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Architecture students turn van into home By Chris.Jorgensen @iowastatedaily.com
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1989 Chevy G20 van sits parked at a North Platte, Nebraska, gas station in the dead of night. A biting cold wind whips into the dented sides of the old van, carrying away with it any remnants of heat that may have been inside. Two roommates lie awake inside, shivering. It was day one of a 10-day journey. Seventy-two hours later, they sit staring at the sheer red cliffs that form the boundaries around the vast green valley of Zion National Park. They had bought reflective panels, and they were now out seeing some of
the most beautiful vistas the country has to offer. The van itself was a steal — $1,200 to drive it off the George White Chevrolet lot. After a few months of design and construction, the van became a home. It all started to prove a point in class. Tyler Wurr and Joey Bahnsen are both fourth-year architecture students at Iowa State. They met each other first as freshmen but grew into friends during the following years. Wurr grew up in Manning, Iowa, a town of fewer than 2,000. Bahnsen grew up in Des Moines, the largest city in Iowa. Both developed a love for engineering and architecture during high school.
The two grew sick of their architecture studio class. The class, which all architecture majors take each semester during their four years in the program, involves creating designs for “practice” clients. “Think of a mock trial setup,” Bahnsen said. “This class is like a ‘mock client’ design process.” The duo’s website uses the phrase “fake buildings for fake clients.” They were in search of more hands-on learning. The idea originated from seeing online posts about simplistic and nomadic living, the two said. They had seen a project online that piqued their interest. “Hank
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ISU Dining gets makeover Staff updates on meal plans, Friley Windows
Operating budgets in regents’ hands By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com
By Danielle.Gehr @iowastatedaily.com Members of the ISU Dining staff talked Friley Windows, better quality food, other changes to meal centers around campus and meal plans at Wednesday night’s Student Government meeting. The change that affects the most students is ISU Dining’s plan to move toward an unlimited meal plan like many other universities. Students living in dorms without kitchens next year will be required to choose from only three meal plans – Gold, CyPower and Cyclone. Bronze
Courtesy of Tyler Wurr and Joey Bahnsen
Joey Bahnsen (left) and roommate Tyler Wurr (right) traveled with Tyler’s dog, Milo Pup, through the southwestern portion of the country during spring break.
Courtesy of Nancy Keller
An artist rendition of the Friley Windows Dining Facility renovation.
and Silver will be available to those living in university apartments and dorms with kitchens. Director of ISU Dining Mohammed Ali said that Gold will see a $28 raise next semester
and will be phased out in the following fall semester leaving students to choose from CyPower and Cyclone. Conversations will see
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The Board of Regents will consider approval of the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 amended operating budgets for the three regent universities after funding reductions by the Iowa Legislature and the governor. Reduced by a total of $18 million by state funding, along with reductions of $2.75 million from the Department of Management, Iowa State plans to foot the cost of nearly $9 million in state funding reductions largely through deferring maintenance projects. Among other reductions, Iowa State also plans to delay faculty and staff searches, according to regent documents. This pause in hiring will “result in larger class sizes and longer wait times for services.” This will inevitably, according to
regent documents, “delay efforts that enhance the university’s research profile.” The $18 million in regent budget cuts to the three Iowa universities is just a portion of the $110 million in the state funding reduction proposed in early January by Terry Branstad, who is slated to leave for the U.S. ambassador to China position should he be approved later this year. After the announcement in January in regard to the state funding reductions, then-Iowa State Student Body President Cole Staudt said that while he is disappointed at the decision to cut funding from higher education, he’s glad the amount has decreased from Branstad’s initial speculations. “I’d like to see no cuts, but with today’s atmosphere, I think this is the best we can hope for,” Staudt said.
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