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Assault survivor debuts film Alumna helps sexual assault survivors share stories

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By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com For Vanessa McNeal, ISU alumna, producing films is a life-changing experience, her passion and what she lives for. The 15-minute-film “We are Survivors” aired to students, faculty and staff at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. McNeal worked with filmmakers Michael Phipps and Quinton Wayne to produce the film, which featured eight survivors and their stories. Before the film, since the topic can be triggering to many survivors, the audience was made aware of resources and advocates available in the room. Introducing McNeal, Amy Popillion, human sexuality professor, spoke out about her own experience with sexual violence and emphasized the importance of education on sexual assault awareness. McNeal then thanked everyone for coming to the showing, saying, “Your presence means more [to me] than you’ll ever know.” McNeal said she questioned “why me?” many times before her first documentary, “I Am,” which chronicled her story of sexual abuse. However, after the release of the film, survivors began telling their own stories to her, which generated her idea for her second film,

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hen talking politics, issues concerning immigration, abortion, climate change and gun control are at the center of heated debates among not only politicians but also among friends, relatives and acquaintances. On first instinct, one wouldn’t think to include autism under that vast array of issues. The reality is, autism is a political issue that carries its own economic, social and scientific controversies and problems. One in 68 children are diagnosed with the complex disorder that can impair an individual’s social and intellectual abilities, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

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Uber might leave Iowa New state legislation on liability insurance impacts car services By Shannon.McCarty @iowastatedaily.com Just as Iowa State students are getting used to having Uber, a disagreement on liability insurance in the state legislature may take it away. Iowa legislators are attempting to regulate transportation network companies such as Uber with a bill that contains liability insurance requirements for drivers.

Uber has one issue with the bill that could threaten the company’s operations in Iowa. The growing ride-sharing company that allows customers to get a ride through an app on their cellphones came to Ames in August 2015. “Aspects of the bill are good,” said Mike White, Uber Iowa general manager. White said Uber has worked in collaboration with similar companies such as Lyft, as well as major insurance companies

to build an insurance structure for liability insurance as a base for lawmakers. States including California, Ohio, Florida, Kentucky and many others have passed similar regulations for the transportation network companies. “Before [the bill] left the house, an additional requirement not in the model of legislation was added,” White said. That new addition is the re-

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Officers’ funerals bring together community By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com The deaths of two Des Moines police officers have shaken central Iowa. Early Saturday morning, March 26, officers Carlos Puente-Morales and Susan Farrell were transporting passenger Tosha Hyatt from Council Bluffs to Des Moines on warrant when their SUV crashed head-on into the car of 25-year-old Benjamin Beary, who was driving the wrong way on I-80. No one survived the fiery crash. Puente-Morales and Farrell’s deaths, however, will not be forgotten. A winding motorcade of approximately 1,000 officers from across Iowa and the country attended Farrell’s funeral on

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Officers Carlos Puente-Morales and Susan Farrell were transporting a passenger from Council Bluffs to Des Moines on Saturday when their vehicle was struck by another vehicle driving the wrong way.

Wednesday. Puente-Morales’ funeral will take place at 8:30 a.m. Friday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic

Church in West Des Moines, and he will be buried at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Adel, Iowa. Hundreds of fellow police offi-

cers, family and friends attended Farrell’s funeral, which began at 11 a.m. Wednesday. A long line of officers paid their respects to Farrell, as the members in the room stood in silence before the regular funeral proceedings began. Farrell and Puente-Morales are among 22 officers who have lost their lives while serving Des Moines. The first death was in 1891 and the latest before Farrell and Puente-Morales was in 2008. Farrell is the first female officer to be killed in action in Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety. Both Farrell and Puente-Morales had served with the Des Moines Police Department for only five months. However, both had served in many other roles,

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including friend, spouse and parent. After a short prayer, Police Chief Dana Wingert greeted the family, friends and fellow officers by extending his deepest sympathies, asking the family of Farrell to “make no mistake, your hurt is our hurt.” He described Farrell as a gift, a woman who worked hard and was always looking to improve, and an officer who “you can’t go wrong with.” Wingert described the moment in which they were notified of both Farrell and Puente-Morales’ death as one of the memories where you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing. “They didn’t make it,” he said,

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Rob Louden, printing and copy services, is retiring. Retirement reception: Linda Johnson 2-4 p.m., 2414 Friley Hall Linda Johnson is retiring from IT services. Tennis 3 p.m., Forker courts Iowa State vs. Kansas State. In the case of inclement weather, competition will be moved to the Ames Racquet and Fitness, 320 S. 17th Street, Ames. Lecture: Trend Forecasting Fashion Show Judge Lorynn Divita 4 p.m., Dolezal Auditorium, 127 Curtiss Hall Dr. Lorynn Divita, associate professor of apparel merchandising at Baylor University, discusses trend forecasting as it applies to fashion, accessories, and beauty products, including skincare and makeup. Softball 4 p.m., Cyclone Sports Com-

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The city of Ames’ Public Works Department is set to do some spring cleaning. Public Works officials have been flushing the city’s hydrants since Wednesday. The annual program’s purpose is to

provide residents with safe, quality water, according to the city of Ames’ website. Citizens are being urged to use caution when navigating near flushing crews because of the large amount of water that may accumulate nearby. The city is also urging residents to run cold water when initially turning on their faucets to check for water clarity. Flushing may dislodge rust and mineral deposits, which could cause the water to turn reddish-brown.

While it’s not harmful to humans, the water can stain clothing. The city of Ames suggests that people check the clarity of its hot water before washing clothing or dishes. Should water discoloration persist, it is suggested that residents flush their household system by running cold water from as many taps as possible. To see how many hydrants are flushed and how many are left residents can check the city of Ames website.

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Ames Eco Fair to kick off Event teaches residents about eco-friendliness By Alex.Hanson @iowastatedaily.com The city of Ames is set to host the annual Eco Fair for residents to learn about how to be eco-friendly this weekend.

The Eco Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ames Community Center Gymnasium at 515 Clark Ave. The fair is set to provided Ames residents with information about water conservation, reducing electric consumption, Energy Star appliances, low impact landscaping, sustainable practices and conservation rebates, according to organizers. The gymnasium will be

filled with booths, vendors, activities and displays focusing on how residents can reduce, reuse and recycle. Attendees can also register to win a variety of prizes encouraging conservation practices. The Ames Water and Pollution Control, Public Works, Electric, Police, Fire, Resource Recovery and the Public Library will participate in the Eco Fair event.

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A lecturer talking about the future of America held a meeting Wednesday to ask members of the ISU community what the future of the American Dream is. Find responses online.

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Dr. Lorynn Divita, an associate professor of apparel merchadising at Baylor University, will discuss trend forecasting as it applies to fashion, accessories, and beauty products, including skincare and make up.

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By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com A lecture focusing on trend forecasting within fashion will take place at 4 p.m. Friday in the Dolezal

Auditorium, or 127 Curtiss Hall. Lorynn Divita, associate professor of apparel merchandising at Baylor University, will discuss trend forecasting during the lecture as it applies to fashion, including accessories, and beauty products, including skin care and makeup. Divita, who will be a judge at this year’s Iowa State Fashion Show, will

look into how retailers decide which products to feature in their stores and how cultural influences, consumer research and social media factor into trends. Divita has a doctorate in textile products marketing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is the author of the fourth edition of the book “Fashion Forecasting.”

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A group of people stand together waiting for the start of a past Relay for Life opening ceremony. Participants in the ceremony wore matching shirts to display who they were relaying for.

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Relay for Life brings attention to cancer, fundraises for research By Jake.Dalbey @iowastatedaily.com After traveling by bike for 70 days and more than 2,500 miles of American soil, Andrew Jirik, junior in management, will have toured the country all in the name of raising awareness for cancer one state at a time. As a member of the organization 4K For Cancer, Jirik will ride in a group of 22 other college students from Baltimore, Md., to San Diego, Calif., in the span of nearly two and a half months this summer. “Every morning of our ride after we’ve packed our equipment from out host home we host a dedication circle, Jirik said. “This is a moment for ourselves where we dedicate the ride to a friend or family member who is battling cancer. We also share stories with our hosts as well as volunteering at hospitals and connecting with patients in the form of gift baskets on our days off.” Before Jirik begins his journey, the road to fundraising and gaining awareness will start with the Col-

leges Against Cancer’s Relay for Life from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Friday. “During Relay for Life, for every dollar that’s donated, I’ll be biking a minute,” Jirik said. “This Friday I’m going to start when the relay begins and hopefully I’ll make it 10 hours. I have to fundraise $2,500 before I can set out on my trip.” Functioning as a national and international event across many universities, Relay for Life is a 12-hour event that aims to raise funds for cancer research and cancer patient help through a multitude of activities. “We have several events per year, but everything definitely leads up to Relay for Life,” said Jordan Schill, senior in marketing and one of two presidents for Colleges Against Cancer. “All of our efforts will be staying in line with the goals of the American Cancer Society.” The night will begin with an opening ceremony, where families who have been affected by cancer can share their stories with students, but as the event progresses students are encouraged to participate in activities and shows in

order to keep spirits high. “We have cheerleaders, a female a capella group, mass musical chairs, Zumba and drum line,” Schill said. “Our goal is just to keep everyone happy and energies high.” At 10 p.m., the Luminaria Ceremony, one of the biggest events emotionally for students involved in the program, will celebrate those who lost their lives to cancer. “The is the emotional side of Relay,” Schill said. “We’re having fun all night trying to raise money but we also honor those who beat cancer and those we unfortunately lost. We turn down the lights and line the Lied track with lit paper bags. It gets pretty emotional as most people cry, me being one of them. We hear some stories and then walk the track together in silence.” Given the far reaching effects of cancer on society, Schill sees the event as an important way to not only raise money but also be able to begin a dialogue among survivors and their friends and family. “Our event is successful because I have yet to meet

someone who hasn’t been affected in some way by cancer, whether personally or through somebody else,” Schill said. “These people want to make a difference and give back and we’ve been able to reach almost $100,000 in fundraising every year, which goes to various research and patient help.” Given the monumental task of biking for an entire summer, Jirik is thankful for the opportunities given to him through Relay for Life to help those in need. “I want to thank Colleges Against Cancer for allowing me to team up with them,” Jirik said. “It’s difficult with other organizations sometimes to gain fundraising because as myself, I’m not a club. Without them, I wouldn’t be able to do nearly as much as I have. Overall, it is a great way to get yourself out there and connect with people and learn through seeing a different perspective.” Students who want to participate in Relay for Life are asked to raise $100 in support of cancer research but are not required to gain any money to access the event.

quirement of transportation companies to provide comprehensive and collision insurance for drivers. Uber driver Blake Lanser, senior in child, adult and family services, is confident if Uber did leave it would eventually be back. “I think a lot of students would be pretty upset — some say they take Uber because they can’t stand the cab companies,” Lanser said. State Sen. Tod Bowman, D-Maquoketa, is the chair of the Senate’s Transportation Committee, where the bill currently sits. He said his main concern is the safety of Iowa citizens. “I’m not sure what [Uber’s] issue was with that part of the bill,” Bowman said. White said the major issue for Uber is there is no statute currently in Iowa or anywhere in the country that mandates a company to provide comprehensive and collision insurance. “This insurance is required because of a private

FUNERAL p1 his words heavy. Wingert also addressed the Des Moines Police Academy’s 73rd Recruit Class that graduated in October. Farrell and PuenteMorales were among the 18 members. “You need to rise above this,” Wingert told the new officers, offering support from himself and the community. Among the motorcade for Farrell, which stretched from Farrell’s funeral at the Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines along Interstates 35 and 80 to the burial site at the Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery, were officers from Story County law enforcement, including the ISU and Ames police departments. “Law enforcement officers have a very unique bond across the world, really,” said Anthony Greiter, community outreach officer with the ISU Police Department. “We consider ourselves to be brothers and sisters, whether we’ve

contract between the individual and their bank,” White said. State Rep. Peter Cownie, R-West Des Moines, who is the chair of the Commerce Committee, which first introduced the bill in the house, sent out a newsletter earlier this month expressing his hopes to find a resolution with Uber. “It will be a great disappointment to me personally and a blemish on the legislature if we cannot come to an agreement,” Cownie said. Cownie added that it is important for the legislature to show concern about the safety of Iowans, as well as having the ability to welcome new industries. Uber’s main goal right now is to educate lawmakers about the unique business and the implication of comprehensive and collision insurance. “The most important thing that people who support Uber in Iowa can do is reach out to their state lawmakers,” White said. “They have a lot of influence over their lawmakers when they do that outreach.” met one another or not. So when one of us dies, especially when one of us dies in the line of duty, it’s a really difficult thing.” Greiter said not only was the law enforcement support “a testament to the family that they truly have in law enforcement,” but the support from the surrounding community in the face of a tragedy was very moving. Greiter said he saw a lot of Des Moines community members outside their houses, cars, work, schools and places of worship, all in support of Farrell. One of the organizations that stepped in to help organize the funerals of Farrell and Puente-Morales was Iowa C.O.P.S, an organization that is dedicated to helping survivors and honoring fallen officers, Greiter said. Greiter said Iowa C.O.P.S stepped in to offer their help within hours of learning of the crash and helped organizing the funerals, traffic and getting carnations for officers to pin to their badges.

Lip Sync lives on By Jack.Garcia @iowastatedaily.com It has been 63 years since Greek Week started at Iowa State. Since then, Lip Sync has emerged as the crowning competition of the year for greek members. This year will include new rules, new teams and the opportunity to take home the first place Lip Sync trophy. “I think it’s a great showcase of talent and stuff we don’t get to see on a normal basis as college students,” said Sarah Ramundt, senior in journalism and communication and general Greek Week co-chair. Lip Sync has a different feel this year because all of the performances will take place Saturday instead of having cuts earlier in the week like they have done in the past. The competition makes up 20 percent of the final Greek Week score, said Luke Gosse, senior in agricultural business and gen-

eral Greek Week co-chair. Throughout the school year, the greek community participates in many events, including Homecoming in the fall, Varieties in the winter and Greek Week in the spring. “I think Lip Sync allows for the most creativity,” said Billy Marshall, junior in agricultural business and co-chair of Lip Sync from Farmhouse. “The freedoms that we have are pretty crazy.” Lip Sync involves working with other houses, pairings, and these pairings have to put together an eight-minute skit and eventually perform it for a panel of judges made up of faculty members from the ISU community. “We started the day we found out who our pairing was,” said Lauren Nelson, sophomore in child, adult and family services, member of Pi Beta Phi and a Lip Sync co-chair. “Lip Sync involves a lot of deadlines, so we focused on them one at a time.”

The teams have eight weeks to prepare for the competition. They have to pick a theme, choose music, create dances and create a script. “It is totally volunteer based,” Marshall said. “But Lip Sync is something we look at that’s very fun so usually if you’re able to do it you do it.” Olivia Otis, freshman in pre-business and member of Delta Delta Delta, was excited to participate. “I love Lip Sync,” Otis said. “I think it’s so fun. It brings people together and you get to meet new people. It makes me want to do it every year.” Co-chairs from Pi Beta Phi, Farmhouse and Delta Delta Delta said practices were the most fun for everyone. “I love the fun practices where we get to be goofy and silly but still get things done,” said Sarah Brangoccio, sophomore in elementary education, member of Pi

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Phi-I-E-I-O members pose at the end of their “Finding Tradition” performance during the 2015 Greek Week karaoke and Lip Sync finals at Stephens Auditorium.

Phi and a Lip Sync co-chair. As much fun as practices are though, competition is still the focus of the cochairs. They have to create the entire show and incorporate the Greek Week theme, which is unity, community and opportunity. Farmhouse won Greek Week in 2015, but Delta Delta Delta won Lip Sync that year. “We don’t look at it so much as wanting to win, but as always wanting to improve,” Marshall said. “Looking at what we did last

year and seeing what went wrong and what we need to change.” For Delta Delta Delta, the focus was incorporating the Greek Week theme while still making the skit funny and entertaining, said Alex Ritzman, sophomore in apparel, merchandising and design and a member of Delta Delta Delta and cochair for lip sync. It is rare for a team to take home consecutive wins in Lip Sync. It hasn’t been done since Farmhouse’s victory in 2011 and 2012.

“I think there’s definitely pressure there,” said Allison Shindoll, senior in interior design, member of Delta Delta Delta and second year co-chair for Lip Sync. “We’re just wishing for the best and trying our hardest to win again this year.” While lip sync is a big part of Greek Week, members of greek life said the whole week is fun and important. “It’s good to see all the chapters come together as one,” Gosse said. “This week we are the greek community.”

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s abortion pill guideline allows women to take the pill further into their pregnancy.

New FDA abortion pill guideline a step foward The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week relaxed the guidelines for taking an abortion-inducing pill, a change that allows women to take the pill further into the pregnancy with fewer visits to the doctor. Women taking the pill will now reduce the dosage from 600 to 200 milligrams and decrease the number of doctor visits from three to two, while also extending the time during which she can take the pill up from seven weeks to 10 weeks. The fact this movement came from the FDA is positive, in that the decision comes from a medically-supported background rather than a politician with an ulterior motive. Though the FDA’s step is important to providing women with more options, the more influential method is the preventative one. Birth control and sex education should be more readily available. In instances where the woman was raped, abortion shouldn’t be a questionable option. The drug, mifepristone, can achieve a complete abortion between 70 and 94 percent of the time, according to the Guttmacher Institute, but women who access the drug outside of a clinical setting may be “unaware of the proper dosage and routes of administration and, in turn, experience more adverse events.” Almost half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended and 4 in 10 of those end up aborted, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization that advocates for reproductive and sexual health rights. Almost 20 percent of U.S. women who get an abortion are teenagers, according to the Guttmacher Institute, with women in their 20s accounting for more than half of all abortions. Of the approximately 750,000 teen pregnancies that occur each year, more than 80 percent are unintended, with more than 25 percent ending in abortion, according to the institute. These are the ages where preventative methods such as sex education and availability of contraception must be, but are not, most prevalent. One third of teens ages 15 to 19 reported they received no formal education on contraceptives in high school and about 40 percent of 18-19-year-olds say they know little or nothing about condoms and more than 75 percent say they know little or nothing about the contraceptive pill. Almost 30 percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes between 100 and 199 percent of the federal poverty level, an attribution to the fact affordability is a lackluster factor in sexual and reproductive health in the United States. Up to 40 percent of women using clinical abortion services in some areas did so after they unsuccessfully attempted to abort the fetus themselves, according to the 2011 edition of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Those like Donald Trump, who can’t seem to agree either with himself or with his own campaign, and at 3 p.m. Wednesday said to Chris Matthews, “The answer is there has to be some sort of punishment.” (“For the woman?”) “Yes,” and then whose campaign turns around two hours later and says, “The doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman. The woman is a victim.” No matter where your belief stands, providing women a safe, scientific way to be able to make decisions about their own bodies and futures is basic civil right.

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Columnist Lawson argues that the Yale’s men’s basketball team’s supportive reaction of its team captain, who was accused of committing a violent sexual act against a woman on campus, and the ensuing media coverage focusing on the sport instead of the violent act are tragic.

Sexual violence undermined Yale’s basketball team overlooks horrendous act By Angelica.Lawson @iowastatedaily.com

s the NCAA basketball tournament dwindles down and the final teams prepare to compete against one another for the title of king of the court, I can’t help but revisit a horrible tragedy that took place at Yale. The men’s basketball team captain was accused of committing a violent sexual act against a woman on campus. I can’t stop thinking about it because the headlines were not about the alleged crime or about how these next steps could affect either party. They were instead about how this young man’s expulsion from the team would affect Yale’s performance in the NCAA basketball tournament. It’s disgusting that there was more concern of a basketball team and its standings than the well-being of a survivor. The team even protested the school’s decision and wore shirts with the player’s nickname and number on them — a complete disregard for what he has just been accused of. I understand that schools take their sports very seriously. I even fell victim

to the basketball hype and watched a good portion of some games. However, more coverage on how the accusations of a sexually-based crime could hurt the team instead of on how the situation is being handled is pathetic. The number of points Yale could lose and how the remaining players would have to adjust was viewed as being more important than the fact that the entire team chose to protest an expulsion and perhaps unintentionally victim shame that young woman. This example further exemplifies society’s misplacement of importance when it comes to sexual violence. It’s hard enough to stand up for yourself, but knowing that there is a team of men ready to bring you down is terrifying. This instance with Yale is not only one. Six women filed a lawsuit against the University of Tennessee, claiming that the school has a culture that protects athletes who have been accused of sexually-based crimes. This lawsuit dates back 20 years. Twenty years of sexually-based crimes committed by Tennessee athletes were overlooked because of the athletes’ positions at the school. The women who joined together and filed the lawsuit had sexually-based crimes committed against them, and they did not believe the university did its job by protecting them. In what world should sports take

more precedence than the safety of a school’s students? Numerous ways exist to handle a sexual misconduct case. The right way is to remain as neutral as possible, especially as an institution where people are suppose to feel safe. There is no room for victim shaming. In Yale’s case, the men’s basketball team did not see the entire picture. Teammates chose to victim shame and protest the university’s decision by wearing the accused number and nickname of the player instead of recognizing the severity of the situation, guilty or not. At least the athlete was dismissed and the school wasn’t the one making headlines, but other sources drove the conversation to be about sports and not about the criminal case. It’s a travesty that media outlets chose to run with these headlines: “Sexual assault rumors overshadow Yale basketball team - CBS News” and “The mess at Yale: Historic March Madness berth clouded by sex assault saga - Mashable.” These headlines have a clear indication that the sexual assault committed by the team captain should not “overshadow” the success of the Yale men’s basketball team. We all need to remember to put the crime before the team — universities and enthusiast alike. There needs to be a line between what you want for your school and what needs to be done to ensure the judicial process.

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When will I ever use this in real life? By Francis Kelly senior in aerospace engineering The million-dollar question that most students find themselves asking is, “When will I ever use this in real life?” Typically, we begin seeing this question emerge among the early high school years, usually in math class, and continues to be asked up until graduation from college. High school teachers generally respond to this question by frantically thinking of a profession or “real-life situation” where one would actually need to apply the Pythagorean theorem or the quadratic formula. Students never seem to be satisfied with this answer. They don’t understand why they are being forced to learn material that their own successful parents no longer know or understand and that is easily solvable with the use of technology. Furthermore, we see this question persist into the college years. The same problem still with no clear answer presented by the professors. Now students find themselves faced with a list full of gen-eds, electives and prerequisite courses; most of which have little or no application toward their desired profession. Now, not only are the students being forced to complete these courses in order to graduate but they are also paying to do so. The answer to this question has evolved from the frantic attempt of the high school teachers to a simple, “You need to take these courses to graduate.” Many professors may give you real-life examples of how

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Guest columnist Francis Kelly, senior in aerospace engineering, believes understanding how to learn is the greatest skill to take away from college.

the material from their course is being applied in the professional world, but what if the students aren’t interested in pursuing a career in that field? Even if they are, most students understand that corporations are using technology to solve the problems that are presented and that the days of solving differential equations or statistical analysis problems by hand are over. So, when will we ever have to use this in real life? The short answer is quite simple. You won’t. However, there’s much more to this question than a simple answer. Teachers continuously try to answer this question as if the material being taught is the sole purpose of our education. With that mentality, teachers will lose this age-old debate every time. Truth is, we are not machines who go through school as a programming process to drill this material into our heads. We are human beings. We go to school and are taught this seemingly useless material as a medium for developing ourselves as profes-

sionals, adaptive/independent thinkers and leaders. The lessons taught in school are not comparable in importance to the lessons learned by students. By being faced with the struggles and challenges present in our high schools and universities, students are forced to develop resiliency, dedication, patience, time management and problem-solving skills. These attributes are unquestionably desired among professionals and are commonly seen among successful leaders in our society. However, the most important attribute of our future professionals and leaders is the one of being able to learn. My father, a 1997 mechanical engineering ISU graduate, explained to me before I left for college that, “College isn’t about learning the material, it’s about proving that you are smart enough to learn it.” I agreed with this description until I entered my sophomore year at Iowa State University, where I drew the conclusion that college, rather education as a whole, isn’t about prov-

ing anything. It’s about learning, but not about learning the material taught as I explained above. The main intention is to learn how to learn. As rising professionals, we will be put in unfamiliar environments with unknown procedures and practices. We may have an education, but we will be lacking the experience held by most other employees, including some who you may find yourself leading in the work place. Our ability to learn is what will define us as successful or unsuccessful individuals. We must accept the fact that even with our college education, we have far less knowledge than those around us. In order to close and even possibly reverse this gap, we will find ourselves using our previously tested ability to learn. Upon graduation, if you remember nothing from the courses you took as a college student, but walk away with a solid understanding of how to learn, you will more than likely find success in your future career. Society will always be coming upon new discoveries and inventions, just as we will be faced by new problems and obstacles. However, one thing is for sure: we, the American youth, will be successful in this new world as we have developed a wealth of knowledge far more important than any Pythagorean theorems or quadratic equations. We will be entering the professional world as adaptive thinkers, problem solvers, resilient, dedicated and intelligent individuals. We will be learners.

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Speaking the language Passing game coordinator, head coach implement new offensive system

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ISU quarterback Joel Lanning scans the field for an open receiver against Kansas State on Nov. 21, 2015. Lanning has had a different offensive coordinator each year during his time at Iowa State, forcing him to learn a new system each season.

By Ryan.Young @iowastatedaily.com ISU passing game coordinator Jim Hofher, along with head coach Matt Campbell, is bringing in another new offensive sys-

tem this spring, something that is not unfamiliar to quarterback Joel Lanning. Lanning has played under four offensive coordinators in his time at Iowa State. All of them have changed up the offensive game to some extent.

So essentially Lanning has had to learn a different offensive system each season he has been at Iowa State, something Hofher compares to learning a new language. “The quarterbacks in our group are learning a new

language,” Hofher said. “They’re trying to become fluent in a new language. They’re doing a great job. It’s very challenging anytime there is a transition like this.” Hofher doesn’t expect it to come easy, especially

just a handful of practices into the spring season. He knows Lanning and the other quarterbacks won’t pick it up overnight. “What is that called, Rosetta Stone?” Hofher asked in regard to ways to speed up the learning process. “Football is a repetition game. The more physical reps they get helps. The more mental reps they get through their film study helps. ... The maturity of the player in many ways determines how much more fluent they become.” This time around, though, Lanning said the transition hasn’t been that difficult. “It hasn’t been terrible,” Lanning said. “They’re going slow with us. It’s nothing no one has ever done before. It’s kind of similar to what I ran when I was a true freshman here.” This season will be Lanning’s first starting as the top quarterback on the roster. Last season, Lanning had to compete with Sam Richardson for the starting job — one he eventually took over midway through the year. Now that there isn’t a competition, Hofher said the type of competition between the quarterbacks would change slightly. But he isn’t worried about Lanning plateauing. “[The competition is] a little more internal,” Hofher said. “There’s got to be some faith on our part.

He’s a very humble guy … and that’s the good thing about him. He’s certainly a sponge when it comes to, ‘I want to learn more.’ And it’s that kind of spirit that will allow him to keep improving even if necessarily there isn’t somebody of an equal stature to him at the moment.” Lanning also insisted that he’s still competing at the same mindset that he always does. He hasn’t let that slip. “It’s not really different,” Lanning said. “I still have to go in and compete and show these new coaches that I can be that guy for them and run this offense and lead the team. That’s what I’m trying to do right now.” One major difference for Lanning, though, is his experience. Now that he has several starts under his belt after last season, Lanning said he can finally just relax and play the game. And while he still has to master the new system, Lanning said he feels confident that he can do so before that first gameday this fall. “I feel a lot more comfortable because now I feel like I know what to expect,” Lanning said. “I’ve played on Saturdays. I know what it’s like out there. Now I can just go in there and focus on what they want me to do and just go execute it. I don’t get really nervous anymore.”

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Senior Alyssa Gonzalez clears a hurdle during the 400-meter hurdles at the Jim Duncan Invitational on April 11, 2015, in Des Moines. Gonzalez hopes to qualify for nationals this season in the event and finish in the top eight.

Hurdler adds experience Alyssa Gonzalez offers veteran presence at ISU By Kyle.Heim @iowastatedaily.com Three complete and healthy seasons guarantee nothing for a senior athlete in terms of being prepared for any unexpected challenges. ISU women’s hurdler Alyssa Gonzalez never expected to have her final indoor track and field season shut down because of an injury, but when she experienced a strained hamstring in January she knew exactly how to handle it. “I’ve never been injured before, so it was definitely the hardest thing I’ve had to go through,” Gonzalez said. “Mentality wise, it was probably the toughest having to come to practice every day and see my teammates do what I wanted to do. “But it taught me a lot; it helped me grow. I think I’m a lot stronger now and I’m a lot more ready to compete than I was beforehand.” Nursing an injury requires patience, which can be difficult to possess for a senior athlete who is running out of time and eligibility. Returning from an outdoor season in which Gonzalez displayed improvement in nearly every meet didn’t make it any easier.

The 2014-15 indoor and outdoor track seasons were Gonzalez’s first as a Cyclone. The Tampa, Fla., native, spent two years at Central Connecticut State before becoming a walk-on transfer at Iowa State. In her first outdoor season as a Cyclone, Gonzalez set a personal record in the 400-meter hurdles five times and just missed out on qualifying for the NCAA Championships after finishing 14th at the NCAA West Preliminaries in a time of 59.23. The improvements set up Gonzalez for a great opportunity at qualifying for nationals entering her senior season, but then the injury kicked in in January after she had already competed in two meets, making her ineligible to redshirt. “You don’t know what you’re missing until it’s gone, so I got to see that, which wasn’t great, but I’m definitely working a lot harder and I know what I want,” Gonzalez said. “I still feel like I’m on an upward slope for my running. I feel like I have a lot of improvement to still make.” Despite a conservative approach to her 2016 outdoor season debut at the Tulsa Duels in Tulsa, Okla., on March 19, Gonzalez placed first in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.61. “That was the first day in the past few months I hadn’t had any pain at all, and ever since then it’s just been getting a lot better,” Gonzalez said. Now it’s all about run-

ning as fast as she can. She still has her sights set on not only qualifying for nationals this season but also finishing inside the top eight and earning AllAmerica honors before attempting to qualify for the Olympic trials. “I’m just trying to run as fast as I can,” Gonzalez said. “We have back-toback meets, which we don’t usually do, so I think that’s a good opportunity for at least myself and some of my other teammates to run on tired legs and kind of get used to what that feels like.” The Cyclones are in need of veteran leadership from Gonzalez as five of the 16 athletes they entered for the San Francisco State Distance Carnival and Stanford Invitational on Friday and Saturday are true freshmen. The distance group is especially young, with six true freshmen runners listed on the roster. “We have some kids kind of developing nicely, which is good,” said ISU assistant track coach Andrea GroveMcDonough. “We have a really young group.” The team has been competing without some of its best distance runners this year, including Crystal Nelson, Bethanie Brown and Becky Straw. “We’re a little lean in terms of depth, so we’re kind of having to hope for some good things for some young gals this year and just see what we can do,” Grove-McDonough said.

By Brian.Mozey @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State will be focusing on the passing game more often this upcoming season, meaning the wide receiver corps needs to adjust to a new playbook. Here are the four things that Iowa State fans can look forward to from the wide receivers in the 2016 football season: 1. Leadership from Allen Lazard Junior receiver Allen Lazard has had the last two years to understand the game of college football. The transition of different coaches and a different playbook over the offseason has put Lazard in a coaching role for the young receivers. Coach Matt Campbell has praised Lazard’s effort whether it be on the practice field, in the film room or in the classroom. Campbell knows he can rely on Lazard day in and day out. “If your best players are your hardest workers, you have a special football player,” Campbell said. As for expectations, Campbell thinks the sky is the limit for Lazard and believes he could be a top Big 12 wide receiver if he puts his mind to it. 2. A fast-tempo offense with explosive energy The ISU offense will be looking to have a faster tempo than past seasons to try and control the speed of the game. There’s many different athletes on the offensive side with strengths of quickness that the coaches are going to utilize in their offense. “For us, we are a very tempo offense, we’re going to try to control the

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ISU wide receiver Allen Lazard catches a pass against Northern Iowa on Sept. 5, 2015, at Jack Trice Stadium.

game with our tempo,” said Bryan Gasser, coach of the wide receivers and special teams. “We’re going to be fast, but then we might slow it down. We’re going to be more versatile in our sets.” 3. The flexibility of Trever Ryen From track and field to running back to punt returner to, now, wide receiver, redshirt junior Trever Ryen has done it all at Iowa State athletics. Being only a junior, Ryen is looking ahead to his last two years of college. This season, Campbell and the coaching staff want Ryen to be a part of the receiving corps. and learning the different routes for the quarterbacks. Even though that’s Ryen’s focus, Campbell said he wants to utilize the opportunity to use him in the backfield as a running back. Ryen played running back last year along with Mike Warren. If you ask

Ryen, he is most excited to stay in the special teams group as the punt returner. “I enjoy the risk involved as the punt returner,” Ryen said. “I feel like if you make one move you can have a great punt return.” 4. Chemistry with Joel Lanning Redshirt junior quarterback Joel Lanning is looking to be the favorite coming into the 2016 football season, but his chemistry with most of his wide receivers has increased throughout the spring practice. “Our relationship is pretty good, we joke around a lot,” Ryen said. “He’s only a couple lockers down from me, but we always talk to make sure we’re on the same page.” This chemistry is essential from a quarterback and wide receiver because it allows a trust between the two.The quarterback knows that he can trust his wide receiver to catch the ball at any circumstances.

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Gymnasts hit road for competition Seven Cyclones qualify for regional meet By Mary.Rominger @iowastatedaily.com The ISU gymnastics team is known for its exceptionaly young roster, and the trend has no intention of stopping. Two of the seven ISU qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA gymnastics’ regional are freshmen and will represent Iowa State in the all-arounds, the vault and balance beam. The other five competitors consist of four sophomores and one senior. The ISU gymnasts will hit the road for the regional competition, which will start at 2 p.m. Saturday at the University of Minnesota. The Cyclones will send nearly half of their team to the competition, although coach Jay Ronayne wasn’t as pleased with the number of competitors. The goal throughout the season was to have to entire team qualify. “We expected the whole team to be there,” Ronayne said. “Once we completed Big 12 Championships we knew we missed the mark. We knew going into our final meet about what we had to score.” The NCAA announced

the qualifiers Monday. The two individuals who will represent Iowa State in the all-arounds are sophomore Haylee Young and freshman Meaghan Sievers. Sievers will head into regionals as a rookie, but this will be Young’s second year competing in all-arounds at regionals. “I feel like Meaghan’s been a really strong allaround competitor this season,” Young said. “So as long as she keeps it up I think she will do great at regionals and continue to improve.” Freshman Sydney Converse and sophomore Briana Ledesma will compete on the vault, with senior Sara Townsend as an alternate. Converse and Ledesma both have career-high scores of 9.825 on the vault. “Coming into regionals as an individual rather than with my team is a little difficult because obviously we all wanted to come as a team,” Converse said. “Since it’s individual, I’m just going to go out there and do my best and just see where it takes me.” Sophomore Hilary Green

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The ISU women’s golf team will compete in its last meet before the Big 12 Championship this weekend at the SMU Dallas Athletic Club Invitational in Dallas, Texas. The Cyclones will compete against 15 other teams, including six teams they will see at the Big 12 Championship. Seven of the 16 teams competing in Dallas are ranked inside the top-40 in the country, according to golfweek.com. Four of those ranked teams are in the Big 12, including No. 16 Iowa State. Sophomore Celia Barquin knows there will be a lot of good competition at the SMU Invitational and plans to use that to strengthen her game before the postseason. “I feel like this tourna-

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ment will be really good preparation for the Big 12 Championship,” Barquin said. “Our goal this month is definitely the Big 12 Championship. We’ve been talking about it together and we really want to go for it this year.” With it being the end of the season and the team performing at a high level, it can be hard for the Cyclones not to look past the upcoming meet and focus on the conference championship. Freshman Chayanit Wangmahaporn, however, tries not to have that attitude toward her game. She tries to focus on the

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Sophomore Haylee Young celebrates the Cyclones’ narrow 196.025-196.0 win against the Hawkeyes with freshman Meaghan Sievers on March 4.

will make her appearance on the uneven bars. She has a career-high 9.900 score. Senior Alex Marasco and Converse will represent Iowa State on the balance beam. Marasco is the only upperclassman of the seven qualifiers heading to regionals. Marasco had a career-high 9.900 score on the balance beam, while Converse is close behind with a 9.850 score. Sophomore Kelsey Paz and Ledesma will perform floor routines, with sophomore Courtney Middelkoop traveling as an alternate.

Ledesma has a careerhigh 9.900 score on the floor and Paz has a careerhigh 9.850 score. “I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing, Ledesma said. “If I stick to what I know then I will keep building and progressing because I’ve already built a foundation. I think to change it at this point would send me backward.” With all but one of the ISU qualifiers being underclassmen, the freshmen and sophomores have consistently proven to be the biggest part of the program’s success thus far. “I look at it like the future is with them,” Ronayne said. “We’re going to be a lot stronger next year just because of that.” Regionals marks the last stop for the gymnastics team until it will compete at the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, in mid-April.

task directly in front of her rather than looking too far into the future. “I try to practice and improve on everything,” Wangmahaporn said. “I feel like if I practice and focus too much on the Big 12 Championship I might get too stressed and it will affect my game.” One of the biggest changes the Cyclones are experiencing as the end of the season draws closer is the improving weather and the ability to finally practice outside, something that will help them prepare for the last tournaments in different ways. Coach Christie Martens said the move outdoors has changed how the team practices. “We like to separate our season into different sections,” Martens said. “In the winter, we were inside working more on fundamental and developmental skills. Now in the spring, were outside regardless of weather working on competition and scoring skills.” Senior Cajsa Persson said it’s great to finally be outside, and even though they

haven’t been outside for long, it is pivotal to improving their game in the last stretch of the season. “Being outside we can work on anything we want to,” Persson said. “It’s more tailored to our needs right now, which I think is important to peak our performance at the end of the season. It’s a big difference.”

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AUTISM p1 Everything about autism from the cause to the definition can be subject to dispute as there is no scientific conclusion as to what exactly causes autism. The idea that vaccinations could have a possible link to autism gained momentum in 1998 when the British medical journal, The Lancet, published a paper by medical researcher Andrew Wakefield and 12 others. For years following, Wakefield’s research gained worldwide attraction. Parents weren’t having their children receive the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because of the paper’s implication that the vaccine could trigger the onset of autism. It didn’t take long for the paper’s validity to diminish. In 2004, just six years after its publication, 10 of the 13 authors signed a retraction to the paper’s contentious claim. The paper was later retracted formally as a whole in 2010. Vaccination levels in Europe, the United States and other countries around the world began to decrease in

the years shortly after the 1998 publication. Parents began questioning whether it was worth the risk to vaccinate their children. Science has time and again proven that the benefits outweigh any risks or side effects. “Widespread use of measles vaccine has led to a greater than 99 percent reduction in measles cases in the United States compared with the pre-vaccine era,” according to the Centers for Disease Control. In 2013, a major measles outbreak in Wales occurred. Almost 1,500 people were infected, many were hospitalized and one died. The outbreak has been linked to the short period of time following Wakefield’s research publication when MMR vaccination levels dropped from 94 percent in 1995 to 78 percent in 2003. A majority of the 1,500 infected had not received the vaccination as an infant or toddler. Wakefield’s research has received criticism for many reasons. Initial success rested upon the fact that nine of the 12 children studied were

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“We are Survivors.” “We are learning that even though we are in pain sometimes, that those experiences don’t determine who we are,” McNeal said. She said the film is for all survivors who have not found their voice or who have not been heard. The film began with the eight survivors talking about how they felt, mainly stating they were nervous, but OK. They then spoke about who they are, who their perpetrators were, where they were when it happened, what a survivor is to them, along with what they would

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say to their perpetrator. One of the survivors described themselves as “broken,” another “strong” and another said she was gaining back her confidence. When asked what a survivor is, one survivor said, “Being able to find strength in something that has torn you apart.” Another person said, “Someone who can go a traumatic experience in life and come out more stronger and powerful than they were before.” “I’m still here. I’m still fighting,” one survivor said on what they would tell their perpetrators. “I forgive you, but not for you, but because I need to

to be OK and I pray that you don’t do this to anyone else. I pray that you have happiness but you realize what you’ve done to me,” another survivor said. After the film, the audience gave a standing ovation to the eight survivors and McNeal. A panel discussion with three of the survivors and McNeal took place and answered questions from the audience. Questions included, ‘did you seek therapy?,’ ‘what can I do as a man to help you?’ and ‘what are your triggers and how do you handle them?’ The event concluded with how to be proactive

in the community by asking the audience to continue to educate themselves, talk to friends and family about what they learned, attend awareness events on campus, volunteer at local sexual violence agencies and to post a message of encouragement and empowerment. The film was co-sponsored by ACCESS, College of Human Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Community Committee, Human Development and Family Studies, the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center, SART - Sexual Assault Response Team, YWCA Ames-ISU and the Committee on Lectures.

than among girls (1 in 189) and they are reported in all racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups.” On the economic side, there has been a great discrepancy in the funding, costs and services to the autism community. More than half of children and adults living with autism receive assistance in the form of Medicaid, which is a joint federal and state program that provides assistance to families for long-term medical care. Receiving services for autism through Medicaid has become a waiting game, and the amount of waiting varies from state to state. Steve Muller, CEO of The Homestead, an organization that works with people with autism, spoke about the discrepancy between the states and how they provide services to those with autism. “We have 50 states and 50 different plans for how Medicaid will be used to support people with autism,” Muller said. “There’s a great diversity that exists in the services that exist across state borders. If I’m in Florida and I have a child with autism, I could be waiting 15 years for services. The waiting list is enormous. In Texas, it could be 12 years for services.” That is because there is no single, federal mandated policy on how services should be implemented. The federal government

contributes two-thirds of the state’s autism revenue, but the states still hold control. One subject that has been a hot-button issue in the autism community is finding a cure. Curing something means ridding it of “undesirable” symptoms or behaviors. To the autism community, a cure would mean ridding a person of what makes him or her unique. Muller said a cure is not something that should be strived for. Instead, service providers should work to provide a change in the functional skill set of those with autism. “Cure is a hard word,” Muller said. “We help people with autism overcome their challenges, but we don’t necessarily remove the way that they view the world. I don’t know that we want to cure autism, but I do know we want to reduce the impairments that people with autism are challenged by.” Some of those people living with autism can have their functional skill set increase so much that they, in a way, “lose” their diagnoses. “Helping people develop enough skills that they no longer meet the criteria of being so challenged by their autism that they are labeled with autism is an important distinction,” Muller said when discussing curing autism versus providing the needed services.

Brandon Arkland, president of the Autism Speaks U club, spoke about how helping those with autism to greater their abilities is one of the most helpful things someone can do. “I think it’s important to fundraise, advocate and spread awareness,” Arkland said. “But I also feel like it’s important to actually work with those with autism.” Arkland, junior in child, adult and family services, was diagnosed with autism when he was 5 years old and knows the hardships and rewards that come along with the disorder. “It has empowered me to advocate to bring people hope because nothing makes me feel better than a parent coming up to me and telling me that I brought them hope for their children,” Arkland said when asked about overcoming his diagnoses. In conjunction with April being Autism Awareness Month, Autism Speaks U plans to light up the Memorial Union blue for autism awareness. World Autism Day is observed on April 2, and the “Light It Up Blue” campaign was created to shine a light on the rapidly growing global health concern. Anyone can take the pledge to Light It Up Blue on Saturday by wearing blue in honor of the millions of individuals and families affected by autism.

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