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Front1 1 THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 2013 AMES247 SPORTS Independent film Andersen reclaims company allows creativity court after ankle injury OPINION Get real with guns Transportation FIND US ONLINE: iowastatedaily.com @iowastatedaily facebook.com/ iowastatedaily ONLINE: GSB VOTES ABOUT TRANSPARENCY Photo courtesy of CyRide This new bus style will be implemented after Spring Break on the orange 23 route. These new accordion buses are 62 feet long, have 60 seats and will iowastatedaily.com/news hold an additional 60 standing patrons at a time. The buses will help take care of overcrowding on one of the busiest routes on Iowa State’s campus. Long wait for long buses By Charles.O’Brien and there was a delay in production because @iowastatedaily.com Nova had to work out some bugs with the new interior design. Following a six-month delay, this spring, The second reason for the delay had to do ‘GET FIT’ TABLET ISU students will be able to set their eyes on with new paint standards for buses. Kyras PUBLISHES FRIDAY a new style of transportation. stated that there are only a few places in the iowastatedaily.com The Orange Route, which is currently the United States that meet the new paint stan- busiest bus route in the state of Iowa with dards, therefore CyRide’s buses got stuck 1,519,827 riders during the 2011 fiscal year, behind other companies during the painting will see the addition of two new Nova ar- process. WEATHER: ticulated buses, better known as “accordion “We are frustrated; we would have loved buses.” to have them to begin the fall semester,” These buses were originally supposed to Kyras said. “On the other hand, we chose the THURS be delivered to Iowa State in August 2012, manufacturer because of what they offer.” -8|5 New buses prior to the start of the fall semester. The articulated buses measure 62 feet, Next Bus info The buses are now expected to arrive at which is currently 22 feet longer than ■ 62 feet long CyRide sometime in February and could CyRide’s largest bus. They seat 60 people but ■ Bus tracking system ■ 60 seats, 120 person make their debut — at the earliest — on the can, including standing room, hold a total of ■ Live on the ISU website FRI capacity Orange Route after spring break. 120 people. ■ Keep track of where the 13|16 ■ $1,374,826 for two buses According to Sheri Kyras, director of The buses have a stainless steel frame, bus is on a map ■ 1,519,827 riders on the transit for CyRide, the buses were delayed which gives them an increased lifespan. ■ See predicted bus arrival Orange Route for the 2011 for several reasons. They contain wider aisles for easier move- times Fiscal Year CyRide’s new buses are some of the first ■ Set up alerts on your ■ Nova Buses, Plattsburgh, buses to feature Nova’s new interior design, CYRIDE.p8 >> phone for bus stops SAT N.Y. 19|31 Provided by ISU Culture Campus Meteorology Club LECTURE: Students aspire ‘Race’ series comes to to yogurt fame Iowa State By Dale.Johnson Michael Eric Dyson, a sociol- @iowastatedaily.com ogy professor at Georgetown University and influential scholar What began as Ray Schmidt’s and American Book Award re- attraction to the colors of Anderson cipient, will speak Jan. 31 in the Memorial Union Great Hall. His Erickson yogurt lids became room- lecture, titled, “Race, Racism mate Ben Shaffer and Schmidt’s and Race Relations in America,” dorm room decoration. is a part of the Dr. Martin Luther Schmidt, sophomore pre-graph- King Jr. series. The event will be ic design, and Shaffer, freshman free to the public and begins at 8 p.m. civil engineering, have taken lids from yogurt containers and placed -By Daily staff nearly 600 on the ceiling of their Helser Hall dorm room bringing Photo: Yanhua Huang/Iowa State Daily color and attention to their room. Ryan Huang, freshman in mechanical engineering from Xiamen, China, This unorthodox room decoration LUNCH: joined the FarmHouse Fraternity when he came to Iowa State. Huang said led to Schmidt and Shaffer’s nick- he became interested in joining a fraternity after seeing one in pop culture. name “the Yogurt Guys.” Brown bag “I’m a design student, so the bold colors [of the lids] stood out to series talks me,” Schmidt said. “I thought there had to be something I could do with Fullbright Greek life goes them.” The first of a three-part “brown The lids were originally collect- bag” lunch series will be at noon ed when Schmidt added yogurt reg- Photo: Megan Wolff/Iowa State Friday in room 2030 of Morrill ularly to his meal bundles at Clyde’s Daily Hall. The series provides an before winter break. Shaffer then Ray Schmidt, sophomore informal setting for people to international pre-graphic design, places a contributed to the collection as well yogurt lid on his ceiling. Schmidt learn more about the Fulbright greek system at Iowa a part of the greek and began using the lids to line their Program. By Tedi.Mathis and his roommate, Ben Shaffer, @iowastatedaily.com State. community. loft beds. have placed almost 600 yogurt -By Daily staff “We really don’t Both students de- “I was eating a lot of yogurt then lids on the ceiling of their dorm. Ryan Huang and do any special recruit- scribed going through and just held onto the lids,” Schmidt Elisabeth Oeverli are ing for international greek recruitment said. students at Iowa State students, and we week as a new experi- Shaffer said that the number More info about INSIDE: with different majors, don’t keep that demo- ence. Oeverli said the of lids reached a point where they different backgrounds graphic,” said Cindy amount of girls was could no longer be used to just line the ‘Yogurt Guys’ News ....................................... 2A and are from differ- Marquardt from Office terrifying at first, but the lofts. That was when the lids be- ■ Helser Hall dorm room Opinion .................................... 4A ent countries, but both of Greek Affairs. learned to embrace it. gan covering the ceiling. ■ Nearly 600 collected so far Sports ....................................... 6A made the decision to This did not dis- “It was different in a “We started sticking them to the ■ Goal is to cover their dorm Ames247 ..................................2B join the greek system courage Huang and cool way,” Huang said. ceiling with sticky tack,” Shaffer room Classifieds ................................2B on campus. Oeverli, and they are Huang is a fresh- said. ■ Accepts all colors Games ..................................... 9A There are few inter- glad they made the national students in the decision to become GREEK.p8 >> YOGURT.p8 >> ■ Donation box located at Clyde’s Volume 208 | Number 88 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. | A 2010-11 ACP Pacemaker Award winner 2 News 2A | NEWS | Iowa State Daily | Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 Editor: Katelynn McCollough | [email protected] | 515.294.2003 Diversity Calendar Find out what’s going on, and share your event with the rest of campus on our website, at iowastatedaily.com. International students Thursday ‘Charlotte’s Web’ When: Caterpillar Club 12:30 p.m. When: What: share great experiences 10 to 11:30 a.m. A Theaterworks’ What: production of “Char- Moving to a new Winter storytell- lotte’s Web” is based ing time from Iowa on E.B. White’s story country can bring authors. Two to three about a pig and a books will be read at spider. challenge, reward each event. Where: Where: Stephens Auditorium By Nate.Bucsko Reiman Gardens @iowastatedaily.com Cyclone Cinema: ‘Argo’ When: Going away to college is a 7 and 10 p.m. 4-H HyperStream major adjustment, but attend- Technology Club What: A free showing of ing school in an unfamiliar When: country with a different lan- 4 to 5:30 p.m. the award-winning What: movie, “Argo.” guage and culture is difficult. A new club for sixth Where: There are thousands of in- through eighth grad- 101 Carver Hall ternational students at Iowa ers that focuses on State, both undergraduate and technology, multime- Danika Holmes graduate students. Students Graphic: Megan Wolff/Iowa State Daily dia, game design and When: like those from China arrive Currently, there are 27 countries, marked in red, that are represented by one student at Iowa photography. 9 to 11 p.m. here with nearly 2,000 others State. Making the transition to a new country and culture can be difficult but exciting. Where: What: from their home country. State 4-H Office Live performance by While others arrive on after a while I realized I was celebrate Halloween there.” Stange Road and Danika Holmes. Free campus as the only ones from only intimidating myself.” When Bataikhan arrived 13th Street for all students, $10 their respective countries. Batsaikhan came to in the United States, all he had Countries with for general public. Twenty-seven countries are America about a year ago was a backpack and small bag.