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Students have the opportu-nity to voice their opinions and concerns about issues around campus directly to those who can do something about it, thanks to the Government of the Student Body’s new method of outreach.
GSB has set up a booth in Parks Library, which is manned by senators from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., daily. The booth began the first week of the semester.
The booth was created by Dan Breitbarth, GSB vice-speaker, in order to gather student feed-back and for senators to better reach out to their constituents.
“The main reason why I want to outreach [is] because it’s not necessarily about us being known, but it’s the fact that we’re a big re-source and people need to under-stand they have the opportunity to use,” Breitbarth said.
Breitbarth said GSB holds negotiating power within the uni-versity and gathering student feedback is important.
“Typically, we have all the in-formation we need to make all the smart choices for students, but we just want to make sure their voices are heard,” Breitbarth said. “So this is one of those ways we can outreach and make sure we’re not just making decisions based off of what we think.”
David Moore, GSB senator, said the function of the booth is getting the GSB name out for the students to see.
“I think this is a way for us to show our presence a little bit more, which was not there in the past,” Moore said.
Breitbarth said GSB can use their resources to act upon any problems students may see on campus, whether it is regarding academics or overall campus life.
The booth is also meant to give GSB and its senators more visibility to the student popula-tion.
“It gives students the op-portunity to come up to us in a relaxed setting to simply have a conversation or fill out a sheet with comments or questions,” Breitbarth said.
The library booth is helping senators actively represent GSB, Breitbarth said, because it helps them become more outgoing with students.
Moore said he believes it’s been a success so far, not only because people see GSB represen-tatives reaching out, but because they are starting to answer ques-tions that people hold onto.
“At first, it was really slow but I think as people see it a lit-tle more, they’ve been willing to come up to us,” Moore said. “It’s definitely been picking up because there’s been a lot of interest in helping out with projects.”
The library was chosen for the booth setup because it is in a centralized location that almost all students visit during the week.
Brei tbarth said as v ice-speaker, it’s his duty to make sure senators are performing their out-reach duties. The previous system wasn’t working in everyone’s best interest.
Last year, GSB senators were required to participate in in-office hours and out-of-office hours. Breitbarth said the system wasn’t working and wanted to change it. Setting up the library booth was his solution.
Breitbarth said the booth is a better alternative because it gives the students a visual of GSB.
Moore said students see the booth and wonder what GSB is.
“A lot of people look at GSB and they won’t be sure what it
GSB listens to students through new booth in libraryBy [email protected]
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Jonathan North/Iowa State DailyGSB Senator Megan Sweere polls stu-dents Ayeesha Ali and Ariana Mora at the GSB booth at Parks Library.
Blondes have more fun, or so they say.
For years, people have dyed their hair different colors. But by changing their hair color, they may also be changing their societal stereotype, as well.
Hair color stereotypes to dye for
“Any time you take a stereotype and apply it to a group of people, it’s not going to be accurate at all. There is hardly going to be any truth to it,” said Kevin Blankenship, associ-ate professor in psychology and communication stud-ies. “There is the idea of a kernel of truth that maybe there was something there initially.”
Stereotypes are sum-mary beliefs or character-
istics we have about people generally, Blankenship said.
“We tend to have ste-reotypes about people we have never met and prob-ably never will encounter,” said Kristi Costabile, assis-tant professor in psychol-ogy and communications studies. “It’s probably not from interacting with people that we learn these stereotypes. [Instead], it’s from getting information from others.”
Different things can contribute to stereotypes. Blankenship explains that
one way is direct experi-ences, which means hav-ing an experience with someone with some type of characteristic and as-sociating that with a qual-ity that stands out in that person.
People can indirectly see rewards or punish-ments for particular be-haviors or appearances.
For example, Penny, a blonde character in the show “The Big Bang The-ory,” is depicted as ditzy or not as intelligent as the other females in the show, who are brunette.
“It does make sense that there are certain ste-reotypes that hold to cer-tain aspects of people,” Costabile said. “Hair color could be the sort of thing that men and women are treated differently. You might notice that hair color might have an interaction with race.”
Blankenship said he thinks there are conscious cues that men may pick up on in a social atmosphere with women, making them more or less approachable.
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The new master of business analytics program and a request to proceed with planning reno-vations to Forker Hall were both approved Thursday by the Iowa Board of Regents.
The board met this week in Cedar Falls and unanimously approved both items and re-ceived updates on each regent university’s maintenance, the efficiency study and an admis-sions index study that standard-ized the way Iowa students can apply to all of Iowa’s public uni-versities.
The University of Iowa and Iowa State University both pro-posed new business analytics programs, both of which were approved, and shared a collab-orative effort. Students can take up to nine credits in either pro-gram to count toward the other.
The program deals with “big data” and provides train-ing in business process analy-sis, predictive modeling, fraud detection, risk management and more.
“I’ve gotten ... an enthusi-astic perception from business people from across the state [be-cause of] a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 workers with the skills in the big data area,” said David Spalding, dean of the College of Business, at the Education and Student affairs.
The program is anticipated to have 20 students enrolled in the first year — planned to be fall 2015 — and up to 70 in the seventh year. The expected program cost for the first year at Iowa state is about $301,000.
The College of Human Sci-ences identified about 6,250 square feet of poor-quality and underused space in the Forker Building to be renovated. The improvements would create additional faculty offices, rest-
rooms and provide a fully au-tomatic fire sprinkler system throughout the original 1940 portion of the building.
The building, which is now the home to the Department of Kinesiology, was originally used as a women’s physical education center, said Warren Madden, se-nior vice president for business and finance. The project will cost about $5 million.
The board also approved the plan for a revised standard Regents Admissions Index, based off of a recommendation Deloitte Consulting provided in a business case as part of the efficiency study.
The original admission re-quirement included a four-part equation, including high school GPA, performance on the ACT or SAT, the number of core subject areas taken in high school and a class ranking.
More high schools around Iowa are turning away from pro-viding a class rank, said regent Diana Gonzalez, and anyone who receives a 245 automati-cally gains admission. Deloitte’s recommendation was to create an online portal where students could apply to all three regent universities in one application.
The new admissions index equation combines students’
ACT score multiplied by three, high school GPA multiplied by 30 and the amount of core courses taken multiplied by five to equal 245.
The new balance, Gonzalez said, is to put more weight on the amount of core courses taken to balance not using the high school ranking.
The new calculation will be implemented for the entering freshman class of summer and fall 2016.
ISU President Steven Leath gave updates on Iowa State’s new initiatives — such as the ISU4U agreement — and meth-ods on dealing with the enroll-ment growth.
The ISU4U agreement, a deal made between Iowa State and King and Moulton elemen-tary schools in inner city Des Moines, allows students at the schools the chance to earn free tuition at Iowa State if they meet certain requirements.
“It’s aimed at making a col-lege education more afford-able, but it’s really more than that,” Leath said. “These two schools represent some of the most diverse student bodies in the entire state. Students there face some very difficult socio-
The men of Theta Chi frater-nity and other ISU students will convene to hold a candle light reflection in honor of sexual as-sault victims.
The silent vigil is scheduled from 7 to 7:45 p.m. Sunday, at the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center at the Sloss House.
Brennan Goodman, senior in environmental science, helped organize the reflection in an ef-fort to “spark community-wide action.”
Goodman said attendees at the event will write positive messages and words of encour-agement to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence on blank canvases with teal and purple markers — the awareness colors for sexual assault and do-mestic violence.
The canvases will be dis-played in the Memorial Union and other areas around the cam-pus. Attendees can bring candles, but they must be covered or bat-tery-powered.
The event will be silent and a time for personal reflection for attendees who have experienced or know someone who has expe-rienced sexual assault or domes-tic violence.
Goodman said he thinks ev-eryone on campus should be talk-ing about how to prevent sexual assault.
“We could all do something,” he said.
Another event that will pro-mote sexual assault awareness and prevention is scheduled for Feb. 18.
Fraternity will hold candle light vigil for survivors of sexual assaultBy Danielle.Ferguson,[email protected]
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Regents approve business program, Forker renovation
Jenna Reeves/Iowa State DailyPresident Leath speaks at an open forum in October. At the most recent Board of Regents meeting, regents approved the new master of business analytics program.
Photo illustration: Kelby Wingert/Iowa State Daily
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Feb. 1Officers assisted an individual who fell at Helser Hall (report-ed at 12:56 a.m.).
A resident reported being harassed at Frederiksen Court (reported at 1:08 a.m.).
Chad Purcell , 19, of 1407 South Grand Avenue, Apart-ment 107 – Ames, was arrest-ed and charged with public intoxication at Lincoln Way and Union Drive (reported at 1:33 a.m.).
An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at Beach Avenue and Lincoln Way (re-ported at 5:05 p.m.).
An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at Lot 202G (reported at 8:32 p.m.).
An individual reported be-ing sexually assaulted by an acquaintance at University Vil-lage (reported at 10:25 p.m.).
Feb. 2An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at 5th Street and Clark Avenue (re-ported at 8:18 a.m.).
An officer investigated a prop-
erty damage collision at Lot 14 (reported at 8:18 a.m.).
An off icer investigated a property damage collision at Mortensen Road and State Avenue (reported at 8:45 a.m.).
An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at Lot 1 (reported at 11:10 a.m.).
An officer initiated a computer related investigation at Ar-mory (reported at 1:24 p.m.).
An officer initiated a computer related investigation at Ar-mory (reported at 1:25 p.m.).
An individual reported the theft of a phone. Report initi-ated at Beyer Hall (reported at 2:49 p.m.).
An officer initiated a drug re-lated investigation at Armory (reported at 3:35 p.m.).
An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at Lot 112B (reported at 4:38 p.m.).
An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at 1100 block of Stange Road (report-ed at 8:46 p.m.).
Police BlotterThe information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police depart-ments’ records.
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Off the bench struggles
Recent struggles in conference play highlight a short bench for the ISU men’s basketball team. Want to read the full sto-ry on the players off the bench? Check out the sports section of the Daily’s web-site.
Cy-Hawk trophy on the line
The ISU tennis team will face in-state rival Iowa this weekend but there is more on the line than just bragging rights. If Iowa State wins, the university wins the Cy-Hawk trophy this year. Go online to the sports section of the Daily’s website to read the story.
ISU to play in final league series
The Cyclone hockey team has two league games left before the Central States Collegiate Hockey League series begins. So where does the team stand and what does this weekend mean for them? Take a look at the sports section of the Daily’s website to find out.
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ments or concerns for your Government of the Student Body? Check out the news section of the Daily’s app to find out how and where to get in contact with GSB representatives.
Iowa State visits Kansas
The ISU swimming and diving team will face a fa-miliar opponent this week-end in Kansas but in an un-familiar format. To read a full preview of the event, go online to the sports section of the Daily’s website.
Blake Lanser/Iowa State DailyReaders of the Daily responded to an online poll question. We asked readers, “Are sexual assaults a ma-jor problem on campus?” Iowa State sent out timely reports in regard to two incidents that occurred.
Jadda Buckley will pursue a medical red-shirt for this season after struggling to return from a stress injury in her right foot.
T h e s o p h o m o r e p o i n t g u a r d h a s n o t played since Jan. 7.
Buckley missed the final three non-confer-ence games for the Cy-clone after sustaining the injury.
She then returned at the start of conference play but was limited in games against Kansas State and TCU due to the injury.
Buckley sat out the next two games as a pre-
caution before Iowa State announced she would be out for “an extended period of time” Jan. 16.
At that t ime, ISU coach Bill Fennelly was unsure how long Buckley would be out, but said a medical redshirt was a possibility if the team decided to pursue that
option.It was announced
by a team spokesman Wednesday that the team would pursue the option and seek a medical red-shirt for Buckley.
The release from the team spokesperson said, “In the best interest of her long-term health, sophomore Jadda Buck-ley will pursue a medi-cal redshirt after being sidelined due to a stress injury in her right foot.”
Buckley averaged 9.4 points per game in just nine games during this season.
If granted, a medi-cal redshirt would give Buckley another year of eligibility, making her a redshirt sophomore next season.
Buckley to seek medical redshirt due to stress injuryBy [email protected]
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The Government of the Student Body presi-dential and vice-presi-dential candidates will announce their inten-tions to run Monday as they begin campaigning.
Monday is the day candidates can finally begin campaigning.
C a n d i d a t e s t a t e -
ments of intent and can-didate biographies are due by 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9.
Email statements and biographies can be sent to Election Com-missioner Alex Rodgers at [email protected].
T h e y c a n a l s o b e submitted in the GSB election box in the West Student Office Space of the MU.
“If a candidate does
not turn those in, then they will not be placed on the ballot,” Rodgers said. “However, I would encourage them to run as a write-in candidate.”
A meet and greet will be held in the main lounge in Buchanan Hall at 7 p.m. Feb. 10, so stu-dents can meet all GSB presidential and vice-presidential candidates and ask them about their campaign platforms.
GSB candidates to announce campaigns
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Kelby Wingert/Iowa State DailyA new law has been proposed in the state legislature to legalize fireworks in Iowa. Fireworks have been illegal in Iowa for 70 years. The new measure has bipartisan support, but has raised concerns about safety.
Proposed fireworks law has potentialThis year’s Fourth of
July celebrations may be a bit louder in Iowa if one lawmaker has his way this legislative session.
State Sen. Jeff Dan-ielson, D-Cedar Falls, has crafted a bill that would legalize the sale and use of fireworks in the state, a practice that has been banned for more than sev-en decades in Iowa.
“Bills have been draft-ed in both the House and Senate. The versions are essentially similar. But as always, they will have to say the same thing by the time we send it down to the governor,” Danielson said.
“Iowa has a heads-in-the-sand policy when it comes to fireworks. We allow Io-wans to posses fireworks, but we don’t let them use them.”
Danielson said with-out any new legislation, Iowa does not have any public education and safety measures put in place to manage the use of fire-works already being used illegally.
“My bill would legal-ize fireworks in a limited, responsible way,” Daniel-son said. “It would allow Iowans to use and posses them. We go through a number of parameters in the bill-like type of prod-ucts [legal to use], regula-tions on who can sell them, etcetera. I think it’s time for
Iowa to address the incon-sistencies in the current law.”
Support is bipartisan, Danielson said. Both Dem-ocrats and Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate are supporting the bill.
“I do have a respon-sibility to offer a solution to a problem that I think we have given the current law,” Danielson said. “I feel good that people will be open-minded about it and in the end, it has potential to get broad, bipartisan support.”
Gov. Terry Branstad’s office would not comment on what specifically the governor would support regarding the use.
“The governor would carefully review the legisla-
tion in its final form should it pass both chambers of the legislature,” said Jimmy Centers, communications director for Branstad. “He would need to see the leg-islation in its final form.”
Jason Tuttle, investi-gations commander for the Ames Police Depart-ment, said the department is mostly concerned about safety when using fireworks and any risks to property when fireworks are not used responsibly.
Tuttle added that the department sees the most issues with fireworks dur-ing holidays, mostly July 4, adding that the department does not have enough re-sources to respond to every complaint that is called in about fireworks.
“If we see someone light off a Roman candle at 3 a.m. on Welch Ave., obviously we are going to respond,” Tuttle said, say-ing that a lot of complaints come in around the city of fireworks being used at homes.
According to the Na-tional Fire Protection As-sociation, fireworks were the cause of almost 18,000 fires in 2011 in the U.S., including 1,200 structure fires, 400 vehicle fires and 16,300 outside fires.
Those fires resulted in $32 million in direct prop-erty damage, according to data from 2011 from the National Fire Protection Association, and 2 in 5 fires on the Fourth of July are related to the use of fire-
works.In 2012, emergency
rooms in the U.S. treated 8,700 people for injuries related to fireworks, ac-cording to the National Fire Protection Association.
“I think safety is the biggest thing,” Tuttle said. “People can be injured by shooting them off. You see in other states that have le-galized fireworks, you have higher rates of injuries.
While the use of fire-works for personal enter-tainment remains against the law, Tuttle added that permits could be obtained f o r u s e d u r i n g s p e c i a l events.
The Iowa legislator has several months left in the session to consider fire-works legislation.
What better way to warm up in this weather full of temperatures in the single digits than a hot plate of soul food cooking?
ISU dining centers served their annual soul food menu in honor of Black History Month on Jan. 5.
The menu consisted of BBQ chicken, fried catfish, corn muffins with hon-ey butter, macaroni and cheese, red velvet cupcakes and sweet potato pie.
According to the ISU dining informative visuals, soul food is a style of cook-ing that originated during American slavery. African slaves were given only the “leftover” and “undesir-able” cuts of meat from their masters.
Jeremy Bowker, chef de cuisine for residential dining, shared his opinion about soul food.
“It’s kind of the migra-tion of slaves from Africa to the United States and it falls into what was in that area, what they had avail-able to them and what they ate,” Bowker said. “ I think that’s true within any cul-ture, not just soul food in general.”
The dining services provided students with informative visuals that explained where each dish originated from and why they are considered “soul food.”
People who passed by the soul food station may
have learned that corn-bread was traditionally served to represent wealth, which explains it’s golden color or that the history of sweet potato pie goes all the way back to the African slave trade, when yams were a large produce in Africa.
S t u d e n t s w h o i n -dulged in the soul food selection shared their thoughts on what comes to mind when they think of soul food.
“When I think of soul food, I think of good home style cooking,” said Parker Freeman, sophomore in aerospace engineering.
ISU dining collaborat-ed with the Multicultural Student Affairs group to pull together the event and create the menu details.
“I think it’s nice that we get to tie in some edu-cational aspect with the food and get to be involved with groups on campus,” Bowker said.
Soul food provides historical education
Jessica Darland/Iowa State DailySeasons Marketplace employee Tom Gordon serves fried catfish during a special soul food lunch in honor of Black History Month.
Cadets marched into an Armory classroom to be questioned about their knowledge of military and ROTC doctrine, leader-ship, history and drills in hopes of winning a Cadet of the Month award.
The awards, given at Army ROTC Leadership Lab on Wednesday, went to Shannon Writt, junior in biology; Shaylea Foster, junior in interdisciplinary studies and Thomas Wil-genbusch, sophomore in animal science.
Platoon leaders nomi-nated candidates to go be-fore the five-person judg-ing board Jan. 27.
C a d e t s a n s w e r e d questions and recited ca-det and soldier creeds, which state commitment to the U.S. and to Army values. Judges ranked an-swers along with presen-tation, leadership ability and physical training at-tendance and scores.
Foster said in a group of knowledgeable and ath-
letic cadets that it is nice to be noticed.
The award provided cadets a way to see their growth in the program. Writt applied last year and has seen a “crazy differ-ence” in herself since.
“ [ L a s t y e a r ] I w a s shaky and nervous. I pre-tended to be confident; I wasn’t,” she said. “But now I’ve learned things and have become a lot more comfortable in this program. I went in there totally confident, didn’t shake at all. I knew every question that they asked me. I wasn’t nervous.”
Writt overcame ner-vousness, reluctance and uncertainty to find her place in the program, she said.
Foster had a similar start.
“As an MS1 [a first-year cadet], I came in su-per shy and timid,” she said. “I didn’t talk to any-one, no one knew who I was. As I went through the program, I gained con-fidence. I definitely feel like I can accomplish a lot more.”
Chelsea Nicoletto, battal ion commander and senior in biology, said teamwork helps because it can be difficult entering ROTC and establishing yourself as a leader.
“We don’t focus on the strong one,” Nicoletto said. “We focus on the strong one helping the weak one, so they are both equally strong.”
F i r s t - y e a r c a d e t s like Wilgenbusch can go from standing out in high school to being on a more level playing field with everyone in their battal-ion, said Lt. Col. Richard Smith, professor of mili-tary science and head of Army ROTC. He said this can be humbling.
Wilgenbusch said he appreciates working with a battalion of cadets who share his goals, personal traits and values.
“Our program does have state champions in different sports,” Smith s a i d . “ T h e y ’ r e E a g l e Scouts, they’re multiple sport varsity athletes. You have to work harder to stand out.”
ROTC cadets receive honors for skills, leadership, dedication
Kelly McGowan/Iowa State DailyLt. Col. Richard Smith prepares cadets to take their oath of office during the ROTC commissioning ceremony held Dec. 20 in the South Ballroom of the Memorial Union. Three students won awards for their skills.
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Iowa State DailyUndergraduates walked across the stage at Hilton Coliseum on May 10, 2014, for Iowa State’s spring commencement ceremony. This is a bittersweet day for many students, as it means transitioning into the real world and being on their own, but also celebrating their new degrees.
After devoting count-less hours of studying, work-ing and spending a lot of money, college students should get their dream jobs immediately following grad-uation, right?
While this might be true for a select few students, many students will receive a reality check when they realize what actually awaits them after graduation.
The first thing students need to learn is they may have unrealistic expecta-tions about their first real job.
“ O f t e n t i m e s , s t u -dents go into the job mar-ket thinking they will step into their dream job,” said Mark Peterson, director of graduate business career
services.“The entry-level positions are usually not the most glamorous.”
Students may also have a misconception regard-ing the pay scale they are expecting immediately fol-lowing graduation.
“Not all students do, but some may have high ex-pectations for salaries,” said Tammy Stegman, assistant director at Raisbeck Career Services Center.
Because many students will be working in an en-try-level position following graduation, their pay will reflect that level. If students expect higher pay, they must do the work needed to earn a promotion.
“Sometimes, students believe their job search begins right before or at graduation,” said Meredith Williams, recruiting coor-dinator at Business Career
Services.Stegman said finding
a job can be a job in and of itself, and many students underestimate the time and effort it takes to be success-ful.
“Students who use the resources available to them while they are students both have a higher rate of em-ployment and report higher satisfaction with the jobs they accepted,” Peterson said.
Students must realize there are several steps they will need to take to get a job, Stegman said. At Iowa State, one of those tools is CyHire.
“There are thousands of companies that use the system [CyHire] because they want to hire Iowa State grads,” Peterson said.
Stegman said students should log in often to im-prove their chances of find-ing the job they are looking for.
Stegman and Williams work with students when they are ready to begin their search, but said the earlier a student begins, the better.
“Most universities have a centralized career services office,” Peterson said.
Instead of a university-wide career services office, each college at Iowa State boasts its own unique office.
Peterson said this is beneficial because students can speak to advisers who are experts in the field they are directing.
Career services can be used to help students per-fect their resume and help develop networking and interviewing skills.
“The bottom line is you get jobs by talking to peo-ple,” Peterson said.
A student applying for a job should reach out to contacts they may know at the specific company. If they do not know anybody at the company they are ap-plying for, students should use tools available to help find connections.
Stegman said LinkedIn
can help students connect to people and alumni in their desired industry to give them a leg up on the competition.
A higher percentage of job searchers obtain em-ployment from networking rather than just applying for jobs blindly over the Inter-net, Peterson said.
“If you know somebody in the company, you can do a follow-up, or you could use those connections as a starting point,” Stegman said.
S t u d e n t s a l s o c a n struggle to decide if a gradu-ate degree is the right career move. For some majors and career areas, those higher degrees are necessary for a specific job. However, stu-dents should think twice before jumping into gradu-ate school.
“Most hiring authori-ties would prefer that you graduate and get some ex-perience first,” Peterson said.
While a graduate de-gree may help obtain a higher position, it is more beneficial to get real job experience first. Right out of college, most employers are looking for experience and not necessarily very highly educated students with no experience, Stegman said.
“Having an internship can also help students figure out what they are looking for,” Williams said.
S t e g m a n s a i d e m -ployers will be looking for grades, involvement in the university and work experi-ence, all of which can be attained while still in school. Those who were involved in college reap the benefits later.
I S U s t u d e n t s w h o earned a bachelor’s degree during the 2012-13 academ-ic year had a 94.9 percent placement rate within six months of graduating.
“The key thing for stu-dents is to have a realistic set of expectations at gradua-tion,” Peterson said.
Graduating seniors must face reality in entry-level job marketBy Lauren Vigar,contributor to the Daily
Aries - 8(March 21-April 19) Opposites attract, big time. Abundance is
available, if you work for it. Avoid a conflict of interests at work. Nurture family while expanding your career. One option may require too much time away.
Taurus - 7(April 20-May 20) It’s getting easier to advance now. Don’t
rock the boat, deplete savings or forget a deadline. Be cautious when others get impetuous. An important message arrives from afar. Allow yourself a small treat.
Gemini - 7(May 21-June 20) Stick with a tough domestic
beautification job and see it through. Clean up a mess. Don’t overlook what your partner needs. Consider unspoken desires. Wait to see what develops.
Cancer - 7(June 21-July 22) Financial messes could get expensive. Hold
onto what’s most important. Watch for hidden agendas. Others are encouraging, but don’t launch until you’re ready. Brainstorm with co-workers. Rest later.
Leo - 8(July 23-Aug. 22)Cash rolls in. Save more than you spend. You
don’t have as much as you’d like yet. Avoid unnecessary quarrels. Present your moneymaking ideas with compassion. Anticipate some disagreement. Entertain.
Virgo - 9(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Carefully complete your work before
deadline. Associates help out. It’s a good time to buy or make objects of art or beauty. You have romantic confidence, but someone else may be shy.
Libra - 7(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is good for laying low in
contemplation. Avoid frivolity and fuss. Do constructive dreaming, picturing a particular job completed perfectly. Talk it over later. Maintain objectivity.
Scorpio - 7(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Don’t let an argument among friends slow
the action. Calmly stand up for yourself (or another). Let your thoughts settle before blurting out. There may be hidden elements. Reassure the team.
Sagittarius - 7(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) A new rung on your career ladder looks
possible, but may take time to achieve. Go for it, even if you don’t know how. Patiently resolve a communications breakdown. Learn from an expert.
Capricorn - 7(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Travels could stall over a financial matter. Pad
the budget for extra expenses, and spend carefully. Your work assignment is unclear, possibly changing. Protect your reputation by keeping deadlines.
Aquarius - 7(Jan. 20-Feb. 18) File papers and double-check
reservations and financial statements. Organization saves time later. Venture farther afield, carefully. Your partner may have other plans...
Pisces - 8(Feb. 19-March 20) Settle into some quiet time with your mate.
Brainstorm and speculate different possibilities. Write down the best ideas. List what you would love to learn. They may not want the same things. Compromise.
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OPINION 5Friday, Feb. 6, 2015
Courtesy of ThinkstockGiven recent studies regarding the effects of marijuana, columnist Ward believes we should reconsider our thinking when it comes to recreational marijuana use. Ward compared the current trend in marijuana use to when cigarette smoking became even more popular in the 1950s.
Reconsider recreational marijuanaAs teenagers, we all learned a valu-
able lesson when getting our first jobs and credit cards — nothing is for free.
So when President Barack Obama released his objective to provide nearly nine million students with a “free com-munity college” plan, the pot sweet-ened quite a bit for those looking in to higher education.
The ISD editorial board has al-ready expressed the opinion that this absolutely necessary to move forward to providing students with easier ac-cess to higher education. However, the funding was in question at the time and the board felt it necessary to address that side of the issue.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said not to fix what isn’t broken. But that’s just where he’s wrong. When community college first started, the overall plan worked, and it has worked up until the past couple of years. Even with lower tuition rates, the amount of student debt accumulated — now at more than one trillion dollars nation-ally — is at the bursting point for some students. Some argue to say “if you can’t afford it, don’t do it.” But in to-day’s society, it has become very much a survive and advance kind of world.
If you don’t have a degree from a two-year community college or a four-year university, statistics indicate that the odds are set against you in a society that places increasing value on a col-lege education, while that education becomes less and less affordable at the same time.
Whether we call it free community college or something else, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is the ur-gency needed to put a plan like this into place, one that will better future generations of students who are enter-ing a crucial decision making time on whether they can afford college.
This program is an investment in the future of American prosperity. Increased access to the often unat-tainable treasure that is higher educa-tion is an integral step in growing the American middle class.
More than anything else, this pro-gram would provide millions of Ameri-cans with a clear path for improving their lives and the lives of their families. A parent’s experiences with higher education play a significant role in their child’s likelihood to attend col-lege or seek higher education following high school.
Therefore, this program has the potential to initiate a generations long increase in the educational op-portunities, and thereby the success of Americans.
This program will finally work to correct our socioeconomic sys-tem, which privileges the inherently privileged and leaves poor and minor-ity Americans lagging in the wake of progress.
When looking at the time-line of American cul-ture, it’s incredibly ob-
vious how times have changed. We’ve fought suffrage and racial discrimination and the unfor-tunate fashion choices, which could lead one to believe that we have learned from all our mistakes. To that, I say, “not necessarily.”
One of this country’s big-gest opinion flips was the view on cigarette smoking. There was a time when smoking was encouraged and viewed as being cool. You can’t watch a movie made in the ’50s without see-ing some glamour girl light up with the help of match-bearing gentlemen. But then it became apparent that smoking ciga-rettes had no benefit, including looking cool, so we fought hard to stop smoking in America. This movement definitely struck a chord because in 1955, about 45 percent of adults smoked, whereas in 2010, only about 19 percent of adults smoked ciga-rettes and the numbers are still dwindling.
Why, you may ask, am I rehashing Americans’ ciga-rette habits and how they have
evolved? Well, it is because we are heading down an eerily similar path with a new kind of smoking — marijuana.
Popularity of marijuana be-came mainstream for the white upper middle class in the 1960s when President Kennedy and Johnson determined that the drug didn’t induce violence or lead to harder drugs. Of course the drug has always existed be-cause it comes from a plant, but this was kind of the jumping off point when it comes to the escalation of recreational use.
As it became more obvious that smoking marijuana was turning into a recreational ac-tivity, the government stepped in with attempts to slow its use by implementing various laws and acts, which evidently only spurred its use. In a 2014 survey asking students in grades 8 to 12 about their use of marijuana, 45 percent of 12th graders had admitted to using it at some point in time.
I personally think that number is ridiculously high — no pun intended — because I don’t view the practice of smok-ing to be a good one, but my guess as to why it is such a large percentage is due to the mis-conception that marijuana does not hurt the consumer. People think, “hey, it’s only a plant so
it’s natural, which means I’ll be fine.” And that’s where a new study conducted in Colorado arrives.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environ-ment conducted a study in 2014 to attract people’s attention to just how harmful this drug can be. The study centered on how smoking or ingesting marijuana during adolescence will impact brain function and behavior as well as other common fallacies.
There are many ways in which this generation has found to validate its recreational use of pot, one being that it can-not lead to any other addicting drugs down the road. This study in particular put that idea to rest by proving that there is a correlation between adolescent marijuana use and other illicit drugs in adulthood.
Additionally, one of the most popular misconceptions about smoking weed is that it doesn’t actually hinder brain function. Well, those individuals are in for a rather rude awaken-ing. Adolescents who partake in consistent cannabis use showed an increased rate of decline in IQ as opposed to those who didn’t use the narcotic.
Another very popular myth associated with marijuana con-sumption is the idea that you
cannot become addicted to it. Wrong again. An additional study conducted by Proceed-ings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that 1 in 6 adolescents will become ad-dicted to the practice, much like past generations that became addicted to cigarettes.
Because I am a columnist and it’s my job to have steadfast opinions on various topics, it could be easy for one to think that I am simply biased against marijuana because of my own personal views. However, I be-lieve that it is no longer a battle of whether or not people think smoking weed is okay. It is now time to look at the evidence pre-sented before us as fact. Mari-juana causes more harm than we originally thought, much like cigarettes cause significantly more harm than people initially thought.
I t ’s okay that we were wrong. The important thing is that we learn from our miscon-ceptions and not allow history to repeat itself. We spent way too much time before we accepted the adverse effects cigarettes have on our bodies. We cannot allow the same to happen with marijuana, especially now that everything people thought was good about the drug has gone up in smoke.
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Community college plan needs to be implemented
EDITORIAL
Courtesy of the White HousePresident Obama proposed two free years of community college for hard-working students. This is a move in the right direction to make higher education more accessible to all citizens.
By Bea Upah,junior in elementary education
By Brittany Gaura,sophomore in animal science
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Know your renting rights as a tenant
Bakken pipeline presents safest option
As I was reading the article “10 things your landlord wants you to know” in the Daily on Monday, I could not help but be disturbed by the wording of tip number 10, which stated, “Leave your apartment clean: Your ver-sion of clean may be different than my version. My version
wins. I have your deposit.”Tip number 10 also states that the landlord keeps a “ ... standard amount to have the carpeting professionally cleaned between each tenant ...“
While these statements tend to reflect the views of many landlords, they do not seem to fit with the Iowa Code 562 A.12, which states that the landlord may withhold from the rental deposit only such amounts as
are reasonably necessary ... to restore the dwelling unit to its condition at the commence-ment of the tenancy, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The Iowa Code also states, “In an action concerning the rental deposit, the burden of prov-ing, by a preponderance of the evidence, the reason for with-holding all or any portion of the rental deposit shall be on the landlord.”
The code seems to say that a landlord cannot legally with-hold for “normal wear and tear” and the burden of proving dam-age to something like carpets is on the landlord, not the ten-ant. The landlord also cannot automatically withhold deposit money for carpet cleaning, as there is no reason they can as-sume at the start of the lease that the carpet will be damaged beyond normal wear and tear.
I would like to respond to a recent letter published by ISU student Angie Carter. As a fellow ISU student, our envi-ronment and safety is a main concern for myself as well. Un-like Carter, I do support the Dakota Access Pipeline because it is actually the safest way to
transport crude oil.Carter referenced recent
pipeline leaks and environ-mental concerns as the reason to oppose the project.
I’ve heard Energy Transfer Partners’ presentation on the Dakota Access Pipeline, and I came away very impressed with the steps being taken to protect Iowa’s land.
Today’s pipelines are con-structed under much stricter
safety guidelines, using vastly improved materials and con-struction methods compared to those pipelines decades old, referenced in Carter’s letter.
Additionally, the majority of Bakken crude oil is currently being shipped via rail car and trucks that leave a significantly larger carbon footprint com-pared to a pipeline.
The statistics are irrefut-able that train and truck inci-
dents occur far more regularly than pipeline incidents. This includes the 2013 disaster in the Canadian town of Lac-Mé-gantic, where a train transport-ing crude oil derailed killing 47 people.
I too care deeply about our environment, so why not transport the Bakken oil that will continue to be produced in the most reliable, efficient and safest way possible?
IOWA STATE DAILY
SPORTS6 Friday, Feb. 6,2015
N i n e g a m e s d o w n , nine to go.
As the ISU men’s bas-ketball team hits the half-way point of the conference season, it’s experienced the high of beating the top of the Big 12 against Kansas, and the low of falling to the league-whipping post of Texas Tech.
While the highs are what the fans remember, it’s the low that the team hasn’t forgotten.
“I’ve for sure have had this day circled on my cal-endar,” said junior Georges Niang about the Texas Tech rematch. “I’ve been waiting for this [Saturday] game for a while now, so I’m excited. When someone kicks your butt like that, I’m just glad we get to play them twice in this league.”
Not much went right for Iowa State (16-5, 6-3 Big 12) when it traveled to Texas Tech (12-11, 2-8 Big 12) earlier this season, but it was the Red Raiders’ 11 made 3-pointers that not only baffled the Cyclones, but beat them.
What’s more baffling is
the rate at which teams are making 3-pointers against the Cyclones in nearly every Big 12 game. In Iowa State’s last four games —Texas Tech, Texas, TCU and Kan-sas— their opponents made 40-of-90 [44.4 percent] of their 3-pointers.
That number is nearly identical to those teams’ shooting percentage from the floor in those games, which was 44.9 percent. Beating teams that are shooting 3-pointers at that rate makes an already dif-ficult Big 12 road even more difficult.
But when teams shoot that hot from 3-point range, is it just luck or bad defense?
“It’s a lot on us, there’s no doubt about it,” said ISU coach Fred Hoiberg. “We’ve played off of some shooters that haven’t shot a very high percentage, but we’ve been
burned with that as well. For us, you’ve got to run them off the line and make them take those 2-point shots outside of the paint.”
One of those shoot-ers was Texas Tech’s Tod-drick Gotcher, who hit a career-high 5-of-9 3-point-ers against the Cyclones in the first outing. Against Kansas, Wayne Selden Jr. tied a career-high, making 5-of-7 3-pointers.
ISU players, includ-ing Monté Morris, said the team has been working on close-outs in practice this week and have focused on defending the 3-point line.
As for the rematch against Texas Tech, the Cyclones expect 3-point defense to be the least of their worries.
After falling to Kansas, the team is refocused on a home game and revenge on players’ minds.
“It’s going to be big time,” Morris said. “We call it kind of a payback game but it shouldn’t really be a payback game. Texas Tech coming off a good win against Kansas State and when they come into Hilton, they are going to try to shoot the same way and do the same thing.”
SEEKING REVENGEIowa State hopes to turn the tables in rematchBy [email protected]
Kelby Wingert/Iowa State DailySophomore guard Monté Morris attempts a shot at Kansas on Monday. The Cyclones fell to the Jayhawks 89-76. The Cyclones next game is against Texas Tech on Feb. 7, a game the Cyclones hope to improve in.
THE GAME WHO: No. 11 Iowa State vs. Texas TechWHEN: 1 p.m., Feb. 7WHERE: Hilton Coli-seum in Ames, IowaWATCH: ESPNU
The current composi-tion of Big 12 wrestling con-sists of four teams, three of which could be considered historically prominent pro-grams within a historically strong conference. The oth-er is a geographical outlier and a more recent addition.
It’s the latter of the four that Iowa State (7-2, 1-1 Big 12) is concerned with this weekend.
West Virginia (6-7, 0-2, Big 12) joined the Big 12 ranks in 2012 following the departures of longtime Big 12 staples Nebraska and
Missouri. When it comes to major revenue sports like football and basketball, the acquisition of West Vir-ginia, which originally hails from the Big East, was more than welcome, as the team is generally one of the more competitive programs in both sports.
On the wrestling mat, the résumés don’t quite stack up. Compared to Iowa State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, the history of wrestling at West Vir-ginia fails in comparison to that of its conference foes.
But Iowa State and the Oklahoma schools must also be grateful for West Virginia. After all, where
would they be without the Mountaineers?
“The year Missouri left, there was a lot of talk and speculation about where we would end up, if we would end up in a regional at the end of the season or if we would join the MAC [Mid American Confer-ence] for wrestling, we just
didn’t know,” said senior Michael Moreno.
Moreno, l ike many current ISU wrestlers, grew up watching the Cyclones wrestle against other tra-ditional Big 12 teams. The current state of affairs is clearly different, but af-ter three years of wrestling West Virginia, Moreno said that short of time is not enough to decipher wheth-er a team fits the confer-ence bill or not.
“It’s hard to say where one team belongs after that long, but obviously grow-ing up with the traditional Big 12 that I’m used to, it’s weird and I’m not quite sure if they belong or don’t
belong, but I know that we have to be kind of thank-ful they are here,” Moreno said.
The past three years aside, the fact of the mat-ter is that West Virginia is here to stay, and it is a team Iowa State will be well ac-quainted with in the com-ing years. West Virginia’s wrestling program in in the midst of the inaugural year for head coach Sammie Henson.
The Mountaineers’ lone ranked grappler is No. 13 Mike Morales at 141 pounds. Set to square off against Morales for Iowa State is t rue f reshman Dante Rodriguez. Rodri-
guez is coming off a major decision victory against Oklahoma’s Trae Black-well, which served as a sort of bounce-back win after Rodriguez lost by 17-3 ma-jor decision to Oklahoma State’s Dean Heil.
Rodriguez said the win against Blackwell gave him a confidence boost, one that he hopes to carry against Morales and be-yond.
“I didn’t do so well against the Oklahoma State kid, so it was nice to bounce back with a good win and I actually dominated, but it’s just another step as me be-coming a better wrestler,” Rodriguez said.
By [email protected] THE DUAL
WHO: West Virginia vs. Iowa State WHEN: 5 p.m., Feb. 7WHERE: WVU Coliseum in Morgan-town, W.V.
Iowa State hits road for dual against West Virginia
Iowa State DailyRedshirt senior Michael Moreno takes down Iowa’s Nick Moore at the Cy-Hawk dual on Nov. 29 in Iowa City. The Cyclones lost the dual and will next compete Saturday at West Virginia.
Friday, Feb. 6,2015SPORTS 7
After its eighth place finish at the Razorback Invitational on Jan. 30, the ISU men’s track and field team is using the Frank Sevigne Husker In-vitational as a chance to improve heading into the Iowa State Classic.
Iowa State returned home with five personal records from the Razor-back Invitational and wants to continue to get better.
Redshirt junior Tay-lor Sanderson stood out for the Cyclones with his first place finish in the heptathlon, which put him in the ISU track and field record books. He rose to second on Iowa State’s all-time list with a score of 5,426. This week, depending on how he feels, Sanderson will have his sights set on conquer-ing the hurdles.
“I just want to get a lot more racing experi-ence,” Sanderson said. “Last week was my first hurdle race I got to run all year, so I’m just trying to run faster and get more experience.”
J u n i o r J a r e d I n -
gram said the Husker Invitational is the last, “not small, but smaller” skilled meet before the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 13 to 14, so it’s just a time to improve.
“For me, [the Husker Invitational] is just some-thing to fine-tune myself for the Classic, where you get to compete with a lot of bigger guys,” Ingram said.
But the Cyclones aren’t taking the Husker Invitational too lightly. Sanderson said there’s usually pretty good com-petition there and they’re going to take the oppor-tunity to go out and com-pete.
For freshman jump-er Jalen Ford, the focus hasn’t changed much at practice heading into the weekend.
“For everybody right now, it’s just getting back into the swing of things,” Ford said. “For a lot of us, it’s getting comfortable with a new approach and just being able to do little things — starting off with the basics.”
Ford said they go into every meet with the same mindset — get personal bests, transfer everything from practice to the meets
and improve.Ingram said the focus
at practice for the sprint-ers has been putting what they’ve been working on with some new stresses.
“Like anytime, it’s just about getting better,” Ingram said. “But right now, we’re just focusing on getting some speed. We started out with a lot of technical stuff and get-ting our form right, and now, we’re working on getting endurance so we can keep that form in our races.”
Ingram’s goal for the Husker Invitational is also to hit his marks and get personal records. He said he was two-tenths away from recording his per-sonal best in the 60-me-ter dash at the Big Four Duals.
For some men on the ISU track and field team, this is time to rest because not everyone will be mak-ing the trip to Lincoln, Neb. for the Husker In-vitational. But for those who do, it will simply be about improving.
The Cyclones will be back in action Friday and Saturday, when they travel to Lincoln, Neb. for the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.
It may seem like a battle of which team can host the most events, but the upcoming Frank Se-vigne Husker Invitation-al is just another piece of the puzzle for the ISU women’s track and field team.
This piece is small and less detailed, but one that will lead to more important pieces in fu-ture weeks.
Lincoln wil l take the lead against Ames in events hosted, but an im-portant thing for the Cy-clones will be for some of their best athletes to get rest before competing in the Iowa State Classic on Feb. 13 and 14.
S e n i o r K e n d r a White, ISU indoor record holder in the 400-meter, strained her quad and hip flexor a few weeks ago and hopes to use this upcoming event as an opportunity to get healthy.
White does expect to be ready to compete once the Iowa State Clas-sic rolls around.
“I feel like the sea-son is going well so far,”
White said. “‘Progress’ is what I keep saying. I haven’t really had too much competition in my open [400-meter] yet but at the Classic, there should be a lot to hope-fully get me down to a 53 and get that school record again.”
In addition to being one of the team’s top dis-tance runners, redshirt senior Katy Moen joins White on this year’s im-proved distance medley relay team.
“I’ve been focusing on a little bit more of speed this indoor sea-son, since I’m usually a distance gal. So the mile and the 3 [kilometer] I think will be my next focus on getting both of those to nationals,” Moen said.
M o e n a n d W h i t e both competed for the team in the distance medley relay at the Ra-zorback Team Invita-
tional on Jan. 30. Moen said she felt like the race went well and left her looking forward to com-peting on the distance medley relay team at fu-ture meets.
Joining Moen and White at the Razorback Invitational, graduate student Margaret Con-nelly competed in her first track race since her sophomore outdoor sea-son.
“I was excited to get out there again,” Con-nelly said. “I think that there’s a lot left in me and I can run faster for sure, the way the race played out. I kind of got boxed in a little bit and I grew complacent in the middle of the race. I think I can push the envelope at the Classic.”
Some of the leaders on the track and field team will not be compet-ing at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational as they hope to earn quali-fying times for nationals the following week in Ames.
D e s p i t e m i s s i n g some of the leaders, the team will have the op-portunity to get some of its younger athletes experience.
Blake Lanser/Iowa State DailySenior Kendra White races at the Bill Bergan Invitational on Feb. 1, 2014. White took third in the women’s 400-meter dash with a time of 54.11. White is currently recovering from a quad and hip flexor injury.
RETURNING TO LINCOLNBy [email protected]
By [email protected] THE MEET
WHEN: Friday and SaturdayWHERE: Lincoln, Neb.
Event gives leaders on team opportunity to restAthletes use road meet as chance to improve
For the ISU gymnasts, the formula for a much-needed rebound is simple: hit routines.
A f t e r e x p e r i e n c i n g multiple falls on the bal-ance beam alone at the Metroplex Challenge last Saturday, the Cyclones are reverting back to the rudi-ments of their sport as they look forward to two up-coming meets back in Hil-ton Coliseum this weekend.
“ T h e w h o l e t e a m has to hit routines,” said ISU gymnastics coach Jay Ronayne. “That’s it, boiled down to its essence.”
From the commence-m e n t o f t h e s e a s o n , Ronayne has preached the message of fixating and perfecting the details of ev-ery routine and executing every routine every week. This is, in its most basic form, the recipe for success in the sport of gymnastics in the minds of Ronayne and the ISU gymnasts.
However, after a sea-
son-best performance in Hilton at Beauty and the Beast, the Cyclones not only traveled away from Ames for two straight away meets, but also began to stray from the fundamen-tals of consistency around which Ronayne is attempt-ing to develop success for his team.
Iowa State fell at least one point short of their score in the previous meet these past two weekends, portraying regression in-stead of progression. But Ronayne and the Cyclones h a v e p i n p o i n t e d t h e i r shortcomings and have transformed them into a blueprint for success.
“We just need to do what we do in practice ev-ery day and have fun with it,” said freshman Kelsey Paz. “The more fun we have, the easier our gym-nastics, the better our gym-nastics.”
For Iowa State, it as much an internal battle as an external battle as far as getting the season back on track. It is paramount that the Cyclones unearth once
again the confidence that they achieved three weeks ago back in Ames. As it is in most sports, the gym-nasts will look to gain that confidence back through consistent execution of the elements they can control.
“We have to believe that we’re a good team,” Ronayne said. “To do that, we have to hit routines. Everyone has to stay on the equipment.”
Unfortunately for the Cyclones, a delayed flight out of Fort Worth on Sun-day has dealt the team a shortened week of practice, giving the team less time to perfect the details of their routines. This may prove detrimental for the ISU gymnasts, especially con-sidering the first opponent they will be squaring off against.
After defeating Iowa State at the Metroplex Challenge, No. 1 Oklahoma will travel to Ames for the rematch. The Cyclones will look to utilize their home turf in an attempt to turn the tables on the Sooners before facing Centenary
College on Sunday.“We have to give [Okla-
homa] a good competi-tion,” said freshman Bri-ana Ledesma. “This is our house. We have to repre-sent for Iowa State.”
The lone home meet of the season for Iowa State, B e a u t y a n d t h e B e a s t , proved to be its most suc-cessful meet by a signifi-cant margin.
A t B e a u t y a n d t h e Beast, amidst the Hilton Magic, Iowa State put a combined team score of 195.950. On the road this season, the Cyclones are averaging just 193.908.
Iowa State hopes the welcoming atmosphere of Hilton Coliseum will pro-vide the panacea needed for the ISU gymnasts to hit their routines and refine
their technicalities enough to raise their scores to their true potential.
“It’s going to be such a great boost this weekend,” Ledesma said. “I mean, it’s Hilton Magic. It’s going to be lively in there.”
The first meet is set to start at 6:30 p.m. Friday, followed by the matchup against Centenary at 2:00 p.m. Sunday.
Gymnasts attempt to turn recent regressions into progression at home meet
Sam Greene/Iowa State DailyFreshman Briana Ledesma pauses at the top of her revolution to switch directions on the uneven bars against Oregon State on Jan. 18. Iowa State lost 195.975-195.950. The team will look to get back on track Friday.
He added that men may use those stereotypes to determine who they are attracted to or likely inter-ested in. He said he believes people who have a prefer-ence in one hair color could be seen as bias or prejudice, however, it’s a personal choice.
“They could be strain-ing the potential dating pool or friendship pool by doing something like that. I’m not sure if it explicitly harms those who are ex-cluded,” Blankenship said.
Costabile said she be-lieves that age might con-tribute to the way women and men are treated with different hair colors.
“It’s possible that as a woman ages, she starts getting treated different-ly,” Costabile said. “Maybe when she’s younger, people are more interested in her potentially as a romantic partner, but as she get’s older, people think she is someone to hang out with.”
As for joking matters, Blankenship addressed the use of humor where there are two perspectives. Any time someone makes light of a stereotype — such as hair color by saying, “blondes have more fun”
— it justifies or validates the stereotype.
“It’s sneaking a way to make fun of or discrim-inates against a group,” Blankenship said.
The other perspective is quite the opposite. Some believe to make light of or draw attention to these dif-ferences that may or may not exist is a positive step. People who use this meth-od may believe that this is a healthy way to make a dialogue of stereotypes.
“I’m sure people do take [stereotypes] seriously, I guess. I’ve never meant them seriously if I’ve said them,” said Marcie Steven-son, a graduate student in sustainable agriculture. “If people say them to me, I usually take them jok-ingly, but I’m a little more lighthearted about things like that.”
However, people’s in-tentions can affect how the jokes are perceived.
“Stereotypes are of-ten really insidious, which means you don’t know when they are affecting your judgments,” Costa-bile said. “Even people who think they can make these jokes in good fun, it’s defi-nitely possible they could treat people differently.”
In order to remove
some of these predeter-mined ideas, Blankenship said he believes people should consider others on a more individual level, thinking about the qualities they possess and moving on from superficial aspects.
There are two effective ways to dissolve stereo-types in society, Costabile said.
O n e i s p r e s e n t i n g counter-stereotypical peo-ple in the media. Once soci-ety is exposed to more and more people who don’t fit the stereotype, the people are typically willing to see there are exceptions.
The second way is the called the contact hypothe-sis, which is making people interact more so they can realize how similar every-one is.
When asked if hair ste-reotypes mattered, fresh-man Todd Price said that it shouldn’t. However, he said he believes that hair stereo-types were gender-bias.
“When it’s redheads, it’s more men [being ste-reotyped], but when it’s blondes, it’s more women,” Price said. “If anyone takes that seriously, they are an ignorant person. I feel like people would know better than to judge people on [hair color].”
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Erica Robison, sopho-more in agricultural stud-ies, is one of the students who did not know what GSB was before seeing the booth in the library.
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The deal, Leath said, is also beneficial to ISU students.
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