“In hindsight, you should keep an open mind about the future and take advantage of as many opportunities as you can. You really don’t know where your path will lead or what opportunities are going to present themselves in the future.”

Steven Leath, the next president of Iowa State, chuckles as he remem-bers his early days in college while of-fering students advice for their own journeys through academia.

“Early in my career, I didn’t nec-essarily see this,” Leath said. “But I think it’s the right thing for me now, also, it’s the right job and the right place for me now.”

Leath wasn’t always a high-profile administrator; in fact, he spent most of his youth growing up in Minnesota where he “learned to skate almost as soon as he could walk.” He also did a lot of camping, fishing and fostered an early love for agriculture at the Minnesota State Fair.

After moving out East, Leath con-tinued his education at Penn State, a fellow land-grant institution, where his father was an instructor. Although he wasn’t totally sure where he want-ed to go in life, he picked up a major in plant science and looked to explore the opportunities a large university could offer him. Did he picture him-

self as president of a university?“Absolutely not,” he chuckles.

“There’s a lesson in there somewhere for students because it was not some-thing I aspired to or thought about.”

However, he later pursued his master’s degree at the University

of Delaware where he met his wife, Janet. The couple then moved to the University of Illinois where earned his Ph.D. Rather than the professional world, he decided to continue a career in academia and research.

“I thought I would be better suited

to an academic career at that time than an industry career, although I had a great appreciation for industry,” he said. “I’m a better fit for academia because as much as I love research,

Since 1912, Homecoming has celebrated Iowa State with traditional events including tailgate parties, lawn displays, a “Yell Like Hell” cheering competition and mass campa-niling take place.

Yell Like Hell practices for Homecoming 2011 started Sept. 6 and run until first cuts on Oct. 16, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. on Central Campus.

Second and final cuts follow on Oct. 19 and Oct.

21 — the unlikely kickoff to Homecoming weekend.

“Each pairing creates a fun and humorous skit relat-ing to traditions here at Iowa State,” said Dave Arends, Yell Like Hell co-chairman for Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Theta Xi fraternity. “It’s the perfect way to prep for Homecoming and it’s a tradi-tion entirely unique to Iowa State’s campus.”

“Each pairings’ co-chairs create choreography for chants and write a script. Seeing each skit come together in the final practices really shows off the creativity we have here at Iowa State,” Arends said.

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Practices for Yell Like Hell take place rain or shine, warm weather or frigid tempera-tures, but it all leads up to earn-ing bragging rights as Yell Like Hell champions of 2011.

“So far, my favorite part of Yell Like Hell is learning the dances,” said Mia Vacanti, freshman in Chi Omega soror-ity and Yell Like Hell partici-pant. “It’s exciting to learn the chant, but even more exciting to be able to put moves to the words. When the whole group runs through the entire dance and skit, it looks really cool and makes me excited to see the fi-nal product.”

This Homecoming pastime is not only a time for competi-tion to thrive, but also when friendships form in the spirit of Iowa State.

“I really enjoy it because it’s a great way to meet other greek houses on campus and to represent your pairing well,” said Caitlyn Schulz, a Yell Like Hell co-chairwoman for Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. “The group of people I have the op-portunity to work with has made Yell Like Hell such a positive experience.”

“I am most looking forward to seeing what creative things other pairings come up with and finding out how our group compares,” she said.

Yell Like Hell was Mattea Rainforth’s favorite part of freshman year.

“It helped me bond with girls in my sorority and also get to know people in our pairings and other houses. I love the pumped-up feeling I get from yelling at the top of my lungs and doing crazy jazz hands,” said Rainforth, a co-chairwoman for Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Farmhouse fraternity.

The enthusiasm for this Homecoming tradition is not only shared among the par-ticipants but also alumni and the Homecoming Central Committee.

“I am so passionate about Yell Like Hell because of how unique it is,” said Lindsay Schrader, Homecoming Central’s Yell Like Hell coordinator.

Schrader has participated in Yell Like Hell for the last three years; she was a partici-pant, a co-chairwoman for her house and is now the Yell Like Hell coordinator.

“I guess I got to see every aspect of Yell Like Hell,” she said. “Although it can be stress-ful, it is one Homecoming tra-dition I can’t do without. It is great that Yell Like Hell is something that any Iowa State student can participate in. We

have a great Gold Division, which is non-competitive, and I cannot wait to see their skits. Everyone needs to make it a priority to come and watch.”

The yelling, facials, jazz hands and fully painted bodies make this Homecoming event different than others.

“It is exciting when sec-ond and final cuts come, and the pairings are able to paint their entire bodies from head to toe,” said Aaron Williams, Homecoming Central general co-chairman.

“They perform on Central Campus in front of the Campanile, which culmi-nates all of the past six weeks worth of work down to one performance in front of the lights, judges and community. I love to see the passion and school spirit evident in their enthusiasm.”

I also love the campus culture and being around students.”

He first took a leadership role when he was chosen to fill a vacant position, and af-ter a bit of U.S. Department of Agriculture training, he moved to full time.

“It was really a situation where I rec-ognized and seized an opportunity, rather than a long-term strategy,” Leath said.

However, he met immediate success in administration and decided to continue working in administration.

“In administration, you have to take a lot of pleasure in facilitating the suc-cess,” Leath said. “If you’re the kind of person who really enjoys making people successful, seeing them grow and seeing them succeed, I think it makes you a good administrator.”

The University of North Carolina sys-

tem underwent many changes under his leadership and underwent a “cultural” change through his programs in order “to be more sensitive to what research ought to do and come forth through the universi-ty to make a difference in society,” he said.

Leath didn’t focus primarily on re-search. He also made sure that all types of scholarship were better rewarded.

“We changed our culture by recogniz-ing all kinds of scholarship, not just tradi-tional research and stuff,” he said.

What does he have plans to implement here at Iowa State? He hopes to model many of the changes he made in the schol-arship at the UNC system, but won’t make any promises yet.

“It’s premature to have had plans when I haven’t really spent a day on the job yet,” he said regarding specific cultural chang-es, but he plans to get everyone on the uni-versity scene involved including donors in

his multi-faceted plan.Vice President of Student Affairs

Thomas Hill also sees Leath integrating himself into the system well and being successful as an administrator, but stated that Leath may have a few challenges ahead of him.

“There’s a culture here in Iowa,” said Hill at the last week’s announcement. “There are a lot of differences. You have to pay attention to see what ISU is all about.”

Hill stated that not all land grants are the same, and although Leath has expe-rience in them, he will still need to get to know Iowa State and understand its unique strengths and weaknesses.

That’s just what Leath plans to do. Leath will be on campus several times in the coming months and plans to get to know the university: both where it’s been and how it’s gotten to where it is now. Oh, and of course, to start meeting people.

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By Jordan Robertson and Rachel MetzThe Associated Press

CUPERTINO, Calif. — The most closely kept secret about the iPhone 5? There isn’t one — yet.

Apple unveiled a faster, more powerful version of its sleek iPhone on Tuesday and named it the 4S. It includes a futuristic, voice-activated personal assistant service and an app that will send greeting cards for $2.99 each. Sprint customers will now be able to use one.

Pre-orders will begin Friday with availability on Oct. 14.

But the new iPhone was not named the iPhone 5 or reimagined to the degree that many tech bloggers and Apple

fans had hoped it would be. Wall Street seemed disap-pointed, too: Apple stock lost more than 5 percent before bouncing back to close down less than 1 percent.

Still, Apple stock has near-ly quadrupled since the first iPhone was announced in 2007. The device has been the cornerstone of one of the most remarkable runs in technology history. Apple is now one of the world’s most richly valued companies, holding its own against oil companies and in-ternational conglomerates.

If Tuesday’s unveiling seemed like a letdown, it was because Apple didn’t do a good job of managing expectations. That’s a familiar problem for Apple, whose penchant for se-crecy invites hyperbolic spec-ulation between its product

announcements. Given that it had been 16 months since the last iPhone hit the market, imaginations had even more time to run wild this time.

“This is the typical Apple scenario: People keep wanting it to do the impossible,” said Tim Bajarin, an analyst who has been following the com-pany for decades.

Apple’s approach to the event didn’t do any favors for Tim Cook in his first major public appearance since he succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO six weeks ago. Jobs, the Apple visionary and co-founder, re-linquished the reins to focus on his health problems.

As many people expected, Cook handled his presentation in a pedestrian fashion that lacked Jobs’ flair. The format and stage setting were similar

to the presentations that Jobs had orchestrated so master-fully, giving Cook little oppor-tunity to make his own mark, said Adam Hanft, a marketing consultant who runs his own firm in New York.

“It wasn’t fair to Tim in his inaugural because there he didn’t have any product to show off that was a real barn-burner,” Hanft said.

“This allowed him to get his sea legs, but he still needs to find his voice and style. They need to come up with a new setting that is equally Apple-like aesthetically, but not the same that they had while Steve was there.”

Even though the iPhone 4S is an improvement over its predecessor, it isn’t being

perceived as a breakthrough partly because it’s not being branded as an iPhone 5 as most people had been expect-ing, said Prashant Malaviya, a marketing professor at Georgetown University.

Not all investors were disappointed.

Stephen Coleman, chief in-vestment officer for Daedalus Capital and an Apple inves-tor since 2004, calls his Apple stock “the safest investment that I own.” He said Tuesday’s upgrades were “incremental” — and praised Apple for not messing too much with a mod-el that’s working.

“To those who say they’re underwhelmed, I’d say they’ve been fast asleep,” Coleman said.

Wall Street gives Apple no love for new iPhone

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the unveiling of the new iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., on Tuesday.

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PINCKNEY, Mich. — Shortly after being named homecoming queen, a Michigan girl gave her fellow high school students another big reason to cheer: Brianna Amat kicked the field goal that proved to be the difference as Pinckney Community High School beat Grand Blanc 9-7 on Friday.

The 31-yard field goal gave the Pirates a 9-0 lead in the third quarter.

Amat told the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell that after the soccer season ended last school year, she gave field-goal kicking a try at the urging of the school’s coaches. She has been playing soccer since age 3 but hadn’t played football or paid much attention to that sport. “In the beginning, I thought it was kind of a joke. I didn’t think they were actually going to let me do it,” Amat said.

Shortly before her crucial kick Friday, Amat rode in Pinckney’s homecoming pa-rade while wearing her football uniform. On

Saturday morning, Amat was inside the com-mons area of Pinckney high school, leading the effort to decorate the school in preparation for the school’s homecoming dance.

Pinckney football coach Dan Burkholder said he had asked Amat to try out after the school’s soccer coach told him about her.

“I was going to have her kick an extra point,” Burkholder recalled, “and I pulled out a tee and she said, ‘What’s that?’ ”

Now that she’s doing it, Amat studies kick-ers. “It’s just something I do, and I’m so glad I got a chance to do it,” she said.

Amat credited her teammates for helping her kick, especially the two players who snap and hold the ball for her. “Everyone told me I could do it, take it easy,” Amat said, “... and them having that confidence in me gave me confidence in myself.”

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SANTA ANA, Calif. — A woman who killed her new-lywed husband and chopped and cooked his body parts over Thanksgiving weekend in 1991 is seeking release from a California prison.

Omaima Nelson, an Egyptian-born former model and nanny, is set to appear before parole commission-ers Wednesday at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla where she has been serving a life sentence.

Nelson was convicted of murdering her 56-year-old husband William Nelson in a grisly killing that authorities likened to the fictional slayings of Hannibal Lecter.

Prosecutors said the then-23-year-old killed Nelson had likely plotted to steal from him as she had done with other middle-aged men she had se-duced in the past. Authorities said she tied up her husband of less than a month, killed him and dismembered the body, churning his parts through a

garbage disposal that neigh-bors said ran nonstop in the hours after the murder.

Authorities found some of Nelson’s body parts stuffed in

garbage bags and mixed with leftover Thanksgiving turkey. His hands had been fried in oil and his head boiled and stuffed in freezer.

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File photo: Bruce Chambers/The Associated PressOmaima Aref Nelson enters a California courtroom in 1992. Nelson was 23 when she murdered her 56-year-old husband.

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On Tuesday evening, Sept. 27, Congressman Ron Paul gave a speech at the Story County GOP chili supper

in Nevada, Iowa. Prior to the event, A.J. Spiker, vice-chairman of the Ron Paul Iowa campaign, called and offered me five minutes with Paul for an interview for the Iowa State Daily.

Upon arrival, Mr. Spiker informed me I’d get my interview after the congressman got a chance to meet everyone and right before he gave his speech. I took a seat near the podium and patiently awaited my turn while the long line of people snaked by, also awaiting their turn to talk to Dr. Paul, and get an autograph or their picture taken with him.

That Ron Paul’s supporters love him is obvious. I’ve met many congressmen before. I’ve been to a senator’s birthday party and even rubbed elbows with two presidents. So I’ve had plenty of contact with politicians, campaigns and supporters of many candidates over the years.

But none of the campaigns or supporters seem to love their guy like the folks pulling for Paul. A young girl stood up before the whole crowd prior to the congressman’s speech and read a report she wrote for her grade school class on her hero, Ron Paul. Her message: I believe in Ron Paul because he believes in me. Powerful stuff.

Then when A.J. Spiker walked over and knelt next to me, I figured something was wrong. The life of politics is one of change, and I assumed my interview was bumped off schedule due to time constraints. But what

Mr. Spiker asked me was to become one of the highlights of my political involvement. “Would you be willing to ride with Congressman Paul on the way to the airport?” A silly question in hindsight.

Ron Paul finished his speech, interrupted several times by the enthusiastic crowd, and hurried out the door to catch his plane. Spiker looked at me and gestured toward him. “You’re on, get going” was the unspoken message. Rushing to catch up, I followed the congress-man to his waiting car. “Here,” Paul said, “you hop in this side. I’ll go around.” Say what? A congressman deferring his seat to a regular guy like me? Someone get me the weather report in Hell, quick.

We got in the SUV and took off. “So,” Ron says to me, “what did you think of the speech? Was it OK?” Yes, I told him. I enjoyed it very much. “I hope so. You know,” he said with the wave of his hand, settling himself into the back-seat, “I feel like I repeat myself a lot. I feel bad that I have to say a lot of the same things all the time, but the message of freedom is important.” Clearly this was a humble man I was dealing with here, with a refreshingly human touch of insecurity.

Congressman Paul and I talked casually, like old friends. We chatted about what I was doing in school, what I wanted to do in the future, some of his past trips to Iowa State, and the fast pace of the campaign. We pulled

into the Nevada McDonald’s. “I’m so hungry” Ron said. “We haven’t had time to eat today.” Paul had stopped in Dubuque, Clinton and Muscatine before arriving in Nevada.

As we sat in the parking lot waiting for the congressman’s value meal, a couple walked by. Illuminated by the dome light overhead, they could see Paul sitting there. The man peered in at us and did a double take, quickly tapping the woman’s arm and pointing. The two grinned and waved excitedly, and Paul leaned forward between the front seats and waved back, no doubt making their night. Like I said, Paul’s people love him, and it just goes to show that his people are everywhere.

For half an hour, I had private, unscripted access to the libertarian star; the man who seems to be setting much of the Republican agenda these days (auditing the Federal Reserve, ending the war, states’ rights, the restoration of individual liberties, etc., are all classic Paul-isms that the “establishment” Republicans are copying). I asked him about the economy, a nuclear Iran, military spending, abortion, Medicare and Social Security, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, gay rights and even the space program.

The information I collected was much more than that expected from my scheduled five-minute interview and far too much for a single article in the Daily. And rather than do injustice to a rare honest and sincere man, I have been given license by my editor to split my report on Paul up into several parts, to allow the congressman to speak for himself instead of reducing him to irrelevant and uninforma-tive sound bytes.

Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State DailyPresidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, signs a “Don’t Tread on Me” hat for a young boy during the Story County GOP’s Chili Supper on Sept. 27 in Nevada, Iowa. Daily columnist Barry Snell was granted an interview with Paul when he was the keynote speaker at the event.

Barry Snell is a senior in history from Muscatine, Iowa.

By Barry.Snell@iowastatedaily.com

Advice

Some things are better left unsaid

Most folks are getting the idea now that writing anything and every-

thing they think on your Facebook wall is not the best idea, espe-cially if you don’t want everyone to know about it.

But what about in real life, what about the things you say in passing?

A few days ago I was on CyRide after my office hours — I am a teaching assistant in the political science department — and when I get on the bus, if it isn’t terribly full, I like to sit in the back.

For some reason, people toward the back of the bus tend to be more talkative than those in the front.

And on this particular occa-sion, some students in the back were being very open with their speech.

Their topic? Cheating.I was reading news on my

robot phone and seated directly next to two of the students. I watched one of them look at me, look around, then begin talking to his friends about who they were cheating off of for their upcoming exam.

I have to assume that they sim-

ply didn’t think I was a “threat” to their questionable ethical exploits — my friends tell me I dress like a drug dealer, which I assume means eclectic — because the students openly discussed enough details that I could figure out what type of course it was, what time the class was, what their preferred cheating method was, how they would cheat differently next time and even their first names.

It could simply be that they were joking, and I’m certain that is what they would claim were they confronted, but the topic is still not something to be discussed in public.

Incidents like that have hap-pened to me, and I assume many others, quite often. It happens at bars, restaurants, house parties, tailgating, on the bus, walk-ing around in a store; basically anywhere people particularly congregate.

The topics are everything from cheating on tests to buying drugs. It is amazing how often people will “name-drop” in order to make a conversation more interesting,

not realizing that their “dealer” would likely be pretty annoyed if they knew their name and even descriptions of their home or amount of product was being casually referenced.

With all this in mind, going back to the students on the bus, you never know who is sitting next to you and who might overhear.

There are a lot of cops out there that don’t remotely resemble cops when they are out of uniform. There are many professors that dress down, or don’t dress up in the first place, that go to bars or ride the bus and can easily overhear the inappropriate things you say.

The point is, you need to be cautious about what you say in public.

The same rules that apply on-line apply to real life: If you don’t want someone you don’t know to know some piece of information about you, don’t talk about it in a public forum.

I didn’t turn in the students for their possible cheating, I have my own ethical compass; that their conversation led me to believe they all cheated off the wrong exam and did rather poorly any-way. But I’m not others.

You never know when there is an authority figure around to overhear your discussion about your questionable activities.

And you had better believe that

it isn’t hard to discern specific enough details about what you say to determine locations and people involved.

And just in case you don’t think random people listen to what you and your buddy are talking about, think again.

It isn’t that people are neces-sarily “creeping,” but a juicy bit of gossip peaks folks’ interest nearly anywhere you go, and you can-not not hear what is being said a couple feet from you.

Maybe you like running the risk of getting caught, maybe you just don’t think what you say can get you in trouble, but I’m telling you now, be careful about who you say things around and what you talk about publicly.

Near-on everyone partakes in some illicit activities on a regular basis and ends up sharing with others.

I know it is depressing to think in such an Orwellian fashion, but the stranger sitting near you might just be someone in a position to get you into trouble or willing to report you. A lot of folks will squeal for profit, from pressure or just because they have a certain sense of duty or morals.

You have been warned.

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

By Gabriel.Stoffa@iowastatedaily.com

Part of Newt Gingrich’s updated Contract with America is reform-ing education, including eliminating state and federal standards for edu-cational curricula. State and federal curricula, which Gingrich said are “profoundly wrong,” bureaucratize education and should be replaced by curricula for individual students.

Higher education is about more than just getting a job and making money. Colleges and universities exist to make their students into well-rounded, diverse individuals who can examine a variety of problems in a variety of ways.

College educations are valuable in the job market because employ-ees who have attended college are assumed to be innovative individuals who will apply realistic solutions, not dogma, to the problems they see.

In our post-industrial economy, liberal educations are more impor-tant than ever. More leisure time means devoting more time to the news, forming judgments about the world around us. We should con-sider that news from an angle not just our own before we act on those judgments.

Individual curricula do noth-ing to secure that liberal education. Curricula adapted to individual students do nothing to necessarily challenge students’ abilities. And stu-dents need to be challenged, forced out of their comfort zones. The “no pain, no gain” motto of athletic train-ing also applies to the mind.

State and federal standards are not necessarily a bureaucratic night-mare. That problem can be fixed with changing the statutes that govern the operation of education departments or by issuing administrative direc-tives. To deny that minimum stan-dards of education are necessary is to deny that there is any importance to education beyond personal gratifica-tion. And while your own monkish musings and reflections on your own time or your hermit’s hut might do you good, education serves a larger goal.

Learning about a complicated world makes you better prepared to do more than just get a job and collect a paycheck. Learning about subjects outside your interests at the time you enter college will help you appreciate and work cooperatively with other people who disagree with you.

A broad-based education shapes us into better people. And if Gingrich truly wants even more citizen involvement in politics, they should to go beyond what they’re comfort-able with and examine other ideas. Pluralism is necessary for a repre-sentative government that respects citizens’ private lives, and tailoring education to individual students is no way to arrive at it.

Editor’s note:This column is part one of a series of columns on Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. Look for part two next Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Exercise caution, you never know who is listening

Everyone is talking about alter-native energy. Should govern-ment be spending taxpayer

money for this?It was government funds that

built the railroads, the electric grid (think Hoover Dam and Tennessee Valley Authority), scuba diving gear, the interstate highway system, weather satellites, the Internet (ARPANET, a secure military research network), Velcro, the space program and all the spinoffs in composite materials and other inven-tions, medical R & D, etc. Without government backing, most of these would be too high risk for private investors.

The Seattle Times reported last week, “Washington’s two major pub-lic universities have been awarded $80 million in federal grants to kick-start a biofuels industry in the Northwest, with hopes of turning trees into fuel for jet engines and cars alike.

Underscoring the size and impor-tance of the grant, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack [and former Iowa governor] was to make the announcement Wednesday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The total grant is $136 mil-lion and one of the largest the USDA has ever made.”

In Iowa, the initiative is to turn corncobs, cornhusks, switchgrass and other available biomass in the state into fuel.

Iowa State University is a major player in that effort. In Florida, a biorefinery is under construction to create fuel out of municipal and citrus waste.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett “traveled to suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday to welcome a biomass energy company that plans to move its headquarters from Georgia and create 150 jobs in the next three years as it tries to develop ways to turn products such as wood and waste into a fuel. The company Renmatix’s processes will use water to access sugars from biofuels,” according to Forbes. There are all sorts of tax breaks and government incentives for this.

An interesting article in Mother Nature Network reported, “Scientists have developed a potentially green

and renewable biofuel replace-ment for diesel fuel that would not corrode oil pipelines or tanks. The researchers, affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute, engi-neered strains of E. coli with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce bisabolane, a promising biosynthetic alternative to Number 2 (D2) diesel. Taek Soon Lee is director of the J.B.E.I.’s metabolic engineer-ing program and a project scientist with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Physical Biosciences Division.”

Who knew that E. coli, which we generally try to avoid when we eat out, could be a helpful ally.

Here is how it works. “By bringing together E. coli and S. cerevisiae, Lee and his team found that the microor-

ganisms produce large quantities of a chemical compound called farnesyl diphosphate that can be synthesized into a particular terpene. From there, the scientists created bisabolene a precursor to bisabolane, which is almost identical to D2 diesel, except that it has a lower freezing point. This, according to Lee, will be to their benefit when developing it as a fuel replacement.”

So when you pull up to the Flying J truck stop, you may someday say “Fill ‘er up with E. coli!”

The U.S. military is the coun-try’s largest single consumer of oil and therefore energy security has emerged as a major concern for the Pentagon. The military has been testing synthetic fuels made from coal and natural gas. The Wall Street Journal reports, “Military use of synthetic fuel faces significant obstacles. The energy bill signed into law by President [George] Bush ... included a clause preventing the government from buying the fuel if it

emits more pollution than petro-leum. Manufacturers have promised to meet that target by recapturing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses produced in refining. Without those efforts, synthetic fuel can emit up to twice as much pollution in refining as conventional petroleum.”

But not all is well or easy. According to the New York Times, “The United States would derive no meaningful military benefit from increased use of alternative fuels to power its jets, ships and other weapons systems, according to a government-commissioned study by the RAND Corporation ... The report also argued that most alternative-fuel technologies were unproven, too expensive or too far from commercial scale to meet the military’s needs over the next decade. In particular, the report argued that the Defense Department was spending too much time and money exploring experi-mental biofuels derived from sources like algae or the flowering plant

camelina, and that more focus should be placed on energy efficiency as a way of combating greenhouse gas emissions.”

New fuels are important, but they face the daunting problem that coal and other conventional hydrocar-bons are so abundant and still so cheap.

The economics of alternative fuels poses a serious challenge. Want proof? This week, we heard that at least three major U.S. solar energy projects went bankrupt.

China has become the undisputed solar- and wind-power producer and exporter with heavy government subsidies and mandates for domestic use far exceeding anything the U.S. is committing to alternative energy. China has knocked the U.S. from the number one spot.

The U.S. government has always been the trigger mechanism for infra-structure, new inventions and risky economic initiatives. No matter what you think.

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With numerous dramatic performances four games into the season, ISU coach Paul Rhoads has taught his team to forget.

The third-year coach of the ISU football team said Tuesday at his weekly news conference that his team was noticeably eager to focus on its game against Baylor while thoughts of last Saturday’s 37-14 loss to No. 11 Texas ap-peared nonexistent.

“This [loss was] one, judging by the attitude of our football team Sunday, that we rebounded quickly from knowing what exciting challenges are ahead of us,” Rhoads said. “Our kids were eager to be coached, realized the mistakes that they had made that largely contribut-ed to our loss and are anxious to get back out on the field again.”

The Cyclones (3-1, 0-1 Big 12) will be traveling to Waco, Texas, to take on No. 25 Baylor (3-1, 0-1) on Saturday at 6 p.m.

At the news conference, Rhoads said that right tackle Brayden Burris’ surgery on his leg to repair a fracture that was sustained against Texas was successful, but that he would be out for at least six weeks. Burris’ ab-sence will yield a chance for Carter Bykowski and Kyle Lichtenberg to rotate at right tackle, Rhoads said.

“Lichtenberg’s got good feet, so he can hold his own,” said right guard Hayworth Hicks. “The only difference between him and Brayden is that Brayden has the experi-ence. He’s just got to learn to

adjust.”B o t h

B y k o w s k i a n d Lichtenberg have seen action in at least three games this season, with B y k o w s k i having filled in for se-nior Kelechi O s e m e l e , who has been bat-tling a re-curring ankle injury, in all four games at left tackle.

“Carter’s a physical player,” Rhoads said. “Every chance Carter gets to get more snaps, I believe he gets better. The better competi-tion he gets, the better he gets.”

Rhoads went on to say that everyone else who left the field on Saturday due to some sort of ailment is ex-pected to play against Baylor, including Leonard Johnson.

Johnson, a starter at cor-nerback, was carted off the field on a stretcher after a helmet-to-helmet hit with Stephen Ruempolhamer in the fourth quarter.

Among the negatives that riddled the Cyclones’ play against Texas, one of the pos-itives that emerged was the running game — namely the performance of sophomore James White.

“I think he’s showing the more snaps he gets, the stron-ger he gets and the better he performs,” Rhoads said. “He’s very elusive, he doesn’t need much of a hole. He showed better speed than I would have thought in Saturday

night’s game.”White rushed for a game-

high 64 yards on 11 carries and one touchdown last Saturday, but would have had more with a combined 25 rushing yards called back due to two different holding calls during the game. “If you get a few carries here and a few carries there, you see how the

defense is flowing, it helps a running back,” White said.

White chipped away at the UT defense Saturday, averaging 5.8 yards per carry and giving the Cyclone of-fense hope after a discourag-ing first half.

For the offensive line, White’s performance was encouraging.

“That’s the best part ever,” Hicks said of seeing White being able to break for big gains. “Now it’s worth some-thing. He just broke away and we’re like, ‘OK, he did something good.’ That gets you more confidence. If we keep doing this, we’re going to keep getting these same kind of runs.”

ISU volleyball coach Christy Johnson-Lynch made it clear after a 3-2 loss to Texas on Sunday that her team struggled against a tall and ath-letic Longhorn frontline that regis-tered 11 blocks in the match.

“We didn’t necessarily click offen-sively tonight and part of that is their block,” Johnson-Lynch said. “There were definitely some rotations that you looked at and thought, ‘OK who can we set right now,’ because there’s an awfully big block over there.”

The Longhorns held ISU hitters to .168 percent hitting on the night, just the fourth time this season that the Cyclones have been held to less than .200 hitting in a match.

“Sometimes we get stuck hit-ting the same shot over and over,”

J o h n s o n - L y n c h said. “We have to be able to hit line, es-pecially because we don’t have 6-foot-3 outsides like Texas does that can hit over the block. We’ve got to be able to hit different shots.”

Those offen-sive adjustments will be key as the No. 16 Cyclones (12-3, 3-1 Big 12) head to Manhattan, Kan., to take on Kansas State (13-4, 2-1).

Johnson-Lynch has said that Kansas State possesses one of the best swing blocking units in the Big 12.

The Wildcats, who have yet to face

a ranked opponent this season, aver-age 2.58 blocks per set, good for fourth in the conference.

The Cyclones average 1.91 blocks per set, which currently ranks last in the Big 12.

“We’ve just got to trust our hitters that they’re going to go up with one or two blockers and do something with the ball,” said ISU setter Alison Landwehr of facing good blocking teams. “When they keep another girl in there who isn’t as tall, you definite-ly want to go at them. Other than that, just we trust our hitters that they’ll make good decisions.”

KSU middle blocker Taylor Johnson currently leads the team with an average of 1.48 blocks per set, while Kaitlynn Pelger is close behind at 1.14 blocks per set.

Junior ISU middle blocker Jamie Straube, who managed to register

17 kills on just 30 attempts against the Longhorns, said that continuing to at-tack against a good blocking team is key.

“I’ve been in situations like this for three years now and there’s girls on the court that haven’t been in those kinds of situations,” Straube said.

“I just want to be really aggressive and give people the confidence to do the same thing, and let them feed off me.”

File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State DailyRight-side hitter Kelsey Petersen and middle blocker Jamie Straube block a hit from the Arizona State opposition Sept 2. After falling to No. 11 Texas on Sunday, the 16th-ranked Cyclones travel to Manhattan, Kan., to take on Kansas State on Wednesday.

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Photo: Jordan Maurice/Iowa State DailyJames White breaks through the defensive line against Texas on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium. White rushed for one touchdown, averaging 5.8 yards per carry, in the Cyclones’ 37-14 loss.

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McCoy leads Cyclones to 3rd-place team finishThe turnaround was short, but the Cyclones worked on pre-shot routine and how to handle situations under pressure.That helped senior golfer Nate McCoy lead the way for the ISU men’s golf team in a brilliant showing at the Rees Jones Invitational.McCoy shot rounds of 68, 70, and 72 to finish at 210 strokes and win medalist honors for the Cyclones in their second straight tournament. He finished nine strokes in front of second place and was the only player under par in the entire field.“The course suits his game well,” said assistant coach Patrick Datz. “He’s a smart player, and stuck with the shots he focused on and hit it well. He had great confidence.”This is the first time that the Cyclones have had back-to-back medalists since 1996 when it was Jason Knutzon and Chris Peterson.As for the rest of the team, im-provement was slow. Sam Daley continues finished tied for 15 after steady rounds of 74, 75 and 76 to receive 225 strokes.Last week’s VCU Shootout champion Scott Fernandez struggled in his last round Tuesday, but shot rounds of 74, 73 and 82 to finish at 229 strokes and tied for 26th. Duncan Croudis improved each round with 82, 78 and 76 to finish at 236 strokes and tied for 45th. Zach Steffen rounded out the Cyclones with 83, 83 and 85 to finish at 251 strokes and 62nd.The Cyclones as a team finished in third place with 900 total strokes. They had the lead after the first two rounds, but had 10 more strokes in the third round than the second round.“Overall I was glad with the posi-tion we were in after the first two rounds, but a little disappointed in the last round,” said head coach Andrew Tank. “We may have been out of our comfort zone, but we will use it for the rest of the season.”

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Iowa State struggles in Windy City Iowa State’s women’s golf team finished 14th out of the 15 teams participating in the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Tuesday.The Cyclones finished the three-round tournament with a score of 908 strokes, 26 off the lead.Prima Thammarak was the highest-placing member for Iowa State. She finished with a score of 219, good enough for a tie for seventh overall.Punpaka Phuntumabamrung and Kristin Paulson were next highest finishing Cyclones. They finished in a tie for 46th.Sasikarn On-iam finished for a tie for 53rd. Chonlada Chayanun finished in a tie for 63rd. Beth Wagner finished in 73rd overall.Oklahoma State won the tourna-ment with a score of 882 strokes.

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Six years ago, senior Rico Loy was wearing a uniform of a different color and fit.

Instead of donning a car-dinal-and-gold cross-country jersey, Loy stood tall and straight in a rigid German Army uniform.

“The first three months were super hard,” Loy said.

Until recently, it was

m a n d a t o r y for young German men to join the military for one year. In Germany, it is also com-mon for many young men to get a job after middle school, which was exactly what Loy did for four years.

After serving in the Army, Loy wanted a better job and he wanted to return to running. College would be a way for him to run competitively, so he fin-ished his high school require-ments in one year.

“I’d always ran since I was 12 years old,” Loy said. “That’s actually why I went back to school, because I thought I would have more time to run.”

Coach Corey Ihmels said he first heard of Loy through a “Track and Field News” writer and began recruiting him.

Iowa State’s competitive cross-country and engineer-ing programs lured Loy to leave family in Bad Wildbad, Germany, and come to Ames in 2008, where he experienced a new way of racing.

“The mentality in the team especially is different,” Loy said. “I really like that every-one on the team is running for

each other.”In German races, competi-

tors run individually and there are no team scores.

“I think that’s probably something that intrigued him to come here — just being a part of a team and having that experience,” Ihmels said.

As seniors, Loy and his roommate, Charlie Paul, serve as leaders for the men’s team.

“He’s not always the most vocal guy, but he says what he needs to say,” Paul said. “He leads by example and is a good role model for all of us.”

Loy has been described as having a friendly demeanor and is thoughtfully poised,

which carries through in his running and leadership abilities.

“Sometimes a leader doesn’t have to be aggressive and really take charge,” Ihmels said. This year is Loy’s last of eligibility. With a preference for track over cross-country, Loy looks forward to running the 5,000-meter in the spring.

After graduating from Iowa State in mechanical engineer-ing as planned, Loy may re-turn home to his family. He intends to find a job and run competitively.

“I could see myself trying to go pro for a year,” Loy said. “It’s not as hard to get to the German Championship as it here.”

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LibraDaily Horoscope : by Nancy Black

Today’s Birthday 10/05/11. With careful planning and a new perspective, finances could change for the better during the year ahead. Trust your instincts, and don’t fall for schemes that seem too good to be true. Your intelligence increases with practice. Make your mantra, “I can do it.”To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries March 21-April 19Today is an 8 -- Slow down and breathe deeply. Take time to allow your ideas to ferment a little for greater depth. Don’t worry about how to make it happen (yet). Imagine that future realized.

Taurus April 20-May 20Today is an 8 -- New opportunities abound in your career. Don’t worry if results don’t show up immediately, and stay in action. Practice makes perfect. Be especially alert and flexible.

Gemini May 21-June 21Today is an 8 -- Widen the view to consider the big picture. Where do you see yourself? Picture your perfect roles. Don’t give up your day job yet. You have

some surprises up your sleeve.

Cancer June 22-July 22 Today is a 6 -- You can’t over-prepare today. Be willing and open to revelations that go beyond your organization, and you might even enjoy them. Keep your backup plans handy.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22Today is a 6 -- Your partnership plays an important role today. Support your loved one, even if it means saying no to other demands. Don’t bend under pressure. You’re needed today.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22Today is an 8 -- When was the last time you made a mess in a creative way? Get out some colors, and express your wildest dreams. You can always clean it up later. You’ll love the results.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Today is an 8 -- Changes at work may seem like more than you can handle. Doing what you really love enhances your creativity and satisfaction. Given a choice, choose with your heart.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21Today is a 7 -- Give in to the urge to be domestic. You’ll figure out how to take care of all your obligations. Curtail flamboyance in favor of simple, home-cooked recipes.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Today is an 8 -- Thinking it over may be a good idea after all. Get into the books for the next couple of days, and satisfy your curiosity to the fullest. Practice increases ease.

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Today is a 7 -- The money game is getting more interesting. Resist the temptation to spend it all. Emotions and intuition fuel your motivation. Envision a dream fulfilled. Then act for that.

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18Today is an 8 -- Now you’re coming into your own. Remind yourself of your own power, and it grows. Inspiration feeds it. You’re ready to make changes for the better, especially at home.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20Today is a 6 -- Time lost in your own thoughts serves you well. Surprise friends with a new idea. Might as well keep going for what you want. It’s always good to review that.

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•••Cowboys at ISU are sexxxxyy! Don’t be so shy because girls love a guy in boots... just sayin’

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Trivia

Giant squids have been known to feast on baby whales.

The early recordings made by Motown singers were produced in a studio in a converted house on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, across from the Henry Ford Hospital. Echo effects were produced by having the singers perform under a large hole cut in the

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1. What comic strip doctor waited 46 years to pop the question to Nurse Gale?

2. What handy mathematical instrument’s days were numbered when the pocket calculator made the scene in the 1970’s?

3. What football team made Bob Lilly their first-ever draft pick, in 1961?

4. What ocean are the Maldives in?

5. What Saturday Night Live star said he learned how to fall playing soccer in college?

6. What explorer introduced Italians to spaghetti in the 14th century?

7. What Abbott and Costello movie did Jerry Garcia call “the movie that changed my life”?

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ANSWER: The Indian Ocean

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By Steven BrileyAmesEats Flavors Writer Lemon slices are great served on the rim of a cocktail.

You’ve no doubt noticed a trend in television lately: the rise of the period piece dramas glorifying the events and culture of the 1960s. This initially started with AMC’s breakout series “Mad Men.” The winner of four consecutive Emmys surrounds the exciting world of advertising in Manhattan in the 1960s.This fall you will see two new series try to cash in on the success of “Mad Men.” NBC debuted “The Playboy Club” and ABC premiered “Pan Am.” All of this JFK-era excitement has gotten us a little thirsty, so we present

to you a list of delicious and timeless cocktails you are likely to see in any of the aforementioned shows.Keep in mind, you are not likely to find any of these served at the plastic cup-afflicted bars on Welch Avenue, and you will assuredly not find them in a fish-bowl. Seek out a more refined establishment or serve them at home to impress your friends. Start out with the classics and you’ll soon be adding your own varia-tions to them, even if it’s just an extra pour of bourbon in your Old Fashioned like this writer.

Classic Martini:2 1/2 ounces gin1 1/2 ounces dry vermouth3 olives

Rinse martini glass with vermouth and empty, shake gin with ice and strain into glass. Add three olives as garnish. Make it “dirty” by adding 1/2 ounce olive juice before shaking.

Gibson Martini:2 1/2 ounces gin or vodka3/4 ounces dry vermouth3-5 cocktail onions

Stir gin or vodka and vermouth with ice in a mixing glass. Strain into a martini glass and serve with cocktail onions.

Old Fashioned:2 dashes aromatic bitters1 sugar cube1 teaspoon water1 1/2 ounces bourbon1 maraschino cherry1 orange slice

Place sugar and cherry in the bottom of a rocks glass, add bitters and muddle together. Fill glass with ice and add water and bourbon. Garnish with orange slice.

Manhattan:1 3/4 ounces rye3/4 ounces sweet vermouth1 dash aromatic bitters1 maraschino cherry

Mix rye, vermouth and bitters over ice and strain into a martini glass. Add the cherry for garnish.

Sidecar:1 1/2 ounces cognac3/4 ounces triple sec3/4 ounces lemon juice1 orange slice

Squeeze lemon juice in mixing glass. Add cognac and triple sec. Shake briskly over ice. Strain into a sugar-rimmed snifter or martini glass and add orange slice.

Tom Collins:1 ounce lemon juice1 teaspoon sugar1 1/2 ounces gin2 lemon slices Splash of soda water

Mix sugar, gin and juice over ice in mixing glass. Stir, strain into cocktail or highball glass over ice and top with soda wa-ter. Garnish with lemon slices.

Vodka Gimlet:1 1/2 ounces vodka3/4 ounce lime juice3-4 lime slices

Pour vodka and lime juice in mixing glass. Shake and strain into martini glass. Add lime slices.

How to: Slice a lemon

5 October, 2011 www.AmesEatsFlavors.com editor: Devon.OBrien@flavors.ameseats.com

Sips from the ’60sStep 1: Cut the lemon in half, parallel to the ends of the lemon. Then quarter the lemon by placing it on its flat sides and cutting each half again to make four pieces.

Step 2: Cut one of the quarters in the middle to make the slit in the lemon. Lay flat and cut horizontal slices to your desired thickness.

Step 3: Pull the lemon slice apart and slide onto the rim of the glass.