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Iowa State Daily, September 2012 Iowa State Daily, 2012 9-13-2012 Iowa State Daily (09-13-2012) Iowa State Daily Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2012-09 Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation Iowa State Daily, "Iowa State Daily (09-13-2012)" (2012). Iowa State Daily, September 2012. 16. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2012-09/16 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State Daily, 2012 at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Iowa State Daily, September 2012 by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 2012 SPORTS ISU’s ties to Nebraska AMES247 Celebrate tradition with Mug Night Tuition FIND US ONLINE: iowastatedaily.com @iowastatedaily $39.5 million savings proposed facebook.com/ iowastatedaily By Dan.Mackenzie over the course of five years. need it, but instead of having Iowa’s remain unchanged from the current @iowastatedaily.com Board member Diane Gonzales students subsidize the program, the year.” said that Iowa is the only state in the cost would shift to the state and pos- Lang said that the universities’ The Iowa Board of Regents an- nation that does not already have a sibly the university foundations. commitment to sacrifice millions nounced a recommendation to re- state-funded program for need-based The board also suggested freezing of dollars in new revenue on top of ONLINE: place $39.5 million from the con- funding at public universities, which tuition rates for in-state undergradu- enduring several years of decreased troversial tuition set-aside program was the original rationale for creating ates. Board President Craig Lang state funding shows a “sincere com- with a state funded program on the program. stated, “I would like the university mitment to students.” Furthermore, Wednesday. The plan will keep the same presidents’ model tuition rates for This replacement will take place amount of aid for the students who undergraduate resident students to BOARD.p2 >> Awards ANIMAL HOSPITAL OFFICIALLY OPENS iowastatedaily.com/news Ag Business Club tops national ratings THE FIVE PLAYERS IN DATING GAMES iowastatedaily.com/opinion PARTNER YOGA ADDS NEW TWIST iowastatedaily.com/news Photo: Megan Wolff/Iowa State Daily INSTALLATION: President Steven Leath talks at the Agricultural Business Club meeting Thursday in Lush Auditorium. ISU formally By Jared.Raney plaque was awarded to The Iowa State’s Iowa State, a group that has the conference, which was @iowastatedaily.com the Agricultural Business Agricultural Business Club is drawn students and provided from Aug. 12 to 14, they welcomes Club in early August for a nationally renowned club, growth for the ISU agricultur- were awarded the National Outside the agricultural their outstanding achieve- recognized for seven straight al community for years. Outstanding Chapter Award, President business office in Heady Hall ments, as recognized by the years as the best chapter At the recent annual con- taking on schools like Texas sits a plaque, one of seven, Agricultural and Applied in the nation by the asso- ference of the association, A&M, University of Georgia Steven Leath which reads “Outstanding Economics Association, a na- ciation. They are a point of hosted in Seattle, the group By Myra Kriegercoen Chapter Award.” This tional organization. pride for agriculturally driven brought home the gold. At CLUB.p2 >> Daily staff writer After 8 months on the job, Steven Leath will be for- mally welcomed as Iowa State Event University’s 15th president. The president’s installation ceremony will be held Sept. 14 in CY Stephens Auditorium. The KURE broadcasts alternative music at festival installation will begin at 10 a.m. with a reception following in CY Stephen’s Celebrity Café at 11:30 By Michael.Finn perform.” a.m. @iowastatedaily.com Among this year’s headliners are President Leath will be wel- two nationally recognized artists that comed on campus by Iowa State On Sept. 28, four alternative mu- are on the cutting edge of electronic students, Cy, the Cyclone pep sic bands will take to the stage on music, Atlas Sound and RJD2. band and cheerleaders on the Central Campus at 7 p.m. and drown RJD2, a one-man electronic band eve of his installation. The public out the nightly bells of the Campanile headed by Philadelphian Ramble celebration will be held on cen- with keyboards, electronic beat-mak- John Krohn, has been a name in the tral campus, near the Campanile at 11 a.m. Sept. 13. ers, electric guitars and acoustics. underground electronic music scene It is the third annual KURE-Fest, for years but has recently made it big a free music festival put on by KURE with the song “A Beautiful Mine,” 88.5, an Ames alternative music ra- the theme song for the critically ac- dio station. claimed AMC TV show “Mad Men.” INSIDE: “This will be the biggest festival Atlas Sound is the solo project we’ve had yet,” said Darren Hushak, of Bradford Cox, the lead singer for News .......................................1-3 general manager of KURE 88.5. “It’s Deerhunter, a four-piece psyche- Opinion ....................................... 8 kind of different this year because it’s delic indie rock band from Atlanta. Sports ......................................... 9 outside and is much larger. Last year, Cox remains a functioning part of File photo: Iowa State Daily Ames247 ................................. 4-5 the headliner was Neon Indian, and Deerhunter but uses Atlas Sound as The third-annual KURE-Fest, an alternative music festival sponsored by Classifieds ................................. 10 the year before that — the festival’s KURE 88.5, will be Sept. 28 on Central Campus. The festival will feature Games ....................................... 11 first year — we had six local groups FESTIVAL.p2 >> both national and local bands. Volume 208 | Number 18 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. | A 2010-11 ACP Pacemaker Award winner 2 | NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 Editor: Frances Myers | [email protected] | 515.294.2003 Provided by >>BOARD.p1 | ISU Meteorology Club Weather he said the universities have made very difficult decisions throughout the past few years and have shown themselves to THU Showers in the morning will give way to cloudy be creative and strategic in the use of their 52|67 afternoon skies. resources. According to the board’s report on tu- ition set-aside, there were over 26,000 Nice. Sunny skies with students in Iowa that were in need of fi- FRI light winds out of the nancial aid in 2012. 44|73 north. Unfortunately, only 14,310 of those students were able to receive institutional aid. In total, the students received $37.1 Excellent football weath- million, which only represents 14 percent SAT Photo: Adam Ring/Iowa State Daily er. Sunny with a high in of the total need. 76|74 The Iowa Board of Regents discusses tuition set-asides Wednesday in the Sun the mid 70s. The report shows that in the first year Room of the Memorial Union. The board discussed replacing $39.5 million from the of the five-year program, the board would current set-aside tuition program with a state-funded program. request the $39.5 million in appropria- This day in 1972: tions from the state to create the fund. The in October. Lang said that by that time ships and aid for other Iowa State state A major September severe weather outbreak board would also work closely with the he hopes to see clarification on “how the students based on merit and financial fact! came to an end. The outbreak had lasted for 3 three university foundations to increase [money] will get allocated to the universi- need. The program is used at all three of days and spawned numerous tornadoes leaving fundraising for student financial aid. ties,” noting that some private colleges and Iowa’s major public universities, though a significant amount of damage in the Sac City area. The second year of the plan would see universities do have a system in place that the percentage that is set aside varies Iowa undergraduate in-state tuition rates could be emulated. among the schools. go down by the same amount that the state President Pro Tem Bruce Rastetter The program has come under fire dur- provided, effective as soon as fiscal year said the idea of state support was “ a criti- ing the financial crisis as a target for cuts Ames, ISU Police 2015. For Iowa State students paying in- cal one,” and that continuing to support to save students money who are paying Departments Police Blotter: state rates, this decrease could end up be- in-state students is a high priority for the full tuition. The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records. ing as much as $1,000 per year. board. Rastetter elaborated on the idea of Critics say that as college becomes in- All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Lang said that the universities need to the university foundations increasing rev- creasingly expensive for students who are be creative in how they go about bringing enue for merit support as well, saying that already forced to take out loans to com- Sept. 7 Wilson, was arrested and charged with theft (reported costs down for their students. if the board is to ask the state for money, plete a degree, taking almost a quarter of Ryan Sherzan, 21, 210 at 5:35 p.m.). “I think it’s important that Iowa and the universities need to show that they are that money and putting it toward other Gray Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxica- Jessica Brooks, 36, 30866 Iowans keep a door open,” said Lang in re- “doing their part” as well.

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