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Phi Psi Sliders
Event will benefit local club
By Mary-Kate.Burkert iowastatedaily.com The effects of the August 2010 flood have not ended for the Boys and Girls Club of Ames. But the men of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity have a plan to help. The first Phi Psi Sliders philanthropy will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, 316 Lynn Ave. Members will serve hamburgers, in addition to chips, ice cream and walking tacos from Taco Time during the event. Veggie burgers will be available. “We are beyond excited to finally host an event that will hopefully be well-known around not only the greek community, but Ames in general,” said Travis Ziemke, Phi Kappa Psi philanthropy chair and junior in advertising. “Our chapter is based upon our motto, ‘The great joy of serving others.’” “Our national affiliate is the Boys and Girls Club; we are fortunate enough to have a club in our very town,” Ziemke said. “We visit their club on a weekly basis just to hang out and play games with the kids there. People should be aware of our event because we want to finally do something more than just visit; we want to give back financially as well.” Proceeds will “go toward rebuilding the Boys and Girls Club of Ames’ facility for the kids after the flood hit in August and caused major damage to the building,” said Henry Wang, member of the chapter and senior in art and design. Members participate in personal activities with children at the center when they volunteer. “We typically will join in on activities ranging from basketball to ping pong to Legos,” said Michael Good, member of Phi Kappa Psi and junior in political science. “It’s always fun to spend a couple hours with the kids.” But the aid doesn’t end with volunteering. Will Higgins, member of Phi Kappa Psi and freshman in mechanical engineering, is proud of the chapter’s most recent contribution to the Boys and Girls Club: participation of three teams in the organization’s Shoot the Rock Around the Clock basketball tournament. The men of Phi Kappa Psi used new techniques this year to publicize the philanthropy, including doing broadcasts on radio stations. “The thing that I am most personally excited about is building a great base that our house can build upon in the future,” Ziemke said. “I want people to enjoy themselves and come back again.” Ziemke is passionate about this cause and said, “We want to try and help them through this time and show them that the greek community cares.”
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Committee looks for qualified nominees By Carmen.Leng iowastatedaily.com
The search for the Liberal Arts and Science dean is still in prog-
ress while the new search committee accepts nominations for the next LAS dean. Elizabeth Hoffman, executive vice president and provost, selected a majority of the 20 committee members from a wide variety of LAS departments to help select the new dean.
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1. INTERIM DEAN SELECTED 2. COMMITTEE MEMBERS SELECTED 3. FINALIZE THE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY WITH COMMITTEE 4. DEAN APPLICATION DISTRIBUTED, ADVERTISED 5. NOMINATIONS FOR POSITION ACCEPTED 6. CONTACT NOMINEES, ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY FOR THE JOB 7. FILE THROUGH APPLICATIONS 8. INTERVIEW 8-12 CANDIDATES IN DES MOINES 9. BRING 4-5 CANDIDATES TO CAMPUS FOR INTERVIEW 10. CONTACT CANDIDATES’ REFRENCES 11. DEAN SELECTED BY PROVOST Graphic: Samantha Barbour/Iowa State Daily
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Fourth quarter university crime statistics released ISU 2,253
UNI 427
ISU 659
UNI 109
THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER
ISU 1,358
UNI 230
TOTAL NUMBER OF CHARGES IN 2010
IOWA 920
ISU 421
UNI 59
THE NUMBER OF CHARGES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER
IOWA 1,970
ISU 1,030
UNI 230
TOTAL NUMBER OF ARRESTS IN 2010
IOWA 772
alumni-type constituents of the college,” Holger said. Sawyer Baker, sophomore in political science, represents the only undergraduate in the search committee and is trying to do her part by connecting with the students. “When I talk to students and ask, ‘What do you look for in a dean?’, the students reply with, ‘I don’t even know my dean,’” Baker said. Baker plans to focus on listening to what students want and bringing students’ opinions to the meetings. The search committee has had one meeting dealing with schedules for dean searches and has two more meetings left this semester, with the primary focus aimed at finalizing the recruitment strategy. The first step is to get a pool of good candidates by advertising in a variety of ways, Holger said, but the best method will be a singlepage descriptive ad for the position that will be distributed to a wide audience. “The reality of it is, in dean searches, very few — if any — of the candidates you are really interested in are people you find out about because they answer the ad,” Hogler said. “The way you get the candidates you are interested in is typically faculty and often department chairs know of people at other universities in their disciplines or internal to Iowa State that would be good dean candidates.” Once the committee has collected nominations, it will contact the nominees and encourage them to apply. The applying process basically consists of submitting a letter of why the candidate thinks they are prepared for the position, how they think their qualifications match up with the position’s criteria, why they are interested in the
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TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFENSES IN 2010
IOWA 1,358
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The search committee cochairmen are Jonathan Wickert, dean of the College of Engineering, and David Holger, associate provost for academic programs and dean of the Graduate College. “The committee members were selected to represent students, staff and two external
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By Kaitlin.York iowastatedaily.com The University of Iowa led the three largest state universities with the most student criminal offenses in the fourth quarter, according to a release by the Iowa Board of Regents. Iowa State and the University of Northern Iowa were also included in this release, which kept statistics on university police reports between Oct. 1 and Dec. 3. The University of Iowa had 587 alcohol-related offenses, with 205 cases leading to criminal charges. Non-alcohol-related offenses tallied 920, with 383 students being criminally charged. Iowa State saw 240 alcohol-related offenses, and 131 left students with criminal charges. Other offenses totaled 421, with only 245 students charged. At Iowa State, 58 percent of ISU students were charged with any offense by ISU Police in the fourth quarter, and 55 percent had an alcohol-related charge. Forty-two percent of students at the University of Iowa were charged with any offense, and 35 percent were issued an alcohol-related charge. At the University of Northern Iowa, 53 percent of students were charged
with any offense, and 37 percent were issued alcohol-related charges. In the fourth quarter of 2009, 81 students were charged with theft at Iowa State. In 2010, results showed 73 students were charged. According to the release, theft includes:
Pocket-picking Purse-snatching Shoplifting Theft from building Theft from coin-operated machine or device Theft from motor vehicle Theft of motor vehicle parts or accessories All other larceny
Thirteen arrests were made for reports of theft in comparison to seven being arrested in 2009. In the fourth quarter statistics, Iowa State had a total of 259 theft offenses reported and 28 arrests made; in 2009, there were 278 with 22 arrests. There were three aggravated assault offenses reported for quarter four, bringing the total for 2010 to eight. In 2009, the total was five. Eight simple assault offenses were reported, ending the year with 27 total. In the fourth quarter, 16 arrests were
made to bring the year’s total to 26. In 2009, there were 28 total. Fifty-two ISU students were charged with destruction, damage or vandalism of property in the fourth quarter in comparison to 50 charges being made in 2009. The total number of charges for 2010 was 158. There were 26 drug or narcotic violations issued to ISU students, concluding the year with 89 total. In 2009, there were 88 total. Drug equipment violations were received by 26 students in the fourth quarter, giving the year a total of 61. Thirty students were issued offenses for driving under the influence, 28 of whom were arrested. In 2009, there were 37 and all were arrested. The total number of DUIs issued for 2010 was 123, which is lower than 2009’s statistics of 161. Eighty-three students were ticketed for drunkenness, making the 2010 total 286. In 2009, 66 tickets were issued leaving the total at 292 tickets. Beginning in the third quarter of 2010, the three Iowa Regents Universities began keeping statistics on the number of students charged with an alcohol-related offense and the number of students charged with nonalcohol offenses.