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The Smithsonian wants your favorite video games Is “Donkey Kong” art? The Smithsonian wants you to help decide.

Next month, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will debut the Art of Video Games, an exhibit chronicling what the museum calls the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium.

Now, video game fans can vote to help decide some of the games that will be featured.

Between now and April 7, the public is invited to vote online.

The games exhibited will appear alongside videos, playable games, installations, and other features planned for the exhibit, which will run until September 2012.

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On this day in 1977: only recorded February tornado in Iowa funt The down briefly in Mason City, inflicting F1 fac touched damage on a home and injuring one person.

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Police Blotter: Feb. 18 Dennis Downs, 53, of Elm Mott, Texas, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and serious assault. (reported at 1:10 p.m.)

Richard Watkins, 22, 4912 Mortensen Road unit 431, was arrested and charged with probation violation. (reported at 2 p.m.)

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Brittany Loftin, 27, 440 Seventh St. unit 222, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 12:57 a.m.)

Kyle Simpson, 18, 4497 Friley Hall, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 1:10 a.m.)

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She tweeted: “Can’t stop crying watching this. This is why I make music. She is the future.”

But the story doesn’t end there.

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Solidarity drives demonstration Governor accused of blocking activist website

What set the protests in motion

By the CNN Wire Staff MADISON, Wis. - A left-leaning website that union supporters used to rally protesters in Wisconsin was partially blocked as demonstrators gathered in the state Capitol over a controversial budget bill.

The website, defendwisconsin.org, could not be accessed on Monday and into Tuesday morning in the Capitol building, where crowds assembled over proposed legislation that would increase the costs of beneďŹ ts to public employees and curb their collective-bargaining rights.

Wisconsin Democratic Party press secretary Graeme Zielinski blamed Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers — who returned to work Tuesday — for causing the outage. “In a direct assault on the First Amendment, Scott Walker’s administration is blocking access in the Wisconsin Capitol to opposition websites,� Zielinski said.

The governor’s spokesman, Cullen Werwie, responded Tuesday, calling the accusation “a lie.â€? “The Department of Administration blocks all new websites shortly after they are created, until they go through a software approval program that unblocks them,â€? Werwie said. “Within 30 minutes of being notiďŹ ed this website was blocked, DOA circumvented the software and immediately made the website accessible.â€?

He said, “The Democratic Party should spend less time lying about Gov. Walker and more time trying to get their AWOL state senators back to Wisconsin,� referring to Democratic efforts to prevent a quorum in the Senate.

The Capitol internet service, which restricts access to certain websites considered inappropriate for lawmakers, revealed a “blocked page� when users tried to access the site using the building’s wireless system.

Users were able to access the site elsewhere.

The outage comes on the heels of a speech by Walker, who defended the budget proposal and criticized unions for squandering state coffers and impeding ďŹ scal reform. “We’re broke,â€? he told reporters Monday. “You really can’t negotiate when you don’t have money to negotiate with.â€?

Unions have argued that collective bargaining — a process of negotiations meant to regulate working conditions — has helped protect wages and health care, enforce workplace safety and serve as a means to arbitrate employee grievances.

The budget-repair bill, proposed by Walker to address a $137 million shortfall through June 30, would increase contributions of state workers to their pensions and health insurance beneďŹ ts. It requires collective-bargaining units to conduct annual votes to maintain certiďŹ cation and eliminates unions’ rights to have dues deducted from worker paychecks.

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ISU student participated to advocate unions

By Matt.Wettengel iowastatedaily.com Having grown up in a union-supporting family, when Brian Guillaume heard about the protests in Madison, Wis., he got in contact with people in Madison and volunteered his weekend to the cause.

As soon as he got out of class Friday, Guillaume, senior in political science, headed to Madison. “Madison is the epicenter of American politics, at least [in that] whatever happens in Madison is going to happen across the nation, so I wanted to be up there and just see it,�

Guillaume said.

Guillaume volunteered as a marshall, doing some crowd control and question answering.

He witnessed the rally that featured Jesse Jackson, led chants around the Capitol and participated in the constantly-beating drum circles throughout the weekend. “It was wild to see that mass of people come together for one thing ... I think that’s what’s cool about it, it goes

beyond parties, it goes beyond political affiliation, this is something that is in American history,� Guillaume said. “Unions are a part of American history and I’ve seen that growing up, and I just want to make sure that I do my part to help them.�

Guillaume said the solidarity that he witnessed amongst the union workers in Madison, who were working together to maintain their basic rights.

With the implications that this legislation has for the future of the nation, Guillaume encourages students to get involved with this and similar movements across the country. “I think college kids need to get more involved more often because, I mean, at Iowa State we educate teachers, they’re going to have to make that decision, they’re going to be the next generation of these people ďŹ ghting these battles,â€? Guillaume said. “Whatever side they’re on, this is important to you because it’s our future. How are middle class and working class people going to be treated 40 years from now? We’re going to be the middle class and working class, that’s up to us. There’s only gonna be a couple of us that are going to be super rich, and I think that we need to take hold of what’s going on.â€?

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The cogs in the protest machine: Marcia Connor, Dane County Juvenile Reception Center employee Age: 61 From: Sun Prarie, Wis. “I’m here because I’m angry at Scott Walker for not even recognizing the fact that he’s not allowing the people of Wisconsin to negotiate.

I don’t mind paying ... the increased contribution to the retirement fund, I don’t mind the increase to the health insurance premiums, but it makes me very angry that he’s telling us that he won’t even talk to us about it. To take away our rights is very scary. To me, it’s like an autocracy, and I never imagined that something like that would come to Wisconsin; it scares me.”

Natalie Robb (left) and Libby Robb (right) Age: 13 and 16 From: Madison, Wis. “[We’re] just supporting people like my mom and state workers ... teachers especially.” — Libby

Wisconsin student finds hope in displays

By Matt.Wettengel iowastatedaily.com When he heard about the public hearings taking place in Madison last Tuesday, Damon Terrell, junior in math education at the University of WisconsinMadison, was compelled to get involved.

He read about the hearing through a Facebook post that his dad’s girlfriend posted, which made it out to be something that legislators were keeping quiet from the public, but upon arriving at the Capitol and seeing the estimated 700 people who registered to speak, Terrell felt compelled to register himself and give his own two cents.

“Really what I think that this has been about for me ... is people learning the value of listening to each other, of ... learning the importance of being right at the end of a conversation over being right at the beginning of a conversation,” Terrell said. “Kind of an idea about recognizing our own limitations and then working with each other to overcome those limitations, so it’s really been kind of a beautiful moment. A lot of people are coming out here and showing that they can be a force when they feel support. [It’s] kind of a cultural shift toward valuing your neighbor and what they have to say.”

One of the things that Terrell takes the most pride in has been the children that have voiced their opinions through a megaphone in front of the masses that have sur-

>>PROTEST.p1 AFL-CIO. Sagar also alluded to a new era of politics, calling on those present to be inspired by the day’s events as inspiration to make changes at home.

“I hope that there’s energy that comes out of today and that people go back to their communities and realize that they can’t just sit back and let politics as usual work,” Sagar said. “It has to be a level of involvement that maybe

rounded the Capitol.

“Even if they don’t have a real, true sense of what’s going on, the fact that they’re losing their fear of speaking their mind and understanding that other people have similar interests, reestablishing that the person on the other side of the aisle has the best interest of everyone at heart and that there might be different ways to go about that, there might be different opinions, ... you might just never agree, but you have to acknowledge the humanity of the person across from you and respect that.”

The most courageous thing that Terrell witnessed in his time at the Capitol was when the last person to speak about the bill, a 14-year-old girl, testified in favor of it. Terrell’s heart dropped during her testimony, unsure of what response it would evoke, but was relieved when she received as much applause as those who spoke before her against the bill.

“She spoke her mind and it was one of the most courageous things I think I’ve ever seen,” Terrell said. “It’s easy to get up when the rotunda is going to just applaud, but she really took a stand - and I don’t know that I agree with her, that I would even argue anything with a 14 year old, but the fact that they are forming their own opinions and expressing them is awesome to me. And the fact that it was received well, because it is her opinion and she is entitled to it, was very moving.“

unusual because Iowa State will be handling the daily responsibilities of maintaining and operating the site.

This includes collecting and accounting for parking fees, removal of snow and trash and the general maintenance and necessary repairs of

Residence, said the program is “helping students help themselves.”

MAP-Works is produced and marketed by Educational Benchmarking Inc., and it is a series of voluntary surveys students can take to help them recognize where they have resources on campus.

Aisenbrey said it is offered to all freshman and first-year students as an assessment tool to help students transition from high school to college.

Iowa State became involved after seeing the results Ball State University had with a paper version of the survey.

Mike Regner Age: 23 From: Madison, Wis. “I’m out here because I’ve got about five or six teachers now in my family, depending on who’s doing what right now, and I’ve supported unions all my life. I think that they’re one of the few things standing between the workers and the rich in this country and I’m out here to support them as long as it takes.”

people haven’t been accustomed to or comfortable with. I said democracy is not a spectator sport and I was serious. You gotta be involved.”

As the rallies disbanded, the sun finally broke through the clouds and those present joined in song to the theme of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” led by guitarist, Guitar Guy. “Solidarity forever. Solidarity forever. Solidarity forever,” the crowd sang. “The union makes us strong.”

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Bill Heinzelman, retired teacher Age: 63 From: Milwaukee, Wis. “I’m a retired teacher and I’m not going to stand by and let the governor take away the rights of the teachers and all public workers to not collectively bargain their contracts. It’s in the United Nations charter on human rights that the workers have the right to organize and bargain, the archbishop of Milwaukee came out and said the workers have the right to organize and bargain. The governor, what he’s done is he’s trumped up this whole thing about the budget crisis, which we have, but he and the Republicans just gave the businesses in Wisconsin a $140 million tax break ... so he’s got money for his friends, but then the workers are supposed to take the brunt of it.”

Elliot Lebrun, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student Age: 20 From: Stevens Point, Wis. “I’ve got aunts and uncles that are all teachers and untold amounts of family members that work for the state. I just don’t see why people don’t get that our state workers built this country, and they should be known for that. I think this is sparking these kind of events all over the country. We need to not only stand up for the people in our state, but we need to show the rest of the country what they need to do for their union workers.”

the facility.

But the revenues and expenditures will be managed in a separate university fund.

If the revenues do not cover the expenditures, the university and the city will each provide subsidies.

Every year by Jan. 1, the university will present a recommended operational budget to

Englin said Iowa State helped Educational Benchmarking Inc. improve MAP-Works and was involved with the movement from paper to a webbased version.

E d u c a t i o n a l Benchmarking Inc. developed a private formula that points students toward helpful resources, such as advisers, residence hall directors and counselors. The information provided by students is given to administrators only on a need to know basis.

Virginia Arthur, associate director for Residence Halls, said 85 percent of all on-campus students and 50 percent of off-campus students partici-

Sharon Anday, local 504 member and Shelly Anday, AFSCME member Age: 41 and 35 From: Gurnee, Ill., and Madison, Wis. “We’re very upset about losing the opportunity to do collective bargaining and unions.” - Shelly “I think that it’s kind of gotten lost in the whole idea of we need to get rid of collective bargaining so people pay their fair share, because it’s not true. People will pay their fair share, we don’t need to collective bargaining to do that and I feel like that’s kind of gotten lost in the media. I think Walker’s bill is radical and I think that he’s trying to attack the framework of the backbone of America and I’m afraid for what happens if this passes. And this is our core, we grew up in a family of teachers and state workers and this is not okay and I really hope it doesn’t end it.”

- Sharon

pated in the fall MAP-Works Survey and “typically the students who take it have significantly higher GPAs.” The on-campus students who took MAP-Works Survey had an average GPA of 2.78, and those who did not had an average GPA of 2.41, Englin said.

The prize Buer won was self-generated by funds from the Department of Residence, ISU Dining and the Academic Success Center.

Englin said that free room and board were not the only prizes available to students for completing the MAP-Works Survey.

Students could also win

Schainker, who will have the option of approving it or suggesting revisions.

The final operational budget will then be presented by Feb. 28, according to the agreement.

“It’s going to be a challenge the first couple years,” Schainker said.

“But it’s going to be a fantastic facility. It’s gocoupons for free smoothies on campus by participating.

Buer was chosen through a random drawing. Every student who participated in the fall MAP-Works Survey was entered, and a random number generator was used to select the winner.

To be eligible, the only requirement was that the student must live on campus. The free room and board prize applies to Buer’s freshman year and the cost of Buer’s residence contract will be credited back to her.

Buer said participating in the MAP-Works Survey helped her realize the importance of how much time she

>>VOTE.p1 cern was the College of Engineering. Its enrollment numbers have gone up since spring 2010, meaning it could potentially have another representative on GSB. It is unclear in the constitution if the number of College of Engineering senators could change mid-session. The questions on the GSB election ballot will clear up this area of concern.

“Consistency is very important in GSB and we want to make it easier for campus organizations to follow,” Stille said.

If the bill passes, the questions will be put forth to students to make the final decision.

Also on the GSB agenda is a bill that would return unused funds for the Cyclone Cinema project to their prior GSB accounts.

Approximately $340,000 would be returned to the Investment Account and the Capital Projects Account.

Questions will be asked about the bill at this week’s meeting and senators will vote on it next week.

GSB will vote on whether to add the ballet questions regarding the number of senators for each college during the meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.

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The Intermodal Facility will be constructed on Hayward Avenue and will include space for transit buses, intercity buses and bicycles.

Construction could begin by April. The facility is set to be operational by June 2012.

spends studying, relaxing and sleeping.

She said she knew it was helpful for administration to get feedback from students.

“It seems like people usually delete survey e-mails,” she said, but she learned from her statistics class that having

enough data is important and she “figured 15 minutes isn’t hard to do.”

It was a simple way to earn a year’s worth of free room and board.

“Our students work hard and this is a way to alleviate pressure,” Englin said.

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Website blocked by Wis. Wi-Fi

A funny thing happened Monday at the Wisconsin Capitol; if you find humor in possible sinister government conspiracy theories.

Rest assured we haven’t found our Mel Gibson hats — past the next sentence, we’ll stick to informing and leave the theorizing up to you. Like the opinion editor said in Tuesday’s editorial, most people know bullshit when they smell it, and this one really stinks.

The teaching assistants in Wisconsin haven’t just unionized, they’ve gone so far as to launch a website: Defend Wisconsin, Against Scott Walker’s Attacks.

They’ve been far more on the ball than we have when it comes to protesting everyone’s grandpa playing hack-n-slash with university budgets. So on the ball, in fact, that their website became one of the major hubs for people looking to join protests.

The website had been up and running well before Monday, and had seen a hefty amount of traffic.

The website became blocked by the Capitol building’s Wi-Fi network Monday.

Sachin Chheda, chairman of the Milwaukee County Democrats and former employee of the Wisconsin Division of Enterprise Technology, spoke during a Tuesday morning press conference call sponsored by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

“At some point on Monday, perhaps midday, administrators [of the site] learned it was being blocked. I learned of this later, saw it was happening, and saw that it doesn’t sound right. So I asked a colleague in the Capitol to send me a screenshot of what he saw when he tried to open it.”

What’s shown is a Google Chrome error window, listing the Internet protocol address for the Defend Wisconsin website. The text in the search bar indicated the website was blocked internally.

This isn’t a company workplace blocking access to something along the lines of Facebook. U.S. government employees knowingly and willingly restricted Internet access to a website specifically designed to facilitate citizens’ right to assemble.

Officials were quick to absolve themselves of responsibility.

Carla Vigue, Wisconsin Department of Administration spokesperson, said, “No one at DOA decided to block this website, or took particular action to block this website,” and instead pointed the finger toward automated software.

Vigue said the Department of Administration blocks all new websites shortly after they are created; but as we said, this one had been up and running for several days.

If our conspiracy theories prove correct, Vigue and her cohorts seem to be in dire need of a history lesson on the First Amendment.

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Wisconsin bill will set stage for more states

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et. In. Or get. Away.”

The hushed plea came from the window of a ground-floor office in the Wisconsin State Capitol as we hovered nearby, peering at the signs plastered to it. It was about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, and temperatures dipped into the low 20s — though it felt much colder.

Nearby, people huddled near a locked door, making phone calls and searching for a way in.

“Get in, or get away.”

The voice belonged to a man who had slightly opened the window. I turned to Iowa State Daily photo editor Kelsey Kremer and Daily news editor Matt Wettengel and said, “Let’s go.”

Once we had crawled inside, the man instructed us to take off our coats so it wouldn’t look like we had just come in, and told us how to get past the security guards we might encounter outside the dark office. None of us were prepared for what we saw once we emerged.

Signs protesting Gov. Scott Walker’s “budget repair bill” covered the entire rotunda and spread into additional wall space. Some were clever, some were angry, some smacked of desperation. People were arranged in clusters: families, friends and people who had just met.

Groups such as the University of WisconsinMadison Teaching Assistants’ Association and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees hosted information booths, and an entire wing was dedicated to the food, bedding and toiletry donations that poured in. It was a community.

A call soon sounded from the center of the rotunda. A young man announced there was a group of people outside who had been told it would be midnight before the Capitol would close, but they were now locked out. He requested 20 coats and blankets, which he had been given permission to hand out to them.

The man was Damon Terrell, junior at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He told us later that when the group was eventually allowed inside, all the coats and blankets were returned to their owners.

That sense of peace and community was echoed within the walls of the Capitol and, later, throughout the square outside; from the signs that read, “Remember, this is a peaceful protest,” to the fact that no arrests have been made related to the protests. But make no mistake, the peace was not for lack of passion.

“The biggest thing that irks me is when [Walker] says, ‘It’s a modest request.’ This is modest? Asking for our rights? How could that be modest?” said Silke O’Donnell, child care representative with American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Child Care Providers Together in Madison.

Sunday was O’Donnell’s second night sleeping in the Capitol. She fears that if the bill is passed, public employees will no longer have a collective voice. She brought her children to the Capitol because she wants them to learn that they have the right to speak their minds, and that it can be done peacefully; and because she sees the far-reaching implications of taking away collective bargaining rights.

“It’s not about us anymore. It’s not about my

Top: A Wisconsin police officer stands outside a Capitol building door Monday to keep people from entering emergency exit only doors as they march past. The protesters often thanked the officers for doing their job.

Above: Signs of support and protest cover the walls of the Wisconsin Capitol this week. Other states are now beginning to look at their collective bargaining rights systems, including Iowa.

Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

rights or what we’re fighting for. It’s about these kids’ rights, and our grandchildren’s rights, that can’t be taken away. That’s what I’m here fighting for,” O’Donnell said.

Some stayed the night simply so others could, too. Debra Dawidziak, 28, of Madison, heard talk that the Capitol would close at night if enough people didn’t show up. In addition to her personal objections to the bill, she knows protesters need to work together to make their voices heard. Mary Jo Walters, mother of two, was there for the same reason.

As a Wisconsinite, I have a personal connection to what’s happening in my home state.

As an American citizen, you do, too.

This isn’t just about public employees in Wisconsin. What happens in the Badger State will set the tone for the nation. Eliminating collective bargaining will not save Wisconsin from its deficit — which Walker increased by $120 million for 2011 to 2013, with the tax breaks he signed during a special session.

Walker’s attack on collective bargaining is

not about balancing the budget. How can it be, when according to American Rights at Work and the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, eight states without collective bargaining now face a larger budget shortfall than Wisconsin?

This bill is about breaking unions. It is about taking away workers’ rights to negotiate for safe, fair working conditions — rights that benefit non-union employees, too. It is about taking away their voice.

And it’s happening in other states. Collective bargaining rights are on the chopping block in Ohio, New Jersey, California, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, Iowa and elsewhere, despite the fact that 61 percent of Americans would oppose a law in their state similar to Walker’s proposal in Wisconsin, according to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll.

Yesterday, worker solidarity rallies were held in at least 33 states. As the Wobblies say, “An injury to one is an injury to all.”

Scott Walker’s attack on rights is an injury to this nation.

House of Representatives

Republican theatrics stifle progress

By Michael.Belding iowastatedaily.com

Last week the U.S. House of Representatives cut $60 billion from this fiscal year’s budget. This action was surrounded by talk of a potential government shutdown when the continuing resolution currently allowing government agencies to spend money expires March 4. That shutdown would be the result of an impasse between the House and the Senate.

That impasse was encouraged

by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.

He said that because of the public’s mood demonstrated by last November’s election — one presumably in favor of what the Tea Party have to offer — the recent budgetary discussions are an opportunity to meaningfully change the spending habits of the American government.

And they are such an opportunity. But the prospect of a stoppage of government services should not be used to extort concessions.

King works for the government; he has on many occasions proclaimed his patriotism and love for his country. What kind of love is it that pushes him and others to threaten the end of his government’s existence?

Our government was founded upon an admission that there are indeed problems common to us all.

Those problems cannot be solved by business, nor can they be solved by social forces. They require collective action coordinated by the U.S. government. The constitu-

tional empowerment to regulate commerce and to make all laws necessary and proper for that purpose, as well as the others listed in “Article I, Section 8,” are such purposes of government.

I agree that it would be very nice if wasteful spending was eliminated, if taxes were lowered, and if little regulation of business and industry was necessary. But our Constitution allows us to wantonly spend on programs we have determined are necessary, to raise taxes and to regulate businesses.

In these budgetary debates, it is important to remember that the whole purpose of having a government is to solve these issues. Cuts should not be made where they are harmful; government programs fulfill important roles in the lives of many American citizens. The whole object of the federal government, James Madison wrote in “Federalist No. 10,” is to secure “the great and aggregate interests” of the American people.

In the same essay, Madison continued in this vein, writing the public good is one of the objects of government; further, that it is necessary to protect the public good against the attacks of an interested faction. Those factions are not always minorities, a similarly interested majority can also constitute a faction.

The fact that a majority, however overwhelming, supports a particular measure is no reason to

approve that measure. It may be that, if it is actually given consideration, the measure will be found to be necessary. Speaker of the House John Boehner said last week that his party would do no more and no less than what the American people want.

Such an attitude smacks of the pure democracy the government established in our Constitution seeks to avoid. The whole reason for establishing a republic — by which Madison meant “a government in which the scheme of representation takes place” — is to avoid the majority factions that exploit government for their own ends.

However, if the representatives of the electorate fulfill their role, they do not give in to the prevailing popular passions. The “scheme of representation” serves as a medium through which views are passed. By not entertaining or considering alternative options, a politician is not acting politically.

He is acting according to a platform; a set of principles which, once decided upon, cannot be changed.

It is dangerous for representatives to be too dependent upon their constituents. And while those who voted in favor of a politician must be appeased by him, he represents those who voted against him just as much as those who voted for him.

George W. Bush, in his role as

president, even represented Sen. Al Gore, D-Tenn., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to the rest of the world. President Barack Obama does the same for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

Their role as a medium allows representatives “to refine and enlarge the public views.” By taking into account a variety of conflicting interests and by attempting to reconcile them as legislation is made, it becomes more likely measures that are good for the whole group will be decided upon.

Through these considerations of opposing interests, the representatives will be able to “discern the true interest of their country.”

It is not in the interest of the U.S., or her people, for the government to cease functioning for however long an amount of time.

One of the reasons is, clearly, the fact government services would be suspended. But an even more disturbing part of a government shutdown due to a budgetary impasse is what it indicates for the practice of politics in America.

It indicates, namely, that the political systems designed to contain the abuses of faction have failed to ensure people will not put the government and the public power behind it at the service of their own private ends. The Constitution establishes a government that puts private interests at the service of public needs, not the other way around.

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FASHION POLICE

A new face of fashion arrives

BY LEAH RODEWALD ISD STYLE WRITER

Too many places Black and brown...don’t do it.

Everywhere Okay, there are puddles EVERYWHERE. We should not see TOMS this much this time of year.

Everywhere TOMS! I love them, but for the summer. They wern’t made for wet weather, SNOW, or puddles! Save them for the summer!

Design Career Fair (MU) People walked in to the College of Design Career Fair with horrendous outďŹ ts. From ďŹ fth year architects walking around sporting their Express shirts over slim ďŹ tting jeans, to the girls who looked like they just walked off the set of Gossip Girl, you’re not being “â€?creativeâ€?â€? or whatever you think you’re being.

This is a career fair, odd as that may seem.�

These are student submitted. To submit your own fashion police statement go online at isdstyle.com

Flashing cameras, makeup and hair artists, and a long, white runway; all of these components and many others make Fashion Week something to Designer Kira Plastinina highlight in the calendar multiple times of the year.

This past week marked the highlight of winter for many fashionistas. During the course of the last few days, a whole new world of fashion has been revealed through the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Feb. 10 to 17 in New York City.

With most runway shows starting at 9 a.m. and not ending until 9 p.m., more than 100 designers claimed a spot in the schedule.

EVENTS Art Walk: College of Engineering When: Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday Where: Meet at Howe Hall Free for all students Nacy Giard, educator of visual learning, takes students on an art tour around the College of Engineering.

Blue Moon Dueling Piano Bar When: 8 p.m. Thursday Where: West Des Moines Music provided by Marcus Toner, Todd Cutshaw and Dean Madonia, Come for great live music, food, and drink specials.

Admission: Free Des Moines Art Center When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday Where: Des Moines Art Center Join Director Jeff Fleming for a discussion of this exhibition.

Admission: Free Dance Social When: 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. Friday Where: 196 Forker Hosted by ISU Ballroom Dance. Free for all students. Dress is casual but indoor shoes or socks most be worn in studio.

Comedy Improv When: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturday Where: Workspace, Memorial Union $30 for students Men’s Basketball When: 12:45 p.m. Saturday Where: Hilton Coliseum Iowa State vs. Nebraska

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Acclaimed designers such as Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors and DKNY have presented or will present their new spring and/or summer lines. While viewers look forward to the classic designers’ works, there are always fresh innovators to be watching for. LUBLU Kira Plastinina is one of those designers that you should keep a close eye on for new ideas.

The fashion designers today are starting at much younger ages. Plastinina began designing when she was only 14 years old, and has already shown her line at a couple Fashion Weeks by age 18. Coming into this most recent Fashion Week, she has shown an air of conďŹ dence that started with completely redoing her line from a “girly, wanna-be prom queenâ€? style to a sophisticated, stylish “it-girlâ€? brand. “I want to design clothes that can keep up with my hectic lifestyle, and I create each collection by envisaging exactly how I would look in every single garment.â€? Plastinina said when discussing her new line.

Her new styles for this week show a irty, fun look that can be played down for a day on the go. And changed drastically to instantly be ready for a night out with the girls or a night to just show what you’ve got.

Plastinina, born and raised in Russia, is the daughter of Russian dairy and juice “king� Sergei Plastinin. He broke into the business around the time when the Berlin Wall fell and has been successful ever since. When Kira was born June 1, 1992, no one knew what she would accomplish by the time she was 18.

As she attended the Anglo-American school in her hometown of Moscow, she stayed busy designing her own clothes without any formal instruction.

Using princesses as her ďŹ rst inspiration, Plastinina began to open up stores all over the world with her father’s help.

The ďŹ rst store in the United States opened in the winter of 2008.

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in the fall of 2008, so did the stores. All of Kira’s stores were closed by the fall of 2008. Her newer line, LUBLU, came back with a bang and a less “princessy� style in January 2009 by opening on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles.

This is still currently the only store in the United States open, much to the dismay of many of her fans.

designers. It’s time to invent your own look here on our campus.

For more information on Kira Plastinina or her new line visit her web pages: www.lublukiraplastinina.com or www.kiraplastinina.com

Her clothing has been described as a cross between H&M and Forever 21, with prices ranging from around $30 to $50 depending on what item you have to have.

She now attends a fashion institute in Milan to further her abilities, which will only beneďŹ t her and everyone who wears her clothing in the future.

With the close of Fashion Week approaching, designers are already expected to start working on new styles for the new season.

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Pretty your pumps with handmade peony shoe clips

BY CLARISSA STOLL ISD STYLE WRITER What you will need:

Versatile. Practical. Affordable.

Quick, think. What is the first thing that migrates into your mind when you see these three words? Is it “pretty”? Probably not, but there is a good chance it may be “boring.”

Unfortunately, there are myths out there that state the style-savvy must shell out to have expensive taste or else surrender to a simpler fashion. With the pocket books we college students currently carry, there is no way we can continually cash out on anything costly.

Nevertheless, there is no need to be negative – we have a penny-pinching solution: hand-made shoe clips.

Shoe clips can run from $10 to $200 so why not do it yourself at a fraction of the cost? In only five steps, you can have an accessory that will last indefinitely. Get funky with polkadotted prints, sassy with turquoise tulle, or add an extra sparkle with sequins for a customized creation.

Place them on your shoes — pumps, flats, boot straps, ankle straps — purses, sweaters and sashes. Clip them in your hair or even on a piece of jewelry. Great for gifts for your grandmas and gal-pals, these clips will put an extra spring in everyone’s step.

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Needle and thread.

Glue gun and glue sticks.

Shoe clips. These may be difficult to detect.

We found badge clips at Hobby Lobby for $1.47 instead.

Fabric of your choice. We opted for a peach warp lame also found at Hobby Lobby in the bargain bin for less than $3.

Floral stencil. Create your own or use a template. We used one found on the Martha Stewart Wedding website.

Estimated time: several hours.

Level of difficulty: medium.

Level of creativity: endless.

There is beauty in building your own creation.

Step One: Trace your design on the fabric. We recommend using a pen that will not bleed. Cut out at least nine layers. Depending on the stencil size, you may need up to 20.

Helpful hint: Do not worry about perfection, the large quantities of layers will ensure minimal mess-ups will not be noticeable.

Step Four: Fold the flower in half and sew together on the fabric crease.

Fold the flower and sew again in the opposite direction.

Once finished, you will see a cross-like section of stitches.

This will prompt the peony to blossom.

Step Two: Collect and pile the layers of fabric on top of each other.

Step Three: Sew together the center with several stitches.

Helpful hint: If by chance your pen bled through on any of cut out layers, position them towards the bottom of the pile.

The ink will then be under the open blossom and not seen.

Step Five: Put another glob of glue on the surface of the shoe clip.

Position your fabric flower onto the glue and press firmly to secure. Let it dry.

Step Six: Use your fingers to fluff the fabric foliage.

Helpful hint: If you are not a spectacular seamstress, we recommend putting a glob of glue from your glue gun over the cross stitch to prevent breakage.

Photos: Clarissa Stoll/Iowa State Daily

Consignment store chic

BY EMILY GEGNER ISD STYLE WRITER

When you hear consignment store you may think of used, dingy, old, second-hand, or out-dated. However, your opinion will soon change when you see Miss Meyer’s consignment store in downtown Ames.

Instead you will think of fun, fresh, bright, cute and “what a great deal.”

These gently used items have just the right touch to bring your wardrobe back to life after this long, cold winter. Miss Meyer’s features items that have been carefully treated, as well as jewelry and accessories

by a few local designers.

Here are just a few of the great options Miss Meyer’s has to offer.

This dress to the right, has been gently used and is originally from Forever 21, when you see it you will want it right on the spot, and you can, for only $14.50. It has a sassy sweet-heart styled neckline along with flirty ruffles hitting just above the knee. It would be great for a night out, or paired with a bright colored cardigan and worn to work or class.

The necklace paired with it is from a local designer Encore Jewelry

We have a large variety of fine estate gold & silver jewelry.

And don’t forget we have purses and billfolds coming soon! ,INCOLN 7AY s Corner of Lincoln Way & Kellogg Ave. www.sharikestatejewelry.com

and can add some sparkle to any occasion for $55.

Vida bright purple suede heels, will add a skip to anyone’s step retailing for only $16.50. The shoes will add some pop to any outfit transforming it from ordinary to extraordinary.

You will be the envy of all of your friends, especially when they find out what a great deal you got on them.

Miss Meyer’s scarves are a great accessory to transition from winter to spring. They come in an array of colors, prints

and prices ranging from $4 to $25.

When it’s not quite warm enough to just wear a v-neck add a little more color to your outfit and accessorize with a

scarf.

The metallic clutch — below — is a great vintage find. The brand is Lodis and it retails for $32.50. It’s the perfect carry-all clutch holding all of your most valuable items and also looking cute while doing it.

Photos: Emily Gegner/ Iowa State Daily

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Track and field

Sprinter Amara Sama runs the 60-meter dash prelims during Saturday’s session of the Iowa State Classic at Lied Rec Center. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

Duo poised for payback Warner, Sama lead Cyclone sprinters

By Kevin.Shay iowastatedaily.com ISU track and field sprinters Ian Warner and Amara Sama are continuing to develop day in and day out, and the results are beginning to show.

Last week at the Iowa State Classic, Warner tied his personal best time in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.72 seconds.

Meanwhile, Warner’s training partner Sama placed eighth in the same event.

Although Sama hasn’t been quite on par with Warner’s success, both of them are an integral part of the team, said coach Corey Ihmels.

“I think those two have really come together and matured,” Ihmels said.

“They have become the backbone of the sprints

Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

group and are the consummate team players.”

Sprints coach Nate Wiens agreed with Ihmels sentiments.

“They’re exactly what you want out of short sprinters,” Wiens said. “They listen, they adapt, they train well together, and they do all of the other little things they need to.”

Ihmels believes Warner wouldn’t be where he is without the help of Sama.

“Obviously Amara is trailing a little bit in the results category,” Ihmels said. “But you can say Ian’s not doing what he is doing without the help of Amara.”

On the other hand, Sama feels he is improving due to Warner’s tutelage.

“He’s helped me a ton,” Sama said. “In practice he can help me with my form if I’m not doing something right, and I kind of mimic his style.”

When Warner received the high praise from his teammate, he remained humble, and said that he wouldn’t be where he is without Sama.

“It goes both ways,” Warner said. “He helps me with my starts because he’s a better starter than me. And I’ve definitely improved because of him.”

While they continue to bond on and off the track, it wasn’t so long ago that Warner was in an entirely different country. Although, not that different as his hometown is Markham, Ontario — a suburb of Toronto.

Whether or not his hometown Canadian sensibilities helped attribute to his overall relaxed demeanor or not remains unseen — but the local Midwest culture definitely played a hand in his recruitment to Iowa State.

“The people here are real laid back, and that’s one of the reasons why I chose to come here,” Warner said.

“Like when I went to New York — it was just too big and everyone was going too fast.”

The long distance from his hometown also makes it difficult for his family to come see him perform.

Warner said his mom made the trip once to see him, but he was injured, which prevented her from watching him run.

Meanwhile, Sama’s hometown family and friends are just down Interstate-35 in Des Moines.

“It’s nice [being so close to home],” Sama said. “My dad came to see me race once, and it’s always good to have friends from high school come up.”

Due to Warner’s injury troubles last year, they didn’t compete together on the outdoor 4x100-meter relay team that Ihmels believes can be strong this upcoming outdoor season.

“They’re going to be running together outdoors in the 4x1 and hopefully they’ll make some noise on the national level,” Ihmels said. “Amara is gonna surprise some people down the road when we get to outdoors.”

But, in the end they’re both competitors focused on the present. They both believe they have a lot to prove at next weekend’s Big 12 Championships.

“We want it [payback] from everyone,” Sama said.

“Last year [at the Big 12’s] we were at the bottom rung, me and him [Warner]. We want payback on everyone.”

Warner agreed.

“Yeah, literally, it was everyone else than I-State 1-2 at the bottom,” Warner said. “We want to get back at everyone and scratch them off the list one-by-one.”

Women’s basketball

Record highlights downtown dominance Fennelly’s squad clinches streak after 16 seasons

All-time 3-point leaders at Iowa State: T1. Heather Ezell 2006 to 2009 T1. Megan Taylor 1998 to 2001 3. Stacy Freese 1998 to 2000 4. Kelsey Bolte 2008 to present 5. Megan Ronhovde 2004 to 2007 6. Allison Lacey 2007 to 2010 7. Lindsey Wilson 2000 to 2003 8. Lyndsey Medders 2004 to 2007 9. Tara Gunderson 1994 to 1997 10. Tracy Gahan 1999 to 2002

By Dan. Tracy iowastatedaily.com At the end of this college basketball season, if you ask any coach, player or fan of the sport what streak defined the season, the 90-game win streak by the University of Connecticut women will be the most common response.

That streak may define this season, but a record broken Monday night at Hilton Coliseum may define the ISU program’s last 16 seasons.

Just a couple minutes into the Iowa State v. Texas game Monday, senior guard Kelsey Bolte drained the 260th threepointer of her career to give Iowa State a new NCAA record for consecutive games with a 3-point field goal made.

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Other 3-point streaks: Longest streak for consecutive games with a 3-point field goal made at any four-year university is by the NAIA Corban University men’s team out of Salem, Ore. Their record, which is active, stands at 812 games. On Jan. 7 they became the only four-year university to go 800 consecutive games with a 3-pointer, a streak that has lasted the last 24 years.

UNLV holds the NCAA Division I men’s record for most consecutive games scoring a 3-point goal. Since the 3-point field goal was adopted by the NCAA in 1986-87, UNLV has converted at least one 3-pointer in all 799 games they’ve played.

ISU senior Kelsey Bolte launches a 3-point shot in the second half of the game against Cal State Northridge. Iowa State set the record for most consecutive games with a 3-point basket scored Monday with 511. File photo: Dan Tracy/Iowa State Daily

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For full intramural registration information, go to www.recservices.iastate.edu

Sports Jargon of the Day: Anchor

SPORT: Track and field DEFINITION: The runner of the final leg in relay events, usually the team’s strongest runner at that distance.

USE: Anytime you can get Usain Bolt to be your anchor, you’re probably going to be all right.

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Swimming and diving

Men’s basketball

Diante Garrett during the game against Missouri on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum. File photo: Zhenru Zhang/Iowa State Daily

Texas learns from defeat, maintains pace

Emily Wiltsie, freshman on the Cyclone swim team, competes against Kristin Strecker, freshman on the Nebraska swim team, during the 200-yard breaststroke event Jan. 29 at Beyer Hall. File photo: David Derong/Iowa State Daily

Prepared for big ďŹ nale Teams will ďŹ nish season at Big 12 Championships

By Nate.Ryan iowastatedaily.com The ISU swimming and diving team will wrap up their season at the Big 12 Championships on Feb. 23 to 26 in Austin, Texas.

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This will be the ďŹ nal meet for the seniors on the team. With experience on their side from past Big 12 Championships, this set of seniors is looking to have a relaxing, yet competitive, ďŹ nal go. “They know this their last opportunity to swim on a competitive team,â€? Sorenson said.

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Cyclones coach Fred Hoiberg reminded his team at halftime that Texas led by seven at halftime against Nebraska and still lost. “The ďŹ rst ďŹ ve minutes [of the second half] were going to determine the outcome of that game,â€? Hoiberg said.

Texas took quick shots coming down oor and hit six of eight ďŹ eld goals in the ďŹ rst four minutes of the second stanza. Back-to-back treys by Hamilton towards the end of the run gave the Longhorns a 19-point lead. They later led by as much as 29. “Jordan came out and sparks were ying. He was taking shots from everywhere,â€? said forward Tristan Thompson. “He couldn’t be touched. It was real good for us getting the run started for our team and help pull away.â€?

On the defensive end, the Longhorns ran a full-court press for the majority of the second half. Dogus Balbay managed to get a hand on several passes throughout the 16 minutes he played in the second. “[Balbay] does such a good job in the backcourt,� said Texas coach Rick Barnes. “There at the start of the second half, it seemed like he had his hands on everything.�

At times the pressure allowed the Cyclones to run down the oor for an easy layup, but it also gave them trouble. “We were careless with the ball,â€? Hoiberg said. “As a result, we didn’t get back in transition.â€?

Texas shot 53 percent from the ďŹ eld in the second half after shooting 40 percent in the ďŹ rst. The Longhorns did not make a ďŹ eld goal in the ďŹ nal 5:11 of the opening period.

Gary Johnson recorded 14 points, including his ďŹ rst three-pointer of the season, and 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.

Thompson also had a doubledouble consisting of 17 points and 14 rebounds.

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Women’s golf

Team takes win after ďŹ nal-round surge Performance should boost national ranking

By Dan. Martin iowastatedaily.com The ISU women’s golf team took ďŹ rst place at the Central District Invitational after a ďŹ nal-round surge.

The tournament in Florida hosted 15 teams, 11 of which were ranked in the top 50 nationally.

The No. 16 Cyclones were in third after the ďŹ rst two rounds Monday. With a team total of 585 they were one stroke behind second-place Texas A&M, who was one stroke behind ďŹ rst-place LSU. The ďŹ nal round was played

Tuesday, and Iowa State came out strong and never looked back. The Cyclones carded a 283 on the last 18 to easily secure ďŹ rst place, nine strokes ahead of LSU. Texas A&M ďŹ nished third with an 881. TCU took fourth with an 887, and Michigan State ďŹ nished rounded out the top ďŹ ve with an 888.

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meet and I think they’re going to come in and put it all together.�

The seniors also Vondenkamp have the task of helping the freshmen how to prepare for the biggest event of the year. “We use the seniors to Nelson explain what the meet is going to be like and to just calm their nerves down,� Sorenson said.

Going into the championships, the topic of nerves often comes up, but the more experienced Cyclones aren’t feeling as much pressure. “I’ve been feeling very relaxed and excited about this meet,� said junior diver Sarah Nelson. “It’s best to feel relaxed, but also excited and ready to compete.�

Senior Jenny Vondenkamp is also feeling that relaxation set in for her ďŹ nal meet. “It’s my fourth time around,â€? Vondenkamp said. “I think the excitement will still be there, but it will be more relaxing. We always talk about being conďŹ dent in yourself.â€?

Sorenson said he will be looking forward to seeing the breaststroke events at this year’s championships. “They’ve always been our strongest races,� Sorenson said. “Point-wise, those are the events we think we can really do well in.�

Competition begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday and continues the next three days with preliminaries at 10 a.m. and ďŹ nals at 6 p.m.

were just thinking about the game, thinking about what we had to do and the details we had to cover,� Bolte said. “We got it though we’re really happy about it and we beat Texas so we’re really happy.�

The new record, which surpasses the 510-game streak of Canisius College, which ended Feb. 18, has spanned 511 games. Those include the ďŹ nal three games of coach Theresa Becker’s tenure in 1994-1995 and all 508 games Bill Fennelly has coached over his 16-year

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career at Iowa State. The Cyclones have now made 3,856 3-pointers in Fennelly’s time on the bench. “It’s kind of one of those quirky little records that I think what it says is it’s a record that took a long time to achieve and there’s a lot of people that made a lot of shots,� Fennelly said.

nior Laurence Herman, who tied for third with a 76, 71 and 69, totaling a 216. Victoria Stefansen and Punpaka Phuntumabamrung both tied for seventh with a total score of 218. Everyone on the team ďŹ nished in the top 25 individually.

The ďŹ rst-place ďŹ nish comes one week after the Cyclones gave the top-ranked team in the country, Alabama, T h e Cyclones made only 5 of 21 3-point attempts in the game but still Zeh came out victorious over coach Gail Goestenkors’ Texas squad 66-57 in overtime. “It’s an amazing feat,â€?

Goestenkors said about the streak. “Iowa State’s always done a great job hitting the threes and they’ve got so many players that can hit them so you can’t just shut down one

a good scare last weekend, eventually getting edged out by ďŹ ve strokes.

The Cyclones should expect another boost in their national ranking after this win in only their second tournament in the spring season. They are the top ranked team in the Big 12 conference. The University of Texas is the No. 2 team in the conference, ranked No. 23 person.�

The previous record holder, Canisius College, saw its streak ďŹ nally come to an end at 510 last Friday when they went 0-for-12 from 3-point range in a 66-56 loss to Iona College. “As the game wound down, I knew,â€? said Canisius coach Terry Zeh in a phone interview Monday afternoon. “I didn’t do anything to try and extend [the record]. We were going to being shooting 3s anyways.â€?

Prior to their loss, Zeh said the record was rarely ever discussed amongst his team, but

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that changed after Friday. “Now that it’s been broken I actually pay more attention,�

Zeh said. “I don’t for any one minute not want to see Iowa State break the record and keep it going for a crazy amount of games. “It’s been such a big part of ISU basketball and how they play so I think for them it means so much more,� Zeh said.

The Cyclones will try to continue their 3-point streak and move their win-streak to two as they travel to play Kansas at 7 p.m. Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.

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