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Government of the Student Body
Roling-Dobbels win election Peterson-Wilson campaign Voter turnout nearly doubles last year’s total By Paige Godden Daily Staff Writer Luke Roling and Nate Dobbels will serve as Government of the Student Body president and vice president for the 2010–’11 academic year. Dobbels said he felt relieved after it was announced Thursday
night that the two had won. “I can breathe now,” Dobbels said. “Relieved is a good word,” Roling said. The pair agreed that the news of their election hadn’t sunk in yet, and it probably wouldn’t until Friday morning. When asked what they would be doing to celebrate after the announcement, Roling and Dobbels both had the same answer: “homework.” Roling’s and Dobbels’ first executive task is a presidential com-
fined for election violation
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By Paige Godden Daily Staff Writer
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Chandra Peterson and her presidential running mate Jacob Wilson were fined the minimum fine of $50 for an election code violation Thursday night. An e-mail was sent from a listserv around to various members of a greek house Monday, which is against the election code. The e-mail was only expected to have reached about 85 sorority members. Wilson read a letter from Peterson to the
Election Commission at Thursday night’s meeting because Peterson was ill. The letter pointed out that the Election Code states that each infraction will be handled on a case-by-case basis, and that they did not know who had sent out the e-mail. The letter said that Jason Boggess was actively campaigning for Luke Roling and Nate Dobbels when he sent out a e-mail to about 9,000 students Sunday night. Peterson’s letter also pointed out that Rol-
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The Arts
Simon Estes: inspirational
Simon Estes, the F. Wendell Miller distinguished artist in residence at Iowa State, is an internationally acclaimed opera singer born in Centerville. Estes’ vocal career has taken him to major opera houses on every continent, and won him numerous awards. Estes continues to give back to students and the community, through teaching, mentoring and concerts. Currently Estes is planning to do 99 concerts, one in each of the counties of Iowa. Photo: David Livingston/Iowa State Daily
Opera legend gives students opportunities, chance to shine with scholarships and tag-team performance By Sarah Binder Daily Staff Writer
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hen Simon Estes, internationally renowned bass-baritone, auditioned for the University of Iowa chorus in 1957, he was turned away. The head of the vocal department told him he didn’t have any talent. At the time, there were no black students among those 230 voices. But Estes, grandson of a slave from Centerville, doesn’t resent that or any of the other difficulties he faced during his college years — even though at times he lived on cereal and water and slept on uncarpeted floors. “I had to struggle financially because my parents didn’t have any money,” Estes said. “So I’d work — scrub floors, shine shoes, you name it, I did everything to get through college. And I thought, ‘If ever I’m blessed someday, I would like to help other students so it wouldn’t be such a strong burden on them financially.’” And he has helped other students all around the world. The performer, who also works as a professor at Iowa State, Wartburg College and Boston University, has organized numerous scholarship organizations that bear his name: the Simon Estes Educa-
“My father couldn’t read or write. But he knew the value of an education. He always told me and my sisters, ‘You’ve got to get an education, that’s one thing they can’t take from you.’” —Simon Estes
tional Foundation in Tulsa, Okla., which has raised more than $6 million since its founding in 1983; the Simon Estes International Foundation, which offers medical care in Switzerland and Bulgaria; and the Simon Estes School in South Africa, which gives musical opportunities to some of the poorest children in the area. Beginning Friday, Estes is starting a new philanthropic effort. His new program, Roots and Wings, will take him on a concert tour of each of Iowa’s 99 counties. At each stop, Estes will be joined by a current music student from Iowa State or Wartburg College, and a choir composed of local high school students and community members. And at
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each stop, scholarships will be given to one high school student regardless of what he or she plans to study, and also to one music student. This support for artistic education may be even more vital after the Des Moines Public School system announced Friday that it will cut 300 positions, mostly in the arts, music and physical education. Equally important to Estes and to those who will share the stage with him are the performance opportunities for aspiring artists. “He’s going to find great musicians everywhere he goes and give them their first chance for real exposure,” said Jesse Donner, senior in music who will perform with Estes in Hampton and West Des Moines. “Musicians never usually have a real ‘job’ until they’re in their 30s.” Estes said he hopes these concerts will lead to more paid jobs for young, local musicians. While the cost of attending a concert is similar to a movie ticket, the project should have economic benefits for the state of Iowa, in addition to entertainment and academic value.
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Technology
Community
Cyber Defense participants ‘hone’ network securing skills
Conference to cover campus diversity, ethnic understanding
By Abigail Barefoot Daily Staff Writer
By Kyle Peterson Daily Staff Writer
All their hard work comes down to a computer screen with a single letter repeated over and over again. Team members try to quickly get their network services up and running again. They aren’t willing to accept defeat yet. Diligently they try to save their network from a group of computer hackers. This is a typical scenario at the Cyber Defense Competition at Iowa State. Cyber Defense is a competition to help students learn and practice securing a computer network and services from potential hackers. The competition will be held Saturday at Iowa State. The competition will host 10 teams from the Midwest, including teams from DMACC, the University of Northern Iowa, Drake Uni-
versity and Iowa State. Logan Scott, freshman in computer engineering, will compete in this semester’s competition. Scott has been competing in Cyber Defense competitions since high school. He competed in the Cyber Defense competition last fall and his team received third place. Scott and his team will be competing on one of Iowa State’s Blue teams. Cyber Defense is made up of four teams at a time. Scott and his teammates on the Blue team are in charge of building a network server and services for it, such as e-mail, a Web site and an instant messaging program. At the competition their job is to protect their system from the hackers, or the Red team. The Red team, composed of students and industry professionals, tries to hack into the
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Students, community members and faculty will gather Friday to talk about diversity at the 11th Annual Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity — or ISCORE — from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Memorial Union. “I heard about it from a student on my floor last year,” said John Solomon, sophomore in materials engineering. “I thought it sounded like a lot of fun and a great learning experience.” Solomon and other students applied to the program, and attended the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education in San Diego this past
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summer. They then took a three-credit class, University Studies 290, in which they researched a topic related to race and ethnicity. Solomon’s area of research has been tribal colleges, unique Native American higher educational systems. In addition to readings and films in class, Solomon spoke with a leader in the Native American community.
“We met with prominent leaders who are affiliated with tribes in central Iowa and discussed the issues with them,” Solomon said. Students’ research will be presented in sessions at today’s conference. “We’re presenting to students, the general public, professors, anybody that comes to hear us,” Solomon said. Organizers hope the ISCORE conference will expose the community to the diversity at Iowa State and lead to greater cultural understanding. Personally, Solomon said he has been influenced by his
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