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Food court helps fund Horse Show By Randi Reeder Daily staff writer Block and Bridle Club will be having a fundraiser Thursday from 3:30 to 7 p.m. for the club’s annual Horse Show on April 20 to 22. “People can come to the [Memorial Union] and eat at the food court, and a portion of those proceeds go toward our show at no extra cost to them,” said Allyson Parman, sophomore in agricultural studies and cochairwoman for the Horse Show. Students and diners may use their normal methods of payment. All stations in the food court except for Panda Express and Subway will participate, with a part of their sales going toward the proceeds. The Block and Bridle Horse Show is the nation’s largest student run and sanctioned horse show. Because of this, it takes a lot of money and involves a lot of time and effort in order for it be successful. “Our fundraiser is raising money so we can help out the show financially,” Parman said. “The show has been around for just under 70 years, and it is a three day show with a combination of American Quarter Horse Association, 4-H and open classes,” said Ashley Ellensohn, freshman in animal science and Block and co-chairwoman for the Horse Show. Each day of the Horse Show is a separate event. The three categories are Quarter Horse, Open and 4-H. This is the 68th year that the Block and Bridle club has been organizing and putting on the horse show. This year it will take place in the Jacobson Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. When: Thursday, March 8 Time: 3:30-7 Where: MU Food Court
Heading into spring break, many students will be enjoying a week of leisure and fun with friends. The activities of some may leave them with more consequences than memories. For readers of the police blotter, the names listed may only stick for a few minutes before leaving the memory. However, for those names listed in the blotter, the memory is there to
under the influence of alcoholic beverages or other drug combination of such substances. having an alcohol concentration of .08 or more. having any amount of a controlled substance in one’s body.
Iowa DOT also states that if one violates the state regulations, they are “to have a blood, breath and/or urine test performed to determine alcohol level or presence of drug, whenever a peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe the person is operating under the influence.” The jail time, losing their license and fines are some of the costly consequences drivers may receive. While in college, students are enrolled to receive degrees. However, it is also the norm for some students to go out on Welch Avenue or to house parties over the weekend. Kathy Wieland, director of Career Services for the College of Business,
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DANCE: Dub H gets down in food court flash mob Dub H performed on Wednesday in the Memorial Union food court as a promotional event and as for practice for their upcoming half time show performance for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The flash mob surprised the unsuspecting bystanders.
Play garners national awards By Michael Still Ames247 Writer Almost a year after its opening night, ISU Theatre’s production of “Six Characters” is still being celebrated. “Six Characters” recently received multiple awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, recognizing the nationally outstanding work of Iowa State’s theater department. “It was the first thing the students and I made here at Iowa State,” said Matt Foss, director of “Six Characters” and lecturer of theater and music. “It was a very collaborative process.” ISU Theatre’s version of “Six Characters” is based off Luigi Pirandello’s original play. The story follows a theater company that is rehearsing for an upcoming production, and the commotion that ensues when six strangers wander into rehearsal one day. These six strangers are soon found to be unfinished characters in search of an author to finish their story, so the director and ensemble agree to help as best as they can. When the show opened in March 2011 and a festival respondent saw the work and talent the ensemble put into the production, it was chosen to be performed at the regional festival last January. “The craziest part was getting it back up on its feet in just a few days before the festival after not touching it for a little under a
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Biorenewables builds a new home Construction to begin on new complex during Spring Break By Elizabeth.Polsdofer @iowastatedaily.com
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stay whether it is wanted or not. The individuals in the blotter have had probation violations, fender benders, property damage, stolen items, public intoxication, possession of alcohol and, along with those, operating while intoxicated, also known as an OWI. According to the the Iowa Department of Transportation’s website it is unlawful to operate a motor vehicle in Iowa while:
File photo: Iowa State Daily Matt Wymore, alumnus of performing arts, and Madison Welterlen, senior in theater and performing arts, rehearse before last year’s run of “Six Characters” on March 22.
Photo: Andrew Clawson/Iowa State Daily Jay Harmon, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, shows plans for the new biorenewables complex.
The space between Howe Hall and the Design Building is home to Biorenewables Research Laboratory, which has stood alone for a long time. ISU students and faculty will return from spring break to find fences roping off the future site of Sukup Hall and Atrium and Elings Hall. Biorenewables will also undergo construction in order to be linked to Sukup Hall via Sukup Atrium. The collective name of current building and the new additions will be called
the Biorenewables Complex. The plans of the complex have been in the works since 2006. The Biorenewables Complex will be the new home to the agricultural and biosystems engineering department. The department currently is spread out among four buildings — Davidson Hall, the National Swine and Research Information Center, Advanced Machinery Systems Lab, and Industrial Education II. The Biorenewables Complex will give the department a more centralized home with state of the art classrooms and a 150-person lecture hall. “Ag engineering is fortunate in that we’re at the intersection of some pretty important things in the state,” said Jay Harmon, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering. “Agriculture, engineering and agri-
cultural production, of course, is huge in Iowa.” Harmon believes the importance of agricultural and biosystems engineering in relationship to both the rural and urban aspects of Iowa as one of the reasons why his department is being granted new buildings in addition to other reasons. Since the conception of the Biorenewables Complex, Harmon has described himself as a liaison between the architects of the project and the department. Davidson Hall, the current headquarters of agricultural and biosystems engineering, is to be demolished sometime after the completion and migration to Biorenewables Complex. With the hall named for
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