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Iowa State Daily, January 2014 Iowa State Daily, 2014 1-23-2014 Iowa State Daily (January 23, 2014) Iowa State Daily Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2014-01 Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation Iowa State Daily, "Iowa State Daily (January 23, 2014)" (2014). Iowa State Daily, January 2014. 7. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2014-01/7 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State Daily, 2014 at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Iowa State Daily, January 2014 by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 | Volume 209 | Number 83 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. Board of Regents requests stay of district court decision regarding Palo By Alex.Halsted Palo to rejoin the ISU men’s President Steven Leath’s Office argued that, “The Wednesday, his appeal of the second degree in @iowastatedaily.com basketball team, the Des ruling to remove him from district court’s ruling de- the Regents’ affirmation of September 2012 as the re- Moines Register reported the team is heard. prives the Board of Regents Leath’s ruling was about sult of an incident in May The Iowa Attorney Wednesday. The attorney general’s and Iowa State University more than playing. 2012, Palo was indefinitely General’s office, on be- Palo was granted a office has asked the Iowa of its legal authority to es- “Obviously I want to suspended from the bas- half of the Iowa Board of temporary stay Jan. 16 by Supreme Court to grant it tablish and enforce expec- play, but this is much more ketball team. When charg- Regents, has asked the a district court, allowing an immediate stay to keep tations of conduct for stu- than basketball,” Palo said. es were dropped in January Iowa Supreme Court for him to rejoin the ISU men’s Palo from playing. dents while attending the “This is also about clearing 2013, Palo was reinstated an immediate stay of a dis- basketball team while his According to records university.” my name.” and played 17 games for trict court’s decision last appeal of the Iowa Board of obtained by the Register, Palo said in an in- After being charged week that allowed Bubu Regents’ affirmation of ISU the Iowa Attorney General’s terview with the Daily on with sexual abuse in PALO p4 >> Iowa State professor uses art as his voice By Ryan.Anderson [email protected] fter 26 years of teaching and inspiring students at Iowa State, Steven A Nissen suffered a serious stroke impairing his speaking abilities. AHe turned to using paint and can- vas as his voice. Steven, a former ISU profes- sor from the animal science de- partment, survived a stroke six years ago. His daughter suggested paint- ing as a means of therapy. His artwork will be displayed at Design on Main Jan. 24. Steven suffered a stroke in 2008 which caused aphasia, a dis- order that results from damage to parts of the brain that contains language and began painting two years later. “He had a stroke, a massive Courtesy of Lyndsay Nissen stroke and it was on the left side Steven Nissen, former ISU professor from the animal science department, of his brain and that affects the suffered a stroke impairing his speaking abilities. Six years later he is using language areas on the right side of painting and canvas as his way of communicating. the brain … all of his language was affected by the stroke,” said Holly Nissen, Steven’s wife. His daughter Lyndsey Nissen e has always been a very creative, inventive has played a key role in his new- found artistic career. Lyndsay is person and this is a way for him now to get Hsome of those creative ideas and thoughts out” APHASIA p4 >> Holly Nissen, wife of Steven Courtesy of Lyndsay Nissen Steve Nissen’s new found artistic career has been achieved with the help of his daughter, Lyndsay Nissen. Steve’s work will be showcased at a show held on Friday at Design on Main. Taser policy remains stable Professor achieves By Makayla.Tendall Task Force Detective for pulses down to the darts. long-lasting career, @iowastatedaily.com ISU Police, said all pa- The darts are designed to trol officers carry Tasers embed into clothing, but Unlike other Iowa law and undergo certification may puncture the skin in many decorations enforcement agencies, when they are hired. Both some cases. ISU and Ames police offi- departments said they do Both ISU and Ames By Blake.Dowson cers who carry Tasers un- annual training along with police officers use the @iowastatedaily.com dergo annual training. supplemental training Taser X26 model which In the last six years, throughout the year. is capable of up to 50,000 The accolades go on eight different lawsuits Tasers are a con- peak volts. Huff said that and on for Mark Gordon, were filed against Iowa ducted electrical weap- 50,000 volts may seem like distinguished professor in law enforcement officers, on marketed by Taser a lot, but the effect is not chemistry. alleging that the officers International to law en- as great as it sounds. “It’s very gratifying, misused stun guns. forcement agencies as Volts measure elec- but I should emphasize According to a Des another tool that will help trical pressure, or the that nearly all of my pub- Moines Register investiga- them gain compliance. amount of pressure lications are with one or tion, officers involved in Taser International says used to push an electri- more of my students,” three Muscatine County that the use of their prod- cal current across a wire. Gordon said. “So, the num- Mark Gordon Jail tasing incidents, in- uct helps to reduce the Amperes, or amps, mea- ber of publications reflects sands of times by other cluding an October inci- use of deadly force and sure the actual flow rate their hard work and cre- professors for the work dent when an officer used decreases injuries to both of electrons through the ativity, as well.” that he has done. a stun gun on a mentally suspects and officers. wire. The amperage used Gordon first stepped Other than teach- disabled woman four Tasers can be used in the X26 Taser is .0036 on Iowa State’s campus in ing, Gordon also directs times to compel her to in drive-stun mode and amps. A regular Christmas 1968 after he earned his the Applied Mathematics change her clothing, have pressed directly against a light bulb uses 1 amp. The doctorate from Carnegie- and Computational never undergone stun gun suspect, usually as more Taser does not emit a con- Mellon University in Sciences division at the training or were overdue of a compliance tac- tinuous flow of electric- Pittsburgh as a postdoc- Department of Energy’s in training updates. tic than a response to a ity, making the device less toral researcher. Ames Laboratory, and also Ames po- threat. When used from a harmful than something He later returned to holds the Francis M. Craig lice Investigations distance, officers can aim like a wall outlet that has a Iowa State in 1992 as a full- Chair in chemistry. Commander Geoff Huff the taser at a suspect, usu- continuous flow of energy. time member of the chem- As for where he found said all officers who carry ally at the torso, and pull Unlike pepper spray istry faculty. a passion for chemistry, Tasers must be certi- a trigger. Hooked metal that may not be effective Gordon has been pub- Gordon said he has an old fied and undergo annual darts remain connected to for aggressive suspects lished more than 550 times teacher of his to thank. training. the device through wires Emily Hecht/Iowa State Daily in numerous publications, Derek Doebel, Drug that conduct electrical TASER p4 >> Images from Google Images and has been cited thou- GORDON p4 >> 2 | NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 Editor: Katelynn McCollough | [email protected] | 515.294.2003 Weather ‘Sandorkraut’ lectures on the THURS Sunny and cold with a 0|1 wind chill as low as -30. advantages of fermentation By Caitlin.Deaver @iowastatedaily.com FRI Chance of sleet with a wind chill as low as -10. Self-described fer- 21|35 mentation revivalist Sandor Katz presented his lecture, “The Art of Fermentation,” in the packed Great Hall SAT Mostly sunny and blustery. of the Memorial Union, discussing the concept of 17|24 fermentation. Fermentation, as Katz defined it at the Provided by ISU Meteorology Club Wednesday lecture, is the transformative action of microorganisms. “Fermentation is so thoroughly part of our food Police Blotter traditions that people eat The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records. fermented products and All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. have no idea they are do- Dec. 27 permanent address, was ing it,” Katz said. “Not very arrested and charged with many people know, but cof- Robbie Crane, 22, 2090 King criminal trespass at Schilletter fee is fermented, and so are Ave., Unit 22, Des Moines, was University Community Center arrested and charged with bread and cheese, cured driving under suspension; he (reported at 7:36 a.m.). meats and condiments.” was subsequently released A vehicle that left the scene Katz said he has been on citation.

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