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Life after MySpace

Stuckey leads team

The networking site, MySpace, is moving its focus away from music and leaving artists searching for new promotion channels.

Senior Denae Stuckey guided the Cyclones to a 53-42 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.

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THURSDAY

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ClubFest II

Interfaith Council debuts By Abigail Barefoot Daily Correspondent

Kris Spoth, senior in environmental science, cycles Wednesday on a stationary bicycle for the ISU Triathlon Club during ClubFest II in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

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Interfaith Council was one of the newest clubs introduced at Clubfest II. The group was recently created in response to the chapel controversy that occurred in the fall semester. The controversy began over a debate concerning the removal of religious symbols in the Memorial Union’s Chapel. The creation of the club will help mediate problems pertaining to religion on campus. The club tries to connect all faith communities and to extend knowledge to other members of the group and students on campus. According to its mission statement, “Our goal is to work towards a greater peace, respect and understanding by bring together ideas and concerns from the various spirituality based groups at Iowa State.” As well as gaining more mem-

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View all of our photos from Wednesday’s ClubFest II online at iowastatedaily.com bers, Interfaith Council’s aim is to have every faith at Iowa State represented within the group. It now has ten general members with four council members representing Catholic, Agnostic, Methodist and Jewish faiths. It hopes to include all major and minor religions so they can achieve common ground between religions. Anyone is welcome to join the club to help bring together ideas and the concerns of spirituality–based groups across the ISU campus. Interfaith Council reports directly to the Memorial Union.

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Health

Research journal deems Funding frozen for free program 15th worldwide HIV testing at Iowa State By Angela Christianson Daily Corespondent Iowa State’s hotel, restaurant and institution management program ranks 15th worldwide according to the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research. “The past four years I have invested at Iowa State are much more than just a degree from any old college,” Lindsay Ogden, senior in HRIM, said. “The HRIM program is very distinguished here. When I go into interviews I can be confident that the education I received at Iowa State is one of the best in the world and has prepared me for any career.” Ogden has a second major in journalism and mass communication with an emphasis in public relations. Research done by faculty is an important and advantageous resource for students.

“In the hospitality industry experience cannot be replaced, so learning from this facBosselman ulty is providing me top notch education and allows me to network,” Ogden said. “Many of the professors in the HRIM program have had firsthand experience. For instance, one professor attended the University of Las Vegas [another prestigious university] and another professor has run his own restaurant.” With only seven faculty members, Iowa State is one of the smallest schools to be ranked. Some of the programs ranked higher have as many as 50 faculty members. Robert Bosselman, professor and chair of the department

of apparel, educational studies and hospitality management, said, “Our program is much smaller than most hospitality programs, thus it is interesting we ranked so high. It is evidence of our productivity.” It was also the only program in Iowa to make its way onto the top 100 list. “We are proud of our faculty and graduate students who are responsible for the ranking we received,” said Bosselman. The ranking was based on the number of scholarly contributions made by ISU faculty members to 11 refereed hospitality and tourism journals between 2002 and 2006. “Our graduates are now employed throughout the field of hospitality, so we are really responsible for quite a bit of research,” Bosselman said. There were 36 citations from 13 authors in total.

By Jody Korthaus Daily Staff Writer The new year brings new changes in the testing services in regard to the new HIV testing procedure at Thielen Student Health Center. In the past, HIV testing has been offered free of charge at the Student Health Center, but because of changes made by the State of Iowa, the health center cannot continue the testing for free. “We use to qualify to be a site, but because of changes in the program we no longer qualify,” explained Michelle Hendricks, director of Thielen Student Health Center. According to Hendricks, the State of Iowa is only going to fund sites with the free HIV testing that serve an at risk population of 80 percent. The Thielen Student Health Center has never tested more than 20 percent, so it doesn’t come anywhere close to the new regulation. Along with having to serve a high risk area, Iowa will also require that free hepatitis B testing is given as well. Unlike the HIV testing, which is performed as a cheek swab in the center, hepatitis B testing requires blood to be drawn. Thielen would not

be able to offer it because it’s not a lab. Though HIV testing isn’t free at the health center, it is still available with a scheduled doctor’s appointment. In making a doctor’s appointment, you and your physician will be able to go over your risk exposure and receive an in-depth assessment to conclude what tests are necessary. “The main thing for me is that if a student believes they have had at risk exposure and need testing, they can absolutely be seen at the health center and have a conversation with a physician and discuss what testing they should get done. It’s true that, that one test is going to have a charge for it where we were able to offer it for free before, but if you look at the total benefit of the testing outcome, I think that adding it to that visit will actually be a benefit to the student that ends up being a more comprehensive test,” Hendricks said. In order to bring awareness to the available services at the health center, members of the Government of the Student Body, the Student Health Advisory Committee, and the S2S Peer Education Program are forming a committee to

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Haiti

Aftershock sends survivors fleeing for safety By Mike Melia and Paul Haven Associated Press Writers PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A frightening new aftershock Wednesday forced more earthquake survivors to live on the capital’s streets or sent them fleeing to perhaps even worse conditions in the countryside. A flotilla of rescue vessels, meanwhile, led by the U.S. hospital ship Comfort, converged on the capital. They are helping fill gaps in still lagging global efforts to bring water, food and medical help to hundreds of thousands of people who are surviving in makeshift tents or simply on blankets or plastic sheets under the tropical sun. The strongest tremor since Haiti’s cataclysmic Jan. 12 earthquake struck at 6:03 a.m., just before sunrise, while many were still sleeping. The 5.9-magnitude aftershock lasted only seconds but panicked thousands of Haitians. “Jesus!” they cried as rubble tumbled and dust rose anew from government buildings around the plaza. Parents gathered up children and ran.

A Peruvian U.N. peacekeeper yells at a crowd Wednesday to maintain order while standing guard at a barricade on a road that leads to warehouses where food is stored in Port-au-Prince. The U.N. Security Council approved extra troops and police officers to beef up security in Haiti. Photo: Julie Jacobson/The Associated Press

Up in the hills, where U.S. troops were helping thousands of homeless, people bolted screaming from their tents. Jajoute Ricardo, 24, came running from his house, fearing its collapse.

“Nobody will go to their house now,” he said, as he sought a tent of his own. “It is chaos, for real.” A slow vibration intensified into side-to-side shaking that lasted about

eight seconds — compared to last week’s far stronger initial quake that seemed to go on for 30 seconds. Throngs again sought out small, ramshackle “tap-tap” buses to take them away from the city. On Port-auPrince’s beaches, more than 20,000 people looked for boats to carry them down the coast. But the desperation may actually be deeper outside the capital, closer to last week’s quake epicenter. “We’re waiting for food, for water, for anything,” Emmanuel DorisCherie, 32, said in Leogane, 25 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince. Homeless in Leogane lived under sheets draped across tree branches, and the damaged hospital “lacks everything,” Red Cross surgeon Hassan Nasreddine said. The death toll was estimated at 200,000, according to Haitian government figures relayed by the European Commission, with 80,000 buried in mass graves. The commission raised its estimate of homeless to 2 million, from 1.5 million, and said 250,000 people needed urgent aid.

“It is like working in a war situation,” said Rosa Crestani of Doctors Without Borders at the Choscal Hospital. “We don’t have any morphine to manage pain for our patients.” The damaged hospitals and emergency medical centers set up in Portau-Prince needed surgeons, fuel for generators, oxygen and countless other kinds of medical supplies, aid groups said. Wednesday’s aftershock, the stench of the lingering dead, and the tears and upstretched hands of helpless Haitians made clear that the country’s tragedy will continue for months and years as this poor land counts and remembers its losses. After the tremor’s dust settled, street merchant Marie-Jose Decosse walked past the partly collapsed St. Francois de Salles Hospital in Carrefour Feuille, one of the worst-hit sections of town. She raised her arms to the sky, and spoke for millions. “Lord have mercy, for we are sinners! Please have mercy on Haiti,” she shouted.