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News: Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Caleb Strecker of Dickinson State University attempts to rope a calf in the tie-down calf-roping competition during the 49th Annual Cyclone Stampede Rodeo on Friday in Ames. The goal of tie-down roping is to catch the calf and tie three of its legs together in as little time as possible.

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State senator presents to Democrats Iowa state Sen. Matt McCoy spoke at the first College and Young Democrats Conference on Sunday. McCoy, who represents District 31, said the Democrats’ priority should be on getting a Democrat elected to the open Marion seat. Gov. Terry Branstad appointed Sen. Swati Dandekar to an executive position on the Iowa Utilities Board. Because of the appointment, she has to vacate her Senate seat. If a Republican wins, Democrats will lose their control of the Iowa Senate. McCoy said students need to be focused on three issues this legislative term. “The first,” McCoy said, “is education reform.” McCoy said the Iowa director of the Department of Education, Jason Glass, has suggested Iowa withdraw from No Child Left Behind. Glass’ plan, according to McCoy, would also make it easier to fire Iowa teachers. The second issue to focus on is Branstad wants to cut commercial property taxes, McCoy said. He said the third issue is job training and unemployment. McCoy said former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack’s campaign is going well. McCoy said the best thing a student could do to support Vilsack’s campaign is to get on the ISU campus and hand out fliers. As for the three regents institutions, McCoy said outside of the conference, students and faculty need to make sure they are keeping a close eye on the Iowa Board of Regents. McCoy said the Board of Regents has worked so well in the past because of its independence from the governor’s office. McCoy said hopefully students won’t be told to leave the Legislature this year, because it’s these kinds of actions that create double-digit raises in tuition. By Paige Godden, Daily Staff Writer

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By Mark.Schafer @iowastatedaily.com The ISU Rodeo Club doesn’t compete with the same amount of students week in and week out as the rest of the Great Plains Region does, but that doesn’t stop it from hosting its own National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association-sponsored rodeo. For the 49th straight year, the Cyclone Stampede took place at the ISU animal science farm in southwest Ames on Friday and Saturday. Only three ISU students competed over the weekend. “We had a great turnout this year, we were able to sell a lot of tickets

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for the event and had a great turnout for all three rounds,” said Megan Waechter, Rodeo Club fundraising executive officer. “Even with the football game on Saturday, we were able to draw a great crowd for the finals.” The Cyclone Stampede is a threeround rodeo that consists of two pre-

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Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Caleb Miles of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln rides in the saddle broncriding competition during the 49th Annual Cyclone Stampede Rodeo on Friday in Ames.

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Photo: Jordan Maurice/Iowa State Daily Quarterback Steele Jantz walks along the sideline after the 37-14 Cyclone loss to Texas. Jantz threw one interception and was 28-of-51 passing for 251 yards. He threw one touchdown pass, an 18-yard reception to Chris Young.

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By the time the play clock struck zero, the good feelings from weeks past had gone away and the euphoria that had resulted from three comeback victories had quickly evaporated. The ISU football team opened conference play with a 37-14 loss to now-No. 11 Texas, which took a 34-0 lead at halftime in front of a crowd of 56,390 at Jack Trice Stadium — the second-largest in ISU history — on Saturday night. “Anything that could go wrong went wrong for us today,” said junior linebacker Jake

The ISU volleyball team pushed No. 8 Texas to five sets Sunday, but ultimately lost a 3-2 decision (16-25, 25-14, 20-25, 25-21, 8-15). After dropping the first set of the match, the No. 16 Cyclones (12-3, 3-1 Big 12) put on a compelling performance in the second set, with a 25-14 win to tie the match at 1-1. “We just looked scared in the first game, I felt like we looked rattled,” said ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “I think we got blocked early and then our hitters got scared and tentative and decided to back off. “They did a good job of bounc-

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ing back in game two, it could have gone the other way easily and I thought they responded pretty well.” JohnsonThe match Lynch see-sawed again with Texas (9-4, 2-1 Big 12) taking the third set 25-20, and the Cyclones responding in the fourth with Straube a 25-21 win. The third set is where Johnson-Lynch said the match could have turned in the Cyclones’ favor after Texas started sloppy,

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In an effort to revamp his campaign before the crucial Iowa caucus in early 2012, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich unveiled his new “21st Century Contract with America” last week. The plan involves several efforts his camp claims will get America back to work. However, many have called into question whether or not this is a viable plan or simply a lastditch effort for a campaign that has already been crippled by falling polling numbers and a mass exit of campaign staff earlier in the year. “We are going to talk about jobs a lot, which is appealing to college students,” said Gingrich’s Iowa campaign manager Mike Kraul. “We are mapping out a plan that is going to greatly expand jobs.” Having a post-doctoral degree in history, Gingrich is well-known for drawing upon the past to reiterate his plans for the future. His focus on science and technology in relation to innovators at Iowa State also is an asset that Gingrich is hoping will garner larger support in Iowa. The idea for his “21st Century Contract with America” is essentially

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