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Haley Bonar featured at M-Shop Haley Bonar will be performing at the M-Shop on Friday at 9 p.m. Bonar is an American alternative country singer from South Dakota. Her debut album, “The Size of Planets,” came out in 2003, not long after she left school to pursue her musical career. Bonar has released several albums since then, as well as contributed to others, including “Armchair Apocrypha.” Her latest single is “Bad Reputation.” Her work has also been featured in major motion pictures, and she has performed with a variety of other artists, including Andrew Bird, Gary Louris, Mary Lou Lord and Langhorne Slim. She was discovered by Alan Sparhawk of Low at the age of 20, when she performed at an open mic event. Bonar is currently producing her 5th album, which is expected later this year. Tickets can be purchased at the M-Shop Box Office. They are $8 for students and $13 for the general public, but there is a $2 increase if bought the day of the show. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone by calling 515294-8349; a $1 service charge is added to all phone orders. Doors open at 8:30 p.m.
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Every year, thousands of students and visitors pass by the 12 stained glass windows in Gold Star Hall at the north entrance of the Memorial Union. Some look up and glance at the colorful, light-infused glass art while others look straight ahead, not even noticing the history and stories of Iowa State traditions that lie above them. Originally in 1927, while the Memorial Union was being built, it was envisioned that there would be stained glass windows in Gold Star Hall, but clear glass windows were installed instead. It was not until 1942, after a fundraising movement led by Iowa State students, that alumnus Harold Cummings, a World War I veteran, was commissioned as the designer for the project of replacing the clear glass windows with stained glass. The stained glass windows were installed in 1943. Each window represents a symbol of the 12 “homely virtues” encouraged in ISU students: learning, virility, courage, patriotism, justice, faith, determination, love, obedience, loyalty, integrity and tolerance. They also contain symbols for Iowa State’s academic majors, different branches of the U.S. military, Iowa State legends and traditions, and symbols representing Christianity and Judaism. Kathy Svec, former marketing coordinator at the Memorial Union, calls the windows “a visual guideline for what it means to be a true [ISU] student.” Key chapters in Iowa State’s development and the heroic deeds performed by ISU students are depicted in a rectangle at the bottom of each window. “They are a feast of stories, specific stories about Iowa State’s history,” Svec said. Under the “integrity” window, the story of Hortense Elizabeth Wind is painted. Wind is the only woman out
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Photo illustration: William Deaton/Iowa State Daily Thousands of students and visitors pass through the Gold Star Hall in the Memorial Union daily. Many are unaware that the stained glass windows tell interesting stories about the history and traditions of Iowa State.
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By Thaddeus.Mast @iowastatedaily.com Photo: Blake Lanser/Iowa State Daily A common feed additive used on U.S. beef and pork sparked a ban on the products in Russia. The additive causes increased muscle, which yields more meat. Russia’s ban causes a significant loss for the U.S. market.
it mainly affects the muscles around the airways in livestock. “It has the ability to increase muscle at the expense of fat accumulation,” McKean said. “As swine and cattle mature, they tend to lay down a higher percentage of fat with
ISU Day at the Capitol will be taking place from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Monday at the Rotunda of the Capitol. “The goal of the day is to showcase the impact of Iowa State in all 99 Iowa counties and to demonstrate our commitment to serve the state,” said ISU President Steven Leath. A series of tables will be set up for each department. Displays and hand outs will be on the tables as well as a few people to answer questions. “A couple people from every department will be representing their department and legislatures will
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Russia bans US import
By Frances.Myers @iowastatedaily.com
A Russian ban was recently placed on imported U.S. beef and pork goods due to the use of a common feed additive called ractopamine. Its effect on the United States, as well as Iowa’s agricultural industries, is yet to be known.
Russia placed the ban in early February due to concerns over the United States using ractopamine on livestock. James McKean, university professor of vet diagnostic, production of animal medicine and animal science, explained that ractopamine is a beta-agonist drug. This means that
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