When you replace two African-American men with white men, people are going to ask the question. We understand that. I believe Jamie Pollard has made it clear that certainly race was not a factor in these coaching decisions.

If there were an almost textbook progression in the academic community, that's Ben Allen. I think that is a real tribute to him that he has held these many different positions and he has been highly respected in everything he does.

More and more people are talking about the 'one community' concept, and emphasize that the university and the community are very closely related. The success of one means the success of the other.

The assistant vice president for Iowa State responsible for those issues was aware of that and agreed that that was appropriate because of diversity is very much a consideration.

This removal effort is the result of the partnership between the EPA and the American Samoa government resulting in the clean up of dangerous explosives. Working together, we eliminated a serious safety hazard to people living in the area.