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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 | Volume 209 | Number 141 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.

Going Green Brian Achenbach/Iowa State Daily

Senior in environmental science Alex Gustafson along with other students clean up trash out of Lake LaVerne as part of the campus cleanup event organized by The Green Umbrella.

Organization works to make Earth Week annual By Justin.Lo @iowastatedaily.com In celebration of Earth Day, ISU student organization The Green Umbrella

has organized events pertaining to sustainability and protecting the environment for this entire week. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in front of Parks Library, Ames businesses and ISU student organizations will present information about how they practice sustainability and will have interactive activities in honor of Earth Day. The Green Umbrella has organized

events on Earth Day for the past four years but decided to hold events on the days before and after Earth Day beginning this year. “It’s important that we really celebrate Earth Day and Earth Week in its entirety,” said Alex Gustafson, senior in environmental science and political science and a coordinator of the Earth Week activities.

Members of The Green Umbrella helped pick up trash around the Memorial Union, Lake LaVerne and Campustown on Monday to kick off the week. “We’re cleaning up around Campustown as a way to reach out to that area after what happened there during Veishea,” said Megan Koppenhafer, fresh-

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Change of Command brings three ROTC programs together By Mackensie.Moore @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State University’s three ROTC programs will hold a TriService Change of Command ceremony on Central Campus at 4 p.m. today. At the event, the three programs will be changing out their cadet or midshipmen commanders for the upcoming fall semester. “Every semester, programs change their command and every semester it’s a formal ceremony, so this semester is no different. We’ll change the authority and command from one student

leader to another,” said Capt. Ricks Polk, commanding officer and professor of naval science. On Central Campus, the cadets of the three programs — Air Force, Army and Navy — will march together and change the current command by transitioning the guidon, or the organization’s symbol, to the newly appointed commander. The new Air Force ROTC cadet wing commander will be Peighton MacLeod, senior in aerospace engineering. Lt. Col. Ryan Hollman, commander and professor of Air Force aerospace studies, and his staff, appointed MacLeod.

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Members of ROTC ran through their Change of Command ceremony Monday afternoon on Central Campus. Color guard members hold the flags and await orders during the run-through.

Through an interview process based on a packet prepared by the cadet, they decided MacLeod was the best choice for the

position. “It was a tough competition overall, but [MacLeod] interviewed well, had the best packet

and had great ideas for the future of the program. I know she’ll

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Committee negotiates tuition freeze, university funding By Varad.Diwate @iowastatedaily.com A tuition freeze for in-state students is still in the works for the 201415 school year as conference committees from both chambers of the Iowa Legislature plan to negotiate on their differences over funding.

House Republicans have asked for a reduced spending increase of two percent for the University of Iowa while maintaining a four percent increase for the other two Regent universities. They say that larger reserves held by the University of Iowa can make up for the reduced increase.

“We are not quite sure what the disagreements are. I would guess [the funding for Iowa] is one of them,” said Rep. Jake Highfill, R-Johnston. Highfill said the House has not cut any funding, but is following the original agreement of having a reduced increase. “We are just going to

spend as much as we take in,” he said. He also said negotiations in the coming weeks would help support the tuition freeze. The Board of Regents had asked for a $44 million increase to be included in the $652 million funding request for Iowa State University for the tuition

freeze last year. This would be the first tuition freeze for three years in a row since 1975, if the bill successfully goes through this year. “I got my Democratic senators to agree all the way back last September to support the tuition freeze and we have been good to our word,” said Sen. Herman Quirmbach,

D-Ames, chairman of the Education Committee. “As far as ISU students are concerned, we are doing our best to hold down the cost of higher education, which makes it possible for more kids to go to college and graduate with less debt.” The bill also funds a

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M-Shop to celebrate 40 years at ISU By Michael.Zanten @iowastatedaily.com

Courtesy of the Student Union Board

The Envy Corps, an alternative rock band started in Ames, has been chosen to play a show at 9 p.m. Wednesday in Maintenance Shop along with the Des Moines band Maids to honor the venue’s 40th Anniversary.

The Envy Corps, an alternative rock band started in Ames, has been chosen to play a show at 9 p.m. April 25th in Maintenance Shop along with the Des Moines band Maids to honor the venue’s 40th Anniversary. The special event is the second part in a celebratory coupling of shows that honor different eras of the M-Shop’s legacy. The first installment was kicked off with the appearance of blues legend Eddie Shaw on January 31st. “Our anniversary is this year, and we’ve decided to do

a couple of different shows highlighting the decades of the M-Shop,” said M-Shop co-director George Potter. “The Envy Corps is a local band that has played for the M-Shop for about 10 years. They’ve always done incredible shows.” Choosing the Envy Corps to be the band of the night was easy choice when the decision had to be made. “Since I started here about two years ago, they’ve done three shows already, and every single one of them has been sold out, if not close to it. It was a pretty easy choice to have them celebrate the 40th anniversary with us just because they are such a big part of our history,

and they love coming here anyways,” Potter said. This second show has been selected with the M-Shop’s more recent history in mind. Maintenance Shop chose The Envy Corps considering their popularity and close relationship with the venue over the last several years. “We’re kind of an indie rock band,” said Envy Corps founding member Luke Pettipoole. “We take influence from a lot of different genres; generally it’s rock music, but we’re kind of all over the place. From record to record it changes.” The musician is humbled

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