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SAFETY AT A PUSH OF A BUTTON ISU Police introduce new safety measures on campus through technology BY JAILENE.RIVAS @iowastatedaily.com The Iowa State Police Department will add a new app to the safety programs offered for Iowa State students. Iowa State Police Chief Michael Newton told the Ames Tribune in December the new ISU Guardian app is expected to be available this spring. The app will provide several services to users by allowing students to share their location with a group of friends or family and providing one-touch access to law enforcement and offering an additional feature to allow individuals to report crimes anonymously. The death of Celia Barquín Arozamena, a Spanish golfer and Iowa State student who was killed on a golf course near campus, has brought a lot of discussion in the Ames community and attention to safety around Iowa State and the safety services provided by
the university. Existing safety services available to students, staff and Ames community members include blue emergency posts around campus, SafeRide and CyRide’s night routes.
BLUE EMERGENCY POSTS There are blue emergency posts around campus with a button and a speaker. In emergency moments, these posts serve as a way to communicate with the Iowa State Police Department. “In my 13 years working with the university police, there have only been a handful of times where someone has used an emergency post for an actual emergency,” said Jason Rieder, police lieutenant of ISU Police. The posts have been used more for smaller emergencies such as someone leaving their keys in their car. Rieder said he believes people are less likely
to need or use the emergency posts because of cellphones. “Everyone nowadays goes straight to their smartphone, they don’t go looking for an emergency post when they are in trouble,” Rieder said.
SAFERIDE SafeRide is another service that contributes to campus safety at Iowa State. This service provides free ridership to students, staff and other persons who are going to or from
university or sorority or fraternity properties. Also, if the person is walking and feels unsafe, SafeRide can provide a walking escort to their destination. This service use to work during the hours of 9:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. These hours were recently changed because more people were in need of the service earlier in the day, especially in times when the weather changes and it begins to get dark earlier. SafeRide’s hours now go from 6
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Black Klansman to talk infiltrating KKK BY VICTORIA.REYNA-REDRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com Ron Stallworth, a black detective who infiltrated the Colorado Springs Ku Klux Klan in 1978, will be featured as this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Convocation keynote speaker. Stallworth will discuss his months-long investigation 7 p.m. Th ursday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. “The Committee on Lectures invited Mr. Stallworth to speak here so students could hear his story about infiltrating a white supremacist group as a black man and better understand that white supremacist views are driven by fear and ignorance,” said Amanda Knief, director of the lectures program. Stallworth was the first black police officer in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1978, Stallworth responded to the recruitment of the KKK and began to take
down the group from the inside, posing as a white man with the help of a white fellow officer who stood in for Stallworth in person. His book, “Black Klansman: A Memoir” is the basis for the new movie “BlacKkKlansman” which is currently nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and six Oscars. “While the events Mr. Stallworth will recount took place several decades ago, belief in white supremacy is an ongoing and even growing scourge in this country, in this state. The best way to fight such belief is with communication and education. Mr. Stallworth will provide both,” Knief said. This lecture is a part of the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series, the series will end with the “The Power of Knowing Your Purpose” by Brittany Packet on Jan. 28.
COURTESY OF FLICKR “BlacKkKlansman” is based off the story of Ron Stallworth, a black detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in 1978.
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1.24.19 Study Abroad Fair 10:30 a.m. to1:30 p.m. at the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. A one-stop shop to learn about adventures abroad -- interning, studying and volunteering opportunities, ranging from one week to one year. The U.S. Postal Service will have staff available to accept passport applications and renewals. MLK Jr. Legacy Convocation, with Keynote Ron Stallworth 7 p.m. at Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Join us for Iowa State’s university-wide celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr. This year’s program features keynote speaker Ron Stallworth, whose extraordinary story of being a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan is the subject of Spike Lee’s recent movie BlacKkKlansman. SUB Comedy Competition w/ Host Pete Lee 8 p.m. at the M-Shop, Memorial Union. Pete’s joyful humor comes from his Midwestern roots. Pete Lee was the first standup comedian to get a standing ovation on The Tonight Show and has appeared on the show various times within the past year. All events courtesy of events.iastate.edu.
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An officer investigated a property damage collision at Lot B2 (reported at 1:09 p.m.).
An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity (reported at 8:18 a.m.).
1.13.19 Austin Scott Huff, age 27, of 3309 Morningside Street, Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication (reported at 1:17 a.m.). An officer assisted an individual who was experiencing medical difficulties (reported at 2:19 a.m.).
Brandon Miguel Tate, age 20, of 1315 Big Bluestem Court Unit 1, Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of alcohol under the legal age (reported at 6:16 p.m.). An officer checked on the welfare of an individual. (reported at 5:48 p.m.). An individual reported being bit by a dog (reported at 6:36 p.m.). An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity (reported at 11:38 p.m.).
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City council approves new parking rates BY TALON.DELANEY @iowastatedaily.com The Ames City Council approved multiple changes to the city’s parking policies, including lowering the rates on downtown parking meters and a new fee for game-day parking violations in certain neighborhoods. The game-day parking ordinance will increase the illegal parking fee from $20 to $40 in neighborhoods near Jack Trice Stadium and Hilton Coliseum. Prior to the ordinance, legal parking cost as much or more than tickets for illegal parking. Ames Police Chief Charles Cychosz presented the plans to the council and said the ordinance presented police staff with the task of informing the public of the policy changes. “It will be a challenge for us to educate all the visitors coming to those games, and that’s what neighborhoods have asked us to work on,” Cychosz said. “Our goal is to encourage people to use the legal, paid parking lots. Tickets will contain information about where to park legally.” Other steps will be taken to inform the public, such as press releases and more than 500 roadside signs. The council approved the ordinance unanimously after Cychosz indicated that it can easily be modified in case it displaces illegal parking instead of encouraging legal parking. The project will cost $23,000, which will come from the road use tax fund. The council also approved $63,216 to fund enhanced parking patrols throughout the year in the neighborhoods surrounding campus. Patrols were first increased in the area in January 2018 and continued into November 2018. In this time there were 13,177 parking tickets issued, or 56 percent of total Ames parking violations. It is expected for the amount of citations in this area to decrease as time goes on. “Initially, we see more citations with increased monitoring,” Cychosz said. “But when people become educated about this place being monitored, those citations will go down.” The council approved a resolution to reduce the parking meter rates in the downtown area from $1 per hour to 50 cents in a 4-2 vote. Ward Four Rep. Chris Nelson and At-Large Rep. Amber Corrieri were the two dissenting votes. “When we made the decision to change the rates, we made what I thought was a fiscally responsible decision over many meetings,” Corrieri said. “We’ve started a trend at council where we continue to revisit decisions we’ve made, and I think if we continue down that path we mitigate the work and decisions of our staff.” She also said changes to the parking meter rates could be discussed in better detail at an upcoming neighborhood summit meeting. The parking meters will be changed to accommodate the new rates no later than April 1. Damion Pregitzer, a traffic engineer with the Ames Public Works Department, said the winter weather freezes the meters and prohibits immediate change. “It may be done sooner,” Pregitzer said. “We have to go into the parking meters individually. It usually takes around a week [to complete the transition].” G a r y Yo u n g b e r g , o w n e r o f A m e s Silversmithing, supported the resolution the council accepted. “If the rate was changed to 50 cents per hour ... I think you’d see an improved attitude in the downtown that has been absent for sometime,” Youngberg said.
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Fair showcases the ease of studying abroad BY LEILA.DORIC @iowastatedaily.com
Frank Peters, an associate professor and holds the C.G. “Turk” and Joyce A. Therkildsen endowed professorship in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, was appointed as the new study abroad director on Jan. 2. Peters will be appointed for three years. Peters said his one of his new roles as director is to promote the study abroad program for undergraduate students. “I hope to better [collaborate] with the academic colleges and improving systems with all the offices that interact with the study abroad center,” Peters said. Peters said he hopes to increase participation within the study abroad programs and also to create programs that are safe and cost effective. “One of the reasons to having a faculty member is to improve the curriculum integration,” Peters said. Peters said study abroad participation is increasing across the country and he wants to work with students and the colleges to show students what they can do if they come to Iowa State. “ The questions I’m asking students are not are you going to study abroad but when and where are you going to go study abroad,” Peters said. “When I was an undergrad, study abroad seemed like something exotic and
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out of reach and so I want to show that it is not out of reach.” The Study Abroad Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Students will be able to engage with Iowa State programs and affiliate programs. Students will also be able to get answers to any questions and choose between the different programs that fit their needs, according to the events website. Peters said the Study Abroad
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p.m. until 5:30 a.m. due to the high demand. Rieder specified that SafeRide is a place that students, staff and people of the community can call at any time during their operating hours. However, many times it is difficult to get a ride because of how long the wait times are. SafeRide only has two vehicles operating at a time, causing long wait times. Rieder said this causes a lot of students to cancel rides. The limited number of vehicles operating at a time is due to the lack of funding to have more on call or to pay more drivers. After implementing the new SafeRide app in 2016, the demand for the service went up but the funding and budget did not. Rieder said that in the last year, there were 23,000 people who completed rides.
CYRIDE’S MOONLIGHT EXPRESS CyRide drivers consist mainly of students on campus. Bus ridership increases in January and February when the weather is colder and many students no longer walk or ride a bicycle, said Sheri Kyras, director of transit for CyRide. However, ridership has gone down within the past two years, which has affected the routes and overall demand for CyRide.
Fair is going to be an opportunity to meet with people he works with at Iowa State. Peters said the first step if students want to study abroad is to go to their study abroad office within their college or to visit the study abroad center. “Take advantage of the opportunities that available to you because there’s hundreds of programs available, both through the study abroad center and the colleges,” Peters said. “There are
CyRide also provides the Moonlight Express system that provides late night routes Friday and Saturday from 10:30 p.m. until 3 a.m. the next day. This system provides a safe way for students to get home after a night out without having to walk or pay for a driving service. This service is only provided during specific hours for the safety of the drivers who are students themselves. Kyras said there are not many weekend routes because funding and budgeting do not provide for it. Similar to SafeRide, Kyras said CyRide cannot provide more service due to funding that does not match the demand of riders. CyRide offers minimal routes on the weekend because classes are not in session, but students still expect to have a reliable system that can get them to practices, work and tutoring sessions. Kyras said to make Osborn Drive feel safer the routes from West Ames to campus were changed to decrease the number of people not from campus. Kyras said it made some feel unsafe to have people other than students, faculty, staff and known guests on university grounds. This change in routes caused for many community riders to stop using the bus system.
programs that are in English, programs in other languages, you can be on about any continent.” Peters said there are study abroad programs that are available to everyone and some that are even cheaper than if students were to study in Ames. Peters said although he didn’t study abroad as a student in college he was an on-sight director and co-taught some students during a study abroad trip in locations such as Britain and Ireland.
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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LAUREN WADE/IOWAWATCH The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Pesticide Bureau ‘s eight investigator’s completed on-site investigations for 251 pesticide misuse complaints across the state of Iowa in the 2018 crop year.
Years later, action on recommendations for Iowa’s pesticide inspections remain undone STORY BREAKDOWN The Iowa Legislature has not changed state law on some fees the state Department of Agriculture Land Stewardship Pesticide Bureau charges licensed pesticide distributors and applicators, an IowaWatch review of public records shows.
Licensed private applicators — individuals looking to apply regulated pesticides on personal property or their employer’s property — operate with a three-year license.
State law says private, non-commercial pesticide applicators may take six hours of continuing education in the years they have been applying pesticides in order to keep their state certification after passing a three-year certification test. The audits also said Iowa’s pesticide bureau should have more than one person to update applicator licenses and to oversee collection of inspection fees paid to the bureau. Some of those fees haven’t been raised for almost 30 years. A lot of the changes necessary to address the reports’ concerns would require statutory changes and are out of the bureau’s control.
Said no legislation is pending to address the pesticide bureau in the 2019 session.
BY LAUREN WADE IowaWatch Problems the Iowa State Auditor’s office identified in a 2012 audit and subsequent reports and recommendations for investigating Iowa’s pesticide use violations still linger years later. The Iowa Legislature has not changed state law on some fees the state Department of Agriculture Land Stewardship Pesticide Bureau charges licensed pesticide distributors and applicators, an IowaWatch review of public records shows. In other instances, applicators do not take continuing education classes in the same year they apply. Explanations exist for some of the concerns. For example, applicators take continuing education after harvest and before the next spring’s planting season during what is called the crop year, which runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, instead of the calendar year when they apply for a license. “It’s not that they don’t attend training,” said Gretchen Paluch, the pesticide bureau’s chief. “They do, and we hold those applicators to that standard. It’s just an inconsistency between a calendar date and a crop-year date.” However, the absence of legislative action on the unaligned calendars and other matters in the auditor reports keep concerns alive about how Iowa best can regulate pesticide spraying. The original concerns were in a 2012 state audit of the pesticide bureau and in reports and recommendations to the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship each year since. State law says private, non-commercial pesticide applicators may take six hours of continuing education in the years they have been applying pesticides in order to keep their state certification after passing a three-year certification test. But the continuing education for third year of that certification period gets pushed into the next year, after certification has expired. Pesticide bureau-approved classes for private applicators are offered January through April, after a harvest that keeps farmers in the fields but before the next spraying season. Bureau administrative rules allow that as a practical matter. The audits also said Iowa’s pesticide bureau should have more than one person to update
LAUREN WADE/IOWAWATCH A sign in northeast Iowa warns pesticide applicators to avoid drifting or accidentally spraying the land.
applicator licenses and to oversee collection of inspection fees paid to the bureau. Some of those fees, which cover a small part of the bureau’s operation, haven’t been raised for almost 30 years. Paluch said a lot of the changes necessary to address the reports’ concerns would require statutory changes and are out of her bureau’s control. They include raising fees for bureau services or adjusting dates in the code to better work with the bureau’s practical schedule for re-certification exams. “That’s not something we get to choose,” she said. “That would have to pass at the Legislature.” However, State House Agriculture Committee Chairman Ross Paustian (R-Walcott) said no legislation is pending to address the pesticide bureau in the 2019 session. “IDALS (the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship) or the pesticide bureau can request a bill but I have not seen one yet,” Paustian wrote in an email to IowaWatch. Although no bill is pending in the state Senate either, Sen. Dan Zumbach, chairman of the Agriculture Committee there, told IowaWatch in an email he has had conversations with the agriculture and land stewardship department on
what appropriate fee levels should be. The pesticide bureau received 338 complaints for a variety of reasons, ranging from pesticide misuse to requiring information assistance, from Oct. 1, 2017, through Sept. 30, 2018. The bureau decided that 251 required on-site investigations of pesticide misuse during that time.
THE TROUBLESOME LICENSE CALENDAR Licensed private applicators — individuals looking to apply regulated pesticides on personal property or their employer’s property — operate with a three-year license. After taking the initial examination to obtain a license, applicators may renew every three years through an examination. Or the individual may elect to take two hours of continuing education courses a year to maintain the license, pursuant to Chapter 206.5 of the Iowa Code. Licenses and certifications expire Dec. 31, according to the code. The 2012 audit showed that the pesticide bureau’s practice is to administer the continuing education for private applicator certifications between January and April,
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Immigration reform needs policy, not a border wall The border wall has become one of the biggest controversies of the Trump presidency. Should we prevent immigrants from entering the United States without our knowing about it? Should we just have open borders where people are free to come and go without the government’s control? These questions are completely irrelevant to the question of a border wall. The United States of America is a country and as such has borders. The government has, is and will continue to control access across those borders regardless. The question to answer then becomes the most efficient and cost effective way to do such. First, the government must define what exactly they are trying to accomplish. They should know exactly who is crossing the border. They should prevent crime from crossing the border, whether that be drugs or human traffi cking. Th ey should also address the humanitarian problems people in Central America are facing. What solutions can be implemented to address these issues? You could build a wall. Rather, you could expanded on barriers that currently exist. High population areas have had these barriers for a long time. They are cost effective and efficient. They force migrants to attempt entry at a port of entry. It’s at these ports of entry that border patrol agents are
able to document who is entering the country. These same agents can check for drugs or human trafficking. They can also direct refugees fleeing central and south American countries to the proper resources, allowing them to enter the country the legal way. So what happens if you expand those barriers and build the wall? You’ll probably stop some people from entering the country undocumented. But to what end? And to what cost? It’s not exactly easy to document how many people enter undocumented. See the problem? We do have estimates. In fact, 2018 was the 7th consecutive year in which more people entered legally and stayed illegally than simply crossed the border undocumented. Last year, an estimated 62 percent of undocumented immigrants overstayed their visa. Only 38 percent crossed the border illegally. A wall will not protect the U.S. border from immigration, nor should it serve that purpose. If Trump would like to spend $5.6 billion on the border, the investment might not be best put toward a wall but rather immigration reform. The divisiveness of border protection isn’t new and lawmakers might never fully agree on how to best implement border security, but be careful to not let your assumptions or political party cloud the facts — the results could mean your tax dollars didn’t fi x the problem you so desperately want solved.
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Tightening the defense: Iowa State shoring up lapses BY AARON.MARNER @iowastatedaily.com By most accounts, Iowa State is a strong defensive team. The No. 24 Cyclones (14-5, 4-3 Big 12) are ranked 23rd in defensive efficiency according to KenPom — the best ranking since 2005 when Iowa State finished ninth. When you narrow it down to conference games, the Cyclone defense is ranked third in the league.
STOPPING THE BALL Monday night against No. 9 Kansas, the defense is what led to Iowa State’s demise in its 80-76 loss. Those defensive gaps — shutting down dribble penetration, closing out on shooters and staying locked in on help defense — are the focus of practice this week as coach Steve Prohm’s team prepares for No. 20 Mississippi on Saturday. “That was probably as frustrated or upset after a game as I’ve been,” Prohm said. “We just didn’t guard the dribble. It started with our ball pressure, it started with our pick-up point, our ball-screen defense, you can go on and on and on.” Prohm said he told the team at halftime — with his team leading 42-37 — they needed to hold Kansas to 40 points in the second half in order to win. Kansas scored 43. “Our switching was kinda off,” said redshirt senior Marial Shayok, who leads the Big 12 with 19.4 points per game. “Switching was kinda slow. It’s something we definitely can improve on.” Thanks to Iowa State’s tendency to play four guards with only one forward, switching has become a staple of the defense. Kansas forward Dedric Lawson took advantage of those slow switches. He finished with 29 points (13-of-17 shooting) after being held
KENNEDY DERAEDT/ ISD Redshirt senior Marial Shayok goes for a basket during the game against the Southern University Jaguars on Dec. 9, 2018, at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones ended the game with a win of 101-65.
to 13 points in the first matchup of the season. “I don’t know if there’s necessarily one certain thing we need to do [to fix the defense],” said freshman guard Tyrese Haliburton. “We gotta lock in and pay more attention to that. We really focused on [Lawson] going into the game and keeping the ball out of there and making somebody else beat us.” Haliburton said the Kansas guards were able to get a full head of steam coming off screens on the perimeter, making them tougher to guard. Aside from Lawson, the rest of the Jayhawks shot 20-for-47 (42.6 percent) from the field. Kansas freshman Devon Dotson finished with 11 points and eight assists as the Cyclones were forced to help on his drives into the lane. “The guards were really getting downhill and really getting to the rim and finishing,” Haliburton said. “Just gotta fix that in practice.”
FILLING THE PAINT Iowa State has faced a dilemma several times this season thanks to the emergence of freshman forward George Conditt IV. Conditt IV hasn’t been much of a factor offensively — he has 29 total points on the season in 16 games — but his defensive presence has been key. He is currently seventh in the Big 12 in blocks with 20. Conditt IV didn’t play Monday against Kansas. Prohm said after the game he considered using Conditt IV when redshirt sophomore Cameron Lard got into foul trouble, but Prohm stuck with Lard and redshirt junior Michael Jacobson. Conditt IV’s ability to block shots could earn him playing time in the future, however. While he doesn’t contribute much on offense, his defensive prowess could help shore up issues
Iowa State has had with stopping penetration. “Maybe I should’ve gone with George, but you can’t question every single thing,” Prohm said. “The one good thing is we can play different ways. When Mike’s at the five, we’ve gotta be better at guarding the dribble. With Cameron and George, we have a little bit more slippage. George can really, really contest shots.” Prohm said it “shouldn’t have gotten to that
point” where he needed to put Conditt IV in the game to save the defense. Mississippi could provide a tough test for Iowa State’s defense. The Rebels are 29th in the nation in offensive efficiency, according to KenPom. The biggest flaw offensively for the Rebels is holding onto the ball — Ole Miss is 205th in the nation with a turnover percentage of 19.4 percent.
No. 20 Cyclones fall short against No. 2 Baylor BY JACK.SHOVER @iowastatedaily.com
from three (7-for-25) as a team. Wise was 0-for-5 from 3-point range and Scott was 3-of-9. Aside from her free throws, Joens had one shot from three and two shots total during the game. The other Cyclones to reach double digits during the game aside from Carleton were Alexa Middleton and Scott. In the first half, Middleton had two points, three rebounds and two assists on 1-for-4 shooting from the floor. Middleton pushed her point total to 11 points. She finished with 18 points, five assists and five turnovers. Scott finished the game on 4-of-12 shooting from the floor and 3-of-9 from three which totaled 12 points.
On the road versus No. 2 Baylor, the No. 20-ranked Cyclones fell 84-69. During the game, Iowa State senior Bridget Carleton proved she was one of the best players on the court despite cold second-half shooting. Iowa State’s other offensive options faltered, and Baylor sealed the game with an overwhelming third quarter.
CARLETON THRIVES Through the first half, Carleton had already registered 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the floor and 2-of-3 from long range. Freshman Ashley Joens had the second-most points of any Cyclone with four in the first half, all of which came from the free throw line. As a team, Iowa State had only 35 points through the first half while Baylor scored 41. In the second half, Carleton had scored four points but shot 1-for-5 from the floor. Despite the second half, Carleton still finished the game with 28 points, two rebounds, two assists, four steals and a block. Her 28 points were a game high. Baylor’s Lauren Cox had the second-most points in the game with 22.
TAYLOR SHAW/ IOWA STATE DAILY Bridget Carleton takes the ball to the hoop during the basketball game against Texas on Jan. 12.
IOWA STATE’S SECONDARY SCORING OPTIONS STRUGGLE Through the first half, Joens, Kristin Scott and Madison Wise, who rank second, third and fourth in scoring, respectively, had a combined seven points between them. Joens had four, Scott had three and Wise had zero. As a team, Iowa State shot poorly from 3-point range. During the game, Iowa State shot 28 percent
BAYLOR’S BIG THIRD QUARTER At half, Iowa State trailed 41-35, but Baylor capitalized on a poor shooting quarter by Iowa State to build a large lead. In the third quarter, Iowa State scored 12 points while Baylor scored 25 points. Baylor was efficient on the offensive end, converting 11-of-19 shots from the floor. On the other hand, Iowa State was 4-for-11. Baylor’s offensive effort allowed them to build a 66-47 lead over the Cyclones through the third quarter. The next quarter, Iowa State had its second-best offensive quarter of the night and outscored Baylor 22-18, but the deficit was too much to overcome and Baylor continued to keep the lead out of Iowa State’s reach.
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Familiar faces to grace stage of winter music festival BY TANNER.OWENS @iowastatedaily.com The 8th annual Ames Winter Classic will return to the Maintenance Shop on Friday, bringing with it some familiar faces. The music festival, organized by the Student Union Board (SUB) and hosted at the intimate Memorial Union venue, has a strong lineup for this year’s free show. Des Moines-based musician Lizzy Poppyseed will take the stage to perform her unique combination of folk, soul and rock. Poppyseed has performed in Ames previously, most recently at the Maximum Ames Music Festival in September 2018. Aerospace engineering professor Cameron Rayburn, known musically as SLICE the Celestial Sorcerer, will also lend his talents to the show. Bleujack, another Ames staple, will perform their blend of hip-hop and folk music. Poppyseed is a native Iowan raised in Wadena,
located about two and a half hours away from Ames. Her debut album, “Stone Ground,” features soulful piano reminiscent of the band Train, along with a powerful voice that shares similarities with Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard. Poppyseed also attended Iowa State, where she participated in many M-Shop events, making her no stranger to the Iowa State music scene. “When I went to ISU, I spent a lot of time at open mics and did Cyclone Idol in the M-Shop,” Poppyseed said. “I’m excited to be back in that space and perform my own music. I’m also excited to share the stage with SLICE again. We played a house show together last year and he’s so great.” Rayburn grew up in the Chicago rap scene, always tinkering with lyrics and perfecting his brand of rap. Throughout his college years, Rayburn also created his own radio show. The show aired on Saturday nights and garnered attention from an international audience, as well
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PHOTO COURTESY BLEUJACK The 8th annual Ames Winter Classic will be held Friday. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. at the M-Shop, with performances starting at 8 p.m. The festival is free to the public.
as popular rappers at the time. “I did it out of my home,” Rayburn said. “It was cool, I’d have people from Germany contacting [me] — DJ’s from there. I had hip-hop legends like MC Lyte once randomly email me and said ‘Hey, you want some drops for your show?’ and then she recorded a few drops for my show to introduce me.” At the time, Rayburn went only as SLICE. The “celestial sorcerer” element of Rayburn’s moniker stems from his recent exploration into producing. Rayburn’s Facebook page for his music describes the name as “one entity, split personality.” Following a hard drive crash that erased roughly 90 percent of Rayburn’s music, the music of SLICE took a backseat to starting a career in aerospace engineering. In recent years, however, the rap artist has began reconnecting with old friends and producing music again. His album, “In Psyche Low Media Brown,” released in 2017 and contains a vast 57-minute playlist.
Another Ames regular will be performing at Friday’s show, capping off the night. Bleujack, the solo project-turned-full band is headed by Ames native Jordan Voigt. Other members of the band include Dave Atchison, Greg Oziemkowski and Satchel Bruna. Voigt’s gravelly voice combined with his band’s instrumental affinity makes for a truly unique listening experience. Voigt has been experimenting with his sound for about nine years and has released one album titled “Bleujack.” The band is also credited on seven songs on the album “I Love Most of You,” sharing credit with the band, Black Dog Lip Smile. Bleujack strays from the traditional folk sound, opting instead to experiment with a variety of genres to form a truly unique style of music. “I take a lot of inspiration from hip-hop,” Bleujack said. “We have the bluesy, folksy sound but I take a lot of inspiration from hip-hop in my music.”
Oscar nominations prioritize mass consumer appeal BY ALEXANDER.GRAY @iowastatedaily.com The Academy appears to be aiming for increased audience accessibility with this year’s nominations as “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Roma” lead the race for the 91st Academy Awards. Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” earned ten nominations including best picture, original screenplay and directing. Cuarón is no newcomer to the Oscars, nominated for his work on films like “Gravity,” “Children of Men” and “Y Tu Mamá También.” “Roma” makes history as the first best picture nomination for a Netflix original film.
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“Black Panther” marks the first best picture nomination for a superhero film after a successful awards campaign by Disney and Marvel Studios. Ryan Coogler’s film takes six other nominations including costume design, original score and original song. Bradley Cooper’s “A Star is Born,” Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favorite,” Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” Adam McKay’s “Vice” and Bryan Singer’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” round out the best picture nominations. Pixar’s “Incredibles II,” the hyper-stylized “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” face a close race in the animated feature film category. Glenn Close for her role in “The Wife” and Melissa McCarthy for her role in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” are the clear frontrunners for actress in a leading role. After making the transition from pop singer to actress, Lady Gaga has the chance to win for her role in “A Star is Born.” Rami Malek’s portrayal of Freddie Mercury and Christian Bale’s portrayal of Dick Cheney are both completely transformative roles, setting them apart from the rest of the nominations for actor in a leading role. Among 2019’s nomination snubs are Damien Chazelle’s “First Man,” John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” and Josie Rourke’s “Mary Queen of Scots,” completely shut out of best picture, director, screenplay and acting nominations. Controversially, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” a documentary about the life of beloved Fred Rogers, was left out of best documentary nominations. Touting massive blockbusters l i k e “ B l a c k Pa n t h e r ”
and “Bohemian Rhapsody,” 2019’s Best Picture lineup is considerably different and more accessible than years past. The best picture nominations in 2018 were populated by “higher art” films like “Phantom Thread,” “Lady Bird” and “Call Me by Your Name.” The 2018 Best Picture films with the highest box office gross were “Dunkirk” and “Get Out,” grossing $526.9 million and $255.4 million respectively. Compared to 2019’s highest grossing nominations, “Black Panther” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” grossed $1.347 billion and $798.8 million respectively. According to Nielsen ratings, 2018’s 90th Academy Awards saw a 19 percent drop in viewership from the year prior, a staggering blow to the awards show. It’s possible the Academy voters purposefully selected more films with mass appeal for viewers to rally behind in an attempt to remedy this loss. It explains their attempt to introduce the outstanding achievement in popular film award to add blockbuster films like “Avengers: Infinity War” or “Aquaman” to the awards show that wouldn’t otherwise see a best picture nomination. The award’s announcement was met with nearly universal criticism and was later withdrawn, but it’s possible to see its return in future shows. The Academy Awards has also found difficulty in securing a host for the show after Kevin Hart was brought under fire for tweets from earlier in his career and stepped down from the role. The Academy may forgo any host at all for the 2019 awards show. Instead the show may be supported by skits featuring celebrities, with a large portion of the “Avengers: Endgame” cast rumored to be involved.
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so applicators fail to meet the requirements of completing six hours of continuing education within the three-year license period. It works this way: an individual who passed an exam and received an initial private applicator license in March 2016 could apply pesticides through December 2018. If that person wanted to maintain the license through continuing education courses, he or she took courses when offered in the springs of 2017 and 2018. But the last continuing education course is available now, in 2019, after the license expired for failing to complete the six hours before the license expired. Taking the last two hours now is allowed by the pesticide bureau’s administrative code 21 IAC 45.22(5), which states that the renewal period for private applicators ends on April 15 of the calendar year following the expiration date. “That program actually operates on a different year,” Paluch said. “It does not operate on the calendar year. It operates on a modified year due to the fact that farmers work in the field.” The audit report recommended the pesticide bureau reconcile the differences between the state code and the bureau’s administration, but the 2017 report again showed the practice had yet to be rectified. The bureau’s response to the state auditor’s office in the 2017 report said changing the administrative rules would affect more than 23,000 people and the bureau’s education and certification programs, and would take more than a year to go into effect. Office of Auditor of State, State of Iowa. Report released Aug. 15, 2017. The Iowa auditor’s report covering the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s Pesticide Bureau found no major matters but expressed concerns about segregating duties and notes that the bureau is not fully funded with inspection fees.
The 2012 state audit also showed that the cost of operating the bureau exceeded fees the bureau charges for its work. While the fees are not the bureau’s only source of income, the audit pointed out the fees had not changed since 1989. A few since have increased but income from all of the fees, other than dealer license fees and registration fees for products, go to Iowa’s general fund, not the pesticide bureau. “The code usually will set a fee, and if it does not set a fee it will allow the department through its administrative role process to set fees,” Jim Cunningham, with the Iowa State Auditor’s office, said. “One of the things that the department and the Legislature should always look at is are those fees covering the cost.“ Fees for the pesticide bureau are set by law in Chapter 206 of the Iowa Code. The bureau collects fees for commercial pesticide applicator licenses and certifications, dealers for pesticide retailers, registration of individual products that have to be registered at the state level, certification for private applicators who want to apply restricted use pesticides and civil penalties for misuse. The bureau retained $43,350 in fees in fiscal 2018, which ended June 30, Dustin Vande Hoef, the agriculture and land stewardship department’s former communications director, said. That was less than 2 percent of the bureau’s $2.6 million budget. An additional 69 percent of the bureau’s budget came from the state general fund and 29 percent from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant. Vande Hoef said the bureau has in the past requested more funds from the state to support its budget, but little has been done to restructure how the pesticide bureau is funded. “In general, the Legislature has not been interested in changing that structure, especially if there would be an impact on the state’s general fund,” Vande Hoef wrote in an email to IowaWatch before leaving his position with the
PENALTIES FOR SPRAY DRIFT Paluch said civil penalties for pesticide misuse only apply to commercial pesticide applicators, or individuals who may have applied a pesticide to a drinking water source. The maximum fine for pesticide misuse in Iowa, as stated by 45.102(4) of the Iowa Administrative Code, is $500, which Dennis Fett, a non-conventional farmer in Minden who raises peacocks, said is nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Fett filed three pesticide spray-drift complaints with the bureau in summer 2018. The complaints are grouped by the pesticide bureau as one complaint case that has yet to be closed. Fett said he has contacted his local Sen. Tom Shipley (R-Nodaway), who is on the Senate Agriculture Committee, as well as Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Mike Naig, in the hopes of getting the Legislature to review the pesticide code in the 2019 legislative session and raise the civil penalty fines for pesticide misuse incidents. “They don’t have enough laws, or teeth in their laws, to discourage misuse,” Fett said. Harsher penalties such as other states impose, could generate more revenue for the bureau, Fett said. Nebraska’s Pesticide Act, for example, issues $15,000 maximum civil fine per occurrence of an incident violating the act’s rules and regulations. Illinois’ Pesticide Act details a point system to issue fines between $750 and $10,000, determined by how the act is violated and what happened as a result.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION A bill, passed in the Iowa 2017 legislative session as House File 617, adjusted the cost of dealer license fees, which the pesticide bureau gets to keep. It also removed a part of the code that allowed dealer licensees to choose to pay one-tenth of 1 percent of their gross pesticide
sales if they sold less than $10,000 in retail sales. Now, these dealers must pay $10 for a license. Environmental researchers gather at a May 14, 2018, conference in Iowa City to share research about pesticide management. The bill also raised delinquent fees for licensing fees from $10 to $25, or the cost of the original license fee if the gross pesticide sales are over $100,000. Iowa Code 206 lists the following pesticide bureau requirements for applicator licenses and certifications. They have not been updated since the 2012 audit pointed out how old they are: Applicator license — A license of not more than $25, as determined by the secretary of agriculture and land stewardship. This was last updated in 1974. Applicator certification — For a commercial applicator, or someone who receives compensation for applying pesticides to another person’s property, $30 for a one year certification or $75 for a three-year certification. For a public applicator, or someone who is employed by a governmental agency to apply pesticides, $10 for a one-year certification and $15 for a three-year certification. This was last updated in 1987. Private applicator certification — $15 fee for a three-year certification. This was last adjusted in 1989. Cunningham said the agriculture and land stewardship department could take some steps to adjust its fees. “They could present information that they have compiled to the Legislature to say these fees need to be changed,” he said. “But it would be ultimately up to the Legislature to make that decision based on the input from the departments.” This story was produced by the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch, a nonprofit, online news website that collaborates with news organizations to produce explanatory and investigative reporting. Read more at www. IowaWatch.org.
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