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Phone scams targeting Ames residents and ISU students have increased in the past couple weeks, said Ames Police Investi-gations Commander Geoff Huff.
Using a practice known as “caller ID spoofing,” callers can alter the number that appears on a caller ID display, making the call appear to come from anywhere the scammer wants.
Scammers have claimed to be from the Ames Police De-partment, the Iowa State Police Department, the university, the IRS and other federal government agencies, demanding money and trying to pressure people into paying them.
“Every day something new comes up,” Huff said. “They will say anything to scare you into making a bad decision under pressure.”
While the callers first seemed to be targeting international stu-dents, Huff said the scammers are now hitting everybody.
Callers make threats regard-ing financial situations in order to pressure a person into giving the caller money. For example, threatening to cancel utilities, saying a person will be arrested for not paying taxes or not show-ing up for jury duty or threatening an international student with deportation.
Scammers then ask people to pay to a PayPal account or load money onto a Green Dot card or prepaid credit card. Once the callers have the number on the card, Huff said it is usually impos-sible to get the money back.
Huff said they called Green Dot right away and tried to freeze the transaction after someone reported giving money to the scammers, however, it was al-ready too late.
“Within a matter of minutes,
the money is gone, and then it’s like a cash transaction,” Huff said.
Huff said it is difficult to track back a call when a number is masked. He called a couple of the reported numbers, and they were not from the United States. One caller said he was from the US Treasury Department to col-lect on debts. When Huff told the caller he was a legitimate law enforcement officer and asked to speak to his supervisor, the caller said he was the only one working at the US Treasury that day.
“The conversation went on for 10 minutes, and he stuck to his story,” Huff said. “They won’t back down.”
If there is a missed call from the Ames Police non-emergency number (515-239-5133) or the ISU Police non-emergency num-ber (515-294-4428), Huff said if it is a legitimate call from the police, they will leave a message.
Police urge caution as phone scams increase By [email protected]
Photo Illustration: Jonathan Laczniak/Iowa State DailyThe Ames Police Department strongly suggests not giving out personal information via phone. This advice comes as instances of phone scams increase. Scammers often use caller ID spoofing to make calls appear as if they are coming from trusted sources.
City Council to discuss lap dance rule
Between the stress of study-ing for exams, writing pa-pers and finishing final projects, some students
are seeking a tail-wagging form of relief.
To help students cope with the stresses of Dead Week, therapy dogs from all over the Des Moines area will be available to students 1-5 p.m. in room 192 in Parks Library.
Christine King, the chair-woman of the public relations committee at Iowa State, and Monica Gillen, the co-chairwom-an of the public relations commit-tee, understand the stress students are under and hope the dogs can help calm nerves and boost moods during Dead Week.
“There has been a lot of en-
thusiasm about this event,” Gil-lian said. “It’s gratifying to know that an event you plan has such a positive impact on students. It makes the job much more fun to put together.”
T h e d o g s , r a n g i n g f r o m dachshunds to golden retriev-ers, are required to have therapy certification from Therapy Dog International or the Canine Good Citizen Program and have passed rigorous testing before they are allowed to participate in the event.
This is the second semester of the comfort dogs and is an event King hopes will continue.
“I could definitely see this becoming a Dead Week tradi-tion,” King said. “The dogs have been very well-behaved and the students love it.”
Last year, the most students attending the event at one time was estimated to be about 300, with more than 1,000 views on the
event online.“The response has been very
rewarding,” Gillian said.Students gathered in room
192 Dec. 2, to meet and play with the dogs. Some came for their love of animals, and others, like Brook-lyn Wackerbarth, a sophomore in software engineering, came to step away from her stressful Dead Week studies.
“This hasn’t been the best week ever,” Wackerbarth said. “It’s been pretty stressful. They should [bring in dogs] every week.”
Wackerbarth said dogs are not allowed in her apartment and she is hoping to move to a pet-friendly apartment next year. Until then, she said the therapy dogs help her de-stress.
Students Yan Chan, freshman in computer science, and Scott Wells, freshman in mechanical engineering, said their Dead Week has not been too stressful, but they
came for the dogs.“I wasn’t allowed to have pets
growing up,” Chan said. “I want to own two of them when I’m older.”
Wells said the dogs help him because he misses his dog at home.
Mindy McCoy, a library as-sistant, said there are usually two to five dogs visiting at a time each day, each with their own shifts throughout the week.
“This event drew quite a crowd last year,” McCoy said. “We are all very excited to do this again.”
Sarah Trant, junior in in-terdisciplinary studies and the president of the Student Helping Rescue Animals club, said she is hoping to put together a similar event for students during midterm week next semester, but with res-cue dogs from the Story County
The Ames City Council will discuss the city’s options con-cerning the lap dance ordinance at the City Council meeting Tues-day.
The city’s lap dance ordi-nance was enacted in Septem-ber 1996 to prohibit touching between nude or nearly nude dancers and their customers. The city determined that the issue was a potential health risk at the time the ordinance was put in place.
The State of Iowa has stated that the local ordinance is over-ruled by state code 728.11 that says that “obscene material” is to be under the control of state law. This means that the city of Ames no longer holds the ability to en-force the ordinance to control live nude dancing.
On Nov. 13, 2013, two cita-tions were issued by the city to two individuals for exposing a “regulated [and] prohibited pri-vate body part.” The defendants
challenged the citations in dis-trict associate court. The court decided in favor of the city and upheld the lap dance ordinance.
The decision was appealed to the 2nd District Court of Iowa on Nov. 14, 2014. The ordinance was deemed void by the court, who said that that the Iowa Supreme Court defined “live nude danc-ing” to include touching.
The lap dance ordinance is unenforceable by the city of Ames unless they decide to ap-peal the decision within 30 days.The Council will vote on whether they want to appeal the decision or seek a change in the Iowa Code to allow local governments to have control of live nude dancing.
Steve Schainker, city man-ager, is recommending that the city challenge the state code and persuade Iowa lawmakers to al-low for city control of the issue.
On the consent agenda, the Council will vote on liquor li-censes for The Cafe, Thumbs, Aunt Maude’s, Tip Top Lounge and Casey’s General Store at 428 Lincoln Way.
Iowa State DailySteve Schainker, city manager for Ames, discusses a broad overview of the ISU Research Park at the City Council meeting April 1. In the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, the Coun-cil will discuss Ames’ lap dance ordinance, which prohibits touching nude dancers.
Furry friends bring comfortPhoto Illustration: Blake Lanser/Iowa State Daily
Brooklyn Wackerbarth studies in the library while comfort dogs Tori and Libby keep her company. Trained comfort dogs will be present in Parks Library every day during Dead Week from 1 to 5 p.m. in room 192.
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Dec. 6Sara Rubin, 20, of 815 Pinon Drive, Apartment 111, Ames, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated and underage possession of alcohol at Hayward Avenue and Knapp Street (reported at 12:58 a.m.). Michael Hoefling , 19, of 3824 Tripp Street, Apartment 231, Ames, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated at Hunt Street and Welch Avenue (reported at 1:08 a.m.). Officers assisted an individual who was suffering from an al-cohol overdose at 119 Stanton Avenue (reported at 1:24 a.m.). Theodros Asrat, 27, of 4733 Toronto Street, Apartment 305 – Ames, was arrested and charged with public intoxica-tion at Power Plant (reported at 2:46 a.m.). Jordan Helmer, 18, of 5366 Larch Hall, Ames, was arrested and charged with public intox-ication at Scheman Building (reported at 3:27 a.m.).
An officer initiated a drug re-lated investigation at Armory (reported at 9:49 a.m.). An individual reported the theft of a cell phone at 119 Stanton Avenue (reported at 11:14 a.m.). Jacob Bergo-McDonald, 19, of 12515 50th Avenue North, Plymouth, Minn., was cited for underage possession of alcohol at Knapp Street and Stanton Avenue (reported at 6:50 p.m.). A fire alarm was activated due to a discharged extinguisher. Noah Weeks, 19, of 701 SE Dolan Drive, Grimes, and Tyler Pierson, 19, of 1910 SE Olson Drive, Waukee, were cited for underage possession of alco-hol at Larch Hall (reported at 10:06 p.m.). Kevin Hansen, 18, of 5315 Wallace Hall, Ames, was ar-rested and charged with pos-session of a controlled sub-stance and possession of drug paraphernalia at Wallace Hall (reported at 11:10 p.m.).
Police BlotterThe information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police depart-ments’ records.
All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Dec. 9Faculty Senate Meeting3:30 to 5 p.m.The Faculty Senate represents the general faculty of Iowa State University and partici-pates in shared governance of the University with the admin-istration. Senate meetings are open to the public.
Dec. 10Class: Photoshop Light-room Software Training6 to 8:30 p.mGo in-depth with this pho-to-editing program, as pho-tographer Mark Stoltenberg helps you to adjust your im-ages, remove red eye, & more. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced photog-rapher, learn to more easily import, organize, enhance, & share your photos, as well as create prints & photo books.
You will need to bring the fol-lowing to each class: laptop with Photoshop Lightroom 4 or higher with power cord. Preregistration with payment is required by Monday, No-vember 3.
Financial Aid Conference for Campus Partners8 a.m. to noonThe Office of Student Financial Aid will host its 17th Annual Financial Aid Conference for Campus Partners. The purpose of the conference is to inform Iowa State professionals about the financial aid process and other pertinent financial aid-related issues affecting stu-dents on campus. Register using the above link.
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Residents report phone scams
People in the Ames a n d I S U c o m m u n i t i e s have been reporting phone scams. Scammers pose as organizations like the Ames Police Department or the Internal Revenue Service to get money out of victims. To read tips on how to avoid phone scams, check out the news section of the Daily’s app.
Biography of LAS dean
Are you a student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences? Do you want to know more about your dean? After reading the fea-ture on Dean Beate Schmit-tmann, go to the news sec-tion of the Daily’s app to find her biography.
Cyclones to take on Kangaroos
It’s rivalry week, but the ISU men’s basketball team has one more game before heading to Iowa City. Iowa State will take on Missouri-Kansas City on Tuesday night. To read a full preview of the game, go online to the sports section of the Daily’s website.
ISU women adjust lineup
As the rivalry game against Iowa approaches, the ISU women’s basketball team is adjusting its lineup every day to whatever feels right. Sophomore Jadda Buckley is also finding her groove as the game ap-proaches. To read the full notebook, go online to the sports section of the Daily’s website.
Women’s rugby ends season successfully
The ISU women’s club rugby team had one of its most successful seasons in seven years. To read about it, including the club’s past national championship, go online to the sports section of the Daily’s website.
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Richard Martinez/Iowa State DailyThe 2015 Fashion Show is scheduled to host its final round of modeling tryouts Wednesday. It will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. in MacKay 0116. This year’s show marks the 33rd anniversary of the event.
The Fashion Show 2015 will be showcasing its final round of model-ing tryouts Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. in MacKay 0116.
The Fashion Show is in its 33rd year and is looking for female models of all shapes and sizes. Women are encouraged
to wear fitted clothing, natural hair and makeup and heels, not wedges.
The Fashion Show is one of the largest student-produced fashion shows in the country.
Students of all ages can submit garments, ac-cessories and illustrations into the show.
T h e p i e c e s a r e judged, and those who make it will be showcased at 7 p.m. on April 11, 2015
in Stephens Auditorium. There is also a line show-cased during the show from an industry profes-sional guest designer.
For more informa-tion on modeling tryouts for The Fashion Show 2015, look on the show’s website, http://www.aeshm.hs.iastate.edu/fashion-show/ or email [email protected] with direct questions.
The Fashion Show hosts model tryoutsBy [email protected]
Ames and ISU police departments, along with the Iowa Motor Vehicle Enforcement Officers, checked party buses in the Ames area to make sure they were compliant with Iowa laws.
The checks were con-
ducted because “party buses have been reported to be the source of binge drinking, underage alco-hol consumption and sex-ual assaults,” according to a press release from the Ames Police Department.
A total of nine buses and one limousine were checked. According to the press release, the majority of the vehicles were only
occupied by the driver of the vehicles when officers made contact.
One driver was cited for speeding and a US-DOT Number violation.
One passenger was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.
One driver was cited for an exhaust violation and the bus taken out of service.
Area party buses checked by policeBy [email protected]
One of the weakest units on the ISU football team appears to be turn-ing the corner just days after the end of the Cy-clones’ 2014-15 season.
Demond Tucker, a defensive tackle from Co-piah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson, Miss., announced via Twitter on Monday that he com-
mitted to the ISU football team.
T u c k e r , w h o i s 6 feet 1 inch tall and 285 pounds, is the reigning National Junior College Athletic Association De-fensive Player of the Year. In nine games last season, he amassed 53 tackles, 13 sacks and one intercep-tion for the Wolfpack.
Tucker made his of-ficial visit to Iowa State on Nov. 21, only to see the Cyclones fall 34-31 to the
Texas Tech Red Raiders.According to rivals.
com, Tucker chose Iowa State over offers from Kansas State, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and TCU.
When Tucker arrives on campus after graduat-ing from Copiah-Lincoln Community College next month, he wil l be re-united with former CLCC teammate Jordan Harris, a junior linebacker on the ISU football team.
Highly-touted defensive tackle commits to ISUBy [email protected]
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The conflict between motorists and cyclists may be nearing a truce in Cam-pustown.
Campustown and the city of Ames are partner-ing to introduce new bike lanes into some of the ma-jor streets on campus. The proposed lanes would be potentially added to Lincoln Way, Welch Avenue, as well as Chamberlain Street and 13th Street.
“Right now, Lincoln
[Way] and 13th [Street] are the only ways to get east and west all the way through Ames, and those roads are not always the most bicy-cle friendly,” said Richard Reynolds, president of the Campustown Action As-sociation.
While bikes already oc-cupy the same lanes on the streets, they are often seen as a nuisance to motorists.
“ T h i s c o n f l i c t h a s caused many bike-riding students to avoid streets all together, which has caused an influx of bike traffic on campus,” Reynolds said.
The new lanes would alleviate the traffic in both places and give cyclists a safe place to ride on the major streets of Ames.
The bike-lane pro-posal will be brought up at the January Campustown Action Association board meeting, but there are al-ready some ideas being considered.
One of the most popu-lar ideas is to paint green bicycle lanes on some of the major streets and inter-sections. The city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, implemented this idea in September and
has already seen results.The lanes are paint-
ed in bright green and are visible during the day and the night. These lanes are for cyclists only but can be crossed by cars when making a right-hand turn, pulling into a driveway or parking.
The city and the Cam-pustown Action Association need to develop a plan to deal with the lack of room for construction.
“We can’t really make room for new roads,” said Kim Hanna, director of the Campustown Action Asso-
ciation. “Almost all of our buildings come right up to the property line. That’s why our sidewalks are so small to begin with.”
With the current lay-out, new construction to widen the road is virtually impossible because Lincoln Way and 13th Street are state highways.
These ideas are meant to make the road a safer place for everyone. Cam-pustown is already a very pedestrian-friendly place and they hope to extend that hospitality to cyclists.
Along with the lanes,
Campustown wants to cre-ate better street crossings and designated dismount zones for cyclists.
“If we add new cross-ings and dismount zones, it will help to increase the safety of cyclists as they will be able to get on and off their bikes without disrupt-ing traffic,” Reynolds said.
T h e s e n e w c h a n g -es could produce major changes for Campustown travel, not only for cyclists, but for everyone on cam-pus. Students will have to wait until January to know the final verdict.
Campustown, city partner for bike lanesBy [email protected]
Beate Schmittmann has been the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since April of 2012. People may not know that she has dual citizenship in Germany and the United States and didn’t always want to study physics.
“She’s very dedicated, she cares a lot about the college, the students, the faculty,” said Gaye Simon-son, executive assistant to the dean. “I think she’s well respected across the cam-pus.”
Simonson had worked on campus for many years before going to work for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Schmittmann.
“ I h a d h e a r d g o o d things about the college and the dean,” Simonson
said, “Everybody says she’s a great dean, everybody respects her and she’s good to work with and work for.”
Schmittmann’s work day typically starts a lit-tle before 8 a.m. and ends around 7 p.m. When she isn’t working or traveling to events, she likes to read, listen to music and play with her cats.
During the summer, she can be seen riding her road bike around town to get exercise and be out-doors. She also likes to travel to places with good hiking trails.
“I really enjoy nature. I like being out in the wilder-ness,” Schmittmann said, “It’s really a big way for me to recharge.”
As a kid, Schmittmann loved nature, going on hikes with her parents and her sister. She said she always likes to take the path less traveled.
In her time off, she tries to get back to Alsdorf, Ger-many, where she grew up. She still has family there. Her mother, sister and niec-
es and nephews still live overseas.
T h e t o w n w h e r e Schmittmann grew up had a lot of people who grew their own food and raised farm animals such as chickens, rabbits and pigeons.
“One of the first things I ever wanted to be was a vet,” Schmittmann said.
Schmittmann grew up with a lot of animals around her house, she had a dachs-hund and an ever-changing population of cats outside her house. She said she al-ways seemed to connect with animals.
Royce Zia, professor emeritus of physics from Virginia Tech, was the rea-son Schmittmann came to the United States. They met through her thesis ad-viser and later through her post-doctorate adviser, as Zia collaborated with both advisers.
“She was getting a little bit tired of the things she was working on, and I said to her, ‘Why don’t you come and spend three months in Blacksburg?’” Zia said.
When Schmittmann landed in Virginia, she and Zia took the country roads back to the university. They stopped to look at the stars where she could see the Milky Way for the first time.
Schmittmann’s en-joyed her visit and when a visiting assistant professor-ship position opened up at Virginia Tech, she jumped at the opportunity. The po-sition eventually became a full-time job for Schmit-tmann.
While Schmittmann got offers to go back to Ger-many, she decided to look for dean positions in Amer-ica and eventually chose Iowa State.
“This was very attrac-tive, I really liked the school when I interviewed and when I visited. So I took the leap,” Schmittman said.
Sam Greene/Iowa State DailyBeate Schmittmann has served as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since April 2012. She grew up in Alsdorf, Germany, and taught physics at Virginia Tech. As a child, she wanted to be a veterinarian.
This is part four of a seven-part series featuring the dean of each collegeat Iowa State.
International dean crosses ocean, makes her home at Iowa State’s College of LAS
Jonathan North/Iowa State Daily Ames and the Campustown Action Association are planning on adding bike lanes to Lincoln Way and Welch Avenue. The bike lanes would be painted bright green and would move bikers off of the road to increase their safety.
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Thousands of minimum wage workers in nearly 200 cities continued
their fight to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour Thursday. President Obama recently showed his support for these and every other minimum wage earner in the United States by issuing an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federally contracted workers.
“In the wealthiest nation on Earth, nobody who works full time should have to live in poverty—nobody, not here in America,” says President Obama.
The order comes as a result of—as many orders do—the perceived failings of Congress to get—almost liter-ally—anything done. While executive orders may not be the preferred method of prog-ress, as the availability of such actions are, in my opinion, a flaw in our political process, I see the upward movement of the minimum wage as a positive step for both United States citizens and our nation’s economy.
Those who oppose an in-crease to the federal minimum wage cite multiple societal ills in their arguments, such as job loss in minimum wage posi-tions, decline in small busi-ness growth, benefits for only
a small group or only for the American youth and increased market prices (in response to wage increases).
It should also be noted that for some, dissent also stems from an opinion that there should be no federally mandated minimum wage, and while that topic in of itself merits discussion, I will have to look past it for the purposes of this column.
The argument against a minimum wage increase due to job loss is as follows: When wages increase, big employers will seek to hire a smaller, but more optimized workforce in order to keep costs down. So while those employees will be making more money, far less people will be employed.
However, according to the academic findings in the pa-per “Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?”, writ-ten by the Center for Economic Policy and Research, mini-mum wage increases have no significant effect on employ-ment rates.
“Economists have con-ducted hundreds of studies of the employment impact of the minimum wage. Sum-marizing those studies is a daunting task, but two recent meta-studies analyzing the research conducted since the early 1990s concludes that the minimum wage has little or no discernible effect on the employment prospects of low-wage workers,” says the CEPR.
CEPR studies believe this may be due to the fact that cuts are more frequently made to the hours of employees rath-er than the total number of employees themselves, but the CEPR sees gains for wage earners even in these circum-stances.
“Imagine, for example, that the minimum wage in-creased wages by 20 percent and lowered the number of hours worked by 10 percent. A part-time worker working, say 20 hours per week, would experience a 10 percent fall in hours to 18 hours a week, but would be paid 20 percent more for each of these 18 hours worked, for a net increase in weekly pay of eight percent,” says the CEPR.
Where small business growth is concerned, the United States Department of Labor found in June 2014 that “more than three out of five small business owners support increasing the minimum wage to $10.10.” The Department of Labor also dispels the idea that these increases will sim-ply become increased spend-ing money for teenagers, say-ing “88 percent of those who would benefit from a federal minimum wage increase are age 20 or older, and 55 percent are women.”
A large—and ever grow-ing—percentage of minimum wage earners would be using this money to support families and maintain their housing.
The last argument I cit-
ed is the argument that says increasing minimum wage would increase prices else-where is actually the most well-founded. However, the argument does not take into account the fact that inflation is already occurring, regardless of what the minimum wage is doing.
Therefore, while Congress holds serve on increasing mini-mum wage, even those cents in $7.25 have become less and less valuable in recent years. The Department of Labor says that “the cost of living is always rising,” so “the value of a new minimum wage begins to fall from the moment it is set.”
This issue is not about the greed or entitlement of the American worker. This is about earning a paycheck, which is fair and that brings minimum wage earners closer to meeting their economic needs.
When it comes to bringing Americans above the poverty line, studies have shown that an increase of around two dol-lars would bring only about 11 percent of people above the poverty line. These stud-ies have been used to argue against the minimum wage increase, but what is it exactly about 11 percent of people rising above the poverty line that can be seen as a bad thing?
Minimum wage increases may not be the whole answer to the poverty issue in the United States, but that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t be a piece of the solution.
There has been much c o n t r o v e r s y o v e r whether or not Presi-
dent Obama should continue to issue executive orders. As people argue, it is important that everyone knows exactly what an executive order is. According to ThisNation.com, “Executive orders are legally binding orders given by the president, acting as the head of the executive branch, to federal administrative agen-cies. Executive orders are gen-erally used to direct federal agencies and officials in their execution of congressionally established laws or policies. However, in many instances, they have been used to guide agencies in directions con-trary to congressional intent.”
While Obama, who has is-sued 193 executive orders, has not issued the most in history, many people in this country are still getting worked up about the process the presi-dent has taken.
“Presidential abuse of is-suing executive orders would be when the president un-dermines the constitutional separation of powers and pos-sibly even violates it,” said Todd Gaziano of the Heritage Foundation.
Some of the executive orders that Obama has already put into place are the Afford-able Care Act, which was in fact passed by Congress, and immigration reform, which was not passed by Congress. Now, the president is making plans with the Environmental Protection Agency to create what could be one of the most expensive regulations we have seen in this nation.
The EPA’s goal is to re-duce carbon emissions in U.S. power plants by 30 percent by installing the Clean Air Act. While the idea of having a clean energy source in the United States is something that this country could re-ally use, it will come at a large cost. The price that it will cost for residential, industrial and commercial energy custom-ers will be about $173 billion higher by the year 2020.
In order to start moving backward from the direction we are headed with global warming, we must reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 80 percent, according to The United Nations Intergov-ernmental Panel on Climate Change. That means that the little help that EPA’s plan will bring to do will not help with the larger issue at hand, which is climate change.
If the new regulation is to go into practice, it would give
the government the same au-thority over electric power as it has with Obamacare. The av-erage household electric price would increase by 35 percent, which is $630 annually.
While I understand that we desperately need a plan to reverse climate change, I do not find the EPA’s plan to fix it is one that is going to work in the long run. It’s only going to put this nation even further into debt.
The EPA’s Clean Air Act has been rejected multiple times by Congress, along with other regulatory measures such as carbon taxes.
It is clear that Congress does not think that the Clean Air Act is the right move for the United States. President Obama should keep from making this an executive or-der if he cares about the future financial state of the United States.
Students spoke and the administration listened.
On Oct. 29, the Government of the Student Body held an open forum hosting members of the ISU administration. Ste-ven Leath, university president; Jonathan Wickert, senior vice president and provost; Warren Madden, senior vice president for business and finance; Miles Lackey, as-sociate vice president and Leath’s chief of staff; and Martino Harmon, associate vice president for student affairs, all heard the concerns raised by students. But it was just a publicity stunt to make it appear like they were listening to students.
They all heard you, and they’re mak-ing changes.
Starting Monday, the collaboration of Wickert, the testing center staff and GSB produced a process they believe will solve overcrowding and lines that come with testing centers during Dead Week and Finals Week.
Iowa State doubled the testing center capacity on campus from 219 seats last spring to 448 this semester. The testing centers have also created incentives to get students to the newer centers that they might not be as familiar with.
The students were heard.Students have been raising concern
about the over-enrollment issue on campus for nearly two years. Crowded classrooms, sidewalks, CyRides, living situations and testing centers have been at the top of those concerns. And, on Oct. 29, the university gave students the opportunity to raise their voices directly to the people who can enact change and make the difference.
Wickert got members of Iowa State’s different colleges, GSB and the testing cen-ter staff together and made something hap-pen. With the outstanding collaboration among these departments, students will be able to see the first visible victory against the over-enrollment issue. It is by no means the first solution to the overcrowding prob-lem, but it is the first major change that addresses the issue that students will be able to witness firsthand.
So let’s not stop here. Utilize what the university has given us. Eight different test-ing centers on campus should help break up the congestion that many of us have experienced in the basement of Carver Hall while taking exams. That change was driven by ISU students.
For this kind of cross-department col-laboration to continue, we need to show the university we’re using the solutions and showing the administration it works. If the university continues down the path of record-breaking enrollments, it will need to continue to hold open forums to hear what the students are actually experiencing di-rectly. In order for that to happen, students must attend these forums. For now, there isn’t a GSB open forum scheduled, but seeing as how they work for the students, attend and raise your voice. Let it be heard.
It is working. Slowly, one “victory” at a time, but it is working. The university is hearing us and that is a step in the right direction.
Courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsRecently, fast food workers went on strike to try and raise their minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Many people argue that raising the minimum wage would hurt the U.S. economy, however, Columnist Snyder argues that an increase in the minimum wage would help solve a large problem plauging the United States: poverty.
Iowa State Daily After an open forum attended by many students, the administration decided to open more testing centers, a partial solution to Iowa State’s overcrowding problem.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The president is considering an executive order implementing the Clean Air Act, which would cut carbon emissions by 30 percent and cost an extra $173 billion.
Wage raise helps defeat poverty
EPA act costs nation too much money
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Imagine never losing. Never having a single slipup. Not once facing the agony of defeat.
Such is the life of John Meeks — or at least it was.
Iowa high school wres-tling aficionados still re-member Meeks. The Des Moines native starred at Roosevelt High School, where he racked up four consecutive state titles and an undefeated record.
Meeks stepped onto the mat 168 times in his high-school career and walked away with a victory each and every time. He was just the sixth wrestler in the history of Iowa high school wres-tling to accomplish an un-defeated career.
“It was great,” Meeks said with a big grin and a laugh. “But you know things change when you get to col-lege.”
T h i n g s s u r e h a v e changed. He is not interest-ed in talking about his high-school glory days anymore.
His past two years have been a tumultuous stretch that saw him fall from top dog to middle of the pack. Now, Meeks is focused sole-ly on getting back to the top.
“I’m still the same per-son,” Meeks said. “It doesn’t really faze me. I understand what I accomplished and what I did, but you got to let it go when it comes to this point.”
Meeks, a highly touted
recruit, chose to stay close to home and wrestle at Iowa State. Meeks had drawn na-tional recognition in high school, being ranked as the second-best wrestler in the country at his weight class by InterMat, an association that ranks high school and collegiate wrestlers.
His high-ranking status and undefeated high-school record meant Meek’s arrival at Iowa State was highly an-ticipated among local wres-tling fans. The transition from high-school standout to college standout is not an easy one, however.
M e e k s s t r u g g l e d throughout the course of his freshman season and ended the year with a 13-13 record, including a 7-9 record in dual meets. The .500 season was a far cry from his 168-0 high-school career.
“It sucked,” Meeks said of his freshman season struggles. “I hate losing. I hate getting taken down. And then when I go out there, and I wrestle, and sometimes I see myself on camera, and I’m just giving up, and that’s not me.”
Meeks said the main reason for his struggles were effort issues. He felt like he just wasn’t giving the nec-essary effort needed to win matches. ISU coach Kevin Jackson thinks Meeks may have come to Iowa State with the illusion that his high-school success would transfer over to collegiate level easily.
“A lot of times when you dominate l ike he’s dominated [in high school] you think it’s going to be easy,” Jackson said of Meeks. “I asked him [recently], I said, ‘When’s the last time a match has been easy, that a guy hasn’t tried his best or
competed at a high level?’ He said never. It’s never happened.”
Meeks learned that les-son the hard way that first year of college wrestling. An-other issue for Meeks might have been trying to live up to his reputation from his high-school days. Meeks may have felt some of that pressure from the outside, but a good portion of it was self-imposed.
“[I was] just worried about keeping my record,” Meeks said. “I [was] more focused on just winning, trying not to lose and when you think about that, things happen. I wasn’t focused, I wasn’t doing things right.”
Meeks quickly found that he would not dominate college wrestling like high school wrestling. At least not right away. Any dreams of following up his undefeated high-school career with an undefeated college career were quickly dashed.
“It just comes with the territory,” Meeks said. “It’s going to happen. You’re go-ing to get taken down, you’re going to lose in college. Not many people go undefeated … I just didn’t wrestle any of those [freshman season] matches. I felt like I could win them all, but I just didn’t wrestle any of them. I was hesitant.”
After struggling through his initial season, Jackson did something unconven-tional with Meeks. Jackson decided to redshirt Meeks for what would have been his sophomore season. Red-shirt years are common for true freshman or injured athletes who need to mature or recover because it gives athletes an extra year of eli-gibility. Meeks was neither.
Meeks had no issue
with the news that he would be redshirting and took it in stride.
“I was fine with [red-shirting],” Meeks said. “Whatever coach says, I’m going to do.”
Meeks said Jackson told him he wanted him to work on improving his abilities in the top position as well as finding a way to get his effort issues in check.
A maturation process was also needed. Meeks needed time to grow out of his own high-school shadow and grow into his new role.
“We wanted him to mature,” Jackson said. “We wanted him to recognize the simplicity of the sport. If you go out there and wrestle to your ability, give effort in every single situation, then you’ll be fine. His redshirt year we saw that improve-ment. There’s no pressure, no stress … so we did see that improvement.”
Meeks competed in a few tournaments unat-tached during his redshirt season and performed well, albeit against lower-quality opponents. Meeks rolled up an 11-1 record as he took home first place in the Kaye Young Open and third place in the Harold Nichols Cy-clone Open.
Sure, Meeks’ opponents might have been below-average but that was not the point. The fact of the matter was that John Meeks was getting back to dominat-ing. It still wasn’t the level of dominance in high school but his effort was there and the results followed.
Meeks came into the 2014 season fresh and ready to go. Now a redshirt sopho-more, he was slotted as the starter in the 141-pound weight class at the beginning
of the season.Meeks hoped to reas-
sert himself and show what he was capable of. He aimed to return to the John Meeks of high school.
Meeks opened up the 2014 season with a win in Iowa State’s dual against Utah Valley University, then subsequently dropped three straight matches. The early-season struggles were reminiscent of his freshman season.
After a disappointing first few duals, Jackson said he had hoped Meeks would have started the year out a little bit better.
“[Meeks] can compete with anybody in the coun-try,” Jackson said. “His ceil-ing is very, very high. He just has to tap into the mental side of the sport and that’s a challenge for young guys, but he’s in his third year now so he should recognize and make those adjustments himself.”
S o f a r t h i s s e a s o n , Meeks has been unable to show his coach that he has improved the mental as-pects of his game. For the Cy-Hawk dual in Iowa City on Nov. 29, Dante Rodri-guez, a true freshman, was chosen by Jackson to wrestle at the 141-pound weight class instead of Meeks.
Even though Rodriguez lost the matchup, Jackson sounded pleased with his effort and made it sound as if Rodriguez would be the go-to guy at 141-pounds for the foreseeable future.
“He was our best guy,” Jackson said of the deci-sion to give Rodriguez the start instead of Meeks. “He was the guy most capable of performing at a high level for us. I’m happy with his effort. He was right in that match.”
It’s another bump in the road as Meeks looks to get back to the dominating levels he became so accus-tomed to throughout his high-school career. Perhaps the latest development in the story of John Meeks will be a wake-up call.
“I would hope for any-one [that] it would fuel your fire,” said Kyle Larson, red-shirt sophomore wrestling at the 125-pound weight class. “It just goes to show you what everyone is working for everyday.”
Instead of trying to get back to dominating, Meeks will have to turn his focus to simply getting back into the starting lineup.
Now, Meeks will find himself back in the wres-tling room far away from the screaming fans, the pressures of competing and long removed from his 168-0 high-school record.
That’s in the past. His freshman season, his red-shirt season and even the beginning of this season is all in the past now.
So what’s next for John Meeks?
“Just go out there and scrap,” Meeks said.
Meeks’ new mantra will have to carry over into the wrestling room until he gets another chance to prove himself. A chance to prove that he can dominate like he once did.
It’s been a journey so far for Meeks, who still has a long ways to go in his colle-giate career. But the past two seasons and the beginning of this season have taught him a valuable lesson, one that he will carry with him as he goes forward.
“Not everything is going to be given to you,” Meeks said. “You got to go take it.”
Courtesy of ISU Athletics Redshirt sophomore John Meeks had a 168-0 record in high school, but struggled as a freshman starter for Iowa State. Meeks was worried about living up to his high school reputation as an undefeated wrestler, which pre-vented him from performing at his full potential in college. Instead of focusing on his losses at Iowa State, Meeks is now focusing on the mental aspect of the sport, which carries as much weight as the physical aspect.
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Many shoppers won-der why designer cloth-ing and accessories are so costly. A Hermes Birkin bag can cost you anywhere from $12,000 to more than $100,000. That one-of-a-kind T-shirt from Givenchy could cost a customer $800 to $950. Some may say it is justifiable, some may not agree.
Sara Marckett, associ-ate professor for apparel, events and hospitality management, is also the co-author of the sixth edi-tion of “Survey of Historic Costume,” along with Phyl-lis Tortora.
Marcketti said that the high price tag is of-ten caused by the “use of higher-end materials and processes” for the design-er item. However, some of these companies may charge more “so that they can support their couture lines.”
Marcketti said that the high price tag is only justi-fiable if a student has the budget for it, and students should not want to go into debt because they are pur-chasing designer items.
Amanda Lensch, lec-turer for apparel, merchan-dising and design, said that designer items definitely stand out in terms of qual-ity and construction and will stand the test of time if a student has the budget for an item and feels it is a necessity.
However, she said if she would purchase a piece for herself, she would go for a classic piece from a label rather than something considered trendy. She said
the price tag of a trendy item is too high to be jus-tifiable and doesn’t seem practical enough to spend money on.
Xinyue Shen, senior in advertising, said that the price tag is justifiable.
“You are buying some-thing special, and [the items] definitely stand out from the crowd,” Shen said. “The quality and design is different from what you would see out there.”
According to Shen, it really depends on the per-son. Some people could justify spending a large amount of money on items like a game console, and some could justify spend-ing that money on designer goods. It depends on the person’s funds and inter-ests.
Reasons as to why items can be more expen-sive than others could be materials used, time spent to create the product and where in the world it may have been created. Doing research is suggested be-fore purchasing an item from a designer label, es-pecially when buying an item online.
Ann Thye, academic adviser in apparel, events and hospitality manage-ment, said that if students are not planning to pur-chase designer goods, edu-cating oneself on how to spot a designer item can be important skill to have. Spotting goods at places like consignment shops can come in handy when looking for a designer item at a lower cost.
Take a trip to a local consignment shop in Ames to look for designer goods. One may be surprised at what they might find.
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As winter comes closer and the weather changes drastically, static is more present than ever. Ways to combat static in the winter chill have been discovered over the years. Here are a few ways to battle static electric-ity that many face on a day-to-day basis.
One concept to prevent this inevitable annoyance is to start combating the static before anything is close to your body. In the dryer, run the clothing item through on the fluff setting along with a small ball of tin foil. The aluminum foil cuts the static and can be used for multiple dry cycles.
Another simple op-tion that has been a go-to for many is using the Static Guard aerosol spray on clothing before wearing it. This tip may be basic knowl-edge, but it has worked for generations.
A third option, one that is very inexpensive and ef-fective, is to take a dryer sheet just before leaving the house and rub it on all clothing and along the ends of hair. When putting on garments, especially winter hats, hair can become full of static. Using a dryer sheet on the ends of hair works for both women and men.
One can also try tying a dryer sheet around a hair-brush, poking the bristles through and brushing hair to reduce static.
An option that is good on-the-go is using lotion, which combats two prob-lems in one. After rubbing lotion on your hands to bat-tle dry skin from the winter chill, run your fingers gently through the hair, then brush the hair. Because the ma-jority of lotions are cream-based, this takes away most of the static electricity.
One wallet-friendly option is to pick up a low-hold hair spray and, while the hair is still damp from
the shower, spray a bit on a brush and brush it through. Another possibility would be to purchase a frizz-control spray. Even if hair is not par-ticularly frizzy, the mixture of ingredients works in a similar fashion with static as it does for frizz.
One final option that doesn’t have anything to do with hair-related products is to purchase a humidifier. Because these devices are
used for keeping the atmo-sphere in a room moist, it would also help in the case of static in hair. This is a more expensive option than the ones listed above, but it could be an added attack on static while getting ready for the day.
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Kelby Wingert/Iowa State Daily Chilly and dry weather is common during Iowa’s winter months for both men and women. Prevent this inevitable annoyance by attacking frizz before leaving for class. If static attacks on campus, rub a small amount of hand lotion between your palms and gently run your fingers through your hair.
Kelby Wingert/Iowa State Daily Combat static with everyday household materials like dryer sheets, hair-spray and aluminum foil. Spraying hairspray on a hairbrush and brushing your damp hair after washing it can reduce hard-to-tame locks.
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“If we call looking for you or to give you informa-tion, we will leave a mes-sage,” he said. “Scammers won’t because they know you won’t be able to get back to them.”
Ames Police is asking people who receive a scam call to not call the police de-
partment unless they gave out personal information or gave the callers money. Last week, the dispatch center received around 60 calls about the scams in a couple of hours, making it difficult to take other calls.
Anthony Greiter, com-munity outreach officer for ISU Police, encouraged students not to hand out
personal information over the phone.
“If calling the police is the only way you can verify the police are not asking you for money, then contact us,” he said.
Greiter and Huff don’t expect the scams to stop anytime soon.
“Since they seem to be hitting everyone now, I’m
hoping that means it’s com-ing to an end and they have exhausted their resources,” Huff said. “But there will probably be a new scam next week.”
If a scammer claims to be from any level of govern-ment, the Federal Trade Commission provides a form to report the call at ftccomplaintassistant.gov.
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“Events like the Com-fort Dogs definitely help students,” Trant said. “Dogs and cats are really good to help de-stress and are prov-en to be beneficial to your health. They really work.”
Throughout the school year, the club runs a 5k to raise funds, as well as sets up a booth in Carver Hall to sell baked goods for the shelter.
Trant hopes that she can someday use her love
for dogs to become a canine officer.
“It’s been really fun to motivate people to really understand why we should be helping rescue animals,” Trant said. “I really do just love dogs.”
Tom Colvin, the execu-tive director for the Ani-mal Rescue League of Iowa, Inc., said animal adoptions heighten around the Christ-mas season and in the sum-mer.
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tion than we did way back when,” Colvin said. “In the past, there were quite a few impulsive buys. Now, peo-ple who are thinking about adoption put a lot more thought into it. It’s been very positive for [the ARL].”
Before the animals at the ARL are put up for adoption, they are spayed/ neutered and put through a behavior assessment to inform the rescue service on what type of home the animal needs.
After that, the poten-tial owner fills out an ap-plication to make sure they
would be a good fit for the animal.
Colvin said if a col-lege student is considering adoption, they should try to find a pet that matches their lifestyle and seriously consider the benefits and downfalls of having a pet.
“We don’t want any adoptions to be thought of as temporary in any sense,” Colvin said. “The thought process should be that I’m going to keep this pet and keep it with them when they go to their next level after graduation, by all means, adopt.”
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1 Palm reader, e.g.5 Implied with a nod, say10 Music-playing Apple14 Berry rich in anti-oxidants15 Solo16 Taboo17 Six-time French Open champ Bjorn18 “I speak for the trees” Seuss character19 TV series with many choreographed numbers20 Star system closest to the solar system23 Snuggles24 Wallops27 Long in the tooth28 Software develop-ment phase30 Good, in the Galápagos33 Melody34 Prefix with morph35 Attorneys’ org.36 Week-long year-end celebration39 River to the Rhine40 Words of denial42 “Deal __ Deal”43 Stick around45 Bit of electromag-netic radiation47 __ au vin
48 Stonewall49 Appraise53 Atlanta-based carrier56 Use a Taser on58 “Steppenwolf” author59 Official proclama-tion60 Show of affection61 Steaming mad62 Raison d’__63 Pay to play64 Lacking face value, as stock65 Comical Martha
1 Crimson Tide coach Nick2 School, to Yvette3 Old West brothers4 “Amen, brother!”5 Sprinkled with baby powder6 Medicinal plants7 Iowa crop8 “For those listening __ home ...”9 Oil, informally10 Unappreciative sort11 Precinct wheels12 United13 Deer girl21 “No problem here”
22 Actress Thurman25 Relatively cool heavenly body26 Building level28 Ski slope beginner29 Automaker Ferrari30 Forehead-covering hair31 WWII sea threat32 “Try and catch me!”33 “Gone With the Wind” estate37 Became harder to deal with38 Coral ring41 Ginormous44 Ground water source46 Feel poorly47 Life’s work49 Panoramic view50 Santa __ racetrack51 Emotional52 Perfumer Lauder54 Aviation prefix55 PDQ kin56 Reggae cousin57 Cookie holder
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