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Student Government
Finance
GSB begins allocations process By Paige Godden Daily Staff Writer The Government of the Student Body is preparing for the 2011 regular allocations cycle. The projected funds for this year’s allocations process is $1,372,2445.60, which is down $13,765.35 from the 2010 allocations cycle. Tom Danielson, GSB finance director and senior in civil engineering, said there are many factors contributing to the decrease in funds including a 1 percent increase to the Analysis of Social Services and Evaluation Team from last year. ASSET is a partnership between the GSB, city of Ames, the State of Iowa Local Department of Human Services, Story County, and the Story County United way. According to the GSB Web site, “Services include mental health, probation, shelter, battery, childcare, and legal services. Because GSB is a funder in this process, these services are offered to students at discounted rates or even possibly without charge,” This year the GSB allocated $143,364 to the team. Danielson, and Anthony Maly, a member of the finance committee, quickly counted forms that were turned in at the informational sessions and it was determined an estimated 146 groups were represented. Danielson and Maly agreed this was a pretty standard number of groups going through the allocations process. Now that the groups attended the informational sessions the online system to request budgets should be unlocked. The GSB finance committee will be hosting budget help sessions on Feb. 6 from 1–3 p.m. in 1312 Hoover Hall, and Feb. 11 and Feb 12 from 5–7 p.m. in the West Student Office Space of the Memorial Union. Budgets are due on Friday Feb. 12 at midnight, but will be accepted until Feb. 15 with a fine.
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Social Issues
Tension over bisexuality can lead to violence By John Lonsdale Daily Staff Writer Dickinson, Texas is a big suburban town with perfect, white picket fences. Adjacent to Houston and Galveston, Dickinson is the hometown of De’Chele, DeDe, Walker, freshman in education. With its small town morals and high standards, Dickinson isn’t the perfect place its fences claim to be. Just as all towns and cities across the country, it contains a certain level of injustice, racism and hatred. Walker knows this firsthand; She’s a bisexual African-American. The 9th Annual Social Justice Summit, taking place in the Memorial Union’s Sun Room on February 5th and 6th, will provide an opportunity for students of all different backgrounds to come together to discuss the impacts of diversity and social justice and the significant issues attached to them. Friday, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm and Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, the summit is hosted by the Iowa State University Activities Office along with the Department of Residence, Department of Education Leadership and Policy Students, as well as the Multicultural Student Affairs Office. With registration free to 70 Iowa State students, the summit, formerly known as the Multicultural Leadership Summit. Walker’s mother would disown her
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The Board of Regents voted to increase 2010-2011 tuition rates Thursday, but also voted unanimously to return the $100 spring semester tuition surcharge to students if the Iowa Legislature passes Gov. Culver’s recently released budget proposal. Photo: Jessica Opoien/Iowa State Daily
Tuition hike approved Six percent increase voted for 2010-2011 academic year By Jessie Opoien Daily Staff Writer In a 7–2 vote, the Iowa Board of Regents voted Thursday morning to approve a 6 percent tuition increase for resident undergraduate and graduate students for the 2010-2011 academic year. Proposed increase rates for out-ofstate students vary by university. Iowa State proposed a 4.1 percent increase
for non-resident students, while the proposed increase rate for non-residents was 6 percent at the University of Iowa and 3 percent at the University of Northern Iowa. Support was unanimous from the university presidents and student body government presidents of the regents’ three universities in the discussion prior to the vote. “At this point, I do agree that a 6 percent increase is a modest increase ... and is needed,” said ISU Government of the Student Body President Jonathan Turk, following ISU president Gregory Geoffroy’s recommendation that the proposal be approved. “My position, at the beginning
of the discussion on tuition ... was to highlight the implication on students and students’ families,” Turk said. Several regents mentioned sleepless nights as part of their consideration of the proposed tuition increase. For those who opposed it, Gov. Chet Culver’s Jan. 27 announcement that he intends to restore $31 million to the regents’ fiscal year 2010 and 2011 budgets was cited as an important consideration. Regents Ruth Harkin and Michael Gartner voted in opposition of the increase. Following the meeting, Harkin said, “I always think we should consider raising tuition as a last resort.” Gartner cited a dismal Iowa econ-
omy as a reason to vote against the 6 percent increase. “Although I realize life is very tough at the universities, from a financial standpoint, I do believe that it is easier for the unviersities, as institituions, to swallow this hardship than it is for the parents of the Iowan students,” Gartner said. Harkin stressed the importance of of “looking at the structure of universities” to increase efficiency. “I very much fear that Iowa, the education state, is about ready to deprive many of the young men and women the opportunity to get an education, at least one that doesn’t leave them so
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Theater
Flooding
Actor impacts on spiritual level
Greek house undergoes costly repairs
By David Wise Daily Staff Writer His resume consists of many achievements, including composing music for NBC, having the lead role in a motion picture and earning two Golden Globe Award nominations. But it’s for his recurring role as Jesus that he is best known. There are many reasons Ted Neeley feels fortunate to have performed the title role in “Jesus Christ Superstar” since the 1970s. One of the biggest is the influence his character and the production have on people’s lives. “People come to me every night and tell me wonderful stories about how this project has influenced their lives in a positive way,” Neeley said. “People come and tell me they found their spirituality. Families come together to talk with me on how it changed their lives.” In addition to influencing people, his performance on the big stage took him to the big screen. After touring with the production, he was offered the lead as Jesus in the 1973 film version. In 1974, Neeley was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, for best actor and best newcomer. He said he was surprised his name came up. He said sometimes he still can’t believe it but feels honored beyond explanation.
By Tessa Callender Daily Correspondent
to the theater for work — the production drew a negative reaction for being a rock opera that dealt with religion. Neeley said the same lyrics, melody and show are being used today, but they are
The 42-year-old Alpha Omicron Pi sorority house is going through some expensive renovations this semester. On Jan. 6, the house endured a sprinkler system break that caused $45,000 in damages. The flooding was due to the sprinkler pipe on the north wall of the dining room freezing during the frigid winter break. Mary McAtee, junior in kinesiology and health, and member of Alpha Omicron Pi, was driving by the house over break and saw a couple of firemen walking around the house, “checking things.” They were actually surveying the damage. “My initial reaction was of concern, because the house was supposed to be opening just later that week and I was supposed to be moving in there [for the upcoming semester],” McAtee said. Instead of jumping to conclusions and worrying any of the other girls unnecessarily, McAtee decided to wait to hear if there was any news about what she had seen. The next day she received an e-mail from the chapter president explaining the situation. “It was simply a minor flaw in the insulation protection on an outside wall that allowed too much cold air in the cavity where the sprinkler pipe was located,” said Shirley Knipfel, financial and corporation relations adviser for Alpha Omicron Pi. The most damage was done to the carpet and wallpaper in the dining room and basement, along with water stain damage on the walls in the study room, computer room and ritual rooms. None of the sleeping rooms or bathrooms on the second and third floors received any damage, however. Luckily, there were no personal damages either, and insurance will cover all but the deductible. “Our first and foremost concern was protection of the health and safety of our collegiate members,” Knipfel said, “and this involved getting a professional water restoration company on-site as quickly as possible to remove the excess moisture. “Servicemaster of Story County provided exceptional
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Ted Neeley, above, in his role as Jesus in the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Neeley has played this role since 1971. Courtesy photo: Iowa State Center
Since Neeley has been performing in this production, some things have changed and some stayed the same. When he first started with the production in the ’70s, he said, he and the cast would have to fight their way through picket lines just to get