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FRIDAY

Student organizations

Ordinance

Students rescue felines

Railroad crossings silenced

Club created to assist homeless animals

By Tessa.Callender iowastatedaily.com

Kitten Rescue Day When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday Where: The Ark Pet Shop

Students Helping Rescue Animals, a newly created club on campus that ronmental conditions to have a happy is dedicated to helping animals, is hav- and successful life. ing Kitten Rescue Day. It will be 1 to 5 New owners will then sign a conp.m. Saturday at The Ark Pet Shop on tract agreeing not to declaw the kitten, Hayward Ave. There will be 20 felines allow for a follow-up visit three weeks up for adoption, ranging in age from 1 after the adoption and agree to only month to 12 years. give back the animal if they absolutely “These kittens were rescued from a cannot keep it anymore. bleak life of fending for themselves out“Even if someone can’t adopt, they doors, and now they need to find their can still help out by donating,” Dunham forever homes,” said Lark Dunham, said. organizer of the adoption event and Whether its kitty litter, cat food, or a SHRA treasurer. monetary donation to help with mediDunham, junior in animal science, cal expenses, all donations are greatly became interested in helping animals appreciated, Dunham said. This will be when she started working at a shelter SHRA’s first adoption event as well as in 2002 and said that this type of work The Ark Pet Shop’s first time hosting is her life’s purpose. such an event and SHRA and The Ark The kittens are currently being kept hope to continue it in the future. in various foster homes in Ames and SHRA was created by club presionce they have homes, the foster pet dent Allie Bender, junior in animal owners will be able to rescue another science. Bender came up with the idea group of kittens. Those kittens and cats while talking to a friend about her plans that will be available to be adopted have for helping animals in the future and a variety of patterns and colors includ- how she didn’t feel like she was doing ing orange, striped, calico, black, brown anything to help them now. and grey. One of them is a purebred “My goal in creating SHRA was to white Persian and another is a polydac- help local animals in need now,” Bender tyl, meaning it has extra toes. said.

The re-homing fee is $50 for one feThe group was created in February line, two for $90 or three for $120. This of 2010 and is comis about one-fifth of normal fees, con- posed sidering the veterinary work that the of a animals have received. variPast experience with cats is not necessary, but potential adopters need to consider the large commitment that adoption entails, Dunham said.

Dunham will be available to answer any questions that people have about cats themselves or adopting them.

Once adopters select a feline, a questionnaire will need to be filled out that asks several questions. Questions on the survey include history with felines, where the cat would live and why they’re interested in adopting, to name a few.

The week after the event, the kittens will be spayed and neutered using the fees that their adopters provide.

After the kitten has recovered from the surgery, it will be delivered to its new home, where Dunham will make an inhome visit to check if the animal will have the proper enviCourtesy photo: Lark Dunham

ety of different majors, not just animal science and pre-veterinary majors.

“I became involved in SHRA because it is truly dedicated to solving the problem of animal homelessness in the United States,” said Andrea Birkeland, sophomore in animal science and SHRA education committee member. “Everyone involved in SHRA is so passionate about saving animals’ lives and no other club on campus focuses directly on volunteering at and raising money for animal shelters as much as our club.”

The group volunteers Tuesdays and Fridays at the Story County Animal Shelter and Saturdays at the Boone Area Humane Society.

“My favorite part about this club is volunteering at the animal shelters,” said Birkeland. “It is so rewarding to meet the animals we are raising money for, walking the dogs and getting the cats out of their cages for a while.”

Bender has high hopes for those gaining experience through SHRA. “I hope our members gain a bet-

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WinterFest

Variety of activities available

By Michaela.Sickmann iowastatedaily.com

Orion

Kathleen Geoffroy, wife of ISU President Gregory Geoffroy, will begin handing out cups of hot chocolate to students starting at 3 p.m. Friday to kick off the annual WinterFest event.

Activities will be going on all afternoon until 1 a.m. This year the committee wanted to make sure WinterFest will appeal to all students, faculty and community members with a large variety of activities.

Marybeth Konkowski, junior in communication studies, said the WinterFest committee is expecting around 1,000 people in and out of the Memorial Union participating in events.

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Dub H

Study abroad

Student shares traveling experiences Iowa native highlights cultural, social differences experienced in Asia, the Midwest Editor’s note

Dance club showcases performers

By Lindsay.Calvert iowastatedaily.com

This is the second part of a twopart series examining the international perspectives between two study abroad experiences. The first article focused on an international student from China studying at Iowa State and the second piece shares the experiences of an ISU student studying abroad in China.

Ames High School will be invaded Saturday by 500 ISU students and community members dancing hip hop as “Dub H Goes All In.” Dub H, the ISU Hip Hop Dance Club, started in 2001 by ISU student Carin Skowronsky to provide an outlet for dance expression for dancers of any skill type.

The club started with 30 people and has grown to more than 500 members, making it the largest student-run club at Iowa State.

Dub H puts on a performance at the end of each semester. Sixteen groups ranging from 20 to 40 dancers in each will perform three shows for

By Taysha.Murtaugh iowastatedaily.com While attending Iowa State, Nicholas Woodley decided to study abroad in China because he was looking for something a bit bigger than his hometown of Wyoming, Iowa — a town with a population of 626 people. Three years later, his five programs studying abroad were just as much of a social and cultural education as an academic one.

Woodley, graduate in management and international business, has studied abroad in Shanghai; Beijing; Beppu, Japan; Tokyo; and Qingdao, China.

“China was the craziest, most mysterious and far-away place that I could think of,” Woodley said, “so I decided, ‘I’m going to go there and see what it’s all about.’”

Woodley applied for his first program of study in Shanghai through the ISU Study Abroad Center.

To fund his trips Woodley used his student loans and applied for and received scholarships.

Woodley’s first impression of China was that it was very loud.

The loud sound of horns blaring from trains that travel through Ames will be quieter beginning Monday.

Six railroad crossings in the city are to become quiet zones, where train engineers will be prohibited from routine sounding of engine horns, according to a news release from the city of Ames.

“The result is a significant improvement to the quality of life for many Ames citizens,” said Ames Traffic Engineer Damion Pregitzer.

Warning bells will continue to sound when the crossing arms go down, and train engineers will be allowed to use the engine horns for emergency reasons.

“It’ll be nice, it’ll be quieter,” said Shannon Bardole, of the United Way of Story County, 315 Clark Ave. The ordinance is from a com-

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Nicholas Woodley and his Chinese roommate near a temple in Qingdao, China. Courtesy photo: Nicholas Woodley

“In some areas of China, when they talk to each other it just seems like they’re yelling all the time,” Woodley said.

Walking the streets of Shanghai, Woodley said he saw only a few other Caucasians daily. For this reason, his dirty-blonde hair caught a lot of eyes.

“When they see somebody with

blonde hair or blue or green eyes, they’re very curious,” Woodley said.

“They want to say ‘hi’ and practice their English.”

In fact, Woodley said it was common to be greeted with a chorus of “hellos” while walking down the street.

He called this the “hello phenom-

enon,” and attributes much of this to the Chinese adherence to a “host versus guest” rule.

Woodley said the Chinese are committed to going out of their way to help people who are clearly guests to the country.

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Where: Ames High School Auditorium When: noon, 3:30 and 7 p.m.

Saturday Cost: $5 at the door.

Doors open 30 minutes before the start time.

Special guest DJ Littlefoot will DJ the event.

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>> HIP HOP.p1 “Vegas: Dub H Goes All In.�

The atmosphere Saturday is expected to be “crazy and offthe-wall because it’s Vegas,� said Barret Schloerke, assistant technical director and senior in computer engineering. “We want to create that kind of buzzed atmosphere that is in the city of Las Vegas and a sense of excitement as you walk in the doors,� said Amber Nation, Dub H event coordinator and senior in hotel, restaurant and institution management.

In addition to the fog machine, black lights, strobe lights and props, the club has some new tricks up its sleeve this year, Schloerke said. “We’ve never done some of the stuff that we’re doing,�

Schloerke said.

Casting is held at the beginning of every semester where students pick which choreographer and dance group they want.

There are no tryouts involved. “No matter what skill level you are, you can join. I had no

Biofuels

Corn stover converted into bioproducts at research farm

By Ben.Theobald iowastatedaily.com

Members of Dub H practice in a hallway Wednesday in Forker in preparation for their upcoming performance. Dub H members were spread out through the building rehearsing.

Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

formal training, Schloerke said.

All I liked to do was going dancing, and I had a place here,� Schloerke said.

Keesha Wormely is in her second year of choreographing for Dub H. “I push the people that are in my dances to progress as

>>HOLIDAY.p1 “This is one reason why we have so many different activities going on. People can go to one area, and if there is a wait, move on to the next and then return later,�

Konkowski said. “And everything we have going on is designed for people to stop, enjoy and then move on to the next fun event.�

Almost all of the events are free for ISU students. The only two events where there will be a small fee are The Empty Bowl

>>WOODLEY.p1 “You’re usually treated better than the average person in China,� Woodley said. “So it’s kind of like reverse discrimination. In America, we don’t really treat the Chinese as guests; we just treat them like more people.�

Another difference is that expectations for a Chinese student in America are different than expectations for an American student in China, Woodley said. “When the Chinese come here, we expect them to speak almost perfect English,�

Woodley said. “But when I go to China, everybody’s expectation is that I can speak zero Chinese. So the standards are different. We are held to a much lower level of expectation than the Chinese students are.�

The standards are different in academics as well. “My grades overseas averaged at about a C [in China],�

Woodley said. “Not because I’m an idiot, but because I had a lot of opportunities.�

Woodley said he often skipped classes for job opportunities, including acting and translating, and vacations. He felt free to do that because his grades didn’t transfer back to Iowa State, and he looked at those trips as learning opportunities outside the classroom. “That’s okay for me to do that there,� Woodley said, “because I’m an American studying in China. But if a Chinese person were to do that in America, that wouldn’t go so well.�

Woodley said grades are more important to Chinese students who are studying in America because they could get kicked out of the university if they don’t perform well enough. “Because Chinese universities aren’t really recognized in America, I could do whatever I wanted and it wouldn’t matter,� Woodley said.

well as they can throughout the semester. Expect us to go hard, stand out and have fun,�

Wormely said.

Steven Flagg, an Ames community member, has been involved with Dub H as a choreographer for ďŹ ve years.

His said his favorite part is “teaching and seeing [his]

Project and Art Mart.

The Empty Bowl Project consists of participants choosing and keeping a handmade ceramic bowl they can then ďŹ ll with chili or vegetable soup. These proceeds will go to Oxfam America.

Art Mart will be held in the Maintenance Shop from noon to 7 p.m.

Here people can come in and buy jewelry, glass, pottery, prints and more. Proceeds will be given to sponsoring organizations and local artists.

A new addition to WinterFest is

“But American universities are recognized the world over, so it’s important for them to do well. As long as I didn’t get an ‘F,’ I’d be all right.�

Despite skipping class, Woodley still had to study harder in China because of the language barrier. “Chinese requires a lot of rote memorization,� Woodley said. “You have to study really hard if you want to keep up.

In America, we focus more on the application of practical and useful knowledge and the Chinese focus on the attainment of knowledge and the collection of it.�

After he became more uent, Woodley said he stopped studying so much from textbooks and started learning from conversations with Chinese people. “My language level is nowhere near what [some Chinese students’] English is,â€?

Woodley said, “but for a white guy, I am fantastic. So just that is enough to surprise the Chinese kids ... they see that I am much more approachable and easy to talk to than someone who hasn’t studied abroad or studied a foreign language.�

While studying in China, Woodley said the few white students tended to gravitate toward each other and become friends. “Because I was looking to completely immerse myself, whenever I saw a white person I would run away,� Woodley said.

Making friends with people of a different culture was nothing new for Woodley.

Even in America, most of his friends are Asian. “I don’t have very many American friends anymore,�

Woodley said. “If you’re going to study the Chinese language and really get it ... you have to immerse yourself. You have to have Chinese friends and be interested in Chinese culture.�

Woodley said the Chinese and Americans are very cul-

work come alive in the dancers and challenging them to do things they probably could never do.�

Flagg said his dance groups have dynamic, challenging choreography that makes you tired by watching. “It’s very energetic,� Flagg said. “I thrive on energy.�

the aqua massage beds, funded by the Government of the Student Body, so students can come in and enjoy a relaxing massage before ďŹ nals week. “Even if you aren’t interested in any of the speciďŹ c events, pause from studying for a few minutes, walk through, around the [Memorial] Union and take in the moment,â€? Konkowski said. “It’s such a magical night for everyone to enjoy. For me these winter festivals have always been so special. What better way to ring in the holiday season?â€?

turally different, and it can be difficult to cross that gap while studying abroad. “The Chinese students here have to stretch so hard in order to reach out to American kids and make good friendships,� Woodley said.

Upon returning to America, Woodley said he experienced culture shock in his own country. “We’re an extremely informal culture,� Woodley said. “I was shocked at how rude everyone was to each other.�

He observed that Americans don’t use titles of address, which are expected as a sign of respect in China.

Americans also are more direct in conversations. They are comfortable with saying “no,� while the Chinese will be more indirect to avoid sounding rude.

In both China and America, though, Woodley said it’s more polite to speak the language of that country, to avoid being exclusive to other people.

Woodley’s girlfriend happens to be Chinese, and when they communicate, Woodley said they try to be inclusive with their conversations. This means that while they’re in America, they speak mostly English and when they’re in China, they speak mostly Chinese.

Dating is different between the two cultures as well, Woodley said. “In America we’re much more open,� Woodley said. “In China, it’s generally known that if you take your boyfriend home to meet your parents, it means you will marry that person.�

He said this made visiting his girlfriend’s parents in China pretty interesting.

While retrieving their luggage at the airport, he jokingly motioned to his girlfriend, Sophie, to pick up the bigger bag. Not realizing the joke, Sophie’s mother was horriďŹ ed by this. “In America, the women here want to be equal to the man,â€? Woodley said. “But

that’s not the case in China.�

Woodley said Chinese women are treated with a lot of respect, and for some that means being treated like a princess.

His relationship with Sophie has required compromising on some issues. “You have to realign your thoughts about different things,â€? Woodley said, “because we have different ways of thinking about a lot of different things, so we’ve got to ďŹ nd a happy medium. If the relationship is new, you tackle those issues as they come up, and then over time your way of thinking starts to come in line.â€?

Out of about 90 class credits Woodley took while studying in China, only about 10 transferred back to Iowa State.

This is because Iowa State only offers a Chinese minor and not a Chinese major. Many of the credits he took while in China were business classes, and only his language and culture classes transferred. “If I was in a betterequipped university for Asian studies,� Woodley said, “I would have a Masters already, because I went to school for more than six years. But because I’m here I only have an undergrad.�

Woodley said this makes studying in China difficult for some Americans.

However, he knew these restrictions going into the experience, and still decided to go.

Woodley graduated from Iowa State with a degree in management and international business and a minor in Chinese and entrepreneurship in August of this year.

If he were at another university that offered Chinese and Japanese, he would have earned a major in Chinese and a minor in Japanese. “What it says [I did] on paper is not important to me,�

Woodley said. “I’m looking more towards my future and what I’m really learning by having all these experiences.�

At the Biorenewable Research Farm, many projects are underway that deal with conversion or transportation of biofuels.

One project deals with using corn stover transported from ďŹ elds and harvesting, and converting it into types of bioproducts.

The project is led by Matthew Darr, assistant professor of agriculture and biosystems engineering, and Stuart Birrel, associate professor of agriculture and biosystems engineering. “Corn stover is all the material left behind after the harvesting of the grain,â€? Birrel said. “Some of that material needs to be left on the ďŹ eld, because of environmental concerns of making sure we protect the soil. There is a certain portion we can take off the ďŹ eld and utilize for bioenergy or bioproducts.â€?

Birrel has concentrated more on some of the machinery and sustainability aspects of the project. He also looks at the difficulty, as well as the cost associated with transporting the corn stover from the ďŹ elds, which is expensive. “We have a limited distance to move this material,â€? said Robert C. Brown, director of the bioeconomy institute. “Fifteen miles is as far as you can move it economically. There has been a lot of work going on in terms of the conversion of the stover into bioproducts, but not as much work on actually making sure there is a feedstock for those bioreďŹ neries and that is what we are trying to solve,â€? Birrel said. “How do we get the material to the bioreďŹ nery in a cost effective manner?â€?

The bioreďŹ ning is the process that takes raw material such as corn stover and converts it into a number of products. “It could be transportation fuels, chemicals or any type of product that essentially needs a carbon product,â€? Birrel said.

Another factor playing in the transportation of the corn stover is the period it takes to move it and weather conditions. “One of the problems we have is corn stover, essentially, is harvested about two months of a year but the reďŹ nery needs to run 12 months a year,â€? Birrel said. “You have to store the material and you have to store it so that you don’t lose too much of the dry matter during storage.â€?

Darr made an important discovery in the research which is a process called torrefaction. Torrefaction is a process in which high temperatures drying without oxygen reformulate the physical properties of the material. “We like torrefaction for a number of reasons,� Darr said. “It creates a very stable product, which will reduce our losses during storage and allow us to store the material more cost effectively than with other scenarios.�

Darr hopes that once this process has been instituted, producers will transport renewable material such as the corn stover after harvest allowing it to stabilize before the material starts to decay.

>>HORNS.p1 munity-wide study done in April 2006 that showed resident support for the quiet zones. The city worked with the Union PaciďŹ c Railroad and the Federal Railroad Administration to not only reduce the sound of the passing trains, but also to implement further safety precautions.

The railroad crossing near the United Way of Story County office will be a quiet zone, along with the crossings at North Dakota Avenue, Scholl Road, Hazel Avenue, Kellogg Avenue and Duff Avenue. In terms of safety, Bardole said, “The bars are still going to come down well before the train gets here, so I don’t think it should be a safety concern.� “The City Council opted to go with an investment in crossing safety well above the minimum required to establish a quiet zone,� Pregitzer said.

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Opinion

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Rule adherence is imperative to Dead Week Tests. Projects. Essays.

All of these words encompass the last week of school.

Campus goes quiet; Starbucks, Caribou Coffee and gas stations selling energy drinks experience a surge in college-age customers and social lives are put on hold, except for the devout few that party whenever they don’t have class. One would think, given how important the week of finals is for the ISU population, there would be a week of solitude from classes right before Finals Week so students can actually perform well on their tests — you know, something like Dead Week.

The thing is, Dead Week is all but dead. In fact, many professors actually assign their final projects and exams during Dead Week instead of Finals Week. Instead of the quiet, study-filled week that Dead Week is supposed to be, many students end up with the equivalent of two Finals Weeks. Some classes even have an exam during Dead Week and a comprehensive final during Finals Week.

We found myself in that position last semester, and it made the last two weeks of school hell for me and my fellow classmates.

Believe it or not, there are “guidelines” on the Provost’s website suggesting to professors what to do or not to do during Dead Week. One we’ll mention states, “Mandatory final examinations in any course may not be given during Dead Week except for laboratory courses and for those classes meeting once a week only and for which there is no contact during the normal final exam week.”

Really? No mandatory final examinations given during Dead Week? We can find in more than one of my classes’ syllabi where the final examination is actually scheduled to be given during Dead Week. In another class, our final exam was recently moved from Finals Week to Dead Week, thereby shortening the time we have to study, and forcing us to cram for exams. Yet, the Academic Success Center’s website states, “We are not advocates of cramming,” and even gives tips on how to cram. While those tips are much appreciated by many students, the problem is that cramming has almost become a part of a student’s semester schedule.

The real problem lies in the fact that there is no strict, enforced Dead Week policy by administrators. As mentioned before, the guidelines given by the Provost’s office are just that, guidelines. If a professor decides to hold two tests back-to-back, then ultimately that’s at the discretion of the professor.

Now, we can understand how a professor, tenured or not, would feel less than appreciative toward a university administrator monitoring how they set up their class, but the end person in mind should be the students. We are constantly told that we need to live a vibrant college experience; in my business classes, we’re constantly harped on about how the job market is only increasing in competitiveness, and that we must get as involved as possible in leadership activities.

But many professors seem to have forgotten about all of this. Maybe they have just decided to conveniently shove it out of their minds. Either way, those professors need a reality check that they’re not just teaching a class, they’re in charge of our GPA. Believe it or not, students might actually care more about the classes they attend if they could spend some time reflecting on what they’ve learned, rather than memorizing information for an exam a professor decided to assign during Dead Week in order to leave for break earlier.

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Environment

Jim Colbert, founder of the Skunk River Navy, shakes the mud out of a tire Sept. 20, 2008, in the Skunk River. File photo: Iowa State Daily

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here’s a Jamaican proverb that says, “If you saw what the river carried, you would never drink the water.”

The ISU Skunk River Navy, a group of volunteers that cleans and monitors the Skunk River, would agree. Between 1998 and 2008, the group removed more than 57 tons of trash from the river. Each fall this group, led by Jim Colbert, associate professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, spends three or four Saturdays on the river.

Having been a member of the SRN since my freshman biology class with Colbert, I remember my amazement at seeing for the first time the canoes loaded full of tires, scrap metal, pop bottles and even a refrigerator.

The SRN also has an educational aspect, giving biology students the opportunity to identify organisms living in our local river. A volunteer water quality monitoring program, IOWATER, uses the pollution tolerance of different organisms to garner information about

By Mischa.Olson iowastatedaily.com the water quality. In the Skunk River, I only found aquatic life that has a high tolerance for pollution. The contaminants have killed everything else off.

Iowa waters face another major problem, in addition to garbage: high levels of sediment and nutrients, such as nitrate and phosphate. Although Iowa’s agriculture industry is a large contributor to these problems, urban centers are also heavily involved in trash accumulation and poor water quality.

So why does this matter to you? Iowa’s rivers are an essential part of our lives, whether you realize it or not. They provide the water you drink and use on a daily basis. They provide a transportation system for people, goods, organisms and nutrients to many different areas. They provide electricity through hydroelectric plants.

They provide a habitat for many species of plants and animals.

They provide a drainage system for rainwater. And they provide hours of fun through boating, swimming, fishing and many other recreational activities.

The Iowa River Revival is an organization “formed to celebrate the numerous benefits of rivers and to urge improving them for all Iowans.” This group has taken action, deciding that what has been done so far to protect Iowa’s waterways is not enough. They are passionate advocates for efforts to improve policies and practices in land use and watershed management. They also promote local partnerships to connect recreational trails with waterways, creating “water trail” with improved portages and signage.

The Iowa River Revival is a great first step, but Iowa needs more advocates for clean, natural rivers. Don’t you want to be able to go fly fishing years from now and not catch your hook on a tire? Don’t you want fish to continue living in the river? Don’t you want to be able to go kayaking and not run into a dam of beer cans caught against a log? Don’t you want to go swimming and not climb out feeling slimy? Don’t you want to be able to trust the water you are drinking? Then realize you

need to take a stand and make a difference.

The average American produces 4.4 pounds of garbage a day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In your life, you will produce at least the equivalent of the 57 tons of trash the SRN has hauled out of the river. This trash is everywhere, not just in our rivers. Make sure that bottle you causally toss on your walk to class actually makes it into the garbage can, else it might end up in one of the Navy’s canoes next year. Or better yet, recycle the bottle and get the 5 cents back at Hy-Vee. See a napkin blowing on the ground? Pick it up and throw it away. If we all help out, even just in small ways, we can go a long way toward helping keep Iowa beautiful.

And remember, your voice will count in larger ways too.

The more voices that advocate the need to care for our waterways, the sooner we can be on the way to protecting Iowa’s miles of river — and as the Jamaican proverb says, all that they carry.

Politics

The reactor building of Iran’s nuclear power plant is in Bushehr, Iran. Iran, commonly viewed by Americans as “bad,” has possibly been labeled as such due to blind agreement with U.S. diplomats. File photo: Vahid Salemi/The Associated Press

There are no angels and demons

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henever I read the reaction of United States diplomats regarding events in any country outside the U.S. I cannot help but laugh. Similar to the idiotic way characters in Hollywood movies are presented, U.S. diplomats always show some nations as “bad” nations, the demons, and others as “good” ones, the angels.

For instance, Iran with its plans to armor itself with nuclear weapons is a “bad” nation. And the U.S., supposedly trying to refrain Iran from having such weapons, and to keep the peace in the Middle East, is a “good” nation.

I find this way of interpreting and categorizing nations very juvenile. There are no angels and demons in politics. Everyone is a demon in their own way.

Let’s take the example of Iran. So apparently the U.S. doesn’t like that Iran is imposing a threat on Israel and the whole Middle East and therefore is trying to refrain the nation from having nuclear weapons. A careful interpretation of the news can show that

By Yousseff.Hanna iowastatedaily.com this is far from being true. I always wondered why the U.S. is not pushing the U.N. to impose real sanctions on this nation.

The reason seems to be that Uncle Sam is profiting from this situation and is actually planning to make some green out of it. Because of the threat Iran is imposing on nations like Saudi Arabia, the Obama administration formally notified Congress in October to sell advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia worth $60 billion, the biggest arms sale in U.S. history. So thank you Iran for jump-starting the economy.

Similarly when I read the news about the disappointment of the fraudulent Egyptian Parliament elections held last Sunday, I couldn’t help but laugh. So it seems that the U.S. administration is not happy with democracy being violated in Egypt. Really?

The U.S. has been paying $1.3 billion every year in aid for decades with full knowledge of Egypt’s record of suppressing opposition and violating human rights. This aid is used to keep Egypt as a mediator in the peace

It is a game where only one motto exists: The ends justify the means.” process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Egypt is the second largest recipient of American aid right after Israel. And which city did Obama choose to deliver his speech to the Muslim world last year? Wasn’t it Cairo? I am not trying to defend Iran’s plans for obtaining nuclear weapons or Egypt’s fraudulent elections. I just get frustrated when U.S. diplomats picture the United States as the angels of peace. In politics, there are no good and bad people. It is a dirty game where all players have blood on their hands. It is a game where only one motto exists: The ends justify the means.

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Cyclones return to Sports Pavilion for NCAA’s first round

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By Travis. Cordes iowastatedaily.com

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For those who were around in 2008, the upcoming NCAA Tournament weekend may provide a sense of deja vu for some members of the ISU volleyball program.

Two seasons ago the Cyclones were sent to Minneapolis for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and they’ll return to the Sports Pavilion on the Minnesota campus once again this weekend.

But the similarities don’t end there.

Awaiting Iowa State are the Creighton Bluejays (20-11) of the Missouri Valley Conference, the same league that includes Northern Iowa, the team Iowa State faced in the opening round in 2008.

Just as they were two years ago, the host Gophers are again the No. 10 seed in the tournament and will again play North Dakota State in the first round.

“Most of this team was there that year,” said senior libero Ashley Mass. “So out of all the places we could have gone, Minnesota is a good spot for us.”

It’s comforting to both coaches and players that the team will once again stay close to home and play in an arena familiar to a good majority of the team. In each of coach Christy Johnson-Lynch’s five trips to the NCAA Tournament, it has never taken more than a five-hour bus ride to get to the first two rounds.

Aside from staying in Ames for the tournament last season, the Cyclones took two opening round trips to Madison, Wisc., in 2006 and 2007 and look forward to being close to home in Twin Cities.

The Sports Pavilion was extremely kind to the Cyclones in 2008, when they took down Northern Iowa and Minnesota in their home arena to reach the Sweet 16 for the second straight year. It was especially generous to senior outside hitter Victoria Henson, who had 25 kills in each

The Cyclones are making their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament trip under coach Christy JohnsonLynch. That streak is the longest active streak throughout all ISU athletics.

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Iowa State is one of only eight teams nationally to make three consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearances. Six of those teams are seeded in this year’s tournament; No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Nebraska, No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Penn State, No. 7 California and No. 9 Texas.

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Libero Ashley Mass digs while playing against Nebraska on Dec. 11, 2009, at the Qwest Center in Nebraska. Iowa State lost three straight sets to Nebraska. File photo: Iowa State Daily

of the two matches.

Sophomores Alison Landwehr and Jamie Straube will be the only starters that were not a part of the team 2008, giving Iowa State a good amount of experience and knowledge on what it takes to win tough tournament matches.

“We have a pretty veteran group but we’ve also got players that haven’t had a lot of NCAA experience that are going to be on the court,” Johnson-Lynch said. “They know we need to be mentally tough, we have to handle those critical points and we have to be aggressive.”

Members of the program are also noticing parallels dating back to the regular seasons of both the 2008 and 2010 teams.

Each squad hit rough patches throughout the season and suffered unexpected losses during conference play. But the mediocre 11-9 record posted in Big 12 matches by the 2008 team is most often overshadowed, as its lasting legacy

was the program’s first-ever Elite Eight appearance.

“We had a couple of slumps that year but we peaked at just the right time,” Mass said. “Just like that year I think we’re on the rise right now. I think we’ve looked the best we have in awhile, and you love to see that going into the tournament.”

During the final stretch of the season, the players have been noticing a significant upswing in everything from the mental aspect to the recent increase in offensive rhythm.

“Our mentality has been the biggest difference over the last few weeks,” said sophomore setter Alison Landwehr, who will see her first NCAA Tournament action Friday. “We’re much more focused and ready to go knowing that we’re preparing for the tournament.”

Johnson-Lynch’s fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament begins Friday, with a 4:30 p.m. first serve.

vs.

Iowa State (20-8)

Creighton (20-11)

Where: Sports Pavilion at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis When: 4:30 p.m. Friday Media coverage: Live streaming video available through cyclones. com. Follow Iowa State Daily writers Travis Cordes and Dan Tracy as they blog live.

Notes: Cyclones are making their fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament and will face off against Creighton, that is making its first trip to the postseason.

Iowa State leads the alltime series 5-2.

Eight ISU regular season opponents are in the tournament this season, four of which are seeded; No. 1 Florida No. 2 Nebraska, No. 5 Northern Iowa and No. 9 Texas.

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The Cyclones are 9-5 alltime in NCAA Tournament matches with all five losses coming to teams ranked No. 12 or higher.

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Seniors Victoria Henson and Ashley Mass have each played in 10 NCAA Tournament matches, second only to 2009 graduate Kaylee Manns who played in 12 postseason matches.

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In 2008, the Cyclones also played their first and second round matches in Minneapolis. In those matches, Henson had 25 kills against both Northern Iowa and Minnesota.

Henson’s 2010 season-high in kills is 24.

Men’s basketball

Cyclones look to rebound against California First loss of season gives team motivation to ‘bounce back’

By Chris. Cuellar iowastatedaily.com Coming off its first loss of the season, Iowa State will attempt to rebound against California in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum.

The Cyclones (6-1) were slowed down by rival Northern Iowa on Wednesday, and the Bears (4-2) present similar issues with their defense, as they haven’t allowed 70 points or more all season.

“I am very excited to see us bounce back,” said senior guard Jake Anderson, with a big smile on his face.

“Those types of games happen in the game of basketball, but you judge a person or a team by how they bounce back from adversity, so we’re looking forward to that.”

Fans and players alike are interested to see which ISU team can come out against a Cal team that made it to the second round of the NCAA

Tournament last season.

Against Northern Iowa, the Cyclones struggled mightily against the slow pace, shooting just 33 percent and getting outrebounded by 11.

The backcourt players that got Cal to 24 wins — including a 19-point victory over Iowa State in Berkeley, Calif., last season — are gone, but it has three players averaging double-digits in scoring to pick up the slack.

“I just remember last year they had Jerome Randle, one of the fastest point guards in the nation,” said senior guard Diante Garrett.

“Guarding him was kind of hard, but we’re just trying to get back and get some revenge.”

Returning Cyclones Garrett and Scott Christopherson combined for just 13 points in 48 minutes in the first installment of this game and are definitely looking for a turnaround against the Bears. Coming off a 7-of-23

shooting performance against Northern Iowa, Garrett just wants to get back on the right track.

“Our stroke is there, we just didn’t make shots last night, so we have to keep our head up like coach Fred [Hoiberg] said,” Garrett said.

“We need to make sure we’ve got our confidence to the roof.”

The entire team wants to forget about the UNI game as quickly as they can, and see how they perform following a loss with another disciplined opponent.

The Cyclones didn’t feel pressure being undefeated through six games but now want to get past the first loss as soon as possible.

“Maybe this loss was a good thing, maybe it’s something that we needed to get off our high horse, bring us back down to reality and let us focus more on this thing,” Anderson said.

Iowa State will see their first “Big Six” — schools that

vs.

Iowa State (6-1)

California (4-2)

Where: Hilton Coliseum When: 1 p.m. Saturday Media coverage: Game will be broadcast live on KURE radio (88.5 FM) Play-by-play: Dan Kassan Color Commentary: Mark Bargary Iowa State Daily writers Chris Cuellar and Jake Lovett will be chatting courtside during the game.

Notes: Iowa State is coming off of its first loss of the season, 60-54 at Northern Iowa on Wednesday.

are in BCS automatic-qualifying conferences in football — conference opponent of the season in Cal, but the squad doesn’t view it much differently than the team they took on in Cedar Falls.

“It’s a lot different, because I think there’s a lot more con-

Iowa State’s Diante Garrett dribbles during the Cyclones’ game against Northern Arizona in Hilton Coliseum on Nov. 12. The Cyclones will take on the California Bears this Saturday. File photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily

fidence coming in,” Anderson said.

“You really believe that you can come out with a victory.

Probably in the mid-majors, some guys are just happy to be there. These guys aren’t just happy to be here, we’re trying

to prove something and we’re trying to win.”

Getting beat on the glass against Northern Iowa was an eye-opener for the Cyclones, who had gotten past their first

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Women’s basketball

Iowa State returns home to face Big Ten opponent Fennelly wants to improve ‘team’s attention to detail’

By David. Merrill iowastatedaily.com After a week in paradise, Iowa State will square off against Michigan as part of the Big Ten-Big 12 Challenge on Sunday at Hilton Coliseum.

The Cyclones went 2-1 in the Paradise Jam Tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands, dropping a game to West Virginia.

Against Michigan, coach Bill Fennelly would like to see his team’s attention to detail improve, something that cost them in the loss to West

Virginia.

“I told my team, we’re going to play a lot of teams like West Virginia,” Fennelly said. “Big, strong, athletic teams in our league and we need to be really precise in everything that we do. When we made a mistake, they made us pay for it.”

The Wolverines come in with a 4-3 record, fresh off 9168 victory over Wake Forest.

Michigan’s Carmen Reynolds led the way with 25 points.

Reynolds is the second-leading scorer on the team behind Veronica Hicks, with Reynolds averaging 10 points a game while Hicks averages 11.

Senior ISU shooting guard Kelsey Bolte also noticed that the detail was lacking against West Virginia in the

tournament.

“Just being aggressive with the ball,” Bolte said of improvements the team needs to make.

“We’re going to have girls pushing us around all season, so that’s something we need to focus on; having confidence in your moves, things like that.”

Fennelly knows other Big Ten teams like to play a half-court style of offense and like to pound the ball inside.

Michigan coach Kevin Borseth uses a different style of offense than the rest of the Big Ten. “They’re going to spread us

vs.

out,” Fennelly said. “They run a lot of motion offenses and run a lot of different defenses.”

Because Michigan uses a lot of movement on offense, Iowa State may have to do some things differently on defense. It may force the Cyclones to play more of a man-to-man defense as opposed to the 2-3 zone they’re used to.

The Wolverines are clearly led by Hicks and Reynolds, but the other players are starting to get some experience.

Iowa State (5-1)

Where: Hilton Coliseum When: 2 p.m. Sunday Media coverage: Game will be broadcast live on KURE radio.

Station: KURE 88.5 FM Play-by-play: Kent Henderson Color Commentary: Lindee Shultice

Find the rest of the story online: To finish reading this story, and for more sports coverage, head on over to iowastatedaily.com

Michigan (4-3)

Photo: Manfred Brugger/ Iowa State Daily

Notes: Iowa State is playing for the first time since returning from the Paradise Jam Tournament played in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Cyclones went 2-1 in the tournament.

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66 Air ducts 67 â&#x20AC;&#x153;There you have it!â&#x20AC;?

68 USMC rank

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40 Item in a stirring picture?

43 Like an infamous â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?

46 Exposes 48 Make stand out 49 Divine 50 Mississippi source 53 8 on the Beaufort scale 54 Elvis __ Presley 55 Billy __ 56 â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Long, Hot Summerâ&#x20AC;? vixen __ Varner 57 Some HDTVs 58 Bright side?

59 Dallas NBAer 62 See 35-Across

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Jokes For the Day Shut Up and Trouble were walking down a path.

Trouble got lost. So, Shut Up went to the police ofďŹ cer.

The police ofďŹ cer asked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your name?â&#x20AC;?

He answered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shut Up.â&#x20AC;?

He asked again â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your name?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shut Up.â&#x20AC;?

Yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solution

The police ofďŹ cer asked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are you looking for trouble?!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, I lost him down a path about two miles ago.â&#x20AC;?

A new classic: Some kid just walked in with his class schedule on a bud light box.

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Daily Horoscope : by Nancy Black and Stephanie Clements

Cancer: Keep an Open, Creative Mind Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday (12/03/10).

Physical limitations play a part in your planning this year. Someone must heal from an injury, and you provide able assistance. Innovative thinking leads to active development, after youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done the research to discover what is possible.

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To get the advantage, check the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Your talents suggest different ways to solve problems. Think it through logically, and develop options before you begin. Then share the plan with the team.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Creative ideas abound today. You get new concepts from everyone you meet. Challenge yourself to move some of these ideas into action now.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Think up fun ways to grow relationships. A few chores may sneak onto the list, but not too many. Devote time to simply enjoy time together.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Stick to your schedule today. Draw the threads together and approach completion on a project. Wrap this one up, and save creative ideas for later.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re learning with great enthusiasm. Intelligent activity revolves around your ability to recreate what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned in words others can use.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 6 -- New possibilities for creative thoughts and action abound. Luck is with you as you make decisions, even though you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain how you did it.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solution:

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- You attract change like a magnet.

To handle the ramifications, keep an open, creative mind, and allow others to control their own destiny.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Someone in the house could use some tender loving care. As you provide it, create optimism and pass out singleplayer games. Time for rest is essential.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- Someone outside the family arrives on the doorstep, needing assistance. Although unexpected, you can dance with the circumstance. Give them what they need.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Pay extra attention to physical activities today. To avoid injury, pay attention to the terrain. That said, today can be wildly fun and even creative.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- Your mind goes in several directions to implement fanciful ideas for group activities. Enthusiasm draws everyone into the design process. Have fun with it!

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Mary Poppins said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.â&#x20AC;? You see her wisdom, as you try to handle difficult news. Express compassion in private.

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