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ISU Theatre to hold first auditions ISU Theatre will be holding its first auditions of the season. The audition will be for a selection of Anton Chekhov’s short stories, and will take place Wednesday. Chekhov, who is known for his short stories, “believed the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. Chekhov reveals the depths of human joy, confusion, dissatisfaction, and sorrow,” according to the ISU Theatre website. Although the short stories will be the first production to audition for the ISU Theatre season, performances are not until February 9-12 at the Maintenance Shop. “This project has a chance to be kind of wild. We’re going to use a lot of music and play most, if not all, of it ourselves,” Matt Foss, lecturer in theater and the director of the production, said. “There will be some magic and interesting stage tricks happening.” Auditions will consist of a brief interview in which participants may be asked to read a portion of the text. Copies of the script will be available in 2130 Pearson Hall. When: Aug. 24 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Where: Pearson Hall, Room 2140 — Kegan Luczycki, Ames247 Staff
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It won’t be described as the upset of the century. It won’t be the most important thing to ever happen in sports. But the decision by coach Paul Rhoads to make junior college transfer Steele Jantz the starting quarterback going into the 2011 season certainly changes the face of ISU football. “Steele emerged from a group of three quarterbacks, as you know, by displaying the three qualities we were looking for most consistently,” Rhoads said. “And that’s decisionmaking, that’s throwing accuracy and that’s getting things done with his feet.” Rhoads announced the decision with conviction, saying Jantz showed himself “clearly as the No. 1 guy.” Questions can be raised about Jantz’s experience, having never played a down at the Division I level, but
Rhoads and offensive coordinator Tom Herman believe Jantz is ready for the challenge. “I feel comfortable [with Jantz playing at this level],” Rhoads said. “Guys come from junior college all the time and make this transition. He led a college team that has great tradition at City College [of San Francisco] into the championship game in the California junior college league and that’s not an easy challenge to do in and of itself.” During the championship season, Jantz threw for 3,075 yards and 23 touchdowns while rushing for 601 yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground. While the numbers stand out, they were not against the likes of Oklahoma and Texas. Herman did echo his coach’s comfortability and, while the assistant said Jantz certainly has things to work on, he seems up to the task as of now. “I think the stage is not too big for
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State Gym reopening delayed again By Katherine.Klingseis @iowastatedaily.com The reopening of State Gym has been delayed until the spring semester, ISU officials announced Friday. Due to the delay, ISU will credit students a portion of their student fees, amounting to $89.95. Director of Recreation Services Michael Giles said he began to receive information regarding a problem with construction the week of Aug. 1. “The situation developed really quickly,” Giles said. “No one saw this coming — at least from the ISU perspective.” He explained that the project team notified him on Aug. 4 or 5 that the contractor was unable to obtain the proper amount of coil zinc to construct the building’s metal wall panels. The panels will be located on the facility’s exterior and interior. “Without the metal panels, we can’t fully enclose the building, and that’s where the problem lies,” he said. “This is the skin of the building.” In a news release issued Friday,
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Photo: David Derong/Iowa State Daily Michael Giles, director of Recreation Services, said a shortage of zinc panels has stalled construction on the new addition to State Gym. Each blue area running around the top of the new addition will eventually be covered in gray insulating tiles.
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