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Senate allocates Flying Cyclones simulator funds Meeting includes bylaw updates correcting grammatical errors, logo alterations, tuition rates

By Paige Godden Daily Staff Writer

Jessica Love, graduate in engineering academic and student affairs, and husband Geoff Love, senior in communication studies, laugh during an interview March 2 as they talk about their story of how they got married. Both of them are producers of the sitcom “Jess, Jeff and Jared.” Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

Couple produces sitcom Married pair creates life-inspired show

By Abigail Barefoot Daily Staff Writer

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The police were pounding at the door, Jeff’s brother was choking after accidentally swallowing a ring, and Jess was confused and trying to figure out what is going on — all the while Jeff was realizing his wedding proposal to Jess isn’t going at all to plan.

This is just one of the hilarious moments of “Jeff, Jess and Jared,” a sitcom on ISUtv created by Geoff and Jess Love.

The sitcom tells the story of Jess and Jeff, who have just recently gotten engaged, and Jeff’s brother, Jarred, who comes to live with them after finding out his roommate is a little strange.

The show focuses on the wedding plans and the relationships of the main characters and the scenarios they get themselves into, often with amusing results.

Geoff and Jess decided they wanted to create a television program after seeing ISUtv’s booth at Clubfest last year.

After seeing all the sports and news shows on the station, they decided to try something different, something they enjoyed watching — a sitcom.

The two decided to write what they knew, and the sitcom was born.

“We didn’t have a lot to work on. We had just gotten married and we went with that,” said Geoff, a senior in communication studies.

The couple wanted to show the positive side of marriage.

“We wanted to show people that it’s more than just ‘Bridezilla’ — it’s about the re-

lationship between two people,” Geoff said.

For the real-life couple, there was no question about whether or not to get married, despite the fact that they are students.

“It was an easy decision for me,” said Jess, a graduate student in educational leadership and policy studies. “I knew he was the person I wanted to be with for the rest of my life. It just made sense.”

The couple will have been married for two years in May. In the beginning the couple learned the challenges of creating a sitcom.

“There’s a lot you have to factor in — the time of day, what someone is wearing so it all matches up later on. There is a lot you just don’t realize,” Jess said.

After looking at the original pilot, they decided to reshoot the whole thing to make the episode crisper and cleaner.

“I don’t want it to be like YouTube and look amateur; I want it to be professional,” Geoff said.

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Protest

ISU students remain actionless despite 99.7 percent tuition hike

By Tyler Kingkade Daily Staff Writer College students from both public and private universities across the country took to the streets protesting tuition hikes March 4. In some cases protesters were beaten, hundreds were arrested and riot police were called out in various cities.

Despite a 6 percent tuition increase for the 2010-’11 school year and a 99.7 percent hike for in-state tuition since the 2000-’01 school year, Iowans remained silent. In the fall students will pay $3,052 for a semester of in-state tuition — more than an entire year of tuition in 2001.

Jean-Pierre Taoutel, senior lecturer in world languages and cultures, is surprised no action has been taken in response to the increases.

“I’ve been at Iowa State for 10 years now and I’ve seen so many tuition raises,” Taoutel said. “It seems as though students complain but nothing happens and they end up paying the tuition raise.”

Taoutel often discusses the issue in his classes.

Graphic: Tyler Kingkade/Iowa State Daily

“What I was trying to say in class was if all the students would unite and do like they do in France, where they strike, I’m pretty sure some teachers would go with them,” he said.

The American Association of University Professors sent a letter written by American Association of University Professors General Secretary Gary Rhoades to approximately 400,000 members urging support for the March 4 protests.

“The American Association of University Professors endorses those actions, and encour-

ages our members and their colleagues nationally to make the following weeks and months a time of action and education,” Rhoades said in the letter.

“Our challenge is to reverse patterns of public policy that are further privatizing higher education in terms of who it most serves and benefits, shifting costs to students and families in what amounts to an excise tax on education, and increasingly focusing colleges and universities on serving an ever narrower band of private interests,” Rhoades said.

The letter went on to salute professors in California and students who engaged in protests.

Jason Williams, senior in marketing, said other than some chatter between friends he has not noticed much voicing of opinion on the matter.

Williams believes students need to see where the additional money is going.

“If some students see that and feel their money is going to something they don’t think is worth it then they might be

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The Flying Cyclones were allocated $14,220 for a new airplane flight simulator at Wednesday night’s meeting of the Government of the Student Body Senate.

The club has 28 members that spend a lot of the time grounded due to Iowa’s bad weather, said a representative from the group.

For $120, a person with a pilot’s license can fly in good weather conditions, but there haven’t been many of those lately, the member from the Flying Cyclones said.

The group is planning on saving the $120 for flights, and they will be able to fly on bad weather days.

The group is also hoping to attract new members with the simulator but said someone who knows how to properly run the simulator will be present while a student or new member is learning.

Bylaw updates were passed at the meeting. The updates corrected grammatical and numbering errors previously in the bylaws.

President of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate Aaron Gross, graduate in entomology, gave an update to the GSB Senate.

Gross said they have been meeting with administration and talking about budget cuts.

Gross added that the Graduate and Professional Student Senate is looking to allocate all of its money this year, something that hasn’t happened in the past.

President Jon Turk, senior in political science, said that he has been working with the Director of Diversity Lulu Wu, senior in biochemistry, on tuition rates — specifically for non-Iowa residents.

Turk said he and Wu have been looking into English-inten-

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Baseball

Professor creates improved formula to predict success

By Sarah Gonzalez Daily Saff Writer Mathematical analysis is taking a larger role in professional sports.

Kerry Whisnant, professor physics and astronomy and sports fan, potentially improved a basic formula to predict baseball success.

Whisnant studies sabermetrics, the analysis of baseball statistics, when he isn’t researching and teaching.

“Some people view the sabermetrics crowd as a bunch of eggheads whose results don’t really apply to reality,” he said.

Sabermetrics is often criticized as being too simplistic by not accounting for a variety of variables.

However, the analytical equations that have been developed by the Society for American Baseball Research since the late 70s are being used by multiple teams in Major League Baseball.

Whisnant presented a paper analyzing the distribution of runs per game in a contest hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan Sports Analytic Conference in Boston on Saturday. The conference included a baseball analytics panel.

“Three major league teams, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox, had

representatives on the panel and they indicated that they most definitely use analytics when helping them choose players,” Whisnant said.

Whisnant’s paper discussed a formula he developed that extends a basic model designed by Bill James.

James, a pioneer of sabermetrics and senior advisor for baseball operations of the Boston Red Sox, wrote a formula that has been studied and used for decades. His formula uses the number of runs scored per game and number of runs given up per game to determine how often a team will win.

Whisnant extended this formula to incorporate the distribution of runs into the winning equation.

“People had talked about how the distribution of runs might affect things but I don’t think anybody had really done anything quantitative,” Whisnant said.

The original James formula only focused on the number of runs. Whisnant’s formula shows it’s not only the number but the consistency of runs that counts.

Whisnant hopes his formula will eventually be part of the growing role statistics analysis is playing in sports.

“It’s clear that the teams are really using this stuff — they’re blending it with their traditional scouting,” he said.

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1. Maria Lux: Drawings and Paintings Time: 8 – 10 a.m.

Location: Gallery in the Memorial Union Description: The show features 26 drawings and

paintings created by Ames native and ISU alumnae Maria Lux over the past four years. Using the traditional media of oil paint, chalk pastels and charcoal, Lux explores images of subtle humor, absurdity and excess in American life.

Often gravitating toward images of special occasions such as fairs, festivals and parades, Lux is interested in the tension to desire to enjoy these subjects and the responsibility to be critical of their excess alongside more serious global issues.

2. College of Business 25th Anniversary Distinguished Scholar Series — Morgan Swink Time: 10 a.m.

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ISU Theater members rehearse their part as gangsters during the song “The Oldest Established” from “Guys and Dolls.” The show will be held in cooperation with Stars Over Veishea and ISU Music on April 16-17 at Stephens Auditorium. Photo: Zunkai Zhao/Iowa State Daily

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Coty Mallicoat, 21, of Boone, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 2:10 a.m.)

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and charged with contempt of court. (reported at 1 p.m.)

Adam Fevold, 21, 124 S. Hazel Ave., was arrested and charged with probation violation. (reported at 3:05 p.m.)

Rudy Davis, 24, 5615 W. Lincoln Way unit 29, was arrested and charged with probation violation. (reported at 4:30 p.m.)

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A patron reported the theft of a backpack. (reported at 5:45 p.m.)

A resident reported being harassed by an acquaintance. (reported at 8:50 p.m.)

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Huzhi Zhao, 19, 6326 Fredrickson Court, was arrested and charged with extortion, first-degree burglary and second-degree harassment. (reported at 9:40 p.m.)

Mar. 9 Joshua Camp, 19, 205 S. Fifth St. unit 806, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. (reported at 9:30 a.m.)

A staff member reported being assaulted by a spouse.

Amanda Barr-Hawkins, 26, 906 Pinon Drive, was later arrested on a warrant, charging her with simple misdemeanor domestic assault. She was transported to the Story County Justice Center. (reported at 11:17 a.m.)

Vehicles driven by Abigail Schwartz and Shelly Lampman were involved in a property damage collision. (reported at 6:52 p.m.)

Brett Nowning, 30, of Huxley, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 10:23 p.m.)

Jeffrey Srun, 22, 4815 Todd Drive unit 59, was arrested and charged with operation without registration and driving while barred. (reported at 11:40 p.m.)

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Foreign Policy

Award-winning journalist lectures on conflicts

By Jessica Opoien Daily Staff Writer Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh addressed a full crowd Tuesday night in the Memorial Union Sun Room during his fourth visit to Iowa State. Hersh drew from his experience covering topics including the My Lai Massacre and the Abu Ghraib prisoner scandal in his lecture, “The Crisis in American Foreign Policy.”

Hersh, who broke the story of the mistreatment of detainees in Abu Ghraib in 2004, began his lecture with a discussion of torture. He said the U.S. military still tortures detainees

SITCOM from PAGE 1

The ideas and scenarios in the show are based off of many things. Some actually happened to the couple, or to people they know, such a losing a car in a parking lot.

Most of the ideas, though, are completely original events imagined by the creators.

When asked how they come up with ideas, Geoff said, “How can you explain magic? It’s like lighting in a bottle. In most cases we just think about whatwe find funny and do that.”

One of the challenges Jess and Geoff face is balancing the workload between school, jobs and the sitcom.

“School may be number one, but the sitcom is still up there,” Jess said. “We make time for it. We have gotten better at balancing.”

The couple usually shoots on the weekends when it has free time.

Before the show started, the couple juggled school and plan-

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more willing to stand up and say something,” Williams said.

Jonny Choate, junior in political science, feels the students are not represented well enough.

“The only development on campus that would have any opportunity to speak for the students would be the GSB and I don’t think they have much influence over the people in power,” Choate said. “They are the link to the people in power and seem to not be valued as much as they should.”

Taoutel is not convinced student leaders have done much concerning tuition.

“You hear all these people and the GSB saying, ‘Yeah, they are going to Des Moines and talk to the legislation leaders and so what? What does it lead to?”

Taoutel asked.

GSB President-elect Luke Roling said he plans to lobby the state legislature much more than a few days a year.

“It needs to be year-round, not just once and a while making big pushes,” Roling said.

Roling doesn’t believe students realize the situation they’re in, pointing out Iowa State ranks near the top in student debt. Roling added there is a big disconnect between GSB and the student body.

“I think it’s not necessarily things aren’t happening, I think the dialogue isn’t completely getting sent to students,” Roling said.

“I think the students at Iowa State feel like they have no power over what happens with tuition or other surcharges,” Choate said.

Taoutel poses to his classes the scenario of thousands of students standing on the Campanile declaring they would not go to class because of the tuition raises. He believes nonviolent movements which gain news attention can lead to results such as limiting education cuts.

Prior to teaching in Ames, Taoutel taught in his home country of France where he points to examples of movements overseas. He has come to believe the lack of demonstrations is a difference in cultural ideas.

Indeed, French high school students in Essonne protested the right to wear revealing clothing in December when 300 young people came to school in short mini-skirts and Bermuda shorts.

Another 200 students in Gironde took to the streets the same month to protest new rules against holes in jeans, lowslung trousers and piercings.

President Barack Obama with “terrible problems.” However, Hersh said, Obama has not changed the dynamics of the thinking behind policy.

“I know he knows better,” Hersh said.

Hersh held up three pages from the Washington Post featuring photographs of Americans who have been killed in the war in Afghanistan, speaking out against the U.S. presence there.

“Boys die ... fighting a war that makes no national security sense to the United States,” Hersh said and asked for someone to explain what the national security threat from the Taliban is. He later said there is “no solution” in

and still has secret prisons, adding that “the abuses that take place ... transcend anything we’ve seen before.”

“There’s still Hersh enormous integrity in our intelligence service and our military,” Hersh said.

“The good ones are good. I wish they’d choose to speak out ... You’ll be a turncoat if you talk, so nobody talks. They don’t talk about what they know.”

Regarding the United States’ current foreign policy, Hersh said the George W. Bush administration left

ning a wedding.

“You can’t ask life to stop just because you are in school,” Jess said.

The experiences they had helped shape some of the events in the show.

“One of the overlying themes is that if you try and make it your dream wedding it’s going to be stressful,” Geoff said.

Because most of the work is done by Geoff and Jess, each episode takes a fair amount of time.

“Footicapped,” their most recent video, took six months to finish, from writing all the way to the TV screen.

As the two sharpen their skills both on and off camera, the process takes less time. The couple hopes to have a new episode up after spring break.

Both of them look forward to eventually having more and more people that view and enjoy the show.

By having more people see the show, they hope to inspire other students to create their own projects for ISUtv. “If we can give the extra push

for inspiration that would be cool,” Geoff said.

The couple expressed support for people interested in video production projects.

“Don’t work your wife,” Geoff said. “Seriously though, write what you know and know your limitations.”

Jess’s advice echoed that of her husband’s and said, “Don’t underestimate your creativity and imagination. Above all, have fun — otherwise what is the point in doing it?”

The couple knows that the hard work put into the show is well worth the effort.

“There is nothing like turning on the TV and seeing yourself, and having people laugh when they are supposed to because they found it funny, too,” Jess said.

“I like putting the video clips in order and being able to tell a story rather than just dissembled parts,” Geoff said. “It’s like giving birth.”

New episodes of “Jeff, Jess and Jared” air at 8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays on ISUtv, channel 18.

“If you see a 10 percent raise in fees in France over 10 years you would have huge riots, you’d have demonstrations in the street,” Taoutel said.

“I think if a student organization were to develop to protest or petition about the tuition increase, more students would rally to attempt to put an end to rising tuition costs,” Choate

said.

Rolings reflects that opinion and feels there is interest by students to band together on the issue.

Taoutel questions whether the issues have been covered well enough in the Iowa State Daily and other media outlets.

“I think the Daily should raise more issues, they should

Afghanistan.

Hersh said he thinks there is “nothing wrong with going after people that want to hurt us,” but said he would use due process while being “tough and rigid.”

Hersh also voiced support for evacuating U.S. troops from Iraq.

“It’s going to be a bloodbath whether we’re there or not,” Hersh said, adding that he doesn’t think the country is any better off, even after the removal of Saddam Hussein.

Hersh drew parallels between the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq as Hersh told the story of Pfc. Paul Meadlo, a U.S. soldier involved in the My Lai

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Turk said they have also been reexamining the admission policy in regard to application of the Test of English as a Foreign Language exam.

The project began when it was realized that a lot of students mistakenly believed that they were fully accepted to Iowa State, and didn’t know they had to complete the English proficiency exams, Turk said.

The GSB Senate also tabled a bill to change the GSB logo.

The senate has been working on changing its logo all year. The logo that was introduced to senate at this week several senators said wasn’t tied closely enough to Iowa State.

It was then decided that the logo had to be adopted by trademark licensing office before the GSB could change its logo.

GSB Finance Director Tom Danielson, senior in civil engineering, gave a program to the senate explaining how regular allocations will work during the next meeting March 24.

Danielson also explained how the finance committee made its cuts during Monday’s committee meeting.

Danielson said the committee started with an across the board cut of advertising expenses, and large cuts of mass e-mails that were bud-

be more proactive,” Taoutel said.

Williams shares a different sentiment.

“I think the communication is sufficient,” Williams said.

“We hear a lot about budget updates in the Daily and other sources such as the Des Moines Register and newscasts — it’s up to us whether we read it.”

Massacre of more than 500 unarmed civilians in 1968 in Vietnam.

As soldiers return from Iraq and Afghanistan, Hersh said “we don’t have any idea what’s coming” and used Meadlo’s story to illustrate the effect war has on soldiers.

Hersh visited Meadlo at his home in New Goshen, Ind., after Meadlo’s return from the war. Before entering the home to talk to Meadlo, Hersh spoke with Meadlo’s mother.

“This old, uneducated lady, she says, ‘I gave them a good boy, and they sent me back a murderer,’” Hersh said.

“And I’m telling you, we’re gonna pay for this [Iraq] war. We paid for that one.”

geted.

The committee then cut competitive trips and travel expenses.

The senate passed a resolution that supports the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2009, which has been reintroduced to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

The bill reads, “Currently, donations made to a university can be used for improvements to dormitories, classrooms, dining facilities, meeting areas and laboratories on campus, and the donor will receive a tax deduction however, this is not the case for any sorority or fraternity housing project, and Charitable donations made to fraternity and sorority foundations are only taxdeductible if the grant is of a purely educational nature.”

“Each year, fraternities and sororities house 250,000 students nationally, with no expense to their host institution, and since 2000, 80 percent of fatalities in student housing fires have occurred in off-campus residence, such as fraternities and sororities, which due to nationwide city ordinances [including Ames], now require retrofit fire sprinklers by 2012, in which houses can be up to 100 years old and retrofitting fire sprinklers can cost as much as $200,000 which is not taxdeductible,” according to the bill.

Director of Student Affairs Halley Stille, senior in French, reminded the senate that the inauguration ceremony for next year’s senate, president and vice president will take place at 6 p.m. April 5 in the Memorial Union.

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Evangelicals

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Faith Walk rouses audience

Police file burglary charges

Senator speaks on personal failures, pushes support

Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution’s electronic equipment to watch pornography.

Police allege 55-year-old Charles E. Bentley broke into the First Christian Church on Thursday. After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night.

Police summoned to the church by staff Friday, found Bentley trying to haul away a garbage can filled with food, kitchen utensils, clothes, electronic equipment and a 26inch flat-screen television.

Police Cmdr. Mike Brennan says Bentley used the electronic equipment to watch pornographic movies that were found on him when he was arrested.

Bentley is being held at the Story County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond.

By Mike Glover Associated Press Writer WINDSOR HEIGHTS — As he speaks to hundreds of Iowa evangelicals about his “faith walk,” it’s clear former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is connecting with the audience.

Santorum may have been trounced in his 2006 re-election bid, but Tuesday night at a suburban Des Moines church the crowd of about 500 people seemed to agree with his every word.

He described his journey from being a Republican congressman afraid to highlight his anti-abortion beliefs to an outspoken advocate who might be considering a run for the presidency.

“There are a lot of people who vote pro-life. There are few people who stand up and fight for life,” Santorum said to the crowd gathered for the Iowa Christian Alliance’s spring meeting.

“I was a busy man, and I was prolife but I dared not talk about it. In some ways I was a pro-life fraud.”

Santorum, a 51-year-old Roman Catholic, talks about his beliefs now, and for the second time recently he’s talking about them in Iowa, where the state’s caucuses lead off the presidential nominating process.

Evangelicals are a large and influential constituency in the Iowa Republican Party, and their support was key to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s surprising caucus win in 2008.

If Santorum opts to seek the Republican nomination, his success in Iowa will be largely in the hands of people like these packed into the church.

Eighty-three percent of Huckabee’s supporters in the 2008 Iowa caucuses identified themselves as born-again Christian or evangelical, according to a voter survey conducted for The Associated Press and TV networks. Huckabee won 46 percent of evangelical backing in the caucuses.

—The Associated Press

Former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 20 in Washington.

Santorum professed that in his past he did not do everything he could for pro-life support, but promises to do more in the future, also mentioned a possible bid for the presidency. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press

In accordance with evangelical precepts, Santorum confessed his failures.

“As I grew, I recognized the blind spots,” Santorum said. “It will give you some insights on the blessings that God will give you if you follow his call.”

Santorum told the crowd that he’s proud to have become a leader in the pro-life cause, and that he urges them to pour their energy into this year’s election to change the nation’s direction.

He said that there will be plenty of opposition, but he says that he’s grown to welcome attacks he gets for his ultraconservative views on abortion.

In a book, he compared abortion rights to those held by slaveholders.

“I’m used to being attacked for being pro-life,” Santorum said. “That’s what happens when you stand up.”

Santorum argued that liberals have already launched attacks on religious and social conservatives.

“There’s the attacks on faith and

the family,” Santorum said. “Someone speaks to the pulpit and it’s labeled hate speech.”

He told the activists that such criticism only motivates religious conservatives to work harder.

“Thanks be to God that it is us.

That America needs people like us,” he said.

The caucuses are still nearly two years away, but Santorum is one of many potential GOP presidential candidates to make stops in Iowa.

Huckabee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin also have made their way to the state, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney plans to visit Iowa soon.

Even before the 2012 caucus campaign can begin, evangelicals are gearing up for a heated election in Iowa, with a three-way GOP gubernatorial primary in June for the right to oppose current Democratic Gov. Chet Culver.

Veteran evangelical organizer Ralph Reed, the former head of the

Restructuring

Law trims $127 million from budget

Christian Coalition, told the activists that they need to imitate the organizational success of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

That effort was known for keeping in constant touch with supporters through e-mails and its Web site, an effort that kept them engaged and motivated.

Republicans have done that elsewhere and had success winning governor races in Virginia and New Jersey, Reed said.

Reed announced Wednesday that he won’t be in the hunt himself. He told supporters through Twitter and his Web site that he would not seek the Republican nomination for Georgia’s 7th congressional district. He said he thinks he can best advance conservative principles through his Century Strategies consulting firm and Faith and Freedom Coalition.

“Iowa is a critically important state for changing the direction of the country in 2010,” Reed said. “Are you ready to make history in Iowa in 2010?”

DES MOINES — Gov. Chet Culver has signed into law a restructuring of state government projected to trim $127 million from next year’s budget and help close a projected shortfall.

Speaking at a bill signing ceremony Wednesday, Culver said that when coupled with an earlier retirement incentive program and reductions he’s ordered on his own authority, the state has cut $270 million from next year’s $5.3 billion budget.

The package merges some smaller state agencies, streamlines some larger state agencies and eliminates 13 boards and commissions. It also establishes centralized computer systems and purchasing programs.

The package also cuts into the number of middle managers in state government.

­—The Associated Press

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By Erica Werner Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — The nation’s top health official challenged insurers Wednesday to join President Barack Obama’s push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other Americans.

Obama is to speak Wednesday in suburban St. Louis and then travel to northeastern Ohio on Monday, his third health care event in a week. His speech comes as congressional Democrats stand on the brink of delivering the president a dramatic success with passage of his massive overhaul legislation — or a colossal failure if they can’t get it done.

As part of the administration’s campaign, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sketched out a stark choice for insurers: oppose reform and eventually lose customers, or work with the White House to improve the legislation.

She told insurers in a speech that if the overhaul fails, premiums will continue to rise and employers will cancel coverage. She said the industry may make money initially, but “this kind of short-term thinking won’t work in the long run for the American people or our health care system. It won’t work for you.”

Sebelius called on insurers to take the millions they might spend on attack ads and give Americans relief from rising double-digit premium increases.

Sebelius’ speech calmed the war of words between the administration and insurers — at least temporarily.

“I am certainly not here to vilify the hard working employees of insurance companies ... or blame insurance companies for all the problems in our system,” she said.

Ignagni, who has accused the White

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage.

Thirty-four other legislatures have filed or proposed similar measures rejecting health insurance mandates.

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Without debate, the House of Delegates voted 80-17 on Wednesday to accept Senate amendments to a bill supporters say preserves Virginia’s prerogatives as a state.

President Barack Obama walks Wednesday toward Air Force One, accompanied

by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., to speak about health care reform and attend fundraising events. Photo: Charles Dharapak/The Associated Press

House of waging a “campaign of vilification,” told reporters afterward she appreciated the gesture. “We think now could be the beginning of a change, and we could move from vilification to problem solving,” she said.

Leaders in the House and Senate are awaiting a final cost analysis from the Congressional Budget Office in the next day or so that will allow them to start counting votes — and twisting arms — in earnest. In the House, in par-

ticular, getting the needed majority will be touch and go.

The two-step congressional approach now being pursued calls for the House to approve a Senate-passed bill from last year, despite House Democrats’ opposition to several of its provisions. Both chambers then would follow by approving a companion measure to make changes in that first bill.

Republicans are playing on House Democrats’ suspicions of their Senate colleagues, arguing that Senate Democrats may not hold up their end of the bargain and the votes will be damaging politically for Democrats in November.

An Associated Press-GfK Poll released Tuesday found a widespread hunger for improvements to the health care system, but also found that Americans don’t like the way the debate is playing out in Washington.

About 4 in 5 Americans say it’s important that any health care plan have support from both parties. And more than 3 in 5 say the president and congressional Democrats should keep trying to cut a deal with Republicans rather than pass a bill with no GOP support.

The poll also found that fewer people approve of Congress than at any previous point in Obama’s presidency.

But Virginia’s legislature, scheduled to adjourn Saturday, is the first to finish work on a bill. The measure goes to Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, who plans to sign it.

The measures are advancing nationally as Republicans capitalize on voter discontent over Democratic-backed federal health care reform efforts in Congress.

— The Associated Press

Support has dropped to a dismal 22 percent, and the frustration is directed at both Republicans and Democrats.

Half of all people say they want to fire their lawmaker. Conversely, Obama’s job-performance standing is holding fairly steady at 53 percent.

After a year of off-and-on negotiations, Republicans adamantly oppose Obama’s plans. The White House and Democratic leaders say it’s now-or-never for the health care overhaul, which would cover an additional 30 million Americans, require almost everyone to buy health insurance and impose new restrictions on insurance companies.

Obama’s message Wednesday is aimed at the political middle. The plan he’s touting would bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, a populist idea with bipartisan backing.

Waste and fraud are pervasive problems for Medicare and Medicaid, the giant government health insurance programs for seniors and low-income people. Improper payments totaled an estimated $54 billion in 2009. They range from simple errors such as duplicate billing to elaborate schemes operated by fraudsters peddling everything from wheelchairs to hospice care.

Honors

Female WWII pilots acknowledged for efforts

By Kimberly Hefling Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday.

Known as Women Airforce Service Pilots, they were the first women to fly U.S. military planes.

About 200 of these women aviators, mostly in their late ’80s and early ’90s and some in wheelchairs, came to the Capitol to accept the medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress.

In thanking them for their service, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said these women pilots went unrecognized for too long.

“Women Air Force Service Pilots, we are all your daughters, you taught us how to fly,” Pelosi

Thirty-eight WASPS were killed in service. But they were long considered civilians, not members of the military, and thus were not entitled to the pay and benefits given to the men. When their unit was disbanded in 1944, many even had to pay their own bus fare home from a Texas airfield.

They were afforded veteran status in 1977 after a long fight. It’s estimated that about 300 WASP aviators are still alive.

said.

In accepting the award, WASP pilot Deanie Parrish said the women had volunteered without expectation that they would ever be thanked.

“Over 65 years ago we each served our country without any expectation of recognition or glory and we did it without compromising the values that we were taught growing up ... we did it because our country needed us,” Parrish said.

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McDonnell's directive Wednesday came amid a public uproar over Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli's letter last week telling public colleges they

lack the authority to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Cuccinelli told colleges to rescind or change any anti-discrimination policies that include protection for gay people.

The Republican attorney general's letter was denounced by gay-rights groups and Democrats. In the letter, Cuccinelli said colleges can't include gays in their anti-discrimination policies without General Assembly authorization.

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The photo was taken March 3, the first day same-sex couples could apply for marriage licenses in Washington, and ran in the newspaper the next day.

The paper’s ombudsman, Andrew Alexander, reports on his blog that 27 subscribers

canceled their subscriptions, specifically citing the photo. He wrote that while complaints usually subside quickly, in this case complaints lasted through Tuesday.

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Militants bomb U.S. Christian aid group

By Munir Ahmad Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD — Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, killing six Pakistani employees, police and the organization said.

The assault prompted World Vision, a major international humanitarian group, to suspend its operations in Pakistan. Other aid organizations condemned the attack but said it would not lead them to curtail their own activities.

Extremists have killed other foreign aid group employees in Pakistan and accused such organizations of working against Islam, greatly hampering efforts to raise living standards in the desperately poor region. Many groups have already scaled down operations, or pulled out altogether.

The attack took place in Ogi, a small town in Mansehra district, which was badly hit by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

“It was a brutal and senseless attack,” said Dean Owen, World Vision spokesman in Seattle, Wash. “It was completely unexpected, unannounced and unprovoked.”

Islamists often target Christian groups, which they accuse of trying to convert Muslims.

Another World Vision spokesman said the group, which was founded 60 years ago in the

U.S. and is one of the world’s largest and most well-funded Christian aid organizations, had suspended operations across Pakistan as a result of the attack.

About 10 gunmen carried out the assault, which also wounded four people, said local police chief Sajid Khan. Two women were among the six dead, he said.

Another local police official, Liaquat Shah, said the attackers first opened fire inside the office and then left a homemade bomb they detonated by remote control.

“They left a locally made pressure cooker bomb that exploded soon after the attackers fled the scene, killing NGO people first by gunfire and then with the blast,” Shah said.

The attack seriously damaged the aid group’s office, leaving the ground strewn with rubble and the concrete walls pockmarked with bullet holes, AP Television News footage showed.

Al-Qaida, the Taliban and allied groups are strong in northwestern Pakistan, but Mansehra lies outside the tribal belt next to Afghanistan where the militants have their main bases and is relatively peacefully.

Islamist militants see foreign aid groups and local outfits that receive international funds as a challenge to their authority in regions under their influence. The organizations often employ women and support female rights initiatives, further angering the extremists.

People look at the dead body of an employee of an international humanitarian group World Vision, killed in the attack of suspected militants Wednesday, at a field hospital in Ogi, a small town in Pakistani in the Mansehra district. Photo: Naveed Sultan/The Associated Press

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Hungry’s food diverted to corrupt contractors

By Edith M. Lederer Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS — Up to half the food aid intended for the millions of hungry people in Somalia is being diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamic militants and local U.N. workers, according to a U.N. Security Council report.

The report blames the problem on improper food distribution by the U.N. World Food Program in the African nation, which has been plagued by fighting and humanitarian suffering for nearly two decades, according to a U.N. diplomat. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not yet been released.

It calls on U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to authorize an independent investigation of the Rome-based food agency’s operation in Somalia.

Because of the instability in Somalia, transporters must truck bags of food through roadblocks manned by a bewildering array of militias, insurgents and bandits.

Kidnappings and executions are common and the insecurity makes it difficult for senior U.N. officials to travel to the country to check on procedures.

Investigators could end up relying on the same people they are probing to

Bare Ali Bare, a senior military commander of the Hizb Al-Islam rebel group of Somalia, speaks Jan. 16, 2009, during a news conference in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo: The Associated Press

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The U.N. diplomat told The Associated Press that “a significant diversion”

of food delivered by the U.N. food program is going to cartels that were selling it illegally, according to the report by the

panel of experts monitoring U.N. sanctions against Somalia.

The findings were first reported by

The New York Times on Tuesday.

Although WFP contracts are supposed to be subject to open tender and competitive bidding, “in practice the system offers little or no scope for genuine competition,” the diplomat quoted the report as saying.

The transportation contracts, with a budget of $200 million, constitute the single most important source of revenue in Somalia, the diplomat quoted the report as saying.

“Preliminary investigations by the monitoring group indicate the existence of a de facto cartel characterized by irregular procedures in the awarding of contracts by the WFP Somalia Country Office, discriminatory practices, and preferential treatment,” the report was quoted as saying.

“On account of their contracts with WFP, these men have become some of the wealthiest in Somalia,” it was quoted as saying.

Some 3.7 million people in Somalia — nearly half of the population — need aid. Earlier this year, the country’s main extremist Islamic group, al-Shabab, said it would prohibit WFP from distributing food in areas under its control because it says the food undercuts farmers selling recently harvested crops.

The Security Council is scheduled to discuss the report next Tuesday.

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Politics:

Distracted or disinterested?

Power of television blurring distinction between fact, fiction

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Ian Barker is a senior in chemical engineering from Des Moines.

he United States of America was founded on the basis that, through the free market of ideas, people could govern themselves in an informed manner by trusting power to an organization that they controlled by voting for its members.

The experiment is almost 234 years old this year — young by historical standards — yet it has, for quite some time, displayed a level of atrophy warranting geriatric care.

As a nation, we have been disenchanted with the concept of democracy. Our public muscles are stiff from disuse. Thankfully, however, true citizenship is starting to see a rebirth after a period of public distraction, hopelessness and manipulation.

Calling Americans distracted would be like calling the Titanic a boat; it simply does not serve proper justice.

If we accept the Internet and TV as two of the most ubiquitous forms of distracting media, the following statistics become rather profound.

According to the 2009 Nielsen A2/ M2 report, the average American spent 141 hours watching television per month — 45.78 percent of his or her discretionary time — an all-time high.

Consumption of mobile and online video had increased by 70 and 46 percent since 2008. Fifty-seven percent of Americans watched TV and surfed the Web simultaneously, averaging 2 hours and 39 minutes per month doing so.

The average household possessed 2.5 people and 2.86 televisions, with 54 percent of households owning more than three sets.

Furthermore, the psyche of the heavy TV consumer is significantly altered by the practice. According to a research study released in the University of Chicago’s Journal of Consumer Research, “studies found evidence heavy

viewers’ beliefs about social reality are more consistent with the content of television programming than are those of light viewers.” The fact is, when one views light, devil-may-care comedies, one can develop an unnecessarily light perception of impactive social issues, and when one views heavy, drama-laden shows like “CSI,” one can become unduly pessimistic.

This theory, unfortunately, finds everyday confirmation through growing American hopelessness. According to a CNN opinion research poll, the number of people who believe that “government is broken” increased from 78 percent in 2006 to 86 percent in 2010. Despite my wariness of CNN’s coverage, the statistics are still astounding.

However, it does lead one to ask the question: What qualifies as a “broken” government? If democracy’s function is to voice the needs of the people through policy, then perhaps one could posit that a “broken” government does not hear the voices of its people.

According to the United States Elections Project at George Mason University, turnout of voting-age Americans saw a steady decline from 63 percent in 1960 to 48 percent in 1996, perhaps because more Americans felt that their votes did not matter.

Regardless of the reason, declining voter turnout, by definition, detaches the public from the organization they are supposed to influence.

All told, I cannot myself blame Americans for their waning participation in politics, especially in the face of powerful marketing campaigns wielded by politicians themselves.

According to a study conducted at the

The average American spends 141 hours watching television per month, or 45.78 percent of his or her time, according to the 2009 Nielsen A2/M2 report. Barker believes that despite a public that is more uninterested in politics, Americans are beginning to take initiative again. Courtesy photo: Thinkstockphotos.com

University of Missouri, there is correlation between airing negative advertisements, an increase in favorability for the sponsor of the ad, and a decrease in favorability for the target of the ad.

This also correlates to believability.

In short, if a candidate airs a “believable” — though not necessarily accurate — negative ad about his opponent, the candidate will see an increase in favorability and his opponent will

see a decrease in favorability.

To make matters worse, candidates are using these tools even more frequently now than before, further pushing human reason out of the conversation. Campaign advertisement spending rose 15-fold from 1952 to 1988, an increase of $1.986 billion — not accounting for inflation — according to “Going Negative,” by Stephen Ansolabehere and Shanto Iyengar,

political science professors at MIT and Stanford. In the New Hampshire public elections, campaign ad spending saw a rise of 317 percent from 1992 to 1996, according to L. Patrick Devlin in the scientific journal The American Behavioral Scientist.

President Bill Clinton himself spent almost $100 million on political advertisements in his first presidential election. Politicians are spending more and more money on campaign ads, because they work, on our — frequently uninformed — psyche.

The good news is this: Americans are beginning to exercise their public muscles. Voter turnout rates recently returned to 64 percent in the 2008 election. The number of Americans who believe the government is beyond repair dropped from 8 percent to 6 percent, according to the CNN poll mentioned earlier. Even on our campus, the turnout rate for student elections doubled from last year. Despite a stacked deck and recently waning enthusiasm, Americans are beginning to show signs of life again.

While this in no way means that the trend is guaranteed to continue, any pulse is a good pulse from a republic in critical condition. The distractions remain: People continue to tweet more frequently about the iPad than about the State of the Union address. The hopelessness remains, although movements such as the Tea Party — regardless of how fervently I disagree with it — show signs of life in our discourse.

The ubiquitous advertisements remain, and with the recent Supreme Court decision classifying corporations as people and enforcing disclosure requirements instead of caps on contributions, the battle has become more difficult. However, despite all this, there is a measure of hope in our democracy. All that remains is for individuals to take up the mantle and carry the legacy forward.

Politics inescapably affects all of us.

Only we can determine to what extent we affect it.

Gender:

Editorial:

Game ad offensive to women

Avoid shroud of Internet anonymity

Good gods, have you seen the new ad for “God of War III?” In it, an “insignificant other” girlfriend whines that since her boyfriend got the game, “He’s been totally ignoring me!”

It goes on, but let’s get to the point.

I’ve not got much room here — for a longer version, check my blog. I have to admit I’m bothered by this stuff.

Let me pose this hypothetical situation: Sony releases an ad for “God of War III.” “Dear Playstation,” a frail boy said. “My girlfriend got ‘God of War III’ and ... well, I don’t know what to do. It’s Kratos!

How can I ever live up to the sheer manliness exhibited by the god of war?”

We see Kevin Butler, standing next to a statue of Kratos, sucking in his gut. “I don’t ... I don’t know,” he sobs.

The boy and Kevin drown their sorrows together in a chorus of crying while Kratos continues ridiculous levels of ass-kickery.

End commercial.

Regardless of whether you find my idea — and I admit, it’s a rough one — funny, such an ad would be on about the same level of offensiveness to the current one.

So I have to ask: Is that offensive, on any level, to the male readers out there? If so, why? If not, do you realistically think such an ad would draw consumers?

Think about it, and how your views would or wouldn’t change if you were a girl. Or if girls were the larger consumer market for games. Trust me, it’s a conversation worth starting.

Throughout the recent Government of the Student Body election season, we worked hard to provide readers with information on the candidates. Readers themselves worked hard, too, voicing their opinions by sending us a myriad of letters to the editor and posting a wide variety of comments on our Web site.

Most of the discussion has been productive — or civil, at the very least.

But one group of Web site comments in particular caught our eye.

During the campaign, several individuals who posted online adopted the names of historical characters, such as Samuel Adams and Smedley Darlington Butler.

Yes, unbeknownst to many of us, too, Mr. Butler actually was a real person. You can find him on Wikipedia.

What really raised our eyebrows, though, was not Mr. Butler’s biography, but comments he made to a GSB senator that revealed Mr. Butler as an insider.

That’s when we started to dig. What we discovered, based on the e-mail addresses tied to the accounts, was that two of the historical pseudonyms posting on our site were actually sitting GSB senators Dan Finnegan and Erik Hofstad.

Things got even more interesting when the Roling–Dobbels campaign was accused of breaking the election rules because of an e-mail sent out by IRHA President Jason Boggess.

Hofstad went so far as to applaud the election violation in an offhand remark: “But seeing how [Roling–Dobbels] are the side of righteousness and valor, Mr. Boggess simply performed his ISU patriotic duty,” he wrote.

Finnegan raised questions about bias in the election system: “Any other finding by the election commission is a misapplication of the election code and a gross demonstration of favoritism on the part of

This appears courtesy of Sophie Prell’s personal blog, “G3 — A Girl’s

Guide to Gaming.”

An Editor’s note: The Editorial is down here today because we’ve got more to say than can fit in our usual spot.

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the supposedly unbiased election commission and commissioner,” he wrote.

To be fair, both say they were being satirical and just playing the role of the characters they had adopted.

But when you’re elected to represent us and you have the bully pulpit of public office, then you give up your ability to make snide, anonymous comments that subvert the system in which you serve.

If senators truly believe that a student government body is biased or fundamentally flawed, that’s a discussion worth having. And, as senators, their opinions on such a matter certainly hold weight.

But bring the issue up through the appropriate channels instead of taking on the name of a historical figure and bitching anonymously to other pretend historical figures.

Doing so is undermining to your position, to GSB as a whole and to the students you represent.

The lessons here — for all of us — are threefold: First, don’t be pulled in by the siren song of Internet anonymity. Someone, somewhere, with enough time, effort and subpoena power, can tie your actions online back to you — whether the case involves file-sharing, e-mail threats or comments left on a Web site. Don’t do things or say things online that you wouldn’t do or say in real life.

Second, if there’s a reason you don’t want to put your name on your argument, that’s probably a good sign you shouldn’t say it in the first place. If your position precludes you from speaking out on a subject, then bite your tongue. If you wouldn’t want your words to appear next to your mug shot on CNN’s hourly broadcast, then don’t whisper them, write them, e-mail them, tweet them, blog them or post them on an online comment board.

As many U.S. senators have found out, words don’t often stay secret for long.

And, third, if you have a valid point, be

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courageous enough to put your name on it. Public debate has historically been done through face-to-face discussion at town hall meetings — no hiding your identity there. The Web has greatly increased our ability to communicate, and in many ways has been a boon.

But anonymous pseudonyms trading insults don’t contribute to a public form.

It’s more like an AOL chat room, circa 1995.

There’s an Internet adage known as “Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies” that states that as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.

It’s the ubiquitous logical fallacy of reducto ad Hitlerum — playing the Nazi card.

Anonymity gives online debaters the ability to toss verbal Molotov cocktails without personally suffering any of the consequences in credibility and reputation. The result is an electronic version of trench warfare, in which neither side gains ground, and in the ensuing downward spiral, the biggest casualty of all is the death of what could otherwise have been rational public discourse.

Diverse opinions are the heart and soul of democracy, and if you have one worth stating, then be proud, stand tall and say your name.

There’s a reason every article, column, editorial, page and section of this paper comes tagged with the names of the individuals responsible for their creation. Yes, it helps us give credit where it’s due, but it also makes us more careful about what we write, and it allows our readers to hold us accountable for the content we publish. If you take issue with anything in this paper, our inbox is only a few clicks away.

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The following was left in response to “ADAMS: Bill of Rights protects us all” on March 9: “Adams’ claim that “the sole purpose for the Second Amendment was to ensure that, at a time when the United States did not have a standing army, bearing arms was necessary to protect the new nation from a foreign invader or internal rebellion” is a very poorly researched claim. I’m being generous. The notion that the 2nd amendment provides for the defense from “internal rebellion” stands history on its head, and is the exact opposite of its purpose, to prevent tyranny BY the new federal government.

A reading of the ratification debates held by the several state legislatures before adoption of the Constitution and convention writings themselves show that this view, if it existed, must be one of history’s greatest secrets.

If the sole reason for having an armed militia arming was to protect the new federal government from attack or insurrection, then all they needed to do was require it in the constitution. It is in the Bill of Rights because the people demanded it be there to specifically prohibit the new federal government from interfering in what was widely recognized as a right of both the state (militia) and individuals (who actually possess and maintain arms).

The Architect himself, Madison, said “a regular army that threatened liberty would find itself opposed by “a militia amounting to near a half a million citizens with arms in their hands.”

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Viewpoints:

Eliminate ‘special treatment’ for equality, equity I am frequently asked to explain why lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people “deserve special privileges” by specifically having sexual and gender identity included as protected categories in state and local hate crimes, bullying prevention and other legislation.

To begin, in all but a very few states in the United States and countries throughout the world, we are not accorded the rights of legal civil marriage with all the benefits given to differentsex couples, and, in this case, we are being treated specially.

In most states, we have no protections of being fired from a job, being denied housing, public accommodations and insurance based solely on our sexual and gender identities, and here we are being treated specially.

In the United States, under the current “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell” policy, we cannot serve openly in the military, and again we are being treated specially.

In some states we are legally forbidden to adopt or serve as foster parents, and here, we are being treated specially.

We see hate-motivated violence against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and other targeted social groups on the rise. Pick up any of our publications and each week you will see stories of brutal and senseless attacks — groups of young males wielding baseball bats and guns at anyone who looks “different,” and

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and not on their actual qualifications, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever so-called religious leaders like Pat Robertson blame natural disasters on governments that have enacted laws protecting the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever mainstream religious denominations condemn homosexuality with one breath and actively obstruct frank and honest sexuality and AIDS education programs in our schools with another, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever young people are tossed out on the street when family members become aware of their sexual or gender identity, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever university professors and teachers in our schools exclude the stories of our lives, our experiences and our accomplishments in the classroom, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever any person is ridiculed, isolated, confronted, attacked, bullied and cyberbullied for not conforming to rigid constructions of gender expression, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever hate crimes and bullying prevention legislation is drafted without including the documentation of violence directed against lesbians, gay males, bisexuals and transgender people, branding this as nothing more than the granting of “special rights,” that itself is being treated specially.

Whenever any one of us is taught

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men waiting outside women’s spaces attacking women on their way home.

And yet again, we are being treated specially.

For as we know, this “special treatment” comes in a great many other forms as well: Whenever hate mongers like Fred Phelps and his followers picket and protest the funerals of LGBT people and people who have died of HIV infection, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever the political and theocratic right produce newspaper and television ads that promise “conversion” and “escape” from the so-called “homosexual lifestyle” in the guise of love and understanding, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever politicians like former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott proclaim in the media that homosexuality is a disease in the categories of kleptomania and alcoholism, that’s being treated specially.

Whenever the U.S. Senate and other legislative bodies refuse to confirm a nominee for public service, like James Hormel as ambassador to Luxembourg, simply on account of their sexual or gender identities alone

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to hate ourselves, each one of us is demeaned, and that is certainly being treated specially; and we have a right — or rather an obligation — to speak up, to fight back with all the energy, with all the unity and with all the love of which we are capable.

Unfortunately, today we still live in a society that proclaims in some quarters we don’t have a right to exist with our full integrity intact, but exist we do, everywhere, in all walks of life.

For as we all know, we are the students, professors, teachers, guidance counselors, day care workers, parents — and still some people and groups attempt to prevent us from having contact with young people. And because of their insensitivity and fear, the “special treatment” continues.

We are the social workers, psychiatrists, workers at homeless shelters and rape crisis centers — and still some people and groups blame us for the breakup of what they call the “traditional U.S.-American family.” And the “special treatment” continues.

The reality is that we are holding up this culture. If all the lesbians, bisexuals, gay males and transgender people suddenly left our jobs, this country would literally crumble.

And the good news is that no amount of intimidation will ever lock us away again. Lesbians, gay males, bisexuals, transgender people and our loving and supportive heterosexual allies are coming out in greater numbers than ever before. As marginalized

people, we are pushing the boundaries, unwilling now to accept the repressive status quo. In coalition with other disenfranchised groups and allies, we are refusing to buckle under and to assimilate into a corrupt and corrupting system that forces people to relinquish their integrity and humanity.

One year before his brutal murder, gay San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk recorded a will that was to be played in the event of his assassination. In it he stated that he never considered himself simply as a candidate for public office, but rather, always considered himself as part of a movement: a liberation movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people — and a liberation movement for all people.

Each time Milk spoke in front of a crowd, he urged people to come out everywhere and often: “Tell your immediate family,” he would say. “Tell friends, neighbors, people in the stores you shop in, cab drivers, everyone.”

And he urged heterosexual people to be our allies, to interrupt derogatory remarks and jokes, to support us and offer aid when needed. If we all did this, he said, we could change the world.

Today, however, quite frankly, I am tired of being “treated specially,” and I will no longer answer the question why I deserve “special rights.” I will state very simply that I believe we need this legislation so that we are treated with equity and equality. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Men’s Basketball

Iowa State out in round one

By Michael Zogg Daily Staff Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Close, but not quite.

The Cyclones’ season ended like most of their Big 12 games did this season: in a disappointing loss.

Iowa State fell to Texas 82–75 in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament on Wednesday at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. The Cyclones fought hard but, in what has become the story of the season for this year’s squad, it was not enough to achieve victory.

After keeping the game close for the first 32 minutes, Iowa State gave up an 8–0 run that gave Texas a 12-point lead and all but sent it on to the quarterfinals.

The Cyclones managed to fight back to within six points with just over one minute left, but Texas kept the Cyclones at arm’s length.

Iowa State was led by junior Craig Brackins and senior Marquis Gilstrap with 18 and 17 points in what could be the last game in a Cyclone uniform for the pair. Junior guard Diante Garrett added 14 points and sophomore guard Scott Christopherson scored 10 points for Iowa State.

Damion James led the way for Texas with 28 points and 16 rebounds. Dexter Pittman chipped in with 16 points and was a force down low.

The game started off slowly for the Cyclones as the Longhorns got off to 7–0 start and looked as if

they may run Iowa State out of the gym.

Garrett got the Cyclones on track, however, hitting a wide open mid-range jump shot, igniting a 9–2 run to tie the game back up.

Despite Justin Hamilton’s early foul trouble, picking up three personals before the 10-minute mark, Iowa State managed to hang with the Longhorns all half. The Cyclones were aided by junior forward LaRon Dendy, who was a spark off the bench in the first half for the team. Dendy scored eight of his 12 points in the first half.

Except for Iowa State’s 19–18 lead with 10:03 left, Texas led the entire half, but was unable to extend its lead beyond six points.

The start of the second half looked eerily similar to the game on Jan. 17, in which Texas stormed out of halftime and went on a 8–0 run. The Longhorns scored the first four points of the half, but Gilstrap put an end to any thoughts of a repeat performance with a long 3-point shot.

Although the Cyclones seemed to be perpetually knocking on the Longhorns’ door, they were not able to take a lead.

Iowa State finally hit a cold streak, going more than four minutes without scoring.

Texas put the game away during that stretch scoring eight points, and finally pushed the Longhorn lead to double digits.

To see more from the game, including reaction from players and coach Greg McDermott, go to iowastatedaily.com.

ISU forwards LaRon Dendy and Justin Hamilton fight for a loose ball with Texas’ Alexis Wangmene in the first half of the teams’ matchup Wednesday. Iowa State fell to the Longhorns 82–75 and was eliminated from play in the Big 12 Conference Tournament. The loss marked the fifth-straight year the Cyclones were eliminated after the first round of play. Photo: Chris Cuellar/Iowa State Daily

Women’s Basketball

Big 12 boasts competition

By Travis Cordes, Jordan Wickstrom and Kayci Woodley Daily Staff Writers No. 1 Nebraska (29–0, 16–0) Player to watch: Kelsey Griffin (20.4 points, 10.4 rebounds per game) The Huskers step into the Big 12 tournament with a clean slate and senior Kelsey Griffin at the helm. Griffin was chosen as the Big 12’s Player of the Year and head coach for Nebraska Connie Yori was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year. Nebraska can play fast, but the Huskers have beaten every conference foe this season and are the favorites for the tournament. The first opponent to attempt to break the Husker streak will be the winner of the Texas Tech/Kansas State game which takes place on Thursday.

No. 3 Oklahoma (21–9, 11–5) Player to Watch: Amanda Thompson (12.8 points, 10.1 rebounds per game) The Sooners had a big question mark at the post coming into this season with the loss of both Paris sisters.

However, Thompson has stepped up in their place, averaging a Paris-like double-double number in points and rebounds this season. In addition, the Sooners sport one of the best guard duos in the country in Nyeshia Stevenson and Danielle Robinson, making them poised to do some damage in the tournament if they are clicking on all cylinders. The final week of their regular season had a dichotomy of performances, as they took a 78-55 beating from 4th seeded Texas A&M on Tuesday before demolishing 7th seeded

Oklahoma State 95-62 on Sunday.

No. 4 Texas A&M (22–7, 10–6 Big 12) Player to watch: Tanisha Smith (15.2 points, 5.3 rebounds per game) Texas A&M clinched the No. 4 seed in the tournament by winning six of its last seven games including key wins over Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas. The Aggies will be relying on their second-ranked offense (75.2 points per game) to lead them deep into the tournament. Senior guard Tanisha Smith, junior center Danielle Adams and sophomore guard Tyra White are the Aggies’ top scorers. The three Kansas City natives have combined for 41 points per game and all rank in the conference’s top 30 in scoring. The Aggies will play the second game on Friday against the winner of Texas and Missouri.

No. 5 Texas (21–9, 10–6) Player to Watch: Kathleen Nash (12.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 48.1 percent 3-pointers) Texas has been extremely hot and cold this season, as they have gone on several winning and losing streaks. It is currently the winners in 10 of its last 14, recovering to sweep its opponents last week following three prior consecutive losses. The Longhorns may be the biggest, most athletic team in the conference, and easily have the talent to carry them to late-round upsets should the opportunity present itself. Senior guard Kathleen Nash is on track to set the school record for three-point percentage, with a blistering .481 from behind the arc this season.

No. 6 Baylor (22–8, 9–7) Player to Watch: Kelli Griffin (7.9 points, 4.9 assists per game) The obvious story for the Bears right now is the absence of freshman phenom Brittney Griner for their quarterfinal game against Colorado. Griner was suspended for two games last week for taking a swing at the face of Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle following an on-court tussle last Wednesday.

She poured in 24 points and had 10 rebounds the last time these two teams met, but with her in street clothes for round two against the Buffaloes, Baylor will have a diminished post presence in the paint. This could spell upset for Baylor if Colorado can find their shot early in the game.

No. 7 Oklahoma State (21–9, 9–7 Big 12) Player to watch: Andrea Riley (25.5 points, 6.7 assists per game) The Cowgirls started the season by winning seven of their first eight games.

They followed up their 7-1 start by proceeding to lose the next five games. But wins over Iowa State and Texas prevented Oklahoma State from dropping to below a .500 conference record. Senior guard Andrea Riley led all-Big 12 scorers averaging 25.5 points for a team that averaged 73.1 points per contest. Oklahoma State will open its tournament play on Thursday facing off against 10th-seeded Kansas.

No. 8 Texas Tech (17–13, 5–11 Big 12) Player to watch: Jordan Murphree (12.4

points, 4.3 rebounds per game) While Jordan Barncastle suffered a literal bruise after Baylor’s Brittney Griner punched her in the face on March 3, the Lady Raiders are also feeling the pain as they are in a three-game losing streak. A 10-point loss to Oklahoma state was followed by the intense Baylor battle, which resulted in a nine-point loss. Tech’s last game of the regular season ended in an overtime 3-point loss to Missouri. The Raiders face Kansas State in the first round of the tournament, a game that will likely be a close one.

No. 9 Kansas State (13–17, 5–11 Big 12) Player to watch: Ashley Sweat (16.7 points, 5.1 rebounds per game) The Wildcats would be on a sevengame losing streak heading into the tournament if it wasn’t for the twopoints that slid them past Colorado last Wednesday. The Kansas State vs. Texas Tech game in the first round of the tournament should be a close one, as both teams are playing near the same level at this point in time.

No. 10 Kansas (15–14, 5–11 Big 12) Player to watch: Sade Morris (10.1 points per game, .735 free throw percentage) The Jayhawks lost their top player, Danielle McCray, after a season-ending ACL injury in early February. After the loss of McCray from the lineup, Kansas has a surprising win over Kansas State in its first game without the senior standout. Since the victory over their in-state rival, however, the Jawyhawks have lost seven of their last eight con-

Hockey

Lions take two-goal win March 10

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By Blake Schultz Daily Staff Writer After fighting its way through the American Collegiate Hockey Association Tournament in three close games, Iowa State entered its first national championship game in 12 years with the hopes of upsetting defending champion Lindenwood University and bringing the Murdoch Cup back to Ames.

After three hard-fought periods, Iowa State’s season came to an end when the final seconds ticked away and Lindenwood celebrated a 2-0 win.

Throughout the game, the Cyclones were forced to play in their own zone because Lindenwood’s defense denied the Cyclones scoring chances. Iowa State had trouble getting open looks at the net and the play of Lions’ goalie Robi Cavallari didn’t help.

In the first period, both teams were unable to find a rhythm.

Lindenwood had a scoring chance midway through the period when forward Bret Morrell was able to slip away from ISU defenders and beat goalie Erik Hudson, but he clanked it off the right post.

Iowa State had a couple of power play chances in the period, one after another, but was unable to capitalize. Near the end of the period, ISU freshman Derek Kohles committed a check from behind penalty at center ice, which earned him a five minutes major

and forced the Cyclones to kill the penalty into the second period.

In the opening game of the tournament, ISU junior forward Chris Mackay was given a five minute major, which led to Kent State tying the game.

With the pressure turned up in Wednesday’s match, the Cyclones were able to come up with a couple stops and killed the penalty.

Lindenwood junior forward and eventual tournament MVP Cory Spradling put Lindenwood on the board halfway through the second when he ducked around two ISU defenders and put the puck past Hudson. Two minutes later, Lindenwood found the net again on a wrist shot from the blue line from sophomore forward Mike Sturdevant.

Iowa State had two more power play chances in the third, but the Lindenwood defense stopped the Cyclones. The rest of the period, Lindenwood’s defense backed off into its own zone and was set on finishing the game with a two-goal lead.

In the last minute, Iowa State pulled Hudson to give them a sixon-five advantage, but a frustration penalty by senior forward Derek Behrman left the Cyclones with no advantage. The game concluded after Iowa State had a few shots on goal that were turned away by Cavallari.

The Cyclones were forced to watch as the Lindenwood players piled on Cavallari in celebration.

Iowa State seniors Brent Cornelius and Brad Krueger earned First Team All-tournament, while sophomore defender Brody Toigo and junior forward Mike Lebler earned second team.

tests. Kansas faces Oklahoma State in its first round game of the NCAA tournament, a challenge for the Wildcats, but the Cowgirls will be coming off a thumping that Oklahoma handed them on Sunday.

No. 11 Colorado (13–16, 3–13 Big 12) Player to watch: Brittany Spears (17.5 points, 8 points per game) With only Missouri finishing below them, the Buffaloes were unable to find much success during the season.

Colorado struggled both defensively and offensively. The Buffaloes allowed 66.4 points per game to opponents.

Junior forward Brittany Spears and senior guard Bianca Smith both ranked in the top 15 in scoring and earned AllBig12 honors, but did not receive much of a supporting cast as the rest of the team averaged only 36.3 points. Colorado will play Baylor in the last game of Thursday’s first round bracket.

No. 12 Missouri (12–17, 2–14) Player to Watch: Jessra Johnson (12.7 points, 6.1 rebounds per game) As they enter the Big 12 tournament, the Tigers find themselves riding their longest Big 12 winning streak of the season: one. Missouri upset eighthseeded Texas Tech in overtime on Sunday, effectively ending the Lady Radiers’ NCAA hopes. Texas mauled the Tigers in their only meeting this year, which came just last week. Nothing short of a miracle will be needed in order for Missouri to have any hopes of beating the far athletically superior Longhorns in the first round.

Wrestling

Cyclones prepare for championships

By Shane Lucas Daily Staff Writer For the fourth straight year, the ISU wrestling team will bring its entire starting lineup to the NCAA Wrestling Championships.

Wednesday night’s announcement of the brackets revealed that all 10 of the Cyclones’ weight classes will travel to Omaha, Neb., in search of a national championship.

Seniors Jake Varner (197) and David Zabriskie (HWT) were the only Cyclones to take top seeds. As the defending NCAA champion, Varner held the nation’s top ranking all season while Zabriskie was able to grab the position by defeating Oklahoma State’s top-ranked Jared Rosholt in the Big 12 tournament. Other seeded Cyclones include No. 4 Jon Reader (165), No. 5 Andrew Long (125), No. 7 Mitch Mueller (149) and No. 10 Nick Fanthorpe (133).

The only wrestler waiting to hear his fate on Wednesday was 184-pounder Jerome Ward. Ward grabbed an at-large bid and will face top-seeded Kirk Smith of Boise State. The two met in first-round action of last year’s NCAA championships, Smith escaped with a 3–1 decision.

Dalton Jensen (141), Andrew Sorenson (157) and Duke Burk (174) previously qualified at their respective weight classes during the Big 12 Championships. Jensen is paired with 2009 NCAA runnerup Reece Humphrey from Ohio State.

The NCAA Wrestling Championships will start on March 18 at the Qwest Center.

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Softball

New challenges await in California

By Jordan Wickstrom Daily Staff Writer After a rough schedule of games against ranked opponents Texas, Louisiana-Lafayette and Georgia, Iowa State (10–11) will head west to face three opponents with records below .500.

With their three opponents combing for a 15–30 record, Iowa State enters the tournament with the most wins of any of the teams. However, the Cyclones believe their opponent’s records are not a strong indication of what to expect this weekend.

“The statistics are a little bit deceiving,” said coach Stacy GemeinhardtCesler. “I think that [the other teams] have played some really good teams and probably their pitching staff have been hit pretty hard. It’ll be important for us to go in and as always have the confidence that we are great hitters but at the same time not look past anybody.”

The Cyclones will play two games

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against host Cal Poly (5–6), two against Sacramento State (3–12) and one versus UC-Santa Barbara (7–12).

Iowa State hopes these five games will help answer some questions surrounding its pitching staff. After the Cal Poly Tournament, the Cyclones have one more tournament before the regular season begins and will rely on these next two tournaments to determine how they utilize their pitchers for the rest of the season.

“We’ve gotten better and better as a pitching staff,” Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. “[Freshman pitcher Tori Torrescano] threw really well against Drake and Eastern Illinois. We’re just looking

for her to find that same consistency.

We definitely know she can do it and believe she can do it. She just needs to keep working during these tournaments.”

Through 34 innings pitched, Torrescano has a 4.94 earned run average and will likely see more innings during the Cal Poly Tournament as she tries to solidify her position as the number two starter.

Offensively, the Cyclones have had positive results from the plate. Through 21 games, the Cyclones are batting .277 as a team, while allowing a .260 average to their opponents.

Sophomore outfielder Heidi Kidwell is one of five Cyclones to be hitting over .300. Kidwell has started strong, hitting .384 over 21 games while driving in eight runs.

During the two games against Cal Poly, Iowa State will likely face junior pitcher Anna Cahn during the tournament. The lefty is a former 27-game winner and has proven to be one of the

Big Sky’s top pitchers.

Over 35.2 innings pitched, Cahn has allowed just six earned runs while striking out 29 and walking nine. Her 1.18 ERA and 3–2 record leads the team and has helped them to a 3.10 team ERA. “She’s just a good player,” Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. “She’s tall and strong and we just need to make sure that when we are ahead of her in the count, we are looking for pitches to hit.

If we can let the bad pitches go by and capitalize on those hittable pitches, we won’t have a problem.”

Cahn also leads her team in hitting with a .346 batting average. She is tied for second with nine hits and has driven in six runs.

The Cyclones’ other two opponents have not have as much luck pitching as Cal Poly. Both UC-Santa Barbara and Sacramento are allowing opponents to hit over .300.

UC-Santa Barbara’s pitchers have combined for a 5.43 ERA, while allowing 106 runs. The Gauchos have re-

ceived a consistently strong effort from senior pitcher Lindsey Correa but after her, the rest of the staff has struggled.

Correa leads the Gauchos with a 3.91 ERA and has allowed 19 earned runs over 34 innings. After Correa, fellow pitchers MeLinda Matsumoto and Krista Cobb have combined to allow 68 earned runs over 81.1 innings.

Both pitching and hitting have been problems for Sacramento State this season. Over 15 games, the Hornets are averaging 2.6 runs per game and are hitting .246 as a team. With 82 strikeouts, the Hornets have the third most of any team in the Pacific Coast Softball Conference.

Despite having a team ERA of 4.31 including two pitchers with an ERA of 3.50 or lower, the biggest problem has been the number of hits allowed. Hornets’ pitchers have allowed 128 hits over 102.1 innings.

Iowa State will play its first game of the tournament Friday at 1 p.m. versus host Cal Poly.

Tennis

Team prepares to play on home court

By Dan Tracy Daily Staff Writer While many college students are filled with excitement for spring break trips to warmer climates, the ISU tennis team, on the other hand, is excited to stay in Ames for a weekend.

After criss-crossing the country the past six months from Florida to Virginia to Texas and all around the Midwest, the Cyclones will finally get a chance to play in the friendly confines of the South Ames Racquet and Fitness Center when they host Missouri and Colorado this weekend.

“It’s going to make a difference playing at home for the first time and it will certainly be nice for the girls to spend a weekend at home,” coach Armando Espinosa said.

With the ISU men’s basketball team in Kansas City for the Big 12 Conference Tournament, interestingly, Espinosa sees similarities with this weekend and last year at this time when the Cyclones snapped their 79-match losing streak in Big 12 play with a 4–3 home win over Kansas State.

“It was the second match of the Big 12 [tennis]

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season, the [men’s] basketball team was on the road at Big 12’s and so I’m hoping [the team can win] again,” Espinosa said.

In the first match of the weekend, the Cyclones will host the Missouri Tigers 3–6. The Tigers are coming off of a 5–2 loss to Iowa on Saturday and are currently on a three match losing streak. The Cyclones were also defeated by the Hawkeyes 7–0 on Feb. 21.

“Missouri’s a good team,” Espinosa said. “We lost to them 4–3 last year, they are coming off the loss to Iowa 5–2 so it’s not going to be a walk in the park.”

The Cyclones will face their seventh ranked opponent of the season on Sunday in the No. 52

Buffaloes who are currently 7–3 overall. With the release of the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Rankings on Tuesday, all six of the Cyclones losses have been to opponents currently ranked in the top 75 nationally.

Espinosa is hoping the team can reverse those fortunes against Colorado which already has four victories over ranked opponents this season. “[Colorado] is going to be a little deeper than they were last year,” Espinosa said. “They are going to be very dangerous.”

Against Colorado, the Cyclones will play the singles matches first, which Espinosa hopes will take the pressure off of the three doubles pairings which are 1–11 over the team’s four match losing streak.

“With the singles, we may have a chance to get some momentum going where our doubles hasn’t been the best,” Espinosa said.

Alternating between the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles position is the sophomore tandem of Tessa Lang and Maria Macedo. Despite Lang and Macedo’s 3–6 record this spring, Lang is hoping to capitalize on the tough competition that the pair has

faced over the past two weekends to prepare them for competition in the Big 12.

“I think we have made a lot of steps over the last few weeks, we have gotten a little more consistent than we used to and we’ve learned a lot over the past few weeks with playing some tough teams,” Lang said.

With spring break next week, Espinosa and Lang are both anticipating many of the players’ families to be in attendance to watch the team host its first matches of the season.

“To have the courts that we are used to and the fans cheering for us, I think it’s going to be quite an experience having a match at home,” Lang said.

Along with the release of the national rankings came individual accolades for one Cyclone. Junior Erin Karonis earned recognition in the ITA Central Region rankings for the first time this season, coming in at eighth place in singles. The returning AllBig 12 performer is currently 6–5 at No. 1 singles and 5–6 at No. 1 doubles with freshman Jenna Langhorst.

The Cyclones will play Missouri at 2 p.m. Friday and Colorado at 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Christopher the Conquered that grew out of a solo project by singer and songwriter Chris Ford. Ford also plays the drums, trumpet and piano. The band likes to incoroporate the crowd into its performances, with Ford often walking out into the crowd. Christopher the Conquered is currently touring with Leslie & the LYs. Photo: Tyler Kingkade/Iowa State Daily

Band conquers stage, crowd

By Tyler Kingkade Daily Staff Writer

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Suddenly draped in a seemingly irrelevant gown, Chris Ford switched between thrusting on the ground while playing the trumpet and getting up to walk through the crowd singing a capella and hugging one member of the audience.

At this point in the show, they’ve seen him kick his drummer’s cymbals, shake tambourines while falling over on the ground and assert between songs that God’s plan for him may be to kill somebody.

It was the last song of his set at the Ames Progressive, 118 Hayward Ave. Suite 3, during a DVD release show and one day before taking off on a national tour to open for fellow local Ames group Leslie & The LYs. Ford is the lead singer and songwriter for Christopher the Conquered, a band that grew out of a solo project he started in 2006 while still the drummer for Stuck With Arthur, a local pop-punk band he started with high school friends in Dallas Center.

During his final year at Iowa State, where he studied electrical engineering, he began writing and recording songs.

“Basically I was just writing songs out of boredom,” Ford said.

“I had a new keyboard I was playing around with.”

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Christopher the Conquered’s first LP, “I Guess This is What We’re Dying For,” was self-released in 2007, as Ford began playing shows in Ames at Blink’s and in Des Moines at the Vaudeville Mews.

“Basically I would just take whatever was offered,” Ford said.

“Even now I never really seek shows, I wait for people to come to me and I try to play every chance I get.”

Ford performed all of the instruments on his 2007 album, save for a couple guitar tracks.

“I was learning how to play instruments based on what I wanted on the CD,” Ford said.

He elaborates he was only trained in drums and trumpet, but

Local Exhibit shows off art, floral displays

By Julia Ferrell Daily Staff Writer

The Brunnier Art Museum will host the second annual “Brunnier in Bloom” exhibit. The three-day event will feature locally made floral arrangements paired with featured art.

The exhibit opens March 26 and will run until March 28. An opening reception will be held at 6 p.m. on March 26.

Each attendee may cast a vote for his or her favorite piece in the People’s Choice Award. The winner will be announced Sunday.

The winner for Best in Show and two honorable mentions will be awarded Friday by local judges John Cunnally, associate pro-

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fessor of art and design, and Ames Mayor Ann Campbell.

The event will also include a silent auction raffle for the displayed floral arrangements. An openingnight raffle will take place for donated prizes from businesses such as Ames Silversmithing, 220 Main St.; Grandma’s Attic, 125 Welch Ave.; and Party Time Rentals, 302 S. Third St. Raffle tickets are $1 each or seven for $5.

Random quote during set: “I find a good rule is before you become taken over by the spirit you should lock yourself in the closet. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I make some irrational decisions… I don’t know God’s plan, he might have me fuckin’ kill somebody. He always did know what’s best.”

credits his musicianship courses and experience in jazz band for helping him make the transition from different instruments with greater ease.

Live shows in 2007 meant either gathering friends to join as a backing band or using an iPod for backing tracks as Ford switched between playing the keyboard, trumpet, accordion or walking out into the crowd.

“It was something I started to experiment with early on,” Ford said.

He has been known to walk into the crowd playing various instruments and nearly forcing onlookers to join him.

Ford believes in creating an experience for audience members rather than simply watching a show.

He often engages the crowd, crawling on the floor and slithering his way between their legs or standing on a table belting out songs.

He credited Ames band Poison Control Center with showing him

how to break the stage line when Stuck With Arthur played shows with them in the early days.

Today he’s not the only one who breaks the stage in his band as Nate Logsdon — a trumpet player with long hair, a long beard and glasses — breaks out during their set several times playing his horn and shaking a tambourine.

Logsdon joined the band after Christopher the Conquered played a show at the Ames Progressive.

Ford and Logsdon got along well and eventually Logsdon was asked to try playing.

“Whenever someone has joined it’s never been, ‘Will you be in the band?’ ‘You are now in this band.’

It’s much more casual,” Ford said.

He said not all members make it to every show and a couple alternate members are being used for the tour, but that’s part of the way the group operates.

Ford now claims he hated using an iPod for a backing track and says he wouldn’t go back.

During the shows, Ford is undoubtedly the leader. The band

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is able to respond to tangents Ford goes off on and members pick up on his signals from his waving arms. Logsdon is able to act as Ford’s assistant by leading the horn section in synchronizations.

At times, Ford breaks things down until he gains both silence and the captive attention of the audience in a gospel-like way of singing.

He picks it up and tells stories as if he were Randy Newman, and still other times leads the group with rapid rhythm and blues piano riffs complimented by a bright horn section.

Some of the horn lines are reminiscent of the out-of-key approach by The Beatles on their “Yellow Submarine” album.

From this point, Ford hopes to consistently keep playing shows.

He lives in Des Moines, but is spending a large amount of time with his band mates in Ames.

The group will remain on tour with Leslie & the LYs through March.

Ames Group Strong Like Bear Puts focus on songwriting

By Nate Winters Daily Staff Writer For Strong Like Bear, it’s all about the songwriting.

“We’re all about the songwriting,” said Bryon Dudley, vocalist and guitarist for the local alternative rock band. “We sit down and hash out a good tune; we write songs that people want to hear.”

Strong Like Bear consists of Dudley, Jordan Mull and Rachel Dudley.

The Ames group will be playing the Ames Progressive at 8 p.m. Thursday along with The Hollands! and Jimmy Hobbs.

The band’s songs stem from an array of different topics, but a common lyrical subject is bad relationships, Bryon Dudley said.

“There’s a lot of bad relationship songs,” he said. “We’re kind of all over the map. It’s sort of an endless well of lyrical material.”

Strong Like Bear has not restricted itself to playing in Iowa.

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Many of the band’s fond memories come from gigs played across the Midwest.

“We had this real impromptu, guerilla-style gig in Madison, [Wis.],” Bryon Dudley said.

“We stopped at this bar to take a rest, and while we were there we said, ‘Hey, we’re in a band. Would it be okay if we traded a few songs for a pitcher of beer?’ and they said, ‘Sure!’ It was a lot of fun.”

Bryon Dudley said Facebook has helped Strong Like Bear reach its fans and get the name out to new ones.

“I think people are sort of afraid to go out and experience something new,” he said.

“If they don’t know who the band is, they have a hard time just going out and seeing them. Facebook has helped

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us a lot with that.

“We’ll set up events, advertise our gigs and I’ll give status updates that say, you know, ‘Hey, we’re playing here, come out and see us,’ and that seems to help us out a lot.”

Stong Like Bear’s future plans are to play more shows and eventually record an album.

“We’re working up an electric set right now, which is exciting,” Bryon Dudley said.

“We’ve been doing mostly acoustic stuff thus far, but we’re excited to branch out and see where that takes us.”

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Le Grand Cirque flies into ames

By David Wise Daily Staff Writer

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With an array of juggling, acrobats, clowns and high-wire stunts, Stephens Auditorium will serve as the venue for Le Grand Cirque.

The show includes nearly 50 performers hailing from a variety of countries and all with a different set of talents and skills. In its time, Le Grand Cirque has performed for millions of people and currently have five versions of the show worldwide.

The biggest feature is the distinguishing characteristics that separates the performance from the other well-known circus shows such as the famous Cirque du Soleil.

Simon Painter, creative director for Le Grand Cirque, said the show differs from the others because it usually plays in theaters instead of performing under tents. This allows the performers to take their show to certain locations others can’t.

This gave the show the chance to perform at the Sydney Opera House.

Not only did it perform at a location known all over the world, it sold more than 50,000 seats resulting in the biggest selling show that

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venue has ever seen.

“It was amazing,” Painter said. “It’s such an iconic building, and as a producer, it was a dream come true. It was an amazing thing that we became the biggest selling show. It was absolutely fantastic.”

Another element that differentiates Le Grand Cirque from the rest is the style of the show, Painter said. It’s based on a family image that’s appropriate for individuals of all ages. It doesn’t have that dark element like other circus performances sometimes do.

Le Grand Cirque is currently on a world tour. Besides Ames, it is hitting many locations like Atlantic City and Las Vegas. Once done here in the United States, the show will head to other countries, including New Zealand and South Africa for the World Cup. Painter said because the cast rehearses, travels and performs so much, the show is always Le Grand Cirque includes nearly 50 performers who have skills in juggling, acrobatics and high-wire stunts. The show is currently on its world tour and has performed at the Sydney Opera House, registering the largest crowd ever at the venue. Courtesy Photo: Stephens Auditorium

continuous. If members aren’t performing, they’re rehearsing. Painter’s job mainly consists of putting the show together, creating all the designs and overseeing all the acts.

As crazy as his job gets sometimes, Painter said that being a part of this production is amazing.

He said that the cast is incredible, and the places he travels to is one of the most enjoyable aspects to his job.

Painter said that in a given year, he and the production will travel to about 20 to 30 countries.

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For those going to see Le Grand Cirque here in Ames, Painter said to expect a great show. Some of the acts to be performed will include double backflips off tall poles, acrobats jumping into hoops seven feet high, gymnasts’ bungee and tumbling stunts, as well as the usual juggling, clowns and highwire acts.

“It’s just very fast paced,” Painter said.

“It’s also executed at a level that nobody has ever seen before. All the acts and acrobatics are just ridiculously good. As we say, it’s a show for people ages 2 to 92 years.”

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By Sandy Cohen AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — Corey Haim’s story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose problems increased as his star-power faded.

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By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES — If the “American Idol” judges hold sway over viewers, contestants Katie Stevens, Paige Miles and Katelyn Epperly should be nervous about making it into the top 12.

The three heard uniformly negative comments from the judging panel after performing Tuesday night, while the other five female singers hit high notes and songs.

Stevens’ version of “Breakaway” sounded close to karaoke, Randy Jackson said, while fellow judge Kara DioGuardi suggested that the 17-year-old from Middlebury, Conn., does not know herself as an artist yet.

tion because the song was recorded by a favorite artist, Michael Jackson.

Crystal Bowersox, who took the stage with an electric guitar to belt out Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me One Reason,” drew nothing but bouquets.

“Love that, love you, love the song, love the honesty,” said Jackson.

Simon called the 24-yearold from Toledo, Ohio, “the one everyone has to beat.”

Lilly Scott also earned kudos from the judge for her performance of Patsy Cline’s “I Fall to Pieces,” on which she accompanied herself on a mandolin. But Cowell suggested that her offbeat approach could prove to be a risky one when it comes to viewers and their votes.

Epperly, 19, of West Des Moines, seemed like she was just “going through the motions” on her version of ‘I Feel the Earth Move,’” DioGuardi said. Cowell compared her performance to request night at a restaurant, but added that he did like her full, curly locks that evoked the song’s composer, Carole King.

Miles, of Houston, sang “Smile” and came in for the harshest drubbing.

Jackson told her the song was “way too big” for her. Ellen DeGeneres said the 24-year-old turned an inspiring song into something sad. DioGuardi added, “They’ve just said it. It was all wrong.”

Miles told the judges that she was overcome by emo-

American Idol contestants Katie Stevens, Katelyn Epperly and Michelle Delamor, are seen backstage March 3 at the “American Idol” show in Los Angeles. Photo: Michael Becker/The Associated Press

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Call: 877-286-0401 Front Desk- part time weekdays 3pm to11pm, weekends 7am to 3pm and 3pm to11pm.

Night Auditor- part time weekends 11pm to 7am.

Email amit@hxames.com or stop in at 2600 E 13th St. Ames or 515-232-2300.

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Projects Coordinator 15 hours/week, $12.00/ hour minimum starting; commensurate with education and experience.

Position description and application at www.uufames.org.

Application deadline, March 26.

Roommates Own room in a 4 BR house.

Available immediately. $300/mo. + util. Contact Tabby 402-740-5799, or tlpauly@iastate.edu.

Efficiencies Westbrook Terrace Apartments. Efficiency 1 BR & 2 BR Available, Jan. Close to W. HyVee. On Red Cy-Ride. Call Sally 515-292-3555.

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1 Bedroom Apts AMAZING 1 BR APT ON WELCH AVE. Stately 3 story house, front & back yard, 2 blocks from campus.

Spacious, large rooms, generous closets, new paint/hardwood floors.

Fully furnished, basement laundry.

AVAILABLE for summer and fall semesters, May-Jan: Exact dates negotiable. $600/mo. ALL utilities included, PLUS FREE internet, trash, reserved parking spot, guest parking. Email: mzimm@iastate.edu for more details.

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ACROSS 1 Perform high-tech surgery on 5 Crack, in a way 9 Capital near Casablanca 14 Being aired 15 Spydom name 16 Rial spender 17 Mah-jongg pieces, e.g.

19 Paul in the center square 20 Cry to a faith healer, maybe 21 Pug’s stat 23 Proof initials 24 In a way 25 AFC North, e.g.

26 Place to dock 27 Demolition supplies 28 Notable achievement 30 Mean Amin 31 “What __!”: “This is fun!”

33 Clavell’s “__-Pan” 34 Site of the Beatles’ last commercial concert 40 Off one’s feed 41 “A Hard Road to Glory” author 42 Reading room 43 Likely to spread disease 47 Suffer from 48 Film in which Woody Allen voices Z 49 Polish off 50 Flap-door home 52 Victrola company 53 Surg. centers 54 Can opener 55 Hose problems

57 Metro access, and a hint to the circled letters in 17-, 28-, 34- and 43-Across 59 1944 Italian beachhead 60 Niagara River feeder 61 What avengers get 62 Parasails, say 63 Canyon perimeters 64 Funny Foxx DOWN 1 Like a wedding planner’s skills 2 Jungle crusher 3 Part-French, part-Dutch isl.

4 Decathlon’s 10 5 Top dog 6 In tiptop shape 7 “We __ not alone” 8 Flower organ 9 Caramel candy brand 10 ‘70s-’80s first daughter 11 “Macbeth” ghost 12 Like vicuñas 13 Project done to a tee 18 Chinese menu general 22 Whine 25 Far from cordial 26 Swab brand 28 Some advanced degs.

29 Sushi bar order 31 “... for __ care!”

32 See 58-Down 35 Scatterbrain 36 Ideal conclusion?

37 Capable of change 38 Uncovered 39 Calisthenics exercise 43 Winter outerwear 44 San Fernando Valley community 45 Song section 46 Hams are often seen on it 47 __-skelter 50 iPod files 51 High trains 53 Barcelona bears 54 Strait-laced 56 Wine-and-cassis apéritif 58 With 32-Down, self-proclaimed “mystifier”

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email:

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Daily Horoscope : by Nancy Black & Stephanie Clements

Aries: Cook up special treats.

Today’s Birthday: Every skill you have learned comes into play this year as you integrate willpower, logic, creative inspiration and love of what you do. Even menial tasks become more interesting as you bring all of your capacities to bear on each question or problem.

home to make plans for a weekend day trip.

leader appreciates your private efforts to keep things on track.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Careful financial planning leaves you positioned to obtain your heart’s desire. Independence is just part of the package.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 5 -- As you develop travel plans, maintain a balance between education and entertainment.

Include time in the sun.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Let everything roll along at its own pace. Applying pressure will only irritate folks and won’t help get things done.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 5 -- Whatever you have going, keep it in motion with the least pressure possible. That way, you keep the enthusiasm alive.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Guys are on one side and girls on the other. Either you get to do the Virginia Reel, or you have a problem. Ask everyone to meet in the middle.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 5 -- Dip into your bag of magic business tricks. You need more than logic to overcome the competition. The packaging matters.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Push creativity to the limits today. Use inspiration from romantic tales, but don’t forget simple logic.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- When you follow your intuition, you can perform magic at work and in private situations.

Use visual images and choose your words carefully.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 5 -- Any activity involving your partner or friend is successful now.

Imagine what each person needs.

Cook up special treats to suit each palate.

Solution: INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every number 1 to 9. For strategies on solving Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? Today is the day. You gain independence while attaining the respect of your peers.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today is a 5 -- A female friend has her finger on the pulse of today’s activities.

Love will be a key component. Call

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- You’ve worked to bring everything into balance. A female

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I smile while I walk across campus because no one else does... Just Sayin’ ··· I like to mess with people who fall asleep next to me in class... Just Sayin’ ··· To the guy who goes into a cafe on campus and gets the same thing everyday, no need to switch it up when they have it all ready for you. Its okay to be predictable, its not okay to be jerk. ··· To the guy who only shows up to class every three weeks-that’s MY seat! Just Sayin... ··· MIS 330 teacher- turn your mic down.. you sound like God is yelling at me. ··· To the girls that wear black mettalic leggins--your legs look like industraial plumbing--This is a bad thing! ··· Just Sayin’ to the guy in Psych 310 in the second row...normally after introducing yourself to a hot chick, people usually don’t state “i’m not normally this creepy!” but hey it worked your in!!!!! ··· To the girl in Psych-314, don’t hold your phone so high. I’m reading more of your texts then the lecture notes. Just sayin’ ··· Maybe it’s just me, but I go weak at the knees for guys who wear Carhartt and baseball caps. ··· Dear crows, You owe me $14 for car washes.

Thanks. ··· When walking on campus at night, I wish I was like Alice from Resident Evil: Extinction so I could light the sky on fire and incinerate all the crows swarming above me. They’re out to get us! ··· Hey Buddy, make it official or stop stealing my best friend...Just Sayin’ ··· To the guy who yells at hawk fans: I wear my hawk stuff specifically to offend people who are easily offended for stupid reasons.

Just sayin ··· I thought we were the school of Science and Technology. It’s kinda Crap I can’t get into the Lied Rec Center without my student ID. Isn’t there technology for that? Just sayin’ ··· To the guy who I wouldn’t give my number to on the bus at the beginning of the year...I am sorry we still pass awkwardly on campus.

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