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Provost: Hoffman finalist in N.M. search for president ISU Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman is one of five finalists in the University of New Mexico’s presidential search.

The current president of the University of New Mexico, David Schmidly, announced he will leave the position in June 2012, according to the University of New Mexico website.

Other finalists for the position include the provost and executive vice president of the University of Idaho, Douglas Baker; provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Kent State University, Robert Frank; special advisor to the Chair for Strategic Initiatives from the Arizona Board of Regents, Meredith Hay; and professor and president emeritus of Texas A&M University, Elsa Murano.

Hoffman has held her positions at Iowa State since Jan. 1, 2007.

Hoffman was the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997.

Afterward, she worked as the provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Chicago until 1997.

She then served as the president of the University of Colorado from 2000 to 2005.

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Photo illustration: Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily Several Iowa-based companies are working on a land investment deal that would allow them to lease land in the western part of the country for agricultural development.

African agriculture Project would grant land to conglomerate

By Kaleb.Warnock @iowastatedaily.com Several advocacy groups and media originations including Dan Rather Reports and The Oakland Institute have released reports condemning an international land development project involving Iowa State

University. The Oakland Institute, a human advocacy organization released a report critical of Iowa State’s role in the project.

Several Iowa-based companies are working on a controversial land investment deal in the Sub-Sahara African country of Tanzania. AgriSol Energy LLC and Summit Group are attempting to work out a deal with the Tanzanian government that would allow them to lease land in the western part of the country for agricultural

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Crime:

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The Department of Corrections says 21-year-old Ryan Peppels was reported missing on Monday following an unexcused absence from the facility.

He was sentenced to five years in prison on a charge of intimidation with a dangerous weapon in Boone County in August 2010.

Peppels was paroled in April and transferred to work release in August.

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development.

Iowa State University conducted research in early 2011 to offer advice to help the potential for success in the program. However, the project has continually been referred to as a “land grab,” or a scheme that aims to take land out from under Tanzanian people and leave it to large companies for the taking.

The investment companies claim that they aim to develop the fertile land in the rural areas of the western

Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Mark Rasmussen, a candidate for the director’s position of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, gives his presentation in Curtiss Hall on Monday.

Mark Rasmussen spoke Monday afternoon about his plans for the future of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, if he were chosen the new director.

Rasmussen began his presentation by giving a bit of his background. Originally from northeast Nebraska, Rasmussen grew up in an agricultural community.

“I feel growing up as a farm kid has molded me,” he said.

When the family farm ended, Rasmussen went off to graduate school while his dad started retirement. At the University of Illinois, Rasmussen studied cellulose degradation by rumen bacteria, an area of research that has remained one of his focuses through his career.

Rasmussen is currently a supervisory microbiologist and director of the Division of Animal and Food Microbiology in the Office of Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s

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region of the country. There has been strong criticism from NGOs and media outlets due to the accusation that refugees or peasant farmers are currently occupying the land AgriSol hopes to acquire.

AgriSol Energy Tanzania Limited, a joint venture between AgriSol Energy LLC and Serengeti Advisers Limited, claims that the land investment is for the benefit of the local

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Ames

Voting or not can impact student life in election

By Ashley.Seaton @iowastatedaily.com According to the Story County Auditor’s Office, Ward 4 Precincts 4 and 5 (both located on ISU campus) recorded seven votes total in the Ames City Council election Nov. 8.

These seven votes made up 0.39 percent of the total voting population.

On Tuesday, Dec. 6, there will be a runoff election between Victoria Szopinski and Chuck Jons, and there is much encouragement by both parties to get students out to vote.

Tor Finseth, liaison for the Government of the Student Body to City Council, said, “I can name a lot of reasons why students should vote. Obviously, there is a number of things that seem very apparent about how City Council plays into your life, but it’s actually a lot more than I imagined.”

Some of the issues that most concern students may include: CyRide, Campustown renovation, apartments and

off-campus housing, expanding retail space, and sustainability.

“We share CyRide with the city. ISU pays close to 60 percent of the revenue, and that’s pretty good considering that CyRide has over 5 million riders per year, and upwards of 90 percent of those are students. Since we’re only paying 60 percent of the budget, that’s a pretty good deal ... especially with fuel prices going up. We are at a budget shortfall, and this is going to go through City Council,” Finseth said.

The answer may be raising tuition for students to compensate for prices. Depending on GSB funds and the way the City Council wants to approach, there is a possibility that students might be paying more to meet the budget shortfall.

Finseth also said that there is “so much collaboration between the university and the city because of all the land that is owned by ISU. In general, six of Ames’

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All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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“Our objective is to create a large-scale agriculture zone dedicated to producing staple crops and livestock that will help stabilize local food supplies, create jobs and economic opportunity for local populations, spur investment in local infrastructure improvements and develop new, transparent markets for agricultural products,” said the AgriSol the website.

It also claims that profits gained from the farms will provide for co-op organizations and community investment.

However, Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute, vehemently believes that the investors’ intentions are not within the best interests of Tanzanians.

“If you look at the business plan, even if they just planted with corn, at the prices of corn this year, they would be making a net profit of over $300 million a year,” she said. “And that they have all kind of strategic investor status that they are demanding that means they don’t have to pay import duties, they don’t have to pay property taxes, they can repatriate their profits. So basically you leave nothing in the country.”

Mittal is not alone in her skepticism of the project.

Several experts in the field of agricultural development are also not confident in its success.

“For one thing, there’s no question that this is a land grab,” said Dennis Keeney of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and former head of the Leopold Center.

“They’re getting huge tracts of land that will not be beneficial to the Tanzanian people.”

He was wary of the effect farming will have on the land as well, especially given the fact that row crops like corn and soybeans are extremely hard on soil.

“Odds are they’re going to have a hard time supporting an irrigated crop like corn or soybeans,” he said. “The secondary effects are always different than what you think they might be.

ISU professor Emiritus, Neil Harl who is an expert in agricultural law and has worked extensively in agricultural development projects was also willing to weigh in on the issue. One of his primary criticisms is that there is a lack of transparency within the business plan, and it is difficult to tell what the role of the companies will be.

“If [AgriSol] would please give a little more insight into the objective of the project, we would be more at ease, particularly in light of the involvement of an educational institution,” said Harl.

According to Harl, one of the most important questions as to whether it is designed for long term. First, it is not clear what design is and second, whether it aims to maximize returns for interests or to help Tanzanians.

Harl stated that the crops are typically for export, and that capital is rarely funneled back. Another criticism of his is that there is very little infrastructure in the country, especially with regards to irrigation, roads and railroads - all of which would have to be built by tax money, levying an even heavier burden on the Tanzanian people.

“This is a bit worrisome to these people. How is this project going to benefit them, if it does?” he said. “It isn’t creating a model of typical displaced person can use.”

AgriSol countered the argument, claiming that they would work directly with the farmers according to their website.

“Yes, small farmers will be consulted during the next phase of our project’s development. We have just completed our feasibility analysis and preliminary planning, which included a series of listening sessions and a workshop led by us, to solicit local input from political, university and technical leaders at the national, regional and district levels. Twelve key needs were identified by our fellow Tanzanians at that workshop and will be incorporated into our program.”

Accordingly, Mittal, is critical of Iowa State’s role in the

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project. said.

“This is an investment where investors are going in with a state university very actively involved in it with this investor and they’ll be to displacing people who have been living there for 40 years,” she said.

“There are a f e w things t h a t stand out.

One is the business plan.

They’re paying almost nothing, it’s like 50 cents or whatever for the land.”

“My own heart of hearts, It its report on the project, what I wanted to do was to the Oakland Institute claims figure out a way to bring some that as many as 160,000 peo- investment to Tanzania that ple are going to be relocated on would help Tanzanians. Okay behalf of the project. it’s going to make some money “People are not happy for investors, otherwise hey, about being moved. They are that’s why they call them inbeing told they vestors. They will have 200 don’t want to go Iowa State had dollars when and give money to look at its role away. They’re they move and that’s when and say ‘as much looking for a they’ll become way to make as we’d like to a citizen,” but be involved with money, Mittal said. they want to file this, it would be money back in.”

“Their citizena conflict of ship is based H o w e v e r, interest, or at on them agreeAcker is critical least perceived.” of Oakland reing to moving away and disport because he mantling their own homes. So claims that the areas that conthere’s no relocation plan oth- tained refugees were are not er than something that sounds being considered by AgriSol. “If these plots were ever very harsh.”

Keeney, too, was worried under consideration, they are about the fate of the potential- not now,” he said. “That’s an awful thing to even consider. ly displaced people.

“They’re just going to have If you did find a set of business to go wherever they’re told. people who were willing to It’s not going to be a good out- have anything to do with kickcome,” said Keeney. “It just ing refugees of the land, who seems to be the way people would want to have anything treat those they have power to do with them? Not me personally, not Iowa State.” over.”

The acquisition of the land David Acker, Associate Dean of global agricultural is also controversial due to programs, sees things much Tanzanian laws on land owndifferently. He was the prime ership. Currently, Tanzanian contributor in Iowa State’s law prohibits ownership of role on the project and begins land within its borders by anyby stating that the term “fea- one who is not a Tanzanian sibility study” is inaccurate, citizen. AgriSol plans to avoid because ISU played a different the issue by leasing the land from the government instead role in the project.

“I think “feasibility study” of purchasing it.

The final piece of the conis not the correct word, I would describe it as pre-plan- troversial puzzle is the conflict of interest presented by Bruce ning activities.”

His previous work in Rastetter’s role in the projects Tanzania led him to want to and his position as president work alongside the Tanzanian pro tempore of the Iowa Board people and therefore spent of Regents.

“At first I was very contime in the country doing research. Acker conduced cerned because they were listening sessions with the stepping in a role they couldn’t Tanzanians and developed win,” said Keeney. He claimed a list of 12 areas with the that ISU’s decision to step Tanzanians that they thought back from the project was a an agribusiness should result of the potential fallout have in order to be socially of the conflict of interest being exposed to the public. responsible.

“They were worried about The list included programs like community trust the curtain coming up on this funds and AIDS education, one and it not looking good,” which he presented to AgriSol. he said. “Whether or not ISU However, when it came to would have done it whether he actual land studies, they had was involved or not is another hired consultants outside of questions, we may never know Iowa State, according to Acker. the answer.”

However, he wasn’t com“That interested me because it’s a new model,” he pletely against the project. He

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a l s o claimed that it could potentially help the Tanzanians.

U l t i m a t e l y, though, he feels that even with the decreased role of Iowa State, the project is still a bad idea.

Rastetter would not speak with the Daily regarding the project, but in a disclosure statement issued by Rastetter on May 1, 2011, he admitted that there was a conflict of interest.

“I am a shareholder in Agrisol Holdings, which is working with the College of Agriculture at Iowa Sate University on a Tanzania Ag Project. Previous to becoming a regent, Agrisol provided a scholarship commitment and travel expense reimbursement for travel to TZ. I additionally have 3 gifts to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa.”

Given the conflict of interest, Iowa State chose to step away from direct involvement in the project, only offering to provide basic advisory information in the future.

“Iowa State had to look at its role and say ‘as much as we’d

like to be involved with this, it would be a conflict of interest, or at least perceived as a conflict of interest if we were working on an investment that one of the regents was involved with,’ “ Acker said.

However, Iowa State will still be able to provide information on past projects to help advise investors, just as it would with other NGOs and other companies.

“We can’t be involved anymore and that’s a key point.

What can we do to be to be helpful that doesn’t involve a direct involvement?” he said. “We would basically share any of the information we have on Uganda and our approach there, hand over the blueprints, it’s public information.”

However, he is still confident in the project.

“Even if we think it’s a good project, there’s no way we could be involved directly in it,” Acker said. “I have my personal regrets because I feel

like w e could h a v e done something good, but I think we did the right thing by stepping back.”

Acker also wanted to counter the argument that there were currently no plans, on behalf of Iowa State or AgriSol. to be involved in other areas. According to Acker, AgriSol was given list of 30 parcels of land in Tanzania, place with refugees was on list, but they discarded them like other places because they had found the the Tanzanian government had not given then adequate information after doing their own investigation.

“That’s probably the sorest point because that became the focus of Dan Rather.

It’s white a black eye for the AgriSol people,” he said.

“They’re investors and they want to make money there’s no question about that, but to be considered to be kicking poor people off the land, you can dislike an investor, but I think they felt that that was kind of a cheap shot.”

Acker said that he and the university would be very happy to work with any party as long as they have a commitment to sustainable rural livelihoods, but certainly wouldn’t be anyone who would kick people off of land.

“All I can say is from Iowa State’s point of view is that we have never considered working in those areas, and would never consider it,” he said.

“Our commitment was to sustainable rural livelihoods of vulnerable farmers, vulnerable farm families. I didn’t see our role being involved in the profit aspect of it.”

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Faculty Senate

Vote proposed for new Latino/a studies minor

By Aimee.Burch @iowastatedaily.com The ISU Faculty Senate will hold its final meeting of the fall semester Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

The Senate will be voting on two items of old business.

A proposal calling for the creation of a minor in U.S. Latino/a studies will give students the opportunity to learn about the history and

current issues facing one of the largest minority groups currently in the United States.

According to the proposal, curriculum will include studies in the “educational, psychological, sociological, political, labor, immigration and cultural issues for US Latino/a immigrants and US Latino citizens.”

Senators will also be voting on a proposed amendment change in the Faculty Handbook Section 2.6.

Currently the section deals with budgetary committee appointment saying, “Each dean shall have a budget advisory council/committee with significant faculty membership, including at least one faculty senator.

The governance document should describe the membership of the college’s budget advisory committee.”

The proposed amendment will make it so that at least half of the committee will be elected by the col-

lege’s faculty.

The senators will be presented with two new proposals to be voted on at the January meeting. One proposal calls for changes to be made to the curriculum and instruction educational computing minor. The other proposal will discontinue the current graduate major in zoology.

The Faculty Senate meeting will consist of a variety of special orders of business.

The fall 2011 graduation list

will be approved, as well as a series of memorial resolutions. Another amendment change in the Faculty handbook, this one in Section 3.1 concerning appointment policies, will be presented to senators.

The Faculty Senate will also honor outgoing ISU President Gregory Geoffroy.

More information on today’s meeting and all proposals can be found at http:// www.facsen.iastate.edu/.

Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Mark Rasmussen, a candidate for the director’s position of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, gives his presentation in Curtiss Hall on Monday.

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Rasmussen presented a few goals he wants to accomplish if chosen the new director of the Leopold Center.

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Another goal of Rasmussen’s is

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Rasmussen’s presentation, along with the presentations from Abdullah Jaradat and Thanos Papanicolaou, are available to view on the Leopold Center website.

major parks and rec facilities are located on ISU land.”

There has long been collaboration between the university and the city, meaning that voting for City Council can impact students more than realized.

Chuck Jons, who is running for 4th Ward City Council representation, said, “I respect what ISU means to Ames. Because of that, I want to help ISU in any way I can and see them succeed. I think City Council can partner with ISU to create a vision.”

Jons’ perspective alludes to how much the City Council can affect students’ lives while there are living in Ames and attending Iowa State.

The Council and the university work together in more areas that not, regarding all aspects of resident and student life.

For example Finseth said, “ISU really only uses power in the summer to heat the buildings. So what happens is during the summer if a heat wave comes in, Ames residents use a ton of electricity. When the city can’t keep up with that, the university gives them the extra power. And the same thing goes for the university in the winter. When the students need the extra power for heat the city gives power to the university.”

There has also been talk of goals regarding moving most the core departments, such as ISU Legal and Ames police, off campus.

Victoria Szopinski, who is running for a 4th Ward seat against Jons, said, “Students need to be apart of the mix. We need to exercise our right to vote. It is a privilege to speak out and let your voice be heard.”

Szopinski also thinks that students can bring a unique perspective and “new knowledge” to the council.

Finseth said, “Hopefully in the next few years we’ll see a Campustown renovation and more intermodal facilities. ... It’s one of those things where they say people don’t appreciate Tab 1 until it’s shut off. It’s exactly like that.

For providing all the pollution treatment, water treatment, fire safety, all that stuff you don’t really think about and students don’t necessarily need, but it could come to play in a critical situation.”

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BP says Halliburton ‘destroyed evidence’ of spill

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and the environment,” the report concluded.

But Transocean, as owner of the rig, also was “responsible for conducting safe operations and for protecting personnel onboard.”

Meanwhile, Halliburton — as a BP contractor — was “responsible for conducting the cement job, and ... had certain responsibilities for monitoring the well,” the report said.

A spokesman for BP said in September that the company agreed with report’s conclusion.

“The Deepwater Horizon accident was the result of multiple causes, involving multiple

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parties, including Transocean and Halliburton,” Scott Dean said. “BP (has) acknowledged its role in the accident and has taken concrete steps to further enhance safety. ... We continue to encourage other parties to acknowledge their roles in the accident and make changes to help prevent similar accidents in the future.”

But in response to the report, Halliburton continued to deny any responsibility for the tragedy.

The report “incorrectly attributes the operation decisions to Halliburton,” said Zelma Branch, a Halliburton spokeswoman.

“Every contributing cause where Halliburton is named, the operational responsibility lies solely with BP. Halliburton remains confident that all the work we performed with respect to the ... well was completed in accordance with BP’s specifications for its well construction plan and instructions.”

Besides the oil, hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical dispersant went into the water.

At the peak of the crisis, in June 2010, 37% of Gulf waters — a total of 88,522 square miles — were closed to fishing due to contamination.

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(CNN) — BP is accusing Halliburton of having “intentionally destroyed evidence” related to the explosion aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that led to the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

The accusation comes in court papers filed by BP Monday in federal court in New Orleans as part of a lawsuit aimed at having sanctions imposed on Halliburton Energy Services Inc., which was a contractor for BP on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

An explosion on the rig on April 20, 2010, killed 11 people working on the rig and injured 16 others. The explosion led to more than 200 million gallons of oil being released into the Gulf.

BP alleges in its filing that Halliburton destroyed evidence on cement testing and violated court orders by not bringing forth “inexplicably missing” computer modeling results.

“Halliburton has steadfastly refused to provide these critical testing and modeling results in discovery.

Halliburton’s refusal has been unwavering, despite repeated BP discovery requests and a specific order from this Court,” the documents state.

“BP has now learned the reason for Halliburton’s intransigence — Halliburton destroyed the results of physical slurry testing, and it has, at best, lost the computer modeling outputs that showed no channeling.

“More egregious still, Halliburton intentionally destroyed the evidence related to its nonprivileged cement testing, in part because it wanted to eliminate any risk that this evidence would be used against it at trial,” the BP papers say.

Further, the documents state that two Halliburton employees testified under oath about destroying notes and samples related to analyzing the stability of a similar cement mixture that was used in the failed oil well. “[D]id you take down any notes about the slurry?”

Halliburton Global Advisor in Gulf Cementing Rickey Morgan was asked during a deposition detailed in the court motion.

“No, ma’am,” Morgan responded.

“You didn’t take any pictures?”

“No, ma’am.”

“And then you said you dumped out the sample?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“And you mentioned that the reason that you didn’t document the test and you threw out the sample was because you were worried about it being misinterpreted in the litigation?”

“Yes, that’s part of the reason yes, ma’am,” Morgan testified, according to the BP papers.

When reached for comment, Halliburton spokeswoman Beverly Stafford said the company was reviewing the details of the motion.

“However, we believe that the conclusions that BP is asking the court to draw is without merit and we look forward to contesting their motion in court.”

BP is seeking to have a “third-party specialist” examine a Halliburton computer, saying “such an examination might well recover the missing modeling results, or shed light on the circumstances of their apparent disappearance.”

BP and its two contractors — Halliburton and Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon rig where the explosion occurred — have been locked in legal battles since last year.

In September, the final federal report on the spill said BP, Transocean and Halliburton all share responsibility for the deadly explosion and ensuing oil spill.

The three companies “violated a number of federal offshore safety regulations,” according to the report, which was issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.

The report concluded that a key cause of the explosion was a faulty cement drilling barrier at the well site.

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Holidays give economic lift; will it last?

Despite a fall in unemployment numbers, released last week, we should be careful before we say “Mission Accomplished” about the economy. The flurry of retail activity that follows Thanksgiving and precedes Christmas may be strong this year but slipping into the same old consumerist mold probably won’t help cure the economy much.

The unemployment rate dropped from October’s 9 percent to 8.6 percent for November, as 120,000 new jobs were added to payrolls. Coupled with revised estimates for job gains in October (100,000 instead of 80,000) and September (210,000 instead of 158,000), the numbers paint an initially rosy picture. So do the $6 billion in online sales from the Sunday after Thanksgiving through Saturday.

But then you have to account for some 315,000 individuals who have stopped looking for a job. And you have to remember that the holidays are one of the economy’s retail sector’s most profitable seasons anyway.

Making a large part of their profit in the weeks before Christmas is a regular part of business.

Before we celebrate, we should see whether the growth was in sectors of the economy that actually produce durable goods — and jobs — or providing important services, or whether the growth was in jobs that will disappear as the holiday season ends at New Year’s Day. Restoring economic stability will require sustainable economic output.

Fleeting consumption of machines made to expire, die or become obsolete within a couple years will only fill landfills and provide work to unskilled laborers in developing countries. Where are all our TV sets, computers, cameras and toys manufactured?

The designs and technologies may come from this side of the Atlantic and Pacific, but the products overwhelmingly do not.

As Congress considers extending the payroll tax cuts, they should act in such a way that will spur long-term economic growth, not profits that will not survive after another year has passed. Volatile taxes are worse than high taxes. At least in a system with high taxes, business owners and entrepreneurs can see the government policies that will affect them. But when taxes change from year to year, we compromise lasting growth.

One reason our Constitution was written was to provide that kind of security. Government policy under the Articles of Confederation, left to thirteen states and a powerless national congress, was unpredictable. Commerce suffered because of it. Consistency is the most essential part of any tax code, and real economic growth comes from predictability rather than low taxes.

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Rail system good for LA? Trains could be next step after highway system

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alifornia’s recent decision to continue with its plans to build a high-speed rail system, despite criticism from Republicans, highlights the importance of investment in infrastructure. The project carries a high cost, $98 billion, and will not be finished until 2033. However, transportation infrastructure and accommodation facilitates the economic growth we need.

Far from being the waste Republicans in California assert it will be, the project will run 520 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco in areas whose population is expected to rise by 25 million people in the next 20 years and create some 100,000 jobs.

Lowering taxes alone will not set the economy aright, restoring confidence and raising productivity. There is no cut-and-dry, onesize-fits-all solution to a problem as complex as the economy. There are far too many national policies at work and far too many businesses of all sizes to discern or divine rules for how the economy works.

Building roads and railways, however, provides a space in which people can move and trade. In ancient times, this investment in creating a place for business consisted of building a new forum. Now, we build roads.

It’s not a matter of being Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal.

Investment in infrastructure goes across party lines. Historically speaking, there have been

By Michael.Belding @iowastatedaily.com many reasons for building such projects as the Interstate Highway System. Chances are good that you use it every break to get home. I use it every day to drive down here from my home.

President Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, noticed from his military training that projects from the 1930s to create a national system of roads, already under way, should be expanded.

National defense was not the only impetus, however. Increased traffic from automobiles wore on existing highways inadequate to new demands, and the interstate highways have proved vital in evacuating people from natural disasters such as hurricanes.

In 2009 dollars, federal spending on transportation and water infrastructure during Eisenhower’s second term averaged $25.4 billion. Kennedy’s average was $40.4 billion.

Johnson’s was $48.7 billion. Nixon’s was $44.5 billion. Ford’s was $47.8 billion. Carter’s was $60.2 billion. Reagan’s was $53.3 billion.

George H. W. Bush’s was $55.2 billion. Clinton’s was $60.6 billion, and George W. Bush’s average spending on transportation and water infrastructure was the highest, at $67.8 billion.

Ideologically, government support of public

works — roads, canals and the like — is not a new idea. Adam Smith advocated government support of infrastructure (as well as the judicial branch, a standing army and public education for the poor) when he laid the groundwork for the capitalism that so defines our way of life. Funding infrastructure is, in classical conservative thought, orthodox.

If government’s job for supporting the economy is to get out of business’ way, why wouldn’t we want to provide the means for economic exchanges to take place? If government’s job is to ensure conditions in which businesses can thrive, why wouldn’t we support more roads and railways? Lowering taxes has the same point, and putting people to work building things that will lead to other people working is not a bad solution to economic malaise.

It may also be a matter of national pride.

Whether it’s true or not, most Americans see a loss of industrial jobs in the United States.

Many believe that we no longer make durable goods or achieve great feats of engineering. The Golden Gate Bridge and Empire State Building are famous not only for the scale on which they were built; the attention they gained for it is also immense.

We have outgrown that scale. We need bigger achievements to inspire us. Skyscrapers and suspension bridges are commonplace.

Why not try our hand at something we haven’t done before?

Michael Belding is a senior in history and political science from Story City, Iowa.

Election

Inspiration for the future Gingrich looks at options ahead, not at ‘the now’

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dislike the person Newt Gingrich. However, all the reasons I dislike the person are irrelevant to the politics. Perhaps you feel the same way about the man, but looking at the politician Newt Gingrich is different. That is why I went to Johnston last Thursday, to listen to Gingrich and get information based on his political views and public actions.

Among the crowd I found a few other students. Most individuals I spoke with were eager to hear Gingrich speak, and like myself they wanted information to make the upcoming decision on Jan. 3.

Students expressed points like Stephen Quist’s with the “importance for us as Iowans to make an informed decision,” especially as the caucuses are coming up and the time to make a political decision is coming.

Maybe you’re like Quist and “like Gingrich’s policies on social security, some of his ideas on welfare reform and some of his stances on medical and scientific research.” Science and research are especially important to a community such as Ames and I wish he would have discussed these points more. Instead, he gave us his vision and even though there were parts I disagreed with, overall I found it inspirational.

Inspiration is what we need, especially now as our politics de-

By Ryan.Peterson @iowastatedaily.com generates and our economy staggers. Gingrich carefully stated that “we need an American campaign, not a Republican campaign,” and “if we truly want to rebuild America we have to be willing to make some of our friends very uncomfortable.” I don’t know if he was talking about our Republican friends or Democrat friends or both, but the point is valid. If we want a strong and successful government, we’re going to have to make a few people uncomfortable.

Gingrich made the point that “it’s wrong to focus on the mess; we’ve been here before.” All we seem to focus on is how terrible things are, but we need to look at how we’re going to solve the problems. These issues aren’t permanent; we can fix them and look forward to the times ahead, or we can trap ourselves by the inevitable.

He gave examples of 1979 and 1980 when we had “13 percent inflation, 22 percent interest rates, 10.8 percent unemployment, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and 444 days of a hostage crisis.”

When you think about all that, we’re not doing too bad. We made it through the Great Depression, World War I and II, Prohibition, the Civil War and countless other

examples. We can make it through this.

It seemed as though Gingrich wanted to focus on where we should go and how we want to shape our country in the future.

This was the core of Gingrich’s speech and this is where he wants us to “stop and revisit what this is all about.” In his words it’s about a vision of America, it’s the ability for immigrants from Serbia and Bosnia to come here, for their kids to play baseball together, and for them to live and work together.

Becoming an American is about building a future. “This is far more than debt and unemployment,” the core of what we have comes from the Declaration of Independence, “the document that founded everything.”

Although we may disagree on what it founded I appreciate his views of happiness and a cooperative America.

According to Gingrich we founded “the most radical statement of history.” It created a rule without a ruler and fixed the strongest republican government in history. Gingrich pointed out that it didn’t eliminate slavery, give everyone equal rights or fix all the problems, but it gave us a foundation from which we could.

Gingrich focuses on the “unalienable rights endowed by our creator, which consist of life, liberty, and happiness.” Too many people today think happiness come from wealth, but against the paradigm he pointed out that “to live a good life is not the same as to live a rich life.” Living a good life means “passionate dedication to

the work ethic.”

I would tend to disagree with parts of his statement, but not everything. Ethic and work are parts of happiness, I think passion is critical, and I appreciate his elaboration on happiness. What we need to look into is how to help people find avenues for their work ethic; I don’t think he would say that people have lost it, only that they have no jobs to exercise it.

What surprised me was that he didn’t elaborate on his political qualifications, which may be his strongest point. He never pushed you to vote for him, but to use his words, “I won’t ask a single one of you to be for me, because if you’re for me, you’ll vote and go home.

What I will do is ask you to be with me, so side-by-side for eight years we can remind Congress of why we hired them.” He pushed the point further that he also wanted you to remind him.

I agree with him that “we need to grow citizenship back home,” because that’s where politics is.

I encourage you to look up his history as a politician and find his qualifications. I also encourage you to find information on his policies and debate with others concerning America’s course of action. Regardless of what you think of the man, look at the politician.

The time to express your opinion is coming quickly.

Ryan Peterson is a senior in political science, history and philosophy from Northfield, Minn.

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residential contender, short flash-in-the-pan and former Godfather’s Pizza executive Herman Cain once again denied allegations of sexual harassment brought against him by four women who worked for the American Restaurant Association when he was its president and an extramarital affair with a woman who came forth with phone and other records. In suspending his campaign, he thundered, “I’m not going away!”

The Washington Post summarized Cain’s rise saying, “Cain attracted large crowds who were drawn to his straightforward style, folksy sayings (‘Awwww shucky ducky now!’) and affability.

More than once, he delighted crowds by breaking into song.

Released in the midst of his presidential run, his latest book — ‘This Is Herman Cain!’ — became a best-seller.”

While his personal story is admirable, many wondered if a common guy with almost no knowledge about economics (his 9-9-9 plan was dismissed as dangerous and unworkable) or foreign policy (he could not remember Libya) was an acceptable choice for president of the most powerful country on Earth.

At a ridiculously suspenseful event in his hometown of Atlanta, Ga., Cain paraded his smiling and waving wife behind him and addressed the expectant national news media and a crowd of supporters.

By suspending his campaign, he has effectively dropped out of the race. By not dropping out of the race, he can continue to travel the

Steffen Schmidt is a university professor of political science. country giving speeches and inserting himself into the presidential contest. He can also continue to raise and spend money until declaring a formal end to the campaign, which is the recognized status in Federal Election Commission rules.

Who will benefit from Cain’s departure? Newt Gingrich has been most frequently mentioned. Here was Gingrich’s statement after the Cain flameout: “Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan got our country talking about the critical issue of how to reform our tax code and he elevated the dialogue of the Republican presidential primary in the process. I am proud to know Herman Cain and consider him a friend. I know from having worked with him for more than a decade he will continue to be a powerful voice in the conservative movement for years to come.”

However, hold your horses, because there is also interesting information from polls that suggest Mitt Romney also could benefit from Cain’s bowing out.

A Pew poll taken shortly before Thanksgiving showed that Cain supporters are split evenly between Romney and Gingrich when they were asked for their second choice.

Of course, everyone wants the Cain followers, and Rep. Michele Bachmann’s spokeswoman Alice Stewart said, “We have received numerous calls and emails from his supporters, and we are happy to have them.”

Iowa Cain campaign workers were in shock at his new headquarters in Des

File photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain makes a speech. With the announcement of the suspension of Cain’s campaign, guest columnist Steffen Schmidt offers his take on the candidates still going strong for the Republican nomination.

Moines, where a truckload of huge Cain yard signs had just arrived. This all highlighted the unorganized and quirky nature of the rise of Cain from a novelty to front-runner in the GOP field. His demise was no less unorthodox, teasing the media until the last minute with a huge stage, music and the unveiling of his national headquarters in Atlanta only to bow out.

I was taken aback by how many folks dismissed the changes against Cain and his lack of experience in politics.

Sexual harassment has already taken its toll in the GOP with women voters and to ignore that is, it seems to me, to be reinforcing the gender gap the GOP has been trying to overcome since 2008.

I was at an event Saturday

in a small town here in Iowa and people were, for the most part, annoyed at how Cain handled this retreat. “It was disrespectful to his followers and the media to play this game of ‘guess what I’m about to do,’” said one wag.

Another Iowa sage averred, “By not ending his campaign he will be a pain in the a-- ... for the other candidates, hovering around and creating a huge distraction kind of like O’Donnell.” She was referring to 2010 Delaware Senate candidate Christine “I am not a witch” O’Donnell, who the same day as Cain suspended, invited Republicans to a meeting to pledge that they would support whoever the party nominates for the November election. O’Donnell’s invite was met with icy cold shoul-

ders by almost all of Iowa’s Republican political groups, who have had enough embarrassments with flaky political wannabes this year.

Given Cain’s gaffes and the impact of his harassment and affair, it’s not likely that other candidates will be very happy to have Cain endorse them, which he threatened to do. Clearly Gingrich does not need voters to be reminded of nasty affairs and adultery.

So it’s clear that the GOP field will welcome Cain supporters but the Hermanator himself, not so much.

My own calculus is that with Cain’s departure, the 2012 GOP race for the White House is tightening to a contest between Romney and Gingrich, although Ron Paul supporters will hate me for

saying this since they feel that he’s got momentum as well.

But, inevitably, the field of eight contenders has to shrink even if it’s under these unfortunate circumstances.

In the national poll of registered voters by Majority Opinion Research, “If the Republican presidential nomination process were a TV reality show, which candidate would you vote off the program first? — Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum?”

Bachmann and Cain were voted off first. Next was Huntsman, Gingrich, Paul and Perry, followed by Romney and Santorum.

Stay tuned.

Letter to the Editor

Not everyone is a Christian Miles Brainard is a freshman in pre-community and regional

planning.

All around me, friends and acquaintances are getting excited.

The day after Thanksgiving, the holiday lights went up and the Christmas music got cranked on. They are in the heat of the season, overflowing with cheer and a warm-heartedness.

The trouble comes, though, when people ask me what my Christmas plans are. You see, I don’t have any. I am not a Christian. I guess you could say I have family plans, some of them do the Christmas thing and I tag along, but it has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus.

When I mention that I do not share their Christian faith, oh, the surprise and the worry! How can that be? Why aren’t you?

What do you have against baby Jesus?

First off, it should not surprise people that on a campus of many thousands of students, there are people of different faiths or no faith at all. Second, why do I need to explain myself to someone who would be deeply offended if I asked them the same questions?

Christian privilege is not often discussed. Throughout the rest of year, the institutionalization of a Christian norm comes up here and there, but not as much as it does around the holidays.

I am made to defend my non-belief and am accused of being curmudgeonly and abnormal. Some people think I am un-American.

I have nothing against people enjoying holidays of their choice, but for them to assume these celebrations and the

beliefs surrounding them are universal is wrong. Not everyone celebrates Christmas, not everyone is a Christian and that’s not bizarre or unnatural.

Everyone should enjoy their Winter Break, I certainly will.

But do not make a point of accusing those who believe differently than you of being bitter, strident and misguided. They’re not.

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Late Red Sox clubhouse chief accused of ‘90s abuse BOSTON (AP) — Two more men are accusing a now-dead former Red Sox clubhouse manager of sexually abusing them and are asking for $5 million settlements, their lawyer said Monday.

Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian said he sent the Red Sox a letter last month informing them of the new allegations against Donald Fitzpatrick.

Both men, now in their 30s, were teenage clubhouse attendants in 1991 when they say Fitzpatrick molested them in the Fenway Park clubhouse. Fitzpatrick died in 2005. The statute of limitations has expired to file a lawsuit or seek criminal charges.

In 2003, the team settled a lawsuit with seven Florida men who said Fitzpatrick molested them during spring training beginning in the 1970s. In 2002, Fitzpatrick pleaded guilty in Florida to four counts of attempted sexual battery on a child under 12.

He received a 10-year suspended sentence and 15 years of probation.

Garabedian said team lawyers have asked to meet with his clients.

Red Sox attorney Daniel Goldberg did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.

Pro Golf: Woods ends his winless drought in California

Photo: Tony Gutierrez/ The Associate Press Robert Griffin III making magic happen with his feet. He was voted by the ISD Sports Editorial Board as the Heisman trophy winner.

File photo: Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily Outside hitter Carly Jenson prepares to bump the ball back to Miami during the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Championship on Saturday. Jenson had 11 kills and scored a total of 12 points for the Cyclones throughout the match, preparing the team for the Sweet 16 matches to come.

Cyclones make ready for Minnesota match

By Zach.Gourley @iowastatedaily.com As the ISU volleyball team prepares to for its Sweet 16 matchup with Minnesota on Friday, there is a feeling that there is something different about this year’s postseason run.

“A few years ago, when we beat Wichita State on our home floor to advance to the Sweet 16, it was very business-like. It was almost like there was a lack of excitement,” said ISU coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.

“After our early exit last year in the tournament, you learn and are reminded not to take it for granted.”

She said, “Saturday night after beating Miami, you could just feel the elation and that excitement. It’s just a different feeling than it was a

couple years ago.”

Compared to last year, the energy level was raised.

JohnsonLynch said that this year’s senior Stadick class of Carly Jenson, Caitlin Mahoney, Deb Stadick and Kelsey Petersen have been key in making sure this year’s team did not fall into complacency.

Jenson “It’s a great group that was probably our best recruiting class we ever brought in when they were freshmen,” Johnson-Lynch said. “They’re the core that has seen us through that rise, and they’ve been a part of a lot of great wins.”

That senior quartet is just the second class in ISU history to make

Basketball

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Earl Woods could blow smoke with the best of them, yet it was always entertaining.

Such was the case years ago when he was raving about how Tiger Woods thoroughly enjoyed the biggest stage in golf, because his son knew he could perform under pressure.

But if it that were true, then how did Woods butcher the final round of the Quad City Classic when he had a chance to win in his third start as a pro?

“It took me awhile to figure out why he didn’t win,” Earl Woods said in a 2003 interview. “Then it dawned on me and I told my wife, ‘Tiger is going to win in Las Vegas.’ Because in his subconscious mind, he did not want to win his first tournament in some ... place like Quad Cities.”

Woods ended the longest drought of his career — 26 tournaments without a win over 749 days — at the Chevron World Challenge.

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File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily Forward Royce White the ball during the ISU-UNI game Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum. White put up 15 points during the game, but at the end of the night, the Panthers defeated the Cyclones 69-62.

it to the NCAA tournament in each of their four years, with three of those years resulting in Sweet 16 appearances, as well as an Elite Eight run in 2008.

“I think that’s just proof of what [Johnson-Lynch] has done for the program, she’s just taken it and turned it around and made it almost an expectation to get this far,” Stadick said.

Jenson, an outside hitter who is averaging 3.88 kills per set on the season, said that last year’s firstround exit in a 3-2 loss to Creighton put everything into perspective for this year’s team.

“I think maybe in years past we took it for granted that we would advance,” Jenson said. “This year we’re all more grateful to move on from the first two rounds against two really good teams.”

The Cyclones will face Minnesota in the Sweet 16 in Minneapolis this Friday at 7 p.m.

Things have been better for Cyclone basketball. Things have also been much worse.

Now, coming off a loss to thenNo. 15 Michigan, in which Iowa State looked off on both ends of the floor for much of the contest, it is easy to assume things aren’t all that great for them.

But coach Fred Hoiberg has a good idea what they need to fix and is commited to figuring it out.

“It’s something a lot of teams are going through right now, is that consistent effort, fighting through those tough times,” Hoiberg said. “That’s what this team has to continue to try to strive for, is to be a team that doesn’t only play well when things are going well for us.”

The Cyclones are now set for a matchup with Prairie View A&M, and while the team said they are focused on getting the next game, they are also focused on the upcoming stretch of games leading into Big 12 play.

Senior guard Scott Christopherson said finding consistent play and simply adding to the win column are most important in the near future.

“At this point we just need to string together some wins,” Christopherson said. “And use every day as an opportunity to get better. This is where our team needs to come together and mature a little bit and mesh together.

And I think if we do that we’ll give ourselves a chance to be success-

ful the rest of the year.”

Before the season, many wondered what the Cyclones would do on the offensive end with so many guys who clearly want the ball.

Forward Royce White — who had 22 points and 13 rebounds against Michigan — said on Monday that problem has led to confusion at times, and that the team needs to find who it is on the offensive end. When they do, he said things will start to improve.

“We have to find our identity,” White said. “We have so many weapons that it’s hard to find a go-to thing or a go-to identity on offense. That’s how you can have so many weapons and go out and shoot 30 percent. Once we get those things together and running on all cylinders, we’ll be fine.”

The players are well aware that things need to improve, and no one doubts their ability to make those improvements.

Christopherson echoed White’s comments about finding each other on the court, but said he is still not sure what exactly it’s going to take to fix it.

“I don’t necessarily know the magic recipe,” Christopherson said. “As a team, we’re just... stagnant or whatever on both ends of the court. We’re just not clicking together right now. ... Some teams kind of roll over and quit, and other teams put their head down and work through it. I guess we have to decide which one of those teams we want to be.”

The Cyclones tip off against Prairie View A&M at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Hilton.

ISD Sports’ Heisman to Griffin On Monday, the deadline came for votes for the Heisman Trophy.

Media members and former winners — among others — cast their ballots for whom they thought to be the most outstanding player in college football in 2011.

So, we decided since we don’t have votes of our own, that we’d pick who we thought deserved the award.

Each of the four members of this board cast their ballots with their top five candidates. Points were given based on how we had players ranked, and the player with the most points won.

The winner of the ISD Sports Heisman Trophy, unsurprisingly, is Robert Griffin III of Baylor.

Griffin was the best player in college football throughout the season.

His final stat line from the regular season: 267-369 (72.4 percent), 3,998 yards, 36 TD and six interceptions through the air. He added 644 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground.

While it’s easy to rely on numbers to tell you the story, it doesn’t tell the whole story. If numbers were all that mattered, Case Keenum would’ve been the runaway winner of the award.

Instead, we took those numbers and we added in the fact that he was playing on a team with a defense ranked No. 109 in the nation. He led a team to nine wins, with the possibility of 10 with a bowl game win —something no Baylor team has done since 1980.

He shined in games against three (at the time) ranked teams. Wins against TCU in the opening week and Oklahoma and Texas to end the season were something this Baylor program didn’t normally do.

Not dissimilar to Iowa State, Baylor has been looked at as sort of a little brother of the Big 12 for many years.

It’s not surprising, then, that Griffin would become the first-ever Heisman winner from the school. He helped make Baylor relevant nationally —something very few could’ve predicted.

And make no mistake, this board takes off-the-field character into account as well. If we didn’t, Tyrann Matheiu probably would’ve garnered more points. A player who can stand out both on the field and off the field to the extent that Griffin has deserves recognition.

Bottom line: Apart from Andrew Luck, what college player was talked about more this season?

Griffin was the whole package in 2011 and, for that reason, he’s our winner. RG3 for Heisman.

Scoring breakdown: Robert Griffin III (40), Andrew Luck (30), Trent Richardson (24), Montee Ball (12), Matt Barkley (4), Case Keenum (2), Tyrann Mathieu (2).

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A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head that can change the way the brain normally works, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And it can happen in any sport, including swimming and diving.

ISU swimmers Dani Harris and Breanna Loeschke both suffered concussions early in the season that sidelined them for a short period of time after an accident in practice.

“They were supposed to be swimming on each side of the line,” said swimming coach Duane Sorenson. “Normally we have them swim circles and one of them forgot they were swimming a circle and the ended up colliding their heads.”

Both were taken out of the pool and put in the hands of the training staff, which gave them the entire arsenal of tests required to check for concussions.

“I don’t really know what happened,” Loeschke said. “They made us repeat all of these numbers starting from one to five forwards and backwards. It was really frustrating.”

Loeschke, however, was not out for too long, only missing two and a half weeks before making her debut for Iowa State at its Oct. 15 dual meet against Minnesota.

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“It was the first time where I was going to be swimming hard,” Loeschke said. “I was still getting little headaches and I was really scared to get back in there.”

For Harris, who was the Cyclones’ Most Valuable Swimmer a year ago, a return was not quite as smooth as her teammate’s. She was able to return for the Minnesota meet but was again sidelined due to an illness.

“I don’t like being out of the water,” Harris said. “I felt like I let the team down, and I was really worried as was going to miss a lot of meets.”

Both swimmers were able to return for the Northwestern Invitational on Nov. 18, with Harris placing second in the 200

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“Bre did outstanding at the [Northwestern] meet,” Sorenson said. “It was her lifetime best in the 100 [backstroke], 200 [IM] and 200 [backstroke].

And with Dani, it was a kind of ‘let’s just go out and see what happens’ and as each race went on she got more and more confident in herself and her ability.”

Harris and Loeschke, as well as the rest of the Cyclones, will be back in action Friday at 6 p.m. against in-state rival Iowa for the Cy-Hawk challenge.

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Photos courtesy of Bean & the Sprout ISU Alumna Christine Hilbert creates one-of-a-kind, handmade jewelry and accessories. Her business, Bean & the Sprout, is sold online and at local boutiques such as Ayden Lee in Ames. This upcycled white fold over handbag with royal purple detailing retails at $38.

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ISU alumna Christine Hilbert started her handmade jewelry and accessory business, Bean & the Sprout, just three short years ago.

Hilbert’s work includes accessories and jewelry from vintage fabrics and jewelry, all handmade from the studio in her home in Urbandale, Iowa.

Hilbert graduated from Iowa State in 2004 with a degree in fine arts and design.

After graduation she moved to Georgia where she continued to study art at the Savanna College of Art and Design. “I first started making things for myself to wear and to keep myself busy,” Hilbert said. “Pretty soon I started making things for friends and it just progressed from there.” Bean & the Sprout is now Hilbert’s full-time job.

Although her small, at-home business has boomed, Hilbert is still “the solo employee of Bean & the Sprout.” And she continues to make each and every piece by hand.

Hilbert said she gets the majority of her vintage materials from thrift stores and flea markets.

“I’m a huge thrifter,” she said. Hilbert said people she knows will sometimes bring her materials to use such as old prom dresses. Like many natural artists, Hilbert says she does not work in a “start to finish” way. “I often start something and then not finish it until I find the perfect piece to complete it,” she said.

Hilbert now sells her work accross the country, and she began selling her work at Ayden Lee in Ames last summer.

“When I went to school, we didn’t have anything like that in Ames,” Hilbert said. “I feel so lucky to now be a part of such a great boutique.”

Tia Ricklefs, owner of Ayden Lee said she has enjoyed selling Bean & the Sprout products. “I had ordered a custom headband from her after seeing her items through Etsy and Rock and Republic. After receiving the headband, I fell in love with her work and contacted

her asking her to carry her pieces in the store,” she said.

“I just knew her beautiful work, along with the idea of sustainability, would fit in perfectly with my clients,” Ricklefs said.

According to Ricklefs, clients have provided positive feedback, and she hopes to sell more work from local artists and designers.

“Absolutely I plan to continue to sell local pieces,” she said.

“Bare Root Designs earrings that I sell in the store are also made from local artists and an ISU alumna.”

She added, “I love accessories that are unique and have an original story. ... These designers spend so much time creating amazing works of art, and I have an appreciation and adoration for that. I believe that there is so much local talent out there and I have the perfect venue to showcase and support local designers and their businesses.”

Besides selling in boutiques, Hilbert also works with customers to design custom pieces. Hilbert said customers will come to her with something that maybe their grandmother gave them, and she can take that and make it into something new for them to wear.

“That’s the whole point, to take something old and make it new again,” Hilbert said.

“I am a lover of all things vintage and hunting for lost treasures,” she said. Creating something new and beautiful using touches of nostalgia is part of what Hilbert said she loves most about her work.

Hilbert also does many custom pieces for weddings. Hilbert recently designed hair pieces, bouquets and boutonnieres for a wedding party. “They weren’t all exactly the same, but they were made from many of the same fabrics and color schemes,” she said.

Other than custom orders, Hilbert rarely duplicates her pieces. “That’s part of the beauty of it,” she said. “That you have something no one else does.”

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