Oct. 22, 2009
(Above) Students shed shoes, socks -- and in some cases, shirts -- to enjoy a game of Frisbee football in the sun on central campus Monday afternoon. Below, assistant professor of English Linda Shenk moved her Shakespeare class outside near the Farm House Museum for the day. Photos by Bob Elbert.
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.
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.
ISU Purchasing's CyBuy online system combines ease and speed with competitive pricing from pre-approved vendors.
Yamato Drummers of Japan
The Yamato Drummers of Japan bring the sound of traditional Wadaiko drums to Stephens Auditorium Oct. 25.
An agriculture pavilion for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received a $1.5 million pledge from Marvin and Janice Walter of Ames.
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.
