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February 16, 2011 | Volume 206 | Number 101 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. ™
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Official ISU statement under review By Alli.Kolick iowastatedaily.com The current ISU diversity statement has been in place since 2006 and the University Committee on Diversity has been working on the new statement for the last year and a half. As of 2006, the statement reads: “ISU defines diversity as that quality of its physical, social, cultural and intellectual environment which embraces the rich difference within the multiplicity of human expression and characteristics including: Age, Cultural, Ethnicity, Gender Identification and Presentation, Language and Linguistic Ability, Physical Ability and Quality, Race, Religion, Sexual Orientation, and Socioeconomic Status.” “We wanted to be very open and transparent and get as much feedback as possible,” said Joel Geske, associate professor of journalism and mass communication, about the process of creating the new diversity definition. When looking at different university diversity statements, there is a wide range of definitions
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Community Mark Schmitz makes comments during the Cyclone Sports Complex meeting Tuesday at Knapp-Storms Dining Complex. Schmitz said he supports student facilities, but is considering his home as well. Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily
Facility plan discussed Ames residents continue to debate drainage problems By Jake.Lovett iowastatedaily.com The crowd that filled the Knapp-Storms Dining Complex described itself as “the community of Iowa State.” There were ISU alumni, faculty members and athletes mixed in with the communities of Storm Street and Ash Avenue, the areas immediately surrounding the proposed site of the Cyclone Sports Complex. Tuesday night, the community gathered for the second time to discuss the proposed plans with Warren Madden, vice president of business and finance, and Jamie
Pollard, ISU director of athletics. “We’re [ISU] people,” said Jean Liles, ISU alumna and 36-year Ash Avenue resident. “We’re all a little scared and we want things addressed.” The thing the Ash Avenue community most wanted addressed was the drainage problem potentially posed by the construction of the facility, set to be the new home of the ISU track, softball and soccer teams. The neighborhoods in the area already operate with an “aging infrastructure,” said Barbara Pleasants, adjunct assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology and Lynn Avenue resident. That infrastructure results in basement floods that occur with regularity during the summer months, and not necessarily during floods like those Ames had in
August. “Of a great concern is the water issue,” Pleasants said. “Our homes were all built [between] 1900 to 1920, almost all of them. We have a very old infrastructure.” “Anything that adds to the burden of that old infrastructure is of great concern.” The site is currently intramural fields and green space east of the Towers residence halls. With the addition of a 1,500seat stadium, a hard-surface track, increased plumbing and sewer usage and irrigation of field turf, runoff from the site is sure to increase. Several times throughout Tuesday night’s meeting, community members asked Madden for answers on how the city and university planned to handle water disposal, aside from the water retention area designed into the complex schematics.
Each time, Madden deferred to the lack of engineering plans, which won’t be drawn up until after the Board of Regents approves the Complex’s schematic design. “We will be responsible for managing the water on our land,” Madden said. “We are committed to do that. And I have every expectation that as this plan moves forward that will be one of the conditions subject to continuing on to develop this contract.” Community members were not entirely content with the answers provided. “I’m disappointed that we have another meeting with concerns about water, and there’s nobody here to answer the questions,” said Michael Burkart, associate professor of geological and atmospheric sciences and Ash Avenue resident.
Volunteers honored with scholarships By Briana.Haguewood iowastatedaily.com The Student Activities Center wishes to “give back” to those ISU students who have given extraordinary time and effort serving the community. Students with a history and an interest in community service can now apply to be recognized through three scholarship and award opportunities that acknowledge outstanding volunteers. The Target Community Service Scholarship, Story County Youth Volunteer Awards and Non-Profit Protégé Program are all available through the Student Activities Center for any student with an interest in creating change through service work. Applications are due in early March for all three opportunities. The Target Community Service Scholarship will recognize three ISU undergraduate students with $800 scholarships. This is the second year that the Student Activities Center was invited to apply for and
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Solar panel costs, benefits presented By Elisse.Lorenc iowastatedaily.com Electricity can be generated through a variety of resources and John Maurer, president of Ames Engineering, Inc., is researching the use of solar panels in particular. More specifically, Maurer works with solar thermal, which can be used to heat buildings, and solar electric, which is used to generate electricity for lights and other appliances. “Light is composed of particles called photons, so when light rays come and strike a semi-conductive material [the solar panel], it excites those photons and converts them into electrons,” said Vikram Dalal, professor of electrical and computer engineering. “The electrons
float to the outside wires as one way to produce electricity from the sun.” Maurer’s history with solar Maurer energy began with his summer home in Canada, where he supplemented solar electric panels as a cleaner and more silent form of electricity. “I was looking for a solution because prior to that when you wanted power your only choice was really to run a generator and it’s noisy ... it makes it unpleasant,” Maurer said. Maurer started with a batterybased electric system, using the generator to power up the battery
CIVIL RIGHTS: Founder of Greensboro Four speaks Joseph McNeil, founding member of the Greensboro Four, speaks Tuesday at the Great Hall of the Memorial Union about his experiences. The Greensboro Four was a group of African American college students that started a sit-in that lasted five months in the F.W. Woolsworth Company. Photo: Tsubasa Shigehara/Iowa State Daily
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