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03.07.2019 Vol. 219 No. 112

THURSDAY

Hosted for who?

White nationalist causes campus uproar, students gather in bitter cold to listen, protest speaker

BY EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com More than 50 students and activists sat in Carver 205 Wednesday night waiting for white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes to speak. Twenty minutes after he was slated to arrive, the group decided to switch gears.

Anthony Labruna of College Republicans and Alexis Holmes of the Black Student Alliance (BSA) began leading a discussion meant to bring the attendees together.

That is until 10 minutes into the discussion when Labruna announced Fuentes was in East Hall, and attendees fled to find him.

An hour and a half later, after Fuentes delivered a speech blaming immigrants, “globalists,” and people of color for America’s problems, he stood toe-to-toe with local activist Javier Miranda.

Miranda said Fuentes pointed out his yarmulke and stopped just short of calling him an anti-semitic slur.

“You know what I was going to call you,” Fuentes called back to Miranda as the Iowa State Police Department escorted him into Parks Library and out through the back, ending Fuentes’ time at Iowa State.

ANTICIPATION Labruna and another member of College Republicans arrived in Carver around 6:30 p.m., while two Iowa State police officers guarded the room. The officers entered and told the pair they were not allowed to enter since the space was not reserved. Labruna asked why they weren’t allowed to sit in the room, and the officers allowed them to stay.

More people began trickling in, and by 7 p.m., approximately 40 people — a mix of supporter, protesters and people who were “just curious” — had arrived.

Jonathan Hall, the National Panhellenic Council (NPHC) liaison for BSA served as the spokesperson for the NPHC, BSA and NAACP coalition at the event and said he “found comfort” in the amount of people who showed up to oppose Fuentes.

Shortly after 7:30 p.m., with more than 50 people in attendance and no sign of Fuentes, Labruna and Holmes stepped to the front of the room.

“We just wanted to go ahead and, since we’re all gathered and since everyone is full of a whole lot of emotions and feelings and thoughts, we thought it would be

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KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Nicholas Fuentes speaks with an Iowa State Police Department officer in East Hall at Iowa State Wednesday.

Fuentes was asked to vacate the room he was speaking in as he did not have authorization to be there.

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Nicholas Fuentes addresses a crowd at East Hall at Iowa State Wednesday. The Iowa State Police Department had Fuentes leave the room because he did not have the space reserved.

Ten women recognized for community leadership

BY SAGE.SMITH @iowastatedaily.com The YWCA Ames at ISU will hold the Women of Achie vement Awards Ceremony and Reception at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday in the Ames Golf and Country Club.

The Women of Achievement Awards Ceremony is a YWCA annual event but has not taken place the past few years due

to a revamping of the program. “ This year we will be awarding ten different women in different categories, such as education, nonprofit, community activist and more,” said Angela Merrick, Executive Director of YWCA Ames-ISU. All of the women are being recognized for being involved in the community in a way that progresses the YWCA’s mission of “eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice,

freedom and dignity for all.”

March is Women’s History Month and also observes International Women’s Day. “The women we are awarding are doing such important work in today’s world,” Merrick said. “[Which includes] fighting against human trafficking, advocating for the LGBT community, demonstrating gender equality through art and so much more.”

The tickets for this event are $40 per

person, or $20 for students and children under 18.

Tickets can be purchased at the Student Marketplace website or with cash or check at the door.

“All funds raised through ticket donations and sponsorships will go toward Y WCA programs which all empower women, international students, spouses and community members, and advocacy in social justice issues,” Merrick said.

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3.7.19 Award-winning Faculty Series: Intentions vs. actions in classroom teaching 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m. at 2030 Morrill Hall. “Good Class Bad Class: Intentions vs. actions in classroom teaching,” D. Raj Raman, Morrill Professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, reflects on the parallels between student motivation, which is well recognized as crucial for student success, and instructor motivation (and bandwidth). This event was rescheduled from its original date of Jan. 31, 2019.

Faculty workshop: Preparing for a Successful P&T Review 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the South Ballroom, Memorial Union. Associate provost Dawn Bratsch-Prince and vice president for research Sarah Nusser will lead a presentation for new tenure-eligible faculty on what makes a successful promotion and tenure case. Register

by March 5.

Panel: Open Education Resources (OER) Trailblazers Share their Stories 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Gold Room of the Memorial Union. Join us for a panel discussion on the impact of OER in the classroom. Miller Open Education MiniGrant recipients will share the benefits and

challenges of making the switch to OER and why they chose to apply for the grant.

Meeting: Professional and Scientific Council 2:10 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Gallery Room, Memorial Union. The P&S Council is a representative body elected by, and responsible to, Professional and Scientific employees at Iowa State University.

Meetings are open to the public.

Photoshop CC Basics for Photographers 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Reiman Gardens. 6-week course on Thursdays beginning March 7, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Photoshop CC is a powerful, yet complex photo editing tool to learn. And, as a photographer, who has time to learn how to use it?

Canada-US Relations: Still Friends, Partners, and Allies? 7 p.m. at the Sun Room, Memorial Union.

Former Canadian diplomat Colin Robertson is now vice president and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Robertson will speak about the relationship beyond the Beltway and offer some perspectives on how it can continue to mutually benefit both nations.

All events courtesy of event.iastate.edu.

POLICE BLOTTER 3.5.19 Ryan Thomas Fleming, age 19, of 255 Richardson Court Unit 2249, Ames, Iowa, was arrested on a warrant for 4 counts of theft.

An officer investigated a property damage collision at Lot 9 (reported at 10:48 a.m.).

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SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Members of the LGBTQIA+ community raise their hands for recognition during their sit-in protest of Student Government’s support of Senate Study Bill 1099 during the Senate meeting on Wednesday at the Memorial Union.

Advocating for change LGBTQIA+ allies host sit in to request bill be rescinded

StuGov Senate overturns discriminatory resolution

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com

BY MADELYN.OSTENDORF @iowastatedaily.com

Pride Alliance members and other members of the LGBTQIA+ community attended the Student Government meeting Wednesday to sit in on the voting and debate of a resolution supporting Senate F ile 274 and House F ile 316, which purports to promote free speech on college campuses, but also allows student organizations to place restrictions on who can hold a leadership position.

O ver 10 students, faculty, staff and community members attended the Student Government meeting to support the Pride Alliance.

Roslyn Gray, president of Pride Alliance, spoke and presented a written letter during the open forum to senators. “ Through passing this bill, the representatives of Student Government have shown, at best, disregard for the experiences of minoritized people on this campus and an unwillingness to fully consider the impacts of their actions,” Gray said when reading the letter. “Suggesting that freedom of speech doesn’t exist on this campus, except for in certain areas, is

“I am so glad that they rescinded their support [of the resolution].”

— Trinity Dearborn

disingenuous and provides organizations the ability to openly exclude queer students and people with other minoritized identities from gaining valuable social connections and leadership skills.”

G r a y re q u e s t e d t h e e n t i re b i l l b e rescinded.

Sen. Sandeep Stanley responded by asking why the bill should be rescinded.

Gray said that they believe the bill should be rethought because the writers of the resolution included section 3.3 and the entirety of the bill should be called into question because of that inclusion.

S en. S tanley said that because the wording of the rest of the bill is more clear than section 3.3, which Gray called vague and easily interpreted in different ways, the rest of the bill should not be rescinded.

Sen. Kaitlyn Sanchez asked why there was a problem with the bill if LGBTQIA+ individuals are a protected class federally.

Gray and Kathryn Kananen, president of Asexual Aromantic Alliance, responded by saying even if it is illegal at the federal level, it could still be legal to discriminate at the state level.

Trinity Dearborn, vice president of Pride Alliance and Asexual Aromantic Alliance, rescinded their former support for the rest of the bill as they said it could be potentially used to allow hate crimes to happen without repercussion.

After the open forum, the two bills, one amending the resolution and one to completely rescind the resolution, came to the Senate floor.

The result of the bill amending the resolution proposed by Sen. Stanley passed with a vote of 27-0-0.

The result of the bill rescinding the resolution proposed by Sen. Ihssan AitBoucherbil passed with a vote of 15-11-0 meaning that Sen. Stanley’s amendment is overruled and will not be sent onward.

Gray said they were pleased with the result of the voting and Iowa State needs to make their free speech policy more clear and easily searchable.

“I am so glad that they rescinded their support [of the resolution],” Dearborn said.

Student Government saw two different proposals to resolve their previous endorsement of Iowa Senate File 274 and House File 316 at their Wednesday meeting.

Sen. Sandeep Stanley proposed Student Government amend its original resolution rather than rescinding support. The proposal includes the addition of “The Iowa State University Student Government does not support the second sentence of Section 3.3 in its current form and recommends that it be altered or removed” within the resolution.

“This solution achieves all of our objectives that we need to strike the controversial part of the resolution we passed a few weeks ago,” Sen. Stanley said.

Sen. Jacob Schrader quoted a few Bible verses to explain why a religious group might not want a lesbian or gay leader within their clubs, as religious groups also are protected

by Iowa State to exercise their beliefs.

The amendment was approved with a vote of 27-0-0.

Sen. Ihssan Ait-Boucherbil then introduced her resolution to rescind Student Government’s endorsement of Senate File 274 and House File 316. The resolution would rescind support for all of the bill which covered expanding free speech zones, as well as allowing student organizations to put restrictions on who could be a leader within their organizations.

An argument was made by several senators that it was already known to the legislators the Student Government had endorsed the bill, despite the official document never having been sent, due to Sen. Schrader sending copies of the resolution to legislators and lobbyists who requested it, as well as articles written by the Iowa State Daily.

“Just because the legislature already knows about our approval of this bill does not mean we can’t send out signed copies to show where Student Government stands,” Sen. Ait-Boucherbil said.

Sen. Schrader disagreed with the total rescission, as he said that he felt the rest of the bill was good and clarified the

protections of free speech on campus.

“Let ’s not rush to overcorrect,” Sen. Schrader said.

An amendment to the resolution was added by Sen. Ait-Boucherbil to clarify the purpose of the possible rescission that read: “ The Iowa State University Student Government does not support the possibility for discrimination within student organizations found in section 3.3.”

The resolution was passed with a vote of 15-11-0. This means Sen. Stanley’s amendment is overruled and will not be sent onward.

Sen. Kaitlyn Sanchez introduced a resolution titled “Addressing and Improving Student Government.” The resolution recognizes the positive strides Student Government has made, as well as the progress that can be made, and resolves for a student body-wide survey to be sent out for feedback and use those results to see what Student Government can continue to improve upon.

The resolution was tabled for one week.

Sen. Stanley introduced a resolution endorsing Iowa Senate File 342 and House Study Bill 175, which talks about medical amnesty.

“Medical amnesty policies are designed to protect individuals who experience a medical emergency caused by the illegal possession or consumption of controlled substances from liability that would arise from contact with emergency services,” according to the resolution.

The resolution passed by way of unanimous consent.

Sen. Courtney Beringer introduced a resolution titled “Encouraging Participation for the ISU Community in the 2020 Iowa Caucuses.”

The resolution declared there may be no required, or encouraged to be required, “academic, lecture, athletic and other events”, according to the resolution. Clearing Feb. 3, 2020 of events will allow all Iowa State students and staff members to participate in the caucus.

The resolution was passed by way of unanimous consent.

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Human books tell stories Parks to host ‘human library’ PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE HASHEMI Nicole Hashemi is an associate professor that specializes in microfluidics and mechanical engineering.

Researchers investigate link between caffeine and mother’s bodies

BY SEBASTIAN.KREMBUSZEWSKI @iowastatedaily.com A group of engineers are working on a project called “Placenta-on-a-Chip” in order to study the structure of how compounds can be passed from a mother to the fetus.

The leader of the project is Nicole Hashemi, associate professor in mechanical engineering that specializes in microfluidics. Hashemi intends to use the Placentaon-a-Chip device to also research more on the temporary placenta organ and its functions on the body.

Hashemi has had help with this project from Catherine Meis, who was an undergraduate student working on the project while at Iowa State, and Jeremy Caplin, who was a masters student while at Iowa State. Both are currently getting their doctorate degrees.

One of the main interests Hashemi said she has with the project is to study the placenta given that it is a temporary organ and also to primarily understand its functions.

“My hope is that we can use [Placentaon-a-Chip] to understand what specifically happens to specific people so that you can use the system for personal medicine,” Hashemi said. “We are going to achieve more faster because instead of just waiting for years to see what happens, you can see immediate effects on the cells and transport materials from one side to the other.”

The current research project has been in development for the past four years, and Hashemi said she hopes to get additional funding from the National Institute of Health.

“It’s going to take some time for us to really understand the whole technology and apply it,” Hashemi said.“We have a publication now, we have a paper that shows the system is developed and is ready to be used for further studies.”

Hashemi has also worked on other long term projects since being at Iowa State, including studies to determine the effects of brain activity during head injuries like concussions, and learn what happens to the brain cells on immediate impact.

Compared to her other projects, Hashemi said this has definitely been the longest on going project and hopes to continue her work with the system.

“We have the platform developed and now we can use it and collaborate with a lot of people from medical schools,” Hashemi said. “Now that we have the technology I’m anticipating that we will have a lot of collaboration going on.”

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com Parks Library will be hosting a Human Library event 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday in 198 Parks Library.

A human library is similar to a normal library, but the books are humans who tell their stories.

A human book is a person who has volunteered to challenge prejudice through conversation with members of the public, who borrow them. They will have a title that relates to their experience of prejudice and/or discrimination.

“This event will be an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the diversity of Iowa State University and will provide a safe and supportive and respectful environment for people to learn more about and connect with more ways to better understand the experiences of fellow members of their campus community,” according to the library website.

Some of the human books that will be present at the event will include The Independent; Cancer survivor, or, when my ovary tried to eat me; Labyrinth of Hope; Endeavors In Living: To Be Continued; Black Atheist; Quite Quiet: During and Post Selective Mutism; and Off of the Island and into the Snow: How moving to Iowa offered me a host of new experiences and opportunities.

“Our student books have some very powerful stories to tell,” said Megan O’Donnell, a librarian at Parks Library.

Fo r p e o p l e i n t e r e s t e d i n attending there is a required registration that can either be filled out ahead of time online or at the entrance to the event.

The Human Library or “Menneskebiblioteket ” in Danish, was developed in

IOWA STATE DAILY The 1983 expansion of Parks Library caused the building to quadruple in size. Here, the exterior of the original library structure can be seen.

Copenhagen in the spring of 2000 as a project for Roskilde Festival.

The original event was open eight hours a day for four days straight and featured over 50 different human books. More than a thousand readers attended this

first event.

Now for the first time, Iowa State will have their own human library with over 10 books available for readers to listen to.

The way readers will be able to “check out” books is that they fill out “library cards” given by staff

and then find the table that the respective human book is at and listen to their 30 min story. Time for conversation and questions will be after every storytelling. “ This event will be a place for dialogue, not just listening,” O’Donnell said.

Canadian diplomat to speak at Iowa State

BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com Former diplomat Colin Robertson will deliver a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Sun Room in the Iowa State Memorial Union on CanadaUnited States relations.

Robertson will speak about how CanadaUnited States relations outside the Beltway or Ottawa bubble can continue to be a force for good. In the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAF TA) renegotiation that has the possibility of impacting millions of jobs throughout both countries, relations with Canada remain vital for maintaining a growing economy.

This lecture comes as relations between the federal governments on both sides of the border

have reached a relative low during the Trump Administration.

“Canada-U.S. relations are under stress as the Trump Administration pursues its ‘America First’ policies in trade, climate and security,” according to the Global Resource Systems event page. “President [Donald] Trump wins no popularity contests in Canada and, in contrast to the relationship with the Obama Administration, the Trudeau Government relations with the Trump Administration are correct but cool.”

Canada-United States relations face further upheaval in the coming months, as in the wake of the midterm elections last year, Democrats who took control of the U.S. House of Representatives will have to ratify the renegotiation of NAFTA that the Trump administration undertook.

A general election is due in October in Canada, which polls indicate will be closely fought between incumbent Prime minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party and the opposition Conservatives, potentially resulting in a change of leader for the United States’ second largest trading partner.

R o b e r t s on wo rk e d i n t h e C a n ad i a n Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development for more than 30 years, serving in posts around the world, including ConsulGeneral to Los Angeles. Now writing as a contributor on international affairs for the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, Robertson was named by the Hill Times, an Ottawa based newspaper on Canadian federal politics in their “top forty” list of those who influence Canadian foreign policy.

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Columnist Petzold argues that parents should be providing their children with the opportunity to be taught survival skills for any situation.

Expect the unexpected Parents should prepare children for any situation

BY MEGAN.PETZOLD @iowastatedaily.com Two young girls, Carolina Carrico, 5, and her sister Leia Carrico, 8, from Benbow, California asked their mother if they could go for a walk Friday afternoon. After she told the girls they couldn’t go for a walk, she went back to cleaning her house.

Then, it took a half an hour for their mother to realize they were no longer there.

Their mother contacted the local sheriff ’s office at 6 p.m. after trying to contact neighbors, family and friends. After calling the sheriff ’s office, the Sheriff ’s Special Ser vices deputies, Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue and CAL FIRE crews, a search was conducted around the area throughout

the night. There were roughly 250 members from across the state that went out to help find these missing girls.

Luckily, the girls were found 44 hours after they left, safe and sound. They were found uninjured and “in good spirits” roughly 1.4 miles from their house. They used their gathered knowledge of basic survival skills, learned from their local 4-H club, to keep themselves safe until teams arrived to bring them home.

The team stated that there were granola bar wrappers found in the woods that matched the ones their mother had recently bought. Lt. Mike Fridley said, “the wrappers showed us a direction from where they started to where the wrappers ended.” In addition to the trail of granola bar wrappers, the team also found some of the girls’ boot prints, which helped the team pinpoint their location.

Fox News states that the girls tried to follow deer tracks for a while and ended up losing the trail. After then, they decided to stay put under a bush and they drank fresh water from Huckleberry leaves to stay hydrated. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal told reporters that, “This is an absolute

miracle. This is rugged territory, this is an extreme environment. How they were out there for 44 hours is pretty amazing.”

As much as people have stated that millennials don’t know how to take care of themselves or that they are just mindless idiots that are glued to technology, it is extremely impressive that these two girls kept themselves safe and alive for almost two days in March in Northern California.

When Fridley called the girls’ mom and told them her daughters were safe and alive, he said “she melted on the phone.”

Even though the girls had learned these wilderness skills, it was still a miracle they knew what to do and how to stay safe in the cold, overnight and in the woods. More parents should prepare their children for any situation they might be put in. On weekends where there is nothing going on, sign your kids up for different classes, such as different survival technique classes, stranger danger classes or some other kind of useful class. Children absorb information like sponges absorb water. Take advantage of this stage and prepare them for anything the world might throw at them.

EDITORIAL

Safety app provides community comfort The Iowa State University Police Department released a new app for Iowa State’s campus called Rave Guardian.

Launched Wednesday, the app serves as a “full contact list of emergency and non-emergency contact personnel, push notifications about campus activity and crime and a tip button for easy submissions,” according to the police.

Additionally, SafeRide can be summoned and tracked through the Rave Guardian app for those who are commonly on campus in the wee hours of the night and early in the morning.

The app can also have a timer set for those who are traveling around campus, or in a place where they feel uncomfortable. During this process, along with setting an estimated time of travel, the user of the app can set a desired destination and person to notify. If the person does not reach their destination

by the time the timer goes off, the app will send a message to a friend or family member stating that the destination had not been reached.

Provided the students, staff and others at Iowa State get the proper exposure to the app, this could save potential tragedies from happening. Between the tracking feature, the ease of calling 911, quickly submitting a tip and its many other safety features, this app will be beneficial for those who choose to use it.

While steps have been taken to ensure that students are downloading and using the app thus far, it will take consistent and constant efforts to ensure that Rave Guardian becomes native to the Iowa State experience. Without knowledge of the app, students will likely not download it and will be without the extra protection it has to offer.

The app is now available on Google

Play and the Apple Store and it can be used by anyone with an Iowa State Net-ID. The ISD Editorial Board encourages students to take advantage of this opportunity. The more protection we can give ourselves will make all the difference.

While some of the features might make some uncomfor table in the beginning, such as the tracking device or the timer that sends one of your friends or family members a text stating you never made it home, all these features are necessary to help protect Iowa State students from potentially dangerous situations.

To some, this seems like an invasion of privacy or an extra step that is likely to cause unnecessary panic to some family members. But those features will come in handy to law enforcement given a crisis situation.

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Carleton nabs Big 12 award Player of the Year goes to Cyclone for first time in history

BY JACK.SHOVER @iowastatedaily.com For the first time ever, an Iowa State women’s player has been awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year. Senior Bridget Carleton was honored with the award Wednesday and edged out last year’s winner, Kalani Brown from Baylor.

Carleton led the conference in scoring and had a convincing head-to-head matchup against Brown and Baylor late in the season. Brown figured to be in contention for the award despite having worse head-to-head stats compared to Carleton due to her being the best player on a Baylor team which swept the Big 12 in the regular season and earned the spot as the No. 1 team in the country.

The Player of the Year award is voted upon by the Big 12’s head coaches. Each coach is not able to vote for their own players.

Carleton has been the best player this season on an Iowa State team which is 23-7 overall and finished 13-5 in conference play and finished second in the conference after Baylor.

The last time the two teams met on Feb. 23, Carleton had a game-high in points with 28 along with eight rebounds. Twenty of her points came in the second half.

Brown finished the game with 14 points and seven rebounds, but Baylor ended up winning the game 73-60 over the Cyclones.

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Bridget Carleton is the first Iowa State women’s player to be awarded Big 12 Player of the Year.

After the game, Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly said who the pick for Big 12 Player of the Year should be.

“I think today, on a national stage, against the best team in our league — there should be no doubt — no doubt who the player

of the year in this league is and if anyone doesn’t vote for Bridget Carleton, then you need to come talk to me,” Fennelly said.

As the first winner of the Big 12 Player of the Year award for Fennelly and the Cyclones, Carleton has achieved an honor

not even Iowa State great Angie Welle, a three-time AP All-American and Iowa State’s all-time scoring leader, was able to achieve.

Carleton said Fennelly has always stuck behind her and backed her up. Even after games where Carleton had failed to have her shot fall, she said Fennelly always drew up the same plays for her the next game.

“He has my back; he always has my back,” Carleton said. “He has had trust in me for for years now through the ups and downs — through everything.”

In her evolution as a player, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said she has seen Carleton transition from a true forward to a player who has developed into a perimeter player who can play multiple positions.

Mulkey said she expected Carleton to be a great shooter, but she said Carleton has also become a player who handles the ball well and is able to consistently penetrate defenses.

In her final season, Carleton averaged 21.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 blocks, 2.3 steals and 2.6 turnovers per game. Carleton also owns a 46.6 shooting percentage from the floor and a 36.6 3-point shooting percentage.

Brown averaged 15.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.6 blocks, 0.4 steals and 1.7 turnovers per game with 62 percent shooting from the floor.

Brown is the best player on a Baylor team which has gone 28-1 overall and 18-0 in the conference — firmly finishing as the top team in the Big 12.

“If Kalani Brown was standing there and another player in this league, who would you take?” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said.

“She’s six-seven, so that’s my answer pretty loud and clear.”

According to the other Big 12 coaches, Carleton is that choice.

Five rematches to watch for at championships

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com Editor’s note: Rankings attached to athletes are the Big 12 Championship preseeds.

It ’s been a fun season for the Iowa State wrestling squad. The Cyc lones trotted out a young lineup with some top talent at specific weights.

D uring Iowa State’s regular season campaign, the Cyclones tallied a 10-4 record (6-2 in Big 12 duals). In most of the 10 wins, the final team scores ended lopsided, including a few shutouts.

The losses showcase a quartet of fun, competitive wrestling, though. Against No. 3 Iowa, No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 14 Northern Iowa and No. 5 Missouri, Iowa State battled but fell short.

In those duals, a few individual rematches could reemerge with Northern Iowa and Oklahoma State at the Big 12 Championship.

Now that Iowa State has shown its individuals can compete against qualit y opponents, here’s five rematches that could light up the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

After an underwhelming Big 12 Championships last season, the Cyclones are expected to improve this year.

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State redshirt freshman Austin Gomez takes on South Dakota State redshirt freshman Rylee Molitor during the second period of their match at Hilton Coliseum on Feb. 1. The Iowa State wrestling team won 47-0.

NO. 2 AUSTIN GOMEZ VERSUS NO. 1 DATON FIX Redshirt freshman 133-pounder Austin Gomez burst onto the scene for Iowa State in his first year off his redshirt.

He showcased a high pace early this season and picked up signature wins over Austin DeSanto of Iowa and Roman Bravo-Young of Penn State.

O k l a h om a S t a t e c o u n t s on Daton Fix — another redshirt freshman — almost as an automatic win with a 27-1 record (the lone loss came from Pittsburgh’s Micky Phillippi).

Fix holds a 2-0 record on Gomez this season, but both matches came down to the wire. At the Southern

Scuffle, Fix earned a 6-3 decision.

Inside a packed Gallagher-Iba Arena, Fix edged out Gomez, 5-4.

Both are basically locks to head to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the NCAA Championships, but this match could help each wrestler in terms of seeding.

NO. 5 ALEX MACKALL VERSUS NO. 3 JAY SCHWARM You could plug in almost any solid 125-pounder and Iowa State’s Mackall for this spot. Mackall needs a solid performance at the Big 12s to secure an automatic qualifying bid or an improved at-large standing.

With that said, he has to win

some toss-ups.

Northern Iowa’s Jay Schwarm and Mackall went toe-to-toe on Feb. 21.

Mackall pushed Schwarm, but the Panther snagged a 6-3 win. Simply put, this will be a tight match and Mackall is no guarantee to make it to the NCAAs, so this is an important potential rematch.

The two are matched up on opposite sides of the bracket, but they could meet later in the bracket or in the consolation bracket.

NO. 3 JARRETT DEGEN VERSUS NO. 6 DAVION JEFFRIES/NO. 2 MAX THOMSEN It’s obvious redshirt sophomore and NCAA qualifier Jarrett Degen presents a challenge to most opponents based on his length and skill set.

Degen displayed that against Missouri’s 149-pounder Brock Mauller, whose only two losses are from Degen, in Degen’s 11-4 win.

On the flip side, Degen slumped in specific matchups in his two seasons in the Big 12. Degen sports a 0-3 record against Northern Iowa’s Max Thomsen, but each loss came via a decision.

Against Oklahoma’s Davion J e f f r i e s , D e ge n won t h e fi r s t matchup, but he’s lost the last two

via decision. Degen will find himself in Pittsburgh, but it’d be comforting for Cyclone fans if he could avenge one or both of those matchups on the way there.

Degen will likely face Jeffries for his first match, and with a win, he would likely meet Thomsen next.

NO. 2 WILLIE MIKLUS VERSUS NO. 3 JOSH HOKIT Iowa State’s most experienced wrestler — 197-pound redshirt senior Willie Miklus heads to Tulsa also looking to avenge a loss. Fresno State’s Josh Hokit upset Miklus in sudden victory, 4-2, earlier this year.

Miklus probably presents Iowa State’s best chance at securing an individual champion at the Big 12 Championship, but he’ll have to avoid another upset like Hokit.

NO. 2 IAN PARKER VERSUS THE FIELD Redshirt sophomore 141-pounder Ian Parker faced a gauntlet to end his dual season. Coach Kevin Dresser coined the name “Dragon Slayer” for him before his late-season flurry of ranked matches.

Parker solidified himself as a top Big 12 contender this season, and the redshirt sophomore has a handful of strong opponents in his bracket.

LIMELIGHT

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Theater embraces inclusivity

Students find home in major outside their own

BY AVERI.BAUDLER @iowastatedaily.com

During the school day, Hayden Walker can of ten be found in his mechanical engineering classes taking attentive notes or studying tirelessly for various exams.

Surrounded by his peers, Walker looks like any other sophomore engineering student, just trying to pass the next big test or make it through another lecture without falling asleep.

As c lass ends and students begin to file out of the lecture hall, however, Walker opts out of the typical post-class nap or evening study session and instead finds himself at Fisher Theater.

Th ough by day, Walker spends his time sol ving equations in the classroom, by night he can be seen on stage acting in one of Iowa State’s theater productions.

Wa l k e r i s o n e o f t h e m a n y non-performing arts majors who c h o o s e t o a d d mu l t i p l e h o u r s o f rehearsal and performance into his academic schedule by participating in plays and musicals on campus.

Walker says that although theater is not something he wishes to pursue, it is something that he knew he couldn’t give up once high school ended.

“Theater was something that I’d done a lot of in high school and it was something that I really wanted to continue as I went into college,” Walker said. “I also wanted a way to get to know new people and the shows

were really a fantastic way to meet some great people with similar interests.”

For Emily Heckle, a senior in animal ecology, exploring Iowa State’s theater classes eventually lead her to incorporate theater into her academics in addition to performing in shows.

“My first semester, I enrolled in the Acting I class and I was immediately taken into the community,” Heckle said. “I started doing shows and festivals that semester and I just haven’t stopped. It’s become so much of my college experience that after much debating I’ve finally decided to minor in performing arts.”

As non-majors are tasked with navigating the balance between classes and rehearsal, Walker says the amount of time he commits to a show is never strenuous until the final days leading up to performance.

“By and large it’s fine to balance studies with rehearsal,” Walker said. “Admittedly tech week, which is the week before the show, can be hard on the homework schedule since rehearsals can go late, but aside from that it’s more than doable.”

Isabella Witte, a junior in criminal justice studies, recently performed alongside Walker in Iowa State’s production of “Sense and Sensibility.”

Witte noted that when

schoolwork began to get overwhelming during the rehearsal process she was able to find bits of time to fit in her studies while at the theater.

“Occasionally, finding the balance between studying and rehearsals can be difficult, but there are times during breaks or if you aren’t in a scene that you can squeeze homework in,” Witte said. “I tried my hardest to get as much done before rehearsals as I could so that I wasn’t thinking about it on stage.”

Both Walker and Witte agree that their status as non-majors doesn’t hinder them in any way when auditioning for roles or trying to find their place in the theatre community.

“It can be a little weird seeing how many performing arts majors come out to auditions and seeing how they know each other already, but everyone is so nice and totally accepting of everyone,” Witte said. “If you get the part or a performing arts major does it doesn’t really matter to people and I think that is something that amazed me. Th ey are really accepting of who the better person for the role just happened to be.”

Walker says that auditioning against students who plan to pursue theater as a career initially intimidated him, but he has since realized that Iowa State’s theater department is more than welcoming.

“Everybody’s encouraging and you’re certainly not an outlier if you’re auditioning as a non-theater major,” Walker said. “I don’t have an exact number but I’d like to say just a little under half of the cast of ‘Sense and Sensibility’ were non-performing arts majors.”

The Iowa State Theater Department remains an inclusive and inviting environment for all majors.

The diversity the department encourages makes Fisher Theater stand alone as the only place on campus where one can find a mechanical engineer and a criminal justice major speaking in a British accent or executing an elaborate dance number with ease.

Weezer’s flop with ‘Black’ was two decades in the making

BY ALEXANDER.GRAY @iowastatedaily.com Weezer’s new album would be a let down if there were any sort of expectations going into it. Instead, Rivers Cuomo and company only confirm their brief redemption arc has officially come to a close.

Announced April 2016, shortly after their critically acclaimed self-titled “White Album,” Weezer’s “Black Album” has been a long time coming. In that time, Weezer released the embarrassing “Pacific Daydream” and charted for the first time in years with their cover of Toto’s “Africa,” which was followed up by a cover album of other chart-toppers like “Billie Jean” and “Take on Me.” Through this flurry of releases, there has been one constant to Weezer’s process: a need to stay relevant and hip with the kids.

Coming off of “White,” where fans believed the band had finally

rediscovered their groove, perhaps for the first time since “Pinkerton” in 1996, “Black” was expected to continue the hot-streak. Weezer’s newest album feels like a B-side compilation from “White.”

Cuomo initially promised “Black” to tackle “more mature topics” like “Beach Boys gone bad” which is almost achieved at the record’s best, the rest simply Beach Boys, just bad. Without a cohesive sound, or strong thematic direction, “The Black Album” leaves listeners wondering where Cuomo’s promised album went. “ C a n’t K n o c k t h e H u s t l e , ” Weezer’s lead single and first song on the album, is unlike anything the band has done, but is one of the best cuts. With its odd, Uber-themed lyrics, catchy “Hasta Luego” hooks and hot Latin trumpets, Weezer crafts a catchy pop song you can’t knock.

The song scores Weezer one of their few explicit ratings.

COURTESY OF ATLANTIC RECORDS Rivers Cuomo promised ‘The Black Album’ to be like “Beach Boys gone bad.”

“I’m thinking of swearing, which is something I’ve never done in songs,” proud to brand the album as “R-rated” compared to their regular “PG,” Cuomo said in an interview with DIY. The album finds its peak in “Byzantine,” the most clearly Beach Boys-inspired track, a relaxed bossa nova as a backdrop for the best lyricism on the album. The dreamlike

“High As A Kite” has Cuomo reflect and showcases how dynamic and creative the band can be, while still delivering the classic “Weezer sound.”

“Black” doesn’t offer much else of worth to listeners, “Living in L.A.” and “I’m Just Being Honest” are perfectly OK pop-rock songs, but nothing someone else hasn’t already done better. Weezer goes back

to their traditional power-chord rock in “The Prince Who Wanted Everything,” although the lazy ballad is hardly interesting enough to return to.

“California Snow” and “Zombie Bastards” are straight-up insulting to fans of Weezer, or fans of pop music in general, the former as the most egregious offender. In the same vein as “Feels Like Summer” from their previous album, “California Snow” has all the elements of a chart-topping summer anthem with a loud synth-y intro before diving into cocaine-fueled feel-good lyrics mixed between party “whoop’s.”

Weezer’s appeal comes from their endearingly-simplistic lyrics and genuine approach to the pop-rock genre, something almost entirely lost on “Black” in their attempts to pander to a larger audience. Instead, the aging rock band alienates their fans and turns off newcomers.

VERDICT: 4/10

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Iowa State Daily Thursday, March 07, 2019

Wednesday

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY A parishioner receives ashes on his forehead during the Ash Wednesday noon mass at St. Thomas Aquinas on Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent.

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Members of the congregation receive ash in the shape of a cross during noon mass on Ash Wednesday, March 6 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church.

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important for anyone who is in the right spirits and right emotional level to have dialogue with each other,” Holmes said.

Ten minutes later, Labruna paused the session to announce Fuentes’ arrival in East Hall.

Labruna said he was enjoying the discussion and thought he was learning more from the other students than he would by listening to Fuentes.

Holmes and Labruna invited students to stay, but the majority left quickly.

CHANGING LOCATIONS Fuentes was waiting for the crowd in Room 0211 of East Hall. As they entered, he noted how “diverse” they were and said, “I’m a diverse person myself — a quarter Mexican, 1.5 percent African.”

One activist suggested closing the door, telling fellow protesters they should listen to Fuentes before talking with him.

“He already assumes that we’re going to be very disruptive, so we’re going to be very respectful,” she said. “Let him speak; hold all the questions until the end.”

Three Iowa State police officers arrived at the scene and asked Fuentes to step into the hallway, where they asked him who brought him to campus.

“It was Turning Point who organized the event ... I believe an individual reserved the room,” Fuentes said.

The officer told Fuentes Turning Point doesn’t have affiliation with the university. Fuentes said he was unsure who reserved the room, but he said it was an individual who does have an affiliation with the university.

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Members of the congregation listen during noon mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the six-week period of fasting, self-sacrifice and prayer observed by Christians leading up to Easter.

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Ashes made from burning palms blessed in the previous year’s Palm Sunday celebration are used to place on the forehead of members of the congregation at St. Thomas Aquinas Church on Wednesday during noon mass.

Fuentes attempted to find out the name of the individual who had booked the room. A member of the crowd said the room was booked by College Republicans, but student Trevor Kems said the person speaking was not a member of College Republicans, and it was “not an official statement” from the group College Republicans and Turning Point have denied affiliations with the event. Since Turning Point is not an official student organization at Iowa State, the turn of events left Fuentes without a campus organization to sponsor his appearance.

Without an official sponsor, Fuentes was not allowed to speak in a classroom and was asked to leave by Iowa State police. He set out for the Tree of Oppression outside of Parks Library, near the “free speech zone.”

As Fuentes and a still-growing crowd of protesters and supporters trekked across campus, members of Student Government heard he was moving to the Tree of Oppression and left their weekly Wednesday meeting.

“I don’t appreciate the hateful rhetoric this speaker brought to our campus and I recognize the harm that it has caused,” Neely said in a statement after the event. “Not only did they target my identity, he targeted many others. Whoever feels the need to bring someone to our campus to disrespect, harm, and disrupt our family, shame on you.

“This is our community, our campus, and our family. We love everyone for who they are and what they represent.”

Fuentes stopped before reaching the Tree of Oppression and moved to the “free speech zone” for better lighting and stepped up onto a halfwall to begin speaking.

THE SPEECH Fuentes began his hour-long speech by dissecting an Iowa State Daily article describing him as a white nationalist and distancing himself from neo-nazi Richard Spencer.

“A lot of everything in this article is garbage,” Fuentes said. “It should be taken with a grain of salt.”

Shortly after, Fuentes switched to what he said would be the main focus of his speech: immigration. He noted that the speech he was about give “was not designed to be given for an audience of left-wing and right-wing people. This speech was designed for college Republicans.”

“The number one issue of our time in the United States and in the Western world is not socialism, it’s not economic systems,” Fuentes said. “The number one issue of our time, whether you think it’s good or bad, is mass migration.

What defines the 21st century when we have globalization, when we have liberalization of markets is the massive movements of people.”

Main themes of Fuentes’ speech included connecting what he believed to be the link of people of color and Democratic beliefs. He also remarked “the number one issue of our time” as “mass migration,” which he argued went against the ideals of what America was built on.

Fuentes was regularly met with chants trying to disrupt his speech, including, “hey, hey, go home,” and making noises, while other protesters encouraged attendees to listen.

After 45 minutes of speaking, Fuentes ended his livestream of the event as he and members of the crowd argued with one another.

“This speech is going nowhere,” an attendee said. “We realize that he is definitely a racist

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Nicholas Fuentes makes his way to the “free speech zone” outside of Parks Library after being told to leave a classroom in East Hall.

because he is ignorant and he is close minded to other people’s perspectives and opinions, so we’re just going to move on and take this as an example of what you should not be.”

As he walked away from the scene, Miranda said Fuentes “pointed out [his] yarmulke and started [him] questions about [his] jewishness.”

An Iowa State police officer intervened and escorted Fuentes into Parks Library where he waited for his car.

To close the night, Fuentes tweeted: “Thank you to Turning Point USA and ISU for a great event— hopefully the first of many campus speeches!”

Reporting contributed by Jake Webster, Whitney Mason, K. Rambo, Katlyn Campbell and Devyn Leeson.