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Election 2010

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By Tyler.Kingkade iowastatedaily.com DES MOINES — In a year when Republicans across the country have put forward some of the worst and craziest ideas, Terry Branstad’s plan to cut funding for preschool in Iowa is perhaps the worst, said Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Penn., at the annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 15, in Des Moines, before later adding to applause the Republican party “is increasingly being dominated by people who are absolutely nuts.”

Rendell, the keynote speaker, spoke of his increased funding for education, including preschool, and the benefits of improvements in test scores and efficiency standards in his

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By Adam.Hayes iowastatedaily.com The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Ally Alliance and the Office of LGBT Student Services coordinated a coming out rally in celebration of the final day of National Coming Out Week.

An hour-long rally was held for people to share stories, show support and be there for each other Friday afternoon at the Parks Library Free Speech Zone.

Roughly 40 people gathered in a circle and spoke about different stories or concerns about LGBT issues.

Many more people stopped by the rally to purchase a supportive T-shirt or listen for a few moments to what people had to say.

Many people at the rally held colorful signs in support for LGBT people featuring messages such as,

Members of the Testies for Breasties rock crew will haul 100-pound bags of rocks during the Race for the Cause on Saturday. Photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily

Men join cancer battle Testies for Breasties ‘carries burden’

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Rocks with the names of women who have battled breast cancer will be carried by the Testies for Breasties rock crew in the Race for Cure. Photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily

Nick Miller said it didn’t seem fair when friend Kristin Johnson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009.

“She was in a fight where she had to carry the burden and all I could do was support her. It just didn’t seem enough,” he said.

But nonprofit organization Testies for Breasties will carry the the weight of breast cancer — even if it’s for a day.

Saturday, Miller and 11 other men that make up the rock crew for Testies for Breasties will each carry 100 pounds of stones on their backs during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K in honor of breast cancer victims and survivors.

Miller, senior in history and founder of Testies for Breasties, wanted to get more involved in breast cancer awareness while Johnson battled the disease.

“I wanted to do something that was exclusively for men — not to leave women out, but to include men specifically in a battle or cause that is typically seen as being women-only,” Miller said.

That’s when he had an idea.

Dance Marathon surprised students and passers-by on Central Campus at noon Friday at noon with a flash mob-type performance in front of the Campanile.

With music provided by carillonneur Tin-Shi Tam in the campanile, members of Dance Marathon gathered together to perform a choreographed dance to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

The event took place Friday to mark the 99-day countdown from the main Dance Marathon event Jan. 22, where the organization helps raise money for children with life-threatening illnesses.

Justin Van Wert, senior in agricultural business, has been an active member of Dance Marathon for four

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Miller developed the concept of Testies for Breasties in the amount of time it takes for him to drink one pint of beer.

“I was sitting in a bar in Des Moines with my friends,” Miller said.

“We talked about the group. We

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Berry Schnetter, tattoo artist at The Asylum and a recent ISU graduate, works on a breast cancer tattoo on the wrist of Kris Lee, of Coon Rapids. The Asylum, 111 Welch Ave., will be doing free breast cancer ribbon tattoos for the month of October. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

Local shop supports awareness with tattoos

By Sarah.Clark iowastatedaily.com One local Ames tattoo and body piercing shop is offering a new way to support breast cancer awareness in October — free tattoos.

The Asylum, 111 Welch Ave., is inking specific breast cancer tattoos free of charge to Ames students and community members.

The shop will provide customers with designs of the breast cancer awareness symbol, the pink ribbon, that are two inches in length.

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Chuck Yeager, employee at The Asylum, said there are many motivations for supporting breast cancer.

With one in 10 women developing some form of breast cancer during her lifetime, The Asylum tattoo and body piercing shop wanted to offer a new, unique approach to support breast cancer awareness.

Yeager came up with the idea four months ago, hopeful that the owners would support it.

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Specially named coffee flavors, pink ribbons and posters boasting, “Go ahead, feel ‘em,” have flooded the campus throughout October and Breast Cancer Awareness month.

While research and awareness are important, medical officials also stress prevention.

Mary Ellen Carano, coordinator of cancer research at Mary Greeley Medical Center, said breast cancer is not solely a result of genetics or solely a result of one’s environment.

“It’s a broad topic,” Carano said. “Breast cancer cannot be defined as one or the other.”

While breast cancer has an extremely high survival rate — the five-year survival rate for breast cancer patients is 98.0 percent, according to the National Cancer Institute — it is important to take time to prevent disease.

“Maintaining a healthy weight, exercising at

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Learn the facts: The National Cancer Institution found that from 2003-07, the median age at death for breast cancer was 68 years old.

Approximately 0 percent died under age 20 0.9 percent between 20 and 34 6 percent between

35 and 44 15.0 percent between 45 and 54 20.8 percent between 55 and 64 19.7 percent between 65 and 74 22.6 percent between 75 and 84 15.1 percent 85 years old or older.

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TUESDAY

“Crossing Arizona� documentary film When: 8 p.m.

What: In-depth look at immigration and border security through eyes of people directly affected. Free.

Where: South Ballroom, Memorial Union

Career fair: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

What: Annual job fair is free to attend.

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TUESDAY “Bowling for Boobs�

When: 6 to 10 p.m.

What: Breast cancer fundraiser. $3 bowling games, $10 T-shirts, $12 both.

Where: Memorial Union Underground

Julie Murray: Bowling for Boobs saves lives every year

As reported by the American Cancer Society, every three minutes another woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer will strike 1.3 million women this year and kill almost 500,000, making it the second leading killer of women worldwide — a fact the American Cancer Society is fighting to change. Excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women. This year, an estimated 207,090 women in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Colleges Against Cancer of Iowa State is holding “Bowling for Boobs� to raise money to help find a cure for breast cancer. The event is 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday in the Memorial Union Underground — it costs $3 to bowl and $10 for a T-shirt. There will be food, beverages, prizes and music. Breast cancer survivor Carrie Johnson will be on hand to talk with attendees. The event is open to the public.

Senior in history and team recruitment chair of the Colleges Against Cancer Julie Murray answered some questions about the event.

1) Where did the idea for “Bowling for Boobs� come from? “Bowling For Boobs� is an event that is not only done here and across the country but also in Canada — it’s a widespread event that ISU’s Chapter of Colleges Against Cancer decided to participate in since breast cancer has become so prevalent in women.

2) How much of the proceeds from the bowling games and the T-shirts go to the American Cancer Society?

All proceeds and money we make at this event goes to the American Cancer Society. We keep no profits.

3) How long has the event been happening?

We’ve been doing this event on campus since 2006.

4) How many people are expected?

Last year we had a really great turnout and made more money then we had the previous year because of all the participation from ISU’s community, and this year we’re hoping for even more participation to be able to donate even more money.

5) Why is it important to create awareness about breast cancer?

It is so important to create awareness about breast cancer because it’s something that our generation is going to be greatly affected by. For example in 2009, 192,370 women in the United States were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and about 40,610 were expected to die from this horrid disease, not to mention the 1,910 men in the United States that were diagnosed with breast cancer as well. The American Cancer Society is able to save 300 lives a day every year because of events like Bowling For Boobs and other events that Colleges Against Cancer puts on, like Relay For Life. Another reason gaining awareness about breast cancer or cancer in general and raising money for organizations like the American Cancer Society to not only help fund research but to aid cancer patients is because today it is someone else’s loved one but tomorrow it could be yours.

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If we’d had the ability to tweet, Facebook “like� and otherwise share stuff online that we think is awesome back in the ’70s and ’80s, no doubt classic “Sesame Street� clips like the “Pinball Number Count� would have gone viral like some of the “Street’s� latest segments.

Aside from the Katy Perry cleavage debacle— a video that made its Web rounds despite the fact that it won’t actually air on the children’s program — there have been a string of other videos passed around like lightning online, like Grover’s take on the now iconic Old Spice commercial “Smell like a Monster� and this week’s ode to rocking what you’ve got, “I Love My Hair.�

Prince prepares to tour The forecast calls for purple reign this holiday season, because Prince is going back on tour. “We’re here in New York to announce a series of events that will begin on a purple day in December 2010,� the singer said at a news conference at Harlem’s Apollo Theater on October 14.

While tour dates, ticket information and performance venues have yet to be announced, Prince did say this about his upcoming gigs: “Come early, come often.

I have a lot of hits ... No two shows will be the same.�

Tom Cruise could appear in ‘Top Gun 2’ Is Tom Cruise getting ready for another ride into the danger zone?

It sounds like it could happen.

According to New York Magazine’s Vulture, “Top Gun 2� is in the works and the superstar has agreed to appear in the sequel.

Vulture reports that Paramount Pictures has pursued “Top Gunâ€? producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott to ďŹ lm a follow up to their hit 1986 ick about Naval aviators.

Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie has been tapped to pen the script, which would feature Cruise’s Lieutenant Pete “Maverick�

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Students gather ideas at national conference

By Elisse.Lorenc iowastatedaily.com Five ISU representatives attended the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education conference in Denver to share ideas for a sustainable future at universities.

Allison Kraft, junior in environmental science and president of GreenHouse Group; Chandra Peterson, senior in political science and Green Umbrella Group member; Casey Fangmann, junior in electrical engineering and student intern; Mary-Beth Golemo, adviser for GHG; and Merry Rankin, ISU’s director of sustainability, attended the conference.

More than 2,000 people were in attendance at the Denver Convention Center, Golemo said.

“There would be session after session, or presentation after presentation during the day where you could read the description and the university that they came from,” Golemo said.

“They would talk to you about things they’ve done on their campus as far as programs and activities, ways that they’re put sustainability into their curriculum, ways that they’re changing university policies to make sure that going green is definitely a part of the mission and the focus,” she said.

AASHE focuses on incorporating sustainable practices with higher education, facilitating sustainability into the teaching, research, residencies and university policies while making the topic a focus on an international level.

“It was pretty much a big learning experience,” Kraft said. “We would

just listen to what projects different schools were implementing and how they were doing it and problems that arose through them and how they got around.”

Luther College demonstrated its intentions toward a sustainable campus with worms in residence halls.

Other schools use worms to produce compost and keep them in social areas like bins and kitchenettes, Kraft said.

“The castings the worms produce are very good for soil,” she said.

A presentation from Yale University discussed Simple Act of Vital Effect, which takes any unwanted appliances or gently used items from students at the end of the year and donates them to Goodwill.

The University of Colorado at Boulder offers a program where students receive an energy audit for their

house or apartment.

“They’re striving for homes and apartments to become more environmentally friendly and energy efficient,” Kraft said.

Several keynote speakers were also present.

“There were keynote addresses by some pretty well-known people in the world of sustainability, people that many folks in the audience would be interested in hearing, and if you didn’t know of them, you were very interested in the topic being presented,” Golemo said.

One speaker talked about a university in Costa Rica called “EARTH,” that makes sure it implements its students with more sustainable practices.

Different companies were also present, ranging from a company that produces 100-percent recyclable

Warren Blumenfeld, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, reads a speech he wrote, titled “Many Faces of Queer Bashing,” to listeners on National Coming Out Day on Friday in front of Parks Library. He spoke about opening up to people of all backgrounds and ignorance of the gay and lesbian community. Photo: Bryan Langfeldt/Iowa State Daily

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Brad Freihoefer, coordinator of the LGBTSS, kicked off the rally by addressing everyone in attendance.

“We’re here to give visible support because there

are many people who want to join our circle today, and we want to make sure they know that we’re here, we’re here to support them, as well as each other,” Freihoefer said.

After Freihoefer had finished speaking, he opened up the rally to allow anyone at the rally the opportunity to address everyone that was in

attendance.

“We want to make it so we can stand here on campus as a community,” the first speaker said.

According to “The 2010 State of Higher Education for

LGBT People,” one-third of all LGBT students will consider leaving the school they are attending due to harassment issues.

Events like the rally are trying to change harassment

T-shirts to student organizations to companies that sold bikes, encouraging more staff on campus to travel by bike.

“There were several booths that would talk about green cleaning products, furniture that you can purchase for a student room, patio material that’s made of all recycled materials,” Golemo said.

Both Kraft and Golemo plan to attend the conference next year, hopefully incorporating some new ideas along with what Iowa State is already contributing toward a sustainable future.

It was helpful to hear what other schools were doing and to see how Iowa State compares, Kraft said.

“It’s just such a wonderful networking and resource-sharing opportunity,” Golemo said. “We were blown away.”

issues by making the issues more visible, and in a time where many acts of violence, harassment and tragedies have been occurring across the nation, events like these provide visibility and hope.

Many people at the rally spoke of how they had attended the event in past years, but were too shy to speak up about their stories.

They spoke of how they can now share those stories because of the support their peers have showed and given them.

Anna Howie, president of the LGBTAA, was among the speakers at the rally.

“You guys are my strength,” Howie said to the crowd.

The rally also featured a table that had pictures of people and shirts available for people to purchase.

The shirts all featured supportive messages of LGBT people and were available for $10 to the general public or $8 for members of the ISU LGBTAA. Memberships cost $5 per semester to join the LGBTAA. You can use the membership to run for office, vote in elections and attend events

for cheaper than the general public, said one member of the LGBTAA who preferred to remain anonymous.

Some of the events include the Pride Dance taking place Friday evening, and the Halloween party, which will take place on the last Wednesday of October.

“We’re committed to providing a place for people to not only be social, but to meet people within your college, and to discuss the issues that you might not get to discuss in other classes,” the anonymous LGBTAA member said.

Freihoefer ended the rally by speaking about the final day of National Coming Out Week.

“It’s been a great week,” Freihoefer said.

“This rally is not only about being proud to be Iowa State Cyclones, but to be proud of who we are.”

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ISD Style: Breast cancer awareness

Give Hope campaign adds pink to color palette

By Alissa Knutsen ISD Style Writer You’ll notice a flash of bright pink amidst a typical blend of black and white when walking into White House Black Market this month.

Specially designed pink and black products are proudly displayed around the store in honor of all women battling breast cancer.

White House Black Market partners with the Living Beyond Breast Cancer organization to support, assist and empower women with all stages of breast cancer and to carry out their brand mission of making women feel beautiful.

The Give Hope collection that they are once again selling this October, or until the products run out, generates profits to be donated towards treatment and recovery programs for breast cancer patients.

The collection features an adorable black printed tee with a design of three large, bright pink flowers.

The shirt is detailed with small silver embellishments and sports the one-of-a kind Give Hope label with the pink breast cancer ribbon on the bottom. It is priced at $38 and can be

found at the Jordan Creek Mall location in West Des Moines.

Also part of the store’s collection are a stylish pink and silver watch and a chic and trendy pearl and silver necklace.

Buy one of these and receive 25 percent off of another jewelry purchase in the store. Both incorporate the special Give Hope pink design as well as the iconic breast cancer ribbon. A special black tote, also featuring the pink floral design, is available online for purchase.

White House Black Market has been a supporter of Living Beyond Breast Cancer since 2004, and so far it has donated over $950,000 to help more than 150,000 women battling breast cancer.

Last year’s Give Hope collection contributed $200,000, however the plan this year is to raise the portion of the profits to be donated to $250,000.

Go online to view all of the Give Hope items, and to read amazing stories of brave women living with this disease.

Join the fight against breast cancer by making a great purchase and an appreciated contribution.

>>TESTIES.p1 talked about whether or not we really could raise money — whether or not people would be willing to donate money for us to carry these stones with us. In a matter of five or 10 minutes, we decided it could be done and we would start small.”

It was only a matter of weeks before the 2009 Race for the Cure, but Miller and two men collected donations and each carried 100 pounds of stones on their backs for the 3.1-mile walk.

But for Miller, it was the start of something bigger.

“I was afraid that I had this great idea and if I didn’t take this chance to do something good in the world and to make a difference when I had an idea that could really work, then what’s the point?” Miller said. “What’s the point of just floating around and floating through life? This was an idea I could capitalize on and it’s

ISU connections on the Testies for Breasties rock crew Nick Miller, senior in history Marcus Munoz, senior in history Tyler Miller, senior in advertising Adam Hon, senior in interdisciplinary studies Adam Giroux, military science and tactics instructor Kyle Burkhiser, ISU graduate

never going to make money for me, but it’s going to make money for a good cause. Now’s the time to raise the battle flag and go to work.”

This fall, Testies for Breasties focused on expanding — in donations and awareness alike.

“We’re trying to get our name out there,” Miller said.

“The cause became more per-

sonal. I found in the past year and a half that this is a fight that is personal for a lot more people than I thought it would be. People have been touched in many ways by this. There are a lot of worthy causes out there, but we’ve had a tightknit collection of people that have been affected by breast cancer.”

Johnson, who is in her second round of breast cancer treatment, said the group is an example of how creative Miller is.

“I am so touched and amazed by him — he’s just amazing,” she said.

Johnson, like many women, never thought she would be affected by breast cancer.

“I’m one of the typical cases of breast cancer,” Johnson said. “I didn’t think I would ever get it. I thought I did all the right things, I don’t have a genetic history, I led a healthy lifestyle and exercised. You can do the right things and still get it. The research is not just try-

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ing to heal it, it’s trying to prevent. I’ve known people who were not as lucky as me and didn’t survive.”

It’s stories like Johnson’s that push members of the rock crew.

Marcus Munoz, senior in history, has a grandmother and friend’s sister that have had contact with breast cancer.

They motivate him to be part of the cause, but Munoz also sees Testies for Breasties as an opportunity for him to give back.

“This is a really great thing for guys to jump on board with,” Munoz said. “We don’t realize how much women do for us on a daily basis. We complain and take women for granted. They carry our children. This is just a little thing we can do. We can help carry the burden.”

“Breast cancer affects more than one person. It affects a community,” said Ty Miller, Miller’s high schoolaged brother and member of the rock crew. “The community needs to come together to solve the problem.”

Miller and his crew are trying to get the community involved — including on the ISU campus.

“We want people to know what we’re doing and we want people to know they don’t have to stand on the sidelines. So we’re out there telling people what we’re about.

We’re on Facebook. We’re in classrooms. We’re selling T-shirts.”

Testies for Breasties T-shirts, which say, “We’ve got the stones,” have been suc-

cessful in grabbing attention, Miller said.

“People think the shirts are funny and are willing to buy them,” Miller said. “It helps me spread the word.”

But Miller said once individuals understand what the group is about, they see it’s more than a funny catchphrase.

“The reaction’s been a really interesting mix of instant enthusiasm and slight skepticism,” Miller said.

“Anyone that’s listened to me for about 30 second knows what I’m about and get’s really excited about it. There’s some people the scuff or cock their head, but it doesn’t take long to get them to see what we’re doing is a good thing.”

Individuals can purchase a one-pound stone in honor of a person touched by breast cancer for $10.

Miller writes the name of the fighter or survivor on the stone and it is carried in the race.

Testies for Breasties will carry a stone in honor of a person who lost his or her battle with breast cancer for free.

But those in current or past battle aren’t the only groups represented.

“A trend I’ve seen is a lot of people contact me and let me know they think what I’m doing is really cool, but they don’t personally know anyone affected by breast cancer. They donate a stone in honor of future survivors,” Miller said.

Miller has collected more than $2,000 in donations. But the money Testies for Breasties raises will not

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Miller’s foundation has not existed long enough for Susan G. Komen Foundation to agree to sign a contract and accept donations from the group.

Instead, 100 percent of Testies for Breasties donations will stay close to home and will be given to the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center in Iowa City.

“It’s a nationally recognized institute,” Miller said.

“They’re on the cutting edge of discovery ... We know that every dollar we raise is for a friend, a mother, a sister, a role model — every dollar we raise is for an Iowa hero.”

But a four-figure annual donation is just the beginning in Miller’s vision.

“My ultimate goal is to be a seven-figure annual donation corporation,” Miller said.

“If I ever reach that, I’d be pretty proud. I’ll be proud of everything up to then, but in my mind, 10 or 20 years from now, I see [Testies for Breasties] being coast to coast.

I see this as a household name.

I see this being seven figures every year. I see us being creative enough and innovative enough to make this happen,” he said.

Miller graduates from Iowa State in May, but believes he’s made a strong enough foundation for Testies for Breasties that it could thrive without him being in the area.

“I’d appoint a second-incommand and start a satellite location from where I was,” Miller said. “It’d be the beginning of larger expansion. Right now, though, we’re focusing on donations and what we can do this year.”

Miller and the men in the rock crew aim to walk the 5k in less than one hour Saturday — a pace Miller said is brisk and will allow the men to speak to others, but will not cause injury or strain relatively unexperienced crew members.

“It’s not going to be easy for everyone,” Miller said. “But it’s part of the cause, and it’s important.”

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years. This year he is a co-director on the Executive Board for Recruitment and Morale. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Dance Marathon] has been looking at expanding our PR and making ourselves more visible,â&#x20AC;? Van Wert said.

Committee members in search of ideas looked at YouTube videos of Dance Marathon organizations on other college campuses and they found a ďŹ&#x201A;ash mob video from Ohio State University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We based part of the event off that and we also saw the Lady Gaga videos from the Campanile getting a lot of attention,â&#x20AC;? Van Wert said.

Seeing how much popularity the videos were getting inďŹ&#x201A;uenced the committee members to create a combination of a ďŹ&#x201A;ash mob dance to carillon music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I thought] an event like this would be a really cool way to get our name out,â&#x20AC;? said Erin Curtis, an executive board member for Dance Marathon 2011 and senior in kinesiology and health.

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Council members of Dance Marathon promote the annual event Friday on Central Campus. The group coordinated with university carillonneur Tin-Shi Tam and danced to Journeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Stop Believin.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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ing, Curtis talked to Tam about providing the music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I read about how she took song requests, so we gave her a list of some possible songs to play and she chose â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Stop Believinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; because it was apparently the easiest to play on the bells,â&#x20AC;? Curtis said.

The song choice worked out well for Dance Marathon members because they had already choreographed part of a dance to the song for last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dance Marathon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Dance Marathon, we do a morale dance every hour on the hour. A morale dance is made up of bits and pieces of several songs put together to make about a ďŹ ve-minute song,â&#x20AC;? Van Wert said.

Since the committee already had part of the chore-

home state to a crowd of 1,400 at Hy-Vee Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The foundation for success in public education comes from early childhood learning,â&#x20AC;?

Rendell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s study after study after study that shows for every $1 we spend on pre-K, we save $6 or $7 on social costs, on criminal justice costs. Even if it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t save any money, if governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about giving children opportunity for a pathway to success, what are we here for?â&#x20AC;?

A report by the nonpartisan group Fight Crime: Invest in Kids found for every dollar spent on preschool by the government, $16 are saved in reduced cost of crime. A RAND Corp. study had similar ďŹ ndings.

Gov. Chet Culver attacked Branstad for his plan to cut the budget by 15 percent while simultaneously saying community colleges and Regents universities should get more money.

Culver said Branstad would break promises because he promised to raise teacher pay to the national average; we were 26th at the time in the 1980s, when he left office in 1999 our teachers had slipped to 35th. Culver said Branstad promised not to raise taxes in 1982, but the ďŹ rst bill he signed was a sales tax increase.

Democratic speakers said the federal deďŹ cit was a concern, but it was no higher than it was when President Barack Obama took office.

Rendell also praised Culver for the I-JOBS program for investments in infrastructure and Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unemployment rate being below the national average, and said Culver deserved to be re-elected.

Rendell went on to say the 2010 election shows a vast split of different views on how to move forward, with either more investments or to stop government spending. He said it was not a choice of simply spending more or spending less, but rather â&#x20AC;&#x153;the key is not to stop spending, but to make sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spent wisely.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The stimulus plan worked; it worked, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to say it,â&#x20AC;? Rendell told the crowd.

He suggested many people forgot the stimulus program gave tax cuts to households making less than $250,000.

He also predicted the Affordable Care Act will be viewed as being as popular as Medicare and Social Security in 20 years, and read a quote from Ronald Reagan in 1961: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Medicare is not stopped, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children, and our childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children, what it was like in

Having witnessed the pains of breast cancer through the stories of his customers and even his own cousin, Yeager thought offering the tattoos free of charge would be a great way for members of the Ames community to support this great cause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breast cancer tattoos are already very common,â&#x20AC;? Yeager said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We usually do two to three a month throughout the year but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already done 15 this month.â&#x20AC;?

Yeager thought offering the tattoos free of charge would allow the tattoo artists to get to

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Democrats say GOP is going too far on social issues Gov. Ed Rendell said Republican candidates made â&#x20AC;&#x153;crazyâ&#x20AC;? suggestions this year like repealing 14th Amendment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Great the party of [Abraham] Lincoln wants to repeal the 14th Amendment.â&#x20AC;?

He said the GOP engaged in â&#x20AC;&#x153;gay bashingâ&#x20AC;? and promoting â&#x20AC;&#x153;anti-Muslim feelingsâ&#x20AC;? without standing up and saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;all Muslim-Americans are great citizens.â&#x20AC;?

Other candidates like Gov. Chet Culver spoke of same-sex marriage rights, declaring, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going back on civil rights, not on my watch,â&#x20AC;? and said Iowa would not â&#x20AC;&#x153;amend the constitution to discriminate.â&#x20AC;?

U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin said if elected she would ďŹ ght to repeal the donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell policy and the Defense of Marriage Act. She praised the Supreme Court decision in Varnum v.

Brien which she signed a friend of the court brief, and said she was proudly pro-choice.

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin defended the Iowa Supreme Court and said the ruling was â&#x20AC;&#x153;in the great traditions of the supreme court of Iowa.â&#x20AC;? The Supreme Court banned slavery in the territory of Iowa, Harkin said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;two years after Iowa became a state, 85 years before Brown v. the Board of Education [of Topeka], the Supreme Court of Iowa banned segregation in our schools.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for us to start acting like Democrats; I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about you, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy for me to say, I would rather lose ďŹ ghting for something I believe in than win standing for nothing,â&#x20AC;? Rendell said.

At the start of the program, the Des Moines Gay Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chorus sang the national anthem.

Emergency evacuation Just as an announcer began to ask people to take their seats, alarms sounded and a prerecorded message came on and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is an emergency in the building,â&#x20AC;? and asked everyone to exit Hy-Vee Hall. People outside joked it mustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been Republican or tea party prankster, but the truth was steam from the dishwasher set off the ďŹ re alarm.

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Rendell likened critics of health care reform to Republicans in the aftermath of the passage of Social Security who said it was an â&#x20AC;&#x153;insidious plan to enslave the American worker.â&#x20AC;?

U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, praised Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job in his ďŹ rst two years and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;He walked in[to the White House] with the keys in one hand, a whole basket full of problems in the other.â&#x20AC;?

know their customers on an even more personal basis and open up the doors for more support for the cause.

Yeager said people have been coming in for years getting breast cancer-related tattoos. Whether it be in the memory of those lost to the disease, in support of those currently battling it or in celebration of the survival of loved ones, members of the community affected by breast cancer have been expressing their support for the cause through the artwork of The Asylum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People come in and share their stories with us. We get to understand the battle they

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Viewers enjoyed the event and thought it did a good job of attracting attention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The performance was] awesome and it really seems like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s a good promotion for Dance Marathon,â&#x20AC;? said Jessica Pearce, senior in human sciences.

Van Wert hopes the event caught peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention and helps recruit more members to their cause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making a positive difference, especially for people who are not as fortunate as you,â&#x20AC;? Van Wert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re able to help these kids out, and you even get to meet them one-onone. It is a lot of fun and you are with a bunch of people who are passionate about the same cause as you.â&#x20AC;?

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ography, Van Wert said it was easy to get the rest down.

Last Sunday at a committee meeting, committee members practiced the dance for 45 minutes then did another practice run Thursday for an hour. They also posted the video on YouTube for other Dance Marathon members to learn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It came together pretty quickly,â&#x20AC;? Curtis said.

Dance Marathon members have received a lot of positive feedback on the event. Van Wert said they collaborated with professors to let the members run in and do about a 30-second performance in the classrooms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good recruitment and people have come up and asked us what Dance Marathon is,â&#x20AC;?

Van Wert said.

least three times per week, avoiding alcohol â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is tough while in college â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and refraining from tobacco use are all excellent ways to cut oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s risk for breast cancer,â&#x20AC;? Carano said.

Women and men should start performing self-checks or scheduling appointments at health centers for monthly breast exams at the age of 20, according to the National Cancer Institute website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Regular screening tests for breast cancer,

went through and how emotional their struggle was,â&#x20AC;?

Yeager said.

The Asylum will also be offering discounts for other breast cancer-related tattoos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people may want to get a year, date or something else like that. We will work with people on pricing,â&#x20AC;? Yeager said.

The Asylum is a state licensed and inspected tattoo shop and every artist employed there is licensed to distribute tattoo artwork in the state of Iowa. No appointment is necessary, and the only thing a customer needs to bring is a photo ID to prove they are 18.

such as an annual mammogram and a breast exam during your annual checkup, allow you and your doctor to ensure that your breasts are as healthy as they can be. Screening also increases the likelihood that your doctor will ďŹ nd breast cancer early, when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most treatable,â&#x20AC;? according to www.breastcancer.org.

While the future is bright with simple steps to protect against breast cancer, the importance of prevention is not to be overlooked. Easy steps today ensure for a healthy tomorrow, Carano said.

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Vander Plaats, King threaten Iowa’s judiciary The mere existence of Iowans for Freedom blows our minds. We have no idea what would possess people to start an organization with the goal of rescinding equal legal treatment for a particular minority, especially under the pretense of judicial reform.

We’re not sure if we’re ashamed of or sorry for the Iowans endorsing these actions — they’ve either been completely mislead regarding the intended usage of the retention vote or knowingly choose to subsidize statewide discrimination. Either way, there is no benevolent agenda behind what Bob Vander Plaats and Steve King are trying to accomplish — sowing the seeds of bigotry to reap the vote of their like-minded constituents.

Well, not Vander Plaats; nobody voted for him. Incumbent King, however, has recently sent letters to Iowa news organizations urging folks to oust the Iowa Supreme Court.

Keep in mind, folks — the Supreme Court didn’t wave some magical wand and create new LGBT-friendly legislation. It upheld a district court ruling that said denying marriage licenses based on sexual orientation not only violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution, but that doing so is of no significant governmental interest.

The oh-so-eloquent King remarked that this would turn Iowa into a “gay marriage mecca,” stating, “[When] judges usurp the letter of the Constitution and the Code of Iowa to suit their whim, they must be removed from office.”

He’s also used colorful language in describing our justices — “rogue,” “elitist” and “out of touch” — words we never hear from the right-wing spin machine.

The disservice is that Iowa’s system is hardly broken, at least according to the experts. During a recent stop in Des Moines, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor sang the praises of the system we use to appoint our judges. The retention vote exists as a means to counteract politicization or corruption of the bench — precisely what Vander Plaats and LGBT rights opponents are doing with their crusade.

Thankfully, a who’s-who of Iowa politicians, including former Gov. Rob Ray (R), former Lt. Gov. Art Leu and Christie Vilsack have responded with Fair Courts for Us. The group’s co-chairman, Republican Dan Moore, stated, “It’s important for people to understand that voting ‘yes’ to retain the justices is a vote to keep politics out of our courts. Iowa’s court system is respected and highly ranked nationally for its fairness and impartiality.”

Another group — Iowans for Fair & Impartial Courts — has also been formed.

Spokesman Norman Kaunt had this to say: “Iowa’s courts are rated one of the most fair and impartial in the country. This is the first time Iowa has had special interests and major campaign donations involved in a judicial retention election. This kind of campaign can push judges to consider the political implications of their rulings as opposed to limiting themselves to the application of the law to the facts of a case brought before them.

This, in turn, can subvert citizens’ belief in whether judges can be fair and impartial.”

We recognize the need for equal rights among all persons, regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation, a point of view we share with the Iowa Supreme Court. We don’t see their ruling as an attempt to legislate from the bench, but, rather, to retain a semblance of equity within our state.

If King, Vander Plaats and others insist on continuing their charade, we’re more than happy to call it like it is. We sincerely hope you’ll join us on Nov. 2 in voting “yes” on retention.

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Zombie game encourages disaster preparedness, as well as efforts to have fun

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got a message the other day on Facebook from a friend who I helped a few years ago to set up an ISU freeze on Central Campus. She was inviting me to join a few hundred other ISU students in an event happening at the end of this month, a “Zombie Invasion!” The game goes a little something like this: Beginning on Homecoming weekend — Oct. 29 — participants will each begin wearing a red bandana visibly on their body to show that they are human, not zombies. A single person will also have a green bandana on. They are the zombie.

The zombies can tag non-zombies to turn them into zombies, thus increasing the zombie population exponentially. But zombies who don’t tag anyone within a week of being turned into a zombie die of starvation and are out of the game.

The object, of course, is to survive the invasion. There are also more important rules about what areas on campus are on- and off-limits for the game that can be found on the Facebook event, which currently hosts about 450 confirmed participants.

I think this game should be a ton of fun for participants, as evidenced by its continued success at other colleges across the country and around the world.

The game was actually started by a group of students at Goucher College in Maryland back in 2005 and usually goes by the name “Humans vs.

Zombies” on the Internet.

Five years after the Goucher students began formulating official rules, there is now an official Humans vs.

Zombies website, wiki, and forums hosted by Gnarwhal Studios, a small company formed by the original Goucher College students.

They even provide the ability for game organizers to set up a website to keep an active tally of who is still a human and who has turned into a zombie.

So, why play a game with humaneating zombies? Well, because it seems that a lot of us today like zombies.

In recent years, movie producers have found them to be excellent movie antagonists, as they don’t exist — to my knowledge — in reality, but they are intensely scary and inherently evil in a sense.

Zombies

have been featured in movies like “Resident Evil,” “28 Days Later,” “I Am Legend” and my personal favorite at the moment: “Zombieland,” which was featured prominently during last year’s Kaleidoquiz trivia contest.

It is easy to picture yourself as an everyday “hero” survivor in a zombie-infested world, which makes a zombie invasion so much fun to think about, read about or watch movies about.

But let’s be frank. What would we do if zombies really attacked Iowa State? Well, likely only the well-prepared would survive.

That’s why I would advise students to check out groups like the Zombie Squad, whose slogan is “We Make Dead Things Deader” or the “Zombie Preparedness Initiative” knowledge-base. Actually a friend of mine who is a grad student at Iowa State recently designed a website called Zombie Strategies with lots of Google Maps integration to help people plan their zombie survival plan.

The university could make preparations

for the zombie apocalypse too, just like Doug Johnson at the University of Florida, who last year posted a detailed plan for zombie attack on UF’s e-Learning Support Services website alongside plans for hurricanes and pandemic diseases. Notably, university officials took down Johnson’s overzealous zombie plan that included official forms to declare why and how employees killed infected co-workers after it showed up in local news, but you can still check it out online.

In reality, while a lot of zombie-preparedness groups are fun to check out and have some fun with, many do serve a useful real-world purpose.

For instance, while the Zombie Squad’s armored anti-zombie vehicles and protective body armor are pretty cool, the group focuses its chapters on doing charity work and disaster preparation education. They host food drives, blood drives, educational clinics and ham radio networks that serve the community in the name of being prepared for a zombie attack.

We could all learn something from these groups about hoping for the best and being prepared for the worst, especially in light of all of the flooding that seems to happen every few years outside our front door in Ames.

It is also good to ponder whether humans could mistakenly create some kind of virus that might turn people into zombies and how we can prevent such a disaster from happening.

But in the end, I’m just happy that zombies have taken on such a pivotal role in today’s society and will be excited to see what transpires when the zombie apocalypse hits Iowa State on Oct. 29.

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Technology

Evaluate your interactions

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Put larger focus on people, less on technology

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eil Postman once said, “Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice. The result is that we are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death.”

If you are not familiar with Postman, I encourage you to read his book, “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business.”

It was one of the most formative books I read as an undergraduate.

The book was published in 1985, the year after George Orwell had predicted Big Brother would have taken over.

He thought Orwell was wrong.

On the other hand, he thought Aldous Huxley, author of “Brave New World,” was right.

His foreword is particularly

revealing.

In it he states, “But in Huxley’s vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books.

What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one ...

“Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy and the centrifugal bumblepuppy ...

“In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us.

Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.”

Even though that was written 25 years ago, Postman’s message is still relevant today.

His main argument was that we need to think through how new technology will change the way we think, learn, etc.

We shouldn’t just passively

accept new technology and assume it will make our lives better.

Often, there are hidden, unintended consequences to new technology.

Take for instance the e-book.

Studies have shown that reading an e-book on an e-reader like a Kindle is vastly different from reading a regular old book.

People tend to skim the text more, read slower and not be able to remember what they read as well.

I don’t remember everything Postman talked about in his book. However, I do remember one part that caused me to change the way I lived.

So back in the 1980s, he was primarily concerned with the television’s effect on people.

In one section, I think he wanted you to think as an anthropologist and ask yourself this question.

If you came into your place of living, what would you say is very important to you based on the way your furniture and other things were set up?

In most cases, as was mine, the television is the center point of the room. Everything is based around it.

Therefore, the television is more important to you than say, people are.

This struck me so much that I decided to change around the furniture in my living room at the time to become more people-centered.

Eventually, I decided to forgo having a television altogether because of that idea and the fact that I generally wasted a lot of time watching shows I didn’t actually want to watch. I just couldn’t turn away because it was like a drug to me.

It was probably one of the better decisions I’ve made in my life. When I compare my actions in the presence of a TV and in a context without one, there is a drastic difference.

For instance, I don’t think I would be married to my wife today if I hadn’t made that move.

It’s that big of a difference.

So I want to encourage you to evaluate the technology you interact with.

How does it affect your life?

Maybe even ask if you need to take a break from it.

Who knows, maybe then you’ll actually have to time to meet a future mate.

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Breast cancer awareness

Health care

Breasts are threatened by nemesis

Socialism of insurance

Our higher insurance premiums are not a result of partisan debates. Rather, we should limit what we go to the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ ce for â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not for just a common cold or a runny nose.

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mised. And, following natural selection, stronger, more resilient strains of viruses and bacteria grow.

And I have to ask, do we really want insurance companies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whole associations of hundreds of people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to be involved with and bureaucratize our quality of life? Or do we want to evaluate with our doctors the necessity of a given procedure and have a more personal relationship with our physicians?

It is a common point made that East and West have different cultural values, the West prizing individualism. But it is this individualism, resulting in trying to cheat the system, that leads to higher premiums. If there is no incentive to restrict use of health insurance, legitimate patients will not feel that their premiums are going to support their doctor visits and medical procedures. Sparing users of medicine will feel, rightly, that their money is going to support those who unnecessarily see doctors for all manner of ailments.

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Insurance in general should not be the way to pay for health care. While it is necessary that doctors be decisive in ordering tests and procedures for their patients, as lives may depend on it, it is also necessary to evaluate the necessity of such procedures. My health is between me and my health provider â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some group of other people into which I buy should not factor into my personal welfare. Insurance is very much, in a way, voluntary socialism.

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Their foremost sensory organ, the nipple, may be exceedingly tough or even turned inward. If you see a breast in pain or with any of these symptoms, rush it to the nearest breast doctor. You may save its life.

You may say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;But none of my friends have been hurt by this epidemic! I think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing up the danger here. It canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be that bad.â&#x20AC;?

Well, not today. The breasts in college are considered far less easy targets of the Great Cancer, and the number of attacks has been steadily decreasing over the last few years, but this does not mean we can stay inactive.

In fact, approximately one in every 10 women will contract breast cancer by the time they hit 90 years of age. The killer is patient and is willing to wait until its most opportune moment to strike. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Okay, Eddie and Brandon, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve convinced me to fear this menace to our world.

What can be done to stop it?â&#x20AC;?

Now youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking.

We commend you for your forward-thinking activism to save the happy, simple lives of the breast.

Even here on campus you can get involved to help save these marvelous creatures from extinction. Iowa State is hosting a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bowling for Boobsâ&#x20AC;? event at the Memorial Union Underground tomorrow night.

Bowling and T-shirts are available, and all the money made will be donated to those heroes trying to preserve the happy and carefree lifestyle of these lovable creatures.

At this event, a breast cancer survivor from Ames will be speaking and answering any questions about this threat and what can be done to stop it. The march against the Great Cancer will only press relentlessly onward if we band together.

Through constant vigilance we will defeat the Great Cancer at every turn, and the rejoicing of the breast will be glorious indeed.

A note from the authors: This column made light of it, but breast cancer is a serious issue and has destroyed the lives of thousands of women.

All facts and ďŹ gures in this column are accurate, and everything within our power should be done to stop breast cancer from claiming the life of even one more woman.

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t is undeniable that increasing health insurance premiums is a nationwide problem. If nothing else, the fact that we have now passed a government solution for health care indicates this.

I often hear conservative pundits rail against government health insurance schemes. Those concerns may be legitimate. But they fail to take into account the fact that the private insurance industry also fails to contain costs.

The insurance industry is a business, concerned with proďŹ ts like any other. Insurance companies are, in the words of Niall Ferguson, â&#x20AC;&#x153;engaged in trade on their own account.â&#x20AC;? Insurers use numerical statistics to calculate the certainty of events â&#x20AC;&#x153;based on correct actuarial and ďŹ nancial principles, rather than mercantile gambling.â&#x20AC;?

Gambling is not proďŹ table. Math, however, can be. Insurers also reinvest their revenues from premiums in a further pursuit of proďŹ ts.

Ferguson also writes that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In 1930 the German insurance expert Alfred Manes concisely deďŹ ned insurance as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;An economic institution resting on the principle of mutuality, established for the purpose of supplying a fund, the need for which arises from a chance occurrence whose probability can be estimated.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Otto von Bismarck instituted a state pension in Germany as a kind of â&#x20AC;&#x153;social insurance legislation.â&#x20AC;? In addition to the ethical concerns for state insurance, there are practical beneďŹ ts to it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;State insurance could step in where private insurers feared to tread ... State insurance exploited economies of scale.â&#x20AC;?

But do we really want to insure our health? It is inevitable that we have to make those insurance claims. When we do, our premiums inevitably increase.

And in our modern culture, we seem to think our doctors can ďŹ x anything more serious than a runny nose. Now, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anything against doctors â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re useful. I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen one for an actual medical issue in about eight years.

We visit them all the time, without direct accountability for their costs, only to have them throw powerful antibiotics and drugs at our small-time infections and bodily imperfections and irregularities. In response, our immune systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to ďŹ ght its own battles is compro-

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he endangered breast is on the brink of extinction. Normally found under sweaters or tight T-shirts, the breast is threatened by its ageless nemesis: the Great Cancer.

This hideous monster is robbing landscapes the country over of their most valued wildlife. The happy bouncing and carefree jiggling of the indigenous breast may never continue if we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t defeat the Great Cancer.

In fact, this silent hunter affects almost 200,000 breasts per year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an epidemic and must be stopped. This predator has been robbing breasts and their keepers everywhere of their right to live happy and fulďŹ lling lives. It may be one of the worst enemies facing our society at large.

This is because women already work closely with breasts, preserving their natural habitat and ensuring their health. This effort is not unnoticed; men everywhere rejoice.

But the glorious crusade to defeat the Great Cancer must steadily march onward.

In fact, because of their close association with breasts, the Cancer consistently targets women along with the breasts they safeguard. This hunter can be deadly and is responsible for more than 40,000 deaths per year. In fact, breast cancer is the secondmost common form of cancer in women, behind skin cancer.

Top researchers, who have spent years living among the breasts to earn their trust and study them more closely, say that once a breast is 40 years of age or older, it should be taken to a breast doctor for yearly checkups.

Breasts 20 to 30 years of age should receive clinical breast exams (CBEs) at least every three years. This is one of the best ways to keep a breast safe from this evil force.

The best reaction to a threat like this is always prevention.

The Great Cancer is a patient hunter, stalking its prey for years. Breasts hunted by

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Cyclones defeat Texas A&M

Iowa State bounces back from Kansas loss with two straight conference wins, problems with slow starts still linger

By Kelsey.Jacobs iowastatedaily.com After some extreme ups and downs Saturday, No. 13 Iowa State managed to grind out a four-set win over Texas A&M (2522, 21-25, 25-11, 26-24). This was the Cyclones’ second win in a row after a loss to Kansas that continues to haunt the team.

Iowa State (13-4, 6-3 Big 12) started out slowly in set one, which is nothing new this season. Despite being sluggish, the team still managed to keep Texas A&M (9-10, 3-6 ) at bay, holding its best hitter Kelsey Black to a .056 hitting percentage for the first set.

Cyclones Carly Jenson and Victoria Henson contrasted with .364 and .133 percentages.

It wasn’t until the second set that the team’s complete lack of energy manifested itself to the extreme.

The Cyclones’ lack of passion provided an opening for the Aggies, and they took the chance and sprinted to a quick 25 points to take the set.

“We just got tentative,” said middle blocker Jamie Straube.

“We got a little slow, is the best way to put it. We just didn’t have enough emotion or enough heart to play.”

Even though the air had been deflated out of Iowa State’s game during the second set, two Cyclones had hit significant milestones by halftime.

Senior libero Ashley Mass tied the all-time Big 12 record for digs, reaching 2,032 for her career. She continued on to break that record in the third set and is now number one in the Big 12.

“She’s so consistent, and she’s an exceptional player,” said coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “I think the reason she’s the Big 12 leader is because she does that night after night.”

Henson also had a performance for the record books, reaching and surpassing 1,500 career kills. She is only the third Cyclone in ISU history to reach that mark. “[Henson and Mass] work so hard,” Straube said. “I think it’s motivation for the whole team to keep improving. To see how far they’ve come says a lot for our program.”

Following ISU’s flatness in the first two sets, the team that jogged back out of the locker room for the second half couldn’t have been more different.

“The talk after game two was about energy and excitement,” Johnson-Lynch said. “It was all about seeing people get excited after points. We told them to jump up and down, scream, fistpump, whatever you need to do to get yourself into it.”

Not only did the Cyclones get excited, but they also rebounded to display an authority during the third set that saved their match.

This was something they were not able to do against Kansas a week prior.

Members of the ISU volleyball team celebrate after a score against Texas A&M during Saturday’s game at Ames High School. The Cyclones participated in a “Dig Pink” match and wore pink hair wraps. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

Part of the improvement involved better blocking. The team only had two blocks for the first two sets. During the third and fourth sets, the Cyclones more than doubled that, adding five more to their tally.

“Our blocking was not great most of the match,” JohnsonLynch said. “That haunted us down at KU and it almost haunted us tonight. I thought we came back though and had several blocks at the end.”

After dominating the third set with a 14-point margin, the Cyclones become slightly tentative again during the fourth. They still managed to hold on for the win, hitting at .254 for the night, with the Aggies only notching .169.

The Cyclones also managed to contain Aggie go-to hitter, Black, who only managed .120, lower than any of the Cyclones’ starting offense.

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Although the Cyclones have another win under their belts, they have still identified things they need to work on for the rest of the season.

This includes their trend of slow starts, which Johnson-Lynch attributes to the tough schedule the team has and will continue to endure.

The team will continue its Big 12 competition as it heads to Colorado to take on the Buffaloes at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

‘Dig Pink’ match raises breast cancer awareness, showcases record-breaking performance from senior libero Mass

By Jake.Calhoun iowastatedaily.com The stands of the Ames High School Gymnasium were coated in pink Saturday.

No. 13 Iowa State defeated Texas A&M in an electrifying four-set match (25-22, 21-25, 25-11, 26-24) during its “Dig Pink” match, in which fans were encouraged to wear the color pink to support breast cancer awareness and research as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

“Crowds like this, everyone is a little bit more excited today,” said coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “I think it’s a great cause and you want to do well on these kind of nights and show the fans that you appreciate them coming out, so I was glad that we could do that for them. Maybe we didn’t play our greatest, but we figured out a way to win.”

The Cyclones (13-4, 6-3 Big 12) put themselves in some tough situations against the upset-minded Aggies (9-10, 3-6), who managed to sweep No. 11 Texas a month ago in

College Station, Texas.

However, despite the missed opportunities and the cutthroat battling back and forth between the teams, Iowa State closed the deal on the Mass Aggies in the fourth set. A booming block by Debbie Stadick and Victoria Henson won the final frame, 26-24.

“Just having everyone here to come support the pink game is great,” said Jenson junior Carly Jenson, who recorded a career-high 20 kills.

“When everyone gets excited, especially at the end of that fourth game, it just amps us up a little more, gets us going, and I think that’s a great to have everyone out here.”

The 1,676 fans in attendance were privileged to witness to milestones being reached

by two different Cyclones.

Senior Ashley Mass, All-American libero, became the all-time leader in digs in Big 12 history during the match, with 2,041, surpassing former Kansas State libero Angie Lastra.

Mass, whose 21 digs gave her a school record 37th career match with 20 or more digs, “digs the pink” theme.

“I think it’s an awesome opportunity for us to showcase a cause like that,” Mass said. “The theme of everyone wearing pink definitely got the crowd excited for the game. Pink is such a bright color that it makes everybody so happy and enthused.”

Henson, a senior outside hitter, also reached a milestone by becoming only the third player in ISU volleyball history to reach 1,500 career kills. The Leavenworth, Kan., native is also leading the Big 12 in kills per set with 4.25.

The Cyclones hit the road for a match against Colorado in Boulder, Colo., on Wednesday.

Defensive specialist and libero Ashley Mass celebrates a point against Texas A&M during the Cyclones’ 3-1 victory Saturday at Ames High School. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

Football

Oklahoma takes down Iowa State in shutout

By Aaron Colen The Oklahoma Daily NORMAN, Okla. — Iowa State was shut out by No. 6 Oklahoma 52-0 on Saturday night at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

With the loss, Iowa State falls to 3-4 on the season and 1-2 in the Big 12. The Sooners stayed undefeated, improving to 6-0, 2-0 in conference.

The Cyclones couldn’t get anything going offensively, and at the same time could not stop the Sooners defensively at any point in the game.

ISU coach Paul Rhoads gave credit to the Sooners and their ability to make the right plays when they needed to.

“They’re great players,” Rhoads said. “They played fast, they executed well, maintained blocks. You didn’t see our guys getting off blocks and

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making plays. Much better execution by their football team.”

Oklahoma redshirt sophomore quarterback Landry Jones gashed the ISU defense for 334 yards and three touchdowns on 30-of-34 passing with no interceptions.

Most of Jones’ yards went to junior wide receiver Ryan Broyles, who finished the game with 182 yards on 15 catches and a touchdown. Broyles had 165 yards at halftime.

“Sometimes it was like a turtle guarding a rabbit,” said ISU junior defensive back Ter’Ran Benton. “The next thing you know he was open.

He has good hands and he

caught everything that was thrown to him.”

The Cyclones gave up 672 yards of total offense to the Sooners, who gained 325 on the ground in addition to Jones’ 334.

Benton said the tempo of the Oklahoma offense, combined with its physicality, overwhelmed the defense at times.

“It’s not like we couldn’t keep up with them,” Benton said.

“What makes them really fast is that they’re physical with their speed. We practiced the tempo, but it was totally different when we got out

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there.”

Oklahoma stifled Iowa State’s running game all night, and the Cyclones were only able to gain 1.8 yards per carry on average for a total of 59 rushing yards on the game.

Senior running back Alexander Robinson led Iowa State with 39 yards on seven

carries, followed by quarterbacks Austen Arnaud with 16 yards and Jerome Tiller with 5 yards on the ground.

Arnaud started the game for the Cyclones, but was pulled from the game in the second half in favor of Tiller, who went 3-of-9 passing for 22 yards and was sacked three

times.

Arnaud went 12-of-18 for 102 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions and was sacked once.

Rhoads said he was planning to play Tiller going into the game.

“We would have played Jerome tonight regardless, and at that particular time, it was time to make a change and see what he could do with that football team,” Rhoads said.

Up next for Iowa State is a trip next week to Austin to face the Texas Longhorns, who took down No. 5 Nebraska on Saturday. Running back Jeff Woody said the team knows what it has to do going ahead.

“We get back to work,” Woody said. “We didn’t have the best week of practice. It’s something we have to change going into this week against Texas.”

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Volleyball

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Iowa State at Colorado

Iowa State vs. Kansas

Iowa State vs. Nebraska-Omaha

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Soccer

Cyclones fall in OT 1-0 to Texas A&M

By Cory.Weaver iowastatedaily.com The game plan for the ISU soccer team against Texas A&M on Friday night was to play defensive-minded and wait to counter attack.

They did just that.

The strategy kept the game close the entire game until ďŹ ve minutes into overtime when the Aggies caught a break.

Despite the 1-0 defeat, the Cyclones were far from upset with how they played. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a team effort and all I can say is Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m proud of everyone,â&#x20AC;? said junior Mary Kate McLaughlin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And we should be happy looking forward to the rest of our schedule knowing that we can play like this with this team.â&#x20AC;?

Coach Wendy Dillinger said earlier this season that the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort for 90 minutes, regardless of score, would create its conďŹ dence and momentum. This was evident with her comments after Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s close loss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Awesome,â&#x20AC;? Dillinger said

about how the team played. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was our game plan, we had to defend and counter knowing who we were playing against and they executed it to the T. We had chances to put it away and [if] we sneak one of those in, the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over.â&#x20AC;?

Texas A&M put together a few goal-scoring opportunities in the ďŹ rst half with a few shots that missed high and an early corner kick by senior midďŹ elder Rachel Shipley, but none could ďŹ nd the net.

The Aggies out-shot Iowa State 10-4 in the half, but the ISU defense continued its defensive approach and kept A&M out of the net for a 0-0 tie at halftime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had nothing to lose really, to tell you the truth. We were out here at 5:45 in the morning two days this week running,â&#x20AC;? said freshman keeper Maddie Jobe. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had three practices a day for two days and we worked our butts off this whole week and there was nothing to lose.â&#x20AC;?

In the second half, the Cyclones were able to pro-

Goalkeeper Maddie Jobe rolls the ball to a teammate during the game against Texas on Sunday at the ISU Soccer Complex. The Cyclones were defeated by the Longhorns 2-1. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

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After a few shots by the Aggies, one of which saved by Jobe, ISU freshman forward

Brittany Morgan had a pair of corner kicks. Fellow freshman forward Jennifer Dominguez ďŹ elded one of them, turned, and shot, but missed wide on

the goal opportunity.

Freshman midďŹ elder Caitlin Graboski also picked up a loose ball later on, but her shot missed high.

The Aggies out-shot Iowa State just 8-7 in the second half, and after 90 minutes of play the score remained 0-0.

In the ďŹ fth minute of overtime, the ball bounced around in front of the ISU net, but the Cyclones managed to clear it out to prevent the goal. To the Cyclonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dismay, Texas A&M came right back a minute later and forward Whitney Hooper passed the ball to forward Merritt Mathias, who put in the game-winner for the Aggies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iowa State came out and were man-marking, which is a little bit tough,â&#x20AC;? Mathias said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But once you start getting in a rhythm [and] start doing things, we kept with it and we were able to break them down.â&#x20AC;?

Dillinger did not blame her defense for the overtime goal allowed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They got a lucky bounce, unlucky for us,â&#x20AC;? Dillinger said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Emily Hejlik went to clear it, it hit their kid and ended up right at [Hooperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] feet. And how many times do you go to clear a ball it deďŹ&#x201A;ects and it goes ďŹ&#x201A;ying? It ends up at her feet, she plays it across, [Mathias] ďŹ nishes it.â&#x20AC;?

Dillinger was very complimentary of Jobeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance in goal as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I dove and I thought I was in the right position, and our defense was putting pressure on them like they did the whole game,â&#x20AC;? Jobe said about the game-winner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they got a shot off and sneaked one in.â&#x20AC;?

Jobe also added that the defensive success the team had helped her play well in net as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve kind of struggled all year sometimes, and tonight was good because we kind of sat back and just kind of got comfortable with each other again and can trust each other and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big thing with the defense,â&#x20AC;? Jobe said.

Iowa State doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t return home again until an Oct. 29 date with Missouri.

Friday night ďŹ ght leaves ISU hockey team shorthanded, Cyclones manage split with 5-3 win over Davenport in ďŹ nale

By Sara.Schlueter iowastatedaily.com A sliding No. 5 ISU squad split a weekend series with rising No. 7 Davenport University, hopefully putting the team back on track.

The Cyclones lost Friday night 8-2, but then took home a win to end their ďŹ ve-game losing streak Saturday, with a ďŹ nal score of 5-3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have two teams ranked in the top 10 in their division, there will always be tension,â&#x20AC;? said ISU coach Al Murdoch.

Friday night, the Panthers jumped out to the lead when forward Jonathon Juliano scored the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst goal against Cyclone goalie Erik Hudson in the ďŹ rst two minutes of the game. Juliano came back and scored the second goal of the game, giving the Panthers a 2-0 lead.

The Panthers had sharp puck handling and crisp passes throughout the game, contrasting the sloppy passes the Cyclones slid around that allowed a power-play goal for

the Panthers.

Emotions rose with two Cyclones and a Panther player getting sent to the box with roughing penalties, but the Cyclones left the opening period trailing the Panthers 3-0.

The Panthers came back just as strong in the second period and scored 40 seconds into the period, and Murdoch then replaced Hudson with sophomore Paul Karus in front of the net. Iowa State got its ďŹ rst goal by freshman forward Matt Rucinski less than two minutes later.

The second period saw more aggressive defense by the Cyclones, but that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to stop the Panthers

ďŹ fth goal of the game by defenseman Jeff Slusser.

With three minutes left in the period, a massive ďŹ ght between the two teams broke out on the ice. The players began swinging at each other, while jerseys and helmets were torn off. Cyclone forward Cort Bulloch left the ice injured, and ďŹ ve players from each team were taken out of the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t condone ďŹ ghting, and these disagreements took away from the momentum of the game,â&#x20AC;? Murdoch said.

The Cyclones werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to hold off the Panthers, and they were allowed to score another three goals, leaving the

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By Micaela.Cashman @iowastatedaily.com If you were affected by the massive flood this summer, there is still time to apply for federal aid.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of Iowa have decided to extend the deadline to register for federal aid after a large amount of applications came in last week. The new deadline is Nov. 12.

FEMA money can go toward temporary housing, housing repairs and replacements along with cleanup items, vehicle repairs and replacements, work and education replacements, legal services and crisis counseling.

To apply for aid, you must have: Your Social Security number Current and pre-disaster addresses Insurance information Total household annual income A list of losses or damages caused by the flood.

Applying for aid is free.

For more information, visit www.fema.gov and www.disasterassistance.gov.

Entrepreneurs

Speakers continue series Forum hosts father-son duo from Des Moines

By Michaela.Cashman @iowastatedaily.com The free entrepreneurship forum sponsored by the Iowa State Pappajohn Center continues this week with a lecture that will feature father-son speakers.

Don Schoen, former CEO and co-founder of MediNotes — now Eclipsys — based in West Des Moines, will speak with his son John Schoen, president of eComegy, based in Des Moines.

The lecture will be at noon in the Gallery Room at the Memorial Union on Friday, Oct. 22.

It is free and open to all majors.

Don Schoen has assisted in the growth of many businesses in a variety of industries.

In 2004, he earned the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for his work with MediNotes.

In 2007, Schoen earned the CEO award from the Technology Association of Iowa.

He has received several other awards throughout the years.

Justin Schoen was the director of Online Sales and Operations at G&L Clothing in Des Moines until he founded eComegy. eComegy is an e-commerce strategy and digital marketing company.

It was started in the spring of 2010.

He is an active member of several Des Moines organizations.

For more information on this lecture series, visit isupjcenter.org.

Nikki Kerns, junior in journalism and mass communication, sells “Fight Like a Girl” T-shirts on Friday at Sigler on Main. Signify Pink promotes the campaign to raise money for the breast cancer cause in Iowa. Photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily

Signify sells for a cause Ames business gives proceeds to breast cancer research, clinics located in Iowa

By Nicole.McIntosh iowastatedaily.com “Fight Like a Girl.” The phrase adorns shirts and merchandise now seen all over the nation. It’s catchy, and the products come in a girl’s favorite color — pink. But there is a real fight and a passionate cause behind the phrase and the campaign.

“It all started with a T-shirt,” said Janni Jensen, associate at Signify Pink. “Now it’s grown into jewelry, accessories, pet accessories and scrapbooking.”

The foundation began when mammography technologist Kelly Flaucher at Covenant Medical Canter in Waterloo took the cause to heart. The patient she was diagnosing was someone close to her.

Mary Seitz, one of the nurses that worked with her, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

To raise money for Seitz, Flaucher got in touch with Signify Promotions, a screen-printing and apparel decorating company in Ames. Glenda Elliot, the account executive, designed a shirt with the phrase “Fight Like a Girl.”

The staff at Covenant Medical Center sold the shirts to raise money for Seitz. In only five short weeks, they had made enough profit off the shirts to completely cover all of the $200,000 in medical expenses beyond what insurance would cover.

After Seitz had enough to cover her expenses, she gave the “Fight Like a Girl” art back to Sigler and asked them to keep going with the shirts. The campaign now raises money for women with breast can-

cer all over the nation.

A new division was created at Sigler Promotion dedicated to “Fight Like a Girl.” Signify Pink now handles all of the pink apparel and merchandise.

Proceeds from the wholesale division are given to Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa. The online retail store donates its proceeds to Free Clinics of Iowa.

The fundraising division is what really sets the “Fight Like a Girl” campaign apart from the rest.

Individuals can start their own personal campaign, and the proceeds go directly toward their medical expenses instead of going through another organization.

Retail stores around Iowa began asking for merchandise in 2008 and wanted the apparel especially for breast cancer awareness month in October. The first line came out in September 2008 with 25 basic pieces. The line was such a hit that many of the stores kept the products after October ended.

“This isn’t just an October issue, it’s a year-round issue,” Jensen said. “One in eight women will get breast cancer. It’s immediate, and it’s very close to us.

That’s why it’s such a passionate cause.”

In less than a year, the “Fight Like a Girl” products raised more than $350,000 to help the breast cancer cause.

There are now 1,400 retail stores carrying the merchandise. The campaign has touched countless lives through its fundraising efforts.

“We really felt like we had something when we started, but it’s grown really fast. We’ve been really blessed,” Jensen said.

“The Fight Like a Girl” line has significantly expanded since the original T-shirt. This fall, there are more than 100 items in the catalog, ranging from the original T-shirt to dog apparel, earrings, water bot-

Try Amy’s Blend at the Hub Fifteen years ago, Amy Erickson lost her ongoing battle with breast cancer; she was only 33 years old. In honor of one of their finest roast makers, Caribou Coffee has developed Amy’s Collection to help support breast cancer awareness. Students can purchase the products at the Hub, and 10 percent of the proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Aside from Amy’s Blend, Amy’s Blend Decaf and Amy’s Blend Tea, the collection also includes mugs, water bottles, scarves, bracelets and other gift items available to purchase in-store or through the company’s website.

Amy’s Blend began as a way to help Erickson pay for medical bills while struggling with breast cancer, but has since turned into a yearly endeavor each October.

This year, Caribou’s goal is to raise $200,000.

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tles and scrapbooking kits.

Men aren’t ignored in this fight either. “Fight Like a Guy for the Girls” and “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” are some of the slogans that adorn the men’s line.

The new line “Think Strong, Think Pink” launched recently, and there are also limited edition shirts for 2010 now available.

“We are always looking for new products and new ways to grow,” Jensen said.

Sigler on Main carries several of the products in the store.

Many other retailers around Ames have also picked up merchandise and are supporting the cause. The full retail store is available online at signifypink.com.

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Advice

Alumna finds passion in adult education

By Micaela. Cashman iowastatedaily.com Mary Eisele Slack graduated in elementary education but quickly found her passion was elsewhere. Now she is president of her own company, Eisele and Associates, Inc. What year did you graduate? What did you get your degree in?

1984, elementary education What did you do after you got your undergrad?

I taught elementary for one year in Waterloo, at my old elementary school.

Did you originally start in that program when you came to Iowa State or did you have other career aspirations?

I started as an elementary education student, and I switched for a week into computer science somewhere in my junior year. I quickly decided I wanted a degree with more interpersonal interaction.

Describe your career path.

My husband accepted a job transfer to Honeywell in Phoenix, Arizona.

I became a trainer and facilitator at the Commercial Aviation group and then at the Satellite Systems Group. This was a tremendous opportunity for me.

I learned a lot those years. I also got my masters while we were in Phoenix. My masters is in human resource and organization development.

When we moved back to Minnesota, I worked for Cummins Power Generation and then Allina Health Systems. I continued getting positions with increasing responsibility and autonomy.

I started consulting on the side about 15 years ago, and 13 years ago, I made the jump to create my own company, Eisele and Associates, Inc. This has been a wonderful fit for me. I have a lot of variety in my work — teaching classes on many subjects like project management, process improvement, supervising and management courses and team building; interventions (projects or teams that are struggling);

planning sessions (strategic planning, implementation planning); and I teach graduate classes in leadership, management, project management and human resources. In this last 15 years, I have been in over 100 different organizations.

I completed my coursework for a doctorate in organization development. I just have that “paper thing” left to write.

What has been your proudest accomplishment in your career?

I have continued to stay quite busy all these years ... through the downturn after 9/11 and the recent depressed economy. I have lots of returning clients with different situations that need addressing. I juggle an amazing amount of work and I can switch gears — topics, industries, applications, client situations — quickly.

What advice do you have for college students, particularly those in the major you earned your degree in?

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I didn’t know jobs like my current role existed; I didn’t even know the field of organization development existed. I wish I would have felt less pressure to stay in a track and not explore classes in other disciplines ... My advice would be to take some classes outside your degree program.

What regrets do you have about college?

I wish I’d made more of an effort to keep track of people I met in college. I don’t even remember names of some of the people so I can’t search for them.

I dearly treasure the friends I made at Iowa State. I am envious of my husband’s link to a fraternity for the ongoing linking of those friends. We’ve vacationed and continue to connect with them, but the dorms didn’t have that ongoing linking.

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Internships ensure future jobs Securing your reputation begins freshman year

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By Giovanna.Rajao iowastatedaily.com

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In the midst of exploring campus, adjusting to lecture classes, enduring midterms and sustaining passing GPAs, officials at many universities say college freshmen nationwide are increasingly paying visits to career centers.

According to the Associated Press, college career offices in the University of Hartford, Duke University and Temple University â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to name a few â&#x20AC;&#x201D;have reported an increase of more than 20 percent in freshman career counseling appointments and attendance at career center programs, compared to previous years.

However, being new to college and unfamiliar with the job market may still be challenges for ďŹ rst-year seekers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no doubt the ďŹ rst few months of the college transition are overwhelming, and most freshmen struggle adjusting to where they ďŹ t in on campus. Nonetheless, they need to be ready to go with things and have their resume in place,â&#x20AC;? said Mike Gaul, Career Services director of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freshman reputations start the moment they step on campus. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great is that recruiters are in touch with who the up-and-comers are, and who are the leaders or future leaders of clubs and majors. Recruiters are in touch with whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in campus, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to get off to a good solid start in college,â&#x20AC;?

Gaul said.

Those recruiters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from more than 160 conďŹ rmed companies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be on campus for the fair and looking to hire.

Get off to a solid start on campus

3B Clubs: Get involved with one of these clubs Q&A: Recruiter offers her insight

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Students talk with prospective employers during the College of Agriculture and Life Sciencesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ag Career Day in the Memorial Union on Oct. 21, 2008. The event featured more than 160 companies. The Career Day is a good way for freshmen to begin to get involved in the college and with future prospective employers. File photo: Iowa State Daily

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We look at our interviews last year, 82 percent of our interviews here took place from career day through the Finals Week in December. Fall has really become prime-time recruitment season,â&#x20AC;? Gaul said.

For Agriculture and Life Sciences students, many of the orientation classes require a resume as an assignment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If your resume is ready to go, the most important thing you need to do is dispel the campus-wide myth that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing out there for freshman,â&#x20AC;? Gaul said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many freshmen will go to career fairs thinking, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nobody is going to talk to me, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing out thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the farthest thing from the truth.

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There are so many companies that are going to hire freshmen,â&#x20AC;? Gaul said.

Landing an internship during the ďŹ rst year of college â&#x20AC;&#x153;shows initiative to recruiters and employers,â&#x20AC;? Gaul said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may not be the most glamorous job, but it sends a message: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not afraid to work.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; It will open up doors for bigger and better opportunities, and ultimately internships have become the feeder system for the full-time employment these days.â&#x20AC;?

A recent study performed by the National Association of Colleges and Employers reported that of the students hired from the class of 2009, 44.6 percent came from employersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; internship programs and 34.9 percent came from their co-op programs.

The study also showed that students who have taken part in an internship are a better â&#x20AC;&#x153;riskâ&#x20AC;? in terms of reten-

Many freshmen will go ... thinking, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Nobody is going to talk to me, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing out thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the farthest thing from the truth.â&#x20AC;? tion. Within one year of hire, approximately 86 percent of those that have taken part in an internship at the hiring organization â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and 85 percent of those who served an internship elsewhere â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are still on the job, compared with about 81 percent of those who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do an internship.

Gaul said working in a nonrelated major position seems to be another reason why freshmen do not value early internship opportunities, he emphasizes, however, that the greatest thing about an intern-

ship is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a marriage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a three-month experience and you can walk away from it in the end with two directions: either, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I want to do this for the rest of my life, or I want to explore this career path,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enjoy this and it reinforces in me that this is not the right career path for me,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Gaul said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never again in your life will you have the opportunity to sample these experiences.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you had two people side by side, one with a resume that emphasized internship and leadership experiences, opposed to someone that solely emphasized the academic experience, the internship candidate would win out.â&#x20AC;?

On a ďŹ nal note to freshmen Gaul advises: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t waste your ďŹ rst year. [Internships] will pay dividends down the road and will open up a lot of doors.â&#x20AC;?

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Get involved with ag-related clubs

By Kendra.Alley iowastatedaily.com Iowa State University offers many opportunities for students to get involved and gain work-related experiences prior to graduation.

Agricultural students are networking with industry leaders, being offered internships and learning life-long skills through membership of clubs on campus. Get involved today.

Block & Bridle Club: Website: www.ans.iastate.edu/clubs/bbclub Membership: Open to all majors who complete initiation process Dues: $10 juniors and seniors, $20 freshmen and sophomores Upcoming Events: Summer Sausage and Cheese Fundraiser. Prices range $5-7. Look for stand on campus now through Finals Week.

Block & Bridle Club can help students interested in the animal science industry gain experience and networking opportunities. The club consists of six different interest groups that allow members to learn more specifically about what animal group they are interested in.

To become a member, students must attend a new initiates meeting and complete the initiation process, which consists of different activities for the new members to network with faculty and its older members. Block & Bridle puts together many functions and trips that further members’ education in the animal science field.

Agricultural Education Club: Website: www.ageds.iastate.edu/clubs.htm Membership: All ISU students interested in agricultural education among youth Dues: $20 a year Upcoming Events: National FFA Convention — Wednesday through Saturday If you are interested in the importance of providing agricultural education to youth, Agricultural Education Club club can help you gain experiences and apply your skills. AgEd consists of three distinct clubs: Agricultural Education Club, Collegiate FFA and Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow.

The connection between these clubs provides a lot of networking opportunities and great experiences to its members. One of the events that helps members gain experience outside of Iowa State is the 15-Hour Challenge. The challenge inspires members to reach out to other educational programs and engage in their classrooms.

“Agricultural Education Club is all about providing hands-on experiences for students who are interested in furthering agricultural education,” said Jacob Hunter, Agricultural Education Club president.

Farm Operations Club: Membership: Open to all ISU students

The Block and Bridle Club is a popular animal sciences club which hosts several animal shows a year, as well as fundraising and community service.

Courtesy photo: Block and Bridle Club Dues: $20 a year Upcoming Events: Farm Operations Meeting — Oct. 28, 5:45 p.m. at Ag 450 Farm The Farm Operations Club helps members learn life-long skills, network with industry leaders and gain potential jobs and internships. Farm Operations business meetings are held once a month and will cover different topics that will advance member education. The club is affiliated with The National Post Secondary Agricultural Students Organization, and members attend the Fall Leadership Conference where they will attend workshops to prepare them for the Iowa State Career Fair.

Agricultural Business Club:

Website: econ22.econ.iastate.edu/~agbus Membership: Open to all ISU students Dues: $20 per year Upcoming Events: Alumni Homecoming Breakfast — Oct 30.

Agricultural Business Club is open to all students but most beneficial to students who are majoring in agricultural business. The club was awarded “Most Outstanding Club” for the fifth year in a

Human resource specialist gives advice to students Ask recruiters what they are looking for

certain size or have a huge agricultural department. In fact, a fair number of our entry-level hires have no agricultural background at all.

By Amy.Thompson iowastatedaily.com

How many of your positions get filled by students that you interviewed at a career fair?

There will be more than 160 future employers Oct. 19 at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Career Fair, and every year it keeps getting bigger and bigger.

There will be companies there that have been coming for years and companies that are new to the fair this year.

Lynn Lotocki is a human resource specialist with the Farm Credit Administration in McLean, Va.. She answered a few questions concerning the career fairs that they choose to attend.

How do you choose which career fairs to attend?

It is usually based on the university career fairs where we have had success in the past in recruiting students. Although we do conduct an annual review of our recruiting events.

We hire for approximately 15 entry-level positions nationwide each year and students recruited at career fairs fill almost all.

Piece of advice for students job searching at career fairs?

It helps to have an unofficial transcript as well as a resume to hand to a recruiter. Ask recruiters what they are looking for in an ideal candidate — specifically what knowledge, skills and abilities are they looking for.

If you are asked to interview, be well prepared and able to cite specific assignments, projects or extracurricular activities that support your knowledge, skills and abilities.

Be able to describe those assignments in detail.

Do you go to the same ones every year?

Usually, although some fairs are dropped from the schedule and some are added depending on the previous year’s experience.

By Amy.Thompson iowastatedaily.com The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Career Fair is coming up, and some won’t attend. Not because they don’t want to hand out a resume or obtain a job, but because they already have a career.

Farming There are more than 3,000 undergraduates in our College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, but some of them are in college as a backup plan, which may seem odd to other majors. Russell Mullen, professor in agronomy, says that 20 to 25 percent of agriculture students commonly go back to farm after graduation.

“The large capital investment to start farming is the biggest obstacle to our students, not the lack of interest or the lack of skills or knowledge to start farming,” Mullen said.

Farming is more than planting and watering. It essentially is a business, and to run a business efficiently people need to have more skills than just the basics.

“Many of my classmates

Does the college/university have to be a certain size or have a huge agricultural background for you to attend?

Although we are very passionate about agriculture, the university need not be a

Website: www.sust.ag.iastate.edu/gpsa/sasa.html Membership: Open to all ISU students Dues: none Upcoming Events: National Campus Sustainability Day, organized by the Green Umbrella — Thursday The club is affiliated with the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture, and the two work together to enhance the degree program. The club also educates the campus through different forums

If you are interested in getting involved contact the following: Block & Bridle Sergeant in Arms Charlie Hild at Charlieh@ iastate.edu.z Agricultural Education Club: E-mail Agedclub@iastate.edu Farm Operations Club: E-mail President Samantha Holland at sholland@iastate.edu Agricultural Business Club: E-mail president Neil Krummen at nk83@ iastate.edu Sustainable Agricultural Student Association: E-mail President Drake Larsen at dlarsen@ iastate.edu or join the listserv at sustag@ iastate.edu

who are planning to farm after graduation already have excellent skills when it comes to tending the earth and growing crops. But farming is more than just having a really big garden. Farming requires knowledge of soil science, crop physiology, climate, biology, chemistry and many more disciplines that are better learned at an institution,” said Thomas Mullen, junior in agronomy and environmental studies.

Calvin Pudenz is a senior in agricultural studies, and he

plans on returning to his family farm and getting into traditional Iowa products of corn, soybeans and cattle. He chose Iowa State because the college is well known for having strong agriculture and agronomy programs.

Pudenz’s farm is a familyrun farm, which is normal for most farms in Iowa. Making sure a farm is family-run is a big reason why some men and women choose to farm after graduating.

“Having a family farm has a

huge influence on why I want to stick with farming. There is a lot of pride and joy that comes from a hard day of work on the farm,” Pudenz said.

“I believe that the farming community is the key steward of Iowa’s land, and I am glad to see so many of my educated classmates taking their knowledge home to enhance Iowa’s farms,” Mullen said.

There is also a club on campus called Beginning Farmers Network that students can join and network with each other.

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By Giovanna.Rajao iowastatedaily.com The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers many opportunities for students to study abroad.

Travel courses Recurring travel courses: Ag business/agronomy travel course — spring and winter travel courses in various countries China — summer travel course Dean’s Leadership Program — summer travel courses in Rome Ghana — winter travel course Horticulture travel courses — summer travel courses in various countries India — summer travel course on alternating year Panama — summer travel course on alternating year Peru — summer travel course on alternating year Uganda — summer servicelearning program

Current travel courses: Winter 2010-11 Panama — tropical agricultural production, international business and trade in Panama — agronomy, economics and GAP — application deadline: closed Ecuador — soils and crops in Ecuador — agronomy — application deadline: closed Spring 2011 Australia — agricultural production, business and trade in Australia —agronomy, economics — application deadline: Nov. 11 Costa Rica — soils, crops, and water of Costa Rica — agronomy —application deadline: Nov. 15 Costa Rica — integrated management of tropical crops — plant pathology, entomology

and horticulture — application deadline: TBA Summer 2011 Brazil — agricultural technology and automation adoption in Brazil — ABE China — study abroad program to China — NREM Europe — study abroad program to Denmark, Germany and Poland — ABE Europe — comparison of American and European manufacturing/management techniques and procedures Ghana — ecological zones and natural resource management Greece and Turkey — study abroad program to Greece and Turkey Ireland — horticulture study abroad program to Ireland Italy — Dean’s Global Agriculture and Food Leadership Program: Rome Panama — ISU in Panama: Sustainable Development in the Tropics Uganda — service learning in Uganda Ukraine & Bulgaria — study abroad program to Ukraine

Exchanges Australia — La Trobe University Austria — BOKU — University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Brazil — Federal University of ViÇosa, Federal University of Campina Grande Canada — Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia Canada — The Marine Institute of MUN, St. Johns, Newfoundland Costa Rica — University of Costa Rica England — Royal Agriculture

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Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais Germany — Hohenheim University Ireland — University College Dublin Mexico — Autonomous University in Baja — Inactive due to Travel Warning Mexico — Technological Institute of the Oaxaca Valley (ITVO) — inactive due to travel warning

Internships (Iowa State/ISU-affliated internships) China — internship with Blue-Sky Landscape Company (check with the office) Greece — American Farm School Spain — summer internship in Spain (check with the office) The Borlaug Summer Internship Program Thailand — summer internship in King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok RISE Summer Internship in Germany (Non-ISU internships) Indonesia — Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Internship Program The World Food Prize Foundation — George Washington Carver Internship U.S. Department of State Summer 2010 Internship Program is available

Dana Jensen Where I studied: Cirencester, England Major: Global resource systems Year: Junior

countryside in County Cork, Ireland, and getting lost in — according to my Irish friends — the only mountainous part of Co. Cork.

The bike ride totaled over 70 km and lasted 13 hours up and down and all around the mountains. I have never been so sore in my whole life, but I will never forget it.

What was the biggest thing you learned from the experience?

Don’t ever be afraid to try. It’s scary living in a foreign country and traveling on your own for a whole year, but if I wouldn’t have done it, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life and never have met so many amazing people or seen so many amazing things.

What advice would you give to students interested in studying abroad?

Never say never. I thought I would never make it outside the U.S., and even if I could I thought I could never afford it, but I did and it was so worth it.

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How did you hear about the program?

Through the College of Ag Study Abroad Office.

Why did you decide to study abroad?

I’ve always wanted to travel to a foreign country but hadn’t had the opportunity to. It just seemed like the perfect opportunity, and I couldn’t pass it up.

What year did you do it?

2009-10 school year.

What was your favorite memory about your trip?

There are so many amazing memories, but one of my favorites has to be biking through

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town, the biggest thing I learned was about myself and I learned how much I love my rural home and the farm life.

But with this experience I also learned about living in a big city (population approximately 815,000 in the city — about 16 times the size of Ames, and the urban area population 1,175,000) and learning public transportation, like using the metro, the bus, the tram, the train and highspeed trains all in Spanish.

What advice would you give to students interested in studying abroad?

If you have an interest and the desire to learn about another country and culture, do it.

Apply for as many scholarships as you can; it helps out a lot.

What was your favorite memory?

Spending the day with friends to explore Valencia’s old part of the city and climbing a really tall tower to see out across the city.

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Major: Agronomy Year: Senior Where I studied: Valencia, Spain How did you hear about the program?

A friend that was on the ISU Soil Judging Team with me told me about it.

Why did you decide to study abroad?

I wanted to improve my Spanish and take more Spanish classes.

What year did you do it?

Six weeks in the summer of 2010 What was the biggest thing you learned from the experience?

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