By Torey RobinsonDaily Staff Writer

A calling is the only way they can describe it.

Mark Arant felt it when asked to move to lead a new church in Iowa City.

Justan Spaid, junior in political sci-ence, felt it the moment a leader an-nounced during Salt Company that Arant would be planting a new con-gregation and college program at the University of Iowa — and wanted 100 students to transfer and go with him.

James Laugerman, junior in politi-cal science, felt it after watching doz-ens of peers volunteering to consider the opportunity without hesitation.

It was the call to serve.Arant, college director of Ames

Cornerstone Church, was ap-proached by lead pastor Troy Nesbitt and teaching pastor Jeff Dodge in late October asking if he would be inter-ested in leading a similar ministry in Iowa City.

He said he would pray about the decision to move his wife and five children to a new location.

“When most people begin new churches they are not happy with the current situation and have new ideas about how a ministry could be run, but that was not the issue in my case,” Arant said. “I’m in a ministry candy-land. There’s no better place than Cor-nerstone.”

“It was hard because my fam-ily loves our house,” he said. “We love Ames. We love our church. I love my

Mark Arant, college director of the Cornerstone Church of Ames, plans to move and act as the lead pastor of the Cor-nerstone Church of Iowa City. ISU students intend to transfer and follow Arant. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

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Government of the Student Body

Varsity Task Force to present lease researchBy Paige GoddenDaily Staff Writer

Wednesday’s Government of the Student Body meeting will feature the second of three pre-sentations about the Varsity Task Force’s research on leasing out the old Varsity Theater on Lincoln Way.

The GSB set up a task force during the fall semester that looked into leasing the property.

Anthony Maly, a member of the Varsity Task Force, said that this weeks’ presentation will take a look at the fiscal projections for the next five years if

the GSB were to lease the theater.The meeting will also include the seating of

members of the executive branch.The executive branch lost three members af-

ter one member took an internship, one member resigned and a third is studying overseas, said GSB President Jon Turk.

There will also be the seating of International Resident Hall Association Senators, a Human Sci-ences Senator, a Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator and members of the rules committee.

A bill written by Maly and Brian Ryherd, a Cam-pustown senator, will have its first read at the meet-ing.

The bill is for a newer student organization on campus, the ISU Winterguard, and according to

the bill, “The ISU Winterguard needs certain equip-ment for its members in order to be a successful organization.”

The bill asks for $1,628 for 60 6-foot flagpoles, 30 swing flagpoles and other items to maintain the flags.

The second bill up for a first read was also writ-ten by Ryherd and Maly, which is titled: Funding for Iowa State Railroad Club Spring Break Trip.

“The Iowa State Railroad Club would like to visit the California State Railroad Museum,” but, “The club was not able to make money by helping to hand pick corn this year,” according to the bill.

Even though the Railroad Club was able to raise $1,908 the bill asks for a total of $700 from the GSB for travel expenses.

Cyclones prepare for upcoming contests

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By Sarah GonzalezDaily Staff Writer

A moist southern storm system and the Midwest’s cold temperatures are bringing icy conditions to Ames. An ice storm warn-ing was issued for central Iowa for early Wednesday through Thursday morning.

Rainfall beginning between 4 – 6 a.m. will freeze into ice due to temperatures below 32 degrees Fahrenheit at ground surface. If this freezing rain falls enough to hit the quarter inch benchmark, it will be considered an ice storm.

“We’re looking at somewhere between one tenth of an inch up to one fourth,” said Roger Vachalea, Johnston National Weath-er Service meteorologist.

Freezing rain and possibly sleet is ex-pected throughout the day Wednesday. Freezing drizzle and mist will continue lat-er Wednesday night and into Thursday, but the bulk of precipitation will fall Wednes-

Members transfer to University of Iowa to aid future church

By Jessica OpoienDaily Staff Writer

“What’s best for the institu-tion” resounded from the Me-morial Union Great Hall as the refrain of Tuesday’s ISU Faculty Senate meeting, as budget cuts and proposed changes to the faculty handbook were dis-cussed.

Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman addressed the senate, discussing the future and an-swering questions from faculty in the audience.

“We really have to make some significant chang-es to narrow the focus of what we do if we are to be able to sustain our excellence as a land-grant uni-versity,” Hoffman said.

One such change discussed was the elimination of academic programs and departments, which would almost certainly result in the termination

and reorganization of faculty. “If the university gets to the point where we’ll

have to make significant changes ... there has to be some process for doing that,” said Faculty Senate President Arnold van der Valk after the meeting. He explained that the Faculty Handbook currently has no such policy — an issue addressed at the meeting.

Van der Valk said the faculty senate is trying to put in “some kind of rational policy” to deal with potential faculty and staff elimination in the “worst case scenario.” The changes would be made to fac-ulty handbook section 3.4, “Nonrenewal or Termi-nation of Appointment,” which can be found online at www.provost.iastate.edu/faculty/handbook.

Hoffman said in the meeting, “These are very difficult times ... and no one wants to be in a posi-tion of having to let off tenured faculty. At the same time, it’s extremely important that we have a policy that allows us to do it in a way that respects tenure, that respects faculty rights, that respects due pro-cess but also respects the fact that the university may have to make some difficult decisions.”

Although respect of faculty rights was empha-sized, Hoffman added, “What is fair to an individual depends on where you sit. So, what I would rather do is focus on what ... is best for the institution.”

Hoffman said there is “no chance” that the bud-get cuts impacting Iowa State will amount to less than the 10 percent that has already been slashed from the university budget. She added that if the university reduces its activities to absorb the cut, some majors, programs and departments might have to be eliminated.

Merging programs and departments is also a possibility, along with “some paring down.” How-ever, it is unlikely at this point that any of the univer-sity’s seven academic colleges will merge. Hoffman said the possibility has been discussed, but “there is certainly no college that is lacking for students or lacking for research.”

“I think that what we will see is once ... we’ve been through this process and we have fewer de-

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By Alexander HutchinsDaily Staff Writer

On the one-year anniversary of Presi-dent Obama’s election, the expectations he faces are as enormous as the outcomes rid-ing on his performance.

“When he [Obama] ran for president in the Iowa caucuses ... the main issue was the war in Iraq,” said James Hutter, professor of political science at ISU and advisor to the ISU democrats.

The issue of Iraq has become less im-portant since then in the face of former president Bush’s economic problems, Hut-ter said.

He said much of the trouble Obama has faced, economic or otherwise, would have befallen whomever had ended up winning the election.

Despite all the issues that Obama has been charged with immediately after tak-ing office, Hutter said Obama is making a real effort to tackle every challenge.

“Obama has accepted Afghanistan as his charge,” Hutter said.

Hutter said that health care reform is the only challenge that Obama did not in-herit from the Bush presidency.

The way that presidents work to apply their influence behind the scenes makes it difficult to see how effectively Obama is ac-tually preforming at this stage of his presi-dency, Hutter said.

“It’s difficult for us to see how Obama’s really doing,” Hutter said.

Obama, unlike president Clinton, did not enter the health care debate with a specific plan to pass. Hutter said there were benefits as well as drawbacks to this ap-proach.

He said we can’t predict the future of health care at this point, but regardless of the outcome we will gain a clearer picture of Obama’s effectiveness as a leader.

Obama is clearly taking charge of the situation and traveling the world to interact with other leaders.

“This is a very active White House,” Hutter said.

Steffen Schmidt, professor of political science at ISU, identified himself as a non-partisan first and foremost. Schmidt still spoke positively about Obama’s first year, saying that in only one year of doing some-thing almost everyone will get some things wrong and right.

Schmidt said that Obama’s most sig-nificant accomplishment is continuing former president Bush’s initiative to save big banks from collapse. It is an immediate accomplishment because the economy

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partments, or refocused de-partments, we will then be in a position to reinvest in the de-partments we have left, and the programs we have left,” Hoff-man explained.

In response to the fate of academic programs in the arts and humanities being brought into question, Hoffman said, “You cannot have a first-rate university without the arts and humanities.”

Governance Chairman Max Porter explained that the new policy has been drafted to be “as similar as possible” to the University of Iowa’s policy. Under the current ISU faculty handbook provision, a one-year notice is required prior to the termination of a tenured faculty member “in the event of extraordinary financial cri-sis.”

The proposed revision would change the phrase “ex-traordinary financial crisis” to “financial exigency,” which is the phrase used in University of Iowa’s policy. However, the ISU Faculty Senate members revis-ing the document have not yet defined “financial exigency.”

The choice to leave the phrase open to interpretation was cause for concern for some faculty members.

“As time goes on, we might start to find that ‘financial exi-gency’ could become slippery as well,” said Annemarie But-ler, assistant professor of phi-losophy and religious studies, urging the governance council to solidify a definition for the phrase.

Porter said declaration of financial exigency would have to be made by the Board of Re-gents, and Hoffman clarified that she did not foresee taking that action this year.

Butler also inquired into the fate of tenure-track faculty, referring to a policy that states a “good faith effort” would be made to relocate tenured fac-ulty should the need arise. But-ler expressed concern with the absence of a similar policy for faculty eligible for tenure.

“We’ve argued that for ten-ured faculty, we have made a promise ... you’ve jumped through all these hoops suc-cessfully, and then you con-tinue to perform — you get a job for life,” Porter said. “For non-tenure eligible and ten-ure-track faculty, there is no guarantee of lifetime employ-

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job. But the thought of being able to take this somewhere else where it is needed got me truly ex-cited — and missions always come first.”

Arant made the choice with-in one week.

“I just felt like God was in-viting me on a journey. It’s like when I’m hiking in Colorado with my kids and I say, ‘Come off the trail and follow dad for a minute.’ It’s not a command, it’s an invitation. And if you follow, you’re going to love the view. I did not want to miss out.”

The pastors decided to an-nounce the news to the student congregation at the close of its weekly meeting of the Salt Com-pany Student Fellowship.

“They asked if any students were willing to go, if we felt a calling or a passing thought,” Spaid said.

Spaid stood immediately. “I had no reason to hesitate. I had a thought, and it just stuck. Be-ing at the point I am in life, it just made sense.”

At least 100 students joined his action in initial interest of transferring schools, Spaid said.

Laugerman was one.“I didn’t know if the answer

was yes right then,” he said, “but I knew I wanted to consider it.”

Other students in the group were not as confident right away. Hannah Grimm, a sopho-more in elementary education, took several weeks to come to a final decision.

“I had a definite interest right away, but I want to think and pray about the logical side of transferring,” Grimm said.

Grimm said her parents wanted her to pray and make the decision for herself. “They wanted me to use reasoning. Once I made my choice they were completely supportive.”

Spaid did not have the same experience with his family im-mediately after sharing the news.

“They were most shocked that I wanted to become a Hawkeye. Both my parents graduated from Iowa State

and we all thought I was going to graduate from Iowa State,” Spaid said. “My family is also from Ames, so they were a little apprehensive to hear their youngest son won’t be so close. They were worried and they’re still adjusting. But my mind is made up.”

Spaid, who aspires to be a lawyer, feels the transfer to the University of Iowa will better prepare him for admission to Iowa’s law school.

Spaid, Grimm and Lauger-man said they will not have dif-ficulty graduating at the same time as they would if they con-tinued an education at Iowa State.

“I am blessed to have a ma-jor that will allow me to transfer and follow this calling,” Grimm said. “God is paving the way for us and I can put my trust in him.”

Spaid maintains a similar outlook as Grimm. “I can pray and trust God will take care of everything. He is preparing a journey and I can trust that God will take care of class and take care of finances and take care of all the logistical stuff,” he said.

The logical aspect of the move is not what will be the most challenging, Spaid said.

“We will all be challenged in getting the word out. In Ames, it’s kind of built into the town,” he said. “Most people think of going abroad when they think of spreading his word, but not everyone in America is saved. In Iowa City, the lifestyle is living for the world. They are giving birth to sin. We just want to spread the word of Christ, and with all of us together, we can.”

“We will all be a general help for the whole ministry and we will spread God’s name and lead people to a relationship with Christ,” Grimm said.

Arant said about 50 students have verbally committed to transferring to the University of Iowa for the fall 2010 semester. It still remains a challenge deter-mining who is in the situation

to go.“We don’t want people to be

an opportunist and go to Iowa City because everyone else is going, because it will be hard,” Arant said. “But at the same time we want to encourage ev-eryone to take a risk because it is an amazing opportunity. But it’s important that they come with me, because college kids will change the world.”

College students are not the only ones changing plans to aid with the church plant.

Jessica Schmeckpeper, se-nior in child, adult and family services, will graduate in May and chose to search Iowa City for a job so that she can assist Cornerstone and Salt Compa-ny’s new endeavors.

“I have been changed, taught and loved in Christ so much that my life will never be the same,” Schmeckpeper said. “Having the chance to be a part of spreading that to others, and impact girls the way I have been impacted for the Lord would be such a blessing for me. We be-lieve that God is going to move in great ways through this, and I want to be a part of that.”

The Cornerstone Church of Iowa City will not have a build-ing right away. Rather, it will use a building on the University of Iowa campus or in the Pedes-trian Mall area. The first Salt Company will take place the first week of school and services for the church will begin in Sep-tember.

Many of the students will move to Iowa City in August, and are excited for the transi-tion.

“It’s an adventure. It’s a life experience. It’s a calling,” Laugerman said. “It’s hard to see now what we will gain, but I know it’s the right move.”

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Spaid

“In Iowa City, the lifestyle is living for the world. They are giving birth to sin.”

—Justan Spaid, junior in political science

Number Crunching

■ $287,800 - The amount ISU would lose in the 2009-10 academic year in tuition dollars if 50 students left for U of I.

■ $575,600 - The amount ISU would lose in the 2009-10 academic year in tuition dollars if 100 students left for U of I.

— Based off projected Spring 2010 tuition

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Open Meetings

Section 8.4.8 of the ISU Faculty Handbook outlines the ISU open meetings policy. While state law generally does not require that committee meetings be open to the public, Iowa State has guide-lines to promote open meetings. Faculty senate discussed a potential change to the current policy at Tuesday’s meet-ing. Current policy calls for several provisions that Faculty Senate President Arnold van der Valk said have become outdated with Internet communica-tion. Van der Valk said the updates would “simplify the policy as much as we can.”

“Everything the Faculty Senate does is open to the public and the press,” Van der Valk said.

You can view the pro-posed changes online by finding this story at www.iowastatedaily.com.