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DRIVING CYRIDE Driver shares story of transporting ISU students

By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com As you catch a CyRide bus on your way to class, it’s so quiet you could hear the sound of a pin drop as you and 50 different strangers start your commutes for the day.

When it comes time to go home, someone is talking loudly with a friend on the bus, so you put in your earphones and listen to your music.

If it’s a weekend and late at night, you and a bus full of drunk people might start a rendition of “Follow Me” by Uncle Kracker, because why not?

Every experience on CyRide is different, and, when it comes down to it, the drivers are the ones behind the wheel taking it all in.

CyRide driver Grant Olsen said, “You get to know people,” referring to his co-workers and some routine passengers.

Having driven for CyRide the past three years, Olsen may be your driver as you head to your dreaded 8 a.m. class. Being more of a morning person, Olsen enjoys starting his work day at 7 a.m.

As one of CyRide’s approximately 140 drivers, Olsen helps provide transportation to about 6.7 million passengers each year.

CyRide, the city bus system for Ames, offers 12 fixed routes that can take students, staff and city citizens around town, with buses reaching all across Ames.

Beginning with routes as early as 6 a.m. and going until midnight Sunday

through Thursday, CyRide caters to the common college kid by extending bus hours during the weekend with the Moonlight Express, which runs until 3 a.m.

Bus drivers’ shifts could last anywhere from two to six hours, when they either drive one of the circulator routes or a more far-reaching bus route such as Red West/East.

“For the most part, I pretty much know what I’m going to do when the day starts,” Olsen said. “But, it’s not as monotonous as I thought it was going to be when I first started. I thought, ‘Oh, it’s going to be the same thing every day,’ but there is quite a bit of variety.”

Olsen remembers a few years ago when there was a snow storm and afternoon classes got cancelled.

The buses were loaded with “hundreds, maybe thousands” of students who wanted to go home.

The experience was both “exciting but hectic,” Olsen said, as the bus drivers and dispatch had to adapt to the new schedule created by the students because of the winter storm.

Before coming to CyRide, Olsen drove for the Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency, a transit system catering to the general public with a focus on those who are older or may have disabilities.

Some differences and similarities between the two agencies that Olsen recognized included seeing a few of the people he used to drive around when he worked for Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency.

Olsen said that it’s “good to see” some of

his older door-to-door passengers.

One of the major differences, however, is the size in buses.

“Obviously, there is a big size difference between an 18-passenger bus and a 40-footer,” Olsen said.

Offering 40-foot buses and “bendy buses,” which are 60 feet long, CyRide has a current fleet of 93 buses.

During the heaviest traffic times, such as when students are trying to get to class, as many as 70 of the buses might be seen en route.

--Sheri Kyras, director of transit at CyRide, discussed some of the ins and outs pertaining to the transit system.

As Iowa State’s student enrollment continues to grow each year — this year reaching a staggering 36,001 students — CyRide must make changes to routes, times and buses to ensure the best possible routes.

“It’s a year-by-year analysis,” Kyras said. “We look at what particularly the student enrollment is going to be for the next year. So, if there’s going to be an increase, we’ll look at that and try to determine what that would mean for service, which then turns into how many buses we’re gonna need for the next year.”

To get these new buses, CyRide looks to a program that began a few years ago.

“What we really rely upon is a program that we’ve started, probably three or four years ago, where we purchase good, used buses from another transit system that is selling them,” Kyras said.

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A student talks with his friend on CyRide as the bus make its way through Central Campus.

Its main distributor, St. Paul, allows CyRide to purchase these buses, and, from there, it makes sure they are in good operating condition, refurbishes them and turns them into CyRide buses.

“We use those for any expansion we need for the next year, as well as any buses that we believe we can no longer operate in the fleet, and replace those vehicles with them,” Kyras said.

CyRide attempts to purchase at least five used buses each year. Kyras said this is so it can keep its fleet moving with the student enrollment increase.

Another way CyRide works to create the best transit system that it can is by looking at future developments and adapting bus routes to work with the needs created by these new developments.

“With two-thirds of the students living off campus, whatever happens in the development, if there’s a new Copper Beech for example that’s slated to be open the next year, we look at that, and we determine what we need to do to the

routes to be able to provide the capacity to provide rides for students,” Kyras said.

With each student creating between 170 to 180 trips a year on CyRide, the need to adapt is essential.

Barb Neal, operations supervisor, said that to get any of the changes for the next year approved, they must be run by the board, which will make its decision in January.

“We look at [changes], and we go to the board, and we provide them with information on what we need to do for the next year, what changes and what that turns into budget-wise,” Kyras said.

Neal added that sometimes the board doesn’t approve the recommendations it believes may be helpful.

All in all, to ensure the best transit system around, CyRide aims to stay true to its community.

“Our policy is that we don’t leave people at the bus stop,” Kyras said.

--Little known to most, CyRide is run by the city of Ames and not the univer-

sity. This makes it easier for CyRide to train, hire and operate at Iowa State.

“We are employees of the city,” Neal said. “Just because it’s a more efficient way to operate and a less costly way.”

To become a driver, applicants must go through the city’s application process, which means they must have a good driving record with no more than two accidents and no DUIs or OWIs; complete a video test; and pass an oral board interview.

Once training begins, drivers must pass a Department of Transportation physical and drug test, as well as participate in 40 hours of outof-service training.

Before drivers can begin the out-of-service training, however, per the Department of Transportation, they must obtain their commercial driver’s license.

To do this, drivers must take three tests. Once they obtain their permit, CyRide completes the rest of the training.

“With that CDL permit, we would take you out

NEWS on the road, and we would basically teach you how to drive,” Neal said. This means that drivers must go back to the basics and relearn how to make right and left turns.

Drivers then must obtain their full commercial driver’s license to move on to the next steps in training.

Neal pointed out a few bumps that CyRide is facing; with a new way of training that it has been doing recently, it is taking drivers longer to pass their tests.

“We used to do training a bit different, and I think people felt more confident in their training the way we [used to do] it,” Neal said.

After the 40 hours of out-service training, drivers move to the in-service portion of the training, where they begin to drive the routes with passengers on the bus.

Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 “We have three phases of that [in-service training].

We have pink sheets, yellow sheets and green sheets,” Neal said.

During the pink sheet portion, trainees drive with a trained CyRide driver and rely heavily on their help.

This section mainly develops and enhances trainees’ driving skills.

The second portion, yellow sheets, allows trainees a bit more lenience, as they work on transfers and time skills.

The final stage, green sheets, is when trainees have a chance to smooth out any problems they may have before becoming an official CyRide driver. At the end of their training, CyRide drivers will have undergone approximately 100 to 150 training hours.

And when it comes to passenger relations, Neal

outlined service skills all drivers must have.

“We have four priorities [here] at CyRide,” Neal said. “Our first priority is safety — safety is No. 1.

Our second priority is what we say ‘wave to others’ or teamwork. Our third priority is value of service, and the fourth part is schedule.”

--Olsen, when asked what he liked most about CyRide, thought of his co-workers.

Olsen said he has enjoyed getting to know his co-workers because of their personalities and how diverse they all are.

“There are people here who love to cook or who love to play video games,” he said. “I’ve gotten to meet people who grew up in Long Island or New York City — it’s just such a very employee-based [company].”

Changing the game Fantasy sports websites have uncertain futures

By Mitchel.Anderson @iowastatedaily.com Plastered on the front of Sports Illustrated’s July 15 issue was Eric W. Rasco’s photo of American Pharoah’s triple-crown winning finish at the 2015 Belmont Stakes.

The moment captured on Rasco’s camera seemed to perfectly embody the sport of horse racing in 2015. Spectators — dressed in attire that hasn’t seemed to have changed in 100 years — were hoisting up their cellphones in hopes of capturing a moment that hadn’t been experienced in the sport for nearly 40 years.

Oh, and three advertisement posters were created for DraftKings, not to mention the DraftKings logo on the horse itself.

In another instance, Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Manny Pacquiao in May of 2015 in one of the most anticipated boxing matches in the sport’s history. The fight was the most profitable in history — Pacquiao and Mayweather made a combined $300 million from the event.

Slapped on Mayweather’s shorts was a FanDuel logo.

The Boston-based daily fantasy sports (DFS) startup, DraftKings, and its New York-based counterpart, FanDuel, have been ambushing the sports media landscape with advertising and marketing for more than a year. They also scored a major victory in

securing the rights to advertise at events such as the Belmont Stakes, boxing matches and in everyday sports media.

People might wonder why companies don’t worry about sports media consumers getting sick of seeing ads from the DFS companies, especially in states such as Iowa, where participation in daily fantasy sports is illegal.

“It’s something to take into account, but it weighs against creating brand awareness,” said Michael Colangelo, assistant director at the University of Southern California’s Sports Business Institute.

“The only way to let people know about the service is advertisements, and the best way to do that is to bombard people with ads.”

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In celebration of Dr. Eric Abbott’s 41 years as an educator, researcher and mentor the Greenlee School faculty and staff passed this resolution celebrating Dr. Abbott’s contributions to the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication and the profession.

Whereas Dr. Eric Abbott has been a faculty member here for more than four decades and, prior to that, an alumnus of the program in science journalism; Whereas Dr. Abbott followed in his father Lyle’s and Uncle H. Lee Schwanz’s footsteps as editor of the Iowa State Daily, dedicating his student as well as faculty career to journalism and mass communication; Whereas Dr. Abbott has traveled around the globe, often in tumultuous territory, as a 1981 letter from him suggests—“Hello from Guatemala, home of luxurious hotels and army specialists with sub-machine guns at every portal”—presenting his research to trainers, farmers and heads of business and state; Whereas Dr. Abbott’s articles in Journal of Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly and Newspaper Research Journal have informed scholars and his research reports have guided the World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development; Whereas Dr. Abbott has won numerous international service, advising and top paper awards for his work, advising undergraduate and graduate students in at least four Iowa State colleges; Whereas Dr. Abbott has influenced generations of world leaders, educators and students on topics ranging from fire prevention and energy communication to agriculture and women in development and farming; Whereas Dr. Abbott has advised generations of faculty members regarding Promotion and Tenure and graduate students regarding theses and dissertations, earning our collective admiration, respect and love; THEREFORE WE, THE FACULTY AND STAFF, on this 4th day of December, 2015, hereby resolve to name the final weeks of this current fall semester, “Eric Abbott Days,” celebrating his contributions and inviting Iowa State employees, benefactors and friends to convey heart-felt regards in person or via telephone, social media and email (eabbott@iastate.edu).

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GAMBLING p3 FanDuel ranks 11th in ad spending among companies in the United States, according to iSpot TV ad metrics. During the last 30 days, a selection of 46 FanDuel spots have aired 6,177 times, which ranks 53rd in the United States.

DraftKings, on the other hand, has a selection of 26 spots that have aired 2,612 times during the last month, ranking only 259th in airing and 84th in spending. Here’s another question worth asking: Is all of that money spent on advertising worth the cost?

“Each company has different key performance indicators on what entails [return of investment] on advertising,” Colangelo said.

“DraftKings and FanDuel can monitor new customers, as well as how much money is spent in contests as key performance indicators.”

With heavy ad placement on ESPN, Fox and NBC, the companies are certain of their demographic.

Fantasy sports players are 66 percent male, the average age being 37 years old, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.

Also, 47 percent of players have an annual household income of more than $75,000, which makes way for the average annual amount spent by players to be $465. Perhaps most staggering is 56.8 million people play fantasy sports in the United States and Canada.

Ads appear to be worth the cost, but the future legal battle with New York, which banned the companies from operating in the state, may change that.

The NFL is the only major sports league that isn’t partnered with a DFS company. Many professional teams, along with NBC, Fox and ESPN, have partnered with a DFS company.

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Daily fantasy sports startup DraftKings has raised about $626 million, while FanDuel has raised $362.5 million, but their futures are uncertain.

“The intense campaign is typical because DFS companies are facing an ‘existential treat,’” said Dan Malliet, lecturer in management who teaches several marketing classes.

“It appears to me that they see big profits in the future of the business and will fight this threat aggressively and likely with a lot of well financed investor backing.”

Colangelo, who is the managing editor of a website called The Fields of Green — wrote that FanDuel and DraftKings are eventually going to have to choose between paying their legal expense or paying their sponsorship deals.

“They technically can’t spend less money on contracts that have already been signed, but they can pull back advertisements, which they are already doing,” Colangelo said.

The situation is sticky.

If the companies don’t fight back against the state of New York, they will lose a major portion of their business there.

If the media, leagues and teams partnered with the companies demand their money, they may lose all future revenue from the DFS companies because of their inability to fight the state of New York.

Colangelo notes that

the only solution for media, league and team partners is to “wait out the legal battle and hope to make up the revenue.”

The future of daily fantasy sports — at least for FanDuel and DraftKings — is uncertain at the moment, and for the most part depends on investors.

DFS companies have raised $1.063 billion to date from investors, according to Legal Sports Report.

DraftKings has raised about $626 million, exceeding FanDuel’s total of $362.5 million. The two companies have spent a combined $205.9 million on advertising from January to October of this year, according to CNN Money.

Some of the major investors include former NBA commissioner David Stern (AlphaDraft), the MLB, the NHL, The Madison Square Garden Company and Kraft group — all DraftKings investors. FanDuel has brought in investments totaling about $286 million from NBC Sports, Google Capital, NBC, Comcast Ventures and Time Warner.

With news sprouting every day about the legal battles between state governments and DFS companies, the future of daily fantasy sports is bound to change.

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OPINION

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Double standard Women must also be held accountable

By Maddy.Beiwel @iowastatedaily.com

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eople tend to ask me if I’m a feminist and usually I say yes, I do consider myself a feminist. It’s a loaded word and always has been, but it defines my beliefs well enough.

Women and men should have the same opportunities. Neither should have to worry that their gender will hold them back in life and neither should feel a stigma attached to their gender.

But at the same time, feminism comes with many issues. Some women are too reactionary, some women treat men as their stupid slaves to their baser instincts and some women excuse the bad behavior of those around us because of a need for solidarity.

At its core, feminism is supposed to be for the equality of all genders, with an emphasis upon increasing the status of women and allowing them the same opportunities as men, as well as giving all genders a chance to pursue their passions without feeling limitations by society’s perceptions.

Feminism is supposed to be for everyone. But what is it worth if the humiliation and abuse of people is marginalized, simply because they are men?

Everyone remembers when Chris Brown beat up Rihanna. His career took a significant hit, he half-apologized and he’s still paying

for it to this day. Other celebrities such as Ray Rice and Ike Turner share this notorious status of domestic abuser, and the name follows them around for the rest of their careers.

Domestic abuse is a disgusting cowardly action that is done by people who have no respect for others.

They infringe upon their bond with another person in order to control and demean him or her with violence, and I believe such a ghastly act should blight their reputation forever, as it would in the case of rape or murder.

But I noticed something contradictory.

Emma Roberts, the star of Nickelodeon’s “Unfabulous” and actress in “American Horror Story,” was arrested in Montreal in 2013 for beating her thenboyfriend and co-star Evan Peters. She was released without incident because Peters decided not to file charges. They were later engaged, but the relationship ultimately ended.

Where was the uproar about that demonstration of inter-relationship abuse?

Where was the boycotting of her work accompanied by the tarnishing of her reputation? Where are the demands that she be extricated from Hollywood and that Peters be supported for his experience?

It was simply not there.

I couldn’t find a single harangue incinerating Roberts though her actions, if duplicated by a man, would surely have been met with a furor unknown outside of

a gladiator movie. People would have been screaming for blood, but they weren’t simply because she carries the xx chromosomes and according to the slant of the media, domestic abuse situations simply don’t happen when the woman is playing the role of the abuser.

Men make up 15 percent of all intimate partner violence victims, and about three million physical assaults are enacted upon men every year. Domestic abuse impacts more than 830,000 men every year.

Also, 50 percent of lesbian women will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes, with the caveat that these are not limited to intimate partner relationships.

Even taking into account male homosexual domestic abuse, these numbers show that women are just as capable of becoming domestic abusers.

One of my favorite viewpoints of feminism is that women are capable of being just as terrible as men, which is epitomized in this Time magazine quote: “If we want our culture to recognize women’s capacity for leadership and competition, it is hypocritical to deny or downplay women’s capacity for aggression and even evil.”

There is a classic view of women as being pure and above reproach, with every potentially controversial or unfortunate action glossed over. We can’t keep insisting that women are the same as men while simultaneously pretending that we are all good, kind

people. Some of us are terrible, some of us are abusive and some of us are cruel.

Acting like women are all perfect and all worthy of praise is an unequivocal anti-feminist statement that ignores all of the other facets of the movement.

This view seems to have long since been obliterated as women grew closer and closer in status to men, except for in the area of women as domestic abusers.

Women beating up men is also all too often played for comedy. In one episode of the hit TV show “How I Met Your Mother” titled “Return of the Shirt,” main character Ted dates an ex-girlfriend. When he breaks up with her again, she proceeds to brutally beat him in a restaurant.

This scene has been played time and time again in countless other sitcoms, only perpetuating this stereotype.

I get it, it’s a weird show, and it was a joke, but had it been the other way and a man was beating up a woman, no one would have been laughing.

Women beating on males in TV shows has never, to my knowledge, been used as anything other than comedy fodder.

It helps perpetuate the notion in real life that if a woman is hitting you and you take it seriously, you’re weak. The illusion that men can’t cry leads to an emotionless, strong caricaturelike being held up as the perfect man. When men are abused by women, this paragon of masculinity can

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Columnist Beiwel argues that men who are domestically abused by a woman should receive the same support women do when they’re abused instead of being expected to “take it on their chin.”

seem unattainable, and men may feel the need to bury their hurt in order to attempt to measure up.

I admit, women do not always have the physical strength of men and perhaps that would equate to injuries that are perhaps less visible. But the psychological aspect of being hurt by someone you care about is exactly the same and should be treated in exactly the same way. Also, women may be more likely to use weapons when assaulting a partner. This extends, of course, to emotional and other forms of domestic abuse as well.

Men are more likely to be told that the blame for the abuse lies on their shoulders, and in some cases, they can be the ones arrested if their partner is

their aggression. It is difficult for abused men to find help, as there are scarce resources for men who have been abused by their wives or girlfriends.

The double standard that exists when discussing domestic abuse coming from a woman is abhorrent. Men are expected to “take it on their chin,” while women, who are survivors, are provided with the proper amount of support and community that domestic abuse victims should receive. I’m not saying that female domestic abuse victims should be understated, or that their experience should be downplayed.

I’m simply saying that when it happens to men, it’s just as terrible, and women should be held accountable.

OPINION

Monday, Dec. 14, 2015

Dangers of creationism Uneducated belief harms future of U.S.

By Michael.Heckle @iowastatedaily.com

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he unsubstantiated and baseless pseudoscience that is creationism is not an outdated scientific fallacy, but one that continues to affect policies and schools.

Top political candidates in the GOP continuously promote creationism as scientific fact, even those who have a background in the sciences. While religious freedom must be upheld, separation of church and state protects the integrity of public science education.

I hope that, at the very least, I have been able to show the unscientific nature of intelligent design and creationism in these past few columns. I hope I have been able to frame the topic to show that the ideology basis itself in anything other than the scientific method should not be given the title science.

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson has not been shy about his surprisingly unscientific views on evolution. Carson has stated his views at multiple public events, including at an Emory University commencement speech in 2012 and, more recently, at a Tennessee church in November.

Considering Carson has a degree in medicine from the University of Michigan and is considered one of the top pediatric neurosurgeons in the world, it’s hard to

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Among other GOP presidential candidates such as Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Bobby Jindal, neurosurgeon Ben Carson shares a creationist outlook on the theory of evolution.

believe he would possess a creationist perspective on such a critical biological matter.

This raises serious concerns about integrity.

Carson cannot be trusted to put discredited and archaic theories behind him simply because of faith.

Yet Carson is not alone.

Multiple GOP candidates have expressed similar unscientific views. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Bobby Jindal are the worst offenders. It’s ironic that the most common argument made by these men is that of keeping an open mind and teaching multiple viewpoints. What Carson, Cruz, Paul and the rest of the GOP don’t seem to understand is that there are no multiple viewpoints.

All of the Bible verses and pseudoscientific fallacies used to spread this disingenuous notion of creationism cannot hold a candle to the overwhelming evidence for evolution.

It’s ridiculous that individuals being considered for president hold such dis-

credited beliefs.

The issue of creationism seems to be an exclusively American phenomenon. Almost 42 percent of Americans believe in creationism, and that number has stayed constant since 1982. However, over 20 years, the percentage of adults who were unsure about evolution has risen from 7 percent to 21 percent. Thankfully, the percentage of adults who outright reject evolution has dropped from 48 percent to 39 percent. Yet, despite the fact that creationism has risen in Europe since the 1970s, it has received nowhere near the support in the United State. The United States lags behind the rest of the world in scientific understanding of genetics and evolution, ranking 32nd in a survey of 34 and narrowly beating Turkey. As one of the largest, and most developed countries in the world, we should be embarrassed by these findings.

What is even more

disturbing than the presence of creationism is its effect on schools in the United States. Creationism is taught in schools in 14 different states nationwide, with two using public funding to do so. Schools in Louisiana and Tennessee can use state-provided funds to teach anti-scientific views and continue the lie that creationism is science.

No matter what career path students choose to follow, science has an impact. If we cannot accurately teach our children the principles of science, we will raise a generation of scientifically illiterate adults.

Creationism misrepresents science, makes disingenuous arguments and blatantly lies when it meets criticism. We have a political candidates who follow this principle, including one who has based his career in science. The United State is left falling behind the rest of the world because we cannot shake this archaic, untrue and illogical excuse for a theory.

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EDITORIAL

Embrace break to prepare for changes This semester has been one for the record books.

We haven’t been short on big events and news, to say the least.

We broke a fall enrollment record at 36,001 students.

We started off the academic year with the loss of a beloved ISU men’s basketball coach, and the gain of a new one, who is also expected to deliver a highvoltage performance this season, and is off to a good start.

A protest that ended in a poster being ripped and a nationally-trending hashtag kicked a semesterlong string of events and emotional campus wide conversation, that will lead into the next semester and years to come.

Football fans must also learn to love a new head coach, as former ISU head coach Paul Rhoads was asked to end his sevenyear ISU career this season.

A rumor struck fear into the hearts of all when someone thought it’d be funny to tell everyone the

white squirrel was dead.

He’s still alive.

Campus has been infiltrated by numerous political candidates pleading for our bid.

Iowa State hired its very first Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Reginald Stewart.

The statue of George Washington Carver was vandalized.

A student died on the railroad tracks.

All of this on top of regularly-occurring stresses from classes, extracurriculars and balancing a social life, it’s no wonder campus needs a sigh of relief, and winter break is thankful quickly approaching to provide us a well-deserved rest.

A lengthy list of tasks and goals has emerged since these events, especially regarding the diversity forum and discussions swirling through campus.

So use break as a time to recharge and reset.

Come back to next semester ready to get to work on all the things we’re talking about doing this semester.

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SPORTS

Monday, Dec. 14, 2015

BUCKLEY’S DEFENSE ISU guard’s heartfelt speech helps save her high school assistant coach’s job

By Kevin.Horner @iowastatedaily.com Humbly yet confidently, she approached the podium.

Frustration silenced her nerves as she glanced down at the speech she had prepared.

She had earned respect among the crowd at that Mason City school board meeting in May 2013, and she intended to use it.

When she spoke, although she may not have realized it, people listened.

They listened because of the three consecutive state tournament appearances. They listened because she was one of a select few to commit to Division I athletics. They listened because she put Mason City basketball on the map.

They listened because her name was Jadda Buckley. *** The beginning of a financially-tight period had begun for Mason City High School.

In an effort to raise additional funds, the school board proposed cutting up to 30 coaches from the athletic department staff.

However, the board didn’t want to eliminate any sports entirely from the school, so the budget cuts targeted the “expendable” coaches within the system.

On the girl’s basketball side, the cuts targeted assistant coach Tom Kirby.

To the Mohawk players, especially Buckley, Kirby was more than a coach. He was a friendly liaison between athletes and the head coach when issues arose. He was a friend.

“It came down to it that Kirby had to fight for his job,” Buckley said. “People [didn’t] understand the amount of impact he had on the team. There’s so much work that the assistant coaches do that goes unnoticed.”

Although he also coached post players and coordinated out-of-bounds plays, Kirby viewed one of his main roles as a coach as being relational. As a young coach, less than 10 years out of college at Winona State, players naturally related better with Kirby than with other coaches.

They came to him not only with basketball concerns but also with offthe-court struggles and successes.

“The assistant [coach] is kind of the buffer between the head coach and the players,” Kirby said.

“Sometimes the players are afraid of the head coaches.

I deal with players on more of a personal basis.”

This relational role resonated especially with Buckley. She recognized his ability to connect with these high school girls, listening to and trying to understand their lives inside and outside of basketball.

“He was the coach I was closest with go-

ing through high school,” Buckley said. “He’s really good about connecting with each girl on the basis of their personality, both outside of basketball and on the court. I think he just understood what we were all going through — our ups and downs of the day.”

Although the school board may have viewed Kirby as expendable, Buckley and her teammates saw things in a different light. In their minds, Kirby’s behind-the-scenes role was just as essential to the team’s overall success as any coach’s role, and removing him from the picture would have changed the whole dynamic of the team.

So, naturally, being a senior point guard and leader on the team, Buckley resorted to taking action on her coach’s behalf. “[I wanted] the board to see the people that [Kirby] impacted, so that they can [realize] that this isn’t just a guy begging to save his job,” Buckley said.

“This a guy that needs his job because of the impact he had on us girls and on Mason City.”

Buckley’s efforts were eventually directed toward the upcoming school board meeting. Other coaches and individuals were to speak at the meeting, defending the coaching positions that were on the chopping block. So Buckley prepared a speech and marked May 6, the day of the meeting,

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ISU guard Jadda Buckley looks for an opening in the UNI defenese Dec. 2. Before coming to Iowa State, Buckley attended Mason City High School in Mason City, Iowa, where she helped save her assistant coach’s job.

on her calendar.

She was confident in the words she would say, but she feared her voice would be lost in a sea of adults. Would people really listen to an 18-year-old basketball player? *** There she stood in front of that Mason City crowd.

Only a podium pre-

vented Buckley from yelling in the faces of the board members in frustration. To her, the board viewed Kirby as simply a figure — an expendable financial liability that needed to be cut. She honed that frustration into motivation as she began her speech.

“I want to share with you what a man once said,” Buckley said to the listening

crowd. “‘An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.’ That’s what I’m doing tonight. I’m running with my emotions, running with my faith, running with my heart.”

Buckley continued to defend her coach’s job, reminding the school board and audience members of

SPORTS the impact that Kirby had on the basketball program.

Without Kirby, she argued, the program would not have seen the success that it did.

Kirby was one of the main attributes of the program’s recent success, Buckley said. As she moved on to address Kirby’s personality and passion, the words didn’t escape as easily as before.

Water rushed to Buckley’s eyes as she recalled Kirby’s care for her as an individual. This wasn’t something she had prepared for, but it was something that she couldn’t stop.

“She got choked up during the speech,” Kirby said. “You could just tell that she was passionate about what she was saying. It wasn’t just, ‘Oh, I’m going to do this because I think I need to.’ By the end,

Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 she was borderline [crying], trying to get through that speech. It just meant a lot.”

That passion, projected through held-back tears, represented not only the care that Kirby had showed her but also the care that she had for him.

“It takes a lot for me to tear up about something,” Buckley said. “But when it comes to somebody that’s close to me and somebody who gave a lot of work and compassion for me and somebody threatens their job, that’s serious to me.”

Buckley concluded her speech and joined her teammates in the back of the meeting room. She didn’t think her speech would have much of an impact.

Buckley didn’t consider her opinion would ever be taken seriously, but other audience mem-

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bers in attendance that night saw things differently.

Mason City head coach Curt Klaahsen knew that although his star point guard may not have recognized it, Buckley’s speech held some weight.

“I think it put a personal touch on it,” Klaahsen said. “It’s easy to look at numbers and make decisions just based on money and numbers. [It showed] the impact that coaches can have [on] young people in a positive way. It was a personal touch that showed how [these cuts] would hurt the programs going forward.” *** Buckley is beginning her redshirt sophomore year as a Cyclone, leading head coach Bill Fennelly’s young ISU team each game.

Kirby remains the assistant varsity coach for the Mason

City high school girls’ basketball team.

It turns out that Buckley’s speech carried more weight than she thought.

“I don’t think she was aware of how important that was to me and how important that was to the community that she stepped up and talked,” Kirby said. “With her level talent and [her commitment] to Iowa State at the time, she was kind of a local celebrity. For her to get up and speak, people listened.

“People see the name Jadda Buckley and they’re like, ‘Oh, what’s she talking about? Why does she want to save his job? He must mean a lot if she’s talking about it.’”

People listened because of who Buckley was to that community and ultimately, who she still is.

She remains, to this day, a celebrity in the Mason City community, Kirby said.

Being a middle school teacher in Mason City as well as a coach, Kirby has realized what Buckley did not.

People remember Buckley because of the impact she had on that community. Little girls look up to her — their eyes lighting up every time her name is mentioned.

“I honestly don’t think she knew how many people looked up to her,” Kirby said. “I still don’t think she does. I don’t think she understands how many little kids in Mason City watch her on TV, come to the games and want to do something like her in the future.” *** Buckley didn’t speak on Kirby’s behalf because

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she knew the potential impact of her speech. She didn’t step up to that podium out of unemotional obligation.

Like the words she quoted to begin her speech, Buckley was simply running with hope in her heart and dreams in her head, unaware of the impact she could and would have on Kirby and Mason City as a whole.

She was running with the care that she felt for Kirby and the need for her to defend her coach and friend.

She was running with blind compassion.

“I really do think that she didn’t understand the importance of what she was doing when she did it,” Kirby said. “I [wouldn’t] have my job today as the assistant coach without her stepping up to the podium.”

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TRANSFER CALLS IOWA STATE HOME

By Ryan.Young @iowastatedaily.com Driving down Interstate 80 on another bleak, frigid December day last winter, the ISU basketball team knew it was heading into its first real test of the season.

The Cyclones were on their way to a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye arena for the annual CyHawk game — yet they faced an uphill battle even before the opening tip.

Senior Bryce DejeanJones had been arrested at his West Ames apartment the night before for a drugrelated charge and two excessive noise charges.

While the charges were eventually dropped, Dejean-Jones — who was the team’s second-leading scorer, averaging more than 17 points per game — would be kept off of the hardwood.

The Cyclones needed someone to step up.

Abdel Nader did just that.

The then-redshirt junior forward dropped 19 points and grabbed six rebounds in the game, leading No. 14 Iowa State to a convincing 90-75 win against Iowa. Nader went 6-of-10 from the field and 4-of-6 from behind the 3-point line.

More importantly, Nader scored seven points in Iowa State’s 18-0 secondhalf run that blew the game open for the Cyclones, sealing the CyHawk victory.

“I’ve been waiting for that breakout game by Abdel,” Hoiberg said afterward. “He’s such a talented player. We saw it last year when he was playing on

the scout team. He needed a game to get his confidence back.”

The rest of the season for Nader didn’t go quite as well as that Iowa game.

Nader, who saw action in nearly every contest, averaged 5.8 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.

Before the Iowa game, Nader was averaging 4.4 points per game. But he didn’t let that shake his confidence.

“Every game, I was getting a little better and better,” Nader said after the game last year. “And today, I felt comfortable out there.”

Nader averaged single-digit figures through the season but was still able to have big games like he did in Iowa City that cold, December Friday last year. Yet, some might still call Nader inconsistent.

He doesn’t see it that way.

“I think the misunderstanding with people is that they think I’m inconsistent, but I think it’s more like we were loaded last year,” Nader said. “We had some senior guys that were ahead of me. I’m not saying I’m mad about it or anything, but I took advantage of the opportunities that were given to me.

“I don’t think it’s as much inconsistent as the opportunities.” *** Nader, now known as “Dooley” by his ISU teammates, hails from Skokie, Ill., a northern suburb of Chicago, where he attended Niles North High School for the latter half of his prep career.

Heading into his freshman year of high school, though, Nader’s basketball

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ISU forward Abdel Nader drives in for a layup against Buffalo on Dec. 7 at Hilton Coliseum. Nader lost between 15 and 20 pounds during the offseason in an attempt to get in better shape for the 2015-16 season.

experience was extremely limited. He had just started playing the game about a year before.

Glenn Olson, his high school coach, placed Nader on the freshman team that year.

“He was just incred-

ibly raw and new to basketball,” Olson said. “You could just tell he hadn’t played a ton of basketball. We liked his athleticism and all that, but you could tell he wanted to be a player.”

Nader’s game grew ex-

ponentially after that first year. And by the start of his sophomore season, Nader was a completely different player.

When he started his junior season at Niles North, Nader’s success continued — and the team

thrived off of it.

But Olson said he wasn’t all of the way there yet.

“When he was great, we were really good,” Olson said. “But when he struggled, we really struggled. He put us on his back, there’s no two ways about it.”

Nader averaged 23.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game that year, leading the Vikings to a Central Suburban League title and a section championship — their first in school history.

Nader garnered First Team All-State honors from the Chicago Tribune, earned Chicago Sun-Times Class 4A Second Team All-State recognition and was named to the ESPN Chicago All-Area team.

But what truly impressed Olson was the fact that Nader was still fairly new to the game.

Nader didn’t have that advantage.

“Not only was he young for his class, but mix in the fact that these other guys were playing competitive basketball for 10 or 12 years,” Olson said. “[Nader] was in year five. It was pretty impressive.”

With accolades such as those, and the numbers to back them up, it’s no wonder he was being recruited by some of the nation’s top programs.

Nader had picked up interest from Marquette, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Illinois and Florida, among others.

Nader’s original plan was to join coach Steve Alford at New Mexico, a program to which he verbally committed during his junior year. But Nader

SPORTS had doubts about his early decision to join the Lobos, and he had some issues in the classroom, too.

“I wasn’t sure if I wanted to [go to a prep school] for a year because I wasn’t eligible right away for the NCAA,” Nader said. “I ended up getting eligible that October, so that was good news. I just went from there.”

In a move that shocked the recruiting world, Nader signed with Northern Illinois — a school about 90 minutes from his home.

“He loved the sales pitch. Staying close to home was one of the reasons he got out of his commitment to New Mexico,” Townsend said. “We didn’t think it would happen. His mom wanted him close to home; he wanted to be close to home. It was the ideal place.”

At the time, NIU basketball was struggling.

During the 2010-2011 season — one year before Nader’s arrival — the Huskies finished with a 9-21 record, winning only five games in the MidAmerican Conference.

Ricardo Patton was in his final year as head coach.

Mark Montgomery was hired to replace Patton, and with him arrived an incredibly talented freshman class — headlined by Nader.

But the added youth didn’t equal wins. NIU finished with a 5-26 record that year.

Nader’s impact was immediately felt. He led the team in scoring during his first year with 10.4 points, playing 24.2 minutes per game. Nader and the rest of the freshmen accounted for about 56 percent of minutes played for the Huskies that year, the sixth-highest percentage in the country.

“We had a good re-

Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 cruiting class for the MAC,” Townsend said. “When you have 11 new guys, which we had — man it was tough. [Nader] had a lot on his shoulders.”

Nader was named to the MAC All-Freshman team after the 2011-2012 season, making him the first NIU player to earn that honor since 2009. Yet Nader, who had turned 18 just before the start of his freshman season, wasn’t sure he would have as big of a role as he did.

“I knew I was going to have an impact,” Nader said. “We actually were supposed to be better than we were. It kind of got ugly for us. But I was young, I was 17 years old, so I tried to make the most of it.”

Nader returned to Northern Illinois for his sophomore year, but he quickly hit a bump in the road.

He was suspended before the 2012-2013 season for what Montgomery said was a violation of team rules, and he sat out the first seven games of the season.

When Nader returned to the court, the team still struggled.

He led the team once again with 13.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, yet the Huskies won just five games.

As the season wrapped up, the road for Nader remained rocky.

He left the team before the end of the season, stating only that he needed to step back to take care of personal issues.

“It was just too much on his shoulders for a kid his age,” Townsend said.

“He probably should have went to boarding school for an additional year. It was too much pressure for him, and we were asking him to be the best player in the program every single day.”

Nader then took to the

transfer market in search of a new home.

Right before he was set to go on a pair of visits to Michigan and Marquette, Nader got a call from former ISU assistant Matt Abdelmassih, who convinced Nader to make the trip to Ames for his first visit.

Upon arrival, Nader said he felt right at home.

“It was out of nowhere,” Nader said. “I never really followed Iowa State basketball before... but I came down here and met [Hoiberg] and met the players and just the environment was so positive around here. I liked it a lot.

I didn’t even take another visit. I just committed.”

Per NCAA transfer regulations, Nader was not eligible to play for the Cyclones right away.

Forced to sit out a year, Nader took to the gym.

He wasn’t alone, though. Jameel McKay, who had transferred from Marquette, and Kourtlin Jackson, who was redshirting that season, joined Nader on the sidelines.

“It was real hard, especially with all the success that [the team] was having,” Nader said. “I would have loved to play with that team, and I know [McKay] would have probably said the same. It helped that Jameel was sitting out with me, and I think [Jackson] was too, so we were here when they were away just working out and stuff.

“I definitely learned a lot from that year mentally.” *** Not a whole lot has changed for the ISU basketball team in 2015.

Sure, head coach Steve Prohm is now holding the reigns and attempting to continue what Hoiberg started, but much remains the same.

Georges Niang, McKay

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Abdel Nader attempts a free throw against North Dakota State on Dec. 1.

and Naz Mitrou-Long join Nader in filling out this year’s senior class, and junior Monté Morris returns as one of the best point guards in the nation. The Cyclones are ranked in the top 10 and are among the favorites to make it to the Final Four in April.

But a lot needs to happen for the Cyclones to make it that far, especially from Nader.

“He’s kind of the one guys that everybody forgets about,” Prohm said.

“But I think he’s a huge, huge piece to this team.

I’ve got to do a good job, and my staff has to do a great job of making him understand how important he is to the success of this basketball team.”

At the team’s media day this fall, Prohm said Nader had the “inside track” to a starting spot.

And whether he plays from the first whistle or comes off the bench, Nader will bring something unique to the table.

“He just brings a mismatch,” Niang said. “The fact that he’s just so athletically gifted, and the fact that he has a knack for scoring the ball, that brings something that nobody else can offer. I think

that’s huge for us at this point, basically like an undercover, diamond in the rough.”

During the offseason, Townsend said he noticed a change in Nader.

Physically, Nader truly embraced the process. He was constantly in the gym and running at 7 a.m. daily.

But Townsend took more notice of what changed between the ears — something he credits to Nader’s supporting cast.

“It’s really because of his teammates,” Townsend said. “Abdel talks so highly about those guys, how they’ve taken him under their wing. When he mopes, especially last year, they never gave up on him.

“It’s not all about him.”

Olson has noticed a change too, especially after Nader joined the Cyclones.

“He’s a gym rat. He’s playing a ton and he’s playing with great players every day,” Olson said. “I think that’s the best thing for Abdel is to go and play with guys like [Iowa State] has on their roster. I think that’s a great challenge for him, but I think he’s a guy who rises. When the tough gets going, I think he’s at his best.”

Nader’s ultimate goal

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is to play in the NBA. When looking at the Cyclones, Nader even appears to be one of the more NBA-ready guys on the team.

“I agree with that just because of my body and my skill set, the things that I can do,” Nader said. “Half of playing in the NBA is just having the right body type, just having the size for your position and the athleticism. I think I have that, so that’s big.”

But for now, Nader is pushing that to the back of his mind.

He just wants to win.

“I just want to do whatever I can do to help our team win,” Nader said. “I think we all have a similar goal. We all want to play after college. We want to win a national championship.

That’s what we preach every day.”

And while people have questioned Nader’s maturity in the past, assistant coach T.J. Otzelberger said that isn’t an issue anymore. As this is Nader’s last shot on a college basketball court, Otzelberger has already seen a change.

“Sometimes with guys when it’s their last go around and it’s their senior year, there’s a different level of urgency,” Otzelberger said. “They look at things differently, and that certainly holds true for [Nader]. He’s doing a great job so far. We’re expecting big things from him this year.”

No matter what impact Nader will have on the team this season, one thing is clear: He has made quite an impression on his team.

“I’m so proud of [Nader], words can’t describe it,” Mitrou-Long said. “It’s not really something that you can say, but something you can see.

[Nader] has become a great man and is going to continue to do so.”

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STYLE

Monday, Dec. 14, 2015

Festively flattering style guide Women play up their shape

By Taylor.Borde @iowastatedaily.com Not all women have the same body shape, and that’s OK. Find the right dress this holiday season to flatten your figure and let yourself shine with the celebration of the new year to come.

The silhouettes and details of each dress highlight the features and minimize the trouble areas of each body type to make every woman look and feel her best.

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Try: Halter dress, peplum dress, fitted waist, draping, ruching, deep neckline

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Avoid: Shift dress, fitted waist

Triangle

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Some women with a ruler shape can also have an athletic shape and be taller.

Look for a dress that adds curves to your body, drawing attention to your waist, and plays to your slim figure. Many dress types work for your body shape.

Try: Shift dress, A-line dress, bodycon dress, fitted waist, pleats, poufs

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Mix, match colors for men How to correctly match a suit, shirt and tie is often overlooked in menswear.

Basic principles of creating color combinations lie within the color wheel, including complimentary, contrasting and monochromatic color schemes. A simple rule for starters is to always match the tie to the shirt, not the suit. Also, the tie should always be darker than the shirt to stand out, unless the shirt is a very dark shade.

Color Schemes Complementary: directly opposite on the color wheel, high contrast

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pink and red shirts

texture

Ex: Green, orange and purple, blue, red and yellow

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Striped: Pick a tie with a hint of the shirt color in it, balance large patterns with small patterns, vary stripe orientation (vertical with horizontal or striped) and width (narrow with thick)

Tertiary: colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, more subdued Ex: Blue-green, blue and blue-purple Monochromatic: different shades of the same base color Ex: Light blue, blue and navy Suits

Ex: Blue and orange, red and green

Navy: Pair with white and light blue shirts and try brown or gray pants to mix it up

Contrasting: colors that form a triangle on the

Light Gray: Pair with light blue, chambray, light

Black: Pair with white, light blue, light pink shirt, any color pastel color will match The shirt and tie combinations should fall within the color scheme, whether solid or patterned, to avoid any distasteful pairings.

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Checked: Pick a tie with a larger pattern than the shirt (wide-spaced polka dots or thick block stripes), or a solid tie in a subtle base tone, bold stripe, avoid intricate patterns Shoes

White: Any tie matches, mix it up with a bold color, abstract pattern or knit texture

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Posture affects students’ health Sit up straight in class to prevent pain

By Jenna.Hrdlicka @iowastatedaily.com Slouching over computers, slinging heavy backpacks over one shoulder and squeezing into those too-small classroom desks are posture-ruining actions that many students endure daily.

Tim Derrick, professor of kinesiology, said posture plays an important role in keeping the human body aligned and free of pain.

While most people are aware of the importance of good posture, many still continue with the bad habits that could lead to serious health problems and discomfort such as back and neck pain, headaches and more serious issues such as slipped disks in the spine or stretched ligaments.

Correct posture is also more aesthetically attractive and can help students present themselves more professionally in situations such as job interviews and class presentations.

By learning the different elements of posture and knowing how to implement daily changes to ensure correct posture, students can help lessen everyday back pain and improve the overall health and appearance of their bodies.

Most people think of posture as simply sitting up or standing straight — which is included — but it actually involves a variety of different body parts as well. Feet, legs, arms, back,

neck and head position all play an important role in posture.

When individuals maintain bad posture for a prolonged period of time, they will start to notice physical effects. Derrick said one of the first symptoms people feel from prolonged incorrect posture is fatigue, which can be followed by more serious and more painful symptoms.

There are a few steps students can take to fix posture in their everyday routine. These steps can improve posture both while sitting and standing. Sitting up straight is important to ensure correct posture. “[It] will have the effect of actually putting a slight curve into your spine — into the lower back region — and that curve in your spine is a good thing,” Derrick said.

That lumbar curve decreases the muscle activity in your lower back. When the curve is eliminated by slouching, the back relies more on the muscles in the lower back. When these muscles get tired, the ligaments in the back take over and can become overstretched. That leads to back and neck problems.

“Placing a small, rolled up jacket or towel behind your lower back when possible will assist even further in maintaining the natural curve in the spine,” Derrick said.

In addition to sitting up straight, individuals must make sure their feet are placed flat on the floor with their legs uncrossed and their ankles slightly in front of their knees, according to the American Chiropractic Association.

Derrick also pointed out the importance of these

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Poor posture can lead to serious health problems such as back and neck pain and headaches. Students can combat poor posture by sitting up straight.

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SELF actions, and he added that arms should be down by your side with the weight of the arms right below the shoulder. This is an action performed often while typing on a computer or writing. When arms are outstretched, instead of down straight, more muscles are forced to contract for longer periods of time. The head should be looking straight ahead instead of at a downward angle as well.

This last step is tricky when using laptop computers, however.

“Laptops are especially bad for posture when used for an extended period of time,” Derrick said.

Using a desktop computer when possible or getting a keyboard that plugs into your laptop to allow for the separation of the screen and the keyboard are typically better options.

When standing, evenly distributing weight is a major factor in correct posture.

Placing backpack straps on both shoulders and carrying some of your books in the arms to disperse the weight will help lessen the strain caused by the weight of computers and books in backpacks.

The American Chiropractic Association also states that bearing weight primarily on the balls of the feet and standing straight with shoulders back, stomach tucked in, knees slightly bent and feet shoulder-width apart all help ensure proper posture while standing.

Correct posture is hard to maintain for students.

Unadjustable desks, heavy backpacks and extended amounts of computer usage are all obstacles many students face regularly. By implementing small changes and making a regular habit of paying attention to posture, students can lessen discomfort and ensure better spinal alignment for years to come.

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Cheese ball to be holiday treat hit

By Erin.Dungan @iowastatedaily.com With holiday gatherings approaching quickly, it’s time to start planning.

This pecan-coated cheese ball is a party favorite by both young and old.

Prep time: 15 minutes Total time: 3 hours Servings: 16 servings, 2 tablespoons each Ingredients • 1 pound cream cheese, at room temperature • 8 ounces sharp

cheddar cheese, finely grated (about 2 ½ cups) • 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce • Ground pepper • 1 cup finely chopped pecans (or other preference) Directions In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat cream cheese with cheddar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and a generous pinch of

pepper until well combined. Mix in one-fourth cup of pecans.

Cover cheese mixture with plastic wrap and chill at least two and a half hours or overnight.

Divide the cheese mixture in half, and shape each half into a ball. Spread the remaining three-fourths cup of pecans on a plate.

Roll the cheese balls in the pecans until they are coated entirely, pressing the nuts to adhere. Serve with carrot and celery sticks, crackers or pretzels.

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The pecan-coated cheese ball appetizer is simple, yet delicious and can be changed slightly to fit specific preferences.

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Musicians dedicate lives to profession

By Andi.Schieszler @iowastatedaily.com The over-glorified idea of touring the world and playing to sold-out arenas is only one possible outcome for a musician. With countless options including teaching, recording and performing, musicians dedicates their lives to their music.

Spending time practicing outside of private lessons and support from family are critical to a musician’s development.

Besides the cost of private lessons, musicians also have the cost of the instrument, equipment and sheet music. “[Music] dominates your life,” said Gregory Oakes,professional clarinetist.“You need to be fully immersed in it.”

As a child, Oakes said he knew he wanted to be a musician, but at the time, he wanted to be a concert pianist. He eventually decided to become a professional clarinetist.

“The fact that my mom was willing to drive and pay for lessons and my instru-

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ment definitely helped,” Oakes said.

Similarly, both Elaine Kramme and Lauren Adams, music students at Iowa State, decided to become musicians after starting their respective instruments early in their education.

“My family was very

supportive and [was] musical as well,” said Kramme, senior in music.

Kramme’s family helped her while she was learning music by paying for her flute and private lessons after she started to learn the instrument in fifth grade.

Adams, sophomore

in music, said she started playing the clarinet in sixth grade and also had help from her parents.

“Usually I consider a good practice day two to three hours,” Kramme said.

While every music student is required to take one private lesson each week with a professor who specializes in the student’s instrument, musicians spend multiple hours a day practicing and must also attend group lessons.

“I find the best way to practice is to do it a halfhour at a time,” Adams said. “This adds to the three- or four-hour daily practice.”

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Adams thought that lessoning with Oakes was worth the drive because she knew that Iowa State was a school she was considering. She wanted experience with the person who would become her professor and mentor.

Adams estimated that she and her family have spent about $8,000 on her instruments — three clarinets and one saxophone.

Many musicians have multiple variations of the same instrument because they need an instrument that will match their current skill level. This is similar to a child needing different books as they learn to read.

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are involved in concert groups. Each group requires students to meet for roughly two to four hours per week.

Iowa State’s music department requires students to audition before entering the program, which requires them to know the instrument.

Oakes said when he was learning music, his mom would drive two hours away for lessons, multiple times a month.

Similarly, Adams drove two hours once a month to learn with Oakes.

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Adams spends around $15 for every piece of music she buys.

A study published in 1993 by Malcolm Gladwell estimates that it takes 10,000 hours of practicing a skill to master it.

“I figured the time I reached my 10,000 hours was when I won my first professional audition,” Oakes said.

While people can start practicing by just picking up an instrument and making noise, the practice time will not be productive.

Oakes said lessons are the best way to make sure that playing time is productive.

Even after the mark of being a master at his instrument, Oakes said prac-

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tice is still necessary. Every piece of music is different, and every time a piece is performed it is performed differently.

People who want to learn to play an instrument should seek out private les-

sons and look to a professional who can help them learn how to use practice time effectively. Every musician is different and has different goals but they all dedicate their lives to their instrument.

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