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African Night celebrates diversity

By Randi Reeder Daily staff writer The African Students Association will host its annual African Night at 6 p.m. this Saturday at Ames City Hall.

The theme of this year’s event is “You are the Hope” to help encourage the Ames community to get involved, become aware and educate themselves about the current affairs in Africa and the Diaspora while having a night of entertainment and food from abroad.

“Diaspora is the acknowledgment of Africa beyond the continent,” said Vice President Isaac Owusu, senior in management information systems.

According to the student organization page at Iowa State, the African Student Association is Iowa State’s major organization for visiting scholars.

The goal is to provide opportunities for leadership development by sharing the group’s diverse social, cultural, educational and recreational activities, which will motivate and refresh students’ mindsets to enhance academic learning.

Public Relations Officer Massah Massaquoi, senior in psychology, said that African Night is the club’s annual cultural celebration, which celebrates the rich and diverse traditions of the continent.

ISU students showcase their talents in dance, poetry and singing during the event.

Entertainment will include displays of African dances, drama skits, poems, music and a guest performance from a local band called DDP. Along with the entertainment, African dishes such as fufu, jollof rice, African fried rice, samosas, mandazi and fried plantain will be served.

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Photo: Ryan Riley/Iowa State Daily Ashley Reed, junior in accounting,is just one of the many students who use the chairs inside Parks Library everyday. University Affairs will update the Library Entrance Lounge at Parks by replacing 23 chairs and adding tables and ottomans. GSB is being asked to fund 12 of the chairs.

GSB sits on funding for new library chairs

By Charles.OBrien @iowastatedaily.com Parks Library is trying to do a mini makeover of the Library Entrance Lounge by replacing 26 of the old lounge chairs that sit along the windows on the first floor.

The current chairs were purchased in the spring of 2000 during a renovation of the first floor. Now,

after over a decade of wear and tear, the chairs have become worn down: the wood scratched and scarred, the cushions stained.

One Government of the Student Body senator described the chairs as “looking like someone had thrown up on them.”

The idea of replacing the chairs was brought to the attention of University Affairs at-large member Kimberly Haberl, senior in interior design, by a group of students.

Haberl brought the issue up at the next University Affairs meeting; the

department decided that the issue was a project worth looking into.

University Affairs contacted members of the Library Administration and Matt Dohrmann, student member of the committee and sophomore in finance. Dohrmann and Haberl worked with University Affairs Chairman Adam Guenther, junior in animal science.

They began searching around campus for chairs students use to wait and study. The trio had informal focus groups where they asked

students questions about which chairs they enjoyed the most. In the end, they found that the chairs in the Carver Hall lobby outside of Carver 101 were the most suitable and appealing.

The new chairs are to be armless leather chairs with small side tables and ottomans. The committee settled on purchasing 23 for a price of $1,003 each — a decrease from the original price of $1,844. There will also be

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Arguing biblical sources

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FIRST AMENDMENT DAY: Marching for freedom

Is the Bible the source of absolute moral rules in today’s society?

This was the topic that Hector Avalos and Keith Darrell were both charged with debating in 2055 Hoover Hall on Thursday night.

Darrell, evangelist and member of Whitefield Fellowship, began the debate by taking the affirmative.

“This is a scary position for some of you,” Darrell said on the affirmative argument. “When you think of absolutes, what do you think of? For many it is intolerance. What about

Whitney Leming-Salisbury, high school student, makes signs Thursday during the Freedom March for First Amendment Day in Ames. Check online for more coverage on Iowa State’s First Amendment Day celebration.

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Runway prepped for annual Fashion Show

By Kiana.Roppe @iowastatedaily.com Excitement is building throughout campus as students prepare for this year’s Fashion Show, which will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday

in Stephens Auditorium.

The show will feature guest designer Todd Snyder, an ISU alumnus.

The Fashion Show is in its 30th year and still thriving. This is largely due to the hard work of the Iowa State

students who run the show.

One such student is Kayla Alfrey, junior in apparel merchandising, design and production, one of the directors for the design committee.

This is her second year in the class. Last year she was ac-

cepted as a committee member, and because she did well, she was chosen as one of the directors this year.

“She knows a lot about what goes on backstage as well as the process of getting the garments from the de-

signers and to the runway,” said Lisa Bradshaw, one of the producers for the Fashion Show.

As director, Alfrey helps choose the guest judges,

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>>BIBLE.p1 the Bible? Scarlet Letters? Yet, we must understand that if there is no absolute morality or value, then that includes the value of tolerance. So rejecting absolutes is not the way forward. The way forward is found in the teachings of Jesus.”

Avalos, professor in philosophy and religious studies, chose to debate on the negative. He began by stating the definition of the two agreed upon for an absolute moral rule.

“An absolute moral rule is one that does not change due to time or circumstance,” Avalos stated. “[Darrell’s] rules ultimately rest on circular reasoning. ... Rules change due to time; some rules are contradictory, and some are too general.”

Both began with 20 minute opening statements followed by several rounds of rebuttals.

The two ended with five minute closing statements and then continued to answer questions from the audience.

“The gist of my argument is if there is no God, there are no norms,” Darrell said after the debate. “A norm is like a duty or responsibility.

There are ... responsibilities, so there is a God.” Avalos chose a visual presentation compared to Darrell’s read script. Avalos used past quotes from Darrell, what he displayed as contradictory statements from the Bible that dealt with the murder of children and slavery and what Darrell described as the use of “sympathy.”

“The morality that he claims is absolute, there is no such thing,” Avalos said.

Darrell argued that Avalos’ metaphysical, epistemology and ethics were unreasonable because he “has no knowledge beyond the sensible. ... [Avalo’s epistemology] is self-rebutting and destroys normativity,” and “because he [Avalos] negates all ethical facts,” with the basis of quotes from Avalos’ books and beliefs.

No winner was officially declared when the debate was over, but both Avalos and Darrell felt that the debate went well.

Darrell received the majority of questions, which continued for nearly as long as the debate itself.

“I think it’s a really important topic,” said Kristoffer Scott, the moderator of the event and a senior in electrical engineering. “Before we go along with them [beliefs], it’s good to look at the different viewpoints.”

Matt Brown, sophomore in pre-business, attended the debate and also felt that it went well.

“It’s good to have that type of open forum,” Brown said. “It brings both crowds out to hear the sides. ... I love the dialogue that takes place.”

It was Darrell’s first time participating in this form of debate, but he stated that he would love to do it again.

Avalos, who has participated in multiple debates similar to this one in the past, felt that the debate accomplished its main goal, education, and was happy to hear the challenging questions and see the discussions starting in the audience.

The debate was sponsored by the ISU Atheist and Agnostic Society and the ISU Philosophy and Religious Studies Club.

>>CHAIRS.p1 16 tables costing $483.19 per table and four ottomans with a price tag of $300 each.

“These are high industry, high impact, leather chairs that are meant for high use.

They are not your Lazy Boys,” Guenther said.

To fund this project they determined that the library, would pay for 11 of the new chairs and all of the tables and ottomans. In order to pay for the remaining 12 chairs, University Affairs approached GSB about funding them.

On Wednesday night Guenther and Olivia Madison, dean of the library, addressed GSB about funding for the 12 chairs. Finance Director Arjay Vander Velden immediately stated that GSB had not funded any other building on campus in the past 10 years except for the Memorial Union and that it was not a good and functional use of student activity fee dollars.

Debate went back and

forth for over an hour about the library’s budget, the question of correct spending of student activity fee money and student initiative.

Some senators argued the library had a large enough budget to cover this issue, $20 million, and that the library already received yearly funding from students through the student computer fee.

Madison rebutted these comments by saying that $10 million of the $20 million goes solely towards the upkeep of the library’s collection and the rest pays for salaries, student assistance and other programs offered through the library.

The only way the library receives funding for renovations is through donations and grants.

One senator emphasized the fact that it took student initiative to bring the issue forward.

“I’m leaning towards voting ‘yes’ because of student initiative,” said GSB Senator Dan Rediske. “We need to

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make sure they are taken care of while at Iowa State, set up events like Fit Night and Judging Day, and work backstage at the show.

“We create the order of the show, along with assisting with outfit changes for the models, and making sure the overall atmosphere of backstage is run smoothly,” Alfrey said.

ISU students who are interested in working for the fashion show can apply to be a committee member by filling out an application.

The producers choose the applicants they feel would make the best committee members, and students who prove themselves can apply to be a director the following year like Alfrey did.

The Fashion Show is a class, first and foremost. First year students take AESHM 271 while students who get involved a second or third time, are placed into AESHM 471. It is

take student initiative seriously; if it improves students’ life we should fund it.”

Other senators were not opposed of the idea of funding new chairs but were opposed to the cost itself.

“I’m just against the way it’s written currently,” said Senator Austin Ballhagen, senior in journalism and mass communication. “$12,036 for essentially a dozen chairs is not a just cause, if they were under a $1,000 and not for image or aesthetics it would be different. ... We take pride in the library and how it looks, but it doesn’t mean we need top quality for a lobby.”

After the meeting, Madison made a comment about the funding process in general.

“It’s not about the dollar amount, GSB funding the library chairs would be a symbol,” Madison said. “It would show that the students actually care about the library.”

The funding of the project was tabled 20-7 and is to be voted on next Wednesday.

graded based on quizzes, participation and attendance at events.

“As a class we meet once a week throughout the spring semester in preparation for the show,” Alfrey said.

The Fashion Show is full of talent and excitement, but every little detail from the brochure handed out before the show to the order of models is the result of hard work and dedication on the part of the students.

“Although I was backstage last year, along with this year, seeing the excitement of the models during the show and being able to watch them take the spotlight on the runway knowing you made that happen is exciting and rewarding,” Alfrey said.

Tickets for the Fashion Show are $16 for ISU students with an ID, same for children and $22 for adult tickets. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend.

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The Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture celebrated their 10th anniversary as a graduate program at Iowa State by holding their eighth annual symposium Tuesday at the Memorial Union.

The symposium opened with John Pesek, ISU distinguished professor emeritus of agronomy, who gave a summary of the history of the program and how it came to be at Iowa State. Afterward, Doug Landis, professor of entomology at Michigan State University, presented ideas on redesigning sustainable agriculture through ecosystem services.

This up-and-coming graduate program focuses on educating students on ways to design and implement sustainable agriculture systems, and ultimately be able to practice and spread their knowledge of sustainable agriculture.

“The program broadens the perspectives of agriculture beyond the dimension of farming,” said Caroline Oliveira, graduate in sociology, who is now in her first year of Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture. Growing up in Brazil, Oliveira’s knowledge regarding the global impact of agriculture increased dramatically throughout her education.

“Because I am Brazilian, I have learned that American farming has a global impact, so it’s important to become aware of that,” she said. Oliveira is also the co-president of the Sustainable Agriculture Student Association and plans to get her doctorate and eventually move back to Brazil to teach.

The Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture has a unique curriculum with specific guidelines and classes, which students are required to take. Students are also required to gather weekly in what are called colloquiums.

During these meetings, the Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture students are encouraged to share their knowledge on subjects, listen to guest speakers and exchange their points of view. Because this is a newer program at Iowa State, students are able to contribute and integrate their goals and visions for this program.

The Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture is the only program to offer both masters and Ph.D. degrees in sustainable agriculture and is slowly becoming more recognized for its successful development throughout these past 10 years.

Ames community members gathered at Reiman Gardens yesterday not for a tour of the garden’s flowers and Lego sculptures but to learn about sustainability.

“It’s different for everyone, and it’s important that everyone find those things that are going to work in their budget.

Not everybody can go buy a Prius, not everyone can put up solar panels or a wind turbine, but everyone can find something to do to make a huge difference,” said Merry Rankin, Iowa State’s director of sustainability.

There are multiple and affordable steps toward becoming more sustainable. Rankin suggested the following 10.

1. Use a refillable water bottle and coffee mug.

Bottled water is energy intensive to produce, transport and refrigerate. The amount of petroleum it takes to produce one disposable plastic bottle is one-third the equivalent of water filled in the bottle.

For frequent coffee drinkers, ISU Dining and cafes in the Ames area encourage students to bring their mugs by giving discounts.

2. Use compact fluorescent lights or LEDs instead of incandescent light bulbs.

Compact fluorescent lights use 50 percent less energy than incandescent lights, and last 10 time longer. LEDs will last up to 50,000 hours and can last 10 times longer than compact fluorescents.

3. Bring reusable bags

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when shopping.

This includes backpacks, book bags, etc. Making the average 100 billion plastic bags Americans consume requires up to 12 billion barrels of oil. If the purchase is light, avoid the bag. No reusable bags handy?

Try reusing the plastic bags.

Biodegradable bags can be used for garbage, kitchen waste, pet waste, and it is another effort to cut down on plastic waste.

4. Turn down the thermostat when no one is at home.

Try using a fan or a blanket before adjusting the thermostat. Investing in a programmable thermostat can help keep track of current temperatures.

5. Turn off appliances when not in use.

Or at least put them to sleep when not in use. Many electronics, including gaming consoles, have a low power mode that can be enabled manually.

Save some watts and dollars by

using a “kill-a-watt” monitor to see how much electricity is needed for each appliance.

6. Reduce water use.

From the kitchen, to the bathroom, to the lawn, there are several methods cut down on water use including: Use the dishwasher only when there is a full load of dishes; save up to 4 gallons of water by cutting down your shower a minute; fix any leaky faucet or toilet; and use a broom to clean driveways and

sidewalks instead of hosing it down.

7. Unplug unused appliances to avoid phantom energy.

Even if an appliance is shut off, if it is still plugged in, it is using energy. Using power strips can save up to 40 W per day and $14 from the utilities bill per year.

8. Walk, bike or use public transportation.

For times when neither of the three above can be done, carpool. Next time the car needs a wash, car washes are an efficient method, preventing any harmful run-off.

9. Purchasing local, organic, biodegradable products.

Not everything on the list has to be certified organic, but try to look for products with less packaging and are made locally. Shopping from secondhand stores is affordable and ensures products have a second life.

10. Remember the four Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rethink.

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New chairs offer more than an improved aesthetic image One measure to come before the Government of the Student Body Senate this week was a bill to give Parks Library $12,000 to help purchase new chairs for the lobby. The idea originated from students; a small group of them approached the library dean and asked whether it would be possible for students to assist in improving the scenery of the library lobby.

The result is a plan to buy chairs like those in the Carver Hall lobby; 23 of them will replace the nowshabby chairs that grace the library entry.

While the issue may seem like one of mere aesthetics and image, and GSB historically does not fund capital improvements apart from the Memorial Union, students have a stake in all aspects of the library, including its appearance. While the library is funded in part by computer fees and tuition paid by students, students give no funding directly to the library.

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socializing and studying business of being students.

Professors teach in classrooms that students may never hear of, see or visit.

But nearly every student walks through Parks Library, if only to take Library 160. If students don’t, they should. If they don’t do so often, they should: success in academics requires research, and the library is a reservoir of a great deal of the world’s knowledge.

The library exists so that students can educate themselves. Part of creating a home for studying is providing comfortable workspace. Some rumors circulated for a while were that the chairs are decades old. In fact, they have acquired their battered appearance in the past decade.

With over 29,000 student enrolled at Iowa State, the library is asking us each for less than 42 cents.

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your student fees, and that the money will be rolled over into next year’s fund if it remains unspent. It’s not as if the university or GSB will return unspent fees to students.

The competition among universities to attract students and entice them to go to their school is increasingly fierce. Most campus tours include stops in the library. The lobby is there for all our prospective students and their parents to see. If we want Iowa State to attract students for the future, we should invest in first-rate furniture that reflects the first-rate quality of our education. What’s the harm in that, especially if the investment will benefit us too?

After an hour of debating the issue, GSB voted to table the bill and take it up again next week after sounding out you, their constituents.

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ecently, I participated in a gathering of my peers, where discussions of mind-boggling ideas ebbed and flowed throughout the night. There, my peers contributed a great deal of their own thoughtful inputs.

Yet, there were those who could only recite the workings of the intellectual juggernauts of old. The tone seemed to change, and it seemed as if some individuals were claiming to be intellectually superior to the rest of us.

I find this deception to be rather paltry and extremely dangerous to civil discourse.

When you appear as the expert on important matters, then who can argue with you?

After all, isn’t it difficult to test for intellectual superiority in the first place?

As a pseudo-intellectual, you may have this comfort knowing you are viewed with high regard, but be prepared when somebody calls you out on it.

When I speak of this intellectualism, I mean it as defined by the parameters of an individual’s capacity to think critically. When someone either lies or plagiarizes to gain the approval and trust of his or her peers, they are so defined as “pseudo” (meaning “fake”) intellectuals. Or, as in the instance described above, the person attempts to appear more intelligent than they actually are.

For example, whenever I am in a company willing to delve into the complexities of string theory or wormholes, inevitably there is one person who merely regurgitates everything they read about in the works of Michio Kaku or Stephen Hawking. This is not to say, however, this company is filled with astrophysicists who know when you are stealing work.

It is difficult to speak about dimensional theory without doing at least some referencing. However, when individuals claim originality or demand a higher echelon of respect, then I become

Photo: Nick Nelson/Iowa State Daily Judges listen as Ross Kimm, sophomore in finance of the ISU Democrats, talks during the annual Caucus Cup Debate on Tuesday in the South Ballroom or the Memorial Union. Columnist Glawe believes debate should be intellectual but true to the person debating, not just a restating of other’s ideas and research.

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In essence, we are all intellectually capable of at least talking about string theory, reducing it to its basic components, so no one should feel they are inadequate in comparison to an individual who wants to feel intelligent.

It is pseudo intellectuals who taint the individuals with too feeble a mind, and warp perspectives to resolve a sort of cognitive dissonance.

Another characteristic of pseudo intellectuals, one

that I personally treat with contempt, is the citing of other pseudo intellectuals. This often occurs in the midst of argumentative fervor, where one deliberately searches for the first article they find to support their contention.

It seems that nobody takes the time to fact check his or her sources for bias.

It seems that we no longer examine all approaches to the argument. Rather, it is much easier to spout off the sayings of one individual and claim it as truth. In turn, the audience perceives the citer as a well-informed and efficient researcher.

Pseudo intellectuals confirming pseudo intellectuals breaks the trust we have in each other to perform due diligence. It is a narcissistic

trap that is only ceased by our efforts to find the truth.

Perform research on your own and keep others in check.

Don’t fall into the habit of listening to demagogues speak, just because it is easier to do. The best way to counteract pseudo intellectualism is education.

People will no longer act as if they are intellectually superior to you, because you are calling them out and testing them thoroughly.

It seems that now, instead of true academics, we are left with people who think themselves superior to their peers because they can quote from Goethe. We are left with unoriginal and over-pampered fakes.

I, myself, do not claim to be a true intellectual. That is for

others to decide. Our actions create perception, and we should be held accountable for them. If others think I am “smart” because I use fancy words to express my thoughts, then so be it. But it should be known I actually take the time to read from the brilliant minds of our past, as it is our duty as humans to pay respect to the great contributors of our race.

I do this not so I may say that I know what I am talking about, but so I may have the satisfaction of learning.

Application of what I have learned is merely testing my knowledge in the presence of my peers. My peers, in turn, hold me accountable for my thoughts and actions.

What is worth living for if you are not true to others, let

alone true to yourself? How can you be genuine when you sell yourself out? I would hope, at the very least, that toward the end of my life I would be able to say I stood by principle and held fast to my convictions.

I end with a quote from “Good Will Hunting” where Robin Williams’ character expounds upon the dangers of using intellectual prowess to define the individual: “Unless you want to talk about you, who you are, then I’m fascinated. I’m in. But you don’t want to do that, do you sport?

You’re terrified of what you might say. Your move, chief.”

Michael Glawe is a

sophomore in finance and political science from New Ulm, Minn.

Letter to the editor

Ban on bottled water harms healthy choices, wallets The Government of the Student Body Senate recently passed a resolution to potentially ban plastic water bottle sales on the ISU campus. As a GSB senator at the time of that vote, I strongly opposed the resolution.

Eliminating the sale of bottled water would strip convenience and choice from students, and ultimately result in negative effects on both the health and the wallets of students.

First, bottled water is extremely convenient to those who choose to use it. It’s available in the campus convenience stores and vending machines across campus. I take comfort in the fact I can buy water

Spencer Hughes is a sophomore in speech communication. almost anywhere, if I so choose. And if I want water, why shouldn’t I be able to purchase it? It is water, after all — we aren’t talking about crystal meth here.

To those who bring reusable bottles to campus and fill up throughout the day, I salute you for making an effort to better yourself and the environment. But eliminating plastic water bottle sales will not make more people act like you.

Nancy Levandowski, director of

ISU Dining, stated that an ongoing program to give a free reusable metal water bottle to every student with a meal plan has had no effect on plastic water bottle sales. This program is ending at the close of this academic year. If students don’t use free reusable bottles, what makes anyone think that they’ll use ones they have to buy?

Additionally, the negative impacts on student health and student bank accounts are troubling. According to a study cited in the Boston Globe this past Sunday, research shows if bottled water is not available to those wishing to purchase it, 52 percent of

people will choose soda or another sugared drink over tap water.

The harmful health effects of removing bottled water are proven.

And with Ames in contention to become a Blue Zone community, taking such a stand against student wellness would be a powerful statement indeed.

The economic concerns associated with this removal are also significant. ISU Dining grossed over $200,000 last year from bottled water sales alone. ISU Dining is also in the process of negotiating a new vending contract, and removing bottled water sales from that contract would make

it less valuable. If less money were to come in from that source, ISU Dining would be confronted with two options: reduce the services provided to students or raise the prices they must pay. Neither outcome is good.

Luckily, we have a third choice.

Stand in support of choice and of the availability of a healthy product.

Support student wellness on campus without breaking the bank. While those wishing to remove plastic water bottles from campus are certainly well intentioned, their proposal is unworkable and will certainly have a net negative effect on students. Keep the water bottles.

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Iowa, ISU, UNI, Drake to stage doubleheader DES MOINES — Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Drake will play a basketball doubleheader in Des Moines in each of the next four seasons.

The Hawkeyes will face UNI and the Cyclones will play against Drake at Wells Fargo Arena on Dec. 15, 2012. Iowa State and UNI will then play each other in 2013, with Iowa facing Drake.

This year’s matchups will be repeated in 2014.

The doubleheader will replace the annual matchups that Iowa and Iowa State had with both UNI and Drake of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Tickets for next year’s event will range from $25 to $70 and be valid for both games.

Iowa and Iowa State will maintain their annual series, with next year’s game to be played in Iowa City.

— The Associated Press

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The Associated Press

Saints name Joe Vitt as interim coach

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints have named Joe Vitt as interim coach, despite the top assistant’s six-game suspension for his role in the club’s bounty system.

The Saints had to find a oneseason replacement for head coach Sean Payton, whose season-long suspension in connection with the bounty scandal begins Monday and runs through the next February’s Super Bowl.

New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis said in the release Vitt will take over Monday.

“It is important that we keep Sean Payton’s philosophy front and center during this season,” Loomis said Thursday. “But we need to set a course of action that gives us the best chance to win this season without our head coach. ... We considered a number of great options to handle Payton’s duties both internally and externally, but believe this will provide the most seamless transition for our players and our coaching staff, allowing our offensive and defensive staffs to remain intact with the fewest changes.

Sports Jargon:

Butterfly SPORT: Swimming & Diving DEFINITION: A style of competitive swimming where the swimmers swim on the breast with both arms moving simultaneously.

USE: Tiana Wollin swum the 200 butterfly at the Big 12 Championships in March, where she finished 15th.

Illustration: Ryan Francois/Iowa State Daily

Dive into new arrivals Editor’s note: This is the seventh part of an eight-part series about how Big 12 realignment affects non-revenue sports at Iowa State. Part 7 focuses on the swimming and diving team. Part 8, on soccer, will publish Monday.

By Travis.Cammon and Dan.Cole @iowastatedaily.com With the departure of Texas A&M and Missouri and the subsequent arrivals of both Texas Christian University and West Virginia in the Big 12 Conference, it will undergo major changes this upcoming athletic season.

For swimming and diving, the changes will have an adequate effect on the Big 12. Last season, for instance, there were seven teams in the conference, but the departure of Colorado and Nebraska shriveled it to five.

After this season, the conference will still retain five teams since all four teams in transit — TCU and West Virginia coming, Texas A&M and Missouri going — have swimming and diving teams.

“We are sad to see such quality programs with A&M and Missouri leaving,” said ISU swimming coach Duane Sorenson. “We’ve had great history through the years with Missouri, and I think it’s been 18 or 19 years in a row we’re against them, and it’s always been great meets.”

Missouri and Texas A&M are both considered traditional powerhouses in the conference since both rank in the top 20 in the conference and regularly challenge Texas for the confer-

ence championship each year.

“We think TCU and West Virginia are both great additions to the Big 12 in any sport they’re in,” said Bob Burda, Big 12 associate commissioner of communications. “I don’t want to necessarily conceive that Texas A&M and Missouri were the power residing in the Big 12 for swimming, but they certainly have competitive programs.”

Since the creation of the Big 12, Texas has won a monstrous 10 of the 15 conference titles. A&M has claimed four while one was claimed by departed Nebraska.

The balance of power will shift much more favorably toward Texas, which finished the season ranked No. 3 in the country.

TCU, which finished fifth in its final season in the Mountain West Conference, has not generally been considered a powerhouse program but has been known to produce excellent swimmers.

“We’re excited as a university, and our program’s very excited [to join the Big 12],” said TCU women’s coach Richard Sybesma. “The bar’s been raised with the University of Texas, obviously, and all the other schools are very good swimming schools.

Last season, the Horned Frogs finished the season with a 4-4 women’s record and 4-1 for men’s record in the conference but had five swimmers named to the all-conference team.

“So we’re going to be swimming against the best and diving against the best in the country,” Sybesma said.

“It’s just going to be great to have a conference meet with the best teams in the country.”

West Virginia, on the other hand, finished third for women and second

for men in the Big East Conference last season. Although they were not nationally ranked, the men’s team received votes in the national poll.

“I think the Big East has been very good to West Virginia,” said WVU women’s swimming coach Victor Riggs. “But to be honest, our sport leaving was probably not a big part of the decision, as many Division I programs are focused on basketball and football.”

At the Big East Championships, West Virginia fell to third, but Riggs was awarded the Big East Women’s Coach of the Year.

“There’s mixed feeling,” Riggs said. “There’s certainly going to different challenges as we enter into the Big 12, but we enjoyed our time in the Big East, and it’s a very competitive conference.”

In the midst of all of the departures and arrivals, Iowa State will have to compete against the new competition.

Iowa State has traditionally struggled in conference play, having never finished higher than fourth in the Big 12 tournament.

“Both [West Virginia and TCU] are going to be competitive with Kansas and our program,” Sorenson said. “So it should be a much more balanced Big 12 meet compared to the past.”

As far as travel is concerned, the Cyclones will not have to wander too far as they will remain in the Midwest for the season and will not travel to the East Coast to compete against West Virginia.

“In swimming, we compete in more regional rather than dual meets,” Sorenson said. “So we don’t have a dual meet schedule set up by

Arrivals: TCU, West Virginia Departures: Missouri, Texas A&M Iowa State’s all-time record vs. Big 12 Kansas: 4-24 Missouri: 10-22 Texas: Never faced in a dual meet Texas A&M: 0-3 Conference titles Iowa State — 0 Kansas — 0 Missouri — 0 Nebraska — 2 Texas — 10 Texas A&M — 4

the Big 12, so we swim when we can.”

Iowa State has never faced TCU or West Virginia in competition before, but Sorenson is quite familiar with TCU. “I know the Texas Christian coach very well,” Sorenson said. “When I was coaching club swimming one of my swimmers swam for him back in the ‘80s. Richard’s been there for eons and eons.”

Last season, the Cyclones finished last at the Big 12 Championships scoring a total of only 328 points, 104 points behind the next closest team.

“Texas and Texas A&M have had quite a rivalry the last few years,” Sorenson said. “[Texas] will be the clear favorite program, and then who wants to take second is what it going to boil down to.”

Football

Basics, intelligence prepare players

By Dan.Tracy @iowastatedaily.com

While touchdowns and big hits will be on the mind of football-hungry fans in attendance at Saturday’s Cyclone Gridiron Club spring game, ISU coach Paul Rhoads is looking for his team to be more fundamentally sound and smarter in its final practice before fall camp.

“I want to be a better fundamental football team at the end of this week, and I want to be a more intelligent football team this week,” Rhoads said at a news conference on Monday. “It’s been a big priority for us to become a smarter football team this spring.”

Constant teaching was the plan for Rhoads and his staff this week as they concluded the third and final week of spring practices.

The final week was dedicated to importing as much knowledge as possible before players put their helmets and shoulder pads back in their lockers until August. “[Rhoads] knows that we can physically do it and that we’re very capable of doing everything,” said defensive back Deon Broomfield.

“Being smart and playing smart is just going to make it that much easier for us.”

“Once we figure out how to play smarter and do things right and do them better, then I think it’s just going to make it that much easier for us to actually be successful on the field.”

On Monday, Rhoads pointed to linebacker C.J. Morgan, who has the tendency of focusing his eyes in the wrong spot when the offense begins a play, as a specific example of the team needing to recognize more both pre- and post-snap.

“We’ve got to have a more thorough understanding with this call,” Rhoads said.

“This is your priority; this is what you have to get done and on and on and on with the various positions and players.”

Sophomore linebacker Jeremiah George has received additional repetitions and additional coaching this spring because of the absence of junior Jake Knott in the rotation as he rehabilitates from shoulder surgery.

“I feel like I’ve learned more over these three weeks than maybe I have over the last two years being here at

Iowa State,” George said.

Saturday’s scrimmage will be the first in front of fans but the third overall for the Cyclones this spring.

George said that in the first scrimmage two weeks ago, the intensity of the defense was low but the defense did a good job making “splash” plays last Saturday, forcing the offense into five turnovers.

“In this spring game, I just want to see us come together with that intensity with those turnovers and really dominate so we can show that we are that fast-playing Big 12 defense,” George said.

Although coaches and players on the offensive side of the ball throughout the spring have indicated the offensive schemes are similar to last year, fans will get their first chance to see if there will be any new wrinkles to the playbook under new offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham.

Rhoads described the transition from Tom Herman to Messingham as smooth but not seamless, saying there have been tweaks to the offense but not “wholesale changes.”

“We’re a long way from

File photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily Linebacker Jeremiah George and wide receiver Albert Gary practice during the Spring Football Practice in 2011 at the Bergstrom Practice Facility.

playing our first game,” Rhoads said. “You’ve had 11 practices, you get four more and then you’ve got all of those opportunities in August, and I think by the time we get to September you’ll clearly see [Messingham’s] fingerprints all over every bit of the offense.”

In addition to a new coordinator, the offense will reveal a few new faces on the field as freshmen who joined the team and redshirted last season play in their first spring game.

Running back DeVondrick Nealy, a fresh-

man from Monticello, Fla., joins a stable of running backs that returns redshirt juniors James White and Jeff Woody.

“In high school I was the feature back; now I’m more down a level,” Nealy said. “It’s a good thing just to be behind someone that’s older that knows what they’re doing so I can stand behind them and just learn from them a little bit until I get my wings off and then I can start flying by myself.”

The spring game gets underway at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium.

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