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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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New students, families celebrate move-in By Emily.Harmon @iowastatedaily.com Hundreds of freshmen and family members could be seen trudging up and down the flights of stairs of Iowa State’s dormitories, making the move into their new home for the next nine months. As raindrops came splashing down, the new students seemed to take no notice as the mood was one of positivity and excitement. Quick feet to catch the CyRide and families were spotted on the journey over to Martin Hall; but not one grimace or blaringthe-car-horn-at-the-parking-lot mania. “I feel like one lucky girl”, said Shelby Erickson, freshman in pregraphic design, during the middle of unpacking for her dorm room in Friley Hall. Spilling over with enthusiasm for her smooth moving experience into what she describes as a “perfect spot,” Erickson had no negative words. Carter Collins, freshman in genetics, said that Iowa State seemed to have mastered the moving-in experi-

ence, even during the high-tempered weather of cold rain to blaring sunshine. Martin Hall is Collin’s new, spacious housing. “It has been great,” Collins said. “The Move-In Crew was amazing, and I feel like I am part of a community here at Iowa State.” Leisha Neumann, a freshman in biology who was moving in to Martin Hall, came to Iowa State this year all the way from New Zealand. “This is the Hilton of all dorms,” Neumann said. “The campus is so beautiful and it is just such a friendly place,” said Neumann. Marc Harding, director of admissions at Iowa State, expects this year’s freshmen class to be bigger than the largest in Iowa State’s history, exceeding the 4,654 incoming students in 2001. As a result, residence halls are overflowing. Some students are temporarily calling the dens in the residence halls home. “We will not find out the exact number of freshmen enrolled until Sept. 7. But we do know,” Harding said, “Iowa State truly is a place students want to be.”

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Theft

DPS advises students to take steps in safety with belongings By Ted.Sics @iowastatedaily.com

Thousands of students moved into Ames over the last week, and with them came thousands of expensive laptops, tablets, bicycles and other items. Students can prevent the theft of these valuables by observing a few simple rules. According to statistics collected by the ISU Department of Public Safety — the campus police — larceny was the most common nonalcohol-related offense in 2010, with a total of 259 cases reported. Of these, 130 involved theft from buildings such as residence halls. Lt. Elliott Florer of the ISU Police said that theft prevention, like all crime prevention, is based on common sense. “Make sure your dorm is locked, whether or not you’re home,” Florer said. “It’s also a good idea not to have your desk right by the doorway.” Never leave your valuables unattended, even if you are only getting up to use the restroom. Never leave your bicycle unlocked. Some students are simply too trusting, Florer said. “We had a guy who left his laptop in the library for eight hours to save his spot,” Florer said. “It was obviously gone when he came

back.” In the event that an item is stolen, students should file a report with the Department of Public Safety. Certain information will help the police recover your possessions. “Make two lists of serial numbers and model numbers for all your expensive items — one for here, one for home,” Florer said. Students can register their bicycles with the Department of Public Safety or the Ames City Hall free of charge. Students should keep in mind that thieves often resell stolen property. Pawn shops work closely with the police to prevent this from happening, but other sources may be less reputable. Jerry Stewart, director of the Department of Public Safety, said that websites such as eBay and Craigslist should be treated with caution. “These are ‘buyers beware’ websites,” Stewart said. “If a price seems too good to be true, it probably is.” Finally, Florer advised students not to allow strangers access to their residence halls, and to immediately report suspicious activity. “If your gut is telling you something is wrong, something is probably wrong,” Florer said. “Contact the ISU Police directly, before you contact the residence hall.”

Photo: Emily Kudobe/Iowa State Daily Having a bike on campus provides an easy commute to classes, but is a responsibility that should not be neglected. Students are encouraged to use bike locks to prevent theft on campus, and officials urge students to take precautions to avoid having other valuables stolen.

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ISU professor debates Michele Bachmann’s husband By David.Bartholomew @iowastatedaily.com

Obama’s most vicious critics, and, most recently, a target of attack from many progressive and LGBT groups because of her and her husband’s controversial statements on homosexuality. That same day Warren Blumenfeld, openly gay professor of curriculum and instruction and queer studies, took a break from preparing his course syllabus to attend the Ames Straw Poll with his friend, Fred Karger, an openly gay Republican presidential candidate. Dawning his red, pro-gay marriage T-shirt, Blumenfeld and Karger made their way to the event. Upon arrival, Blumenfeld was shocked to see, in his opinion, the backwardness of society that was presented there. “The NRA was handing out orange caps to 5- and 6-yearolds that read ‘Guns Save

Thousands of Republicans flocked to campus to cast a $30 vote for the Republican candidate they saw fit enough to take on President Barack Obama in the 2012 general election in the Ames Straw Poll on Aug. 13. The vast array of circussized tents, free food, political prayers and entertainment were a fundraising and bragging rights battleground that brought in high-level Republicans candidates from across the country. Among these potential conservative suitors was Minnesota Congresswoman and tea party darling Michele Bachmann, who was one of the favorites to win the Straw Poll. Bachmann is known for being a leader in the conservative tea party movement, one of

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Upon seeing Blumenfeld, Marcus Bachmann apparently did not notice the pro-gay marriage T-shirt that he was wearing and instinctively took a smiling, happy picture with him. Blumenfeld revealed his identity to Marcus Bachmann and began a heated exchange by saying to Marcus Bachmann, “Now that you’re here, I want to tell you how I am upset with your representation.” In the exchange, Blumenfeld criticized Marcus Bachmann for an earlier statement he made in which he referred to gay people as “barbarians” who “need to be educated.” Bachmann swiftly denied that he ever made that statement, even though it has been well documented that he did. Later in the video, Blumenfeld continued his pressure on Marcus Bachmann by bringing up his theories of “pray away the gay:” “You’re trying to convert them to something they’re not,” Blumenfeld said.

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“That’s absolutely not true,” Marcus Bachmann said. “I do not use reparative therapy ... that is a myth.” Marcus Bachmann immediately walked away before Blumenfeld could respond, but the video found its way to YouTube where it has received thousands of views in the days since its original posting. “What I wanted to say [to Bachmann] next was that you claim to follow biblical scripture but one of the commandments is that you will not bear false witness and he did that on both accusations,” Blumenfeld said about the goals of Marcus Bachmann’s clinics. “He and his wife are hurting our community and Mrs. Bachmann uses the bodies of gay people, women, the poor

and the underinsured as stepping stones as a way to vote garner votes ... And I am very worried about the message that the Republican candidates are giving.” When asked about the nature of LGBT rights, Blumenfeld replied, “We need to get out of the nature nurture argument. We need to look at this as a civil rights argument ... And people like Michele Bachmann are using this as a wedge issue to promote her own anti-gay agenda.” Bachmann went on to win that Saturday’s Ames Straw Poll with 4,823 votes and has emerged as a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination along with Gov. Rick Perry from Texas and former governor Mitt Romney from Massachusetts.

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Politics

Ames Straw Poll set stage for rigorous GOP campaign season By David.Bartholomew @iowastatedaily.com The month of August in Iowa is usually dominated with food-on-a-stick binges at the State Fair, one last family summer trip and the joyless groan of students as they prepare to return to school. However, every four years, those are all overshadowed for one day by the Republican invasion of Ames known as the Ames Straw Poll. The Straw Poll is an early Republican presidential poll taken by Iowa Republicans in order to fundraise for candidates and weed out non-contenders for the Iowa Caucus in January. This year, the presidential field was highlighted by Tea Party favorite and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, libertarian Congressman Ron Paul, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and a few other candidates. National front-runners former Gov. Mitt Romney

Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily Michele Bachmann supporters register to vote during the 2011 Ames Straw Poll on Aug. 13 at the Iowa State Center.

from Massachusetts and current Texas Gov. Rick Perry, did not participate in the poll but did receive a substantial amount of write-in votes. Before the Aug. 13 poll, all of the competing candidates debated in a nationally televised town hall after weeks of

traveling around Iowa to greet and fundraise. On Aug. 13, thousands of Iowa Republicans flocked to Ames to pay $30 to vote for their favorite candidate in the Straw Poll. “Iowa native” and vocal Obama critic Bachmann

emerged victorious by receiving 4,823 votes, or 28.6 percent. Paul finished second with 4,671 votes while Pawlenty came in third with 2,293 votes. The next day, after Bachmann made her rounds

on national television and Pawlenty officially dropped out of the race, many began to wonder what the real significance of the Ames Straw Poll is. It is widely understood that the event is an elaborate fundraising venture for both the Iowa Republican Party and the presidential candidates, but what that means politically can seem unclear. “The Straw Poll does not have major effect on the national level because Iowa is the opposite of what the national perception is, and Bachmann has a very slim chance to win the nomination,” said Jason Chrystal, academic adviser for political science. Going back to the 2007 Ames Straw Poll, Romney won the poll but lost the Iowa Caucus to Mike Huckabee, who later lost the presidential nomination to Sen. John McCain. In the 1999 Straw Poll, George Bush won the poll, the January Iowa Caucus and eventually the presidential nomination.

Additionally, Bob Dole accomplished the same feat during his run for president in the 1996 presidential elections. Going back to this election cycle’s contenders, two of the nationally recognized frontrunners, Romney and Perry, did not officially compete in the Ames Straw Poll. Romney focused his attention on securing a primary victory on his New England turf by extensively campaigning in New Hampshire. By announcing his presidency the same day as the Ames Straw Poll, Perry, governor of Texas, looked to secure a primary win in South Carolina and likely locked up the Bible belt vote that has been crucial to the success of Republican candidates. Many are are attempting to predict Bachmann’s and other candidates’ next moves before primary season begins and are waiting to see if Bachmann will campaign elsewhere while Perry and Romney pick up steam in Iowa, or if she will hold her ground for the Iowa Caucus.

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8A | NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Monday, August 22, 2011

Formal recruitment

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Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily New members run by Rho Gammas on Central Campus after receiving bids Aug. 18. Rho Gammas are active members of the greek community who guide participants through formal recruitment.

Recruitment matches sororities, women By Frances.Myers @iowastatedaily.com Many young women made the move to Iowa State early to join in on a week full of activities held by sororities in hopes of becoming a member of the greek community. Five hundred and fifty girls were a part of this year’s greek sorority formal recruitment, also known as Rush Week. Upon arrival they were split into 17 different groups. By the second day of recruitment, the large number of sorority pledges had decreased by 150 members. “A lot of girls will drop out for any number of reasons,” said Caitlin Lawyer, sophomore in sociology and a current member of the Kappa Delta sorority. “Sometimes it will be because of the time commitment the greek life involves, sometimes it’s their recruitment groups. Some girls will figure out perhaps the greek life isn’t for them, and others will decide they don’t necessarily want to join right now.” A recruitment guide, also known as a Rho Gamma, led the remaining pledges in the bid-

ding process. “Each Rho Gamma led the groups around to sororities and the sororities showed them skits,” said Karalyn Langan, sophomore in early childhood education and another member of the Kappa Delta sorority. “The skits were basically a representation of what each sorority is about.” The third day included house tours of each sorority where the pledges got the opportunity to meet and greet with current members of each sorority in order to determine their ideal sorority. Later that night, the pledges gathered in the Memorial Union for a Preference Ceremony where they filled out preferences for her choice of top three sororities. Each pledge would then receive a bid from one sorority from which she had ranked in her top three choices. “Bid day is done out on Central Campus,” said Dana Buer, sophomore in animal science. “Bids are given out according to likeness — how the sorority and the pledge got along, how much the pledge liked the sorority and so on. It’s mutual selection basically.”

It has been a year after the storms and flooding that occurred in Ames because of massive rainfall between June and August of 2010 which has amounted in about $42 million series of repairs, cleanup, and restoration. Bob Kindred, assistant city manager, is working with Iowa State and Story County to pull together a joint plan for how to lessen the impact of future floods. “We want to identify what is happening weather-wise to have a better idea of what flooding maybe coming at us,” Kindred said. “That’s because there seems to be more and more intense rainfall events.” An engineering firm will be hired to help reevaluate and study the flood plain and help determine what else might be done to mitigate or lessen the impact of river flooding in the future. “The results to that study which will take at least a year from now to complete will help us determine if there are other major projects we should do to try to mitigate flooding,” Kindred said. “It will also tell us if we should readjust some of the regulations that affect what people are allowed to do on the flood plains.” Warren Madden, vice president of business and finance, recalls the number of areas that had some sort of damage caused by the weather. “We started with about 129 different places that had some kind of damage associated with the weather,” Madden said. “It went from a tree that needed to be cut down to a million dollars’ worth of damage.” The three buildings that were the most significantly damaged were Hilton Coliseum, Scheman, and the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. The buildings were flooded causing massive damage. Though for the past year much work has been done on recovering from the effects of the damage that has been done. “We have been cleaning all that up and substantially a year later which is kind of where we are now we have restored and repaired almost all of the damage,” Madden said. “There are still a few mitigation things that need to be done for the future such as being able to keep water from entering buildings.” The massive damage done to Hilton Coliseum and Scheman has been mostly restored. “Hilton and Scheman were

File photo: Iowa State Daily Hilton Coliseum sits surrounded by floodwaters Aug. 10, 2010.

Photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily Hilton Coliseum one year after the Aug. 2010 floods.

File photo: Iowa State Daily Stadium parking lots are flooded with water on Aug. 10, 2010.

probably the most significantly damaged facilities and cost the most to repair,” Madden said. “In Hilton, we ended up with a whole new basketball court, replaced the lower seats, and storage areas have all been redone.” In Scheman the work that had been redone resulted in moving the offices from the first floor to the second and converting the offices on the first floors to meeting areas. There was also work done on making the building more flood proof. “We have reconfigured that and reinforced the walls so in the future the designs that have been implemented would keep water from being able to get into the building,” Madden said. One of the challenges with the damage that was done in the Lied Recreation Athletic Center was the water that got into the building came through the ground beneath the floor. “One of the things engineers are trying to figure out is

how they can design a system down there that would reduce water pressure on the floor and that’s more complicated than just building barriers around the outside of the building,” Madden said. Engineers have also come up with a design system that can keep water from entering the doors. “We have a reinforced structure on the outside of the doors so water pressure won’t cause those to collapse,” Madden said.” The main goal of the mitigation was to keep Hilton, Scheman, and the Lied Recreation Athletic Center at their standard locations. “One of the ways to mitigate in case of another flood in the future is to build a new building someplace else,” Madden said. “That wasn’t either economically feasible or necessary. We’ve elected to keep Hilton, Scheman, and Lead where they are and try to keep the water out in the future.”

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Record enrollment causes housing overflow By Sarah.Clark @iowastatedaily.com A residence hall den isn’t exactly what Meredith Anderson planned on calling home for her first semester at Iowa State. Anderson, who transferred from Central, moved into her den-turneddorm last week. She, along with 190 other students, has been placed in temporary housing for the fall semester. The need for the temporary housing resulted from an increase in enrollment and a record-breaking freshman class size. According to Peter Englin, Director of Residence, this isn’t the first time the University has been forced to use community dens as interim housing for students. “This happened routinely in the late 80’s and through the 1990’s,” said Englin. “The last year we used dens was the 1999-2000 academic year.” But Iowa State isn’t the only University that uses interim housing when needed. According to Lisa Ludovico, Assistant Director for Residence Hall Administrative Services, some schools use interim housing annually in order to cope

Photo: Kait McKinney/Iowa State Daily Some incoming students are forced to move into dormitory dens Wednesday, Aug. 17, due to the lack of rooms for incoming students. The students will reside in the dens until more rooms become available.

with the high number of no-shows. “ISU is the fifth University I have worked at and several of my previous institutions routinely used interim housing to accommodate students at the beginning of the fall semester,” said Ludovico.

At other institutions, Ludovico managed over 800 students in interim housing at a time, with over 600 on a waiting list. “I have worked in places where all single rooms were converted to doubles, doubles to triples, storage

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closets were converted to rooms and dens were converted to eight-person rooms,” said Ludovico. Students placed in interim housing at ISU have one roommate and are paying the same amount as the students living in the community to which they were assigned. Although enrollment has been increasing since last year, the need for interim housing was not identified as necessary until mid-May of 2011. “We initially converted Wilson Hall from upper class Super Singles to all double occupancy freshmen and expected we would meet the demand,” said Englin. “However, as the summer progressed, our numbers continued to grow.” Students who submitted housing contracts over the summer were offered interim housing, and then reassigned to permanent spaces as they became available. Although many students were reassigned to permanent spaces, a total of 191 students are currently living in interim rooms. According to the Department of Residence, the den rooms used for interim housing are larger than the regular dorm rooms. Each den is lockable and furnished similarly to

the other dorm rooms. Although some students were frustrated when notified of the housing changes, Englin said most students were grateful to receive an oncampus housing option. “With very few exceptions, students and families were appreciative for the opportunity,” said Englin. “We’re also thankful returning residents opened up their dens to provide a home for our new ISU students.” Ludovico experienced a similar response from students and families as well. “Everyone has been exceptionally gracious and patient with the process,” said Ludovico. “During movein, the comments I received from the students assigned to interim housing and their families were overwhelmingly positive.”

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director of Design and Construction Services for ISU Facilities Planning and Management Dean McCormick said the construction crew will not be able to install environmental controls, wood floors and other finish materials until the panels are installed. Giles had scheduled a walkthrough of State Gym for ISU administrators Aug. 8. After learning of the problem with obtaining materials, Giles canceled the walkthrough. ISU administrators met on Aug. 8 to discuss the construction timeline and what to do about student fees. At the meeting, ISU officials came to the conclusion that the reopening of State Gym would be delayed until the spring semester and ISU would credit students $89.95 for the fees they paid for the fall semester. Students voted in 2008 to approve the $52.8 million renovation plan for ISU recreational facilities, and they agreed that a portion of that money would be funded by increasing student fees, which meant that student fees would increase $20 per semester for two years. Most academic year students paid $160 in student fees for the fall 2011 semester. Vice President of Student Affairs Tom Hill said the initial increase in fees helped fund the installation of an air conditioning system in Lied Recreation Athletic Center and other renovations to Lied, Beyer Hall and other facilities. The increase assessed for fall 2011 was determined with the knowledge that State Gym would reopen in October. “Philosophically, from the very beginning of this project, we really decided that students wouldn’t pay the full fee or the fee for the facility until they were able to utilize it,” Hill said. Hill and Giles were unsure about the exact date State Gym will be reopened, but they agreed that it will be during the spring semester. They also are both optimistic about the construction of the facility and students’ reactions once the facility is reopened. “The added time allows us the opportunity to make sure the building is perfect,” Giles said. “I have no doubt that students will be excited and impressed with the facility.” Dean McCormick, of Facilities Planning and Management, was unavailable for immediate comment.

Plane crashes at air show, kills pilot KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pilot was killed in fiery crash during a Kansas City air show on Saturday after his plane appeared unable to get out of a downward spiral and plummeted nose-first into the ground, witnesses and authorities said. Missouri Department of Aviation spokesman Joe McBride said the pilot couldn’t pull out of a maneuver and the biplane crashed at a downtown airfield. No spectators were injured, and McBride said it was the first fatal crash at the annual Kansas City Aviation Expo Air Show. Event officials identified the pilot as Bryan Jensen. A website promoting a pilot by the same name who was scheduled to perform at the show said he had been flying aerobatics for 15 years, worked for a major airline and had more than 23,000 hours of flight time. Witnesses told the Kansas City Star that the red biplane was performing loops, then couldn’t pull up from a downward spiral. They said the crowd fell silent when the plane hit the ground and burst into flames. “It was right in front of the crowd,” said Kansas City Council member Jan Marcason, who was watching the aerial acrobatics when the plane crashed around 1:45 p.m. Others said it appeared that the pilot was going to gain control of the plane and that the maneuver initially looked

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Photo: Rich Sugg/The Associated Press A spectator reacts to a fiery crash that killed a stunt pilot who couldn’t pull out of a downward spiral at the Kansas City Air Expo Air Show at the Kansas City Wheeler Downtown Airport on Saturday, Aug. 20, in Kansas City, Mo.

scripted. “It was looking cool at first, like he knew what he was doing,” Jason Cook, of Blue Springs, told the newspaper. Spectators were asked to leave Wheeler Downtown Airport after the crash, though the show was expected to resume Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. In a news conference hours after the fatal accident, air show director Ed

Noyallis released the pilot’s name but no other information about him. “Our hearts go out to Bryan’s family and loved ones,” he said. The website promoting a Bryan Jensen and his red biplane said he grew up on a farm in Iowa, took his first flying lesson at age 13 and graduated from the University of North Dakota’s aviation college. The site said he had worked for several commuter and major airlines. The Associated Press

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Freshmen create adventures at Destination Iowa State 2011 By John.Lonsdale @iowastatedaily.com Small groups of freshmen participating in Destination Iowa State activities had more on their minds than finding the clues on their leader’s scavenger hunt sheets Friday afternoon. “It still hasn’t quite hit me yet,” said Shayla Carlin, freshman in mechanical engineering. “This is actually happening.” With their Iowa State knapsacks and name tag lanyards, Carlin and her two other freshmen group members started preparing for their first day of college by attending the annual Destination Iowa State student seminars and events kicking off the school year. The bustling of other freshmen groups on campus only added to the excitement that Carlin’s group, lead by Jacob Spellman, sophomore in agriculture studies, were feeling as they worked on crossing out the remaining 13 missions and clues listed on the scavenger hunt sheet. “I’m just ready to get started,” said Mario Williams, freshman in genetics, about the beginning of his freshman year. Nate Kanellis, freshman in civil engineering, shared a similar feeling

Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Mary Kate Wishieski, freshman in pre-graphic design, and Sarah Vanderlaan, freshman in animal science, learn the ISU fight song on Thursday, Aug. 18, in Hilton Coliseum at the Destination Iowa State Kick-off.

saying that he’s excited about the college experience but is dreading the education aspect and the difficulty of classes. The free burgers and other food,

swag and especially the new t-shirts with the Iowa State fight song on the back were among the favorite things the freshmen received from the opening ceremonies at Hilton Coliseum on

Thursday night. The speech that Tom Hill, vice president of Student Affairs, gave Thursday about seeing each one of the students back in Hilton in four

or five years for graduation sparked Carlin’s attention and became one of her favorite moments of the week’s events. Seminars about diversity to managing your student debt made for a long day for the group, but they found it helpful and alarming at the same time. “Credit cards are evil,” said one of the freshman, making the others laugh. The groups next clue was finding the Grant Wood murals on campus and drawing their own version of “American Gothic.” “I drew the original,” Williams said. “So I think someone else should do it.” While searching for the Grant Wood murals in Parks Library, the group talked about the good tips they had learned from the day’s money seminar and their own concerns about student debt. Worrying about the financial situations they might face in the future didn’t overshadow the prospect of getting involved and making new friends throughout their first year at Iowa State. “It’s the next chapter of my life,” Carlin said. “It’s bittersweet. It’s sad, but exciting at the same time.”

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Make the most of your education W hy did you come to college? It’s an essential question, one that I hope you asked yourself several times before you made your decision to come to Iowa. According to the United States Department of Labor, 68 percent of high school graduates continue their education in college; it’s not for everyone, but more and more students are pursuing higher education. In the face of these numbers, I say statistics be damned; you cannot quantify the quality of education. With the continuing rise in college attendance, I have to wonder, why do the majority of students actually come to college? Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge advocate for higher education, but I get the impression that’s not what we’re pursuing. Money and business have become the primary motivation for colleges, and as such they desperately try to cram as many students into campus as possible, regardless of class size or quality. Sadly this means that standards and expectations have to go down while advertisements and images go up. Iowa State’s commercials are cleverly done to make college look like an extended summer camp, a place where fun is found. Between orientations, advisers, Destination Iowa State and other programs, they’re succeeding. Our first-year students are marked by parents, T-shirts, cheap orientation bags and leaders to guide them between activities. Between classes, you’ll find eager aides passing out candy to students who walk by. The transition from high school to college can be a challenge, but that’s the point. We seem to want to push the real world back, somewhere beyond the borders of college. The purpose of the baccalaureate was to commemorate you as an adult and prepare you for the real world. Any attempt to prolong the adolescent years or derive a bit more security and protecting is a poor reason to enter into college, and it’s a poor base to advertise for a college. Even upperclassmen want TAs and professors to hold their hands, advisers to organize their schedule and Mom and Dad to call the school if there is a problem. I feel bad for my adviser; he continually struggles with the high school drama that students bring to him. Like it or

By Ryan.Peterson @iowastatedaily.com not, we face the real world at 18. It can scare the hell out of the best of us, it’s messy, chaotic and mature, but it can be a blast if you just dive in. Of course, no summer camp experience would be complete without entertainment, and Iowa State makes sure you’re well aware of all the fun activities that they offer. ISU football games can provide a rich experience of new friends and excitement, but if that’s why you came here then you might want to reconsider. That goes double for athletes here for athletic careers, expecting professional contracts after their degrees. The pregame parties and tailgating rituals can be a fun break, an opportunity to get out and away from classes and professors; in fact, games of any athletic variety are a wonderful accent, but they aren’t the keystone to college. None of them are worth the sacrificing four years of life, thousands of dollars of debt, thousands of brain cells drowned in cheap beer and the loss of a quality education that college can provide. Then there’s the Greek community, which seems to be less of an actual community and more of a social herd. I know many wonderful members of the Greek community who have made it into a wonderful thing, but they are the exception to the rule. If you must institutionalize friendship, you might have fewer friends than you think. These activities should help show you new ideas, compel you to new things and help you identify yourself. You cannot identify who you are through two or three Greek symbols or any institution for that matter. Rushing, Greek Week and fraternity parties can all be fun, but keep asking yourself what you are gaining as a person. If you can find real benefit, like many of my friends have, then you found something worth keeping, but if it’s drama superficiality you might want to change. The new “college experience” that students like to focus

on tends to be parties, bars, games and socializing, but where is the college in all that new college experience? It’s not enough that students want to come to school here; more students need to get in and stay in. This is especially true with the “new image,” superseding the paradigm of academic excellence and challenging curriculum. Fewer exams on Fridays (students like to get an early start on the weekend), no tests on Mondays (it was, after all, a long weekend, and let’s be honest, we’re a bit hungover). Instead, professors and advisers are expected to hold students hands and walk them through class, as though failure was, literally, not an option. Classes will soon be in need of stadium seating to pack all the students in. With the commoditization of education, we could even consider calling the new stadiums Boeing Engineering, Coke Hall and John Deer Auditorium; why not make an extra buck and spare the construction costs? Personally, as long as there are still professors I’m grateful, otherwise the departments will have to settle for yet another teaching assistant. It’s more noble to go to school for a brighter future. I know a fair number of students who feel compelled to come to college; it’s a simple necessity to get a job. Sadly, as academics decline, your degree means less and that means more school is needed. Where high school was once sufficient, we seem to have knocked our entire system down one level. Education shouldn’t just be economics and jobs; it should be defining who you are. It’s the freedom to apply you in so many different fields, not just engineering or agriculture, but humanities, sciences and your position in your community. It’s about the active participation in your own creation. Each day, ask yourself what you’re doing here; are you making the most of your education? It’s so easy to get lethargic and settle into a habit or to give up and go out to your desires. It’s so much harder to strictly question yourself and keep pushing for the best. But it’s so much more rewarding.

Ryan Peterson is a senior in political science, history and philosophy from Northfield, Minn.

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Iowa equal to the ‘big city’ It may lack luster, but our state gleams as brightly as NYC

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grew up on a farm in western Iowa and always assumed I would leave the state to a bigger, more exciting city. After a summer of living and working in New York City, I have found a new appreciation for what Iowa has to offer. While they are worlds apart in some ways, Iowa can certainly stand up to the “big city.” Shopping? Well, Jordan Creek is surprisingly well equipped and, if you can’t find it there, it’s only a threehour drive to the Mall of America. NYC has primarily chain stores with a Gap, H&M, Urban Outfitters and Victoria’s Secret every five blocks. If you go to Brooklyn or the East Village, there are some unique boutiques, but honestly, most of them are too expensive for a normal college student to even think about. Plus, with the help of the World Wide Web, you can find a plethora of independent designers right at your fingertips. Restaurants? I actually found myself severely craving spots like Jeff’s Pizza, The Café and Indian Delights. Ames has home-style Italian, Mexican, Indian, Thai, Chinese, sushi and a few modern American places. A short drive to Des Moines and you even have a French bistro. While we don’t have multiples of all of these options necessarily, there are options that are WAY cheaper and just as good. Plus, the advantage of living in a college town, you can order pizza, Chinese or a sandwich at almost any hour, and we have excellent street vendors (another thing that’s almost all chains in NYC now). Bars? Well, NYC does have a lot more variety in that respect. However, I stepped into a bar near New York University and felt exactly like I was in Café Baudelaire. They had a mix of salsa and hip-hop music playing and were serving up drinks like any bar in Ames would (just $5 more

By Jessica.Brunning @iowastatedaily.com expensive). The clubs I went to had the same mix of guys awkwardly trying to dance with girls, like you would find at Element any night of the week. I did get the chance to check out a jazz bar that featured an amazing live band, but Des Moines does have similar options. If you’d like to make a day trip somewhere, wineries across the state offer tours and wine tastings. Vines to Wines in Des Moines will even let you make your own wine. Entertainment? While there are a lot more concerts to choose from in the city, between Ames and Des Moines you can get a good selection of bands to see between venues such as Zeke’s, People’s Court, Val Air Ballroom, House of Bricks and more. Moreover, if you’re willing to make the three-hour drive to either Minneapolis or Omaha, you get a whole other set to choose from. Ames has movie theaters, parks and the added bonus of being able to do things OUTSIDE. Boating, tennis, bonfires and lying by the pool are great Iowa warm-weather activities. Most of those things are available in NYC ... but only if you have the money. I also found a completely new appreciation for grass, trees and crickets on my morning run after having to literally run through garbage in the Bronx while being hit on by creepy guys. You might be surprised at the number of plays and musicals that can be seen in Des Moines. For instance, the Civic Center of Des Moines is bringing Memphis, Billy Elliot and other award-winning Broadway shows right to

downtown Des Moines for much less than you could see them on Broadway. I had the chance to see “Mary Poppins” on Broadway and “RENT” last year in Des Moines. While Des Moines can’t quite beat the Broadway experience, it was still an excellent show at a fraction of the cost. Even the Des Moines Farmer’s Market can rival NYC productions, and it’s all grown right here. There are numerous farmers’ markets available in Ames as well. For a more artistic experience, New York City does beat Iowa. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Modern Museum of Art are breath-taking. After multiple trips to each, I still didn’t get to see everything they had to offer. If you are looking for a similar experience, however, the Des Moines Art Center does have various rotating exhibits, lectures and contemporary art. Iowa has despicable politics, a terrible history of racism, sexism and homophobia, and the fashion is oftentimes behind by a few months, but you do you get the bonus of people smiling and saying “Good morning!” And while some people are doing their best to make this not so, Iowa did allow same-sex marriage before New York. I still personally would like to get out of the state for a while in my lifetime, but it is a lot easier to appreciate what Iowa has now. We all get tired with the things we see every day; but if you take the time to seek out what Iowa has, it can actually stand up pretty well. Welcome to Iowa State, and hopefully you can find your own appreciation for the great things it has to offer!

Jessica Brunning is a

senior in political science and apparel merchandising design and production from Castana, Iowa.

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hope you had a productive and refreshing summer vacation. I hope you used the three months between By Michael.Belding academic years to go on @iowastatedaily.com some kind of adventure and learn something about yourself. I hope you medium between tastes (I like are not the same person yellow) that cannot be debated you were when you read the because of everyone’s differFinals Tab back in May. ences and facts (2+2=4) that are This year it is my goal to indisputable. foster as much community Opinions can be debated. discussion in this Opinion secThey are supported by evition as possible. Here you will dence. Opinion holders reject read not only the opinions of certain evidence that disproves the paid columnists on staff, their point by weighing it on but the opinions of your peers, the merits. And then you get to professors and staff. decide. We will promptly publish Once a column or editorial any submission — any submisis published, you have an opsion, that is, that meets one portunity to write in with your condition. own ideas. Those ideas should That one condition? Your demonstrate reflection. The writing must be coherent. It Opinion and News sections must be synthesized. We do not are not so different from one exist for you to distribute your another. News’ job is to seek the knee-jerk reaction to events. news and report it truthfully. A good opinion is an idea, a Opinion’s job is much the same. thesis, that has undergone We exist to facilitate discussion change after exposure to other about the matters important ideas. Opinions are in a happy to you, to make some sense of

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4B | OPINION | Iowa State Daily | Monday, August 22, 2011

Editor: Michael Belding | opinion@iowastatedaily.com

Politics

Republican contenders storm the battlefield I t has begun! (Cue “Mortal Kombat” theme music.) That’s right, the gnarly battle for who can face off against big bad Barack Obama is underway. The field of Republican hopefuls sport similar super-combat moves to wow onlookers and avoid answering questions while attempting to appear more appealing than one another. Mitt Romney has returned to combat after trying his hand four years ago. Romney shares the special move, along with his fellow combatants, of verbally assaulting Obama with rhetoric faulting the current president for everything under the sun. The tricky bit for Romney, though, comes from being able to slightly alter his statements and stances enough to keep potential voters from realizing he is willing to pander. Basically, Romney is the combo breaker with his moderate siding and potential to appeal to independents, making him the front-runner and likely to stay that way. Michele Bachmann emerged triumphant after the essentially irrelevant Ames Straw Poll over her in-state rival Tim Pawlenty to hold the power of declaring “Make Obama a one-term president” with more vim and vigor than all others. Her mind-numbing special moves include the ability to regularly mistake history — look into John Wayne versus John Wayne Gacy, and Elvis’ birthday versus death — and create convoluted explanations to questions because she really doesn’t have well-founded answers. Bachmann sets the fire under followers, but should ultimately be extinguished because she just isn’t presidential material. Ron Paul and his league of assorted followers continue their crusade to make a dent in the entire process of American politics. From his ability to entrance followers through rhetoric to legalize drugs, to his applauding a state’s option to secede, Paul can gain and lose a flock of supporters with a mere two-minute outburst of his platform despite explaining his support for the

By Gabriel.Stoffa @iowastatedaily.com “regular” Republican views. Watch closely for his more youthful support — think college age — which makes him appear to be more of a contender; though we all know youth don’t really vote when it comes down to it. Likely Paul will be left in the dust due to his wild, shake-em-up views when the last pairings occur. Rick Perry is the newest fighter to jump into the arena, and his presence shook up the combat scene more than any other. Perry’s special moves are almost all offensive, as he has a neverback-down methodology. He carries a political background akin to the Bush we recently knew, but without the general loathing associated with our last Bush’s damage to the country’s finances and war situations. Perry stands to be the real contender for Romney to be the “hero of the day,” because as soon as Bachmann receives the final blow, he gains her supporters easily. Word is still out on the other side characters — Sarah Palin, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain — as they seem to want to continue testing their might for a lead role. Even Donald Trump remains a voice, despite being relegated to the same extras character status with Newt Gingrich, Thad McCotter and Gary Johnson; Johnson being the bloke I wish could make it to the main event because he supports online poker. Alongside all this is the apparent desire to ignore that teensy,

tiny little bit in the Constitution about separation of church and state, because, from what I can gather, the candidates cannot deliver speeches without stressing how the Almighty’s word trumps our government. At least that’s what I have gathered. Now, all of this is hardly a fair assessment of the potential Republican ticket, but it isn’t meant to be. The shape of the current Republican ticket is really a field of nearly similar ideas, with a hellbent focus on bashing Obama. The speeches given to the public by the combatants currently contain the following similarities: make a constitutional amendment to make abortion illegal and marriage defined as between a man and a woman; quash the Environmental Protection Agency and drill the Earth like John Holmes with Marilyn Chambers in “Insatiable”; raise no taxes while still creating more money in order to stimulate the economy and balance the budget, even to the tune of constitutional amendments; deny military support to all but those that would be termed as “friends,” which is still an ambiguous term; and destroy anything and everything concerning Obamacare. Will one of these presidential hopefuls summon the might to topple the Great Black Hype? I don’t know. I do know that I was not intending to vote for Obama come election time, but depending on which of these potentials makes it into the final arena to battle our current American endboss, I might have to flip sides because some of the candidates would simply be rotten presidents. Regardless, this should shape up to be an interesting game when it all boils down to the final two. Until then, I’m looking forward to all of the finishing moves.

Gabriel Stoffa is a graduate student in political science from Ottumwa, Iowa.

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Food

Branch out, experience off-campus dining choices

o you are now back at Iowa State for the semester. If you are one of the 5,000-odd students who live in the on-campus dorms, you have probably started to have your first meals at the Iowa State dining centers. They’re good, aren’t they? The dining centers have evolved even since I lived in the dorms and now have even more options, different layouts and better food. But there are many more places to eat in Ames that are outside the safe confines of the university. I love eating lunch at Clyde’s (you can find me there most days), but when I’m not restricted by the need to use a certain number of meals by the end of the semester, I am more free to spend the same amount of money for a meal down the street at Pita Pit, Jimmy John’s or Jeff’s Pizza in Campustown. Or there are many places you could get a sandwich or some rice for much cheaper in the same area. According to the Iowa State Dining website, meals that you pay for with meal plans can cost anywhere from $6.15 to more than $9 per meal. In contrast, you could walk over to Campustown and get a

By Rick.Hanton @iowastatedaily.com Jimmy John’s sub for less than $5.25, a Subway foot-long for $5 or $7, or a pita for less than $6.50. One of my favorites is Jeff’s Pizza’s lunch menu, which gives you two items (pizza slice, salad or Bosco sticks) and a drink for only $5 — and the pizza slices are huge! Not to mention that there are other options if you take a bus or a car to Main Street or to Duff Avenue. There you can find great national chains like the new Buffalo Wild Wings, Panera Bread, Perkins and Applebee’s, as well as amazing local places like Hickory Park, Great Plains Pizza or Olde Main Brewing Co. to choose from. To some extent, our situation is just like visiting the state fair or Disney World, where food “in the park” is much more expensive than restaurants only a few miles outside the park because

vendors can charge a captive audience much more money. And don’t get me started on Dining Dollars. I have never completely understood a system where rather than giving students dollars on their card to use at C-stores (like a credit card), dining incrementally increases the cost of C-store goods and then sells discounted Dining Dollars with which to buy them. So if you buy hundreds of Dining Dollars, you don’t pay more than normal for your C-store items, but if you simply come in because you need some pens for class and have no Dining Dollars, you pay extremely high cash prices for them. So if you live in the dorms, just remember that you have until this Friday, Aug. 26 to upgrade or downgrade your meal plan before it is locked in stone. Maybe you will decide that you love the dining centers and will go from the 225-meal Gold plan to the 275- (Cardinal) or 304- (Cyclone) meals-per-semester plans. On the other hand, you might decide you want to explore your meal options in Ames more often this semester and downgrade to the 175(Silver) or 125- (Bronze) meal plans instead.

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Photo: Rebekka Brown/ Iowa State Daily Students who want to spice up their culinary tastes have many options off campus, including Ames classics like Stomping Grounds, Jeff’s Pizza and Pita Pit.

I personally recommend using fewer meal plan meals this year and exploring the food options Ames has to offer. In the last five years I’ve slowly been talking my mother into allowing this (she thinks if I don’t have a plan I won’t eat), but maybe you’ll have an easier time judging the convenience of on-campus food versus the expense and justifying a change.

Rick Hanton is a senior in computer engineering from Arden Hills, Minn.

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6B | NATION | Iowa State Daily | Monday, August 22, 2011

Science

Utah researcher helps artist make bulletproof skin By Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — A bio-art project to create bulletproof skin has given a Utah State researcher even more hope his genetically engineered spider silk can be used to help surgeons heal large wounds and create artificial tendons and ligaments. Researcher Randy Lewis and his collaborators gained worldwide attention recently when they found a commercially viable way to manufacture silk fibers using goats and silkworms that had spider genes inserted into their makeup. Spider silk is one of the strongest fibers known and five times stronger than steel. Lewis’ fibers are not that strong but much stronger than silk spun by ordinary worms. With Lewis’ help, Dutch artist Jalila Essaidi conducted an experiment weaving a lattice of human skin cells and silk that was capable of stopping bullets fired at reduced speeds. “Randy and I were moved by the same drive I think, curiosity about the outcome of the project,” Essaidi said in an email interview. “Both the artist and scientist are inherently curious beings.” Lewis thought the project was a bit off the wall at first, Essaidi acknowledged. “But in the end, what curious person can say no to a project like this?” she said. Essaidi, who used a European genetics-inart grant to fund her project at the Designers &

Artists 4 Genomics Awards, initially wanted to use Lewis’ spider silk from goats to capitalize on the “grotesque factor” of the mammal-spider combination. But Lewis didn’t yet have enough of the spider goat silk to send hundreds of yards to Essaidi. So he sent her spools of silk from silkworms he had genetically engineered in a fashion similar to the goats. Essaidi initially intended to fire .22 caliber bullets at the “skin” stretched in a frame. But she decided to place the “skin” on a special gelatin block used at the Netherlands Forensic Institute. Using a high-speed camera, she showed a bullet fired at a reduced speed piercing the skin woven with an ordinary worm’s silk But when tested with Lewis’ genetically engineered worm’s silk grafted between the epidermis and dermis, the skin didn’t break. Neither was able to repel a bullet fired at normal speed from a .22 caliber rifle. “We were more than a little surprised that the final skin kept the bullet from going in there,” Lewis said of the tests at reduced speed. “It still ended up 2 inches into the torso, so it would not have saved your life. But without a doubt the most exciting part for us is the fact that they were able to recreate the skin on top of our fibers. It’s something we haven’t done. Nobody has worked in that area.” Essaidi was intrigued by the concept of spider silk as armor, and wanted to show that safety in its broadest sense is a relative concept, hence

bulletproof. “If human skin would be able to produce this thread, would we be protected from bullets?” she wondered on her blog. “I want to explore the social, political, ethical and cultural issues surrounding safety in a world with access to new biotechnologies.” She said it is legend that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel. “Will we in the near future due to biotechnology no longer need to descend from a godly bloodline in order to have traits like invulnerability?” she asked. Lewis downplayed the potential bulletproof applications of his research. “I certainly would not discount that, but I don’t see that as a tremendous application at the moment,” he said. He said bulletproof vests already exist. But being able to grow cells and use the material to replace large amounts of human skin could be significant for surgeons trying to cover large wounds, or treat people with severe burns. He said the material’s strength and elasticity would enable doctors to cover large areas without worrying about it ripping out — a big advantage over small skin grafts. Lewis couldn’t give a time frame for such a use because it would require FDA approval. But he hoped to do some animal testing within two years, and noted spider silk already has proven very compatible with the human body. The next step is to generate more material

to test what cells will grow on it — made easier with the “transgenic” silk worms and milk from goat spiders. The real stuff is still the holy grail for fibers and textiles but not the easiest to come by as evidenced by an 11-by-4 foot tapestry unveiled two years ago at the New York Museum of Natural History that took millions of spiders to complete. “We know some skin cells will grow (on our fibers), but can we get cells that make ligaments and tendons grow,” Lewis said. He said it may be easier to use the genetically engineered silk to make materials better than actual ligaments or tendons. Essaidi, meanwhile, said she has plenty of wild ideas but wants to transplant the bulletproof skin. She said Geert Verbeke, director of Verbeke Foundation in Belgium, the biggest Eco/BioArt museum, wants to wear the skin “as an ode to BioArt.” Back at Utah State’s bio-manufacturing facility in Logan, Utah, Lewis just started breeding for the next round of milking in January. He has about three dozen of the genetically engineered goats. He extracts proteins from the special milk then spins them in a way that replicates the spider’s method, resulting in a strong, light-weight fiber. “Nothing is as strong as the natural fiber, yet,” Lewis said of spider silk. “But we are working on solving that problem.”

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Wall Street

Stocks continue to dip, economic fear spreads NEW YORK — The stock market is starting to feed economic fear, not just reflect it. Stocks have fallen four weeks in a row. Some on Wall Street worry that the resulting blow to confidence, not to mention 401(k) statements, has set off a spiral of fear that could push prices even lower, cause people and businesses to pull back and tip the economy into a new recession. “I’m nervous that fear will lead companies to stop hiring and people to stop spending,” says Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist of Wells Capital Management, famous for his usually bullish take on the markets. A home sales report this past week showed that more sales than usual fell apart at the last minute, which suggests plunging stocks and dismal economic news gave buyers cold feet. At least 16 percent of deals were canceled ahead of closings last month, four times the rate in May. Beth Ann Bovino, senior economist at Standard & Poor’s, says that another big plunge in stocks could “push us closer to the brink.” The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index ended Friday at 1,123.53, down 5 percent for the week. The average is down 16 percent during the fourweek losing streak. One reason for the drop is fear that another recession, if

not certain, is more likely now. The run of bad economic news started last month when the government said the economy grew much more weakly in the first half of this year than thought. Growth, at an annual rate of 0.8 percent, was the slowest since the Great Recession ended in June 2009. The economic weakness has made investors more likely to sell stocks at the first hint that things are getting worse. And last week, they got signs aplenty. A regional survey by the Federal Reserve said manufacturing had slowed in the mid-Atlantic states by the most in more than two years. Existing home sales fell in July for third time in four months. Another report showed that exports from Japan, the world’s third-biggest economy, had slumped for the fifth straight month. Japan is still reeling from the effects of an earthquake and tsunami in March. The housing market, which usually helps lead an economic recovery, keeps getting worse. The plunging stock market and scary economic news won’t make it any better. “What you’re seeing with the economy, on the job front — it’s scaring a lot of people,” says Brian Fine, a loan manager at Mortgage Master in Rockville, Md. He says the hous-

ing market will languish until buyers and sellers feel more secure about the economy. “People are really motivated by larger economic trends. It’s all about if you feel confident enough to buy a home right now,” he says. The news from Europe got worse, too. Its economy has slowed considerably — even in Germany, which has been its greatest source of strength. Fear spread that European banks, already ailing because they hold bonds of countries that are struggling with debt, were having trouble getting short-term loans to pay for day-today activities. Some Wall Street analysts say reports of trouble were exaggerated, but that didn’t seem to matter. For investors, the prospect of banks scrambling for cash dredged up bad memories of the global credit freeze that hit in the fall of 2008 — and they sold stocks. “A negative feedback loop ... appears to be in the making,” two economists at Morgan Stanley wrote Thursday in a widely cited report that itself seemed to beget more fear and selling. It warned that the U.S. was “dangerously close” to recession. Stock investors aren’t the only ones worried. Martin Fridson, global chief credit strategist at BNP Paribas Investment Partners, notes that inves-

tors in bonds issued by the riskiest U.S. companies are dumping them, too. These investors fear that in a recession companies might not be able to pay interest on these so-called junk bonds. The selling has forced up the average interest rate on the bonds to 8.3 percent. If investors had faith in the economy, the rate would be 4.6 percent, Fridson says. “I’m nervous,” says Fridson, who has followed the junk bond market since 1984. “I think there’s a very material risk of falling into recession.” Investors are responding to the risk by putting their money where they feel safe. Demand for the 10-year U.S. Treasury note was so high last week that the yield dipped below 2 percent for the first time in half a century. And the price of gold has set one record after another. It topped $1,800 an ounce last week. Although unemployment remains stubbornly high, at 9.1 percent, there are signs that the economy, while not strong, is still growing. Retail sales grew in July at the fastest pace since March. Employers added 117,000 jobs last month — a modest gain, but far better than the hundreds of thousands of jobs lost each month during the Great Recession. Factory production rose in July because automakers made more cars.

And Wall Street analysts who analyze companies and advise investors when to buy and sell don’t seem to be worried. As stocks were falling Friday, research firm FactSet released figures that showed just how much more optimistic these analysts are than the average investor. Stocks are priced at roughly 11 times their expected earnings per share over the next year. That’s a steep discount compared with the market’s long-term average of 15 times. Translation: If you believe the U.S. will avoid recession and companies will generate profits as high as the analysts think they will, the S&P should be trading at 1,560 — just below the S&P’s record high of 1,565 in October 2007. Of course, if the economy is weak and earnings don’t come in as expected, it could turn out that stocks were trading today at 15 times the next year’s earnings. That’s what many of today’s sellers seem be expecting. And skeptics note that analysts are notoriously bullish, and tend to overestimate profits as the economy slows. Wells Capital’s Paulsen thinks stocks should be trading higher, though he suggests investors will pay a steep price if he’s wrong. The Associated Press

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Crime

Born-again pastor charged with kidnap, rape

LADSON, S.C. — Dale Richardson was saved at a tent revival 32 years ago, was called to preach the Lord’s word in 2006 and, for the past year, had served as pastor at Freedom Free Will Baptist Church, a modest red brick structure on a South Carolina side road running along a railroad track. Now he’s in jail, charged with kidnapping and raping three women at gunpoint — two of them in a trailer behind the church — and kidnapping a fourth who was not sexually assaulted. According to an incident report, about noon on a Saturday last month, Richardson picked up a woman and gave her a ride. When the 20-year-old tried to get out of the car, Richardson allegedly pulled a gun, bound her hands, covered her head and took her to the gray-blue trailer home behind the church. The report said he later dropped the woman in a wooded area, threatening to shoot her if she turned around. Police said the woman was able to identify Richardson from his picture on the church website, which also displays a short biography detailing how he became a Christian and then a pastor. Richardson has since been charged with two other similar sexual assaults, both of which occurred last year. He is accused of bringing one of those women to the church trailer. The third woman claims she was raped in a wooded area outside nearby Summerville, a bedroom community about 20 miles northwest of Charleston. He is also charged with kidnapping a fourth woman. Richardson said little last week when, dressed in a gray and white striped prison jump suit with his ankles and wrists shackled, he appeared before a Dorchester County magistrate on the latest charges. He said he understood the charges against him and was denied bond when the magistrate said he was a danger to society. Richardson’s public defender said it’s too soon to comment on the case. During his initial bond hearing when he was first arrested, Richardson said he has a spotless record and will put up a strong defense. Maj. John Garrison of the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office

Photo: Bruce Smith/The Associated Press The pastor at Freedom Free Will Baptist Church in Ladson, S.C., Dale Richardson, is charged with sexually assaulting three women.

said serial rape cases are unusual in the area. He said this case is drawing particular interest because the suspect is a preacher. Garrison, then at the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department, helped investigate the so-called Lowcountry serial rapist that attracted national headlines two decades ago. Authorities believe Duncan Proctor, who was convicted of two rapes and burglaries and sentenced to life in prison, may have raped as many as 30 women between March 1990 and June 1992. Most neighbors on the quiet cul-de-sac where Richardson lived in a neat yellow house refused to talk last week. But Mary Milligan, who lives two doors away, came to Richardson’s defense. “I don’t believe any of this. I have never had a problem with

him. He’s kind. He’s a member of this community. He mows the neighbors’ lawns. I am just blown away by all these accusations,” she said. The church website says Richardson became pastor of the church on June 9, 2010. It says he graduated from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. — the college founded by evangelical preacher Jerry Falwell — and has a wife and two grown daughters. But his name has now been removed from the sign outside the church that has a congregation of about 50 people. Those attending last Wednesday night’s service who were willing to be interviewed did not condemn Richardson. “He’s always been a real sweet person. He’s always taught God’s word,” said Virginia Davis, who has been attending the church about a year. “He’s been honest with me since Day 1. I’d let him look me right in the face and tell me he did it, because I don’t believe he did it.” The Rev. Dean Mandrell, who has been helping by preaching at one of the church’s three weekly services, said the congregation has drawn closer. “Nobody is leaving, they are staying right here. They are just worshipping God. They are not condemning. They are not tearing down or poor-mouthing or bad-mouthing him,” he said. Mandrell’s Wednesday sermon was about judging others, based on Matthew’s biblical account of the Sermon on the Mount in which Jesus says people with a log in their own eye should not be concerned about the speck in another’s eye. The South Carolina Free Will Baptist State Association has suspended Richardson’s preaching credentials pending the outcome of the investigations because “the misconduct alleged against him is forbidden by God.” The Rev. Todd Smith, executive director of the statewide association numbering almost 120 churches, said in a statement the association would cooperate with investigators. The Associated Press

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Environment

Invasive ‘burning bush’ getting genetic makeover By Stephanie.Reitz The Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — The burning bush shrub, whose blazing autumn hues illuminate many eastern U.S. landscapes, may soon be getting a makeover to curb its voracious appetite for other plants’ land, sunlight and soil nutrients. After almost a decade of work, a University of Connecticut scientist and his research team have pinpointed the genetic combination to grow a seedless, non-invasive version of burning bush without sacrificing its stunning fall colors and durability. In short, they’ve neutered the incorrigible plant to make it behave. Horticulture experts say the newly published findings by Dr. Yi Li and others at the New England Invasive Plant Center in Storrs could be a boon for landscapers and gardeners, who’ve pushed annual sales of burning bush — also known as winged Euonymus alatus — past $38 million nationwide. Those sales figures come despite its listing as an invasive plant in 21 states, and outright sales bans in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. And since UConn will hold the patent with Li, the university also could receive significant royalties if the non-invasive burning bush is a big seller. “It’s a great use of science and a win for everybody if they can take a popular, invasive plant and render it sterile so it’s still sellable,” said Robert Heffernan, executive director of the Connecticut Green Industries Council. “People

do love this plant and they ask for it. That brilliant red color in the autumn makes it look like it’s absolutely on fire.” The durable and dense ornamental bush is a popular foundation planting or landscaping border because it thrives in many soils. It also stands up to varying weather, is unfazed by road salt and fertilizer, and is unpalatable to most insects and animals. But there’s a price to pay. It produces thousands of seeds that easily waft away in the wind, or are carried away by rainwater and birds. Then, they take root in open woodlands and elsewhere. With its thickly matted roots and heights averaging 6 to 9 feet — and up to 15 feet if left unpruned — it makes such dense thickets that other plants have trouble competing for soil and sun. Burning bush is native to eastern Asia and was introduced in the U.S. in the mid-1800s. It’s now most common in New England and many East Coast states, though it can also be found as far south as Georgia and as far west as Illinois. Many governments have stopped planting it on state-owned land since its invasive tendencies became evident in recent decades, but earlier plants thrive still along many highways and in open woods where they’ve taken root. Li and other UConn scientists have been studying ways to produce sterile cultivars of burning bush since receiving a grant in 2003 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to start the research. The work was tedious and painstaking: get-

Photo: University of Connecticut/The Associated Press Twenty one states have banned euonymus alata shrubs, known as burning bushes, which produce so many seeds that its growth is hard to control. A scientist has found a way to stop its unwanted spread.

ting into thousands of the small seeds, removing bits of their tiny nourishing tissue, then treating it with special growth regulators and growing it in Petri dishes. Through trial and error, they finally hit on the right combination. “It was difficult, but we were confident that it would work and we should not give up,” said Li, whose research was published in this month’s issue of the international academic journal HortScience. They’ve used their findings to grow 12 small sterile burning bush plants so far, though there’s

no firm estimate on when the research will be used to bring the new cultivar to the widespread retail market. Many landscapers have skipped burning bush and started using alternatives such as red chokeberry, native winterberry, silky dogwood or native highbush blueberry. And although Massachusetts and New Hampshire ban people from selling or importing the burning bush plant entirely, landowners there are not required to tear out plants already in place.

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Viewpoint

Survivors recall aftermath of fair stage collapse By Tom.Coyne The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The skies to the west grew darker as Dr. Rob Klinestiver and his 12-year-old daughter waited for country stars Sugarland to take the stage at the Indiana State Fair. Klinestiver pointed to the scaffolding supporting the stage’s roof, lights and other equipment. “Hey, you know, there’s a small chance that if it gets really nasty that thing could even blow over,” he told his daughter, Leah. “Dad, you’re kind of freaking me out,” she replied. He reassured her quickly: “I said, ‘Oh, never mind. It’s a small chance.’” Moments later, a wind gust of 60 to 70 mph brought down the scaffolding. Happy chatter turned into screams of terror as thousands of pounds of metal and equipment tumbled into the crowd below. Four people died immediately. A fifth passed away hours later at a hospital, and a sixth died Friday. Dozens more were injured, some so severely it will take months for them to recover — if they ever do. As Indiana investigates whether the deaths and injuries could have

Photo: Darron Cummings/The Associated Press Tim Brunn, of Island Lake, Ill., helps his son Josh into their van after he was released from Riley Hospital for Children on Aug. 18 in Indianapolis. Josh was injured when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair.

been prevented, the survivors remain haunted by the sounds and images of that night. Many are still grappling with the capricious nature of the collapse, where mere inches determined who lived and who died. ___ Klinestiver, a big Sugarland fan, was excited to be in the Sugar Pit, a VIP section that promised to bring him within feet of lead singer Jennifer Nettles. He and Leah had taken up spots in the front row, while

his wife, Laura, and their 11-year-old daughter, Elise, were in the 11th row of the seated section. Klinestiver didn’t want to lose the prime spots, and when the weather began changing, he started preparing Leah to get wet. Weary of standing, Leah plopped down on wooden stairs leading up to the stage. A 3-year-old girl with a pink tutu sidled up to her, the fringe from the tutu rubbing against Leah’s face. “Isn’t she cute?” Leah asked her

father. An announcer took the stage, told the crowd bad weather was moving and gave instructions in case an evacuation became necessary. But the announcer also said he hoped Sugarland would be out soon, and the crowd cheered. Minutes later, a blue tarp on the stage roof broke loose as the winds picked up. Klinestiver called, “Let’s go!” and began pushing Leah away from the stage. That swift reaction likely saved their lives. The stage missed Klinestiver by 2 feet. “I feel like if I hesitated another second, I wouldn’t be here,” he said. “I feel incredibly lucky.” ____ The girl in the pink tutu, 3-yearold Maggie Mullin, knew the words to Sugarland’s songs and had begged to see the band. “This was better than anything I took her to. I took her to Disney World last summer, and this trumped Disney World,” said her mother, Laura Magdziarz of Morocco, Ind. They were still in the Sugar Pit when Magdziarz looked over her shoulder and saw the stage sway. “I grabbed Maggie and just started running,” she said.

____ Karen Brunn of Island Lake, Ill., also was in the front row. It was her 35th Sugarland concert, and she brought her 12-year-old son, Josh. The gust of wind “came out of nowhere,” people started yelling, “’Get down! Get down!’” and things started flying on the stage, she said. “I remember looking up at the lights and thinking, ‘Oh, that’s going to fall,’” Brunn said. ___ Natalie Prater, a pediatric nurse, climbed through the wreckage and found Maggie, sitting on her mother’s lap and bleeding profusely from an arm wound. “I need a tourniquet!” Prater yelled. Someone threw her a shirt, and she tied it around the child’s arm. “Her mom kept telling me I had to get her out of there. I kept telling the mother she had to trust me. I would make sure she was safe,” she said. Prater handed Maggie to a man, who handed her to someone else in a kind of bucket brigade. Eventually, she was passed to Klinestiver, who tried to stanch the bleeding and get her out of the grandstand. But the twisted wreckage was a maze, and he could only get so far.

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Retweet, sexting enter Oxford English Dictionary By Jill.Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — Woot! The online expression of enthusiasm is now in the dictionary. So are textspeak, sexting — and, less happily, cyberbullying. They are among 400 new entries in the 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, published this month. Another newcomer to the reference book’s 24,000 entries is retweet — to repost another Twitter user’s message.

Editor Angus Stevenson revealed some of the new entries in a blog post Thursday. Some of the new words describe forms of behavior and communication created by technology. There’s cyberbullying, a form of online abuse, and textspeak, the abbreviated language used in cell phone messages. And, of course, sexting — sending explicit photos or messages by mobile phone. Less high-tech new entries include jeggings — a jeans-leggings hybrid popular with some

and considered a fashion crime by others — and mankini, a sling-style bathing suit made infamous by comic character Borat. Stevenson said the latest edition also added new meanings for existing words like friend and follower to reflect their new online uses. A friend is no longer just an intimate acquaintance, but also “a contact on a social networking website.” Unlike the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, the concise edition was founded to include modern and slang terms as they enter

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Authorities: Man denies involvment Senator: Deactivate in killing wife, her 3 kids in Virginia stolen cellphones Photo: Newport News Police Department/The Associated Press John Moses Ragin, 36, was taken into custody Saturday, Aug. 20, by the Newport News Police Department on charges of firstdegree murder.

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South Dakota school districts cut costs with 4-day week By Chet.Brokaw The Associated Press IRENE, S.D. — When the nearly 300 students of the IreneWakonda School District returned to school this week, they found a lot of old friends, teachers and familiar routines awaiting them. But one thing was missing: Friday classes. This district in the rolling farmland of southeastern South Dakota is among the latest to adopt a four-day school week as the best option for reducing costs and dealing with state budget cuts to education. “It got down to monetary reasons more than anything else,” said Superintendent Larry Johnke. The $50,000 savings will preserve a vocational education program that otherwise would have been scrapped. The four-school week is an increasingly visible example of the impact of state budget problems on rural education. This fall, fully one-fourth of South Dakota’s districts will have moved to some form of the abbreviated schedule. Only Colorado and Wyoming have a larger proportion of schools using a shortened week. According to one study, more than 120 school districts in 20 states, most in the west, now use four-day weeks. The schools insist that reducing class time is better than the alternatives and can be done without sacrificing academic performance. Yet not all parents are convinced. “The kids are going to suffer,” said Melissa Oien, who has four children in the school and serves as vice president of the parentteacher organization. “Of course they will. They’re missing a whole day of school.” The downsizing comes as schools in some larger cities are moving in the opposite direction. In Chicago, school officials hope to add school days so students will learn more and have better employment prospects. Irene-Wakonda’s predicament, like those of many other rural

districts in the Great Plains, is compounded by declines in population and enrollment. The two towns, which are eight miles apart, combined their school districts in 2007 to save money. Wakonda got the elementary school and Irene the middle and high schools. Farming is the largest share of their economies, though some people commute to jobs in Yankton or Vermillion. Johnke, the superintendent, said the district will add 30 minutes to each day and shorten the lunch break to provide more class time Monday through Thursday. In elementary school, recess and physical education classes will be shortened. The changes won’t entirely make up for losing Friday, Johnke said, but the district will still exceed the state’s minimum standard for class time and will teach all the required material. “We feel they’ll get the same instruction. It’ll have to be done a little bit differently,” he said. South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature slashed aid to schools this spring by 6.6 percent to help close a $127 million budget gap. Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard said state revenue has not grown in three years while costs have risen for medical services for the poor. He ruled out revenue increases. “I believe in shared sacrifice,” Daugaard said earlier this year. Education groups hope to put a tax proposal on the 2012 ballot. Facing budget shortfalls in the sour economy, many other state Legislatures also cut public education spending this year -some, like Texas, sharply. In South Dakota, the cut comes in a state that, according to recent census data, already ranked 44th in state spending per pupil. The Associated School Boards of South Dakota estimates another $233 million a year is needed to adequately fund schools. Many districts reduced staff or eliminated programs to make up for the lost money. The number of districts going to four-day weeks has nearly doubled in just two years. Wayne Lueders, the recently retired director of the Associated

School Boards, said a four-day school week won’t actually save much because schools still must pay salaries and benefits, “but every dollar counts in this current situation.” Schools can save on busing, food and other operations. South Dakota’s state education secretary, Melody Schopp, said schools that have switched to four days haven’t suffered in achievement tests. In Deuel, a 500-student district that shortened its week four years ago, Superintendent Dean Christensen said as much as $100,000 a year has been saved and the failure rate has declined, which he attributed to more time for tutoring and teacher training. “It’s not something to be scared of,” Christensen said. Woonsocket, a tiny eastern South Dakota district of just 185 students, plans to drop one Friday per month as an experiment, saving about $4,000 annually. “I’d kind of like to put my feet in the water a little bit and see if this four-day week is as positive as everybody is talking about,” Superintendent Rod Weber said. James Hansen, former head of the state Education Department, is among those who worry that less schooling will put students at a disadvantage in a global economy. “I think the students should be in school more than they are now,” Hansen said. “The other countries are doing a far better job of making sure their students are prepared to meet the competition of the world.” While studies have confirmed the value of extending classroom time, no substantial research yet exists on academic achievement when it’s shortened, said Michael Griffith, a senior policy analyst for the Education Commission of the States and author of a recent report on the four-day week. In Irene-Wakonda, which had already dropped an arts teacher and several aides to cut costs, teachers and students said they’ll make the best of the situation.

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Pryor says he won’t appeal suspension GREENSBURG, Pa. — Terrelle Pryor worked out for 17 NFL teams Saturday and said afterward he wouldn’t appeal his five-week suspension at the start of the NFL season. With the former Ohio State quarterback trying to prove he should be taken in Monday’s supplemental draft, spectators included Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and director of football operations Kevin Colbert and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay. “Whatever team I have an opportunity to play for, I will sign a contract,” Pryor said following a hastily arranged pro day at a high school stadium near his hometown of Jeannette, Pa. “I will not forgo it and enter into next year’s draft.” Pryor, appearing in top shape, worked out at a high school stadium near his hometown of Jeannette, Pa. He ran the 40yard dash in 4.36 seconds and threw an array of passes. “I would like the opportunity to play quarterback,” he said, “but I’ll do anything that a team needs me to do to win.” Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel also made an appearance, supporting his former star player after resigning under pressure amid an NCAA investigation that Pryor and others improperly sold memorabilia. Pryor left school for the NFL after Tressel’s departure. “Did great,” Tressel said of the 6-foot-5, 232-pound Pryor. “He would help lots of teams.” The NFL allowed Pryor into the draft Thursday with the caveat that he wouldn’t be allowed to practice for the team that selected him until Week 6. The quarterback would have faced a five-game suspension had he stayed at Ohio State. Pryor’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told The Associated Press on Thursday that “we accept that voluntarily.” But the player’s attorney, David Cornwell, told ESPN Radio on Friday that it was “likely” the five-game punishment would be appealed once Pryor signed an NFL contract.

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In the battle for the starting quarterback position on the ISU football team, redshirt junior Jerome Tiller had many clear advantages. He had spent three years learning under starter Austen Arnaud. He was the only ISU quarterback that had played a down of Division I college football. And he quarterbacked the team to perhaps its biggest victory in the last two seasons, a 9-7 upset of Nebraska in 2009. However, as ISU head coach Paul Rhoads announced Saturday, the end-all disadvantage for Tiller involved his work in the classroom as he will be academically ineligible for the 2011 season. “He’ll work immediately to get himself academically eligible for

2012,” Rhoads said. “He’ll participate in practice like everybody else, he’ll spend the 2011 season down with the scout team. We’ll re-evalTiller uate as the season concludes and see where he goes from there.” Along with Tiller, redshirt sophomore wide receiver Donnie Jennert also will be academically ineligible for the 2011 season. “Both of those young men first of all have to take care of their academic work and get themselves back where they’re NCAA eligible, and then we’ll move into spring ball,” Rhoads said. ISU offensive coordinator Tom Herman will now begin preparing junior Steele Jantz as the starting signal-caller for the season opener

against Northern Iowa on Sept. 3. Herman became a mentor to Tiller after arriving with Rhoads in December 2008 following Tiller’s redshirt year. “I’ve been part-time dad, parttime big brother, part-time uncle and part-time psychiatrist with him, and it’s a shame because I think the kid has really, really matured over the last two and a half years that we’ve been here,” Herman said. “He’s got to deal with that and come to grips with it and be the best teammate he can be while he’s going through what he’s going through and continue to help us win in whatever fashion he can.” Rhoads did not inform the media as to when he received Tiller’s academic progress report or when he informed Tiller of the news, but Tiller did tweet at 2:23 p.m. on Saturday, “Made a big mistake an bye I gotta

suffer the consequences.” At 8 p.m. following Saturday’s scrimmage, Tiller also tweeted “Head extremely low.” Tiller was not available to speak with the media following Saturday’s scrimmage. “I don’t know exactly when we found out for sure, obviously coach Rhoads didn’t announce it until today so I’m not exactly privy to all of that information, but as we were going through the process me and Jerome certainly had a lot of heart-to-hearts,” Herman said. Senior tight end Kurt Hammerschmidt hadn’t had a chance to talk to Tiller before speaking with the media but he planned to talk with him about the situation. “It is tragic and it hurts our team because I know how much he loves the sport and how much he loves the guys on our team,” Hammerschmidt said.

2011 ISU team ‘best’ Rhoads has seen By Jake.Calhoun @iowastatedaily.com During the ISU football media day in early August, coach Paul Rhoads was adamant that this season’s team is the most talented he has coached in his three years at the helm of the program. Yet being the most talented Cyclone team, he said, does not automatically yield success. “Going into the summer meetings and media outings like this, I’ve said that this would be our best football team,” Rhoads said. “But we’ve got to go out and prove that, and the kids have got to go out and prove that.” Returning for the Cyclones this season is star linebacker tandems Jake Knott and A.J. Klein — who combined for 241 tackles last season — to anchor the defense. Knott is returning this season having underwent surgery on his right forearm last spring. However, recovery was not an issue. “I got surgery on a Friday, and I was lifting on Monday,” Knott said. “I came straight from surgery to practice just because I can’t stand not being around the team.” Knott, who finished third in the Big 12 in total tackles with 130, is expected to bear a significant amount of the brunt for the defense along with Klein. “We always want to be the playmakers on the field. We always want to be the ones that are counted on,” Klein said. “We want to be the solid part of the defense.” One key aspect of the defense that was lacking last season was putting pressure on the opposing quarterback. However, offseason improvement of the defensive line will help aid in doing so. “The defensive line this spring did an outstanding job,” Klein said. “They’ve done a lot better. They came a very long way and they’ve improved, and I think they’ll have a better season this year, which hopefully will take a little pressure off us lineback-

Photo: Tim Reuter/Iowa State Daily Running back Shontrelle Johnson moves the ball down the field during the spring game on April 16. Four running backs, including Johnson, are competing for the starting position.

ers and safeties in turn.” A battle for the starting spot of running back between Shontrelle Johnson, Jeff Woody, James White and Duran “Duck” Hollis has not yet indicated a clear-cut starter. All four are expected to receive playing time in their own capacity this season. “The running back position is extremely exciting,” said offensive coordinator Tom Herman. “We went from our first year here to really having one BCS-level running back now to really having four with two freshmen that are chomping at the bit, too, so it’s an exciting position we’re in there.” The receiving corps has been touted as much-improved from years past with the emergence of Jarvis West and Josh Lenz with the key addition of Aaron Horne, who transferred from City College of San Francisco. Senior Darius Reynolds said he

expects the receivers to be more involved in the offense after finishing 11th in the Big 12 in passing offense last season. “I feel like last season we weren’t really involved as a whole group,” Reynolds said. “I mean, a couple people made a couple plays here and there, but we’ve got to be more consistent in making plays, we’ve got to make a lot more plays with that spread offense.” Reynolds was sidelined with a broken toe on Aug. 17. He is expected to miss two to three weeks, making it a stretch for him to make the opener against Northern Iowa. The Cyclones, who finished 5-7 overall and 3-5 in the Big 12 last season, now have a conference schedule that has them playing all nine teams in the Big 12 after the departures of Nebraska to the Big Ten and Colorado to the Pac-12 this past July. Playing nine conference games

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him right now, and he likes the offense; he likes playing in it,” Herman said. “He likes what we’re doing and feels comfortable with it and us as coaches need to understand what he does well and what he is still working on so that we can tailor some things to what he does well.” Wide receiver Jarvis West was a fan of the decision and had high praise for his new No. 1 quarterback. “He’s a good decision-maker, he’s fast,” West said. “[He] breaks the defense down as the play goes down. Nothing really more you could want out of him. He’s just good.” Tight end Kurt Hammerschmidt echoed his teammate with praise for Jantz. “I like how he approaches the game mentally and physically,” Hammerschmidt said. “I think he scrambles with the ball and throws the ball really well.” Jantz beat out redshirt junior Jerome Tiller and redshirt freshman Jared Barnett for the starting position. Tiller, who was considered the favorite to win the position coming into the fall, was declared aca-

and only three non-conference games in place of the previous format of eight conference and four non-conference games may not be favorable for the Cyclones, but it has not discouraged them in looking forward to the season. “I’m really excited,” said junior defensive tackle Jake McDonough. “That’s the whole reason I came into the Big 12 Conference, is to play those kind of teams, play every team in the Big 12. And now that we get the chance to play all the teams, it’s really exciting.” Whether Rhoads’ “most talented” squad is up to the task of playing a nine-team conference schedule is yet to be determined. “This is our most talented team, for sure,” Rhoads said. “Whether it becomes our best football team remains to be seen. But those guys going out and doing what you’re talking about will take us to that position.”

demically ineligible for the 2011 season. That left Barnett as the backup. Rhoads said the decision to go with Jantz was independent of Tiller’s academic status. Herman, who had worked closely with Tiller since coming to Iowa State with Rhoads in 2008, expressed disappointment. Herman said he’d seen Tiller grow as a person, but has no choice but to deal with his situation. “He’s got to deal with [being ineligible] and come to grips with it and be the best teammate he can be while he’s going through what he’s going through and continue to help us win in whatever fashion he can,” Herman said. Rhoads also said Tiller could possibly change positions. He has the next 12 months to work with the scout team to figure that out. Until then, Jantz gets his chance as the No. 1 guy for the Cyclones, who are coming off a 5-7 season and will be facing every Big 12 team. Rhoads believes Jantz is the guy to lead his team. “He’s got a laid-back personality that the kids have sort of taken to,” Rhoads said. “And now he’ll start to master the preparation that goes along with developing the game plan.”

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Real problem in college athletics? NCAA

elieve it or not, Miami is not the problem. And, for that matter, neither is Ohio State, Butch Davis or a rogue booster. The problem isn’t the money, the cars or the free tattoos. Or the hookers. Or the abortions. Although those aren’t good, either. There’s a bigger problem at work with all this deceit, scandal and cheating in major college sports than dirty programs or slimy program backers.

It’s a problem that dates back 24 years. The real underlying problem is the NCAA’s apparent inability to balance crime and punishment. In the late 1980s, college football was out of control. Recruits and players were lavished with money and cars as means to lure them to certain schools or keep them happy during their college

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Cyclones refuse to settle for rebuilding year By David.Merrill @iowastatedaily.com

A season after an early exit from the NCAA tournament and down two All-Americans — Victoria Henson and Ashley Mass — a rebuilding year might be acceptable. It might be acceptable to everyone except the Iowa State Cyclones. Iowa State (20-8, 13-7 Big 12 last season) responded by bringing in the nation’s No. 25 recruiting class. The Cyclone squad also features preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in freshman outside hitter Hannah Willms. Junior middle back Jamie Straube and setter Alison Landwehr have also been voted to the preseason All Big 12 team. One of the constant praises coach Christy Johnson-Lynch has for her team is its athleticism. “It’s a really good group,” Johnson-Lynch said. “We’re really athletic. I think I say that every year, but we continue to get more and more athletic.” Through the first week of practice, newcomers have shown some promise. Freshman outside hitter Victoria Hurtt has impressed Johnson-Lynch so far. “She has a nice arm. She’s a big body and she terminates really well,” Johnson-Lynch said. “I wasn’t sure if she’d be ready to do that as a freshman.” Johnson-Lynch has also been praising the physical play of middle back Tenisha Matlock.

Matlock doesn’t have a true position yet, but is believed to be effective at whatever position she settles into. Junior outside hitter Rachel Hockaday, who suffered a season-ending ACL tear in the first match last season, is back in the lineup for the Cyclones. “This is my first time going hard all the time,” Hockaday said of the first week of practice. “I’m definitely going to have to be patient, but it’s great just to be back out there.” Hockaday was able to get a medical redshirt, which means she still has two years of eligibility remaining. Coming off her injury, Hockaday feels good about the senior leadership on the team. Outside hitter Carly Jenson, defensive specialist Caitlin Mahoney, setter Kelsey Petersen and middle back Debbie Stadick make up the team’s senior core. Willms also has benefited early on from the play of the seniors. “They’re really big winners and are really helpful on the court,” Willms said. “I really look up to them. They just help me with the confidence.” With all the factors coming into play for the season, the first-round exit from the NCAA tournament is what’s driving the team the hardest. “You learn to not take anything for granted,” Straube said. “You never really know when the end is there. I never want to feel that again. It makes you appreciate all the wins along the way.”

Photo: Gene Pavelko/Iowa State Daily Jamie Straube tries to spike the ball past Rachel Hockaday on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Hilton Coliseum during the Cardinal and Gold scrimmage.

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Team starts season with intrasquad scrimmage By Dean.Berhow-Goll @iowastatedaily.com The No. 18 ISU volleyball team kicked off its season this Saturday with its Cardinal and Gold scrimmage at Hilton Coliseum. Players switched teams throughout the match to provide an opportunity for everyone to play together, with the Gold team winning the match 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 26-24, 26-24). Redshirt freshman Hannah Willms is coming into the 2011 campaign as the Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year, but freshman outside hitter Victoria Hurtt was the one who put on a show. “Victoria Hurtt always shows up to compete and I think that’s her best attribute, so I really appreciate that about her,” said coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “Willms can get on a roll because she’s so athletic, and toward the end of that match I thought she looked more comfortable and started to really take some

nice swings, so I think both are learning a lot but both have good potential.” Throughout the entire match, Hurtt dominated the outside, leading the team with a total of 18 kills. She also showcased her ability on the defensive side with seven digs and two solo blocks. “I was nervous before we started,” Hurtt said. “But it was fun, it turned out really good and I had a good time.” Along with Hurtt’s total in kills, sophomore Hannah Johnson had 13 and Willms added 11. Sophomore libero Kristen Hahn led the way defensively with 26 digs, while freshman Taylor Goetz added 18. Preseason All-Big 12 junior Alison Landwehr led the Cyclones with 41 assists on the offensive side. After a long offseason of rehabbing and training, redshirt junior Rachel Hockaday made her highly anticipated return to Hilton Coliseum, tallying seven kills.

“It feels good to be back, especially to be back in Hilton,” Hockaday said. “It was a long year last year, so I’m just so thankful to be back playing with the team.” A lot of things could be seen at Hilton on Saturday, from the young talent in Willms and Hurtt to the senior leadership and even Caitlin Mahoney’s jump-serve, but there are still a lot of things up in the air. “I’d give us about a C or maybe a C-,” Johnson-Lynch said. “We blocked really well so that was encouraging to see and I think we should be a really good blocking team. I think that should be our strength and it was, so that was good to see. But there are a lot of other areas where we need a lot of work. We still have a lot of question marks in terms of lineup.” The Cyclones kick off the regular season this weekend in Dekalb, Ill., at the Northern Illinois Invitational. They will play Cincinnati, IUPUI and host Northern Illinois.

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Photo courtesy of Andrea Melendez/The Des Moines Register The Iowa Corn Growers Association displays the new Cy-Hawk trophy Friday at the Iowa State Fair. The old trophy represented a football player holding out a stiff arm and a golden football.

Cy-Hawk series unveils new trophy By Dean.Berhow-Goll @iowastatedaily.com On September 17, 1977, the Iowa Hawkeyes took home the very first Cy-Hawk trophy. This year at Jack Trice Stadium, the winner of the Cy-Hawk series will be taking home a much different trophy. “We just announced a new tradition with our CyHawk trophy,” said Steve Malchow, senior associate athletic director for Iowa State. “I hope and expect that tradition to last a very long time.” The new trophy was unveiled at the Iowa State Fair by the Iowa Corn Growers Association on Thursday. It’s nothing like the old trophy, which had a football player holding out a stiff arm and a

golden football. The new trophy has a farmer kneeling down over a bushel of corn, his wife with a child in her arms and a young boy, intended to display the “agricultural and hardworking” aspect of Iowa, Malchow said. Already many fans don’t approve of the trophy. Only three days have passed since the trophy’s unveiling and there is already a “HATE THE NEW CYHAWK TROPHY” page on Facebook with more than 650 members. Even with all the controversy, Malchow doesn’t want fans get caught up in the hype. “It doesn’t matter what you’re playing for,” Malchow said. “The players want to run across the field, grab it and hoist it above their head.”

years. It was an arms race. The best gifts got the best players, who brought the biggest wins, which brought the biggest profit, which bought the best gifts. It culminated with the 1987 “death penalty” laid down on Southern Methodist University’s football program — which had been feeding gifts and money under the table to players and recruits for much of the decade — canceling the Mustangs’ 1987 football season and effectively killing the program, as a whole. In essence, the so-called death penalty — the NCAA’s right to ban competition for an entire season, if not more — was used to scare the rest of major college football into compliance with NCAA rules, most of which were broken and ignored by programs at the time. And, for the most part, it worked. It worked, that is, until the NCAA went soft. Once SMU was forced out of the 1987 season, it sat out the 1988 season to rebuild its decimated program as best it could. The Mustangs have had three winning seasons since their return in 1989, going 6-5 in 1997 and 7-5 in both 2009 and 2010. Seeing it had destroyed one of football-crazy Texas’ prouder football programs, the NCAA all but abandoned the death penalty, never wanting to have that effect on a program again. Despite its intentions, though, going soft was the last thing the NCAA ever should have done. After a relatively quiet period in the ‘90s, football programs are back to their old, scandalous ways, with no fear of retribution. Whether it be the two-year bowl ban, four-year probation and a loss of scholarships handed down to USC in 2010

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Photo: Gene Pavelko/Iowa State Daily Redshirt freshman Hannah Willms digs the ball Saturday, Aug. 20, at Hilton Coliseum in the Cardinal and Gold scrimmage. Willms was named the Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year.

or the two-year bowl ban, five-year probation and scholarship deduction Alabama faced in 2002 — the Crimson Tide came out OK, winning a championship in 2009 — the harshest punishments handed down in this decade seem to have done nothing to deter illegal behavior in other bigmoney programs. In 2011 alone, the NCAA has readily accepted selfimposed sanctions by five of its proudest football programs, among many more over the course of the decade, not to mention the fiasco on South Beach, whether or not claims made through Yahoo! Sports can be corroborated. So, what real consequence is there for major rules violations? As long as the NCAA allows programs like Miami

and Ohio State to self-report and self-impose sanctions, the Miamis and Ohio States will continue to treat players to the little luxuries — and, apparently, the big ones — in order to keep the best and brightest stars happy. Two years away out of postseason play is a slap on the wrist for a program like Alabama or USC. Scholarship reductions don’t do much to clean up programs, either. If NCAA President Mark Emmert is serious about cleaning up the image and function of his major college sports — and, by the looks of it, he should be — it’s time for him to start coming down hard on programs, big or small, for the biggest and baddest of violations. The death penalty isn’t

necessary — or even reasonable — in even the most extreme cases. But maybe, just maybe, it’s time for the NCAA to stop coddling its programs. Fear is a great motivator, and nothing will scare big programs more than seeing Emmert come down hard on a program like Miami. A severe penalty — something like cutting 30 scholarships per year or a 10-year bowl ban — won’t magically make the problem go away without a commitment from Emmert and the NCAA to consistently punish the guilty. It won’t be the death penalty, but it sure will sound that way to Ohio State, Oklahoma and Florida. And you can bet your ass it’ll get their attention.

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Soccer

Cyclones take advantage of opportunities, improve to 2-0

By Cory.Weaver @iowastatedaily.com It wasn’t exactly what coach Wendy Dillinger was hoping for, but the ISU soccer team got past some early struggles for a 2-0 win over Northern Illinois. “We just competed, we battled, we didn’t back down, we didn’t give up,” Dillinger said. “We still have a lot of work to do. Today was not a good showing.” One aspect of the game Dillinger focused on last season was taking advantage of the opportunities they were given and turning those chances into points on the scoreboard, and the Cyclones (2-0-0) did just that Sunday. “It’s good because when we get the opportunities that we create, we’re able to finish them and then that puts us ahead, and it leaves room for error,” said midfielder Emily Goldstein. “Let’s say we mess up in the back and they score a goal. At least we aren’t down, and it’s easier to play tied or up rather than playing down and coming back, so finishing those opportunities has really been good for us.”

Photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily Iowa State’s Jennifer Dominguez goes for the ball during the Cyclones’ game against Northern Illinois on Sunday, Aug. 21. The Cyclones won 2-0 and improved to 2-0-0.

Early on in the first half, Goldstein crossed the ball into the box and, after a blocked shot off NIU keeper Amy Carr, sophomore forward Jennifer

Dominguez crashed the net for the score. “Britt [Morgan] tried to get a touch on the ball,” Dominguez said.

“It kind of bounced my way and I just kind of slid in and hit it in the back of the net.” Last season, Dominguez had to

wait until midway through the season before netting her first career goal in a game against Oklahoma, and she said getting the first one out of the way this year was a relief. “It’s a huge weight,” Dominguez said. “I had been out for the whole entire week kind of with a little injury, so I think it was me wanting to get back into the game and hungry just to get in there and score.” The Cyclones took advantage of another opportunity later on in the first half and were able to turn it into their second goal of the game, but this time it came off the foot of freshman defender Ashley Johnson. Johnson received a pass from fellow freshman Alyssa Elver in the 37th minute and didn’t think twice about firing a shot at the goal from 25 yards out. “I’m used to taking shots farther out, and Alyssa had a great ball to me, so I just took it,” Johnson said. “I really wasn’t thinking about it.” Iowa State out-shot Northern Illinois 12-9 in the game and had five corner kicks to the Huskies’ one, while freshman keeper Maddie Jobe made four saves for her second shutout of the season.

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NFL

2 men shot in San Francisco after 49ers-Raiders game

SAN FRANCISCO — A man wearing a shirt slamming the San Francisco 49ers was seriously wounded as gunfire erupted in the parking lot after the team’s NFL preseason game, while another man sustained lesser injuries in an earlier shooting, police said. The violence occurred after the 49ers’ 17-3 victory Saturday night over the Oakland Raiders at Candlestick Park, said police Sgt. Michael Andraychak. A 24-year-old man was treated at San Francisco General Hospital for lifethreatening injuries, and a 20-year-old man was hospitalized with less serious wounds, Andraychack told The Associated Press. Their names were not released. The violence comes months after a San Francisco Giants fan was severely beaten by two men in Los Angeles Dodgers gear outside Dodger Stadium after the teams’ season opener March 31. Two suspects have been charged in the case. Police Sgt. Frank Harrell said that in Saturday’s attack the 24-year-old man, who was wearing a T-shirt referring to the 49ers with an obscenity, was shot two to four times in the stomach, according to reports in the Oakland Tribune and the San Francisco

Chronicle. He drove his truck to a gate and stumbled to security, Harrell said. The other man was shot before that in the parking lot and had superficial face injuries, Harrell said. “We are treating it as separate shootings, but we believe they are related,” Harrell told reporters outside the stadium. Harrell said police took a man in a Raiders jersey off a party bus before it left the stadium and were calling him a suspect. The suspect and the two victims had all attended the game, Harrell told the newspapers. The 49ers issued a statement acknowledging the shootings and the investigation, but offering no further details. In violence during the game, the Oakland Tribune reported that a 26-year-old San Rafael man was assaulted and knocked unconscious in a men’s restroom. Police said he was hospitalized and a suspect was arrested. There was no immediate indication that it was connected to the postgame shootings. In the Giants fan attack in March, the two men accused in the beating, Louie Sanchez, 28, and Marvin Norwood, 30,

>>PRYOR.p1C Pryor said Saturday there would be no appeal. “I’d like to thank the commissioner, Mr. (Roger) Goodell, for giving me the opportunity to play in the NFL,” he said.

Photo: Michael Macor/The Associated Press Police officers investigate the scene of a shooting just outside of lot L at Candlestick Park, where the San Francisco 49ers had just finished playing the Oakland Raiders in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday.

have pleaded not guilty. Bryan Stow, a Santa Cruz paramedic, suffered severe brain injuries and remains hospitalized. The Associated Press

“It’s a dream of mine to play quarterback here. We will not appeal. I’ll serve (the suspension), along with my senior Buckeye buddies, because I did a wrong thing when I was young and I must serve it.” —The Associated Press

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Libya

China’s US assets ‘safe,’ Biden tells students By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press CHENGDU, China — Vice President Joe Biden wrapped up a visit to China on Sunday that offered him extensive face-time with the country’s expected future leader, Xi Jinping, and delivered a strong message of U.S. mutual interdependence with the world’s second-largest economy. Biden also made the case for continued U.S. economic vitality despite current budget woes and sought to reassure China’s leaders and ordinary citizens about the safety of their assets in the United States following the downgrading of America’s credit rating. “You’re safe,” Biden told students in a question-and-answer session following a speech at Sichuan University in the southwestern city of Chengdu. An official Xinhua News Agency commentary on Biden’s visit said Sunday that China would be looking for actions, rather than words, from the U.S. government to restore confidence

in the American economy by gradually reducing the deficit, cutting debt and promoting economic growth. “What is especially important is to let the world see that the U.S. government and relevant departments have the determination, ability and political aspiration to take actions to resolve these complicated issues,” the commentary said. Biden and Xi, China’s vice president who is expected to begin taking over the top leadership next year, later visited a high school that was rebuilt after the devastating 2008 earthquake, partly with the help of U.S. government and private assistance. In his remarks to students, Biden emphasized the frequent exchanges between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao along with government officials in the political and economic field. He said there needed to be more contacts between their civilian and military leaders over security issues, especially on cybersecurity and maritime issues where the sides view matters from different perspectives.

“Our generals should be talking to each other as frequently as our diplomats,” said Biden, who held formal talks with Xi and President Hu Jintao during his five-day visit. Military-to-military exchanges have a troubled history, with China suspending them to register its anger at U.S. actions on the political front or toward Taiwan, the U.S. ally Beijing claims as its own territory. Though revived last year, they face a new threat when the U.S. announces on Oct. 1 whether it will provide new F-16 warplanes to the island. Biden said the U.S. and China both need global stability, including preventing Iran and North Korea from obtaining nuclear weapons. He also reasserted that the U.S. will remain a Pacific nation in the future, saying that the American presence has benefited regional stability and allowed China to focus on economic development. Biden said he recognized frustrations among many Chinese businesspeople and officials at the time needed to obtain visas to visit the U.S. and said Washington was working on

improvements. Addressing complaints over restrictions on high-tech exports to China, he said Washington had struck 1,000 items off the blacklist. But he said U.S. companies continue to face major investment barriers in China, a frequent complaint in the U.S. business community here. He said U.S. businesses were locked out of entire fields and face “restrictions that no other major economy imposes on us or so broadly.” Rather than fearing Chinese competition, the U.S. relishes the pressure to become more competitive and hopes for continued Chinese prosperity, with the $110 billion in U.S. exports to China last year generating hundreds of thousands of jobs, Biden said. China’s concerns over its $1.2 trillion in U.S. Treasury holdings have featured high in the media and national consciousness, underscored by squabbles over raising the U.S. debt ceiling and downgrading of America’s credit rating. However, Biden noted that the interest rate on Treasurys fell following the downgrade, making them more sought-after than ever.

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TEHRAN, Iran — Relatives of two American men arrested more than two years ago in Iran said Sunday that the news they had received eight-year prison sentences for spying hit them hard, but they remain hopeful the men will eventually be released. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were sentenced Saturday to three years for illegal entry into Iran and five years for spying for the United States. The two were arrested in July 2009 near the IraqIran border along with a third American, Sarah Shourd, who was released in September on $500,000 bail and returned to the U.S. All three deny the charges, saying they were only hiking near the ill-defined border. Samantha Topping, spokeswoman for Bauer and Fattal’s families, sent a statement Sunday, saying their relatives had received confirmation of their sentences. “Of the 751 days of Shane and Josh’s imprisonment, yesterday and today have been the most difficult for our families,” it said. “Shane and Josh are innocent and have never posed any threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran, its government or its people.” But the statement also said the families still hoped the two would be released, based on remarks from Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. He said earlier this month that he hoped “the trial of the two American defendants who were detained for the crime of illegally entering Iran will finally lead to their freedom.” The families had been hoping that meant the men would be set free during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when pardons are traditionally handed down. Their Sunday statement appealed “to the authorities in Iran to show compassion and allow them to return home to our families without delay. “We also ask everyone around the world who trusts in the benevolence of the Iranian people and their leaders to join us in praying that Shane and

Josh will now be released,” it said. The gap between words by Salehi and the verdict indicates increasing rift between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration and hardline judiciary, controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who has final say on all state matters. The Americans’ Iranian lawyer, Masoud Shafiei, told The Associated Press on Sunday that his clients were innocent and he would appeal the verdict and sentences. “I will use entire legal capacity to defend them,” he said. Under Iranian law, a conviction on espionage can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence, while a sentence for illegal entry can run from six months to three years in jail. The terms are often significantly reduced upon appeal. Shafiei said Bauer and Fattal were notified about the court ruling in prison on Saturday by Iranian authorities. Iranian state TV first reported the verdict Saturday. On Sunday, Tehran’s chief prosecutor Jafari Dowlatabadi confirmed the sentences and said the Americans have 20 days to appeal. He also said that Shourd’s case “is still open and will be tried in absentia.” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. is “deeply disappointed” by the sentences and the men have the nation’s and President Barack Obama’s “unflagging support.” “We continue to call and work for their immediate release — it is time for them to return home and be reunited with their families,” she said. Ahmad Bakhshayesh, a professor of politics in Tehran Azad University, believes the men’s sentences are a message to the U.S. that “Iran is trying to relay a tit-for-tat message to Washington that we sentence Americans as you did it against Iranian nationals in the U.S.” Over the past months, Iran has brought up the cases of several Iranians being held in U.S. custody particularly a young woman named Shahrazad Mir Gholikhan.

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United Kingdom

UK police say masked men shot at officers during riots LONDON — Masked men fired gunshots at unarmed officers and a police helicopter during this month’s riots in the English city of Birmingham, the city’s police force announced. West Midlands Police on Saturday released footage of the men firing shots during the riots on Aug. 9, and said 11 shots were fired. Chief Constable Chris Sims called it “a con-

certed and organized attempt to kill or injure police officers” and appealed for people to help police catch the gunmen. Police also said Saturday they had arrested two more suspects over the deaths of three men run down by a car in Birmingham as they protected shops from looters. A 33-year-old man was arrested Friday and

later released on bail. A 28-year-old man was detained Saturday. The arrests bring to nine the number of people arrested over the deaths of Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31. Four have been charged with murder. More than 1,300 people have been charged over the riots that flared in London and other

English cities over four nights, and two-thirds of them have been jailed. The flood of inmates has brought the total prison population in England and Wales to a record 86,654, according to official figures — 1,500 below the countries’ operational capacity. The Associated Press

India

Haiti

Elephant polo match canceled amid animal-rights protest

US Navy ship in Haiti to seek safe haven from hurricane

JAIPUR, India — An elephant polo match has been canceled in the northern Indian city of Jaipur after animal-rights activists objected that the sport was cruel to the animals. The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called the cancellation of Sunday’s elephant polo match “a victory for the elephants.” Beer giant Carlsberg India had yanked its sponsorship of the Polo Cup in the northern state of Rajasthan after protests, Jaipur District Magistrate Naveen Mahajan said. Officials also noted the el-

ephants were not properly registered as performing animals. Polo played on elephants instead of horses is a popular novelty sport in Nepal, India, and Thailand, and it has been staged in Jaipur for about four decades. Activists say polo-playing elephants, however, are trained to follow directions through harsh means including being poked with metal rods and hooks. Elephants are protected in India, where there are more than two dozen sanctuaries for wild tuskers. The Associated Press

Photo: The Accociated Press Animal-rights activists gained a “victory” in the cacellation of Sunday’s elephant polo match, a popular event in India. Activists say polo-playing elephants are trained through harsh means.

P O RT- AU - P R I N C E , Haiti — An enormous U.S. Navy hospital ship will suspend operations off the coast of Haiti’s capital in advance of Tropical Storm Irene. A Sunday statement from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince said Navy commanders have directed the Baltimore-based crew of the USNS Comfort to seek safe haven until the storm has passed. Irene is forecasted to strengthen into a hurri-

cane by Monday as it nears the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. The 894-foot hospital ship will remain in the area while damage assessments are conducted. It arrived in Port-auPrince on Aug. 18 at the close of a five-month goodwill mission to several countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. The Associated Press

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Egypt

‘Flagman’ becomes instant hero at protest By Aya Batrawy The Associated Press CAIRO — With the Egyptian flag draped over his shoulder, a carpenter carefully climbed up the 21-story Israeli Embassy in Cairo on his way to becoming an instant hero to millions across the Arab world. “Keep going, keep going!” an awe-struck crowd below yelled at dawn Sunday, craning their necks to watch him. When he reached the top, Ahmed al-Shahat ripped down Israel’s blue-and-white flag and replaced it with Egypt’s red, white and black. Thousands of protesters cheered; fireworks went off. And so was born “flagman,” a figure who resonates with Egyptians angry not only with Israel’s killing of five Egyptian policemen on Thursday, but with Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and their own government’s decades-long support of Israel under Hosni Mubarak’s ousted regime. Fireworks were set off after al-Shahat took down the flag, in a symbolic eruption of decades of pent-up frustration. Within minutes, Twitter was abuzz with people writing about al-Shahat, making “flagman” one of the most popular phrases on the website. Shaky video recorded on mobile phones of him climbing the building received thousands of hits on YouTube. Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff received more than 1.5 million visits to his website after posting his latest creation: Ahmed al-Shahat as Spider-Man, in a suit with the Egyptian flag’s colors.

Photo: Khalil Hamra/The Associated Press Egyptian carpenter Ahmed al-Shahat waves the Egyptian national flag as he stands on top of a street lamp in Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt.

The attention echoed that given to Iraq’s “shoeman” — the man who flung his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Iraq in 2008. “What he did was so amazing because it was so simple and spontaneous,” said activist and photographer Lilian Wagdy. “After the revolu-

tion people don’t believe there should be concessions to an apartheid regime and what he did was take action in reshaping the official stance.” Egyptian military police in riot gear stood watching al-Shahat’s symbolic act. One even helped hoist al-Shahat above a car to wave to the crowd after his descent.

By late Sunday, the Egyptian flag remained hoisted above the Israeli Embassy, which had no immediate comment about the incident. The Israeli envoy is away on vacation. “Millions of Arabs want to pull that flag. When I pulled the flag it ripped accidentally, but it was burned below,” al-Shahat said after climbing down. He was speaking to Al-Jazeera’s live broadcast channel for Egypt. Thousands of protesters have rallied outside the embassy since five Egyptian policemen were killed by Israeli gunfire in Egypt’s Sinai late Thursday. The incident took place after Israel said Palestinian militants crossed from Egypt to carry out a series of deadly ambushes in southern Israel. Militants in Gaza have agreed to cease-fire with Israel in an agreement brokered by Egypt, a senior official for Hamas, which rules in Gaza, said Sunday. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said his country is sorry for the deaths of the policemen. Cairo said the apology was welcome, but not enough. Protesters want Israel’s ambassador in Egypt expelled and the Egyptian ambassador to Israel recalled. “The path to Jerusalem leads through Cairo,” chanted activists outside the embassy. The April 6th Youth Movement, one of the main organizers of the Egyptian uprising that led to Mubarak’s downfall in February, said in a statement that al-Shahat’s actions were “a new blow by the people to Israel and the United States and its failed diplomacy.”

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Korean leader tours Russian power plant By Hyung-Jin Kim and Lynn Berry The Associated Press MOSCOW — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il toured a hydroelectric plant Sunday as his train traveled through Russia’s Far East on his first visit to the Cold War-era ally in nine years. Kim crossed into Russia on his armored train Saturday at the invitation of President Dmitry Medvedev, with the two leaders expected to meet later in the week to discuss the restart of nuclear disarmament talks and the construction of a pipeline that would stream Russian natural gas to North and South Korea. The train stopped in the Russian border city of Khasan, where Kim was greeted, apparently on board, by senior Russian officials, including Viktor Ishayev, presidential envoy to the Far East region of Russia, according to Russian and North Korean state news agencies. Kim’s train then continued its secretive journey west along the TransSiberian Railway, stopping briefly early Sunday at the Khabarovsk railway station. Television footage obtained by The Associated Press showed policemen with dogs checking the rails and blocking access to the platform as the train arrived. Kim was first seen later Sunday when he left his train in the small Bureya railway station in the Amur province, where he was welcomed by officials and by two women in traditional red Russian costumes offering him bread and salt. During the stop, he toured a hydroelectric power plant and its 456-foot dam on the Bureya River. A regional news agency, PortAmur, posted some of the only photographs of Kim’s visit, during which he signed a guest book

and watched a film about the power plant, where construction was completed in 2009. Kim wore his trademark Maostyle khaki jumpsuit, and in all but one of the photographs he is seen wearing dark sunglasses. He traded them for regular eyeglasses when presented with a framed picture as a gift. Russia has proposed transmitting surplus electricity produced by the Amur plant to South Korea via North Korea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. Kim traveled to the hydro-electric plant from the railway station in an armored Mercedes that is being transported on his train, Russian state news agencies reported. RIA Novosti said Kim’s train consists of 17 rail cars, plus four Russian cars that were added on in Khasan to transport Ishayev, who is traveling with Kim, and also Russian security guards and service personnel. Kim told Russian officials that he was pleased to see the achievements of the Russian people and thanked them for warmly welcoming him, the official Korean Central News Agency reported from Pyongyang. Kim’s visit to Russia comes amid signs that North Korea is increasing efforts to secure aid and restart stalled six-nation disarmament negotiations aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program in return for aid and other concessions. Russia announced Friday that it was providing food assistance, including some 50,000 tons of wheat, to the North, which might face another food crisis due to heavy rains. The 69-year-old Kim traveled to China in May in a trip seen by many as an attempt to secure aid, investment and support for a transfer of power to his youngest son Kim Jong Un. It was Kim’s third visit to his country’s clos-

Photo: Vincent Yu/The Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Il salutes soldiers while watching a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation’s ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea.

est ally in just over a year. Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said that Kim is now also seeking Russia’s support for the father-to-son power transfer. However, the younger Kim’s name wasn’t in the KCNA dispatch that listed top officials who were accompanying Kim on his Russia trip. Among the officials who were listed were defense chief Kim Yong Chun; Kang Sok Ju, Kim’s key foreign policy adviser and vice premier; and Jang Song Thaek,

Kim’s brother-in-law and a vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission. Russian state news channel Rossiya 24 reported that Medvedev will meet Kim in Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia, a Buddhist province near Lake Baikal. Kim would have to travel about 1,860 miles on the TransSiberian Railway along the borders with China and Mongolia to reach Ulan-Ude from Khasan. Yonhap said Kim’s train left Amur for Ulan Ude later Sunday and his

summit with Medvedev will take place Tuesday at an army base. The Kremlin press service said Kim’s trip, expected to last about a week, would take him into eastern Siberia and that a meeting with Medvedev would be the main event of his visit. No other details have been released. Kim last visited Russia in 2002, a four-day trip limited to the Far East. A year earlier, however, he made a 24-day train trek across the country to Moscow and back.

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Collector turns possessions into hobby By Paige.Godden @iowastatedaily.com Comic book enthusiasts now have a new venue in Ames to purchase collectable statues and a wide array of books. A collection of more than 500 comic books predating 1985 that have been gathered from conventions held across the United States are available to consumers at Old Curmudgeon Comics on Mortensen Road. Owner Chris Pellack, a 12-year resident of Ames, said he has been interested in comics since his older brother left his collection at their childhood home when he went to college. Pellack said he considers the comics in his shop his hobby. “It’s not really a collection if I sell them,” Pellack said, “It’s turned into my hobby.” He said his prized possession is his Captain America shield he has had signed by Stan Lee and Evan Dorkin, among others. Pellack said he has previously worked for Mayhem Comics and Games, but he

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