Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015 | Volume 211 | Number 11 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
Dean White retires
Position was ‘best job she’s ever had’ Josh Newell/Iowa State Daily
Defense shines this year, Netten shined last year
The ISU defense shined in its season opener against Northern Iowa, recording six sacks and one interception. Defensive coordinater Wally Burnham, above, used a 3-4 defense against the Panthers, in which Dale Pierson, left, recorded three sacks, one interception and five tackles. Kicker Cole Netten kicked the winning field goal last year against Iowa.
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Cole Netten ready for Hawkeyes despite misses in season opener By Luke.Manderfeld @iowastatedaily.com
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icker Cole Netten doesn’t remember the kick as well as he would like. For the most part, it’s all a blur. During the Cy-Hawk game last season, kicker Cole Netten walked out with the rest of the field goal team in a game tied at 14. He lined up to potentially win the coveted trophy that, as an Iowan himself, he knew the importance of. As he kicked it, he didn’t think, he just did. He didn’t watch it the entire way, knowing he had just put his team ahead in the closing moment. “Kicking it was all just a blur,” Netten said. “It all just came down to muscle memory. It was something I had done a million times, so my body just did it. I didn’t watch it the entire way because when I kicked it I knew it was going in.” Now almost a year removed from the kick, Netten and the rest of the Cyclones will take on the Hawkeyes on Saturday. During the week of the annual Iowa-Iowa State football game, the kick may stand out for many fans of Iowa college football. But a poor start to the 2015 season may make this week’s preparation more difficult for Netten.
Netten started the season on the wrong foot in Iowa State’s blowout victory against Northern Iowa on Saturday night. His first field goal attempt, a 39-yard kick in the first quarter, sailed just right. ISU coach Paul Rhoads, who called Netten the best kicker in the Big 12 before the season, talked to Netten after the unusual miss. He attributed the mistake to nerves from the sellout crowd of 61,500 at Jack Trice Stadium. “He said on the first one his leg felt like jelly,” Rhoads said. “He was nervous in front of the crowd. It happens. He didn’t hit it well.” His second miss may have stemmed a little bit from the first one, as Netten may have been trying to compensate. Lining up from 41 yards out, he made a mistake that would have put the Cyclones ahead by six points early in the game. “The second [miss] was fundamentals and technique,” Rhoads said. “I’m not pleased [with the misses] but I’m not concerned. … He doesn’t leave me a lot of room for concern.” Netten missed three field goals in the 2014 season, going 11for-14. He is already two-thirds of the way there after his first game. He did get the monkey off his back at the end of the second half, kicking one through the uprights
Defense shines in opener The ISU defense has received a lot of hype in the preseason with its influx of talent from junior colleges. It lived up to that hype against Northern Iowa. The defense racked up six sacks in the game, the most since the Houston Bowl in 2005 against TCU. An interception by Dale Pierson also led to the first ISU touchdown of the game. The Panthers were held to 106 yards in the second half despite getting 196 in the first half. Three stars of the night 1. Dale Pierson: 3 sacks, 1 interception, 5 tackles. 2. Allen Lazard: 100 punt returning yards, 1 receiving touchdown, 43 receiving yards. 3. Trevor Ryen: 91 punt returning yards, 1 touchdown.
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By Greg.Zwiers @iowastatedaily.com Pamela White found a photo stapled to some mail the other day from one of the last research groups she worked with before taking over as dean of the College of Human Sciences. “That was just such a fun group to be able to work with,” she said. “It kind of is the best of both worlds because you have that opportunity to really follow this creative bent in your research and then have Pamela White all these folks who work with you at the same time.” White announced she will retire at the end of the spring 2016 semester after 40 years at Iowa State, 10 of which she served as an interim or fully-appointed dean. She has been the dean of the College of Human Sciences since April 2009 and said it is the best job she’s ever had. The students she worked with as a researcher would often get together for lab group meetings, or lunch at Old Chicago, and share what they were working on in their different research projects. White has been recognized as a leader in food science research, specifically in complex carbohydrates and edible oils. After receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Washington, she came to Iowa State on a nine-month lecturer contract. “During that year I thought this is what I want to do. I want to be in an academic university environment and if I’m going to do this for my career, I’m going to need a Ph.D.,” White said. She began her Ph.D. program at Iowa State the next semester. “We will miss Dean White and wish her the very best in her retirement,” Cathann Kress, vice president for extension and outreach, and Wendy Wintersteen, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said in a joint statement. Dean White excelled as dean of the College of Human Sciences. Kress and Wintersteen are cochairs of the search committee to find White’s replacement. White is a former president of the American Oil Chemist’s Society and was named a fellow by them in 2004. She served as associate editor of the Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society for 14 years. White was named a 2013 fellow by AACC International, a nonprofit professional organization for researchers advancing cereal
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NROTC celebrates 70 years of existence By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com
The Color Guard prepares for the National Anthem on Sunday at the NROTC 70th reunion picnic.
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As the sweat poured down the faces of about 30 Navy ROTC alumni Sunday, the armory found itself host to those who were all too familiar with the grounds. Celebrating 70 years of existence, a reunion weekend took place to help commemorate the accomplishments of the program. In 1926, the first NROTC programs were established in six universities across the country to help provide college students with the necessary naval science courses to become commissioned in the Navy Reserve. In the mid-1940s, Iowa State implemented its own NROTC unit that originated from the Navy V-12 educational program. This program was designed to train enlisted personnel and specialize them in technical fields such as electrical and diesel me-
chanics. “The Navy sent their cooks and mechanics to be trained here,” said Capt. Douglas MacCrea, an ISU alumnus who retired in 2007 after being named professor and chair of naval science in 2004. This V-12 program was implemented because of the need the Navy had to provide a technical education to its personnel. The program was designed to prepare men for the Navy’s Officer Candidate Schools and provide an increase to war-depleted student bodies across the country. Following the success of Iowa State having one of the best Navy V-12 programs in the country, according to the NROTC website, the decision was made to approve Iowa State for a NROTC unit. Now, 70 years later, NROTC prides itself with the hundreds of young men and women the
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