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Social media plays big role in campaigns By Alex.Hanson @iowastatedaily.com As social media continues to play a larger role in everyday life, presidential hopefuls continue to send the obligatory tweet announcing their campaign. In less than 140 characters, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was the first candidate to launch a campaign for president in 2015, officially announcing it on his Twitter account that boasts more than 400,000 followers to date. “I’m running for President and I hope to earn your support!” @TedCruz tweeted, attaching a video with a voice-over saying he’ll lead the fight with “courageous conservatives” who support him. “Just in terms of using social media, it’s another way to reach voters,” said Tim Hagle, professor of political science at the University of Iowa. “Depending on the particular application, it’s really a way to reach younger voters, as well.” U.S. Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio also used social media heavily leading up to their campaign launches, both promising big announcements on the dates they were expected to launch. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released a video on her new campaign site and then took to social media to tweet her plans to run and travel to Iowa. Interaction plays a big part, said Kelly Winfrey, lecturer of leadership and education for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics who has researched how campaigns used Facebook in the 2012 election. Clinton’s announcement tweet on her @HillaryClinton account, which has 3.4 million followers, has been retweeted more than 105,000 times. “Twitter kind of gives the illusion that you’re talking directly to someone and it allows people to respond back in a way that’s a little more intimate and conversational,” Winfrey said. “As we’ve seen with the announcements or with Hillary tweeting that she’s driving around in her van, it kind of gives a snapshot of what is go-

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Lora and Ross Talbot donated a $2.5 million endowment fund to Iowa State. The Talbots are members of the ISU Alumni Association despite never attending the university.

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reserving connections and strengthening a sense of community — qualities two non-ISU graduates, Lora and Russ Talbot, feel Iowa State offers to everyone, leading them to preserve an essential part of the university — the Alumni Association. Despite the Talbots’ love and appreciation for the university and spending the majority of their lives in Iowa, they did not attend Iowa State, making their

$2.5 million endowed gift to the university unique. Living in Belmond, Iowa, most of their lives, the Talbots planned and reached success through smart financial decisionmaking. “We started early in our marriage to plan and systematically save for the future,” Russ said. “We have invested wisely throughout the years.” The Talbots started their lifetime membership with the Alumni Association in 2008 after approaching the president and CEO for the ISU Alumni Association, Jeff Johnson.

“They were not aware that a person who is not a graduate of the university can join the Alumni Association,” Johnson said. “We have about 10,000 members of the association who are nongraduates.” Johnson said many of the “friends” of Iowa State are parents of graduates or those who have not had the opportunity to attend a university, but if they could have, it would have been Iowa State. From the first interactions in 1998, donating to and providing for students of Iowa State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, the

couple has connected with and prized the faculty and students’ passion and loyalty for what they do and the college they represent. “We started dropping our donations off in person, and through that we felt [veterinary students’ and employees’] passion for the animals and what they do,” Lora said. Throughout the years, as both of their interests in the university have grown, so has their generosity of donations and gifts. The Talbots have improved their scholarship funding for the Col-

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Math department wins highest honor Iowa State nationally recognized by American Mathematical Society By Mariah.Griffith @iowastatedaily.com

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Students were trained to be peer advisers for a new mathematics and statistics learning community Thursday. The math department recently won the American Mathematical Society Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department.

The Iowa State Department of Mathematics received one of the highest honors in the nation this year. The department was awarded the annual American Mathematical Society Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department. “It is a major recognition, and this is one of the best awards a math department can win nationally,” said Clifford Bergman, mathematics professor and department chair. The award was established

Businesses comment on sales with no Veishea By Audra.Kincart @iowastatedaily.com As April draws to a close, the ISU campus witnessed a year without a Veishea. Store owners in Campustown have varying opinions about how this year’s business compared to last year’s. “Basically, it obviously has been slower. We did see some reaction from kids going out

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Businesses in Ames witnessed a decrease in sales in April because of the cancellation of Veishea. “Basically, it obviously has been slower. We did see some reaction from kids going out late,” said Elliot Krueger, general manager at Jeff’s Pizza.

late,” said Elliot Krueger, general manager at Jeff’s Pizza. “If I had to compare it I would compare it to a slower football game. We had a fairly busy Friday, fairly busy Saturday, but pretty normal for the rest of the week though.” During a normal Veishea, business can increase 30 to 40

percent a day, Krueger said. This year saw a relatively normal Monday through Thursday and about a 20 percent increase in business for Friday and Saturday. Other business owners agree with Krueger. “It was probably 70 percent less than last year,” said Ben

Singh, manager of AJ’s Ultra Lounge. “Because they cancelled [Veishea] there were less people from out of town, they had a lot of rules and people couldn’t have house parties.” However, some businesses saw an increase compared to last year.

in 2004 to be awarded to one program at a North American school each year, and initially carried a $1,200 prize with it. The year after the University of Iowa received the award in 2008, the prize was anonymously endowed and the monetary prize increased to $5,000. The award cannot be received more than once by a department. “It’s funny, we haven’t even had one minute of discussion about what we’re going to do with the prize money. We’re just so busy with getting through the semester right now,” Bergman said. Bergman and associate diversity director Leslie Hogben said they considered this award student-centered, emphasizing the importance of diversity and retention of students on earning this honor.

AWARD p11 “I definitely had more business than last year at this time,” said Clint Sletter, owner of the Asylum. “I don’t know if we had more steady business with people coming in because people didn’t have anything to do or what.” Sletter said Veishea provided the campus with a festival feel, which brought people from out of town to the Ames community. Without Veishea, there was less chaos throughout town, which he believes attracted more customers to his business. “I had a woman come from Illinois, she felt like she could make the drive and not be overwhelmed from all the chaos,” Sletter said. Sletter, however, has been losing business since Veishea had been moved off Welch Avenue. “When they moved [Veishea] off of Welch and on campus it was

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and then empathetic when he made the case that same-sex couples should have the right to marry, according to The New York Times. The issue, Justice Antonin Scalia said, is not whether there should be same-sex marriage, but who should decide it. He said the people or their elected representatives should decide, not the courts. One of the court’s liberal justices, Stephen G. Breyer, said “You want nine people outside the ballot box to require states that don’t want to do it to change what marriage is to include gay people? Marriage is about as basic a right as there is.”

The justices of the Supreme Court engaged in a two-and-a-half hour debate Tuesday over whether the Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry. The argument over same-sex marriage bans in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee was divided into two segments. Eight of the justices are sticking with their expected views, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy being the swing vote. Justice Kennedy at times seemed hesitant about moving forward

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Paying tribute Former students who died serving America honored in Gold Star Hall By Sarah.Muller @iowastatedaily.com In a single day, thousands of students, alumni, faculty and tour groups pass by the names of more than 500 people who lost their lives while serving America. The Memorial Union was built around Gold Star Hall, which hosts the memorial honoring those who died. “We want the individuals we are honoring to come to life again,” said Richard Reynolds, director of the Memorial Union. “We want them to be remembered as being vital, active, young people.” In 1919, students began talking about building a memorial for students who lost their lives in World War I. At the time, colleges around the nation were creating buildings dedicated to honor those who were lost in the war. The editor-inchief of the Iowa State Daily proposed the idea of having a building paying respects to the fallen students. “The Daily has a significant influence in terms to why this building exists,” Reynolds said. After viewing a de sign proposal, the university agreed it didn’t reflect what it was looking for. The university returned to the architect who worked on Beardshear and other buildings around campus and asked him for help. “He wanted to have a grand entrance, which reminded people daily,

as they entered into the Memorial Union, why this building existed,” Reynolds said. Unfortunately the architect was in poor health and never saw the opening of Gold Star Hall in 1928. However, his work is highly praised by architects from all over. Multiple expansions of the Memorial Union caused natural light to be cut out of Gold Star Hall. The university decided to bring in an ISU alumnus in 1943 to create stained glass windows with artificial light representing the virtues of Iowa State: learning, virility, courage, patriotism, justice, faith, determination, love, obedience, loyalty, integrity and tolerance. Within the integrity panel is an image of a nurse resembling Hortense Wind, the only woman honored on the wall. Once thought to be a nurse, Wind was later discovered to be a dietitian in WWI and is believed to have died of influenza. After World War II, the names of the students killed in action were engraved on two bronze doors at the entrance of Gold Star Hall. The doors were re moved in 1984 for accessibility issues and now reside at the Alumni Association. Those names were then transferred onto the walls of Gold Star Hall. Reynolds explained how many relatives of Gold Star Hall members express gratitude for the memorial, however some realize their

family member’s name had not been placed on the wall. In order to be recognized in Gold Star Hall, the member had to have died within the designated combat zone. However, post traumatic stress disorder and Agent Orange are not considered valid if a soldier’s death was after their time serving in combat zones. James Olberding, member of Gold Star Hall committee, read a book regarding citizens who falsely claimed they served during Vietnam. Sparking his curiosity, Olberding began researching all of the names in Gold Star Hall. He found there were names of men listed under the Vietnam column who never served. Olberding also found approximately 17 students who attended Iowa State and died in combat had been overlooked. Olberding started finding flaws with other names in different wars. “Some people did not do a lot of good research and checking in those days,” Olberding said. Soldiers who died in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Somalia, the Global War on Terrorism [Iraq and Afghanistan] and USS Liberty are represented in the hall. A wooden plaque honoring those who were involved in the Global War on Terrorism will be added to the wall in the future. “As this chapter in our history comes to a close, we will engrave those names permanently,” Reynolds said. Six years ago, the Gold Star kiosk project began in order to better tell vet-

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The stained glass windows pictured above were designed by an ISU alumnus in the Gold Star Hall. The names listed below the windows are of former students who died fighting in World War I.

erans’ stories. As a story is completed it is added to the kiosk with pictures for the public to view. “All [of] the sudden these names on the wall have an identity and they have a life,” Reynolds said. The Gold Star Hall committee was created in the spring of 2014. “We are very conscientious about contacting family members of those that we’re honoring, not only to get stories about these individuals from birth through their military experience, but we also contact those they served with to attend the Gold Star Hall Memorial,” Reynolds said. A ceremony takes place

on, or near, Veteran’s Day to honor the soldiers on the walls and those being added. The Gold Star Hall committee invites the family, loved ones and those who might have served with the members. The committee gives a platform for those attending to share stories or facts about the honorees. “It’s hard to bring closure when the remains of the deceased are not physically present,” Reynolds said. “For some people, it’s a very healing ceremony that brings closure during a very difficult time.” Before walking into Gold Star Hall, there is a subtle reminder to remove

hats and pay respect to those who are named on the wall, however, some students forget to recognize its importance. “There is still a reverence for the space,” Reynolds said. “I think just architecturally [it] just sends a message that this is a special place that requires an honor.” Rachael Mueller, sophomore in event management, recognizes its importance. “I know in the winter when I wear a hat, I take it off,” Mueller said. “I’m really respectful because I know it’s pretty important and has a lot of meaning to a lot of people.”

Student introduces relaxation as a sport in new club By John.Kruse @iowastatedaily.com Colt Bayard is trying to introduce a new sport to ISU students — the sport of relaxation. With his new relaxation club, Bayard, a graduate student, said he hopes to increase the knowledge of scientifically proven relaxation techniques that actively reduce stress levels. “When you’re watching TV you need to focus and suspend your disbelief, so you don’t give your eye muscles a chance to relax,”

Bayard said. “That sort of relaxation is really more recreation.” During its weekly meetings, the club’s members use an electroencephalogram, or EEG, in which they attach metal discs to a subject’s head, using them as electrodes to track the electric activity in the brain. The brain constantly sends electric signals throughout the body in order to designate muscle movement. When human beings are stressed, they physically show this through subtle muscle movements, creating brain activity. EEG uses

the amount of brain activity to measure the level of stress . “When you think of the Eiffel Bayard Tower with your eyes closed, your eye muscles will look up and down, or if you think of a car driving down the street, your eyes will move left and right,” Bayard said. “When human beings are stressed, our brows tend to furl.” With a clear reading on the subjects’ stress levels,

the group then proceeds to perform stress reducing exercises, such as controlled patterns of breathing or mental exercises to increase recognition of one’s physical self. “When people start out, you see that they actively need to try to relax,” Bayard said. “An effort to relax is a failure to relax.” To increase the use of these methods, the club will try to turn this process into a one-on-one sport, where the two competitors will compete to reduce stress levels as far as possible, Bayard said.

“You’re developing a skill in the same way you golf or bike, if you practice, you will improve,” Bayard said. Bayard’s club is not the first entity to introduce scientific relaxation practices. The Biofeedback Services in the Student Counseling Service building has showed students similar techniques to reduce stress levels since 2010. “It’s so powerful to see that students can actively do something to reduce stress and see it,” said Sarah Anthoney, coordinator for Biofeedback Services. “The students really take to seeing

actual scientific proof that these exercises work.” At the biofeedback orientation this year, 540 students attended, with 760 hours of training logged in, according to the biofeedback center records. Michael Johnson, graduate student in chemical engineering, believes these practices are important for any student. “Not knowing what feedback you have on your stress level is like taking a class and not having some sort of evaluation,” Johnson said. “There’s no way of knowing if you’re benefitting at all.”

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Limit effect of outside influences when discovering a voice By Michael.Glawe @iowastatedaily.com

t was during the frigid nights of early 2012 that I experienced an awakening of sorts. I vividly remember late nights of indulgence in the skilled orations of Christopher Hitchens and encountering for the first time that dark colossus Nietzsche. On one unusually warm day, I recall listening to the song “Street Fighting Man” by The Rolling Stones, and, for the first time, a fire was instantly lit within me. Like Hitchens, I too had a voice, and I wanted to be heard. So I took to the stage that was the Iowa State Daily, and I began composing columns in lofty pontification. I was a street fighting man. I suppose, similar to Emerson’s influence on Walt Whitman, I was simmering and simmering until Hitchens brought me to a boil. This was recognition of Whitman’s “powerful play,” and a life-changing decision to, at last, contribute my verse. At first my writing style was sharp and critical — I was, after all, the bulldog of my party. I underwent various transformations, from bulldog to lecturer, from lecturer to supreme moralist and finally moralist to hoarder of the aesthetic. I battled fellow columnists, I dueled with the comment section rabblement and I endured the bombardment of angry emails. I’ve been called many names, including but not limited to “Marxist,” “Loony-Lefty” and “Elitist.” I’ve also made a decent amount of enemies, to whom I apologize for my snobbery, but certainly not for my defense of the truth. For three years I combated writer’s block and discovered limits to the word “deadline.” Most of all, I found my voice, and that is what made the journey worthwhile. But here at the end of my years as a Cyclone, at the “end of all things” as a fellow Tolkien lover might have it, I find myself a stranger. The process of unearthing my voice was certainly a discovery of the imagination; perhaps through the imaginative construction of myself, as the poet Wallace Stevens wrote of so long ago. But now I am lost in an unendurable anxiety of influence. I so desperately want to grab hold of my writing and aim it toward composing an immortal work of art as Milton sought in

“Paradise Lost.” Yet, the shackles of influence are much to bear. Alas, a god dances through me and he goes by the name of “Shelley.” Christopher Hitchens taught me to reject the poisoned chalice offered, and to think for myself. Because of that, I owe him an eternal debt. This is, after all, the role of the columnist — to think for oneself — and without that central maxim opinions are nonexistent. But I realized that thinking for myself wasn’t so simple. Influence is a lovely poison that gradually destroys you in your attempt to find originality — to ascertain the truth of yourself. Perhaps if there is to be an opinion in this final goodbye, it is this: we too often let our influences destroy us. Either we completely emulate our precursors, like I did with Hitchens, or we drastically alter tradition to create a thing of lower quality (perhaps time will tell whether my generation’s definition of art will last). This is the supreme irony of my farewell. Numerous minds have appeared in this column already, in many other columns as well, and in a sense my life is lived through them. Writing was always a solitary affair, and the conversations gripping my head were had, inevitably, with Hitchens, Bloom and all the rest. A composition, a splicing of political culture and the world of literature, a consciousness passes over me and runs through me in an infinite loop of influence. “What good amid these, O me, O life?” I ask myself in a Whitmanian reflection, and the answer becomes harder and harder to spew forth — “that life exists and identity.” Identity in a world where everyone’s voice seeks to be heard is, simply put, difficult to come by. Yet, always, the Daily was there for me, publishing the drivel I wrote. Oftentimes I composed columns for popularity (for the Facebook “like”) than in defense of my own principles. I wrote for my allegiances and I wrote for ideologies. Looking back, I am most proud of the columns that best expressed my voice — where I showed resilience against the party — even though these columns were likely read by a mere handful of readers. I suppose Harold Bloom, to whom I owe so much in my understanding of literature, best expresses my discontent with the ordinary and my never-ending fight for immortality. When ex-

plaining the gain and loss of influence, a flux I often experience, Bloom says, “The loss comes from the fact that you are haunted. The loss comes from the fear, the deep fear, that there’s no room for you. That the time and space that you ought to occupy has been usurped or appropriated. That you have no ground upon which to stand; no word of your own to speak.” That quote reverberates within me, the Promethean half of me intends on stealing the fire back from our god Shakespeare, creator of humans, and in so doing recapture the time and space that has been so appropriated — that which belongs to me. I have full confidence the younger columnists will fight to keep the Daily interesting — they will fight for this originality I speak of. In that sense, I will go on writing for the Daily, only in a different shape and form. If I could issue some advice to my fellow columnists, it would be this: avoid the confluence of blandness and frivolity. Don’t write about how our generation has an obsession with technology because every columnist writes about that. Get angry. You have to get mad. Get mad, just as Howard Beale proclaims in the movie “Network”: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore.” This should be your approach to column writing. As for the aesthetics, well, those come with experience. Most of all, strive for something greater than yourself — explore the utmost bounds of human thought — or prove me a dreamer after all. I wanted to end this column in a fashion worthy of Tennyson’s “Ulysses,” which concludes with a final voyage, “To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield,” but I chose to end it differently. I often wonder if I have influenced anyone at all — if my voice has made an impact on the world around me; if I have been heard. Or has this journey been a waste of time? I am encouraged by a final resolution to the novel “Cloud Atlas,” where Adam Ewing makes a life changing decision to fight with the abolitionists — a decision to have a say in this world. As his vile slave owning father-in-law proclaims in disgust, “Only as you gasp your dying breath shall you understand, your life amounted to no more than a drop in a limitless ocean.” To which Ewing responds, “Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?”

The ISU and Ames Police Departments were called to the Durham Center Sunday evening after receiving a bomb threat over the phone from an unidentified person. After nearly six hours of trying to figure out what was going on, police left the Durham Center, fortunately, empty handed. The call came in around 12:30 a.m. and at 12:52 and 12:53 a.m., ISU students’ emails and phones began to receive an ISU Alert about the possible bomb threat. Rewind to November 2013, police pursued a dangerous driver onto Central Campus, ending with shots fired by police and the driver killed. An ISU Alert was sent out well after the chaos had ended and wasn’t sent to all students, leaving them to learn of the shooting from other sources. The late alert raised questions and concerns in the minds of students because the system set in place to keep them out of harm’s way had failed to notify them in a timely manner. Through feedback and redesign, the ISU Alert that came out on Monday morning was much more helpful — even though it came at a late time when a majority of students were off campus — because students could avoid the area. Students in Parks Library and the Durham Center were evacuated in orderly fashion, and notified in the same way. All three delivery systems (phone call, email and text message) were successful in getting out and into students’ hands immediately. It should be mentioned that the social media presence the university and local police had was also exceptional and helped to inform students. Not only did a timely alert inform students of the dangerous situation, but an equally important alert was sent out when the “all-clear” was given. At 4:57 a.m., those same messages flooded inboxes and cellphones, giving students the piece of mind that a campus building was no longer a threat to their education and safety. This event, as scary and confusing at it continues to still be, has some bright points. University administration heard the feedback that students were finding their alerts in their junk folders, receiving them too late or sometimes not even receiving the alerts after the campus shooting last year. It showed another victory for the student voice. In the end, no lives were in danger and an investigation looms to learn more on why the threat was placed in the first place. The proactive rather than reactive action on the university’s part to send out the alert immediately displayed active care and concern from the university that all students can expect and deserve.

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INTERNATIONAL INQUIRIES ISU tennis expands boundaries in effort to improve recruiting By Brian.Mozey @iowastatedaily.com It can be a difficult process to sign an international player to an American university. Imagine signing six different athletes from six different countries to the same roster. The 2014-15 tennis roster had six of nine players go through the international recruitment process from countries like Germany, Spain, Colombia, Croatia, Norway and Canada. The time, effort and money being put into international signing is unquantifiable, especially recruiting two-thirds of the roster internationally. “International signing is a more complicated process than United States signing because there are more rules and laws to abide to,” said coach Armando Espinosa. “It costs money and requires time, but the players we bring from these countries have contributed so much to this [Iowa State tennis] pro-

gram.” Senior Ksenia Pronina said there are two options for international players to be recruited by American colleges. One is taking the initiative to email and contact coaches personally and do the work by yourself as an individual and player. The other option, the one Pronina chose, is to pay a recruiting agency to help her with the process and take some of the workload off the players’ shoulders. Pronina said the downside to hiring a recruiting agency is hiring the wrong one. Some agencies don’t look at what’s best for the player, but rather the money that is being given to the company. Luckily for Pronina, she thinks she chose the right agency. “My agency kept in touch with me all the time to make sure deadlines were met and my college preferences were updated,” Pronina said. “If it wasn’t for the agency, I don’t know if I would’ve been going to an American college to play tennis.”

Sophomore Samantha Budai chose the other option, which is to complete all the tasks at hand by herself and not with an agency. Budai sent emails and performance videos out to coaches all around the United States and in the end reached an agreement with Iowa State. Budai said she would have hired an agency, but the amount of work outweighs the expenses of hiring one. “An agency does relieve a lot of stress, but I enjoy doing the work individually because I have more control of choosing my schools and other aspects of the recruiting process,” Budai said. Espinosa said the first step of recruiting an international player is watching their recruiting video on YouTube. If they decide the player is worth looking at more, then the coach will contact the player to talk on the phone. Espinosa said the hardest decision in the process is whether to give the scholarship to the player immediately or travel to one of their tournaments and watch them play. After the decision is

made to sign the player, Espinosa will talk to the family of the player to make sure they’re comfortable about the process. Then the player comes to Iowa State to play tennis. “It seems like an easier process than what most people are thinking, but it’s not that easy,” Espinosa said. “The hardest part is finding the players that are capable of producing the talent needed for Iowa State tennis.” Espinosa, a native of Mexico City, Mexico, has been known for signing many international players throughout his time as head coach at Iowa State. He said the field in the U.S. is very competitive and, so far, he believes the international players he’s signed have worked out well for the tennis program. Since there are so many international players in the world, there’s only one way to tell players apart from one another. “You’ve got to be good,” Pronina said. “That’s all I can say. If you’re not good, you’re not going to be noticed.” Budai said it’s interesting to compare the competition level as well as the

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Senior Ksenia Pronina zeros in on the ball during Iowa State’s loss against Oklahoma on April 5 at the Forker tennis courts. Pronina was one of six players on the 2014-15 roster who was recruited internationally.

game style of the different countries that each player is from. Espinosa said he would continue to emphasize international recruiting for future years because it’s been working well ever since he’s been hired as the

head coach. “International players are essential for our program here at Iowa State,” Espinosa said. “Even though it’s a difficult process, it’s beyond worth it because it benefits our team and our future.”

Renewed Cyclones prepare for doubleheader against Green Bay By Ryan.Leon @iowastatedaily.com The re-energized ISU softball team is preparing for a home doubleheader against Green Bay after a productive series against Baylor. The Cyclones were able to get their first victory against the Bears since 2011, and their first win against a ranked opponent since 2013. The Cyclones were in a skid entering the weekend, winning two of their previous eight games. They managed to win one of two games against Baylor in Waco, Texas, pulling off a feat the team hadn’t accomplished in five years. “It was the first time we’d beaten Baylor in my whole time here and the team was really happy to come away with a win,” said senior shortstop Lexi Slater. The Cyclones will try to carry their newfound momentum into their upcoming clash with the Phoenix.

They finally managed to crack the .500 mark and want to continue to increase their winning percentage in upcoming games. The Phoenix will prove to be a challenge, although their record may not reflect it. They are a mere 1622, and 8-9 in the Horizon League. The Phoenix have been a middle-of-the-road team for most of the season, but have played some quality opponents. They are 1-2 against the state of Iowa, splitting with Northern Iowa and losing to Iowa. The team has also competed against Wisconsin. The Cyclones will have one helpful advantage for the rest of the season, and that is the familiarity of the Cyclone Sports Complex. The Cyclones will play their final eight games at home, which gives them a more regular practice schedule and time to rest between games, instead of hopping on a bus or a plane to go play across the country.

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Senior shortstop Lexi Slater walks to the plate against Northern Iowa on April 1. After a rejuvenating win against Baylor, Iowa State prepares for its final home stretch of the season against Green Bay on Wednesday.

“I think it’s really nice. Anytime you’re at home with our great fans and this recent weather, it’s really going to help us to play

well,” said ISU coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler. While the loyal support of ISU fans is always a plus, home-field advantage

can also lend the Cyclones some in-game help. “We know our field better than anyone else and our infield is one of

the toughest infields to play on,” Slater said. “Our dirt is really unique and reacts with our weather, so opposing players don’t know how it’s going to bounce. It makes them become hesitant and allows us to attack.” With the infield feeling comfortable, ISU pitchers can worry more on what they have to do. The pitching rotation has seen a lot of change recently in accordance with Gemeinhardt-Cesler’s new plan to pitch whoever has the hot hand. “We want to put whoever is doing well out on the mound, but we know if someone starts to walk a lot of batters or give up some hits that we have someone we can put in to help the situation,” GemeinhardtCesler said. The Cyclones will start their final home stretch at 1 p.m. Wednesday against the Phoenix. Game two of the doubleheader will begin immediately following the first, with a projected start time of 3 p.m.

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ADHD poses challenges for students during finals By Bailey.Brooker @iowastatedaily.com Finals are approaching and studying for hours on end is right around the corner. Studying can get tedious, even the best students get distracted, but for those impacted by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this can become a serious issue. Imagine sitting through a two-hour class and constantly losing focus. As you start to take notes again, you again lose focus. After starting to doodle and fidget you can barely pay attention to what the professor is saying and walk out feeling as if you’ve learned nothing. “It is hard to study for a 100-question exam when you are constantly being distracted by every little thing around you,” said Tyler Cox, junior in industrial

design. According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), 13.7 percent of children from ages 4 to 17 have ADHD in Iowa. That’s higher than the national average of 11 percent. Closer to home, “…at least 2/3 of those folks go on to continue to experience problematic symptoms of ADHD into and through adulthood,” said Warren Phillips, senior lecturer of psychology. With a student population of 33,000 at Iowa State, an average of about 3,000 students would exhibit ADHD symptoms. “ADHD is a neurological disorder characterized by difficulties/differences in attention, organization, impulse control and activity level,” Warren said. There is not one specific cause for ADHD, although many studies suggest it can be connected to genes and hereditary. Although ADHD can

impact a person in many different ways, it can be especially difficult in college. “Living with ADHD is not a miserable thing, however, as a college kid, it is rather difficult at times,” Cox said. “Sometimes it is just really hard to pay attention all the way through class.” There are instances of confusion about how students cannot pay attention in the class room but can play video games or watch TV for a long period of time. This is because the prefrontal cortex of the brain doesn’t have to activate since the task is engaging enough by itself. For a person with ADHD, the prefrontal cortex is likely underactive. When the student is trying to do homework or something less stimulating, like taking notes in class, the brain doesn’t activate to help finish these less interesting tasks. “It affects me the most

when I am doing something in an environment where I am not completely alone,” said Cox. “If I am around a TV or friends, it can be very hard to concentrate.” Although there is no cure for ADHD, there are a few ways to keep the symptoms to a minimum. “There are several behavioral interventions that are crucial and also very helpful,” Phillips said. “For example, learning and using organizational skills is a necessary and very valuable part of treatment for students. “It helps them to more fully complete assignments, remain on task and meet their deadlines.” If you think you or someone you know might have this disorder, check out the symptoms checklist on the CDC website at www.CDC.gov or schedule an appointment at the Student Counseling Center for more information.

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Tanning offers benefits despite negative light By Bailey.Brooker @iowastatedaily.com There is a lot of skepticism about tanning salons. Websites are dedicated to the harmfulness of salon tanning, evening TV news shows have segments on the dangers and you can read about it in most health magazines. However, there have been found to be many positive effects as well. “Tanning can help re-

duce eczema breakouts, along with helping reduce acne. It also increases Vitamin D levels and helps boost your mood,” said Alee Hugen, sales associate from Sizzlin’ Cabana in Ames. Recent studies show 75 percent of young teens and adults have a deficiency in Vitamin D. Being exposed to the sun for a minimum of 20 minutes per day is essential to keep the body healthy. Vitamin D is used by

the body to promote calcium absorption. Without it, a number of skeletal diseases could occur. “Numerous published studies have concluded that Vitamin D might play a role in preventing everything from cancer and cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer’s, diabetes, depression, immune function and weight gain,” according to the WashingtonPost. com. Because tanning indoors is very concentrated

for a long amount of time, the chance of burning is lowered. When someone is transitioning to outdoor tanning, one is likely to be exposed for a much longer period of time. The first sunburn of the year is arriving as many students begin turning to outdoor activities. “Tanning in a salon will help your skin not get as burned when you go to tan outside,” Hugen said. Hugen recommends

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Raise your glass: Wedding toast basics By Leah.Gage @iowastatedaily.com Being asked to be part of a wedding party is a huge honor, but it can also be a huge responsibility. If giving a speech falls into your wedding day duties, there are ways to fulfill the job with class, while still getting some laughs from the audience. Entering wedding day, the toast may not seem like that big of a deal. It can often times be overlooked or is handled with the “just wing it” mentality. The goal of most wedding party speeches is to entertain while still making a meaningful toast. To make this happen, planning and a logical thought process needs to be made part of the preparation. Preparing for a speech is key because an audience is able to tell when a

speech has been prepared and when they were a last minute thought, said Amy Slagell, associate dean of academic programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. It may come as a surprise, but using the five canons of the roman rhetoric can make the speech humorous, while still leaving a lasting memorable impression. The five canons include invention, arrangement, style, memory and delivery. “The most important thing is having something to say,” Slagell said. “Successful public speaking begins with invention and developing something to say.” When people think of wedding party speeches, most people do not think about using the tips and formatting tools to create a formal speech a person

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would use for a class or business presentation. “One of the first responses I hear when I ask what someone has to know to be a good speaker is most oftenly that it has to be delivered well,” Slagell said. “You have to know how to engage an audience physically and through your face. You also need to make sure you’re articulating.” In order to successfully deliver a speech, the speaker must remember what they are going to say. A PowerPoint or visual aid is commonly used to assist speakers and can be used in wedding toasts as well. Most people aren’t going to be upset looking at baby pictures of the couple or photos from dates or vacations the couple may have taken together. While some people are visual learners, wedding

toasts cannot necessarily be learned. Speaking praises about a best friend, brother or sister may come naturally, but how natural is speaking into a microphone in front of hundreds people? The intensity of that first word echoing out over the microphone can create panic and cause the speaker to forget anything they had planned on talking about. The mini speeches given by the wedding party need to be about the bride and groom, but is for the audience, Malcolm Fraser wrote in an article titled “Giving a Quality Wedding Toast Is Easier Than You’d Think.” Style is a large component to keep in mind when developing the speech for the big day. How is it going to come off? Is it going to sound serious? Rude? Inappropriate? Humorous?

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CAMPAIGNS p1 ing on with them, and the hope is that makes them personable.” While social media may play a role in reaching voters, it can also pose some challenges if campaigns misuse those platforms. “There is a fine line between staying in people’s minds by tweeting and updating enough so people don’t forget about you, but you don’t want to flood their feeds with all of your stuff because then they’ll just unfollow if it’s overwhelming,” Winfrey said. Asking for too many donations online is another thing candidates should avoid, Hagle said. “[Social media] is often a way for people to beg for money,” Hagle said. He also mentioned email lists, which are still frequently used by campaigns to solicit donations. “If they’re doing it too much, it can be a turnoff. People get tired of it, so

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz was the first to officially announce on Twitter that he will run for president in 2016. Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Hilary Clinton have also used social media to promote their campaigns.

they just have the email go right to the junk folder so they don’t see it,” Hagle said. “It’s a bit harder on Twitter to ignore it if you’re actually following them and hoping to get information,

but instead you get a string of ‘Hey, I’ve got this thing going on, donate $5.’” Even with the growing use, campaigning will not be solely reliant on social media. Candidates will

continue to hold large rallies and use other Internet tools, like a traditional website, to reach out to voters. “[Cruz, Paul and Rubio] have made their announcements on social media, but followed up with the rallies, which is a little more of a traditional approach,” Hagle said. “I think for the most part, you’ll still see folks have those kinds of rallies, but also bring in a social media aspect as well.” Each candidate has already launched a website, some more in-depth than others, but Paul grabbed attention with an interesting web store. His store, which in the end helps with donations, features more than just bumper stickers and T-shirts. Paul’s store was offering an “NSA Spy Cam Blocker,” a sticker to put over your computer’s webcam, along with a $1,000 Constitution signed by Paul and a broken computer hard drive titled “Hillary’s

Hard Drive” for $100. The site says the hard drive is a “100 [percent] genuine erased clean email server,” an obvious shot at Clinton. “He’s not the first campaign to have gear like that,” Hagle said. “There are still things like buttons and bumper stickers, but [Paul has] some specialized things that have some humor to them. It’s a combination of things that help raise money and help get gear into the hands of your supporters for them to wear and show off.” Hagle mentioned some Democrats, like Howard Dean, originally earned praise for being some of the first candidates to embrace a new digital campaign, but recently, more Republicans have assembled digital teams to bring their presence online up to date. The next few months will bring more and more candidates into the crowded Republican primary, and chances are, you will see something about it on social media.

SALES p1 pretty much regular weekend hours,” Sletter said. “When it was closed, then we were taking time off because we weren’t busy. When they moved the date up the weather was bad. So really, it’s really just went downhill since it was taken off Welch.” Some businesses saw no change. Talia Jenson, owner of Portobello Road, said she didn’t know what to expect this year, but didn’t notice much of a difference as the week passed. This compares to last year when another retail company didn’t see much of a change. “We didn’t see a huge drop last year when things were cancelled midweek,” said Anne Taylor, co-owner of Dogtown. Some business owners were impressed with how smoothly the month has gone. “Kudos to the police department for planning ahead,” Krueger said.

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Today’s Birthday (4/29/15)

You’re coming into your own this year. Take a strong stand, and lead. Handle details in the planning phase before 5/20. Communications with integrity provide the key to unlock doors. Restructure finances to increase savings as accounts grow. After August, dedicate time to home and family. Autumn changes reveal a new view. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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(March 21-April 19) Promise the family something they want, other than time with you now. Keep communications flowing. Conditions seem to be changing. Ask an expert for the information you need. Partner with fun.

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(April 20-May 20) Finishing old business leads to more coins in your pocket. Enhance your appearance. Get something you’ve been wanting for home and family. You advance through the kindness of others.

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(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Compromise is required, and it comes easily. A partner says nice things about you. Discuss joint finances today and tomorrow. Don’t test limits now. You’re gaining wisdom. Pass it forward.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Study the market before investing. Gather more information, and listen to an older person’s complaints carefully. Keep track of details. Ask friends for recommendations.

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(Dec. 22-Jan. 19) New contacts increase your influence. A critic keeps you on course. They love you. You’re luckier than usual today and tomorrow. Don’t argue with gravity, though. Dwell on sweet memories.

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ENDOWMENT p1 lege of Veterinary Medicine, and began taking initiative with their involvement within the Alumni Association. Since joining the Alumni Association, the couple has been involved in events like rallies and tailgates, and has provided funds for the College of Human Science’s fashion show — making an endowed increase from a $500 to a $1,000 prize for the first place winner of the event. “They also started coming in and helping on game day, working on special projects with us and really showing deep interest in us,” Johnson said. “Not just writing a check and saying ‘we’re members.’” The Talbots’ most

recent endowment has achieved more than being a place for funding for the university’s Alumni Association, but it is a brand-new standard for universities across the nation — the first of its kind. With a $2.5 million value set to increase the Alumni Association’s prestige and worth, the award endows the seat of the president and CEO of the association, making it the first non-academic endowment in the United States. Karen Simon, the assistant vice president of communications at the ISU Foundation, said donations collected since March 2014 have surpassed its goal of $115 million and are distributed in various ways. “We honor our donors’ wishes regarding the areas

they wish to support but those funds are generally directed through priorities identified by university leadership, including deans and department heads,” Simon said. The Talbots said the amount of money donated was for a mutually beneficial outcome, where they are able to give back to a university so welcoming, and the university is able to put funding where it sees it beneficial and continue setting an example with positive networking. “Our focus has been on thinking and acting long term, not for immediate rewards,” Russ said. Johnson said this endowment will create deeper graduate connections, spread the word about alumni, provide undes-

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The donation Lora and Ross Talbot provided to Iowa State will fund the first-ever non-academic endowment. The $2.5 million funds the seat of the president and CEO of the ISU Alumni Association.

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At the Phi Kappa Phi Initiation on Sunday, April 12, 2015, 37 undergraduate and 14 graduate students were accepted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Founded in 1897, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has as its primary objective the recognition and encouragement of superior scholarship in all academic disciplines. Eligibility for membership is extended to those in the top percentile rank of their graduating classes. Junior Minden Brix Maria Brodskiy Alissa Campbell Megan Carpenter Nicholas Shaun Jern Chua Rose Angela Criscione Kaitlyn M. Dvorak Elena Ewaldz Nicole Friesema Adam Parker Goldberg Anna Christine Graeff Megan Heimerman Kaitlyn E. Hennings Morgan Jungman Madeleine C. King Lauren D. Lain Matthew Lee Grant van der Linden Abbigail Luppes Emily Ann Martin Derek Mehrl Joe Metzger Peter Daniel Myers Haley Nixt Molly Odzer Jake Oswald Nicole Paulsen

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AWARD p1 “A big part of what we’re doing at Iowa State is aimed at diversity, really at all levels, but especially at the graduate-student level, because that’s where we have the most control,” Bergman said. “We don’t admit a student [into the grad program] unless we believe they’re going to succeed, and once we ad-

mit them we’re committed to doing everything we can to help.” Bergman and Hogben noted various community and career-building opportunities as reasons for continued student success in the math department. These include an undergraduate lounge, individual desks for all graduate students in Carver Hall and quasi-learning com-

munity support networks like the Mathematicians of Color Alliance, EDGE and Co-EDGE, which help students make connections to other students and faculty throughout the department. “This department has never been a weed-out department,” Hogben said. Bergman said undergraduate and faculty diversity were important

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factors as well, but noted that recruiting professors is a slow business and the department has no specific control over which undergraduate students enroll as math majors. Still, undergraduate enrollment in math has dramatically increased, and is up about 50 percent from five years ago. “We’ve put in a whole lot of things to help all stu-

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at Iowa State,” Hogben said. “That would not have happened 10 years ago.” Bergman said he would like to see the prize money from the award go toward a visible and lasting application in the department, and this award itself will hopefully continue to draw excellent undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty to Iowa State.

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