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Tournament raises cancer awareness By Katelynn McCollough Daily staff writer The “Protect Your Balls” Dodgeball Tournament will take place from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Lied Rec Center. “Protect Your Balls Dodgeball Tournament is one of the events we put on every year in February to raise awareness for testicular and prostate cancer,” said Emily Haselhoff, member of Colleges Against Cancer. Colleges Against Cancer is a student organization that works to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer Society. Haselhoff, senior in community and regional planning, said that the organization plans events throughout the school year to fight against multiple types of cancer “in the hope that one day we can live in a world without cancer.” There are currently 29 teams signed up for the single elimination tournament. Teams of six people still can register up to 12:30 p.m. on the day of the event, though they are not guaranteed a T-shirt. The cost at registration is $60 for each six person team.

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AN ANXIOUS VOICE White speaks out on mental illness By Jeremiah.Davis @iowastatedaily.com Royce White hears it. He hears all the chatter in the stands. He hears the good and the bad on Twitter. His openWhite ness about his anxiety has become — apart from his talent on the basketball court — what people know about him. Truth be told, he does not mind a bit. “It’s been real fulfilling for me personally, just the amount of people that contact me and say that they have anxiety,” White said. “The amount of people from all ages and spectrums that say that I’m doing something they find inspirational and motivates them.” On Jan. 26, ESPN.com published a story highlighting White’s battle with anxiety disorder, and the story that sparked it all. White witnessed a teammate collapse during a practice in the fourth grade with a valve defect in his heart, something the boy had from birth. That triggered the anxiety White still has today. White does his best to handle his anxiety on his own, not wanting to “burden” his coaches or teammates with struggles he might be having. One of his closest friends on the team is guard Chris Babb, who said he does his best to look out for his friend and teammate. However, Babb also said White knows how to handle himself well. “I think he’s handled [the attention] well for the most part,” Babb said. “He’s kind of a guy that wears his emotions on his sleeve, whether he knows it or not. I hang out with him a lot. I’ve learned a lot [about mental illness] just by being around him.” Babb said while White has not ever explicitly explained the details of the disorder to him, what he has learned by osmosis has translated into what they do when they hang out outside of practice. “I think it’s a great experience to have a friend like that, a teammate like that, to know to be careful [about] the situations you put yourself in,” Babb said. “For instance, [we] don’t go

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Royce White talks about overcoming anxiety on Wednesday at the Sukup Basketball Practice Facility.

out. I don’t take him to Welch [Ave.]; I don’t take him to places where it’s outside of his element.” It has been well-documented the struggles the sophomore from Minneapolis has dealt with. Since

the ESPN — and many other — stories came out, White has been active in social media and traditional media letting people know a mental illness does not have to negatively affect all parts of people’s lives.

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Correction An article in 247 Wednesday said Terry Allen’s display included “neon art pieces.” The exhibition only includes one neon piece, “Heaven Now What,” while the rest displays Allen’s drawings of his work on the public neon art in the State Gym Expansion. The article also said the Live Talk with Allen was on Feb. 29. The lecture is on March 1 at 6 p.m. in 2019 Morrill Hall. A reception will follow from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in 1017 Morrill Hall.

“How we talk about anxiety is risky, and it has to be dealt with carefully,” White said. “Because it’s such a new thing and it’s growing and so un-

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new reality series, “Sorority Girls.” The series ventures into the lives of five American sorority women as they head to the United Kingdom to bring the “traditions of exclusivity and glamour,” to start the first

St. Jude may be the patron saint of lost causes, but that hasn’t stopped Philip Christensen and Torry O’Brien, juniors, from spreading hope. In an effort to “start something of [their] own” on campus, these two accounting majors teamed-up last April and approached St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. After nearly a year of planning, partnering with the Delta Delta Delta sorority and the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Christensen and O’Brien are bringing St. Jude’s “Up ‘til Dawn” fundraiser to Iowa State. Up ‘til Dawn is a student-run event that raises awareness and funds for the Children’s Research Hospital

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File photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Members of the sorority Alpha Delta Pi sell Coldstone ice cream Sep. 9 on Central Campus during their annual philanthropy event. Iowa State’s sororities celebrate serving others by giving back to the community.

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The MTV show “Sorority Life” followed the lives of women in sororities. The series ran for just three seasons, but during its time, it gained attention, especially from

those curious about sororities. In fact, it was so popular it gave way to the Facebook “Sorority Life” application. Shows like “Greek” and movies like “Sydney White” have also explored the lives of Greeks. Most Recently, TLC has created its own

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Carver’s sustainable philosophy By Rebecca.Chamberlin @iowastatedaily.com George Washington Carver, for whom Carver Hall was named, was the first African American student and later faculty member at Iowa State. Carver is best remembered for his uses of the peanut, but he was also an important figure in sustainability education. In honor of Black History Month, learn how George Washington Carver contributed to modern beliefs about sustainability. Carver taught his students how to compost, saying, “There is no better plant food than the things we ignore or throw away every day.” He believed “waste is man-made. Nature produces no waste; whatever is consumed is returned to the whole in a reusable form. Man fails to utilize appropriately the bounty of nature.” He advocated organic farming and plant-based products, and taught crop rotation because it naturally restores nitrogen to soil. Carver believed in conserving and protecting our natural resources for the future and not immediate benefits. “The earth is not just a treasure house to be ransacked, and plundered, and to be profited from. It is our home and a place of beauty and mystery.”

Photo: Kait McKinney/Iowa State Daily Bill Diesslin, assistant director of environmental health and safety, has been sending and receiving a valentine card to and from his mother in Arizona. Diesslin originally sent the card in 1990 as a joke, but the two have been sending the card back and forth almost every Valentine’s Day since.

By Meredith.Whitlock @iowastatedaily.com Picking out the perfect card each year for your special someone can be a stressful process. Now, take that amount of stress and divide it by 22. Bill Diesslin, Iowa State’s assistant director of environmental health and safety, has been sending the same Valentine’s Day card to his mother for 22 years. Starting as a joke in 1990, Diesslin picked a comical Valentine’s Day

card out to send to his mother, who saved the card and sent it back to him the following Valentines Day. “I did not intend for it to be a sustainable thing, but it turned out to be,” Diesslin said. Now after 22 Valentine’s Days, the card is wearing thin and becoming discolored with age, however, Diesslin has no intention of purchasing a new card. When asked what will happen if the card rips at the crease he says, “ I guess we will have to use duct tape.”

Diesslin does admit that postage to and from Arizona, where his mother winters and where the card is currently located, tends to be expensive. It has even become more costly than purchasing a new card each year. But to him it has become a comical tradition and new comments are written on the inside the card by him or his mother. By re-using this card, Diesslin has not only saved paper over the past 22 years, but he and his mother have created a meaningful tradition that

will continue in year 23 and many more Valentine’s Days to come.

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Photo: Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily Forward Royce White goes for a dunk during the first half of the game against Texas A&M on Saturday. White never lets his anxiety disorder get in the way of his performance on the court.

>>WHITE.p1 discovered and unresearched, we’ve got to be careful with how we stigmatize it.” The stigmas White talked about can be traced to the back-and-forth he and ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb had via Twitter in the days following the increase in talk about White’s disorder. Through his Twitter account, Gottlieb suggested the disorder and the issues that come with it may hinder White’s draft stock. ISU coach Fred Hoiberg believes that notion to be false. As a former NBA executive, whose job it was to evaluate talent in that manner, Hoiberg knows a good NBA scout will do thorough research. “I think people will obviously look at the whole package,” Hoiberg said. “They’ll talk to me. ... They’ll talk to [Minnesota coach] Tubby [Smith], they’ll talk to a lot of people that have

been in his life, and they’ll do their homework on it.” For White, the Twitter discussion with Gottlieb was not about the NBA at all. White said he could not care less about what anyone believes regarding how anxiety affects his play because the game — and the league — is not the point. He said he worries that if kids hear that having a mental disorder is something that will keep them from achieving their goals, they will hide it and not get the help they need. “I don’t say anything, really, in defense of myself because I really don’t care about going to the NBA or not,” White said. “It’s really not important to me. My goals from two years ago to now have changed to helping people. Whatever I can do to help people is what I’m striving for. If the NBA is something, ... in my future and I can use that to help people, then I’ll do it.” It’s that notion, the one of him

striving to help people, that may very well be the real definition of White off the court. Spreading the “awareness,” as he put it, of how mental illness affects people is the goal in White’s eyes. “For me, the anxiety thing isn’t a big thing for me,” White said. “It wasn’t really to come out and say, ‘Woe is me, I have anxiety disorder.’ The main piece for me was that, especially the community I come from, anxiety disorder and mental illness in general is probably the cause of a lot of issues, and it’s one of the most untreated things.” In getting his message out there, White’s goals are lofty. He mentioned wishing there was a program similar to Planned Parenthood, only for mental illness, because as he put it, “STDs can’t even compare to the amount of people that suffer from mental illness.” Getting people help, especially

those in inner cities and people without proper health care coverage, is something very important to White. The reason, he said, is because often anxiety is triggered from a “traumatizing event,” like seeing his friend collapse. “Imagine hearing gunshots every day,” White said. “Or imagine being a part of a community that’s plagued with drug violence [or] domestic violence. Those are the ones that not only need help, but they need to understand that it’s something that is out there, and it’s probably pretty prevalent.” To that end, his coach is very proud of the soon-to-be-21-year-old. Participating in social media and wanting people to get diagnosed is something Hoiberg believes White should be proud of because Hoiberg is, and the public is. “I think it’s great he went public with it,” Hoiberg said. “I’ve gotten sev-

>>GREEK.p1 British sorority, Sigma Gamma. The series website boasts the girls recruit “eager candidates who’ll battle it out to gain membership in one of five coveted spots.” The series portrays and creates several stereotypes of members in the greek community, not all of them good. Haley Theilig, sophomore in management, went through formal recruitment before the start of her freshman year at Iowa State, after her sister told her she should. “I wanted to have fun,” Theilig said. “I thought a lot of girls partied. I was looking for the total college experience, and I thought joining was a good way to make it happen.” After joining and getting to know more women and seeing how the greek community worked, things were not how they had seemed. “A lot of people think girls are wrapped up in a fantasy world,” Theilig said. “We actually do a lot of good for Iowa State and the community.” Theilig said there are many misconceptions toward the greek community. “For example, so many people think that girls in sororities have ‘daddy’s money,’ but I know many girls who face obstacles and who have a budget,” Theilig said. Theilig is not the only greek member who can’t relate to the TLC series. Elizabeth Nahas, junior in event management, feels that ISU

>>FUNDRAISER.p1 in Memphis, Tenn. Funding is crucial for the operation of this hospital because no matter their financial situation, patients are never turned away. “It takes about $1.7 million a day to run the hospital,” Christensen said. “However, all treatment and stay is free.” Up ‘til Dawn helps to ensure treatment for children with chronic illnesses. “Fundraising for Up ‘til Dawn is special because its more than just the money we raise, its about the children and their families,” Christensen said. “Its about the connec-

Photo courtesy of Thinkstock Shows like “Greek,” “Sorority Life” and “Sorority Girls” paint a portrait of greek life that does not apply to ISU greeks, who focus on philanthropy and maintaining a high GPA.

greeks do not match the media labels. “In movies you see girls with frat guys and doing crazy things at crazy parties, and people think that’s what really happens,” Nahas said.

tions we are fortunate enough to bond with them, so they know they are not alone on their new path.” Iowa State is joining nearly 300 colleges in St. Jude’s 50th anniversary year to help fulfill their mission of saving lives. These two co-presidents invite and encourage students, faculty and community members to attend the event, which will take place on Saturday in Beyer Hall from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The funds are raised through the mass mailing of letters asking for financial support. The participants are asked to bring simply themselves and 50 addresses to fill out

onto pre-written letters. “Bring a family Christmas card list or graduation party list” O’Brien suggested in order for people to come up with the 50 addresses. The more people that receive the letter, the more opportunity there is to raise money. “Those who bring at least 50 will be entered into a drawing for a $200 Visa gift card,” O’Brien said.

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eral emails from people just talking about how much that’s helped them. It’s very admirable of him that he did that. It’s good [because] people that battle that disorder have some good days and have some tough days.” So as of now, people know White first as an incredibly gifted basketball player with a past, then as a player with anxiety, then as a kid with a lot of goals and different interests. When he leaves the court, the place where “everything feels right,” White does not necessarily want to be remembered as a basketball player. It is much bigger than that. “I want people to know me as a person who believed in mankind,” White said. “I believe in mankind, I believe that humans can figure out a way to coexist as a team on a global level. I want to help people. “I’m going to lay my life down in order to help people, and that’s the sacrifice I’m willing to make.”

“The focus is on philanthropies and school,” Nahas said. “We have to have a philanthropy and maintain a GPA.” While being greek offers positive benefits, students still have to combat stereotypes. “I think there are schools that do things like haze and the excessive drinking in other parts of the country,” Nahas said, “I think that’s where most of the bad reputations seem to come from.” Greek Affairs at Iowa State says it is up to the students in the chapter to break stereotypes. Showing values-based membership helps chapters to create and recruit leaders. “Greek Life provides training, programming and support,” said Jennifer Plagman-Galvin, director of Greek Affairs. National headquarters set rules and maintain greek chapters at each university. However, there are a number of chapters nationally that have continued the stereotypes. Greek Affairs agrees that things can happen, but students and alumni need to be equipped to handle problems, so there are no negative repercussions. According to Greek Affairs, on Iowa State’s campus there are more than 2,800 greek students and 53 organizations. Plagman-Galvin summed up the large greek community: “It’s a culture of leaders, values and scholars. It’s a support system.”

hospital room. “There is already a lot on campus, but every dollar counts, even if it’s just another $50,” Christensen said. Proceeds from Up ‘til Dawn will benefit a different group of children than Dance Marathon. “There are a bunch of kids from Iowa with chronic illnesses,” O’Brien said. Not only will this benefit children from all over, but it

will also assist kids close to home. As the motto says, “Fight the yawn — stay awake to cure childhood cancer.” To register for Iowa State’s Up ‘til Dawn letter-sending party, anyone interested is encouraged to visit www.myuptildawn.org, www.twitter. com/ISUUpTilDawn, http:// www.facebook.com/pages/ Up-til-Dawn-Iowa- StateUniversity or sign up on site.

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Reporter’s words blame rape victims Ever since women have been allowed equal job opportunities, there have been arguments over whether they should be allowed to hold many of the same jobs as men — in particular, the jobs that are physically taxing, such as firefighting, construction or military service. Recently, the conversation has turned towards the role of women in the military as women are being allowed to serve in new positions from which they were previous barred. A Fox News commentator Liz Trotta reported recently on a release from the Pentagon that showed an increasing incidence of sexual assault in the military (though it is unclear whether more assaults are happening or more women are feeling that it is safe to report such an assault). Trotta’s response to the 64 percent increase in violent sexual assaults: “What did they expect?” Women who serve in the military should know that working in close quarters with men will likely get them raped. Not only are Trotta’s comments offensive, but she puts the blame on the women for the problem. Regardless of your personal views of women serving along side men in combat positions, no woman should have to worry about expecting rape or sexual assault as part of the job description while she protects our country. While both men and women should be aware of the current assault problems in the military, to say that they should expect it is enabling those that perpetrate these crimes and putting the burden on the women to deal with it. It also paints a picture of men who can’t help but to assault their female counterparts. But Trotta has more to say. Not only should women in the military simply expect to be sexually assaulted, but the services that are in place to help them (things like counseling services, sexual assault response coordinators, and victim advocates) are spending excessively to support women who are being “raped too much.” Perhaps it isn’t surprising that Trotta sees them as a waste of money, since the job of the military is “to defend and protect us, not the people who were fighting the war.” Yes, the military serves the country. But it’s in the military’s best interest to provide a safe environment where its soldiers can operate in and feel safe among their comrades, and it’s the decent, ethical thing to do. While few would agree with the views Trotta espoused, her opinions do nothing but blame the victims of sexual assault, demonize women for expecting something other than rape in their service, and characterize all men serving as uncontrollable sex machines. This dialogue doesn’t address the actual problems and offers no insight into why assault happens. Editorial Board

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Concern for women’s rights Reform preserves church’s beliefs with compromise

esterday columnist Michael Belding shared his opinion regarding the specific compromise of religious organizations in the 2010 Health Care Insurance Reform law. It was an opinion I respect and from a columnist I look up to, but I respectfully disagree with it. Unlike Michael, I believe the legislation was a good compromise; women’s health is important to the public, and I consider the legislation to be well within the public purview. I believe it is a mistake to define compromise in the context of two or more individuals arguing over their pre-established agendas, where “compromise” is only the re-ordering of separate egomaniacal initiatives for public consideration. Real compromise, of the type I saw President Barack Obama and his Republican opponents to the legislation do, is when individuals come together without predetermined demands but jointly form their agendas through the duration of the debate. The Health Care Reform Act as a whole, including the most recent consideration of religious exemptions, was a compromise. There was a public problem, identified not only by Obama, but also for Senator John McCain. While McCain was running for the presidency in 2008, he made the initiative to address the health care problem on multiple occasions. McCain thought securing affordable quality health care for

By Ryan.Peterson @iowastatedaily.com citizens was a public concern, and like Obama, he too sought a public solution. The issue was acknowledged by leaders in both parties. The current legislation was modeled after the states’ legislation. It’s important to recognize the states’ initiative in drafting health care insurance reform. Their enterprise supports the inference that the 2010 Health Care Insurance Reform Act was a process with a multitude of perspectives, rather than legislation fabricated by the president. Specifically, it was the State of Massachusetts’ health care insurance reform that the federal model was based off. A model drafted by the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, 28 states had all ready adopted similar rules requiring insurers to provide “preventative health care services.” Contrary to popular belief, the 2010 reform was not forced through by Obama. The legislation was introduced and passed by Congress, as all bills are, and deliberated within both the House and Senate. The 2010 reform was an important act which both House and Senate leaders debated and compromised on a solution for the public problem. In regards to the most recent compromise on the 2010 health care reform, Catholic institu-

tions no longer have to provide contraceptives to individual employees; this was an alteration of the clause requiring all insurers to provide “preventive health services.” I agree with Belding: the Catholic Church should not be forced to supply goods or services they deem inappropriate on religious grounds. However, within the compromise, women’s health is protected, as it should be. Every nonprofit corporation, such as hospitals and universities, should provide “preventive health services” if their health insurance company does not. Requiring independent insurance companies, rather than religious organizations, to provide “preventive health services” avoids the conflict of interests within the church. It is no longer the church that must provide the services. Now the health care insurance companies employed by the church will ensure women who choose to use contraceptives, either for birth control or as a measure to medicate and manage personal medical needs, are protected. Thanks to the compromise, hospitals, universities and charities sponsored by religious organizations can opt out of covering birth control if their insurance company offers it instead. However, despite the compromise, members of the religious community are still concerned over the moral issues of contraceptives. I personally find this strange, especially considering the many members of the Catholic Church who view the medical coverage of Viagra as morally allowable. In both instances, insurance

companies cover medications for private use, but only in the instance of birth control do they object. This, even considering the religious concern of procreation, is a contradiction. The church should be free to determine their beliefs and faiths, and their followers should be free to exercise the doctrine and faith of the church so long as it does not interfere with the rights of another. However, by denying its employees the same benefits required by law of any other organization, the church is effectively forcing its religious beliefs on its employees, trampling on their freedom of religion. I believe religion is a necessary part of our lives, and I don’t believe the public should try to intervene in religious affairs. However, there are many women working for nonprofit organizations, there are many women working for non-profit organizations who do not share the same beliefs as the CEO, but they still need medical coverage. Catholicism is against contraceptives, and I accept that. I support individuals who hold that faith to practice that. But, religions have no right to control women’s private rights, nor to deny them what are otherwise guaranteed rights via the government. As much as we hear the tyranny of government discussed, we never consider individual rights suppressed by any other means.

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

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Birth control debate needs thought Take the time to get informed on the government’s actions

rom time to time, I learn something from the reactions to my columns, even if they were written and rewritten over the course of a week as well as reviewed by my colleagues on the Opinion desk. The lesson I have learned from the reaction to my column from Feb. 9, about requiring that birth control be a part of health insurance, was compelling. Either we as a society — and by that I mean all levels, from ourselves, to Iowa State University, to young people, to Iowa, and to the United States —are content to be the sloppiest debaters and hold the most slovenlycrafted opinions, or we place so much value on ends and so disregard the means by which we achieve those ends that we use huge blunt instruments to solve fine problems. It is as if we drop atomic bombs on a city to remove the threat of one lonely soldier. The collateral damage to the issues of public debate from that attitude is enormous. During my time at Iowa State, I took the two classes in constitutional law that the Department of Political Science offers. I learned many things from those classes, including the rules of several dozen Supreme Court cases, but the lesson that sticks most is how essential it is to be precise in case briefings. An exact understanding of what the issue is, how each party to a case argues it and how the justices argue their opinions, is necessary. Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s opinions, for instance, always took more time to

By Michael.Belding @iowastatedaily.com decode because they were, quite frankly, written sloppier than those of, say Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. In another class I read an essay from the 1970s by a theorist named Henry Fairlie. His point was that the hallmark or a good politician was his or her ability to see to the heart of the matter at hand. If an issue — inclusion of birth control in health insurance, for example — is so important that it needs to be dealt with by the power of law, it deserves us approaching it with cool levelheadedness. That kind of important issue requires a fair, open critique rather than hot passions if their solutions are to be executed well. Blunt instruments will not suffice. Think of a James Bond movie’s plot. Inevitably, Bond thinks he’s suave and has the situation under control. Then he gets distracted by an attractive woman and captured by his targets. As one Bond woman said, it’s “sex for dinner, death for breakfast.” Dealing with complicated problems requires a certain amount of skill and talent. The lesson from Fairlie’s essay, “The Politician’s Art,” lies even in its title. It would be unfair to say what kind of person deserves to be a politician (especially on the basis of education level

or economic class). Instead, politics and effective political discussion requires some creativity in approaching problems rather than adherence to textbook scenarios that prescribe taking Y actions if X facts occur or fail to materialize. Applying that art and creativity requires discipline, elegance and precision. Some of you may disagree with my artistic tastes, but this difference applied to music is the difference between Mozart and atonal nonsense. In painting it is the difference between Michelangelo and the finger paintings my brother did when he was 3 years old. Responsible opining requires doing homework — at home, mind you — before beginning an argument. You have to give the issue some analysis and thought, and look for or at some evidence, before your passions can become opinions. Opinion and politics should walk hand-inhand, but politics is more sublime than petty personal particularities of passion. Opinion should be of a higher, more durable caliber than people’s own emotions and impulses. Picking up on and arguing about keywords is insufficient; we have to read the whole thing or listen to the whole speech — and it should go without saying, we have to do so carefully — before deciding. Tight, calm, time consuming thinking is essential for quality political discussion and progress.

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

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Team preps for OU defense By Dan.Tracy @iowastatedaily.com When Iowa State and Oklahoma squared off two weeks ago in Norman, Okla., it was a strange game for sophomore forward, Royce White. After breaking his shoes in pregame warm-ups, the Cyclones’ leading scorer and rebounder finished with one dunk and a made free throw as his only points and pulled down just four rebounds. “I remember a pretty weird defensive scheme that had me pretty frustrated and then I remember my shoes breaking; that’s it,” White said of the team’s first meeting. OU head coach Lon Kruger devised a scheme that stifled White on offense as the Sooners double-teamed and pressured White, forcing him to pass the ball. Fortunately for Iowa State, White responded with a team-high seven assists — all on 3-point baskets — as the Cyclones buried 15 3s in a 77-70 win. Iowa State (18-8, 8-5 Big 12) will be left to guess on what Kruger, a 26-year coaching veteran, has planned for the Cyclones until Saturday when the Sooners (13-12, 3-10 Big 12) come to Hilton Coliseum. “Lon Kruger is as creative a coach as there is in the country, so we’ll go in there and prepare for a lot of different things,” said ISU coach Fred Hoiberg on Thursday. With many teams choosing to throw multiple defend-

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Rhoads fills secondary coaching vacancy By Jake Calhoun, Daily staff writer ISU coach Paul Rhoads filled out his coaching staff with the hiring of Troy Douglas as secondary coach, the school announced Thursday. Douglas coached the secondary at North Carolina and South Florida for three seasons each before coming to Iowa State to fill the void of Bobby Elliot, who left to take an assistant coaching position at Notre Dame. “Troy possesses a dynamic background after years of coaching the secondary at the BCS level,” Rhoads said in a news release. “His experience recruiting the state of Florida is important to our program. He coached with [ISU defensive coordinator] Wally Burnham at South Florida, so he came highly recommended.” It was not announced, however, if Douglas also would assume the duties as recruiting coordinator, which Elliot held in his time here. In his 25 years of coaching at the collegiate level, Douglas has coached the secondary for 23 of them. “I was intrigued by the upward direction the Iowa State football program is heading under Paul Rhoads,” Douglas said. “Paul Rhoads is known as a guy who has worked the defensive side of the ball, and in the secondary specifically, and that also made this an attractive opportunity.”

ers at White, it has opened the door for his frontcourt mate and fellow sophomore forward Melvin Ejim to thrive. Ejim led Iowa State with 21 points and nine rebounds in the first Oklahoma game and has upped his points per game average from 7.2 in the non-conference schedule to 9.9 during Big 12 play. “There’s a lot of attention for Royce and the guards so I just try to make myself available especially when Royce is penetrating or make myself available near the basket when [the guards] are shooting that opens up driving lanes because guys are hung up on them, so I just try to pick my poison sometimes and see where I can be most effective,” Ejim said. In their last meeting, the Sooners held the edge down on the block, outrebounding the Cyclones by nine and outscoring them 26-14 in the paint. OU forwards Andrew Fitzgerald and Romero Osby led the effort down low combining for 44 points. “They’ve got some versatile big guys that can step out and make shots, and they can post up very well and are very athletic,” Ejim said. “We’ve got to just limit them from touching the ball a lot, and I think that starts from pressure on the guards and then on the big guys to take initiative in fronting guys and not giving them a good opportunity to score down there.” One of Iowa State’s best

Photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily Forward Melvin Ejim shoots the ball against Kansas at Hilton Coliseum on Jan 28. Ejim and his teammates face “versatile” opponents in the upcoming game against Oklahoma.

defenders will return on Saturday to help the perimeter defense, as sophomore guard Bubu Palo will suit up for the first time since breaking his right wrist. The Ames native averaged 4.7 points and 2.1 assists per game off the bench in the Cyclones’ first 14 games before missing the last 12. “I’m not really nervous,” Palo said about his on-court mindset after the injury. “I feel like if I was nervous that would just kind of take away from my aggressiveness so I’m just going to go out there and play my game and hopefully everything

Cyclones put on pink in ‘Play 4Kay’

For senior Chassidy Cole, playing against Oklahoma on Saturday is more than a chance to seek payback for handing Iowa State its 80-51 loss on Jan. 4 in Norman, Okla. The “Play 4Kay” game will have Cyclones donning pink, and Cole will use her grandmother as a motivator. Cole’s grandmother, Virginia Woods, is a breast cancer survivor. “As far as players, if they do know someone who has breast cancer it is kind of like a little momentum booster,” Cole said. Cole said she and her grandmother are very close. “We talk every day,” Cole said. Junior Anna Prins also is looking forward to the Play 4Kay game.

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“I’m glad we’re playing at home,” Prins said. “And it is a pink game so obviously we’re playing for something bigger than just basketball.” Iowa State (15-9, 6-7 Big 12) will have more than just pink on their minds — they’ll have to defend against the topranked team in 3-point shooting percentage in the Big 12. The Sooners (17-8, 9-4) are shooting .350 from beyond the arc. “It seems like every single one of their players can hit a 3,” Cole said. “They definitely build off of that.” Although Oklahoma averages a better attempt ratio, Iowa State leads the conference in most 3-pointers per game with a 6.58. Oklahoma averages 5.25 3-pointers a game. Freshman Brynn Williamson leads Iowa State with an average of 1.7 3-point-

ers a game. The Cyclones’ last matchup with the Sooners saw OU sophomore Aaryn Ellenberg score 21 points and junior Joanna McFarland score 19. The Sooners made 11 of 18 attempts from the 3-point line. “We can’t allow them to just get on a streak with their 3-pointers,” Cole said. “We’ve got to keep them rattled; we’ve got to try our best to make them put it on the floor and not let them get comfortable with their shooting.” Another key player for Oklahoma is junior Whitney Hand. “Hand is someone we all want on our team,” said coach Bill Fennelly after Wednesday’s win against Kansas. “I texted Sherry after the UConn game and said, ‘I am a card-carrying member of the Whitney fan club.’ I mean

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