The Repair Cafe, a volunteer-driven initiative in partnership with the City of Ames and the Ames Public Library, held an event Saturday for community members to drop in with broken items needing repair. Volunteers assisted with vehicles, sewing projects, bicycle repair, computers and electronics, home and kitchen items and more. Justin Gilger, a jeweler at.
Tangible excitement hangs in the air. Students line up outside the Great Hall, forming a line so long it passes by the Multicultural Center on the other side of the Memorial Union. They are there for the bi-annual WelcomeFest. “I really like seeing all the students excited about it,” said Kristine Heflin, the student event.