Editing Iowa State University (section)

== Student life ==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: Iowa State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?153603-Iowa-State-University|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 8, 2022|archive-date=June 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622085723/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?153603-Iowa-State-University|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|77|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|20|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|80|%|2||background:black}}
|}

=== Residence halls ===
[[File:Roberts Residence Hall Iowa State University.jpg|thumb|View looking east towards Roberts Hall]]

Iowa State operates 20 on-campus [[dormitory|residence halls]]. The residence halls are divided into geographical areas.

The [[Buildings of Iowa State University#Union Drive|Union Drive Association]]
(UDA) consists of four residence halls located on the west side of campus, including [[Buildings of Iowa State University#Friley Hall|Friley Hall]], which has been declared one of the largest residence halls in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://iowastatedaily.com/178929/uncategorized/the-seven-wonders-of-iowa-state/ |title= The seven wonders of Iowa State |last= Blakley |first= Christina |date= July 30, 2007 |website= Iowa State Daily |access-date= February 9, 2024 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230205212121/https://iowastatedaily.com/178929/uncategorized/the-seven-wonders-of-iowa-state/ |archive-date= 2023-02-05}}</ref>

The [[Buildings of Iowa State University#Richardson Court|Richardson Court Association]] (RCA) consists of 12 residence halls on the east side of campus.

The [[Buildings of Iowa State University#Towers|Towers Residence Association]] (TRA) are located south of the main campus. Two of the four towers, Knapp and Storms Halls, were imploded in 2005; however, Wallace and Wilson Halls still stand.

[[Buildings of Iowa State University#Buchanan Hall|Buchanan Hall]] and [[Buildings of Iowa State University#Geoffroy Hall|Geoffroy Hall]] are nominally considered part of the RCA, despite their distance from the other buildings.

ISU operates two apartment complexes for upperclassmen, [[Buildings of Iowa State University#Frederiksen Court|Frederiksen Court]] and [[Buildings of Iowa State University#Schilletter/University Village|SUV Apartments]].

=== Student government ===
The governing body for ISU students is ISU Student Government. The ISU Student Government is composed of a president, vice president, finance director, cabinet appointed by the president, a clerk appointed by the vice president, senators representing each college and residence area at the university, a nine-member judicial branch and an election commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsb.iastate.edu/|title=Government of the Student Body - Iowa State University|work=iastate.edu|access-date=June 6, 2006|archive-date=June 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615002210/http://www.gsb.iastate.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Student organizations ===
[[Image:Memorial Union east.jpg|thumb|Memorial Union]]
ISU has over 900 student organizations on campus that represent a variety of interests. Organizations are supported by Iowa State's Student Engagement Office. Many student organization offices are housed in the [[Memorial Union (Iowa State University)|Memorial Union]].

The Memorial Union at Iowa State University opened in September 1928 and is currently home to a number of University departments and student organizations, The M-Shop, CyBowl & Billiards, the University Book Store, and the Workspace.

The original building was designed by architect, William T. Proudfoot. The building employs a classical style of [[architecture]] reflecting [[ancient Greece|Greek]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] influences. The building's design specifically complements the designs of the major buildings surrounding the University's Central Campus area, Beardshear Hall to the west, Curtiss Hall to the east, and MacKay Hall to the north.  The style utilizes columns with [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] capitals, Palladian windows, triangular [[pediments]], and formally balanced [[facades]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mu.iastate.edu/en/about_the_mu/architecture|title=Architecture|work=iastate.edu|access-date=March 25, 2011|archive-date=April 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411230049/http://www.mu.iastate.edu/en/about_the_mu/architecture/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Designed to be a living memorial for ISU students lost in [[World War I]], the building includes a solemn memorial hall, named the Gold Star Room, which honors the names of the dead World War I, [[World War II]], [[Korean War|Korean]], [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], and [[War on Terrorism]] veterans engraved in marble.  Symbolically, the hall was built directly over a library (the Browsing Library) and a small chapel, the symbol being that no country would ever send its young men to die in a war for a noble cause without a solid foundation on both education (the library) and religion (the chapel). On Veterans Day in 2014, ISU's "Gold Star Hall" publicly honored Petty Officer Jerry Leroy Converse, a U.S. Navy sailor that was killed by Israel during the 1967 [[USS Liberty incident|USS ''Liberty'' incident]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2014/11/11/proper-tribute-veterans-day/18837305/ | title=Veterans Day: A proper tribute to those lost in USS Liberty attack | website=[[The Des Moines Register]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/11/05/goldstarconverse | title=ISU Gold Star Ceremony will honor Boone Navy man killed in the 1967 Six-Day War • News Service • Iowa State University }}</ref> Converse is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee, Iowa.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stationhypo.com/2021/06/11/remembering-ct3-jerry-l-converse-usn-kia-uss-liberty/ | title=Remembering CT3 Jerry L. Converse, USN, KIA USS Liberty | date=June 11, 2021 }}</ref> This ceremony came 47 years after the attack.

Renovations and additions have continued through the years to include: elevators, bowling lanes, a parking ramp, a book store, food court, and additional wings.

=== Fraternities and sororities ===
[[Fraternities and sororities]] at ISU include fifty chapters that involve 14.6 percent of undergraduate students. Collectively, [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] and [[sorority]] members have raised over $82,000 for philanthropies and committed 31,416 hours to community service. In 2006, the ISU Greek community was named the best large Greek community in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Greek Community Membership Statistics |publisher=Iowa State University Office of Greek Affairs |url=http://www.greek.iastate.edu/resources/Greek-Community-Statistics-Fall07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516095715/http://www.greek.iastate.edu/resources/Greek-Community-Statistics-Fall07.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |access-date=August 7, 2008 |date=November 1, 2007 }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2019}}

The first fraternity, [[Delta Tau Delta]], was established at Iowa State in 1875, six years after the first graduating class entered Iowa State. The first sorority, I.C. Sorocis, was established  two years later, in 1877. I.C. Sorocis later became a chapter of the first national sorority at Iowa State, [[Pi Beta Phi]]. Anti-Greek rioting occurred in 1888. As reported in ''[[The Des Moines Register]]'', "The anti-secret society men of the college met in a mob last night about 11 o'clock in front of the society rooms in chemical and physical hall, determined to break up a joint meeting of three secret societies." In 1891, President William Beardshear banned students from joining secret college fraternities, resulting in the eventual closing of all formerly established fraternities. President Storms lifted the ban in 1904.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greek Community Origins from Fraternities & Sororities at Iowa State |publisher=Iowa State University Office of Greek Affairs |url=http://www.greek.iastate.edu/history/timeline.html |access-date=August 7, 2008 |year=1961 |author=Miller, W.J. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719035757/http://www.greek.iastate.edu/history/timeline.html |archive-date=July 19, 2008 }}</ref> Following the lifting of the fraternity ban, thirteen national fraternities were installed on the Iowa State campus between 1904 and 1913.<ref>The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, Vol. XXXVII, (1912-1913) p. 542.</ref>

=== Media ===
{{main|Iowa State Daily|KURE}}
The ''Iowa State Daily'' is the university's student newspaper. The ''Daily'' has its roots from a news sheet titled the ''Clipper'', which was started in the spring of 1890 by a group of students at Iowa Agricultural College led by F.E. Davidson. The ''Clipper'' soon led to the creation of the ''Iowa Agricultural College Student'', and the beginnings of what would one day become the ''Iowa State Daily''.  It was awarded the 2016 Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper by the Society of Professional Journalists.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenlee.iastate.edu/news/2016/spring/iowa-state-daily-named-best-student-newspaper-country |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018194910/https://www.greenlee.iastate.edu/news/2016/spring/iowa-state-daily-named-best-student-newspaper-country |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |title=Iowa State Daily Named Best Student Newspaper in the Country &#124; Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication |publisher=Greenlee.iastate.edu |access-date=January 18, 2017 }}</ref>

88.5 KURE is the university's student-run radio station.

ISUtv is the university's student-run television station. It is housed in the former WOI-TV station that was established in 1950.

=== VEISHEA celebration ===
{{main|VEISHEA}}
[[Image:VEISHEA2006.jpg|thumb|The [[VEISHEA]] 2006 Battle of the Bands]]
Iowa State is widely known for VEISHEA, an annual education and entertainment festival that was held on campus each spring. The name VEISHEA was derived from the initials of ISU's five original colleges, forming an acronym as the university existed when the festival was founded in 1922. VEISHEA was the largest student-run festival in the nation, bringing in tens of thousands of visitors to the campus each year.{{cn|date=September 2024}} VEISHEA was retired as an annual event at Iowa State in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/08/07/veisheaend|title = Veishea ends at Iowa State; new traditions will begin with 'thoughtful approach'|access-date = August 30, 2014|website = Iowa State University News Service|publisher = Iowa State University|archive-date = August 20, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140820202629/http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2014/08/07/veisheaend|url-status = live}}</ref>

The celebration featured an annual parade and many open-house demonstrations of the university facilities and departments. Campus organizations exhibited products, technologies, and held fund raisers for various charity groups. In addition, VEISHEA brought speakers, lecturers, and entertainers to Iowa State, and throughout its over eight decade history, it has hosted such distinguished guests as [[Bob Hope]], [[John Wayne]], Presidents [[Harry Truman]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Lyndon Johnson]], and performers [[Diana Ross]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Sonny and Cher]], [[The Who]], The [[Goo Goo Dolls]], [[Bobby V]], and [[The Black Eyed Peas]].<ref>[http://www.veishea.iastate.edu/2006/mediakit/history.pdf VEISHEA History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203004848/http://www.veishea.iastate.edu/2006/mediakit/history.pdf |date=December 3, 2007 }} from the official 2006 media kit</ref>