kwwl's macleod hageman joins us mac? doctor mark nook is no stranger to iowa -- graduating from iowa state university with his master's degree in astro-physics. the montana state university billings chancellor says he's excited to be back. (nats... thanks for the introduction.i appreciate it.) wearing university of northern iowa colors -- presidential candidate doctor mark nook addresses curious students and faculty -- discussing challenges, opportunities, goals, and what it means to public good to higher education, up." adding there's more to a university than enrollment numbers and going to class. "first is their educational goals, that's why they're here. we also have to help them meet all of into their career." has more than half the student "i came in that july, and that september, and we knew we had to take $900,000 out of that budget that year, and the spending authority was gone right now, and we announced four budget principles. first, limit the impact on students. the second was to engage all of our shared gove

macleod hageman -- news seven -- kwwl. and for all the latest weather alerts and closings in the area -- you can visit our website -- kwwl dot com for more information. new details tonight -- two pipeline protesters, who chained themselves to equipment in iowa, are now behind bars. they ran past security to the construction site in pilot mound. that's in boone county -- in central iowa. firefighters cut the pipe. a state patrol plane was called in to search for others in the group... "we fully understand the risk of every direct action we lives on the line because we deeply believe water is life therefore we must do everything in our human capacity to protect it." there aren't a lot of active pipeline the pipeline left to finish in central iowa. that's why protesters are focusing on it. coming up on kwwl -- one veteran shows love for his hometown -- traveling hundreds of miles to celebrate the season of giving. little fingers spinning away -- as area students set a new record in the name of kindness. and... here's a live l