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CyRide Driver faces pre-trial Man charged in hit-and-run accident that killed Emmalee Jacobs to appear in court By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com Former CyRide driver Benjamin Clague, 23, was scheduled to appear in court at 3 p.m. Tuesday for his pre-trial in accordance to his arrest in connection to the

hit-and-run accident that killed ISU student Emmalee Jacobs in December, but the pre-trial has been moved to June 7. The official trial will commence on June 21 at 9 a.m. Clague entered a written plea of not guilty on Feb. 15 on both charges against him that include

leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, a class D felony, and for failure to obey a traffic control device, a simple misdemeanor. Clague was originally arrested Jan. 20 after an investigation concluded by the Ames Police Department.

The defense attorney representing Clague is Lucas Richardson. Jessica Reynolds and Tim Meals will represent the state for prosecution. Steve Van Marel, district associate judge for Iowa’s 2nd District, will oversee the trial.

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Former CyRide driver Benjamin Clague will appear in court Tuesday for his pre-trial.

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Cheryl Hanley Maxwell is one of three candidates for the dean of the College of Human Sciences.

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ot summer days are approaching and will be filled with friends, sun and the smell of a sweet barbecue drifting in the humid air. Two ISU students are cashing in on the days ahead. Michael Hanstad and Tyler Devos, both sophomores in the College of Business at Iowa State, developed Deadeye BBQ, a premium barbecue sauce brand with the help of John Walker, lecturer in management. Hanstad and Devos spent their freshman year in Willow Hall and had numerous classes together. “One day we were sitting in the dorm room, just saying we want to start our own business,” Hanstad said. The two started developing ideas for different businesses and it took them awhile to develop the idea for Deadeye BBQ. Hanstad and Devos sat in Willow Hall firing off ideas at each other, many ideas failing. While brainstorming, Devos had a realization that his uncle and his uncle’s friend had developed a barbecue sauce recipe that had yet to be marketed. “We went over to his uncle’s house and I tasted it, and I am like, ‘this is the real deal. This is really good.’ And I was like, ‘let’s do it,’” Hanstad said. The duo’s original plan was to walk into local grocery stores to set up arrangements for distribution. However, during a class with Walker, Business Education 250, the two realized that there are steps one has to take to reach the sales point successfully. Walker assisted Hanstad and Devos, helping them take the steps to reach retail stores. Walker spoke from experience, being a former business owner himself. “He was like, ‘what you should do is farmers’ markets, so you get some backing,’” Devos said. Deadeye BBQ’s first formal outing was at the Valley Junction Farmers Market the next day, and they started to build Deadeye BBQ. Walker, Hanstad and Devos met every Thursday in an attempt to refine their plans to reach retail stores. Walker said all he asked of them was to pay forward their experiences. “They took this idea and had the passion, and that is the important part and moving forward with it,” Walker said. Deadeye BBQ, which for many brings to mind pictures of bullseyes, means something much different to the business partners. “Aaron’s brother has a dead eye, so we were all sitting there like, ‘what should the name be?’ Rich was like, ‘we have always had the idea [because] it’s unique,’” Hanstad said. The journey continued after the company had great response from the farmers’ markets the two attended, including Valley Junction. Walker guided the two, telling them that if all went well while touring the markets during the summer of 2015 they should then start approaching stores to get their brand on the shelves. “[Walker] had actually had some connections in corporate at Fareway. We contacted them,” Devos said. Hanstad and Devos were told then that they would have to go into each individual Fareway store in order to get their product on the shelves. Not missing a beat, the two did exactly that, and Deadeye BBQ is currently stocked in 17 Fareways and a couple Hy‐Vee stores across Iowa. “The first time we got into a store, I went by myself to Marshalltown to pitch because Tyler had class and I skipped class,” Hanstad said. “I go in there, and I don’t know what to expect, like you walk back there never having done this before thinking [they’re thinking], ‘why is this kid in my back room trying to sell me barbecue sauce?’” Hanstad pushed on despite his insecurities, and what hap-

First candidate for ISU position visits campus By Jake.Dalbey @iowastatedaily.com The first of three candidate open forums slated to determine the new dean of the College of Human Sciences took place Monday at Morrill Hall with a packed house of 57 attendees. Cheryl Hanley Maxwell, associate dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, spoke about the issues and trends in the department of human sciences across the nation and campuses in general. She also provided insight on future programs and initiatives that could be making their way to Iowa State. Maxwell began by highlighting several important human sciences trends that are affecting universities today, one of which was the growing technological focus in the classroom as well as the diversity of mediums from which students can access information. “Students don’t read books anymore,” Maxwell said. “They have social media, they tweet and they do a lot of their interacting in different mediums, and we as a department have to be able address those mediums and integrate them into our learning.” Maxwell cited her time in schooling during the early years of the Internet and said she sees the rapid growth as a sign of changing times. Gaming and virtual reality simulations are among the most prevalent of new technologies available to use in education. Maxwell sees these advances as ways to teach students and faculty in ways that were not possible in the past. “As a part of the learning community, I would love to create a game about a teacher with a class of naughty kids and

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New ISU club focuses on nuclear peace around the world Buddhism for Peace emphasizes danger of nuclear weapons By Mollie.Shultz @iowastatedaily.com The fact that many countries can use nuclear weapons to cause massive destruction to anyone

and anything in their path is making some ISU students fight back against nuclear power. Yu Hui Lui and Gabriel Hicks founded the Buddhism for Peace club at Iowa State in October 2015. The club not only focuses on practicing Buddhism but also on the disarmament of all nuclear weapons located throughout the world. The program it bases its practices off of is called “Our Nuclear

Future.” Lui, graduate student in mechanical engineering, is from Malaysia and has been practicing this type of Buddhism throughout his life. Hicks, sophomore in business, did not know much about this type of Buddhism based on nuclear peace based until he was older and became more politically involved and interested in what was happening in the world around him.

Although the club is small right now — its roster consists of about 25 members — it hopes the cause it is fighting for will make other students want to join. “[The power of nuclear weapons] doesn’t discriminate between bad or good, so I think it’s something that is really prominent and a danger to our society,” Hicks said. To raise awareness, the Buddhism for Peace club will host an event called “Our New Clear

Future Week” from April 4 to 8. The event will take place at other colleges with the same program, and the hope is to encourage more people to join and sign a petition for the disarmament of nuclear weapons worldwide. Both Hicks and Lui said they believe the club opens doors to fight the existence of nuclear weapons. The members of its branch of

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By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com The Ames City Council will discuss a potential partnership with Iowa State University for a pedestrian data collection and analysis on Lincoln Way during the council’s Tuesday meeting. The meeting, which will take place at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers, will focus on a large variety of topics, including the Lincoln Way study. The study will be conducted between University Boulevard and Sheldon Avenue and is meant to study the effect of increased housing and university enrollment. “The primary focus of the study will be on safety by evaluating current nonmotorized travel across the streets within the Lincoln Way corridor from University Boulevard to

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Sheldon Avenue and identifying conflicts that warrant action regarding vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian flow,” according to the council’s documents. Iowa State will sign a contract with the SRF Consulting Group for the study. The document also stated that the city will reimburse the university for half of the fees. The study will include a review of the “data on the number of people crossing Lincoln Way, the number crossing at north-south

streets intersecting Lincoln Way and the physical elements of each crosswalk location,” the identification of “operations and design concepts to improve the pedestrian environment while not substantially impacting traffic operations and safety,” as well as several other elements. The City Council will also discuss and vote on other agenda items, including resolutions on city road improvements, rezoning resolutions and other bills.

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In conjunction with Severe Weather Awareness Week, Ames and Iowa State will participate in a statewide tornado drill Thursday morning. Iowa State’s outdoor warning sirens will be set off at 10:15 a.m. Thursday by Ames Police. A message will follow the sirens that residents would hear during a real warning: “This is a tornado warning; please seek shelter immediately.” The National Weath-

er Service will conduct drills throughout Iowa from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Test tornado watches and warnings will be issued throughout the 30-minute window. The drill was originally set for Wednesday, but was postponed by the NWS because of predicted weather. Anyone listening to AM/ FM radio or watching television can also expect the test drills to interrupt programming. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has proclaimed March 21-25 as Severe Weather

Ames police and firefighters rescued a kayaker who was hanging outside his kayak at Ada Hayden Heritage Park on Monday evening. At approximately 5:15

p.m., responders received a call about the kayaker, who had been in the water for more than 40 minutes, 150 to 200 feet from shore, according to a press release. The kayaker, who had been unable to get back into his boat or to land, was rescued by the Ames

Awareness Week. The annual week that seeks to inform Iowans on a different type of severe weather each day is a joint effort among the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEMD), the National Weather Service and local emergency managers. Monday’s subject was severe thunderstorms. Tuesday will be weather warnings. Wednesday will be tornadoes. Thursday will be family preparedness; and Friday will be flash floods.

Fire Department in a rescue boat. Following his rescue, the kayaker was transported by ambulance to receive medical attention, as the temperature of the water was estimated to be slightly above freezing, according to the press release.

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Research enables control of cells ISU scientists implement new technology By Derek.Clayton @iowastatedaily.com

“Many bicyclists, skateboarders and foot traffic goes through the area. It is my belief that [Campustown Square] will increase this traffic flow.” Fears said the northeast corner where the project will start is cracked concrete that is generally not parked in. Fears said the business owners in the area have told her the area isn’t the safest for

A cellular problem may have been solved by ISU scientists. Trillions of cells make up the human body, all working together to keep us up and running. Sometimes those cells get damaged or malfunction, giving us wounds or diseases such as cancer. Scientists have been trying to find a way to precisely control cells to help in these situations, and researchers at Iowa State may have the answer. Attempting to control cells in the human body is nothing new to the science world. Researchers have already found ways to affect stem cell growth. By changing the hardness of the surfaces beneath stem cells, scientists can make stem cells grow into other types of cells. “People tune the rigidity of the surface they put cells on,” said Xuefeng Wang, assistant professor of physics and astronomy. “If they put stem cells on hard surfaces, they turn to bone cells. If they put stem cells on soft surfaces, they turn into neurons.” While this approach displays results, researchers are forced to use guesswork to determine the causes of cellular change. This approach does not rely on numbers or meaning; it is a qualitative approach. Wang takes a quantitative approach by looking at

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The Campustown area behind Scallion Korean Restaurant will be converted into a community space. This project is funded through private community donations.

Improving Campustown By Katelyn.Horner @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State is intertwined with ideas and projects of Ames community members. Several community members spurred the idea of creating an open area in the heart of Campustown intended to transform what is currently parking space into a lively, welcoming communal space. Surrounded by buildings aligning Welch Avenue, Lincoln Way, Hayward Avenue and Chamberlain Street, Campustown Square will provide an open environment for socializing and was conceived by residents of Ames for the residents. The effort to gain momentum for this project began in 2014 and steadily garnered support from other residents and surrounding businesses over time. “This project will begin to make [Campustown] a destination rather than just a cluster of buildings,” said Nitin Gadia, graphics freelancer involved in the project since it was conceived in 2014. “This

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The New Campustown Square project is expected to provide an environment for people to socialize. Current plans in place for the project include the northeast portion of the parking area in Campustown.

will bring in more business to surrounding businesses, some of which are very behind.” Gadia said an example is The District on Lincoln Way, which is especially behind and could use the added boost of a communal space to draw in customers to improve business. The District is one of the many surrounding businesses that will be affected by the project. Gadia said many businesses in the area have shown

support. Current plans in place for the project only include the northeast portion of the parking area in Campustown, but those involved in the project hope to expand this space over time. Gadia said the northeast corner is just a small portion of the space that will ideally be used. “The majority of traffic in Campustown is pedestrial,” said Jessica Fears, Ames resident who became involved in the project this year.

Butterflies take over Mexico ISU professor unravels history Monarch numbers are on the rise

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Just how many butterflies can fit in an acre is perplexing to imagine. Try imagining 10 acres worth. An increase in monarch butterfly coverage at wintering habitats has sparked optimism in local conservationists after the World Wildlife Founda-

It’s in clothes, coffee filters, fishnets and more, but over the years, cotton has evolved from its primitive state to what humans know now: white and fluffy. Jonathan Wendel, professor and chair of the department of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, is doing research on the way cotton has evolved.

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ISU professor Jonathan Wendel is studying the evolution of cotton.

Wendel, who was recently featured as a leading researcher by the Crop Science Society of America,

does research to discover the history of cotton’s evolution and the way it has continued to evolve. “The major plants of the world that you see around you and that you see at the grocery store and that you see in pictures of the tropical forest and everything else, those all descend from a common ancestor, probably around 150 million years ago,” Wendel said. Plants and animals weren’t domesticated until humans arrived around 10,000 years ago, Wendel said. Even the maize (corn) that can be seen everywhere in Iowa is a wild plant do-

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DEADEYE BBQ p1 pened next was like something out of a movie. Hanstad sat down nervous as can be, trying to push it aside and pitched his barbeque sauce to Fareway. “And he’s like, ‘alright, how much do you have in your car?’ and I only brought four cases. He said, ‘We will take all four,’” Hanstad said. “I am sitting there so happy, ready to jump up and down. But you keep your composure. So I walked out, I put the cases on there and they put them on the shelf and I’m like, ‘now it’s actually real.’” The sales pitches haven’t stopped since then, even while class is in session. With classes and social lives, the two devote most of their free time pitching to grocery stores in the Iowa area. “This last weekend we drove around,” Devos said. We left at 8 a.m. and we got back at 8:30 or 9:00 p.m. driving around demoing. It keeps us busy, but that’s a Saturday for two college kids.” The two said they still have hopes for further development in the future and are contemplating new ideas for the Deadeye BBQ brand. “I don’t know about for-

CANDIDATE p1 Across 1 Money under a mattress, e.g. 6 Poses a question 10 Hired rides 14 Singer Lena 15 Apt name for a windstorm? 16 Hollywood celeb 17 Cyclone center 20 Spotted 21 Pitcher’s mistake 22 Feral no more 23 Adds highlights at the salon 25 Sources of storage chest wood 26 Roy Orbison hit featured in a Gere/ Roberts film 31 By surface area, second-largest Great Lake 32 Rent-a-car choice 33 Apply daintily 36 Ladder rung 37 Taj __ 39 Gospel singer Winans 40 Needing no Rx 41 Late-night Jay 42 Coffees, in slang 43 Exerciser’s motto 47 Shipping container 49 Inaugural pledge 50 Sarandon of “Thelma & Louise” 51 Channel for busi-

ness types 53 Magna __ laude 56 Debtors’ documents suggested by the sequence of the first words of 17-, 26and 43-Across 60 50-and-over org. 61 1,000 meters, briefly 62 Hindu guru 63 Loch of legend 64 “By Jove!” 65 Extremely pale

Down 1 Her, subjectively 2 Hot Wheels and hula hoops 3 Region 4 Flower that usually blooms in winter 5 Playboy founder, for short 6 Thunderstruck 7 Bellow in a library? 8 Spock’s captain 9 Photog’s camera choice 10 Large, noisy insect 11 Starters of the first race? 12 Silly mistake 13 Winter coasters 18 Help illegally 19 List components 24 Japanese money

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must take care of them,” Maxwell said. “They can fail within the game and play over and over again. It’s a very popular medium in today’s world.” The growing workloads carried by faculty were not only discussed in Maxwell’s presentation but also during the brief Q&A session. Ways to relieve stress for those who feel burdened was also discussed. “What I see happening is that the faculty role is getting bigger and bigger,” Maxwell said. “Eventually someone is going to yell ‘uncle.’” Masters work with graduate students, internships and advisory roles were some of the tasks that Maxwell said added hours to her week on top of her role as the dean, leading to an 80hour week. Maxwell plans to fix this issue through a lateral audit of every faculty member’s time to ensure that steps can be taken to lighten the load carried by many educators and office workers.

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a certain protein present in cells, integrin. Integrin is like a cell’s legs, letting the cell move by grabbing a surface and pulling the cell along. With this pulling motion, tension is created between the surface and the integrin, Wang said. Cells have many integrin proteins, and combining all of their pulls creates cellular force. By applying different levels of tension force, cell behavior can be changed. A way to measure this tension had not been developed until Wang’s work. “The central technique I have in our lab is the molecular linker called a ten-

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ISU sophomores Michael Hanstad and Tyler Devos developed Deadeye BBQ with the help of John Walker, lecturer in management.

ever, but I most definitely want to see us grow into more products and our own facilities,” Devos said. Hanstad agreed, but said the focus now is more close to home.

“The goal is to get into every single Fareway and grow with Hy‐Vee; pretty much be stable in Iowa,” Hanstad added. This summer they’ll be on the lookout, hoping to see

their product not only on the shelves of local retailers and at the Des Moines Farmers’ Market but also on the picnic tables of the Iowans who are enjoying both summer and their sauce.

Maxwell’s presentation ended after she talked about budgets for not only the department but also student tuition and the growing student debt crisis across the country. “We know student debt is soaring, but we need to find ways to fray the costs while they are here and find them opportunities to work and access the classes and opportunities we are providing them,” Maxwell said. Maxwell stressed budget restraint as she talked about the dwindling funding for higher education, a problem she doesn’t see ending anytime soon. Maxwell stated the importance of staying vigilant when assessing the many human sciences budgets as low funds create panic situations and decisions, but also can lead to silly spending choices. The dean of the College of Human Sciences open forums will continue with the second candidate, whose information will be released Thursday, speaking at 4 p.m. March 29 in Bessey Hall.

COTTON p3 mesticated by humans in southwest Mexico. Wendel uses the lens of archeobotany to explore the history of cotton, using DNA sequencing and the molecular clock to date genes. Cotton has four different species that were each independently domesticated by ancient cultures, all from different wild species, so four different independent domestications were created. Wendel said sometime around a million years ago one of the species of cotton that grows in Africa managed to cross the ocean and hybridized with a species in the new world, doubling the chromosomes and creating a new lineage of plants with twice the chromosome number of its ancestors. This makes that domestication of cotton a polyploid, something that Wendel is very interested in. “In a nutshell, what I’ve been working on is unraveling this marvelous, complex evolutionary history and putting time and dates on it

all,” Wendel said. Wendel became aware of polyploid plants in the mid-1970s and was instantly fascinated by the form of speciation, which is very common in plants. “Since then it’s just been so much fun,” Wendel said. “I feel like the first person ever to enter a tropical forest. Every rock I pick up there’s a new beast to describe.” Wendel said he thought it was interesting that all plants that have sustained human life were polyploid at some point in their history. “I didn’t know that we had researchers here working on things like the evolution of plants,” said Evan Kammermeier, junior in software engineering. “It’s nice to see that we have diverse research at this university.” Wendel said he believes Iowa State is the optimal place to be to study the history of biology. “Iowa State is one of the centers of the universe in plant genomics and evolutionary genomics,” Wendel said, adding that there is no place he’d rather be.

sion gauge tether,” Wang said. “We use it to control the molecular force of the cell or report the tension tolerance or distribution on the surface.” The tension gauge tether (TGT) consists of molecular linkers, which are like microscopic fishing lines. Cells are placed onto these linkers, where the integrin then grabs onto them as the cell moves. The result is tension on the linkers and integrin. The TGT allows this tension to be measured and changed, enabling the user of the TGT to control molecular force. With numbers to help make the control process consistent and ac-

curate, Wang’s research opens the doors for the precise controlling cells. With the ability to control the tension of individual integrin, one’s control of cells would be unprecedented. The end result of Wang’s research would allow great medical advances, especially in stem cell therapy. “Suppose my research is successful,” Wang said. “We can put stem cells on a TGT surface and make them differentiate into a cell type we desire.” Controlling the differentiation of stem cells is but one possible application of the TGT. Yongliang Wang, a post-doctoral research associate in Xuefeng Wang’s

lab, expressed hope for the future of TGT. “Maybe in the future we can detect the cancer cell force and control the cancer cells,” Yongliang Wang said. Xuefeng Wang and his lab members are working to explore the characteristics of cells so they can better use the TGT. It’s still too early to use the TGT for application, but its maker has high hopes for it and said the medical advances in the wake of its success would be staggering. “I believe for the next few years I will put more emphasis on exploration, mechanism and study, not on application,” Wang said. “Still a little far from it.”

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President Barack Obama meets with Cuban President Raul Castro in 2015. Obama has helped improve relationships with the country.

Next U.S. president holds fate of Cuba relationship Columnist Lawson believes SeaWorld’s decision to no longer breed orcas is positive for the animals in its care.

Eliminating orca breeding program a win for animals By Angelica.Lawson @iowastatedaily.com

eaWorld once proudly boasted its orca breeding program. It had a lot of success with artificial insemination and was able to continuously produce new performers without having to capture orcas from the wild. SeaWorld announced in March 2016 that it would no longer breed orcas in its care, a decision that caught most off guard. The critically-acclaimed documentary “Blackfish” was released in 2013 and showed the darker side of SeaWorld. The documentary interviewed former employees and received background information that was not very well-known. After the release of “Blackfish,” the backlash toward SeaWorld took on an entirely new face. PETA launched its SeaWorld of Hurt campaign, the Sea Shepherd started voicing its opinions of SeaWorld and numerous media sources began picking up stories about the theme park. Once SeaWorld started losing revenue and attendance it launched a public relations campaign, SeaWorld Cares, to combat what was being said about the company. The “Blackfish” bill was introduced in California in 2014, and SeaWorld San Diego risked losing

its orcas. If the bill had been passed, SeaWorld San Diego would have been forced to end its breeding program and release or relocate the whales currently housed at its San Diego park. However, the suggested bill was not passed. SeaWorld San Diego applied for a building permit in 2015 to expand its orca captivity. The proposed expansion would more than double the size of its current orca housing. The California Coastal Commission approved the expansion as long as SeaWorld ended its breeding program. SeaWorld naturally disagreed with this decision and began to make comments about it. Here is the real game changer: SeaWorld announced Thursday that the current generation of orcas in its care would be its last. SeaWorld will formally end its breeding program. I don’t think anyone saw this coming. Announcing the end of its breeding program doesn’t mean orcas will no longer be imprisoned within SeaWorld’s concrete walls, but an artificial insemination program will no longer continue to keep the tanks full. SeaWorld has not released any information about retiring the whales it currently has in its custody. It would be nice to hear that the whales, which have been SeaWorld’s bread and butter for years, will be moved to better places and able to free again, but I don’t foresee that happening. SeaWorld still has plans to expand its facility in San Diego. The new orca enclosure will be for educational purposes instead of for entertain-

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ment as they announced in 2015 that they would be ending its orca entertainment shows at its San Diego park. I’m overwhelmed with joy by the news that a breeding program will no longer exist at any SeaWorld. I think it is the best thing for the park and for the animals. The announcement of the end of the breeding program means the tanks will at some point be empty. Empty tanks is the goal; it is what the activists have been fighting for all these years. Unfortunately, I don’t think this process will move quickly. It seems more fitting that SeaWorld will try and hold onto its whales as long as possible. SeaWorld could retire its whales and attempt to rehabilitate them in the same the way Keiko was. Some of these whales have a real chance of being released into the wild, and those that don’t should be allowed to live out their days in sea pens. This news is great for the whales at SeaWorld, but I think it also gives hope for Lolita, an orca that is still housed alone in an illegal-sized pool in Florida. Maybe the announcement that SeaWorld is attempting to reform will encourage the Miami Seaquarium to do the same and release Lolita into the wild. These animals deserve better lives than swimming in endless circles and living lonely lives. SeaWorld is realizing it cannot win. I don’t think this decision was based on morality. I think SeaWorld realized it can save its product while compromising one of its evils. Either way, this is a huge win for the animals at SeaWorld.

Christian persecution is preposterous By Michael.Heckle @iowastatedaily.com There are those within the ranks of the Christian right who believe Christianity in America is on the verge of facing “unprecedented persecution.” Comments made by millionaire pastor Billy Graham and Republican theocrat Mike Huckabee attempted to stir the ranks of Christian fundamentalists into fighting back against what they feel is an assault on their faith. Yet, with more than 70 percent of Americans considering themselves Christian and the First Amendment being upheld more now than ever before, the idea of “Christian persecution” is not only laughable but also exposes the privileged nature of the most popular religion in the United States. Much of Christian America has been in uproar since the legalization of gay marriage by the Supreme Court in June 2015. Many see it as their place to fight against such a “moral injustice” by placing barriers between homosexual couples and their lawful right to wed. While most actions commited by those who despise this kind of love between

two consenting adults are more minor inconveniences than road blocks — not baking cakes, refusing marriage licenses, etc. — many have been overturned by legal authority. Many fundamentalist Christians consider these legal interferences a form of persecution. More specifically, in a speech to a crowd of fundamentalist bigots following Kim Davis’ release from jail after she had been held in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, Mike Huckabee said, “Having Kim Davis in federal custody removes all doubt of the criminalization of Christianity in America.” As laughable as this statement is, Ted Cruz followed suit with an even more ridiculous comment: “Those who are persecuting Kim Davis believe that Christians should not serve in public office.” While it is reasonable to assume that, with the vast majority of the country being Christian, that at least some of those who “persecuted” Davis were Christian themselves, Huckabee and Cruz apparently believed that the marriage equality and the enforcement of such a law in the United States means the end of

Christianity in America. Ironically, those who cry “Christian Persecution” in America only do so when they are not allowed to persecute someone else. There is no rational argument that one can make upholding a Christian lifestyle above any other kind of lifestyle. Furthermore, it is, by definition, unconstitutional to make laws specifically because of one faith’s belief. If Christian individuals do not approve of gay marriage for whatever morally skewed reason, they do not have the right to deny it from those who disagree with them. Furthermore, the idea of Christians being persecuted because they are not being allowed to deny service to fellow human beings is not only laughable but also seems to show the moral worth of a Christian definition of “equality.” Yet, while legal persecution of Christians is nonexistent — not to mention illogical — there are instances of violence toward Christians specifically because of their faith. However, these isolated instances pale in comparison to the violence, discrimination and persecution faced by almost every other ethnic, religious and sexual group in the

United States. Only 1,031 of the 5,928 hate crimes committed in 2013 were based on an individual’s religion, according to the FBI hate crime statistics in 2013. Within that group, only 105 crimes were committed against Christians. Comparatively, 625 hate crimes were committed against Jews, 135 against Muslims and 117 against those who follow other faiths. Furthermore, 1,233 hate crimes were committed against those in the LGBT community. The idea that Christianity is on the cusp of illegality in the United States is not only laughable but is also an insult to those who face real persecution across the world. What Christians are experiencing in the United States isn’t persecution, it’s the loss of the unconstitutional privilege the faith has enjoyed for nearly a century. Instead of spreading lies about the status of the religion in the United States and spewing hatful rhetoric against those with different lifestyles, maybe fundamentalist leaders should reserve their energy to actions that actually represent the work of Jesus Christ.

Since the 1960s the pages of the United State’s history books have featured the negative memories associated with our relationship with Cuba. From Fidel Castro’s communist rise to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion to the 1962 Missile Crisis nothing positive has occurred between the United States and our southern neighbor in years. That is until President Barack Obama ended the standoff and reopened the two nations’ line of communication and has become the first president in more than 90 years to visit Cuba. With the volatile nation only 90 miles off the coast of Florida no one was messing around when U.S. government officials cut off all contact with Cuba during the Eisenhower administration, including imports, exports and travel. The United States essentially put Cuba in a time warp because as our technology advanced, Cuba had to make due with what it had. No fast food chains, no clothing chains, no U.S. compatible cell phone towers and no modern cars. The end to a longstanding negative relationship will result in big changes for Cuba when it comes to these listed points in addition to more important government related items. However, it also means big things for the United States as a whole as well as for those competing for Democratic and Republican nominations. It’s easy to hold a grudge about little things, so it would have been even easier to hold a grudge toward Cuba for all the errors in judgment the country made in its past. Although Obama was not the sole decision-maker in the reforming of the two nations’ relationships, his momentous decision to go and visit Cuba and its leaders speaks volumes to what it takes to be a president who successfully forms relationships with other nations or in this case patches up a broken relationship. Only five candidates for president remain in what has been — for lack of a better explanation — an interesting race for the White House, and an argument can be made for and against all of them when it comes to their relationship skills. However, whoever is ultimately elected will be charged with the responsibility of maintaining this budding relationships in a way that will not result in a repeat of what took place 50 years ago. This renewed relationship could go in a dozen different directions that could hurt or help both countries and the bulk of those directions rest on the shoulders of our next president. As the days before the election continue to shrink, this relationship is something voters and candidates should keep in mind.

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ISU coach Steve Prohm and center Jameel McKay hug after Iowa State’s win against Little Rock on Saturday.

By Chris.Wolff @iowastatedaily.com Steve Prohm stepped into the perfect situation. That’s what it seemed like, anyway. He had an experienced roster, packed with plenty of talent and Final Four expectations. All the first-year ISU coach needed to do was steer the ship. Easy, right? Not necessarily. Then the struggles came. Iowa State started 1-3 in Big 12 play. The Cyclones lost not one, but two home games. They went 10-8 in Big 12 play and finished sixth in a conference they had hoped to win. There was the Jameel McKay saga, where the former Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year was suspended for a couple of games. It was a mess, and the sky seemed to be falling in Ames, at least for some fans. Somewhere along the way things got so bad that Prohm had to get off social media because he couldn’t read all the negative things that we’re being said about him and his team. Maybe Iowa State made the wrong

choice. Maybe Prohm wasn’t the right guy to lead a top program. Fast forward to mid-March. Iowa State now looks like it’s peaking at the right time and the Cyclones will be playing in their second Sweet 16 in three years. “In my opinion, it’s one of the best coaching jobs in the country this year,” Little Rock coach Chris Beard said after his team fell to Iowa State in the round of 32. “To follow what Fred Hoiberg did and for the new staff to come in and win at this level and get back to the NCAA tournament with a high seed is maybe one of the best untold stories in college basketball this year.” Iowa State was an attractive job for any candidate after Hoiberg took off for the NBA. The fan base is among the most passionate in all of college basketball and the roster was ready for a deep run in March. But there were also sky-high expectations, a ridiculous amount of pressure and the new coach would be following in the footsteps of ISU legend Fred Hoiberg. “He’s the real deal,” said Georges Niang. “Like I said, when we got him here I thought that was a great fit for us just because he’s such a humble guy and re-

ally came in wanting to meet us halfway. “He’s done a great job and he’s the real deal. I’m not fast-forwarding to next year, but I have great trust knowing that he’s going to take this program to bigger and better things. “The things that coach Prohm has done for me as a person and us as a team, I just think he’s a great dude. I have the utmost respect for him. I’m thankful that I got the opportunity to work with him. I’m enjoying every moment that I have with him throughout the rest of the year.” After beating Little Rock to advance to the Sweet 16 on Saturday, Prohm was visibly emotional. A year of ups and downs and life-altering changes was finally paying off. The long, long journey that started when Prohm was hired last June was nearing a close to a successful first chapter. Even McKay, who endured his own struggles this season, appreciates what Prohm has done this season. “It was a great hire,” McKay said Monday. “It was a home-run hire. Us making the Sweet 16 just proves it and we still got games to go.” The Sweet 16 seemed like a pipe dream during a few low points this past

season. It seemed like things weren’t working and nobody was quite sure if the Cyclones would be able to get fixed while it still mattered this season. Reaching the Sweet 16 was validation for this team and for Prohm himself. “He has done a great job,” said guard Matt Thomas. “Obviously players go out there and play games, but he coached his ass off in both of the tournament games and he has been all season. “A lot of people don’t understand how tough of a job he had trying to replace Fred [Hoiberg] and all the high expectations this team had in the preseason.” Prohm has said it’s about the players, not him, all year. Staying true to form, he said it again when asked about reaching the Sweet 16 and how good it feels. “I feel great for the kids because it’s about them,” Prohm said. He didn’t pat himself on the back. He didn’t talk about his own validation. He praised his players and gave them all the credit. “The best thing you want to do is influence your kids and give them good experiences,” Prohm said. “They have stayed the course. They’ve stayed together. They’ve bought it. We’re a team right now and we’re playing well.”

ISU freshman hurler offers rare versatility By Sean.Sears @iowastatedaily.com It takes a certain type of player to come into a game late, with everything on the line, and perform. It takes a willingness to embrace the fear and adrenaline of potentially losing, and use it as ammunition in the pitching circle. Usually that job of starting and finishing games requires two different people, but try telling that to ISU pitcher Emma Hylen. The freshman standout has been Iowa State’s Swiss army knife in the circle this season. With her unique ability to effectively start or close games for the Cyclones, she has easily been the coaching staff’s go-to pitcher in 2016. Hylen, who stands at 6 feet 3 inches, leads the team in appearances with

18. Six of those appearances were starts, which is good for second on the team. ISU coach Stacy Gemeinhardt-Cesler has used Hylen every way she could this season, pointing out how composed her hardthrowing right-hander has been this season. “I think the big thing is she doesn’t seem fazed by what’s going on around her, and I think that makes a huge difference when you are a pitcher,” Gemeinhardt-Cesler said. Hylen seamlessly being able to switch from the role of bona fide starter to lockdown closer is rare in NCAA softball. To collect herself like she does in the circle is an innate behavior, but she also understands what her role on this team is. “I understand [Gemeinhardt-Cesler] can trust me in whatever kind of situa-

tion she needs me to perform,” Hylen said. “Her and [assistant coach Brittany Weil-Miller] talk a lot, and it feels good I can help the team out in many ways.” Hylen doesn’t change much with her approach, whether she is getting the nod to start the game or receiving the call from the bullpen. With her tall frame, Hylen can throw faster and harder than most of the pitchers on the ISU pitching staff. Combine that with her precise ball placement, Hylen is proving to be one of the toughest pitchers to hit in college softball. Currently boasting a 1.58 ERA with opposing batters hitting .199 against her, she has only allowed 12 earned runs in her 53 total innings this season. Those numbers put her second overall in pitching efficiency in the

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ISU freshman Emma Hylen pitches against Iowa during the Big Four Classic on Oct. 4, 2015.

each way.” When Hylen is asked about her individual performances this season she, like the rest of this pitching staff, deflected the blame to her pitching coach.

“[Weil-Miller] really makes sure we’re working together as a team, as pitchers, not individuals,” Hylen said. “We’re coming together and it’s been really fun.”

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Stats Oklahoma defeats Iowa State, 79-76 Team Stats Iowa State FG: 30-64 (46.9%) 3FG: 10-25 (40%) FT: 6-10 (60%) Turnovers: 18 Rebounds: 39 Points in Paint: 32

Oklahoma FG: 28-63 (44.4%) 3FG: 4-21 (19%) FT: 19-25 (76%) Turnovers: 12 Rebounds: 35 Points in Paint: 34

Score Tied: 8 times Lead Changed: 4 times

Individual Stat Leaders Iowa State Georges Niang: 31 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists Matt Thomas: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist Deonte Burton: 12 points, 9 rebounds Oklahoma Buddy Hield: 39 points (14-of-21 from the field), 9 rebounds Ryan Spangler: 10 points, 12 rebounds Isaiah Cousins: 10 points, 6 rebounds Check out iowastatedaily.com for more coverage.

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Golfer rewriting record books Junior Nick Voke two wins away from most in ISU history By Jack.Bluhm @iowastatedaily.com The sound of a golf club hitting a golf ball cuts through the crisp spring air at the Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames, Iowa, over and over again. ISU coach Andrew Tank looks on and just watches, not saying a single word. His player goes through the same motion of swinging his golf club and driving the ball out into the open field of the driving range. Smack, smack, smack. Some teammates look on and watch in silence, mentally taking notes on the differences in their swings and looking for little details that could help them elevate their own game. With each swing of the club, the expression on Nick Voke’s face never changes. Voke has reached that point during practice where he is absorbed by the game of golf, focused on making solid contact with the ball. He envisions it flying down the middle of the fairway, giving him the perfect set up shot to get it on the green and then into the hole. He is focused on making school history and having his name etched in the ISU record books. Voke was not immediately a dedicated golfer. He originally viewed golf as an old man’s game as a young boy. “I was about 11 when I first started to golf, thanks to one of

my mates’ dad dragging me out on the course one afternoon,” he said. After that first day on the course, Voke’s mother went out and bought him his first set of clubs. That is when his love affair with golf started. Eight years down the road, Voke played at the World Junior Championship, representing his home country of New Zealand. That’s when he finally believed he could get a scholarship through his golf game, so he started making connections with college coaches. Iowa State, however, was not on his immediate radar. “I did not know all that much about Iowa State back then and was not contacted right off the bat,” Voke said. “A fellow New Zealander who was at the tournament actually made connections with coach Tank first, which ultimately led him to me.” Voke feels like he has found a new family while leaving an impression at Iowa State. Voke’s first career win at Iowa State came during his sophomore year at the VCU shootout in Virginia. This was only the beginning. “My first one was a pretty big milestone for me because it was my first college tournament coming back from injury,” Voke said. Voke broke his collarbone in the summer just before returning to school. After the tournament, his future looked bright and he knew if he wanted another trophy he was go-

ing to have to put in many hours of hard work and dedication. “Nick has a passion and a belief in himself that is quite special,” Tank said. “He sets high goals for himself and then goes out there and backs it up. His scheduling and motivation, along with his calm manner are the reasons why he is the type of player that is easy to work with.” Voke, now in his junior year, added two more wins to his career total. His latest victory at the National Invitational Tournament in Arizona put him into a tie for the second most wins in ISU history. He is just one win away from sharing the top spot with Scott Fernandez. He not only moved into second for individual wins but was also able to achieve his first record by becoming the first Cyclone to shoot 7-under par in a round multiple times. “Nick is a special player to have on the team,” said assistant coach Chad Keohane. “He knows what the records are and is definitely shooting for them. He is such a pure talent that he has the vision of capturing these records and this last one shows that when he is on his game he can do great things.” With his name now forever inscribed in the history book, Voke wants to add more to his resumé. And he has two other records on his mind. “The record that I really have my eyes set on is Scott’s single season scoring record and I want to be an All-American,” he said.

Only three golfers have ever been named All-Americans in ISU men’s golf history. If Voke were to add his name to that list, he compared it to getting his face sculpted on to the proverbial Mount Rushmore of ISU men’s golf. The single-season scoring title is the one that is going to be

ahead of that pace, posting a 71.50 stroke average so far With all this about focus, determination and breaking records, it looks like golf is the only thing in Voke’s life. That would be wrong. “Nick is a pretty funny guy when he is off the course,” said junior teammate Ruben SondLindsay Johnson/Iowa State Daily

ISU junior golfer Nick Voke practices his chipping on Oct. 7, 2015, at the ISU golf facility. Voke is tied for the second most wins in ISU history and is just one win away from sharing the top spot with former ISU golfer Scott Fernandez.

Nick Voke career accolades 2014-15: Sophomore • Big 12 All-Tournament team • Ranked 137th nationally by Golfstat • Second on the team in stroke average at 72.41 2013-14: Freshman • Big 12 All-Tournament team • Broke Iowa State’s rookie scoring record with a 72.30 stroke average • Had eight sub-70-stroke rounds, which led the team High School • Ranked the sixth-best golfer in New Zealand • Finished first in the Auckland Anniversary Championship and Danny Lee Springfield Open in 2013 •Participated in 2011 Stewart Gold Cup Voke’s toughest challenge. Fernandez set the bar high, with an 71.27 stroke average back in the 2012-13 season, but Voke is just

jaja. “We have a similar sense of humor, and sometimes I even wonder if that kid has his head screwed on all the way tight.”

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can be partially attributed to the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium (IMCC). The IMCC was founded in 2015 by Iowa State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Other private groups such as the Iowa Soybean Association and Iowa Pork Producers Association provided funding grants. The IMCC is taking a more scientific approach to monarch conservation. Its efforts include determining habitat improvements in fields that do not interfere with agricultural production, caterpillars’ milkweed preferences and monitoring plant patch size

PEACE p1 Buddhism hope that with help and support from a larger group of people, they will be able to force legislators to enact disarmament by 2030.

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Lui said they are not completely against nuclear energy. “We are more focusing on the warhead, the nuclear weapons, not the power plant,” Lui said. The Buddhism for Peace

club also helps students at Iowa State get involved with other nuclear-peace based programs throughout the country. Hicks is a volunteer with the group Global Zero. Through the Global Zero

benefits. However, the reason why the monarch population rebounded so significantly is not completely understood. “Insect populations don’t run steadily,” said Nathan Brockman, curator of the Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing of Reiman Gardens. Large-scale factors such as insecticide use and availability of milkweed plants could have been at ideal levels over the past year, Brockman added. “It’s not just one thing you can point to,” Brockman said. Brockman added that the weather this past year was, for him and other conservationists, the largest contributing factor to the monarch’s success. President Barack Obama’s “National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and other Pollinators”

group, he applied for and won the chance to go to the National Defense Summit in Washington, D.C., from March 31 to April 3. The people who have been accepted to the program will have the oppor-

could also be a contributing factor. Introduced in May 2015, the strategy outlines statistics on pollinator losses, goals for the next five years in numbers and habitat and partnership how-tos in monarch conservation. Enthusiasm for monarch conservation, while fervent during the past year, could wane because of this winter’s strong numbers. “That’s one of the big worries, to have a two-year increase,” Brockman said. “The monarch is really a characteristic superfauna. There’s a passion for them.” A question remains as to the importance of conserving an initially trivial or minor species. “Why can’t it just be?” Brockman asked. “We should protect them for the species sake.”

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