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Lied Recreation Athletic Center is 20 years old now, and the forces that brought it into existence are all but forgotten. Regardless, this befuddling gray area created between student services and athletics rears its ugly head every time a student hopes to play basketball during the same night as a track meet or from 2–6 p.m. every weekday when Lied’s track is reserved for student athletes. We took our questions to Dean of Students Dione... read more »
The Super Bowl. Where to start? The logical place is, of course, the Puppy Bowl. Anyone else catch those little pups running around from water bowl to water bowl, being all cute and frisky and puppy-like? We were so into the Animal Planet program that the first time a penalty was called during the Colts-Saints face-off, we expected the ref to yell at Dwight Freeney for “ruff, ruff, ruffing the passer.” OK, but seriously — can we talk about... read more »
The Iowa Board of Regents approved a 6 percent increase in tuition yesterday and the campus is already buzzing with opinions. When the surcharge first came around, $100 caused a huge uproar among students, already walking financial tightropes. We hope those students find a way to continue their education and that this increase doesn’t over-complicate the decision to get an education. As a board, we wanted to come down hard on someone, to... read more »
The Government of the Student Body senate will consider tonight — for the fourth time — a proposal to create a student-focused theater for Iowa State University. As leaders among our student populace, it’s their role to make decisions regarding complex issues facing the student body, and the decision set before senators in the coming hours, days or weeks is a weighty one: They’re considering to commit up to $300,000 to the one-time... read more »
Do you know what today is? Think really hard about what groundbreaking event occurred approximately one week ago. Give up? Oh, how soon you forget. One week ago, Apple unleashed its newest technological marvel upon the modern world: the iPad. An innovation so awe-inspiring, Apple deemed this new technology “a magical and revolutionary device.” With such a declaration preceding the release of the iPad, the Editorial Board decided to... read more »
