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An ISU graduate student is contributing research to a long-term study on different land-management prac-tices and their impact on water conditions.

Claire Hruby, Ph.D. student in agricultural and bio-systems engineering, researches the ways in which the bacteria found in manure effects the quality of Iowa’s water.

“Our problems are mostly related to the fact that we have lots of land used for growing crops, because that requires fertilizers and other chemicals,” Hruby said.

Hruby’s work involves fertilizing plots of soil with poultry manure, growing corn on that soil and then col-lecting samples of the water that filters through.

“In Iowa, we have this lovely system of drainage tiles,” Hruby said. “Most of Iowa would be a swamp if we didn’t artificially put a pipe down into the ground to drain the water out. Our field setup has these tiles underneath plots, and we can look at the water coming out.”

In the lab, Hruby tests water samples for the pres-ence of types of bacteria that can cause health problems.

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As anyone who has ever been to Iowa should know, corn is one of Iowa’s staple crops. What they may not know, however, is there’s a fairly new disease in Iowa that may affect future yields called Goss’ wilt.

More than 52,800 farms in Iowa grow corn. In 2009, Iowa produced an estimated amount of 2.2 billion bushels. And of the amount Iowa pro-duces in corn, a good chunk of it is exported.

Goss’ wilt was first recog-nized in Nebraska back in the 1960s. However, it has never been a real nuisance to Iowa until about five years ago. Since 2006, Goss’ wilt has slowly spread throughout the state and is now widespread

throughout Iowa.A bacterium that affects

corn, Goss’ wilt can be devas-tating to corn yields.

“If infected early, it can re-ally be devastating,” said Daren Mueller, program manager in the department of plant pa-thology and microbiology.

It comes in two phases. One phase is where the bacte-rium enters the vascular tissue of the plant, which causes it to wilt and then eventually die.

The second, more common phase is the leaf blight phase. In this phase, the bacterium gets into the leaf tissue and kills off big sections of it. While it affects corn of all ages, a corn plant that has been severely infected usually dies young because it is more vulnerable to other plant diseases such as corn stalk rot.

The bacterium in Goss’ wilt survive through soil and corn residue, which can be carried by the wind, thus spreading the bacterium to other places. In fact, it has been reported in Canada and even in India.

“Once you get it, there’s very few options,” said Jason Kolln, an account manager at Pioneer who also assists customers.

“There are no pesticides that can be used to con-trol Goss’ wilt,” said Alison Robertson, an associate pro-fessor/extension field crops pathologist in the department of plant pathology and mi-crobiology. “We recommend planting a tolerant hybrid and rotating to a non-host crop such as soybean.”

Why there are no pesti-cides that can be used against Goss’ wilt is due to its nature. A pesticide is used to fight fungi, so it would not affect Goss’ wilt, which is caused by a bacteria.

“The most important thing to do is pick high resistant hy-brids,” Kolln said when asked what farmers should do to help control Goss’ wilt. He also went on to say that taking care of corn residue would help to

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Aug. 29Justin Mai, 112 Campus Ave., reported the theft of a bike at Union Drive Community Center (reported at 1:10 p.m.).A patron reported the theft of a bag at Lied Recreation Athletic Center (reported at 12:34 p.m.).Officers checked the welfare of a

resident who was experiencing medical and emotional difficul-ties at Fredericksen Court. The individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center for treatment (reported at 4:31 p.m.).A resident reported being harassed by an acquaintance at Elm Hall (reported at 9:35 p.m.).

Megan Woods, 20, 58B Schilletter Village, and Jordan Eggers, 20, 1220 Truman Place, were cited for underage pos-session of alcohol at Schilletter Village (reported at 11:34 p.m.).Andrew Klingbeil, 22, 58B Schilletter Village, was arrested and charged with providing alcohol to underage persons at

Schilleter Village; he was sub-sequently released on citation (reported at 11:34 p.m.).

Aug. 30A tablet computer that was reported stolen on Aug. 25 was located in a classroom at the Design College (reported at 10:28 a.m.).

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The American Jobs Act, the new jobs bill President Barack Obama has unveiled to the United States, has people buzzing.

On Thursday, Obama spoke in front of a joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives to un-veil his new jobs bill, the American Jobs Act. The new bill is a mixture of new infrastructure spending and tax cuts for small businesses that are meant to jolt the economy and put many Americans back to work.

In Ames, small business owners and ISU professors alike continue to talk about the bill’s potential to jump-start job and economic growth in the city and for ISU graduates. The re-

sponses have been mixed.“The uncertain economic cli-

mate is what is holding back small businesses,” said David Swenson, ISU associate scientist in agricul-ture and life sciences. “A broader expansion of business is what has to happen.”

One of the main provisions in the tax-cutting portion of the bill in-cludes a 50 percent payroll tax cut for 98 percent of businesses as well as a complete payroll tax holiday for businesses adding new workers or increasing wages for current employ-ees. This means that businesses will not have to pay payroll taxes for add-ing new workers or increasing wages on the first $50 million worth of pay-roll increases.

The effort is meant to give busi-

nesses an incentive to hire more workers, but will this cause busi-nesses in Ames to expand their employment?

“Not likely,” Swenson said. “The incentives in the American Jobs Act help businesses reduce payroll costs but does not translate into an expan-sion in employment. A New York Times poll said that small businesses are not optimistic because regional and global demand is what scares small businesses the most.”

The same sentiment was echoed by small business owners in Ames.

“What concerns me is that [the economy] is not sustainable for in-stant results,” said Kevin Kinzler, owner of Kinzler Constructions in Ames. “We have no idea what this country is going to look like a year

from now, and if you have a company that is uncertain, they are not going to put the money into hiring.”

Kinzler, whose company has been in business since 1984 and employs more than 125 workers including 80 in Ames alone, continued to stress that the main factors holding him and other businesses back from growing and hiring were universal uncertain-ties in the economic climate as well as a lack of coherent federal policies that could be relied upon to be in place even a year or two from now.

Mike Coon, a vice president at PowerFilm Solar in Ames, displayed a similar view to Kinzler.

“For policies to change every year or two is not conducive to support-ing a company’s long-term economic and job growth,” Coon said. “As for

nearly all companies, continued cus-tomer confidence in the economy and government policy predictability are important items for continuing our company and employment growth.”

So what does this mean for ISU students upon graduation?

Many wonder, given the state of the economy and a currently poor jobs outlook in many sectors, if col-lege students will be able to find jobs upon graduation. However, there has been a level of optimism in our gener-ation’s ability to adapt to the changes ahead.

“Obviously it is not the dot com days anymore. New college grads are having to be very resourceful,” Coon said. “But there are opportunities in America for jobs. Now it’s all about getting through this period and to be in a good position when the economy starts to take off again. The good news is that today’s college grads have the potential to be on the front end of the next upswing of our economy. That’s a good place to be.”

PowerFilm, Inc. (formerly Iowa Thin Film Technologies) was found-ed in 1988 by Dr. Frank Jeffrey and Dr. Derrick Grimmer. Coon started working at PowerFilm Solar in 2001. At that time, the company employed only 12 workers. Today, the company employs 95 workers and is a perfect example of the diligence and drive that is American entrepreneurship. And it is this American entrepreneur-ship that employs more than 50 per-cent of the American workforce.

Back to Washington, it seems very unlikely that the entire American Jobs Act will be passed in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, so it is hard to say what version, if any, of the bill will emerge.

Upon saying that, regardless of what Washington does, there is a gen-eral consensus that the economy will eventually improve and employment will increase, from Washington to Iowa to California.

“I am very confident that the econ-omy will recover within three years,” Kinzler said. “We are very busy, and people do want to do things ... There is an entrepreneurial spirit in America that will fight through this thing.”

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Latino Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the contributions and importance Hispanics bring to Iowa State and the United States.

Yesterday marked the beginning of Latino Heritage Month here at Iowa State and in the United States.

The Latino Heritage Committee has planned this year’s celebration at Iowa State. The month is filled with speakers and events to celebrate and inform the community on Latino culture. Many new speakers and events have been added to this year’s celebration. This year the group has also worked to bring more attention to events.

Gerardo Garcia, sophomore in Pre-Industrial Design, is the cur-rent president of the Latino Heritage Council. “This year we created a Latino Heritage Month Calendar to get the word out about events,” Garcia said. The poster is displayed all over campus with the different events, lec-tures and activities planned for the month.

“I want for the events this year to be more well known,” Garcia said. “Another goal I have is for the events to educate Iowa State students on not just one issue, but many.”

Tonight is the celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day. A cel-ebration is scheduled at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames, 1015 N. Hyland Ave. The event begins

at 8:30pm and will have food, music, and traditional dances all for $7 a person.

All are encouraged to attend the many different events put on throughout the month. For more in-formation on Mexico’s Independence Day celebration visit the Grito de Independencia event page on Facebook.

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As the harvest season ends for some crops and begins for others, the agriculture markets begin to see new produce.

But while in the store looking at all the options, one probably doesn’t think of the problems farmers had to deal with just to produce their crops that year.

Farmers who grow cucumbers, musk-melon or pumpkins often come across bacterial wilt of cucurbits.

Cucurbits is the scientific name for a family of plants that consists of cucum-bers, muskmelon, pumpkins, squash and watermelon. Cucurbits are grown com-mercially in Iowa, on hundreds of farms. The acreage of these crops is tiny com-pared to corn or soybeans, but they are very valuable on a per-acre basis.

Bacterial wilt is an important disease of cucurbits that is caused by a bacterium, Erwinia tracheiphila, a cousin to the bac-teria that causes Goss’ wilt. This bacteria thrives in the bodies of striped and spotted cucumber beetles.

A cucumber beetle first gets in the bac-teria by eating an already infected plant. When that beetle travels to another plant, it begins to eat the new plant, wounding it.

As all creatures must do eventually, the beetle answers the call of nature and leaves fecal matter (frass) on the plant’s leaves. The bacteria in the beetle frass eventually gets into the wounded leaf and begins to spread.

The bacteria gets into the plumbing system of the plant, multiplies and ends up creating a sort of slime. This slime even-tually ends up blocking the flow of water causing the plant wilt — eventually killing it.

“The disease can be very damaging and may cause up to 80 percent yield loss on muskmelon and cucumber,” said Erika Saalau Rojas, a diagnostician at ISU Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic and

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graduate student in plant pathology and microbiology.

There are, however, ways to prevent the beetles from killing the cucurbit plants.

One method being researched at Iowa State is to cover the plants with non-wo-ven fabric made of 100 percent polyprope-lene called row covers.

“The point is to cover up the plants early in the season so the cucumber beetles can’t reach them,” said Mark Gleason, professor of plant pathology and microbiology.

“The real risk period for muskmelon and cucumbers is when the plants are very young. So we only want to protect them for maybe the first month of the growing season, when they’re most vulnerable. In addition, cucumber beetles are really at-tracted to the young plants.”

A second and more widely used meth-od for protecting these plants is spraying insecticides.

“You can spray insecticides and kill the beetles, but you have to spray a lot, and not everyone is excited about spray-ing insecticides because they have some environmental hazards associated with them,” Gleason said. “The environmental hazards are not only to people, they’re also to the bees that pollinate the crops. If you spray trying to kill cucumber beetles, you may kill bees as well.”

The third and experi-mental method to pro-tect the plants is by using perimeter trap cropping.

In this method, one

plants the chosen cucurbit plant, like muskmelon, in a field, but the two outside rows around the field are planted with a different cucurbit plant that’s more attrac-tive to the beetles. This outer row of plants draws the attention of the cucumber bee-tles, and they leave the muskmelon plants alone.

One possible drawback of the PTC method is that the farmer has to grow and sell two types of cucurbit crops.

The highly attractive outer rows needs protection, so the farmer must spray or find another way to protect those outer row plants. Despite the damage done to cucurbit plants by this bacterium, it doesn’t hurt humans.

“No, we don’t have any information suggesting that E. tracheiphila is harmful to humans,” Rojas said.

Bacterial wilt of cucurbits has been reported in other places, but is mainly im-pacting the U.S.

“Although it has been reported in other countries, this disease has economic im-portance only in the U.S., where it affects cucurbit growers mainly in the midwest and northeast,” Rojas said.

While the number of farms growing cucurbit plants is small, cucurbit plants are high value crops. All of the 300 to 500

Iowa farmers who grow these crops can be threatened by bacterial wilt. But bacterial wilt of cucurbits is not

just a farmer’s problem.“If you care about eating, you should

care about patho-gens,” Gleason

said.

How far would the average person go to honor those in our military? Iowa State University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 250 would go miles, 35 miles to be exact.

Friday, ISU Air Force ROTC commemorates National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Day with a run and memo-rial display. The cadets from Detachment 250 will run from the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines to the Memorial Union at ISU.

The memorial display will be in the Gold Star Hall of the Memorial Union.

The day will begin at 9 a.m. at the Iowa Statehouse, with a speech from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.

After Branstad’s speech, the run will start, which will be at about 9:30 a.m.

The 35 miles will be split up between two groups of cadets; each group will run for about three hours.

The first group will be starting at the Iowa Statehouse and they will meet the second group halfway between the Capitol and the MU. The second group will finish the 35 miles. The U.S. flag will be carried continuously from the capitol to the MU.

In the Gold Star Hall of the Memorial Union, members for the honor guard will stand guard at the memorial display that will be there throughout the day.

Nicholas D. Everett, AFROTC C/1st Lt. and senior in electrical engineering, said the best way to show support is to go to the display and take a look at the information available there.

To support the cadets running, people can be there when they arrive at the MU around 3:45 p.m.

National POW/MIA Day is a “good way for everyone to honor people that are in the service,” Everett said.

For cadets, this day gives them a sense of pride. To know others have given sacrifices to the United States and recog-nize what they have done for the nation and with their lives is what the day is all about.

“We want this day to raise awareness and have everyone acknowledge the sacrifices people in the military have made for this country,” Everett said.

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Nikki Bado’s Intro to World Religions class is a lot of fun and games.

But not traditional games.Instead of “Monopoly,”

students play “Mormonopoly.” And instead of “Risk,” they play “Missionary Conquest.” There is even a game called “Vatican” where players aim to rise in the papal hierarchy.

“Last time I played, I got to be Pope,” Bado said.

The use of games in this manner ties in with Bado’s most recent publication titled “Toying with God: The World of Religious Games and Dolls,” written with Rebecca Sachs Norris.

Freshman business ma-jor Hayley Ross finds this approach i n t e r e s t -ing. While the class has not covered the religion, “Missionary Conquest” is based on the les-sons and core of the religion.

“The goal was to go on as many mission trips as pos-sible, and get others to follow you,” Ross said. “It gave insight into that religion and provided fun insights.”

Bado continues to find unique ways to further bridge the gap between the classroom and life on the outside.

To help students under-stand how Hindus view their different gods and goddesses, Bado instructed students to think of how they view them-selves versus how their mom versus how their friends would

view them, bringing home the idea that we all view things differently.

Students may soon see les-sons emerging from Bado’s most recent research.

Bado and graduate re-search assistant Eric Waite spent close to six months in Japan studying Kukai, found-er of the Shingon branch of Buddhism.

“Kukai lived in the eighth century, but is still considered an important cultural figure,” Bado said. “He was a philoso-pher, architect, calligrapher and his teachings are still be-ing used by modern figures today.”

Through a grant from the U.S.-Japan Foundation, Bado and Waite spent from Jan. 17 through July 1 studying with research fellows at the Nanzan Institute for Religion

and Culture.They also conducted field

work at Koysan Mountain, the headquarters of Shingon Buddhism. The team gathered close to 500 GB of photo and film footage.

“The goal is to develop a high-definition documentary on one of the most famous parts of Kukai’s story, which is the events around the Shikoku Pilgrimage,” Bado said.

The Shikoku Pilgrimage is a strenuous 800-mile trek around Shikoku Island that draws more than 100,000 people from all over the world. Bado said people do it for a number of reasons ranging from vacationing hikers to those seeking personal and/or familial healing

“It can be an intensely moving and healing experi-ence,” Bado said of the journey.

“We’re trying to get at the folk-lore that arises connected to a place, like places where it is believed Kukai dug a well over-night with just his staff.”

While Bado did not com-plete the entire pilgrimage, Waite did. Bado said he saw more than 88 temples com-pared to her 20.

Bado continues to conduct research and bring these cul-tures home.

In the meantime, though, her students will continue to play games like the “Buddha Wheel.”

“It’s impossible to win,” she said.

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Reconsider benefits for ex-convicts

Editorial

The state of California took anoth-er stride a few days ago in its effort at maintaining its position as the most liberal, progressive state. Its decision to alter its Medicaid program, three years before the state is required to by the federal government, is an-other link in the chain of progress. Part of that decision is an extension of certain health care benefits to ex-convicts.

Criminals are people who have disregarded law and order, abrogat-ing the social contract, and entering a state of war against us all. They have left their membership in society to the winds; it is gone.

Criminal law differs from civil law. Civil law exists for individuals to seek financial compensation for the wrongs done to them as individuals. Criminal law exists because certain actions, if left unchecked and unpun-ished, damage our society and our polity.

So what do we do when the criminals obtain their release? We’ve decided we have an interest in put-ting them back on their feet, and in them becoming productive members of society. Maybe that’s true.

But the punishment we dispensed — holding them in prison cells far be-yond the dreams of millennia worth of prisoners — costs money, too. Two years ago in California, the average imprisonment cost was $47,102. Clearly the burdens for imprison-ment alone, much less rehabilitation, cost money we can ill afford.

Our inmates return to us after release. One 2002 study showed that 51.8 percent of them prove the value of our rehabilitation programs by returning to us within three years.

That study also showed that con-victs with longer prison terms had a lower re-arrest rate than other cat-egories. Maybe we should give them more time to think about the harm they’ve caused their victims and the harm they’ve caused the laws of their homeland.

Maybe we should make examples of criminals every now and then. When was the last public execution in the U.S.? They used to be public events, in full view with large atten-dance. Now when executions take place they occur in the heart of a pris-on and are made to be as painless as possible. Gone are the displays of the power of society over the individual.

Maybe if we do so we’ll actually change their character instead of pro-viding room and board paid for by the victims for a number of years. Instead of giving them financial advantages, we should consider actually reform-ing them. Until we compel them to act differently among us, they’ll continue to violate our laws and take advantage of law-abiding citizens.

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Sept. 11

As the 10th anniversary of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, passes, the nation looks ahead with hope after remembering

the tragic events of the day. On Sunday morn-ing, President Barack Obama spoke at New York’s ground zero site to thousands of guests. A moment of silence was observed at 8:46 a.m., the time when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north rower of the World Trade Center.

After President Obama read a psalm, 167 families began reading off the names of individuals who died in the attack, only to be interrupted by another moment of silence at 9:03 a.m. — the time when United Airlines Flight 175 struck the south tower. Four-and-a-half hours later, the oral listing of the dead was completed.

The events of 9/11 resulted in the immedi-ate deaths of 2,996 individuals. There were approximately 246 victims killed from the four planes crashed, approximately 2,606 victims killed in the World Trade Center towers with approximately 292 dying at street level as a result of burning debris and bodies falling from above, and approximately 125 victims killed in the Pentagon. Of the reported deaths, eight were those of children. More than 90 countries lost lives in the attacks; this event was truly a devastation not only to America, but to the world community as a whole.

The tragic events of Sept. 11 were devastat-ing to the United States and the world. Citizens of the United States as well as the rest of the world were reminded that the Western world is not invincible; we are just as vulnerable to tragedy and devastation as anyone else.

We should, however, remind ourselves that the tragedy America faced in 2001 is miniscule compared to the tragedy America and its allies have inflicted since the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks. Though we mourn and honor the victims of the attack 10 years ago, we should remember that families around the world mourn and honor the victims killed from attacks made by

the United States and its coalition five years ago, last year, last month and yesterday. The violence has continued.

As of 2010, in Afghanistan alone, 8,813 civilians have been killed, with an additional 15,863 civilians injured. These were citizens uninvolved in conflict. They were just as inno-cent as the citizens who perished in the World Trade Centers on Sept. 11. The only difference: There are almost three times as many of them.

In addition to the number of Afghan civil-ians killed since the U.S. and coalition attacks, a devastating number of other lives have been taken on Afghan soil. As of 2010, 8,587 Afghan troops have been killed, 1,140 U.S. troops have been killed, 772 other coalition troops have been killed, 298 contractors have been killed and 19 journalists have been killed. A total estimate of 19,629 deaths have occurred on Afghan soil.

As of 2010, an estimated 864,531 Iraq civil-ians have been killed. Another 1,566,156 civil-ians have been seriously injured. The estimat-ed civilian deaths in Iraq outnumber deaths on U.S. soil as a result of 9/11 by 865,535 human lives — an equivalent to the population of the city of Ames approximately 16 times over.

Similar to Afghanistan, an immense number of other lives have been taken on Iraqi soil in addition to the devastating civilian deaths. As of 2010, an estimated 30,000 Iraqi troops have been killed, 4,414 United States troops have been killed, 318 other coalition troops have been killed, 933 contractors have been killed and 142 journalists have been killed. A total estimate of 1,690,903 deaths have occurred on Iraqi soil — equivalent to the

killing of every citizen in the city of Des Moines almost nine times over.

Though the attacks on American soil of Sept. 11, 2001, were devastating, the death and destruction both Iraq and Afghanistan have experienced since is near incomprehensible. It is estimated that Afghanistan alone experi-ences the death of one Sept. 11 event every 231.24 days.

In Iraq, the frequency jumps to the equiva-lent of a 9/11 event every 8.23 days. Combined, the deaths in both countries average the equivalent casualties of a Sept. 11 event every 7.95 days. Most shocking: Combined, Iraq and Afghanistan have experienced the equivalent of 348 Sept. 11s.

No doubt about it, the tragedy experienced by the United States and the world on Sept. 11, 2001, was devastating. However, when remembering the victims of 9/11, we must also remember and honor the deaths that have resulted at the hands of American and coali-tion forces.

Since 9/11, only 33 deaths from “Muslim” terrorism have occurred in the United States. Deaths as a result of American terrorism on Iraqi and Afghan soil: 919,967.

Don’t you think it’s time we turn down the volume on talk surrounding the devastation 9/11 caused our country, and turn up the vol-ume on talk regarding the devastation that has occurred at the hands of Americans?

As we remember and reflect as a nation in our shared grief over the events of 9/11, per-haps America should remember this as well: It took four-and-a-half hours to name the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

If we were to name the victims killed on Iraq and Afghanistan soil since American and coalition occupation, it would take us approxi-mately 1,556 hours, 65.25 days, or two months and five days.

US not only country to suffer

Requiring vaccine isn’t unreasonable

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While there are 101 things I disagree with Rick Perry about,

I have found the tiniest glimmer of hope in him. The revelation that we shared similar views on a topic was shocking to say the least.

In the tea party Republican debate Monday, Rick Perry was called out for his support of a program that would have required Texan sixth-grade girls to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.

For some reason, Michele Bachmann thought this was a bad idea. She told Perry that “to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injec-tion through an executive order is just wrong.”

Now, if we assume that Bachmann is taking issue with the fact that Perry had supported HPV vaccines as required by the government, perhaps she should take a look at all the other required vaccines children must get. Every single state in America has at least three vaccines that are required of all children, and about half a dozen more vaccines either required or highly recommended.

To oppose a required HPV vac-cine on the basis that it’s a “forced government injection” requires

Bachmann to equally oppose oth-er required vaccines. State laws regarding vaccinating children not only protects those vaccinated from the disease, they protect the rest of the population by prevent-ing the spread of disease from a school or child care setting.

While the HPV vaccine doesn’t protect against the typical child-hood diseases, it does protect against the most common sexually transmitted infection — some-thing most people will one day have to worry about.

To allow this vaccine to effec-tively protect against the human papillomavirus, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that it is given to adolescents around 11 to 12 years old (and since it takes three doses over six months, it’s good to get it done sooner rather than later).

While HPV often fades on its own, it is almost solely responsible for all cervical cancer. So, here

we have a vaccine that is effective at preventing the leading cause of cervical cancer, and we have the CDC recommending that it is given to young girls so that they will be protected when they begin to participate in sexual activity.

Because STIs are certainly an issue of public health, it seems reasonable that a cancer-preventing STI vaccine would be something required of youth.

But perhaps Bachmann’s objection lies in that it was a requirement Perry supported. She claimed to be “offended for all the little girls and parents who didn’t have a choice.”

Do these children have a choice when it comes to vaccines such as this? If Perry’s attempted executive order was reasonable in any way, it should have had provi-sions for exemptions to the HPV vaccine -- just like other normal childhood vaccines.

Current state requirements for vaccines allow for medical exemp-tions, religious and philosophical reasons, or if documentation can be provided that the child already had that disease, and is subsequently immune. Nearly every state allows for religious exemptions, and 19 states allow for philosophical exemptions (al-

lowing for parents that question the vaccination’s safety, effective-ness or necessity to sidestep the requirements).

While I’m not sure why anyone would object to their child receiv-ing a vaccine, I see no particular reason to oppose a program that would require a cancer and STI-preventing vaccine. As long as the program allows for the ap-propriate exemptions if parents so choose, an HPV vaccine require-ment could greatly reduce the incidence of the STI in sexually active females (and males) and give them the reassurance that they are protected from cervical cancer.

So, for once, I agree with Rick Perry. Vaccines that are required by states should not only reflect the importance of protecting the health of children from conta-gious diseases such as measles, mumps or pertussis, but also the need to protect the sexual health and safety of individuals from other common infections in the population. If we have the ability to prevent sickness, why would we not?

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File photo: Gulnara Samoilova/The Associated PressSmoke billows from the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. As Americans remember 9/11, we must keep in mind the people in Iraq and Afghanistan who have suffered or died at the hand of the U.S. and its coalition.

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A single day to remove fossil fuels. Is that all it takes to turn our planet into a cleaner, more sus-tainable place to live?

Maybe not, but don’t you think it’s about time we start de-manding solutions to the climate crisis.

The efforts will kick-off on Sept. 24. The United States will be one of 147 countries hosting Moving Planet: A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels. And, where better to have a location then Ames, contributing some cy-clone power to this worldwide movement.

The idea for Moving Planet came from 350.org, a global cam-paign and network that works with grass-roots organizers in 188 countries to mobilize against climate change and for a cleaner tomorrow.

The goal is to swarm the streets and sidewalks by the thousands on foot, bicycles, skates or other

means of sustainable movement. 350.org wants to bring power-ful demands to our leaders on the 24th, to move beyond fossil fuels to a 350ppm world

If you are unfamiliar with the meaning of 350ppm, simply put, it is what scientists, climate experts and progressive national govern-ments say is the safe upper limit

for CO2 in our atmosphere.There will be a follow-up story

after the event. Be sure look for photos and a recap of the day in Cystainability’s next issue.

It’s no wonder design students walk into the Design Building and are never heard from again.

Do you ever ponder what actually happens be-hind those concrete walls? One of the many projects was the “Iowa House” built in Corning, Iowa, by Iowa State’s very own design students.

This 1,080-square-foot house was completed in August 2011 and priced at $132,000 to demon-strate efficiency and affordability.

According to a news release from Iowa State’s news service, “airtight construction, high insula-tions levels, the smallest furnace on the market, and orientation and windows that maximize the sun’s energy” are included.

Corning received a grant from the fed-eral Neighborhood Stabilization Program and use the $120,000 to fund the construction. After the house is sold, the money will go back to the city and can be reinvested.

In an energy audit con-ducted by the Des Moines firm Cynergy, the Iowa House passed without breaking a sweat with an air-filtration test result of 171 cubic feet per minute (1,500 is typical; below 1,000 is considered good). Overall, 92 percent of the Iowa House was energy efficient.

In nearly every area of the Iowa House’s con-struction, students were there to pave the way. ISU graduate and Iowa House co-designer Leah Karns said that students were split into two groups when the project began: one group responsible for research and the other for the design of the house.

As progress was made, students were then as-signed more specific tasks, including creating construction documents, landscape design, working on plumbing and electri-cal systems in the home and writing the home specifications.

“It was not the typical set of specs,” Karns said. “It needed to have enough technical information that the builders would find it useful, but it also had to be understandable to the fu-ture owner.”

When someone is searching for a home, they tend to look for af-fordability and attractive-ness, neither of which are typically associated with sustainability.

The students who helped construct the Iowa House savored the oppor-tunity to bust this myth.

“The Iowa House is a showcase of locally pro-duced affordable sustain-able design,” said Mandy McCulley, 2010 graduate of the architecture pro-gram. “This home proves to the community that a home can be energy-effi-cient, affordable and at-tractive all at once.”

Although the Iowa House is a rarity in con-struction, co-designer Andrew Bell, currently studying architecture at the master’s level, believes this home sets a good ex-ample for future construc-tion projects.

“With increased awareness and a little more effort, private homes can become part of the so-lution to environmental is-sues rather than the prob-lem,” Bell said.

If you want to know more about how to con-tribute to a sustainable lifestyle, Iowa State of-fers 350 “green” courses in more than 40 depart-ments in all eight colleges at Iowa State that focus on sustainability. Iowa State will prepare you in leader-ship for this dynamic and rapidly developing field of environmental studies.

Whether you are an undergrad or a graduate student, there are oppor-tunities for sustainability-related programs as well, in sustainable agriculture.

There also is an ini-tiative to incorporate a few more minors, ma-jors and master’s degree in the future. Be sure to look for them on Iowa State’s website as they are constructed.

With each of our “green” footprints left on the planet, we will walk our way right into a sustain-able future.

Student designer Damion Spilman, Master of Architecture gradu-ate, urges, “don’t wait for a course offering to open up before you start learning about sustainability, get after it today.”

1. Flip the switch � Turn off appliances and electronics on nights

and weekends to save hundreds of dollars annually.

2. ‘Off’ better than sleep mode � The “off” switch is superior to your computer’s

“sleep mode.” Turn off the CPU and monitor to save more than $100 annually.

3. Ride the bus � ISU students ride all CyRide routes free.

Faculty and staff can ride three circulator routes through campus free. For other routes, faculty and staff can buy passes at half the price. (Public Safety’s parking division subsi-dizes the passes.)

4. When to turn off the lights � Turn off lights if you leave a room for more

than 15 minutes. Don’t worry about reducing a fluorescent light’s life by switching. New lights handle this better.

5. Share the fridge � A small dorm-type refrigerator (3 cu. feet)

costs $10 annually. A 12-cu. ft. refrigerator is $22 and a 24-cu. ft. refrigerator/freezer is $210.

6. Don’t lower the thermostat just for your computer’s sake

� Most computers today can easily operate in a 78-degree room, if there’s airflow. Overheated computers are usually located in closets, corners or under desks, where air flow is minimal.

7. Get a flat panel � Flat-panel LCD computer monitors use

one-fifth of the energy of the old-style CRT monitors.

8. Fume hoods are big spenders � It costs about $6,200 to run a lab fume hood

full-time for a year. When a hood isn’t in use, the sash should be fully lowered or the hood should be removed from service and clearly marked as unavailable.

9. Bright idea � Make the switch from incandescent lights to

compact fluorescent or LED bulbs. The lights last longer and use less energy.

10. Save with sensors � Install automatic light sensors in rooms not

in continuous use. The sensors, which cost about $37 plus installation, will turn lights on only when people enter the room.

Create more sustainable campus

Students build ‘green’ house

Ames to host global campaign

Photo courtesy of Leah KarnsMarked at $132,000 for efficiency and affordability, this house contains windows that give the most light. The Iowa House is 1,080 square feet and 92 percent energy efficient.

Design

Energy

File photo: Iowa State DailyOrganizers of the Ames Moving Planet event have been considering joining with ActivUs to “send a message to the ISU administration that the community wants to phase out the burning of coal in favor of renewable energy.”

Photo courtesy of Leah KarnsIowa State provides 350 “green” courses that are centered around sustainability.

Photo courtesy of Moving Planet

Arctic ice melt breaks 2007 record

WASHINGTON — Arctic sea ice melted this summer to the second lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago, scientists reported Thursday, mostly blaming global warming.

“This is not a random event,” said ocean-ographer James Overland of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “It’s a long-term change in Arctic climate.”

The new measurements were taken by the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. It reported that the amount of ice cover-ing the Arctic hit its lowest point late last week, covering just 1.67 million square miles. Only in 2007 was there less summer sea ice, which has been dramatically declining since scientists began using satellites to monitor melt in 1979. Other records go back to 1953.

Each summer, sea ice melts and then re-freezes starting in the fall. The summer mini-mum is a key measurement for scientists mon-itoring man-made global warming. This year’s level is 36 percent below the average minimum of 2.59 million square miles.

Since the 1980s, summer Arctic ice has shrunk from something the size of the Lower 48 United States to an area that covers just the region west of the Mississippi River, said Snow and Ice Data Center scientist Walt Meier.

The University of Bremen in Germany, which uses a different satellite sensor and has been monitoring levels since 2003, reported last week that this year’s sea ice actually fell be-low the record set in 2007.

Ice Data Center research scientist Julienne Stroeve said two factors cause summer sea ice to shrink more than normal: worsening man-made global warming and localized and sea-sonal Arctic weather. In 2007, local weather conditions all were the worst possible for keep-ing sea ice frozen, she said.

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After getting swept by the Panthers of Northern Iowa, the road doesn’t get any easi-er for the Cyclones.

Iowa State trav-els to Lincoln, Neb., for a matchup against the No. 9-ranked Cornhuskers.

Iowa State (9-1) earned its first-ever win against Nebraska in 2009, defeating them in five sets. Nebraska’s record against the Cyclones sits at 79-1.

Nebraska comes into the match with a 6-1 record and a 3-0 record at home. Their only loss came against No. 15 Colorado State.

Gina Mancuso has been causing problems for op-ponents at outside hitter. She is averaging 3.78 kills per set while maintaining a hitting percentage of .336. Iowa State will also have to watch out for middle blocker Brooke Delano, who is hitting .381 this season.

“She’s really good on the slide,” said coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “We’re go-

ing to have a good block set-up. If we can take their setter off of the net, that will take Delano out of the offense.”

The biggest challenge the Cyclones will face is at the net. Opponents have only averaged a .104 against Nebraska.

Iowa State’s biggest downfall in the loss to the Panthers was the serve and pass game. That is going to have to be fixed for the Cyclones to be able to com-pete against Nebraska.

“I think there were times where we got in a rhythm, but

I think we struggled to get in a rhythm passing,” Johnson-Lynch said. “If we do that to Nebraska, we’re going to have no shot.”

The match against Nebraska also serves as a homecoming for many mem-bers of the ISU squad. The Cyclones feature five native Nebraskans.

With that many players from the same state, it has created a sort of bond within the team.

“We like to joke about it and say we’re from Nebraska,” said senior de-

fensive specialist Caitlin Mahoney, an Omaha native. “That’s something we all have a bond with.”

Three of the five Nebraskans are seniors. This creates other certain emo-tions for their final time fac-ing off against the team that, at one point, they dreamt of playing for.

“It’s different because they’re all Nebraska fans, but they root for us, too,” said senior right-side Kelsey Petersen. “We’re the home-town girls, so they still love us.”

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Iowa State faces 2nd straight road test

Football

Volleyball

File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State DailyArizona State’s Danica Mendivil attempts a spike against Iowa State’s right-side hitter Kelsey Petersen (left) and middle blocker Tenisha Matlock during the Iowa State Challenge at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones take to the road for the second straight game to face No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday.

Big. Physical. Mayhem-oriented.Those are not exactly friendly

words to an offensive coach’s ears as he prepares for an upcoming opponent.

Unfortunately for Iowa State’s offensive staff, those are the words being used to describe Connecticut’s defense as the Cyclones travel to Connecticut to face the Huskies on Friday night.

“They will look as good as any foot-ball team we play and they show that on paper,” said coach Paul Rhoads. “They are big on both sides of the foot-ball and they are also very physical.”

Through two games this season, the Huskies’ defense, which returns nine starters from last year’s 8-5 squad, has allowed a total of 428 yards on defense. That total is the best in

the Big East and eighth-best nation-ally among teams that have played two games.

“They’re a physi-cal group, they pur-sue all over the field. There’s a reason they’re only allowing a little over 200 yards a game, is because everywhere the ball carriers have gone with their first two opponents they’ve been there,” Rhoads said.

UConn’s defense under defensive coordinator Don Brown showcases a lot of movement across the field both pre-snap and post-snap, which will be a challenge for an ISU offense that will have seven starters making the first road trip of their college careers.

“They’re a little bit more mayhem-oriented,” said ISU offensive coordi-nator Tom Herman. “They’re going to

try to confuse you and throw a bunch of stuff at you.”

The Huskies’ pressure scheme has worked so far this season with eight sacks, most in the Big East and tied for 10th-most in the nation.

“What you see isn’t always what you’re going to get,” Rhoads said.

UConn’s defense has been led this season by a pair of redshirt junior linebackers in Jory Johnson, who leads the Big East in tackles with 19, and Sio Moore, whose 3.5 sacks leads the Big East and is tied for third-most in the nation.

“They get off the ball, they pen-etrate, they get up field and they’re making plays right now,” Rhoads said.

Even dating back to last year, UConn’s calling card has been its defense.

The Huskies haven’t scored an offensive touchdown in their last three games against BCS conference

opponents including a 24-21 loss to Vanderbilt last week in which their points came off a punt blocked for a touchdown, a fumble return for a touchdown and a pair of field goals.

Rhoads and his staff know that how successful the ISU offense can be at recognizing UConn’s varying defensive looks will be a big factor in Friday night’s outcome.

“It affects you, you’ve got to be able to [identify] the people that poten-tially can come and then pick up all of them,” Rhoads said. “It’s a concern going into [the game], and it was a concern for me going into the season because I didn’t think we protected very well against our defense, so we’ll be anxious to get out there. We think we have some protection things solid-ified, and we’ll find out Friday night.”

Kickoff for Friday night’s game is scheduled for 7 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN2.

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Quarterback Steele Jantz rushes past the Iowa defense during last Saturday’s game at Jack Trice Stadium. Jantz threw 279 yards to help the Cyclones defeat the Hawkeyes 44-41 in triple overtime. Iowa State will take on Connecticut at 7 p.m. Friday.

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Ex-Ohio State, NFL player pleads guilty in scamCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Art Schlichter pleaded guilty Thursday to theft charges linked to a sports ticket-fraud scheme and apologized to a woman who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in the plot.In a deal worked out with state and federal prosecu-tors, Schlichter pleaded guilty Thursday to 13 counts and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He also was ordered to pay $680,000 in restitution, though a prosecutor conceded victims were likely to never see the money.Schlichter will appear Friday in federal court, where he faces related charges of bank and wire fraud and filing a false tax return. Schlichter has indicated he’ll plead guilty to those charges, though no date for accepting the plea has been set.

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Big 12:

Chancellor: Future rests with SoonersCOLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton says the Big 12’s fate largely rests with Oklahoma.Deaton told The Associated Press that he and other univer-sity leaders “are working every day to hold the Big 12 together” but the next move is largely dependent on the Sooners. Oklahoma president David Boren said earlier this month that the school was in contact with multiple conferences and expected to decide soon whether to remain in the Big 12.The conference lost Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colorado (Pac-12) over the summer.The Missouri chancellor is president of the Big 12’s board of directors. He says Missouri is well-positioned to land on its feet should the Big 12 disintegrate, though he declined to name specific destinations.

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OU regents to meet on realignmentCLAREMORE, Okla. — University of Oklahoma officials are scheduled to discuss its Big 12 affiliation on Monday.The school’s board of regents has posted the agenda for Monday’s meeting. It’s a single paragraph that says the board will consider switching conference affiliation, and any legal ramifications of such a move.The agenda says the regents may discuss the topic behind closed doors and “take any ap-propriate action.”University president David Boren said earlier this month that Oklahoma had been in contact with multiple conferences.

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SpOrtS JargOn:Hitting percentageSPORT:

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A statistic that tallies kills subtracted by attack errors, which is then divided by total attempts for a player in a match.

USE:Hannah Willms had 10 kills with one attack error in 18 attempts, which gave her a hitting percentage of .500.

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Iowa State will host its first and only cross-country meet, the Iowa Intercollegiate, on Saturday at the ISU cross-country course located on the cor-ner of Hayward Avenue and Mortensen Road.

Competitors in the race will include colleges in all divisions from all over Iowa.Coach Corey Ihmels expects 10 to 12 teams to attend.

The Cyclone runners will be treating this event as more of a workout than a race in order to prepare for their first big race of the season on Sept. 24 at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis.

“I’m going to have set paces for them to run,” Ihmels said. “We’re going to control it a little bit, see how much self-control our ath-letes have.”

Every runner for Iowa State will compete in the race, but freshmen will compete unat-tached in case they decide to redshirt their first season.

This race will be a decider for many of the freshmen as to whether or not they will com-pete as a redshirt, but Ihmels said it would not be the only deciding factor.

“After Saturday we’ll know whether or not I’m going to redshirt for the whole season,”

said freshman Steve Dado.“If I finish in the top seven, then I’ll prob-

ably not redshirt.”Members of the team who competed at the

Drake Bulldog Classic on Sept. 2 already have a feel for what it’s like to compete against other Iowa teams.

“It gave us a lot of confidence going into other meets that we’re in really good shape and really ready to take on some tough teams,” said redshirt freshman Madeline Becker.

Becker, a Cedar Rapids native, placed fourth at the 4,000-meter Drake Invite with a time of 15:21.99.

She had a time of 19:10.73 at last year’s Iowa Intercollegiate meet while competing unattached.

The Cyclones are finishing up their fifth week of practice and some are feeling focused and healthy.

“All my workouts have gone well, and I’m staying injury-free,” Dado said. “That was my goal at the beginning of the year: stay healthy all year.”

Becker experienced an injury to her left leg over the summer after overworking it. With the help of team trainers and smart workouts, Becker’s leg is at 100 percent again.

“It hasn’t hurt for two weeks,” Becker said.The Iowa Intercollegiate meet is open to

anyone who wishes to compete, but the coach-es ask that those interested please email assis-tant coach Travis Hartke first.

The women will begin their 5,000-meter race at noon, while the men will run an 8,000-meter race starting at around 12:30 p.m.

By Caitlyn Diimig @iowastatedaily.com

It will be a short week for the ISU women’s golf team. After finishing fourth at the Dale McNamara Invitational in Tulsa, Okla., the team will travel to New Mexico for the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque.

The fourth-place finish was a strong showing for the team considering how it start-ed the weekend. After trailing the first round and finishing the round in 10th, the team was able to climb in the stand-ings to fourth after the second round, where it would finish the tournament.

“We made up some ground after the first round, but didn’t move up after that,” said assis-tant coach Pina Gentile. “We learned some things that we could improve on for the rest of the year.”

The Cyclones were led by freshman Chonlada Chayanun, who hails from Bangkok, Thailand. She fin-ished the tournament in a tie for ninth place with 221 strokes.

“[Chayanun] is a wonderful addition to the team,” Gentile said. “She has already been fun to watch.”

Also among the top leaders for the Cyclones were sopho-more Prima Thammaraks, who finished in 14th place

overall with 222 strokes. Senior Kristin Paulson was one stroke behind Thammaraks; with 223 strokes, she finished in a tie for 15th.

After the first tournament there is room for improve-ment, and the Cyclones plan to keep in touch with their goals moving forward, Gentile said.

“Our goal, at the end of the year is to make it to nationals, and you don’t get there after the first tournament,” Gentile said. “We need to keep build-ing on what we accomplished and move forward with new goals every week.”

The tournament featured many Big 12 schools that the Cyclones will be compet-ing against during the spring. Oklahoma State won the tournament and was the only school from the Big 12 that fin-ished inside the top five beside Iowa State.

With the first tournament out of the way, the team now shifts its focus to the next tournament.

It may be a short week, but that was not what the team was focusing on, said sopho-more Sasikarn On-iam.

“We didn’t focus on [next week], just on the round we were playing that day,” On-iam said.

After the tournament was over, the Cyclones shifted fo-cus to the next, the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational, that starts just

three days after the last one ended.

Because of that, the team needs to not only focus on school, but golf as well, Gentile said.

“We don’t want to take too much time away from school, so we will bring the players that are ready to play next week,” Gentile said. “They are student-athletes and still need to go to school.”

Before this weekend, the Cyclones were ranked No. 21 in the Golfweek poll and No. 26 by Golf World/NGCA poll. Both spots will likely stay the same since the Cyclones are playing preseason tourna-ments, and the season starts in the spring.

The next tournament for the Cyclones will only be a two-day tournament, unlike last week’s that lasted three rounds.

By Mark.Schafer @iowastatedaily.com

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Cyclones to host only home meet of season

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Although research fund for Goss’ wilt is limited, ISU re-searchers have achieved quite a bit. Iowa State and University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, were able to identify the risk factor, and research the bacte-rium diversity and how farm-ing methods affect infection and the disease development.

Goss’ wilt is impacting ev-eryone, not just farmers.

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“Iowa’s water quality stan-dards are based on E. coli, which is not necessarily bad for you,” Hruby said, “but if you have more of it, it means all the other things that come along with manure or human waste could be there.”

E. coli is a good indicator of salmonella, which is always harmful, Hruby said.

“If you’re looking at public health, or if you’re trying to tell farmers how to improve their practices, you have a lot more credibility when you can say, ‘This is really the stuff that makes you sick,’” Hruby said.

It is unclear whether non-point-source bacteria pollu-

tion is on the rise, Hruby said, because research in this area began only recently.

“More and more streams and lakes are listed as im-paired for bacteria — that means they don’t meet the standards for recreational use of the water,” Hruby said, “but part of the reason the num-bers are increasing is because we monitor them more.”

Professor Michelle Soupir, Hruby’s adviser, said the proj-ect with which she is involved is unique in that it is funded by the Iowa Egg Council.

“They’re really interested in learning what kind of man-agement practices would help to reduce the impact of land application of manure on

water quality,” Soupir said. “Hopefully, at the end of the day we can make some recom-mendations ... and then they can use that information to help inform their producers.”

ISU undergraduates of-ten help Hruby gather water samples and perform the hun-dreds of tests necessary for obtaining accurate results.

“We grow a lot of bacteria, and they’re really helpful for that. If they’re really lucky, they actually get to count the bacteria on the plate,” Hruby said, smiling.

Hruby earned an under-graduate degree in geology and environmental science from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. After study-

ing volcanoes in Greece, she returned to her home state of Minnesota for a year before moving to Iowa.

“I ended up doing a mas-ter’s degree in geology here [at ISU],” Hruby said. “Along the way I took some classes in hydrogeology and water con-taminants, and that landed me a job at the Department of Natural Resources.”

Hruby’s work for the DNR mainly involves livestock op-erations, including the identi-fication of land that is suscep-tible to contamination.

Hruby will graduate in ap-proximately a year and a half. After that, she hopes to secure a teaching job.

“Ideally I’d get a faculty

position and do research and travel and do work in other places,” Hruby said. “Agriculture and bacteria is everywhere.”

Hruby hopes to publish at least five scientific papers based on her current research, once it is complete. Of these, she hopes at least one will ad-dress the policy repercussions created by work like hers.

“[Hruby] has a great per-spective because she has ex-perience with the DNR, and now she can really use her Ph.D. research to help inform policy,” Soupir said. “She sees a real need for making her re-sults useful to a more general audience. I think it’s really great to have that.”

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VirgoDaily Horoscope : by Nancy Black

Today’s Birthday 09/16/11. You’re very fortunate now. Go ahead and be confident. Look as far down the road as you can, so you can plan your best line and avoid unnecessary accidents. Frugality is a virtue that serves you well. Even if income seems fine, sock some away for later. Your relationships are thriving, so enjoy them.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries March 21-April 19Today is a 9 -- Exert power gently, with charm and persuasion. It’s a lucky moment for love. Ask for what you want. Concentrate on serving others, and your own needs get met.

Taurus April 20-May 20Today is a 9 -- Clear out space, and grow something beautiful. Focus on the love all around to grow it faster. It’s okay to have more than you need. Throw a party to celebrate.

Gemini May 21-June 21Today is an 8 -- A new revelation helps you understand a puzzle. You’re surrounded by abundance at home. If you don’t have what you need, someone nearby does, and folks want to help.

Cancer June 22-July 22Today is an 8 -- You’re earning generous rewards. Discover, study and explore something familiar to deepen your understanding. Distant connections contribute. Listen to a friend about romance.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22Today is an 8 -- Assume more responsibility for the next two days. Success can be yours. Remember that love is the most important part, as you go ahead and step up to the next level.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Today is a 7 -- Keep your objective in mind, and prioritize actions. Make a change for the better. The right words come easily now. Dare to talk to strangers. Listen and learn.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22Today is an 8 -- Financial planning comes easily now. It may be the perfect time to complete a project or to handle procrastinated paperwork. Get it done, and treat yourself to a movie.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Today is a 9 -- You’re very persuasive now. Go for an income increase. You’re becoming more interesting to another.

Call a distant friend to renew a connection that benefits both.

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