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A RIVALRY IN THE MAKING Iowa State and Kansas battle atop Big 12
Saturday 8 p.m. Hilton Coliseum By Alex.Gookin @iowastatedaily.com
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ore than 30 tents filled with ISU students surrounded Hilton Coliseum on Dec. 4, 2014. The temperature hovered at 20 degrees — easily cold enough to cause hypothermia, but it didn’t deter students. The occasion? “Well, it’s the biggest game of the year,” said junior Jesse McAtee, standing outside his pop-up tent used for ice fishing. “We have to.” The game, Iowa State’s home contest against Kansas, was six weeks and three days away. The demand was so high that the Iowa State Athletic Department made students claim their tickets more than a month in advance. Oh, and ESPN’s College GameDay was expected to be there for it. Sound like a rivalry? Well, it may be one in the making. Flashback to 2012. Iowa State was a respectable 14-6 team with no signature wins to show for it as No. 5 Kansas headed to Hilton Coliseum in a series that had been lopsided for years. The Jayhawks had won 13-straight games against the Cyclones since 2005 and second-year coach Fred Hoiberg was 0-9 against ranked opponents. Call it Hilton Magic, call it the start of Fred Hoiberg’s rise, call it whatever. When the buzzer hit 0:00, students flooded Hilton’s court as the Cyclones pulled off an upset that would fuel what has become an increasingly heated rivalry. But despite the growing rivalry, Kansas continues to dominate the Big 12, taking home their 10thstraight conference regular-season championship last season. That’s something to admire, right?
#11 Iowa State (12-3, 2-1 Big 12)
VS.
#9 Kansas (14-2, 3-0 Big 12)
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ISU students invent app, win trip to San Francisco By Tong.Lin @iowastatedaily.com
Two ISU students have won a free trip to San Francisco and may have provided the entire ISU community with free Prezi EDU PRO for one year. All because of an idea. Dequan Burnside, junior in software engineering, and Mac Liu, sophomore in pre-computer science, won a global university contest called Canvas My Campus from Prezi and Tilt by creating an app that will make connecting students to activities and organizations in the Ames community easier. Prezi is a software company and one of the new tools for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. Tilt is a cloud-founding website. These two companies came together to create an opportunity for students to showcase the
uniqueness of the college and university environment around the world. Any students worldwide could participate in this contest for free. The purpose for this contest was having students come up with ideas to change campus by creating a presentation through Prezi and also raise money for Tilt. Burnside and Liu found out they won the competition in the second week of January. “I created a presentation and worked with Mac on the process, and we had to get votes from ISU, Facebook or other social medias,” Burnside said. “We got selected to the top 10 and had an opportunity to raise money for Tilt.” The team raised the most money in the competition with $1,045. They started the project in late October, spent a month cam-
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Leath provides opportunity for students to earn free ISU tuition By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com In about a decade, Iowa State University will be inundated with 400 to 500 Des Moines public school graduates on full rides. On Tuesday, President Steven Leath has officially promised elementary students in two Des Moines public schools scholarships to Iowa State University. All students attending King Elementary School and Moulton Extended Learning Center will have the opportunity to earn a scholarship in order pursue a degree through a program dubbed ISU 4U Promise. Leath announced the plan at an assembly Tuesday with the Des Moines Public School District, which was first set in motion three years ago. Iowa Representative Ako Abdul-Samad proposed the idea to Leath as a way to assist the Moulton and King students when Leath first became president of the university. Abdul Samad pushed for these schools since they were in his district and saw a need there. “Abdul-Samad approached Dr. Leath when he first became president at Capitol Hill, while meeting with legislatures,” said Tom Hill, senior vice-president of student affairs. “He had the
proposal that King and Moulton would partner with Iowa State to provide assistance to the schools. Leath had us take that and develop a program, which we did.” Hill said the term is a longterm one and will apply to future King and Moulton students. In order to receive the awards, the students must meet behavioral and attendance requirements through their elementary and middle school years. Students must stay above a 95 percent attendance rate and keep a good behavioral record without any major disciplinary infractions. Once they reach high school, they must to meet these requirements, as well as show proficiency on their ACT test scores. Throughout high school, the students are required to enroll in coursework that meets ISU admissions requirements. The students are also required to graduate from Des Moines public high schools. The award is also based on the number of years a student attended a Des Moines public school. A student who has only attended one year of school will receive 20 percent. The rate increases 20 percent for each year of attendance. Students will be given full tuition, if he or she attended kindergarten through fifth grade.
“They are minority-serving schools, where they have difficulty getting parents involved and the kids aren’t always getting the support to get to college,” Hill said. “There’s also a tendency for the kids not staying in the school and bouncing around Des Moines. If they stay, it might help stabilize some of those kids, as far as the educational process is concerned.” Bradley Paul, the dean of students at King Elementary School, said there are about 375 students who are eligible for the award at King. Paul said this opportunity is given to students who often face many hurdles concerning a higher education. “Cost of tuition is definitely a barrier for a lot of them,” Paul said. “A lot come from families where they haven’t had someone who’s earned a college degree. It’s not something that’s at the forefront of their minds.” Paul said the schools also have a high mobility rate, with a lot of students moving in and out of classes each year. The award will help encourage families to stay in one place. King and Moulton both reside in Des Moines’ inner city area, and the students are much more diverse than other public
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