OMER’S WORLD NEWS saturday, may 26, 2018 │ odyssey of the mind 2018 world finals │ state university

Odyssey of the Mind Coaches compete at Coaches compete in he Coaches Competition 30 inches of masking tape in five and the Burj Khalifa. the Coaches challenges coaches to solve minutes. The structures were The competition was fierce. The Competition Tproblems not unlike the supposed to be built to “repre- Eiffel Tower was the most popular after the ones the competitors have been sent an iconic structure from choice — it also had the highest graduation working on for three days. around the world.” success rate. ceremony On Friday night, the problem Options included the Eiffel Team number 12 from Colo- May 25. for coaches and officials was to Tower, the Seattle Space rado won the title in the final PHOTO BY MIKINNA KERNS/ build the tallest structure pos- Needle, the Leaning Tower of round with a height of 10-feet, IOWA STATE sible while only using paper and Pisa, the Empire State Building 8-inches. DAILY Students gather to celebrate graduation

dyssey of the Mind and delays were forgotten. students gathered for The ceremony was head- Oa graduation ceremony lined by Dr. Sam, who on Friday night in front of a expressed his excitement at Hilton Coliseum crowd buzzing seeing so many graduates. with pride. Dr. Sam gave the crowd the The mood was jovial, as origin story of Omer, saying Odyssey of the Mind mascot the mascot was “one of our Omer led all attendees onto the children.” floor of Hilton to huge cheers. Spirit Award winner Wojtek However, the weather Radziwilowicz made brief outside the Coliseum was remarks as well, saying that, anything but. Rain and hail “There is nothing better than pounded the building before being wrong, funny, crazy or the ceremony began, causing a weird.” short delay. Each graduate received a Graduates listen to Dr. Sam talk about Omer the Raccoon in Hilton Coliseum on May 25. The graduates ranged from Once the graduates began to photo with Dr. Sam and Omer enter, though, all bad weather on stage with their certificate. kindergarteners to seniors in college. PHOTO BY MIKINNA KERNS/IOWA STATE DAILY saturday may 26, 2018 odyssey of the mind 2018 world finals page 2 OMER Dining News Team Photos Plan to get your team photo Your wristband is good for entry into taken during World Finals. All teams the dining centers and special events. photographed will be in the yearbook. CONVERSATIONS DINING (OAK- OMER’s Sibling Team ELM): Pink 1, Pink 2 UNION DRIVE MARKETPLACE: Photos will be taken at the Orange 1, Orange 2 Creativity Festival (Lied Rec Center) MEMORIAL UNION FOOD COURT: n Saturday: 9 a.m. to noon Yellow SEASONS MARKETPLACE: Red 1, Red 2, Yellow 2, Blue Photos will also be taken at Hilton Coliseum (Main Concourse) Saturday, May 26 n Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. BREAKFAST: 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. LUNCH: 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Team picture prices: DINNER: 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. n 5x7 — $10 Sunday, May 27 n 8x10 — $18 BREAKFAST: 6 a.m. – 9 a.m. n Key Chain package — $20 LUNCH**: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (includes a 5x7 team photo with two (Seasons Marketplace Only) photo key chains) DINNER**: 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. (Seasons n Odyssey Yearbook — $22 Marketplace Only) Monday, May 28 BREAKFAST** AT ESM: 5 a.m. – 9 a.m. (East Side Market) International ** Only for those with a post-conference package OMER’s Sibling Team Booth at Creativity Festival Access to the all-you-care-to-eat din- PHOTO BY NICOLE ONKEN/AMES CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU Festival ing facilities are limited to partici- pants wearing wristbands and their ead over to the Creativity Festival, and you’ll They put three to four pins on each piece of fabric and eams from across the world guests purchasing meals. see a long line of parents, coaches and team before they knew it, they gave out nearly 500 of the will have an opportunity Hmembers’ siblings crowding around a booth squares. Tto sell souvenirs and hand- Dining - it’s all about filled with pins and lanyards. In the middle of the Now, they hand out red lanyards stamped with made items from their home coun- chaos, you’ll see Angela Wilkerson, smiling while “OMER’s Sibling” covered in a variety of vintage pins. tries at the International Festival. the timing! manning the booth. Wilkerson created and manages Siblings must pick out their own lanyard, and cannot Walk through the Lied Recreation Want a smoother experience at the OMER’s Sibling Booth, a program that gives siblings have any outside help from a parent, coach or other Center and learn about all the differ- dining centers? The trick is to time of competing team members a chance to join their sibling. By participating in this process, siblings ent countries and their cultures. It’s your lunch when the centers are less of a “bumper car maze of trays” and more like very own team and participate in the ever-popular pin become an inducted member of OMER’s Sibling Team. also the perfect opportunity to meet a relaxing meal at home. trading. “This is the largest team at World Finals,” said new people and make new friends “When I was working with OMER at World Finals, Wilkerson. “Typical teams can only have seven from all parts of the world. The fes- Tip of the Day: we would always see the brothers and sisters of the members, but ours is unlimited. By Saturday, there tival is today at the Lied Rec Center Try to arrive before or after the busiest competitors, with no teams of their own,” said Wilk- will be nearly 500 people on the team.” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. don’t forget times at the centers listed below: erson. “They came without any pins, because nobody Because of the demand, donations of vintage pins to stop by! realized that they could trade pins too. When we are always appreciated. If you’d like to donate, you 8-9 a.m. 12-1 p.m. 5:30-6:30 p.m . saw how forlorn they looked, we decided to create a can bring your pins to OMER’s Sibling Booth any time Friley Windows program for the siblings using our extra pins.” during World Finals or mail them to CCI: Union Drive Marketplace OMER’S World The first year, Wilkerson and her crew handed out 406 Ganttown Rd. Conversations Seasons Marketplace spare vintage pins. These pins were gathered from Sewell, NJ 08080 News Staff boxes in garages and attached to small squares of felt. Odyssey of the Mind Editor Jennifer Veale Ames Convention & Residence hall and Frederiksen Court check-out information Visitors Bureau Crystal Davis e hope you are enjoying your their original rooms. n Turn in your keys to your Coach. n Geoffroy and Buchanan: Desk Bri Gerke n stay in our ISU residence Remove any personal items left The Coach must collect all team at G312 Geoffroy Sandy Larson Whalls and apartments. To in the room. We find an astounding keys and place them in the large n Friley, Helser, Eaton and Martin: Nicole Onken make your check-out go as smoothly amount of overlooked items behind manila envelope received at check-in. Desk in 2104 Martin as possible, here is a checklist of items the doors, in the closets, under and Fasten the envelope and return it to n Frederiksen Court: Desk in Iowa State Daily Staff K. Rambo to complete before leaving. behind the beds, in the drawers, etc., your Conference Desk (open 24 hours 1001-2 in the Frederiksen Court Jill O’Brien n Leave all used and unused bed so a few minutes for a double-check by a day during Odyssey of the Mind) in Community Center Noah Rohlfing linens, towels, and washcloths in you in each room is definitely worth it! your area: Mikinna Kerns the room. n Close and latch all windows. n Maple, Willow, Larch, and Oak- Thank you for being our guests here n Return any moved room furnish- n Turn off the lights. Elm: Desk on 2nd level of Maple- at Iowa State University and we wish Printing and Distribution Daily Freeman Journal, ings to their original locations in n Close and lock your rooms. Willow-Larch Commons you a safe journey back home! Webster City, saturday may 26, 2018 odyssey of the mind 2018 world finals iowa state university page 3

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Return Airport Shuttle Information Spontaneous Problems For those participants that scheduled a return airport shuttle, please check in at the Ames/ISU information desk at the Memorial Union for details about departure times and location pick up. The Ames/ISU information desk is open & Silly String from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Get the App! STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ALL THAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE ODYSSEY OF THE MIND WORLD FINALS APP! n Go to the App Store on your phone or tablet device and search for OMER’s World or scan the QR code here!

Delaware Team at Spontaneous PHOTO BY NICOLE ONKEN/AMES CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU

he most stressful (or most fun, Delaware. “Our first two years we were depending on who you ask) part of more nervous, but now we’re not. This is our TOdyssey of the Mind World Finals is fourth time at World Finals.” the Spontaneous Competition. While teams Once team members complete their Spon- typically have months to practice their long- taneous problem, they are led outside to term problems, in Spontaneous there is no great fanfare by an Odyssey of the Mind offi- opportunity to prepare. OMers won’t know cial. The team is announced, and then they what they have to do until they set foot in are sprayed with silly string by all the other The Connecticut team after Spontaneous the competition room. participants and parents. The crowd cheers PHOTO BY BRI GERKE/AMES CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU During the competition, teams need to and congratulates them. be prepared for any problem to be thrown While this part of the program is fun for at them. However, there are three main cat- the participants, the parents also appreci- egories: verbal, hands-on and verbal/hands- ate it. on. Teams are not allowed to discuss the “I like Odyssey of the Mind because the Building, Pin Trading, problem until all the Spontaneous Competi- kids enjoy it so much,” said Phil Terhune, a tion is finished. parent from Delaware. ‘It’s more than just “The Spontaneous Competition is fun,” the competition; it gives them the opportu- said Bailey Fletcher, a team member from nity to have so many fun experiences.” Performing...Oh My!

hen asked what their favorite part things through, because they go places I wouldn’t about Odyssey was, the team from have expected,” Fields said. WConnecticut had an assortment Coach Elizabeth Wohlford, also from the Con- of answers. From engineering, building, pin necticut Odyssey team added, “My favorite part trading, performing and the celebrations at about Odyssey is how there are five problems Spontaneous, it was clear this team was bursting and it’s all about creativity. You can see every with excitement for World Finals. single one of them and none of them will be Edina Field, one of the Connecticut Odyssey alike. Because it’s all about the creative thinking, coaches, loves all the creativity used by the kids the solutions, and addressing all the parameters to solve problems. of the problem.” “My favorite part is watching them think PHOTO BY BRI GERKE/AMES CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU saturday may 26, 2018 odyssey of the mind 2018 world finals iowa state university page 4 Important phone numbers Recreation facilities off er for the 2018 World Finals 2018 Odyssey Photo Album opportunities for fun EMERGENCY ONLY: o you need to work off those com- (fi re, police, ambulance) 911 petition jitters or just want to have Th e local area code for Ames is 515 Dsome fun? Then Iowa State Rec- ISU POLICE/PUBLIC SAFETY: reation Services has just the solution for (515) 294-4428 you — loads of recreational activities on ISU/AMES INFORMATION CENTER: campus. (515) 294-3728 STATE GYM AND POOL: ODYSSEY OF THE MIND INFORMA- Th e State Gym Complex off ers oppor- TION: (515) 294-3750 tunities to play basketball, volleyball and PROP STORAGE INFORMATION: badminton. Th ere is also a climbing wall, (515) 294-3778 an indoor 25-person spa and a swimming ISU’S HELPVAN: (515) 294-4444 or pool with a three-meter diving platform, lap lanes, areas for water basketball and water 4-4444 (from a campus telephone) volleyball and a television. CAMPUS INFORMATION CENTER: (515) 294-4357 (294-HELP) MEMORIAL UNION RECREATION ISU THIELEN STUDENT HEALTH CENTER: CENTER: (515) 294-5801 Memorial Union (MU) Recreation Center, located in the basement of MU, will give you MCFARLAND AFTER HOURS CARE a chance to enjoy some additional entertain- CLINIC: (515) 956-4044 ment activities. Th e recreation center has MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER nine pool tables, eight bowling lanes, chess (NON-EMERGENCY SITUATIONS): and checker tables, darts, air hockey, foosball (515) 239-2011 games, and more than 25 arcade games. You can bowl, shoot some pool, or do other activi- ties at the MU during the scheduled time for FREE!

RECREATION FIELDS: If you’re in the mood for some fun outdoors, head out to the recreation fi elds Odyssey located next to both the Towers Residence Hall and the Maple-Willow-Larch Complex. Th ese fi elds are made for football, soccer, World Finals lacrosse, and many more activities. AMES FURMAN AQUATIC CENTER: Th e Ames Furman Aquatic Center is an Schedule outdoor facility that includes a 550-foot lazy river with a cascading waterfall and two water slides. Th e adjacent 50-meter pool Saturday, May 26, 2018 includes a 150-foot drop slide plus one-meter 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: World Finals and three-meter diving boards. Don’t forget Competition: Various Locations to bring your own towel and sunscreen. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Souvenir Sales, Lied From campus, CyRide Aqua route departs Recreation Center from State Gym and is available Saturday to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Souvenir Sales, provide transportation to the aquatic center. Memorial Union, Campanile Room 9 a.m. – Noon: Creativity Festival, Lied Recreation Center Recreation hours: 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.: NASA Classroom Fireworks SATURDAY, MAY 26: Activities, Curtiss Hall 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – State Gym and Rock 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: International Fes- Climbing Wall tival, Lied Recreation Center State Gym Pool *7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.: Awards Cere- 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tonight! Noon to 5 p.m. – Memorial Union Under- mony, Hilton Coliseum *Doors open at 6:30 p.m. ground 9:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.: Pre-teen oin us as we celebrate Odyssey of the 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Ames Furman Aquatic Party (gold), Harvester Courtyard, Mind World Finals hosted by Ames and Center (don’t forget to bring a towel!) Scheman JIowa State University for the 10th time! 9:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.: Teen Party Immediately following the Awards Ceremony, (red), Harvester Courtyard, Scheman make your way to the parking lots on the COU raffle reminder 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.: Coaches/Offi cials Creative Opportunities Unlimited is holding a south side of Hilton Coliseum. Pre-Teens and Party, Sukup End Zone, quilt and pin set raffle to raise money for its schol- Stadium Teens can view the fireworks from their party arship fund. Get tickets at both souvenir sites! Sunday, May 27, 2018 locations in the Scheman Courtyard. See the display at the Memorial Union. 6 a.m. to Noon: Housing Check-out