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September 22, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 21 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
College of Engineering
Election 2010
Career Fair persists Wet, well-dressed students seek out opportunities By Matt.Wettengel iowastatedaily.com A new location and persistent rain didn’t dampen the determination of engineering students seeking employment at the College of Engineering’s Career Fair on Tuesday. On their way to the white tents outside the Scheman Building, students did what they could to protect themselves from the downpour. Umbrellas were hidden, layers of clothing were removed, some women unrolled the bottoms of their dress pants and a few men attempted to dry their hair — at least to the point where it wasn’t dripping onto their faces. Students like Julia Baray, senior in chemical engineering, were planning to attend the career fair rain or shine, with the intent of landing a job. She thoroughly prepared before coming to the career fair, which featured 211 employers. “First I looked at all of the companies that were coming and decided which ones I wanted to talk to and made sure that I knew a little bit about them so that I had some common ground to start talking to them,” Baray said. “I also prepared my resume to give to employers.” Most found few differences between the tents used this year and inside Hilton
Judge highlights importance of student votes By Paige.Godden iowastatedaily.com Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge visited Iowa State, 40 days before the election, to encourage local Democrats to get out and vote. “It is really crucial here on the campus that we need to get the students voted,” Judge said. It is important to maintain the Democratic majority in the legislature, Judge said. “I have had the privilege of serving parts of Iowa as a senator ... one lesson I’ve learned from that experience is unless you have a majority in that legislature, you can want all the things you want, but it’s not going to happen,” Judge said. “You are very fortunate to have the slate of legislatures you have, and we need every one of them back.” She said the Democrats have to keep moving forward with the agenda they have set. Gov. Chet Culver set some goals four years ago, and some
of them “were critically important to the state; his emphasis was put on education and health care,” Judge said. She said if Iowa doesn’t have a well-educated and healthy state, not much else matters. It is important to start early with education and make certain every child at the age of 4 has availability to a preschool, Judge said. “We know Mr. [Terry] Branstad does not agree with the emphasis on preschool. He has said many times ... if people want preschool they should pay for it,” Judge said. She said that is a basic difference in candidates, the difference in supporting education of children. “We believe whole-heartedly we have to spend the money in childhood education,” Judge said. “We’re not backing off that. We are going to continue to make sure all the children in the state have access to education.”
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Government of the Student Body
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business career fairs will continue through rain
Funds requested for SUB comedian, Pakistan flooding
By Matt.Wettengel iowastatedaily.com
By Michaela.Sickmann iowastatedaily.com
Students pick up their name tags inside the Fisher Theater lobby for the College of Engineering Career Fair on Tuesday. The different colored stickers represented the different careers at the fair. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily
Three-fourths of the employers coming for the College of Business and Liberal Arts and Sciences career fairs had already been booked by the time August’s floods filled Hilton Coliseum. The damage the facility suffered left career fair organizers without a location to hold the events. Career fair planners looked at other universities’ methods of hosting the event to make up for the loss of Hilton. “We had to go through the process of evaluating our options and deciding on where to hold the event,” said Kathy Wieland, program coordinator for
Business Career Services. “It came down to a couple of choices, but we looked at some other universities that held large outdoor career fairs and decided to take that route.” The large, white tents used to host the College of Engineering’s career fair will also hold the College of Business and Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Fair on Wednesday. The career fairs are always held consecutively to accommodate employers attending both, Wieland said. The flash flood warning, issued Tuesday before the engineering career fair, caused concern with the tents, which are located in the courtyard south of the Scheman Building. However, Wieland said the tents are assured to withstand
Weather
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inclement weather. Organizers hope the recently erected tents will draw more attention to the event than in years past. Kravinsky hopes to see as many students at the event as possible, despite the forecasted chance of rain. “We’re bringing employers to campus, so no matter where it’s held it’s a good thing,” said Steve Kravinsky, director of career placement for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. “It’s a golden opportunity for [students] to network with potential employers that may become internship opportunities or future careers. Weather’s not an excuse not to attend. Last I checked we weren’t all made of sugar.”
Guest speaker
Streams predicted not to flood Heavy rains and thunderstorms predicted to pour on the Ames area this week are not likely to cause river and stream flooding. Though thunderstorms and rain moved across central Iowa on Tuesday and are expected to continue Wednesday night and though Thursday, the precipitation is not substantial enough to cause Ames rivers to overflow, said National Weather Service meteorologist Brad Small. “Any water rise should stay within the banks of Ames rivers,” Small said. “It’s been dry enough where the rivers have recovered from the August flooding and will not flood to that level this week.” The heavy rains are a bigger concern in southern Iowa, where flooding is likely, Small said. A break from wet weather can be expected Wednesday morning, with thunderstorms and rain moving in Wednesday afternoon and staying through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service’s forecast. Clear conditions and temperatures in the 60s and 70s are predicted for the weekend. Daily Staff
The Student Union Board is hoping to bring Bo Burnham to Iowa State at a greatly reduced rate for students. Burnham is a musical comedian who caught his big break after uploading some of his songs to YouTube. Some of his most popular songs are “I’m Bo Yo” and “New Math.” The Student Union Board is putting $3,000 worth of funds toward Burnham and is requesting another $4,500 from the Government of the Student Body senate to help cover the remaining costs. The senate is also being asked for funding from the Pakistan Student Association. According to the bill, the group
is working to “promote understanding of Pakistani culture and raise awareness and funds for victims of Pakistan’s flooding in summer 2010.” The group is looking forward to attracting new members, and is asking for $2,384.30 out of the discretionary account to help with culture night, transportation, Iowa State Daily advertising, e-mail lists to help with flood fundraising and office supplies. GSB senate will also be discussing the transfer of budgets from the capital projects accounts to the events accounts. This will be more useful to students and their organizations. In doing so, the events accounts will contain $45,043.32 more for future student organization needs.
Economy
Unemployment remains constant throughout August By Tyler.Kingkade iowastatedaily.com
LECTURE: PAUL GIGOT Paul Gigot, the vice president and editor of the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, speaks Tuesday at Stephens Auditorium as part of the Chamberlin Lecture Series. Photo: Ryan Damman/Iowa State Daily ™
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The unemployment rate remained at 6.8 percent through the month of August, while the national unemployment rate was nearly unchanged at 9.6 percent, according to a news release Tuesday by the Iowa Department of Workforce Development. However, the actual number of residents unemployed went up to 114,200 in August from 113,300 in July. Out of 2,500 government jobs that were lost, 1,100 were census workers ending their work. State and local government lost a combined 1,400 workers, according to the department. Since last year,
government employment has pared 7,100 jobs. Leisure and hospitality employers posted a loss of 900 employees. However, not all sectors laid off workers. “The August job numbers show that modest improvement has occurred over the past year,” said Elisabeth Buck, director of Iowa Workforce Development. Manufacturing led Iowa’s job gains with 1,200 added, and health care services added 900. “Corporate balance sheets are in much better shape than they were a year ago, making it more likely that hiring will strengthen in the months ahead,” Buck said.