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Dedicated basketball fans line up outside of Hilton Coliseum, waiting for Thursday night’s game against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the freezing cold Iowa winter.
ESPN College Gameday causes ticket changes By Max.Dible @iowastatedaily.com ESPN College GameDay may be coming to Hilton Coliseum. The ISU men’s basketball team will square off against No. 11 Kansas on Jan. 17 in Ames. The popular ESPN program has requested that the ISU Athletic Department keep its options open on the game’s start time to accommodate the potential presence of ESPN cameras and crews at the game. While the decision on whether or not to host a show in Ames will not be made by ESPN until the first week of January, the ISU student ticket policy has been changed due simply to the possibility of GameDay’s presence. The policy changes were laid out in an email sent from the university to all student ticket
holders. “Student ticket pick-up for the men’s basketball game versus Kansas will be at Hilton Coliseum on Saturday,” according to the email. “All student men’s basketball tickets for the Kansas game will be reserved seating, based on a first-come, first-served basis.” The alterations to the policy are intended to allow ISU fans to both claim their tickets and their seats, while still being able to attend the College GameDay broadcast. “We selected Saturday to avoid most issues with academic conflicts and to be able to allow students to wait in line inside Hilton Coliseum, thereby limiting issues with cold weather,” the email read. The university will keep student ticket holders apprised of any further changes or relevant information as it becomes available.
Music connects with physics for “Planets” concert By Carolina.Colon @iowastatedaily.com Today the Music and Physics departments will join forces to create an out-of-this-worldinspired multimedia concert for the first time in Iowa State history. The concert, “Planets,” is a seven-movement orchestra of the eight distinct planets by composer Gustav Holst. He composed his work based on astrology. This movement motivated the Music Department to expand the usual concert in music to join with the Physics and Astronomy departments. The performance provides an opportunity to feature the ISU Planetarium by creating a multimedia performance, including a large screen with standing lights presenting a series of images from a variety of NASA missions to different planets. “Music was written in the 20th Century before planets were discovered,” said Jacob Harrison, director of orchestral activities and creator of the concert. “The difference is remarkable between the music elements and how we can relate that to the planets themselves.” Harrison explained how excited he felt for this new event. “In general, this is an exciting and fun concert to learn about creative music [and a] really interesting way to show how the music and planets connect,” Harrison said. Preparation for the event included rehearsals twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. since the end of October. The ISU Symphony has a diverse pool of student musicians,
not all of whom are music majors. There are about 30 different majors represented. Samuel Hall, senior in music ,explained his feelings toward the event. “Everybody is excited,” Hall said. “The orchestra is really full of excitement for the concert. This is a really good conclusion to this semester’s concert season.” Curtis Struck, professor of astrophysics, explained how science is applied to this special event. “Science and music did develop together,” Struck said. “Science and those beliefs were born together and separated later. This is a great opportunity for people that enjoy one or the other, beautiful music and science.” Jillian Neeley, third year graduate in astronomy and physics, explained how she got involved with the event. “We worked with the music theory students when developing the documentary of the different movements of the planets,” Neely said. “I’m really interested to see this in many different ways.” Neely said this event will expand students’ knowledge about the planets by displaying the information in a creative and artful way. “Planets” is the first concert in Iowa State history performed with the collaboration of another department. Tickets were $5 for students and $10 for adults, the performance will be held in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall. The concert sold out two weeks before the event. The creators had even considered performing a second show. The concert can even be viewed online through the website: http://www. music.iastate.edu/feeds/recital/..
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When Moore, now a senior in psychology, came to Iowa State, she knew she wanted to be involved in campus somehow. “I like to help people,” Moore said. She said she had a great community adviser her freshman year who helped her to decide to become one herself. “I love that what you put into the job is what you get out of the job,” Moore said. She said she gains satisfaction from helping residents or learning new things. “In this job you learn every single day,” Moore said. Moore’s favorite part about her job is the opportunities she gets to learn and grow. Her least favorite part about being a community adviser, she
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GSB and administration propose three solutions to enrollment growth issue By Dakota.Carpenter @iowastatedaily.com Lines at the testing centers, three week waiting periods for health center appointments and traffic on Osborn Drive are things that majority of Iowa State students have had experience with this year. The Government of the Student Body has proposed a resolution to university administration to address these problems for students. Speaker of the Senate, Gabe Walsh, said that GSB senators held three working meetings to develop ideas that could eventually be proposed to administration. Three ideas that came out of the meetings were expanding the hours and staff of Thielen Health Center, increasing the seats in testing centers and eliminating traffic on Osborn Drive. “It wouldn’t have been very powerful to send to administration ‘we want you to work on these 21 things’,” Walsh said. “We figured if we come up with three specific things that those would be three things that we wanted administration to take very seriously and things we’d
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President Steven Leath announced a 4.5 percent rise in enrollment on Sept. 10. For the 2014-2015 school year, Iowa State had its largest-ever enrollment of 34,732 students.
like to see progress on.” Once GSB senators reached a consensus on the three proposals that they would present to the administration, a resolution was sent to President Leath. Leath began working with his administrative staff on the feasibility of the proposals, one such member being associate vice president, Miles Lackey. Lackey said the Iowa State administration wants to focus on enrollment issues in order to preserve the experience stu-
dents expect to have. Lackey said some of the resolutions that were proposed were regarding things administrators knew needed to be addressed. Administrators have started working on resolving wait times at the health center by increasing the hours of operation as well as increasing staff. Lackey said additional nurses and an interim physician for women’s health have been hired, and administra-
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Comedy with a purpose Cameron Esposito brings her LGBT background into her stand-up routine By Morgan.Kelly @iowastatedaily.com “The future of comedy” according to Jay Leno had the Maintenance Shop laughing ‘til they cried Thursday night. Cameron Esposito has been on a fair amount of popular television shows, including being a regular on “Chelsea Lately”, appearing on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” and “Last Call with Carson Daly” according to her website. She was also named one of the “Top 12 Comics to Watch” by LA Weekly in 2013 according to her website. Alexa Hopson, senior in liberal studies, said she came because her friend found Esposito’s videos, and fell in love with her a few weeks ago. Esposito has also published a number of writings
to her website that debate hot button issues like rape and same-sex marriage. She speaks freely and openly about her sexual identity in her writings and her standup routines, calling herself “a giant lesbian.” In fact, some of her audience was specifically there to support her because she was a lesbian comedian, “Shes a queer comedian, I support the queer community always,” said Jacob Linduski, senior in women and gender studies. The crowd was a generous mix of students and employees of Iowa State, which Esposito thought was “great, but isn’t it strange. It’s like the ultimate nark session.” She immediately began reading the audience by asking what majors a few audience members were in and then referenced the Panda Express in the Me-
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Chicago-native comedian Cameron Esposito performs a comedy routine Thursday night at the Maintenance Shop. Esposito highlighted her life as a lesbian growing up and incorporated it into her routines, embracing and representing the LGBT community.
morial Union, which was received with a thunderous roar of laughter and claps. She pokes fun at straight culture by asking the audience “Are there any straight people here? Oh yes, good good for you. I just want you to know, that I support you. I’m an ally and an advocate. Just to be really hon-
est and vulnerable with you guys, my parents are straight.” She often referenced the crowd as “just kids, who don’t know how to drink” or “little sweeties.” Esposito debunked some myths between what gay sexuality really is, and also what society has created and made it out to be.
The audience, made up of many leaders in the Lesbain Gay Bisexual Transgender community on Iowa State’s campus and other LGBT members nodded in agreement. Nautalia Black, senior in anthropology and biology, said she had seen her Buzzfeed writings and found them funny,” she
added, “It’s about time somebody dispelled myths about gay community in general.” Black continued that Esposito answered questions about sexuality in a saracastic, yet respectful way. “These are stupid questions she’s having to answer, but she doesn’t do it in a rude way,” Black said.
College of Design dean appreciates ISU atmosphere This is part third of a sevenpart, weekly series featuring the dean of each college at Iowa State. By Abby.Wadeson @iowastatedaily.com The office of Luis RicoGutierrez, dean of the College of Design, represents his love for Iowa State, even down to the woodwork. An associate dean in his college constructed the tables and shelving in his office with wood from trees that had been removed around campus. Rico-Gutierrez was teaching at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg when he was asked to interview for a dean position at Iowa State. He has been the dean of the College of Design here since 2009. “The details of your life you never know. I never planned on becoming a dean. I don’t think anyone plans on becoming a dean,” Rico-Gutierrez said. Nicole Shimp, a program assistant in the office
of the dean, said that she likes how open-minded to new ideas Rico-Gutierrez is. He came to interview in February of 2009 when the air was freezing cold and the campus was covered in white snow. “It was definitely not the weather at that time that brought me here. It was the people,” said RicoGutierrez. Rico-Gutierrez remembers that the diversity in the points of view of the people at Iowa State stood out to him. He said he saw potential in the College of Design upon arrival. Very few universities around the world have as many design disciplines as Iowa State. The College of Design at Iowa State offers degrees in architecture, art and design, community and regional planning, interdisciplinary design, graphic design, industrial design, integrated studio arts, interior design and landscape architecture. These programs work together as a unit.
Rico-Gutierrez said the people at Iowa State are warm and hardworking. He said he has noticed people here truly enjoy working together and help each other whenever they can. The campus also stood out to Rico-Gutierrez. He said his background in design and experience working with artists has allowed him to appreciate how beautiful it is. “Walking through the central area is amazing,” Rico-Gutierrez said. “From the art collection, all the way to the buildings, the landscaping, and the contact with nature. I think it’s great.” Rico-Gutierrez was raised in an old, colonial town in Mexico. He described it as having a lot of history and being similar to Philadelphia.After living in Mexico, Spain and Pennsylvania, he is happy to be settled in Ames, especially with his family. When he’s not busy at work, Rico-Gutierrez spends most of his time with family, attending his children’s school perfor-
mances and games.RicoGutierrez’s wife is a potter and he also enjoys going with her to throw clay pots. “I love the creativity that goes into it, but it’s just complex enough that it lets me forget about the world in general,” Rico-Gutierrez said. This past summer Rico-Gutierrez had the opportunity to go to Japan and it’s now his favorite place he’s traveled. He enjoyed the culture and people while he was visiting. “It’s easy to fall in love with Japan,” he said. Rico-Gutierrez told a story of a maintenance worker he saw in Japan who stopped to look at a tree. He took out a pair of scissors and spent a few minutes trimming up the tree before continuing his work. Rico-Gutierrez said he respected the aesthetic knowledge the maintenance worker had to make the tree perfect. Kevin Kane, an associate dean for research, appreciates Rico-Gutierrez’s upbeat personality.
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Luis Rico-Gutierrez was named the dean of the College of Design in 2009. He said that the people of Iowa State played a big part in convincing him that this job was going to be the right fit for him.
“Luis loves to share his affinity for making delicious Mexican food and tolerates me practicing my very sparse Spanish with him,” said Kane. Rico-Gutierrez said that he was fortunate to find something that he is passionate about and he
hopes his kids find something they are passionate about as well. He said becoming a dean was a great opportunity. “It’s one of the best things that’s happened in my life,” Rico-Gutierrez said.
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Time running out for students in dens By Eric.Wirth @iowastatedaily.com Most students sign housing contracts knowing they will have a place to stay for the duration of the academic year. However, most students assigned to residence hall dens this fall, knew they’d have to move out before the spring semester. “We were told when we got our assignments that we’d have to be out at semester,” said Timothy Pollock, a freshman in prebusiness and a resident of fifth floor Larch. It’s no surprise that increased enrollment and occupancy has placed a strain on the university housing system over the past few years. Dens were added as a housing option this year to alleviate the stress on the system while still allowing students to have an on campus living experience. While considered a temporary fix at the time, dens may become a permanent choice for housing next year due in part to a recommendation by the
Inter-Residence Hall Association. The IRHA passed a resolution on Nov. 14 recommending that den space in most residence halls, excluding Birch-WelchRoberts and Helser, be used to house students with the caveat that students must be able to reside in the dens for the whole year. “The recommendation is just for the next academic year,” said Sidney Pezley, president of IRHA. Pezley went on to say that the Birch-Welch-Roberts and Helser residence halls were excluded from the recommendation due to a lack of other common spaces in these halls. “We’ve been getting feedback from the students all semester long,” Pezley said. The IRHA has worked with representatives from residence halls to get a feeling for what students thought was the best way to utilize den spaces. Pezley said that while students noted community space was important, they felt that having their peers living in the den spaces was more so.
Pete Englin, director of residence and an adviser to the IRHA, said he was happy to see a collective effort by the student body to voice their opinion on housing issues. “We wanted them to tell us how they wanted their communities used,” Englin said. The recommendation is effective as it will add an additional 332 beds to oncampus housing next fall. The extra beds will quell some of the questions about housing, especially considering that the forecast for demand for on-campus housing next year exceeds capacity by 1,800 students. Between the added den space and the prospected renewal of leases on the Maricopa-Walton complex and Legacy tower, Iowa State should be able to meet the demands of the forecast. “We need a little more time,” Englin said as to when he thought the housing demand would level out. Englin said this isn’t the first time Iowa State has seen a jump in enrollment, saying that right now is a time of transition. The
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Freshmen Dakota Pratt, Sarah Hetrich, Madison Jordan and Brenna Sweeny live together in a den on the second floor of Helser. They have been told that they have to find a new place to live next semester.
university and Ames as a whole is experiencing some growing pains, especially in the housing sector, due to the large influx of students. Englin said that he predicts an equilibrium between housing demand and availability is just around the corner, only 18 to 24 months away. “I didn’t know what to expect, but we got along,” Pollock said in reference to him and his roommates living in his den.
Pollock said that overall he enjoyed the den experience. While he didn’t agree with the IRHA recommendation because he thought there was a larger need for common space, he thought the university was doing the best job it could to accommodate students and address the housing need. While not all parties can be pleased simultaneously, Pezley said the recommendation does express the opinion of most
students in residence halls when it comes to den usage. “It’s a reasonable compromise given the types of communities,” said Englin. While not a long term solution, the IRHA recommendation will allow for a little bit of breathing room this coming fall. It will also give students the opportunity to live on campus should they please without having to worry about moving at the end of the fall semester.
Facade Grant Program to update Campustown By Ryan.Leon @iowastatedaily.com Campustown may face revitalization beyond the construction brought by Kingland Systems. Campustown and the City of Ames recently approved a new Facade Grant Program. The program will allow businesses in the Campustown district to apply for grants to renovate their buildings. The application phase will begin within the next week to select the two pilot businesses that will be used as prototypes. The program will be funded $30,000 total that will be split into two $15,000 matching grants for any building that applies. That means that each applicant business will have to spend $15,000 in order to receive the full grant. If the business spends less than $15,000, they will
receive a match of whatever they spend. “We want a design that is different from the Downtown District,” said Richard Reynolds, president of the Campustown Action Association. The new Facade Grant Program is based on five major principles for a new Campustown. The goal is to create a transparent, social, diverse, historic and identifiable environment for students and families. Campustown recently released an idea book outlining their concepts for the program. “The goal of the program is to encourage and maintain the diverse culture and ‘uniqueness’ of Campustown, to create a vibrant and walkable Campustown, and to increase safety, security, and investment by property and business owners,” Reynolds said. These five concepts are
not required for a grant, but priorities will be given to projects that reflect the multiple concepts. The program hopes to “open up” the businesses by adding large, transparent displays to encourage window shopping and increase safety. “For Campustown, we like to see what’s going on in businesses, not only for window-shopping, but from a safety perspective as well,” said Kim Hanna, director of the Campustown Action Association. Another major goal of the program is to create new, vibrant outdoor lighting. The goal is to create a uniform street light system, but give businesses the opportunity to have their own unique lighting system. “We want the businesses to have new lighting, but we really want to keep the eclectic and diverse feel of all the different businesses,” Hanna said. “We don’t want
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The Facade Grant program will allow any business that wants to revitalize its aesthetics to spend $15,000 of their own money and then receive a full grant to match it. The project should be completed by June 30, 2015.
to be a cookie-cutter, Disney World layout.” The application process for businesses will begin within the next two weeks, but the pilot businesses won’t be selected until February’s City Coun-
cil meeting. Construction would begin immediately after, with a projected finishing date of June 30, 2015. No one will be required to participate in the grant program, and businesses will be allowed to keep their
current building facades if they want. “Campustown has many iconic businesses, but with the Facade Grant Program, we want everyone to be iconic in their own unique way,” Hanna said.
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Christmas often seems to dominate the holiday season, but that doesn’t mean that Christmas is the only way to celebrate. Those who practice religions with other festivities should not be afraid to celebrate their own traditions.
Christmas overload Don’t be afraid to celebrate your traditions By Katie.Titus @iowastatedaily.com The smells of pine and gingerbread are filling the air. Christmas lights glow bright on local homes, and a beautiful layer of snow lies on the ground. The holiday season has finally arrived and so has the abundance of commercials that come along with it. Christmas brings in more revenue for business than any other holiday. Black Friday is a perfect example of people becoming overly consumed by the media’s influence on the Christmas holiday. While some were still celebrating Thanksgiving with their families, others were out in the cold, waiting in lines for stores to open so they can
buy gifts for their friends and families for Christmas. The tradition of Santa Claus and supplying people with several gifts on Christmas day is celebrated in many houses all over the world. While it is a great idea to show loved ones you care through giving them gifts, it is also not what Christmas is truly about. Many families that are non-christian have started celebrating Christmas and are participating in the traditions that Christmas holds, such as waiting for Santa and buying presents, but what is the real reason that Christmas has become so popular among other religions? The media do not show enough support for religious holidays outside of Christmas. Holidays such as the Jewish holiday Hanukkah and the Pan-African holiday Kwanzaa are just a couple holidays near the Christmas season that many
times get overlooked by the media because of all of the attention being focused on Christmas. America is a melting pot of people from all different nations, ethnicities and religions, but as the media continue to primarily focus on Christmas this holiday season, people with religious backgrounds other than Christianity may feel out of place. A ten-year-old girl in school, for example, shows up for the class Christmas party before they are let out of school for the semester. They watch movies about Santa and eat candy canes. The only problem is that the little girl and her family do not celebrate Christmas. The little girl should not be punished for the fact that she doesn’t celebrate Christmas and should still get to participate in the school party, but what happens when she goes home that night and asks her parents why Santa doesn’t
come to her house? Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. I love to see the lights on the houses and spend time with my family next to the Christmas tree just as much as the next person, but the media and advertisers have managed to suffocate Americans so much with the Christmas culture, people who do not celebrate Christmas may feel like they are being discriminated against, and some may even begin to partake in the Christmas traditions. This is not a people problem, but an advertising and media problem. What I do not want to see is for people to stop putting a Christmas tree in the window in fear that they might offend someone of a different religion, but rather people should be able to feel confident enough to embrace their own holidays without feeling like they need to conform to the Christmas culture.
Put an end to baby circumcision By SeungWon.Kim @iowastatedaily.com The name of the source in this column has been changed to protect the privacy of the source. Many Koreans have been expressing their concerns of being circumcised through Naver, the popular website in Korea. One of them stated that he strongly believed that he could make his own decisions about his life but his parents recently forced him to follow their instruction. They sent him to a urologist to have a particular surgery that only males have, circumcision. I recently met the man, John, on the website called Suhui. During the interview, he stated that his parents congratulated him on becoming a real male at that time, however, it seems like he regrets a lot about following his parents’ instruction without having a conversation with them. Before he had the surgery, John’s dad told me that if he were uncircumcised, he would get bullied while in military service. Since most Korean young males have already been circumcised, he said he would become an outcast if he didn’t get the surgery. In addition, his mom and sister are against having relationships with un-
circumcised men because they consider uncircumcised men to have unsanitary sexual organs. John said he was trying to persuade them that circumcision was not necessary but it was hard to convince them because they were too close-minded to have a conversation with him. Although some people can take this topic uncomfortably, I think it is important to stop unnecessary violation for males. After I had a deep conversation about circumcision with John, I spent time researching the subject and deemed it unnecessary. Recently, the German government enforced a law that prohibits circumcising infants because of two reasons. First, it is too brutal to remove skin from babies. Although many doctors encouraged parents to circumcise their kids when they were born, citing that the children don’t feel any pain, in the 1990s, some doctors began claiming that since a newborn’s skin cells and nervous system are comparable to an adult, the kids do feel pain during the surgery. Of course they feel less pain than adults because adults have more skin cells than babies but babies feel more pain during the surgery because they are not anesthetized. That means
it’s a brutal violation to circumcise babies. Second, there is no hygienic benefit for circumcision. These days, less than 20 percent of men are circumcised in Asia. Korea is an anomaly with a circumcision rate over 80 percent. According to Dr. Kang, a medical reporter for Hidoc, few people are infected by hygiene-related diseases. He stated that approximately two percent of uncircumcised men were infected so far, so circumcision is not really necessary for everyone. According to The Hankyoreh, one of the most popular Korean media outlets, circumcision began in Israel and some Muslim nations because of religious reasons and not because of hygienic concerns. However, Jewish people disseminated false information that circumcision is good for sanitation during World War II. It was because Nazis were trying to find Jews and were identifying them by taking off their pants. That’s why Jewish people persuaded the American military to encourage the practice of circumcision, so that they could confuse the Nazis while they were searching for Jews. That’s how circumcision started in America. After Korea achieved independence from Japan, Korean militaries were in-
fluenced by American militaries in many ways and circumcision was one of them. Circumcision started in my country because of this questionable information from Jewish people advocating for circumcision. But the interesting thing is, most Korean men are still getting circumcised for hygienic reasons, even though the rate of circumcision is declining in America. Some might think it’s better to follow the trend to avoid becoming an outcast. However, it’s not a good trend to follow when it is a violation of human rights. Sometimes you have to teach your kids to say “no” when others say “yes” and teach them not to follow misguided instructions. There is no reason to have this procedure unless you are Jewish or Muslim. It can be a violation to your kids. Babies are not anesthetized during the surgery, so they will feel pain. Moreover, it’s not good for adults, as well because they will feel more pain than babies after finishing the surgery. According to John, he couldn’t even do any activities that ordinary males do every day for three weeks. At last, he said he did not want anyone to have the painful experience that he had. Please don’t force your kids to be circumcised in the future.
Senator Harkin proposed in 2012 that the United States raises the federal minimum wage to $10.10. As college students, many of us are currently working entry level and minimum wage jobs, so an increase in the federal minimum wage sounds great on a personal level, but looking at the bigger picture, raising the minimum wage could be the wrong choice for the United States as a whole. One reason that raising the minimum wage could be a possible downfall for the United States economy would be the job losses that would result from it, according to the CATO Institute. The first minimum wage raise of 25 cents, recorded in the United States, resulted in an increase in people being fired or laid off due to businesses’ lack of funds for more workers. Part-time workers were being pushed out of jobs and the United States ended up in an economic downturn, according to A 2011 study by Barry Hirsch. Though the loss of jobs in the U.S. seems as though it would be reason enough not to raise the minimum wage, there are other issues that may occur. Raising the minimum wage would actually have little effect on the poverty level in the United States. When the minimum wage was previously increased from $5.15 to $7.25, only 15 percent of people in the United States who were considered “poor,” came out of poverty from the wage increase. If the wages were to raise from $7.25 to $9.50, only 11 percent of poor people would benefit, according to a 2012 review by Mark Wilson. Wilson’s study went on to show that since 1995, eight studies have been done about how the poverty level is changed by minimum wage and all eight studies show that the increase of the minimum wage made little to no impact on the number of people or families that fall under the national poverty line. Raising the minimum wage is going to have an effect on everyone, not just the people that will be earning those wages. Small business owners may run into the financial issue of not being able to pay their employees, and in extreme results may even lose their businesses. The 2012 Wilson review shows that if the minimum wage is increased by 10 percent, the prices of food will also increase by four percent. In Chicago, the restaurants run by private owners will have to increase the prices of their dishes in order to pay their employees. America values entrepreneurship and the ability for people to be able to own small businesses, but if the minimum wage continues to increase, some of these business people will not be able to compete with larger corporations and may go out of business, according to a 2007 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The minimum wage was not created for people to work at these wages forever. They are set as entry levels and over time, people are supposed to receive pay raises to get out of the entry level jobs and move up through the businesses. While people who are working minimum wage jobs find it easy to say yes to raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10, in all reality, this could be a detrimental move for our nations economy.
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Iowa State delivers Arkansas first loss By Max.Dible @iowastatedaily.com The formerly undefeated Arkansas Razorbacks went hunting in Hilton Coliseum Thursday, but it was the Cyclones who came to task brandishing the sharpened edge and turning their predators into prey. The match-up between No. 20 Iowa State (5-1, 0-0 Big 12) and No. 18 Arkansas (6-1, 0-0 SEC) was billed as part of the SEC/ Big 12 Challenge. Yet, as Iowa State tore through the thick skin of the Razorbacks, exposing their soft underbellies on its way to the team’s best first half of the season, the feat appeared to be anything but challenging. In fact, the 95-77 victory appeared down right simple for the Cyclones. Iowa State forged ahead from the opening tip, as junior Georges Niang drilled the first shot of the game, a 3-pointer from the corner that set the tone for the raucous crowd inside Hilton, which functioned as a human avalanche of deafening noise and pulsing energy all night long. “The key was the start and that is something we have been working on the past few days,” said ISU baskeball coach Fred Hoi-
berg. “We knew they were going to come out and pressure us and if we could withstand a run early and take it to them that would certainly help us all the way through the game.” Iowa State withstood the thickly applied Arkansas press, which doused the ISU back court in pressure throughout the night. The Cyclones turned the ball over 11 times, but forced 14 turnovers of their own as they held the Razorbacks to 13 fewer points than the team’s previous season average. Georges Niang led the way for Iowa State on offense as he probed, poked and prodded at the Arkansas defense like a big brother mercilessly teasing his helpless sibling. Niang’s offensive drives manifested as a series of expertly choreographed dances as he bobbed, weaved and glided his way to 26 points, six rebounds and eight assists. It was a true team effort, however, as the Cyclones returned to its default setting of relentless unselfishness, leading to back-breaking marksmanship from the field. “I think guys were just flying out there. We were really moving the ball and we had great spacing and guys were knocking down shots,” Niang said. “I think
this was huge for us. Coach has been preaching that we need to get our swagger back and I think we definitely did that with this game.” Every ISU starter scored in double figures for the fourth consecutive time at home, shooting a collectively ridiculous 64 percent from the field and dishing out 19 assists. Not one ISU starter shot below 50 percent on the evening. Senior Bryce DejeanJones was practically perfect in every way during his first journey through Hilton madness, missing perfection by one wayward, putback dunk attempt on his last attempt of the night. However, DejeanJones was forgiven by the stat keepers and carried an 8-of-8 line into the locker room, ending the night with 27 points, six rebounds and two assists. The senior described his first true Hilton experience. “It was very exciting,” Dejean-Jones said. “Coming here I was told that it is magical in here and that is what it was tonight. The fans were loud and exciting and it just helped us the entire way.” Iowa State heads back to the court Tuesday to take on UKMC. Tip off is set for 6:00 p.m.
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Bryce Dejean-Jones goes up for a shot against No. 18 Arkansas at Hilton Coliseum on Thursday. The No. 20 Cyclones defeated the Razorbacks with a final score of 95-77. Dejean-Jones led the Cyclones with 27 points.
ISU football aims to tame TCU By Alex.Gookin @iowastatedaily.com Two teams will take the field at Amon G. Carter Stadium on Saturday with two completely different stories. One, an incredible success story of a team poised to play in the first College Football Playoff after finishing last season 4-8, and the other, a team winless in the Big 12 and backtracking from its 3-9 season last year. When Iowa State (2-9, 0-8 Big 12) travels to No. 3 TCU (10-1, 7-1 Big 12), no one expects the Cyclones to pull off the upset. In fact, most of the narrative surrounding the game is, “by how much will TCU win?” The Horned Frogs shot up to No. 3 in the College Football Playoff standings last week, leaving Iowa State as practically the only
thing standing between them and a shot at the national championship. “They’ve got a ton to play for and really, we don’t have a ton to play for,” said center Tom Farniok. “Their end goal is to get to the national championship and ours is to finish the right way because we know this is our last one, so it really gives you a ‘no sense of holding anything back’ mentality because this really is the end.” In what has been a frustrating season full of season-ending injuries and close losses for the Cyclones, the Horned Frogs are expected be a handful. Featuring the nation’s No. 3 offense and No. 26 defense, TCU is undeniably one of the toughest matchups of the season for the Cyclones. It is a far cry from the teams’ previous two
matchups, with Iowa State winning the first and then falling to the Horned Frogs in the final minute of last season’s game. This TCU team, however, has grown quickly from those teams. Take, for example, TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin, who has been surrounded by Heisman talk. After complimenting Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty earlier this season, ISU coach Paul Rhoads had even more to say about Boykin’s development from their first meeting. “A tremendous football player, a different football player than Petty with what he can do with his legs,” Rhoads said. “Two years ago in 2012, he certainly wasn’t developed as he is right now…Boykin and that offense at TCU has really evolved.” And for the Cyclones to see any success, it will
need its defense to step up in a big way. The Cyclones are allowing more than 37 points per game and have given up 500 yards of offense in five straight games. But weird things have happened when highlyranked teams play an under-matched ISU team. Rhoads has a history of taking down ranked teams, none more notable than the upset of No. 2 Oklahoma State, which ruined the Cowboy’s national title hopes. While the differences are obvious, the challenge remain the same for Iowa State. “They have a lot of playoff hopes and it’s exciting for us because we have a chance to go out there and compete against them and hopefully mess up those playoff hopes,” said defensive back Kenneth Lynn.
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Redshirt junior defensive back Kenneth Lynn makes a tackle against Texas Tech on Nov. 22 at Jack Trice Stadium. The Cyclones lost 34-31.
Women’s basketball keys in on important stretch of season By Harrison.March @iowastatedaily.com The end of the semester is always an important stretch for the ISU women’s basketball team, but coming off its first loss of the year escalates the magnitude of the team’s next few games. Focus is paramount as the Cyclones try to bounce back against Stony Brook on Sunday before a road trip to Iowa City on Thursday. With distractions abound, ISU coach Bill Fennelly is preaching the significance of powering through. “This is a really important time of year,” Fennelly said. “A lot of kids are looking at going home, and right now, you got to finish school, you got to finish basketball…We talk all the time about finishing things here and the ability to start, it doesn’t matter. But the ability to finish and be determined to finish something, is very important.” Bouncing back from
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Freshman guard Emily Durr gets ready to pass the ball into the paint during a game against Drake on Nov. 18. Durr played 22 minutes in the game and ended with 14 points and six rebounds in the Cyclones’ 84-67 win.
the team’s first setback of the 2014-15 campaign may perhaps be more mental than anything, however. The Cyclones played defense that was service-
able at worst, allowing St. Mary’s to shoot just 43.9 percent from the field en route to scoring only 67 points. In entirely nonFennelly-coached style, it
was actually Iowa State’s offense that put the Cyclones in peril. Iowa State shot an abysmal 35.5 percent from the floor, and despite hit-
ting 10 three-pointers, ended up falling by four points to the Gaels. One of the bright spots for Iowa State, as she has been all season, came in the form of Emily Durr, who scored 10 points in 20 minutes off the bench. The self-described ‘shooter’ has filled that role coming off the pine all year for the team and shows no signs of slowing down. “You just got to go in with nothing to lose and just play your hardest,” Durr said. “You’re going to have bad games, you’re not going to shoot as well as you hope, but as long as you play hard and your effort’s there, I think coach [Fennelly] sees that and he’s going to keep you in no matter what.” With an opponent like Stony Brook arriving at Hilton Coliseum on Sunday, Durr and the plethora of ISU sharp shooters will be presented with the chance to put on a three-point shooting clinic against the top of the Seawolves’ newly installed zone defense. “They have a new
coach this year [and] a lot of interchangeable parts,” Fennelly said. “The zone thing is different. We don’t see a lot of that.” Though the prospect of taking down a ranked Iowa squad looms large on next week’s horizon, ISU forward Brynn Williamson insisted that the team’s time and energy remains on the task at hand. “Iowa’s going to be a huge game, but right now it’s Stony Brook and, ‘How do we get past them?’” Williamson said. “I think after that game, we’ll kind of set in, especially for the freshmen, how big that game’s going to be next week.” And with more than a week to prepare since their loss, the Cyclones are itching to get back out on the court. “I think we’re hungry. We’re hungry for that next win and to come back and be stronger and be better,” Durr said. “I think we’re really hungry for a win and hungry to prove that we deserve a spot in the top [teams] of the country.”
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Divers prep for steep competition at Iowa By Alex.Crowl @iowastatedaily.com A week before the entire ISU swimming and diving team heads to Iowa City to defend the Cy-Hawk series, the ISU divers will compete in the Iowa Invitational, which is a divers-only event taking place Friday through Sunday. The divers are traveling to their event following the swimmers’ second place finish at the Kansas Invitational on Nov. 21-23, which was a swimmers-only event. In their most recent performance, the ISU divers had a strong showing against TCU, which led to a victory for the Cyclones in Ft. Worth, Texas. ISU coach Duane Sorenson acknowledged the importance of the divers stepping up in that event a few weeks ago. ISU diving coach Jeff Warrick felt great about the strong showing from his divers at the TCU meeting. “Obviously, it feels good to know that the divers did well, but really, it was a total team victory,” Warrick said. “We have been on the other side too, where maybe diving didn’t step up and do its job. It goes both ways and obviously the swimmers are doing very well. It does feel good though. We have a good, strong group.” Warrick sees that his
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Elyse Brouillette dives in the three-meter competition Oct. 18 against Nebraska. The team scores individually and as part of a team, but the swimmers and divers think of themselves as one collective instead of a number of single people. Team solidarity is important to coaches Sorenson and Warrick.
team is prepared to carry over that success to its divers-only event this weekend. “We feel ready to go,” Warrick said. “I think [the divers] are just really looking to create a good envi-
ronment so that they can compete well. Relaxing and having a lot of fun is what we are emphasizing right now.” Warrick hopes for the best out of his divers collectively and individually
heading into the rival meet in Iowa City. “It is going to vary individually a little bit,” Warrick said. “For Sydney [Ronald], this will be her first threeday college invitational. She’s never experienced
the three events, three days in a row, so this will be new for her. Elyse [Brouillette], I know, is really shooting to make finals...Julie [Dickinson] is doing well also and if we can keep Becky [Stochl] healthy, she is going to be
strong too.” Julie Dickinson, sophomore in marketing, is also having a successful season and likes where the team is at and the direction it is headed. “I feel really good about the team this year,” Dickinson said. “We are all a unit and really good friends and it has been a lot of fun.” Her teammate, Brouillette, is also having a successful season for Iowa State as the leading diver for the team. She is looking forward to getting back into the groove and seeing how she and the team perform this weekend. “It will definitely be a different kind of meet, it always is,” Brouillette said. “I think coming out after the break we are feeling pretty good, rested, refreshed and getting back into it. I think it is going to be a strong showing.” Brouillette has had some success at the Iowa Invitational in the past but is striving for a little more out of herself this weekend. “In the past, I have only been in the finals in two of the events and I want to make all three this year,” Brouillette said. “I think I have a pretty good chance of doing it. I definitely have some tougher dives but it will be good and I think we have a pretty good chance of getting quite a few [divers] into finals, if not all.”
Hockey hopes to continue on with winning trend By Luke.Manderfeld @iowastatedaily.com It has been two weeks since Cyclone Hockey entered its last matchup against Colorado State. After sweeping the then-No. 17 Rams, it was a weekend that may prove to be one of the main rallying points to turn around the just-above .500 start to the season. But we may not know the true extent of how important the sweep will prove to be until this weekend when the Cyclones take on the top team in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League and No. 6 team in the American Collegiate Hockey League, the Lindenwood Lions. Even in the team’s most trying efforts this season, Cyclone Hockey has managed to keep its confidence level high. That remains the case going into an important CSCHL matchup this weekend. “Our confidence has never been a problem all season, it’s one of the things that has never wavered,” said Cyclone Hockey coach Jason Fairman. “I’ve seen that we have high energy and a jump in our
step in practice.” After playing for 13 weeks straight, the weeklong fall break was welcomed by the players. It may be part of the reason why Fairman has seen the elevated energy levels from his team. “We’ve been going hard every week since August,” Fairman said. “So I think that the time off reenergized the guys. After watching them in practice this week, I’m happy with what I see.” The Lions proved to be a tough task for the Cyclones only a month and a half ago. After conceding the first of the two-game series by allowing a goal with 1.2 seconds remaining in the game, they lost another close game in overtime the next night. The Cyclones out-shot the opposition 79-54, but to no avail. The Cyclones know that no matter how much it may seem like they are outplaying the opposition, when facing the Lions, the game is always close. “We always have really good games against Lindenwood; they can really go either way no matter how the game is going,”
said Cyclone Hockey captain Mike Dopko. “It’s fun playing them and if we can stick to our systems, we can get a better result. We had a few unlucky bounces last time but hopefully it goes our way this time.” Lindenwood hasn’t played its best hockey in recent games, losing four of its last five games. Last time the Lions faced the Cyclones, they came into the series having dropped seven of their last eight games. Sweeping the Cyclones, however, sparked a seven-game winning streak that propelled them to sixth in the ACHA rankings. But the Cyclones are making sure that doesn’t happen again. “We know we can beat them,” said assistant captain Nate Percy. “It will come down to hard work, and I think that having a week off will give us the legs to play through the third period and help us get some wins.” Cyclone Hockey will play against Lindenwood University at 7:30 p.m. Friday, and continue with a second game at 4 p.m. Saturday. Both games are in Wentzville, Missouri at the Lindenwood Ice Arena.
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The team celebrates after scoring a goal against Lindenwood. The Cyclone Hockey team suffered a 3-2 defeat against Lindenwood on Oct. 17 at the ISU/Ames Ice Arena and another loss on Oct. 18 of 2-1 in overtime.
Volleyball set for Western Kentucky in NCAA Tournament By Mike.Randleman @iowastatedaily.com With a chance to compete at its home floor in the Sweet 16, it would be easy for the ISU volleyball team to overlook its first round matchup. Hilton Coliseum in Ames will serve as a regional host site for the third and fourth rounds of the NCAA Tournament, but first, RPI No. 15 Iowa State (18-9, 10-6 Big 12) will head to Champaign, Illinois., to face RPI No. 35 Western
Kentucky (30-5, 15-1 Summit). Though the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky hail from the mid-major Summit Conference, they have a history of past success. An 11-match win streak and an unorthodox offensive attack have the full attention of ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “They’ve been really good year after year, they play with a lot of confidence,” Johnson-Lynch said. “They’re a little bit unorthodox, their offense is a little bit different from
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what we see, so we’ll try to prepare for that on Friday night. It’s going to be a battle. It’s a good team and it’s not a team that’s just happy to be in the tournament.” The offensive attack Johnson-Lynch referred to involves the Hilltoppers setting slower, higher balls, resulting in a slower but more diverse attack. Seeing a new offense, as well as a team that has reached the NCAA Tournament in four of the past five seasons, could be enough to keep the ISU players focused on their first-round
matchup. The prospect of playing at home in the third and fourth rounds and a potential second-round matchup against perennial powerhouse Illinois looms large, but the team is doing its best to focus on the first task at hand. “It’s anybody’s game,” said junior libero Caitlin Nolan. “I think people get really caught up in, ‘Oh, this is happening, this is happening, this is our record.’ But as soon as you get to the NCAA Tournament, everyone wants it
just as equally and everyone’s record is 0-0.” With 16 teams seeded to host the first two rounds, ISU players estimated they had a 50 percent chance of hosting the first two rounds as well but were not chosen. After a brief moment of disappointment, players insisted they are happy to be part of one of the 64 teams in the tournament, especially after Iowa State was drifting toward the NCAA Tournament bubble in the middle of the season. “We’re just excited
to be in the tournament,” said senior outside hitter Victoria Hurtt. “It’s always fun this time of year to get to play the best teams and hopefully be in Oklahoma City [at the Final Four] in a couple of weeks.” Iowa State’s matchup with Western Kentucky will start at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Huff Hall in Champaign, Illinois. The winner of that match will take on the winner of the host-school Illinois and Murray State match. The second round match will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Huff Hall.
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by Linda Black
Today’s Birthday (12/5/14)
You’re the star this year (and until 2017). Organize before 12/23, and then launch. Compassion at home eases a transition after 3/20, and then new beginnings with a friendship after 4/4. Adventures include creative expression, entertaining and educational journeys, especially until 8/2015, when professional opportunities get hot. Romance surges spontaneously, surprising you with passion. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries - 7
(March 21-April 19) Practicing something you love to do goes well now. Read, write and film. Roadblocks require patience. If you get stuck, take a break and try later. Keep it practical. Simpler is better.
Taurus - 9
(April 20-May 20) A confrontation could require explanation. Hold your position. Wait for a better time to talk about money. Focus on making it, and enter a lucrative phase. The competition’s good. Proceed with caution.
Gemini - 7
(May 21-June 20) The moon’s in your sign, and you’re exceptionally clever with planning. Stick to practical ambitions. Don’t get distracted with fantasies or procrastination. Remember what you’ve been taught.
Cancer - 8
(June 21-July 22) Wait for practical answers, or for locked doors to open. Cut everyday spending without suffering about it. Delays and obstacles could hinder travels. It’s not a good time to speculate. Pay back a debt.
Leo - 8
(July 23-Aug. 22) Laughter with friends refreshes. They offer comfort and advice. Put unrealistic ventures aside and handle basics. Doubt clouds your judgment... get a second opinion from someone you trust. Play together.
Virgo - 8
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Pesky regulations could interfere with your plans. Learn so you’re stronger next time. Analysis plus intuition equals understanding. Work from home if you can. Accept love as offered.
Sudoku
Libra - 8
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today and tomorrow pose a pleasant traveling phase. A conflict or disagreement could throw a monkey wrench in the works. Cut the frills. Consider an unreasonable request.
Scorpio - 9
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Postpone an outing. Obstacles could delay the action. Take care of financial accounting and paperwork today and tomorrow, and stash the change. Focus on generating income. Cut to the practical chase.
Sagittarius - 9
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) A partner’s a big help for the next two days. Work together and accomplish practical results. Repair and reorganize. Postpone a trip until traffic’s better. Collaboration and brainstorming go well.
Capricorn - 9
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Get extra productive today and tomorrow. Ignore distractions... a breakdown at work requires attention. Accept a good suggestion. Postpone a major purchase that’s prohibitively expensive. Compare prices.
said, is writing people up for violating their housing contract. Being a second year CA, though, she said isn’t afraid to write people up, but still isn’t a fan. “I’d rather not have to deal with that, but it comes with the job,” Moore said. “We like to think in our building everyone is a good person. Sometimes people make mistakes and they learn from them.” Being a CA has a few benefits in addition to helping students, Moore said. Each CA’s room and board is paid for, plus a $720 stipend each semester. Each CA is required to work four hours a week at the hall desk, but CA’s who pick up additional hours get paid extra. There are almost 200 CAs and nearly 30 hall directors who work for the Department of Residence. CA’s have a variety of duties and that’s what keeps it interesting for Moore. CA’s have “duty nights,” when they go on rounds to make sure that the residence building is okay, which gives them time to chat with the residents and get to know them better. Moore said CA’s also have a “CA night” where they have a staff meeting, program meeting and hall cabinet meeting. Moore estimates she spends about four hours each day focusing on CA duties.
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Wallace and Wilson, otherwise known as Towers, community advisers play charades during their weekly meeting as a stress reliever with the busy holiday season quickly approaching before discussing business.
CAs are expected to be in the building and to be visible. She reaches out to her residents on a regular basis. “My door may not be open, but I’m always here,” Moore said. Nolan Hickey, freshman in business and a resident on Moore’s floor, said he appreciates that she takes the time to get to know her residents by organizing group dinners for the floor. “No matter what, she is there to be a friend and help you succeed,” Hickey said. Veronika Graves, a
freshman in elementary education, said she is comforted by Moore’s warm personality. “She is always willing to listen and help in any way she can,” Graves said. In her free time, Moore enjoys hanging out with friends and family. When she isn’t busy performing CA tasks, she likes to find other things to do on campus. She attends ISU After Dark and Cyclone Cinema at Carver Hall. Moore plans to pursue a graduate degree in social psychology. She also would like to continue to stay in-
volved in the Department of Residence whether it’s at Iowa State or another university. Moore said that being a CA has helped her prepare for her career. She has learned life skills, including how to stay organized, how to confront situations and how to communicate with people in an appropriate manner. Moore said she would encourage anyone who is considered being a CA to go ahead and apply. “It’s been one of the best experiences of my life,” Moore said.
Students have been complaining about computers shutting down during tests, issues with the tests themselves and issues with the test proctors. Walsh said that a lot of these problems can be attributed to overuse of the facilities. Nick Allmon, a freshman in engineering, said that one of the biggest problems with the testing centers is that there are only two of them. “A lot of times they are both full,” Allmon said. “If they’re both full at the same time I can’t get anything done.” Tom Brumm, director of the ISU Testing Center, said testing center seats will be increased from 219 to 448 during finals week. By increasing the amount of seats, the testing centers will be able to accommodate 18,000 online exams. “We’ve increased the staffing levels and IT support at the testing centers,”
Lackey said. Administration also will be developing a twitter account that will post wait times at the testing centers so students are able to know when seats are available. “We’re trying to add additional seats and balance the load across finals week in multiple locations,” Lackey said. The third recommendation GSB proposed was trying to eliminate some of the traffic on Osborn Drive and adding a bike lane. Student safety is a priority and Allmon said that when he is walking near or across Osborn that he doesn’t feel safe. “I feel like I’m going to get hit. Drivers are agitated when they’re over there. They don’t drive safely,” Allmon said. Although Osborn is a concern to GSB and university administration, working to eliminate congestion will be an ongoing process. “The health center and
the testing centers [have solutions] that are a little more straight forward. With Osborn, we are studying that now,” Lackey said. Administrators are currently working with the transit board to figure out ways to improve trafficflow. Lackey said that discussions have come up about reducing the number and locations of bus stops on Osborn. GSB suggested building a parking ramp in order to avoid congestion as a viable option. GSB and administrators are excited to work together in order to implement the plans they feel will benefit a vast majority of students at Iowa State. “I anticipate and look forward to continuing that conversation with [the GSB]. Ultimately, we want to make sure that we continue to provide that student experience that our students expect,” Lackey said.
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ENROLLMENT p1 tors are currently working to branch out to other local healthcare providers in the area. Walsh said that some students are waiting as many as three weeks in order to be seen by a healthcare professional at the health center. He said that with students having that long of a wait leads to students not going to class due to their illness. “We’re trying to get them to expand their hours of operation because obviously they aren’t able to meet the needs of students right now and that’s completely unacceptable,” Walsh said. The second recommendation presented dealt with the lack of efficiency at the two testing centers on campus. “People are upset that they are waiting four and five hours to get into the testing centers,” Walsh said.
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