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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7, 2011 SPORTS VS Cyclones seek revenge in Cy-Hawk Series OPINION Iowa State gets big win No justification against Prairie View A&M for ignorance FIND US ONLINE: Mechanical engineering iowastatedaily.com @iowastatedaily facebook.com/ iowastatedaily Expo displays talents Engineering students show off class projects ONLINE: By Tiffany.Westrom @iowastatedaily.com As one student put tape in his mouth to secure string to his model aircraft, another group sent smoke rings wafting through the air at the Mechanical Engineering Design Expo on Tuesday. More than 50 engineering class projects, including a bicycle-powered STUDENTS SHARE cell phone charger, a solar-powered HOLIDAY TRADITIONS medical cooler and a bubble car, were iowastatedaily.com/news on display in a packed Howe Hall to show off the work of five mechanical engineering design classes. “We poured our blood and tears into this project all semester long, so it’s a great opportunity to showcase our work,” said Chloe Dedic, a senior member of one of the teams that helped design the Bubble Car. More than 200 students got the opportunity to explain what they de- signed and why to ISU faculty and peers during the expo. This helps to ISU WATERSKI CLUB prepare students for their careers READIES FOR SPRING when they will be asked to pitch their iowastatedaily.com/sports designs and ideas to the decision makers of a company. One team from ME 423, Creativity and Imagination for Engineering and EDUCATION: Design, created a plan for a mobile app for students looking to enjoy their Senate passes adventure at Iowa State. The app includes an interactive resolution for and extensive list of adventures that students can choose from while at- new minor tending Iowa State. Examples from By Aimee Burch the list include getting a picture with Daily staff writer Cy, campaniling and making it into the Iowa State Daily in a story or a ISU Executive Vice President and photo. Provost Elizabeth Hoffman ad- One group member of the “Choose dressed the Faculty Senate about Your Adventure” app team, Paul recent personnel changes. Trieu, explained how their teacher Hoffman said that the new directed their efforts. associate vice president for Photo: Brianna Buenz/Iowa State Daily “As soon as we got an idea, we human resources has arrived on campus. An announcement Students show off their projects during the wanted to go do it, and our teacher Mechanical Engineering Design Expo on concerning the new dean for Tuesday in Howe Hall. the College of Liberal Arts and EXPO.p3 >> Sciences could come as soon as Wednesday, and the call for candidates for a new College of Business dean has been made. 4th Ward Health The senate passed a proposal to make changes to the Faculty Handbook dealing with faculty appointments to college budget- ary committees. Low student It also passed a resolution call- ing for the creation of a minor in U.S. Latino/a Studies. turnout plagues runoff election BUSINESS: By Katelynn.McCollough TJ Maxx may @iowastatedaily.com The Story County Auditor re- open location ported a total of five students voted for either Chuck Jons or Victoria in Ames Szopinski in the 4th Ward Ames City Two new clothing stores may be Council runoff elections Tuesday. coming to Ames. Precinct 4, which was stationed in A representative from TJ Maxx the Maple Hall conference room, had confirmed that the discount four students vote in the regular city The number clothing and home goods store of students intends to open soon. elections on Nov. 8. Two of the stu- dents that voted then returned for the who voted “At this point, we can announce during the File photo: Yue Wu/Iowa State Daily that we intend to open a store runoff election. runoff Bernice Thommandru, senior in genetics, walks pass the Armory on Feb. 1. Seasonal affective disorder, an annual episode of depression, lasts from late fall and into wintertime. in Ames next fall,” said Carrie VOTERS.p12 >> elections Garfield, media relations super- visor for the chain in an interview with the Ames Tribune. “But we aren’t prepared to announce anything else at this time.” Szopinski wins There has been no official word Seasonal disorder on the store’s proposed location. seat on Ames Representatives from TJ Maxx were not immediately available for comment Tuesday. City Council hits hard in winter Daily staff Editor’s note: woman hid an uncontrollable by sorts of depressed feelings, By Daily Staff The ISU graduate student depression. craving for carbohydrates and identified as “Fabiana” wished Fabiana is a graduate stu- an increased need for sleep Victoria Szopinski won the 4th to remain anonymous due to her dent at Iowa State, and she that lasts from late fall and into INSIDE: Ward City Council seat in a runoff condition. suffers from seasonal affective wintertime. News ........................................... 3 election Tuesday. disorder almost every year. The Student Counseling Opinion .........................................4 Before the election, Szopinski en- By Xin Xue “My first episode with such Center at Iowa State esti- Sports ......................................... 6 couraged voters to elect her. Special to the Daily depression was when I was 15 mated that 20 percent of ISU Unions ........................................ 8 “I am the more progressive candi- years old. And since then, I feel students may suffer mild date and I bring balance to the council. A youthful lady with cat sad every winter,” she said. symptoms of SAD, including Flavors ........................................ 11 Szopinski Classifieds ................................. 12 I am more collaborative. eye makeup and pink lips Seasonal affective disorder, a downturn in mood when the sat in front of Parks Library. which is an annual episode of Games ....................................... 13 WINNER.p12 >> Behind her stylish exterior, the depression, is characterized WINTER.p12 >> Volume 207 | Number 72 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. | ACP 2010-11 A Pacemaker Award winner PAGE 2 | Iowa State Daily | Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Weather | Provided by ISU Meteorology Club Daily Snapshot Celebrity News Notes and events. Partly sunny and cold with high temperatures in the Winehouse producer: WED upper 20s and wind chill I still hear her voice The producer for late singer Amy 10|28 values around zero. Winds Winehouse said her new album, out of the west northwest which arrived Tuesday, should be viewed as “a continuation and around 10 mph. expansion” of the singer’s song book. Mostly cloudy with a slight “It’s not her next album that she was writing, that she actually chance for snow. High wrote and didn’t get a chance to THUR temperatures around 27 record, so only a couple of songs from that, but they’re just more 16|27 and winds around eight songs of the same quality of her mph from the north previous two albums,” producer Salaam Remi told CNN. northwest. “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” includes covers and some FRI A little colder, sunny with different renditions of a few Winehouse hits. 13|24 a high in the mid 20s. Remi first started working with the singer in 2002 when she was then 18 years old. Dealing 1989: with her death has been hard, On this day in 1989, a storm moving out of the he said. fun Central Rockies blanketed Kansas in snow and “I still hear her voice,” Remi left many power lines and trees in Arkansas and said. “I still look at different fact Tennessee covered in freezing rain, cutting off Photo: John Andrus/Iowa State Daily situations and imagine what she power to more than 60,000 homes. would say and what her com- ment would be and whatever it HORSES: Feels just like home sweet home was ... Amy is a total comedian.” Correction Jackie Chalmers, first-year graduate student in mathematics, comes to the horse barn to look The article published Tuesday headlined “Hoffman final- at and pet the horses on Tuesday to remind herself of home. Chalmers is from rural Illinois. CNN Wire staff ist in N.M. search for president” listed Elizabeth Hoffman as the provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Chicago until 1997. 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