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Hilton Coliseum reopened for crowd The photos above showed Hilton Coliseum on Aug. 12, left, and Thursday night, the first night an ISU team competed inside the building since the August flooding. Maintenance crews have been working inside the building since early August, trying to get it ready for the starts of men’s and women’s basketball seasons. Although the playing surface was replaced, some seating inside the building was ruined and won’t be replaced until January. Some features, such as scoreboards and video boards, also may not return to normal use for some time. Composite photo: Logan Gaedke and Bryan Langfeldt/Iowa State Daily

ISU women open Hilton with big win

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Natural resources

Research aids wetlands’ survival

By Elisse.Lorenc iowastatedaily.com With the major flooding that occurred at Iowa State this summer, Timothy Stewart, professor of natural resource ecology and management, and Kristine Maurer, graduate in natural resource ecology and management, are making it their mission to advocate the importance of Iowa wetlands.

The pair has been conducting research to find indicators for healthy wetlands, and then plans to give the data to Iowa Department of Natural Resources and other environmental agencies.

“These wetlands are a method of natural flood control,” Stewart said.

“Essentially, rain falls on the landscape or snow melts, and as it flows off the landscape, it can go into these wetlands and essentially be held there, preventing rapid flow to the streams. And when we have these rapid inputs of water in these streams, we have flood problems.”

Wetlands are beneficial for retaining soil and preventing soil erosion, he said. They provide habitats for various endangered species along with other waterfowl, mammals and several invertebrates.

“There’s about 20 endangered species that the DNR has listed that use wetlands as their habitats,” Maurer said.

Wetlands function as natural filters, absorbing nutrients and other substances to provide sanitary drinking water.

“They have some regional control over things like climate, because when you used to have millions of these depressions, they were always evaporating water during the summer, and that will eventually lead to local thunderstorms to recycle the water,” said Arnold van der Valk, professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology.

Plants, Stewart said, are essential for the survival of wetlands.

“Plants contribute to retention of nutrients, sediment

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Kristine Maurer samples aquatic vegetation to identify the species. Courtesy photo: Kristine Maurer

Safe Zone evolves, now offers training When the Safe Zone Program first was implemented at Iowa State, the idea was to simply get more visibility about LGBT issues in the open by providing supporters with a sticker that read, “Safe Zone.”

A pink triangle was also on the sticker, which was originally used as an identification method by the Nazis for gay men. It is now seen as a symbol of pride, according to the ISU LGBT Student Services website.

The Safe Zone Program began in 1997 in support of LGBT students, faculty and staff. In order to get a sticker to show support, individuals on the ISU campus could simply request one through

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campus mail when the program began.

Receiving the sticker is more than a request in 2010. Individuals are now required to go through a three-hour training session on how to be able to help students in need of support. The stickers also read “Iowa State University,” and are only given to those who have completed the training.

The process of having to go through training to obtain a sticker began in 2007.

Joel Geske, associate professor of journalism and mass communication and member of LGBTSS Board, said, “I received my first Safe Zone sticker seven or eight years ago, and I’m doing the training next [week].”

Brad Freihoefer, coordinator of LGBT Student Services, trains individuals during the sessions, which are offered throughout the semester.

“What we cover is, what is LGBTQA? What are gender identity, gender expression and sexual identity all about?” Freihoefer said.

The sessions include activities and discussions surrounding those topics to get a better feel for the experiences of LGBT students and to raise awareness on campus.

Those in the session learn how to become an ally of the LGBT community, what to expect with having the Safe Zone sticker on their door and how to be a resource for students on campus so students feel safe.

“It’s that visibility that’s important, and it’s just a reminder that Iowa State is a safe and welcoming community for all students,” Freihoefer said.

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While others will be heading south to visit sandy beaches and enjoy the tropical climate, some students in the architecture program will be traveling to Havana, Cuba, for educational purposes during spring break.

Anybody is welcome to participate in the trip, whether or not they’re involved with the architecture program.

The trip will last throughout the duration of Spring Break, and will include touring the city and taking in the local sights, sounds and building designs. They will also be talking to some Cuban architecture experts about the architecture present in the heavily populated city.

There are 22 students currently enrolled in the architecture 420 course, and Clare Cardinal-Pett, associate professor of architecture, said these students will be eligible to receive credit on the trip by participating in specialized work projects.

“If someone just wants to tag along for the ride though, that’s fine too,” Cardinal-Pett said.

Cardinal-Pett is currently the only faculty member involved in the trip, but she is collaborating with the organizations Food First and Global Exchange. The groups are dedicated to feeding the hungry and helping with relief efforts in third world countries, according to their respective websites.

Cardinal-Pett has led students on trips before travel restrictions limited her ability to do so.

“I took students to Cuba for a three-week summer course in 2000, but the more restrictive travel bans put in place by the Bush administration made it difficult to do it again” Cardinal-Pett said.

The trip is a good opportunity for students to earn extra credit, and explore the world outside of the United States. For more information on the trip e-mail ccardp@iastate.edu.

Havana trip What: Architecture students enrolled When: Spring Break 2011 Contact Clare Cardinal-Pett for additional information at ccardp@ iastate.edu

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Sunny conditions with a chill in the air. Breezy from the northwest.

Ames, ISU Police Departments The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records.

All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty inv a court of law.

Warming up, thanks to continued sun and southerly winds.

Nov. 2 OfďŹ cers assisted a resident who fell. The individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for treatment. (reported at 4:40 a.m.)

Vehicles driven by Janee Becker and Randy Wagner were involved in a property damage collision. (reported at 9:49 a.m.)

A vehicle driven by Robert Hummel collided with a parking lot gate arm. (reported at 9:49 a.m.)

Vehicles driven by Ann Cole and Bo Xiong were involved in a property damage collision. (reported at 10:00 a.m.)

An individual reported grafďŹ ti in a restroom. (reported at 10:19 a.m.)

Peter Nasvik, of 3108 Story Street, reported the theft of a bike. The incident occurred sometime since Oct. 28. (reported at 11:48 a.m.)

Vehicles driven by Brent Schelske and Demond Lee were involved in a property damage collision. (reported at 12:02 p.m.)

Daniel Perkins was operating a motorcycle when he lost control of the vehicle. (reported at 2:06 p.m.)

OfďŹ cers responded to a dispute involving two roommates and a parent. The matter was referred to Department of Residence ofďŹ cials. (reported at 5:12 p.m.)

A resident reported the theft of two football tickets. (reported at 7:07 p.m.)

The calm pattern continues; sunny and a bit warmer to end out the weekend.

Lots of snowfall: Nov. 6, 1951 Snow fell from the Texas panhandle to the Lower Great Lakes, leaving record totals of 12.5 inches at Saint Louis, Mo., and 14.1 inches at SpringďŹ eld Mo.

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Men’s Basketball When: 7 p.m.

What: Iowa State vs.

Dubuque Where: Hilton Coliseum

Dance social When: 7:30 to 9:45 p.m.

What: Free dance social hosted by the ISU Ballroom Dance Club.

Where: 196 Forker

FRIDAY SUB Film: Despicable Me When: 9 p.m.

What: When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds himself profoundly changed by the growing love between them.

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SUB Live Music: Megan McCormick When: 9 p.m.

What: A Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Where: Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union

Shuck Nebraska Rally When: 10 p.m.

What: Support the Cyclones as they face Nebraska for the final time.

Where: Frederiksen Court Community Center

FRIDAY Comedy Magician Derrick Hughes When: 11:00 p.m.

What: Performance by comedian Derick Hughes Where: Great Hall, Memorial Union

Lil Wayne released from Rikers Lil Wayne was freed from jail Thursday after serving eight months in a gun case, emerging with a hot new album, wellwishes from a former president and a deepened appreciation for his fans.

Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Carter Jr., pleaded guilty in October 2009 to attempted weapon possession, admitting he’d had a loaded, semiautomatic .40-caliber gun on his bus after a Manhattan concert.

He started a yearlong sentence in March but got time off for good behavior, despite a disciplinary knock that sent him to solitary for the last month of his term.

Tim McGraw supports hunger awareness program

ClariďŹ cation According to the story “Cyclones cap season with winâ€? in Thursday’s edition of the Daily, ISU golfer Victoria Stefanson’s score contributed to the Cyclones’ win.

Stefanson competed as an individual.

The Daily regrets the error.

Correction In Thursday’s “ISU Dining proposes meal plan changes,� it was incorrectly reported that the Farm to ISU program involves 1,077 farms in Story County. Darrin Vander Plas, Farm to ISU coordinator, said Thursday that Farm to ISU only actually utilizes 20 farms to provide local produce to the ISU campus. The program is a collaborative effort consisting of several farmers organizations from around Iowa, ISU Dining Marketing Coordinator Brittney Rutherford said. Through this collaboration, Farm to ISU supports a variety of Iowa farmers and provides stable opportunities for marketing.

The main goal is to provide marketing opportunities for Iowa farmers while increasing dining options for ISU students.

The Daily regrets the error.

When Tim McGraw was a kid, he didn’t always know where he’d get his next meal. “I remember my mom being a single mom and working,� said McGraw in a recent interview. “I also remember not really having enough for food sometimes.�

Those memories are part of the reason he taped public service announcements that begin airing this month to raise awareness of hunger in America.

The charity Feeding America said one in six Americans struggle to ďŹ nd enough food to eat, and approximately 5.7 million people receive emergency food assistance from them on any given week.

Aretha Franklin cancels shows for medical reasons Aretha Franklin is canceling all concert dates and personal appearances through May. A spokeswoman for the legendary singer told The Associated Press on Thursday that Franklin’s doctors “have required her to do so.�

The news comes several days after publicist Tracey Jordan announced that the 68-year-old Franklin had been released from a Detroit hospital following a

brief stay.

Former ‘Bachelorette’ contestant found dead The father of a contestant on “The Bachelorette� reality TV show says his son’s body has been found along a scenic Southern California highway.

KGTV in San Diego said 35-yearold Julien Hug’s father Bertrand Hug conďŹ rmed the body was found Wednesday.

Riverside County authorities won’t conďŹ rm the identity or whether they suspect foul play. An autopsy is scheduled Thursday.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Joe Borja says a body was found in the remote Pinyon Pines area off State Route 74. The area is about 90 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

Julien Hug was a contestant on the ABC show in May 2009.

Miley Cyrus to star in detective comedy

Actor Jonah Hill is no stranger to playing high school students, but now he’s getting ready to play a cop masquerading as a high school student in the big-screen version of the 1980s TV hit, “21 Jump Street.�

That should be shooting early next year,� 26-year-old Hill, who is also writing the script, tells

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Her new album, “Speak Now,� will debut at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart with over 1 million copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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Billboard reports that it’s the largest sales week for an album since 50 Cent’s “The Massacre� debuted at No. 1 with 1,141,000 sold in 2005. The record week is currently held by NSYNC’s “No Strings Attached,� which debuted at No. 1 with 2,416,000 in 2000.

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If you thought Scarlett Johansson’s beauty was out of this world, just wait till you hear about her new movie.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 25-year-old actress is set to star in “Under the Skin,â€? a sci-ďŹ drama in which she’ll play a sexy alien who comes to earth and uses feminine wiles to catch her victims.

Actor Rainn Wilson might be going from “The OfďŹ ceâ€? to the OWN network. The funny man tells E! Online he is currently in talks to bring his spiritual site SoulPancake to Oprah Winfrey’s new channel. “We’re kind of in negotiations to try to do short pieces for their Web site or as [on-air] interstitials,â€? said Wilson, whose SoulPancake promotes creativity and conversations about both life and spirituality.

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Cyrus’s mom, Tish, is co-producing the ďŹ lm and conďŹ rms to E! Online, “’So Undercovers ‘ is a fun mix of action and comedy and has a powerful female lead that Miley was drawn to playing.â€?

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In other words, all the little warning signs — aka dealbreakers — that indicate the relationship isn’t going to have legs.

Kiefer Sutherland to make Broadway debut Looks like Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric have made amends.

The pair is set to co-star in a revival of “That Championship Season,� according to Playbill. com. The play will mark the Broadway debut of Sutherland, best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer on the now defunct hit television show “24.�

Back in 1991, Patric started dating actress Julia Roberts just after she ended her engagement to Sutherland days before their planned wedding.

The Broadway revival of Jason Miller’s Tony and Pulitzer Prizewinning 1972 drama will reportedly also feature Brian Cox, Jim GafďŹ gan and Chris Noth. The play is scheduled to begin its run in March.

Charges dismissed against rapper Gucci Mane Rapper Gucci Mane was arrested in Atlanta Tuesday for violating a number of trafďŹ c laws, in addition to other charges, according to a statement from Atlanta police.

According the Fulton County Sheriff’s OfďŹ ce, all charges against Gucci have been dismissed for want of prosecution.

The rapper was advised by the judge that the charges may be reinstated at a later date. Gucci will be released once the paperwork is processed.

An earlier statement explains that an off-duty police ofďŹ cer noticed a white Hummer driving recklessly “at a high rate of speedâ€? around 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday.

When on-duty ofďŹ cers located the vehicle parked in front of a business, Gucci Mane — also known as Radric Davis — was having a verbal dispute with someone else, and although police warned the two to back away from each other, Gucci Mane assaulted the other individual, the statement said.

Leo DiCaprio will kill in ‘Devil in the White City’ Leonardo DiCaprio has landed himself a killer new role, the actor will portray a murderer in the upcoming movie adaptation of the New York Times best-seller, “The Devil in the White City.�

Set during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, the ďŹ lm focuses on fair architect Daniel H. Burnham and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer who was said to be the mastermind behind a series of murders that took place around the time of the event.

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Air pollution discovered in Muscatine, Council Bluffs

and water in wetlands and keeping [water] from going into streams too quickly or at all by absorbing nutrients, retaining them in their tissues and also by anchoring the sediments and keeping them in place in the wetlands,” Stewart said.

“Plants tend to provide habitat refuges for invertebrates,” Maurer said, “and also have a tendency to reduce resedimentation, so they keep the water calm and clear just by keeping sediments settled, and invertebrates are really awesome at eating phytoplankton and keeping those abundances down,” Maurer said.

Determining the functions of these wetlands and how they interact is the intent of the study, along with develop-

DES MOINES — Iowa environmental officials say preliminary data has found levels of sulfur dioxide in the air near Muscatine and lead near Council Bluffs that exceed federal limits.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that levels are higher than new health standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The higher levels of sulfur dioxide were monitored at Muscatine’s Musser Park.

Experts say those with lung and heart problems are sensitive to sulfur dioxide.

State officials say they’re working with area industry to evaluate sulfur dioxide emission levels.

Lead levels above standards were monitored near Griffin Pipe in Council Bluffs.

State officials say the EPA will likely designate the area as not attaining the new lead standard.

>>STICKER.p1 The people who attend the meetings are trained on how to deal with situations that could arise with students.

They are encouraged to be a resource with the students and either talk to them about potential issues

ing a set of variables they can refer to if they were to routinely monitor and access the wetlands, Stewart said.

“We’re looking at community composition of biotic variables, such as vertebrates, plants and invertebrates, and we’re also looking at physiochemical variables like level of oxygen, pH temperature and landscape variables,” Maurer said.

“Based on the relationships that we see from those variables we’re hoping to determine which of those variables are most important.”

The researchers are also interested with the effects pollutants could have on wetlands, including substances like herbicides and the possible impact it would have from one ecosystem to the next.

Besides healthy variables, some

afflicting variables exist, and one of them is fish.

“We you have large-bodied fishes, you have fewer plants, lower invertebrate diversity, [and] you have lower water clarity,” Stewart said. “In other words, turbid situations — cloudy water.”

Fish excrete nutrients when they ingest invertebrates, and this causes phosphorous and nitrogen to be emitted — two nutrients responsible for algal blooms [algae] that cause water quality problems.

Because of their size, large fishes will feed on the bottom, which re-suspends the soil in the water.

“They feed on the bottom of the wetland and so they’ll stir up the sediments just because they’re looking for food and they’re moving around, bur-

rowing and stuff like that,” Maurer said.

Drainage tiles that farmers would use for agricultural systems have a tendency to connect the wetlands to things that they were previously connected to or things that they’re not supposed to be connected to. This can lead to fish migrations and invasions of wetlands they don’t belong in, Maurer said.

“All of the wetlands are connected to the rivers now by these sub-surface drainage ditches, so the fish can actually move up into these drainage ditches and they move into these wetlands,” van der Valk said.

“Fishes have a place in lakes, streams and rivers — they don’t have a place in prairie pothole regions and most wetlands,” Stewart said.

or point them in the right direction of someone who knows more about a specific topic.

“We want faculty and staff to be prepared,” Freihoefer said.

Freihoefer likes to keep the number of participants of each training session to fewer than 30 people, so that the people who participate are able to

have the dialogue necessary for each person to feel fully comfortable with the topics.

“If faculty and staff members really want students to be able to open up to them in advising sessions and day-today interaction then it’s important to let them know that they’re welcome to,” Geske said.

The Safe Zone Program’s topics and training are being updated regularly.

“We take a look and we update our Safe Zone training,” Freihoefer said.

“We want it to be current, we want to use feedback and make sure it’s updated, and use current research and practice.”

Branstad says he will seek resignations JOHNSTON — Republican Gov.-elect Terry Branstad will request resignation letters from all state agency heads and urged officials to delay filling vacancies on the Iowa Supreme Court until he takes office.

Two days after he was elected to his fifth term, Branstad called for the letters, saying he’d review them and decide who would be asked to keep their jobs.

Branstad noted he might offer Democratic Secretary of State Michael Mauro a job, saying he’s been fair.

Mauro lost his re-election bid Tuesday.

Asked about the three justices, who were removed in a retention vote Tuesday, Branstad noted nominations for new judges should wait until he’s in office.

Branstad, a former four-term governor, spoke Thursday on the public television program, “Iowa Press.”

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IOWA CITY — Police in Iowa City say they’re looking for suspects in burglaries and vandalism at least a dozen area churches and campus ministry centers.

The Iowa City PressCitizen reports that police say they’re not sure if the crimes are related, but it’s possible.

Iowa City Police Investigations Unit commander Lt. Doug Hart says he thinks authorities will “find most of these are crimes of opportunity.”

Kevin Kummer is chairman of the Association of Campus Ministry. He says nine of 13 campus ministries were broken into or stole from.

Two don’t have buildings and two Jewish campus groups weren’t victimized.

Three churches have been struck as well. Religious groups say cash and gift cards have been stolen and doors have been forced in.

Gronstal says he won’t allow gay marriage vote DES MOINES— Despite big Republican gains in the Iowa Legislature, a Democratic leader says he will block any effort to refer a constitutional amendment to voters that would ban gay marriage.

Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal told The Des Moines Register on Wednesday that the easy political move would be to allow the vote, but that would violate his principles.

To amend the Iowa Constitution, a measure must gain the approval of legislatures formed in consecutive elections, then be approved by voters.

Republicans have pushed hard to begin that process but Gronstal and other Democrats have blocked any votes.

The GOP will be in position to exert more power in this session, with Republicans controlling the House and possibly sharing leadership in the Senate.

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Public support dismissed due to tax aversion If you’re among the 63 percent of votes that approved the constitutional amendment to create the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund, allow us to rain on your parade — it’s not going to happen.

Despite enjoying bipartisan congressional support from 90 percent of legislatures, state leaders from both parties have shot down the idea of raising the sales tax even the mere three-eighths of a cent earmarked specifically for the fund.

Why? What could possibly defeat one of those rare, truly bipartisan ideas that the public and legislators alike almost universally support? What else, but taxes.

Iowa politicians have spun Tuesday’s results as an indication of public sentiment regarding taxation. We’d be quick to counter that it’s not necessarily the idea of taxation, but rather what our tax dollars are misspent on, that had people riled up. It’s not the fact that we’re paying money that we don’t like; it’s that we’re spending money and apparently getting nothing in return.

Former, now future, Gov. Terry Branstad (R-Boone) has gone on record stating, “I don’t support any tax increases. I made that clear during the election. If [funding is] contingent on a sales tax increase, we’ve said there won’t be a sales tax increase. I’m supportive of conservation funding, but not raising taxes.”

Let us all sit and ponder the root cause of our state debt? Lack of tax revenue, perhaps?

If you haven’t heard this before, we’ll say it again. Keeping the Bush tax cuts underfunds the federal government to the tune of $4 trillion during the next decade.

Running a government is tricky business — remember last year when Chet Culver cut more than 50 percent from the education funds, asking school districts to dip into emergency finances in an effort to balance the budget?

This year, we’re running a $914 million surplus. Where is that money going?

The GOP loves to stump on the idea of “small government” when pandering for votes, yet seems to enjoy governing with an iron fist.

Rep. Kraig Paulsen, future Speaker of the Iowa House, told the Des Moines Register, “This election was to a large extent driven by growth in government. Too much spending. Too much debt. The public did not elect Republicans so we could come down and raise taxes.”

We love our rising tuition and the ohso-cheerful folks at the Department of Transportation as much as the next person, but nonsense political rhetoric regarding our state fiscal policies does not a successful government make. Yes, the Republican party is now in solid control of the state government, and yes, that was the result of a mandate on the part of Iowa voters, but there are reasons for taxation. Sometimes you have to pay just a little extra to have the best.

Still, for all of the flag-waving conservatives did on behalf of “representing what we really want” regarding the judicial retention vote, we find it awfully hypocritical, if not disconcerting, that they’ve already pledged to clip the wings of the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund, which clearly had public support.

It was this sole saving grace that’s kept us from using the word ashamed to describe how we felt about the outcome of Tuesday’s elections.

There’s your democracy in action, folks.

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he results of the election Tuesday were either disappointing or exciting for you depending on your party affiliation and political ideas. But no matter your politics or persuasion, the decision of Iowans not to retain three Supreme Court justices is upsetting and wrong.

The retention vote is usually overlooked by major media outlets because every judge in Iowa has been retained since the year 1962. However, this year the attention of voters and media alike was sparked. Why? Since the 2009 decision in the case Varnum v. Brien which struck down the state legislature statute forbidding gay and lesbian couples from receiving the stateconferred benefits of marriage, former Republican gubernatorial candidate and Iowa for Freedom chairman Bob Vander Plaats has been up in arms.

The extremely controversial campaign to vote “No” on judicial retention cost $1 million. Funds came from anti-gay organizations such as Mississippi-based American Family Association, Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council, Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, Georgia-based Faith & Freedom Coalition and New Jerseybased National Organization for Marriage.

Notably, none of these are directly affected by decisions made in Iowa courts.

This ridiculous campaign was not at all about the character or overall quality of the judges’ performance, which is the purpose of the periodic state-wide vote on judicial

retention. Instead it was an attack on the decision made in 2009 extending the Equal Protection Clause of Iowa’s Constitution to gay and lesbian couples. Instead of targeting the thought wrongful decision with a constitutional amendment or an overruling decision, the opponents make an unprecedented attack on the judges themselves.

In a late-October forum, former Iowa Supreme court associate justice, Mark McCormick — not on the ballot for retention — and Vander Plaats, the spokesperson for the “No” campaign, sparred heatedly while discussing the issue of this year’s judicial retention.

A constantly voiced complaint from Vander Plaats’ organization, Iowa for Freedom, was that the Iowa Supreme Court is currently an activist court legislating from the bench. In response, McCormick whipped back, “An activist court is a court that makes the decision you don’t agree with.” The court was simply performing its duty: interpreting the Constitution much as the U.S. Supreme Court did when, in Brown v. Board of Education, it declared school segregation to be in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.

McCormick also referenced Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist 78, which calls for an independent judiciary. Whether or not you agree with a decision made by the court, the use of the retention vote to personally attack three competent judges is violating this judicial pillar.

But, you may ask, how do we know they are competent? In a recently conducted questionnaire published by the Iowa State Bar Association, lawyers statewide regularly

practicing before these judges were asked to rate the judges on 10 performance factors.

The conclusions were very favorable for all judges. The lawyers were also asked if they were for or against each judge’s retention.

Keep in mind that half of the lawyers voting would have inevitably been on the losing side in at least one decision made by the judges they were rating. More than 80 percent of the more than 1,000 lawyers polled responded favorable to the retention of their local and state-level judges on the ballot.

McCormick passionately defending the judges on the ballot, “The appropriate way, if one is unhappy about a constitutional decision made by the court, is not to try to oust the judges who made the decision but to try to change the constitution or try to persuade a subsequent court to overrule the decision that the court made,” he said. “But the campaign here is an effort to intimidate judges, not only in Iowa but everywhere, not to carry out their constitutional responsibilities but to defer to the mob or what is perceived to be a majority view and not to make unpopular decisions.”

The Bill of Rights is not a democratic idea; it applies to everyone all the time, and it is there to protect us when democracy runs amuck. An independent judiciary must uphold the Bill of Rights at all costs. It must not be subject to the whims of the majority.

Protecting minorities — racial, religious, economic, sexual, etc. — is what makes the United States great. We must defend minorities against the tyranny of the majority. And Tuesday, the majority spoke, forcing their values and beliefs on the minority. I, for one, am protesting and I hope you will join me.

Courts

Civil rights disparity continues

By Victor.Hugg iowastatedaily.com

LGBT community is entitled to equal treatment by law

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he fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality is unquestionably the imperative civil rights movement of our time.

There are several important ongoing court cases to be familiar with: The infamous “don’t ask, don’t tell policy” is being challenged in a federal lawsuit, Log Cabin Republicans v.

United States; with the majority of public opinion on the side of eliminating DADT, the discriminatory policy will hopefully go down in flames.

Two other cases, Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, are disputing the Defense of Marriage Act, wherein for the purposes of the federal government, “marriage” is defined as “a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word “spouse” refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.”

Finally, there is perhaps the most well-known contemporary case concerning LGBT rights: Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which pertains to the constitutionality of Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative that amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriages.

Even though these cases

are making good progress, we can do more to fight inequality by educating ourselves and discussing the issue at hand.

The Supreme Court of the United States ended all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the case of Loving v.

Virginia in 1967. In its decision, the court stated: “Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man,’ fundamental to our very existence and survival.”

Indeed, there are certain societal values associated with marriages, including labels like husband and wife. The ban on interracial marriage was deemed unconstitutional by the due process and equal protection clauses in the 14th Amendment.

An individual’s sexual orientation is not a choice; same-sex marriage is perfectly analogous to the issue of interracial marriage. In both cases, the factor that is being used to prohibit couples from marrying concerns an attribute which no one can change about themselves.

There are no important differences in parenting or child development between families headed by two mothers or two fathers. It is having two parents — as opposed to being raised by a single mother or father — that gives numerous benefits including an increase in the child’s cognitive and verbal skills, an increase in academic performance, a decrease in involvement with high-risk behaviors and crime, and the facilitation of superior emotional and psycho-

logical health.

Gay and lesbian parenting is widely supported by a multitude of organizations, including the Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the National Association of Social Workers and the Child Welfare League of America.

The American Psychological Association’s policy statement on “Sexual Orientation, Parents & Children” states that, “There is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation: lesbian and gay parents are as likely as heterosexual parents to provide supportive and healthy environments for their children,” and that, “Research has shown that the adjustment, development and psychological well-being of children is unrelated to parental sexual orientation and that the children of lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those of heterosexual parents to flourish.”

Furthermore, the APA endorses same-sex marriage, stating that an ample amount of research supports the notion that denying equal rights to same-sex couples not only is discriminatory but can adversely affect the psychological, physical, social and economic well-being of gay men and lesbians.

There is no evidence to support the idea that society

needs to maintain marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution.

Some social conservatives argue that the legalization of same-sex marriage will only put society on a path to allowing an individual to have many spouses or allowing immediate relatives to marry. This is a fallacious slippery slope argument, as there is absolutely no evidence to support these claims.

If two adults love each other and want to get married, they should be able to. Temporarily suspend the fact that marriage is a civil, not religious, matter: Same-sex marriage advocates are not looking to force their convictions upon the church; we do not want to make it a requirement for them to recognize the marriages. Each church will still be able to choose whether or not to recognize a marriage.

However, by the same token the church has no right to influence government policy.

A 2004 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office identified “a total of 1,138 federal statutory provisions classified to the United States Code in which marital status is a factor in determining or receiving benefits, rights, and privileges.”

Until same-sex marriage is recognized both socially and legally as an equal right, this alarming disparity will continue to plague our nation. Support equality by supporting LGBT rights and the legalization of same-sex marriage.

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Media

File sharing continues to flourish

By Yun.Kwak iowastatedaily.com

The fight against piracy needs to be reformed, improved

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apster, Kazaa or Kazaa Lite to the elite few, iMesh, BearShare, eMule, BitTorrent, these are just some of the names of popular file sharing programs five years ago before RIAA and the MPAA cracked down on most them.

With the recent death of Limewire, ordered by the U.S. courts to shut down, it seems that the control of piracy is almost complete by big wig corporations. Hold this thought for a second.

Now picture China back in 2006.

I was in Beijing for an international Model United Nations conference. People come from around the Asia region to basically have a mock United Nations session for three days in a row.

Some of my friends went into a flea market. A few guys and I waited on a chartered bus because we weren’t too interested in buying counterfeit clothing. We talked amongst ourselves for a bit then came a Chinese man who asked if we were interested in buying bootleg DVDs. The price? A modest six yuan per DVD; at the time equivalent to 75 cents. I didn’t care for the vast DVD selection, but I remember my chemistry teacher being quite

excited at the prospect of buying a few cheap bootleg DVDs. Piracy will always be an ongoing problem. These corporations can start trying any methods they can to stomp out piracy. But frankly, they’re targeting the wrong region. Piracy is probably a lot more rampant in developing countries with low incomes, like China. People may be compelled to pirate in China because they simply can’t afford the products.

The minimum wage for a factory worker in Beijing is around 960 yuan per month or about $140. It seems enough to get by on for basic necessities, but it makes electronics out of reach for the typical Chinese worker. I’m sure most people

make more than $140 in two weeks working part-time in college.

Microsoft actually has a version of Windows 7 called Windows 7 Starter, aimed at poorer countries. Allegedly the software is sold cheaply, but also imposes some serious restrictions on usability, such as not being able to change the wallpaper. Windows Vista Starter was even worse when it imposed a limit of three programs running at a given moment. So why opt for this version of Windows that’s cheaper when all you need is a few hours’ worth of time to get the full version from the Internet?

What’s interesting is that because we actually have

money to buy things in the western hemisphere, I’m willing to bet a lot of people who pirate music or video games end up buying it legally sooner or later.

With the death of popular peer-to-peer clients, more people are turning to other forms of piracy online. In the form of — ironically what got Napster in trouble in the first place — dedicated servers.

These servers exist in Europe are perfectly legal because the companies feign ignorance, saying that its users are responsible for file uploads and so companies like RIAA or the MPAA usually can’t touch them.

That’s not to say that I support piracy. People work

hard to create entertainment content, and it’s not easy and especially not cheap. So these guys genuinely deserve money for their hard work. How would you feel if you were selling a book that you wrote, only to realize that people are just distributing electronic copies without your acknowledgment?

But how should piracy be fought? Should it be at the expense of freedom on the Internet? Maybe a little regulation couldn’t hurt and maybe pricing that’s cheaper and more fair for mass market consumption might do the trick, but suing 12-year-olds shouldn’t be the way to go about doing it.

Letters

The ‘ME’ generation has little perspective Twice yearly on average, people — likely intoxicated students — trespass on my property during the night.

In trying to exit my yard they destroy a portion of its fencing, probably because they are too inebriated to notice the fence material staring them in the face. Fortunately for these students I have yet to catch them.

Last weekend it happened again, and now I will have to replace a fence post and 15 feet of fence that was in perfectly good shape before they stumbled clumsily over my property

Jonathan Sturm, associate professor of music and theater

and destroyed it.

Never once, let me repeat that, never once has a student returned to apologize for damaging my private property, or — heaven forbid — to volunteer to pay for the damage done.

Instead I am probably not far off in imagining drunken laughter laced with expletives as they stagger off to the next party, with the girls manifesting just as much bad judgment

and poor behavior as the boys.

To me this wanton destruction speaks volumes to the lazy upbringing of many younger people in modern times. The family emphasis has likely been upon instant self-gratification for nearly 20 years by the time the students arrive in Ames to scream and shout, burn rubber, litter our lawns, trample our plants, break our fences and laugh it off without conscience.

I write today to state publicly that if you are one of the people who

throws bottles or cans onto other peoples’ property, or if you urinate or vomit on their lawns, or disrupt the peace at 2 a.m., or break other people’s things, it is neither cool nor funny. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Your parents should be ashamed of you as well. I certainly am ashamed of you.

As students in Ames, you are visitors to a town populated by residents who have lived and will live here far longer than most of you ever will.

Your manifestations of selfishness

and poor upbringing make many of us sorry we live here. Fifty years ago the behavior I am describing would likely not happen, and on the rare occasions it did, would have been followed by contrition from student and family with 24 hours. However, as our American culture of narcissism has evolved, “me-me-me” has replaced respect for others, with the corollary that an attitude of respect for Ames’ long-time residents has largely vanished from the student population. It is truly disappointing.

Avoid blind judgements, RJ’s writing is a mockery understand your actions Yesterday, I took back the power that seemed to be missing from Tuesday’s election. I tattooed a single small equal sign on my back because that is what I am, equal. I ask for those of you who will read this and just see me as another fag to know me before deciding to strip me of the right to marry.

This campaign to oust was about morality triumphing over immorality and how same-sex marriages aren’t moral, or I am not moral because I am in a same-sex relationship. I am here to tell you, I am a moral person. I call my parents, I am the designated driver, I am faithful to my partner, and I look forward to a long life with him after we marry in September. Know me and my relationship before

Courtesy photo: Tyler Parker

Tyler Parker, senior in design and industrial technology

you decide to judge it as anything but moral. I am equal, and I now have the mark and still, in spite of Tuesday, the law to prove it. The only way to change the minds of those who will never understand themselves is to know them

and to let them know you.

Know me before deciding for me. Know me before changing my life.

As a 2006 graduate, I am severely disappointed to see the article called, “RJ’s thoughts on sex,” on your website. The article has no beginning, middle or end, and really does not have a point at all.

The topic, was clearly selected simply to inspire controversy rather than to actually say anything meaningful. I am sorry to see that the Iowa State Daily would allow this type of content to be published under its name. It suggests that the Daily is seeking attention with the same abandon and desperation as the article’s author.

Furthermore, the lack of writing proficiency and lack

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graduate

of maturity in the topic choice make the Daily and Iowa State look like a joke. Your contributor, RJ, seems to need more training in how to write, how to present material in a coherent fashion and how to be tactful. For example, this sentence: “The position that produces the ugliest children?

Ask your mother,” has no relevance to the paragraph before or after it. Why was it put there? I suspect simply because RJ thinks it was clever. I sincerely hope you will remove this article and spend more time training your

writers, especially RJ, if you allow him to continue as a contributor to the Daily.

If this was unintentional — if RJ is not an employee — there simply must be a way for you to regulate content that appears under the Daily’s name. I do not see a “report inappropriate content” button anywhere so I assume that RJ is a member of your staff.

If he is not, and this article somehow made it through your screening process, then you have another employee who needs to be addressed.

Even as an opinion, this article should not have made it through the Daily’s screening process.

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Women’s basketball

Football

Excellent return Game against Mavericks in the bag by halftime

By David.Merrill iowastatedaily.com The waters have receded and only traces of the cleanup job remain.

Iowa State took on Minnesota State-Mankato on Thursday night in the first action at Hilton Coliseum since the floods in August. The Cyclones put the game away by halftime and never looked back, rolling to a decisive 87-48 victory. Freshman guard Kelsey Harris led the way with 15 points thanks to hitting 5-of-6 from behind the arch.

“It was actually really exciting,” Harris said. “It was my first time in Hilton and you always expect [the shot] to go in, but it’s always nice when it does.”

Harris had plenty of help from her teammates. Junior Lauren Mansfield scored 10 points and had seven assists in her debut as the ISU point guard.

Senior shooting guard Kelsey Bolte scored nine points and had six rebounds to go along with sophomore forward Chelsea Poppens’ nine points and six rebounds.

Iowa State used its size advantage to dominate the glass.

It out-rebounded the Mavericks 45-19.

The teams traded buckets to start the game, but the Cyclones took control midway through the first half, building a 44-25 lead going into the locker room.

Coach Bill Fennelly liked what ISU guard Lauren Mansfield takes a shot during the exhibition game against Minnesota State-Mankato on Thursday night at Hilton. Photo: Bryan he saw from the newcomers and Langfeldt/Iowa State Daily was particularly impressed by 1 2 final Harris’ shooting and Mansfield’s play at the point guard spot. people,” Mansfield said. “I like the Minnesota State 25 23 48 “I just told [Mansfield], you’re challenge.” now the Iowa State point guard,” With Bolte being the only senior Iowa State 44 43 87 Fennelly said. “You got to act like on the team, Fennelly has asked her it and you got to do things that to play like it. I are normally scream as loud as I had to, but it’s think she wants outside of her just different trying to get everyone that.

Kelsey comfort zone. ready and lined up for the game and Harris, I don’t Her leadership know where everyone is supposed want to jinx her, role is going to to be.” but that’s what require her to be The game between these two she’s been domore vocal on teams was the first in Hilton since ing in practice is the court dur- flooding in August that, at one point, hitting shots.” ing games and in had the entire court floating on waFe n n e l l y practice. ter. The locker rooms are not in perruns a very While Bolte fect order and there are still minor complicated only played the things that need to be addressed system on offirst half due to and fixed. fense and was the game being More than 9,000 fans were in atworried about well in hand tendance for the game.

Mansfield being by the time the “It was an amazing feeling when able to pick up second half we actually got to practice here the concept, but started, she yesterday,” Bolte said. “We just rehe called her one Coach Bill Fennelly react to looked comfort- ally appreciate the community and of the smartest the Cyclone defense during the able on the floor the staff at Hilton and what they’ve basketball play- exhibition game. Photo: Bryan in her new lead- done for us. They brought it togethers the program Langfeldt/Iowa State Daily ership role. er really quickly and allowed us to has recruited. “[My role] play here. We’re all really excited to “He basically told me to just look has changed significantly,” Bolte be back.” after the ball, lead the team, and get said. “It was a little bit more shockThe Cyclones next contest is them into the plays that we need ing to me than I thought it was go- against Wartburg College, from to do and get the ball to the right ing to be. I didn’t expect to have to Waverly, at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez has rushed for 886 yards in 2010.

Courtesy photo: Chris Dorwart/Daily Nebraskan

Last stand arrives for 105-year rivalry

By Jake.Lovett iowastatedaily.com The rivalry started in 1896 with a 12-4 Nebraska victory.

During the next 104 years, the Cornhuskers racked up an 85-17-2 advantage over the Cyclones.

Saturday, Iowa State (5-4, 3-2 Big 12) and No. 9 Nebraska (7-1, 3-1) will meet for what is likely the final time on the gridiron before Nebraska makes its move away from the Big 12 and into the Big Ten in 2011.

“They’re such a storied program.

You like to compete against a level of competition like that,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads, who grew up in Ankeny watching Iowa State and Nebraska face off. Rhoads was also an assistant coach for the Cyclones during the 1990s, the hayday of Nebraska football. “To not not have that opportunity anymore, I’m sure all the people in the league are savoring this last opportunity.”

While Nebraska has historically dominated its neighbor to the east, the Cyclones have slowly turned the tables since 2002, winning three of the last eight matchups.

Iowa State’s 9-7 win in Lincoln on Oct. 23, 2009, was its first in Nebraska’s state capital since 1977.

The win gained the Cyclones national attention, and the 2010 ISU football squad is sure to get Nebraska’s best shot Saturday inside Jack Trice Stadium.

“There’s a good chance that they’ll be ready to play,” Rhoads said. “After that first ball is kicked off, if both teams respond to those first hits.”

Nebraska’s offense turned the ball over eight times in Iowa State’s 2009 victory, and the unit has struggled with fumbles in the 2010 campaign. The offense has 26 fumbles through the team’s first eight games, although only nine were recovered by Nebraska opponents. The Nebraska

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Nebraska (7-1, 3-1)

Where: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday Media coverage: ABC (WOI-TV 5), Cyclone Radio Network Notes: No. 9 Nebraska is in first place in the Big 12 North, Iowa State third, in a rematch of last year’s 9-7 stunner in Lincoln, Neb. It was the first ISU win in Lincoln since 1977.

The Cyclones have played three top ten opponents this season, losing all by a combined score of 155-34.

In the 2009 game, all 16 points were scored in the first half, and Nebraska turned the ball over eight times.

passers, though, have only thrown three interceptions.

The primary signal caller for the Cornhuskers, freshman Taylor Martinez, hasn’t been as much a thrower as a runner. Martinez has 886 yards rushing so far this season, and he’s also accounted for 1,161 yards through the air.

“He’s a superb athlete,” said ISU safety Michael O’Connell.

“He understands their scheme very well and executes it very well.”

O’Connell, a senior, had one tackle and an interception in the 2009 victory, but wasn’t on the field for the full 60 minutes, playing behind the nowgraduated James Smith.

The 2010 Nebraska offense, mainly due to Martinez’s emergence, is scoring 12 more points per game than

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Men’s basketball

Exhibition offers glimpse at season play Hoiberg leads 8-man squad against Dubuque

By Chris.Cuellar iowastatedaily.com Hilton Coliseum opened for basketball Thursday night, but will be hosting its first night of above the rim action as the men’s basketball team plays their lone preseason exhibition game against the University of Dubuque at 7 p.m. Friday.

Cyclone fans will get their first taste of the Fred Hoiberg era, as the former star player will lead his group from the bench against Dubuque, a private school of around 1,600 students in northeast Iowa. The regular season begins Nov. 12, but there will be plenty of small, quick basketball on the floor Friday, just like Hoiberg predicted when he took the coaching job this spring.

“I’m excited about [Friday], and to get these guys out in front of the fans, and let them see what a real atmosphere in college is like,” Hoiberg said.

“For a lot of them, this will

be their first opportunity to do this. We’ll have five guys out there, getting their first experience in front of fans, in a college atmosphere.”

Iowa State is expected to only have eight players ready for action Friday, with true freshmen having to pick up a large bulk of minutes. The most experienced players will start the game, along with true freshman Melvin Ejim, but the rest of the bench will all be seeing the first action at Hilton Coliseum.

“Me, Jamie and Scott, we’ve been here the longest, we’ve played there the longest, so we’re ready right now,” said senior point guard Diante Garrett. “We’ve got new chairs, new floor and everything. It looks good.”

Garrett is expected to be a catalyst on this years team, as the longest-tenured Cyclone, as well as the leading returning scorer. He and his teammates got their first look at Hilton Coliseum in a shootaround Wednesday.

Well, the team and its highprofile coach.

“It’s going to be exciting for the fans and us, to have “The Mayor” back, and have him as our head coach,” Garrett

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Iowa State

Dubuque

Where: Hilton Coliseum When: 7 p.m. Friday Media coverage: Cyclone Radio Network, chat live with Daily writers Chris Cuellar and Jake Lovett during the game.

Notes: The Cyclones open the season with three returning letterwinners, including only one senior, point guard Diante Garrett.

said. “He knows the game inside and out, and he’s going to be teaching us all sorts of things, and we’ll be learning tomorrow.”

Being an exhibition game, Hoiberg isn’t expected to roll out all the stops to ensure the young squad grinds out a victory, but having already played a scrimmage against Bradley University last week, the firsttime coach wants to use it as a building process for the regular season.

“Even though we are undermanned, the guys we have, I’m excited about what they

bring to the table,” Hoiberg said. “The thing I like about exhibition, is you get your guys out in front of the fans. They get to see what they’ll experience on a nightly basis once they start playing for real.”

All the youth and lack of numbers on the team means the Cyclones will have to get healthy and learn about other teammates’ game tendencies in a hurry. With the regular season just a week away, Iowa State’s freshmen and will have to adjust in a hurry.

Even when this roster hits full health and is complete, there are only 10 players expected to be dressed out and able to play, and only three of that group have experience as ISU players.

“I definitely felt that I would be able to come help out, but not as much as they’re going to need me this year,” Ejim said.

Forward Royce White’s eligibility status from the NCAA is still undecided, although Hoiberg said the team expected some response in the next few days. Without White, the Cyclones only have four eligible players above 6-foot-6-inch.

The Dubuque Spartans are

ISU guard Diante Garrett drives into the lane and scores Nov. 2 at Hilton Coliseum. Garrett is the lone senior returning to the ISU basketball team for the 2010 season under new coach Fred Hoiberg. File photo: Gene Pavelko/Iowa State Daily

an NCAA Division III team, and have no players on the listed roster above 6-foot-6-inch, but have 10 Iowans on their 23-man roster.

Iowa State played Dubuque

in 2007 at Hilton Coliseum, and won 66-38. The leading scorers for the Cyclones in the exhibition game were Rahshon Clark, Wesley Johnson, and Craig Brackins.

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Volleyball

Team returns to Hilton to face Missouri

By Kelsey.Jacobs iowastatedaily.com This weekend will bring more Big 12 competition for the No. 12 Cyclones, as well as a change of scenery.

Iowa State (17-5, 10-4 Big 12) will face Missouri (16-8, 8-6) on Saturday, a team the Cyclones haven’t played since mid-September. Instead of the match taking place at Ames High School, the Cyclones’ home for the past three months, the face-off will happen in Hilton Coliseum.

The team hasn’t played in Hilton since the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year against Wichita State. The displacement from the Cyclones’ true home venue was due to summer ooding that damaged Hilton.

Now the building has ďŹ nally been restored and it sits waiting for the return of the Cyclone squad and its fans. “I think we’re really excited to get back in there,â€? said coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “I’m hoping it gives us a little added energy.â€?

The team is in need of an energy-booster, as Saturday marks its 10th match in a two-match-perweek grind. Following the match against Missouri, the Cyclones will get a much-needed breather with no scheduled competition Wednesday. Even though the team is a little worn after the wear and tear that comes with the tail end of the season, it still managed to sweep Baylor 3-0 Wednesday.

Now after the win against the Lady Bears, the Cyclones are back on track from a brutal loss to Nebraska last weekend. A win against Missouri during the team’s ďŹ rst match back at Hilton would be another step in moving on. “I think we have a lot of good momentum going into [the Missouri match],â€? said middle blocker Debbie Stadick. “Hopefully we can just ride on that and get the ďŹ rst win back in Hilton.â€?

Last time the Cyclones took on Missouri, they had a slow start but eventually picked it up to win the match 3-1. Iowa State hit at a .281 clip while holding the Tigers to

.113. The Cyclones out-killed the Tigers 51-43.

Despite Iowa State’s success against Missouri in September, a win Saturday isn’t a sealed deal. “I think that [the Tigers] have gotten better since we’ve played them,� Johnson-Lynch said. “Just watching them on tape this week, they look pretty good offensively. They’re pretty physical and they’re just a well trained well coached team.�

As they take on Missouri on Saturday, the Cyclones will be hoping to have the support of more fans than they’ve had all season. Ames High School had a capacity of 2,000, which limited the Cyclone fan base. With the team back in action at Hilton, the possibilities for encouragement from spectators are endless. “It’ll just be a fun environment,� said setter Alison Landwehr. “Hopefully we can get a bigger crowd than we can [at Ames High], especially with people that couldn’t get season tickets and more students. We’re really excited.�

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Iowa State (17-5)

Missouri (16-8)

Where: Hilton Coliseum When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Media coverage: Daily staff will be chatting live during the game Notes: This will be the Cyclones’ ďŹ rst game inside Hilton Coliseum after playing the season’s ďŹ rst three months at the Ames High Gymnasium.

Iowa State has won 10 of its last 12 matches, including a ďŹ ve-game win streak from Oct. 13 to Oct. 27.

Missouri leads the all-time series 36-32, but has lost four straight to the Cyclones.

Iowa State has lost one set to the Tigers since 2008, last year in Columbia, Mo.

Iowa State’s Debbie Stadick tips the ball toward Baylor’s Elizabeth Graham on Wednesday at Ames High. Stadick landed four kills during the Cyclone’s 3-0 win. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

Wrestling

Iowa State kicks off season against tough opposition

By Jake.Calhoun iowastatedaily.com Iowa State is starting its season playing a role that is unfamiliar to the program: underdog.

The 30th-ranked Cyclones will begin their 2010-2011 wrestling season Saturday at the Hokie Open in Salem, Va. They will face No. 26 Virginia Tech and No. 14 Kent State in back-to-back dual meets Saturday, followed by an individual tournament Sunday. “[Kent State and Virginia Tech], I don’t know how the heck they’re ranked ahead of us,� said junior Andrew Sorenson. “But that’s what coaches told us, so they’re going to be in for a surprise to say the least.�

Coach Kevin Jackson is planning to bring 16 ISU wrestlers to use in the individual portion of the competition, many of whom have never competed for Iowa State before. “There are going to be several guys on our varsity lineup that haven’t put on an Iowa State singlet before,�

Jackson said. “To have the opportunity to throw these guys out there with the opportunity to wrestle two dual matches and a tournament in a week-

Andrew Sorenson wrestles against Iowa’s Aaron Janssen on Dec. 6, 2009, at Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State lost 16-18. File photo: Iowa State Daily

end is going to give us a lot of video tape and a lot of information to go on to continue to help them get better and to identify their areas of concentration and make sure that the things that we’re teaching and the things that they’re learning are connected.�

Last season, Jackson gave his wrestlers a day off either earlier or later in the week with a string of gruel-

ing practices in between. This year, he implemented a new training cycle for his wrestlers that gives them a day of rest Wednesday to even the workload and prevent any potential burnout or fatigue during the week. “A lot of guys, I think, maybe were a little tired or worn out last year,� said redshirt freshman Trent Weatherman. “But with this new

training cycle, it’s a little bit smarter instead of harder. We’re training smarter instead of harder.�

Weatherman will be wrestling in his ďŹ rst dual meet in an ISU singlet after earning the starting spot at 157 pounds. The Maxwell native was highly touted by Jackson as someone who has the potential beat anybody in the country. However, Weatherman isn’t letting the pressure get to him. “You know, when you have expectations on your shoulders [from] just wrestling for a high-quality, Division I school like this, there’s obviously that pressure in the back of your mind,â€?

Weatherman said. “I just try to stick to the plan and just go out and wrestle, and hopefully good things happen.�

An interesting battle at 184 pounds has surfaced within the team, shaking up any speculation as to who will be the starter at that weight class.

Redshirt freshmen Cole Shafer and Tyler Christensen squared off against each other in the Oct. 21 intrasquad meet at Ames High School.

Christensen won by an 8-0 major decision over Shafer, who was the projected starter at the beginning of the season.

However, Jackson was quick to

point out that Shafer had sustained an illness during the offseason and was not back to 100 percent during the intrasquad match.

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Kent State

Where: Salem, Va. When: 2 p.m. Saturday All Day, Sunday Notes: The Cyclones start the season behind opponents Virginia Tech and Kent State in the rankings.

The Cyclones will take on each school in a dual Saturday, and Sunday’s Hokie Open will feature solo wrestlers from each school.

Hockey

Cyclones prepare for matchup against Kent State

By Sara.Schlueter iowastatedaily.com This weekend the Cyclones will be hitting the road to battle Kent State in a two-game series. The Cyclones (5-9) struggled last weekend against Ohio University and lost both games to the Bobcats. “We have lost a couple of close games already this year, but we do still have a young team,� said coach Al Murdoch. “Kent State is not a weak team.�

Kent State lost both

games last weekend to No. 1 Lindenwood, but the competition for the Cyclones will be challenging. The Golden Flashes swept Iowa State last season. “They are a well coached team. They play hard, and they play physical,� Murdoch said.

In order to come back from the loss this weekend and prepare for Kent State, the Cyclones have been focusing on fundamentals.

Iowa State was outscored 9-2 last weekend and went through a tough week of prac-

tice focus on the primary aspects of hockey. “Our skating needs to be better, passing needs to be quick and concise, and we need to get shots that scare the opposing goalie,�

Murdoch said.

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Defense Justin Wilkinson races with the puck toward Davenport’s goal Oct. 16 at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. The Cyclones take on Kent State this weekend. File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

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>>NEBRASKA.p6 in 2009, including 51 points against Oklahoma State and 48 against Kansas State.

While Martinez has run the show for the Cornhuskers through eight games, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also had to leave two games due to injury or poor performance.

Against Texas, the freshman was taken off of the ďŹ eld in favor of Zac Lee, more of a traditional, dropback passer.

Martinez was injured in Nebraskaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Missouri on Saturday.

While the Cornhuskersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense is more explosive than in 2009, the defense is allowing 7.4 more points per game this season.

A major reason is the departure of the No. 2 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, Ndamukong Suh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biggest difference, but they roll them right in there with [Jared] Crick,â&#x20AC;? said ISU running back Alexander Robinson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sound in what they do. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sound across the board, front four, linebackers and the backďŹ eld are pretty good.â&#x20AC;?

Crick leads the team with 4.5 sacks so far this season, and had 9.5 last season, his ďŹ rst full season with the team.

Robinson missed the game in Lincoln, and as a senior, wants a crack at beating Nebraska for the ďŹ rst time in his career.

Although the 2009 victory was a constant point of discussion in the week leading up to Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games, the players insist that they are focused only on the next and ďŹ nal installment of the rivalry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a completely different team and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a completely different team,â&#x20AC;? Robinson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to come in here and prepare for their best shot, because we know thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get.â&#x20AC;?

A win against Nebraska would give the Cyclones two in a row over their rival and give them bowl eligibility with the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sixth win.

A win could also help the Cyclones in their bid to potentially win the Big 12 North, although Rhoads insisted Monday that his team was not in contention for the division crown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to improve, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to be a better football team now than we were a year ago,â&#x20AC;?

Rhoads said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played three top-10 teams to this point, and all three have beat us soundly. I want to show up and play. I want to be around for four quarters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just got to make sure my guys are ready to hit on the ďŹ rst snap on the opening kickoff.â&#x20AC;?

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Cyclone guard Chassidy Cole attempts to pass Minnesota Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jordyn Krekling during the game Thursday at Hilton. The Cyclones won 87 to 48. Photo: Zhenru Zhang/Iowa State Daily

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47 Bottom bits 48 Word before or after pack 49 27-Down, e.g.

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Project to use Wii fitness to help elderly

By Molly.Halferty iowastatedaily.com The College of Human Sciences will soon begin training for a new research extension that will start the spring semester of 2011. This study is linked to the Living Well through Intergenerational Fitness and Exercise program, which is meant to help the well-being and activity of elderly adults.

This project will use young adults 16 and older to pass on their knowledge of using a Wii for exercise onto elderly adults. The training will be onsite in nearby towns and also nearby rural areas. This is offered to students as a volunteer opportunity and also

will be an independent study course, Geron 490, in the spring semester.

“You don’t have to be a part of the major to do the program, anyone who’s interested can,” said Sarah Francis, assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition.

The first day of training is Dec. 4 in the ISU 4-H Youth Building, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This training will help familiarize young adults with the Wii, making them better equipped to train the elderly adults. The project is separated into three phases that will take place in various locations.

Francis is a leading faculty member for this research. She believes the research is important because of the

age group’s rising population.

“Older adults are the fastest growing population in the country, especially in Iowa,” Francis said.

She views it as a two-part study for both the young adults and the elderly to increase knowledge of aging and lessen stereotypes associated with aging.

Kara Strand, graduate in nutritional sciences, will also be helping out. Strand will help prepare the December workshop, viewing the data collected and writing her thesis on this research. “[The project] will get elderly more active and give them something to be excited about, the Wii is an easy way to do that,” Strand said.

There will be six or seven sites the young adult participants will go to for training the elderly using both the Wii and Wii Active. They will teach elderly adults how to use the Wii for exercise and also learn how to eliminate the risk of harm or injury during activity.

“Just because you’re age 60 plus doesn’t mean you have to be inactive,” Francis said.

For a college student, it will be time intensive. Young people will be going on-site twice a week, for eight weeks during this project. It is a good opportunity for volunteer work that could give students an edge, Francis said.

“It will be a lot of fun and a great

opportunity to work with older adults,” said Strand. “You get to play the Wii and interact with an older generation, plus you get credit for it. You can be a part of a change that could happen, and you’re making it happen.”

For busier students who are interested in participating, there is a possibility of having some later afternoon and summer times made available, Francis said.

Two goals of this study are to create a better understanding for young people about aging and the elderly, and to get the elderly more active in their daily lives.

“Both generations are valuable,” Francis said.

Lecture

International relations

Blackjack player advises strategic decision-making

Obama takes off on trip to Asia after Election Day trouncing

By Thane.Himes iowastatedaily.com Professional blackjack player and social media strategy expert Jeffrey Ma believes the most important lessons learned about business strategies are all in the cards.

Ma, the real life inspiration for the hit movie “21,” spoke Wednesday at the Memorial Union about his experiences as a blackjack player and how they helped him in business decisions.

“The most important thing I learned from playing blackjack is that you can’t quit because it’s what’s easy,” Ma said.

“Deciding not to play and to maintain the status quo is still making a decision. Even putting off deciding is making the decision not to decide.”

Ma is the co-founder of Citizen Sports, a sports media company that brought the fantasy sports world to Facebook.

“Many of the mistakes made in gambling are due to omission bias or the preference of inactivity over taking action,” Ma said. “While it is our very nature to favor inaction, it’s all too often a mistake. You can’t win if you don’t play.”

Of course, when one does gamble there’s always the possibility one could lose. But Ma believes losing isn’t always a bad thing.

“A bad outcome doesn’t always mean you made a bad decision,” Ma said. “And at the same time, a good outcome doesn’t always mean you made a good decision. The important thing is to always make sure you have evaluated your decision from a true zero frame of reference. If you can make completely objective decisions, you’ll have your data to back you up.”

Ma said it’s important to be independent of your recent results.

“There is no such thing as winning or losing streaks. It’s all about how much you put into your decision making,” Ma said.

“However, that doesn’t mean that looking to the past is a bad thing. Looking at the past is the best way to predict the future.

But it can’t be your only basis.”

He said the problem is people are far more inclined to remember details that support their theories than ones that don’t.

“You can’t put all your eggs in one basket and make decisions that aren’t objective simply because a decision was your idea. In both business and card counting, there needs to be a collaborative effort,” Ma said.

Ma was part of the highly successful MIT blackjack team that won millions with Ma’s card-counting strategy.

“Blackjack is the perfect game because it’s always the same,” Ma said.

“Unlike poker or roulette or any other game, it’s 100 percent based on numbers data. If you follow the basic strategy utilizing that data, you reduce the casino’s edge by a pretty good amount. It’s what my team did, and it helped take a lot of the risk out of gambling.”

However, Ma stressed that numbers aren’t everything in both business and blackjack.

“If I were to pick someone for my blackjack team, most people would assume that my first concerns are their math skills,” Ma said.

“But they’re wrong. The biggest concern one has to have in both business and gambling is ‘Can I trust that person?’ If you can’t, it doesn’t matter how smart they are.”

Ma said that above all else, don’t quit.

“It’s easier, but it’s no way to win in gambling or business.

It’s how you bounce back from those bad outcomes that really define who you are. And if you’re playing blackjack and have 20, always stand,” Ma said.

By Tom Cohen CNN Wireservice WASHINGTON — Fresh off an electoral shellacking for his Democratic Party, President Barack Obama heads to India on Friday to launch a 10-day Asian trip that is intended to expand export markets and strengthen security cooperation in what he considers a region vital to U.S. interests.

The trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan encompasses a G-20 summit, an Asia-Pacific Economic Council summit, major holidays in India and Indonesia, and bilateral talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and at least five other leaders, as well as four presidential news conferences.

It’s all part of an administration focus on Asia as a strategic region in the 21st century, said Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for strategic communications.

“If you look at the trend lines in the 21st century, the rise of Asia, the rise of individual countries within Asia, is one of the defining stories of our time,” Rhodes said last week, adding, that, “We see core U.S. national interests that will be advanced by us playing a key role in helping to shape the future of the region and making clear that we’re an Asian and a Pacific power.”

The first stop is India, where Obama will spend three days — the longest stay in any foreign country of his presidency so far — to emphasize ties between the world’s two largest democracies, top administration officials said.

Obama has called the U.S. relationship with India a “defining partnership of the 21st century,” said Bill Burns, the undersecretary of state for political affairs.

“The simple truth is that India’s rise and its strength and progress on the global stage is deeply in the strategic interest of the United States,” Burns said.

“We’re the world’s two largest democracies. We’re both big, diverse, tolerant societies. We’re two of the world’s largest

economies. We both have an increasing stake in global stability and prosperity, especially across Asia and the Pacific.”

Michael Froman, the deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, said India was “one of the most important emerging economic relationships for the United States.”

“With 1.2 billion people and an economy expected to grow at 8 percent a year for the next several years, we really see India as a potentially very important market for U.S. exports,” Froman said.

The president’s itinerary in India includes a speech to the Indian Parliament, a state dinner and a wreath-laying at the grave of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.

Rhodes said Obama departs Washington on Friday and arrives Saturday in Mumbai, where he will attend a business conference and visit the Gandhi Museum, then head to New Delhi for bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Parliament speech and the state dinner.

The trip also includes a town hall-style

meeting with Indian students, a celebration of the Hindu holiday Diwali and a visit to Humayun’s Tomb, an architectural precursor to the Taj Mahal.

Obama then heads to Indonesia to meet with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and attend a state dinner in the nation where he spent part of his childhood.

The two-day visit also will include a news conference with Yudhoyono, a visit to the Istiqlal Mosque and a public speech, Rhodes said.

The trip to South Korea is for the G-20 summit in Seoul but will include the bilateral meeting with Hu and a speech to U.S. troops stationed there on the Veterans Day holiday in the United States.

In Japan, Obama will speak to a CEO Business Summit that is part of the APEC meeting, take part in the APEC events and hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

The trip concludes with a visit to the Great Buddha statue in Yokohama.

Ground zero

Retired justice defends Islamic center

By Bill Mears CNN Wire Service WASHINGTON — Retired Justice John Paul Stevens expressed support Thursday for a planned Islamic community center near the site of the Sept.

11 terrorist attacks in New

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President Barack Obama makes an election night phone call Tuesday to Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) from his Treaty Room office in the White House residence. Photo: Pete Souza/CNN

York, urging religious and ethnic tolerance.

“American Muslims should enjoy the freedom to build their places of worship wherever permitted by local zoning laws,” the retired Supreme Court jurist said at a luncheon where he was honored by the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation.

The 90-year-old said his experiences as a veteran of World War II, when the United States was fighting Japan, have given him insight into the need to combat “invidious prejudice.”

The proposed Islamic community center and mosque — now officially dubbed Park 51 — would be two blocks north of ground zero, where two aircrafts hijacked by Muslim extremists crashed into the World Trade Center’s twin towers. About 3,000 people died, and many city residents say the Islamic facility’s location would be inappropriate.

But Stevens said it would be unfair to infer the acts of al Qaida terrorists as reflecting the views of all Muslims, especially those in the United States.

“Our Constitution protects every one of us from being found guilty of wrongdoing based on the conduct of our associates. Guilt by association is unfair,” he said. It would be “profoundly unwise to draw inferences based on a person’s membership in any association or group without first

learning something about the group.”

Stevens retired from the court in late June after 35 years. He has been active giving speeches and works regularly in his chambers, which retired justices are allowed to have.

He said he understands how many people would feel about having a mosque near what has become hallowed ground. But he noted a 1994 visit to Hawaii and the Japanese tourists he encountered at Pearl Harbor,“Several thoughts flashed through my mind: ‘Those people don’t really belong here. We won the war; they lost it. We shouldn’t allow them to celebrate their attack on Pearl Harbor even if it was one of their greatest victories,’” he said of his tour of the USS Arizona, sunk in the Japanese attacks and now the site of a national park. “I realized that I was drawing inferences about every member of the tourist group that did not necessarily apply to any single one of them. We should never pass judgment on barrels and barrels of apples just because one of them may be rotten.

“I suspect that many New Yorkers who lost friends or relatives as a result of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11 may have reacted to the news that Muslims are planning to erect a mosque or a religious center in the neighborhood much

as I reacted to the sight of the Japanese tourists on the Arizona ... some of those New Yorkers may have had second thoughts, just as I did at the Arizona.”

Stevens served at Pearl Harbor for two-and-a-half years during the war. He noted the 10th anniversary of a memorial, erected a few blocks from the Supreme Court, honoring the sacrifice and patriotism of Japanese-Americans, many of whom were forcibly interned at remote prisoner camps during the war.

That monument “conveys the central message that visitors to the Arizona and participants in the debate about the New York mosque should heed,” Stevens said. “That message tells us to beware of stereotypical conclusions about groups of people that we don’t know very well.”

In a speech last month in Nevada, he defended his bitter dissent in a 1989 Supreme Court case that declared flagburning to be protected speech under the First Amendment.

He said that setting it afire was just as dangerous and offensive as burning a Christian cross or desecrating a Quran.

Such symbols, whether in the name of speech or faith, are “entitled to respect.”

Now retired, the Chicago native presumably has discretion to talk more candidly about current events and controversial topics than when he was an active justice.