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David Harris, ISU senior associate athletic director, accepted the head athletic director position at UNI.

David Harris named UNI athletic director By Luke.Manderfeld @iowastatedaily.com

ISU design students help rebrand Jefferson community By Ashley.Green @iowastatedaily.com Students in the College of Design have the opportunity to make changes to the real world before they receive a diploma. Retail Scapes, an interdisciplinary studio offered to seniors and graduate students in the College of Design, focuses on making improvements to an Iowa community each spring semester. Students in graphic design, architecture, landscape architecture, community and regional planning and interior design are able to take the studio. The studio is instructed by Lisa Bates, lecturer in interior design and extension specialist in communities and economic development, and Tom Neppl, senior lecturer in landscape architecture. Retail Scapes looks at small communities in Iowa seeking design assistance. Through connections with ISU Extension and Outreach, this semester’s focus is on Jefferson, a town of about 4,000 people in western Iowa. The town was selected because it fit the needs of both the studio and the community. This year’s project is known as Jefferson Matters: Main Street.

“It isn’t that [the communities] are chosen, it’s more of a process of figuring out, ‘this is what the course does, does it fit any of the needs that maybe your community has?’ and finding that sweet spot with a community,” Bates said. “They get something out of it as community members and the students also get great learning experiences with it.” Aside from the work put in by studio members, time and coordination is needed from the community to work with students and provide input. Peg Raney, director of Jefferson Matters: Main Street, said the community is excited to see what the students are capable of. “We have a lot of ideas of things that we would love to have [students] consider for their projects, but we know it’s what their interests are as well, and their expertise as well,” Raney said. Initially, Jefferson came up with a wish list of projects it would like to see. The main thing on the list was a brand for the town. “[Branding] was really one of the main reasons that we thought the College of Design would work well,” Raney said.

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Iowa State’s senior associate athletic director David Harris has been named the new director of athletics at Northern Iowa, the school announced in a press release Wednesday. Harris will take over on March 28. “UNI is truly a special place, and my family and I are extremely excited about becoming part of the Panther family,” Harris said in a statement. “We will work together to strive for excellence in all of our endeavors in the classroom, in competition and in the way we serve and represent the Cedar Valley community.” Harris has worked at Iowa State since 2006. He serves as the school’s administrator for men’s basketball, football and wrestling. He also oversees student-athlete’s development, compliance athletic training along with strength and conditioning. Harris also played three seasons of football from at Ole Miss from 1989-92. “I am ecstatic that David and his family are becoming part of the Panther family,” said UNI President Bill Ruud in a statement. “David brings strategic thinking, intellect, enthusiasm and passion to the table, which is exactly what we were looking for in our new athletic department leader.”

IRS phone scam targets students at Iowa State By Zach.Clemens @iowastatedaily.com Fraud callers claiming to be part of the IRS and demanding payments are targeting ISU students and Ames residents. “We are receiving daily calls about this issue,” said Cmdr. Jason Tuttle of the Ames Police Department. Tuttle said many of these fraud callers are targeting the international student and elderly popu-

lation of Ames. The usual scam is the caller will say there are back taxes owed or fees required, and they want people’s names and social security numbers. The IRS scam usually comes up around this time of year, tax time, said Andrew Albinger, interim director of security operations for IT Services at Iowa State. He had first heard about this particular scam more than six years ago. “This isn’t something new, but it is effective,” Albinger siad. “People give out more informa-

tion than they should, so it keeps happening.” The scammer, usually out of the country, finds out some information about an individual, like a name or birthday, and uses it to deceive the individual into giving up more information. Albinger said scammers could get information off the IRS website to make them sound official and create a fear that the call is valid. He said the important thing to remember is that the IRS will never call and harass students.

“They’re never going to call and ask for your information,” Albinger said. The IRS will send registered mail, and will never ask for money over the phone. An easy way to tell is to ask the caller to send registered mail showing the debt. Tuttle and Albinger both said that if students are suspicious of a call and wondering if it is legitimate, just hang up. The IRS will show proof of a debt owned and will definitely

call back. It is important to be on guard about fraudulent calls and to never send money to an untrusted source, as it is almost impossible to recover that money, Tuttle said. Victim of a scam should first call the police, Tuttle said. Students can also file a complaint online through the Federal Trade Commission’s website. The IRS also has a contact number on its website for fraud victims.

Open forum discusses possibility of fall 2016 or 17 Homecoming parade By Mollie.Shultz @iowastatedaily.com With a small crowd of students looking on, the ISU Homecoming Central Committee discussed the possibility of organizing a Homecoming parade Wednesday night, in Carver. Members of the committee said the idea for a parade has been around for about a year. Homecoming Central General Co-chair Allison Pitz had a meeting with President Leath to discuss the parade. Leath gave the committee permission to have a parade as long as there is adequate student interest. Pitz, senior in marketing, discussed the tentative plans for the parade. The committee hopes to institute the parade in the fall of 2016 or 2017, but the exact date depends on the interest of student organizations. Along with university leadership, other community organizations have already put their support behind the parade.

Some of these organizations include Campustown and the Main Street Cultural District. ISU student organizations would make a float to be pulled by a truck, or they could walk or perform in the parade to participate. The route is still being discussed, but students in the crowd shared that they would like to see the parade go through campus and through Ames. The Homecoming Committee hopes the parade will happen Friday night during Homecoming Week to lead in to the pep rally, but also said it was open to it happening before the game Saturday. Cost was a main concern for many organizations in attendance. The committee itself hopes with adequate sponsors, there would only be a small registration fee to participate. Members of the solar car team voiced their enthusiasm for the possibility of a parade if there was only a small fee to participate. Jace Hegg, senior in aerospace engineering and member of the solar car team, said he hopes the

parade happens. He hopes the parade will bring, “community awareness and involvement, to make the community of Ames aware of what we do, but also for Iowa State as a whole as well. Just taking the car out and getting exposure to the community is very important to us.” Another primary concern voiced was the involvement of the greek community. Abby Sturtzer, junior in English education and general co-chair for the Homecoming Central Committee, said that although Homecoming at Iowa State is usually seen as a large greek event, she hopes the possibility of a parade garners more student and community involvement. “One of the things we’re really trying to do is to make Homecoming include not only Greeks, but other students and the community of Ames,” Sturtzer said. She hopes that encouraging and allowing other clubs to make floats and participate alongside the greek community will add a new aspect to the celebration that will spark more interest and involvement.

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Cardianal King Austin Javellana, senior in landscape architecture, and Queen Zoe Hildreth, senior in biology, take a photo together during the pep rally Oct. 30.

Sturtzer also said that although the parade during Veisha was a major ISU tradition, the committee is not trying to replicate that aspect of Iowa State’s past. Instead, members hope the Homecoming parade will turn into something bigger and better for all of Ames, not just campus.

Pitz said the decision for the parade should come before Spring Break. Pitz added that although the parade will not be perfect the first year, she and the committee hope it will be a stepping stone to bring a better celebration to Ames in the coming years.