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Committee hosts forum for community discussion By Aimee Burch Daily staff writer The search committee for the new dean of the College of Engineering has scheduled open forums in order to get feedback from the community. According to a news release, the Iowa State community will have the opportunity to talk with the committee Tuesday in the Oak Room of the Memorial Union from 4:10 to 5 p.m. The other forum is scheduled for Thursday in 207 Marston Hall, also from 4:10 to 5 p.m. The forums will be lead by search committee co-chairman David Holger, associate provost for academic programs and dean of the Graduate College, and co-chairman Luis Rico-Guittierez, dean of the College of Design. Jonathan Wickert, senior vice president and provost, will also help lead the forums. The interim dean of the College of Engineering is currently Mufit Akinc, professor of materials science and engineering and an associate scientist for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory. He has been serving as interim dean since May when the former dean of the College of Engineering, Jonathan Wickert, was selected to become Iowa State’s senior vice president and provost. Wickert replaced Elizabeth Hoffman as provost at the end of July. Wickert had served as the dean of the College of Engineering since 2009. Akinc officially started as the interim dean of the College of Engineering on July 30. The search committee is composed of 20 members and has been been formed to seek a successor for Wickert as dean of the College of Engineering. It is actively soliciting nominations from across engineering disciplines.
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Photo: Megan Wolff/ Iowa State Daily Workers prepare an American flag for display Monday to accompany President Barack Obama’s visit. Obama will give a speech on Central Campus.
Obama’s visit to ISU signals battle is on for Iowa’s votes
Logistics take over Central Campus for ‘historical event’
By David.Bartholomew @iowastatedaily.com
By Dan.MacKenzie @iowastatedaily.com When President Barack Obama comes to speak on Iowa State’s campus Tuesday, he will be entering ISU history by being one of only three sitting presidents who have done so. According to the university, former Presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton are the other two. To handle such a unique event, the university has had to do some logistical acrobatics to try to make sure that the president’s visit goes smoothly. “Many of us locally have dealt with political events, including past presidential visit events, but each event is unique,” said Rob Bowers, associate director of Public Safety. Bowers said events like presidential visits, while an interesting task, are essentially no different that other situations with large crowds on campus. He also said just because a large event is happening doesn’t mean the officers lose sight of their day-to-day work. “While we will have a large number of resources dedicated to the event … the protection of the student and university community is always our main concern,” said Bowers. While he could not comment on specifics for security reasons —
costs for maintaining the grounds, cleaning streets and even utilities will need to be tallied up. And while the total costs will not be known until well after the speech
President Barack Obama’s visit to Iowa State marks only the third time in university history that a sitting president has visited campus; the other two were Gerald Ford in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1995. However, a closer race than expected makes Obama’s visit all the more important. With Iowa as one of the most divided political states in the country and its six electoral votes up for grabs, there is little doubt in anyone’s mind that both the Obama and Romney campaigns will be making a serious play for Iowa, especially with young voters. “Iowa is among several swing states that both Obama and Romney plan to target in this election cycle,” said Dianne Bystrom, director of the Catt Center for Women and Politics. “While Iowa has only six electoral votes, it is considered a swing state as President Obama’s nine-point margin of victory in Iowa in 2008 has dwindled to a dead-even race in 2012.” This is indeed a different race than 2008’s presidential election was; Obama won Iowa by nine points, but the latest polls indicate that Iowa is as close as ever.
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Graphic: Katherine Klingseis/Iowa State Daily
For those attending The gate to the event will be at the intersection of Osborn Drive and Morrill Road and will open at 10:30 a.m. Students are being encouraged to wear cardinal and gold Patrick Fleming, local musician from the band The Poison Control Center, will be the special entertainment for those in attendance while they wait for Obama to speak at 1:10 p.m. Everyone with a ticket needs to have the ticket filled out and in their possession when they arrive at the event; other than their ticket, students may bring a small camera and are encouraged to not bring any other items such as liquids, umbrellas or bags Water will be provided to those attending the event once they are inside
number of officers, where they will be working, etc. — it is clear that a lot of manpower will be dedicated to the event. The cost for such precautions, though, is still unknown. In addition to individual security,
Political opposition
GOP supporters prepare for Obama By Katelynn.McCollough @iowastatedaily.com Members of the ISU College Republicans and Iowa Romney supporters gathered at the Ames GOP Victory Office to prepare for President Barack Obama’s visit. About 25 people were present at the event as they shared snacks Romney and painted signs in show of support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “There are a lot of young conservatives,” said Forrest Irvine, junior in political science and president of the ISU College Republicans, who wants to show that ISU is not just a democratic campus. “We are a middle of the road campus.”
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Photo: Randi Reeder/Iowa State Daily Kelsey Warner, freshman in agricultural and life sciences education, and Locky Catron, freshman in agricultural business, paint signs Monday at the GOP Victory Office in Ames.
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