ISD’s Daily Brief, Tuesday, March. 22

ISU students Sheng Ran, front, and Karly Michl demonstrate chanting by saying the Earth Store Bodhisattva’s name during a retreat on Saturday, Oct. 26, in the Memorial Union. The group meets weekly in the Memorial Union to practice Buddhists meditation techniques and to learn about the religion of Buddhism.

Dean of Human Sciences open forums begin

The first of three candidate open forums slated to determine the new of Dean of the College of Human Sciences took place Monday at Morrill Hall to a packed house of 57 attendees. For details on several important human sciences trends that are affecting universities today, view the full story here.

New ISU club focuses on nuclear peace

The Buddhism for Peace club was started last October on Iowa State’s campus; it was founded by Yu Hui Lui and Gabriel Hicks. Learn how they’re working toward the disarmament of all nuclear weapons throughout the world, by reading the full story here.

CyRide driver faces pre-trial in hit-and-run accident

Former CyRide driver Benjamin Clague, 23, was scheduled to appear in court at 3 p.m. Tuesday for his pre-trial in accordance to his arrest in connection to the hit-and-run accident that killed ISU student Emmalee Jacobs in December, but he will now go to trial June 7.

Deadeye BBQ is on target

Michael Hanstad and Tyler Devos, both sophomores in the College of Business at Iowa State University, developed Deadeye BBQ, a premium barbecue sauce brand with the help of John Walker, a lecturer in management. More on their exciting success in the BBQ sauce market, here.

Editorial: Next president holds fate of Cuba relationship

Since the 1960s the pages of the United State’s history books have featured the negative memories associated with our relationship with Cuba. Learn why President Barack Obamas trip to Cuba was so important here.