Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Translation – get your tickets while you still can.
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Wednesday, May 15
From an ISU Athletic Dept. media release: Iowa State University announced Wednesday that it fully anticipates exceeding last year’s record setting season football ticket sales of 40,547 and also expects to continue to have more than 50,000 fans attend home games which currently stands at 13 straight games. “As of this morning we have sold-out of season tickets in the end-zone and only have a few scattered single tickets left in the non-donor cardinal ($225) and gold ($175) sections," said Justin Thompson, Director of Ticket Sales. “At this point we only have a limited supply of full-price donor tickets ($375) and hillside ($125) tickets available”. A limited supply of season tickets located in the donor reserved ($375) or hillside ($125) …
Everything you need to know to attend this year's ceremony for Ames High School graduates.
Another school year has come and gone, and the time is here to wish a new class of graduates good luck as their high school years come to an end. Ames High School will hold its commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 26. Here's what you need to know: When: May 26, 2 p.m. Doors open at 1 p.m. Where: Hilton Coliseum, 1700 Center Dr. For those of you with graduating seniors, commencement rehearsal will be held in the high school gymnasium at 7:30 a.m. sharp on Wednesday, May 22. Everyone is expected to attend. Also, the senior picnic will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22 at Inis Grove Park - Walnut Shelter. Tickets are $4 and can be purchased this week. Sign up for Ames Patch's free newsletter | Like us on Facebook | …
Brian Mennecke said advertisers and marketers will soon be using facial recognition software to bombard us with better targeted advertising.
Advertisers and retailers already know their customers' ages, genders, what they buy and perhaps how much money they earn and whether they have children, but what if they could add shoppers' faces to those data profiles and use it to display advertisements meant just for them. Facial recognition software would make it possible. Brian Mennecke, an associate professor of information systems at Iowa State University, said most of us aren't ready for that type of privacy invasion, but the day that shoppers will walk past a digital sign with a display that changes to an advertisement meant just for them isn't so far away. Facebook can already scan photos while users upload new ones and suggest the proper tag and Google image search makes …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Developers will discuss how they plan to seek approval for a project to turn the 90-year-old school into condominiums.
The purchasers of the Roosevelt Elementary School hope to redevelop the 90-year-old school building using the city's adaptive reuse process according to a staff report that will be discussed at the Ames City Council meeting Tuesday. If the city agrees, the council will have the power to waive some zoning standards for the project. Ames Newsletter/Ames Patch Facebook page/Twitter: @AmesPatch Real Estate Services Group said during an April 22 meeting that they planned to turn the former school building into a condominiums. They expected to build about 23 units within the building and add garages on the site. However the urban core medium residential zoning in the neighborhood around the school doesn't allow new multi-family buildings. Staff …
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Iowa State University coach recently sat down with the Des Moines Register, during which he said he's hoping to lead the Cyclones to a winning season next year – the first time in 13 years.
In a recent interview with the Des Moines Register, Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads said next season, he hopes to accomplish something that hasn't been done in over 10 years. What exactly? It's time for the Cyclones to reach the positive side of the Big 12 Conference standings, Rhoads told the newspaper. That is the message he is spreading during the Cyclone Tailgate Tour, a six-day, 12-city tour that kicked off in Pella yesterday: “I’m happy with getting to three bowl games in four years; I’m not satisfied,” Rhoads said. “I’m not satisfied with only one bowl victory. I’m not satisfied for (not) getting past seven overall victories — or three league victories. “We want to get into the top half of the league. Those expectations are …
Ames School Board members discussed proposed elementary school boundary changes and family grandfathering recently.
An Ames School Board Boundary Committee will recommend that the school board allow family grandfathering when attendance boundaries for most Ames elementary schools change in 2014. Board members met with Parents and Teacher Organizations in April and also took feedback from residents on new school boundaries and more. Ames School District Superintendent Tim Taylor said no one had issues with the proposed boundaries set to change with the opening of the Miller Avenue school in 2014, but families were concerned about dividing their children among schools. The committee had previously recommended that students be allowed to finish their fifth grade year at their old school and send younger children to the new attendance center. The new …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Iowa State professor said targeting advertising with facial recognition software is coming to a sign near you.
Advertisers and retailers already know their customers' ages, genders, what they buy and perhaps how much money they earn and whether they have children, but what if they could add shoppers' faces to those data profiles and use it to display advertisements meant just for them. Facial recognition software would make it possible. Brian Mennecke, an associate professor of information systems at Iowa State University, said most of us aren't ready for that type of privacy invasion, but the day that shoppers will walk past a digital sign with a display that changes to an advertisement meant just for them isn't so far away. Facebook can already scan photos while users upload new ones and suggest the proper tag and Google image search makes …
Friday, May 10, 2013
While job prospects have improved in some professions since previous years, this spring’s Iowa college graduates with the best chances to land jobs will be those demonstrating professional experience they gained while in college from more than place.
This project was produced by Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch.org, a non-profit, online news Website dedicated to collaborating with Iowa news organizations to produce explanatory and investigative work. Here is a link to the original story, which includes interactive graphics and audio of interviews with Iowa students. By: Emily Drees, Sarah Hadley, Lauren Horsch, Taylor Grangaard, Melanie Mackey and Nora Heaton | April 27, 2013 A few weeks shy of graduating in May, Brandt Heitman is ready to take a mechanical engineering degree from Iowa State University to a job at AllSteel in Muscatine, debt free. “Engineering is a tech field and everyone needs engineers,” a confident Heitman, 23, said about working at the office …
CNN's Christine Romans will address Iowa State University graduates Saturday.
About 3,800 Iowa State students will complete their degrees at Iowa State University this spring and many of them will participate in a single commencement ceremony 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hilton Coliseum. Of the students graduating, 128 are doctoral students, 357 received their masters' and about 3,140 completed their bachelor's degrees. Notable graduates include five of the six seniors on the Cyclone's basketball 2012-2013 team: Chris Babb, Korie Lucious, Will Clyburn, Anthony Booker and Austin McBeth. CNN News Anchor Christine Romans, a 1993 graduate, is the commencement speaker for the undergraduate commencement. Find a complete guide to Iowa State University Graduation and Commencement at http://www.graduation.iastate.edu.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Iowa weighs in with the sixth highest student debt rates in the nation. Last year, graduates from Iowa’s three Board of Regents universities faced debts averaging $27,000. Their private-college counterparts averaged $30,000.
This project was produced by Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch.org, a non-profit, online news Website dedicated to collaborating with Iowa news organizations to produce explanatory and investigative work. Here is a link to the original story, which includes interactive graphics and audio of interviews with Iowa students graduating with debt. By Lauren Mills College diplomas are throwing more than three-fourths of Iowa graduates into debt. Students continue to graduate with debt that will follow them long after they leave the classroom despite growing numbers of state and federal programs aimed at improving their financial literacy and years of talk about curbing high student debt. Seniors at public and private colleges …
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