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Budget cuts add stress to Iowa State By Jake.Dalbey @iowastatedaily.com
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After more than 40 years, couple continues to bring folk style to the M-Shop By Jacob.Beals @iowastatedaily.com In 1974, many things happened that influenced U.S. history and culture. Former President Richard Nixon resigned after Watergate, “Happy Days” premiered on television and Hank Aaron surpassed Babe Ruth’s record for the most home runs in Major League Baseball. Those were events happening on the
national scale, but here at Iowa Sate, something big happened too, as the Maintenance Shop officially opened at the beginning of that year. Fast forward to Oct. 24, when Robin and Linda Williams performed three shows over the course of a weekend. These performances would mark the first of many for the husband and wife duo at the venue. Before playing in Ames and meeting Linda, Robin had toured as a solo act. But after seeing Linda sing for the first
time, he said they gravitated toward each other. “You could tell she had something special, she was good,” Williams said. Robin’s act as one soon became two, as the couple married in 1971 and eventually began touring together. “It was the music that brought us together, and we’ve been playing ever since, making a living at it,” Williams said.
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Times are tough for regent universities in Iowa as statewide budget cuts present dilemmas that not only lead to tuition increases but also cause large losses of state funds. In total, the three Iowa public universities will lose $21.4 million in state appropriations, with Iowa State losing an upward of $9 million. As a result, several projects have been put on hold on campus in order to keep the university’s budget in balance. During the February Board of Regents meeting, Iowa State President Steven Leath addressed the cuts and their impact on the university. “Investment in public higher education is an investment in a prosperous Iowa long term,” Leath said. “We are facing a very difficult budget challenge. The cut we are seeing now is very unfortunate.” Leath said much of the force behind the budget cuts will be absorbed through the cancellation and delay of several deferred maintenance projects. By pulling updates to Kildee Hall as well as renovations to the Iowa State Conference Center, a total of $4.7 million is expected to be saved. Along with delayed projects, Iowa State will halt further faculty searches and leave several unnamed positions empty in order to save $2.2 million. A final million is projected to be saved through the delayed purchase of new computer systems for various campus buildings. Though these measures are in place to mitigate the effects of budget cuts, tuition will need to be increased in order to keep up with increasing university enrollment numbers, according to the regents. “I think the $30 million cut is something, after the cut in February, that will be hard for the universities to absorb,” Rastetter said. “Clearly the ‘2+2’ isn’t going to work, so we’ve asked the board office to come back and create a task force to engage stakeholder in Des Moines and Iowa.” After May 1, the newly formed tuition task force will meet to discuss the proposed 3 percent increase to the already approved 2 percent increase.
Students share passions through Honors posters By Jake.Dalbey @iowastatedaily.com With topics ranging from gender roles within golf, living with diabetes in college and planning the perfect wedding, being unique at the 2017 Honors Poster Presentation isn’t just recommended, it’s encouraged. Taking place in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on Wednesday, students in the Iowa State Honors program were tasked with creating posters and other external materials in order to represent their chosen capstone project. The poster presentation is required by the Honors program and must be completed by a student’s senior year. Though Honors members must complete the capstone in a certain time frame, the topic options are almost unlimited and are encouraged to come from a student’s personal passion. Research-based projects remained popular throughout the event, as graphs helped depict subjects such as the conflict in Syria. Andrew Lipp, senior in history, created a map of the Middle East that depicted the various factions involved in the Syrian civil war. Yarn was used to connect allies with foes as Lipp attempted to simplify a largely complex conflict.
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David Couri showcases his poster project Wednesday at the spring poster reception, where honors students presented their research.
“I spent about a year reading news articles and scholarly journals in order to compile a 25-page paper,” Lipp said. “This poster summarizes that paper in a way that is less complex in order to get
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esting,” Lipp said. ”It’s something that’s still changing now, but will probably be out of a date in a month just because of its nature.” Research was not the only subject explored at the poster presentation,
as Lauren Carter, senior in graphic design, explored an eye-appealing way to present her study abroad European travels. After visiting Rome through Iowa State’s graphic design program, Carter felt compelled to share her journey, but not through the typical means of pictures and social media posts. Tracking the amount of footsteps she took while moving from country to country as well as money spent, Carter created an infographic and scrapbook-type data booklet. “As a graphic design major, a lot of what I do is figuring out how to make information seem readable and easy to understand,” Carter said. ”Being able to break down hard facts into pictures that people want to see was a challenge for me and made me want to pursue the topic.” Stemming from her own personal research, Carter was surprised by her own findings, which included enough steps to walk from Rome to Germany in a straight line. “Some of the data was quite astounding, especially breaking down a whole semester into images and words,” Carter said. In total, Carter visited 21 cities and 11 different countries, which were all displayed on her board with step counts and money spent in the region.
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