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Central campus with the Campanile in the center
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Rofflehaus is a wiki for Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa; and surrounding area. Anyone can edit any page on this site. From making a simple spelling correction to authoring an entire article yourself: you are free to help Rofflehaus expand.

Current and Recent Events

Rofflehaus is back in style! We've upgraded the server software and solved that pesky "nobody can make an account" problem, so feel free to login or sign-up and start libeling local businesses like back in the day.

Rofflehaus has plenty of crap to read and improve, as well as many projects that could use your help.

This Month in ISU History
January 5: In 1943, George Washington Carver, a noted Botanist and first African-American student & professor at ISU, dies from anemia after falling down a flight of stairs at his home.

January 6: In 2002, Alison Ciancio, a sophomore in animal science, was killed by a drunk driver, Jamal Lee Brinkley.

January 9: In 1859, Carrie Chapman Catt was born. Catt was a known women's rights activist and whom Catt Hall is named after.

January 10: In 1804, US Representative Oakes Ames (MA-R) was born. The city of Ames was named after Ames by his friend John Blair.

January 18: In 2002, Big Shots opens, after Dean's List closed in the previous November

January 22: After losing a 2002 men's basketball game, Larry Eustachy parties it up with students at University of Missouri-Columbia and is photographed doing so. For this and his disparaging remarks about the team led to his termination as coach.

January 24: In 2003, Randy Brown is confronted about his child pornography.

January 26: In 2002, an alleged raping of Ashley Howard by Royce Hooks found Hooks off the football team and without a scholarship despite being found not guilty.

January 27: In 2004, Sarah Dahlke, a fall 2003 graduate of ISU, was murdered a month after graduating by, then, 16 year-old Taylor Pirtle while house-sitting in Des Moines.

This Month in Ames History
January 2: In 2004, downtown Ames is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Old Town Historic District".

January 21: In 1952, John Craft Soper dies. Soper's father, Thomas Soper, was the owner of Soper's Mill.

This Month in Iowa History
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New to ISU?

Check out the new student guide and the buying textbooks how to. Need to find your classrooms? Or perhaps how to ride CyRide?

New to Ames/Iowa State University? Ames is in Story County, Iowa. Need some help navigating Ames? Maybe you'd be interested in some of the history of Ames or history of ISU?

ISU Regulars?

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Rofflehaus's themes

  1. Iowa State University
  2. City of Ames
  3. Random Funny

About Rofflehaus

Rofflehaus is a wiki for Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa; and surrounding area.

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  • Community Portal for a list of things to do. Some sections of Rofflehaus are in need of more information, feel free to add if you know about them
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