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08.28.2019 Vol. 220 No. 003
WEDNESDAY
MIA WANG/ IOWA STATE DAILY Newly-elected vice president Vishesh Bhatia leads the first Student Government meeting of his term April 16.
StuGov to host first meeting of fall semester BY JACOB SMITH @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State’s Student Government will be holding its first meeting of the semester Wednesday. On their docket is confirming various seats, seating a senator to Frederiksen Court, providing funding to multiple groups and updating the Student Government Student Initiatives committee in the articles of cooperation with Graduate and Professional Student Senate. The co-director of legislative ambassadors, director of sustainability and senior director of governmental affairs are the positions with individuals being confirmed to them. Cassie Bond, Izabel Wilde and Nicholas Johnson are the candidates who will go before the Senate for confirmation. Next will be the seating of Nicholas Kline to the senator role in the representation of Frederiksen Court. He was voted unanimously in favor of the Frederiksen Court Community Council and will take on all rights and responsibilities of his role effective immediately. The funding is looking to be dispersed between asset non-profit organizations, Student Government adviser supplies and “I Love Ames.” $1,511 from the Special Projects account will be provided to non-profits who had outstanding invoices with Student Government at the end of last semester. $2,300 from the Senate Discretionary account will go toward adviser Alex Krumm’s office space, providing him with supplies and computer parts to allow him to do his job. $1,525.50 from the Special Projects account is requested in funding the “I Love Ames” event. The money will go toward equipment for student organizations and marketing. Finally, they will update the Article of Cooperation to call the past University Affairs Committee, which
COURTESY OF DILLYN MUMME Dillyn Mumme then, a freshman during move-in, and now, a married senior studying aerospace engineering. After graduation, Mumme hopes to get confirmation for his employment at the NASA Johnson Space Center.
COURTESY OF GABE SCHAUB Gabe Schaub, from moving in during freshman move-in to senior year. One piece of advice he has for non-seniors is to not stress about everything because “Things just work out in the end.”
COURTESY OF AUSTIN GRABER Austin Graber then at a football game his freshman year and now, as a senior, student body president. One of his favorite memories from iowa State includes winning an intramural basketball tournament t-shirt.
Then and now Seniors reflect on past, years ahead BY SIERRA HOEGER @iowastatedaily.com Picture this. You hear the sirens blare across Jack Trice Stadium as you’re sitting in the student section for the last home game of the season. Surrounded by friends, the moment is bittersweet. Buying your last blue book as you gear up for your last finals week or preparing to sit in a lecture hall, filling in standardized test bubbles and taking a timed test for the last time, however, might be relieving rather than bittersweet. Senior year brings with it lots of lasts. This
includes final football games, a final finals week, a final homecoming week and a final time sitting in a lecture hall learning about microorganisms or how to successfully lead a classroom. Several seniors have shared what they hope their final year will bring and plans for the future, post Iowa State. For Ryan Whitener, his final time ordering his weekly meal at Panda Express inside the Memorial Union might be a bittersweet moment. “Every Friday I go to Panda to treat myself for surviving the week,” Whitener said. “My order is kind of complicated.”
While Panda Express can be found in any U.S. state you travel to, snow during the wintertime cannot. “I’m from Huntsville, Alabama, I don’t get snow,” Whitener said. “I might get an inch of snow per year, and so having snow up to my knees, I could actually go play in the snow and build a snowman.” Whitener one of his favorite memories at Iowa State, which includes a midnight snowball fight on Central Campus. “That was just crazy to me
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