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Learning community hosts first ball

By Kelly Madsen Daily Staff Writer The first annual Bio Ball will be held from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Friday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Any undergraduate who enjoys spending time with science majors is invited to attend the event.

“The ball will be an opportunity for students, especially biology majors, to socialize and network outside of class,” Alyssa Burcham, senior in biology and biological educational success team (B.E.S.T.) learning community peer mentor, said.

Snacks and a dance floor will be provided. Semi-formal dress is recommended, but unlike lab, open toed shoes will be allowed.

For freshman in the B.E.S.T learning community, admission is free. For other students, tickets can be purchased at the door $4 per person and $7 per couple until 8:00 p.m.

Burcham said there has been a strong interest from biology majors in the event.

“The ball is a collaboration between the B.E.S.T learning community and the Biological Sciences Club. Peer mentors and club leaders began planning the event in October and have put in a lot of preparatory work,” Nick DeGroote, senior in biology and B.E.S.T learning community peer mentor, said.

“The planning has been challenging, yet it has been fun paving the way for a new event,” Burcham said. “We had a great planning group, which allowed us to successfully divide and conquer the work.”

The B.E.S.T learning community provides several opportunities throughout the year to aid biology students in becoming oriented to Iowa State.

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Photo: Matt Nosco/Iowa State Daily Tahira Hira, executive assistant to President Leath, accepts a folder full of petitions from Emily Kathrein, senior in advertising and president of ActivUs, on Thursday on the steps of Beardshear Hall. The student activist group gathered 2,500 petitions against burning coal on campus.

Moving beyond coal ActivUs petitions for campus to use more green energy

By Meg.Grissom @iowastatedaily.com Yesterday morning, a group of about 20 students stood on the steps of Beardshear Hall. Standing in a line, they held up a number of signs that spelled out “Pres Leath ISU welcomes you” and chanting phrases such as “hey, ho, dirty coal has got

to go”. They then flipped their signs around and revealed a new message to their Hira audience — “move us beyond coal.”

The “Beyond Coal” movement started on campus five years ago upon the discovery that Iowa State’s coal plant was dumping its fly ash into the Des Moines River. The goal of this movement is to work towards the full utiliza-

The most important thing students can do … is to conserve energy. … That is the biggest carbon footprint on campus.”

Graham Jordison tion of renewable energy resources and to eliminate the burning of coal on campus.

Since last November, mem-

bers of student organization ActivUs have been actively collecting signatures from students and faculty to jump start this process. Yesterday they hosted a press conference to present their petition, which consists of 2,500 signatures, to President Steven Leath and his administration.

The press conference began with the club acknowledging moving beyond coal will not be an easy task. But the purpose of this movement is not to see change over night.

Gavin Moore, co-presi-

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dent of ActivUs and senior in philosophy, said the organization wants university leaders to “start having real conversations” about moving away from coal-fired power.

While Iowa State has made efforts to remain below the legal limits of coal emissions, he says that “merely complying is not good enough. ISU needs to live up to its high standards.”

Many students have agreed with Moore’s statement and showed up at the

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AESHM

Program named ‘Top 10’ in nation

Hospitality major ranked one of the best

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that while he was not overly shocked by Hoffman’s decision, he was still saddened that she will be leaving.

Steve Freeman, Faculty Senate president, said he shared a similar sentiment.

“I don’t think any faculty member was overly surprised by the announcement,” Freeman said. “We suspected it would be coming but weren’t sure when.”

Administrative leaders were quick to express their gratitude for all Hoffman has done in her years as executive vice president and provost.

The hospitality major at Iowa State has been ranked in the top 10 out of the 20 best hospitality programs in the United States. Total, there are 200 four-year similar programs in the United States.

“We have very good students,” said Bob Bosselman, chairman of the department of apparel, events and hospitality management. “Our students go to a number of major conferences around the country, and their performance clearly impacts people’s perceptions of our program.”

Iowa State’s program is one of the oldest and often has been viewed with high regard. The program has received various other awards and rankings. One award came from the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research. They previously ranked the

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Photo: Emily Harmon/Iowa State Daily Provost Elizabeth Hoffman speaks at President Geoffroy’s send off reception on Dec. 8. Hoffman herself recently announced her decision to step down from position as executive vice president and provost.

Provost leaves ‘passion’ ISU faculty reacts as Hoffman announces her plan to step down

By Aimee.Burch @iowastatedaily.com Emotions ran high this week as Elizabeth Hoffman, executive vice president and provost, announced her plans to step down from her position after nearly five years.

Thomas Hill, vice president for student affairs, said

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File photo: Iowa State Daily Sarah Brekke, senior in culinary science, touches up an appetizer in the Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom. AESHM has been ranked as one of the best in the nation.

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“What we’re achieving here at Iowa State is building on a great foundation and will be providing an excellent education for years to come in hospitality management,” Bosselman said.

The Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom is one landmark of the program. It is the oldest, continually student-run food service operation. The Tearoom is a lab providing students with handson learning that can be used in the restaurant industry.

“The Tearoom seems to be the one class that really brings students together, and I think many would agree that the lab is one unique experience after another,” said Matthew Monaco, senior in hospitality management.

The Tearoom is open for students and faculty to eat lunch Tuesday through Friday, and dinner on Thursday and Friday.

I believe you get out what you put in, and in this major there are so many opportunities to get involved.”

Talia Patton Located on the lower level of MacKay Hall, the dining facility seats around 105 guests and now offers a to-go option for lunch.

Learning is always easier with a great teacher, and Bosselman and Monaco said hospitality management has some of the best. Monaco appreciated the diverse backgrounds of teachers and the high quality of information taught.

The program requires immense training beyond the classroom: a 400 hour internship, 200 hours of work experience and 5 credits of class and lab work.

“I believe you get out what

File photo: Iowa State Daily Staci Howlett, senior in culinary science, prepares a dish at the Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom.

As part of AESHM, the Tearoom teaches students restaurant management techniques.

you put in, and in this major there are so many opportunities to get involved,” said Talia Patton, senior in hospitality management.

“I can’t imagine anyone being disappointed.”

“She has done an excellent job implementing the budget model and has done good things for this university,” Hill said.

“She will be missed.”

Freeman spoke similarly, citing the way Hoffman improved faculty involvement, leadership and the principle of shared governance throughout the university.

“She has been excellent. No one was looking forward to this announcement,” Freeman said.

Hoffman said while she currently does not have anything lined up, she is looking with a selective eye at her options.

Former university President Gregory Geoffroy’s decision to step down combined with the implementation of a new administration played a role in her decision.

“I’ve been a provost before and know it’s fairly common for a new president to want to hire his own leadership,” Hoffman said. “I have been preparing for this for a long time and was just waiting for the right time.”

Freeman said it is common for new presidents to want to bring in their own leadership teams and want to make sure Iowa State students know that this announcement has nothing to do with Hoffman’s performance as provost. He said this is just the process of academia and by making this announcement, Hoffman is letting Iowa State President Steven Leath know that she is okay with this process.

“I could retire, but I don’t want to,” Hoffman said. “I’m looking into a few private opportunities. If the process takes longer than a year, then the opportunity to be a faculty member here is still present.”

Hoffman is currently on faculty with the economics department. She said she could teach Economics 101 or 301, like she did when she first arrived at Iowa State, or teach specialty courses, and she could conduct research similar to what is already being conducted by the department.

Her main goal is to find something she is passionate about.

“I want it to be something I can throw myself into like I have in my five years at Iowa State,” she said.

When it comes to her successor, Hoffman hopes it will be someone who

has a passion for Iowa State and its status as a land grant institution.

She hopes that the new provost and Leath will have a professional relationship similar to Hoffman the one she shared with Geoffroy, where they knew each other well and did not have to second-guess what the other one was thinking.

“These positions are demanding and challenging, and the president and provost need to have confidence in one another,” Hoffman said.

Hill said he hopes Leath will find someone with a wealth of experience and an understanding of how the entire university operation works, particularly when it comes to matters of the budget.

Freeman said he hopes for someone with a similar skill set to Hoffman and someone who supports faculty issues and shared governance.

Both Hill and Freeman said they are unsure of how long the search will take.

“It will depend on when Leath decides to start the search process,” Freeman said.

“His office will be the one to form a search committee. I look for that to be the next announcement, and it will set the tone for the search.”

Freeman also said Iowa State is in the national norm when it comes to administrative turnover in higher education, where an upper-level administrator staying for five or more years is rare.

With a new president, new provost and new deans of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, university leaders said they expect students will notice some changes as time passes, but these changes would set a positive tone for the university.

Hoffman hopes that people will remember her tenure as a time of strength in the face of budgetary adversity. She said she hopes to be remembered for leading the university through years of budget challenges in a way that minimized pain and disruption while maintaining the morale of the campus.

“I really mean it when I say I will always be a Cyclone,” she said. “I have great affection for this university, and it is a wonderful place. I will always carry a piece of Iowa State with me.”

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Sloppy words misrepresent political ideas Precise speech is important.

Saying what you mean is important.

It is more important than bringing attention to unpopular but good ideas in the most blunt-instrument kind of way. That is the problem with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum: No matter their brilliance, they’re plagued by the problem of clarification.

There should be no need for anyone, especially people who are in the race to become president of the United States of America, to clarify what he or she means. Words have power. And the words of the president have the power to represent the United States, sway millions of people and affect legislation. A potential president should considered his or her words carefully.

Recently Romney has received notoriety from the press, who labeled his statements as gaffes or slips of the tongue, for saying that he loves firing people and that he is not interested in poor Americans because they are already protected by our social safety net. There is no doubt Romney weighed his words poorly, but he’s not the only one to blame.

Santorum’s recent fame has come just as much from his extremely provocative statements as his debate performances and primary season wins. He has had to clarify several statements recently, having seemingly compared President Barack Obama to Adolph Hitler, speculated about Obama’s theological leanings, and said that birth control hurts women and that women should not be involved in combat because of emotional concerns.

The 24-hour news cycle, with its need for short sound bites of talking points, is as much to blame as politicians. Statements taken out of context are often the reason public figures get tripped up. But acceptance of that system at best perpetuates it, and at worst, continues it. In the past two weeks it has continued Romney’s misspeak while perpetuating Santorum’s.

The American people deserve better than sloppy politicians who are not willing to take an extra two seconds to formulate a coherent thought instead of shooting from the hip.

Romney and Santorum may lose, but the things they say appear in news outlets here as well as abroad.

The media and our toleration for sloppy words misrepresent our American politics. Lack of discipline in our speech allows foreigners — and us — to form a distorted picture of what it is we actually value.

The situation that Romney’s and Santorum’s mistakes confront us — and themselves — with shows us that our attempts to be cavalier or casual with politics are going to backfire. In the end, it may come down to a simple kindergarten lesson: Look both ways before crossing the road.

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Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily Government of the Student Body meets on a regular basis to debate issues affecting the university. According to columnist Stelios, however, these issues often do not affect students as individuals.

Students not being served Editor’s note: This column is part one of a three-part series in which the author examines the Government of the Student Body’s shortcomings, true purposes, and solutions to its problems.

GSB needs to start taking active roles on campus

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he Government of the Student Body elections are just around the corner, and I have seen the election cycle plenty of times. Each candidate will claim to serve the students and tell them to get involved and vote, that the voice of the student body matters. Some people might remark about how GSB is pointless, full of would-be politicians.

After the elections, others will comment about student apathy and low voter turnout. During following year, GSB might do some noteworthy things that might end up in the Iowa State Daily. But little, if any, positive change is felt by the student body. Another year passes, and the GSB elections are held again. Rinse. Repeat.

Student apathy toward GSB is justified.

Despite all the campaign rhetoric and what’s reported in the Daily, GSB does not actively serve the students. GSB has a lackluster record of dealing with important issues. GSB claims to be the voice of the student body. If so, the powers that be must not hear its whisper. The average student must sense this problem. This would account for both the low participation and high turn-over rate in student government.

Why get involved in petty politics when their voices are not heard?

Believe it or not, the system is not flawed.

This is exactly how GSB is supposed to work.

GSB’s main purpose is to redistribute students fees and restructure itself. We see this in

By Stelios.Vasilis.Perdios @iowastatedaily.com their legislation. I’m sure, however, that some people wish that the GSB would fight to give the student body a voice in issues like the Campustown revitalization, student housing and the rising cost of tuition. I know this because I used to be one of those people.

My days as an idealist came to an end years ago during a cold winter day on the floor of the Iowa Legislature. Members of both GSB and Inter-Residence Hall Association had come to the State Capitol to lobby against the proposed budget cuts to state universities. These cuts would (and did) lead to double-digit tuition hikes at Iowa State. I was with IRHA at the time, and we spoke to a nearly empty room.

Only the state legislators who supported us were there, and they numbered only a handful.

I think I said some important things through my stuttering and stammering (it was my first time public speaking). But it did not matter. It was late afternoon, and I was the last to speak.

A winter storm was coming. As we hurried back to Ames, the blizzard cloaked I-35 in a disenchanted night.

To the generation of Iowa State students who have since dealt with the skyrocketing tuition costs under the Geoffroy administration, I must apologize: We failed.

This was not the only disenchantment I experienced during my time in student government. Yet even though the deck was stacked against us at the Iowa Legislature, often we were our own worst enemies. On the ride back

to Ames, one IRHA representative kept sticking his finger in my face while arguing with me, and I kept trying to break it. In both the IRHA and GSB, people constantly talked about impeachment. Another time I remember a GSB senator fantasizing about dissolving IRHA. And I certainly was no angel. Once I asked a candidate for GSB President: “Are you running as a joke? Because I don’t want to throw my vote away.” (He didn’t win.)

So why am I bringing up all of this past history? Each GSB election brings different actors, but their performance is still the same.

Talk of impeachment still seems constant within GSB. Type in “GSB impeachment” into the Daily’s archive search engine and you’ll get about 49 pages of articles dating back to about 1996. A cursory scan of the legislation found on the website reveals that a lot of bills deal with the seating of senators and changes to by-laws.

Even current GSB presidential candidate Jared Knight has said that GSB senators don’t talk to constituents. Last April, GSB passed a bill requiring senators to reach out to students by attending at least one student organization meeting a month. Finally, where was GSB when Iowa State and the city of Ames partnered with Lane4 to demolish/revitalize Campustown? Supporting them. A picture of Hunter Harris, a Lane4 representative, is still upon GSB’s website.

Thus, if GSB does not (or cannot) serve the student body, regardless of what its members say, then what is its purpose? GSB exists for two reasons: to distribute student fees and to restructure itself. But these are only secondary to the real purpose behind GSB’s existence, which I will reveal in my next column.

Stelios Vasilis Perdios is a graduate student in history from Ames, Iowa.

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Free speech vs. stupidity: Who wins?

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tupid is as stupid does, they say.

I’ve never really been sure just what that folksy bit of southern wisdom from Forrest Gump’s mama meant, but I am sure it applies to some of the people who comment on political issues online. Now don’t get me wrong; from what I’ve experienced here at the Daily, writers and reporters absolutely love and appreciate comments on their columns and articles, even the critical ones.

But check out an online forum sometime.

You just gotta wonder about some people, ya know?

I suspect, like a lot of public people and institutions, media services and political forums have what you might call “groupies.” Most of them seem to be fine people who just like to stay connected, which is awesome. Though there’s always a few rotten apples in the bunch.

These rotten apples are the ones who have a comment for everything, and it’s virtually always negative. They’re the ones making accusations about the author of the article or other commenters, typically pertaining to personal characteristics they couldn’t possibly know, like one’s sexuality, political affiliation, personal hygiene or intelligence. Their comments are chock full of straw man arguments and ad hominem.

To hear it told by some, for example, we who write for the Daily are “commie pinko fags.”

For any online media source, however, any attention is good attention, right? Well, yes and no. The arguments and traffic these people generate on their respective website is fantastic, I’m sure, but they’re the archetypical ideological buttheads that are so completely screwing up American politics. They’re the rubber stamp party platform parrots, dittoheads of the highest order, without an original thought in their head.

Content only repeating what some other

By Barry.Snell @iowastatedaily.com ideologue says, usually some nonsense from their chosen party, they rag on column authors and other people commenting, in some sort of political holy war. And you know, you can’t listen to a damn thing a “commie pinko fag” says, right? So I reckon that leaves us at an impasse; you just can’t talk to someone like that.

You all know what I’m describing is just a microcosm of American political life these days. You’ve got one political party on the left wanting you to think alike and supporting a particular checklist of issues. Then you’ve got another party on the right wanting you all to think alike as well, likewise supporting a predetermined checklist of issues. This establishes “good guys” and “bad guys,” and if you’re not on the good team, you must be on the bad team.

Know what they call it when everyone thinks and does the same thing?

Totalitarianism, that’s what. Sieg Heil, y’all.

Recently a student at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts was tracked down and beaten up for an opinion she wrote about gay marriage in the school paper. Is this what we’re resorting to now? Has our political discourse become so dysfunctional that our recourse is rumbling in the parking lot? “Hey you, if you don’t believe what I believe, I’m gonna beat your ass!”

That’s just great.

Arguing with people, calling them names, telling them they’re stupid and essentially cyber-stalking them by perpetually com-

menting on each and everything they say is just a few shades shy of the strange seen out at Bridgewater State. By not engaging others in rational discourse, all a person is doing is making a lame attempt at tyranny.

I think the appropriate response to tyranny is “F-U.” But I have a plan: For those of you out there doing this sort of thing, try turning Fox News or MSNBC off. Click the “X” in the upper right hand corner of the Drudge Report or the Democratic Underground. Then take a shower, put some clean clothes on, and go outside.

Believe it or not, there’s a world out there, and wouldn’t ya know it? Political parties and their self-serving ideologies just don’t mean squat in the daily workings of life.

I’m a conservative (sorry, not actually a “commie pinko fag” despite the rumors to the contrary!), and most of my best friends are liberals. Our political leanings have virtually nothing to do with our interactions with each other. Yeah, we have some really fun arguments, but our shared Americanism and respect for one another govern and moderate our interactions, just as they ought to for every American everywhere.

When it comes to political interaction, everyone from both sides is afraid of compromise because no one wants to give up anything.

The sad thing is, though the way of thinking neglects one of the most sublime beauties of genuine politics, the interaction between two or more people can generate new possibilities that didn’t exist before. In that case, nobody loses and everybody wins.

We can’t get there unless people grow up and engage each other like Americans should.

Barry Snell is a senior in history from Muscatine, Iowa.

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By Ronald Blum, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — National League MVP Ryan Braun’s 50-game suspension was overturned Thursday by baseball arbitrator Shyam Das, the first time a baseball player successfully challenged a drug-related penalty in a grievance.

The decision was announced Thursday by the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Braun tested positive in October for elevated testosterone, and ESPN revealed the positive test in December.

“I am very pleased and relieved by today’s decision,” Braun said in a statement.

No reasoning was given for Thursday’s decision.

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USE: ISU swimmer Mandi Caudle glides after her stroke.

Photo courtesy of Scott Weaver Amanda Paulson, left, Sarah Norris, Imelda Wistey and Dani Harris. members of the swimming and diving team, debut the FastSkin 3 at the Big 12 Championships in Columbia, Mo. Rick Sharp, professor of kinesiology, was part of the design team that worked with Speedo to create the suit.

Olympic suits to debut ‘Controversial’ design by Speedo revamped for ISU

By Travis.Cammon @iowastatedaily.com Controversy from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing rocked the swimming world when Speedo unveiled a new swimsuit that completely blurred the lines between technology and individual.

Four years later, the ISU swimming and diving team will take part in debuting Speedo’s newest suit, the FastSkin 3, at the Big 12 Championships this week.

At the time, Speedo’s LZR Racer was a revolutionary creation that provided more ankle-to-shoulder coverage for both men and women One of the members of the design team for both the LZR Racer and the FastSkin 3 was Iowa State’s own Rick Sharp, professor of kinesiology.

“I was brought into the project by Speedo, who has an internal R&D team who designs suits,” Sharp said in an email to the Daily. “They contacted me initially because I had published a couple of early studies [late 90s to 2000] on the effect of suit design on swimmer performance and efficiency.”

The LZR Racer has polyurethane panels bonded into the suit in the chest area, abdomen, buttocks and front of thigh. The poly panels are a very thin, rubbery material with low frictional drag, while also helping hold in softer parts of the body such as the stomach during swimming to help reduce water resistance.

Sharp said the testing of the suits was done at Iowa State.

“My role was advisory and to test prototypes to determine if the desired properties were being realized and when we’d make design changes,” Sharp said. “They asked me to start in this advisory role in 2005, when they started the project that led to the LZR Racer suit that was used at the Beijing Olympics.”

Numerous records were shattered at the Beijing Olympics by the athletes who wore the suits.

In total, 66 world records were set by the wearers of LZR Racer.

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Many thought such suits should be illegal in Olympic competition. One supporter of such notion was the Federation Internationale de Natation, the governing body of the swim world.

The federation held a meeting in 2010 and outlawed the LZR Racer from competition.

“FINA changed the rules pertaining to suits,” Sharp said. “Limiting coverage for women to knee to shoulder and for men from knee to navel. The new regulations also banned the use of solid sheet materials such as polyurethane panels.”

Since the ruling, all suits for competition have to comply with these regulations.

Speedo’s modified version of the LZR, the FastSkin 3 — which is being worn by ISU swimmers at the Big 12 championship meet in Columbia, Mo. — complies with all of FINA’s rules.

“The new suits are basically like the LZR’s,” said ISU senior swimmer Mandi Caudle.

“We tried them on at the testing and I felt like the suit felt way better on the hips and holding my body in exactly the best stream line position.”

Sharp said the process of making swimsuits consists of assessing needs of those in the swimming community, establishing priorities, selecting fabrics based on numerous criteria, testing prototype suits, applying needed changes and developing the product for commercialization.

More information about the design process was not made available, as Speedo remains guarded about releasing too many details about it to early. “[The FastSkin 3] has been approved by FINA for use in international and domestic competition, as of Jan. 1, 2012,” Sharp said.

“Consequently, swimmers can start using these suits as soon as they choose.”

Sharp said the FastSkin 3 does three things for swimmers: adds minimal water resistance while swimming,

We tried them on ... and I felt like the suit felt way better on the hips and holding my body in exactly the best stream line position.”

Mandi Claude encourages body alignment during competition and holds skin tighter to the body to prevent lag while swimming.

Members of the ISU squad

said being a swimmer at a school where a professor and his team are designing the suits comes with its perks. As the Cyclone swimmers were able to test out the new suits before they were made publicly available.

“We’re lucky to have Sharp here at Iowa State,” said ISU swim coach Duane Sorenson.

“It’s a great chance to have those suits and see what we can do in them.”

Each of the Cyclones in competition this week will wear the suit. The Big 12 Championships concludes Saturday.

Big 12 meet When: Wednesday-Saturday What: The ISU swimming and diving team is in Columbia, Mo. for the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Cyclones are wearing the FastSwim 3 suit for the first time.

Where: Mizzou Acquatics Center, Columbia, Mo.

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The Big 12 received 31 overall bids for the tournament with four each for 125 and 165 pounds, notching spots for both Finch and Sorenson. The rest of the bids — two for heavyweight and three for the seven remaining classes — will be determined at the Big 12 Championships on March 3 in Columbia, Mo. Automatic bids are awarded to each conference based on three key factors of their starting wrestlers’ regular season: Division I winning percentage, rating percentage index and coaches rankings.

Since all four starters in the Big 12 met the criteria for 125 and 165 pounds, they all earned automatic bids regardless of how they do in the Big 12 Championships.

Sorenson, a redshirt senior, is 25-1 this season and is 17-0 in dual action. Finch, a redshirt freshman, is 14-6 and 10-6 in duals.

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Gesturing toward the power plant on the east side of campus, she said Iowa State has always used “cuttingedge” technology to keep emissions low, but 150,000 tons of coal still are burned each year to power campus.

Bertelson said, “Students, faculty and administrators have the power to control Iowa State’s carbon footprint and coal use. And with that power comes responsibility.”

A speech given by Bill Gutowski, ActivUs’s adviser and professor geological and atmospheric sciences, said a community not only has a responsibility to conserve energy for itself but to the rest of the world.

“What we burn here has global impact,” he said, explaining that trends resulting from climate change, such as increased temperatures and loss of arctic ice, are linked to the burning of coal for power, especially for electricity.

Gutowski said each American, on average, burns three tons of coal per year. But in Iowa, that number more than doubles to eight tons of coal burned per year per person.

Tahira Hira, executive assistant to Leath, told attendees, “We are very aware of the issues and very concerned ourselves. … We are doing everything that is possible,” when she accepted the file folder of signatures on the president’s behalf. She then said the administration wants what is best but also what is affordable and possible.

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