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IOWA STATE DAILY Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Volume 209 | Number 153 Reunited in AmesKatie Titus/Iowa State Daily Amber Thurnau of Belleville, Ill., and Thomas Off of Potsdam, Germany, reunite at Odyssey of the Mind after being apart for 23 years. The two participated together in 1991 and returned later as mentors for their countries. p8>> 2 | IN THE NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Table of Contents Page 3>> Page 6-7>> Page 12>> Faces of Iowa State Opinion Art Museum Page 4>> Page 8-9>> Page 15>> One-on-One Odyssey of the Mind Daily Fun & Games Page 5>> Page 10-11>> Page 16>> Ames History Sports Calendar Week’s Worth Week’s Watch Last week’s newsworthy stories Things to look for this week Big 12 Revenue Opinion: U.S. politics Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced that the conference raked in $220 mil- One Daily columnist will discuss the importance of having two political parties in the lion in revenue this past school year, $213 million of which will be distributed to the United States. Read more about the viewpoint at iowastatedaily.com. 10 teams. Check out iowastatedaily.com to see how much Iowa State will be receiving. Track and Field Arrests Seven members of the ISU track and field team are headed to the NCAA Championships An ISU alumnus was wanted by the FBI for possession of explosives and then arrested in Eugene, Ore., on June 11. Find out who the seven members are and how they plan to this week. Another person was arrested for sexual abuse on Iowa State’s campus. Read handle the pressure of the championships on the Daily’s website. Check for previews more about the arrests at iowastatedaily.com. on iowastatedaily.com. Campus fire Board of Regents The roof of Sweeney Hall caught on fire May 30. Read what happened and check out a The Board of Regents will be meeting at Iowa State on June 4 or 5. Among other topics, photo gallery of the damage on iowastatedaily.com. they will be discussing the final approval of Jack Trice Stadium renovations and a new funding model for the three Iowa public universities. Odyssey of the Mind Thousands of children and coaches from across the globe traveled to Iowa State last Wi-Fi upgrade week to compete in the world finals. Read just how many people were in Ames, what Iowa State will undergo a $4 million upgrade to its wireless system. The project this they were competing in and the photo gallery at iowastatedaily.com. summer will add access points to both academic buildings and student spaces around campus. Primaries Primaries were all across the country on Tuesday. Check out iowastatedaily.com for Orientation coverage of Iowa’s primaries. There will be results, reactions and a story about student Almost 6,000 incoming freshmen are expected to visit Iowa State for orientation begin- voting online. ning this week. The students will visit during the next month to plan class schedules. Faculty promotions Summer concerts Nine ISU professors were promoted to new positions for the 2014-15 school year. Read Ames summer concerts are gearing up for the summer this week. The Ames Municipal about the professors, their promotions and what they have accomplished to receive Band will play on Thursday. Ames on the Half Shell begins on Friday and Roosevelt their honors at iowastatedaily.com. Summer Sundays will take the stage this week. General information: RIa Olson Publication: Fall & Spring sessions: Opinions expressed in editorials Postmaster: The Iowa State Daily is an Alex Furman ISU students subscribe to the Iowa The Iowa State Daily is published belong to the Iowa State Daily (USPS 796-870) independent student newspaper State Daily through activity fees Monday through Friday during the Editorial Board. © Copyright 2011 n Iowa State Daily Publication Board established in 1890 and written, Nathaniel Johnson paid to the Government of the nine-month academic year, except Send address edited, and sold by students. 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Ames, Iowa 50011 294-4120 294-2403 Megan Culp College of Business copy or $40, annually, for mailed The Iowa State Daily is published chairperson subscriptions to ISU students, as a weekly on Thursdays, except The Publication Board meets at 5 PERIODICALS POSTAGE Iowa State Daily Classified Preston Warnick Chris Conetzkey faculty and staff; subscriptions are for university holidays, scheduled p.m. on the fourth Thursday of the Newsroom Advertising vice chairperson Kyle Oppenhuizen $62, annually, for the general public. breaks and finals week. month during the academic school Josh Adams The Des Moines year in Hamilton Hall 294-2003 294-4123 secretary Business Record Wednesday, June 4, 2014 | Iowa State Daily | FACES OF IOWA STATE | 3 Faces of Iowa State Maria Ben Sonntag Zimmerman sophomore in PhD student kinesiology and in aerospace health engineering “What do you do for fun over “What is your dream job?” the summer?” “Doing high-performance “I like to go to the pool and lay computing and numerical meth- out and get tan and exercise — like ods for any type of company- run outside and bike outside and -doesn’t matter what.” everything.” “What’s something interest- ing about you?” “I run a lot here. 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Right before graduation I Richard Reynolds has been was coming back from a meet- the director of the Memorial ing in Beardshear [Hall] and a Union for more than 10 years. young man took his shirt off and He works in all parts of the MU did a belly flop into the Fountain to bring students, faculty and of Four Seasons ... The people community members all the who got splashed on seemed services that can be found in to enjoy the experience as the building. well. There have been some What are some of the neat, sentimental things that broad strokes of your posi- have occurred in the building tion as director? also. One young man asked if The Memorial Union was he could have access to the founded to serve students in Great Hall. He said he did the campus community, so not need anything set up, just when it comes to the meet- time in there. About an hour ing room function of what we later, he and a young woman do here, the first priority is to walked up on the stage and he serve the student organizations. proposed to her. They met dur- In terms of other users of the fa- ing an event in the Great Hall cility — those are the people who and so he felt like that was the ap- are not affiliated with the univer- propriate place to propose to her. sity directly in terms of funding As far as we know, she accepted — we do wedding-related events the proposal, which was wonder- and we have Odyssey of the Mind ful. There are also stories about in the Memorial Union as well as having ghosts in the building. We many other [events]. Users who cause say the one we have is a friendly are not directly affiliated with in some ghost. We have staff who work the university pay for the use of cases it fi- Kelby in the evenings who have heard it, and that helps support our nally brings Wingert/ various noises in the building Iowa State budget. closure to the Daily and we have identified that ghost What are some of your fa- families that have Richard Reynolds as being Hortense Wind, who is vorite yearly traditions? lost loved ones in the interned at a student the only woman on the wall [in The one that has been re-in- theater of battle. If we have union at TCU in college and Gold Star Hall] ... So we say it is was hooked.