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Legislature to tackle gay marriage

Republicans seek cuts to universities

By Tyler.Kingkade iowastatedaily.com The economy dominated voters’ minds in the 2010 elections. However, in Iowa, after a controversial retention election put gay marriage at the forefront, the state legislature will likely deal with the issue in the 2011 session.

The non-partisan Legislative Services Agency is reported to be handling about 650 bill requests from current and soon-to-be members of the Legislature It took until Jan. 14 for LSA drafters to hit 650 bill requests two years ago.

By Tyler.Kingkade iowastatedaily.com DES MOINES — Republicans promised during the 2010 elections to make cuts in spending, and in the first bill they intend to vote on, Iowa State will be targeted.

Iowa House of Representatives Republicans — now holding a 60 to 40 seat advantage to the Democrats — laid out their proposals Monday with cuts in general funding to the three Board of

Regents universities, to libraries and information technology acquisitions and canceling all sabbaticals — sometimes called professional or career development assignments — for 18 months.

Gov.-elect Terry Branstad, Republican, applauded the House GOP for “seriously looking at changing the way we do business.”

“This is going to be a different budget — we have to change our lifestyle,” Branstad said at a budget briefing Jan. 3. “We have to make

some tough decisions, and it’s not going to be easy.”

Iowa House Republicans released their proposals in what they called the “Taxpayers First Act,” which they intend to be the first bill voted on in the 2011 session.

The bulk of the bill includes cuts to various state programs, including a sizable portion regarding education.

Cuts the FY 2011 appropriations for Regents universities (University of Iowa, Iowa State

University and University of Northern Iowa).

Cuts library acquisitions and Information Technology purchases at the Regents universities by 50 percent.

Reduces acquisitions for the state library by 50 percent.

Freezes and cancels all Regents sabbaticals through the end of FY 2012.

Directs the Education

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Referendum

Gay Marriage Much of that can likely be attributed to Republicans riding high from the midterm elections, which included the controversial retention election ousting three Iowa Supreme Court justices over the court’s ruling on samesex marriage.

GOP lawmakers will seek a proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as only between one man and one woman.

If it passes in 2011, it likely will not be law until at least 2013.

That’s because it would likely depend upon

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Population

Census could reduce Iowa’s national clout

By Kaleb.Warnock iowastatedaily.com Iowa will be losing a seat in the House of Representatives as a result of the 2010 Census.

Although the population of Iowa is slowly increasing, it makes up a significantly smaller percentage of the total population of the United States than it did in 2000.

“It has long been anticipated that Iowa would lose a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but it’s still unfortunate to see the people of Iowa’s representation in Washington diminished in number,” said Iowa congressman Tom Latham (R) in an e-mail.

As of the 2010 Census, Iowa’s population is estimated at 3,007,856 people, making up slightly less than one percent of the population of the United States. Accordingly, the state will receive four delegates in the House after the 2012 primary election.

Iowa’s current representatives are Steve King (R), Leonard Boswell (D), David Loebsack (D), Tom Latham (R) and Bruce Braley (D), all of whom are relatively new to the House - the longest, Latham, has been in the House since 1995 and the newest, Braley and Loebsack,

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Community

Ames Police encourage resource use

Sudanese refugees gathered at Saint Richard’s Rectory on Sunday in Omaha, Neb., one of eight polling locations available to refugees in the U.S. Initially lacking organization, polling staff and police worked to create a single file line and explain the voting process. Photo: Matt Wettengel/Iowa State Daily

Sudanese vote from U.S. Refugees cast their ballots for Sudanese secession

By Katharine.Marcheski iowastatedaily.com After casting his ballot, Maurice Aduto still had numb feet and hands after enduring the frigid temperatures and snow fall for eight hours while waiting outside in the crowd of fellow Sudanese refugees. “[I feel] wonderful, really wonderful,” said Aduto, senior in animal ecology. “I did it, finally, I did it, I can say to myself. We’re hoping for

History in the making: Check out the reaction from Sudanese voters online at iowastatedaily.com independence, but it is just exciting that we finally voted.” The voting center was hosted at St. Richard’s Rectory in Omaha, Neb. This venue only had sufficient space to hold the polling staff and a limited amount of voters indoors at a time, which meant that a constantly increasing group of people was left to stand outside in the unfavorable weather conditions.

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Ames

Structures to be built as gateway at city entrance

By Torey.Robinson iowastatedaily.com ISU students can expect to see new faces in the neighborhood this semester — and they’re not the new neighbors. The Ames Police Department launched a Safe Neighborhood Team to increase community communication and increase safety.

Ames Police originally developed a Party Response Team to monitor house parties and gatherings in the Campustown area before they got out of hand, Ames Police Chief Chuck Cychosz said. Officers focused on early interactions with ISU students living in apartment complexes to establish an understanding of local ordinances and property regulations.

“It was pretty successful,” Cychosz said.

“I think students were pretty responsive to those early contacts. If a party did get out of hand, students were quick to call themselves — which prevented a citation for them, generally.”

The Safe Neighborhood Team, put into effect Jan. 1, hopes to execute similar techniques used by the Party Response Team, but on a larger scale.

Cychosz said the team will base its priori-

tory for Sudanese citizens worldwide; it was the day that they were allowed to have a voice for their country, freedom and dignity.

For the last 50 years South and North Sudan have been in civil war and in 2005 a Comprehensive Peace Act was enacted which called for a vote in Jan. 2011 to allow citizens to decide whether they wanted to unite or separate and become two countries.

“Today is very important day. This is the only opportunity in our lifetime to change what has been mistreated for millions in Sudan,” said Joseph Lomoti, junior in biochemistry. “If there

14-column project set to line highway

By John.Lonsdale iowastatedaily.com

Plans for the structures to be built in North Ames, near Highway 30’s interchange and Dayton Avenue, are shown here. Construction is set to begin in the fall. Courtesy photo: City of Ames Public Works

Construction on the 40-foottall ‘Gateway’ structures located between the off-ramp of Highway 30 and Dayton Avenue may possibly begin in the fall and should be finished in the spring of 2012.

Planner for the City of Ames Planning and Housing Department Jeff Benson said Friday that decisions made in March by the city of Ames and Department of Transportation will lead to the bidding by the DOT, which controls the process.

A design team effort by lighting

designers, landscape architects and others at RDG Planning and Design, an architectural design firm, started the project years ago and is now in the next phase of planning.

Starting out as a collaborative process with engineers at Snyder and Associates, the city of Ames DOT and the South Ames Business Neighborhood, David Dahlquist, lighting designer at RDG Dahlquist Art Studio, said the intent for the project is to visually mark the entrance to the city of Ames in a dynamic way.

“If you could see it from the interstate so that it created a gateway, so to speak, that was the idea,” said Dahlquist. “It was to heighten the awareness and a sense of a special

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Justin Bieber’s manager on rumored romance So what’s the deal with Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez?

That’s what fans have been asking ever since it was reported that the teen-idol twosome have been getting cozy in recent weeks. Now, Bieber’s manager is talking about the rumored romance -- sort of.

“Here’s what I’m going to tell you. This kid travels a lot and I always told him, I was always like, ‘You shouldn’t be in a relationship unless you can give someone everything,’” Scooter Braun said in an online chat with Beliebers, according to MTV News. “I know that him and the person you’re asking about are really close friends and have been for awhile. As far as I know, that’s what they are.”

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TUESDAY

Coach Talk: Bill Fennelly When: Noon to 1:00 p.m.

What: Cyclone head basketball coaches will meet with fans and answer questions about the season.

Where: South Ballroom, Memorial Union

Atmospheric Science Seminar When: 4:10 pm to 5:10 pm What: Climate Change Impacts on Iowa: Summary and Expansion on the Jan. 1, 2011, Report to the Iowa Legislature, Where: 3140 Agronomy Hall

CAMPUS: Students return from winter break

Oprah: Anderson Cooper won’t be the next me

Kayla Schmidt, right, freshman in engineering, and Mohammed Ashiqur Rahim, senior in electrical engineering, wait for the CyRide bus Sunday in front of the Memorial Union.

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Oprah Winfrey had a lot to say during the Television Critics Association press tour, among them being what she really thinks about Anderson Cooper.

A popular question from reporters at the OWN press conference Thursday was whether or not she thought Anderson Cooper has what it takes to fill her shoes when he launches his own nationally syndicated daytime talk show in the fall.

“No...He will definitely not be the next Oprah,” Winfrey replied.”Will he be the next Anderson Cooper? Yes.” She added that the question was akin to when she was first starting out, and people would inquire if she was going to be the next Phil Donahue.

Police Blotter: December 13 Travis Epps, 41, 1211 Lincoln Way unit 2, was arrested and charged with violation of protective order. (reported at 7:30 a.m.)

Craig Bell, 21, 4720 Mortensen Rd. unit 309, was arrested and charged with probation violation. (reported at 6 p.m.)

Cameron Kinder, 19, 200 Stanton Ave. unit 613, was arrested on a warrant, charging him with delivery of a controlled substance. (reported at 9:05 p.m.)

Xu Wang, 21, University Village unit 160B, was arrested and charged with serious assault. (reported at 10:40 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY Men’s Basketball When: 8:00 pm What: Iowa State Cyclones vs. Kansas Jayhawks.

Where: Hilton Coliseum

December 14 Ivon Katz, 48, 3301 Garner Ave., was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, two counts of violation of drug tax stamp act, possession with intent to deliver, possession schedule II content substance and operating while intoxicated. (reported at 2:10 a.m.)

Jaret Hagen, 24, no address listed, was arrested and charged with three counts of violation of drug tax stamp act, possession with intent to deliver, delivery of

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December 16 Matias Rodriguez, 18, 2643 Helser Hall , was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. (reported at 12:25 a.m.)

Ryan Mulqueeny, 19, 2625 Helser Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. (reported at 12:25 a.m.)

Erin Clancy, 18, 3760 Helser Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. (reported at 12:25 a.m.)

Carrie Gottschalk, 23, 410 Wellons Drive, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated (second offense). (reported at 2:06 a.m.)

A plow operated by David Azbill collided with two parked cars. (reported at 6:22 a.m.)

Kenneth Tapper, 32, of Ankeny, was arrested and charged with two counts of PCS with intent to deliver and violation of the drug tax stamp act. (reported at 9 a.m.)

Alexander Keefe, 22, 108 Jewell Ave. unit 302, was arrested and charged with two counts of manufacture of marijuana. (reported at 10:45 a.m.)

Katy Perry to guest on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Is Katy Perry about to become a mom? It could happen!

The newlywed singer is planning a guest stint as Ted’s love interest on “How I Met Your Mother.”

The hit CBS series, of course, is based on the premise of Ted (Josh Radnor) recounting to his children the events that led up to his meeting their mother. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Perry’s character will have a romance with Ted later this season.

As for her own plans to become a mother, Perry, who wed 35-year-old British comic Russell Brand in October, says she can’t wait.

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A vehicle driven by Christopher Sellers struck a light pole. (reported at 10:47 p.m.)

A resident reported the theft of a wallet and keys. (reported at 10:36 a.m.)

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Daniel McGuire, 25, 129 Kingsbury Ave. unit 3, was arrested and charged with public intoxication, third offense. (reported at 3:50 a.m.)

A vehicle driven by Roy Woodrow collided with a parked car. (reported at 8:47 a.m.)

Maurice Adutu, University Village 139B , reported the theft of a wallet that was left on a CyRide bus. (reported at 9:26 a.m.)

A resident reported unauthorized charges were made to a credit card. (reported at 3 p.m.)

The individual who reported his wallet stolen earlier in the day called to say it was located and returned. (reported at 5:23 p.m.)

Officers assisted an individual who was experiencing emotional difficulties. (reported at 4:06 p.m.)

Becky Kinyon, 42, of Perry, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 6:45 p.m.)

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The biggest announcement is the ability to comment on stories is finally back.

However, the ability to comment anonymously will not be available.

As a staff, we have had a lot of discussions in the last year about how we wanted the commenting section to operate on our website.

For us, the biggest factor in deciding to remove anonymity was to keep the comments section on our website civil and on topic.

For years, the quality of commenting on news websites — even our old website — has been rapidly declining.

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Ordinance change could affect clubs, bars

By Sarah.Binder iowastatedaily.com Ordinance 3046, Section 17.16: Minors Prohibited on Certain Premises has been on the books since 1984. In light of a string of high-profile, sometimes alcoholrelated student deaths, an ordinance change in Iowa City and an upcoming Campustown redevelopment, some believe it’s time for a change.

“It’s a pretty loose system the way we have it written now, and we’re working to tighten it up,” said Lt. Jeff Brinkley, who is in charge of the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift of the Ames Police Department.

Brinkley’s goal is to clearly differentiate what is considered a restaurant and what is considered a bar.

If passed, the new definition of a restaurant would require an establishment to have a seat for every person when filled to capacity.

“They don’t want minors to be able to come to a bar and get hammered, straight up,” said Adolfo Ninaquispe, general manager of Project 20/20.

Other systems considered Brinkley said the proposal was influenced by looking at college towns around the country, including the University of Iowa and an ordinance in Florida.

Before June 1, 19-year-olds could attend bars in Iowa City, but the new ordinance prevents anyone under 21 being in a bar after 10 p.m. Between June 1 and Sept. 30, University of Iowa police and Iowa City police saw the number of intoxicated pedestrians drop 59 percent, the number of assaults drop 46 percent and the number of fights drop 51 percent, compared to the same time frame the previous year.

Ames’ club scene today Currently in Ames, an establishment that draws more than 50 percent of its business from food is considered a restaurant. This allows businesses such as West Towne Pub,

Seth Leopold, (left) of Ames, Ian Crankshaw, of Altoona, and Daniel Razeghi, of Ames, take a shot Friday at Project 20/20. Leopold, who recently turned 21, thinks everyone should be allowed into bars. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

Olde Main Brewing Co. and even chain restaurants like Applebee’s to sell alcohol, even though minors can go in unrestrained.

Often, these businesses voluntarily close to minors at a certain hour.

Ames Police Cmdr. Mike Brennan said they choose to do this simply because it’s easier than trying to monitor ages during times of the day when the business operates mainly as a bar.

Notoriously, Project 20/20 also meets the 50 percent food requirement.

Ninaquispe said his club has a “bigger city, ultra lounge” feel. On Friday nights and for other special events, 20/20 allows 18-year-olds into the club.

“20/20, they’re in a position where they’re unlike a regular bar,” Brennan said. “Let’s face it. It’s very hard when you have an establishment where underage individuals are allowed into a situation where a lot of people have access to alcohol and they intermingle.”

Ninaquispe said his club is usually at its capacity of 170 people on the weekends. He estimated that be-

tween 20 to 25 percent of these are minors on Friday nights.

20/20 uses wristbands to designate patrons over 21, and X’s drawn on hands for underage patrons. Once inside the club, there are no restrictions on where the underage can go.

Club Element is the other establishment in Campustown that lets minors in to party one night a week, Saturdays, and also serves alcohol.

“It’s more of a dance club feeling.

It’s about going out, being free, when you want to let yourself go and have a good time,” said Corey McKay, manager of Club Element and senior in marketing.

Like 20/20, Element utilizes a wristband system to separate of-age and underage patrons. However, Element has a separate dance floor for underage people. They enter through their own door, have their own bathrooms and no access to drinks. Element also keeps a monitor inside to patrol the flow between the non-alcoholic and bar areas.

McKay said a Saturday night will bring 75 to 100 18- to 20-year-olds and 100 to 200 of-age patrons to the

club.

Since minors are restrained to certain areas at certain times, Element meets exemptions to the current ordinance, even though they do not make 50 percent of their business from food.

Every night, the “party response team” — Brinkley and the other night officers — checks these and other bars for compliance.

McKay said he feels the club is checked more thoroughly than others, because he doesn’t have the best relationship with the police from his previous job as manager of Cy’s Roost. However, he said he has worked to change the “stigma” associated with Club Element since he took it over more than three months ago. Since then, Element has not had a single fight.

“It’s hard to be perfect. I’m trying.

It’s not like I let these [intoxicated minors] in. If you go into any bar at any time and ID everyone, you’re going to find a minor,” McKay said.

Both clubs said their employees attend the monthly training sessions the Ames Police Department provides about how to properly check IDs. “There’s no great system,” Brinkley said. “Wristbands get pulled off and re-stuck, people get let in the back door. To me, the right answer is no one under 21 in the club.”

A larger issue It’s no secret that underage drinking goes on in college towns across the country. Brennan regarded it as a simple fact.

“Younger people are going to drink, regardless of what the law is, if they have a mind to ... to me, I don’t think things have changed. The same age group still goes out and parties just as hard as they did 30 years ago,” Brennan said.

Brennan said he’s seen a shift away from massive house parties, with upward of 400 people, since he started with the Ames Police Department 30

years ago.

“I feel that that could happen to anybody,” Ninaquispe said of his club regarding Raven Gileau, a 19-year-old ISU sophomore who was killed by a train after drinking at 20/20. “I feel they’re trying to make an example of us, which I have nothing against that, but there’s more there, more than one person.”

Other options hard to find A contributing factor may be a lack of non-alcoholic entertainment in Campustown. Brinkley said the Campustown area is known as a bar district, rather than an entertainment district, and that this leaves a void for the quarter of the student body that chooses not to drink.

“What are minors supposed to do in Ames? It’s hard enough for 21-yearolds to find something to do,” McKay said.

Dione Somerville, dean of students, said student groups have taken initiative by creating entertainment programs such as ISU After Dark.

Ninaquispe said he would be fine with a change in the ordinance, but hopes it wouldn’t affect Club Element, which he said has followed the rules more closely. However, he fears this will lead to a return of massive house parties and riots.

“This is more of a controlled environment. It lets them hang out with their older friends and look out for each other. It’s more safe than going to a house party,” Ninaquispe said.

“I think that ultimately each of us as individuals are in control of our behavior,” Somerville said.

The next steps Brinkley hopes to propose his ordinance to the Ames City Council shortly after the new year and have it passed by the end of the school year.

However, he too acknowledges that it won’t be a perfect solution.

“You put it on the books, then you find out within two years where the loopholes are, and you tighten those up,” Brinkley said.

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ISU research team combats cyber warfare

Transportation hub bids nearing Jan. 18 due date

By Kaleb.Warnock iowastatedaily.com ISU students are developing cyber attacks in order to learn how to fix them when they pop up in real time.

Electrical and computer engineering students have designed a SCADA test bed in order to simulate and study cyber attacks and to study methods of protecting critical infrastructures from cyber attacks.

“The idea is to try to create cyber attacks before the actor does it and see invulnerabilities and how to fix them.

Basically what this test bed allows us to do is a risk assessment. What we try to do is to emulate what happens in the real world,” said Manimaran Govindarasu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.

Funded in part by the National Science Foundation, the project is designed to find vulnerabilities in security control and data systems or SCADA systems and their defense strategies. To overcome these vulnerabilities, it is working to develop software models and test strategies for critical infrastructures along with trying to determine the potential recovery and survivability of these systems.

Critical infrastructures are assets that are essential for a population to function and survive. These assets are things like electric power grids, telecommunication, water production, transportation and financial services along with other important systems like the Department of Defense (DOD).

An attack on one of these assets could result in catastrophic failure of the system and lead to a breakdown of society. The ensuing chaos could leave the population open to kinetic or direct military attack.

There are other possible dangerous, albeit nonviolent, attacks that could lead to things like blackouts and telecommunication failure. For example, an attack on the New York Stock Exchange to corrupt data or shut down servers could lead to a collapse of the U.S. stock market.

Accordingly, ISU researchers are finding new ways to examine and test defensive

strategies in order to protect these assets.

The SCADA test bed intends to find the security vulnerabilities of SCADA systems and their defense strategies, to develop models for defense mechanisms, develop software models and to test attack and defense strategies.

“Attacks may generally be different, like, between different SCADA subsystems or control subsystems, but general themes or the idea of what could happen ... is still there,” said Adam Hahn, graduate student in electrical and computer engineering.

The multidisciplinary team of Ph.D. candidates is examining power systems and their ability to withstand different kinds of cyber attack.

There are two primary kinds of attack, the first of which is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, and the second is a direct attack from an individual or team of hackers to corrupt or remove data.

A DDoS is an attack in where “An Internet site, a server or router is flooded with more requests for data than the site can respond to or process,” as defined by Richard Clarke in his book, “Cyber War.” Essentially a DDoS attack takes control of “zombie” computers to bog down a system until it is completely unable to function.

Hackers have used DDoS attacks in cases like the Russian attack against Estonia in 2007 and more recently against companies like Mastercard and Amazon in defense of Julian Assange, the creator of WikiLeaks.

Also, an individual or team of hackers could directly infiltrate a system and corrupt data that could lead to failure or malfunction. The threepart structure of many of the systems of critical assets – generation, transmission and distribution, is almost completely automated and therefore is open to attack at every level of the system.

There are many other methods for attack and many targets within the United States. Legislation is just beginning to emerge as attacks and incidents increase.

Although lawmakers are slowly becoming more aware of the potential ramifications

of a large-scale attack, there is little effort on behalf of the federal government to regulate cyber defenses of critical infrastructure assets.

Consequently, the DOD has classified the Internet as a new plane for modern warfare that needs to be controlled and defended. In 2010, President Obama established a department called Cyber Command in order to defend one critical network, the Department of Defense.

Experts like counterterrorism specialist Clarke are critical of the federal government’s actions because there are few policies or regulations in place to protect private companies.

The federal government has not established security standards and protection for other critical infrastructures like the power grid or telecommunications because they are privately owned, and current legislation prevents the government from adequately regulating security.

“There is definitely movement,” Govindarasu said in regard to government regulation.

“But there is not enough.”

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By John.Lonsdale iowastatedaily.com Bids are due Jan. 18 for the $9.2 million Ames Intermodal Facility which will be located south of Lincoln Way at the intersection of Hayward Avenue and Chamberlain Street.

Construction is proposed to begin in early March.

The facility is to be completed by June 2012 and will include 385 parking spaces, 292 structure spaces and 93 surface spaces.

The Federal Transit Administration is overseeing the grants issued for the project, which was just awarded an additional $12.5 million as a part of the TIGER 1, Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, grant program.

Roles of the City of Ames, Iowa State and CyRide are still being discussed.

Two goals for the project are to help provide parking for the Campustown redevelopment project and to develop a hub of transportation activity for Heartland Senior Services, Jefferson Lines, Burlington Trailways and Executive Express, which will provide nine trips per day from Ames to the Des Moines International Airport.

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Student teachers partner with high school in Indonesia

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In March of the spring 2011 semester, four students in the College of Human Sciences will travel to Indonesia to student teach as a part of a new partnership between Iowa State and the Sampoerna School of Education in Jakarta.

They will be teaching at the Palembang Academy, a high school academy, in South Sumatra.

The school is unique in that it enrolls underprivileged children and is strictly an English-speaking school.

“For these children to be selected to this school is an honor, but more than an honor, a life changing experience,” said David Whaley, associate dean of teacher education.

Whaley has been involved in building the relationship between the Sampoerna School of Education and Iowa State, along with Hina Patel, who selected the site for the student teachers. “[The school is] trying to provide that firm foundation to develop the students into leaders with a heart and mind,” Patel said.

Nick Miller, senior in history, will be student teaching world history.

Miller learned about this trip through the international student teaching fair.

He originally thought of going to New Zealand, but saw a developing country, such as Indonesia, as a good resume builder.

Miller has traveled in Europe, Africa and Central America previously.

“I’m really interested in learning about Southeast Asian culture,” Miller said. “With history, it’s important to know about other countries instead of having an ethnocentric view of the world.”

“My primary goal is to learn something from them that I wouldn’t otherwise learn in Ames, Iowa, or the United States,” Miller said. “I’m expecting to find myself out of my element. If you’re too comfortable for too long you’re not really learning about yourself or the world around you.”

Joe Trpkosh, senior in music, will be student teaching vocal music.

Trpkosh wanted to go abroad to Rome or the Czech Republic.

But he saw Indonesia as an opportunity as well.

This program was also specifically looking

for someone with a choral background. “[This program] is an awesome opportunity, since it’s a new program, we’ll be getting to build those relationships,” Trpkosh said.

“I’m most excited about teaching over there,” Trpkosh said.

“Working with students who aren’t native English speakers will be a big challenge,” he said.

Rebecca Fillbach, senior in mathematics, will be student teaching mathematics.

Indonesia wasn’t Fillbach’s first choice, but she is still excited for the experience.

“I’m really excited because it is so different than other sites and what I know. I’ll never have another opportunity to visit Southeast Asia,” Fillbach said.

Fillbach hopes to be able to see what else is on the island as well.

“I want to learn about their culture. I want to learn about the students and the country.”

Elisabeth Godfrey, senior in elementary education, will be student teaching English.

Godfrey has always known that she wanted to student teach abroad.

“One of the big reasons why I came to Iowa State was because of the student teaching abroad program, so I knew that I wanted to go somewhere,” Godfrey said.

At first the program was only for secondary education majors, and Godfrey wouldn’t have been able to participate since she is an elementary education major.

But she worked with faculty and staff and made it possible.

Godfrey will be teaching English to the school’s youngest students, who are 12 and 13 years old.

Godfrey admits not knowing much about Indonesia.

“I don’t know what to think about it, but I am very, very excited about it.”

“I’m very excited to interact with the students,” Godfrey said.

“Children are children no matter where they’re from, but different cultures show you more about their lives,” she said.

Godfrey treasures this experience because this school only accepts the children who are truly in need, with the lowest incomes in the area.

“Education is so valuable; it’s their way to better their circumstances and it’s amazing to see that. These kids are desperate for education,” Godfrey said.

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Ryan Nurnberg, of Ankeny, removes a stump Sunday south of the Campanile. Nurnberg said “[the] trees need to be taken down because they are not in good condition and most of them had big dead pieces in them anyway.” Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

Ash trees threatened by invading beetle species

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Ash trees on campus are being removed because of an invading species referred to as the emerald ash borer.

There are around 1,200 ash trees on campus, and 36 ash trees have been cut down.

“The emerald ash borer is a tiny, green beetle that has devastated ash trees in urban and forest settings,” said Rhonda Martin, landscape architect for facilities planning and management. Like many other invading species, the emerald ash borer came into the U.S. unnoticed and slowly spread into other states.

“The emerald ash borer came in and started at Michigan, and by the time they realized what they were, they had a large infestation of these insects in Michigan,” said Lester Lawson, manager of facilities maintenance.

“It has since progressed through Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and at this point is on the eastern border of Iowa along the Mississippi River.”

According to experts, the emerald ash borer is expected to arrive in Ames in about 10 years, although it could be sooner. It could possibly be next year if a log that is transported to Ames is infested with the species, Lawson said.

The emerald ash borer feeds only on ash trees.

“Like most insects, it’s plant specific,” said Donald

Lewis, professor of entomology. “It feeds exclusively in branches and trunks of ash trees.” The plan is to keep the spread of the emerald ash borer to a minimum.

“The worst thing is as the trees die people cut the wood up, and then they transport the wood to new areas, and when they do that they distribute the insect,” Lawson said. “If there are ash trees in that area where it’s being transported to, then you have an infestation in that area.” Lewis said, “We need to make sure to not remove any firewood outside unhealthy areas and begin replacing firewood while we have the chance.” The only solution to deal with the invasive species is by removing all of the infested ash trees.

“You could do nothing and let it get here, and all of a sudden you’ve got 1,200 trees to remove,” Lawson said. “Or you can plan ahead and take a few trees and start replacing them so you don’t have 1,200 trees at once to take out.” That’s what they have chosen to do.

The ash trees will be replaced with other types of trees after they are removed.

“We’re decreasing the density of ash trees we have in our urban forest in a small manner phase through 10 years,” Martin said. “At the same time we are increasing the diversity of our overall tree species.

For every ash tree that comes down, a different tree will be planted.”

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“Campustown typically shows up in that mix, and we know bar close is a busy time,” he said. “I’d expect a strong showing there. There are times when Campustown is quiet and we get a lot of calls from other areas. This team will move to where the demand is in Ames.”

The Safe Neighborhood Team will be led by Sgt. Howard Snider and will sport a vehicle different than typical Ames Police cars to signify the specific function of the unit.

Ames Police encourage students to make an effort to get to know the officers patrolling their neighborhood or apartment building.

“If students see those officers, they should take a moment to greet them and introduce themselves — it may pay dividends,” Cychosz said. “We see so much vandalism, property theft, bicycle theft — crimes that are preventable in this community.

“We get folks in that don’t realize some of the ordinances [Ames] has, and that’s where our officers will be out there to educate and let people

The ash trees on campus make up about 20 percent of the overall tree canopy.

“A healthy environment on campus would be about eight percent ash trees on campus,” Lawson said. “We are going to try to get our ash population down to an eight percent level on a gradual basis and replace tree for tree as time goes on here.”

The ISU Facilities and Planning Management staff has received support for their plan.

“We received funding of $30,000, which will pay for the tree removal and the tree replacement,” Martin said.

The staff is also working with the Outdoor Teaching Committee, which is made up of faculty members from landscape architecture, forestry and botany.

“The committee was part of the people that we went to ask them about our program and recommendation for what trees not to remove,” Martin said. “We are trying to pick out the trees that are stressed, weakened or positioned in an area where they are harder to preserve.”

Martin hopes that with the time they have now they will be able to adjust for the arrival of the emerald ash borer in the next 10 years.

“We are trying to thin the population and provide something that is more diverse and less attractive for the arrival,” Martin said.

know,” Ames Police Cmdr. Jim Robinson said.

Noise complaints are a primary neighborhood call police receive from residents and students alike. Robinson said he hopes the team will be able to help reduce the amount of complaints.

“Our officers can get out and actually help set the noise level at parties,” Robinson said. “The neighbors appreciate that, and it may prevent a citation for the party host.”

But more serious crimes — including car burglary and property theft — are concerns in neighborhoods that Cychosz said the unit’s flexibility will help combat.

“This is the type of team that has the ability to shift hours to when they are needed,” Cychosz said. “They can adapt to specific challenges in the community, and we should be able to respond more effectively.”

“The whole focus of this is problem solving,” said Ames Police Lt. Geoff Huff. “We want to help our residents and students help us by keeping communication lines open. Knowing your neighbors and knowing the officers can keep your neighborhood safer.”

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Consumer confidence dropped in December In December 2007, New York-based research firm Conference Board, Inc. reported consumer confidence was at 96.8 percent.

This was during the country’s last economic expansion. Since then, consumer confidence has decreased to 52.5 percent.

In November 2010, consumer confidence was reported at 54.3 percent, but that dropped in December possibly due to reality setting in after people got their credit card bills from November.

Retail sales rose 4.8 percent the week of Christmas. Researchers accredited this to shoppers having Christmas Eve off from work and using the day to shop.

This rise in sales was greater than that of last year’s holiday season, which researchers blamed on rough snowstorms hitting all parts of the nation at the time.

Fast facts: $10.69 billion was spent on Black Friday - ShopperTrak 23 million people shopped on Christmas Eve - International Council of Shopping Centers 43 percent of people planned on making a purchase on December 26 - American Express Spending & Saving Tracker Retail spending rose by 5.5 percent in the 50 days before Christmas - MasterCard Advisors Spending Pulse Four percent of Cyber Monday shoppers used smartphones and mobile devices to make purchases - Coremetrics

By Christmas Eve, $36.4 billion was spent online - MasterCard Advisors Spending Pulse Pre-Christmas sales were at $584.3 billion this year. In 2007, pre-recession, preChristmas sales were at $566.3 billion MasterCard Advisors Spending Pulse 20% of Americans plan on returning at least one gift - Consumer Report The retail industry will lose about $3.63 billion due to return fraud - National Retail Federation ™

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District names new committee members

The Ames Main Street Cultural District recently named a new central committee for 2011.

The committee includes a new president and business improvement co-chairwomen.

Tim Coble of Temptations on Main wrapped up his term as president of the MSCD in December and passed the torch on to Tony Thrush of Innova Ideas and Services.

John Doyle, a Main Street building owner and Terry Stark of Chocolaterie Stam finished their terms as business improvement co-chairmen. Karen Youngberg of Ames Silversmithing and Carmen Hague of Jacquelyn’s Photography will assume their roles this year.

The business improvement co-chairwomen recruit and retain businesses for the MSCD by introducing new businesses to the area and to the city of Ames as a whole and acting as a liaison for those communities as the businesses grow.

The MSCD has four committees that meet monthly. Along with the business improvement committee, the others are organization, design and promotions. These committees work together to keep the businesses of the MSCD looking nice and working well together to create a cohesive community atmosphere.

Established in 2004, the MSCD’s mission is to expand and promote downtown as a destination district in Ames. Keep up with the MSCD on Facebook or visit MainStreetCulturalDistrict.com.

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Jessica Hay, left, senior in speech communication, and Tamara White, of Ames, top off some red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting Friday. Hay and White are co-founders of Pookie’s Cupcakes, which plans to open a cupcake cart on Welch in early March. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

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A new vendor is headed to town, and your sweet tooth will definitely be interested.

Jessica Hay, senior in speech communication, and Tamara White, senior in performing arts, are the masterminds behind the newest addition coming to Welch Avenue: Pookie’s Cupcakes.

Beginning as a joke between the two girls, Pookie’s Cupcakes slowly emerged into a reality, and the girls now have hopes of bringing “handheld happiness” to everyone in the Ames community.

Pookie’s target audience is college students.

With many cupcake choices for less than one dollar, Hay hopes Pookie’s will become the after-bar hot spot for Welch Avenue veterans who can spare some change for a late night treat.

Pookie’s is also available for catering events, and Hay is looking forward to collaborating with sororities and fraternities for their own events and even charity events.

“It’s our ultimate goal to use this stand to better the community and give back all of the support we’ve been given,” Hay said.

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vending as their current approach, but Hay and White also have hopes of establishing a more permanent location.

Also, Pookie’s is currently in search of a commissary kitchen, which will serve as an external location where they can bake their goods before transporting them to the stand.

Pookie’s will be holding a kickoff event Friday, Jan. 14, at the first floor booth in the Memorial Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

They will be offering free cupcakes and informational pamphlets. Pookie’s is encouraging students to come out, get a free cupcake and submit any ideas they have for the business.

Pookie’s is currently open for catering needs, and Hay hopes to be up and running for business on Welch Avenue by March 1.

Until then, Pookie’s is taking suggestions on their Facebook page for everything from flavors and frosting ideas to kitchen

locations.

Hay and White are eager to get the business going and hope that Pookie’s can grow into an Ames tradition.

“Students do have the power to start something meaningful.

What starts as a crazy idea truly does have potential to be great,” Hay said.

Visit Pookie’s Cupcakes on Facebook or at http://pookiescupcakes.tumblr.com/ for more information.

Q&A with Graham Spanier

Penn State president shares insight, expectations, advice

By Micaela.Cashman @iowastatedaily.com Graham Spanier is not your run-of-the-mill university president. He’s a musician, he rooms with freshmen at the beginning of the school year and he is part of the 11-year champion intramural racquetball team.

What year did you graduate from ISU and what did you get your degree(s) in?

1969, B.S. in Sociology; 1971, M.S. in Sociology Did you originally start out in that program? What lead you to choose that program?

I began as a mathematics major and switched to sociology about half way through my undergraduate work. I fell in love with sociology after taking two classes with excellent professors. I have never looked back.

What other schools did you attend and for what degrees?

Northwestern University for my Ph.D. What activities/organizations were you involved in at ISU? Student government, residence hall government, Executive Budgetary Commission, Open Line, Orientation, Cardinal Key, radio and tele-

vision broadcasting, Martin Luther King scholarship fund, human relations panel and administrative advisory groups.

What is your favorite thing about Iowa State?

Spanier My memories of the people I met there and the opportunities for leadership and involvement.

Describe your career path.

I became a professor at Penn State after I finished my Ph.D. and did teaching, research and service. I gradually took on more responsibility, moving from the department level to the college level to the university level. I am now in my seventh progressively responsible administrative position as President of Penn State.

What has been your proudest accomplishment?

Putting people first in my various administrative roles and creating a more student-centered university.

What do you find are some of the major differences between ISU and Penn State?

Iowa State and Penn State are much more alike than different. Penn State is bigger in some respects, with multiple campuses, more students and a medical center, but the heart of our universities feel similar to me. Both universities enjoy great support from their students, alumni, donors and the public.

What do you like most and least about your job?

What I like the most is interacting with students. What I like the least is the ups and downs of governmental activities.

How have you changed expectations students typically have from their college president?

I am not a conventional president, so Penn State students probably see me differently than they would see most presidents.

I live in the residence halls for a while at the beginning of each academic year. I play in several bands. I do magic shows. And I perform with various student performing arts groups on campus.

What is your advice for college students, particularly those pursuing the same degrees you did?

Get to know at least one faculty member well early in your time at the university. Never miss a class. Don’t expect others to hold your hand through college, since the burden of success is now on your shoulders.

What is one thing know now that you wish you would’ve known in college?

Don’t be afraid to express your interest in others, since you never know if someone might be more interested than you think.

I was way too reticent and probably missed out on some social opportunities.

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Condolences, not arguing, after shooting A senseless act of violence left six dead and 14 wounded in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday. It didn’t take long for speculation to start, and before the gunman had been named, motives were being guessed and blame was being placed.

This horrific tragedy brings to light a number of issues and discussions that should be had, and you can be sure this editorial board will delve into the ones we’re most passionate about throughout the course of this week — but not today.

Today, we’re not going to get political. We’re not going to argue. We’re going to ease up on the shouting and the heated rhetoric that seems to permeate the U.S. media culture, and do what seems most appropriate — most necessary.

Today, we offer our condolences to those affected by this shooting.

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is a member of our extended Cyclone family — her brother, Alex, was a placekicker for the ISU football team from 1979-1982, whose third-quarter field goal gave Iowa State the win over Iowa in the 1980 Iowa-Iowa State game.

“She [Gabrielle Giffords] gave me a print of Beardshear Hall at Iowa State that I have in my office, which she got from her brother,” said U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley in a statement Saturday.

Our thoughts are with Giffords and her family as she recovers from this attack.

Others killed in the shooting include Christina Taylor Green, 9; U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, 63; Gabe Zimmerman, 30, Giffords’ director of community outreach; Dorwan Stoddard, 76, a local pastor; Dorothy Morris, 76 and Phyllis Schneck, 79.

“It was an attack not only against dedicated public servants but against citizens, one being a child,” said FBI Director Robert Mueller in a news conference Sunday. “This was an attack on our institutions and an attack on our way of life.”

Our thoughts are with the victims’ families, with those who were injured, and with the family and friends — whose pain and shock we can’t imagine — of Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old charged with one count of attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of attempting to kill a federal employee.

“An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve,” said House Speaker John Boehner in a statement Saturday. “Acts and threats of violence against public officials have no place in our society.”

We couldn’t agree more. This was an attack on American citizens, and we’d like to extend Boehner’s sentiment to condemn violent attacks against all of humanity. Perhaps that’s an idealistic perspective, but we’d rather be known as a generation of peaceful ideals than as one that does not speak out against violent acts like the one committed Saturday in Arizona.

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s a registered Republican, I am disturbed.

I’m disturbed that three newly elected Republicans in the Iowa Statehouse would even consider impeaching the last four-sevenths of the Supreme Court. Representatives Tom Shaw, Glen Massie and Kim Pearson are currently drafting articles of impeachment against remaining Justices Brent Appel, Mark Cady, Daryl Hecht and David Wiggins.

I’m disturbed that Iowa’s House Speaker, Republican Kraig Paulsen, has gone on record claiming that, if Iowans want impeachment, he will do nothing to defend reason, but will instead step aside.

And I’m disturbed that, three months after the mid-term elections, here we are still talking about Bob Vander Plaats, still letting him and Iowa for Freedom rent space in our heads.

His impeachment talk back in December has carried into the New Year in the hearts and minds of at least the afore-mentioned representatives, and it is definable in no other terms but “disturbing.”

Let me be clear: Impeachment would be almost comically hypocritical, as past president of the Iowa State Bar Association Dan Moore points out, given that impeachment is only possible if a justice has committed a crime or “engaged in malfeasance.” An unpopular ruling is neither of those things.

If, as these Republican representatives claim, the courts overstepped their bounds in declaring a same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, you can be certain the legislature would be overstepping its bounds by impeaching the other four Justices without any crime or wrongful conduct to justify it.

One hears it said in Republican circles (mainly in reference to legislative choices by the 111th Congress) that the elites or, in this context the supporters of the Varnum decision, believe the electorate too stupid to understand the issue at hand.

Sadly, in this case it seems true; the electorate may well have been uninformed

when they voted “no” on retention. We’ll never know what the results would’ve been had they better coverage, better explanations and less emotions.

To be fair, while Vander Plaats has never offered a parallel interpretation of the Iowa Constitution than that which the Supreme Court offered, the media’s coverage by and large was little other than outrage that anyone would abuse the retention process, rather than a levelheaded refutation of Iowa for Freedom’s arguments.

Justifying the court’s decision isn’t difficult, but requires a little historical

Iowa for Freedom and its supporters must understand that the government is bound to no specific religious doctrine, and as such recognizes the validity of both opposite- and same-sex marriage, while allowing religious institutions to define marriage as they choose. “ context.

In late 2007 six same-sex couples filed suit against Polk County recorder Timothy Brien, who followed Iowa Code section 595.2(1), which states that “[o]nly a marriage between a male and a female is valid,” when he refused them marriage licenses.

In Varnum v. Brien, Judge Robert Hanson of the Polk County District Court found that section of the Iowa Code and, by extension, Brien’s actions to be in violation of the Iowa Constitution’s promise of equal protection under the law.

Polk County Attorney John Sarcone then appealed the case to the Iowa Supreme Court, and Judge Hanson’s ruling was temporarily stayed. Before the stay, two Iowa State University students, Sean Fritz and Tim McQuillan, were able to marry.

In early 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court

upheld the Polk County District Court’s ruling with its 69-page unanimous decision. Same-sex marriage is now legal in the state of Iowa.

All that the Iowa Supreme Court decided in upholding Varnum v. Brien was that same-sex couples are just as worthy of civil marriage as opposite-sex couples because the government has no, in their words, “constitutionally sufficient justification” for withholding such liberties from them. Religious marriage was and is left for religious denominations to define as they see fit.

At no point did the Iowa Supreme court dictate that churches were required to marry gay couples. It only points out, as stated above, that the state will recognize same-sex marriages as it does oppositesex ones.

For opponents of same-sex marriage, a constitutional amendment is the only way to overturn the 2009 ruling. Voters declined last year’s opportunity for a constitutional convention to amend the Iowa constitution to define marriage as a union exclusively between a man and a woman.

The only other way to amend the constitution is to pass an amendment with a simple majority in both of Iowa’s houses in two consecutive general assemblies, and then to allow Iowans to vote on it in a general election. As arduous as it is confusing, that process won’t be happening any time soon.

The very idea of impeaching justices is ridiculous, but railing against Vander Plaats in the paper as Dan Moore has, calling him obsessed and linking his craziness to conservatives, does nothing to further any cause.

Ignoring Vander Plaats and Iowa for Freedom is the best option for the junior representatives in the Statehouse, who must at this point focus on the economy and job creation.

Iowa for Freedom and its supporters must understand that the government is bound to no specific religious doctrine, and as such recognizes the validity of both opposite and same-sex marriage, while allowing religious institutions to define marriage as they choose. This is the way it ought to be.

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Reality television has fallen to a new low

By Abby.Barefoot iowastatedaily.com

‘Bridalplasty’ promotes shallow values, greed

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s I stumbled through the TV channels I stopped when I saw a preview for a new E! show, Bridalplasty, where 12 contestants battle in wedding challenges for the chance to win their dream wedding – and numerous plastic surgery procedures.

This is the final straw. I hate reality TV, or train wreck TV, as I like to call it. There is nothing real about it with its cheap editing, scripts and stereotyping characters. Still I had to watch this show because they couldn’t be serious. Who in their right mind would want that much plastic surgery and why?

There are many, many things wrong with Bridalplasty, apart from the obvious reality TV problems.

The biggest being the plastic surgery part. These contestants will not see their fiancés until they get voted off or they win the show and get all the plastic surgery off their “wish list.”

When they walk down the aisle, their soon-to-be husband will see them for the first time after their complete transformation. Sure, people should get married over personalities not looks, but I can’t be the only one to find it creepy that these men are marrying someone who could look completely different.

Who better to host this type of show than model Shanna Moakler, who in an interview for Bridalplasty said, “I’m in the beauty business, I run a pageant, (Miss California USA) I have to be honest. I saw things I would want to fix on some of the women.”

So because you are not beautiful to Miss America standards, you are ugly and need plastic surgery. Not that you have high impossible standards to meet, Miss America.

Despite what Moakler said, none of these women are deformed, grotesque monsters that “need” plastic surgery. Yet these women look at their bodies with a fine-toothed comb looking for their flaws. Sure, one contestant had a lump removed from her breast and wanted a boob job, but does she really need a complete plastic surgery makeover?

Along with the contestant with breast cancer, there is Lisa Marie, who as a child was made fun of and beat up for having acne.

So obviously the answer to her low self-esteem is plastic surgery, because beauty will make everything okay. Who needs counseling for trau-

This is the final straw. I hate reality TV, or train wreck TV, as I like to call it. There is nothing real about it with its cheap editing, scripts and stereotyping characters. matic experiences when you can just get a nose job? The show does little to show the ladies what is good in their lives, further knocking down their self-esteem.

The surgeon for the show, Dr. Dubrow, met with the girls in the opening episode to help point out their flaws, heightening the idea that you need to look a certain way to be considered beautiful – size zero with big boobs. The contestants then created a wish list of procedures they wanted including nose jobs, tummy tucks, breast implants and having their second toe shortened. You heard me. A toe shortened, because true beauty comes down to a toe size.

This low self-esteem is further propelled during challenges where contestants are criticized about their bodies. One example is when contestants had to try on wedding dresses.

The contestants was provided with little to no plus size dresses, so overweight contestants were mocked for not fitting into the dress. The judge called a contestant a truck driver for having tattoos and another one ugly Betty. No wonder these girls want plastic surgery, their self-esteem is just being crushed even more with their so-called flaws pointed out at every waking moment.

What stands out is how narrow our society views beauty. None of these girls thought themselves as beautiful, even though they were healthy women. They looked in the mirror and saw only flaws. While some people can say these girls are not an accurate account of how women perceive themselves, studies have shown otherwise.

In 2009 alone there were 1.5 million cosmetic surgical procedures, and 91 percent of patients were female according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Then there is also the increased amount of eating disorders. The National Eating Disorders Association states on their website that more than 10 million girls suffer from an eating disorder. With advertisements, fashion

The new E! show, Bridalplasty, advances the ideals of greed and fake beauty. Courtesy photo: Thinkstock

models and people in the media only showing skinny, but big-boobed, with airbrushed-to-the-point-of-fake skin, is it any wonder girls and adults are having body issues?

Then there is the wedding part of the show. The idea is that without the $5,000 wedding rings and celebrity wedding designers to help you out, your wedding will be a complete disaster.

The show’s creators seem to feel that way, when after a contestant leaves the show, Moakler states, “Your wedding will go on, it just won’t be PERFECT.” Obviously it doesn’t matter if you are a cold, calculating manipulator. As long as you have a pretty face and a fancy wedding, you

are perfect.

There is little talk about spending the rest of their life with their fiancés or even about how much they miss them. The focus is on themselves and their bodies, furthering the stereotype that females are uber-obsessed with themselves and their wedding day.

The only thing discussed about what happens after the fairy tale wedding is the honeymoon and how to make your husband happy in bed.

So not only is the show making you look beautiful, it also teaches you to be sexually submissive to your husband.

It also reflects that all women are beyond obsessed with being girly and

being married. When contestants are not talking behind one another’s back or how ugly they think they are, they talk about the wedding. It is as if these women have no other hopes and aspirations besides having the big wedding and being married. That and looking like Malibu Barbie.

So the only thing that really needs a huge makeover is this show. Whether you see it or not, Bridalplasty shows a sick view of what “perfection” is.

So remember, folks, all you need to make your perfect day is head to toe plastic surgery and a million dollar wedding, then your life will be complete. Because all problems are solved with money and good looks.

Commentary

Think analytically before you speak

By Tyler.Grask iowastatedaily.com

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ertain people think it’s necessary to have an opinion on everything, as if they have something to say. Newsflash: Sometimes it’s better to keep your mouth shut.

Stating the obvious being a classic example. Who knows, this might even earn you a neat nickname like ... captain obvious.

You should not be proud of this. Simple solution is thinking before you say something.

It’s a novel idea, but not a good one.

Your two cents aren’t always a bad thing, and can lead to insightful conversations, especially after kicking back a few. Ideas spread rapidly, and crowd-sourcing isn’t always a bad thing, but if the group consensus is to water your crops with Brawnd-o, you might want to re-think just how much you care about everyone’s feelings.

When I think of commentary, I think of sharpas-a-sack-of-marbles NFL commentators the major networks pay to babble while I’m trying to watch the game.

John Madden is a classic example. “When you move the football forward, you will get closer to scoring, and if you get closer to scoring, your chances of winning are better, so, you want to try and move the ball toward where you score: this is good. I’m John Madden.”

Even with the retirement of everyone’s favorite gridiron sage, the stupidity continues.

Take Cris Collingsworth - during the Tuesday night Eagles vs. Vikings game, his ‘Two Cents’ segment was so bad, I wished I could switch bodies with him Freaky Friday style

so I could punch myself in the face for being stupid.

So, it’s well into the second half and the Eagles are down.

The Vikings suck this year — I think taking pictures of your dork might be scientifically proven to hinder your throwing game now.

Anyway, the week before, the Eagles pulled off an insane comeback — scoring 28 points in the final six minutes to beat the Giants. It was epic.

Yet a week later, with the Eagles as the obvious favorite, they’re managing to suck every bit as hard as the Vikings.

What’s Collingsworth say?

“Well, you had to see this coming after the victory last week.”

Um, no. You don’t see this coming. When you pull off a great comeback against a playoff team, you should expect to beat a sub-.500, especially with the kind of luck the Vikings have had this year.

The best part was that Al Michaels, his co-announcer, calling him out on it “...how did you possibly see this taking place?” During a Live broadcast. Al Michaels keeps it real.

It’s not just the NFL, by any means. If you’ve ever watched a UFC event, odds are Mike Goldberg will, at some point during the telecast, say something monumentally stupid.

This, ladies and gentlemen, are the moments when you can truly appreciate the comic sensibilities of Mr. Joe Rogan.

Bill Engvall, if you’ve been so lucky to have never seen the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, is the genius behind ‘Here’s Your sign’. In a nutshell, stupid people state obvious things, and apparently win a sign from Bill thereafter?

He gives one example where he had engine trouble, and he’s on the road’s shoulder. A man pulls over to offer

assistance, and asks if Bill’s truck had broken down. We’ve all had moments like this, but it goes to show that general stupidity does make for good comedy.

We’re not all rocket surgeons, sure, but you’ve got your imitators. It’s best to laugh at them, or ignore them.

Whatever suits you. You may even be a captain yourself?

Penn and Teller have five

seasons of the show “Bullshit!” up on Netflix, absolutely demolishing the rampant, socially-embraced stupidity most of us have heard on a daily basis.

Everything from the merits of the death penalty to the pyramid scheme of ‘organic’ farming is thoroughly examined and summarily crushed, the way it should be. That’s great, hippie, don’t

eat steak. More for me. But don’t sit there and try to feed me holier-than-thou garbage about how it’s ‘healthier’ or more ‘humane’.

I don’t know, I just get sick of the overall stupidity of ‘two cents’ and small talk. ‘Oh look, the weather outside is exactly as I have described it. Fancy that!’ Why yes, yes it is. Maybe I’m a smart ass. I’m okay with that.

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Some opinions better kept silent

We should hold one another accountable for the nonsense that comes out of our mouths. Punch them in the arm, laugh it off, or look disgusted, but don’t stand for verbal diarrhea.

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Cyclones win five straight, fall to Baylor

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Forward Jamie Vanderbeken tips the ball into the basket during the Cyclones’ game against Montana State on Nov. 27 in Hilton Coliseum. File photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily

Team sees continued success over break

By Chris.Cuellar iowastatedaily.com The Cyclones have seen a full season’s worth of adversity and there are still at least 16 Big 12 conference games left to play.

Coach Fred Hoiberg and his squad have battled through injuries, a suspension, another program departure and have even added Cyclone football players to the roster to fill in for the lack of depth. The team has done all of this while running an up-tempo offense, and is a late foul at Nebraska away from being 14-2 when No. 3 Kansas comes to Ames on Wednesday.

Picked to finish last in the Big 12, it’s more than fair to say the Cyclones have exceeded expectations.

Here’s a quick primer on what you missed over break on and off the court for the Cyclones:

completely in the second half. Garrett got his 1,000th point as a Cyclone, and the ISU defense stepped up, holding Dartmouth to just four made second-half field goals. It was the team’s first game in a week, and it looked like it was ready to sprint through the winter break.

Dec. 21 vs. Chicago State Win 104-63 Key Player: F Melvin Ejim — 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals Event: One of the nation’s worst defenses was put on display at

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Dec. 19 vs. Dartmouth Win 71-42 Key Player: G Diante Garrett — 27 points, 10/16 FG, 6 assists Event: Brainpower can only make up for so much on the court. The Ivy League’s Big Green was only down by one heading into halftime against the much longer and more athletic Cyclones, but fell apart

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Iowa State spent plenty of time leading its opponents over the holiday break. From 13:02 left in their Dec. 12 game against Columbia, the Cyclones were ahead of their opponents every minute of each of their five consecutive home wins.

Not until Iowa State faced the No. 1 Baylor Bears did the Cyclones trail on the scoreboard, falling to a 16-0 deficit early in the game. The Cyclones were unable to continue their win streak as they lost 70-58 in their Big 12 opener.

The Cyclones (12-3, 0-1 in Big 12) began Big 12 play Saturday with their first game on the road since falling to Iowa in Iowa City on Dec. 9 as they took on the No. 1 Bears in Waco, Texas.

The Bears, who took over the No. 1 ranking after Stanford ended Connecticut’s 90-game win streak, jumped out to a 16-0 lead as they held the Cyclones scoreless for the first 7:55 of the game.

The Cyclones trailed 34-22 at halftime and were able to cut the lead down to seven. But the efficient Baylor offense would be too much as the Bears made 52.2 percent of their second-half shots on their way to the 70-58 victory.

Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year Brittney Griner used her 6-foot-8-inch frame to control the post as she led all scorers with 25 points. ISU senior guard Kelsey Bolte ended with 21 points and sophomore center Anna Prins chipped in with 15.

Before traveling to Waco, the Cyclones ended their nonconference season on a six-game winning streak that 45,658 fans were able to see at Hilton Coliseum.

ISU coach Bill Fennelly said the first game after finals was always one that scared him, but his team did not disappoint as it took a 51-15 halftime lead en route to a 93-47 victory over winless Cal State Northridge. Junior point guard Lauren Mansfield helped balance the Cyclones’ scoring with 10 assists as Bolte led four Cyclones in double figures, finishing with 16 points.

The Cyclones had nine days off before hosting the Cyclone Challenge as East Carolina, Florida A&M and Prairie View A&M converged on Hilton Coliseum for the two-day tournament.

Bolte, the Big 12 leader in 3-point field goal percentage this season, drained a season-high seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 28 as the Cyclones downed Florida A&M 85-60. Mansfield dished out 10 assists for the second consecutive game and added eight points for Iowa State.

The Cyclones next squared off against Prairie View A&M and looked poised for their 56th consecutive non-conference home victory as they jumped out to a 36-20 lead. However, a resilient Panthers squad trimmed the team’s lead to one with two minutes to play. But a three-point play by sophomore forward Chelsea Poppens with 1:05 left gave the Cyclones a 56-50 advantage, and a pair of free throws from Kelsey Bolte sealed a 58-50 victory for Iowa State.

Poppens had her first double-double of the season as the Aplington native scored 18 points and pulled down 15 rebounds. Freshman forward Hallie Christofferson chipped in with 12 points, all scored in the first half, and Bolte added eight. Bolte was named the Cyclone Challenge’s Most Valuable Player, and Poppens was named to the all-tournament team.

Holding teams to the second-lowest field goal percentage in the Big 12, the Cyclones used a stout defensive effort to contain a high-scoring Chicago State team in a 62-48 victory over the Cougars. Iowa State held the Cougars, who averaged 69.8 points per game, to 31.7 percent (19-for-60) shooting from the field and a season-low 48 points. Poppens and Christofferson shot a combined 13-for-21 from the field as each poured in 17 points.

The Cyclones wrapped up their non-conference schedule with an 80-51 rout of visiting North Dakota State. Prins had her best game of the season as she led Iowa State in points and rebounds with 22 and nine, respectively. The Cyclones dominated the glass as they out-rebounded the Bison 52-20.

Iowa State will continue in Big 12 Conference play at 7 p.m. Tuesday when they host Nebraska (10-5, 0-1 in Big 12) at Hilton Coliseum.

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Iowa State takes eighth in Cedar Falls Reader, Simonson lead Cyclones in 2010 Cliff Keen National Duals

By Jake.Calhoun iowastatedaily.com If the young ISU wrestling team can be called anything, it has earned “resilient”.

No. 13 Iowa State (6-4, 0-1 Big 12) wrestled back to an eighth-place finish in the 2011 NWCA Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls, despite going 2-3 in the two-day tournament.

The Cyclones experienced two firsts of the season after dropping its first-round dual against No. 2 Boise State (5-2-1, 1-0-1 Pac-10) and its consolation semifinal dual against No. 3 Oklahoma State (7-3, 2-1 Big 12).

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The loss to Boise State was the Cyclones’ first loss to an opponent other than Iowa of Kevin Jackson’s two-year career as coach, and the loss to Oklahoma State was the Cyclones’ first conference loss since Feb. 15, 2009, when they lost to Missouri 18-15 in Columbia, Mo. After the loss to Boise State, the Cyclones reeled off two victories against Northern Illinois (2-7, 0-1 MAC) and No. 7 American (7-3, 2-0 EIWA) before its loss to Oklahoma State.

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Sports Jargon of the Day: Near-Fall

SPORT: Wrestling DEFINITION: When a wrestler’s back is on the mat, but his shoulders are not, thus avoiding a pin.

USE: Jon Reader’s opponent held on for dear life but gave up four points in that near-fall.

ARITHMETIC: Points are awarded for length of time one wrestler holds another in near-fall. Can count from 2 to 4 points points.

Guard Kelsey Bolte rushes to keep the ball from Columbia opponents during the game Dec. 12 at Hilton Coliseum. File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

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Iowa State vs. Kansas

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Goalie Erik Hudson prepares to stop the puck from entering the goal during the game Sept. 24 against Central Oklahoma at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. The Cyclones defeated the Bronchos 8-3. File photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

Malmsten, Hudson drive weekend sweep

By Dan.Kassan iowastatedaily.com After a much-needed respite during the Christmas break, the Cyclone hockey team returned to action Friday for a weekend series against the Eagles of Robert Morris University. The Cyclones (1414-0) eked out a 3-2 victory Friday night and completed the sweep Saturday night, blanking the Eagles (19-6-0) 3-0 in Illinois.

Friday, the Cyclones took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission, when Marcus Malmsten received a one-timer pass from Chris Cucullu and fired home. The Swede also picked up two assists in Saturday’s contest.

Cort Bulloch scored just six seconds into the second period, giving Iowa State a twogoal advantage. But Robert Morris would answer on the power play and had several power-play opportunities in the period. Momentum was on their side.

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the Eagles netted the equalizer five-and-a-half minutes into the period. However, Brian Rooney found himself wide open in front of the net and scored a power-play goal and the eventual game-winner.

Goaltender Erik Hudson held his own despite being attacked with 39 shots on goal.

Iowa State looked for the series sweep in the Saturday nightcap. After a scoreless first period, the Cyclones drew first blood yet again. During a five-minute power play, a Justin Wilkinson shot found its way past the Eagle goaltender despite a bad angle. Still on the man advantage, Brandon Clark reared back and fired a slap shot through the legs of

the Eagle goaltender. Cucullu wrapped up the decisive second period with a goal of his own, finalizing the 3-0 victory.

Hudson stopped all 22 shots for his second shutout of the season. The starting goaltender for the United States in the World University Games, Hudson played three exhibition games with the team over the three-week break before returning to the Cyclones for this series. Hudson and coach Al Murdoch will head to Turkey for the games in late January.

As for the Cyclones, they will take their .500 record into a divisional showdown with the University of Illinois next weekend.

Michelle Shealy participates in the floor exercise during the Friday meet with Auburn at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones defeated Auburn 193.475-192.775. Photo: Zunkai Zhao/Iowa State Daily

ISU gymnasts top Auburn final

By Chris. Cuellar iowastatedaily.com No. 22 Iowa State opened the season up with a win, edging out No. 15 Auburn at Hilton Coliseum on Friday, 193.475-192.775.

The Cyclones got beat on the vault and just slightly outpointed on the balance beam, but responded on the bars and dominated Auburn’s score in the floor exercise.

Fueled by junior Michelle Browning, the Cyclones only outscored Auburn’s highest individual in the floor exercise but came away with higher scores up-and-down the roster.

Browning was the top all-around performer at the meet, and by a large margin, finishing with a 39.175 overall. Freshman Michelle

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Shealy backed her up with a 38.900 all-around, and Auburn’s top gymnast, Petrina Yokay finished at 36.350.

The 193.475 was the highest opening meet score for ISU since 2007, and the BrowningShealy duo in the all-around could continue the program’s rise in the rankings.

The Cyclones host No. 10 Nebraska this Friday at 7 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum.

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Hilton Coliseum as Iowa State went on a scoring binge against the Windy City’s Cougars. Putting 59 points on the board before halftime and forcing 24 CSU turnovers, Iowa State got the reserves plenty of minutes and leveled the scoring around.

It was a great way to send the Cyclones into a nine day lay-off.

Guard DeMarcus Phillips, a junior college transfer that had only seen reserve time for the Cyclones this season, decided to transfer following this game and left the program.

Jon Reader and Kyle Simonson went a perfect 4-0 heading into the team’s rematch against the Broncos.

Reader added another win to go 5-0 after Ward an 8-2 decision over the Broncos’ Jake Swartz.

The senior 174-pounder is now 23-0 on the year and is ranked No. 1 in Intermat’s national polls.

Jerome Ward sat out for the remainder of the tournament afSimonson ter sustaining a knee injury in his 3-2 loss to Boise State’s Matt Casperson in the Cyclones’ ďŹ rst dual against the Broncos.

Ward’s absence allowed fellow 197-pounder Phil Jones Hawes to compete for the cardinal and gold.

Hawes went 2-2 with victories over Mike Lukowski of Northern Illinois and Casperson in the Cyclones’ rematch with the Broncos.

True freshman Brandon Jones saw his ďŹ rst action of the season at 125 pounds after wrestling at 133 in place of redshirt freshman Ben Cash. Jones went 1-3 with his only victory coming against American’s Thomas Williams by a 7-2 decision.

Andrew Sorenson was the third Cyclone with four wins, going 4-1 in all ďŹ ve dual meets with his only loss coming to Oklahoma State’s Dallas Bailey in a 4-3 decision. The 165-pounder returned after sitting out of the Midlands Championships to nurse an ankle injury he has been dealing with this season.

Iowa State returns home for a Jan. 16 dual meet against No. 6 Minnesota.

Dec. 30 @ Virginia Win 60-47 Key Player: F Jamie Vanderbeken — 24 points, 8 rebounds, 9/12 FG, 5/8 3-pt FG Event: The young Cyclones took their ďŹ rst trip out of the state of Iowa for a non-conference road game to take on the middling Cavaliers. It was a low-scoring effort by both clubs, but Virginia had too much trouble ďŹ nding the bottom of the net and couldn’t catch up to a big ISU lead. Vanderbeken’s shooting carried the squad on a night that the defense allowed the Cavaliers to shoot just 32 percent. A win in the squad’s ďŹ rst true road game against an ACC opponent aided Iowa State’s conďŹ dence as the team geared up for a step-up in competition.

Jan. 3 vs. Northern Illinois Win 72-63 Key Player: G Jake Anderson — 16 points, 5 rebounds, held NCAA No. 3 scorer Xavier Silas to 18 points Event: In what was supposed to be an important game for the simple fact that Jake Anderson was taking on his former team blew up into a circus. Freshman center Jordan Railey would be suspended following a single-car accident on New Year’s Day, Scott Christopherson would be held out to prevent aggravating his elbow injury and two football players would be added to the roster and put in uniform on the same day. The game itself was tight for most of the way, with the Cyclones struggling to ďŹ nd consistent offense and missing shots by the boatload. The team fought through all the problems, and came up with a big win to avenge Anderson in the ďŹ nal non-conference game of the year.

Saturday @ Nebraska Loss 63-62 Key Player: Diante Garrett — 18 points, 8/16 FG, 5 TO Event: A stinging defeat for the young Cyclones, who came back from 12 points down in the second half to lose on a free throw with 0.4 second left in the ďŹ rst Big 12 game of the year.

For a program that has struggled to win conference road games in recent years, coming back to take the lead late against the improved Cornhuskers was a big step. But in a ďŹ nal possession turnover, forward Melvin Ejim fouled Nebraska’s Lance Jeter as he was breaking away for a buzzerbeating lay-up. Jeter made his second free throw shot, propelling Nebraska, and leaving the Cyclones wondering what could have been.

Guard Diante Garrett drives the ball in the game against Northern Arizona on Nov. 12 at Hilton Coliseum. File photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Accept a promising offer. Listen to the call of the wild and spend time outdoors, preferably with a loved one.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Clear out extra space so something new has room to grow. Challenge yourself to try something unfamiliar to create peace and beauty. Shake up old habits.

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>>SPENDING.p1 Committee to consider changes to the tuition grant program.

Eliminates the funding for core curriculum and directs the Education Committee to develop new standards for K-12 students.

Cuts universal preschool, while directing the legislature to consider a voucher program. “I think [House Republicans] are being very aggressive,â€? Branstad said, “to reduce the size and cost of government ... As much savings as they can provide in this ďŹ scal year, that’s the basis that we need to start from the next budget on.â€?

He added he will still seek a twoyear budget out of the 2011 session.

One of Branstad’s largest goals, as he’s mentioned before, is to provide stability in education appropriations so as to avoid 10 percent across-theboard cuts in the middle of the ďŹ scal year, although the Republican plan included immediate cuts for the current ďŹ scal year.

Many of the cuts to higher education have been proposed by Republicans in recent years. They suggested eliminating sabbaticals for one year in 2010, claiming it would provide $6 million in savings. But when the Regents discussed cutting sabbaticals at their most recent meeting, all three university’s presidents ďŹ ercely defended the practice and fought against the idea.

The Board of Regents said the approved 95 sabbaticals this year will cost universities around $442,000, and last year’s sabbaticals generated $5.2 million in grants for the schools.

The universities disagree with the $6 million ďŹ gure Republicans provide and said instead it would only save $250,000.

Faculty on development assignments [over the past ďŹ ve years] also wrote more than 100 books or monographs and more than 1,000 articles for research journals, improving their

>>LAWS.p1 it to go before voters, if the resolution is passed, and in exactly the same form by the newly seated Legislature and the 85th General Assembly that gets elected in November 2012.

Gov.-elect Terry Branstad likened Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal to a “dictator� in December because Gronstal vowed to block a vote on such an amendment. The Democrat insists legislation concerning job creation should be a priority.

Different Routes Explored To Halt Same-Sex Weddings Vander Plaats is fundraising toward efforts to force an impeachment or resignation of the remaining four high court justices, now with his newly formed group, the Family Leader.

Republican Speaker-elect Kraig Paulsen said he’s open to allowing a vote on a constitutional marriage amendment as well as impeachment.

Paulsen said the effort would start in the Iowa House, where Republicans hold a 60-40 advantage but could stall in the Senate where Democrats retain a slim advantage. Democrats currently hold a 26-23 advantage in the Senate, with two seats left to be decided by special elections for Republicans who will be included in Branstad’s administration.

The Iowa Constitution says a justice may be impeached “for any misdemeanor or malfeasance in office.� If

This graph illustrates the funds by percent appropriated to Regents universities. Graphic: Tyler Kingkade/Iowa State Daily

own expertise, advancing human knowledge in their ďŹ elds and enhancing the university’s reputation as one of the nation’s top higher-education institutions: The cost to the university for this program averages less than $400,000 per year, most of it spent to hire temporary replacement instructors. This cost amounts to less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the university’s budget and is signiďŹ cantly less than the grant funding that is typically generated by faculty on development assignments.

They also mentioned the university actively seeks funding from private sources as well toward their research.

The non-partisan Legislative Services Agency said canceling sabbaticals would only save $164,690 and cutting the library acquisitions would save $2,135,098 — far lower than Republican projections.

David Miles, president of the Iowa Board of Regents, responded to the

the House passes articles of impeachment, a trial will be held in the Senate, where a two-thirds majority is needed for a judge to be removed.

Gronstal would allow a vote on impeachment, but doubts it would stand scrutiny as laid out by the constitution.

But even if the marriage amendment and impeachment efforts fail, conservatives are pushing against “anchor marriages.� Republican lawmakers will seek a residency requirement for couples seeking to be married in Iowa. The effort would aim to halt same-sex couples traveling to Iowa to exchange vows and then return to their home states.

Illinois recently legalized civil unions, which will take effect June 1, 2011. In Davenport, about one-third of all same-sex marriage licenses came from Illinois, although they are not yet honored in the eastern neighboring state. Beyond that, legislators will look into a “marriage conscience protection� for county recorders responsible for issuing marriage licenses who object to same-sex marriages. Currently, they are not allowed to deny a same gender couple.

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Carhart, who has been in the Supreme Court twice in cases dealing with partial

proposed bill by pointing out Iowa’s three public universities have already tightened their belts and become more efficient over the past few years.

He went on to say Iowa’s universities contribute an annual economic impact of $8 billion and prepare a skilled workforce for the state’s economy.

Researchers at the Iowa Policy Project echo Miles’ sentiment, by pointing out employers seek a skilled labor market. “If focus is really on jobs and economic growth, then it makes no sense to focus budget cutting efforts on the main engine for economic growth — which is education,� said Peter Fisher, research director at the Iowa Policy Project.

Democrats immediately opposed the proposed cuts to education included in the GOP plan.

Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky said the

birth abortions, plans to move to Iowa from Nebraska because of strict abortion laws in the Cornhusker state. In Iowa, abortions are banned after the six-month mark, or second trimester, unless the mother’s life is in jeopardy.

Johnson wants to prevent Iowa from “becoming a destination point for late-term abortions.� Arsonists allegedly targeted Carhart on Sept.

6, 1991, the day of the passage of the Nebraska Parental NotiďŹ cation Law, setting ďŹ res at seven locations on his property. At the time, Carhart did not practice abortion fulltime; it had only been a minor part of his practice. However, the attack encouraged Carhart to begin practicing it full-time, determined not to “cede a victory to the antis.â€?

Democrat Looks To Ban Salvia, K2 And Caffeinated Alcohol Rep. Mark Smith, D-Marshalltown, is looking to ban K2 and salvia divinorum, two smokable substances which currently remain legal.

Public service announcements with a family from Indianola have been running for nearly a year, concerning K2. The ban, if brought to a vote, would likely succeed, as would one on salvia, with few willing to lobby in support of the legal leaf.

Smith also wants to ban caffeinated alcohol drinks despite Four Loko, Joose and other drinks being kicked off Iowa shelves in December.

Altered versions have re-appeared without some of the key ingredients, like caffeine.

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Republicans’ proposed cuts would “endanger job creation.� “I’m extremely disappointed that the largest cost saving measure suggested by Republicans is to kick fouryear-olds out of preschool next year,� said State Rep. Tyler Olson, D-Cedar Rapids.

The initial elimination of universal preschool funding would save $69.9 million in FY 2012, $75.1 million in FY 2013. However, this does not take into account how much would be delegated for a voucher program. deaf ear on them and their needs,�

Gronstal said. “In fact, many of the proposed cuts put a bullseye on the backs of Iowa’s working families by targeting services for our most vulnerable citizens and reducing our state’s quality of life.�

But Republicans defend their stance. “This past November, Iowa voters sent a clear statement that

>>VOTING.p1 are enough votes there will be a split. The secession means we will be ďŹ rst class citizens, we will have freedom, our women will have their freedoms and there will ďŹ nally be peace.â€?

It’s a very serious moment and the big turnout shows how much people have been truly waiting for this moment, Lomoti said.

The fate of Sudan rests with the voters, worldwide. According to the Irish Times 4 million voters in Sudan have registered to vote.

The South Sudanese Student Association of Iowa State went to Omaha on Sunday, Jan. 9, to

>>REPRESENTATIVES.p1 were elected in 2007.

The House of Representatives is a 435-member body of the lower house of Congress made up of representatives of each state, according to their population. Iowa currently has ďŹ ve representatives in the house, but will be reduced to four due to its population relative to other states. “There’s the reshuffling going on that happens every ten years because of the census,â€? said Steffen Schmidt, university professor of political science. “Our inuence in Washington is shrinking and that’s never good. That’s one less person in Congress who can represent issues in Iowa.â€?

It’s hard to tell how this could affect students at Iowa State, but Schmidt is optimistic. “I’m not sure it has a direct impact on us, because one vote in Congress isn’t necessarily the crucial vote that will help us out,â€? Schmidt said. “We will still have members of Congress, both democratic and republican, who we can talk to to make sure that college students have access to universities and ďŹ nancial aid.â€?

Iowa had 11 delegates from 1883 to 1932 and has slowly been decreasing since. The future

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The biggest issue for the process has been scale of the structures.

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they were tired of business as usual,â€? said Speaker of the House-elect Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha. “Voters said they no longer want a heavyhanded government that spends too much and borrows even more. House Republicans have come up with a plan that puts taxpayers ďŹ rst.â€?

Newly appointed director of the Department of Education Jason Glass predicted at a news conference the appropriations would be “stormy� at best.

State Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, said he expected the worst to have passed in terms of funding higher education.

Quirmbach cast doubt that higher education would get its funding back to where it needs to be and said he would seek to defend from further reductions. “Our budget, while not generous, is not in need of signiďŹ cant cuts,â€?

Quirmbach said. “In fact, my goal is to begin restoring some of the funding that was cut from the Regents.�

The LSA said the direction for the Education Appropriations budget to combine the administrative functions at the Regents universities to ďŹ nd efficiencies would save $6.2 million a year.

The Republican plan also includes eliminating Just Eliminate Lies and Quitline Iowa, as well as other smoking cessation programs, which would save $6.7 million each ďŹ scal year.

Another item, among the dozens of proposals included in the “Taxpayers First Act,â€? is to end all state beneďŹ ts to adult illegal immigrants and enforce residency requirements for all human services programs. The LSA ranks those as having “minimalâ€? or “unknownâ€? savings.

The plan would eliminate the Generation Iowa Commission, a commission under the Iowa Department of Economic Development, aimed at retaining young people and recent college graduates in the state.

cast their ballots for the Sudan referendum. “This is the ďŹ rst day we are going to cast our votes, we are happy for it, even though it is snowy and cold, we just want to cast our votes... for separation and not unity,â€? said Regina Ivo, Sudanese voter. Although the distance and weather posed issues for many, hundreds still made it to the ďŹ rst day of voting in Omaha.

Globally, the voting polls are open until Jan. 15. The votes will be tallied and the ďŹ nal outcome will be publicized in early February. In order for the referendum to pass the vote needs to reach 60 percent for secession.

doesn’t look promising either - Iowa’s population is predicted to continue to atline, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

States like Illinois, Michigan and Missouri will lose a delegate; some states like New York and Ohio will lose two.

Along with losing a delegate in the House, Iowa will lose one electoral vote that could reduce Iowa’s inuence as a swing state in the U.S. Electoral College. Schmidt wasn’t concerned about Iowa losing its inuence as a swing state because Iowa is divided relatively equally between Republicans and Democrats.

Iowa legislature will also have to reorganize the congressional districts. A congressional district is a small geographic constituency that elects a single member of Congress, according to Wikipedia.

Reorganizing districts can be a controversial undertaking that can lead to unfair manipulation of boundaries of the electoral constituency called gerrymandering. However, Latham has faith in the Iowa legislature. “Iowans are lucky to have what is widely regarded as one of the fairest redistributing processes in the country governing how the new congressional districts will be drawn,� Latham said.

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The decision that has stayed consistent has been the concept of incorporating the idea of technology as a differentiating feature of what it means to live in Ames, said Dahlquist.

The city hoped the structures would be contemporary and would not only be timeless and last but would be low maintenance. A budget and site speciďŹ cs are still being discussed as far as electrical power and where it will be located near the road. “One of the things we looked at was the use of lighting to be symbolic of the use of technology,â€? Dahlquist said. “For me as an artist, I want to try to create an experience. I want there to be some kind of feeling that happens when the audience goes through this. People will go out and tell a story about what they saw.â€?

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