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For some ISU students, home became the newest country in the world Monday: The Republic of South Sudan.

“It is overwhelming. It was an opportunity for the people,” said Joseph Lomoti, junior in biochemistry.

Voting took place from Jan. 9-15 in all of Sudan and eight other countries, including the United States.

“The North did not prove themselves as peaceful neighbors, and we ended up being marginalized like our ancestors. [The vote] gave us a new opporotunity,” Lomoti said.

Being born into the chaos of war, Lomoti said, didn’t leave many opportunities for a ful-filling life. His options were to stay in Sudan in

the war-torn region or escape for a chance at a better life.

“I left for Kenya with my sisters, to go to high school,” Lomoti said. “They went back to Sudan, and I came to the United States, fin-ished high school in Des Moines and came to Iowa State.”

It’s been 12 years since Lomoti has seen his family in Sudan, but he says he plans on go-ing home in May and staying until July, when he can witness the true and finalized South Sudan.

The recent reactions in Sudan have been of jubilation and relief for the referendum news and the excitement for a hopeful future in South Sudan.

“Everyone is happy,” Lomoti said. “People

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Sudanese refugees across the world stood in line to vote on the Sudanese referendum Jan. 9. Results from the election show that a large majority of South Sudanese voted to split from the North, which will allow for the formation of the Republic of South Sudan on July 9, when the Comprehensive Peace Act expires. File photo: Matt Wettengel/Iowa State Daily

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Khartoum, Sudan -- Final results of last month’s referendum show an overwhelming majority of Southern Sudanese voted to split from the North, a result that will lead to the cre-ation of the world’s newest nation, the referen-dum commission said Monday.

The chairman of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, which organized the vote and includes members from both sides, said 98.83 percent voted for separation.

“It was a peaceful process,” chairman Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil said at a ceremony in Khartoum. “It was a transparent process.”

The commission met Monday with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit to present the final results, state TV reported earlier.

Since the government’s acceptance of the results, the U.S. is beginning to remove Sudan

from its list of terrorism sponsors, Department of State spokesman P.J. Crowley said.

President Obama announced Washington’s intention to recognize Southern Sudan as a sov-ereign, independent state in July, when a peace agreement with the North is due to end.

“Now, all parties have a responsibility to ensure that this historic moment of promise becomes a moment of lasting progress. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement must be fully implemented, and outstanding disputes must be resolved peacefully,” Obama said in a statement.

Sudan’s North and South fought for more than two decades. The conflict, which left 2 mil-lion people dead, pitted a government dominat-ed by Arab Muslims in northern Sudan against black Christians and animists in the South.

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Stolen cash returned to Ames ProgressiveBy Kaitlin.York iowastatedaily.com

Leah Baugh, junior in English, and Sarah Baugh, senior in computer engineering, play in the snow Monday on Central Campus. They were done with classes for the day and decided to make snowmen but said the snow wasn’t very good for packing. Photo: Whitney Sager/Iowa State Daily

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Topics of discussion include: Post-tenure review policy Changes being made to the

Unacceptable Performance of Duty policy

Department name change: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology

Faculty Handbook revision: Early tenure

Elizabeth Hoffman, executive vice president and provost, will make a statement related to the Effort Reporting policy, which keeps track of how much revenue the university is spending on various projects.

Faculty SenateNotes and events.

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DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad said several times during Monday’s weekly press conference he has a goal of providing “sta-bility and predictability” in terms of educa-tion funding. But under House File 45, or the Taxpayers First Act, which Branstad praised, Iowa State would face millions in unplanned cuts this year.

When asked during the press conference if cuts to the Regent universities in the current fiscal year were appropriate, Branstad defend-

The theft of $2,700 from the Ames Progressive on Saturday was resolved Sunday night, after the stolen money was returned.

The Ames Progressive, a non-profit orga-nization dedicated to providing independent media for Ames, celebrated its three-year anniversary Saturday with a 12-hour music marathon featuring 30 bands.

The event charged a $10 fee for wristbands that allowed access throughout the day, ac-cording to Nate Logsdon, director of the Ames Progressive.

At the end of the evening, the money was noticed and reported to Ames Police as missing.

Through talking to people who attended the show, the staff was able to use leads to fig-ure out who had stolen the money.

Ames Police officers were called as soon as the money was discovered to be missing, and information was passed on to them as it was received by the staff at the Ames Progressive. The staff was able to talk to the person who stole the cash, which resulted in an agreement to return the money without further police in-volvement, Logsdon said.

“Part of the way we were able to get the money back was we made an agreement with the person who stole it that if they gave it back to us we wouldn’t press charges,” Logsdon

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Tuesday TeaWhen:

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Where:Farm House Mu-seum

TUESDAY

Grandma Mojo’s Student Comedy Troupe When:

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Celebrity NewsNotes and events.Super Bowl XLV most-watched program in historyThe ratings are in, and the battle between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers has made Fox the first network to draw more than a 100 million viewers for a night in primetime.There were 111 million viewers tuning in to Fox’ broadcast, making it the most-watched program in U.S. TV history. Last year’s Super Bowl was watched by 106.5 million.This is also the sixth consecu-tive year that viewership for the Super Bowl has gone up, going from an average of 86.1 million in 2005 to 111 million, according to the network.Of course, “Glee’s” post-Bowl show got a bump in ratings as well: It was the highest-rated scripted program in three years among adults 18-49 with 26.8 million watching, also making the episode a series high.

Lauren Conrad series ‘too high brow’ for MTVLauren Conrad’s new reality series has headed for the hills.The program won’t air on MTV because, Conrad says, the net-work felt the show was just “too high brow” for its viewers.

The documentary-style series was to follow Conrad as she launched her own line of evening wear, but the project remains on the shelf.EVP, Head of Programming for MTV, David Janollari, confirms to EW, “It was a great attempt but it just didn’t feel like a per-fect fit for us now.”

The Situation aims to go from ‘Jersey Shore’ to moviesMike “The Situation” Sorrentino may one day end up on the big screen. The “Jersey Shore” star has announced that he’s plan-ning to leave MTV’s hit series to become a movie star.“There’s only so long you can rule the reality world,” Sorrentino said. “Maybe another year or so of reality, and then I’m gonna graduate to movies.”The 28-year-old gym, tan-ning and laundry fanatic likens his situation to that of a great athlete.“It’s like Michael Jordan. There’s only so long you can keep win-ning them rings. You gotta move on and try something differ-ent. I love to be in front of the camera; I love performing; I love entertaining.”

Channing Tatum: Yes, I was a stripperHe may wear some seriously skimpy skirts in the upcoming gladiator epic “The Eagle,” but that’s likely nothing compared to the uniform Channing Tatum wore in his pre-acting career — as a stripper.“Yeah, yeah, [I] definitely was,” he tells CNN of his 1999 Tampa club stint as exotic dancer Chan Crawford. “[I] had a crazy life in Florida, man. I’ve lived a lot of different lives, and I’m not ashamed of ‘em.”That’s not to say Tatum would recommend that other actors follow his career path.“Would I suggest ‘em to people? Probably not,” said Tatum.“But it was just one of those things. I’ve had a bunch of different, incred-ible experiences that I might have never really escaped, and I’m pretty happy I got nine lives.”

A-Rod and Cameron Diaz show PDA at Super BowlIt seems Cameron Diaz and Alex Rodriguez were more into each other than the actual game at yesterday’s Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.As the Fox network camera

scanned the spectators at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Diaz was caught feeding her New York Yankees pal a handful of popcorn.“I’m sure Alex is thrilled we just put the camera on him at that moment,” Super Bowl announcer Joe Buck said as the PDA-happy pair were shown on screen.

Justin Timberlake: I did ‘Yogi Bear’ to feel better about myselfJustin Timberlake has a perfect-ly good explanation for why he decided to voice the character of Boo Boo in the recent “Yogi Bear” movie.“Guilt,” the 30-year-old singer said, according to the Daily Mail. “I’ve had parents come to me and say, ‘My daughter really loves the song “SexyBack.’” I say ‘Oh great. How old is your daughter?’ expecting them to say she goes to [college]. They say: ‘She’s nine.’”Jokes Timberlake, “That made me feel really bad as a person. And I felt it was irresponsible of those parents. So I did this film so that I would feel better about myself.” CNN Wire Service

Police Blotter: Ames, ISU Police Departments

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Feb. 5Nathan Murray, 21, of Gilbert, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 12:52 a.m.)Ryan Larson, 25, of Storm Lake, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (reported at 12:59 a.m.)Officers checked the welfare of a resident who had previously been assaulted by an acquain-tance. The individual was later located off campus. (reported at 1:37 a.m.)Alexander Maxwell, 27, 152H University Village, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. (reported at 2:57 a.m.)Corey Coleman, 30, of Urbandale, was arrested and charged with contempt of court. (reported at 3:30 a.m.)A community service officer

reported damage to several vehicle windows. (reported at 4:26 a.m.)A resident reported an unau-thorized charge on a debit card. (reported at 2:12 p.m.)An individual reported the theft of an iPad. (reported at 2:58 p.m.)Brett Hanson, 18, 302 Linden Hall, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was subsequently released on cita-tion. (reported at 5:40 p.m.)David Greco, 20, 2519 Chamberlain unit 316, was ar-rested and charged with posses-sion of a schedule v substance. (reported at 6:02 p.m.)Andrew Monson, 18, 2234 Willow Hall, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 10:34 p.m.)

Benjamin Rasmussen, 19, of Webster City, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 10:34 p.m.)Alec Jahnke, 19, 2213 Willow Hall, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 10:34 p.m.)Officers initiated a drug-related investigation. (reported at 11:36 p.m.)

Feb. 6Sean Heinz, 18, 3683 Helser Hall, was cited for underage possession of alcohol. (reported at 12:54 a.m.)Vehicles driven by Calvin Bryant and Brandon Scheel were involved in a property damage collision. Bryant was cited for failure to provide proof of insur-ance and failure to maintain con-trol. He was additionally referred to DOT officials for a .02 civil violation. (reported at 3 a.m.)

Logan Staley, 19, of Webster City, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. (re-ported at 3:09 a.m.)An individual reported damage to a vehicle window. (reported at 4:35 p.m.)Whitney Ferrara, 22, 203 East Lincoln Way, was arrested and charged with driving under suspension, failure to provide proof of insurance and operation without registration. She was subsequently released on cita-tion. (reported at 5:37 p.m.)Ryan Callahan, 34, 246 North Hyland Ave., was arrested and charged with public intoxication (second offense). (reported at 10:47 p.m.)Debra Braland, 46, 2702 Bristol Drive., was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated (second offense). (reported at 10:51 p.m.)

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ed the cuts, despite his goal to move away from sudden cuts like the ones Gov. Chet Culver enacted in FY 2010.

“These are tough deci-sions we had to make and we only had a limited amount of resources,” Branstad said, adding the reporter was right, “higher education didn’t get as much as K-12, they’re seeing a modest reduction. They also get revenue from other sourc-es as well.”

The other sources Branstad referenced include tuition, which is limited to the amount set by the Higher Education Price Index in HF45, and grants and sponsorships re-sulting from work done during sabbaticals, which are also cut in HF45.

Iowa’s public universities would get $75 million less than requested for fiscal year 2012 under the governor’s proposed budget.

Under HF45, the universi-ties would be cut $15 million for two years, in addition to slashing money for libraries and sabbaticals.

The bill passed the Iowa House along a party-line split, with only Republicans voting in favor of it, and is currently

being debated in the Senate.“I want to do all I can to en-

sure Iowans we want to work with everybody,” Branstad said only minutes before be-ing asked about Regents cuts in HF45. “That we want to provide stability and predict-ability in funding, we want something that’s sustainable for the long term. We want to get away from this overprom-ising and underdelivering with these huge across-the-board cuts, and the state not funding its commitments.”

Board of Regents president David Miles said at the most recent Regents meeting in Iowa City that the state’s pub-lic universities are at a point where the only remaining cuts are in the classroom.

“Public higher education in Iowa can only do more with less for so long before quality, access and affordability are all compromised — perhaps be-yond repair,” Miles said.

The cuts could reduce the number of teaching assistant slots available, and lead to few-er class offerings.

With fewer available courses, the number of se-mesters required to graduate might increase. The cuts might also result in less funding for graduate programs.

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said.The money was returned

Sunday night, Logsdon said.Changes are being made as

to how the organization man-ages its money after Saturday’s theft.

The staff plans to get a safe and change procedures at the door of the venue to prevent similar instances from hap-pening in the future.

“The amount of money that we have handled in our past events has been considerably

less than the amount from this weekend,” Logsdon said. “Our procedures for dealing with the incoming cash has been insecure, but [Saturday] night showed that when we are deal-ing with that much money, the system we had in place was not sufficient with having that much money and that many people in the same place at the same time.”

Because charges weren’t being pressed, the Ames Progressive agreed that once the money was returned they would all move on from the sit-

uation and that it was the end, Logsdon said.

“We weren’t trying to turn it into a huge deal, as long as we

got the money back – that was our main priority,” Logsdon said.

The returned money will

be used for a new sound sys-tem and to pay for renovations that were made for Saturday’s show, which cost a few hun-

dred dollars. The rest is for operating ex-

penses such as rent, Logsdon said.

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By the CNN Wire Staff

CAIRO, Egypt -- Egypt’s revolt entered its third week Tuesday as anti-government pro-testers formed a human chain in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, vowing not to budge until President Hosni Mubarak and those around him are forced from office.

“Tahrir Square wants Mubarak to go as soon as possi-ble, but it also wants the disman-tling of his regime,” actor Khalid Abdalla, the star of the 2007 film “The Kite Runner,” said Monday. “It wants the dismantling of the police state. It wants the dis-mantling of the emergency law. It wants the dissolution of the parliament, which was corruptly elected.”

Mubarak has ruled Egypt since 1981, aided by an emergen-cy decree that gives him sweep-ing powers. Since the protests began Jan. 25, he has appointed a vice president for the first time, reshuffled his cabinet and an-

nounced that he won’t seek a new term in September. His new dep-uty, longtime intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, has been hold-ing talks with opposition parties in hopes of creating a smooth transition, and key members of the ruling National Democratic Party --including Mubarak’s son Gamal -- resigned from leader-ship positions Saturday.

But not all opposition lead-ers are on board with the talks, and the protesters in Tahrir Square say they won’t let up until Mubarak leaves. Analysts like Mamoun Fandy, for the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Washington, said Mubarak appears to be fall-ing back on tried-and-true meth-ods of dealing with dissidents.

“It’s very typical of the Mubarak regime,” Fandy said. “In every issue in the world, it’s all about stalling tactics, about waiting it out – people will for-get about the issue, and then we move on.”

The government tried to restore a sense of normalcy Monday, scaling back its curfew order to 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. – sub-stantially shorter than it was last week, when the curfew began in mid-afternoon.

But some leading Egyptian figures say Mubarak should be allowed to remain in office. Arab League Secretary-General Amre Moussa, who visited the Tahrir Square protest last week, told CNN that the 82-year-old presi-dent should be allowed a “digni-fied exit” in September.

“I believe that the president should stay until the end of his mandate. The consensus is growing on this point because of certain constitutional consid-erations,” Moussa told CNN on Monday.

Moussa, once Mubarak’s for-eign minister, has been seen as a possible presidential candidate. But he told CNN, “I’m giving all my focus now and my efforts to help the current situation.”

By the CNN Wire Staff

Students and staff somberly returned to class Monday at Youngstown State University, where a prayer service was held for the people shot over the weekend.

Jamail Johnson, 25, died from a shoot-ing at an off-campus party early Sunday morning, while 11 people were wounded.

Flags flew at half-staff Monday on the eastern Ohio university’s campus, with counselors on hand and a “very moving and sad prayer service” in the morning to remember the victims, Youngstown State communications director Ron Cole told HLN’s Vinnie Politan.

“It’s obviously a very difficult time, and we’re trying to do our best as a community to come together and heal,” Cole said.

On Monday, police identified Columbus E. Jones, 22, and Braylon L. Rogers, 19 – both Youngstown, Ohio, resi-dents but not students at the university – as the suspects.

Johnson died after being shot once in the back of the head and several times in the lower body, said Dr. Joseph Ohr, a forensic pathologist at the Mahoning County Coroner’s Office.

Six of the 11 people hurt in the shoot-ing were students. The injured ranged in age from 17 to 31, Youngstown Police Chief Jimmy Hughes said.

All but three had been treated and released by Sunday afternoon, said Tina Creighton, a spokeswoman for St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. Creighton said in an e-mail Monday that family members had asked that the hos-pital not comment further on the condi-tions of the three or if they remained in the hospital.

The shooting happened early Sunday morning during an impromptu party at an off-campus house where some members of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity resided, according to police.

One of the suspects was being escorted from the party after a scuffle, Youngstown Police Capt. Rod Foley said Monday. The shooting erupted outside shortly after-wards, he said.

Johnson was apparently trying to calm the situation when he was shot, ac-cording to Hughes.

The men fired indiscriminately into the house, striking 11 more people before

fleeing, the chief said.“I just heard gunshots, then imme-

diately hit the ground so I wouldn’t be struck,” Youngstown State freshman DeShaun McDonald, who was at the par-ty, told HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell.

“He fired at least a good 12 shots,” McDonald said.

Authorities arrested Jones and Rogers without incident Sunday afternoon, ac-cording to police.

They had been scheduled to appear in court Monday, but prosecutors delayed their initial appearance until Tuesday to make sure that all “I’s were dotted and T’s crossed,” Hughes told CNN affiliate WKBN.

Cole said the shooting isn’t a product of town-gown tensions between city resi-dents and university students, describing Youngstown State as “one of the safest campuses in the state of Ohio.”

McDonald, the Youngstown student, voiced a similar sentiment, saying he has “never not felt safe on school grounds.”

Still, he said the school is in a “more dangerous” part of the city.

That’s one reason why those heading into area parties are often patted-down to ensure they aren’t carrying weapons, something McDonald said was the case at this weekend’s event.

Cole said there’s a common under-standing among authorities of the need “to address what is a constant problem in the city of Youngstown as it relates to crime.”

Johnson’s friends described him Sunday as a nice person who didn’t get into trouble.

“He wasn’t the person that you had to be worried about when you went out,” said David Oliveira, who isn’t a Youngstown student but knew Johnson from his hometown. “He wasn’t the type of guy to get into conflicts.”

James Baker, who attended Youngstown last spring, said Johnson was a “real good dude” who was going to graduate this spring.

“He had goals. He had plans to open up a business,” Baker said, adding Johnson was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I’m hurting for him right now,” Baker said. “I’m just surprised he had to be the one in the crossfire.”

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Egypt

Anti-Mubarak protest begins its third week

Protesters gathered in front of Al Qaed Ibrahim mosque in Alexandria, Egypt. One of the speakers said, “Today’s revolution is definitely about social justice, freedom and liberty.” Photo courtesy: CNN Wire Service

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During the recent unrest in Egypt, even the uninitiated observer could see drastic differences between Al-

Jazeera English’s reporting in Egypt and the reports from world news leader CNN as well as the MSNBC and Fox News networks. While the different news stations talked to some of the same experts in Europe and elsewhere, CNN’s reporters on site in Cairo early in the protests were holed up in their offices while Al-Jazeera had a wide array of reporters on the street. Other American news giants obviously had trouble expending the money and taking the risk to get reporters in place in Egypt and instead talked to American leaders and analyzed President Obama’s speeches on the unrest.

A few days into the protests, CNN reporter Anderson Cooper and a small crew got into Egypt to report from the streets, showing a small ray of light in American TV reporting. I would say that Cooper is notably CNN’s best reporter and has never really been afraid of facing violence and opposition to do what he does (some of his early reporting was done from Myanmar on a forged press pass). But, the events in Egypt in recent days have even con-vinced Anderson Cooper to cry “uncle,” and he has decided that he will be able to better report on Egypt from a distance in coming weeks.

Looking back at Al-Jazeera, the prominent news agency in the Middle East, you notice that its presence is almost nonexistent in the United States.

Over the last few decades, the Al-Jazeera

news network has grown into one of the largest news networks on the planet and is seen as a relatively unbiased source of news by residents of the Middle East (compared to state-controlled news networks). But, don’t be expecting to find their news channel available on Mediacom or most other U.S. cable provid-ers. They are only available on a few networks in Vermont, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., and of course you can pick up their satellite signal on the Galaxy 19 satellite or on the Internet for free. They seem to have unfairly received a negative connotation for being Middle Eastern in origin and being Al-Qaida’s news network of choice for video releases and interviews.

It is possible that Al-Jazeera may gain more goodwill as their footage is shown on the major American news networks in coming days and weeks due to the fact that they have decided to provide their Egypt footage for free under a Creative Commons license to other networks. All the networks need to do is note that their footage comes from Al-Jazeera.

The current crisis, coupled with the mas-sive surge in American Internet traffic to the Al-Jazeera English website, has convinced the network that they may be able to soon push into U.S. news markets in what may be a controversial move. They have even started a campaign to convince U.S. TV networks to carry their signal called “Demand Al-Jazeera” to encourage supporters to host social gather-ings in support of the network in cities across the U.S. on Feb. 10.

I support this campaign to allow Al-Jazeera to be broadcast widely in the United States because while I don’t think that Al-Jazeera is unbiased, I do feel they provide a view of the world that is different from U.S. news

networks. There is a theory out there that news networks can be unbiased, which is definitely a pie-in-the-sky ideal that will never happen. The only way to attempt to get unbiased news is to get your news from multiple sources with different perspectives so you can see all sides of an issue. Today that might involve getting news from the BBC and Al-Jazeera, as well as your favorite American news network. Even this sort of perspective is not unbiased, as you do not hear from news sources in Africa, Russia or the Far East, but it is much better than listen-ing to American news anchors alone.

I also believe there is an over-saturation of “American” news networks. We have three (or if Fox is believed, 2.5) major 24/7 news networks on cable TV along with major news organizations at ABC, NBC and CBS. Over time these networks here have been pitted against each other in a battle for viewers. Each network says it is unbiased, but in reality you have the left-wing MSNBC, right-wing Fox News and twitter-following CNN in the middle somewhere. With the array of different voices in U.S. news, it is sometimes nice to see U.S. news from a non-U.S. company like Al-Jazeera or BBC. As one of my high school teachers noted, you usually get less American political bias when you get your news from a foreign news source looking at our country from the outside.

While you might debate whether Ames needs “another news network,” I believe that adding BBC America and/or Al-Jazeera would help us gain a better perspective of world events. We can’t live inside the protec-tive sphere of American news any longer — it is time for global news in a global economy. I hope you agree.

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Reagan parallels are insincere Politics

By Brandon.Blue iowastatedaily.com

To be clear and to be hon-est, all of this sudden Reagan-love surround-

ing the Gipper’s 100th birthday disgusts me.

This is pretty much the worst possible time for all things Ronald, given the need for, oh I don’t know, jobs? Better healthcare reform? Something the GOP promised in the midterm elections? The last thing this country ought to do is to stop and reflect on its 40th president.

And even after the last thing we shouldn’t do is compare a conservative icon to the most left-of-center president this nation has ever seen.

To see the media compare Obama and Reagan, I can only conclude that they’re in bed with the former’s administration. Of all Reagan quotes, none is so final an argument against comparisons to Obama as this: “Government is the problem.”

Our current president simply

does not agree with that state-ment, made in Reagan’s 1981 Inaugural Address.

Disagreement on the point between the two is fine, but its very existence disqualifies Obama from these ridiculous juxtapositions.

But the media will work tirelessly to contort his face into Reagan’s, and yet the mask will not stay on forever, nor will the sheets. Sooner or later they will both be pulled back to reveal that Obama is only acting the part, and that his administration and the media are not so strange bedfellows after all.

The comparison is also a jab at conservatives, to be sure. Nothing mocks them more than compar-ing their greatest idol with their greatest opponent. Such jabs are expected; the media has proven time and again that they have no stake in placing conservatives in positive light, from calling their most active members “teabaggers” to openly wilding one of their first strong female figures. It comes across as a low blow, one in a long line of many.

Beyond that, it’s just an exer-cise in pre-re-election campaign tactics. I really can’t think of a

single commonality between Reagan and Obama, except that both men wore suits. History will not be rewritten to cast Reagan as a closet liberal, nor even a “biparti-san healer,” as the Obama admin-istration would desperately love, though that may be the goal of the political arena, media included, by the end of 2012.

That’s really all this is: just political posturing. And what it tells me is simple. The incumbent Democrats fear 2012. It may not be the end of the world, nor the end of them, but they fear it still.

They believe they will not win as they are. They must re-posture, must change themselves and what their plan is for this nation to see victory come election season. It’s despicable and yet entirely expected.

But what I absolutely despise is that Democrats are, by paying attention to this Reagan-love, looking into the past at a point when the country should be look-ing forward.

To those unaware, Reagan is dead. No speeches will dig him up and no politicians will resurrect him. We do ourselves no good wondering what he would do or

think were he alive. He served two terms, left his legacy, and four presidents later, our country continues on its course.

This Reagan malarkey — I can think of no other honest, printable term for it — fails to do any good. The Democrats will come off as the liars they are for trying to tell us a left-wing apple is a right-wing orange, and the Republicans who draw comparisons between Reagan and themselves not only look wistfully stuck in the past, but play directly into the Democrats’ hands.

I have made clear before that Republicans are like Mr. Magoo; they must be gently guided into the correct direction or they will stupidly wander the length of their current path.

Why is there no strong Republican voice in the sea of Democratic clamoring? So long as they invoke Reagan’s memory, they will curse themselves to live in his shadow.

And, even though I think him a great president, we must let Reagan go. We must now look forward to the challenges ahead for which there will be no Gipper to guide us.

Media compares GOP’s idol with its greatest opponent

News coverage often focuses on a limited view. Columnist Hanton believes it is important to seek out alternative news sources to develop a well-rounded perspective. Graphic: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

On Sunday, the Des Moines Register Editorial Board published excerpts from a meeting it held with Gov. Terry Branstad, specifically regarding his personal philosophy on the issue of gay marriage.

In between ducking some well-thought-out and to-the-point ques-tions, Branstad managed to make some statements that left our heads spinning.

In the course of the interview, he made some contradictory state-ments, and dismissed the legitimacy of equal rights for all Iowans.

Take for example, his response to the question, “What’s your answer to Sen. Gronstal’s argument that we wouldn’t let the people vote on rights for African-Americans or for women or for religious groups?” — Gronstal’s “argument” being that civil rights trump popular will.

“That’s a different issue,” Branstad said to the Register. “Let’s take California. The same year that Obama was elected president, the first African-American elected president, not only did the people of California vote to restore one-man, one-woman marriage, which was on the ballot in California, the major-ity of African-Americans and other minorities also voted for that. So that’s a different issue as far as I am concerned.”

What is the basis of this argument? Is the implication that one minority group that has been wronged should be able to detect when another group is being wronged? Or is the impli-cation that all minority groups are the same? What sound logic! “The majority” of minorities in California endorsed discrimination against ‘the gays,’ so that must make it OK — right? But it gets better.

“Well, I want to treat everybody with fairness and equity, but I don’t think that includes meaning that people of the same sex should be able to be married,” Branstad said to the Register. “I don’t want to dis-criminate or treat people in an unfair manner, but this is something that is a new right, that never existed before and one certainly that a vast majority of Iowans don’t think was appropri-ate to be done the way it was done. I think the people of Iowa should have an opportunity to vote on that issue.”

Translation: The thought of treating everyone with “fairness and equity” is nice in theory, but I don’t actually believe in it. I’m going to say I do in one sentence, but then I’m going to contradict myself a few sentences later, because that’s ‘icky’ and my constituents don’t like it.

Usurping the civil rights of a particular minority is not something the constitution of Iowa, or any state, should endorse. This isn’t a red or blue issue, and it has nothing to do with ends of the political spectrum or any other arbitrary criterion.

Simply disagreeing with a particu-lar group’s lifestyle does not bestow divine prerogative to legislate against it.

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In the wake of Super Bowl XLV and a return of the Vince Lombardi trophy to Titletown, NFL fans are left wondering, “What’s next?”

The impending lockout of the players by the NFL owners now hangs like a black cloud over the sports universe.

We read on Twitter and various Internet sources about the players’ firm stance and the owners’ stubbornness.

We also read and hear from commissioner Roger Goodell how optimistic he is that a deal will get done and that there will be a season in 2011.

But can the fans, players and owners trust him when he says that?

So far, we’ve heard from Goodell all about how the safety of the players is the primary concern of the league.

He says that in one breath, then in another pushes for a new 18-game schedule. He also threatened the players with taking away health coverage if they didn’t give in to the owners’ demands.

If Goodell needs proof that a longer season will lead to more injuries, he can take a look at the sport’s biggest game.

Three key, impact players for the Packers were hurt — added to the 17 players they have on IR already.

Charles Woodson, Sam Shields and Donald Driver all suffered game-ending inju-ries. While it gave way to Jordy Nelson getting some unexpected spotlight, it also made the on-the-field product lesser for the stars not being there.

So when Tom Brady or Peyton Manning or Aaron Rodgers get hurt in week 18 or 19 and the games are less entertaining, people will stop watching. And shouldn’t that be a fear for Goodell?

When asked questions publicly, he gives the same, PR answers every time, toeing the league line that spews optimism and good thoughts.

Don’t be fooled.One thing is driving all of this, and it

should be no surprise that it’s money. Money can’t buy happiness, as they say, but it sure can get you a lot in life. It can also cost you a lot. A lust for money could cost millions of fans across the country a season — or more — of their favorite sport.

Make no mistake, football is easily the most popular sport in the United States, hands down. Not baseball and certainly not basketball. Baseball may have been America’s pastime years ago, but football is now.

Why? Because the NFL had a formula that works. Each regular season game matters, and to make the playoffs teams have to be either good, lucky or both.

I’m actually surprised that the networks haven’t gotten involved in the negotiations. CBS, FOX, NBC and ESPN all have a major stake in what happens with the NFL, and if there isn’t a season next year, they stand to take a big hit in ratings and revenue.

Can you imagine ESPN trying to do Sports Center from January to March with only NBA and college basketball highlights as their major draws? They’d be scrambling.

So why change?I learned an adage from my uncle as a kid.

He told me, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”I’m sure you’ve heard that in some form or

another, but it’s absolutely true. If it’s working and people are loving it, why the hell would someone mess with it?

Oh, right — money.I won’t pretend to know what’s going on

inside the meetings between the NFL Players Association and the team owners, but I do know that whatever is happening is going at a snail’s pace. Both sides are digging in their heels, and everyone should expect things to get ugly.

It will play out in social media and on ESPN, and it’s very likely the public will be bombarded with news, or lack thereof, about the impending lockout right up until an agree-ment is reached.

Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen will have their Twitter followers refreshing their feeds constantly, begging for news.

Ultimately, I seriously doubt the NFL will be gone for long, if at all. There’s too much money to be made, and more importantly to be lost. Someone will give in in some way.

I just hope, whatever it is, it really is in the best interests of player safety and at the same time not forgetting what made the NFL what it is:

The fans.

Coming into Saturday’s game, Iowa State had won 10 games in a row. The University of Kansas had won two games all year.

Given the recent competition level, the Cyclones (22-14-0) have had the upcoming series against league rival Lindenwood on their minds since December, but associ-ate coach Brian Wierson assured his team that letting up in any game is unacceptable.

“With the work ethic and the mentality that these guys have had this semester, you know, there’s teams that are on the tracks and we’re moving forward,” Wierson said.

The Cyclones came out fir-ing against the overmatched Jayhawks (2-18-0), one of three Division-II opponents Iowa State has hosted in the past three weeks.

Scoring came in bunches and from all over the rink. Defensemen like Brandon Clark and Kyle Van found the back of the net, as well as for-wards like Jake Flynn, who got two late goals.

Kansas was able to get 14 shots on freshman Scott Ismond, but he denied them all in the 11-0 blowout victory.

“We played our game tonight,”

Ismond said, starting in place of Erik Hudson, who started for Team USA in the World University Games in Turkey. “We focused on keeping it simple. The guys did a good job clearing the puck.”

Wierson said after the game he wanted his team to do a better job in the defensive zone, getting pucks away from the net and start more opportunities for his offense.

The offense scored 11 times on 28 shots. The defense held Kansas to zero goals on 14 shots on net.

“I think that’s a testament to not only our goaltenders but also the guys playing in front of him, the defensemen, forwards — everyone as a unit is just playing real strong,” Wierson said.

Iowa State outscored Kansas 20-0 in the weekend series.

The Jayhawks fielded 12 posi-tion players while the Cyclones had 17, giving Iowa State more op-portunities to push the tempo and get fresh legs out on the ice.

The Cyclones have now won 11 games in a row and haven’t lost since Lindenwood swept them at home. Senior Cort Bulloch has been waiting for the rematch ever since.

“You’re always thinking about that,” said Bulloch. “It’s in the back of your head. Some guys had Lindenwood highlighted on their schedule.”

Wierson added that his team is working really hard and has been building for the series since the semester began. The showdown begins Friday night in St. Louis.

The ISU men’s golf team not only won its first match of the spring season, they made a statement.

The Cyclones defeated Northern Iowa and the rival Iowa Hawkeyes in convincing fashion at the Big Four Match in Phoenix.

After a fall of inconsistency, the Cyclones have shot out of the gate for the first meet where all but one of the six golfers for the Cyclones shot par or better on the day.

“I think this was a good first meet,” said coach Andrew Tank. “I think it will provide some confidence and momentum for us.”

Against Northern Iowa, the Cyclones swept the Panthers 6-0, winning every match with a combined score of 8 under par. Nate McCoy shot 4 under, Tom Lathrop was 3 under par, Jacob Aaholm was one under par, and Michael Wuertz, Nathan Leary, and Borja Virto all shot even.

“I felt pretty relaxed,” McCoy said. “I think the whole team was relaxed. We

worked hard the past few weeks so I think we were ready.”

In the finals the Cyclones matched up against the No. 11-ranked team in the nation, the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa is led strongly by the No. 8-ranked player in the country, Vince India.

The Cyclones beat the Hawkeyes 4-2, after the round had to be cut short due to running out of daylight.

Wuertz defeated Brad Hopfinger, Leary beat Barrett Kelpin, Virto defeated Chris Brant, and McCoy took down Iowa’s Vince India, all in the effort defeat the Hawkeyes.

McCoy, the No. 185-ranked golfer in all of college golf had been leading the team all fall, had another strong showing to start off the spring.

“Driving the ball was a positive,” said McCoy.” I don’t think I missed many fairways, and my putting felt good too so I think i felt competitive against Vince.”

Against India, holes three and four seemed to be the swing point for McCoy where he made a long birdie putt on three, and had an eagle on four.

“Holes three and four really helped my round get going,” McCoy said, “I think it was a confidence booster early in the round.”

All the golfers played at a high level this past weekend, but coach Tank was extremely pleased with Tom Lathrop’s play.

“I think Tom Lathrop made a nice break-through,” Tank said. “He lost his match to Iowa, but he shot three under par in his match against UNI, so that was great to see.

The ISU men’s golf team has their next ac-tion in San Antonio, Texas at the Oak Hills Invitational Feb. 14-15.

“It felt like we’d put in good work, and that we’re headed in the right direction,” Tank said. “It’s just nice to have the scoreboard match up with our gut feeling.”

NFL fans may have to wait a while

CommentaryHockey

By Jeremiah.Davis iowastatedaily.com

Captain Cort Bulloch attempts to protect the puck from a Kansas opponent during a hockey game at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. The Cyclones defeated the Jayhawks 9-0. Photo: Jake Lovett/Iowa State Daily

Delivering on offense

Paul Karus stops the puck from entering the goal during the Iowa State - Kansas game at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. Photo: Jake Lovett/Iowa State Daily

Overmatched Jayhawks fall in double-digit lossBy Dan.Kassan iowastatedaily.com

Golf

Team defeats in-state rivals

Junior Nate McCoy surveys the green and contemplates his next shot. Courtesy photo: ISU Athletics

Cyclones kick off spring season with important winBy Dean.Berhow-Goll iowastatedaily.com

Final

Iowa State 6

Northern Iowa 0

Final

Iowa State 4

Iowa 2

Money, not athlete welfare drives player lockout

The ISU men’s and wom-en’s track and field team per-formed well at the Husker Invitational Saturday at the Devaney Sports Center.

Coach Corey Ihmels was satisfied with how the team did as a whole.

“We had some good things happen,” said Ihmels “For the most part everybody was com-petitive in their events.”

Multi-sport freshman Hannah Willms executed the high jump at the meet coming in fourth place (5-08.75).

“It was good to see Hannah have a good jump over there and do a great job,” Ihmels said.

Laishema Hampton also performed well in the field events Friday for Iowa State in the women’s weight throws as she recorded third place finish throwing 62-feet-6.5-inches.

The men’s relay team of Ian Warner, Elphas Sang, Clint Martin and Alvin Garnett placed second with the time of 3:14.42 only .04 seconds be-hind Big 12 rival Colorado’s re-lay team in Lincoln, Neb.

Ihmels described that the 4x400 team’s effort as “really good,” in the early season.

In addition to running with the men’s relay team, Warner made it to the finals in the 60-meter dash where he plac-es second with the time of 6.79.

Kersten Thorgaard ran the mile with the time of 5:08.54 scoring a new personal best by almost six seconds. She won

her heat, placing fifth overall in the middle-distance race.

“She ran by herself the whole race,” said assistant coach Kristy Popp. “I think she is going to have a better experi-ence running in a more com-petitive race which she’s going to get in the 800 this week for

sure.”Cyclone sprinters Elahi

Kianna and Elphas Sang both ran solid races last weekend in Lincoln. Kianna placed second in the women’s 600-yard run with the time of 1:21.39. Sang also got second place for the men’s 1,000-meter run.

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Payne County, Okla. pros-ecutors filed rape charges against an Oklahoma State University basketball player Monday.

Darrell Williams is charged with three counts of rape by in-strumentation and one count of sexual battery.

Williams pleaded not

guilty to the charges and was remanded to the sheriff’s of-fice on a $5,000 bond.

Williams is accused of in-serting his finger into the vagi-nas of two anonymous female victims at 423 S. Lewis Street Dec. 12-13.

According to an affidavit by police criminal investiga-tor Les Little, Stillwater Police Department received a letter describing the sexual assault

on Dec. 15. Two women told police

they were restrained while a group of men groped their breasts and buttocks and Williams inserted his finger into their vaginas.

Both victims told police they could not identify all the men involved, but could iden-tify Williams and Yayi Adouk Janneh.

Janneh was charged with

two counts of sexual battery. He is accused of groping an-other woman at the party.

Zach Logan Thomason, 20, was charged with possession of marijuana and l possession

of drug paraphernalia. in con-nection with the incident.

Sexual battery is punish-able by up to 10 years in prison. Rape by instrumentation is punishable by 1 to 15 years.

Williams is currently a ju-nior forward from Chicago, Ill. and the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.

His court date was set for March 7 at 10 a.m.

By Jackie BarberThe Daily O’Collegian

Williams pleads not guilty to rape, sexual batteryOklahoma State

Iowa State Results Men:

60-meter dash (finals): 1) Martynas Jurgilas, Kansas State, 6.65; 2) Ian Warner, Iowa State, 6.79

1,000-meter run: 1) Jack Sachse, Kansas State, 2:28.03; 2) Elphas Sang, Iowa State, 2:28. 62; 4) David Lantz, IOWA STATE, 2:29.60

4x400-meter relay: 1) Colorado, 3:14.38; 2) Iowa State, 3:14.42

Women:

600-yard run: 1) Angelina Williams, Cloud, 1:20.46; 2) Kianna Elahi, Iowa State, 1:21.39

Mile run: 1) Erin Curran, Black Hills State, 4:58.82; 5) Kersten Thorgaard, Iowa State, 5:08.54

Shot put: 1) Karen Shump, Oklahoma, 56-10.00; 18) Laishema Hampton, Iowa State, 45-03.50

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Cyclones achieve success at invitational

Kiann Elahi fights North Dakota State’s Brittany Schanandore to the finish during the 4x400-meter relay at the Bill Bergan Invitational meet Jan. 29 at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center. Elahi’s relay team finished with a time of 3:48.71. File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

ISU runner Kersten Thorgaard rests with a coach after a race Jan. 29. File photo: Rebekka Brown/Iowa State Daily

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Surprise! It’s Valentine’s Dayand someone just gave you a gi-ant box of scrumptious assortedchocolates. A classic gift from aloved one that is sure to please.Of course, you’re ecstaticbecause you’ve been craving achocolate truffle for days. Thatrich, dense, creamy center willjust hit the spot! You tear offthe packaging, toss the lid tothe side, ready to relish in tastydelight, when you realize thatthere is no diagram to tell youwhich chocolate is which! Ohno, how ever will you find thatbit of candy you’ve been piningfor? You don’t want somethingfruity, gross. Coconut? Evenworse! Instead of biting eachpiece in half until you find “TheOne,” follow these easy tips onhow to unravel the mysteries ofthe chocolate assortment.

• Caramels are almost alwaysshaped like a square. Whenin doubt, search for thequadrangle.

• Disclaimer: Not all caramelsare just plain caramels.Some boxes have fruit andnut caramels among the mix.Running into one of thesemay be inevitable. Nibble atyour own risk.

• If you want a cream filledone, go with the circularor oval shaped chocolates.Orange cream, vanilla cream,coconut cream or raspberry

cream. It’s a gamble with the flavor, but it’ll be creamy!

• A chocolate covered chewy nougat can usually be found disguised in rectangular form (not to be confused with the rounded edges of the cream filled ovals). Nougats gener-ally contain nuts and/or fruit such as hazelnuts, pista-chios, almonds or cherries.

• Any candy in the box that looks thin and firm will be a toffee of sorts. Usually there are only 1-2 in a package so this should be an easy, crunchy find.

• Cluster: a surefire sign of a nut or coconut cluster is a textured chocolate coating. Coconut clusters will have a rough looking top (from the shredded coconut) and nut clusters will have irregular

nutty projections that give their identity away without delay!

• And now for the truffle. Often times they’re square like the caramels, how-ever in the heart-shaped box of Hershey’s Pot of Gold Premium Collection the truffles are round!(Maybe all the chocolate companies could get together and figure out a way to be consistent!) Picking a truffle is a tough task so go with your instinct. Hopefully you’ll get lucky!

Don’t forget, there is usu-ally some symmetry going on inside these yummy packages, so if you’ve found one on one side that is lip-smackin’ good, chances are the one in the same place on the other side of the box is the same flavor! Find one, get the second one free!

Unraveling the mysteries of the chocolate assortment

By Jill WedekingAmesEats Flavors Writer

To crave means one has a powerful desire for something. Food crav-ings are very common and yet still misunderstood by many researching the phenomena.

Alan Hirsch, M.D., FACP, the neu-rological director of the Smell and Taste Research and Treatment Foundation in Chicago, has studied the food choices and cravings of roughly 20,000 individuals for at least 25 years of his life, and is the author of “What Flavor Is Your Personality?” His book explains how smell, mood, memories and more can play into what we crave and eat, and what we crave and eat can tell a lot about one’s personality.

Your craving: Salty foods

• What Hirsch says about you: Salt lovers tend to seek outside stimu-lation and tend to be overtly ex-pressive people. They believe that others control their fate and may check horoscopes to find out what the day will be like. Salt lovers tend to sway with public opinion and go with the flow. The fact that they do not believe they control their own fate, and ultimately health, may be why they ask you to ‘pass the salt.’

• What other studies say about your body: Other studies and researchers suggest that you may be deficient in minerals such as calcium, chloride, potassium or iron. Researcher Michael Tordoff, Ph.D., has found that women who consume a low-calcium diet crave salty foods more than those women to get enough calcium.

Your craving: Garlic

• What Hirsch says about you: You

might be more attracted to the odor of garlic more than anything. Maybe people buy fragrances to mask this smell in the home, however, this odor can be linked with pleasant associations of family meals or group gatherings. Hirsch’s studies have even found that garlic may improve moods and reduce aggressive emotions.

• What other studies say about your body: Garlic has been linked to help-ing improve cardiovascular health, reduce risks of certain cancers and counter infections. Therefore, your craving for garlic may simply be your body’s way of asking for help in one of those areas.

Your craving: Chocolate

• What Hirsch says about you: Chocolate lovers cannot be tamed! They seem to be a grown-up with a child’s heart and have a charm-ing attitude making them the life of any party. They are outgo-ing, dramatic and usually fol-low the lead of others, which can make them especially vulnerable in relation-ships. Dark chocolate lovers seem to be more outgoing and love interacting with others, while milk chocolate lov-ers seem to enjoy more solo time.

• What other stud-ies say about your body: Some people suggest your body is lacking magne-sium, while others believe chocolate acts as an antidepressant by stimulating the release of serotonin (your happi-ness hormone).

Your craving: Sweets

• What Hirsch says about you: You pursue pleasure, have few regrets and enjoy standing out and feeling special.

• What other studies say about your body: Sugar is connected with the ‘sweetness’ in something, and sugar molecules are valuable to organisms that need energy. Evolution may have built ‘energy detectors’ within us to sense this sweetness. Besides the reward of energy, some find pleasure in sweet foods due to our serotonin levels temporarily going up when we eat something sweet.

Your craving: Spicy food

• What Hirsch says about you: You may have a slightly impaired sense of

smell. Your desire for spicy foods indicates you are seeking greater pleasure from food and blander foods do not provide sufficient smell and taste. You may have a tendency to have underlying de-pression, and you may be slightly irritable. You tend to seek comfort in the company of others, and will speak up if you don’t believe you are being treated well. You are also a risk taker and may enjoy a job with an adrenaline rush.

• What other studies say about your body: You might love spicy foods due to the pain relieving endor-phins that are released when eating them! You may also have trouble perspiring and spicy foods can help your body do this. It is

also possible to get addicted to the rise in blood pres-

sure and rapid heart rate spicy foods may cause.

Why we love our foods

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By Hannah DankbarAmesEats Flavors Writer

Magazine covers are plastered with Hollywood’s hottest power couples. What about food? What types of food go together to best help your body? Here are a few examples.

• Cereal and Strawberries: This power couple will help your body have a great start to the day. The Vitamin C from the strawberries helps your body absorb more of the iron that’s in your cereal.

• Dark Chocolate and Fruit: Looking to satisfy your sweet tooth? Dark chocolate along with fruits (or nuts) will help satisfy your sweet tooth guilt-free while getting vitamins and minerals

• Pasta and Balsamic Vinegar: Vinegar will slow down digestion so you won’t be hungry so soon after eating pasta. This helps control your blood sugar levels. Add different flavors of vinegar to pasta salads or mix olive oil and vinegar with whole wheat pasta.

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New Year’s resolutions of losing weight and getting healthy have been shoved upon us just as much as the never-ending snowstorms in Ames. Taking the first step to getting healthy can be as simple as changing the way one’s food is prepared.

The Food and Drug Administration is requesting that all Americans reduce their salt intake. New FDA guidelines suggest that the daily sodium intake is 1,500 mil-ligrams, equivalent to half a teaspoon of salt per day.

ISU clinician Sally Barclay offered advice on simple, easy ways to cut back on sodium intake.

“Limit use of sodium-laden con-diments. Soy sauce, salad dressings, sauces, dips, ketchup, mustard and relish all contain sodium,” she said. “Look for lower sodium versions or

dilute regular versions; for instance, I dilute sodium sauce 50 percent with water.”

Eating more fresh fruits and veg-etables rather than canned variet-ies will cut one’s salt intake drasti-cally, Barclay explained. While fresh produce is the best option, college students watching their wallets can purchase frozen fruits and vegetables without gaining the sodium.

Choosing “no salt added canned vegetables and using herbs and spices to season them” is also an excellent way to obtain one’s recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables without increasing sodium, Barclay said.

“Consider a sodium-free substi-tute for shaking on your food and add-ing during cooking — either pepper alone or a sodium-free blend of spices such as Mrs. Dash, which comes in several varieties,” Barclay said.

“When cooking, flavor foods with

herbs and spices — which are plants that offer beneficial nutrients and antioxidants — leave out the salt altogether or add half the amount called for in the recipe,” Barclay said. “Gradually your palate will get used to the less salty taste and learn to appre-ciate the other flavors of the food and seasonings.”

If one should accidently “over-dose” on salt for one day, Barclay explained that the best way to coun-terbalance an increase in sodium is by consuming potassium or calcium-rich foods.

Students can find potassium in bananas, raisins, baked potatoes, yo-gurt and lima beans to name a few. A few nontraditional ways students can increase calcium is by eating fortified cereals, soy milk, sardines, tofu and salmon.

For more information on dietary guidelines, visit www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines.

Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables.Consume foods that are rich in potassium. Potassium can help block the effects of sodium on blood pressure. The recommended intake of potassium for adolescents and adults is 4,700 mg per day. Potassium-rich foods include leafy, green vegetables and fruits from vines.Flavor food with pepper and other herbs and spices instead of salt.Choose unsalted snacks.Read food labels and choose foods low in sodium.

Information from the Food and Drug Administration

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Get healthier by lowering daily salt intake

New FDA guidelines suggest the general population consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day (about a teaspoon of table salt).People who consume 1,500 milligrams of salt per day — the equivalent to half a teaspoon — have lower blood pressure.About 75 percent of our total salt intake comes from salt added to processed foods by manufacturers and salt that cooks add to foods at restaurants and other food service establishments.

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2005Comprehensive Peace Agreement enacted by the United Nations to end a 22-year conflict between the North and South Sudan. The CPA suggested a referendum vote take place in six years to determine if Sudan will stay united or separate into North and South.

2010Nov. 14 - Dec. 1 Voting regis-tration began worldwide. Voting took place in Sudan and eight other host countries, including the United States.

2011Jan. 9-15 Voting poll loca-tions opened worldwide for registered voters to cast their ballots.

Jan. 30 News began to circu-late that preliminary polls esti-mated there was a 99 percent vote for succession in the South, along with 58 percent of voters in the South.

Feb. 7 Preliminary results announced from referendum.

Feb. 14 Official results publicized.

Jul. 9 Declaration of Independence to be signed for the Republic of South Sudan.

Sudan referendum timeline

were dancing and singing and dressed in traditional cloth-ing. It was a 99 percent vote for separation. We’re not against people of the North, but there is nothing for us to be at-tatched to them.”

Twenty-two years of conflict between North and South Sudan was finally ad-dressed in 2005 when the Comprehensive Peace Act was initiated to offer a referendum vote for the fate of the country.

The act stated that in 2011 the Sudanese people would vote to decide if Sudan would stay united or split, allowing South Sudan to be a separate,

sovereign nation.The peace act also imple-

mented a transitional govern-ment that will allow members to assume positions once the separation becomes official in July and the country holds its first elections as its own

nation. Currently the country is

being run by a central gov-ernment, army and police department.

There were fights that broke out across the border between the North and South

during the voting period, but there were few casualties, and these fights were said to be an act of distaction during the ref-erendum process, Lomoti said.

The transition to two sepa-rate countries is hoped to be a smooth and peaceful one, of-fering a fresh start to South Sudan and its citizens.

“Oh yeah, [I will return] of course,” Lomoti said. “I love America – it’s the land of op-portunities, as they say, but I will definitely go back to Sudan. If there is an oppor-tunity for people to advance themselves, then I will go back. I’m going to finish my educa-tion here and use it to help my

own people back home.”A question that remains

posed to many is the forver-pending Darfur conflict, Lomoti said.

While the North and South have found a certain level of peace, the East and West are still left in turmoil.

“For awhile the Darfur re-gion was backing the North with attacking the South, but now Darfur is starting to break away and realizing they don’t want to be tied with the North anymore,” Lomoti said.

Like many other Sudanese, as the 99 percent succession vote proved, Lomoti hopes for a fresh start as a nation.

“[I hope for] a country that is new — we have learned from other countries around us, and I hope South Sudan will be the most peaceful country and offer stability and peace in the surrounding area, like the Congo and Uganda,” Lomoti said.

Another ISU student from Sudan is Maurice Aduto, se-nior in animal ecology, who also hopes for permanent peace in his native country.

“It is a new, reformed coun-try, and we are going to try to do anything to make sure there is no destruction, only growth and development,” Aduto said.

Aduto also explained the enormous amount of hap-piness and anticipation for the new opportunities South Sudan will offer, and the peo-ple who will no longer be con-sidered second-class citizens.

The Declaration of Independence of the Republic of South Sudan is expected to be put in place July 9.

Political figures are ex-pected to assume powers in the time of transition until new candidates can run for election.

“We can do it – we’ve nev-er been given the chance, so now we are trying to show the world we can do it,” Aduto said.

Despite the separation the people voted for, Aduto stressed the importance of the ties between the North and South.

“We will be helping each other,” Aduto said. “I don’t see future war conflicts, because there are strong relations and we will be sharing resources.”

Aduto hopes that the South will be able to take care of their own problems when it comes to military issues but also hopes for support from the international community, if needed.

In a news release Monday, President Obama said the United States intends to rec-ognize South Sudan as a sov-ereign nation in July, when it is expected to receive its independence.

“As I pledged in September when addressing Sudanese leaders, the United States will continue to support the aspira-tions of all Sudanese — North and South, East and West,” Obama said.

“We will work with the gov-ernments of Sudan and South Sudan to ensure a smooth and peaceful transition to inde-pendence,” Obama said.

July 9, 2011 will mark the final goal that the South Sudanese have been waiting for.

Obama offered support for the people of Sudan in his statement, along with encour-agement for the Sudanese.

“And while the road ahead will be difficult, those who seek a future of dignity and peace can be assured that they will have a steady partner and friend in the United States,” Obama said.

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I love America – it’s the land of opportu-nities, as they say, but I will definitely go back to Sudan. If there is an opportunity for people to advance themselves, then I will go back. I’m going to finish my educa-tion here and use it to help my own people back home.”

-Josef Lomoti, junior in biochemistry

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