An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890
10.03.2018 Vol. 219 No. 032
WEDNESDAY
Soccer spotlight Emily Steil’s journey to Iowa State is full of ups and downs.
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‘We are committed’ How the council presidents sparked change in the sorority and fraternity community
IOWA STATE DAILY Speaker Woodruff seeks all the facts for the trademark policy.
StuGov proposes new resolution for Trademark
BY SIERRA.HOERGER AND WILLA. COLVILLE @iowastatedaily.com “We are committed.” These words echoed through CY Stephens Auditorium during the Greek Week Awards Ceremony held in April. In unison, these words were spoken by the four greek council presidents, and their commitment to the unity of their councils. For many years, the Collegiate Pa n h e l l e n i c C o u n c i l ( C P C ) , Interfraternity Council (IFC), Multicultur al Greek Council (MGC) and National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) have been divided. Since these four presidents started their term, they have worked to unite the councils. This process began with themselves. As they took on these important roles, the four quickly bonded over their nervousness and became “actual friends,” as Micaela Choate, MGC president, said. “We all were new to it, we were all nervous [and] we were all learning,” said Jasmine Scott, NPHC president. “Some of us had held previous positions in our chapters, but some of us had not.” Before taking on these roles, the four had no connection to each other. Even though they all are active in the sorority and fraternity community, their paths had never crossed until they were elected into office. “I think we would’ve became friends even if we weren’t presidents, but this is how we connected originally,” said Jackie Lawler, CPC president. “We’ve all been there for each other during hard times because not everything’s been sunny [during our term]. So being able to have more than a professional relationship and actually caring about each other has been important for us to grow as a team.” Lawler did not exaggerate when she said “not everything’s been sunny.” These presidents were elected into an extremely divided community. During the Greek Week Awards
Ceremony – former l y known as Vespers – in 2017, representatives from chapters across the entire sorority and fraternity community attended. When the historically diverse MGC and NPHC chapters were being recognized, many audience members, specifically those within IFC and CPC, mocked their traditions and shouted racial slurs. While this happened months before they entered office, Lawler and IFC president, Adam Schroeder, decided they wanted to apologize to Choate, Scott and the chapters within their councils on behalf of IFC and CPC. After meeting numerous times and devising a plan, Lawler and Schroeder brought their idea to Choate and Scott. From there, the four prepared a speech which was read at the Greek Week Awards Ceremony in April. “The events of last year cannot and will not happen again,” Schroeder read. “On behalf of the CPC and IFC councils and the CPC and IFC chapter presidents, we are deeply sorry to all of those affected by last year’s events. We are sorry for any pain, sadness, isolation, frustration or fear of safety that we caused. This year has to be different. Every day has to be different. Every action must be different. We are committed to ending racism and intolerance of all those who are marginalized in our sorority and fraternity community and our campus.” During other parts of the speech, Choate and Scott read about the history of their councils. The presidents felt it necessary to educate the community on the councils and their traditions. “At [Greek Week Awards] two
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WILLA COLVILLE/ ISD Jasmine Scott (top Left), NPHC president, Adam Schroeder (top right), IFC president, Jackie Lawler (bottom left), CPC president and Micaela Choate (bottom right)
MULTICULTURAL GREEK COUNCIL Multicultural fraternal organizations emerged on college campuses in the 1980’s and 1990’s, according to the National Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) website. Similar to the chapters within
the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), their mission is to bring together students of different races and backgrounds. MGC boasts the “inclusiveness of all cultures, races, religions, and creeds” according to their website.
NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative organization of nine historically black sororities and fraternities known as the “Divine Nine.” Iowa State is home to eight of the “Divine Nine” with
membership ranging from 2-15 members per chapter. The primary focus of NPHC chapters is friendship and academics. Chapters also promote cultural awareness through education and community service.
INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL The Interfraternity Council encourages leadership, friendship and engagement within their chapters. Similar to CPC chapters, IFC fraternities host philanthropic
e ve nt s. C h a p te r s h o l d t h e i r members to high academic standards Fraternities were introduced at Iowa State in 1875 and have since grown into 29 IFC chapters.
COLLEGIATE PANHELLENIC COUNCIL The Collegiate Panhellenic Council consists of 17 different sororities, each showcasing their own traditions, philanthropies and sisterhoods. Throughout the year, each CPC chapter hosts philanthropy events,
participates in community service and compete during events like Homecoming and Greek Week. CPC is hosting a variety of different events geared towards self-empowerment and female empowerment.
BY MADELYN.OSTENDORF @iowastatedaily.com Student Government has drafted a new resolution in regards to the updated trademark policy. The resolution asks for a delay in policy implementation, as well as other requests to improve the communication between students and administration. Iowa State updated their trademark policy in June to create stricter policies on the use of Iowa State University’s identifying marks, such as the words, names, symbols and designs that are directly associated with the university. “Although a desire to associate with the university may come from a genuine spirit of support, it is in the university’s best interest to protect and control the use of the Marks,” according to the trademark policy. According to the official policy, there are five main purposes to the new update. It aims to protect the university by establishing a consistent use of identifying marks, help fulfill their legal obligation to protect their identifying marks, protect consumers from inferior or deceptive products bearing the marks, allowing a fair treatment of all license holders, and to distribute royalties earned from the licensing to the benefit of the university. Student organizations were given until late August to make the appropriate alterations to their names and logos. According to a presentation given by Mike Norton to the Senate on Sept. 19 meeting, all 167 clubs and organizations affected had either complied with the new policy or were working with the university to make changes. However, some leaders of
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