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Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily Kelly Blevins, owner of Boozetime Brewery, sits in his basement microbrewery. Blevins’ local brew has gained it’s fame because of it’s cost — it’s free.
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ISU President search moves to Minneapolis The ISU presidential search committee is heading to Minneapolis on Thursday and Friday to interview candidates. The committee will hold a twoday meeting at the Hilton Hotel from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, according to a news release. Iowa’s Open Meetings Law allows the committee to meet in closed session to evaluate the competency of an individual whose appointment is under consideration if the individual has requested confidentiality, according to the release. All of the applicants have requested confidentiality. Daily Staff
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Take off with the Study Abroad Fair The semiannual Study Abroad Fair will be in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on Thursday. It will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is “an opportunity for students to get answers to their questions and make comparisons between programs that will help them decide which program best meets their needs and interest,� according to the Study Abroad website. Iowa State offers approximately 250 programs in 50 different countries, and more than 1,200 students study or work abroad annually. Daily Staff
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One Ames resident has decided to take a step forward to follow through with his passion: making his own microbrewery. Did we mention that it’s free? More on that later. Bluegrass music drifts out of a small, unassuming white house on a quiet, dark side-street. After knocking several times, a young man who calls himself “Little B� opens the door to a smallish
living room, populated by hideously upholstered chairs and an eclectic collection of ’90s memorabilia including a “Terminator� (the original movie) poster, several pictures of pigs, a lava lamp and an impressive collection of VHS tapes. It’s hard to believe this room has packed in parties of upward of 100 people. On the steps to the basement, one has to duck under naked bulbs and surgi-
cal tubing, climb down the bare wooden steps into the cool chamber purposely chosen because it regularly maintains a moderate temperature between 60 and 70 degrees. This is where the magic happens. There are no boilers, boiling crucibles or beakers of florescent liquids in this laboratory — just shelves of grains, chemicals and kegs
that line the brick walls from the concrete floor, to the naked ductwork in the ceiling. Here, we meet Kelly Blevins, where he can brew as many different original beers as he chooses, but he is holding on to his own flagship beers, a raspberry wheat and an Irish Cream stout. “That’s the big advantage we have over any other brewery out there,� Blevins said. “That we can brew whatever ... we want.�
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Teal Wheels roll out for fundraising benefit By Sarah.Clark @iowastatedaily.com Bikers are hopeful that blue skies will match their blue bicycles at this weekend’s first annual Teal Wheels bicycle benefit organized by the Iowa State Dance Marathon organization. Along with a bike decoration contest and a tricycle race, the event will include an eight-mile fun-ride throughout the Ames community and the ISU campus. All proceeds from Teal Wheels and Dance Marathon events directly benefit the Children’s Miracle Network locally through the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, which specializes in children’s health care and meeting the health care needs of children and their families. “The funds we raise from Teal Wheels and Dance Marathon will be used to help a variety of children that are being treated for many different illnesses at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital,� said Emily Culp, junior in marketing and advertising and director of Dance Marathon public relations. Last year, the UI hospital served more than 160,000 children in clinical visits and received more than 4,500 inpatient admissions. The hospital is ranked in the top 20 best children’s hospitals by Parents magazine and is a nationally recognized pediatric center of excellence. ISU Dance Marathon is hopeful that Teal Wheels will raise even more support for the cause. “Since the main part of Dance Marathon oc-
Kelly sets his can of Keystone on a nearby washing machine as he describes in fleeting detail the exacting 10-hour process of creating beer here at Boozetime Brewery, from cultivating the yeast to picking the ingredients, all the way to drying the hops on his rack that doubles as a beer pong table. He has had to overcome problems with fluctuations in temperature, excess amounts of yeast in the house
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Page ponders importance of Iowa in election By Katherine.Klingseis @iowastatedaily.com
curs once a year, we’re excited to extend our efforts to another event to benefit our cause,� Culp said. The first Dance Marathon event was held in 1998 and raised more than $20,000. Since then, ISU Dance Marathon has raised a total of $1.5 million for the hospital with more than $180,000 coming from last year’s event alone. Szuyin Leow, president of Dance Marathon, is hopeful that the Teal Wheels event will reach out to a new audience and bring in more support for the Dance Marathon organization. “One of the most exciting things about putting on an event like Teal Wheels is that it is a
The presidential campaign season rolls around every four years, transforming Iowa from a small blot on a map into a national hub filled with major politicians and journalists. Clarence Page, a 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner, said the importance of Iowa relies on the state’s ability to create narratives for the candidates. “A good narrative has all but replaced the need for a party to have a good platform,� Page said. Page, who began his journalism career as a freelance writer and photographer at 17 years old, is a nationally syndicated columnist and a member of the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board. “I have read his articles for years,� said audience member Donald Raker. “I think he is a very thoughtful and intelligent writer.� Page spoke to a packed crowd in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union Wednesday night. His lecture was entitled, “A Campaign Narrative: Why Iowa Matters — or Not!� At the lecture, Page said the news audience today feels entitled to their own facts. “Today’s audiences no longer choose their own news outlets,� Page said. “They choose their own versions of reality.� He said that the positions matter less than what the positions seems to mean. “The rise of narrative can render the positions on the issue almost meaningless,� he said. Narratives have the potential to cause a presidential candidate to go from a superhero to a pin cushion, Page said. He explained that candidates use narratives to negatively define other candidates. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a 2012 Republican candi-
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