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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 vs. 24 20 Cyclones find a way to win on the road against the Huskies SPORTS.p8 >> Dance Marathon MON SEPT. 19, 2011 @iowastatedaily facebook.com/ iowastatedaily BUSINESS: Riding ONE PERSON’S JUNK IS ANOTHER’S JUNKTION page 7 for a OPINION: cause Photo: Emily Harmon/ Iowa State Daily Ben Hammes defeats Blake Bruene, junior in bio-chemistry, at the tricycle race during the Iowa State Dance Marathon bicycle race event Teal Wheels. Iowa State Dance Marathon gathers emotional and financial support for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Bike ride raises funds, ™ awareness for DM By Ben.Theobald online NEXT PRESIDENT NEEDS @iowastatedaily.com TO PRESERVE ATHLETICS More photos online: See more photos from Dance page 6 Dance Marathon hosted its kick-off event for the year with Teal Marathon’s kickoff event at Wheels on Saturday. iowastatedaily.com Participants took an eight-mile RESTAURANT: bike ride through the Ames commu- nity, starting and ending at Hilton “It gets the families involved with Coliseum. the students that are participating Ames might “We decided to branch out and in Dance Marathon,” said Lindsay soon get a create a new event with Dance Hoffman, junior in pre-diet and Marathon to expand their efforts be- exercise. taste of Texas sides just the Dance Marathon, which Hoffman is member of the spe- will be Jan. 21,” said Emily Culp, se- cial projects committee for Dance Texas Roadhouse, one of America’s popular chain restau- nior in marketing and advertising Marathon that helps create events rants, has been rumored to be and the director of public relations for like Teal Wheels — the first event of spreading its franchise to Ames. Dance Marathon at Iowa State. its kind for Dance Marathon. Although construction may not Registration for the event was Nate Dobbels, senior in agricul- be seen on South Duff Avenue for $20 and those who registered got tural and life sciences education, some time, the project is in the a Dance Marathon T-shirt. An signed up to be one of the route coor- planning stages. estimated 80 people registered for the dinators for Teal Wheels. City planner Sam Perry event. “I helped direct traffic to make discussed the progress of the restaurant. Perry explained Teal Wheels was not just a fun- sure people stayed on the track,” that an engineer from Grimes, draising event but also a way to help Dobbels said. Photos: Huiling Wu and Emily Harmon/Iowa State Daily Iowa, made the claim for the increase awareness about Dance Top: Members of Dance Marathon cheer up Nick Bassett before he starts plans back in July, as the Ames Marathon. DM.p12 >> Marathons’s Teal Wheels in the Hilton Coliseum parking lot. Tribune reported. The city reviewed the plans, made the changes they saw fit and gave it back for approving. Mexican heritage Activities As of now they are still waiting to hear back about the changes they made. Once an agreement is settled, the company can begin building. However, this A different independence back-and-forth process may continue for some time before an By Kaleb.Warnock agreement is reached. Perry did @iowastatedaily.com say, however, that the restaurant is in the works. The proposed site was formerly The Ames Mexican the home of Twentieth Century community celebrated Bowling. Mexican Independence Day Texas Roadhouse is known for on Friday at the Unitarian its signature steaks, all-you-can- Universalist Fellowship of eat peanuts with shells strewn Ames. More than 200 people about the floor, and bottomless gathered to partake in tradi- Photo: Nick Nelson/Iowa State Daily baskets of fresh buttered biscuits tional Mexican food, dances Grant Imahara from Discovery Channels “MythBusters” accompanied with homemade speaks as the opening event for E-Week 2011. cinnamon butter. These food and music to celebrate the creations combined with a fun Mexican national day. and rowdy atmosphere make The event was dissemi- Texas Roadhouse an appealing nated almost completely Photo: Andrus Nesbitt/Iowa State Daily New event kicks restaurant. through Facebook and other Members from the Ames community enjoy food and fellowship Mackenzie Nading social media and was cel- as they celebrate Mexican Independence Day. Daily staff writer ebrated by ISU students and off E-Week 2011 Ames community members of all nationalities and ethnic actment of the first Mexican By Abra Mach ing from the kick-off lunch backgrounds. Independence Day that was ™ Daily correspondent on Tuesday to lectures and INSIDE: Many families worked performed last year to cel- classes throughout the News ........................................... 3 together to cook traditional ebrate the bicentennial of in- Engineers’ Week, popu- week to help students pre- Mexican food from rice pud- dependence from Spain. larly known as E-Week, has pare for the final event: the Opinion .........................................5 online Sports ......................................... 8 ding to tacos, evidence of an Partygoers danced to been a long-standing tradi- engineering career fair. active Mexican community bumping Mexican music and tion at Iowa State. This year, the kick-off is Business .................................... 7 More photos: in the city of Ames. several live performances of Find more from Mexican Every year there are a a brand new event to try to Classifieds ................................. 10 The event culminated traditional Mexican dances Independence Day at large variety of activities Games ....................................... 11 with a playing of the re-en- and songs. iowastatedaily.com planned for E-Week, rang- E-WEEK.p12 >> Volume 207 | Number 20 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. | www.iowastatedaily.com PAGE 2 | Iowa State Daily | Monday, September 19, 2011 Weather | Provided by Weather.gov Daily Snapshot Celebrity News Sunny, with a high near Notes and events. MON 52|76 76. Northwest wind John Mayer cancels around 8 mph. concerts due to ailment Acoustic rocker John Mayer has A 20 percent chance of bowed out of a series of concerts TUE showers and thunder- after suffering from “something next to my vocal cords called a 50|77 storms. Mostly sunny, granuloma,” he said in a state- with a high near 77. ment released Friday. The singer and songwriter said he had undergone months of WED Mostly sunny, with a high monitoring, but the condition — a small area of tissue inflam- 44|65 near 65. mation that most often occurs in the lungs — had prevented him from going ahead with the 1991: performances. Unseasonably cold weather brought freezing “I’m bummed to have to bow out fun temperatures to nearly every portion of Iowa on of both the iHeartRadio Music the mornings of Sept. 19 and 20. This was the fact earliest statewide freeze to occur in Iowa in more Festival in Las Vegas and an than a century. appearance with Tony Bennett in Los Angeles,” he said in the statement. “I know there were people depending on me to be Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily there and I’m sorry that I can’t be on those stages.” Calendar ENGINEERING: Dodge, Dip, Duck, Dive and Dodge Mayer’s soon-to-be-released album “Born and Raised” also The Mechanical Engineering Learning Teams participate in a dodgeball tournament to take a break will be delayed. Find out what’s going on, and share your event with the from classes, getting to know other students and having some fun. rest of campus on our website, at iowastatedaily.com. It’s “complete as far as music recording, song selection, and in some cases mixing,” he said. “But because of this condition I MONDAY TV Schedule Get the rest online, at iowastatedaily.com/tv couldn’t finish singing on several of the tracks.” ISU Women’s Club ISU Major Fair MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY The album, as a result, will be “Fall Opener” When: released next year “instead of When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. How I Met Your Glee The X Factor this fall or winter.” 5 to 7 p.m. What: Mother 7 p.m. 7 p.m. What: Iowa State students 7 and 7:30 p.m. FOX FOX looking to select a Brad Pitt: Jen Aniston All woman are invited CBS 90210 America’s Next Top wasn’t dull, I was to attend our “Fall major or minor can Hell’s Kitchen 7 p.m. Model Opener” and get experience one-stop Brad Pitt would like to clear a 7p.m. The CW 8 p.m. few things up. information about the shopping at the ISU FOX New Girl The CW exciting opportunities Major Fair. 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