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Cotton yields evolutionary genome clues By Bethany Pint Daily Staff Writer Jonathan Wendel brought all of the cotton plants he could stuff in his 1980 Toyota SR5 hatchback and a U-Haul when he came to Iowa State. That was in 1986. Wendel, professor and chair of the ecology/evolution and organismal biology department, has been studying cotton and its genomes for more than 25 years. “It’s just been an incredible adventure,” Wendel said. “I believe he is the only person in the upper Midwest doing any research with the cotton,” said Steve Mahoney, greenhouse manager for the Bessey Hall greenhouse. “This is not like looking at corn or soybeans or small grains that typically people would look at here, cotton is a very specific crop.” Mahoney said Iowa State is home to one of the largest — if not the largest — cotton crops in the upper Midwest. Cotton simply isn’t grown in Iowa because of the short summer growing season. Typically cotton is grown in the southern part of the United States, Mahoney said. “We have one of the larger crops of cotton at an educational institution, that’s just my guess,” Mahoney said. There are more than 1,000 pots of cotton growing in the greenhouses in Bessey Hall and Horticulture Hall, Wendel said. He said there are 50 species of cotton derived from all parts of the

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Activist addresses lack of leadership By Taysha Murtaugh Daily Correspondent “Don’t make me feel like I’m by myself,” said Jeff Johnson, nationally renowned social activist, journalist and political commentator. He spoke Monday night in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union and asked for audience participation in the style of “call and response,” relating his interactive approach to that of a black gospel church. Speaking as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Series and cosponsored by a variety of ISU groups, Johnson covered issues of leadership, the attitudes of the post-Civil Rights movement and the development of the black church. There’s a fundamental problem with how leadership is defined, and what society will allow leadership to be, Johnson said. “[It’s] about attendance rather than transformation.” He stressed the importance of doing more than just showing up and going by the book. Johnson criticized student organizations because most lack agendas and foundations, don’t address fundamental issues and waste time in meetings. “Most student organizations are ‘wacked’ not because the students aren’t talented or driven,” he said, “but because they aren’t trained.” Johnson said this training is an important step towards instilling effective student leadership, in addition to establishing an actual agenda and covering serious issues like HPV infection on campus. Johnson said he learned more working with the NAACP than any other experience “while hating it.” He said although the NAACP has an incredible amount of volunteers and potential, he grew frustrated with the group’s “antiquated methodology” and concern with gaining support

rather than building an agenda. Too many times people get caught up in gaining Johnson members and not enough on starting programs to actually get something done, he said. Johnson offered a metaphor stating that the conductor of a train isn’t judged on the number of people on board, but whether or not it’s able to leave the station and arrive at the next on time. Johnson urged the audience to move forward with passion and stop waiting. “Don’t diminish the name of those who show up in the name of those who don’t,” he said. Johnson said our generation’s skewed idea of leadership is evident as we frequently look to athletes, musicians, artists and entertainers to provide it. “What makes us believe that going platinum means you have the ability to provide leadership?” he asked. “Most hip hop artists are waiting to be led by you,” Johnson said, “but you want them to provide the agenda.” As the host of BET Network’s talk show “The Truth with Jeff Johnson,” former national director of the Youth and College Division of the NAACP and vice president of Russell Simmons’s Hip Hop Summit Action Network, Johnson is widely considered to be one of the most prominent and influential voices of this generation and especially of black youth. Johnson met with one of the event’s sponsors, Black Student Alliance for dinner and open discussion before his speech. President of BSA and senior in liberal studies Bryan Woodson said the conversations were enlightening and powerful “I didn’t even need the lecture after din-

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The art of creating an appealing Valentine’s Day chocolate arrangement can be a tricky enterprise. Visual layout can be as important as the delicious taste concealed inside the various sweets contained within this classic gift. Photo:Tyler Kingkade/Iowa State Daily

chocolate More than merely

goodness

By Tyler Kingkade Daily Staff Writer Paying $2.50 for a bar of chocolate seems like it must be either king-sized, organic or hold some sort of special quality. Ton Stam realized this as he made his own brand of chocolate in his kitchen that Iowans would be willing to pay a little bit more for some luxurious treats. Fast forward ten years and Chocolaterie Stam currently has seven locations in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and North Carolina. Stam operates his business the way his grandfather taught him. Each shop is uniquely outfitted by each owner in order to create a home out of each location. “The only things required in each store are the golden arches and eggplant paint,” said Terry Stark, owner of the Ames location at 203 Main St. Its location opened in 2006 and was the first non-Stam family owned store. Heart-shaped boxes adorn the maroon walls, held in place by magnets rather than tacks or tape. The store has been busier in recent days with the approach of Valentine’s Day. Christmas and Easter are its other big selling seasons. Right now, a large, themed display of heart-shaped and pink-lipped chocolates are accentuating the regular selection behind the glass. In addition to the chocolates and black licorice people are picking up for loved

The chocolate U.S. Presidential Seal which Stam sent to Obama, left, and a dark chocolate mini-White House. Chocolate can be shaped into many intricate designs to appease creative interests of chocolate enthusiasts. Photo: Tyler Kingkade/Iowa State Daily

ones, Have A Heart Creations greeting cards are available — locally designed by ISU alumnae Jen Mally. Stark filled his store with furniture and personal items from his family, thrift stores and church sales. The chocolate is naturally and locally made in Des Moines without waxes or preservatives. The stores are kept at pre-

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Auditor says budget violates spending limits Schools may receive lessened appropriations By Mike Glover Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Chet Culver’s proposed budget violates state spending limits and contains a $400 million shortfall, state Auditor David Vaudt said Wednesday. Vaudt, a Republican, criticized the Democratic governor’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, claiming it contains projected savings from reorganizing state government that are too large and doesn’t pay for spending that’s required. He said the proposed budget also violates state spending laws that require the state spend only 99 percent of what it collects. Vaudt, who issues an an-

State Auditor Davis Vaudt said Gov. Chet Culver’s proposed budget violates state spending limits and contains a $400 million shortfall. It could potential take money away from public schools. Photo courtesy: Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press

expenditure limitation.” Culver rejected Vaudt’s criticism as little more than a political potshot in a year when several Republicans have announced plans to challenge him in the governor’s race.

nual report on the governor’s budget, said “Not only does this proposed budget continue to follow the poor budgeting practices of past years, it is the first budget I’ve reviewed that exceeds the statutory 99 percent

submitted to the Legislature is smaller than when he first came to office three years ago. “We are reducing the size of government,” Culver said. Vaudt said he was simply using numbers calculated by nonpartisan legislative financial advisers. For instance, Culver’s budget doesn’t include $86 million in salary cost increases next year because of agreements already reached with state workers. Vaudt warned that would lead to more layoffs and furloughs next year.

The key to Culver’s budget is a consultant’s report calling for $341 million in spending cuts through reorganization and efficiencies, but Vaudt said that those projections don’t stand up. He said $83 million in savings — nearly 25 percent of the total — don’t affect general state spending but come from special funds like the state’s highway construction fund. Vaudt also said some of the efficiencies amount to finding better ways to collect money, not reduce spending.

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“It’s easy to take little political shots from the sidelines,” he said. “I’m getting the job done every day. We’re managing through very difficult and challenging times.” Vaudt said Culver’s proposed budget uses gimmicks to appear balanced. It contains $270 million less for school spending than the 2 percent increase Culver pushed for, leaving schools to dip into cash reserves or increase property taxes to make up the shortfall. He also said schools that were promised $100 million from state cash reserves won’t get that money. “This is a bad deal for taxpayers and for schools,” Vaudt said. “Taxpayers would get a property tax hike, while school districts would not only have to bear the responsibility for raising property taxes, but also receive $100 million less funding than what was promised by the governor.” Culver said the budget he

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Internet input sought for definitions By Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON — Don’t say “mental retardation” — the new term is “intellectual disability.” No more diagnoses of Asperger’s syndrome — call it a mild version of autism instead. And while “behavioral addictions” will be new to doctors’ dictionaries, “Internet addiction” didn’t make the cut. The American Psychiatric Association is proposing major changes Wednesday to its diagnostic bible, the manual that doctors, insurers and scientists use in deciding what’s officially a mental disorder and what symptoms to treat. In

a new twist, it is seeking feedback via the Internet from both psychiatrists and the general public about whether the changes will be helpful. The manual suggests some new diagnoses. Gambling so far is the lone identified behavioral addiction, but in the new category of learning disabilities are problems with both reading and math. Also new is binge eating, distinct from bulimia because the binge eaters don’t purge. Just this month, the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, drew criticism from former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and others for using the word “retarded” to describe some activists whose tactics he questioned. He later apologized. President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders Tuesday to discuss the economy and jobs in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Photo courtesy: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press

Administration admits bill will not create jobs By Stephen Ohlemacher Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — It’s a bipartisan jobs bill that would hand President Barack Obama a badly needed political victory and placate Republicans with tax cuts at the same time. But it has a problem: It won’t create many jobs. Even the Obama administration acknowledges the legislation’s centerpiece — a tax cut for businesses that hire unemployed workers — would work only on the margins. As for the bill’s effectiveness, tax experts and business leaders said companies are unlikely to hire workers just to receive a tax break. Before businesses

start hiring, they need increased demand for their products, more work for their employees and more revenue to pay those workers. “We’re skeptical that it’s going to be a big job creator,” said Bill Rys, tax counsel for the National Federation of Independent Business [NFIB]. “There’s certainly nothing wrong with giving a tax break to a business that’s hired a new worker, especially tough times. But in terms of being an incentive to hire a lot of workers, we’re skeptical.” The bipartisan Senate plan would exempt businesses from paying a 6.2 percent Social Security tax on the wages of new employees, as long as the workers have been unemployed

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at least 60 days. The tax break would run through the end of the year. A company could save a maximum of $6,621 if it hired an unemployed worker after the bill is enacted and paid that worker at least $106,800 — the maximum amount of wages subject to Social Security taxes — by the end of the year. The company could get an additional $1,000 on its 2011 tax return if it kept the new worker for at least a full year. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently concluded reducing Social Security taxes for companies that add workers would be among the most efficient ways for the government to create jobs. However, in showing how difficult it is to create jobs through tax policy, CBO estimates that such a tax break would generate only eight to 18 full-time jobs per $1 million in tax breaks. The Senate proposal, which is more narrow than the one analyzed by CBO, is estimated to cost about $10 billion. That would add 80,000–180,000 jobs over the course of a year. The U.S. economy, meanwhile, has lost 8.4 million jobs since the start of the recession. Nonetheless, supporters say it is cheaper, simpler and less vulnerable to abuse than Obama’s plan, which would give a $5,000 tax credit for each new worker that employers hire and cost $33 billion. Rys, of the National Federation of Independent Business, said the credit could speed hiring once employers need more workers. But, he said, NFIB members aren’t seeing many signs of improvement. “Right now, business owners just don’t have customers,” Rys said. “Until you have work for the employee to do, there’s really less of a reason to hire a new worker.”

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By Qassim Abdul-Zahra Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD — Iraq has ordered hundreds of private security guards linked to Blackwater Worldwide to leave the country within seven days or face possible arrest on visa violations, the interior minister said Wednesday. The order comes in the wake of a U.S. judge’s dismissal of criminal charges against five Blackwater guards who were accused in the September 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad. It applies to about 250 security contractors who worked for Blackwater in Iraq at the time of the incident, Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told The Associated Press. Some of the guards now work for other security firms in Iraq, while others work for a Blackwater subsidiary, al-Bolani said. He said all “concerned parties” were notified of the order three days ago and now have four days left before they must leave. He did not name the companies. Blackwater security contractors were protecting U.S. diplomats when the guards opened fire in Nisoor Square, a busy Baghdad intersection, on Sept. 16, 2007. Seventeen people were killed, including women and children, in a shooting that inflamed anti-American sentiment in Iraq. “We want to turn the page,” al-Bolani said. “It was a painful experience, and we would like to go forward.” Backlash from the Blackwater shooting has been felt hardest by private security contractors, who typically provide protection for diplomats, journalists and aid workers. Iraqi security forces have routinely stopped security details at checkpoints to conduct search-

es and question guards. Security guards will be required within the next 10 days to register their weapons with the Ministry of Interior, al-Bolani said. Failure to do so could result in arrest, he added. Based in Moyock, North Carolina, Blackwater is now known as Xe Services, a name change that happened after six of the security firm’s guards were charged in the Nisoor Square shooting. At the time, Blackwater was the largest of the State Department’s three security contractors working in Iraq. Xe Services said that the company had no employees currently in Iraq, including with its subsidiary, Presidential Airways.

9/11 report says U.S. mistreated British captive By Jill Lawless Associated Press Writer LONDON — A British resident was beaten, shackled and threatened while in the custody of U.S. authorities in Pakistan in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to a newly published summary of intelligence reports sent from the CIA to Britain’s MI5 spy agency. The information, released by a court Wednesday over the objections of the British government, shows that British officials knew as early as 2002

about the treatment of Ethiopian-born Binyam Mohamed — one of hundreds of young Muslim men scooped up around the world at the time. The White House said the ruling would make intelligence sharing with Britain more difficult in the future. The summary adds to growing evidence of Mohamed’s mistreatment during his seven years in American custody. In November, a U.S. district judge in Washington found evidence of even harsher abuse while Mohamed was held in Morocco for two years before he was eventually moved to Guantanamo Bay and charged with plotting with al-Qaida to bomb American apartment buildings.

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ner,” Woodson said. “ I just want to make sure I’m doing everything right, and he gave me the extra ‘oomph’ and examples of things that I should or could be doing.” Johnson offers such suggestions of leadership in his book, “Everything I’m Not Made Me Everything I Am,” which sold about 20 copies at the event and is available for purchase at the University Bookstore. Ariel Canada, freshman in biology, said that in his speech, Johnson “touched on everything in a broader scale than in his book,” but hearing him live was even more motivational as far as the message of activism for a post-civil rights generation. Johnson applied his message on leadership to the rallies following the Jena Six case of 2007, when six black students were convicted of beating a white student. This case, viewed by many as a portrayal of ra-

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cial injustice, sparked protests that Johnson said lacked leadership or agenda. He said the Jena Six rallies were a “socially conscious weekend — not a movement.” Johnson also reasoned that while they were treated unjustly, what the boys did was also illegal, and “nobody was right.” Michael Benitez, Jr., a national poet and speaker currently working on his Ph.D. in social justice and higher education, was in attendance. Having previously worked as a fellow speaker with Johnson, Benitez said. “Jeff’s an amazing brother who brings with him a truth to power [and] interactive conversations to his presentations,” he said. These conversations included questions and comments from an enthusiastic and insightful audience after Johnson’s speech. Benitez commended Johnson and said he “creates a level of authenticity that allows him to connect with a room full of students while also allowing them to contribute to the broader political agenda.”

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Small earthquake hits Illinois GILBERTS, Ill. — A small earthquake woke residents and shook furniture in northern Illinois early Wednesday, causing no major damage, but startling people as far away as Michigan and Iowa. The epicenter of the 3.8-magnitude earthquake was near the villages of Gilberts and Pingree Grove in Kane County, 45 miles northwest of Chicago, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. “It’s rare in northern Illinois,” USGS geophysicist Amy Vaughan said. “It’s downstate where we’d expect the larger quakes and where the larger ones have happened historically.” The USGS initially reported the magnitude as 4.3 but later downgraded it. Vaughan described the shaking as light to moderate. Residents in Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan also reported feeling the quake, she said. In Pingree Grove, 43-year-old artist Dan Erman

said the temblor moved his bed and woke him. “I knew it was an earthquake,” Erman said. “It was pretty loud. The bed headboard was hitting the back of the wall.” Erman said he heard dogs barking and when he looked outside he saw his neighbors turning on their lights. There was no damage to his home. Some residential and business alarms were triggered, but deputies weren’t called for assistance, Kane County sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Pat Gengler said. DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott said residents in his area also reported feeling the earthquake, but no damage was reported. The last earthquake in the area was recorded at a magnitude of 4.2 on June 28, 2004, about 35 miles away from Wednesday’s temblor, according to the USGS.

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world; only four have been domesticated by humans for some practical use. “What’s so cool about it from the evolutionary standpoint is that because humans did this [over] a 5,000 year period, we now have, instead of having to understand evolution in terms of millions of years, we now have the ancestors and the descendents right now because the wild forms are still out there,” Wendel said. “We can study the evolutionary process in a way from

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Wendel has been working with collaborators from all across the globe — Korea, Europe, China and the United States. Corrinne Grover, post-doctorate research assistant, has been working alongside Wendel in his lab since ever she started at Iowa State as an undergraduate. She said she primarily focuses on genomes and their species. There have been some findings that weren’t anticipated, Grover said. “The DNA sequence outside of cotton has been a lot more similar than we would have expected going into these projects,” she said. “That was surprising.” Grover said she works mostly with cotton bacteria, not the cotton plant itself, when sequencing the cotton genomes. It’s important to realize the agronomic benefits of cotton, Grover said. Cotton is used in the textile industries and also in the production of cottonseed vegetable oil for cooking, roughage and protein supplements in animals, according to the National Cottonseed Products Association’s Web site. Wendel’s research of the cotton genomes was featured in a movie produced by the National Science Foundation, “Secrets of Plant Genomes Revealed!” The film is currently being used in classrooms, primarily, to teach high school students about cotton and its genetic makeup. To watch “Secrets of Plant Genomes Revealed!,” go to www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_ disp.cfm?med_id=61504.

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from PAGE 1 cisely 65 degrees to maintain the chocolate and gelato’s perfection. The stores must run two air conditioners in the summer. Stark talked about the “Stam experience” and reffered to the customers as “clients.” “We don’t allow our employees to say things like ‘yep’ or ‘no problem,’” Stark said. Kadera Scanlon, Stam associate, greets everyone with a “Welcome,” rather than a “Hey,” as she fills up pre-packaged boxes of chocolates. “If you just try to make sure you don’t put two milk chocolates next to each other and try to arrange it so it looks nice you usually get a pretty good mixture,” Scanlon said. Some customers ordered custom wrapped chocolate bars for Valentine’s Day. Stam creates made-to-order molds and pieces with print on them. Stark displays a white chocolate piece with the U.S. Presidential Seal which Ton Stam sent to President Barack Obama, though he can’t confirm whether Obama received the candy or not. “We’re finding we’re becoming a destination point where people bring all their friends and relatives,” Stark said.

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Acknowledge love is worth recognizing Sunday marks yet another passing, recognition and celebration of Valentine’s Day. Many are asking: Are you prepared? Some advertisers seem determined to play off of our desires to please, hoping to snag your interests on last minute offers. Others seem to recognize the poverty in which most of us find ourselves, offering reasonable deals to entice our precious pennies. Either way, they throw their voices into the ring: “Are you prepared?” How many times have you been asked, this week alone, about your plans for this weekend? These inquiries seem to suggest to us that the memorable events of the weekend’s romps won’t take place until Sunday, and, by Cupid’s rosy cheeks, you’d better be prepared. Well, we’ve got a question of our own: Just what does “prepared” look like? For some — few, we’d argue — it means candlelit dinner at a fancy restaurant of choice, completed by a bouquet of flowers beforehand and a heart-shaped dessert afterward. For some, it’ll start with someone opening a door for another and end with a kiss on a cheek, regardless of what falls in between. These are the traditional and chivalrous routines. We all know this. But for others, Valentine’s Day might involve a bit of seduction, with the hope of taking someone home — much like any other weekend. It might start in a bar or club, where being single on Valentine’s Day in public might be acceptable. For others, it might produce a night at home, alone, enjoying your favorite I’m(not)-an-introvert activity. However you celebrate (or choose to ignore) Feb. 14, do it because you want to — not out of spite or bitterness. We think the original Valentine would be rolling in his grave at the thought that — in his memory — people would spend days in misery by choice. Legend has it the original Valentine married young couples illegally, when Roman Emperor Claudius II had outlawed the practice over the idea that single soldiers made for better soldiers. When Claudius found out, Valentine was arrested, imprisoned and executed. Thing is, Valentine was a single guy himself, just trying to help lovers out in a time that wasn’t particularly lovers-friendly. We’re not suggesting you take the selfless route of Valentine and spend the day chauffeuring your roommate and his or her special someone around town (but hey, if you’re feeling generous, it sure would be nice of you). The day’s about celebrating love. See it as Valentine saw his work: an opportunity. Find a way to do something that holds meaning to you — whatever that may be. Because this is your chance. Not to spend pocketfuls of cash to meet social expectations, but to show that you acknowledge love is worth recognizing.

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epending on our many social identities, we are simultaneously granted certain privileges and also are marginalized solely on these identities. Based on Peggy McIntosh’s pioneering investigations of white and male privilege, we can understand dominant group privilege as constituting a seemingly invisible, unearned and largely unacknowledged array of benefits accorded to members of dominant groups, with which they often unconsciously walk through life as if effortlessly carrying a knapsack tossed over their shoulders. This system of benefits confers dominance on certain social identity groups, for example in a U.S. context- males, white people, heterosexuals, Christians, upper socioeconomic classes, temporarily able bodied citizens, people of a certain age range (young adults through the middle years), U.S. born, English as first language speakers, people who do not challenge socially-constructed notions of gender expression, while subordinating and denying these privilege to other groups, for example, females, racial minorities, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people, those who do not hold to Christian beliefs, working class and the poor, people with disabilities, young and old people, non-U.S. born, non-English first language speakers and others. These systemic inequities are pervasive throughout the society. They are encoded into the individual’s consciousness and woven into the very fabric of our social institutions, resulting in a stratified social order privileging dominant groups while restricting and disempowering subordinated group members. The relative invisibility of this privilege to members of dominant social identity groups helps to keep this system firmly in place. I often use the analogy of dominant group privilege as the water in an aquarium in that the fish do not see or even feel the water because it is so pervasive. In order for our society to move forward with greater equity, however, we need to be conscious of the water of dominance that saturates our environment. I conduct an activity each semester in my classes, which I learned from my friend

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Jackson Katz, to expose the water of male privilege. I ask all my students the following question: What do you do on a daily basis to prevent yourself from being sexually harassed or raped? Within seconds, female students raise their hands and say things such as: “I never walk alone at night,” “I sometimes dress down as not to call attention to myself,” “I carry a set of keys between my fingers to use as a weapon if I’m attacked,” “I am in a self defense class.” The men in the class, on the other hand, usually remain silent except for the occasional, “Well, I never really think about it.” And that is the point! We, as men, have the privilege of not having to think about it. The entrenched human mechanism of denial acts as an additional factor that maintains this system of dominance and privilege. Members of dominant social identities often resist, deny and refuse to accept the fact of their privilege, while viewing it as, to borrow Al Gore’s term, an “inconvenient truth” to hear and even consider or acknowledge the ways in which their privileges marginalize and oppress others. This point was confirmed for me as I read the comments on the Iowa State Daily Web site in response to my editorial last week, “Omitted from History” in which I exposed the water by reminding readers of the discriminatory and ultimately self defeating don’t ask, don’t tell military policy. One respondent, for example, flatly denied the real impact this policy has on the lives of gay, lesbian and bisexual service members: “Gay people are not being drummed out of the military. I was in the Air Force. We knew there were gay people and nobody gave a damn. Commanders are certainly not rooting

around in their subordinate’s sex lives to root out gays.” The respondent continued by asserting that those who have been discharged under the policy are primarily “some new enlistees [who] are calling themselves gay to get out of their service commitment.” Another respondent not only denied the discriminatory and oppressive nature of the policy, but argued its supposed benefits for LGBT service members: “Using the claim of a 10 percent population, that would mean 320,000 gays have served honorably and without getting caught up in [don’t ask, don’t tell]. I submit that the [don’t ask] part made their service more honorable for them and our nation….The 4 percent discharge rate under [don’t ask, don’t tell] pales in comparison to its success.” While these respondents’ claims are in stark contrast to the actual lived experiences of many LGBT service members, their reactions are, in fact, understandable. Denial in this sense serves the protective function of guarding individuals from the possible guilt associated with the realization that their privileges are based on others’ oppression. I often recognize this in myself because though I have studied and worked most of my life on issues of social justice, I am certainly not immune to the effects of denial and defensiveness in my privileged identities as a white person, as a man, as someone of my age group, as relatively able bodied, as middle class, as a first-language English speaker and others. I have found that a crucial step in my process toward awareness has been to listen to and truly hear the voices of others - those who discuss their experiences of marginalization and oppression - without reaction, challenge, debate or argument. I realize that my relearning of past patterns takes work, often hard work that can last an entire lifetime, but the results of self and social awareness are extremely rewarding. Working through the denial and guilt also makes me a more effective change agent in challenging the inequities that drench our social environment.

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Government money mandates not a solution Editor’s note: In response to the column by Blake Hasenmiller: Corporate politics: Company contributions would decrease with less government spending. Mr. Hasenmiller wrote, “If the federal government is allowed to mandate what a corporation can and cannot do with its money, whose money is it, really? The corporation’s or the government’s?” Whose money, indeed. Without campaign finance laws, or disclosure laws, then we will never know where the money came from. Just as we are seeing with the bailout of big banks right now, where did the money go?

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is a senior in English at Iowa State University Who knows. The corporations know what they are doing so we should all rest easy. Republicans spent us right out of a surplus into a huge deficit, so their strategies must be sound. Republicans want to make this decision one that flies in the face of “big government” and gives power back to “business.” The problem is that the Republican facade is always based on the fact that those who are doing the extolling of righteousness are never the ones who stand to be harmed by the implosion. Or

they have spent too much time trolling in stiff economic theory, believing the world orients itself to perfectly constructed frameworks. The same way these hard nosed economists believed that an inflatable bubble would never cease to exist. Forgetting simple physics maxims in light of Gaussian economic theory. Elections are bought and sold right now. Both parties are corporations. Money is speech. Those who argue this are going to drastically change the way politics are run in this country and are ignorant of the current status. Those that say it will offer more freedom and fairness are simply ignorant. Hasenmiller continued, “By

reducing government spending and providing checks and regulations on what the government can use its money for, we can make vote-buying a less profitable venture in the first place. Campaign finance laws aren’t the way to do it.” Why not tort reform? Tax cuts? Other simple platitudes for the quick fix solution? If Republicans had all of these answers and failed to act upon them for the six years they held the majority, what do we call that? Fiscal sloth-ness? More government isn’t the silver bullet. There isn’t one, nuances abound, money talks and in most cases, it talks for those who have it and disregards those who don’t.

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Lied to host ISU Classic Fierce competition expected as men face nine top 50 teams

No. 54 Cyclones prepare for No. 5 Gators, No. 19 Sooners on home track

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With three of the first four home track meets being comprised primarily of teams at the Division II, Division III and junior college level, this weekend’s ISU Classic will be a definite test to see how the Cyclones fare against some of the nation’s top Division I talent. The Cyclones will host nine men’s teams ranked in the top 50 nationally, led by the No. 3 Florida Gators and Big 12 foe No. 6 Nebraska. Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma will join Nebraska as the Big 12 constituents at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center this weekend. “It’s another step up in competition to see as a team where we are at, hopefully we can get some things accomplished and we can have some confidence going into the conference meet,” said track and field coach Corey Ihmels. After sitting out top distance runners Guor Marial, Hillary Bor, Yonas Mebrahtu and Kiel Uhl last weekend, Ihmels believes that group should reach NCAA provisional qualifying standards this weekend, despite a few injuries that have arisen this week. “We’re a little bit banged up with a couple of guys but that mainly has to do with the weather we are dealing with outside but I think we are still in a good spot,” Ihmels said. One of the distance runners nursing a foot injury is senior Kiel Uhl. On Tuesday, Uhl was only 75 percent sure that he would be competing this weekend in the same meet that he reached his NCAA provisional qualifying time in last season. “We’re not for sure if I’m going to race yet, but if I do, I want to run better than I did last year and try to run under 14 minutes,” Uhl said. Uhl needs to run the 5,000-meter in 14:10:00 in order to reach his provisional qualifying time. The men’s throwers were two places away from tying the women’s first through fifth place sweep in the weight throw last weekend as junior Josh Koglin, junior Robbie Utterback and sophomore Mike Zika finished second, third and fourth place respectively. “They have been competitive every week so I expect them to step up to the competition,” coach Grant Wall said. Wall’s group of men throwers are primarily weight throwers in the indoor season, but Wall will send out two shot putters this weekend, freshmen Daniel Swarbrick and Anthony Bell who will try and chase the nation’s top ranked shot putter, Arizona State senior Ryan Whiting. The most notable member of the men’s sprints and hurdles group that was held out last week was sophomore Ian Warner who is ranked No. 32 in the nation in the 60-meter dash after he ran the race in 6.72 seconds at the Bill Ber-

It has been a short indoor track season for the ISU women’s track team as it goes into this weekend’s ISU Classic to face one of the most talented fields of athletes it will see this year. The ISU women will be pitted against teams such as the 5th-ranked Florida Gators and the 19th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. Iowa State is currently No. 54 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings. Coach Corey Ihmels has been showing some enthusiasm about how the indoor season has progressed, but knows that now is the time to step up everyone’s performances. “We need to get some qualifiers, automatic and provisional and I think we’ll do that on both sides,” Ihmels said. “We’ve trained really hard. I feel like we are progressing as a team, it’s another step up in competition to see as a team where we are at, hopefully we can get some things accomplished and we can have some confidence going into the conference meet.” A strong performance is expected from sophomore Laishema Hampton, who has won the women’s weight throw in her last three events. “I’m expecting myself to do well, I’m excited about all the competition that’s coming out, even the post-collegiate athletes coming out so I think it’s going to be really nice to watch too,” Hampton said. The entire women’s throwing squad has shown remarkable results in the four indoor meets leading up to this weekend’s ISU Classic under first-year coach Grant Wall. Wall echoed Ihmels’ expectations for this weekend for his throwers. “I think we are in a position for that, the indoor marks compared to the outdoor regional marks the indoor marks are pretty intense,” Wall said. “If we hit it right, I think we can get two or three (provisional qualifiers) for the women.” The ISU Classic comes before a week off for the team before it hosts the Big 12 Indoor Track Championships beginning Feb. 26. Big 12 teams such as Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska and Oklahoma will travel to Ames this weekend as well to use the ISU Classic for a tuneup before they give all-out performances at the Big 12 Championships. Sophomore sprinter Kianna Elahi recognized that with all the Big 12 competition coming in along with several other ranked teams and individually ranked athletes, this weekend would be different from the rest so far. “It [the competition] is probably what I’m looking forward to most, I feel like I’ve been running on pace to where I should be,” Elahi said. The step up in competition provides the ISU

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Spirit of the game Missouri outshoots Men’s, women’s teams thrive on competition, camaraderie of sport By Jeremiah Davis Daily Staff Writer Anyone who has ever picked up a Frisbee disc knows how fun — or frustrating — throwing one around can be. But for those who play competitive ultimate Frisbee, what they do is far more complex than a simple game of toss and catch. Iowa State is home to both a men’s and women’s ultimate Frisbee team. A sport many have played in high school gym class is, to the members of the teams, one that is every bit as intense and cutthroat as any other. “It’s some of the most fun I’ve ever had,” said Michael Brisbois,senior in finance. Ultimate Frisbee is more than just a game to a lot of people across the country. Many of the athletes who compete in college also did so in high school. “There’s definitely recruiting that goes on for ultimate teams,” said men’s captain Kyle Teske, senior in computer engineering. “Minnesota especially is huge for high school ultimate teams.” College ultimate Frisbee teams play under an organization called the Ultimate Players Association. The UPA charges dues and puts out rankings of its member teams, as well as holds tournaments based on the perspective talent levels of the teams.

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“The schedule is based on talent,” Brisbois said. “So it’s hard for guys to get into big tournaments when they’re not as good.” But it’s not just the guys that get to play ultimate — the women are every bit as competitive. “We get invited to most of our tournaments because we made nationals last year,” said women’s co-captain Jasmine Draper. Typically, teams in both men’s and women’s divisions have to send in bids to the various tournaments that are held to gain entry. “You just send them a letter, letting them know you’re interested in playing,” Teske said. Teams can accept bids to tournaments, as well as opt out of tournaments at any point throughout the year, all in preparation for postseason tournaments. The goal of each ultimate team is to make it to the national UPA tournament. But before teams can make it to the big show, they must first advance through the sectional and regional tournaments with teams from everywhere in the Midwest. Teams throughout the section and region vary in size. “Iowa State is pretty big overall in the ultimate community,” said women’s co-captain Michelle Johnson,, senior in biochemistry. “There are teams bigger and smaller, but altogether, with women’s and men’s, we’re pretty big.” Both teams are funded by the Government of the Student Body at Iowa State. GSB gives funds to the teams to pay for bids for tournaments, but the rest is up to them.

J.T. Tiller stopped worrying about a broken nose in the opening minute, quickly discarding a protective face guard so he could see better. The senior guard ended up with a season-best 17 points and three assists in Missouri’s 65-56 victory over Iowa State on Wednesday night.“If I’d have gotten hit you’d have seen me crying,” Tiller said. “It’s all risk in the game, you know what I mean, so you’ve just got to play without fear and just play your game.” Laurence Bowers added 10 points and a career-best 12 rebounds, and Justin Safford had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Tigers (18-6, 6-3 Big 12), who are three games above .500 in conference play for the first time this season. Craig Brackins had 12 points and 14 rebounds, his ninth double-double of the season, for Iowa State (1311, 2-7).“They were aggressive with the double teams early,” coach Greg McDermott said. “We expected that, so we were able to move [Brackins} around and slash him in there, and he beat the double team a couple times and hit a couple tough shots.” Missouri survived 4-for-20 shooting from 3-point range in its

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ISU forward Marquis Gilstrap is fouled by Missouri’s Zaire Taylor on Wednesday as he shoots during the first half of Iowa State’s 65–56 loss. Gilstrap had 18 points and nine rebounds in the loss. Photo: L.G. Patterson/The Associated Press

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Seniors expect success By Michael Zogg Daily Staff Writer Experienced. That may be the best way to describe the ISU softball team this season. It is returning each starter from last year, and expectations have never been higher for coach Stacey GemeinhardtCesler’s team. “This is the most excited I’ve been for a season before because we have a really good team,” said junior pitcher Rachel Zabriskie. “We have a lot of seniors and a lot of leadership and since no starters left from last year, we have our groups back. We have four new people and that’s all, so we don’t have to teach as many things. Everybody knows it so we are just practicing it over and over. This will be the best season we’ve had yet. That’s for sure.” The senior class is a big reason for that optimism. All five seniors started last season and have combined to play in 766 games for the Cyclones over the last three seasons. During that time together, the class seems to have meshed into the ultimate oligarchy. “They all have a bit of a different leadership quality which helps with five of them,” Zabriskie said. “Sometimes you’d think that’s too many but since they all have a different quality, they can bring everything.We’ve got the talkers (Sydni Jones and Kelsey Kidwell), motivators (Alex Johnson), people that lead by example (Courtney Wray) and the people that just step back and comfort you when stuff goes wrong (Amanda Bradberry).” While they all have different leadership styles, they are all focused on the same goals: winning games, and making it to the regional tournament. “This is the year for us, but it’s the year for everybody else on the team too,” said senior catcher Johnson. “It’s not just about the seniors, it’s about everybody playing together as a team, because there are a lot of freshmen, sophomores and juniors that can contribute. So it’s not just about us seniors, but like I said, this is the year.” Iowa State is coming off of an up and down season in which they went 26-29. Last year the Cyclones stared 13-2. They were plagued by massive injury problems, however, losing a couple of position players for stretches, along with every

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gan Invitational two weeks ago. Warner is expected to compete once again this weekend in the 60-meter dash as he chases after the NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6.71 seconds. Senior hurdler Eric Parker hopes that this weekend will be the first time this season he can break the eight second barrier in the 60-meter hurdles. Parker, whose personal record is 7.94 seconds, also hopes to rebound after a disappointing disqualification in last weekend’s Cyclone Open. After turning in the

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women the opportunity to measure their fitness and performance before having a week to prepare themselves for the Big 12 Championship, where the competition remains on an incredibly high level.

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pitcher on the roster save Zabriskie for most of the conference season. The personnel problems contributed to a 1-8 start in the Big 12 season. The Cyclones were able to turn it around a little with a 6-3 Big 12 finish. “Playing so well in the second half of the conference portion of last season was huge,” Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. “I think if we find some consistency, and we play the way we know we can play, then we will have success for an entire season.” One thing that should help with that consistency is renewed depth on the mound. The Cyclones return Zabriskie who threw 171.1 innings last season — the second highest total in school history. Joining her will be freshman Tori Torrescano, who will likely be the second starter, and sophomores Tianna Allen, a transfer from College of St. Catherine, Katie Harms and Lauren Kennewell, who both sat out last season due to injury. Also joining the staff will be senior Courtney Wray. Wray has been an utility player for the Cyclones for three years. Although she pitched in high school, the Cyclones decided she would be of better use in the field. Last year, they asked her to pitch out of necessity but after throwing for one inning in which she gave up no earned runs or hits, she, too, got injured. “If she can help us out at a position, then that’s what we are going to do,” Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. “That’s what she has done the whole time that she has been here. She’s played short stop, she’s played third base, she’s played outfield and pitched. That is really the definition of a utility player and she is so valuable to us. She can do all that defensively and then on offense, she has consistently been our three-hole hitter.” With all the optimism and excitement, the Cyclones are ready to embark on what they believe will be their most successful season ever.

fastest qualifying time — 8.08 seconds — Parker false started in the restart of the 60-meter hurdles final, causing the disqualification. “With age and with experience you learn to let those things go,” Parker said. “If [the disqualification] had happened this next week at the Classic obviously I would have been a bit more disappointed and upset.” This season, Parker has been dealing with hamstring problems and also having to balance his training schedule with his required student teaching for his degree in elementary education. Despite his setbacks, Parker is confident he can compete

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well amongst the talented group of competitors which includes the nation’s top-ranked 60-meter hurdler, Oklahoma junior Ronnie Ash. “I’m an athlete that strives for tough competition to challenge myself and the ability of my body,” Parker said. “With the right conditions, there is no reason I can’t [meet the NCAA provisional qualifying time] this week.” The meet will begin 12:30 p.m. Thursday with the beginning of the men’s heptathlon and women’s pentathlon and continue through Saturday at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center.

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from PAGE 8 first game back in the Mizzou Arena since its 32-game homecourt winning streak was ended by Texas A&M a week earlier. Missouri overcame offgames from starters Kim English, who battled foul trouble and was held to nine points, and senior Zaire Taylor, who went scoreless in consecutive games for the first time in his career. The Tigers also committed as many turnovers (14) as they forced. Taylor played despite intestinal issues that forced an impromptu visit to the locker room in the first half. “When I was out in the first half I kind of felt I was letting them down,” English said. “But they stuck with it. I was on the

The ISU men’s and women’s track and field teams will put their best out on Harry Hoak Track inside Lied Recreational Athletic Center this weekend against some of the country’s premier competition. The ISU Classic begins 12:30 p.m. Thursday with heptathlon and pentathlon competition. It will continue through Saturday.

better games on the defensive end the last two games, and we just have to continue to work hard and get better.” Brackins’ dunk cut the deficit to 54-53 with 4:40 to go and the Cyclones didn’t score again until Gilstrap hit a 3-pointer with seven seconds to go. Missouri pulled away with 11 straight points, five from English. Iowa State missed its first seven shots and shot only 31 percent in the first half, but trailed 28-23 because Missouri had its own issues. English, who has a teamleading 15-point average, picked up two quick fouls in the opening two minutes and watched the rest of the half from the bench. Missouri leaned on its reserves, outscoring Iowa State 20-0.

bench smiling, actually thinking ‘That’s the J.T. I was waiting for.’” Marquis Gilstrap had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Cyclones, who cut the gap to one point five times in the second half before fading to their sixth loss in seven games. Iowa State was just 2 for 14 from 3-point range and shot 33 percent overall. The Cyclones’ already thin roster was battling season illnesses and was minus top backup LaRon Dendy, who was attending his great grandmother’s funeral. Iowa State is 13 for 64 (20 percent) from 3-point range the last four games. “Marquis isn’t feeling well at all. Craig was coughing and hacking, but that’s going to happen and you just have to play through it,” McDermott said. “We’ve played two of our

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“We pay for our transportation and equipment,” Brisbois said. “We do fundraising and stuff to get money.” A great way to raise funds for the team, Johnson said, is to host a tournament. “[Tournaments] are great,” Johnson said. “We use most of that money to help with traveling.” Both teams travel as far as Texas or Philadelphia, Pa., for tournaments. The teams also attend a tournament each year during Mardi Gras. Tournaments also vary in size. “It depends on the tournament,” Teske said. “There are usually twice as many men’s teams as women’s. Anywhere between 10 and 60 teams can be at a tournament.” Big tournaments can also mean a decent pay out for the winning teams. Cash received for a tournament win goes directly to the team account to be used towards other team needs, Teske said. But not always, Draper said, is the prize cash. “Sometimes the winning team will get an automatic bid to next year’s tournament,” Draper said. “It really varies tournament to tournament.” When the tournaments are over, and all the competitive juices are done flowing, team members get to doing what they do best: partying. Ultimate parties, Brisbois said, are the best.

A tradition among Ultimate teams is to do what they call “a disk.” Doing a disk involves filling a regulation Frisbee with beer — a disk holds four and a half cans — and gulping it down. “You start with it on the ground, but once you pick [the disk] up, you can only take breaks [from drinking] in ten second intervals,” Brisbois said. “It’s usually over pretty quick. I pride myself in being one of the fastest.” These parties are where teams that compete against each other go to unwind, and share in the camaraderie of the sport. “There are teams who are our biggest competition on the field that are our best friends at the parties,” Draper said. “It’s really all one big community, and you make some of the best friends there.” The teams do have to be accountable throughout everything, though. “We pretty much police ourselves on and off the field,” Draper said. “We don’t have officials during the game, so you have to keep with the spirit of the game and call fouls, and things like that.” Brisbois, Draper, Johnson and Teske all agreed that players know what’s right and wrong on the field, and they hold themselves to it. They also invite anyone who’s interested to go play. “Even if you’ve never played, you can come and learn,” Johnson said. And when it’s all said and done, they can go have a great time afterwards, too. Afterall, it’s all part of the “spirit of the game.”

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Members of the group Bootytronic, Adrian Navarro, left, Ian Anderson, and Troy Cairo gather Tuesday at Project 20/20. The next Bootytronic event is Saturday. The concert is called Bootytronic Purple Rain Formal, and all attendees are supposed to wear purple, formal attire. Photo: Joseph Bauer/Iowa State Daily

Local band blends genres, add variety to Ames music scene

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In the Midwest, live music acts sometimes don’t divert too far from major genres like rock, alternative and country, but Troy Cairo, Adrian Navarro, and Ian Anderson, are trying to change that image in Ames. The three are part of the Ames based DJ group Bootytronic, a group that will perform for the first time at the newly remodeled Project 20/20 on Saturday. Cairo, the founder of the group, said Bootytronic was formed to make sure dance parties stayed in Ames. “I used to DJ at a place here in Ames a few weeks before it closed, then once it did I figured there wouldn’t be any more dance parties in Ames,” Cairo said. “So I started this thing and it kinda took off from there.” Soon after having this idea, Cairo joined up with Navarro and they began to play together at local venues in the Ames area. “We just kinda ran into each other when I saw him playing at Element one night, we talked and decided we should start something,” Navarro said. From a young age, all three said that they always had a passion for

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techno music. Each said starting out in the business just takes time and practice, actually learning the technology is the easy part. The hard part is knowing what to play and when to play it. “A huge challenge is finding your style and a way to work with it. Then be confident with it all,” Navarro said. Once the group figured out its style and grew into it that’s when the technical work began — work such as transitions between songs. “Finding a way to play your songs so that they don’t get stale to your audience can be difficult,” said Anderson, senior in journalism and mass communication. Then came the task of getting people interested in coming to the show. “Pressing the Bootytronic name is the biggest part. We’ve tried in Des Moines and a little in Iowa City, but Ames just seemed to just fit more,” Cairo said. “Preparing for each show and getting inspiration to perform is no problem,” the group said. “Music is my inspiration for everything, music is inspiration for everything,” Anderson said.

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Troy Cairo and Ian Anderson, of Bootytronic, purchase drinks at Project 20/20’s bar. Project 20/20 is an over-18 venue, but also serves alcohol to those of age. Photo: Joseph Bauer/Iowa State Daily

The internet is a key tool the group uses to keep up on the different styles of music. The group said it understands the pressure it is under when it goes out to perform — it is responsible for starting a party for sometimes more than 200 people. “I really like when people come up after the show and tell me how my music totally blew their mind,” Cairo said. Although Bootytronic uses the

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Acclaimed bass-baritone artist announces tour Simon Estes will tour Iowa counties to raise scholarship funds By Sarah Binder Daily Staff Writer

Simon Estes, opera singer, sings at the Durham Bandshell in Bandshell park in Ames on June 18. File photo: Laurel Scott/ Iowa State Daily

Simon Estes, internationally acclaimed bass-baritone and ISU adjunct professor and distinguished artist in residence, announced a concert tour of Iowa’s 99 counties. Proceeds will help create a scholarship for a student in each participating county, according to a news release.. The tour is called “Roots and Wings,” an homage to Estes’ Iowa background. The concerts will feature Broadway and opera performances by Estes, songs by promising local artists and opportunities to meet Estes at each stop. Proceeds will benefit the Simon Estes Iowa Educational Foundation. A scholarship will be given to a high school senior from each county in the tour, based on merit and financial need, regardless of the student’s planned course of study.

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In addition to providing scholarships, the foundation gives performance opportunities to college students and graduates perusing careers as professional artists. So far, four concerts have been scheduled in Hampton, West Des Moines, Pella and Parkersburg. The West Des Moines concert will feature the Lutheran Church of Hope Choir and Alexa Rainforth, junior in music.

Play holds tryouts Ames’ own Leslie and the Lys will embark on a national tour during February and March, starting Friday in Chicago, Ill. Courtesy photo: leslieandthelys.com

The Envy Corps will be at the Maintenance Shop Feb. 26. The show will be a double header with Skypiper opening both. File photo: Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily

Bands schedule stop in iowa Tickets go on sale Saturday for dance rock band Cobra Starship and electro rappers 3OH!3, who play May 16 atVal Air Ballroom in Des Moines. The two groups headline a tour featuring openers Travie McCoy and I Fight Dragons. Tickets may be purchased on www.iowatix.com. 3OH!3 has been recording its third studio album while collaborating in recent months with Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Lil Jon and are

featured on the “Alice In Wonderland” inspired compilation Almost Nelson Alice. Cobra Starship toured Europe after the success of its most recent album, “Hot Mess,” which peaked at four on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 chart. Seven-Flags in Clive announced that it will welcome the iconic musician, activist and country outlaw Willie Nelson on March 28. The

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Five For Fighting, best known for hits “Superman (It’s Not Easy)” and “100 Years” earlier in the 2000s, will play March 21 at People’s Court in Des Moines. Matt Wertz will open the show. Des Moines-based country rock band the Nadas play March 4 in the M-Shop. The group has a consistent tour schedule through the spring including a spot at the Austin, Texas, South by Southwest music festival. After releasing its fourth studio album in January, Minneapolis pop-punk band

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Ames Community Theatre, ACTORS, will hold auditions for its next production, “Game Show.” The comedy focuses on a behind-the-scenes look at five contestants on a television game show. The casting call is for five men and five women. Show dates are all weekends from April 9-25. Crew volunteers are also needed for lights, sound, set, costumes and props. Scripts can be found at the Ames Public Library. For more information, contact Geri at 515-2901308 or visit the ACTORS website at www. actorsinc.org. — Daily Staff

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Aspiring architect exhibits talent on stage ISU senior fuses art passion, skill in theater set design By David Wise Daily Staff Writer In order for a theater performance to be a success, it takes more than a talented cast and an experienced director. It also calls for a well-designed set. Building a successful set is a long process that requires a number of skills. It takes a general understanding of

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architecture, the capability to stay within a set budget and the ability to visually translate all of the expectations of the production team as well as the script. Brian Eagen, senior in architecture and performing arts, starts the process of designing a set six to eight months before show time. He said he begins by reading over the script several times and picking out the most important details. Once the script has been analyzed, Eagen said he then meets with the director and the production team to ■■

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with the final set. Eagen chose to attend Iowa State so he could study architecture. During his sophomore year, he took a liking in set design in performing arts. He said he liked the flexibility of it. “In architecture, you’re bound by so many rules,” he said. The flexibility aspect was just one of the reasons Eagen was attracted to theater. “My opinion of why I turned to theater comes out in my work,” Eagen said. “The things I enjoy most about theater are being able to create pretty pictures. So

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I like to create an environment that is more or less beautiful and provocative.” Since Eagen has been at Iowa State, he has designed a few sets for the ISU Theater and is currently working on “The Importance of Being Earnest,” which hits the stage at the end of February. Eagen’s first design project was for the show “Tartuffe” in November 2008. The second set he designed was for “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” a production from Stagewest Theater Company in Des Moines. Adam Heffernan, lecturer in music and direc-

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Daily Nifty Tidbits >> Today in History 1794: First session of United States Senate open to the public. 1938: BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term “robot”. 1964: The Beatles hold their first concert in the United States at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C. 2006: Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney, accidentally shoots Harry Whittington in the face, neck, and upper torso while hunting quail.

ACROSS 1 Holy pilgrimage 5 Kids’ getaway 9 “Gimme a break!” 14 Nobelist Wiesel 15 “This looks like trouble” 16 Leonard Marx, familiarly 17 *”Get going!” 19 Peyotes, e.g. 20 She played Donna in the film “Mamma Mia!” 21 Sinus specialist, briefly 23 Baseball Hall of Famer Speaker 24 *1986 Pulitzer-winning Western novel 28 Feel the heat 31 Food critic Sheraton 32 “Bingo!” 33 X-Games bike, briefly 35 Run at a red light? 38 1968 Troggs Top 10 hit, and a hint to the hidden puzzle theme in the answers to starred clues 44 Jeans joint 45 Yield to gravity 46 Sportage maker 47 Fresh response 50 Serious-and-funny show 53 *Gunpowder, e.g. 57 They’re not returned 58 Bosox great 59 Comforting comment 63 Parts partner 65 *Duffer’s thrill 68 Native Alaskan

69 Treater’s words 70 Persian Gulf land 71 __ and all 72 Prime minister before Rabin 73 Ancient British Isles settler DOWN 1 Bridge position 2 Burn balm 3 Fashionable Christian 4 Stevenson physician 5 __-de-sac 6 Yellowfin tuna 7 Changes places 8 Rising star 9 N.C. State’s conference 10 “Who, me?” 11 Tiny 12 When Brutus sees Caesar’s ghost 13 Hullabaloo 18 Big-time 22 “I didn’t need to know that,” informally 25 Birds’ bills 26 Humorist Bombeck 27 Islamic leader 28 __ soda 29 Grinch victims 30 Place for Christmas lights 34 Tee choices 36 Gospel writer 37 Camelot lady 39 Removes gently 40 Eye-opening theater

41 Fellows 42 Rural prefix 43 Beatles’ “A __ in the Life” 48 Security threat 49 Course for weavers? 51 Fired up 52 Like some weights 53 Bochco series 54 City NW of Orlando 55 Brand on a patio, maybe 56 Hole site 60 Foal’s parent 61 Rink, often 62 Canterbury’s county 64 Some NFL linemen 66 Feature of a two-ltr. monogram 67 Neighbor of Aus.

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Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Social contacts soothe your feelings and allow you to balance work with the rest of your schedule. Opt for time alone at the end of the day.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- A female’s plan remains out of focus until you adjust your sights. She wants what you want, only in a different shade of green. In this case, money talks.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Everyone shifts gears. Social contacts occur in private. Emotional moments happen in public. Overall, love triumphs.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Work on a close relationship today as Venus enters Pisces. You understand on an empathetic level. Take independent action to get things done.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Who’s on first? Not you? That’s because you’ve rounded third and you’re on the way home, with just the score you wanted.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Balance! You want love to dominate the scene, but you have work to do. Save love for dinner and dancing with someone special.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Relationships undergo a shift from contentment to excitement. You better understand your own needs. Share your feelings as openly as you can.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Focus on feelings (it will be hard to do anything else). Own what’s yours, and listen to family members. Don’t leave until the conversation is complete.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- A female decides to go in a new direction. This challenges your thinking about your role. Remember, the two of you are not connected at the hip. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- If you’ve been seeking independence, today can set you on that path in surprising ways. Be careful what you ask for. Today, you just might get it. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Your weekend plans get ahead of your end-of-the-week work schedule. Keep your mind on today’s tasks and maintain confidentiality as needed. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- On a personal level, you’re staying comfortable. An associate jumps into a shocking new relationship. Only time will tell how it will work out.

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