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By Matthew.Nosco @iowastatedaily.com A new resource is now available to students without vehicles in Ames. WeCar, a car sharing program and branch of Enterprise Rent-ACar company, is now operating on Iowa State’s campus. The company has a unique business model: renting cars to members for short increments of time in a completely automated process. ISU students can sign up for the service on the company’s website, wecar.com. “The application fee of $20 is being waived for current students, and the first year’s membership fee of $35 is debited back to the customer’s account towards their first rentals,” said Breanne Bolin, business rental sales executive with WeCar. “We offer two different rental periods,” Bolin said. “Our rate is $8 per hour to rent the car, and we offer a ‘date-night’ deal for $35 from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. the following morning. All of our rates include
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Rent-a-Car company that will serve the ISU community. Who: The service is available to students, faculty and staff. Price: The annual membership is $35. If you join before Nov. 22, the fee will be returned to you in WeCar credit. Rates: $8 per hour on weekdays, $8.50 per hour on weekends, $35 for overnight (6 p.m. to 8 a.m.) and $56 for 24 hours. *Rates are for the first 200 miles. 20 cents for every additional mile.
the price of fuel and insurance for the vehicle.” WeCar currently has two vehicles on Iowa State’s campus, one located in the Eaton Hall parking lot and the other by Linden Hall. Once a customer has been authorized for membership, they obtain an electronic key that provides them with access to a vehicle after reserving it through the company’s website. Ismael Pinto, junior in psychology, said that he can see the value in such a service as a student who hasn’t had a vehicle in Ames since he moved here.
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Donate blood at drive held this week in Great Hall Iowa State will be holding a blood drive this week in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Iowa State has one of the largest blood drives in the country and brings in thousands of students, faculty and community members each year in both of its fall and spring blood drives. According to the website, one donation can be used to save up to three lives. Organizers are also looking for volunteers to help with donations, but are asked to sign up online because walk-ins are not accepted. There will also be a blood drive in the spring from March 19 to 22. Daily staff
Blood Drive When: Oct. 3 to 7 When: Until Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Great Hall, MU
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The subject of this story, Sarani Rangarajan, a graduate student in journalism, is a member of the Iowa State Daily Publication Board, acting as the board’s secretary.
Challenges arise in global differences By Cristobal.Matibag @iowastatedaily.com Sarani Rangarajan loves living in the United States. She would love to work here, too. But before she can do that, she has to find someone to hire her. In hopes of finding that person, Rangarajan, graduate in journalism, set out for the ISU Career Fair, which was held in Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday. As an Indian national who has studied been in America since 2008, she’s had time to observe the competitiveness of its job market. She’s also noticed the myriad workplace conventions Americans have to follow — conventions that, in some cases, have no Indian counterpart. Some of them still baffle her. Approaching Hilton by bus, Rangarajan compared Indian and American
styles of communication. “We talk in a completely different way,” she said. “In India, if someone says ‘I think you should do x,‘ it means, ‘Maybe you should do it.’ In the U.S., it just means ‘Do it.’” Ascending the Hilton stairs, Rangarajan said she hadn’t mastered all the workplace behaviors successful Americans display and respond to. She hoped she would find an internship at the fair that would teach them to her. “International students have to make an extra effort to understand social cues,” she said as she passed through the doors. “I couldn’t take a job without interning first.” In the lobby, Rangarajan presented her student ID at a registration table. After being supplied with a name tag, she started toward the floor of the arena. While walking, she said she wanted to cover science for a major U.S. newspaper, but understood how scarce jobs of that sort were. All too consciousness of their scarcity, she had decided not to hope for too much. At most, she expected to learn about public-relations jobs with a selection of her “must-hit” firms: Boston Scientific, CDS Global and Honeywell.
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Tainted cantaloupe causes fear of outbreak By Amelia.Johnson @iowastatedaily.com
“In India, you’d mob them,” she said with a smile. After a pause, she clarified that Indian students would probably be more self-conscious about taking up a professional’s time with individual questions, and would thus be more likely to speak to him or her in groups.
A rough skinned melon does not seem to be a likely suspect in causing illness, but cantaloupe is the current host for one of the most deadly food borne illnesses, caused by bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes. “It’s the first time ever, in the U.S. that there has been an outbreak of listeriosis from cantaloupe,” said Aubrey Mendonca, an associate professor of food science. While the media has been covering the cantaloupe-listeria outbreak, it is important to remember that listeria can be found in everything, not just cantaloupe. “Cantaloupe is not hiding in the dark, waiting for you,” said James Dickson, professor of animal science. Foods such as deli meat, coleslaw, unpasteurized milk and many other foods can contain it, but it is only dangerous when there is a large amount of the bacteria present. “Listeria is an environmental organism, and it is found literally everywhere. We could probably vacuum this carpet and find it,” Dickson said. Mendonca said furthered, “It’s widespread in nature. It lives in the soil, and decaying vegetation. And it could be carried in the intestines of animals.” Although listeria can be found
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Photo courtesy of Anniken Westad Sarani Rangarajan, graduate in journalism, hopes for a career based in the U.S. While learning the American culture, she offers her international views to employers.
On the coliseum floor, she joined a current of formally dressed students flowing between rows of booths. She quickly escaped it and joined a line in front of the Mayo Clinic’s area. She seemed surprised by how much one-on-one attention students were getting from the clinic’s representative.
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