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Iowa State Daily, October 2014 Iowa State Daily, 2014 10-7-2014 Iowa State Daily (October 07, 2014) Iowa State Daily Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2014-10 Recommended Citation Iowa State Daily, "Iowa State Daily (October 07, 2014)" (2014). Iowa State Daily, October 2014. 1. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2014-10/1 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, October 2014 by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Pollard receives reprimand, $25,000 fine SPORTS p7 Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 | Volume 210 | Number 31 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. Closet Atheists New closed group provides support, discussion for students struggling with faith By Emily.Eppens @iowastatedaily.com The transition from claiming religion to claiming faithlessness can be a difficult road. To one Iowa State graduate student, college has been a time of discovery. During his time on campus, he has noticed that many students, including himself, who have come from religious backgrounds start to question their religion and some even disown it. He said the realization of not believing in the faith students were raised in be scary for many. The thought of being rejected by family and friends can put a strain on the already busy college life. The graduate student knows this transition can be hard and has taken it upon himself to make it a little bit easier. His goal is to start a support group for the faithless and questioning students who haven’t told their families and friends about their faithlessness. He wants to create a group for closeted atheists. The graduate student has asked to keep his name anonymous for the protection of himself and other potential members of the group. “It can be hard because you don’t want to hurt family and you don’t want to hurt friends,” the student said. “You don’t want your relationships Blake Lanser/Iowa State Daily to change based on your [lack of belief]. Religion is something people can Some students struggle with telling base their entire lives on.” others their beliefs, especially when the question of one’s faith is brought The student said he comes from a strong Christian family and discovered up. Many students prefer to hide their beliefs because they fear judgment. ATHEISTS p8 Professor researches ISU receives grant for taller turbines By Jace.Dostal, epilepsy questions contributor to the Daily By Dakota.Carpenter most risk for this disease when The Iowa State College of @iowastatedaily.com they are either younger than 2 Engineering received a $1 million or over 65. grant from the U.S. Department Because the cause of epi- of Energy to continue research- Epilepsy is a disease seen lepsy is unknown, there are no ing how high-strength concrete throughout the world that does current prevention methods. can be used to build taller wind not have a cure. It costs Ameri- Medication can be prescribed to turbines. cans roughly $15.5 billion a year epileptic patients, but one-third “We are currently using steel and two million people in the of patients will not respond to tubular towers, but extending United States alone have the drugs. their height beyond 80 meters disease. Thippeswamy hopes to use is not cost effective,” said Sri Thimmasettapp Thip- his research to figure out why Sritharan, professor in environ- peswamy, professor in biomedi- some patients do respond to mental, construction and civil cal sciences, is joining the fight drugs and some patients don’t. engineering. to help people with epilepsy by For patients that don’t re- When a wind turbine exceeds constructing his own research spond to treatment, there is 80 feet, the base needs to get big- project. another option. Patients could ger, making them impossible to Thippeswamy’s research is opt to have a surgery called a transport in one piece. trying to figure out why not all lobectomy. This surgery would Sritharan has spent the past people that have a seizure are remove the part of the brain that five years researching a new de- diagnosed as epileptic. He has causes the seizures. Like any sign for wind turbines. He thinks been working on his research surgery, there are risks such as using high-strength concrete, since 2005 and uses mice to rep- paraplegia. The risks would vary developed in partner with Core- licate seizure-like patterns that based on the part of the brain slab Structures, a concrete manu- can be seen in humans. removed. facturer based in Omaha, will Although he has not person- For some students on cam- revolutionize the wind energy ally been affected by epilepsy, pus, epilepsy affects their daily industry. Thippeswamy said his motiva- lives through a family member, There are several benefits tion for his research is purely close friend or even personally. in building taller wind turbines, scientific. Meghan Wood, a sopho- Sritharan said. “Epilepsy is one of the most more in industrial design, grew “If you move the turbine common neurological diseases up with an epileptic sister. height from the currently used that affects [people] worldwide, Wood’s sister began having sei- 80 meters, to 120 meters, you and it affects all age groups,” zures at the age of 4 and was can actually operate the turbine Kyle Schlichting/Iowa State Daily Thippeswamy said. diagnosed as epileptic shortly for a longer duration and also the Sri Sritharan is researching a new design for taller wind turbines which would make them Since epilepsy is a nervous after. wind speed is going to be greater, more efficent and allow them to be run longer. Iowa gets 27.4 percent of its energy from system disorder, it can affect “It was just a scary experi- which is going to increase the wind turbines, and more than 7,000 Iowan jobs are because of wind industry. animals as well as humans — 5 ence to see someone that you power as well,” Sritharan said. percent of dogs and 3 percent of love be so out of control and go Currently, Iowa leads the West Coast, where the wind pow- The turbines will not only cats suffer from epilepsy. through such a rough thing at nation with 27.4 percent of its er needed to generate energy is help produce energy for states, While only 1 in 10 Ameri- such a young age,” Wood said. energy coming from the wind. only available above 80 meters, but according to Mike Prior, ex- cans will experience a seizure Her sister suffered from However, the U.S. as a whole only to develop wind farms. ecutive director of the Iowa Wind in their lifetime, only 3 percent grand mal seizures and experi- gets 3 percent of its total power Sritharan said once the tow- Energy Association, the most of them will be diagnosed as enced them frequently during from wind. ers are completed, we will see important thing wind energy will an epileptic patient by the time Making the turbines taller an increase in the national wind they are 80. Humans are at the RESEARCH p8 will allow states on the East and power output. ENERGY p8 IOWA STATE DAILY 2 CAMPUS BRIEF Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 Weather SNAPSHOT Online TUESDAY Partly cloudy with increas- 68 Content ing winds. 45 BIG 12 WEDNESDAY Partly sunny with showers 62 Power rankings late at night. After losses to the top 47 three RPI teams in the country, the ISU volleyball THURSDAY team has learned a lot about itself. Cloudy and cool. 61 After some shake up in the Big 12, see how the Cy- clones measure up against 41 other conference oppo- Weather provided by ISU Meterology Club. nents in this week’s power Richard Martinez/Iowa State Daily rankings. Greek community showcases ISU traditions Iowa State’s greek community kicked off the 2014 Homecoming week by putting up individual banners Police Blotter on Central Campus. Above is the display created by Farm House, Kappa Delta and Phi Kappa Theta. This MORE INFO The information in the log comes from All those accused of violating the law display placed in the top three of the banners to be featured outside of Jack Trice Stadium on gameday. the ISU and City of Ames police depart- are innocent until proven guilty in a ments’ records. court of law. How to Sept. 27 Matthew Hoefling, 18, of recognize a 1156 Eaton Hall, Ames, was Keegan Christensen, 18, of cited for underage possession seizure 2354 Montana Avenue, Hum- of alcohol at Lot G3 (reported After reading the Dai- boldt, was cited for underage at 9:21 p.m.). ly’s story in print about epi- possession of alcohol at Lot S8 lepsy, go online or check out (reported at 7:02 p.m.). Robert Johnson, 31, of 925 the app for more coverage. Maxwell Avenue, Ames, was There, readers will find a list Michael Berens, 20, of 3906 arrested and charged with of warning signs of seizures Maricopa Drive, Apartment public intoxication and inter- and what to do if someone 203, Ames, was cited for un- ference with official acts at Lot is having a seizure. derage possession of alcohol G2 (reported at 10:16 p.m.). at Lot S8 (reported at 7:10 p.m.). Sept. 28 VOLLEYBALL Jason Reding, 19, of 203 Jew- Joseph Graf, 18, of 311 North el Drive, Apartment 3, Ames, 5th Street, Logan, and Dil- ISU learns was cited for underage pos- lon Barry, 18, of 3090 340th Courtesy of Iowa State University session of alcohol at Lot G3 Street, Manilla, were cited from tough (reported at 7:25 p.m.).