Gum Project Pays Off College Adds New Major Healthy Alternative Takes Fourth Place to Selection
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INSIDE: A preview of Saturday’s game against Missouri 1 Friday, November 19, 2010 >> Iowa State vs. Missouri >> Kickoff at 6 p.m. Saturday >> an Iowa State Daily sports supplement Thank you, goodbye Se nior run the ning bac Cyclone seniors rest of k Alex the ISU s ander Ro eniors wi binson ll play the celebrates with ir final fellow home game a senio s r, tigh Cyclones t end Coll . Photo: Jake in Fra Lo nklin, afte vett/Iowa r scorin State Da g a touc ily hdown Saturda FEATURE.p2 Gameday mat y ag >> ainst Colorado. S Find out more aboutchup: aturday ag ain 6 st Missouri, Iowa State’s opponent Robinso n, Fran FRIDAY November 19, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 64 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper servingBig 12 roundup: Iowa State sinceklin and 1890. 8 Take a look around the Big 12 after 11 weeks of play Picks: 11Daily writers pick winners of 7 games around the country Product development Human Services Gum project pays off College adds new major Healthy alternative takes fourth place to selection By Whitney.Sager By Molly.Halferty iowastatedaily.com iowastatedaily.com After nearly one year of ob- stacles, the ISU Food Product Event management will be a major and mi- Development team’s hard work nor in the College of Human Sciences for the finally paid off. first time in the spring semester. The program The chewing gum the team will be part of the apparel, education studies developed recently placed fourth and hospitality management department. in the American Association of The new major was created because of Cereal Chemists product develop- numerous activities and events that students ment contest. have the opportunity to organize coupled with “It’s awesome,” said Stephanie students being interested in a career in event Clark, associate professor of food management. science and human nutrition and Robert Bosselman, professor and chairman adviser to the team. “It just says of apparel, education studies and hospitality that [Iowa State] is in the top.” management, was a leading faculty member in The gum is environmentally getting this major processed and created. friendly, consists of natural flavors “Students can gain an academic foundation and is actually nutritious. and experience. [This major] was created to get The development process the experiences while they’re here,” Bosselman started in the fall of 2009 with a said. series of brainstorming sessions Course work will include specific manage- to determine what kind of product ment classes, special events management, op- to develop for the contest. portunities to organize campus event, includ- The team decided it wanted ing the fashion show, selling Veishea cherry to make a chewing gum that was pies and a required internship. a source of probiotics, typically “[There are] a lot of students on campus found in dairy products. “College students regularly MAJOR.p3 >> chew gum, so it’s a good way for them to get probiotics,” said Babu Chinnasamy, graduate in food sci- ence and human nutrition. Troxel Hall The probiotics found in the gum have two health benefits, in- cluding better oral health and a healthier gastrointestinal system. New building Another product used in the development of the chewing gum is zein, a protein found in corn. to be finished Pradeep Suriya, graduate in food science and human nutri- for fall 2012 tion, came across this ingredient by accident. By Thane.Himes Suriya was in a food science lab The gum base passes through an extruder to strain out excess water. After this, the gum is subjected to a stage iowastatedaily.com one day when the protein was be- of humidity control called “forming,” followed by dusting with sweeteners to get the final product. Courtesy ing used for another project. The photo: Pradeep Suriya Troxel Hall, a new building in the works protein was accidentally sprayed dedicated primarily to sciences, will be ready on Suriya’s hands and would not for classes during the fall 2012 semester. come off. The building is named after Douglas Troxel, “I tried to wash my hands and Benefits of zein: whose nonprofit foundation donated $5 mil- it wouldn’t come off,” Suriya said. Environmentally friendly lion to the project. After using some ethanol to re- Promotes oral health Troxel graduated in 1967 with a degree in move the protein from her hands, Protein source, if gum is mathematics and is the chairman emeritus Suriya realized it might be of use swallowed of SERENA Software, which Troxel himself for the gum the team was trying to Will decompose and break down founded in 1980. develop. when spit out He is also CEO of the Change Happens Since zein is not water-soluble, Not water-soluble Foundation, the nonprofit corporation respon- it helps the gum stick together sible for the donation. while being chewed. Troxel Hall will feature a state-of-the-art Challenges the team faced session offered students the 400-seat auditorium that will be primarily while developing the gum includ- chance to interact with indus- for large introductory courses, including sci- ed finding the right texture, experi- try professionals and make con- ences, economics, psychology, statistics and menting with the way it held mois- tacts that may one day lead to anthropology. ture and creating the overall flavor. internships. The hall will have resources and equipment The team would put in a lot of “It’s a very good place to inter- including overhead projectors and projection time each week to overcome those act,” Chinnasamy said. screens, data projectors and monitors, video challenges, often spending several The ISU Food Product Development Team placed fourth in the American Suriya said several companies playback, document cameras, audio systems, hours in the lab. Association of Cereal Chemists’ product development contest. The team have shown interest in the chew- access to both the campus network and the developed a chewing gum that is environmetally friendly and naturally “You have to be pretty com- flavored. Courtesy photo: Pradeep Suriya ing gum the team developed. Internet and other new technological features mitted to the team,” said Krista He said the companies must for the classrooms. McCarty, senior in food science. check for patents on the use of the “The more modern equipment will greatly As part of the competition, the Of the 30 reports submitted, sentation and make a display post- products in the gum before it can team was required to submit a only five could move on in the er about the chewing gum they be sold on the market and in stores. BUILDING.p3 >> written report to the AACC about competition, and theirs was in the developed. Whatever the future of the the product it developed before top five. They also had a taste-testing chewing gum, the team members it could move on to the national At the national competition, session, where people could try it. gained valuable experiences de- competition. the team had to give an oral pre- The presentation and poster veloping it. Veterinary medicine Student organizations Students help Serbian shelter German clubs connect students save stray dogs By Taysha.Murtaugh Germany. iowastatedaily.com “There’s no criteria [to join By Brandon.Hallmark Zeitgeist],” Schmidt said. iowastatedaily.com Zeitgeist is a German word “Anybody can get involved. But meaning “the spirit of the age” or “the we would like them to be able to have Amanda Steffen and Elizabeth Wormley spirit of the time.” It is also the name a conversation in German. traveled halfway across the world to help deal of a German club at Iowa State. “They probably won’t get too with a multitude of dogs. Kristian Schmidt, president of much out of [the group] if they can’t Steffen and Wormley, fourth-year students Zeitgeist and graduate in statistics, have a simple conversation, because in veterinary medicine, worked at an ani- came to America in 2006 from his we do try to only speak German at mal shelter in Serbia that is helping with dog home in Unna, Germany, as an ex- the meetings.” overpopulation. change student. Zeitgeist meets at 7 p.m. every They also worked to help build ties be- “Before I came here, I tried to find Thursday at Stomping Grounds and tween the College of Veterinary Medicine and some connects to the Germans here,” discusses topics such as school, news the Veterina Beograd, Faculty of Veterinary Schmidt said. from home and personal issues — in Medicine in Belgrade. Zeitgeist, a club founded in 1994, German, of course. The shelter they worked at caught dogs, was advertised as a way to orga- They also take trips to then spayed/neutered, micro-chipped, vac- nize ISU students from Germany. Oktoberfest in the Amana Colonies cinated and released the animals where they Schmidt became involved almost and participate in events like the were caught. Some dogs were put up for adop- immediately when the club picked International Food Fair on campus.