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Struggling departments await task force’s findings Grim finances grip LAS, as students’ demands soar By Thane.Himes iowastatedaily.com Midterm budget cuts for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are unlikely, predicted ISU President Gregory Geoffroy at the LAS open forum earlier this month, but the college has already been struggling for the last several years. “It’s painful,” said Michael Whiteford, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. “Having no midterm cuts is obviously great, but over the years, nothing has been spared. A budget cut is always a hard thing, but it’s painful be-

cause there hasn’t been a year without a budget cut since 2001. “It’s the accumulation of the cuts that have taken their toll.” The college’s budget cuts over the years have resulted in larger classes, somewhat fewer class choices, and the struggle for LAS to grant tenure for professors. One thing that makes resources seem so limited is the growing expectations of students. “With tuition in public universities increasing, students expect more of a bang for their many bucks,” Whiteford said. “The problem is that tuition is increasing simply because support from the state has been going down over the years. There just aren’t that many other options,” he said. “With the budget that we have now, the

question must be brought up of whether we provide students with a basic college education or whether we have the resources to prepare students for the real world, which is changing at a much faster rate than ever before. It’s been a question that we still haven’t found a real answer for yet.” Another problem is the cost of new technology, which is constantly improving. “These days, equipment has to be state-ofthe-art,” Whiteford said. “Unfortunately, most of the technology that students require comes out with newer versions or updates faster than we can acquire the money to keep up with it.” While the low budget is cause for concern, Whiteford said, not everything is as bad as it could be. “With modern technology, it’s far easier

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Publicity skews perception of student death frequency By Kaitlin.York iowastatedaily.com

January Jon Lacina January

February March Tyler Danielson March 13

April Travis “TJ” Good April 13

Raven Gileau April 25

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Record numbers of students are attending Iowa State this semester. With a rise in enrollment, this allows the number of accidents and deaths to rise, too. Many recent deaths have been made more public than others. Jon Lacina, Raven Gileau, Jonathan Brown and Sam Kruger are all examples. “I think there have been a number of student deaths recently, but I wouldn’t say that that necessarily means there is a trend or that they have been increasing,” said Keith Robinder, assistant dean of students. Since June, there have been eight ISU student deaths. The leading cause of death is auto accidents. Over the last 10 years, there have been 28 deaths due to auto accidents. It is unknown whether alcohol was involved. Robinder explained that Iowa State may have a high number in the beginning of the year, but then there are times when several months go by without any deaths. “It will then even out, and that’s when it’s hard to say if there is a trend or increase in deaths,” Robinder said. From 2001 to 2002 there were 13 deaths. Eight were caused by unrelated auto accidents. “Death happens all the time, and we’ve just had a lot of things that are very public and have

drawn a lot of attention, but that doesn’t mean that there is an increase,” Robinder said. Accidents are not controllable; therefore the Dean of Students office is always prepared for a student death. When a student dies, the office takes it seriously and immediately reaches out to provide the services the family or students need. “We are looking at how the campus responds when a member of our community dies,” Robinder said. “There is a commitment to care for the students who are here who were friends or colleagues or classmates with the student that passes.” If a student is enrolled at Iowa State and dies, the school will always be notified because of issues with U-bills and classes. There is an on-call system that the “deanon-call” responds to and is connected to the family that calls. He or she proceeds to handle the administrative details and tries to facilitate the process as much as possible for the family. “We don’t have a standard cookie-cutter approach because every incident is so unique and different, and the grieving process is totally different for each family,” Robinder said. The deaths that remain private are chosen to remain so by the parents. If it happens over the summer or far away from campus, those usually don’t make the news, but the Dean of Students office still treats them the same.

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Lobbying group seeks students ISU Ambassadors are going full force with their lobbying efforts this year and are trying to recruit interested students. Jessica Bruning, director of ISU Ambassadors and junior in political science, said they are encouraging any interested student groups to get involved with training day. This year’s training day will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in Carver 001. “Sen. [Herman] Quirmbach, Rep. [Lisa] Heddens, and UNI’s legislative liaison Joe Murphy will

Transitioning from high school to college can be daunting for American students. But international have the additional challenge of a language barrier as they transition to Iowa State. Imagine attending a college where the language spoken is not your first language and you have difficulty understanding it. That is the reality for some of ISU’s international students, who make up nearly 12 percent of the total student body — 3,327 students. “A lot of international students come from Latin American countries, Europe and Asia. We also have a few students who come from several countries in Africa on occasion,” said Mary Barratt, senior lecturer of English. At Iowa State, the English department offers international students courses to support academic English skills. The curriculum consists of reading and writing, listening and speaking, grammar and pronunciation. Students must pass the English Placement Test (TOEFL), which is required before they can register for regular classes at Iowa State.

been connecting with new legislators by writing letters introducing themselves. When spring session starts, they may have an opportunity to sit in on educational committee meetings in order to understand what they are up against. “When we actually go to lobby, we request to speak to a certain legislator at the door to the chambers,” Bruning said, “and if they are willing to speak with us, they will come out of the chamber, speak with us for a few minutes while we make our case, and

all be speaking and providing tips on lobbying as well as giving us some insight as to where the universities stand in terms of funding and the political climate we will be dealing with,” Bruning said. Lobbying primarily takes place in February and March, and the group would like to make sure that it has a strong group to represent Iowa State. The main project being worked on is the Regents’ Day at the Capitol. Students from the University of Northern Iowa, University of Iowa and Iowa State join and go to the Capitol with a common goal in mind:

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From helicopter flights to special operations, Lt. Col. Keith W. Morgan has experienced a lot in his 29-year career with the U.S. Air Force. Morgan, adjunct assistant professor of air force aerospace studies, had his retirement ceremony Monday. In 1981, Morgan attended the U.S. Air Force Academy under the nomination of Sen. Charles Grassley. He was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force in 1985. Morgan’s father was in the U.S. Marine Corps, but his family was not his motivation for joining the military. “It was more of the challenge that drew me to the military and the Air Force Academy,” Morgan said. “I was challenged to see if I could do it.” Morgan was a gymnast, so the physical aspect of training did not worry him. “[My preparation for entering the academy was] mainly getting my grades up,” Morgan said. Morgan moved throughout his career with the Air Force including to places such as the Philippines, England, Germany, North Dakota and Hawaii. “I like to move around,” Morgan said. His favorite countries that he stayed in were Germany, England and Thailand. He said being in the military builds close bonds to others. “It keeps them going when it’s tough times. Others around you are counting on you, and you know that they’d do the same for you,” Morgan said. Morgan came to Iowa State to be closer to family after learning his mother had been diagnosed with cancer.

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and faster for us to respond to student needs,” Whiteford said. “Keeping up with what the students need means that we can have money flow in the right direction.” This semester, the college has commissioned the Blue Sky Taskforce, consisting of faculty from nearly every department in the college, to brainstorm ideas on how to reorganize the college to make it more financially efficient. “While nothing they say will be definite, it will be helpful to look at new ideas to answer the question of how to provide as high a quality of an education as we can while not going financially overboard,” Whiteford said. “I’m looking forward to hearing what the committee’s answers will be.” The Blue Sky Taskforce’s final report is due Wednesday.

“Usually something along the lines of supporting regent universities, and lobby the legislators on this topic,” Bruning said. “We invite student organizations to attend to show the legislators that their support is going to worthwhile projects that make an impact on the community, state, nation and world.” This year, Bruning said, the group has been working a lot with student debt. The state of Iowa has some of the highest debt in the nation. Ambassadors are able to formulate an argument and present it to the legislature. Ambassadors have already

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CLEANUP: A lull in Conversations gives crew time to clean Karl Letsche, sophomore in journalism and mass communication, vacuums the ﬂoor at Conversations on Monday afternoon. Letsche was taking advantage of the lull in diners to clean the area. Photo: Whitney Sager/Iowa State Daily

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Open Mic Night When: 8 p.m. What: Sign up at 7 p.m. All talents and guests welcome. Where: Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union

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Stress Less Week When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. What: Enjoy amenities the Black Cultural Center has to offer, including music, cable, Internet and free food. Where: Black Cultural Center, 517 Welch Ave.

ISU Jazz Combos When: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. What: Jazz combo session coached by Michael Giles Where: Martha-Ellen Tye Recital, Music Building

WEDNESDAY Grandma Mojo’s Student Comedy Troupe When: 10 p.m. What: Come see Iowa State’s very own student improv comedy troupe, the Mojos. Where: Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union

Justin Ridder, 21, of Carroll, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 12:28 a.m.) Steven Harrington, 21, 412 Hayward Ave., was arrested and charged with public consumption. (reported at 1:05 a.m.) Jason Springer, 36, of Madrid, was arrested and charged with public intoxication and interference with ofﬁcial acts (simple). (reported at 1:05 a.m.) Ofﬁcers assisted a man who was suffering from an alcohol overdose. (reported at 1:10 a.m.) Scott Thacker, 26, of Ogden, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 1:28 a.m.) Jessie Jungck, 30, of Ogden, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 1:52 a.m.) Trevor Lochart, 21, 520 Ely Circle, was arrested and charged with public intoxication (second offense). (reported at 2:17 a.m.) Zebulon Laporte, 26, of Fort Riley, Kan., was arrested and charged with public consumption. (reported at 2:29 a.m.) Morgan Berstler, 21, of Des Moines, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 2:30 a.m.) Jeremy Ehlers, 18, of Westside, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 2:55 a.m.) Colin Toohey, 18, of Omaha, Neb., was cited for underage

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possession of alcohol. (reported at 2:55 a.m.) Travis Schwickerath, 22, of Alta Vista, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 4:57 a.m.) Vehicles driven by Dorothy Sperry and Jacqueline Lyons were involved in a property damage collision. (reported at 11:50 a.m.) Adam Mekies, 3025 Buchanan Hall, reported the theft of a television from a design studio. (reported at 3:40 p.m.) Allen Barrow, 28, 4912 Mortensen Road unit 1012, was arrested and charged with aggravated domestic abuse. (reported at 6:30 p.m.) A vehicle driven by Chengyu Wang collided with a deer. (reported at 7:52 p.m.) Craig Johnson, 29, of Denison, was arrested and charged with public consumption. (reported at 10:59 p.m.)

Nov. 22 A Department of Residence staff member reported ﬁnding two items in a room that constituted a violation of housing policies. The property was placed into secure storage. (reported at 12:33 a.m.) A Department of Residence staff member reported ﬁnding an item in a room that constituted a violation of housing policies. The property was placed into secure storage. (reported at 1:05 a.m.) Mark Dearborn, 50, Ames Motor Lodge, was arrested and charged with public intoxication,

third offense. (reported at 12:39 p.m.) A staff member reported damage to a vehicle. (reported at 4:01 p.m.) A community service officer reported finding spray paint on a flag pole. (reported at 6:57 p.m.) Rachel Williams, 30, 229 S. Kellogg Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 11:56 p.m.)

Nov. 23 Jacob Dorris, 19, 163B University Village, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 12:39 a.m.) Breana Thompson, 20, 422 Stonehaven Drive unit 6, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 12:39 a.m.) Lindsey Jones, 19, 422 Stonehaven Drive unit 6, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 12:39 a.m.) Terry Teng, 24, 132D University Village, was arrested and charged with supplying alcohol to underage persons. (reported at 12:39 a.m.) Ken Yee Tai, 26, 245 N. Hyland Ave. unit 105, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated and driving under suspension. (reported at 2:24 a.m.) Kevin Valladares, 25, of Deloit, was arrested and charged with driving while barred. (reported at 3:23 a.m.) An individual reported spray paint on a vehicle. (reported at 9:56 a.m.)

Nov. 24 Seth Rasmussen, 23, 3908 Ontario St., was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. (reported at 1:30 a.m.) A patron reported the theft of cash from a bag. (reported at 4:49 p.m.) Jeffrey Thomas, 47, 249 Campus Ave., was arrested and charged with parole violation. (reported at 5 p.m.) Rodney Taylor, 45, 1822 Northwestern Ave., was arrested and charged with driving while barred (aggravated misdemeanor), two counts of driving under suspension, no insurance and operating a vehicle without registration. (reported at 5:49 p.m.) Jose Batres, 50, 4606 Ontario St. unit 4, was arrested and charged with willful FTA. (reported at 9 p.m.)

Nov. 25 Aaron Edelman, 21, of Huxley, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 1:13 a.m.) Gasim Haron, 22, 1511 N. Dakota Ave. unit 3, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. A passenger in the vehicle, Jimmy Evans, 23, 2408 Ferndale Ave., was taken into custody on warrants held by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. (reported at 2:10 a.m.) Terry Williams, 53, no address listed, was arrested and charged with public intoxication, third offense. (reported at 2:12 p.m.)

Celebrity News Notes and events.

Celebs promote AIDS awareness

people affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.

Hollywood’s ﬁnest will promote awareness in honor of World AIDS Day on Wednesday. Celebs like Usher, Alicia Keys and Kim Kardashian will roam the streets sporting “Buy Life” T-shirts with working barcodes. “Whenever you see a ‘Buy Life’ bar code, simply scan it using Stickybits or WiMO and instantly make the purchase of a lifetime,” the Keep a Child Alive website says. “The purchase of a lifetime” is a donation to Keep a Child Alive, which provides AIDS support and food to orphans and other

Royal nuptials, in 3-D?

Brendan Fraser’s Broadway debut cut short

Move over, “Avatar”! The next big 3-D blockbuster could be the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. According to the Daily Mail, British broadcasters are in joint discussions about the possibility of screening the April 29, 2011, ceremony live from Westminster Abbey in 3-D. Special televisions would be required for the actual “I was there” experience, reports the newspaper, although it is likely the three-dimensional “I dos” would be screened for the

He may have defeated “The Mummy,” but it seems Brendan Fraser is no match for the Great White Way. Just a week after making his Broadway debut with the ofﬁcial opening of the comedy “Elling,” the production is already set to close. “Elling,” about two mental patients being reintegrated into society, began previews Nov. 2 and opened to mixed reviews Nov. 21. By the time the show closed Sunday, it played 22 previews and nine regular performances, reports Playbill.com.

masses in pubs and cinemas.

Kanye, Nicki Minaj could have ‘monster’ sales They’ve teamed up together on a single for his latest project, and now the pair stand poised to take over the charts. Billboard is reporting that rappers Kanye West and Nicki Minaj are projected to have a big week with their respective albums. West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” could sell as many as 550,000 units by Sunday.nMeanwhile, Minaj’s debut album, “Pink Friday,” is reportedly on track to sell more than 400,000.

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Classes advance ethical considerations Bioethics studies applicable to any topic, career path By Alayna.Flor iowastatedaily.com Thanks to vast medical, agricultural and technological innovations, there is a gray area around what is ethically right and what is not. Bioethics, a program of study offered at Iowa State, can help all students realize the ethical issues important to their careers and everyday lives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bioethics issues arise in every aspect of our lives,â&#x20AC;? said Clark Wolf, bioethics program director and professor of philosophy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can be thoughtful how they affect us, or we can be thoughtless about the way they affect us. But we cannot escape them.â&#x20AC;? In 1974, Congress created the branch of bioethics, which was headed by the departments of Health, Education and Welfare. Historically, bioethics has focused on anything dealing with medicine. Today, bioethics is used in animal science, medicine, environmental policy, biotechnology, veterinary medicine, ecology, engineering, agriculture and many other areas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are academic questions that are fun to address, but many of the issues [in bioethics] are direct and affect peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives, whether we like

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North Korea needs to calm down. Unprovoked acts of war are something blatantly condemned by most countries of the world. There are fancy buildings in places like New York and Geneva and historic pieces of paper inked with pinky-promises from world leaders explicitly saying so. You’d be right to point out the hypocrisy of our recent monkeyshines in the Middle East — Desert Storm — waging war to contest the notion that one speciﬁc country was allowed to unilaterally invade anothercountry without asking Mom and Dad for permission, and the sequel proving that if you’re the United States of America, you could. Even twice. North Korea’s actions may have been viewed as shooting spitballs on the global stage, but they were indeed sheer acts of war. In the face of civilian deaths, kudos in spades is what the South Koreans deserve after their extraordinary display of restraint. It seems as though Kim Jong Il is besieged by a few tired generals eager to send the regime out in a ﬁnal blaze of glory, a troubling development in a country that is in the learning stages of tinkering with nuclear weaponry. The reality of certain regimes cooperating with North Korea in their endeavor is no Bond plot incarnate, but an increasingly likely, dangerous possibility. We’re happy for the candor of our Wikileaked embassy documents, if only for the language from upper brass Chinese condemning their communist compatriots as spoiled children. We’re glad to hear it amid the theatrics regarding agreements to play nice with the Ruskies in the currency game. Nuclear aspirations in an unstable country shouldn’t be taken lightly, and we sincerely hope the Chinese are able to shore up the problem and precedent of North Korean hostility. The aforementioned leaked cables have already been pored over by our heroes at the New York Times, and it’s worth noting that South Korean intelligence says United States presence above the DMZ is “unwelcome” at best. We’re glad to hear that a regime run by a man who golfs perfect games and has no bowel movements is in its last days. In May, an international committee found North Korea was to blame for the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan this year, two unanswered acts of war by our count, and 46 lives lost. We’ve joined our Korean compatriots in what’s been called “Gunboat Diplomacy,” the “it” term for the exercises along with the United States and the carrier group of the USS George Washington. China isn’t sovereign over the entirety of the Yellow Sea, but has voiced its distaste for U.S. presence in the area on more than one occasion. They’ve gone so far as to harass surveillance ships and international vessels, and are most likely less than impressed with our current endeavors. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak apologized today for “failing to protect his people” — somber words from a heavy heart. In the face of possible all-out war, South Korea has only gone so far as to promise that it will retaliate against further acts of aggression from its northern neighbor. While the 698,000 troops of the South Korean military can undoubtedly hold their own, it’s our sincerest hope that we’ve seen the extent of hostilities. Three wars is three too many.

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s you go about your daily life, texting your friends, checking e-mail online, and Googling a question on your phone as you eat lunch, you may not stop to think about how much you depend on technology these days. Those marvelously advanced devices are great, but some of the technology underlying the devices occasionally treads on shaky ground because it was not originally designed with hundreds of millions of users in mind. You may not realize that the Internet itself is running out of address numbers — those street signs that tell your computer where to go to ﬁnd the data on your favorite website. If you didn’t know, when you type an address like www.google.com into your Web browser, that Web address is translated into a 32-bit address of the server where the Google website is located (Google.com = 74.125.95.105 from Parks Library as of this writing). The only problem is that with this 32-bit size, the Internet can only have 232 or 4.295 billion unique web IP addresses. While you may believe that 4 billion is a large number, with the number of web-enabled smart phones, televisions and cars being produced today — each with a unique IP address — the addresses should be completely exhausted next year. You can follow IPv4Countdown on Twitter or an iPhone/Android app that counts down to the “IP Doomsday”

if you want to know precisely when we will run out. So what happens then? Do we not allow more users to access the Internet? That would be disappointing and may cause global economic problems. Instead, the researchers and companies that maintain the Internet developed a new address system called IPv6 — the current system is called IPv4 — with larger 128-bit addresses, allowing for 340 undecillion (3.4 x 1038) unique Web addresses. For reference, that number is approximately 1.5 times the number of stars thought to exist in the universe, and should be enough addresses for the Internet until long after we are all gone. There is just one problem — the two systems are not designed to be compatible. So while most computers can use

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can be easily upgraded to use it, most computers in the Western world don’t use it yet — the “Western world” because as creators of the Internet, the United States was allocated a much larger proportion of the total stock of IP addresses than others. So expect a subtle and possibly imperceptible shift inside your Internet devices in the next two years as new devices begin to use the new IPv6 system. If all goes to plan, the change should be gradual and easy, but there will surely be hiccups. The situation has been likened in a way to the Y2K bug a few years ago, but it is different because it is less time-constrained while present on a larger scale. Why did I explain this issue that is normally too technical for most to understand or care about? I wanted to remind you of the levels of complexity underneath the simple buttons on your iPhone or on your computer desktop. Remember that your parents or their friends may have used a word processor to write a paper or a room-sized punch card IBM mainframe to program in Fortran or Cobol when they were your age. We have come a long way in only a few short decades. So take the time to stop once in a while to take a second and recognize how different your life would be without your laptop, the Internet or your cell phone. Imagine what you and your generation might invent to make the world a better place. How will you change the world?

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oming back from Thanksgiving Break is a little weird. Think about it. We have two weeks and finals; that’s it. Then we have another break for three weeks. In contrast, Spring Break will fall in the middle of the semester. As I’ve mentioned before, it might make more sense to break up the days off. Sure, it’s easier to just do it all in one week. After all, that’s probably the way it’s always been done. However, doing it the way we’re doing is kind of like the way Iowa State’s football schedule is: No bye weeks, and that takes a toll over the course of a season. Sure, you can grind it out, but your performance suffers. Take me for example. My GPA during my four fall semesters averaged out at 2.91 with a range of 2.75 to 3.00. For the four spring semesters, my GPA averaged out at 3.28 with a range of 3.00 to 3.53. As any person who’s taken a stat class knows, correlation doesn’t imply causation. There are other variables at work beyond when breaks occur. I will freely admit that my first fall semester was in engineering before I transferred to accounting (2.83). My last fall semester was also the first semester in which I was married and my last one as an undergraduate (2.75). Even at that, there are still two semesters where I didn’t crack above a 3.00 — both were 3.00. And aside from my one 3.00 during the spring of 2008, my other three semesters were 3.27, 3.33 and 3.53. And as a graduate student in political science in spring 2010, I notched a 4.00. I can’t remember the last time I did that. Elementary school? It wasn’t easy either. I had to write a 20-page research paper basically figuring things out as I went since I hadn’t written a paper more than five pages before in my life.

Furthermore, I decided to take an internship during the fall semester as an undergraduate because I didn’t like that semester very much. I still had a fourth fall semester, but it did make one of them less relevant because I was accepted to graduate school before graduation. But so far, I’ve just looked at my experience, and I’m certainly not a representative sample of the university population. So I would need more data and analysis to make more substantive claims. However, I just can’t shake the feeling that something could be there; this article wasn’t even going to be about this topic. I was walking the fifth floor hallway of Ross Hall at around midnight trying to come up with a topic. I decided to write about the need to plan out your semester and not overburden yourself with too many things. That way you can actually enjoy college. But as I started to write, this came out. It’s weird. I’m not one to crusade for things, generally speaking — if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The more I thought about it, though, it seemed that there may be a better way. Maybe it’s due to the policy and program evaluation course I’m taking. It’s taught me to think about what a program’s actually trying to do and why as a result of policy. Once you can figure that out, you can find ways to improve the program and make it work better. That got me thinking. How could Iowa State improve the break in fall semester? Initially I just wished that our Thanksgiving was actually the fourth Thursday in October, but obviously that’s not reality. I also think every college in the United States takes a break in some fashion for Thanksgiving. However, some of them don’t break on the Monday and Tuesday of that

week. So you could take a Monday and Tuesday off earlier in the semester. That would help break things up a bit without sacrificing time in the classroom. The dates I liked the most were the second Monday and Tuesday of October. The second Monday in October is actually when Canada’s Thanksgiving is so it’d kind of be like having two Thanksgivings. It’s also Columbus Day, which is probably problematic for some folks, but I couldn’t find a better solution. I tried to find important dates to celebrate famous ISU people like Carrie Catt and George W. Carver, but I came up empty. More importantly, those dates would fall in the eighth week of the semester, which is about when we break in the spring. In my mind, this is pivotal because the goal is to put a break closer to the middle of the semester. While this plan isn’t perfect, I think it would be doable especially considering almost 90 percent of American ISU undergraduates live in Iowa or states that border Iowa. So, in all likelihood, a change in policy probably wouldn’t affect too many students’ ability to go home during Thanksgiving Break. But this whole point is moot unless some of you think this policy needs improvement. So what do you think? Do you think this matters? Does the break policy for fall semester need to be changed? E-mail me and let me know. Vote in our poll at the Iowa State Daily website. If you do think it’s important, e-mail your representative for Government of the Student Body. Contrary to popular belief, the GSB does stuff, and something like this might be right up their alley. Make your voice heard.

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NASCAR naysayers at least owe Johnson’s feat recognition

Outside hitter Victoria Henson and middle blocker Jamie Straube team up to block a Texas opponent during Saturday’s game at Hilton Coliseum. Henson and Straube led the team in kills, with Henson having 21 and Straube getting 17. Photo: Bryan Langfeldt/Iowa State Daily

Mass, Henson earn All-Big 12 First Team honors ISU seniors Ashley Mass and Victoria Henson garnered All-Big 12 First Team honors for the second and third times, and sophomore Jamie Straube made her first appearance on the First Team as the 2010 All-Big 12 Volleyball Postseason Awards were announced Monday. Mass, who was also named Libero of the Year for the third time, set both the ISU school record Mass lead that group with appearances in 10 NCAA tournament matches throughout their ISU careers. In 2008, when the Cyclones were in Minneapolis for the first two rounds, Henson notched 50 kills in wins over Northern Iowa and Minnesota en route to Iowa State’s first Elite Eight appearance. “We kind of had a rough start to this season losing a couple of games that we shouldn’t have,” Henson said. “A couple years ago we made it to the Elite Eight; it was kind of the same thing how

and Big 12 record for digs this season as her career dig total now sits at 2,259. Henson, a unanimous choice by Big 12 coaches, led the conference in both kills and points per set this season. Straube finished the season fifth in the Big 12 in hitting percentage (.327) and eighth in blocks per set (1.07).

we were rough during the season, but we still made it to the Elite Eight.” Aside from playing against opponents who may not be familiar with the Cyclones’ tendencies, Johnson-Lynch sees her squad’s mental toughness as an advantage in postseason play. “I think you have to win close games, handle the critical points well and play tough under pressure,” Johnson-Lynch said. “I think we’ve done that very well in the tournament in the past, we’ve won a lot of tight matches

and have been able to upset some teams because we’ve been a pretty mentally tough team.” Johnson-Lynch will use the extra days of preparation to refine the team’s strengths that have carried it throughout their last four NCAA appearances. “We have to continue to pass well, serve tough and play great defense; that’s always what we’ve done and we have to continue to do that at a real high level, particularly going into the tournament,” Johnson-Lynch said.

Cyclones win 1 of 3 in Canada trip Nothing says Thanksgiving like a Hy-Vee breakfast. While most students were busy making final preparations for their turkey feast, ISU hockey players munched on small breakfast items from the local grocery store before they boarded a plane and began a threegame series in British Columbia. “I had a turkey sandwich for lunch, actually,” said goaltender Erik Hudson. “Had to have at least some turkey on Thanksgiving.” The Cyclones flew more than 1,800 miles from Des Moines to Seattle and eventually made their way to Vancouver, B.C. They played three games in three days, taking on the University of British Columbia on Friday, Simon Frasier University on

n Friday night, the season-ending banquet in Las Vegas will be held to award the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship to Jimmie Johnson for a fifth consecutive year. Five straight championships for Johnson came in a sport and a series that, before him, had only seen as many as three in a row happen. That was only done once. It doesn’t matter whether or not you think NASCAR is a sport; winning a professional championship five years in a row deserves recognition. Because NASCAR has a strong stigma, Johnson’s accomplishments have largely gone unnoticed by sports fans — especially our generation, which generally just isn’t interested in a sport it can’t go out and do whenever it pleases. The argument over whether or not NASCAR is a sport is a discussion for another time. Johnson’s five straight Cups will go down as one of the greatest eras for a team or athlete in professional sports history. Unfortunately, the feat won’t be recognized for a long time. Over the history of professional sports in the United States, greatness generally has not been recognized while it has been happening. People hate to see someone or some team dominate in sports. It’s the “Rudy” or “Hoosiers” mentality of rooting for the underdog, or the team that hasn’t ever or has rarely ever reached the pinnacle of its sport. It’s why so many rooted for the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV and against the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. The same can be said for why so many people hate the New York Yankees, the Boston Celtics or the Los Angeles Lakers. Yet when we look back on those Yankee teams that won five straight World Series from 1949 to 1953, and the Celtics teams that won eight straight from 1959 to 1966, we remember their greatness with — unless you’re a Red Sox or Lakers fan — a relatively positive feeling. There has only been a handful of times in all of professional sports when a team or athlete has won five championships in a row. That kind of dominance doesn’t happen regularly. People said Johnson couldn’t or wouldn’t get three in a row, let alone five. Johnson’s fifth championship puts him just two titles away from tying for most all-time with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, who each have seven championships — and Johnson hasn’t even been in the top level of NASCAR for 10 years. He’s won his five Cups in nine years. It took him just 327 starts to get there, while it took Earnhardt 390 and Petty 655. As sports fans, no matter what the sport, we should at least pay lip service to those kinds of accomplishments. Maybe I’m in the minority and what Johnson has done doesn’t really matter. Maybe NASCAR is just a hobby masquerading as a sport. But did you look into the eyes of Jimmie Johnson when they showed him on ESPN after the season finale? Or hear the sound bite from his in-car radio when the race finished? His jubilation at the end of the race made it evident that it does matter. What he did matters across all sports. It’s an accomplishment we likely won’t ever see happen in the NBA, MLB, NFL or NHL. Between free agency and the way the various drafts work, teams in stick-and-ball sports will more than likely always keep at least some level of parity. Regardless of how people see him now, I believe he’ll get his due eventually — I just hope it’s sooner rather than later. And those of us who saw it will be able to say we saw it happen: We saw history made.

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By Dan. Tracy iowastatedaily.com It’s not often that ISU players know more about an opponent than their coach, but when it comes to the personnel on the Creighton volleyball team, that was the case Sunday afternoon. “I don’t know much about them; it’s been a few years since we played them, so it’s not a team I’m too familiar with,” said ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. With five players from the state of Nebraska on each team’s roster, players on the ISU side of the net have seen members of Creighton’s team since high school. Junior defensive specialist Caitlin Mahoney played with Creighton defensive specialist Julianne Mandolfo at Marian High School in Omaha, Neb. ISU junior outside hitter Carly Jenson played club volleyball in high school with Mahoney and Mandolfo, and has had a pair of scouts watching the Bluejays this season in her parents, Terry and Carol. “My parents have watched them a few times this year and they said they’re a pretty good team with big, physical players,” Jenson said. First Team All-Big 12 middle blocker Jamie Straube nearly went to Creighton after her prep career in Tecumseh, Neb. Straube had the Bluejays on her short list of schools before choosing Iowa State. “I was recruited by them a little bit, so I kind of know a couple players just being from Nebraska,” Straube said. As individuals, Creighton (20-11) may seem familiar to some ISU players, but as a team, the Cyclones haven’t seen the Bluejays since Sept. 2, 2008, when they traveled to Omaha, Neb., and won in four sets. With the 20-match Big 12 conference season now behind them, the Cyclones are excited for their new schedule, in which they know they cannot play a Big 12 team for at least three matches. It’s been 81 days since they faced a team outside the Big 12. “It’s just fun to play teams you haven’t played before,” said outside hitter Victoria Henson. “Yeah, it may help that you’ve played them so many times, but they’ve also played you so many times, so they know a lot of the things that you do.” Facing an unfamiliar opponent in the first round is nothing new for this team. The Cyclones have five players on their roster who have played in at least six NCAA tournament matches, making this team the most experienced of any in program history. Seniors Henson and Ashley

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Saturday night, and an unusual morning contest against Trinity Western University on Sunday. After dropping a competitive match against UBC, Iowa State beat Simon Fraser. Then, arriving at the team hotel shortly after midnight, the time of the Trinity Western game was switched to 10 a.m., meaning players had about five and a half hours of sleep between games. “It was brutal,” Hudson said. “It sucked.” The sleep-deprived Cyclones fell to Trinity Western, 7-4. “We didn’t have that jump in our step,” said coach Al Murdoch. “We really didn’t get rolling the way I thought we should. We ran out of time. The team played really well.” Iowa State flew back Monday afternoon and arrived at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena, where Murdoch praised his players for

a positive road trip. “I’m proud of you guys. I want to thank you for a great trip,” Murdoch said. “You all were just outstanding this weekend and I can’t thank you enough.” Despite a loss, players and coaches alike thought the contest against UBC was clearly the best of the weekend. Iowa State jumped out to an early 3-0 lead against a top-five team in Canada, catching them off-guard. However, the Thunderbirds would surge back and net the game-winner in the third period, winning 5-4 in comeback fashion. “I’m going to be honest, going up against UBC, I was a little bit shaky on how the outcome was going to be just because I know a lot of those players played major junior hockey,” said freshman Chris Cucullu, who was named ISU Player of the Week. “I

thought it was going to be rough, but I thought we definitely went out there and competed and left everything out on the ice.” Murdoch said his players played hard, but it was a feel-good loss going up against a tough opponent like the Thunderbirds. ISU goalie Paul Karus, who got the win against Simon Fraser, thought his team competed every single game, including the loss to UBC. “The way we played on Friday night, we almost should’ve won,” Karus said. “Just a couple things bounced their way. We played great and unbelievably hard.” All three goaltenders saw action for Iowa State this weekend, including regular starter Hudson, who was in familiar territory when the team arrived in Vancouver. Hudson used to

FORT WORTH, Texas — North Texas is going back to an experienced college coach. Dan McCarney, a Florida assistant and former ISU head coach, will be announced as the new coach of the Mean Green on Tuesday, a person McCarney familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday. The person would not comment publicly because the announcement had not been made. McCarney brings a wealth of experience to the job, something is predecessor didn’t have. Todd Dodge was fired this season in the fourth year of a five-year deal. He was hired before the 2007 season after going 79-1 and winning four state championships in his final five years at nearby Southlake Carroll High School, making North Texas. Instead, Dodge finished with a record of 6-37, including a 1-6 start this year. McCarney has coached the defense at Florida since 2008 after spending a year at South Florida following his departure from Iowa State. When he left, he was the longest-tenured coach in the Big 12. The Cyclones were 56-84 under McCarney, a lackluster overall record but one that includes five bowl appearances, the first two bowl wins in school history and a 6-6 record against rival Iowa. An Iowa graduate, he coached at Iowa for 13 seasons.

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The experience of homemade pasta By Linda Berlakovich AmesEats Flavors Writer A hot bowl of pasta is the perfect comfort food and especially tasty as the weather gets colder. However, most college studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consumption of noodles consists of ramen or pre-packaged spaghetti noodles. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to beat a price of $0.20 for ramen noodles or $1.20 for some spaghetti. However, making your own pasta can be fulďŹ lling as well as inexpensive. For the cost of two eggs, some ďŹ&#x201A;our, salt, water and some time, you can make your own homemade pasta for about $0.45. And just as a side note, this is a pretty cheap and unusual date idea, gentlemen. It is a rewarding experience to spend time rolling out fresh pasta dough and the perfect thing to do on a cold winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s night. Although a package of spaghetti from the store is perfectly palatable, the taste of homemade pasta is heartier and fresher. There are many pasta recipes

available but this basic one has a nice, slightly eggy ďŹ&#x201A;avor, is very workable and has a good texture. The following recipe makes enough for about two people and can be easily doubled or halved. Ingredients:

â&#x20AC;˘ 1 1/2 cups sifted ďŹ&#x201A;our â&#x20AC;˘ 2 eggs â&#x20AC;˘ 1/8 teaspoon salt Directions: Mix together all ingredients and knead for 8 to 10 minutes. It should form a nice, smooth ball. Let it rest in your refrigerator for about 45 minutes. Flour a surface and rolling pin and roll out the dough as thin as possible. It is easier to cut the dough ball into sections and roll out each section rather than rolling all of the dough at once. Cut the pasta into thin strips and cook in boiling water for about 3 to 4 minutes. Drain, drizzle with a little bit of olive oil and serve with your favorite sauce.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Feel free to incorporate spices into the pasta such as garlic powder, ground basil or curry powder for an extra kick of ďŹ&#x201A;avor that will complement your

â&#x20AC;˘ If you want to be really adventurous, cut out circles of pasta, place a small amount of ďŹ lling such

as mozzarella cheese or cooked meat in the center, place another circle of pasta on top and crimp the edges closed with a fork to create your own ravioli.

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By Claire Powell AmesEats Flavors Writer

Every college student knows that pasta is the quickest and easiest thing to eat. Is it the healthiest? No. But we love it and what really makes the pasta, is the sauce. The simplest choices of toppings are either Alfredo or the basic tomato sauce. When grabbing pasta sauces from the store, it is common to look at the price and just like the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grocery Cartâ&#x20AC;? dance, grab and put it in the cart. Topping the charts of sauce and prices is the all-ready-to-go Prego sauce ranking in at about $1.70. How can you beat that? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not easy, but you can. The second choice is buying diced tomatoes and adding in spaghetti or garlic seasoning to your own taste. This is still a quick and easy choice that costs $1.69 plus the seasoning, $2.60, with a grand whopping total of $4.29. It blends sauce and chunks that match perfectly with a penne pasta.

If Alfredo sauce is more down your aisle, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still looking at a price of about $3.49, just slightly higher than the basic tomato. Or again, you can make your own. Heat up a pan with some milk, butter, parmesan cheese and some black pepper. Stir until you get that thick and creamy goodness to ďŹ&#x201A;ow over your noodles. Now that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re left hungry for that speedy and delicious meal, you can dance to the Prego awaiting in the store, or mix it up a bit in the kitchen, and get saucy. To make homemade spaghetti sauce: For a large batch 20 cups of tomatoes, 4 celery stalks, 1 onion diced, 2 green peppers, Â˝ tablespoon garlic powder, oregano, pepper, 3 tablespoons salt, 1 cup sugar, put it all in a stock pot and simmer for 1 Â˝ hours, cool and put through a sieve.

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Put it back in the stock pot & add 4 cans of tomato paste. Bring to a boil & add spaghetti seasoning to taste (about 1/4 cup) Put in jars of choice size and put in hot water bath. Take out and wait until tops pop.

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Take a pasta class By Stephanie Rupp AmesEats Flavors Writer If you enjoy pasta, the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department has the perfect class for you. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pasta Pastaâ&#x20AC;? is a one-credit, pass/fail course that lets students dive into the culinary, cultural and nutritional aspects of pasta. Students learn about the variety of pastas, the history of pasta, the use of pasta in different cultures, the nutrition of pasta and how to prepare pasta. The class offers students a chance to increase their pasta knowledge, appreciation and culinary skills by learning about, preparing and tasting various pasta dishes. The varieties of dishes include traditional Italian pasta to German spaetzle, Asian noodles and Moroccan Couscous. Pasta Pasta is taught based

on scientiďŹ c principles, demonstration and hands-on involvement. Students are able to learn about the pasta and then have a chance to prepare and taste it. There are no prerequisites for Pasta Pasta and it is open to both the public and Iowa State students. To experience Pasta Pasta, ISU students can register for FS HN 493x via AccessPlus. Beatriz Spalding is the course instructor and can be contacted by phone at 515 2943523 or e-mail at beatrizm@iastate. edu for questions and general public registration. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the culinary creations, culture, nutrition, food science or just the food aspect you are attracted to, the overall experience of Pasta Pasta will keep you coming back for more.

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Pasta’s closest complement By Lindsay McNab AmesEats Flavors Writer A hearty Italian dish, pasta is known to people worldwide for its unique noodle shapes, sizes, color and taste. And what a better way to top off the meal than with a rich pasta sauce that is bursting with a unique ﬂavor. Whether homemade or store bought, marinara and alfredo sauce have always been the chosen classic sauces, but did you know that there are many more? Here’s the inside scoop about various pasta sauces and their origins:

• Alfredo: This sauce’s name comes from its Italian creator, Alfredo di Lelio. Alfredo is a thick, white, creamy sauce based on butter or cream as well as eggs and grated cheese. It is typically served over fettuccine noodles as a main dish. • Amatriciana: Popular in Rome, this sauce has been said to originate from Armatrice, Italy. A combination of a tomato base, cured pork or bacon, grated cheese and garlic. it is a less meaty sauce than Carbonara, but still adds a delicious flavor to any pasta. • Bolognese: One of best-known pasta sauces, Bolognese is believed to have originated in the Italian city of Bologna. It is a meat flavored sauce that contains onions and vegetables such as celery or carrots. Traditionally, beef, cured ham, or pancetta are used to flavor the sauce, but pork and veal are also substitutes. Wine is usually added to give the sauce a bold taste. • Carbonara: Although the exact origin is unknown, this sauce has been known to be popular among early Italian coal miners who cooked their meat over coal fires. Carbonara is a white sauce made with eggs and grated hard Italian cheese that contains bits of meat.

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• Marinara: Marinara sauce is derived from the word “marinaro,” meaning “of the sea,” in Italian. It is known to be “the sauce of sailors.” A red sauce made from a tomato base, onions and herbs such as basil and oregano are added in order to spice up its ﬂavor. Although it complements linguini or ziti very well, it is an American favorite on almost any type of pasta. • Pesto: The most simple of the sauces, pesto sauce contains no meat and is a blended paste of fresh basil leaves, garlic and salt. Its name comes from a pestle, the tool used to grind the ingredients together. The paste is then added to olive oil in order to give it a smoother consistency. Pine nuts are commonly added as well. Don’t be shy, try a new sauce next time you crave a pasta dish. Your taste buds will be sure to enjoy it!

Most pasta that an average college student will cook is either macaroni and cheese or spaghetti. If this sounds like you, or not, there are a few things to know about cooking your pasta perfectly. Al dente is a common word associated with cooking pasta. It means “to the tooth” as in the pasta should need to be chewed some while eating it. Your pasta should not be extremely soft, in that case you have over cooked it. Follow these hints to the perfect pasta:

• Get a large enough pan and enough water. The pasta needs room to move around and absorb water. If you have a small pan, you increase the chances of the pasta sticking together. • Add salt to your boiling water. This is the only time that you can enhance the ﬂavor of your pasta. Don’t worry about adding salt to your food either because pasta will absorb the salt, like vegetables do, while cooking. Make sure to use a coarse salt. • Make sure the water boils ﬁrst. Pasta needs to be cooked in boiling water. Even if you place your

pasta in water that has not boiled it will still take the same amount of time. • Stir your pasta. You can’t just let your pasta sit and cook. This will make it stick together and create clumps. You don’t need to stir constantly, but on occasion, every 1-2 minutes, is ideal. • Olive oil? Adding olive oil to your water while cooking is actually a bad idea. Most people think that it will prevent the pasta from sticking together, which is correct, but it will make the pasta unable to absorb the sauce. • Rinsing. Cooling your pasta off in cold water is a bad idea unless if you happen to be making a pasta salad. When the pasta is cooked to al dente it has enough natural starches on the outside to make absorbing the sauce easy. If you rinse the starches off, your noodles won’t be as attracted to your sauce. If you’re cooking dried pasta, just follow the time directions on the box. Some noodles like penne will take longer to cook compared to angel hair pasta. Looking for something new? Try fresh pasta, sometimes found in the grocery store. It can be cooked in around 5 minutes.

Overlooked grains, better than spaghetti By Caitlyn Diimig AmesEats Flavors Writer The classic red sauce and spaghetti is the go to pasta meal for many, but let’s be honest, it’s tired and boring. There are a lot of overlooked

types of grain and pasta that are tastier and reap more health beneﬁts than regular old spaghetti such as quinoa, kasha and couscous.

Information gathered from: eatright.org, savvyvegetarian.com, suite101.com, organic-planet.com, usda.gov

Quinoa (Keen-wah) • Cooks faster than most grains • Is a whole grain, which means it can help prevent heart disease, cancer and diabetes • A good source of protein. It supplies all eight of the essential amino acids • A good source of ﬁber, folate, iron, phosphorous and magnesium • Gluten-free • It will ﬁll you up with only about 220 calories in one cup Try this Spanish Quinoa recipe: In a pan on medium heat, chop and sauté one medium onion, then add two minced garlic gloves, sauté until golden brown. Add a pinch of chili powder. Then add two cups of quinoa, stirring constantly for four minutes. Add 8 ounces of tomato sauce and 1 3/4 cup of vegetable stock. Cover pan and reduce heat to simmer for 20 minutes. Photo: Thinkstock.com

Kasha (Kah-shah, not like Ke$ha)

Couscous (Koos-koos)

• Popular hot cereal in Eastern Europe • Can be made using buckwheat, wheat, barley and oats. It is not gluten-free • Is a whole grain • Contains B vitamins and 5 grams of ﬁber and only 75 calories in 1/2 cup • Good source of vitamin E, magnesium, iron, copper and ﬁber

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Try this breakfast recipe: Boil two cups of water and add one cup of kasha. Turn temperature to low and cover. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes until all the water is absorbed. Serve with milk or cream, add honey to sweeten, and add fruits and nuts for extra health beneﬁts and ﬂavors.

Although couscous resembles a grain, it’s actually classiﬁed as a pasta It’s typically made from ground semolina wheat, so it’s not gluten-free A good source of B vitamins, ﬁber, protein, niacin and selenium Contains about 175 calories in one cup For extra nutrients try whole-wheat couscous

Try this salad and side recipe: Boil 1 1/4 cup water for every one cup of couscous. Serve it cold with chopped tomatoes and Italian dressing for a tangy salad. Or serve it hot, mix in peas and serve by a side of salmon.

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Professor researches emotions of music By Lea.Petersen iowastatedaily.com Music is a universal language — at least that’s what Douglas Gentile, assistant professor of psychology, says. “But, not only is it universal, it’s also idiosyncratic,” Gentile said. “Humming Buddhist monks may all sound the same to an untrained ear, while there are classical pieces everyone can agree is happy or sad.” Gentile has always had an interest in music and its way of communicating. “Music is a language; it has an emotion within its core. The information about the music is in the piece already,” Gentile said. “Even if someone heard a piece of music for the first time, he/she can still identify the emotion being represented. One doesn’t need to learn the reactions; it is there already in the music and it could be there accidentally.” “Throughout my reMusic is a lansearch, I always gave the parguage; it has an ticipants the option to say emotion within the piece has ‘no emotion,’” Gentile said. “This option, its core. The however, was rarely selected. information It was clear that while music about the music might mean something difis in the piece ferent from one person to already.” another, emotion was always considered.” To explore these findings, Gentile studied the reactions of 9-month-old babies to research the idea that emotion in music is not a learned response. It is already known that babies can understand simple emotions by facial recognition and can assign sound to objects. “If I were to beat a hammer and a triangle but only play the sound of the triangle, the baby would understand that it is the triangle making the noise, not the hammer,” Gentile said. “The baby would stare at the triangle longer than it would the hammer. You use whatever babies can do, and one thing they can do is look.” “These babies are not old enough to have already learned cultural or idiosyncratic differences in interpreting music,” Gentile said. “This study shows that some pieces of music can communicate happiness or sadness.” When the music changed from a happy piece to a sad piece, the babies perked up and noticed the difference. They looked longer aware of the change. Gentile is currently studying how media, specifically music videos and video games, influence people.

Jessica Bruning, junior in political science and director of ISU Ambassadors, and David Morrison, senior in political science, lead the group in discussing future events on Sunday night at the Memorial Union. Photo: Phuong Thao Nguyen/Iowa State Daily

>>RECRUITING.p1 hopefully it will make some impact on them.” The Ambassadors cannot closely measure success because there are so many different factors in play when the decision is actually made, but one thing

>>MILITARY.p1 “They were prepared to move me here quicker than I was ready to get here,” Morgan said. “The mission always comes ﬁrst, but if there’s a way that they can help out, they will.” Morgan found out in September that he would be retiring because there are too many people on board at senior ranks. “I’m very excited — it’s

>>ENGLISH.p1 On average, it takes a student three semesters before they can pass the TOEFL.

Ambassadors do know is: “Sen. Quirmbach has promised to submit to provide tax exemption to textbooks bought at bookstores in Iowa, so if that passes, we can count that as a plus,” Bruning said. “We are also working to get the state work-study program restarted, and we lobby for overall support of the

university.” Ambassadors encourage students to bring issues they feel are appropriate causes for which to lobby. Students can contact Bruning at jbruning@iastate. edu if an issue deserves their attention or if any groups would like to become involved.

something completely different. With every move or duty came a different challenge. This is just another switch to a different challenge,” he said. “[My most rewarding moments were] as a team, continually given challenges and succeed at them. To be able to be called upon and to execute it is the most rewarding.” As an instructor, he found it rewarding to see his students succeed as well. A proud moment for

Morgan was when he was a part of ﬂying in Korea during an exercise of simulated assault over a city. “The timing was exceptionally good,” Morgan said. Morgan was also at the embassy in Indonesia during political unrest. Through military coordination, they were able to communicate absolute real time on what was happening, which kept the ambassador informed and able to make decisions.

“[The most difficult part of a military career is] all the different ways you get pulled. You want to give everything to your job, but to your family too,” Morgan said. He also believes it gives families unique experiences. “[In the Air Force] you’re always looking forward to the next place you’re going,” Morgan said. “My lifestyle is going to be a little more stable now. It’s going to be one of the biggest adjustments.”

“I’ve been enrolled in the Intensive English and Orientation Program since August. Passing the TOEFL is very important, if I don’t pass it then I will need to take IEOP again,” said Bryann

Sotomayor, future student in mechanical engineering. The IEOP program at Iowa State helps students acclimate. Every student takes four classes every day in order to understand American culture.

Jing Jing, freshman in business, speaks Cantonese — a language spoken in Southern China — and Spanish. She lived in Costa Rica with her family since the age of 5. “I wasn’t very comfortable speaking English in the beginning. But as time went on I became more comfortable with speaking and writing the language,” Jing said. When students pass the TOEFL, they can officially register for regular classes, but some still face challenges when it comes to writing essays for class. “Some international students use translators in class, but personally, I use a dictionary and Google for Spanish-toEnglish translation,” Jing said. There are many resources available to students who are learning English. The Language Learning Center is a computer and language lab for IEOP students. Instructors and lab monitors are available to help students with material selection. There are also clubs that are available to all students. The Coffee, Tea, and English Club and the American Culture Club assist international students with their transition to Ames by allowing them the opportunity to practice their English and converse with American students.

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