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By Jeremiah.Davis @iowastatedaily.com COLUMBIA, Mo. — The ISU football team headed to Columbia, Mo., with every intention of righting the ship coming off two straight losses to Texas and Baylor.

Instead, the Cyclones (3-3, 0-3 Big 12) left Faurot Field more dejected than ever, and with coaches and players who were visibly Rhoads frustrated after a 5217 loss to Missouri.

“One of my biggest fears was that [Missouri] was going to gel as an offense after not doing it [in previous

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again, giving up 294 yards to Missouri (3-3, 1-2) a week after surrendering 395 yards on the ground to Baylor.

Linebacker Jake Knott — who said he hasn’t practiced for two weeks because coaches are looking out for the health of his shoulder — also said he flat out didn’t play well, and that the defense needs to regroup in a hurry.

“MU had a great game plan for us,”

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By Kaleb Warnock Daily staff writer Hackers converged on Iowa State on Saturday for ISU’s annual Cyber Defense Competition that pitted ISU students against industry professionals in a game of virtual capture the flag.

The CDC was made up of teams of ISU students who worked as defenders of cyber networks and fought malicious attacks from outside users. The situation was aimed to simulate companies that try to allow user traffic through their website while keeping out unwanted visitors.

“It’s very much a hands-on thing.” said John Sedig, senior in computer engineering and leader of Team Password. “It really enhances stuff from the classroom. You have to put a lot of thought and thinking on your feet into it too.”

More CDCs will be held at Iowa State throughout the year. The competition is hosted by ISU’s Information Assurance Center in association with ISEAGE and IASG and was held in the Howe Hall atrium.

games],” said coach Paul Rhoads after the game. “They were a dangerous football team waiting to explode as an offense, and they did that, capitalizing on two turnovers. They did it twice with long fields, they did it twice with short fields and made mincemeat out of our defensive football team.”

For the second straight week, the Cyclone defense was gashed in the run game. The unit allowed more than 200 yards on the ground once

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HERITAGE: Honoring Latino Culture Abi Contreras of the Young Ambassadors dances a traditional Mexican dance during the Latino Noche de Cultura on Saturday in the Great Hall of the MU.

In a move that has startled many on the left and the right, Iowa Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has made public his new 18-page education reform bill titled “One Unshakable Vision: World-Class Schools for Iowa.” The plan, officially released Oct. 3, makes sweeping changes to the Iowa public education system, as well as to the process for becoming a teacher in Iowa, which could substantially affect aspiring teachers at Iowa State and other colleges and universities in Iowa.

Under this new education bill, students in K-12 public school will be subjected to a more intense Iowa core curriculum, third graders will be required to take a reading test in order to move on to the fourth grade, ninth graders will be asked to take a standardized test that would compare them to other students on an international basis, and 11th graders will be required to take a college entrance exam.

As for teachers, the required grade point average for admission into teaching programs at Iowa universities will be raised from a 2.5 to 3.0, core content coursework may

be increased, new teachers will enter into an apprentice program in which they will be mentored and trained by distinguished Branstad veteran teachers, and a new pay ladder will be implemented from which pay will be tied to both performance and experience. Many Waley believe that these new ambitious approaches are needed to make Iowa a leader in education again, but many still remain wary of some of the ideas proposed in the bill, especially the new standards for prospective teachers at Iowa universities.

“The concern for raising the grade point average requirement is, who is it going to impact?” said David Whaley, associate dean for the College of Human Sciences.

“Many of our students have fulltime jobs and are in majors that have stricter requirements ... a 2.6 grade point average in physics is very good, but under these new requirements they won’t be accepted into the teaching program ... the culture for GPA expectation is different from major to major.”

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Actor Zachary Quinto comes out in honor of bullied teen

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Actor Zachary Quinto, known for playing Spock in the 2009 “Star Trek” remake, acknowledged his homosexuality in a post on his website Sunday, saying the action comes after the suicide of a 14-year-old who killed himself after apparently being harassed over his sexuality.

“When I found out that Jamey Rodemeyer killed himself — I felt deeply troubled,” Quinto posted.

“But when I found out that Jamey Rodemeyer had made an ‘It Gets Better’ video only months before taking his own life — I felt indescribable despair.

“I also made an ‘It Gets Better’ video last year in the wake of the senseless and tragic gay teen suicides that were sweeping the nation at the time,” Quinto wrote.“But in light of Jamey’s death, it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.”

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HOMECOMING: Walking the lane of victory Greg Vose, sophomore in architecture, works on Painting Victory Lane, which is the part of a Homecoming event Sunday north of the Jack Trice Stadium.

Police Blotter: Sept. 23 Vehicles driven by Doan Nguyen and James Garland were involved in a property damage collision at Lincoln Way and Morrill Road (reported at 11:45 a.m.).

An officer initiated a drug related investigation at the Armory (reported at 2:20 p.m.).

An officer initiated an investigation into the theft of signs at Frederiksen Court. The case remains under investigation and charges are pending (reported at 6:27 p.m.).

Christian Thompson, 18, of Webster City, Iowa, was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Birch-Welch-Roberts (reported at 8:53 p.m.).

Nathan Jones, 20, 645 Squaw Creek Drive unit 103, and Zachary Lamb, 20, of Stuart, Iowa, were cited for underage possession of alcohol at Frederiksen Court (reported at 10:40 p.m.).

Lindsay Lohan faces dental debacle Lindsay Lohan’s teeth are causing quite a stink. People reported that the starlet’s smile was looking shabby on a red carpet in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and LiLo’s rep is firing back at media reports, defending his clients’ looks.

“Lindsay is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful women on the planet, and is regularly sought-after by some of the top photographers in the world to appear on covers of magazines around the globe,” Lindsay’s rep Steve Honig told CNN. People magazine also pointed out that not only does the actress have decaying teeth, there are “nail polish streaks and blotches on her hands.”

Sept. 24

Rapper Rick Ross back at hospital

Alex Spencer, 22, 1210 Walton Drive unit 102, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at the 2500 block of Chamberlain Street; he was transported to the Story County Justice Center (reported at 12:43 a.m.).

Matthew Porter, 23, of Maxwell, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at the 500 block of Welch Avenue. He was subsequently released on citation and transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for evaluation (reported at 2:06 a.m.).

It was determined that what was originally reported as a theft of cash from an office was

Rapper Rick Ross suffered medical emergencies aboard two separate flights, forcing both back to the ground, officials said Friday.

Ross was taken to a Florida hospital after he suffered an unidentified medical emergency on a Delta flight to Memphis, Tenn., a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the situation told CNN. A Broward County Sheriff’s Office fire rescue team met Delta Flight 1310 at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, said the source, who was not authorized to speak to the media.

“Ross was breathing and conscious and alert when we reached the passenger on the plane,” said the source.

“He was conscious on transport. He was assessed and transported to Broward General Medical Center.”

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All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

actually a counting error at Armory; this case is closed as unfounded (reported at 8:48 a.m.).

Dwight Taylor, 24, 209 N. Hyland Ave. unit 8, was charged with criminal trespass at University Village; he was already in custody at the Story County Justice Center facing charges filed by another agency (reported at 5:36 p.m.).

A vehicle driven by Kenneth Krueger collided with a car that was stopped in traffic at 24th Street and Stange Road (reported at 6:57 p.m.)

Nicolas Woods, 19, 7345 Larch Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and interference with official acts at Larch Hall; he was transported to the Story County Justice Center (reported at 9:58 p.m.).

Officers assisted a resident who was experiencing emotional and medical difficulties at Wilson Hall. The individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for treatment (reported at 11:27 p.m.).

Sept. 25 Matthew Ferriss, 22, of Marshalltown, Iowa, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated at Knapp Street and Stanton Avenue; he was transported to the Story County Justice Center (reported at 2:36 a.m.).

Blake Poock, 18, 331 Linden Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and underage possession of alcohol at Linden Hall; he was transported to the Story County Justice Center

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Sept. 26 A staff member reported damage to a window at Hoover Hall (reported at 6:17 a.m.).

Ruben Lebron, 3359 Wallace Hall, reported the theft of a bike at Memorial Union (reported at 9:52 a.m.).

Holly Tuttle, 41, of State Center, Iowa, was arrested and charged with driving under suspension; she was subsequently released on citation at Center Drive and University Boulevard (reported at 12:06 p.m.).

An individual reported being harassed by an acquaintance at the Armory (reported at 4:10 p.m.).

Vehicles driven by Jong Yu and Logan Mauch were involved in a property damage collision at 13th Street and Stange Road (reported at 5:24 p.m.).

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>>EDUCATION.p1 Whaley also went on to say that the average GPA in Iowa State’s University Teacher Education Program is already a 3.23, not a 2.5, so the evidence that teachers entering the program do not have strong GPAs is lacking. Also, there has been talk about extending the student teaching terms required from 14 weeks to an unspecified length, which Whaley believes would be helpful for new teachers.

Additionally, the new teacher apprentice and salary program has raised a few eyebrows.

Assuming the plan is passed in its entirety, new teachers will enter an apprentice program in which they will be supervised by a veteran teacher for an average of two years.

After they demonstrate competency to evaluators, they will become career teachers and their pay will be increased as they become master teachers and so on.

This means that starting salaries for teachers in Iowa will be increased. “Teachers are already part of the step and ladder policy ... which means the more years and more credits, the higher the salary,� Whaley said. “But this new system does away with that.

Placing new teachers into an apprentice program will increase starting salary and increase incentives for teachers to come into shortage areas, which are both important factors.�

Despite the new proposals in the bill, many wonder how viable the plan will be once it reaches the state legislature in Des Moines come January. “There are constructive ideas in the new plan, but I am not sure if every piece of it will fly,� said state Sen. Herman Quirmbach, of Ames. “It’s going to be a long process of deliberation and legislation. I am currently in the process of reaching out to parents and teachers to get their feelings about it. What is conspicuous though is how [Branstad] intends to pay for it.�

It is true that the governor’s plan calls for increased spending on education, but he has yet to come out with a plan to actually pay for it. This shortcoming has worried both Republicans and Democrats alike who continue to push for education reform, but also accountability. “We have made considerable improvements in education over the last few years,� Quirmbach said. “And the governor’s proposal is another step in the right direction ... It builds pre-K education, increases teacher’s pay and strengthens the core curriculum. However, we need to continue to ask what ideas have been proven to work in other states and apply them to this bill.�

Education has been a hallmark of Iowa for more than a century, but the fact remains that the state has fallen behind many other states in the past few years who have significantly improved their education systems.

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Republicans: End rhetoric, give results The Republican members of the Senate once again proved their reluctance to consider a bill that could put many unemployed Americans back to work in this sluggish economy and tackle serious fiscal issues by raising the taxes of Americans best able to afford it.

The cloture vote, which would have ended debate on the bill in the Senate, failed 50-49. For the cloture motion to pass, 60 votes were needed.

No Republican voted in favor of ending their filibuster and actually going on the record as supporting a solution or rejecting a solution.

If we truly need results, not rhetoric, debate has to end at some point. Debate is good; discussion is an essential part of any democratic or republican system. Our political freedoms are predicated on an ability to come together and peacefully do what essentially amounts to talking it out.

But debate has to end for implementation of any idea to begin. As any student or academic knows, there is no achieving perfection. There is no finishing a project or paper. There is only a deadline by which your work must be submitted for review. And if you miss that deadline, you start getting docked points.

The same goes for congressional action. In 2004, Sen. John Kerry, then the Democratic Party’s candidate for president, stated in one of his ads, “We need to get some things done in this country.” This time around, in the primary race for the Republican Party’s nomination, many of the candidates tout their executive experience — from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to former Godfather’s CEO Herman Cain — as an indicator of their ability to get things done.

Just as there is a time to every season and every purpose, there is a time to talk — to do politics — and a time to act. There is a time to propose and evaluate legislation, listening to the opinions of third parties and taking their words of wisdom into account.

And then there is a time to act.

If the Republicans are indeed so eager to shape the United States and its economy with their own ideas, maybe they should propose them — during debate. Instead, several Republican senators revealed their own plan for putting the economy back to work two days after they prevented anyone from voting — from staking out a position on — their president’s proposal.

If Republicans want to be taken seriously, they need not only to talk about their own ideas. They need to allow votes on the measures coming before them. If they truly want to sound like the party of the people, the party that listens to the people, they need to allow votes to take place.

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eep beep beep ... beep beep beep.”

Just 44 years ago this month, Sputnik beeped out a tune to millions of humans from miles above their heads.

It forever changed the future of the earth and human technology — proving to people around the world that the sky was not the limit and allowing us to develop new technologies that would forever change the world.

But I’m sure many of you share the sentiment of Homer Hickam’s friend Jimmy O’Dell in the movie “October Sky”: “Well, big deal ... “ What could a hunk of metal flying around the earth at 5 miles per second have to do with me down here?

Well, during most of the years of our parents’ lives, we have become increasingly sophisticated at launching payloads into space and have become increasingly dependent on spacecraft for our daily needs.

Every morning you wake up and walk out the door, knowing whether to bring sunscreen or an umbrella, in part thanks to weather satellites orbiting high above the earth. When you drive somewhere new, your GPS computer uses 24 satellites orbiting above Earth to tell you exactly where you are and where to go. If you need to place a call around the Earth, it will likely bounce off a few satellites in between you and your destination. When you see the evening news or breaking news, some of the best reporting is likely done on location and broadcasted back to the station using a satellite up-link truck.

And those are just the visible benefits of space exploration.

One of the best things about America is not our people, it isn’t our liberty or our laws — it’s our culture that encourages new innovation.

And I worry that we’re becoming too riskaverse, that we’re losing the innovative spirit that helped us invent everything from the cotton gin to the assembly line to the liquidpowered rocket.

Even NASA, an agency tasked with exploring the heavens and going where no man has gone before has been encouraged by congressmen and women to play it safe and cheap and not push too many boundaries. While even NASA officials acknowledge the need to try to use newer and cheaper methods to achieve their goals, many congresspeople want our space agency to keep paying large defense conglomerates for their 50-year-old families of rockets, at a multi-million dollar premium over their cheaper, younger cousins.

I have expressed my belief — to you in this paper, and to congresspeople in committee — that NASA’s path in the future should include equal support of both new upstart space companies and 100-year-old behemoths. As it currently stands, most of the money NASA has provided to develop new rockets has gone to the old guard, while a comparatively small portion has gone to upstarts like SpaceX. But it is still a difficult game to play because the U.S. public will not accept a failure that kills astronauts, be they civilian or government employees. Such non-acceptance of failure makes this an impossible game to play, but yet America has generated a dozen new space companies in just the last decade.

A former ISU student and friend of mine, Ben Brockert, who has worked for a few small space companies in the last five years, has many times explained to young students the importance of failure. In almost any field, if you are developing something exciting and new, you will fail many times before you finally succeed.

But during the same decades that the United States has experienced amazing growth

Photo courtesy of NASA/Flickr The Soyuz TMA-21 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 5, carrying three passengers to the International Space Station.

By Rick.Hanton @iowastatedaily.com based on technological developments, we have grown increasingly risk-averse.

There is a laundry list of projects that the United States has dreamed up, started and then stopped paying for because companies and senators failed to see the long-term scientific benefits as an advantage when compared to the cost. We canceled projects like the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) in Texas (1993), the NASA Constellation program (2010), and may cancel the new James Webb Space Telescope halfway through development.

In an age when we couldn’t budget enough money toward long-term programs to stop NASA from being dependent on Russia for launching astronauts, we need to stop and examine our priorities. Do we stay on the same path, not looking out for future priorities, but

budgeting for only today? Not funding science because we are too focused on fighting terrorists around the world?

We need to focus the money of the federal government and our priorities in specific areas to keep on track and achieve a few chosen goals. To some extent, the tea party supporters are right, we are spreading ourselves too thin and counting on the government to take care of too many things at once. We should focus in on innovation, the foundation of America and support the scientific discoveries that engender innovation in our national policy.

We may not win every war we fight, but the last time we sent men out of our atmosphere, we started a decades-long technology revolution.

Do we want to relate to the other citizens of the world as a violent global police force or as a peaceful spacefaring nation? Do we take risks, make mistakes and develop innovations, or outsource innovation just like everything else?

It is up to you to decide.

Rick Hanton is a senior in computer engineering from Arden Hills, Minn.

Finance

Utilizing zero-sum budgeting Editor’s note: This is the final part of a four-part series on student financial health.

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nlike the federal government, we as college students must actually face the reality that we have limited financial resources, and that debt must eventually be repaid. In my previous articles, I have addressed specific issues that commonly trip up college students.

Today, I am going to take a look at the greater picture of budgeting while in college.

Budgeting, which has become some form of profanity in many circles, is simply the idea of identifying, categorizing and providing funding for the money you spend during a given period of time. For college students, the period of time is most often monthly or per semester.

The benefits of budgeting are numerous. First, budgeting allows you to spend time figuring out how

By Tyler.Lage @iowastatedaily.com to spend your money in the most efficient manner possible. Second, budgeting gives you peace of mind while spending your money; it provides reassurance that your needs are covered. Finally, budgeting is a responsible and simple practice to start now so that you can build on the basic plan when your life becomes much more financially complex.

The simplest form of budgeting is zero-sum budgeting, an idea that has been around as long as the topic of personal finance has been considered.

In zero-based budgeting, each dollar that you take in over a period of time — be it payment for a job, student loans or parents’ generosity — is spent on paper

before you even receive it.

In order to spend your money effectively on paper, you first list your expenses in order of priority.

As college students, your first few items would be: food, clothing, shelter, tuition, transportation, insurance and so on.

You continue this list until you progress out of “needs” and end up with “wants,” such as Rebecca Black concert tickets or a fourstory beer bong.

After you have prioritized your expenses, you apply your money to each item in its order of importance until you run out of funds.

In the above example, if you run out of money before the beer bong, you have to wait until next month or use the money your grandma sends you for your birthday for that extra special purchase. (Note to my grandmother: I have never used your generous gifts for anything of the sort).

The next step of the effective zero-sum budget is to share your plan with a trusted financial mentor. This can be a parent, adult

friend or anyone else who is not going to encourage you to sell your organs for a new iPad. This process is intended to help keep you accountable to your own goals.

Finally, the last step is to spend the money in your budget with a new peace of mind owed to the fact that you have a plan. I have found in my relatively short time practicing the zero-based budget that it allows me to be much more confident in spending money because I know I have all of my responsibilities covered.

Whatever your financial situation in college — be it massive debt, parent sponsorship or working your own way — budgeting allows you to sit down and figure out the most efficient way to use your money.

It offers peace of mind and lifelong financial prosperity to the consistent practitioner.

Tyler Lage is a senior in civil engineering from Sheffield, Iowa.

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Dan Wheldon dies in crash in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS — Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a fiery 15-car wreck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his car flew over another on Lap 13 and smashed into the wall just outside turn 2. Wheldon was 33.

Drivers were told of Wheldon’s death in a meeting about two hours after the fiery, smoky crash that many drivers said was the worst they had ever seen.

He won the Indianapolis 500 twice, including this year.

“IndyCar is very sad to announce that Dan Wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injuries,” said IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family today.

IndyCar, its drivers and owners, have decided to end the race. In honor of Dan Wheldon, the drivers have decided to do a five-lap salute to in his honor.”

Three other drivers, including championship contender Will Power, were hurt in the pileup.

The wreck left Townsend Bell upside down, and smoldering cars and debris littered the track nearly halfway up the straightaway of the 1.5-mile oval.

The track was red-flagged following the accidents while crews worked on fences and removed smashed cars. Wheldon started in the back of the pack but quickly worked his way through the 34-car field before the wreck.

“It was like a movie scene which they try to make as gnarly as possible,” said Danica Patrick, making her final IndyCar start.

“It was debris everywhere across the whole track, you could smell the smoke, you could see the billowing smoke on the back straight from the car. There was a chunk of fire that we were driving around. You could see cars scattered.”

Drivers had been concerned about the high speeds at the track, where they were hitting nearly 225 mph during practice.

By John Marshall The Associated Press

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3-2-6 Defense SPORT: Football DEFINITION: A defensive scheme that consists of three down linemen, two linebackers and six defensive backs.

USE: The Cyclones used a 3-2-6 defense against Missouri, but gave up 583 total yards in the 52-17 loss to the Tigers.

In the ISU volleyball team’s 3-0 sweep of Baylor, it was evident that sophomore Tenisha Matlock was starting to get comfortable in her new position of middle blocker.

Matlock, Hannah Willms and Carly Jenson led the balanced attack with eight kills each on Saturday night for the Cyclones (15-3, 6-1 Big 12).

What made Matlock’s performance stick out was her .444 hitting percentage and eight block assists, a career-best for the North Platte, Neb., native.

“We’ve almost come to expect this from her, to hit above .400 and have about five blocks for the night,” said ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.

“She’s just a tremendous athlete.”

Matlock’s eight block assists led the way for one of the best defensive performances of the Cyclones’ season.

As a team, the ISU defense registered a season-high 13 blocks on the night and held Baylor hitters to just .023 hitting in the match.

The frightening aspect for opponents is that Matlock is just two months into her switch from a rightside hitter to a middle blocker. “[Matlock] only started playing middle in August, and usually it takes a year or two to really understand blocking and playing middle in college,” Johnson-Lynch said. “She is just so athletic that she can step the wrong way and still recover. She is

Photo: Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily Middle blocker Tenisha Matlock blocks a hit from Baylor during the match Saturday. Matlock had eight kills and scored a total of 12 points throughout the game.

just able to recover like that and it’s very unique.”

For Matlock, who had a careerhigh 13 kills just a week ago against Oklahoma, the transition to her new position has been keyed by repetition in practice.

“I’m getting there — around 90 percent now — where I was around

50 percent three weeks ago,” Matlock said of her move to middle blocker. “A lot of drills, a lot of transition drills for the middle and blocking. It’s become more of a reaction now.”

Matlock mentioned that part of the Cyclones’ dominant performance was that the team came into Saturday’s contest with fresh legs

after a going a week without a match.

The No. 15 Cyclones now find themselves in a rare situation of having another full week to prepare for their showdown with Texas A&M (15-4, 4-2).

The first serve of the matchup will be at 6:30 p.m. this Saturday in College Station, Texas.

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ISU quarterbacks, Knott struggle

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — An interception was not the first pass Jared Barnett would have wanted to throw for his college football career.

But after how things were going for Iowa State in its 52-17 loss to Missouri at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., on Saturday, there was no room for the redshirt freshman quarterback to hang his head.

“I think every play I became more and more comfortable,” Barnett said. “But I mean this is an offense that I run every day in practice.

I didn’t go on the field and I wasn’t uncomfortable to begin with.”

The Garland, Texas, native was put into the game at the start of the fourth quarter in place of starter Steele Jantz, who completed 17-of-32 passes with just 161 passing yards in three quarters of play.

“You’ve always got to be ready to play, regardless if you’re a one, two or a three,” Barnett said. “I was just happy that my number was called to get the chance.”

Photo: Jake Lovett/Iowa State Daily ISU linebacker Jake Knott makes one of his four tackles during the first half of the Cyclones’ 52-17 loss to Missouri.

While Barnett went only 3-for-8 in passing for 25 yards, he managed to successfully lead the Cyclones (3-3, 0-3 Big 12) down the field early in the fourth quarter for their only offensive touchdown of the game — a 13-yard run by Jeff Woody, his first of the season.

“I feel like he did pretty good,” said receiver Darius Reynolds of Barnett. “He got the offense rolling, he got the tempo moving pretty quick, which is what we try to do. I feel like as a backup, he came in and did a pretty good job.”

The Cyclones managed to get the running game go-

ing under Barnett, who contributed 21 of the 107 yards gained on the ground in the fourth quarter against the Tigers (3-3, 1-2).

Jantz, who has started all six games for the Cyclones this season, said he did not feel slighted when the coaches decided to bench him for Barnett in the fourth quarter.

“It wasn’t so much about Barnett as it was just trying to get the offense going and talk to them and hope that they could get a drive going,” Jantz said. “I don’t care who’s in the game as long as we’re making plays, and I thought we had some good

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The ISU offense was outgained in total offensive yards for the fifth time in six games, as the Tigers nearly reached 300 yards in both rushing (294) and passing (289).

Of those five games in which the Cyclones have been out-gained in total yards, they also had been out-gained in rushing yards in each of them as well. Missouri’s rushing total overwhelmingly outmatched Iowa State’s, 294-157, in the contest.

The limited presence of the team’s leading tackler, junior linebacker Jake Knott, inhibited the Cyclones’ ability to stop the run.

“When the game first started, he just wasn’t quite at full speed in playing, got nicked

on something,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads. “As soon as he shook that off, I don’t think he came out until we made the decision late to take him off the field.”

Knott had a season-low four tackles in limited action against the Tigers after trying to recover from having dislocated his shoulder twice on Oct. 8 in a loss to Baylor.

The Waukee, Iowa, native still leads the team in total tackles with 63 while averaging 10.5 per game, which is tied for 14th in the nation. Knott also notched his first interception of the season in the second quarter, which was the fifth of his career.

“I thought I played pretty poor,” Knott said. “My mindset

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offense. The Tigers scored quickly on an eight-play, 50yard drive that took 3:02 and didn’t see any throws. Henry Josey led the way for Missouri, carrying the ball 19 times for 134 yards and a touchdown.

The Cyclones also were exploited through the air, despite intercepting two James Franklin passes and having A.J. Klein return one for a touchdown — the third of his career.

>>FOOTBALL.p1 Knott said. “They found a way to exploit every weakness that we had and they did it really, really well.

“As long as we can [get our minds right] and everybody stays mentally focused and stays on the right track, we’ll be fine. We’ve just got to go back and fix everything.”

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Franklin went 20-of-28 for 289 yards and three touchdowns. He also was able to find one of the nation’s best tight ends in Michael Egnew six times for 105 yards and a score.

Rhoads talked after the game about the defense’s strategy in the game. The Cyclones went primarily with a 3-2-6 defense to start the game, a strategy that worked well for the team in last year’s game against the Tigers. When

Missouri showed the Cyclones it had the defense figured out, Rhoads’ staff tried to make adjustments.

“A year ago, when Missouri had one of the most prolific offenses in the country, we held them to 14 points, which I think was a season low, and we held them to season lows with yardage,” Rhoads said.

“I cautioned our defensive staff that they would have answers to that, so we of course

had answers of our own when they showed what those things were. Great credit to Missouri’s offensive staff and their plan and their kids and their execution.”

The Cyclones also saw more of the same from the offensive side of the ball.

Quarterback Steele Jantz kept his streak alive of having a turnover in each game, fumbling twice against Missouri before coming out of the game

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at the end of the third quarter.

“Bottom line, we’ve got to do a better job, speaking for the offense,” Jantz said. “I think our first goal is just [to] practice better because I think we can improve in that area.”

Jantz was relieved in favor of redshirt freshman Jared Barnett after going 17-of-32 for 161 yards and the two fumbles. Barnett, who threw an interception on his first collegiate pass, said he “didn’t play very good,” but that he felt more and more comfortable as the quarter went on.

Some may wonder now if there’s a quarterback controversy rebrewing within the Cyclone locker room. But to ask Rhoads, there’s nothing to be read into about Barnett replacing Jantz.

“We were a good bit behind and Steele hadn’t led a touchdown drive yet,” Rhoads said.

“So I didn’t think I’d consult with [the media], I just thought I’d make the decision myself and put Jared Barnett out there and see what he could do with our offensive football team.

“We’re certainly going to examine the play of our quarterbacks and make a decision moving forward. You’ll see at kickoff [against Texas A&M] who goes out with us. I’m not saying it’s a competition, I’m not saying Steele won’t start, but don’t bother asking me during the week.”

>>KNOTT.p5 was not what it normally was.

I’ve got to play a lot better to give us a chance at winning.”

Rhoads said Knott has been kept out of practice for the past two weeks in order to recover from various ailments in hopes he would be healthy for Saturdays, which Knott said was a decision made by the coaching staff.

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By Morgan.Shepherd @iowastatedaily.com KHOI is a community radio station striving to get on air within the year, with help from the community and its volunteers. The station, located on Main Street, will showcase local programs and music centered on central Iowa.

“On KHOI, we want to hear the voice of Story County; everyone is unique and we love that. People are all strange and interesting.

We want to hear what they have to say,” said Ursula Ruedenberg, KHOI’s board chairwoman.

Community radio is not commercial broadcasting and differs from public radio in several ways.

Unlike public radio, KHOI welcomes all voices from the community and will give anyone the chance to be heard on air. The local radio station prides itself on keeping no separation from the community to the airwaves. This means virtually anyone can come volunteer, whether it be on air, producing or technical support.

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Photo: Emily Harmon/ Iowa State Daily KHOI, a new community radio station in the works, has joined the businesses in downtown Ames.

KHOI plans to be on the air by August 2012.

duce shows, and the station has set a goal of $100,000 to get on air; as of now it is at $15,000.

To reach its goal, KHOI said it is looking for community support. The station is selling T-shirts, putting on events and always accepting donations. All proceeds go toward getting the radio station up and running. The biggest fundraiser begins Nov. 4 and is a concert event entitled “Pandemonium at the Pantorium.”

“The music scene in Ames is going to benefit from KHOI. This station will make all kinds of music from the Ames area completely accessible,” said Nate Logsdon, board

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KHOI will feature local bands, radio shows and emergency broadcasting. The station is affiliated with Pacifica Radio and also will feature a few national programs like Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. The station, 89.1 FM, will be a full-power frequency that will cover all of Story County and parts of Hamilton, Boone and Hardin counties.

KHOI is focused on supporting the local economy and hopes to add to the culture of the Main Street district. KHOI is located in the historic Pantorium, and many involved are excited about bringing new life to the historic building.

“Pantorium is an older name for Laundromat. The building was built in the 1920s and the city has decided it’s suitable for restoration, so hopefully we will have this place looking as it did when it first opened,” said Tom Beell, KHOI volunteer and ISU professor of journalism and communication.

KHOI’s volunteers feel strongly about the connection with the radio station and Ames and are excited to get the station started.

“We are all about supporting our community,” Ruedenberg said.

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By Sarah.Binder @iowastatedaily.com Go Topless Glassware, a company started by an ISU student, recently won the Dream Big Grow Here regional competition.

Go Topless makes drinking glasses from recycled bottles. Cody Henke, senior in electrical engineering who founded the company with Chris Perkins, agrees that it isn’t a new idea, but said their glasses are higher quality than most. With the $5,000 Dream Big Grow Here grant, they’ll be able to purchase glass customization equipment. Also, the process is almost entirely green.

“We can repurpose it, and now that same bottle is someone’s favorite drinking glass for the next 10 years,” Henke said.

Henke started the company at the urging of a business professor. He also said the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship helped them minimize risk and maximize the resources available at Iowa State — for example, they learned about glass coatings from the materials engineering department and safety requirements for glasses from food sciences.

“I got a ton of support from the business college when I wasn’t even a student there,” Henke said. “The resources are here, people just don’t realize it.”

Dream Big Grow Here is a grant program for certain counties in Iowa. Go Topless advanced to the statewide competition for $10,000, to take place in March.

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Agricultural engineering

Grad secures job with internship experience

By Joy.Wessels @iowastatedaily.com There are many things students can do to improve their resumes and find experience that will help them land their dream jobs. For engineering students, this is not any different.

James Bosserd graduated from Iowa State in 2007 with a master’s degree in agricultural engineering.

Bosserd was able to secure a full-time job at John Deere in Waterloo, Iowa, the summer following the spring ISU career fair.

“As an instrumentation engineer, I work on tractors and testing their parts to make sure they work,” Bosserd said.

Bosserd applied and interviewed at three different places before deciding on John Deere. His decision came primarily from getting to know Deere’s main recruiter through the John Deere project he did for his master’s degree.

“After getting to know the recruiter, I contacted him during the fall semester,” Bosserd said. “In the spring, I followed up at the career fair and was able to land the job.”

Beyond networking with future employers, Bosserd did a few other things while in college to help boost his resume.

For instance, while completing his undergrad at Michigan State University, Bosserd worked during the summers before his junior and senior year at Boese Engineering, a company that produces agricultural equipment.

While completing his master’s, Bosserd worked as a graduate assistant and was paid to work on projects for companies like John Deere.

“Through graduate assistant projects and internships, I had talking points to discuss with employers,” Bosserd said. “It really helps if you can convey what you’ve learned through your experiences and how you can apply it to the job you’re looking for.”

Photo courtesy of James Bosserd James Bosserd, who currently works at John Deere as an instrumentation engineer, graduated from Iowa State in 2007. He said that it helps if students convey what they learn through their experiences to future employers.

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By Jenna.Miller @iowastatedaily.com Many children and adults love going to the zoo to watch and play with the animals. For Valene Hautekeete, that is her career.

Hautekeete graduated from Iowa State in December 2005 with a degree in zoology and a minor in animal science.

“I grew up on a dairy farm, and I really enjoyed it,” Hautekeete said. “But I wanted to get out in the world a little bit more.”

Hautekeete started at Iowa State as a pre-vet student, but then changed to zoology as she learned more about the different fields.

“I feel I received a great education that set me up for whatever career I ended up with,” Hautekeete said.

Hautekeete said the education she received at Iowa State contributed to finding a job she enjoys. She said she also searched job postings and worked through a lab temp agency.

“During Thanksgiving break, I did interviews,” she said. Through those job interviews is how Hautekeete got her first job at a small business called Healthy Coats, a horse supplement company, as an administrative assistant. She started working during her final semester, and worked there for about three months until the company moved.

Hautekeete said she then applied for a job at Blank Park Zoo. She accepted the job immediately, and began working there in April 2006.

During school, Hautekeete interned at the Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, and the summer prior to graduating she interned at the Blank Park Zoo. “Throughout that fall, whenever I had time I would volunteer [at Blank Park Zoo],” Hautekeete said. “So I always had a toe in the door there.”

At Blank Park Zoo, Hautekeete is taking care of Japanese macaques and lemurs. She said she checks up on their diets, trains them and handles their daily care.

She also helps with big cats and African animals once a week or sometimes every other weeks.

“We recently went through a reorganization. The entire staff had to learn to care for new animals and work with new co-workers,” she said.

Hautekeete said learning to work with other animals was one of the most difficult things she had to do while working at the zoo.

“I love working with the macaques,” she said.

Luckily for Hautekeete, in 2009, the zoo brought in three young male macaques from Canada to start a new breeding program. One of them is named Kitsy.

Hautekeete herself trains Kitsy.

“It’s like working with a 5-year-old,” Hautekeete said.

“Sure, they’ll play, but only if you have a good treat or if they’re in the mood to play.”

Hautekeete has some advice for all ISU students.

“Find internships and volunteer opportunities in areas that interest you,” she said. “Getting experience and making contacts is key.”

Photo courtesy of Valene Hautekeete Valene Hautekeete, 2005 ISU graduate, now works at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. She said she especially enjoys working with macaques.

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Animal ecology

Alumna ‘wears many hats’ working at state park

By Katherine.Klingseis @iowastatedaily.com Laura Kohn graduated from Iowa State five years ago, but she has already become the only interpreter and outdoor learning center coordinator in North Dakota who also serves as an assistant manager at a state park.

Kohn, a 2006 ISU graduate in zoology and animal ecology, currently works at North Dakota’s Cross Ranch State Park. At the state park, Kohn serves as both the interpreter and outdoor learning center coordinator and the assistant manager. “I wear many hats,� she said.

As an interpreter and learning center coordinator, Kohn offers hands-on activities for school groups and other groups that venture to Cross Ranch State Park, she said. She explained that she also is in charge of teaching other interpreters. “I’m in charge of statewide interpretation.

There are only two more people in North Dakota who have the same job as I do,� Kohn said. “We train seasonal interpreters. We give them resources to do environmental education.�

In addition to serving as an interpreter and learning center coordinator, Kohn is also the assistant manager at Cross Ranch State Park.

As the assistant manager, Kohn is in charge of checking campers in, changing reservations and various other tasks, she said. “I do a lot of supervising,� Kohn said. “I also run park if the manager is absent.�

Kohn said she became interested in working with animals because she grew up on a dairy farm. She explained she was especially interested in watching a veterinarian treat farm animals. “I was always curious when the vet would come over. I became interested in how animals function since I got to watch all of that,� Kohn said. “I was interested in learning about anatomy and physiology. I wanted to be able to study animals and learn about how they function.�

Kohn said her interests led her to choose zoology for a major. She said she decided to attend Iowa State because it was one of the few nearby colleges she found that offered zoology as a major.

While in college, Kohn became interested in animal ecology, she said. “I wanted to learn about where they lived — that interrelationship between how they function and where they live,� Kohn said.

Kohn explained that when she was younger she was somewhat interested in becoming a vet. However, Kohn became more interested in wildlife rehabilitation. “I didn’t necessarily want to be a vet. I wanted that knowledge, but I wanted to be outdoors,� she said. “I wanted to move into the wildlife aspect of it.�

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after volunteering at the Wildlife Care Clinic, she said.

She explained that she found an internship while in college at HawkWatch International in Salt Lake City, Utah.

After interning at HawkWatch International, Kohn then began working at Cross Ranch State Park to do conservation programs, she said. She eventually went back to working for HawkWatch International before accepting her current position. “Taken a long curvy road to get to what I’m doing,� she said.

In the future, Kohn said she plans to return to Iowa and work in a similar position as she currently holds. She said there is not enough interest and support for science education in North Dakota. “[My job] is hard to do because there’s no interest up here,� Kohn said. “It’s not advantageous for me to stay here.�

Kohn said interest in Iowa varies from county to county and she hopes to find a job in a county that supports science and wildlife.

For current ISU students, Kohn recommends taking as many opportunities as you can get. She also said that students should evaluate their career aspirations and be flexible with where their careers will take them. “Figure out what you want to do or what you think you want to do,� Kohn said. “Then be willing to go wherever.�

Photo courtesy of Laura Kohn Laura Kohn, 2006 ISU graduate, works as an interpreter and outdoor learning coordinator at North Dakota’s Cross Ranch State Park. She also works as the park’s assistant manager.

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ISU graduate student stresses importance of internships

By Katherine.Klingseis @iowastatedaily.com ISU alumnus Steven Bly attributes his career success to his internship experience, and he recommends current students pursue internships.

“If you don’t have internship experience, it’s really difficult for employers to gauge your ability,” Bly said. “Having an internship is almost a must.”

Bly, who graduated from Iowa State in 2008, is originally from Garrison, S.D. He said that growing up on a farm led him to pursue agricultural engineering.

“Agricultural engineering seemed like the best way to really blend farming and science,” Bly said.

Before attending Iowa State, Bly earned his bachelor’s degree from South Dakota State.

He said he decided to attend graduate school because he wanted to gain experience in research.

“I just wanted to expand my career opportunities,” he said. “I wanted to get a master’s degree to give myself some background experience in research and broaden my research experience.”

Bly said he chose to attend Iowa State because he was interested in cellulosic ethanol.

“Cellulosic ethanol allows us to give up our dependency on foreign fuel,” Bly said. “It opens up our potential to more ethanol per acre of agricultural land.”

While at Iowa State, Bly studied abroad in Talus, France, with six other ISU students.

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If you don’t have internship experience, it’s really difficult for employers to gauge your ability. Having an internship is almost a must.” ence,” he said.

Bly also had three internships while in college, he said. One of these internships was at POET, a biofuel company that specializes in bioethanol. He said he was the data system engineering intern.

“I worked with data and information from all the ethanol plants all summer, and used those to gauge plant performance and provide feedback,” Bly said.

After interning at POET, he continued to keep an eye on the company’s website for any job openings, he said.

After graduating, Bly secured a job at POET as a process developer engineer.

Bly said he was just promoted about a month ago to plant process engineer.

“I’m responsible for the daily operations of ethanol plant and safety,” Bly said. “I’m responsible for troubleshooting and solving all technical issues with the plant.”

In the future, Bly hopes to develop his management skills.

“My main goal is to gain experience and knowledge of the general operations of an ethanol plant,” he said. “I think it will prepare me for different management opportunities.”

Graphic: Katherine Klingseis/Iowa State Daily According to the Office of Institutional Research, 98.5 percent of 2008-09 bachelor’s degree recipients in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are employed or pursuing further education.

Photo courtesy of Steven Bly Steven Bly graduated from Iowa State in 2008 with a master’s degree in agricultural business. He now works as a plant process engineer at POET, a biofuel company that specializes in bioethanol.

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Photo: Kait McKinney/Iowa State Daily Homecoming 2011 co-chairpersons Katie Kaiser and Aaron Williams sell Food on Campus buttons outside the Memorial Union on Friday. They are in charge of making sure Homecoming 2011 is successful.

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By Katherine.Klingseis @iowastatedaily.com Katie Kaiser and Aaron Williams have a lot in common: They both are fourth-generation ISU students, active in the greek community and are the 2011 Homecoming general co-chairpersons.

Kaiser, senior in marketing, and Williams, junior in agricultural business, are in charge of making sure Homecoming 2011 is successful.

Some of their most important tasks were forming their Homecoming Central Committee and then managing that committee.

“We had to make sure that everyone in our committee was doing what they were supposed to be doing in a good time and manner,” Kaiser said. “Luckily, we had a phenomenal committee and they’ve really stepped up and made it easy

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Kaiser and Williams have previously served as co-chairpersons for sub-committees on Homecoming Central, which is a requirement to be general co-chairpersons. Kaiser was the cochairwoman for food on campus and Williams was the co-chairman for displays.

Kaiser said she decided to apply for Homecoming Central after being involved with CySquad, a group that helps at Homecoming events, through the greek community her sophomore year.

“After my experience, I really enjoyed Homecoming, and decided to apply for general co-chair and got it,” Kaiser said.

Williams said he became interested in Homecoming Central after hearing about it from his brother.

“My brother was actually on Homecoming Central when he was a student here,” Williams said. “Then I came to Iowa State my freshman year and loved Yell Like Hell and everything like that, so I decided to apply my sophomore year.”

Before becoming general co-chairpersons, Kaiser and Williams had to fill out an application and have a 20-minute interview.

“You pretty much wrote up a PowerPoint for this year’s Homecoming — some new ideas, some ways to improve it, as well as how to improve SALC — and then they just asked a simple Q-and-A for about 10 minutes,” Williams said.

Kaiser said she was interested in becoming a general co-chairwoman because she is interested in planning important ISU events.

“I’ve always kind of enjoyed planning and organizing events,” she said. “So I just thought it

would be a great way to express that.”

Kaiser and Williams both said that they liked how “fun-loving” the people on Homecoming Central seemed to be. That attitude is no different this year, Williams said.

“We work hard and get everything done, but we have a good time too,” he said. “I’m definitely glad I decided to get involved with Homecoming Central.”

As far as expectations for Homecoming 2011, Williams and Kaiser hope people in the ISU community participate in Homecoming events and enjoy themselves.

“Homecoming is a time to welcome back past students and kind of embrace Iowa State traditions and happy we are to be here now,” Kaiser said. “I just hope everyone celebrates that.”

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WEEKEND | EVENTS

Photo: Eloisa Perez-Lozano/Iowa State Daily Emily Haselhoff, senior in community and regional planning, right, and Rachael Whitehair, freshman in biology, work on painting a storefront window on Sunday. This activity happens every year to start off Homecoming week.

Photo: Eloisa Perez-Lozano/Iowa State Daily Marin Snede, junior in apparel merchandising, design and production, paints a storefront window on Sunday on Welch Avenue. The subtheme for her group’s window was Dr. Seuss.

Photo: Eloisa Perez-Lozano/Iowa State Daily Dana Caudle, junior in geology, works on painting one of the storefront windows on Sunday on Welch Avenue. Unlike previous years, the designs of the store windows do not cover the whole window.

Photo: Tsubasa Shigehara/ Iowa State Daily RIGHT: Pairings work at the Painting Victory Lane event Sunday north of Jack Trice Stadium. Painting Victory Lane is one of the Homecoming events.

Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily RIGHT: Members of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Theta Xi fraternity perform their skit, “Back to School,” during the first round of Yell Like Hell on central campus on Sunday.

Photo: Tsubasa Shigehara/Iowa State Daily Katherine Meinig, left, senior in meteorology, Maggie Gehrls, middle, sophomore in interior design, and Alyssa Smith, right, sophomore in kinesiology and health, paint at Painting Victory Lane on Sunday.

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BANDS | BATTLE

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Crowd members watch the Homecoming Battle of the Bands on Central Campus on Sunday. The show started a hour later then expected.

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Judges wait for the Homecomings Battle of the Bands to begin on Central Campus on Sunday. The show started a hour later then expected due to technical problems.

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Emily Jacobson, guitarist for the band Stand By Your Anchors, plays during the Homecoming Battle of the Bands on Central Campus on Sunday.

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Dan Clark, guitarist for the band Stand By Your Anchors, tries to stay warm while sound technicians set up the band’s equipment for the Battle of the Bands on Central Campus on Sunday.

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Sean Nichols, guitarist for the band Stand By Your Anchors, plays during the Homecoming Battle of the Bands on Sunday. The event is just one of the many on campus during Homecoming week.

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Dominic Larrew, singer for the band Stand By Your Anchors, performs during the Homecoming Battle of the Bands on Central Campus on Sunday.

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Photo courtesy of Lindsay Shrader Krystal Castaneda, senior in kinesiology and health and pre-med, is the 2011 Homecoming queen. When she finishes school, Castaneda would like to become a pediatrician.

By Katherine.Klingseis @iowastatedaily.com Some students join clubs purely to have something to put on their resumes. Krystal Castaneda, senior in kinesiology and health and pre-med, had a greater reason to join clubs: to make her parents proud.

“My parents grew up in the Philippines and never went to college. So when they got to America, they wanted to raise their children to be successful,” Castaneda said. “I’m just trying to make them proud.”

Castaneda, who is from Rockford, Ill., said that her parents always encouraged her and her brother to work hard in middle school and high school so they could receive scholarships and one day go to college.

“They didn’t want my brother and I to have the same life that they did,” she said. “So they really wanted us to work hard in school and try to be involved in everything we could.”

When enrolling at Iowa State, Castaneda said she wanted to major in biology and premed. However, the summer before her freshman year, she changed her mind.

“Over the summer, my Cyclone Aid was a pre-med student and she told me about how amazing kinesiology was,” Castaneda said.

“Biology is a great major, but it just wasn’t for me.”

When she finishes school, Castaneda would like to become a pediatrician. But before attending medical school, which she plans to do, Castaneda said she would like to take a bit of a break.

She explained that after graduating from Iowa State, she plans to do Camp Adventure, a service-learning program that offers col-

lege students opportunities to work at youth camps across the globe.

“I already have some experience with medicine,” Castaneda said. “I want to have more experience working with kids.”

While at Iowa State, Castaneda has been involved in a few medical-related programs.

For instance, during her freshman year, Castaneda participated in cardiovascular research through the Honors Program.

“I pretty much did a nurse’s job for an EKG technician,” she said.

In addition to those previously mentioned activities, Castaneda also has been involved with Chi Omega sorority, the Government of the Student Body as a senator for the College of Human Sciences, the GSB Social Justice and Diversity Task Force, College of Human Sciences Dean’s Student Advisory Council, the George Washington Carver Academy, Homecoming Central, and the Asian Pacific American Awareness Coalition.

Castaneda has been recognized with membership in the Cardinal Key, Sigma Alpha Lambda Leadership honor society, Order of Omega Greek honor society and Beta Beta Beta Biological honor society.

“If I wasn’t a part of those organizations, I don’t know what I would be,” Castaneda said.

“I think they make the college experience a lot better.”

When she was told that we was the 2011 Homecoming queen, Castaneda was “shocked.”

“I was very surprised and grateful that they chose me,” she said. “And hopefully I made my family proud. My family is in the back of my mind all of the time.”

Photo courtesy of Lindsay Shrader The 2011 Homecoming king, Andy Pringnitz, is a senior in agricultural business, economics and international agriculture. He has been a Cyclone fan since childhood.

Senior Andy Pringnitz to ‘provide a face’ for Iowa State

By Katherine.Klingseis @iowastatedaily.com Andy Pringnitz, senior in agricultural business, economics and international agriculture, said he cannot believe Homecoming 2011 will be his last homecoming as an ISU student. However, Homecoming 2011 isn’t just Pringnitz’s last; it’s also the one in which he will be king.

“Homecoming has been fun for the past three years,” Pringnitz said. “So this will be a fun way to go out.”

Pringnitz, who is originally from Spirit Lake, Iowa, said he has been a Cyclone fan since childhood. His interest in agriculture and his lifelong support for the Cyclones led him to choose to attend Iowa State.

When he originally enrolled at Iowa State, Pringnitz majored in agricultural business.

“I’ve always had a passion for agriculture growing up on a family farm, and I’ve always had a business mind,” he said.

“And put those two together and agricultural business is a great fit.”

Pringnitz said he picked up economics as a freshman.

In regards to international agriculture, Pringnitz said he obtained that major from taking advantage of several study abroad trips.

“Through Iowa State, I’ve been to Argentina, Greece, Rome and Tanzania,” Pringnitz said.

“Outside of Iowa State, I’ve been to China, Vietnam, Europe and Nicaragua.”

Pringnitz’s first trip was to Argentina during Spring Break his freshman year, he said. He explained that it was his first trip outside of North America.

“Travel has been fun because it has kind of

opened up my world,” he said. “If you would have checked with me as a senior in high school, I would have never guessed that I would travel to 15 countries in three years.”

When he is not busy traveling the world, Pringnitz is busy being involved in the ISU community. He said, for example, he is a member of FarmHouse fraternity, the agriculture entrepreneurship initiative and the Memorial Union Board of Directors.

Pringnitz has also served on the entertainment, parade and sponsorship committees for Veishea.

“Veishea is one of the best traditions, I think, of any university in the United States,” Pringnitz said. “And I think helping with that is pretty special.”

Pringnitz said he became involved in so many activities because he wants to give back to the ISU community.

“For me, it’s always fulfilling just to find something I can contribute,” he said.

His interest in serving the ISU community was a reason for Pringnitz to apply for Homecoming king.

“I guess it’s such an honor as a senior to apply for it and get a chance to represent the students of Iowa State on Cardinal Court,” he said.

Pringnitz said he received a voicemail Thursday announcing that he was chosen to be the 2011 Homecoming King.

“I thought it was a nice surprise on Thursday afternoon,” he said. “It definitely helps build excitement for Homecoming.”

As Homecoming king, Pringnitz said he plans to represent everyone in the ISU community.

“Hopefully, I just provide a face and a figure for Iowa State,” he said.

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Yell Like Hell

Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily Members of Phi Beta Chi fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Sigma Kappa sorority and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity perform their skit “Cy-co for the Cyclones” on Central Campus on Sunday.

Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily Members of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Theta Xi fraternity perform the ISU fight song during their skit “Back to School” for the first round of Yell Like Hell on Sunday.

Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily Members of Kappa Delta sorority, Sigma Pi fraternity, Sigma Nu fraternity and Tau Kappa Alpha fraternity chant before taking the stage to perform their Willy Wonka-themed skit Sunday.

Dance Marathon group to participate in tradition

By Jenna.Miller @iowastatedaily.com Dance Marathon has existed at Iowa State for 15 years. For Homecoming 2011, the organization is participating in another long-standing ISU tradition: Yell Like Hell.

Yell Like Hell has been an important event for Homecoming and the greek community since 1912.

“Yell Like Hell is a five-minute choreographed skit that involves a lot of moving and, of course, yelling,” said Erin McHale, president of the Collegiate Panhellenic Council. “Its purpose is to be geared around the theme of

Dance Marathoners are very energetic, and so we are kind of the perfect fit for Yell Like Hell.”

Szuyin Leow Homecoming every year and [to] express the traditions of Iowa State.”

Until last year, Yell Like Hell was just a competition between greek pairings. Now, it has been opened to other student organizations, like Dance Marathon.

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performed its first Yell Like Hell skit for the gold division last year.

This year, the council has tried to recruit more people to join the gold division.

“The [gold division] is more of a showcase than a competition” said Szuyin Leow, junior in mechanical engineering and co-director for ISU Dance Marathon. “Our rules are a lot less stringent than what the greek pairings have to follow.”

Emily Culp, senior in marketing and advertising and the director of public relations for ISU Dance Marathon, said Yell Like Hell enables non-greek students to participate in Homecoming.

“It’s another way and another opportunity to get involved in Homecoming traditions without having to be part of the greek community,” Culp said.

Leow said she believes Dance Marathon members will be great participants in Yell Like Hell.

“Dance Marathoners are very energetic and so we are kind of the perfect fit for Yell Like Hell,” Leow said.

With traditions like Yell Like Hell opening up the gold division for groups who are not in the greek community, Homecoming is becoming a better way for student organizations to show off ISU pride.

Events

Greek community creates Homecoming 2011 lawn displays

By Jenna.Miller @iowastatedaily.com

Photo: David Derong/Iowa State Daily Jake Rajcula, sophomore in marketing, and Stephen Flippin, sophomore in finance, spend their afternoon Sunday working on Phi Delta Theta fraternity’s lawn display for Homecoming 2011.

Lawn displays have been an ISU Homecoming tradition for almost a century.

“Nothing really compares to Iowa State lawn displays,” said Tym Wood, co-chairman on the Homecoming Central Committee for displays.

Drew Brown, the other co-chairman for lawn displays, said, “Iowa State is the only university in the nation that does displays for Homecoming of this magnitude.”

So, why go into all of the work for these displays? “It’s all about Homecoming spirit,” Wood said. “Every display has a story and a skit to go along with it ... their character has something to do with Iowa State and ... beating the [football] opponent.”

The display also has to tie in with the overall Homecoming theme. This year’s theme is “A Cyclone State of Mind.”

“Five weeks is what we give them to start working on displays,” Brown said. “Then it stops at 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21. A lot of chapters will pull all-nighters on that Thursday.”

We encourage anybody and everybody to get involved with store front window.”

Drew Brown After that five-week period, the displays are examined by a panel of judges. Brown said the judges are usually ISU faculty or young alumni who have been involved with Homecoming Central in the past. He said that the judges cannot have any greek affiliations.

“The judging goes off a point-by-point basis,” Wood said. “They’re judged on how it relates to the theme, creativity, organization and how well their act is.”

Displays are only open to the greek community, but there are many other ways for nongreeks to get involved in Homecoming and show off their Cyclone spirit.

“We encourage anybody and everybody to get involved with storefront window and Painting Victory Lane,” Brown said.

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Photo: Gene Pavelko/Iowa State Daily Chevalier Moye, freshman in aerospace engineering, shoots and makes a free throw during the 2011 Homecoming basketball tournament at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center on Sunday.

Tournaments kick off Homecoming 2011 week of festivities

By Joy.Wessels @iowastatedaily.com Each year, students look forward to the excitement Homecoming offers. ISU students and alumni come together to tailgate and many go to the Homecoming game on Saturday.

But before that, students can make Homecoming last even longer by participating in the annual Homecoming tournaments.

This year, Jake Venner and Krissy Leinen are in charge of planning and organizing the Homecoming tournaments.

Venner is a junior in biological systems en-

gineering and Leinen is a senior studying art education.

While the majority of greek members partake in the tournaments, a few of the events are also open to other students, the co-chairpersons said.

“Cardinal division activities are only open to greek members,” Venner said. “Gold division events are open to non-greek members as well.”

The events open to the gold division are basketball, volleyball and Nintendo 64, which includes Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros.

Nintendo is one of the new activities offered this year. Other new activities include wiffle ball

and bowling.

“Bowling will be at the Memorial Union,” Leinen said. “And the Nintendo 64 tournament will be at the ISU Alumni Center.”

Some other unique activities that have been done in the past include laser tag at Perfect Games in west Ames and treds football, which is a mix between football and ultimate Frisbee.

Another cardinal division event the greek community looks forward to is Olympics night.

“The Olympics consists of tug-of-war, icecream eating, foosball, dodge ball and bowling,” Venner said.

Despite the majority of tournaments being

held at Lied Recreation Athletic Center, intramurals put on by Recreation Services are still going on, said Assistant Director of Facilities Doug Arrowsmith.

“Intramurals are scheduled around the Homecoming tournaments,” Arrowsmith said.

“Some of Recreation Services officials will be helping out with refereeing, but it’s mostly run by the Homecoming committee.”

Homecoming tournaments started last Tuesday and run until Thursday. For a complete list of activities and schedules, go to www.isusalc.org/en/homecoming_2011/ tournaments.

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