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Friends recall memories of Stein By Emily.Barske @iowastatedaily.com

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By Emily.Barske @iowastatedaily.com With one semester under his belt as the director of ISU Dining after starting in Spring 2016, Mohamed Ali and Executive Chef Scott Bruhn got to work on Bruhn’s long list of changes he wanted to make to improve Dining’s services. In an interview with the Daily, the two discussed changes that customers will see this fall and in the future.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIG INITIATIVES THIS YEAR?

MA:

Chef Scott has a long list of things he wants to change, but time is the problem. When you want to change something, it’s better to take your time for it to be effective. We had a long list of things we wanted to do this new semester, but we scaled back a little bit just to make sure the change isn’t too much. One of the things we have changed is Clyde’s. One of the reasons is we have had long lines when school opens. Schools our size usually have a quick, grab and go, and I didn’t see any of that here — so we made this (Clyde’s) a quick grab and go. So you come in, basically you grab what you want, you pay for it and you move. You can eat it here or you can take it to your room or wherever you like. We served about 800 students per day last year here and we hope to double that amount. We are also making more vegan, vegetarian — because students requested that — and also Halal.

SB:

We’ll have Halal options at Seasons, UDM and also Hawthorne. You’ll see an expanded menu upstairs at UDM. We’re offering more authentic Asian, Indian dishes there and upgrading the meal selections for dinner to reflect more of a dinner service with better quality meats, more veggies. Here (Clyde’s) is completely changed. It used to be portrayed as a sports bar. This one is more on trend with the fast casual restaurants these days and also changing the selections here to be more scratch made. We also tried to think of what’s on trend and that’s one of our initiatives moving forward is what’s on trend in the food world and how can we get this incorporated into the college dining world as quickly as possible, so we identified three items. We’ll be doing homemade ramen noodle bowls, a fried chicken sandwich and a different style of pizza. It was a little bit controversial that we took out Godfather’s here, it’s been very popular on campus, but we thought we could do a better product, homemade, with dough from our bakery — we’re doing a Detroit-style pizza.

MA:

Some of the benefits of doing it from scratch are it’s cheaper and there are less chemicals, preservatives and coloring. So it’s good for the students and good for us, not just students but all customers.

SB:

It’s still made here. It’s not trucked in or brought from upstairs. They fry the chicken in the back and make the pizzas.

HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE TO MAKE THESE MORE SCRATCH-MADE ITEMS?

SB:

We put a lot of time into it. Pizza took many, many hours to get that right because you have to get the dough right, you have to get the portions right, you have to get the cooking time right because we

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David Stein’s friends remember him for his composure: always bringing a smile to their faces, a quiet demeanor, with little quirks that made them laugh. Someone they always wanted to be around. “I spent a lot of time with him — I can definitely feel the absence,” said Stein’s friend, Caleb Banholzer. Stein, who was a sophomore in the College of Design, died Tuesday night. He was a student in prearchitecture, according to the Iowa State online directory and was from Verona, Wisconsin. Banholzer, Nia Johnson and Nicole Rizer all met Stein while living near one another in Friley Hall last year. They recalled late nights studying, watching movies or just talking with Stein. He was one of the few people who wouldn’t drive them crazy being around for long periods of time, Johnson said. “If I needed an escape, I could always go to him,” Banholzer said. Aside from Stein’s empathetic side, Banholzer recalled that he was funny and a great study partner. “He was one of the only people with a chess board in our hallway,” Banholzer said. “He didn’t win very often, but he was always willing to go again.” One night when the two were working in the design studio together, Banholzer remembered Stein doing the most hilarious and perfectly mimicked moves to Drake’s song, “Hotline Bling.” “He had the funniest way of dancing,” Banholzer laughed, adding that they liked to listen to a lot of Red Hot Chili Peppers and sing off-key to Dani California. Sometimes when Johnson would walk by Stein’s room in Friley he would ask if she was hungry. “One night he said, ‘Want some macaroni?’ And I said sure,” she chuckled, adding that he had a drawer full of food where most people would keep T-shirts, as if he had an entire kitchen in his dorm room. Rizer remembered attending the Kenan Thompson act last year with their friend group. Stein was thirsty but didn’t want to pay for a water, so instead, he finished the popcorn they had, rinsed out the container and used it as a glass, she said. From working together in the design studio, he also remembered helping Stein work on his self portrait and finding it interesting how he viewed himself versus how Banholzer viewed him. He had a mannerism, Rizer said, that showed his personality perfectly. If something bad was happening, he would just shake it off. “He would just shrug and continue on,” she said. Stein was someone they all got excited about when they knew he was coming over and they’d get to see him. “He was someone I’d always go to to put a smile on my face,” Johnson said.

‘Roast and Ride’ sharpens focus on 2016 elections By Travis.Charlson @iowastatedaily.com DES MOINES — Pork roast, motorcycles, leather jackets and American flags were the scene at the Iowa State Fair Grounds on Saturday during Republican Sen. Joni Ernst’s second annual “Roast and Ride” fundraiser. The event, which donates its proceeds to help wounded veterans, has quickly turned into Iowa’s GOP event of the year, as each of the first two occasions have seen myriad big-name Republicans take the stage. This years’ installment featured speeches from a number of prominent Iowa Republicans, including Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and U.S. Reps. Steve King, David Young and Rod Blum — as well as a rousing, 40-minute stump

speech from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in his fourth visit to Iowa since securing the nomination in July. Bikers and veterans began gathering Saturday morning at Big Barn Harley-Davidson, where the freshman senator Ernst donned a do-rag and leather vest, hopped on a bike and led the caravan of 200-plus motorcycles on a 40-mile cruise ending at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Proceeds from the event were donated to Soldier Strong, an organization that helps wounded soldiers and veterans who’ve lost their mobility by providing them with access to therapy and medical treatments. The ride, Ernst said, was all about the veterans. “I’ve met a lot of great vets today from all eras,” Ernst said. “That’s what we’re doing today .... We don’t really talk politics on the

motorcycle.” But after the bikes were parked, scores of rank and file Republicans filled the fairground’s Pioneer Pavilion, and one by one the guest speakers tried to rally the crowd of Iowans for the looming November elections. “Your votes matter; this election matters,” Reynolds said, as four seats in the House of Representatives and one Senate seat are up for grabs in Iowa, in addition to six electoral votes for president. Grassley, who is up for re-election, reminded the raucous crowd of the potential long-term impacts of this election cycle. “This is not an election just about the next four years for the president of the United States,” Grassley said. “This is an election for the direction of the Supreme Court for the next 40 years.” The importance of the election is one of the few things Republi-

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U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst dons a do-rag Saturday before hitting the road on her motorcycle as part of the second annual Roast and Ride in Des Moines. The event, created by Ernst to help raise money for veterans, included a 42-mile motorcycle ride.

cans and Democrats agree upon, which ultimately has sharpened the divisions between the two sides and given third-party candidates such as Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein a bump in support. And though Trump has seen his support dip nationally as of late, he still remains in a dead heat with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton among potential Iowa voters.

“Together we are going to win this state, and together we are going to win the White House for the American people,” Trump said. Trump trailed Ted Cruz in February’s Iowa Caucuses and has made it a point not to finish second in Iowa in the general election. He’s visited the state four times since securing the GOP nomination, and his running mate Mike Pence has made two stops in the state.