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QUINN VANDENBERG/ ISD CALS students spoke with fellow students and company representatives at the CALS Career Day on Tuesday.

Kelsey Seay, Justin Rosenberg and Kimberly Hurd (left to right) are three of Iowa State’s many successful alumni.

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Former students share their journeys to success

BY SAGE.SMITH @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State prides itself on the success of their alumni and current students; here are a few young alumni and their experiences at Iowa State and beyond.

Justin Rosenberg graduated from Iowa State in 2013 with a doctorate

in veterinary medicine from the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Rosenberg grew up in New Jersey, obtained his undergraduate at Ohio and came to Iowa State for its veterinary school.

“As I was doing my research and looking at what schools I wanted to consider for advancing my career, everything I read about Iowa State

showed that it had a really good reputation,” Rosenberg said. “It had a lot of good clinical experience mixed in with the didactic learning.

It certainly piqued my interest and I applied; I was very fortunate enough to get an interview and I was accepted. Then it was a no brainer decision to attend [Iowa State.]”

Rosenberg said conservation has always been near and dear to his heart. He said he has been fortunate enough to work all over the world because of the skill set he has acquired over the years.

During his time at Iowa State, Rosenberg participated in several

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City Council shares survey concerns

BY AMBER.MOHMAND @iowastatedaily.com Ames City Council showed concerns of the language of the Ames Residential Satisfaction Survey at Tuesday night’s meeting.

The Council discussed the results of the survey, a collaboration between the city of Ames and Institute for Design Research and Outreach from the College of Design at Iowa State.

The randomly selected survey was mailed to 1,350 Ames residents and 1,000 Iowa State students.

Susan Gwiasda, public relations officer for the city of Ames, said her “gut reaction” was the participants were more reluctant to give the highest rating for each categories.

“I’ve been here for 15 years […] we [haven’t] changed the questions — because I’m afraid to change them, because they’re benchmarking questions — but I don’t know that people understand the questions all the time,”

Gwiasda said.

Gwiasda said she wants to discuss the questions in early 2020 to find a way to clarify the next survey.

Mayor John Haila also announced he will be meeting with Gov. Kim Reynolds, members of the Iowa House of Representatives, the Senate and another mayor to discuss local issues. Haila said he wants to discus property taxes — specifically backfill, youth mental health and alternatives for the city rental cap which was repealed in May 2019.

Haila said he wants the meeting to be proactive with conversation between local and state governments rather than reactive. Haila said the meeting will be in the second half of October.

The Council also voted to move for the first passage of the creation of a new chapter of the Ames Municipal Code, Chapter 35 and guest lodging.

Motions for the renovations of the Brookside Park Restroom Renovation Project have been moved to the second alternative, which is to accept the report of the bids but not award a contract for

the time being.

This motion will allow the Council to reach out to the bidders and discuss the cost of the project beforehand.

“If we wait a little bit, maybe some people that finish projects may have an opportunity to schedule something out and bid it down,” said Keith Abraham, director of parks and recreation.

The Council also approved the rezoning of the boundary line adjustment for 2110 Lincoln Way, which Iowa State fraternity Phi Kappa Theta occupies and 117 Beach Ave., occupied by a six unit apartment.

Additionally, the Council also approved to move to the second passage of the Iowa State Research Park Urban Renewal Area by correcting boundaries of tax increment financing district No. 1.

The Council then motioned to move for the first alternative which will direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance to change the name of S 530th Avenue to University Boulevard, at the south corporate limits.

CALS Career Day connects students and businesses

BY QUINN.VANDENBERG @iowastatedaily.com The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences hosted its Career Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Lied Recreation Athletic Center.

Career Day provided students with the oppor tunit y to meet with businesses from around the Midwest and network for possible internships or full time job positions following graduation.

O ver 300 booths were listed on the Career Day hand out.

Many large businesses provided representation, including Post Holdings Inc., John Deere, Hormel Foods, Bayer and Cargill, Inc. Several government agencies were also present, such as the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Food and Drug Administration.

Many of the attending students arrived in full business attire. Nearly all attendees were carrying a folder of resumes and a notebook.

L a u r e n P a r k e r, j u n i o r i n agricultural business, said she is planning to graduate in May and has attended Career Day in search of a full time job after receiving her degree. Parker has worked two previous internships with Archer Daniels Midland.

“As of right now I am looking into either pork production or grain management,” Parker said.

Parker said pork production and working with livestock have always been an interest of hers; however, her previous experience with Archer

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10.9.19 Retirement reception: Pat Dobelis, Second floor meeting room, Thielen Student Health Center at 2 p.m. Pat Dobelis, an ISD procurement

and expense specialist for the student affairs division and former administrative secretary in the student health center, is retiring Oct. 11 after 40 years of service to the university.

Walk-In Craft: True Colors, Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union at 2 p.m. National

Coming Out Day is an annual LGBTQIA awareness day observed on October 11. Celebrate with us by making a rainbow garland using colors from the flag with which you identify, including Allies.

Whether you identify as LGBTQIA or an Ally, we welcome you at The Workspace because we believe that coming out matters. Information about the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success at Iowa State as well as community resources will be available.

CEAH Fall 2019 Reception, Beardshear Hall, 1st Floor Rotunda at 4 p.m. The Center for

Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (CEAH) and the Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR)

would like to welcome back our faculty in the arts and humanities with a fall reception. Join us for refreshments and a cash bar as we celebrate the exciting research taking place in the arts.

SUB General 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!

Leaders Workshop Series, Gallery Room, Memorial Union at 6 p.m. The Leaders Workshop Series is an opportunity for you to build up your leadership skills from the inside out.

Performance: ISU Jazz Ensemble I, Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall at 7:30 pm. James Bovinette is the director of the Jazz 1 ensemble.

Grandma Mojo’s Moonshine Revival Comedy Troupe, The M-Shop, Memorial Union at 9 p.m. This group is great for those who love

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Buttigieg shows strength in Iowa polls

BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Senator Tony Tonet listens during the Student Government meeting Sept. 18 in the Campanile Room. Student Government discusses various bills and legislation that affect Iowa State and the community.

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Members to discuss senators, funding and bylaws

BY CASSIE.LEHMANN @iowastatedaily.com At Wednesday night’s meeting, Student Government will be seating senators, discussing funding for various university organizations and looking into waiving bylaws.

Student Government plans on seating senators to the InterResidence Hall Association (IRHA) and Green Initiatives Fund.

The Executive Board of IRHA has interviewed candidates and

will be seating two students — currently unnamed — to represent the IRHA. Iowa State students Ian Searles, a senior in geolog y, and Jacob Conn, a junior in computer engineer ing, will face approval as senators of the Green Initiatives Fund.

Additionally, various clubs and organizations are requesting funds from Student Government.

The Asian Student Union requested $5,900 for lodging and travel expenses, the Block and Bridle Club requested $1,600 for

meal kits, the Korean Student Association requested $860 for food and venue reservation, the Latinx Student Initiatives requested $4,300 for venue reser vation, Sparkle’s Squad requested $5,000 for uniforms and Iranian Students’ Scholars’ Association requested $3,510 for food and venue reservation.

All funding bills are separate and will be voted on and discussed separately by Student Government.

Currently, Student Government does not allow for any procedures

to be waived, but they do allow for the suspension of rules. Senator Zachary Mass and Senator Jacob Ludwig introduced a bill to change that.

The bill would require any Senate member to introduce the motion to waive and would need a second. The motion would then call for an affirmative two-thirds vote.

For more information or to contact your senator, visit stugov. iastate.edu. The Senate meetings are open to the public at 7 p.m.

Wednesdays in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.

Coming Out Circle to provide support

BY OLIVIA.RASMUSSEN @iowastatedaily.com Coming out is an extremely emotional time for all those involved.

As a way to lessen the emotional stress of coming out, The Pride Alliance has created an event for those within the LGBTQIA+ community to share their stories.

From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday in 290 Carver Hall, The Pride Alliance will host the Coming Out Circle where students can safely listen to or share the experience of coming out as an LGBTQIA+ individual. This event will provide a space for conversations with an openminded community.

“The Coming Out Circle is a chance for people to come together and share their own unique experiences with accepting their identity or identities and/or their experiences with coming out to others,” said Lilliana Davis, senior in community and regional planning, the treasurer of The Pride Alliance. “At the event, we all sit in a circle and people are free to share their stories if they want to. While the purpose

is to share stories, people who attend are under no pressure to share theirs and do not have to say anything if they do not want to.”

The event has taken place the last few years to coincide with National Coming Out Day, a day to celebrate the sometimes life-changing moment of announcing one’s sexual orientation/ identity publicly.

The event is open to the public, but Davis noted others may not get as much out of it as members of the LGBTQIA+ community may.

“While the Coming Out Circle is open to the public — as are all of our meetings — we ask that everyone who comes be supportive of everyone who shares their stories because these are deeply personal stories and experiences,” Davis said.

“Also, the purpose of this meeting is to help build community within the LGBTQIA+ community, so allies might not get as much out of this meeting as our other meetings.”

Davis said the Coming Out Circle event is a great opportunity for attendees to meet members of The Pride Alliance, members of the LGBTQIA+ student community and potentially share their coming out story.

IOWA STATE DAILY As part of a coming out as transgender panel in 2016, panelists shared YouTube channels and social media accounts they found to be helpful for them.

Pete Buttigieg is running an Iowa-focused presidential campaign, which is in line with previous dark horse candidates who staked their campaigns on the state. However, the South Bend, Ind., mayor is different from some past dark horses in one aspect — he’s doing well in Iowa.

Mack Shelley, Iowa State professor and chair of the political science department, said being from the Midwest “certainly helps” Buttigieg in Iowa.

Buttigieg is running digital ads in Iowa that open with a graphic saying, “Indiana Democrat Pete Buttigieg,” highlighting his midwestern roots.

South Bend only has a population of just over 100,000, but Buttigieg is polling better in Iowa than fellow presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who represents nearly 40 million people in the U.S. Senate.

The most recent Selzer Iowa poll for The Des Moines Register, CNN and Mediacom found Buttigieg in a close race for third place with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., receiving nine percent to Sanders’ 11 percent among likely Democratic caucus-goers. They trail frontrunners Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and former Vice President Joe Biden, who have 22 and 20 percent support respectively.

Though Buttigieg is well behind the frontrunners, his Iowa numbers are notably higher than his national poll numbers, a trend reflected in other surveys as well. A poll conducted in September for Iowa State

by Civiqs found Buttigieg with 14 percent support among likely Democratic caucusgoers.

According to the RealClearPolitics polling average, Buttigieg has the support of six percent of Democratic primary voters nationally.

In part, the reason Buttigieg does better in Iowa can be attributed to demography.

The most recent nationwide Quinnipiac poll of likely Democratic primary voters found Buttigieg with the support of 10 percent of whites and two percent of blacks. Iowa is less diverse than the United States as a whole, with a roughly 90 percent white population.

Buttigieg also does better in polls among liberal voters than moderate and conservative voters. The people who turn out to mark preference for president in Iowa’s Democratic Party caucuses tend to be more liberal.

Despite polling better in Iowa than he does nationally, Buttigieg still needs to receive 15 percent support in precinct caucuses to receive delegates. Without hitting that 15 percent threshold, he could be shut out, Shelley said.

Buttigieg is not the first candidate to run an Iowa-focused campaign and is not even the only candidate this cycle to do so. Harris joked she is moving to Iowa, using an expletive for emphasis. The California senator is set to visit the state each week in October and has hired dozens of new staff in the state.

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean ran in the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries, staking his campaign on a strong performance in Iowa to move forward. Dean placed a distant third in the caucus and a speech ending with a scream the night of his loss in the caucuses replayed in the following days on cable news, heralding the end of his campaign.

“Iowa’s kind of where a lot of campaigns come to die, but it’s also where some are kind of resurrected,” Shelley said.

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Fashion Diversifying mathematics scholarship Grant to aid professor’s study of representation to fly winner to New York

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com

BY EMERSON.LATHAM @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State students have the opportunity to be flown to New York City and awarded a $35,000 scholarship from the board of the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund.

The opportunity is available to any undergraduate student and most students who apply have a focus on retail, apparel, merchandising or design.

There are different tiers for the scholarship, starting with the Fashion S c holarship Fund non-finalists.

Applications are scored and the nonfinalists are awarded anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000, depending upon which score they received on their application. The top award of $35,000 is given to eight top finalists.

Danielle Sponder Testa, a graduate student in apparel, events and hospitality management as well as a mentor for the YMA Scholarship applicants, won the top scholarship — $25,000 at the time — in 2009.

“To get that top award, you basically do a business presentation to the board of governors in New York before they have the awards dinner, and you present your business plan to them and they ask questions,” Testa said.

At Iowa State, there are 14 students applying for the YMA Scholarship, with upwards of 700 applying on a national level.

This scholarship is not based solely on student’s transcripts or resume, but off the given case study. This year, the case study is about collaboration — two brands working together.

Testa said that currently, collaborations are a big element in retail right now. She followed up by stating that to maximize an opportunity in the marketplace and give customers what they are looking for, two brands must come together and work to reach a new idea.

The students are to come up with a collaboration between a fashion brand and something else, such as another brand or an entertainer. “ I think we have some of the best students in the nation for sure,” Testa said.

“So, if I can kind of get students connected to that organization I think it’s great.”

Te s t a g r a d u a t e d f ro m I o w a S t a t e University 10 years ago. Winning the top scholarship award from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund helped kick start her career in the merchandise retailing industry.

“I actually used that scholarship to pay for my masters degree,” Testa said.

Te s t a s a i d t h a t a f t e r g e t t i n g h e r masters degree from the London College of Fashion, she moved to Los Angeles and worked for Forever 21 for five years.

She now resides in Des Moines and is a mentor for students applying for the YMA Scholarship at Iowa State.

The dead line to submit the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund case study was Monday, and finalists and non-finalists will be announced in December.

T h e fi n a l i s t s w i l l t h e n d e v e l o p a presentation to give to a panel of industry leaders, with winners being announced Jan. 7.

Diversity within higher education has historically been low, with women and people of color having a harder time getting into college and attaining degrees.

Michael Young, associate professor of mathematics, has recently been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation that could help him to achieve his goals of increasing representation in mathematics. Awarded by the National Science Foundation’s competitive Education Core Research Program, this grant will support Young’s research until 2022. The project will also fund five graduate students who will contribute ongoing research to the project.

The National Science Foundation grant will fund a threeyear study for Young. In this study, he will look at the experiences of Ph.D. mathematics students who come from underrepresented communities, such as people of color and women.

“It’s important to study the experiences of high-achieving students of color who report positive experiences in these programs,” Young said. “Their insight will allow us to aggregate the data and pinpoint the exact methods, conditions and strategies that enable these students to fully engage and thrive during their academic journeys.”

Young said he plans to formalize the study’s results and create a “best-practices manual” that will outline strategies for building and maintaining student populations from diverse backgrounds in math programs. He’ll also organize workshops where college decision-makers can learn how to attract and create support services for students of color.

As the project’s lead, Young is in charge of designing, developing and managing a survey

COURTESY OF MICHAEL YOUNG Michael Young, associate professor of mathematics, was recently awarded a grant to help his research on diversifying mathematics at Iowa State.

instrument. He will collaborate with his team to identify and survey participants. The team will focus on finding interviewees who are minority students that have applied to, enrolled in or recently graduated from a math Ph.D. program.

Diversity within higher education is not just an Iowa State problem, so Young’s research has the possibility to extend

beyond Iowa State’s campus and classrooms.

“Results from the study will arm graduate directors, admissions personnel and faculty with datadriven recommendations, tactics and programs, which will help them to expand diversity in their programs,” Young said.

For many diversity programs, their goals entail removing barriers to entry and creating

more seats at the table f or underserved populations and students of color — Young’s is no different.

“Attuning graduate schools to fit the needs of students of color could unfreeze that five percent statistic and increase it to 10 percent, 20 percent or 30 percent and beyond, which is ultimately the long-term goal of our research,” Young said.

LGBTQIA+ orgs host welcoming event

BY SUSANNAH.CRICHTON @iowastatedaily.com The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success hosted a student organization meeting for members and students to see the many student-run LGBTQIA+ groups Iowa State has Tuesday evening.

The Pride Alliance is the oldest and largest queer organization on campus. They act as a resource for the queer community and are committed to creating fun and inclusive environments for students. “ Pr ide Alliance is al way s here, the community is here […] to be a resource for people finding their way in the community,” said Antonia McGill, a junior in psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies and one of the representatives for The Pride Alliance.

Cecil Rickerl, a senior in integrated studio arts, discussed the importance of this specialized

event. They said that an event like this is needed for a marginalized community that may not have as strong of a voice in other events like ClubFest.

The Pride Alliance has several upcoming events, including a Drag Show on Nov. 2.

Auditions for the Drag Show are from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday in Sweeney Hall.

Trinity Dearborn, a senior in women’s and gender studies and president of The Pride Alliance and the Asexual Aromantic Alliance (A^3), discussed the goals of A^3.

“We strive to curate a safe place for people in the asexual spectrum because there is some tension with people that are Ace/Aro and the LGBT+ community, and so I also hope by being president of both organizations I can help bridge that gap and create a stronger, more unified community,” Dearborn said.

Greek LGBTQIA+ sorority Gamma Rho Lambda was represented by Melody Rosche,

a senior in industrial design, and Sarah Brix, senior in early childhood education. The sorority is a sibling-hood that accepts all genders and orientations. Rosche said the organization works hard to be inclusive and diverse, provide social support, education, resources and opportunities for members to be involved, even after graduation.

“I think that Gamma Rho Lambda has really helped me grow as a person and helped me find a family in college that’s more permanent […]

I feel like they’re going to be with me for the rest of my life,” Rosche said.

Gamma Rho Lambda’s next event is a panel called Gender 101, which will take place at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in 2019 Morrill Hall. oSTEM is an organization that targets LGBTQIA+ students involved in STEM (science, technolog y, engineering and

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Use rituals in your daily life Having a routine will keep you sane

BY CONNOR.BAHR @iowastatedaily.com Like all college students, I lead a busy life. We have papers to write, books to read and tests to study for. On top of all of the academic studies, most of us work.

Most days feel like simply jumping from one task to the other, from when I wake up to when I go to bed, only to repeat the cycle the next day. Seeing your hard work pay off in the form of paychecks and high grades can be rewarding, but it is also incredibly stressful.

However, through all of the hustle and bustle, there are always a few things that keep me sane.

These things, however small, provide a sense of normalcy and stability in a world that largely makes one feel like they are not in control.

These things are called routines, or rituals. For me, these rituals are a chance to let the world fade away. A great example is my afterwork ritual.

I work far enough away from campus that I have to take a bus to get there. After my shift gets over, I will walk over to a bench close to the bus stop, buy a Mello Yello with my tips and eat my dinner while watching Netflix.

I know it doesn’t sound like much, but it gives me a chance to let my stress wash away. While tuned into whatever show I am currently bingeing, I let all of my worries go to the back of my mind.

I can do this because the action is so familiar that I am easily able to tune the world out.

And, don’t fear, I came with science to back this up. A study by the Harvard Business Review showed that consuming or using a product ritualistically can make it not only have more value to you but also

make it taste better (which explains why Mello Yello has quickly skyrocketed to my number one favorite pop). Rituals even work for people who don’t believe they will.

As studies show, humans perform rituals in times when they feel out of control. Before going into a very important job interview where you are placing a lot of control into the hands of a stranger, many people do small things to help them calm their nerves.

As a more extreme example, some Christians in the middle ages would whip themselves in the back with a whip that had multiple parts and small metal balls on the end.

Doing this was taking control of the most uncertain thing in a human’s life — the future. By whipping themselves, they were showing God their piety so as to secure a good after-life. In the same vein (though hardly similar), by spending fifty cents on Mello Yello almost ever y night, I am taking control of a small part of my money.

Rituals are an important part

COURTESY OF NEEDPIX Columnist Connor Bahr believes busy students should develop rituals and implement them in their daily lives to stay sane. Bahr refers to studies on rituals to prove why they work.

of staying sane in a world where life simply seems out of control.

Although these routines usually do not have any real effect on our

situation, they can reassure us that everything will be all right and give us a chance to slow down and enjoy life.

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Zelensky should be at Trump’s inquiry

BY ALAN LIPP alandlipp@gmail.com With the 2020 U.S. election approaching, America’s democratic and political infrastructure is in crisis. Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, is key to allowing America and Ukraine to solve their shared crisis through the American legal system.

The U.S. House of Representatives is opening an impeachment inquiry into Trump, and the result of this process will determine the United States’ ability to cooperate with Ukraine against their common enemy, Russia.

It is time for President Zelensky to present his evidence and testimony on Trump’s recent extortion attempt and elucidate his country’s position on the Mueller investigation and Trump’s collusion with Russia.

The Ukrainian president and his administration were the direct targets of a plot by the Trump administration to extort an investigation of the U.S. president’s personal rivals from the Ukrainian authorities in return for military aid. A memorandum of Trump and Zelensky’s July 25 phone call, de-classified and made public this past week, shows Trump asking Zelensky for a “favor”: to cooperate with the U.S. president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to rehash an investigation of the Democratic presidential frontrunner, former Vice President

Joe Biden, and his son’s work in Ukraine.

The U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, Kurt Volker, was forced to resign after being dragged into the ensuing scandal and will be compelled to testify during the impeachment inquiry. Zelensky will undoubtedly be discussed many times in the course of that inquiry.

Zelensky — the person asked to conduct a campaign of misinformation to receive nearly $400 million in funding appropriated by Congress to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia — should be invited to give his testimony. However, there is currently not much support for this.

Ukrainian newspapers and popular opinion argue that Trump is a strong and necessary ally and Zelensky should not even think of disparaging Western leaders, even when Trump does.

Zelensky faces serious pressure not to be antiTrump. He has also been criticized for speaking Trump’s language in the July phone call: complimenting the U.S. leader and agreeing with his criticisms of other Western leaders.

Trump understandably had serious leverage over Zelensky: nearly $400 million in urgently-needed aid. And Trump is indeed the elected leader of the most powerful country on Earth, which leads the Western alliance. Any country interested in maintaining alliances in the West has to cooperate

with the American president.

But perhaps Ukraine has not fully understood the implications of not challenging what they surely know: that Russia is an unwitting Russian asset with limited popular support — both at home and abroad.

To be pro-Trump is to be anti-West. The American president does not put the United States nor the West first — despite his “America First” slogan. Now, Trump is asking Ukraine to put America first in its priorities and Ukraine second and to damage the American democratic process and Kyiv’s longterm relations with Washington.

Ukraine should not enable Trump any longer. A reasonable case can be made that Trump is Putin’s most valuable ‘installation’ and that any cooperation with Trump is, by extension, helping Putin. Ukraine has reason to believe that Trump coordinated with Russia to get elected and has been advancing Russia’s interests. That likely makes Trump an enemy posing as an ally.

Zelensky enjoys the support of a solid majority of the Ukrainian public. On the homefront, he has room to maneuver. Zelensky, his administration and perhaps Petro Poroshenko and his administration can serve as valuable witnesses to the crimes of the Trump administration. Zelensky should go under oath and testify in the impeachment inquiry.

COURTESY BY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Guest writer Alan Lipp argues that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky should be a witness at Trump’s impeachment inquiry.

While the Ukrainian president has largely played down the extortionist nature of his phone call with Trump, allowing himself to be questioned — even if his answers are demure — can help to yield valuable insight into Trump’s actions vis-a-vis Ukraine.

United States institutions have been under attack and America is weaker than ever. The American legal system may not able to help for much longer. Only Ukraine can help. Zelensky is both America and Ukraine’s best shot. He is the president of a foreign ally who was asked to aid and abet Trump in undermining United States’ democratic processes to win him reelection. He should come chat with Congress under oath. That may be the only thing that can save the United States from Trump.

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Opening a new chapter Former hockey player keeps passion despite heart condition

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BY ZACH.MARTIN @iowastatedaily.com June 14, 2019 is a day Gabe Bortscheller remembers like it was yesterday.

He was riding his dirt bike with his brother in Maquoketa, Iowa. It was a sunny, vacation-like day for the native of Dubuque, Iowa. This day was a happy one for the Iowa State Division II hockey player, having just gotten done with a full day of work.

Little did he know it would be the day his life changed forever.

After about an hour on his dirt bike, the senior felt his heart rate stay steady at a rapid pace — 120 beats per minute — rather than slow down.

He took deep breathes and tried to eat and drink. He threw up and his heart rate continued to be fast. He couldn’t lift his arms. His eyes kept blacking in and out.

Eventually, his brother got concerned.

“I kept trying to have good spirits and not have anyone worry about me,” Bortscheller said. “He asked me ‘Are you really okay?

Like, I need to know’ and I said ‘No, we have to go right now.’”

When Bortscheller made it to the emergency room at a local hospital in Dubuque, seven nurses surrounded him within one minute. Bortscheller said that’s when he knew something was wrong.

Bortscheller was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), which ended his hockey and playing career for the Cyclones.

ARVC is a rare type of cardiomyopathy that affects the right ventricle when the muscle tissue is replaced by scar tissue.

According to a website titled Genetics Home Reference, it is diagnosed from 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,250 people. With no or mild symptoms, it can be difficult to diagnose and detect.

“I had no idea what it was, in the moment,” Bortscheller said. “I didn’t really process it. It was an emotional moment.

Knowing I couldn’t play hockey and competing with my brothers on the ice, it’s still hard to this day.”

After he was diagnosed that Friday night, he was sent to the University of Iowa hospital in Iowa City, Iowa over the weekend.

He was shocked and immediately thought about how he was going to get better, step-by-step.

“It took all of that week that I was at the hospital to digest it and take it all in,” Bortscheller said.

One of his first calls afterward went to Iowa State hockey head coach Jason Fairman.

“I was in shock at first,” Fairman said.

“It sounds like a cliche, the more I thought about it, the more it hit me. It was hard. I started thinking about Gabe and how his life was changing.”

Hockey has been the sport Bortscheller grew up around, and his two older brothers, Jake and Brett, taught him the game.

He first held a hockey stick at five years old.

He played in high school for a team in the Midwest High School Hockey League and in a handful of games for a juniors team in

BY ADARSH.TAMMA @iowastatedaily.com

IOWA STATE DAILY Then-sophomore Gabe Bortscheller skates down the ice during the Cardinal and Gold team scrimmage on Sept. 15, 2017.

Wisconsin called the Wisconsin Whalers.

Bortscheller was a walk-on for Cyclone Hockey and has been on the D2 squad since his freshman year. He played in the National Championship game a season ago against Minot State.

Fairman said he was going to be the captain of the D2 team this year.

“He’d do anything for his teammates, he played defense, last year he moved up to forward,” Fairman said.

A l l o f t h i s w a s t a k e n a w ay f rom Bortscheller on that fateful Friday.

He said didn’t want to accept his playing career was over. He described himself as very active and wanting to continue living a normal life, so he resented the doctors’ advice post-surgery to relax and take it easy.

“I went back to my normal self as fast as I possibly could,” Bortscheller said. “That’s all I’ve ever known, I didn’t want to just sit there and not do anything. After about a week out, I did normal things again. I felt invincible; nothing could bring me down.

That was my mindset after the surgery.

This diagnosis isn’t going to stop me from living my life.”

It turned into a lesson learned the hard way.

Bortscheller got an infection and is now replacing defibrillators. After a conversation with his parents, he agreed he’d step back from an active lifestyle and take care of his body.

He admitted it wasn’t easy.

“I push the limits to what I should and should not do,” Bortscheller said. “Everyday you’ve got to realize you’re not the same person. Once I got the infection and it was due to my stubbornness, that’s when I took it all in.”

Fairman, who kept Bortscheller’s roster spot, looked at the situation in a context relating to his own life.

“Days later, after I processed it, I started thinking about myself and family — all this can be taken away from you at any time,” Fairman said.

While Bortscheller can’t play hockey, he is still around the game and his teammates.

He serves as a leader who, as teammate Nikita Kozak said, leads by experience.

Kozak said he believes Bortscheller has been a tremendous asset to a young team.

“Gabe has done a phenomenal job,” Kozak said. “The gentlemen feel more comfortable approaching him. One that you can personally connect with helps a lot.”

Fairman agrees.

“I’ve seen that first-hand,” Fairman said.

“If I’m hard on [the team], a lot of the young guys might take that the wrong way and not know there’s a reason for this, especially at the beginning of the year. [Bortscheller] may go in and temper that — he’s doing a great job supporting the message coming from the coaching staff.”

Hockey isn’t in the immediate future for Bortscheller. He is on track to graduate in May of next year with a degree in business management and is hopeful for a job right after graduation. He’s not closing the book on a possible coaching career or being a donor to a team, club or hockey organization.

“It ’s hard to get rid of it so quick; hopefully I’ll still be around hockey,” Bortscheller said. “I’ll always be a supporter of hockey no matter the situation I’m in. If I ever have kids in the future, I’d love to coach them.”

Kozak said he thinks if his long-term friend ever decides to enter into the coaching ranks, he’d be a natural.

“Gabe is very aware and he knows when to say the right things, he knows when to speak up,” Kozak said.

Bortscheller’s view on life has changed since that day nearly four months ago. He said he’s excited for a new chapter in life, one he hopes is a healthy one.

“It really puts things into perspective,” Bortscheller said. “I felt I could do anything as an athlete. That one single day out there riding, enjoying life, the next day you’re in a hospital getting shipped off to Iowa City because you almost died. When you’re in a normal routine and you have perfect health and you’re going to one of the best colleges in the country, everything seems to be right there at your fingertips.

When you are told you’re extremely lucky to be alive, everything comes full circle. I’m so lucky to be here.”

The Iowa State cross country program experienced significant shifts for the first time this season among the nation’s best.

The week four edition of the Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association saw a change for both the men’s and women’s squads in the top-30 list as the postseason-filled November looms over the horizon.

The Cyclone women fell 13 spots to No. 29 in the national rankings after finishing 17th in the overall team standings at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Friday.

Highlighted by an eighth-place finish from junior Cailie Logue, Iowa State only had one other runner finish in the top-50 — senior Abby Caldwell — amassing 160 total points in the 24-team meet.

The Cyclones also lost their No. 1 Midwest Regional ranking for the first time this season, falling to No. 3 behind Big Ten teams Minnesota and Illinois. Coach Amy Rudolph and her team have one more regular season test as they will travel to Madison, Wisconsin, on Oct. 18 to compete in the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational.

The Cyclone men only dropped one place in the national polls, falling to a No. 6 ranking after spending the entire season in the No. 5 spot. The Cyclones’ last result was a thirdplace team finish at the John McNichols Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana, which is also the site of this year’s national championships on Nov. 23.

L ed by senior All-American Edwin Kurgat, who finished first in the individual standings, the rest of Iowa State’s runners also finished in the top-25, collecting 66 points behind Stanford and defending national champs Northern Arizona.

Coach Martin Smith and his squad will finish the regular season in two weeks when the Cyclone men, like the women’s team, will travel to Madison to race in the prestigious Nuttycombe Invitational before they look to defend their No. 1 Midwest Regional ranking in November.

MEN’S RANKINGS: 1. Northern Arizona 2. BYU 3. Colorado 4. Washington 5. Stanford 6. Iowa State WOMEN’S RANKINGS: 1. Arkansas 2. BYU 3. Colorado 29. Iowa State

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STEM women find community Iowa State helps women succeed in male-dominated majors

BY COOPER.PIERCE AND VICTORIA.REYNA-RODRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State’s College of Engineering consists of 1,296 females and 6,592 males, according to the Iowa State Department of Institutional Research. Needless to say, being a woman in the College of Engineering on campus is a relatively unique experience.

Caroline Crisp, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, described her first experience with Iowa State’s engineering program.

“When I came to Iowa State I went on the Iowa State College of Engineering tour,” Crisp said. “It just felt like home.”

When starting as a freshman, Crisp found support from Iowa State as she navigated a male-dominated major. She became involved in Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), a program designed to benefit women pursuing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors.

“They try to plug you into all their different networks where you’ll feel supported […] it’s great to know that you have other people you can use as resources,” Crisp said.

WiSE has a multitude of different programs, including one that establishes learning communities and another that has community outreach activities. According to Iowa State’s learning community website, the learning community initiative “seeks to enhance our undergraduates’ experience by providing all interested students dynamic, focused communities in which students, staff, and faculty can learn and grow together.”

Crisp spoke about some of the people she has come to know through her learning community.

“I met them through my mechanical engineering learning community my freshman year […] they did a really good job of sectioning certain sections where there were a lot of mechanical engineering girls,” Crisp said. “I’m still really good friends with them today.”

Community and support systems are key to finding success for any college student. Haley Primrose, a sophomore in computer engineering, found her community through Electrical Computer Software Engineers as Leaders (ECSEL) at Iowa State. This community

DESIGN BY MARIA ALBERS STEM careers are largely dominated by men, although women make up 47% of the workforce. At Iowa State, where the majority of STEM majors are men, women STEM majors find comfort in Iowa State programs that help them navigate the field and find communities with other women.

helped Primrose as she faced the challenges of being a computer engineering student.

“Just being able to be supported by 18 girls around me just constantly being like, ‘yeah you’ve got this’,” Primrose said about why she likes being in ECSEL. Melanie Fuhrmann, a senior in computer engineering, knew her major was smaller than others. She was one of only 17 women enrolled in computer engineering last fall.

She shared why she thought there was such a small amount of women in engineering.

“I think it’s partially society,” Fuhrmann said. “Just when you see an engineer you automatically think a man, so I don’t think many women see themselves in that kind of position, but it’s a shame.”

Each of these women have found their own ways to navigate through the challenges that come with being an engineer.

“Understand that if you ever feel that you’re alone with a problem or you feel like you’re not good enough for it, know that every other person that’s ever done that major has felt the same way at some point or another and they’ve overcome it, so you can too,” Fuhrmann said.

Crisp shared a similar sentiment.

“I found persisting through it, putting in the work, making sure you understand the material […] is how you’ll really ‘flourish,’” Crisp said.

WiSe is a program women in the science and engineering field at Iowa State can use to flourish. Carly Miller, the undergraduate program coordinator for WiSE, commented

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on the intentions WiSE holds as a program.

She said it’s important to recognize WiSE students have various identities beyond identifying as female, with the identities ranging from privilege to marginalization.

Miller said that it’s important to realize all students experience their STEM environments differently.

“Our students demand different types of support and action from our office to support their retention, sense-making and success in accomplishing their goals,” Miller said. “In order to accomplish our mission, it is imperative for our staff, students and associated faculty to understand their own identities and work toward making STEM fields more inclusive for all.”

WiSE provides a space for people to make sense of their major and career paths. Miller said it is crucial for Iowa State’s campus and corporate partners to be a part of this conversation and the pipeline for students.

“This work includes having conversations about diversity and equity with the corporations that our students find research, internships and job opportunities within, and providing students opportunities to experience corporate cultures in STEM and network

with corporate leaders, especially female leaders,” Miller said.

While WiSE provides a place to discuss plans of diversity and equity, it is also a place to do so much more. Miller says WiSE is a place for students to relax, hang out or study, but it also is a place for students to find tools to succeed.

“We provide academic success and professional development support through a tutoring program, strengths workshop, our academic planner and opportunities to network with female leaders in STEM fields and at the university,” Miller said.

As WiSE looks to the future, it hopes to see more diversity not only in the science and engineering departments at Iowa State, but on a global scale.

“It is our hope that we would then see an increase in the representation of diverse women in STEM fields and in positions of leadership within,” Miller said. “An outcome of our work is also cultural, through dialogues about equity and diversity with campus and corporate partners. We hope to see Iowa State and STEM fields continue to develop welcoming and inclusive cultures for diverse student and employee identities.”

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study abroad programs, including working with wildlife medicine in places like Australia and South Africa.

“That was great because it got me out in the field with non-domestic animals in a safe setting,” Rosenberg said. “I didn’t have to do any of the foot work to plan, so that was great and I know that there were other programs [...] some groups went to Ecuador, some groups that went to Jordan. So there were a lot of different programs [...] that was super important to my career.”

Rosenberg said Iowa State also offered him the opportunity to learn how to do examinations, draw blood and perform certain surgeries — tasks that are crucial to the career path he chose. “ I t wa s a g re a t f o ur yea rs, ” R o s e n b e r g s a i d . “ [ I ’m ] v e r y thankful for the opportunity that I had and feel that I got a very solid foundation of medicine.”

After Iowa State, Rosenberg had various types of jobs, including spending some time in Colorado working with small animal emergencies. Rosenberg also did a three-year zoological residency position in Florida and a one-year fellowship at Walt Disney World.

Now, he works at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, a job he started in July.

At Rosenberg ’s current job position, he participates in the everyday veterinary care for the zoo’s collection and is working with the preventative health program to understand the health of the zoo collection.

The next goal Rosenberg has for himself is to pass the American College of Zoological Medicine exam to advance his career.

Another successful Iowa State alumni is Kelsey Seay, who is from Des Moines and currently resides there. In high school she was heavily involved with theatre, band and choir. Her college career began at Simpson College for theatre.

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Seay said she had a number of friends at Simpson that were from Ames, so they would visit periodically. After a year and a half, Seay transferred to Iowa State and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts.

“I had talked to some friends in the design college up here too, so it was kind of nice to already have a little bit of an idea of what I was getting into,” Seay said. “It just made sense. I love private colleges and things like that, but it made sense with the program up here that was where I should be going.”

Seay said she didn’t do much outside of the design program, as she took all of the core classes in one semester. Seay said it was nice to be around creative people with similar interests, including friends and professors.

Seay said she has had a passion for woodworking and metalworking ever since her childhood. At Iowa

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Daniels Midland has given her skills to also work in grain management.

Rylie Meier, senior in agricultural and life sciences education, also attended Career Day to scout potential jobs following graduation.

Meier worked with Ag Leader Technology for a marketing communications internship and currently works part time for Kent Nutrition Group, an animal nutrition company.

“I’m still looking to pursue a job with Kent [Nutrition Group],” Meier said. “Otherwise, I would like a job in the animal sector of the [agriculture] industry, particularly with an emphasis on communications and marketing or graphic design.”

Meier said her interest in graphic design originated from her internship with Ag Leader Technology.

“I did a lot of graphic design work for [Ag Leader Technology] and before that I had no previous experience, so it really opened my eyes to that form of communication,” Meier said. “I just wanted to keep pursuing that.”

Both Ag Leader Technology and Kent Corp., the parent company of Kent Nutrition Group and Kent Feeds, were represented at Career Day. Meier networked at the fair with fellow student Tristen Johnson, senior in animal science.

Johnson said she is searching for a job with cattle or swine following graduation to add to her experience from working for the Iowa State Swine Teaching farm, where she worked on taking care of pigs, particularly

State, Seay spent a lot of time with professors Joe Munch and Chris Martin. “[ We] had some really great conversations, had some not so great conversations because that’s how it works, especially in creative arts,” Seay said. “But I think that really helped me at being able to take critique and [...] being able to take all of that and digest that and either use that for the same project or maybe you look at that next project a lot differently than you would have had you not had those conversations.”

Seay was able to work on different projects throughout her time at Iowa State. One of these included building parts for a professor’s exhibition, which helped her to learn how exhibitions get set up and witness behind the scenes aspects.

Seay is now the associate director of the Iowa Brewers Guild, the trade organization for the commercial

during gestation.

Jack Henry, sophomore in agricultural business, attended Career Day for his third time and said last year he was able to secure an internship at Key Cooperative as an agronomy sales intern through the Career Day event.

“I’m going to do something different,” Henry said.

“It was a great experience for me last year but I’m going to try and broaden my horizons.”

Henry said he was interested in working in feed or livestock nutrition and noticed companies such as Kent Feeds or Land O’Lakes, Inc. at Career Day as possible opportunities.

Macy Halverson, sophomore in animal science, also attended the career fair for a second time. Halverson said the previous summer she managed to find work near her home at Farmers Union Cooperative in their feed department.

“I was basically their full time secretary,” Halverson said. “I got to generate feed orders, feed bills,[...] ride around with [Nestlé Purina PetCare Company] nutritionists, know more about [Nestlé Purina PetCare Company] products — kind of a little bit of everything with that internship.”

Halverson said she wishes to continue work in animal nutrition or animal pharmaceuticals and was looking at business such as Zoetis Inc. and Trans Ova Genetics LC. Abby McSkimming, junior in food science, said she transferred to Iowa State from Elgin Community College in Illinois last fall and is looking for a summer internship to gain some experience.

brewers in Iowa. Seay and her colleagues work with promotions, event planning, legislative work and more.

Seay is working on the Certified Sommelier Examination, an exam focused on the proficiency of someone’s deductive tasting, wine and beverage theor y and salesmanship skills, according to the Court of Master Sommeliers Americas.

Seay describes herself as an “experience junky,” as she likes to say yes to new opportunities and other new things she can find. Seay said a lot of people in the industry have become a community for Seay and her husband as they have found many friendships with those people.

Kimberly Hurd, a 2014 graduate of accounting, grew up in Des Moines and lives in Ames with her husband, Colin. Hurd is currently an accountant and property manager at Stapedius Investment.

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Hurd said part of the reason she chose to attend Iowa State was because her husband was attending Iowa State. Hurd said she was involved with several activities during her time at Iowa State, including the homecoming committee and entertainment committee.

Hurd ’s c areer choice didn’t begin with numbers. She originally planned to major in kinesiology and switched to elementary education with a math endorsement before making the final switch to accounting.

“A l l t h e t e a c h e r s I h a d i n business [at Iowa State] were very encouraging and wanted you to excel and do your best,” Hurd said.

Right out of college, Hurd had an internship with Northwestern Mutual and then went to a fulltime position. Hurd also worked with Renewable Energy Group, Inc. in Ames, where she worked as an accountant. In June of 2018 Hurd started work with her husband at his company, Smart Ag. Hurd said something she is passionate about is the Kolbe Scott Foundation that her and her husband are the founders of. The foundation supports families who have lost infant children and help children around the world.

The Hurd’s created the fund in memory of their son, Kolbe, who died in-utero due to the condition triploidy, and are now working on a domestic infant adoption through Faithful Adoption Consultants.

Hurd is also passionate about the work she does with her husband’s company.

Hurd said as a couple, she and her husband push each other to do things. She said their faith and the experience of losing their son has been a big part of their lives.

Iowa State aims at keeping a close relationship with its alumni. The university has an Alumni Center, located on 429 Alumni Lane. To find more information about the Alumni Center and other Iowa State alumni, visit the Iowa State University Alumni website.

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mathematics) fields. Melanie Torrie, graduate student in genetics and genomics, spoke about the goals of oSTEM involving building community, promoting visibility, hosting speakers and facilitating offcampus involvement. oSTEM will be hosting an LGBTQIA+ themed movie night from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 16 in Science Hall II, room 233.

Xarius Mickens, a junior in biology, is the founder of Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC). Mickens said the organization is meant to give a stronger voice and a space of inclusion to people of color who identify as LGBTQIA+. There will be a dinner get-together for QTPOC at 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday in Sloss House.

College of Veterinary Medicine Spectrum, an organization for LGBTQIA+ students in the veterinary medicine program, was represented by several sophomores in the vet school, including Allison Culver, Anvita Hanchate and Madison Miller. They said they have a bonfire event coming up soon for the group as a small social event, as well as pumpkin painting and a bake sale in the future. The organization promotes education and speakers who discuss what it’s like to be in the veterinary field and identify as LGBTQIA+.

Several other student organizations were laid out on the tables around the South Ballroom, but their representatives were not able to attend.

Other organizations included Queer Gaynz, a group that focuses on LGBTQIA+ health and wellness; Students for Cultivating Change, an agricultural field group that promotes access to professionalism workshops, networking and other opportunities; No Re-Choir-Ment, an inclusive a capella singing group; and Transcendence, a supportive group for trans, non-conforming and non-binary students at Iowa State.

Information on all of these organizations can be found at the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success at 3224 Memorial Union, along with more resources for students.