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Monica Ernberger, program coordinator for study abroad, sits with Maxwell McClelland, junior in supply chain management and international business, at the Study Abroad Center. Ernberger has seen a growing number of ISU international students explore study abroad opportunities.

A broader adventure International students take advantage of Iowa State’s study abroad program By Kat.Grunewald @iowastatedaily.com ISU international students might already be experiencing a different environment by coming to study in the United States, but for some that is not enough. As the international undergraduate population has grown, so has the number of international students going abroad again, said Monica Ernberger, program coordinator at the Study Abroad Center. “It has become increasingly popular. France, Italy and the United Kingdom are favorites among international students,” Ernberger said. Many international students seek to

study abroad during the summer. “A lot of times they are looking to do something with their summer that is going to help show that willingness to do something different, and a lot of times they are interested in learning another language,” Ernberger said. Afifah Abdul Rahim, senior in animal science from Singapore and participant of two study abroad programs, said she agrees. “To truly understand a language, you have to embrace the culture and the language in the way it is practiced [in the native country]. It is like English for us,” Afifah said. “Coming here, I knew English, but here they have their own slang.” A lot of international students are surprised when they realize that they can study abroad as well, Ernberger said. They, too, go through the ISU abroad application system like domestic students. But when it comes to the visa, things can get a little

tricky. “Some students’ [current] visas are bound by number of entries or what they are here for,” Ernberger said. In some cases entering a study abroad program might require the international student to reapply for their U.S.-visa afterward, maybe even in their own home country. “That might get a bit complicated, but more often, I see that [students have] that multiple-entry visa,” Ernberger said. “It is not as challenging as it used to be.” Afifah, who has been on a three-week study abroad trip to Germany, Poland and Denmark in July 2011 and will accompany a trip to Thailand this winter, describes her travels abroad as a life-changing experience. “At the end of the day, there is only so much that you can learn from the text-

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Student wins award for 3-D tree design By Julie.Paulson @iowastatedaily.com Sara Davids, junior in landscape architecture, has won the 2013 Student 3-D Design Contest sponsored by Land F/X for designing a realistic looking tree in Google Sketch-Up. According to the Land F/X contest website, the focuses of the contest were whether one could orbit freely around the tree model, whether it looked good from a bird’s eye view, if it used less than three or four materials and if it looked good when placed in more complex design models. The tree that Davids designed was based on her favorite species of trees, the ginkgo tree. “[It’s] an ancient tree. There aren’t many others in the same family. It has unique

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Sara Davids, junior majoring in landscape architecture, has won the 2013 3-D Student Design Award for her 3-D tree design entry. Davids’ tree design was based off the look of the ancient ginkgo tree.

fan leaves also,” Davids said. “There wasn’t really anything specific about that tree. I knew I really wanted to do a ginkgo tree … and I was just kind of walking along Lincoln Way, and I thought, ‘Oh my, this is the perfect example!’”

It wasn’t the allure of winning that drew Davids to this competition. She had learned Sketch-Up last semester in one of her design classes and simply wanted a chance to practice. “It was kind of fun to ex-

periment,” Davids said. “I didn’t do it with the intention of winning. ... The win was kind of a bonus.” The process was lengthy, taking 15 hours of work time to complete. She began by importing a photo of the tree and tracing the branching structure, and then copying and pasting branches. Once copied, the branches were tilted to make the design more three-dimensional. For the leaves, Davids found a texture in the free Sketch-Up warehouse and then edited it on a computer for a more realistic feel. She copied and pasted the same leaf over and over and also changed the angles and moved them to cover the branches in order to make the tree less uniform.

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Awards and the ISU general catalog will be discussed at the Board of Regents meeting this week at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. This is part of a recent recommendation by the regents-appointed Task Force on Transparency. “The overarching goal of this Task Force is to develop a consistent protocol that can be used by the universities, the special schools and the board when responding to public information requests,” said Craig Lang, president of the Board of Regents. Topics on the agenda for the meeting include a request to award an honorary doctor of science degree from Iowa State to Peggy A. Whitson and registering Iowa State University Capital Improvement Business Transactions. Proposed revisions for the Iowa State 2013-14 general catalog will also be discussed at the meeting. “I thank all of the outstanding members of the Task Force for their willingness to serve in this effort to ensure consistent practices in our responses to Iowans,” Lang said. The Transparency Task Force was put in place to recommend the best practices for responding to public information requests and to recommend the best practices for access to information of interest to Iowans. Iowa State’s representative for the Transparency Task Force is Miles Lackey, ISU chief of staff. “The president’s goals and priorities are my goals and priorities,” Lackey said. “That being said, the president is focused on making college more affordable and making Iowa State more efficient in the process. ... Like President [Steven] Leath, I understand my role is one of public service,” Lackey said. “As a result, I will do all that I can do to make Iowa State as good as it can possibly be.” The Board of Regents is a group of nine citizen volunteers to govern five public educational institutions in the state through policymaking, coordination and oversight, as provided by law, according to the Board of Regents website. The nine citizen volunteers for the Board of Regents are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Iowa Senate to serve a staggered six-year term. The board’s priorities are to provide high-quality accessible education to students, provide needed public services and engage in high-quality research, scholarship and creative activities to enhance the quality of life for Iowans and society in general. The Board also creates and supports economic development in partnership with public and private sectors. “We try to be as open and transparent as we possibly can,” Lackey said. “When we have information that we cannot share, there are very legitimate reasons for doing so, and we always make it perfectly clear as to why we cannot release that information.” The meeting will be Wednesday and Thursday in the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City.

Longtime residence staff explore evolution of Friley Hall Former custodians share memories of building’s expansion By Cody.Timm @iowastatedaily.com For 35 years, Rich Garrey has seen Friley Hall change and morph. Garrey, now manager of residence hall maintenance, started working for the university as a member of the custodial staff assigned to Friley Hall in 1978. Having worked at the hall since then, Garrey has seen a lot of changes to Friley and recalls the biggest one being the fifth addition to Friley in 1984. “I was here for the 1984 addition, which is where the administrative offices are with contracting, and the hall desk and the computer lab,” Garrey said. “That was originally a green space, underneath the grass was the membrane to the dining room which everybody refers to as ‘dungeons,’ because it has no windows.”

There were leaks into the dining center, and at the time, the university was out of women’s housing, so they fixed the leaks with the new addition and above that, new housing for women was built. Garrey remembers his first day on the job. “On my very first day when I came here, my supervisor at the time handed me my keys, showed me my break room, introduced me to three custodians and said, ‘Good luck,’” Garrey said. “I was lost that whole day.” Garrey said the only way he was able to find his bearings was looking out the windows and using Lincoln Way as a guide, but after about five to six years, he knew his way around pretty well. Garrey said he believes he now knows his way around Friley better than the rest of the custodial staff. Peggy Pfrimmer has been working at the university for more than 25 and, like Garrey, started as a member of the custodial staff. She also got a little lost at the beginning of her time

at Friley. “After a couple days, I thought I’d be able to learn better on my own, so I went off on my own and couldn’t get back,” Pfrimmer said. Pfrimmer found a member of the maintenance crew who helped her find her way back to the break room, she said. Eventually, Pfrimmer was able to learn her way around the building, especially after working during the summer, because the staff was required to work throughout the entire residence hall. Pfrimmer and Garrey were both on staff when Union Drive Community Center opened in 2003 to replace the old dining center in Friley Hall. Along with the dining center that closed, the post office and the convenience store in Friley were also moved to Union Drive Community Center. Out of all his memories of working at Friley, one day particularly sticks out to Garrey. He was working before a break, and as he was leaving he heard someone

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Female students from Iowa State are being paired with sixth and seventh grade students at Ames and Nevada Middle Schools to act as mentors and positive role models. A program run through the Ames YWCA, called ISU Girls Power Mentoring Program, organizes the pairings and meetings between the ISU students and middle school students in a random and unbiased manner. There are two separate sections of the club: the Ames section, which has 12 mentors and 12 students, and the Nevada section, which has nine mentors and nine students.

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An individual reported the theft of an iPhone at the Armory (reported at 8:24 p.m.).

Bryce Marra, 21, 3226 Lincoln Way, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at the 200 block of Lynn Avenue (reported at 1:49 a.m.). A 19-year-old female was referred to DOT officials for a .02 civil violation at the 100 block of Campus Avenue (reported at 2:21 a.m.). McKinzie Ludwig, 21, 4720 Mortensen Road, Apt 111, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at the 3300 block of Lincoln Way (reported at 2:49 a.m.). An individual reported the theft of a camera lens at Hamilton Hall (reported at 10:03 a.m.). An individual reported being assaulted by a roommate at Larch Hall (reported at 10:21 a.m.). An individual reported the theft of a license plate at Lot 13 (reported at 12:14 p.m.). A man who refused to identify himself was arrested and charged with third degree theft, interference with official acts and fourth degree criminal mischief at Coover Hall. The charges stem from an investigation involving the theft of a laptop computer on Sept. 30 (reported at 1:41 p.m.). An individual reported an unauthorized purchase was made on a credit card at Martin Hall (reported at 3:41 p.m.). Nathaniel Armstrong, 18, B84 Friley Hall, was cited for possession of a controlled substance and of drug paraphernalia. Ethan McKinley, 18, 2301 Wallace Hall, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia at the Arboretum (reported at 6:09 p.m.).

Oct. 8 An officer assisted another agency with a criminal investigation at Highway 30 (reported at 2:41 p.m.). A vehicle that left the scene is believed to have collided with a parked car at Lot 39 (reported at 1:13 p.m.). An individual reported the theft of a smart phone at Hoover Hall. The incident occurred on Oct. 2 (reported at 2:45 p.m.). Vehicles driven by Sean Owens and Taylor Bjornberg were involved in a property damage collision at Lot 61G (reported at 4:43 p.m.).

Oct. 9 Joshua Montgomery, 21, 218 Stanton Ave., Apt 6, was arrested and charged with domestic abuse assault at the 200 block of Stanton Avenue (reported at 2:59 a.m.). Zhengyun Guo, 21, 3315 Roy Key Ave., Unit 11, was arrested and charged with providing false identification information, speeding and violating an instruction permit limitation at Morrill Road and Pammel Drive. He was subsequently released on citation (reported at 9:44 p.m.).

Oct. 10 Vehicles driven by Sheila Coady and Jane Peters were involved in a property damage collision at Sheldon Avenue and Union Drive (reported at 3:22 p.m.).

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Those differences could sometimes lead to a cultural shock. International students coming to the United States might have experienced it, and it is possible that they experience it again in another country, Afifah said. But since they have already adapted to a differ-

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tom of it to open. However, at this time the stairwells had been locked and the parents became trapped. Garrey had to come to their assistance. “Lo and behold

bit more prepared to be away from family, to not have the food, to not to have the environment that you are familiar with. I have already gone through those experiences multiple times.” While studying abroad a second time is another enriching experience in

printer, which she is donating to her high school in Knoxville, Iowa. As for Davids, she said she is enjoying her studies with landscape architecture. “It is a mixture of art, design, and environmental studies,” Davids said. “It helps create interesting living spaces not only for people, but also plants and animals. I love the

there was a mom and a dad with their head out the window in the stairwell yelling for help, because they couldn’t get back in through the stairwell, couldn’t raise anybody, so they got locked in,”

is small and relatively unknown throughout the university, it has been around for more than 10 years and is growing in numbers every year, Jensen said. Currently, the program is full of mentors, but they will be looking to hire students to be new mentors at the beginning of the spring semester. Anyone interested in applying can look for a post on the Student Job Board and for flyers around campus toward the start of the spring semester. “We aim to instill confidence in our sixth and seventh grade girls that we work with, and we try to motivate them the best that we can and just be role models for them when a lot of them don’t have one,” McNeal said. those students lives, all have returned to Iowa State, Ernberger said. “If you are here for four years, you really identify this place, at least temporarily, as home,” Ernberger said “It is nice to come back to that place that you carved out as your own in the world.”

Iowa State landscape program because it gives you many chances to travel, and you are able to become closer to your fellow classmates.” Right now, Davids is working on more complicated programs like Autocad and learning to integrate it with Sketch-Up. In the future, she hopes to get into high-end residence design.

Garrey said. “It was before cellphones, so they really couldn’t get out without someone seeing them.” Just like Garrey and Pfrimmer, students living in Friley have to find their

own way around the vast Hall. “I don’t think it takes students that long anymore because they like to venture out and walk around,” Garrey said.

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ent culture, they can be better prepared. “Because I am already in America where I do not have family around, I feel that I am more independent, and sometimes I feel that I am more open-minded to changes,” Afifah said. “Because I have that background, I am sometimes a little

“It makes it a lot more realistic,” Davids stated. “If you’re presenting [a model] to a client, a client would be a lot more excited about seeing a 3-D tree and one that’s good quality. It may not have to do with the actual project. 3-D trees look better than 2-D tree and it’s easier to represent from different angles.” For winning the contest, Davids won a 3-D

“Trees are not perfect. They have kind of an asymmetrical form,” Davids said. “You have to find that perfect balance because if it’s too perfect, it looks odd.” Davids’s design will go into the free SketchUp warehouse to be used in electronic landscape models.

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Short attention spans of today are making it harder to be completely informed about news in the world today.

Our generation loses out by not reading the news What have you read today? Chances are the majority of what we read has been sectioned off into tiny blurbs, probably no longer than a few dozen words. A Facebook post or two here, a tweet there, maybe just a few lines of an article that catches your eye in today’s paper. Our seemingly ever-shortening attention spans can have more of an effect on our lives than we realize. Being unable to focus effectively on anything for very long is bigger than taking three hours to read a single chapter in one of your textbooks. It can completely shape the way we perceive (or rather, fail to perceive) the world. “The media” might carry some poor connotations today, but not that long ago, it was understood to be perhaps the single most important industry out there. Since very few of us were present when important events took place, we have to rely almost exclusively on someone else either writing or speaking about the world in order to learn about it. It seems fairly important, then, that we would want to be able to fully comprehend what is being said. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Survey after survey confirms that younger Americans are not only using news sources less than their older counterparts but also are drastically less informed than they are. Some of these discrepancies can probably be chalked up to simply being young and having other concerns, such as our love lives or our changing social groups. However, it cannot be totally overlooked that we as a generation are just plainly bad at reading the news. To find that this is a relatively new problem, one need not look further than our common educational curricula. The study of literature is and has been taught almost universally. The idea behind this study is not to make sure everyone has read “The Grapes of Wrath” or “Huckleberry Finn,” but to cultivate an interest is one of the best ways to spread long-term ideas and thoughts. There is no comparable study of current event-based writings, which conveys ideas focused on the

short-term. It has long been merely taken for granted that people will not only know how to properly inform themselves on these matters but that such action should not need to be encouraged. Sadly, in a culture that strives to transmit our ideas in 140 characters or fewer, articles with word lengths in the hundreds — or even worse, whole pages of information — can be tossed aside without a second glance. It can fairly be said a whole lot of information can be transferred, even in such short spaces. Dozens of news agencies around the world are even conforming to the recent push for shorter and shorter stories. They post partial or even full stories in a single paragraph, perfect for readers with little time on their hands, or an urgent need to recheck their friends’ statuses. What these shortened versions of events miss is the complexity that pervades the world. They miss the whole story, in favor of the juiciest bits. If someone had read about the recent government shutdown simply by glancing at punctuated updates, he or she might very well think the whole thing concerned only four or five lawmakers, and not the hundreds who actually participated in the fiasco. This view ignores the underlying history, the complex political reverberations, or any of the other contextual factors that were not punchy enough to make the cut. With such a handicapped view of the world around us, it is not difficult to figure out how poorly we are equipping ourselves to be the future caretakers of our world. After all, with an inadequate grasp on not just what has happened in the world, but what is continually happening, how could we as a generation possibly make the informed decisions we will need to make over and over again? In the end, our unwillingness to fully take in the news of the world is a choice. It might cost us knowing what all of our friends are up to all of the time, but every one of us could spend a little bit more time learning about the real events that have an impact on all of our lives.

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octors are constantly advising us to walk at least 30 minutes a day. They suggest this simple exercise builds the foundation on which a healthy lifestyle can be laid, but many patients take this commandment of well-being for granted. Chances are that while reading this you are sitting or will sit in the near future, then continue to sit for the majority of the day — whether it is in a car, at a desk or on a couch. What you may not realize is that this excessive couch potato lifestyle can be extremely detrimental to your health. With sitting, it is not what you are doing, but instead what you are not doing that is slowly killing you. The activity of physical inactivity raises your risk for heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer. The very moment you let your rear rest, you put yourself in harm’s way, for your calorie-burning rate drops to one calorie per minute and all electric activity within your muscles slows down. It is not impossible to thwart these consequences — or at least delay them. Through simple activities like standing up once an hour, a person can begin a pattern against the effects of prolonged sitting. Ideally, one would take it a step further by setting aside a time every day to go for a brisk, 30 minute walk. A half hour can seem like a lofty commitment when our schedules are already filled to the brim, but the magic of this 30 minutes is how it can be spliced up to produce the same results. While sitting at your desk, get up to get something to drink instead of having the beverage at an

arm’s reach. Right there is a minute. Moreover, instead of having a texting conversation with your friend just around the block, take five minutes to walk and talk to them face-to-face. All of the minutes from these short jaunts will add up, and with little effort, you will reach a total time of 30 minutes. However, the most effective way to go about these walks is not in a periodic fashion, but in a sustained style that requires a level of endurance. The time in between classes or activities is often filled with buses and cars due to the flexibility they allow and the little use of human energy needed, but this transition between locations is a perfect opportunity for us to stand up and walk. If time and impatience are issues, then walk a little faster, and once you reach your destination by foot, you may feel a new sense of accomplishment. The physical attributions of these walks can add up to create life-altering benefits, such as reducing risk for heart disease and reducing risk of colon and breast cancer. Walking can add years to your life. If the rewards of good physical welfare doesn’t sway the chair-dwellers of the world, then maybe the improvement of one’s mental welfare can. Regular walking improves quality of sleep, and the release of natural painkilling endorphins, which in some cases, work faster than anti-depressants to lift one’s mood. Also, when your brain feels like it has been pushed to its limits, go outside and be mobile, as fresh air leads to fresh thinking. Sporadic walking while working can actually increase productivity, because it gives the mind time to rest and reflect. The most polarizing characteristic of walking

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is how “boring” it can be. People will argue it takes a long time, it requires work and not much happens on foot. As a result, many will resort to plugging their headphones in and letting their music distract them from the “nothingness” of nature, which is a decent alternative, as long as it keeps you active. But drowning yourself in the music and leaving the world outside high and dry, robs you of the dozens of gifts Mother Nature is just begging to give you.

The songs of the birds or the percussive drip-drop of the rain prove that when fully embraced and appreciated, nature (and walking) is anything but boring. The earth will thank you if you choose foot over machine, thus lowering your carbon footprint and increasing your love for all it has to offer. Your mind will thank you with clarity, and your body will thank you with energy. In short, when you take a walk, everyone wins.

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‘Last man standing’ approach to politics fails to uphold Constitution’s purpose Michael Belding is a graduate student in history. In his column from last week, “Where is true freedom of speech?” Danny Schnathorst criticizes three different double standards that apply to the exercise of speech. The second two are understandable; the first is shortsighted at best. Opening with the grand phrases of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, he ends up arguing: “We the people, need to come together to abolish double standards. We need to treat everyone the same. We need to not ridicule others’ beliefs. Rather, we should respect them and move on, always staying true to our own values, despite what the public says we should think.” That “double standard,” however, is nonexistent. The Constitution only applies to the government. It defines its powers and limits them; it does not apply to individual members of society who do not act as agents of the government. It is not a code of laws, and the ways in which citizens interact with one another are not subject to the Constitution’s rules. Unless acting in my capacity as an officer of the federal government, I am not prohibited from saying or writing anything I want about you or your beliefs, as long as it is neither slanderous nor libelous. More importantly than this misunderstanding of the

First Amendment, however, is Schnathorst’s misunderstanding of the role that discourse — the exercise of speech and press — plays and should play in a political system like ours. Countering insults received from pro-choice individuals, Schnathorst writes: “My beliefs are my beliefs. I don’t tell you that your beliefs are wrong.” Take it from one who knows: There really is nothing quite like distributing literature on the subject and being told that you should have been aborted yourself. As unpleasant as that might be, such a comment is an entry point into a conversation. However, we cushion the ways in which we tell other people they are wrong, that is what public discourse is: an argument between two or more opposing (or at least unique) viewpoints. Even when two conversationalists agree, they each bring a different perspective to the discussion, and add things that the other might not. Discourse, in turn, is essential to the kind of political system that the Constitution establishes. We Americans have made the great mistake of doing politics not on the basis of conversation but on the basis of elections and their results. This is more like the British parliamentary system, in which the House of Commons can wait out the House of Lords’ disagreement, in

which the monarchy has traditionally assented to every law passed, and in which the executive branch of government is drawn from the Commons. By contrast, the United States was designed to be dysfunctional if it tried to become a democracy based on majoritarianism rather than a republic based on consensus and compromise. The House of Representatives and the Senate must agree on bills. The president can veto them. His veto can be overridden. The Supreme Court can declare laws unconstitutional if it believes them so. As we are beginning to find out from the empty rhetoric of the Obama administration, in which he has held himself aloof from congressional interaction and in which an ideological wing of the Republican Party has held itself aloof from engagement with their peers, Schnathorst’s solution — to “stay true to our own values, despite what the public says we should think” — has paralyzing implications. Naturally, one always hopes that speech of a certain quality comes with speech from the dregs of human intelligence, but bad speech is better than none at all. Discussion requires dissention and, to be productive, dissention requires discussion. Holding out for a “last man standing” approach denies our political system of the politics it requires to function.

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Left to right: Brian Sander (Minnesota Vikings), Jacob Laverman, (Indianapolis Colts), Austin Larsen (New Orleans Saints) and Jordan Pierce (Denver Broncos) all interned for NFL teams as the players trained for the season. They each worked as athletic trainers.

4 interns join NFL families By Kyle.Heim @iowastatedaily.com After spending their sophomore years working as athletic trainers with the ISU football team, four students from Iowa State received internships in the NFL. Jordan Pierce, Austin Larsen, Jacob Laverman and Brian Sanders received calls last spring accepting their applications from the Broncos, Saints, Colts and Vikings respectively. For one student, the call came unexpectedly. “I was sitting in the middle of class, and I looked at my phone and noticed I was getting a call and the area code was from New Orleans. ... So I knew it was them, but I let it ring through and then I had a voicemail,” Larsen said. “I couldn’t sit through the rest of the class not knowing what

it was, so I just got up and went out into the hallway and listened to the voicemail.” The call was from the head athletic trainer of the Saints offering Larsen an internship position as an athletic trainer. Larsen had no doubts when deciding whether or not to accept the offer. “I said ‘oh god yeah, of course,’” Larsen said. “It was the best thing I’ve heard in a long time.” Upon arrival at each internship, the students were assigned a specific position to work with along with many job responsibilities. They said the work was endless and related to the work they received with the ISU football team. Some weeks, the interns worked as long as 95 hours including early mornings

starting as early as 4:30 a.m. and late nights lasting as late as 11 p.m. Responsibilities included setting up the field, basic first aid duties and keeping the players hydrated. In addition to all of the responsibilities, Larsen was provided the opportunity of driving players to the doctor in brand new 2014 GMC Yukons. One trip in particular was a very emotional one involving 12-year veteran defensive end, Kenyon Coleman. Coleman tore a pectoral muscle during practice in early August and was encouraged by the doctor to have season-ending surgery. Larsen was with Coleman as the doctor told him the news. Not only did the surgery end Coleman’s year, it also ended his career as he had already decided this year

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would be his last in the NFL. “He took it very well. He said, ‘I’ve been in the league 12 years. ... Honestly, I’ve been blessed so far that I haven’t had major injuries and no big setbacks,’” Larsen said. Along with the experience the interns received working as athletic trainers, they also had the opportunity to meet and work with players like four-time NFL MVP and quarterback of the Denver Broncos, Peyton Manning. Pierce had the opportunity to meet with Manning during the second day of his internship with the Broncos. “[Manning] actually walked right up, introduced himself and shook our hands,” Pierce said. “It was pretty cool how he introduced himself. He was very professional about it and very humble about it as well.” Laverman said he was surprised that the players didn’t feel the need to show off and act like “hot shots.” “Most of the guys in [Indianapolis] didn’t have that big ego,” Laverman said. “They’re just normal people with you: There’s lots of fun loving; there’s lots of joking around going on. Once you start getting jokes pulled on you, and you vice versa, that’s kind of when you know you’re accepted into the family.” Sanders was assigned to work with the offensive line for the Vikings and received an opportunity to meet 2012 NFL MVP, Adrian Peterson. “He was always really down to earth and very respectful and appreciative of what we were doing for him,” Sanders said. The four all said their programs provided them an advantage when searching for a position in athletic training after college.

Every year, thousands of students say goodbye to their parents before they head off to college. This can be tough because now they don’t have anyone to do their laundry. But imagine if these students could take their parents to college with them. Cyclone Hockey is doing the next best thing. In the Home Away From Home program, players in Cyclone Hockey are matched up with volunteer families to help the players adjust to college life at Iowa State. These volunteer families provide the players with the same comforts that their real family would. And sometimes, they even form lifetime bonds. “I think the [Cyclone Hockey players] like to have a connection with somebody in Ames,” said Sue Koelner, co-chairwoman of the program. “I think they buy into the program and like to spend time with their families.” The program was started in the early 1980s because of the influx of players in Cyclone Hockey who weren’t from the Ames area. Now 20 to 25 families take part in the program annually and are placed with at least one player each year. Once a family is assigned a player, they are together for the extent of the player’s college hockey career. However, the way these players are placed with the families depends on a few elements. Koelner said she tries to put players and families together that have similar backgrounds. She also takes in account personalities to make sure she gets the best fit. After she finds the right family for the right player, Koelner said the program provides players a place in Ames where they can call home. ISU assistant coach Andrew Murdoch decided to be one of these homes after he experienced the benefits of the program when he was a player at Iowa State. Murdoch said he wanted to give back by opening his doors to the current Cyclones. “No hockey player is going say that they are home sick,” Murdoch said. “But it is always good to have someone there that can be like their extended family and can help them out. It is just nice to have that family feel. The idea that someone is there is nice to have.” A positive side effect of the program is that many of the players end up being role models to the children in their Home Away From Home families. Team captain Mark Huber said that he is seen as a big brother to the three kids in this Home Away From Home family. And as these kids’ adopted big brother, Huber said that he wants to teach them something about how to be successful at life. “The biggest thing I try to teach them is work ethic,” Huber said. “What are the odds that kids going to play pro sports? It’s not very good. But if they work hard in school, in life and at their job, they’re going to be successful.” All the time the players and families spend together in the Home Away From Home program leads to strong bonds between them. Sue Randall, the other cochairwoman of the program, said she is still in contact with 12 players for whom she was a Home Away From Home family. Randall also said she even has been invited to players’ weddings. Even though some players are no longer in the program, she still helps them out when they are in a pinch. “I have even had boys come over in an emergency to do their laundry,” Randall said.

CYCLONE HOCKEY Player of the Week #19 Jon Feavel

Feavel scored the first goal and added two assists in Iowa State’s 4-3 scrimmage victory against Williston State Friday night and then took the team on his back to even the score 1-1 in the third period of Saturday night’s rematch, which ended up a 2-1 overtime scrimmage loss. The senior forward leads Iowa State in scoring with 13 points in 10 games, which totals do not include last weekend’s scrimmages. Iowa State takes on CSCHL rival Ohio this Friday and Saturday night at 7:30 at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena.

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Cassidy Glynn, freshman in apparel, merchandising and design, pairs every day black garments, like a black top, leather leggings, and black knee-high boots, with cat ears and black face paint for an inexpensive and budgetwise Halloween costume. Other ideas include a colorful pinata costume or a nerd, complete with oversized glasses and knee-high socks.

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One idea for a ladies’ group costume is of the Powerpuff Girls, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup. Pink, yellow and blue dresses paired with a black belt make this costume easy.

Halloween costumes for less By Erica.Coulter @iowastatedaily.com Dressing up for Halloween doesn’t have to be expensive when Pinterest and blogs on doit-yourself projects have ideas on cheap college-friendly costumes. Here are three that pair everyday garments with cheap accessories.

1. Pinata: Grab a Bodycon dress of any color and wrap colorful streamers around the dress to create a pinata appearance. Use an inexpensive party hat, brightly colored heels and a plastic bat to complete the costume. Leave hair and makeup simple so it doesn’t take away from the colorful costume.

3. Nerd: Combine a mini khaki, denim or plaid skirt and a plain white button-up shirt with a pair of oversized glasses, kneehigh socks and ankle booties or oxfords. Separate your hair into high pig tails with scrunchies and keep makeup natural for this look. Carry around your largest textbook as an added accessory.

2. Cat: Whether it’s a black dress with matching heels or black top with leather leggings and kneehigh boots, create this costume with an all-black, body-hugging outfit. Add cat ears and an attachable black tail from a local costume store, and then draw whiskers and a nose using face paint or black eyeliner.

4. The Powerpuff Girls: Join two friends and dress up as Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup with each member of the group wearing a corresponding pink, blue or green dress, and adding a black belt. Dress up your hair to mimic the cartoons’ signature doos, like a large, red hair bow for Blossom or pigtails for Bubbles.

5 easy Halloween ideas to decorate on a budget By Tedi.Mathis @iowastatedaily.com

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Dorm room, sorority house or apartment, it is time to start decorating for the holidays. Here are some quick and easy tips to decorate a space for Halloween on a budget.

2. Carve a pumpkin: Jack-o’-lanterns allow you to express creativity and personality in your decorations. Head over to the local pumpkin patch or grocery store to pick out the perfect pumpkin. Carving a face into your pumpkin is not a must; instead, think of the pumpkin as your canvas and change it up by carving out a stiletto heal or a bow.

1. Halloween lights: Decorative lights can be used for more than just the winter holidays. Wrap your room in orange string lights, shaped like small flames for an orange Halloween glow. You can lay them over the window, wrap them around your loft bed, hang them around the top of the walls or cover the railing of your porch to spread Halloween spirit with your neighbors. Orange string

3. Decorate with food: Save a salsa jar and wash it to reuse. Fill the jar with candy corn for a sugarysweet Halloween decoration. Feeling more adventurous? Find some gummy eyeballs or spiders to fill the jar.

4. Get a little crafty: Show off your favorite Halloween phrase with some small wooden letters and paint. Places like JoAnn Fabric and Hobby Lobby often sell these letters and inexpensive paint to go with. You can go with a classic phrase, such as “boo” or “trick or treat,” or get creative and make your own Halloween saying. 5. Use what you have: There is no shame in making your Halloween decoration budget $0; there are still plenty of ways to decorate. Bring out your inner kid and print some Halloween-themed coloring pictures to hang or cut out small spiders and skulls to hang on the walls in your favorite color paper.

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Horoscope Today’s Birthday (10/22/13) It’s a year of artistic exploration. Romance and creativity blossom this autumn and next spring. Work could involve music, photography, art or writing. Exhibit and launch. There may be travel included, especially next summer. Partnerships personal and professional thrive (the April 29 eclipse sparks a new level). Career flowers next summer and autumn. Express your love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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