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Overcoming obstacles Ian Parker’s path to top of the Big 12

MORGAN LAVIOLETTE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Kartika Budhwar works to turn her experiences into whimsical forms of writing like poetry and prose at the Feb. 24 Monday Monologues.

BY ZACH.MARTIN @iowastatedaily.com Kevin Dresser noticed it immediately.

Taking over as Iowa State’s wrestling head coach in the middle of the 2016-17 season, Dresser was observing his new team.

One wrestler stood out among the rest.

His name?

Ian Parker.

“I always try to be an observer first and a coach second,” Dresser said.

“Initially, that’s what I wanted to do when I first got to Iowa State. It was apparent with [Parker] right away, he was blue collar.”

Now, Parker has turned into a person of consistency, not only for the coaching staff but for his teammates.

His success stems from doing all the little things correctly, which has made the redshirt junior a consensus top-12 wrestler at 141 pounds.

“I listen to coaches and I take my wrestling very serious; it ’s very important to me,” Parker said. “I’m willing to do whatever they say.”

Monday Monologues to feature senior voices

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Still, obstacles have stood in his way of achieving three goals of his: winning a Big 12 Championship, becoming an All-American and winning a National Championship.

REVOLVING DOOR OF RESULTS Parker was a top-100 prospect after completing a prep career at St. Johns High School in

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PrISUm team races sustainably

BY CAMERON.KARN @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State’s solar car team PrISUm is researching, designing and manufacturing cars that don’t plug into a fuel pump or a power grid. Their cars are powered completely independently by harvesting energy from the sun.

Founded in 1989, PrISUm competes in solar car competitions around the world. The two main competitions are the American Solar Challenge (ASC), a long distance rally event hosted every other year, and the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP), an annual track race.

This year, the team is looking forward to competing in both events with their new car named Eliana.

PrISUm has been very successful with their last two cars, Phaeton and Penumbra. Phaeton was a car built for speed, propelling team PrISUm to an impressive third-place finish in the 2014 ASC and first place at the 2015 FSGP. Penumbra, on the other hand, was built for style and comfort. It was the team’s first attempt at a

COURTESY OF MEMBER ELLIOT SUITER The PrISUm car Prenumbra driving along route in Australia. Iowa State’s PrISUm group competes in competitions and hosts outreach events.

multi-occupant vehicle, which is much more complicated to design due to the increased size and weight.

It had a striking appearance and featured a functional hatchback, providing storage space large enough to carry a bicycle. “ The main mission with Penumbra was going out and representing Iowa and the United States in the Word Solar Challenge, which is something only a handful of teams have been able to do,” said Brandon Steffensmeier, PrISUm’s project director.

For the first time, the team took the car to Australia in 2017 for Bridgestone’s World Solar Challenge and traveled over 1,800 miles around the continent. As one of only three cars from the United States, PrISUm placed fourth in the practicality category amongst 28 competitors from around the globe.

Outside of competition, PrISUm hosts and attends many outreach events across Iowa to show off the car and to encourage young students considering the science, technology, engineering, and math fields.

“Younger kids think it’s amazing, and they start coming up with crazy ideas, and they start designing their own solar cars and send them to us in letters,” Steffensmeier said. “To me, it’s very satisfying to see the wheels turning at such a young age.”

Sun Run is one of the largest outreach events hosted by PrISUm, where the team drives the car around the entire state of Iowa to attend 4-H events, visit schools and visit their sponsors. In the past few years, they have visited all 99 counties in Iowa, spanning a time period of about three weeks.

PrISUm will be revealing the details on their newest creation, Eliana, to the public at their unveil and 30th anniversary event at the Iowa State Alumni Center on June 5.

They will also be attending the Iowa State’s Student Innovation Center ribbon cutting event on April 17.

Students who are interested in joining PrISUm can contact Brandon Steffensmeier at his email bjsteffe@iastate.edu.They are always looking for new members in any field to help with the many facets of the team.

Senior voice majors will be showcasing highlights from recitals in this week’s Monday Monologue.

Iowa State senior voice majors will be presenting highlights from their recitals in this week’s Monday Monologues from 12:1512:45 p.m Monday in the Grant Wood Foyer in Parks Library, with Jodi Goble as a voice coach and pianist.

“These recitals, presented by students studying in the department, give students valuable opportunities to perform for and listen to their peers,” according to the Iowa State Department of Music and Theater’s website.

All bachelor of music students must complete a senior recital, which is given during a student’s last semester of residence, or the last semester before student teaching for music education students. However, senior recitals are not required for the Bachelors of Arts degree in music.

Iowa State music majors are required to attend general recitals, which are scheduled throughout the semester, along with weekly seminars in their performance area.

This week’s Monday Monologues gives the Iowa State community the ability to appreciate the students’ hard work in their musical studies.

The Monday Monologues are a lunchtime series that take place in the Grant Wood Foyer in Parks Library on select Mondays.

“Monday Monologues takes its inspiration from the world of words, books and language, and each session is curated by a member of the Iowa State University community,” according to the Parks Library website.

There are typically five Monday Monologues that take place during a semester. The final two following this week’s event will take place April 6 and April 13, which will conclude the series for the semester.

Each Monday Monologue is held in the Grant Wood Foyer of Parks Library, the public space behind Bookends Cafe.

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tution was made only for a moral and religious people. Do we have to have faith if we want to be free?” Nominated five times, two of his books have won the Edgar Award. Klavan also has a podcast on The Daily Wire.

Living in the Future’s Past, Pioneer Room at 6 p.m. Living in the Future’s Past is a film narrated

Monday Monologues series, Grant Wood Foyer, Parks Library at 12:15 p.m. “Voices in Song,”

by Jeff Bridges and directed by Susan Kucera. It was awarded the Gold World Medal by the United Nations for its efforts in the field of climate change and sustainability and Best Documentary by the Arizona International Film Festival. The documentary will challenge students to think about environmental issues and their place within this movement. A discussion will follow the film.

Lecture: Is God a Conservative?, Sun Room, Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Award-winning nov-

Author Lecture: Grant Wood’s Secrets, Room 2019, Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road at 6 p.m. Author and professor Sue Taylor will speak

ISU senior voice majors will present highlights from their senior recitals with Jodi Goble as vocal coach and pianist.

elist of crime and suspense, conservative speaker Andrew Klavan will discuss how God provides morality. He posits “John Adams said our consti-

about Grant Wood’s life and legacy in “Grant Woods Secrets.”

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Lauren Eileen Gilligan, age 18, of 1108 S 4 St. Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with drug possession/delivery at 3404 Coy Street (reported at 5:08 a.m.).

COLLIN MAGUIRE/ IOWA STATE DAILY A close loss Iowa State gymnastics competed against the University of Iowa for the Iowa Corn CyHawk Series on March 6. Iowa State is now 8-7 overall after the loss.

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Ames Public Library offers special topic lists to foster learning

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com As a way to provide more information to those interested in them, the Ames Public Library has created multiple resource lists centered on specific topics.

These resource lists generally center around an event or large idea that the library is hosting or promoting that the employees think the participants may be interested in learning more about.

“The idea came about as a way that people can just take the program topics with them and reflect on it,” said Ebby Brown, library assistant for the Ames Public Library. “When I am curating these types of lists, I try to think about the subject manner or the topics and ideas being explored for a particular program and then extrapolating to tangential topics.”

Mary Logsdon, adult services manager for the Ames Public Library, said the staff of the library looks ahead to upcoming programs to see what they think people would be interested in exploring beyond just the programming itself.

“The first thing we think about is, ‘Are there some topics people will gather physically in the space for?’ and ‘What can we do beyond hosting a program for them to encourage the further exploration of the issue independently?’”

Logsdon said.

These resource lists allow attendees and

LOGAN METZGER/ IOWA STATE DAILY One of the current Ames Public Library resource lists relates to the “Hard Won. Not Done,” which is a statewide series of events celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

participants of these programs who are generally interested in the topics discussed to explore those topics independently.

The resource lists are also more than just a list of books; they include a wide range of media, including audiobooks, DVD films and films on Kanopy, a free streaming service that both the Ames Public Library and Parks Library uses. “[The lists] also highlight different formats and media in addition to books; [we] try to make

it more accessible by providing it in a variety of different formats for people to engage with the topics,” Brown said.

Logsdon said the library cannot do these lists for every event they do or every history month that comes up due to the time it takes for the staff to curate the lists.

Logsdon also said that for this year in particular, there has been an increase in the number of resource lists the library has created that connect

to programs and history months, but in the past, it hasn’t always been this way.

“This is something we have always wanted to do more than we have had the staff resources to tackle,” Logsdon said. “In a year up until this point, we have probably only done under five, and they would be focused on a large, national event, something more general.This year, we made a real effort to plan for the spring semester in a way that we could offer these resources lists in conjunction with more complex series we are doing.”

She said this increase has been due to large amounts of planning ahead and more dedicated time from staff.

Brown connected these resource lists as an extension of the library’s mission statement.

“I think it’s really tied into our mission,” Brown said. “The Ames Public Library’s mission is ‘We connect you to the world of ideas,’ so people come to the library and engage in particular programming, but the idea and engagement don’t have to stop there.”

She said it allows readers to connect to a wide variety of topics but also dive deeper into certain subjects, topics and experience viewpoints that may not have been brought up in the programming.

All of the current resource lists are displayed in paper form in the Ames Public Library for

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International Women’s Day celebration

BY KATHERINE.KEALEY @iowastatedaily.com

BY LORETTA.MCGRAW @iowastatedaily.com International Women’s Day is the worldwide celebration of women on March 8. It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender equality. The United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day 45 years ago.

The theme for this year’s international day is #EachforEqual, which is representative of a gender-equal world being an enabled world, and to raise awareness against bias in the fight for equality, according to internationalwomensday. com. In honor of this year’s theme, #EachforEqual people worldwide can celebrate by striking the pose of an equal sign with your arms in order to motivate others. The 2020 #EachforEqual campaign runs all year long.

“Historically speaking, a lot of the works and accomplishments of women have been overlooked, and so it’s important to recognize that,” said Morgan Fritz, sophomore in political science and the newly elected president of Student Government. “If you look at history books, 99 percent of it is about men, but you know that women had 50 percent of the population and [were a part] of 50 percent of things that happened in society, but it’s just not talked

IOWA STATE DAILY Debra Marquart, professor of English, introduces herself during the Women in the Arts: A Conversation event March 8, 2017 on International Women’s Day.

about. So I think it’s important now to recognize that, historically speaking, that was a mistake, and now we can move on and begin to recognize the contributions of women.”

In honor of the event, Ames Public Library hosted Heroic Stories, a performance by Iowa State Theatre, Saturday evening and a discussion to celebrate personal achievements, challenging stereotypes, fighting bias and supporting a gender-equal world, as part of the Hard Won Not Done program.

“Celebrating women just recognizes all their accomplishments,” said Lydia Greene, junior in political science and the current Liberal Arts and Science Colleges senator for Student Government. “We all deserve to be recognized for the things we’ve done, so having a women’s day, [even if ] you’re a man, you absolutely can celebrate. You can support all the powerful women in your life, just as they do for you regularly.”

International Women’s Day is an official holiday in at least 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Cuba, Laos, Russia and Vietnam. The United States has not officially recognized

International Women’s Day as an official holiday, although it has been proposed, according to Good Housekeeping.

Despite its lack of official recognition, people across the country come together in order to honor the special day and women of all different backgrounds and cultures.

One way people get involved and honor International Women’s Day, regardless of their gender, is by wearing purple to signify justice and dignity. Purple is an international symbol for women, according to Good Housekeeping.

As demonstrated in the video “Be a Lady” by Cynthia Nixon, being a woman is about more than being a homemaker or keeping the bed warm.

Being a woman is about being a courageous, strong, powerful, “kick-ass” and significant individual. To be a woman means standing up for what you love and believe in, against the grains of society, which tell people to “be a lady.”

However one chooses to celebrate International Women’s Day, it all comes down to recognizing and appreciating the hard work and impactful events by women in the past until now.

Andrew Klavan, conservative speaker and award-winning novelist of crime and suspense, will talk about how God supplies morality and whether one needs faith to be free in a lecture Monday.

The Young Americans for Freedom and the Committee on Lectures is hosting a lecture called “Is God a Conservative?” at 7 p.m. Monday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.

Charles Klapatauskas, junior in mechanical engineering and president of the Young Americans for Freedom student organization, said he helped coordinate Klavan’s visit to Iowa State. He said he hopes this lecture appeals to all students, not just conservative ones.

“We were supposed to give an area of expertise for him to speak on, so we thought that one thing that we would like to hear about is social issues,” Klapatauskas said. “We didn’t really think it would be appealing for students to hear about tax policy; it didn’t seem very inviting to students, left or right.”

“John Adams said our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. Do we have to have faith if we want to be free?” according to Klavan on the lecture series website.

Klapatauskas said since the Democratic presidential candidates have been in and out of Ames talking on social issues, it would be good to have some conservative input as well. The Daily Wire, which publishes a podcast by Klavan, then proposed talking on how faith intermingles with conservative ideology.

Klapatuaskas said he hopes this lecture will help create a discussion between conservative and liberal students.

“I think ever since the 2016 election, it has been whoever shouted the loudest is heard, and the idea of discussion has kind of gotten lost, and I think that is something we need to bring back because that is how progress is made,” Klapatauskas said. “I think this will be really beneficial for Iowa State students because I don’t think this ideology has been presented on, so I think it is an interesting way for students to hear another idea.”

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Accommodations available for religious occurrences TAYLOR HAGIE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell answers questions at a legislative forum.

Representatives seek reelection in Ames as filing period opens

BY MALLORY.TOPE @iowastatedaily.com Election season is underway in Iowa as the election filing period for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and state offices opened up last week and will stay open until Friday.

For a majority of Iowa House districts, only one candidate or no candidate has filed for the election on Nov. 4. In order for a candidate’s name to appear on the primary ballot on June 2, candidates must collect more than the required minimum number of signatures.

The total number of signatures must equal at least 1 percent of the votes cast in the district the candidate is running for election in.

In Iowa House District 46 where many Iowa State students live, as of Saturday, only the incumbent Rep. Ross Wilburn has filed to appear on the ballot.

Wilburn won his seat in a special election on Aug. 6, 2019. Previously, Lisa Heddens won the general election in 2018, but she resigned her seat on June 17, 2019, to take up a vacancy on the Story County Board of Supervisors.

Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell of Iowa House District 45, another Ames-area seat, also filed for re-election. Wessel-Kroeschell will serve her 8th term if reelected in November. As of Saturday, she is the only candidate set to appear on the ballot.

“I have not seen that I have an opponent so far, but I am anticipating that I will get one,” Wessel-Kroeschell said.

Wessel-Kroeschell has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2005. She serves on the Judiciary Committee and as ranking member on the Human Resources Committee.

Those running for the Iowa House began their campaigns by trying to reach the minimum amount of signatures needed for a nomination.

“At this point in the campaign, our focus has been to get my nomination petitions submitted, and I am grateful for those nominating me for the office and successfully getting my name on the ballot for the June 2 primary election,” Wilburn said.

Hosting fundraising is an important part of any campaign and is a main way to meet voters, Wessel-Kroeschell said.

“You really can’t win elections unless you have some money in the bank, so a big part of my campaign is fundraising,” WesselKroeschell said.

Candidates are using door-knocking, social media and public forums to reach voters within their districts.

Wilburn will speak to Iowa State students Sunday in Barton Hall about how things work in the legislature, Wilburn said.

“We will be doing door-to-door canvassing to get out the vote and discuss issues, continue to attend community events and fundraising,” Wilburn said.

Students can file a request to support their religious needs

BY MADISON.MASON @iowastatedaily.com There can be conflict within one’s daily life due to one’s religious beliefs. However, at Iowa State, there are accommodations that can be made.

In Jan. 2008, Student Government Senate presented a resolution to the Faculty Senate, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, the Office of Equal Opportunity and the Dean of Students Office, which resulted in the absence and religious observances procedure and policy being modified to include specific language regarding the impact of this policy on students and faculty.

These religious accommodations are any adjustment to the work environment that will allow an employee or applicant to practice his or her religion, according to www.dol.gov.

The need for religious accommodation may arise when an individual’s religious beliefs, observances or practices conflict with a specific task or requirement of the position or an application process. Accommodation requests often relate to work and class schedules or religious expression in the workplace. If it would not pose an undue hardship, the class instructor or faculty supervisor must grant the accommodation.

Margo Foreman, assistant vice president of the Office of Equal Opportunity, said there is no certain standard religious accommodation. She said religious accommodations are based on religious holidays and holy days; however, each student or employee is a different case.

“Each religious accommodation request is examined on a case-by-case basis,” Foreman said. “Each one of them is different based on

IOWA STATE DAILY Margo Foreman speaks about the #MeToo movement for First Amendment Days on April 11, 2018.

what each individual needs. Whether it’s a student who needs accommodation regarding class content or class structure or an employee who needs accommodation regarding the workplace and environment.”

As for how to receive these accommodations, Foreman recommended that students or employees reach out to their professor or supervisor first to try and find a compromise within that environment. However, whether it is a success or failure in reaching out to a professor or supervisor, a student or an employee can reach out to the Office of Equal Opportunity.

Foreman said students can reach out to the Office of Equal Opportunity to get assistance on what is the best accommodation and compromise for the situation. Foreman also said a request for an accommodation is not an automatic accommodation, and the Office of Equal Opportunity will do its best to fulfill the accommodation.

“We may have students who are going through Ramadan, and they have restrictions of when

they can and cannot eat,” Foreman said. “And these students may have to work in labs where they have to be standing the whole time, and these students may not have the physical strength to do that due to the fasting schedule. So an accommodation that could be made is giving the student a chair so that they can still participate in the lab.”

Foreman also said other accommodations could be religious holidays, and students will have to work with their professors or supervisors well in advance to work around possible exam and class work scheduling so that students can participate in their religious holidays but keep up on their class work.

Foreman suggests that students in need of religious accommodations reach out well in advance so the accommodations can be worked out to the best of its ability. In order to send a religious accommodation request, talk to the professor and supervisor first, then reach out to the Office of Equal Opportunity via email at eooffice@iastate. edu or call the office at 515-294-7612.

Lecture to dive into secrets of Grant Wood

BY OLIVIA.RUF @iowastatedaily.com The secrets of Grant Wood will be revealed in a lecture Monday.

A lecture will be given to honor Wood, who is famously known for his painting “American Gothic.”

In this lecture, Sue Taylor, professor emerita of modern art history at Portland State University, explores the coded visual motifs and private messages Wood embedded in paintings, drawings and prints, participating in a kind of gay semiotics that eluded censorship while ingeniously signaling his difference, according to the University Museums website.

The lecture will take place 6-7 p.m. Monday in Room 2019 of Morrill Hall.

“For more than half a century after his death in 1942, art historians would characterize Grant Wood discreetly as a ‘shy bachelor,’ whose curious ‘eccentricities’ were more or less accepted in his Iowa community,” according to the University Museums website. “The artist had coped with hostile suspicions by means of humor, irony and necessary deceptions in life and in art.”

The program was made possible by the Kathy and John Howell Art

IOWA STATE DAILY “When Tillage Begins (Breaking the Prairie)” is a mural in Parks Library. Sue Taylor, professor emerita of modern art history at Portland State University, will give a lecture on the secrets of Grant Wood on Monday.

Enrichment Program, with additional support from Jason D. Kogan.

Taylor’s visit was made possible through the support of the Grant Wood Art Colony at the University of Iowa. The Colony celebrates the life and legacy of Wood, Iowa’s most famous artist, through fellowships, symposia and outreach.Taylor’s book “Grant Wood’s Secrets” continues a tradition of excellent scholarship of this important regionalist artist.

Some of Wood’s work is showcased on Iowa State’s campus, particularly in Parks Library. Wood’s

work is displayed in the Grant Wood Heritage Area, located in the foyer, and on the walls of the stairway leading up to the upper lobby, which was part of Parks’ original building. The murals located in Parks library are some of Wood’s largest murals.

The Grant Wood Foyer, located behind the cafe in Parks Library, is a popular place for students to study while they appreciate Wood’s massive murals displayed on the walls. In the foyer is Wood’s agrarian-themed mural, which is titled “When Tillage Begins (Breaking the Prairie).”

Wood’s murals depict scenes of agriculture, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, civil engineering, home economics, veterinary science and ceramics.

Wood was an Iowan Regionalist Artist who lived from 1892-1942.

He and a few other artists are known for creating the art movement known as regionalism. This art movement focuses on rural areas while turning away from European modernism and urban abstractions, to embrace the heartland in art.

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Columnist Parth Shiralkar describes the different atmospheres of downtown areas in different cities.

Good weather, downtown auras

BY PARTH.SHIRALKAR @iowastatedaily.com

Have you ever been to a new cafe that just opened downtown and clacked up your laptop to try and submit that long-overdue assignment for the first time ever? Getting more notifications from the Canvas app than from Snapchat has never felt better one week before spring break, in coffee shops that serve oat milk. It smells like a new car in there.

Like a Lamborghini Venti. Every time I walk up and down Main Street (which I do a lot) I get the exact same feeling.

Downtowns everywhere have this vaguely detached aura to them, like they’re their own person, with a personality cobbled together from graffiti and underground bars and unspoken rules about nodding to strangers and petting dogs that smell like Gucci and fluctuating crime rates depending on the farmers market sales and several deliberately misplaced fliers. The cultural and commercial cores of cities’ downtowns have been around since the 1770s, which is when Wikipedia

claims the word was coined.

This distinct feeling of being elsewhere, I think, comes from a lot of pop culture and urban planning that goes into the conception of downtowns. You don’t see many mainstream music videos being shot around police stations, naturally. But there have been several music videos that just hit different with colored walls in the back and overflowing dumpsters right beside the city council.

I spent today walking around thrift shops and buying trinkets “on clearance” with a few friends. My last internship, in Idaho, I lived in Coeur D’Alene. The downtown there was full of divorcees in their sixties and fancy cars and amazing plant-based food; a slightly contrasting downtown can be found closer to home in Ames, where the divorcees are rare and in their forties and the cars are fancy but only on Facebook Marketplace. I love it.

Downtown Colorado was a mishmash of several smells and couples fighting over random paperwork issues. It still had that detached feeling of being somehow far from civilization as we

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know but being alive all the same. I cannot — with conviction — claim to have enjoyed my time in Bellevue, Washington, a few semesters ago, since the people partying downtown had no concept of a “student budget,” which I’m all too familiar with.

I cannot explain at this unearthly hour some of the feelings just chilling next to a sunset have invoked within me. I would recommend the experience to anyone who is willing to utilize westward-facing park benches around 5 or 6 p.m. I plan to visit the Ames museum soon and maybe explore some of the other knickknack places. Downtown Des Moines isn’t half bad, but I could do with a walk around a block without getting yelled at for nothing.

But downtowns are nice, especially in this kind of gorgeous weather. The throbbing heart of urban buildings, the quivering liver of locally owned breweries, the long arms of the social media-savvy law, the face of a few poorly masked vigilantes in the night. An enriching place, both spiritually and the opposite of spiritually, whatever that is. Plus, the best part: public libraries.

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Last second free throw gives Cyclones upset win over No. 2 Baylor

BY SAM.STUVE @iowastatedaily.com Tied at 56 with .01 remaining on the clock, the Iowa State Cyclones had the chance to end the second-ranked Baylor Lady Bears 58-game Big 12 winning streak, as sophomore forward Ashley Joens earned two free throw attempts after being fouled on a late shot attempt.

She made one of two free throws, and Iowa S tate upset second-ranked Baylor 57-56, as Baylor didn’t have time to get off a shot after the miss.

Coming into Sunday’s contest with the Iowa State Cyclones, the second-ranked Baylor Lady Bears had won 58 Big 12 conference games in a row. The streak began back on March 6, 2017, when they lost to the West V irginia Mountaineers in the 2017 Big 12 Tournament Championship.

Iowa State’s defense held Baylor in check in the first quarter as they held Baylor to 14 points. Its offense scored 19 points and held a 19-14 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Following its 19 point first quarter, Iowa State had its worst scoring quarter all season as they were held to 3 points, and they trailed No. 2 Baylor 28-22 at halftime.

At the end of the third quarter, the Cyclones trailed the Lady Bears 38-35.

The Cyclones outscored the Lady Bears 22-18 in the fourth quarter to beat them for the first time in five seasons.

Iowa State plays Kansas State at 11 a.m. Friday in the Big 12 tournament.

COURTESY OF T.C. BREWSTER David Carr celebrates winning the 157 pound championship match March 8 at the Big 12 Championships at the Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa.

Parker and Carr take gold

BY ZACH.MARTIN @iowastatedaily.com When Iowa State’s Ian Parker and Oklahoma’s Dom Demas wrestled in their dual matchup Feb. 9, it was tied at one after three periods, and Demas won in sudden victory.

Parker flipped the script Sunday night.

After a full seven minutes, two 30-second ride outs and 90 seconds of overtime, Parker finally found an opening, shot in and delivered the match-winning takedown near Iowa State’s corner to triumph over Demas 4-2 in SV-2 to win the 141 pound Big 12 Championship inside the Bank of Oklahoma Center.

It’s Parker’s first conference title and the Cyclones’ first 141 champ since Nick Gallick in 2008.

Oklahoma State clinched its eighth straight Big 12 crown with a dominating performance, placing nine in the top 8 and eight in the top 5 to go along with three champions.

Iowa State, on the strength of four top-5 finishers, finished runner-up for the second consecutive year. Northern Iowa, South Dakota State and North Dakota State rounded out the top 5 in the team race.

Tied at one after regulation, the fun was just beginning.

In the first sudden victory, Parker went in on a shot in the final 20 seconds that Demas fended off and send it to the ride outs.

After Demas escaped in TB2, he went for a shot, and Parker scrambled out of it. Once he got the takedown, the Iowa State corner went into a frenzy.

Parker avenged his previous two losses to Demas earlier this year.

Thirty minutes later, Iowa State doubled its conference titles.

David Carr used two takedowns and 1:15 of riding time to outlast Oklahoma State’s Wyatt Sheets 6-4 to claim his first Big 12 championship at 157 in his redshirt freshman year.

It was scrambles won by the Ohio native that led him to the win.

In the first period near the Cowboys’ corner, Carr ended up on top of Sheets for his first takedown to increase his lead to 3-0. Then in the third, he somehow got out of a Sheets shot, went underneath and took him down for the 5-2 lead.

Things got dicey in the final minute.

Carr was dinged for his second stalling call that crept Sheets within 5-4 but was not called again and had the riding-time point in his favor to celebrate in front of a heavy Oklahoma State crowd.

After missing the last five weeks due to a nagging knee injury, Carr ran through the bracket and only

trailed once in four matches. Following the podium, he went up and embraced his family in the stands.

The finals opened up at 125, and for the second time this year, Iowa State’s Alex Mackall faced Oklahoma State’s Nick Piccininni.

After the first couple of minutes in the opening period, one mistake proved to be the match decider.

Mackall slipped on the mat, and Piccininni was in the right place at the right time, registering the only takedown of the match to go up 2-0 after one.

Each scored a point on an escape. Trailing 3-1 in the final minute of the bout, Mackall was in on multiple shots that Piccininni fended off to win his fourth conference title.

Mackall’s runner-up finish this season is the highest of his career, topping his third-place finish last year.

In the final match of the day, Iowa State’s Gannon Gremmel was defeated by Wyoming’s Brian Andrews 3-2 to finish runner-up, the highest finish in his career at Big 12s.

Tied at one, Andrews was called for stalling in the third and immediately took down Gremmel for the 3-1 lead. Gremmel nearly had a takedown in the final 30 seconds of the match, but it was not called. The Cyclones challenged it, and it was upheld.

Xavier Sneed and multiple injuries cost Cyclones against Kansas State

BY ZANE.DOUGLAS @iowastatedaily.com For one of the worst road records in program history, Iowa State lost Saturday against Kansas State 79-63 and fell to 0-11 on the road.

A neutral site win is the only win the Cyclones have away from Hilton, and even that came to a bubble team in Alabama.

Saturday would’ve been the easiest chance for the Cyclones to end the road drought, but Iowa State was forced to play without two of its best players and sustained injuries and foul-outs throughout the course of the game.

XAVIER SNEED’S BIG DAY Iowa State was never close to Kansas State in the game, and most of that was thanks to the Wildcats’ Xavier Sneed.

Sneed had 31 points in the game with four rebounds, four assists, three steals and a block. Sneed put

these numbers up on 10-21 shooting, 4-11 from three and 7-8 from the charity stripe.

What was even more impressive was his first half.

Sneed outscored the Cyclones in the first half, putting up 26 all by himself while the Cyclones only had 23.

Sneed was more efficient in the first half with a stat line of 8-11 shooting, 4-7 from three and 6-6 from the free-throw line.

Iowa State as a team only made six shots in the first half and shot 25 percent from the field. Sneed contributed to Iowa State’s sloppy offense with two steals and a block in the first half alone.

SENIORS LOSE TOUCH Just one game removed from a senior night featuring redshirt senior Prentiss Nixon’s best game of the season and a return to the court for redshirt senior Michael Jacobson after injuring his ankle in game, the

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Cyclones couldn’t get much production from the two seniors.

Nixon had the worse game, with his 3-12 shooting not being salvaged by anything else he did.

Four rebounds, an assist and three steals weren’t enough to offset the team-leading five turnovers.

In 28 minutes of play, Nixon was a -23 on the floor, as he served as one of the primary ball handlers with Rasir Bolton and Tyrese Haliburton out.

Jacobson was also 3-12 from the field, but he tacked on some rebounding help with 11 boards, including four on the offensive glass.

The seniors finished an up-anddown regular season on a low note Saturday with the Big 12 tournament looming.

LOSING PLAYERS Before the game, Bolton was ruled out with concussion-like symptoms, starting a domino effect of injuries

and fouling out.

Nixon, during his poor performance, injured his ankle during play, causing Iowa State to take him out for the rest of the game. He played only 28 minutes.

Two other players — both of them guards — were also taken out of the game.

Freshman Tre Jackson and junior Terrence Lewis both fouled out, which made for some unusual minutes, including 38 minutes in his first career start for Caleb Grill, despite a lackluster 2-7, five-point day.

It also paved the way for minutes for walk-on Nate Jenkins, who hasn’t played for the team in meaningful minutes all season but played 11 against the Wildcats.

Lewis was a key injury, as the junior — along with Solomon Young — was the only scoring consistency for Iowa State. Lewis had 11 points on just five shots (4-5), as his 20 minutes of play only resulted in a -1 in the plus/minus category.

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BTS album brings nostalgia ‘Map of the Soul: 7’ proves music, emotion speak louder than language

BY ANNELISE.WELLS @iowastatedaily.com “Map of the Soul: 7” is a journey through Korean group BTS’ history and their rise to stardom. This massive album takes you on this journey through the different members’ individual songs and a variety of pop-inspired tracks.

This is BTS’ fourth studio album, and it comes in with an astounding tracklist of 20 songs, featuring a digital version of their single “ON” that features artist Sia. The album is a follow up to an EP the group released in 2019, titled “Map of the Soul: Persona,” which was released in 2019. Five of the songs from the EP appear on the full album, which brings the album to a large number of 20 songs, clocking the album in at over 74 minutes.

Members of the group are heavily involved in the writing and production of each song, with all seven members getting one or more writing or producing credits.

“Map of the Soul: 7” echoes the band’s 2016 album “Wings,” which is one of my favorite albums of all time from any genre. This similarity comes from the unit and solo songs that compose a lot of the second half of the album. Giving members a chance to shine individually or with one or two other members really strengthens this album and brings it to life. It’s exciting

to listen to, as you wind through different members’ chapters within a larger story.

The solo tracks are where this album exceeds expectations for me. These personal divergences from the main and single tracks make “Map of the Soul: 7” really echo its name. The album isn’t a straight line that gets you from opener to closer; it is a journey and a map to self-discovery.

Jimin’s solo track “Filter” is the song I keep going back to the most. It’s a different style than the singer usually takes for his solo tracks, as they usually are very light and emphasize his breathy vocals.The track is inspired by latin-pop, as a bright guitar is the guiding force with emphasis on the shouting chorus.

While this song musically is different than Jimin’s past songs, it still addresses a deep message like his previous ones.

Jimin sings about how different people and groups of people see him in different ways and how that impacts his actions and thoughts about himself.

While a lot of the album is on the lighter side, particularly the rap line (SUGA, RM and J-Hope) adds a grunge layer sprinkled within tracks such as “UGH!” performed by the three rappers and SUGA’s “Interlude:Shadow,” where he raps against himself. “Louder than bombs” is a strong alarm that combines the rapline’s grit with the standard pop sound for the group.

Other standouts from the album

include Vocal Unit’s song “00:00 Zero O’Clock,” sultry single “Black Swan” and the chirpy “Friends,” performed by V and Jimin, that is about their friendship. Usually by the time an album comes out, I am sick of the singles.

While that may be true with the single “ON,” “Black Swan” is still on my daily playlist. It’s such an understated chorus that will stick in your head.

The only drawback to this album for me is the repeated songs at the top of the tracklist from the group’s last release.

I think one or two songs would have been enough, but five of the tracks at the beginning of the album feels repetitive and boring at first listen. For me, the album truly starts after those songs.

“Map of the Soul: 7” feels like a nostalgic homecoming.The diverse tracklist and personal touches from each of the members makes this album something special and makes the listener feel connected individually to the group.

Once again, BTS proves that music truly knows no language. Selfexploration, hardships and love are themes that transcend cultures. The group continues to prove that emotions speak louder than words, uniting listeners from across the globe, which is truly something special. Thanks for getting me excited about Korean music again.

FINAL VERDICT: 9/10

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Tiny Moving Parts to headline an emo lineup at the M-Shop

BY GABBY.LUCAS @iowastatedaily.com

COURTESY OF SUB Tiny Moving Parts, a Midwest-native band, will be making at stop at the M-Shop during their 2020 U.S. Tour.

Amidst the stress of midterms and the looming fear of the ending school year comes the perfect nostalgic emo bill to help students process their mid-semester angst.

Midwest-reigning math-rock band Tiny Moving Parts will make a stop in Ames for the second show of their 2020 U.S. Tour with openers Belmont, Capstan and Jetty Bones.

The show will be at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Maintenance Shop. Tickets are $15 for students and $20 for the public.

A self-described “Minnesota family band,” Tiny Moving Parts is a three-piece made up of brothers Bill and Matthew Chevalier and cousin Dylan Mattheisen.

The trio formed in junior high and have since gained recognition among the

post-hardcore scene for supporting staple modern-emo groups, such as Modern Baseball, State Champs and the Wonder Years.

Tiny Moving Parts’ songs may be known for their heavy subject matter, yet the band performs in a cathartic and expressive way, making for a feel-good show that reaches their audience on a personal level.

For fans of bands like Remo Drive, Mom Jeans., Super Whatevr and Sorority Noise, Tiny Moving Parts released their emotional crutch of a fi fth full-length LP, “breathe,” in September 2019 to generally favorable reviews.

Opening for Tiny Moving Parts will be Belmont, a pop-punk band from Chicago.

A classic story of a high school band who happened to make it big, Belmont formed in 2014 and are is to release its new EP “Reflections” on March 13.

Heavy, loud and full of DIY-laden heart, Belmont was described by Rock Sound as “one of the best young pop-punk bands around right now.” Th eir debut, self-titled album was released in 2018 on Mutant League Records.

Opening band Capstan is a progressive post-hardcore band with a somber, poetic flavor from Orlando, Florida. Its most recent album, “Restless Heart, Keep Running,” was released in September 2019 on Fearless Records.

Loaded with the nostalgic sound of classic emo whines and growls, Capstan has stated on its Facebook page that it is excited to bring a lot of energy on the tour with Tiny Moving Parts.

Kicking off the evening will be Jetty Bones, from Urbana, Ohio, an alternative pop outfi t conducted by singer/songwriter Kelc Galluzzo, who provided vocals on Tiny Moving Parts’ “Icicles (Morning Glow).”

Galluzzo describes herself as somebody who believes writing is a coping mechanism and

sharing is an outreach method.

Mirroring the sounds of other female poprock groups like Hey Violet, Colleen Green and Speedy Ortiz, Jetty Bones is described on her Spotify page as “a solo project with a full-band mentality.” Her most recent EP, “-,” was released in February 2019.

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individuals to pick up, and Logsdon said they should be available for the rest of the semester.

All items on the list can be acquired through the library.

One of the current resource lists relates to the Black Arts and Music Festival, which was a Feb. 8 and 9 event that celebrated local black artists.

The list includes 16 books, three films on DVD and eight films through Kanopy.

Some of the books on this list include “I Too

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Michigan that saw him win two state titles and a Fargo Freestyle National Champion.

He was recruited by former Cyclone Head Coach Kevin Jackson and was redshirted his first year at 133, going 17-8 wrestling unattached while finishing in the top 4 at all four open tournaments he participated in. That stretch included a third-place finish at the Dave Schultz Memorial International, which is a freestyle tournament.

Even with success before entering the starting lineup, Parker began to wonder if his future was best set at the second-lightest weight in college wrestling.

And his future at Iowa State.

“I still believed in myself,” Parker said. “When I first heard that Kevin Jackson was getting fired and the whole staff was gone, I was like, ‘Dude, I’m out of here.’ When I heard they were getting Dresser, maybe I’ll stick around for the summer.”

When he found out the Cyclones hired Dresser and heard they were bringing in Assistant Head Coach Brent Metcalf, he decided to stay.

Dresser believes finding the right staff is a crucial part in keeping guys under the previous regime.

“Personnel have to fit,” Dresser said. “When you bring in a blue-collar coaching staff, Ian was a pretty simple fit. More so, Ian getting comfortable with us. We want to keep that guy. Ian had to see what we’re about; he had to feel it.”

Still, his weight was in flux.

Parker remembers wrestling at the 149-pound equivalent at the UWW Worlds, another freestyle competition that weighs by kilograms instead of pounds. He went 2-2 during the tournament.

That, coupled with comfortability in his body, Parker bumped up to 141 at the tail end of his redshirt freshman season. He admitted there were some cons with that move.

“It was kind of tough,” Parker said. “I think, naturally, I was a 141-pounder. I was really kind of content to do so. I already was having this huge season at 133, and I probably had my automatic bid at NCAAs. “Making 33 was hard for me, 41 was right. The weight was kind of too taxing on me.”

What Parker didn’t know was that he would experience the biggest high of his season shortly after the move.

Oklahoma State’s Dean Heil was a two-time defending National Champion. He was the face of the 141 weight class and heavily favored against Parker.

David beat Goliath that day as the Saint Johns, Michigan, native used just one takedown to defeat Heil 3-1 in his first ever win at 141 and a signature one to boot.

To this day, that’s when Parker believes he arrived at his new home.

“It was reassuring,” Parker said. “I had to finish out every single match that year really hard to get a spot at NCAAs.This is definitely the right move.

The coaches were right; I feel so much better.”

Dresser believes it too. He explained how tough Parker is and how that win solidified his thinking.

It also catapulted him to the weekly honor of Big 12 Wrestler of the Week.

“We always knew he could compete with anybody, but I think that win, probably, he walked out of that building thinking, ‘You know what, I can beat anybody,’” Dresser said.

After experiencing the highest of highs, once March happened, Parker hit the lowest of lows.

Because of the weight switch, he had to make up a lot of time with matches in order to receive

Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100”

by Will Haygood, “Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts” by Aruna D’Souza and “The Blues: A Visual History: 100 Years of Music that Changed the World” by Mike Evans.

“For the Black Arts and Music Festival, it was important to look at the history of black art and music in the United States,” Brown said. “So looking at resources that explored examples of black artists and musicians throughout American history and how that has impacted art forms.”

Another one of the current resource lists

relates to the “Hard Won. Not Done,” a statewide series of events celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

This list includes 14 books, six films on DVD and 11 films through Kanopy.

Some of the books on this list include “StrongMinded Women: The Emergence of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Iowa” by Louise R. Noun, “The Suffragents: How Women Used Men to Get the Vote” by Brooke Kroeger and “Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for their Rights” by Mikki

Kendall.

Another one of the current resource lists relates to Earth Day. The Earth Day list includes 17 books, seven films on DVD and four films through Kanopy.

Some of the books on this list include “F**k Plastic: 101 Ways to Free Yourself from Plastic and Save the World,” “Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Most Vital Resource” by David L. Sedlak and “Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution” by Beth Gardiner.

an allocation for the NCAA Tournament. He also was battling a knee injury after moving up.

That year, only three auto bids were awarded at 141. Parker placed fifth.

His win over Heil wasn’t enough to secure an at-large spot. In his first full Division I season, Parker missed out on the NCAA Tournament.

“Rollercoaster of emotions,” Parker said. “That hurt me quite a bit. Didn’t feel like I did earlier in the year. It was not fun. You don’t get to reap the rewards at the end was really hard and a shot to my belief.”

The close call fueled him.

a win against Campbell’s Josh Heil.

He has never wrestled Penn State’s Nick Lee, Iowa’s Max Murin, North Carolina State’s Tariq Wilson and Stanford’s Real Woods, all who are in the top 10.

None of the head-to-head matchups or rankings enter Parker’s mind when he’s out on the mat. It’s how he views himself that he cares about.

“I get most of my confidence from my body of work,” Parker said. “These top guys in the country, back points are huge. I see myself as good enough, just up there with the top guys like Pletcher and Lee, and beating them.”

Sam Colbray sees it first-hand that Parker can beat the top wrestlers at 141. Through ambition and goal-setting, the 174-pounder in Iowa State’s

lineup would be stunned and surprised if Parker isn’t on the podium in Minneapolis.

“It’s every man’s best effort once you get to the Big 12s and NCAAs,” Colbray said. “Analyzing Ian Parker, his mindset and his work ethic are top-five. From what I know of Ian Parker’s progress, I believe this man is top-five.”

In order for Parker to reach All-American status and claim his first ever top-8 finish, Dresser believes it’s going to be one takedown and a bunch of riding time. That formula has led Parker to a 21-3 record in his redshirt junior year.

“Being able to get that solid leg attack to the body, you’re seeing progress,” Dresser said.

“Gonna have to shut him down and figure out a way to score.”

TALE OF TWO YEARS Look at the numbers and it’s clear Parker has made some methodical changes.

He led the team in his redshirt sophomore year with eight of his 14 bonus-point victories by falls. The other six were major decision victories.

This year, Parker has eight bonus-point victories and still has the Big 12 and NCAA Championships left on his schedule.

Despite the lesser amount of bonus points, teammates have noticed very little change in how Parker is wrestling.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” said Jarrett Degen, redshirt junior wrestler. “There’s really nothing he needs to do that he’s not already doing. I see it, and I watch it closely; he’s doing everything right.”

There’s an element to Parker’s development that even surprised himself: riding.

A one-time NCAA qualifier, Parker recalls during his time in high school, he was an easy turn, that he could never establish himself on top. When he came to Iowa State, things started to change.

“This new coaching staff, really listening and buying into their philosophy,” Parker said. “That same imposing will I have on my feet, I can have on top. Same mentality, but making that switch.”

He’s now one of the best riders in the starting lineup, consistently grabbing that extra riding time point. He’s ridden out guys for whole periods, allows very few escapes and accumulates multiple minutes on top.

It’s an element to his style that, to him, is still a work in progress.

“I wouldn’t think of myself as someone who’s good at riding; it’s not part of my self character,” Parker said. “It is funny to hear Dresser say, ‘Parker does this really well,’but that doesn’t sound like me.

You want those 20 second, 30 second segments.”

In the eyes of Dresser, this is something he has seen in the making. It goes back to the toughness of Parker.

Over the last three years leading Iowa State’s program, Dresser has seen little-by-little improvements in Parker’s riding ability and views it as a top-tier strength of Parker’s.

“It was good when we got here, but it’s really good now,” Dresser said. “Some matches, it’s great.

With his style, he gets guys really tired on his feet.

Top comes easier to him. If the match comes down to Ian Parker riding him out, we’re in good shape.”

Adding that to his repertoire has made Parker one of the best wrestlers at his weight class.

STACKING UP WITH THE ELITE It’s been a small struggle for Parker to grab signature wins during his three-year tenure at 141.

The win over Heil two years ago is at the top, but outside of that, he’s hovered under .500 against the current top 10 by InterMat. Parker is 1-2 all-time against Oklahoma’s Dom Demas, 1-1 versus Nebraska’s Chad Red, 0-1 against Minnesota’s Mitchell McKee and Ohio State’s Luke Pletcher while also nabbing

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