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Faculty Senate

Horticulture Hall

Board merges memorandum, Section 3.4

By Taysha Murtaugh Daily Correspondent A proposed replacement of Section 3.4 of the faculty handbook will be presented under new business at the Tuesday Faculty Senate meeting.

The executive board met Tuesday to construct the agenda for next week and further revise the new document.

This provision, entitled “Nonrenewal or Termination of Appointment,” regards the termination of tenured and untenured faculty and elimination of departments.

Initially, the proposed change to Section 3.4 hinged on the passage of the Memorandum of Understanding, a document created to be in effect until

see FACULTY on PAGE 14

Ames City Council

City Council approves new zoning motion The Ames City Council approved a motion to establish a new zoning designation for commercial areas located near residential areas. The Convenience General Service area was established as a result of a prospective development of a Casey’s General Store located near a residential area.

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Plants to get new digs Greenhouses to be torn down, rebuilt with new technology

By Bethany Pint Daily Staff Writer Horticulture Hall will soon get a facelift.

That’s because the 18 greenhouses on nearly a one-half acre area will be torn down and replaced with state-ofthe-art facilities.

Peter Lawlor, agricultural specialist in the horticulture department and greenhouse manager, said construction on the site will begin in May and is expected to be completed by fall 2011.

“We’ve been talking about it for four years now,” he said. “They’re all approaching 100 years; they’ve all gone past their lifespan.”

The project began with a $6 million budget, but due to budget cuts the project has been allocated $4 million.

Because of the loss of the $2 million, Lawlor said there will not be a conservatory in the new greenhouse facility unless the money is donated for the project.

“It’s going to be about two-thirds of the size of what we have now,” he said.

“So we’re going to have less space; no conservatory just because of the budget situation.”

The plants inside the existing conservatory will be donated to another

Iowa State’s conservatory located in the greenhouse of Horticulture Hall will not be included in the new greenhouses due to budget cuts unless there is a $2 million donation to help fund it. Construction for the new greenhouses is planned to start in May and is scheduled to be completed by fall 2011. Photo: Joseph Bauer/Iowa State Daily

conservatory, spread throughout campus or sold in a plant sale, Lawlor said.

“It’s bittersweet because it’s used as a teaching tool and it gets quite a bit of students walking through that aren’t in horticulture,” he said. “But we’re going

to have new houses so it’s a tradeoff.”

Lawlor said the greenhouses will be recycled as much as possible and used in the new greenhouses.

“There’s not much we can use though because it’ll be all new equipment,” he said.

Campaign breaks election rules Commission finds e-mail in violation of current code

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Funding for the Sloss House will be debated, for the second time this semester, at Wednesday night’s Government of the Student Body meeting.

The GSB initially funded $29,886.99 to the Sloss House, which was matched by the provost’s office.

The money from the GSB was to be used to purchase new furniture for the Sloss House, and the money from the provost’s office was going toward creating structural renovations on the building.

A new bill, written by Vice-Speaker Jacob Wilson, was written proposing that the funds allocated to the Sloss House carry over to the next fiscal year so it can wait to buy the furniture until its renovation project is underway this summer.

If the Senate doesn’t allow the money to carry over, the Sloss House has nowhere to store the new furniture, and will therefore probably not receive the money that was allocated by the senate, or the money from the provost’s office, Wilson said.

Wilson said the Sloss House has been examined by facilities planning and management and needs the renovations, or it will most likely have to

The Government of the Student Body Election Commission found that presidential-hopeful Luke Roling and his running mate, Nate Dobbels, had violated a section of the 2010 Election Code in a violation hearing Monday.

The commission found that an e-mail sent out on behalf of the Roling-Dobbels campaign early Monday morning by Inter Residence Hall Association President Jason Boggess to the approximately 9,000 students living in the residence halls and Schilletter and University Village was in violation of the code.

Since the e-mail was sent at 12:14 a.m. Monday, it violated the election code that prohibits communications through ISU list servers within 24 hours of the vote.

Dan Porter, GSB election commissioner, said he was approached by the Roling–Dobbels campaign for approval to send out an e-mail to the IRHA listserv Thursday night.

“They followed the code on that — I had to approve that e-mail,” Porter said. “At that point, it was still permissible.”

Porter said every group that endorses a candidate is required to sign a form stating that they have read and understand the GSB election code, and that Boggess signed such a form.

If the e-mail had been sent Thursday, Friday or Saturday, Porter said no rules would have been broken.

Porter was forwarded the e-mail Monday morning and met with Dione Somerville, dean of students, later that afternoon to discuss the matter.

“We agreed that this was something we needed to handled sooner, rather than later, because it did have such large implications for the way the election could turn out,” Porter said.

Porter called a meeting of the election commission for 9 p.m., which he said was the earliest time that the group could reach quorum.

Both sets of candidates were brought in, starting with Roling and Dobbels.

“We let them defend themselves before we heard Peterson and Wilson,” said Nick Davis, election commission member and sophomore in po-

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Chandra Peterson, Government of the Student Body presidential candidate, said after seeing Inter-Residence Hall Association President Jason Boggess’ e-mail, she had hoped the election commission could level the playing field.

Peterson “We were really looking for an opportunity to make it fair,” Peterson said. “A third of the students received this e-mail. We’re talking 7,000 [or] 8,000 students.”

Because the e-mail was sent in the first 15 minutes of voting, Peterson said she doesn’t feel like Wilson her campaign had a chance to reach students.

“I talked to so many people Monday morning who had already voted for the other people,” Peterson said. “They didn’t even have an opportunity to see what we had done — we had sidewalk chalked everywhere, we were out in our booth.”

Peterson said the last election was decided by approximately 200 votes, so if even 5 percent of the students who received the e-mail voted for Luke Roling and Nate Dobbels, her campaign will have a hard time making up the difference.

Peterson said she still has questions about the Roling and Dobbels campaign’s plausible deniability in the affair, because of apparent connections between Boggess and the Roling and Dobbels campaign unrelated to his role in Inter Residence Hall Association’s endorsement.

“It’s not a secret, he’s actually campaigning for them,” Peterson said.

And given the gravity of the endorsement, Peterson said it seems unlikely the Roling and Dobbels campaign would simply part ways with Boggess without following up.

“If I knew somebody was going to be e-mailing 9,000 students for me, telling them to vote for me, I would make sure they did it,” Peterson said.

If the election does not go in favor of Peterson and Wilson, the campaign can contest the decision and appeal to the GSB supreme court — but Peterson said they haven’t discussed whether or not they’ll take that road.

“We’ll have a tough decision to make,” Peterson said.

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Government of the Student Body presidential candidate Luke Roling said he knew an e-mail was being sent on behalf of the InterResidence Hall Association endorsing his campaign, Roling but he didn’t find out that the e-mail was sent within 24 hours of the election — a violation of GSB election code rules — until 10 a.m.

Monday.

About 14 hours later, the Roling and Nate Dobbels Dobbels campaign found out that the e-mail would cost them up to $900 if they lose — and potentially more, if they win.

Roling said he was in touch with GSB Election Commissioner Dan Porter “throughout the day” and he “kept the election commission quite informed” as he learned of developments.

The e-mail was sent by IRHA President Jason Boggess. The violation occurred not because of the e-mail’s content, but because of the time at which it was sent — around 12:15 a.m. Monday. According to election code, campaign communications through ISU listserv is prohibited within 24 hours of the vote.

Boggess declined to comment for the story.

Roling received approval from Porter for the e-mail to be sent to the IRHA listserv Thursday night. However, that approval was contingent on adherence to the “24hour rule.”

“We just failed to notify Jason of that,” Roling said, adding that he didn’t want to speculate on whether or not Boggess was aware of the rules when he sent the e-mail.

Roling and Dobbels said they will wait until after the election results are released to discuss whether they will take any further action regarding the decision.

“Luke and I are focusing on the election first and foremost,” Dobbels said.

— Daily Staff Writer

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Benjamin Kwasa, left, sophomore in aerospace engineering, Kelsey Larson, freshman in chemistry, Becca Malone, junior in linguistics, Victoria Farwell, sophomore in animal science, practice dancing as part of the Celtic Dance Society on Monday in the Oak Room of the Memorial Union. The group practices every week and focuses on having fun while dancing. Photo: Whitney Sager/Iowa State Daily

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First Amendment Day

Groups select gay marriage for debate topic First Caucus Cup pits ISU Republicans vs.

Democrats in talk

By Heidi Ebert Daily Staff Writer The First Amendment Day Committee will host the first Caucus Cup at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Gallery Room of the Memorial Union.

The ISU Democrats and the ISU College Republicans will debate the issue of same-sex marriage.

“I think it’ll be a good exchange of ideas,” said Nathan Bond, senior in environmental science and president of

the ISU Democrats. “Students should hear both sides of an issue.”

Same-sex marriage was selected as the topic because it is, and has been, such a heated national issue and continues to be debated during election cycles.

“It continues to be a large issue with focus groups and legislatures. It keeps coming up in the governor’s race. It’s come up in presidential elections, and it is something that’s not getting addressed,” said Jason Covey, senior in political science and president of the ISU College Republicans. “It’s been a very large, unresolved issue.”

The Democrats chose the topic and the Republicans worded the resolution so the debate would be fair.

Green initiatives and health care were also considered as topics.

The resolution that will be debated states, “Iowa shall Covey amend its constitution to define marriage as being between one man and one woman,” according to the First Amendment Day Web site.

ISU College Republicans will take a position affirming the resolution and the ISU Democrats will take the opposing position.

The debate will be conducted according to the Oxford Union rules.

Since this is the first year of the Caucus

Lecture

Government adviser encourages women Norris speaks on lack of female involvement, voice

By Abigail Barefoot Daily Staff Writer “I am witnessing a moment. Our president making the lives better for women and children,” said Jackie Norris, fondly remembering her first sit-in of bill signing.

This moment was one in a Norris long line of moments in Norris’s career.

Norris is a senior adviser to the Corporation for National and Community Service, which includes Teach for America and Americorps.

The program helps implement services by giving grants and assisting with follow through of the plans presented by the president and first lady.

Norris spoke Monday to a room of 50 people in a lecture, “Women, Leadership and Service.”

Norris gave personal anecdotes as well as memories and quotes of the women she said are her role models.

Norris has a long list of leadership credentials.

She previously served as chief of staff for Michelle Obama. She was also a scheduler for Vice President Al Gore and president Barack Obama’s senior’s adviser during the Iowa caucus campaign.

With her reflection on life and leadership, she offered the room advice to take, not just as volunteers, but also as human beings.

Norris said that one should have a positive attitude. “Even if you thought are not confident, but you can tell yourself you are,” Norris said.

“You’ll be surprised what it does.”

Describing herself as an “eternal optimist,” she said a good attitude will help one gain the motivation to continue on and make change.

One of the issues women in leadership roles face, is the delicate balance between work and family.

Norris knows this battle, as a result of raising

her three boys while working long hours in the political sphere.

“Women and girls should stick together,” she said.

“We should work on building each other up, not tearing each other down,” Norris said.

“Women are our own worst enemies.”

Norris also acknowledged the lack of women in high-level government positions in Iowa, which is one of two states yet to have a female governor.

Iowa is also one of four states not to have a woman elected to congress.

“Women in the past have been behind the scenes rather than in front of the scenes. Maybe that’s the next step,” Norris said.

When women speak up, they can be better represented in government and help better the lives of women within the United States, Norris said.

Quoting U.S. Rep. Louis Slaughter, D-N.Y., Norris said, “A women’s voice in government is crucial.”

After teaching for five years, Norris was feeling burnt out and struggling.

She wondered if students were interested in learning anymore.

After her students expressed interest in Obama and politics, she began to see a glimmer of hope.

“If I was going to be a role model for my kids, and the kids I was teaching, I had to be an activist. I had to go for it,” Norris said.

Norris said she enjoyed making a difference in other’s lives — that is why she isn’t planning on running for office anytime soon.

“It’s not about money, or anything like that.

It’s the impact,” she said.

To students interested in volunteering, she said, “Don’t give up. It’s amazing what things can be done with one person.”

Though Norris isn’t sure where she what she will be doing in the future, she mentioned goals she hoped for others to follow as well.

“One, I want to get out of my comfort zone ... two, I want to live a life that is meaningful, it doesn’t have to be big.

“Doesn’t need to be flashy, but meaningful,” she said.

Cup, the Democrats and Republicans were the only groups invited to participate for simplicity purposes.

Next year, according to the rules, this year’s winning team chooses whom they would like to debate with a new topic.

There will be four people on each debate team.

Thomas Beell, professor of journalism and mass communication, will moderate. Jean Goodwin, associate professor in English; Jay Newell, associate professor in advertising and Alexandra Hayne, editor of the Ames Tribune, will be the judges.

The debate is a chance for students to exercise their First Amendment rights as American citizens and is a pre-

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and a weather station that detects when snow is present to activate the heat sensors and temperature sensors are also a part of the plans.

Instead of 110-degree summers inside the greenhouses, Lawlor will be able to keep the greenhouses maintained at 75– 80 degrees.

“It’ll benefit the researchers a lot because they can have projects they can do a longerterm study under really tight control temperature-wise,” he said.

William Graves, professor of horticulture, uses the Horticulture Hall greenhouses when he researches the conservation, ecology and potential for horticulture uses of rare trees and shrubs.

Graves, who utilizes the greenhouses for research and in teaching a course, said there are

cursor to the official First Amendment Day on April 8.

“It’s a great chance to see First Amendment rights being played out right in front of you,” said Jennifer Dryden, senior in journalism and mass communication and the main organizer of the event.

The event is sponsored by the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, the First Amendment Day Committee, Leo Mores Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Iowa State Daily, ISU Committee on Lectures and the Iowa High School Press Association.

The complete First Amendment Day schedule is available online at fad. jlmc.iastate.edu.

safety concerns with the existing structures.

“Really I think there is a safety issue with them,” Graves said.

“Structurally they’re not fully sound.”

He said there are times when he and the students have had to evacuate the greenhouses due to windy conditions putting pressure on the structure. He said this could cause the structures to collapse.

Like Lawlor, Graves is excited for the temperature sensors and the environmental controls the new greenhouses will have.

“We’ll have much better control over temperature and light primarily,” Graves said.

“Right now we’re nearly totally unable to regulate temperature.”

Graves said the new greenhouses will be used as a teaching tool, both in his course and other courses that involve greenhouse operations and management.

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Species of bananas, coffee, black olives, mangos and papaya are just a few of the plants that need to be relocated or sold before construction begins in May. “We’re scrambling for space,” Lawlor said.

Some plants will be moved to other greenhouses on campus temporarily, he said.

Graves said he is finding different homes for his trees and shrubs in other greenhouses, in fields or other outdoor locations. Although it’s a pain to move the plants now, it’ll be better in the end, he said.

“It’s a difficult position we’re in but it’s a short-term sacrifice for a long-term benefit,” Graves said.

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Murder Trial

Jury finds Becker guilty

Obama declares state disaster area due to weather

By Nigel Duara Associated Press Writer ALLISON, Iowa — A jury found an Iowa man guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder in the shooting of a nationally known high school football coach.

It took the jury 24 hours, over four days, to find Mark Becker, 24, guilty in the June 24, 2009 killing of Ed Thomas.

Becker gunned down Thomas, 58, in the school’s makeshift weight room in front of students, shooting him at least six times before walking away. Becker told police Thomas was Satan and that the coach had been tormenting him.

Thomas’ son, Aaron, said he was happy with the verdict

between Jan. 19 and Jan. 26.

He says as a result of Obama’s action, state residents can continue to clean up the damage.

Federal Emergency Management Agency funds will be available to state and eligible local governments and some nonprofit organizations.

The counties targeted by the action include Adair, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Guthrie, Harrison, Madison, Pottawattamie, Sac, and Shelby counties.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster exists in Iowa because of the severe winter storms that struck the state in January.

As a result of the declaration, signed Tuesday, Federal Emergency Management Agency funds will be released to help the state recover from the massive storms.

In a statement, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said an enormous amount of damage in Iowa was caused by the storms that struck the state

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Mark Becker, 24, foreground right, was found guilty of first degree murder in the shooting death of Ed Thomas, 58, in Allison. Courtesy photo: John Gaps III/The Associated Press

but that Becker’s conviction wouldn’t ease the pain.

“It’s not that we feel better or safer. Nothing that happened is going to bring my dad back,”

Aaron Thomas said. “Our family is not over anything. The Becker family is not over anything.”

The shooting was shocking to Parkersburg residents be-

cause Thomas was known both for producing winning teams and for leading the community.

Becker’s mother, Joan, said the past few years have been heartbreaking.

“The last weeks, months and years have been extremely difficult for our family to bear,” Joan Becker said, clasping her husband’s and son Scott’s hands.

Joan Becker said the “system failed miserably” when her family sought help for Mark Becker’s mental illness.

“Ed Thomas was a victim of a victim,” she said. “Our sorrow runs very deep for the family of Ed Thomas and for our church family ... but most of all for our son, Mark, who we love so very much.”

Sustainability

Mega Earthquakes

President proposes energy rebate plan to create heat, jobs

Undersea fault causes concerns

By Alicia Chang Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES — The disaster in Chile has brought new attention to an undersea fault along the Pacific Northwest capable of producing the same type of mega earthquake and inflicting heavy damage on cities like Seattle, Portland and Vancouver.

The fault has been dormant for more than 300 years, but when it awakens — tomorrow or decades from now — the consequences could be devastating.

The last rupture unleashed the largest known quake to hit the lower 48 — a magnitude-9 that sent tsunami waves crashing into Japanese coastal villages.

Recent computer simulations of a hypothetical magnitude-9 quake found that shaking could last 2–5 minutes — strong enough to potentially cause poorly constructed buildings from British Columbia to Northern California to collapse.

Such a quake would also send powerful waves rushing to shore in minutes. While big cities such as Portland and Seattle would be protected from severe flooding, low-lying seaside communities may not be as lucky.

The Pacific Northwest “has a long geological history of doing exactly what happened in Chile,” said Brian Atwater, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and University of Washington.

By Darlene Superville Associated Press Writer SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sounding a familiar clean-energy theme, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday details of a proposed energy rebate program he hopes will spur demand for insulation and water heaters — and jobs for hurting Americans.

Obama said the administration’s “HOMESTAR” program would reward people who buy energy-saving equipment with an on-the-spot rebate of $1,000 or more. He cast the idea as one that would save people money on utility bills, boost the economy and reduce American dependence on oil.

“When it comes to domestic policy, I have no more important job as president than seeing to it that every American that wants to work and is able to work can find a job,” Obama said at Savannah Technical College, in a state where the unemployment rate tops the national average of 9.7 percent.

“That was my focus last year and that is my focus this year,” he said, “to lay a foundation for economic growth that creates jobs.” He appeared in Georgia three days before the government releases the February unemployment report.

The administration is hoping the energy rebate plan could become as popular as last year’s Cash for Clunkers money-back program for autos. Consumers would collect immediate rebates for buying insulation, water heaters or other equipment to make their homes burn energy more efficiently.

Vendors would promote the rebates, give the money to consumers and then be reimbursed by the federal government.

The disaster in Chile has brought new attention to an undersea fault along the Pacific Northwest capable of producing the same type of mega earthquake and inflicting heavy damage to some bustling cities. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/The Associated Press

“It’s not a matter of if but when the next one will happen.”

The Pacific Northwest fault behaves much like the one that broke offshore Chile that triggered a magnitude-8.8 quake. Shaking lasted 2½ minutes and the temblor destroyed or badly damaged 500,000 homes.

Located just 50 miles off the coast, the

680-mile-long Casacadia fault is part of several seismic hotspots around the globe where plates of the Earth’s crust grind and dive.

These so-called subduction zones give rise to mountain ranges, ocean trenches and volcanic arcs, but also spawn the largest quakes on the planet.

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MOSCOW — A human rights group and a think-tank alleged Tuesday that Uzbekistan’s government has instructed health workers to surgically sterilize women as part of a campaign to reduce the birth rate of the authoritarian ex-Soviet nation.

Uzbek health officials did not answer repeated telephone calls from The Associated Press to seek their comment about the allegation.

However, previous human rights, United Nations and U.S. State Department reports also have alleged that women in the central Asian country have been forced or duped into sterilization.

Uzbekistan’s government retains strict Soviet-style control over health institutions in the predominantly Muslim nation of 27 million, whose population has been growing quickly.

Omar said he would meet Wednesday with the spokesmen of all the Afghan ministries to discuss the formulation of guidelines.

The guidelines also would serve to protect journalists at the scene of attacks.

“These are the two things we’d like to address with the cooperation of the media,” Omar said. “We hope that can happen through a mechanism that doesn’t restrict anyone’s access to information or restrict the presence of media on the scene.”

“I would not call it restrictions,” Omar said.

KABUL — The Afghan government denied Tuesday that it had banned live media coverage of insurgent attacks, saying it was developing guidelines, not restrictions, to prevent live footage from potentially aiding fighters at the scene.

Waheed Omar, a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, said insurgents had used live broadcasts from the scene of attacks in the past to give instructions to their fellow militants.

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Uzbek law does not prohibit forced sterilization or removal of reproduction organs.

The decree orders each district physician to persuade “at least two women” a month to have the procedure, the group’s coordinator, Sukhrobdzon Ismoilov, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

Physicians who don’t follow the decree face reprisals and fines from their superiors, he added.

“We’re talking about at least tens of thousands of women,” Ismoilov said.

Uzbekistan has an estimated 80,000 physicians, each overseeing several hundred patients in cities, towns and villages across the nation.

Ismoilov said his group reached its conclusion after interviewing dozens of health workers throughout Uzbekistan in the weeks following the publication of the decree.

A human rights group in western Uzbekistan supported the claim.

Khaitboy Yakubov of the Najot group in the Khoresm region told the AP that his group learned about “numerous” cases of forced sterilization even before the decree was issued.

The group said in a report in 2009 that doctors in hospitals often sterilize women after their second child without their consent. Many women, alarmed by rumors about the procedure, opt to give birth at home, the group said.

Sometimes, the group said, doctors force women to have the surgery, alleging they have serious gynecological pathologies.

The Expert Working Group and Najot have both faced official pressure amid a perennial crackdown on government critics and opposition in Uzbekistan.

Their claims reflect similar allegations made in 2005 by Gulbakhor Turayeva, an Uzbek human rights activist and medical doctor.

He claimed surgeons were instructed to secretly perform hysterectomies on women treated for minor gynecological disorders.

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From the store to your stomach: asparagus

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1. At your local grocery store, choose asparagus that are firm, not wilted. It should have uniform thickness, with rounded spears, closed, deep green tips and consistent color throughout.

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The Ames Downtown Farmers Market is a hidden treasure in Ames. From late spring to mid-fall, Ames provides the local area with an outdoor farmers market.

supports local producers, gives access to quality products and enables the consumer to talk to the growers, ensuring safety and education on the methods of growing food.

In addition to an outside option, the farmers market continues throughout the year in the old train depot on Main Street.

If you are concerned about how your food is grown, whether your meat is free of added hormones or a variety of other questions, Bunka and Olson emphasized to not hesitate to ask anyone at the market.

What sets the Ames Downtown Farmers Market apart from any other grocery stores or farmers markets in Ames is its commitment to being 100-percent local. This Ames Downtown Farmers Market commitment en526 Main Street sures that only the Hours: freshest and most Indoor Market: Year-round seasonal foods are available.

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Deborah Bunka and Paula Olson, the co-vice presidents of the market, said the advantages of visiting the farmers market are that it

2. To prepare asparagus, first wash under cold water, then cut off woody lower ends.

“We love to talk,” Bunka said, indicating that they enjoy educating people on storage and preparation of their food, as well as introducing people to less common foods and varieties. The market is nonprofit and works to enable a direct, human connection between the farmer and producer, something you cannot find at your typical grocery store.

3. For further safety precautions, peel the lower scales to eliminate any hidden sand or dirt. However, other sources say there is no need to peel besides personal preference.

Stop by and try free samples — there are always a lot of them — and explore what Ames has to offer.

What is available right now includes duck, goat, pork, beef, onions, eggs, mushrooms, garlic, honey, jams and jellies, locally roasted coffee, wine, walnuts, biscotti, baked goods, take-and-bake items and more.

Membership are available for $20 for students, and includes a calendar, canvas bag and numerous discount days.

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4. To steam asparagus, cut the spears in half and place them in about two inches of boiling water in a three-quart saucepan with a steamer basket and lid on. After about five minutes, or once tender, the asparagus are ready.

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If ingesting chemicals, hormones and pesticides does not sound appetizing, organic foods are the way to go. Many like the idea of eating organic but don’t think they can afford it.

Here are a few tips that will allow you to eat better without spending a fortune: 1. Limit yourself to purchasing organic fruits and vegetables that usually would have high pesticide residue, such as strawberries, spinach and green beans. Low residue produce, such as bananas and avocados, are not worth the extra cost.

2. Skip boxed and canned organic foods such as cookies, soups and mixes. These items are not only more expensive, but they offer the least nutritional value for your dollar. Instead, cook these goods from scratch using bulk organic goods such as lentils, beans, rice, flour, oatmeal and dried fruit, which usually cost less than packaged and canned counterparts.

3. Clip coupons. Contact your favorite brands online at Web sites like www.mambosprouts.com/coupons and www.organicdeals.blogspot.com to obtain coupons. Many manufacturers, such as Bertolli pasta, also work on the brand’s organic line even though it often is not indicated.

4. Join your local food co-op. Organic outlets, such as Wheatsfield Grocery in Ames, have a membership fee but send out discounts, coupons and lower prices for members.

5. Buy from the source. When possible, purchase directly from the source at places like farmers markets and orchards.

This lowers cost by eliminating the middleman, transportation and packaging. Stock up and freeze these items for fresh produce in the winter.

6. Grow your own produce. There is no cheaper way to eat organic than tending your own garden. A small plot of land or a few containers and sun is all you need. Another plus is knowing exactly what has been put on your produce and where it has been.

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5. To bake asparagus, assemble four spears mixed with two tablespoons melted butter and assemble them on a cooking sheet or cake pan by rolling in bacon. Then sprinkle a tablespoon of brown sugar on top. Bake in 400 degree oven for roughly 12 to 14 minutes while flipping with tongs after six minutes or until bacon is crisp and asparagus are tender.

You may have been told to eat fresh and local, but how exactly can you get that at Iowa State? Iowa State is doing its part to make this ideal a reality. A few years ago, “Farm to ISU” was implemented.

The goal of this program is to provide students and staff with produce that is in season, local and sustainably grown through ISU Dining.

You may see signs around campus with the Farm to ISU logo on them. The promotion of this program helps local growers, the environment and, ultimately, the students and staff at Iowa State. In addition to the health benefits of eating fresher and plentiful produce, there are economic benefits. By buying directly from the growers, ISU Dining is able to cut down on its transportation costs, saving money in the long run.

These local foods are being sold and served at various campus cafes and in the residence hall dining areas.

ISU Dining increases the reach of the Farm to ISU sustainable food system every year. For more information or to learn where your food is coming from, visit: www.dining.iastate.edu/farm.

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Health care:

Video games don’t make us violent — we do By using meta-analysis – analysis and research designed to combine and critique results from a larger body of research articles – distinguished professor of psychology Craig Anderson and his team can “now say with the utmost confidence,” that exposure to violent video games increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior, aggressive thinking, aggressive affect as well as decreases prosocial behavior.

We disagree — and we understand we’re bound to seem biased here. After all, what do college students stereotypically do if not eat pizza, drink beer and play video games?

For one, there needs to be a clear distinction between “violent” and “aggressive.” Though they sound frightening and closely-related, the definition of aggressive is merely to become more enthusiastic and driven in pursuits. That doesn’t sound so bad, does it?

Second, just like there’s evidence for Anderson’s assertions, there’s evidence against it, too. For example, let’s look at the national rate of violent crimes published by the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1993 — that’d be the same year “Doom” came out — roughly 51 out of 1,000 people were victims of violent crime. Since then, the rate of violent crime decreased, reaching a level half of 1993’s in 2000. Though slowing, the trend continues downward, with a 2007 survey reporting 19.6 (per 1,000) victims of violent crime. Beyond this, Christopher Ferguson, a social psychology professor at Texas A&M’s department of behavioral, applied sciences and criminal justice, doubts not only the methodology of many video game studies, but their agendas as well. He also notes the generational and experiential gap. In his paper “The School Shooting/Violent Video Game Link: Causal Relationship or Moral Panic?” Ferguson noted that, “[T]he majority of individuals critical of video games are older than the age of 35 (many are elderly) and oftentimes admit to not having directly experienced the games.” We wonder how many rounds of capture the flag Anderson has played. After all, we’ve seen this play out before — no pun intended. When “Mass Effect” was released in 2008, a Fox News segment, “The Live Desk With Martha MacCallum,” bashed the game for full-graphic sex and said that it “leaves nothing to the imagination.” Neither MacCallum nor her guest Cooper Lawrence had played and were promptly corrected on their multitude of factual errors.

Third, although Anderson doesn’t overtly position video games as dangers to children, many have — and used studies such as Anderson’s as justification. But the Entertainment Software Rating Board was reported by the Federal Trade Commission at the end of 2009 as the “most responsible” entertainment marketer due to an 80 percent prevention rate in keeping M-rated games from minors and ads for M-rated games off TV before 10 p.m. Even consoles that play the games have parental controls and allow limits to be set based on content.

Fourth, Anderson claims that video games decrease prosocial behavior. But this isn’t, as some might assume, the same as becoming antisocial. In fact, Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist for the Pew Internet Project, said in an interview with ABC that “video games are an important piece of the social fabric of teens’ lives.”

We aren’t here to knock Anderson or discredit his research. In fact, he’s reminding us to be aware of our influences and behavior — something we readily agree with. We should be aware. We should be responsible.

Saying — or implying — that video games make us violent? Sorry, that’s just a few too many castles short of a princess.

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President Barack Obama listens during a health care reform meeting, Thursday at the Blair House in Washington. Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/ The Associated Press

Fight the filibuster I

gave the keynote speech to 800 folks at the Iowa Hospital Association legislative action day Wednesday in Des Moines.

I predicted correctly that the President Barack Obama Blair House “Peace Conference,” as I call it, on health care reform, would end with no agreements.

As you know, this seven-hour long meeting was convened by Obama to bring together the Democrats and Republicans who have been blocking passage of a health reform. In the senate this has been through the threat of a filibuster — a talk marathon that can only be ended with a 60-vote cloture. The Democrats lost their theoretical 60-vote majority in the Senate when Republican Scott Brown was elected from Massachusetts. I also predicted that the Democrats could then do two things.

First, they could force the Republicans in to a month long and grinding filibuster starting on the day that the Winter Olympics end.

Once the Democrats feel that Republicans have sufficiently made fools of themselves reading names from phone books, recipes from Southern Cooking Magazine and otherwise wasting

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taxpayers’ money by paralyzing the Senate, the Democrats will move on to the second stage of the strategy. Remember, in a filibuster, as long as you continue to “debate,” or speak, you control the calendar, and noone can vote.

Part two will then be the passage of the most popular pieces of health care reform mostly with no Republican support.

These initiatives will be carefully chosen for their appeal across the political divide of voters. They can then be very effectively used by the Democrats in their fall campaigns for election and reelection and interspersed with TV advertisements featuring clips of older, all white, mostly male Republicans nodding off, sleeping on cots and endlessly spewing verbiage during the filibuster.

Former Republican House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, once thought that by not passing a budget and thereby forcing the

federal government to literally shut down the Republicans could blame President Bill Clinton and gain public support.

Here is what Tom DeLay, the GOP hammer and former House member, wrote in his book “No Retreat, No Surrender:” “[Gingrich] told a room full of reporters that he forced the shutdown because Clinton had rudely made him and Bob Dole sit at the back of Air Force One. Newt had been careless to say such a thing, and now the whole moral tone of the shutdown had been lost. What had been a noble battle for fiscal sanity began to look like the tirade of a spoiled child. The revolution, I can tell you, was never the same.” DeLay also called this move “the mistake of his [Gingrich’s] life.”

Since bipartisan support for health care is now dead, the Democrats need to lay out a strategy moving forward to the November elections. Health care

reform has been such a visible issue that the Democrats need a “victory” since they pushed this on the political agenda. Most Americans are concerned with all the issues related to cost of medicine and treatment, denial of insurance, increasing insurance premiums, lack of coverage for the unemployed. Also, more and more for those who are working companies drop health insurance coverage to save money.

Sixty-three percent of all voters say a better strategy to reform the health care system would be “to pass smaller bills that address problems individually. Twentyseven percent still think passing a comprehensive bill that covers all aspects of the health care system is a better idea,” according to the Rasmussen Poll Feb. 23. Also 65 percent of “millennial” (less than 30 years of age) favor the so-called “public option” which would be a taxpayer-sponsored medical insurance plan that would be available alongside the private insurance plans.

So the Democrats can still seize the health care flag and plant it on the top of the hill if they are smart and united enough.

And that’s a big if.

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Campus needs more parking It has become a huge issue on college campuses across the nation and has been a difficult one to fix. What could “it” be? Parking is one issue that many students, freshmen to senior, have to deal with.

Here at Iowa State there is hardly enough parking to accommodate the 28,000 students.

Now, not all of those students have cars, but a lot of them do and the majority have nowhere to park their cars. It is an ongoing issue that doesn’t seem to get resolved.

This problem of nowhere to park often leads to other problems such as tickets and towing. It is something that I believe should be easy to fix.

There are times when parking officials are quick to give out tickets and are not tolerant of those who don’t follow the rules.

Then there are times when I see a car parked in a 30-minute spot for three days.

How do the individuals determine when or when not to give a ticket?

According to the Web Site for the Department of Public Safety Parking Division, it’s all based on the person giving the ticket to decide whether or not you deserve one.

You would think most people who work for the parking department would give out tickets whenever necessary.

Tickets help to fund some maintenance such as snow removal in the parking lots and can possibly finance new parking lots in the future.

As if it isn’t hard enough to find parking spots, during the winter it becomes an even more difficult task.

The parking lots don’t get plowed and if they do, it is done poorly. Rare parking spots become even more rare and eventually disappear.

Over the past few months I’ve been here, I’ve heard a lot of people who receive tickets complain about them. The parking [division] simply has no sympathy. “You broke the

Jessica Worley is a freshman in preprofessional health programs. rule so you pay the price” seems to be the motto. The signs are clearly stated where you can and cannot park and if you choose to take that risk and park in the wrong area, you most likely will get caught.

Iowa State is not the only place that has this problem. Friends from other schools such as the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa express the same anger with the parking situation at their schools.

It is something that a lot of students here on campus think can easily be fixed with the right person in charge.

My solution to less parking tickets would be to provide more parking. There are plenty of lots here around campus but most of them require a pass or a permit.

There’s parking available at the Memorial Union, but that’s not always a convenient place for people to park and it costs money.

Several other students that I’ve spoken with think that there should be places all around campus to park for free.

We already pay enough money to come to school and live here, so don’t we deserve a break? Employees that work for the department say that permits are a way for the school to make money and tickets are a way for the university to make money.

That is great, but only if that money is going towards something that is going to benefit the students.

Another issue involved with parking is visitor parking. Most universities that I have been to other than Iowa State have lots specifically for visitor parking.

While we do have that here, it’s no surprise that they are going to charge the visitors to park. A lot of visitors take the risk and park wherever they can find a spot so they do not have to pay.

There is an rule that a visitor can earn up to three tickets and be exempt from paying them. It would seem easier to me instead of taking the time to write the tickets, waste the paper, and time of the employee, to raise funds and have a visitor parking lot that is free.

Parking is a serious issue to students. However, it is not so much of an issue to faculty and staff who run this university. It’s frustrating and something that students should not have to worry about.

There are easy solutions to fixing the problem, somebody just needs to take initiative and devise a plan.

Hopefully in the next few years, when a college student like myself — and many others here — can find five things that bothers him or her about Iowa State, parking will not be one of them.

The ISU campus should offer more parking options for students and visitors alike. Photo: Stock Exchange

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‘StalkerNet’ gets too up close and personal Matthew Sullivan is a junior in management information systems.

In response to Justin Niichel’s letter, “Keep spam from filling inbox,” I agree that spam is a frustrating issue, and perhaps a little light can be cast on the reasons why. The list of student contact information is sold by the Office of the Registrar for a small fee. I have not confirmed whether they sell this information to non-ISU organizations, though I’ve been told they do.

Forgive me, we’re about to go technical here, but this is something students should know.

For those who are tech-savvy, grabbing your personal information from Iowa State’s servers is incredibly easy. Iowa State operates an LDAP server that is accessible from any computer with an internet connection. What is LDAP? Think of it like a giant YellowPages database.

Iowa State keeps some student information in this database. What you see on the ISU Directory Information site (StalkerNet, as we all so affectionately call it) is most likely taken from this LDAP server.

ISU’s LDAP server can be accessed by anyone without any credentials or verification of the user’s identity. A savvy user, using some free software, can actually dump the entire database and keep it for whatever use they so choose. I’ve pulled my record to give you an example of the information in this database. Don’t worry about what these things all mean, just pay attention to what they actually contain: uid: msulliv cn: Matthew Edward Sullivan cn: Matthew E Sullivan cn: Matthew Sullivan displayName: Matthew Edward Sullivan sn: Sullivan givenName: Matthew title: Matthew Edward Sullivan - student -

MIS ou: MIS isuPersonCollegeAbbrev: BUS isuPersonCollege: College of Business isuPersonMajor: MIS isuPersonStudentMajor: MIS isuPersonStatus: active isuPersonMiddleInitial: E isuPersonMiddleName: Edward userClass: student telephoneNumber: +1 641 xxx xxxx postalAddress: 3323 Frederiksen Ct $ $ Ames IA $ 50010 postOfficeBox: street: 3323 Frederiksen Ct l: Ames st: IA postalCode: 50010 mail: msulliv@iastate.edu homePhone: homePostalAddress: 240 N Miles St $ $ Fremont IA $ 52561 eduPersonAffiliation: student eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation: student eduPersonOrgDN: o=Iowa State University, dc=iastate, dc=edu eduPersonOrgUnitDN: ou=MIS, o=Iowa State University, dc=iastate, dc=edu eduPersonPrincipalName: msulliv@iastate. edu Not only could an organization send me spam to my e-mail from these public records, but they could also to my apartment in Freddy, or my parents’ home in small-town Iowa.

Seems a little bit much, don’t you think?

Nonprofit job shadow offers glimpse of meaningful work In the fall semester, I had the privilege of getting to know people who love what they do, love the people they do it for and wouldn’t trade their jobs for a million dollars. Their jobs aren’t glorious or high-paying, but they are meaningful. Isn’t that the job you want to have?

The Nonprofit Protege Program, in its pilot session last fall, paired seven college students with executive directors of non-profits in the Ames area. These students learned the essence of nonprofit management by meeting with their mentors weekly, attending board meetings and participating in the organization’s programs. When reflecting on the experience this spring, each student noted the invaluable experience of

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working with people who were passionate about making a difference in the lives of people in Story County.

While nonprofits are an essential component to our community, they often don’t get that recognition in the academic or corporate world. Our culture often dismisses the idea of working for anything but profit, and therefore cuts off an industry that not only provides for the needs of the community, but also enriches and encourages the hearts and lives of its workers.

“The non-profit industry is a sea of gray hair,” said Reno Berg, the director of Main-

stream Living.

If we do not begin as an academic environment to recognize the importance of these organizations and encourage students to pursue these types of careers, we are endangering the future health of our communities.

I encourage all students who desire a purposeful career and desire to make a difference in their communities to apply for the Nonprofit Protege Program and get exposed to the nonprofit world. This program can change the way you think about work for the better and you will certainly not regret it.

Applications for the fall program can be found at www.sac.iastate.edu/nppp and are due on March 12.

Tax breaks benefit investors This is a response to both Blake Hassenmiller and Jamie McAfee and their views on progressive taxation. First off, Hassenmiller, progressive taxation is here to stay. Get over it.

Now for the real meat of this letter. McAfee — taxing the rich is not theft as you so obviously pointed out to us. However, your statement regarding former President George W. Bush’s tax policy is not only ludicrous, but also flat out wrong.

Bush did not sit down with his advisers and say, “I have a great idea: Let’s give a giant tax break to the rich people in this country and see how far we can go.”

When they came up with their ideas for a tax break, it was with economic stimulation in mind. The most likely ideas that they were talking about were what stimulates the economy.

How do we get people to spend

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Well most of us who are evenly remotely informed about “these things” know that the stock and real estate markets (among others) are main contributors to the economic state of this nation. For those who still haven’t quite got it, that means that our national economy depends on investments.

So what did Bush do? He said, “Let’s give tax breaks to anyone who chooses to invest and claims these investments on their tax forms.” Now here’s what happened: The richer (and most likely well informed) people who already had money invested in such things did, in fact, receive a tax break, and the less fortunate people in this country saw that as Bush

favoring the rich. However, 30 minutes of research and maybe an hour of leg work would have allowed the poorer people in this country to have the same benefit of the tax breaks.

The idea is this: If people spend a little money on investments, they receive a tax break, giving them more money to reinvest and grow their wealth.

Individuals get the opportunity to increase his or her financial assets and the economy gets stimulated.

Everyone is happy. One more thing to think about: the majority of people in this country are not “rich” so why on earth would President Bush want to knowingly anger the majority of people is the country? Oh, and for everyone who wants a few tax breaks in their lives, go out and do some research. There are plenty of legal ways to get a break.

WWJD? Ames parking police should ticket all cars equally Every night after 9 p.m., students who live in the Greek community and Buchanan Hall without a designated parking spot or pass go through the same ritual: They drop what they are doing, walk to their cars and move them to the opposite side of the street. This scene is reminiscent of many large cities and is encouraged through the zealous ticketing by Ames Police Department Parking Enforcement Division — and it should continue.

Parking tickets serve two main purposes: They provide revenue to the city without raising taxes and make the streets safer for driving. Many of the streets in Ames are not wide enough to have vehicles parked on both sides and allow easy

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flow of two-way traffic. The Ames parking people make sure that the cars, which are illegally parked, all receive tickets — except Sunday mornings.

Driving churchgoers exercise a blatant disregard for the law and fellow drivers, and the Ames Police Department Parking Enforcement Division turns a blind eye to the issue. Cars parked illegally during church should be ticketed with the same zeal and enthusiasm that the ticketers find on the other six days of the week, or, perhaps, the street should be restriped as a one way.

WWJD? Probably not park illegally.

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Gymnastics

In pursuit of perfection Browning strives, practices to earn All-American status

By Kelsey Jacobs Daily Staff Writer

Stat of the week 20-20 Baylor freshman Brittney Griner averaged 21 points, 12.5 rebounds and seven blocks in the Bears’ two games last week. Griner posted her first 20-20 game against No. 12 Texas A&M with 22 points and a career-high 21 rebounds. Griner also posted a career-high four assists and four blocks against the Red Raiders.

Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams, right, reaches in on Baylor’s Brittney Griner, left, Feb. 22, in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game in College Station, Texas.

Photo: Duane A. Laverty/The Associated Press

Game to watch No. 21 Oklahoma State at No. 10 Oklahoma 4 p.m. Sunday

Results from last week Feb. 24 No. 1 Connecticut 87, Syracuse 66 No. 3 Nebraska 80, No. 10 Oklahoma No. 5 Xavier 81, Charlotte 61 No. 21 Oklahoma State 73, No. 16 Texas 72 No. 22 Vanderbilt 71, Florida 60 Thursday No. 4 Tennessee 81, No. 14 Kentucky 65 No. 25 Michigan State 79, Purdue 64 Saturday No. 10 Oklahoma 75, No. 16 Texas 60 No. 19 St. John’s 69, Villanova 42 No. 8 Notre Dame 72, Seton Hall 47 No. 3 Nebraska 67, Missouri 51 AP Top 25 Poll (Monday) 1. Connecticut (40) 29-0 2. Stanford 27-1 3. Nebraska 27-0 4. Tennessee 27-2 5. Xavier 24-3 6. Notre Dame 25-3 7. West Virginia 26-3 8. Florida State 26-4 9. Duke 24-5 10. Ohio State 27-4 11. Oklahoma 20-8 12. Georgetown 24-5 13. Iowa State 22-5 14. Baylor 21-7 15. Texas A&M 20-7 16. St. John’s 23-5 17. Gonzaga 25-4 18. Texas 19-9 19. Kentucky 23-6 20. Oklahoma State 20-8 21. LSU 20-8 22. Georgia 22-7 23. Hartford 25-3 24. Virginia 21-8 25. Michigan State 21-8 Big 12 standings (through Sunday) 1. Nebraska 27-0, 14-0 2. Iowa State 22-5, 10-4 3. Oklahoma 20-8, 10-4 4. Baylor 21-7, 8-6 5. Texas A&M 20-7, 8-6 6. Oklahoma State 20-8, 8-6 7. Texas 19-9, 8-6 8. Texas Tech 17-11, 5-9 9. Kansas 15-12, 5-9 10. Kansas State 12-16, 4-10 11. Colorado 13-14, 3-11 12. Missouri 11-16, 1-13

She flipped and landed sideways on the beam.

Both feet firmly grasped the 10-centimeterwide apparatus, but her balance was slightly off and she arched backward. Her arms swinged in small windmills, and a fall seemed inevitable.

There were cries of, “Come on, Michelle!” and “Let’s go, Michelle!” from her teammates, who stood watching nearby.

Instead of ending up on the floor, somehow sophomore Michelle Browning found her center of balance.

She straightened up, flicked her wrists and continued practicing her routine.

One of her teammates whispered, “Sometimes I have no idea how Michelle manages to stay on the beam.”

Staying on the beam is just part of Browning’s reputation in the gym, and it fits with the perfectionist and hard-working attitude she uses in her approach to gymnastics.

“People have always told me that I have the craziest saves when I’m falling,” Browning said. “I really can’t stand to fall, especially when I’m competing. I know the expectation is not to fall. You can’t always save it, but you fight as hard as you can to stay on, and I just try to do that when I can.”

Originally from Houston, Browning started gymnastics when she was 6 years old.

She was following in the footsteps of her two older sisters, both of whom were gymnasts.

Her sisters stopped two years after she started and moved on to other sports, but Browning continued on alone because of her love for the sport.

“When I was young I had so much fun learning new things,” Browning said. “I still really like the challenge of it, and, you know, you continually have the pursuit of perfection, but it’s never quite there, so that’s part of the challenge.”

As Browning grew up and continually improved her gymnastics skills, she watched other girls start to burn out through middle school and high school.

She maintained her passion for the sport, however, and attracted notice from ISU coach Jay Ronayne, who realized she was special when she was just a freshman in high school.

“I saw her at the national championships when she was young,” Ronayne said. “I have been following her for a long time. Back before I even began working here I was following her and recruiting her.

She was always on my list that I had to have her on my team.”

Ronayne’s perception of Browning’s special talent when she was young has proved to be accurate, although she is only in her second year of Division I gymnastics.

This season, Browning made her collegiate debut in the all-around competition and has since won Big 12 Gymnast of the Week twice, and has won the all-around competitions at No. 1 Oklahoma and three other competitions this season so far.

This includes setting a career-best 39.350 in the all-around Friday at Hilton Coliseum against Minnesota.

Iowa State’s Michelle Browning performs her balance beam routine Friday at Hilton Coliseum. Browning, a sophomore, is seeking All-American status in just her second year as a Division 1 gymnast. Photo: Zhenru Zhang/Iowa State Daily

These accomplishments reflect the high expectations Browning has of herself, as well as the expectations the coaching staff and her teammates have of her.

Part of these expectations includes working toward becoming All-American, a goal that Browning and Ronayne share.

“I expected big things from her from the first time I met her,” Ronayne said. “She’s a very special gymnast, and I expect her to be All-American because she is awesome and her progress is very pleasing right now.”

As much success as Browning has had this season, this year has not been easy for her.

At the beginning of preseason, Browning’s father passed away.

“He was the biggest supporter of me, ever,” Browning said. “It’s really hard, because he didn’t necessarily know a lot about gymnastics but he was just so supportive and such a proud dad. So sometimes I think, ‘Oh, I wish he could have seen me get Big 12 Gymnast of the Week,’ because I know that it would make him so happy.”

Originally from Vietnam, Browning’s father left his country on the day Saigon fell during the Vietnam War in order to make a new life in the United

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Men’s Basketball

Cyclones struck down in overtime March 2

69-67

(22-8)

Hilton Coliseum

(14-16)

By Nate Sandell Daily Staff Writer Iowa State’s Craig Brackins and Marquis Gilstrap stood shell-shocked on the court, staring blankly into the air.

For a second, the Cyclones appeared to be on the brink of securing a stunning overtime victory in its home season finale.

But a last second lay-in by Missouri guard Zaire Taylor, left the Cyclones reeling from a heartbreaking 69–67 loss.

“It just feels terrible to lose the last game at home,” Brackins said, who barely lifted his head to look up throughout the post-game press conference. “To lose it like that, it’s just difficult.”

Taylor’s basket put an end to a tightly contested, back-and-forth affair.

With neither team able to gain a lead larger than four, the two squads battled through 13 lead changes and 17 ties.

“I told the team in the locker room our defense was easily good enough to win,” said coach Greg McDermott.

“Unfortunately they scored on the last two possessions of regulation and the last two possessions of overtime.”

Taylor tied the game at 67–67 with 11 seconds remaining in the game, giving Iowa State a chance to have the game’s final possession. However, an errant pass by Scott Christopherson went through the legs of Brackins, which allowed the Tigers to set up Taylor’s final basket.

The Cyclone defenders clogged the shooting lane on Missouri’s final possession, but Taylor was able to sink an awkward shot.

“I feel like I did almost the best

Gilstrap 15 13 1 50

ISU senior forward Marquis Gilstrap attempts to bring the ball up the floor on Tuesday night at Hilton Coliseum. Gilstrap’s 15 points and 13 rebounds weren’t enough to get the Cyclones by Missouri, as Iowa State lost 69–67 on a lastsecond shot by Missouri’s Zaire Taylor. Photo: Zhenru Zhang/Iowa State Daily

I could trying to stop [Taylor] from scoring,” Gilstrap said. “I kept him out of the lane but he just shot some kind of hook shot over my head.”

McDermott was also left scrambling to offer an explanation about the final play.

“Defensively on that last play, I mean what else can a guy do,” McDermott said. “The last thing you want to do it put them on the free throw line. I don’t know how high he had to shoot that ball to get it over Marquis, but we had the right guy guarding him in that situation.”

The defensive slip-up was an unfortunate blemish on an otherwise solid defensive performance by the Cyclones.

Throughout the game, Missouri ran its typical high pressure defense, but Iowa State matched the Tigers with pressure of its own. Missouri out-rebounded the Cyclones by only one board (41–40) and had just one less turnover (19–20).

Five Cyclones were in double figures, including Gilstrap, who finished with a team-high 15 points. Brackins and guard Diante Garrett followed

Points Reb. Assists FG %

Taylor 6 3 5 30

with 14 points.

Although Iowa State shot 40 percent from the floor, the Cyclones missed several opportunities that could have made the difference.

The Cyclones had the chance at the game-winning basket in the closing seconds of regulation, but could not get a shot off.

“At times in transition, especially against their press in 3-on-2 situations and 2-on-1, we just didn’t connect with the pass that was going to lead to the easy bucket,” McDermott said.

Both teams struggled to find any sort of success from 3-point range.

Iowa State was 0-for-9 from 3-point territory before Gilstrap connected with 8:53 left in the second half. The Cyclones went on to hit three more.

Missouri finished 4-for-19 from beyond the arc.

Iowa State held Missouri’s leading scorer Kim English to only five points, but J.T. Tiller and Marcus Denmon picked up the slack, scoring 17 and 16 points.

Tuesday night’s loss was yet another addition to the Cyclones’ long list of close losses this year. With each loss, McDermott and his team have been left searching for answer to their woes.

“You’d like to think, as a coach,

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Women’s Basketball

Final road test awaits Iowa State Top seeds in the Big 12 on the line against Cowgirls

By Travis J. Cordes Daily Staff Writer With two games remaining before the Big 12 Conference Tournament, the ISU women’s basketball team is assured a topfour seed and a first-round bye.

Yet there is still one final road game on this year’s conference schedule, and it’s a big one.

The Cyclones (22-5, 10-4) got some help from No. 3 Nebraska Wednesday, when it beat No. 10 Oklahoma to drop the Sooners into tie with the Cyclones for second place in the Big 12.

The possession arrow favors No. 13 Iowa State in the event of a tiebreaker thanks to its 63-56 win over Oklahoma at Hilton Coliseum earlier this season.

But there’s still plenty of work to do.

Iowa State needs to take

care of a tough away game against No. 20 Oklahoma State (20-8, 8-6) in Stillwater on Lacey Wednesday to keep the status quo with the Sooners.

T h i s young Cyclone team has several key players Fennelly experiencing this pressure for the first time.

Whether it’s through the team, media or public, they all know very well what’s at stake.

However, the coaching staff is sure to keep them levelheaded and focused going into the final week of the regular season.

“I’m a firm believer that they should know exactly where they are and the situation that they’re in,” coach Bill Fennelly said.

“They’re pretty good about

understanding the big picture.

It’s not a bad thing to discuss it, but in the end we’ve always told our team to keep their focus on what they can control.”

In addition to having the potential tournament seeds up for grabs, Wednesday night’s game against Oklahoma State will bring a unique element to the forefront.

It is also senior night in Stillwater and one of the greatest scorers in college basketball will be playing her final home game in orange and black.

Andrea Riley, who has led the Big 12 in scoring in each of the past three seasons, is on the brink of becoming the leading scorer in conference history.

Needing just 96 points to surpass Courtney Paris’ current mark of 2,729 points.

“Obviously, you have to game plan for her,” Fennelly said.

“She has the ball too much.

You can’t get it out of her hands

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Track and Field

vs.

Iowa State (22–5)

Oklahoma St. (20–8)

Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Okla.

When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 Media coverage: Cyclone Radio Network Notes: Iowa State is already assured a top-four seed and a first-round bye in the Big 12 Conference Tournament starting next week.

If the Cyclones win their two remaining games they will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament by favor of a tiebreaker with Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State has won its last three Senior Night contests.

OSU guard Andrea Riley leads the Big 12 in scoring with 25.3 points per game.

Oklahoma State guard Andrea Riley shoots between Texas Tech guard Monique Smalls and forward Marissa Ashton on Feb. 13 in the second half the game in Stillwater, Okla. Photo: Sue Ogrocki/The Associated Press

Injury sits Warner out from indoor season

By Dan Tracy Daily Staff Writer

ISU sprinter Ian Warner kneels after suffering an injury in the 60-meter dash prelims in Friday’s portion of the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships. Warner will be out the remainder of the indoor season with the injury. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

In a star-studded field of sprinters at this weekend’s Big 12 Indoor Championships, ISU sophomore Ian Warner appeared to have a definite chance at scoring points for the Cyclones in the men’s 60-meter dash.

The field included Baylor’s Trey Harts, the returning Big 12 60-meter dash champion; Texas A&M’s Gerald Phiri, the sprinter with the best time in the Big 12 this season and sixth best in the nation at 6.62 seconds; and Texas’ freshman superathlete Marquise Goodwin, ranked No. 20 nationally in the 60 meters.

Warner, ranked No. 3 in the Big 12 and No. 32 nationally, with a time of 6.72 seconds, looked forward to running against some of the nation’s top competition.

“The good thing about it is that those guys have all done big things and I haven’t, so they have all of the pressure, not me,” Warner said. “I’m just trying to go out there and just get in there so when the next Big 12 meet comes people will be talking about me like that.”

Warner and assistant coach for sprints and hurdles Nate Wiens had been working all season on Warner’s start out of the blocks, and they were excited about Warner’s chances at both scoring some points for the team, and running at or under 6.71 seconds, the NCAA provisional qualifying time.

In the third heat of the 60-meter dash preliminaries, Warner had a good start and was running neck-and-neck with Harts out of the blocks.

However, at about 30 meters, his hamstring be-

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FINAL

from PAGE 9 and there arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a lot of things you can do to prevent it. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take 26 or 27 shots in a game, and you just have to be happy if you hold her to 20 or 22 points.â&#x20AC;?

Despite her small stature â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she stands just 5-feet-6inches â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Riley manages to have an effect in every aspect of the game.

In each of her four seasons, she has finished in the top 10 in the conference in points, assists and steals, leading those categories on five different occasions.

In the past three seasons she has averaged 23.7 points, 5.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game.

And returning players can testify to just how dynamic Riley can be, especially after her 32-point performance at Hilton Coliseum last season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in a world of her

own,â&#x20AC;? senior Alison Lacey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just really quick. She can shoot the ball deep and is very talented overall. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be hard to guard her, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got the right defense to do it.â&#x20AC;?

Despite Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abilities, the Cyclones have gotten the best of their upcoming mid-week foes in their past two meetings.

They took down No. 21 Oklahoma State 63-55 last season at home, and pulled off a 62-57 upset against the No. 15 Cowgirls on the road two years ago.

Iowa State, a winner in six of its last seven, is playing to keep the flame of its current hot streak from going out before Big 12 tournament play.

Iowa Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only loss in the month of February came on the road at the hands of the 26-0 Cornhuskers.

Tip-off at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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OVERTIME from PAGE 8

that you find a way to help your team get a win in this situation and I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it done,â&#x20AC;? McDermott said.

The Cyclones have had 12 games in league play this season that have been one possession games in the last four minutes.

Iowa State is 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 in those games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those losses are far more difficult than getting beat by 20,â&#x20AC;?

McDermott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been tough on those guys, but to their credit, they keep showing up. I just said, we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quit yet, lets not quit now.â&#x20AC;?

With the loss, Iowa State (14â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 16, 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 in the Big 12) secures 11th place in the Big 12 and will play the conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sixthplace team in next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big 12 Championship Tournament in Kansas City.

The Cyclones conclude the regular season on the road at Kansas State on Saturday.

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He worked hard to pay for Browningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gymnastic training and to give her the opportunity to excel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just know he would be really proud of me,â&#x20AC;? Browning said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Especially this year, since Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a lot of accomplishments, like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten my first all-around title and gymnast of the week for the first time. Eventually, hoping our team gets to nationals, I know that he would have liked to see that and he would have been there in Florida to watch.â&#x20AC;?

What has helped Browning through her loss is having her teammates, who are there to support her during the bad times as well as help her celebrate successes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really want everyone to know how important my teammates are to me,â&#x20AC;? Browning said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They really are the people that push me to do as well as I can, and even outside the gym they really support me and have helped me through so many

Iowa State junior forward Craig Brackins attempt to stop Missouriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Laurence Bowers on Tuesday at Hilton. Brackins had 14 points and 10 rebounds in Iowa Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 69â&#x20AC;&#x201C;67 loss on senior night. Photo: Zhenru Zhang/Iowa State Daily

emotional things. They are my best friends, and I love my team.â&#x20AC;?

The rest of the Cyclone gymnasts have only good things to say about Browning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She motivates us to work harder and be better,â&#x20AC;? senior Melanie Tham said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just training with her and watching her work out makes me want to be better. Being out on the floor [lineup] with her, I trust her completely. It gives me this calm feeling to know that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to hit no matter what and make it happen.â&#x20AC;?

Although Browning has had many special experiences with her teammates and has excelled in her competitions so far in her career at Iowa State, she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think she has yet experienced the most memorable moment she will take away from her collegiate career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I recently filled out this survey that asked our favorite Iowa State Athletics moment,â&#x20AC;?

Browning said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yet to come,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; because I really think that we have so much potential on this team still to come. I really think that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to go to nationals, and so I know that feeling will be amazing when it happens.â&#x20AC;?

Iowa Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michelle Browning chalks her hands in preparation for her routine on the uneven bars on Friday at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones beat Minnesota 195.475â&#x20AC;&#x201C;195.200. Photo: Zhenru Zhang/ Iowa State Daily

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gan tightening, and when he reached the 90-meter mark the pain was too much for Warner, and he slowed down and went to the ground in pain before crossing the finish line in last place. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tried to run through it, but I just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to the line,â&#x20AC;?

Warner said.

Warner did not qualify for the finals, finishing the race in 7.19 seconds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just frustrating because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked really hard,â&#x20AC;? Warner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t missed a practice all year, training has been going good and everything. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just frustrating to have it end like that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got out of the blocks really

well and everything was set up to go well, but it just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t my time. I got to wait for my time,â&#x20AC;?

Warner said.

Looking on from the infield, Wiensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first thought when he saw Warner pull up was Warnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is he healthy?â&#x20AC;? Wiens said his first thought was. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean, yeah, maybe there were flashes of disappointment, but my first thing was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;is my guy on the track

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Without the injury, Warner would have most likely finished in the top three of his heat and qualified for the finals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the guy that comes on hard at the end of the race,â&#x20AC;?

Wiens said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was in a position to strike. It was just unfortunate.â&#x20AC;?

Warner hoped Friday that it was just a cramp, but after spending Saturday in the bleachers cheering on his fellow Cyclones, the swelling in his leg did not go away.

At practice Monday, Wiens and Warner both confirmed that it was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;slight hamstring injuryâ&#x20AC;? that will keep Warner out of this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NCAA Qualifier on Saturday and, because Warner has not qualified for the NCAA championships, will end Warnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s indoor season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a hard lesson learned. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the fact that he did anything wrong; in fact, he has been the perfect example of doing things right,â&#x20AC;? Wiens said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There just comes that point in time [because] heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a short sprinter we push the line, we ride it, and we did what we needed to do to get him ready.â&#x20AC;?

Although Warner was the top-ranked Cyclone on the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side in any event, the team still managed to finish with its best finish â&#x20AC;&#x201D; seventh â&#x20AC;&#x201D; since 2000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just athletics,â&#x20AC;? coach Corey Ihmels said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always going to be a lot of twists and turns; a lot of things are going to go really well and a lot of things arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to go your way.â&#x20AC;?

At a team dinner before the meet Thursday, Ihmels told the team that the only thing it could control at this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meet was that the meet would be at the home facility, the Lied Recreation Athletic Center.

Ihmels still has high hopes for the sophomore, who will compete this outdoor season and will have two more shots at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was probably the first time that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been at this meet indoors where he was going to be a factor, and it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen next time,â&#x20AC;? Ihmels said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to come back next year and remember this.â&#x20AC;?

As soon as his injury heals, Warner will begin preparation for the outdoor season.

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said. “They were more on the side of what we can do to make it equal.”

The election code requires “extreme malicious violations” to nullify an election.

Davis said the commission did not feel the infraction met that standard, and that the commission did not want to taint GSB with questions about the executives’ legitimacy.

Instead, the commission decided to revoke the Roling–Dobbels campaign’s $150 good faith deposit, and election spending reimbursement, up to $750.

In addition, should the Roling– Dobbels campaign win the election, Roling’s stipend would be cut by $700 and Dobbels’ by $350.

Davis said the campaign should have taken responsibility for the endorsement that was being sent out on their behalf.

“It is their responsibility,” Davis said. “They knew this e-mail was going out ahead of time. They should

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litical science.

Davis said Roling and Dobbels argued that since they didn’t personally violate the code, the incident was only a minor infraction and a small fine would suffice.

The Peterson and Wilson campaign then presented.

“They made the argument that Jason Boggess, the IRHA president, wasn’t really a third party,” Davis said.

Davis said Boggess’ Facebook profile picture was the Roling– Dobbels campaign logo until he changed it Monday night, and IRHA had no previous history of making GSB endorsements.

However, Peterson and Wilson didn’t push the commission to disqualify the other campaign.

“They both told us that they didn’t want to win by default,” Davis

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have told Jason that it needed to go out before the 24 hour dead-zone before the election.”

Roling and Dobbels did not discuss the matter with IRHA representatives, Porter said.

“They said that the only rule that they discussed with IRHA president Jason Boggess was whether or not they needed approval to send the e-mail out,” Porter said. “They said that they did not discuss anything outside of that scope.”

In addition, the commission felt the fine needed to be large in order to deter future campaigns from breaking the rules — especially since breaking the rules might win them the election, including a year of tuition and living stipends paid for with student fee money.

“A couple hundred dollars wasn’t enough because given the scope of what they receive in tuition and stipend, it’s not that much,” Davis said.

Boggess declined to comment Tuesday.

Election code may require further clarification Because of the situations encountered in Monday’s election commission meeting, the Government of the Student Body may seek to clarify and modify its election code.

Dan Porter, GSB election commissioner and senior in sociology, said one of the changes discussed at the meeting Monday was raising the fine for sending out a campus-wide, mass e-mail.

“If students who are getting full tuition and full room and board for winning this election only get fined $300 for an infraction like that ... it seems like a pretty fair trade off,” Porter said.

Porter said that’s not to say the Luke Roling and Nate Dobbels campaign did such a thing, he just wants to avoid giving candidates the option.

“It’s something that we definitely want to look to change in the future.”

GSB may also strengthen the language that states endorsers are responsible for following the GSB elec-

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A response to an external review report completed by Sloss House Director Penny Rice in 2005 and 2006, listed some of the things Wilson said were causing the issues with the structure of the Sloss House.

The Sloss House needs to “repair/replace immediately any aspects of the facility that pose a liability to the university. Immediate facility repairs are needed to address cracking walls, maintenance of hardwood floors, energy efficiency and attention to excessive heat in the summer and cold in the winter,” according to the report.

“The floors in the house require the most attention. The hardwood that is exposed needs to be refinished and sealed. The areas that are carpeted need to have the carpets removed and hardwood

FACULTY from PAGE 1

June 30, 2012.

Discussion during the Feb. 9 Senate meeting yielded a concern about the clarity of the two documents.

“The MOU is being withdrawn in favor of combining those sections of the [Memorandum of Understanding] that are most relevant into the faculty handbook,” said Faculty Senate President Arnold van der Valk.

The Governance Council revised

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The Diversity Network is an organization that aims to promote and establish diverse networking while breaking down racial barriers by increasing communication among various cultures. The group is asking the GSB for $380 for groceries so they can host an ethnic food night to promote diversity.

Senator Tyler Albaugh wrote a bill titled Closing a Nonexistent Loophole. “Senators are currently able

floors refinished, or have the carpets replaced completely. The floors have not been a priority since the center opened 25 years ago and reflect this neglect. The second floor possesses a potential liability in the areas that the carpets are frayed.

In addition, all carpets produce environmental

Section 3.4 to include the Memorandum of Understanding requirements for “good faith efforts” in finding alternative positions for faculty whose programs are eliminated.

Also adopted from the Memorandum of Understanding was language clarifying how to determine which faculty are associated with an academic program.

“This new section brings our policies in line with the [American Association of University Professors] policy and with comparable policies at the University of Iowa as well as most other Ameri-

invent arbitrary fiscal year definitions to preferentially give funds to ineligible groups, be it therefore enacted that bylaw 11.3.3.2 be replaced with the following: Curriculum and PreProfessional Organizations shall meet one or more of the following criteria in a given fiscal year,” according to the bill. The line in the current bylaws reads, “Curriculum and Pre-Professional Organizations shall meet one or more of the following criteria.”

hazards in the mold and dust present due to age.”

The Sloss House currently has about 800 students using its space each week.

The Sloss House currently offers sexual assault services and counseling referrals, and also holds dishes and food donated from a food drive for stu-

can universities,” read the introduction of the proposed changes.

The Memorandum of Understanding’s expiration date did not transfer to Section 3.4, however.

“The [Memorandum of Understanding] was designed to be a shortterm document that would deal with the current financial problems and that would expire after a couple of years,” van der Valk said.

“What we’re doing now is making a permanent change in the faculty handbook.”

Before voting to add the new policy

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tion code, just like campaigns.

“In the code itself, that’s somewhat conveyed, and on the sheet that we have the endorser sign it’s more conveyed,” Porter said.

He did, however, voice support for such a change.

“This sort of gray area that we ran into obviously became a problem,” Porter said.

If the GSB Senate does decide to change the election code, it would be a multi-step process.

“We would go through the senate and they would form a committee, probably comprised of the election commissioner and a few experienced senators, and anybody else that they deem fit from GSB,” Porter said.

This ad hoc committee would suggest changes and draft a bill, which would then have to be passed by the Senate.

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dents who are in financial need.

Senior in mathematics and GSB Senator Tyler Albaugh wrote a bill titled, “Putting Our Money Towards Student Groups.”

The bill, Albaugh said, was to generate conversation against the Sloss House bill.

The bill states that “an amount not to exceed $29,886.98 can be transferred from the Capital Projects Account to Regular Allocations for Fiscal Year 2011.”

Albaugh said he wasn’t seated when the bill was first read, but believes the GSB should fund student groups instead of furniture.

Wilson said $30,000 is a lot of money, but it is a wise investment for the GSB. He said the senate has spent more than this previously without blinking an eye, and that this is 10 times more important than the Web site it funded last week for events planning.

“This project will show the priorities of the GSB,” Wilson said.

to the March 9 agenda, the executive board revised some typographical errors, simplified extraneous verbiage and voted to add another provision.

Taken from the Memorandum of Understanding, this addition makes “an appeal process available to people, should they feel that they’ve been treated unproperly,” van der Valk said.

The board debated the best way to express certain phrases, such as whether to use the words “every effort” or “good faith efforts” with regard to the university transferring the salaries, tenure and rank of faculty from eliminated

programs.

The board considered “every effort” to be unattainable in certain circumstances and “good faith efforts” to be vague.

They debated whether or not a specific percentage of salary should be guaranteed to transferred faculty.

The board voted to uphold the phrase “good faith efforts” followed by the minimum requirements explaining what good faith entails.

After the meeting March 9, Faculty Senate members will have the opportunity to converse with colleagues.

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