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The Daily launches campaign for inclusion By Danielle.Ferguson @iowastatedaily.com Dear Reader, This week, when you walk into Parks Library, Beardshear Hall, the Design Building, Lied Recreation and State Gym, you will see the faces and read the stories of Iowa State. Starting Tuesday, there will be posters across campus of people interviewed by the team of the Iowa State Daily Media Group about their identity and misconceptions about their identity. This project has been in the works since December 2015 after unrest revolving around the state of diversity, equity and inclusion on campus boiled over at a CyHawk tailgate and an open forum where students made known their concerns and demands to the university. This is Voices, a project in which the Iowa State Daily attempts to facilitate conversation and build awareness about diversity and inclusivity on the Iowa State University campus. Our team talked to students, faculty and staff individually to hear their stories and their perspectives on the state of diversity on campus. Their stories, their voices. Diversity and inclusion on college campuses is a national conversation, one from which Iowa State is not exempt. It is part of our job as the only newspaper created to serve the Iowa State community specifically to provide a platform for students and ISU community members to share their experiences of life on campus through their eyes. So we asked students to tell us about their identity, what misconceptions people may have about them because of their identity

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HOLI CELEBRATION OF SPRING COMES TO ISU Bhakti Bansode, the vice president of the Indian Students’ Association, grins as another students rubs paint on her face during Holi on Saturday. The celebration is a time to put aside any quarrels between friends and family. Attendees are painted in bright colors and doused with water.

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A celebration took place around the world this weekend — including Iowa State — that not only celebrated the coming of spring, but brought forth a riot of color into the world. Originally from India, Holi is celebration that takes place during the early spring that “celebrates the triumph of ‘good’ over ‘bad,’” according to holifestival.org. Bhakti Bansode, vice president of the Indian Students’ Association, said this is also a time to put aside any quarrels between friends and family, to get back together to make up. The two-day celebration is perhaps most famous for its festivals of color; the brightly colored powdered

paint on a sea of faces and white clothes. Participants of every walk of life are welcome to celebrate spring and the renewal of friendships, which includes the Holi celebration that took place at Iowa State Saturday. From noon to 2 p.m. Saturday in the lawn of Frederiksen Court, the Indian Students’ Association hosted a Holi celebration that all students were invited to. There, students were painted bright colors and doused with water much like what is done in cities in India. This is the biggest event the Indian Students’ Association hosts every spring semester, said Nitin Janagam, president of the Indian Students’ Association and graduate student in supply chain and information

systems. Copper Beech sponsored the event, Janagam said, and provided white T-shirts for the participants. Janagam said about 150 people RSVP’d to the event on Facebook. About 100 people arrived throughout the event Saturday afternoon. Bansode said the event has been popular for some time in India and other Asian countries, but is beginning to become more popular in the United States. At Iowa State’s event, it appeared to be a hit among those who attended. Janagam, who said it was his final Holi celebration at Iowa State, said it “feels good” to be able to have a stress relief and to go out “with a bang” before graduation.

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In last week’s article on Habitat for Humanity, the Daily wrote that the Greater Des Moines Habitat builds almost 100 homes a year when in reality it is closer to around 30 homes a year. In Friday ’s article titled “LUCHA asks for action from Student Government and administrators,” the Daily wrote that member Joi Latson did not know the reason for demonstrating when, in fact, she did not know the reason the demonstration was meant to be a surprise. The Daily regrets these errors. The Iowa State Daily welcomes comments and suggestions or complaints about errors. To submit a correction, please contact our editor at 515-294-5688 or via email at editor@iowastatedaily.com.

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Cyclone Market shines Warm weather brings students outdoors for fundraising event By Rakiah.Bonjour @iowastatedaily.com Student Government kicked off the third annual Cyclone Market to replace missing Veishea activities Saturday morning just north of Jack Trice Stadium. More than 30 student organizations and clubs were at the event selling baked goods or offering information on their groups. Most student organizations participated in the event to raise funds for their club. “This is great for raising funds, for instance with Eta Sigma Delta Honor Society, we are trying to raise funds for more transportation costs,” said Amber Strait, public relations chair of Eta Sigma Delta and junior in event management. “That way we can go and volunteer at events and hospitality industries.” For some groups, Cyclone Market is one of the only chances they have to raise money for

their club. “We sell [stuffed animals shaped like microbes] kind of as our main fundraiser to support the Microbiology Club and to get out to a wider audience,” said Tiffany Harris, president of the Undergraduate Microbiology Club and senior in microbiology. The Cyclone Market reaches out to a wide audience — students, parents, Cyclone fans and more. Danielle Nygard, head of the organizing committee for Student Government, said the market served “easily a couple thousand.” Morgan Shaver, president of Students Helping Rescue Animals and senior in animals science, said the market “is a good way to get involved with the community.” “Outside of just the students, there’s a lot of families and people that come from out of town, so I think it’s good to do that and I also think it’s a good way to raise money for your club that’s being

involved with the bigger campus and not just your club alone,” Shaver said. Nygard said the planning process takes many months of hard work, adding that the committee is divided into subgroups to focus on different aspects of the market, including advertising, registration and fundamentals of the event. However, without the help of other ISU offices, the market wouldn’t have come together as easily. “It was a lot of just collaboration with a lot of different places, especially athletics,” Nygard said. “We worked really hard with them and just making sure that everything was set in stone. It’s been really easy working with athletics, they’ve been really helpful and very willing to come along with what we or they are doing.” Nygard and Strait agreed that the event had a much greater turnout than last year, which could be due in part to the weath-

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The 2016-2017 Student Government kicked off its governing year with Cyclone Market on Saturday in the Jack Trice Stadium parking lot. The market allowed different clubs and organizations to sell food and items to help raise funds for the upcoming year.

er and location. “I think the turnout [has] been really great especially for other clubs here,” Strait said. “I mean it’s perfect with the spring weather, it’s a perfect day to have it, and the drumline played, which brought out a lot of people.”

Nygard said ISU President Steven Leath stopped by and gave compliments about the market, which she hopes will continue in success. “We’ve had such great weather and such a great turnout,” Nygard said.

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By Jessica.Enwesi @iowastatedaily.com An evening of food, performances and insight into different African cultures was the overall experience of African Night 2016, which was hosted by the African Students Association on Saturday. Kelly Ikemenogo, junior in graphic design, is the creative director for the association. Since he is new to the position, Ikemenogo was excited for the festivities to begin. “I’m really not as nervous as I think I should be, but I’m kind of glad I’m not,” Ikemengo said. “The pressure is kind of real, especially because this is my first time directing something this huge, so that’s the only thing that’s a little [nerve-racking].” As ISU students and family members representing African nations including as Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and more flocked into the Scheman Building to enjoy a night of art and tradition, they were not disappointed. The night began with a complementary dinner that embodied the different foods common in their country of origin. The plates, filled with fried plantain, Moroccan

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Modeste Kenne, senior in computer engineering, performs during African Night on Saturday in the Scheman Building. The African Students Association hosted the event, which included performances and a fashion show.

grilled chicken, Botswana stewed greens and Jollof rice – a rice cooked in a tomato stew – adorned the tables at the Scheman dining hall and were promptly met with delight from guests. “I thought the food was great,” Offei Adarkwa said. “I had a little bit of everything.” Adarkwa, who is originally from Ghana, is currently attending Iowa State to conduct post-doctorate research in civil engineering. A friend of his invited him to African Night 2016, and Adarkwa said the food was a nice highlight to the night. The food was not the only thing that made the night memorable. The African Students As-

sociation spent months preparing for the performances they say were unlike any others performed in the past. “We are trying to showcase Africa as a whole,” Ikemenogo said. “People don’t always see the full diversity of Africa and that is what we want to show tonight. “We’ve been having a lot of practice time and we want to execute great performances this year.” With this new message in mind, the members of the African Students Association collaborated and tossed around ideas that could encompass the ideas and values that Africans hold dear. The members organized a play, titled “Confessions,”

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which dealt with the customs often experienced within a traditional African home, and more specifically, a traditional West African family. “The basis of the play was an idea that I pitched during a meeting and we just ran with, with the help of Mumbi [Kasumba] and Reem [Alkhalil], who are the other play writers,” said Tre Moore, junior in journalism and mass communication and one of the play writers of “Confessions.” The play writers wanted everyone in the audience to be able to resonate with the situations expressed in “Confessions.” “They helped to incor-

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Tensions in Mississippi communities heightened last week after a bill regarding the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in relation to religious freedom was passed. House Bill 1523, signed by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, allows private businesses, institutions or individuals to deny members of the LGBT community services on the grounds of protecting their religious freedoms. The religious freedom bill was signed April 5 and will be effective beginning July 1. “There’s a fault line in the religious community over how to treat people,” said Christopher Chase, senior lecturer in religious studies. “I think you’re going to see those fault lines sharpen in those communities who have the legal means to kick people out of a business or refuse service.” Similar bills regarding religious freedom have popped up in Georgia, such as House Bill 757, which was recently vetoed by Gov. Nathan Deal. Faith-based businesses and churches would be able to deny their services to members of the LGBT community on the grounds

that it would be an “infringement of religious freedoms,” according to the bill. For Nicci Port, chair of the LGBTQA+ Faculty and Staff Association, the way these bills will be enforced is a major concern. “When you go to Mississippi and you’re a baker who won’t bake me a cake, then how are you going to prove that that’s a deeply held religious belief?” Port said. “Are you going to show me a letter from your pastor that you’ve attended church since you were 14?” Despite the recent rise in religious freedom bills across the United States, Ames City Councilwoman Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen said a similar bill would be highly unlikely in Iowa because of the state’s progressive history in regard to civil rights. “I would say we are pretty inclusive as a community,” Beatty-Hansen said. “Ames is a pretty diverse city for Iowa. That being said, I think there’s always work to do, especially when you have a group that’s been disadvantaged historically. “There’s always more education and outreach we could be doing.” Although Iowa’s policies have been historically progressive, Port said that

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Community dashes in drag Iowa State hosts first Drag Dash race on campus By Sarah.Muller @iowastatedaily.com Wigs, dogs and tennis shoes all made an appearance at the first Drag Dash on Saturday. Registration kicked off at noon, while the race didn’t start until 1 p.m. Community members could pay $3 to participate, dressing up as a drag king or queen before running from Beardshear to Curtiss and back in support of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. Part of the proceeds go toward The Trevor Project, which provides suicide prevention and crisis intervention to the LGBTQIA community. Kenni Terrell, sophomore in journalism and mass communication and Gamma Rho Lambda Omicron vice president and event planning chair, is drawn to the philanthropic aspect of Drag Dash. “[The Trevor Project] basically is an area for LGBT students in crisis and LGBTQIA students to [access] help,” Terrell said. “I think

it helps on campus because we are students too.” Drag Dash capped off Pride Week, which began April 11. The run was promoted to inform the public on drag culture. Prizes, including a condom bouquet, were handed out to best time, best drag king and best drag queen. Best time during the Drag Dash went to Chase Tien, chapter mentor of Gamma Rho Lambda Omicron. Best drag queen went to Lt. Josh Hale, ISU Police LGBTQ liaison. Best drag king went to Jasmine Dykstra, a community member. Hale brought his K9s, Maverick and Iceman, along to the run for the good weather and support. His work during Pride Week began early, including a meeting with Angelica Ross, a professional who lectured on transgender pride. “Some of the issues that transgender students face with having preferred names on AccessPlus or having their preferred name on their ISU card is really difficult right now,” Hale said. “[We are] trying to work on infrastructure stuff to help them out.” Besides identifying within the community, Hale has multiple reasons why he feels passionate about assisting the LGBT community on campus.

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“[I like] providing education and outreach to a community that’s typically had bad interactions with law enforcement in the past, and we are working really hard to change that,” Hale said. Reflecting on the past, Terrell informed attendees on the Stonewall Riots of 1969, where police directed a riot at the Stonewall Inn. “If a [gay] woman wasn’t wearing at least three items of ‘feminine clothing,’ they were arrested,” according to the Gamma Rho Lambda handout. The riot didn’t go as planned for the officers and continued for three nights. Looking to the future, Martino Harmon, senior vice president of Student Affairs, stopped by the event in order to support the students and make a donation to The Trevor Project. Harmon made it clear that the LGBT community was a part of the diversity and inclusion conversation happening on campus. “Diversity and inclusion is a broader concept that encompasses many different aspects,” Harmon said. “I think it’s all important to make Iowa State a better and more inclusive and welcoming environment for all of our students.” Harmon further explained he was meeting

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porate a lot of the African dialogue from different countries, and I helped incorporate some of the more African-American things about the play,” Moore said. “The plot is that an African-American guy comes to Africa and has [his own] experience. It’s kind of like ‘Coming to America,’ but in reverse.” The play showed the comical and often cliché dynamics between African parents and their children, which resulted in applause and tears of joy from the audience. “We didn’t want [“Confessions”] to be too funny or too goofy, so I suggested that we should have a deeper meaning to the play, so we [could] tackle some of the problems we see in a household in a country in Africa,” Moore said. One issue that the “Confessions” play brought to the audience’s attention was the high-pressure expectations that children often feel from their African parents. “A lot of [ISU African] students really struggle when they can’t meet those expectations, so we [added] themes like that within the play,” Moore said. “[The audience may] start thinking it’s going to be a typically funny play, but there’s actually some serious things in there.” The audience laughed

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Lt. Josh Hale of the ISU Police Department participates in the Drag Dash on Central Campus on Saturday. Gamma Rho Lambda organized the event to celebrate drag culture.

with Reginald Stewart, vice president for diversity and inclusion, to discuss tangible opportunities for the upcoming year to enhance Iowa State. Terrell feels confident from the success of Pride Week as a whole and how the community was able to reach out to students. Terrell explained that students were excited to learn about various aspects of diversity and inclusion regarding the LGBT community. “It is an incredible learning process for anyone who sees and participates in Pride Week,” Terrell said.

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when the father in the play scolded his son for receiving a B on his mid-term exams instead of an A and sympathized with the child when he expressed to his parents and friends he had no desire to attend medical school. By the time the play had finished and the actors gave their final bow, the applause could not be contained. The African Night event also featured a fashion show, spoken word presentations and an Egyptian flute performance. A new non-profit organization, Acts 2 Collective, which aims to help impoverished women and children in African countries such as Ghana, Sierra Leone and Chad, was also present at the event and helped raise funds by selling handmade backpacks and handbags. Representation is part of the reason why the African Students Association hosts the event each year. “We are trying to connect African students throughout this entire campus and people who want to be involved with this organization, to be proud of their African heritage and hopefully take pride in who they are,” Ikemenogo said. “This isn’t only exclusive to African students because it’s for everybody. “We want to make sure that everybody can find their heritage.”

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A man recognizes that he views the world through the lens of white privilege in the same way as guest columnist Nathaniel Wade, professor of pyschology, shares his story from his time in college during which a discussion over an essay on racial oppression changed his perspective on people of color.

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y professor asked our reactions to the reading, an essay on slavery, oppression and race relations in the United States. For a while, I struggled to stifle my reaction, which I knew was inappropriate and certainly not politically correct. Finally, I couldn’t resist. “I don’t know why blacks are still complaining about slavery,” I said. “That ended over a hundred years ago.” My simple statement carried so many opinions and beliefs I had never voiced. In the privacy of my own thoughts, I often wondered: Shouldn’t black people (or any minority group) be beyond claiming racism? There was equality now, the right to vote, anti-discrimination laws and even affirmative action. Don’t we, as whites, have the right to complain about reverse discrimination? Why does slavery even come into the conversation? I didn’t enslave anyone. In fact, I was from the North; my ancestors were more likely to have fought for emancipation and not owned slaves than anything else. I’m not a racist. I support equal opportunity for everyone. These claims of “oppression” are excuses for laziness or lack of ambition. Nobody is oppressed anymore. There was a palpable silence in the classroom following my statement. Then, a minority student spoke up. She addressed my comment and many of the underlying beliefs I hadn’t spoken, but was thinking. She talked about her experience. She told me, and my white classmates, what it was like to be black at a mostly white college, in a mostly white town, in a mostly white country. She shared how her skin color alone gave her a vastly different experience in a culture where white was the default. She opened up about the hate looks she would get from white

people on a weekly basis and the isolation of having to represent her race in everything from her choice of television shows to her performance in the classroom. She talked heatedly and openly about the reasons why slavery, racism and oppression are still very relevant for minorities and how it was a privilege for those of us who were white not to even have to think about these things. Although my words probably served as yet another micro-aggression that my classmate endured, she nonetheless gave me a gift that day. This was over 20 years ago and I still remember the new perspective I gained from her passionate response. Despite all the reasonable, well-argued points she made, I mostly recall my experience of just hearing her story. I saw a glimpse into her experience and came face-to-face with my white privilege. I have had other experiences since that event that have challenged my perspective and helped me to see my privilege as a white person in this country. Books such as “White Like Me” and articles like “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” have given me insights into the difficulties faced by minorities that majority folks don’t even see. Participating in events in which I was the minority (for example, attending an all-black church) showed me what it felt like to stand out based on skin color and the uncertainty and discomfort this can cause. But most of all, having honest conversations with minorities has shown me what my everyday life experience has hidden; not everyone is treated fairly or kindly, and most minorities experience consistent harassment from majority individuals, groups and institutions. These things have made me aware of other ways that I am privileged. I am not only white, but male, Christian, straight, uppermiddle class, and I speak English as a native language. In each of

these, I am lucky. I did not choose or earn these things. Yet in this country, they all confer upon me special privileges, access, opportunities and freedom from the hassles and heartaches that many people in the United States suffer every day. For example, I don’t have to worry that my friends and I will get harassed or be called demeaning names if we decide to go out in public. I don’t worry about my safety if police approach me. Most holidays and days off fall on my religion’s holy days. I am grateful to my friends and colleagues who have taken the chance to be open about their experiences, to be vulnerable with me about their pain and discontent. I am grateful to my classmate who took the chance to share her experiences with me rather than stifling her opinion. These experiences have helped me to become better aware of the full range of human experience and have given me empathy for people different from me. If anything, my experience has shown me that commands to be politically correct and to “not be racist,” don’t work. That makes racism simply go underground. We hide it in public and then allow it to emerge in the safety of close (same-race) friends. Change and understanding does not occur that way. Change did not occur for me until I found a way to talk — really talk — with people who were different from me. Relating across differences like race, ethnicity or sexual orientation is not about who is right and who is wrong. It is certainly not about being politically correct. It is about taking enough time and showing enough courage to listen without judgment to the others’ experience. It is about being honest in a compassionate way. It is about being willing to stand up for what we think and being willing to admit when we are wrong. Those of us who are white: can we not at least give that to our minority neighbors?

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Clean energy to secure a safe future By Joseph Washington Soph. in Biochem and Psych From what I have observed in my time here in Iowa, pollution is a major problem. Here in the Midwest, the pollution of the waterways has negatively effected thousands of Iowans, but this isn’t the biggest issue. Climate change cause by human carbon emissions has negatively effected the world, and as we contribute to it instead of conquering the problem, we are seizing the futures of generation to come. Sentimentalism aside, Iowans should be leaping to support increasing production of clean energy to replace the harmful

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s budget leaves a $12 million dollar deficit for the three state universities.

Legislation needs to prioritize Iowa’s future A tuition increase for Iowa’s public universities is no longer a case of if, but when. The past several months have been awash with talk of what can be done to combat the lack of funding for the three major universities as a result of Gov. Terry Branstad’s budget as well as what will happen when funding isn’t provided. The Board of Regents originally requested a funding increase of more than $20 million to be split up among the three universities; however, Branstad only allotted an increase of just under $8 million. This nearly $12 million deficit has put current and future students in a situation they should never have to face. His budget was a far cry from what was necessary to keep things running smoothly at each university while avoiding a tuition increase, which has lawmakers saying that an increase is, at this point, likely. Even with a valiant effort made by the legislature’s Education Appropriation Subcommittee — in the form of $2.218 million for Iowa State, $2.781 million for Northern Iowa and $1.3 million for Iowa — students are facing a tuition increase. This has been a problem spanning the 2015-2016 school year and is not going anywhere, but the question is no longer why is this happening? It is instead why isn’t the legislation putting priority on the future of this state? At Iowa State University alone, 62.4 percent of the students are from Iowa, so if the legislation made the right choice by investing in the university, as well as the other two, it would benefit Iowa’s future. Even if students end up leaving Iowa to find jobs, they will take a quality education with them. They shouldn’t have to take with them a mountain of debt that is only rising. This inaccurately placed priority highlights the legislation’s true ability to look toward the future. In a job like theirs, one would assume that planning for the future of Iowa is all they do. However, if legislators aren’t willing to invest in people who are students now, but will eventually be the leading force in Iowa, it’s questionable as to how well they are really doing their job. No matter how large or small this looming tuition increase is, it is highly unlikely that its arrival will signal the end of increases — this is an issue that is not going away and this is an issue that needs to take priority for Branstad’s administration.

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Joseph Washington, sophomore in biochemistry, believes being in Iowa has made him realize pollution is a major problem. Climate change made 2013 one of the hottest years on record with 2017 anticipated to be worse.

emissions that subliminally plague our everyday lives. Clean energy is the future we need to aim for. Climate change

made 2013 one of the hottest years on record, and without everyone’s support in the production of more clean energy

plants, 2017 may be the hottest year ever recorded. Reducing carbon emission is the best way to secure a safe future.

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A runner’s worst nightmare Distance runner battles through stress fracture By Kyle.Heim @iowastatedaily.com Stress fracture: two words no runner ever wants to hear. For Andrea Toppin, those words meant more than just sitting out her fall 2014 cross-country season and following indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. Her doctor told her to start revolving her goals around her career after college and that it would be rare for the fracture to heal on its own and ever allow her to compete again collegiately. Entering the 2014 fall cross-country season, Toppin had her sights set on contributing to another successful cross-country season for the Cyclones. The previous year, she finished as the team’s seventh runner at the 2013 NCAA Cross-Country Championships and helped the Cyclones to a 13th-place performance at the meet. The summer leading up to the 2014 season, Toppin knew she would have to work as hard as ever to be one of the top-seven runners on a continuously improving team. “I would go hard every run,” she said. “I was coming off an injury that previous spring, so I thought that I had to hammer every run to get back up with the group, and really that was quite the opposite. I wasn’t letting my body recover after easy recovery days. I was just hammering every run.” The strain she put on her body day in and day out came at a cost the following fall.

“I REMEMBER GOING OUT ONE MILE, TURNING BACK AND FEELING LIKE MY LEG WAS GOING TO BREAK IN HALF.” ANDREA TOPPIN ISU DISTANCE RUNNER

“I had a really good summer of training, I was really fit, I was ready to go,” she said. It turned out she wasn’t ready to go, and within that first week of school, she experienced pain in her knee. She said the pain started in the front of her knee, and everyone thought it was a bad case of tendinitis. The pain then moved to the back of her knee, causing trainers to believe her popliteus muscle was inflamed. “And then it moved to the front of my knee again, but lower, kind of right on my tibia, so that was a little scary,” she said. “I think I took a week off, crosstrained a lot.” Toppin’s trainers had her run again the next week because her knee was feeling better. The goal was for Toppin to make it through an easy four-mile run, but she could barely get through two miles. “I remember going out one mile, turning around and feeling like my leg was going to break in half,” she said. “It just felt like someone was stabbing my leg. It was the most awful feeling ever.” The trainers didn’t think the injury was a stress frac-

ture at first. Toppin tried using a HydroWorks treadmill, which is an underwater treadmill. She used the most secure level, where the water was up to her shoulders near her neck, causing little impact on her body. When she got off the treadmill she started limping, and her trainer suggested having an MRI. Toppin found out she had a stress fracture high up in the back of her tibia, which was rare because stress fractures are “most common in the weight-bearing bones of the lower leg and and foot,” according to the Mayo Clinic’s website. “The doctor told me that I probably wouldn’t be able to compete again because it’s just a really rare stress fracture,” Toppin said. “I remember holding back tears the whole appointment. When he told me I would never really be able to compete again, the floodgates just opened. “So I listened to my body, did what coach told me to do, but I knew I wasn’t done yet. I just took all the precautions I could. I listened to my trainers, I did every little thing I could do to get back to where I was.” Toppin hasn’t been alone in dealing with injuries. Redshirt senior Christina Hillman, senior Alyssa Gonzalez and sophomore Abby Caldwell are three other athletes on the track and field team who have experienced injuries and health issues recently. Hillman’s back gave out on her while doing the technique of a front-squat wrong two summers ago. “I felt my back kind of crunch in a way,” Hillman said. “It completely gave out on me. I ended up getting two bulged disks and a herniation.” She battled back in the 2015 indoor season to finish first in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships and fourth at the NCAA Championships. Caldwell had a successful cross-country season in the fall of 2015, but found out she had a kidney stone when she returned to Iowa State after Winter Break. She said she was still able to do all of the mileage, but just didn’t feel that great, and the races didn’t go as planned. “I’ve definitely had some successes, but I think my setbacks and failures have helped me a lot,” Caldwell said. Gonzalez had her own run-in with injury during the 2015 indoor season. She strained her hamstring in January and was forced to miss the remainder of her final indoor season as a Cyclone. “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.” Athletes learn a lot about themselves and how much their respective sports mean to them after suffering a serious injury, and that was no different for Toppin. As difficult as it was to hear that she had a stress fracture and that the remainder of her collegiate running career was in limbo, Toppin now says the injury was a blessing in disguise. “I was kind of running down a path that I was going to end up getting hurt regardless,” Toppin said. “I

TOPPIN’S 2015 CROSS-COUNTRY PERFORMANCES • Finished fourth overall at the Hawkeye Early Bird Invitational on Sept. 4, 2015, in Iowa City. • Finished sixth overall at the Oz Memorial on Sept. 11, 2015, in Minneapolis. • Finished 111th overall at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational on Oct. 16, 2015, in Madison, Wis.

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ISU redshirt senior distance runner Andrea Toppin runs ahead of the pack during the mile run at the NCAA Qualifier on March 3, 2012, at Lied Recreation Athletic Center. Toppin finished second in her heat with a final time of 5:12.55.

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Andrea Toppin runs to an 18th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 13, 2015, in Lawrence, Kan. Toppin said the regional meet was one of her greatest memories at Iowa State. She said at the beginning of the year, she would have never imagined being All-Region in cross-country.

was kind of running myself into a hole.” The weeks of running 75 to 80 miles, even up to 90 miles when Corey Ihmels was coaching the women’s cross-country team before Andrea Grove-McDonough arrived in 2013, were in the past. The road to recovery wouldn’t be easy for the seasoned long-distance runner, whose whole world seemed to revolve around running. “You go stir crazy,” Toppin said. “I think everyone does.” Toppin was initially told she couldn’t exercise at all for six weeks. She had to use crutches and couldn’t wear a boot because the stress fracture was too high up in the back of her tibia. Her doctor, however, gave her the OK on pool running in the deep end for 60 minutes, three times a week. After eight weeks, Toppin had another MRI taken, which showed that she still had a stress reaction, but the fracture was healed. She was given permission to bike. “I remember previous to this, I hated biking,” she said. “It was around Christmas time [when I found out I could bike], and I was like,

• Finished 18th overall at the Big 12 Championship on Oct. 31, 2015, in Stillwater, Okla. • Finished 18th overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 13, 2015, in Lawrence, Kan. • Finished 182nd overall at the NCAA Championship on Nov. 21, 2015, in Louisville, Ky.

this is like a Christmas present. It was awesome. I was actually excited to do something besides just being in water.” Four weeks later, Toppin found out her stress fracture was clear and everything was healed. The recovery process lasted about nine months. She started running again in late March, early April of 2015. “It was a long haul, but it really taught me patience and perseverance and to never give up,” she said. “It taught me how to be more of a positive person, because to be a true athlete, to be a really good athlete, you have to have a really good positive attitude and a lot of perseverance to get through anything.” Toppin credits her recovery to her faith, the support system around her and her ability to transfer negative energy into positive energy. “I’d just think of the little girl — seventh, eighth grade, high school — who always had a dream of running Division I cross-country and track and field,” Toppin said. “I would always think, ‘what would she do in this situation?’ She would kill to be in this situation, so don’t let her down.” Toppin returned to the cross-country course Sept. 4, 2015, for the Hawkeye Early Bird Invitational in Iowa City, where she placed fourth in the meet and completed a 1-2-3-4 sweep for the Cyclones. “It was weird, but it was good to be competitive again and be in that type of area again,” she said. “It was awesome. I was like, I can’t believe I’m out here.” Toppin had been gaining confidence leading up to the

meet ever since the team’s first cross-country workout. She started off in the back, but said she felt better each half mile and kept working her way up in the pack. “I did really well in that workout, so that’s where I saw where I was at,” she said. “It gave me a good confidence boost because I was working out with the top girls, and coach was like, ‘what have you been doing this summer? Where have you been?’ “So going into my first meet I had that, OK, this is where I’m at. I’ve gotten back that confidence, that fitness that I lost over the past year.” Toppin said during the cross-country season that she had just hoped she would make the travel squad for the team. Her breakout performance came at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 13 in Lawrence, Kan. She finished as the team’s third runner and 18th overall in the race. “At the beginning of the year, I never would have thought I would be All-Region in cross-country, and that was just a race I never gave up,” she said. “It was a very hard race. I remember our third runner, Abby [Caldwell], was really struggling during that race. I just thought back to my workouts, coach trusted me, my workouts had been really good. There’s no reason I can’t be up here helping Abby, so I just remember that whole race, even if I was tired, I wanted to step off or pass out or drop back, I just thought, no, I have to help my teammates out here. “Every [1,000 kilometers] of that race I got stronger,

mentally and physically. That was just an awesome race because it was like finally everything that I’ve worked for these past four or five years is paying off.” Toppin finished as the team’s third runner again at the NCAA Championships a week later and helped the Cyclones finish in the top 25. “[Toppin] had that senior leadership that we really needed and were looking for and was always consistent, stepping up when other people kind of weren’t having their best day,” said ISU volunteer assistant coach Matt Valeriani. Toppin experienced a setback during the winter when her achilles flared up, forcing her to miss the entire indoor track season. She returned to the track Friday to compete in her first 3,000-meter steeplechase in two years at the Jim Duncan Invitational, where she finished second overall behind ISU freshman Kelly Naumann. Toppin said she is focusing on getting a chance to run the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Big 12 Championships. Once her season ends, she plans on moving to Minneapolis and work as a physical therapy technician and apply to physical therapy school. She said she will probably run casually, but hasn’t thought about running post-collegiately yet. “I’m going to miss running,” she said. “I’m going to miss competing like crazy. I know whenever my last race is, it’s going to be really hard, but I have to move on at some point, and I’m proud of what I’ve done and how I’ve represented Iowa State.”

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Campbell, Lanning happy with team’s progress By Ryan.Young @iowastatedaily.com The atmosphere surrounding the ISU football program has definitely changed. That was entirely evident on Saturday afternoon when Iowa State held its annual spring football game, officially marking the end of the spring season. While the games in recent years haven’t resembled much of a game at all, this one was different. More than 15,000 people packed into Jack Trice Stadium to watch what was nearly a true scrimmage. The tailgating lots were full, and even several former ISU players returned to help coach the game. “It’s fun to be out here in this atmosphere,” said ISU quarterback Joel Lanning. “It’s crazy that there are this many people out here for the spring game.” First-year coach Matt Campbell allowed the players to draft teams for the game earlier in the week, splitting into a Cardinal team and Gold team. And while the Cardinal team won 10-6, that’s not what Campbell was focused on. “There’s a ton of football to evaluate today,” Campbell said. “That’s the thing that we talked to our kids about today. As much as

it’s fun to put a score on the scoreboard and do those kinds of things, the competitiveness is individualized right now.” Lanning led the Cardinal team, and said he was content with how they did offensively. They racked up 227 total yards, 177 of which came through the air. “I thought we performed well,” Lanning said. “It was a pretty good day offensively. Here and there we missed a few deep balls on my part, and we finally connected at the end. It was a good way to end the day. “Offensively, I thought we did well. There’s a few things we need to fix, but other than that we’ll be fine.” Lanning had a good day, too. He went 11-of-19 for 161 yards. He also completed a 47-yard touchdown pass to Dondre Daley in the fourth quarter — the only touchdown of the game — to give them the lead. Lanning didn’t play anywhere near the snaps that he’s used to, but Campbell said he really liked what he saw when Lanning was on the field. “I thought he managed the game really well,” Campbell said. “I thought his drives were really effective. He took care of the football. He’s really progressed every day, and I really appreciate that about him. “Joel’s got great ability, and I think you saw some

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ISU coach Matt Campbell smiles during his first ever spring football game at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday. The two teams, Cardinal and Gold, were drafted by team captains earlier in the week. The Cardinal team won the game 10-6.

of that.” Things will start slowing down for the Cyclones heading into the summer. The spring season is officially over. Even though Lanning isn’t completely happy with

how he’s progressed under Campbell’s new system so far, he said he’s comfortable with where he’s at. At least for the time being. “I feel like I’m in a good spot,” Lanning said. “These guys are looking up to me,

relying on me, so I’ve got to rely on them. I feel good, confident right now. I’ll just take it one step at a time.” And as Campbell heads into the film room to break down the game tapes from the spring game, there is one

thing that he’s completely confident about. “I would say I leave here today feeling confident about our quarterback position, and certainly confident about Joel Lanning,” Campbell said.

ISU women’s track, field event breakdowns from Jim Duncan Invitational By Kyle.Heim @iowastatedaily.com The ISU women’s track and field has reason to be excited about what the remainder of the season has in store after posting a long list of strong performances at the Jim Duncan Invitational on Friday and Saturday. ISU volunteer assistant coach Matt Valeriani said the performances were exactly what the team was looking for. 3,000-meter steeplechase Freshman Kelly Naumann led a 1-2-3 finish for the

Cyclones in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Jim Duncan Invitational on Friday. Redshirt senior Andrea Toppin and Grace Gibbons finished in second and third, respectively. “[Naumann and Gibbon’s performances] were both really what we were looking for,” Valeriani said. “Kelly definitely has a bright future in the event. She was on her way to a great time and then slipped over the last water barrier, but she’s definitely going to help us later in the season in that event.” Toppin’s appearance in the steeplechase was her

first in two years after spending the previous outdoor season overcoming a stress fracture injury. “I’m just trying to get my mojo back because I haven’t steepled for two years,” Toppin said. Discus Redshirt senior thrower Christina Hillman competed in the discuss for the second consecutive weekend. Despite it not being her premier event, Hillman was still able to finish second with a mark of 162 feet. 1,500-meter run Kate DeSimone led a 1-2 finish for the Cyclones in the

1,500-meter run. Bethanie Brown, who hadn’t competed in an outdoor event since the 2014 outdoor season, finished second in 4:37.56. “[DeSimone] led from the gun all the way to the tape, ran a pretty good opening mark of [4:34.15],” Valeriani said. 400-meter dash Senior Alyssa Gonzalez and freshman Jasmine Staebler finished back-to-back at the top of the leaderboard in the 400-meter dash. Gonzalez finished in 55.77, while Staebler ran a 56.21. 100-meter dash Jhoanmy Luque compet-

ed in her second meet of the 2015 outdoor season, but not in her usual long jump event. Instead she took the title in the 100-meter dash, clocking a 12.39. Freshman Lucy Schneekloth finished 10th in the event in 13.13 800-meter run Freshman Erinn Stenman-Fahey led a 1-2-3-4 ISU charge in the 800-meter run. “Erinn Stenman-Fahey had a breakthrough that we’ve kind of been looking for a little while now and broke that 2:10 barrier at the collegiate level for the first time I believe, running

a [2:08.98] with some wind,” Valeriani said. Evelyne Guay, Perez Roitich and Maddie Nagle completed the top-four sweep, respectively. Sophomore Jackie Feist finished seventh, and junior Maryn Lowry placed ninth. 400-meter hurdles Competing in her second event of the day, Gonzalez placed third in the 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 1:02.31. 200-meter dash Schneekloth concluded the running events for the Cyclones, placing sixth in the 200-meter dash.

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