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Celebration

Culture

Brazilian Day celebrates life with dance

By Leonardo Guaquirian Rivera Daily Staff Writer

Greek Week Central Committee, senior in agricultural engineering and member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. “Each group of jumpers turns in a theme and provides a song as they jump to incorporate creativity.”

Polar Bear Plunge is an event open to anyone who would like to participate, greek or not. Each person is required to raise a minimum of $60.

Other service events the greek community has a chance to participate in to obtain points include the blood drive, Relay for Life, Veishea Service Day and a food drive can sculpture contest.

Each pairing will enter a group into the Lip Sync contest, which requires them to prepare a skit composed of different songs and a plot to go along with the Greek Week’s theme.

“Lip Sync is unique from all other events that the greek community participates in because it is a five- to eight-minute skit, where the groups must show why going greek is a great choice,” said Jessalynn Nguyen, Greek Week Central coordinator of Lip Sync and junior in biology from Chi Omega sorority. “They dance and act without using their voices, making it a tricky task to portray themselves and be within the time limit.”

“It’s fun to see the combinations and the excerpts from songs that they pull out,” Peyton said.

The Lip Sync competition is similar to Varieties, but a little less strenuous and doesn’t take as long

The Brazilian-Portuguese Association and Cordão de Ouro-Capoeira DMS hosted the first Brazilian Day. The celebration started with a series of Brazilian art workshops in 196 Forker. At night, live performances, a traditional Brazilian dinner and a party took place from 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Unitarian Church, 1015 N. Hyland Ave. Cordão de Ouro-Capoeira masters taught participants the basic steps and moves of capoeira, a Brazilian martial art.

More than 30 people, including adults and children, attended the workshop. Repeatedly, the crowd practiced in lines and moved around the room in circles.

The professors also broke down the audience in small groups to teach them different steps more efficiently and taught them to sing in Portuguese to enhance their dances.

The participants didn’t stop until their steps were all synchronized and well done. They paired up and interacted with each other while dancing samba. Mauro Valadão, president and professor of the Cordão de Ouro-Capoeira group, made sure that everybody in the crowd knew the importance of capoeira, which he referred to as a chance to be connected through martial arts and dances.

Valadão emphasized that the participants did not have to adapt to capoeira because it would always adapt to them instead.

Children also danced and interacted with the capoeiristas. Sage Halfaill-Boone, 7, came from Des Moines to participate in the workshop. “My favorite part of capoeira is the dance. I did it in 2009, and I’m doing it again this year,” she said.

Pedro Maduro and Mauro Valadão entertained the guests throughout the night and presented all the performances at the party, which included various forms of dança-afro performances.

Five girls dressed in colorful costumes welcomed the crowd with claps and danced, followed by another group of male dancers with shields in their hands and acted as if they were getting ready to fight.

One of the dances was performed in honor of a Brazilian warrior named Maculele, who fought until death and defended his tribe using only two sticks. Three more girls in brief but picturesque outfits with feathers on their heads encouraged the audience to sing and clap to the rhythm of the music, along with the rest of the dancers and the percussion band. All the capoeristas, including Halfaill-Boone, performed as well.

Lucas Mutti, junior in mechanical en-

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Setting the

Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Alpha Theta and Lambda Chi Alpha practice their Lip Sync routine Wednesday for Greek Week.

There are 13 different pairings of fraternities and sororities participating in Greek Week. Photo: Joseph Bauer/Iowa State Daily

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Greek Week

By Tessa Callender Daily Staff Writer

For members of fraternities and sororities, Greek Week, which will take place from April 5-11, marks the time of the year when approximately 2,300 students help others, make new friendships and show their pride.

“It’s definitely something that a lot of greek houses really look forward to as a big spring event, and something that they work toward and take a lot of pride in,” said Kevin Peyton, senior in agricultural engineering, member of FarmHouse fraternity and general co-chairman for the Greek Week Central Committee the last two years.

“It gets to be a really exciting time. Throughout the week, there are many activities — all designed to bring the greek community together and sort of have an opportunity for people to show off what they’ve got.”

Greek Week gives the members of the greek community the opportunity to join together and celebrate with a week full of exciting competitions and awards, all while encompassing this year’s theme, “Pride We Share in the Letters We Wear.”

Greek Week includes an abundant assortment of activities, including the can drive, soup label and box top collecting, the blood drive and Lip Sync contest.

All of the Greek Week activities the students partake in before or during the event earn them credit

for overall Greek Week points, with 13 fraternitysorority pairings battling competitively to take the top spot.

Community service is a big part of this traditional event, as well as the greek community’s way of life in general. The funds donated from the can drive are donated to local nonprofit organizations, and the soup labels and box tops the chapters accumulate are donated to the Ames Community School District, which enables the schools to purchase educational supplies. There are three collection dates for these items within a three-week period before Greek Week starts.

Last year, Greek Week raised $5,850 after they collected 186,218 cans, and donated 17,888 box tops for education labels.

“Our pairing has held multiple days where we sit around and sort cans, and we are getting together soon to work on box tops and soup labels,” said Stephanie Andrews, junior in pre-journalism and mass communication and member of Kappa Delta sorority. “We collect cans, box tops and soup labels all year long, so hopefully it pays off.”

Another big community service event students partake in is the Polar Bear Plunge, which raised a total of $38,211 last year. During the event, which takes place the Saturday of Greek Week, participants will jump into a chilly Lake LaVerne to raise money for the Special Olympics of Iowa.

“It’s packed; groups of 40 people, ready to jump in,” said Alex Ryan, general co-chairman of the

Class Rings

ISU tradition connects alumni everywhere

By Karuna Ang Daily Staff Writer Neither Jeffery Johnson, president of the ISU Alumni Association, nor President Gregory Geoffroy can buy an ISU class ring. Surprising?

When the class ring was reintroduced again to Iowa State in 2003, the student committee that was formed to help define the class ring stood strongly on the principle of not allowing students who have less than 60 credit hours — or 30 credits for transfer or graduate students — to buy the ring.

Johnson, who is not a graduate of Iowa State, cannot get a class ring. He did try to see if the student committee would let him have a class ring.

“I told them, ‘I would pay for it,’” he said. “The students on the committee said no.”

The decision made by the student

committee was to maintain the integrity of the ring, Johnson said.

The ring has a deep meaning for students who graduate from Iowa State; it symbolizes one’s journey at Iowa State and the completion of the journey, explained Scott Dahl, director of membership and marketing of ISUAA. Students wanted to be able to customize their own ring, by putting their initials on it or their girlfriend’s initials on it, and the ring has lost some of its original meaning, Dahl said.

“It is a representation of your time at Iowa State,” he stated.

The tradition of getting class rings at Iowa State was fading away, and there was only 20-35 ring sales a year, Dahl said. That became one of the reasons to initiate the program to reintroduce the class rings.

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“But they are going to be alumni for life, and they also need to interface with other alums.”

Having a class ring will allow one to have an instant connection with other people when one looks at the ring, Johnson said.

That was one of the pushing forces behind the project.

A group of students, faculty, staff, university administrators and alumni became part of a committee to help choose what represents Iowa State best.

“It was across the board from faculty, staff, alumni and students that the Campanile had to be the central symbol,” Johnson said.

The traditions included in the ring are the Campanile; Beardshear and Curtiss halls; 1858, the year Iowa State was founded; the university swans; the

Class rings were so heavily customized to suit student’s taste that it slowly lost its meaning of symbolizing a student’s journey at Iowa State. A set of traditions that symbolize Iowa State was chosen by a committee of students and are engraved in the current class ring design. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

Cyclone banner; the university’s motto, “Science with Practice”; and the words “True and Valiant,” from the alma mater song, “The Bells of Iowa State.”

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Students can get their class rings at ISU Book store or at ISUAA’s Web site, www.isualum.org/services/ring.

A look at Iowa State

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Daily Calendar : tomorrow’s events

Daily Weather : the 3-day forecast

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1. Where’s the math?

Tuesday 71˚F | 43˚F

Wednesday 77˚F | 49˚F

Thursday 76˚F | 52˚F

Sunny with strong winds out of the south at 10-15 mph. Gusts as high as 20 mph possible.

Sunny with strong winds out of the south at 15-20 mph. Gusts as high as 30 mph possible.

Mostly sunny with winds out of the south.

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Reiman Ballroom, Alumni Center Description: Juanita Copley is the former chair

of the Curriculum and Instruction Department at the University of Houston. She will discuss how young children learn mathematics, what an effective curriculum in early childhood mathematics should include and how we assess children’s knowledge of the subject.

Courtesy: ISU Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society

Correction In the article published Friday, titled “Residence, dining request for funding increase in 2010–’11,” the 2008–’09 figure of 3.2 percent rate increase for double-occupancy rooms with full board was incorrect.

The figure cited should have been 3.6 percent.

The Daily regrets the error.

2. Grandma Mojo’s Moonshine Revival Time: 10 p.m.

Location: Maintenance Shop Description: Let the students of ISU’s improv sketch

comedy troupe make you laugh until your stomach hurts.

Cost: $1

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March 23 The theft of two cell phones from the Hach Hall construction site was reported. (reported at 12:39 p.m.)

Sabrina Cox reported a vehicle backed into her car.

The drivers didn’t observe any damage at the time and did not exchange information at the scene. Slight damage to the headlight area of Cox’s vehicle was later observed. (reported at 5:08 p.m.)

March 24 Michael Eason, 21, 3404 Emerald Dr., was arrested and charged with contempt of court. (reported at 12:20 a.m.)

Jeremiah Meyer, 21, 217 S. Fifth St. unit 4, was arrested and charged with contempt of court. (reported at 1:57 a.m.)

Officers checked the welfare of an individual who was acting in an unusual manner. (reported at 1:51 a.m.)

Gerardo VelasquezFlores, 3905 Tripp St., was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and conspiracy to deal crack cocaine. (reported at 2 a.m.)

Thomas Heijerman, 152A University Village, reported the theft of a television and a sword from his residence. (reported at 8:34 a.m.)

Officers assisted a child who was experiencing a possible allergic reaction.

The individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center. (reported at 12:51 p.m.)

Mary Frommelt, 2862 Lincoln Way, reported the theft of a bike. (reported at 1:29 p.m.)

A vehicle that left the scene struck a car owned by Brady Boyle. (reported at 3:45 p.m.)

An individual reported being harassed by an acquaintance. (reported at 6:41 p.m.)

Xuetong Mao, 5335 Frederiksen Court, reported the theft of a cell phone. (reported at 8:51 p.m.)

March 25 Brian Bjerk, 20, 4912 Mortensen Road unit 921B, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. He was transported to the Story County Justice Center. (reported at 1:44 a.m.)

Tyler Nevins, 21, of Huxley, was arrested and charged with public intoxication.

He was transported to the Story County Justice Center. (reported at 1:59 a.m.)

Nathan Oxenford, 23, 325 Welch Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication. He was transported to the Story County Justice Center. (reported at

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A found purse was placed into secure storage. (reported at 5:36 a.m.)

Officers initiated a drug-related investigation. (reported at 9:38 a.m.)

Officers initiated a drug-related investigation. (reported at 9:38 a.m.)

Nicholas Heaberlin, 29, of Maxwell, was arrested and charged with a probation violation. (reported at noon) David Melendez, 20, 1124 Curtiss Ave., was arrested and charged with a controlled substance violation. (reported at 1 p.m.)

An individual reported a wallet was stolen from a vehicle. (reported at 2:41 p.m.)

Ziyang Nian, 21, 1525 Little Bluestem Court, unit 51, was arrested and charged with harassment of a public official, along with several traffic offenses.

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Michael Munoz, 29, 915 Maxwell Ave., was arrested and charged with contempt of court. (reported at 8:30 p.m.)

Andrew Walton, 19, 225 S. Kellogg Ave., was arrested and charged with theft in the fifth degree. (reported at 9:30 p.m.)

March 26 Erik Hudson, 23, 145 Marshall Ave. 307, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 1:25 a.m.)

Ryan Kooiker, 19, 1308 Walton Dr. 201, was arrested and charged with driving under suspension, driving under suspension habitual violator, possession of alcohol under legal age, possession of an open container and operating while intoxicated. (reported at 5:08 a.m.)

Clark Blair, 42, 1202 Top-O-Hollow Ave., was arrested and charged with a probation violation. (reported at 8:45 a.m.)

Adam Hageman, 21, 2142 Sunset Dr., was arrested and charged with possession of alcohol under legal age. (reported at 9:42 p.m.)

Cory Elonich, 19, 2354 Larch Green, was arrested and charged with public consumption. (reported at 11:54 p.m.)

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gineering, and Bruno Leonardi, graduate student in electrical and computer engineering, played popular Brazilian songs, such as “A Garota de Ipanema.”

Surema Soares, ISU alumna and Brazilian-Portuguese Association member, felt a little disappointed because there was a limited amount of tickets, which sold out quickly, and many people had to be turned down.

But on the other hand, she thought Brazilian Day was a great success.

“We, Brazilians, are happy people,” Soares said. “We like to celebrate life, and I hope that people in Ames saw that in Brazilian Day and understand how proud we are about our heritage.”

She also felt very proud of all the performers and association members who put effort, time and dedication into the event, especially Maria Inez, who helped prepare things the day of the event, right after being released from the hospital the day before.

One of the guests, Juliana Campos, really enjoyed the capoeira group performance, and said that she hopes that

there will be more Brazilian Days in the future.

“I think Brazilian Day is important for our country and people because we can share and show our culture, costumes, music and food,” Campos said. “This event is also very important because it allows us to feel at home.”

Jean-Pierre Taoutel, senior lecturer of world languages and cultures, attended the event, too.

“The capoeira was definitely my favorite part,” Taoutel said. “I missed the capoeira workshops this morning because I was in bed, but I’d like to try it someday.”

Jorge Palmares, a capoeira master from New York City, explained that capoeira was the main reason that brought him to Brazilian Day, which helped him connect with other capoeiristas.

“Capoeira is my life; it’s my everything,” Palmares said.

“It comes from a necessity of freedom, and to me it means friendship, respect and knowledge, and I’m glad I can share that with the Ames community.

Those of you who didn’t make it tonight, get ready for the next time.”

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The Cordão de Ouro-Capoeira group, a group of Brazilian students that strives to keep its culture alive, performs the capoeristas, a Brazilian martial arts that symbolizes the freedom of the Brazilian slaves. Brazilian Day took place Saturday with a live show at the Unitarian Church in Ames. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

Legislature

House votes to overhaul weapon law

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DES MOINES — The Iowa House has voted to overhaul the process of issuing concealed weapons permits, taking away some of the discretion used by local sheriffs.

The move Monday came as lawmakers continued their push toward adjournment The decision to issue a concealed weapons permit rests with local sheriffs, who have broad discretion and aren’t required to explain why a request for a permit is denied.

Under the measure approved Monday, sheriffs would still make the decision, but there would be guidelines that must be followed and a denial must be explained in writing.

Lawmakers tried to end this year’s session over the weekend but came up short as they continue to negotiate details of a new $5.3 billion budget.

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Conspiracy

Tenn. man pleads guilty in kill plot

By Sheila Burke Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Tenn. — A Tennessee man authorities say is a white supremacist has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill thenpresidential candidate Barack Obama and dozens of other black people in 2008.

Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Cowart of Bells, Tenn., pleaded guilty Monday to eight of 10 counts in an indictment accusing him of conspiracy, threatening a presidential candidate and various federal firearms violations.

Under a plea agreement, he faces 12 to 18 years in prison, but a federal judge could choose a longer sentence.

Co-defendant, 19-year-old Paul Schlesselman of HelenaWest Helena, Ark., pleaded guilty in January and will be sentenced April 15.

Authorities have described the two as skinheads who planned a cross-country robbing and killing spree that would end with an attack on Obama.

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Editorials:

Editorial Board faces off about texting ban law Legislation unnecessary, reckless driving charges sufficient Iowa legislators passed a bill recently which, if signed into law by Gov. Chet Culver as expected, would ban cell phone use while driving.

Well, sort of.

Teens without a full driver’s license would be forbidden from texting, reading e-mails, dialing, answering calls or using any other hand-held electronic device, according to the Des Moines Register.

In addition, drivers of all ages would be banned from texting, but for those with an adult license, it would be a secondary offense. Police could not pull drivers over unless they were suspected of breaking another law.

While the restrictions on minors, who are learning to drive, deserve discussion, we can’t help but feel like the restrictions on adults are another silly waste of government time and money.

It seems our state representatives have contracted “there oughta be a law” syndrome.

As described in the last episode of “House,” the only symptom of this deadly disease: seeing something that

bothers you, and demanding that the government do something about it.

In this case, the culprit is texting while driving. While none of us would argue that cell phone use can distract drivers, how far is the state of Iowa willing to go in micromanaging citizens’ lives?

Up next on the legislature’s docket: The Brandon Boogle Ban the Burrito Bill, which would forbid fast-food restaurant drive-through windows by establishing the OWC criminal charge — operating while chowing.

Next on the chopping block is the age-old radio. Without a hands-free channel-changing device, drivers would be required to pull over to the side of the road and bring the vehicle to a complete stop before reaching for the dial.

Silly? We think so.

Perhaps an even bigger problem, though, is that once the legislature passes these laws, it then becomes the job of the police to enforce them.

Instead of focusing on catching real criminals, our boys in blue will be patrolling

the streets, on the lookout for commuters trying to text home that they’ll be 10 minutes late for dinner.

The result? Wasted time, wasted effort and a reduced respect for the law.

Do Iowa laws need to be strengthened in order to prevent drivers from spending more time staring at their LCDs than out the windshield?

Perhaps.

But a new statute shouldn’t be necessary, since the following seems like it would suffice.

Iowa Code 321.277: “Any person who drives any vehicle in such manner as to indicate either a willful or a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.”

Are you swerving across multiple lanes of Interstate 35? Running stop signs that you didn’t even know were there? Crashing into inanimate objects?

Then it seems like you should qualify for a fine under the above statute — whether the cause of your distraction is a cheeseburger, GPS device, iPod or cell phone.

Bill creates tough consequences, but raises driver safety awareness After discussing the texting-while-driving issue, some Editorial Board members thought the ban was a step in the right direction. We hope Gov. Chet Culver is poised to sign the legislation as soon as it hits his desk Tuesday. It would solidify the notion that texting is an impairment while driving.

The law states that an individual cannot get pulled over specifically for texting and driving unless he or she is pulled over for breaking another law. However, while this is a step in the right direction, it is a dilution of what the legislation should be. Adult drivers who put themselves and others at risk should be pulled over and fined if they are caught texting and driving.

Too harsh? Consider these facts: According to recent statistics from the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, about 80 percent of collisions and 65 percent of near-collisions were a result of a driver being distracted. The NHTSA reported the most common distraction was cell phone use. While there are other types of distractions, such as changing the radio station or talking to a passenger, the NHTSA cited texting or dialing on a cell phone as a “complex secondary task.”

These tasks are deemed most dangerous.

It’s discomforting that our reliance on the immediacy of cell phones causes us to compromise safety in favor of sending an inane 160-character message.

As college students, we’re often guilty of believing that we’re invulnerable to effects of things like texting and driving, but in those few seconds we take our eyes from the road, we become vulnerable.

This legislation would bring to light the severe consequences of what we see as a simple activity and remind us to think twice.

Health:

Corn syrup still packs pounds A

s any good ISU student knows, Iowa produces a heck of a lot of corn.

This should be no surprise given the crop’s diverse uses, which include feeding cattle and fueling engines. Its most obvious use, of course, is as food itself. Far from exclusively offthe-cob or out-of-the-can consumption, corn, in some form, can be found in roughly half of the products that line our grocery stores’ shelves.

This is made possible thanks to one simple innovation: high-fructose corn syrup.

Invented in 1957 by Richard Marshall and Earl Kooi, the chemically altered corn product is produced by milling corn to create starch; treating this starch with alpha-amylase to produce short chains of sugars, called oligosaccharides; treating these oligosaccharides with glucoamylase, a fungus further breaking down the sugar chains to yield simple sugar glucose; then adding an enzyme, xylose isomerase, converting this glucose into fructose.

This lengthy, complicated and wholly unnatural process yields a substance that is essentially equivalent to table sugar. HFCS tastes the same, is used in many of the same products, and as you’ve no doubt been informed by years’ worth of commercials on the subject, provides the same calories.

The glaring difference, however, is in price.

Due to two government actions — specifically the continuation of a “temporary” agricultural subsidy system created during the Great Depression and the institution in 1977 of a system of sugar tariffs and quotas — HFCS, made from a pricesupported crop, is today a far more economical sweetener than sugar.

Thanks to this fact, corporate food and beverage producers, for example Archer Daniels Midland, Coca-Cola and Pepsi, long ago made the rational decision to replace sugar with HFCS in most of their products. Doing so has not only bumped up their profit margins, but has led to cheaper, and much larger, foods and beverages as well.

It’s a win-win, right?

Well, as I see it, wrong. Last year, I wrote a column in which I supported a decrease in corn subsidies. This was in part because much corn is processed into HFCS and, given its relative price to sugar and the prices of the many products in which it is a primary ingredient, this invites consumers to purchase more high-HFCS, high-calorie foods and refreshments. I went on to conclude that, given the correlation between Americans’ steady increase in overall sugar and sweetener consumption — which, notably, began in the late ’70s, when the sugar tariffs were instituted and the HFCS-making process kicked into high gear — and increase in obesity, the prevalence of HFCS indirectly contributes to obesity.

Two days after publication, I was contacted by Audrae Erickson, president of the Corn Refiners Association of America, a trade association that represents the corn-refining industry and whose leading members include Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill.

The CRA’s mission is “to dispel myths and correct inaccuracies associated with HFCS and

A cornstalk like the many found across Iowa. Corn’s uses range from feeding animals to fueling vehicles to making the high-fructose corn syrup so many food items contain at grocery stores around the country. The content of corn syrup is said to be perfectly healthy, but some have their doubts concerning the impact it might have when consumed. Courtesy photo: Thinkstock

highlight the important role this versatile sweetener plays in our nation’s food and beverages,” according to its Web site. It does this on a grand scale by launching massive advertising campaigns — the CRA is responsible for the commercials where one actor disparages a food’s HFCS content but, unable to explain why, is rebuked by the HFCS consumer, who states that “HFCS has the same calories as sugar and is fine in moderation.”

On a smaller scale, the CRA apparently carries out its mission by informing opinion writers like me.

I had gained the attention of the CRA by writing “high-fructose corn syrup” and “obesity” in one paragraph, making me an alleged mythmaker whom the CRA, and specifically Erickson, was more than happy to provide with “science-based information on this safe sweetener.” As she informed me, HFCS keeps foods fresh and flavorful; negligibly affects the cost of soft drinks; is compositionally similar to and nutritionally equal to sucrose; affects appetite no differently than sugar; and is not “per se a causal factor in the overweight and obese problem in the United States,” according to the American Dietetic Association.

I had simply suggested that due to its widespread prevalence in relatively cheap foods and beverages, Americans who choose with their wallets — just about all of us — are invited to consume a large number of products containing

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HFCS and high calories.

Now, a year later, I still do not dispute the scientific fact that HFCS contains the same nutritional composition — specifically four calories per gram — as table sugar. But, the calories of all sweeteners may not be created equal, according to new research.

As a group of researchers from Princeton University’s psychology department and Neuroscience Institute recently discovered, male rats that ate a diet of rat chow and HFCS-sweetened water gained significantly more weight than male rats that ate a diet of rat chow and sucrose-sweetened water, even when they consumed the same amount of total calories.

Since HFCS and sucrose pack the same caloric punch, Dr. Bart Hoebel, the study’s lead researcher, and his team acknowledged that it’s somewhat of a mystery as to why this difference in weight gain occurred.

They knew that the difference in weight gain was not due to any differences in the rats, which are virtually uniform in genetic makeup, or in caloric intake, as significant differences existed between rats that consumed equivalent calories.

As such, they logically pointed to some difference between HFCS and sucrose as the causal variable.

As their article points out, HFCS and sucrose might be similar sweeteners, but have two primary differences. First, sucrose is composed of 50

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percent fructose and 50 percent glucose, whereas HFCS is composed of an imbalanced ratio. The HFCS used in the Princeton study was composed of 55 percent fructose, 42 percent glucose and 3 percent “higher saccharides” — larger sugar molecules.

The second key difference is due to the manufacturing process, the fructose molecules in HFCS are free and unbound, while the fructose molecules in sucrose are bound to corresponding glucose molecules. This means that the fructose molecules in HFCS can be absorbed and utilized immediately, whereas the fructose molecules in sucrose must go through an additional metabolic step before absorption and utilization.

Regardless of its indirect, price-and prevalence-based effect on how many calories Americans consume, HFCS has a direct, metabolicbased effect on how our bodies turn calories into extra pounds.

And I wonder what the CRA has to say about that.

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Don’t let actions against heath care get out of hand

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resident Barack Obama has signed the health care reform bill into law after it passed Congress in a long and arduous partisan squabbling process. Like it or not, this is how government works, and the focus in the news has turned to exploring what the bill means rather than how to make it go away.

Some, however, are still hanging on for dear life. They seem unwilling to move on and determined to overturn the measure or, failing that, perhaps the government itself. The ugliness continues to grow.

In the last few weeks, the extremity of the reaction from opponents of the bill has been shocking. In “Right’s anger could backfire,” columnist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune said, “As of Friday, the FBI was investigating vandalism or threats related to the health care bill against 10 Democrats and two Republicans.”

The threats haven’t just been some particularly angry words.

The office of Andrew Weiner, DN.Y., shut down Thursday when it received a mysterious, threatening letter and an envelope containing some white powder.

There have been bricks through windows and other vandalism at the offices of representatives such as Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.

An activist in the tea party movement posted the supposed personal contact information, including a home

The following was originally published in the Northern Iowan, the student newspaper of the University of Northern Iowa. It was written by the Northern Iowan editorial staff. address and telephone number, of Thomas Perriello, D-Va., and suggested that the tea partiers “drop by.” The information was actually that of Perriello’s brother’s home, but the activists cut a gas line at that house and endangered a family with small children regardless of that fact.

Thus far, the damage has been confined mostly to rhetoric and symbolic threats, but they have become increasingly alarming.

“The Rage Is Not About Health Care,” protestors in Washington, D.C., hurled epithets racial and otherwise at legislators such as Barney Frank, D-Mass., and John Lewis, D-Ga., according to a column by Frank Rich in the New York Times. One even spat on Emmanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. And it should have stopped there; but it didn’t.

Opposition leaders have been negligent in their responsibility to fully condemn these tactics, or rein in their own.

Sarah Palin shouldn’t have posted that map on her Facebook page — the one with crosshairs over the districts of 20 politically vulnerable Democrats. But she did. And she shouldn’t have exhorted her followers, “Don’t

Retreat, Instead — RELOAD!” But she did. And she has yet to take full responsibility for the effect that her actions may have on those who choose to take these things to heart.

To be perfectly clear, however, it’s not about one party or another. Yes, the activists making these threats are predominantly Republican. In his column, Rich cites a Quinnipiac poll from last week reporting that 74 percent of tea party members identify as Republicans or independents who “lean Republican,” and only 16 percent identify as Democrats.

But other groups that may also be contributing to the violence are less associated with political parties. The Southern Poverty Law Center said in a recent report, “Patriot” anti-government hate-groups increased by 244 percent in 2009 alone, from 149 groups to 512. Of these groups, 127 are militias, up from 42 before 2009.

The dreaded bill has passed.

Its detractors have every right to try and work against it, but not through violence, and not through implicitly condoning said violence either out of political self-preservation, fear of being attacked or disregard for the seriousness of these incidents.

The polarized political environment of late is no excuse. It is imperative that public figures across the political spectrum take action to deter the mass hysteria before something happens that can’t be overlooked.

Comment of the day: The following was left in response to “HASENMILLER: Don’t look too far to the future,” March 29.

“You are getting majors in industrial engineering and economics?

Without addressing the other points, as I’m not sure you are completely using the law of demand correctly (considering demand is essentially fixed now for health care), and I’m not convinced that the “moral hazard” will be true because insurance prices are not actually regulated (meaning insurance companies can just raise overall premiums and therefore counter people doing that), your fourth bullet point is completely backwards.

‘4. The law of supply. This law states that as you produce more of something, the cost per unit increases.’

This law actually says that as you produce more of something, the cost per unit DECREASES. This is just so blatantly wrong I don’t even know where to start, both from an economics perspective and

an engineering perspective. I’m not sure if you just blatantly were in error or referring to the wrong law, but statements like this just undermine the credibility of your entire argument.

That’s more what I take issue with than anything else. I tend to find your viewpoints to more or less support how I feel on issues and so when I see them presented in a really poor manner it’s frustrating. Especially considering you are about the only ‘conservative’ writer on the ISU Daily.

So please, either take the time to research out your points and verify what you are saying or just stop contributing. You consistently make incredibly poor arguments using incorrect premises, and this serves to make your positions look bad - positions I agree with, so please, either take the time to research your positions and verify they are truthful and logical, or stop contributing.

Thanks.”

“Alden Peterson”

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At very least, change word choice on chapel signs In response to the extended debate last semester over religious symbols in the Memorial Union chapel, two signs were posted there in mid-September.

They state that the chapel is “intended” for all students to use, and they further explain the history of the chapel.

I appreciate the gesture of communicating that all are welcome, but do you recall the adage about the path to hell and how it is “paved with good intentions?”

Both signs state that the chapel “is intended for use by all members of the Iowa State University Community.”

There is something unsettling about the decision to use the word “intended” in these signs.

Kenneth Hardy, a leading scholar in multicultural issues in family therapy — my field of study — notes that, “the privileged almost always deal in the realm of intentions, while the subjugated almost always deal in the realm of consequences ...

Kevin J. Zimmerman is a graduate student in human development and family studies.

Both signs state that the chapel symbols, the chapel will remain “was built in 1955 in fulfillment a place of discrimination unless of the original vision expressed it is made a neutral space by

by W.T. Proudfoot, the architect simply removing the religious for the original Memorial Union symbols. building.”

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If so, that inclusiveness ought to be reflected in the room itself, not just stated in the signs.

Additionally, the signs refer to the history of the chapel.

work toward changing the signs and published references to the room from “chapel,” which connotes a distinctly Christian place of worship, to “reflection space.” Again, this would be only a change in signage rather than a change in the room

itself, but it seems doable and inexpensive.

At the very least, it would be a step in the right direction — the direction paved by true inclusivity of ISU’s diverse community, and not just by good intentions.

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Men’s Basketball

Track and Field

Final Four

By Chris Cuellar Daily Staff Writer

Indianapolis No. 5 Michigan State (28-8) vs. No. 5 Butler (32-4) No. 2 West Virginia (31-6) vs. No. 1 Duke (33-5)

No. 5 Michigan State (Big Ten) Final Four appearances: 8th How the Spartans got here: vs. New Mexico State 70-67, vs.

Maryland 85-83, vs. UNI 59-52, vs.

Tennessee 70-69 Coach: Tom Izzo, 15th year, 364-145 overall Like every other team Izzo has taken to basketball’s summit, the Spartans just find a way to win. Michigan State has had to win its last two games with point guard Kalin Lucas out of uniform after suffering a torn Achilles’ tendon. Sophomore Korie Lucious has filled in admirably for Lucas, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer against Maryland that advanced the Spartans to the Elite Eight. Michigan State didn’t look like a lock to return to last year’s national runner-up form, but with balanced scoring and the nation’s top rebounding margin, the team is back in familiar territory.

Butler (Horizon) Final Four appearances: 1st How the Bulldogs got here: vs.

UTEP 77-59, vs. Murray State 54-52, vs. Syracuse 63-59, vs. Kansas State 63-56 Coach: Brad Stevens, third year, 88-14 overall As champions of the “mid-major” Horizon League, it would have been easy to label Butler and its babyfaced coach as a Cinderella story.

Butler is headed home to Indianapolis, a city where it is 15–0 this season, and it’s bringing a stubborn defense and a winning attitude back with it.

Stevens’ squad hasn’t lost a game since Dec. 22, an NCAA-leading 24 victories in a row. The locked-down Butler man-to-man attack has held its four tournament opponents, previously averaging 75 points per game — all below 60 points. The Bulldogs might be rookies to the biggest dance floor in the land, but if forward Gordon Hayward’s step-back 3-pointer against Kansas State was any indication, they’ll be looking to steal the show.

West Virginia (Big East) Final Four appearances: 2nd How the Mountaineers got here: vs. Morgan State 77-50, vs. Missouri 68-59, vs. Washington 69-56, vs.

Kentucky 73-66 Coach: Bob Huggins, third year, 670-240 overall It’s been a long time coming for the Mountaineers and their coach as West Virginia hasn’t been to the Final Four since 1959, and Huggins has been absent from the Big Dance since taking Cincinnati in 1992. Another team playing stifling defense in the tournament, the Big East Tournament champs finished behind Syracuse in the regular season but have used a more varied zone defense than the Orange showed — and that’s kept the “Huggy Bears” alive.

Guard Da’Sean Butler is averaging 20 points and seven rebounds in his last three games, but the loss of point guard Darryl Bryant to injury has been like a small dark cloud hovering over the Mountaineers. West Virginia is hoping to build on the groundwork laid down by Jerry West in the 50s.

Duke (ACC) Final Four appearances: 15th How the Blue Devils got here: vs.

Ark. Pine Bluff 73-44, vs. California 68-53, vs. Purdue 70-57, vs. Baylor Coach: Mike Krzyzewski, 30th year, 865-279 overall As the lone No. 1 seed to advance to the Final Four, Coach K and the Blue Devils boast three scorers with more than 17 points per game and were able to remain unchallenged in the final minute of any tournament games. The Dukies haven’t been to the Final Four since 2004, which may sound appealing to Butler and West Virginia, but to the program with 18 ACC titles has felt like an eternity. Led by the scoring string of Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith, this Duke squad has the firepower to cut down the nets again. Winning its four games by a combined 64 points, saying this team does not have the potential becomes hard to argue.

By Dan Tracy Daily Staff Writer In the days leading up to each ISU track and field meet, track and field coach Corey Ihmels makes sure to jot down a prediction for what senior distance runner Lisa Koll will run when she steps onto the track. With each race that Koll has run this season, that task has become just about as easy as picking a perfect bracket for the NCAA basketball tournament.

That’s because with each goal Ihmels predicts, Koll always seems to surprise her coach and surpass his prediction.

Like her coach, before the beginning of the 2010 outdoor track and field season, Koll comprised two lists of goals of what she wanted to accomplish in her final outdoor season as a Cyclone.

One list entailed goals that she would “be happy with,” which included running each of her 10,000-meter races under 31:45.00. The other list had goals that she would “be ecstatic with,” with a primary goal of running under 31:25.45 — which would break the collegiate record held by Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego.

Fortunately for Koll, when she crossed the finish line at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., she reached her goal of breaking the collegiate record and, unfortunately for Ihmels, she once again beat his prediction of 31:24.00.

In the first meet of the outdoor season, Koll blazed out to an early lead and proceeded to set a new collegiate record in a time of 31:18.07.

“I’m still kind of shell-shocked,” Koll said at practice Monday. “I know I’m going to come back here and kind of just do what I’ve always been doing, but it’s hard to fathom what it really means in the long run.”

Koll was no stranger to recordbreaking performances when she toed the starting line at Stanford on Friday night. Koll set the American collegiate record on the same track in 2008 when she ran the race in 32:11.18. That season she also went onto win the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

“The conditions were great, and I thought two years ago was pretty special, but it was pretty amazing what she was able to do,” Ihmels said. “It was a little different than two years ago, even though I knew she was prepared to run what she ran two years ago. I think this year I’ve just come to expect the unexpected.”

The time also places Koll in an elite group of American female distance runners, as her time is the sixthfastest American time ever recorded on an outdoor track. Koll trails five former Olympians on the list. The fifth- and fourth-fastest times recorded by Amy Yoder and Jen Rhines are only five seconds quicker than Koll’s time.

With her continuously quicker times, Koll’s name may be higher on that list in the future.

“She has a huge future ahead of her, and the crazy part to think about

ISU senior Lisa Koll crosses the finish line of the 10,000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. Koll broke the collegiate record in the 10,000 with her time of 31:18.07 on Friday. She eclipsed the previous record, 31:25.45, held by former Texas Tech runner Sally Kipyego, set on May 4, 2008, and now holds the sixth-fastest time in U.S. history.

Photo: Daniel Petty/The Associated Press

is she ran 53 seconds faster than she did when she broke the American collegiate record [in 2008]. So, where is that point that that’s the fastest she’ll ever go?” assistant coach Travis Hartke said.

Koll has had plenty of defining moments throughout her tenure as an ISU runner in both track and field and cross-country. However, the seven-time Big 12 champion, nine-time All-American and two-time NCAA national champion felt her greatest success came late Friday night at the season-opening meet in Palo Alto.

“I definitely think so far this is the most impressed I have been with myself in running,” Koll said. “I’m surprised that it happened so early and that maybe I have to even think about I want to do now in June and reconsider where my focus is.”

Koll is excited about the record, but she won’t be satisfied unless she can continue her level of success for the remainder of the season.

“I think sometimes runners de-

fine themselves by their [personal records] and I don’t want to define myself by my one PR,” Koll said. “I want to be consistent, I want to keep running this well.”

For Koll to break the record in the first meet of the outdoor season could be looked at as both a good thing and a bad thing. The record is an incredible feat, but now Koll and her coaches must decide how long she will wait to compete once again.

Koll and Ihmels have yet to sit down and determine that date, but Koll hopes that in her training she will be able to remain consistent regardless of her return date.

“The only thing that would be bad is if I don’t continue to improve, so I guess that’s one of my goals as I move forward from here — to not let this be the defining moment of my outdoor career,” Koll said.

Another decision that Koll and Ihmels will contemplate is whether or not Koll will try and improve her personal record in the 5,000-meter

run — an event at which she was crowned the NCAA Indoor Champion less than three weeks ago.

“You hate to get greedy, so I think we have to be careful,” Ihmels said.

“The 5k is intriguing and you hate to not give her an opportunity to do something that’s going to be set in stone for a while, but at the end of the day we have to look at her future goals and what she wants to do in the future.”

When she does return to the track, which Koll hopes could be as soon as the Drake Relays on April 23, she will be searching for another new benchmark to reach, whether it be in the 5,000 or the 10,000.

“I don’t really know what I’m capable of or what a good benchmark is; I like to find those benchmarks and kind of gear toward that,” Koll said.

Until that time, Ihmels and Koll will surely spend some time enjoying the record before getting back into

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Softball

Pitcher breaks school record

By David Merrill Daily Staff Writer Iowa State opened its Big 12 Conference season with a series against the Texas Tech Red Raiders this weekend and came away with a split, dropping the first game 6-3 Saturday and bouncing back with a 4-2 victory Sunday.

The Cyclones’ inability to get their hits out of the infield was the main cause of their demise in the first game.

“We were out in front of everything,” said coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler. “We just had a hard time being patient, waiting, driving on the ball. We had a lot of ground ball outs on a day when it was really windy. It was that one day when you can hit the ball in the air and have some success, which they found out.

They played to it better than we did.”

Texas Tech’s Logan Hall gave the Cyclones a challenge as she hit two of the three Red Raider home runs.

Hall hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning and a two-run dinger

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Junior Rachel Zabriskie pitches to a Texas Tech batter on March 28, 2009. File photo: Rashah McChesney/Iowa State Daily

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Volleyball

Players perfect positions kota State service error gave the Cyclones a 25-20 win.

Against Northern Iowa, the Cyclones found themselves at the other end of a sweep. The Panthers jumped out to an early 11-3 lead, but allowed Iowa State back to later tie the score at 21.

Following a timeout, Northern Iowa finished off the set with a 25-23 win. The second set wasn’t as close as the UNI block stifled the Cyclones in a 25-18 win.

“I think we had stretches where we were really good, but we had stretches where we were really bad,” Johnson-Lynch said.

“So we’ve got to find consistent level of play.”

The sweeps weren’t done for Iowa State as it fell victim to Minnesota by scores of 2516 and 25-18. For the second straight match, the Cyclones struggled to hit through the opponent block and weren’t able to get into regular rhythm on offense.

“I thought our blocking would be a little bit better, but we struggled in that area today,” Johnson-Lynch said.

“I definitely saw some glaring things I didn’t expect, so we’ll have to go back and address those.”

The biggest change on the court was the absence of twotime All-American setter Kaylee Manns. Sophomore Alison Landwehr has taken over for Manns after she started at setter for the last four years.

“We’re getting used to it,” Johnson-Lynch said. “When you seem to have someone there for so long you get used to that, but Alison’s been the starting setter since January.”

Landwehr entered spring practice with just five matches of experience under her belt.

While most of the team split time throughout the tournament, Landwehr was on the court for every single point.

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the rigorous training schedule that has helped Koll become an elite athlete.

“When you deal with it everyday and it’s the day-in-and-dayout grind, you kind of have blinders on,” Ihmels said. “But when you really sit back and think about it that nobody has ever run faster collegiately, that’s a pretty bold statement.”

Before the next time Koll steps on the track again this outdoor season, Ihmels will have to head back to the drawing board for his next prediction. After Koll’s record-setting accomplishment, the third-year coach may opt toward retirement rather than another prediction. “[Koll breaking the record] makes me want to retire because, I mean, is it going to get any better than this?” Ihmels said jokingly. “She might be a once-in-a-lifetime athlete that I’m able to coach.”

Also competing for the Cyclones in Palo Alto were a host of other distance runners, led by junior Elphas Sang who finished seventh in the men’s 1,500-meter run and sophomore Meaghan Nelson who, in her first 3,000-meter steeplechase as a Cyclone, set the school record with a time of 10:52.45.

“Out in Palo Alto we had a really good weekend,” Ihmels said.

“I mean, obviously, Lisa’s accomplishments kind of overshadowed everything else, but we just had some really positive things happen, and I think we are going to continue to make progress.”

ISU sprinters, throwers and jumpers competed at the Bobby Lane Invitational in Arlington, Texas. Sophomore Kianna Elahi was one of three victors for the Cyclones in Arlington as she won the 400-meter hurdles in 59.89 seconds..

Iowa State will be back in competition in two weeks with the Sun Angel Track Classic in Tempe, Ariz.

in the sixth inning. This put Iowa State in a 6-1 hole going into the top of the seventh.

ISU freshman Tori Torrescano doubled and then scored on senior Kelsey Kidwell’s double — cutting the deficit to 6-2.

Sophomore Bianca Lopez followed by knocking in Kidwell on a base hit, bringing the Cyclones a little closer, but it was still to no avail as Texas Tech pitcher Ashly Jacobs struck out senior Courtney Wray to end the game.

Iowa State put together a rebound effort Sunday as starting pitcher junior Rachel Zabriskie put together a better effort on the mound and recorded her 50th career win. This gave Zabriskie the top spot for all-time wins in ISU history.

“That’s awesome,” Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. “When you throw like she does, you’re going to break records. I don’t think she honestly cares at all, but its kind of neat for everybody else to see.”

Wray got the Cyclones off to

a strong start, putting the ball over the fence and the Cyclones up 2-0. The home run knocked in Lopez and was Wray’s second of the season and the ninth of her career.

Sydni Jones added to the Cyclones’ tally in the fourth inning, as she doubled and then scored on a Kidwell single. Kidwell and Lopez combined in the fifth inning to increase the lead to 4-0.

Kidwell reached base safely for the seventh straight game and Lopez finished the game with a .448 on-base percentage, which is the second highest on the team and highest among batters that have at least 40 atbats.

The Red Raiders put together runs in the fifth and seventh innings, cutting the deficit to 4-2. The Cyclones hung on to win by that score. Texas Tech’s Ashley Brokeshoulder suffered the loss on the mound.

After a Sweet 16 appearance last season, the ISU volleyball team opened its spring schedule against teams that also made dents in the NCAA tournament field.

The Cyclones went 1-2-1 in a weekend tournament Saturday at West Towne Courts in Ames.

“We talked about playing hard and being the hardestworking team in the gym,” said coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.

“I don’t think we really achieved that goal. At times, the teams on the other side outworked us a little bit, especially defensively.”

One look at this year’s field wouldn’t suggest that it was just a spring tournament — Kansas State, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Minnesota also participated.

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Northern Iowa is coming off of a 30-2 season and a NCAA tournament berth.

“We really don’t play a bad team this spring,” JohnsonLynch said. “I think this was a little bit of a reality check for us that it’s not all going to just come together magically.”

After splitting their first match with Kansas State, the Cyclones managed a sweep of North Dakota State. They easily took the first set 25-11, but found themselves tied at 18 late in the second set. However, a late run and costly North Da-

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The team will continue its spring work 7 p.m. Thursday at Hilton Coliseum.

Gemeinhardt-Cesler felt that, overall, it was a strong start to the team’s conference opener.

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“We came out and we scored right away. When you do that, I think you set the pace for the day. We had three errors, but we did a good job of not letting those mistakes hurt us too bad.

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1. Originally from Hamlin, Iowa 2. Is majoring in mechanical engineering 3. Currently driving a 1998 Ford Mustang 4. But he’d “love to have an Audi S8” 5. Has always loved cars. “Racing grew on me in early high school.”

6. Favorite F1 driver is Fernando Alonso. “I love his attitude about racing.”

7. Currently the Chassis Team leader for the 2009-’10 Formula 1 team car at Iowa State 8. In the future, he would like to start his own company designing and fabricating race-specific components.

9. “I love racing that requires left and right turns. F1 and rally racing are two of my most favorite types.

I love competing in figure-eight racing though. It is also a goal of mine to compete in the 24 hours of Le Mans.”

10. Believes that people should watch Formula 1 racing because it’s “one of the ultimate forms of racing.

Both the driver and machine are pushed to their limits all the time.

Driver mistakes, team decisions and the wonderful people in the FIA make the sport very exciting to watch.”

Auto production surges in Japan Japanese automakers said their global production surged in February, as Toyota boosted output 83 percent from a year earlier despite an ongoing recall of several key models.

The world’s largest automaker said Monday it increased production in almost all regions and it was the seventh straight month that production rose. It made 655,180 vehicles in February. Toyota Motor Corp. is battling damage to its once-pristine safety record from massive global recalls.

The increased output came despite the suspension of U.S. production for five days in early February as the recall crisis unfolded.

Toyota has also announced suspensions at European plants in April and May. Main rival Honda also saw a significant boost, with production up 49.3 percent from a year earlier to 284,711 automobiles. Nissan’s production was up 72.4 percent to 270,366.

­— The Associated Press

General Motors annual report will be delayed DETROIT — General Motors Co. said that it will be late in filing its 2009 annual report as it works through accounting matters related to its bankruptcy reorganization last year.

GM said Monday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it will not meet a March 31 deadline to file its 2009 10-K with the regulatory agency.

The automaker says it is still finalizing its fresh start adjustments after the company went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year.

GM says it is working to determine the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the “new” GM that emerged from bankruptcy in June, a task it said was made difficult by the sheer size of the largest U.S. auto company.

A GM spokeswoman says the company expects to make the filing during a 15-day extension after the deadline.

­— The Associated Press

Sorl Auto Parts profit jumps up by nearly triple NEW YORK — China’s Sorl Auto Parts Inc. reported a spike in fourth-quarter profit Monday on growing sales, boosting the company’s stock ahead of regular trading.

Shares jumped 87 cents, or 9 percent, to $10.52.

Sorl posted net income of $5 million, or 28 cents per share, for the quarter that ended Dec. 31 — nearly triple the $1.8 million, or 10 cents per share, the company earned a year earlier.

— The Associated Press

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A traveler’s toolbox

By Ben Sloan Daily Staff Writer The clunk or squeal of an engine can be a terrifying sound when driving in the age-old middle of nowhere.

Whether it be an engine overheating, a flat tire or some unknown reason from deep inside the engine, it could take hours for a tow truck to come to assistance. A driver with the right equipment in his or her car can provide a fighting chance, though.

The first part of the kit suggested by a panel of mechanics from Leon’s Unocal in San Marino, Calif., addressed the safety or emergency side.

First-Aid kit First, having a complete first-aid kit, nothing too extravagant but enough to get through the cuts and the scrapes. The Red Cross also sells autospecific first-aid kits that include information on what actions are appropriate for certain medical emergencies.

Roadside flare Next, road flares or reflectors are needed to be laid down when a tire needs to be changed and exiting off the busy road is not an option. These provide visibility for oncoming motorists, which can be critical when they are traveling by at 60-plus mph, giving the driver just a hair of extra space to operate.

Fire extinguisher A fire extinguisher should also be included within the kit; they are small and inexpensive and have automotive specific models available at local auto parts stores. They prove to be valuable in any situation in which they are needed, whether it is a fire in the driver’s own vehicle or being a good sa-

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maritan and assisting another motorist.

Life Hammer One tool that needs to be kept up front in the glove box or center console is the Life Hammer, a tool that does just what the name describes, possibly saving a life with its use. Automobile windows can be extremely difficult to break and the Life Hammer provides a means to break them by applying a concentrated force upon the windows — much more than any person could do alone. The tool also contains a blade that cuts a seat belt in case of an auto accident and it will not unbuckle.

Flashlight One final piece of equipment is a flashlight. It comes in handy because not all automobiles have under-hood lights and it makes it a bit easier when

changing a tire in the middle of the night.

Assembling these pieces of the kit provides an increased amount of safety to your everyday commutes, but more importantly it gives you an increased peace of mind.

The second part of the tool kit is the tools that are required to make a quick fix on the side of the road.

Having a tool kit that includes pliers, an adjustable wrench, a Phillips and flat head screw driver, a utility knife, duct tape and gloves will be valuable in most situations that any driver would be able to fix short of taking the engine apart.

Two more pieces of equipment that are necessary are jumper cables and a spare tire and jack specific to the automobile.

Hamlin takes win in final laps

By Jeremiah Davis Daily Staff Writer Surgery will have to wait.

Denny Hamlin was supposed to go under the knife to repair a torn ACL in his left knee either Monday or Tuesday.

But after muscling his way to victory in the rain-delayed Sprint Cup series race at Martinsville on Monday, the surgery will likely have to wait.

“I thought we were done,” Hamlin told FOX’s Dick Berggren.

Hamlin was one of just a handful of cars to make a pit stop with fewer than 10 laps to go. That left him restarting eighth on the final restart with four to go, and seemed to throw any chance at the win out the window.

On that restart, Jeff Gordon, who had inherited the lead after Hamlin and teammate Kyle Busch pitted ahead of him, took off and seemed to be in good shape to pick up his 83rd career win.

But as often happens at short tracks, close quarters and no patience added up to result in a caution, this one claiming Busch.

“That caution came out about a hundred feet before I took the white flag,” Gordon told FOX. Had Gordon taken the white flag before the caution came out, the race would have been over.

Instead, the race got extended into a greenwhite-checker finish for the third time in the six

Denny Hamlin celebrates winning the Goody’s 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.,on Monday.

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races this season.

Hamlin, who had moved cars out of his way to get to fourth before the caution, still seemed like a long shot to win with just three laps left. Even the analysts in the TV booth weren’t giving Hamlin a chance.

But he wasn’t letting this one get away.

On the final double-file restart, Hamlin put a bumper to second-place Ryan Newman, moving him out of the way to deal with Matt Kenseth and Gordon.

Gordon and Kenseth then made things a whole lot easier on Hamlin. Kenseth moved Gordon up the racetrack, taking the lead, but by the next corner, Kenseth was headed toward the wall, courtesy of Gordon.

“I made sure he didn’t win the race down the back straightaway,” Gordon told sbnation.com’s Jeff Gluck.

Gordon went on to say Kenseth didn’t deserve to win on a cheap shot.

When Gordon bumped Kenseth, Hamlin was able to sneak underneath the two drivers and take off into the lead.

From there it was easy sailing for Hamlin, who is a native of Virginia, where Martinsville is located.

He picked up his ninth career win and first this year. His teammate, 19-year-old Joey Logano, finished second.

It was also the first top 10 finish of the season for Hamlin, who was considered by many to be the odds-on favorite to end Jimmie Johnson’s championship streak.

Hamlin had been one of the dominant cars of the day, along with Jeff Burton.

Burton was racing with Hamlin for the win before the caution inside 10 laps, but blew a rightfront tire, sending him into the wall and relegating him to a 20th-place finish.

The point leader heading into the day, Kevin Harvick, had a strong car early on, but had brake trouble, which had him in and out of the garage all race long. The problems left him with a 35th-place finish and dropped him to fourth in the standings.

Jimmie Johnson took over the point lead, just 14 ahead of Greg Biffle.

Apps to curb texting while driving have tough task, still some gadgets catching on

By Peter Svensson AP Technology Writer NEW YORK — Cars use lights, bells and buzzers to remind drivers to fasten their seat belts as they start their engines.

It would seem natural, then, to offer motorists friendly, yet stern warnings about another bad habit: holding a cell phone while driving, whether for texting or talking.

Several software and gadget companies — many of them at the country’s biggest trade show for the wireless industry last week in Las Vegas — have sprung up to address that challenge. But creating an effective, widespread solution looks a lot harder than putting in reminders for seat belts.

Furthermore, we’re only just beginning to figure out what constitutes a dangerous distraction, and how best to curb it. Are handsfree conversations dangerous? Does everyone need help staying away from the phone while driving, or just teens and employees?

Many states ban drivers from using cell phones without handsfree devices, but a recent insurance industry study found that such laws haven’t reduced crashes. It’s not clear why, but one reason might be that drivers flout the laws. At least

Leigh Gilly, vice president of business development for Cellcontrol, holds his Blackberry with the screen displaying his company’s blocking device is operating on March 4 in New York. Photo: Richard Drew/The Associated Press

a dozen startups have produced phone applications designed to curb the temptation to use the phone while driving. But these applications work only on some phones and have a hard time figur-

ing out if the user is actually driving. Potentially important players — wireless carriers, cell phone makers, auto manufacturers and the federal government — have yet to step in.

Faces in the crowd : What do you think about a ban on texting while driving?

Debbie Kirchner

junior in agricultural business “Smart, but I don’t know how they will enforce it.”

Leah Baugh

sophomore in English “Good idea.

Sixteen-yearolds and under don’t need any more distractions.”

Tom Balvance

sophomore in agricultural business “Good idea. It’s going to make roads safer.”

Sarah Baugh

junior in computer engineering “It should be banned for everyone. In California you can’t even talk on the phone.”

Nathan Bestor

graduate student in plant pathology “Good. Texting while driving is silly and it’s hard to pay attention.”

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Obama seeks delicate balance with Karzai

By Deb Riechmann Associated Press Writer KABUL — President Barack Obama’s tone in Kabul was all business as he hammered home his theme that the Afghans need to do more to fight corruption and reform government to defeat the Taliban.

The arm’s-length approach was the administration’s latest attempt to strike the right balance in dealing with President Hamid Karzai. Although the U.S. believes Karzai is a flawed leader, it cannot afford to alienate him because he is key to a successful American exit from the war.

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because it’s all lip-synced, all pre-recorded and participants don’t have to worry about musicianship.

“From visiting the groups the week before Spring Break, I feel like the groups are moving along quickly, as far as their choreography, plots and overall ideas,” Nguyen said.

Andrews, who serves as a Lip Sync co-chairwoman for her pairing, agreed, saying, “I think that a lot of progress has been made in the short amount of time we have been practicing.”

Groups have been practicing four times a week for two hours at a time since Feb. 21, working hard to prepare a variety of unique shows for this year.

“So far, the groups have finished the basic ideas of their plots and scripts and are currently working on choreographing their last few songs,” Nguyen said. “As we are getting closer to first cuts, the groups will need to figure out their costumes and finalize their last-minute details.”

First cuts will take place next Tuesday inside Stephens Auditorium, and the finals, which will put the top three pairings up against each other, will take place April 9. The winning pair will be determined by various factors, including choreography, creativity, the skit and an overall theme.

There are also an array of tournaments that greek students can partake in Tuesday through Thursday this week during the evening hours. The

Former President George W. Bush established a more personal relationship with Karzai. In contrast, Obama was critical of Karzai from the start, stating last December when he announced his troop surge that “the days of providing a blank check are over.”

Neither strategy worked well. Bush’s approach failed to push Karzai toward more effective governance. Obama’s criticism angered Karzai, feeding fears that the Americans were trying to undermine him. The Afghan president’s visits in recent weeks to neighboring China and Iran show that he has options for support from other countries.

Such blunt criticism from the U.S. now ap-

tournaments include basketball, soccer, treds football, volleyball, Sudoku, softball — or dodgeball if weather keeps participants inside — a swim meet and broomball.

Peyton commented on how it tends to be especially competitive when it comes to the tournaments.

Ryan agreed, saying, “It’s cool to see everyone come, especially at the beginning, when everyone’s still in; they’re cheering each other on, and it’s just cool to see the greek community come together to provide support for their pairing, but, more importantly, just to be all together. Everyone’s wearing their letters, and it’s an opportunity for the greek community to shine.”

Not only can the pairings get points for participating, but they also get tournament points to determine an overall winner, which contributes to the overall total Greek Week points.

In addition to tournament points, there are spirit points, which pairings can receive by participating in events like storefront window painting, displaying their banners, Greek Week barbecues, karaoke and Greek’s Got Talent.

Stuart McCulloh, freshman in agricultural and life sciences education and member of Beta Sigma Psi fraternity, has been busy preparing with his karaoke group to compete in the contest. McCulloh mentioned watching last year’s karaoke contest at Greek Getaway and said, “After the ‘Single Ladies’ group from last year that won

pears more measured.

A day after the visit, Karzai’s spokesman, Waheed Omar, described the two leaders’ private meeting as cordial and dismissed reports that Obama flew to Kabul on Sunday to order a recalcitrant Karzai to get his government in line.

“Our relationship with the United States has gone through ups and downs,” Omar said Monday. “At this point in time, there are more ups than downs. We have certain views about certain issues and they have certain views about certain issues.

Sometimes we agree and sometimes we don’t.”

The new tone is only part of the administration’s evolving approach toward Kabul. The U.S. is

Ben Schmidt, senior in animal science, shows off his chapter’s can collection. About every week, the FarmHouse fraternity recycles more than 10,000 cans. Photo: Joseph Bauer/Iowa State Daily

karaoke, the contest will not be as much about how good you sing, but what kind of fun and crazy dance you can do to accompany the song and make it fun to watch and listen to.”

Greek Getaway, a recruitment event that involves high school students as well as current ISU students interested in the greek community, will coincide with Greek Week.

The students come the Friday of Greek Week and get to watch the Lip Sync finals as well as the karaoke finals. Additionally, the prospective greek community members tour each chapter house, learn about the greek system and even have the opportunity to stay overnight in some of the sororities and fraternities as well as watch the Saturday events of Greek Week.

McCulloh admits that Greek Getaway is what initially got him interested in the greek community.

“Greek Getaway is an im-

portant part of Greek Week and is a fun time to showcase a lot of things going on in the greek community,” Peyton said.

“Though it’s almost overwhelming, it’s a good time for them to be here.”

Most agree that the Saturday of Greek Week is, essentially, what Greek Week was founded on.

“It’s a really exciting day for the greek community, because things are happening, people are going all over, there a lot of different competitions and things to watch, and everyone’s cheering on their own team, just having a good time,” Peyton said.

The keystone event Saturday is the Olympics, which consists of events such as the canoe race, road race, Fruit of the Loom relay, tug-o-war, bed race, egg joust, dizzy dizzy duck, skin the snake, senior stall essentials and dingle dangle doughnuts.

Although most of the Olympic events stay the same from year to year, some changes have been made for the 2010 compe-

tition. For instance, the senior stall essential event, which is just for seniors, involves a competition with toilet paper and plungers. Additionally, dingle dangle doughnuts — in which you try to eat a doughnut from a string without using your hands — was also implemented.

For the canoe races, the pairings custom-build their own canoes and race them in Lake LaVerne, and for the bed race, pairings even make their own bed racer. The female participants steer while the males have to push the contraption around Sorority Circle twice.

Ed Letcher, sophomore in anthropology, Greek Week Aid and member of Beta Sigma Psi fraternity, said, “I get to be the designated lifeguard for the swim meet and canoe race. I can’t wait to sit out in the middle of Lake LaVerne on a chilly Saturday morning.”

“The day of Greek Olympics is, by far, my favorite part of Greek Week,” Andrews said.

“The whole Greek Community goes outside and goes from event to event, all of which are held in the front yards or volleyball courts of fraternities.

Skin the snake and egg joust have always been my favorite events in the past. I love seeing the girls in our house get into the games.”

“I just really enjoy that final weekend, when the Greek Getaway students are here, because that Friday night there is Lip Sync and you see everyone coming to Stephens, and they’re going to pack the place to support each pairing,” Ryan said.

“Then, afterward they have a block party, where they go around to six or seven houses

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now seeking to deal with the broader Afghan leadership — not just Karzai.

It was the White House’s insistence that Karzai’s Cabinet later join the talks over a dinner of kebabs and rice that pointed to Obama’s strategy of raising the clout of ministers favored by the West as a way to promote reform.

Ashraf Ghani, a respected former finance minister and World Bank official, described the meeting with the Cabinet and Afghan dignitaries as “very courteous and businesslike.”

“A foundation for strategic cooperation between the two countries has been clearly laid through this visit,” Ghani said.

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that are sponsoring a party from anything from a carnival theme to a casino theme — all for free.

The fact that different fraternities and sorority members go into and get to see each other’s houses and intermingle with them is really cool.”

To conclude Greek Week, a final event called Vespers takes place in Stephens Auditorium.

This is a time to unite the whole greek community to hand out awards and recognize the accomplishments that have been made throughout the year, including those of Greek Week.

“It’s a fun event; everyone’s out and about, everyone’s light hearted, everyone’s having a good time,” Peyton said.

The Greek Week Central Committee has been planning for this event since the beginning of the fall semester.

“The funnest thing, for me, is seeing all this great planning start to come together,” Peyton said. “I’m proud of the committee members for all the work that they’re doing and the successes that they’re having along the way.

“The logistics are taken care of, everything is reserved and last-minute details are being checked. Now, it’s just waiting for the events to get here and seeing the greek community finally coming together.”

As the Greek Week planning and preparations come to a close, the big event is fast approaching and chapters are more than ready to show their pride and enthusiasm for the greek community, as Greek Week is just around the corner.

“I’m just excited for it to start.

I think that’s the biggest thing,” Peyton said.

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