FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 2012
OPINION
SPORTS
Team talks lessons learned in game against OSU CYSTAINABILITY
Legislation harms family farms Editor’s note:
Why so blue? You may have noticed a change to your Daily today. In honor of Saturday’s Dance Marathon event, Iowa State’s largest student-run philanthropic organization, the Daily has gone teal. Inside, you will still find all the news, sports and opinion content you’re accustomed to, but with our own twist for the organization that’s been kickin’ it for kids for the last 15 years. Jake Lovett Editor in Chief
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Politics
Santorum won caucuses By Matt.Wettengel @iowastatedaily.com Santorum was the actual victor in the Iowa caucus, according to the final results released by the Republican Party of Iowa.
The final count placed Santorum ahead of Romney by 34 votes. The news of Santorum’s win was announced with the fact that eight precinct’s votes were missing, ending the caucus on an open-ended note.
“This is just another reminder that the Iowa Caucuses are not a government-run, official election,” wrote Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie ChapmanCatt Center via email. “The caucuses are more informal,
political party events that in recent years have attracted a lot of national media attention because they are the first test of presidential candidate strength. With all the media spotlight, the political parties may need to adapt stricter
Kickin’ it
Dance Marathon celebrates 15 years By Frances.Myers @iowastatedaily.com
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File photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Students will fill the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on Saturday, for the Dance Marathon 2012.
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Leath shares experiences in agriculture, humanities Charles O’Brien Daily Staff Writer The Brunnier Art Museum within the Scheman Building held an exhibition titled “Relationships: Spheres of Influence” on Thursday. A program was held during the exhibition which featured speeches from President Steven Leath, Wendy Wintersteen, dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Design dean Luis Rico-Gutierrez, and faculty exhibition coordinator Ingrid Lilligren. Leath talked about his experience with agriculture and the value he places on the humanities. He also placed emphasis on Iowa State’s land grant history. Collaboration was a key theme for the night in all four speeches given. Wintersteen spoke of the collaboration among faculty and students and also the collaboration between the different colleges at Iowa State. “This exhibit shows that science, the arts, and technology are working together to better all of our lives,”Rico-Gutierrez said. The event was during Leath’s first week as president.
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processes in running the caucuses and collecting and tabulating the results.” Santorum’s final win does nothing to change the fact that it was a close election,
On Saturday the Memorial Union will be filled with people sporting one dominant color: teal. Approximately 1,500 people are signed up to attend this year’s “15 Hours, 15 Years, Kickin’ It for the Kids” Iowa State Dance Marathon event. Nearly 30 Miracle Families are also signed up to attend. “At Dance Marathon there will be lots of activities for people to do,” said Jody Feipel, senior in kinesiology and health and families co-director of DM. “We’ll have board games, ‘Minute to Win It’ and lots of family features. Of course there’s going to be dancing and each team will meet each miracle kid and learn their stories. There will also be a talent show that the Miracle Kids can do.”
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1.5 million raised since beginning
Fighting alongside Dance Marathon Lecturer’s son hopes to turn disease around By Frances.Myers @iowastatedaily.com
Photo: Emily Harmon/Iowa State Daily Tristian was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when he was 13 months old. He is now 11 and familiar with the daily routine of segmented pills.
Troy attends his second Marathon By Frances.Myers @iowastatedaily.com Within a three month period, 2-year-old Troy Ramsey went from being a healthy toddler learning how to walk to a barely functioning paraplegic on the verge of death. In December of 2008, Troy was experiencing pain in his hips and was taken to the doctor to determine what was causing the toddler pain. Troy went through multiple incorrect diagnoses and nearly died before it was discovered he had spondilodiscitis, an inflammation of the base and upper plates of the vertebra
as well as the adjoining intervertebral disc in the spine. “I really thought he was going to die, seeing him in so much pain,” said Marshall Ramsey, Troy’s father. “I had just about given up. I was so scared.” Normally, Troy’s mother Amanda said, spondilodiscitis is something that is found in older people of about 60. He was also diagnosed with having an arachnoid cyst in his brain. Troy became involved with Dance Marathon while he was being diagnosed in Iowa City two years ago. He attended for the first time in 2011. Now Troy’s condition has improved, but there are occasional hiccups. In 2011, right before Dance Marathon, the doctors informed his parents that the cyst in his brain grew.
When Tristan Popillion was 15-months-old, he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. “When he was first diagnosed, it was very scary,” said Amy Popillion, Tristan’s mother. “Only about 30,000 adults and children in the U.S. have CF, so it isn’t something that people are always familiar with. Our experience with CF was of a co-worker Jason [Tristan’s father] worked with who had died from CF and another story of a young 11-year-old girl who had also died from it.”
When he was first diagnosed, the median age life expectancy for cystic fibrosis patients was approximately 27. However, every year with progressing research and discoveries their life expectancy continues to improve. Tristan became involved with Dance Marathon about seven years ago while at the Iowa City Medical Center. Since attending his first Dance Marathon, it has become one of his favorite events of the year. Amy, senior lecturer in human development and family studies at Iowa State, said, “Dance Marathon is truly a gift to our family. It is something that my kids look forward to every year. ... One of our favorite sayings in the CF community is that someday CF will stand for ‘Cure Found.’”
Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Troy plays with his sister Michaela on Tuesday, January 17. Troy was determined to have Toxic synovitis three years ago.
More online: Read more of Tristan’s and Troy’s, as well as coverage of Dance Marathon online now at iowastatedaily.com or in the Sunday’s tablet edition.
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