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By Trevor Werner Daily staff writer Students will be able to participate in Veishea Service Day/Stash the Trash from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Service Day/Stash the Trash was started in 2001 by former editor of the Ames Tribune, Dave Kraemer. Stash the Trash is a community-wide project aimed at beautifying Iowa State and surrounding areas.

“Volunteers are given trash bags and gloves the day of the event,” said Megan Willem, sophomore in marketing and one of the Campus and Community Involvement Committee co-chairwomen.

“Volunteers can bring trash back to the dumpsters at Reiman Gardens, but they are not required to. We collect lots of litter as well as larger items like tires, farm equipment, etc.”

Stash the Trash runs all day Saturday.

“The event is from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., but volunteers can volunteer as long or short as they would like,” Willem said.

“We usually get over 1,000 volunteers total for Stash the Trash/Veishea Service Day.” In addition to the community service opportunity this year, Veishea will be partnering with myLocal Cooperative to offer “HERO Rewards” for participants. These will be deals and sales for local stores and restaurants that anyone can receive.

According to the Veishea website, transportation to volunteer projects and locations will not be provided.

Shifts will be from 9 a.m. until noon, or from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

Anyone interested in volunteering is encouraged to fill out the form on the Veishea website.

Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Nick Smith, junior in liberal arts, does a aerial cartwheel Tuesday outside of Parks Library. Smith is a member of Team Impulse, a group of students who practice the art of parkour together around campus.

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Students overcome fears, build trust doing parkour

By Frances.Myers @iowastatedaily.com

As spring quickly approaches, many people are out and about walking, running, biking and enjoying the warm weather. However, there is one activity that has captivated the attention of passersby.

This activity is known as parkour. Parkour is defined as “the sport of trying to move along a route, typically in a city, trying to get around or through various obstacles in the quickest and most efficient manner possible, as by jumping, climbing or running.”

Nick Smith, junior in liberal studies, has been doing parkour for two years now. He originally heard about a parkour club that Iowa State had while he was in high school, but the club was no longer existent by the time he became a student.

However, some of the members still parkour together and are active in a group they call Team Impulse.

“I was at Beyer Hall one day doing pullups and [Team Impulse members] were all doing backflips and wanted to know if I would like to learn parkour and free running,” Smith said. “They welcomed me to their ‘club’ and taught me even though I had no previous experience.”

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Student interests influence catalog

By Elizabeth.Holmgren @iowastatedaily.com

Advent of a new fuel seems wonderful, especially with the rising gas prices in the U.S., but what most Iowans do not realize is that in some parts of the U.S., the use of ethanol as a fuel source is controversial. Specifically, the state of California outright refuses to use corn-based ethanol, with outspoken critics blaming ethanol for the deforestation of the rain forest and world hunger.

This week marks the beginning of the registration period for fall 2012.

Once again, students will log in to AccessPlus and begin the scramble to create their ideal schedule. Amidst the resulting feelings of stress, frustration or — preferably — relief, little thought is given to the logistics behind this process.

How are new courses created?

Why are courses dropped? Who has a voice in this operation? The creation of new courses incorporates a thorough, thoughtful process. A new course may begin as an idea submitted by a faculty member.

“In general, faculty members have quite a bit of freedom regarding proposed new course development,” said David Holger, associate provost for academic programs and dean of the Graduate College.

This freedom is limited by the need for the proposed course and the educational opportunity that coincides.

Ideas may also be proposed because of a need, such as changes in field requirements.

Most importantly, students may not be aware that their opinions also have the potential to influence the process of new course creation.

“Student interest may lead a department of a college to initiate a new

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Graphic: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily The state of Iowa is well known for its production of corn, as well as its export for ethanol production. Recent controversy questions whether corn-based ethanol leads to deforestation of the rain forest.

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Regardless of race, sexual orientation, origin or political affiliation, there is one thing students and faculty at Iowa State can agree on: The state of Iowa has corn — and lots of it. In addition to Iowa being known as the Hawkeye State, after the Sauk

Indian Black Hawk, the state of Iowa is also known widely as the “Corn State” for its leadership in corn production.

The corn grown in Iowa goes into food productions, cattle feed and ethanol. Ethanol is a fuel that is produced from corn and other crops and has been implemented into the American gasoline industry. The most a typical car can fuel on is a mere 10 percent ethanol, with ethanol cars having to be built to specifically run on 100 percent ethanol.

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This day in 1960:

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Kevin Selvik, senior in industrial engineering, plays “ Lucky Bucket” with Mary Brigid Brady, sophomore in marketing supply chain management and a volunteer at ISU Blood Drive, after giving blood on Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

Fact: You can’t just decide that the “Teenage MUTANT Ninja Turtles” will suddenly become aliens in an upcoming reboot and get away with it quietly.

Ticked off “TMNT” fans, including some of the original voice actors, have now forced producer Michael Bay to respond.

On Tuesday, the “Transformers” filmmaker published a statement on his website.

“Fans need to take a breath, and chill. They have not read the script,” Bay wrote. “Our team is working closely with one of the original creators of ‘Ninja Turtles’ to help expand and give a more complex back story. Relax, we are including everything that made you become fans in the first place. We are just building a richer world.”

This post comes after he took heat for an announcement he made at the annual Nickelodeon upfront presentation that he was making modifications to the original story.

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The Financial Counseling Clinic isn’t involved with the Department of Residence in allocating funds.

The Daily regrets the error.

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March 10 Justin Eggum, 24, of Dennison, Minn., was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Chamberlain Street and Welch Avenue.

He was transported to the Story County Justice Center (reported at 3:03 a.m.).

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Actress Jessica Alba is tackling another new role. The “Fantastic Four” star told People magazine that she’ll soon release her first book, “The Honest Life.”

She’s referring to it as a how-to guide to creating a non-toxic home life for your family.

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Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Nick Smith does a backflip Tuesday while doing parkour outside of Parks Library. Smith said parkour has helped him to build trust and broaden his horizons through meeting new people.

Eric Stodola graduated in 2011 from Iowa State with a major in psychology. He was one of the founding members of Team Impulse.

“Officially, we are a conglomeration of people from across Iowa who regularly and intensely practice parkour and/or free running,” Stodola said. “Unofficially, we are a group of friends who practice together, learn together and do our best to help each other out. Whenever we are in the other teammates’ area, we usually try to make contact with them and get out and train. We are not all ISU students, though that is where we were founded.”

All but one of the founding members of Team Impulse have graduated. Patrick Bryan, senior in graphic design, is the sole founder left. He helps new members learn the art of parkour.

“It wasn’t until my sophomore year in college that I joined the ISU Parkour and FreeRunning Club, which no longer exists due to liability issues,” Bryan said. “At that point, I became more serious about parkour and began training more often with the group. We trained in the Cardinal Gymnastics room in Beyer, but once someone — no idea who — decided we were a liability, they kicked us out and said we couldn’t be a club anymore.

Bryan said it was after the club was disbanded that Team Impulse was created.

“The few of us that were serious about continuing formed Team Impulse, a group not affiliated with ISU,” he said. “We continued training around campus and members, basically anyone that wants to try it out, typically meet up at the outdoor aerobics area next to Beyer. Now, I am the only original member left and will be graduating in May. “However, the group, now just referred to as ‘Impulse Parkour,’ is continuously taking on new members that continue our legacy and keep parkour alive at ISU.” The cohesiveness of Team Impulse is what Smith said really makes it click.

“A lot of trust is involved because a lot of the stuff we do we make up on the spot,” Smith said.

“Teammates are also the people who spot you when you are doing something new so you don’t get injured. Some days we are serious and want to get stuff done; other days we just have fun and do whatever.”

Smith said that being active in parkour has broadened his horizons.

“It really broadened my knowledge on how big the world is,” he said. “I’ve only been outside of Iowa a couple times, and since joining parkour, I have met people from different towns, different states, and even occasionally talk to people from different countries about parkour.”

As it involves a lot of running, climbing and jumping off of random obstacles at varying heights, parkour is seen by many to be risky and dangerous. According to the Washington Parkour website, “Most Parkour injuries occur when the traceur is careless or attempting something beyond their capabilities (for exam-

ple, jumping from too high up). And like any new physical activity, those starting out will have to get accustomed to using new muscle groups and body motions, which can lead to anything from soreness to more serious injury if overly strenuous activity is attempted too soon.”

Bryan said the risk of liability is one of the reasons why the ISU Parkour and FreeRunning Club is no longer existent.

Stodola said it is the risks of parkour that intrigue him.

“I have always felt that life is more about competing with yourself and your circumstances, finding innovative ways to navigate and handle issues,” he said. “Parkour does that for me; there are a million ways to use the same obstacle, a thousand ways to approach the same challenge. Plus, I personally think it is much more fun than dribbling a ball or catching a pass, as well as much more challenging. In parkour, you are often forced to evaluate your abilities and your limitations, as well as confront and control whatever fear you might have about a certain movement or obstacle.

“Conquering another person or another team is simple; besting your fear and your limitations takes actual strength.”

Smith said he practices parkour whenever he has time off from classes and is not busy.

“I [practice parkour] occasionally when I have free time,” he said. “I like to do parkour in areas where people aren’t around because parkour isn’t welcomed very well on campus. People think there are a lot of injuries associated with parkour, but since doing it for two years, my worst college injury is still falling down the stairs my freshman year trying to get to Seasons before they closed.”

Being involved with Team Impulse has allowed his teammates to get to know Smith on a more personal level.

“Nick and I trained together a few times and he is a pretty talented guy,” Stodola said. “Nick always seemed to be one of those guys who just got better with what seemed like no practice, and I’ve been impressed on more than one occasion at the things I’ve seen him do. His aerials have always been pretty good, but I was very surprised when I saw him land a double-side into a mat at a gym. He is pretty ballsy.”

Bryan said that through parkour he quickly became friends with Smith.

“The unique thing about parkour is you’re basically automatically friends with anyone else that does parkour,” he said. “So it is a great way to connect with others and create opportunities.

Nick started training with us a year or two so after we formed and showed a great deal of interest in training. Many people try it and quit after one or two practices.

“So we have practiced together and it is always great to see the different styles or approaches that every new member brings because Nick was very experimental with his movement. So I was able to learn some unique movements from him while I was helping him with technique and basic skills.”

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>>BIOFUELS.p1 In his book “Why Are We Producing Biofuels?,” Robert Brown, director of Iowa State’s Bioeconomy Institute and professor of chemical and biological engineering, shows that the level of exports to less-developed countries is actually slightly increasing while the amount of corn going to livestock remains about the same.

“Why Are We Producing Boiofuels?” challenges the indirect language usage change hypothesis of Tim Searchinger, associate research scholar and lecturer of public and international affairs at Princeton University, and argues that the economics involved with corn production is not alone responsible for financial woes blamed on ethanol production.

“I can’t say that there’s a negative correlation [between corn production and deforestation], but I can say there isn’t a positive correlation,” Brown said.

The increase in corn production is used to create ethanol, so farmers in Iowa are still producing the amount of corn for livestock and less-developed countries, with a little more extra corn for ethanol than last year.

Iowa, along with six other states in the Midwest, is striking back against California citing the commerce and supremacy clauses. The clauses state that the national government has the right to regulate trade between states, which means California may have its zero tolerance to ethanol regulations overthrown.

The corn used to produce ethanol, field corn, is inedible to humans.

Field corn is used to feed livestock, and the myth is that if field corn is being used to create ethanol instead of feeding livestock, then reasonable transport of corn to less-developed countries is not viable.

Searchinger proposed in his 2008 paper “Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Change” that if less-developed countries were not receiving adequate corn supplies,

then they would need to grow their own corn and cut down rain forest area in order to gain more land for agriculture.

The carbon released in the atmosphere because of deforestation would be so large, Searchinger argued, that the math points to the cost of ethanol production ultimately being worse for the environment than regular gasoline.

This theory, coined as indirect land usage change, claims that it is not feasible for corn to be used for ethanol, livestock and less developed countries, and therefore one of these three should go.

However, the indirect land usage change theory does not account for the growing yields of corn with farmers producing more corn each year.

Brown argues in his new book that there not sufficient evidence to argue ethanol production is causing deforestation.

Dermot Hayes, ISU professor of finance and economics, has worked with the economics of the indirect land usage correlation in his paper, “Sensitivity of Carbon Emission Estimates from Indirect Land-Use Change.” Hayes’ models shows that taking account of other external factors, ethanol production has a much smaller impact on the environment than previously estimated, putting ethanol on the charts as a viable fuel source again.

The rising cost of feed for livestock is a sore spot for critics of the economics of ethanol.

Gale Lush, the chairman of the American Corn Growers Foundation, said the feed sold to feed livestock is a special form called dried distillers’ grain that contains concentrated amounts of fat, oils and proteins. Essentially, the distillers’ grain is more beneficial to growing cattle than regular corn feed.

An argument against ethanol production is the damage to the agricultural landscape due to excessive farming. Brown said keeping more nutrients in the soil is something that needs to be considered heavily and worked on. The fear is that farming will cause all the soil to lose its

nutrients and the lands that produce plenty will some day produce nothing.

“About half of the soil’s organic matter is gone,” Brown said regarding the soil before agriculture. “But that was done over a period of 150 years.”

ISU researchers are investigating the length at which to cut corn stocks so that most of the nutrients remain on the land, so farmers will not be constantly taking nutrients out of the soil with each harvest.

Brown said the soil is approaching a balance of nutrients that will probably remain constant throughout time called a “steady state.” Some steady states mean infertile land, but Brown argues Iowa will not reach infertility. A focus of the Biorenewables Research Laboratory is to find a way to restore some nutrients to the soil.

Farmers are growing a cover crop when not growing corn to also be used for livestock feed, as Lush said it is better for the soil to be growing something all the time. Often the cover crops will be planted with deep root to create more holes in the soil for water to fall through when corn is growing.

“It’s not in a farmer’s best interest to wear the soil down,” Lush said. “The land makes our living; the last thing we want is to do is destroy it.”

The rising cost of corn is cited as a contribution to world hunger, taking food off the plate of hungry mouths. Lush said many less-developed countries imported corn because the domestic corn could not compete economically with American corn.

The cost of importing American corn was less than growing corn themselves, so the increase in price in corn is an opportunity for some less-developed countries to start producing more corn themselves.

Distribution of food within less-developed countries is an issue in itself, with inadequate food storage and corrupt governments in some countries. Brown estimates that at least onethird of all food is wasted because it is thrown away, infected or rotted before it could be used.

With the boom in the agricultural industry,

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degree program, requiring the development of new courses,” said Betsy Hoffman, executive vice president and provost.

If enough interest is invested, a course idea is turned into an experimental course.

The experimental course is then brought to a department curriculum committee where its inclusion in the catalogue for the department will be considered based on its success. Before the course can be made official, however, it must be approved by the Board of Regents.

Lush said, “We probably have more food in the world today than before ethanol.”

The farmer receives 15.8 percent of the profits for raising corn. Most of the cost of corn is due to the cost of transporting corn, which is in turn caused by high cost of energy.

The pay out for growing corn is currently at $6 per bushel, triple the amount of the steady $2 per bushel before ethanol production. When the increased cost of living is calculated into all of this, $6 per bushel in on par. For decades, farmers missed the pay raise that came with an increased cost of living, making the same $2 per bushel while other people received a raise.

Lush said the increased cost of corn is great for the economy, since the income of the farmer is coming from their crop production and not funded from the government. The ethanol industry is a way for farming to step up and not only produce alternative energy sources, but to stand on its own without government assistance.

The battle against ethanol reigns on many fronts, attacking the farmer, fuel producers and the corn itself. Misconceptions are the biggest enemy to anyone associated with ethanol production and are considered by some to be the greatest cause of protest against the use of field corn as a source for ethanol.

The Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, an ISU institution that specializes in agricultural economics, estimates that without ethanol as a fuel source, the average cost to fuel up would increase by $1 per gallon.

Ethanol constitutes 25 percent of the fuel industry in the United States alone.

The lawsuit filed against the state of California will challenge the constitutionality of its low-carbon fuel standard. Evidence produced by Brown and Hayes helps show ethanol meets the regulations for low-carbon fuel standards.

Brown hopes “Why Are We Producing Biofuels?” will educate the public about the misconceptions concerning ethanol as a fuel source.

“The review process is intended to allow the proposal for the new course to be considered by the appropriate faculty committees and administrators,” Holger said.

If approved through the review process, the course will then be included in the ISU Catalog, eventually allowing students to add it to their schedule during registration.

The 2012-2013 General Catalog will potentially include 187 new courses, but it may potentially drop 200 courses, creating a net decrease of 13 courses.

Although an overall de-

crease in the number of courses may sound unnerving, Hoffman reassured students that the decrease is not a concern.

“It is the normal process of learning what students want and do not want to learn,” Hoffman said. “Most of the role of students is expression of interest. Popular classes tend to continue. Unpopular classes with low enrollments that are not degree requirements tend to get dropped.”

Other reasons for dropped courses may include changes in accreditation standards or loss of faculty.

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Bioenergy

ISU project receives $25 million grant Cenusa research works to advance biofuel industry

“Over the next five years, we should be able to develop the knowledge and expertise necessary to create a fuel system for marginal lands in the Midwest.”

Ken Moore

By Kelly.Madsen @iowastatedaily.com The Iowa State Universityled Cenusa Bioenergy project works to develop a biofuel with both a Midwestern and environmental focus.

Through a five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the project will develop a holistic plan to create an advanced biofuel industry.

“We will use marginal farmlands to grow perennial grasses,” said Ken Moore, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of agriculture and life sciences and primary investigator on the project.

“These native grasses — big

bluestem, Indian grass and switchgrass — will serve as the biomass sources for a drop in biofuel.”

Biomass from the grasses will be processed into bio-oil through pyrolysis, which is a conversion process currently being developed at Iowa State’s Bioeconomy Institute in collaboration with the Cenusa Bioenergy project.

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“It functions much like current transportation fuels [such as gasoline], but it will be produced from renewable resources.”

In addition, planting perennial grasses on marginal, or unsuitable for row crop, land has many environmental advantages.

It can reduce soil and nutrient runoff, slow soil erosion, create native habitats and increase nutrient sequestration, Moore said.

Even though row crop is unsuitable and more costly to grow on marginal land, growing grasses currently has fewer benefits for farmers because there is not yet a developed industry, said Anne Kinzel, program director of the Bioeconomy Institute and Cenusa Bioenergy associate project director.

“In order to make this marketable and practical, we must make the industry attractive to Midwestern farmers,” Kinzel said.

Kinzel said the holistic and localized approach of the study helped warrant the USDA funding.

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went on to graduate from Iowa State in 1976 where he received his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture.

In the fall of 1984, Smith left Iowa for the East Coast to receive his graduate degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Years later, Smith is a successful landscape architect.

He was in competition for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center after 9/11 when he was selected as the architect for the Museum of Modern Art. “I was a part of that process with the World Trade Center when the museum took notice,” he said. “I later got a call that I was selected.”

There are two rooftops that stretch a city block, each around 70 feet by 200 feet.

Even with that much space, it was not difficult to get ideas flowing.

“Ideas can come quickly, or some can be more difficult, but the Museum of Modern Art’s idea came rather quickly,” he said.

Inspiration for the rooftop came from contemporary culture and what is happening in different cultures and society.

As for the exact inspiration, he found it from a pair of skateboarder’s pants that his wife bought, using them to help him design.

Neighbors who have the view of the garden did not like the rooftop, and they did not want to see the old design.

“The neighbors didn’t want to see the roof, and I used a camouflage pattern design to hide it, which is funny,” Smith said.

The skateboarder’s pants and camouflage design were not the first ideas in Smith’s mind for the rooftop.

“I had an idea of those spin-

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For the design, Smith used shapes filled with landscape material with no living plants.

Instead, it is designed with crushed glass, recycled rubber, stone, artificial rocks and boxwoods.

The rooftop garden is one of many of Smith’s successful designs, and his success started at Iowa State.

“Ken is really great for our department,” said Heidi Hohmann, associate professor of landscape architecture.

“He gives back and recognizes us, and we are really excited for him.”

His successful career is an example for students to look at and know they too can have a bright future after graduating from Iowa State.

“Ken is a part of our professional advisory council as one of the reviewers, which gives scholarships,” Hohmann said.

“He provides comments to students, and it is huge for the students that Ken Smith has read your proposal.”

Smith, who visits Iowa multiple times a year due to his mother still living in Des Moines, said he is proud to be a part of the great landscape architecture program at Iowa State.

“I meet Iowa State graduates everywhere,” he said.

“Iowa State graduates go far in life.”

Smith said he is happy with where he is at in his career, starting the Ken Smith Workshop with offices in New York and Irvine, Calif. Advice he gives for students stretches far beyond landscape architect students and encompasses the entire ISU student body.

“Travel around the world,” Smith said. “Not all people live in the same way. Travel and find the cultural differences.”

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Social media drives professor’s research Dimitrova studies media’s impact on political issues

By Elizabeth.Holmgren @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State is full of faculty with a story to tell.

Daniela Dimitrova, associate professor of journalism and communication, is a prime example.

Dimitrova’s story is one of not only passion, but also of purpose and dedication.

Dimitrova has devoted her time to studying the impact of the media on political issues. More specifically, she has been studying how social media affects voter knowledge of political issues and voter participation.

“It’s truly fascinating to me how important the media is in society,” Dimitrova said.

Because she grew up in Bulgaria, a country with a history of restricted media, Dimitrova’s interest in political communication was sparked at an early age.

“I wanted to know, why was our coverage so different than coverage in other countries?”

Dimitrova said.

“My goal, ultimately, is to provide more information to people about media impact in society which will hopefully lead to a more effective democracy.”

Daniela Dimitrova Dimitrova’s interest in political communication followed her to college, where she double majored in journalism and mass communication and political science and international relations from the American University in Bulgaria.

Her interest continued to lead her to a master’s degree from the University of Oregon and a Ph.D. from the University of Florida.

Last year, Dimitrova received the chance to act upon her interest.

Her request for a year-long Faculty Professional Development Assignment was granted by Iowa State, allowing her to study in both Sweden and Bulgaria.

Her first project was based in Sweden. She

studied data from a recent national election in order to discover what contributions the media had on the election.

Her research led her to the discovery that although online media had a weak effect on political knowledge, it had a strong effect on political participation.

“I had discovered a democratic dilemma.

People were participating more, but they didn’t know more,” Dimitrova said.

Based on her work in Sweden, Dimitrova wrote an academic article that was eventually published in the journal Communication Research.

Her second project led her back to Bulgaria.

Dimitrova explained that before the Cold War, Bulgaria had a closed media model. Dimitrova’s goal, therefore, was to study the validity of media coverage of elections taking place after the Cold War. “Nobody else had done this kind of research before,” Dimitrova said.

Dimitrova spent hours upon hours in the library, studying newspapers that were dated from the very beginning of the Post-Cold War period.

“It was a tedious project, but in the end, it was worth it,” Dimitrova said.

Now that Dimitrova is back in Iowa, she has turned part of her focus to a more local level. She is currently studying how social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs, affected the caucus in Iowa.

Dimitrova’s passion for political communication has driven her to conduct a variety of studies. Her purpose, however, remains constant.

“My goal, ultimately, is to provide more information to people about media impact in society, which will hopefully lead to a more effective democracy,” Dimitrova said.

Aside from her extensive research, Dimitrova continues to teach classes at Iowa State.

Her current courses include a graduate seminar on media framing and a special topics class on covering world news.

“My working experience with Dr. Daniela has been great. She is passionate about media impact research, and very knowledgeable in related areas,” said Shuyang Qu, Dimitrova’s graduate assistant.

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Santorum sets sights on South

By Phillip Elliott The Associated Press Dealt a resounding defeat in Illinois’ presidential primary, Republican Rick Santorum brushed off the latest loss to rival Mitt Romney and told his supporters Tuesday to “saddle up like Reagan did in the cowboy movies” and help him narrow a seemingly insurmountable deficit in delegates.

Santorum had hoped to make a real contest of Illinois, the birthplace of actor-turnedpresident Ronald Reagan, but he was outspent in advertising by a 7-to-1 margin by Romney and his allies and fled the state before balloting began.

“We’re heading to Louisiana for the rest of the week, then we’re back here in Pennsylvania and we’re going to pick up a whole boatload of delegates and close this gap and then on to victory,” he told a packed hotel ballroom in Gettysburg, Pa., as more than 1,000 supporters waited outside.

Santorum won the Southern states of Alabama and Mississippi last week.

Romney has not posted a win in the South since his January triumph in Florida.

“We’re feeling very, very good about winning Louisiana on Saturday,” Santorum said to cheers.

A 10-day break follows Louisiana before Washington, D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin have primaries on April 3.

Santorum is not on the ballot in the nation’s capital, the latest example of his campaign’s struggle to organize.

But Santorum has shown new signs of political life. Aides said the campaign raised more than $9 million in February and has more than $2.6 million on hand for a Republican primary that shows no sign of ending soon.

Santorum’s campaign sought to downplay the Illinois results, instead looking at adding delegates from rural areas to Santorum’s column in any sum.

“Whoever wins the state doesn’t matter as much as who wins the different congressional delegates, so that’s how we’ll be keeping score,” longtime Santorum adviser John Brabender told reporters.

“We’re not even at halftime yet,” he said. “And so, you know, we’ll get through tonight.”

Santorum already was looking ahead to Pennsylvania, five weeks away.

“We were just overwhelmed with the response here. I feel welcome by the response to be back home in Pennsylvania,” said Santorum, who now lives in a Washington, D.C., suburb in Virginia.

He hastened to add, however, that his seven children were born in Pennsylvania.

“I come as a son of Pennsylvania, someone who grew up in Western Pennsylvania,” Santorum said, turning to his family. “I learned everything, everything about

freedom and opportunity and hard work growing up with folks who worked in the mills and the mines in Western Pennsylvania.”

He also took aim at Romney, who is on track to capture the GOP nomination in June unless the race shifts dramatically.

“This is an election not about who’s the best person to manage Washington,” he said. “It’s great to have Wall Street experience. I don’t have Wall Street experience. But I have experience growing up in a small town in Western Pennsylvania.”

He cast Romney as a political opportunist whose views shift with political trends.

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“We need someone who has a strong and clear record who can appeal to voters all across this country. Someone you can trust,” Santorum said.

“Someone who will stand and fight, not just because it’s what the pollster tells them to say or what is on their teleprompter.”

He urged supporters in the state he once represented in the House and Senate that he needs them now as his campaign looks to steady itself after losing Illinois and Saturday’s blowout in Puerto Rico. ““Join us to saddle up like Reagan did in the cowboy movies, to saddle up and take on that responsibility over the next five weeks,” Santorum said.

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Voters deserve debate between King, Vilsack The Republican contender for the congressional district that will, for the 2012 election and beyond, include Ames made a bold move while we were all on Spring Break. That man, Rep. Steve King, challenged the Democratic Party’s candidate for his seat, former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack, to six debates.

That offer is in sharp contrast to King’s previous four elections, in which he did not debate the other candidates for his office.

In the wake of tea party Republican successes and the failure of moderate candidates of both parties to gain or retain office in the 2010 elections, congressional Republicans at the very least seem to pursue an increasingly bold agenda through their budget cuts and proposals. That agenda also appears to be for the purpose of political propaganda stuntperforming rather than a real starting point for discussion.

As one of the more controversial Republicans from Iowa, King is a part of that. While some of you (and us) may have met and spoken with him and found him to be a nice enough man, it cannot be denied that some of the things King says seem calculated to produce an incendiary effect rather than conversation.

Conversation, however, is his job.

It is the job of every government official, elected and appointed, alike.

Each officeholder interacts with other officeholders when brainstorming, creating and implementing policy.

Christie Vilsack has a long exposure to politics. Her husband, Tom, served two terms as governor of Iowa and is now the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. She is, in a casual phrase, sharp. And King’s potential constituents — the people interviewing him for a job from now until Nov. 6, when they cast their votes — deserve to see him interact with his peers.

Vilsack is, after all, his equal. That should be remembered at all costs and hazards, especially in our electrified, polarized political climate.

The idea that members of Congress should write their legislation in isolation and only set foot in the House or Senate chamber for voting on bills according to party discipline is absurd.

Challenging candidates and members of other parties should not be excluded from discussion by reason of their different party identity.

Campaign events and fundraisers are wonderful opportunities for politicians to articulate their basic beliefs and fire up their core constituencies.

But as soon as he takes his oath of office, King will — like all other officeholders in the country — have to interact and make deals with his peers. The constituents at his fundraisers and events who already agree with him will be no help when he has to confront the other members of Congress.

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Photo courtesy of Thinkstock More than 215 million people around the world viewed the Decorah Eagle Cam in 2011. The natural wildlife that is so abundant in Iowa has been replaced with urbanization in many areas around the world, so the live-streaming camera provides an escape for those leading busy lives in cities.

Taking flight from real life Bald eagle project offers reprieve from urbanization

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very small town is famous for something. Each community has its own unique source of notoriety and pride.

For Decorah, Iowa, that celebrity is derived from a bald eagle’s nest. Situated among the bluffs of northeast Iowa, Decorah had mainly been known as the home of Luther College and a large population of Norwegians. In 2009, a camera was placed in an eagle’s nest and made the town of 8,000 a global phenomenon.

Started by the Raptor Resource Project and director Bob Anderson, the live-streaming camera has burgeoned into one of the most popular sensations on the Web. The Raptor Resource Project, which began in 1988, was designed “to preserve and strengthen raptor populations, expand participation in raptor preservation and help foster the next generation of preservationist,” as the organization’s website describes their mission.

The group took on the challenge of restoring and caring for the population of eagles, falcons and owls, among other bird species.

While the current camera may be stealing the headlines, the organization’s first endeavor of that kind began in 1998. Titled “Mae’s Interest,” it was the first online bird cam, according to the Raptor Resource Project website.

Just more than a decade later, the Decorah Eagle Cam became the most-watched live video stream ever. The camera went from being a niche fad that barely stretched beyond northeast Iowa to a record-breaking viewership of more than 215 million people in 2011.

Nearly 500,000 people have already tuned in to the nest since the camera was relaunched in mid-February.

As a Decorah native, it was easy to resent the camera’s popularity at first. I introduced

By Darrin.Cline @iowastatedaily.com myself as a Decorah local and all people wanted to talk about was the eagles. Never mind any of the other positive characteristics the area and community had to offer, the splendor of a small eagle camera superseded everything else. Type Decorah into any search engine and “Decorah eagles” is always the first term to pop up; drive by the area where the noted nest is located and throngs of people can be seen gazing up at the tree like Fourth of July fireworks.

Northeast Iowa is a haven for all species of wildlife. A wide range of birds, mammals and plants populate the bluffs and valleys. A tubing or canoeing trip down one of the regions many small rivers would likely yield multiple sightings of raptors, including bald eagles.

Having grown up with the privilege of seeing bald eagles on a relatively regular basis, I spent a few hours of watching the camera to see how it compared, but I still was unsure why it was so popular.

While there may be a few enthralling moments, such as the eaglets taking their first flight or the parents returning to the nest with a fish plucked from a nearby stream, much of the action is more subdued and calm. Even now when the eggs are yet to hatch, thousands of people are streaming the camera at all hours.

So why are people so mesmerized by the bald eagles camera?

Perhaps it is a reflection of our current urbanization and society’s desire to reconnect with nature. Fewer and fewer people have the opportunity to see a wide array of wildlife in

their natural habitat. Urban areas may have crows, raccoons and rabbits, but fewer and fewer people can step onto their back porch and see a nice buck or slip away for an afternoon at a trout stream.

Estimated numbers of crow populations in Ames can surpass 15,000 birds, whereas bald eagles number approximately 10,000 breeding couples in the entire country. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, these already small numbers are concentrated in areas like the Mississippi River Valley, with Minnesota and Wisconsin each having more than 1,000 pairs. A sight that could be easily taken for granted in rural Iowa is a rarity for many people outside of the concentrated regions. With the advent of the eagle camera, people across the globe can enjoy this aspect of wildlife in a whole new light.

The Raptor Resource Project is among the leaders in the new wave of education and exposure. Not only has the bald eagle camera soared to new heights of popularity, the group’s projects have been expanded so that fans can follow one of last year’s eaglets, “D1,” and the organization is talking about creating a new Decorah turkey vulture camera to join their existing network.

In a world of urbanization, hectic schedules and life always on the go, the eagle camera is a modern way for people to interact with nature.

There is no editing or censorship; it is an unparalleled raw view of wildlife. The Decorah Bald Eagle camera is something in which the community and state can take pride.

Computers are at our fingertips every hour of every day, and thanks to technology such as the eagle camera, we are now able to get closer to nature, no matter how far away we may be.

Darrin Cline is a senior in agricultural communications from Decorah, Iowa.

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What is wrong with America today?

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reatly dysfunctional are we as citizens.

Ignorant, inept, incompetent and apathetic. Single issue myopic. Compromising when we should be uncompromising and uncompromising when we should compromise.

All these things describe how we execute our duties as citizens of the American republic. If citizenship in America was given a letter grade, we’d have a big, fat F to show Mom and Dad on our report cards. On a scale of one to 10, we rate a zero.

But this is a story of hope, not one of complaint, I promise.

The recent “squinty scandal” has had an effect on some of us at the Daily in that we have renewed old discussions about the role of the media in society and about what our place is in the world as opinion columnists. Something was mentioned in one of these discussions that intrigued me on many levels. It was said the Daily, overall, has two kinds of opinion columnists: issue columnists and “big picture” columnists.

Issue columnists are those who typically talk about a specific

By Barry.Snell @iowastatedaily.com issue, such as health care, the economy, religion in America, Facebook, the Government of the Student Body, etc. This type of columnist comprises the majority of the Daily’s opinion staff, which is perfectly fine and absolutely necessary for a decent opinion section. We need to argue about stuff after all, right?

The so-called “big picture” columnists, however — a category I tend to fall into — usually talk about more abstract and philosophical issues. Where do our rights come from? What is the nature of government? Or in today’s case, that we are failing in our role as citizens. There are perhaps, besides me, only one or two other columnists who fall into this category generally and make it work for them.

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the popularity of our columns and stories through a variety of means ranging from direct feedback and Web page hits, to retweets and Facebook likes. In so doing, an interesting phenomenon was realized. It may seem obvious, but we noticed that it is easy to get ratings writing issue pieces, as they tend to be controversial in some way. A recent column about Christianity, for example, attracted tons of attention, as one might expect.

But more interesting is the fact that one or two of the abstract, philosophical columns usually seem to make it into the week’s top 10 somehow. In an era when we suck at being Americans and generally don’t appear to care about anything (or worse, we care about the wrong things), this is a curious thing to happen.

If we don’t care about anything other than Facebook, UGG boots, getting drunk or what celebrity is screwing whom this week, why then would we in the middle of all this nonsense give a damn about complex, mind-bending issues of American philosophy? Could this be what they call “hope”?

I have long postulated that

while Americans are as foolish as ever, this is not the result of simple laziness but rather a confluence of failures in different aspects of our society.

Regardless of our ignorance, despite living in the proverbial “Matrix,” like Neo, we Americans are actually instinctively aware something is amiss. We can’t put our finger on it, but there it is, lingering in the back of our minds, irritating us unconsciously like an invisible rash.

What is wrong with America exactly? No, it’s not liberals and their socialist agenda. No, it’s not conservatives and their drive to make America a Christian tyranny. It’s not health care, it’s not the economy, it’s none of this.

They are all symptoms, not causes.

To be honest, I’m not sure we will ever be able to explain what’s wrong with America. What’s wrong with America isn’t any one thing, but rather a multitude of things combining together creating political, economic and social constipation.

One might say we’re victims

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n my continuing quest to understand and make meaning of current political, economic and social realities, I constantly glance back into historical eras looking for similarities and parallels from which I can draw conclusions and possibly learn from past mistakes we as humans have made. While each era unquestionably poses unique conditions and challenges in many respects, I believe history has enumerable lessons to teach if we are willing to learn.

Though I rarely offer comparisons between events transpiring before and during the ascension to power of the German Third Reich with resemblances to contemporary United States — since to do so could result in trivializing one of the most horrific episodes in human history — nonetheless, I am haunted by certain parallels that demand expression.

I am troubled by multiple similarities between that time not so long ago with the discourses expressed and events transpiring today, though I want to highlight, in particular, the parallels I see in Nazi portrayals and understandings of sex, sexuality, gender and gender expression: a divisive and brutal program that was anti-feminist, anti-women’s equality, anti-women’s reproductive freedoms (anti-family planning, anti-contraception, anti-abortion), anti-lesbian, anti-gay, anti-bisexual, anti-transgender, anti-gender nonconforming, anti-sexuality education in schools.

For example, Alfred Rosenberg, one of the Nazi’s chief ideologues, directed his misogynist outrage against women: “The emancipation of women from the women’s emancipation movement is the first demand of a female generation trying to rescue nation and race, the eternally unconscious, the foundation of all civilization, from decline ... [O]ne thing must be made clear: Only a man must be and remain judge, soldier and politician.”

The Nazis added para-

Photo courtesy of Thinkstock Germany’s Third Reich created anti-homosexuality campaigns and as many as 15,000 homosexuals were transported to concentration camps during the Nazi dominion.

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an associate professor of curriculum and instruction. graph 218 of the German Penal Code to outlaw abortions and establish a national file on women who had undergone, and doctors who had performed, abortions.

The Nazis acted on and eventually extended paragraph 175, the section of the German Penal Code dating back to 1871 with the unification of Germany: “Unnatural vice committed by two persons of the male sex or by people with animals is to be punished by imprisonment; the verdict may also include the loss of civil rights.”

Nazi ideology rested on the assessment that homosexual (males) lowered the German birth rate; they endangered, recruited, enticed and corrupted youth; that a possible homosexual epidemic could spread; that homosexuals are

“potential oppositionists” and enemies of respectable society; and that sexual relations between people of the same sex impairs their “sense of shame” and undermines morality, which inevitably will bring about the “decline of social community.”

While Nazi ideology and practice rejected lesbianism as well, they did not criminalize same-sex sexuality between women, as they had in Germany’s paragraph 175 of the Penal Code, because they believed that so-called “Aryan” lesbians could produce children for the “New Germany.”

On the other hand, Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo head and chief architect of the Reich’s anti-homosexual campaign, justified his actions by arguing that male homosexuals were “like women” and therefore could not fight in any German war effort.

Subsequently, he conducted surveillance operations on an estimated 90,000 sus-

pected homosexuals, arrested approximately 50,000 and transported somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 to a number of concentration camps throughout the Nazi dominion. Very few survived.

Hitler also proposed eliminating all sexuality education from the German school system and encouraged parents to take on the primary responsibilities for sexuality instruction within the home.

The Nazi regime connected multiple forms of oppression when Himmler reorganized the Reich Criminal Police Bureau to centralize operations by creating a national file on male homosexuals, transgender people, what they referred to as “wage abortionists” (women and their doctors) and to monitor the production and ban the use of contraceptives to “Aryan” women. Within this bureau, they established the Reich Office for Combatting Homosexuality and Abortion, which — in the single year of 1938 alone — conducted 28,366 arrests for abortion and 28,882 arrests of male homosexuals.

The common thread running through Nazi ideology regarding gender, gender expression and sexuality was the intense campaign to control individuals’ bodies and the bodies of members of entire communities in the attempt to control their minds.

Throughout history, examples abound of patriarchal domination over the rights and lives of women and LGBT people. Women and LGBT people have been constructed as second-class and even third-class citizens not merely in Nazi Germany, but today as the current political discourse indicates. But women and LGBT are certainly not victims because through it all, women and LGBT people as individuals and as groups have resisted and challenged the inequities and have pushed back against patriarchal constraints. I hope, though, that we as a society can learn from the tyranny of the past.

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Two years ago, President Barack Obama signed into law the sweeping health care reforms of the Affordable Care Act. That is something to celebrate. Finally, many Iowans will no longer go without access to affordable, quality health coverage.

Many of these reforms are already benefitting Iowa’s young people today. Most notably, if you are under the age of 26, you are able to remain on your parents’ health plan.

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The Affordable Care Act also will provide protection for people with pre-existing conditions. Beginning in 2014, nobody seeking health insurance can be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition or illness.

That means as many as 72,000 children nationwide who are dependent on their parents’ plan will gain coverage, and 90,000 will see an end to limitations to their benefits due to a pre-existing condition.

Women have many things to cheer for in these reforms.

No longer will we be subject to higher charges on health policies based on gender alone.

The law will put an end to insurance providers charging women higher premiums than what men pay. The Affordable Care Act also will allow the freedom to choose your own doctor.

These reforms also are a positive for Iowa. With federal grants through the Affordable Care Act, Iowa will receive

an estimated $11.7 million dollars this fiscal year and $8.3 million in the next. These resources fund programs such as those promoting healthier Iowa communities and providing outreach to empower health care consumers.

The Affordable Care Act is already providing for Iowans after two years and it will continue to do so after it fully takes effect in 2014.

Iowans will no longer be denied coverage due to a preexisting medical condition.

Our young adults can breathe easier knowing their health coverage remains. And Iowa’s women will pay less to access health care. These are among the benefits we can look forward to thanks to the health care reform.

Consider joining GSB Executive Cabinet As Spring Break ends and we all get back to the daily grind of classes and homework, we would like to offer you the opportunity to get involved at Iowa State and make a difference on campus and in the community.

My vice president Katie Brown and I are now accepting applications for positions in the Executive Cabinet for the Government of the Student Body.

>>ISSUES.p8 of our own success; the better our lives get, the worse they get. But I’ll leave that analysis up to the historians of the future.

What I do know for certain is that we have managed to disenfranchise ourselves from our political processes.

What I know is that if we can rediscover and assert our Americanness — and I don’t mean that in the neoconservative way — that our

Throughout the year, Cabinet members work on projects that have a real impact on each and every student experience had at Iowa State and within the Ames community.

The Cabinet positions are:

finance director, chief of staff, Ames City Council liaison, director of student affairs, director of ISU Ambassadors, director of legislative relations, director of information technology, director of student diversity, director of public relations, director of sustainability, director of graduate and professional student outreach, treasurer, secretary and election commissioner.

Applications can be found

online at www.gsb.iastate.edu.

You also can email us directly at jfknight@iastate.edu or krbrown@iastate.edu if you have any questions.

We look forward to working with you in this next year to make Iowa State the best place for students to advance their education.

We hope to hear from you soon and wish you the best of luck as you finish the semester.

problems will, as though by magic, sort themselves out.

Thomas Jefferson predicted it more than 200 years ago: “Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, the people, if well informed, may be relied on to set them to rights.”

But first, before we can fix anything, you must ask yourself: Do you know how to be an American?

No, I don’t mean knowing the words to the Pledge of Allegiance or “Star-Spangled

Banner.” I don’t mean shooting fireworks on the Fourth of July, putting the flag out on 9/11 or slapping a “Support the Troops” sticker on your car. I don’t mean participating in an online political poll or sending the occasional angry email to a congressman. I don’t mean voting either.

I mean: Do you know how to be an American? Do you even know what I mean when I ask that?

Think about it for awhile and let me know your

thoughts in an email. I’ll be spending the next few weeks exploring the concept of “how to be an American” with you, in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, we can reinvigorate some of that lost Spirit of 1776 and affect a little change in each of our individual worlds.

And who knows? Maybe we can find America again too.

Jared Knight is a senior in

political science. He will be next year’s Government of the Student Body president.

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

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By Isaac Hunt, Daily staff writer Senior Celine Paulus earned her first Big 12 Gymnast of the Week award.

Paulus scored a career-high 39.500 at No. 6 Nebraska last week when Iowa State nearly upset the Huskers by a 196.175-195.700 margin.

Scoring 9.900 in her first three events — bars, vault and floor — the Yorba Linda, Calif., native finished the night with a 9.800 on her beam performance.

Not only did Paulus perform well in the gym, but her and her teammates also performed well in the classroom and were placed on the Academic All-Big 12 first team.

Six of the 11 gymnasts eligible — freshmen are not eligible — received the honor including seniors Paulus, Michelle Browning and Shea Anderson, junior Elizabeth Stranahan and sophomores Henrietta Green and Michelle Shealy.

This is Paulus’ third time on the first team and Browning’s and Stranahan’s second. To qualify, student-athletes must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher in two previous semesters and also compete in 60 percent of their team’s scheduled events.

NFL:

Hines Ward announces retirement

By Will Graves The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Hines Ward believes he can still play football.

The longtime Pittsburgh wide receiver known for his highwattage smile and his bonecrunching blocks just couldn’t stomach the thought of doing it in some strange uniform on some strange field with nary a Terrible Towel in sight.

“I just wouldn’t feel right,” Ward said.

So rather than play for a 15th season — and his first outside the Steel City — a tearful Ward opted to retire on Tuesday and secure a legacy unmatched in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ long history.

“I can say I’m a Steeler for life and that’s the bottom line, that’s all I’ve really ever wanted,” Ward said.

Ward holds every significant franchise receiving record, including receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns.

His 1,000 career catches rank eighth all time and he is one of two players with at least 1,000 receptions and two Super Bowl rings.

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Short game SPORT: Golf DEFINITION: An informal term for shortrange shots such as pitching, chipping and putting that only require the ball to go a short amount of distance.

USE: Improving his short game helped Nate McCoy in clutch situations during competition.

With their ISU careers now over, 11 former ISU players ran through a barrage of tests Tuesday morning in hopes of impressing NFL personnel that are traveling to colleges across the country for pro days in preparation for April’s NFL draft.

“It’s really great, I wouldn’t want to be in any other position,” said ISU offensive lineman Kelechi Osemele, who has been training for more than three months in anticipation of the draft. “I mean, this is what I’ve been wanting to do my whole life.”

Twenty-nine of the 32 NFL teams were represented at the Bergstrom Indoor Facility on Tuesday as the 11 former Cyclones — along with former William Penn defensive tackle Damon Harrison and University of Dubuque wide receiver Michael Zwiefel — lifted, sprinted, jumped and were measured as scouts and general managers took notes and led the players through the tests and drills.

Highlighting the group of draft prospects were Osemele and former ISU defensive back Leonard Johnson, who are both projected as middle round selections in April’s draft and both went through a similar day of testing at the NFL scouting combine in February in Indianapolis.

Osemele, who said Tuesday he “killed” the combine, decided he would not run the 40-yard dash or go through any agility tests Tuesday as he and his agent, Andrew Kessler, didn’t want to risk injury and would only participate in position drills.

However, after fellow offensive lineman Hayworth Hicks bench pressed 225 pounds 35 times — three more repetitions than Osemele recorded at the combine — Osemele decided he would try and take back his higher rep total.

“Once I saw the guys doing it, I wanted to join in a little bit, especially when Hayworth beat my last number.

That’s just a little rivalry we’ve always had,” said Osemele, who rattled off 36 repetitions on the bench press. “I felt really good about my numbers and really good about my workouts. I

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Former ISU offensive tackle Kelechi Osemele talks with reporters at Iowa State’s NFL Pro Day on Tuesday at the Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility.

thought I did really well.”

The Houston, Texas, native weighed in at 327 pounds Tuesday, which is down from Johnson his playing weight of 335 pounds last season.

“The most important thing is just to be in the best shape possible and be comfortable at the weight that you’re at and be able to move and be athletic,” Osemele said.

While Osemele chose not to run Tuesday, Johnson’s most important test was his 40-yard dash. The twotime All-Big 12 defensive back ran his 40 in 4.71 seconds at the combine, the 32nd-slowest time out of 34 cornerbacks who ran at the combine.

“I was excited that I was able to come out and redeem myself,” Johnson said. “The time was what it

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Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Former ISU offensive tackle Kelechi Osemele, left, and right guard Hayworth Hicks run drills for NFL scouts during Iowa State’s NFL Pro Day on Tuesday at the Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility. Some of the scouts in attendance represented the Minnesota Vikings, Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins.

Trio competes for quarterback spot

By Jake.Calhoun @iowastatedaily.com Another year, another quarterback battle.

The 2012 spring season for the ISU football team started Tuesday with its first indoor practice, where two veterans and one newcomer took snaps under center in early contention for the starting spot at quarterback.

“I won’t change anything as far as the criteria that I’m looking for in who’s going to be our starter,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads. “It starts with decision-making; all of them have got to become smarter as leaders of this football team.”

Jared Barnett said he felt as though he lost the starting quarterback job and would have to win it once again after the Cyclones’ 27-13 loss to Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl last December.

“It’s good to have this competition again,” Barnett said. “I feel like I didn’t play well enough to be the starter and I understand why coach Rhoads took me out. It’s just another challenge for me to come out and be better.”

The frontrunner for taking the starting job from both Barnett and Steele Jantz is redshirt freshman Sam Richardson, who was described as the “smartest true freshman quarterback” by former offensive coordinator Tom Herman last fall.

“As a group, we feel like we definitely have to

Photo: Kendra Plathe/Iowa State Daily Quarterback Sam Richardson takes directions at the first spring football practice Tuesday at the Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility.

play better to excel our team to get more wins to get to that championship point,” Richardson said.

“They obviously have the experience, but it’s always been a competition.”

While Richardson currently sits at the No. 3 spot on the depth chart, Rhoads said it might be a little too early to include him in the conversation for the starting spot at quarterback.

“He’s certainly not in striking distance today,” Rhoads said of Richardson. “He’s not at the level of reps and mental understanding at this point. Is he capable? Certainly. He has that kind of potential.”

For Jantz, who played three quarters in the Pinstripe Bowl loss, this year’s competition for the starting spot is different than last season.

“Last year, I was coming in just trying to memorize everything, trying to catch up,” Jantz said.

“Now, I’m not trying to catch up, I’m just trying to perfect everything and worry about the offense as a whole, not just me learning the plays.”

Learning the plays won’t be as much of a burden for the trio with the arrival of Courtney Messingham as offensive coordinator, who implemented a smaller playbook with hopes of increasing efficiency and decreasing confusion.

“Generally speaking, if you spend your time doing less and concentrate on it and rep it, you’re going to be better at it,” Rhoads said of the new offensive approach. “That’s a major focus for us.”

While excitement might be high for a Cyclone team that pulled off the biggest upset in program history last season, moving forward first comes with the 14 remaining practices on the spring slate.

For Richardson, those 14 practices are critical if he wants to be in striking distance of having his number called on Saturdays.

“Getting out there for these 15 practices is probably the most important thing for me,” Richardson said. “[It’s] just to get in the mixture, get in the speed with everyone and feel myself in the position that I’m in.”

Men’s basketball

Success motivates Cyclones for future

By Jeremiah.Davis @iowastatedaily.com In the days since the ISU men’s basketball team was eliminated from the NCAA tournament by No. 1 overall seed Kentucky, much has been made of the Cyclones’ overachieving season.

Picked to finish eighth of 10 teams in the Big 12, Iowa State ended the regular season third — tied with Baylor and just behind Kansas and Missouri — and ranked No. 25, the first time the men had been ranked since 2005.

The season was unexpected from most prognosticators, and the players relish having exceeded those expectations.

“I definitely think we proved a lot of people wrong, because nobody was even expecting us to make it to the NCAA tournament,” said guard Chris

Allen. “I just want [my teammates] to keep playing hard, and next year they’ve got to go even harder. They’ve got to use this [year] as motivation.”

Second-year coach Fred Hoiberg said after the Kentucky loss that the program took great strides this season and have laid a foundation for the future.

Coming into the season, Hoiberg said the Cyclones would need to gel and accept their roles.

They did that, he said, and because of that, the program is relevant again.

“I can’t even explain to you how proud I am of these guys for how they came together as a team, all year long,” Hoiberg said.

“They made Cyclone basketball fun again. I’ll always remember these guys, I’ll always remember this team.

They brought Hilton Magic to where it belongs, and we’ve got a very bright future.”

The squad loses just two seniors in Allen and Scott Christopherson — though, admittedly, those seniors represent 24.8 points per game — and welcome two more transfers in point guard Korie Lucious and forward Will Clyburn.

Perhaps the biggest value in reaching the NCAA tournament this season, apart from bringing back “Hilton Magic,” as Hoiberg put it, was that the Cyclones got invaluable experience that will help them for tournament campaigns going forward.

“We saw we can do it,” Hoiberg said. “Chris Allen and Scott Christopherson were a big part of that. We lose those guys, but we’ve got a couple other that are hungry, that were sitting out this year with Korie and Will.

“I’m excited about our future.”

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>>JOHNSON.p10 was, but I had another bite out of the apple this morning.”

With stopwatch-wielding scouts flanking him on both sides, Johnson clocked in at a time of 4.53 seconds, which would have tied him for 12thfastest among cornerbacks at the combine.

Johnson pointed to his health as one of the main reasons for his quicker time as he was forced to miss workouts for the six days prior to the combine due to illness.

Although his slow time at the combine may still stick out to some NFL teams, Johnson hopes his play on film carries his resume more than his 40yard dash time.

“You can turn on the film and I’m running with guys that run low 4.3s and 4.4s,” Johnson said. “Despite what I ran at the combine, you put me on the field and I’m going to compete.”

Although the other nine former ISU players are not projected to be drafted in April, wide receiver Darius Reynolds ran 4.55 seconds in the 40yard dash, defensive end Jake Lattimer measured a 37-inch vertical jump and defensive end Patrick Neal recorded 33 bench press repetitions.

The NFL draft begins April 26 with the first round selections and continues April 27 with rounds two and three and April 28 with rounds four through seven.

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Baseball

Youth provide key to success for club team

By Emily.Hejlik @iowastatedaily.com Spring is in the air. This can only mean one thing — it’s baseball season.

“We are looking to complete a transformation process from old to the new,” said Aaron Hinnah, senior in psychology and president of the ISU Club Baseball team.

“Last year we struggled with poor work ethic and bad attitudes, but we have already begun taking the proper strides to be competitive right away this year.”

The squad will depend on its younger players to contribute immediately.

“We are probably one of the youngest teams in the [National Club Baseball Association] this year, and this is to our advantage,” Hinnah said.

“With a fresh start, young talent and an interminable amount of energy, we will turn a lot of heads this season.

“The ISU Baseball Club is becoming one of the premier clubs here in Ames, and we will be putting on a show at Cap Timm [Field] this year.”

The NCBA is a national athletic association, like the NCAA for college athletes.

A “club” team is the same as a Division I varsity sport, except the baseball team is not funded through the athletic department.

Club teams form in two ways — one is lack of funding to field a team or due to the Title IX restrictions, as was the case with Iowa State.

I think that for what I have seen being new to the team that our team chemistry can help us out throughout the season.”

Kyle Tjossem The other way to form a club is schools that have a varsity team who choose to field a second team, such as the University of Iowa.

The Cyclones will be returning their entire outfield along with four of six starting pitchers. Aaron Ruff, senior in accounting, will set the tempo at leadoff with a batting average higher than .500.

“I am excited to get outside and play baseball in the nice weather we’ve had so early on and playing with so many new players this year,” said Ruff, the second baseman.

South Dakota will prove to be the team’s first test this coming weekend with two games Saturday and two Sunday.

Next weekend are the first home games of the season against in-state rival Iowa. Iowa State will take the field at 12:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.

Sunday.

“Our conference, the MidAmerica-North Conference, consists of Iowa, South Dakota, UNI and

Photo courtesy of Aaron Hinnah Senior Aaron Hinnah competes in a club baseball game. Hinnah is president of the ISU Club Baseball team and is hoping to have a fresh start this season.

The team’s first game is against South Dakota this weekend.

Minnesota State-Mankato,” Ruff said.

“If you win your conference, you qualify for a regional against another conference winner and if you win that, you qualify for the club world series.”

New additions to the crew are Daniel Clements, Dillan Dwyer, Adam Fichter, Austin Fichter, Mitch Gerber, Dalton Hauer, Josh Hetzler, Spencer Maroo, Kyle Martin, Cody Rickard, Adam Schmidt, Kyle Tegeler, Kyle Tjossem and Nick Wells.

Tjossem, freshman in kinesiology and health and shortstop, joined the team for the love of the game.

“I love baseball and couldn’t stay away, so I joined the club this past fall,” Tjossem said.

Chemistry, along with a surplus of young talent, should help the Cyclones this year.

“I think that for what I have seen being new to the team that our team chemistry can help us out throughout the season,” Tjossem said.

“Meeting all the new guys and being able to become good friends and have chemistry so fast is cool and I think that that will help us out when the games get tougher and tougher.”

>>HOIBERG.p10 Guard Bubu Palo, who will return for his junior season next year, figures to once again play a key role off the bench for the Cyclones in 2012-13.

After coming back from a broken right wrist to play in the final four games of the regular season, as well as the Big 12 and NCAA tournament, Palo and the team learned what it will take to succeed in the postseason. Never relaxing, he said, will be key.

“Just how important every possession is and how focused you have to be, just everything that comes with a basketball game,” Palo said when asked what the team learned from this postseason that can be applied to next year. “It’s not going to get any more hostile than playing in [the KFC Yum! Center against Kentucky], so I think that we can draw on this and build for next year, because hopefully we can get a better seed if we keep working and we won’t have to play Kentucky.”

For Hoiberg, Palo and the rest of the Cyclones returning — which may or may not include forward Royce White — the work begins now for the 2012-13 season.

Hoiberg said after the game Saturday night against Kentucky that his group coming back is hungry, focused and ready to achieve at least as much next season as they did this season.

“It’s an important offseason for us; we’re going to get to work,” Hoiberg said. “We showed that we can get back to this point. And that’s important, and we’ve got guys coming back — key guys — that will be a big part of our year next year.”

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2. A vessel with a beaked cap or head, formerly used in distilling.

Example: The dream-world of their experiences in the wood near Athens becomes a kind of ‘alembic’ which they pass through to a truer perception of reality.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8 -- Share what you’ve learned with someone who’s providing assistance.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 -- Taking a walk outdoors helps clear your thoughts. Keep your eyes wide open. There’s a lot to learn in unexpected places. Observe a caterpillar. Build a dynamic vision.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 -- Fine-tuning actions and letting go of unnecessary steps leads to increased satisfaction. The less moving parts there are, the less chances there are of breaking down. Dream.

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Celebrate cake pop-apalooza

By Ashley Moyna AmesEats Flavors writer Get in on the miniature food craze with adorable, scrumptious cake pops. Although these bite-size treats have recently gained popularity, the concept of sweet spheres of cake dates back to doughnut holes.

Doughnut holes, however, never got past the breakfast table. Instead, cake balls (leftover cake mixed with frosting, rolled into balls and dipped in chocolate) were the next to evolve.

Then, one day, an unknown baker put a cake ball on a stick and the cake pop was born.

Cute, easy, delicious and versatile, cake pops are a win-win for any situation, from birthday parties to gift exchanges. Some brides are even choosing to have cake pop arrangements at their weddings instead of a traditional tiered cake.

Cake balls are simple to make and even simpler to eat. Take any flavor of leftover cake, mix, roll, dip and enjoy.

These sweet delights can be made and decorated in a variety of ways. For those who want to cut time, cake pop makers are sold in many superstores and online.

Whichever way you make them, cake pops will be a guaranteed hit.

Basic cake pops Ingredients: 1 box cake mix, any flavor Eggs, oil and water, according to cake mix box 1 cup frosting, any flavor Vanilla or chocolate candy coating, melted Lollipop sticks Desired toppings

roll into bite-sized balls. Freeze until firm.

Insert lollipop sticks into balls and dip into melted chocolate.

Decorate with desired toppings while candy coating is still wet, and let set till firm.

Cake pop variations Try one of these delightful cake pop ideas or create one of your own for a unique treat.

English toffee Use yellow cake mix and vanilla frosting. Mix 1 cup English toffee bits into crumbled cake.

After dipping the pops, sprinkle with additional crushed toffee bits.

Peanut butter cup Use devil’s food cake mix and chocolate frosting. Form each cake pop around one Reese’s miniature peanut butter cup.

After dipping the pops, sprinkle with additional chopped Reese’s.

Brownie surprise Use a brownie mix in place of cake mix. Bake according to package directions. Eliminate frosting.

Chocolate mint mania Stir 1 teaspoon mint extract into chocolate cake mix. Use peppermint frosting. After dipping the pops, sprinkle with chopped peppermint patties.

Strawberry sensation

Directions: Bake cake mix according to package directions.

Once cool, crumble cake, mix in frosting and

Use strawberry cake mix and frosting. After dipping balls, sprinkle with crushed strawberry wafer cookies.

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Photo: Claire Powell/AmesEats Flavors

Photo: Claire Powell/AmesEats Flavors

Reader’s choice: A different kind of popcorn Homemade Microwave Popcorn Ingredients: 1 brown paper bag 1/3 cup popcorn kernels Stapler

Directions: Pour the popcorn into the bag.

Fold the top of the bag over about 1/2 inch. Fold it once more.

Staple the bag shut.

Place in the microwave flat-side down and cook for about 3 minutes or until pops become 2 seconds apart.

Open the bag and enjoy.

Savory Popcorn Seasoning Ingredients:

Grated Parmesan Salt Rosemary Garlic powder Olive oil

Directions: Combine equal parts of the Parmesan, salt, rosemary and garlic powder.

Toss the popcorn with just enough oil to lightly coat.

Add the seasonings and toss.

Sweet Popcorn Seasoning Ingredients:

Sugar Ground cinnamon Ground nutmeg Ground cloves Butter, melted

Directions: Combine equal parts of the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.

Toss with the popcorn with just enough melted butter to lightly coat.

Add the spices and toss.

Throw some new ingredients in your next Rice Krispies treats

By Janey Kinley AmesEats Flavors writer Rice Krispies treats are often known as the go-to treat in times of crisis. After all, nothing says “classic” quite like a big blue box, a bag of marshmallows and a bit of butter. Although the simplicity of the recipe may be the reason you keep turning to these treats, don’t be afraid to

channel your inner creativity the next time you whip up a batch.

Start by simply mixing in some peanut butter or melted milk chocolate.

Although Rice Krispies treats are generally low in calories, brown rice or whole grain cereals can be used to make more nutrientdense variations. Toss in some sliced almonds, chopped pecans, raisins or even dark chocolate

chips to add crunch or sweetness to the Rice Krispies treats.

Throw in any ingredient that gets your taste buds watering: M&Ms, crushed Oreos, dried cranberries or even coconut. Mix and match ingredients to keep your family and friends on their toes.

Once you’ve broken your initial creativity barrier, coat your hands in cooking spray and dig

into those Rice Krispies to form pops on kabob sticks. Then dip them in almond bark, drizzle them with white chocolate or use a mason jar to create a centerpiece until dessert rolls around.

Next time you fall back on the classic Rice Krispies treat recipe, take a few extra minutes to create something new, fun and uniquely delicious.