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JOHNSTON, Iowa — Bare feet lined the wall by the Beyer pool as uniformed ROTC cadets sat and listened to Ryan Brady explain rules for the swim portion of the badge competition that took place this weekend on campus and at Camp Dodge.
The line was broken in the center by a few pairs of tan army boots worn by ROTC instruc-tors and armed forces members. Amid those, in black boots and with a slightly different, tanner, greener camouflage pattern on his uniform, sat Mike Kitzler, Sgt. Maj. of the German army.
Kitzler visited Ames to watch and present awards for the Ger-man Armed Forces Proficiency Badge competition. Stationed in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he serves as a liaison officer and advises German commanders and instructors. A secondary part of his job is to make this badge competition available to soldiers.
“It’s a visual sign that the German army and American army are very much in coop-eration with one another,” said Brady, a senior in history.
Kitzler said that competition builds networks, relationships and leadership development.
The foreign badge will follow
cadets through their career on their dress uniforms.
“Many of the awards that cadets receive stay with them only while they are cadets,” said Lt. Col. Richard Smith, professor and chair of the Military Science and Tactics department. “It’s re-ally neat for the cadets to be able to get [this badge] at the jumping off point of their careers.”
Participants that earned a badge met minimum require-ments for basic testing on Friday, which included an 11X10 meter sprint, flexed arm hang and a
1000 meter run. Saturday was the swim and pistol shoot.
The award ceremony, which took place on Sunday, was pre-ceded by a road march during where participants carried 35 pound rucksacks.
There was also a first aid and an equipment test.
Performance determined if the participant earned a bronze, silver or gold medal.
German soldiers must com-plete this series of tests every year to stay in the army. Their events are spread over many months.
Kitzler said that it is difficult to do it all in a weekend.
He said that it is an accom-plishment to meet the challeng-ing foreign regulations of the competition.
“Most of the Americans can’t swim,” Kitzler said. “When I grew up in Germany, my father threw me in the pool and I had to swim.”
He said that learning to swim is a part of the German culture at a younger age and noticed at
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The parking lots were full.
The lines were buzzing.The second annual Bacon Expo
brought in a crowd.The event took place on Saturday af-
ternoon at the Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center, where visitors had the op-portunity to learn about the pork industry, see entertainment and, of course, sample bacon.
“Since this is our second annual Bacon Expo, we have had a lot better attendance than last year,” said Shelby Fields, security committee member.
Fields added that they saw a large spike in ticket sales from community members, rather than students.
“That makes us look awesome as a stu-dent body,” she said. “Educating people and giving them hands on experience is great.”
Visitors started the event with a video explaining the role the pork industry plays in feeding a growing global population with an increasing demand for animal protein. A statistic in the video quoted “by the year 2050 the world will need a 50 percent increase in pork products.”
This set a tone of education to the show that some visitors were not expecting.
“We thought we’d just eat some bacon, but we’re learning all about pork production,” said Katharine Suski, a visitor attending with her husband Roger, and daughters Anna and Ella.
The Suskis, who bought their tickets as soon as they heard about the event, were surprised at how well it was organized.
“For a student run event, this is incred-
Respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV, is a respira-tory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages, accord-ing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Every person in the world gets this virus.
The virus manifests cold-like symptoms for most people, but it can cause severe pneumonia in infants, especially babies born premature, and in the elderly, said Dr. Mark Ackermann, pro-fessor in veterinarian pathology and acting chairman of veterinary clinic science department.
Ackermann is using lambs to research possible human treat-ments for the virus. He developed an interest in researching animal models of human diseases be-cause his father was a pharmacist.
“It does two things. It helps a little bit with animals and it helps with human disease conditions,”
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Sheep study intends to hinder virus in humans
Caitlin Ellingson/Iowa State DailyCrowds of people gathered to watch the bacon-eating contest at the Iowa State Bacon Expo. The second annual event took place from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday at the Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center.
Caitlin Ellingson/Iowa State DailyThe ISU Meat Science Club was represented by Kelsey Carlson, left, Emily Usinger and Jennifer Levey. The event helped promote and teach people about the pork industry. In 2050, the world will need 50 percent more pork products.
Caitlin Ellingson/Iowa State DailyJackson Sterle, 12, left, and Ashley Smeby, sophomore in agronomy and animal science, educate visitors about the pork indus-try with live pigs. The educational, family-friendly event attracted people and companies from all across Iowa and the nation.
Bacon Expo draws crowds of bacon enthusiasts; educates attendees about pork industry
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ROTC training receives top marks
Blake Lanser/Iowa State DailyArmy ROTC held its annual swim testing Saturday at Beyer Hall’s indoor pool. Members of Army ROTC were challenged to swim 100 meters in under four minutes while still in uniform. They then had to remove their unifom without touching the bottom of the pool.
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Nov. 6An individual reported the theft of a backpack at Larch Hall (reported at 1:29 a.m.). An officer assisted an indi-vidual who was experiencing medical difficulties at Vet-erinary Medicine (reported at 5:55 a.m.).
Pierce Schultz, 19, of 5011 Schaefer Road, Edina, Minn., was cited for fifth degree theft at Memorial Union (reported at 11:09 a.m.). An individual reported the theft of a bike at Frederiksen Court (reported at 11:11 a.m.).
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Bacon ExpoThis year’s Bacon Expo
included everything from the Bacon Voice, a bacon education station, and of course, bacon. To check out a video and photo gallery of the yummy event, check out the multimedia section of the Daily’s website.
ISU plays final exhibition game
The ISU women’s bas-ketball team took on Wino-na State for its second and final exhibition game of the season. For a photo gallery of the game, go online to the multimedia section of the Daily’s website.
ISU vs. KansasThe Cyclones fell to
Jayhawks this past week-end 34-14 and dropped to the bottom of the Big 12. Assistant sports editor Alex Gook and football beat re-porter Ryan Young discuss the loss and its possible ramifications in this week’s podcast. Go online to the multimedia section of the Daily’s website to listen.
Faculty hired during Leath’s tenure
The College of Hu-man Sciences hired 24 new faculty members for this school year. For a full list of the number of new faculty that has been hired during Steven Leath’s presidency, take a look in the news sec-tion of the Daily’s app.
Gold Star Hall will hold its annual ceremony in honor of Veteran’s Day on Tuesday.
Iowa State will in-duct ISU students, who have fallen while serving in the United States mili-tary, into Gold Star Hall. The ceremony is sched-
uled from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Me-morial Union.
During last year’s ceremony, Iowa State honored two former stu-dents who lost their lives in battle. The first was Robert Lynn Hodson who was killed on a bombing mission over Germany in World War II. The second was James Lee Merrick Jr. who died over the Gulf of
Tonkin during the Viet-nam War due to control failure.
When the Memorial Union opened in 1928, Gold Star Hall was built to display names of those who attended Iowa State and died in World War I. Since then, names of servicemen and women who died in other wars and conflicts have been added.
Iowa State to host ceremony in honor of Veteran’s Day
Caitlin Ellingson/Iowa State DailyThe Gold Star Hall memorial honored the ISU servicemen who fought in World War II and Vietnam on Nov. 8, 2013 in the Memorial Union. This year’s ceremony will be from 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
An ISU student re-ported being possibly sexually assaulted on Oct. 26.
The assault may have happened inside a room in the Birch-Welch-Rob-erts residence complex, according to a timely warning sent out by ISU Police on Nov. 7. Uni-versities are required to notify the campus com-munity of campus crimes by the Clery Act.
The assault was said to be a possibility because it is possible for an indi-vidual to be “so impaired or so intoxicated they are not sure what happened to them,” said Darin Van Ryswyk, investigations captain for ISU Police.
“We want bystanders to look after their friends, and we need people to understand that they can be victimized so easily,” Van Rsywyk said.
The assault is still under investigation.
This is the second sexual assault reported on campus this academic year.
The Clery Act re-quires universities to issue timely warnings of crimes that occur on campus or in off-campus university facilities in a manner likely to reach all members of the campus community.
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Argentine tango mu-sic filled the room as Den-nis Lavrov danced with his partner, stopping periodi-cally to critique and teach the other couples with him.
Lavrov, an ecology, evolution and organismal professor, was the substi-tute instructor for an Ar-gentine tango dance class Sunday.
Argentine tango dance classes take place every Sunday in room 3512 on the third floor of the Me-morial Union.
There are a variety of tango classes, beginning at
basic levels, offered to the Ames community.
The Argentine tango is a complex improvisational dance, considered to be the most challenging of all the partnered dances.
“Tango is improvised, you dance with your part-ner and with the music. You don’t have to mem-orize anything. I danced tango all around the world. I started in London, and I now dance tango wher-ever I go. It’s all based on technique,” said Valerie Williams, the regular in-structor of the class.
According to her web-site, Williams teaches stu-dents how to dance the melody by teaching im-
provisation as well as steps. Williams teaches all
skill levels and also gives private lessons.
“I am a professional dancer. I make my living as a modern dancer and for me social dance is a completely different thing, for me tango is the best in-tersection of technique and expression. I also love that I get to have a conversation with my partner while I’m dancing,” Williams said.
The first section of Ar-gentine tango class takes place from 4 to 5 p.m. Be-ginners are introduced with a different figure or element of tango each week where they practice tech-nique and figure.
From 5 to 7 p.m. the dance floor is opened for more experienced dancers where they are able to show off their different styles.
“Depending on the Sunday, there is a varia-tion of people who come to both the beginner’s classes and [to] attend the open dancing,” Lavrov said.
In Tango 1, the begin-ning level, individuals learn the basics of dancing, learn what it takes to get moving on the dance floor, how to dance from the center of the body and how to link basic figures.
In Tango 2, which is the intermediate level, in-dividuals learn vocabu-lary for dancing tango like
axis, giro, parade, gancho, sacada and more.
In Tango 3, which is the advanced level, par-ticipants learn the nec-essary techniques to im-prove dancing, learn more complex figures and gain a stronger understanding of the underlying structure of tango dancing and music.
“There is a physical benefit, which includes balance, improved rhythm, clarity of walking. You have all those direct benefits for anybody who studies Ar-gentine tango. Beyond that there is an exhilaration in dancing tango,” Williams said.
These classes are open to the public. Anyone has
the ability to purchase a punch card, or entrance fee to the class, and is encour-aged to attend as often as their schedule allows.
For five punches, it costs $35 for students and faculty who are affiliated with Iowa State. For the public, it costs $45 for five punches. They are good for any Sunday but must be used within a year.
Tango dancing is also available at Cafe Diem and at the ISU Ballroom Dance Club’s socials.
“It is such a wonderful class to come to, it helps me get out of the house, and this a passion of mine,” said Sarah Hansen, Ames resident.
Charlie Coffey/Iowa State DailyAn Argentine tango dance class took place at the Memorial Union on Sunday. The class, which takes place every Sunday, allows beginners, intermediates and advanced dancers to practice their tango skills.
Ames community learns how to tango
Before Brenda Allen can be involved with her favorite outreach program with the youth of Iowa, she and all the other ISU fac-ulty, staff or student volun-teers have to go through the proper training.
Youth outreach pro-grams at Iowa State can include anything from an afternoon at the swimming pool to overnight camping trips.
T h e o f f i c e s o f R i s k Management, Conference Planning and Manage-ment and ISU Extension and Outreach are holding youth program training for ISU youth program leaders, administrators and student organizations that are in-volved with youth outreach programs from 1 to 3 p.m. on Nov. 11.
Required preregistra-tion ends today and can be done by emailing [email protected].
Youth activities and programs can include edu-cational outreach sessions, precollegiate programs, sports camps and more and can range from a few hours a day on campus to an over-night trip off campus.
Ages involved in these programs can range from elementary to high school and sometimes pre-kin-dergarten.
T h o u g h N o v . 1 1 ’ s training is primarily for youth programs, the Office of Risk Management is also involved with programs that involve ISU students and employees.
Allen is an extension
program specialist with the 4-H Youth Development program. She said there are a number of different risk management tactics to take into consideration when planning events with minors.
Planners must think about the proper adult-to-youth ratio, methods of transportation depending on the event, the amount of space used, dietary needs, health restrictions and more, she said.
Different youth and 4-H programs call for differ-ent protocols and concerns, so Allen said the depart-ment works closely with the Office of Risk Management.
“When we’re going to be out at the 4-H camp with the challenge course or doing something in the woods, that’s very different than sitting in a classroom on campus,” she said about looking into different risk concerns.
Steve Wieneke, risk specialist with the Office of Risk Management, said the office has its hand on every outreach program, espe-cially those dealing with youth on and off campus. The training, he said, hap-pens about eight to nine times a year or upon need and works with programs that occur both on and off campus.
“Our goal is to provide an opportunity to provide awareness of policies, pro-cedures and forms or pa-perwork that needs to be completed for conducting youth programs,” Wieneke said.
Allen said the programs have yearly updates and trainings but are updated
of new policies throughout the year when necessary.
“[Risk management] has just become a part of our planning,” Allen said. “When we do activities, risk management is always something that’s taken into consideration. That’s part of our protocol.”
Iowa State has three primary youth-related poli-cies: Youth Activities; Pre-Collegiate Programs and Camps; and Volunteers and Children in the Workplace, such as job shadow oppor-tunities on campus.
These policies explain the proper procedures that
need to be taken before a group can interact with youth, the necessary fac-ulty and staff supervision and can sometimes identify when a background check is needed.
Different programs have different levels of interaction between the volunteers or staff and the minors involved. There-fore some employees, stu-dents or volunteers may need to go through a low-level background check. Programs with higher in-teraction levels may re-quire those involved to go through a criminal back-
ground check.Iowa State has six dif-
ferent interaction codes that explain levels of con-tact each program may al-low or require.
“Where we have spe-cific youth program op-portunities where we offer dance programs, swimming lessons, wrestling camps, where they have physi-cal contact that’s going to be likely in order to teach a person how to do one of those types of things,” Wieneke said. “We look at what we need to do to prop-erly scope what the appro-priate level of interaction
we’re going to have and what the recommended ra-tio of adults to students are for interacting in a youth program.”
The main goal for the training, Wieneke said, is to make sure the youth and program supervisors stay safe and learn from the ex-perience.
“We spend a great deal of time making sure they understand why we have policies set forward ... why it’s important to keep mi-nors safe when they come to [Iowa State] or when we go out to do an outreach program,” he said.
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Iowa State DailyThe Office of Risk Managment is working with leaders of organizations, such as 4-H, to train the leaders and other volunteers about safety and lead-ership with youth outreach programs. Youth programs take a variety of forms, with some activities being both on and off campus.
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OPINION 5Monday, Nov. 10, 2014
EDITORIAL
Abortion is a right for women.
Women deserve to have a choice when it comes to their abortion rights. It’s their body, their situation and their life.
Only the women who are pregnant know if a baby would be brought up in the right environ-ment. So why take that right away? In Iowa, abor-tion rights are similar to a tug-of-war game. Planned Parenthood is pulling one end while the State of Iowa is pulling on the other.
In the past months, Planned Parenthood lost the fight for women to be able to have teleconfer-ence abortions and con-sultations with their doc-tor.
A c c o r d i n g t o T h e Iowa Republican, “A doc-tor is not present during the procedure but instead administers the abortion-inducing drugs after chat-ting with the patient via
teleconference.”T h e I o w a H o u s e
passed a ban on telecon-ference abortions saying that it endangered the pregnant mother and the fetus. Planned Parenthood filed lawsuit but lost. While I b e l i e v e t h a t w o m e n still deserve the right to have an abortion, I also think having a teleconfer-ence abortion should be banned.
Abortions should be conducted safely and by professionals in a hospital or clinic.
“Abortion is one of the safest surgical proce-dures for women in the United States. Less than 0.5% of women obtaining abortions experience a complication,” according to guttmacher.org
Because of the uproar of abortions, Iowa’s new restrictions say that if a patient is a minor a par-ent or guardian must be notified before an abortion takes place. Public fund-ing is also available for abortion but only in cases of rape, incest or when
the life of the patient is in danger. The governor must approve each Medicaid-funded abortion.
These restrictions are not bad. They help regu-late abortions and increase the knowledge of abortion between families and the government. Abortion is a second chance to life and hopefully a lesson learned.
H a v i n g a c h i l d , though some may think so, is not a mistake. Un-fortunately, many parents treat their children as one. Those parents should take full responsibility of their actions. But if they don’t have stability and money to fend for themselves, how are they going to take care of someone else?
I f t e l e c o n f e r e n c e abortions are banned in Iowa then self-induced abortions have the pos-sibility of occurring more often. These abortions are neither safe nor healthy for the mother or her fetus.
Methods of self-in-duced abortions can in-clude kicks and blows to the abdomen, using a
hanger or similar device inserted into the uterus through the cervix , or piercing the fetus by in-serting a knitting needle, hat pin or bobby pin into the uterus through the cervix.
Other more extreme cases have included the insertion of a rubber tube or catheter into the uterus and attempting to suck the fetus out or blowing air into the uterus to cause miscarriage. These are ex-tremely painful and dam-aging to the mother.
I would rather see these women go to a clin-ic rather than have them go through with any of these horrific methods. Remember that you can’t change a person’s mind. With that being said, if a women wants an abortion, she will find a way to do so.
Keeping teleconfer-ence abortions legal in Iowa keeps women in Iowa safe. Women need to stand up for their rights; hope-fully, Iowa will make the right choice in protecting women’s rights.
Senator Ernst,C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s o n
winning the Senate seat on Tuesday.
I spent the last several months advising my friends and family against support-ing you in the election. I
disagree with many of the positions you embraced in the course of your campaign. That being said, you ran an effective operation, and for that you have my respect.
I want you to be a suc-cessful champion for Io-wans while in Washington. I strongly urge you to sup-port legislation promoting education, infrastructure
and basic research. These are necessary economic in-vestments backed by a great deal of data.
I a m c o n f i d e n t y o u can make evidence-based decisions while serving in the Senate, in doing so you can help ensure econom-ic growth for Iowa and its people.
I wish you the best over
the next six years. I am op-timistic you can bring Iowa values to Washington. Expect to hear from me on a regular basis, just ask your colleague Senator Grassley! I know we won’t agree on everything, but I hope the two of us and the rest of the state can en-gage in constructive dialogue throughout your term. Make us proud Senator Ernst.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Ernst must stay connected to Iowan rootsBy Rob Humble,Ames community member
Bacon Expo brings pride back to Ames
Caitlin Ellingson/Iowa State DailyTrang Leminh, left, and Jamie Hatzis represent Olde Main Brewing Company as an event sponsor at the 2nd annual Iowa State Bacon Expo. The Expo brings dignity back to Iowa State, which was lost because of Veishea’s cancellation.
Following this summer’s decision by Iowa State University administration to put an end to Veishea, students and the Ames community were forced to accept the loss of a near century-long tradition. Those most affected by loss were the student organizers whose hard work went to waste. The loss of Veishea does not, however, represent the loss of all student led events.
Events such as the weekend’s Bacon Expo gave students the opportunity to plan and hold a community wide activities. Iowa State’s event is the only student run Bacon Expo in the nation. Therefore, the event is proof that ISU students possess the drive and ingenu-ity to generate an ever increasing amount of leadership opportunities. Students that want to get involved with university events have the opportunity to choose from numerous organi-zations to meet their demands.
Perhaps even more encouraging is the fact that even if the specific desires of a group of students hoping to plan an event are not cur-rently met, the resources and infrastructure exist to help them meet their goals. Even if there is not a club or organization that fits the mold of what a student is looking for, they have the chance to create their own group or organiza-tion at Iowa State. Currently, there are over 800 student run clubs and organizations on Iowa State’s campus.
The Student Activities Center page on the Iowa State website helps students find or start organizations that interest them, while also featuring a resources section which provides helpful tips for organizations ranging from receiving official Iowa State business cards to the creation of an organizational constitution.
Additionally, it should be noted that ISU students will not earn back Veishea by doing nothing, or worse, by holding independent or alternative forms of Veishea centered solely around the reckless behaviors which led to the cancellation of the celebration. The event will instead be earned through the hard work of the student organizers and events, such as Baconfest.
Yes, Veishea was the university’s most popular and cherished tradition. But for the time being, we’ve killed it. The response of students and even some local businesses has been to propose pseudo-Veishea events. These events will not bring the tradition back and may in fact be counterproductive. Students should instead take the time to attend and support the multitude of events that we still have the privilege of attending.
The conversation about taking Veishea-like events, the one’s that celebrated students’ achievements, has been positive from the uni-versity. The administration won’t be the one to implement a new Veishea, but students can. As students, we can take the great things about Veishea, the hard work and pride, and turn out something great.
Only by proving that the students of Iowa State are invested in the success of our campus events and by extending the success of our peers will we be able to earn back the official celebration of our favorite tradition. In showing that we value those two ideas, we will also show that we remember what Veishea was meant for, celebrating student success.
Editorial BoardStephen Koenigsfeld, editor-in-chief
Katie Titus, opinion editorMaddy Arnold, managing editor of content
Stephen Snyder, assistant opinion editor
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — ISU quar-terback Grant Rohach knew there was a chance he’d play heading into the Saturday game against Kansas as Sam Richard-son nursed a right shoulder inju-ry sustained against Oklahoma.
Rohach got the nod to start and found himself on the field. At the end of the game, when it was all said and done, Rohach sat in the locker room with his team. It was completely quiet.
“I don’t know a feeling much worse than this,” Rohach said.
Iowa State (2-7, 0-6 Big 12) suffered a deflating 34-14 loss to Kansas (3-6, 1-5 Big 12) on Nov. 8. The loss to the Jayhawks bumps Iowa State out of bowl contention, but that’s likely to take a backseat to the other con-cerns moving forward as Iowa State faces its final three games to round out the 2014 season.
From its opening drive, Kan-sas took control and never let go. KU running back Corey Avery ran in the first touchdown of the day from fourteen yards out, exploiting Iowa State’s troubled tackling along the way. Kansas would score one more touch-down and a field goal to top the first quarter off with a 17-0 lead.
The ISU offense also strug-gled mightily, as the rushing attack failed to muster any sort of presence and finished the quarter with negative seven yards, while Kansas racked up 104 rushing yards in the first quarter. Rohach also struggled in the first quarter, completing two of his seven passes for four yards.
“They started fast, we start-ed in reverse,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads. “We did not start the game with the right frame of
mind to play Division-I football with. It’s a fast game, it’s a physi-cal game it’s a violent game.”
To start the second half, Iowa State appeared to start righting the ship. Holes were opening up for running back Aaron Wimberly, who finished the game with 98 yards, and Ro-hach found D’Vario Montgom-ery in the end zone and brought the score to 24-14. That was the closest the Cyclones would get on the day.
Kansas continued to stall Iowa State drives and score dur-ing KU possessions. Rohach finished the day with 25 com-pletions on 50 throws with two touchdowns and an intercep-tion, as well as one lost fumble.
“There’s a lot that’s prob-ably going to be placed on Grant for this and part of it’s going to be his and some of his plays and some of his decisions, but there’s a lot of people that contributed [to the performance],” Rhoads said.
The casual observer can’t help but wonder if the change in quarterbacks had anything to do with the outcome of the game.
“It shouldn’t have,” said center Tom Farniok. “Grant’s a good quarterback. We [the of-fensive line] have got to block better and get that running game going more.”
The small Kansas student section piled on to the field af-ter the victory, celebrating the team’s first win in the Big 12. For Rhoads, the outcome of the game still goes back to the first half.
“ T h i s w a s a b a d l o s s , ” Rhoads said. “That’s not a knock on KU, it’s not about the oppo-nent. That’s about the worst half [first half] of football that we’ve played in my six years here and I’m as hamed of that.”
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Frustra-tion: it’s been building since the ISU football team’s season-opening loss to North Dakota State.
It continued to grow after allowing Kansas State and Texas comebacks. It became public when Jamie Pollard, ISU ath-letic director, made statements about officiating after the Okla-homa State loss.
It manifested itself on the field in the team’s 45-point loss to Oklahoma.
The frustration was all but vocalized by players and coach-es. But, after a 20-point loss to a Kansas team that had only won two games, there was no hiding it.
“Bad,” said center Tom Far-niok. “It was just a lot of bad all around.”
There was no sugarcoating it, and no positives were men-tioned.
For the first time all season, there was no mention of the next game on the schedule. The loss, as bad as any in the Paul Rhoads era, showed this team is frustrated.
“[The] worst half of football that we’ve played in my six years here at Iowa State took place in the first 30 minutes,” Rhoads said.
A new starting quarterback and a new starting middle line-backer — the anchors to both offensive and defensive units
— likely did not help. The pass-ing game failed to get going early on, and Kansas was able to do essentially whatever they wanted on the defense through much of the first half.
The health and depth of the team has taken a hit this season, no question. But losing to the Jayhawks was hardly even a dis-tant concern to a team and fan base that had seen them beat Kansas teams time and time again. Down 24-0 in the second quarter, that reality started to set in.
It did not help it happened on the road, either. Kansas had been 2-38 in conference play since 2010, and fans tore down a goalpost in last season’s only Big 12 win over West Virginia. Against Iowa State, it was a Ga-torade bath for interim coach Clint Bowen, the fans rushing the field and a torn down goal-post.
Losing to ranked teams is one thing, but losing to a team that celebrates wins over two-win teams is another.
The team will be looking for answers in a bye week after showing a midseason surge in offensive production, bringing hope for a bowl game.
Just two years after beating Kansas to become bowl eligible, the Cyclones were sent packing in Lawrence, Kan. with no bowl game in the future.
The Cyclones are now play-ing for pride.
With a struggling Texas Tech squad heading to Ames in two weeks, the team has a chance to save face.
But with the Cyclones’ two worst losses fresh on their minds, the frustrat ion out weighs the optimism.
“Very frustrating, very up-setting,” Rhoads said.
Tiffany Herring/Iowa State Daily Members of the ISU defense attempt to tackle Kansas running back Corey Avery as he scores a touchdown Saturday in Lawrence, Kan. The Cyclones fell to the Jayhawks 34-14.
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What is there to learn from a 115-48 victory in an exhibition game that does not count in any way to-wards the regular or post-season?
Perhaps more than the average fan would think.
First and foremost, the value of a game like the one Iowa State Men’s Basket-ball played Friday against Viterbo lies in the eradica-tion of troublesome butter-flies, which can assault the intestinal fortitude of play-ers not used to the raucous atmosphere inside Hilton.
“I still remember the first time I took the court at Hilton and you get some jitters out of the way, espe-cially the new guys,” said ISU coach Fred Hoiberg. “I told those guys before the game, those of you that take Hilton Coliseum for the first time will remem-ber this night forever.”
The 13,963 fans packed Hilton to the rafters, mak-ing their voices heard as the Cyclones pummeled Viterbo.
Junior guard Naz Long, who incited the full house time and again by striping five of seven 3-pointers on his way to a 17 point night, said he was not taken aback by the fan turnout but that it was a great source of pride.
“The fact that there were so many people in Hilton tonight was no sur-prise. It was just straight love,” Long said. “There was a line up two hours
before the game for an ex-hibition game. [That] is something that a lot of kids cannot say that they have a chance to play in front of. We are blessed to have that. We have the best fan base in the country.”
The value for Long and his teammates extended beyond just getting the first Hilton showcase out of the way, as the team displayed a few glaring issues amidst the decimation of Viterbo.
After the game, Hoi-berg spent most of his time lamenting the effort on the defensive side of the ball.
“Defensively, I thought we gave up too many open rhythm threes — especially in that first half,” Hoiberg said. “Talk was great for about the first four pos-sessions and then it went down from there, so there are certainly some things we will watch film on and get better at.”
Offensively, the final chapter of the 2014-15 regular season prologue was wrought with fore-shadowing.
The Cyclones shared the ball l ike a group of kids playing hot-potato at recess, totaling 26 assists and surpassing last year’s NCAA-leading average in that category by 7.5 dimes.
I o w a S t a t e s h o t a blinding 60.3 percent from the field, including 13-23 from behind the arc, matching their average to-tal attempts from the 2013-14 campaign.
T h e C y c l o n e s a l s o went deep on the bench, as all 10 of its eligible play-ers saw action and scored at least three points.
Senior transfer Bryce Dejean-Jones also conjured up some deja vu for ISU fans, who said goodbye to DeAndre Kane last March, as the senior transfer was
in the starting lineup and electrified the crowd with three break-away slams — including a two-handed 180 that brought the entire stadium to its feet.
“I think [Dejean-Jones] just barely gave you guys a glimpse of what he can do,” said junior forward Georges Niang. “Obviously, you guys saw how athletic he was with those transi-tion dunks ... He is going to score a lot of points for us so I am real excited for what he is going to do this year.”
But the offense was not without its struggles either.
“The last two days of practice I thought we tried to hit a lot of home runs and it just was not working very well,” Hoiberg said. “Then we come down and make two simple plays and it is amazing the quality of shots you get when you do that-when you have good spacing.”
Iowa State has a week to work out the kinks be-fore it takes the court for real against Oakland at 7 p.m. Friday at Hilton Coli-seum.
Tiffany Herring/Iowa State DailySenior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones dunks the ball against Viterbo on Friday at Hilton Coliseum during the exibi-tion game. Dejean-Jones had 13 points and went 6-for-7 in the paint in his debut game for the Cyclones.
It’s a trademark of Bill Fennelly-coached teams. The Cyclones have done it in 612 consecutive regular season contests, dating back to February 1995, and it was on display Sunday at Hilton Coliseum.
The ISU women’s bas-ketball team continued its tradition of draining 3-pointers by shooting 7-of-16 en route to a 64-29 exhibition win against Winona State.
During Iowa State’s first three-point attempt of the game, guard Ni-cole “Kidd” Blaskowsky k n o c k e d i t d o w n a n d opened the ISU floodgates. The Cyclones went on to hit 6-of-11 3s in the half, led by Blaskowsky’s 4-of-6 show-ing from beyond the arc.
Blaskowsky, who fin-ished the game 5-of-8 from distance, led all scorers with 17 points in 23 min-utes played. She was joined by ISU guard Brynn Wil-liamson and 6-foot-5 fresh-man center Bryanna Fern-strom as the only Cyclones to cash in from downtown.
Once the second half rolled around, the Cyclones shifted focus to the paint, where two freshmen post players — Fernstrom and Claire Ricketts — are still working on not only de-veloping confidence but also improving their skills to compete at the college
level.The looks didn’t come
easy for Fernstrom and Ricketts, who combined shot 4-of-17, contributing to Iowa State’s 40.8 percent shooting on field goals. ISU guard Seanna Johnson admitted things are coming along a little slowly on the interior.
“They are, but we’re focusing [on it],” Johnson said. “In practice we’re working on it. Games like this, this is where we need to work. No matter how many times they miss, keep getting it to the post, trust them and have faith in them.”
Though the Cyclones shot just 1-of-5 on three-point attempts in the sec-ond half, the cushion from the opening half proved enough for Iowa State to ride out the win comfort-ably.
“It’s good, getting that good lead,” Blaskowsky said. “I think the main thing was just executing what we needed to get done. Regardless of the score, [Fennelly] has cer-tain things that we as play-ers have to withhold and take an understanding of, and tonight was definitely an example of that … Just staying focused and not getting bored.”
While the Cyclones’ attack from deep proved lethal, the Warriors’ was just the opposite.
Winona State also came out firing in the first
half but failed to register a make on 10 attempts, al-most half of which were air-balled. The Warriors went on to miss their first seven such tries in the second half as well, before WSU guard MaKena Panning hit a triple for her only basket of the night.
“ I t h o u g h t w e d e -fended well,” Fennelly said. “We made them take some tough shots, and then we made some good looks … When you’re making shots and court opens up, and you defend the way we were defending, mak-ing them take some tough shots, keeping them off the free throw line, that was good — very good.”
As the Cyclones ex-celled in both shooting and defending at the arc, another staple of Bill Fen-nelly’s era was lacking.
Following up a 14-of-26 showing from the char-ity stripe against William Penn on Nov. 4, the Cy-clones only attempted six free throws against Winona State and made just half of them. Though neither percentage was near where Fennelly wants it to be, the low number of trips to the line may be an even more troubling statistic.
“That’s not good,” Fennelly said. “We’re a team that, historically, we’ve always taken great pride in the fact that we make more free throws t h a n t h e o t h e r t e a m shoots.”
Charlie Coffey/Iowa State DailyJunior guard Nicole “Kidd” Blaskowsky takes a shot during the women’s basketball game against Winona State on Sunday. The Cyclones won their second exhibition game 64-29 by relying on their 3-pointers.
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Steinkamp, visitors and self-proclaimed fans of ba-con, returned to the show this year for similar rea-sons. The family friendly atmosphere helped set this event apart from other ba-con events, Bjork said.
“Also, we remembered the cupcakes,” Steinkamp said, referring to the ba-con cupcakes served at the expo.
Though families en-joyed the event, royalty paid a visit as well.
Elizabeth Glover, 2014 Iowa State Fair Queen, made an appearance at the expo at the request of the Iowa State Fair Board. As a 4-H member, Glover said she is familiar with animals and projects, but enjoyed learning about the pork industry.
“I had no idea what to expect,” she said, “but I have been definitely learn-ing more about the pork industry and how it impacts Iowa and the world.”
The education system at Bacon Expo was also set up using a punch-card sys-tem, Lexi Delaney, commit-tee member, said.
There were four sta-tions, each with its own subject.
They included gesta-tion, farrowing, nursery and finishing, and at each station, visitors could get a punch. Once all four holes were punched, attendees could turn their cards in to be entered in a raffle.
A stage at the event also hosted a meat fabrication working display, a bacon-eating contest and the finals for Bacon Voice.
Luke Schneeman, ju-nior in mechanical engi-neering, and Jacob Kottke, senior in mathematics, said they got involved in the bacon-eating contest through a friend who rec-ommended it.
“We’ve been mentally preparing,” Schneeman said.
They added that they have tried drinking lots of water to expand their stomachs, and looked up more food eating contest tips online.
“We’re probably going to take this too far,” Kottke said, “but that’s what this is all about!”
T h e w i n n e r o f t h e bacon-eating contest was Jared Wellik, sophomore in agricultural studies.
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Caitlin Ellingson/Iowa State DailyBrynna Sankey, left and Becca Johnson represent Scratch Cupcakery at the Iowa State Bacon Expo. They served maple bacon and chocolate bacon bourbon cupcakes. Scratch Cupcakery is located in Des Moines.
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last year’s competition that many Iowa State cadets failed the swim test, but saw “phenomenal” improve-ment this year.
To pass it, participants swam 100 meters in full uniform minus boots. Upon reaching the end, they re-moved their uniform while treading water without touching the side or bot-tom of the pool.
Cadet Craig Stanley, senior in mechanical engi-neering, passed the swim test with time to spare. The time to beat was four min-utes.
“It’s like swimming with a parachute!” he yelled to the poolside viewers as
he swam on his back to the finish. His sleeve had come undone, adding more re-sistance.
He unzipped and re-moved his uniform, exited the pool and heard his time; 2:45.
Stanley said that it was physically draining but he enjoyed it. He earned a sil-ver medal overall.
“I have a mentality of ‘you should lead from the front, your men should be looking up to you’” Stanley said. “[This badge] shows you’re motivated and want-ing to put your best foot forward and make the army look good.”
Brady said that ev-erything done in ROTC is meant to mimic positions
in the army, including his leadership position of or-ganizing the event.
“I love seeing people come out and compete and leave it all on the field,” he said. “I’m extremely happy with seeing everyone put in as much effort as I did to try and put the event together.”
ISU’s ROTC program co-hosted the event with the Iowa National guard.
Participants came from those and the Air National Guard as well as ROTC pro-grams from Drake Univer-sity, The University of Ne-braska-Lincoln, University of Dubuque and the Uni-versity of Northern Iowa.
“It really fosters that cooperation with other schools and ROTC pro-
grams to give them a chance at the rare opportunity of earning one of the badges,” said Austin Dummer, senior in marketing. “When you see someone wearing one of these badges, it really is a testament to their physical fitness as well as their moral capacity as a leader.”
Of the over 20 compe-titions for the badge held nationwide this year, the weekend produced the larg-est group of gold winners.
“The Iowa Guard and all of those who make up this team is what makes the Midwest and makes it spe-cial,” said Maj. Gen. Timo-thy Orr, adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard. “You do it. You do it right. You set the standard.”
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Ackermann said.Research of this kind
has been done before on mice and rats, but Acker-mann has found that lambs are an improved model for research.
Lambs and cattle natu-rally contract a strain of the virus that is similar to the human virus. Lambs are also susceptible to the hu-man virus, and Ackermann said they use the human virus in lambs to conduct their research.
“We are trying to learn how this virus causes a dis-ease, and then we test thera-pies,” Ackermann said.
Ackermann’s research has included testing some of his own therapies, as well as therapies developed by pharmaceutical companies.
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and the anatomy of the lung of a lamb is similar to the lung of a human infant,” said Alejandro Larios-Mora, a graduate student working on research in this area.
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Ackermann said re-
searchers can utilize similar therapies with lambs as they can with human infants, such as nebulizers and us-ing scopes to see what is happening in the infected lungs.
Larios-Mora said that the therapies they have tested from pharmaceuti-cals include an aerosol drug distributed through a mask, as well as an oral drug. Both
have been successful.This research can also
be done on pre-term lambs, which are born before full gestation. Rats or mice that are born before full gestation usually die, but pre-term lambs resemble premature human babies, which makes studying the virus in the lambs helpful with studies of infected hu-man babies.
There is currently no vaccine for the virus. A vaccine developed in the 1960s actually made the virus worse. Currently only one therapy for the virus is available, but it is extremely expensive, and it does not work 100 percent of the time, said Ackermann.
There is a need for vac-cines of therapies, because the virus disposes humans to asthma and they can get re-infected, Ackermann said.
To decide the next step in their research, Acker-mann and his team will wait to see what grants they get approved to research.
Charlie Coffey/Iowa State DailyA display table was set up to inform attendees about the different parts of a pig. There were many education booths set up at the expo, allowing people to learn about the lives of pigs. Other more competitive events included a bacon-eating contest and Bacon Voice, a bacon-themed sing-off.
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