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Lani Tons/Iowa State Daily Student Government on Wednesday passed a bill that retracts university president’s power to confirm Supreme Court nominees.

Megan Anderson/Iowa State Daily ISU football fans will have their first opportunity to experience the renovations to the south end zone at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday when Iowa State plays Northern Iowa in the 2015 season opener. Leath’s Revamped venue befitting judicial of unwavering ISU fan base By Max.Dible amid one of the worst runs in ISU foot- ket only a day prior. power @iowastatedaily.com ball history? They could just as easily “I look at that and say we’re coming watch the Cyclones lose from the com- off a three-win season and a two-win fort of their home and save a fortune on season. A big part of why we’re selling his Saturday, Scott Eldridge will gas in the process. tickets is this stadium. So I would say embark on a date with déjá vu “A lot of it is now the excitement,” it’s already paying for itself,” Pollard nullified that’s been four decades in the Eldridge said. “I’ve got to give a tremen- explained, adding he was surprised making. dous amount of credit to (ISU Athletic at how quickly the tickets were being Senate eliminates ISU TIn the fall of 1975, the then 23-year- Director Jamie) Pollard. I know he can snatched up. old Eldridge bore proud witness as Jack kind of rub the Hawkeyes the wrong “But I should have learned a long Trice Stadium’s gates swung open for way, but us Cyclones don’t really mind time ago not to be surprised by the loy- president’s authority to the first time, dawning a new era of ISU that too much. alty of Cyclone fans.” football in Ames. “He’s a guy who’s doing things.” Pollard is quick and correct to give confirm student judges The Cyclones defeated Air Force Doing things is absolutely right. credit to the legions of donors and sup- 17-12 that September afternoon. Now, Actually, it’s an understatement. porters who have helped to bring the By Michaela.Ramm almost 40 years later to the day, Eldridge Jack Trice’s $50 million south end south end zone enclosure to fruition, @iowastatedaily.com will be in attendance for another mile- zone club — and $10 million effort to but he may also be too modest. stone — the unveiling of the new south beautify the area just outside of it — is He serves as the lead recruiter for end zone club. the capstone project of a 10-year, $160 charitable donations to athletics, and The Student Government Senate Only this Saturday, he’ll have bet- million face-lift to athletic facilities the south end zone club was supported on Wednesday passed a bill 30-2 that ter seats. across the ISU campus, all of which has by outside pledges to the tune of 80 eliminates an amendment to the Con- Eldridge — a former chief financial been guided by Pollard’s hand. percent of its total cost. stitution that gave the president of Iowa officer and chief operations officer at St. Perhaps even more impressive than Not one of the other projects com- State University the authority to confirm Luke’s Hospital and now the proprietor Pollard accomplishing the enclosing of pleted during the last decade — which members of the Supreme Court. of four Square Tire locations in the Sioux the south end zone was how he did it. total roughly $100 million in collective A student becomes a member of City area — will take up his place on the By procuring the largest cash gift costs — has raised more than 40 percent the Supreme Court after the Senate con- 21-yard line in the northwest corner of and the second largest donation of of its price tag by way of fan and alumni firms said nominee. Previously, the ISU the revamped venue, hoping his beloved any type in Iowa State’s history — $25 support. president also had the authority to con- Cyclones can defeat Northern Iowa million up front from Roy and Bobbi And for years before the addition firm a nominee to the Supreme Court. and break their two-year losing streak Reiman, which decreased drastically was ever announced, attendance at However, this bill removes that power. against FCS teams in season openers. the amount of debt Iowa State needed to ISU football games rose even as the win “[Senators] traditionally always And it’s that brand of loyalty from a incur to complete construction — Pol- totals plummeted. [confirm nominees], so there’s no need man who has been a season ticket hold- lard has raised the spectacle at minimal During the last four seasons, the for the president to have that power,” er for most of his life that may puzzle cost to the university. Cyclones have averaged at least 52,147 Sen. Cole Button said. those who stand outside the ISU football Other gifts to the project total in the fans per game, topping out at 55,361 per Button said he notified President culture, peering in from a distance. $12 to $13 million range and will be paid game in 2013. Steven Leath of the amendment and he Iowa State fell at home to Northern in portions annually. Iowa State’s multi- Those four years account for the is comfortable with the decision. Iowa in 2013 and North Dakota State media rights company has also pledged four highest attendance averages since The Senate also lost a member in 2014, two teams that could go un- $15 million in incremental revenue. Jack Trice opened four decades ago. And when David Moore was unanimously defeated and still not qualify for a bowl It is money that won’t all flood in the cumulative win total in those four confirmed by the Senate as a member game because they aren’t even a part at once and doesn’t quite cover the seasons? Only 17. of the Executive Cabinet. of college football’s bowl subdivision. full $60 million cost, which has caused But that hasn’t deterred Eldridge or Moore was nominated as the direc- Iowa State, on the other hand, Iowa State to borrow. But considering his roughly 50,000 counterparts. tor of special events by the president and could pool its wins from both of those the size of the project, the university’s “The excitement level this year is vice president of Student Government seasons — 3-9 and 2-10 efforts, respec- investment is more than manageable more intense than I’ve seen in the last after the previous director resigned. tively — and it still wouldn’t be enough financially, and is one that is already few years,” Eldridge said. “I think Jamie President Dan Breitbarth said to qualify the Cyclones for a bowl game paying for itself. Pollard is excellent at what he does. One Moore’s duties will entail spring events appearance of their own. Pollard said that by Aug. 20, Iowa of the reasons we keep going to football such as Cyclone Market and Big 12 on And so the question begged is: State had surpassed ticket sales projec- games is that Pollard is really good at the Hill. Breitbarth also said they will What keeps fans like Eldridge, his wife tions for the entire year, and single- attempt to bring back an event with the and their four children coming back game tickets had appeared on the mar- STADIUM p8 ideals of Veishea. “We want to work a lot on bring- ing back alumni influence, community outreach and collaboration between colleges,” Breitbarth said. “We want to bring back what Veishea lost.” Moore said one of his goals is to Students fear losing phone bring back the parade that traditionally By Alex.Cory first widely available metric people can know where his phone is, or if his bat- took place during Veishea. @iowastatedaily.com use to test how nomophobic they are. tery is going to die and he doesn’t have “A lot of alumni like to come back The nomophobia questionnaire his charger. for that and re-live their glory days, so asks participants to consider their level Ana-Paula Correia, associate pro- we want to give them an opportunity When walking around campus, you of comfort with hypothetical situations fessor in the School of Education, who to come back to something like that,” often see the tops of heads more than involving mobile phones, ranging from helped with the 2014 study that devel- Moore said. students’ faces, as everyone has their how scared they would be if they ran oped the questionnaire, said she was Moore also said he hopes to make noses to their cell phones. out of battery to how anxious it would surprised by the results: The majority Cyclone Market a more collaborative In a digital heavy era, cellphones make them to be without a way to con- of students surveyed had the fear. event between the committees on the contain many features that may make tact their families and friends. Correia believes that nomophobia Senate in an effort to make it bigger life more convenient. Participants respond to the ques- can come from our reliance on the and better. But is it too much? To see just tions on a scale from one to seven, with convenience of modern mobile phones. The Senate also approved a bill 27 how much students adored their cell one indicating they strongly disagree Correia said that while someone from to 5 that affected the senators’ working phones, Iowa State researchers have and seven indicating they strongly her generation might be more likely to meetings. developed a questionnaire to help agree with the statement. view a mobile phone as just another The working meetings are meant people see if they have “nomophobia.” After all the answers are tallied up, device like a printer, the younger gen- to improve the efficiency of the weekly Nomophobia, which stands for “no the higher the total score, the stronger eration relies on mobile phones to solve Senate meeting. mobile phone” phobia, is an affliction the case of nomophobia the participant daily problems. Speaker of the Senate Ben Crawford that can apply to anyone who experi- is likely to have. She explains that a desire to “be said he did not like that the meetings ences anxiety when they lose or can’t “I use it [my cell phone] quite often present” on social media could also were mandatory, but would rather hold use their mobile phone. The question- like most people,” said Jake Asmus, lead to nomophobia. them as they are needed. naire, developed by Caglar Yildirim, junior in electrical engineering. Asmus Correia said nomophobia is a fear, graduate student in psychology, is the said he gets anxious when he doesn’t not an addiction to mobile phones. GOVERNMENT p4

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