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Presidential Debate BY CASSIE.LEHMANN @iowastatedaily.com
MORGAN FRITZ
LYDIA GREENE
Fritz is the Collegiate Panhellenic Council Senator. Fritz is running alongside Jacob Schrader, junior in economics and political science, on a platform of college affordability, addressing campus climate and sustainability on campus. During the debate, Fritz emphasized implementing Income Share Agreements and the range her campaign team brings to the table.
Greene is a College of Liberal Ar ts and Sciences senator. Greene’s running mate for vice president is Joshua Hanyang, senior in management information systems, and together they are running on a platform of diversity and inclusion, mental health awareness, green initiatives, student government transparency and starting an initiative to implement a one-credit, half-semester course called ISU 101. During the debate, Greene emphasized expansion of diversity and inclusion and how ISU 101 would benefit students.
Income Share Agreements would be an option for students to contract with the university to pay back a certain percentage of their future earnings for a fixed period after graduation. “Income Share Agreements are something that investors would invest in over a broad swath of students, so it would be many students pooled together into a large fund and from there
Greene described during the debate what initiatives their slate would bring to promote campus inclusion. “Our campaign would like to expand past cultural competency, because this is a good step in the right direction, but if you had attended all the Students Against Racism events you would know that is just a
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CAITLIN YAMADA/ ISD Student Government Presidential Candidate Morgan Fritz, sophomore in political science, debated Tuesday night.
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CAITLIN YAMADA/ ISD Student Government Presidential Candidate Lydia Greene, junior in political science, debated Tuesday night.
Author to present story on trek up Kilimanjaro BY ASHLEY.MARTINEZ-TORRES @iowastatedaily.com To commemorate Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week, a speaker is being featured in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Kara Richardson-Whitely, a plus-size author and public speaker who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro three times, will present “Gorge: My 300-Pound Journey Up Kilimanjaro ‘’ at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. The event is free and open to Iowa State students, faculty, staff and Ames community members. Richardson-Whitely will share her life
story with her eating disorder like using food as a way to escape daily stressors, hiding food behaviors and becoming ashamed of the person they turned her into. “Kara’s message of body acceptance, body love and health at every size are a vital message for everyone,” according to the Lectures Program website. “Her life story with her eating disorder is one many people connect to—emotional eating; using food as a way to escape daily stressors; hiding food behaviors and ashamed of the person whom they have become. Hearing her process up the mountain and finding herself is awe inspiring.” Richardson-W hitely has written two books, “Gorge” and “Weight of Being.”
“Gorge” is the book being featured at this lecture. The book was published in 2015. “Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds is the raw story of Kara’s ascent from the depths of self-doubt to the top of the world,” according to Amazon’s website. “Her inspiring trek speaks to every woman who has struggled with her self-image or felt that food was controlling her life. Honest and unforgettable, Kara’s journey is one of intense passion, endurance, and self-acceptance.” “Weight of Being,” her second book is her story after the mountain. The book was published in 2018. “In many ways, Kara is living the life of
every woman, except that she’s not every woman because she weighs 300 pounds and is tormented by binge eating disorder,” according to the Hachette Book Group website. “Her weight is a constant source of conflict and shame, as the people from every corner of her life, from her coworkers to the neighbors down the street, judge Kara for the size of her body. When it becomes just too much to tolerate, Kara turns to therapy and weight-loss surgery, a choice that transforms her body-and her life.” This event is sponsored by Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Student Organization and Committee on Lectures, funded by Student Government.
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Seminar series: Water Research Past, Present and Future, 1306 Elings Hall at 3:10 p.m.
Lecture: Indigenous Peoples in Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Great Hall, Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Dr. Debbie Reese is
a program coordinator in the Graduate College office, is retiring from the university. A program will begin at 3:30 p.m.
“History of Water Quality Research with the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment,” Dan Jaynes, retired soil scientist, USDA Agriculture Research Service. The series is presented by the Iowa Nutrient Research Center.
SUB Member Meeting, The M-Shop, Memorial Union at 5 p.m. Come hang out with Student
Union Board and learn more about their upcoming events, and how you can get involved, at their bi-weekly general meetings! FREE and open to ALL ISU students!
Design and the Green New Deal, Kocimski Auditorium, 101 College of Design at 5:30 p.m.
Billy Fleming, the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior fellow with Data for Progress, will present the 2020 Richard F.
an independent scholar of Indigenous children’s literature and the teaching of Indigenous peoples and history in K-12, editor of American Indians in Children’s Literature. In this lecture, Dr. Reese will examine depictions of Native peoples in children’s books, past and present, and provide suggestions for how to become more skilled in selecting and presenting information about Indigenous peoples to children.
Grandma Mojo’s Moonshine Revival Comedy Troupe, The M-Shop, Memorial Union at 9 p.m. This group is great for those who love
the improv comedy humor of their fellow college students and can’t get enough of location, occupation, means of death.
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CALS Advantage slogan showcases determination and diversity BY KATHRYN LENT @iowastatedaily.com
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ CALS Advantage slogan has cultivated an environment that helps students prepare for, navigate and succeed in the diverse industry they plan to enter. The CALS Advantage has become the motto for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in recent years. It encompasses Student Services’ determination to make sure students succeed in college and throughout their careers.
From animal ecology, diet and exercise to genetics and industrial technology, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a truly diverse entity that prepares students for a variety of constantly changing industries. No two students follow the same path toward success, yet the faculty and staff work diligently to ensure that each of those paths are suitably supported. One CALS Advantage given to students by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Services is the SMART Steps program. SMART, an acronym for Student Management and Academic Response Team, is a remedial program that was put into effect in an effort to increase retention rates within the college. Students in the SMART program attend weekly meetings where they learn more about goal setting and financial support, as well as receive academic coaching, tutoring and counseling.
Audrey Kennis, graduate student in community and regional planning, is the retention coordinator for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Services and a student services specialist for the Agriculture and Life Sciences Administration. According to an article written by Kennis, students who participated in the program saw, on average, a 0.8 percent increase in their GPA, with 75 percent of original participants completing the program in good academic standing. “Oftentimes, we see students struggling with non-cognitive issues such as mental health, managing work and school, navigating campus and utilizing resources,” Kennis said in her article on the college’s website. “These factors tend to be a stronger predictor of academic performance than cognitive factors alone.” This all-inclusive approach, which helps students overcome the obstacles they face, has
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Lecture to host indigenous literature activist BY DAI’TYNN.COPPAGE-WALKER @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State’s lecture program is presenting a lecture by an activist on indigenous literature. Debbie Reese, a scholar, author and activist of indigenous children’s literature and the teaching of indigenous people’s and history, is the speaker at the lecture. Reese will focus on the representation and misrepresentation in Native people’s lives through children and young adult literature. The lecture is a two-part event. The first event will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union and will provide suggestions on how to be more skilled in selecting and presenting information about Native peoples to children. The second event will be an intensive workshop for educators on how to teach students who are underrepresented that will take place the following morning on Thursday. Reese founded American Indians in Children’s
Literature (AICL) in May 2006.Through AICL, she shares information that she thinks will help readers learn about and understand the 500+ federally recognized Native Nations in the United States. Most people know about the federal and the state governments, but very few know about tribal governments. Iowa State is a land-grant institution, so it connects to this event in the sense that the university is on land that has once belonged to indigenous people. It brings together the knowledge of Native history and their impact to the community. “The event wants to make sure that the representation of people is accurate and respectful and comes from people’s lived experiences,” said Katy Swalwell, associate professor in the School of Education. “This is our effort to center the experiences and perspectives in things in the community that get ignored. Our purpose is to center those voices and listen to what people have to say about their own experiences and histories.”
COURTESY OF LECTURES PROGRAM Debbie Reese will be featuring Indigenous children’s literature in her lecture at Iowa State.
The Iowa State OneApp system is currently taking applications for scholarships from students. Applications will be accepted through the online portal until Monday, according to the Iowa State Office of Financial Aid website. The OneApp online system provides students with a general application that evaluates their eligibility for Iowa State scholarships. Students can access the system through the Iowa State Financial Aid website at finacnialaid.iastate.edu. Login requires an individual’s ISUNet-ID login. Once the OneApp website is accessed, applicants will be given a series of questionnaires. These surveys are divided into multiple portions including a general application, a college application and an application for the Office of Student Financial Aid. The general application portion asks applicants a series of multiple choice and openended questions. Some of these questions are not mandatory and can be filled out at the discretion of the students. Several optional questions ask applicants about their parent’s educational and financial history. All students are required to list their marital status and number of children. The general application portion also asks students to fill out a series of open-ended questions. These short essays are capped at 250 words and ask the applicants to write about their financial situation, reason for attending Iowa State, educational and career goals and participation in any extracurricular activities. The application covers a wide array of the student’s history by asking applicants about their work history, military service, leadership roles, study abroad experience and participation in the performing arts. The college-specific portion of the application has several short questions pertaining to career aspirations and research history. The open-ended questions in this portion have a 400-word limit. Students of certain colleges may also have the option to upload a portfolio. The Office of Student Financial Aid portion of the application asks several yes or no questions, including whether the student would like to be considered for scholarships administered by the Office of Student Financial Aid. Students have the option to save an incomplete application for editing without officially submitting it. It is possible for students to write answers to questions in a word processor, such as Microsoft Word or Google Docs, and then copy their written text into the application, which may avoid the loss of work from not saving on time.
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Discrimination reports allow students and employees to document issues at Iowa State
BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com For students who face discrimination at Iowa State, there are multiple ways to report the discrimination. “Iowa State University’s primary goal is to prevent discrimination and harassment and stop such behavior if it occurs,”according to the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) website. “To that end, Iowa State University has adopted informal and formal processes through which discrimination and harassment complaints can be resolved.” If someone feels that they have been discriminated or harassed based on race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, sex, marital status, disability or status as a United States veteran, they may file a complaint with
OEO via the multiple methods. One way is to file a complaint via phone at 515-294-7612 or the hotline at 515-294-1222. Another way is to file a complaint via email at eooffice@iastate.edu. The final way to file a complaint at Iowa State is in person at 3410 Beardshear Hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Iowa State has specific definitions of both discrimination and harassment. “Iowa State University prohibits discrimination, which can include disparate treatment directed toward an individual or group of individuals based on race, ethnicity, sex, pregnancy, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity,
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Greeks Go Green encourage sustainability on campus BY AVERY.STAKER @iowastatedaily.com To foster a bond in the Sorority and Fraternity Community and promote activism among members, Greeks Go Green is informing students on how to be sustainable and environmentally friendly in their everyday lives. Greeks Go Green (GGG) is a student-led organization that is open to all members of the Sorority and Fraternity Community. The main purpose of GGG is to provide Iowa State students with a platform to become involved with sustainability and spread awareness in the Ames community, according to the organization’s webpage. They wish to serve as a network for “green activism” on campus and in the city of Ames. GGG places importance on the little things anyone can do to make the world a healthier place, including eating less red meat, shopping with reusable bags, buying reusable cups and containers and shutting off lights when not in use. GGG has done various outdoor projects around campus, including a Lake Laverne cleanup. Now, they are starting to plan events and activities for the Sorority and Fraternity Community, including a video about the small changes people can make during everyday life to help the planet. “If every person makes one small change every day, the impact is amazing,”said Molly Gustafson, GGG member and sophomore in animal science. GGG said they hope to have a far-reaching impact in the Ames community by teaching citizens and students how to make their home a greener, healthier environment. “We impact Iowa State positively because we are trying to make the campus more ecofriendly,” Gustafson said. “By providing information for students, we will make the campus as a whole a more sustainable and healthy environment to get an education in.” Gustafson recommends that students join
GARRETT HEYD/ ISD Peer Wellness Educators educate students about their well-being with outreach presentations.
Being healthy encompasses more than just working out
IOWA STATE DAILY Greeks Go Green worked to clean campus by participating in the cleanup of Lake Laverne.
their organization and start making an ecofriendly impact on Iowa State’s campus. “You should join Greeks Go Green if you care about the environment and really want to see changes being made,” Gustafson said. “This club has taught me how to have an idea and execute, rather than just keep talking about it. We only have one planet — every idea is valuable and could make change!” If sorority and fraternity members are interested in learning more about Greeks Go Green, they can check out their Twitter, @greeksgogreen, or their Facebook page titled Greeks Go Green at Iowa State. To contact GGG’s officers about joining the organization, students can visit their student organization webpage.
BY JILL.OLSON @iowastatedaily.com Pumping iron at the gym and eating avocados are not the only factors to being healthy, according to some members of the kinesiology department. There are large differences between how society and professionals view health in that many people associate weight loss and mile time to being healthy. However, those who specialize in health assert that health encompasses so much more. At Iowa State, the Peer Wellness Educators serve to educate the student body about the eight dimensions of well-being through outreach presentations and their BeWellHut. The organization primarily concerns itself with physical, intellectual, occupational, spiritual, environmental, financial, social and emotional wellness. This holistic approach suggests an overall mindfulness and reflection when assessing an individual’s health level. It considers traditional
aspects of health such as eating well and exercising, but it also captures financial stability or awareness of the environment. Bethany Doom, a senior in kinesiology and health and a Peer Wellness Educator of two years, analyzes how simple it can be to forget aspects of health in college. “If you’re staying up for 24 hours before finals studying, then you’re not treating yourself well to function well,” Doom said. Stress levels and mental health can be difficult to conceptualize, but even physical activity can be difficult to evaluate. Jacob Meyer, assistant professor of kinesiology, emphasizes this is partially due to misconceptions about exercising. Working out includes activities like going to the gym or running, but physical activity like going for a walk around the block can be just as
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Iowa State Daily
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Why voting blue no matter who shouldn’t apply to Bloomberg BY OLIVIA.RASMUSSEN @iowastatedaily.com Michael Bloomberg is r unning as a Democrat to allegedly defeat Donald Trump. Photos and videos have been circulating throughout the internet showing Bloomberg as a buddy of Trump’s. Beyond the recorded friendship between the two, they’re quite similar in their treatment of women, people of color and other minority communities such as the transgender community. Politico drafted up a “Who Said It” segment of quotes from Trump and quotes from Bloomberg. The article outlines many instances in Bloomberg’s career where he has said nasty, sexist and degrading remarks such as referring to a woman as a “horsey faced lesbian” and “some fat broad.” The remarks are disgusting, but not as horrifying as Bloomberg’s sexual harassment history and allegations. Some 64 women have come forward with complaints and lawsuits against Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s racist past is turning up to haunt him now. He’s been reciting shells of meaningless apologies for the policies themselves but not the racist comments that go along with them. Stop and frisk was implemented in New York City as a means to allegedly decrease crime. The folks targeted were mainly brown and black people because Bloomberg as said, “I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little.” He also blamed the stopping of redlining, which is the practice of refusing insurance and/or loans to folks living in low-income neighborhoods
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Columnist Olivia Rasmussen thinks partisanship shouldn’t matter more to some than a presidential candidate’s history, policy and ideas.
(which was usually racially charged), as one of the reasons behind the Great Recession of 2008. A 2019 clip of Bloomberg has resurfaced of him referring to a transgender person as “some guy wearing a dress” and proceeded to refer to the individual as an “it.” A 2016 video of Bloomberg speaking at Oxford
shows him repeating the same transphobic remarks of “some man wearing a dress…” His dehumanizing remarks come as no surprise. Bloomberg is another racist, sexist, transphobic billionaire running a corrupt campaign to become the next president. The only difference is party affiliation. Staunch Democrats are grasping onto the idea that
anyone is better than Trump but how can ignorance run so deep in their veins after analyzing Bloomberg in the same light? The foolish are being blinded by their own partisanship. Simply because Bloomberg slaps on a Democrat sticker doesn’t make him any different. Democrats should be denouncing him the way they do Trump. If Bloomberg was sincere about beating Trump, he would have run against him as a Republican, but he’s running as a Democrat to ensure that Sen. Bernie Sanders does not get the nominee because billionaires must stick together. Being stuck in the mindset of voting for whoever the Democratic nominee is, regardless of analyzing the candidate and their policies, is a dangerous game to play. Bloomberg is synonymous to Trump. We still have plenty of time to organize for, donate to and rally behind a candidate that actually represents the values and morals we have. Sen. Sanders is still leading in the polls and is the only candidate during the previous debate who said he believes that the majority should choose the nominee if required delegate count isn’t reached. Everyone else on the stage agreed to let super delegates (one super delegate has the voting power of roughly 8,000 voters) choose the nominee. That is not how democracy works but we are still latching onto a system like caucuses and the electoral college. Whoever has the majority of the vote should be the nominee and Sen. Sanders is the onl y one who agrees with that statement.
EDITORIAL
No major is superior to others BY ISD EDITORIAL BOARD With midterm season upon us, it’s important to remember that no matter the form your assessments come in, your major is just as important and valid as others. Whether your class only has three major assignments for the whole semester, or you have weekly lengthy reading quizzes, you are still working hard and getting your knowledge tested. Just because you are being assessed in a different way doesn’t make one harder than the other, sometimes different aspects of your knowledge are being tested. Some information and skills are better assessed through exams, while others are portrayed and learned best through hands-on assignments and solo or group projects. Different majors have different classes and often a lot of different teaching styles. The way your degree or major track is laid out does not make a difference in the importance of your major. It can be easy to compare your homework and exams to what your friends are doing or what other people in the library are working on, but remember that everybody has their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to school.
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COURTESY OF PXHERE The Iowa State Editorial Board writes that no major is better than another and to choose a major that makes you happy, regardless of what people think.
Take finals and midterms week as an example. Some classes have exams worth upwards of 40 percent of their grade, while others have a single project they work on for the whole semester. This makes study week a lot harder for those with projects, as due dates often fall before finals week, but finals week may be harder for those with huge exams. Comparing the two is like comparing apples to oranges, they’re just different. Whether you are in engineering, biochemistry, statistics, education or journalism— you are doing hard work. College as a whole is difficult, and no matter what degree you graduate with you should be
proud of it. No major is superior to others. You probably chose your major for a reason, and others chose their major for their own reason. While it can be easy to compare yourself and your work to others, know that your hard work is not diminished just because on the outside someone looks like their class may be more difficult than yours, because you never really know. The difficulty of your major does not define the quality. Every major has its own difficulties and challenges that students must overcome in order to fulfill the variety of requirements their major requires. Choose what makes you happy.
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The Big 12 Championships provide a tough test for ISU BY MEGAN.TESKE @iowastatedaily.com The Iowa State swim and dive team heads to Morgantown, West Virginia, for the second time this season to close out their conference schedule with a win at the Big 12 Championships. The Cyclones got a chance to look at the Mountaineers’ new pool about a month ago when they traveled to West Virginia for the dual meet, which ended in a 133-167 loss for Iowa State. Head Coach Duane Sorenson said he believes that having already competed in the new pool will give his team a leg up on the rest of the competition, as no one else in conference has done so yet. “When you go to a new pool it takes you a little while to get used to everything and the routine,” Sorenson said. “It’ll be the same hotel that a lot of our travel team stayed at and they know the lay of the land... they do have a distinct advantage.” Sorenson also said the Kansas coaches were asking him questions about it when they traveled to Ames a couple weeks ago, when Kansas took down the Cyclones 111-204. Sorenson said he is having his team watch videos of the races from the Kansas dual leading up to the Big 12’s. The team can see what they did right, what Kansas did better and how they can match Kansas to improve for the championships. In the two weeks of practice that the team hasn’t been competing, Sorenson said he is also having his team work on speed work and finding what he calls their easy speed: swimming fast, but not in a way where they expend a lot of energy, so they can save up their energy for the whole meet. To combat the length of the meet and to make sure the athletes don’t get tired over the four days of swimming and diving, Sorenson said he is having them spend lots of time in
IOWA STATE DAILY Members of the Iowa State swim and diving team compete in a relay race during the Cardinal and Gold swim meet on Oct. 12, 2018, at Beyer Hall.
recovery protocol and stay off their legs between sessions. Sorenson also said a masseuse will work with the athletes to help loosen tight and sore muscles. “Our women will do a long warm down and they’ll take a recovery drink, they’ll do an eight to 10 minute ice bath,” Sorenson said. “They’ll put compression tights and top on to help their body in recovery... we call it a business trip.” Since this is one of the last meets of the season, as well as one of the bigger ones, emotions and nerves can start to kick in for seniors and freshmen alike. Sorenson said the freshmen have some nerves in the beginning, and have the chance if they don’t do as well this year that, ‘oh I’ll do better next time.’ Sorenson said it’s different for the seniors, because there’s always the feeling of ‘I can’t
believe it’s my last career swim.’ “We always see a lot is what we call a ‘senior swim,’ where they really get deep down inside and come up with amazing swims,” Sorenson said. “The Kansas coach and I always talk about that is when he has underclassmen and I have an upperclassmen or vice versa and they’re eyeball to eyeball you know who’s going to win, the senior is going to find a way.” Unlike last month, when the Cyclones flew to West Virginia, this time Sorenson said all swimmers and divers will be traveling with the team, although not everyone can score. Sorenson said that while everyone gets to swim, a limit of 18 swimmers can score. Everyone who doesn’t score is considered a B swimmer. They swim in the preliminaries and then in what is called a bonus heat, which is the next fastest
swimmers after the scored swimmers. The Last Chance Meet takes place right after the Big 12 Championships are over, on March 1. The meet is called the Last Chance Meet because it’s the last chance for swimmers and divers to qualify for the NCAA Championships later in March, which takes the top 32 to 34 swimmers, qualified by fastest times. Sorenson said he only puts his swimmers in the the Last Chance Meet if they are on the bubble and have the chance of making the NCAA’s. The rest of the team flies back to Ames, Iowa, at the conclusion of the Big 12’s. Sorenson said the biggest thing he tells his team is that they have “one shot at this, there’s no do-over’s... you get one opportunity and you’ve got to be ready to go when it’s your opportunity.”
Defense nearly costs the Cyclones the game BY MATT.BELINSON @iowastatedaily.com
COLLIN MAGUIRE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State freshman guard Tre Jackson watches a free throw in a 65-59 win over TCU’s Red Raiders on Tuesday. Jackson had 18 points on 4-7 shooting from three.
Defense was the hot topic of discussion for Iowa State in the days leading up to its rematch with the TCU Horned Frogs and for good reason. The Cyclones had given up over 86 points in back-to-back games and both players and coaches were searching for an answer as to why the Cyclones continued to see nagging defensive issues show up in late February. But for the first half against the Horned Frogs, all seemed well for Iowa State on defense. TCU shot 33 percent from the field and 38 percent from three, both of which were considerable drops from TCU’s 51.72 percent clip from the field and 50 percent from three in the first half against the Cyclones on Jan. 4 in the Big 12 opener. The second half defense would have other ideas. Solomon Young, who finished with a team leading 20 points on 8-11 shooting, said the Cyclones came out of the half slow and had to find a way to win at the end. The defense wouldn’t reemerge until after TCU had found its way back with aggressive offense and stingy defense to
offer a chance for a comeback effort. Iowa State’s 65-59 victory looks as close as it was down the stretch for the Cyclones, with TCU rallying from down as much as 18 points and even taking a brief 55-53 lead with just over five minutes remaining. The difference in Iowa State’s absent defensive presence for Head Coach Steve Prohm was due to TCU’s awareness on ball screens and finishing tough shots from three and around the basket. Iowa State and TCU got back to scoring right away, with both teams trading two baskets to start the half off, but after Iowa State took a 45-33 with 17:56 left, TCU decided it was time for a scoring run to make the game interesting the final 17 minutes. In the first six minutes of the second half, TCU went on a 15-6 run and started to find offensive rebounds (six), more than both teams combined for in the first half (five). TCU’s Edric Dennis missed a 3-point basket that would begin the problem that Iowa State couldn’t get around for much of the second half: offensive rebounding. Eventually, TCU took a 55-53 lead with 5:18 left after two free throws by PJ Fuller. Iowa State would respond and the backand-forth tie would reach 57-57 with under
two minutes to play. Young scored on the next offensive possession to put Iowa State up 59-57. Desmond Bane would tie the game at 59-59 with 55 seconds left but Iowa State regained its spark on defense with stops from Caleb Grill and a defensive rebound by Young when it mattered most. Grill came up with a steal and block in the final moments to set up TCU having to foul. Grill would have his way with Dennis down the final minute of play, pick-pocketing the junior for a steal and then would end up blocking Dennis’s shot with 13 seconds left. Tre Jackson, who finished with a careerhigh 18 points, earned one-and-one free throws after Young grabbed a defensive rebound the possession after Grill’s steal. The freshman would end up making both to give Iowa State a 63-59 lead with 19 seconds left. Jackson said Iowa State allowed too many open looks from three in the second half and gave up drives to the basket too often. Rebounding was also a major factor in Jackson’s eyes, with TCU finding easy ways to score too often. “I am just glad we stuck it out, stayed together and got that ‘W’,” Jackson said.
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Advancing women and gender equity at Iowa State BY VICTORIA.REYNA-RODRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com The Universit y Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equity (UCW ) is an active committee across Iowa S tate ’s c ampus that works to advance gender equity within the university community. According to their website, some of UCW ’s main goals are, “increasing gender equity in leadership positions, eliminating barriers and addressing organizational structures and policies that act as impediments to gender equity, and working to improve the climate on campus with regard to gender equity for all students, staff and faculty.” Melissa Miller, chair on the executive committee, says UCW is a part of the office for the vice president of diversity and inclusion that looks at and advocates for policies and procedures at Iowa State that affect those on campus who identify as women. UCW has representatives from all the major groups on campus, including researchers, undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff and more. Miller joined UCW in 2013 after working for the university for a year already. Miller said she had just come back from maternity leave when she noticed an advertisement for UCW in the Iowa State newsletter and figured
it was the perfect opportunity to meet people across the university while also partaking in something she was passionate about: gender equity. UCW benefits women across campus in everyday ways that are small but make a positive impact. For example, in 2006, free feminine hygiene products became available in bathrooms across campus thanks to actions taken by UCW. UCW also advocates for women in executive positions around campus. “We advocated during the strategic planning process several years ago and we noticed there was nobody on the committee that identified as a woman. We brought that up to them at the time and they did add a woman to the strategic planning committee,” Miller said. Miller said UCW also worked with other groups at Iowa State to advocate for lactation spaces on campus. They also work with numerous childcare task forces and the status of women report, which looks at institutional data that looks at retention, employment and enrollment rates broken down by sex. “Every five years we have issued a report to the administration on what it looks like for women at Iowa State. This year we have decided instead of issuing a paper report every five years we are going to create an online dashboard that
COURTESY OF MELISSA MILLER University Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equity year-end luncheon with Wendy Wintersteen in the 2019 spring semester.
has this information available for everyone, not just the administration,” Miller said. This will be beneficial to the Iowa State community as a whole because retention rates for students, faculty and staff that identify as women wil l be openl y accessible for anyone to view. This is particularly helpful to those who are interested in becoming a student or faculty and staff member at Iowa State. UCW has also partaken in
sponsoring workshops on campus along with other women-focused groups from the university. One workshop UCW helped sponsor was on the pay gap, how to advocate against it and how to negotiate for rightful, higher pay. UCW and contributing groups tr y to make these workshops as low-cost and accessible as possible. While UCW has many women on their side already, Miller made it clear that they are also looking to expand diversity within their
group. In particular, UCW is looking for more undergraduate representatives at the moment. Whether it be welcoming more people of color, those in the LGBTQ+ community, the group is always searching and hoping for more diversity within the group. “If we’re really going to look at gender equity we need to have a diverse representation [...] we can’t have this without intersectionality,” Miller said.
Wrapping up Black History Month BY VICTORIA.REYNA-RODRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com Since 1976, every February has been designated as Black History Month, approved by every president since the 38th President Gerald Ford.
“Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history,” according to History. com. “Also known as African American History Month.” Each year, the president endorses a specific
theme for February as Black History Month. This year, the theme is “African Americans and the Vote.” According to History.com, this theme is “in honor of the centennial anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) granting women’s suffrage and the sesquicentennial of the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) giving black men the right to vote.” Throughout the month of February, Ames and Iowa State alike have been celebrating Black History Month. From book displays, to film screenings, lectures and more, multiple organizations contributed to making this month memorable. Taelore Spann, freshman in political science, partook in events across Iowa State this February such as film screenings and lecture events. Black History Month means something different to everyone who identifies as black, but to Spann she said it is “a time where African Americans can be proud of the strides we have made both within our history and within our place in this country.” In predominantly white spaces like Iowa State, it is particularly important to not lose sight of diversity and celebrating our differences, Spann said. “It’s important to celebrate this heritage month as well as all other heritage months
here on campus because they are represented here on campus and deserve the right to be celebrated and embraced,” Spann said. While Iowa State and other predominantly white institutions are making efforts to support and appreciate marginalized communities, there are always opportunities to grow in this support. In particular, there are various students, faculty and staff members at Iowa State that would like to see more being done. For Spann, she has begun to have these conversations on these possible improvements. “I have spoken with the Multicultural Student Affairs office about potential partnering with them and student orgs like ASA or BSA to form events all month or even a program,” Spann said. African Students Association (ASA) and Black Student Alliance (BSA) are official Iowa State organizations, open to students. ASA has the goal to “build a community that celebrates African cultures and heritage, while promoting diversity, intellectual empowerment, and academic success and advancement,” according to its website. BSA was created to benefit black students at Iowa State. BSA commits to, “uplifting and empowering students of African descent through academic, professional, cultural, and social programs,” according to its website.
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CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Student Government Presidential Candidate Morgan Fritz, sophomore in political science.
they could do that,” Fritz said. “There could be different requirements for different majors, just based on different incomes for earnings.” Another point in Fritz and Schrader’s platform is to make sure the university commits to being more sustainable and environmentally friendly. “At my sorority, I helped implement a recycling system as well as encouraging our housing corporation to buy into the Ames Sun Smart Solar program,” Fritz said. “Something Schrader and I would like to do in the future is see that Facilities, Planning and Management adopts their plan to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by the next 10 years at no long term increase cost to students.” A hot topic during the debate was ensuring that all students at Iowa State feel welcomed and incorporated into their community.
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genetic information, status as a United States veteran or other protected class, that adversely affects their employment or education,” according to the Discrimination and Harassment Policy. Harassment is defined at Iowa State as a form of discrimination if it is unwelcome and is sufficiently severe or pervasive and objectively offensive so as to substantially interfere with a person’s work or education, according to the Discrimination and Harassment Policy. “Even if actions are not directed at specific persons, a hostile environment may be created when the conduct is sufficiently severe or pervasive and objectively offensive so as to substantially interfere with or limit the ability of an individual to work, study or otherwise to participate in activities of the university,” according to the Discrimination and Harassment Policy. Overall the university has adopted two complaint resolution mechanisms that individuals at Iowa State may use to raise discrimination and harassment concerns — informal and formal resolution. An informal complaint may, but need not be made before filing a formal complaint; however, once a formal complaint has reached a resolution, the same complaint cannot be brought as an informal complaint, according to the Discrimination and Harassment Policy.
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caused an increase in confidence in student’s academic and professional skill sets. Beyond building the retention of students, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Services wants to give students the CALS Advantage by building relationships with them and providing them with the tools they will need for success throughout higher education and in their professional careers. In addition to resume assistance and mock interviews, students are encouraged to engage in learning communities, study abroad programs, research opportunities and clubs to broaden their horizons socially and relationally. The college values experiential knowledge
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Band-Aid fix for the solution,” Greene said. “We would like to create co-directors of diversity and inclusion because directly as [Fritz] said, ‘No two students can live as much of the experience as the 36,000 students at Iowa State.’ If we increase our diversity and inclusion platform, then more issues can be addressed, and there will be more representation and students will feel much more secure in their community at Iowa State.” Greene also touched upon one of her and Hanyang’s campaign points of Green Initiatives and various projects to increase sustainability on campus. “We will encourage the university to create more green initiatives in any way possible,” Greene said. “This past year in Student Government, I was on a solar lights bill, in the spring we will be getting three solar lights on campus and we would like to expand that. Also with ISU Dining, we talked to them about using less plastic, purging recycling in the residence halls, to teach how to properly recycle. That is something that will stick with [students] for the rest of their lives.” Following along, Greene continued with how she will ensure Student Government becomes more inclusive to students. “A typical problem we see with Student Government is its very disclusionary and a little bit clique-y,” Greene said. “We do not need to focus on having one director of diversity and inclusion because if we have more people in the conversation then more things will get addressed.” A question from the audience was raised later in relation to a previous interview Greene was quoted in. “I will have no trouble telling [the university administration] that, like our chalking policy, that’s negative to students obviously, so no, we cannot do that,” Greene previously told the Daily. “I’ll have no trouble with that. I will also have no
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Fritz contested Greene and Hanyang’s idea to have co-directors of diversity and inclusion in Student Government, one who focuses on students of color and another who focuses on students of the LGBTQIA+ community. “Two people can not have the lived experience of any of the 36,000 people on this campus,” Fritz said. “So it starts with acknowledging that there are areas we don’t know things about. So we need to build a great cabinet, have different voices from different backgrounds on our cabinet that are able to inform us of different issues. [...] It’s impossible to put identities into a box, just by creating two separate ones, that’s not going to encompass every single identity on campus.” Furthermore, Fritz went on to explain her relationship with running mate, Schrader. “I think that my running mate, Schrader is a very pragmatic individual, he is extremely good at seeking out problems and finding solutions for them and getting them done,” Fritz said. “On the other end, I am more skilled in the big picture goals and reaching out to students and working with the administration. So I think we make a really great team, work well together and are extremely passionate about students.” A question from the audience asked if the Fritz-Schrader campaign was in support of Senate File 274 and said that it allows student organizations to discriminate in leadership based on personal identity for the intent of religious freedom. “It eliminated free speech zones on campus, it allowed appealed processes for students who were facing grievances with the university. A common misconception for that is it allows for identity-based discrimination and that is not the case, it allows for membership-based requirements,” Fritz said. “[...] I am in support of it. It basically just clarifies the First Amendment freedoms that were already existing within the First Amendment [...] It protects our First Amendment rights.”
The informal process of solving a complaint is through which harassment and discrimination complaints may be resolved promptly and discreetly, often through communication, education and/or mutual agreement. Under the informal process, the complainant must bring the complaint forward, either verbally or in writing, to someone with authority over the person against whom the complaint is directed, such as a dean, professor or supervisor. Options for informal resolution through OEO may include advising the complainant about methods to resolve the concern, arranging educational programs for individuals or departments, helping modify a work or study situation, mediating between the parties or intervening or arranging for a third party to intervene.
FORMAL A person who wishes to file a formal complaint must do so in writing and submit it through OEO. A formal complaint with OEO involves completing an intake form and submitting a written, signed statement describing the incident or incidents as completely as possible. Specific guidelines for the submission of a complaint may be obtained from OEO. Once a complaint is filed with the OEO, it will be assessed and, if an investigation is warranted, the case will be assigned for investigation to a staff member or designee.
and creates programs that forge long-lasting connections, whether those connections are student to student, student to professor or student to industry professional. Daniel Robison, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said in his Dean’s Message published in February 2019 that “We are both local and global, broad and deep — and determined to give you the ‘CALS Advantage’ to find your voice to advocate, to develop the creative and entrepreneurial mindset you need to innovate, to master your discipline and to lead.” This cornerstone statement encapsulates the motivations of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and is put into action each day by the college’s campus faculty and staff.
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CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Student Government Presidential Candidate Lydia Greene, junior in political science.
trouble telling the Board of Regents that it’s BS that we have not gotten more money than [the University of Northern Iowa (UNI.)]” The question asked Greene if she believed that was the language we should be using when negotiating with the university, the Board of Regents and the state government. “I believe it is important for a president to be as relatable to the student body as possible,” Greene said. “It is not very encouraging for students who want to get involved in Student Government to have a vice president or president to be a stick in the mud who’s always been prim and proper. But frankly, they aren’t doing enough, they are raising tuition and that’s something that can not slide. Someone has to say something about that and I will have no issue saying something about that.”
“Generally, an investigation will include interviews with the complainant or complainants, with the person against whom the complaint has been brought and with anyone else who might have information that would be helpful. Based on this investigation, the [OEO] and/or designated investigator will meet with the supervisor of the accused person to share findings and discuss appropriate action to resolve the complaint,” according to the Discrimination and Harassment Policy.
OTHER INTERNAL GRIEVANCES Students and employees may have concerns or complaints about their academic or work settings that may not directly involve discrimination or harassment, such as grades or office assignments, and these are addressed in other ways. Complaints related to academic matters may be filed in accordance with the policy on appeal of academic grievances found in the university catalog. Complaints regarding misconduct by a student may be directed to the office of student conduct in accordance with the student conduct code, published in the student disciplinary regulations. Undergraduate student employees may bring a grievance in accordance with the policy. Students with disabilities who have concerns as to academic accommodations may also proceed informally by notifying Student Accessibility Services.
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important, Meyer said. Positive benefits associated with physical activity can be an improved mood or a simple mental escape from behavior of extended inactivity. While that attitude may sound easy, motivating someone to exercise offers its own challenges. For the general populace, the largest barrier to working out regularly is time, and some of the biggest barriers to exercising for those with depression are feelings of motivation, Meyer said. Lily Harvison, senior in kinesiology and health and a Peer Wellness Educator, said another barrier preventing unhealthy people from becoming healthy is a lack of education. “It’s not easy to change something or start
something new if you don’t even know you need to,” Harvison said. Education can be difficult to overcome if a student does not actively enroll in health-focused coursework, and even Harvison said she may not always be as healthy as the Peer Wellness Educators advise. People recognizing their own unhealthy decisions and how to improve them can entail the functional definition of health as people are reflecting on their own choices and looking at how they can live a more healthy lifestyle. Being completely well all the time may be the dream, but Meyer said that striving towards being healthy is all that can be asked. “Health is more of a continuum that we’re all on somewhere,” Meyer said.