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Results from a survey sent out last week about the Cyclone Cinema Project brought up mixed debate at the Government of the Student Body meeting Wednesday night. The results, presented by GSB President Jonathan Turk, showed that 57 percent of students do not think another movie theater in Ames is necessary, while 68 percent don’t believe funding a theater is a proper use of student fee money, and 75 percent are not in support of the reduction of regular allocation money. Sagar Chawla, an Inter-residence Hall Association senator, said the association found the survey confusing and biased, whether or not it was meant to be so. “I thought we talked to constituents and found proper support ... we went to clubs and councils. How do you fit all components in to a referendum? Isn’t it better to be gathering support and explaining details to people?” Chawla said in reference to Turk‘s request for a referendum question since January.“All
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Kayleigh Borowski, junior in kinesiology and health, helps collect donated jeans for the “Don’t fight your genes, change your jeans!” program as part of Eating Disorder Awareness Week on Wednesday in the Memorial Union. About 40 pairs that were collected will be donated to charity. The next event will be a Q&A community presentation hosted 2 p.m. Saturday in the Ames Public Library. Photo: Joseph Bauer/Iowa State Daily
Treatment involves many steps, assistance from various professionals for success By Jody Korthaus Daily Staff Writer Recognizing that one has an eating disorder and seeking treatment is the most critical step in getting healthy and overcoming an eating disorder. “The earlier people get good treatment, the better off their health,” said Erin Pederson, ISU student counseling services staff counselor. Since it is just a critical, difficult step for many suffering with an eating disorder to take, the support and understanding of friends and family can be especially important. If one has a friend who one may be concerned has an eating disorder, be prepared before confronting him or her. Think about who is the best person to approach them, and limit the conversation to one or two people so he or she does not feel overwhelmed. It is also important that one talks and presents the matter in a very caring way and give specific examples of behavior that are alarming. For
Survey shows theater plan lacks support By Paige Godden Daily Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This is the third in a threepart series about Amanda Hornsby, who has survived a battle with anorexia.
Going back to that first joke her dad made at the dinner table, Hornsby said she hasn’t talked about it directly with him in order to not make him feel bad. She knows it was a joke and she simply took it the wrong way. “We’ve talked about things before and he doesn’t really understand, and I think it’s hard to understand an eating disorder,” Hornsby said. Girls across the country look to celebrities and women in magazines for their “thinspiration.” Though the media were not involved in the onset of Hornsby’s eating disorder, it became a promoter in keeping it going. “The media absolutely influences the way girls feel about their body
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example, “I noticed you quit coming down to eat with us at night.” Be as encouraging, supportive and understanding as possible — offer to be with him or her when they
make the phone call or walk with them to the counseling center. “Remember you can’t fix it. The best thing for a friend or family member is to model healthy behaviors
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themselves,” said Michelle Roling, ISU student counseling services staff counselor. Roling also said to model healthy behaviors — ask oneself if one is eating a balance meal, have a good relationship with the body and watch to see if one finds that conversation involving dieting and weight frequently occurs. There are different types of treatment depending on the seriousness of the condition. These treatments are outpatient treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, inpatient treatment and residential treatment. An assessment is the best way to determine level of medical care, and “until the right tests are done, you don’t know how bad the disorder really is,” Roling said. Outpatient treatment is typically on a one-hour appointment basis with a therapist, nutritionist, doctor and psychiatrist. There is usually group counseling as well, but everything is done while the individual is
The final Government of the Student Body presidential debate will be held 8 p.m. Thursday in the Oak Room of the Memorial Union. During the last debate, the candidates — Luke Roling and Nate Dobbels, and Chandra Peterson and Jacob Wilson — were asked questions about the future of Campustown and student debt. Each ticket was asked what sets them apart from the other, and to identify their biggest weaknesses. Peterson’s answer focused on the relationships she has built around the community, while Roling’s answered that he and Dobbels are extremely well-rounded people. Since the last debate, some more issues and ideas have sprung up on both parties’ platforms. The Roling and Dobbels Web site, www. rolingdobbels.com, added a financial responsibility section to their blog. “The recent creation of the GSB Events Account allows GSB to fund any student group for events entertaining and open to all students. This is a strong first step toward using fees to benefit students in the best way
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Police recognize citizens for apprehension assistance By Nathan Winters Daily Corespondent Six Ames citizens were recognized by the ISU Police Department on Wednesday morning during a new citizen appreciation program. They were awarded for their assistance in the apprehension of an individual who was involved in a criminal incident last fall. The ceremony, which took place at the Durham Center, recognized Drew Robinson, Amy Ward, Phil Sidles, Cheryl Langston, Maggie Denison and Julie Orris. The six were presented with certificates of appreciation for their roles in alerting the ISU Police Department about a man who was taking pictures of women with his iPhone in the first floor women’s restroom of the Durham Center last September. “Because you trusted your instincts and called immediately, the man was quickly apprehended,” said Jerry Stewart,
Director of Public Safety, in the opening address. “Your willingness to get involved clearly enhanced the safety of the entire ISU campus,” Stewart said the man was arrested and charged with criminal trespass. After the execution of a search warrant on the man’s iPhone, which yielded more evidence, he was served with an enhanced charge: invasion of privacy. Stewart said that the man’s iPhone was the first such phone in the state to be forensically examined. “We hold that honor,” Stewart said jokingly. Sgt. Elliott Florer, ISU Police Department, is the coordinator of the new program, which he hopes to continue in the future. “It’s a great opportunity to recognize citizens who help make the community a better place,” he said. Denison and Orris could not be present due to student teaching commitments. Their certificates will be mailed to them.
Elliot Flores, left, awards Amy Ward, right, a citizen certificate while Jerry Stewart, director of the Department of Public Safety, middle, looks on. A ceremony took place to recognize citizens who have enhanced safety in the Ames community took place Wednesday in room 116 of the Durham Center. Photo: Zunkai Zhao/Iowa State Daily
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An audience member laughs with a friend after walking around inside of a collaborative found-art sculpture before Yvon Chouinard, the founder of the Patagonia apparel company, spoke Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Photo: Rashah McChesney/Iowa State Daily
Founder reflects on business’ green efforts By Angela Christianson Daily Staff Writer Yvon Chouinard, environmentalist and founder of outdoor apparel company Patagonia was welcomed by a full crowd Tuesday night. Chouinard never had any intentions of becoming a businessman. He left his home in California at the age of 16 and went to Wyoming to climb mountains. He soon realized the equipment he was using for climbing was very damaging to the rock. He wanted something that could be reused and did not leave a mark once he was gone. Through trial and error and ample field research, he came up with equipment that was so innovative no one knew how to use it — he had to write detailed instructions to go along with it. He redesigned nearly every piece of climbing equipment. “Perfection is achieved not when you cannot add anything more to a product, but when you can’t take anything out. We are about simplicity,” Chouinard said. After a trip to Scotland, Chouinard brought back a colorful rugby shirt to climb in. At the time men’s sport wear consisted of grey sweatpants and grey sweatshirts. Other climbers complimented him on his shirt and asked him where he got it. Chouinard imported shirts from England and began selling them to climbers. “It was the first colorful thing men wore,” he said. Chouinard came up with another innovation when he saw a friend wearing a brushed, wool sweater and thought it would be great for climbing if it was synthetic and waterproof. He sent his
wife out to find something that he could use. He said what she brought back for him was “ugly, it looked like what your grandmother covered her toilet with,” but that was how fleece started. Not long after, the recession of 1989 hit and people who did not need fleece were not buying it anymore. The company was very financially stressed, the banks would not loan them money at interest rates they could afford. Chouinard and his colleagues went to Patagonia in South America. While there, they figured out why they were in business, after all none of them wanted to be businessmen. “We were from the 60s and businessmen were grease balls,” Chouinard said. “We needed to figure out what our values were.” The company came up with three core values: they wanted to make the best product, cause no unnecessary harm to the environment and they wanted to hire their friends and the line between work and play needed to blur. “I don’t care when you work. I don’t care how hard you work. I care about what you produce. That’s all, so figure it out,” he said to employees. Chouinard believes businesses should have a responsibility to leave things in good shape. Many businesses don’t do this. They grow and produce as fast as possible without much thought to anything else. He limited the growth of his company to a place where they could be out of debt. The company also charges itself a 1 percent “earth tax.” Each year they donate 1 percent of its company to environmental causes. The final point Chouinard brought up was that we all need to do what we can because we are the problem — we are also the solution.
Individuals concerned about body image or disordered eating can make an appointment for a 30-minute screening with a professional who can refer them to the following services. 1. Assessment: includes testing as well as meeting with an eating disorder specialist for 3–5 sessions. These recommendations may include service or community services depending on what is most appropriate for the student. 2. Individual counseling: After an initial screening appointment, you can be referred for individual counseling — free of charge to ISU students. This counseling can help you gain a more realistic view of food and weight, while helping you to increase your self-esteem and positive body image. 3. Group counseling: “My
Body Myself: Body Image and Eating Disorders.” Each semester we have at least two eating disorder groups. These groups are for male or female students. ■■ Group A is for students who are struggling with body image issues, those at risk for an eating disorder or at the beginning of dealing with anorexia, bulimia and/or compulsive exercise. ■■ Group B is for students who have had inpatient or outpatient therapy for their eating disorder and are able to work in a less structured group. 4. Treatment Team: Student counseling services is dedicated to holistic recovery from eating disorders. — Information from Student Counseling Services.
progress, they get the privilege of beginning to make their own food selections again. Haley said they accept males and females, with an increase in male attendance lately. “We are also one of the very few eating disorder establishments that offer treatment to men,” she said. Most of the patients are of adolescent, high school and college age. There is a school attached to the facility so that children are still able to continue with education. More information can be found about the University of Iowa Hospitals eating disorder program by calling Haley at (319)356-2263 or visit the University of Iowa Health Care Web site at www.uihealthcare.com Residential treatment is in settings that aren’t so much hospitals, but rather more like a
living quarters. Residential treatment consists of a longer stay and may include things such as equine therapy, activities such as rock climbing and spirituality. Two residential treatment centers, Remuda Ranch in Arizona and Roger’s Memorial Hospital in Wisconsin, are sponsors of Eating Disorder Awareness Week. At Iowa State, anyone is able to contact the student counseling services, even if one is not associated with Iowa State. If one is not a student, the counseling center will give information and recommendations for places to start. If one is a student, the center will begin the process with an assessment and take it from there. “We take a biological, social, psychological approach in treatment here,” Pederson said. “We also have group therapy.”
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still at home or at school. Intensive outpatient treatment involves the individual still living at home or at school, but he or she may go for half a day to a facility to have two meals with staff and other clients. Roling said, “If someone does outpatient, it is vital that they do it with someone who specializes in eating disorders. Choosing a therapist that has training and experience with eating disorders is very important so that they can make an accurate assessment on the level of care you need.” Inpatient treatment is when 24-hour care begins. Roling said that the practice of symptom interruption takes place where someone with an eating disorder is put in an environment where he or she is monitored. This is done to decrease negative behaviors and help regulate and get the body acclimated to regular food intake again; which is a very important step. The individual will also go through therapy and group therapy and will have a team of staff to focus on each angle of the eating disorder that the individual is facing. University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City is the only facility in Iowa that offers inpatient treatment and partial hospitalization for individuals with eating disorders. The hospital obtains clinical information to decide the appropriate level of care [outpatient, partial hospitalization or inpatient care]. The team of people working with the patients is the same whether one is in the partial hospitalization or inpatient care. Faculty is highly experienced with an average of 15–30 years under their belt. The hospital uses a cognitive therapy behavioral approach because “it’s the only evidence based therapy for eating disorders,” said Shirley Haley, referral coordinator for the University of Iowa Hospitals eating disorder services. “It’s a very structured program,” Haley said. “At first, individuals don’t order their food, because we think of food as medicine here. You don’t order your own medicine that you get from the doctor, so you don’t order your own food.” After patients begin to make
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image today,” she said. “There are a lot of underground Web sites that promote Ana and Mia — anorexic and bulimic — lifestyles by giving out tips on how to hide it, what to say to keep people off your tracks, recipes for weight loss, [bad support] and plenty of photos of models and skinny celebrities which they refer to as ‘thinspiration.’” “These Web sites spur on eating disorders and idealize and romanticize them.” In a study by the National Eating Disorders Association, “as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia.” It also found, though, that many cases may never be reported “because of the secretiveness and shame associated with eating disorders.” If Hornsby ever does work with people suffering from an eating disorder, her message of hope will inspire them all. “When you’re in it, you think that you’re going to do it forever and you feel like, even when you get to the point where you may want to recover, that it’s an impossibility because it has too much power over you. But if you find something that encourages you and
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Mccauley said he encouraged Hornsby, “not in a ‘Oh, you didn’t eat. It’s the end of the world,’ sort of way,” but he would tell her he would appreciate it if she would eat something, even if it was just a bagel. “It was a slow progression, but I could definitely see a weight gain, and not in a bad way,” Mccauley said. “She was starting to look more healthy. I never fully got the grasp of how serious it really was, though. By time we met she’d gotten better but then would relapse. She was on an uphill climb as far as eating when we met, and I encouraged her to continue to eat more regularly.” Now Mccauley and Hornsby have been together for more than two-anda-half years, and Mccauley said he doesn’t worry anymore if she has eaten even if he hasn’t seen her all day. “I still ask her, out of habit, but for the most part I’m not nearly as concerned as I used to be,” Mccauley said.
The media and family influence may cause individuals to begin eating disorders. As many as 10 million females and 1 million males struggle with an eating disorder according to a study by the National Eating Disorders Association. Photo courtesy: Facebook
inspires you, like for me it’s my faith, you are 100 percent able to get through it and gather your life all back together.” Mccauley reflected on his and Hornsby’s past. “We started dating in 2007 and as
we got closer we disclosed more information to each other,” Mccauley said. “When I found out about her eating disorder, I encouraged her to eat something, but I was living three hours away at first and she was living on her own.
“I had no idea whether or not she was eating or how much. I moved to Ames in August 2008 to start going to school. She’d eat meals when I ate, but at first I think that was the only time she was eating.”
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possible,” according to their blog. “We are committed to working out different aspects of funding that will be key in developing partnerships across campus.” Roling and Dobbels have also been working with the Liberal Arts and Science College on a leadership certificate to better recognize leadership across campus. In an e-mail, Roling said, “The leadership certificate we’re proposing is a significant expansion of that offered by the LAS College. Presently, that’s only open to certain majors across campus. Many students don’t even know it’s available to them.” The Peterson and Wilson campaign also added the student platform to their list. Some current projects Peterson and Wilson are working on to make students feel part of GSB include holding listening posts on campus, where students can share their concerns, having GSB senators serve office hours outside of the GSB office, and re-establishing the GSB blog, while working with the senate to keep it updated. A complete list of Peterson’s and Wilson’s issues are available at www.petersonwilson. com Voting will be open March 1 and 2 at www.vote.iastate.edu.
surveys have a bias. It’s about how the questions are worded. Whether or not the survey is biased, those are student respondents, and those opinions are out there,” Turk said. John Schultz, Business senator, said to Turk, “We voted 28-2. We voted to represent the student body. We talked to as many students as we could and still voted the way we did. How can you come and tell us this survey tells us we’re wrong?” Turk said he agreed with what Schultz had to say, but, “How much bias could be in question that asks do you support this money for this usage? The reason I have such concern about this bill, is it is a different kind of bill; this is not a situation we’ve been in before. Going through [the] Board of Regents, they will ask you the same thing I’ve asked you ... They will ask how many people did you talk to? And did you go outside your immediate peer group?” A bill concerning funding for the SAE club, which was vetoed two weeks ago by Turk, was opened up for debate after Senator Luke Roling motioned to overturn the executive veto. A representative from the SAE club spoke for the club during open forum. The SAE club representative said they want to be a GSB-funded organization. GSB’s senate meeting hadn’t concluded by the paper’s print deadline. For more on the story, check it out online, at iowastatedaily.com.
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Opinion Editorial:
Chances are, if you’re a college student, you’ve had some experience with an online identity service. Maybe you call it a social networking site. Social media. A waste of time. However you choose to categorize them, services like Facebook and Twitter are forces to be reckoned with — and Google Buzz is throwing its hat into the ring. At this point, it shouldn’t be news that your online profiles play a huge part in the way others perceive you. Who are you on Facebook? Did you know that, with more than 400 million active users, if Facebook were a country it would be the world’s fourth largest? Does that make a difference in the way you want your profile to appear? Twitter, on the other hand, processes 50 million tweets per day. With the exception of Facebook rolling out some Twitter-like features in the past year, the two networks seem to coexist and serve different — not necessarily competitive — purposes. Google Buzz, on the other hand, is a little harder to categorize. Google unveiled the service on Feb. 9, announcing that Buzz would be automatically integrated into Gmail users’ existing accounts. That’s approximately 175 million built-in Buzz users. Genius. It looks like Google has thrown the first punch in what is bound to become a schoolyard brawl between Google and its most likely rival, Facebook. But perhaps it was more of a light shove. After all, Buzz didn’t have a perfect start. Many Gmail users were unhappy with being involuntarily thrown into the service, especially because of an early — since-deleted — feature that automatically set users up to “follow” their most frequent Gmail contacts. Plenty of us found ourselves wondering if we really need yet another social network — although Buzz does allow integration with Twitter, Piacsa and Flickr, but interestingly, not Facebook. It could be a while before we know how successful Buzz is. But here’s one thing we do know. These companies are vying for our identities. There could — quite likely — come a day when you need just one online identity to login to any site you visit. Google and Facebook both want to be that identity. Facebook Connect already serves this purpose to some degree. Using an authentication method, you can connect your Facebook account to any partner Web site, effectively transferring your entire Facebook identity to that site. Sometimes, Facebook might decide to sign you in without asking. If you visit www. vancouver2010.com on a computer that has your Facebook login information stored and visit the page for an Olympic event, a Facebook feed will pop up on the side. Typing into the provided box will post an update to the feed, along with your profile. It’s easy to be distracted by how cool these features will be — just think of the time one centralized online identity would save. But we’re not sold yet. Something about allowing all of our personal data to be held by one social networking service and transferred with ease at the click of a button seems a little Big Brother-ish. So, we’ll enjoy these technologies. But we’ll keep our guard up. And we suggest you remain cautious, too.
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Congress:
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Level the playing field P
resident Barrack Obama ran on a platform of change, but perhaps change was not his to promise. By the separation of powers in our government, the president’s power to legislate is in fact nonexistent — that power is delegated to the Congress. The problem is that Congress no longer functions the way that the framers planned, derailing the legislative process as it was intended. The greatest challenge to change in today’s government is the nature of incumbency. First, a government refresher course: According to Article 1, Section 1, of the Constitution, “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Article I goes on to elaborate about the nature of each of these houses: Representatives of the House must be 25 years old and are elected every two years, while senators must be 30 years old and only one-third of the Senate must be elected every two years. This difference in ages and election cycles manifests from the founders’ deliberate designs. The House is meant to be a regularly turned-over body of young, passionate public officials who directly represent public opinion. The more frequent election cycle allows constituents to voice disapproval of their representatives’ decisions quickly (by Constitution standards), the younger age is believed to embody a more impassioned demeanor and the power to introduce bills allows the culmination of representative position, constituent interest and passionate service to manifest in action. The Senate on the other hand represents the moderating branch of Congress. The older age and less-frequent election cycle intend to keep the deliberation of Senators away from the ebb-and-flow of public opinion. These men and women are thought to be wiser, more reasoned and less passionate than the House, moderating their proposed bills with amendments (Article I, Section 7). The combination of these two houses was thought to produce the most effective legislative body in the world as long as two rules were followed. The first: Representatives must be young and turned-over frequently at the will of constituents. The second: The Senate must be kept from the currents of public opinion. The Senate demonstrates largely characteristic behavior. According to a Congressional Quarterly report, the average age of members of the Senate is 63 and the re-election rate of U.S.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., speaks to the Associated Press during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. The longest-serving member of the U.S. House is running for re-election. It is important to evaluate each candidate when up for election. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta,/The Associated Press
Ian Barker is a senior in chemical engineering from Des Moines.
senators is 81.61 percent. This is not as high as the house, but high enough indeed to ensure a bit of insulation from the swings in public mood. On the other side, if we follow the framers’ intentions, the house of representative should feature young members and a high turnover rate. According to Congressional Quarterly, however, the 111th Congress’ House of Representatives possesses an average age of 56 with a 5 five percent less than the age of 40. Furthermore, the difference in average age between the Senate and House is only seven years. While one certainly cannot be upset with seasoned legislators running our government, the purpose of the House is to introduce fresh, upstart representatives for the inspiration of action. Along with uncharacteristic age, the re-election rate in the
House is an average of 93.35 percent since 1964. A body of older members and an insulation from national electoral trends follows the prescribed profile of the Senate more than it does the House. So why is this a problem? Because the House was to be the branch where new ideas could enter and old ideas would exit. High incumbency rates stonewall new candidates and ideas and degrade the relationship between constituents and representatives. Though the public was originally supposed to vote out representatives who do not serve their purpose, those running for re-election have already, in their first two years, amassed an average of $1 million more than their challengers according to the Federal Election Committee. Increased exposure through advertising funds, along with pork barrel spending — bringing in funds for the constituents — provide a distinct advantage for incumbents over challengers. While this loyalty is understandable, it violates the intentions of the Constitution. I would not suggest that all incumbents are bad representa-
tives. I would, however, suggest that incumbent advantage threatens to keep new ideas and new faces from entering the national conversation as soon as they are conceived in public thought. The House was to be a place where voters are most vociferously represented, it now represents the effectiveness of television advertising and a little product branding. The playing field needs to be leveled. Increased interest in politics and a more informed public could help undo some of the psychological effects coupled with widespread advertising while campaign finance reform could help level the playing field for all seeking public office. While I understand that I ask utopia from dystopia - demonstrated by the recent Supreme Court decision unfettering the coffers of corporations in elections — I believe that reformation of the system is not out of the question, as long as the public deems it vital. Consider the implications, call your representatives and speak out if you want your government to hear you.
Letters:
Peterson-Wilson Candidates demonstrate offers ambition, creativity, initiative dedication, I currently serve as a Government of the Student Body Senator for the Campustown area and am a Hixson scholar. I would like to indicate my support for Chandra Peterson and Jacob Wilson to be elected president and vice president. I feel that they have the dedication and creativity to not only lead, but to improve the student body. I’ve worked with Peterson while competing in pageants, GSB, the Campustown Action Association and the Campustown Student Association. I’ve seen the tangible results that come as result of her hard work and passion. This leads me to believe that Peterson and Wilson bring more concrete goals for the future because they have already set the foundation for success. They have already built “partnerships” with the City of Ames and ISU administration that the other ticket states they will achieve if and when they are elected. Peterson and Wilson would continue to be receptive to the needs of students, yet firm and concise when it came time to discuss issues with Iowa State officials. They listen to all perspectives before taking the most effective course of action. This was particularly evident in many of the issues that GSB tackled this year,
Teresa Tompkins is a junior in political science. such as the Varsity Theater discussion and vote. What I feel that makes Peterson and Wilson the best candidates to lead GSB next year is that they are students exactly like you. Both of them will be able to relate and connect with the greater student body, because they are a part of it. Both Peterson and Wilson have had to make their own path in college, because neither one of them had a traditional path here. Peterson was unable to start at Iowa State right away and spent a semester working in the cafe in her hometown to save money for college, and Wilson entered the workforce before being able to attend Iowa State. They now succeed at Iowa State as they work their way through college with part-time jobs, having lived both on and off of campus and experiencing Iowa State exactly how you do. With that, I once again encourage you to learn more about Peterson and Wilson as they run for election. I hope that you choose to vote for them on Monday or Tuesday during the online elections.
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In the five years I have been a student at Iowa State, I don’t think I have seen anyone work as hard as Chandra Peterson. Through her initiatives in Campustown, environment policy and promotion of women in student government, she is a great candidate to become our next Government of the Student Body leader. I have known Peterson for the past two years, and I am happy to say that I was on GSB when she joined. She worked for a fall semester in order to be able to afford coming to Iowa State. Her running mate, Jacob Wilson, is a transfer student, but also pours his heart and soul into working with and for students. These two people running as president and vice president are the strongest candidates any student could elect. First of all, they actually have platform points — their Web site doesn’t list their sole reason for running as a “way to end their time at Iowa State on a high note.” Also, their goals are actually attainable. Having once been in their shoes, it was hard to accomplish everything in a one year time frame. Fortunately, if they are elected, this will be their second year in leadership positions. You may not be too familiar with GSB, or feel that what they spend their money on is foolish. But you have a chance, right now, to elect students into office who do truly spend every waking hour (outside of class, that is) working to make Iowa State and your student experience here the best it can possibly be. I urge you to do your research on their campaign platform points and to vote Peterson-Wilson on Monday or Tuesday.
Maggie Luttrell is the former GSB Vice President
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Support needed to end the usage of offensive language Mark A. Reed is the President and CEO of Special Olympics Iowa.
As the Iowa State Daily is a leader in driving local culture, we need your support, and the support of your readers, in Wednesday’s “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign to help make a stand against a word that has gained popularity in culture, but is offensive to many. The R-word or retard(ed) has found a place in common language and seems to be accepted by most, despite the fact that its use, casual or otherwise, is hurtful to millions of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those that love them. The word hurts, even if not directed at a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For too long
people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have had to overcome the challenges society has put forth through stereotypes. It is time for a change and you and your readers can help. In your area, Special Olympics Iowa athletes and Best Buddies participants accomplish great things, are members of our local communities and churches and deserve the same respect and dignity that each of us expects from others in return in our daily lives. Help drive much needed change that will bring ac-
ceptance and inclusion to your community – include the R-word into your “not fit to print” publishing guidelines alongside other hurtful and profane words. With your paper’s reach and influence you can help us get members of the community to take the pledge at www.R-word.org. If the role of a local leader like the Iowa State Daily is to inform and effect positive change in the community, what better way than helping us to spread the word to end the word and in turn, create communities of acceptance and inclusion for all people? Please, we need you and your readers to pledge at www.R-word.org.
Racism:
Notion of ‘post-racial’ society proves false W
ith the ascendency of President Barrack Obama during the primaries and his election as the 44th president of the United States, on numerous occasions the media asserted that the United States can now be considered as a “post-racial” society, where the notion that “race” has lost its significance, and where our country’s long history of racism is now at an end. For example, National Public Radio senior news analyst Daniel Schorr during the presidential primaries on Jan. 28, 2008, on “All Things Considered,” noted that with the emergence of Obama, we have entered a new “postracial” political era, and that Obama “transcends race” and is “race free.” And MSNBC political analyst Chris Matthews responded to Obama’s State of the Union message on Jan. 27 and said, “He is post-racial by all appearances. I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. You know, he’s gone a long way to become a leader of this country, and past so much history, in just a year or two. I mean, it’s something we don’t even think about.” These commentators and others imply a number of claims in their statements. The first that we have become a “race-blind” or “color-blind” society — that race has become unimportant and that we don’t see“race anymore. The second implication states that racism (i.e., prejudice along with social power to enact oppression by white people over people of color) is a thing of the past. Is the United States now a “color blind” society? Or, even more importantly, should the
United States be a “color-blind/ race-blind” society? The very notion of “race-blindness” is deeply problematic. Though when we tell another that “I don’t see your race; I just see you as a human being,” may seem as a righteous statement, what are we really telling the person is, “I discount a part of you that I may not want to address,” and “I will not see you in your multiple identities.” This has the tendency of erasing the person’s background and historical legacy, and hides the continuing hierarchical and systemic positionalities among white people and racially minoritized people. In addition, the assertion that we have fully addressed and finally concluded the long history of racism in the United States with the election of Obama is simply unfounded. Anti-racism consultant Valerie Batts discussed what she terms as “new forms of racism.” While the Brown vs. Board of Education decision (1954), the Civil Right Act (1964) and other judicial and legislative actions have criminalized a number of past realities (for example, slavery, Jim Crow laws, lynchings, cross burnings, segregated educational, employment, business, governmental institutions and more), many forms of racism continue. While some of these conditions continue today on a de facto basis, Batts listed these new forms as “dysfunctional rescuing,” where white people help people of color in a condescending way believing they can’t help themselves. They blame the victims of systematic oppression for the oppression itself; “avoidance of contact” where white people self segregate in their
Warren Blumenfeld is a professor of curriculum and instruction
personal and professional lives from people of color, and where white people show little interest in learning about the cultures of communities of color; “denial of cultural differences,” the notion of “color blindness,” which minimizes the cultural and behavioral difference among people, which simply masks discomfort with racialized differences and “denial of political significance of differences,” in which white people deny the profound impact regarding the social, political and economic realities of the lives of people of color. I add to the list of conditions that perpetuate systemic racism the concept of stereotyping. A stereotype is an oversimplified or misinformed perception, opinion, attitude, judgment or image of a person or a group of people held in common by members of other groups. Originally referring to the process of making type from a metal mold in printing, social stereotypes can be viewed as
molds of regular and invariable patterns of evaluation on others. With stereotypes, people tend to overlook all other characteristics of the group. Stereotypes of outgroup members by in group members depersonalize them, in effect seeing them largely as members of a group and not as individuals with unique and distinctive qualities and attributes. This often results in the tendency to diminish the humanity of out-group members relegating them to the category of “other,” and as “different.” Individuals sometimes use stereotypes to justify continued marginalization and subjugation of members of that group. In this sense, stereotypes conform to the literal meaning of the word “prejudice,” which is a prejudgment, derived from the Latin word praejudicium. This is the case, for example, in actions explicitly intended as a mockery of Black History Month when a number of institutions around the country,
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and most recently a group of students at the University of California at San Diego, throw off-campus “ghetto themed parties.” Attendees are advised to come wearing chains, cheap clothing and speak very loudly, and where female students are urged to come as “ghetto chicks.” In part, according to the invitation UCSD student organizers sent announcing what they referred to as the “Compton Cookout.” The invite said, “For those of you who are unfamiliar with ghetto chicks — ghetto chicks usually have gold teeth, start fights and drama and wear cheap clothes, they consider Baby Phat to be high class and expensive couture. They also have short, nappy hair and usually wear cheap weave, usually in bad colors, such as purple or bright red.” The invitation continued, “We will be serving 40s, kegs of Natty, dat purple drank, which consists of sugar, water and the color purple, chicken, coolade and, of course, Watermelon.” Students of color on the UCSD campus are banding together and are constructing a list of demands to ensure that these blatantly racist and sexist incidents are appropriately addressed by the administraPage 1
tion and by the entire campus community. Many of them feel emotionally and physically unsafe on their own campus. We must not and cannot dismiss these incidents as simply the actions of a few individuals, for racism and other forms of oppression exist on multiple levels, as enumerated by authors Rita Hardiman and Bailey Jackson, on the individual/interpersonal, institution and societal levels. These incidents are symptoms of larger systemic national problems. In their book “Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a ColorBlind Society,” the authors show how the concept of “color blindness/race blindness” attempts to deny and further entrench hierarchical and deeply rooted systemic racial inequities and privileges accorded to white people that permeate throughout our society. We must as a society get beyond this false and counterproductive notion of “color blindness/race blindness” and confront our past history and current realities of racism and transcend, to use Mica Pollock’s term, “color muteness” by engaging in honest and open conversations on the impact and legacy of race relations in our country.
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Sports Olympics
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Men’s Basketball
Vancouver
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Vancouver
2010 Winter Olympics Thursday’s Schedule
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11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Curling — Women’s and men’s semi-finals 12 p.m. Nordic Combined — Indiv. large hill – ski jump 1 p.m. Cross Country — Women’s 4x5 km relay Hockey — Women’s Bronze medal game Finland vs. Sweeden 3 p.m. Nordic Combined — Indiv. large hill - XC (10km) 5:30 p.m. Hockey — Women’s gold medal game U.S. vs. Canada 7 p.m. Figure Skating — Ladies’ free skate
Hockey
U.S. advances after victory over Sweden The longer it went, the tighter the Americans got. They clanged shots off the post, then the crossbar. A wrist shot early in the game by Phil Kessel that looked like a bad omen hit both. Everything else the U.S. hockey team threw on net Wednesday, Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller smothered. But Zach Parise put all that frustration aside, deflecting a wrist shot from Brian Rafalski early in the third period, then scored into an empty net late to seal a 2-0 quarterfinal win that sends the U.S. to the next round against the winner of Wednesday night’s game between the Czech Republic and Finland. “Relief and excitement, especially in a tight game like that when you are doing everything but score,” said Parise, who failed to score on his first 13 shots of the tournament. “The goalie was great and we did a good job of sticking with it. “We were pretty confident and said just keep putting pucks at him.” Ryan Miller made 19 saves to backstop the victory and move the Americans within two wins of its first men’s hockey gold medal in 30 years. For a while, though, there was a chance their stirring 5-3 win over Canada on Sunday might go for naught. U.S. general manager Brian Burke said he wasn’t happy with his team’s play through the preliminary round, and cautioned that the Americans had to improve quickly if they hoped to make a run. He was right. Only the challenge came from the lightly regarded Swiss and not from tournament favorites Canada, Russia or defending Olympic champion Sweden. The wait for production from the top scoring line ended just in time.
ISU forward Craig Brackins dunks the ball in the second half against Nebraska. Brackins scored 21 points, including 11 in the last seven minutes, to help Iowa State beat Nebraska 78-74. Photo: Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily
ISU guard Diante Garrett goes up for a shot during the second half of the game against Nebraska. Garrett had 11 points and seven assists in Iowa State’s 78–74 win. Photo: Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily
6-game slide stopped Feb. 24
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Brackins rallies downtrodden team to victory By Jake Lovett Daily Staff Writer Craig Brackins scored 21 points, including 11 in the final seven minutes, to lead Iowa State past Nebraska 78–74 Wednesday night. The win was Iowa State’s (1414, 3-10) first in the month of February and ended a six-game losing streak that dated back to a 84–63 loss at Baylor. “I just went out there and played,” Brackins said. “I knew my teammates needed a spark so I was just trying to do what I can.” The Palmdale, Calif., native struggled to just seven points and five rebounds in the first half, and he sat on the bench for seven minutes in the middle of the second half with foul trouble. After returning to the game, though, Brackins took control.
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Down 59–58 with six minutes remaining in the game, Brackins hit a 3-point shot that ignited the otherwise stagnant Hilton Coliseum crowd and put the Cyclones up 61–59 — a lead they wouldn’t surrender. “I’m proud that he was able to do that, he hit a big shot and when he hit that shot it’s like a light switch went on,” said coach Greg McDermott. “His post ups were better, he was more aggressive.” McDermott said while his star forward was relegated to the bench in the second half, he was hardly out of the action. “He was the first one to grab those guys when they came out,” McDermott said. “He didn’t sit over there and sulk and feel sorry for himself.” The game stayed close with Brackins out, and the ISU bench came from behind to take the lead 53–51 before the big man returned. Iowa State’s depth had been a problem during the six-game
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Iowa State takes down Nebraska in foul-riddled match By Chris Cuellar Daily Staff Writer It wasn’t the prettiest basketball game to watch. Nebraska (13-15, 1-12) and Iowa State (14-14, 3-10) both shot under 50 percent, combined for 25 turnovers and 37 fouls and took part in an up-and-down game with plenty of whistles and stoppages. It didn’t matter — getting a win was all it did. “We know that we’ve worked hard, and we’ve always been so close,” said ISU junior forward Craig Brackins. “To finally get the win and have that feeling that we know we should have had in a couple games. We can’t dwell on the past.” It took until midway through the second half for the crowd at Hilton Coliseum to get on its feet for any substantial period of time, as the Cyclones went into halftime down seven points to the last place Cornhuskers. Not known as a come from behind squad, the Cyclones fought through the deficit and
shook off the weight of a six-game losing streak. It wasn’t familiar territory for coach Greg McDermott’s team, who, until now, hadn’t been able to register a win in the month of February, but the coach never stopped praising his team’s hard work and determination. “We came out in the second half and strung together a lot of stops. I remember looking up at the scoreboard with about 11:50 to go and they’d only scored eight points in minutes,” said guard Scott Christopherson, who added 17 points to the Cyclone cause. “I think that was what got us back into the game.” Up two points at the three-minute mark, Brackins’ one-handed alley-oop may have literally and figuratively slammed the door on the Huskers attempting to put Iowa State in the Big 12 cellar. “Craig is a great player and he rose to the occasion and made some spectacular plays and got us over that bump,” Christopherson said. “With him being the leader of the team, that’s what we need him to do.” Brackins totaled 21 points and 10 rebounds — 14 and five of which occurred in the second frame. He
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— Associated Press
Women’s Basketball Skiing
Vonn crashes, breaks pinky in giant slalom Lindsey Vonn crashed and failed to finish the first run of the fog-shrouded Olympic giant slalom race Wednesday and broke her right pinkie. It was undecided if she would run her final event at the Vancouver Games later in the week. Vonn lost control around a right turn in the middle section of the course, got twisted around, landed hard on her left hip and crashed backward into the safety netting. “The course is breaking up at the bottom,” Vonn said, holding ice on her finger, adding that her back and shin were hurting, too. “I got a little bit too inside and lost my outside ski. My knee came up and hit my chin. ... I don’t know honestly how I hurt my hand. “I’m just a little bit beat up right now,” added Vonn, who also fell in the slalom leg of the supercombined last week. “Things don’t seem to be quite going my way.” Dr. Jim Moeller, chief medical officer for the U.S. Olympic team, said Vonn had a non-displaced fracture of the proximal phalanx of the small finger — where the pinkie connects to the hand. He said Vonn, who won the downhill and was third in the super-G despite nursing a badly bruised right shin the entire Olympics, had not decided if she will race in Friday’s final women’s event, the slalom. —Associated Press
Cyclones seek No. 2 seed By Jordan Wickstrom Daily Staff Writer The chances of Iowa State getting the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament look promising. Standing in its way will be the Kansas Jayhawks. Iowa State enters Thursday’s game with a chance to do something it has not done since the 2006-’07 season: sweep the season series against the Jayhawks and leave Lawrence with a victory. “I think every time we’ve played Kansas — whether it’s been home or away — the games have been eerily similar,” said coach Bill Fennelly. “[The games have been] low scoring, defensive minded and neither team has the ability to dominate the game.” “[Lawrence] is not a place where we’ve had a ton of success and certainly a lot of people could probably say that but I think of the style of play makes it seem like it’s going to be the same game whether we play them home, away or neutral court. I think it’s going to be the same game.” Because Iowa State could potentially move into second place with the win, the Cyclones will certainly have some added motivation to end the road-losing streak
against Kansas. “[During previous games] it seems like we weren’t prepared,” said senior guard Denae Stuckey. “This year has to be the stop to that. We’ve struggled so bad in the past couple years and I think this year it’s time to go down there and get a good game and play well against Kansas in their own house.” McCray Injury The last time the Cyclones played Kansas, Iowa State’s defense shut down senior guard Danielle McCray. With a 3-for-13 shooting performance and only six points scored, McCray had one of the worst games of her career. For the second straight game, McCray will not be a factor. Instead of it being because of the Cyclones’ defensive effort, however, it will be because the senior tore her ACL during a practice and will sit on the sidelines for the rest of the season. Despite the injury, the Cyclones will not overlook the struggling Jayhawks. “I haven’t seen them [without McCray],” Stuckey said. “But from what I’ve heard, the games they play without McCray, they seem
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Iowa State’s Denae Stuckey looks to drive to the basket in Saturday’s game against Missouri. Stuckey helped with the Cyclone’s 55-42 victory with 11 rebounds. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily
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Pete Majkozak, forward on the ISU men’s hockey team, looks to pass the puck during the game against Eastern Michigan University on Jan. 29. The Cyclone’s defeated the Eagles 10–1. File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily
Seniors strive to end career on high note By Blake Schultz Daily Staff Writer It has been four long years for most of the seniors on the Iowa State hockey team, but this weekend will be the last time any of them skate onto the ice for a game in the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. Seven ISU players will take to the ice one final time in hope of leaving Ames with a couple of wins. The Cyclones will face off win the UNI Panthers in what will be a final tune-up for the national tournament next week. The game will be the last in Ames for Captain Bent Cornelius, Pete Majkozak, Brad Krueger, Matt Verdoni, Brian Spring, Derek Behrman and junior Brady Irwin, who will graduate one year early. “I’ve been real proud of the seniors,” said coach Al Murdoch. “Their hard work, their dedication, their loyalty, plus they’re darn good students and darn good hockey players.” With this weekend being the final series in the regular season for the Cyclones, the team would like to end it on a good
note. Murdoch plans on getting everyone some good ice time in a game situation in order to get a rhythm and keep it going into the tournament. Murdoch compared the Panthers, whom the Cyclones haven’t played in a couple of years, to teams like Kansas, Missouri and Iowa — all of which the Cyclones handled easily earlier on in the season. Last weekend, penalties and turnovers killed the Cyclones in the semifinal round of the Central States Collegiate Hockey Leage Tournament in Ames. Murdoch plans on using this series to get back on track and focus on fewer penalties, better focus and discipline, breaking the puck out of the zone and controlling the pace of the game. “We’re just going to try and get everything synced, so hopefully we will have all the lines going,” Cornelius said. “I’ll be looking for scoring from all the line just to kind of get back into the flow of everything.” Friday night will be senior night and a big turnout is expected as usual.
“This is kind of my last hoorah here in Ames,” Majkozak said. “It’s just kind of crazy how fast the time went and the relationships you’ve made.” This group of seniors has been involved in some of the highlights hockey during the last four years. They were a part of the 2007 team who won the CSCHL Tournament; each season they have been here, the Cyclones have not lost more than 11 games during a single season (excluding overtime loses) and each season the team has finished the year in the top 20 in rankings. With one series to go in Ames, winning is on the mind of each senior. “It would mean a lot for us to win these last two,” Cornelius said. “We want to go out on a good note.” Despite all of the emotions that go into this last weekend, the team would love to stay focused on preparing to make a run at the championship. “It’s special, but we have to keep moving and keep our eyes on the prize for next weekend,” Cornelius said.
By Kelsey Jacobs Daily Staff Writer She flew through the air like she did in every practice, but this time, when she landed, it was wrong. In a chain reaction, senior Megan Barnes’ entire leg jammed from ankle to hip, her knee hyper extended and her posterior cruciate ligament tore. “I was doing my dismount off of bars,” Barnes said. “At the time, I did a dismount where I didn’t see the ground before I landed, and I kind of just landed in the wrong position.” Barnes was practicing during preseason in late November when she sustained the injury to her knee. Her leg was completely swollen a day later and entered surgery a week after the injury. Even though the first meet of the season wasn’t until the first week in January, Barnes was would not be ready to compete for a while. “After surgery it was a lot of physical therapy,” Barnes said. “We really just jumped into getting my leg strong again. They actually didn’t repair my PCL — they just cleaned it up — so we’ve just been really working on getting my strength back, slowly working on getting routines and getting me to a place where I was ready to compete.” Before the injury, Barnes competed in the all-
Megan Barnes performs her floor routine during the Feb. 12 meet at Hilton Coliseum. Photo: Josh Harrell/Iowa State Daily
around, so her unexpected exit from the lineup left a gap of routines and experience. “It was definitely hard to have a senior and someone with so much experience have an injury like that,” said senior Melanie Tham. “But the great thing about having 17 girls on the team is you do have depth in each of your lineups and that’s something that we have been lacking on in the past. It was good to know we did have people
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Ole Miss to vote for mascot By Sheila Byrd The Associated Press Now that students at the University of Mississippi have voted to find a new mascot, some Rebels on campus are backing Admiral Ackbar of “Star Wars” fame — but as the admiral himself might say, “It’s a trap.” Officials say there’s virtually no chance the fish-faced leader of the Rebel Alliance in the science-fiction flick could become the on-field mascot for the Rebels of Ole Miss. The president of the Associated Student Body dismisses it as “comic relief.” But that does not deter a contingent of Ole Miss “Star Wars” fanatics who are promoting the
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that could step up and fill Megan’s shoes.” For the first half of the season, Barnes worked on strength training and cheered on her teammates from the sideline. Last week marked the third month out from her injury. The meet Sunday at Iowa was the first time she was able to compete this season. “I had some nerves going into it,” Barnes said. “But it felt really good to get back out there and know that my goal of getting back into everything had finally happened.” Barnes will not be able to return to the all-around competition, but by the end of the season could be performing in three of the four rotations. Her teammates are glad to
pop-eyed space character from the planet Mon Calamari and his most famous and often parodied line: “It’s a trap!” The students voted this week to begin the search for a new mascot at the Southeastern conference school. The Oxford-based university has been without a mascot since 2003, when Colonel Reb, a caricature of an aging Southern planter, was run off the field. The admiral’s fans have created a Web site and have a strong Facebook following. Kelly Jacobs of Hernando, who has two sons enrolled at the university, has sent a letter to Lucas requesting he give Ole Miss the rights to the character.
see her return to the lineups. “It’s good [to have her back],” Tham said. “Megan has been a great competitor for the last three years and just seeing her doing bars and out on the beam is encouraging because she did leave a pretty big gap when she got injured, so it’s nice that for the second half of the season we can count on her in the lineups.” Barnes will compete on the uneven bars and balance beam in front of a home crowd when the No. 13 Cyclones face Minnesota 7 p.m. Friday at Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State’s lineups have been in shuffle mode to accommodate several other injuries as Barnes was not the only gymnast to experience an injury this season. “It is the nature of our sport that you do get big injuries,” Tham said. “Especially at our age right now, because we’re
old to be gymnasts — our bodies are breaking down so at this age we do have a lot of injuries.” Due to mistakes and the changing lineups because of injuries, the Cyclones registered their second lowest score this season last week at Iowa with a 194.475. The team still managed to beat Iowa, but it is looking forward to competing Friday against Minnesota in order to get back up into the 195–196 range. “We’re looking forward to competing at home again,” Tham said. “We have a pretty big rivalry with Minnesota and we’re looking forward to starting up that competition again since we haven’t seen them yet this year.” Minnesota is unranked, but its season- high is a 195.325, a score that would have taken down the Cyclones last week.
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Wright to rally for best in final indoor events By Kasey Sutherland Daily Staff Writer Senior sprinter Lashawn Wright isn’t used to sitting still. Wright covered 60 meters in just 7.6 seconds at the 2010 ISU Classic to win the event. The victory was her first indoor track and field event after coming off surgery to repair her third dislocated shoulder. “They gave me a scope and reconstruction — it’s a three-month process,” Wright said. “The first month you can’t do anything, the second month it’s about getting your range of motion back and the third is all about getting your strength back.” She seemed to be at full strength and health this season, posting the victory at the ISU Classic and a second-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the Bill Bergan Invitational in January. Wright is happy for the opportunity to compete after her multiple injuries, but she isn’t satisfied with herself or her team just yet. “My last year was a downer, I’m looking forward to coming out this weekend and do the best that I can,” Wright said. “It’s been a long ride, but I’m really excited to see how I do and how the freshmen do against serious Big 12 competition, but more than anything I’m really excited for my team.” Wright will compete for the final time at the Big 12 Track and Field Championships this weekend, where world-class athletes, including past Olympians, will compete at Lied Recreation Athletic Center. “I want to bring home a medal and score points for the women’s team, to set a high standard for the freshman and better the program,” Wright said. “For seniors, this is make or break. We want to leave here with something to show.” The Mesquite, Texas, native will be part of the show Friday and Saturday at the Big 12 Championships to finish out an indoor track career that has never included a final in Big 12 competition. The Big 12 conference has three women’s teams ranked in the top 25 nationally, and with Iowa State on the outside the ISU women have tough competition stacked up against them. Coming in as the favorite for the Big 12 crown is the second ranked track team from Texas A&M. The Aggies are coming off their third consecutive title, but things don’t always go according to expectations when it’s time for the championships according to coach Cory Ihmels. “I think it’s going to be a dogfight. The conference meet is a funny thing, it never goes to form. It’s not going to be easy; we’re going to need some luck and some momentum from the home
Lashawn Wright runs during the women’s 60-meter dash at the ISU Classic on Feb. 13 at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. Photo: Rashah McChesney/Iowa State Daily
crowd,” Ihmels said. The home track advantage inside Lied will come from some of the 2,000 person max capacity for spectators. As one of the nation’s top track facilities, Iowa State has the luxury of hosting 20 percent of all collegiate indoor track and field events that will have taken place in the 2009-’10 track season. Ihmels attributes Iowa State’s extended home stay to the facilities in Ames. “It’s good to have the Big 12 meet here, it helps recruiting and I think it would be unfortunate if we weren’t able to host the Big 12 meet frequently on this track, just because I do think it is one of the best facilities in the country,” Ihmels said. With a home crowd advantage behind some very talented performers, the Cyclones could come out of this weekend with several individual Big 12 Champions. The women’s pentathlon will get the festivities of the Big 12 Championships off the ground with the 60 meter hurdles, Friday at 10 a.m., with regular running events beginning at 2 p.m. and field events starting at 3 p.m.
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Guillen’s Twitter deemed controversial Ozzie Guillen’s already going to star in a reality series starting in July. Now the colorful manager of the Chicago White Sox has a Twitter account and his general manager Ken Williams is not happy about it. Guillen, Williams and Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf will shoot segments for the MLB Network reality show “The Club” this spring. That had already prompted concern about the talkative Guillen and his often salty language. Now Guillen’s added another forum to express his many opinions on many topics.
Guillen said his tweets will be personal and not a way to tell fans what’s going on with the White Sox or a way to break news. Still, it appears to be a dangerous device for a manager who’s gotten in plenty of trouble over the years with his comments. Some of the early tweets appear harmless, things like “what I saw on the field today was a lot of grass” and “going to eat in half hour.” But who knows with Ozzie? “No comment ... and make sure you write that it is a no comment with a head shake from side to
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the hands of the Cornhuskers on the ISU home floor would have been devastating, and McDermott is just pleased his squad was able to prevent it. “It feels good, as I’ve eluded to during this stretch where we haven’t won, they’ve continued to work hard,” McDermott said. “They don’t practice like a team that’s 2-10 in conference. “I really felt like we went into the A&M game, Oklahoma State, at Kansas, at Missouri — we went into those games with confidence. I don’t think we were intimidated by any of those teams — we just couldn’t sustain it. Tonight, we survived a pretty good shooting night from Nebraska and still won our way.” Free throws went in, highlight dunks went down and the Cyclones out-rebounded the Huskers. It all paid off. The first Cyclone win in a month was met with hugs and high fives all around, and now the Cyclones get to carry their reemerging confidence on the road Saturday. They don’t care about winning pretty.
from PAGE 8 wasn’t going to be held back from attacking the basket, and his 7-for-12 night put away, however briefly, memories of the 7-for-33 shooting he had experienced in his last two games. Iowa State took the lead with 5:45 left in the game from a 3-pointer from Brackins and never looked back. “Some guys hide when they struggle and some guys attack it, and right now that’s what [Craig] is doing,” McDermott said. “Some of our redshirts were working out, and Craig was on the other end shooting around 90 minutes before game time, just trying to get this right.” If the emotion in the building after the first half was what one Cyclone Alley student member described as “apathy,” the final buzzer could only be relief. Iowa State lost nine out of 10, and the only two wins in Big 12 play prior to Wednesday night was against the Cornhuskers and Colorado. A loss at
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from PAGE 8 skid, but McDermott was pleased with how his subs — LaRon Dendy, Chris Colvin and Dominique Buckley — performed down the stretch. Brackins needed all the help he could get to push Iowa State through Nebraska’s grating defense. Coming into tonight, the Cornhuskers (13-15, 1-12) had second best in the Big 12, allowing just 64 points per game. “That group got us back in the game,” McDermott said. “Without their play, we’re not sitting here talking about a victory.” Off of the ISU bench, Dendy had only four points and Colvin managed just three, but it was their work away from the box score that pleased the coach. “I thought Chris played well,” McDermott said.
“Defensively, he did some things that really sparked us. His decisions made with his passes tonight were pretty good tonight.” Sophomore guard Scott Christopherson had 17 points, and the Cyclones had four players in double figures for just the third time in conference play. Christopherson’s 17 points were his highest since scoring 19 against Oklahoma State on Feb. 17. “I’m just trying to be aggressive out there,” Christopherson said. “Sometimes that means I get left when they double on Craig or Marquis [Gilstrap], and I’m just trying to step up, make some plays and knock down some shots.” Christopherson was 5-for10 shooting, including 2-for-6 from 3-point land. The sophomore from LaCrosse, Wis., also added five rebounds and only one turnover.
side,” Williams said. “Listen, I’m a grown man,” Guillen said. “A lot of people think I do stuff without thinking or talking to people. Any information out there, I’m not stupid enough where I will say, ‘We’re going to make a move today.’ ... That’s not the idea. I’m not going to give fans the message before I give it to the media, it’s never going to happen. The twitter is like what I am doing today, have fun with it. It’s all personal.” After the White Sox worked out Wednesday — the full squad is not due until Friday — Guillen ac-
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like they still play pretty well. This isn’t a team that we can just roll over because McCray’s not playing. We’re going to have to still go out there and be up to the challenge and play because they’ve played some teams and they’ve hung in there and done really well even though McCray’s not playing.” Stuckey Family Iowa State will approach Thursday’s game as any other, but for one Cyclone, there is one special connection to the program. Stuckey not only is a Kansas native but her brother, Darrell Stuckey, is the starting safety on
knowledged that Williams was not pleased about his latest venture. The two talked it over. “I feel like I was doing something wrong,” Guillen said. “People are treating me like I was a murderer or something, or steal someone’s money or didn’t pay my taxes. “If this thing bothers the White Sox or Kenny or Jerry then we’ll talk about it. I talked to Kenny about it. I said what it was. He can see what I say. If that thing offends anyone, beat it because I didn’t do anything wrong.”
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the Jayhawk football team. Despite her Kansas roots, Stuckey made it clear she was not a Jayhawk fan growing up. “I really was never a big Kansas fan,” Stuckey said. “I had nothing against them or anything, I just didn’t grow up a die-hard fan. My brother was a big KU die-hard fan. He wanted to go there from the time he was little. And I think it had something to do with my mom. He was pretty much a mama’s boy and wanted to stay close to home.” Members of Stuckey’s family will be in attendance during Thursday’s game. However, her brother will be training for football in Florida. The Big 12 Tournament will be played in Kansas City where the Cyclones hope to enter with a No. 2 seed — their highest since finishing the 1999-’00 season as No. 1.
Gilstrap added 15 points and seven rebounds while Diante Garrett had 11 points and seven assists. Down the stretch, Iowa State stretched the lead to as many as seven, and closed out making nine of its last 10 free throws. “It was 59–53, and we scored on eight-straight possessions and nine out of 10 possessions in that stretch, and we just haven’t had many offensive runs like that,” McDermott said. “For us to get the ball rolling and execute some offense extremely well, and our defense in the second half was so much better than it was in the first half and that’s a big reason we won the game.”
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Caleb Woodley, senior in performing arts, rehearses with a fellow cast member for the ISU production of “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Woodley is performing as the character Jack Worthing, a man who wants to marry a woman, but can’t without her mother’s approval. Photo: Jessica Opoien/Iowa State Daily
performer Competes Nationally Senior and partner qualify for top 16 in challenge, pursues passion in roles By David Wise Daily Staff Writer Dressed as a little munchkin and performing on stage with his siblings was one of Caleb Woodley’s best memories in his theater career. It was his fifth grade year, and the production was “The Wizard of Oz.” His sister was Dorothy, one of his brothers was the scarecrow and the other was the haunted tree. “It was really exciting for me, because I got to be as cool as my older siblings,” said Woodley, a senior in performing arts. “I’m the youngest kid, and it was just like ‘Awe, I get to be with the big kids.’” Since Woodley was a child, he has been interested in theater and performed in many productions. He came from a household where singing, dancing and doing goofy things were common and shared between him and his family. His first taste of the performing arts came in third grade when he narrated, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” Today, his resume includes numerous theater productions as well as a successful theater competition. Last January, Woodley competed in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for his performance as Felix Ungar in “The Odd Couple.” In order to enter the event, a candidate must be nominated by a scout. Jane Cox, director of “The Odd Couple” and professor of music, said that one of the reasons Woodley got nominated was likely based on that performance. “It was a character that wasn’t very close to his own personality,” Cox said. “I think he
“The Importance of Being Earnest” ■■ When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday Where: Fisher Theater ■■ Cost: $8 for students, $15 for adults, $13 for seniors In this Oscar Wilde comedy, Algernon is visited by his friend Ernest Worthing, who confesses in the country, he goes by the name of John (or Jack). Algernon reveals he pretends to have an invalid friend named Bunbury in the country. Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen arrives and Jack proposes as he intended to do, but she seems to love him only for his professed name Ernest. At Jack’s country house, Algernon arrives announcing himself as Ernest Worthing and Cecily loves “Ernest” at least in part for his name. The two must decide if to expose their true identity, which only leads to more antics.
has a great sense of comic timing and I think he did well in capturing the character he was playing. He just was very funny in the role.” The section of the competition Woodley participated in was called The Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship, which included 280 competitors. For picking a partner, which is a requirement after being nominated, Woodley chose Madison Welterlen, junior in music. Together, the pair made it to the top 16 competitors. The pieces it choose to perform at the event included a scene from Shakespeare’s “Henry VI,” “The Bald Soprano,” by Eugene Ionesco and a monologue called “Picking Scabs.” Woodley said the reason the two decided on these parts was because of the contrasting styles between them. Asside from getting nominated and making it to the top 16, Woodley said an-
Katelyn Thompson and Don Watts, senior in performing arts, rehearse for their parts in “The Importance of Being Earnest.” The performances begin in Fisher Theater on Friday. Photo: Zunkai Zhao/Iowa State Daily
other aspect that was exciting was getting to perform in front of 1,400 people on a stage that was comparable to the one in Stephens Auditorium. “It was the first time I have ever performed in front of that many people,” Woodley said. “It was daunting but exciting because it was just like, that’s what I want to do is perform in front as many people as possible,” he said. “That’s what you work for. That’s the goal.”
Woodley’s next upcoming role is in the ISU Theatre production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” which opens at Fisher Theater this weekend. Woodley is performing the character of Jack Worthing, a man who wants to marry a woman named Gwendolen but can’t without her mother’s approval. Woodley said this role is different than the rest he’s played because of the British dialect that he’s never had to do.
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The Iowa State University Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Matthew Coley, performs to a nearfull house at the Martha Ellen Tye Recital Hall on Tuesday. The setlist included the world premiere of “Running on Empty,” a song composed for ISUPE by Bjorn Berkhout. ISUPE was also joined by the Ames High School Percussion Ensemble and the ISU Flute Studio. It is Coley’s first year at Iowa State. Bridget Leahy also performs “Running on Empty” with ISUPE. Photo: Sarah Binder/Iowa State Daily
Kaleidoquiz Questions and Answers; selected questions from 2008 and 2009. 1. Q: Which state produces 90 percent of the disco balls in the United States? (10 points) ■■ A: Kentucky 2. Q: On average, how many gallons of sewage were generated per hour by the Iowa State Utility Enterprise in the 2008 fiscal year? (30 points) ■■ A: 23,137.45 gallons per hour 3. Q: A water wave group consists of waves with approximate wavelength 100 meters traveling in water of depth five meters. The group itself is 1,000 meters
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Canellakis on violins, Romie de GuiseLanglois on clarinet and Sebastian Krunnies on viola. “Marlboro brings combinations you wouldn’t always hear,” Forrest said. She added it was unique to hear strings and clarinet together. The quintet will perform classical chamber music masterpieces from Brahms, Haydn and Kodaly. Forrest said Ames Town and Gown strives to bring such smaller, more intimate performances to Ames. The evening will also feature vocal performances by Jesse Blumberg, Deborah Selig and Cameron Stowe. Stumpf will give a free class to local
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Members of the Musicians from Marlboro perform a concert. The group is completing a national tour and will stop in Ames on Sunday. Courtesy photo: Janet Klaas
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Burn 100 calories in 10 simple steps By Leslie Millard Daily Staff Writer Burning calories during these snow and ice covered
months of winter can be extremely difficult. We are here to give you a few easy tips on how to shave off that winter coat. 1. Walk to Class. It sounds
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Kayla McVicker, freshman in management, does push ups with an exercise ball Tuesday in the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. McVicker watches her eating habits along with working out at least five times a week in order to stay in shape and avoid the “freshman fifteen.” It is important to schedule ahead, keep active, continue to snack during the day and to monitor progress in order to avoid gaining weight. Photo: Valerie Allen/Iowa State Daily
Fight the freshman fifteen By Morgan Zimmerman Daily Staff Writer Money is tight enough when you’re a college student without having to buy a new wardrobe to suit the dreaded ”freshman fifteen.” To help you avoid this mess we spoke to Patricia Sann, a physical education teacher from Clarion and retired prosoftball player, and asked for some easy way to build fitness into your daily routine.
1) Keep those legs moving: “People hear it all the time to do simple things like take the stairs but they don’t realize how much actually doing it adds up,” Sann said. “Make a point to walk rather than take the bus, or drop your paper off in person rather than just shooting an e-mail. After a month you’ll notice a difference.”
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“Taking the time to pack your lunch the night before can work wonders, people don’t make active healthy decisions when they’re hungry and pressed for time,” Sann said. “Make up a healthy, balanced meal after your evening meal and the next day — come lunch time, your decision will be easy.”
3) Schedule Group Activities: “Plan physical social together’s like sledding or a volley-
ball game when you’re feeling motivated, and then when the time comes you’ll be committed and can’t back out like when you make plans to attend a yoga class or go to the gym,” Sann said.
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tions but then their appetite gets the best of them and they binge … keep yourself satisfied and you’ll make better decisions.”
5) Out of site, out of mind: “If you’re serious about keeping a strict, healthy diet — don’t keep items that you’ll be tempted by in the house,” Sann said. “It’s easy to cave and eat a bowl of ice cream when a craving strikes and it’s two feet away in the freezer, but most people
won’t drive to the store to buy it.”
6) Schedule your progress: “Don’t weigh yourself after every workout or expect daily benchmarks that you can see in the mirror,” Sann said. “People make unrealistic fitness goals and then get discouraged when they’re not meeting them. Give yourself a month to follow a healthy regimen before you allow yourself to evaluate measurable progress.”
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It’s not everyday you hear about a video game console that can help you lose weight. But the Nintendo Wii has found a way to make workouts seem more like a game and less like a chore. Although consumers have been using the Wii for personal fitness for a few years, new games and products have made the Wii console a different option for workouts. Wiifit.com, Nintendo’s official Web site for Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus, says its programs are “a combination of fitness and fun designed for everyone young and old.” The Web site also says by playing Wii Fit Plus on a regular basis, better health and fitness
are obtainable goals. Wii Fit Plus bundle includes the Wii Fit Plus CD and the Balance Board for about $99. The Wii Fit Plus CD offers a variety of activities for consumers including balance workouts, body testing and specific training areas (strength training, yoga, aerobics and more). The CD also gives players the opportunity to create a character to permanently keep record of workouts and training. Additionally, players can set their workout times within a 20-40 minute interval, as well as track calories burned, weight loss and BMI index. A new addition to the Wii Fit Plus game is the strength training and aerobic exercises that allow players to have a more
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Eat this, not that on campus By Sarah Bougie Daily Staff Writer
that” when it comes to snacking on campus.
A new trend has emerged in nutrition writing that makes choosing your next meal a little simpler if you want to take the healthy route. Started by Men’s Health and Women’s Health magazines, the saying, “Eat this, not that,” has since flooded nutrition Web sites, magazine columns and books. The saying sets up a dichotomy between a healthy meal choice and a not so healthy one. The stories typically cover popular menu items from restaurants and in-home recipes. Paul Jackson, a nutritionist from Des Moines, gives us our own version of “Eat this, not
Breakfast on the go:
“Just because a lunch choice is convenient, doesn’t make it right,” said Jackson.
“Breakfast is super important, especially for college students who are on the go all day long,” said Jackson.
1. Eat this: Pre-made salad from ISU Dining. Not that: Chicken fingers and fries.
1. Eat this: A 90-calorie granola bar. Not that: A fast food version of breakfast.
2. Eat this: American sub sandwich from ISU Dining. Not that: Burger and fries.
2. Eat this: A banana. Not that: A baggie of sugared cereal.
3. Eat this: Yogurt parfait or a fruit cup. Not that: Fruit-flavored muffin.
Lunch on campus:
4. Eat this: Chinese dish with lots of veggies. Not that: Chinese dish with fried food. Dinner: “Watch your caloric intake on your last meal, these are the calories that stick with you all night,” said Jackson.
1. Eat this: Vegetable sides. Not that: French fries. 2. Eat this: Ground turkey with your Hamburger Helper. Not that: Ground beef .
3. Eat this: Light, flatbread pizza with spinach and alfredo sauce. Not that: Pizza loaded with extra cheese and meats. 4. Eat this: Two packs of flavored instant oatmeal. Not that: One pack of Ramen noodles. 5. Eat this: One can of light soup. Not that: One can of ravioli or chili. 6. Eat this: One piece of grilled chicken breast.
Not that: One piece of grilled steak. 7. Eat this: Baked potato with salsa. Not that: Baked potato with sour cream, cheese and bacon bits. 8. Eat this: Salad with light dressing. Not that: Salad loaded with croutons and heavy dressing. “When it comes to healthy eating, it’s all about the simple choices,” said Jackson. When preparing your next meal or deciding at a restaurant, remember to think simple.
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from PAGE 4B burn up to 500 calories in an hour during these classes. 9. If you like a different type of work out swimming is always a
nice change of pace. Curtis explained that activities such as swimming and cycling are lower impact but still help burn off unwanted calories. 10. Get a personal trainer. “The rec also offers personal training services. Although per-
sonal trainers charge a small fee, you receive 1:1 attention and an exercise program specifically tailored to your needs and goals,” Curtis explained. These are just a few of the ways you can burn calories while keeping healthy.
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Remember that it’s health before everything else! “Just don’t get frustrated. I know it can be hard trying to start an exercise routine, but don’t give up. Find activities you actually enjoy, then stick with those,” Curtis advised.
complete workout. Activities such as running in a virtual world or completing training with an onscreen trainer keep workouts personal and interactive. But can a video game console really take the place of sweating in the gym, lifting weight and running on a treadmill? Casey Bachman, senior in journalism and mass communications and personal trainer, has mixed feelings. “I think Wii is a good place for people to start an exercise program, especially for those who are intimidated by the gym. The Wii can allow them to build their confidence in their own home, which is great,” Bachman said. Bachman pairs Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus with a typical workout CD. “A typical workout would include the same muscle toning exercises and stretching. However, it doesn’t include the variety and cardio components necessary for a well-rounded and effective exercise regime,” she said. Bachman does applaud the Wii for its yoga training since she believes many people don’t take the time to properly stretch. However, she cautions to follow the Wii coach when using the yoga exercises as poor form can cause injuries. Cardio exercise is one area Bachman thinks Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus could improve on in its variety of training. A limited variety of exercises is another element Bachman feels the Wii programs lack. “You are going to do the workouts that you have on the Wii games,” Bachman said. “A good exercise program includes variety in exercises, weight and repetition. If you only do the exercises on your Wii game, your muscles will get bored and you won’t see results past a certain point.” Overall, Bachman “doesn’t see how the [Wii fitness games] can hurt [a workout]” and believes the workouts would be most beneficial when done in combination with diet and a cardio routine.
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Question of insanity remains By Nigel Duara Associated Press Writer ALLISON — An Iowa man charged with killing a nationally known high school football coach could have carefully planned the shooting and still been insane, his defense attorneys maintained Wednesday, while prosecutors told jurors that argument didn’t make sense. Attorneys presented their closing arguments to jurors Wednesday morning in the first-degree murder trial of Mark Becker, 24, who is accused of fatally shooting AplingtonParkersburg coach Ed Thomas on June 24, 2009. Becker has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The 12-person jury deliberated for more than four hours Wednesday. Deliberations will continue Thursday morning. Becker gunned down Thomas, 58, in the school’s makeshift weight room in front of students, shooting him at least six times before walking away. Becker told police that
Mark Becker smiles at his family as he leaves the courtroom at the conclusion of testimony in his first degree murder trial at the Butler County District Courthouse on Tuesday in Allison. Becker is accused of the murder of Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas. Photo: Brian Ray/The Associated Press
Thomas was Satan and that the coach had been tormenting him. The shooting was especially shocking to Parkersburg residents because Thomas was known both for producing win-
ning teams and for leading the community. Though the defense doesn’t dispute that Becker shot Thomas, and prosecutors agree that Becker suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, the question is
Becker’s mental status on the morning he shot Thomas. To prove Becker is insane, the defense had to show he didn’t understand the nature and quality of his acts and he wasn’t able to distinguish right from wrong. During closing arguments, Assistant Iowa Attorney General Scott Brown focused on Becker’s actions the morning of June 24. Brown was arrested after the shooting as he drove up to his house. “This entire case is about Mark Becker’s state of mind,” Brown told the jury. “And whenever you look and examine Mark Becker’s state of mind, you have to look at what he did, not just what some experts say about it.” Defense attorneys referred back to mental health experts, who said Becker could have rationally planned the shooting despite his irrational belief that Thomas was trying to control his mind with telepathic messages. One defense expert, Cleveland psychiatrist Phillip Resnick,
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DES MOINES -- Department of Human Services offices in Davenport and Council Bluffs will remain open, but offices in Sioux City and Dubuque will be closed as a part of the agency’s efforts to reduce costs. “For a variety of logistical reasons, it makes sense to locate the eastern and western regional offices in Davenport and Council Bluffs, respectively,” DHS Director Charles Krogmeier said Wednesday. Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo will continue to host regional offices, according to Krogmeier, who announced last year the number of regional offices would be reduced from eight to five. He also outlined a streamlined staffing structure for all five of the new regional of2/16/10
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fices beginning April 1. Each office will have fewer staff than 10 employees at each of the current regional offices. “I’m sensitive to the fact that these changes call for difficult decisions Krogmeier for a few of our most talented staff, decisions such as whether to move or in some cases, whether to retire,” he wrote. “Still, I am convinced our new structure makes sense, from both a budget and from a performance point of view. I’m determined to emerge from this transition with a streamlined management structure that is ready to meet the challenges ahead.” His decision does not impact the location or hours of operation of the department’s local offices in each of the 99 counties.
had introduced the jury to the concept of “rationality within irrationality.” He testified that Becker could have taken rational steps — such as loading a .22-caliber pistol and taking practice shots — while still being insane at the time of the shooting. Public defender Susan Flander said psychiatrists who testified for the prosecution ignored that concept, bringing their opinions into question. “(The concept) is undisputed,” Flander said. “They just ignored it, and because they ignored it, it just doesn’t exist. “There is no inconsistency between careful planing and
insanity.” “This is something of Dr. Resnick’s own making,” Brown said. “It really kind of makes no sense. If you have sufficient mental capacity, it sort of doesn’t go together that you were irrational. ... His phrasing is simply not part of Iowa law.” Flander, as she had done during the trial, included evidence of previous delusional episodes, during which Thomas had smashed bathroom walls in his parents’ house, and still other episodes in which he had to be detained by police officers and committed to a psychiatric ward.
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By Ixtli X. Martinez Associated Press Writer OAXACA, Mexico — Gunmen stormed a rural town in southern Mexico and killed 13 people, while the U.S. government warned Americans against traveling to cities in a northern border state where shootouts have left slain 19 people over three days. Hooded assailants in several cars killed nine police officers at a checkpoint in San Vicente Camalote, a town in southern Oaxaca state, state deputy attorney general Netolin Chavez said Wednesday. The gunmen then burst into the ranch of Alfonso Maciel, killing him and his three sons, one of whom was a minor, Chavez said. He said investigators believe the attack Tuesday night was related to drugs, but he had no other details. Oaxaca, a Pacific coast state with a picturesque colonial capital, ancient Zapotec ruins and pristine beaches, is considered a drug trafficking corridor, although violence has not risen to the levels plaguing Mexico’s northern border region. The U.S. Consulate in Monterrey on Wednesday warned
KABUL — American troops knocked on the door and broke it down before the Afghan family could find the key to let them in. What troubled 77-year-old Mohammad Nabi most about the intrusion in the southern town of Marjah? There was no time to take women in the home to another place. “If they ask us to take our women and daughters in another place and then they do the search, we have no problems,” the retired school teacher told an Associated Press reporter. “We will cooperate with them. But they just enter the house and start searching and they don’t care who is there.” A new directive, confirmed Wednesday by U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, aims to limit such nighttime raids on civilians. It was prompted by a storm of complaints from Afghans who, like Nabi, who were enraged over foreign soldiers bursting into their homes. The move is the most recent by coalition forces to woo the Afghan public away from the Taliban. “We didn’t understand what a cultural line it was,” McChrystal said during a luncheon with a group of young Afghans involved in a leader-
American citizens to avoid traveling to Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas, and Reynosa, which faces McAllen. Mexican security forces have fought gang members in several cities of Tamaulipas state since Sunday, said Hernan de la Garza, the state deputy attorney general. Among the 19 dead were a soldier and a police officer, both killed in attacks in two different towns Tuesday. Gunmen also attacked the police headquarters in the town of Miguel Aleman on Tuesday, de la Garza said. Six officers are missing and presumed kidnapped. As rumors of shootouts spread, people stayed off the streets and some two dozen schools ended classes early Tuesday in Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros, which lies across from Brownsville, Texas. Reports of fighting spread by e-mail, Twitter and other social network postings. A record 15,000 people have died in drug gang violence since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006 and deployed thousands of troops to root out Mexico’s brutal cartels.
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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Extend your love to others through the tender expression of your feelings. There’s no need for flamboyance, but gifts are always welcome. Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 7 -- You wake up with an idea that could change the balance or intensity of love in your life. Whatever
you do, the outcome feels just right. Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Join a female associate to move your agenda forward. You need visible, satisfying results by day’s end. That’s all. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Accept your role as social butterfly, even if you feel cramped or agitated inside. Once you hit the stage, you relax and begin to enjoy the spotlight. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- There’s a lot happening inside your head today. Don’t expect other people to know that. You can maintain the secret or share with a special someone. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- You probably can’t get romance off your mind today. So, plan for the weekend and then refocus on work. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- This is a good day for filing and organizing. You have a pile of stuff that could be put away (or thrown away). Only you can make
these decisions. Don’t leave it for the cleaning crew. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is an 8 -- Creative efforts shift toward personal relationships. Stifle any tendency to criticize. Instead, talk about how each person’s contribution enhances the whole. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is an 8 -- You edge closer to a major goal. Your thoughts take you in multiple directions, so your actions need to focus on the logic of your priorities. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- The efforts you’ve put in over the last few days pay off now. You’re far more comfortable in your role, and others support you. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Find your groove and stay there all day. Everyone contributes to make today memorable. And you thought it was all about work! Silly you.
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I’m considering postponing my graduation. Reason: scotcharoos ... Just Sayin’ ··· Dear girl wearing the furry cheetah coat. Please do not be offended or alarmed the day I gain enough courage to finally pet you :) ··· Men: No-shave November ended in November. ··· To the guy in my English class who laughs at his own jokes; the girl you talk to every day doesn’t think you’re funny. At all. ··· If I had a dollar for every time I watched someone almost fall on campus I still wouldn’t be able to pay tuition...just sayin’ ··· No, I don’t use “LOL” in my texts anymore. I use “LQTM,” Laugh quietly to myself. It’s more honest... ··· Ra Ra Ah Ah Ah, Romaa Roma-maa, Ga Ga Ooh La La....Just Sayin’ ··· To my roommate who locks his door when he showers, when his room is a foot from the bathroom, are you that paranoid that I am going to take your 9 inch tv?.... Just Sayin’ ··· To the girl on the elliptical talking on her cell phone with the bump-it in her hair: that isn’t working out. ··· To the folks on Welch: I’m sick of hearing “WHOOOOO!” all the time. May I suggest finding a new word to scream? I was thinking “Huzzah!” or maybe “OLE!” but pretty much anything will work. Thanks.
··· I’m really enjoying the comments about the whole “you’re” and “your” mistake. Glad to know I ruined lives. Quite entertaining, keep it up!
··· To all the people that keep encouraging the kid that belts out songs-STOP, we live with him and we’ve had enough!
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Legislation may change radio programming By Tyler Kingkade Daily Staff Writer As Lauren Frandsen selected tracks to play on a KURE radio show, “Paint Your Own Gnome,” she chose between the station’s collection, her own CDs, and her iPod in. It made little difference to KURE what music she played, as it gives her the freedom to pick the songs she or her listeners want without concern about copyright. But, if H.R. 848, the Performance Rights Act, is passed into law, things could change. The proposed legislation would amend federal copyright laws to grant performers equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters. As the copyright law currently stands, when a radio station
The following Iowa congressman representatives support H. Con. Res. 49, the Local Radio Freedom Act, according to the National Association of Broadcasters: ■■ Rep. Leonard Boswell (D) ■■ Rep. Bruce Braley (D) ■■ Rep. Tom Latham (R) ■■ Rep. Dave Loebsack (D)
plays a track, the songwriter but not the performer is entitled to royalty payment from that use. Frandsen, senior in journalism and mass communication, said when she picks a song to play on the air she hopes people will become interested in the artist and look into him or her further.
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It’s an encouragement, she said. The National Association of Broadcasters has taken to the airwaves with advertising labeling the legislation as the “radio performance tax” and pushing the issue online on social media and other various Internet and Web-based outlets. On its Web site, www. noperformancetax.org, the NAB states the bill would “reduce the variety of music radio stations play, and all but eliminate the possibility of new artists breaking onto the scene” and suggests it would cause stations to “switch to a talk-only format or shut down entirely.” “My sense of this though is that it’s really not ‘David versus Goliath’ here,” said Jeff Blevins, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication. “It’s kind of the nature
of capitalism, this is really a market issue,” Blevins said. “When the concern was about payola, I think the concern was broadcasters held all the power — they were the gatekeepers. But now I think the Recording Industry Association of America is perhaps more powerful because they have other ways to deliver their music.” Blevins doesn’t believe it would do anything to rein in illegal payola practices. “The FCC is not really interested in enforcing payola,” he said, citing the various ways to get around the law and suggesting it’s difficult to enforce. Ben Wiedenhoeft, drummer of Ames band Atombender, asked, “If the burden of per play royalties were added, the ration of commercial time to music would drastically change, and then why would anyone want to listen?” Wiedenhoeft said he isn’t concerned with any change it would have on local bands’ ability to be played on the radio, reminding people that many bands in Ames only have the chance to be heard on local music shows typically broadcasted once a week. But he said getting his music played on the radio, whether it’s one local station or through an agency getting his band on 25 regional stations, the promotional value outweighs any financial benefit. He said he feels the RIAA is simply intent on collecting more money in response to the decline of CD sales and changing music trends over the past decade. Liza Bevilacqua, sophomore in performing arts, said she usually discovers new music on Pandora Internet radio or by browsing iTunes. “I don’t have time for the radio as much as I used to so I look for new ways to find
Performance Rights Act — Would amend federal copyright law to: ■■
(1) Grant performers of sound recordings equal rights to compensation from terrestrial broadcasters;
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(2) establish a flat annual fee in lieu of payment of royalties for individual terrestrial broadcast stations with gross revenues of less than $1.25 million and for non-commercial, public broadcast stations;
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(3) grant an exemption from royalty payments for broadcasts of religious services and for incidental uses of musical sound recordings and
new music,” Bevilacqua said. “It is true radio listenership is down,” said Barbara Mack, associate professor of journalism and mass communication. “And radio stations would characterize it as they are in the fight for their lives.” Mack said radio stations would argue they deserve special treatment because they serve a local interest satellite radio cannot achieve, carrying local news and emergency signals, and thus deserve the least possible financial burden. She said traditional radio is advertisement supported while satellite radio is consumer supported. “It’s not only free to the consumer, it’s cheap to make,” Mack said. “I mean it doesn’t take much to get a local radio station on the air.” Mack divided radio stations into two camps; the ones that belong to large groups, such as Clear
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(4) grant terrestrial broadcast stations that make limited feature uses of sound recordings a per program license option.
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Provides that nothing in this act shall adversely affect the public performance rights or royalties payable to songwriters or copyright owners of musical works. The bill states that the maximum a station will be charged which earns less than $1.25 million in annual revenue and non-profit and public broadcasting stations would be $5,000 a year, but could be as low as $500 a year. — Information from www.OpenCongress.org
Channel, and the really small ones, such as college stations like KURE, and she admited the added royalty payments would hurt the little guys more, as they don’t have nearly as much money to begin with. Frandsen said KURE does not play advertisements but does read grants for local businesses and groups who have donated money. Because her station is a non-profit they cannot play advertisements. The Performance Rights Act was brought up in previous terms by a collection of bipartisan U.S. Congressmen and Senators but has been revived during the 111th session of Congress. “The Bush administration made it clear they did not look with a favorable eye on this legislation,” Mack said. Neither Blevins nor Mack feels the public will express much outrage and remain skeptical of how much it would really change radio.