ISU senior Omar Tesdell has been named to USA Today’s 2004 All-USA College Academic Second Team.

It’s an impressive thing to read.

I was so happy to read that an ISU student made it to this point, competing with a lot other students from huge schools.

The other winners have great inventions and services but Omar has influenced a lot people locally, and pointed us to an important thing the world needs — peace.

I admit that I have been influenced by Omar — I never before believed that peace exists, I never hoped that such thing would ever come to pass.

His work that started from Ames has spread out to the rest of the world.

Congratulations, Omar!

Fares Karadsheh

Senior

Electrical Engineering