward and are working on the best way to do so. Some ideas the committee had were ways to better reach out to students, improving “meet your government” day and more posters around campus. They also hope to brand products students use every day, such as water bottles and pizza cutters. Dolch said they are working to make the rebrand more visually appealing to students. Deaver said they also plan to reach out to incoming freshmen at Destination Iowa State to make the switch easier. The transition to the new name will take some time to stick, but the team is laying the foundations for the project for the next GSB Public Relations Committee. “We know it won’t be done in a year,” Deaver said. “It’s going to be a long process. It all starts with us, and then we’re branching out.”
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