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Prestigious Career

Prodigal son returns Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a threepart series detailing ISU alumnus Dwight Ink’s career serving seven presidents as a public administrator. The first relayed Ink’s experiences working at the Atomic Energy Commission, while the second included Ink’s employment under Presidents Lyndon Johnson through Ronald Reagan. The final part discusses Ink’s lasting relationship with Iowa State.

Conference gives voice to students

By Sarah Gonzalez Daily Staff Writer

By Sarah Haas Daily Staff Writer Dwight Ink had almost abandoned his goal of attending Iowa State when his parents surprised him with the $100 needed for tuition and books.

“My parents, unbeknownst to me, hocked my mother’s ISU fraternity pin, with which he had ‘pinned’ my mother,” Ink said.

Ink went on to graduate from college and graduate school and had a uniquely successful career serving seven presidents, ranging from President Dwight Eisenhower to President Ronald Reagan.

“His success conveys to me that he is the consummate bureaucrat because of his ability to deal with a variety of issues,” said James McCormick, chair and professor of political science.

Yet Ink never forgot his humble roots, which are firmly planted on

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Dwight Ink stands in front of his collection of presidential memorabilia donning the walls of his basement in Lansdowne, Va. Ink served seven presidents, beginning with Dwight Eisenhower and ending with Ronald Reagan. Photo: Sarah Haas/ Iowa State Daily

Brush Ridge, in Madison County. His father graduated from Iowa State with a degree in horticulture and began harvesting apples. The young orchard was tested by a series of droughts during the Great Depression, the first of which occurred in 1931.

“The Great Depression — and it was a great depression — seriously affected everyone in our community,”

Campus Activities

Culture event to celebrate diversity with food, dance

By Leonardo Guaiquirian Rivera Daily Staff Writer The Student Union Board will host the 5th Annual Global Gala, an event that celebrates the diverse cultures that make up Iowa State.

This year, it will take place at 9 p.m. Friday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

Eva Morales, senior in interdisciplinary studies and multicultural director for the Student Union Board, planned the event last fall. Lucas Novotny, graduate student in educational leadership and policy studies and Student Union Board adviser, also helped in the planning.

Morales explained nothing was put into action until last January, and for the past three months she has been in charge of contacting student organizations, performers and food contractors as well as getting the proper room setting for the event.

“Our budget was tight, but luckily we didn’t have to cut down on the quality of the event,” Morales said.

“This year we will actually have more performers and more food. By coming to the event, people will get a brief snapshot of the diverse cultures that make up Iowa State.

Not only is it going to be educational, but it’s also going to be fun.”

Morales mentioned as well that a few of the student organizations and performers participating in the event will include the United Native American Student Association, the Indian Student Association, ISU Banghra, Descarga, the Malaysian Student Association, the Celtic Dance Society, Raqs Jahanara and the African Student Association.

Lauren Frandsen, senior in journalism and mass communications and Student Union Board vice president of public relations, hopes a large amount of people will attend the event and encourages them to wear semiformal or traditional clothing.

“I hope people can come and take away an understanding of the songs, dances and food of cultures that they have not experienced before,” Frandsen said. “We’ll showcase the diversity in the Iowa State campus through songs, dance and food. And it’s free, so I hope that people can come.”

Ink said. “Several of our neighbors committed suicide because of the depression.”

The Ink family’s neighbors accepted government food relief, but Ink’s father would not.

“Once he stood in the bread line and was so humiliated he vowed never to do it again,” Ink said. “It’s one thing to go hungry, and it was another

thing to starve, and I don’t think he would have turned down help if we were starving.”

Instead, Ink’s father accepted relief for the family’s cow and a couple of chickens. The family subsisted on turnips they pulled and the generosity of neighbors.

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Graduate and undergraduate students have the chance to present their research at the Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference this weekend in the Memorial Union.

The conference has 220 people registered and will consist of 90 oral presentations, 60 poster presentations, and three guest speakers Friday through Sunday.

This year’s speakers are Jeff Feder, from the University of Notre Dame, Alan Knapp, from Colorado State University, and Ellen Damschen, from Washington University-St. Louis.

The group of graduate students that began and organized the MEEC believe the event gives a unique opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to learn from each other. The difference between the two levels of education may be more significant than some think.

“Graduate school is much more on a personal level with a particular professor,” said Tim Mitchell, graduate student in ecology, evolution and organismal biology. “One thing undergraduate students don’t understand is how important it is to pick the right adviser.”

This type of event could be beneficial to students in any area of study, said Erik Otarola-Castillo, one of the organizers for the MEEC. He believes students can gain their maximum potential by getting involved and talking with other students.

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Residence, dining request for funding increase in 2010-’11

By Zach Thompson Daily Staff Writer ISU Dining and the Department of Residence plan to request rate increases of 0–2.7 percent for the 2010–’11 academic year, according to the Residence System Governance Report submitted to the Board of Regents by the three regent universities.

The Board of Regents received the reports from the regents institutions’ residence systems at its telephonic meeting Wednesday afternoon.

For double occupancy rooms, which constitute the board’s standard for measuring changes in rates charged by the universities’ residence systems, Iowa State’s DOR plans to propose a 2.7 percent increase — from $7,204 to $7,397 — at the board’s April meeting.

Pete Englin, director of the DOR, said Wednesday that the increase would be the lowest in the last 10 years.

ISU Dining plans to request meal plan rate increases of 0 to 2.0 percent, according to the report.

The report also contained a five-year plan for each of the schools’ residence systems. Several

projects would be financed through the department’s net revenue during this period, according to the report.

Heat and smoke detectors should finish being installed in several of the residence halls, including Friley Hall, by 2011.

Sprinkler installations in several of the residence halls are scheduled for each year, and all of the projects are expected to be completed by 2017. According to the report, the availability of funds and vendors may accelerate or slow their plans to install.

Improvements to the Richardson Court fire escapes will be completed this year.

The DOR has also partnered with Information Technology Services to install wireless Wi-Fi LAN service in all of the residence halls in fiscal year 2011.

The installation of 240 surveillance cameras in the entryways, elevators and common areas of all of the residence halls, Frederiksen Court apartments and the SUV Community Center is also scheduled for fiscal year 2011.

The department will seek the board’s approval to increase its rates at the board’s April meeting.

The SAFRA, or Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, was passed as a component of the recent health care reform.

At the time of publication, the Senate has not yet voted on a set of revisions to the SAFRA act attached to a related Senate bill. The additional restrictions are primarily linguistic but could require the bill to be sent back to the House for reconsideration, thus slowing the passage process.

Roberta Johnson, director of financial aid at Iowa State, said SAFRA is intended to eliminate the privately funded yet publicly backed loan program used to fund a large amount of federal student aid.

The federal government originally began to loan money to students in 1965 at a time when there was no legislative precedent for the government to loan money directly to individuals, Johnson said. The original student loans were issued by private lending institutions but backed with federal money to ensure their reliability.

President George H.W. Bush signed legislation to create a direct student loan program in 1993 that allowed the government to lend money directly to students. Iowa State switched to the system of direct loans in 1994 and does not issue privately backed loans.

SAFRA makes more money available to students by ending the backing of student loans with public money and eliminating subsidies to private lenders for offering loans to students.

The freed funding will be used to make more money available to students as direct government loans.

“I really don’t think our students are going to see much of a difference,” Johnson said.

This is because Iowa State does not use privately issued loans as student aid.

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On a page in the 1941 edition of The Bomb, Iowa State’s yearbook, couples laugh and talk over cokes in the Grill of the Memorial Union. “You are, at all times, welcome to Iowa State College’s great rendezvous, the MEMORIAL UNION.” Courtesy photo: Iowa State University Library/General Collection

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from PAGE 1 “We were the poorest of the poor,” he said.

Despite Ink’s bleak financial situation, he was able to enroll at Iowa State in 1940. He raised turkeys so he could afford a pair of pants and a couple of dress shirts so he could “appear respectable.” Upon arriving in Ames, he quickly obtained a job as a custodian at Beardshear Hall and helped prune the college orchard.

He describes himself as an unexceptional student who was far more interested in extra curricular activities than lectures.

His one room country school hadn’t prepared Ink for academics at Iowa State.

“I had to take algebra twice, and I think I took trigonometry twice, too,” Ink said. His literature and history grades, however, were impressive, which gave Ink a chance to redeem himself.

Ink busied himself with a gamut of activities, including writing staff editorials for the Iowa State Daily, which was called the Iowa State Daily Student and included a section specifically for women.

He also joined the War Council, which helped to educate students about World War II and to provide support for servicemen on and off campus. He also became president of the debaters, which allowed Ink to interact with some of the top political minds in the country. He was given an office in Beardshear, which Ink said was unique.

On Dec. 7, 1941, however, a message interrupted a movie Ink was attending — Pearl Harbor had been bombed.

“Early the next morning, I hitchhiked down to Des Moines to register for the army. There was one other person ahead of me. He turned out to be my father,” Ink said. “I don’t know who was the most surprised, but we couldn’t both go in the army, because someone had to take care of the orchard and my mother.”

He persuaded his father not to join the army, while Dwight promised his father that he would not enlist until he was drafted.

Ink was drafted the next fall and served four years with the U.S. Army Air Corps. Although

he did not serve overseas, he was a flight tester for planes designed to land on the sandy beaches of France. He also received training as a combat engineer and worked as a military police officer in the Midwest.

He returned to Iowa State in 1946 and continued to organize debates with top leaders, including former Vice President Henry Wallace. The debate was set to take place in the old football stadium, but Wallace cancelled after he was fired by President Harry Truman from the position of Secretary of Commerce.

“It instilled in me an attitude that I could do a little more than I really could, which Iowa State fostered, because no college in the country had ever organized debate teams like we did,” Ink said. “It gave me confidence in attacking problems and meeting challenges that were nor-

mally considered impossible.”

Ink also had a new sense of direction.

“When I went into the army, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, but I had a lot of time to think in the Army, and by the time I came out I knew I wanted to get into public service,” Ink said.

After some investigation, Ink learned he could not obtain a degree at Iowa State that would allow him to be admitted into a public administration masters program. He enlisted the help of ISU President Charles Friley’s daughter, Frances Foreman, to encourage her father to expedite the process to adopt a new degree, which was a combination of history and government.

The degree Ink received in 1948 was the precursor to the political science degree. The administrators and faculty compressed the

normal process of establishing a new degree program into a few months.

“Without that extra curricular work at Iowa State, I never would’ve had enough leverage to become well enough known to the faculty to have been able to persuade them to adopt a degree that quickly,” Ink said.

Since leaving Iowa State, he has remained heavily invested in the university’s well being, even working with administrators to establish a scholarship fund for graduate students in public administration. The funds are meant to serve as an incentive for students “to engage in practical research.”

“There is often a tendency for university research in our field to be so theoretical it is of little value or use to a public service career or to Iowa State and local governments,” Ink said.

Provost Elizabeth Hoffman said she worked closely with Ink when he established the scholarship fund.

“He didn’t think the public administration program was being taken care of well,” Hoffman said. “He is deeply passionate about public service and has been behind a movement to educate people how to be public managers.”

Ink said he is grateful to have such a deep connection with Iowa State, which began when his great grandfather supported

the founding of Iowa State College. His grandfather was one of the first to try Iowa State agricultural innovations, and his father was “the most partisan, enthusiastic rooter for the Cyclones one could imagine.”

“I give a lot of credit to Iowa State,” Ink said. “One, for not flunking me out when I probably should have been, but, secondly, for providing me all sorts of opportunities and an environment where you can become prepared for what comes next.”

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The MEEC includes students from more than 50 schools across the nation. The annual conference is hosted by a new school every year since the 1980s. This year, Iowa State has started a “sustainability legacy,” which encourages attendees to make a “sustainability pledge.”

Registered participants can save money by bringing their own cups and using public transportation, among other ways.

Multiple departments at Iowa State sponsored the MEEC, including the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Council on Sustainability: Live Green! Campaign.

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Justices to hear oral arguments on Friday

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Luke Roling, Government of the Student Body president elect for the 2010–’11 academic year, will be presenting his case against Dan Porter and the Election Commission to the GSB Supreme Court.

Roling Roling and his running mate Nathan Dobbels submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari to the court, hoping to have $1,800 in penalties lifted from their campaign.

The court received the petition March 3. After the Supreme Dobbels Court decided to continue with the case, each party submitted a brief argument, which the court took time to review.

The next step will be the oral hearings that will take place in 2133 Gerdin on Friday.

The campaign was fined $1,950 total. The petition for a writ of certiorari states that the RolingDobbels campaign “recognizes the validity of the $150 Good Faith Deposit fine, but asks that the court revokes the reimbursement and stipend fines laid forth by the Election Commission, or acts otherwise as the court sees fit.”

The campaign was fined after violating section 8.14 of the 2010 Election Code, which states e-mail communications through any ISU listserv shall be

The Government of the Student Body senate pulled several groups, including the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Alliance; Cyclone Ballroom; Collegiate 4-H; Entrepreneur Club; Ethos; Freshmen Council; Black Student Council; SAE International; Rodeo Club; Student Organic Farm; Ski and Snowboard Club; Habitat for Humanity; International Student Council; and Government of the Student Body from its list of groups that applied for regular allocations funding at Wednesday night’s GSB meeting.

The LGBTAA asked the senate to rearrange its travel budget to send 19 people to the Midwest Bisexual Gay Lesbian Transgender Alliance Community Conference in Ann Arbor, Mich., during the spring semester of 2011.

The conference is set to be hosted at Iowa State for the spring semester of 2012.

The Cyclone Ballroom originally asked for about $11,000, however was only allocated $6,359.88.

The group asked the senate to allocate it more money to cover travel expenses, so the senate requested that $8,909.38 be the number referred back to the Finance Committee from the senate.

The Cyclone Ballroom treasurer Jennifer Groen told the senate that going to conferences helps the group.

Groen said that in order to keep offering dance lessons to students and various clubs around campus, going to these conferences is vital.

Collegiate 4-H was originally zero funded by the Finance Committee because it was assumed to be a voting member of a student council, but it is not.

The club sits on several collegiate councils, including the College of Human Sciences Council, but is not a voting member on any of them.

A total of $1,719.01 was the request that was sent back to the Finance Committee.

Funding for the ISU Entrepreneurial Club was ruled out of order by Senate Chair and GSB Vice President Chandra Peterson.

GSB bylaw 11.3.3.2.8 states that GSB can’t fund a club that has a mission consistent with or directed toward a particular program.

The GSB found that the Entrepreneurial Club had a mission consistent with the Entrepreneurial Program that offers a minor to students.

Ethos Magazine had a total of $15,711.50 referred back to the Finance Committee after requesting their budget be pulled because they

received $15,572.50 out of the $29,500 they requested.

Tyler Kingkade, managing editor of Ethos, expressed some concerns as to the operating budget of the magazine.

Kingkade said that five years ago Ethos had a budget of nearly $46,000, and now they are down to $15,500.

One of the major cuts to the magazine came from fiscal year 2009, when GSB deemed it necessary to delete salaries.

Kingkade said the primary way Ethos can make a profit is through ads, but it is hard to attract advertising sales representatives because the Iowa State Daily can pay them and Ethos can’t.

Kingkade also asked that GSB fund printing costs for a fourth installment of the magazine.

There have been four issues of Ethos every year for the past 20 years, Kingkade said, but only three were released this year due to budgetary confinements.

The group ended up with an additional $180 for office supplies and $139 to renew its membership with the Associated Collegiate Press being referred back to the Finance Committee.

The SAE International Club was successful in its asking of $53,000 from GSB. The club has been wanting to be funded by GSB for a semester now and is back in accordance with GSB bylaws.

The Student Organic Farm asked that its budget be looked at after funding for some of its water and compost was deleted, which are essential items for the club to exist.

The club asked for $150 for compost and $200 for live plants, and unwillingly traded in its conference budget in return.

The Ski and Snowboard Club received no funds after its treasurer failed to show up at a budget hearing meeting, but the group was able to get a request for $2,300 sent to the Finance Committee.

The group said the treasurer has since been removed.

LAS Senator Anthony Maly told the group to be more responsible in future endeavors, but the senate as a whole was impressed by the group’s fundraising abilities.

GSB deleted some of its own budget as well.

These cuts included postage stamps, advertising expenses and even discussed deleting the position of the office assistant, but that item did not pass.

The Finance Committee will have one last look at the final budgets before returning a bill to the Senate next week.

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prohibited within 24 hours of the voting periods and during the voting periods.

The petition for a writ of certiorari states many claims against the 2010 Election Code and Commission.

The petition points out a typo in the code: “Note that the word ‘house’ is not a valid unit of time, and that the Election Commission cannot penalize e-mails sent in a particular time frame when a law does not specify said time frame.”

The petition claims the Election Commissioners broke an oath taken by all commissioners. The oath says, “I solemnly swear or affirm to execute the duties of my position as prescribed in the Constitution and laws of the Government for the benefit of all students.”

According to the petition, “A punishment of this extent is not to the benefit of all students, as it punishes the Roling/Dobbels campaign past the extent of ‘bribery’ as outlined in Appendix A of the 2010 Election Code when the violation did not have that significant an impact on all students.

Further, removal of an executive stipend would require the executives to seek other sources of summer income. This would certainly be a hindrance on their ability to adequately serve the student body.”

After the oral debates are finished, the Supreme Court will meet to compare their opinions in the case within three days of the closing of the debates.

Chief Justice Brian Phillips said the final order in the case might not be given for several days after that period.

Internet

Google search results differ in separate regions of China

By Gillian Wong and Jeremiah Marquez Associated Press Writers BEIJING — Type “Falun Gong” in Chinese into Google’s search engine from Beijing, and the Web browser suddenly becomes unresponsive for about a minute. Make the same search from Hong Kong, and you’ll get plenty of links to the spiritual movement banned by the Chinese government.

Internet users in mainland China and Hong Kong now share the same Google search site, but their experiences continue to widely differ, particularly on topics deemed sensitive

by China’s Communist leaders.

The difference is that the government, rather than Google Inc., is now doing the censoring.

The findings in a recent Associated Press test offer insights into the sophistication with which China uses its complex “Great Firewall” to filter its citizens’ online view of the world.

Recent searches for taboo topics from Beijing generally produced “page cannot be displayed” errors. The user’s browser stops working for about a minute, longer if one tries to access forbidden sites in quick succession. In other words, it’s not just the links to those sites that don’t work; the results don’t come back at all.

Yet the filters aren’t exact, and English-language sites have a greater chance of slipping through, partly because the government is more concerned about the vast majority of citizens who speak only Chinese.

And even as the Great Firewall blocks Twitter and sensitive blog postings, excerpts do show up on Google’s search results page.

Google China headquarters building in Beijing on March. 15. A newspaper Web site is reporting that Google Inc. is “99.9 percent” sure to close its search engine in China after negotiations over censorship stalled. Photo: Vincent Thian/The Associated Press

The findings illustrate how China’s vast government-run network of Web filters works.

When a user enters a sensitive term in a search, it triggers a brief blockage that affects subsequent searches — even those on innocuous topics — by that user or anyone else at the same numeric Internet address. That can be one computer or an entire cybercafe.

Chinese-language searches for missing Chinese activist lawyer Gao Zhisheng, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Chinese President Hu Jintao and “June 4 incident” — known elsewhere as the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown — all led to the Web browser in Beijing hanging for a minute or longer.

Before Google killed its mainland search service Monday and redirected “Google.cn” traffic to its existing Hong Kongbased site, Google returned censored results with a note explaining that some items had been removed. Google needed

to comply with Chinese laws, but it wanted users to know about the omissions in hopes they would pressure their government to lift restraints.

But Google announced Jan. 12 that it was no longer willing to censor those results after it discovered it was the target of hacking attacks originating from China. Unable to reach agreement with the ruling party on running an uncensored search service, Google decided to send mainland users to Hong Kong, a Chinese territory that is semiautonomous because of its past as a British colony.

Some Google searches produce the same results whether from Beijing or Hong Kong.

Among them: “Michael Jackson” and “March 14 incident,” which refers to the 2008 antiChinese riots in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. “Taiwan” also produced no difference in search results, despite tensions with a region that China considers its own.

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Military

‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy loses teeth

By Anne Flaherty and Pauline Jelinek Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday approved new rules that will make it harder to discharge gays from the military, calling the changes a matter of “common sense and common decency.”

Gates announced new guidelines for how the Pentagon carries out the 1993 law banning gays from serving openly in the military — rules which essentially put higher-ranking officers in charge of discharge proceedings and impose tougher requirements for evidence used against gays. The new guidelines go into effect immediately and will apply to cases already open. They are considered a stopgap measure until Congress decides whether to go along with President Barack Obama’s call for a repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law.

“I believe these changes represent an important improvement in the way the current law is put into practice, above all by providing a greater measure of common sense and common decency for handling what are complex and difficult issues for all involved,” Gates told a Pentagon news conference.

The changes raise the level of officer authorized to initiate a fact-finding inquiry into a case, the level of officer who can conduct an inquiry and of the one that can authorize a dismissal.

President Barack Obama is greeted by Iowa Gov. Chet Culver as he arrives at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, en route to Iowa City, Iowa, where he was to speak about health care reform. Photo: Charles Dharapak/The Associated Press

Health care controversy follows Obama to Iowa

By Darlene Superville Associated Press Writer IOWA CITY — President Barack Obama mocked Republicans’ campaign to try to repeal his new health care law, saying Thursday they should “Go for it” and see how well they fare with voters.

“Be my guest,” Obama said in prepared remarks for the first of many appearances around the country to sell the overhaul to voters before the fall congressional elections. “I welcome that fight. Because I don’t believe the American people are going to put the insurance industry back in the driver’s seat.”

With emotions raw around the nation over the party-line vote to approve the nearly $1 trillion, 10-year law, Obama took the opposition to task for “fear-mongering and overheated rhetoric.”

“If you turn on the news, you’ll see that those same folks are still shouting about how the world will end because we passed this bill,” said Obama, appearing before thousands in this college town where he first, as a presidential candidate three years ago, unveiled his health care proposals. The White House released the text of his speech in advance.

No Republican lawmakers voted for the overhaul, a sweeping package that will change how

To discourage the use of overheard statements or hearsay, from now on any evidence given in third-party outings must be given under oath, Gates said. Cases of third-party outings also have included instances in which male troops have turned in women who rejected their romantic advances or jilted partners in relationship have turned in a former lover.

Some kinds of confidential information also will no longer be allowed, including statements gays make to their lawyers, clergy, psychotherapists or medical professionals in the pursuit of health care.

Military officials, Republicans and even some conservative Democrats have been reluctant to embrace a change in the existing law. They say they support Gates’ review of the policy but that no changes should be made if they might undermine military cohesion and effectiveness.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and other Democrats say the time has come to repeal the ban and have called for an immediate moratorium on dismissals.

An estimated 13,000 have been discharged under the law. The Pentagon didn’t officially begin tallying discharges until a few years after the law was implemented, and official figures show roughly 11,000 discharged since 1997 with the peak in 2001 before the military became strained by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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almost every American will receive and pay for medical treatment.

Many in the GOP are predicting it will prove devastating in November for the Democrats who voted for it.

But the president stressed the notion of a promise kept, saying the legislation he signed into law on Tuesday is evidence he will do as he said.

“This is the place where change began,” Obama said.

The White House suggests it has the upper hand against Republicans politically, arguing the GOP risks a voter backlash because a repeal would take away from small businesses and individuals the benefits provided to them immediately under the new law.

“We’ve been there already and we’re not going back,” Obama said.

Obama spoke as Democrats in Washington raced to complete the overhaul with a separate package of fixes to the main bill.

Senate leaders had planned to finish work on the fix-it legislation, already approved in the House, by midday Thursday. But Republican attempts to derail the process resulted in minor changes to the bill, which means the House will have to vote on it again before it can go to Obama for his signature.

By Brett Zongker Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Public radio and TV stations across the country will receive more than $10 million over the next two years to boost local news coverage as newspapers decline.

On Thursday, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced the creation of local journalism centers in five regions.

NPR and PBS stations in each region will collaborate on covering key issues, including immigration, agribusiness, the economy and health care. They will jointly hire about 50 multimedia journalists.

“This is a commitment to journalism,” said Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of

the Corporation, which is a nonprofit organization created

by Congress. “As we look at this environment and the impact on newspapers, we just felt we had to ... try something innovative and ensure that we hired real journalists as part of this initiative.”

Experienced journalists shed by failing newspapers could provide a pool of applicants, she said.

The funding initially targets the Southwest, the Plains states, the upper Midwest, upstate New York and central Florida. Proposals also are being accepted from stations in the South and Northwest, and Harrison hopes to expand the effort.

It will involve 37 local stations, though at least 100 applied. To date, 13 radio stations,

13 joint ventures operating both radio and TV outlets, and one stand-alone TV station have signed on. Stations were selected on the basis of a business plan that included an outline for becoming self-sustaining within two years.

“The idea of pulling together radio and television for content that is broadcast and online ... this is going to be our template going forward,” Harrison said.

The Corporation will provide $7.5 million of the investment for the project, while the stations involved contribute $3 million.

Funding also was announced to create a technology platform to be administered by NPR for all public broadcasters to collaborate and share content.

Terrorism

Bin Laden threatens after United States ponders execution

By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Writer CAIRO — Osama bin Laden threatened in a new message released Thursday to kill any Americans al-Qaida captures if the U.S. executes the self-professed mastermind of the Sept.

11 attacks or other al-Qaida suspects.

In the 74-second audiotape aired on Al-Jazeera television, the al-Qaida leader explicitly mentions Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who was captured in Pakistan in 2003. He is the most senior al-Qaida operative in U.S. custody and is currently detained at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

In 2008, the U.S. charged Mohammed with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. Pentagon officials have said they will seek the death penalty for him. Four of his fellow plotters are also in custody.

“The White House has expressed its desire to execute them. The day America makes that decision will be the day it has issued a death sentence for any one of you that is taken captive,” Bin Laden said, addressing Americans.

After his March 2003 capture in Pakistan, Mohammed described himself as the architect of numerous terrorism plots and even claimed that “with my blessed right hand,” he had decapitated Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Pearl was found beheaded in Pakistan in 2002.

Mohammed, appearing in June 2008 for the first time since his capture five years earlier, said he would welcome becoming a “martyr” after a judge warned him that he faces the death penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept.

11 attacks.

“Yes, this is what I wish, to be a martyr for a long time,” he declared.

The U.S. is still considering whether to put Mohammed and the four fellow plotters on military tribunal. The Obama administration is also looking into recommendations for civilian trials, and is expected to announce a decision soon.

Al-Qaida is not known to be holding any Americans captive now. But the Haqqani group — the Pakistan-based Taliban faction closest to al-Qaida — is holding American soldier Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl who was cap-

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11 victims who fear that such a move could again make the city a terrorism target and that they should instead face a military trial.

Earlier this month, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said that if Obama agrees to try the five in military tribunals, he will press fellow Republicans to vote to close the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Graham told CBS television’s “Face the Nation” on March 7 that reversing Attorney General Eric Holder’s plan to try the suspected terrorists in a civilian court in New York City would be seen as an act of leadership by the public.

The White House is reviewing Holder’s plan and no new recommendation has been presented to the president. A decision is not expected for several weeks.

tured in eastern Afghanistan in June 2009. It released a video of him in December.

Bin Laden also said President Barack Obama is following in the footsteps of his predecessor GeorgeW. Bush by escalating the war in Afghanistan, being “unjust” to al-Qaida prisoners and supporting Israel in its occupation of Palestinian land.

“The politicians of the White House were and still are wronging us, especially by supporting Israel and occupying our land in Palestine.

They think that America, behind oceans, is safe from the wrath of the oppressed, until the reaction was loud and strong in your homeland,” he said of the Sept. 11 attacks. “Equal treatment is only fair. War is a backand-forth.”

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Basketball:

Veishea Service Day, give back to the community Got any plans this weekend?

How about spending some time doing something positive for the Ames and ISU communities?

Saturday is Veishea Service Day, and we encourage everyone to take part.

Veishea’s service projects started following the 2004 riots, as a way to demonstrate that Veishea can give back to the community, rather than disrupt it. That’s an admirable goal, and a point we’d like for the ISU campus to continue to prove.

The projects haven’t always had a huge amount of success. When you tell a bunch of college students to go paint the fence at some random address, the chances that effort is going to fall apart are pretty high.

But this year, Veishea has partnered with some more established groups, like the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Habitat for Humanity, and they’re planning some large-scale, more organized projects.

What’s on the agenda this year?

Volunteers will participate in landscaping projects, housing projects, food drives and more. Ledges State Park will benefit from some cleaning up, and a community garden will be planted at the Beloit Residential Treatment home, a children’s home run

by Lutheran Services in Iowa.

Additionally, a larger event called “Stash the Trash” is taking place through a collaboration between Veishea and Keep Iowa State Beautiful. Trash bags and gloves will be provided in the Reiman Gardens parking lot, for students to pick up litter on and around campus. And hey, there are some perks, too — Reiman Gardens will let volunteers in for free Saturday, and Stash the Trash will provide a free lunch.

Online registration for the day’s events has closed, but don’t fret — if you haven’t signed up yet, you can show up at Reiman Gardens Saturday, anytime between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to register for an event.

Don’t let this opportunity to do something great for your community pass you by.

The headlines are looking pretty bleak these days — it seems like there’s more bad news announced every day. Why not do what you can to add some good news to someone’s life?

And, if for some reason, you don’t want to help others just for the sake of helping, why not make a point?

Veishea still gets a pretty bad rap for the 2004 riots — and last year’s arrests during Veishea weekend didn’t help its reputation. But Veishea is an integral part of the ISU experience, for so much more than the drunken debauchery for which it’s gained so much fame.

By participating in Saturday’s Service Day, you can help show that ISU students care about their community — that we’re not here to take advantage of Ames’ resources without giving something back.

And if the drunken fun is still important to you, guess what — you can volunteer on Saturday, make someone’s life a little better, and still be home in time to start your Veishea fun whenever you like.

You might even discover that the good feeling you get from helping others is something you’d like to keep going past Saturday’s designated Service Day. According to the registration form for this year’s Service Day, more than 700 volunteers signed up to do something positive for the ISU community. Let’s top that number this year.

Veishea is more than free music, fried food and cherry pies.

Go out and volunteer. It’s good for you, and it’s good for Iowa State.

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Iowa State’s women’s basketball players walk off the court after a victory win against UW Green Bay on Tuesday night. The team has had a very impressive and successful season, and they will continue in the NCAA tournament, set to play in the Sweet 16 contest against UConn this Sunday.

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March brings madness UNI’s surprise win over Kansas forces many people out of their NCAA tournament pools

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ast week, while many of you were likely getting some sun and partying hard in climates far friendlier than Iowa’s, I and a handful of other students remained on campus, where we were granted a sunny, 60-degree Thursday only to have it followed by a mid-March snow Friday.

In addition to this, the dining halls and cafés were closed, the gym shut its doors at 8 p.m. and — thank goodness — parking enforcement was out in full force, hitting its monthly quotas by targeting people like me, who naively thought a carless campus would offer safe spaces.

But lest I commit an entire column bellyaching, I’ve got to admit that last week wasn’t all bad. You see, the wacky weather of Thursday and Friday was accompanied by the one great thing, aside from Spring Break, this month brings: March Madness. That’s right, the single-elimination tournament that begins with 65 teams and after a great deal of drama ends with one, began last week.

Millions of Americans become excited when March Madness hits due to the countless office, school and other tournament “pools,” in which participants pony up a few bucks, fill out “brackets” with their predicted outcomes of all 64 games, and, if successful, profit from their prognostications — the FBI recently estimated that more than $2.5 billion would be wagered worldwide on this year’s tournament. Indeed, a 2009 Microsoft/MSN survey found that 45 percent of American adults participate in at least one pool, and each March brings stories reporting the tournament’s negative effect on workplace

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productivity. The Chicago-based firm Gray & Christmas put this year’s figure at $1.8 billion in unproductive wages, and there’s no telling how much less productive the tournament makes college students across the country.

I admit, after winning a month’s worth of rent last year, much of my own excitement was built on the hope of reaping a financial reward again. Yet a week later, it’s clear that I’m out of the running, as I’m sure many of you are, too.

Ten teams that were not expected to win a game — that is, teams that were lower-seeded than their opponents ­— beat opponents they were not supposed to beat. This actually isn’t all that strange — upsets are far from rare in the tournament — but one game stood out: the second game played by the University of Northern Iowa.

You see, as a nine seed, UNI, the only team from Iowa that made the tournament, was given virtually no chance to beat the University of Kansas, the tournament’s overall top seed.

They did, however, pulling off the biggest upset in tournament history and doing it in storybook fashion thanks to Ali Farokhmanesh, the 5-foot-11-inch senior guard. With 38 seconds left and his team up 63–62, he chose to disregard logic, which would suggest he try to run some time off of the clock, and instead inexplicably took — and made — a picturesque 3-pointer that sealed the Panthers’ win and is now being referred to as another of sports’ many “shots heard ’round the world.”

At first, my heart — and I’m guessing

those of many of you who partook in a pool this year — sank. I’d picked Kansas to win the whole thing, and I can’t deny that “[Expletive] Farokhmanesh!” didn’t come out of my mouth.

After a few minutes of reflection, however, I had a change of heart. Regardless of the fact that UNI’s win meant a loss for my bank account, I had to appreciate the team’s victory — and you have to, too.

Even if you hate basketball, know nothing about Northern Iowa and lost your chance at winning big money thanks to them, you simply have to cheer them on.

As the David that defeated the tournament’s greatest Goliath, they’ve tapped into Americans’ love of the underdog. This love, first formed in the American psyche when 13 colonies banded together and scored the biggest upset in history by defeating Great Britain, is just plain natural. So whatever your personal interest in the tournament, watch UNI take on basketball powerhouse Michigan State Friday night and see if the underdog story goes on.

And while I’m telling you all what to watch on your weekend, I’d be remiss not to put in a plug for the ISU women’s basketball team, which moved on to the Sweet Sixteen of its tournament with a 60–56 win over Green Bay on Tuesday night. While they were far from an underdog in that game or the win before it, they are now.

At 11 a.m. Sunday, the No. 16 Cyclones will take on the University of Connecticut, the women’s tournament’s top overall seed.

UConn has rattled off 74 straight wins, shellacked Temple to the tune of a 90–36 score Tuesday and likely isn’t too worried about the Cyclones.

But as this column hopefully shows, March Madness is awesome, because crazy things can happen, especially when teams from Iowa are involved. Go Cyclones!

STDs:

Myths explain importance of testing With so many STDs out there, it’s more important than ever to get yourself tested Sexually transmitted diseases are, at best, uncomfortable. There is no doubt about that. STDs are also common, more so than people realize.

Avert, an international AIDS charity, shows that the United States saw more than 1.2 million new cases of chlamydia reported to health departments in 2008, and that’s only one of the nine STDs. There are three categories of STDs: bacteria, viruses and parasites. The bacteria include chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. These three diseases are often shrugged off as no big deal, but we’ll get to why that’s not true. The viruses include the four H’s: HIV, herpes, HPV and hepatitis B. There is no cure for any of these four STDs. Once you have them, they do not leave your body, whether or not you experience symptoms. The final group, parasites, includes pubic lice and trich. These are commonly known as the “Spring Break Diseases” because they thrive in warmer climates, such as the places one often goes for Spring Break.

In short, there is a lot of misinformation about STDs floating around out there. Hopefully this

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clears some of it up for you.

Myth: You can catch STDs from toilet seats.

Explanation: Viruses and bacteria cannot live outside of the body for a long period of time. It is especially difficult for them to live on a cold, hard surface such as a toilet seat. The same goes for parasites. Trich and pubic lice need warmth in order to survive, so a toilet seat does not create a desirable living place for them.

Myth: You can only get herpes if your partner is having an outbreak.

Explanation: It is very possible to get genital herpes from your partner even if he or she is not having an outbreak. About 70 percent of herpes transmission occurs when there are no symptoms present, and many people spread herpes to others before they even know about their own infection.

Myth: If you have an STD, you’ll know.

Explanation: Many STDs do not cause symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 75 percent of women and 50 percent of men show no symptoms when infected with chlamydia. For gonorrhea, 80 percent of women

and 10 percent of men will show no symptoms. Many of the viral STDs will also go undetected for quite some time. A person can be infected with herpes for months or even years before they ever have a breakout. HIV also usually takes years to show any symptoms. The only way to know for sure whether or not you have an STD is to get tested.

Myth: Chlamydia and gonorrhea are no big deal and will go away on their own.

Explanation: When left untreated, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis can cause serious damage. Chlamydia and gonorrhea can cause scarring in the reproductive tracks of both men and women, which can cause infertility. In women, these diseases can also cause pelvic inflammatory disease, which also causes a lot of scarring in the reproductive track. This can lead to infertility and ectopic pregnancy, a condition where the fertilized egg will attach itself somewhere outside of the uterus, usually in one of the fallopian tubes. If this happens, the fallopian tube will burst, and this can be fatal to the mother. Syphilis on the other hand will cause serious damage to the internal organs and

nervous system if left untreated.

Syphilis usually begins with a painless sore known as a chancre.

Usually the chancre goes away within a few weeks, which causes people to believe they no longer have the disease. What is really happening is the syphilis is now traveling further into your body.

The reason that chancre is painless is because the bacteria is attacking your nerve cells, so do not mistake this lack of pain to be a good sign.

Myth: If my partner gets tested and they don’t have anything, that means I don’t have to get tested.

Explanation: This could merely mean that you have not spread the infection to your partner yet.

As I mentioned before, many diseases have no symptoms, so it is very possible that you are infected and simply do not know it. Again, the only way to know for sure whether or not you have an STD is to get tested.

When getting tested for STDs, it is important to ask for each specific test that you want. Syphilis, herpes, HIV, and Hepatitis B tests are not included in a routine STD screening, so it is important to ask the health care provider for these specific tests if you are concerned.

STDs are no light matter. They are uncomfortable and can often lead to some serious consequences when left untreated.

When it comes to STDs, always seek out accurate information.

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Health Care:

Search out news, educate yourself The time is right for citizens to end the empty health care rhetoric and have educated, political discourse

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is a senior in journalism and mass communication from Alta. “constant obsession to be more like Europe.”

“Is it because they wear goofy little beanie hats?” he asked. “[Is it because] they have a cute, sexy accent, have more museums, or compact cars?”

See how that’s like how I transposed random data onto a Mitsubishi Outlander? What does European fashion or culture have to do with anything related to health care? It’s comparing apples to oranges.

But let’s just go ahead and jump to my favorite argument so often used: Poverty is natural.

Poverty is what we all are born into, and it is by sheer determination, grit and intelligence — and those attributes alone — that we succeed. We don’t

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uppose I wanted to persuade you from buying a certain brand of automobile. Suppose that, in support of my argument, I pointed out several important facts: 1. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the total number of people killed in car accidents at the turn of the millennium was 42,116, ranking just below cancer and cardiovascular disease.

2. AAA found that in 2007, Americans spent an average of 52.2 cents per mile, including insurance, repair and maintenance.

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Bull. Shit.

How many of you, when you were born, went home to a warm home — after being housed in a warm hospital bed — a bottle or breast of milk, parents to care for you and a socioeconomic status? Far from being cold in a natural state of poverty, many of us are given privileges from birth that allow us to experience a life that many American citizens — according to the U.S. Census Bureau, roughly 15 percent — will never experience due to a socioeconomic status that places them below the poverty line. If you don’t believe that’s true, let me ask you two questions: First, what has Paris Hilton done to rise from nothing to her current status? Second, since she’s obviously done something, why aren’t you working harder? Why aren’t you more like her?

I hear so many talk about how poor people “just need to work harder,” how they “just need to stop making bad decisions,” how they’re “morally flawed people.” I’m sick of it.

How are you supposed to make better decisions if you can’t afford an education? How are you supposed to get a job and

3. According to CNN Money, the average credit card debt in the American household — among those that have at least one card — is $10,700.

Now suppose that I used these facts to argue against you buying a Mitsubishi Outlander.

You look at all of this information, rightfully scratching your head. “Sophie,” you say. “This is all so random! Supposition! Nonsensical conjecture!

Taking statistics out of context!

Cherry-picking of data! Wild speculation!” You know what?

You’re abso-freakin’-lutely right, but it’s that kind of logic that is sometimes used to drive arguments against health reform, and they’re simply unacceptable in a mature debate. Let me give you an example of what I’m talking about that parallels my random automotive facts.

Anecdotes from Europe are often utilized in arguing against health care reform, but these fail to account for the myriad of factors in not only Europe’s system of health insurance, but government as well. These stories are then transposed onto our system of capitalism, our system of government, much like Glenn Beck did by arguing earlier this month that we shouldn’t want health care because it was just more of the

sustainable income with no experience, education, transportation or steady health?

It’s oversimplification of a complex issue, and demonstrates the vast amount of ignorance left in the supposedly educated populace. I understand that deluding oneself with a substitute for reality is comforting, but I find it difficult to fathom individuals who spout these criticisms of the poor ever giving up their money, their belongings — even temporarily — in order to prove their rhetoric. Even if they did, I certainly can’t imagine them refusing “socialist” programs like food stamps or Medicaid.

The reality is that poverty is something of a tautology: Someone in poverty is disadvantaged because of their poverty, which, in turn, makes them impoverished. Now, some will argue that statistics show mobility from the lower to upper class, henceforth the American Dream — where we pull ourselves up by our bootstraps — is alive and well.

These statistics come from income distribution studies and sound very official. But such statistics are a mess, and chockfull of people from all different backgrounds, educations, ethnicities, ages, etc. It’s not a true representation.

For example, did you know that — more than likely, as a college student — you qualify as living under the poverty line according to these studies? So when you get a job out there in the real world, congratulations! You’ve made it, climbing from nothing to success. You’ve achieved the American Dream.

In reality, the poor often fall into a cyclical trapdoor of poverty. Under a certain threshold, they are provided subsidiaries and assistance programs to help pay for necessities. Once they rise above this threshold, they are more or less told, “swim on your own, no one’s holding you up anymore.”

Let me give you an example: A woman goes from earning $25,000 to earning $35,000.

Sounds great, right? She’s working, driving, pulling herself up, and she’s hardly a morally reprehensible person. This is what people who argue “poverty is natural” and “we all are given the same chances to succeed” would have you believe. I don’t know how else to put this: That’s

A homeless man who identified himself as “Shaggy” cuddles with his dog on a park bench in Santa Monica, Calif. Prell points out the man is labeled “morally inferior” by some due to his circumstances.

Such labeling is unjust and ignores the complex nature of poverty. Photo: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times

simply not true.

As Jeffrey Liebman, research associate at National Bureau of Economic Research tells the story, “She lost free health insurance and instead had to pay $230 a month for her employer-provided health insurance. Her rent associated with her section 8 voucher went up by 30 percent of the income gain [which is the rule]. She lost the [$280 a month] subsidized child care voucher she had for after-school care for her child.

She lost around $1,600 a year of the [Earned Income Tax Credit].

She paid payroll tax on the additional income. Finally, the new job was in Boston, and she lived in a suburb. So now she has $300 a month of additional gas and parking charges.”

The story ends with the woman being sucked back into poverty. Her respite was only temporary, and this anecdote is far from an exceptional case.

If income distribution studies could correctly track individual cases, we’d see that.

Look, poverty — and health care reform — is a complex issue; I’m not trying to pretend it’s not. I’m also not trying to say this is an excuse for people to manipulate the system. But we need to observe the world as it is, not how we wish it was.

I’m sick of the tired, old arguments that take hours to say and end up saying nothing at all. I don’t care if you feel conservatively or liberally about this issue — after all, it was Clinton, a Democrat, who “ended wel-

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Things really go both ways here — left and right, Democrat and Republican — and you get what you give. Want more [insert your political stance or religion here] voices to be heard? Act like an adult. In the case of health care reform — learn about health care. Don’t listen to pundits — from insane Glenn Beck on Fox to childish Keith Olbermann on MSNBC — and call yourself informed.

Don’t just scream talking points

like “hypocrite” from the left side of the aisle and “ObamaCare” from the right. That doesn’t educate.

Even as an editor who loves her Opinion section dearly, I say to you: Please don’t come to the Opinion section for news. Commentary and arguments are what we offer, but this is never meant to replace it.

Go, and search out the news. Go to the original source of information, if you can.

Educate yourself. Maybe then we can actually talk about such a pivotal issue instead of trading empty rhetoric and insults.

Maybe then we can hold constructive discourse.

What is the prerequisite for entering Heaven? Answer: We must be “born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8) And what is the prerequisite for being “born of the Spirit?” Answer: Seeing ourself as a (lost) sinner.s (Romans 3:10) Sadly, most of us will never reach this point in our lives. After all, we’ve been baptized, we believe in Jesus, and we try to live as close to the Bible’s precepts as we can. That should be good enough come Judgement Day, right? Problem is, for a lot of us, our church leaders told us we received the Holy Spirit when we got baptized, when in reality we did not.

They may have sighted John 3:5, in which Jesus tells a man named Nicodemus, “Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Now, half of Christianity takes “born of water” to mean baptism, while the other half takes it to mean physical birth (you know, “her water broke?”) The latter viewpoint is backed up by Jesus’s next statement (John 3:6), in which he says, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” In other words, Jesus is telling the man he has to be born physically and he has to be born spiritually; two separate occurrences.

Well, if we don’t get the Holy Spirit at baptism, then when? Jesus addresses that in the 15th verse of chapter 3 when he says, “That whosoever believeth in [the Son of man] should not perish, but have eternal life.” (If you have the Spirit of God, you have eternal life.)

What does it mean to “believe” in Him? To simply believe in an intellectual theory that Jesus is the Son of God? Not hardly. A better translation would be “trusteth.” In other words, what Jesus was telling Nicodemus (and the rest of us, in essence): No matter how good a life you live, in the end it won’t be good enough. So put your trust in the perfect work which I do, and I will forgive your sins (past, present and future) and fill you with the Holy Spirit (and write your name in the Lamb’s Book of Life.)

Salvation is a gift (Romans 6:23). We can’t earn it, we can’t merit it, and we certainly don’t deserve it. We can only humble ourselves and ask for it. And when Jesus saves a person, it’s a supernatural experience like nothing else. The joy of having your sins forgiven couldn’t possibly be topped by anything else (not in this life, anyway). And the next life will last forever, so best to take care of it today. Simply ask Him in faith to save you, while you still have time.

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UConn juggernaut awaits

By Travis J. Cordes Daily Staff Writer

Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 schedule Games on Saturday: Sacramento Region ■■ No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 5 Georgia 8:04 p.m.

■■ No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 7 Gonzaga 10:32 p.m.

Memphis Region ■■ No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Baylor 11:04 a.m.

■■ No. 2 Duke vs. No. 11 San Diego State ■■ 1 p.m.

Games on Sunday: Dayton Region ■■ No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 4 Iowa State 11:04 a.m.

■■ No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 7 Mississippi State 1:32 p.m.

Kansas City Region ■■ No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 6:34 p.m.

■■ No. 1 Nebraska vs. No. 4 Kentucky 8:30 p.m.

WBCA Award

Point guard Lacey picked All-American 2010 finalist Senior point guard Alison Lacey has been chosen as a finalist for the 2010 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team. Lacey is one of 40 finalists that will be selected by a panel of WBCA coaches for a 10-member All-American Team.

A unanimous All-Big 12 First Team pick this season, Lacey has been the face of ISU women’s basketball, leading her crew with her 16 points and 5.75 assists per game. Lacey was also chosen as a finalist for the Lieberman Award, recognizing top point guards in the nation.

Lacey took her point guard and leadership skills to a new level this year, leading Iowa State to its current 25–7 overall record and a date with No. 1 UConn in the Sweet 16.

Lacey led the country in assist-to-turnover ratio and still holds the lead with 3.17.

This season Lacey became the only player in ISU history to record 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in a career.

— Daily Staff

Volleyball home spring tournament schedule The ISU volleyball team will begin its spring exhibition schedule Saturday by hosting a tournament at the West Towne Courts in Ames.

The tournament begins at 10 a.m. and will continue until 3 p.m.

Teams featured in the tournament along with the Cyclones include Kansas State, Minnesota, North Dakota State and Northern Iowa.

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North Dakota State / Kansas State vs. Northern Iowa ■■ 11:40 a.m. — Minnesota vs.

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The second television in Bill Fennelly’s office is getting plenty of use this week in the days leading up to the Sweet 16.

And it’s not necessarily to help the coaching staff watch more game film.

Just four days before his team is set to take on undefeated No. 1 Connecticut in the Dayton Region semifinals, Fennelly’s flat screen is instead tuned to ESPN, where his beloved St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of a Spring Training game.

“If you’ve watched as much video of Connecticut as us, you’d want something else to watch, too,” Fennelly said.

His need for a distraction is more than understandable.

It’s been 719 days since the Huskies (35–0) last experienced defeat, which came in a 82–73 upset at the hands of Stanford in the 2008 Final Four.

Since then, coach Geno Auriemma’s team has strung together a 74game win streak and is widely being referred to as the most dominant team in the history of the sport.

“Everybody knows what’s coming,” Fennelly said. “Not many people can say they show up for work every single day and do it at a very high level, and they’ve done it 74 times in a row.

It’s amazing the way they play, and they like the idea that they’re better than everyone else.”

Look no further than the numbers to help illustrate their story. The Huskies lead the NCAA in nine of 18 major statistical categories, have beaten opponents by an average of 35.9 points per game this season, and have two players that will likely battle each other for national player of the year awards.

Most recent additions to their parade of demolitions include pastings of Southern and Temple, which they beat by a combined 110 points in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

Numbers can be awed for hours on end, but there really isn’t much else to say except that Connecticut is really, really good.

The ominous task ahead has Fennelly scratching his head as the staff attempts to come up with new, innovative ways to try to take down what is perhaps the largest Goliath sports has ever seen.

Preparing for and ultimately playing against the Huskies may be extremely frustrating, but as Fennelly has stated several times, it’s much better than doing nothing.

“We could be lifting weights right now,” said junior guard Kelsey Bolte.

UConn forward Maya Moore shoots over Southern’s Jamie Floyd during their first round NCAA game on Sunday at the Constant Center in Norfolk, Va. The Huskies coasted past the Jaguars 95-39 to advance in the tournament. Photo: Jason Hirschfeld/The Associated Press

“Yes, we have to play them, but it’s better than if we had lost in front of our great fans. I’d rather be here than the alternative, which is not being in the Sweet 16.”

Connecticut’s dominance starts with superstars Maya Moore and Tina Charles, who each average better than 18 points and eight rebounds per game.

Moore ranks in the top 200 individually in eight different statistical categories — essentially every category except free-throw and 3-point percentages.

Adding Charles, who is about as dominant of a post presence as

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Iowa State no longer a Cyclones hit team to be ‘walked over’ road again to face Texas Tech in Big 12 game

By Dan Tracy Daily Staff Writer

For a program that came into this season winning only seven Big 12 matches since 1997 and still carrying the notoriety of its 79 match losing streak in Big 12 play from 2002–’09, the Cyclones are on the brink of what may be the best season in program history.

“We knew coming into the spring that we were going to try and be better than we were in the fall,” said coach Armando Espinosa. “Even though we are getting better, we still carry a stigma [as the worst team in the Big 12].”

The Cyclones took a giant step in replacing that stigma with victories over Big 12 opponents Missouri and No. 52 Colorado last weekend. The two Big 12 wins earned the Cyclones 9–6 (2–1 Big 12) a No. 66 national ranking, their first berth into the ITA national rankings since 2002.

Not only did the two Big 12 wins match the most any Cyclone team has won, it also inspired an elevation of the team’s goals for this season. With the national tournament a month and a half away, the Cyclones are setting their sights on an at-large bid in the 64-team national tournament.

“It’s just really good motivation to keep our work up; we have what it takes to take a big step and we are working hard,” said sophomore Marie-Christine Chartier.

Playing at the No. 5 singles

By David Merrill Daily Staff Writer

2). Both teams lost their Big 12 opening matches to Texas and Texas A&M last weekend. Although both teams are unranked, Espinosa sees them both as “very dangerous teams.”

“It’s been a while since we have beaten any of the Big 12 teams, so [Kansas or Kansas State] don’t want to be an-

Junior pitcher Rachel Zabriskie will lead the 20–12 Cyclones into Lubbock, Texas, this weekend as they face off against a redhot Red Raider team, who has jumped out to its best start in program history at 28–4.

Coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler stressed that the team can only focus on Zabriskie playing its game and its style of play. The Cyclones are going to try to not get caught up on who they are playing and what their record is.

The Cyclones are on a seven-game win streak and have won 10 of their last 11 games.

“I think we’re in a great situation,” GeKidwell meinhardt-Cesler said. “Going into Omaha and getting two wins against Creighton gave us the momentum we need, and we’re going to keep going with that as we get ready for Big 12 play.”

The Cyclones’ resiliency is something that has shown through during the seven-game win streak. They have shown the ability to put together bounce-back innings.

“When we’ve given up runs, we’ve come right back and gotten those runs back,” Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. “I think that’s a big thing for us right now.”

Gemeinhardt-Cesler also credited her team for each batter in the lineup contributing. She likes the fact that she can count on production from every batting lineup spot.

Zabriskie is already the Cyclones’ career strikeout leader with 553 to her name, but with an opening game win against Texas Tech, she would pass Lori Young for the career wins mark with 50 being the magic number.

“I try not to think about it,” Zabriskie said. “I don’t like to think about stats and stuff like that, but my dad keeps reminding me about it, so I definitely know it’s there, but it’s

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Marie-Christine Chartier plays on March 12 at Ames Racquet and Fitness, 320 S. 17th St. Chartier won both singles matches against Big 12 rivals Missouri and Colorado. Photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily

position, Chartier leads the Cyclones, along with junior Erin Karonis, in wins this season with nine. Chartier, who already has two Big 12 wins on the season, hopes to eclipse her previous amount of three wins last season.

Chartier and the rest of the team will spend another weekend on the road with matches against Kansas 8–6 (0–2) and Kansas State 3–7 (0–

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(845) : smile it’s a wonderful day smelly cat (630): yet i just fell down the stairs (712): And the whole pregnant thing isn’t happening anymore. I’m pissed he ever said anything.

(515) well there’s a good chance I have crabs. Not the kind you eat!

(515) That gives new meaning to the phrase “coming in hot” (515) are you sober?

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Scorpio: Make your mark.

Today’s Birthday: You have more than one way to overcome obstacles this year. The application of fanatical pressure may move you forward in some cases. You consider ruthless possibilities, but careful planning makes harsh measures unnecessary.

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

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Recent efforts pay off when a partner or supervisor signs off on your work. Then it’s off to dinner and dancing!

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 a 6 -- Keep your head down in order to avoid flying objects.

Disagreements at work leave the realm of logic and enter the truly outrageous. Don’t participate.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 6 -- Instead of focusing on your own issues, talk to friends about theirs. Develop a well-structured plan to help them.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -Today is an 8 -- In spite of stresses and strains, you and your partner accomplish everything you set out to do. Imagine that! It’s win-win.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Maintain focus early in the day. Not only can you finish, you can do it beautifully. Party later with your favorite people.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Whatever you do today, don’t drag your feet. It may not be a problem, as you’re floating on air.

Your heart has grown wings.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Refine your review of other people and their aggressive tactics. Don’t sink to their level.

Instead, do your own thing.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Continue moving forward with bright ideas that inspire. Add something to the mix that ensures personal recognition.

Make your mark.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Spend some cash on a token of your love. The more creative you get, the better.

You don’t have to break the bank this time.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is an 8 -- Finally, everything comes together. Submit your paper or release results now. No need for further changes. Today’s a great launch day.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 7 -- Rats! You break the point on every pencil you touch.

Less pressure equals more creativity. Take a philosophical view and breathe deep.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is an 8 -- Tighten your belt.

Postpone spending now. Allow others to revise financial estimates before proceeding. You may need to narrow the vision.

hi mom! Made in to the Newspaper...just sayin’ ··· To the guy that walks around campus with a permanent scowl, SMILE! It would make my day. Just Sayin’... ··· To the lady in Fareway today that was wearing the snuggie, you’ll probably never read this, but you’re my hero. ··· To my girlfriend who thought Georgia was in the midwest..really? Good thing you’re awesome.

Just sayin’! ··· To the boys who drive the Chevys and wear your boots to class...You are the reason I chose ISU. - Just Sayin’ ··· Is it that hard to change out of pajama pants before coming to class? ··· To the person who just crop dusted the 1A. not cool! JUST SAYIN! ··· to my roomate who is all jaked up about his new girlfriend.... I hope this one is longer than a week! Haha ··· To everyone who brings laptops to class for the sole purpose of being on facebook the entire time, you’re annoying. Stay home. ··· To the person whose day I ruined with my Lady Gaga lyrics, just dance, it’ll be okay...Just Sayin’ ··· To those who keep drunkenly eating my roommates goldfish, what is wrong with you? ··· Today in HS 350, we had a hula-hoop off for quiz points. Thank God our class has good hips ··· To the guy on Cyride with the massive umbrella... did that thing come with a table and 4 chairs as well??

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Gymnastics

Cyclones prepare for championships

By Kelsey Jacobs Daily Staff Writer

Iowa State’s Ashley Kent performs a beam routine on Feb. 26 against Minnesota at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones won 195.475 to 195.200. File photo: Zhenru Zhang/Iowa State Daily

UCONN from PAGE 8

there is in the nation, to the mix presents any team with a giant challenge to just consider those two alone.

“Maya Moore may be the most complete player in the country,” Fennelly said. “[Charles] can run the court and score the ball, and all of their players play extremely hard. Any kind of skill set that you need to play basketball, they have it, and

they do it at a very high rate of speed and efficiency.”

While Connecticut coasted to a 90–36 victory over Temple in the second round — they led 55–12 at halftime — Iowa State took a much different, more heart-attack inducing route to their second consecutive Sweet 16.

The Cyclones (25–7) didn’t hold a lead against UW-Green Bay until 48–47 at the 9:07 mark of the second half, and led for just 3:17 the entire game in a 60–56 victory.

Senior Alison Lacey played

The No. 16 Cyclones will head to the Big 12 Championships on Saturday to compete against four ranked opponents — No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 12 Nebraska and No. 14 Missouri.

The team has gone 0–3 in Big 12 competition this season, but senior Ashley Kent said that doesn’t impact the team’s morale.

“We don’t really think about it all that much,” Kent said. “It just makes it obvious how strong the Big 12 is. We’re going to go in a shoot for a good score and another 24-for-24, and wherever we end up we’ll be happy as long as we went out and did our best.”

Having a consistent meet, which includes getting through all 24 routines the team has in its lineup without a fall, is key for the Cyclones being able to challenge for the title.

This season, the team has proven its resiliency by remaining consistent throughout several injuries. The team has not necessarily done this in the past several years.

“We’ve had a couple years where we were inconsistent throughout the year,” Kent said. “This year we’ve had a much more consistent full year, so we’re happy about that. We hope that

significant minutes against UWGreen Bay for just the second time since returning from her three-week battle with pneumonia, a sickness she is still recovering from.

The Canberra, Australia, native will be limited in practice Thursday and Friday in hopes of leading to optimal health against UConn on Sunday.

“I’m doing good,” Lacey said.

“The last game kind of took it out of me because it was a battle to the end, and I was definitely sore afterwards. But I feel much better

shows in the Big 12 and hope we’ll have a consistent meet that will be building and building off of all our meets.”

Kent said any of the four teams in the Big 12 could take the championship, but the team is excited to put up a fight for it and go for first place, which hasn’t happened in recent history.

The last time the Cyclones won a Big 12 title was in 2006, when Kent was a freshman.

This is the last Big 12 Championship for the now veteran Kent, but for freshman Elizabeth Stranahan, it will be a first. Stranahan has been trying to keep a level head and not let the pressure of the larger competition affect her.

“I’m trying to think of it as the same as in the gym,” Stranahan said. “I don’t want to change my performance from practice to meets, whether it’s a small meet or a big meet. I’m trying to keep it the same and not get too worked up over the fact that it is a big competition.”

Stranahan performed an exhibition at the Cyclones’ first home meet in January but then sustained a back injury that kept her out for six weeks.

She returned to compete on floor exercise for the last four meets of the season, and her scores have risen from an 8.150 to a 9.800.

Her return has been especially im-

and we’ll see how I do in practice and how my body feels.”

Iowa State and Connecticut have met just once previously, in a game that is still being talked about by residents of both Ames and Storrs.

Underdog Iowa State knocked off the Huskies 64–58 in the 1999 Sweet 16 in Cincinnati, which is just an hour south of the arena the two will clash at this weekend.

Tipoff from the University of Dayton Arena is scheduled for 11:04 a.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2.

portant as top floor worker senior Melanie Tham sustained an Achilles’ injury March 5 that ended her season.

“We kind of try to stand by the mantra ‘nothing phases us,’ but [Tham] getting hurt, it definitely hurts,” Stranahan said. “We are hurting for her and she was a good contributor, but it doesn’t change our goals and it doesn’t change what we’re trying to do, so we’re just trying to do the best we can do to fill in that spot.”

Kent described Stranahan as a strong competitor, but Kent said it was unfortunate that she was out for weeks with the back injury when she couldn’t practice full routines.

Kent said the backup gymnasts on floor are ready to go for Saturday, even though it has been different without Tham.

“It’s different because [Stranahan] is a freshman and [Tham] is a senior,” Kent said. “But I think [Stranahan] has gone out the last couple of meets and proven herself, and we have full confidence in her. I think she has confidence in herself, too, so it’s what we practice for still, and having her back its just a huge benefit. If she was still out and [Tham] was out, then we would be struggling.”

The Cyclones will compete at 2 p.m.

Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.

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Connecticut is beating teams by an average of 35.9 ppg this season.

The lowest margin of victory this season is 14 points (St. John’s, 66-52) They have beat their two NCAA opponents by a combined 110 points (186-76) They are on a 74-game win streak, last losing to Stanford on 4/6/08 in the Final Four Every win during that streak has come by double-digits They have not lost a game in 719 consecutive days

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from PAGE 8 other team in our win column,” Espinosa said.

Last season the Cyclones ended their 79-match losing streak against Big 12 opponents with a come-from-behind 4–3 victory at home. The next day, after winning the doubles point against the Jayhawks, Kansas rallied to a 5–2 victory. Both Kansas and Kansas State will be looking for their first Big 12 victories of the season while the Cyclones will be looking to pick up their third Big 12 victory for the first time in program history.“They are going to come in fired up,” Espinosa said. “Nobody wants to have the reputation of losing to the worst team in the Big 12, which we were. We aren’t a walk-over [team] anymore.”

Iowa State will play Kansas at 2 p.m. Friday and Kansas State at 1 p.m. Sunday.

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only one game to win and I have a long time to win it.”

Young set the current career wins mark in the 1984–’85 season.

Zabriskie will throw for her 17th win of the season, which would continue her lead in that department as well as strikeouts.

She enters the series with 168 strikeouts.

She has been virtually untouchable over her last three starts, going 3–0 with a .37 ERA and striking out 24 batters in that span.

With both teams playing well going into the series, Iowa State has some extra confidence with the way the team has been playing.

The Cyclones will attempt to erase the nightmare first half of the Big 12 season they experienced last year, going 1–8 out of the gate.

“If we didn’t have a sevengame win streak, or even anything close to that,” Zabriskie said.

“We wouldn’t have as much confidence, but you like to go into the Big 12 having a decent winning streak. It’s nice to know that we’re playing well against quality teams and we hope to continue that throughout the Big 12 play.”

This is the last road series before the Cyclones return home to host the Hawkeyes in the annual rivalry series.

The team has already started practicing outside and are eager to host its first game of the season.