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Richard Martinez/Iowa State Daily Jourdan Moore, senior in elementary education, leads a group of young stu- dents in exercises as part of a physical education program for home-schooled SKILLS youth in Ames. FOR THE FUTURE Students help swimming, dancing, run- ning and other active sports. home-schooled About three groups with 35 children run and play kids get active each Monday on campus, giving the home-schooled children the opportunity By Carolina.Colon to interact with their peers. @iowastatedaily.com The physical education class not only enhances Iowa State University their physical skills, but also created a program several they’re cognitive and intel- years ago that aims to get lectual abilities, too. home-schooled children Spyridoula Vazou, as- from kindergarten to fourth sistant professor of kinesi- grade physically active. ology, loves to interact with The program is set in the children. Forker Hall under the super- “Home-schooled chil- vision of ISU professors and dren are very respectful, students that are in the hu- have a positive attitude man sciences department. and are very interested in The children visit Iowa meeting other people,” State every Monday from Vazou said. “In young kids, 2-3 p.m. for a total of 12 it is very important to be in weeks. physical education in order The physical activi- ties they engage in include ACTIVE p3 >> NSE participant goes to Alabama mother, Kimmie. Rabe’s father trans- ferred to the University of Alabama and Rabe’s parents continued to study in Alabama until they both completed medical school there. The National Student Exchange program allows Iowa State students to study at different universities any- where in the nation without having Courtesy of GoFundMe.com to pay the out-of-state tuition rate of that school. About 50 ISU students partici- pate in the exchange every semester Fundraising pages and can choose to study in places such as: Hawaii, Alaska, New York, California, New Mexico and Florida. repair riot aftermath “Part of Iowa State’s mission is to encourage our students to seek out- of-classroom experiences and to re- Blake Lanser/Iowa State Daily By Danielle.Ferguson shares and had raised hun- Sophomore William Rabe will be ally expand their college education,” @iowastatedaily.com dreds of dollars within a studying at Alabama next fall in an said Debra Sanborn, the program di- few hours. exchange program offered by NSE. rector of Iowa State’s National Student The echoes of the Within 12 hours, Exchange program. “Students can Veishea riot still ring the page had raised By Justin.Lo Alabama],” Rabe said. “We’re huge take courses that we don’t offer here throughout campus. about $3,000 from 274 @iowastatedaily.com Alabama fans.” or add a different component to their Sarah Ashby, former contributors. Rabe’s father, William Rabe academic curriculum that really suits ISU student, said she was Ashby said the page An ISU student will be follow- III, spent a year at the University their needs.” heartbroken to hear of has plateaued a bit at ing in his father’s footsteps when he of Alabama as a participant in the Sanborn also said that the pro- what happened at Veishea about $5,796, with the lat- spends the upcoming school year National Student Exchange program gram can help students study at in- and all the negative light est donation being $65 at the University of Alabama as part 31 years ago as a college student at stitutions where they might want to the event was shedding on around April 26. of the National Student Exchange the University of North Dakota. attend graduate school, experience Iowa State. Ashby said she has program. “He had told me that he had living in a part of the country where The Tuesday night been working with the city William Rabe, a sophomore in done [the National Student Exchange they would like to live in someday riot that resulted in cars of Ames to make sure the chemical engineering and biochem- program] and I didn’t realize that until and learn from other experts in their flipped, light poles tipped money goes to the right istry from Ramsey, Minn., will have this year,” Rabe said. “[The University field of study. and a student airlifted with people. the opportunity to attend the alma of Alabama] has my major so that When a student participates in a head injury caused the She said she will cre- mater of both his father and mother worked out pretty well.” the National Student Exchange pro- longstanding ISU tradi- ate an account and give next year because of the program. It was at the University of tion to be canceled in the the rights to the city or “Both of my parents went [to Alabama that Rabe’s father met his EXCHANGE p3 >> middle of the week. The “whoever has the author- cancellation caused many ity to distribute that mon- students, alumni and com- ey fairly” and the bank will munity members to be- supervise the account. come upset and want to “I just want to make Students cope with being away from home make a change. sure it’s done the proper The student who was way and they have who- By Katharina.Gruenwald injured was sent to an in- ever has the authority to @iowastatedaily.com tensive care unit in Des look at the insurance in- Moines. formation of the people Many international John McCarroll, with whose cars were damaged students cross long dis- university relations, said and determine their de- tances to get to Ames, the last update he had ductibles and look at their making quick visits home heard about the individual service records to see if over breaks much more was that he was released their car was actually dam- difficult. from the hospital and re- aged when they say it was,” Monalisa Pati, gradu- turned home to continue Ashby said. ate student in business ad- recovery. This fundraising page ministration and interna- “It seemed like only was not the only one cre- tional student from India, negative things were com- ated from the aftermath of has not been home since ing out of this,” Ashby said. Veishea. she arrived in Ames last “This is my school. Ames is Chris Martin with fall and she will not return my home. The community Food at First decided to until the next winter break. doesn’t deserve that.” show appreciation for the She said she has not So she did something students who worked hard been truly homesick, not about it. to put Veishea together. even when she initially Ashby created the The page, entitled arrived. webpage “$5 for ISU and “Help ISU Clubs!” aims to “I call my par- Ames: Veishea Recovery” raise money for Iowa State ents at least once a day the day after the riot to clubs that usually benefit over Skype,” Pati said. raise funds for the family from Veishea fundraising. “Therefore I haven’t been Kyle Schlichting/Iowa State Daily of the individual who was “With the cancellation that homesick, I just con- Monalisa Pati, right, and Devanshi Mehta, left, talk in the Maintenance Shop on Wednesday. injured as well as to help of Veishea, so many Iowa tinue calling them.” Pati and Mehta are international students who will be living in Ames during the summer. those whose cars were State clubs that count on Pati said she feels though. also misses Indian food. city. I miss seeing people flipped. Veishea as their primary quite integrated into “I started to put up Mehta spent one year around,” Mehta said. She said she created yearly fundraising effort Ames. “And people here recipes or Skype with my as a student in Buffalo and “Here if I go out at seven, it the website as a way to won’t have the opportu- are so nice. If they can they mom while starting to has since transferred to is pretty much dead. I kind “give students a chance to nity to raise money. This is will help you so much.” cook these dishes,” Pati Iowa State, making this her of miss the social life.” redeem themselves.” an effort to help them out. Pati has met a lot of said. “My culinary skills second straight year away Mehta most often The page’s creation Won’t you please consider friends both from India have improved a lot after from home. communicates via face- post states: “Donate a small donation to help and other places at Iowa coming here.” She said she occasion- book with her mother. $5.00 Towards Showing these committed young State, which she said is an Devanshi Mehta, a ally experiences home- “It is rather expensive Everyone Who WE REALLY people?” Martin wrote on important factor in not graduate student in com- sickness, missing not just flying to India and it is a Are!” the page.