The First Fleet in Iowa Concerts

The green room is trashed. Peanut butter is caked on the floor, while empty beer cans and cases of energy drinks are scattered around the room. Cups of liquor are still sitting on the floor. A computer chair is in the shower. As Sam Summers makes his way through the wreckage and sits down on one of the couches, a dried pickle rests near his foot. He explains that no one has cleaned things up yet in the basement of People’s Court

1947. 1964. 2010.

Ethos magazine is a large part of the reason why I am at Iowa State University. Countless times I’ve heard fellow journalism majors talk about how they couldn’t wait to apply to work for the Iowa State Daily, while I always had my eyes set on being a part of Ethos. I did not envision myself as being editor-in-chief when I entered college, but thanks to a love affair with this magazine, here I am. That’s why after watching the struggles beset on Ethos, I find myself more dedicated to rebuilding the strength of the magazine

Changing Campustown

Mickey’s Irish Pub was not filled with the usual smell of stale beer and the slurred pick-up lines. Instead, its dwellers asked questions and raised concerns about the project LANE4 Property Management and the City of Ames plans to wreak on Campustown in as little as a year. Business owners crowded onto the sticky floors of the popular bar on Welch Avenue in hopes to get their questions answered and an understanding on where the LANE4 wrecking ball would be making its impression. Tim Schrum, general manager of Mickey’s, organized the meeting March 3 so Campustown business and property owners could ask questions about the future of their businesses, and they heard advice from a lawyer who was present