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After transferring to Iowa State from a community college, Mike Stewart realized volunteer opportunities were abundant. He worked to make it easier for stu-dents to find service opportuni-ties as co-chairman of events for CyServe Council.

Feb. 22 is CyServe Day. A full day of service planned by CyServe Council, this event allows stu-dents to sign up for times that fit their schedule. Seven different events will be held throughout the city of Ames. The events include a variety of activities to get students involved in a number of differ-ent ways, from cleaning campus buildings to playing bingo with the elderly.

“We try to make it so that it’s a wide variety of different stuff so that it’s not just all cleaning or something like that,” said Stewart.

Stewart also stressed the importance of working with or-ganizations such as Access and Colleges against Cancer. “We’re trying to work with campus orga-nizations so that we can find new and unique opportunities.”

The aim of CyServe Council is to get students invested in the community on a large scale said Kevin Merrill, leadership and ser-vice coordinator of the student activities center.

Merrill believes CyServe Day is a great way for students to in-vest on the large scale no matter how small the event.

“The project may seem small, but the impact may be much larg-er,” said Merrill. Stewart said that even little things could help the community a lot.

When CyServe Council was

known as The 10,000 Hours Show, they used a big concert celebra-tion as their foundation. Using last school year as a transition, they changed their name and their focus as well.

“The backbone of the orga-nization is students volunteering and wanting to do good things in their community,” said Merrill.

Plotted between Dance Marathon and Veishea Service Day on the calendar, CyServe Day is the first February volunteer day done by CyServe Council.

“We were concerned about the weather …” said Stewart, “but the way that we tried to counter-balance that was by making all of our events inside mostly.”

Merrill added that serving others on a cold day might help with a bit of cabin fever. Despite

the cold, Stewart hopes to have a bigger turnout than last semester.

“Our goal is to have a 30% increase from last CyServe Day,” Stewart said. “If we have 350 peo-ple, I would be happy about it.”

While Stewart would be hap-py if this goal is accomplished, he emphasized that the organization is striving for more in the future.

“We’re working to slowly make this event bigger and bigger every semester,” he said.

Signup for CyServe Day is available for all students online, and students will check-in for events at Carver Hall. Stewart knows 350 people could be diffi-cult, but he considers it attainable.

“It’s an ambitious goal but we’re passionate about what we do and think it can happen,” Stewart said.

Iowa State DailyJessica Maciel, sophomore in microbiology, makes a card to be sent to a children’s hospital on Jan. 20, 2011, in the UDCC during a 10,000 Hours Show Recruitment Week event. The event is now called CyServe Day.

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Four out of the five candi-dates for the two GSB business senate seats were present at the business senate debate yes-terday. Candidates for the two business senate seats include Max Lim, Tyler McKnight, Megan Sweere, Dan Breitbarth and Presha Kardile.

Kardile is a senior in man-agement with a minor in fi-nance. She also has a certificate in community leadership and public service through the Catt Center for Women in Politics.

“I am the current director of student diversity for GSB,” Kardile said. “I have worked on various projects throughout my term, one of which includes creating a diversity committee for GSB.”

McKnight is a freshman in marketing and management. He is currently involved in freshman council and the fra-ternity of Alpha Kappa Psi.

“As a less traditional stu-dent, I bring a perspective to the table that I don’t believe many others have,” McKnight said. “After working in the real world for few years after high school, I didn’t take coming back to school lightly.“

McKnight said he believes that his mindset will help him focus on what really matters to students down the road.

Breitbarth is a sophomore in economics and manage-ment. He is a member of the Iowa Statesmen, a business senator for GSB, was president

of Willow Hall and was senator for IRHA.

“This past year on GSB I spearheaded a project to re-model the sidewalk around Linden Hall that is now final-ized and passed,” Breitbarth said. “Many students walk that path and it is basically a mud path right now.”

Lim is a senior in manage-ment information systems with a minor in accounting. Lim has served as vice president of Friley Hall and is now serving as president there.

“I realize that we have companies coming in for our career fair,” said Lim. “However, I believe we can have even more companies coming to our career fair.”

Lim is also a member of the IRHA and the fraternity of Alpha Kappa Psi.

Adam Guenther, the GSB election commissioner, asked the candidates what issues the College of Business face and how the candidates were going to solve these problems.

“Overcrowding in class-rooms is a big problem for the business college,” Breitbarth said. “The main classroom for Gerdin is constantly packed, and I am working to change that.”

Kardile focused on the top-ic of diversity. Kardile said that there are a lot of communica-tion gaps between students of different cultures.

“I would like to work with the communication center to

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Tiffany Herring/Iowa State DailyLeft: Kristine McCunn is thrown in the pool in full gear, including a plastic gun, during Combat Water Survival Train-ing Lab Wednesday at Beyer Pool. The semi-annual training lab is meant to help officers prepare for water-related and high-stress situations.

Below: ROTC students listen to Officer in Charge Cadet Anthony Stoll before Combat Water Survivial Training Lab.

On Wednesday, approxi-mately 120 ISU Army ROTC cadets jumped into the Beyer Hall pool for the semi-an-nual Combat Water Survival Training Lab. Cadets rotated through five stations to prove their ability in the water.

Anthony Stoll, officer in charge and senior cadet, said, “The whole focus around this lab is to test our confidence and our ability to handle ourselves within a stressful situation.”

Senior cadets facilitate the lab while underclassmen

cadets participate.The lab consists of a swim

diagnostic test, which has two stations — a 10-minute continuous swim, as well as a 5-minute water tread.

In both stations, the ca-dets were not allowed to have their feet touch the bottom of the pool.

In the continuous swim station, the cadets had to swim around the edges of the lane while keeping their head above the water for 10 minutes.

Dan Saladin, a sopho-more cadet, said that the hard-est part of the lab for him was the 10-minute continuous

swim.In another lane, the ca-

dets had to tread water for 5 minutes while remaining sta-tionary with their heads above the water.

There was also a lane for less-experienced swimmers. They could tread water in or-der to build more confidence in their swimming abilities.

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Brian Bengtson, 20, and Ian Sheets, 19, both of 6228 Frederiksen Court, were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at Frederiksen Court (reported at 9:30 p.m.). An officer assisted another agency with a criminal investigation at the 2100 block of South Duff Avenue (reported at 8:44 p.m.).Andrew Sorensen, 19, 5345 Larch Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and underage possession of alcohol at Larch Hall. Nathaniel Ruff, 19, 5345 Larch Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia (reported at 10:25 p.m.).

Turning away minors from the tanning salon may become the norm in Iowa. State legislators are working on this proposal due to concerns of increased risk of cancer to younger users from artificial tanning.

The proposed law would also require commercial tanning estab-lishments to have clear warning signs about the dangers of tanning. Rep. Lisa Heddens, D-Ames, has in-troduced this bill in the House while Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames, has introduced a companion bill in the Senate. Both bills are currently referred to subcommittees.

Heddens said the proposal was first brought to her by local derma-tologists in Ames who were con-cerned about the effects of tanning on minors, including cancer. She added that legislators were divided on this issue.

“Some folks don’t want to do any type of regulation on any type of business. Some are looking at it as a health issue,” Heddens said.

The bill was introduced last year in both chambers of the legislature, but did not go through the subcom-mittee stage. Heddens said she is not optimistic about the bill going through this legislative session.

Heddens said the bill has failed to move ahead as there are disagree-ments on the extent and provisions of the bill. She has not received any communication regarding concerns with the bill.

“This is an imperfect solution. Frankly, we are supporting it because we are trying to move on to a higher level conversation … The conver-sation has been monopolized with this issue,” said Joe Levy, executive director of Smart Tan, a training in-stitute for tanning bed operators and advisor to the American Suntanning Association.

Levy said the legislation might push minors towards using unregu-lated tanning beds in places without a professional operator.

Dermatologists and the American Suntanning Association are scheduled to testify at the sub-committee hearings this week. The first final deadline is the end of this week for all bills to go through the subcommittee stage. The bill is sup-ported by the Academy of Family Physicians, the Medical Society and American Cancer Society Action Network and opposed by none.

Last year, the bill was op-

posed by the American Suntanning Association because of the exagger-ated claims by those supported, Levy said. He added the organization sup-ports the bill this year because it may be a good compromise.

According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, in-door tanning is linked with eye and skin cancers. It also notes, “Using a tanning bed is particularly danger-ous for younger users; people who begin tanning younger than age 35 have a 59 percent higher risk of mela-noma.” California, Illinois, Nevada, Texas and Vermont currently ban the use of tanning facilities by minors.

“I think it’s really a matter of building awareness,” Quirmbach said. “It’s a matter of getting enough time and having legislators learn enough about in this case, the dan-gers of the practice. Persuasion takes some time.”

Levy said the majority of salon owners also support the new legisla-

tion and do not expect the legislation to have a lot of economic impact as minors constitute just two to three percent of clients in professional tan-ning salons.

He said proponents exaggerate their case when they compare tan-ning with tobacco or arsenic. “We recognize it is important to teach sunburn prevention to teenagers and we are willing to work with the other proponents to do that,” Levy said.

The legislation covers tanning only at commercial establishments. Quirmbach said he does not expect the proposed legislation to cover tan-ning at home for minors.

“There is a fairly well understood distinction between what goes on as part of commercial enterprise and what goes on in the privacy of one’s home,” Quirmbach said.

He said laws limiting access to tobacco and alcohol for minors could be seen as precedents to the proposed legislation.

Proposed law could diminish use of tanning beds for minors


Tiffany Herring/Iowa State DailyThe proposed law would also require commercial tanning establishments to have clear warning signs about the dangers of tanning. These warning signs will list the conditions that can be caused by tanning, including skin and eye cancer.

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Students will make a commitment to social change at the annual Social Justice Summit this Friday and Saturday, hosted by the Student Activities Center.

The summit is a 10 hourlong training, which will give participants the opportu-nity to learn from other students.

It will also allow students to reflect on their own personal experiences with diver-sity, multicultural and social justice issues within their lives.

Kevin Merrill, leadership and service coordinator at SAC, says the retreat will be useful for anyone interested in under-standing the way society treats individuals differently.

“It’s really important for students in-terested in leadership to be thinking about all members of their organization,” Merrill said. “The summit is a good place to put all of that into practice.”

Students will participate in activities to understand one another’s varying back-grounds and discuss different ways to ad-dress key social justice issues like sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and gender issues.

“Every perspective is valued,” Merrill said. “It has everything to do with what we can do to set up a more socially just, more equitable set of circumstances.”

Guest presenter Vijay Pendakur, direc-tor of the Office of Multicultural Student Success at DePaul University, will lead the summit for the second year in a row.

“The summit is an opportunity to build and deepen a community of people com-mitted to social justice work.” Pendakur said. “This is really a retreat to build capaci-ty in new and interesting ways, to add skills and to add relevant language.”

The first part of the summit will involve introspection, and students will observe the types of diversity in their communities.

Then, the group will examine systems of societal oppression through a series of exercises and learn the skills necessary to overcome it.

“If we don’t use our time in higher education to do things like the social jus-tice summit, then we are missing the state of emergency that actually exists in our world.” He explained. “The need for these skills has never been greater in the world we live in.”

The summit is important for all col-lege-aged students, Pendakur said, because it will provide them with critical thinking skills in a modern, globalized society.

“College students want the world to become a better place. I hear those senti-ments on every campus I visit,” Pendakur said. “The social justice summit is a way to take our hopes for our society and make them real in the plans we build at the summit.”

Each student, Pendakur hopes, will leave with the tools necessary to address social justice issues and create positive change through continuing action.

“If the learning stops when I leave,” Pendakur said, “the summit is a failure.”

Students of all majors and areas of interest are encouraged to apply, and reg-istration forms will be accepted through Friday.

“I want any student even slightly considering it to just register and come,” Merrill said. “You’ll get something out of it.”

The Social Justice Summit will take place 6-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m Saturday in the North Lobby of Hach Hall.

Summit gives all students volunteer opportunities

Poets & Quants rank MBA program No. 2


Iowa State’s MBA pro-gram is ranked second on the “Overperfomers” list from Poets & Quants. Overperformers are schools with good pro-grams not recognized for their success in the Master of Business Administration Program.

The MBA program is ranked second on this list because it does not have a strong perception and is not as established as some of the east and west coast

MBA programs that have been around a while said Qing Hu, associate dean for graduate programs and research.

“The thing is that Iowa State’s MBA program hasn’t been around long. We have only been around since 1984. In some ways a lot of people across the country ... are not familiar with our program,” said Ron Ackerman, director of graduate admissions and student services.

While Iowa State’s MBA program is not rec-ognized for its strength,

it and the undergraduate programs are top notch programs, Hu said. The test results for the MBA placement exam has been in the 96-98 percentile for years. It was also ranked as a top ten MBA program in the country by U.S. World News and Reports.

“ISU has a very good MBA program. We are good in terms of faculty. We are very good because of our services to our students, and we are strong in terms of placement,” Hu said.

There are many factors to the success of the pro-

gram, Hu said. The most important is a strong fac-ulty that is dedicated to the education of the students.

“Their dedication to teaching and great re-search, we have a very strong faculty that is always working very hard to serve our students,” Hu said.

Hu said the program is not recognized through-out the country, so they are working to have people to see the success. They are going to start marketing campaigns and joining so-cial media to get attention to the MBA program.

Iowa State has a team-based program. When stu-dents begin the program, they put each one of them into a team, Ackerman said. Students will stay with the same team as they progress throughout the three semesters of core classes.

The program consists of 10 required core classes and six elective classes. During those classes the students build team skills. Ackerman said it is impor-tant to have well-devel-oped team skills when a student graduates.

Ackerman loves his career and working with the graduate business stu-dents. He said he loves see-ing them grow and develop personally and profession-ally while here at Iowa State.

“I have been working in the graduate area with MBA students since 1992. I got my master’s degree here at Iowa State in busi-ness and then worked in the dean’s office in the 1980s. What can I say, I’ve been at Iowa State forever working with students,” Ackerman said.

work on these and possibly hold seminars for students,” Kardile said.

McKnight said student out-reach is what he would like to work on if elected.

“I really want to let students know we are here to help them and that we are their liaisons,” McKnight said.

Lim was concerned about the academic side of student is-sues. Lim said he plans to have more supplemental instruction sessions for classes, including higher-level finance classes.

Megan Sweere was not at the debate.

GSB elections are March 4-5. Students can vote online at vote.iastate.edu.


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portion of the lab, cadets had three different stations.

The first was the gear-ditch station. Cadets, while in full uni-form, had to dump their gear while submerged. Stoll said this adds 20-25 extra pounds to the cadet.

Cadets then jumped into the water with their uniform, a load-bearing belt, as well as an M-16 plastic rifle. They then let go of their rifles, as well as pull off their belts before coming up to the surface. Cadets were giv-en two attempts to successfully complete the station.

In the second station, the cadets had to complete a 15-meter swim with full gear. During this test, cadets had to keep their rifles above the water.

The final station consisted of the three-meter confidence test. Cadets were blindfolded and led to the edge of the three-meter diving board where they jumped off into the water.

“It’s a little scary because your eyes are covered up and you don’t know when you’re go-ing to drop and fall a long ways,” said Anna Smith, sophomore cadet.

While some cadets work to build their confidence in the

water, other cadets look forward to the lab every semester.

Amber Jacobs, senior cadet, said, “I just loved it. It was my fa-vorite lab.”

Raymond Kiemen, senior cadet, said the Combat Water Survival Training Lab is required by Cadet Command. All eight divisions across the United States are required to complete the lab.

Every cadet has a chance to retest a station as many times as time allows, if they fail the station.

Only junior cadets are re-quired to pass the lab, as it is a prerequisite for the Leadership Development Assessment Course, said Stoll.

Stoll also said The LDAC is a 29-day course taken between junior and senior year that tests a cadet’s ability to lead. During LDAC, there is a water confi-dence course that elevates ca-dets 20-60 feet above water.

“This lab gives us confi-dence with our gear, confidence with swimming with our gear, confidence with swimming with weight as well as swimming in water,” Stoll said.

Stoll also said he does not have the final numbers on how many cadets passed or failed the lab as of Wednesday.

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The ISU Model United Nations approached the GSB during the Wednesday night meeting, requesting funds for their trip to the Chicago Model United Nations conference.

Sen. David Parkinson, president of the Model UN, approached the podium, re-questing funding to address transportation concerns as the organization sends 20 del-egates to the conference.

There was some debate regarding the group’s request for a suburban, and ultimate-ly GSB amended their bill and granted funding for a minivan only.

Following the meeting, Gabrielle Williams, speaker of

the senate and vice president of the group, and Parkinson described the event and the function of Model UN.

“In the past we’ve just been a club that goes to conferences, and now we’re looking to expand past that, especially by bringing more students into our club,” Parkinson said.

Both senators comment-ed on the growth of the club, noting the addition of mul-tiple majors beyond political science.

“It’s political in nature, but so is everything that ev-eryone is going to do. We think it’s important that ev-eryone gets an experience,” Williams said.

Parkinson mentioned plans regarding a local high

school conference to be hosted by ISU Model United Nation, to share knowledge gained from the American Model United Nations International and Chicago Model United Nations.

Parkinson and Williams discussed AMUN, the ma-jor international conference also held in Chicago in the fall, where students represent various countries and join one of five committees led by real UN delegates. MUN at Iowa State attends the four-day conference regularly, go-ing last fall with 18 members and acting as Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan.

Williams explained the events of the conference, detailing how the delegates must do enough research to

understand what their na-tions did in the past and how to act accordingly.

“You become a delegate of that country, you need to thoroughly understand how their society works and how their government would act,” Parkinson said.

This semester, the group will be attending Chicago MUN for the first time. Chicago MUN is the more competitive side of American Model United Nations, pit-ting various committees and nations in forming blocs and passing resolutions regarding historical crises and events.

“It’s like a game, who’s prepared the most and what can you bring to the table to really network with people,” Williams said.

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Ever since the signing of the Affordable Care Act [ACA], attempts to discredit the piece of legislation have occurred

almost nonstop. One of the first attempts denounced the supposed creation of death panels that would be killing everyone’s grandma. It continued with the idea that scores of businesses would close down because the ACA would raise their operat-ing costs too high.

The prevailing problem here is that the media and public are focusing on the wrong thing. The ACA was enacted to pro-vide healthcare to those who cannot afford it, to reform how insurance companies are required to cover people, and to provide an insurance option not tied to an employer. The goal is to provide assistance to millions of struggling Americans.

Yet, instead of focusing on the core of the ACA, the media seems to grab onto the claims about the law that are most contro-versial. In turn, the public debates these unreasonable side arguments associated with the ACA rather than addressing its main goal. It is important to debate im-portant issues fully, but our government’s main mission gets lost in the buzz when media focus too much on small portions or

supposed effects of the law.The newest controversy surround-

ing the ACA came recently after the Congressional Budget Office released a report stating that “The reduction in [the Congressional Budget Office]’s projections of hours worked represents a decline in the number of full-time-equivalent workers of about 2.0 million in 2017, rising to about 2.5 million in 2024.”

Unfortunately, many newspapers and TV news shows reported this statement in a way that implied ACA would eliminate two million jobs and therefore increase unemployment.

Thankfully, these same media outlets admitted their mistake days after. Major news outlets will definitely continue to focus on whatever causes the most contro-versy, but it is important for us as viewers and constituents to remember what is most important about the new health care law.

What the ACA tries to do is improve the lives of millions of Americans. We may disagree on what the best policy is with which to do that, but we cannot lose sight of that goal. The ACA made first steps toward this goal by eliminating lifetime caps on insurance benefits and not allow-ing insurance companies to deny coverage because of preexisting conditions. It also provides an affordable option of healthcare

to those who struggle to pay for it or do not have insurance at all because they work part-time jobs.

Despite the need to provide assis-tance to fellow Americans, many people will still choose to focus on the supposed disastrous economic impact of the ACA. No one is claiming that everyone will be affected equally, but it is difficult to argue that the overall impact of the ACA will not be positive.

The point of the ACA is not to save us money, though, it is to provide millions of Americans with affordable and flexible health care. The media and American pub-lic can argue all day about tax increases, job losses and economic downturn, but the point is still to help living, breathing people.

If you are a staunch opponent of government-subsidized health care, that is fine. However, the problems presented by having millions of uninsured Americans are still very real. There would need to be a definite, concrete alternative to the ACA if our government were to suddenly scrap it, as so many have called for.

For now, the ACA has withstood doz-ens of republican attacks and a Supreme Court ruling, so it seems as though it is here to stay. The ACA is not perfect, but it is a good first effort to provide equal access to healthcare to all of our nation’s citizens.

For many of us in college, Bill Nye the Science Guy conjures fond memories.

Whether they consist of eagerly learning more about science or simply getting to watch a goofy video clip during an otherwise boring class, the level of fame Nye’s work has achieved cannot be doubted.

On Feb. 4, Nye once again grabbed headlines by squar-ing off in what was touted as a debate with Ken Ham, founder of Kentucky’s Creation Museum and president of Answers in Genesis. Both of these groups advocate for a young-Earth, creationist view of life’s origins, meaning that they sit directly opposed to the overwhelming majority of today’s scientists.

Few would recognize that, in reality, there was no debate winner because there was no debate. It was called a debate, it looked like a debate and it was moderated like a debate, but it simply wasn’t one.

Earlier this week, Hector Avalos, ISU professor in reli-gious studies, was involved in a similar event in Iowa at the Indianola High School.

Professor Avalos sparred with the Rev. Juan Valdes, pastor of a Florida congrega-tion. Like Ham, Valdes argues that creationism has a place in modern science, irrespective of the scientific community’s general attitude toward the subject.

Being in this tiny minor-ity does not appear to bother Ham or other scientists who refute evolution and the core principles of essentially all major areas of scientific study. Perhaps this acceptance is be-cause a sizable portion of non-scientists share their views. According to a Pew Research Center poll conducted be-

tween March and April, only 60 percent of Americans believe that humans have evolved over time, while 33 percent think we were created in our present form.

Combatting this persis-tent minority is apparently the reason Nye agreed to attend the so-called debate with Ham in the first place. “I want to show people that this belief is still among us. It finds its way onto school boards in the United States,” said Nye in an interview with the Huffington Post.

With this divide in public opinion, the victor of the highly publicized debate might very well appear different to those with opposing ideals.

The question that was to be debated by Nye and Ham, according to moderator Tom Foreman, was “Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era?” In his opening statement, Ham asserts that secularists have hijacked the word “science” and have “arbitrarily” outlawed supernatural explanations for natural events.

This means that Ham is effectively admitting his ideas are not compatible with today’s science, which in turn means that the question that was to be debated was no longer in question.

Assuredly, Ham, Valdes and many other creationists disapprove of the way modern scientists rely only on natural explanations and phenomena, but this distinction is funda-mentally important to the way we use science.

Since supernatural phe-nomena, by definition, do not follow the natural laws of the universe, it is impossible for those of us bound in the natural world to fully observe or even understand them in an objective way.

On top of this, there is no objective mechanism for

choosing between mutu-ally exclusive supernatural explanations. For example, a well-known ancient Japanese myth claims earthquakes are the result of Namazu, a giant catfish. Usually restrained by the god Kashima, also known as Takemikazuchi, the humon-gous fish periodically thrashes around violently, causing the earth to quake.

In several Norse myths, the deity Loki is bound in a cave with snake venom dripping above him. His wife collects the venom in a bowl, but must empty it now and then, dur-ing which time Loki is burned by the venom. In his agony, Loki contorts in pain, causing earthquakes.

It seems fairly clear that both of these myths are fantasy, but it is certainly clear that they are not both true.

According to the logic of Ham or Valdes, though, they are in fact both viable scien-tific theories, provided a small amount of supporting evidence could be manufactured or cherry picked from modern scientific data.

Religion and science are both part of our lives and our

culture. Despite what many on either side of the pseudo-debate would claim, they are not competing theories. On one hand, science is a way to observe and explain the natural world, and on the other religion is a way to explain the super-natural realm and our relation-ship to it and to each other.

Most religious texts describe natural events in the context of their canon, and many choose to believe these accounts rather than those of-fered by scientists.

This is not in and of itself a bad thing, and those that believe literal interpretations of their sacred text are not simply wrong. They should not, however, mistake their religious beliefs for scientific knowledge.

Likewise, proponents of science should not claim cer-tain religious notions are wrong simply because they do not stand up to scientific scrutiny.

Confusing the two not only undermines scientific inquiry and integrity, but opens per-sonal religious convictions to inquiries they do not deserve.

Both aspects of our world would be better served remain-ing distinct and unopposed.

Increasing technology has opened a new set of doors when it comes to how students study, finish projects and interact with their classmates. Yes, with online capa-bilities, more and more professors upload their presentations online for students to view later, allowing students the flexibility to submit assignments online and even take a test from their computers.

However, the ever increas-ing websites dedicated to “help-ing” students with their projects, studying for tests and even writing essays makes one wonder how much online learning students are actually doing on their own.

There are some websites that make it possible for a student to pay to have an essay written, while others allow students within the same class to share completed study guides and homework as-signments. While collaborative studying is not new to the digital age, make no mistake: If a student passes off the work of others as their own, it is cheating.

Students who are using these types of websites are not only cheating themselves and their pro-fessors, they are also cheating their future employers.

When you walk across the stage at the end of your college ca-reer, it comes with the idea that you have made it that far through hard work in furthering your education. Homework, projects and tests are not created because professors love grading, it is to challenge students to think through concepts on their own and prove that they under-stand the material.

Having someone write an es-say for you — whether you ascer-tain it face to face on campus or purchase it online from someone you will never meet — is cheating and falls well into the range of what Iowa State defines as academic dishonesty.

The fact is, most students that choose to use websites providing these services are probably more than capable of doing the work themselves, they are just lazy.

Learning good study habits can be challenging and a quick on-line purchase of an essay or notes may seem easy, but it will only hinder you in the long run.

In the end, you will enter the professional work place where you will be asked to complete tasks each day and prove that you under-stand what you are doing. You can-not cheat forever, so learning good study and organizational habits should happen sooner rather than later.

Don’t get us wrong, there are some websites, such as StudyBlue, that are great resources for stu-dents to use to enhance their studying practices. StudyBlue allows users to make flashcards quickly and even take review quiz-zes to increase a person’s opportu-nity to go over information before a test.

If you are struggling with an assignment or test, meet with the professor during their office hours or join a study group in your class.

If procrastination is the reason you are not completing school work on your own, then you simply need to reevaluate how you are spending your time and your study skills.

Being responsible and com-pleting your own assignments is part of becoming an adult. Not only that, but paying to be in college and then paying even more money on top of that to have someone else finish all of your work is simply ludicrous.

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Nye, Ham debate did not clarify questions

Courtesy of FlickrColumnist Bader believes it is important to debate important issues like the Affordable Care Act, but our government’s main mission gets lost in the buzz when the media focus too much on small portions or supposed effects of the law. These controversies distract from the issues at hand.

Richard Martinez / Iowa State DailyOn Sunday, Hector Avalos, above, professor of religious studies, and the Rev. Juan Valdes, senior pastor at Iglesia Centro Evangelico in Miami, engaged in a debate advocating the concepts of both evolution and creationism, respectively, at Indianola High School.



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In May 2013, a young, aspiring tennis player named Samantha Budai sat down at her computer

in London, Ontario, to take one final stab at achieving the singular dream that had consumed her focus during the previous four years — the dream of playing collegiate tennis.

Budai had already created and distributed a recruitment video along with dozens of emails to nearly ev-ery university in the nation with a Division I women’s tennis program.

One of the few schools Budai failed to contact during her initial search was Iowa State. Budai said while making her inquiries, Iowa State simply got lost in the shuffle.

It was a mistake she would soon rectify.

Roughly 20 schools responded to Budai’s first email blast, most simply to inform her that no scholarships were available, but that they had in-terest if she would play as a walk-on.

Unfortunately for Budai, it wasn’t a question of willingness. Budai’s parents did not have the means to pay for her college education, which eliminated walking-on as an option.

“I wouldn’t be going to school if I wasn’t playing tennis,” Budai said. “I honestly don’t know [what I’d be doing].”

After months in pursuit of a scholarship, Montana invited Budai for a visit in early May, but ultimately decided to offer its last full-ride spot to another player.

Budai’s father, Carmine Budai, referred to her effort during that time as one of his proudest moments.

“She worked so hard to get a scholarship,” Carmine said. “After the trip to Montana, she did it all on her own. That really showed me how much she wanted to play.”

It was then that Budai — strug-gling through a drawn-out process of rejection and disappointment — made her final attempt to extend her tennis career by emailing ISU coach Armando Espinosa.

“I was left without [many] op-tions,” Budai said. “I [thought] ‘OK, I’m going to try one more time and email a couple schools I maybe missed or something.’ So I emailed Iowa State.”

Budai’s effort proved to be her most fruitful, transforming her dreams into reality — a reality tinted by cardinal and gold.

Espinosa, who was on a trip of his own when he received Budai’s video, didn’t wait long to reach out.

“We had people that we were looking at, but we were still kind of in the mix,” Espinosa said. “The minute I saw the video, saw the results and cross-referenced a couple girls that she played … it was pretty easy for us to make a decision that we wanted her to get a scholarship.”

Budai said that when she got the offer to join the ISU tennis team by way of a full ride, the first thing she felt was relief.

That relief was followed quickly by joy and the desire to share the news with her family.

“I ended the call and I told my

dad right away,” Budai said. “He was so happy.”

Espinosa said what made Budai jump off the screen in that first view-ing was her long and powerful stroke as well as how quickly she hit the ball.

Coincidentally, it was Budai’s power that initially alerted her father to her potential as a tennis player when Budai was only 7 years old.

“I just noticed she could bang the ball pretty hard when she was small,” Carmine said. “We went to her first tournaments when she was maybe seven. She’d be playing kids a couple years older than her and hit the ball harder than they did.”

Budai’s promise was evident early on, but talent needs cultiva-tion. Personal coaches and extensive tournament experience were luxu-ries which required money — money Budai said simply was not available to her.

“My parents didn’t have the mon-ey for it, so I didn’t get the experience of even having a club to train at,” Budai said. “I just had a couple courts to hit with the few people I could, so it wasn’t really the intense training that everyone else was getting.”

ISU junior Meghan Cassens spoke about the importance of high level competition on a regular basis, and what that means to development as a tennis player.

“If you have people to play with that are at a high level then it’s prob-ably not as crucial to have a personal coach,” Cassens said. “But, if you’re stuck with people that aren’t as good, you can’t really progress if you don’t have another coach on the side.”

Because of her family’s lack of fi-nances, Budai did much of her play-ing in the high school ranks, which she said are not the same in Canada as they are in the United States.

“High school sports are different in Canada,” Budai said. “It’s not as serious as it is here. We had a tennis team, but it was kind of a joke and no one took it seriously.”

Her lack of funds made it diffi-cult to pursue her tennis dreams ef-fectively, but Budai’s father admitted that dividing of the family’s limited resources also played a role in Budai’s lack of pre-college experience.

Carmine said he tried to treat Budai and her older sister Nicolette fairly — especially in terms of the money that went toward tennis, which they each played — but that Budai had an explosive temper, which unbalanced the scales.

She would get frustrated when she struggled and blow up, Carmine said. Because of that volatility, she wasn’t getting enough out of the tournaments to make them worth the money.

Budai ignored advice and once, even cursed at a judge.

Carmine described Budai play-ing as, “hardly at all,” even about half as much as her older sister.

After Budai’s older sister gradu-ated from high school, some funds freed up and a more mature, but still fiery, Budai played in more tourna-ments, including both provincials and nationals in Canada every year.

Still, Budai’s frequency of play paled in comparison to many of her

tennis counterparts.After being denied a scholarship

at Montana, and considering her lack of experience, the chances appeared slim that Budai would play in college at all, Carmine said.

Yet for Budai, perhaps the biggest surprise wasn’t the high pressured, last-minute, whirlwind fashion by which she ended up at Iowa State, but how well she has performed since becoming a Cyclone.

As a freshman, Budai has already risen through the ranks of Iowa State to claim the No. 2 singles position, and is also a part of the No. 1 doubles team, playing alongside junior Ksenia Pronina.

Budai stumbled early in her freshman campaign, opening the team season Jan. 17 in Fort Meyers, Fla., against Florida Gulf Coast with losses in both singles and doubles.

Since then, Budai has been per-fect, winning all seven of her singles matches. With the help of Pronina, Budai has also posted a perfect 6-0 mark at No. 1 doubles since that sole defeat.

“I wasn’t expecting that at all, especially because I didn’t have the experience other people did,” Budai said. “When I heard I was [the No. 2 player] that was really shocking.”

Budai credited Espinosa with helping her identify the little things that caused problems in her game, which she said has been the biggest factor in her consistent improvement.

“I still feel like I have a lot to learn because no one has ever taught me,” Budai said. “Now I have a real coach to tell me these things, and they’re things I didn’t notice myself.”

Espinosa’s expertise is exactly what Budai needed to bring out her full potential, Carmine said.

“I figured if someone could deal with her temper, and she got a little older, a little smarter, and grew out of it, that she’d have all the tools,” Carmine said. “She can play.”

While Budai has added her tal-ent-laden game to Espinosa’s arse-nal, she also brought her short fuse to the mix, which Espinosa said is a

problem the two are working to solve together.

“She’s getting a little bit more used to what college tennis is about,” Espinosa said. “It took a little bit, but now I think she’s taming a little bit more. Her character has been a little bit better.”

Espinosa said that, like Budai, he too has been “pleasantly surprised” with the rapid ascension of both her mental and physical games. However, upon arriving at Iowa State, Budai im-mediately showed traits which made a high level of early success plausible.

“She probably knows herself bet-ter than anybody, which is great in a tennis player,” Espinosa said. “She’s going to strike the ball ... and she’s go-ing to win on her terms. That is what makes her a good tennis player.”

Espinosa said that if the progress he’s witnessed in Budai’s first several months on campus continues to in-crease steadily throughout her ca-reer, by the time Budai is an upper-classmen, she will be able to compete with any player in the country.

“She can be as good as she wants to be,” Espinosa said.

Budai said that the mindset with which she approaches the game will help her to perform at an elite level.

“I’m really hard on myself,” Budai said. “I always think I can do better, that I should be doing better. I’m nev-er happy with how I’m playing, even if I have a good match and I win.”

Budai said her ultimate goal is to one day play professional tennis, but that right now, she’s just focused on getting better every single day.

“My whole life everyone has been telling me that I have so much po-tential, but that because I get mad, I never play at my full potential” Budai said. “Everyone tells me that. I just have to start believing that I can be good.

“As good as I want to be.”


ON HER TERMSSamantha Budai reaches collegiate tennis dream

Suhaib Tawil/Iowa State DailyFreshman Samantha Budai has shined in her first season at Iowa State. Budai is on a full-ride scholarship and is currently No. 2 in singles and No. 1 in doubles for the Cyclones.

Jen Hao Wong/Iowa State DailySamantha Budai returns the ball during Iowa State’s defeat of North Dakota on Jan. 31 at Ames Racquet and Fitness Center. Budai currently sits at No. 2 in singles.

“I wouldn’t be going to school if I wasn’t playing tennis. I honestly don’t know [what I’d be doing].”

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The fifth annual Backstage Ball will be 7-11 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Hotel Kirkwood in Des Moines.

The Backstage Ball is an annual fundraiser for the Des Moines Music Coalition [DMMC].

The DMMC is a non-profit organization found-ed in 2006, whose mission is to gain a stronger, more diverse music scene in the Great Des Moines area.

The DMMC focuses on: promoting live music, advocacy for musicians and the Central Iowa music industry, helping with mu-sic education and working with local music venues,

community organizations and any music related programming.

The main reason for this fundraiser is to help raise money for the DMMC and will also be a music community awards cer-emony honoring organiza-tions and volunteers of the DMMC as well as those in the community.

“We have a great committee of volunteers … and people have been really supportive,” said Chris Ford, program man-ager for the DMCC and co-founder of Maximum Ames Records.

This years Backstage Ball is a Mardi Gras themed event with Mardi Gras

themed drinks, food, deco-rations and music.

Other than the awards ceremony, there will also be a silent auction and live music from Party Gras Central Jazz Band, a clas-sic New Orleans styled jazz band.

Jay Byers, CEO of the Great Des Moines Partnership and local mu-sician, will also emcee the event.

“We have a pretty ambitious goal to raise $30,000,” Ford said.

Tickets for the Backstage Ball are on sale for $75 at Midwestix. All proceeds and money raised at the Backstage Ball will go to support the DMMC.

Acoustic solo act Noah Gundersen will perform live 8 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Maintenance Shop with opener neo-folk artist Armon Jay.

Gundersen is a singer-song-writer from Seattle. Having col-laborated in two other bands over the years, he has had plenty of experience in music throughout his life. He is currently pursuing a solo career as an acoustic artist.

“I play Americana singer-songwriter music,” Gundersen said. “It’s more traditional acous-tic music with strings and a full band at times.”

Gundersen was raised in a musical family, and was the lead singer of his own band while he was still in high school.

“I grew up playing music,” Gundersen said. “My whole fam-ily took piano lessons. It was al-ways a part of my culture growing up.”

Formed in 2007, Beneath Oceans recorded one unreleased EP before ultimately breaking up in late 2008.

“Beneath Oceans was a band I was in in high school with some friends,” Gundersen said.

Gundersen released his first solo act in 2008 with a 6-song record titled “Brave New World.” The project featured vocals from his sister, Abby Gundersen.

Noah and Abby went on to perform together in The Courage, an indie-folk band led by the two siblings.

“Abby and I started playing together when I was 15, and she was 12,” Gundersen said. “I start-ed The Courage when I was tired of being a singer-songwriter ... I wanted to make noise, I wanted to have experience with a band. It was a good experience for a couple years, and it ended up not being something that I wanted to continue.”

After The Courage broke up in 2011 Noah returned to solo work as he released the EP “Family” in 2011. As a meditation on his role models and lifelong friends, the record appropriately

featured Abby as well.“The Family EP was recorded

in Austin, Texas, right after The Courage broke up,” Gundersen said. “It was pretty much the pro-cess of me returning to be a sing-er-songwriter and relearning how to do that.”

The EP has music featured on hit TV series Sons of Anarchy and Vampire Diaries. “[Family] been received well,” Gundersen said. “I had a couple songs placed on the show Sons of Anarchy, and that boosted people’s awareness of the EP. Everyone’s been really complimentary about it.”

Gundersen’s first full-length album “Ledges” released Feb. 11.

“Most of the songs were writ-ten in a period of time when I was single for the first time in a long time,” Gundersen said. “Just try-

ing to figure myself out, figure out who I was as a person in their early 20s; know what it means to be a man in the 21st century. A lot of those songs came from a time when I was experimenting and making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes.”

Though the album’s produc-tion had a few changes through

a process of trial and error, Gundersen is pleased with the fi-nal product.

“It took us a lot longer to make that record than we planned,” Gundersen said. “We worked on two separate versions of it in Texas with the producer. We ended up not being happy with either of those, and I had a bit of a falling out with him ... I decid-ed to produce the record myself singing with a piano, which was a really rewarding and positive ex-perience. I found that I liked being in control of my own music, pro-ducing and experimenting in the studio. Although it took us three attempts to make the record, I do feel like the third attempt is the best one. That’s the one I’m happy we ended up with.”

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artist Armon Jay and personal friend with Gundersen will open the show.

“We met in Nashville,” Gundersen said. “AJ and I hung out and we quickly became friends, and he asked me for some advice about how to make his record. It kind of just came about that he’s actually playing in my band while opening some of the shows on this tour.”

Gundersen promises a mov-ing atmosphere for his show at 8 p.m.Feb. 27 in M-Shop. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are available in per-son at the M-Shop or online at midwestix.com at a cost of $10 to students, and $12 to the public, with a $2 upcharge the day of the event.

Weerd Science, aka Josh Eppard was always a different kind of rapper to me. Besides drumming for the band Coheed & Cambria, Eppard could rap very well, but this album, “Red Light Juliet Broadcast 2: Steady Straight Lines/Sudden Dark Turns,” despite its long name does not show of what he is really capable.

His first two albums, “Sick Kids” and “Friends and Nervous Breakdowns” were pretty phenomenal rap albums. They were different from the mainstream scene since Eppard did not make a song like Mackelmore’s “Thrift Shop” or Snoop Dogg’s “Drop it Like it’s Hot.” He made songs that were about overcoming drugs and living in anger. All of his songs had a meaning to them, a serious story and kept it catchy for the listener.

So when Eppard decided to release more Weerd Science records after rejoin-ing Coheed & Cambria, I was excited. The

first EP he released since rejoining Coheed was the original “Red Light Juliet.” Overall that was a pretty good rap EP but did not feature his best work. This sequel 11-track EP is not any better either.

The problem with this EP is that I was bored throughout the entire release. The only song I ever found myself excit-ed to hear was “Red Light Juliet 2: A New Haunting.” It was exciting with a chorus and was relatable to Eppard’s previous work. Other than that song, everything else was pretty subpar and made me sigh knowing I still had three more songs to go.

The raps themselves are of typical Eppard fashion. They are good, tell the truth and have good overall themes. If only these songs caught my ear. One of the rea-sons I was looking forward to this record was Eppard’s ability to release very catchy rhymes, this record I didn’t feel it featured that.

There is really not much to say about this record, besides its long name. It is overall pretty boring but not bad. It is far from what Eppard is capable of under his rap name, but is a rap album worth check-ing out for fans of underground rap.


Courtesy of Noah GundersenAcoustic solo act Noah Gundersen, formerly of the band called The Courage, will appear live at 8 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Maintenance Shop of the Memorial Union. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. His opening act will be friend and collaborator, neo-folk artist Armon Jay, who hails from Nashville, Tenn.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20)Today is an 8 -- Rely on your partners today and tomorrow. Start a new phase in your relationship. Compromise and come to an agreement. Support your friends. Invest for success. Everything seems possible. Affinity grows with kind words.

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is a 6 -- Enforce household rules today and tomorrow. It gets easier, with practice. Accept compliments graciously. Get into practical and domestic tasks. Clean your workspace, and de-clutter. Learn from an engineering type.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 -- You can learn what you need today and tomorrow. Allow your dreams to run wild. You’re sharp as a tack. Articulate your vision. Get the word out. It travels farther than expected.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 9 -- Focus on finances for a few days. It can be quite lucrative. Expand your idea base and find ways to monetize them. You’re an inspiration to others. Make long-term plans, and share.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9 -- You’re becoming more confident. Reject a far-fetched scheme in favor of a practical solution. Use what you have to achieve a dream. Inspire, rather than demanding or issuing orders.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is a 6 -- Slow down and consider options. Complete projects now. Your sensitivity richly flavors artistic pursuits, writing and music. Contemplation, meditation and quiet time reap rewards. Re-juice and your creativity grows. Capture it by recording.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 -- It could get emotional over the next two days. Travel’s favored, too, despite strong feelings. Continue with your planning. Accept more assignments. Extra paperwork leads to extra profits. The action is behind the scenes.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7 -- Career matters claim your attention today and tomorrow. Committing and assuming more responsibility brings peace of mind. Your actions carry you farther than imagined. Keep the pedal to the metal. Stock up on provisions for the future.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8 -- Rebellions flare up. Advance your own agenda with perfect timing. You’re in the groove. By now you should know how much you can spend. Keep cash stashed away. Save through private connections. Trust love.

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