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Columnist will speak to students in Sun Room

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Rekha Basu, a Des Moines Register columnist since 1991, will speak to students on Tuesday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Basu will discuss human rights, gender, racial issues and cultural trends.

Recently, a collection of her columns were published as “Finding Her Voice.”

Basu’s career has expanded from a reporter, editorial writer and columnist. She has worked in Iowa, New York and Florida and currently has a column which appears three times a week within the Des Moines Register’s opinion section. Her opinion column is syndicated

by Gannett News Service. Basu has received several awards, including the 2008 Women of Influence Award, the Iowa Interfaith Alliance Award and the Iowa Farmers Union Media Award.

Basu grew up internationally; she was born in India to United Nations parents.

She will speak at 7 p.m. All students are encouraged to attend free of charge.

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Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily An unattended carry-on bag was found in the Ames Post Office Monday afternoon. Ames police and the State Fire Marshal’s bomb squad investigated the bag, which turned out to be filled with paperwork.

Iowa State is looking to add 503 new beds to off-campus housing for the 2013-2014 school year.

Leases from apartment building 119 Stanton and four apartment buildings from Jensen Properties in West Ames must be approved by roll call vote at the Board of Regents meeting that begins on Wednesday and continues to Thursday.

Both located south of campus, 119 Stanton would add 299 beds and more office space, and Jensen would add another 204 beds.

“We were about 2 percent higher on recontracting rates, and last year was one of our largest classes in decades and largest on campus population in decades,” said Pete Englin, director of the Department of Residence.

These additions accompany those of Frederiksen Court, which the Board of Regents approved in October 2012, to meet raised housing demands of students.

Even with an additional 240 beds added in fall 2013 and 480 more later in 2014, the Department of Residence still cannot meet housing requests.

“It’s one of those things that when we were looking to build the Frederiksen units and we went through the bid process toward the end of last semester, we learned how many bed spaces would be available for us for fall and then available for January 2014, and we realized there’s a possibility of a deficit,” Englin said.

The locations only serve as a temporary fix to current demand. When the year lease is up, there is a possibility of renewing the contracts.

Suspicions arise due to bag found at post office

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The Ames Police Department responded to a phone call from the Ames Post Office about a suspicious package around 3 p.m. on Monday.

Cmdr. Geoff Huff said post office officials called the police after noticing a small, unattended carry-on bag in the building. Huff said that in light of recent events, post office workers evacuated the building and called police.

“Luckily, we had the bomb squad from the State Fire Marshall’s office not too far away,” Huff said. “They determined there was nothing suspicious inside. They opened the bag; it was mostly empty [and] had some paperwork inside.”

The next step will be to locate the owner of the bag and find out why the bag was left unattended.

Huff said thinking back two weeks ago, police would not have gone through the same thorough protocol. But despite the recent events, Huff said he believed the post office workers took the right precautions.

Meet Your Government Day succeeds The Government of Student Body hosted Meet Your Government Day Monday, which gave students the opportunity to interact with their GSB senators in a casual environment.

Senators Barry Snell, Nathan Voss and Zach Bauer worked together to plan and promote the event. GSB and United Residents Off Campus funded the event, providing nearly 400 hamburgers, 1,000 hot dogs and 30 veggie burgers, various bags of chips and bottles of water. ISU Dining donated various Coke products.

In less than an hour, all of the hamburgers and nearly half of the hot dogs were gone. The event was held in a tent on Central Campus in front

of Curtiss Hall. Over 2,000 students stopped in to learn more about GSB and get some free food.

The Student Alumni Leadership Council is also hosting Senior Week this week. They shared the tent with GSB, hosted Wieners for Seniors and provided hot dogs and potato chips.

While several students entered the tent to participate in the Senior Week event, everybody was asked to fill out a GSB survey asking their knowledge about GSB and what GSB could do for them.

Even though students’ primary intention was not to attend a GSB event, 450 of the 2,000 students participated in the survey and agreed it was a successful event for them.

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Photo: Liz Ulrichson/Iowa State Daily Government of the Student Body Sen. Michael Plantenberg, sophomore in aerospace engineering, speaks to Josh Dickman, senior in anthropology, about what GSB does for the ISU community and its students.

Security

Campustown wristbands to return next Veishea Significant drop in properties’ destruction rate

By Charles.O’Brien @iowastatedaily.com People trying to enter Campustown properties this past weekend probably no-

ticed something different in terms of security measures.

Campustown Property Management issued wristbands for its residents and their guests Thursday through Sunday morning to control the influx of visitors to the 22 properties the company owns and to improve security measures for the weekend.

“This was very successful for us,” said Alex Sidorowych, assistant manager for Campustown Property Management. “Compared to past Veisheas, it was a hundred times better [and] by far one of the smoothest Veisheas we’ve had.”

Sidorowych pointed out the goal of wristbands was to secure the safety of

residents and the company’s properties.

He stated that they had a significant drop in property destruction; he also said that they did not expect to have no damage to any of their properties, but there was only minimal damage done.

Security guards, who were placed at each building entrance, checked people

trying to enter the building and turned away people who did not have the proper wristband.

“We also had six security guards going around and roaming our 22 buildings on Friday and Saturday night,” Sidorowych said.

Sidorowych stated that

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Ames, ISU Police Departments

The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records.

All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

April 15 An officer assisted another agency with a criminal investigation at the Armory (reported at 9:07 a.m.).

An individual reported the theft of a wooden sign at the Memorial Union (reported at 5:11 p.m.).

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“Changing the world one text at a time” is the goal a group of ISU students have taken upon themselves with the creation of a new website, ChariText.

Their efforts originated in seeking to fill a void that often exists between a person’s desire to act charitably and the resources available to do so, a predicament many college students face.

“Students often find it hard to donate.

We have tuition, we have debt, we have living expenses and we don’t work professionally,” said Ben Jacobson, junior in industrial engineering and ChariText co-founder.

Charitext allows users to register their cell phones to receive one text message per week with an advertisement from a sponsoring company.

The company would pay Charitext for the rights to advertise; Charitext then donates the money to charity with slight portions withheld for website maintenance.

“The donated money per text is estimated to be around five cents,” said Justin Coaldrake, junior in industrial engineering and co-founder. “That sounds like a small number, but with 52 weeks per year that we can send texts, that can do a lot.”

Given Charitext’s infancy, the site just launched on April 13 with the aid of website developer Travis Sanderson.

One text message per week will be sent to users and the money donated will go to a predetermined non-profit organization.

“Ideally, if we grow enough, if someone wants to receive 20 messages per week to

Kaleb Thomas, 18, 7444 Wilson Hall, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Wilson Hall (reported at 1:03 a.m.).

Officers initiated a drug-related investigation at Larch Hall (reported at 9:28 p.m.).

A 19-year-old male was referred to DOT officials for

ISU students make a difference via text

a .02 civil violation at the 1400 block of Coconino Road (reported at 10:44 p.m.).

Keaston Handeland, 20, 4709 Steinbeck St., Apt. 13, and Nicholas George, 20, 1425 Coconino Dr., Apt. 105, were cited for underage possession of alcohol at the 3200 block of Lincoln Way (reported at 12:44 a.m.).

An officer on patrol reported damage to a parked vehicle at Lot S6 (reported at 9:40 a.m.).

Student life

Correction: In Monday’s column “Task force aims to build transparency,” the author referred to a “sex abuse scandal at the University of Pennsylvania.”

The sex abuse scandal in question took place at Penn State and not the University of Pennsylvania.

The Daily regrets the error.

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Makers of ChariText ChariText’s concept originated at a start-up weekend in Ames on April 12, an essential event attributed in launching the website.

Mike Naughton, Rebecca VanDeCasteele, Adam Reineke and Andrew Kirpalani are those credited with running and organizing the start-up event.

Co-founders include ISU students Justin Coaldrake, Michael Donlin, Ben Jacobson and Mike Pruszinske. Travis Sanderson.

ChariText’s website developer, is also a co-founder.

Those registered with ChariText can expect to receive one text message per week with an advertisement to a company which could include a banner advertisement, a URL to a company’s website or a promotional code.

give more money to charity, they’re getting 20 messages a week,” Coaldrake said.

Aims to make the ChariText process more compatible for each specific user is another goal, one that could be beneficial to both users and companies.

“We want to try to make it as userfriendly as possible, so we’ll have a survey at the end of the registration process where it’ll list different non-profits and ask ‘Do you want to donate to the United Way, the Red Cross, etc.?’” Jacobson said.

Customization to what advertisements users may receive is another possibility.

“For example, if people could say ‘I want sports ads’ when registering, then we get a better click rate. They’re more likely to click on the ad if it’s something mean-

ingful to them,” said Michael Donlon, junior in construction engineering and co-founder.

When a company can be assured they are reaching their desired audience, more incentives exist to advertise.

“For a company, they’re going to pay the most when they know the ads will go to their desired audience,” Jacobson noted.

“Our biggest message is that we need people to sign up for it to work and the more people that can sign up, the more money we’ll raise,” Coaldrake said.

ChariText is on the cusp of receiving its first local sponsors, which will result in registered users receiving their first messages shortly thereafter.

“Ideally, we will send out our first messages in the next week or two. We’re working hard to finalize contracts with companies,” Coaldrake said.

As of Sunday, 193 users have registered on ChariText. ChariText looks to gain a strong local following.

To spread beyond Ames will largely depend on word-of-mouth transmission. Seeking out acquaintances at other schools to assist in promotion is another avenue ChariText will seek to explore.

“We can start telling our friends at the University of Iowa, Northern Iowa, et cetera. I’ve got friends at colleges all over the place, so I could ask ‘Hey, will you be our ambassador to this university and help us get it going?’ and there are people that would do it,” Coaldrake said.

“Our goal is to be able to go to our website and be signed up in two minutes, maximum; that’s the beauty of it. Who wouldn’t want to do it? It’s so simple.”

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Rekha Basu has been a columnist for the Des Moines Register since 1991, focusing on human rights, racial and gender issues and commenting on cultural trends. A collection of her columns was recently published as Finding Her Voice. Born in India to United Nations parents, Basu grew up internationally. She has worked as a reporter, editorial writer and columnist at newspapers in Iowa, New York State and Florida.

Basu’s column appears three times a week on the Register’s opinion pages and is syndicated by Gannett News Service. Her many awards include the 2008 Women of Influence Award, the Iowa Interfaith Alliance Award, and the Iowa Farmers Union Media Award. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a master’s degree in political economy from Goddard Cambridge Graduate School.

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If the leases are not renewed, American Campus Committees would offer relocation to another property in the area. The university may offer to pay half of tenants’ relocation costs if necessary, but students can choose to look for housing vacancies.

This is agenda item 20 on Thursday and will be toward the end of the 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. open session.

Directly preceding the offcampus housing item will be presentations from unrepresented faculty and staff about 2014 salary issues. The Board will hear concerns from the Iowa State Professional and

Information on next meeting The next Board of Regents meeting will take place on Wednesday and Thursday at the University of Northern Iowa.

ISU will request off-campus housing for the period from August 1, 2013 to July 31, 2014 at 119 Stanton and Jensen, south of campus.

119 Stanton would consist of 299 beds and Jensen would add 204.

A roll call vote during afternoon open session on Thursday will determine whether or not the proposal is approved.

Live audio for the meetings can be found on the Regents website: www.regents.iowa.gov

Scientific Council and Faculty Senate, Iowa School for the Deaf faculty and University of Northern Iowa Professional and Scientific Council.

Faculty Senate President Suzanne Hendrich will be

presenting on behalf of the Faculty Senate.

“It’s not anything new.

We want to advocate that we would definitely like to see that salary increase,” Hendrich said. “It’s clear that people

think we need to continue to make progress on reasonable salary.”

An update on the status of the Transparency Task Force will be given. The Annual Regent Student Financial Aid Report will inform Board members that financial aid to Iowa students topped $1 billion for the first time.

A presentation on student loans will be given on Wednesday under the Education and Student Affairs Committee by Iowa Student Loans. This will be between 1:30 and 3 p.m.

Community members can listen to live recording of the meeting through the Board’s website.

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their security guards did find people trying to enter the properties using counterfeit wristbands.

Campustown Property employees worked closely with the police on the issue of fake wristbands, Sidorowych said.

Campustown Property Management employees monitored social media sites for people talking about having and using counterfeit wristbands.

If fake wristbands were attempted to be used to gain entrance at properties owned

by Campustown Property Management, they were confiscated by the security guards.

“I saw all different kinds of counterfeit wristbands,” Sidorowych said. “The fake ones had different fonts from ours; some of them didn’t have numbers like ours and some you could just easily tell were fake.”

Sidorowych said that some of their residents were displeased with the wristband policy and that some were just looking for an explanation for the policy.

He also stated that on the Monday morning after Veishea, they had a person come in and compliment the company on the wristband policy.

Some Campustown residents saw this wristband policy as a nuisance.

“It was very inconvenient for me and other people,” said Evan Tentinger, a sophomore in chemical engineering and

This was very successful for us. Compared to past Veisheas it was 100 times better, by far one of the smoothest Veisheas we’ve had.”

Senior Shane Bristol attended the joint event. “I came here for Senior Day, but I think this was an overall successful event for GSB.” A few weeks ago, GSB passed the bill granting funding for Meet Your Government Day, and former President Jared Knight vetoed the bill the last day of the Senate term.

However, a new bill went through the current Senate, allowing the event to go on.

Voss filed an injunction with the GSB Supreme Court because he felt the veto was unconstitutional. Because the bill was vetoed on the last day of the Senate term, there was no opportunity for the Senate to overturn the veto.

The injunction would have led to a hearing and a ruling by the Supreme Court, but because a new bill was passed with the new Senate, the hearing did not proceed.

“I didn’t actually file the injunction because I wanted the event,” said Voss. “I did it because I was actually se-

~Alex Sidorowych, assistant manager for Campustown Property Management

“I saw all different kinds of counterfeit wristbands. The fake ones had different fonts from ours, some of them didn’t have numbers like ours and some you could just easily tell were fake.”

Photo: William Deaton/Iowa State Daily Campustown resident Nick Appel, junior in civil engineering, signs up to receive a wristband, which Campustown Property Management required to enter during Veishea weekend.

Legacy Towers resident. “It’s not that big of a deal now — afterwards — but it was just annoying.”

Tentinger said that he and other building residents understood the company’s point of view but saw it as being unlawful and going against their lease agreement.

“It seemed like it was kind

of unlawful for them to do this.

Potentially, they are not allowing our guests to come in,” Tentinger said.

Sidorowych says that the wristband policy is something that Campustown Property Management plans to use again for next Veishea, but there might be a few tweaks made to the current idea.

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riously concerned with the constitutionality of the veto.”

Voss felt that the event was very successful and should occur more often.

Senator Matt Herman felt that the event is vital for interaction with students, but the weather would be better in the fall.

“I think it would be better to do it recurring in the fall. We had definite success, though; we had a line all the way to the steps of Curtiss.

It goes to show GSB needs to get out there and do things on campus and show students this is what we do,” Herman said. “We’re never going to get anything accomplished if we don’t have any interaction if the only time they see us is at Senate meetings or our offices.”

Bauer agreed with Herman and said talks of a fall event were already happening.

“All members of GSB are very excited about the success of the event, and we are in discussions already about having this event sometime in the fall,” Bauer said.

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Accurate reporting takes time In all the chaos of last week, as news of the Boston Marathon bombing, a chemical plant fire and explosion in the small town of West, Texas and a sinkhole in Chicago flooded the content of television stations, news websites and social media, several important news outlets got their facts wrong.

When CNN, Fox News, the Associated Press and the Boston Globe erroneously reported that a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing had been arrested, they did a disservice to journalists and journalism.

Social media and constant updates — and, when those were unavailable, constant repetition of facts already known — drove the coverage of events, such as the Boston Marathon.

This extension of the 24-hour news cycle represents a broken business model. Although journalism should be a disinterested public service, the fact is that journalism is a business; call it an industry, even.

Like all businesses, however, media corporations must deliver a product.

Last week, CNN and the others chose to deliver a product — any product, so long as it takes up air time — rather than the product that they ought to have delivered or that they were expected to deliver. In their haste to deliver that product, news agencies delivered a shoddy one.

In all cases, but especially where public safety is concerned and politicians and ordinary citizens alike are likely to demand that suspects’ constitutional rights be compromised, knowing the plain, unadulterated facts is essential.

The question must be asked: When news agencies do not report the facts and serve the public, what are they doing?

Although Karl Marx turned out to be wrong on many of his predictions, his pronouncement that religion is the opiate of the masses is similar to today’s reality. Today in 2013, however, television and social media are the opiates of the masses, and society’s collective inability to pull itself away from the feeding tube of the digital world requires news agencies to report isolated, unconnected facts rather than stories.

The lack of moderation with which we indulge in news consumption, devouring it like gluttons, fails to recognize that there really ought to be a time for every purpose. Information about a manhunt in Boston will not help us make better decisions about our lives, unless perhaps we live in Boston. To the extent that the bombing is a national issue at all, the rest of the country should wait a while and allow events to crystallize and accumulate some context before taking rash actions.

Last week’s mistakes — including past mistakes such as CNN’s misreporting of the Supreme Court’s decision in the “Obamacare” case — expose the farce of the 24-hour news cycle yet again. In the same way that it would be bad for a person to eat all the time, sleep all the time, or drink all the time, it is bad for media agencies to report, manufacture and package news all the time. A collective decision to turn off the television and unplug from social media until an actual story is available and go about our own lives for a while would do most of us a great deal of good. It would do the news some good, too.

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Are US politics unpolitical?

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uring Easter weekend, the Chancellor of Germany was photographed in a one-piece swimsuit, talking with her husband at their Easter vacation destination in South Italy.

This caused a fuss with many Germans who separate the politicians’ public and private lives.

“Germans are not so eager to look on the personal lives of politicians,” said Heinrich Oberreuter, professor of political science at the University of Passau.

This is extremely different from the personalistic approach to politics we find in the United States, where pictures regularly catch presidents in their private lives.

As head of state, the president of the United States is viewed as the prototypical U.S. citizen. However, the president not only holds symbolic authority, but also legislative power as head of government.

Where Germany’s chancellor is solely focused on political action, our president must focus on his figurehead image as well.

The rise of media attention adds to this problem. Since American politics are so personalistic, we find politicians attending fundraisers rather than politicking with other politicians in order to pass legislation. As a consequence, politics are becoming more unpolitical in the United States, with an emphasis placed on personality, rather than political skill.

This trend began in 1960, when the first presidential debate was televised. Polls taken of people who watched the debate on TV claimed John F. Kennedy was the clear winner, but radio listeners believed it was Richard Nixon.

Today, “When parties are considering their candidates they ask: ‘Who would look better on TV? Who comes across better? Who can debate better?’” said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, in a Time article called “How the Nixon-Kennedy Debate Changed the World.”

This depoliticizing of American politics has led to many problems. For instance, Axel Boldt, former German resident and now a professor at Metropolitan University, said, “Germany gives much more power to political par-

By Connor.Clarke @iowastatedaily.com ties,” explaining how parties raise money for candidates as well as choose the candidates who run for each district, and German citizens rarely “vote their conscience.”

They are more loyal to their party.

On the contrary, United States politicians campaign and raise money independently. This leads to less focus placed on politics.

This also leads to the problem of weak parties, which is arguably the reason we are experiencing so much of a stalemate in the White House between the president and Congress.

Boldt further states in his comparison of American and German politics, “American politicians are almost constantly raising money for their next campaign. Since they are free to change their voting pattern on almost any topic, moneyed interests have much more political influence than in Germany.”

In Edmund Burke’s speech, Representing the Nation, he spoke of the importance of politicians who collaborate and consider each others’ opinions with respect, “It is his duty to sacrifice his repose, his pleasures, his satisfaction, to theirs, and above all, ever, and in all cases, to prefer their interests to his own.”

One may argue, “But isn’t that the same thing as what is causing these partisan politics in Washington today?” No, because Burke is not advocating for nonconformity but rather compromise, which arises out of political debate and conversation between politicians of various constituents around the United States, so Congress may come to a compromise, which is best for the common interest.

Conversely, we see political factions arise because of wealthy lobbyists supporting their own political interests. This lobbying leads to less political politicians, and more men who vote based on what rich donor they are trying to kiss up to.

Great politicians of old, such as Theodore Roosevelt, would have been labeled by the media as hypocrites and immoral liars.

Roosevelt was the first president to really try to enforce anti-mo-

Photo courtesy of White House Flickr President Barack Obama plays in a casual basketball game. In the United States, presidents are regularly photographed in their private lives, whereas in Germany they separate the politicians’ private lives.

nopoly legislation, which regulated trusts. He would allow these large corporations to donate money to his campaign, and once he got into office, he would turn around and bust their trust. In the media era we live in today, Roosevelt would have been viewed as scandalous and dishonest, but he was able to enforce radical legislation that helped the working class.

We shouldn’t desire two-faced politicians; citizens need to elect politicians who are good at the political game and are able to compromise what is best for the country.

Though this story about the

German chancellor was viewed by Germans as “scandalous,” it can teach us a lesson about politics.

If the U.S. had less media distraction, politicians would have more freedom to act with other politicians in Congress because they are not swayed by lobbyists or media image.

Stronger parties and less media intervention in the lives of politicians would lead to stronger political systems in the United States.

Connor Clarke is a sophomore in history from Sherwood, Oregon.

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Background checks for firearms fail

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any are still scratching their heads about what could have happened to make senators decide against “common sense” legislation “backed by most Americans” as presented in the ManchinToomey background checks proposal.

By now, you’ve probably heard some antigun folks yelling about the “lies” coming from the NRA and the overwhelming influence of the gun lobby.

But is that really the whole reason the legislation was shot down?

Let’s get down to brass tacks.

Background checks are logical and good.

There is no sane argument against that, as it helps prevent felons and the mentally unstable from walking into a store and purchasing a gun.

Note the word “helps,” not “completely eliminates the problem.”

The legislation wasn’t voted down because those senators voting “nay” don’t want to curb gun violence. That is just political spin to try shame those not jumping on the bandwagon.

Some actual facts were available and could have been used and pointed out more by the media, but weren’t. Spending the time to educate the masses about details in legislation tends to cause people to change the channel or stop reading to go look at cat memes.

For one, the greatest fear about universal background checks, that it would lead to a federal gun registry, was not given the “right” spin.

You see, Federal Law 18 U.S.C. 926 already prohibits a federal registry.

So what should have been pushed by those supporting a federal background check requirement, was an assurance of no such language appearing to offer the potential for creating a loophole to create further registries.

I say “further,” because registries of firearm information dating back to 1968 already exist.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is authorized under the Gun Control Act of 1968 to trace firearms.

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By Gabriel.Stoffa @iowastatedaily.com That registry — albeit incomplete — includes details such as the names of a given gun’s owner, the dealer selling it, where it was purchased, when it was purchased, and the make, model and serial number of the firearm.

The information from the National Tracing Center is only “authorized to trace a firearm for a law enforcement agency involved in a bona fide criminal investigation,” according to ATF’s Public Affairs Division fact sheet.

Ask yourself: Have you heard the above mentioned in the news? I bet rarely, if ever.

Now ask yourself how often you heard arguments that universal background checks would lead to a federal registry. I’m betting pretty much every news segment.

So, a registry already somewhat exists and is utilized by law enforcement responsibly.

Which makes the worry over disarming of law-abiding citizens fairly unlikely. But let’s hit on the disarmament of U.S. citizens argument anyway.

There have been some working diligently for background checks that openly admit their ultimate goal is the elimination of firearm ownership for your average citizen: Dianne Feinstein, in a 1995 interview for “60 Minutes,” said: “If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them [guns], Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ‘em all in, ... I would have done it.”

Times change and so do politicians’ stances.

However, Feinstein has not said her opinion has changed about firearms. She continues to Chris Conetzkey The Des Moines Business Record Publication: ISU students subscribe to the Iowa State Daily through activity fees paid to the Government of the Student Body.

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lie and claim she never wanted to ban firearms.

Representatives such as Feinstein need to be booted from the stage and ushered to the back of the room in the same way the absolutely moronic representatives that thought women had some bodily function to prevent impregnation during a rape were publicly chastised.

If those pushing a universal background check wanted to really get a background check into place, they should have been openly making statements that they would never support any ban on firearms or disarmament.

Making certain the extremists on both sides are not regarded as the forefronts of their respective sides should be a primary step for politicians, alongside crafting legislation that can be explained to the public with little room for confusion.

Then the additional kicker from private transfer, gun shows and online purchases is cost.

To have full background checks at gun shows and online would cost more money. To realistically have universal background checks, the checks cannot be an additional cost for each instance of assessing the legality of a person desiring to purchase a firearm.

The idea of paying more money and having to fill out a bunch of paperwork just to do something provided for in the Constitution really turns a lot of folks off to the idea of any such firearm legislation.

As the whole of the citizens of the United States benefits from background checks, the federal government needs to foot the bill for such checks.

If safety and preservation of a constitutional provision are the goals of our representatives, then they need to keep things simple and straightforward.

Gabriel Stoffa is a graduate student in political science from Ottumwa, Iowa.

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Wrestling:

Cyclones earn honors in freestyle Three Cyclones placed in freestyle wrestling last weekend at the FILA Junior Nationals in Las Vegas.

True freshman Lelund Weatherspoon led the group, placing first at 79 kilograms (174 pounds), defeating Michigan Wrestling Club’s Jordan Wohlfert for the title. Weatherspoon won 10 of the 11 periods he wrestled en route to the title.

Weatherspoon redshirted the 2012-13 season for the Cyclones.

Redshirt freshman Logan Molina placed third at 74 kilograms (163 pounds), and true freshman Derek Swarm placed seventh at 55 kilograms (121.25 pounds).

The annual tournament is open to wrestlers between 18 and 20 years of age.

Five other ISU true freshmen also competed in the event.

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One month worth of practice and scrimmages isn’t enough to get a full picture of what the ISU football team will look like when it takes the field at Jack Trice Stadium on August 31.

The team that arrives for fall camp will include new faces as freshmen arrive. There is also hope that progress will continue to come from current players between the conclusion of the team’s spring season and fall camp.

“You’re never satisfied,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads following the annual spring game on Saturday. “There are certain spots that I would have liked to have gotten further along with and certain spots that maybe we overachieved at, and that would be true of individuals as well.”

Rhoads said that until he sifts through film, grades it and collects evaluations from his staff, he can’t shed light on specific areas of focus stemming from the spring season.

Two areas that may become focuses come this August, however, are the team’s kicking game and the depth of the young defense.

The position battle for kicker seemed to take a swing toward redshirt freshman Cole Netten early in the spring game as he hit 29- and 45yard field goals while senior Edwin Arceo missed two kicks from the same distances. Later in the scrimmage, though, Arceo evened things out, hitting a 53-yard field goal while Netten missed from both 50 and 53 yards out.

That back-and-forth has become pretty common for an ISU kicking battle, which the Cyclones will now enter fall camp with again after Arceo knocked Netten into a redshirt last fall.

“It does feel a little different,” Arceo said of the kicking battle compared to last season. “There’s a little more pressure, I think, because Cole’s come a long way since last fall.”

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File photo: Liz Ulrichson/Iowa State Daily Coach Paul Rhoads answers questions about the upcoming season after spring football practice on March 26 at Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility. He is hoping that progress will continue to happen on into the fall season.

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Coming off of its first home series loss of the season, the ISU softball team will travel to Des Moines on Tuesday to play in-state rival Drake.

The Cyclones (19-24, 4-8 Big 12) will vie for the series sweep of the Bulldogs after they took the first contest on April 9 by a score of 6-5.

The scouting report will be the same as the first game, said ISU coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler.

“They are a scrappy team, quick on the bases,” Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. “They have two pitchers that throw really good changeups and can work ahead. We know what we’re going up against; it’s just a matter of executing.”

The team enjoyed individual and team records broken this past weekend against Texas Tech. Senior Erica Miller broke the RBI record in a season and the team surpassed the singleseason record for stolen bases.

“I think it’s all an attribute to how hard we work in practice,” said third baseman Maddie Reese. “We would like to get the wins but breaking these records is great for the program [also].”

The Cyclones are having one of the best offensive seasons in school history but hit a small

>>FOOTBALL.p5 tion is two-fold for Rhoads.

“I think that shows, one, inconsistency, and it also shows, two, we’ve got two guys very capable of playing winning football as kickers at this level,” Rhoads said.

Inconsistency hasn’t only been prevalent with kickers,

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(25-17, 11-5 MVC) Where: Buel Field in Des Moines When: 6 p.m. Tuesday Notes: This will be a makeup of a game that was originally slated for April 10, but was canceled due to weather.

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road bump this weekend against Texas Tech.

“We did not have our best at-bats on Sunday and struggled to attack their pitcher,” said outfielder Jorden Spendlove. “Having beat Drake already once this season, it should be a confidence boost knowing we can hit them.”

Senior Tori Torrescano threw a complete game in the April 9 win for the Cyclones.

First pitch from Buel Field is at 6p.m. on Tuesday in Des Moines.

but it has also come into play with a young, inexperienced defense.

“I think there is a clear separation between the majority of our [No.] 1s and the majority of our 2s,” Rhoads said.

“We’ve got some depth— meaning two-deep— at some spots, and others we’re not there yet. I’d be very fearful if

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With the loss of linebackers A.J. Klein and Jake Knott along with defensive lineman Jake McDonough, there has been a shake up in some areas of the defense beginning with the spring season.

The learning curve will be

Photo: Jonathan Krueger/Iowa State Daily Maddie Reese slides safely into second during the game against Texas Tech on April 19 at the Cyclone Sports Complex. Reese was the first run-batted-in in the victory verse the Red Raiders.

solved with time, and for now, the Cyclones have that on their side.

“We’re not playing [the first game] tomorrow, and we’ve still got time,” Rhoads said.

“There’s no question [that] all of them are hungry to learn, and physically, at some point, [all of them] are capable of playing.”

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Photo courtesy of Angie Hunt The most recent service project for Master of Business Administration students was with Heartland Senior Services, a nonprofit organization. The students created plans for the organization.

MBA students help out Projects provide realworld experiences

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For the third year in a row, students from the college of business, part of the Master of Business Administration program, have taken part in another service project.

The most recent service project was with Heartland Senior Services, a nonprofit organization. Students in the College of Business came together to create ideas and plans for the organization.

According to a press release, in general, the projects are often focused on creating budget models, growing brand recognition and developing marketing campaigns.

“The Iowa State MBA service learning projects are a component in BUSAD 594: Professional Skills Development II, a required course for full-time MBA students,” said Ron Ackerman, director of Graduate Admissions and Student Services.

“The goal of the Iowa State MBA program is to educate future leaders in the practice of business and corporate social responsibility.”

The College of Business wants their students to graduate with a complete understanding of how to conduct business the right way, and the service projects included in the

MBA program hope to accomplish this.

“We spend a lot of time in our classes talking about ethics and business decision-making, sustainable business practices, the role of business in our global society, et cetera,” Ackerman said.

The service projects that the students are able to participate in are one of the only ways to get real world experiences in the business field.

“We have very few opportunities to provide students with the type of experiences that they will encounter when they get in the workplace,” said Jim Cannon, assistant professor of accounting.

“The service learning project requires students to interface with the non-profit organization as a consultant with a customer.”

The person-to-person interaction with the customer is an important part of the project.

“As such, the student teams must evaluate the job requirements, define scope and apply creativity and academic toolsets to form recommendations, all by engaging the customer who may or may not have a firm sense of what they need,” Cannon said.

Ackerman believes that this project makes being a part of the MBA program an overall advantage for a student in the business world today.

“Working for the betterment of your community is an expectation most companies have of their employees today. In many respects, vol-

unteerism may now be considered a part of everyone’s job description,” Ackerman said.

For the service project, Elizabeth Beck, executive director for Heartland Senior Services, said, “A group like the MBA team can help us by providing some expertise and detail analysis that neither the staff nor the board members have the time and expertise to accomplish.”

“The help from the MBA team provided us with some new perspectives on budget, and [they] asked some important questions we need to consider as we put together the actual budget for submission.”

Unfortunately, Heartland Senior Services is “not in a position to hire a person and ask for an MBA. We are not that large of an agency, and we definitely do not pay salaries that an individual with an MBA would expect,” said Beck.

Many other corporations, however, do look at students who have MBAs on their job applications; it is a quality that many businesses do not overlook.

“Kingland hires candidates in several different areas based on their qualifications and experience for a posted position,” said Stephanie Sobotka, human resources generalist for Kingland Systems Corporation.

“We do consider individuals with an MBA the same [as] other applicants. For MBA candidates, we ensure that the experience the candidate is seeking aligns to the oppor-

Historical timeline for MBA programs The world’s first collegiate school of business, Wharton Business School, was at the University of Pennsylvania; it was created in 1881.

The first graduate school of management, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, was created in 1900.

Creating a graduate school for business was considered a bold move at the time. The first degree Tuck offered was a Master of Science in Commerce.

The first MBA program was founded eight years later at Harvard Business School in 1908. The first class only had 15 faculty members, 33 regular students and 47 special students.

The first known African American graduate of Harvard Business School was Wendell Thomas Cunningham, the son of a former slave. He graduated in 1915.

The Shanghai University of Commerce, created in 1921, was the first Chinese business school.

The case method was created at Harvard Business School in 1924.

The first Executive MBA program was

created at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business in 1943.

The first business school to offer a program focused on international management was the Thunderbird School of Global Management, which was created in 1946.

Harvard Business School began admitting women in 1959. The first female Harvard MBA students were graduates of the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration, who joined the second year of the Harvard MBA program.

Canada’s Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario was the first school outside of the United States to grant MBA degrees.

The first European MBA program was created at INSEAD in Fountainebleau France in 1957. In that same year, INSEAD also became the first school to offer a one-year MBA program.

Chicago Booth became the first business school to establish a minority relations program in 1964.

tunities we have available.”

Having the background and experience that the service projects offer within the MBA program is something that all business students can take advantage of.

“In educating future business leaders, the Iowa State MBA gives

students the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills through these community-based projects,” said Ackerman.

“There is no question that the service learning projects are advantageous to MBA students in their job search.”

Campus

Global Cafe to make fall semester debut in Curtiss Hall

By Makayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com Next fall semester, Curtiss Hall will be the home of the new Global Cafe, which will symbolize the College of Agriculture’s work around the globe.

“We’re renovating a space in the building that has been under-utilized for many years,” said David Acker, associate dean of academic and global programs.

Harl Commons is the name of the new addition, which will be located directly under the auditorium in Curtiss Hall. The space is designed to be a meeting place for students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The construction on Curtiss Hall started nine months ago and will be finished for the fall 2013 semester.

Harl Commons will be accessible through a staircase leading down from the auditorium or from the east side of Curtiss Hall. Students coming from buildings such as Heady Hall and East Hall will be able to walk straight into the Commons through a door on the ground level.

“It’s designed to be accessible to all people,” Acker said. The addition of a new elevator will also make it easier to enjoy the new space.

The Global Cafe will also be a part of Harl Commons. The name is significant in that it symbolizes the College of Agriculture’s mission.

Food to be served at Global Cafe: ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ Graphic courtesy of David Acker This is the blueprint for Harl Commons, the addition to Curtiss Hall. Next fall, the Global Cafe will be located in the commons, where students can use it as a multi-purpose meeting room.

Acker said they chose the name because they are active in Uganda. “What we plan to do is connect the Global Cafe to the work we do overseas.

We’re working all around the globe because of the problems associated with hunger.”

One of the main features of the cafe will be coffee imported from Uganda. The college part-

nered with their farmers to sell coffee beans.

“We do this as a way to support small farmers in Africa and to educate faculty and students about our work in Africa and other countries,” Acker said.

According to Brittney Rutherford, marketing coordinator for ISU Dining, the Global Cafe

yogurt cups fruit cups and whole fruit veggies and dip sandwiches salads wraps pastries granola bars chips coffee tea bottled beverages

will feature pre-packaged and pre-made food.

“It is kind of a smaller footprint than some of our other cafes, and that will determine what we offer,” Rutherford said.

Most of the food will be made in the university’s commissary kitchen and delivered daily to the cafe. The Global Cafe will take up space in a portion of Harl Commons, where students can use it as a multi-purpose meeting room.