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HIKING IN ADA HAYDEN

CAMPUS CLIMATE BY THE NUMBERS

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of respondents indicated they had been harassed

indicated they had experienced unwanted sexual contact

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Time to break out your Chaco’s, fill your water bottles and explore the first spot featured in the Daily’s first hiking highlight. pg7

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of those who had experienced unwanted sexual contact did not report the incident.

of employee respondants indicated they had observed hiring practices they percieved to be unjust. BY DEVYN.LEESON AND EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com

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Iowa State wrestling unveiled the 2018-19 team schedule Thursday, with notable changes, including an earlier date for the Cy-Hawk duel. pg6

CITY COUNCIL

The full results of the fall 2017 campus climate survey, conducted by Rankin and Associates Consulting, were released earlier last week.

Iowa State community members completed 7,326 surveys for an overall response rate of 17 percent. While this is not a high enough percentage to make generalization, conductors of the survey are still confident in the validity of their results.

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Harrington leaves Iowa State wrestling BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State heavyweight Marcus Harrington will not wrestle for the Cyclones next season. Des Moines Register reporter Cody Goodwin reported the news first.

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Members of City Council and the Ames community clashed over a proposed rental cap that would apply to certain neighborhoods surrounding the university. The Council will discuss the rental cap further next week. pg3

Harrington, a former NCAA Tournament qualifier, had one season of eligibility remaining entering the 2018-19 season, but the heavyweight will elect to forgo his final season. “I just thought it was time,” Harrington told the Des Moines Register. “I could just tell by the way the last couple of years have went, and my motivation has just been elsewhere. Just haven’t had the same spark that I used to about the sport.” After redshirting in his first season in Ames, Harrington posted a 6-7 record in his redshirt freshman season, plugging in at 197 and heavyweight throughout the season. In Harrington’s redshirt sophomore season, the Waterloo native finished with a 9-13 record. Harrington heated up at the Big 12 Championships, earning a fifth-place finish and an NCAA bid. In 2017-18, Harrington stuck at heavyweight for the entire season. Harrington piled up a 22-13 record, including an 11-5 dual record. Harrington finished his season at the Big 12 Champion-

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WORLD SERIES BOUND BY CONNOR.FERGUSON @iowastatedaily.com The Iowa State club baseball team is on its way to the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) World Series.

Iowa State defeated Missouri twice on Sunday, 10-9 and 6-5, to win the NCBA Mid-American Regional and earn its first bid to the NCBA World Series since 2015. After losing its first game to Missouri, the Cyclones won four straight. The Cyclones beat Nebraska and top-ten ranked Colorado State on Saturday. Once they got to Sunday, Iowa State needed to win both games to earn a spot in the national tournament. After going down 4-0 in the first game, the Cyclones plated eight unanswered runs to go up 8-4. Missouri would come back to tie the game at nine, but Nick Barclay earned a go-ahead hit in the ninth inning to give Iowa State a victory. In game two, the Cyclones went down 5-3, but Anthony Sufficool plated two runs with a triple to tie things up. Roehrick hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth, giving the Cyclones the lead. Iowa State will participate in the NCBA World Series from May 25 to May 31 in Holly Springs, N.C.

Series of fires in Ames BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Marcus Harrington wrestles Brandon Ngati during the Iowa State vs West Virginia wrestling meet Jan. 21.

ship, finishing in fourth place and missing an NCAA bid by one place. Without Harrington, the Cyclones will have redshirt sophomore Gannon Gremmel returning at heavyweight. Iowa State also secured Iowa City West’s Francis Duggan on signing day. Duggan was the No. 70 recruit in the country, according to Intermat. Gremmel was the 125 kilogram champion at the 2018 U.S. Open.

Ames has experienced three fires in recent days, with damages totaling approximately $100,000. While some of these fires were intentional, like the the deliberate prairie burns done by Ames Parks and Recreation on May 8, others were entirely unexpected. The first fire, on May 5 at 2:45 a.m., was at a restroom in Brookside Park. Officials believe the fire was not due to malicious activity but rather improper disposal of garbage in a garbage can next to the restrooms.

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Along for the ride People of all ages from the Ames community participated in a bike ride with Mayor John Haila and members of the Ames City Council on May 12. The bike route started at Ames City Hall and ended at Ada Hayden Heritage Park.

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City Council to continue Bike to work week rental cap discussion

HAIFAN XIAO/ IOWA STATE DAILY Cyclist enjoys free breakfast at ames city hall during bike to work week 2017.

BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com

Ames community members meeting in the city council chambers May 8.

BY TALON.DELANEY @iowastatedaily.com Community and City Council members clashed over a proposed capping of rental properties at last Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The ordinance would apply to certain neighborhoods surrounding the university, and allow no more than 25 percent of properties therein to be rented out. More than 60 Ames community members filled the city council chambers for the weekly city council meeting on May 8. The stated goals of the ordinance are to stabilize local housing markets and preserve a high quality of life in the community. Those who oppose the rental cap believe these goals might not be accomplished, and instead the cap would bring about adverse effects upon minorities. Mayor John Halia opened the floor for the public to express their support or opposition to the rental capping ordinance. “Historically mayors have not allowed any public comment on second or third readings,” Halia said. “I make an exception on this case and this case only. I do not plan on making this exception in the future.” For the sake of time, concerned community members were allowed two minutes to air their grievances or sound their approval. “I don’t feel this proposal will succeed at its goals,” said Jim Wellman, who lives on Campus Avenue. “I think it will do just the opposite of what it’s intended to do by creating a window of opportunity to convert homes into rental properties.” People would do this, Wellman said, because the ordinance does state that in areas where the rental properties exceed 25 percent of all properties, existing rental establishments can maintain their status, but no more properties can be used for renting purposes. Others felt that the rental cap would act as an impediment on their life plans. “We purchased our house with the hope of renting it out one day,” said Morgan Johnston, a homeowner on Lynn Avenue. “We’ve built investments into this house. We think the rental cap takes away from the goals of the property owners. A lot of the support comes from the other part of the neighborhood where the percentage of rentals are below the cap.” Some, like Joel Hochstein of the Ames Human Relations Commission, do not think that there is enough evidence that the rental cap would achieve its goals. “I’m curious about the potential impacts this decision could have on low income groups, minorities and people of color,” Hochstein said. “I’ve been following this discussion for quite some time, and I haven’t heard about any research done about unintended consequences on minority populations.” Supporters of the cap believe it would indeed accomplish the intended goals, and in doing so would allow more families to settle in the Ames area.

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“We support the idea of the cap,” said Arvid Osterberg, professor of architecture at Iowa State. “There’s been a lot of research around the country that the caps do work and improve the living conditions.” Community members like Marsha Miller feel that in recent years, the balance between homeowners and renters has shifted in the favor of renters, and the cap would help even things out. “We like it and are planning to stay there,” Miller said, referring to her home on Stanton Avenue. “We realize the neighborhood is desirable to students, but it’s desirable for us too. We’re really hoping this cap will help stabilize the neighborhood.” After the final community members offered their perspectives, the council opened itself to internal debate before the chamber audience. “Maybe we should try to bite this off in smaller chunks,” said Chris Nelson, Ward Four representative. “It’s hard for me to support this when we don’t understand the full scope of this decision.” At-large representative Amber Corrieri agreed with Nelson. “I still don’t understand why we would pass something like this without understanding the implications it would have and what we would do about them,” Corrieri said. “We’ve really only talked anecdotally about this, that it worked in some such town in Michigan or something. But we haven’t seen any data.” Gloria Betcher, Ward One representative, told Corrieri that she’d been studying cases of rental capping for 15 years, and that the data is real and available. “I’ve seen what’s happened elsewhere,” Betcher said, referring to rental caps in Lansing, Iowa as an example. “There’s been increased owner occupied housing in Lansing over a period of four years.” Betcher also thinks that time is an important factor concerning the council’s decision on a rental cap. “The rate that houses are being converted into rentals is alarming.” Betcher said. Nelson and Corrieri disagreed, saying that there wasn’t sufficient data to prove Betcher’s last point. “I’m not against the cap,” Nelson said. “There’s just some questions that need to be answered before we dive in on this. We’re voting yay or nay on an ordinance that has no math associated with it.” In the end, the council motioned to return to the details of the rental cap in a future meeting, where they would further deliberate on the boundaries of the rental cap, the perceived hardships it could have on low income peoples and offer a third reading of the the resolution. “The procedure needs to honor the community,” said Tim Gartin, Ward Two representative. “These people have been waiting for a year on this rental cap. Another 30 or so days to fine tune the ordinance would do right by them.” The next City Council meeting will be held Tuesday, May 22 where they will discuss the rental cap further.

The City of Ames is taking part in National Bike to Work Week with multiple events scattered throughout the week. Since May is National Bike Month, Bike to Work Week aims to get people to bike to work, school or around their neighborhood. According to the City of Ames website, “Mayor John Haila and Ames City Council members will kick off National Bike to Work Week by hosting a free Bike Commuter Continental Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Monday, May 14, in front of City Hall, 515 Clark Ave.” The week’s festivities are supported by community volunteer organizations like the Ames Bicycle Coalition and Healthiest Ames, who are working with local businesses to encourage biking safety in or around Ames. Local businesses and the city are holding events including: Monday, May 14- Breakfast at City Hall from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. This event sets the tone for the rest of Bike Week, which will consist primarily of breakfasts. Tuesday, May 15- Breakfast at Stuart Smith Park from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. The event will take place at the Iowa State Information Booth parking lot located in the park. The second event will be happening at Ames Laboratory from 12-1 p.m. According to the events page, “all Ames Laboratory employees are invited to join Sara Cady from the Ames Bicycle Coalition to talk about bicycling, commuting and safety at a Lunch & Learn.” Wednesday, May 16- Breakfast hosted by the Ames Bike World will be held at Brookside Park from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. The breakfast will include an assortment of bagels, fruit, granola bars, coffee and more. The first event on Thursday, May 17, is a breakfast at the Collegiate Presbyterian Church from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. The breakfast is hosted by JAX Outdoor Gear and will include Dutch Oven bagels, fruits and coffee. The second event will be “Handlebar Happy Hour” at Provisions Lot F from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. According to the events page, “The Research Park is celebrating National Bike Month with drink specials and free appetizers at Provisions Lot F.” The final event for the week is hosted on Friday, May 18. Another commuter breakfast will be held by Skunk River Cycles from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. They will have “coffee and juice, bagels, fruit and maybe even a homemade treat.” For more information on all events during the week and the rest of Bike Month, visit the Ames Bicycle Coalitions Facebook event page.

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This fire caused around $50,000 in park damages and the restrooms will have to be temporarily replaced with portable ones. The second fire happened May 9 inside a detached garage at 12:15 a.m. According to the press release from the City of Ames, fire crews arrived at the scene shortly after a neighbor heard “popping” noises and looked outside their window to see a fire. The press release outlined the amount of damages created by the fire: “The garage sustained significant interior damage to 50 percent of the structure and contents inside the garage. A house located east of the garage sustained heat damage from the fire. A car parked near the garage was also damaged by the heat of the fire. Damages are estimated at $50,000. There were no injuries reported.” Deputy Fire Chief Paul Sandoval said there was no new information on the fire, as it was still under investigation as of 1 p.m. on May 10. “These things happen in spurts,” Sandoval said about the frequency of these fires. “It isn’t strange to have two fires in a week, but it is definitely something that will put us on notice.”

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He added, “Some weeks are just busier than others.” Sandoval says that there are multiple ways that people can prevent these fires from happening. At Brookside Park, he said people should put out any coals they use for grilling and make sure to dispose of them properly before leaving the area. “While a lot of these places are smoke free, we tell people to dispose of their cigarettes properly as that could also cause a fire,” Sandoval said. In relation to the garage fire, Sandoval advised people to keep any oily rags out of clumps and air dried to prevent spontaneous combustion. It is also important, he noted, that people have fire extinguishers and fire alarms; however, in Ames it is not required by law to have a fire alarm in your garage. The two recent fires happened days after a third fire that hospitalized two firefighters. According to the Ames Tribune, officers arrived at Black’s Heritage Farm on May 1 responding to a report that a building had caught fire just south of Ames. A team of over 70 firefighters from Huxley, Gilbert, Madrid, Colo, Nevada, Kelley, Slater and Cambridge attempted

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Here is the breakdown of the numbers. Harassment

Nineteen percent or 1,375 respondents indicated they had personally experienced harassment defined as exclusionary, intimidating, offensive and/or hostile conduct that had interfered with their ability to work, learn or live at Iowa State University within the past year. Thirty percent said it was due to their gender or gender identity, 21 percent or 283 respondents said it was based on their ethnicity and 20 percent, 274 respondents, said it was based on their position or status. Twenty-nine percent, or 2,107 survey respondents, observed conduct directed toward a person or group of people on campus they believe was harassment.

“There were white supremacist stickers all over the bus stations closest to the international dorms Wallace and Wilson. They were racist and threatened any students of color or LGBTQ+ identities considering that QR codes were connected to theses stickers with links to KKK and white supremacy websites.”

DEVYN LEESON/ IOWA STATE DAILY Hard to burn section of green grass unscathed amidst prairie fire at Ada Hayden Heritage Park.

to suppress the fire. A nearby stack of more than 1,000 pieces of wood caught fire, spreading the fire to another building. Firefighters lost the first building but were able to contain the fire within the second and saved it. Compared to the fires that came after it,

Unwanted Sexual Encounters

Eleven percent or 770 survey respondents indicated on the survey they had experienced unwanted sexual contact/ conduct. One percent, 80 respondents, experienced relationship violence; 2 percent, 157 respondents, experienced stalking; 8 percent, 554 respondents, experienced unwanted sexual interaction (e.g., catcalling, repeated sexual advances, sexual harassment) and 3 percent, 221 respondents, experienced unwanted sexual contact (e.g. fondling, rape, sexual assault, penetration without consent) while at Iowa State. Of those who had experienced unwanted sexual contact, 90 percent, 193 respondents, did not report the incidents. The main reasons respondents gave for not reporting unwanted sexual contact were “fear of consequences,” “blamed themselves,” saying it was “no big deal” and they “expected no response.”

this fire took place with high winds and in dry weather, explaining why it was much harder to extinguish. An official cause of the fire has not been determined.

of undergraduate student respondants indicated they had seriously considered leaving Iowa State University

Staff Perceptions of Campus Climate

“A huge group of guys started yelling ‘Build that Wall’ to a group of us, who are all Hispanic” and “A large group of fellow Iowa State students yelled ‘go back to Mexico’ as we were walking on Lincoln way.”

Student Perceptions of Campus Climate

respondents, multiracial respondents, student respondents with disabilities, first-generation respondents, no religious/ spiritual affiliation respondents and off-campus housing respondents noted feeling valued compared with their colleagues. Thirty-three percent, or 2,376 respondents, had seriously considered leaving Iowa State University. With regard to student status, 22 percent, or 872 undergraduate student respondents, and 23 percent, or 185 of graduate/veterinary medicine student respondents, had seriously considered leaving Iowa State University.

Barriers for Marginalized Students

With regard to campus facilities, 28 percent, or 44 transgender/genderqueer/non-binary respondents experienced barriers in restrooms and 22 percent, approximately 35 respondents, experienced barriers in campus housing and signage within the past year. With regard to campus facilities, 15 percent, or 124 respondents with disabilities experienced barriers in classrooms/labs, 14 percent, 115 respondents, in classroom buildings and 11 percent, 89 respondents, related to parking within the past year. Twenty-one percent, or 689 employee respondents, indicated they had observed hiring practices at Iowa State University they perceived to be unjust. Of those employee respondents who indicated they had observed discriminatory hiring at Iowa State University, 28 percent, 195 respondents, noted it was based on nepotism/ cronyism, 25 percent, 172 respondents, on gender/gender identity and 21 percent or 145 respondents perceived unjust hiring practices based on ethnicity. Twenty-seven percent or 198 of faculty respondents “strongly agreed” or “agreed” students prejudged their abilities based on their perception of their identity/background. Women perceived this at a higher rate, 28 percent, than men, 15 percent. Non-U.S. citizen respondents perceived this at a higher rate, 11 percent, than their citizen counterparts, 4 percent. Fifty-four percent, or 411 faculty respondents, and 50 percent, or 908 staff respondents, had seriously considered leaving Iowa State University in the past year. Seventy-five percent or 3,543 student respondents felt valued by Iowa State faculty; 74 percent or 3,495 felt valued by Iowa State staff; and 53 percent or 2,487 respondents felt valued by Iowa State senior administrators. Significantly lower percentages of undergraduate student respondents, women respondents, transspectrum

Monday, May 14, 2018 Iowa State Daily

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Be thankful for your mother(s) BY MEGAN.PETZOLD @iowastatedaily.com

As Mother’s Day wraps up, I am left to think about how much I appreciate mine and those I’ve come across. Unfortunately, there are some mothers who go unappreciated; after all the scary, painful and exhausting experiences mothers may undergo for their children, I don’t understand how any mother can go unrecognized. This holiday began with the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals to honor the mother goddesses, and there have been many variations of this celebration of mothers in history, such as the Catholic festival known as “Mothering Sunday.” Mother’s Day is about celebrating the person who has cared for you since before you could care for yourself and showing appreciation for all the late nights and the amount of effort it takes to raise a child. And if that person for you didn’t undergo pregnancy or raise you from the very beginning, they still have put their boots on the ground to make sure that you were raised in a healthy environment. Having a child doesn’t just change the life of these women for the following 18 years; it has a profound impact on the rest of their lives. Mothers do so much for their children and families that they deserve more than just one day of praise — but Mother’s Day is a great start to show our mothers just how much we appreciate them. There are numerous things we can do to show how much we appreciate our mothers, but buying them flowers and chocolates shouldn’t be the only way we demonstrate our love. Just doing something with them — or making them something simple, like a card — would mean the world to any mother. It’s almost like when we were children, bringing home a piece of paper with a mess of colors on it, without any discernible shape or pattern. Even if it looked as though we accidentally dropped a bunch of paint on a piece of paper, our mothers thought it was the best thing ever — simply because it was made by their child. With everything our mothers do for us, taking one day out of every year to appreciate their tireless efforts to make our lives something we can be proud of shouldn’t be something we shy away from. Anything would make your mother feel happy and appreciated — whether it’s as small as making a card for them, or as big as spending your entire day with them. It doesn’t matter what you do — just do something to make sure your mother feels appreciated and loved.

COURTESY OF MEGAN PETZOLD/ IOWA STATE DAILY Columnist Petzold reminds us to appreciate our mothers.

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Congressmen shouldn’t have term limits BY ZACHARY MASS, zmass@iastate.edu

Few things have excited frustrated voters in recent times more than the idea of term limits for our elected representatives in Congress. At first glance, it certainly seems like a good idea. After all, we limit our President to two terms in office; why not those who serve us in Congress? First of all, we need a strong Congress that can stand up to, question and outlast presidents, government officials and lobbyists. Within our federal government, Congress has almost infinite power to decide how much money should be spent where, to make changes to federal law and to restrain the will of the President and his subordinates in the executive branch. However, it can be prohibitively difficult for any single member of Congress to do anything. Congress is made up of 535 individuals, each of whom have their own agendas and conflicting ideas. To ensure that their proposed bills become law, Congressmen must make relationships with their colleagues, bargaining with them to come to a compromise that most of them can support. New legislators will quickly find that there is a steep learning curve in understanding the ins and outs of efficient congressional maneuvering - that’s why, whether you agree with their politics or not, long serving members of Congress like Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa Chuck Schumer, D-New York and John McCain, R-Arizona are beneficial to the inner workings on Capitol Hill. They are effective at carrying out their agendas, they understand and love the game

of congressional politics and their expertise in their specific areas of policy - areas they have been immersed in for years - is unmatched. In contrast, new members of Congress take a significant amount of time to fully understand the inner machinations of our vast government; with a monstrous federal budget of $3.8 trillion, countless laws, regulations and resolutions and about three million people working within the government, it’s no wonder that Congress can be daunting for a newcomer. Instituting term limits would keep many of these veteran legislators from continuing to serve, thus losing the institutional and procedural knowledge they have built up over their years in service. Without their more senior colleagues to lean on for such knowledge, who will the larger number of younger, less experienced congressmen turn to for such information? While many argue that term limits will decrease the power of special interests in government, the opposite has shown to be true. In 2010, a study by researchers at Wayne State University revealed that after term limits came into effect in Michigan, the influence of lobbyists actually increased; state legislators were relying on them more for information about topics of bills with which they were less familiar. We want politicians who can stand up to lobbyists, not ones who look to them when they don’t know what’s going on. Further, introducing term limits also makes our elected officials less likely to compromise. Younger Congressmen don’t know their brethren from across

the aisle as well as seasoned veterans do, resulting in less personal pull and friendships; these are the roots of bipartisan compromises and deals that our country sorely needs. For example, Republican President Ronald Reagan and Democrat Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill were drinking buddies and worked together to pass bipartisan solutions; these relationships are far less likely to happen when legislators will only just have befriended each other before their time in office is cut short by term limits. Ultimately, our representatives are re-elected for a reason, and that’s because a majority of their constituents think they are the best person to represent them in our government. Taking long-serving public servants off the ballot decreases the amount of choice that we as voters have and, if the best person for the job is the one currently serving, voters should be able to re-elect them. While term limits can initially seem like a sure-fire solution to rid us of the lobbyist influence and incompetent legislators that plague Congress today, the result can very likely be the opposite, leading us to an even worse place than we are now. States like Idaho and Utah have recognized this, doing away with their term limit statutes after instituting them. Term limits are not the solution to the problems of our government; rather, the solution is responsible citizens, who choose not to reelect bad politicians and reward good representatives with reelection.

Iowa State Daily Monday, May 14, 2018

Wrestling ‘18-’19 Iowa State tennis declines schedule released to renew coach Espinosa

KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY Senior Natalie Phippen talks to head coach Armando Espinosa during a match on April 23.

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com

CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY New Iowa State wrestling head coach Kevin Dresser speaks at his introductory press conference May 9. Iowa State changed the tournaments they will participate in this season.

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com In the 2017-18 season, Iowa State wrestling jumped to an 8-10 record in year one of the Kevin Dresser era, after a 1-12 season the previous year. Dresser and the Cyclones revealed Thursday the teams they’ll face in 2018-19, where they’ll attempt to take another step forward. One major difference on the schedule is in the Cy-Hawk wrestling dual. Iowa State capped off its season last year by hosting the Hawkeyes in Hilton Coliseum on Feb. 18. Next season, the in-state rivals will battle earlier in the schedule. The Cyclones will take on the Hawkeyes on Dec. 1 in what will be Iowa State’s second dual. Due to the Cy-Hawk dual occurring earlier in the season, Iowa State will instead end the year with a dual against the Missouri Tigers. Like Iowa, Missouri should provide a tough

challenge for Iowa State before the Big 12 and NCAA Tournaments. Missouri compiled a 19-0 record with a first-place team finish at the MAC Championships last season. Iowa State also adds Utah Valley, Ohio and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to the schedule. On the flip side, Northern Colorado, Wyoming and Drexel aren’t on the 2018-19 schedule. The Cyclones also changed the tournaments they’ll partake in this upcoming season. Iowa State added the Southern Scuffle to its schedule on Jan. 1-2, but the Cyclones will not be attending the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this year. Iowa State tacked on the Last Chance Open and removed the Virginia Duals from its schedule as well. The Cyclones will kick off the 2018-19 season with the Cyclone Open on Nov. 3 at 9 a.m.

After 11 seasons with the Iowa State women’s tennis team, the Cyclones won’t renew Armando Espinosa’s contract. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Senior Associate Athletics Director Dr. Calli Sanders. The Cyclones finished 9-17 this season and finished with no conference dual wins. During Espinosa’s tenure as head coach, Iowa State compiled a 96-144 record with a 12-84 Big

12 record. “Armando has been a loyal member of our athletics program for many years, and we are grateful for his efforts as head coach this last decade,” Sanders said in a release. “Unfortunately, we just haven’t seen the competitive progress in our tennis program that we expected and that our student-athletes deserve. “We recently opened a brand new practice center dedicated to our program and really felt that would inject some new life into the program, but that hasn’t materialized.”

Cyclones end softball season with a loss to Oklahoma State BY NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State women’s softball’s season came to a close with a 5-1 loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday in the fifth-place game of the Big 12 Tournament. The game started off brightly for the Cyclones as sophomore Sami Williams hit a lead-off home run (her 12th of the year) to give the Cyclones a 1-0 lead. Iowa State held off the Cowgirls until the bottom of the third inning, when Oklahoma State scored two runs and took the lead.

They would hold the lead the rest of the game. Iowa State struggled offensively to get hits off of Cowgirls pitcher Emmie Robertson. Robertson gave up three hits in four innings and took home the win for Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls added insurance runs in the fourth and fifth innings to push the gap to 5-1. Iowa State had its chances but went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position. Iowa State fell to 23-33 in head coach Jamie Pinkerton’s first season and completed an 0-3 weekend in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

CLUB BASEBALL

Cyclones rely on stand-out pitcher Jiahong Mi BY CONNOR.FERGUSON @iowastatedaily.com Five games. Five wins. That was the story of the regular season for Iowa State club baseball pitcher Jiahong Mi. Mi, sophomore in statistics, has been one of the essential pieces that has helped the Cyclones land a spot in the National Club Baseball Association’s (NCBA) World Series this past weekend. “It’s really tough as a rookie to come on this team and perform, but he has never looked back,” said Iowa State baseball president Bobby Thompson. “He pitched well in Florida. He’s been doing a great job for sure.” Thanks to the help of Mi, the Cyclones have earned their spot in the NCBA World

Series in Holly Springs, N.C. at the end of the month. That’s an accomplishment the team has only had once in program history, when they qualified for the 2015 NCBA World Series in Paducah, Ky. “I know what this team can do,” said Iowa State baseball vice president Cole Henry. “I know what this team is capable of. Moving forward, I think we are capable of beating many teams.” Mi isn’t just a regular student-athlete at Iowa State. The Kobe, Japan, native moved to Ames two years ago to live with his aunt. Mi fell in love with the school and eventually enrolled. “This a nice place to study and a great environment,” Mi said. “She just introduced me

to this college and I came here.” The move hasn’t come without challenges for Mi, however. Mi has only been studying English for two years, and he still has trouble speaking it. “They’re very kind guys and I’m not good at English, but they’re such nice guys,” Mi said. His unique name has led to his teammates giving him a nickname. “We just call him J,” Thompson said. This season, “J” has been getting rave reviews from his teammates. The starting pitcher and outfielder is one of Iowa State’s best players. “J has been fun,” Henry said. “There are a lot of things you look for in a pitcher and command over off-speed [pitches] is what we look for especially. There has been a number of times this year just for instance where you

look at J and the way he throws.” Mi is currently second on the team in earned run average (ERA) amongst starting pitchers, allowing 1.44 earned runs per start. For comparison, the top ERA in the MLB’s National League belongs to St. Louis’ Carlos Martinez at 1.62. “It’ll be a 3-0 count and he feels confident throwing a change-up to a batter,” Henry said. “That speaks a lot to the amount of control that he has.” However, Mi doesn’t think anything of it, he’s just doing what he knows how to do. “I just want to try to do my best and be part of the team,” Mi said simply. Iowa State will be leaning on Mi’s success later this month.

Monday, May 14, 2018 Iowa State Daily

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A visit to Ames’ own Ada Hayden Heritage Park BY JILL.OBRIEN @iowastatedaily.com What was once a rock quarry in northwest Ames is now a park with hiking trails and two lakes, spanning across 430 acres. Located at 5205 Grand Ave., Ad a H ayd e n H e r i t a ge Pa rk opened in July 2004 and is home to three miles of hard surface paths, two miles of crushed rock paths, a parking lot, two lakes, restrooms and a pedestrian bridge, according to the City of Ames. The park was named for bota-

nist Ada Hayden, the first woman to receive a doctorate from Iowa State. Part of the park was owned by Hayden’s parents during her childhood, as well as an outdoor lab for her courses in ecology and botany while attending the university, according to unitedstateshistory.com The park’s two lakes can also be used for boating and fishing, and the park is home to multiple species of birds such as loons, bald eagles, sand hill cranes and white pelicans.

Planning a visit to the park? Here are the do’s, don’t’s and need-toknow’s about Ada Hayden Heritage Park: Hours: 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Handicap accessible: Yes Restrooms: Yes Boating: electric motors only. No boats fueled by gasoline allowed. Fishing: Only allowed from bridge Dumping live bait prohibited Fish cleaning prohibited on-site Alcohol: prohibited Pets: Dogs and cats allowed on leash Camping: prohibited Swimming: prohibited Plan on hiking the trails at Ada Hayden? Here’s a quick guide to the length of Ada Hayden’s five trails, so you know just what you’re getting into: Crushed Rock Upland Trail: 1.2 miles Outside Loop Hard Surface Trail: 2.8 miles North Loop Trail: 1.4 miles South Loop Trail: 1.8 miles Figure 8 Trail: 3.2 miles JILL O’BRIEN/IOWA STATE DAILY Ada Hayden Heritage Park is located in northwest Ames and spans 430 acres.

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