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Items reported stolen from locker room in Cy-Hawk game By Alex.Halsted @iowastatedaily.com The ISU Police Department said an investigation is ongoing after Universtity of Iowa athletic department officials confirmed items were stolen from the team’s locker room in the Jacobsen

Athletic Building, located near Jack Trice Stadium following the Cy-Hawk game Saturday. “We have a case of a theft of personal properties from the locker room, and it remains under investigation,” ISU Police told the Daily in a statement Sunday. Iowa linebackers coach LeVar

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Woods sent a tweet Sunday morning referencing his phone missing. There was no confirmation the two were connected. “Sorry to anyone that tried to call/text me last night w/o a response, but my phone came up missing from the ISU locker room after the game,” Woods tweeted.

Iowa did confirm items were stolen from both the players’ and coaches’ locker rooms. “Iowa athletic department officials confirmed there were items missing from the Iowa players locker room and the Iowa coaches locker room following the football game in Ames,” said Steve Roe,

spokesman for the Iowa athletic department, in a statement to the Daily. “Iowa State officials and local law enforcement agencies were very helpful once the incident was reported after the game.” The ISU athletic department said it had no comment at this time.

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The ISU Army ROTC program runs the Cy-Hawk game ball across campus. Each year, the Iowa and Iowa State ROTC programs run the ball from stadium to stadium for the Cy-Hawk football game.

brotherhood New business dean hopes to take college ‘to the next level’ By Caitlin.Deaver @iowastatedaily.com David Spalding, fifth dean of the College of Business, is one of the newer faces on campus this year. Spalding was interviewed for his position as dean in April. During Spalding’s interview process, President Steven Leath gave his inaugural address about the modern land-grant institution. Leath’s words, Spalding said, instantly clicked with him. “Those types of goals — making higher education accessible, promoting research and serving as a resource to the entire state of Iowa — strongly appeal to me,” Spalding said. “It is what higher education should be all about.” Spalding graduated from Dartmouth in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts in history cum laude, and he also received his master’s in business administration from New York University in 1984. He then began his career in the finance world in New York with The Chase Manhattan Bank N.A. He was also a vice president with the First National Bank of Chicago and a senior vice president with GE Capital Corporate Finance Group Inc. He was vice

chairman of The Cypress Group LCC, a firm he cofounded in 1994, as well. Spalding served on many corporate boards, including Lear Corporation, AMTROL Inc., WilliamsScotsman and Parisian, Inc. He also served on the boards of a number of nonprofit organizations, like the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Northern Stage. “He has a good balance of real, practical business world experience and higher education work experience,” said Pamela Anthony, dean of students. “He can talk to students about what it’s like to sit on a board, be a vice president of a company and develop business relationships. Those are real life experiences students can benefit from.” After working 29 years in finance, Spalding wanted to work in higher education. Before coming to Iowa State, he served as senior vice president and senior adviser to Dartmouth’s president. “I have seen how a college education can transform people’s lives,” Spalding said. “I’ve seen it in my family, I’ve seen it in students and alumni at Dartmouth and in my own college experience, which broadened my horizons

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By Stephen.Koenigsfeld @iowastatedaily.com The Cyclones defeated the Hawkeyes on Friday, but the points weren’t being tallied by touchdowns and field goals. The Army ROTC programs from Iowa State and the University of Iowa competed in a food donation version of the Cyclone-Hawkeye rivalry, one that was less heated than the one students saw Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium. Each year, members of the two ROTC programs take the game ball from one stadium and run it to the host stadium, stop-

ping in towns along the way to talk and catch their breath. “It’s an overall moral boost for all of our cadets,” said Cadet Battalion Cmdr. Steven Brown. “It’s one of those team building events that we do. And to be part of it ... it makes you feel like you’re a part of the team. And that’s what we hit on here.” The Iowa Troop Pantry was the donation group for the annual event, in its 28th year. Items such as canned goods, baby wipes, foot powder, toothbrushes and drink packets were donated to a unit located in a remote area of Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Richard Smith, of

the U.S. Army, said he knows just how much the little things, such as foot powder and toothbrushes, can impact a soldier’s day in a big way. “Having been deployed a couple times in Afghanistan, you almost can’t put into words how important it is to get stuff from home,” Smith said. Those little things make a soldier’s life just a little easier, Smith said. And being a part of something bigger than an ROTC program makes donation opportunities more enjoyable for the

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Leath praises educational experience, thanks faculty By Danielle.Ferguson @iowastatedaily.com President Steven Leath welcomed the new academic year by expressing thanks to students, faculty and staff. At the President’s Address Friday, Leath spent the majority of his speech articulating gratitude toward the work of the faculty, staff and department leaders of Iowa State, especially considering the large number of students on campus. Introducing President Leath was the Government of Student Body President Spencer Hughes. “With this new enrollment comes new challenges. I am very pleased with the great work that University Administration and Student Affairs have done to prepare facilities and services for all 33,241 students,” Hughes said. “More and more students want to be part of this special environment that we have here.” Referencing “Field of Dreams,” Leath replaced its famous quote, “If you build it, he will come,” with “Build the best university and Iowa and the students will come.” Leath said one of the main reasons students want to come to Iowa State is the faculty and staff, whom he thanked di-

More Information President Steven Leath gave the annual president’s address at 8:15 a.m. Friday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Leath focused on thanking his faculty and staff, while focusing on enhancing research and development and educational experience. A comprehensive diversity report is to be released within a few weeks. More than 500 people arrived on campus to assess the university’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of diversity. The report should be on the president’s website hopefully by the end of the week, Leath said. A recording of Leath’s address is available at the president’s website: www.president.iastate.edu/

rectly multiple times in his address. “It’s the people here that make a difference and make [students] want to come here,” Leath said. “I am very proud of you. … I want to say thank you to faculty and staff for everything they do for this university to make it a great university.” Leath thanked individuals in the crowd for their work with dealing

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ISU President Steven Leath gave his 2013 President’s Address on Friday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. In his speech, Leath talked about Iowa State’s growing population.

with the increased enrollment and other accomplishments, such as economic development and research. Before discussing the next academic year’s objectives, Leath spent

time on the past year’s accomplishments, including support from alumni, also attributing this to the work of faculty and staff. “Last year alone, they

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