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What would we do without Google? By Carolina.Colon @iowastatedaily.com on’t know the meaning of something? Back in the day, a dictionary or encyclopedia was the correct method of finding the definition. Today, Google is the brain of society. Making its appearance in 1998, Google is the No. 1 search engine worldwide. According to Statista.com, the engine has 1.17 billion users, compared to Baidu with 293 million, Yahoo with 292 million and finally Bing with 267 million.

“Search engines work like a skeleton of Google or Yahoo,” Chapman said. “It builds an index of pages that launches crawlers, which link to more pages in order to get to the page you want.” Chapman also said Google is a little robot that crawls around building pages with references perfect for the user. So how is Google such a big influence in the daily lives of individuals? GOOGLE p10

Elected GSB president, vice president sworn in By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com

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Hector Avalos, professor philosophy of religious studies, presents his research during a lecture about scientifically proving the benefits of praying.

Professor discusses possibility of proving prayers are beneficial By John.Kruse @iowastatedaily.com Hector Avalos, professor of philosophy and religious studies, spoke with the Atheist and Agnostic Society on Monday to discuss the possibility of scientifically proving the benefits of prayer. “I don’t want people being hurt by beliefs that won’t work,” Avalos said, asserting his belief that science cannot prove the benefits of prayer. Throughout the lecture, Avalos guided his audience through the many problems science would face if it ever did attempt to prove prayer’s scientific benefits. Many of these problems revolved around the plethora of unpredictable variables. “Someone might pray for the health of all people, so it’s impossible to scientifically study prayer,” Avalos said. “Most people receive medical help and

prayer, so there’s no way of seeing the separate benefits of medicine and prayer.” On top of this, Avalos discussed scientific studies that already attempted to scientifically prove the benefits of prayer. “In some studies, you’re actually worse off receiving prayer in this case,” Avalos said, speaking on studies where the prayer control group yielded worse results than the control group without prayer. Another issue Avalos said was present involves the inability to point to God as responsible for anything if his existence cannot be proven. “You need to know that a being is to know that it did something,” Avalos said. “That’s like saying I don’t know if martians exist, but they set my pants on fire.” While the lecture title asked if prayer could be scientifically

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Dan Breitbarth and Megan Sweere were sworn in as president and vice president of the Government of the Student Body on Monday night. Breitbarth and Sweere were elected for the upcoming year, receiving 66 percent of the 4,135 total student votes. Breitbarth said they were more than ready and excited to see what they can accomplish in the upcoming year. “The upcoming year will be filled with many triumphs and probably a few tribulations as well,” Breitbarth said. “But [Sweere] and I are looking forward to it all.” The pair was sworn in by former GSB President Hillary Kletscher, which marks the end of her time in office. Kletscher said reflecting back, she believes a lot was ac-

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Dan Breitbarth and Megan Sweere are sworn in as the new GSB president and vice president on Monday. The two were elected after receiving 66 percent of the votes.

complished during her time as president. “Our voice had a difference,” Kletscher said. “The things we said we would do actually made a difference.” Kletscher said accomplishments that have been made

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Eating Wildly lecture tells of foraging By Kyndal.Reimer @iowastatedaily.com Foraging causes some people to jump to images of nomadic people scouring for greens, while others think of dumpster divers or backwoods country folk. To Ava Chin, foraging for food in New York has become a way of life. Chin, author of the book “Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love, and the Perfect Meal,” gave a lecture on Monday in the Great Hall of the Memorial

Union. She is also an associate professor of creative nonfiction and journalism at the City University of New York and is the former “urban foyager” writer for the New York Times. Chin covered her history of foraging and the events in her life that led her to this unique lifestyle. She also shared facts and led the audience on a virtual foraging tour of some of her favorite plants growing in the Ames area. Chin grew up in Queens,

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Police Blotter The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records.

All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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An individual reported the theft of a package at 4020 Maricopa Drive (reported at 7:01 p.m.).

An officer assisted an individual who was experiencing medical difficulties at Campus Avenue and Lincoln Way (reported at 3:01 a.m.). An officer assisted an individual who was experiencing medical difficulties at Frederiksen Court (reported at 3:16 a.m.). An individual reported unwanted contact from an acquaintance at Armory (reported at 10:06 a.m.). James Kell, 42, of 126 Hickory Drive, Ames, was cited for driving under suspension at Minnesota Avenue and Ontario Street (reported at 11:51 a.m.). An officer investigated a property damage collision at Lot 63 (reported at 12:19 p.m.). Donte Cox, 31, of 112 Lincoln Way, Ames, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass at Friley Hall (reported at 4:19 p.m.). An officer attempted to locate an individual who was possibly experiencing emotional difficulties at Frederiksen Court (reported at 4:43 p.m.). An individual reported the theft of a bike at CyRide (reported at 6:04 p.m.).

April 4 Bowen Fei, 19, of 7104 Buchanan Hall, Ames, was cited for driving under suspension at Hyland Avenue and Pammel Drive (reported at 12:33 a.m.). A vehicle was towed after it was determined the driver had failed to file high risk insurance at Bruner Drive and Stange Road (reported at 1:26 a.m.). Kalli Hurst, 22, of 9101 Iltis Drive, Urbandale, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated and possession of drug paraphernalia at Hyland Avenue and Lincoln Way (reported at 1:59 a.m.). Donald Parker Jr., 29, of 242 Village Drive, Ames, was arrested and charged with driving while revoked at Tripp Street and Village Drive (reported at 2:39 a.m.). Officers responded to a domestic dispute at Schilletter Village (reported at 10:50 a.m.). An individual reported the theft of food items at Hawthorn Market and Café (reported at 1:09 p.m.).

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April 7 Online Presentation: Designing Coursework as a Game with Dr. Lee Sheldon 1:10 to 2:10 p.m. in 2030 Morrill Hall Everywhere educators from K-12 to university professors are attempting to negotiate the widening gap between decades-old teaching methods and the parallel-processing and social-networking students of today. They recognize that students seem more focused on video game challenges than their classes, but literal efforts to use video games to teach have met with uncertain success. Keck Foundation Information Session 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 3512 Memorial Union Donna Van Pelt, ISU Foundation senior director of development, will present information on the W. M. Keck Foundation’s research grant program and explain the selection process. The Keck Foundation funds projects in the medi-

cal research focus area and the science/engineering focus area. Grants range from $500,000 to $2 million. Class: Beginner Photography 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Reiman Gardens This is a 4 week course on Tuesdays beginning April 7, April 14, April 21, & April 28 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. This 4-part workshop covers the basics of photography including equipment & how to use it, depth of field, aperture, light, composition, finding your subject & tips & tricks. Each class is broken into 3 parts: classroom discussion, hands-on practice taking pictures by the students & review. Bring your DSLR camera & tripod to each class.

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INGREDIENTS: • 7 whole wheat lasagna noodles • 15 oz. part- skim ricotta • 2 tbsp. parsley • 1 large egg • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese • 16 oz. part skim moz-

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Pinar Arpaci’s mother, Nazo Arpaci, shows a group of women how to navigate Etsy, an online site geared to help others run online businesses. Arpaci wants to help the women living in Instanbul, Turkey generate revenue.

Student helps women sell homemade items By Vanessa.Franklin @iowastatedaily.com For Pinar Arpaci, just thinking about the two Turkish women she helped earn college degrees still gives her goosebumps. It began back in 2011 when Arpaci, graduate student in education, created a program called Prodigy Stream. The program aims to empower women living in Istanbul, Turkey. Prodigy Stream allows the women to sell their homemade crafts on the online site, Etsy, to generate revenue for their families. By selling their products online, the women are exposed to a much more global market than if they were to only sell their products at the Bazaar.

Typically, the participants are able to earn about $488 per month, which they can then spend on education for themselves and their children. “The project is more related to teaching the participants entrepreneurial skills more than how to make things because they are already talented people but they need help selling their products,” Arpaci said. The women’s talents include glassblowing, knitting and making jewelry. Many of the women involved in the project are stay-at-home moms wanting to put skills they already have to use. Arpaci said even though the program mainly helps women, men are allowed to join as well if need is demonstrated. The project began with

about 20 participants, but has grown to incorporate more than 70 people. “They were pretty discouraged at the beginning and we needed to prove that it actually works and that people could actually do this,” Arpaci said. “I actually talked with them on Skype about every weekend at the beginning.” Arpaci said the project has allowed her to develop strong personal ties with the women involved. She frequently talks with the women, either on the phone or online. Arpaci has also enlisted in the help of her family to make the project a reality. She said her father was able to find people willing to donate computers to some of the women, and even went to the women’s homes and installed the

computers for them. Pinar’s mother, Nazo Arpaci, works as the main coordinator in the field and teaches the women how to use the technology to sell their products. She also works as a mentor for the women. The women also rely on each other, helping teach each other and work out problems together. Some of the participants who started when the project began even act as mentors for the newbies, making the program selfsustainable, Arpaci said. After Arpaci told AnaPaula Correia about the project, she became instantly interested. In 2013, Arpaci and Correia wrote a paper about the project and shared it at the European Conference on Educational Research in Istanbul. “I’m interested in edu-

cating people to become entrepreneurs and not so much in the sense of becoming a business person, but in the sense that if you encounter a complex problem, you can find a way to solve it,” Correia said. “They look at relationships and invent things that nobody else thought of before. Your ideas don’t just stay in the idea phase, they go beyond that.” Correia said she was especially excited about the project because it allowed the women to sell their products online without the use of a middleman, so the majority of the profit would go to them. Correia wasn’t the only one impressed with Arpaci’s project. While teaching an advanced instructional design course, Sally Shaver Dubois, lecturer in education and kinesiol-

ogy, learned about Prodigy Stream and was attracted to its unique offerings. “I always try to encourage my students to think outside the classroom and that is exactly what Pinar is doing,” DuBois said. “She’s not in it for the money at all, she just does it because she really wants to help.” After having success with Prodigy Stream, Correia and Arpaci are currently working on proposing another project in West African countries that applies the same learning opportunities to women in another location with a different set of skills. “The intent is to educate and to become independent, which is at the true core of being an entrepreneur,” Correia said. To check out Prodigy Stream’s products, type in “Emek Pinari” into Etsy.

Volunteers have opportunity to clean Campustown By Audra.Kincart @iowastatedaily.com Student groups, clubs and volunteers can help with spring cleaning in Campustown if they sign up for Stash the Trash. The 2015 Stash the Trash event will take place April 18 and provides opportunities for businesses to get help with washing windows, taking the trash out and other projects. Stash the Trash is a larger version of Make Campustown Shine, which has

been happening monthly for three years. With Stash the Trash, local businesses get involved with cleaning up their businesses after Iowa’s harsh winters. The deadline for signing up is Wednesday and students can go to the Volunteer Center of Story County’s website to register themselves or their club. “It will involve very glamorous things such as cigarette butt pickup [and] scrubbing down the garbage cans. We’re working with businesses and if we have enough volunteers

maybe we will help with window cleaning as well,” said Kim Hanna, director of Campustown Action Association. Stash the Trash is ranging everywhere from the South Campus Area Neighborhood to College Creek, which runs through Campustown and the neighborhood west of the Campustown area. Volunteers can also expect to do work in business parking lots and other spaces. Six businesses and several clubs attend the event,

including ISU Conservation Club, Theta Delta Chi Fraternity and other individuals to work on businesses such as Fighting Burrito, Battle’s Barbeque and Dogtown. Stash the Trash was a city of Ames initiative that started 14 years ago and took place on the same day as Veishea service day. This year, the event is separated into two areas. If students wish to help participate outside the Campustown area, they can visit the Volunteer Center of Story County to volunteer

at other Ames businesses and areas. “The Volunteer Center is partnering with Ames repair and care. It’s for people who need help around their home,” said Kevin Merrill, coordinator of service and leadership programs for the Student Activities Center. However, CyServe Council is extending this by providing the opportunity to do more extensive work for non-profit agencies such as sort food for the food pantry, pick up trash at city parks, help Goodwill sort donations and paint non-

profit agencies, Merrill said. Volunteers can expect a free breakfast and lunch at Reiman Gardens. The Campustown Stash the Trash lasts from 9 a.m. to noon and the Ames community Stash the Trash event starts at 9 a.m. and lasts until 2 p.m. “Particularly in Campustown, we like getting students as volunteers. It’s a good way for them to experience the whole district and help make their district a better place. Campustown is a student-business district after all,” Hanna said.

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the club. “Typically the fall movies are blockbusters, and the spring lineup is more Oscar nominated films,” Nation said. Movies are chosen according to how well the movie did in ticket sales at the box office and voting at Student Union Board general meetings. “We generally do get movies sooner than they come out on DVD,” Nation said. “But those things aren’t definite when we look up movie times.” Cyclone Cinema works through two companies, Swank and Criterion, that give movies to organizations, including colleges, to be shown. Natasha Porizkova, junior in public relations, is director of the Student Union Board and Maintenance Shop director who helps at Cyclone Cinema with concessions when possible. “We are required to help out with movies, al-

Whether your thing is explosions, witty dialogue, comedy or drama, Cyclone Cinema has probably showed it in Carver Hall. Cyclone Cinema had its first movie viewing in August 2011, drawing in college students and community members. Ever since, Cyclone Cinema has offered multiple showings every weekend during the school year. “We wanted to create an activity on the weekend, kind of an alternative to going out, to create free entertainment,” said Hannah Nation, junior in event management. After being a general member for Cyclone Cinema, Nation began volunteering almost every week. She interviewed for an executive position and became co-director due to her previous experience with

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though they don’t have to force us to help out,” Porizkova said. “We have a loyal group of volunteers and people who help out all the time.” Members of Cyclone Cinema decided they wanted to keep it on campus in order for easy access. They also address the importance of cost. “Going to the movies is expensive,” Nation said. “If we release the semester lineup in advance, students can plan ahead.” While Cyclone Cinema is free admittance, each movie costs approximately $1,000 for the club to rent

from Swank and Criterion. “When people come by themselves, it’s great, so you aren’t just sitting in your dorm room,” Nation said. “You might as well utilize things happening on campus and really enrich your college experience.” Addie Smith, freshman in math, expressed how convenient Cyclone Cinema is for her. “My friend and I wanted to see ‘Neighbors’ and it was not out on DVD yet, but it was in Cyclone Cinema,” Smith said. “Cyclone Cinema gives students more options of things to do on the weekend.”

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Conservatives have lost the culture war By Clay.Rogers @iowastatedaily.com

he culture war ended many years ago. The rout is complete, and all that’s left are victorious liberals walking the field executing the wounded Reaganites as they beg for mercy. The immediate capitulation of the Indiana and Arkansas governments over the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” is evidence of just how feeble conservatism has become. The last time Democrats beat Republicans this bad was when Lee whipped Hooker at Chancellorsville. Even when Pat Buchanan delivered his culture war speech in 1992, the battle had already been lost. Antonio Gramsci’s long march through the institutions had already turned the tide against the old order. First, the religious front collapsed and those on the abortion front withdrew. Next, the garrison of patriotism was massacred and finally, the nucleus of civilization, the family, died. Christianity, the uniting force behind western man, has been ground to dust beneath the heel of “progress.” The death of Christianity in the West means there is no longer an agreed upon moral philosophy. What was once right can now become wrong, and what was once wrong can now become right. The Stalingrad of the culture war is the issue of homosexual marriage. Both factions pour their resources into this violent conflagration and no matter who wins, neither side gains much. Until a few years ago, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden were all against homosexual marriage. What made them change

their minds? Did their idea of morality and marriage change? Or are they opportunists who saw the poll numbers shift? The latest massacre of conservatives in the culture war took place in Indiana where the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” was passed. Within a few days, the authors did a cowardly backflip and changed the law. The law was originally meant to protect religious business owners from being forced to provide services that violate their religious principles. Many were afraid that the RFRA would lead to “Jim Crow” style segregation of homosexuals. The law simply asserts religious freedom, the unpopular principle that brought the first pilgrims. There is actually a new tyranny forming, one in which those who believe that homosexual marriage should not take place will be increasingly harassed and persecuted as monsters, just as homosexuals once were. A family owned pizza restaurant in Walkerton, Ind. was forced to close after the owner stated they would not cater to a homosexual wedding because it violates their religious principles. The “tolerant” side responded by threatening to fire bomb and murder the family for their beliefs. Hypocrisy? I think so. During his surrender ceremony, Gov. Mike Pence displayed some of the most shameful groveling I’ve ever seen. Elected representatives should not make policy based on the chants and jingles of a mob outside the state capital. If this Republican legislature in Indiana really had problems with the original law then why did they pass it in the first place? It’s terrifying that our statesmen are so easily bullied by shouts and jeers.

This too shall come to pass, but the final result of the culture war has been to make conservatism the counterculture. When a political group exists in the minority, it radicalizes. Conservatives now seek out Adam Smith and Thomas Sowell in the same way liberals once sought out Marx and Engels. The roles have actually reversed but the vernacular hasn’t. The 20th century’s revolutionaries are now the conservatives, and the conservatives are now the 21st century’s revolutionaries. Such revolutions have occurred before, so don’t think it’s all hopeless. After 70 years of communism, the Russians managed to re-establish the Orthodox faith. The French Revolution was almost completely reversed by the religious revival of the Victorian period. The rise of libertarianism is a direct result of the new liberal majority. Libertarianism is really a radical manifestation of conservative ideology, where personal liberty is taken to the very extremes, regardless of the consequences. I know this because I was once an Ayn Rand reading libertarian nut job myself. The culture war thankfully was not a civil war. Although my side lost completely and utterly, I wasn’t guillotined to death in the street. In a civilized society, these transformations of culture should occur this way. Our music is now trash, our art grotesque, our language debased, our borders gone, our religion dead and our men emasculated, but it all came on us, more or less, peacefully. Easter marks the occurrence of another revolution of sorts, so I’ll end with what Maj. Gen. James Stewart once said, “The lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.”

Iowa State will begin construction on a new residence hall on May 11. The residence hall will be built next to Buchanan Hall, the same location where two trees that are nearly 200 years old reside. In order to build the new dormitory, the two trees will be cut down while 12 smaller trees have already been relocated. Controversy has surrounded the decision to cut down the trees. Proponents argue that students who study landscape architecture and horticulture use those in their education and need varying ages of trees to study. Some want the new residence hall to be built elsewhere or have the trees transplanted in a different location. While it is unfortunate that these two stately trees must be cut down, the benefits of building a new dormitory dramatically outweigh the disadvantages of removing the trees. For students in those fields, there are more than 100 of both hackberry and black walnut trees on campus that could be used for educational purposes, said ISU President Steven Leath in an interview with the ISD Editorial Board. Leath went on to say that Iowa State has planted about 700 trees on campus last year alone. This means the plant life of campus is certainly not suffering from the loss of two major trees. The question of whether it is possible to transplant the two trees has also been raised. In a previous interview with the Daily, Cathy Brown, assistant director of Campus Physical Planning, said there are a few disadvantages to moving the trees, including cost. She said the trees’ size and age make the move more complex and after the transplant, “we wouldn’t have the same trees when we were done.” “I’m not thrilled about cutting them down but I think that’s where we’re at,” Leath said. “Nobody wanted to cut them down but that’s just the way it is.” The reality of the situation is this. The university is growing at a faster rate than ever before and Iowa State needs more room for students to live. This new residence hall would give about 700 more students a home each year and a new dormitory has not been build on campus since the 1970s. Many students and others around the community sometimes complain about over enrollment at Iowa State or not having enough room on campus with more than 35,000 students attending last fall. The city of Ames is also suffering a housing shortage and prices of housing is a great expense for students in part because of the growing enrollment. Building a new residence hall would help alleviate some of the housing problems and provide students with more affordable places to live through the university. Isn’t giving up two trees worth 700 homes for students? The advantages are just too great to give up.

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Letter to the editor

Funding priorities for Iowa State University By Herman Quirmbach, state senator, Ames, and associate professor of economics, ISU The Iowa Legislature is now turning to budgetary matters. Here are my priorities regarding university funding, which were not clearly conveyed in your story last Friday: First, fund the tuition freeze. Second, provide the resources Iowa State needs to meet our growing enrollments. Third, continue working to restore the funds that were cut be-

cause of the Great Recession. The Board of Regents needs a 1.75 percent increase in state support in order to afford to freeze in-state undergraduate tuition for the third year in a row. If we do it, next year’s seniors will pay the same tuition as when they were freshmen, a remarkable accomplishment. I am cautiously optimistic we can do that. Iowa State has seen a dramatic increase in enrollment over the last half dozen years: over 9,000 more students than eight years ago. We need more faculty to teach them, more labo-

ratory and computer resources and thus more funding to give our students the quality education they deserve. The Great Recession forced budget cuts across state government. We have only begun to restore the lost state funding. The regents universities are still $95 million below where they were before the economy collapsed at the end of the Bush Administration. We still have a lot of work to do. Should we reexamine from time to time the funding allocations among the three state

universities? Should the enrollment of students from Iowa be a key part of that allocation? Yes and yes. The Board of Regents’ “performance-based funding model” has started useful conversations. Those conversations, which have to do with how we divide the funding pie among the three universities, will be far easier and far more likely to succeed if that pie is growing than if it is stagnant. That is why my priority for restoring past budget cuts is consistent with and not in conflict with the Board’s proposal.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

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IMPACT Junior sprinter, hurdler fills need on women’s track team

By Kyle.Heim @iowastatedaily.com With only two sprinters on the roster, the ISU women’s track and field team was in need of adding depth to a depleted position. The solution was a walk-on transfer from Central Connecticut State. Since exchanging her blue and white for cardinal and gold, junior Alyssa Gonzalez has provided Iowa State with a sense of versatility it was missing before her arrival. “She’s been a good addition, a good training partner for the other girls. She’s been a big surprise and good help,” said ISU sprint and hurdle coach Glenn Smith. The transition to new a team required adjustments for Gonzalez. From seventh grade until her sophomore year of college at Central Connecticut State, Gonzalez was a 200-meter runner and mostly trained in short sprints and 100-hurdles.

This season, the focus has shifted to endurance work and developing the ability to last for longer races. “The 600-yard was really tough. I’ve never raced anything that long before and it was really tough to get used to,” Gonzalez said. “It’s not like a 400-meter race where you can pace it out going a certain amount of speed. “You have to just go through the 400 and hold on for that last 150 meters.” Gonzalez said the decision to transfer to Iowa State was an easy one after feeling unhappy with her previous school. “I wasn’t a scholarship athlete, I wasn’t recruited to come here, so trying out for them and making the team was a big thing for me,” Gonzalez said. “Being able to be a part of the program here was a big reason why I wanted come.” Competing for a new team was not the only transition Gonzalez was faced with. A move from more than 1,000 miles away in the Northeast to the Midwest

also brought changes. “I was originally born in Florida, so moving from Florida to Connecticut to Iowa has been interesting,” Gonzalez said. “Ames is a little bit different than most of the Midwest. It has a small town feel, but there’s a lot to do here. I expected corn to be everywhere and cows to be roaming the streets. Everyone’s very, very nice out here.” In her ISU debut at the Holiday Inn Invite on Jan. 17, Gonzalez placed third in the 400-meter dash, finishing two spots behind fellow teammate Kendra White. In addition to multiple appearances in the 400-meter dash throughout the indoor season, Gonzalez has also competed in the 600-yard run, 4x400-meter relay and distance medley relay for the Cyclones. Gonzalez qualified for the finals of the 600-yard run at the Big 12 Indoor Championship and added to the team’s point total with an eighth place finish. She also assisted in the four-

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Junior sprinter/hurdler Alyssa Gonzalez competes in the Big 12 Indoor Championship at Lied Recreation Athletic Center on Feb. 28. Gonzalez has provided depth at the sprint position for the Cyclones this season.

point total the team earned with a fifth place finish in the distance medley relay. The junior has spent the season specifying on the 400-hurdles, 400-meter and 600-yard. Because she competes in both hurdle and sprint races, Gonzalez is required

to devote extra work on technique. She said she has designed practices to work on both sprints and hurdles. “It’s more of trying to manage my time, trying to figure out how I can get all the technique work done and still get out the speed work and then the endur-

ance at the same time,” Gonzalez said. Gonzalez has settled into her role at Iowa State and with a long list of outdoor events remaining on the schedule, she expects to continue to improve and contribute to the team’s performance.

ISU soccer competitive in matches against pros By Chris.Wolff @iowastatedaily.com

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Head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch looks on as Iowa State loses a set in its game against Oklahoma on Oct. 12 at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones begin their spring season against Iowa on Tuesday.

Volleyball starts spring season against in-state rival Hawkeyes By Luke.Manderfeld @iowastatedaily.com The ISU volleyball team will kick off its spring season with a familiar foe — in-state rival Iowa. Iowa State will make the trip to Iowa City for another chapter in the CyHawk series on Tuesday to start its two-game, twotournament April. The Cyclones are coming off a win against the Hawkeyes in the 2014 fall season, winning in three sets. It improved head coach Christy JohnsonLynch’s record against Iowa to 9-0. Even though the spring season doesn’t account for the team’s overall goal, a game against the Hawkeyes can never be overlooked. “I think [the game] always [matters],” JohnsonLynch said. “We [are] not going to put too much on it, it’s a spring match, it doesn’t count. We will do some things, not necessarily to win, but to evaluate and get bettter, just to try

out. But I’m sure it’ll be fun and we’ll get pretty fired up for it.” A new face will join the Cyclones. Freshman middle blocker Grace Lazard, a London native, is the first international student-athlete during the JohnsonLynch era. She played 15 matches for England’s junior national team and became the leading scorer for England during the 2013 Youth Volleyball European Championships. Tomorrow will be the start of Lazard’s journey with the ISU volleyball team. “She’s very physical, especially coming in as a freshman,” Johnson-Lynch said. “She’s a big, big presence. She’s catching up to the speed. The game was fast for her when she got here, but she seems more and more comfortable. Some days she comes in and it’s like ‘wow, this person is legit.’ It’s that, can she do it consistently?” The Cyclones are fac-

ing a season without Taylor Goetz and 2014 All-Big 12 First Team outside hitter Victoria Hurtt. But the losses don’t seem to be too much of a problem for the team after a successful recruiting class. Johnson-Lynch said there is depth at every position and that it is one of the deepest teams she has coached at Iowa State. Along with depth, the Cyclones will also focus on specific parts of their game this spring. Johnson-Lynch said blocking and setting will be important moving forward. “We want both setters [to] feel like we are running a great offense, that they’re very confident and comfortable in what their doing,” she said. “[Blocking] has been something that I’ve been obsessed with. We made strides in the fall, but I think we can be an elite blocking team, but we aren’t there yet, we still have some work to do.” The Cyclones will take on the Hawkeyes at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Iowa City.

The sports world often speculates about professional teams and college teams playing each other. Could Alabama’s football team beat the Jacksonville Jaguars? Could Kentucky’s basketball team beat the Philadelphia 76ers? The hypothetical situation became a reality for ISU soccer when the team played a pair of exhibition games against the FC Kansas City Blues and the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) this past weekend. “It was an amazing experience,” said sophomore defender Madi Ott. “Not a lot of people get that opportunity and I know we all feel super lucky.” As one might expect, the Cyclones dropped both games to superior professional teams, but what might be surprising is how well they played. The Cyclones fell to the Red Stars by a score of 3-0 and stuck with the Blues before falling 1-0. While the Jaguars and 76ers are bottom feeders in their respective leagues, FC Kansas City is a different story. The Blues are the returning NWSL champions. “We actually gave them a really good game,” said ISU coach Tony Minatta. “They were really good and we were able to compete against them. We want to try to raise our level even more knowing that we did that and now we have to apply that to future games.” Spring is an important time for soccer teams, as they begin to work out the kinks in preparation for the fall season. It’s a time to work on the small technical stuff, but also a time to gain confidence and consistency. “It was intimidating, but I think once we got in the games, started connecting passes, getting in

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Sophomore Madi Ott kicks the ball downfield during Iowa State’s game against South Dakota State on Sept. 21. The Cyclones recently dropped a pair of exhibition games against professional teams.

REMAINING GAMES April 11 — Creighton and Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha, Neb. April 18 — Minnesota State-Mankato and Drake in Des Moines, Iowa tackles, it built confidence for ourselves and we were able to carry that through both games,” Ott said. Finding that confidence is a breath of fresh air for the team after struggling last season and not being sure what to expect in the spring season. The Cyclones had difficulties with their conference schedule last season, winning only one conference game and finishing

with a 7-11 overall record. A successful spring season inspires plenty of confidence, but holding your own against a professional team boosts the team to another level. “We didn’t really have anything to lose, so going in with that perspective we just kind of played soccer and I think we have to carry that over to other games,” said forward Koree Willer. With more spring soccer yet to come and an eye on the real season when fall rolls around, the team hopes it can continue its high level of play moving forward. “We’re definitely not at the professional level, but what we did out there was impressive,” Minatta said.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

ISU basketball club eyes national title By Jack.MacDonald @iowastatedaily.com The ISU club basketball team will attempt to make history at the National Club Basketball Association National Championship tournament. This isn’t the first time the club has gotten to experience this stage, but one thing is different this year. The team will actually get to compete at the tournament, which takes place Friday through Sunday. Last season, the team had to give up its spot at the tournament due to lack of funds and a small roster. “Last year we had the chance to go to nationals but we just couldn’t pull it off and then we made it our goal to get back to nationals,” said Da’Zhawn Davis, club president and head

coach. “It hurt a lot that we weren’t able to go last year.” Last year was a shock for most of the players as they weren’t expecting to earn a trip to nationals. The team had a few successful tournaments, but the wins it gained from the several forfeits by other teams is what afforded the team the conference championship and the automatic bid to nationals. The NCBBA consists of eight conferences. The team resides in the Mid America West, along with Western Illinois, Iowa Black and Iowa Gold. The winner of the fourteam conference gets the automatic bid to nationals. The conference winners from the remaining seven conferences also get an automatic bid to round out the eight-team field. The stiffest competi-

tion all year was Western Illinois. The Leathernecks and Cyclones had near identical records and nearly every matchup between the two was close. On the final weekend of the regular season, the two teams met and the Cyclones came out as conference champions. “The national tournament is just like the NCAA [tournament]. You go one and done or you continue playing,” Davis said. “Our goal is to get past Friday and keep advancing to Sunday.” The goal of advancing beyond day one is realistic, but in order to do so, the team will have to knock off Virginia Tech. The Hokies enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed and the defending national champions. Virginia Tech virtually walked through the competition last year by winning all

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three games by an average of 11.5 points. “I believe that we can contend for the title. We just have to come out and play our game,” said Marlon Davis-Cunningham, club vice president. “If we stick to our strengths, then we can succeed.” Syracuse, Robert Morris, Lewis, East Carolina, West Virginia and Kentucky will round out the eightteam field. Syracuse is the top seed and joins West

Virginia, Lewis and Virginia Tech in back-to-back appearances during the tournament. “The structure of the league makes it so we go into the tournament not knowing much about the other teams,” said senior Tyler Hoelting. “As long as we come out strong and play our game, that shouldn’t matter.” The basketball club’s style of play includes an up-tempo offense and

quickness. The team only features a few big guys, but the players believe their quickness will make up for that. The key to winning will be staying calm and getting rebounds. To win the tourna ment, the club must win a total of three games. “We need to go in with a winning mentality. If we don’t go in with that mentality, then there is no reason for us to go,” Hoelting said.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

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H&M has collaborated with Coachella to create a line based directly off of garments typically worn to popular festivals around the nation. All items became available in stores and online on March 19.

than $50. If you miss shopping the collection, H&M is hosting a pop-up shop at Coachella with all of the collaboration’s coolest pieces. My festival packing list includes the bare minimum: a lightweight dress, floppy hat, shades, comfortable pair of shoes and fringe bag to carry all the daily essentials. This embroidered lace dress gives off a bohemian vibe that’s perfect for

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H&M Coachella Collection You don’t have to look very hard to find the perfect festival fashion this year. H&M teamed up with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to create a collection of all the event’s essentials. H&M says the collaboration is intended “to inspire and excite in preparation for festival season,” and we are excited as ever. This collection features items for both men and women, including accessories. Fringe, lace and flowing hemlines run freely throughout the women’s apparel, tying in the modern ‘70s trend. Floral hair accessories, bohemian jewelry and easy-to-wear shoes are also in the mix. The men’s selection includes graphic T-shirts in bold prints and bright colors, as well as pants and sweatshorts in classic denim and breezy cotton. All items were launched March 19 and are available in stores and online for less

Festival Prep 2015

frolicking around the valley. Its breathable cutouts will keep you cool against the hot California sun. Paired with a floppy hat and sunglasses, you have complete protection from the blazing rays. Slip on comfy sandals to dance the day away with Drake and Jack White. I’d bring minimal accessories like a simple stone necklace and layered rings to complete the look.

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Festival Essentials By Janae.Verhelst @iowastatedaily.com With Coachella and numerous other music festivals right around the corner, every attendee must have these select items to survive the weekend. Sunscreen — This is a must. Getting sunburned on the first day will cause you to be miserable for the rest of the weekend. Get Shiseido Sun Protection Stick sunscreen at a local Sephora and and your skin will be thank you. Makeup Wipes — With limited access to water supplies throughout the day, you will be thankful you packed these wipes to wash off the makeup that runs down your face. Cash — Having to run to an ATM every time you want to buy

something is a pain, especially when the service fee is $10. Make sure you have an extra $20 on you at all times. Sunglasses — Protecting your eyes is essential. Staring at the band you’ve been dreaming of for years is fun, but not when you can barely keep your eyes open. Triple check to make sure you have those trendy and comfortable shades on you at all times. Leave your nice pair at home and stock up on inexpensive pairs from Forever 21. A pair of Croakies is recommended, so you know where your sunglasses are at all times. Water — That’s selfexplanatory. Don’t be the rocker who doesn’t have a water bottle. Staying hydrated is the second most important part. Right behind having fun, of course.

DIY: Flower crown By Mackenzi.Tjarks @iowastatedaily.com With music festival season just around the corner, it is important to have the perfect accessories. Here is a do-it-yourself flower crown, which is perfect for any festival. First, you’ll need floral tape, floral wire and your choice of fake flowers. Cut the wire to your desired size and tape the ends together, making sure the crown will fit onto your head once it is finished. Cut

the flowers off the stems and tape them to the wire as you wish. Continue taping flowers to the floral wire until the wire is covered to your desired liking. You can use hot glue to help flowers stay in place if you find that tape doesn’t hold as strongly as needed. Once the crown is complete, don’t be afraid to bend the wire to fit your head. Create multiple versions of this crown with greenery and flowers to match your festival look.

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Flower crowns are perfect accessories to create and wear at music festivals. The materials needed to create the crowns include floral tape, floral wire and fake flowers.

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The first step when creating flower crowns is to cut the wire and tape the ends together, ensuring the crown will fit on the head. The next step is taping the flowers to the wire.

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Super glue can also be used to connect the flowers to the wire. The wires of the crown can then bend to ensure it fits. Different colored flowers can be used to match a variety of festival looks.

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GOOGLE p1 “It provides us with anything we want to know,” Chapman said. “In the early ‘90s before Google, I used to look up information in encyclopedias.” Chapman said when he was a teenager, there was much more socialization than there is now. Friends could be together for hours without using technology. Walk around campus any time of the day and see the tops of students’ heads, as they are often scrolling through content on their smartphones. The engine has become so popular that the name has turned into a verb. People can often be heard saying, “I don’t know, Google it.” Today, individuals tend to choose the easy path. Before the year 2000,

PRAYER p1 proven, the main point of the lecture was not only to dispel the idea that prayer could be proven scientifically, but also to persuade people to not turn to prayer for medical help in the first

GSB p1 Kletscher said she is excited to see what the newly elected will achieve and that it’s up to them to prepare for the upcoming year. Breitbarth said he and Sweere are excited to get started. Breitbarth said they have already begun working on goals. They hope to tackle small fixes that are required to help students, which include better printer options and more tables and chairs in dining centers. They also intend on focusing on other issues, such as transportation for on- and off-campus students, better dining options and fostering a better relationship with the city of Ames. “[Sweere] and I are willing and ready to explore the challenges students

when searching for the lyrics of a song, most people would ask a friend who is a fan of that artist instead of Google. Elliott Carlson, senior in mechanical engineering, said Google is his best resource for education. “I’d probably fail my classes [if I didn’t use Google],” Carlson said. “If professors [are] bad, I’ll just teach myself the class material searching through Google.” Another option for many students if Google were to shut down for a month or, even for good, is the use of other search engines such as Bing and Yahoo. But Google is more than a search engine. Chapman said the loss of Gmail would cut people a bit deeper than anything else. Alex McGuire, senior

in biological/pre-medical illustration, said she still uses other search engines. “I use Yahoo more regularly,” McGuire said. “[I] still have a yahoo email.” Chapman is working on a study with his adviser, Kathryn Stolee, on how people perform when given a set of problems using a computer. Twenty individuals will be chosen to accept the challenge. The study will be recorded to observe what the participants are actually searching for. The goal of this study, Chapman said, is to show that Google isn’t necessarily going to be the answer to all problems. “I think Google is a big influence just because it is essentially instant information. It requires next to no effort to answer any question that we have, and

usually we have a lot of questions,” said Corey Anderson, junior in computer science. Anderson said the search engine can be used for academic, entertainment or totally random questions. “I can look up what actors star in the movie I’m watching from my phone without missing any part of the movie,” Anderson said. “I can find similar solutions to my homework problems to help study faster than I can read my own written lecture notes. It’s all a huge convenience and now everyone is used to it.” Valentina Pita, sophomore in nutritional science, said Google is her first option for searching information regarding a research topic. “My textbook would be the other option,” Pita said.

Pita said she thinks this popular search engine will affect future generations. Pita said no one would think critically about anything. Many won’t apply any learned material because most information they need is just a keyboard away. Google is famous not only for giving us Google Scholar, Google Maps and Gmail, among others — it gives a wide view of entertainment. The most searched topics on Google in 2014 were: Robin Williams, World Cup, Ebola, Malaysia Airlines, Flappy Bird, ALS Ice bucket challenge, ISIS, Ferguson, Frozen and Ukraine. These topics were mostly entertainment-based. Francisco Bermudez, sophomore in kinesiology, said education is first but Google is great for search-

ing interesting facts. “If I have a doubt, I just Google it,” Bermudez said. “Other people may have the same thoughts as me, which gives me more knowledge on the subject.” Google is a quick source for researching and also finding credible sources for different school work. Without Google, many individuals would be stressed out, thinking and analyzing instead of just typing a word and finding the definition. “You can’t walk without it anymore,” Chapman said. “You have to learn how to solve the problem alone.” When that research paper deadline is looming or you have no idea which equation to use in your homework, Chapman advised students to try to think critically before Googling it.

place, Avalos said. “Instead of building a church, you could build a hospital,” Avalos said. “If the Christian God exists then disease would not exist.” Part of this lecture’s existence comes from

Avalos’ history, where he was once an evangelical Christian. Avalos said as a child he believed in the healing power of prayer, but throughout the years, as he gained knowledge about the world, he left behind

many of those beliefs. “I used to think that I was talking with God, but now I know that I was just talking to myself, trying to work things out,” Avalos said. The lecture also opened up to question-

ing, which allowed people to question and challenge Avalos’ viewpoint. While many agreed with Avalos, as most in attendance were members of the Atheist and Agnostic Society, some challenged Avalos’ ideas, which group

leaders said were welcomed. “It always opens up discussion and honest dialogue for topics that are usually off the table,” said Christjahn Beck, president of the Atheist and Agnostic Society.

face,” Breitbarth said. Breitbarth said they are first and foremost going to be advocates for the student body. He said they are going to do this by continuing extensive outreach throughout the entire year. “At any time, at any point during our term, if a student has a need or an issue, I would encourage them to outreach to either [Sweere], myself or any member of our cabinet,” Breitbarth said. “Because we are here, we’re ready to work on any issues the student is facing. And that’s what no b.s. is about.” Senators elected for the next year were also sworn into office Monday night. Monday also marks the official change of the organization from the Government of the Student Body to Student Government.

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Ava Chin, author of “Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love, and the Perfect Meal,” gave a lecture at the Memorial Union on Monday. Chin spoke about her own life experiences with foraging.

“Foraging hasn’t been making a huge communal or environment impact, but I hope to see it really

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