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Committee postpones open forums By Katelynn McCollough Daly staff writer The ISU search committee tasked with finding the new provost interviewed candidates in Minneapolis on Saturday and Sunday. The committee planned to begin hosting open forums for the five finalists on Wednesday and Thursday, but the finalists have not yet been chosen so the forums have been postponed. “We plan to announce finalists in the provost search yet this week, but not in time to make use of the earliest forums,” said Wendy Wintersteen in a statement, who is the chairwoman of the search committee and dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. New dates have not yet been set for the postponed open forums and the three other open forums scheduled for next week also may be subject to change based off the schedules of the chosen finalists. The open forums will offer students, faculty and staff the opportunity to ask any questions concerning the position from the finalists. The search committee began looking for a new provost in February after executive vice president and provost Elizabeth Hoffman made the announcement that she would leave the position. Hoffman had been in the position since 2006. ISU President Steven Leath announced the 17 member search committee in February. The search committee received 130 nominations and 35 applications for the position by the end of March. On-campus interviews were set for Tuesday through April 28 at that time. The names of the finalists will be released before they arrive on campus.
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Iowa State reclaimed its title as the world record-holder for the largest game of knockout Tuesday night at Hilton Coliseum. As part of the Veishea tournaments, students and others from the community successfully broke the record it also set last year. Cy the mascot was the first to shoot and Vice President for Student Affairs Tom Hill was the last. With the number 571 safely pinned to his chest, Hill helped the students break the previous record by almost 150. Just last year, Iowa State set the record, only to have it quickly taken by Grace College. “We were pretty disappointed to see that,” said tournaments co-chairman Jake Smith, senior in mechanical engineering. “Before we even officially made it on the Guinness website, this other college had broken it and taken it from us.” When plans were being made for tournaments at the beginning of the year, the committee members knew they would schedule another attempt to try and bring the record back to Ames. Brian Capesius, graduate student in business administration who had the idea last year for the knockout game, also co-chaired the event this year. The goal, set at 1,000, may seem large to some, but it was a realistic goal to those who planned the event. “It’s tough to tell,” Capesius said. “We got 360 last year in the middle of a blizzard. We thought the nice weather and Veishea week [would help]. We thought 1,000 would be awesome to put in the record book.” Iowa State broke the record previously held by Buick, of General Motors, which hosted its event in New Orleans during the NCAA men’s Final Four. Two players with NCAA tournament experience were part of the record. Cyclones Melvin Ejim and Austin
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Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily Samantha Melvin, junior in English education, celebrates after successfully making a basket during the Guinness World Record-setting game of knockout at Hilton Coliseum on Tuesday.
Hill, Hoiberg kick off Veishea Opening ceremony award winners
Photo: Andrus Nesbitt/Iowa State Daily Vice President of Student Affairs Tom Hill shakes the hand of ISU men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg at the Veishea Opening Ceremony and Awards on Tuesday in the Memorial Union
By Charles.OBrien @iowastatedaily.com The 90th year of Veishea kicked off Tuesday night with an opening ceremony in the Memorial Union. This was the first Veishea opening
ceremony not held on the Friday night of Veishea week. Key speakers for the event were Vice President of Student Affairs Tom Hill, President Steven Leath and ISU men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg. All shared their favorite
memories of past Veisheas and spoke of their excitement for this year’s festivities. Hill, who was emceeing the event, began the ceremony by speaking about his fond memories of past years of Veishea. He announced that this
The 86th edition of Cardinal Key inducted 57 seniors and juniors into the group. Ashley Bode, freshman in event management, won the Andy Albright Memorial Scholarship. Outstanding Event of the Year: Dance Marathon Outstanding Commitment to Diversity Award: Asian Pacific American Awareness Coalition Outstanding Commitment to Service Award: Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Studies Club Outstanding Student Organization Adviser Award: Merry Rankin, Green Umbrella Group Outstanding Student Leader of the Year Award: Ziyu Jiang, Chinese Students and Scholars Association
year was his 50th year participating in the festivities. Hill spoke about old traditions such as cherry pies and the parade, which he proclaimed to be his personal favorite activity of the year
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Sexual assault awareness
Clothesline Project airs dirty laundry By Elizabeth.Holmgren @iowastatedaily.com
As students shuffled across Central Campus on Tuesday, they may have noticed an unusual sight: a row of T-shirts hanging on a clothesline outside the Sloss House.
No, the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center did not decide to do a midday load of laundry. These shirts were hung in an effort to raise awareness of sexual assault. The Margaret Sloss Women’s Center teamed up with the Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support in order to host the annual Clothesline
Project, a project dedicated to informing students about the issues of sexual violence. “The idea behind the Clothesline Project is to air out the dirty laundry that no one wants to talk about and to support victims of sexual assault,” said Annie
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