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Ashton Kutcher records duet with Demi’s daughter Rumer Willis isn’t the only daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis with showbiz aspirations. Her younger sister Scout recently showed off her vocal chops by recording a song with step dad Ashton Kutcher. In the video, which Kutcher posted on YouTube, the actor is seen strumming a guitar while 19-year-old Willis takes the lead on “My Sober,” a song they cowrote together. Included in the lyrics: “You’re my sober when I’m wasted/ You’re my courage when I’ve got a doubt/You’re my happy when I’m grumpy/You’re my smile when I’m stuck with a pout.”

Slightly cooler with winds near 10 mph and cloudy skies throughout the day. Temperatures plummet while cloudy skies remain. Slight chance of snow.

Fun fact: this day in 1977, a blizzard struck northern funt On eastern Iowa, producing 55-mph wind gusts, fac and 6-foot drifts, and wind chills in the negative 60to negative 90- degree range.

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RecycleMania When: all day What: ISU will be joining nearly 600 schools, competing in the 2011 challenge Where: residence halls, apartments

Swimming When: 1 p.m. What: Iowa State vs. Nebraska Where: Beyer Hall

Aubrey Brouillette, freshman in biology and animal ecology, has her passport photo taken Thursday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Brouillette is interested in marine biology and is excited to go see the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily

Police Blotter: Jan. 23

SATURDAY Men’s basketball When: 8 p.m. What: Iowa State Cyclones vs. Oklahoma Sooners Where: Hilton Coliseum

Eric Hoffmeyer, 23, 318 Seventh St., was arrested and charged with public intoxication. He was transported to the Story County Justice Center. (reported at 2:09 a.m.) Taylor Flynn, 20, 201 Gray Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 2:25 a.m.) Ryan Fear, 19, 7412 Frederiksen Court, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. He was transported to the Story County Justice Center. (reported at 3:42 a.m.) A vehicle that left the scene struck a car owned by Mohammad Hoque. (reported at 2:44 p.m.) Jessica Voshell reported the theft of items from a vehicle. (reported at 5:03 p.m.) Mark Dearborn, 28, 843 190th Ave., was arrested and charged

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with two counts of forgery. (reported at 8:02 p.m.) A patron reported the theft of a wallet and a cell phone. (reported at 8:48 p.m.)

Jan. 24 Vehicles driven by Donald Taylor and Karen Server were involved in a property damage collision. (reported at 7:58 a.m.) Akot Akot, 24, 1201 N. Dakota Ave. unit 4, was arrested and charged with willful failure to appear. (reported at 12 p.m.) An individual reported the theft of a cell phone. (reported at 12:15 p.m.) Vehicles driven by Kenneth Shaw and Xingchen Liu were involved in a property damage collision. (reported at 1 p.m.) Nathan Thackery, 5312 Wallace Hall, reported the theft of a bike tire. The incident occurred sometime between Jan. 14 and Jan. 16. (reported at 2:13 p.m.)

A follow-up investigation revealed the assault reported on Jan. 22 did not occur. The reporting party was referred to counseling services. (reported at 2:15 p.m.) Officers initiated a drug-related investigation. (reported at 3:26 p.m.) Richard Watkins, 22, 4912 Mortensen Road unit 431, was arrested and charged with two counts of driving under suspension. He was subsequently released on citation. (reported at 7:15 p.m.) A backpack that was reported stolen on Jan. 23 was located. (reported at 8:08 p.m.) Adam Schwartz, 19, 2229 Friley Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, prohibited acts, failure to affix a drug tax stamp, possession of drug paraphernalia and underage possession of alcohol (reported at 8:31 p.m.)

The Old Spice guy hasn’t thrown in the towel yet, he’s just returned for a series of new ads. In a video teaser for his upcoming campaign, former football player Isaiah Mustafa said that he’s ready to bring on another round of “educational” commercials. “Hello ladies, as well as men, mammals and beasts, and the mighty sequoias of the Redwood Forest. As you can see, I’ve returned. It’s not because I forgot my jacket,” said Mustafa, who appears shirtless and just out of the shower. “The real reason I’m back is because I’ve made a campaign of new advertisements to inform the people on this crazy blue marble that we call Earth how they, or their man, can use Old Spice to smell as fresh as the freshest-smelling places on earth.”

Pauly D on Italy: Maybe I need a Rosetta Stone The rest of the “Jersey Shore” gang may be pumping their fists at the thought of filming their next season in Italy, but Paul “DJ Pauly D” Delvecchio admits he’s concerned about culture shock. “I’m nervous, I’m not gonna lie,” Delvecchio tells MTV. “I don’t know what gyms are like over there, I don’t know what tanning’s like, I don’t know the food, and the language — I don’t even speak Italian. Maybe I should get a Rosetta Stone or something.”

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Q: What kind of implications does the renovation have on students? I know there have been concerns with if they have apartments there, will the rent go up or, Roling you touched on it earlier, the businesses that they frequent to might not be there anymore? Roling: They’ve said that they’re planning on charging fair market value for the property. Property Dobbles value will go up because they are going to make the buildings nicer — you get what you pay for. As far as student properties go, that question, I believe, was raised to LANE4 once and they said it’s a college town. There’s a lot of cheap housing all over the place. In order to remain competitive, I can’t believe that those properties would become any more expensive than they already are. Since there are so many good places to live in Ames at reasonable rates, I can’t imagine that that will hurt the students too much. Students may be inconvenienced during the renovation, just by having construction equipment all over the place, I really shouldn’t say all over the place, but one building at a time. You might have to detour a sidewalk or something, but that should really be the extent of it. Not every bar is going to be closed down during this; actually very few will be closed down. Student life will remain pretty much unchanged. Everything’s being built constantly on campus, it’s just going to be like moving one of those construction projects across campus.

$350,000 that was allocated, so it couldn’t have been better timing. In short, it was a student decision to put things on hold. The university kind of agreed that it was a good idea to hold off on things and figure out what exactly would be in play. When we first talked about it, LANE4 was thinking about putting their own theater in, so we didn’t want to put our theater in if they were going to put their theater in. That’s just one example why. Q: How much involvement has GSB had in the LANE4 discussion and the LANE4 project? Roling: You know, recently, they’ve been formulating things on their own, but throughout the earliest stages of the process and then into fall, you know, the last couple of months are the only ones where they have been really filtering on their own and I guess they’re working on new things to bring forward. They contacted us almost immediately in June, so we held a series of focus groups on general Campustown issues. GSB was one of several student groups ... they talked with greek leaders, they talked with residence hall leaders, they brought in quite a few student focus groups over the summer months, so if you were around, [it was] a great opportunity to talk there. They also came back and talked with us in the fall, so we had the GSB meeting and then another thing in the M-Shop; those were our two biggest sessions. All in all, I’ve been very pleased with the communication that LANE4 has given us. There have been no secrets about their processes. We just try to pass them on to students when we know anything. I’ve been pleased overall. We haven’t heard from them in the last month or so, but that’s natural. I’m thrilled that they’re doing their own work and don’t need to report to us every second of every day.

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>>MERCURY.p1 from data collected between 2010 and 2011. “Coal is dirty from beginning to end, from the mining, to the burning, to the disposal of it and everything in between that’s causing us problems,” said Graham Jordison, Iowa Coal Organizer of the Sierra Student Coalition and former ISU student. “It’s polluting our air, it’s polluting our water, it’s affecting the way the economy’s not growing, it’s preventing us from having a real clean energy economy.” Other countries have realized these problems and admitted to them, something that Jordison would like to see happen at a local level. “We’ve got people in Iowa at certain campuses that will not even admit the health environmental effects, you don’t hear them talking about the

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“Marriage between one man and one woman shall be the only legal union valid or recognized in this state.” Sorenson skipped the basic guidelines within the procedure for voting for a resolution in the House, which was noted by the chairman and denied at Thursday’s meeting, said Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames. Although the procedures are rather extensive to vote for bills, and to pass laws, Quirmbach thinks that such a long, drawn-out process is actually positive thing. If the process was easier than having the House and Senate pass a bill, allowing a popular vote in a referendum, within a concluding time frame, than laws would change with any new direction of the wind, Quirmbach said. All unions and marriages became legal in Iowa April 3, 2009, dictated by a unanimous ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court. Iowa became the third state that allowed same sex marriages, and is the only state west of Maryland. The process to repeal this law could take up to several years Quirmbach said, and nothing may even change. “No, I don’t [think it will pass]”, Quirmbach said. A public hearing will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the House regarding the constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage, said Rep. Lisa Heddens, D-Ames.

way to help because it is easy to access for students and faculty,” said Feibi Hou, junior in dietetics. Sarah Miller, food science and human nutrition academic adviser, serves as one of the advisers of SHOP and taught the class that conceived the initial idea of a food pantry. “The students worked on a proposal on what were the needs of the community, and that’s how they came up with the idea of SHOP,” Miller said. “That proposal was presented to the Inter-Residence Hall Association who we asked if they would be supportive of what SHOP is doing, and they were.” The IRHA is writing a bill that will allow SHOP to ask students who have meal plans to donate a certain amount of them that they are not going to use. Students who donate give their name, student ID number and the amount of meals they would like to donate, said Sarah Schwanebeck, junior in dietetics and co-president of SHOP. “The food cost of those meals can be used as funding to support the SHOP,” Miller said. The idea of donating meals started last July. “It was a learning community discussion with the [College] of Human Sciences, and it blossomed into this student organization,” said Nancy Levandowski, director of ISU

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effects, like you hear some of these leaders, these people who are taking responsibility,” Jordison said. “While they’re doing [and] saying these things, we’re just continuing business as usual, continuing the status quo because it’s cheap.” The Environmental Protection Agency has taken initiative to set a standard for limiting mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants in March. In Iowa, Buchberger speculates the mercury emissions to decrease by 90 percent after the EPA limits are enforced. Iowa State’s power plant burns coal to produce the university’s electricity; however, the plant currently does not take into account how much mercury is being emitted. “I don’t believe we actually report that number in our emissions inventory at this time yet,”

said Jeff Witt, assistant director of utilities. “The boiler MACT rules are going to be regulating mercury and we will be working to comply with those rules and be reporting whatever the rules require us to report there.” With this standard taking place in March, the EPA may be urging power plants to reduce mercury emissions. Environment Iowa, Sierra Club and Physicians for Social Responsibility urge for Iowans to engage themselves as well. “I think students need to stay actively involved. Students can attend events, hold rallies, but they need to be involved in that. Students need to pressure their legislatures, their university administrators and the EPA, and spread the word to get other people involved,” Seaman said. “Continuing to be heard on the issue is important, continuing to raise the issue so people

Dining. Mike Parsons, construction manager, is a volunteer at Free Market & Meals programs in Ames, which currently consists of two parts: a free meal program and a perishable food pantry. “Folks who are having a hard time buying food can use this as a source of filling their grocery bag,” Parsons said. Suzanne Hendrich, professor of food science and human nutrition, also serves as one of the advisers for SHOP. “There is going to be a lot of opportunities to provide food resources for people who might need it,” Hendrich said. “Also knowing what the nutritional quality is of what they are eating, how do they eat a healthy diet and assuring food safety.” Breanna Wetzler, program assistant for food science and human nutrition, assisted with the SHOP program. “I help with promotion as well as have the great fortune to help students,” Wetzler said. “We are really proud of the students.” The food pantry is a service opportunity for all students to get involved. “All students have something to offer,” said Ruth MacDonald, chairwoman and professor of food science and human nutrition. “Students can use skill and knowledge from their majors and apply them in these experiences outside the classroom. There is potential for the entire campus to be involved.”

understand what’s at stake,” said Mary Beth Gardam, member of Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility. “Young people get this, they’re really in a position to bring along the rest of us and showing leadership is important, but while young people get it, they’re pulled in so many directions right now that it’s hard to get them to focus on it.” Jordison urges students to take the initiative to combat this issue. “You need to take a big risk, you need to get your feet wet, and you[‘ve] got to go and learn the issues and you[‘ve] got to be a part of something much bigger than what you’re already a part of,” he said. “We have a voice, we should have a voice. The students pay to go to school [at Iowa State], it’s their environment, it’s their life, it’s their future and it’s being affected by the power plant.

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Dick Doak’s radical ideas might not be radical after all If you’re in Hamilton Hall, our offices take up the space between the staff kitchen and Vend-O-Land. If you continue down the hall, you’ll see Dick Doak’s office on your right. Doak retired from The Des Moines Register after more than 40 years — 10 of which as the editorial page editor — and he’s kind of a big deal. We’re pretty geeked out when he pats us on the head for our wonderful columns — the man’s been doing his job for twice as long as we’ve been alive. Doak still writes for the Register on occasion. We’re not sure if his Jan. 23 opinion centerpiece story was an Onion-style piece or a serious proposition, but he had some awesome things to say in his story “A Radical Agenda?”; he addressed our new, old governor and the public at large. Regardless of Doak’s intentions, we think some of his ideas are worth exploring.

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Among his propositions were: legalize all drugs recreationally — a la Portugal and Spain — or at least get the ball rolling with medicinal marijuana laws. We figure the latter is a pretty sweet way to retain some of the younger population, and the former ends up working well provided the addicts are treated as patients, not criminals. Most of our argument for these “radical” notions stem from the idea of reducing the prison population. We owe it to ourselves to find a way to mend a system that damages itself. Certain states have or are in the process of privatizing their incarceration facilities. Read that sentence again. Doesn’t that sound like the

plot of a sci-fi movie you might find in a bin at an interstate gas station? Is that seriously where we’re headed? The idea of an accelerated education is something we think would tremendously benefit students looking for vocational and collegiate training alike. Schools in Iowa without advanced placement courses or exams will foot the bill for postsecondary enrollment, and many students come to Iowa State with a few semester’s worth of college credit under their belts. This is an absolutely fantastic opportunity for many high school-aged students to bridge the gap to college curriculum. We’re willing to bet an ac-

celerated education proposal would be a boon for community colleges, and a shorter timeline would almost surely alleviate dropout rates due to youthful extracurricular pursuits. We’re even on board with eliminating taxpayer perks for the private sector. As we’ve said, we’d rather have a government able to support something besides its own ambition. Public money belongs in public services: utilities, roadways, education and a genuinely stable infrastructure. We ponder the merits of taxation every time we take Highway 30 eastbound from the South Dakota Avenue exit. We’ll also take another potshot at the LANE4/City Council hostile takeover of Campustown: Capitalism should dictate what does and doesn’t thrive in Campustown. This is where we take the time to point out just how swimmingly other development

ventures have gone for the city of Ames. Village of Somerset is just thriving up there north of campus. All of that wonderful parking and fancy brick can barely handle the excitement in that area. The city did such a wonderful job reigning in overdevelopment in west Ames. If there’s one thing a small community needs, it’s an abundance of Section 8 housing. Let’s not forget the proposed mall out at the intersection of Interstate 35 and 13th Street. You’d forgotten about that? Yeah, we’re inclined to think the city was hoping you would. But we’ll save that for another day. For now, we take comfort in knowing there are people on campus like Doak with views of somewhere beyond the tips of their noses. We’ve learned a lot from the man. Maybe LANE4 and the city officials should follow suit.

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Words, not bullets solve nations’ issues By Brandon.Blue iowastatedaily.com

Create civility; end dangerous imagery in political rhetoric

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had the pleasure of being invited to speak on the panel for the taping of an ISUtv special: “The Reality of Dangerous Rhetoric.” Myself; Pantelis Korovilas, senior in liberal studies; Amy Slagell, associate professor of English; and Cameron McKenzie, junior in journalism and mass communication, discussed the topic at length Jan. 19, and I came away with a very simple but true revelation: We cannot wait for the media, journalists, politicians or celebrities to tone down their rhetoric; they won’t do it on their own. Instead, the call for more calm discussion is a cross we must bear without them; there is no Simon by the roadside to carry it for us. As reasonable people desiring a more peaceful platform for our ideas, we must speak out on every side. Firstly, it is unacceptable in 2011, in American political discourse, to openly wish for or to openly call for violence against another person. We must repudiate those comments bred from a desire for calamity to visit one’s opponents, such as wishing that we could tear their hearts out and kick them around or that they would be put against a wall and shot. In that same category are all too-often allusions to the Holocaust and the Nazis, references to the mistakes — rather their specters — that haunt mankind and for which none of us are responsible. This vile rhetoric is too often ignored and dismissed as snide remarks. We must reject it, as it only adds to the hateful forum in which politics are discussed. Secondly, we must distinguish between speech that qualitatively revels in or causes violence and speech that employs vivid metaphor for the purpose of emphasis. Crosshairs on a map and terms like “reload,” “set our sights on” and “job-killing” are political clichés that have endured repeated use. As Slagell pointed out Wednesday, the inherent vitriol in American political

rhetoric goes back even to Jefferson’s time, and I assure you that it will accompany this country to her last gasp. But when we become so sensitive that we cannot hear basic words without assuming they carry with them the worst of meanings and the darkest of intentions, the death of six in Arizona becomes the death of American rhetoric. Thirdly, we have drifted too far from the concept of personal responsibility. Jared Loughner acted alone. His was a sick mind and a solitary one. Nothing but his own convictions pushed him to confront Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords that day, and to believe otherwise one would have to willingly suspend one’s own disbelief. Impulsive causes spring from the remnants of tragedies like the one in Tucson. I fully comprehend the good intentions behind stricter firearm regulations, but the gun did not kill anyone Jan. 8 of its own accord. Focus on high-capacity ammunition magazines only detracts from the much more proper focus of prohibiting people like Loughner from possessing firearms and getting them the help they need before they decide a rampage like his is the answer to their issues. Lastly, we must separate, whenever possible, the argument from the person. This point is perhaps best illustrated by segments such as Bill O’Reilly’s “Pinheads and Patriots” and Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Person in the World.” In the era of the ad hominem argument, it is easier to indulge and to cut down the person for their argument, not the argument for its merits. And in the simultaneous era of 24hour cable news, the easier option — often the quicker — is certainly the ubiquitous. In the end, it is the Constitution that gives us all the ammunition we could ever need to settle scores: our own ideas. We have the greatest freedom — the freedom of speech — and with it the freedom to assemble, if our individual voices aren’t loud enough. With such liberties, I fail to see the need for violent and dangerous rhetoric to achieve any end.

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SNBC and Keith Olbermann parted ways Friday, seemingly out of the blue, except, perhaps, for some at the Iowa State Daily. On the morning of Jan. 21, due to an error on my part while submitting an article through our online submission service at the Daily, said article was published online for approximately an hour and a half. In the article, I referred to Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Person in the World” segment. In the brief time my article was up, Olbermann himself saw it and felt the need to fire off an e-mail chiding me for not fact-checking properly. As you can see in the attached screenshot, I agreed in a very general sense that the segment was canceled insofar as it had not yet returned. However, the link to which I referred was little more than a video from the Jan. 10 episode of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” in which Olbermann stated, in no uncertain terms, that the segment would return. So I posed to Olbermann whether or not the segment was going to make a comeback. There was no reply. The sheer fact Olbermann had sent me an e-mail, had taken an interest enough in my article to do so, left me confused. With that confusion I contacted

Columnist Brandon Blue received this e-mail from MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann chiding him for not checking his facts in an column that was accidently posted to the Daily’s website before it was completed. Photo: Brandon Blue/Iowa State Daily

the MSNBC News Communications office. I was instructed to e-mail Lauren Skowronski, communications director for MSNBC. In that e-mail, I asked simply if Olbermann had been right Jan. 10 or if he had been right Friday; he was not agreeing with himself. The e-mail was sent at 4 p.m. Friday to Skowronski; she never replied. At 9:45 p.m. or so, I was shown a New York Times news alert that had appeared in a friend’s inbox: Olbermann’s contract with MSNBC was up. While so far it seems the reason for his departure is unknown, I struggle to accept the story NBC is now telling: that Olbermann’s departure was weeks in the making. If that’s the case, why would Olbermann contact a columnist at a student-run newspaper on his last day at MSNBC to defend himself and his show when he knew it was going to be canceled that night? Whatever the reason for Olbermann’s sudden exit, my correspondence with him on his last day was intriguing, to say the least.

In the era of ad hominem argument, it is easier to indulge and to cut down the person for their argument, not the argument for its merits.”

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Romance

Love in the time of beer-pong By Adam.Bohl iowastatedaily.com

Some social awkwardness can be alleviated In days gone by, a young man would walk the picturesque campus of Iowa State each autumn and somewhere beneath the kaleidoscope of falling leaves his eyes would ďŹ nd a girl. Then it would happen; he would fall in love. He would ask her on a date, offer her his coat and months down the road give her his fraternity pin. Years later, he would look back and wonder what it was, on that Robert Frost morning, that lead him to the mother of his children. This idyllic memoir is not only a tawdry device to hook you into reading this column; it is also a picture of what many young men and women of yesteryear thought dating should look like in its best and brightest form. Fast forward to 2011. Young men and women go to parties and stand in unisex nodules of pedestrian conversation, anxiously awaiting the cheap alcohol they have speedily consumed to take its intended effect: the suffocation of their cowardice. But then, just then, a new obstacle arises: how to break these micelles of gender and induce some social interaction between sexes. Conversation perhaps? No, that engenders thinking, which is at cross purposes with the goal of the party; better to drown conversation with thumping, sweaty techno beats. Enter the elegant solution:

Comment of the day In response to Daily columnist Taysha Murtaugh’s “An examined vagina is a happy vagina,â€? Taysha, thank you so much for sharing that guided tour through your genitals. It was so vividly detailed that I felt like I was there. Still, I feel like I should have sent you owers or bought you dinner before we became so intimate.

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Fortunately, the cure is simple, effective and efďŹ cient. All one needs is a little bit of courage, a bit of tact and a brain.â€?

Beer-pong provides liquid courage, social lubricant and a situation to provide proximity. Courtesy photo: Laura Bittner/Flickr

beer-pong. It’s a game after all, and asking a girl to play a harmless game isn’t strange in the least, especially when you’re nearing an alcohol content level of .08. Well, the night works to our young men’s advantage, and soon they ďŹ nd themselves texting — not calling — the girls they met the night before. So, what do they do? They arrange yet another beerpong party wherein, guards let down, they can display themselves as champions of the table, strutting about like

Henry V at Agincourt. And what’s not to love? Where did ever a man prove himself with such valor, such charisma, such godlike courage as when he, with inďŹ nite skill, bested his peers at this game of games? And where did a young woman so full of grace and life ever show herself so aptly as that prize to be won, as when she, covered in sweat, stumbles to snatch up a ping-pong ball from the beer-sticky oor? While this elegant system provides an excellent atmosphere for adolescent hook

ups, it does little good when one’s goals dare to extend beyond the precipice of momentary physical passion, and into the realm of substantive relationship. For these few, these happy few, a look back to the “good ol’ daysâ€? might do a bit of good in ďŹ guring out how to cure the disease of social mediocrity whose symptom is the beer-pong party. Fortunately, the cure is simple, effective and efficient. All one needs is a little bit of courage, a bit of tact and a brain. It’s called dating. No, not the kind where you invite

a girl over to watch you play Xbox with your roommates; the kind of date that shows her who you are as a man. I write to men here, because a woman’s role in dating is a bit outside the realm of my expertise, and traditionally a more passive one. I’m not proposing that a date is a showcase for your ego; rather a date is a chance to ascertain who someone is as person: their likes, dislikes and passions and how they interact with you and your passions. Sounds complicated right?

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Dean R. Prestemon, emeritus professor of forestry. size of this increase levied against this targeted group is completely unjustiďŹ ed. One has to wonder if they are sending a message to retired faculty and staff that, despite years of service to Iowa State, they are no longer welcome on campus? I hope that retirees send

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Cyclones prepare for Missouri Women fight to improve their Big 12 standing By David.Merrill iowastatedaily.com Coming off their first Big 12 road win of the season, Iowa State will defend its home court once again as they host Missouri. In the Cyclones’ (14-5, 2-3 Big 12) victory over Nebraska, they had three players score in double figures for the first time in conference play. Sophomore center Anna Prins tallied a career-high 23 points to go with nine rebounds. “I think it always feels good when you know that everyone is contributing,” Prins said. “I think we proved that more than just a few players can provide what we need for the team on a given night, and that’s really encouraging.” Prins has taken her game to a new level since conference play has started. She has scored at least 15 points in three of the five Big 12 games. “She’s played really well,” said coach Bill Fennelly. “We’re getting her the ball in good spots.”

Prins has shown two different sides to her game over the course of the season, and Fennelly feels that part of the factor is Prins’ personality. He calls her more of a finesse player, which has its advantages and disadvantages. Unlike the majority of other centers in the Big 12, Prins has shown the ability to step out and make shots from the perimeter. Missouri (10-10, 2-4) is similar to Iowa State offensively in the sense that they have three players that provide a scoring threat. Senior guard Raeshara Brown leads the team, scoring 17 points per game while forwards Christine Flores and Shakara Brown put up 14 and 10 points per game. “Coming off that two-game losing streak sucked,” said sophomore forward Amanda Zimmerman. “We’re going to make sure we stay positive with each other and work on some small things.” Fennelly also feels that sophomore guard Jessica Schroll has a chance to play Saturday. She has been sidelined the past couple weeks with a concussion. Both teams are looking to improve their Big 12 standing.

vs. Iowa State (14-5)

Missouri (10-10)

Where: Hilton Coliseum When: 2 p.m. Saturday Media coverage: KURE radio (88.5 FM) Play-by-play: Will Hall Color commentary: Mark Baragary Notes: Iowa State has lost two of its last three Big 12 contests. Anna Prins has scored at least 15 points in three of the Cyclones’ last five games. Missouri has lost six of its last eight games, including a four-game losing streak in conference play. Missouri’s top scorer, Raeshara Brown, is scoring 17 points per game.

Iowa State is currently sixth and Missouri is ninth. The Tigers are under the leadership of first-year coach Robin Pingeton. This is the second time in conference play that the Cyclones will play a program with a newly-hired coach.

Center Anna Prins squares off against Texas A&M Forward Danielle Adams on Saturday. The Cyclones lost 60-51. Photo: Jake Lovett/Iowa State Daily

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Frustration from Hoiberg might fuel team’s fire By Chris.Cuellar iowastatedaily.com Fred Hoiberg may or may not have the ability to get visibly angry. Iowa State’s first-year coach keeps his composure on the sidelines, avoiding unnecessary attention that could take away from fans watching his up-tempo squad running the floor. After the Cyclones’ (147, 1-5 Big 12) 92-83 loss Wednesday to Texas Tech at Hilton Coliseum, he was frustrated, and his voice kicked into another gear. He might have been angry. “What I’m looking for is for five guys to go out there and give us energy from the opening tip,” Hoiberg said. “It shouldn’t take you 30 minutes to find out that you’ve gotta be aggressive and try and get back in the game. We’re jogging into our spots, and we just couldn’t get anything going. It’s very disappointing,” Hoiberg said. Iowa State welcomes in visiting Oklahoma on Saturday night and needs to a win to scrape out of the lonely last place position.

T h e Sooners (109, 2-3) have won their last two conference games and Hoiberg have had a week to prepare for the home team. The squad doesn’t have any dominant players like they’ve had in recent years, but sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald leads the team with 14.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. The Cyclones have had major struggles defensively with physical forwards, and at 6-foot-8-inch, 237 pounds, Fitzgerald might be next in line. Texas Tech’s Mike Singletary tallied 33 points Wednesday against the Cyclones, dominating the paint. “He just really took advantage of whoever was in front of him,” Anderson said. The Red Raiders also took away the Cyclones’ outside shooting by switching all five defenders within a man-toman scheme, something Iowa State hadn’t seen all year. “We’ve got a lot of threepoint shooters on our team, and just playing that way is kind of our offense, penetrating and kicking it out and they denied that,” said senior guard

vs. Iowa State (14-7)

Oklahoma (10-9)

Where: Hilton Coliseum

Cyclones travel to Utah for quadrangular

When: 8 p.m. Saturday Media coverage: KURE radio (88.5 FM) Play-by-play: Kevin Shay Color Commentary: Dan Tracy Notes: Iowa State has lost three straight games and five of its last six.

Jake Anderson lays the ball up under heavy pressure Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum. Anderson had a team high of 12 rebounds. Iowa State lost to Texas Tech. Photo: Bryan Langfeldt/Iowa State Daily

Diante Garrett. Just three days removed from giving up a season-high in points and nearly 63 percent shooting in the second half, the coaching staff is interested to see if the team has the ability to bounce back and play defense. “I don’t care how many minutes these guys are playing, we can’t continue to have

In conference play, the Cyclones are getting outrebounded by an average of 9.8 rebounds per game. Prior to conference play, the Cyclones outrebounded opponents by 2.5 per game.

By Chris.Cuellar iowastatedaily.com No. 20 Iowa State has gotten into a rhythm; progressing positively at Hilton Coliseum through three meets with young gymnasts stepping into important rules. That routine is about to get shaken up. The Cyclones (2-1, 1-1 in Big 12) are heading to Provo,

The game is a part of the Coaches vs. Cancer series, and the coaches will wear sneakers with suits to promote cancer awareness.

that kind of energy,” Hoiberg said. “These guys need to be held more accountable, and I put that on me,” Hoiberg said. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum. Saturday’s game is also part of the Coaches vs. Cancer series, and coaches will wear sneakers with suits to promote cancer awareness.

Utah, to take on Brigham Young, No. 16 Southern Utah and Utah State on Saturday in a quadrangular for their first road meet of the season. “I think our start has been really good, because we’ve improved our score every meet and we’ve improved our confidence every meet,” said senior Alex Grant. “We’re really excited.” Provo is home to BYU, but the Cyclones will be the only true road team south of Salt Lake City on Saturday afternoon. “We’ve been home the last three weeks — and its been fun being with our home crowd and every- thing — but I’m just excited to get out and travel and see new areas and compete,” said freshman all-around Michelle Shealy. Despite the distance between Iowa State and the western programs, the 16thranked Thunderbirds will be the only new opponents for the Cyclones. BYU and Iowa State met in last year’s NCAA West Regional, with Iowa State coming out on top and Utah State was an opponent in the 2005 NCAA Central

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Team rides win streak into match Cyclones further success without coach, Hudson By Sara.Schlueter iowastatedaily.com Riding on a seven game win streak, the Cyclones are ready to take on the Colorado State University Rams in a two-game series at home this weekend. “We’ve won every game this semester, and when we work hard in practice, that translates into games,” said assistant coach Brian Wierson. The team has done well, considering coach Al Murdoch and key goaltender Erik Hudson are on a threeweek trip to the 2011 World University games. “It’s a little difficult to

communicate with Murdoch when there is a time difference, so we use e-mail, which isn’t as fluid,” Wierson said. Hudson and Murdoch won’t be back until Feb. 7, but the Cyclones team has been able to remain in the game. “It’s a disadvantage not having them here since they are such a big part of what we do,” said senior Cort Bulloch. “Our team is deep though, and goaltenders [Scott] Ismond and [Paul] Karus are strong.” This weekend, the competition from Colorado will be more intense than the last weekend against MinnesotaCrookston and the Cyclones are ready for the challenge. “Colorado State will be coming to get off to a good start, physically and mentally,” Wierson said. Maintaining defense and fighting through adversity are keys to keeping up the streak.

Where: Provo, Utah When: 1 p.m. Saturday

vs. Iowa State

Notes: Iowa State will be a part of a quadrangular meet, its first competition outside of Ames this season.

Colorado State

The Cyclones will compete with Southern Utah, BYU and Utah State.

Where: Ames/ISU Ice Arena When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Photo: Zunkai Zhao Iowa State Daily

4:45 p.m. Saturday Notes: Iowa State has won seven straight games. The Rams have won their last three contests, and will face off with Iowa in Iowa City on Thursday before facing the Cyclones on Friday and Saturday.

The Cyclones have made big improvements from the beginning of the season. “We had a rocky start to the season but we have come a long way,” Bulloch said. “This win streak is a huge confidence booster.”

Forward Cort Bulloch chases after the puck during the game against MinnesotaCrookston on Saturday at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. Iowa State takes on Colorado State on Friday. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

The series begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, followed by a game at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena.

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Sports Jargon of the Day: All-around

SPORT: Gymnastics DEFINITION: An individual that performs for their team in all four events and typically scores well in all the events. Not as common as gymnasts that specialize in one event. USE: ISU gymnast Michelle Shealy is just a freshman but on her way to becoming one of the best all-around performers in the country.

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Wrestlers prep for unique double dual Iowa State travels to New York for next two meets By Darrin.Cline iowastatedaily.com Iowa. Minnesota. Oklahoma State. The schools on the ISU wrestling schedule read like a who’s who in grappling greatness. As revered as those programs may be, the Cyclones will face their stiffest test of the season at Cornell University. This weekend will present a unique situation for the nation’s No. 15 squad. Not only will they face the No. 2 team in the country, but the Cyclones will also battle the Bearcats of Binghamton University. “To be a competitor and a warrior you have to be ready to ďŹ ght in every opportunity and every chance you get,â€? Jon Reader said. “So it’ll be a great weekend to get two different matches in.â€? Scouting the Big Red The boys from Ithaca entered the 2010-2011 season

>>UTAH.p6 Regional. Neither match-up was in Utah, and even though some Cyclone gymnasts visited the state for recruiting visits, the team is excited for the popular skiing destination. “I love the mountains, and its kind of nice because it’s so different from Iowa,� Grant

Iowa State Where: Ithaca, N.Y., Bighamton, N.Y. When: 1 p.m. Sunday, 5 p.m. Sunday Notes: Iowa State will face both No. 1 Cornelland Bighamton on Sunday. The Cyclones have lost their last ďŹ ve dual meets. Cornell’s Mack Lewnes is 25-1 ďŹ ghting at 197 pounds and will face unbeaten Cyclone Jon Reader.

as the team to beat. Coming off of a second-place ďŹ nish at the 2010 NCAA Tournament, Cornell sports a battle-tested lineup with three returning All-Americans. Kyle Dake, Cam Simaz, and Mack Lewnes each collected the honor last season, with Dake being crowned national champion at 141 pounds. Dake has bumped up to 149 pounds and will be challenged by Max MayďŹ eld. “I need to just wrestle my

said. “And it’s going to be a little warmer than here so I’m looking forward to that.â€? Besides the change in scenery, the shift in formats will be the largest adjustment for the Cyclones. The squad is used to the home meet alignment, with Iowa State starting on vault, moving to bars, then beam and ďŹ nally the oor exercise.

game and make him adjust to top man at 197 pounds. me,â€? said MayďŹ eld, who will Going into the meet, 174 be making his second-straight pounds is viewed by most as start at 149 pounds. the match to watch. Reader MayďŹ eld put on a show for will put his No. 1 Cyclone Nation on Sunday in ranking on the line an overtime thriller against against arguably Jamal Parks Photo: Yi Yuan, of Oklahoma Iowa State Daily State. The ISU grapplers will need to show that same effort at each weight if they hope to compete against the former No. 1. “It deďŹ nitely put me in the mindset that I’m at the same level as these guys and I can compete with them,â€? MayďŹ eld said. Simaz and Lewnes pose very dangerous threats for Jackson’s squad at two of Iowa State’s most proliďŹ c weights. Jerome Ward, who lost in a tough match against undefeated Clayton Foster of Oklahoma State in his last bout, has shown steady improvement and has the opportunity to knock off the

his toughest opponent so far this season in Lewnes. The Big Red representative stands at 25-1 on the year while Reader is a remarkable 26-0. The Binghamton Report While a match against the premier team in the country obviously takes a bulk of the attention, Iowa State’s split focus mentally will come into play again this weekend against Binghamton. Binghamton may not strike fear in the hearts of most in the wrestling world, but the 41st-ranked team in the country has been on a roll.

Having four teams cycle through each event will be sensory overload worthy of the “Beauty and the Beastâ€? event Jan. 21. Iowa State will start on the balance beam, move to oor exercise, then vault and ďŹ nish on the uneven bars. Then the score will be placed head-to-head with the other teams and count as three

strong performances from allarounders Michelle Browning and Shealy puts the Cyclones in strong contention to make some noise in their ďŹ rst away meet. “The score is more important but just knowing that you’ve just beat somebody makes us all the more excited,â€? Shealy said. “To have a good score along with that win just

competitions, doubling Iowa State’s current season count. “We’re always ready, but it is a little different,� Grant said. “It is an adjustment but we’re going to walk in mentally ready to start with beam so we should be good.� Four different Cyclones currently hold the seasonhigh scores for the four events. That balance combined with

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Peace of Mind.

ACROSS 1 Plain type? 5 Company whose name is quacked in ads 10 Finishing nail 14 Work 15 Sporty Mazda 16 Slick 17 Where to sleep off a bender? 19 Atl. republic since 1944 20 Aurora’s counterpart 21 Smart guy? 22 Pivoting points 24 Anxious campus society? 27 La __ Tar Pits 28 Yankee nickname 29 Worked with horses, in a way 31 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate 33 Like some rugs 37 Pool shade 38 Hair styling prodigy? 39 Off the mark 40 Abbr. followed by a year 41 Part of the dog days of Dijon 42 Fund 43 Friend of Dalí 45 Atterbury Street gallery 46 Talented jazzman? 53 Dag Hammarskjöld’s successor 54 Cramming method 55 Disturb, as the balance 56 Frost, say 57 “Airport music so early?” 60 Regarding 61 Dino’s love

62 Lhasa __ 63 Headlights starer 64 Mearth’s mother, in a ‘70s-’80s sitcom 65 Flunky

DOWN 1 Pianist Hofmann 2 “I’m just __ wayfaring stranger”: song lyric 3 More than just into 4 Indirect route 5 Earhart of the air 6 Sole order 7 Door fastener 8 Scarfed up 9 Frequent Martha’s Vineyard arrival 10 Is, when simplified 11 “Sleepy Hollow” actress 12 Olds that replaced the Achieva 13 Singer/songwriter born Robert Zimmerman 18 Spoke uncertainly 23 Card game with a pre-victory warning 25 Stays afloat, in a way 26 Fateful card 29 MS. enclosure 30 Operations ctrs. 31 Diner option 32 __ Dhabi 34 Incriminating record, maybe 35 Foofaraw 36 Kareem, at UCLA 38 Competitive missile hurlers 42 More than ready

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Today in History [1613

Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune

[1788]

Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France

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John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper’s Ferry

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Edward Mcdowell’s “Hamlet and Ophelia,” premieres in Boston

[1914]

Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated

[1935]

Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion

[1973]

“Barnaby Jones” premieres on CBS TV

[1986]

Space Shuttle Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff

[1990]

“Independent on Sunday” begins publishing in London

[2003]

In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush stated that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire ‘significant quantities of uranium from Africa’ (a claim substantiated only by forged documents)

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Scorpio: Reward Yourself Today’s birthday (01/28/11). The squeaky wheel gets the grease, they say. You don’t need to be obnoxious, but do make yourself heard. You’re a contribution to your community, and to the planet. Speak up in service of others who maybe can’t utter the words. They’re grateful for this. Did you ever consider a career in public service? To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- Take a vacation, even if only for a few hours. Your friends will want to come along, lured by your optimism. Take them and explore something new.

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Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Someone experiences high drama around money and work. Stick to your ethics and values, and avoid all gossip. Then offer creative support.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Creativity is the name of the game today. Stay focused to accomplish your goals. Others provide total support and lend an active hand.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -Creative ideas come together today, and you hold the key to a logical conclusion. Write up results carefully. This presentation makes a huge difference in the long run.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Although today’s efforts feel personal, the results affect family and friends equally. Use your physical and emotional energy carefully.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- You’d love to get a project finished today. Get everyone in the group busy early. They need your help to make things work. Then it all comes together. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Today’s activities weave together into a package full of love and optimism. Others understand your motives clearly and support you. Enjoy the partnership.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 9 -- Gather everyone together early to sync plans. Then everyone goes in separate directions, and you gather up later to compare notes. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Follow your intuition to discover the magic within your group’s potential. Get yourself moving to discover something new about what makes you tick.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- It’s time to focus on the business at hand. Everything gets done without much pressure. Reward yourself later with great food and a movie.

just sayin

To the table of boys in the MU talking about Blizzard games, you make me smile! Just sayin’ ••• To my favorite CA in Helser: Thanks for the study break snacks. I love you and think you’re awesome. ••• To the person who wrote “Careful With That Axe, Eugene” in one of the fourth floor cubicles at Parks: I love you. ••• “why can’t my professors test me on the drawings i draw in my notebook while i’m not listening to them. ••• You and your ex have been broke up for almost a year, time to get over them! just sayin’ ••• There really needs to be a sarcasm font. ••• ATTENTION CAMPUS: Pick up your feet when you walk. ••• To the boy sleeping loudly behind us in Phys 111 lecture, you remind me of Darth Vader. Thanks for making the last lecture truly memorable. ••• Iowa State brings out my inner farm girl. I’ll take Carhartt over Calvin Klein any day now. ••• The crows are getting quite large. Pretty soon they’ll be able to swoop down, pick up unsuspecting student and carry them off to feed their crow family. Just Worryin’ ••• yes, i still love you and hate that she doesn’t deserve you. ••• I’m so happy that you’re transferring.. out of ISU. Performed CPR on my couch this morning. Its amazing what OxyClean can get out... ••• Getting engaged is overrated.. just saying ••• To any of the hot girls studying in the library, please can you be my study buddy???? Just saying... Submit your LMAO(txt) and just sayin’ to iowastatedaily.com/fun_games

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Varieties skits showcase student talents By Alayna.Flor iowastatedaily.com Students shuffle out of Pi Kappa Alpha at 10 p.m. each Tuesday night — some singing, others giggling and a few talking about what last minute homework assignments they need to finish. These students just finished a two-hour rehearsal for Varieties, a competition that emphasizes singing, dancing and creativity. “It’s fun seeing everyone’s different talents that you wouldn’t have expected from

before,” said Suzy Caffoe, sophomore in pre-journalism and mass communications. Caffoe is one of the cochairpersons for her Varieties pairing that includes Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Delta Delta Delta sorority, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. This group of greek students is one of six pairings working hard to complete their 18- to 20-minute skit for the semi-final performances Feb. 11 and 12. Each pairing has at least one fraternity and one sorority working to create an original

skit, complete with original script, choreography and lyrics. They all practice three times a week, for two hours each time, learning everything needed for a successful skit. “Every [co-chairperson] has the challenge of composing ideas and writing the script as a group,” Caffoe said. “Even after that [the co-chairpersons] make sure our group is learning as much as they need to be ready for performances.” There are also five to seven smaller acts that students outside of the greek community are performing.

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“These smaller acts, called vignettes, can be singing, belly dancing, juggling, really anything. It’s all a big competition for students to display their talents,” said Denton Patrick, senior in biochemistry and producer of Varieties. “Vignettes perform in between the larger acts. [Varieties] is like a big talent show,” Caffoe said. The vignettes can be up to 10 minutes long. “A couple weeks before the Varieties performances, there’s tech and dress rehearsals,” said Ashley Davison, junior in kinesiology and health and stage director for Varieties. Once dress rehearsals are complete, there are two stages of the Varieties competition. “Prelims are Feb. 11 and 12 in the Great Hall,” Patrick said. “The top three acts from both the larger pairing group and the smaller groups move on to Sweepstakes. It’s been a long tradition to call it that.” Sweepstakes, also known as “Sweeps,” will take place at 6 and 9 p.m. Feb. 25, and at 8 p.m. Feb. 26. “I love being able to see others show their talents. I can’t sing or dance, so I like giving the opportunity to those 600 students,” Patrick said. Varieties has been apart of the ISU tradition for 80 years. “Besides pride, the top three big acts and top three little acts are awarded trophies,” Patrick said. “Skits before have involved talking bugs, students acting as puppets; there’s a huge variety of things that [audiences] can come see,” Patrick said. “It’s a really great show and fun to see the different acts and people and types of talent. It’s a great experience to, not only do, but to see as well,” Caffoe said.

FacesintheCrowd What is your favorite part of Varieties?

Nathan Edwards freshman chemical engineering

Kalie Moore sophomore open option “My favorite part of Varieties is being on stage and seeing everyone’s ideas of musical coming together.”

“I think our skit will be the best because ours is really funny and there’s a lot of energy when we do it, and we enjoy it.”

Mattea Rainforth freshman dietetics “I like learning dances and songs, and doing all those with my friends.”

February philanthropies: Alpha Gamma Delta’s Oodles of Noodles 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 17 Alpha Gamma Delta, 2118 Sunset Drive Participants pay $5 to get all-you-can-eat noodles, garlic bread and drinks. Choose from different kinds of noodles, as well as meat, alfredo or marinara sauce. “We raise money for the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation, who in turn gives money to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation,” said Bridget Halbur, sophomore in agriculture studies. “It’s fun because you get to see the greek community come together to help support a great cause,” Halbur said. Alpha Chi Omega’s Cupcakes and Carnations Alpha Chi Omega, 301 Lynn Ave. Order cupcakes or carnations for that special someone, or just a friend. Choose from red, pink or white carnations. Cupcakes can be vanilla or chocolate. Carnations are $1.50, or buy five and get one free. Cupcakes are $2 each or three for $5. Alpha Chi Omega shirts can be ordered for $12. Place orders at Alpha Chi Omega or contact Elizabeth Engelen at eengelen@iastate.edu. Payments and orders need to be placed by Monday. Carnations and cupcakes will be delivered Feb. 14. “If the recipient is greek, we deliver it to their greek house. If the recipient doesn’t live in

a greek house, we will deliver the orders to whoever made the purchase,” said Engelen, junior in animal science. All proceeds go to ACCESS Women’s Shelter. “Alpha Chi and ACCESS have had a great relationship and we want to keep doing everything we can to raise money for them,” Engelen said. Lambda Theta Nu Sorority Inc.’s Lambda Kisses Pre-order one of two packages: an individual chocolate Lambda rose with chocolate kisses for $1, or order a bouquet of seven Lambda roses with chocolate kisses for $6.50. A personal message can be added to bouquets. Orders will be taken until Feb. 11. Contact Mayra Jaime at majaime@iastate.edu, or Cynthia Salas at csalas@ iasate.edu, to place orders. “Students can also place orders online through Facebook,” said Mayra Jaime, senior in elementary education and secretary of Lambda Theta Nu. “All of the proceeds will help send our members to the annual Lambda Thetu Nu Leadership Conference in California. We want as many of our members to attend so every little bit helps,” Jaime said. Pick up orders from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 14 at the desk near Student Office Space East. Orders may also be delivered for $1.50 extra to any location in Ames.

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