PRESERVING TRADITION Students, Community Fill Campus with Spirit Despite Veishea Cancellation
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UNLV transfer Bryce Dejean-Jones commits to play at Iowa State By Alex.Halsted visit, the transfer from UNLV an- a Cyclone!” following a verbal altercation with it Arizona State next weekend, but @iowastatedaily.com nounced Sunday he has commit- Dejean-Jones, a 6-foot-5 a teammate and announced in committed to Iowa State after his ted to Iowa State. guard, is eligible for immediately- mid-March he would transfer. weekend visit. It didn’t take Bryce Dejean- “Had a great weekend in play for the Cyclones next season Last season Dejean-Jones Dejean-Jones is expected Jones long to decide where he Ames my first time there but as he will graduate from UNLV was the Runnin’ Rebels’ leading to be a key contributor from the wanted to be. Just two days after won’t be the last,” Dejean-Jones next month. The senior was sus- scorer, averaging 13.6 points per start. The Cyclones now have two arriving in Ames for an official tweeted. “I’ve decided I wanna be pended for UNLV’s season finale game. Jones was scheduled to vis- remaining open scholarships. Blake Lanser/Iowa State Daily Students organized a parade to show that they will not let riot events define the student body and university. The parade’s main organizer was Adam Guenther, senior in animal science. PRESERVING TRADITION Students, community fill campus with spirit despite Veishea cancellation By Jaden.Urbi Heising. @iowastatedaily.com Heising also attended other unoffi- cial events on Central Campus earlier in Contrary to the “USA” and “Veishea” the week. chants heard on Tuesday night, a group “I really think students should re- of students and community members gain control of Veishea, I’m a believer of marched throughout campus Saturday the students doing good things and I feel morning cheering “Cyclone pride.” that Veishea is a tradition [that] should On Saturday, Adam Guenther, se- be continued being completely run by nior in animal science and GSB senator, students, going back to the basics,” said organized the Campus Showcase Parade, Heising. an unofficial alternative to the Veishea Calli Zimmerman, senior in ag- parade. ricultural business, saw the event on Around 120 students and commu- Facebook and decided to attend. nity members dressed in cardinal and “My friends and I planned on just gold attire and walked the sidewalks watching the parade but we saw people of the original parade route, weaving joining in as the parade went by so we through crowds of supporters. joined too,” said Zimmerman. Carolyn Heising, professor of in- After the Cyclone Showcase Parade, dustrial and manufacturing systems en- Zimmerman attended another unofficial gineering, participated in the Campus Veishea event called “4 the Love of ISU.” Showcase Parade. “I think these events are a good Blake Lanser/Iowa State Daily “I feel like the students are doing a idea as long as everything is positive and Ames community members and ISU alumnae show their support for the university dur- great thing by planning these alterna- ing the parade and other activities that students organized to show their Cyclone spirit. tive events, it shows that they care,” said TRADITION p3 >> Career services assists Leath, students Police departments students in planning become a part reflect on riot, wrap for their job futures busy week of arrests of Cardinal Key By Makayla.Tendall cause in the past we haven’t By Colby.Siebersma pecially important to have @iowastatedaily.com done a lot of tracking that @iowastatedaily.com this type of strategy right By Madisun.VanGundy early in the week. Usually now because it is beneficial @iowastatedaily.com Between Veishea and when we track stats for With graduation to mix your methods and Tuesday’s riot, the Ames Veishea, it’s usually Friday quickly approaching, se- use several different tools. Sixty-three students and four faculty and staff and ISU police departments and Saturday, but this year niors search for jobs to start Carefully looking members, including President Steven Leath, were kept busy this week despite it was clearly a different their professional careers. through job postings and inducted into Cardinal Key, Iowa State’s top honor the fact that official Veishea situation,” Huff said. “It was ISU Career Services as- seeing what is available society, on April 13. The induction ceremony was events were canceled. the first nice weekend and sists students with this pro- is one tool for finding held at the Alumni Center in the Reiman Ballroom Ames Police arrested Veishea at the same time — cess and strives to achieve jobs, but this alone is not from 3:30 to 5 p.m. 82 people on 115 charges the perfect storm.” maximum placement enough, Wieland said. “It’s a great class. Every single one of them throughout the week and Both departments ratings. “The second tool is has done something great on campus,” said Ben cited 56 people. ISU Police must deal with the after- Kathryn Wieland, di- identifying good compa- Jacobson, president of Cardinal Key Honor society. filed 155 criminal charges math of Tuesday’s riot, rector of Career Services nies and organizations The keynote speaker at the ceremony was from Tuesday to Sunday during which some police for the College of Business, who have hired people in President Steven Leath. He was also an inductee. morning. Alcohol-related officers were hit with beer said they are currently fo- your field before,” Wieland Leath said he was honored and pleased to be charges were the most bottles and cans thrown cused on helping students said. inducted because the more time he can spend with common offenses. by the crowd before indi- execute a comprehensive Wieland said that find- the other inductees, the more he can learn from Jerry Stewart, direc- viduals took down street job search. ing companies with a rep- them and the more he can teach them. tor of Iowa State’s depart- signs and two light poles on “We build a strategy utation for making good Cardinal Key was founded in 1926 to recognize ment of public safety, said Welch Avenue. with each student and then things happen for recent outstanding leaders at Iowa State. the number of charges was “Every single person in help the student with the college graduates could It recognizes members at Iowa State whose slightly less than the two that area going along with execution of that process,” have great outcomes. leadership in university activities has been exem- previous years, while Geoff it was making the situation Wieland said. “At this point, The third tool is to plary, whose scholarship is of high standing, whose Huff, investigations com- worse, and if you watch we are working with job identify contacts — people character is above reproach and whose service to mander for Ames Police, those videos, that’s what it postings, specific compa- in your field of work that the university community has been outstanding, ac- said they had a busier week was. Everybody looked like nies and contacts.” than expected. Wieland said it is es- CAREERS p3 >> CARDINAL KEY p3 >> “It’s hard to say, be- POLICE p3 >> 2 | NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Monday, April 14, 2014 Editor: Katelynn McCollough | [email protected] | 515.294.2003 Weather MON Colder and windy. 27|38 TUES Sunny. 25|48 WED Windy with a slight chance 35|57 of rain. Provided by ISU Meteorology Club Police Blotter Iowa State Daily Twenty-one undergraduate students were selected from Iowa State, as well as students from the University of Northern Iowa The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records. and the University of Iowa who presented their research to the Iowa legislature at the annual Research the Capitol event. All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. April 9 (reported at 12:51 a.m.). Officers assisted an 18 year An individual reported damage Undergraduates showcase research projects old male who had consumed to a restroom at Forker Building too much alcohol at Larch Hall (reported at 6:14 a.m.). (reported at 1:19 a.m.). An officer investigated a Officers assisted an 18 year old property damage collision at Lot at annual Research in the Capitol ceremony male who had consumed too 28 (reported at 1:16 p.m.). much alcohol at Helser Hall Officers assisted another agency (reported at 2:40 a.m.). with a criminal investigation at By Carlea.Schuler in contact with the students to answer Benge said that a lot of research Jimmy Ho, 21, 1670 NW 85th St, the Armory (reported at 5:19 @iowastatedaily.com any of their questions about the event. was presented to legislators, but most Clive, was arrested and charged p.m.). This was Blancas’ second year of the presentations were given to oth- with operating while intoxicated An individual reported the theft From microbiology and genetics coordinating the event under the su- er students.