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1992

Jan. 17 | Jan 31 | Feb. 14

Feb. 28 March 13 | March 27

April 10 | April 24 | May 8

May 22 | June 12 | June 26

July 10 | July 24 | Aug. 21

Sept. 4 | Sept. 18 | Oct. 2

Oct. 16 | Oct. 30 | Nov. 13

Nov. 30 | Dec. 11

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January 17, 1992

• Dear readers; newspaper debuts
• Presidents call the plays at NCAA. boyles
• High-priced journals force library cutbacks
• Briefs
  • WOI receives $124,000
  • Ross interim vet med dean
  • Applications to ISU encouraging.
• Freshmen feel the financial pinch
• Homeless where her heart is (Dail)
• Clips
  • Washington Post, Johnson
  • Chicago Tribune, Marcus
  • Des Moines Register, Woodman
• Class sections added in areas of high demand.
• P&S employee exit survey recommended
• Iowa energy center candidates visit campus
• Wegners give $750,000 to capital campaign
• Madrigal dinners serve up renaissance feast
• King remembered in birthday celebration
• Gouran featured in "Clarence Darrow"
• Shoebox sculpture a shrinking art
• Faculty Senate: Jischke predicts difficult legislative session.
• Supercomputers take on science's challenges. Ames Lab.
• Deaths: Ramsey

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January 31, 1992

• On-line, out of line; Wide- open computer networks spark legal questions
• The move begins to molecular biology
• It's a paper jungle out there--employees skip, skim, condense
• ISU wins big at CASE
• McCormick updates foreign policy text during fast times
• ISU Extension moving specialists from area to county offices
• You can help cut the red tape
• The merry wive stake on Flastaff
• Smiley receives National Book Critics Award
• Clark, Overholser tackle press issues at National Affairs Institute
• Briefs
  • Musical repercussions of events in 1492 will be explored in preconcert
  • The Catholic Church will be subject of lecture by George Higgins. "Does God Exist?" debate
  • Two guest of honor high school bands featured at 17th annual Cyclone Honor Band Conductors Conference
  • Cyclone Honor Choir will perform
  • Happy Accident at M-Shop
  • Tickets on sale for Grand Hotel.
• Faculty Senate, Martin: ISU gives more than it takes

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February 14, 1992

• Seven selected in provost search
• Open forum schedule for provost candidates
• Capital campaign builds ISU endowment
• IPRT study leads to organizational changes
• Briefs
  • The Saturday-option MBA will begin this summer
  • Nominations sought for federal relations director
  • Lutz wins presidential young investigator award
  • More than 80,000 served
• Jischke: Salary increases a priority
• Back to the big bang; Hill and Wohn
• $1 million challenge grant for ISU Computation Center
• Facuty, staff, students come together for Barjche
• Exploring Columbus' new world legacy
• Benefits: New forms needed for PAT prescription claims
• Plan for promoting diversity to be unveiled
• New grants to serve as incentive for internationalizing courses
• EAP starts support group
• Review committee holds hearings

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February 28, 1992

• $5 million gift largest in Iowa history
• Molecular Biology dedication March 5
• Provost open forums
• Briefs
  • WOI decision postponed
  • Smiley wins top award form National Book Critics Circle
  • Regents defer action on early and phased retirement programs
  • $525,000 Hewlett- Packard gift will upgrade computer labs
• Provost candidates Yost, Bloch offer their ideas
• Artist works with clay in big way
• Virus will paint IBM computers blue
• Cummings named director of Energy Center
• Aesthetics and genetics- An artist views the brave new world of molecular biology (Leicester)
• Mythical beasts, ancient goddesses highlight Leicester's work
• Bigger paycheck may be a mixed blessing
• Faculty Senaate: Sexual harassment policy, resolution on athletic cuts gain OKs
• Jischke to discuss technology transfer on Talk of Iowa

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March 13, 1992

• ISU has those 'I can't find a parking space' blues
• Provost open forums
• Nontraditional students: A tradition at Iowa State
• Provost Candidates offer their ideas
• ISU library receives $1 million in private support
• Gone with the stellar wind
• Faculty, student named Fulbright Scholars; Herwig, Kuo, Simpson, Birmingham
• Contributions of women recognized
• Extremeties next ISU Theatre production
• Benefits: Cash options available at retirement time
• P&S Council-- Job classifications, pay grades may be revised

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March 27, 1992

• Faculty Senate to study WOI sale
• Early retirement plan stalls over health insurance premiums
• Provost decision expected in April
• Forums scheduled on university diversity plan
• Company interested in ISU inspection device
• On the trail of Lewis and Clark (Betty Miller)
• ISU symposium examines future of American Indians
• Abilities of disabled highlighted April 6-10
• Diversity insert
• Benefits: TIAA transfer to CREF requires 10 yr contract
• Faculty Senate: Reduction-in-force policies considered
• Four receive Catt awards; Heiber, Hickok, Pollard, Berquam
• Participative management highlighted in telecast series

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April 10, 1992

• Lunch is short, play hard
• P&S system undergoes a major revision
• Governor's proposed cuts would cost $1.1 million
• Committee looks for spaces in campus places
• Letter to the Editor-- Parking woes not unique
• Counseling Skills come in handy for people and pets (Dan Robinson)
• Students' hard-hitting ads warn their peers
• Borlaug to speak, receive degree at commencement ceremonies
• Hollywood spoof next ISU theatre production
• Cultural displays among highlights of Africa Week
• Benefits: Principal extends some benefits
• ISU solar car tea seeks money, volunteers

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April 24, 1992

• Kozak appointed ISU provost
• Sutherlands return to campus for Veishea
• Faculty and staff to be honored during spring Convocation May 7
• Contract employees begin receiving pay raises May 1
• Briefs
  • Pulitzers come in threes
  • Bobby Douglas is new wrestling coach
  • Four bid on WOI-TV
  • Bigger bookstore planned
  • 'Fast- track' zoology and genetics program proposed
  • Room and board rates up 6.8%
  • Ames Lab makes friends
  • $900,000 for sustainable agriculture projects
• Benefits reduced in new early retirement plan
• Pease family contributes $178,000 to ISU programs
• Breeding better livestock--gene by gene (Curt Youngs)
• Starches may hold answer to better diet
• Awards insert
• SANDANCE can dance
• Follow the yellow brick road to brighter Oz
• Benefits-- Cut your paperwork on medical claims
• Faculty senate- Senators say ISU should keep WOI-TV station

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May 8, 1992

• Extension plan increases deans' outreach role
• Q&A- Jischke reflects on Veishea disturbances
• Briefs
  • The gift has a nice ring to it
  • Campanile fence goes up
  • Classroom to be named in honor of William Murray
• Diversity advocates offer their ideas
• Spring commencement is May 16
• Letters-UNI faculty salaries discussed (Cain)
• Evans' enthusiasm remains despite worries over funds (Mary Ann Evans)
• Corbett elected to National Academy of Sciences
• Elsewhwere
  • Recycling for charity
  • MBA takes new twist
  • Helping eachother teach
  • Center examines farm issues
  • Refinancing saves money
  • Library handbook international
• Ames/ISU, the tie that binds
• Faculty Senate-- Senators attempt to clear slate before adjournment
• Faculty, Staff honored at alumni awards convocation
• P&S job classification revision in first phase
• Payhikes delayed for confidential employees

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May 22, 1992

• WOI-Tv sold to Citadel for $14 million cash
• President to task force: Eliminate the unofficial Veishea
• Faculty survey: mixed review for ISU
• P&S Council-- Distribution of proposed pay hike discussed
• Letter-- Reduce out- of-state tuition (Rasmussen)
• Faculty Senate-- Teaching center endorsed
• California couple's gift endows chair for political science

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June 12, 1992

• Jischke discusses his first year at ISU
• Campaign goal met, reset
• Four interview for federal relation director
• Mind your PIQs-- First deadline is June 19
• Inside subscriptions available
• Researcher's detour leads to teaching
• Veishea task force gathering info
• Sweeney addition will update chem engineering
• ISU plans accessibility in all campus buildings
• Benefits- Disability Claims, Don't wait for the waiting period
• Regents approve tenure and promotions for faculty members

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June 26, 1992

• Jischke hopes lawmakers will ratify budget agreement
• Memorial Union hot dogging it
• A new generation in meat irradiation
• Elsewhere
  • Scratch and answer
  • After 70
  • Mercer at Ohio St.
  • Immediate results
  • Extension review
  • Tenure review
• No increase in staff parking fees
• Strengthening faculty teaching skills focus of new ISU center
• P&S council--Survey; Professional development not supported by supervisors
• Extension field wait to complete PIQs
• Corbett is trolling in the material world (John Corbett)
• Musical computer whiz designs a sound winner
• Faculty Senate-- Decisions, decisions mark senate's year
• P&S council- Working with new president topped agenda
• P&S council-- P&S professional development grants a little smaller
• Veishea task force discusses a moratorium on the celebration
• Those hazy, not-so-lazy days of summer

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July 10, 1992

• Jischke to propose faculty, staff compensation policy to regents
• Kozak: Best scholars are the best DEOs
• ISU administrative costs similar to or below peers
• Elsewhere
  • New admission standards
  • No smoking
  • Safe rides
  • Making campus accessible
• Drop us a line
• Subscriptions available
• Larson, students form a busy team (Julie Larson)
• Program helps menatally retarded live on their own
• Cream of the crop experts to meet here
• Survey: 'Unofficial' Veishea attracts more students
• She'll study the environment with a little help from a friend; Melissa Veylupek
• A day at the clinicj

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July 24, 1992

• FY93 budget less than expected
• Botany Hall to be remodeled, named for Catt
• Committee recommends building closing, reallocation of space
• ISU alumnu shares World Food Prize
• ISU mission a fax of life
• ISU project will improve 27 schools in Arizona;manatt
• Drop us a line
• Pests don't bug entomologist (Lewis)
• ISU journalism dept receives reaccreditation
• Campus tosses blue memos
• Task force discusses Veishea pros and cons
• Benefits: McFarland may lower charge to PAT 1000 participants
• Ground breaking for new Ames Lab facility
• ISU hosts Iowa Games
• Colleges hold fall convocations
• Farewell carillon ceremony

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August 21, 1992

• Strategic plan guides spending during new year
• Diversity plan gets $500,000 boost
• Federal relations director named (Kent Hall)
• VP for external affairs search set
• Galloway to Georgia Tech
• ISU ranks in top 20 for corporate support
• McCormick offers tips on providing non-sexist education
• Give your advisory boards, alumni -- an Inside look
• Good chemistry in cooking labs
• Discovery may shed light on black holes
• Ethel Waters story debuts at ISU
• Variety on tap for ISU lectures program
• ISU theatre season preview
• Comic Marder performs Aug. 28
• Jischke: Veishea future up to students
• Kindly vet prompts largest gift to Vet College
• Benefit changes reviewed
• Oliver receives NSF award
• Personal property used on campus should be insured

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September 4, 1992

• Jischke comments on fall convocation
• Insect Horror Film Festival
• United Way-new campaign
• Opinion sought--Veishea, diversity
• Vice President for External Affairs applications sought
• Textbook case-professor sues
• Joan Hopper, veterinary medicine
• Donations to ISU reach all-time high
• Japanese Art Exhibit
• Administrative internship program
• Benefits-TIAA-CREF PIN numbers

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September 18, 1992

• Catt Center for Women and Politics
• Jischke adopts Veishea task force recommendations
• Enrollment records set
• Settlement reached in textbook case
• United Way campaign updatec
• Loras Jaeger
• Library leads national computer networking project
• Women's Week
• Campaign '92
• Faculty Senate, University needs more classroom space
• Faculty Senate, faculty development programs reviewed
• P&S reclassification proceeding
• P&S Council, out placement services recommended
• UCW celebrates 20th

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October 2, 1992

• Catt receives state's top honor
• Campaign pulls in another $9 million
• Fax settlements bring ISU $18 million
• Administrative intern applicatons sought
• Odyssey of the Mind returns to ISU
• Crash victims remembered, cross country
• ISU scientists win R&D 100 award
• John Maysfield
• Teachers go high tech (Michael Simonson)
• Quick quotes--David Martin
• Bug students on Tonight Showc
• Beyond Beef author at ISU, Jeremy Rifkin
• Benefits, cash out options
• Day care center for sick kids
• Stiffer fines for parking in handicapped spots
• University Book Store grand opening

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October 16, 1992

• Student-athlete graduation rate up 2 percent
• WOI Radio celebrates 80th anniversary
• Road Scholars
• IPRT search begins
• Other searches, Vet Med, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Design, External Affairs
• Four injured during steam line accident
• David Williams
• Job exchange opportunities available, National Faculty Exchange Program
• Provost's Office picks intern (Faye Whitaker)
• Faculty Senate, Jischke seeks diversity plan support
• Master plan, planting trees
• Campus property protection examined
• Old phone books can be recycled
• Benefits, Flex open enrollment

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October 30, 1992

• Extension field staff start new positions
• New professorship recognizes senior faculty
• Regents appeal WOI-TV court decision
• Orr's contract extended
• Anna Pate award established
• Design search committee named
• Former ISU prof dies, Lanoy N. Hazel
• The wall comes tumbling down (engineering)
• Derrick Rollins
• ISU smooths way for transfer students
• Institute on World Affairs, global economy
• ISU Theatre does Chicago
• Benefits, life insurance
• Insert: ISU Library

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November 13, 1992

• Faculty Senate, mixed response on diversity plan
• Faculty Senate, effectiveness plan approved
• From weapons to tech transfer, CARD and ARCH
• 10 P&S pay grades planned
• Help signs readied for student travelers
• Veishea may team with Farm Aid
• Elaine Hieber
• ISU Exercise Clinic tests law officers
• Switch-A-Day, president and student
• P&S Council, diversity plan endorsed
• ISU officials guest teach for Education Week
• Proposed smoke-policy
• Benefits, what age can collect retirement benefits
• Personal airline travel claims

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November 30, 1992

• Initiative to retain freshmen, provost and vice president for student affairs
• Natalie Rahn, disabled student using voice recognition computer
• Seven selected for second discipline study faculty improvement program
• Tree lighting ceremony
• External affairs intern announced (Al Brooks)
• OSHA fines ISU in steam tunnel accident
• Six finalists selected in external affairs vice president search
• Jim Nespor, physical thereapy
• Faculty Senate, transfer policy approved
• Pundits catch their breaths, political science profs after election
• ISU raises 92 percent of United Way goal
• Benefits, optician survey

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December 11, 1992

• Jischke gives diversity plan thumbs up (Carver professor)
• Faculty effectivenss plan
• Faculty Senate clarifies diversity plan stand
• Veishea plan awaits Jiscke OK
• Pat Miller, ISU Lectures Program
• National Technological University
• OSHA reduces steam tunnel accident fine
• P&S Council, asked to choose between tuition grant and ombudsman program
• Benefits, Flex change period

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