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A student concerned with the health center, one concerned with overcrowding, one con-cerned with tuition increase and another who considers him-self homeless all voiced their concerns Wednesday night at

the Government of the Student Body’s open forum.

President Steven Leath, Pro-vost Jonathan Wickert, Vice Presi-dent of Business and Finance Warren Madden, Chief of Staff Miles Lackey and Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Martino Harmon listened to stu-dents’ concerns about campus growth and enrollment.

The administrators and GSB coordinated the event because they said they are both still in-terested in creating solutions to any problems students feel were created by enrollment.

“I’m pleased that so many people want to attend ISU. It speaks volumes of the experienc-es people have had,” Leath said. “We know if the student experi-

ence suffers, enrollment suffers, and our reputation suffers.”

Transportation was an issue that upset many students. Robert Dunn, senior in pre-business, challenged the administration to take a ride on CyRide to see the problems students face.

“I will challenge you specifi-cally to go on the 1 Red route go-ing out to West Ames which is all

student housing and see if you’ll be able to actually get a seat dur-ing the entire ride,”Dunn said.

Dunn also voiced his concern about rental rates on campus.

“I lived in Ames before I be-came a student and the growth has affected rental rates. The demand for housing has made

Field school wasn’t exactly ideal, students had to live without running water and electricity for weeks. Not to mention working in the hot sun or rain during the days. It never stopped Da-vid Gradwohl from digging for artifacts.

Gradwohl, professor emeri-tus of anthropology and found-ing director of ISU Archeological lab, was described as absolutely relentless by his early students.

This year, the ISU Archeo-logical Lab celebrates it’s 50 years of existence —if Gradwohl had not found a passion in digging for artifacts, the lab might not have been started.

About Gradwohl“I attended the University of

Nebraska, starting out as a fresh-man I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Gradwohl said.

It was the summer after his freshman year when he had found his passion. Gradwohl went with a couple of buddies to do fieldwork in South Dakota.

“We would live in a tent camp all summer without run-ning water and without electric-ity,” Gradwohl said.

It was his the first time work-ing at a field site. They explored prehistoric and early historic Native Americans who had once lived along the Missouri River.

South Dakota State Historical So-ciety was excavating the area be-fore it was flooded by a reservoir.

“I went from $1.375 an hour in union wages to $0.75 an hour and living in a tent camp without electricity and running water,” Gradwohl said. “But gee it was fun.”

After his freshman summer Gradwohl took classes in anthro-pology and geology. Not only was the subject material interesting to him, but the instructors were passionate about the subjects they taught.

“I always had an interest in rocks, minerals and fossils even as a kid,” Gradwohl said.

After graduating, Gradwohl studied in Edinburgh, Scotland where he studied prehistoric archeology of Europe for a year. Upon returning to the U.S., he decided to pursue a degree in anthropology with a special-ization in North American and European archeology at Harvard University.

It was around this time when Gradwohl and his wife were in-terested in settling back into the midwest for family and to pursue Gradwohl’s interest in plains archeology. Coincidentally there was a position open at Iowa State for a full-time anthropologist.

Gradwohl Begins at Iowa State

Gradwohl was working to complete his Ph.D when he was hired at Iowa State, but his dis-

sertation wasn’t quite finished. Today, he wouldn’t have been able to get a job with an incom-plete dissertation.

Social science was blossom-ing in the 1960s. There were more jobs than qualified people to fill them, Gradwohl said. He was the first anthropologist hired to teach anthropology full-time at Iowa State.

“I would never have the courage or naivete to do that again,” Gradwohl said.

There was a lot of interest in social sciences and new courses had to be created. For Gradwohl, it was exciting to develop and cre-ate courses in the anthropology program.

“It was the time in which President Robert Parks took over and he tried to install a program called ‘the New Humanism,” Gradwohl said. “It brought in new humanities and arts into what had been a university of ag-riculture, engineering and home economics.”

Developing ClassesGradwohl said that often

times professors with Ph.Ds weren’t required to take teacher certification classes. As a new instructor he tried to emulate professors he found effective when attending class.

“The participatory aspect, I intentionally tried to incorpo-rate,” Gradwohl said, “After we

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Buildings at Iowa State Uni-versity are using effective new ways to reduce the runoff of ex-cess rainwater. Sukup, Elings and the Biorenewables Building are using permeable pavers to help rainwater soak into the ground.

“The biggest reason we are using them [permeable pavers] is that the west side of campus has some severe restrictions in storm water management,” said Kerry Dixon, coordinator of sustainable design with Facilities Planning and Management.

When Sukup, Elings and the Biorenewables Building were built, off-flow of rainwater in the new and renovated buildings was required to be less than it was before construction, Dixon said. The new pavers were installed to help meet that goal.

Permeable pavers control the flow of rainwater into the ground, said Mike Kunard, ter-ritory manager of AZEK Building Products, a company that manu-factures permeable pavers.

The average landscape can handle a flow rate of about 1 gallon of water per square foot per minute, Kunard said, but permeable pavers can handle 5 gallons of water per square foot per minute.

“I love it,” Dixon said. “I was given a tour over at ABE [Sukup, Elings and the Biorenewables building] a couple weeks ago. It was absolutely pouring all morn-ing. We get over there, it stopped raining, and [on] all of the side-walks coming up were various puddles that everyone’s trying

to avoid, and you hit that plaza and it’s dry.”

Driveways, patios, walkways and low slope rooftops are just a few of the places permeable pavers can be used, Kunard said.

“We were looking for some-thing that was lightweight and easy to handle, this [permeable pavers] kind of fit the bill,” said Gordon Woods, manager of heat-ing plant maintenance.

Recyclability is one of the best features of the new pavers, Kunard said. For every 1,000 square feet of pavers made, 500 tires and 1,500 one gallon plastic containers are removed from landfills. The pavers themselves can be recycled and made into new pavers.

“That’s a benefit, that they do have recycled content in them,” Dixon said. “We’re trying to specify and use more prod-ucts that have a higher recycled content. It’s just less product that’s winding up in a landfill somewhere.”

The average price of AZEK pavers are about $8-$10 per square foot while the price of standard concrete is $5-$6 per square foot, Kunard Said. But Dixon said the increase in price shouldn’t prevent someone from using permeable pavers.

“That is a first time cost, the long term cost for us not retaining the water on site is much higher,” Dixon said. “The use of perme-able pavers pays for themselves very quickly,” Dixon said.

Kunard sees the popularity of permeable pavers growing. He said people are becoming more environmentally conscious and they want to be more responsible for rainwater runoff.

Permeable pavers answer building’s prayers to puddlesBy [email protected]

Courtesy of Iowa Archaeological SocietyThe ISU Archaeological Lab on its first field trip in 1964. Since then, the founder, David Gradwohl, has developed new courses for the anthropology program at Iowa State.

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Tiffany Herring/Iowa State DailyA 4.5 percent rise in enrollment in the 2014-2015 school year has led to overcrowding in various places from dining halls to elevators.

Iowa State DailyStudents file into the Hoover Hall auditorium on the first day of classes. Iowa State now has its largest-ever enrollment of 34,732.

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Oct. 23An individual reported the theft of cash from a locker at State Gymnasium (reported at 6:46 p.m.). An officer initiated a drug re-lated investigation at the Ar-mory (reported at 10:36 p.m.).

Oct. 24A 20 year old driver was re-ferred to DOT officials for a .02 civil violation at Lincoln Way and University Boulevard (reported at 1:35 a.m.). Tr e vo r R i n g , 2 0 , o f 1 2 1 Beach Avenue, Apartment 207, Ames, was arrested and charged with public intoxica-tion. Report initiated. Darren Clayton, 23, of 110I University Village, Ames, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at the Me-morial Union (reported at 4:46 a.m.). An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at Lot 22 (reported at 12:03 p.m.). An individual reported the theft of license plates at Lot A3 (reported at 12:00 p.m.). An individual reported the theft of a bike at the Union Drive Community Center (re-ported at 12:24 p.m.). An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at Lot 1 (reported at 4:45 p.m.). Shane Behling, 21, of 200 Stanton Avenue, Apartment 202, Ames, was arrested and charged with criminal tres-pass, public intoxication and interference with official acts at Schilletter Village (reported at 11:38 p.m.). An individual reported receiv-ing a harassing communi-cation at Frederiksen Court (reported at 11:21 p.m.).

Oct. 25Joshua Culp, 25, of 2601 As-pen Road, Ames, was arrested and charged with public in-toxication at Pammel Drive and Stange Road (reported at 2:33 a.m.).

Nicholas Hyla, 18, of 1202 Wil-low Hall, Ames, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance at Lot 63 (reported at 8:42 p.m.). Keoni McCoy, 18, of 8130 Frederiksen Court, Ames, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernal ia at Frederiksen Court (reported at 9:35 p.m.). Nadir Cornish-Tate, 18, of 201 Trueblood Avenue, Oskaloosa, was cited for underage pos-session of alcohol at Arbor Street and South Sheldon Av-enue (reported at 10:28 p.m.). An officer initiated a drug re-lated investigation at Armory (reported at 10:43 p.m.). Alec Watson, 18, of 4424 Wil-son Hall, Ames, was cited for underage possession of al-cohol at 119 Stanton Avenue (reported at 11:58 p.m.).

Oct. 26Gabriela Trujillo, 20, of 514 East 26th Street Sterling, Ill., and Travis Waldschmidt, 21, of 7415 Frederiksen Court, Ames, were arrested and charged with public intoxi-cation at Osborn Drive and Wallace Road (reported at 12:55 a.m.). An officer checked the welfare of a residentWilson Hall (re-ported at 10:54 a.m.). An officer investigated a prop-erty damage collision at East Campus Parking Deck (re-ported at 4:06 p.m.). An individual reported the theft of license plates at the Memorial Union Parking Ramp (reported at 4:55 p.m.). An envelope containing cash was placed into secure stor-age until the owner can be identified at State Gymnasium (reported at 11:58 p.m.).

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There are no up -dates in the case regard-ing Tong Shao, said Scott Gaarde, Iowa City police sergeant.

Shao was an Iowa State student who was

declared missing in Sep-tember. Her body was found in the trunk of a car in Iowa City a week later.

The main person of interest is Xiangnan Li, the last person believed

to have had contact with Shao. Li is believed to be in China.

Gaarde said Shao’s autopsy should be avail-a b l e i n t h e n e x t t w o weeks.

Ames community members can give feed-back about walking safety in the Campustown area.

The Government of Student Body and the

city of Ames are holding a Campustown Safety Walk today.

The mission of the safety walk is to find prob-lems in the area, such as unlit areas or uneven sidewalks.

This is a chance to give the city feedback

on behalf of students for their safety and well be-ing.

Those who wish to participate should be at the fire station on Welch Ave. by 7 p.m. today to help with the event. The event should be done within the hour.

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The Ames and Iowa State Police Departments have embraced social me-dia sites in recent years as a way to engage with the public and relay informa-tion to the community.

Anthony Greiter, com-munity outreach officer for the ISU Police Department, said one main goal of out-reach programs is to get across the idea that police are approachable and real people.

“We ultimately want to make people feel com-fortable with us, whether it’s reporting that they’re a victim of a crime or report-ing something suspicious that they experienced, seen or heard,” Greiter said. “We want people to know that they can come to us, and that’s a big part of our out-reach efforts.”

T h e i r e f f o r t s h a v e shown to be very effective, Greiter said.

When Greiter came into the position more than a year ago, his goal was to implement social media so police could interact with community members on a platform they already use.

He tries to focus equal-ly on Facebook and Twitter, but they have very different audiences, he said.

“We see a lot more of the faculty, staff, parent audience on Facebook and more of the student audi-ence on Twitter,” Greiter said. “Having to balance both of those is a little bit difficult in that I have two very different approaches for those two platforms, but they’re both very beneficial

to us.”The officer-student re-

lationship has improved since the department be-gan having a social media presence, which has proven beneficial, Greiter said.

“When there’s some-thing negative in the news related to law enforcement and somebody latches on and decides to post some-thing negative on our Face-book or Twitter, our com-munity steps up and says, ‘Hey, you obviously don’t get who these people are. You’ve never interacted with ISU police if you think that’s how they would re-spond here,’” Greiter said. “Having our community back us up immediately and overwhelmingly is fan-tastic.”

As new students cycle in each year, Geoff Huff, the investigations commander for Ames Police, said it’s important to stay active and engaged with them.

“There are 5,000 or 6,000 new people every year who have never had any interaction with the police departments here,” Huff said. “We don’t know what their relationship was with the police department. We want to keep that en-gagement going. If we don’t do something all the time, we’re going to lose half of our population over the course of just a few years,” Huff said.

The outreach programs and events are done to show the public that officers are human beings just like ev-eryone else who has a good sense of humor Huff said.

“We’re pretty easy-go-ing most of the time,” Huff said. “A lot of times we’re dealing with some pretty

heavy material, so you have to keep a good sense of hu-mor or you would just go crazy in this job. If I can get a message across to you and make you laugh at the same time, that’s what I try and do.”

Lindsay Laske, sopho-more in elementary educa-tion, said she started follow-ing the Ames Police account after she saw a funny tweet from them retweeted on her timeline.

“They really do seem approachable,” Laske said. “I’ve never had a run-in with the police, but if I ever felt unsafe, I wouldn’t be afraid to call them.”

Laske said she also follows the departments’ Twitter accounts for alerts if something were to happen on campus.

The ISU Police Twitter account has nearly 6,700 followers, and the Ames Police Twitter account has around 5,500 followers. They maintain a friendly ri-valry to see who can get the most followers. Huff said the account that is leading continuously switches back and forth.

“Every time you have something really strange

or terrible happen, then you gain all these followers because people want to fol-low the story,” he said. “So we’re always one horrible incident away from beating [ISU Police].”

While social media has its benefits for reaching the public, it presents unique challenges as well.

Greiter said his goal is to get out as much informa-tion as they can so people can make an informed de-cision. However, finding a balance between accuracy and immediacy is difficult.

When there was a sus-picious package on cam-pus last year—what Greiter refers to as “The Medieval Sock Scare”—he was on scene tweeting what he could without putting the bomb squad or officers in danger.

Huff said that while social media is good for getting the word out quick-ly, an unintended conse-quence of all social media is that there is a public ex-pectation that they’ll get information faster than sometimes possible.

“If I put too much in-formation out there, it’s basically going to aid the

bad guy,” Huff said. “We want our victims to get jus-tice, and if we put too much information out there and they don’t, then that’s our fault.”

Greiter said there is sometimes an expectation people have with social me-dia that the officers should be providing a play-by-play of incidents as they occur.

“If there’s an active shooter walking through the hallways, I’m not go-ing to be tip-toeing behind him tweeting every move,” Greiter said. “We’ll get out as much information as we can as soon as we can so that students, faculty, staff and people in the Ames area can make an informed decision.”

Despite the problems associated with social me-dia, it can also be extremely beneficial. Huff said they have had one missing per-son found this summer be-cause of Facebook. Some-body saw their post and remembered the picture while they were out jogging and found the girl.

Students and the pub-lic will have an opportunity to see firsthand what hap-pens on a night patrol shift

this weekend as part of a Trick-or-Tweet-Along. ISU Police will start its tweet-along on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., and Ames Police will begin at 8:30 p.m. on Fri-day. By using the hashtag #poltwt, students can follow along with the tweets and ask officers any questions they have.

“In the past, people have asked questions about specific laws to general safety tips to whether we prefer Blizzards, McFlurries or Frosties,” Greiter said. “I will take just about any question and get an answer out.”

Greiter said the best part of his job is the positive interactions with the com-munity and highlighting those positive interactions.

“A lot of law enforce-ment is interacting with people on what I consid-er the worst day of their life. But the fact that we can have these positive in-teractions and it encour-ages people to call us, even when it’s not the worst day in their life, that’s fantas-tic. Outreach goes beyond the presentations—it’s our daily interactions with the community.”

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Wayne W. Gross earned a master’s degree in eco-nomics from Iowa State in 1967 and died a little over a year later in the Vietnam War.

More than 45 years later, the Wayne W. Gross Graduate Fellowship will be awarded to an economics graduate student as early as next fall.

The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, was friends with Gross while they were pursuing graduate de-grees in economics. Gross was humble, never spoke ill of anyone and listened to people when they talked to him, the donor said.

“This was simply some-thing that I had thought a long time about doing, and now I could,” the donor said. “I felt a fellowship in Wayne’s memory would also go a long way towards

helping another human be-ing to accomplish goals that Wayne made a deliberate choice to put on hold.”

Gross put his future on hold to volunteer for the military. The donor was inspired to help graduate students pursue their educa-tion because Gross helped his country and the people around him.

“It’s basically a fellow-ship that would fully support the graduate student during those last three years,” said John Schroeter, professor and interim chair of eco-nomics. “The award has to cover tuition, benefits and a stipend for students living expenses.”

Zhixia Ma, fourth year graduate student in eco-nomics and president of the Economics Graduate Student Association, said the fellowship would help the student focus on his or her dissertation and reduce the pressure to get another job to pay for school.

Some graduate stu-dents in economics are able to get paid assistantships for financial support. Ma said getting an assistantship is competitive, as there are 40 available. Graduate students can also apply for paid re-search assistantships in the summer.

“In a research assistant-ship usually students work with their major professor within their field of interest,” Ma said. “It helps them to set up the research skill in their own fields.”

Graduate students with assistantships are required to do outside work, such as being a teacher’s assistant outside their area of study.

“For most students I don’t think they can get enough funding,” Ma said. “If they can have some sort of fellowship that would re-ally help.”

As a result of having to divide their attention be-tween assistantship duties and their dissertation, grad-

uate students in economics often have to stay more than five years. Ma hopes that her parents can help her financially, so she can finish school in five years.

The Wayne W. Gross Fellowship recipient will be decided by the department chair. Professors may be asked for their opinion on candidates. The chair will try to find a student who closely matches the donor’s preferences.

“A focus on agricul-tural markets would reflect Wayne’s background in ag-riculture, and I suggested a preference for industrial organization or economics of market organization to reflect my own speciality,” the donor said.

The donor also hopes the recipient will learn more about Gross and visit the Gold Star Hall in the Memo-rial Union where Gross’s name is engraved on the wall, reminding them of Gross’s sacrifice.

Economics graduate fellowship established to honor Wayne GrossBy [email protected]

Courtesy of Jessica GuessAn economics alumni established the Wayne W. Gross Graduate Fellow-ship to honor Wayne Gross, who died in Vietnam. The recipient will be an economics Ph.D. student who is beginning his/her dissertation process.

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ELECTION 5Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014

The midterm elections on Tuesday may flip the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, which could change the way ISU students and future generations receive their educations.

Democrats and Repub-licans have very different ideas about how the govern-ment should manage edu-cation and help students. A flip in the controlling party in the Senate could lead to some major changes in education policy.

Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst, candidates for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat, have also taken very different posi-tions regarding education.

“Republicans in gen-eral don’t like things such as Common Core [State Standards], they want to have local control [of edu-cation],” said Mack Shelley, ISU political science profes-sor. “Ernst is on record of saying, “Just get rid of the U.S. Department of Educa-tion.’”

E r n s t h a s s a i d s h e would like to abolish the Department of Education at the federal level. Ernst was asked how eliminating the department would affect students during the Sept. 28 U.S. Senate debate.

“It doesn’t do any-thing to those [students] who receive Pell Grants and student loans,” Ernst said. “Those are programs that are very necessary for our college students, but they can easily be housed in the Department of Treasury.”

Other Republicans, in-cluding Rep. Steve King, R-4th District, have said competition between pro-viders of student loans can bring down rates.

“One of the things we have done and pushed for is to provide competition on student loans,” King said. “If the government runs it, it sets the rates. If we let the free market and private markets compete, then competition can keep the rates down.”

Democrats, including Braley, typically are the op-posite, Shelley said.

“Democrats in general want to invest. They don’t say spend; they say invest. In particular, Democrats like early childhood educa-tion. Democrats are more likely to want to put more money into higher educa-tion as well as K-12,” she said.

Shelley also mentioned Democrats in Congress and the White House have pushed policy that makes it harder for companies pro-viding loans to gauge or charge higher interest rates.

Democrats are more likely to push for increased spending when it comes to funding. Republicans are generally in favor of spend-ing cuts, which may affect education funding.

Sen. Herman Quirm-bach, D-Ames, chairs the Education Committee in the Iowa Senate and is also an economics professor at Iowa State. He said a reduc-tion in funding would end up hurting students and teachers.

“ F e w e r r e s o u r c e s means fewer services,”

Quirmbach said. “We have record-high enrollments. We’re having to hire more p e o p l e t o t e a c h m o r e classes. If there were cuts in funding, we couldn’t hire as many instructors. That would mean that either the class sizes would get much larger, or we wouldn’t be able to offer enough sec-tions to accommodate stu-dents.”

Quirmbach also dis-cussed how education pol-icy at the state level — in-cluding two years of tuition freeze at state schools — and programs such as work study can ease the burden of student loan debt.

“The Board of Regents agreed not to ask the stu-dents for more; that is in-state undergrad tuition has not gone up,” Quirmbach said. “This year’s juniors are paying the same tuition as they did when they were freshman.”

Quirmbach also men-tioned that Iowa House and Senate Democrats are on board for a tuition freeze for the third year and that he will push for it in the upcoming legislature.

Even though the par-t ies are very dif ferent, should voters choose a candidate based on educa-tion? David Andersen, ISU political science professor, said not really.

“People love to say they care about education, but they don’t tend to vote on it,” Andersen said. “There’s always something more im-portant. Usually, the econ-omy and national security.”

Iowa polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tues-day.

T h e 2 0 1 4 m i d t e r m elections will provide Iowa with the chance to make history.

The only states that have never elected a wom-an to Congress are Dela-ware, Mississippi, Vermont and Iowa.

This coming election may be the year that Iowa sends not one but three women to Congress.

Republicans Joni Ernst and Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Democrat Staci Appel are all running for spots in Congress this year, and all have the goal to be-come one of the first wom-en Iowa sends to Congress.

Ernst is looking to be-come Sen. Tom Harkin’s replacement as one of Io-wa’s senators.

Miller-Meeks and Ap-pel are running for a seat in the House of Represen-tatives.

Miller-Meeks is run-ning in District 2, and Ap-pel is running in District 3.

This is not the first t ime that three women have run for Congress in Iowa.

The years 1992 and 1996 both saw four women run for U.S Senate and the House of Representatives.

There have been eight women that have run for the U.S Senate in Iowa’s history and 21 women that ran for the House of Repre-sentatives.

None won their re-spective elections.

“ O n a v e r a g e w o m e n a c t u a l l y have about a 52 per-cent chance to win an open-seat race and men a 48 per-cent chance,” said Dianne Bystrom, director of the Car-rie Chapman Catt Center for Women in Politics.

B y s t r o m b e -lieves Ernst has a great chance in her open-seat race.

“It’s a very hot, competitive race. She’s been up in n e a r l y a l l o f t h e polls, except some-t imes I think i t ’s within the margin of error, so I think it’s a race that’s too close to call,” Bys-trom said.

T h e s e c o n d race mentioned by B y s t r o m w a s t h e race in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional Dis-trict between Staci Appel and Repub-lican David Young.

“I also think that Staci Appel stands a good chance to get elected. Again it’s an open seat race, it’s very competi-tive. It’s a district in Iowa, the 3rd Con-gressional District, that is really seen as our most swaying district in the state,” Bystrom said. “I would say in my 18 years in Iowa, this is the best chance I’ve seen for women in Iowa to be elected to Congress, either one or

two because they’re both in open-seat competitive races.”

Bystrom said women elected to Congress prove to be effective.

“Research shows that women political leaders on

average are more collab-orative, more bipartisan, more focused on problem-solving and less tolerant of corruption than male politicians,” Bystrom said. “Women serving in Con-gress are also more likely

than men to sponsor legislation focusing on women and fam-ily issues.”

Jonathon Laud-ner, president of ISU Col lege Republi-cans, believes wom-en are important in the political field.

“Obviously it is just as important for women as it is for anybody. They’re not particularly im-mune to any of the decisions that are made in [Washing-ton] D.C. or in Des Moines,” Laudner said. “They have just as much importance i n m a k i n g s u r e that the decisions made in politics are equally beneficial to them as it is for everybody.”

L a u d n e r a l s o believes that there are obstacles wom-en face in entering the field of politics.

“ T h e r e a r e some stigmas that surround women in pol i t ics , and I would say that most of them are wrong. They’re perpetuated by men who have that old, ‘boys club’ mentality,” Laudner said.

“I think there have been successful women in politics, on both sides of the aisle. If here is a struggle, it is because the men involved have that old, ‘boys club’ feeling and just won’t let go of that stigma,”

Laudner said.Zoe Kustritz, president

of ISU College Democrats, thinks women can bring something new to Congress once they are sent.

“I think that women definitely bring the per-spective of being a woman. Those men obviously have no idea what the female ex-perience is like, and that’s half the population,” Kus-tritz said. “It’s like the same argument for diversity. Di-versity is important to have a variety of perspectives.”

The feat of women im-pacting the political field outside Iowa would not have been possible without the help of women fighting for their rights in Iowa.

There are mult iple women whose impacts can still be felt today, like that of Carrie Chapman Catt.

Catt in an ISU alumna who is regarded as a key figure in the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the United States.

The university cre-ated the Catt Center in her honor.

Hillary Kletscher, pres-ident of the Government of the Student Body, said the Catt Center provides an integral service to students.

“The Catt Center em-powers women to make a difference, and I think it really just goes back to having somebody to tell someone that you can do this, no matter who that is,” Kletscher said. “I think that is a really big deal in getting to the point where the glass ceiling for women in politics no longer exists.”

Iowa women to make history in elections


Midterm elections may impact education policy

Courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsCarrie Chapman Catt was an ISU alumna who played a major role in the Women’s Suffrage Move-ment. The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics was made in honor of her.


Thursday, Oct. 30, 20146 ELECTION

TERRY BRANSTAD

JACK HATCH

JONATHAN NARCISSE

LEE HEIB

JIM HENNAGER

STEVE KING

JIM MOWRER

GOVERNOR CANDIDATES

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES

Party: RepublicanAge: 67Hometown: Leland, IowaPolitical History:• Iowa House of Repre-

sentatives: 1973-1979• Lieutenant Governor of

Iowa: 1979-1983• Governor of Iowa: 1983-

1999, 2011-presentJob History: Founded Brans-tad and Associates, LLC

ISSUES:

Education:I n 2 0 1 3 , B r a n s t a d

signed a nine percent in-crease in community college funding and increased fund-ing to the regent universities in order to pass both tuition freezes for in-state students. Branstad also believes that curriculum for primary schools should be set by

school districts with only high standards set by the state. He created the Teach-er Leadership Program that would provide incentives for experienced teachers to take on leadership and mentor other teachers. An educa-tion reform bill would also provide a $20,000 stipend to those in the top 25 percent of their class and who go into difficult subjects and stay in

Iowa for 5 years.

Jobs/The Economy:Branstad believes that

the key to creating a bet-ter economy for Iowa is to encourage the growth of private sector jobs. He also wants to encourage the ex-pansion of Iowa businesses currently in place.

He believes a competi-tive tax structure will create

the job opportunities Io-wans need. Branstad also in-troduced Home Base Iowa, an act that promotes Iowa as an attractive state for veter-ans to live and work in.

Environment/Climate Change:Branstad said he wants

to work with the Iowa De-partment of Natural Re-sources to continue the nu-trient reduction strategy.

Party: RepublicanAge: 65Hometown: Storm Lake, IowaPolitical History:• Iowa House of Repre-

sentatives: 1997-2003• US House of Represen-

tatives: 2003-presentJob History: Founded King Construction, 1975

ISSUES:

Education:King says competition

for student loans in the free market would bring down interest rates, which would lead to less of a burden on student loans after college. King also said he supports the federal Pell Grant pro-gram, but says with a fed-eral budget deficit, there

may not be money to pay for an expansion. King also believes more education decisions should be left for states to decide instead of the Department of Educa-tion.

Jobs/The Economy:King said government

should “stay out of the way” when it comes to taxes and regulations, a tactic

which would then lead to job growth and creation. King supports lowering the corporate tax rate, as well. King supports the “Fair Tax” system, which would repeal all income taxes and replace it with a national sales tax. King does not support an increase in the minimum wage and says a minimum wage should be set at the state level, not by the fed-

eral government.

Environment/Climate Change:King said there is some

evidence that the Earth is warming, but said it is still open to debate on whether humans are contributing. King said the government should not mandate regu-lations related to climate change, as they will hurt businesses.

Party: DemocratAge: 64Hometown: Hartford, Conn.Political History:• Iowa House of Repre-

sentatives: 1985-1993, and 2001-2003

• Iowa Senate: 2003-pres-ent

Job History: Hatch Develop-ment Group, 1997

ISSUES:

Education:Hatch said he wants to

continue making education affordable for college stu-dents and proposed a tuition lock that would make the current tuition rate during students’ first year stay the same until they graduate.

He also proposed an accelerated plan that would

allow students to get more courses in at a faster rate, and students could also take courses for the same tuition as their school at other schools in order to get all of their classes in.

Jobs/The Economy:Hatch said he wants to

continue to increase jobs in Iowa, and increase the number of jobs that would

provide for a middle-class lifestyle. The key to create middle-class jobs would be making Iowa attractive to young professionals so companies would follow the professionals and locate to Iowa.

Hatch would give fewer tax cuts to corporations and encourage small business in Iowa. Hatch also wants to increase minimum wage.

Environment/Climate Change:Hatch is working with

NextGen Climate, an organi-zation devoted to spreading knowledge on how to com-bat climate change. Hatch wants to create a detailed plan on how to deal with climate change, how it will affect agriculture in Iowa and how it may increase or decrease the production of renewable energy.

Party: LibertarianAge: 61Hometown: Logan, IowaPolitical History: None, Hieb is running to reform the gov-ernment’s input on health care.Job History: Orthopedic sur-geon: present

ISSUES:

Education:Hieb said she wants to

see education return to local control and that the govern-ment is spending money that should be spent on ac-tual children on federal and state employees.

By having local control, districts meet the desires and needs of students and

their families, she said. She also said nutrition in schools should not be up to state or federal government.

Jobs/The Economy:Hieb believes the gov-

ernment has too much con-trol over business, which stifles the growth of private business.

Hieb said many “neb-ulous safety benefits” de-

mand too much money and time and discourages the growth of jobs. Hieb does not believe that raising the minimum wage will benefit Iowans, saying that the cost of production will increase the costs of goods produced.

Environment/Climate Change:Hieb has not provided a

stance on the environment and climate change.

Party: New Independent Party IowaAge: 66Hometown: Stanley, IowaPolitical History:• City council member

in three cities in Iowa: Fayette , Volga and Cambridge.

• Ran for governor in 1998.

Job History: Was a business manager of Upper Iowa

University and taught soci-ology and management at DMACC since 1994.

ISSUES:

Education:Public primary schools

in Iowa should “integra-tion of computerized super learning” because the ma-jority of Iowa students will go on to have jobs that re-

quire computer skills, Hen-nager said. He also believes that the school year should be extended to 11 months and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hennegar wants to add six new Iowa public universi-ties and create a regional center for higher education that focuses on technology, internet communications, alternative energy, alter-native transportation and

holistic medicine.

Jobs/The Economy:Hennager said he be-

lieves the minimum wage should be increased to $10 an hour with a 25 cents-per-year increase.

He said the key to im-proving indstry and jobs is to create 1,000 new micro farms in 99 counties and then to create 1,000 retail

and manufacturing jobs within six years.

Environment/Climate Change:Hennager said he wants

to see stricter laws for envi-ronmental safety. He pro-poses stricter laws for farm confinement operations, saying that fertilizers, pesti-cides and herbicides should be knifed into the soil and not sprayed.

Party: DemocratAge: 28Hometown: Boone, IowaPolitical History: NoneJob History:• Iowa National Guard:

April 2003 - April 2009, deployed to Iraq: Octo-ber 2005 - August 2007

• P e n t a g o n : J a n u a r y 2010 - June 2013, Spe-cial Assistant to Under-secretary of the Army

ISSUES:

Education:Mower believes stu-

dents should have a chance to refinance and consoli-date student loans after graduating college and also said he would support national service options [teaching, military] for debt relief to students after col-lege. Mowrer also wants

to expand the federal Pell Grant program and said get-ting rid of the Department of Education is the wrong approach.

Jobs/The Economy:Mowrer said it needs

to be easier for small busi-nesses to create jobs and he would support tax incen-tives and elimination of red tape to speed up job growth.

Mowrer says he supports re-form to the tax system, but wants to keep a progressive tax system. Mowrer also supports raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

Environment/Climate Change:Mowrer believes hu-

man activity is contributing to climate change. Mowrer wants to invest in clean,

renewable energy, includ-ing wind energy in Iowa, and says it is an economic and national security is-sue. Mowrer supports EPA guidelines and regulations to limit outputs and emis-sions and noted that Iowa is already on track to meet new guidelines. Mowrer is against abolishing the Environmental Protection Agency.

Incumbent

Party: Iowa PartyAge: 51Hometown: Des MoinesPolitical History:• Co-chair Polk Coun-

ty Democratic Party: 1984-1986

• U.S. House of Repre-sentatives: Congress-man Fauntroy 1984 and 1987

Job History: Narcisse is the editor in chief of the Iowa

Bystander and publisher of El Comunicador.

ISSUES:

Education:Narcisse has said one

of his main focuses in the future in education is opting Iowa out of No Child Left Behind and the Common Core programs.

He also suggests offer-

ing free college to Iowans who attend public or private Iowa colleges in exchange for community service and staying in Iowa each year for every year for which college is paid.

Jobs/The Economy:Narcisse has said he

wants to create a tiered minimum wage structure that would attempt to “level

the playing field for employ-ers and new young workers who need valuable on the job experience,” according to his campaign site.

He has also proposed eliminating youth minimum wages because, he said, the wage hinders employers from hiring teens. Repeal-ing the youth minimum wage would provide stu-dents more opportunities

to learn how to work and stay focused, according to his campaign site.

Environment/Climate Change:Narcisse has said he be-

lieves Iowa’s efforts to pro-tect air quality are adequate. He said there needs to be a collaboration between citizens, farmers, businesses and experts to create a plan to improve water quality.

Incumbent

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014 7ELECTION

JONI ERNST

BRUCE BRALEY

RICK STEWART

BOB QUAST

RUTH SMITH

JEREMY DAVIS

HERMAN QUIRMBACH

U.S. SENATE CANDIDATES

IOWA SENATE — 23RD DISTRICT

Party: RepublicanAge: 44Hometown: Red Oak, IowaPolitical History:• Montgomery County

Auditor: 2004-2011• I o w a S e n a t e :

2011-presentJob History: Lt. Col. in the Iowa Army National Guard

ISSUES:

Education:Ernst is in favor of elim-

inating the federal Depart-ment of Education, saying that eliminating the depart-ment would not harm Pell Grants or student loans. Ernst said those services can be housed in the De-partment of Treasury. Ernst also believes the Common

Core that sets standards for public schools is not necessary and that states should be in charge of set-ting their own standards for curriculum.

Jobs and the economy:Ernst said that pro-

growth economic policies wil l unleash America’s economy. She said the free market is a great eco-

nomic tool, but federal government regulations discourage the creation of business, especially small business. Joni said she will make sure Iowa will have an influx of businesses and jobs if the markets remain open to the export of Iowa goods.

Health care:Ernst said she wants to

repeal the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, because it would put health care decisions on the shoul-ders of doctors instead of policymakers.

Ernst voted against Medicaid expansion in Iowa. She said she wants to replace Obamacare with free-market alternatives so Iowans can choose health care options for themselves.

Party: DemocratAge: 56Hometown: Grinnell, IowaPolitical History:

Congressman for Io-wa’s 1st District: 2006-Pres-entJob History:

Trial lawyer in Water-loo, Iowa

ISSUES:

Education:Braley said a large focus

for him is to make college affordable for all college stu-dents.

He helped introduce the Student Loan Afford-ability Act in 2013 to extend low interest rates for feder-ally subsidized loans for two more years before interest

rates double to 6.8 percent. Braley takes issue with

the No Child Left Behind law, saying that it punishes the successful students. He wants to eliminate the un-funded mandates associated with the law.

Jobs and the economy:Braley is in favor of rais-

ing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

He is also in favor of leg-islation that would expand tax deductions on start-up expenses for small busi-nesses.

Braley wants to create a thriving middle class that is the key to economic success, and he believes that can be done if America and Iowa invest in manufacturing to create jobs and have goods to sell.

Health care:Braley supports the Af-

fordable Care Act and said that Medicare reimburse-ment brought by the act helps providers accept more Medicare patients.

Braley believes in con-tinuing to fund Medicare and Medicaid, and he said that affordable health care would be a focus of his term in Senate.

Party: IndependentAge: 63Hometown: Maquoketa, IowaPolitical History: NoneJob History: Founded Fron-tier Cooperative Herbs

ISSUES:

Education:Stewart said that Wash-

ington should stay out of education decisions and that those should be made at a local level. Stewart said the government getting in-volved in the student loan business has made the cost of college increase dramati-cally and is a way for gov-

ernment to raise taxes. Stewart says getting the

federal government out of student loans and eliminat-ing pell grants will lower the cost of higher education.

Jobs/The Economy:Stewart says that gov-

ernment regulations and new taxes kill jobs.

Stewart said a reduc-tion in those will promote

job growth. Stewart also said that

government “anti-poverty,” or welfare programs, incen-tivize people not to work which hurts the economy. Stewart also said eliminat-ing the minimum wage, which has no positive effect on the economy, will help worker.

Healthcare:Stewart said that the Af-

fordable Care Act, or Obam-acare, did nothing to fix healthcare issues like cost. Stewart also said govern-ment in the main cause is the main factor in the costs of rising healthcare. Stewart also said the Medicare and Medicaid programs provide poor healthcare and pro-poses discontinuing them.

Party: Bob Quast for Term LimitsAge: 44Hometown: Blue Grass, IowaPolitical History: NoneJob History:• Professor, Brown Mack-

ie College, St. Ambrose University

• Mid American Energy

ISSUES:

Bob Quast has not laid out a position on educa-tion, healthcare and climate change, instead focusing his campaign on term limits, energy and government ac-countability.

Term limits:Quast said the Ameri-

can public is tired of both

democrats and republicans, and that independent candi-dates provide a better solu-tion.

Accountability:Quast said he will stand

up for the constitution, fight against government waste and says elected officials should be held accountable for misuse of government and unethical behavior.

Party: IndependentAge: 48Hometown: Lamoni, IowaPolitical History: NoneJob History:• Physical Therapist• Small business owner

ISSUES:Ruth Smith has no spe-

cific proposals on educa-tion, healthcare and the economy, but has made brief remarks on state-ments on her position.

Economy:Smith said the national

debt is the number one priority when it comes to fiscal responsibility. Smith

said that the government should be held more ac-countable for regulations and taxation.

S h e a l s o s a i d t h a t corporate tax loopholes should be closed, but in-creased taxation should be the last resort.

Healthcare:Smith has said that

Medicare and Medicaid

should be evaluated for ef-fectiveness and the overall need.

Overall, Smith is run-ning on campaign finance reform and making sure that government ensures equal opportunity for all citizens.

Party: DemocratAge: 64Hometown: St. Paul, Minn.Political History:

Senator for Iowa Dis-trict 23: 2003-PresentJob History:

Associate professor of economics at Iowa State

ISSUES:

Education:Quirmbach is the head

of the Education Commit-tee and supported bills that would fund the three regent universities more out of the state budget so tuition for in-state students would not be raised.

Quirmbach said he would also fight for a third

tuition freeze because the state budget is in a capable position to pass another one.

He said the state had allocated more funds to regent universities in the past and needs to return to the original amount.

Jobs and the economy:Quirmbach said he

wants to continue to see

the Senate continuing to support initiatives that fund small business de-velopment centers and ex-pand cultural projects.

He said the top priority is to create a stable middle class.

He said the Senate al-ready passed a balanced budget that would not raise taxes while keeping a sur-plus of funds.

Party: RepublicanAge: 36Hometown: Eastern IowaPolitical History:• District representative

for Rep. Steve King’s office

• Member of Ames City Council

Job History:Employee with the state

of Iowa for the Iowa College Student Aid Commission

ISSUES:

Education:Davis believes local

school districts should have the opportunity to make decisions that affect them locally.

Davis also said Iowans have great opportunities for higher education, but he would support initia-tives from the Iowa Board

of Regents that funds pub-lic higher education.

Davis also said there is a need to support “effec-tive educators” in public schools to bring Iowa back to the top of education.

Jobs and the economy:Davis said Iowa lead-

ers need to continue en-couraging small business owners and main street

business owners. He would also like to

encourage businesses and industries to relocate to Iowa, which would create more jobs for young profes-sionals who are working in the state.

While the property tax reform of 2013 will help small businesses, he said taxes on homeowners need to be reduced.

IOWA STATE DAILY

OPINION 9Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014

‘Tis the season f o r p o l i t i c s , a time where

negative ads and cam-paign rallies dominate the spectrum, at least until November. So why all of the chaos? To win your vote, that’s why. Each candidate spends months of schmoozing trying to win over your decision to put them in office.

Votes are the only thing keeping that can-didate from either win-ning the seat or going back to his or her day job. The importance of votes more than likely outweighs the actual ideals that the politician stands for.

That may sound harsh and unfair, but it pairs well with our vot-ing system. An unfair strategy that has forced our country into a two-party system.

There are many things wrong with our two-party system and it all stems from a warn-ing our forefathers gave us about the dangers our country would be-fall if we were to take on that type of govern-ment.

John Adams and George Washington both warned our gov-ernment about what a two-party system would do to our country, and it is sad to say that we have inevitably walked down that forbidden road.

“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the re-public into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each oth-er. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the great-est political evil under our Constitution,” John Adams said in a letter

in 1789.We were also giv-

en warning as a young country by the one and only, George Wash-ington in his farewell speech in 1796.

“ T h e a l t e r n a t e d o m i n a t i o n o f o n e faction over another, sharpened by the spir-it of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages & countries has per-petrated the most hor-rid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders & miser-ies, which result, gradu-ally incline the minds of men to seek security & repose in the absolute power of an Individual: and sooner or later the chief of some prevail-ing faction more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own el-evation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.”

C u r r e n t l y , t h e two-party system has weakened our central government and has made it near impossible to get anything accom-plished.

Our government has shut down because of political gridlock, de-cisions can’t be made and there is constantly a tug of war between parties. Needless to say, our forefathers wouldn’t be proud of the situation our coun-try has put itself in.

Now there really isn’t anyone to blame for how this came to be, like everything else, you just blame the system. And for once that is the correct assumption. Our voting system is flawed and needs to be recalibrated to better fit our society. It will make our country stronger and better in the long run it will also be more run by the people

Currently we run on a First Past The Post b a s i s . U n d e r F P T P “voting takes place in single-member con-stituencies. Voters put a cross in a box next to

their favored candidate and the candidate with the most votes in the constituency wins. All other votes count for nothing. We believe FPTP is the very worst system for electing a representative govern-ment,” the Electoral Reform Society states in their website.

I t ’ s h a r d t o n o t agree once the facts are laid out and there is a viable reason to believe our current system is detrimental to our gov-ernment and is only keeping us in a vicious cycle that is forever turning.

I f y o u w e r e t o weigh the pros against the cons of FPTP the cons would embarrass-ingly outweigh the pros to this method.

Some of the rea-sons it doesn’t work and why it shouldn’t be implemented in our society is that represen-tatives can get elected through a very small portion of public sup-port. This is because it doesn’t matter by how much they win but only that they get more votes than the other candi-dates.

Another reason is that it severely restricts a voters choice. This is because parties rep-resent many different viewpoints. There isn’t an option for a voter to oppose the preferred candidate on the bal-lot if the views of the voter and the candidate differ.

This system also wastes a large number of votes. Votes that are cast for the losing can-didates, or for the win-ning candidate above the level they need to win that seat, count for nothing. It also elimi-nates any chance for a third party member to win an election because the third party will just split the votes with the candidate they are most alike, leaving the op-posing side the victor.

Shouldn’t all votes matter? With the FPTP method, there isn’t a way to escape the two-party system, there is

however an alterna-tive voting system that would put the power more into the hands of the people.

So what is this al-ternative voting system? The Alternative Vote is a preferential system where the voter has the chance to rank the candidates in order of which the voter prefers.

“The voter puts a ‘1’ by their first choice a ‘2’ by their second choice, and so on, un-til they no longer wish to express any further preferences or run out of candidates. Can-d i d a t e s a r e e l e c t e d outright if they gain more than half of the first preference votes. If not, the candidate who lost [the one with least first preferences] is eliminated and their votes are redistributed according to the sec-ond [or next available] preference marked on the ballot paper. This process continues un-til one candidate has half of the votes and is elected,” according the Electoral Reform Soci-ety website.

Through this sys-tem, a two-party system cannot exist because this method penalizes extremist parties who are unlikely to gain many second-prefer-ence votes.

It also encourages candidates to chase second and third pref-erences, which lessens the need for negative campaigning and re-w a r d b r o a d c h u r c h policies, as stated by the Electoral Reform Society.

All in all, it would give more power to the people and it would subsequently eliminate the two-party system allowing voters to chose from a wide range of candidates with mul-tiple ideals. The winner would cater to a major-ity of the public repre-senting what the major-ity of the nation wants. Stuff might actually get done in Washington with the implementa-tion of the alternative voting method.

I’m proud to support Jer-emy Davis, candidate for Iowa Senate District 23, and I en-courage you to cast your vote for Davis on November 4th, or earlier, should you choose to vote early on Saturday at the Ames Public Library or Ascen-

sion Lutheran Church.As a student at Iowa State,

I know that we need to have a state senator who under-stands students. Through my conversations with Davis, I know that he understands the priorities of college students and he will fight to ensure that the cost of higher education is affordable while ensuring that the regent universities, like Iowa State, are operating

in the most efficient and effec-tive manner. Tuition dollars, like taxes, should never be taken for granted, and I know that Davis will work hard ever day to earn your trust by mak-ing sure that your tuition dol-lars are spent appropriately and with transparency.

Davis earned both his un-dergraduate and master’s de-grees from our beloved Iowa State. He understands what

it means to be attending a land grant university, and will also be a strong advocate for Iowa State as your next state senator.

Join me, and cast your vote for Jeremy Davis. I’ve known Davis for many years, I’m proud to call him a trusted friend and am looking forward to having him representing the Iowa State students’ inter-ests as a state senator.

EDITORIAL

With October coming to a close, many students have plenty to be excited about. Halloween parties, Fall break closing in and even the fall semester winding down can occupy students’ minds. However, with a lack of focus, grades and class projects can slip away, hindering grades and wallets.

Friday will be the final day students can drop a class without the penalty of it counting as a failing grade. In order to drop a class, you must get the signatures from your adviser, professor and then take it to 10 Enrollment Services. The process is lengthy and should make you really understand the purpose of drop-ping the class.

If you decide to drop, be sure to know what all that includes. Dropping a class costs $12 upfront and is charged to your U-Bill and no cash is accepted. The charge goes directly to your U-Bill, which can make it even more tempting to drop the class with the thought that there is no penalty, as long as it’s done before the drop date.

A lot of students realize they failed to meet the expectations of that class and use dropping before the deadline as a scapegoat for their actions. The true reason the drop with no penalty period of time is in place is so if someone is unsure that a class is not right for them, they can leave the class without it hurt-ing their GPA.

There is also the misconception that once you have obtained a pink slip that you do not have to continue going to that class, simply because you plan to drop the class.

However, you do have to go back and get that professor’s signature. If the professor believes you have not been pulling your wait and slacking off, it is the professor’s decision whether to sign the pink slip or not.

Many college students will take ad-vantage of the no penalty drops because of laziness and unpreparedness. Keep in mind that students only have five of these drops, and while that may seem like a lot, it isn’t if they become abusers of the action.

If there comes a time when you chose to change your major early in the semester, you might want to drop two or three classes early on, and still have a cushion for later in your career.

Using the drops for productive, aca-demic reasons are what they are there for. They are not there as an out for lazy behavior.

If you do chose to drop a class, it is important to plan accordingly. Some professors do not have office hours on Fridays, so be sure to have the paperwork filled out beforehand. Also, plan for the $12 fine that is attached to your U-Bill, which you cannot pay in cash.

If you have fallen behind in class because of unpreparedness, take that as a lesson and move forward with bet-ter learning habits to ensure the best academic time at Iowa State.

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In a conference littered with talented quarterbacks, the Iowa State football team has already seen, and will continue to see, its fair share of top tier quarterbacks.

First there was Kansas State’s Jake Waters, Bay-lor’s Bryce Petty and more recently Texas’ Tyrone Swoopes.

On Saturday, the ISU defense will have Trevor Knight to contain, but even more worrisome than Knight is Oklahoma’s rush-ing attack, which has proven to be formidable this season.

As a team, Oklahoma ranks third in the Big 12 in rushing offense with 192 yards per game, which also ranks them 41st in the na-tion. The Sooner’s ground game is led by true fresh-man Samaje Perine, who has

rushed for 657 yards on the season and 10 touchdowns, including a 242 yard, four touchdown performance against West Virginia.

Joining Perine in the backfield is Alex Ross and Keith Ford, who together form what ISU defensive coordinator Wally Burn-ham called the deepest rush-ing attack his defense has played this season.

“They are a power run-ning football team, they are not a spread team, everyone thinks they are but they’re not,” Burnham said. “They got three or four of them [running backs] that can pound it through the middle and they got three or four that can break one and go a long way on you.”

Protecting the Oklaho-ma running backs is a stout offensive line that linebacker Luke Knott said is different from many of the lines that Big 12 teams have.

“Across the boa rd, they’re about 320, 340 pounds,” Knott said. “Espe-cially in the Big 12, you don’t

see as many of those big of guys, it’s more of a power run game this year and that’s different than they usually

are.”Burnham said that

tackling will be of the up-most importance this week

and making sure his defense gets to ball carriers quick and wrap up. This season, Iowa State has been some-what woeful against the run.

T e a m s a r e a v e r a g -ing 209 rushing yards per game against the Cyclones and have scored 24 rush-ing touchdowns, the most against any defense in the Big 12.

Knott said that a key to victory and an overall im-provement on the defensive side of the ball, will be stop-ping big plays and being on the same page, something they failed to do against Texas on Oct. 18. However, against Texas, Iowa State was able to force three turn-overs including a

51-yard fumble return for a touchdown from line-backer Jevohn Miller.

“We created a few turn-overs and scored a touch-down on defense and that’s huge,” Knott said.

The Iowa State volley-ball team has certainly had its struggles this season, but replacing two time All-America and current Team USA member Kristen Hahn has not been one of them.

Junior libero Caitlin Nolan won the preseason battle for the right to step into Hahn’s position on the court and has been turning heads ever since.

“She is certainly one of the best [in the Big 12],” said ISU volleyball coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. “I would put her up against just about anyone. She does both. She can play defense and pass. There are not many liberos who can be great at both.”

Already a three time se-lection for Big 12 defensive player of the week a little more than halfway through the season, Nolan only con-tinues to get better, as her best matches have come in the team’s last two outings.

Nolan broke an ISU re-cord and tied a Big 12 record on Oct. 22 with 43 digs in a five-set win against then No. 18 Kansas, the first ranked

opponent to fall at the hands of Iowa State all season.

Nolan followed that ef-fort by amassing 35 digs in a five-set loss at Baylor on Oct. 25, which is tied for the ninth best mark in school history.

Nolan said that even she could not have predicted this level of success would come so quickly, if at all.

“This was not at all ex-pected,” Nolan said. “To be honest with you, I did not know I was even close to that record [during] that game. It was pretty cool. It has been a blessing.”

Johnson-Lynch said that the signs of potential greatness were present in Nolan’s game long before she began setting records and winning awards.

“It started many years ago in club,” Johnson-Lynch said. “We watched her prob-ably since she was a fresh-man or sophomore in club. She has always been pretty talented. Some kids just kind of have a special touch, a special knack for how to pass the ball.”

Nolan as a leaderSenior outside hitter

Victoria Hurtt and junior right side hitter Macken-zie Bigbee, both of whom

played with Hahn for mul-tiple years and have All-America selections on their resumes, described Nolan as a primary leader for the Cyclones both on the court and in the locker room.

“She is being a great leader for this team,” Hurtt said. “I think that is what great players do. They come out every game and they look the same, act the same and play the same.”

Nolan admitted that producing consistently amidst the pressure of el-evating to a starting role, specifically one formerly occupied by a player as suc-cessful and well known as Hahn, required a shot of mental toughness.

“I learned a lot from Hahn,” Nolan said. “She was a good leader. She was one of the most competitive people you are ever going to be around — not just in volleyball, but in everything you do. There is obviously going to always be a little bit of pressure. I can not say I did not feel it. I just did not let it phase me.”

Aside from bringing energy and an unmatched verbal enthusiasm, as well as producing at incredibly

high levels, Nolan said she and Hahn are actually very different players.

Because of that, Nolan shies away from making comparisons between her-self and the former ISU star, which has helped her accli-mate to her new, prominent position with Iowa State.

Now comfortable in all of her numerous roles on the team, Nolan said creating the same type of presence that Hahn did day in and day out is at the top of her list of priorities.

“Leadership means ev-erything,” Nolan said. “We have a lot of young girls on this team. I would not say it is keeping people in check. It is more [about] when people have questions, being the first one to answer and let-ting them know I am always here.”

T h e t e a m a n d t h e coaching staff have taken notice of Nolan’s efforts and appreciate them. As the ac-colades and stats continue to pile up, the rest of the Big 12 is beginning to as well.

“I knew she had poten-tial,” Hurtt said. “I knew she was going to be great. I did not know she was going to be this great.”

Nolan steps up to fill big role

ISU defense hopes to halt Oklahoma rushing attack


Ryan Young/Iowa State DailyCaitlin Nolan digs the ball against Kansas on Oct. 22. Nolan broke the ISU record and tied the Big 12 record for digs in a match when she posted 43 digs. Nolan has exceeded the expectations this year for Iowa State.


Tiffany Herring/Iowa State DailyLinebackers Jevohn Miller and Luke Knott make a tackle against No. 7 Baylor on Sept. 27 at Jack Trice Stadium. The Cyclones fell to the Bears 49-28. Miller led the Cyclones in tackles with 17.

The Dodos originally released an EP and an al-bum under the moniker “Dodo Bird,” but after fans started referring to the band as simply “The Do-dos” the band decided that the name stuck.

T h e S a n F r a n c i s c o

natives have released six albums to date. The most recent record in the band’s discography, “Carrier,” was released on Aug. 27, 2013.

Even almost a decade into their musical career, the band can still get ner-vous before performing on stage.

“It can be stressful for sure,” said Meric Long, lead singer of the group. “The

more you play, you don’t really have to think about it.”

The indie folk duo, The Dodos, will perform on Thursday at the Main-tenance Shop.

The group’s latest ef-fort, “Carrier,” was met with critical acclaim in Au-gust of 2013. However, the band stays humble.

“I’ve learned over the years to try and stay clear of what people write about our records,” said Long. “It’s a slippery slope. Peo-ple didn’t hate it, so I was happy about that.”

The band expects to release their seventh record in early 2015.

“It was great hiring The Dodos for this gig and we’re very excited to be having them play next week,” said Melissa Sheret, co-director of the M-Shop. “The M-Shop is very enthusiastic about having them come here and I think they feel the same.”

Opening for The Do-dos is John June Year, a three-piece indie rock group from Clinton, Iowa.

John June Year has played with many Iowa-based artists such as Bonne

Finken and Dylan Sires and Neighbors, and has been described as “A cross be-tween The Strokes and The Velvet Underground,” ac-cording to “The Northern

Iowan.”The doors open at 7:30

p.m. on Thursday at the Maintenance Shop and the bands will play at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $10 with a

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In a small town of Ha-zlehurst, Mississippi, a trem-bling finger pressed on the trigger, envisioning freedom but resonated family turmoil for the MaGrath sisters.

B a b e , p l a y e d b y Meghan Berkland, a junior in performing arts, is the sister of Meg and Lenny. Se-crets encircling her, she shot her husband because she did not like what he looked

like, or so she says.The play ‘Crimes of the

Heart,’ will perform on Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 at Fisher Theater.

When Meg received a telegram from Lenny that Babe was in trouble, she came home from her dead end job, singing in Califor-nia, immediately.

Meg, played by Anne Feenstra, a senior in per-forming arts, is an obnox-iously hilarious character that the audience will imme-diately fall in love with. She

does not care about other people’s feelings, so she is bluntly out spoken.

“This is certainly a com-edy,” said Brad Dell, director of the play. “It’s hilarious as hell, but it’s also an incred-ibly heart felt comedy which is my kind of thing.”

Dell has directed 75 shows: plays, operas and musicals, but has never di-rected the same show more than once. He is an energy fanatic and the actors easily pick up on that.

“The biggest issues we

had in rehearsals is that sometimes we can’t stop laughing because we’re just having too good of a time,” Dell said.

Relentless sass and sizzling feistiness boiled through each sister through-out the entire play, which will captivate the audience’s attention from beginning to end.

Lenny, played by Sa-mantha Koontz, a junior in performing arts, is the old-est of the three sisters. She is the motherly figure for

her family since her mother hung herself along with the family cat. Unlike her sisters, she devoted her life to taking care of their grandfather, since he once took care of Lenny and her sisters.

The play is a realistic view of family since dis-agreements happen be-tween relatives but they are always there to comfort each other when needed.

The gut wrenching feel-ing of laughing too hard will be a constant occurrence in this play. As well as empathy

towards each sister as they confess and confront their secrets.

‘Crimes of the Heart’ will play at 7:30 p.m. on Oct 31, Nov. 1, 7, and 8 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 2 and 9 at Fisher Theater.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $16 for seniors, and $11 for students. Single tick-ets are on sale through the Iowa State Center Ticket Office or ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available at the door before the perfor-mance.

Courtesy of ISU TheatreMeg, Lenny and Babe unite together to celebrate Lenny’s birthday in Crimes of the Heart. The play will be performed in Fisher Theater from Friday through Nov. 9 and tickets are on sale now.

Courtesy of The DodosThe indie folk duo The Dodos will perform on Thursday at the Mainte-nance Shop with indie rock group JohnJuneYear opening for them.



‘Crimes of the Heart’ takes the stage

The Dodos set to perform at the Maintenance Shop

got the archeology program established, I introduced participatory labs in the archeology and physical anthropology classes.”

I n l a b , G r a d w o h l ’ s students were tasked with making stone artifacts and pottery to help understand the authentic artifacts they studied. In the biological anthropology labs, students learned to identify bones and guess at the human’s cause of death.

He also had two-day field trips to archeologi-cal field sites. To this day, Gradwohl’s former stu-dents thank him for taking them on his popular two-day field trips.

“They remember hav-ing fun, they may also re-member getting rained and snowed on,” Gradwohl said, “But the thing they enjoyed was the process of trying to discover data and finding answers to ques-tions.”

ISU Archeological LabBefore Gradwohl had

left Harvard he had been contacted by a man in the National Parks Service con-gratulating Gradwohl on the position at Iowa State and letting him know of funding for salvage archeol-ogy in Red Rock Reservoir along the Des Moines River.

Iowa State and the Na-tional Parks Service paired

up to fund research along the Des Moines River in conjunction with the ISU Summer Field School in Archeology for the summer of 1964.

“There was nothing, we had no shovels, no trow-els, no shaker screens, no nothing,” Gradwohl said.

He had the money to requisition the tools from a store but was questioned why a sociology teacher would need shovels, luck-ily they were able to get the tools as well as a beat up truck to use.

After heading to the field, Gradwohl realized he needed space to store all the tools and artifacts col-lected. Luckily, the Dean of the College of Sciences and Humanities, Chalmer Roy, understood the need for lab space.

The ISU Archeological lab was given temporary space in the World War II barracks between Beard-shear and Pearson until they received permanent space in the basement of East Hall.

During the first sum-mer in 1964 Gradwohl took 13 students, three of which were women as well as two wives and a couple of chil-dren.

“ T h e w o m e n w e r e good workers, they were as good or better than the men,” Gradwohl said.

During that summer

they stayed in an aban-doned farmhouse without electricity. The boys and girls had separate dorms spaces.

The crew worked in the fields, excavating sites dur-ing the day and listening to Gradwohl lecture at night.

Gradwohl had a differ-ent approach to field school — women were allowed to work and were expected to work as much as the men, earning Gradwohl the repu-tation of being absolutely relentless.

During that time wom-en were rare in field schools in anthropology/archeol-ogy.

A Former Student’s Perspective

Nancy Osborn John-sen, administer academic advisor and adjunct in-structor for anthropology, was a student of Gradwohls’ in his early days of teaching.

“The first day we were digging with shovels and it started to rain, I thought ‘Oh, good we can go home,’ and no we didn’t go home,” Osborn Johnsen said, “We stayed in an abandoned farmhouse in the dark.”

After working in the field, Osborn Johnsen was hooked. She switched her major from history to an-thropology.

In the summer of 1966, she was running low on money for college and de-cided to spend the rest of

it on summer field school.“I thought, ‘Well, if I

don’t get to go to anymore college, then at least I will have had this experience,” Osborn Johnson said.

During her time at field school her parents told her she received a scholarship from Iowa State, so she would be able to continue college. She was then hired to work in the lab and went on to be a teacher’s assis-tant, a field assistant and ran the lab for about 13.5 years.

“It was great training ground for anyone who got to go there,” Osborn Johnsen said, “It’s a really good place for people to get socialized and learn about archeology.”

Despite working in the field under the hot sun and through rainy weath-er, many students enjoyed learning from Gradwohl and still keep in contact with him today.

Gradwohl estimates that he keeps in contact with 100-200 past students. Many of his students went on to be state archeologists, tribal preservation officers and a number work at na-tional parks.

Gradwohl retired in 1994, after which there have been two more directors of the ISU archeological lab. Gradwohl lives in Ames and enjoys the perks of being retired.

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cerns speaking about the possibility of denying ac-ceptance to students to alleviate rapid growth rates.

L e a t h a d d r e s s e d Dunn’s points by talking about the administration’s involvement with the city.

“ W e a r e t r y i n g t o keep the town relation-ship very tight because we know these problems inter-twine,” Leath said.

Madden then spoke about the issues concern-ing CyRide.

“This year the CyRide system is expected to have over 6.8 million [passen-gers]. That’s a phenom-enally large number,” he said.

Nick Bitz, junior in electrical engineering, voiced his concern about the housing on campus and how it has left him to find new housing.

“I currently don’t have a place to live. I am still on a waiting list for all area apartments,” Bitz said.

Harmon told Bitz to meet with him during the recess after the open forum to discuss the situation and see what they could do to get Bitz out of the habit of couch-hopping.

One student was in a situation of having to wait

three weeks for his doctor appointment.

“If a student is not healthy, they’re not go-ing to class and that is not right,” Martino said.

Senator Peter Myers also brought up the sub-ject of tuition and how the growth rate might affect its increase. Leath mentioned that the tuition is decided by the regents and not pres-idents of the universities.

T h e m e e t i n g w a s wrapped up with the ques-tions of a few students left unanswered, but they were given the opportunity to walk up and ask senators of GSB and administration their questions.

Leath gave comments after the meeting about the issues brought up by students and how soon he felt the issues would be dealt with.

“Many students came forward and we got a good representation of the issues that are concerning many students,” Leath said.

Leath felt that the is-sues brought up by stu-dents were already being dealt with by administra-tion.

“ A s f a r a s p r o j e c t s with student health ser-vice, we’re already adding testing centers, adding IT capacity. We’ll see a lot of results even by the begin-ning of the year,” he said.

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