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BASKETBALL: Men, women prepare for Big 12 opponents SPORTS.p6>> TUESDAY March 8, 2011 | Volume 206 | Number 115 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. ™ iowastatedaily.com facebook.com/iowastatedaily iowastatedaily online Entertainment Budget cuts Forum will hear opinions from students By Whitney.Sager iowastatedaily.com Students will have the chance to voice their opinions during an open forum regard- ing a bill that will bring big-name entertain- ment to campus. The forum will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Maintenance Shop of the Memorial Union. The Featured Programs for Students bill was discussed at last week’s Government of the Student Body meeting and will be up for further discussion and a possible vote at this week’s meeting. If the bill receives a favorable vote from the GSB, $200,000 that was originally set aside for the Cyclone Cinema project will be used to bring nationally-recognized acts to Iowa State at discounted ticket prices for students. Questions can be directed to Trevor Brown, [email protected], MaryBeth Konkowski, ISU College Republicans show their support for the budget cuts Monday at the Iowa Capitol. Students from the University of Iowa, University of Northern [email protected], or Anthony Maly, ajmaly@ Iowa and Iowa State lobbied at the State Capitol to stop budget cuts. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily iastate.edu. Faculty Senate Lobbying the Legislature Notes and events. Topics of discussion include: Collective bargaining bill Unacceptable Performance of Duty policy Revision of Post-Tenure Review policy forum sparks huge turnout Faculty Handbook revision: Early tenure By Michael.Craighton Faculty Handbook revision: Academic pro- gram approval iowastatedaily.com Name change for the division of women and Hundreds of people turned out for a public gender studies hearing on a labor bill that would effectively The meeting will be from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the curb collective bargaining rights for public Great Hall of the Memorial Union. employees. The bill echoes legislation that caused massive protests in Wisconsin last Thomas Augustine, senior in political science, David Miles, president of the Board of Regents, month, although the response to the bill in the lobbies to Dave Tjepkes and Scott Raecker. gives a speech opposing the budget cuts Concealed carry Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily Monday. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily Iowa House has been much more tepid. The bill would restrict bargaining on thing such as insurance terms, factors relating to Student governments College Republicans push employee layoff and pay. Bill to repair One significant difference between the concerned with cuts awareness of fund usage two bills, one which will likely keep Iowans’ responses from reaching the level of those in previous By Kaleb.Warnock By Paige.Godden Wisconsin, is the fact that it is not attempting iowastatedaily.com iowastatedaily.com to alter the ability to bargain on pension is- legislation Four different student governments were About 150 students and 20 student organi- sues, said Mary Jane Cobb, executive director represented at the Iowa Capitol on Monday to zations crowded the Iowa Capitol for the an- of the Iowa State Education Agency. Pension lobby legislators about recent bills for budget nual Regents Day on the Hill on Monday. questions are already an illegal topic in bar- By Hilary.Bassett cuts. More than 400 students stood in the ro- Most of the students were lobbying against gaining sessions in Iowa. iowastatedaily.com tunda to make their voices heard. proposed budget cuts. When the law concerning gun rights went “I think it kind of hopefully opened stu- Emily Hansen and Brenna Bush, executive into effect in January, it was already facing dents’ eyes to the fact that they do have a board members for Dance Marathon at the scrutiny from local sheriffs, businesses and voice,” said Jessica Bruning, director of ISU University of Northern Iowa, said they were communities. Now there is a new bill that law- Ambassadors. “Legislators for the most part there to show the legislators that the universi- makers are hoping will help in clearing up the are open. They may not always do exactly ties give back to the communities. major concerns and oversights. what you want them to, but that’s part of the Anastasia Bodnar and Allen Shue of Iowa The original bill, Senate File 2379, was process.” State’s Graduate and Professional Student On the tube: passed primarily to create a degree of unifor- The first half of the argument is against Senate said cuts are affecting graduate Watch Newswatch at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to see video from Regents Day. mity across the state, but fault was found in GROUPS.p3 >> CUTS.p3 >> some of the provisions the law established. “It’s not uncommon; when we pass a signif- icant piece of legislation, we do a lot of negoti- ating and a lot of listening to people and adjust- ing and amending ... and in the end it becomes Service law, and you find out six months later that there are some things you need to go back and fix,” said Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames. The new bill attempting to fix these prob- Students train dogs to assist blind lems, Senate Study Bill 1056, which is cur- rently in the Judiciary Committee, would add By Cristobal.Matibag 8-month-old Labrador named several new specifications to the original bill. iowastatedaily.com Murphy — are just two of the In current law, gun owners are required to hundreds of volunteers work- attend range training for a permit renewal, but ISU senior Jennie Huntrods ing with Leader Dogs in the not when applying for a new permit. SSB 1056 takes her dog places most pet U.S. and Canada. Both students would flip this around and require range train- owners can’t. hope their dogs will be among ing only for new permits. Cora, her four-month-old the 120 the organization do- “That’s the only way it makes sense,” said German Shepherd-Labrador nates to disabled owners every Sen. Robert Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, who is also mix, attends classes with her, year. the vice chairman of the Judiciary Committee. rides with her on buses and ac- The two dogs, however, can “It doesn’t make sense to give someone a per- companies her in stores. People only be placed after they’ve >> grant her this privilege because proven themselves obedient LAW.p3 she’s preparing Cora to train enough to be trained at Leader with Leader Dogs for the Blind, Dogs for the Blind’s national a nonprofit organization that headquarters in Rochester ™ provides assistance animals to Hills, Mich. Volunteers like the disabled. Huntrods and Byrd take the Huntrods is one of two dogs in when they’re 8 weeks online ISU students currently rais- old and keep them for 12-to-15 There’s more online: ing puppies for the organiza- months. During that time, the tion. She and fellow ISU senior dogs are house-trained, taught For coverage of lectures and Monday Christopher Byrd, senior in animal science, trains Murphy, an eight-month-old night’s Caucus Cup debate, head to Chris Byrd — who is raising an Labrador, in preparation for Leader Dogs for the Blind. Vote today! 6RHDV\\RXFDQGRLWLQ\RXUVKRUWVDQGÁLSS\ÁRSSLHV Funded by the GSB. For candidate info visit www.facebook.com/isugsb. PAGE 2 | Iowa State Daily | Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Weather | Provided by Weather.gov Daily Snapshot Celebrity News Rain likely after noon. Notes and events. Tue 31|41 Mostly cloudy and breezy, Sheen officially fired from with a high near 41. ‘Two and a Half Men’ Warner Bros. Television has fired actor Charlie Sheen from Snow, mainly before noon. its comedy “Two and a Half Wed Men” after a two-week public Windy, with a north meltdown by the star that has 23|35 northwest wind. included attacks on the show’s creator. “After careful consideration, Warner Brothers Television has Thu Mostly sunny and breezy, terminated Charlie Sheen’s with a high near 34. services on ‘Two and a Half 21|34 Men,’ effective immediately,” the company said in a statement issued Monday. Today in Iowa weather: Sheen, 45, has been known for fun 1995: A cold snap brought subzero temperatures his highly publicized marital, to virtually all of Iowa with the lowest reading of legal and substance abuse prob- fact -20 F occurring at Sibley, making this the latest lems as much as his acting. The in the spring that such a temperature had been show was put on hiatus after he recorded anywhere in the state since 1956. entered a rehabilitation facility in January, and production was halted after Sheen blasted show co-creator Chuck Lorre and Alcoholics Anonymous in a February 24 radio interview. Calendar FIELD TRIP: Children visit the state Capitol He has followed that up with a series of interviews in which TUESDAY TUESDAY Students from the Urbandale School District dance in awe under the state Capitol dome Monday he threatened to sue television in Des Moines during a class field trip.