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WEDNESDAY Collin Richards, 22, has a history of violent crimes. Here’s what we know about his past.
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Barquín Arozamena’s hometown honors her life BY WILLA.COLVILLE @iowastatedaily.com The impact of Celia Barquín Arozamena has spanned far beyond the Iowa State community. Tuesday, citizens of Puente San Miguel, Spain — Barquín Arozamena’s hometown — gathered together to grieve. City officials also declared three days of mourning in the municipality of Reocín, which Puente San Miguel falls under, at a town hall meeting.
Before the meeting began, townspeople gathered outside of town hall to celebrate the life of Barquín Arozamena. Students of Colegio De Educación Infantil Y Primaria Cantabria, where Barquín Arozamena attended secondary school, carried posters in her remembrance during the event. Students as well as teachers who taught Barquín Arozamena
remembered her as “cheerful,”“hardworking” and “responsible” with great tenacity, according to HoyTorrelavega, a Spanish news source. The town hall meeting started after this memorial. During the meeting mayor of Reocín, Pablo Diestro, read an official announcement. “On behalf of the corporation and of all the neighbors of the municipality I want to express our great pain for the tragic loss of Celia Barquín Arozamena,” Diestro said. “We send all our love and support to her family and friends in these
Pollard: ‘Losing one of our student-athletes is like losing a child’
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Paying respect Cyclones to honor Celia Barquín Arozamena at Saturday football game, attendees encouraged to wear yellow
BY NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com TATE WEAVER/ ISD Pollard answers questions in relation to the death of Barquin Arozamena.
BY NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com The atmosphere in the Pete Taylor Media Room in Hilton Coliseum was as somber as the weather outside the arena. Situations like this, in the words of Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard, are something with “no manual that you can turn to.” Pollard said Celia Barquín Arozamena was supposed to be honored during the Akron game on Saturday, celebrating her selection as the Cyclones’ Female Athlete of the Year. Originally, she “broke down in tears,” when told about the honor, according to Pollard, who added that she “was in awe that Iowa State would think to recognize her in front of 60,000 people at a football game.” Pollard also provided a timeline from the athletics side, while also addressing how the university would honor Barquín Arozamena this weekend at the Cyclones’ football game against Akron. “I don’t think you can put a timeline on how long it’ll take for this community, this institution and this athletic program to ever overcome this.” Multiple times, Pollard had to
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very hard moments.” Diestro also recalled meeting with Barquín Arozamena after she won the European Ladies’ Amateur Golf Championship in July. “Celia was a hardworking, responsible young woman. She always had a smile,” Diestro said. The town is shocked by the news of Barquín Arozamena’s death and Diestro has personally made himself available to her family to “provide support and know that they have us for everything we can help them.”
Celia Barquín Arozamena was going to be honored at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday for being named the Cyclones’ Female Athlete of the Year. Now, she’ll be memorialized in Jack Trice Stadium before kickoff to honor a life cut short. Additionally, the Iowa State football team has wasted no time in honoring the life of the former golfer, who was found dead at Coldwater Golf Links on Monday at the age of 22. Barquín Arozamena, who was one of the most accomplished golfers in Iowa State history, had exhausted her collegiate eligibility
and was attempting to make the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour while finishing her degree at the university. The Cyclones posted a Tweet on Tuesday stating that the team would wear a decal with Barquin Arozamena’s initials on Saturday, when the Cyclones take the field against Akron at 11 a.m. Matt Campbell said on Tuesday that the decision to wear the decal was made to show support for the Iowa State Athletics family and Barquín Arozamena’s family. “I think it’s the minimum we can do to pay our respect,” Campbell said. There is also a movement among Iowa State students on social media to wear yellow on
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Photo courtesy of Iowa State Athletics Celia Barquín Arozamena will be honored at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday.
Police: ‘It’s troubling for all of us that this happened’ BY K.RAMBO @iowastatedaily.com Ames police say a search of a wooded area near Coldwater Golf Links put their officers in contact with a man who indicated Collin Daniel Richards — the suspect charged with first-degree murder in the suspicious death of Celia Barquin Arozamena — told him something to the effect of Richards having “a desire to rape and murder a woman.” On Tuesday, Ames Police Cmdr. Geoff Huff provided an update to press at the Ames City Hall in which police say Richards assaulted Barquín Arozamena, resulting in her death, on Monday morning at Coldwater Golf Links. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends of Celia Barquín
Arozamena,” Huff said. Huff said Richards was living in a wooded area near the golf course and that since then the area has been thoroughly searched. “It’s rare, obviously still very troubling that something like this would happen in broad daylight in a city that is as safe as Ames is,” Huff said. At this time, Huff said there was no evidence of a previously known connection between Richards and Barquín Arozamena. “The public always needs to be concerned,” Huff said. Richards was found with bloody clothes in his backpack and a bloody knife. He had a violent criminal history, previously pleading guilty to first-degree domestic abuse assault, first-degree harassment and third-degree attempted burglary. Richards is
CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY On Tuesday, Ames Police Cmdr. Geoff Huff provided an update to press at the Ames City Hall regarding the death investigation of an Iowa State student.
currently being held at Story County Jail on a $5 million cash bond. Ames police are still asking for
information about anything suspicious in the area of Coldwater Golf Links.
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Community mourns together
‘The best thing that we can do is be there for the golf family’ BY aaron.marner @iowastatedaily.com The Iowa State community and the sports world is mourning the death of former Cyclone golfer Celia Barquín Arozamena. In a collection of tweets and media statements, Iowa State coaches and student-athletes spoke about Barquín Arozamena’s passion for the university and the impact she had on other students. “Today is obviously a really hard day at Iowa State University, for anyone who represents this university,” said football coach Matt Campbell. “Our hearts, our prayers and our support go out to Celia, her family and certainly her teammates that are responding to such a cowardly act of violence. “I do know this: I know this is a really powerful place. I know this is a place that will respond as one. We’ll get through this tragedy together.” Volleyball coach Christy Johnson-Lynch addressed Barquín Arozamena’s death at Johnson-Lynch’s weekly media availability. “We talked about it this morning with the team and the best thing that we can do is be there for the golf family and the players and the staff,” Johnson-Lynch said. “We’ll be there for them as much as we can, and we talked about maybe honoring her in some way in one of our upcoming matches.” Soccer coach Tony Minatta also spoke with the media Tuesday. “It’s tough. Celia was a great representative of Iowa State athletics. She embodied everything that you would want in not only want in an athlete but in a human being,” Minatta said. “I’ve had a lot of interaction with her over the years. She’s just that transcendent person that embodied the character values that you would look for in a student athlete.” “It’s very difficult to process why something like that would happen to her, and it’s just senseless and tragic.” Along with Iowa State coaches, student-athletes weighed in. Jess Schaben, a senior on the volleyball team, said about Barquín Arozamena: “We’re all really heartbroken and really sad by that, and we’re praying for her family and her teammates, of course. “We want to honor her because she was a Cyclone and she’s one of us. It’s just really sad.”
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Just woke up to the tragic news of Celia Barquín’s murder. She was just 22 years old. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this incredibly difficult time, may she rest in peace. #RIPCelia
I can’t believe the news out of Ames this morning. Thinking about all at Iowa State and Celia’s family, friends, teammates. What in the world is happening?
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Trying hard to make any kind of sense of this ... there is none. Thoughts & prayers are with Celia’s family, friends & @CycloneWGOLF
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The thoughts and prayers of the Panther Family are with the Cyclones today. Such a tragic and senseless loss of a beautiful young life. My heart just hurts for my friends in Ames.
My heart breaks for the Iowa State University community, Celia’s family and friends, and truly all of Iowa. Tragic.
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My prayers and condolences go out to Celia Barquin Arozamena’s family and the @CycloneWGOLF team. The @CycloneWR team and the Ames community is behind you. God has received yet another angel today at such a young age. #AlwaysRemember @IASTATEAD
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Prayers to Celia and her family and friends. Gone way too soon! #cyclonefamily
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Heartbroken over what happened to #CeliaBarquinArozamena I had the pleasure of meeting her and I know she was a special person. Sending my thoughts and prayers to her family and loved ones in this difficult time
Civil engineering department remembers Barquín Arozamena’s diligence, work ethic BY Kaylie.Crowe @iowastatedaily.com Celia Barquín Arozamena’s legacy will be remembered beyond the athletics department. In addition to the women’s golf team, Barquín Arozamena was an active student in Iowa State’s civil engineering program. The department mourns Barquín Arozamena, who was found dead on Monday morning at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames. James Alleman, faculty professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, taught Barquín Arozamena in engineering classes. As a student, Alleman recalls how it wasn’t just her athletic or academic successes that made her stand out. “It was her personality that was memorable,” Alleman said. “She was incredibly outgoing. She had a smile that when she beamed it at you, she just lit up.” Being a varsity-level athlete, Barquín Arozama
worked closely with Alleman around athletic commitments to keep up with her school work. “She was very willing to do the extra efforts to make sure she caught up with class,” Alleman said. Even though Alleman saw her work ethic in the classroom, he said her dedication also extended past schoolwork. “She had such visions of where she was going to go with her golf career,” Alleman said. “She thought the competition here would help her improve at a level that perhaps she would not have had elsewhere, she may have had plans to go pro at some point.” Alleman said that many professors in the civil engineering department knew Barquín Arozamena and held her at a high regard. Alleman said despite her successes, Barquín Arozamena was always humble and down to earth. “I will never forget her, that’s for sure,” Alleman said.
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BY danielle.gehr @iowastatedaily.com Morning — Celia Barquín Arozamena went to a golf course. This wasn’t an off-beat choice for the former Iowa State golf star. But later in that morning, police were called to Coldwater Golf Links after a report of an unattended bag. An hour after that, the body of Barquín Arozamena was found in a pond on the course. She had suffered stab wounds to her torso, head and neck. The police warned the public they should “be very wary.” A few hours later, police found an acquaintance of the man who would eventually be charged with her murder, Collin Richards. The acquaintance said something to the effect of “What did he do to her?” when talking to police. Richards, 22, is being held on $5 million cash bond for first-degree murder. Police found out from the acquaintance that Richards had said he “desired to rape and murder a woman,” according to the criminal complaint. Barquín Arozamena didn’t go to golf in the middle of the night, but in the bright of day. Sociology professor Leana Bouffard said she believes this death wasn’t a result of going alone or going at the wrong time. Rather, Bouffard said, this and other cases of violence against women are an issue of male entitlement and toxic masculinity. “There is a lot of work to be done on this. Unfortunately, there is not an easy answer. I think toxic masculinity does play into this,” Bouffard said. “I think we’re seeing this play out in a lot of different areas today, especially that there is a tendency to justify, to excuse, to blame the victim — in violence against women especially — and that just perpetuates the problem.” This wasn’t the only crime against a woman in Ames this year, though the others took place late at night or in
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Saturday, as it was Barquín Arozamena’s favorite color. Iowa State offensive lineman Sean Foster tweeted a screenshot of the Instagram story pushing the movement on Tuesday, urging Iowa State fans and athletes to “spread the word.” Q uar terback Kyle Kempt added his
the early morning. When asked if police are concerned there may be growing violence toward women, Cmdr. Geoff Huff of the Ames Police Department said these issues are rare during a press conference Tuesday. The department’s spokesman emphasized that Ames is a safe town throughout the presser. “So these incidents are obviously rare still, but I think it is best to take precautions, travel in groups, be aware of your surroundings and report suspicious activity to your police department,” Huff said. While police have made an arrest in this case, other Ames incidents remain unanswered. Within the span of one week in July, there were two early morning attacks, one resulting in a sexual assault — both between 1 and 3 a.m. Ames police said there was an “ongoing threat” to the community and urged people to use the “buddy system.” One of the women reported July 8 that two white males attempted to grab her and pull her behind buildings at 2:30 a.m. that same day near Lettie Street. After struggling with the assailants, she was able to escape. The second woman reported Friday an incident also involving two white males who grabbed her and sexually assaulted her between 1 and 2 a.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of Ash Avenue. She told police the men appeared to be college aged and over 6 feet tall. It is unclear whether the suspects were Iowa State students. These incidents follow September 2017 reports of four men in a car attempting to grab women in neighborhoods south of Iowa State. A female Iowa State student told police that she heard “get her” as she walked along the sidewalk east of Wallace Road. Four men in a dark green, four-door sedan began to approach her until she pulled out her phone and heard one of the men say, “she’s calling the cops.” The men got
support to the movement on Twitter as well, saying that anyone coming to the game should wear gold “at the request of her teammates.” The women’s golf team returned to Ames Tuesday to allow themselves time in the grieving process. Athletic Director Jamie Pollard released a letter to Iowa State fans and students before a press conference with the media on Tuesday.
back into the car and drove northbound on Wallace. Another random attacked happened January 2017 when a woman was ripped from her car and dragged into Franklin Park where she was sexually assaulted multiple times and strangled by the assailant, causing several injuries. An arrest was made more than a year later. “Honestly, I was waiting for, and I am still waiting the backlash that is going to be ‘Why was she golfing by herself ?’ and I have a really hard time with that,” Bouffard said. Bouffard mentioned certain precautions that should be made when preventing a crime including not leaving a backpack unattended in a library to avoid theft. Though, with cases of violence against women, she feels this is taken too far. “I think with these types of crimes there is a tendency to put a much greater burden on women for controlling their behavior, for taking extra steps to make sure that they’re in the right place, that they’re with the right people,” Bouffard said, “and I would prefer to see more emphasis on teaching everyone that you don’t murder or sexually assault women just because they’re alone or just because it’s dark.” Iowa State Police Chief Michael Newton said the department ’s decision to implement a safety response will come after all the details of the Barquín Arozamena case are clear. “As the Ames community grows, unfortunately, some of that brings crime and safety issues with it,” Newton said. “It’s definitely unusual. I can’t attribute to one thing or another. It’s senseless.” Newton said their department has plans to implement a safety phone app, which would make it easier for someone to alert police during a dangerous situation.
“ We will honor her with a video tribute and a moment of silence, prior to the marching band playing the national anthem,” Pollard said. “The tribute will take place at approximately 10:50 a.m. We strongly encourage all Cyclone fans to be in their seats by 10:45 a.m. to pay tribute and show her grieving teammates, coaches and friends, what it feels like to be fully embraced by Cyclone Nation.”
In addition, Pollard revealed that Barquín Arozamena will be awarded a posthumous diploma in civil engineering by the university. “What I hope we can do is use Saturday as a wonderful platform to help all of us — the community, the institution and athletics program, and most importantly those young ladies on the team and our coaching staff — to begin the healing process,” Pollard said.
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Collin Richards: What we know
The 22-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder BY k.Rambo & EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com
CRIMINAL RECORD
Collin Richards, 22, has a history of violent crimes. On Sept. 17, Richards was charged with the first-degree murder of Celia Barquín Arozamena, an Iowa State student from Spain. Below is a list of charges and their results. Some were left out of the article for being minor infractions. Richards has been charged more than 20 times since he turned 18 on Sept. 6, 2014.
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LOCATION Guthrie County
CHARGE Careless driving
OUTCOME Guilty
Dec. 21, 2014 Jan. 17, 2015
Guthrie County Guthrie County
Fifth-degree criminal mischief Possession of drug paraphernalia Fifth-degree theft Intimidation with a dangerous weapon First-degree harassment Fifth-degree theft Possession of a controlled substance - marijuana first offense Operating a vehicle without consent
Guilty Guilty Dismissed Dismissed
Probation violation Possession of drug paraphernalia Failure to maintain control of a vehicle Domestic abuse assault - injury or mental illness - first offense Third-degree criminal mischief
Guilty Dismissed Dismissed
Jan. 25, 2015 Feb. 23, 2015
Carroll County Greene County
May 31, 2015
Greene County
Aug. 7, 2015
Guthrie County
Kennedy DeRaedt/ IOWA STATE DAILY An unattended gold bag carrier was reported and golf course staff found a female body in a lake near the 9th hole
What we know about the investigation: Richards had been camping near Coldwater Golf Links near the “dead end of South Maple Avenue in the 600 Block.” An acquaintance Richards had camped with alleges the suspect “made a statement to the effect of having an urge to rape and kill a woman.” When the acquaintance, identified in a criminal complaint as “D.B.” First encountered police near the scene, he “made a statement to the effect ‘what did he do to her?’” Police said Barquín Arozamena suffered stab wounds to the upper torso, head and neck. A knife was recovered that had been in the possession of Richards. Richards was in possession of a backpack containing two pairs of shorts that tested positive for blood, police said. Richards was observed to have fresh scratches on his face consistent with fighting, and he “attempted to conceal a deep laceration in his left hand, which he attempted to bury in the ground.” Richards was arrested late Monday and booked into the Story County Jail early Tuesday morning.
Aug. 18, 2015
Carroll County
May 22, 2016
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Sept. 8, 2016
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Sept. 25, 2016 Sept. 25, 2016
Carroll County Guthrie County
Guilty Guilty Dismissed Guilty, negotiated down from firstdegree theft
Guilty
Reckless driving Assault
Guilty, negotiated down from seconddegree criminal mischief Dismissed Dismissed
Trespassing
Dismissed
Failure to maintain seatbelt Possession/purchase of alcohol by person 18/19/20 - first offense Carrying weapons - knife over 5 inches (dismissed) Possession/purchase of alcohol by person 18/19/20 - first offense Possession/purchase of alcohol by person 18/19/20 - first offense Attempted third-degree burglary
Guilty Guilty Dismissed Guilty Dismissed
Third-degree criminal mischief Violation of probation
Guilty, negotiated down from 3rd degree burglary Guilty, negotiated down from seconddegree theft Dismissed Guilty
Trespassing
Dismissed
Third-degree theft
Sept. 26, 2017
Carroll County
Fourth-degree criminal mischief
Dismissed
June 29, 2018
Story County
Public intoxication
Guilty
Sept. 17, 2018
Story County
First-degree murder
Awaiting trial
Resources available for students, faculty and staff BY Annelise.Wells @iowastatedaily.com There are multiple resources on campus for students and faculty who may be struggling with the recent death of Celia Barquín Arozamena. “We want to emphasize that it is normal and appropriate that people will have different reactions to and feelings about death,” said Erin Baldwin, assistant vice president for student health and wellness in student affairs. “We care deeply about the safety and well being of our students and encourage utilization of the many campus resources and supports that are available.” In an email released Monday evening, Chief of Police Michael Newton recommended the Iowa State community take advantage of on campus resources, such as the SafeRide program. SafeRide is a free ride-share system for Iowa State students, faculty, staff and visitors that is available from 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. daily. Rides can be requested through the app or by calling
515-294-4444. Free escorts are available to and from campus buildings and parking lots by calling 515-294-4428. Another resource available is Student Counseling Services, which is located on the third floor of Student Services Building. Walk-in hours are Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with crisis hours being from Monday through Friday 8 to 5 p.m. On Tuesday morning, President Wendy Wintersteen also sent an email encouraging students and staff to use these campus resources if needed. If faculty and staff need support, an employee and family resource line is available free to all university employees and their family members for at 800-327-4692. “Because our community has been touched by this act of senseless violence, many of us may be feeling anxious or even unsafe. If you are feeling this way, please reach out to the resources listed above and get help,” Wintersteen said in the email.
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Coach speaks on Barquín Arozamena BY aaron.marner @iowastatedaily.com The men’s and women’s golf teams at Iowa State are often inseparable. They hang out off the course, creating memories that go beyond the game of golf. So naturally, when former star golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena died Monday, the men’s golf team stayed at the same hotel as the grieving women’s team, which was flown home early from a tournament in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “Coach [Andrew] Tank and our men’s team, they’ve done so much already to support our team and I know that they’re probably gonna need a lot more in the time to come,” said women’s golf coach Christie Martens. “All the other coaches and so many people have reached out to our program. It means so much to us.” Iowa State flew the women’s team back from Ann Arbor prior to Tuesday’s final round of the East & West Match Play. The Cyclones had just advanced to the final round. Athletics Director Jamie Pollard and other members of the Iowa State Athletic Department decided it was best to tell the team before flying home. “Our team has been sharing a lot of great memories,” Martens said. “She brought flowers for every single one of her teammates on Valentine’s Day if they didn’t have a Valentine. “Some of our men’s players were probably in a better place to share at that point. It’s great for them to be able to lean on each other.” Martens, who recruited Barquín Arozamena from Spain, also spoke with her parents. Barquín Arozamena’s mother, MaA’ngeles Arozamena, had an important message for Martens. “Celia was happy every day that she was there, and even though all of this has happened, if we had this to decide all over again, we would still send her to Iowa State,” she told Martens. Iowa State’s path going forward is still up in the air. Barquin Arozamena will be honored at Iowa State’s football game on Saturday. However, she was originally going to be honored Saturday anyway for being named Iowa State’s Female Athlete of the Year. “When we told her she was gonna be honored for being Female Athlete of the Year, she started crying,” Martens said. “She texted me last week, ‘there are gonna be so many tears at this game, I cannot believe this, it’s such an honor, I can’t believe I’m gonna be on the field.’” Student athletes, such as Kyle Kempt and Zeb Noland of the football team, have shared messages on social media encouraging fans and students to wear yellow to the game. “It means so much,” Martens said. “Yellow is her favorite color. It’s amazing how everyone has reached out. It also shows how many peoples’ lives she touched between engineering people, the Spanish student body, her hometown had a moment of silence today — I think she touched so many lives, and that’s what makes it so special.”
MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Sophomore Candelaria Herrera answers questions during Iowa State Volleyball’s media day Aug. 14, 2018 in Hilton Coliseum.
Volleyball off to rocky start
Despite high expectations, offense has yet to take off BY spencer.suckow @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State volleyball begins Big 12 play this week after finishing the non-conference portion of its schedule 7-6. Non-conference struggles This wasn’t exactly the start to the season that Iowa State had in mind. The Cyclones came into the season with high expectations, as evidenced by their preseason rank of No. 21 in the country by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. At 7-6, however, the Cyclones are off to their worst start since Christy Johnson-Lynch took over as head coach back in 2005. The most glaring problem that the team has had is finishing off opponents when given the opportunity. That problem reared its head again on Sunday, when the Cyclones blew a 2-0 match lead to Syracuse in their latest loss. “We just need to figure out a way to finish a game because that’s happened to us about
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pause and collect himself. His voice cracked, and his eyes welled up as he eulogized the fallen student-athlete. Pollard described Barquín Arozamena as someone who “probably embraced being a Cyclone more than just about anybody we’ve ever had.” “How we respond as a community to what has transpired will probably dictate how we remember her legacy,” Pollard said. He said that as of right now, there are no plans to change practice policy for Iowa State’s women’s golf team. “Ames is still a touch of Mayberry,” Pollard said when asked about there being a “safe haven” in this world. “That got cracked a little this week.”
four or five times this season,” said senior Jess Schaben after the loss. “We’re there every game, but we have to find a way to just finish.” The schedule won’t get easier in conference play from a competition standpoint, but Johnson-Lynch is confident that the team will improve quickly based on signs she’s seen in practices and games. “I think we’re hanging in there. It’s been a rough preseason, but I think we’re in a good spot,” Johnson-Lynch said. “We’re determined to keep getting better and we are. I think we’re really close to being a good team.” Herrera stepping up at middle blocker Johnson-Lynch said on Tuesday sophomore middle blocker Meegan Hart will have surgery on Wednesday to put a plate in her pinky finger. That’s bad news for an Iowa State squad that already lost fellow middle blocker Avery Rhodes for the season after Rhodes recently opted for hip surgery. The silver lining for the Cyclones is that Candelaria Herrera, a sophomore transfer from Florida A&M University, appears to be up to
When asked what Barquín Arozamena’s legacy would be, Pollard said that it was still to be determined. “What we know about what she accomplished has been phenomenal,” Pollard said. “You hate to think that it takes something tragic to elevate somebody’s legacy to an even higher level, but my sense is that’s what before us.” The Cyclones as an institution are reeling, still trying to process a campus-wide tragedy and losing one of their own in such a senseless manner. “I’ve spent my entire career taking great pride in fixing things. Unfortunately this time, there’s no words or actions that can fix this situation,” he said. “Losing one of our student-athletes is like losing a child. We’re all devastated and heartbroken.”
the task of filling the void. Herrera, who moved from outside hitter to play middle blocker, made her first two starts of the season this past weekend and left a solid impression on her coach and teammates. “We really needed Candelaria to come on, because we need offensive help, and she had an awesome match on Sunday,” Johnson-Lynch said. “This week in practice she looks really good, so she’s in a good spot. She’s ready to go.” Herrera notched a career-high nine blocks on Sunday against Syracuse, and JohnsonLynch added that she’s especially impressed with Herrera’s work ethic. Specifically, Johnson-Lynch pointed to the fact that Herrera didn’t have an offseason, and that she’s proud of the improvements Herrera has made in her short time in Ames. Herrera, meanwhile, said the position change has been a challenge, but that she’s getting more comfortable within her new role with the team. “Little by little I’m feeling better,” Herrera said. “I was so excited to be a good outside (hitter), but right now the team needs a middle blocker, so I’m doing my best to help the team.”
“I don’t think you can put a timeline on how long it’ll take for this community, this institution and this athletic program to ever overcome this.” - Jamie Pollard
OPINION
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Iowa State Daily COLumn
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Cy the mascot is no mere Cardinal BY RJ Green @rjgreen@iastate.edu
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Columnist Megan Petzold expresses that it is important to help the victims of Hurricane Florence get back on their feet and to work back toward a normal life.
Hurricane Florence: Donate BY MEGAN.petzold @iowastatedaily.com Hurricane Florence has impacted the lives of many residents of the Carolinas. The storms and flooding has been devastating and terrifying for everyone living in that area. Being out here in the Midwest, I feel privileged having avoided this storm entirely. However, I think there is so much people even all the way out here can do to help those affected by Hurricane Florence. For instance, Goodwill gets thousands of donations of items in great condition each year. In 2017 alone, Goodwill received 3 billion pounds of clothing. If they could give half of that to shelters or to those who need
clothes in the Carolinas, it could make those who have underwent this natural disaster find comfort within the storm. But Goodwill doesn’t just receive clothes. My family has donated blankets, cups, plates and other household items like those. I understand it would take a lot to transport those items to the devastated area, but I thoroughly believe the effort will be worth it. We as a country need to help the victims of Hurricane Florence get back on their feet and work toward getting back to normal life. Along with that, America has so much food waste. Americans waste 150,000 pounds of food each day, roughly one pound per person. If Americans were to cut back on the food they waste and find a way to get some of that to shelters in the
Carolinas, you could feed families in need. Hunger is already a problem in some American families. If everyone would cut back on their waste, that might help a lot of those who are going hungry. Saying that, many organizations around the United States are doing their best to try and help the victims of Hurricane Florence. For instance, Goodwill has made an effort to help hurricane victims, such as those from Hurricane Irma. Along with Goodwill, the Red Cross has set up a donation page to raise money and help Hurricane Florence victims. Yet, no matter how much others try to help the victims of this hurricane, they will still have lost their homes and have gone through a violent, terrible storm.
It behooves me to point out a slight inaccuracy in Chris Jorgensen’s Sept. 12 feature “Who is Incarnate Word?” Specifically, the line “Their mascot is a cardinal, the same as Iowa State’s mascot.” Now, this may escape the newest generation of Cyclone alumni who h a ve g row n u p w i t h t h e a w f u l F isher-Price-esque Pollard-era I-State logo, but Cy is no mere cardinal. Unlike, say, Donald D uc k or Winnie the Pooh, Cy wears pants. Those pants are a tornado. A faithful depiction would almost surely cause some liability issues during mascot appearances, and make Cy far less huggable. Which would be a shame, because Cy is eminently huggable. The world’s finest agricultural institution and first Land Grant university not only has the best fight song ever composed, it also hosts the best darsh garn mascot ever conceived: Cy is no mere Cardinal. Cy is a Cardinal wearing tornado pants. He has no equal.
Editorial
Cyclones right to honor legacy of Barquín Arozamen As the community — both at an Iowa State and international level — mourns the loss of Iowa State student Celia Barquín Arozamen, her life and legacy will be honored by Cyclones on Saturday. Originally positioned to be awarded as the Cyclones’ Female Athlete of the Year during the home football game, Barquín Arozamen will now be memorialized — the former women’s golf player to be remembered by a stadium clad with yellow as well as football helmets decorated with Barquín Arozamen’s initials. “We will honor her with a video tribute and a moment of silence, prior to the marching band playing the national anthem,” Iowa State Athletics Director Jamie Pollard said in a letter to the Iowa State community. “The tribute will take place at approximately 10:50 a.m. We strongly encourage all Cyclone fans to be in their seats by 10:45 a.m. to pay tribute and show her grieving teammates, coaches and friends, what it feels like to be fully embraced by Cyclone Nation.” What the athletics department is doing to remember and celebrate the life of Barquin Arozamen is not only notable, but crucial — as many students, faculty and staff await answers as to why a life like Barquin Arozamen’s is gone too soon. It is hard to truly imagine the pain that those close to
Barquín Arozamen are experiencing at this time, but it is important for the healing process of the community that Barquín Arozamen is memorialized for an “infectious smile” and outgoing personality that her peers, coaches and professors remember her having, rather than her untimely and tragic death. But the helmet decals, moment of silence and stadium clad in yellow — Barquín Arozamen’s favorite color — should not be the only memorial hosted by the Iowa State community in remembrance of her life and impact at Iowa State. On Tuesday, Barquín Arozamena’s hometown — Puente San Miguel — gathered together to grieve. City officials also declared three days of mourning in the municipality of Reocín, which Puente San Miguel falls under, at a town hall meeting. “On behalf of the corporation and of all the neighbors of the municipality I want to express our great pain for the tragic loss of Celia Barquín Arozamena,” mayor of Reocín, Pablo Diestro, said. “We send all our love and support to her family and friends in these very hard moments.” Iowa State students should, too, hold a vigil to honor the life of Barquin Arozamen. In doing so, it would only help bring together a community heartbroken and in mourning the terrible loss of a life taken far too soon.
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