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Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 | Volume 209 | Number 24 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.

New test helps detect pig virus ISU professors’ research will help stop spread of deadly disease

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By Lauren.Vigar @iowastatedaily.com

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Sophomore Austin Knupp, right, and senior Brandon Messer celebrate after being awarded the top two titles for the first-ever Mr. CALS pageant. The pageant raised $927.54 for future scholarships. Contestants were scored on things like personality, congeniality, and voting from the audience using money.

Block & Bridle Club steals Mr. CALS fundraising event By Bailey.McGrath @iowastatedaily.com iHooting and hollering students filled the Kildee Pavilion, cheering on male students as they strutted across a stage. Brock and Bridle stole the show Thursday night at the firstever Mr. CALS Competition hosted by professional agriculture sorority Sigma Alpha. Male students from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences competed to be called the first ever “Mr. CALS”, while raising money for Central Iowa Shelter Services. Austin Knupp, sophomore in agricultural business, was named Mr. CALS of 2013. Fellow Brock

and Bridle club member Brandon Messer, senior in agricultural business, was named CALS 2013 Mr. Congeniality. “We are both from Block and Bridle so we came and represented the club well,” Knupp said. Knupp and Messer were each awarded with a green t-shirt and mug decorated with their new titles. “I’m just looking forward to reigning over CALS for the next year,” Messer said. “I’m just looking forward to all the events we get to go to and just kind of represent our club and represent what agriculture is all about.” 24 contestants participated in three different events including formal wear, calendar boys and dress your major. Five judges, including three from the CALS and two Alpha Sigma advisors, scored the contenders on things like personality and congeniality, which counted for 60 percent of their

score. The other 40 percent came from the audience putting money in contestants’ individual boxes. Judges chose Mr. Congeniality based on personality scores. The evening began with the evening wear category, where contestants dressed in suits and ties and were escorted by a member of Sigma Alpha. The theme changed for the calendar boys event when contestants came out dressed for a certain season wearing outfits ranging from a grass skirt and coconut bra to camouflage. Contestants interacted with the judges and audience. Some even gave out flowers or ‘leied’ the judges, including Messer, Mr. congeniality. During this event, contestants had to answer questions like, “What is the hardest thing for young people in agriculture?” During intermission, contestants scurried around carrying white boxes

Winners Mr. CALS Austin Knupp sophomore in agricultural studies

Mr. Congeniality Brandon Messer senior in agricultural business

urging the audience to vote for them with their money. In the final event, dress your major, contestants walked out in attire pertaining to their future careers as the MC announced their field of study and fun facts about themselves. This was both Knupp and Messler’s favorite event, they said. Messler, who is planning on going home to farm and sell seed corn, came out on a John Deere

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Minors test limits of alcohol citations Editor’s note: Sources last names have been removed to protect their identities.

By Mikayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com In late August, the Ames Police Department’s Safe Neighborhoods Team began an investigation into individuals providing alcohol to people younger than 21 years of age. Sgt. Mike Arkovich said a thorough investigation is conducted at the beginning of every academic year. The Safe Neighborhoods Team also investigates intermittently throughout the year, especially near Veishea. “It really helps curb the underage possession and consumption and helps with intoxication levels,” Arkovich said. “A lot of it would be word of mouth, so when somebody got arrested and would tell their friends, it helps as well.” During the investigation, 11 individuals were arrested for providing alcohol to persons younger than 21 years of age during the investigation. Three individuals were cited for providing alcohol to underage persons. An 18, 19 or 20-yearold who provides another with alcohol can face a fine between $65 and $625 and could face up to 30 days in jail. Anyone 21 or older who provides an underage person with alcohol faces a serious mis-

demeanor — an offense equivalent to driving while intoxicated — and fines from $500 to $1875. “We watch convenience stores and watch people,” Arkovich said. “We kind of know how the purchases go on. If someone goes in and buys a bunch of alcohol at once, it’s more suspicious than if someone goes in and buys a case of beer.” Many ISU students have first-hand experience with being provided or providing alcohol under age. Lyndzi, freshman in journalism and mass communication, said she has been provided with alcohol by of-age students she met at Iowa State, like many other students. “I don’t really buy it a lot because there’s usually beer I get at parties,” Lyndzi said. “Or I usually have a friend I can split [alcohol] with.” Her providers, who usually buy at a liquor store, have not been caught for providing. “They usually use cash and don’t buy in huge quantities, so it’s not suspicious,” she said. “Usually you just know not to say anything and everyone has their own hook-up, so I don’t need to provide for other people.” Cody, freshman in civil engineering, said his providers are friends from high school. “Everybody has a provider,” he said. “It’s mainly that people have

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Students in The Salt Company are encouraged to greet each other shortly after Thursday’s worship at Cornerstone Church begins.

Students discover ways to keep faith during college By Brian.Day @iowastatedaily.com After packing their bags, moving to college and exploring their newfound freedom, some students find their religious service attendance or their strength in faith significantly drops. According to a survey done by the National Longitudinal Study of

Adolescent Health, “64 percent of those currently enrolled in a traditional four-year institution have curbed their attendance habits.” That is compared to the 76 percent of people who reported a decline in religious service attendance but never enrolled in any type of post-secondary education. Students can avoid

being a part of this statistic, if they choose. There are many opportunities across Iowa State and other universities around the world for college students to stay involved and continue in their faith. “There are a number of churches and college ministries in Ames,” said

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Researchers at Iowa State have developed the first test to detect antibodies of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. Referred to as PEDV, the virus is found in pigs of all ages and causes a severe form of diarrhea, resulting in dehydration and the death of pigs on farms across the United States. “In the young pigs, this infection is very devastating,” said KyoungJin Yoon, professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine. “A lot of those animals die because of dehydration and eventually they cannot get the nutrients in. “We had cases that we couldn’t solve. A lot of pigs were dying and we couldn’t come up with an answer.” Researchers initially identified the virus as transmissible gastroenteritis, a virus similar to PEDV, but all tests came back negative. That is when Yoon and his team of researchers came upon the PEDV virus. “Everything looked like TGE, but it wasn’t,” said John Johnson, clinician in veterinary diagnostics and production animal medicine. “That’s when Dr. Yoon and his group developed a PCR, [polymerase chain reaction,] that could detect PEDV in virtually no time.” Yoon said his team also has prepared for viruses it has not encountered yet. “As far as I know, there are no other animals that are infected with this virus and no human infection cases,” Yoon said in regards to the PEDV. The test keeps infected animals from being transported to farms and potentially spreading the disease. “We know that it is extremely devastating on the sow farm, where the young pigs would be born,” said Johnson. “It will basically wipe out all of the pigs. It is vitally important that we are able to tell them the status of those animals before they move. “They need to know if they are carrying the virus presently and shedding it or even if they’ve ever been exposed.” The test gives researchers and farmers the ability to know if the animal has ever been exposed to this virus. The chain reaction test is one Yoon developed to see if the virus is carried in fecal material. It will be used in combination with the antibody test to see if the animal has ever been exposed. Yoon said the research group receives support from the Iowa Pork Producers. So far, the research lab at Iowa State is the only lab that offers this test. “Discovery is important,” said Johnson. “We have just touched the tip of the iceberg on foreign disease.”


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