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A historic attempt t o h i n d e r t h e growth of student debt may have
sparked both excitement and fear.
The Iowa Board of Regents unanimously ap-proved a third consecutive tuition freeze for resident undergraduates at Wednes-day’s meeting.
The decision also in-cluded a 1.75 percent in-crease in tuition for nonresi-dent undergraduates. Law-makers must decide whether to include the requested 4.1 percent increase from the state for tuition rates to be official.
“We are confident that the board initiatives approved this year - the TIER efficiency study and the performance-based funding model - will allow the universities to direct additional resources to our students rather than asking our students to pay more,” said Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter.
While some regents have said the move is essential in combating increasing student debt, other regents and stu-dent university leaders have expressed concern the freeze would have for future economic circumstances.
The board had originally planned on increasing in-state undergraduate tuition by 1.75 percent and out-of-state tuition by 1.2 percent at the October board meeting. But Regent Larry McKibben sparked a discussion
about the rising levels of student debt, and two additional regents expressed that they, too, would support a third tuition freeze.
“The debt at sixth in the na-tion is a social and economic nega-tive for our state,” McKibben said at that October meeting. “[It is important for] students to gradu-ate without having a tremendous amount of debt, to be able to get married, have a family and maybe make a first down payment on a house, and stay in Iowa.”
McKibben repeated his con-cerns about increasing debt and students’ futures at the December meeting.
Though the board was unani-mous in approving the freeze dur-ing discussion, Regent Robert Downer said the freeze wouldn’t affect each public university equally, mentioning University of Northern Iowa’s high percent-age of in-state students. With 92 percent of UNI students paying in-state tuition, a freeze could cause Northern Iowa to lose $1.4 million in revenue.
Downer also mentioned the University of California’s decision to raise tuition by 5 percent for the next five years after a three-year tuition freeze.
“I believe the public interest is better served by gradual increases roughly reflecting inflation, a fac-tor that is present in all of our lives,” Downer said.
Rastetter said he understood Northern Iowa’s situation, but defended the freeze with the re-cently approved performance-based funding model, saying the model is designed to help all three universities.
“This board knows and un-derstands the reason we voted for performance funding is that equitable financing and funding of our public universities,” Rastet-ter said. “Our legislative request is going to be a little over 4.1 percent of significant new dollars to make sure all three universities are well funded.”
UNI student body president Kevin Gartman voiced support for a tuition freeze at an earlier meeting, saying students would support a modest increase for the university.
“They support the increase because they understand, that without it, [Northern Iowa] faces even greater funding challenges, which can negatively impact the quality of the education the uni-versity is able to provide,” Gartman said at the October meeting.
Northern Iowa isn’t the only school to express concern with the tuition freeze. ISU Government of Student Body President Hillary Kletscher also said she has heard student feedback in support of a modest increase to prevent a later hike in tuition.
“I heard feedback from stu-dents [who] were willing to burden
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Completing classes in lead-ership could help push a resume to the top of a potential employ-ers’ stack.
Iowa State is now offering a minor in Leadership Studies. The program requires 15 credit hours rather than the normal 21 credit hours.
Students who choose to pur-sue the minor can also earn a leadership certificate to go along with the degree.
“We involve a lot of business and community leaders in our program,” said Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center. “We started hear-
ing from them that Iowa State needed to do more in the area of leadership education.”
After hearing from leaders in the community, the Catt Center started putting together a pro-gram for leadership studies. The minor was created in response to requests from students.
“The Leadership Studies mi-nor gives students an opportunity to have more accessible creden-tial and strong name recognition with the minor in Leadership Studies,” said Clinton Stephens, lecturer and coordinator of Lead-ership Studies program.
Alex Salmon graduated from Iowa State in December 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in crimi-nal justice, as well as a leadership certificate. His advisor thought
that it would help him to im-prove his public speaking skills and dealing with individuals on a daily basis.
“It teaches you about leader-ship. Not necessarily about how to talk, but how to be a good leader, how to listen, how to feel, understand individuals get where they’re coming from,” Salmon said.
Salmon, who works in Des Moines for Nationwide Insur-
ance’s security team, said the leadership certificate prepared him for the interview process by helping identify his strengths and weaknesses.
“We find that when students go out for interviews that they are really much more articulate about their leadership capacity and how they show up as leaders in interviewing,” Stephens said,
Leadership minor gives students a chance to stand out
FROZENBoard of Regents approves a third consecutive tuition freeze
Illustration: Richard Martinez/Iowa State Daily
At the last senate meeting of the semester, the Government of the Student Body discussed upcoming elections, specifically the election code and President Hillary Kletscher’s veto of a bill.
Alex Rodgers, GSB election commissioner, proposed changes to the Election Code that provides candidates for positions during the 2015-16 academic year with guidelines for their election sea-son, which begins in January.
Rodgers and the election commission proposed an expen-diture cap of $1,250, so candidates may not spend any amount over the cap, which the senate later shot down.
Sen. Erick Dietz proposed to amend the bill to take the cap off so candidates could spend how-ever much money they wanted on elections. The amendment was passed as Dietz said he didn’t think it was appropriate to put a cap on elections because it is each candidate’s personal decision.
Rodgers and senators in favor of the cap said the cap would give all candidates a fair chance at campaigning and fundraising so candidates didn’t “buy” positions.
However, others felt that a cap would be a restriction on free speech because it would limit the tools candidates could use to campaign.
They said the argument that the more posters, advertisements or demonstrations a candidate can fund with their own money doesn’t mean the candidate will be popular enough with students to win the election. Through this reasoning, many said if students wanted to spend thousands of dollars of their own money, “more power to them” because it still wouldn’t guarantee a position.
“I don’t think we can tell people you can’t spend money because these people don’t have money,” said Sen. Abbie Lang.
Lang said though her parents may be wealthy, it doesn’t mean her parents would fund thousands of dollars for her campaign. There-fore, if she wanted to campaign, she would be in the same position as students who did not come from a position of wealth.
“The fact that we are a state university shows that we ac-cept everyone, wealthy and un-wealthy,” said Sen. Peter Benzoni. “We’re not Harvard. We don’t have hundreds of students with huge wallets lining up and run-ning for every position, but we have students who are passionate about that.”
Other discussion centered on a Kletcher’s veto of a bill on the Election Timeline, which was ve-toed past the six-day period during which bylaws state the executive branch can veto a bill.
Kletcher vetoed the bill be-cause bylaws state that the elec-tion commissioner has the power to set the election timeline and senate approval is not needed.
Sen. Khayree Fitten moved to override Kletcher’s veto —which later failed — citing the bylaw that details the six-day period to veto a bill. The bill was passed, Fitten said, the six-day period and the by-law doesn’t say six business days.
Speaker of the Senate Gabe Walsh said the bylaw interpreta-tion is not so black and white and that the six-day period is designed to give the president ample time to talk with constituents. Since the bill was passed before Thanksgiv-ing Break, there was not time to talk with students.
However, senators said the bylaws would state six business days, or more clarification of the six-day period.
GSB will resume meetings next semester.
GSB talks election specifics
Jessica Darland/Iowa State DailySen. Khayree Fitten motions to override President Hillary Kletscher’s veto on the election timeline.
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Iowa State DailyClinton M. Stephens, scholar-in-residence for leadership education, talks about his family and friends during the event “What Matters To Me and Why?” on Nov. 29, 2012, in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.
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Daily changes bylaws
The Iowa State Daily Publication Board serves n o t i c e o f i t s i n t e n t t o amend its bylaws. Proposed amendment: A student member of the Government of Student Body as desig-nated by the GSB President shall serve in an ex-officio capacity.
Club improves on slow season
After winning the 2014 American Collegiate Hock-ey Association Division II national championship, the women’s hockey club got off to a slow 0-4 start this season. Since then, the team has improved to 4-6. Read the full story on the sports section of the Daily’s website.
Art walks important to community Iowa State Univer-sity is home to one of the largest public collections of art but one Ames 247 writer thinks it is under appreciated. To read more about opportunities to enjoy local art, check out the essentials section of the Daily’s app.
Tuition comparison
The Iowa Board of Re-gents unanimously voted on Tuesday to freeze un-dergraduate tuition for the third year in a row. But how does Iowa State’s tuition prices stack up against peer universities? Check out the news section of the Daily’s app for the story.
Leadership minor requirements
Interesting in study-ing leadership here at Iowa State? On the news section of the Daily’s app, read-ers can find all the require-ments of the new leadership studies minor.
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An alumni couple, w h o w i s h t o r e m a i n anonymous, made a $22 million gift to two priority projects at Iowa State.
Part of the donation will go toward supporting the Student Innovation Center, an $80 million project approved by the Board of Regents in Sep-tember to give students the chance to practice hands-on experience. The public/private part-
nership is projected to be split about evenly be-tween the state and pri-vate donations.
The other portion of the donation will go toward creating an en-dowed dean’s chair in the College of Human Sciences. Dean Pamela White will be the holder, according to a university release.
T h e d e a n ’ s c h a i r will provide the chance to pursue initiatives and programs outside normal academics, the release stated.
“We are extremely thankful to this wonder-ful couple for their ex-traordinary generosity toward their alma ma-ter,” ISU President Steven Leath said in the release. “Through their gift, they assure that the mission of this great university will be advanced for genera-tions to come through the creation of a facility that fosters innovative, inter-disciplinary learning and also by enhancing edu-cational opportunities in the College of Human Sciences.”
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Sessions will offer creative thinking tech-niques to address agricul-ture’s biggest challenges, as well as how to create the most productive cul-ture for innovation and business development. In addition, a lunch panel will speak to the future of corn production and world consumption.
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The conference will be held Jan. 7-8 at Iowa State. Registration is lim-ited to 60 participants, and according to the con-ference’s website, the reg-istration fee is $850. For more information and to register for the confer-ence visit www.agexec-conference.com.
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NEWS 3Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014
An early morning Sat-urday class isn’t something freshmen Adam Pick and Micah Kelsay would con-sider ideal.
But with the increased enrollment, it’s something Iowa State once asked stu-dents to consider to com-pensate for the lack of classroom space and time availability.
A course avai labi l-ity group meets monthly to look at forecasted enroll-ment numbers and match projected number of ma-jors with seats in necessary courses. The group includes
representatives from every college, classroom schedul-ing, dean of student’s office and more.
Arne Hallam, associate dean of finance and op-erations with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, shared how the group uses a forecast of student en-rollment in each major as a data-intensive process to schedule classes at the Board of Regents meeting Wednesday.
“With record enroll-ment over the past number of years, how we are making sure students are getting into the courses they need to get to graduate?” said ISU provost Jonathan Wickert.
Hallam attributed en-
rollment growth at Iowa State to ISU graduates obtaining jobs in desired fields, especially in the en-gineering and agriculture fields.
“The jobs students are studying for at Iowa State have very good employ-ment records,” he said.
Increased retention rates and an agreement to get first-year and transfer students into desired cours-es their first year are also factors, he said.
The group works with the registrar’s office dur-ing summer orientation because new students are signing up for their classes. When the office sees an in-flux of students in a certain
area, they usually try to let the planning group know to make accommodations.
Course enrollments h a v e i n c r e a s e d f r o m 234,860 in 2008, to about 314,000 in fall 2014. The number of available seats have increased from about 303,400 to 397,500.
Hallam gave an ex-ample from two or three years ago when an enroll-ment forecast showed there would most likely not be enough biology labs to teach the number of stu-dents who wanted to be enrolled in biology. So the group turned a few class-rooms into biology labs and turned an abandoned chemistry lab space into
classrooms.Kelsay and Pick, both
freshmen in pre-business, said they got into their de-sired general education courses. Pick, though, said he wasn’t able to get into math or English courses for next semester because they were already full by the time he was able to sign up.
“Those are the key ones and they were already full,” Pick said.
Hallam said the five areas that are the most dif-ficult to plan for are math, physics, chemistry, biology and English.
The biggest difficulty in scheduling classes has been finding the space, Hal-lam said.
“We don’t have extra space on this campus,” he said.
Science labs are already open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., causing a shuffle of other classes, such as those in English. The extended class hours have also spurred the university to add more CyRide running times. And when the university tried out Saturday morning class-es, the idea “did not do well with students,” Hallam said, because football season had high fan interest.
Kelsay said he definite-ly wouldn’t prefer to take a Saturday morning class.
“I would try to avoid it,” Kelsay said, “but worst case scenario, I would take it.”
Iowa State DailyAs course enrollment rates increase, spaces in classes are dwindling, and faculty are struggling to find solutions to the issue. Finding an open classroom space has been one of the most difficult challenges, Arne Hallam said.
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Although the Graduate and Professional Student Senate won’t meet again until January, the graduate college continues to work.
Over the course of first semester, speakers have come to the monthly GPSS meetings to discuss housing, new dining hall plans and amendments to the Profes-sional Advancement Grant bill.
With sights set on next semester, the graduate col-lege and GPSS senators look forward to new topics being presented at the meetings.
After months of debate,
resolutions to the bill have been passed by the Senate. Senator Armando Figueroa said although this round of amendments has been passed, the bill will continue to be reviewed.
“This is a new process, and we are continuously discussing ways to improve it,” Figueroa said.
Maria Perez, graduate student in agronomy, looks forward to further discus-sion about topics beyond the bill presented in this semester’s meetings.
“It would be interesting to discuss what the plans regarding CyRide and hous-ing are,” Perez said. “They’re important to us.”
The growing need for
graduate student housing and congestion on CyRide were brought to the senate’s attention, although many solutions are still being con-sidered.
“I think I would also like to discuss the budget and how we would like to distribute money better,” Perez said.
Both Perez and Judy Strand, assistant to the as-sociate dean, spoke about upcoming GPSS events that the graduate college will hold.
“We are trying to better share with our constituents all of the events we have,” Perez said.
She encouraged grad-uate students to attend
a GPSS-sponsored event Thursday at Mother’s Pub, where the senate will pro-vide pizza.
Although undergradu-ate events often receive pub-licity, graduate college event sometimes go unnoticed.
Strand, who helps or-ganize orientation for new graduate students, spoke about second semester’s orientation program.
“We have a large ori-entation in the fall,” Strand said. “Typically there’s a
smaller one that we’re going to be planning in the spring semester, which covers a lot of the same topics.”
This will be the third year that graduate student orientation will occur and it’s planned to take place during the second week of January at the Alumni Cen-ter.
Strand said that al-though the orientation events are smaller, they’ve been very successful at in-troducing new graduate stu-
dents to the university in a community environment.
Strand admitted that she doesn’t work directly with GPSS, but she applaud-ed the efforts of the Senate and Senate President Arko Provo Mukherjee.
“Since I’ve been here, this i s the most act ive they’ve been,” Strand said. “They come up with ideas they want to implement, and they really make good use of their senators. It’s been quite impressive.”
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OPINION 5Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014
Much has been said about the executive actions taken by President Barack Obama, most recently in regards to immigration reform. The dissent is predomi-nantly voiced from the right side of the congressional aisle, as Republicans feel that Obama’s actions are subversive and nearly to the point that they violate the country’s constitution.
Executive orders are actions taken by the executive branch that allow the president to “clarify or further a law put forth by Congress or the Constitution” while entirely bypassing Congress. Such actions could cer-tainly seem unconstitutional, as law making is said to be reserved for Congress. Precedent does exist for the rejection of executive orders by the judicial branch if the order is seen as attempting to make a law entirely independent of Congress.
However, while the Constitution does not specifi-cally allow for the use of executive orders, the language in Article II of the Constitution is ambiguous enough to allow for the use of these orders through a “grant of executive powers.” These actions cannot be reversed by Congress.
The only sure way to remove an executive order is for the executive branch itself to reverse the order. These reversals usually occur when a new president takes office and holds a differing opinion on the mat-ter. Whether or not Americans agree with the decisions made through any executive orders, Obama is justified by law and by precedent to take them.
Executive orders are not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination, and they are also far from specific to the Obama administration. According to www.pbs.org, every president—with the exception of William Henry Harrison who might have issued one given the chance, but he only held office for 31 days—has issued at least one executive order.
Additionally, Obama has not even issued an inordi-nate amount of these orders by comparison to his pre-decessors. President George W. Bush issued 291 during his eight year term while President Obama—with two more years left—has issued 183 as of June 2014.
Further comparisons validate Obama’s use of these powers. President Jimmy Carter, who served only four years, issued 320. One of the most popular republican presidents, President Ronald Reagan, issued 381 ex-ecutive orders. President Franklin Roosevelt holds the record for most orders issued at 3,522. That comes out to one order issued every 1.26 days he held office. As of June, Obama ranked only 19 out of 44 on the list of presidents with the most executive orders.
Therefore, it seems that any complaints about this president’s use of executive orders cannot be solely based on the frequency of the actions. Perhaps instead the dissent is based on the content of the orders.
Do Obama’s executive orders affect issues which are too large and wide-reaching for a president to de-cide alone? Maybe, but that is a matter of opinion and perspective. The only factual way to judge this variable is to once again compare his actions to the actions of previous presidents.
According to CNBC, President Abraham Lincoln used executive orders to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Roo-sevelt issued an order which resulted in the internment of the Japanese in America during WWII. President Bill Clinton used executive order to engage the U.S. Military in combat in the Balkan region in the 1990s.
As you can see, all of these orders could have been subject to extreme scrutiny at the time of their install-ment. Obama’s actions are no more extreme than any of the examples listed above. Executive orders seem to be just another imperfect policy in our imperfect democracy, but that does not make them any less legal to undertake.
The issue is not whether or not you agree with the action of the president. Americans complain about grid-lock in Congress, but when a policy is pushed forward without Congress, the issue becomes the circumnaviga-tion of Congress.
In this age of rigid partisanship, there seems to be no perfect direction for advancing policy. Even if some Americans believe that the policy is moving in the wrong direction, at least we’re finally going somewhere.
Obama’s use of executive orders is nothing new
When I introduce myself as a South Korean to Ameri-
cans, they ask my perspec-tive of North Korea very often. Sometimes they may express their concern that North Korea will invade the United States and send nukes all over the nation. Though I think that the North Korean government is insane, I don’t really think they can invade South Ko-rea or the United States easily, just as most South Koreans think.
It seems as though many Americans have been brainwashed by the media, which only emphasizes on the North Korean govern-ment’s comment that North Korean military can ruin South Korea and the U.S. whenever they want.
North Korea attacked South Korea several times after the Korean War . They hijacked planes to try to as-sassinate the president of South Korea a couple times in the 1960s to 1970s. North Korea also shot a missile and sank a South Korean ship in 2010, then shot the cannon to Yeonpyeong Is-
land in South Korea in 2011. However, these kinds of incidents are very rare.
North Korea’s threat to South Korea has been seen throughout the me-dia, especially CNN, but not many people in South Korea will be scared of this news. North Korean politi-cians always make scary comments, such as they will bomb Korean conservative broadcasting stations and kill the president in twenty minutes, but they rarely put these serious comments into actions.
North Korea chooses to always emphasize that communism will beat capi-talism, and that they will dominate countries across the world, but in South Ko-rea, the citizens know that this North Korean idea is unrealistic. Hence, South Korean citizens who are going to be most affected by North Koreans’ serious threats, are not worried at all.
If North Korea real-ly attacks South Korea or America, they will be de-stroyed before it has the possibility to destroy the two countries, since every democratic nation from the United Nations supports America.
Even China is telling North Korea to stop being aggressive these days be-cause China prefers to in-crease its economic benefits by interacting with America and South Korea, instead of supporting an isolated nation like North Korea. Moreover, because North Korean politicians, includ-ing the leader, Kim Jong-un are willing to maintain their censorships and com-fortable life in their luxuri-ous palace, they won’t do something foolish, such as launching nuclear attacks on other countries.
Although South Ko-rea and the United States should be prepared for North Korea’s unexpected
bombing, we don’t really have to pay attention to every single word they say. North Korea is a small iso-lated nation, so they are not able to dominate across the world and colonize the United States.
While American me-dia is scaring viewers by showing how North Korean politicians are threatening them, most South Koreans don’t take this seriously because they know North Korea is too weak to attack other nations and dominate them. For me, North Korea looks like a little child saying that he or she will overtake a UFC fighter, when they mention infeasible com-ments from their media.
Now that December has arrived, even a perpet-ual Grinch like myself
must discontinue my holiday protests and accept that the season is upon us. That doesn’t mean that I won’t let out a groan or leave the room when-ever I hear a track from Michael Buble’s Christmas album, but it does mean that my arguments against the music are no longer founded in anything other than a personal opposition.
So now that my Scrooge-esque efforts are futile, I will just have to focus on the posi-tives that can be found in win-ter holiday traditions. While I acknowledge the frustrations of those who do not celebrate Christmas, it is the holiday I grew up with and is therefore the only winter holiday upon which I can comment.
With that fact established, it is important to note that while Christmas has been a lifelong occurrence, the celebration of the holiday has been an almost entirely areligious experience. In the not-so-distant past I had considered it somewhat of an oddity to celebrate a holiday rooted in religious beliefs while having no personal affiliation to the religion.
While my parents were both raised in religious house-holds and still hold themselves to be Christians, I have only stepped inside a church for the purposes of worship a hand-ful of times—I actually found myself there more frequently to play basketball than to pray—and for that reason in particu-lar, I have always held myself to be somewhat of an impostor within the celebration.
So imagine my relief when I came across statistics which provided proof that my experi-ence is in no way singular. It is my statistically supported opin-
ion that Christmas is no longer a Christian holiday.
That statement is a little too black and white, so let me clarify my point by saying that it seems as though you no longer need to be Christian to cel-ebrate Christmas.
Torie Bosch, a writer for the online magazine Slate, details an experience much like my own in her column “The joy of celebrating a Godless Christ-mas.” In her argument, Bosch also makes an interesting case for our society ignoring the religious purpose for Christmas even within our specific ideas and depictions of the holiday.
“Most of the classic songs and movies that celebrate Christmas don’t even mention God or Jesus. Santa doesn’t check church attendance to de-cide whether he’s going to give a child a present—he checks whether she’s been naughty or nice. He’s the perfect secu-lar judge of moral fiber,” says Bosch.
Those thoughts, while provocative, reflect the views of only one person and those who celebrate for religious pur-poses may take issue with such beliefs, but that same secular sentiment is spreading more and more quickly in the United States.
According to a 2013 Pew Research Foundation survey, 92 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas. However, of that 92 percent, only 51 percent said that they see the holiday as a mostly religious celebration. Additionally, only 54 percent of those surveyed said that they planned to attend a religious service on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
The religious majority of America bemoans the chang-ing view of Christmas and has made efforts to stop the secular advance and new commercial focus. However, I believe that a less religious Christmas is in fact better for America than a
strictly Christian celebration.First of all—and I know
everyone hates this bleeding heart liberal stuff so I’ll make this quick—this widespread celebration breaks down the religious barrier which keeps so many Americans on separate sides of so many cultural and societal debates. Not to men-tion that the good will mentality which surrounds the holiday is best served while it is upheld by as many people as possible. Essentially, more people can do more good for those who are most in need.
Beyond all that sentimen-tality, I have something much more concrete to offer. Think about the economic opportuni-ties that would be lost if Christ-mas were only for Christians. Millions would be lost for busi-nesses on Black Friday. Locally owned stores would lose the stimulus that is Small Business Saturday. Then we have the massive revenue generated by Cyber Monday.
All of these consumer driv-en additions to the holiday sea-son add much needed funds to the American economy, which is hopelessly dependent on people’s willingness to spend.
The issue comes down to a couple of very simple points. First, change is the inherent nature of all things. Christians should continue to celebrate the holiday for its religious sig-nificance, but they must accept that the holiday is no longer solely their own.
Why should the fact that some people choose to cel-ebrate the holiday in their own way affect the fashion in which Christians celebrate? Secular celebrations of Christmas hold many of the same values like expressing love of family and showing compassion and char-ity to those less fortunate.
S p e n d m o r e t i m e c e l-ebrating and less time worry-ing about how or why others celebrate.
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Potent offenses prep for clash
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The documents sat on a table right in front of Carissa Poeschel, and she signed her name on the dotted line. At that point, she had signed with North-ern Arizona on a swim-ming scholarship, and she thought she had it all planned out.
Two days before Poe-schel was supposed to leave her hometown of Portland, Ore., she got a phone call from Northern Arizona, telling her a class she took her senior year was not an acceptable credit toward the NCAA core curriculum, and she was not eligible.
After taking an online class through Brigham Young University in Utah to get the necessary credits, she realized she took the wrong class. After taking another class, Poeschel tried to get in touch with t h e N o r t h e r n A r i z o n a coach. After several un-answered phone calls and emails, Poeschel found out her scholarship was given away for the next year.
“I kind of freaked out,” Poeschel said, “but I con-tacted as many coaches as I could and ended up talking to [ISU coaches] Kelly [Nordell] and Duane [Sorenson].”
Poeschel said a big fac-tor that weighed into her decision to come to Iowa State was the fact that it was one of the only schools left that had recruiting money for her to come on a visit. When she stepped foot on the campus, she knew Iowa State was the place for her.
She began her swim-ming career and went to training like any other ISU swimmer until she faced another setback.
“I had a third degree ankle sprain, so I totally ruptured two ligaments in my foot,” Poeschel said. “I ended up swimming a year with that injury. It was very hard. I didn’t know what was wrong—the doc-tors didn’t know what was wrong until the year after [the injury].”
The doctors found out the injury was largely based in Poeschel’s heel. With all the confusion, she sat out the entire 2013-2014 season and was redshirted.
“I felt like I was lucky in a way that I got that year because being able to watch all the meets and not being able to swim re-ally got me motivated to want to swim this year,” Poeschel said.
Sorenson has recog-nized Poeschel’s resiliency and wants to see her leave with a bang.
“It goes back to her personality,” Sorenson said. “She’s not a quitter. She’s going to fight through i t , and once she starts something, she’s going to keep going.”
Poeschel’s goal for this season is to swim some career bests. She said she hasn’t gone for a best time since her senior year of high school.
Due to a sudden ill-ness, Poeschel wasn’t able to compete in the Kansas Invitational from Nov. 21-23, but she has her sights set on the Cy-Hawk meet against Iowa on Friday, Dec. 12.
With many college football programs wrap-ping up their seasons in the coming weeks, teams are starting to shift their attention to recruiting.
I o w a S t a t e i s , o f course, no exception.
Along with prepar-ing for its upcoming game against College Football Playoff hopeful, No. 3 TCU (10-1, 7-1 Big 12), this Saturday, many coaches have been out of office on recruiting trips, and ISU coach Paul Rhoads was among them.
“It’s already been a busy week for the team, juggling recruiting and game preparation, and certainly game prepara-tion is at the top of our list,” Rhoads said. “We’ve had four coaches out al-ready, with seven going out Thursday and four more on Friday.”
The size of the incom-ing recruiting class is still up in the air, something that Rhoads continues to pay close attention to. He feels that their visits this week could have a big part in that.
“The class could be anywhere [from] 12, 14, even 18 strong by the time it’s all said and done,” Rhoads said. “Certainly we’re looking at every po-sition group as we round it out.”
A big question for the new recruiting class is the number of quarterbacks the Cyclones will have on scholarship. After recent recruiting trips, there is now suddenly potential for five different quarterbacks to be on scholarship next
season.While many would ad-
mit that they think five is too many, Rhoads doesn’t see a problem with it.
“At that position, five is not necessarily too high, and four isn’t necessarily ideal,” Rhoads said. “You can’t be under four, but you never want more than five, in my opinion.”
Should a fifth quarter-back be added to the mix, another quarterback battle could be in the near future.
“They’re a competi-tive group, always, at that position, fighting for a chance to be the guy or the next guy,” Rhoads said. “You let that competition ride and then the fallout from it is every coach’s to deal with. I have no prob-lem with five on the roster if that’s the way it ends up in August and letting them compete.”
However, with the Cy-clones struggling as of late, it can be tough to keep re-cruits committed. In fact, after the Cyclones fell to Kansas earlier in the year, three different recruits withdrew their commit-ment within 24 hours.
Still, Athletic Director Jamie Pollard has been very vocal with his support for Rhoads throughout the season. Pollard made an appearance on a call-in show last Monday, boast-ing his support for Rhoads and the team.
“ I t ’ s a p l a c e t h a t y o u ’ v e g o t t o h a v e a chip on your shoulder, and you’ve got to try to do something that oth-ers maybe are afraid to do or couldn’t do or don’t want to try to do,” Pollard said on the show. “That’s what inspires all of us to be here, and it’s to climb a
mountain that others have never gotten to the top. I look forward to continuing that journey with Coach Rhoads and hopefully get-ting there.”
Pollard’s faith in what Rhoads has installed at Iowa State is something that Rhoads appreciates. But he said it’s important for the team to play better.
“Jamie [Pollard] and I have such an outstand-ing relationship and are in constant communica-tion,” Rhoads said. “He’s aware of the direction [we are headed] and certainly supportive of that. We all know in the business it’s result driven, and we’ve got to play better. We’ve got to win more games, we all know that, and we all believe that the pieces are in place to allow us to do that as the opportunity presents itself.”
If you dislike top-20 matches, lots of ball move-ment and even more points, stay away from the TV when No. 20 Iowa State takes on No. 18 Arkansas.
According to Kenpom Ratings, Iowa State (4-1, 0-0 Big 12) and Arkansas (6-0, 0-0 SEC) are two of the top 20 most efficient offenses in the nation, ranking 17th and 19th, respectively, in points scored per 100 possessions. With both offenses operat-ing at some of the fastest paces in the nation, a lot of points are finding their way to the scoreboard.
While the Cyclones have taken on their fair share of powerful offenses, Arkan-sas presents one of the most potent in recent memory, averaging 90.0 points and 8.8 three-pointers per game.
“It’s a very talented team, very athletic team,” said Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg. “They play their system, ‘the fastest 40 min-utes in basketball ’ and [coach Mike Anderson] has done a terrific job of getting some really good players in there that fit that system well.”
For Iowa State, that means stopping an attack led by Michael Qualls, a 6-foot 6-inch do-it-all guard who is averaging 15.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists, as well as a post attack led by forward Bobby Portis, who is shooting 52.2 percent this season and averaging 14.5 points and 6.2 rebounds.
It doesn’t get much eas-ier to defend moving down the depth chart with nearly all players shooting the ball extremely well this season. If the Cyclones want to get out ahead of the Razorbacks, they know they will have to control the tempo starting on the defensive end, much like they did against Lamar.
“Once we started get-ting stops and getting it off the glass, I think that was key to us getting out and running and pushing the
tempo,” said forward Georg-es Niang. “That’s where we really succeed is when we’re playing fast.”
The Cyclones struggled mightily with that aspect of the game beginning in Kansas City, where they in the championship game of the CBE Hall of Fame Clas-sic against Maryland. Shots were not falling, spacing and ball movement was nearly a forgotten art, and the team looked frustrated for the first time all season.
But midway through the first half against Lamar, something switched and the team never looked back. The team shot a red-hot 9-for-14 from the three-point line and 69 percent from the field in the second half.
But hot shooting is the name of the game for Ar-kansas. The Razorbacks are ranked fourth nationally in three-point percentage, setting up for what could be a long-range battle in Hilton Coliseum.
“They’re shooting the heck out of the ball,” Hoi-berg said. “All their guys are playing into their role right now. It’s a team playing with a ton of confidence, and we are going to have to play well to win.”
For a game that didn’t turn too many heads when the non-conference sched-ule was announced, the top-20 matchup in Hilton is starting to stir an excited fan base that has come out in droves to watch the Cy-clones battle ranked op-ponents.
Iowa State is 10-2 in Hil-ton against its last 12 ranked opponents and has won its last four games against ranked non-conference op-ponents. In what may be the team’s last chance to grab a win over a ranked non-conference opponent, there is no questioning the stakes.
“It should be nuts,” Niang said. “Whenever we have a pretty good team come in here, the fans get crazy and we are really ex-cited to get back and play a BCS school and show what we can do.”
Sam Greene/Iowa State DailyIn Tuesday’s game, Iowa State defeated Lamar 96-59 after a rocky start in the first half. In the second half, the team shot 9-for-14 from the 3-point line and 69 percent from the field.
Kelby Wingert/Iowa State DailyAfter a 2-9 season, coach Paul Rhoads will focus on his last game of the season; on the road at TCU. The match up will provide a chance for Rhoads’ potential Texas recruits to see what Iowa State has to offer.
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On Friday, Timeflies will kick off its show with a performance by hip-hop artist, BenReal.
BenReal hails from In-dianapolis and has been creating music since the third grade.
“ I r e m e m b e r m y neighbor had this band in his garage. I would go watch their band practice all of the time and eventually got a drum set for Christmas,” BenReal said. “I started a hip-hop group in college with some homies and have been making hip-hop mu-sic for about three years now.”
In the past, BenReal has opened for Timeflies as a part of the hip-hop group, Skoold. He also opened for its concert at University of Northern Iowa this past October.
“They are great dudes and have been mentors for me in music and perform-ing. I think my favorite part about playing shows with them would be their fans, they’re always going the
hardest,” BenReal said.B e n R e a l h a s p e r -
formed at Iowa State be-fore, most recently with Chance the Rapper and last year with Skoold. However, his performance on Friday will be a solo act with the help from his producer, Pilot.
“I really love ambient noises and intricate rhythm patterns alongside great story telling,” BenReal said. “It’s something that I con-tinue to build with my pro-ducer, Pilot. They should expect a dope party, Pilot, and I can guarantee that.”
BenReal plans to eat a Superdog sometime dur-ing the night of his perfor-mance.
Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the show is sched-uled to begin at 8 p.m. Fri-day in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
Tickets are still avail-able for the concert, though Student Union Board ex-pects it to be a sold out show, according Cory Bri-etzke, National Events Di-rector of Student Union Board. Tickets are $25 with a student ID and $35 for the public.
Annoyed by Christmas merriment, cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge growled “Bah, Humbug!” at anyone who dared to step in his path and was haunted by three ghosts in return: the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future.
‘A Christmas Carol’ per-forms at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13, at 1 p.m. Dec. 7 and 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at Fisher Theater.
“Most of the people who will come have already seen it in some form or an-other...they know the story and they like it so much they want to see it again,” said Jane Cox, theater professor and director of the play. “It really gives a wonderful feel-ing to audience members, I think, about what the true Christmas spirt is, and that’s always happy when you can feel that in your heart.”
In order for Scrooge to feel the “true Christmas spir-it,” he has to be reminded of what he should be thankful for.
Asleep on Christmas Eve night, Scrooge, played by Christopher Priebe, se-nior in performing arts, is awakened by the Ghost of Christmas Past, played by Kim Paul, senior in perform-ing arts.
The Ghost of Christ-mas Past visits memories from Scrooge’s childhood and a terminated engage-ment, making him realize he lost what he will never find again: love. Unless he chooses to change.
After Scrooge has re-turned to his bed, the Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Joseph Smith, senior in
performing arts, wakes him again.
“I’m all about living here in the present and trying to do what you can while you’re here, and that’s kind of what this ghost does,” Smith said. “He tries to push Scrooge to open his eyes more.”
Displaying be-fore Scrooge’s eyes, the Ghost of Christmas Pres-ent reveals how other fami-lies are celebrating Christ-mas through their tradi-tions, making Scrooge realize he is not a part of any tradition.
“Christmas is an important time to be with others, and if you shut other peo-ple out, then there’s no point to life pretty much. You’re not liv-ing if you don’t have friends and family,” said Andrew Smith, freshman in graphic design, portraying Narrator I.
The Ghost o f C h r i s t -mas Future, p l a y e d b y Jack Chris-tensen, fresh-m a n i n e l e c-trical engineer-ing, arrives soon after the Ghost of Christmas Present in order to make Scrooge choose his fate: to die or to live.
T i c k e t s a r e $18 for adults, $16 for seniors and $11 for stu-dents. Tickets can be pur-chased through the Iowa State Center Ticket Office or ticketmaster.com and at the door prior to the performance.
Courtesy of BenRealHip-hop artist BenReal will open for Timeflies on Friday. This will be the Indianapolis native’s first solo performance at Iowa State.
Courtesy of ISU Theater‘A Christmas Carol’ peforms at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13, at 1 p.m. Dec. 7 and 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at Fisher Theater. Tickets range from $11 for students to $18 for adults.
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non-resident tuition must cover the full cost of their education.
The week before fall break, Kletscher wrote to the state assembly saying stu-dents were hesitant to sup-port a third tuition freeze.
“Students are worried that that could mean we don’t pay now, but it means large hikes later,” Kletscher said. “Those large hikes aren’t something that fami-lies can plan for. That was
one of the most important pieces I got from students.”
Kletscher suggested that, if tuition is frozen again this year, the regents should consider working with the state assembly to create a long-term plan.
Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds applauded the decision.
“ W e c o m m e n d t h e Iowa Board of Regents for working with us to give Iowa students access to afford-
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The legislature will begin working on the state budget, but Rastetter said he was confident in the tuition freeze continuation.
“I think our legislative request is sound,” Rastetter said. “I think it’s important to send the message to par-ents and their students that we’re going to try to become more efficient.”
“Employers love seeing that because the recognize these students put a focus on their technical major and on developing their leadership capacity while they are a college student.”
Leadership studies programs are growing very quickly across the nation. Stephens said there are about 80 campuses with programs like the one at
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in that it has got a buy-in from all of the colleges,” Bystrom said, “Even though it’s headquartered in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences we’ve got students from every single college at Iowa State in the certificate program.”
Dan Voss, a 2013 grad-uate, was a senator in GSB and an officer in Engineers Without Borders. Voss said
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“Students get better at leading faster when they are both learning leadership in the classroom and practic-ing it in their campus in-volvements,” Stephens said.
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Taurus - 8(April 20-May 20)Others look to you for your common sense.
Advance in your career for about six weeks, with Mars in Aquarius. Move forward boldly. Pour energy into your work. Others are feeling generous. A bonus is possible.
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Cancer - 8(June 21-July 22) Collaboration gets you farther than Lone
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surprisingly fun. Work as a team and get farther over the next six weeks with Mars in Aquarius. Support your partner, and ask for help when needed.
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Consider an option previously rejected. You solve problems quickly over the next six weeks with Mars in Aquarius. Take decisive action, in full confidence.
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49 Blvd. cousin50 Bargain bin abbr.51 Big __53 “So that’s your game!”54 Had a little lamb55 “Just walk away”59 Comes to terms62 Razz63 Ordering aid64 Sea birds65 “Waiting for Lefty” playwright66 Cad’s comeup-pance67 Fries, say
1 Rescue acronym2 Roman statesman3 Capital once called Christiania4 They have very big calves5 Super Soaker, e.g.6 Ended a flight7 Cal. page8 Bounced off the walls9 “Downton Abbey” title10 Drop the ball11 1964 Ronettes hit12 How an embar-rassing question may be asked
13 “Mission aborted”18 Org. chronicled in “The Puzzle Palace”19 Glamour rival24 More crafty25 Sci-fi author Lester __ Rey26 Capacitance unit27 Well in the lead28 Passé30 Wade’s opponent31 Jeans choice32 Stows, as cargo34 “__ Lisa”38 Much of 19- and 48-Down39 Really drops the ball42 Potato spot46 Credit card issuer47 Beats badly48 Magazine with many white dresses52 Actress Hagen53 Aware of54 Court figures: Abbr.55 Horne on stage56 Garr on screen57 Wedding choice58 “What __ could it be?”60 Prov. where the CN Tower is located61 Bus. card number
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