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January 11, 2011 | Volume 206 | Number 77 | 40 cents | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. ™
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Council seeks ways to lower 2011 fuel costs By Kayla.Schantz iowastatedaily.com
Microwaved and fast food are often attributed as causes for an increasingly overweight American population. Try coming up with your own healthy creations instead to avoid excess calories and sodium. Photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily
Go beyond microwaving Cooking food from scratch can save money, calories By Caitlyn Diimig AmesEats Flavors Writer The microwave was invented circa 1946. And although many consider it a godsend and a time saver, our waste lines aren’t thanking us. Microwaving frozen foods have become the go-to for many family dinners. Unfortunately, frozen foods contain unwanted extra calories and sodium. Back in the 1960s, when microwave technology hadn’t yet been perfected, our waistlines were much tinier. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, men and women on average weigh 25 pounds more now than they did in 1960. If your New Year’s resolution
More food tips: flavors.ameseats.com this year is to lose weight, then you should make your New Years resolution to cook more the way grandma did. Your first step should be to delete your favorite pizza and Chinese restaurants from your phone contacts. If you’re craving a pizza, they’re easy to make at home. Plus, you usually skip the grease and save money. You can make your own dough or buy a whole-wheat, premade pizza crust. Skip out on store-bought pizza sauce as it’s loaded with sodium. Make your own instead, using tomato paste and seasonings. Top with partskim mozzarella and fresh veggies of your choice. Bonus points if the veggies come from your own garden. Instead of buying fast food
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fried chicken, try roasting or grilling chicken. Skip out on fries and have fresh vegetables and fruit as a side. Go for fresh, as canned and frozen don’t contain as many vitamins. Don’t forget a tall glass of skim milk to wash all your healthy food down. For lunch, don’t rush to the nearest deli. Make your own sandwich, but skip the PB&J and get creative. Try an open-faced sandwich on toasted bread of your choice with goat cheese and slices of tomato. Or, take the leftover chicken from last night’s dinner and make a chicken salad. Limit your dressing and add fruit. Grapes and strawberries go well with chicken. Breakfast is the most impor-
tant meal of the day. It’s typically skipped and even if it isn’t, it still rarely gets the respect it deserves. Instead of hitting the snooze button twice and grabbing a cereal bar as you rush out the door, wake up early and treat yourself to a big breakfast. Make yourself whole wheat French toast. Kids in the 1960s used maple syrup, so I guess you can too. But use sparingly. Or try making yourself an egg burrito. Scramble eggs and place them in a tortilla with melted cheese and salsa. Give yourself extra points if it’s homemade salsa — a great tasting homemade salsa is easy to make and can be used in lots of meals or as a snack. Dice up some tomatoes, green chilies, add corn, black beans and as much cumin spice as you like. Don’t just make this New Year’s about losing weight; make it about getting back to the basics. Your waistline and taste buds will thank you.
Politics
Internet
Republicans at odds over discrimination
Student fees fund Web speed boost
By Tyler.Kingkade iowastatedaily.com The Pigford and Cobbell class action settlements were passed in legislation that would provide funding to settle African-American farmers’ and Native Americans’ lawsuits against the federal government for past discrimination. Grassley Thousands of farmers in the cases were denied to have their cases heard. It passed the Senate in the previous session and the House passed it Nov. 30 to move on to President Barack Obama. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it “closing the door on an old injustice,” adding, “We recognize that there are other discrimination cases that remain to be resolved, including women, Hispanic and Native American farmers. It is my hope these cases will come to a similarly just conclusion.” Rep. Steve King, R-I.A. offered an amendment to halt funding for the Pigford settlement, but was blocked by the Rules Committee. King said it’s ripe with fraud, and spoke of the lawsuit being equivalent of their “40 acres and a mule,” referencing to the Civil War era practice of providing essentials to some former slaves. On the floor of the House, he used the example of a black man who leaves the farm for the city, gets in trouble and comes home to try to stake a claim in his father’s farm to take part in “slavery reparations.”However, the USDA addressed the concerns and said out of the 15,000 cases, only three were found to be fraudulent. King still wants the next Congress, when seated in January, to investigate potential fraud in the Pigford cases. “This means that people who have never farmed and people who have never been discriminated against by the USDA will be receiving tens of thousands of dollars in cash and debt relief simply for having filed a false
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100 new access points will increase connectivity
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Jobs
Ames market expands with WebFilings By Paige.Godden iowastatedaily.com WebFilings, a company that claims it offers the first and only end-to-end solution for external financial reporting, will be bringing jobs to Ames. The company will be based out of Los Altos, Calif., and Ames. The company received a grant from the Iowa Department of Economic Development. Dan Culhane, president and CEO of the Ames Chamber of Commerce, said WebFilings and the city had to work together to get the grant. “The way it works is the company makes the application, but the city has to sponsor it. You and I couldn’t just go into the state house for money, there has to be some check and balance. The city has to say this is a company in our community that is sponsored by the city of Ames,” Culhane said. According to the news release, “This newly approved funding package expands upon previous grant and loan support that WebFilings has received from the State of Iowa and the Ames community; as well as employee training grants that are administered through Des Moines Area Community College.”
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Marketing
Students join StumbleUpon competition
By Karen.Jennings iowastatedaily.com New wireless access points are in the process of being added in efforts to speed up the campus’ wireless Internet services. The addition of 100 new access points will allow for faster Internet usage for more devices and improve existing service for high-traffic areas. These efforts are part of a response to the campus’s growing dependence on wireless communication. New wireless access points will be installed beginning over Spring Break, said Jennifer Lohrbach, senior systems analyst for Information Technology and leader of the project. Approximately 100 buildings on campus offer wireless access in one or more rooms, according to Inside Iowa State’s website. Some wireless spots on campus include Central Campus, the Memorial Union and the lawn between Parks Library and Enrollment Services Center. The project will cost $350,541 and will be funded by student computer fees. The Computation Advisory Committee, a group of faculty and students, determines how the student technology fees are spent. “The dollars are based on equipment, hardware, software, wiring and Ethernet costs based on a three-year cost of maintenance,” Lohrbach said.
With fuel prices expected to increase, the city of Ames is looking for ways to minimize fuel prices for CyRide in 2011. The Ames City Council will be discussing a proposal to use fuel contracts to purchase fuel for CyRide, in which CyRide would agree to buy enough fuel for a two-month period at a predetermined price. Currently, CyRide purchases fuel every seven to 14 days and pays market price for the thousands of gallons of fuel. Under the proposed fuel contracts, the fuel expenditures would be more stable, which could reduce CyRide fuel costs. CyRide would enter into a maximum of five fuel contracts of two months each during the year. This would account for 70 percent of the total CyRide fuel expenses. The remaining 30 percent of the fuel would be bought on the market at a fixed rate, plus a markup or deduct on the market rate. If the proposal passes, the contracts would be made with companies who propose the lowest fuel price. The Ames City Council will vote on the proposal at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in council chambers at City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.
By Tessa.Callendar iowastatedaily.com
Campus wireless IT is adding 100 new wireless access points across campus at a cost of $350,541. There are 100 buildings on campus that offer wireless, and the project will increase wireless coverage on campus by 15 percent.
Graphic: Matt Wettengel/Iowa State Daily
StumbleUpon, a discovery engine created in 2001 and now with more than 12 million users, finds “the best of the web” by catering its results to each individual and loads Web pages unlikely to have been found using a regular search engine. “StumbleUpon is a great source of entertainment and information,” said Katie Gray, marketing communications manager for StumbleUpon. “Whether you’re looking for a quick break or to do deep research, StumbleUpon will open your eyes to new topics, ideas and media.” Gray also said the site is good for combating writer’s block. “If you’re ever looking for a way to breathe some life into your paper, ‘stumbling’ can often help.” Due to the site’s popularity with college students, StumbleUpon decided to host a nation-wide challenge called “Stumble to Spring Break” that started in mid-October; two Iowa State students are participating in the challenge. Their team, “Expansion Pack 4: Growth
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