Life on the Cydelines

Iowa State Daily, October 2012 Iowa State Daily, 2012 10-23-2012 Iowa State Daily (10-23-2012) Iowa State Daily Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2012-10 Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation Iowa State Daily, "Iowa State Daily (10-23-2012)" (2012). Iowa State Daily, October 2012. 13. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2012-10/13 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State Daily, 2012 at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Iowa State Daily, October 2012 by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 Front1 TUESDAY, OCT. 23, 2012 BUSINESS Search begins for dean of College of Business SPORTS Second half of season ‘rejuvenates’ Cyclones OPINION Has GOP won peace? FIND US ONLINE: CYTENNIAL iowastatedaily.com @iowastatedaily facebook.com/ iowastatedaily ONLINE: Life on the LAS DEAN PRESENTS ARTS, HUMANITIES CYdelines iowastatedaily.com Being Iowa State’s mascot takes hard work, dedication Did you know... By Carter.Collins ■ when Cy receives mail — even @iowastatedaily.com drawings from younger fans — he reads them and keeps all of them? Cy the Cardinal is not just the mascot for ■ Cy won the Capital Bowl Mascot Iowa State; he’s a celebrity. Challenge in 2008? But becoming one of the most well-known ■ only one member of the squad travels mascots and “celebrities” in the state of Iowa to away games, (except against Iowa)? is no cakewalk. He or she travels with the rest of the cheerleaders, dance team and players. CHECK OUT LATEST The ISU Mascot Squad, the students who become Cy, is made up of one female and six ■ the original costume was so large it had to READER FEEDBACK male ISU students. be shipped by train to away games? Many The character of Cy is assumed 200 rival schools kept “intercepting” it and iowastatedaily.com were holding it for ransom, according to days out of the year, including at almost ISU Cyclones.com. athletic event. ■ in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a EATHER Over the years the Cy suit has undergone miniature “Baby Cy” made appearances W : many major transformations. at many athletics events? Years later, In 1954, Cy was made mostly from chick- however, Baby Cy was discontinued. en wire and aluminum, which did not allow TUES ■ the squad is dedicated to getting Cy much movement. Today he is made of thick right? This summer the squad, along 61|77 padding and an outer layer of “teddy bear- with the cheer squad, went to camp. like” material that allows a much wider range At camp the squad dominated the of movement. competition winning numerous awards such as Most Collegiate and Best Overall Today’s Cy suit comes in many different Mascot. The squad received a bid to go WED to Nationals in April next year. 57|80 CY.p3 >> THURS 35|60 Provided by ISU Meteorology Club EVENT: Iowa State celebrates sustainability Oct. 24 is National Food Day and National Campus Sustainability Day on Iowa State’s campus. Across campus, events have been planned to highlight and Photo: Jonathan Krueger/Iowa State Daily celebrate both of these events. FINE ART: Creating the first-ever ‘Butter Cy’ Cooking demonstrations Sarah Pratt, sculptor of the Iowa State Fair’s butter cow, fashions a butter sculpture of Cy on Monday in Kildee Hall for the 100th ISU Homecoming. Pratt will work throughout the week. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. South lawn of MacKay Hall Election Student organizations ‘What is food to you?’ A collaborative art project and exhibit 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ISU political clubs Central Campus One final face-off National Campus debate key issues Sustainability Day Romney, Obama 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. View more angles: To see the entirety of the final touched on foreign policy and Library Free-Speech Zone spar about role Topics include presidential debate, go to U.S. humanitarian efforts in foreign politics http://isdai.ly/XMQHkS U.S. health care, across the globe. Local organizations “Israel is the only na- for food accessibility, By David.Batholomew global relief effort tion in the Middle East with nutrition and growing local @iowastatedaily.com turbing events. … We need a more troops in Iraq. … What WMDs, [weapons of mass de- 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. comprehensive strategy to we need to do in respect to the By Charles.O’Brien struction]; we need to look at Conversations Dining Center The final presidential help combat this.” Middle East is strong, steady @iowastatedaily.com how much money we’re giv- at Oak-Elm Residence Hall debate of this election sea- Obama took a different leadership.” ing them,” said Luke Elzinga, — Daily staff son took place between approach, outlining a policy CBS Evening News an- senior in advertising and President Barack Obama and of progress he said has devel- chor and debate moderator The ISU Ambassadors independent representative. Republican candidate Mitt oped under his presidency. Bob Schieffer later turned the hosted their own debate at “We also need to look at hu- Romney at Lynn University “Gov. Romney, I’m glad tide of the debate to Syria. the Memorial Union prior to man rights first, then political NSIDE in Boca Raton, Fla. you recognize al-Qaida a “What we’ve done is orga- the start of the U.S. presiden- strategies.” I : The debate focused spe- threat, because a couple of nize the international com- tial debate on Monday night. The Democrats discussed News ......................................... 2 cifically on foreign policy and months ago you said the munity saying Assad has to The debate involved the humanitarian aid as a prior- Opinion ....................................... 4 got under way with the topic greatest geopolitical threat go,” Obama said. “We are College Democrats, College ity, and military aid to foreign Sports ......................................... 5 of the crisis in Libya. was Russia,” Obama said. making sure we are organiz- Republicans and indepen- countries as not being the Niche .......................................... 8 “With the Arab Spring “You say you’re not interest- ing the moderate forces there. dent parties debating over main option. Classifieds ................................. 6 came a great deal of hope,” ed in duplicating what hap- … I am confident Assad’s days foreign policy, health care Spencer Hughes, junior Games ....................................... 7 Romney said. “But instead pened in Iraq but two weeks and education. we’ve seen a number of dis- ago you said we should have PRESIDENT.p2 >> The different parties DEBATE.p2>> Volume 208 | Number 46 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. | A 2010-11 ACP Pacemaker Award winner 2 News 2 | NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 Editor: Frances Myers | [email protected] | 515.294.2003 >>DEBATE.p1 other U.N. member states. Ames, ISU Police “Under our current sys- Departments Police Blotter: in speech communication and tem, I think the [Affordable The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records. Democratic representative, Health Care for America Act] All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. highlighted the president’s has made health care more ac- Emergency Plan For AIDS cessible for now, but down the Oct. 7 Trish Kiebach, 26, 5007 Kansas Dr., was arrested Relief program as a humani- road we need to be looking at Stephen Johnson, 58, of and charged with with operat- tarian effort that should be something else,” Elzinga said. Story City, was arrested and ing while intoxicated (reported supported more, especially for Democrats and Republi- charged with public intoxica- at 12:44 a.m.). tion (reported at 12:45 a.m.). areas with higher numbers of cans pointed out health care David Gott, 57, of South AIDS cases, such as Africa. was a benefit. Antonio Knight, 22, America, was arrested on 225 Stanton Ave Unit 11, warrant, charged with serious The Republicans sup- Republicans said it was a was arrested and charged misdemeanor assault, original ported giving humanitarian benefit of a good job which is with criminal mischief and case was on 9/15/12 when aid where it was most needed used to attract better employ- disorderly conduct (reported Gott allegedly struck a pe- at 1:44 a.m.). destrian with a motor vehicle but pointed out financial prob- ees to a company, while some Photo: Lindsey Lippincott/Iowa State Daily lems the government faces Democrats thought it should Martin Strobel, left, Spencer Hughes and Tim Nelson defend a Jessica Korf, 21, 707 Kellogg (reported at 7:30 a.m.). when it comes to funding. be taken care of as a universal Democratic standpoint during the ISU Ambassadors student Ave. Unit 7, was arrested and Officers assisted a woman political debate Monday in the Memorial Union. charged with operating while who had fallen at the “We don’t have as much benefit. intoxicated and failure to Memorial Union (reported money as we have had in the French stated the health maintain control of a vehicle at 8:12 a.m.). (reported at 7:40 p.m.). past, so that limits us a little,” care system had to be restruc- stream of revenue,” Hughes pecially on education for the Noah Kimuyukilonzo, 22, said Zach French, junior tured, and they needed to al- said. “Romney has said there future of the United States. Kristin Pyle, 29, P.O. Box 763, 170A University Village, was in history and Republican low for competition between will be a 20 percent tax cut “We need to start investing was arrested and charged arrested and charged with with operating while intoxicat- theft in the fifth degree at the representative.

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