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October 13, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 37 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
WEDNESDAY
Politics
Student death
Group claims Iowa churches are breaking law
Brown remembered
By Tyler.Kingkade iowastatedaily.com While a group tells the Internal Revenue Service an Iowa church is breaking the law in their political involvement, a pastor of the church said he prays the IRS “mercilessly attacks” his church so they can take battle to the Supreme Court. Americans United for Separation of Church and State is calling on the IRS to investigate Cornerstone World Outreach, based in Sioux City, for what it calls a clear violation of their tax exempt status by organizing a scheme called Project Jeremiah 2010, an effort to organize churches to encourage their members to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices. The Cornerstone church is asking other church leaders to preach on three consecutive Sundays ahead of the election for their congregations to vote no on the retention vote of the justices. In a letter dated Sept. 3 and signed by the Rev. Cary K. Gordon of the church, he wrote about Adolf Hitler’s attempt to keep politics out of churches and provides examples of Biblical text to use in sermons. The Cornerstone World Outreach with PeaceMakers Institute, Liberty Institute and the Iowa Family Policy Center, and is offering free legal protection by the Liberty Institute to any church that would join them. Federal tax law forbids 501(c)3 organizations, such as
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Obamacare
Health care reform instigated, covers students longer By Lea.Petersen iowastatedaily.com
Philip Brown said he’s had no worse feeling than emptying out someone’s room. Philip had to do exactly that Thursday: collecting his son’s belongings after the death. Jonathan Brown was pronounced brain dead at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the updates on his family’s blog. Jonathan died as a result of injuries sustained while being struck by a vehicle shortly after the ISU football game Oct. 2. His family gathered to remember times with Jonathan and share the stories only they could tell best. Born in Missouri on Sept. 3, 1989, Jonathan’s continued relationship with Christ was among one of his most important features. “He was very bold in his faith, he would help guide his friends that asked for it,” Philip said. “He would never shove the bible at them, just help.” His bible, which his mother Brenda Brown now possesses, has a metal cover that encloses his markings and favored verses. On the front is the imprint of the top of a soda can and it reads, “Thirsty?” On the back is a quote that asks, “Thirsty for something real?” which is how Jonathan’s father said you could describe him. “He was inquisitive. He would not only talk the talk, but he would walk the walk,” Philip said. “He wanted everyone to think about the future, because he knew tomorrow was never promised.” Jonathan grew up with four siblings. He had his sister, Lisa Langgin, the oldest by 15 years; followed by a brother, Matthew Brown; and a sister, Hannah Abbott. Because of the age difference between his siblings, Jonathan was always mature. He enjoyed being around them, along with his four
Jonathon Brown developed a strong faith at a young age, his father Philip said. Brown died Thursday from injuries sustained when a car struck him. Courtesy photo: Brown family
nephews and niece. “It was never weird having a brother that was so much younger than me,” said Langgin. “We are a very closeknit family.” Growing up, Jonathan was known to always have a smile on his face, but also had a very short temper. He did grow out of that temper; a friend at Iowa State helped him manage it. “His friend on campus would call him the Irish Hand Grenade, and every time
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Jack Trice Stadium Ames Christian School South 16th Crash site
Hwy 30
Brown was struck by a car crossing S. 16th Street near Mulberry Boulevard. Graphic: Moriah Smith
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Fire
Damages total $45,000 to Ames apartments
Farmers give perspectives Meeting brings together foreign, domestic farmers
No residents were injured in a fire caused by a child playing with a lighter Tuesday a Clark Avenue apartment building, Ames Fire Department officials said. All six residents at home in the four-unit building exited safely when the fire was detected at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, officials said in a news release. A firefighter suffered a minor burn on his neck, but was treated at the scene. The fire, caused by a child playing with a cigarette lighter, resulted in $45,000 worth of damage to the four-unit building, according to the release. The fire remains under investigation.
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President Barack Obama’s health care reform came into full effect Sept. 23, and in the complexity of the issue, students are impacted by the recent legislation. “This is actually some good stuff,” said Michelle Hendricks, director of the Thielen Student Health Center, as she explained the advantages of the new health care plan. Hendricks recently attended a conference focused solely on Obama’s health care reform. One of the new additions to the bill includes allowing students to stay on their parents’ insurance until the age of 26. Even though the number of insured ISU students is higher than the national average, being allowed to remain on parents’ health care plans will still aid students greatly, Hendricks said. “If a student were to suddenly fall ill, instead of worrying about payments and, consequently, needing to miss a semester of class because of high medical bills, Obama’s required insurance will help pay for the expenses,” Hendricks said. Because most ISU students are insured, Hendricks doesn’t anticipate any major changes having to take place at Thielen. Some colleges currently require a hard wavier, meaning that incoming students have to provide proof of insurance before being accepted. With the reform this prerequisite may be implemented across the nation. “While Iowa State does not enforce the hard wavier, it is
Family recalls student’s life, devotion to faith
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks Tuesday at Lee Liu Auditorium in Howe Hall. Vilsack talked about the impact American farmers now have on an global scale. Photo: Bryan Langfeldt/Iowa State Daily
Science and technology seem to be the answer to conquering sustainability and biodiversity issues in the world. Hundreds of students, faculty and farmers from the Ames community and around the globe participated in the Global Farmer Town Hall meeting that was held Tuesday morning in Howe Hall. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together people with an interest in agriculture to discuss issues in sustainability and biodiversity. A panel consisting of three farmers and two experts in the agricultural field, along with Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture, answered questions and shared their personal experiences in promoting sustainability and biodiversity in agriculture. One of the topics panelists agreed upon was that produc-
tion levels on farms are increasing while the amount of land the crops are produced on remains the same. Rajesh Kumar, vegetable and cotton farmer from India, said many of the farmers in India have started planting high yielding varieties of seed. However, small farmers and those in developing countries do not always have access to the science and technology needed. “In Brazil, we have two situations: We have big farmers that have access to technology and biotechnology and we have small farmers that don’t have access, they don’t have knowledge about the environment,” said Camila Illich, crop and tree farmer from Brazil. Panelists also addressed the topic of sustainability directly. Gary Munkvold, chairman of the graduate program in seed technology and business at Iowa State, said there are three components of sustainability: economic, environment and societal. “All three of those compo-
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