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COURTESY OF SUB Ella Mai won Best R&B song at the 2019 Grammy Awards for “Boo’d Up.”
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CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY Freshman quarterback Brock Purdy looks downfield as he scrambles to his right against Kansas State on Nov. 24. Iowa State knocked off Kansas State 42-38.
Purdy leads Cyclones into offseason BY TREVOR.HOLBOOK @iowastatedaily.com There’s two things for certain Iowa State coach Matt Campbell loves: football and “the process.” This week, those two collided with spring practices picking up and players’ season of improvement starting. “We were fortunate we were able to have a spring practice before we left for spring break, but it’s great to have this team back,” Campbell said after Tuesday’s practice. “This football team, so far, the first two or three months — it’s been a team that’s come back with a purpose. “I really appreciate that about this
group, and I think the thing that I really like about this team is being able to coach them because they’re self-starters.” Campbell oozed with passion discussing his team and the strides its made since Iowa State’s Alamo Bowl loss. Campbell shows even more passion when it comes to the offseason and kicking off another cycle of the program’s “process.” Campbell loves running drills on the Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility’s turf like a house cat loves stretching out in the sunlight, and rightfully so, too. His passion displayed itself midway during the drills when the freshness of the practice wore off, but the smile
plastered on Campbell’s face stayed put. Campbell and seven other coaches each grabbed a foam pad and lined up with four on each side facing each other and forming a tunnel. Quarterbacks and offensive skills players charged between the two lines of coaches with a ball tucked under their arms. Campbell and his crew reared back and hacked at the players like a major leaguer taking batting practice to promote ball security. After the line of players trickled through, Campbell remained engaged and smiling. While ball security and other fundamental drills aren’t the most glamourous
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How right-wing extremism spreads online BY NATHAN.CIRIAN @iowastatedaily.com The mass shooting at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand that has left 50 dead and 50 injured has raised questions about how extremists use the Internet and how the actions or inactions of giant tech companies affect the spread of hateful ideologies, such as white supremacy. The sight of large-scale massacres at the hands of far right extremists has become a common sight for many Americans. The shooting in Christchurch did not happen in the U.S., but it did echo tragedies that have happened throughout Europe and North
America. These past shootings all follow similar outlines and often come from extremists circles on the far-right, circles which primarily lurk in the corners of the Internet. The Christchurch shooter, a 28-year-old man from Australia, streamed the massacre on Facebook Live and posted his manifesto online prior to the attack. Copies of the video and the manifesto still exist and can be found through online searches, largely due to a phenomenon known as the Streisand Effect, which states that attempts to remove, censor, and get rid of content, on the Internet in this instance, is followed with more attention and demand
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for said content, often resulting in the content being re-uploaded enmasse. Michael Bugeja, a journalism professor, criticized the practices of giant tech corporations, such as Facebook and YouTube, for their role in the availability and distribution of radical and violent content. “These tech giants lack sufficient privacy and content protocols to monitor and block heinous content such as this,” Bugeja said. Bugeja went on to mention these platforms have profit in mind, first and foremost, and the primarily goal of social media sites, such as Facebook, is to “survey and sell.”
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SUB’s spring concert line-up announced BY ALEXANDER.GRAY @iowastatedaily.com R&B artists Ella Mai and Bazzi will co-headline this spring’s outdoor concert, hosted by the Student Union Board. The outdoor concert will take place Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m. in the Molecular Biology parking lot, rain or shine. Tickets are on sale now. Ella Mai broke out with her Grammy-winning “Boo’d Up” released on her third EP, “Ready.” Her clean vocals mixed over DJ Mustard’s clubready beats evoke traditional R&B sounds of the past, wrapped in anthemic lyrics of love and heartbreak. Later included on Mai’s self-titled debut LP, “Boo’d Up” climbed to No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and won Best R&B Song at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Her single “Trip” went on to hit No. 11 in the Hot 100. Ella Mai is joined by pop/R&B artist Bazzi, best known for his hit singles “Mine” and “Beautiful.” Bazzi first found popularity on Vine — hitting more than 1.5 million followers — and was the first artist to debut a song on the platform with “Bring Me Home.” “Mine” debuted at No. 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 thanks to viral fame from its inclusion in a Snapchat filter, eventually peaking at No. 11 on the chart. In August 2018, Bazzi also joined as an opening act for the European leg of Justin Timberlake’s “Man of the Woods” tour. This is not the first major outdoor concert hosted by SUB. Last year’s concert brought Fetty Wap, Cheat Codes, Kyle and Andreas Moss to Iowa State’s campus. An estimated 2,500 attendees showed up for the concert of the 12,000 tickets available. Student Government allocated $190,000 for last year’s spring outdoor concert in addition to the $60,000 put forth by SUB itself. “That money we allocated tonight was to make sure we can make this event successful so that it can be a reoccurring event for students in the future,” Cody West, former president of Student Government, said on Nov. 29, 2017. Tickets are $39, $25 with an ISU student ID in advance, $30 with an ISU student ID the day of the show. Tickets are available online via www. midwestix.com, as well as in the Maintenance Shop Box Office in the Memorial Union.
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Performance: San Francisco Symphony, Stephens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Widely considered to be among the most artistically adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the U.S., The San Francisco Symphony will play Stephens Auditorium on March 29. The SF Symphony was established by a group of San Francisco citizens, music-lovers, and musicians in the wake of the 1906 earthquake, and almost immediately, it revitalized the city’s cultural life. All events courtesy of event.iastate.edu.
POLICE BLOTTER 3.26.19 An officer investigated a property damage collision at Lot 68 (reported at 1:23 p.m.). Jie Ren, age 23, of 1221 Mayfield Dr Unit 209 - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with assault at Gilman Hall (reported at 2:02 p.m.). An officer initiated an assault related investigation between two individuals at Gilman Hall (reported at 5:33 p.m.).
Ally Lynn Belcher, age 20, of 2808 Arbor Street, Ames, Iowa, was cited for driving under suspension at Hayward Avenue and Knapp Street (reported at 5:37 p.m.). Darrius Michael Martin, age 21, of 1006 Lincoln Way Unit 107 — Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with two counts of driving under suspension, driving while barred, other violation of chapter 321a - suspend/denied/revoked, habitual offender, and excessive speed at 2515 Chamberlain Street (reported at 9:00 p.m.).
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CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Brad Freihoefer, director of the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success, spoke in front of attendees and invited them inside Parks for a gallery walk March 28.
The Center hosts trans stories BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com In the Agora outside of Parks Library, transgender, non-binary and gender nonconforming students told their stories to a group of attendees Thursday. Surrounded by 150 trans flags, four students spoke about their experiences. “This is the day we show cisgender Iowa Staters that we exist and that we are more common than they think,” said Olly Manning, a senior in music. During their speech, Manning talked about how Iowa State needs to increase the number of gender-neutral bathrooms on campus and make them easily accessible as well as use inclusive language and include trans history in more classes. Manning also discussed choir, a program they are no longer part of due to the gender divide in uniforms, vocal assignments and language. Manning went on to talk about how they want to start a choir
where this gender divide doesn’t exist. “I want to start a safe space for trans singing voices,” Manning said. Trinity Dearborn, a junior in women’s and gender studies and the vice president of Pride Alliance and Asexual Aromantic Alliance, sat on the steps of Parks Library draped in the agender flag and talked about how when they came to Iowa State it was the first time they met other agender individuals and was really the first place they felt that they weren’t alone. “I just wanted to be happy today because when we talk about issues in our community it can be very hard to be hopeful and look toward new things,” Dearborn said. Dearborn did bring up things that need to be solved at Iowa State, such as the hard-to-find gender neutral bathrooms and the constant misgendering of
“This event is important because it can let trans students across campus know that they are not alone.”Brad Freihoefer
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Lecturer speaks on future of soil BY SEBASTIAN.KREMBUSZEWSKI @iowastatedaily.com David R. Montgomery gave a lecture Thursday night at the memorial union to discuss his most recently published book, “Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life,” which explains the importance of agriculture and how it can play a big role as the solution to modern problems with climate change. Montgomery is currently a professor and geologist at the University of Washington who researches the evolution of topography as well as the the influence of the geomorphological process on ecological systems and human societies. With his new book, Montgomery explains his travels around the world and meets the farmers that are at the frontlines of a movement to help restore soil health everywhere from the large midwest of the United States to the small country of Ghana. Montgomery said that one of the biggest influences of the degradation of soil around the world was largely due to the invention of the plow. “The plow allowed soil to erode faster than it formed and it also helped dismay the organic matter
in the soil,” Montgomery said. Montgomery went on to mention how the average amount of soil that erodes every year across the world is about a millimeter in a half, and it only takes 20 years to lose an inch of soil, but the average that nature produces soil is about 2% of a millimeter a year, which means it takes about a thousand years to produce an inch of topsoil. “You can start thinking of soil the way we think of our own bank accounts, and if you have expenses, and you have income, and we have all demonstrated that if you spend money faster than you make money, you run out of money,” Montgomery said. “That is the same theme that soil has followed all throughout history” Montgomery then talked about how the benefits of healthy soil are increased profits for farmers, comparable yields, increased soil carbon and water retention with less off-site pollution and less fertilizer. “What turned me into an optimist on this is that the economics seems like its actually starting to pencil out, so that it makes sense for farmers to take care of reinvesting in their soil because thery’re able to spend less, then make more,” Montgomery said.
IOWA STATE DAILY District 45 Iowa State Representative Beth Wessel-Kroeschell leads the Iowa State Democrats meeting Nov. 15, 2016, In Carver Hall.
Local leaders to host forum BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com The Center for Rural Affairs and the League of Women Voters of Ames & Stor y County will host a forum with local leaders 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Ames City Hall. The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization dating bac k to 1920 to help women
engage in civic roles after winning the right to vote that year with the nineteenth amendment. Members of the public are encouraged to come prepared with questions for the panelists, which will include Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell and Rep. Lisa Heddens as well as Sen. Herman Quirmbach. All three legislators
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Candidates revive electoral college debate BY ELI.HARRIS @iowastatedaily.com
THE TALK: COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES Sexual preferences and sex in general are topics that are often looked at as taboo, causing adults to avoid talking about them with others or even their own partners. Being more open about sexual interests can improve communication with a sexual partner.
How to open up about sexual interests BY VICTORIA.REYNA-RODRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com For centuries, talking about sex has been seen in some communities as inappropriate, leading some people to become uncomfortable discussing their sex lives and their own sexual interests. Conversations surrounding sexual interests can be beneficial to individuals, partners and others. According to Science Direct online, a sexual interest is, “Th e type of person (or thing) and/or type of activity with that person that is most likely to provoke sexual interest and arousal.” Science Direct also notes that many people assume our sexual interests are a choice but “in fact we do not choose what we find most sexually arousing.” Sexual interests can be as simple as having a preferred gender for sexual relationships or being interested in people with a specific hair color or body type, but interests can also go much deeper. Allure online discusses some of the most popular types of sexual interests, such as impact play, also known as BDSM, which includes many forms of consensual striking. Another type
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of interest is role playing, a safe and healthy way to live out fantasies. While these two are some of the more popular sexual interests there are various types of interests, some less known than others. “A sexual preference is just a particular sexual desire that a person has. It can be for a specific kind of person, for a specific object or body part or a specific behavior,” said David Wahl, sociology graduate student and assistant teacher. Wahl also added a quote by Kenneth Plummer, professor in sociology at the University of Essex, which is, “Nothing is sexual but naming it makes it so.” Wahl explained how this quote points to how it takes a person naming a specific act or statement as “sexual” for its intended meaning or purpose to actually be a sexual one. Some may be uncomfortable in situations when the discussion feels overly sexualized. One way to avoid this is to hold a conversation about sexual interactions or interests in an opinion and fact based setting, not making the conversation itself sexual. “Dialogues about sex in our normal social circles are so restricted that it’s hard to learn anything. Get online, read some books, talk
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gender neutral bathrooms and the constant misgendering of transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students experience by instructors. “It was hard but worth it because I got to be my identity,” said Shay Eddi Weimer, a sophomore in history, when talking about their past. Weimer discussed the gun violence, threats, harassment, abuse and several forms of assault they faced when living in Kansas City, Missouri as a transgender agender boy that made them move away. Weimer said that at Iowa State they have some of the best people in the world who are also trans and get to do amazing work such as planning this event, ISU Trans Narratives: Trans Voices, Visibility and Art. They also brought up issues that need
to people, try to hold judgment. It’s freeing,” said Aaron Kirch, junior in mechanical engineering and president of the Cuffs club. Being able to discuss sex and sexual interests in a social setting is important because it can not only educate others, but also opens a safe place to talk about topics that are often seen as taboo, giving people an opportunity to feel heard and less awkward about their own experiences and interests. “People should be able to communicate with their partners or potential partners about what they like without fear of shame or stigmatization,” Wahl said. “Without that open communication, relationships are sometimes ruined or people live in relationships wherein they are never sexually satisfied.” Wahl continued to explain people are uncomfortable about their sexual desires out of fear for being shamed. “No one wants something they are interested in sexually called out as being ‘weird,’” Wahl said. An open mind is important in a sexual relationship, especially when it comes to your partner’s interests.
to be addressed, such as increasing the gender options on forms, making pronouns available to instructors before the start of courses and increasing the number of gender-neutral bathrooms. “I want to go to a school where my friends and I don’t bond over the dangerous situations we’re put in but instead just be happy with our life,” Weimer said. Brad Freihoefer, director of the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success, closed out the event by inviting attendees to Parks 198, where a gallery walk of student art from transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students was set up with reflection questions for individuals within the transgender, nonbinar y and gender nonconforming community. “It is a really brave and courageous act to speak about identity and I am really proud of the group for being open and vulnerable in such a public venue,” Freihoefer said.
Since campaigning for the 2020 presidential race has begun, an old debate has been revived: should the United States continue using the electoral college system? Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren spoke out against the United States’ voting system, known as the electoral college, March 18 at a town hall event. One day later, her fellow primary challenger Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke said there was “a lot of wisdom” in what Warren had to say. Their comments came as part of an argument that David Andersen, an assistant professor of political science, says happens every election season. Ever since it was put into the Constitution, people have debated whether or not the electoral college should exist. Now that Democratic presidential candidates have brought the issue up on the campaign trail, the argument has broken out again. Some members of the Iowa State political science department say doing away with the system could negatively affect Iowa’s significance on the national scale while changing the way people campaign. Mack Shelley, the department chair, said the electoral college could be a difficult system to abolish, describing it as “baked into the Constitution.” The system operates by having electors from each state vote to appoint a new president. Electors are chosen by state parties and almost always vote according to the state’s outcome. Although, there have been 167 electors throughout American history who have defected, including a record-setting 10 in the 2016 presidential election when the electoral college elected President Donald Trump, despite Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote. The amount of electors for each state is based on how many representatives each individual state has in Congress. This means every state is guaranteed at least three electoral college votes, with more populated states getting more electors. In 48 of the 50 states, the candidate who wins a plurality of votes is counted as winning the entire state. Shelley argued that this system is anti-democratic because to win an election, candidates don’t have to receive the most votes, they just have to win the right states up to 270 electoral votes. As of now, at least 11 states have joined what is called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, supporting an alternative to the current system. Shelley said he thinks this measure could face legal issues and probably would not be ready by the 2020 election.
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF STORM WATER DISCHARGE Iowa State University plans to submit a Notice of Intent to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to be covered under the NPDES General Permit No. 2 “Storm Water Discharge Associated with Industrial Activity for Construction Activities”. The storm water discharge will be from demolition and new construction activities located at the Iowa State University Poultry Farm – Teaching and Research Facility, Ames, Iowa 50011, located in SW ¼, Section 21, T83N, R24W, Story County. Storm water will be discharged from one point source entering the county ditch to unnamed tributary to Worrell Creek. Comments may be submitted to the Storm Water Discharge Coordinator, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, 502 E. 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0034. The public may review the Notice of Intent from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the above address after it has been received by the Department.
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COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES Art therapy can involve drawing, music or writing for patients that don’t respond to “normal” therapy. It has been growing in popularity recently due to its high success rate.
The success of art-centered therapy BY LACEY.WESTBERG @iowastatedaily.com Mental illness can be hard for people to deal with, whether they are being directly affected or a loved one is. Mental illness is a disease in the brain due to a chemical imbalance or a side effect from an undeveloped part of the brain. Usually, these illnesses affect people’s everyday lives in more ways that one. Doctors prescribe medication that may or may not cause side effects, some of which can be dangerous. Many therapists have now come up with the concept of art therapy. Art therapy is a creative method of expression through different forms of art such as drawing, music or writing. Art therapy is used for many different forms of mental illness, even for the mental illnesses that make people unable to speak. You do not have to be able to verbally communicate to do art therapy either, which is why it is very common for people who are
autistic or mute. According to various studies from the American Art Therapy Association, many different emotions and underlying issues have been found by utilizing art therapy. For example; if a patient is played a heavy metal song but comes out with a happy response it may be a sign that they have a hard time telling the difference between safety and anger, signaling a possibly abusive relationship. Another common form of art therapy is drawing something when asked a question, and then the therapist bases the rest of the session off of what they can pull out from the drawing. For example; if a child was asked to draw a picture of their family and they drew a picture of what looked like the mom and the child together, but the father was not near them, the therapist might get the sense that the child does not have a father present or that they do not consider the father to be part of the family. Art therapy is becoming a very booming business because of its very high success rate.
The success is not only based off of the evaluations, but it is also based off of the physical calmness the patients seem to get almost instantly. Art therapy is not only for children, as there are also a lot of art therapists in nursing homes, hospitals and veterans clinics. The reason that many people think it helps mental illness more than medications is because it involves learning how you work before the diagnosis. Many people with mental illnesses don’t know what’s wrong with them when they get put onto medications, which can throw off the success rate of the pill because of possible added anxiety. People who are put on meds in minor cases of mental illnesses can also become dependent on them, causing addiction or the feeling that they cannot function without them. Art therapy teaches the patient’s not only how to cope and deal with the illness while they are in session, but the lessons get to stay with them forever, making for an easy and very positive way for people to get help. There are many misconceptions about what
art therapy is. One of the biggest is adult coloring. While many people find adult coloring soothing and to be a form of relaxation, it is not a technical term of art therapy. When doing art therapy it’s not only drawing or writing something; it also involves having a professional there to evaluate the work or progress being done. Some people who attend art therapy workshops for self-revelation come out thinking that they, too, can practice art therapy, which is simply not the case. An art therapist has actually gotten their license and has gone to school for the profession. Actual art therapy involves an evaluation and for the patients to do work outside of the sessions, such as tracking their dreams or thoughts in a journal. The emotional connection between a therapist and a patient never goes away, and I feel this is a cool way to be able to look back from where you’ve come from to where you are now. Art therapy is an amazing form of therapy for anyone to try, whether they have a mental illness or not.
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Take the Iowa State campus climate survey Surveys are a great way to collect information from a variety of sources in a short amount of time, especially when people can answer anonymously for more sensitive topics, such as sexual assault. Iowa State recently sent out a survey looking to find answers about the current climate around campus. In years past, there has not been a great outcome from similar surveys as many students chose not to participate for one reason or another. For those of you who have not yet completed the survey, there might be a few reasons. One of those might be that you didn’t know there was a survey or didn’t know what that email was for. The email from “campus climate” is not an environmental-related survey. This survey is actually about sexual assault and misconduct. Once one clicks on the link to the survey, they will see a page explaining
what the sur vey is and some background on it. It states, “ This sur vey is sponsored by your college in collaboration with the Association of American Universities (AAU). Westat, an independent research firm, is administering the survey. This research is covered by a federal Certificate of Confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health. You will not be identified with any of your survey responses. Survey results will be used to guide policies to encourage a healthy, safe and nondiscriminatory environment on campus. By filling out the survey, you can make sure your voice and experiences are counted.” Everyone should participate in this quick survey. The survey opens with some questions about your background. The
survey then asks you questions about Iowa State’s environment. For example, it asks if students, faculty or university officials are concerned with each other’s well-being. After that, it gives the participants a warning stating that the next questions contain sensitive content on sexual assault or misconduct. The questions following ask if the participant knows what sexual assault or misconduct is, if there is any on campus and how to handle it if you or anyone you know is in that situation. It is important for students to fill out this survey. It is important for the issues to be known and data to be taken. The only way to prevent these issues is to speak about them. Sexual assault is an important issue, and the only way Iowa State can change is if students and faculty let it know it needs to.
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Iowa State Daily Friday, March 29, 2019
Snowboarder wins bronze BY MATT.SOLOMONS @iowastatedaily.com As Iowa State snowboarder Ryan Fransen began his first slopestyle run March 15 at the United States Collegiate Ski & S nowboarding Association (USCSA) National Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the announcers expressed their surprise to see an Iowan competing in front of them — let alone challenging for a spot on the podium. In fact, this was the fourth successive year that Fransen, a senior in mechanical engineering, had appeared in the competition. In previous years, Fransen had narrowly missed out, with a fourth-place finish as a sophomore — one year after vowing to “finish in the top three” by the end of college in a 2016 interview with the ISU Alumni Association. With such high expectations for himself as a competitor from the outset, it was easy to forget how much of an underdog Fransen was at the national championships and throughout his collegiate snowboarding career. With limited snowsport facilities in Iowa, that might be enough to pass off dreams of national success as unrealistic. However, Fransen said he relished in the “added challenge of being from Iowa and having the opportunity to turn heads.” In what was his last opportunity, the Dubuque, Iowa, native discovered the formula to winning a medal at the national level. Whereas before Fransen would chase the podium in individual events, consistent placements were the key to a third-place finish overall in freestyle. The division consisted of boardercross, rail jam and slopestyle contests. “I approached it differently this year,” Fransen said. “I played it smarter this time around.” Competing against the likes of defending USCSA champion Robbie Roethler and Olympians Seamus O’Connor and Tit Stante — all from snowboarding powerhouse Westminster College in Utah — it was a tough ask for Fransen to place in the top three in each event. Instead, the Midwest region’s sole competitor adjusted his strategy accordingly to focus on the overall competition, which demanded strong performances across the board.
“It was intimidating,” Fransen said of competing against high-caliber opposition. “They’re crazy good, but I’ve always had this thought in the back of my mind that if I played to my strengths I could have a shot at getting on the podium.” This consistency proved to be the cornerstone of success for Fransen. In boardercross — a bracket-style tournament which sees the fastest of four competitors racing down the same course advance — Fransen finished eighth out of 54. While in rail jam and slopestyle, two events involving tricks and jumps over obstacles, he claimed fifth and sixth, respectively. With terrain parks at the national championships smaller than those expected at professional competitions like the X-Games, it suited Fransen, who has practiced at Seven Oaks Recreation in Boone, Iowa, during his time at Iowa State. Unlike the vast mountain resorts available to the majority of Fransen’s opposition, Seven Oaks could not accommodate for the largest jumps and craziest tricks. Instead, Fransen’s environment both encouraged and forced him to be more creative. “I may not have the same opportunity to ride the biggest jumps in the U.S. or the most challenging runs,” Fransen said. “But it’s allowed me to work on learning a wide variety of more technical tricks which has worked in my favor on the national stage.” Whereas other competitors had beaten Fransen to the podium in the individual contests, the Iowa State snowboarder placed highly in each of the three events. This standard of performance was enough to propel Fransen into the bronze medal position for the overall freestyle competition. In his final national championships, Fransen secured silverware for the first time and finally achieved his goal. Alongside employing his calculated strategies, Fransen attributed his success to his fun-loving and laid-back attitude on the slopes. “This year being my last year, I wanted to make sure I took the pressure off myself and just had fun with it,” Fransen said. “I wore a retro ski jacket all week and had way more fun on the mountain than any of the years past. In the end, you really do ride your best when you’re having the most fun.” With Fransen graduating at the end of this semester, the search is on for Iowa State’s next national snowsports medalist.
COURTESY OF SKYLER FUSCO Iowa State senior Ryan Fransen catches air during the USCSA Snowboarding Championships March 15. Fransen won a bronze medal for the event.
Coach Fennelly pens extension BY JACK.SHOVER @iowastatedaily.com
IOWA STATE DAILY Head women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly salutes the crowd following the Cyclones’ 75-69 win over No. 22 Kansas State on Jan. 21, 2017.
Iowa State’s athletics director Jamie Pollard announced on Twitter a contract extension with long-time women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly on Thursday. Fennelly’s contract extension with the university runs through the 2025 season. “Bill built a program from scratch and, more impressively, maintained major success for more than two decades,” Pollard said in a release. “There’s a loyalty factor and a commitment (to Iowa State) factor with Bill that isn’t very typical today. He has been fully invested in the ‘Iowa State Way’ for a long time and our fan base has reaped the benefits.” Fennelly has led several successful teams in the Big 12 and NCAA Tournament including this season. During his time at Iowa State, Fennelly has accumulated 505 wins and 262 losses for an overall win percentage of .658 since 1995. Prior to working at Iowa State, Fennelly was the head coach at Toledo. The Cyclones have won the Big 12 Tournament title under Fennelly in 2000 and 2001. Since 1995, the Cyclones have had 18 NCAA
appearances including two Elite Eight and three Sweet 16 appearances. Iowa State lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament this season and finished with a 22-9 record. The Cyclones were a 3 seed in the tournament and hosted the first two rounds at Hilton Coliseum. Boasting some of the top attendance numbers in women’s basketball nationwide, Fennelly has helped foster one of the best home court advantages in the country. During the 2017-18 season, Iowa State ranked third nationally in attendance per game by averaging 9,870 fans a game despite finishing that season 14-17 overall. In the 2018-19 season, the Cyclones had a record of 17-3 at home. “I love this place,” Fennelly said in his post-game comments Monday. “I love everything about it. I love coming to work. I love telling people I coach and work at Iowa State.” Iowa State also finished second in the Big 12 regular season and the team fell to Baylor in the Big 12 Tournament Championship game. The Cyclones were led by senior Bridget Carleton, who was the first Iowa State player to ever win the Big 12 Player of the Year award.
Friday, March 29, 2019 Iowa State Daily
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JULIA MEEHAN AND IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State students take advantage of the warm weather on campus with a multitude of outdoor activities, including hammocking, bike riding, slacklining, and throwing frisbees.
BYJULIA.MEEHAN @iowastatedaily.com
TOP 6 WAYS TO
ENJOY SPRING Iowa State hotspots to enjoy the weather
As temperatures start to rise, Iowa State students can crawl out of hibernation and jump back into outdoor activities. Here is a list of activities to do on campus to embrace the spring weather.
RUN FOR THE HILLS Skip the treadmill at State or Lied gym and run on the trails on campus. Iowa State has sidewalks available for students to run on, including routes near Lake Laverne and the Memorial Union. Meg Schmitz, a freshman in animal science, enjoys long runs outside with her friends and especially with Iowa State’s running club. Schmitz’s normal workout includes a mile warm up, a three mile run and then a mile cool down. “I used to competitively run in high school,” Schmitz said. “It is a great way to stay in shape. I will typically run throughout the campus and the city of Ames.” TAKE A STROLL Finally, you can avoid taking the CyRide and walk or ride a bike to your next class. Walking or riding your bike to class may be faster than waiting in line for the next 23 Orange bus. When it is hard to wake up for an 8 a.m., walking in fresh air and moving your legs will wake you immediately. There are other ways to commute around campus that have become popular among college students and perfect for when spring weather hits. Riding a longboard or a skateboard to class are common trends to see on campus during nice days, as well as free line skates. HAMMOCKING AND HANGING OUT Find two trees on the front lawn of Iowa State and hang your hammock. Hammocking in the afternoon or on a Sunday morning is an opportunity to relax, study, draw, read or do anything that interests you. So grab some friends and find a spot to hang out. “It is an extremely comfortable way to relax and eat
your lunch,” said Derek Wurth, a freshman in psychology. “It is so much better than laying on the ground and having the grass itch you. It is almost like bringing a bed outside.”
SPRING CLEANING Even though your mother is not here to demand you take part in spring cleaning, you can impress her from miles away by doing it yourself. It is the perfect time to make moving out easier and do a lot of the cleaning work when you have the chance. Start with cleaning out all of the assignments and worksheets you have collected over the months from your desk. Then you can donate clothing you no longer wear from your closet to a secondhand store and get rid of all the dust bunnies that have been building up since move in day by dusting and vacuuming your room. Other spring cleaning ideas include throwing out expired or unnecessary food and drinks in your fridge and freezer as well as wiping down your microwave to remove any spillage from ramen noodles. OUTDOOR INTRAMURALS Join an outdoor intramural activity through Recreation Services.There are over 45 intramurals offered and plenty are played outside. Particularly, tennis doubles and two-person best shot golf is available until the school year is over. Other than intramurals, you can gather some friends and throw around a frisbee or football on central campus. “Sometimes I will throw around a frisbee with some friends on the front lawn then rest for a bit on my hammock and then head back out for some easy, fresh exercise.” said Joshua Caplinger, a freshman in software engineering. STOP FOR A BREAK While taking a break from your hectic schedule, snag a bench or a picnic table around campus to eat your lunch outdoors while you take in some rays and rest. Other than eating a snack, you can finish homework from class or read a book for fun.
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Iowa State Daily Friday, March 29, 2019 PROCESS
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KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State football head coach Matt Campbell smiles at participants in the third annual Victory Day at Jack Trice Stadium on Aug. 24, 2018.
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drills for the dozens of players in shorts and shoulder pads, they’re still important. As cliche as Campbell’s focus on the details and offseason is for coaches, it truly is a key piece to the growth and development of a program. The team has holes to fill in the offseason, too. Running back David Montgomery and wide receiver Hakeem Butler were in the facility on Tuesday, but they were there working on Pro Day drills in preparation for the NFL Draft in April. With the departures of Montgomery and Butler to the league, the keys to the Cyclones offense solely fall into the hands of sophomore quarterback Brock Purdy. Purdy mesmerized fans in Jack Trice Stadium and Big 12 venues around the country with his pump fakes, his bombs to Butler and his poise beyond his years. Even with all his success, Purdy missed out on the opportunity to run with the first-teamers last spring — a luxury he possesses for his sophomore campaign. With the responsibility of orchestrating the team through the spring, Purdy also shoulders a bigger role with non-physical traits.
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are Democrats who represent the Story county area. Wessel-Kroeschell has represented the Ames area in the Iowa House since the 2004 elections and has deep roots in the area. Her father was a professor of political science at Iowa State, and she graduated high school in Ames and completed her master of public administration degree at Iowa State. Heddens has served in the Iowa House since the 2002 elections and served as assistant majority leader when Democrats were in the majority. She has lived in the Ames area for more than 30 years and attended Iowa State. Quirmbach previously served on the Ames City Council and has served in the Iowa Senate since the 2002 elections. He is an associate professor of economics at Iowa State. Other Iowa legislators have been invited to the event, but they have not confirmed their attendance. Policy professionals have also been invited. The event was originally scheduled for Feb. 23; however, it was rescheduled to Saturday due to weather.
W hen asked about the effects of keeping and getting rid of the Electoral College, Andersen indicated there could be conflicting interests at stake. He said his position is that the electoral college helps less populated states remain significant in presidential elections. “If we don’t keep it, nobody will ever come to rural America ever again,” Andersen said. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Iowa was estimated to have a population of 3.15 million people as of July 1, 2018. In contrast, Los Angeles, California had a population of four million people in 2017. Andersen said under a popular vote system, candidates would be incentivized to head to large cities instead of rural states to garner votes. Nevertheless, Andersen agreed the Electoral College was not his ideal system
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With tragedies such as the Christchurch shooting, it is almost an innate instinct for many social media users to share, quote-tweet, and provide their own commentary on this violent and hateful content, inadvertently spreading it even further without intending to do so. “Once this video and stream were posted, they were shared internationally across multiple social media platforms,” Bugeja said. “Those who shared might have expressed sorrow or compassion for the victims, conveyed a political stance for or against gun violence or immigration, or used memes or emoticons to express how they felt, without realizing that they might be considered digital accomplices, in as much as they were spreading the perpetrators’ hateful actions and manifesto.” Bugeja also wrote on this topic in an opinion piece for the Des Moines Register’s Iowa View column. In the article, he criticized Facebook’s handling of the sensitive content and the technology behind it. He also called for the regulation of tech giants such as Facebook. “Congress should institute laws that regulate these social media behemoths that seem too big to fail, even though, time and time again, they have failed us,” Bugeja said. Amid recent criticism stemming from the Christchurch shooting, Facebook has ceded to pressure from civil rights groups and has banned outwardly white nationalist and white separatist content on its platform. Facebook had already banned white
“I think that complete evolution of who the true leader is in this program,” Campbell said of what he wants Purdy to gain in the spring. “Brock is a naturally born leader in a lot of ways. He commands the best of himself everyday. I think greatness comes when you have the ability to demand that of everybody else around you.” Campbell’s words provide a lofty responsibility for a sophomore who turned 19 years old a few months ago. Purdy, though, recognized his role expanding throughout the season last year as he gained more exposure inside the Cyclone offense, and he benefitted from having sixthyear senior Kyle Kempt assist him in his first college season. “From [when] I first stepped onto campus, I was kind of a little quiet here and there, but after I started playing we all opened up,” Purdy said in January. “That’s where we grew and had success.” While there’s still 155 days until Iowa State kicks off with Northern Iowa in Jack Trice Stadium — assuming there’s no South Dakota State game-like monsoon — the most important steps in Purdy’s progression may be taking place under the roof of the Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility.
supremacist content in the past but did not see a need to ban the previous two in its first round of bans on racist content. The manifesto of the Christchurch shooter contained white supremacist ideas and conspiracy theories alongside memes and calls to action. The interspersing of memes and jokes among other seemingly serious content in the manifesto has led many to question the validity of the shooter’s words. The Christchurch shooter referenced many memes and jokes of the far and alt-right while also displaying, at least seemingly, serious calls to action. As mentioned in a prior article, the sentiments expressed by the Christchurch shooter are not foreign to Iowa State, or even the state of Iowa. Rep. Steve King of Iowa’s 4th Congressional District has expressed similar views to the shooter in the past as well. In an interview with a far-right Internet publication, Unzensuriert (Uncensored), King claimed that Western liberalism and Islam were “team[ing] up against Western civilization.” In a follow-up question, King said, “And Western Civilization in the analytical view is a superior civilization. There is no civilization that has even come close to creating the medicine, the science, this standard of living, this Rule of Law. This is how I describe the shining city.” This is not the first time King has claimed that the “West” was superior. King has also
CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY Turnout at voting locations on campus was low- polling officials at the Union Drive Community Center location counted 22 voters as of 5 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2017.
but also said a direct popular vote would not work, saying that a new system of districts might serve the purpose better. “There’s lots of different alternatives we could look at if we really wanted to care about democracy and fairness,” Andersen said.
expressed these views in a 2016 panel on MSNBC where he claimed the “West” has contributed more to civilized society than “any other subgroup of people.” The most noteworthy similarity between the shooter’s worldview and King’s is the belief in a far right conspiracy theory known as “The Great Replacement.” Many far-right and alt-right Internet personalities have touched on this subject, and the discourse on birth rates in “Western countries” has been a hot-topic in their communities for a while. The Christchurch shooter titled his manifesto after the term -- a term which King has used and acknowledges as real. In the same interview with unzensuriert, King said, “If we continue to abort our babies and import a replacement for them in the form of young violent men, we are supplanting our culture, our civilization.” King went on to blame abortions and low birth rates in “Western” countries as well as mass legal and illegal immigration into these countries in Europe and North America. W hen Unz ensurier t tried to c larify whether King was talking about the “The Great Replacement,” King responded, “Great replacement, yes. These people walking into Europe by ethnic migration, 80 percent are young men. They are somebody else’s babies.” The last sentence is a reference to a tweet from King on March 12, 2017, in which he wrote, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”
Andersen and Shelley both said the conversation is being driven by Democrats that are unhappy about losing several elections where they won the popular vote and that doing away with the Electoral College could shift the country in favor of the Democratic party.
The first few pages of the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto, titled “ The Great Replacement,” discuss the shooter’s views on the conspiracy and includes violent calls to action against, what he calls, “invaders.” The shooter claimed that he acted alone with the blessing of the revived version of the Knights Templar, an anti-immigration organization that derives its aesthetic from fetishization of the Crusades and those who carried out those attacks. However, in the days following the attack in Christchurch, questions of connections between the far-right Identitarian Movement in Austria, headed by Martin Sellner, began to rise as media outlets learned about a 1,500 euro donation by the Christchurch shooter to the group. According to NBC News, Sellner received the donation in early 2018. The Chancellor of Austria, Sebastian Kurz confirmed the existence of this donation on March 27. “ We can now confirm that there was financial support and so a link between the New Zealand attacker and the Identitarian Movement in Austria,” Kurz said. Sellner denies any involvement with the shooter besides sending a “thank you” note via email. Austrian authorities raided Sellner’s residence and confiscated his phone, computer, and other items, according to NBC News. The Identitarian Movement is a far-right movement with different sets of organizations operating within many European countries, including Austria.