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BRINGING HOME THE BACON New ISU pork-themed festival grows since announcement
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online By Lissandra.Villa @iowastatedaily.com In the No. 1 pork-producing state in the nation, Iowa State has chosen to host a BaconFest event. Since the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences approved the idea, the event has changed in several ways, from venue to size. “Since we’ve announced our idea and have gained approval and a lot of positive feedback, ... we’ve really expanded BaconFest substantially,” said Jake Swanson, president of Iowa State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council. The event, set for Oct. 19 is expected to draw large crowds. BaconFest General Co-chair Kelley Glanz said
the committee is marketing to the entire state of Iowa. BaconFest was officially recognized as a student organization on Thursday. It is comprised of nearly 70 students in seven different committees: logistics, sponsorship, vendo, entertainment, security, business management and public relations “I can see BaconFest becoming the Veishea of the fall,” Swanson said. Aimed toward students as well as the public, BaconFest, which will host live bands and recreational activities such as a bacon eating contest, will also seek to provide an educational experience for those in attendance.
“We’re really going to provide a very strong, educational aspect to this event which really will set us apart from other BaconFests across the country,” Swanson said. Glanz said the organization hopes to educate the public specifically about pork production and about agriculture in general. “Planning this has been very difficult because we have nothing to go off of. It’s never been done before,” Glanz said. BaconFest has gone through several changes since the original conception of the idea. For example, the event will no longer be hosted on Central Campus. A venue has been confirmed and will be
released later this week. “We’re working on getting a bunch of other stuff finalized now, so we can get the ball rolling and start getting money raised,” Liska said. Expectations for BaconFest include that it will become an annual event. “We just want to break even [financially], so that’s our current goal now. I think we should be able to do that,” Swanson said. The event has already drawn the attention of major companies in the industry, none of which have been confirmed. Swanson said as the event is planned, the committee would be in constant contact with “key” players. These include the event authorization committee, risk management and the
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Fast facts ■■ The organizations faculty advisers include Jodi Sterle, from the animal science department, and Lea Kinman, from the food science department. ■■ The organization has set a target date for ticket sales, but it has not been released yet ■■ Location for the event will be announced later this week. ■■ BaconFest will take place Oct. 19.
food inspector. “I don’t think there’s any student organization or any college better in the nation to host a BaconFest than Iowa State,” Swanson said.
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Club to give 1,000 paper cranes to children By Daniel.Bush @iowastatedaily.com The ISU Origami Club is planning to make 1,000 cranes to give to children at Mary Greeley Medical Center. Lynn Giang, junior in psychology, said they will start making cranes over the summer. She said the organization plans to pick up around August in making a majority of the cranes. “My goal is to meet 500 cranes by the end of September,” Giang said. The organization said they hope to have 1,000 cranes made by November to give to the medical center in December, like a Christmas gift. “I think it’s mainly to give them support, so they can fight diseases,” said Peter Wang, member of ISU Origami Club. “Our mission is to pass on art, which is folding origami, and we want to give them short term joy and long term support,” Wang said. Giang and Wang thought of the idea to make and donate the cranes. “[Cranes] always stand for hope,” Giang said. “And if you make 1,000, you can make a wish.” The organization also hopes to attach strings to the cranes so the children could hang them from the ceiling of their room. Giang said they hope to make it feel more like home for them. They also plan on getting more of the community involved in helping them make the cranes, Wang said. “Basically anyone that is willing to help out, they can come and help,”
1,000 Cranes
Photo: Suit Yee/Iowa State Daily Senior Hannah Giang and sophomore Yiran Xu, members of the ISU Origami Club, fold paper cranes on Friday. The club plans to fold 1,000 paper cranes and give them to Mary Greeley Hospital by the end of 2013.
Wang said. Giang said there were different levels of origami depending on how hard the piece is to make and the amount of steps to create it. Cranes are a lower level of difficulty. Ngoc Le, junior in mechanical engineering, said he spent most of his time in middle school reading books at the library about origami. Le took most of that knowledge to teach members of the group. During Easter, he showed the club how to make a rabbit. “It was kind of difficult for them, so I had to show them step by step,” Le said. “It took over an hour to teach them.”
Le said he can now finish folding a crane in under two minutes. The organization makes anything from dragons and flowers to peacocks and Pikachu’s. Giang said it took at least 1,000 pieces of paper to complete her peacock origami piece. Members also participate in teaching elementary students how to make origami figures. The ISU Origami Club partnered with Giving Children Hope, a volunteering organization set out to fundraise and donate to local hospitals for children, to make paper cranes and other origami figures to give to children, Giang said.
The tradition was made known through a story called “Sadoko and the Thousand Paper Cranes.” ■■ Sadoko was 2 years old and was exposed to radiation after the bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. ■■ She developed leukemia. ■■ At 12 years old, the senbazuru legend inspired her to make 1,000 cranes to make a wish. ■■ She died only getting to 644 cranes. ■■ Her classmates honored her by finishing the last of the 356 cranes.
Different meanings Making 1,000 cranes has had several meanings: ■■ 1,000 cranes = one wish ■■ 1,000 cranes = eternal good luck ■■ Making 1,000 cranes is a process of healing ■■ Creating 1,000 cranes brings hope during hard times
The organization has a total of 71 members, including ISU members, faculty and staff and non-ISU members, according to the ISU Origami Club website. The club does not have dues, so there is no cost to join.
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