Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 | Volume 211 | Number 13 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
Board of Regents lays out changes
Tuition increases for ISU and UNI, not Iowa
ISU announces another record enrollment
3 retirements announced, 2 unexpected
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The Board of Regents on Wednesday approved tuition increases and appropriation requests, established ISU Global Corporation and sold $30 million in bond awards for Buchanan Hall and other projects on campus. The Iowa Board of Regents approved a 3 percent tuition increase for Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, but agreed to keep the University of Iowa’s tuition steady for the year. Both ISU and UNI student government presidents supported a tuition increase
Iowa State announced Wednesday that 36,001 students are enrolled at the University this fall – the largest enrollment in school history. This fall enrollment number breaks the record for the seventh straight year and makes 2015 the ninth consecutive year of growth at ISU, the university said. “Our enrollment is demand-driven,” said ISU President Steven Leath in a news release from the university Wednesday. Iowa State’s freshman class enrollment is 6,231, including 3,586 from Iowa.
During Wednesday’s Iowa Board of Regents meeting, ISU President Steven Leath announced the retirement of three members of the Iowa State’s administrative staff. Paul Tanaka, university counsel, Tom Hill, senior vice president for Student Affairs, and Pamela White, dean of the College of Human Sciences, are all retiring from their positions at Iowa State by the end of the 2015-16 school year. Pamela White had announced her retirement before Wednesday’s meeting, and is leaving after 40
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Spring 2016 tuition will increase by 3 percent for Iowa State and the University of Northern Iowa.
for their respective schools, while the University of Iowa student government president Elizabeth Mills attested against it for her university. Tuition at ISU and UNI will increase $100 for each student in the second semester. ISU and UNI student government presidents said
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Iowa State’s fall 2015 enrollment is 36,001 students. The freshman class enrollment is 6,231.
“We’re proud to continue to educate more Iowa students than any other institution in the world,” Leath said. “Students are choosing Iowa State because of our renowned faculty, our supportive culture and because we offer the programs that are driving our economy.”
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Five years of local vocals
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Tom Hill will retire from his position as the senior vice president for Student Affairs this year.
years at Iowa State. Since 2009, White has been the dean of the College of Human Sciences and has seen enrollment in the College of Human Sciences jump by 52 percent. In contrast to White, Tanaka’s and Hill’s retirements were first announced
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StuGov Senate updates New body of law goes into affect By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com
MAMF press release by Chris Lyng. “At a time when many DJs let the records play themselves, Grandmaster Flash marked up his vinyl with crayon, fluorescent pens and grease pencil to create an innovative sound,” the release said. Flash also began playing shows with rappers who acted as emcees vocalizing over Flash’s music. This eventually led to the creation of the group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The group became the first-ever hip-hop group to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Grandmaster Flash will perform at 9 p.m. Thursday at DG’s Tap House. The Iowa School of Burlesque’s VARIETEASE showcase will perform before Grandmaster Flash. Headliner Ex Hex is a trio of punk rocker ladies who are traveling from Washington D.C. to make an appearance at MAMF. Ex Hex’s first album, “Rips,” came out in October 2014. Although Ex Hex is a somewhat new band, it has appeared on KEXP Radio, at Pitchfork Music Festival and on tours across the U.K. and U.S. The three members of Ex Hex each have previous band experience, but a shared vision brought the members together. “We just want to make a record that you can put on a jukebox, press play, and then it makes you want to dance,” said Mary Timony, the frontwoman of Ex Hex, during a KEXP Radio interview. She said the band’s sound was unexpected. “I don’t know it just kind of happened that way,” Timony said. “I feel like you just have a lot of phases in life, and right now this band just wants to rock.”
The Student Government Senate unanimously updated policy regarding Robert’s Rules of Order, allowing the Senate to use the most up-to-date version at its Wednesday meeting. Robert’s Rules is the body of law that is adopted by an assembly or governing body in a parliamentary system. The Student Government bylaw stated that the Senate would use the 10th edition of Robert’s Rules. However, the 11th edition was published in September 2011. Sen. Cole Button said the bill would strike the byline that states the Senate would use the 10th edition of the book. Instead, the law would state that the Senate would use the most updated version of the rules. Button said this bill would not cost the Senate anything, because there would only need to be one copy of the book available. “It would just mean if we have [the] 11th edition, we’d go by that; if we have the 10th, we’d go by that and so on,” Button said. Vice Speaker of the Senate Michael Snook said he supported the bill. “I think it’s a great bill actually,” Snook said. “I like how we’ll never have to update [the law] again.” The Senate currently has access to the newest edition to Robert’s Rules and will use that as a guide during its assemblies. Student Government Senate also seated new members to the organization at the Wednesday event meeting, including three new members of the Senate. Meredith Cook, senior in political science, was unanimously named as a senator for the United Residents Off Campus seat after a unanimous vote from the senators. “Iowa State has always been a big part of my life,” Cook said. “I thought it was time to get involved and make the university a better place.” The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) seat was also filled by Anthony Hansen, senior in biology. Hansen was voted into the seat, 30 to 0. Hansen said because of the diversity of his friends in the biology and animal science majors, he is a good
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Charlie Vestal, also known as Flavor Basket, will perform Saturday at the Vinyl Café along with Dear Rabbit, Lesbian Poetry and Loaf and Kila. Vestal said he looks forward to viewing the other talented musicians throughout the weekend at the Maximum Ames Music Festival.
Meet the headliners of 5th annual MAMF By Charlie.Coffey @iowastatedaily.com
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hursday marks the start of the fifth annual Maximum Ames Music Festival, also known as MAMF, a four-day festival centralized in a three-block radius of Downtown Ames. From The Depaysement to Annalibera and Charlie Parr, the MAMF lineup this year is promising to say the least, but the headliners are where the list really shines. The Sept. 10-13 festival features a variety of headliners including The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle (solo), Grandmaster Flash, Ex Hex, Mikal Cronin and Jon Wayne and The Pain. The Mountain Goats is a folk rock group with 15 full-length albums under its belt. Darnielle, poet and lead singer of The Mountain Goats, has performed solo under the band’s name in the past. Darnielle lived in Ames while writing one of the band’s most famous albums, “All Hail West Texas.” The Mountain Goat’s most recent work is the album “Beat the Champ,” which was released in April 2015. The songs on “Beat the Champ” are inspired by aspects of professional wrestling, including titles such as “The Legend of Chavo Guerrero” and “The Ballad of Bull Ramos.” Chris Lyng, co-founder of MAMF and Maximum Ames, introduced the Mountain Goats in a press release last May. “The Mountain Goats is one of the best and most widely known artists to have ever lived in Ames and he was also the headliner of MAMF’s first year,” Lyng said. “His connection to the community combined with his phenomenal growth as an artist since MAMF 1 make him a local legend without equal.” Darnielle performs at 7 p.m. Saturday
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Evan Campbell was one of the local Ames musicians featured at the MAMF Burrito Sampler.
with Kate Kennedy as an opener at the First United Methodist Church. Joseph Saddler, also known as Grandmaster Flash, is a legend in the hip-hop world, pioneering disk jockey techniques such as the backspin and punch phrasing. Saddler was born in the West Indies in 1957 and grew up in South Bronx, N.Y. The role of the DJ before the 1970s was to change records at a party after each album finished. Grandmaster Flash was one of the first to spin a record backward while playing it on a turntable, which results in a scratching noise that Flash learned to manipulate musically.His father collected records throughout his childhood, which inspired him to experiment with them and eventually led him to becoming Grandmaster Flash. Flash pioneered many other techniques, which are laid out in the May