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Regents

Board approves Knoll renovation motion By Kaleb.Warnock @iowastatedaily.com

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The Iowa Board of Regents convened Tuesday and approved several items that will directly affect ISU students. One motion that was approved was the slightly controversial renovation of the president’s residence, the Knoll. The Regents approved a mo-

tion that would allocate $375,000 for aesthetic repairs for the 110-year-old building. Despite criticism for allocating $90,000 to recarpet the ground floor of the building, Bruce Rastetter, Board of Regents president pro tem, was confident in the decision, especially because the funds will be granted by the Iowa State Foundation. “When we look at the president’s

residence, whether it’s at Iowa or Iowa State or at UNI, there are special places for students for fundraising and to bring people in as a front door to the university,” Rastetter said. The motion also included permission to continue development of the $70.5 million bio-renewable complex and with the Larch Hall fire improvement project. The Regents also approved a

7 percent increase in funding for public universities for the 2013 fiscal year to be distributed between the Regents universities. Warren Madden, vice president of business and finance, gave an update on the current status of the Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursement for the flood damage

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Presidential search

Online:

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Steven Leath

Kumble Subbaswamy

Who will take over? Vice president of research, University of North Carolina System Chapel Hill

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Memorial Union:

Inuit native to present in Great Hall A member of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada will speak in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Peter Irniq, a native and longtime resident of Canada’s northwestern regions of Kivalliq, will speak about the Inuit culture and its historically renowned traditions. The Inuit are a native people of the Arctic regions of Canada. Irniq, executive director of the Inuit Cultural Institute, will speak about the traditional building of Inuksuits, or “signposts” the Canadian aboriginals have used to guide them in their mobility and hunting. He also will be demonstrating how the signposts are built throughout local Ames parks now through Oct. 1. Daily staff

University:

Committee presents candidates A co-chairman of the Iowa State University presidential committee said the committee was intending to bring the Iowa Board of Regents three to five applicants, as they had originally requested. “We extended offers to four people. Two of the four candidates dropped out,” Underwood said. He said the committee narrowed down the applications by looking at several different factors. “We took into consideration what they do, what they know about fundraising, but there wasn’t a list of criteria,” Underwood said. “We chose who best connected with the job description.” There will be two public forums, one with each of the candidates. Kumble Subbaswamy will be in 2019 Morrill Hall at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, and Steven Leath will be in 2019 Morrill Hall at 3:45 p.m. Friday. Daily staff

Leath helped create research campus By Paige.Godden @iowastatedaily.com

Steven Leath, currently the vice president of research at the University of North Carolina System Chapel Hill, has been nominated as a presidential finalist at Iowa State University. Leath has held several positions in the past, including working as an extension plant pathologist at the University of Illinois, Urbana; a plant pathologist and research leader at North Carolina State University; acting national program leader for grain crops for the United States Department of Agriculture; and most recently the vice president of

research and sponsored programs at the University of North Carolina. According to a news release issued when Leath first took office at North Carolina in 2007, he was hired to help the university “advocate for increased levels of external support from federal, state and private sources and [worked] closely with ... administrators to develop research and sponsored program activity.” Before being named vice president, Leath worked as a professor and assistant director of the North Carolina Research Service and then was named interim associate dean and director of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. According to a release from the University of North Carolina, upon hiring Leath, then-president Erskine

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Provost, University of Kentucky

Kentucky provost has science background

By John.Lonsdale @iowastatedaily.com Known at the University of Kentucky campus as “Swamy,” Dr. Kumble R. Subbaswamy, the UK provost since 2006, has a long relationship with the world of education and science. In 1978, Subbaswamy became a member of the physics faculty at the University of Kentucky, where he stayed until leaving to serve as dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami in 1997. Upon joining the University of Kentucky staff in 1978, Subbaswamy has conducted research primarily on optical properties of novel mate-

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FacesintheCrowd

How do you feel about getting a new president? Aric Wilhau Junior Finance

Emily Culp Junior Marketing

“I think it’s a big and exciting change, and though I’m sad to see Geoffroy go, I’m glad I’m able to witness a new president.”

“I’m excited about getting a new president, but I think it’s hard seeing President Geoffroy leave when he has done so much.”

Emily Shafer Senior Interdisciplinary studies

Marissa Koehn Junior Electrical engineering

“I never really knew what he did, so I don’t feel like it impacts me in any way.”

“I don’t really have an opinion because I have never really had time think about the president.”

Military

Policy banning homosexuals officially repealed By David.Bartholomew @iowastatedaily.com

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rials, and nonlinear excitations in physics. He also has published more than 60 research articles and co-authored a monograph, according to his biography. During his first 18 years at the University of Kentucky, he served as associate dean of Arts and Sciences and as chairman of the department of physics and astronomy, also according to his biography. Three years later, he became the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University, where he helped develop the biotechnology and international studies programs and a major reinvestment in the life sciences. While provost at Kentucky, he had top priorities of improving faculty tenure and promotion processes and

Photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily

Art: Work continues on sand painting Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery keep working on creating the work of a mandala sand painting in the Main Lounge at Memorial Union.

After almost two decades, the U.S. policy of banning homosexuals from openly serving in the military, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” has been officially repealed. The policy, which was enacted in 1993, essentially allowed gay service members to serve as long as they did not openly acknowledge their sexual orientation, while commanders were not allowed to inquire about it. However, that policy, which many found to be discriminatory, has been a polarizing topic for gay rights groups across the country and eventually was repealed in a congressional vote last year, becoming official Tuesday. In light of this new era of openness in the military, many have pondered what this means for the military on the ground. “If people are professional about it, it shouldn’t be an is-

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