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Iowa State professors receive grant to research effects of opioids on small town communities BY EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com The opioid epidemic has not spared Iowa. Researchers led by Iowa State professors want to find out how communities can tell if their town is at risk and develop plans to combat the problem. With the help of a five-year research grant from the U.S. Depar tment of Agriculture, David Peters, an associate professor of rural sociology, will lead the team with sociology professor Andrew Hochstetler and Eric Davis, an assistant professor of computer science. The Iowa State researchers will be joined by researchers from the University of Iowa as well as Syracuse University in studying risk factors for “micropolitan”communities such as

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COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH The above map shows death rates from prescription opioid overdoses by county from 2002-2014, according to Iowa Death Certificate records.

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Council passes rental exemptions BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com City Council met Tuesday to pass rental cap exemptions for the last time and finish their ongoing, four-month discussion of the ordinance. The exemptions hope to provide pathways for individuals who were put under financial hardship because of the rental cap to rent out their property. The rental cap was passed in May, setting the limit for the number of rental properties in neighborhoods near campus to 25 percent. The exemptions were brought back to council following the ordinances veto on Aug. 6.

“We have brought this ordinance back at the councils direction,” said Mark Lambert, attorney for the City of Ames. “We made three changes that we were directed to by council. The first one was to come up with a definition on bonafide rental. The second was to make the effective date from having a specific date to thirty days after the effective date of the ordinance. Lambert said the third change was to narrow the language that would allow someone to retain a Letter of Compliance (LoC), the document needed to make a property a rental, in homes not in compliance with the

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“There wasn’t much more to discuss, and we’ve already heard arguments from both sides multiple times. This is a way we can help those who have hardships from the cap.” — Ward One Rep. Gloria Betcher

CALS open forums pg 3 Three finalists for the next dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Director of the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station will be here in September.

Two charged, one an Iowa State football player, in connection with Fredericksen Court BB gun incident BY ISD STAFF Two individuals have been charged in relation to the BB gun incident Thursday night in the Fredericksen Court area, according to Iowa State police. Dallas Taylor-Cortez, a freshman football player who was one of four players suspended by coach Matt Campbell last Friday for “multiple instances of poor choices and behavior,” has been charged with harassment, a simple misdemeanor. Iowa State Police Chief Michael Newton said that Taylor-Cortez had used a laser attached to a BB gun and “threatened, intimated, and or alarmed” at least one victim and caused others to run from the area. “His status on the team has not changed. He’s still suspended indefinitely and is not allowed to participate in any football-related activities,” according to a spokesperson for Iowa State athletics. The three other players suspended from the program are Joseph Scates, a wide receiver from Dayton, Ohio, and a four-star recruit coming out of high school; Tayvonn Kyle, a wide receiver from Valdosta, Georgia, and a three-star recruit out of high school; and Jaeveyon Morton, a cornerback from Detroit. All three players are true freshmen. Tyciera Whitaker-Wells, sophomore in early childhood education, has also been charged in relation to the BB gun incident with a false report to a public entity, a simple misdemeanor. Newton said Whitaker-Wells reported to police during the incident that the suspects were near Building 72 in Fredericksen Court with knowledge that the individuals involved were actually near Building 35. Newton said Whitaker-Wells willingly admitted to calling the police with the intent to draw attention away from the suspects and divert law enforcement. On Thursday night, Iowa State sent out a total of three alerts that described four college-age men reported near Building 32 in Fredericksen Court, with one carrying a handgun and another carrying a rifle. At about 11 p.m., the Iowa State Police Department released the third alert that the area was clear and that the weapons in question were BB guns — three handguns and one rifle. According to Iowa State’s firearm and weapon policy, “the possession or use of weapons is prohibited on campus and in the course of university-related activities unless authorized through the firearms and other weapons application process.” According to the Iowa State Police Department, the investigation into the incident is continuing and charges may be filed on other individuals associated with the incident.

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Friday, August 30, 6:30 p.m. Planetarium Show: The Solar System, ISU Planetarium, Physics Hall Saturday, September 1, 7 p.m.

Live Your Truth: A Queer and Trans People of Color Party, Cardinal Room, Memorial Union

Football: Iowa State vs. South Dakota State, Jack Trice Stadium

Wednesday, August 29, 9 p.m.

Monday, September 2, All day

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Labor Day, university offices closed and classes recessed

Thursday, August 30, 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 3, 6:30 p.m.

The Art of Historic Renovation and Cultural Preservation, Farm House Museum

Lecture: Trade Relations and U.S. Agriculture, Great Hall, Memorial Union

Thursday, August 30, 6 p.m.

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POLICE BLOTTER

8.27.18

An individual reported the theft of a bicycle at Parks Library (reported at 3:56 p.m.).

An individual reported being harassed at 2239 Knapp Street (reported at 11:44 a.m.).

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NEWS

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Iowa State Daily

CALS Dean finalists to visit campus in September BY ANNELISE.WELLS @iowastatedaily.com Three finalists for the next endowed dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Director of the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station will be coming to campus next month. The candidates will be announced one business day before their respective visit. Each candidate will hold an open forum to interact with students, faculty, staff and stakeholders. According to the office of the senior vice president and provost, the first candidate will be on campus Sept. 3 to 5 with an open forum on Sept. 4. The forum will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Cardinal Room in the Memorial Union. The second candidate will be visiting Sept. 16 to 18. Their open forum will be held on Sept. 17 from to 3 to 4 p.m. in the Cardinal Room in the Memorial Union. The final candidate will be at Iowa State

from Sept. 26 to 28. The location of the open forum is yet to be determined but will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 27. Previously, President Wendy Wintersteen served as the endowed dean of CALS from 2006 until being selected as Iowa State’s president in 2017. After Winersteen was selected as president, Joe Colletti, senior associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been serving as the college’s interim dean since Nov. 20. “It has been a great privilege to watch the college grow in both stature and impact over the last 40 years, and I am humbled by the opportunity to lead the college during the interim period,” said Colletti in an interview with the Iowa State Daily. David Spalding, Raisbeck endowed dean of the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, and Guru Rao, associate vice president for ALEX CONNOR/ IOWA STATE DAILY research, are the co-committee chairs of the Curtiss Hall is the home of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. national search.

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Recycling coordinator Ayodeji Oluwalana at his office in the university’s General Services Building.

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Changing how Iowa State recycles BY TALON.DELANEY @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State University generates nearly ten tons of trash and recyclable waste every week. Most of this waste is trucked over to resource recovery center where it is burned for energy, and much of it ends up in landfills. This method of recycling is not sustainable, according to Iowa State’s newly appointed recycling coordinator Ayodeji Oluwalana, and he plans to change how Iowa State views recycling. Oluwana previously worked a similar position at Western State Colorado University. He organized a new sustainability commitment for the Western State and put them on track to generate zero waste by 2025, a plan he’s bringing to Iowa State as well. Zero waste doesn’t mean eliminating all waste production. Oluwalana explained it’s a process of dealing with waste effectively so that as little of it ends up in landfills as possible. “My goal as a sustainability passionate person is to use higher education to promote

sustainable waste management,” Oluwalana said. “We can’t keep doing things this way, and we need to ask ourselves what we can do better.” Oluwalana’s position as recycling coordinator has been vacant for the past 15 years. It operates under Iowa State’s Facilities Planning and Management (FPM) branch, whose director said Oluwalana is a much needed addition to the university. “We’ve really had our recycling program on idle mode for those fifteen years,” said Bob Currie, an FPM director. “We knew if we were going to get serious about sustainability we’d need to assign this to somebody that’s passionate and has a background in sustainability.” Oluwalana fits that mold. He obtained a master’s degree in environmental management and sustainability from Western State Colorado University after a series of floods devastated his home community in Nigeria. “In 2012 my family was affected by flood disaster,” Oluwalana said. “You can imagine what two weeks of nonstop torrential rains could do. We all lost property, friends and family, and it was in large part due to poor

waste management. You can only push nature so far.” Oluwalana’s plan is still in its early stages. Right now FPM’s General Service Building is acting as a guinea pig for Oluwalana’s recycling policies. This includes drastically decreasing the number of trash cans on campus, replacing them with recycling bins and offering clear, concise signage to help students and faculty dispose of their trash effectively. He explained the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) idea of waste hierarchy, which lists recycling methods based on how sustainable they are. They order reduce, reuse, recycle, recovery and landfill as all available methods, with reduce being most preferred and landfill being the least. “Right now, Iowa State goes straight to the recovery stage,” Oluwalana explained. “We need to be asking ourselves ‘Do we really have the right set up?’” Oluwalana said we need to focus more energy on the top of waste hierarchy. “What we’ve been doing, I wouldn’t call it recycling,” he said. “We’re missing the parts of reduce, reuse and recycle.”

Ottumwa, Iowa, and Marshalltown, Iowa, as well as rural communities with populations of less than 10,000. University of Iowa and Iowa State researchers will lead the project in Iowa and the Midwest, and researchers at Syracuse University will focus on communities in the Northeast. Much of the research that has been done regarding the rise in opioid use and deaths has been rooted in quantifying the problem, but Peters and his team intend to look deeper at the reasons behind the epidemic. One possibility they are looking into is the idea that the epidemic is driven by economic factors. “Our conceptual approach is that rural America, so in areas that … have experienced this big increase in overdose deaths due to opioids, opioid arrests, and over prescription of opioids — we believe that that’s been caused by economic restructuring since the 1970’s,” Peters said. “These rural places that used to have fairly stable mining employment, manufacturing employment, and cultural employment, from the 1970’s to today, those industries have withered.” After the data has been collected, the team will identify resilient communities, who have a lower observed risk than projected, and vulnerable communities, who have a higher observed risk than projected and what has worked and not worked for preventing opioid abuse in these areas. The ultimate goal of the project is to find ways to help these communities. “The whole idea is to first, do the research and identify what’s driving it from a structural or macroeconomic perspective, but the more applied question is to develop a list of best practices and effective strategies that communities can use to combat the opioid epidemic,” Peters said. The team will bring together a panel of state and local government officials, doctors, pharmacists, victim advocates and former addicts to ensure their strategies are relevant to lived experience. “We don’t just want it to be an academic exercise,” Peters said. For more information on the opioid epidemic and its effect on Iowa, follow the Iowa State Daily’s ongoing series on opioids.

NEWS

Iowa State Daily Wednesday, August 29, 2018

‘Live your Truth’ A get together celebrating queer and trans students of color BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com JILLIAN ALT/ ISD Student Government Sen. Sam Freestone denounces Iowa State’s new trademark policy.

Trademark policy to be discussed at Student Government BY WILLA.COLVILLE @iowastatedaily.com Student Government will debate Iowa State’s revised trademark policy during its m e e t i n g We d n e s d ay n i g h t through a resolution that calls for the university to “cease, desist, and reverse all threatening rhetoric.” The new policy, which states student organizations will no longer be allowed to use specific trademarked words or logos from the university, has had pushback from many student organizations including Student Government. Attending the meeting will b e D i re c t o r o f Tr a d e m a r k Licensing Office Leesha Zimmerman and University Counsel Michael Norton to discuss the policy with the Senate. The resolution was introduced by Sen. Sam Freestone. It also calls for Iowa S tate President Wendy Wintersteen to reprimand the originator of the revised policy “up to termination.” In addition to the tradem a rk re s o l u t i on d e n o u n c ing the policy, Freestone also introduced a resolution titled “Improving the Beauty of Iowa State’s Campus.” This resolution asks that the university facilities planning a n d m a n a ge m e n t c on s i d e r new options for an unkempt grass patch on the west side of Gerdin Hall. Sen. Cody Woodruff will also be introducing a resolution titled, “Big XII Voter Challenge Official Acceptance.” Should the resolution pass by the Senate and Wintersteen, Iowa State will officially enter the Big XII Voter Challenge, which is aimed at increasing student voter turnout.

The Live Your Truth: Queer and Trans Students of Color Party will be held Wednesday in the Cardinal Room of the Memorial Union from 5 to 7 p.m. “Live Your Truth is an affinity space specifically for people who self identify as queer or trans people of color, meaning students, faculty or staff,” said Clare Lemke, assistant director at the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success, describing the event. Lemke went on to describe an affinity space as, “A space for a specific group of people who come together over shared identities, in this case queer and trans people of color.” Activities at the event include karaoke, music, icebreakers, speed mingling and coloring. There will also be snacks provided. Co-hosted by the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success and the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, this event provides a place for students that fall under both offices to get to know each other. “Being able to see more forms of collaborations between offices will help students understand that they might not have a single space that they’re designated to, but that they are part of the campus,” said Torrell Foree, program coordinator for the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. This event has been in the works since last spring with both offices working with a group of volunteers to plan it.

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JACKIE NORMAN/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State students, faculty and community members meet in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union to show off their pride during the LGBTQIA+ Welcome on Aug. 21.

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rental code in certain instances. This applies to homes renting a single room to a family member in one and two bedroom homes. These changes were made as a direct result of the concerns raised by Mayor John Haila when he vetoed the ordinance. Haila said in a statement that language added made the ordinance “inconsistent” with the intentions of council. “I believe that the spirit and principle of what Council has worked on for months was compromised,” Haila said in the statement. When the ordinance was vetoed then brought back, it procedurally had to start over in its passage. Like all ordinances, this means it would have to be passed three more times. As the council had been focusing on this ordinance more than three months, they suspended the rules to allow for all three passages to happen at the meeting. The first passage was successful on a 4-2 vote: Ward One representative Gloria Betcher and Ward Three representative David Martin were the two votes in opposition. At previous meetings, Betcher voiced her opposition to the ordinance, saying it undermined the idea of the rental cap which passed on May 22 on a 5-1 vote.

GILLIAN HOLTE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Ames City Council meets for a city council meeting on Tuesday at city hall. The council voted on the rental cap proposal.

“Even one property is more than zero,” Betcher said at the Aug. 14 meeting about extending the rental exemptions to single room renters and family renters. “Those are more houses we have to reclaim over the course of the ordinance if we want to return the rental percentage to 25 percent.” Although Martin and Betcher opposed the ordinance, the council unanimously voted to suspend the rules and allow for all three passages at the meeting. A vote that would have required five of the six members to allow.

“We have already gone over this, and the only reason we had to pass it over again was due to a parliamentary procedure issue from the veto,” Betcher said. “There wasn’t much more to discuss, and we’ve already heard arguments from both sides multiple times. This is a way we can help those who have hardships from the cap.” Betcher said there were people who are having legitimate hardships due to the rental cap but did not support how far the exemptions had gone. “ I voted no bec ause of the

expanding exceptions part,” Betcher said. “I wasn’t against hardship exemptions in principle.” The second and third passages of the ordinance succeeded on a 4-2 vote. The ordinance creates two sets of criteria for people to receive an LoC. Under the first exemption, which is the broader of the two exemptions, the property owner must have owned the property as of Oct. 27, 2017 and the property must be the primary residence of the property owner, or the property owner must have obtained a building, electrical, plumbing or mechanical permit within one year before the date of Oct. 27. All applications for this exemption must be received one month after the official passage of the ordinance, and property owners will then be given six months to make the necessary changes to fall in compliance with the LoC. The second exception is for people who have had a hard time selling their house as a result of the rental cap. Homeowners may be able to apply for the exemption if they have rental properties surrounding them on three sides and have been on the market for nine consecutive months. People who apply for this exemption will be required to provide all declined offers on their house, and will be subject to an inspection.

OPINION

Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Iowa State Daily

GUEST COLUMNIST

The sounds of the city

BY SHAKIRA STOWERS sstowers@iastate.edu

I heard voices while walking down the street yesterday. Some of them were the same ones I’d been hearing; others were of old friends I hadn’t heard since the year before. Am I a crazy person? Perhaps, but what I’m hearing isn’t in my head: it’s all around me! Local birds all have their own individual voices, each with unique chirps, tweets and hollers. It can be easy to get caught up in the noise of everyday life, but it’s not hard to learn a couple basic birdcalls and meet some new friends. When many people think of wild places, they often picture mountains or forests with crisp, flowing rivers and calming landscapes. Although those places are wonderful, most of us don’t get to experience them every day. However, we do end up outside one way or another, even just walking from a parking lot to a building. Just a few minutes are enough time to listen to a song. Birds enjoy living in all types of habitat, including buildings, lawn grass, ponds and trees. There is definitely some music near you. We just passed through the dead of winter. All the birds have been down south for a while, right? Fortunately, there are plenty of opportunities to make acquaintances with winter residents! Plenty of Canada Geese and Mallard ducks live year-round at retention ponds or local lakes. Some groups of these species migrate, but many have found convenient homes in local small water bodies. Overhead, you might hear an epic scream and see a rusty tail fly by— a Red-tailed Hawk is on the hunt for a tasty snack. Their calls are the ones used over top of many other onscreen birds of prey, so you can hear them everywhere. American Crows and Blue Jays are other noisy residents. Despite their differences in color, crows and jays are related! Between the two of them, they make tons of interesting noises. Jays can even imitate the aforementioned red-tailed hawks. Although not all of them pull out their advanced repertoire until the cold months are gone, Northern Cardinals, Black-Capped Chickadees and White-Breasted Nuthatches often call to each other from trees and bushes. The bright “what-cheers” and “birdies” of the Northern Cardinal match their striking red plumage, and even females get in on the song. Chickadees’ calls serve them well, as they say their own name – “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” everywhere they go. Nuthatches can be identified from their nasal “ern” calls and their upside-down posture on tree trunks. Some other sounds you hear may not be songs at all! Woodpeckers, especially

A blue jay eats a peanut from a bird feeder on May 9, 2018.

Red-bellied, Downy and Hairy ones, are common all year long and their drums can be heard walking through areas with more mature trees. Now that the days are getting longer and the weather warmer, spring migrants are starting to come through Iowa. Overhead, high-pitched honks may indicate groups of migrating Greater White-fronted or Snow Geese. The red-breasted American Robin begins many days with a “cheery-up, cheerily” song before they set out finding worms in the grass. Robins also employ a variety of one-syllable scolding and alarm calls. Male Red-winged Blackbirds have also arrived to stake out optimal territories before potential mates show up. They can often be found on the marshy banks of retention ponds or even in young suburban trees, making themselves known with brash “conk-a-reeeeee”s. Another spring arrival is the Killdeer, who also announces its own name with a

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high-pitched call as it scurries around open grasslands and shows off its black collar or rusty rump. One species we won’t be hearing for much longer is the Dark-Eyed Junco, a winter resident who will depart within the coming weeks. The Junco’s simple trills and “dit”s will be headed further north to spend their summer there, but not before flashing us their white outer tail feathers as they say goodbye. Would you look at that—so many friendly voices are in our neighborhoods and cities! The relaxing sounds of birds singing don’t only have to be relegated to “soothing sounds” tapes or trips to the mountains. We can use our daily time outside to create our own sanctuaries as we go about our busy urban lives. Before, you might not have believed that so much music was going on right outside our doors, but we don’t have to go very far to listen.

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Now that syllabus week is over, many classes are going to begin picking up in difficulty. Oftentimes, each major and college regards their coursework as the most difficult. With that in mind, it’s important to remember that each course of study presents its own unique

challenges. STEM courses are quite demanding, yes, but every class here at Iowa State presents a rigorous and taxing curriculum to its students. Don’t diminish the difficulty of another student’s work because you regard their major as easier than yours. Just like each course has its own difficulties, each student has their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Every time you’re tempted

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to think that someone would flounder if they were taking your courses, try being empathetic instead. Put yourself in their shoes. Harboring resentment toward other students because you perceive their coursework as easier is also a counterproductive mindset. At the end of the day, we’re all in this together. You never know when you might need the help of that journalism major to look over a lab report, or when you might need to call a math major to help with some statistics. Cooperation is one of the most effective tools that you can call upon. Don’t shut that door for yourself because of a misguided sense of superiority. If you’re curious about what

someone else’s curriculum entails, talk to them. After all, a favorite pastime of many students is complaining. Engineering majors can talk for hours about their complicated modeling projects. S cience majors can grumble about complicated formulas that defy common sense. Music majors contend with two- and three-hour per day practice requirements while completing a regular amount of coursework. Each major has its own list of particular difficulties. Holding grudges against students from other colleges is nonsensical. Open up your mind and learn about what each major has to offer. You might be surprised at what you discover and who you meet.

SPORTS

Iowa State Daily Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Timberwolves at Hilton

NBA preseason game is coming to Ames this October BY NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com Karl-Anthony Towns and Giannis Antetokounmpo will be duking it out in Hilton Coliseum this October. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Iowa State Cyclones announced on Tuesday that the Timberwolves will play the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA preseason game on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. The Timberwolves beat the Cyclones to the punch on breaking the news, putting out a press release roughly 10 minutes before a press conference with Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard was scheduled to begin. The presser was a joint conference with Timberwolves executives Ted Johnson and John Thomas and Iowa Wolves President of Business Operations Ryan Grant. In the presser, Pollard said that the work to get the game scheduled began as soon as Grant was installed in his position with the Wolves. Grant used to work in the Iowa State athletics department as a director of media sales and sponsorship sales. “I’m gonna give Ryan a lot of credit,” Pollard said. “I’m really grateful that we were finally able to pull it together. “Maybe we can create a little Hilton Magic for them.” Johnson said that, despite not being with the Cyclones or the Timberwolves at the time, Fred Hoiberg was one of the people pushing for the Wolves to come to Ames. Johnson added that Hoiberg had pushed for the game often while with the Cyclones as well. The game was characterized by Johnson as a “border battle” with the Bucks. “We’ve had a great fanbase in Iowa since the inception of the team in 1989,” Johnson said. “Border battles are something fun.” Grant said that the Wolves have had “tremendous support” from traveling Cyclone fans to the team in Des Moines, and that it was a factor in the preseason game happening. “Ames and Hilton Coliseum have a lot of magic associated with it, and a great basketball history,” Grant said. “It made sense for us to come here.” This will be the third NBA game to be played in Hilton, with the last contest coming in 1999, when Fred Hoiberg and the Chicago Bulls took on the Atlanta Hawks. In the 2017-18 NBA season, the Timberwolves made the Western Conference playoffs as an 8-seed with a record of 47-35, losing in five games to the top-seeded Houston Rockets.

NOAH ROHLFING/ IOWA STATE DAILY From left: Ryan Grant, Ted Johnson, Jamie Pollard and John Thomas pose for a photo at their press conference at the Bergstrom Indoor Athletic Complex on Tuesday.

Cyclones prepare for kickoff on Saturday BY AARON.MARNER @iowastatedaily.com With just four days until kickoff, coach Matt Campbell held his first weekly press conference of the 2018 season on Tuesday. Players such as redshirt junior wide receiver Hakeem Butler and redshirt junior defensive lineman Ray Lima also spoke with the media. Offense replacing key parts Butler, the second-leading receiver from a year ago by yards and touchdowns, returns to Iowa State. But other than Butler, the receiver corps is untested. Allen Lazard (first on the team in receptions, yards and touchdowns), Marchie Murdock (third in receptions, yards and touchdowns) and Trever Ryen (second in receptions, fourth in yards) are all gone from last year’s team. Butler has taken on a leadership role within the receiver room. “You just gotta keep encouraging [the younger players],” he said. “When you’re young, any little thing can make you lose confidence. In this game, confidence is everything.” Butler, redshirt senior Matthew Eaton and

junior Deshaunte Jones will likely get the majority of targets this season. Butler has also worked with the tight ends, since his 6-foot-6 frame is similar to that of current tight ends Chase Allen and Charlie Kolar. Allen caught four passes last season for 39 yards. “They ask me so many questions,” Butler said about the tight ends. “They’ve gotten so much better, it’s incredible... I’m a big body but they’re a lot bigger than me.” Lima anchoring the defense When Lima stepped onto the field last year, he was almost always facing a double team from the opposing offensive line. His strength and physicality allowed more room to work for Iowa State’s defense, freeing up players like former linebacker Joel Lanning and redshirt senior Willie Harvey to make plays behind him. “I just expect something from myself every day,” Lima said. Lima is now a team captain, so his duties on the team go beyond just what he can do

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CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY ISU sophomore Hakeem Butler celebrates after the Cyclones’ 21-20 win over Memphis in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

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Summer movie showdown

COURTESY OF FERTION BGFRDF FLICKR From left to right, Domino, Deadpool and Cable are amongst the stars of Deadpool 2 which was released on May 18.

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Avengers: Infinity War As the culmination to ten years and 18 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, expectations for “Avengers: Infinity War” were very high. In the face of these expectations, the Russo Brothers crafted one of the best MCU movies yet. “Infinity War” is full of spectacle and heart, every one of the Avengers is given a chance to shine and grow as a character. Josh Brolin as Thanos was surprisingly one of the greatest characters in the movie, thanks to Disney’s near-magical command over CGI. “Infinity War” is a surreal experience, the clashing of so many characters in exciting and colorful combat truly feels like a comic book brought to life.

Deadpool 2 “Deadpool 2” is bigger, funnier, and gorier than its prequel. Where the first “Deadpool” tested the waters for a raunchy, R-rated superhero comedy, the follow-up capitalized on its massive success and kicked everything up a notch. Ryan Reynolds once again proves that he was born to play the “Merc with a Mouth,” and Josh Brolin makes his second appearance in a superhero movie this summer as the time-traveling hero, Cable. Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead make their return, joined by many new and surprise “X-Men” characters.

Solo: A Star Wars Story Disney’s most recent “Star Wars” film didn’t have the smoothest production. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, best known for “21 Jump Street” and “The Lego Movie,” were

replaced by Ron Howard after “Solo’s” production was nearly complete. Howard reshot an estimated 70% of the movie, delaying the project and drastically increasing the budget. However, despite these production issues, and underperformance at the box office, the final product turned out fairly well. From streetrat to scoundrel, “Solo” answers all the questions no one was really asking, like “How did Han meet Chewbacca?” or “What is Childish Gambino doing in a ‘Star Wars’ movie?” In the end, “Solo” is a fun, albeit mostly unnecessary romp exploring the titular hero’s past.

Hereditary Ari Aster’s directorial debut sets the new standard for modern horror. After her mother passes away, the artist Annie Graham turns to supernatural forces to cope with her grieving. As more of the deceased matriarch’s secretive past is revealed, Annie’s simple family life is thrown into chaos. Acting as a spiritual successor to “The Exorcist” and “The Shining,” A24’s “Hereditary” is a slow burn, building tension through mystery and dialogue. Instead of of shoving traditional horror elements in audience’s faces, the film builds tension through family drama. This focus, combined with stellar performances from Toni Collette and Alex Wolff, Aster’s creative filmmaking and Colin Stetson’s eerie score, results in one of the most disturbing films of the year. “Hereditary” is certain to leave viewers in a state of shock.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Beyond Steven Spielberg’s original “Jurassic Park,” the “Jurassic” franchise isn’t exactly known for its critical acclaim. With each subsequent worse than the last, at film number five “Fallen Kingdom” had little chance for success. As talented as he has proven himself to be with “A Monster Calls,” J.A. Bayona’s direction had no chance to salvage Collin Trevorrow’s SYFY channel-quality script. Much of the movie feels like a

ten year old taking the reins of the “Jurassic World” series, with velociraptors narrowly escaping huge explosions, the evil dinosaur playing peekaboo with its prey, surprise clone reveals, and Chris Pratt rolling around on the ground to avoid approaching lava flow. But, like most other movie-goers, I’m a slave to stupid-explosion-dinosaur movies, and will be the first in line on opening night for “Jurassic World 3.”

Ant-Man and the Wasp Marvel’s follow-up to the devastating “Avengers: Infinity War” is the much needed remedy to audience’s superhero-based depression. With hopes to save his wife from the Quantum Realm, Hank Pym enlists the help of Ant-Man, and his daughter, who has now taken up the mantle of “The Wasp.” While far from the best MCU movie, there’s a certain charm to the “AntMan” series that makes it absolutely irresistible. Paul Rudd and Michael Peña have stand-out performances, both actors oozing charisma. Since the first movie, the titular character has gained new abilities, allowing for some great sized-based humor. A large chunk of the movie’s runtime spent on the subpar villain, Ghost, whose melodramatic story ultimately places this as the worst of the superhero movies this summer.

Mission Impossible: Fallout “Mission Impossible: Fallout” or “How can Tom Cruise Out-Crazy Himself: The Movie.” Summarizing “Fallout” would be a near impossible task, the writers confusing plot twists for a well developed story. And there are a lot of plot twists. Where “Fallout” shines are the absolutely insane stunts that Tom Cruise does (mostly) by himself. Between the fast paced motorcycle chases, intense fist fights, and Ethan Hunt’s very first helicopter flight, the movie was a wild ride that didn’t let up from beginning to end.

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on the field on Saturdays. Iowa State showed an ability to be versatile on defense last year, moving from a 4-3 front to a 4-2-5 at times and even rolling with just three down linemen in a 3-3-5 defense. The team will still experiment with multiple fronts this year, and a large — literally — reason for that is Lima. His versatility allows the team to contain the run even with just three linemen, but also gives the defense more flexibility in the passing game by using a fifth defensive back.

EMILY BLOBAUM/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State wide receiver Hakeem Butler misses a catch during the first half of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl against the Memphis Tigers on Dec. 30, 2017.

Linebackers still shuffling Redshirt junior Marcel Spears will take one linebacker spot. Harvey will take another. That leaves one opening, which will be filled by three different players. Freshman Mike Rose will get some playing time. So will redshirt junior Bobby McMillen and redshirt freshman O’Rien Vance. Regardless of who’s in the game Saturday, Spears and Harvey will be ready. “Marcel’s a guy in our locker room who just has an infectious personality,” Campbell said. “He was a guy that I think was a spark plug for our football team.” Playing alongside Harvey and Spears should benefit whoever takes the wheel as the third linebacker. Campbell was asked Tuesday about how good Rose is, and he had an interesting response. “We’re gonna find out probably pretty soon,” Campbell said. “For a freshman to be able to compete right now says a lot about how good he is early in his career.”