Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 | Volume 209 | Number 25 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
Engineering department celebrates 100th year By Lauren.Vigar @iowastatedaily.com The chemical and biological engineering program at Iowa State turned 100 last week. The department celebrated this occasion with two days of festivities on campus. “It only happens once,” said Andrew Hillier, chairman of the department and Wilkinson Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering. “The department has had a really long, successful history, and it’s a good chance to reflect on what we’ve done.” Hillier said the department started with only one class of chemical engineering, and graduated two students its first year. Now, the program has more than 4,000 undergraduates. The department presented new, renovated spaces to the alumni at this celebration. “Almost a dozen alumni have [donated funds for] recently renovated spaces or are about to in Sweeney Hall,” said Chris Neary, communication specialist for civil, construction and environmental engineering. The alumni are helping fund students currently in the program. “They come back and want to invest their time, energy and resources in helping us to maintain and grow and continue to produce high quality graduates,” Hillier said. One of the accomplishments of the department is the Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, which is the only research center at Iowa State funded by the National Science Foundation. “We’re at record levels of enrollment,” Hillier said, adding it as another accomplishment he says is significant. Hillier said he has some goals of his own for the next 100 years of this department. “I feel very strongly that a strong department is one that is strong across the board,” Hillier said. “We need to grow the graduate student
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Lead singer Adam Turla performs with Murder by Death on Saturday at DG’s Tap House as part of the Maximum Ames Music Festival. This year’s lineup also featured Bo Ramsey, the Zombies, Greg Brown, the Hood Internet, local band Trouble Lights and many other musicians.
Music ages through the
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When the music stops, the stages clear out and the sweat gets mopped up, all that is left are the marks of a weekend of passionate musicians and adoring music lovers. The Maximum Ames Music Festival 2013 run by Maximum Ames Records comes to a close for this third consecutive year. Every year the festival has increased in popularity and has featured more prominent acts. “This has definitely been the best Max Ames fest that we have ever had,” said Nate Logsdon, co-creator of the festival. “Musically as well as the organization of it, the flow of the festival, the vibe. ... This has
been a beautiful, beautiful year.” Last year, Ames Auditorium housed the music of Jeff Mangum and Wanda Jackson both whom are regarded as legends to fans of the alternative and rockabilly genres, respectively. This year on the third day of the festival, Ames Auditorium went back to the 1960s with the Zombies who are most known for their 1968 album “Odessey” and “Oracle,” which featured the song “Time Of The Season.” “Day three of [the festival] 2013 was one of the best days of music we’ve had in Max Ames history so far,” Logsdon said “[The Zombies] delivered last night, that was one of the most spectacular performances, not only in the history of Max Ames, but in the history of
Ames. That will go down in history.” Jordan Mayland, member of local bands the Wheelers and Jordan Mayland and the Thermal Detonators, opened for the Zombies and said the festival’s increase in popularity is well deserved. “I think it’s a long time coming, honestly,” Mayland said. “I think it’s great. Ames, especially the music community, deserves it. There’s a lot of interesting and talented musicians constantly coming through and creating, and new bands and record labels and recording studios. ... Bi Fi and all these record labels popping
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Spotlight shines on students at Project Runway By Mary Kate.Knabel @iowastatedaily.com
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Participants dance at last year’s ISU Dance Marathon in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. This week, the philanthropy is hosting Miracle Week to let students on campus know about the next marathon, which will occur on Jan. 25, 2014.
Miracle Week takes over campus By Brian.Day @iowastatedaily.com Jan. 25, 2014, thousands of ISU students will pack the Great Hall of the Memorial Union to dance, play games and stand for 15 straight hours. The event? Dance Marathon. The cause? The kids. Although the date is still a few months away, Dance Marathon, the largest philanthropic organization at Iowa State, requires advance preparation and fundraising that must be
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Marathon does, why the participants do what they do, and to answer any questions and help people get registered if they so choose. “The main part is just getting the Dance Marathon name out there,” said Derek Lacina, recruitment officer for Dance Marathon. “Our goal is to take over the entire campus and reach all 33,000-plus students in one week.” Each dancer has the opportu-
done in order for the organization to meet the goals they have for the event. This week is what Dance Marathon calls Miracle Week. Miracle Week is a week full of different activities, games, events and sales on campus, all dedicated to making students aware of what Dance Marathon is. The main goal of Miracle Week is to reach out to potential dancers. The activities during Miracle Week are meant to show what Dance
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With lights beaming down and music blaring, models strut with confidence down the runway, transforming the Great Hall into a fashionable stage showcasing this year’s Project Runway event. Based off the hit television show, Iowa State’s Project Runway embodies the creative spirit of students in Ames. For the ninth consecutive year, the Student Union Board has hosted Project Runway. The event was open to students of any major, and teams were composed of up to six ISU students. Enrolled teams had eight hours to construct an ensemble based on this year’s theme, which was “Survival.” Students’ mornings were spent creating and sewing; designs were later critiqued by judges and finally sent down the runway at the event’s fashion show. The winning team’s
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designs will be featured in the fall issue of Trend Magazine. To some, constructing apparel pieces in eight hours seems unrealistic, but the seven teams of students defeated the stigma and created fresh, fashionable garments within their time constraint. Fueled with caffeine, excitement and anticipation, students gathered at 8 a.m. Sunday to begin the whirlwind day. Aryana Gathings, junior in apparel, merchandising and design, absorbed the atmosphere around her during the day. “It was really hectic,” Gathings said. “We had quite a few setbacks with one of our sewing machines breaking down but we persevered and made sure everything got finished.” After showcasing the seven creations on the runway, judges Joshua McKinley, from season
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