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Graduation rates higher for students on campus By Erin Coppock Daily staff writer According to a recent study conducted by the ISU Department of Residence, freshmen who lived on campus during the first year of college at Iowa State had a higher graduation rate compared with their off-campus peers. The study also found that living on campus during the first year resulted in an increased improvement of academic performance. Even though Iowa State does not have a mandatory policy to have freshmen live on campus during their first year, on-campus living provides many benefits to those who choose to take advantage of them. Because the majority of freshmen choose to live on campus for their freshmen year, Iowa State has 19 residence halls and three different apartment complexes to accommodate them. Living in an on-campus hall or apartment offers many benefits that living off campus does not, said Ginny Arthur, associate director of residence. “On-campus housing provides an environment that supports academic and personal success,” Arthur said. “We have staff and activities that encourage interaction, involvement and academic support. This past year, 88 percent of freshmen who lived on campus returned to Iowa State, making it the highest return rate in the past decade.
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‘First complete game’ Cyclones put 4-game losing streak ‘to bed’ By Jake.Calhoun @iowastatedaily.com James White said it best last week when asked about Texas Tech’s Oct. 22 upset of then-No. 3 Oklahoma: “Any team is beatable.” A week removed from the first four-game losing streak for the ISU football team in the Paul Rhoads era, the Cyclones upset No. 19 Texas Tech 41-7 on Saturday in the team’s firstever victory in Lubbock, Texas. “It was a complete game,” Rhoads said Sunday night. “We’ve played good football, but we haven’t played a complete game [until now], and it was thoroughly a complete game.” With redshirt freshman Jared Barnett making his first start under center for the Cyclones (4-4, 1-4 Big 12), the ISU offense was able to get things going, jumping out to a 21-0 lead after the first quarter. Barnett, a native of Garland, Texas, completed 14-of-26 passes with 144 yards and one touchdown while accumulating 92 rushing yards and one touchdown on the ground as well. “It’s been crazy, just a whole bunch of excitement between me and the entire team,” Barnett said. “We’re just excited to get this first conference win under our belts and start moving forward.” Running back Duran Hollis had a career-high in rushing yards, amassing 101 with one score — a careerhigh 71-yard touchdown run on the Cyclones’ first drive of the second half.
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Photo courtesy of The Associated Press ISU quarterback Jared Barnett and wide receiver Darius Darks celebrate a touchdown against Texas Tech during Iowa State’s 41-7 upset of the then-No. 19 Red Raiders on Saturday in Lubbock, Texas.
Records in Iowa State’s football history First-ever win in Lubbock, Texas (1-5 all-time). Largest margin of victory (34) against a ranked opponent (22-point margin of victory against No. 20 Nebraska, 2002). Largest margin of victory against a ranked opponent as an unranked team (21-point margin of victory against No. 8 Missouri, 1981).
Largest margin of victory against a ranked opponent on the road (seven-point margin of victory at No. 22 Texas, 2010). Largest margin of victory overall since 2002 (58-6 against Tennessee Tech) and in Big 12 play since 2002 (45-3 against Kansas). Second time in school history with road wins against ranked opponents
Technology
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in consecutive seasons (2011 at Texas Tech/2010 at Texas; 1976 at Missouri/1977 at Nebraska). Most points (41) against a ranked opponent since Nov. 9, 1996 (42 at No. 7 Colorado). Most total yards (512) since Nov. 22, 2008 (626 at Kansas State). Via ISU Media Relations Department
Fundraising
Service plans to add more access points By Tommie.Clark @iowastatedaily.com A record-breaking number of students attending Iowa State can be a positive aspect of campus life but can also lead to problems. Due to the large number of students, many had difficulty connecting to the Internet at the beginning of the semester. “What may have appeared to have been a wireless problem wasn’t actually a problem with the wireless itself, but the way IP addresses were handed out to users,” said Jennifer Lohrbach, systems analyst for Information Technology Services. The campus wireless network is an intricate system that cannot become overloaded or else students will experience difficulty with signing on. “To use the campus wireless network, your device must connect to a wireless access point and then be assigned an IP address,” said Angela Bradley, director of systems, operations, network and communications for IT Services. “On the first day of classes, devices were connecting to the wireless access points, but the system that assigns addresses, the DHCP server, was overloaded. The
File photo: Dan Kassan/Iowa State Daily Iowa State University Foundation employees work at the call center in Durham Hall. The Foundation employs students to connect with alumni and ask for donations.
File photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily A huge increase in wireless network users on campus this fall has prompted the Computation Advisory Committee to invest $1 million in a project to improve the network infrastructure.
Internet on campus 60,000 devices on the network Between 55 to 60 percent are wireless DHCP system was not prepared for 300 to 400 requests per second $1 million recently awarded to increasing campus wireless expansion
DHCP system was designed to handle about 75 requests per second. It was receiving 300 to 400 requests a second. “After some configuration changes late Monday, Aug. 23, the DHCP problem was resolved.” The Network Infrastruture, Authorization and Directory Services team is the IT Services group that analyzed the problem and came up with the solutions for DHCP. The Network and
Communications team is performing site surveys, installing jacks and placing access points for better wireless coverage. “There was a huge increase in the number of wireless subscribers on campus this fall,” Bradley said. “We are seeing about 60,000 devices on the network, and between 55 to 60 percent are wireless. Our DHCP sys-
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ISU Foundation raises $1 million By Morgan.Sheperd @iowastatedaily.com The ISU call center made history this month, raising more than $1 million for the Iowa State University Foundation. “We don’t think any other program has accomplished raising [$]1 million in one month. The closest we’ve personally ever gotten was raising $932,000,” said programs manager Alec Bridenstine. As of Thursday, the Foundation had raised $1,119,694 for the month of October. Their goal was set at $775,000. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2011 the national household income was $52,954 and the unemployment rate was about 9 percent. Despite the negative economy and hardships many
people are facing, donors are still finding ways to contribute to the cause. Bridenstine said a combination of things contributed to the donor support that made this historic feat reality. “We have a lot of skilled students on the phone that are passionate about the university and want to improve Iowa State,” he said. “We also have a really solid alumni base that is more than willing to give back.” New donors are also helping. “We’ve had a lot of new callers recently. I know we’ve all been calling as much as we can and working hard to make our goals,” said call center employee Lauren Messina, freshman in animal science. The money donated by alumni can go toward anything they request.
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Day of the Dead celebration honors loved ones By Cristobal.Matibag @iowastatedaily.com The Day of the Dead — known in Spanishspeaking countries as “El Dia de Los Muertos” — won’t fall until Wednesday, but Iowa State’s Mexican-American Young Achievers Society began celebrating it last week. Erecting a cardboard altar Thursday night in the Memorial Union’s Pioneer Room, members of the group adorned it with candles, paper flowers and pictures of dead loved ones. MAYAS Events Coordinator Roberto Orozco, senior in marketing, said scheduling difficulties prompted the early celebration. “There’s no place on campus that we could leave the altar up for a long period of time,” Orozco said. Pearson Hall’s Language Studies Resource Center will be the site of another small altar. Assistant professor of Spanish Elisa Rizo said it would be open to public view in the center by late Monday afternoon. Just as campus groups do, other celebrators of Dia de los Muertos have long adapted their observances to suit circumstance. The form of it now celebrated in Mexico developed after the Spanish encountered the Aztecs there in the 16th century. Over time, the two cultures fused traditions of All Souls’ Day, a Catholic observance that honors the dead, with those of similarly purposed Aztec rituals. Brian Eslinger, lecturer of religious studies, said indigenous rituals “meant too much to the people to be totally dissolved” upon the arrival of
>>FOOTBALL.p1 White had a career day of his own as well, notching 138 rushing yards — the most by any Cyclone running back against Texas Tech — with one rushing touchdown to bring his total to a team-high seven on the season. “I thought we had a great plan,” Rhoads said of the running attack. “I thought we had a great plan with getting the tight end involved and being a lead blocker and getting us into some two-back types of running plays. “In certain games, there is a snowball effect. And once we were effective with it, then we got confident in that and I think our blocking improved as the game went along.” Texas Tech (5-3, 2-3) came into the game averaging 539.3 yards per game of total offense. However, the ISU defense held the Red Raiders to a season-low 290 yards of total offense — the only game in which they’ve
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Photo courtesy of Julio Ramirez Mexican-American Young Achievers Society members decorate sugar skulls Oct. 20 in the Memorial Union’s Pioneer Room before Thursday’s Dia de los Muertos celebration.
the Spaniards. “To have as many of the indigenous characteristics dominate what that ritual looks like tells you something about the strength of that ritual,” he said. Native influence survives not only in the conduct of rituals, but also in the attitude celebrators take toward death. Loreto Prieto, Iowa State’s director of U.S. Latino Studies, said that the “solemn umbrella of grief” that hangs over other cultures’ commemorations of the dead does not hang heavily over those who celebrate the
failed to gain at least 300 total yards. “Offensively, that was pretty much the worst performance we had in two years, but you have to give credit to Iowa State,” said TTU coach Tommy Tuberville after the game. “They came in focused and had a good game plan, did some things we hadn’t seen and we didn’t adjust very well.” The ISU defense also held TTU quarterback Seth Doege to less than 200 yards passing and no touchdowns, both firsts for the season. It also ended the streak of 69 straight games in which the Red Raiders have passed for at least one touchdown. “They tackled really well,” Rhoads said of his defense. “We had a very simple game plan because of [Texas Tech’s] speed and pace of getting to the line and running plays. That allowed us to focus on the formations and the plays that we had to defend with less defenses.” Safety Ter’Ran Benton and cornerback Jeremy Reeves both intercepted passes from Doege in the first and fourth quarters, leading to 10 points off of the turn-
festival. Most believe, as the Aztecs did, that the dead retain a link to this world. Some believe their spirits return to earth to mingle with the living — even going so far as to revisit their former homes. In this context, otherworldly visitations are rarely seen as disturbing or intrusive, as they might be elsewhere. “This is a celebration,” Prieto said. “It’s not a scary thing at all to welcome someone who’s passed back into the home.” Hector Avalos, professor of religious studies,
overs for the Cyclones. “I felt we played the ‘quick stuff’ faster and I think we’ve been improving on that as a secondary,” Rhoads said. “Having five DBs out there more recently with Durrell [Givens] getting more playing time and [Benton] getting more snaps at the nickel has helped us have a faster unit on the field.” Reeves’ pick was his first of the season and third of his career, while Benton’s was the first of his career in 40 consecutive starts, which is currently the fourth-most on the team. As for the looming fear of a hangover after a big win, Rhoads is no stranger to having to motivate his team after big wins, having had his three-year coaching career at Iowa State laden with them. “We had a lot of mistakes to [correct] and we did that in the Texas Tech game,” Barnett said. “Now he was saying this week that we need to take this win and put it to bed and be ready for the Kansas game.”
Calavera: Spanish for “skull,” this word denotes a traditional symbol used in Dia de los Muertos rituals. Cempasuchil: The name Aztecs gave the marigold, which is the traditional flower of the Day of the Dead. Dia de los Muertos Chiquitos: Translating to “Day of the Little Dead,” this is a common name for Nov. 1, which in Mexico is traditionally reserved for remembering children who died. Pan de muerto: A special type of bread eaten during the festival, commonly flavored with anise and cinnamon. Bakers sprinkle it with colored sugar to add a festive touch. Papel picado: Colored paper perforated with decorative holes, which is hung indoors during the festival
noted the tone of levity that inflects celebrations of Dia de los Muertos — a tone he said it shared with holidays like Halloween. “There’s the idea of making fun of death,” Avalos said. Eslinger, Prieto and Avalos all thought it apt that a festival celebrating the dead coincided with the fall season’s end. “There’s that reality of scarcity that’s just on the horizon,” Eslinger said. “And it’s at that time that you take stock.” Avalos described the observance in more succinct terms: “It kind of symbolizes what’s coming next.”
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>>INTERNET.p1 tem was not prepared for 300 to 400 requests per second, but with the changes mentioned, we are ready for future demands.” Anticipating future problems is an integral part of Bradley and the IT Services teams’ jobs. “To better plan for future increases in load on the DHCP system, we have reconfigured a couple of things: Devices are given IP address leases for variable lengths of time to best meet mobility demands, and the IP address assignment is being done using a faster access method on the server. There was no cost at this time, but future upgrades will probably require faster disks and more memory,” Bradley said. To plan for future increases in load on the wireless access points, there will be an upgrade to a protocol, the access points will be managed through a central controller, and there will be more overall access points on campus. The Computation Advisory Committee recently awarded $1 million toward campus wireless expansion, and IT Services will fund this upgrade of existing access points. “Because people on campus carry mobile devices as they move between buildings, the mobile devices automatically try to connect to the wireless access points, and our DHCP system tries to assign an IP address for each building they pass or enter. We have changed the time frame each device would keep the same address and also sped up the processing on the server,” Bradley said. Students used to carry fewer Internet devices but now carry multiple devices such as a cellphone, laptop and an iPad, just to name a few. “Students’ devices, as well as others’ devices on campus, are able to connect to the wireless network quickly and more efficiently now. This increase in service level also helps support the cases where people carry multiple wireless devices and want them all connected simultaneously,” Bradley
said. “The wireless expansion will increase the connectivity speed and cover more public areas on campus.” With this problem now fixed and Internet service intact, students no longer need to worry about their wireless connection. “I did experience problems earlier in the year with Internet access. I think it is really important to have Internet access on a college campus,
so I’m glad this problem was addressed,” said Thomas Thatcher, freshman in design. Of course, improvement will eventually need to be made and the IT Services team is ready when this time comes. “At some point, we will replace the DHCP server with higher-performing equipment. We are also investigating how the IP address ranges are allocated in buildings. Wireless equipment contin-
ues to improve in both speed and user support,” Bradley said. “We anticipate that the demand for wireless will continue to grow, and we’re making investments to meet the campus needs. IT Services will continue to monitor wireless performance and provide network support and resources,” Bradley said. “We understand the importance of mobility to campus life.”
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Drop dates remind us to work hard We don’t know where the expression about giving it the “old college try” comes from and, since the last day to drop a class or change it to Pass/Not Pass was Friday, we prefer not to learn too much about it. Halloween fell on an excellent weekend this year. After standing in line and turning in drop slips to the people in the Enrollment Services Center, we all had the opportunity to dress up, go out, and celebrate cutting ourselves loose from a class would have otherwise acted like an anchor on our grade point averages. On the other hand, maybe you forgot. Wouldn’t that be something? You’d have to start going to class again, read that expensive textbook you paid for, do the homework and maybe make a few friends in class so you can study together. Maybe your Halloween horrors of cemeteries and the undead will also haunt your academic life this week. What a great holiday to put smack dab in the middle of forgetting to get your drop slip signed and remembering that you needed to have an X put on your transcript. You may notice that dropping a course comes with a few provisos or quid pro quos, similar to the restrictions on a genie’s wish-granting ability. (For those of you who don’t remember Disney’s “Aladdin,” they can’t kill people, bring them back from the dead, or make them fall in love.) You can only have 5 drops, and processing a pink slip costs $12. There’s only so many chances the university can give you before you should get it. At some point, probably when you find yourself seriously having to give it the old college try, you have to start putting forth some effort. The students who waltz into class, sit down, and expect professors to give them the answers to the test instead of challenging their ability are the ones who don’t do well. School-at any level-isn’t about how well you can fill in bubbles on a Scantron sheet. A trained monkey can do that. School is about doing some critical thinking and working out a problem, whether that be in a physics lab or researching a history paper in the library. The answers are there; they exist. You just have to go find them. College is not and should not be a cakewalk. The bureaucracy of dropping a class beyond your limit of five may be frustrating and you may be unsuccessful. But that process will probably teach you something. Get your act together and get the drop slipped signed (really, meeting with professors isn’t that bad) or collect yourself and do the work expected of everyone else in the class. If you want a walk in the park, go to a park. Come to college prepared to work. Editorial Board
Jake Lovett, editor in chief Michael Belding, opinion editor Rick Hanton, assistant opinion editor Jacob Witte, daily columnist Jessica Opoien, daily staff writer Ryan Peterson, daily columnist Claire Vriezen, daily columnist
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ou have all the world’s information at your fingertips. All the accumulated knowledge of the world and its ages lie within our grasp. And we do indeed consume it, thoroughly even. But all too often we have no idea what it actually is. Do you have a Kindle? Your device can hold 1,400 books. You can choose to buy one of more than 800,000, or you can download millions of books published before 1923. Do you have an iPod? Depending on the model you have, you can store up to an estimated 40,000 songs on it. Internet radio services keep you tuned in to music an algorithm has determined you’ll enjoy, based on preferences you’ve indicated. And sure, you have the power to skip songs and move on to something that is more like your cup of tea, but you could go whole days starting your Pandora radio station and never making a conscious decision for yourself about what it is you’re experiencing. I was visiting a friend in his office as he listened to his own Pandora station. I recognized the Bach coming out of the computer speakers and, suspecting Yo-Yo Ma was the cellist, asked who the cellist was. Apparently misunderstanding the question, when my friend switched to that tab of his Internet browser, he just said what piece was playing. “Yes, I know that,” I said. “Who’s the cellist?” Still misunderstanding, I was informed of the composer, and then the orchestra. When I restated my question, he was fed up with the distraction I presented and gave a flat-out “I don’t know.” Granted, I shouldn’t have been bothering him. And no, this isn’t something he typically does. Usually he deliberately chooses what he listens to. But the event got me thinking: How often do we allow others to choose our experiences for us? How often are we spoon-fed the things we enjoy? How often do we actually make a move of our own and chase after objects of interest? Listening to the stories your parents read to you every night before bed is all very nice, but at a certain point you have to start choosing the literature you’re exposed to, and you have to start doing the reading yourself. “Little Red Riding Hood” is a good story with a good ending, and you’ll be able to keep up with that conversation at first-grade lunches, but “Anna Karenina,” written by Leo Tolstoy, has so much more going on in it, is so much more elegant and contains much more powerful messages. Good luck reading that one in a night. The same goes for music. Although the music I listen to and enjoy is more or less the music I was exposed to in
By Michael.Belding @iowastatedaily.com car rides with my dad, or the music on the CDs my mom brought home from her shopping trips, I have my own tastes too. Some nights I deliberately choose Frederic Chopin, composer and pianist, over Franz Schubert, composer, because I just can’t take pianist Krystian Zimmerman’s bombastic renditions of Schubert’s Impromptus. (Did I lose you yet?) Some nights I choose Buddy Holly over Elvis. (Are you still lost?) Let me put it this way: Sometimes I prefer Maroon 5 to Katy Perry. So instead of just listening to the radio because it’s the radio and the music playing is the music playing, I change radio stations. Or I change the song or album or artist my iPod is playing. Why do I have music ADD? Because I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. Affectionately, I refer to TV sets as “black devil boxes.” To be honest, I do actually enjoy watching TV programs and movies. But when I see my siblings sit in the living room for five hours on a Saturday when the sun is shining and the autumn air is crisp, I pause. I pause because they’re not watching TV because it’s engaging or they enjoy it. They’re watching the channels and programs on it because that’s what’s on. They’re doing it because it’s the easy option. Weren’t we all supposed to learn about two roads that diverged in a yellow wood, and how choosing the one less traveled made all the difference? Maybe that’s why we’re in such a rut. Maybe our inability to go out of our way and put forth some effort is why so many Americans are unemployed, so many Americans have no faith in anything (including themselves and their own abilities), and so many American children grow up without role models of more substance than Paris Hilton or Justin Bieber. Knowing all the facts of the world is useless without an ability to make conscious decisions about which ones matter and which ones are very interesting, but irrelevant. It’s too bad that sifting through the mud to find the flakes of gold that are actually valuable takes too much effort.
Michael Belding is a senior in history and political science from Story City, Iowa.
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t’s a popular catchphrase among pro-life groups: “Life begins at conception.” But what does that mean when it is proposed as a constitutional amendment? Well, if Mitt Romney becomes president (hell, probably if most of the current GOP candidates make it to the White House), we might see a constitutional amendment attributing personhood once conception occurs. In an interview between Mike Huckabee and GOP candidate Romney, Huckabee asked Romney if he would support “a constitutional amendment that would have established the definition of life at conception,” to which Romney replied: “Absolutely.” The problem with working to amend the constitution to define life as such is that the letter if not the spirit of such an amendment would criminalize birth control methods that prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg. In Romney’s recent visit to Sioux City, Iowa, a female voter asked him about this somewhat important technicality in defining life. After Romney reassured her that he didn’t oppose birth control, she went on to explain that some forms of birth control prevent a conception from turning into a viable pregnancy. Romney ultimately neglected to answer her question, regarding the status of birth control under his proposed amendment, leaving women such as myself wondering how such a change would affect
By Claire.Vriezen @iowastatedaily.com our health care and contraceptive access. The thing is, either politicians that support such an amendment don’t understand how hormone-based contraceptives work and thus don’t see how such an amendment could apply to birth control, or don’t care that the amendment would potentially criminalize such prescriptions. I sincerely hope that it’s the former, since that merely demonstrates a knowledge gap that can be easily filled. Some people might claim that pro-choice advocates are completely overreacting to this idea. But it seems that logically, it’s the only conclusion to draw from this type of legislation. If we are to constitutionally define life as beginning at conception, we assign the value of personhood once a sperm meets an egg. Then, anything that results in the death of that fertilized egg amounts to the elimination of life and personhood, and as pro-lifers would have you believe, murder. Any sort of clarification that allows for exceptions in the case of birth control would go against the nature of such an amendment. This sort of legislation would be
all or nothing. Part of Romney’s response to the Iowa woman who questioned his stance on birth control was to claim “life begins at conception. Birth control prevents conception.” This shows a gross misunderstanding on his part regarding the mechanisms of contraception. For those a bit fuzzy on the details of conception and birth control, here is a quick overview. Eggs are produced in ovaries. Ovaries are connected to fallopian tubes, which lead to a uterus. Generally, fertilization will occur in the fallopian tubes when an egg meets a sperm (conception). This fertilized egg then travels down the fallopian tubes and into the uterus, where it attaches to the lining. If nothing out of the ordinary happens, you wait several months and have a baby. Hormonal methods of birth control such as the pill, the patch, intrauterine devices, Depo shots, birth control implants and vaginal rings all work in several ways to prevent pregnancy. They release hormones to suppress ovulation (no egg will be released for fertilization), they thicken cervical mucus to make it difficult for sperm to reach an egg, and they thin the lining of the uterus in order to prevent any fertilized eggs from attaching. It is this last point that is important. If contraceptives work to prevent a fertilized egg from completing it’s natural course of implanting in the uterus, then a
“life at conception” amendment would essentially qualify this as killing that life. If you subscribe to this view, then the 40 percent of women that utilize some hormonal form of contraception are potentially ridding their bodies of fertilized eggs that have not been allowed to implant. Sure, you can hold the opinion that life starts after a sperm and an egg join. But you must then realize the implications of attempting to formulate such a belief into law. If you believe that life begins at conception, then logically, you must be against nearly all forms of hormonal birth control that work to hinder conceptions after they occur. While some pro-life groups completely reject hormone-based contraceptives, it seems to me that Romney cannot be both supportive of these methods as well as a “life at conception” amendment. As Rachel Maddow put it, “Sometimes guys in politics talk about uteruses, and I’m not sure they really get it.” This looks to be one of those times. Any politician who wishes to amend the constitution to include such a specific definition of life should be expected to understand how that would impact women and how it could potentially limit reproductive options.
Claire Vriezen is a junior in biology and psychology from Rochester, Minn.
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Women’s team clinches title By Caitlyn.Diimig @iowastatedaily.com
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AP top 25 1. LSU (47) 8-0 2. Alabama (10) 8-0 3. Oklahoma State 8-0 4. Stanford 8-0 5. Boise State (1) 7-0 6. Oregon 7-1 7. Oklahoma 7-1 8. Arkansas 7-1 9. Nebraska 7-1 10. South Carolina 7-1 11. Clemson 8-1 12. Virginia Tech 8-1 13. Michigan 7-1 14. Houston 8-0 15. Michigan State 6-2 16. Penn State 8-1 17. Kansas State 7-1 18. Georgia 6-2 19. Wisconsin 6-2 20. Arizona State 6-2 21. USC 6-2 22. Georgia Tech 7-2 23. Cincinnati 6-1 24. West Virginia 6-2 25. Auburn 6-3 Dropped: Texas A&M (16), Texas Tech (19)
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Cardinals make history in World Series ST. LOUIS — As hordes of other St. Louis Cardinals fans turned out Sunday, Dave Huyette was counting his blessings rather than the riches he might have received had greed overtaken sportsmanship. Just three days earlier, Huyette briefly held history in his hands from a World Series game considered one for the ages, winning the dash to a walkoff, 11th-inning home run ball David Freese plunked behind Busch Stadium’s center-field fence, propelling the Cardinals into Game 7 they won the next night. The Associated Press
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Cool down SPORT: Cross-country DEFINITION: The moment after the race in which the body must gradually slow down after vigorous running to prevent muscle soreness and stiffness. USE: Meaghan Nelson needed a thorough cool down after finishing second at Big 12’s.
The women’s cross-country team took home the Big 12 Championship title for the first time in program history Saturday. The women’s 6,000meter race was held in College Station, Texas, and was a close one between Iowa State, Texas and Oklahoma State. “Going into it, [winning the race] was the goal, and to actually accomplish the goal and one that isn’t necessarily easily achieved was really cool,” said junior Meaghan Nelson. Nelson placed second overall in the women’s race with a time of 19:33.8. She was out-sprinted by Texas Tech’s Caroline Jepleting, a 2:05 800-meter runner, for first place overall just three seconds ahead of Nelson. The race started out fast, Nelson said, with the firstmile pace floating around 5:20. At the 3,000-meter mark, Nelson said she was able to close the gap and catch up with the top runners. With only 2,000 meters to go, thirdplace finisher Rose Tanui from Texas Tech kept surging to leave Nelson behind. “There was never a comfortable point,” Nelson said of that moment. Nelson was eventually able to pull ahead of Tanui and stay ahead of her for good. “At conference, every point matters,” Nelson said. “I was going to do my best to make sure no one passed me. Every time they tried to, I knew I had to buckle down and fight back. “I knew if I let go, I would let go for the rest of the race.” Senior Dani Stack placed sixth and junior Betsy Saina placed 13th, both of whom were said to not be happy about their performances. “By any stretch of the
imagination, we didn’t have a perfect race,” said coach Corey Ihmels. Nelson T o improve b e f o r e Regionals on Nov. 12, Nelson said the team needs to Stack be more consistent. “[Stack and Saina] can run better than me,” Nelson said. T h e Petersen Cyclones also experienced some inconsistency with their fifth runner, who is their final point-scorer, in past races. Junior Taylor Petersen stepped up for the team when the Cyclones’ usual top runner, senior India Lee, had an off race. “She was huge for us,” Ihmels said of Petersen. Petersen placed 27th and ran a 20:46.0 in the race to round out scoring for the Cyclones. “It’s the most fun I’ve had yet in my entire cross-country career,” Petersen said. Before the race, Ihmels said he told Petersen someone would be a surprise and he hoped it would be somebody on their team. That surprise was Petersen. “I had a feeling she was going to have a big day,” Ihmels said of Petersen.
Men’s team finishes fifth in Big 12 Championships In the men’s race, the Cyclones placed fifth in the conference for the second year in a row. Senior Rico Loy led the team, placing 12th and finish-
File photo: David Derong/Iowa State Daily Junior Meaghan Nelson competes in the distance medley relay on Jan. 21. Nelson placed second in the 6,000-meter race at the Big 12 Championships this weekend in College Station, Texas.
ing the 8,000-meter race in 24:08.0. “I’m really happy with my race individually,” Loy said. “But for the team as a whole, I would have liked to get third
or fourth and beat Texas or Texas A&M.” Ihmels said he was hoping the team also would beat Texas A&M in order to earn points toward Nationals.
However, he said he hopes now that the Cyclones will out-run Minnesota at Regionals to earn enough points to qualify for Nationals on Nov. 21.
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No. 9 Texas sweeps Iowa State Cyclones relinquish top spot in conference By Zach.Gourley @iowastatedaily.com The ISU volleyball team lost to Texas in straight sets (25-14, 28-26, 25-21) on Friday in Austin, Texas, in what was a battle for Big 12 supremacy. “Texas is incredibly athletic, and we knew we’d have to play extremely well to beat them at their place,” said ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “I think we saw flashes of being able to compete with them, but we weren’t
able to do it for long enough stretches.” No. 14 Iowa State (17-4, 8-2 Big 12) relinquished its top spot in the Big 12 standings after its second loss of Johnson-Lynch the season to No. 9 Texas (15-4, 9-1). Texas was led by freshman Khat Bell, who recorded a match-high 13 kills on just 16 attempts for an .812 attack percentage on the night. “[Bell] wasn’t doing anything special. She was just hitting the slide, but she’s a great athlete, so she was hitting it very high and very hard,”
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Johnson-Lynch said. “She also hit a high ball up the middle that we don’t see very often, and we didn’t do a very good job defending that.” Bell was also a terror at the net, recording two solo blocks as well as four block assists. Another Longhorn freshman, 6-foot-3-inch outside hitter Haley Eckerman, of Waterloo, Iowa, also gave the Cyclone defense problems as she recorded 10 kills while attacking at a .318 clip. Outside hitter Carly Jenson was the only Cyclone in double figures in kills with 11 on 39 attempts, while ISU hitters were held to just .179 attack percentage.
The Cyclones have only hit less than .179 three other times this season, against Northern Iowa, Nebraska and their first match against Texas — all of which were losses. “I don’t think we passed well enough to get in a very good groove offensively, so passing broke down,” Johnson-Lynch said. “We knew we’d have to make really good attack decisions, and we just didn’t do that often enough, so we hit the ball down into their block too many times.” The Cyclones will prepare for another road match to face Oklahoma, which currently sits at third in the Big 12 standings.
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Cyclones earn shootout victory By Clint.Cole @iowastatedaily.com The ISU hockey team played a pair of competitive games this weekend. The No. 8 Cyclones (11-1-1-1) salvaged a split with visiting No. 14 Illinois (6-4-1-0). The Cyclones were defeated Friday night 1-0, and on Saturday night it came down to a shootout, with Iowa State earning a 4-3 victory. It was in Saturday night’s game where sophomore Shawn Crawford scored the gamewinner as the Cyclones’ third shooter in the shootout. Coach Al Murdoch was pleased with the way his team played. “The team played well, showed character, showed what we’re capable of,” Murdoch said. “I thought a better part of
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last night and first half of tonight’s game we were showing our youthfulness, but I refuse to accept that as a bailout. “We’re not youthful, we’re a mature team. We can play with anyone in the country at any time.” On Saturday night, the Cyclones gave up a goal only 1:16 into the first period and gave up another in the second period to fall into a two-goal deficit before freshman James Buttermore finally put the Cyclones on the board. Buttermore finished with two goals in that game. In the shootout, Crawford went in as the Cyclones’ final shooter after all the shooters before him had been denied and put the puck over the shoulder of Illinois goaltender Nick Clarke to secure the victory for the Cyclones.
“It’s a privilege to go out there and even better to score as the last shooter,” Crawford said. “Last night was a little rough, it seemed that we were gripping the sticks a little too hard, and tonight we definitely picked up our game.” Murdoch said that Crawford is a goal scorer and if there’s an opportunity he’s going to put him out there. ISU goaltender Paul Karus, who stopped 30-of-33 shots and all three Illini shooters in the shootout, said Crawford scoring goals the way he did is normal. “I’ll tell you what, he scores on me like that all the time,” Karus said jokingly. “I’m not surprised. He’s got a heck of a shot.” The Cyclones will hit the road for the first time this season and take on the No. 4 Arizona State Sun Devils.
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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Change is in the wind. Get together with your team to plot a new course. This afternoon, art and beauty take a darker twist. Appreciate soulfulness. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- You gel with a new partner, and their mediation provides valuable results. Strange demand could open interesting opportunities. Enjoy peaceful moments before the evening’s madness.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Get advice from a trusted friend if your issues seem nebulous or vague. Avoid big decisions. Indulge your fantasies with improvisation, and play with your crew.
Where does the name “Halloween” come from?
Jack o lanterns originated in what country where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday. A pumpkin is part of this family, which also includes melons, cucumbers, squash and gourds. All these plants are native to the Americas.
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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Continue your growth and expansion, considering long-term goals and sustainability. It’s an excellent time for love and money. Share treats, and say thank you.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Good things are magnetically attracted to you today. Complete deadlines before starting the next project. Power through, relax at the finish and then celebrate wildly.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Choose treat over trick. Give without expectation. Your generosity comes back to you multiplied, but that’s not the point. Take care of your health by sharing love.
ANSWER: In Scotland, the Celtic Feast of the Sun, which marked the end of summer was known as “Hallowe’en.”
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- A major revelation opens a new door for a promotion or a rise in status. Your optimism and adaptability are quite attractive. Hide any shyness behind a Halloween mask.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Get into home decoration. Create a cozy, delightful space to settle your bones. Your creativity delights your friends, who come to partake of your treats.
ANSWER: Samhainophobia
Today’s Birthday (10/31/11). A lovely birthday gift takes you by surprise. Let your friends and family know how much they mean to you. Celebrate at home with a fine feast or a party. If you feel shy, put on a performance and play at being someone that inspires you. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Halloween
ANSWER: Rod Stewart
Sagittarius: Treat over trick
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to the petite, short haired brunette onthe 8:40am 1A bus monday: Lezbehonest here, you’re absolutely stunning.... Yes, I was staring. ••• you are=you’re....... just sayin’ ••• Dear girls the sooner one you bites the bullet and becomes my girlfriend the sooner I leave the rest of you alone. ••• Put one foot in front of the other- that is how we walk. now learn to do this on campus or get off the sidewalk. ••• to the groups of people that take up the entire sidewalk and won’t let other people walk through, either Pick Up the Pace or Get Out of the Way!!!! Just saying ••• Mentally, I’ve had sex with you. Multiple times. ••• I hope there are some cute single guys who decide to go campaniling this year. =) ••• Guys in Design are so cute. Just Sayin’. ••• I see you like wearing red lipstick every day for class. I also see it’s so not your color. ••• Submit your just sayin’ to iowastatedaily.com/games/justsayin
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Learn to be credit smart Lecture: Good Debt, Bad Debt: Give Me a Little Credit When: 8 p.m. Tuesday Where: Sun Room, Memorial Union What: Maxine Sweet, vice president of Experian North America’s Public Education organization, represents Experian in such national education programs as the JumpStart Coalition for Financial Literacy and LifeSmarts, both of which have the goal of reaching students with critical knowledge and empowering them to live credit smart.
Tech:
Facebook goes Arctic The northern Scandinavian landscape is dotted with fjords, lingonberries and, if you believe some locals, elves. But another sight is increasingly common on the Arctic horizon: data centers. Drawn by the promise of lower electricity costs, a growing number of tech companies are harnessing the region’s abundant cold air to cool their servers, cutting expensive air conditioning out of the equation. Facebook, the latest tech company to take the polar plunge, announced this week it will build a data center just south of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The facility is the site’s first data center outside the U.S. It’s scheduled to be operational by 2012. Data centers are ravenous energy eaters. Utilizing free outside air can save tens of millions of dollars annually, experts say. CNN Wire staff
Supporting hometown art Photo: Emily Harmon/Iowa State Daily T Galaxy, a retail store with ISU merchandise on Welch Avenue, hosts a mural the entire length of the north wall of the building, supporting local art. The mural was created as part of the Ames C. art Mural Project, inspired by the Campustown Student Association. The art was created by several sectors of the community.
By Mackenzie.Nading @iowastatedaily.com Small towns are notorious for close-knit communities working hard to support one another. Although Ames isn’t always considered a small town, it still carries that small-town ideal. All around the Ames community local entrepreneurs are supporting fellow hometown artists. Many of them believe it is a mutually beneficial relationship.
Cafe Milo Located in West Ames, Cafe Milo is well-known around campus for its fun coffee flavors and comfortable studying atmosphere. Like Stomping
Grounds, Cafe Milo’s main local artist support can be seen on their walls. “We have a monthly rotation of what we call fine art,” said Zachary Gilbert, barista and marketing manager of Cafe Milo. Fine art includes anything from paintings, to photography, even sculptures. All work is done by Ames residents and some ISU students. The goal is to have 12 different artists a year featured throughout the cafe. Cafe Milo has a personal connection to art as well. The manager of is an ISU graduate from the College of Design who can personally appreciate the fine art that is displayed. “We get our walls decorated for free and people get to display and sell their work,” Gilbert said. “It just fits.”
T Galaxy It’s hard to miss the bright-colored mural painted on the side of T Galaxy on Welch Avenue, right in the heart of Campustown. The painting is made to celebrate community and reflect well-known Campustown features. “I think art enriches everyone’s lives,” said Berry Nadler, owner of T Galaxy. “The mural seemed like a good project and a nice design and I always thought that would be a good use for that side of the building.” Kristin Roach designed the mural and coordinated the volunteers to help make it come to life. Contributors to the art include ISU staff and students, Campustown business owners, local artists, and
community members. The mural was scraped, patched, primed, transferred, painted in and sealed in just two weeks, a task that wouldn’t have been possible without community support. “We wanted to create a project where everyone could come and help paint,” Roach said, “and that’s what we were able to do.” ™
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Books-a-Million prepares to open store By Morgan.Shepherd @iowastatedaily.com A new bookstore is coming to town. Borders closed in September, and not long after, another national chain, Books-A-Million, announced
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Electronic books and devices such as the Nook and the Kindle are becoming more prevalent in society — in 2010, Amazon announced that the sales of e-books outsold hardcover sales 2-to-1. “I prefer to not read books electronically, but it seems like it’s cheaper for me and more convenient to buy them online then to go visit a bookstore,” said Kate McMillan,
sophomore in nutritional science. Owner of Ames’ Little Bookroom, Susan Bedell, said her store still serves a definite purpose to the community. “Bookstores have the benefit of being able to browse. With online books, there is a much greater need to know exactly what you want,” Bedell said. The Little Bookroom has
been open for five years, and Bedell still has a large customer base. “I think e-books serve a useful purpose, but they will never replace books. Bookstores will always be around,” Bedell said. “I don’t think there is a ‘competition’ with e-books and bookstores. Each has its own audience and each serves a particular purpose.”