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ISU schedules summer construction plans By Katelyn.Horner ready underway,” said Cathy Road projects tion of Stange Road and Pammel @iowastatedaily.com Brown, assistant director for • On Stange Road, the bridge Drive will have intermittent road campus physical planning. over Squaw Creek will undergo closure for utility and parking “Many projects scheduled to be- top resurfacing for four to five construction. Summers at Iowa State paint gin over the summer are because weeks at the end of May and con- • The asphalt surface on Pam- a barren picture. Many students there will be less people around tinue into mid-June. The project mel Drive between Stange Road go home for their break, travel to inconvenience.” will result in complete road clo- and Bissell Road will be melted to different cities for internships Brown said large projects such sure and detours around the area. off and replaced with new overlay and vacations, and few choose to as the addition to Bessey Hall and • A section of Osborn Drive will and striping. stay in town. construction of Buchanan Resi- be closed for three weeks in June Buildings Max Goldberg/Iowa State Daily This provides an opportune dence Hall No. 2 will continue to accommodate underground • The Marston Hall renovation Construction outside of Marston Hall in time for construction to move this summer in addition to sev- utility work. CyRide routes will project is set to be completed the fall of 2015 forces students to find a forward both on and near Iowa eral new projects for classrooms, be diverted temporarily during this summer before the fall 2016 new route when traveling across campus. State’s campus. road construction, sidewalk pav- this time. The summer of 2016 will include numer- “A few larger projects are al- ing, parking lots and landscaping. • Winlock Road at the intersec- CONSTRUCTION p3 ous construction projects around campus. BOARD OF REGENTS Funding talks continue Legislators begin working on education appropriations bill By Varad.Diwate @iowastatedaily.com Funding for the three regent universities remains one of the key issues to be decided on by the state legislature, potentially affecting tuition freeze for the next academic year. The tuition freeze approved by Kennedy DeRaedt/Iowa State Daily the Board of Regents last Decem- ber was “conditional,” pending funding support from the state legislature. “Most of the focus from here on now is going to be on the budget bills,” said Sen.Herman Quirm- bach, D-Ames and vice-chair of the Education Appropriations Subcommittee. “Hopefully, we can come out of the session with something to be proud of. Right now things are up in the air.” Legislators hope to pass all pro- posed legislation before April Greek community dances its way through end of Greek Week 19, the last projected day of the session. Higher education funding By Jack.Garcia The Education Appropriations @iowastatedaily.com Subcommittee is still in the pro- cess of deciding funding for the three regent universities. Lip Sync lived up to the hype Saturday night as 14 teams The board had requested a $20 performed skits in hopes of taking home the gold. million increase, in addition to The doors opened at 5:30 p.m. at Stephens Auditorium as more than $507 million in recur- hundreds of greek members arrived to cheer on their friends ring appropriations. In his budget and teammates. This is the first year all of the competitions plan, Gov. Terry Branstad had ap- took place on the same day, making for a long night. The proved a little less than $8 million. competition kicked off at 6 p.m. with the “Quad Squad” and “We are starting work on the didn’t end until the final performance at 10:30 p.m.. education appropriations bill “The day of the compe- which funds the universities,” tition is my favorite,” said Quirmbach said. “We want to Alex Ritzman, sophomore WINNER minimize or eliminate any tuition in apparel, merchandising Omicron Empire increase.” and design and a co-chair for After a hiatus lasting more than Delta Delta Delta. “You get to (Alpha Omicron Pi, a month, he said talks have re- see all your hard work come Farmhouse, Kappa sumed on this issue. Quirmbach together.” said a few hearings have already People streamed in and Sigma) taken place on the Educations out throughout the evening Appropriations Subcommittee. as they waited to see what Presidents from the three regent was in store this year. universities have also made their “We got there at 5:30 [p.m.] to get seats and stayed until case for increasing higher educa- our team performed at 9:30 [p.m.],” said Emily Polinsky, tion funding. sophomore in pre-business and member of Alpha Phi. “Many Republicans tend to The day was filled with thrilling performances, creative assume that the regent institu- costumes and phenomenal theatrics, and many activities tions are influenced too much by and awards sprinkled throughout. A presentation about faculty, staff and students who sexual assault awareness also took place. have a more liberal/progressive The skits were centered around the Greek Week theme of orientation,” Mack Shelley, uni- Unity Community and Opportunity. Each team displayed versity professor of political sci- this in its own unique way. ence, wrote in an email. “There From making a skit based around the movie “Inside Out” is a strong feeling on those cam- to having a light show in the dance segment, all of the skits Kennedy DeRaedt/Iowa State Daily puses that the Republican leader- Members of various fraternities and sororities at Iowa State perform their skits were original. during Greek Week’s Lip Sync competition Saturday night at Stephens Audito- ship wants to reign in the ability rium. The skits were centered around the theme of Unity Community and Oppor- of those groups to have influence LIP SYNC p8 tunity. Omicron Empire was crowned the winner of the Lip Sync competition. by keeping funding levels down and by imposing limitations on their ability to have impacts on FUNDING p8 University releases strategic plan for 2017-2022 By Travis.Charlson Work on the plan began in changes, we can make changes.” metrics and actions beneath each Freeman said. @iowastatedaily.com October 2014, when Leath ap- The committee is seeking fur- goal. Once that is complete, an im- pointed a six-member steering ther community input, host- The four main goals are to en- plementation plan will be drafted committee to begin drafting the ing the first of two open forums sure access to the ISU experience, to spell out how goals in the plan Iowa State University released document. last Thursday, with the next one enhance the university’s research might be accomplished. the draft of its strategic plan for In addition to the steering scheduled for noon Tuesday in profile, improve the quality of “We’re not going to dictate how 2017 to 2022 on Wednesday, committee, six subcommittees the Oak Room of the Memorial life for all Iowans and continue things move forward,” Freeman highlighting some of the goals have worked on components of Union. to enhance and cultivate the ISU said. “It is our responsibility to the university has for the next the strategic plan draft, and the “This document is very goal experience. figure out how we are going to as- five years. committees have asked for and dense,” Rob Wallace, Faculty The committee plans to have sign accountability and responsi- “This plan will position the encouraged input from the ISU Senate president said during an the final draft completed by June bility for everything that ends up University for excellence in aca- community throughout the draft- open forum. “[The draft] is laid and have it subsequently ap- in the plan.” demics, research, service, eco- ing process. out very logically and with clearly proved by the Board of Regents The draft of the new plan can nomic development, and the “We don’t want the plan to defined metrics.” at its June board meeting. be viewed on the Strategic Plan overall Iowa State experience,” become stagnant,” said Steve The draft of the plan includes a The university could then be- website, and an online form to President Steven Leath wrote in Freeman, head of the steering preamble followed by four main gin implementing the final draft suggest ideas for the plan is avail- a release. committee. “If we need to make goals, with sub-goals and related of the strategic plan right away, able until May 10. 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