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September 7, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 11 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
TUESDAY
Army
FEMA
Grad earns Bronze Star
Disaster Recovery Center opens
2010 alumnus receives award for service in Iraq By Whitney.Sager iowastatedaily.com
A Disaster Recovery Center will open Tuesday morning in Ames. Story County’s DRC is the seventh to open in the state, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency news release. Other DRCs in Iowa can be found in Delaware, Hamilton, Jasper, Mahaska, Polk and Wright counties. The DRC can be found at 1615 Golden Aspen Drive Suite 108. The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Excellent leader. Very outgoing. Humble. Talented. Military leaders use these words to describe the traits displayed by Tyler Bauman, second lieutenant in the Army Reserve and 2010 ISU alumnus. It was because of these traits that Bauman was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq. The Bronze Star Medal, the fourthhighest U.S. Army award, is awarded to any person in the U.S. Army who has shown “heroic or meritorious achievement or service” while engaged in military actions against an opposing armed force, according to the U.S. Army Individual Decorations website. On Bauman’s second tour of duty overseas, a mission for which he volunteered, he showcased the actions required to deem himself worthy of the distinguished award. During the mission, Bauman was in charge of driving a heavily armored truck equipped with machine guns. He and his unit drove around, making a presence so people were discouraged from causing trouble. “On our first mission, we were hit by a suicide bomber,” Bauman said. Rather than backing down, Bauman said he and his unit kept going. Due to his actions and the leadership he showcased during the special mission, Bauman was awarded the medal for his meritorious actions. Benefits of service Bauman said his service in the Army has helped him grow as an individual, both in and out of the classroom. Before joining the Army, Bauman said he struggled with self-confidence and maturity levels. The leadership positions he held have helped him improve those areas. Joel Soenksen, adjunct assistant professor of military science and tactics, said one of Bauman’s responsibilities in the ROTC was serving as a mentor for younger ROTC soldiers. Soenksen said Bauman helped the younger soldiers determine what classes to take and how to have proper military presence. “He was very well thought of by his peers,” Soenksen said. During the summer before Bauman’s senior year in college, he and other
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Daily Staff
Architecture
Professor reflects on design career By Frances.Myers iowastatedaily.com Mark Engelbrecht, professor of architecture and dean emeritus of the College of Design, is a man of utmost intelligence when it comes to architectural design. Engelbrecht
What interested you in architecture to begin with? I started out majoring in aeronautics, but two of my roommates were architectural design students. I learned a lot about the major through them, and what they were learning interested me far more than aeronautical equations did. Tyler Bauman, second lieutenant in the Army Reserve, was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his service in Iraq. Bauman, a 2010 ISU alumnus, will be attending vet school next fall. Photo: Whitney Sager/Iowa State Daily
It’s not so much style as you must be sensitive to the context of the surrounding environment. For example, if you are in an older community, you need to pay attention to the surrounding buildings as well as the climate. Work with the values of the natural world and surrounding community. That’s part of what I like about having architectural design students study in Rome is that they have access to an environment that is thousands of years old.
Iowa Elections 2010
Candidates seek to upset incumbents
When and how did you start out in this field?
Conlin, other politicians urge opponents to agree to debate By Tyler. Kingkade iowastatedaily.com It’s only minutes after Democratic Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin walks into the Democratic Party office in Ankeny clutching a Diet Coke when she begins to remind her supporters her incumbent opponent, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Conlin hasn’t agreed to a debate. “Lincoln-Douglas-style debates, just the two of us,” Conlin said in Ankeny. “Just the two of us on a stage talking to each other and asking each other questions. He has had 30 years to get his talking points.” She said the only event they have Grassley both accepted is a debate on an Iowa Public Television show called Iowa Press. But it’s not enough for her. Conlin said it’s “not fair” for Grassley to avoid debates in the campaign, as she asked her supporters to write and call his office to press him on the issue. “With over 50 years in elected office, Iowans deserve to hear Sen. Grassley defend his Senate votes,” Conlin said days later. “He should stop being a coward and explain why he voted to bail out Wall Street, why he
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Where do you get your style? How do you decide how to design your projects?
Iowa’s first lady Mari Culver addresses Story County Democrats, telling them “the facts are on their side.” The first lady was joined by other Iowa officials at the Story County Democrats barbecue event Saturday. Photo: Tyler Kingkade/Iowa State Daily
Culver struggles to keep up in polls By Tyler. Kingkade iowastatedaily.com Iowa has the ninth lowest unemployment rate in the country. CNBC ranked the Hawkeye state as having the lowest cost to do business in the country, and the conservative magazine Forbes named the state’s capital and largest city, Des Moines, as the number one place in America for “Business and Careers.”
Despite all of the positive economic indicators, incumbent Gov. Chet Culver is far behind in the polls and fighting to stay in office, and it’s driving Democrats nuts. At the Story County Democrats barbecue event Saturday, a woman shouted at State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, “Why can’t we get any of this into the media?” as he gave a speech to supporters.
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I was a dean for 16 years and I have always been a designer since I was a student. My partner and I started a business in Des Moines in 1967 known as Engelbrecht Griffin Architects. Our main office was originally just in Des Moines, but as our work headed to the East Coast then over to the West Coast, we added another office in Newburyport, Mass. I worked primarily out of the office for 10 years, and then I moved on to basically working on big projects all while teaching here. Our firm designed the Maucker Union at UNI and we also specialized in retirement housing and health care facilities in over 26 states.
What are your thoughts on receiving the Christian Petersen Design Award? I was very pleased particularly with this award because this is the primary prize the College of Design gives out, and I have been able to present it to over half of the winners in the past; so now that I am able to receive it — that makes it quite special. There have been only about 40
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