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ISU STUDENT WINS DEATH MARCH iowastatedaily.com/news File photo: Blake Lanser/Iowa State Daily After the announcement of the 2013 Government of the Student Body election results, President-elect Spencer Hughes and Vice President-elect Hillary Kletscher speak about their plans for the upcoming 2013-2014 school year.
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Low turnout might prompt rule changes By Katie.Grunewald @iowastatedaily.com
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The Government of the Student Body presidential election that occurred the week before Spring Break had a low voter turnout. Election Commissioner Adam Guenther wanted 15 percent of the student population to vote. Approximately half of that voted.
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GSB to vote on 4 orders at last meeting The last Government of Student Body meeting of this term will be held Wednesday. The next term starts April 10 with President-elect Spencer Hughes and the new Senate. “The Vander Velden Knight Compromise: Protecting Student Fee Money” proposes to insert a clause into the GSB bylaws declaring that an organization can not be forprofit or participate in profit ventures if it wishes to receive GSB funding. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Union. —Katie Grunewald
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Along with several other campaign rules, there was a new one this year: No active campaigning while the polls are open or 24 hours before they open. This may have had a role in voter turnout. President-elect Spencer Hughes was at the GSB Senate meeting where this new rule was voted on. “There was no debate from the Senate about this issue,” Hughes said. “There were other provisions of the bill that got more attention, like no campaigning during classes, and the no active campaigning just kind of slipped through.”
Many are concerned that the new campaign rule impacted the number of people who voted. “There is a huge concern after seeing the turnout dropping fairly significantly,” Hughes said. “I think not having the ability to campaign after the polls were open held the candidates back; I’m just very glad the election commission decided social media wasn’t a part of the ban.” Guenther explained there would be no way to ban social media, especially Twitter. He said that even if the candidates were banned from
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Iowan talks growing up in two-mom household
By Miranda.Freeman @iowastatedaily.com The son of lesbian mothers who famously spoke out in support of same-sex marriage for his family in January 2011 to the Iowa House Judiciary Committee came to Iowa state to share his experiences Tuesday night in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Zach Wahls, part-time
engineering student at the University of Iowa, spoke about what makes a family. The Iowa House Judiciary Committee decided to pass the Defense of Marriage Act bill. The bill means same-sex marriage would not be recognized in all 50 states, only in the states that do legalize same-sex marriage.
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ISU gains NAACP chapter
New group prepares, plans for fall semester By Mike.Randleman @iowastatedaily.com The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization rooted in more than 100 years of history in the United States, now has a foothold at Iowa State. The new student chapter, recently recognized March 7 as an official student organization at Iowa State, will
seek to provide opportunities for all students. “Everyone’s free to join the organization, no matter who you are or what your background is. The NAACP doesn’t discriminate based on race, ethnicity or anything like that,” said Jessica Avant, NAACP Iowa/ Nebraska State Conference president and senior in political science at Iowa State. Given the early stages of the student chapter, planning and preparations remain in the works to prepare for the fall semester when the op-
erations of the chapter will be in full swing. “We’re still in our infancy. We plan to work over the summer to work on something we’ll propose in the fall to incoming and current members,” said Hannah McKeever, treasurer for the organization and junior in journalism and mass communication at Iowa State, in reference to the organization’s plan of action. In terms of what the organization will aim to achieve, a balance of
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ISU violated policy during 3-year span By Jake.Calhoun @iowastatedaily.com The ISU athletic department has entered into a summary disposition with the NCAA as a result of impermissible Pollard phone calls and text messages sent from 2008 to 2011, according to a news release issued Tuesday. Self-imposed penalties, which were enforced for the 2011-12 academic year, include a reduction in the number of coaches traveling to recruit as well as a reduction in the number of phone calls that could be made during a four-month period. Also included in the self-imposed penalties is the requirement for all coaches to attend a compliance education session regarding phone calls and text messages. The sports, however, have not been disclosed. The department also recommended that the school be placed on a two-year probation, according to the release. Details about the proposed probation have not been released. “We are hopeful the NCAA will recognize our sincere effort to adhere to NCAA rules and will accept our self-imposed sanctions,” said ISU Athletic Director Jamie Pollard in the news release. “We are definitely a stronger organization as a result of what we learned about our internal monitoring system, and we look forward to resolving these self-reported violations in a timely manner.” Of the more than 750,000 phone calls made in the three-year period, 79 were made during the time in which coaches and their staffs were not allowed to call recruits. The department also found 1,405 calls in that time frame which were made but did not connect, according to the release. Both of those are NCAA violations. As it stands right now, if the NCAA’s committee on infractions decides that the school did not do a thorough-enough investigation in its reporting of the infractions, then a hearing and a further investigation will be conducted. The committee also reserves the right to suggest more penalties if it decides the self-imposed penalties by the school to be insufficient. The release stated that the university will not comment any further on the case until it is resolved with the NCAA. Check back to iowastatedaily. com as this story develops.
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