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Running back Blankenship will transfer to Ohio Former ISU running back Beau Blankenship has decided he will transfer, ISU coach Paul Rhoads confirmed Wednesday after practice. Blankenship will transfer to the University of Ohio and be a walk-on for the Bobcats. “We wish him all the best,” Rhoads said. “He was in open communication with me the whole time about what he wanted to do.” Blankenship was hobbled by an ankle injury throughout fall camp and was going to primarily be a special teams contributor for the Cyclones when they start play Thursday. Rhoads said Blankenship desired an opportunity to see more time on the field as a running back, an opportunity

he will likely have at Ohio. Blankenship was listed behind redshirt freshman Jeff Woody at running back on the team’s most recent Blankenship depth chart. The Norman, Okla., native saw plenty of action in six games last season, primarily on special teams. He had four carries for 11 yards in 2009. “What he’s given to this program has been fantastic in the year here and there’s no ill will whatsoever,” Rhoads said. — Daily Staff

Ben Lamaak of the Iowa State Cyclones. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

Offensive line sees improvement

Returning starters apply experience to new plays, ready to take on defenses By Jake.Lovett iowastatedaily.com

By now, you know about Iowa State’s skill players. There’s experience and depth at running back and receiver, and quarterback Austen Arnaud has more options than ever in his third year starting under center. For Arnaud and those weapons to be successful, though, there has to be success up front. “If you’re not playing well up there, it’s hard

to gauge where you’re at, at any point of the season,” said offensive coordinator Tom Herman. “Because it’s really hard at quarterback and at running back to try and get a full grasp of what you’re trying to do Lamaak when you’re running for your life or things aren’t blocked right.” The offensive line returns three starters from last year’s unit that paved the way for the third-best rushing attack in the Big 12. Gone, though, is All-Big 12 performer Reggie Stephens. In his place at center is Ben Lamaak, the starter at right guard during the 2009 campaign. “You don’t replace Reggie,” said offensive

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line coach Bill Bliel. “You just hope to bring somebody that can some day get to that point. Ben is playing really well. You obviously want your best inside guy at center, and that’s what we have right now.” Osemele Lamaak, a senior, has 33 career starts, splitting time at tackle and guard. When the Cedar Rapids native arrived at Iowa State, he was a 225-pound tight end, much different from the 320-pound center he is now. However, starting his career as a tight end has given Lamaak an advantage over his predecessor. “If Reggie reads this, he’ll kill me, but in athletic ability Ben’s probably a little bit more ath-

letic,” Herman said. “And I think Ben’s almost to the point where he’s understanding and grasping the offense and directing traffic the way that Reggie used to.” There is one area, though, that Stephens held an advantage over Lamaak. “The thing we’re still trying to get Ben to do is lead like Reggie led,” Herman said. “Reggie was a tremendous vocal and nonverbal leader, and Ben’s got to assume that role a little bit more.” Even with the coordinator’s concern, Lamaak’s position coach said he feels good about the leadership of the front five. He did say, though, that getting to this point has taken awhile. “We’re about to the point in camp where you’re starting to feel good about it,” Bliel said

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Volleyball

Hot off win, Cyclones Johnson-Lynch leads face Montana, Nevada team to first challenge in weekend tournament Showcase tournament features nation’s leading teams By Dan.Tracy iowastatedaily.com

By Cory.Weaver iowastatedaily.com The Cyclone soccer team is trailblazing west Wednesday, unbeaten. After a tie against Drake and their first win of the season at Northern Iowa, the women’s soccer team is heading up north for the University of Montana Tournament in Missoula, Mont. to take on Montana (0-1-1) and Nevada (0-1-1). Both teams are going into the weekend winless, but the Cyclones (1-01) are still treating the game like any other. It’s still early. The struggle of putting goals in the net plagued Iowa State in their first game against Drake. Fortunately, they found their groove against Northern Iowa and hope to keep that going. “In the first weekend we did a pretty good job possessing the ball and moving the ball, and the thing that has been lacking is the urgency to score; something that we finally got our hands around after UNI tied the game on the PK. The urgency definitely picked up,” said coach Wendy Dillinger. They emphasized that urgency in training Tuesday and Wednesday as well, Dillinger said. As for the game plan for Montana and Nevada, “Score early and score often,” Dillinger said with a smile. The Montana Grizzlies have dangerous outside midfielders who can both be difference makers if not accounted for. “If we let them get behind our back line, they’ll give us troubles,” Dillinger said. “That’s the main focus defensively, to keep those two kids from getting involved.” Montana also has 14 freshmen on their roster, a similarity Iowa State won’t share with too many opponents this season. Nevada is on the back burner for now for the Cyclones as they won’t play them until Sunday, but they will take a look at them once the game gets closer. Even though Nevada doesn’t have a win yet either, they have kept

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vs. Iowa State (1-0-1)

Montana (0-1-1)

Where: South Campus Stadium, Missoula, Mont. When: 7 p.m. Friday Media coverage: Live stats: cyclones.com Notes: Iowa State leads the all-time series with Montana 2-0. ISU coach Wendy Dillinger is one win shy of 100 career victories. Dillinger, in her ninth season, has a 99-46-14 career record.

Beginning her sixth year as coach of the ISU women’s volleyball team, Christy JohnsonLynch has become quite adept at getting her team to achieve program firsts. Johnson-Lynch has coached Iowa State’s first three All-Americans, helped earn its first national ranking, led the Cyclones all the way to their first Sweet Sixteen in 2007 and first Elite Eight appearance in 2008. Along with their highest preseason ranking in school-

history, the No. 9 Cyclones will begin their season, for the first time, at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., for the Runza/ AVCA Showcase. In its 16th season as the premiere opening-weekend tournament in college volleyball, the Showcase will feature 4 of the top 15 preseason nationally ranked teams in the country, No. 2 Nebraska, No. 9 Iowa State, No. 13 Florida and No. 14 Kentucky. “I was really excited when we got the invitation, it was something that we’ve been pushing for and hoping for,” Johnson-Lynch said. “It’s such

Iowa State is unbeaten through two games this fall, but the 2009 Cyclones went seven games without a loss, the best start in their history.

vs. Iowa State (1-0-1)

Nevada (0-1-1)

Where: South Campus Stadium, Missoula, Mont. When: 12 p.m. Saturday Media coverage: Live stats: cyclones.com Notes: The Cyclones hold a 1-0 series lead all time against Nevada. Iowa State beat the Wolfpack 2-1 in a match played in the UNLV Rebel Classic in Las Vegas on Sept. 21, 2007. The tournament in Montana signifies the start of a three-week stretch with two games each weekend, including trips to Omaha, Neb., and Illinois. Iowa State has never played a game at Montana.

Defensive specialist and libero Ashley Mass digs the ball Saturday. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

a prestigious tournament, we are playing two great opponents and I think it’s a perfect opportunity for our team.” All four teams are coming off trips to the NCAA tournament in 2009 with Iowa State, Florida and Kentucky all reaching the Sweet Sixteen and Nebraska advancing to the Elite Eight before falling to eventual NCAA runner-up Texas. The Showcase will feature four matches with both Big 12 teams squaring off against the two SEC squads. Iowa State is 7-117 all-time against top 15 ranked opponents with all seven of those wins coming in the last five seasons. “I think it’s a great opportunity to be playing top 15 teams right away off the bat because it will be a challenge; but exciting,” said senior libero Ashley Mass. Saturday’s play begins at 2 p.m. when the Cyclones take on the No. 13 Florida Gators. ISU volleyball fans will recognize a familiar face on the Florida sideline as former ISU coach Mary Wise begins her 20th season with the Gators. With 603 wins to only 67 losses at Florida, Wise has helped lead the Gators to 19 consecutive 25-win seasons; the nation’s longest such streak. Wise, who went by her maiden name Fischl during her four-year tenure at Iowa State, is looking forward to taking on the Cyclones for the third time in her career and the

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Basketball Hilton exhibit will honor coach This winter, Iowa State will honor one of its most popular and successful coaches in the history of ISU athletics. Johnny’s will be a sports bar-themed area opening inside Hilton Coliseum this winter, named after Johnny Orr. Orr was the ISU men’s basketball coach from 1980-1981 ORR to 1993-1994, and is the winningest coach in the school’s history. Under Orr, the Cyclones played in six NCAA Tournaments. “The memories from coach Orr’s era are very special to all Cyclones and we thought it was important to showcase those achievements in a public and permanent fashion,â€? said Jamie Pollard, director of athletics, in a news release. “Part of the display will be a life-sized statue of coach Orr in the Hilton Coliseum concourse, as well as several trophy cases with memorabilia from his tenure.â€? The new gathering area for donors will be located on the east side of Hilton in the space that was men’s and women’s basketball coaches’ offices. The release said Johnny’s will have a capacity of 500, and pieces of the game oor from State Gym will be used as the ooring. “We talked to numerous individuals about how best to honor coach Orr, and the overwhelming feedback was to do something unique that allowed both young and old Cyclone fans the opportunity to celebrate the Johnny Orr era,â€? Pollard said. “This is a ďŹ tting tribute, and will allow Cyclone fans the opportunity to enjoy coach Orr’s legacy forever.â€?

>>FOOTBALL.p1B after practice last week. “I think he is doing a great job of running the show out there, and controlling everything and getting everybody directed.â€? Aiding in that, though, is the fact Lamaak isn’t the only one with experience slated to start up front when the Cyclones kick off the Alvarez season Sept. 2. Senior Alex Alvarez and junior Kelechi Osemele, known as “KOâ€? to coaches and teammates, are the other two returning starters and will anchor the left side of the line. Meanwhile, Hayworth Hicks returns from an injury that forced him to miss all of 2009 after playing in all 12 games in 2008. Brayden Burris, a backup who played in 12 games as a true freshman last season, will replace Scott Haughton at right tackle after his dismissal from the team in May. “We keep improving every day,â€? Lamaak said. “It’s fun to play with guys that know what they’re doing and can go out there and make plays. It’s fun to watch.â€? Despite the experience of all ďŹ ve starters on the line, Osemele was the hot topic during fall camp. The 6-foot-5inch, 335-pound left tackle will protect Arnaud’s blind side after earning second-team All-Big 12 honors last season. “It’s great playing with KO,â€? Lamaak said. “He’s big, he’s strong, he’s physical, he can move and he just loves the game.â€? Lamaak called Osemele nasty at left tackle, something that isn’t traditionally a trait on the outside of the line. Herman labeled the left tackle position as more of a ďŹ nesse-oriented position. He also said, though, that Osemele brings a “new dimensionâ€? to the position due to his style of play. “He’s like a nose guard playing left tackle because he’s so physical,â€? Herman said. “He’s able to have the feet and the change of direction to make plays in space, but also when he locks on you, you’re locked on.â€? Outside the loss of Stephens and Haughton, not much has changed up front. Osemele, Lamaak and the others hope to build off their successes in 2009. Because of that experience, they believe they can hold their own against the tough defenses the ISU offense will go against this season. “They’re coming off a pretty good fall last year, and we had some success,â€? Bliel said. “Hopefully, we can grow and keep getting better with depth, and it looks like the young guys are playing well.â€?

Senior midďŹ elder Jordan Bishop dribbles the ball while her opponent fails to tackle it away during the match against Drake on Friday in Ankeny. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

>>SOCCER.p12 both games close with a 0-0 tie to Chico State in an exhibition game and a 0-1 loss to St. Mary’s. This tournament marks the start of a six-game road stint spanning the next three weekends in which they will play Montana and Nevada in Montana; Creighton and North Dakota State in Nebraska; and ďŹ nally Loyola-Chicago and Illinois State in neighboring Illinois. One might think such a long span of away games could be detrimental to a team, especially because of the youth up and down the roster. However, all the ďŹ eld jumping the team has done practicing in Ankeny, Ames High School and Iowa State’s Bergstrom Indoor Facility should make it easier to deal with. In addition, the club schedules for the Cyclone freshmen pri-

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PGA

Investigation

Woods plays his best round of year

Minnesota high school football team suspended following hazing claim

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press PARAMUS, N.J. — Tiger Woods finally looked like the No. 1 player in the world. In his first tournament since his divorce, he played by far his best round of the year Thursday at The Barclays, missing only one fairway and three greens in a 6-under 65 for providing for his lowest score this year. That put Woods in front with Vaughn Taylor as the early group of players were still finishing the opening round. “It feels good to be able to control my ball all day like this,” Woods said. If he keeps the lead, it would be the first time he would be in such position after any round since his Australian Masters victory at the end of last year, and the first time on the PGA Tour since the second round of the Tour Championship last year. So much has changed since — the car crash after Thanksgiving night, the revelations of adultery, five months away from the game and a broken marriage, which officially ended Monday. His golf hasn’t been very good, either, which is why Woods began the FedEx Cup playoffs 112th out of 125 players. This was his lowest score in 46 rounds, dating to a 62 in the BMW Championship last year, and the timing could not have been better. He needs a strong week — starting with making

the cut — to advance out of the first round of the playoffs. And while Woods is quick to acknowledge that it was just one round, he could not have asked for a better start — 3-wood into the fairway, pitching wedge to 15 feet below the hole and a birdie. More followed, even on the par 5s, which have given Woods fits in recent months. He used his driver only twice, deciding that his 3-wood was enough to reach the corners at Ridgewood without having to take on the tops of trees that line the fairways. Plus, with saturated conditions from rain earlier in the week, tour officials allowed players to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairway. “With the ball in hand, it’s much more important to hit the fairways,” Woods said. It was the first time since the 2006 British Open at Royal Liverpool that he hit his 3-wood off the tee on every par 5. The two times he hit the driver turned out to be two of his best shots of the day. With no wind on the 291yard fifth hole, Woods hit a baby cut with his driver and knew it was good when the gallery packed in the grandstand behind the green let out a cheer that could be heard back on the tee. It landed pin-high and settled 15 feet away, and the eagle putt came up inches short. Easy birdies have been in short supply for Woods this year.

By Chris Williams The Associated Press

Tiger Woods hits a tee shot on the fifth hole during the first round of The Barclays golf tournament Thursday, in Paramus, N.J. Photo: Mel Evans/The Associated Press

The other drive came on the 18th, which he blasted more than 300 yards into the middle of the fairway. That left him a 7-iron that he hit to about 6 feet behind the hole for his 65. More than hitting into the fairway was the shape the shot required, and pulling it off. “It was just a low, bullet fade right around the corner,” he said. “It was just the shape of the shot, because it was different than most of the 3-woods

I played all day. I didn’t hold a single 3-wood. I was turning them over. Now, the shape of the driver in the complete opposite direction ... and I hadn’t hit a driver since the fifth hole.” Only the top 100 in the standings after this week are eligible for the Deutsche Bank Championship. “I figure if I win, I should be OK,” Woods said. For one of the few times this year, he had reason to believe that was possible.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Elk River High School varsity football program has been suspended while the school district investigates an allegation of hazing and police pursue their own criminal probe, police said. “We do have an open investigation. Detectives are involved with it,” said Elk River Capt. Bob Kluntz on Thursday. He said the district notified police about the allegation on Wednesday. Kluntz wouldn’t characterize the alleged hazing or provide further details, but said it could amount to criminal assault. A parent of a football player made a report to school officials Wednesday which prompted administrators to start interviewing athletes and reviewing the district’s anti-hazing rules, said district spokesman Casey Mahon. “It started coming out that there might be more to this than an isolated incident,” Mahon said Thursday. Superintendent Mark Bezek and the police were notified, he said. All 50 members of the football team were interviewed and “based on the scope and severity of what we saw” Bezek suspended the varsity football program pending the results of the district’s investigation, Mahon said. Bezek announced his decision Wednesday night at a meeting attended by about 200 students and athletes. In a prepared statement, he said, “I must emphasize that I am shocked and dismayed by these allegations. This district does not tolerate hazing or other unlawful activities.” The football team is prohibited from holding organized activities pending the outcome of a comprehensive review of the program, including coaches, by an outside lawyer hired by the district on Thursday, Mahon said. He also declined to characterize the nature of the alleged hazing. “The safety and security of our students has always been our number one priority,” Mahon said. “We are using the policies and rules and laws to guide us, but the most important thing is that kids in our schools are always safe.” Elk River school policy broadly defines hazing as any “act against a student, or coercing a student into committing an act, that creates a substantial risk of harm to a person, in order for the student to be initiated into or affiliated with a student organization, or for any other purpose.”

United Football League

NBA

Omaha UFL team must give Clarett support system

Hurricanes receive a surprise visit

By Eric Olson The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Maurice Clarett can’t sign with the Omaha Nighthawks until team shows it has a support system in place for the former Ohio State star, the commissioner of the United Football League said Thursday. “Just throwing him to the wolves, I wouldn’t be interested in that,” Michael Huyghue said. Clarett was the marquee running back in college football in 2002, leading Ohio State to its first national championship in 34 years. His star fell quickly amid myriad offthe-field troubles. He served 3 years in prison for having a hidden gun and holding up two people outside a bar, then spent another 4 months in a community-based, lockdown dormitory. Clarett called the Nighthawks recently to ask for a chance, and this week an Ohio judge granted him permission to leave the state to attend an individual workout.

A team spokesman said the workout hadn’t been scheduled yet. The five-team UFL is entering its second season. It touts itself as a league for young players who couldn’t quite make it in the NFL or veterans who are looking to get back to the league. Omaha’s roster features Pro Bowlers in quarterback Jeff Garcia and running back Ahman Green. If the Nighthawks want to sign Clarett, Huyghue said he would interview him to determine how sincere he is about making a football comeback. Huyghue said he would consider input from Nighthawks general manager Rick Mueller, coach Jeff Jagodzinski and veteran players. “You have to build an infrastructure because it’s a traumatic transition if you allow a player who spent three years in jail to come out and join a team,” Huyghue said. “It’s not just business as usual.” Green, an Omaha native who starred at Nebraska before his NFL days, plans to serve as Clarett’s mentor. He said Clarett seems likable and determined.

“From our few conversations, it sounds like he’s getting everything straight,” Green said. “He really wants to play. All we have to do is see what kind of shape he’s in and go from there.” Clarett attorneys Michael Hoague and Martin Midian didn’t immediately return phone messages Thursday. As a former NFL executive and player agent, Huyghue has been on both sides of issues involving troubled players. When he was senior vice president of football operations for the Jacksonville Jaguars, he considered but decided against signing Lawrence Phillips, a former Husker running back who had numerous run-ins with the law and is now in prison. Huyghue also is a former agent of Adam “Pac-Man” Jones, who was suspended by the NFL in 2007 and part of 2008 for his off-field conduct. Huyghue said he understands the public-relations risk his fledgling league would be taking by allowing Clarett to play. “It’s important for us not to tarnish the reputation of this league,” he said, “but we’re also a league of second chances.”

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — LeBron James went back to school Thursday, working out against the Miami Hurricanes. The NBA’s two-time reigning MVP and some of his new Miami Heat teammates made a surprise stop at the university’s basketball facility for some informal scrimmaging against the Hurricanes. James, Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller, Patrick Beverley and New Orleans guard Chris Paul — a close friend of James — played pickup for more than an hour. “Just left ‘The U’ hooping with the team ... needed that,” James posted on Twitter. Some of Miami’s players hadn’t been told beforehand that James and his crew would be popping in for a workout. James and the NBA players, including injured Heat guard Mario Chalmers, stayed afterward to pose for pictures. It’s not uncommon to see NBA players working out on Miami’s campus, especially

those who maintain offseason homes in South Florida. As far as the Hurricanes know, Thursday marked the first time James came for a visit since joining the Heat nearly two months ago. “No question, it’s great having those guys here,” Miami coach Frank Haith said. “It’s a great influence for our players. They’re some of the greatest players in the NBA, so it’s obviously great for our guys and our program.” James had a variety of eye-popping dunks during the pickup games, which were played without an audience — and with no video. The Hurricanes hope to see more of James, who has also been invited to see a Miami football game from its sideline anytime he wants — even if that happens to be Sept. 11, when the nation’s No. 13 team travels back to James’ homeland to face No. 2 Ohio State. The Associated Press

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Tennis

Federer could meet Soderling in US Open quarters By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press NEW YORK — If Roger Federer is going to achieve a seventh consecutive U.S. Open title match, he might need to get past the man who stopped his Grand Slam semifinal streak. Five-time U.S. Open champion Federer was given a possible quarterfinal against twotime French Open runner-up Robin Soderling in Thursday’s draw. The No. 5-seeded Soderling upset Federer in the quarterfinals in Paris this year, stopping Federer’s record run of reaching at least the semifinals at 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. The other men’s matchups in the quarterfinals could be No. 1-seeded Rafael Nadal against No. 8 Fernando Verdasco, two-time major finalist Andy Murray against Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych, and No. 3 Novak Djokovic against No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko or No. 9 Andy Roddick.

The top-seeded woman, 2009 runner-up Caroline Wozniacki, could face 2006 champion Maria Sharapova in the fourth round and 2004 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals. Other possible women’s quarterfinals set up Thursday are defending champion Kim Clijsters against French Open runner-up Sam Stosur, 200001 U.S. Open winner Venus Williams against French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, and 2008 U.S. Open finalist Jelena Jankovic against Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva. Murray, hoping to become the first British man since 1936 to win a Grand Slam title, could meet No. 20-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States in the fourth round. Another American, Wimbledon marathon man John Isner, is seeded 18th and also is in that quarter of the draw. In the semifinals, Murray was drawn to meet Nadal, who lost in that round in New York

Tennis player Roger Federer reacts Wednesday during Nike’s Primetime Knockout tennis event to celebrate the season’s final Grand Slam tournament by pairing the athletes with local youth during an exhibition match in New York. The U.S. Open begins Sunday. Photo: Craig Ruttle/The Associated Press

each of the past two years and is trying to complete a career Grand Slam by winning the U.S. Open for the first time. Federer was drawn to meet Djokovic or Roddick in the semifinals. Aside from

his potential rematch with Soderling, Federer could face another familiar opponent in the third round: 2001 U.S. Open and 2002 Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt. Federer beat Hewitt in the

2004 U.S. Open final, part of a 15-match, head-to-head winning streak for Federer — which ended when Hewitt beat him in the final of a grasscourt tournament at Halle, Germany, in June.

Federer lost in the 2009 U.S. Open final to Juan Martin del Potro, who — like No. 1-ranked Serena Williams — previously withdrew from this year’s tournament, having not recovered fully from surgery. Williams’ older sister Venus, who is seeded No. 3, could face an intriguing matchup in the third round against No. 32-seeded Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria. Pironkova has won two of her previous three matches against Venus Williams, including a straightset upset in the Wimbledon quarterfinals June 29. That was the last match Williams played on tour; she sprained her left kneecap in early August, forcing her to withdraw from hard-court tournaments at Cincinnati and Montreal. The U.S. Open begins Monday, and Williams will have gone more than two months without a match by the time she meets her first-round opponent, Roberta Vinci of Italy, who is 1-7 for her career at Flushing Meadows.

College Football

College Football

Iowa lobbies to maintain border rivals in Big Ten

Texas Tech athletic director who hired Knight is retiring

By Luke Meredith The Associated Press

By Betsy Blaney The Associated Press LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers, who brought Hall of Famer Bob Knight to the West Texas campus and got caught up in the contentious final year of football coach Mike Leach’s tenure, is retiring. The school said Thursday the former Red Raiders basketball coach will step down in May. “Together we have accomplished a lot since the Big 12 started in the fall of 1996 and it has truly been a team effort,” Myers said. “I feel like now is the time to turn this job over to someone else and I will be supportive of that person in every way that I can.” Texas Tech won two Southwest Conference titles and went to four NCAA tournaments in Myers’ 20 years as coach, but he put the program on the map by hiring Knight 11 years after he left the bench. Knight led the Red Raiders to 20-plus wins his first four seasons — a first at the school — and four NCAA tournaments in six years, including a round of 16 appearance in 2005. On Jan. 1, 2007, Knight

Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers, center, introduces new football coach Tommy Tuberville during a news conference. Myers announced Thursday he will retire May 31, 2011 as Texas Tech’s athletic director. Photo: The Associated Press

got win No. 880 on Texas Tech’s home court to surpass former North Carolina coach Dean Smith as the winningest Division I men’s coach. He resigned in midseason in February 2008 with 902 wins. Myers became athletic director in 1996, four years before he hired Leach in hopes that a pass-happy offense would bring life to a football program that had grown stagnant under Spike Dykes. Leach’s fan-friendly persona and high-scoring offense

did the trick, culminating in the school’s highest-ever national ranking at No. 2 in 2008 before a loss to Oklahoma derailed Tech’s championship hopes. Messy contract negotiations, including testy e-mail exchanges between Myers and Leach’s representatives, became public knowledge the following offseason. Leach was fired late last season after he was accused of mistreating a player with a concussion. Leach denied the allegations and has sued the university.

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spent much more time in Iowa City than Minneapolis in recent years, Minnesota owns a 59-42-2 advantage in a series that began in 1891. Iowa has only faced Nebraska six times since 1946 and only two times since the early 1980s. But the pair would seem to be a natural fit for a rivalry given their proximity, geographical similarities and on-field success. Nebraska could use a new rival, too. The Huskers are leaving behind Big 12 schools like Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri that they’ve played for decades. “Because Nebraska is new, there’s a lot of discussion about how that would play out. And I think because we’re a border state, I think it would be a terrific rival right out of the gate,” Barta said. “But none of that’s been finalized yet.” Barta said the Big Ten is down to “two or three” potential division models, which are based on competitive fairness and traditional rivalries. Barta declined to give a timeline for when the Big Ten will announce the model it has selected, but he said it should not take too long because schools have to start planning for 2011. “No matter how we slice this, no matter how we set it up, it isn’t going to be exactly the same for every school. It’s not going to be perfect. That’s something we realized early on,” Barta said. “But I’m very comfortable it’s going to be great for the conference, and I’m very comfortable that it’s going to be a great setup for Iowa.”

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and the capitalist U.S. fought on opposite sides of the Korean War. Three years of warfare ended in 1953 with a cease-fire but not a peace treaty, and the two Koreas remain divided by one of the world's most fiercely fortified borders. To this day, the U.S. stations 28,500 troops in South Korea to guard the longtime ally, a presence that chafes at Pyongyang, which cites the forces as a main reason behind its need for nuclear weapons. For more than a year, relations have been particularly tense, with North Korea testing a nuclear weapon and long-range missile technology, and the U.S. leading the charge to punish Pyongyang for its defiance of U.N. sanctions. The March sinking of a South Korean warship, which killed 46 sailors, has provided fresh fodder for tensions. Seoul and Washington accuse Pyongyang of torpedoing the vessel; North Korea denies involvement and has threatened harsh retaliation if punished. With all sides digging in, six-nation nuclear disarmament talks have remain stalled. Last year, it took Clinton's visit to get the U.S. and North Korea talking again. Some five months after journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were seized near the Chinese border, Clinton

— the last president to have had warm relations with North Korea — turned up in Pyongyang on a private jet. With relations again at a standstill, Carter's mission to bring Gomes home could again provide another facesaving opening for contact, analysts said. Paik Hak-soon of the private Sejong Institute think tank near Seoul predicted that Kim who ask Carter to relay a positive message to Washington on the resumption of nuclear disarmament talks. He noted Carter's popularity and symbolic role in defusing the first nuclear crisis in 1994. Carter made his first trip to Pyongyang when Clinton was president — a visit that led to a landmark nuclear disarmament deal. Having Carter in North Korea "could certainly contribute to U.S.-North Korean relations, as well as the nuclear talks," said Kim Yong-hyun, an expert on North Korean affairs at Seoul's Dongguk University. U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters in Washington that he could not give details of Carter's mission."It's a mission to secure the release of Mr. Gomes. But we don't want to jeopardize the prospects for Mr. Gomes to be returned home by discussing any of the details," Toner said Wednesday. "So I'm not going

to get into anymore details." North Korea agreed to release Gomes to Carter if the ex-president paid Pyongyang a visit, one U.S. official told AP earlier in the week, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the matter’s sensitivity. Gomes, who taught English in South Korea, was described by acquaintances as a devout Christian who may have followed an American friend, Robert Park, into North Korea. Park has said he crossed into the country deliberately in January to call attention to North Korea's human rights record; he was expelled about 40 days later. Last month, KCNA said Gomes, 31, attempted suicide, "driven by his strong guilty conscience, disappointment and despair at the U.S. government that has not taken any measure for his freedom." U.S. officials have pressed for his release on humanitarian grounds, but the State Department said officials who made a quiet trip to North Korea earlier this month failed to secure his release. Gomes' family is hoping North Korea will grant him amnesty, family spokeswoman Thaleia Schlesinger said. "They certainly continue to be grateful to the government of North Korea for the care he was given the last couple of months since his suicide attempt," she said in Boston.

By Robin McDowell The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor — including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday that as many as 50 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. More than 100 hours of video and 100,000 photographs, captured using a robotic vehicle with high-definition cameras, were piped to shore in real-time by satellite and high-speed Internet. Verena Tunnicliffe, a professor at the University of Victoria in Canada, said the images provided an extraordinary glimpse into one of the globe's most complex and little-known marine ecosystems. "Stalked sea lilies once covered the ocean, shallow and deep, but now are rare," she said in a written statement. "I've only seen a few in my career. But on this expedition, I was amazed to see them in great diversity." Likewise, Tunnicliffe has also seen sea spiders before, but those were tiny in comparison, all around one-inch (2.5 centimeters) long: "The sea spiders ... on this mission were huge. Eightinches (20-centimeters) or more across." One animal captured on video looks like a flower, covered with glasslike needles, but scientists think it is probably a carnivorous sponge. The pink spikes, covered with sticky tissue, appear to capture food as it passes by. Other pictures showed a lavender-colored fish walking on the sea floor and the bright red arms of underwater lilies. Timothy Shank of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts said his team has so far pored over more than 150,000 high-definition video framegrabs. "I now feel that there may be at least 40 new species of deepwater coral and at least 50 new species that include benthic shrimp, crabs, sponges, clams, barnacles, anemones and sea cucumbers," he said. Confirmation that a species is new involves a scientific peer review and other steps and can take years. Scientists used powerful sonar mapping system and the robotic vehicle to explore nearly 21,000 square miles (54,000 sq. kilometers) of sea floor off northern Indonesia, at depths ranging from 800 feet (240 meters) to over two miles (1.6 kilometers). The mission was carried out by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ship, the Okeanos Explorer. An Indonesian vessel, the Baruna Jaya IV, also took part, collecting specimens that, together with all rights for future use, will remain in the country.

World Briefs Pakistani Taliban hint at possible attacks on relief workers MIR ALI, Pakistan — The Taliban hinted Thursday they may launch attacks against foreigners helping Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the country's history, saying their presence was "unacceptable." The U.N. said it would not be deterred by violent threats. The militant group has attacked aid workers in the country before, and an outbreak of violence could further complicate a relief effort that already has struggled to reach the about 8 million people who are in need of emergency assistance. Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq claimed the U.S. and other countries that have pledged support are not really focused on pro-

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Kelly Larson, junior in animal ecology, is tackled during a defensive drill Wednesday during the first women’s rugby practice of the year. The Rugby team competes against teams from the surrounding states almost every weekend in the fall. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

Members of the women’s rugby team line up on offense during a game of touch rugby on their first official practice of the season Wednesday. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

Maria Jorgensen, sophomore in kinesiology and health, runs through a drill during practice Wednesday. Jorgensen is 1 of 30 members of the women’s rugby team. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

Emily Neese, junior in pre-business, attempts to block another member of the women’s rugby team as she reaches for the ball Wednesday on the Towers intramural fields. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

Members of the women’s rugby team play a game of touch football Wednesday at the Towers intramural fields as they begin practices to give new members a taste of what rugby is like. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

Katie Weber, women’s rugby team coach, explains a tackling drill Wednesday on the Towers intramural fields. Weber is also an ISU graduate with rugby experience playing on the national USA A-team. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily

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Welcome Back Fest introduces officials By Alexander.Hutchins iowastatedaily.com The Ames City Council will hold its annual Welcome Back event from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, at Fire Station No. 2, 132 Welch Ave. The event is free and open to all ISU students. The Welcome Back event is an annual opportunity for ISU students to get to know Ames City Council members and ask questions about the city and current events. There will also be games, prizes, music, free pizza and the chance to tour a Cybrid bus and more. City employees will be in attendance to welcome students and answer questions about various city services. Susan Gwiasda, public relations officer with the city of Ames, said it is a great chance for students to learn about all the ways the city of Ames interacts with students that students may not be aware of. Brochures will be provided on city services, like bike routes and zoning regulations, among others. “It’s a general welcome,” said Katelyn McClintock, public relations

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Farmhouse celebrates 150th anniversary By Whitney.Sager iowastatedaily.com The Farm House Museum will celebrate its 150th anniversary Friday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Farm House Museum. Nancy Girard, University Museums educator of visual literacy and learning, said the celebration is free and open to the public. “There will be everything from potato sack races to bean bag tosses,” Girard said. The Farm House was built in 1860. Girard said it was occupied by offices, classrooms and also served as the living quarters for several ISU presidents, in the early days. The Farm House was turned into a museum in 1976, and is a National Historic Landmark, according to the University Museums website. Girard said the Farm House Museum is an important landmark on Iowa State’s campus and tells the story of how the university began. “It’s always good to know where you came from,” Girard said.

Safety

Fire alarms in dorms functioning efficiently By Matt.Wettengel iowastatedaily.com Students at the Oak-Elm residence halls learned the benefits of the heat and smoke detectors installed in the majority of the residence halls across campus Monday. A group of girls showering in Oak King with the windows closed set off the heat detector installed in their bathroom three separate times in ap-

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Bugs boom in flood’s wake By Tyler. Kingkade iowastatedaily.com Standing water, such as what remains after flooding, brings an onset of mosquitoes. With the recent flooding along the Squaw Creek, Ames has become an ideal breeding ground for the blood-sucking pests. “Because there’s been so much rainfall this year, all of these rain events have been opportunities for mosquitoes to lay extreme numbers of eggs,” said Brendan Dunphy, ISU medical entomology research associate. “The Aedes and Culex mosquitoes, both abundant in Iowa, lay their eggs on solid ground. When the water comes it helps these eggs to hatch.” Mosquito eggs can also lie dormant in dry conditions for up to three months and still hatch if they’re exposed to the right

conditions. Eggs require a combination of water and warm temperatures in order to hatch. Earlier in the spring Iowa had plenty of rainfall, but didn’t have temperatures high enough for there to be so many mosquitoes. “Now that we are experiencing temperatures in the 80s and 90s more eggs are being laid and hatched,” said Dunphy. As cities like Ames attempt to deal with the issue of rising mosquito numbers, a new report from the Iowa Department of Public Health on Thursday confirmed the first case this year of an Iowan contracting West Nile virus. “West Nile virus is a seasonal threat especially in late August or early September,” said Patricia Quinlisk, IDPH medical director. Approximately 80 percent of people who contract the virus do not show any symptoms, according to the Center for Disease Control. West Nile attacks the nervous system, so symptoms which do appear may include headaches, fever, soreness, aches and sometimes rashes. The first case in Iowa was found in an adult male, between the age of 18 and 40, in Woodbury county. “If this year proves to be a typical year, we expect to see more cases of West Nile virus illness in Iowa,” Quinlisk said. “Mosquitoes don’t die until the first frost, so Iowans should get in the habit of taking precautions for the next couple of months.”

The IDPH recommends taking the following precautions: • Use insect repellent whenever outdoors, especially during peak biting times from dusk to dawn. They recommend repellent with DEET, picaridin, IR3535 or oil of lemon eucalyptus. • Wear long-sleeved shirts, pants, shoes and socks whenever possible outdoors to cover as much skin as possible. • Eliminate mosquito-breeding sites by removing sources of standing water — dumping any pots, toys, tarps, etc. with pooling water — in outdoor areas whenever possible.

The CDC said the virus is commonly found in Africa, West Asia and the Middle East, and best estimates say the virus first appeared in North America around 1999. Standing pools of water and soggy ground combined with heat creates ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes, although temperatures have dropped significantly since early August. Ames has been fogging the parks since June 21 and said they will continue through Labor Day in attempts to keep mosquito numbers down and prevent the increased breeding. Ames also experienced an influx of mosquitoes in 2008 after heavy rains.

Study Abroad

Violence forces students home By Taysha.Murtaugh iowastatedaily.com Bart Fruechte was a long way from home when he heard the gunshots. It was a Thursday night in April, and he sat alone in his dorm room at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, where he was studying abroad for the spring semester. Iowa State had seven students studying in Mexico last spring when the U.S. Department of State issued a travel warning to the country due to drug violence. “Travel warnings are issued when long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable lead the State Department to recommend that Americans avoid or consider the risk of travel to that country,” according to the Department of State website. Fruechte, senior in finance at Iowa State, was experiencing a slight cold that night and had decided to stay in and study rather than trek to the library. Around midnight, he heard the gunshots. “The military was following the drug cartel, and they met right outside of campus and the military accidentally shot two engineering grad students,” Fruechte said. It was this incident, along with the State Department’s travel warning that prompted many U.S. universities to bring their students in Mexico home early. “As a consequence of the travel warning, we informed students during Spring Break that we were suspending the program and that they should return home as soon as they were able to,” said Trevor Nelson, program manager for the ISU Study Abroad Center. “We did that for programs in the north of the country, where the State Department indicated the greatest danger, and the programs farther

south we allowed to continue until the end of the spring semester.” Nelson said the Study Abroad Center watches the State Department’s warnings and alerts Gra very carefully. phic : Ke “In the event that a travel warnnyo nS ing is issued,” Nelson said, “we make sehaf er/I a decision whether it is safer for stu- nior in owa Sta dents to remain where they are or c o m m u n i t y te D aily whether it is safer for them to return and regional planning. “Being in the wrong to the states.” The Study Abroad Center helped place at the wrong time.” Gonzalez and his roommate, the students reschedule their return flights, covering any extra cost, and Tito Alvarez, senior in accounting, awarded them full credit for the se- are two ISU students who traveled mester, which had been cut short to Mexico during the travel warnby two weeks. All study abroad pro- ings, not to study abroad, but to visit grams to Mexico are now suspended family. Alvarez’s family lives in until the State Department travel Michoacan, and Gonzalez’s parents warning is lifted. “You could avoid the bad part have a house in Chihuahua. Both of the town, and if you were careful Michoacan and Chihuahua have and weren’t out too late and took been featured in the news in recent taxi rides home, it was fairly safe,” months for the brutal violence that Fruechte said. “You just needed to has swept the cities. “I had heard some things on the have street-smarts.” Thousands of victims of drug news about the place I was going violence in Mexico, including the before I was there, so that’s why I Monterrey Tech graduate students was more freaked out about the situwho were shot, were simply in the ation,” Alvarez said. “Heads were found at the entrance of the town wrong place at the wrong time. “That’s what a lot of people are that had to do with a bunch of writworried about,” said Ivan Gonzalez, ings of the gangs that were there.”

Gonzalez said he and his family in Chihuahua were also very worried. “There have been killings in their hometown, so they’ve been more vigilant,” Gonzalez said. “They’re always looking out.” Both Alvarez and Gonzalez have been making the 20-hour drive to Mexico with family since childhood, but the current drug violence made the trips this spring and summer more difficult. “It’s not the same as it was before,” Gonzalez said. “You’re always thinking about if someone’s following you or what’s going to happen. You never used to think about those things while you were down there.” Gonzalez said he and his family avoided traveling during the night, especially when crossing the border,

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Dance social When: 7:30 to 9:45 p.m. What: Free dance social hosted by the ISU Ballroom Dance Club. Singles welcome. Dress is casual, however indoor shoes or socks must be worn in the studio. Check the website for a full schedule. Where: 196 Forker

Reiman Gardens’ CoHorts’ Plant Sale When: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. What: The CoHorts’ Plant Sale will be held in the Reiman Gardens’ Maintenance Building parking lot. Profits from the Plant Sale help Reiman Gardens’ special projects. Where: Reiman Gardens

Police Blotter:

Argentine Tango Practica with Valerie Williams When: 4 to 7 p.m. What: From 4 to 5 p.m. moves for beginners are introduced with a different figure each week along with technique for dancing better. From 5 to 7 p.m. the dance floor is yours for dancing under the guidance of Valerie and working with different partners. An intermediate-level figure will also be introduced. Where: Soults Family Visitors Center at the Memorial Union

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Jacob Heitshusen, 19, of South Amana, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 1:35 a.m.)

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Brandon Hove, 27, of Lisbon, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 1:48 a.m.)

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Aaron Preuss, freshman open option, and Ashley Vegter, freshman in animal science, carry sousaphones on their shoulders to the marching band field for practice Tuesday. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

Akeem Woods, 25, 9127 Buchanan Hall, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and interference with official acts. (reported at 10:18 p.m.)

Aug. 20 Nathaniel Erb, 20, of Boone, was arrested and charged with public consumption. (reported at 12:37 a.m.) Jordan Meyer, 18, 5321 Larch Hall, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 12:48 a.m.)

Michael Arthur, 22, Coconino Road, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 2:07 a.m.) A staff member reported a motorist left the ramp without paying for parking services. (reported at 5:59 a.m.)

toxication; two counts of making false licenses, ID forms or blank, and two counts of harassment of a public officer. (reported at 12:10 a.m.)

and charged with possession of alcohol under the legal age, open container and operating while intoxicated. (reported at 4:20 a.m.)

Kellen O’Brien, 19, 325 Ash Ave., was arrested and charged with possession of alcohol under the legal age, public intoxication, interference with official acts, simple, and public consumption. (reported at 12:30 a.m.)

Jordan Thomas, 19, of Farnhamville, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 11:59 p.m.)

Officers initiated a drug-related investigation. (reported at 12:34 a.m.) Cole Moore, 22, of Estherville, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 1:09 a.m.)

A staff member reported a possible theft of merchandise. (reported at 10:22 a.m.) Officers assisted a resident who was experiencing medical difficulties. The individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for treatment. A drug investigation was subsequently initiated and charges are pending. (reported at 3:29 p.m.)

Austin Beebe, 18, of Minden, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 1:02 a.m.)

Joseph Tills, 36, 111 North Sherman Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication, third offense. (reported at 6:55 p.m.)

Logan Brinkman, 20, of Gowrie, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 1:13 a.m.)

Shaun Olson, 26, 1312 Douglas Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication, second offense. (reported at 11:15 p.m.)

Colin Harrington, 19, 3427 Frederiksen Court, was arrested and charged with public intoxication and third degree burglary. (reported at 1:26 a.m.)

Aug. 21 Joseph Cicciarelli, 20, 217 Welch Ave., was arrested and charged with two counts of public in-

Donald Dickerson, 20, no address, was arrested and charged with driving under revocation. (reported at 1:16 a.m.) Bernardino Hidalgo-Cordoba, 21, 1520 South Dayton Place, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. (reported at 1:36 a.m.) Jose Hidalgo-Cordoba, 20, 16th St. unit 27, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, interference with official acts (simple) and public intoxication. (reported at 1:50 a.m.) Lucille White, 19, of Isle Vista, was arrested and charged with public intoxication and making false licenses, ID forms or blank. (reported at 2:25 a.m.)

Kyle Lowe, 26, 1006 South Dayton Place unit 4, was arrested and charged with willful FTA. (reported at 2:30 p.m.) Jonathan Hanson, 20, of Callender, was arrested and charged with public intoxication, interference with official acts and underage possession of alcohol.

Aug. 22 Jesse Wignall, 19, of Rhodes, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 12:23 a.m.) Brett Fritze, 22, 431 Welch Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 12:40 a.m.) Francis Ferrer, 20, 2644 Hunt St. unit 5, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 12:45 a.m.) Daniel Murphy, 21, 2724 Stange Road unit 2, was arrested and charged with public intoxication (second offense). (reported at 1:14 a.m.)

Bailey Harris, 19, 6625 Southridge Road, was arrested

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Watermelon Fest

Greek community feasts to support philanthropic cause By Tessa.Callender iowastatedaily.com The greek community held its annual Watermelon Fest event Thursday to connect older greek members with new sorority and fraternity pledges of other chapters. King Bam and the Love Monkeys, a band composed of Delta Tau Delta fraternity members entertained the crowd in Richardson Court Association courtyard. At this roughly 10-year-old tradition, burgers and hot dogs were grilled by FarmHouse fraternity members and watermelon was served. “It’s something that helps us right away with the new members and they have the opportunity to come with their chapter and see the greek community at its best,” said Bridget Halbur, sophomore in agricultural studies and member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Halbur is also a member of Emerging Greek Leadership Council — the organization that plans the celebration each year. EGLC chose to make Watermelon

Students enjoy watermelon at the Watermelon Fest on Thursday in the Richardson Court area. Participation cost $3 per person, and all proceeds went toward the ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Association. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

Fest a philanthropy event in which the sororities and fraternities register members from their chapters. All proceeds went to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association to aid victims of Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Doing the event for this specific cause this year hit home for some

members of the greek community. A member of EGLC had a parent pass away because of the disease. Members in line a little longer than expected due to grilling problems, but participants kept a positive attitude and

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some money or impound your car or make you wait for a really long time.” Police in Mexico aren’t paid very well, so some are paid off by the drug cartel, Fruechte said.

>>MEXICO.p1 because that’s when a lot of kidnappings occur. “These past three weeks that I was there, we got to the border about 9 [p.m.] and decided to stay on the United States side of it until it was dawn,” Gonzalez said. Upon entering Mexico, both Gonzalez and Alvarez had to pass through several military checkpoints, where soldiers checked primarily for drugs and firearms. “At the checkpoints I’ve gone through, you’re stopped by at least three soldiers,”

Gonzalez said. “One of them goes around, one of them checks the tires, one of them talks to you. They ask you what you have inside, where you’re going, where you came from, and if they find you suspicious, they look through your stuff.” Alvarez said he’d rather be stopped by the Mexico military than the Mexico feds. “If you get pulled over by [the feds],” he said, “they try to usually screw you over and get

“In a town I visited,” Fruechte said, “a mayor was kidnapped and tortured just because he was trying to cut down the corruption of the police force. It’s just really sad to see all the honest people and good people who are standing up for values and are getting killed.” Despite sad stories like this,

Alvarez said most of the people in Mexico weren’t as freaked out about the drug violence as the media portrays. “I think they’ve gotten used to it,” Gonzalez said. “I know every single day in the newspaper while I was down there for two weeks, every single day it was over 20 people dead and decapitated.” For those planning on traveling to Mexico, Alvarez said, “If you don’t need to go, maybe just wait until the warning is lifted, and don’t drive there.”

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State briefs Bacteria levels warrant advisories for Iowa state park beaches DES MOINES — Beaches at Iowa state parks continue to deal with high fecal bacteria levels this summer. Safety warnings have been posted at more than a half-dozen beaches. Bacterial readings higher than the swimming limit turned up this week in samples taken from eight beaches. The beaches are Backbone, Big Creek, Clear Lake, Emerson Bay, Lake Anita, Lake Keomah, Pine Lake and Prairie Rose. Those postings could change Friday after follow-up samples. High fecal bacteria readings can typically mean the presence of organisms that can give people diarrhea, stomachaches or skin infections. Iowa health officials advise swimmers to avoid swallowing lake water and to bathe immediately after swimming. The Associated Press

DNR says Lacona ammonia leak runoff killed game fish LACONA —The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says numerous game fish were found dead after last week’s anhydrous ammonia leak near Lacona. DNR fisheries staff reports nearly 2,800 fish were killed. Most of the fish were shiners, minnows and gizzard shad, but the DNR said game fish such as channel catfish, sunfish, white bass and drum were found dead. A leaking pipe spewed anhydrous ammonia and forced most of the small central Iowa town of Lacona to evacuate on Aug. 19. When firefighters sprayed down the ammonia plume, the DNR says the runoff had high ammonia levels and caused a fish kill when it reached Mill Branch Creek. The fish kill proceeded downstream as the polluted water flowed into Cotton Creek, then into White Breast Creek. The Associated Press

Egg recall linked to Iowa farms Salmonella found in tested chicken feed samples By Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration officials say they have found positive samples of salmonella that link two Iowa farms to a massive egg recall. FDA officials said Thursday that investigators found salmonella in chicken feed at Wright County Egg that was used by that farm and also Hillandale Farms. They also found additional samples of salmonella in other locations at Wright County Egg. More than 550 million eggs from the two farms were recalled this month after they were linked to salmonella poisoning in several states. Also Thursday, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that there could now be as many as 1,470 illnesses linked to the outbreak, about 200 more than previously thought. Sherri McGarry of the

FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said the salmonella found at Wright County Egg matches the fingerprint of the salmonella found in many of those who were sickened. She said the tests indicate that contaminated feed is a source of the outbreak but possibly not the only source. McGarry and other FDA officials emphasized in a briefing for reporters that the agency’s investigation is ongoing. However, they do not yet know how the feed became contaminated. Investigators are analyzing as many as 600 samples from various places at the two farms. FDA Deputy Commissioner Dr. Joshua Sharfstein said the investigators are not just looking at the feed, but at the “overall contamination of the facility.” Contamination found in the feed could be a part of a larger problem, he said. “While they have found it in the feed they are not confirming any sort of cause and effect relationship,” he said. The feed mill where the salmonella was found operates as part of the Wright County Egg

John Roberts, of Des Moines, looks at eggs in a cooler at a Dahl’s grocery store. A sign on the cooler said the eggs were not effected by the recall. Two Iowa farms have recalled more than a halfbillion eggs. Photo: Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press

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State briefs Iowa Speedway 2011 schedule includes 3 NASCAR races

Restaurants weigh egg risks Many say there’s ever-present risk in undercooking

NEWTON — The Iowa Speedway has released its 2011 schedule, which features three NASCAR series races for the ďŹ rst time. The NASCAR Nationwide series will stop at Iowa on Sunday, May 22 and Saturday, August 6. Both events will be 250-lap races on Iowa’s .875-mile oval. The NASCAR Truck series will run on July 16, along with an ARCA series stock car race. The Iowa 250 IndyCar series race will be held on June 25. It’ll be the ďŹ rst time Iowa’s open-wheel event will be held on a Saturday night. The Associated Press

By Ashley M. Heher The Associated Press CHICAGO — Eggs sunnyside-up are still on the menu. But restaurants nationwide are keeping a closer eye on egg suppliers and reminding diners of the dangers of undercooked food after a massive recall tied to a salmonella outbreak. “If someone asks for eggs over-easy, what do you do, put a skull and crossbones on their table?� said Louis Tricoli, who owns three Wisconsin restaurants with his family, including one where nearly two dozen people were sickened in late June after likely eating the now-recalled eggs. “Undercooked beef, undercooked pork, chicken, eggs, anything you ask to be undercooked, it’s at your own risk.� And so, instead of taking eggs off the menu, many restaurateurs are relying on long-standing menu warnings about the dangers of eating undercooked food.

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Seven-year-old Dominic Chiodo, of Des Moines, eats eggs benedict at the Drake Diner, Tuesday, in Des Moines. The egg recall hasn’t affected this popular breakfast spot in downtown Des Moines. Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press

Two Iowa farms, Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, recalled about 550 million eggs last week after learning salmonella may have sickened as many as 1,300 people. The harmful bacteria typically contaminate one out of every 10,000 to 20,000 eggs. That risk is always there for people who like eggs that aren’t cooked until the yolks are sol-

id, said Benjamin Chapman, an assistant professor specializing in food safety at North Carolina State University. “It’s difficult to say if the risk is any different than it was two weeks ago or two years ago.� Restaurants can sometimes be breeding grounds for outbreaks if they crack many eggs into a single container when preparing them, which

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Kidnapping

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45 year-old investigation re-opened

AIDS activist group files complaint against porn king Larry Flynt

By Jim Salter Associated Press Writer ST. LOUIS — Elizabeth Ann Gill was 2 years old when she disappeared from the front porch of her family’s southeast Missouri home in June 1965. Her family always believed she was snatched and, 45 years on, the FBI has reclassified her case as a kidnapping and reopened the investigation. Until last week, authorities considered Gill’s disappearance in Cape Girardeau a missing child case. Rebecca Wu of the FBI office in St. Louis said Thursday that the agency officially reclassified the case on Friday, but would not say if there was any new evidence. Relatives and friends have refused to let the case die, hosting vigils, balloon launches and other events. Her sister, Martha Gill Hamilton, 60, said she remains hopeful Beth is still alive. “I think somebody picked her up, someone who wanted a child, or picked her up and sold her,” Hamilton said. “I don’t think she wandered off.” Beth, the youngest of 10 siblings, disappeared June 13, 1965. Some wondered if she fell into the Mississippi River near the family home. Hamilton said it was unlikely

because the toddler would have had to cross streets, railroad tracks and make her way down a bluff. It was a close-knit neighborhood, Hamilton said. Anyone seeing Beth wandering alone would certainly have taken her home. Roger Graham of St. Louis, a family friend who has been part of the fight to keep the case open, said four Gypsies were in the city at the time of the disappearance, staying at a motel directly behind the Gill home and selling purses in the neighborhood. Some suspected they may have abducted the girl. Graham said he was able to discover the name of a Gypsy woman who was part of the group, and authorities have tracked her down for an interview. Wu declined comment. “I believe absolutely she’s alive,” Graham said. “I believe this is much bigger than Beth Gill. There are other missing kids about that same time frame. I think human trafficking was much bigger back then than people suspect.” Hamilton said her parents always suspected Beth was kidnapped. Her father, who died in 1970, wrote letters to President Lyndon Johnson in the years after her disappearance, urging him to direct the FBI to investigate it as a kidnapping. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover wrote back, es-

LOS ANGELES — An AIDS activist group is bringing a complaint against Larry Flynt, accusing the porn king of compromising the safety of his adult film stars by not having them use condoms. The AIDS Health Foundation said Thursday it delivered a complaint and 100 DVDs of hardcore Flynt films to the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health office. Cal-OSHA officials did not return calls for comment. Larry Flynt Productions issued a statement saying fans of X-rated films don’t want to watch people using condoms. Earlier this year, the AIDS group brought similar complaints against nine talent agencies it says promote actors willing to have unprotected sex on camera. The Associated Press

Connecticut man denies paying boy $1 to swear on 13-second video By Everton Bailey Jr. Associated Press Writer

Beth Gill was 2 years old when she disappeared from the front porch of her family’s southeast Missouri home. Her family always believed she was snatched. The FBI has reclassified her case as a kidnapping. Photo: Family Photo/The Associated Press

sentially saying the bureau’s investigative options were limited unless there was proof of a kidnapping. But Wu said today’s FBI takes a far different approach. “The policy and guidelines for missing children

have changed,” she said. “Whenever a young child goes missing, it is presumed the child has been abducted until we investigate and it is proven otherwise. That’s because if a young child really is abducted, time is critical.”

Attacks

Serial stabbings suspect ordered held without bond By Corey Williams Associated Press Writer FLINT, Mich. — Elias Abuelazam arrived back in Michigan on Thursday shackled, surrounded by a more than a dozen police and wrapped in a bulletproof vest to face the first of what likely will be numerous charges related to more than a dozen stabbing attacks. So far, Abuelazam, an Israeli citizen who was living in the U.S. at the time of the attacks, is charged only with assault with intent to murder in connection to a July 27 stabbing of a 26-year-old Flint man. But prosecutors say they plan to bring more charges. The 33-year-old, who was arrested Aug. 11 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as he was about to board a plane for Tel Aviv, is suspected in a string of attacks including five fatal and eight other stabbings in the Flint area, three attacks in Virginia and one in Ohio. “The charges will be coming in the

homicide cases and attempted homicide cases,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton told reporters following Abuelazam’s arraignment via video monitor at a Flint courthouse. “I’ll seek life in prison without the possibility of parole.” Leyton said his office and members of a task force investigating the Flint area attacks are working closely with authorities in the other states. Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell described Abuelazam as a very big man, about 6-feet-5 inches tall and weighing 280 pounds. He said the suspect’s large size was part of the reason security was so tight. During the arraignment, Leyton, citing the severity of the attacks and concern that Abuelazam is a flight risk, asked a judge for a $10 million bond. “He is not a citizen of the United States. The court should do all it can to make sure he stands trial in Genesee County where he ran rampant, created

havoc and attacked innocent citizens,” Leyton said. The judge then ordered Abuelazam held without bond. Defense attorney Brian Morley said he didn’t contest the decision because it’s a discretionary decision by the court. “My understanding is he was not fleeing the country, he was heading home,” Morley said. “I could see where it suggests flight. At this point, with the town nervous and inferences of flight I can see where the judge is coming from.” The attacks started in late spring, and a pattern emerged after a dozen more men were stabbed between late June and early August. Survivors described the attacker as a big man wearing a baseball-style cap and feigning the need for car help or directions. The victims in Michigan, Ohio and Virginia were men aged 15 to 67. Most were black, but investigators don’t know whether race was a motive.

HARTFORD, Conn. — A man who captured a short video of his 8-year-old neighbor tossing around swear words and posted it online says he never thought it would land him in handcuffs. Josh Eastman said Thursday that he still was taken aback that the boy’s family chose to call the police to get the clip removed from YouTube. He said he was shocked by his arrest. “If they didn’t like the video they could have just asked me nicely to take it off, and I would have taken it off,” Eastman said. “They didn’t have to call the police and have me arrested for it.” Eastman, 34, was arrested Tuesday and was charged with impairing the morals of a child after the boy’s mother alerted authorities of an online clip titled “Swearing Kid,” police said. He posted $2,500 bail and is due in court Sept. 8. The 13-second clip depicted the boy outside spewing profanity, Eastman said. The video has been removed from YouTube, but a copy has been obtained by authorities and is being reviewed, police spokesman Detective Keith Bryant said. Eastman, of Bridgeport, said his family and the boy’s family are friendly and he recorded the boy on his digital camera because the boy had developed a reputation around the neighborhood for swearing. He said initially he thought it would be humorous to post the video on YouTube because the site hosts other clips of children cursing. Authorities said the boy, whose name hasn’t been released, told his mother Eastman encouraged him to swear, offering $1. The boy’s mother told the Connecticut Post newspaper on Wednesday her family was upset over the video and the boy usually doesn’t exhibit that kind of behavior. Eastman said he didn’t pay the boy or ask him to curse on camera. “I don’t know where they came up with that idea,” he said.

22 baby Komodo dragons hatched in August at Los Angeles Zoo By Sue Manning Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Twenty-two Komodo dragons hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo this month. This small addition might not seem like much , but it is an encouraging boost for the population of this endangered species. The zoo’s adult female Komodo laid the eggs in January. Media were invited this week to see the hatchlings. Komodos, the world’s largest lizards, are cannibalistic and usually eat their young and eggs of their own species, so zoo officials say staying alive is tricky for a hatchling. Los Angeles is one of the few North America zoos to have successfully bred Komodos. The curator said there are plans to relocate 11 of the hatchlings to the Columbus Ohio Zoo, with the others going to zoos assigned by the Species Survival Program. Hatchlings are 14 to 20 inches long and weigh around three ounces.

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Insects

Civil Suit

Man who performed baptisms sues church

Kay Hrycko, of Springfield Township, Pa., holds a rare pink katydid, while standing on her property. Photo: Harry Fisher/The Associated Press

Rare bubblegum pink katydid discovered in Pa. ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — It’s the prettiest bug in town — bubblegum pink, vanishingly rare and was likely headed for an early demise in a bird’s beak. That is until Kay Hrycko stumbled upon the shockingly pink katydid in the yard of her Springfield Township home Tuesday. “We were walking around looking at the logs and happened to see this katydid on one of the rocks,” Hrycko said. “It was real obvious. We all said ‘Pink!’” Katydids typically are

green in order to blend in with foliage, but occasionally one will have a mutation that renders it pink. While pleasing to the eye, the color makes it stand out like a daily special on a restaurant menu for predators. “That will mark it as dinner for birds,” said Chuck Holliday, a Lafayette College biology professor with expertise in insects. After discovering the colorful critter, Hrycko collected it in a yogurt container and is keeping it safe inside. The major difference be-

tween pink katydids and their more common green counterparts apparently is the lack of dark pigment called melanin, the same pigment that makes a panther black. The coloration was first noted in scientific literature in 1878. The only known genetic study was published in 1916. The U.S. name “katydid” comes from the male’s loud mating call, produced by rubbing its forewings together — groups of three and four evenly spaced noises that people imitated as “Katy did. Katy didn’t. Katy didn’t. Katy did.”

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Las Vegas man injured while performing submersion baptisms in the name of the dead has sued The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for medical expenses. The civil suit filed Wednesday in Salt Lake City’s 3rd District Court claims Daniel Dastrup suffered severe back injuries, including a herniated disk, after performing about 200 baptisms at the LDS temple in Raleigh, N.C., on Aug. 25, 2007. The lawsuit contends the church was negligent in failing to warn Dastrup that the repetitive nature of the proxy baptisms — bending, lifting and twisting — could result in physical injury. “The church owed the plaintiffs a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid injury to the plaintiffs from the services they performed to the church,” the lawsuit states. Dastrup, who now lives in Las Vegas, claims he has suffered “a significant permanent injury that substantially changes his lifestyle,” including damaging his relationship

with his wife. The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages to compensate Dastrup to cover medical costs and loss of earnings. Church spokesman Scott Trotter said he had no details about the lawsuit and could not comment. Dastrup, did not immediately return telephone or e-mail messages from The Associated Press on Thursday. In the documents, Dastrup claims the proxy baptism ceremonies required him to immerse young men and women under water. He claims some of them weighed up to 250 pounds. The lawsuit alleges Dastrup, then 25, complained about his injuries but a LDS temple officiator ordered him to continue and refused to let another worker relieve him. Dastrup later learned of the herniated disk and had to undergo two back surgeries. Dastrup contends that the severe pain he suffers makes him unable to work and has forced him to take an indefinite medical leave from law school.

Immigration

Murder

Jury begins deliberation about reputed gang member LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury began deliberating in the case against a reputed member of a racist street gang charged with murdering a 14-year-old black girl and a potential witness. The jury heard closing arguments Wednesday against defendants Jonathan Fajardo and Daniel Aguilar. Fajardo, 22, is charged with the 2006 killing of eighth-grader Cheryl Green and the special circumstance that it was a hate crime. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. In addition, Fajardo and Aguilar, 23, are accused in the stabbing death of 21-year-old Christopher Ash, a potential witness in the killing of Green, and face special circumstance allegations that include committing murder to further the activities of the 204th Street gang. The two-week trial detailed alleged violence used by the gang to maintain its power in the neighborhood. Deputy District Attorney Gretchen Ford told jurors in her closing argument that Fajardo warned during police interviews that the missing gun in the attack could be used against other blacks, police, rival gang members or snitches. Green was shot to death in a driveway on Dec. 15, 2006 in the Harbor Gateway area south of downtown Los Angeles. She was hanging out with friends after school about a block from her house. Three other teens were wounded. The attack sparked protests by residents, ac-

tivists and politicians. Prosecutors contend that Fajardo was the gunman who opened fire on the group, and that he was a member of an Hispanic gang that targeted blacks. “All black people are their enemies,” Ford told jurors. “Really innocent people could die for no reason other than the ridiculous ideas of this gang.” Fajardo’s attorney Thomas White disputed the allegation that the shooting was a hate crime. “It was an accident that rose of fear and anger,” he said. “This was a rash impulse.” Fajardo and Aguilar are accused in the stabbing death of Ash, a man who gang members suspected had talked to police about the Green killing. Aguilar lured Ash, his friend, to a garage where he was stabbed about 80 times, Ford contended. “He walked over and kicked his dying best friend,” the prosecutor said. Attorney Antonio Bestard, who represents Aguilar, argued that his client did not know Ash would be killed and only followed orders from older gang members because otherwise he would have been killed. Prosecutors said Ash actually was stabbed by Jose Covarrubias, who has acknowledged the killing and testified for the prosecution. He was expected to be sentenced to 22 years in prison. Jurors began deliberations Wednesday then adjourned until Sept. 8.

Fishermen arrive to shore in the fishing village of Popotla on July 14, some 15 miles south from the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: Guillermo Arias/The Associated Press

Migrants gamble lives on sea escape By Elliot Spagat Associated Press Writer

SAN DIEGO — In growing numbers, migrants are gambling their lives at sea as land crossings become even more arduous and likely to end in arrest. Sea interdictions and arrests have spiked every year for three years, as enforcement efforts ramp up to meet the challenge. The number of Border Patrol agents doubled to more than 20,000 since 2003, and President Barack Obama is dispatching the National Guard after clamor for a crackdown in the desert led to Arizona’s tough new immigration law .U.S. agents arrested 753 suspected illegal immigrants on Southern California shores and seas between October and Aug. 24, up from 400 the previous 12 months and 230 the year before. They spotted 85 watercraft since October, up from 49 during the previous 12 months and 33 the year before. The smugglers use single-engine wooden vessels known in Mexico as “pangas.” If they

are found on U.S. waters, they’re almost invariably smuggling people or drugs. U.S. authorities have stepped up sea patrols near the border, forcing pangas loaded with illegal immigrants and sometimes with marijuana farther offshore with landings farther north. At up to $5,000 a person — roughly twice the fee to cross illegally over land — one overnight trip can generate $100,000. Smugglers have been arrested on both sides of the border, with those in the U.S. being sentenced to a year or two in prison. Authorities have failed to pierce the top ranks of smuggling organizations. Boat drivers offer little information when captured and toss their GPS devices and radios into the water before agents reach them. “They’re beating us with low-tech,” said Michael Carney, deputy special agent in charge of investigations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego. “I’m not saying they can’t be detected, but I’m saying they’re very hard to detect.”

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Security Technology

Flight Problem

Jail uses heat ray for control

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Civil rights groups worry beam could cause injury

By Robin Hindery The Associated Press

By Thomas Watkins The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A device designed to control unruly inmates by blasting them with a beam of intense energy that causes a burning sensation is drawing heat from civil rights groups who fear it could cause serious injury and is “tantamount to torture.â€? The mechanism, known as an “Assault Intervention Device,â€? is a stripped-down version of a military gadget that sends highly focused beams of energy at people and makes them feel as though they are burning. The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department plans to install the device by Labor Day, making it the ďŹ rst time in the world the technology has been deployed in such a capacity. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California criticized Sheriff

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Senior Deputy David Judge aims the Assault Intervention Device with a toggle during a demonstration Friday in Santa Clarita, Calif. Photo: Michael Owen Baker/The Associated Press

Lee Baca’s decision in a letter sent Thursday, saying that the technology amounts to a ray gun at a county jail. The ACLU said the weapon was “tantamount to torture,â€? noting that early military versions resulted in ďŹ ve airmen suffering lasting burns. It requested a meeting with Baca, who declined the invitation. The sheriff unveiled the

device last week and said it would be installed in the dorm of a jail in north Los Angeles County. It is far less powerful than the military version and has various safeguards in place, including a threesecond limit to each beam of heat. But the sheriff was creating a dangerous environment with “a weapon that can cause serious injury that is being

put into a place where there is a long history of abuse of prisoners,� ACLU attorney Peter Eliasberg said. “That is a toxic combination.� Cmdr. Bob Osborne, who oversees technology for the sheriff’s department, said the concerns were unfounded. He said he stood in front of the beam more than 50 times and that it never caused any sort of lasting damage.

The tires of a JetBlue airplane caught ďŹ re Thursday during a hard landing in Sacramento that left 15 people with minor injuries and sent passengers down emergency slides to escape the aircraft. Passenger Michelle McDuffie said people onboard felt a thud when the plane touched down after a ight from Long Beach, but nobody thought there was an emergency until the crew shouted for everyone to exit on the inatable slides. McDuffie saw the burning tires when she was on the ground. “I thought, Oh I wish I had gotten my bag off. But I was just happy that I wasn’t hurt,â€? said McDuffie, 33, of Mission Viejo. The plane appeared to experience trouble with its brakes, the airline said in a statement. The 87 passengers

were taken to the terminal by buses, said airport spokeswoman Gina Swankie, who couldn’t immediately conďŹ rm how many tires had blown on the plane. The nature of the injuries weren’t immediately available, but ďŹ ve people were taken to a hospital, Swankie said. An elderly woman was seen being loaded onto a stretcher, complaining of neck pains. Everyone was “able to slide down that slide and walk over to our triage,â€? Sacramento Fire Department Capt. Jonathan Burgess said. Rob Vanatta, 32, was waiting for the Jetblue ight when someone announced on the terminal intercom that it was delayed. Vanatta ran to the window to see what happened and saw passengers standing on the runway near the plane, surrounded by ďŹ re trucks. The incident was being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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By Anita Snow Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Thursday examined why two U.N. peacekeeping patrols were not informed by villagers that mass rapes were taking place near their base and said it didn’t get answers. The gang rapes of nearly 200 women and boys by Rwandan and Congolese rebels reportedly occurred over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers’ base in Kibua. Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, the current council president, said members want to hear from Assistant SecretaryGeneral for Peacekeeping Atul Khare, immediately after he returns from Congo on Sept. 8. The council also condemned sexual violence as a human rights abuse and called on the Congo to punish those responsible. “It is of utmost importance that the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to pursue its efforts to fight impunity,” the council said in a statement released amid growing criticism that more was not done to prevent

the attacks. A Congo government spokesman in Kinasha said Thursday that the country’s security forces need more on-the-ground support from the international community to prevent future attacks. Roger Meece, the new U.N. special representative for Congo, said Wednesday peacekeepers didn’t learn about the “horrific” rapes of at least 154 Congolese civilians for nearly two weeks, showing that the force’s actions to protect civilians were insufficient. But the U.N. mission in Congo is looking into reports by an aid worker that U.N. workers knew rebels had occupied communities in the region the day before the attack began on July 30. U.N. authorities are considering having villages report to the U.N.’s forward operating base daily, and requiring a patrol to investigate if reports are not received. Following the Security Council briefing, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice issued her country’s “strongest possible condemnation” of the gang rapes.

By E. Eduardo Castillo Associated Press Writer SAN FERNANDO, Mexico — Working under heavy security in a region controlled by a brutal drug gang, authorities and diplomats began the gruesome task Thursday of identifying the bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants killed just 100 miles from their destination. Refrigerated boxes were being readied to store the bodies from what could be Mexico’s biggest drug-gang massacre. The bodies were found blindfolded and slumped against a wall at a remote ranch Tuesday near San Fernando, a town of about 30,000 on Mexico’s east coast. They had been trying to reach the Texas border, traversing some of Mexico’s most dangerous territory. Marines guarded the building holding the bodies, using vehicles to block the access

Ecuadorean citizen Luis Freddy Lala Pomavilla rests at a hospital Tuesday in Matamoros, Mexico. A Mexican drug cartel massacred 72 migrants near the U.S. border that they were trying to reach. Photo: El Bravo de Matamoros/The Associated Press

several streets away. At least one refrigerated truck was parked nearby. The Mexican government flew diplomats from Brazil, Ecuador and El Salvador — where the migrants were believed to be from — directly to San Fernando to identify the bodies. The gruesome killing was discovered after the lone survivor, 18-year-old Luis Freddy Lala Pomavilla, staggered

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wounded to a marine checkpoint on a highway and told authorities about the slaughter. His family told Ecuador television Thursday that Lala left his remote town in the Andes mountains two months ago in the hopes of reaching the U.S. “I told him not to go but he went,” one of his brothers, Luis Alfredo Lala told Ecuavisa television from Lala’s home town.

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Opponents of the mosque claim it represents the goals of Islamic fundamentalists. However, the organization that wants to build the mosque is not related to those sects. Photo: Mary Altaffer/The Associated Press

Prohibiting mosque gives in to terrorists

New York is no stranger to scandal. With everything from Broadway’s envelope-pushing shows to Wall Street’s constant fluctuations, it’s a city always in the public eye. Recently, the Big Apple has found itself in the middle of a different debate threatening the basic rights established in the constitution itself. There is talk of a new mosque being built in New York City. This in and of itself is not a problem, but the proposed construction site for the mosque is nine blocks away from ground zero, the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, and this has some people up in arms. Opponents of the mosque have claimed that the 9/11 attack represented a goal for certain fundamentalist Islamic organizations. The ultimate goal of this movement is to turn the United States and the world into an Islamic theocracy, ruled by the law of the Quran and the imams who interpret it. This building, they claim, is a step in that direction. To establish an Islamic organization so close to the site of an attack of this nature is to further the goal of establishing an Islamic state. This is not necessarily the case. It’s true that al-Qaida and other fundamentalist Islamic terrorist organizations would see the end of free religious practice and establish a world where everyone is Muslim. However, that is not the same organization that wants to build this mosque. In fact, the radical Islamic sects that put together the 9/11 attacks are thought of in the Muslim community much the same way as the Ku Klux Klan is thought of by Christians. It’s an extremist movement that not only should not be followed, but also embarrasses the majority of those who practice Islam. It should also be noted that the proposed mosque is not actually on the site of ground zero. It’s 9 blocks away. How close is too close for a mosque to be built in New York City? 10 blocks? A mile? Should it just not be built in Manhattan? Ultimately, the fundamental principle this overzealous Jihad is against is the free practice of religion. If this mosque is turned down based on the fact it is an Islamic house of worship, our government would be stepping in and regulating the practice of religion. Isn’t that what they’re after? It means that a precedent would be established. It would mean a clear violation of the First Amendment’s protection of the free practice of religion. It would mean a victory for al-Qaida and every organization that is against the free practice of religion. It would be nothing less than giving in to the demands of terrorists. Editor in Chief

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Gaming addiction can be compared to drug addiction in many senses. China already has rehabilitation centers for the potential disorder. Personal responsibility and realizing your limits are keys to avoiding the addiction. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

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learned Sunday that one Hawaiian man was suing a South Korean video game developer, NCSoft, because the company made games that were too addictive, and the company “failed to warn him about the addictive nature of MMORPGs.” Chances are you’ve heard what an MMORPG is but may not know what it means. For those who don’t know it stands for: massively multiplayer online role playing game. If we took a game like “Pokemon” for the Gameboy and made it so that everyone in the world could play it online with each other, an MMORPG would be something like that. Being primarily a computer gamer myself, it brings up the theme of addiction to the video game industry, as well as regulation of video games in countries like China. It’s weird to think about addictions applying to something other than drugs, but it does tend to happen. You’ve probably heard about a friend of a friend dropping out of college because he played video

games instead of studying. Or what about people getting in financial trouble because they were taken over by “World of Warcraft”? But does this really count as an addiction? There are no chemicals to abuse, and while the American Psychological Association considered adding video game addiction in its next DSM-V — basically a big book that lists any mental disorders — it stopped short of doing so. So let’s define what an addiction is. Addiction is the “persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful,” according to MerriamWebster online. Now, probably the worst thing physically that could happen to the person playing video games compulsively is gaining weight, which causes a whole host of other health related problems and probably a deteriorating social life. Compared to drugs like PCP, which might want to make the user carve his or her own face off as well as creating dependency, it’s probably not that bad.

Or is it? I read a Yahoo Games article that talked about a university professor who ventured onto “World of Warcraft.” He bought it on Amazon and decided to try it out just to see what the buzz was about. Eventually he became sucked into this virtual reality to the point he contemplated suicide. He decided to play no more video games and went into withdrawal when he did not play video games. Or what about the Fox News article on how a South Korean couple let their baby starve to death as they were too busy raising a virtual baby online? The examples here are a little disturbing, but don’t they follow a similar pattern of what happens when you abuse drugs? Personally I don’t know anyone who has been addicted to illegal drugs, but we’ve all heard stories about cases where people become addicted to the point where the drug consumes their lives. So, if people are playing video games and letting it consume them to the point they

lose jobs, neglect their children or even death, then shouldn’t applying addiction to video games make sense as well? I will admit there are people out there that spend countless hours on video games, yet lead normal and happy lives. The key to balancing everything in this little thing called personal responsibility; to know when to stop and what your limits are. I could also use alcohol as an example. There’s nothing wrong with having a few drinks once in awhile with friends to kick back and relax, but there are people who abuse alcohol to escape from their troubles. Too much of anything can be a bad thing, and too many video games can also be a bad thing if it starts to interfere with your daily life. So, before you buy that “Farmville” coin pack — and apparently people do buy them, according to iTunes — stop and think for a moment if it’s worth it and take a minute to see if your obsession is starting to consume a little bit of you. If you think it is, you might want to stop.

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acebook is a wonderful thing. Few things so accurately represent our generation as a whole. We can keep in touch with people across the country or the world as easily as if they were next door. We can play games, read statuses, make wall posts and otherwise bombard ourselves with overwhelming sensory input. Most importantly though, it means we can let everyone who is even remotely involved in our lives know everything about everything we do, say or think. This is all well and good — it makes college life easier — as everyone knows everything about their friends right away. There’s no more need to go and ask someone if they finally broke up with their stupid boyfriend or if Brad is fighting with Janet. It all appears in a handy little heart on the wall. If you’re lucky you’ll even get pictures. Nobody even needs to send out an antiquated mass text or, heaven forbid, actually call. However, the recent rise of Facebook to mainstream popularity has brought with it the arch nemesis of the college student: The parent. Our parents are on Facebook now, and what’s worse is we have to friend them. It’s against the rules not to. We know them. This gives them access to our lives, something parents of college students have never really had before. At the turn of the century we were independent from our parents. College students went to college, talked on the phone with them once a week, maybe wrote an e-mail or two. We could control what they saw and therefore what they thought, because they never went to college or experienced this lifestyle. We could represent ourselves as the perfect little angels they had raised and sent off to

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Parents can have constant surveillance of college life through social media networks like Facebook. This makes it difficult for students to filter what their parents know about their personal lives at school. Courtesy photo: Rishi Bandopadhay/Flickr

get educated. Now things are messy. My mom can see my pictures. All of them. And not just mine, but the ones my friends have taken. She sees all of my posts, wall-to-walls, and “Bejeweled” high scores. She knows exactly how much homework I’m not doing. It’s terrifying. And I’m not the only one with this problem. Ian Timberlake, junior in aerospace engineering, has both his parents on

Facebook. “I don’t really care,” he said. “They don’t really interact with me on Facebook.” Bold words. So here’s the deal: we need to fix this. Our parents cannot be aware of our tomfoolery, shenaniganizing or general mischief. They must be kept in the dark of their own imaginations, where it’s safe. Keep Facebook safe so it can be used for it’s purpose: stalking each other.

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chowed down on watermelon while waiting. “It was worth the wait and I had a chance to reconnect with everyone in the process,” said Ben McDonald, sophomore in agriculture business and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity member. Those working shared a similar experience. “The weather was good, the people were great and going greek is awesome,” said Mitch McDermott, junior in agriculture and life sciences education and member of FarmHouse fraternity. For many freshmen, it was their first taste of the entire community. “It was neat seeing how big the greek community really is,” said Emily Vanella, freshman in psychology and pledge in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. “The watermelon was so tasty,” said Cerella Carlson, freshman in pre-business and a pledge of Chi Omega sorority. “I loved seeing all the different letters of the sororities and fraternities.” This event leads up to Live Greek 365; an event that takes place on Sunday for all new sorority and fraternity pledge members. Live Greek 365 consists of two, three-hour sessions informing members of all of the unique opportunities they can become involved in now that they’ve gone greek.

intern for the city of Ames. She said the city’s goal with the event for students is to introduce the student population to what the city does for students in the area. The event also seeks to build a bridge between Ames residents and the student population. With the sixth annual event approaching, McClintock said the city has continued to hold the festivity because it has been such a great opportunity for students to see the city in a light other than ISU and campus happenings. It’s also a great way to introduce students to city government and help them in getting to know the major members of the administration. Changes to this year’s event include more city employees to welcome students and the addition of more games and activities. The Cybrid bus has been shown to the public at a prior event during the summer, but Friday’s gathering is an ideal opportunity for returning or new students to take a look. The city holds an annual welcoming and goodbye event, but the previous goodbye event was canceled due to weather problems. It will return in the spring. “We really want students to come and see there’s a city outside the university,” McClintock said.

Students gather for the Watermelon Fest on Thursday at Richardson Court for live music, food and socializing. All proceeds from the event went toward the ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

Greek members prepare food for students at the Watermelon Fest on Thursday in the Richardson Court area. All chapters were encouraged to skip their meal plan to join the community. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

Jeremy Carter, sophomore in pre-business, Jacob Thomas, sophomore in chemical engineering, and Andrew Slifka, sophomore in mechanical engineering, enjoy eating on the grass during Watermelon Fest. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

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