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Iowa State Daily (February 16, 2012) Iowa State Daily Iowa State Daily, February 2012 Iowa State Daily, 2012 2-16-2012 Iowa State Daily (February 16, 2012) Iowa State Daily Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2012-02 Recommended Citation Iowa State Daily, "Iowa State Daily (February 16, 2012)" (2012). Iowa State Daily, February 2012. 10. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2012-02/10 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, February 2012 by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 2012 AMES247 Doctor Murdock jams into the local spotlight OPINION SPORTS Leath will Softball team build a strong hopes to regain foundation winning spark Foreign affairs FIND US ONLINE: iowastatedaily.com @iowastatedaily facebook.com/ iowastatedaily Iowa gets international China’s vice president works to build bonds ONLINE: with United States By Katelynn.McCollough @iowastatedaily.com At a welcoming dinner at the State Capitol on Wednesday, Xi Jinping, vice president of the People’s Republic of China, and Terry Branstad, gover- nor of Iowa, welcomed and thanked the nearly 650 guests and dignitaries RULES WITH in attendance. CAMPUS SMOKING Branstad addressed the audience iowastatedaily.com/news in English, Xi, in Chinese, as transla- tors shared the intended messages with the multilingual crowd. “Thank you Vice President Xi for accepting our invitation to visit Iowa,” Branstad said, “to visit old friends and meet new ones.” Branstad spoke of the Hebei prov- ince of China and the state of Iowa be- Photo: Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press coming Sister States in 1983 and how Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (left) and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad raise their glasses during a toast at a formal he is glad of the opportunity to “foster dinner in the rotunda at the Iowa Statehouse Wednesday in Des Moines. an even deeper friendship ... one that CHECK OUT LATEST will continue to grow and benefit our modern Asian history, in an email. people.” “He is the son of a former high-level SPORTS PHOTOS Branstad, who was also the Iowa functionary and he benefitted, grow- iowastatedaily.com/news governor when Xi visited Iowa in ing up, from that connection — what 1985, said that Iowans were “pleased” the Chinese like to call a ‘princeling.’” to see Xi rise to a high position in the After Branstad raised his glass in “great nation of China.” a toast to the “friendship” between LECTURE: Xi is predicted to become the next Iowa and China, Xi took his place at president of the People’s Republic of the podium to standing applause. Police chief China. “Ladies and gentleman, dear He visited President Barack friends, good evening,” Xi began. presents on Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “Coming to Iowa brings back many family violence on Tuesday and met with members of fond memories.” Congress early on Wednesday. Xi said that his visit to the United Photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily By Frances Myers “Mr. Xi has an interesting history,” Several Chinese residents from Ames gather together outside the Marriott Daily staff writer said Charles Dobbs, ISU professor of CHINA.p3 >> City Center in Des Moines to wait for Xi Jinping. On Thursday, Ames Police Chief Chuck Cychosz will be speaking at a lecture titled Agriculture “Confronting Family Violence and Sexual Assault: Community Responses.” Cychosz will be discussing community efforts and best Students learn real skills at farm practices for handling violence against women. Jerry Stewart, director of the Department of AG 450 Farm gives chance Public Safety at Iowa State, as well as representatives from for practical work experience Youth and Shelter Services, the Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support and the By Randi.Reeder Story County Sexual Assault @iowastatedaily.com Response Team will participate in the discussion. They say not all learning is done in the class- The lecture is being held as part room, and that is definitely the case with AG 450 of the Women & Gender Studies Farm. Program 35th Anniversary AG 450 Farm is a senior-level class that is a Celebration. required capstone course for agricultural stud- It is cosponsored by the ies majors. The AG 450 Farm is the one and only Margaret Sloss Women’s Center, completely student-ran farm at a university in the Women & Gender Studies nation. Program and the Committee on Lectures, which is funded by This farm gives students the opportunity to be the Government of the Student involved in everyday management decisions and Body. practices of a typical farm in central Iowa. One of the center’s missions is If a person pulls up on the 450 Farm on a to create an awareness of vari- Thursday afternoon while class is in session, the ous issues that affect women. first thing they will see is about 50 vehicles parked The discussion will be at 7 all around the farm. p.m. in the Sun Room of the Depending on the day, there could be a lot of ac- Memorial Union, and it is free to tivity, but if it is a cold February day with not a lot of attend. outdoor work to be done, most of the students will be in committee meetings deciding on what they Photo: Bryan Besler/Iowa State Daily want to do with the farm that semester. Benjamin Metcalf and Mara Budweg, both seniors in agricultural studies, show off a pair of piglets from the AG 450 farm. NSIDE “Farm management and operations [are] I : key, the farm must be managed and operated News ......................................... 3 correctly,”said assistant professor Thomas Paulsen, Thursdays. On Tuesdays, they meet in Curtiss Hall 25 years. There is also a student worker who takes Opinion ....................................... 4 the lead professor for the class. “A lot of kids that from 1:10 p.m. to 3 p.m. From 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. care of the farm when class is not in session and Sports ......................................... 8 take this class have helped out at home on the farm. they hold business meetings or work on the farm. during university holidays. Ames247 .................................... 9 They’ve ran the machinery, they’ve done all of that, Thursdays the class is at the farm the entire time This semester, with 50 students, it is one of the Summer Jobs ...........................13 but they have not had the opportunity to make deci- working on managing and getting other things done largest groups the class has had. Classifieds ................................. 10 sions that really impact the farm. For most, this is around the farm. The class is divided into committees and each Games ...................................... 12 the first time.” The farm is supervised by Greg Vogel, who lives The class meets twice a week on Tuesdays and on the site and has been the farm manager for over FARM.p3 >> Volume 207 | Number 103 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. | A 2010-11 ACP Pacemaker Award winner Disco Bowl Thursday 2 games with shoes for $8! 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Gene Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily search Liberty, Traditional Patents in Law, Ethics Knowledge and Piracy and Policy ARTS & CRAFTS: Forging basic metals into brilliant jewelry When: When: 3 p.m. Jill Johnson, of Vinton, Iowa, works on a pendant during a beginning metals class on Wednesday at the Workspace in the Noon Memorial Union. 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