Wrestling: Cyclones fall 22-13 to in-state rival Hawkeyes
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December 6, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 70 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
Sabbaticals
Board considers requests By Paige.Godden iowastatedaily.com The Board of Regents are considering the approval of the request by the Iowa Regent universities for faculty professional developMadden ment assignments for the 2012 fiscal year. “Some legislators are questioning if faculty improvement leaves should be happening,” said Warren Madden, Kaufmann vice president of business and finance. According to the uniform guidelines for Iowa State’s faculty professional development assignments, “The university recognizes that significant opportunities for professional growth and development are required periodically by faculty members and that the Faculty Professional Development Assignment Program is one of the best modes in which to
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Engineering
Professor leads asphalt research By Ben.Theobald iowastatedaily.com
VOLLEYBALL:
Upset loss ends postseason run Libero Ashley Mass reacts to a play against Creighton on Friday at the Minneapolis Sports Pavilion. The Cyclones were defeated by Creighton in the first round of the NCAA tournament, the first opening-round loss in the program’s history. Photo: Bryan Langfeldt/Iowa State Daily
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Iowa politics
Local connection key to lobbying Forum gives tips for effective techniques
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Biofuel
Algae used for energy research
By Paige.Godden iowastatedaily.com The ISU Ambassadors held an open forum, featuring three speakers who spoke about effective ways to lobby the Iowa legislature. Sen. Herman Quirmbach, associate professor of economics, has served on the Education Committee for eight years. “When you’re talking to legislatures, be polite, figure out what you want to say in advance and boil it down,” Quirmbach said. When students are lobbying, they need to make sure they bring a visual impact, whether it be the same color of shirts or a stand for legislators to look at, Quirmbach said. Each speaker told the audience the importance of speaking to their hometown representatives. “Lisa [Heddens], me, Beth Wessel-Kroeschell. Don’t spend a lot of time with us because we’re pretty much in your corner,” Quirmbach said. He said the Board of Regents aren’t just about three counties – Story, Black Hawk or Johnson – but about all 99 counties in Iowa. “When you’re here you’re my constituents,” Quirmbach said. “When you’re back home and your parents are back home, they are your representatives, and they effect your ability to get a quality education and quality faculty.” Iowa State has an advantage because the ISU Extension services
Cold, December weather often freezes sidewalks and damages asphalt on paths and streets. Christopher Williams, associate Williams professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, is head of a project that is testing bio-oil on asphalt in order to improve hot and cold weather performance of pavements. Williams has been working on the project for four years. “We fractionate the bio-oil in five or six different fractions,” Williams said. “Those different fractions have different compositions.” Williams and a research group have been working to test their data.
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Capitol for the smoking ban issues. She said she received a couple emails and letters every day at home from the students who were trying to push for a statewide smoking ban. “They kept their issue ongoing. They continually kept their names out there and reminded us of what the issue is,” Heddens said. “We get
With all the research condoned for alternate biodiesel resources, Zhiyou Wen, professor of food science and human nutrition, partakes in a pecular alternative — microalgae. Wen and a group of colleagues harvested algae and converted the oil from the algae into biofuel for alternative energy research. “It’s about lipid separation from algae, so [Wen] is going to grow the algae for us, design the bioreactor, dewatering the algae and separate the lipid from the cells and the lipids used for biodiesel,” said Tong Wang, professor of food science and human nutrition. Wen is working to create a better outlet for harvesting microalgae because it has several benefits including a high rate in productivity. “The productivity is really high; growing soybean or corn, you need a whole season, a whole year to grow, algae is about seven to 10 days per crop, per harvest,” Wang said.
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Sen. Herman Quirmbach speaks about the importance of keeping young Iowans in Iowa on Thursday in Carver. Photo: Phuong Thao Nguyen/Iowa State Daily
reach to all 99 counties, Quirmbach said. “It is much more effective, talking to a hometown representative or senator. If you’re registered to vote here, your parents are still registered to vote back there,” Quirmbach said. House Representative Lisa Heddens said she is also pretty much in students’ corner. Heddens emphasized the impor-
tance of introducing yourself to your senator through mail or e-mail. “Build that relationship, tell them your story, why you chose Iowa State, what your goals are and what your struggles were so they get to know who you are as a person,” Heddens said. Heddens said she remembers four or five years ago when students from Just Eliminate Lies were at the