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    Central Campus

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    of Iowa States’ architectural wonders as it was removed from the original budget due to a lack of funding. Beardshear Hall has a very rich history that dates back to over a century ago. Beardshear Hall has been an integral part on campus even before it was fully completed‚ housing multiple programs‚ which were eventually transferred to other buildings‚ as more administrative space was needed. The story of Beardsheer hall unfortunately starts with not one but two great tragedies in Iowa State

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    Getting Away with Murder

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    affluence to coerce victims in to silence or out-of-court settlements‚ sparing the athlete’s reputation as well as playing eligibility and future career. When Pierre Pierce‚ a former member of the Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team‚ was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student in 2002‚ an “Iowa City couple with ties to the men’s basketball team tried to persuade [the] victim… to resolve the matter quietly outside of the legal system”‚ as reported in the Des Moines Register (Rood‚ 4A). These

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    Grenville Dodge Report

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    builder. Dodge was born in 1831 in Massachusetts‚ and in 1850 graduated from a military school as a civil engineer. He later became a surveyor of railroad routes in Iowa‚ Illinois‚ and Nebraska. He then married in 1854 and moved further west for Council Bluffs. In 1859 Grenville Dodge and Abraham Lincoln met by chance in Council Bluffs‚ Iowa. As they spoke he assured the president that in the future Platte Valley would be the route of the Pacific Railroad. As promised‚ 7 years later Dodge became the

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    Minds on Trial Uss Iowa

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    Minds on Trial: USS Iowa Stephanie Kagley Florida Institute of Technology In 1982‚ the USS Iowa was recommissioned by the U.S. Navy. In efforts to make the aged battleship competitive with modern technology‚ several dangerous experiments were conducted. In April 1989‚ there was a large explosion on board that killed forty-seven crew members and injured others. The Navy conducted a five-month long investigation that determined the cause of the incident was not an accident. This was followed

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    Lifeline Essay

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    I was coming home from a “Summer of a Lifetime” which was also known as Celebration Iowa‚ a travelling show choir and jazz band in the state of Iowa. It took all summer and caused me to realize I would be going home to live with my aunt and my uncle‚ and not have any mode of transportation but them. They both lead quite busy lives‚ my Aunt Kris‚ is a professor of Education at Central College in Pella‚ Iowa‚ and my Uncle Doug is the head band director at Oskaloosa High School. This means they were

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    Architecture on Campus

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    Beverly Pepper designed this abstract looking structure that serves as an icon to the Agronomy Hall. Pepper is an American born artist who was focusing on painting before she moving forward to building monumental outdoor sculptures around 1960. The Iowa State University commissioned Pepper to create a sculpture for the courtyard of Agronomy Hall that Figure  2:  Beverly  Pepper‚   was formed by the three horseshoe-shaped buildings. (Agronomy Artist  of  Janus  Agri  Altar

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    boyfriend Buck. The third time is from an older man‚ her Uncle’s friend‚ with which Soursi marries. The fourth time she involves Buck when she attempts to save her from her husband. The setting is simply contemporary America‚ South Dakota and Iowa. If the author hadn’t mentioned the rapper Snoop-Dog and given a reference to the candy bar Payday and the store 7-11‚ I could have dated this work to

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    The Stanford Cardinals men’s basketball team won‚ 82-69 over visitng Arizona State on Thursday night. With the win‚ the Cardinals ended a two-game losing streak and continued their ninth straight win at home. This was an important game for the Pac-10 Conference teams. After the game‚ Stanford (9-4‚13-9) remained a game behind co-leaders UCLA and California. Stanford senior‚ Matt Haryasz‚ who scored 22 points‚ said: "Right now we just need to win. We’re only a game out of first and we think

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    Hydrology Iowa Units

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    53:119 Hydrology Fall 2012 UNITS AND MEASURES Fundamental measures (and their units in the SI and English systems) are: Length (m - meters; ft - feet) Mass (kg - kilograms) Time (s - seconds) Temperature (K - Kelvin; °F - degree Fahrenheit) Derived measures (and their SI and English equivalents) are: Area (m2 - square meters; ft2 - square feet) Volume (m3 - cubic meters; ft3 - cubic feet) Flow (m3 s-1 - cms; ft3 s-1 - cfs [volume per time]) Force (Newton (N) = 1 kg m s-2; lb - pound) Energy (Joule

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    Iowa Senator Tom Harkin

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    Title: Iowa Senator Tom Harkin [...] Tom Harkin is considered to be one of the most adventurous‚ hard-working fighters in the US Congress. Many people support him and believe him as Harkin speaks up for people who may be left out or ‘forgot’. Thomas Richard Harkin is the junior United States Senator from Iowa. Harkin is the member of the Democratic Party. At present he is the Ranking Minority Member of the USA Senate Committee on Agriculture‚ Nutrition‚ and Forestry. [...] Harkin‚ a noted leader

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