Jen Hart

Sophomore

Communication studies

“I’d probably buy a new house for my mom because she lives in a trailer right now and she needs a new house and a new car.”

Rob Livingston

Grad student

Higher education administration

“I’d just get to be with them. They’re in Colorado. Whatever it takes just to be with them for the holidays. Or world peace if I [weren’t] so selfish.”

Tim Helbing

Senior

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“The ring that she wants. For the family, just usual stuff — Dad some tools, games for my little brothers and sisters and my step-mom nothing.”

Gerald Smith

Graduate student

“If money were no object, I’d buy a big cruise ship and we’d just cruise around the world, crew included.”

Kathy Lowry

ISU student’s mother

Fort Dodge

“I’d send my husband on a hunting expedition in Canada, one of those real luxury resorts. … For my son I’d pay off his college tuition for the next two years. For my other son, the same thing and for myself I’d set up an arts and crafts studio.”

Fara Mjelde

Senior

Community health education

“A new house in a warmer climate and probably a vacation to visit relatives in Seattle, Wash.”