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October 6, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 31 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
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Government of the Student Body
Senate speaks on LGBT issues, funding for clubs By Michaela.Sickmann iowastatedaily.com The nation has seen an alarming increase of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth suicides, including Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi’s death last week. Colleges are trying to bring students’ attention to what is happening and help students understand issues surrounding the LGBT community. Iowa State students are taking a stand, with the LGBT Ally Alliance and the Government of the Student Body promoting messages against this type of harassment. The LGBTAA hosted a vigil for Clementi Monday afternoon. The GSB senate has decided to address the situation by sending out a school-wide message that harassment and bullying will not be tolerated at Iowa State. The National Campus Sustainability Day is creeping closer and the Green Umbrella hopes to encourage students to reduce their carbon footprint. The Green Umbrella works to give organizations a voice about sustainability and involve students and faculty to go green on campus and help the environment. It hopes to gain $70 from
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John Pfaff, from Dickinson State University in North Dakota, ropes a calf in the tie-down roping competition during the Cyclone Stampede rodeo on Friday at the ISU Rodeo Arena. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily
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Iowa senator talks with ISU students on issues By Tyler.Kingkade iowastatedaily.com
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GSB to go toward printing and supplies in order to help students become aware of the upcoming day and help them find new ways to go green Descarga, the ISU Latin dance club, wants to host a salsa festival open to all students for Latino Heritage Month. The group wants to bring back ISU graduates to perform, give lessons and host a social dance. For this to happen, Descarga will need $450 for the event, which will cover the costs of instruction, transportation and advertising fees. Judo club is hoping to receive $27,480 for 240 new mats. The mats are becoming worn from the Judo, Hapkido and Taekwondo clubs using them. In order for these clubs to practice safely, they will need to replace the old mats. Each mat costs $108. The ISU drill team hopes to attend a competition in Madison, Wis. It is requesting $195 to be allocated toward the entry fees.
Students listen to a lecture about conflict management Tuesday in the Memorial Union. The conference taught students how to develop their personal skills to deal with conflict. Photo: Shiyao Liu/Iowa State Daily
ISU student conference teaches leadership skills By Frances.Myers iowastatedaily.com The first ever ISU Fall Leadership Conference was held in the Memorial Union on Tuesday night. The idea for the event started when Jennifer Nissen, program coordinator for leadership and service, talked to Catt Center for Women and Politics assistant director Julie Snyder-Yuly about the need to consolidate student organizations. “We discussed how there needed to be less of an overlap between organizations, and we decided to put on an event that would be larger and more meaningful for anyone anywhere from a first-year student to a senior to a graduate student,” Nissen said. Nissen and Snyder-Yuly recruited a group of 14 people from many different student organizations as well as
GreenHouse Group promotes recycling in residence halls By Elisse.Lorenc iowastatedaily.com
Grassley encourages participation
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told students Tuesday when he was a student at the University of Northern Iowa it was never on his mind to run for the U.S. Senate. “I had a political career that just evolved that probably started with my mom and dad,” Grassley said. “For one reason or another, my mom and dad were always talking about politics and history.” Grassley, speaking in Steffen Schmidt’s political science course in Hoover Hall, said he first ran unsuccessfully for the Iowa legislature when he was only 23. He was elected the second time he ran, running for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974 and for the U.S. Senate in 1980 when he defeated Gov. Chet Culver’s father, John Culver. During the hour-long class, Grassley fielded a wide range of questions from students from immigration policy, legalizing marijuana, the Cuban embargo, the expiring Bush taxcuts and education reform, where the Iowa Republican had praise for President Barack Obama. “I even heard one of his speeches and wrote him a personal note complimenting him on what he said,” Grassley said. “I don’t know if he ever read it, but I wrote it.” Grassley was responding to a question about Obama advocating an extension to the
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faculty to serve as the main committee to help put the conference on. One of the main duties the committee worked on was creating five tracks for students to choose from. Members threw out different ideas and chose the five tracks based on appeal. “We wanted this event to appeal to all students, so we chose something a little different. There’s some that appeal to freshmen, some that appeal to seniors, some that appeal to students in organizations, as well as students who want to make their organizations better,” Nissen said. Students chose one out of five tracks to attend for the night. “We wanted them to pick the one they felt they were most interested in so they could delve deeper into that
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What began as a small initiative to promote recycling in the residence halls has grown into a student organization known as GreenHouse Group. “I was part of the beginning group, and it’s just amazing to see a project start from the beginning and go to end being successful,” said Allison Kraft, president of GreenHouse Group and junior in environmental science. GHG started as a small group of recycling chairs in the residence halls two years ago. Originally, students were responsible for their own recycling and transporting it to the Ames Area Redemption Center, 1822 E. Lincoln Way. “The recycling in the residence halls used to be kind of chaotic,” said Molly Slattery, GHG vice president and senior in kinesiology and health. The Department of Residence eventually decided that a centralized recycling program was needed, along with a group that would work on recycling and sustainability projects in the residence halls and on-campus housing. So began the GreenHouse Group. “[The DOR] felt the spark to start the recycling program when we did a trial beforehand, and in five weeks we recycled 15,000 pounds of material,” Slattery said. This initial trial surprised many and led to questions of what the department as a whole could do in a unified fashion, Slattery said. GHG strives not only to pursue a more recyclable resi-
Leaf-raking event When: 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 24 Where: north of the Knoll
dency on campus, but a sustainable one as well. Last year during Veishea, the group made history as the first to initiate recycling at the event. Placing bins all over Central Campus, the group recycled 2,000 to 3,000 cans. This year, the group is bringing RecycleMania Tournament to Iowa State for the first time. The tournament is a nationwide competition where colleges participate to see who can recycle the most. GHG is interested in the event in order to see where the ISU campus stands compared with other universities. “Merry Rankin, [the program manager of Sustainability and adviser of GHG], has come and worked with our group and we are focused; we’re out of the residence halls and we’re focused on the residence halls,” Slattery said. “We’re certainly not objected to offer guidance to other groups and then maybe working collaboratively in the future.” GHG is planning events to get students involved this fall. It will be hosting a leaf-raking event Oct. 24 to promote the message of sustainability in a fun, fall-friendly way. The group will also be helping other green student organizations host a recycling event at Jack Trice Stadium, which will take place Oct. 30 during the Homecoming game against Kansas.