Oct. 22, 2009

A different drum

The beat of Japan's traditional Wadaiko drums will resonate in Stephens Auditorium Oct. 25 (3 p.m.). The Yamato Drummers of Japan make Ames a stop on the U.S. portion of their world tour. The show fuses an energetic performance with the pulsing sounds of men and women playing a wide ensemble of drum sizes. Tickets are $37 or $33 for adults, $25 for youth and $20 for ISU students, and available at the Stephens box office, or through Ticketmaster. Photo by Lucienne van der Mijle.

Inside headlines

Senate focuses on budget

Most of the Faculty Senate's Oct. 20 meeting was a discussion of the mid-year budget reversion. The senate's resource policies and allocations council recommends using furloughs, expense cuts and carry-over funds to meet reduced state funding levels.

Dumpster diving, for a good cause

Several dumpsters full of campus garbage will be overturned in an ISU Center parking lot Oct. 29, then sorted by volunteers. The point of the messy exercise: Find out what's being tossed in campus trash cans and assess the potential for more recycling opportunities.

Efficient shopping

ISU Purchasing's CyBuy online system combines ease and speed with competitive pricing from pre-approved vendors.

Announcements

Receptions & open houses

Retirement

Mary Fosse, Oct. 29

Open house

"Studies in Creativity," Oct. 22

Arts & events

Yamato Drummers of Japan

A different drum

The Yamato Drummers of Japan bring the sound of traditional Wadaiko drums to Stephens Auditorium Oct. 25.

Honors & awards

Around campus

Ag pavilion gift

An agriculture pavilion for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received a $1.5 million pledge from Marvin and Janice Walter of Ames.

Gamers lack focus

A new ISU study has found that high volume action video game players -- those who play around 40 hours per week -- had more difficulty keeping focused on tasks requiring longer, more proactive attention than those who played video games less than a couple of hours a week.

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