Whether it’s your first year or your last, Veishea has something for everyone. So, we took to the streets to ask a first-timer, a veteran and a professor how they plan to celebrate this year’s Veishea. Find out if they think Veishea should be wet or dry, and what they plan to do to stay out of trouble.

First-time Veishea-goer

Jennifer Muto, freshman in Liberal Arts and Sciences-open option

Daily: What do you think of when you hear Veishea?

Muto: A tradition at Iowa State, and the riot from a couple of years ago.

Daily: What is one thing you are excited about for this year’s Veishea?

Muto: I am excited to go and see some concerts all week long. Also, I think that it will be entertaining to see the sorts of comics that we have oncampus.

Daily: Who do you plan to celebrate Veishea with?

Muto: Friends.

Daily: What Veishea activities will you make sure not to miss?

Muto: I don’t know of many activities aside from the concerts, so I am unsure.

Daily: What’s your favorite Veishea memory?

Muto: This will be my first year, so I am hoping to create some good ones.

Daily: Do you think Veishea should be “wet” or “dry”? Why?

Muto: If they tried to make it dry, I think that would be too many tickets to count.

Daily: What does Veishea stand for? Take a guess.

Muto: It is the first seven colleges at Iowa State?

The veteran Veishea-goer

Christopher Ubben, senior in English

Daily: What do you think of when you hear Veishea?

Ubben: Celebration, end of the year and seeing old friends. Then of course there are thoughts about the riots from a few years ago.

Daily: What is one thing you are excited about for this year’s Veishea?

Ubben: The Battle of the Bands.

Daily: Who do you plan to celebrate Veishea with?

Ubben: My friends. I’m graduating in a few weeks and a lot of them I’m not going to be able to see as much anymore.

Daily: What Veishea activities will you make sure not to miss?

Ubben: The Battle of the Bands.

Daily: What’s your favorite Veishea memory?

Ubben: Stroke 9 playing on Central Campus was fun. Other than that it’s just nice to see my friends who have graduated that make it back to Ames for Veishea.

Daily: Do you think Veishea should be “wet” or “dry”? Why?

Ubben: Wet; nothing good ever comes from prohibition. By making it dry you just force people to go to greater lengths to do whatever they’re going to do.

Daily: What does Veishea stand for? Take a guess.

Ubben: It’s an acronym with each letter representing one of the seven original colleges at Iowa State.

Daily: What is one extra precaution you will make sure to take to stay out of trouble during Veishea?

Ubben: I generally do pretty well at staying out of trouble. If anything I’ll make sure that my friends have a ride home so they don’t get into trouble.

Professor

Alicia Cast, associate professor of sociology

Daily: What do you think of when you hear Veishea?

Cast: Spring.

Daily: What is one thing you are excited about for this year’s Veishea?

Cast: Taking my 15 month old to the parade.

Daily: Who do you plan to celebrate Veishea with?

Cast: My husband and son.

Daily: What Veishea activities will you make sure not to miss?

Cast: Definitely the cherry pies!

Daily: What’s your favorite Veishea memory?

Cast: Don’t make me choose .

Daily: Do you think Veishea should be “wet” or “dry”? Why?

Cast: Probably wet. But, I also think that it shouldn’t be a big deal either way. It is kind of sad that it has become such a big issue. Veishea is much bigger and better than that.

Daily: What is one extra precaution you suggest students take to stay out of trouble during Veishea?

Cast: Try not to think of it as a weekend to get wasted. Like I said, it’s much bigger and better than that.

International student

Elisha Waudo, sophomore in computer engineering

Daily: What do you think of when you hear Veishea?

Waudo: I think of fireworks, the parade, the food fair and the bands. Oh, I was forgetting the midnight pancakes also.

Daily: What is one thing you are excited about for this year’s Veishea?

Waudo: The parade; I’ve never seen it. I missed the one last year because I was preparing food for the food fair. Also, the Battle of the Bands.

Daily: Who do you plan to celebrate Veishea with?

Waudo: I am not sure, maybe some friends. My family is way too far to come enjoy this time with me.

Daily: What Veishea activities will you make sure not to miss?

Waudo: The food fair, the parade, the fireworks, Veishea Village and of course the midnight pancakes. I would like to go for the 150th birthday party, but am not sure – I might be working.

Daily: What’s your favorite Veishea memory?

Waudo: The fireworks and the parade.

Daily: What does Veishea stand for? Take a guess.

Waudo: I know it stands for all the colleges or something close to that.