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Oktoberfest of the Midwest By Audra.Kincart @iowastatedaily.com
The third year of Ames’ Oktoberfest brought good music, good culture, good food and good beer to Main Street. It also brought double the attendance, something that Main Street Cultural District hopes to carry on to next year. Oktoberfest took place on Main Street with headline acts including Vertical Horizon and The Nadas. There were also five different brewers and German-themed food. Oktoberfest, a German festival, provided an atmosphere similar to the Iowa State Fair that attracted many Ames residents and ISU college students. Oktoberfest, usually during September in Germany, stems from the first Oktoberfest in 1810 in honor of Crown Prince Ludwig’s marriage to Princess Therese von SachsenHildburghausen. The event started Oct. 12 and lasted five days. Oktoberfest was later moved to
September because of the better weather. Most of the beer served at Oktoberfest came from London Underground, which is owned by Jess Clyde. Brands of beer included Shiner, Coors Light and Peace Tree. They also brought in Deschutes Brewery, which added to the diversity of styles at Oktoberfest. “We brought in five different brewers with seven different varieties and a wine pavilion,” said Bill Malone, event chairman of Oktoberfest, when asked what was unique to Oktoberfest this year. Another important aspect of Ames’ Oktoberfest was the German-themed food, including a cheddar wurst with a pretzel bun and sauerkraut as well as three different varieties of German bratwurst. All of this food was provided by Strudl Haus, a Des Moines-based German restaurant owned and operated by an Austrian native.
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Ames celebrated its annual Oktoberfest festival Saturday with authentic German food and craft beer. There were also live performances from Vertical Horizon and The Nadas.
Air Force ROTC runs to honor POW and MIA
By Lauren.Wilcox @iowastatedaily.com Bringing focus to prisoners of war and personnel missing in action was the goal of the 35.8 mile run from the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines to the Memorial Union on Friday. The ISU Air Force ROTC had its annual run on the third Friday of September to honor veterans who are still classified as a POW or MIA. The run fittingly finishes in Gold Star Hall, where the names of fallen soldiers who attended Iowa State are memorialized. “It started with an official proclamation from the governor saying [the] third Friday of every September will be POW/ MIA [Recognition] Day,” said Ryan Peltier, senior in industrial technology. “It has expanded into cadets getting a whole group together and splitting [it] in half and getting the flags all the way.” Another tradition is carrying the American flag and the POW/ MIA flag the whole way from Des Moines to Ames. The ISU Air
Force ROTC men and women rotate through their running lines so everyone has a chance to carry the flags. When they first get down to the capitol on Friday morning, they present the POW/MIA proclamation and the governor signs it. “We can meet with him, have him sign it and then we all get a picture with him and run up from there,” said Derick Mauser, senior in architecture. Each county or city along the route provides police escorts from the capitol building to the Memorial Union. “Some people try doing the whole thing,” said Colton Kennelly, senior in mechanical engineering. “There are two shifts — one runs in the morning and one runs in the afternoon — so we switch out.” Along with the run, the Air Force ROTC also honors POWs and MIAs by having a cadet stand as an honor guard at a table in the Gold Star Hall. The honor guard stands present in its full-service
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Members of the ISU Air Force ROTC ran from the Iowa Captiol to the Memorial Union on Friday to remember prisoners-of-war and military personnel missing-in-action.
Safety departments give tips on being prepared, safe on campus By Dakota.Carpenter @iowastatedaily.com Three public safety departments are focusing on safety and emergency awareness and practices as part of September’s Emergency Preparedness Month. The Environmental Health and Safety Department at Iowa State works with the ISU Police Department and the Emergency Management Agency of Story County to keep the city of Ames updated on preparedness techniques and information. Steve Simpson is the director of the environmental health and safety department on campus. Simpson’s department recently released a video to show students how to act during any type of campus emergency. Simpson said he believes that campus is fully prepared for emergency situations. “We have a lot of resources at hand, and people are trained well at responding,” Simpson said. In addition to working with the local fire department and emergency responders, another resource that Simpson’s department works with is ISU Police. The on-campus police department, which employs 35 state-
certified police officers, assigns liaison officers such as Anthony Greiter to each residence hall on campus. The department prides itself on making sure that students know that these liaison officers are approachable and that they can report incidents to them. “We’re not robots,” Greiter said. “We’re normal people, we’re nice people, we go home to families at the end of the day. You can
Be prepared for campus emergency situations 1. Make an emergency kit that has water, nonperishable foods, identification, backup money, keys to a vehicle and other last minute items. 2. Make a plan. Know your residence area’s evacuation plan and where all exits are located and create an individual emergency plan. 3. Be aware. Anthony Greiter, liaison officer for ISU Police, said students should stay aware when walking to and from places by not looking at cell phones and listening to surroundings. Safety Escort Program phone number: 294-4444
talk to us.” Keith Morgan, emergency management coordinator for Story County, said Iowa State is the second largest jurisdiction that he oversees. Morgan’s job is to prepare his jurisdictions for potential emergency situations. “We look across the entire county and look across the environment for both natural and manmade threats that are out there,” Morgan said. ISU Police and environmental health and safety department offer Violent Incident Response Training, which is an interactive training program that shows students, faculty and staff how to act during any type of violent incident. Being prepared as an individual is just as important as being prepared as a campus, Greiter said. “A lot of people say that you rise to the occasion, but we know that’s not true,” Greiter said. “You fall to the level of your training.” The training can accommodate groups from five to 150 people and ISU Police constantly has requests from students to host training sessions. “People that go through [the training] start to realize that they can control their environment,” Morgan said. Iowa State offers other safety
services for students, faculty and staff. There are 17 emergency phones throughout campus for students to use if they ever feel unsafe. Pushing the red button notifies police and officers are sent to that location. ISU Alert is a communication system that notifies students, faculty and staff of an emergency that may be dangerous to the community through a phone call, text or email. The Safety Escort Program can be called between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. if students feel unsafe walking by themselves across campus. A student employee will escort the caller anywhere on campus or within the greek community. To be prepared for a range of emergencies, students are encouraged to follow a three-step process: make a kit, have a plan and be aware. By following these three steps, students can be more prepared in case of an emergency. A few recommended items to have in a kit would be food and water, a wallet, identification, keys to a vehicle and any last minute items that could be grabbed. Simpson said that although these things are important, they are not the only things that could
benefit students in an emergency situation. “Being prepared is more than just the kit. It’s knowing what would you do, where would you go if you needed to be out of your apartment,” Simpson said. The second step is to have a plan. Most residence halls on campus will have a set evacuation plan, but it isn’t a bad choice to make an individual plan. Grieter recommends knowing where all exits are at all times. In a dangerous situation, he said to view windows as exits. The last step is awareness. With students walking to and from classes with heads down and focusing on their cellphones or listening to music, they are not as aware of their surroundings, Greiter said. “How are you supposed to be aware of what is happening around you if you can’t hear it?” he asked. Even though September is when we draw attention to emergency preparedness, the emergency preparedness departments on campus said students should to strive to be prepared every day of every month for all types of situations. “If we work together, we can save lives,” Simpson said.