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April 15, 2011 | Volume 206 | Number 138 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. ™
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Police prepare for VEISHEA weekend By Kaitlin.York iowastatedaily.com
Bars offer free soda for non-drinkers
Beginning this weekend, sober drivers will be able to get free soda at designated bars in Ames through a program called Sodas4Sobers, which was started by GSB members. Graphic: Samantha Barbour/Iowa State Daily
By Whitney.Sager iowastatedaily.com Designated drivers and sober friends can drink for free. Drink soda, that is. The Sodas 4 Sobers project, started by GSB members, encourages bars in Ames to serve soda for free to designated drivers and sober friends. Students out celebrating VEISHEA this weekend can take advantage of the program, as it is up and running. The purpose of the program is to promote
safer drinking habits among ISU students. Jordan Lass, former GSB chief of staff and sophomore in history, said the program creates a “win-win” situation. “It encourages people to have that sober friend and helps the bars attract more people,” Lass said. The idea for the program came from CHEERS, a program at the University of Missouri that offers free soft drinks to designated drivers. Former GSB member, Jacob Wilson, heard
Bars participating in the Sodas4Sobers project:
Chasers Club Element Cy’s Roost Es Tas Headliners
Paddy’s Irish Pub Outlaws Sips Welch Avenue Station
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National Science Foundation
Centers draw US attention By McKenzie.Vogt iowastatedaily.com The National Science Foundation was founded in 1950 after Vannevar Bush, MIT professor of electrical engineering, wrote to then-President Harry S. Truman requesting the government do everything possible to support research at universities around the country. “The report — “Science Dialogist Frontier” — he proposed was an evolution at the time,” said Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation. Suresh visited Iowa State on Thursday to meet with industry representatives and leaders in education. Suresh will be giving the inaugural Vlasta Klima Balloun Lecture at 11 a.m. Friday. At 1:30 p.m., he will be receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award from the university. Two activities the NSF supports are Research Experience for Undergraduates, a program that allows students to go work with professors in their labs, and Advanced Technological Education, a two-year program for junior colleges to help people gain a technical education. “Currently there are 273 active NSF awards at Iowa State University, totaling about $128 million,” Suresh said. A few of the largest programs on campus are two Industry
With the recent disagreement between the Hunt Street Block Party hosts and Ames Police regarding their party that expected more than 3,000 guests, it remains up to partiers whether or not to attend that or similar parties, said Jim Robinson, investigations commander for Ames Police. Robinson encourages partiers to use their best judgment when deciding whether or not to attend parties. Just as party-goers are using their judgment, Ames Police will be using theirs when determining if their presence is required at a party. “[What we look for] ranges from the noise, littering within the neighborhood, public urination and possession of alcohol underage,” Robinson said. The maximum level of noise is 60 decibels between 7 a.m. and midnight, and midnight to 7 a.m. it lowers to 55 decibels, according to the city of Ames website. The sound is measured at the end of each street or alleyway. When a complaint is received, a measurement of sound may be taken at the location in which the property is disturbed. If charged with noncompliance, the recipient will be tried in the Associate District Court for a simple misdemeanor and could be charged with court fees up to $115 or 30 days in jail, according to the website. “Ultimately, we don’t want a party to become so large where the hosts can’t control their guests,” Robinson said. Parties with beer kegs have their own criteria as well. Before holding an event where more than one beer keg is to be used, a permit must be obtained from the Ames Chief of Police, Charles Cychosz, who holds the applications. Permits may be obtained only by an individual, not corporations, associations or groups of people, according to the website.
Meeting attendance proposition postponed By Whitney.Sager iowastatedaily.com
Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation, speaks about what his position entails Thursday, in Beardshear. Suresh was on campus to receive a distinguished alumni award. Photo: Tom Fraser/Iowa State Daily
University Cooperatives Research Centers and one Engineering Research Center for bio renewal. The NSF is the only federal agency that supports all branches of science and engineering. “Another thing that is unique about us is that unlike most of the federal agencies, we don’t use
the federal money to do research in-house,” Suresh said. “So whatever money we receive, we give it to the community and don’t use it internally.” Last year NSF supported 290,000 people in the United States and 2,100 institutions, including universities, small busi-
nesses, K-12 educational institutions and others with grants and awards. “I think training the minds to think critically is important,” Suresh said. “Science works like that because enquiry, investigation and curiosity is very critical even in day-to-day life.”
A bill that would require all Government of the Student Body senators to attend student organization meetings once per month was discussed at the GSB meeting Wednesday night. The goal of the bill is to increase interaction between students and GSB. “I think as senators it is our responsibility to get out there as much as possible and we should be attending as many organizations’ meetings as possible,” said Scott Connell, engineering senator and junior in computer engineering. Several senators voiced concern about the vagueness of the bill. “I think this bill can be looked at from other angles and not in such a vague way,” said Sawyer Baker, liberal arts and sciences senator and sophomore in political science. “I think having more structure around it would be better than passing it and trying to work it out later.” Sean Morrissey, off campus senator and senior in environmental science, said requiring senators to go to meetings would make it so senators are only going to fulfill a requirement and not because they want to go. He would rather senators be encouraged to attend the meetings. After much discussion and due to the
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