9.19.13 by Iowa State Daily

DINING DOLLARS Giving students more food options

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Mark Weber, central bakery manager, prepares cupcakes and muffins at the Knapp-Storms bakery. Baked goods can be purchased with dining dollars at many campus dining locations and online.

By Brian.Keck @iowastatedaily.com With 21 different places to eat on campus plus vending machines, students have many options around campus to get a meal or quick snack. Starting at orientation, ISU Dining helps students begin to understand where they can use their meal plans, meal bun-

dles and Dining Dollars. In addition to the dining centers, ISU Dining provides different services for students, including Cy’s Surprise, online access of Dining Dollars and the cafes located all across campus. “[Cy’s Surprise is] a good idea,” said Lauren Griffin, freshman in engineering. “In my dorm, we don’t have kitchens and can’t make cookies or anything like that.”

This service allows students to transition into college, said Brittney Rutherford, marketing coordinator for ISU Dining. “Students don’t have to cook,” Rutherford said. “They are here to be students and be successful at that.” ISU Dining has expanded its meal and food options this year by increasing places students can get food. ISU Dining has added a new Global Cafe to the Harl

Commons in Curtiss Hall and now allows students to bundle a smoothie and one side at Froots. ISU Dining has created more options of food such as the addition of gyros in the Memorial Union and hibachi to Sushi San’s menu. The MU Food Court has also made its menu more versatile by adding

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Washington Post columnist and MSNBC political analyst Eugene Robinson speaks on Wednesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union, as part of the Chamberlin Lecture.

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Choral director James Rodde submitted a recording of the Iowa State Singers to the American Prize organization, later finding out that the choir placed first. Rodde said he is very proud of this award and the program here at Iowa State.

Iowa State Singers win music award Group takes first place with American Prize in Choral Performance By Delaney.Vierkandt @iowastatedaily.com The Iowa State Singers have won the American Prize in Choral Performance. The American Prize awards winning teams at all different levels with a cash prize, professional adjudication and recognition at the regional, national and international levels. The Iowa State Singers won the prize this year after James Rodde, professor of music and director of the State Singers, sent in a 30-minute voice recording of the choir to the organization. “The songs were ready, which

is why it was so easy,” Rodde said. “I got an email along the way saying we were a finalist, along with some other choirs and thought, ‘Well, that’s nice.’ Then I got the email the other day saying that the judges placed us first.” To receive an affirmation from esteemed judges that they think well of the choir is a great honor Rodde stated. “I thought it would be nice to hear some judges comment on my group,” Rodde said. “And that’s really as far as I was thinking.” Members like Kersten Tipping, junior in music, believes that winning The American Prize ensures a tradition within the choir. “It gives us a title to our name that we can show people,” Tipping said. “It’s a morale booster.” For Kelly Lockerbie, senior in civil engineering and president of the State Singers, every day in choir is a joy with the 72-member group.

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“It is just incredible. We’ve travelled to many different places. Just to be recognized for this is really exciting for our new members, and for our old members who have graduated,” Lockerbie said. “It’s also really great for our director.” For the State Singers, this is not their first accomplishment. The singers have had a number of accomplishments throughout the years. Rodde said he believes their biggest accomplishment would be performing at National American Choral Directors Association and National Collegiate Choral Organization conventions. “I think we can take a lot of pride in our organization here,” Rodde said. The award has been presented annually since 2009 and this is the first American Prize win for the State Singers. For Rodde, he saw it as a competition that the group would

Coming all the way from the country’s capital, Pulitzer Prize-Winning columnist Eugene Robinson arrived at Iowa State with what he said was bad news. He said in his three-decade career at the The Washington Post, he had never seen things as bad as they are now in Washington. Robinson visited Iowa State as the 2013 Chamberlin Lecturer and spoke to more than 700 people in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. In his lecture titled “Who’s up, Who’s Down and What’s Really Going On,” Robinson addressed some of the issues currently faced by Washington politics. “In the coming weeks we will see things get considerably worse,” Robinson said. “A government shutdown is likely.” Robinson was introduced by Jared Strong, an ISU graduate working for the Daily Times Herald in Caroll, Iowa. Strong is the 2013 Chamberlin fellow, as presented by the Iowa Newspaper Foundation.

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By William.Byal @iowastatedaily.com