Iowa State University

ISU is primarily known for its degree programs in engineering and agriculture.

It is also noted for VEISHA[?], which was once the second largest beer festival in the world (after Oktoberfest).

The sports teams are nicknamed the "Cyclones" because their football team was said to play football like a tornado. In 1895, the Iowa State football team went to Northwestern University and trounced them 36 to 0. A Chicago newspaper proclaimed that the team "struck like a Cyclone", and the name stuck. The Cyclones are led by "Cy the Cardinal" because it is too difficult for the engineering school to make a stuffed cyclone costume. Their colors are red and gold, and they play in the NCAA's Division I-A, and in the Big Twelve Conference.

Some names associated with Iowa State University:

• John Vincent Atanasoff[?] and Clifford E. Berry[?] (see also Atanasoff Berry Computer)
• George Washington Carver
• Carrie Chapman Catt[?]
• Christian Petersen[?], sculptor, whose works appear around campus.
• Grant Wood, artist; the Parks Library features numerous murals by Wood.
• Sean Stanek, programmer; creator of various super-optimized software including MonkeyBalls.

External links

• Iowa State University website -- http://www.iastate.edu/