Many of Iowa State’s women in science and engineering have been nominated to receive Dupont Pioneer Women of Innovation awards for their outstanding work in research and lead- ership in their communities. Surya Mallapragada, professor of engineer- ing and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is a finalist and first- time nominee for the Research Innovation and Watch for Holidaily! Your go to gift guide on stands November 26 Volume 208 | Number 64 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. | A 2010-11 ACP Pacemaker Award winner FRIDAY, NOV. 16, 2012 I NSIDE: News ......................................... 2 Sports ......................................... 5 Opinion ....................................... 4 Classifieds ................................. 6 Games ....................................... 7 O NLINE : STUDENTS MAKE TOOTHBRUSH FLY FESTIVAL OF TREES KICKS OFF HOLIDAY VISIT US ONLINE DURING BREAK iowastatedaily.com/news iowastatedaily.com iowastatedaily.com/news @iowastatedaily facebook.com/ iowastatedaily F IND US ONLINE : iowastatedaily.com Cross-country I always looked all over for the best athletes ... and from talking to them, I really [liked] all of them.” Bill Bergan, coach of last ISU team to win the national championships After winning the NCAA Midwest Regional title for the third-straight year, the second-ranked ISU women’s cross-country team has its sights set on the ultimate prize. The team won an automatic bid to the Nov. 17 NCAA Championships in Louisville, Ky., after placing five run- ners in the top 30 and winning a third- Undefeated and ranked second nationally, the ISU women’s cross- country team might do on Saturday what the school hasn’t done in 18 years: win a national championship. It has been more than a decade since five men from four different nations claimed Iowa State’s last na- tional championship, when the ISU men’s cross-country team reached the pinnacle of the collegiate cross- country world. The team had won its first na- tional championship four years prior in 1989, but suffered through disap- The last leg: Bill Bergan, Corey Ihmels reflect on last ISU cross-country national title Photo courtesy of ISU Athletics The 1994 ISU men’s cross-country team won Iowa State’s last national title when it finished first at the NCAA Championships. From left: Steve Brooks, Dmitry Drozdov, Corey Ihmels, Ian Robinson, Jonathan Estabrook and John Kihonge. By Mark.Specht @iowastatedaily.com Photo courtesy of ISU Athletics The ISU women’s cross-country team won the NCAA Midwest Regional title last weekend for the third year in a row. The team looks to take the NCAA Championship title Saturday in Lousville, Ky. Cross-country women focus on obtaining NCAA Championship By Emily.Hejlik @iowastatedaily.com CHAMPION.p8 >> NCAA.p8 >> W EATHER: 34|50 FRI 36|56 SAT 40|56 SUN Provided by Weather.gov Sunny, mostly clear with a light and variable wind at 5 to 7 mph. Mostly sunny and breezy, with gusts up to 23 mph. Cloudy that night. Partly sunny with a 20 per- cent chance of showers that night. Achievement Economy CLIFF .p3 >> If Democrats and Republicans do not come to an agreement at the start of 2013, the United States could come to what is known as a fiscal cliff. On Jan. 1, the Bush era tax cuts will be repealed. Both Democrats and Republicans are saying they want to make a deal to avoid this fiscal cliff. Whether they come to a deal before the new Congress gets sworn in Jan. 3 U.S. might arrive at ‘fiscal cliff ’ By Thaddeus.Mast @iowastatedaily.com Faculty earn nominations By Alyssa.Miller @iowastatedaily.com Photo illustration: Megan Wolff/Iowa State Daily Surya Mallapragada in her lab. Mallapragada researches creating materials for drug, gene and vaccine delivery. She is a finalist for the Research Innovation and Leadership Award. AWARDS.p3 >> ISU women are finalists for research innovation award SPORTS OPINION Don’t wish for contact Kansas poses physical threat to Iowa State
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Many of Iowa State’s women in science and engineering have been nominated to receive Dupont Pioneer Women of Innovation awards for their outstanding work in research and lead-ership in their communities.
Surya Mallapragada, professor of engineer-ing and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is a finalist and first-time nominee for the Research Innovation and
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I always looked all over for the best athletes ... and from talking to them, I really [liked] all of them.”
Bill Bergan, coach of last ISU team to win the national championships
After winning the NCAA Midwest Regional title for the third-straight year, the second-ranked ISU women’s cross-country team has its sights set on the ultimate prize.
The team won an automatic bid to the Nov. 17 NCAA Championships in Louisville, Ky., after placing five run-ners in the top 30 and winning a third-
Undefeated and ranked second nationally, the ISU women’s cross-country team might do on Saturday what the school hasn’t done in 18 years: win a national championship.
It has been more than a decade since five men from four different nations claimed Iowa State’s last na-tional championship, when the ISU men’s cross-country team reached the pinnacle of the collegiate cross-country world.
The team had won its first na-tional championship four years prior in 1989, but suffered through disap-
The last leg: Bill Bergan, Corey Ihmels reflect on last ISU cross-country national title
Photo courtesy of ISU AthleticsThe 1994 ISU men’s cross-country team won Iowa State’s last national title when it finished first at the NCAA Championships. From left: Steve Brooks, Dmitry Drozdov, Corey Ihmels, Ian Robinson, Jonathan Estabrook and John Kihonge.
By Mark.Specht @iowastatedaily.com
Photo courtesy of ISU AthleticsThe ISU women’s cross-country team won the NCAA Midwest Regional title last weekend for the third year in a row. The team looks to take the NCAA Championship title Saturday in Lousville, Ky.
Cross-country women focus on obtaining NCAA Championship
By Emily.Hejlik @iowastatedaily.com
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Achievement Economy
CLIFF.p3 >>
If Democrats and Republicans do not come to an agreement at the start of 2013, the United States could come to what is known as a fiscal cliff.
On Jan. 1, the Bush era tax cuts will be repealed. Both Democrats and Republicans are saying they want to make a deal to avoid this fiscal cliff. Whether they come to a deal before the new Congress gets sworn in Jan. 3
U.S. might arrive at ‘fiscal cliff’By Thaddeus.Mast @iowastatedaily.com
Faculty earn nominations
By Alyssa.Miller @iowastatedaily.com
Photo illustration: Megan Wolff/Iowa State DailySurya Mallapragada in her lab. Mallapragada researches creating materials for drug, gene and vaccine delivery. She is a finalist for the Research Innovation and Leadership Award.AWARDS.p3 >>
ISU women are finalists for research innovation award
Nov. 3Levi Ryherd, 20, 1300 Coconino Road, Unit 223, was arrested and charged with under-age possession of alcohol, public intoxication, and harassment of a public official at Lot G3 (reported at 2:06 p.m.).
Kelsie Groth, 19, of Boone, was cited for under-age possession of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported at 2:06 p.m.).
Matthew Lewis, 19, 105 Freeman Hall, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Jack Trice Stadium (reported at 2:11 p.m.).
Nicholas Scandrett, 28, of Story City, was ar-rested and charged with public intoxication at Lot C3 (reported at 2:10 p.m.).
A vehicle that left the scene collided with a traf-fic attendant at Center Drive; the report remains under investigation (reported at 3:42 p.m.).
Marissa Becker, 27, of Cedar Rapids, was ar-rested and charged with public intoxication and interference with official acts at Center Drive and University Boulevard (reported at 4:05 p.m.).
A motorist collided with a deer on Mortensen Road (reported at 7:49 p.m.).
Erik Fowler, 20, 2010 Buchanan Hall, was arrest-ed and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at Buchanan Hall (reported at 11:48 p.m.).
Katie Ayers, 27, of Casey, was arrested and charged with public intoxication (reported at 11:40 a.m.).
Patrick Gillespie, 22, of Council Bluffs, was arrested and charged with public intoxication
(reported at 5:10 a.m.).
Craig Maggard, 25, 3545 N. 500th Ave., was arrested and charged with failure to provide insurance, operating with a revoked license and fraudulent use of registration plates (reported at 10:11 p.m.).
Nov. 4Officers assisted a male who had consumed too much alcohol at Friley Hall; he was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center (reported at 1:03 a.m.).
John Berry, 20, 1419 Grand Ave., Apt. 308C, and Cameron Johnson, 19, 6132 Frederiksen Ct., were cited for underage possession of alco-hol at Marrill Hall (reported at 1:43 a.m.).
Kyle Leng, 26, of Minneapolis, Minn., was arrested and charged with public intoxication at Chamberlain Street and Welch Avenue (reported at 2:31 a.m.).
Michael Smith, 19, 4611 Martensen Rd., Apt. 213, was cited for underage possession of alco-hol at Chamberlain Street and Hayward Avenue (reported at 2:45 a.m.).
Officers assisted a male who had consumed too much alcohol at Lot G2. The individual was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center. The event occurred on Nov. 3 (reported at 7 a.m.).
Shoma Chandra, 21, 3133 Greenwood Road, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated (reported at 2:41 a.m.).
Michael Pierce, 50, of Story City, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated (reported at 2 a.m.).
Police Blotter: Ames, ISU Police Departments
The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records. All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Commonwealth
Recently, the U.S. common-wealth of Puerto Rico voted for the opportunity to become a state. This is the first time that the citizens of Puerto Rico had ever approved this step to-wards statehood. Three times in the past, they have failed ref-erendums like this.
Puerto Rico, which has been a commonwealth since 1917, voted 61 percent for state-hood, 33 percent for sovereign-free association [which would allow for more autonomy], and 5 percent for complete independence.
The question before the statehood question on the bal-lot asked voters whether they wanted change or wanted to keep the status quo.
54 percent of voters voted for some type of change and were told to move onto the next question and to mark what type of change they wanted.
46 percent of voters voted to keep the status quo and were not told to move onto the next question.
Some people say that this
61 percent is a false number. Approximately 500,000 voters left the second question blank at the urging of the Popular Democratic Party as a way of protest to delegitimize the process.
“The numbers are inflated. Only about 43 percent of peo-ple really wanted to be a state,” said Laura Centeno-Diaz, an adviser to the Puerto Rican Student Association.
If Puerto Rico was added to the United States, it is pro-jected that they would benefit from an extra $20 billion per year in federal funds and ac-cess to more U.S. government programs but would have to start paying federal taxes, and companies doing business in Puerto Rico would have to start paying corporate taxes.
Other issues have been raised in the discussion if they were to be added. It has been disputed that Puerto Rico would take congressional seats from other states. English as a second language in Puerto Rico and cultural differences between Puerto Rico and the United States are potential is-sues as well.
“There are voices out there that say Puerto Rico will lose part of its culture if added to the [United States],” said Brian Behnken, professor of history. “Some think it has been degraded and eroded by American society a lot already.”
To be made a state, the vote has to be legitimized by the Puerto Rican Congress. If passed they would then have to submit a constitution to the U.S. Congress and be ap-proved. Then, it would take a two-thirds vote by Congress to make it a state. Afterwards, the president would have to sign off on the law.
It is projected that this whole process could take any-where from seven months to approve to a couple of years. Behnken expects a lawsuit to appear at the Puerto Rican Congressional level to block this referendum, eventually stopping the process at this lev-el because of all the resistance it will encounter.
“I think the status quo will remain the same; if they push for change there will be too many legal entanglements,” Behnken said.
Puerto Rican voters approve first step to join United States
Illustration by Bolun Li/Iowa State DailyPuerto Rico has been a commonwealth of the United States since 1917. Citizens recently voted to become part of the United States with 61 percent voting toward statehood on the ballot.
“Whether something hap-pens before Jan. 3 or after makes a fair bit of difference in what the deal will look like,” said Mack Shelley, uni-versity professor of political science and statistics. “The Republicans are going to be in a weaker bargaining position [after Jan. 3] because there will be fewer of them. That’s an incentive for the House Republican leadership to try to get as many votes as they can for a compromise before Jan. 3 rolls around.”
Currently, the Democrats wish to raise taxes on house-holds making more than $250,000.
“The Republican leader-ship both in the House and the Senate has made it very clear that they want to try to make sure that the tax rates don’t in-crease,” Shelly said.
“The easy solution would be to not increase the tax rates but to reduce tax deductions, which keeps the percentage rate the same but arguably would bring in more revenue,” Shelley said.
Joydeep Bhattacharya, pro-fessor of economics, said “rais-ing taxes on people who make more than $250,000 alone is not going to be anywhere close to enough.” The current plan for spending cuts is an equal amount of cuts to defense and non-defense, calling for about $500 billion each.
“If you sort the budget into defense and everything else, only about 20 percent of the non-defense budget is dis-credible under current law,” Shelley said. “Things like food stamps are cuttable. Things like Medicare and Medicaid are not cuttable. Almost any kind of deal is going to involve cutting things like food stamps and farm commodities and such things.”
“It’s the spending cuts that are going to hurt [the economy] a lot more,” Bhattacharya said. “Defense cuts means defense contractors are not going to get their money. If there’s not enough money to pay them, it means they are not going to hire people. Defense is a huge
industry.”He said this will have a sim-
ilar effect on other cuts, such as national parks. However, even these will not be enough.
“You’re not going to tax your way out of this problem; you’re not going to reduce your spend-ing and get out of this problem, directly. It has to come from changes in the entitlement programs, like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid,” Bhattacharya said.
Bhattacharya pointed out that our national debt is often misunderstood.
“We aren’t really losing. It’s going towards interest pay-ments on the debt. Not all of that is held by foreigners. A lot ... is held by Americans,” Bhattacharya said.
“What is true is that this money could be used for some-thing else, but ... it is not accu-rate to describe it as a leakage from the system and that this money just disappears. The part that is held by China and foreign governments is over-blown. I think the actual num-ber is 30 or 35 percent. It’s only that that leaves the country; the rest goes to you and me.”
Bhattacharya also said fis-cal cliff is not an accurate term, but “fiscal slope” is more telling of the situation.
“Since it’s not a cliff, politi-cians actually have a little more time than people are led to be-lieve,” he said. “Even if the tax rates go up, it’s not going to af-fect your taxes in April.”
When it comes to negoti-ating the deal, it appears the Democrats have the upper hand.
“The Democrats are in an almost delicious position that, according to public opinion polls, something like 60 per-cent of the public would blame Republicans if we do fall of the fiscal cliff. They’re not going to blame the Obama administra-tion,” Shelley said.
Bhattacharya said the situ-ation could help the United States in the future.
“If you go with the idea that crisis brings reform, then we have a crisis; let the reform happen. It will help us down the road… it will pave the way for more reform,” Bhattacharya said. “You don’t want to waste a crisis.”
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Leadership Award.Mallapragada’s research includes creating
and working with materials for optimizing drug, gene and vaccine delivery, as well as nerve regen-eration and other medical applications.
Colleagues are able to nominate someone they believe deserves the recognition.
The decision as to who receives the award is based on the visibility of the research the nomi-nee does, the impact the work has had on scien-tific and technological communities, and how the nominee has contributed to the research.
Mallapragada has already won several awards and been recognized by many institutions.
Among these awards are the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the MIT Technology Review TR100.
“I can’t take credit for everything because I work closely with students,” Mallapragada said. “They deserve a great part of the credit.”
Although the award doesn’t provide financial help to the recipients, it gives them the opportu-nity to be recognized by a wider audience.
According to Mallapragada, the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has one of the largest ratios of women faculty and stu-dents in the College of Engineering.
“It’s a big point of pride for us, and I think
that highlighting successes of women is al-ways a good thing to encourage other women,” Mallapragada said. “Especially K through 12, to follow STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] careers.”
Eve Wurtele, professor of genetics, develop-ment and cell biology, is also a finalist and sec-ond-time nominee for the Research Innovation and Leadership Award.
Wurtele works in the field of systems biology, particularly on the composition of plants. Her collaboration of researchers uses software in combination with experimental results to pre-dict new genes that regulate cell metabolism and alter cell composition.
Wurtele and her team of computer scien-tists, cell biologists, writers, musicians and art-ists have also created a computer game called Metablast that helps the player learn about cell and metabolic biology.
In Metablast, the user is able to travel into a cell to see what a cell’s organelles look like inside and out, and ultimately learn in three dimensions.
“The idea is that kids can play this together in small groups and everybody can start to realize the way everything is integrated together as op-posed to one topic,” Wurtele said.
Metablast was made primarily to help high school and college students. Instructors are able
to make an account, download the game free of charge, and create their own questions and change settings for game play.
Wurtele has previously won awards for her work.
“I think that the two things that I do, looking at regulating cell metabolism and then creating this video game, are pretty unique. We’ve done new things,” Wurtele said. “I’ve developed those particular concepts and lead those teams.”
The unique work that these women have done has not gone unnoticed. Mallapragada be-lieves that the innovation awards recognize the achievement of women in science and engineer-ing, and that with recognition comes a positive impact on women as a whole.
“I think [the award] will definitely bring added visibility and show some of the neat things that are going on at Iowa State and high-light that,” Mallapragada said. “This is a special event because it honors women. There are so few women in engineering. It’s nice to have more women recognized.”
Award recipients were announced at the Women of Innovation dinner and awards cer-emony Thursday at the Des Moines Marriott downtown.
Research Innovation and Leadership ■ Lyric Bartholomay, Iowa State University
■ Surya Mallapragada, Iowa State University
■ Sharron Quisenberry, Iowa State University
■ Eve Wurtele, Iowa State University
Academic Innovation and Leadership - Post-Secondary
■ Amy Andreotti, Iowa State University
■ Leslie Hogben, Iowa State University
■ Adah Leshem, Iowa State University
Government Agency/Non-Profit Innovation and Leadership
■ Jacqueline Comito, Iowa State University
Rising Star ■ Ann Staudt, Iowa State University
Collegian Innovation and Leadership ■ Brittany Oswald, Iowa State University
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After more than 30 years working for the City of Ames as city attorney, handling legal matters within Ames, including Iowa State, Doug Marek has announced he will be accepting a position in Colorado.
Marek, the city attorney for Ames, announced Nov. 7, he has accepted a position as the city attorney in Greeley, Colo.
Marek says that after more than 30 years of work in Iowa, it is one of the few positions that could entice him from his current position. Marek was born and raised in Colorado and also completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees there.
“I found out about the retirement of the [Greeley] city attorney when I went home for my high school re-union,” Marek said. He had met the
former Greeley City attorney at a na-tional convention, and his family and friends encouraged him to try for the position.
Greeley, like Ames, is a col-lege town, housing University of Northern Colorado, and this was very important to Marek.
“University towns have a little bit of a different dynamic,” he said.
From the musical and theatrical entertainment to the sports and from the lectures to the public transpor-tation, Marek said there is always a draw to college towns. He also said that working with students and the university adds an interesting aspect to his job.
Reflecting on his time in Ames, Marek said, “It’s like nirvana. It’s the best place to be.”
His position as Ames city attor-ney is different than most city at-torneys because of many things that make Ames unique, including his work with CyRide, electric utility and
a municipal hospital.Although Marek will not really
be involved in the selection of his replacement, he is making sure to do what he can to help find a good fit for the city.
“I will be recommending what priorities should be considered and what qualifications people would look to for leadership,” Marek said.
Susan Gwiasda, public relations officer for the Ames, said that the city has not done much thus far to start
the process of selecting a new city attorney.
“I think since [Marek] was in a position that had to be appointed and approved, as soon as it was approved, he began telling people,” Gwiasda said of Marek’s new position in Greeley. The city sent out a press re-lease the following day to inform the public about Marek’s decision.
There is not a system set in stone for selecting a city attorney, as it is a decision completely up to the City
Council. In fact, Gwiasda said it is “one of the few city of Ames positions appointed by City Council.”
They will soon begin a nation-wide search for possible attorney candidates.
The council will begin planning the best way to execute this search for Marek’s replacement at upcom-ing City Council meetings.
In the past, the city has used sub-committees and worked with the human resources to find qualified individuals, but there is still a lot up in the air.
After the selection of candi-dates, a lot of the interviewing will take place in closed sessions of City Council meetings and in private meetings with the mayor and council members.
“When the finalists are named, those names then become public,” Gwiasda said.
The city had a moment of farewell to Marek at the previous City Council meeting on Tuesday, though he will continue his work here through the end of December. “It’s been a lovely place to live,” said Marek.
Ames
City attorney accepts job in Colorado
By Tedi.Mathis @iowastatedaily.com
Marek
■ Bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo.
■ Master’s degree in teaching from Colorado College
■ Moved to Iowa in 1977
■ Law degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa
■ Worked with Iowa Attorney General for 16 years
■ Taught at Drake University Law School and prosecuted cases at Story County Attorney Office
■ Served current position as Ames’ city attorney for just under seven years
■ Will begin in Greeley, Colo. in late December 2012 or early January 2013
Quick facts about City Attorney Marek Marek moves back to home state; Council seeks replacement
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about why you should consider studying abroad. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity and
you will make memories that you will never forget. Now I’m back with another idea for you to consider: Learning a second language. I know a lot of people do not see how learning a second language could possibly benefit you in anyway. So allow me to explain.
No matter what field you go into you will most likely work with somebody from a differ-ent culture at one point or another. Whether it’s business meetings in Europe, working with engineers in Asia, studying soil in Nigeria or teaching in a classroom full of multicultural students. You can thank globalization for those experiences, but the point is that you are going to have to be conscious of those other cultures as you interact with them. A great place to start learning is by learning a second language.
You may not be able to learn every language of every culture that you are may interact with, and that’s OK. The important thing is to become aware of different cultures so you do not come off as the arrogant American and be able to experience more things when you travel.
I have studied Spanish since high school. I’m not fluent in the language, but I would say I’m proficient. When I was in Spain last spring, the Spaniards thought it was great that I was learning a second language. They were all very supportive and went out of their way to teach me new words each day. Then they would repeat them so I could memorize them. Nobody expected me to be perfect; they knew I was a student, and they just wanted me to learn more about them. When I used those words later, they would be so happy. It’s little things like that which could set you apart from most other people.
I found that by sharing a language with the people around me I got to know them better. This may seem like a very obvious thing, but I was really worried about being to connect with people before I left for Spain. I was worried that I was going to the lonely American in the city, but that wasn’t the case. I met a lot of cool
people in the city where I was living, and it was fun getting to know them.
Over Thanksgiving Break I’m going to Honduras for a service trip. Through my majors I have studied developing countries and obviously Spanish. Now I have the opportunity to experience where my two majors collide. Being able to see your major play out in real life is rewarding after spending so much time sit-ting in the library. Thanks to globalization this experience could take you anywhere.
We all know our world is becoming more flat. The world is coming together and that means that our generation is going to have to be ready to work right alongside of different people. We have to know how to work with them, not just the content of the project.
Do I have you convinced yet?Here is another thing to consider. As a col-
lege senior getting ready to enter the real world I’m getting a little nervous for all of the new things that are going to start happening, but I know that I was able to adapt to a culture that I didn’t know a whole lot about before going in, and that makes me feel a little more confident that I can adapt to the real world.
If you still are looking for another reason here it is: How cool would it be to read Harry Potter in another language? If none of my other reasons got you thinking I bet that one did.
Studying a second language can open a lot of doors for you. Don’t automatically assume that it cannot benefit you, because I can assure you that it can in some way. Iowa State offers plenty of opportunities by taking a class or by going to any of the many cultural celebrations put on by different student organizations.
Think about it.
Election season is an ideal time for feelings, emotions and stereotypes to form and fester inside individuals toward the prospective candidates. By the time actual Election Day rolls around most voters have stronger feelings toward one candidate; many take that strong feeling to a whole new level and become obsessed and deeply involved, almost making the campaign their own personal endeavor.
These feelings are good, and we give props to those who are involved and are taking interest in the issues that will face the president-to-be. But these feelings also have the ability to bring about harsh repercussions when that passionate individual’s beloved candidate does not win the election.
Anyone who ventured into the world of social media soon after the election results were called for Presi-dent Barack Obama, witnessed some serious backlash aimed at this deci-sion. There were countless posts of hateful comments, disrespectful slang terms thrown the president’s way and intense disappointment and hopeless-ness expressed about this country and all those who voted for Obama.
That disappointment has even lead to citizens of many states taking drastic steps to try and secede from the union and form a new government. Ac-cording to the Washington Post, most of the petitions come from states that supported Mitt Romney in the elec-tion; however, a few swing states and some from the deep blue North have joined the trend. Petitions have been filed for 20 states, and two of them, Texas and Louisiana, are close to hit-ting the threshold of 25,000 signatures in 30 days, in which the White House will consider the petition.
This is ridiculous.What happened to the prestige,
respect and honor that the presidency held? Article II of the U.S. Constitution details the regulations, guidelines, and powers the president shall hold. If any-one has forgotten just how important and respected this position is to be, go take a quick read and you’ll surely be reminded.
There was once a time that regard-less of the outcome of the election, the elected officer was respected by all. Regardless of your party affiliation, your moral beliefs, or your socioeco-nomic status, you should admire the position of the president of the United States, and whoever is elected to fill those shoes. Don’t even think for a second you could run that office flaw-lessly. And to the petition starters in Louisiana and Texas, we hope you’re ready for all that is to follow if you truly succeed in seceding from the Union. Maybe the new president of those “countries” will finally regain an appre-ciation for America’s president.
The universe in its grandeur is of an uncertain, possibly infinite size. Our universe
is, at a minimum, 92 billion light-years in diameter. Alpha Centauri is our closest star system, at a distance of 4.25 light-years. Flying at the speed of light, 186,282 miles per second, it would take 92 bil-lion and 4.25 years to travel those respective distances. The fastest humans have ever traveled is just a few thousandths of a percent of the speed of light.
As far as we know, it is impos-sible to travel as fast or faster than the speed of light, unless we find a way to alter space. At four times the speed of light, it would take a year to get to Alpha Centauri.
This in mind, it can be safely stated that any extraterrestrial life to come and visit us would likely be of supreme technological ad-vancement and have just come to
rest after an incredibly long jour-ney — even if they were to come from the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. The technological difference between humans and an alien species visiting us would be like us traveling to the moons of Jupiter and finding bacteria.
Hypothetically speaking, if the moons of Jupiter did in fact carry extraterrestrial bacteria, do you think that would stop us from har-vesting resources from it that we have already expunged on Earth?
Discovering extraterrestrial life would be the single greatest discovery in human history, and probably the greatest we would ever make.
Now imagine the reasons for an alien species to arrive at Earth in the first place. I can really only
think of two possible reasons. The first, they have discovered we are an inhabited planet and are their first contact as well, or, they are traveling throughout the universe in search of resources to continue their own existence.
Friends of mine have argued that these aliens might be be-nevolent and have traveled great distance for the sake of friendship or even enlightenment. While I will entertain that possibility and not throw it out the window, the likelihood of that being the case is probably significantly less than the first two reasons I proposed.
In either of the two cases I gave above, it would be a bad day for Earth and its humanity if we were visited by extraterrestrials.
It is well known that creatures higher on the food chain, and with more brain power, require more energy and resources to function. The same will likely be true for an advanced alien species. Even if they have mastered renewable energy, it is still impossible to get a 100 percent return in energy. We would be decimated if aliens came for our resources. Whether
they killed us first or simply took the resources, we would barely survive, if not die off completely.
An species that visits us is likely going to examine us like test subjects, like we would do if we found bacteria on another world. Our likely intelligence difference to visiting extraterrestrials is well compared by astrophysicist, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, when he says, “We would be drooling, blith-ering idiots in their presence... Quantum mechanics would be intuited by their toddlers the way we intuit pasta collages.”
Tyson also suggests that we would be so insignificant to such advanced extraterrestrials that they might even fly on by without a care in the world (or in this case the universe), humans being none the wiser to their existence.
Regardless, I think I could safely say that I would prefer to do the finding as opposed to the other way around.
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With three matches and just more than one week re-maining on the regular season schedule, the final stretch of the season for the ISU volleyball team will make for a different Thanksgiving.
No. 19 Iowa State (17-7, 10-3 Big 12) will face Baylor on Saturday, West Virginia on the road the day before Thanksgiving on Wednesday and play host to No. 3 Texas on Nov. 24.
The matches against Baylor and West Virginia will be on the road, and the tight schedule may
keep some players away from home on Thanksgiving.
“It’s kind of tough, but I just put it in perspective that basket-ball teams don’t get to go home for Thanksgiving, Christmas or spring break,” said libero Kristen Hahn.
Hahn said she still has homework due during the week, but stressed that break brings time to relax.
Outside hitter Rachel Hockaday agreed. “I never have class anyway,” Hockaday joked. “Fifth-year senior, you know what I mean?”
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Percy Gibson jostled for positioning along the base-line while boxing out for a rebound.
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Big 12 power rankings1. Kansas State (10-0, 7-0) (-) Wildcats still control destiny.2. Oklahoma (7-2, 6-1) (-) The Sooners narrowly beat Baylor.3. Texas (8-2, 5-2) (-) Longhorns have won four straight.4. Oklahoma State (6-3, 4-2) (-) Have started three quarterbacks.5. Texas Tech (7-3, 4-3) (+1) Held off Kansas in two overtimes.6. TCU (6-4, 3-4) (-1) Faces Oklahoma and Texas next.7. West Virginia (5-4, 2-4) (-) Has lost four straight.8. Iowa State (5-5, 2-5) (-) Has lost four of last five games.9. Baylor (4-5, 1-5) (-) Hurting without Robert Griffin III.10. Kansas (1-9, 0-7) (-) Almost beat Texas Tech last week.
WOmen’S bball:
vs.
North Dakota vs. Iowa StateWhere: Hilton Coliseum
When: 1 p.m. Sunday
Media: Cyclones.tv
FOOtball:
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West Virginia vs. Iowa StateWhere: Jack Trice Stadium
When: 2:30 p.m. Nov. 23
Media: ABC
men’S bball:
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Campbell vs. Iowa StateWhere: Hilton Coliseum
When: 6 p.m. Sunday
Media: Cyclones.tv
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North Carolina A&T vs. Iowa State
Where: Hilton Coliseum
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday
Media: Cyclones.tv
When the season began, the ISU volleyball team had high hopes of winning the Big 12 Conference.While that hope went by the wayside Wednesday when Texas swept Texas Tech to clinch the league title, the team could still finish second.The Cyclones are currently No. 2 in the conference at 10-3, one match ahead of Kansas, which is 10-4. Those two teams split the season series, each winning their home match.Last season Iowa State finished 13-3, which it could do if it wins its final three matches. That mark was good for second place in the conference last season, as well.
Senior running back Jeff Woody said it perfectly for his team: “You absolutely cannot go into this with any sort of ‘roll your helmet out there’ and expect to win.”
When looking at the opponents’ records of the ISU football team, it would be easy to see how the game against Kansas could be the easiest win to get to bowl eligibility.
Kansas (1-9, 0-8 Big 12) is a struggling team look-ing for its first conference win since 2010. Iowa State (5-5, 2-5 Big 12) is searching for a win on the road to become bowl-eligible for the third time in four seasons.
But it won’t be easy. The Kansas team that Iowa State will meet on Saturday has taken two ranked teams down to the wire in the past three weeks.
“Against Texas Tech... they gave up a lot of points, but they scored a lot of points,” Woody said. “And against Texas, they only gave up [21 points] but only scored [17].”
The past two years that the Cyclones have faced the Jayhawks, the outcomes have been close. In 2011, a field goal gave Iowa State the win; in 2010, just 12 points did so for its Homecoming.
Something the Cyclones are going to keep an
eye out for is the Jayhawks’ potent running game. The Jayhawks are ranked 21st in the nation in rush offense, averaging 213.1 yards per game.
“The most important stat that you need to know about the Kansas football team is they are No. 2 in the [Big 12] in running the ball — they do that very well,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads. “And [they are] No. 1 in time of possession at 32-plus minutes in the game.”
When looking at his football team, Rhoads said those are two areas upon which it needs to im-prove. He said his defense spends too much time on the field.
Another aspect that Kansas is more known for on the field, and not so much in the statistics, is its physi-cal aggressiveness.
“They were a physical team,” said nickelback Deon Broomfield when asked of the 2011 KU team. “They’re going to run downhill and they’re going to try and stop our run game. That’s what they want to do first.”
Iowa State has not won in Lawrence, Kan., since 2001 — its third-longest active losing streak on the road to current Big 12 opponents.
Iowa State will take on Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., on Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. Iowa State is 36-49-6 against Kansas, but have won the past two meetings.
Where: Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kan.
When: 6 p.m. Saturday
Media: Fox Sports Network (TV), Cyclone Radio Network (Radio), iowastatedaily.com (online coverage)
Notes:This meeting will be the 92nd match-up between the two teams. Kansas leads the all-time series 49-36-6.Iowa State has not won in Lawrence, Kan., since 2001 — its third-longest active losing streak against current Big 12 opponents.Iowa State is allowing 22.6 points per game, which ranks 34th nationally.Follow sports editor Jake Calhoun (@JakeCalhoun75) on Twitter for live updates from the game.
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File photo: Iowa State DailyJeff Woody breaks a tackle during the victory over Kansas last season. With consecutive run plays at the end of regulation, Woody broke his career-high rushing total with 61 rushing yards. Kansas hosts Iowa State this Saturday at the Memorial Stadium. Iowa State has not won in Lawrence, Kan. since 2001.
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Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State DailyISU volleyball players celebrate their victory over Baylor on Sept. 22 at Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State won 3-1. The team will face Baylor again this Saturday at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas.
Big 12 play
ISU finishes season with 3-game week
Just a few days removed from a 98-40 romp of Alabama A&M, Iowa State is gearing up to face some more equivalent competition.
With holiday break comes holiday basketball tourna-ments and this year the Cyclones (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) drew the Global Sports Classic.
Campbell kicks off the sporadic tournament, which finishes up in Las Vegas after Thanksgiving, with an evening matchup Sunday at Hilton Coliseum. Campbell (1-1, 0-0 Big South), which is picked to win the Big South North Division, may not ring a bell for some Cyclone fans but ISU coach Fred Hoiberg said he isn’t taking the Fighting Camels lightly.
“We’ve got an opponent coming in here that’s got some very good players that have been a part of some big wins, including a big one in the state of Iowa last year,” Hoiberg said. “They’ve got three guards that can really play, they can really fly it up the floor, can really get it out in transition.”
The big win Hoiberg eluded to was Campbell’s 77-61 win against Iowa last season, when the small school from Buies Creek, N.C., blocked 10 Hawkeye shots in the victory at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Campbell guard Darren White scored 17 points against Iowa last season and is averaging 23 points and 9.5 rebounds per this year. To Iowa State’s advantage, Chris Babb will return to action from an undisclosed suspension on Sunday and will share the task of con-taining White with a few teammates.
“Coach already talked to me about that and I haven’t really watched any film on that but we’ll take care of that today and go from there,” Babb said on Thursday.
When asked if Babb would start or come off the bench, Hoiberg was unsure as of Thursday’s practice. Hoiberg did say Melvin Ejim, Will Clyburn and Georges Niang would also get in on the action.
After the Cyclones face North Carolina A&T on Tuesday, the team heads for Las Vegas to see what could be its toughest test of the nonconference season. Hoiberg and Co. are scheduled to play No. 24 Cincinnati on Nov. 23 and either No. 18 UNLV or Oregon the follow-ing day.
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Iowa State vs. Kansas Iowa vs. Michigan Washington vs. ColoradoNo. 21 USC vs. No. 17 UCLA
Utah State vs. No. 19 Louisiana Tech UCF vs. Tulsa
No. 14 Stanford vs. No. 1 Oregon
PICKSIowa State — I know I’ve already lost my mind, but this is going to be closer than people think.
Iowa State — This game is going to scare some ISU fans, but they’ll be happy afterward.
Iowa State — Paul Rhoads and Co. clinch the third bowl berth in four years. Only question is if Rhoads gives another big speech.
Iowa State — The Cyclones become bowl-eligible, will make appearance in Cyclones.tv Bowl.
Iowa State — Cyclones become bowl-eligible in a close game with the Jayhawks.
Michigan — This is prob-ably like a bowl game to Iowa since it won’t be going to one this year.
Michigan — Denard, you’re getting put in time-out if you keep screwing me over.
Michigan — Hail to the victors! Iowa’s bowl chances end with a loss to Michigan.
Iowa — Oh yeah, I just did that. I bet you Iowa goes bowling, too.
Michigan — Ferentz can keep living in his little dream world. B1G disap-pointment for Hawkeye fans this season.
Washington — The term “blazing it up” receives a whole new meaning for this game.
Washington — Houn, quit picking these stupid Washington games. However, I dub this the Stoner Bowl.
Washington — The Huskies will win out and end the season with eight wins. Plus they won for me last week.
Washington — Meanwhile, huskies (the dogs) are adorable.
Washington — Colorado might be the worst team in college football. I wish it was still in the Big 12.
UCLA — Surf’s up, brah. Break out the war paint and watch Barkley bite a big one on the waves. Brah Bowl: That’s gnarly.
USC — Is it wrong that I have a Matt Barkley poster on my ceiling above my bed?
USC — Yes, the Trojans have been a letdown. I still think they’ll beat UCLA.
USC — Battle of the Brahs.
UCLA — Love the way Jim Mora has the Bruins playing. UCLA wins a close one to reach the Pac-12 Championship.
Louisiana Tech — It may not be #MACtion, but a battle for the last-ever WAC title will make for some great #WACtion.
Louisiana Tech — Another gem of a game. The only thing Utah State can do is beat Utah.
Louisiana Tech — I don’t know anything about this game. But Louisiana Tech has been good this sea-son, will win the WAC.
Louisiana Tech — Who against who? Stats: Louisiana Tech looks good. Strength of schedule: F-
Utah State — Utah State pulls off the upset to tie Louisiana Tech in the wacky WAC.
Tulsa — I should really fire Stephen for his awful attempt at sarcasm.
Tulsa — Tulsa is going to run all over UCF.
Tulsa — The Golden Hurricane storm away with this one.
Tulsa — This one is for all the marbles: the Conference USA Title!!!
Tulsa — Battle of top C-USA teams. Golden Hurricane rushing attack too much for UCF to stop.
Oregon — I like the Ducks’ chances consider-ing they’re now using actual robots to fill the three-deep.
Oregon — I may transfer just to wear the jerseys since I’m being recruited, obviously.
Oregon — Nobody can slow down the Ducks’ of-fense, especially not a Tree.
Oregon — The Ducks’ third quarter scheme: kneel down. The whole third quarter.
Oregon — Stanford’s freshman QB impressed in his first start last week, but Oregon keeps its title hopes alive.
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Lynch said the team will practice early next Thursday morning and late Friday night. The distance between prac-tices is to allow players to head home if possible.
“They all go somewhere,” Johnson-Lynch said. “They’re always welcome at our house, but no one really wants to come
to our house for Thanksgiving for some reason.”
Players from outside the state often don’t get that chance, however. Regardless, the entire team finds some-thing to do.
“I think my parents are going to come to Ames for Thanksgiving and celebrate with me on Thursday,” Hahn said. “Coaches try to make it
so we have time, if we can, to go home for in-state kids.
The Cyclones beat Baylor 3-1 and swept West Virginia in straight sets when they played the two teams at Hilton Coliseum. So far this season, Baylor has won only two Big 12 matches and West Virginia still hasn’t found the win column.
West Virginia has won
only five of 42 total Big 12 sets in its debut season in the conference.
The big match will come against Texas, which locked up the Big 12 title on Wednesday. Last time Iowa State faced Texas, it won the first two sets before losing the final three to take the loss.
“That game at Texas was a good game, but we left disap-
pointed just in the outcome of it,” Hockaday said. “Especially since we have a home football game that Friday, I think we’ll have a good crowd.”
This season the Cyclones are 11-1 at Hilton Coliseum. If Iowa State knocks off Baylor and West Virginia heading into the final weekend, the Texas match will be even bigger.
“If we win out we might
have a shot at a seed,” Johnson-Lynch said of the NCAA tour-nament. “If we don’t have a seed, at least we’d like to be in position to have a good match-up the first two rounds.”
Iowa State will face Texas at home at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. The team will find out where it might play in the NCAA tournament the next afternoon.
up against top competition so early on.“We get to measure ourself early and just
see where we’re at in the country, basically,” Clyburn said.
With Campbell and North Carolina A&T as precursors to Las Vegas, the Cyclones won’t
have to jump right into Las Vegas for some top-25 matchups. Babb realizes the holiday tourna-ment will be a step up from their recent oppo-nents and added Campbell will help get them ready for Cincinnati and maybe even UNLV.
“They obviously have a lot of players, guys that can score, so I think it will definitely help us going into those top-ranked teams,” Babb said.
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■ Tuesday, Nov. 20: vs. North Carolina A&T, Hilton Coliseum, 7 p.m.
■ Friday, Nov. 23: at No. 24 Cincinnati, Las Vegas, 5:30 p.m.
■ Saturday, Nov. 24 at No. 18 UNLV/Oregon, Las Vegas, TBA
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straight regional title last weekend.“We don’t need to change anything this week
to prepare, we just need to maintain what we’ve been doing,” said senior Betsy Saina. “Our goal is to win the title, and I think we are more than capable of doing that.”
The team has championship goals after a seventh-place finish at last season’s NCAAs. There, Saina and fellow senior Meaghan Nelson each earned All-America honors, finishing ninth and 17th, respectively.
The performance was Iowa State’s best fin-ish on the national stage since placing second in 1985. The Cyclones were eighth in 2010.
“Confidence has been the key to my success,” Saina said. “I know I can do way better than the ninth-place finish I had last year. I want to win the title; if it doesn’t happen, I want to know that I did my best.”
Florida State, No. 1 in the Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, is the Cyclones’ biggest threat. Rounding out the top five are Iowa State, Oregon, Arizona and Stanford.
“Florida State and Oregon both have a simi-lar makeup like we do,” said associate coach Travis Hartke. “They have two to three girls who are up front in the race and a couple top-50 run-ners. To win a national title, you need at least two All-Americans.”
The Cyclones will go into the meet having
never faced Florida State or Oregon, making it tough to know what they will be going up against. If the women are able to run a similar race to their performance at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, the opponent may not matter.
“I don’t know if we really prepare against teams,” Hartke said. “We can’t control what the other teams do, we can only control what we are doing. I like our chances.”
The reigning Big 12 champions have their 1-2 punch with All-Americans Saina and Meaghan Nelson. Not to be lost in the shuffle is Crystal Nelson and her stellar freshman season.
“I think there is less pressure on me individ-ually because I’m not as experienced as the oth-ers,” Crystal said. “At the same time, I have more pressure that I put on myself because if I don’t do well, it affects the team.” With the biggest meet of the season one day away, mental preparation is just as important as physical preparation.
“The night before the meet, I will go through the race in my head and how I want it to play out,” Crystal said. “I go into it knowing it’s go-ing to hurt, so during the actual race it’s actually easier.”
Not only is the NCAA meet the last and most important of the season, it also marks the end of Saina and Meaghan Nelson’s historic careers.
“I don’t even want to think about it,” Saina said. “I’m trying to accomplish what I and our team know we can accomplish. I don’t want to have any regrets.”
pointment at nationals during the next four years.
Ian Robinson and Steve Brooks (Britain), Dmitry Drozdov (Russia), John Kihonge (Kenya) and Corey Ihmels (United States) were the men who won the national title in 1994.
They were led by coach Bill Bergan.
“It’s hard to believe it’s been that long ago,” Bergan said. “That doesn’t seem possible.”
A 2001 ISU Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, Bergan retired in 1995 after a 23-year career that included a combined 25 conference titles in cross-country and track.
“I always looked all over for the best athletes and the ones I thought would fit in the pro-gram, and from talking to them I really [liked] all of them,” Bergan said of his ’94 team.
Robinson, who was a senior and the team’s top runner, was described by Bergan as an ath-lete who wasn’t the most tal-ented, but was a “workaholic.”
Drozdov was a talented ath-lete in Bergan’s eyes. Bergan had sent recruitment letters to roughly eight world-ranked ju-nior athletes, but Drozdov was the only one to respond.
“He immediately wrote me back and the next day he reg-istered for English classes, be-cause he didn’t know a word of English and had to have some-one read that letter to him,” Bergan said.
Bergan described Kihonge as an “outstanding student” and Brooks as a hard worker who was “better in cross-coun-try than he was [in] track.”
Ihmels is currently the men’s and women’s track and cross-country coach at Iowa State. When he was recruited by Bergan in 1991, Ihmels had just won the individual National High School Cross-Country Championship.
“For lack of a better way to say it, I pretty much had my pick of [the] litter,” Ihmels said of choosing what college he wanted to run for.
Ihmels narrowed his op-tions down to two schools:
Iowa State and Oregon. Ultimately, Bergan won Ihmels over.
“He’s just kind of a down-to-earth guy that is very genu-ine and honest and obviously he had a lot of success and [was] someone you knew was going to look out for you and take care of you,” Ihmels said.
One promise Bergan made to Ihmels was that if he came to Iowa State, the team would win a national championship.
“He kept his promise, so that was pretty cool,” Ihmels said.
Promising a national championship wasn’t some-thing Bergan did often, and Ihmels made it happen believ-ing what he said.
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