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signing career. As a result, Bozz Prints was born. “My dog has been the best coworker ever,” Bosley joked. Bosley now devotes all his time to handcrafting screen-printed posters and shirts, as well as working on freelance design. His specialty is designing iconic landmarks, geographical settings and regions and then applying his illustrative spin. He’s designed prints ranging from images of the Des Moines Capitol building to Kansas City, Mo., in the shape of a badminton birdie. “A typical project begins with lots and lots of research,” Bosley said. “I then compose countless sketches and once I’ve settled on a winning design, I begin to draw it up digitally.” The next step is screen printing, which takes the longest. The entire process usually lasts a week. “I’m a huge comic book fan,” Bosley said. “I really love the style approach to line weight and the way they draw and depict things. I try and mimic those sensibilities when I draw too.” Bosley is working on composing designs for the fast-approaching holiday season, bouncing around

After months of attacks from Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, GOP candidates came out swinging at the billionaire businessman Thursday night in the second GOP debate – hoping to move up or regain ground in polls months before the Iowa Caucus. All eyes were on the outsider candidates in the race – especially Trump and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina in the debate broadcast on CNN. The debate comes after Fiorina has been criticizing Trump and his campaign, and Fiorina was instantly on the defense. “I think Mr. Trump is a wonderful entertainer,” Fiorina said. Several candidates were also asked about if they would be comfortable with president Trump having control of the United States’ nuclear arsenal. Most candidates deflected, saying it would be up to the voters. Trump came out swinging in the debate, as well, and without being provoked he went after Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. “First of all, Rand Paul shouldn’t even be on this stage,” Trump said. “He’s number 11. He’s got 1 percent in the polls. There’s too many people onstage already.” Paul, who has said he plans to continue to call out Trump’s record as a “fake conservative,” responded. “I think really there’s a sophomoric quality that is entertaining about Mr. Trump,” Paul said in response. “I am worried. I’m very concerned about having him in charge of the nuclear weapons. His response, his visceral response to attack people on their looks –short, tall, fat, ugly.” Trump hit back with one more zinger, saying, “I never attacked him on his looks, and believe me there is plenty of subject matter there.” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker also went after Trump, saying we do not need an “apprentice” in the White House, because we already have one. Trump hit back by attacking Walker’s record as governor. Later in the evening, following a discussion on women’s healthcare, Fiorina was asked about recent comments Trump made about Fiorina’s face and why “anyone would vote” for her. “I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said,” Fiorina said to the longest applause of the evening. Trump then back peddled by

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Courtesy of John Bosley John Bosley, 2003 ISU alumnus, devotes his time to handcrafting screen-printed posters and shirts. He is working on an exclusive print for Homecoming weekend.

Iowa State grad prints his mark

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any artists spend their weekdays working at a job unconnected to their art to pay the bills. They spend their nights building their brand, all the while battling the villain that is the unemployment rate among artists. Fine arts and design majors are among the top 10 worst college majors based on unemployment rates, according to the Huffington Post and the Simple Dollar. Not only are unemployment rates high, but they are expected to continue to rise in the future. The rate of employment in 2015 is 11.8 percent for recent graduates and 7.5 percent for experienced graduates in the field, according to Forbes. A considerable number of artfocused majors move on to occupations that don’t channel their creative spirit because of these rates. John Bosley, a 2003 ISU alumnus, has defied those odds. “The funny thing is I originally began at Iowa State majoring in biological pre-medical illustration,” Bosley said. “I had a love for art, but I also had a love for science. Meshing

the two seemed to make sense. While the idea of drawing textbook graphics and cadavers was intriguing, I soon realized that science classes were not my forte.” Bosley switched majors and earned his bachelor of arts degree in drawing, painting and printmaking. Bosley shuffled through a few odd jobs following graduation, some of which were art-related. He landed a job as a painting artist at Sticks in Des Moines, moved to a customer service agent job at Nationwide Insurance and worked in production at Sigler Printing Co. Bosley began a job in October 2009 with RAYGUN, a comical T-shirt store established in 2005 that has become a downtown Des Moines icon. He started working part-time doing screen printing and printing shirts for the store. He began designing and illustrating merchandise full-time in February 2010. “RAYGUN was great,” Bosley said. “It was a cool company to work for. I learned a lot about the business side of things, but I sort of outgrew it. At the end of the day, I didn’t own what I was doing and that’s something I really wanted.” Craving credit for his work, Bosley left his job at RAYGUN in July 2015 to pursue an independent de-

AROTC cadets train during battle in park By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com Two cadets shaded themselves from the sun as they awaited the arrival of the rest of their platoon. Rubber rifles were laid out in front of them and a fake log was by their side. Two giant tires and Platoon Sgt. Mason Swanstrom pulled into the parking lot. The Army ROTC company divides into five platoons every Wednesday and participates in team building exercises to help contracted and non-contracted cadets grow together as a company, platoon and squad. Swanstrom, along with squad leaders Francis Kelly, Benjamin Baur and Brad Schuler, took attendance in an informal formation and gave a short speech about safety. The cadets then began the team building activities that lasted an hour and a half. From the break of formation, cadets were given five minutes to gather the 25 rifles, one of the tires and two gurneys along with other miscellaneous gear. Cadets followed the park trail at Brookside Park to 13th Street, which is more than a mile walk round-trip. Beginning with four cadets on the tire and two cadets carrying the log, the 14 cadets walked along the path with words of support that contrasted the insistence of rushing as Swanstrom shouted

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Cadet Benjamin McCully pretends to be a casualty while training with five Army ROTC platoons. Cadets worked on team building exercises in Brookside Park on Wednesday.

Cadets practiced for real-life emergency situations, including diving into bushes and carrying injured soldiers in Brookside Park.

that they were taking too long. The cadets use this training to help better prepare them for their futures in the Army. Cadets broke into two groups of seven at the first station. The first mission was to run into the woods and gather objects that squad leader Baur had arranged for the exercise. If the cadets came back with the wrong objects, they would have to keep going back before moving on. Other cadets pulled security of a 360-degree radius. This means they laid on the ground and pointed their rifles at potential enemies. Before moving on to the next section, one cadet suffered a simulated shot in the arm and

but because of a lack of security, it suffered two casualties. A third cadet, Benjamin McCully, junior in global resource systems, died in the simulation because he forgot his rifle while crossing. Cadets then carried their wounded peers to the next station, where another cadet was shot in the leg. The final station, which was less rigorous, allowed the cadets to bond by having them grab hands randomly and form a circle without letting go. McCully said these exercises give the cadets a sense of camaraderie. When friends have unpleasant experiences it brings them closer together and allows them

broken leg. Two other cadets carried him on a gurney. Phrases such as “keep moving” or “hold back” were shouted as the cadets communicated to keep the platoon from separating. As the cadets trekked on, a faux bridge on the sidewalk was sabotaged and the cadets had to find an alternative way to cross without losing equipment in the water. They had 60 seconds to plan before a simulated enemy attacked. While crossing the bridge designed with chalk, joggers running through received high fives from the cadets. The third squad of the platoon was first to cross the bridge,

to open up as a team and respond better. “Misery loves company,” McCully added. Following the last exercise, the platoon gathered its things and recouped at the beginning. Swanstrom had the cadets take a knee in a horseshoe formation and he, Kelly, Baur and Schuler discussed the negatives and positives of the lab. After discussing a few hiccups surrounding the ability to go from a dead stop to moving on, the squad leaders met with their squads to work on after action reports. “If time is an essence, find out what you need to do and do it,” Kelly said.