Iowa State Daily

by Kyle Ferguson/Daily Correspondent

The giants of social networking Web sites, Facebook and MySpace, might have some new competition in a recently created service called Twitter. Twitter was created in March 2006 by a 10-person company named Obvious, and it allows everyone to give their own answer to the question, "What are you doing?" The way it works is: After someone sets up a free account, the person can upload a small post to the Web site from their phone, an instant messenger client or the Web site itself to say what they are doing. (1) comment

by Linsey Lubinus/Daily Staff Writer

In a darkened room in Howe Hall, Iowa State presented its new virtual reality room, the C6.

The Virtual Reality Applications Center unveiled the C6 on Thursday as part of the Emerging Technologies Conference 2007.

by Shelly Leonard/Daily Staff Writer

The ISU campus avoided harsh effects of the past two days' rainfall, and luckily only a handful of places on campus were affected.

Les Lawson, manager of facilities planning and management, said that as of 4 p.m. Thursday, the southeast intramural field and the women's soccer field were completely underwater and Veenker Memorial Golf Course on Stange Road was partially covered.

by Beth Dunham/Daily Staff Writer

The next step in the case of Abel Bolanos' death will be in the hands of Story County Attorney Steven Holmes, and Ames and ISU police officials.

ISU Police Director Jerry Stewart said the case was now primarily in the City of Ames' jurisdiction, and said any decision on possible charges would be made by the county attorney.

by Kyle Ferguson

The fierce weather that has rocked Ames for the past week temporarily subsided over last weekend, giving the city a chance to repair and take stock. The city was able bring power to most of Ames by Friday night and to clear streets by Saturday afternoon. Workers did not have to deal with major damage to structures and roads. (0) comments

by James Heggen/Daily Staff Writer

Although the school year is wrapping up, members of the Government of the Student Body are discussing things to work on this summer.

"We've got a number of areas we're going to be tackling," said Brian Phillips, GSB president and junior in political science.

by Andrew Bennett/Daily Staff Writer

 Researchers at Ames Laboratory have been tuning zinc to study a variety of properties associated with other materials.

This is accomplished by adding small quantities of rare earth metals and transition metals to larger amounts of zinc.

by Adam Edelman/Daily Staff Writer

Carey Ryan, professor of psychology at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, presented newly gathered data in a lecture titled, "Intergroup Perceptions, Multiculturalism and Cultural Orientation Among Latinos and non-Latinos in the U.S," to an attentive audience in Horticulture Hall on Thursday.

by Kyle Miller/Daily Staff Writer

Techno-geek author Neal Stephenson, who grew up in Ames, fielded questions from a fan-filled auditorium Thursday in the Lee Liu Auditorium of Howe Hall.

by Kevin Hunt/Daily Correspondent

A summit discussing female leadership roles and goals for women will give Iowa State the opportunity to listen to speakers and discuss various issues.

Deborah Kolb, the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership at the Center for Gender in Organizations in the Simmons School of Management, will discuss women in leadership roles Friday.

The information in this log comes from ISU Police Department records provided to the Daily. All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.