Q: What is the university’s posi-tion on LANE4 and Campustown renovation?The city of Ames and the university over the last several months have been cooperating and working together to try and do a redevelop-ment of Campustown that started out ... last spring. We interviewed a number of potential developer/design firms and after evaluating a number of them, picked LANE4, which is the firm that we’ve been working with over the last several months.They’re a firm located in Kansas City and they have been in-volved in a number of university

Campustown-type redevelopment projects at some other locations. They’ve done projects in Lawrence, which is adjacent to the University of Kansas, in Manhattan, which is where Kansas State is ... so we felt that they have some background and expertise.

Q: What is the background of this project?The background of this from the university[‘s] perspective and I be-lieve the city of Ames and the City Council has been that Campus-town could be improved over the last few years. Its general condi-tion and some of the areas aren’t what everybody feels provides the best environment.

This is an area that’s important to the university in terms of recruiting students, and it’s one of the front doors to Iowa State as prospective students and parents and other family members move around, so that’s been part of our interest in seeing if something could be done to improve that.So we have been meeting with LANE4 [since last spring] and some meetings were held over the summer. There have been several public meetings and LANE4 has met in the community with specific groups and individually has come out on the campus, they’ve met with administrators, they’ve met ... once or twice with GSB as this pro-

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Ames police arrested Mark Dearborn again Sunday after an investigation relating to counterfeit bills led officers to him. He was charged with two additional counts of forgery, each a Class D felony, accord-ing to a news release from the Ames Police Department.

Dearborn, 28, of Ames, was charged Jan. 7 with forgery as a result of counterfeit bills be-ing found in his possession, ac-cording to the release.

Dearborn was released from the Story County Jail on Jan. 14 after posting bond for the initial forgery charge.

Between Dec. 27, 2010, and

Jan. 23, 2011, the Ames Police Department received in excess of 20 reports of counterfeit $20 and $50 bills being circu-lated within the Ames area.

After Dearborn was re-leased from jail, additional re-ports of counterfeit bills were reported. Continued investiga-tion resulted in his arrest.

Dearborn is again being held at the Story County Jail in lieu of $20,000. The investiga-tion continues, and additional charges relating to this case may be forthcoming.

The public is asked to con-tact the police if they have in-formation related to counter-feit bills or if they suspect they have come into possession of a counterfeit bill.

Organizations wanting to receive funding from the Government of the Student Body during the 2011-2012 academic year must at-tend at least one informational session in or-der to be considered for funding.

The sessions will involve an explanation of the regular allocations process.

After an organization attends one of the sessions, an online budget request system will be unlocked. The organizations must enter their projected budget for the 2011-2012 aca-demic year by Feb. 11 at midnight..

“It does require a lot of planning ahead from the organizations,” said Anthony Maly, GSB treasurer and senior in political science.

Maly said the organizations will know whether or not they will receive funding by the end of April.

Information on the priorities and criteria for funding can be found on the GSB website.

The UCLA Loneliness Scale discovered that college students are on the highest scale of loneli-ness, and that number tends to de-cline as students get older.

Daniel Russell, professor of hu-man development and family stud-ies, and his wife, Carolyn Cutrona, chairwoman and professor of psychology, established the UCLA Loneliness Scale in the 1980s.

The scale works by determin-ing a subject’s loneliness by scor-ing their responses made on a four-point scale calculated by 20 questions.

The two major factors of being lonely involve one’s social network —family and friends — and person-ality characteristics.

“’Are you lonely?’ If you ask about loneliness explicitly like that people are not going to answer that they are lonely,” Russell said. “Also, if you measure loneliness that way you find a sex difference, where when using the scale you won’t.”

The UCLA study in 1978-1979 tested how lonely freshmen were after moving away from home and into a new environment.

In the fall semester, 75 per-

The City Council will be voting on the ap-proval of the land lease agreement with Iowa State to allow construction of the Intermodal Facility.

The Intermodal Facility is part of an $8.463 million grant the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded to the city of Ames in February, 2010.

The new facility will be owned by the Ames Transit Agency. The objective of the project is to supply parking space in Campustown.

If the agreement is passed, construction of the facility will begin no later than March 15.

The City Council will vote on the agree-ment at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the council cham-bers at City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.

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Celebrity NewsNotes and events.Goldie Hawn ‘excited’ about Kate Hudson’s baby news

Goldie Hawn could barely contain her joy for daughter Kate Hudson as she attended the British 2011 Comedy Awards in London this weekend.Hudson, 31, was said to be ex-pecting earlier this month, and Hawn spilled to Us Weekly, “I’m excited! It’s exciting.”Hudson has been dating daddy-to-be Matthew Bellamy for nine months, and while the preg-nancy wasn’t planned the couple is embracing the news, a source said to the weekly magazine, according to Us.The “Raising Helen” actress has been busy raising one thus far — her 7-year-old-son Ryder, whom she had with ex Chris Robinson.

Robert Downey Jr. drops out of ‘Oz’

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Robert Downey, Jr. has dropped out of Sam Raimi’s “Oz: The Great and the Powerful,” and Disney is hoping Johnny Depp will step in.Raimi’s “Oz” tells the story of “a young illusionist” who, after being ejected from a traveling circus, gets swept off to Oz in a hot air balloon during a tornado. Of course, the land is already run by two magical witches.The studio is aiming to begin production on the movie later this year, and whether Depp is up for it will depend largely on timing.The 48-year-old actor, whose films “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” and “Rango” arrive in theaters this year, is scheduled to begin shooting Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows” in the spring, not to mention that he’s also expected to play Tonto in Disney’s “Lone Ranger.”

Sundance: Universal nabs ‘WikiLeaks’ documentary

Universal Pictures has pur-chased a documentary about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney is set to direct. Gibney is known for getting the subjects of his films to actively participate in the documentaries.Among Gibney’s films are “Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room,” the Jack Abramoff documentary “Casino Jack and the United States of Money” and last fall’s “Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer.”No word yet on whether Assange will cooperate or not. The Australian-born Assange launched the whistle-blower site in 2006, revealing classified government documents and secrets from various anonymous news sources.

Bill Clinton not doing a cameo in ‘Hangover 2’

Forget those rumors that former President Bill Clinton will be appearing in “The Hangover 2.” According to star Ed Helms, Clinton’s only role was behind-the-scenes.“He came and visited us,” Helms told MTV of why Clinton turned up on the Thailand set of the upcoming comedy. “I’d be surprised if there’s a scene in the movie.”While Clinton may not be on camera, expect to see another familiar face making a cameo: Mike Tyson. The heavyweight champion figured hilariously into the first film’s story line and Helms confirms that he’ll be back for a second round.“We had a good time,” Helms said of Tyson. “A little bit of a reunion of sorts.”As Marquee previously reported, the plot of “The Hangover 2” centers on Phil, Bradley Cooper; Stu, Helms; Alan, Zach Galifianakis; and Doug, Justin Bartha, all heading to Thailand for Stu’s wedding. Instead of celebrating his last days of bach-elorhood with a wild blowout, the dentist chooses to take a walk on the mild side.

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The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records. All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Jan. 19Ryan Ratliff, 19, of Gilbert, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was subsequently released on cita-tion. (reported at 6:44 p.m.)Troy Marlay, 22, 228 S. Kellogg Ave., was arrested and charged with contempt - failure to at-tend operating while intoxi-cated post-treat. (reported at 7:30 p.m.)A community service officer on patrol reported finding graffiti in a stairwell. (reported at 9:28 p.m.)Michael Brendeland, 40, 3421 Hoover Ave., was arrested and charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct. (re-ported at 10:16 p.m.)Vehicles owned and/or driven

by Karah Jones and Tyler Billings were involved in a property damage collision. (reported at 10:30 p.m.)Colin Kurtz, 24, no address, was arrested and charged with interference with official acts, simple; public intoxication, second offense; and aggravat-ed assault on a peace officer. (reported at 11:38 p.m.)

Jan. 20Joseph Goldman, 27, 510 Billy Sunday Road unit 310, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 12:40 a.m.)A staff member reported the theft of a computer. (reported at 9:35 a.m.)An individual reported the theft of a laptop computer. The incident apparently occurred last summer. (reported at 10:39

a.m.)A vehicle that left the scene collided with a bicyclist. (re-ported at 2:02 p.m.)A vehicle that left the scene collided with a car owned by Steve Ianson. (reported at 3:42 p.m.)An individual reported being harassed by an acquaintance. (reported at 4:34 p.m.)Vehicles driven by Sarah Gillenwater and Dean Hunziker were involved in a property damage collision. Gillenwater was cited for driv-ing under suspension and fail-ure to provide security against liability. (reported at 5:04 p.m.)A found extension cord was placed into secure storage. (reported at 7:04 p.m.)Matthew Bogenschultz, 18, 3390 Friley Hall, was arrested

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Faculty Senate

Since 2003, Ann Marie VanDerZanden has worked in Iowa State’s horticulture department as an associate professor. Starting in May, her duties will also include those of the president-elect of faculty senate.

VanDerZanden has served with the senate for six years. For the last two years of that term, she took on the responsibilities of chairwoman of the Faculty Development and Administrative Relations Council. In addition to these ser-vices she has also served on the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee, which recommends and institutes university-wide policies for cur-ricular standards.

“As a result of being president-elect, my in-volvement on the Executive Board increases,” VanDerZanden said. “All the [College] Caucuses have to be filled with representatives from their colleges, and as business picks up in the fall ev-

erything has to be in its place.”While serving on the senate, VanDerZanden

saw various opportunities to lead. Although her passion lies in teaching, she is confident in her ability to provide good counsel for the senate.

Among other things, VanDerZanden will have to work together with the senate to handle budget changes, post-tenure review policies and unacceptable performance of duty policies. She will also have the opportunity to work with the Government of the Student Body when issues arise that affect students personally.

“I think making sure the student experience continues to be a positive one is extremely im-portant. The students are the heart of the uni-versity,” VanDerZanden said.

Although budget issues have been present in the last few years for Iowa State, VanDerZanden is committed to maintaining the quality of every student’s education. Even if changes have to be made at Iowa, she said that most changes have catalysts other than money.

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DuPont and Danisco, a cel-lulosic ethanol company, are finalizing the plans for a new ethanol plant, with the possi-bility of it being built in Iowa.

“We’re still in the decision-making process of our final site; there are a lot of criteria in the evaluation,” said Jennifer Allison Hutchins, director of marketing and communica-tions for DDCE. “We looked across the Midwest, and we saw very high potential for feedstock as well as trans-portation in the states we evaluated.”

With grant terms approved by the Iowa Power Fund, DDCE will be rewarded a grant of $9 million once finalized.

“What the Power Fund Board did was approve the terms of the contract; they haven’t actually awarded any money yet,” said Don Tormey, public information/com-munications at Iowa Office of Energy Independence. “They’ve approved the terms of the contract, which would result if the contract is ap-proved, in a $9 million fund to DuPont Danisco to build this cellulosic ethanol plant in Iowa.”

Cellulosic ethanol, the product from this plant in progress, is fermented from the waste products of corn, called corn stover, which in-cludes the stalks, cobs and leaves.

“The current ethanol in-dustry is by and large … made from corn,” Hutchins said. “Cellulosic ethanol takes cel-lulosic materials such as crop residues, so that would be your corn stover, corn cobs, stalks and leaves or some-thing like energy grasses like switchgrass.”

What DuPont and Danisco want to prove is the technol-ogy, Tormey said. The goal is to produce 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year, and they want to use corn stover material to do that.

Despite DDCE’s work in progress, the company is confronted with the concern of food competition, shared amongst environmentalists and farmers.

This issue has environ-mentalists urging ethanol producers to switch from corn stover cellulosic ethanol to grass cellulosic ethanol. Bruce Babcock, professor of econom-ics, thinks otherwise.

“A lot of the environmen-tally-oriented people around

here are pushing for switch-grass rather than corn stover and that’s ironic because that will use land, and right now we need all the land we can get for food production,” Babcock said.

Robert Brown, distin-guished professor of mechani-cal engineering at Iowa State, stresses a vital distinction to be clarified between ethanol produced from the grains of corn versus corn stover, or corn waste.

“What we call corn etha-nol is produced from the corn grain, which is a starch mate-rial,” Brown said. “That is how we currently produce it today.

“What you’re seeing is these new plants that are going in are going to be what we call cellulosic ethanol, and those are produced from any kind of fibrous biomass.”

Brown emphasized his lack of concern about the issue, arguing a lack of correlation between the price of food and production of ethanol.

Babcock argued that the land value for farming com-pared to the production of an ethanol plant is far less valu-able, particularly from an economic perspective. Corn stover, he stresses, has already become a small market for farmers.

“The number of jobs, the value added, the income gen-erated is so much higher,” Babcock said. “It’s really im-portant for this plant to be built because everyone is say-ing how cellulosic biofuels are great, because they don’t use land, they don’t compete with food. Furthermore, even if they do compete for land, such as switchgrass, which would take land out of production for corn or soybeans, that creates habitats for birds and other things that don’t like corn and soybeans, so it varies the landscapes.”

Chad Hart, assistant pro-fessor of economics at Iowa State, addressed another con-cern for farmers.

“A lot of farmers are wor-ried,” Hart said. “They are looking to maintain their soils because they see that being a farmer, if your soils aren’t kept up to speed, you won’t be in business all that long. They’re worried about, ‘If we do pull the stover, are we reducing the nutrients to give back to the soil?’”

“Part of the argument is the idea that producing corn ethanol entails both the grain and the stover, and this may take away from food produc-

tion. It’s the same problem with people switching to etha-nol made from switchgrass: it takes land away,” Hart said.

“We’re wrestling with what’s the best way to make a fuel while at the same time protecting our food and envi-ronmental interests, and the idea is that there’s tradeoffs within the choices that we make.”

With ethanol as a mandat-ed industry, the idea of ethanol becoming competitive with other fuels such as petroleum can be expected in the near future.

“We do expect eventually we will be competitive with gasoline. The mandates will enable the industry through the early commercialization as the technology and supplies are optimized.”

Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, a new renewable fuel standard was created. It established the first renewable fuel volume to be mandated in the U.S., requiring 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuel to be blended into gasoline by 2012.

The Energy Independence and Security Act expanded the renewable fuel standard in 2007, including the addition of diesel to gasoline, enabling the production of biodiesel. The act also increased the volume of renewable fuel from nine billion gallons in 2008 to 36 billion gallons by 2022.

DDCE plans to have the plant built by 2013, as an at-tempt to prove this new technology using corn stover exclusively.

“We’re just as anxious as they are to get the project ap-proved and rolling because it will be good for Iowa,” Tormey said.

Tormey advocates the grant. When finalized, the plant alone will provide about 60 jobs for construction and additional jobs throughout and construction and mainte-nance afterward.

“[Building the plant is] going to help keep Iowa in the forefront of the ethanol industry by developing cel-lulosic ethanol from sources other than corn-based grain,” Tormey said.

As petroleum becomes more expensive, DDCE hopes this plant will make ethanol an attractive alternative.

“Everyone’s waiting for someone else to build these plants and prove the technol-ogy, and DuPont’s a big enough company that if they can’t prove the technology then no-body can,” Babcock said.

Fuel

Iowa in consideration for new ethanol plantBy Elisse.Lorenc iowastatedaily.com

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Millions of gallons of ethanol per year

cent were lonely, and in the spring semester that number dropped down to 25 percent.

The research conclud-ing that freshmen are lonely is based off of the Iowa City study where Russell and his wife tested 100 freshmen, 100 sophomores, 100 juniors, 100 seniors and 100 graduate students.

“Freshmen tended to be lonely due to lack of friends. As students got older, their loneli-ness changed to issues with ro-mantic relationships,” Russell said.

For Wesley Henry, sopho-more in pre-business, the freshman blues did not affect him. Henry adjusted to Iowa State easily.

“I had a couple of friends here at Iowa State already, so that helped, but I have met a lot more since being here a se-mester,” Henry said.

Russell tested around 900

ISU students in 1995 from the introductory psychology sub-ject pool. The average level of loneliness was 40, which clas-sified 31 percent of the stu-dents as lonely.

“ISU students are compa-rable to what we found for col-lege student samples at the [U of Iowa] and UCLA,” Russell said.

“As freshmen, we are lonely because we don’t know any-

one,” said Kristen Whipps, se-nior in elementary education. “You try to make friends and spend a lot of time socializing and meeting new people. But by the time you’re a senior, you have already established your friend groups, so you tend to focus on what is next in life.”

Russell and Cutrona are hoping to give another round of tests at Iowa State, but need appropriate funding first.

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1. How often do you feel unhappy doing so many things alone?2. How often do you feel you have no one to talk to?3. How often do you feel you can-not tolerate being so alone?4. How often do you feel as if no one understands you?5. How often do you find yourself waiting for people to call or write?

6. How often do you feel com-pletely alone?7. How often do you feel unable to reach out and communicate with those around you?8. How often do you feel starved for company?9. How often do you feel it is dif-ficult for you to make friends?10. How often do you feel shut out and excluded by others?

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech will em-phasize “winning the future” for America by strengthening the nation’s ability to com-pete in a changing world, according to White House talking points provided Monday by a Democratic source.

Tuesday night’s annual speech to Congress, a nationally-televised event considered the president’s biggest address of the year, brings to-gether the three branches of government for an assessment of where America stands and where it is heading.

“The president will lay out a plan to win the future by out-innovating, out-educating and out-building the rest of the world,” said the White House talking points. “He will talk about the need to take responsibility for our deficits, by investing only in what makes America stron-ger and cutting what doesn’t, and reforming our government so that it’s leaner and smarter for the 21st century.”

This year’s State of the Union, Obama’s sec-ond, comes after his Democratic Party lost its House majority and had its Senate majority de-creased in the November elections.

Now facing a divided Congress after two years of Democratic control, Obama has sig-naled a shift to the political center intended to ease the partisan divide in Washington and win back some of the independent support that helped elect him in 2008.

Republicans, however, doubt Obama will change from what they characterize as a big gov-ernment ideology.

They call for immediate and significant spending cuts to address growing federal debt and already have challenged Obama’s expected push for increased spending in areas the presi-dent considers vital for future growth.

“Any time they want to spend, they call it investment,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, told “Fox News Sunday,” adding, “We’ll take a look at his recom-mendations, we always do. But this is not a time to be looking at pumping up government spend-ing in many areas.”

However, signs of disunity on the right be-tween tea party conservatives seeking extreme spending cuts and more moderate Republicans are evident, so much so that there will be two GOP responses to the State of the Union.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, the new chair-man of the House Budget Committee, will de-liver the official Republican response, while tea party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, will provide her own response on the Tea Party Express website.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted Monday that Obama is ready to tackle the federal deficit and spending issues cited by Republicans while maintaining the ability of the United States to grow and compete globally.

“I think you’re going to have a very long and a very serious conversation in this town over the course of the next year to two years about how we get our fiscal house in order,” Gibbs told re-porters, later adding, “This is not about whether or not we’re going to do this, it’s about how we’re going to do this.”

The White House talking points sought to balance the need for deficit reduction and keep-ing America competitive by investing in educa-tion, clean energy and infrastructure.

“The most important contest we face today is not between Democrats and Republicans,” the document said. “It’s America’s contest with competitors across the globe for the jobs and

industries of our time. It’s about winning the future.”

Obama will emphasize the nation’s im-proved economic conditions today compared with when he took office, but also acknowledge continued high unemployment and stagnant or shrinking wages that need to be addressed, ac-cording to the document.

In addition, the talking points said Obama “will discuss how we can continue to keep America safe and advance our interests around the world.”

“We face big challenges, and fixing them will require a lot of hard work and sacrifice from everyone – Democrats, Republicans and independents,” the document continued. “But if we’re willing to come together and find com-mon ground on these issues, then we can win the future.”

The speech is one of the major Washington events of the year, full of political pageantry that includes Obama’s formal introduction by the House sergeant at arms. Military generals, Supreme Court justices and other luminaries attend.

This year’s speech, less than three weeks af-ter a shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, killed six people and critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, will reflect the aftereffects of the tragedy.

Special guests joining first lady Michelle Obama for the speech will include Daniel Hernandez, the legislative intern who aided Giffords after she was shot; the family of 9-year-old shooting victim Christina Taylor Green and Peter Rhee, the trauma chief at University Medical Center where Giffords was treated.

In a symbol of desired political civility in the aftermath of the shootings, more than two doz-en legislators have agreed to break the tradition-al segregated party seating and join members of the other party across the political aisle.

The aisle-crossers will include Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina, who pre-viously shouted “you lie” at Obama during a speech to Congress on health care reform. Wilson later apologized for his outburst and was formally rebuked by the House.

Obama outlined his State of the Union in-tentions with a weekend videotaped message to supporters that said the speech will focus on “making sure that we are competitive, that we are growing and we are creating jobs not just now but well into the future.”

An essay by Obama on the optimistic spirit of former Republican President Ronald Reagan, published Monday by USA Today, also might have foreshadowed some of his message in the State of the Union.

“It was a spirit that transcended the most heated political arguments, and one that called each of us to believe that tomorrow will be bet-ter than today,” Obama wrote of Reagan. “At a time when our nation was going through an extremely difficult period, with economic hard-ship at home and very real threats beyond our borders, it was this positive outlook, this sense of pride, that the American people needed more than anything.”

That’s the message Obama needs to convey, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, said on the CBS program “Face the Nation” on Sunday.

“The American people want an optimis-tic, future-oriented, pro-growth platform,” Schumer said. “This dour, sour, everything is wrong, no one can do anything right – that’s not going to work. That’s not what the American people want.”

CNN’s Jessica Yellin and Tom Cohen contrib-uted to this story

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Q: What are some issues that could surface during a renovation of the area?There are economic issues that we’ve got to work out. The univer-sity, if it’s going to occupy office space, needs to arrive at an arrangement where the rental rates are appropriate, we need to identify activities that that’s a good location for them. The design of buildings and how this all moves along need to be worked out. They have to finish putting together all of the real estate ... and a component of that is what happens to some of the existing businesses and activities that are in the Campustown area. So all of this is sort of going on. There are parking issues — how do we work that out and what are their plans, what will the city eventually be willing to approve.

Q: Are the proposed renovations looking to diversify Campustown?If you talk with LANE4 ... the business vitality and viability of the Campus-town area is dependent on providing the kind of services and businesses that students in general are interested [in] and will patronize because the marketplace in this area is dominated by the 28,000 students that are a part of Iowa State and the university community. So to be successful the things that need to be and should be and will be in the LANE4 process are those kinds of businesses that those students are interested in patronizing.

Q: Could this project reduce the number of people who frequent Campustown?Will there be some dif-ferent change in the mix and do we think that would be good? I think the university administratively

probably does. I’ll use myself as an example, as an older person ... the kind of places that are in Campustown today aren’t necessarily the kind of restaurant, retail or bar locations that I would personally pick as my favorite place to go ... versus some of the kinds of things that some of the students want to have: louder music and a differ-ent kind of setting.I think we’re hoping that if this project is successful that we will get a broader mix of facilities in Cam-pustown and that, if you increase the age range and kinds of facilities, that it will provide a better environment that may actually diminish some of the kinds of issues that historically we’ve had in the Campustown area.Will there be less of any particular thing? I think that remains to be seen. On the other hand, you may end up with some coffee shops or other things that aren’t there today that will be attrac-tive to other groups of students. There is a whole group of university-relat-ed students that aren’t yet legally of age and one of the conversations that I’ve been around with a number of people is trying to provide more venues where those students can also go and be with people.

Q: If the free market has, metaphorically, decided

these businesses no longer get to be there, people no longer traffic them enough that they’re going to stay in business, is there a plan that sug-gests that now would be a better time for those types of businesses? Is the time right to move in with these kinds of busi-nesses, where in the past it wasn’t, and what has changed from the past to now?Well, I have been in the [ISU] area for a long time, so I’ve seen the Cam-pustown area change. I was an undergraduate student here and I used to live further south on Welch [Avenue], so for the four years that I was in school I walked up and down that street multiple times a day as I came and went from where I lived to the campus and ... back then there was hardware stores and clothing stores and actually Hy-Vee grocery stores and a level of services, like opticians and doctors and a whole mix of things. Some of those changes I think are the demographics and what’s happening, you know clothing stores for example ... and so some of the changes are the result of societal changes that are going on.Some of them, I think, are traffic patterns; when the university had the four Towers dormitories down at the end of Welch [Av-enue] and we had 2,400 students living down

there that walked through the Campustown area every day, that provided a different kind of customer base.Part of what LANE4 is trying to do is to develop accessibility of parking in their plan and they think that will help draw people in and out of the area. Right now, Campustown is a pedestrian area to a significant extent because the parking locations don’t exist or they’re not where they work very well, so that’s what we’re trying to do with this in-termodal parking facility, which will get constructed on the west edge of this Campustown area. We’ll add some additional park-ing capacity to that area ... and so I think that as long as we’re talking with the city and LANE4, we think this may be an opportuni-ty to have all of this come to move forward and be successful, but at the end of the day it still does have to be an economically viable business area, and the firms and businesses that locate there need to be able to be successful.

For that to happen, they have to have customers ... and with some redevelop-ment we hope that will happen.

Q: What does the Ames community think about Campustown renovation?I think that the community ... has to decide: Is the redevelopment of Cam-pustown overall a project that helps Ames and adds value to the university and the community. And if the answer is yes, then I think that we will continue to move forward if we can get all of the economic conditions to work satis-factorily from everybody’s point of view.If the community feels these changes aren’t good, then I would guess that the [City Council] will not go forward. The governance process of the university itself is a little bit different, but ultimately these real estate projects, whatever they turn out to be, will ... need the approval of the Board of Regents. And the Board of Regents is the equivalent of a governing

body for the university, just as the City Coun-cil is for the city. Those nine individuals that are our regents will have to decide they believe that whatever is going on in this package of things are appropriate for the benefit of Iowa State and the people of Iowa, which they represent. And the people that disagree with this will presumably have the opportunity to voice their concerns as these processes move along. So this is far from being a done deal, it’s all pack-aged up and put together and there’s still a number of challenges out there to make this work.As I’ve been involved with meeting with some of the student government leaders, and I think as LANE4 did some of their presentations, in general there was support for the redevelopment of Cam-pustown. [I believe that some reservations remain about the project], and hopefully as this process moves forward we’ll be able to address some of those.

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An appellate court in Illinois has ruled former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel does not meet the residency require-ments to run for mayor of Chicago.

This afternoon Emanuel said to reporters that his lawyers will appeal the de-cision to the state Supreme Court and that he has “no doubt we will in the end pre-vail in this effort.”

Emanuel resigned from his post under Obama on Oct. 1, 2010.

Emanuel was consid-ered by most to be the front runner to replace outgoing Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.

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By Susan CandiottiCNN Wire Service

NEW YORK — A woman suspected of snatching an in-fant from a New York hospital in 1987 told investigators she was frustrated with her inabil-ity to give birth, according to court papers filed Monday.

Ann “Annugetta” Pettway has been charged with one count of kidnapping in the abduction of Carlina Renae White, who has since reunited with her biological mother. Pettway admitted to taking the girl from a Harlem hospi-tal after suffering several mis-carriages, according to court documents filed in the case Monday.

Pettway, 49, made an initial appearance in federal court Monday afternoon to face the single kidnapping count. She did not speak or enter a plea during the five-minute hear-ing. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Gorenstein ordered her held until a Feb. 7 bail hearing.

She was dressed in a blue jail uniform and did not look around as she was escorted into the courtroom.

In their second-row seats, White’s parents leaned for-ward for a better view of the woman accused of taking their daughter from them more than 23 years ago.

During an interview with federal investigators Sunday, Pettway allegedly expressed remorse that she “caused a lot of pain,” court papers state. After the hearing, defense at-torney Robert Baum said he believed Pettway did express remorse but would not say whether he would challenge her statement to investigators before reading the charging documents.

“A lot of facts here have yet to come out,” Baum told reporters. He added, “She’s hopeful that the ending of this tragedy for everyone will shed new light on her role.”

Regina Tyson, White’s aunt, said her family wants to

see prison time for Pettway.“She should get 23 years;

the same amount of time she took away from my family,” Tyson said.

Pettway turned herself in Sunday morning at the FBI of-fice in Bridgeport, Conn., FBI spokesman William Reiner said. She faces up to 20 years to life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 if convicted.

White tracked down her birth family in early January, saying she had had a nagging feeling all her life that she was brought up by a family to which she didn’t belong. Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said White’s suspicions grew af-ter the woman who raised her could not produce a birth cer-tificate for her.

Court documents state Pettway tried unsuccess-fully several times to forge the document.

Janice Fedarcyk, the No. 2 official in the FBI’s New York

office, called the kidnapping “an unimaginable trauma” for White’s parents.

“In a calculated deception, she was raised as the child of the woman now charged with her kidnapping,” Fedarcyk said in a statement issued Monday afternoon. “Those 23 years cannot be restored, but unlike most child abductions, this one, at long last, has a hap-py ending.”

White’s mother, Joy White, said to the New York Post last week that she last saw her daughter when she was 19 days old.

She took her to a Harlem hospital Aug. 4, 1987, because the baby had a high fever, a New York police official said. Carlina was admitted to the hospital, and her mother went home to rest. When she re-turned, the baby was gone.

“That was a big part of my heart that was just ripped apart,” Carlina White’s bio-logical father, Carl Tyson, said to the Post regarding her

disappearance.Carlina White told the

Post that Pettway raised her. Pettway was pregnant in 1987, she said, but lost the baby.

Pettway later acknowl-edged that she was not White’s biological mother, claiming she was given to her as an in-fant by a woman who was “on drugs,” according to the court documents.

“I just started typing in Yahoo and Google different articles — anything that pulled up in 1987 with any child that went missing — and I came across the article, and the baby picture just struck me because ... it looked like my daughter,” White, who has a 5-year-old daughter, said to the Post.

On Jan. 4, Joy White’s phone rang. The woman on the other end said she was Carlina, and a DNA test proved the link.

CNN’s Stephanie Gallman, Raelyn Johnson and Nina

Golgowski contributed to this report

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Branstad’s short-term education solution lacks foresightEditorial

In a move far less surpris-ing than it is disappointing, Gov. Terry Branstad will officially reveal a proposal Thursday that denies allow-able growth for Iowa schools during the next two academic years.

The “allowable growth” rate for schools, determined by the Iowa Legislature, determines the annual increase in dollars available per student. This rate is usually determined at least one year in advance; however, last year, the vote on the 2012 rate was delayed in the face of tough economic times.

Times continue to be tough, and we recognize that law-makers, including Branstad, have some difficult decisions to make. But a vote for no

allowable budgetary growth stings like a vote of no confi-dence for the future of Iowa. It might seem like an effective solution in the short term, but in the long run, it will almost certainly take this state down a road laden with problems.

Brad Hudson, lobbyist for the Iowa State Education Association, said to the Des Moines Register that 4 percent allowable growth is necessary just for schools to maintain current programs, explaining that every 1 percent of budget growth equals about $30 million in state aid.

Think about that. If Iowa

schools require a 4 percent growth just to keep up their current programs — which are already in peril, in many cases — what will happen with zero allowable growth? What will be cut? What can be cut without severely endangering the quality of Iowa’s education system?

“Education Week” gave Iowa a C+ grade in its 2011 “Quality Counts” study. Knowing this and looking at the direction state education funding is headed, we find ourselves wondering why we would stay in Iowa to raise families. A C+ education

system that’s facing even more cuts: We want more than that for our children, and, chances are, we’ll go somewhere else to find it.

Yes, education is an invest-ment. But it’s an investment that will pay off in the long run.

“Cutting statewide public K-12 expenditure by $1 per $1,000 of the state’s personal income could reduce the state’s personal income by 0.3 percent in the short run and 3.2 percent in the long run,” according to the National Education Association.

In addition, a study done by the Correctional Education Association concluded that, “Every dollar spent on educa-tion returns more than two dollars to the citizens in

reduced prison costs.”Branstad said Iowa is deal-

ing with “an austere budget” that will require “a lot of tough decisions.” But this particular tough decision does not serve the best interests of Iowa’s youth. How did that Whitney Houston song go? Something about how the children are our future.

We understand that now is a time for sacrifice. But by sacrificing the quality of Iowa’s education system, we fear we may be putting the state’s chances at success on the chopping block.

We encourage Iowa’s law-makers to search for a better solution — one that doesn’t give Iowa’s students, teachers and families the short end of an already lackluster stick.

All voices are equal in LANE4 plans

Is Verizon’s iPhone a smartphone savior?

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Technology

Not every small business owner is dreading the idea of eminent domain coming

in and taking their place in campus away. David Metcalf from The Ark, a store that sells pets and pet supplies, is excited about the idea.

“If it goes, more power to it,” Metcalf said. “Relocation is the best thing in the world for me.”

Metcalf expressed frustration in his location. The Ark is located in the basement of the Ames Progressive, a building slated to morph into a park-ing lot on the plans LANE4 has for Campustown.

Metcalf said no one official from the state or the city has talked to him, but he was up to speed on what was more or less happening. He said he “anticipates and expects” some kind of compensation if indeed he is asked

to leave. Compensation, which may have meant monetary compensation, or guaranteed re-entry into the area that LANE4 is still developing.

I didn’t get the chance to ask what he specifically meant because the Ark is busy, something that proved to be a trend among the small business in that location as I walked around Saturday afternoon.

At the end of my conversation with Ravinder Singh, owner of AJ’s Market, there was a line formed behind me of people wondering why I wouldn’t get out of the way.

Singh had been telling me how he didn’t want to give up his location; how his shop is patronized heavily by students.

Singh shared something in com-mon with some of the other business I talked with: He had never been

contacted by anyone from the city, or anyone from the state.

He said he had never seen the plans themselves, but had heard from others in his community of the general idea that someone might be obtaining land, and that might include his store. Also, that even if it didn’t, rent would rise.

Where is this all going, you may be wondering. I know some people are wondering whether I’m about to list off every example of a small business owner not wanting LANE4.

I understand where they are coming from, since I would in effect be diminishing a very valid point, that some businesses will benefit from LANE4’s plans. They get that I could play around for quite a few words, after talking to people, and construct just about anything I wanted.

They think that isn’t fair, because I should try to be fair and just, even in my opinions, and the voice of Metcalf has just as much weight as the voice of Singh, because they have different point of views that should be consid-ered equally.

It doesn’t really matter how many other people say the same thing as either one of them, because they are saying the same thing. It shouldn’t matter how loudly people agree with him, the valid points of others should not be drowned out.

I agree.I also understand that the voices

of those small business or property owners, that dissenting and defiant voice, “No, we won’t move,” has just as much validity of the voice of every man women and child in this town combined.

Will there be an argumentum ad populum? Will it be put forward that the number of voices is what wins the courts? Will I have to call up memories that are uncomfortable to think about, of mobs screaming slurs; how popularity didn’t make it right then, and it is not the means to stifle an argument now?

I would hope not.As for the ends justifying the

means, well, if LANE4 was an abso-lutely guaranteed panacea I might be swayed. You might then convince some part of my mind waffle, maybe then I would concede.

Nothing contrived by man is per-fect, and I believe the idea of pulling in a demographic from other parts of Ames is going to work anywhere but on paper. I just don’t think the draw can be sustained.

We all know how the creation story as told in “Genesis” goes, but here’s a rather quick refresher regardless:

On the first day, it was, “Let there be light.” On the second and third day the sky, land and vegetation were whipped up. On the fourth day the seasons were created. On the fifth day birds and other living creatures were put on earth. On that sixth day, humans walked the earth. And of course, the almighty seventh day of rest, but this story is not yet complete.

What isn’t usually mentioned is how on the 11th day, God — err I mean Steve Jobs — deliv-ered to us something special, something “we think you’re going to love,” something I person-ally thought we’d never see in our lifetimes. Yes, down from Cupertino on high, Jobs has deliv-ered to his followers an iPhone that officially works on Verizon.

But as this proclamation of “good news” was read off — from what should have been an iPad tablet to make this analogy all the more com-plete — by the Verizon Chief Executive Officer, there was, as always with something great, a catch; several of them in fact.

These exceptions were put into a list of commandments:

“Thou shalt have dropped calls.”This first commandment, of course was the

best news of all. Compared to AT&T, Verizon’s network has about 2 percent of its calls being dropped, compared to AT&T’s almost 6 percent of dropped calls. This great news, was quickly silenced by the next commandment:

“Thou shalt have LTE.”Seriously? First some back story, every year

at the beginning of January there is a technol-ogy expo called CES, the consumer electronics show. At this show all the big companies show off what they are bringing to market for the next year.

Verizon, who had two press conferences I might add, talked the entire time about how wonderful their new 4G LTE network was going to be. They are promising four new smartphones, two tablets, two mobile hotspots and two laptops that will have LTE and are “coming soon.”

All of this talk about their newer and faster

network, and they decide not to put LTE on this “new” addition to their lineup?

Do you know why Verizon and Apple held back on the LTE iPhone? Because they knew you wouldn’t care. They knew that you’d be so happy to have an iPhone on Verizon you’d give up the ability to watch Netflix movies in HD from your phone just have the beloved iPhone. That and they can sell you an LTE iPhone at a later date.

“Thou shall sign a two year contract with Verizon.”

That’s a fairly standard deal for any smart-phone, but the prepaid phone industry is a large one, and signing a two year contract for phone service is a big deal for some.

“Thou shall have a mobile hotspot for up to five devices.”

This, is a feature that although isn’t new to Verizon, is a completely new concept to iPhone users, and will be quite popular, pending the results of the following commandment:

“Thou shall pay up the wahzoo for your monthly data plan.”

Keep in mind that a plan on Verizon starts at $60 for the minimum of 450 minutes and unlimited texting. Right now data plans are $15 for 150 MB and $30 for “unlimited.”

Although it’s assumed that tethering and the mobile hotspot feature will cost more, but what will stop Verizon from charging you $50 to $60 a month more for data?

Computerworld estimates that after all the bells and whistles you could be paying up to $120 a month just for data, and your total bill could go up to $330 a month, although I doubt this will be the case for most, I see it being entirely possible.

And the last commandment, which is prob-ably the most important of them all:

“Thou shall watch in pain and agony as the iPhone 5 gets released in June.”

Just as it says, we all know that this is the truth. Apple holds their World Wide Developers Conference every June and every WWDC since the phone came out in 2007 they’ve come out with a new iPhone.

Why sign up for a two year contract for a phone that you know will be outdated for sure in exactly five months — the Verizon iPhone comes out in February. The most recent rumors are that the next iPhone, the iPhone 5, will be completely redesigned: it’ll have a dual core processor, making it faster than almost every smartphone on the market, and, although not

confirmed, I’d really hope to see LTE/4g built in.That being said, in technology this is always

the case, and there’s always something better right around the corner — but in this case, its so close that I really think it’d be worth it to wait. Think of it this way, instead of buying your new

toy/distraction this February, work your butt off this semester, get straight As, and then reward yourself this summer with an iPhone 5.

Or if want to switch to an arguably better church, I hear the Church of Google Android is always recruiting.

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Review your winter driving checklistCommute

By Thomas.Hummer iowastatedaily.com

Every winter, two things hap-pen in Iowa: We get slammed with snow, and everybody

forgets how to drive. When that first snow of the

season hits, I’m always afraid to drive for about three days following. It isn’t because of the snow, it’s because of the other drivers.

The streets of Ames turn into a bumper car arena, and everyone is surprised when they can no longer speed around turns without suffering the consequences.

The truth is, except for in extreme conditions, it’s just as easy to drive on snow as it is regular pavement.

All you have to do is slightly alter your driving style, which basi-

cally just means going slowly and be carefully.

At this point in the winter, people generally seem to understand this much better. What the average citizen tends to forget are some other prerequisites of getting behind the wheel when snow is involved.

First, you have to clear off your windows and windshield. This may seem obvious to most of you, but there’s an appalling amount of people in this city who seem to think that a two-foot area in front of the steering wheel is sufficient.

Contrary to this belief, peripher-als are important.

Another overlooked area is that of the license plate. After a heavy

snow, I find myself only being able to read about half of the license plates in town. Of course, this could just be a strategic advantage of the driver that prevents others from reporting their crazy driving antics, but that’s a benefit of the doubt that I’m not willing to give.

The next biggest offense is snow-covered headlights. I really don’t understand how people miss this one considering the lights barely cut through the snow, but it’s extremely common.

While this next one can’t usually be seen by others, be sure to check that your exhaust is clear of snow and ice. This situation isn’t quite as likely, but if it goes unnoticed, it can cause

damage to your car and potentially be a health hazard.

Lastly, don’t forget to kick the snow off of your wheel wells and mud flaps. If this problem goes unat-tended, the big chunks can freeze to your car and become virtually impos-sible to remove without and ice pick, chisel or blowtorch. As the buildup grows, it can start scraping your tires and seriously impair your vehicles functionality. This one shouldn’t be too much to expect because, come on, who doesn’t want a good reason to kick something?

It gets difficult during this season to force yourself into taking the time to do all these things. This is espe-cially true considering you have to

put on extra layers of clothing, gloves, hats, etc. just to go outside. However, it’s still necessary, for you and the safety of everyone else. All you have to do is start your car, and by the time it’s done warming up you should be able to get all these things done.

If you’re simply forgetting to do these things, make a mental checklist for yourself and get into the habit. If you just don’t care to take the time, buck up and do it. I know some people like to protest winter by skip-ping these duties, but ignoring winter doesn’t mean it’s not there. I feel your pain, but the fact is that winter isn’t even close to done with us, so we can’t give up yet.

Tunisian uprising is a 21st century revolutionRevolt

By Fabrice.Ouedraogo iowastatedaily.com

It all started when a young merchant, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire af-ter the police confiscated his produce cart

Dec. 14, 2010. Following that, demonstrations, riots and strikes constituted the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia for the past three decades.

As a result of Bouaziz’s immolation, things escalated when another young man responded to hunger and joblessness by electrocuting him-self after climbing an electric tower; another committed suicide due to financial problems from his business debt, etc. Thus, violence and looting increased significantly to the point that Tunisian elites joined the movement.

In an attempt to calm things down, then President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali made a national television appearance Dec. 28 with immediate promises of jobs, reshuffling his cabinet, while condemning the protests of “ex-tremism” by some groups and warning of “firm punishment,” he also accused foreign television channels of false broadcasting. His remarks were largely ignored and protests continued.

The Tunisian National Bar Association — about 95 percent of Tunisia’s lawyers — went on strike Jan. 6. The next day, teachers had joined the strike.

Jan. 14, the president dissolved the govern-ment, declared a state of emergency and fled the country, allegedly under Libyan protection.

Thus, a month of protest brought together thousands of demonstrators composed of students, civil functionaries, lawyers and even police officers all joining the mass to protest against the discontentment and tiredness of

the overall misgoverning. The demonstrations were reported to have started over the criteria of unemployment; the rising cost of living in the country and poor living conditions; corruption; and lack of freedom of speech — the country had been controlled in a police like state with a restrained sense of liberty.

It’s great to see the Tunisian police body marching alongside the protesters, and deci-sively shifting to join the popular movement. Such an act, unseen before, is very telling and powerful; demonstrating what kind of govern-ment and ruler was in place.

As marches continue, people were chanting the words of a great Tunisian poet Abul-Qasim Al-Shabi in the streets: “If, one day, a people desire to live, then fate will answer their call.”

These events show that an oppressed and fed-up nation, sooner or later, will come to an awakening, and through civil disobedience overthrow ruthless and despot regimes.

As the country is currently phasing a political transition, marches and protests are still striving to dismantle the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) — the former ruling party — entirely. Sami Zaoui, Tunisian secre-tary for communication technologies, said to Al Jazeera on Friday that more than two-thirds of the new government comes from “civil society” and opposition parties.

One important aspect of this revolution, is that the strong wave of social and political pres-sure in Tunisia seems to be spreading in the Maghreb region and eastern Africa; inspiring folks from Arab countries like Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen and Jordan currently observ-

ing similar but minor social protests.I hope such revolt by the people is making

similar regimes and leaders take notes and reconsider the way they govern their state through representing their people and allowing political alternation.

As an African, this is a new breeze of fresh air in the continent, and hopefully that breeze of change will blow down to sub-Saharan Africa where such drastic change is desperately needed in many states.

Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa, with an estimated population of just more than 10.4 million. Courtesy photo: Wikimedia Commons

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When tryouts began in the fall, freshmen Marcus Malmsten and Chris Cucullu each worked hard to gain the respect of the coaching staff, and toward placement on the roster for the 2010-2011 Cyclone hockey team. During those preliminary audi-tions, chemistry developed.

“In tryouts we thought we had good chemistry,” Cucullu said. “We thought they would throw us in a line together.”

Now, a few games into the sec-ond semester of play, Malmsten and Cucullu have been on the same line together for a while. Senior Mike Lebler, a key veteran presence out on the ice, anchors the two young guns.

“Lebler is easy to work with,” Malmsten said. “He’s a tremendous player. Anyone can play with him.”

The senior forward is closing in on 200 points in his career. During the

mid-season slump, Lebler suggested Malmsten and Cucullu should be put together. The coaches, trusting and respecting the voice of their players, listened. So far this semester, results have been positive.

“It’s probably one of our more skilled lines,” said assistant coach Brian Wierson.

“They’ve been a unit, they’ve solidified. We want guys to play to-gether, and you hope there’s chemis-try, and I think those guys got a real nice chemistry with the way they’re working.”

The chemistry was on dis-play all weekend long. In Friday’s game, Lebler and Malmsten scored goals, with Lebler adding the assist. Saturday, the line produced five goals, including two more from Malmsten. Before this weekend’s series, the line had accounted for goals in three of four games.

The combination of the senior for-ward with the two freshmen is begin-

ning to fine-tune their groove out on the ice.

“Some players just think alike, and they feed off of each other,” Wierson

said. “As far as units go that’s one of the better units we have that do that. They work hard.”

Wierson also said that during

Saturday’s game, their line was the best on bearing down on the net. Accounting for five goals on the night is no accident. It doesn’t hurt to have Lebler, the leading scorer for the Cyclones this season, playing along-side Cucullu and Malmsten.

“We have good chemistry on our line, we move the puck well and we create scoring chances I guess. We’re a good offensive line,” Malmsten said.

The win streak for the Cyclones is now at seven games. Both line-mates expressed a sense of confidence they have now that has been hard to come by in the beginning of the season.

Despite the jelling of teammates and the lopsided scores this weekend, Cucullu said there is always some-thing to work on.

“I thought I got too carried away and tried to stick check a lot,” Cucullu said. “I don’t think I’m the only one. If we focus on playing solid defensive hockey, play the body and everything will pan out just fine.”

Complete with stadium lights and running water, the new athletic complex will pro-vide the ISU softball team with much-needed improvements.

“Our current field is great, playing-wise. The new field will be more fan-friendly,” said ISU softball coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler. “Everything about it is neat.

We will now have more hitting cages and game-day locker rooms at the field.”

Currently at the S o u t h w e s t Athletic Complex, the stadium lacks many of the amenities of rival facilities. The corner of Knapp and Sheldon has been

home to the softball team for 30 years, but the deterioration over that time has led to the de-sire to create an updated facil-ity near the Towers residence halls.

Conceptualized by ISU athletic director Jamie Pollard, the facility will be completed in the fall of 2012 and contain many of the nec-essary implements missing at the Southwest Complex.

Efficiency and play will be

immensely impacted. More cameras are expected to be installed so the coaches and players can assess technique and performance. The addi-tion of lights will allow for a broader range of game times. The improved plumbing as well as locker rooms and train-ing rooms will make the facil-ity more convenient.

“We are very excited about it. Comparing ours to many of the others in the Big 12, ours

wasn’t as nice. We will have better stands and hopefully be able to draw more fans,” said sophomore infielder Erica Miller.

The current sophomore class will be the first to have access to the stadium. Though many of the current players will not be around by the end of construction, it will be a great tool in attracting young players.

“It is definitely going to be a

recruiting advantage. It shows that we care about the sport and want more support,” said sophomore catcher and in-fielder Amandine Habben.

G e m e i n h a r d t - C e s l e r echoed the sentiment of her players. The Cyclone softball coach said the aesthetic ap-peal of the multimillion-dollar project will help them on the recruiting trail and continue to develop the ISU softball program.

After almost six days away, hotel rooms, two conference losses, bus rides and cheap takeout food, the Cyclones were ready to come back to Ames.

Coach Fred Hoiberg’s club left Ames on Tuesday, dropped a tough overtime game at Oklahoma State on Wednesday and weath-er prevented their return home.

Ice storms led to the Cyclones (14-6, 1-4 Big 12) heading straight to Columbia, Mo., to take on the No. 11 Tigers and get their first dominating defeat of the season, 87-54.

“Everybody needs to step it up, adver-sity hit us and we gave one away, and we got our butts kicked against Missouri,” Hoiberg said. “With three of our next four at home, we’ve got to come out and take care of business.”

Stamina is an issue for players in any basketball team, but for a young team that goes only seven players deep on many nights it can become a catalyst. Being on the road so long, some players even had to go to the malls for entertainment and to get more clothes just to make it through the trip.

After losing to Missouri in an up-and-down game, the team came back to Ames that night and didn’t return to their homes until around 4 a.m. Sunday.

The Cyclones might just be plain tuck-ered out.

“It was one of those road trips I had never been apart of, I’ve never done that in my college career,” said senior guard Diante Garrett.

Three of the seven Cyclones that see a lot of action are freshmen and getting their first taste of the Big 12 grind, and the ex-tended road trip certainly didn’t help.

“The week just kind of dragged on and you could tell we weren’t just all there to-gether, just because of all the things that had happened,” said freshman forward Melvin Ejim. “We got in and I just jumped in bed and got a nice sleep. Besides the fact that we lost, we definitely got some more unity as a team.”

The leaders around the team, namely Hoiberg and Garrett, feel like the team may be more mentally exhausted than physi-cally fatigued.

“When I got back I stayed in the bed for

about an extra two hours than I normally do, and I still need to catch up — I haven’t slept in a good bed in awhile,” Garrett said Monday. “We had the day off yesterday, and I think everybody got their legs up under them and sat back and relaxed.”

The coach had a familiar feeling come over him on the road.

“It felt a lot like an NBA trip, it felt like one of those six-game trips where you’re on the road the whole time and [Missouri] was the getaway game,” Hoiberg said. “That’s al-ways a tough game and it showed. Our guys just didn’t play the right way, and it looked like guys were anxious to get out of there.”

Now home, Iowa State will take on two squads joining the Cyclones at the bottom of the Big 12 standings, Texas Tech and Oklahoma.

The Red Raiders got their first confer-ence win Saturday on a last-second shot against Nebraska, and the Cyclones are hoping the comfortable time spent at home brings better results than the last week.

“I think we’ll be fine, every team has one of those losses and it’s a teaching experi-ence,” Ejim said. “We’re a young team so it can only help us.”

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Sensory overload is probably the perfect term to de-scribe what took place Friday night at Hilton Coliseum.

The third annual installment of the Beauty and the Beast event, which showcases the ISU wrestling and gymnastics teams at the same time, did exactly what it was supposed to do:

It entertained people.The crowd wasn’t capacity, and may not have looked

impressive by Hilton’s standards during the years, but it was still very much a success. It put people in the seats who may not have ever seen a gymnastics meet, or vice versa.

The spectacle of it also drew people who hadn’t ever seen either sport live or hadn’t seen them in a very long time.

More than once, I heard people sitting around me question why they didn’t do this more often, and that if ISU athletics did so, they would be more likely to come.

Whether or not that was bluster is immaterial. Just the fact people are expressing interest in watching two sports that hardly ever receive top billing from the general Cyclone fan population is excellent — even though wres-tling is Iowa State’s most decorated sport in school history and gymnastics wins consistently and is ranked more often than not.

I’ll be honest and say I’ve only ever attended a wres-tling meet once while at Iowa State, and it was Friday. Same goes for gymnastics.

What it did for me, was clue me in to what I’m missing out on. Wrestling fans are as passionate when they’re watching Jon Reader as when basketball fans are watch-ing Diante Garrett. And I challenge you to watch anything the gymnastics girls do and not be impressed. They do things that I could never hope to do in a million years.

I wasn’t totally new to wrestling before Friday. My step-father and his sons are passionate about wrestling, so from the time he married my mother, I heard all about it. Watching college-level wrestling is much different than what you might have seen if you became curious and watched your high school team.

Gymnastics, on the other hand, was totally new for me. I had to have rules and scores and moves explained to me throughout the event. I won’t pretend I understand it all — or very much of it, for that matter — but I do know I was thoroughly impressed. The “Beauties” became the only Cyclone team to get a victory all weekend, as both men’s and women’s basketball joined wrestling in the loss column.

Granted, the “Beasts’” night didn’t turn out so well, es-pecially for Trent Weatherman, but that doesn’t discour-age me from going in the future.

Ultimately, what Beauty and the Beast does is open the eyes of people who may not have otherwise bothered to look in the direction of wrestling or gymnastics. The goal of the event was to put new people in the seats, and I think it was a success.

The event should continue, no question, and maybe the ISU athletics department should consider doing more than one per year. Even if it remains only one installment a year, you should go and check it out; you just might leave a fan.

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When you’ve finally got up the courage to try tofu, stop by Joy’s Mongolian Grill. You may realize that what you thought was slimy and flavorless is actually a delicious treat. As a soy product, tofu is a great option for vegetarians. However, at Joy’s, tofu is more than just a meat substitute. It adds texture and flavor to a variety of dishes on the menu, some with meat and others without. Several forms of tofu are used including dried tofu, shredded tofu and cubes of firm tofu. This restaurant highlights tradi-tional Chinese cooking and offers unique dishes you won’t find anywhere else in Ames. Instead of the usual sesame chicken, step out of your comfort zone and try tofu in one of the following dishes:

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Do you think you have what it takes to come up with a creative soy con-coction? If so, there is a great oppor-tunity for ISU students to showcase what creative, culinary skills they possess. The Soyfoods Council is partnering with ISU Dining and the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition to offer the first competitive cooking contest: “Soy, You Think You Can Cook!” The contest will chal-lenge participants to formulate new recipes that utilize unique applica-tions of soy products. Applicants will have the chance to participate in two rounds of the com-petition. Winners of the first round will move on to the second round, in order to compete for the grand prize of $420.

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This past summer seniors in culinary science Staci Howlett and Kelsey Bulat participated in an internship offered by The Soy Foods Council, an international soy advocacy organization. The girls were required to develop a minimum of eight recipes that utilized soy products.“Being the two creatively-curious culinary science students that we are, we took on this challenge and con-cluded our internship with a total of 16 soy-inspired recipes for The Soy Foods Council,” Bulat said. The 16 recipes included everything from Vegan Chocolate Cherry Cake to BBQ TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) Pizza topped with Ranch Slaw. But Bulat said one of the two interns favorite recipes was the Roasted Red Pepper Artichoke Dip.“This recipe was inspired by my fam-ily’s artichoke dip, and our aim was to make it healthier without impacting the sensory attributes,” Bulat said. “To accomplish this task, we substituted

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