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November 12, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 59 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
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Memorial dedication
Tribute for a student By Ben.Theobald iowastatedaily.com
A memorial patio has been dedicated to Travis “TJ” Good, senior in civil engineering, who died suddenly last spring from bacterial meningitis. The patio was created by friends of TJ who wanted to create something on campus to commemorate everything he gave them during the four years he was at Iowa State. “He was a very special person to all of us, and I think we’ve really shown that in our dedication to have a mark made on Iowa State’s campus for him,” said Jaclyn Johnson, senior in landscape architecture. “We wanted a memorial that was something that showed how special he was to us, and we really wanted to commemorate him.” Good died April 13, less than a month from graduation. “We wanted something special, and in deciding how to do that, we came up with this design,” said Doug Hartwell, graduate student in construction engineering. “We wanted something that could kind of pay tribute to that and wrote out aspects that he would have done.” Hartwell was the project manager of the memorial patio. He brought in friends of TJ and members from the American Society of Civil Engineers to help with the memorial. “TJ always had a project going,” Hartwell said. “We wanted to make sure that it would be the kind of quality he would have done and with some of the same design aspects, so that’s what we considered.” The project brought a lot of people together and wouldn’t have been possible without the group that assembled to work on it, Hartwell said. The group finished the memorial patio and presented it to TJ’s family, who came to Ames for the dedication ceremony. “It was very moving,”
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Vet Med’s new dean appointed By Brandon.Hallmark iowastatedaily.com Lisa Nolan has been appointed as College of Veterinary Medicine’s next dean. Nolan will reNolan place the current dean, Dr. John Thomson, at the beginning of the spring 2011 semester. Nolan is the first female dean of the college, which was created in 1879. “There’s such a proud tradition of teaching, research and service here and I’m really proud to be a part of it and being able to be dean of this college is such an honor,” Nolan said.
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Transportation
RideShare updated for safety By Krupali.Desai iowastatedaily.com
A memorial is dedicated to ISU student TJ Good. Courtesy photo: Doug Hartwell/American Society of Civil Engineers
“Travis ‘TJ’ Good, Honorary Engineering Intern. 1987 to 2010. TJ was a civil engineering student at Iowa State from 2006 to 2010. In his time at Iowa State, he was an instrumental member and leader of the ASCE Student Chapter and Steel Bridge Club. TJ’s passion and creativity, which he exemplified in all aspects of his life, served as inspiration to all those who knew him. His memory will remain in our hearts forever.” Friends and other volunteers work to create a memorial patio near Town Engineering Building in honor of TJ Good. Courtesy photo: Doug Hartwell/American Society of Civil Engineers
said Larry Good, TJ’s father. “They did a wonderful job.” Johnson helped select
a site that was close to the Town Engineering Building. The patio is located on the
Good’s memorial plaque north side of the building, where Good spent many hours at work for school. “We wanted to pick a place where he spent a lot of his time,” Johnson said.
“After picking the site, we went through trying to figure what we wanted to do for the patio and what we wanted to do with the memorial tree.”
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Students who commute can now look up and offer rides on the new and improved RideShare online board, sponsored by Government of the Student Body. GSB decided to make it more convenient for ISU students and staff to find a carpool by setting up a website that allows individuals to search existing carpools. “GSB had started the RideShare system online since 2006 that people in the university could use,” said James Parrott, GSB director of information technology and senior in computer engineering. “But that wasn’t secure or reliable. Anyone could access the page and post ride offers.” A bill was proposed in 2009 to make the website more secure by al-
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Greek community
Honorary group wins in debate By Lindsay.Calvert iowastatedaily.com
Marc Harding, assistant vice president of admissions, honors fallen serviceman Charles Thomas Hopper during Thursday’s Gold Star Ceremony in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Hopper was killed in battle Oct. 10, 1953, while serving in Korea. Photo: David Derong/Iowa State Daily
Memorial:
Gold Star Ceremony honors fallen Delbert Ray Peterson
Peterson
Delbert Ray Peterson, of Manson, was the son of Raymond and Bernice Peterson. Peterson attended Iowa State from 1957 to 1962. In his time there, Peterson took Air Force ROTC training in Washington, and was initiated into the O’Neil Squadron of Iowa State’s Arnold Air Society. Upon graduating, Peterson was assigned to active duty in fall 1963. In November 1965, during the Vietnam War, Peterson was assigned to the 4th Air Commando Squadron (Fire Support), 14th Air Commando Wing, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, Seventh Air Force, where he co-piloted an AC-47.
Peterson was involved with a rescue mission for a U.S. Special Forces Camp that was surrounded by enemies. His plane was damaged and the crew made a crash landing on a mountain slope, where they had to station a defense against enemy attacks. Waiting for a helicopter to arrive, the crew defended against two enemy attacks which claimed the lives of two crew members and wounded another. Peterson was in command of the four remaining men when the helicopter finally arrived, when enemy machine gun fire threatened their chance of rescue. Peterson charged the gun, ceasing
the enemy fire as the helicopter picked up the remaining three crew members. Peterson wasn’t rescued. When last seen he was alive and seen crawling behind the crashed plane. He wasn’t found when ground forces returned to the crash site and presumed to be captured. Originally listed as missing in action, in February 1978 his status was changed to killed in action. During his time missing, he was promoted to major. Peterson was awarded the Air Force Cross. His remains were never recovered. Daily Staff
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Alpha Tau Alpha took home first place in the debate contest and top secretary for the parliamentary procedure contest at the 2010 National Alpha Tau Alpha Conclave in Indianapolis. Alpha Tau Alpha is a national professional honorary agricultural education organization. The organization promotes the highest standards of agricultural education and helps create a network among those who have chosen agricultural education as a profession. The debate team including Michael Koenig, Holden Nyhus, Brittany Jurgemeyer and Tiffany Hopp competed against six other universities from around the nation. Koenig, Nyhus and Hopp are students in agriculture and life sciences education. The topic debated was if the current model of secondary agricultural education meets the needs of today’s
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