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What is MS?
MS is believed to affect 2.3 million people worldwide and because there is not a test or set of symptoms associated with the disease, it can often go misdiagnosed, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The immune system starts fighting the central nervous system in those with MS, according to NMSS, which then causes a variety of symptoms. The disease has four types, according to the NMSS. The type Moore III has is called relapsing-remitting MS, which causes defined attacks followed by full or partial recovery.
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Senior David Moore III presents his poster on Multiple Sclerosis for Health Studies 350, Human Diseases.
Health tribulations no barrier for David Moore III
and a member of the Memorial Union Board of Directors. It honored him for his role as the cabinet member who planned the 2016 Big 12 on the Hill — which former student body president Cole Staudt praised for its success, especially when compared to the 2017 event that wasn’t planned by Iowa State. David sat in his seat in the northwest corner — at first confused — and then grinning ear to ear upon realizing what was happening. “He has continually and passionately served the students of Iowa State University, going above and beyond his prescribed duties to make our campus a better place,” the proclamation read. “The Iowa State University Student Government Senate thanks David Moore III for his outstanding dedication and excellent service to Student Government, Iowa State University, and the students at our great university.” During the closing announcements of the meeting, he thanked the Senate for the honor. But in “David-Moore-style” also offered a critical note about funding the president’s dinner, which was nearly $2,000 more than the previous year. Offering praise, advice or criticism at the Student Government podium was nothing unusual for David. But two months earlier, at that same podium, he delivered a very different speech — a much more emotional speech as health issues forced him to step down.
By Emily.Barske @iowastatedaily.com On March 22, David Moore III, senior in kinesiology and health, sat in the northwest corner of the Campanile Room — where the community members and members of the media sit for the Student Government meetings — an unusual spot for him. In the past three years, he’d sat in a seat as a senator or with the executive cabinet under two different administrations. That night, he showed up because he was told there were a few interesting items on the agenda that he might want to be in attendance for. And while he was there as a spectator, it was apparent that he was much more than that. That night the Senate made its very first proclamation — and unbeknownst to David prior to the meeting — it was made to recognize him for his efforts at Iowa State and within Student Government. The proclamation listed his achievements as senator for the College of Human Sciences, a member of Rules Committee
MYSTERY SYMPTOMS During dead week of the fall semester, David thought he had something in his eye and it was affecting his vision. He went to the sink to rinse it out before bed, but when he woke up it was worse. He went to the Thielen Student Health Center. They told him it was an ocular migraine. Then on top of the vision problems, he started having numbness in his hands. He got a CAT scan — the biggest worry was a tumor — it came back negative. Still, the doctors didn’t see anything. As he continued studying for his finals, the symptoms got worse. He went to another doctor in Ames, and they still thought it was an ocular migraine, so they gave him medicine. He couldn’t talk — due to how the medicine affected him — and he’d lost feeling in the right side of his body. His fiancé had to help take care of him. He was bed-ridden and studied to the best of his ability in his current state. And he still completed his finals. A native of Iowa Falls, David spent the majority of winter break and the first part of the spring semester seeing more doctors. They finally found an answer for him.
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In the regular meeting of Ames City Council on Tuesday night, the council confirmed new students to sit on formerly vacant positions. City council ex officio student liaison Sam Schulte is graduating at the end of this semester and will be stepping down from his role. Robert Bingham was confirmed as the next ex officio student liaison to city council. Bingham, sophomore in political science, was chosen by Student Government to serve as Schulte’s replacement. Juan Bibiloni and Steven Valentino were confirmed to sit as representatives to the Ames Transit Agency’s Board of Trustees. Valentino was appointed by Student Government President Cody West, while Bibiloni was appointed by the Student Government senate. Bibiloni said he hopes to help bring a student perspective to the Ames Transit Agency. “One of the things they’ve been talking about is changing CyRide routes,” Bibiloni said. “I hope to bring the thoughts and concerns of students to the board.” Much of Tuesday night’s meeting was spent debating granting the group Ames VELO permission to hold a bike race on two separate nights on Main Street and at the ISU Research Park. Ames VELO describes itself as a community-based cycling club that seeks to be a positive advocate for local cycling. Ames VELO sought to host a race on Main Street on June 10 and another race at the ISU Research Park on June 11. Although the group has received support from the Main Street Cultural District and the ISU Research Park, some members of the council felt there were issues with the location and timing of the events. Council member Gloria Betcher pulled both items approving the events from the consent agenda in order to bring up concerns she heard in the community. Concern came primarily from the event scheduled to take place on Main Street. There was concern among the council that businesses may lose out on revenue due to road closures in the area. Another concern came from the amount of road closures Main Street has seen. Londonfest is one example of a recent event that constituted road closures on Main Street. Ames VELO felt the race could be an opportunity to bring people into downtown Ames who woudn’t normally visit and help stimulate the local economy. Many others, including council member Amber Corrieiri, felt the purpose of Main Street was to bring culture to Ames through events like this. “I think events like this showcase our downtown and showcase what Ames is,” Corrieri said. When put to a vote, Betcher was the only member of the council who voted against granting the request. Ames VELO will host its races June 10 and 11.
AIRA discusses relocating refugees ByAlex.Ivanisevic @iowastatedaily.com The Ames Public Library Auditorium hosted a community discussion by the Ames Interfaith Refugee Alliance (AIRA) on Tuesday that focused on Ames potentially becoming a resettlement city for refugees. Before the town hall meeting began at 5:30 p.m., attendees could sign up to stay up to date with what AIRA is doing and get involved with helping the cause. There was also a table to write letters and postcards to state legislatures to advocate for the support of funding for refugees and allowing immigrants to be welcomed to the country. The members of the Social Justice/Outreach team of Ames United Church of Christ have made it a priority to help resettle refugees and hope to find others
with similar ideals in the Ames community to help. About a hundred people filled the auditorium, and the meeting began with a short film called “Yassin’s Falafel House,” a story about a Syrian refugee and his struggle to establish a falafel restaurant business in America. He dreamed of building a better future for his family in America and overcoming the fear he felt about being wrongfully judged for being Muslim in America. This opened up the main topic of the evening: the process of resettling refugees. Each of the six panelists at the meeting gave an individual summary of what he or she is involved in and how it contributes to moving society toward welcoming refugees. Ames City Council member Tim Gartin started by thanking the members of AIRA for pursu-
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POLICE BLOTTER The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records.
April 24 Michael Thomas Peterson, 26, 3306 Eisenhower Avenue, Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia at 13th Street and Hyland Avenue at 12:21 a.m. An individual reported being harassed at 2420 Lincoln Way at 8:31 a.m. An individual reported damage to a vehicle at Lot 61H at 10 a.m. An individual reported the theft of a bicycle at Friley Hall at 10:36 a.m. An individual reported be-
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ing harassed at Willow Hall at 9:36 a.m. An officer investigated a property damage collision at East Campus Parking Deck at 1:03 p.m. An officer investigated a property damage collision at Lot 21 at 1:59 p.m.
By Alli.Weaver @iowastatedaily.com In hopes of bridging the communication gap between Iowa State students and the Student Government, a town hall event will aim to allow students to express their interests and concerns with their representatives. As mentioned during Student Government President Cody West and Vice President Cody Smith’s campaign, the Student Government will host a Town Hall in the Multicultural Center of the Memorial Union from
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The event was first set to occur last Thursday, but West announced, during the last Senate meeting of the term, that they would rather it be done right the first time, rather than feeling rushed and not allowing the event to reach its full capacity. The intent of the town hall is to create a “social atmosphere where students from all cultures, backgrounds, anything that might be an identifier for them, feel comfortable coming to us with their concerns,” Smith said. “We have a really
good relationship with our administration here. We really want students to take advantage of that and know that we’re here to work on their behalf.” Throughout their campaign, West and Smith promised to be more purposeful in outreach projects and connecting with students. This is the first of many opportunities for students and their representatives to communicate with each other in order to make the differences that are needed, according to the Student Government Town Hall event page on Facebook.
Jelal Yousef Samawi, 20, of 1332 Walton Drive Unit 201, Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and a warrant for other agency at Walton Drive at 6:58 p.m.
CODAC Spring Sale: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Foyer outside Dean’s Office, College of Design. Biannual sale of work by students in the integrated studio arts and integrated visual arts programs, sponsored by CODAC (College of Design Art Club). Work this year may include ceramics, prints, photos, jewelry, woods and textiles. Most items will range in price from $5 to $150. The sale continues Thursday and Friday, April 27 and 28. Rossmann Manatt Lecture: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 167-175 Scheman Building. “Securing Health and Education: Hopes and Realities of Iowa Latino Immigrant Families,” Kimberly Greder, associate professor of human development and family studies, and the 2016-17 recipient of the Rossmann Manatt faculty development award. Barks@Parks: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Parks Library rotunda. The most popular study break on campus is back. Certified therapy dogs will be available in Parks Library daily during dead week. Follow the paw prints and use #BarksAtParks when sharing your photos with the dogs on Twitter. Ask the Experts: National Preservation Week: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Parks Library lobby. Parks Library preservation staff will provide expert advice for handling and care of heirlooms and collectibles. Spring Poster Presentation and Reception: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Great Hall, Memorial
All events and descriptions courtesy of the Iowa State events page at events.iastate.edu.
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Ask the Experts: National Preservation Week:12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Parks Library lobby. Parks Library preservation staff and Suzanne LeSar, ISU Textiles and Clothing Museum, will provide expert advice for handling and care of heirlooms and collectibles.
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Union. Spring and summer 2017 graduating Honors students, as well as other Honors students, will be present to answer questions about their projects.
Youth Program: Caterpillar Club: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Reiman Gardens. Join us weekly this winter for our popular Early Childhood Development program featuring stories and creative activities around a naturebased theme. Materials are intended for children ages two to seven years old, and all children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Joshua Donald Springs, 19,926 Hayward Avenue Unit 10427, Ames, Iowa, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia at Wilson Hall at 11:07 p.m.
CODAC Spring Sale: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Foyer outside Dean’s Office, College of Design. Day 2 of the biannual sale of work by students in the integrated studio arts and integrated visual arts programs, sponsored by CODAC (College of Design Art Club). Work this year may include ceramics, prints, photos, jewelry, woods and textiles. Most items will range in price from $5 to $150. The sale continues Friday, April 28.
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Win Cowger presents his research about trash accumulation in streams during the Honor’s Program 2015 spring poster presentation in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
Spring poster presentation By Ally.Frickel @iowastatedaily.com Spring and summer 2017 graduating honors students and other honors students will present their projects after months of work.
Poster presentationgoers will be able to view the various posters and ask questions to the students and creators of the projects. The University Honors Program will host the spring poster presentation and reception from
3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. The cost is free, and the contact for the event is Suzanne Wirth, University Honors Program secretary, who can be reached at (515) 2940855.
Lecture on Iowa Latino immigrants By Ashley.Hannen @iowastatedaily.com Kimberly Greder, assistant professor of human development and family studies, will present her lecture “Securing Health and Education: Hopes and Realities of Iowa La-
tino Immigrant Families” at 11 a.m. Wednesday in 167-175 Scheman Building. The lecture is a part of the Rossmann Manatt faculty development award, which Greder received for 2016-17. The Rossmann Manatt faculty development
award is given to creative and promising tenured faculty of the colleges of Human Sciences and Agriculture and Life Sciences. Gerder’s lecture will take place during the Human Sciences Extension and Outreach Professional Development Day.
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‘THE BACHELOR’ STAR ARRESTED Iowa State alumnus and “The Bachelor” star Chris Soules has been arrested after police say he left the scene of a deadly crash. The Des Moines Register reported. Soules, who was booked into the Buchanan County Jail at 1:16 a.m. on a criminal charge of leaving the scene of an accident at which a death occurred, resides in Arlington, Iowa. Read the full story online at iowastatedaily.com or follow the Iowa State Daily onTwitter @iowastatedaily.
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Courtesy of ISU Police Department The donutmobile made stops around campus last Thursday.
Ames, Iowa State police departments use treats to build relationships By Danielle.Gehr @iowastatedaily.com Donuts are a main player in this year’s Ames and Iowa State Police Departments’ spring campaign pushing a message of “donut discriminate.” The donutmobile made its appearance on campus attracting Iowa State community members to the treats on board. Anthony Greiter of the Iowa State Police Department and Eric Snyder of the Ames Police Department,
community outreach officers, were spotted on campus passing out donuts on foot. “We want people to remember to be respectful of one another, treat each other with respect, and that can really bring us back together as a community and reunite a lot of people,” Greiter said. “We’re doing that with donuts because who doesn’t like donuts? And there’s a great play on donuts and cops.” Grieter said that the spring campaign is a tradition that spans at least the past 10 to 15 years.
Starting on April 1 to correspond with Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a larger event launches the campaign. This year may have a donut theme, but Greiter said the initiative has long-reaching arms covering a variety of topics. The campaign gives the police of Ames and Iowa State an opportunity to interact with the community. “It’s fantastic to get out and actually talk to people,” Snyder said. “You can’t serve a community unless you’re talking to the
community, unless you’re part of the community. If I sat behind my desk all day or we sat behind the steering wheel of a squad car, you don’t get to know your community.” Snyder recalls the Ames and ISU PD collaborating on this campaign as far back as he remembers. “Our police department combines with Ames Police Department to work on the spring campaign to show not only that we are a unified community and law enforcement is part of the community, but our two law enforce-
ment agencies in this town work very closely and both have the same goals in mind,” Greiter said. For the Ames Police specifically, it gives them a chance to build a stronger relationship with the campus as opposed to the ISU Police, who works with the campus community on a regular basis. Snyder said that this is important to keep this up as new freshman and transfer students enroll. “This gives all of us an opportunity to come out in large force and provide happiness through donuts,” Greiter said.
LEED buildings promote an energy-efficient campus By Morgan.Miller @iowastatedaily.com The Live Green! initiative at Iowa State has been influencing construction projects all around the university and Ames area. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system is being used to make sure any new construction around campus is environmentally conscious. Iowa State has been taking many measures to become a more energyefficient campus and work toward a sustainable fu-
ture. Through education and research, Iowa State has made many programs to help support the LEED facilities and help shape the permanent eco-friendly behaviors of students. Iowa State is trying to achieve a community that is devoted to sustainability and committing to more resourceful habits. The Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center on Mortensen Road received a gold rating in March of 2015. In a press release for the building put out by the university, Kerry Dixon, coordinator for sustainable design and construction
in facilities planning and management, said this will become a more common practice. “This is becoming the way companies do business, so the LEED certification process isn’t about spending more, it’s just a little more [labor] and paperwork,” Dixon said. Not only are these buildings no more expensive, but each one is built to last. “We build buildings that have a life expectancy of 50 to 100 years,” Dixon said in a previous interview with the Daily. “Most develop-
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By Emily.Hammer @iowastatedaily.com Keith Darrell, a traveling open-air preacher of evangelism, stood in the Agora on Tuesday afternoon lecturing students on why they should believe in God. Darrell has a history of preaching at colleges, visiting schools like the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Idaho to spread his message. The message to Iowa State students Tuesday afternoon was that truth is not always tangible. “You cannot take me anywhere and show me that the truth is only tangible in nature,” he said to the students who stopped to listen. One student who maintained a dialogue with Darrell was Sam Gutermuth, junior in computer science. Gutermuth told Darrell that his truth used circular reasoning, saying “it explains itself because it is.” In response, Darrell compared his belief to a person’s five senses. “If I come out here and say, ‘I’m only going to believe what my five senses tell me,’ how do you know your five senses tell you the truth? ‘It’s what I believe,’” Darrell said. Darrell continued by saying that any belief in a higher authority is somewhat circular in nature. Gutermuth, who had been listening and talking for just under an hour, told the Daily that he had heard a lot of ad hominem attacks from both Darrell and
students listening. “He’s saying I’m a smart a-- because I try to poke holes in his beliefs, like ask him questions that make him question his own beliefs, but that’s making me a smart a--, which is an ad hominem attack on myself,” Gutermuth said. He also called Darrell’s belief that a person can’t be logical if they’re not a Christian “one of the most moronic things I’ve ever heard.” Despite his disagreement, Gutermuth still thinks it’s important that Darrell has the ability to preach to students. “I feel like the best way to get rid of bad ideas is have them go out in the free market of ideas,” he said. Gutermuth does believe that a debate setting with a moderator would be more appropriate for some of the dialogue occurring, so opposing sides could prepare points and counterpoints. Another student who had been looking on for about 10 minutes, Katie Colman, freshman in chemical engineering, watched mostly to listen to opinions being discussed. “I definitely agree with some of the things that [Darrell’s] saying, but I see other people’s point of view,” she said. Colman said she was interested in what other students had to say to Darrell, but felt some of the students were “having fun with it and just enjoy arguing.” She also thinks it’s good that Darrell can tell people what he believes but doesn’t think it should be allowed “for him to pressure people to think what he thinks.”
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Student organizations go green By Emma.Blickensderfer @iowastatedaily.com While it may seem unattainable to make a difference in the world as a college student, there are student organizations out there with the mission to do just that. Iowa State’s Office of Sustainability, also known as Live Green!, oversees all green initiatives as well as the student organizations that host service projects and educational opportunities for students who want to learn how to live a sustainable life, said Molly Breen, campus and community engagement intern for Live Green! The Green Umbrella and Greeks Go Green are just two examples of student groups that take part in the green conversation. Tyler Sward, president of Greeks Go Green and junior in supply chain management, said the organization was part of the community service portion of Greek Week. “We did a week of service event where a pairing of greek chapters came and
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The Green Umbrella, a club focusing on sustainability at ISU, welcomes students to the Sustainability Fair on Oct. 20, 2016 in the Agora.
helped us clean areas surrounding residence halls,” Sward said. Greeks Go Green is also trying to promote sustainable living by making it a competition within the greek community. To do so, it is creating a handbook of ways chapter houses can implement sustainable practices. The Green Umbrella has committees that are each responsible for events such as National Campus Sustainability Day, Sustainapalooza
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You can win your game this year. Revise plans with your team over the next three weeks. New communications skills provide a breakthrough in relationships and career status. Keep finances organized; expenses can rise with income. Home renovations entice after August. Release clutter, limiting philosophies.
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(March 21-April 19) Use the last week of April for some clearing and cleansing over the next six months, especially regarding finances. A new phase begins about spending, saving and accumulating wealth.
Taurus - 8
(April 20-May 20) A new phase of greater self-awareness begins for the next six months. Take a strong stand, change your appearance and increase your independence.
Gemini - 7
(May 21-June 20) Self-imposed isolation and retreat for peace and spiritual growth invites over the next six months. You find yourself seeking solitude. Stay in communication.
Cancer - 7
(June 21-July 22) A new phase begins in your friendships and reputation over the next six months. Increase participation in group activities, and accept new responsibility. Imagine changes.
Leo - 7
(July 23-Aug. 22) Your public reputation comes into scrutiny. Over the next six months, you could rise to power or fall from it. Solicit ideas from imaginative experts.
Virgo - 7
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’re respected for your common sense. A new phase begins this week, regarding your education, philosophy and spiritual inquiry. Streamline routines.
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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today opens a new half-year stage regarding shared resources (like insurance, family funds, inheritances, real estate). Transitions change the balance sheet.
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(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) A partnership or relationship reaches a new level over the next six months. Keep domestic goals in mind. There could be contracts or legal issues to resolve.
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plete and resettlement occurs. They then need to apply for legal residency. After five years, a test for citizenship, in English, is taken. Iowa Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell enlightened the audience about the concerns that have been brought to government attention regarding bringing in refugee families. She also mentioned a bill that has made its way to Gov. Terry Brastad’s desk that would ban schools from becoming sanctuary schools for refugees. She voiced her distaste in such a bill and hopes proper voting takes place against it. She expressed this feeling and said, “It enriches our lives to bring in refugees.” Yonas Michael, director of student services for the Ames Community School District, agreed with WesselKroeschell. Michael told the attendees about how he has witnessed students who are refugees suffer with trauma from their experiences. He thinks it is an unaddressed but very important issue and believes more should be done to make the refugees feel safe in a community. One way of doing this is establishing more helpful language learning resources in the schools. Multiple members of the audience and Ames community took turns questioning the panelists and commenting with supportive statements about the hopeful, and important acts that need to be taken to welcome refugee families to the city of Ames and other areas of Iowa.
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OPINION
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks Oct. 5, 2016, during a Hillary Clinton rally at Drake University in Des Moines.
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Monday night, two men were executed by the state of Arkansas with lethal drugs set to expire April 30.
Still the ‘apex of moronia?’ Arkansas hurries through executions as lethal drugs expire By Alex.Felker @iowastatedaily.com
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n the year 1931, an enlightened assembly of Arkansas statesmen passed an official motion to pray for infamous journalist, critic and essayist H. L. Mencken’s soul — they had apparently nothing better to do. Mencken had called the state the “apex of moronia,” and this had not settled well with the Legislature. Why Mencken was so interested in singling out Arkansas of all the other southern states — a region he had then pronounced “almost as sterile, artistically, intellectually, culturally, as the Sahara Desert” — is not for me to say. But there are certainly a good few other things I can say, and I will say them now. First, some background. Monday night, two men were put to death in Arkansas: Jack Harold Jones and Marcel Wayne Williams. This was America’s first backto-back execution in nearly 17 years. These two men were among a group of eight, in total, set to be killed over a 10-day period. This was the result of a lengthy appeals process, during which members of the group had attempted to sue for clemency, relief for consideration
and finally over the sedative used in the “two-drug protocol,” which had reached the U.S. Supreme Court before being denied a stay. Even during the executions themselves, there was legal controversy. Per CNN’s report, “Infirmary staff tried unsuccessfully for 45 minutes to place a line in Jones’ neck, before placing one elsewhere on his body.” Despite Williams’ lawyers claiming that Jones’ death was therefore “torturous and inhumane,” a federal judge lifted the temporary stay that was granted, and Williams was executed later that night. And why are these executions being so rushed? Believe it or not, it is because the state’s stockpile of deadly drugs is about to go-off. Yes, Arkansas’ Republican governor is “in a hurry because the state’s execution drugs are expiring.” This is an extraordinary reality — almost unbelievable. I hurry through my box of Cheerios when it’s about to expire. Hurrying through the killing of eight men, for the same reason, is borderline depraved. Some of these men have been waiting in their cells to be killed for more than 20 years. How can their finally being executed — on the basis that the drugs required might soon be unavailable — be in any sense righteous? Evidently there was some reason for their not being executed up to this point. The Des Moines Register’s Editorial Board posits that the
expiring drugs demonstrate “God is trying to tell Arkansas something.” I can’t be sure about that, but I am sure that this whole spectacle does indeed tell the country something pretty clearly: It’s time for capital punishment to end. That we’ve got a state-sponsored and proctored revengekilling mechanism is downright ethically unfit. These men were guilty of terrible, unforgivable crimes: So let them rot to death in prison. It is cheaper, less traumatic and cruel to the perpetrator’s families, results in some actual resolution for the victim’s families (in the sense that execution is absolutely off the table) and does not reduce us to eye-for-an-eye barbarism. A lifetime spent rotting in prison is a far better deterrent to crime than a quick, relatively painless execution. To add, our courts simply mangle these cases. Not only in the wanton waste of our justice system’s time and resources, but also in sheer money spent pulling some of our nation’s best lawyers into a worthless time hole. And this is to say nothing of the very real potentiality for killing innocent, wrongfully convicted people for crimes that they never committed. But nevertheless, it is apparently in our society’s best interest to kill people so that we can show people who kill people (and commit other heinous crimes) that killing is wrong. Sounds sensible enough to me.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Anti-choice is against what U.S. was founded upon By Eric Schultz Senior in accounting Before I continue, I just want to say that my stance on this issue does not represent all pro-choicers’ opinions. I also would like to point out that I find it amazing that the only people who had something negative to say were men who would not get pregnant 100 percent of the time. I would also guess that they are probably not virgins either because many men in society seem to make it their life’s goal to “score” and then would probably go into hiding when their partner gets pregnant. I also would like to point out the number of nicknames,
comments and verbal dialogue from Republicans on campus to get out of this country for my beliefs and you wonder why I am embarrassed to tell people that I am a registered Republican. The common argument is that if the child is unwanted, then “give it up for adoption” and that I would support killing a 2-year-old who did harm to society. This honestly baffles me because 100 percent of pregnancies end in physical pain with quite a few causing physical harm to the woman. When it comes to a woman’s body, it should always be up to only her to decide if she is willing to go through a pregnancy because we only get one body in
our lives. Don’t get me wrong, I have tremendous respect for women who choose life and go through all the hard times that come with pregnancy. But if a woman does not want to get pregnant, why are we expecting her to force herself to go through something painful for something she does not want? Honestly, if you look throughout history, humans have always been trying to prevent pregnancy. The market for contraceptives is always booming because women who aren’t ready choose to take them. If medicines fail, we go in and fix it, no problems. But if contraceptives fail, we have organizations and the GOP dumping millions of dollars
into campaigns to stop it, and you wonder why I believe it is disgusting that people march around with “Pro-Life is ProWoman” signs. Seriously, it is screwed up and sexist that the same political party that thinks it is OK for Viagra to be covered by an insurance company is trying to get rid of contraceptives and the solution for when it fails. And to think, I’m a member of that party because of free speech and capitalism. It is against what this country was founded upon to prevent a person from making a medical choice about their own body, which is why I totally stand behind my belief that the antichoice movement is and always will be anti-American.
Over the weekend, Sen. Bernie Sanders put on a “Unity Tour” with new Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez, where the two attempted to drum up support for the Democratic Party . But before the tour even began, in a move that some reproductive rights activists (and especially pro-abortion rights activists) deemed counter to the movement Sanders had been and is apparently continuing to progress, Sanders both questioned whether Democratic House candidate Jon Ossoff was a “progressive” and aligned himself with a Democratic mayoral candidate with a strong anti-abortion rights record. It is this view on reproductive rights that should run counter to people who deem themselves “progressives.” While some so-called progressives may be willing to negotiate reproductive rights for some semblance of “unity” among Americans, abandoning those who need and rely on reproductive health care – especially coming from Planned Parenthood – is not how “unity” is born. A common argument among progressives when discussing Planned Parenthood is that abortion constitutes only 3 percent of its services; therefore, the other 97 percent of services – contraception, sexually transmitted infection testing and so on – carry more weight in the overall discussion of reproductive rights. Making this 3 percent sound as small as possible makes — “but it’s only 3 percent!” — a seemingly legitimate comeback when arguing that clinics like Planned Parenthood should be able to remain open to provide its other, nonabortion services. But this lessens the necessity of abortions to the point that “progressives” like Sanders feel comfortable aligning themselves with anti-abortion rights candidates. Surely, he might say, we can all find common ground – as long as we don’t complicate things by standing up for that 3 percent of Planned Parenthood’s yearly services that involve abortion care. If it hasn’t been said enough already, abortions are undeniably safe, legal and necessary. Yet barriers to care exist, including distance from a clinic that provides abortions, state restrictions (like the 20-week ban recently passed in Iowa) and overall cost. Abortion funds raise millions of dollars per year for people to receive the procedure due to the Hyde Amendment, which prevents public funding for abortions. In spite of these barriers to care, some “progressives” like Sanders still see reproductive freedom as a bargaining chip for “unity.” Instead of continuing to fight for abortion rights and electing pro-abortion rights candidates, the view appears to be one of a compromise that could never happen. If you call yourself a progressive, or are at all in favor of a version of reproductive freedom that includes abortion rights, you should stand up for Planned Parenthood’s “3 percent” of services that involve abortion.
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Drake Relays ‘feels like home’ By Kyle.Heim @iowastatedaily.com With track and field outcomes as unpredictable as April weather, the Drake Relays has evolved into an iconic Iowa tradition throughout its 108 years of existence. From “beautiful bulldog contests” to Olympic previews, the event has consistently packed the Blue Oval with fans eager to see the next record-breaking performance or even catch a glimpse of the bulldog Prudence strutting around in her blue tutu and new crown. But the Drake Relays means something different for the Iowa State women’s track and field team. It’s the closest thing to a home meet the Cyclones will witness during the 2017 outdoor season, as they will not host an event at the Cyclones Sports Complex this year. And for many of the Iowa natives on the team — 11 listed on the roster have roots in the state — the Drake Relays brings back memories of their high school days competing as some of the top athletes in Iowa. “It’s a lot of fun,” said Iowa State sophomore Grace Gibbons, who is entered in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Saturday. “You hear the voice of Mike Jay over the loud speakers, and it’s the same voice that you heard in high school track in Iowa. It’s just a friendly voice, and you see all these people that you
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Iowa State sophomore Jasmine Staebler, who competed at Gilbert High School in Gilbert, Iowa, runs in the distance medley relay at the Drake Relays on April 30, 2016.
knew. People who have supported you for a really long time are all able to come out to the Drake Relays.” Gibbons was a four-time Iowa high school state champion and is no stranger to Drake Stadium. Her teammate, Jasmine
Staebler, a sophomore from Gilbert, Iowa, has been competing in the relays since she was a freshman in high school. She will make her return to Drake in her marquee event, the 800. “... It’s really cool for me,
especially being from Iowa, because I know the atmosphere in the stadium and the fans,” Staebler said. “It almost feels like a home meet.” Even sophomore distance runner Anne Frisbie, who is from River Falls, Wisconsin, looks forward to competing
at the meet. “Last year I went to watch it, and it was a really cool atmosphere,” Frisbie said. “So I’m excited for all the people cheering. It’s just a really cool track, really cool atmosphere.” Sophomore Emma
Whigham, who is from Bettendorf, Iowa, will lead off for the Cyclones at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the heptathlon. Events will continue through the weekend, wrapping up with the 4x100-meter relay at 3:13 p.m. Saturday.
Iowa State Boxing Club continues to rise on campus By Connor.Ferguson @iowastatedaily.com
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Iowa State freshman Sami Williams gets ready to step up to bat against Oklahoma State on April 15. Williams hit a solo home run in her first at bat of the day.
Infielder Sami Williams making big waves By Tara.Larson @iowastatedaily.com Sami Williams, freshman infielder on Iowa State’s softball team, has been getting her share of recognition lately. She’s looking to continue her tear through her freshman campaign Wednesday against in-state rival Northern Iowa at the Cyclone Sports Complex. This game was originally set for March 29 but was rescheduled because of inclement weather. Against Iowa on April 18, Williams tied the school record for doubles hit in a single season. Two days later, Iowa State announced that she was named a finalist for the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award. She then broke the single-season doubles record in a weekend series against Texas. Williams is among the top-25 freshman softball players competing for the freshman of the year award, which will be narrowed to
10 players on May 11. The top three will be announced May 24, and the winner from that group is set to be announced on May 31. “I thought [the award] was deserved and she earned it,” coach Jamie Trachsel said. “Her level of intensity and focus is that she doesn’t want to be good, she wants to be great. She’s done that every single day.” The freshman has been excelling not only in the Big 12 but on her own team as well. She has the highest slugging percentage on the team at .610 and has the highest RBI count with 29. She also has the most home runs, with seven on the season. “I don’t really look at a lot of the stats so I didn’t really have a perspective about it,” Williams said. “I was pleasantly surprised.” Williams credited her success during the season to being able to stay calm and confident, saying this is when she plays her best. Not only did Williams shatter the school record
for double hits in a game, but the team collectively broke a single-season record for stolen bases — the Cyclones now have 90 on the season — when Kelsey McFarland snagged two stolen bases on Sunday against Texas. “It shows that we have been getting better and we have made improvements,” Trachsel said. “Otherwise, we wouldn’t be breaking the records.” The Cyclones beat Texas in a series for the first time in program history last weekend. It also was the first conference series win since 2013. “It was really exciting, especially since a lot of our upperclassman haven’t won a series yet,” freshman Logan Schaben said. “We’ve really done good at taking the positives out of the losses even though it’s a hard thing to do. It’s nice to see it pay off.” The Cyclones (18-32, 3-12 Big 12) play Wednesday against in-state rival UNI (26-17, 14-6 MVC) at the Cyclone Sports Complex.
Fighting another human being one-on-one is not something a lot of people want to do. For the boxers in the Iowa State Boxing Club, it’s something they do almost every day. The club practices six nights a week in order to stay competitive in the national club scene, called the National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA). “To be a college boxer and to be a competitive boxer is extremely grueling and demanding,” coach Jon Swanson said. The boxing club fields both men’s and women’s teams and competes throughout the school year leading up to the NCBA Collegiate Boxing Championships in April. However, getting a team to the championships is not the easiest task. “It just depends on who shows up,” Swanson said. “There’s been times at the beginning of the season where we looked like [we could win it all]. For different reasons, guys had to drop out.” Those reasons can range from a boxer accepting an internship to sustaining an injury — and everything in between. “It’s hard to maintain a full team and get enough people who can take on that task,” Swanson said. But that hasn’t stopped the club from achieving national success individually.
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Camryn Linster competes in a bout. The Iowa State Boxing Club has seen its popularity rise in the past few years.
The club sent five boxers to the Collegiate Boxing Championships in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, this year. “It’s a good number to send,” Swanson said. “It depends. Sometimes certain weight classes can be easier to get into. [Overall] it’s a good number to send.” Three of the five boxers earned All-America honors, including Camryn Linster, the club’s president. “Camryn took third place, she probably had the [best tournament],” Swanson said. Linster made it to the semifinals of the tournament, before being downed by Stephanie Simon. Simon, who was featured on “60 Minutes Sports” for her boxing ability, was the favorite to win the tournament, and did so after beating Linster.
“Camryn told me it was the toughest fight she had ever been in,” Swanson said. Linster finished third to add to her second-place finish in 2016. The boxing club continues to try to grow by hosting more meets on campus in Ames. In the spring, Iowa State hosted the Midwest Collegiate Invitational for the second year in a row. “The boxing area of State Gym was full,” Swanson said. “The audience participation was very enthusiastic, especially when it was Iowa versus Iowa State.” The club also hosts a showcase event in the fall semester in Ames, where it has the newer boxers show off their skills. The showcase will be the next event they are showcased in.
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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Style Spotlight: Emma Krell
By Grace.Rigdon @iowastatedaily.com
This week’s Style Spotlight caught Emma Krell, freshman in accounting, who talked to us about adapting your style after high school and running a fashion blog.
BEING A STYLE BLOGGER Krell started her fashion blog in 2014. “I started Fashionablyemma.com because I liked reading other people’s blogs and enjoyed piecing together different outfits,” Krell said. “My friends were the ones that encouraged me to try it out and it ended up becoming a passion and it’s been history ever since.” Krell’s blog goals are to inspire and communicate her style and interest by expressing herself to others. “My go-to trend as of right now would be the bandana trend,” Krell said. “I love wearing bandanas on my neck and as an accessory. I also have one on my purse. Another very fun trend that I like is the jean skirt overalls, and I am also into the band tee looks.”
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Her own personal style? JCrew meets Free People. She identifies her style as very preppy, but then other days feels like she is represented as a Free People goddess. “In high school I used to dress like a preppy JCrew catalogue,” Krell said. “I wore collared shirts with sweaters every day. Now, my style is definitely less defined. I try not to stick to a certain look, and each morning I want to change it up. I have more variety with my wardrobe so I am able to experiment a lot more with
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my style here in college.” Krell said in high school she felt she started a lot of the trends, but in college she is able to do more of her own thing. She said she loves how much other people around campus inspire her to build off their looks and try new things. Krell said that her go-to color pallet is very neutral and she wears a lot of navy and black. She said if she catches herself wearing color, it is usually maroons and different shades of reds along with hunter green.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Krell’s dream job is to be the chief financial officer of Nordstroms. She would love to use her accounting degree and her merchandising minor to be a part of the fashion industry. “My other future dreams would be to live off of my blog,” Krell said. “It would be amazing to be a famous blogger. I would also love to own an online boutique, but I don’t really care what it is I end up doing as long as I am a part of the industry somehow, someway.” Krell has been a committee member of Trend magazine for the past two semesters. She also spends a lot of time building her network to promote her Instagram. Building followers on her blog’s Instagram account is important to her to increase blog views. “I find it difficult because I used to feel like no one had a blog,” Krell said. “But coming here there are so many people, a huge crowd of bloggers, doing the same thing and have to find my own personal niche and be myself. If you keep with the passion, your style will shine through.” If you want to learn more about Emma Krell and her style, follow her fashion blog at www.fashionablyemma.com
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A model walks down the runway wearing a wedding dress out of paper items during the “Trashion” Show on Friday. Students created garments from recycled materials. Right: Gillian Holte/Iowa State Daily
Adore Cilantro performed the song “Venus” by Lady Gaga at the Spring Drag Show on Saturday. The show was hosted by The Pride Alliance at Iowa State. Find galleries from both events at iowastatedaily.com.
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MOORE III p1 TAKING A STEP BACK Amidst the mystery of his health, the doctors said he needed to take a step back from all that he was involved in. Between studying for the MCAT on his pursuit to medical school, getting ready for his wedding right after graduation, being on the executive cabinet for Student Government and the MU Board of Directors along with his studies, something had to give. It was too much at a time when his body needed to relax and be under less stress. The hardest part was not his health or even delivering the speech. The hardest part was having to step away from something he loved. In early January, when David returned to Iowa State, he knew it was time to step back from Student Government. And at the Senate meeting on January 18, he did just that. During the closing announcements, David brought his laptop and read off the notes he wanted to say. “The worst things happen to the best people — because David’s one of the best members we’ve had in Student Government and one of the hugest advocates for students that I’ve ever seen,” said Staudt, who was the student body president when David stepped down from his role. “And for him to have to step down, and step away from the organization and work he loves to protect his health, it was just surreal that something like that could happen to him.”
A DIAGNOSIS The doctors found spots in his brain after an MRI in Ames. The type of spots you see in patients with multiple sclerosis, but they wanted a specialist to confirm it. After nearly a month of fearing the unknown, a specialist in Iowa City diagnosed David with MS. Most people will have multiple episodes that tip doctors off that someone has MS. But for David, it was one singular instance. The specialist in Iowa City, looked at the MRI for about one minute and knew it was definitely MS and wanted to get him started on medicine right away. “It was upsetting, obviously. But it was just something, I knew I could handle,” David said. “It was odd because I’d never gotten something like that before. But also knowing about the field, also helps you come to an understanding with it too.” MS is believed to affect 2.3 million people worldwide and because there is not one test or set of symptoms associated with the disease, it can often go misdiagnosed, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. “I think it was almost a relief when I got diagnosed because it’s like, OK, I know what it is now instead of the mystery thing that affected me for a little bit. At that point, doctors have a plan, with the medication, and then I’m just going to get back to work with school and stuff like that.”
LEED p3 ers are building 10- to 20-year buildings, so they’re looking for the fastest, cheapest way to build something. We’re building buildings that have to last.” Buildings like Morrill Hall and State Gym have achieved the LEED certification along with 12 other buildings at Iowa State. Six buildings at Frederiksen Court are awaiting a gold certification in the near future, along with Marston Hall after its renovation. In order to be a LEED-certified facility, the building will receive a certain amount of points to attain one of the rating levels. The four rating levels are certified, silver, gold and platinum. The point system depends on many factors, including energy, atmosphere, materials, resources and design process.
The disease has four types, according to the NMSS. The type David has is called relapsing-remitting MS, which causes defined attacks followed by full or partial recovery. “I go through stages where I’m fine, like right now, and then I’ll go through stages where I have that episode,” he said. So far, David hasn’t had another relapse, but in March while taking the MCAT — a full day’s test — his hands started going numb part way through. There’s no cure for MS as of right now, but the goal of David’s medication is to slow the progression. Wanting to be a doctor some day, he started looking into the research about MS. Now, it’s a goal of his to go to medical school and specialize in MS research or neurology in general. In one of his kinesiology classes this semester, he presented a poster on the disease. At the same time, he’s still trying to figure out how the disease affects him. “I’m always on guard…and I wonder, is that a new symptom?” he said. “It’s an invisible disability. It’s important for people to know on campus because I’m definitely not the only one who has a disease like this. There’s a lot of things that can be happening with other people’s lives and we need to be compassionate about those issues.”
REFLECTING ON STUDENT GOVERNMENT From representing the College of Human Sciences as a senator, serving on committees, being the Director of Special Events and being the Director of Student Services, David now knows the ins and outs of Student Government. But it wasn’t always that way. David recalls his first meetings as a Student Government senator representing the College of Human Science his sophomore year. “I think I said something — I can’t remember what it was — but I think I was completely out of line, not even close to what they were talking about at the time,” David laughed. “I got called out at the time I remember. “It’s definitely a little intimidating at first, but after some outside studying of Robert’s Rules you kind of catch onto it quickly,” he said. After getting into the swing of things and joining Rules Committee to better understand the bylaws, he proposed his first bill in the spring of his sophomore year. David proposed a bill advocating for restructuring the funding for the scholarships and parking passes the top Student Government leaders received. His bill proposed that the president get a full in-state scholarship, the vice president get half in-state tuition and the finance director would get full in-state tuition, while also adding allocations for the speaker and vice speaker. In effect, the bill sought to spread the allocations across more people. The Senate passed the bill, the president vetoed it and the Senate overrode the veto. Throughout his time, being good stewards of students’ money was important to David.
The category that gets the most points to be considered an LEED building is the energy performance. Having a minimum energy performance is already required but it depends on the optimized energy performance for that building. Depending on how environmentally friendly and energy efficient a building is will determine its ranking. Implementing the LEED system in large institutions like Iowa State will make the university less wasteful and save money in the meantime. Iowa State currently has three silver-, eight gold- and two platinum-certified buildings and plans to add more. Upcoming projects include the football training facility, Lagomarcino Hall, BioCentury Research Farm and the Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering Building. Current parts of Curtiss Hall and Troxel Hall are waiting for final certification.
“I’ve always been critical of how much we’re spending on certain things, especially when it’s for us [Student Government] or even just things that aren’t going to affect a lot of people, we’ve got to be careful about.” Then his junior year, David stepped into his role as the Director of Special Events, primarily spending his time planning the Big 12 on the Hill, which is where Big 12 student governments spend time advocating for the conference in D.C. David planned everything from the itinerary, to travel plans and coordinating between all the schools in the conference. Some of the highlights included hearing from Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley during the time he was resisting confirming a new U.S. Supreme Court Justice and learning about the students from the other student governments, he said. When some members of this year’s Student Government went to the annual Big 12 on the Hill, this year not planned by Iowa State, they realized just how much David did to make the previous year so successful, Staudt said. “I didn’t realize before, but the work that goes into that really helped Iowa State set itself a part in how its student government functions and sets itself apart from other Big 12 schools,” Staudt said.
GO-GETTER Cody West and David are cut from the same cloth. They both share plans to pursue medical school. They both like old school country. They are both Denver Broncos fans. And when David gets married in May, West will be in the wedding. West is the current president of the student body and former vice president when David was serving on cabinet. David helped out on both the Staudt-West and West-Smith campaigns for Student Government president and vice president. On the night that David stepped down from Student Government, West left his seat as vice president and assumed his place as friend. He stood behind him at the podium for moral support as David both choked up and laughed as he recalled his time in Student Government and told the Senate he had to step down. “He does acknowledge that it [MS] is a barrier for him, but he’ll never let it be,” West said.
‘JUST GO DO IT’ Though it wasn’t always easy — in fact, admittedly scary at times — David said he realized everyone goes through rough things in college. Having made an impact in Student Government, serving the College of Human Sciences, being named the Homecoming King on Cardinal Court in the fall, getting engaged to his high school sweetheart and being inducted into the Cardinal Key Honor Society, David will soon be an Iowa State alum. And he wants to leave a piece of advice for students. “We always give ourselves tons of reasons not to do things,” he said. “Just go do it.”
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The Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center was the recipient of a gold LEED certification rating in March 2015.