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BOARD OF REGENTS ImportanceTHE Chris Jorgensen/Iowa State Daily OF BEING Board of Regents member Milt Dakovich listens while a plan to improve Reiman Gardens is presented Wednesday. Earnest Iowa State falls Its a play on words about playing on words below goal on By Hollie.Schlesselman @iowastatedaily.com class usage By Jake.Dalbey The name of the game is @iowastatedaily.com literally the name in Iowa State University’s theatrical production of “The Impor- The Board of Regents spoke heavily on the tance of Being Earnest.” state of student enrollment and campus us- The production, which will age during the first day of a two-day meeting make its Iowa State debut Wednesday at Iowa State. this weekend at Fisher The- The regents began by allowing each public ater, is a farce comedy that university to present facilities governance re- was written by playwright ports. Oscar Wilde. Kate Gregory, senior vice president for univer- The show takes place in sity services, presented on the current usage of 1895 in London, where John Iowa State classrooms and collaborative spaces. P. Worthing, played by junior Katlyn Campbell/Iowa State Daily Out of the 215 available classrooms on cam- Tyler Hupp, and Algernon Michael Clinkscales (Algernon Moncrieff) proposes to Erin Stein (Gwendolen Fair- pus, only 65 percent of total seat capacity is Moncrieff, played by senior fax) at rehearsal for “The Importance of Being Earnest” Monday at Fisher Theater. utilized. This number is lower than Iowa State’s Michael Clinkscales, have projected goal of 67 percent usage. Iowa State fallen helplessly in love with Hupp, however, doesn’t ably not worth your time,” also fell behind its goal of seat utilization in the two women. believe that it was his char- Stein said. “But it’s fun to available 400 teaching labs, with 63 percent filled But Gwendolen Fairfax, acter’s intention to lie to his watch in this play.” behind the 80 percent goal. played by sophomore Erin love. Walling identifies a little “This number perplexed us because [since] Stein, and Cecily Cardew, “It just so happened to be more with her character. we’ve exploded in population since 2008, where played by junior Erica Wall- a convenient tool to earn “Well, my character, Cec- are our students?” Gregory said. ”So we looked ing, have fallen in love with the his signifi cant other’s love,” ily, is very romantic and very to the data and found that many are online.” men for only one reason: their he said. idealistic,” she said. “I’ve Since 2008, Iowa State online course offerings names. Or rather, the singular He added that if he was try- defi nitely had my fair share of have increased 184 percent, with enrollment in name Ernest Worthing, which ing to earn someone’s love, sort of idealistic embellished the courses increasing by 111 percent. Gregory is what both men have intro- he would not go so far as to journal entries. also pointed to more classes shifting to after- duced themselves as. lie to them. “I would go as far as to hour time slots — those that are not available Lying, as it turns out, is a “I like who I am,” Hupp write very improbable things between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. — as a reasoning for huge confl ict in the play. said. in my diary.” the lowered reports. “It’s so much fun to play As for Stein, she wouldn’t The actors do connect Gregory’s team hopes to “optimize the space characters that like lying so change a thing for a potential with the meaning behind we have to make the most useful classrooms for much because it gets them signifi cant other. the name “Ernest.” our students and teachers.” This vision is be- into so much trouble,” Clink- “If someone doesn’t like ing implemented into several new and current scales said. “Everyone who you because of what your EARNEST p6 classroom renovations on campus. lies gets caught.” name is, then they are prob- Renovations include larger classrooms found in the 11,000-square-foot Pearson Hall project, mobile furniture for collaborative learning with the newly-renovated Marston Hall and two large-scale classrooms to be featured in the upcoming Bessey Hall update. Gregory also expressed interest in using book REGENTS p8 Students to vote on raised fees for MU renovations By Alli.Weaver ernment President Cole Staudt updated @iowastatedaily.com the Senate on the progress of the medical amnesty bill. Implementing the medical amnesty The choice falls on the students wheth- bill in Iowa was an idea of Staudt’s and er improvements to the Memorial Union Vice President Cody West’s during their will be funded by an increase in student campaign. fees or if the project will be dropped. The bill would allow underage drinkers Student Government voted to have the to call for medical assistance without fear Memorial Union referendum placed on of legal repercussions. the student ballot. Staudt said he would be attending a During the Student Government elec- subcommittee meeting Thursday in Des tions on March 7 and 9, Iowa State stu- Moines hoping to move the bill to the dents will be able vote to support a stu- judiciary committee. dent fee increase to fund the Memorial “It’s been over a year-long process, but Union renovation. we’re not done yet,” Staudt said. The renovation would expand the The bill would also protect the person Memorial Union to provide more din- who calls for help, as long as they stay ing seating, spaces for students to study with the victim until they are safely in and veteran resources, as well as other emergency care. improvements. “It’s no secret that students who are A PowerPoint presentation included underage are drinking and are experi- visuals that showed the interior and exte- menting,” Staudt said. “Sometimes those rior views of what the renovated building experiments go wrong and they need will look like. someone to take them to the hospital.” Kennedy DeRaedt/Iowa State Daily The renovation project will receive Staudt’s personal experience, as he has Corey Williamson, interim director of the Memorial Union, spoke to Student Government about the potential Iowa State funding from various sources previously shared, is part of what inspired Memorial Union renovation Wednesday. amounting to $10 million and $350,000 his support for the bill. from the Memorial Revenues toward When a friend was on the verge of al- change, which is why it was introduced After Thursday’s discussion and vote at bond payment. cohol poisoning, Staudt did not take the as a part of the Staudt and West running the Capitol, the bill could be put further The rest will be funded from an increase underage drinker to the hospital to avoid platform. in motion at the state level. in student fees phased in over two years, getting in trouble with the law. “We envision this as a way for students Staudt and West, as well as other sup- eventually amounting to $72 per student Staudt’s choice led to a near-death who need help to get help,” Staudt said. porters of the bill, urge people to consider per semester. experience for his friend, which later Iowa is one of 14 states that does not that it is about student safety. 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