Minimizing the likelihood of Veishea-related disturbances is the latest effort by the Veishea Task Force to implement proposed Veishea recommendations.

The recommendations, made by the Task Force and Veishea Commission in November 2004, are part of an initiative by ISU President Gregory Geoffroy’s office to compile progress reports from various organizations, such as the Department of Public Safety.

Having the Veishea Task Force and Veishea Commission submit progress reports will provide the university with an up-to-date idea of the status of these recommended changes, said John Anderson, assistant to the president.

“The university is currently in the process of compiling a progress report for each recommendation,” he said.

“Each of these groups are in the process of compiling what they’ve done and what they plan to do.”

The president’s office will make this information available to the public, Anderson said.

The main purpose of each of the commission’s recommendations is to simply improve Veishea.

The main focus, though will be the relationship between students and the university as a whole, said 2006 Veishea general co-chairman Eric Peterson, junior in agricultural business.

Veishea will return to Iowa State after a one-year break, Geoffroy said in a March 2005 statement to the university.

He said changes would be made to the program to minimize the likelihood of similar disturbances occurring in the future.

ISU officials said they feel confident in the university’s ability to plan a successful Veishea while incorporating all appropriate recommendations, said Thomas Hill, vice president of Student Affairs.

Implementing these changes will mean available opportunities to make the Veishea program even better than before, Hill said.

“We’re just looking for ways to implement these recommendations, and the university has a responsibility to carry them out,” said John McCarroll, executive director of university relations.

Much of Veishea’s planning will not occur until the advisory committee meets later this semester. No exact date has been set as of yet, said Michelle Bohan, graduate student in biochemistry and member of the 2006 Veishea advisory committee.

“More and more people are talking about the ‘one community’ concept, and emphasize that the university and the community are very closely related,” McCarroll said. “The success of one means the success of the other.”