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October 22, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 44 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
FRIDAY
Closets Collide
Election
Fashion, activism combine By Elisse.Lorenc iowastatedaily.com It began as a English project for Kelsey Leighton, president of Closets Collide. The assignment was to create an event and be a social activist, Leighton said. Leighton turned to those in the community who suffered from economic downturns, for those who couldn’t spare money but could spare clothes. The problem she chose to address was overconsumption in the fashion industry. “I think there’s an alternative way to be fashionable, to be able to be fashionable, but be sustainable at the same time,” Leighton said. “That’s kind of the Closets Collide
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Food Committee
Students’ meal plans overhauled By Karen.Jennings iowastatedaily.com The Food Committee, a collection of students and ISU Dining employees who evaluate dining services, developed a plan under which students will be able to budget their meals on a more individual basis and meal block plans will be made available to all students next semester. The new meal plans proposed for fall 2011 have a missed meal factor, which means students are no longer given a certain number of meals each week, but have a certain number to be used whenever they want throughout a semester. “Students have to budget them-
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Gov. Chet Culver spoke at the Memorial Union’s Maintenance Shop on Thursday. He spoke about his current and future policies, as well as the promises of his rival in the current election. The event was put on by the ISU Democrats. Photo: David Livingston/Iowa State Daily
Culver visits Iowa State Governor confident of favorable outcome By Kaleb.Warnock iowastatedaily.com Gov. Chet Culver and Sen. Tom Harkin visited the M-Shop on Thursday afternoon to discuss their plans for the final days of the election race. Despite the fact that Culver is trailing Branstad in terms of fundraising, and having a late entrance in the campaign, he said he and Harkin
aren’t worried about winning the election. “They say that campaigns in the final days are all about the momentum. We have so much of it that we’re kind of at an advantage,” Culver said. Culver said the votes are coming in, and he and Harkin have plans to crisscross the state in the remaining days until Nov. 2 and hope to win on a record margin. Culver is optimistic for the remaining days of the election and said he doesn’t think Iowans will vote Republican because of Branstad’s stance on important issues like edu-
cation, the Iowa Constitution and government spending. “He’s got nowhere to go but down,” Culver said. “He’s got nowhere to go but back. You think he’s going to inspire people to go vote for him in the final days of this campaign when he wants to amend the Constitution in a way that would be discriminatory and wrong? Is that the kind of person who we want to lead our state?” Culver pointed out that Branstad has been changing his position on his past promise to cut back on state government spending by 15 percent.
Culver claimed this cut would be something like $800 million and that the only step Branstad has made toward this is a $90 million cut in education. “The choice is clear, the job we have to do between now and Nov. 2 ... is to make sure that everyone understands the choice as clear as you do,” Culver said. “Everyone doesn’t know where Terry Branstad stands on these issues that I’ve talked about; in fact, he changes his position so often that it’s hard to keep up with him sometimes.”
Political science
Horticulture Club
New class targeted at foreigners
Celebrate season with Fall Festival
By Jaleesa.Epps iowastatedaily.com Starting spring 2011, the Department of Political Science is offering a section of American Government and Politics for international students. The class will cover the foundations of the U.S. political system starting with federalism and the Constitution. Other areas covered in the class include civil rights and liberties, the three branches of government and foreign policy. Steffen Schmidt, professor of political science, feels that there is a need for international students to
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Student organization’s event to feature demos, fall produce By Whitney.Sager iowastatedaily.com
LECTURE:
Climate change then and now Bette Otto-Bliesner, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, discusses development in climate change Thursday in the Memorial Union. Photo: Tsubasa Shigeharae/Iowa State Daily
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See it online: Find coverage of the climate change lecture, at iowastatedaily.com
For those craving a juicy apple or needing a pumpkin to carve, the Horticulture Club has a solution. This will be the third year for the Horticulture Club Fall Festival. Debra Zelle, junior in horticulture and chairwoman of the festival committee, said similar events were held at the research station in previous years, but were not as successful as the Fall Festival
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Friday, Oct. 22nd from 2 pm to 8 pm Saturday, Oct. 23rd from 8 am to 5 pm
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