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A guide to caucus night BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com Iowans from all four corners of the state will caucus Monday, taking the first steps towards choosing presidential nominees and signaling the beginning of the end of more than a year of primary campaigning. “If we win in Iowa, we go on to New Hampshire with momentum, we go onto Nevada, we go onto every state across the country, and Iowa is going to lead the way,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign. Every Democratic presidential candidate who has won the Iowa caucuses in the 21st century has gone on to win the party’s presidential nomination. Iowa is the first electoral contest in the Democratic presidential nominating calendar, followed by New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, with the ordering of the last two states flipped on the Republican side. The Republican Party in Nevada and South Carolina canceled their caucuses and primaries, respectively, in solidarity with President Donald Trump.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? Any resident of Iowa who is eligible to vote in the 2020 general election on Nov. 3, 2020, and registered with the party of the caucus they wish to participate in is eligible to take part in the caucuses. People must be at their caucus site before 7 p.m. in order to participate.

Student Wellness to encourage positive sexual health on campus BY AVERY.STAKER @iowastatedaily.com

DESIGN BY BROOKLYN WILLIAMS The Iowa caucuses will take place at 7 p.m. Monday across Iowa. Iowa is the first state to caucus in the country.

People who have not yet registered to vote or need to change their party may do so at their designated caucus sites. People can check their voter registration status on the Iowa Secretary of State’s website at https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regtovote/search.aspx.

In Ames, the Oakwood City Church is the only caucus site for Republican caucusgoers. Donald Trump Jr. is scheduled to speak on his father’s behalf at this caucus

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Issues with campus accessibility Few options for deaf and hard of hearing students BY MARAGARET.TROUP @iowastatedaily.com Accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing students around campus may be lacking in multiple ways. Those who identify with the deaf and the hard of hearing community have spoken out about the lack of resources needed to more effectively understand what is going on, both in class and out. Iowa State currently offers American Sign Language (ASL) classes that range from levels 101 to 490. The problem lies in the fact that ASL 101 is a prerequisite for all other ASL classes, meaning that if students are unable to reserve a spot in ASL 101 during fall semesters, they miss out on the chance to learn ASL for the entire year. Since ASL 101 is an introductory class, it is only available to students in the fall. It is one of the most popular classes held at Iowa State, and, as such, it fills up incredibly quickly. This could be a disadvantage to not only the deaf and hard of hearing students that want or need to learn ASL to function, but it can also be an inconvenience for those who happen to have last names at the end of the alphabet or who qualify as a underclassmen, as these

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COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Hearing aids come in a variety of forms, but all are able to help those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Accessibility is lacking for deaf and hard of hearing students.

students do not have as high a priority when it comes to choosing classes. Lexie O’Brien, senior in microbiology, tells of her experience with being hard of hearing on campus. “It took me six months to get my diagnosis, so I didn’t have official paperwork yet,” O’Brien said. “I asked my Spanish teacher if he would wear my microphone, and he said no so many times. I cried in front of the whole

class. It gave me anxiety every time I had to introduce my microphone to a new teacher.” O’Brien and other hard of hearing students commonly wear a “Roger Pen” that is given to them through the student disability office once they have the proper paperwork. This device contains two parts: one microphone that the speaker wears and an earpiece that the listener wears. The microphone then transmits what the speaker is saying into the ear of the listener. There are some solutions that can help both deaf and hard of hearing students understand speakers better, O’Brien said. When speaking, always face towards the person you are addressing. Whether the listener is hearing or hard of hearing, it will be easier to understand what the speaker is saying if they directly face the listener. When speaking, do not cover your mouth with your hands. This makes it more difficult to both hear what the speaker is saying and to lip-read. When speaking, try not to mumble or talk at the same time as another person. Both of these make it exceptionally difficult for deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people to understand what is being said.

Student Wellness is looking out for students and creating positive sexual health messages by placing contraceptives and sexual resources around campus. Students looking for information on sexual health can find everything they need on the Student Wellness website. The site contains information on resources for LGBTQIA+ students, including an article written by the Human Rights Campaign entitled “Safer Sex for Trans Bodies,” safer sex practices, STI testing, healthy relationships and sexual misconduct. Student Wellness highly values viewing sexual health as an interconnected web of various parts and not simply disease prevention and contraception. Student Wellness’ goal is to keep Iowa State students safe and healthy, and no part of the web is less important than the others; programs like the LGBTQIA+ Center for Student Success, Condom Availability and ACCESS share the spotlight in protecting students. The Condom Availability Program stationed condom dispensers in various student hubs around campus. State Gym and Lied Recreation Center each have two dispensers located by their male and female locker rooms. The Memorial Union has dispensers in each of its first floor restrooms and one in its gender-neutral restroom on the second floor. Other contraceptives and safe-sex items, like dental dams (thin sheets of latex that are made for protection during oral sex) and lubricants, can be picked up for free at Thielen or the Student Wellness Center in A37 Friley Hall. The website details ways to receive affordable HIV and STI testing on campus and in the Ames community. The Thielen Student Health Center offers free, confidential testing for students. To schedule an appointment, students can call (515) 294-5801. Thielen can refer students to Planned Parenthood, Informed Choice or Ames Primary Health Care, all of which have affordable, confidential testing, not only for HIV and STIs but for urinary tract infections, bacterial vaginosis and yeast infections as well. For information and resources on sexual misconduct, the website has a tab on ACCESS (Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support). The page has information on how to identify sexual misconduct and how to deal with the aftermath. Students can call ACCESS at (515) 292-0500 to set up an appointment with a trained advocate to discuss options. Everything discussed is completely protected by law, and the advocate cannot disclose any information without the student’s permission. Student Wellness also has resources for students to interact with other students, including Peer Wellness Educators, Cyde Kicks and Student Health Wellness Ambassadors. In these programs, students are trained to engage with other students on improving healthy behavior. For more information, students can call Student Wellness at (515) 294-1099, email at studentwellness.iastate.edu or visit the office in A37 Friley Hall. Students can also follow Student Wellness on all social media @BeWellISU.

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2.4.20 Retirement reception: Kenny Bollenbaugh, Maintenance Shop Break Room, General Services Building at 1 p.m. Kenny Bollenbaugh,

supervisor for plant services (electrical/mechanical maintenance) in facilities planning and management, is retiring Feb. 4. A program will begin at 2 p.m.

Retirement reception: Dale Meyer, Room 205 TASF at 1:30 p.m. Dale Meyer, engineering

technician with Ames Laboratory, is retiring.

Japanese Spring Festivals, Brunnier Art Museum, Scheman Building, Level 2 at 4 p.m. Sarah

Bartlett, Pohlman Fellow, will talk about Japanese Spring Festivals and how they relate to the works of art in the Contemplate Japan exhibition.

Open Mic Night, The M-Shop, Memorial Union at 8 p.m. Open Mic Night gives students

the chance to show off their talents to fellow peers. Many perform as musicians, comedians, and poets. Enjoy a night full of talented Iowa State Students. (Sign Up starts at 7:30 p.m. until all spots are filled)

POLICE BLOTTER 2.1.20

1.30.20 Abra Dawn Curvin, age 24, of 190 1 St. - Gilbert, Iowa, was arrested and charged with contempt of court, non-payment of fines/court cost, at 300 12 Street and Kellogg Avenue (reported at 1:31 p.m.). Abra Dawn Curvin, age 24, of 190 1 St. - Gilbert, Iowa, was arrested and charged with contempt of court, non-payment of fines/court cost, at 300 12 Street and Kellogg Avenue (reported at 1:31 p.m.).

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Maxwell James Moyle, age 27, of 913 W Madison St. - Knoxville, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 600 E 16 Street (reported at 3:12 a.m.).

Jacob Wayne Sargent, age 24, of Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with criminal tresspassing at 640 Lincoln Way (reported at 11:36 p.m.). Jacob Wayne Sargent, age 24, of Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with theft in the first degree, shoplifting, at 640 Lincoln Way (reported at 11:36 p.m.). Brooklin Loree Griffis, age 19, of 4502 Steinbeck St. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with unlawful use of a license at 206 Welch Avenue (reported at 1:46 a.m.).

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Warmer weather Iowa State saw nice weather in the last few days, causing snow across Ames to melt and an increase in outdoor activities.

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Brooklin Loree Griffis, age 19, of 4502 Steinbeck St. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 206 Welch Avenue (reported at 1:46 a.m.).

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The Center’s new hire Cheltzie Miller-Bailey’s influence BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success gained an assistant director just three weeks ago after a year of only having one staff member, but what is her story? Cheltzie Miller-Bailey, the assistant director for the Center f or LGBTQIA+ Student Success, grew up in a part of West Des Moines, Iowa, known as Valley Junction, where she lived in a single-parent household with her mother and three siblings. Miller-Bailey said everything from her childhood has influenced her still to this day. “I would say my childhood impacted where I ended up,” Miller-Bailey said. “We grew up very low income, and because of that, we were assisted by a lot of social services organizations and by a lot of people who dedicated their lives to serving others, essentially. I think knowing that from a really young age definitely influenced the path that my career has gone.” D uring her teen years, Miller-Bailey attended Valley

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Cheltzie Miller-Bailey, the assistant director for the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success, has worked at Iowa State since July 2019 and has been part of the Center since January.

High School where she participated in a lot of extracurricular activities from softball to dance. She said that dance will forever be one of her favorite activities. Miller-Bailey said dancing was a huge part of her childhood. She started to dance around the age of seven, and it took up time five days a week for her until she graduated high

school. “I think being in any type of team environment as a child can really help develop you in different ways,” Miller-Bailey said. “I learned how to support other people; I learned how to let other people support me. That is really crucial in dance, especially when you are doing some really dangerous things like

lifts where you have to physically and literally lean on other people. I think that the way that I learned how people can help other people and impact other people, that grew a lot through the team environments I was a part of as a kid.” Miller-Bailey graduated from Valley High School in the spring of 2011, but that time has still left an impression on her to this day. “I had a really close-knit group of friends in high school, and I think that more than anything else is sticking out about what influenced me from high school,” Miller-Bailey said. “The way that specific and close relationships really matter and how powerful they can be is what I continue to take away the most from my high school experience.” After high school, she had that one trouble many newly-graduated-from-high-school teenagers have: deciding what college or university to go to. “My dream was to go to the University of Oregon to study to be a sports photographer,”

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First Amendment debates University policies affect free speech BY SAGE.SMITH @iowastatedaily.com In the midst of caucus season, there has been ongoing debate about how Iowa State policies affect students’ First Amendment rights. A recent lawsuit filed against Iowa State University by Speech First challenges these policies. The lawsuit challenging the policies, Speech First v. Wintersteen et. al, included: chalking ban, prohibition on student emails related to political campaigns and elections and the Campus Climate Reporting System. Nicole Neily, president and founder of Speech First, a nonprofit membership association, told the Daily on Jan. 2 they filed the case on behalf of some of their student members at the university. Neily said the case challenges the three specific policies they believe infringe upon students’ First Amendment rights. Frank LoMonte, director of Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, is a professor of media law at the University of Florida. LoMonte said public universities are governed by First Amendment standards, and there are lines they can’t cross, so it becomes a line-drawing question of where does the individual student’s autonomy begin and the authority of the university

begin, which isn’t 100 percent clear. There are red flags when reading about the regulations being challenged at Iowa State, LoMonte said. One of those red flags, he said, jumped out at him right off the bat: the chalking ban. “If it is true that the university has a policy saying only registered student organizations can write approved messages on sidewalks with chalk, that seems like it raises First Amendment problems because of the possibility of content based discrimination,” LoMonte said. “The one thing that the court has been very clear about is that public agency, including a big university, can’t get into the business of picking and choosing which messages it likes and doesn’t like.” LoMonte said a total ban on all chalking would probably be easier to defend. It’s when the university starts to get selective where they run into problems with the First Amendment. He said with a total ban, the university could say it’s an expense to clean the sidewalks or another reason that has nothing to do with what the students are writing. The aesthetics are one of the focus points of the new chalking policy, President Wendy Wintersteen and Micheal Norton, university counsel, said. The proposed chalking policy from the fall 2019 semester is now being reviewed and a permanent policy, similar to the University of Iowa’s policy, may be put in place. Wintersteen said as they looked at the fall policy, the excessive chalking occurring across campus took away from Iowa State’s beautiful environment and became kind of visual graffiti.

Norton said factors looked into when considering the policy included the many views Iowa State has on the competing values of free speech and the aesthetic of campus. “I think the goal of the policy is really to respect the beautiful campus that we have here at Iowa State,” Wintersteen said. “[...] For us, it was a question of aesthetics and how we wanted to be viewed and looked at in terms of overall beauty.” The chalking policy was met with backlash from students in the fall, and the permanent policy could see a similar response. “Most of campus is open for chalking, and of course all of campus, all of the public areas are open for expression; it’s just what’s called a time, place and manner restriction on how that expression is done,” Norton said. “So there really is no limitation on freedom of expression in all of these public areas of campus. People can go protest or demonstrate or gather to share ideas or debate, so all of those areas are still open, but what’s not open is just the defacement that occurs through chalking in these certain areas.” Previously, the policy stated only registered student organizations were allowed to chalk on campus. The new proposed policy would open chalking up for everyone, but the policy will still come with restrictions. While not involved with the case, Julie Roosa, adjunct assistant professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, is Iowa State’s First Amendment specialist. Roosa’s position is split between First Amendment outreach and education and

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COURTESY OF IOWA STATE CULINARY SCIENCE CLUB The Culinary Science Club meet every other Tuesday night to discuss food-related world happenings. Members of the club gathered for a ‘friendsgiving’ event.

Culinary Science Club educates community on food science BY JILL.OLSON @iowastatedaily.com The Culinary Science Club discusses food-related world happenings, networks with industry professionals and enjoys a community-style meal every other Tuesday night in the Culinary Innovation Center. They feed their attendees at every meeting with a meal related to the meeting’s theme. Their most recent theme was “Wings and Things” in a nod to Sunday’s football game, where executive team members cooked wings for the club. While the club focuses its meetings on culinary science, they encourage non-majors to join. Sara Siebrecht, senior in culinary food science, heads the club as the president and places great emphasis on their outreach. “This semester, we really want to be outward-facing,” Siebrecht said. “[Something] we’re doing is handing out pamphlets about the major itself because it seems that a lot of people don’t find this major until their second or third year. We want to allow them that opportunity earlier, if possible.” While the largest percentage of their members are within the department, they also have members majoring in forestry, construction engineering, horticulture and others. Culinary science, the club and the major, began in 2009 with an original eight members, and the club grew to its now regular attendance of 30 to 40 members. Erica Beirman, associate teaching professor of food science and human nutrition, is the adviser of the Culinary Science Club. While expanding their club is encouraging, Beirman said she loves seeing her advisees grow. “For our general members, once they get a little involved, they’re hooked,” Beirman said. “I think it’s because they realize that it’s a nice community that everybody enjoys, and food — talking about food and learning about food — is fun.” More than fostering personal connections, the club attempts to incorporate the greater Iowa State community through hosting and volunteering at various events. One of their most popular is Culinary Boot Camp, a twicea-year event intended to educate faculty and students on culinary skills. This four-week experience demonstrates how to make salsas, omelettes, chilis, grilled cheeses and teaches basic knife skills. For students, these skills are critical. The 50 spots available this spring filled within 90 minutes of the mass email being sent to campus, Beirman said. Although outreach is a main theme for the club, they also bring internships and employment recruiters to meetings to develop the students’ network. Beirman said she believes this is one of the most positive aspects of the club. “The best part of the club is watching our students go off and do awesome things and being able to come back and show our current students what they’ve done,” Beirman said. The Culinary Science Club meets from 5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. every other Tuesday in the Culinary Innovation Center in the Food Sciences Building. The club has an Instagram page, where they post about their weekly meetings, events and dishes cooked by their members. “A lot of what we’re doing is educating the public about who we are and what we do,” Siebrecht said. “We want people from outside the major to come in. We want to show you food science.”

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Black women express identity in exhibit BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com February is Black History Month, and Iowa State’s Textiles and Clothing Museum is putting on an exhibition. The exhibition “Collegiate Fashion & Activism: Black Women’s Styles on the College Campus” will be on display from Feb. 3 to April 17 in the Mary Alice Gallery in 1015 Morrill Hall. “In ‘Collegiate Fashion & Activism: Black Women’s Styles on the College Campus,’ we analyze the ways black women college students attending predominately white institutions in Iowa express their black identity, activism and expressions of empowerment through fashion,” according to the Facebook event page. “We focus on the use of black women’s everyday clothing and its connection to black student empowerment on the college campus, both historically and today. We use counter-story telling to create a space for black women’s voices, fashions, and styles.” The exhibition analyzes the ways 21st century black women college students attending predominately white institutions in Iowa express their black identity, activism and expressions of empowerment through fashion. The focus is on black women’s everyday clothing and its connection to black student empowerment on Iowa college campuses. The curators developed the exhibition using a community-participatory approach. Fifteen black women college students who are currently attending predominately white institutions in Iowa were recruited to share stories through an in-depth interview about their fashion and style. These same women loaned garments or

COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF APPAREL, EVENTS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE A Black Lives Matter hand-painted jacket that is part of the “Self-Created Expression” section of the “Collegiate Fashion & Activism: Black Women’s Styles on the College Campus” exhibition.

accessories for display in the exhibition and shared images they felt represented pride in their black identity. Thirteen of these images are featured on the walls of the gallery. “Through 11 themes, the curators explore the ways black women represent themselves through everyday fashions in predominately white spaces within the highly turbulent, current social climate,” according to the Department of Apparel, Events and Hospitality Management website.

The 11 themes include Messages of Strength, 90s Throwback, Matriarch, Self-Created Expression, Pride in Skin Tone, Cause Solidarity, Connection to Roots, Fearless Expression, Yes I Can, Powerful Words and Black Girl Accessories. In “Messages of Strength,” the curators shopped at black-owned businesses and advocated for black people in positions of power. The section “90s Throwback” explores the nostalgic style of popular 1990s television shows

featuring all black casts. “Matriarch” focuses on the strong black woman leader of the black family, in this case, the grandmother. The section “Self-Created Expression” represents designs created by black women that overtly express their black or activist identities. In “Pride in Skin Tone,” the curators represent the ways that black women embrace their darker skin tone when wearing brighter colored garments. “Cause Solidarity” represents black women advocating for various social justice issues, including the Flint water crisis and women’s rights. “Connection to Roots” represents the black woman’s desire for connection to their ancestors in Africa. In “Fearless Expression,” the garments represent the ways black women fearlessly express who they are through dress, despite being in predominately white spaces. “Yes, I Can” explores the experiences of a black woman in not only a predominantly white space but a predominantly male space as an engineering student. The section “Powerful Words” represents the use of slogan T-shirts to share messages of the rejection of social injustices. “Black Girl Accessories” highlights different types of accessories that overtly express black identity. Besides the overall exhibition, there is also an official opening reception of the exhibit from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 in 2019 Morrill Hall. The exhibition was curated by Dyese Matthews, graduate student in the apparel, merchandising and design program and Kelly Reddy-Best, assistant professor in the apparel, merchandising and design program.

Warren hosts rally at Iowa State Candidate encourages caucus turnout BY QUINN.VANDENBERG @iowastatedaily.com In one of her final events before the Iowa caucuses Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren hosted a “Get Out the Caucus Rally” in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on Sunday. The chairs set up in the Great Hall were nearly full. There were hundreds of attendees; around half were standing to hear and see Warren speak. Warren supporters displayed round, light-blue stickers stating they intend to caucus for Warren. A large sign adjacent to the stage displayed the phrase “ THE BEST PRESIDENT MONEY CAN’T BUY,” highlighting how Warren’s campaign does not seek large contributions from wealthy individuals. Warren took the stage in the Great Hall just before 3 p.m. The crowd erupted into applause, and many of the seated attendees took to their feet. Warren opened her speech by introducing several family members attending the event and sharing her personal history. Warren said she worked as a special education teacher before attending law school. With the Iowa caucuses taking place the day after the rally, Warren called on Iowans to canvass and participate in the process. During a question and answer session, one person asked Warren how to respond to the impeachment proceedings.

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“The president’s political party would lock arms and say the trial in America, as required by the constitution, does not really mean fair trial,” Warren said. Warren said the trial in the Senate lacked a presentation of evidence, documents and witnesses, even as more documents and witnesses became available. When asked of her plan to help educated Americans find jobs, Warren shared her plan for the American economy. “Trickle-down economics has failed America monumentally, and it’s time to own up to it,” Warren said. “Trickledown economics has been basically about 40 years now of saying, ‘help the rich and powerful, get richer and more powerful.’”

Warren said until 1980, corporations not only worked to benefit their shareholders but also their employees, their communities and their customers. “That’s what’s taking the legs out from underneath our economy,” Warren said. “We need a different approach to our economy.“ James Black, a professor at Mercer University in Macomb, Georgia, said he attended the event to be involved in the political process and to learn who the best candidate is. “One of the biggest issues I’m concerned about is China and how for years they have been buying soybeans from Iowa farmers, and this year, the Iowa farmers have been put in grave financial danger because of the politics of a trade war,” Black said. Black said he wants to see what the candidates are planning to do to help Iowa farmers. Jenny Flint, a central Iowa community member, is a supporter of Elizabeth Warren. She said she likes how Warren works to support the middle class. “[Warren’s] wealth tax is something that we’re big fans of,” Flint said. Trevor Daniel Lyons, graduate student in materials science and engineering, stood at the event with several other students. He said he is a Warren supporter due to her stance on ending government corruption. “For me, the difference between her and other candidates is more how she talks about issues,” Lyons said. “She really starts from attacking assumptions that normal politicians may kind of breeze over, [...] and that comes through in her work.” Lyons said Warren’s work following the 2008 financial crisis and her role in the development of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shows Warren can deliver on her promise to fight corruption. “[Warren] knows right away what needs to be done and how to do it very quickly,” Lyons said.

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CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Jane Cranston believes the biggest issue is the climate crisis. She argues that Warren is the best candidate to tackle the issue.

Elizabeth Warren is the best choice to fight the climate crisis CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Our Revolution - Story County has endorsed two candidates for the caucus: Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Warren and Sanders are the most electable Our Revolution in Story County endorses the two senators BY JAN FLORA floraj@iastate.edu The complicity of most Senate Republicans with the White House in withholding evidence and witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Trump highlights the need to defeat Trump in November. For this and other reasons, Our Revolution – Story County has taken the unusual step of

endorsing TWO candidates in the Iowa caucuses. We believe that the two most progressive candidates — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — are best prepared to defeat Trump. Furthermore, at some point it is likely that they will have to combine forces to assure the nomination of a progressive candidate to oppose President Trump. (A ticket of Sanders and Warren — in either order — would be awesome!) Why are these two candidates most electable, especially if they combine forces? They excite young people, working class and poor people and especially with Elizabeth Warren, women; and more in Bernie Sanders’ case, Latinos, union members and future former Trump voters. We also believe that both will do well among

African American voters. The excitement generated by these two candidates is due to their policies. They are the only leading candidates in the Democratic field focused on reducing inequality in this country (an absolute necessity if democracy is to survive) and who understand that a Green New Deal must be pursued as intensely as the original New Deal if we are to significantly ameliorate the effects of global warming. F inally, they are the only candidates who have the fortitude to sharply reduce the war budget, which is important in part because the military-industrial complex robs major funds needed to pursue greater equality and to finance the Green New Deal, student debt reduction/elimination and Medicare for All.

BY JANE CRANSTON jane-cranston@uiowa.edu There is one issue facing our country that trumps all others, and that is the climate crisis. What is more dire than the destruction of the planet? We must ask ourselves: which candidate can best deal with the climate crisis? People are so used to dealing with climate science deniers that they think anyone who accepts the reality of the climate crisis will be sufficient to solve the problem. That is not true. The person that we elect must have a plan they can implement quickly, and they must be able to marshal enough support to pass the needed legislation. Elizabeth Warren is the country’s best hope to solve the climate crisis. An independent environmental group rated all the candidates. Warren, Steyer, and Sanders were the only ones to receiving an ‘A’ rating. In all likelihood, Steyer will drop out, and Bernie has a long track record of not getting things done. In addition, Bernie’s plan (although full of lofty goals) costs $16 trillion, whereas Elizabeth’s plan costs two trillion (paid for by receding recent tax cuts), and Elizabeth has a long history of getting things done. She has a concrete plan for dealing with climate issues that was endorsed by the environmental candidate Jay Inslee. Ending the climate crisis is not just a matter of understanding that climate change is real but also having a practical and detailed plan that can be quickly implemented and win enough support. Read for yourself and then vote for Elizabeth Warren. The world depends on it.

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Pucks, paws and penalties Cyclone Hockey falls 3-2 to the Bronchos BY JAMES.POWELL @iowastatedaily.com As if there wasn’t enough pressure to perform after Friday night’s energetic yet lackluster 5-0 loss for Iowa State, Saturday’s action featured a maximum capacity crowd that included a lot of furry friends to cheer on the Cyclones. On “Pucks and Paws” night, two-legged and four-legged creatures alike enjoyed a dandy of a game between the Cyclones of Iowa State and the Bronchos of Central Oklahoma. It ended in a 3-2 Bronchos win and sweep of the No. 24 ranked Cyclones, but Saturday’s action was much more competitive than Friday. It started very evenly; both teams produced their fair share of chances. They also split two penalties apiece, most of them happening with around six minutes left, but a four-on-four and a three-on-four in favor of the Bronchos resulted in a 0-0 draw after one. Both teams were able to settle in, and the first period was a much more spirited one compared to Friday’s, when Central Oklahoma scored very early. David Rutkowski and Blake Ramsey created a couple of very good chances for Iowa State in the period. “The game was similar in some respects… from a territorial standpoint,” said Head Coach Jason Fairman when asked how the two periods compared. The second period was largely dominated by Central Oklahoma, scoring two goals about three minutes apart in the early stages of the middle

COLLIN MAGUIRE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Sophomore Brooks Mitzel chases down a puck in the offensive zone.

frame. The first came on a seemingly fluke play out in front of the Cyclone net, and the second was a beautiful shot by Alex Durbeniuk that went 5-hole on Nikita Kozak. It’s worth mentioning that Kozak played considerably better in Saturday’s game, keeping his team in it. With just over a minute remaining, the Cyclones got a power play opportunity off a boarding penalty on the Bronchos. Stuart Pearson set up Ray Zimmerman for a shot right out front, and for the first time all weekend, the Cyclones got a puck past the Bronchos goaltender. A much more advantageous position is 2-1 rather than 2-0, and the Cyclones had momentum going into the second intermission. “It’s huge, going to the locker room when you have a goal…you come back out, and it’s definitely in reach then,” said freshman forward Matty Moran about the goal in the waning moments. The Cyclones knew they had to eliminate the

penalties and sloppy play in order to get all the way back, but their journey was set back when Central Oklahoma set up a fairly open shot that led to a 3-1 lead six-and-half minutes in. Some time went by with a penalty on the Bronchos squeezed in. And it was Moran who got a nice pass from Brooks Mitzel, and the Cyclones had life at 3-2 halfway through the third. Moran credited his teammates for setting him up with the scoring opportunity. “My linemates were working their butt off; they got some room for me,” Moran said. The third period was highly physical compared to the first two, as the energy was ramping up and the crowd was getting into it more. That physicality reached its peak when Rutkowski and Jared Guffey of Central Oklahoma went to the box after some foul play in front of the Cyclone net after a save by Kozak. A four-on-four is not where the Cyclones wanted to be, but a tripping penalty on Pearson

for Iowa State was the biggest setback of them all. That gave the Bronchos a man advantage all the way until about a minute-and-a-half remaining, when they themselves got a tripping penalty. Fairman saw the opportunity and went 6-on-4 for the remainder of the game, setting up chance after chance that, ultimately, the Cyclones couldn’t capitalize on. The total amount of penalties was seven for each team throughout the game, but it was the ones that were late that really hurt the Cyclones’ chances. “We got to be disciplined, and we kind of got sucked into [the physicality] a little bit; we picked up more penalties than we usually do,” Fairman said when asked if the physical third period helped or hindered the team. Iowa State came into the evening with the least penalty minutes in the ACHA (192), but they surely did not leave the arena in that standing. On the flip side, Central Oklahoma is somewhere near the top five, with 582 minutes in the box. It was in the Bronchos favor to get Iowa State to get lost in the physicality, as Iowa State statistically is least experienced on the penalty kill. The timing of the infractions, however, is really what was the death of the Cyclones and the reason Central Oklahoma came out of Ames with a sweep. Iowa State outshot their opponent 38-31 for a weekend total of 78-56 for the weekend. It’s evident by the shot totals alone that the Cyclones offensive opportunities were not the problem. Ranked No. 24 in the ACHA rankings most likely means Iowa State would be on the outside looking into the ACHA playoffs, but the Cyclones had a chance to pick up wins against teams higher in the rankings than them. The Cyclones’ schedule lightens up next weekend when they travel to Illinois to take on a 9-13 Robert Morris team, and then it’s ranked opponents for the rest of the season. Iowa State will have two of those series at home (Ohio and Oklahoma).

Longhorns earn win despite Cyclone offensive success BY MATT.BELINSON @iowastatedaily.com Everything seemed to be clicking for Iowa State for much of its matchup against the Texas Longhorns on Saturday, holding a 31-30 lead at the break and then extending its lead to as much as eight points in the second half. The Cyclones kept scoring, surprisingly, from three-point range, and were about to set themselves up with a bounce-back win after falling to No. 1 Baylor at home on Jan. 29. But the Longhorns never seemed to go away, and the Cyclones could never string together possessions to put them away, losing their third straight game. The Longhorns’ 72-68 victory showed once again that the Cyclones have issues when it comes to overcoming runs, even on days like Saturday when offense was never really an issue.

TRE JACKSON’S FIRST CAREER START Steve Prohm changed up his starting lineup in a major way on Saturday, replacing Prentiss Nixon, who had started every single game for the Cyclones this season, with freshman Tre Jackson. It would be Jackson’s first career start as a Cyclone, and he took advantage of Iowa State’s pressing need of outside shooting.

Nixon’s demotion to the bench may have come as a result of his struggles shooting from deep. The Colorado State transfer came into Saturday’s game against the Longhorns shooting 3-27 from three in Big 12 play. Nixon’s lack of three-point shooting was more than made up for with Jackson getting the start on Saturday. Jackson hit the first three for the Cyclones and shot 2-2 from deep in the first half. Jackson ended his day 3-5 from the floor and 3-3 from three-point range, finishing with nine points. Jackson played a season-high 40 minutes, with Tyrese Haliburton being the only other Cyclone to play the whole game. While Jackson lit it up from distance, his first career start had some crucial mistakes that cost the Cyclones down the stretch. After giving away a five point lead with less than four minutes left, Iowa State needed to just hold on to escape Austin, Texas, with a win. Jackson played a big role in why the Cyclones were unable to maintain its five point with his costly fouls and turnovers. Two fouls were called on Jackson within a span of 12 seconds; the second foul gave Texas two free throws to give the Longhorns a five point lead with 17 seconds left. The offensive foul would be his fifth foul of the game, causing him to foul out.

GARRETT HEYD/ IOWA STATE DAILY Freshman guard Tre Jackson surveys the floor against No.1 Baylor on Jan. 29.

Jackson fouled out with 17 seconds left, with three turnovers in his first career start.

THREE-POINT TURNAROUND There is no area in the win-loss column for moral victories in college basketball, but in the case of how Iowa State shot from three against Texas, you could make a case that there should be. Iowa State shot 7-12 from beyond the arc, good for a 58 percent clip, with Jackson knocking down all three of his attempts,Tyrese Haliburton hitting both of his two attempts, along with a make from Nixon and a last-second heave from Solomon Young when game was put away with one second left.

The 58 percent is something that can’t be ignored, especially with how bad Iowa State has shot from three this season. The Cyclones had only reached a 40 percent or better three point shooting percentage three times before Saturday’s explosion. The only other game where Iowa State hit at least 50 percent of its threes was against Alabama, when it shot 15-29 for a 51.7 clip on Nov. 28. In Big 12 play, three-point shots have not been falling, with the highest shooting percentage from three the Cyclones had walking into Saturday was its 45.8 percent against Oklahoma State on Jan. 21.

UNABLE TO SURVIVE RUNS One of Prohm’s biggest points of emphasis for his team, win or lose, has been a lack of composure and execution during either brief or extended runs by Iowa State’s opponents. Even when Iowa State took down Oklahoma State on Jan. 21., the Cyclones did not make it comfortable for themselves in the final three minutes. After holding as much as a 17 point lead in the second half, the Cowboys continued to go on mini runs to stay within five with less than a minute left, something that Prohm said was an issue that would need to be fixed after the win. Safe to say, the problem has continued to haunt the Cyclones. Against No. 1 Baylor on Jan. 29, Prohm would receive a technical foul after arguing an offensive foul on Solomon Young, giving Baylor two free throws and the ball. After the technical foul, Baylor would then go on a 17-2 run over seven minutes, completely taking the Cyclones out of the contest. Once again, a run would be too much for the Cyclones to handle against the Longhorns, even with being up by five with 3:27 left. Texas would go on 14-5 run from the 3:27 mark on, with Iowa State going 2-6 from the floor while the Longhorns shot 3-3 from the floor and 4-4 from the foul line.

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The fate of BoJack Horseman and his friends is revealed in the final episodes of “BoJack Horseman.”

‘BoJack Horseman’ finale delivers Final season brings running jokes and old characters BY MARGARET.TROUP @iowastatedaily.com The second half of the final season of “BoJack Horseman” was released to Netflix on Friday. This review does not contain any spoilers for the new season. “BoJack Horseman” was created by Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg back in 2014. The series follows Bojack, a washed-up actor who has passed his prime, as he navigates the fictional “Hollywoo” and deals with both his past and present traumas. The second half of the final season begins on episode

nine, differing from the first half with a non-linear storyline for the first three of the new episodes. In this first episode, we see BoJack as he manages his new job, the episode spanning over the course of about five months. The second episode shows those same five months but from the perspective of the supporting characters Todd, Princess Caroline, Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter. This nonlinear method of storytelling made for an incredibly interesting watching experience. Figuring out how certain events coincide with each other through seeing different perspectives adds both charm and intrigue. After the first three episodes, the storylines are told in linear fashion again. Fans may be glad to know that there are a lot of returning characters in this season — as BoJack’s past sins come back to haunt him, so do the people he has hurt. While the final season overall contains much more serious tones than its preceding seasons, there were

still plenty of humorous moments. “BoJack Horseman” has many running jokes that include subtle background cues, prolonged alliteration and other sightgags. There are many scenes throughout the series that should be paused in order to fully enjoy everything the writers have hidden. The best episode of the season was the penultimate episode, “The View from Halfway Down.” This episode brings back dead characters as BoJack has a confusing and trippy dinner with them. This episode has the most philosophical quips that audiences have come to expect from “BoJack Horseman.” Fans have been speculating on how everything would wrap up for BoJack and his friends in the final episodes of “BoJack Horseman.” Many theorized BoJack would commit suicide, relapse with his drug and alcohol addictions or just disappear by running away from Hollywoo and all of his problems. All that can be said about the finale is that it satisfies in a way that only “BoJack Horseman” can.

KAINA performs soulful, personal set at the M-Shop BY NYAMAL.GATLUAK @iowastatedaily.com “Everyone feeling alive?” said KAINA during her performance Saturday night at the M-Shop. The first generation Latina artist performed with her band, consisting of three Chicago-based musicians: Sen Morimoto on keyboard and saxophone, Ryan the Person on drums and DeJon Cockran on bass. Performing a variety of songs from her latest album “Next To The Sun,” KAINA kicked the show off with several upbeat singles, like “So Small / So Vast.” From the moment she got on stage, KAINA got personal by sharing her college experience. “ Thank you for being here. I know that school is tough,” KAINA said. “Sometimes insensitive to your mental health or your well-being because you just gotta get through it, and I ’m proud of you for being in school, if that works for you. I dropped out, but it’s just because it wasn’t

for me, so if you’re in school and you’re powering through it, I’m proud of you. I’m glad you’re here. I hope that in tonight’s set, you find a little freedom from your studies.” The crowd swayed along as KAINA taught them the chorus to the clear crowd favorite, “Honey.” The c atchiness of the chor us allowed the audience to catch on and join in on the singing. Sen Morimoto also performed his songs “Butterflies” and his collaboration with KAINA, “Could Be a Curse.” The song “Could be A Curse” was co-written by the two artists and reflected on a bad day they were both having. The trilingual track consisting of English, Spanish and Japanese set a tranquil mood contrasting with the quick tempo of “Butterflies.” Vulnerability and authenticity were KAINA’s strong suits in terms of gauging the crowd. As the night came to an end, she spoke about her identity and her feelings about the upcoming Iowa

caucuses. She is met with affirmation and applause after saying, “ Most impor tantl y, whate ver, whoever you believe in, I hope you go out there, you vote, tell your friends and family to vote. A lot of this stuff directly affects all of us 100 percent all the time, so with that being said — I am a first [generation] Latina. I have parents who came here, didn’t have much, and thanks to them, I get to be here and sing for you. I made this my career.” The Latin inspired track “Green” provided a perfect closer to her set. KAINA encouraged the audience to shake their hips and dance along to the kind of music she grew up dancing to: salsa. “Green is about trusting yourself as much as you trust systems, what you know,” KAINA said. “We tend to not trust how people move or systems or governments, and we tend to question our own feelings and our intuition at times. So Green is about trusting yourself and what you know because that’s always best.”

SCREENSHOT FROM YOUTUBE KAINA in her music video for her song “Green.” KAINA performed Saturday night at the M-Shop in the Memorial Union.

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Miller-Bailey said. “I remember reading ESPN or something, and there was this picture of a baseball player sliding into home base, and the catcher was right there with the ball; and it was a near-miss situation. I just remember being enthralled by that photo, and that is what I wanted to do.” Miller-Bailey had applied to the University of Oregon and was actually committed to going there until June of 2011 when she and her mother took a road trip to Oregon to visit the college, and she realized just how far away from home Oregon was. She then decided to pick her second choice of college, the University of South Dakota, which was a lot closer to home than Oregon. Miller-Bailey said she wanted to go to the University of South Dakota due to its reputation as a good business college. When she entered in the fall of 2011, she started out as a double major in marketing and kinesiology, but that did not last long before she switched to advertising and public relations as her single major. Miller-Bailey said one of her most important decisions she has ever made was joining a sorority at the University of South Dakota. Other activities she was part of at the University of South Dakota included being a student ambassador and Dance Marathon morale captain. In 2013, Miller-Bailey transferred to the University of Northern Iowa

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(UNI), where she said a program drew her in. Another large reason she decided to move to UNI when she decided to transfer was that her sorority also had a chapter on that campus. When she moved to UNI, she switched her major to “leisure, youth and human services” with a certificate in “nonprofit and youth administration” and “tourism and hospitality.” After transferring to a new university, Miller-Bailey was an upperclassman and said she felt like she should step up more in her extracurricular activities. The last big thing that happened before graduation for Miller-Bailey was getting an internship her senior year at McElroy Trust, a trust fund for educational programs in Iowa, in Waterloo, Iowa. She said this internship was super important to her because not only did she need the internship to graduate, but it was also one of the first times she had seen all of her years of education come to fruition. “It was a 40-hour-a-week, full-time professional internship,” Miller-Bailey said. “I had a really great supervisor who was a very well established and well-known professional in the Cedar Valley, and I learned so much from her that year that I still carry to this day.” In the spring of 2015, Miller-Bailey graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from UNI. She said that after graduation, she had been looking into this one job that she really wanted, but due to not getting the job, she decided to go back to UNI for graduate school in the fall of 2015. This time around, she decided to major in post-secondary education:

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site, according to a press release. A full list of Republican caucus sites across Iowa by precinct and a link to find which precinct people are registered to vote in is available on the Republican Party of Iowa’s website at https:// www.iowagop.org/2020-caucus-locations/. On the Democratic side, there are 20 caucus sites in Ames and 43 total across Story County. A full list of caucus sites is listed on the Story County auditor’s website at http://www.storycountyiowa.gov/1069/Caucus-Locations-2320. Democratic caucusgoers can find their precinct caucus site at https://iwillvote.com.

HOW DO THE CAUCUSES WORK? On the Democratic side, the caucuses are more complex than simply voting. People vote with their bodies, moving to a certain area of a room in an area with other supporters of their favored candidate. The number of votes a candidate receives factors into the number of delegates that candidate receives, with candidates needing to hit a 15 percent threshold in order to receive county delegates and state delegate equivalents. If a Democratic caucusgoer’s favored candidate receives more than 15 percent support at a caucus LAWSUIT

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teaching courses including mass communication law and a First Amendment seminar. The First Amendment is critical when it comes to conversations about politics, Roosa said, as it gives people a chance to share and debate ideas. The lawsuit filed by Speech First brought up the fact these policies have been enforced so close to caucus time for Iowa. “With the caucuses coming up, we want to be careful not to close off any of those avenues to receive information, on the one hand,” Roosa said. “On the other hand, there are competing interests that bump up against the First Amendment, so it’s not so simple as to say

student affairs due to being influenced by professionals in her life. She said that it was at this time that she was fully out in the LGBTQIA+ community, and most people in her life knew. Miller-Bailey said this was an important part to her because identity is an important part of student affairs. As most people will say, graduate school had an influence on MillerBailey and most of what she has done in her life. “Graduate school was so impactful for me,” Miller-Bailey said. “The two things coming to mind as influences are two-fold. One is the necessity of acknowledging intersecting identities, you just explore that so deeply in higher ed graduate programs. In doing that, I learned so much about myself and my identities significantly more. The other thing that I take away is how dedicated, genuine, compassionate professionals can change a person’s life. I just have these images of these people in grad school that gave more to me than they ever needed to.” After graduating in spring 2017, Miller-Bailey moved to Denton, Texas, right away for a job. She said this was her first professional role outside of college, and it was at the University of North Texas (UNT). She was the coordinator for campus-wide events for the Student Activities Center there. In that role, she was in charge of planning campus-wide events throughout the year. This included five main events yearly, with some involving over 10,000 people.

The biggest and most important event Miller-Bailey oversaw was Homecoming Week. She worked on planning this week of events with a team of 12 to 15 volunteer students. “Homecoming at UNT is really really large and is very impactful; students are really involved and alumni come back for it,” Miller-Bailey said. “When they say everything is bigger in Texas, they mean it.” Miller-Bailey said some of her proudest moments come from planning Homecoming Week. “[The students and I] did some really impactful things together,” Miller-Bailey said. “I did not make change; WE made change. Student voice was such an important part of systemic changes that happened while I was at UNT.” Miller-Bailey and her team worked together to establish the first gender-inclusive homecoming royalty process. Her team also reestablished relationships with students of color, where before, the program had alienated that community from being involved. Then in July of 2019, after working two years at UNT, Miller-Bailey decided to move back to Iowa. She said her career focus had changed, and she wanted to be closer to home as she was figuring things out. “Because of some of the things I did and how involved advocacy was in my role, my career focus shifted in that time frame,” Miller-Bailey said. “I still loved events and campus programs, and I understand and believe in their impact, but I also believed so

strongly in advocacy-based work, and I was able to recognize how underserved marginalized groups were, even on campuses where they should have a voice. That lit a fire under me that I wanted to pursue.” She said she knew she wanted to work at a large public institution, but it also had to be near Des Moines, so Iowa State fit all of her requirements. And due to her knowing many professionals at Iowa State, she fit even better. Miller-Bailey started with the Lectures Program at Iowa State in June 2019 where she was the events and technology manager, which means she coordinated events and speakers. She said it was a good introduction to Iowa State, and she got to meet a lot of different groups across campus. One of the first individuals to reach out and welcome Miller-Bailey to Iowa State was Brad Freihoefer, director for the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success. She said this small kindness made her feel a sense of the community at Iowa State. “When this role opened up, it just felt like, ‘Oh, this is it, this is what I came back for, this is why I came to Iowa State; this is a job that fits what I want to be doing in the place I want to be doing it,’” Miller-Bailey said. “I took a leap of faith, and I don’t know, I got lucky that I landed here.” Miller-Bailey has been in her position for three weeks now, but she has goals she is hoping to accomplish. These include designing programs and initiatives for the Center and getting students involved.

among likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers. Polls all come with a margin of error, though. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s lead of four percent in the RealClearPolitics polling average over Sanders on the eve of the 2016 caucuses translated to the narrowest of wins on caucus night. She defeated Sanders by 0.2 percent, with the result not called until the following day.

WHO IS IN THE RUNNING? It could be a very close result in the Democratic caucuses. On the Republican side, polls show a less close race. The president leads his Republican rivals by as much as 86 percent in recent polling of likely Republican primary voters nationwide. He faces two rivals: former Gov. Bill Weld and former Rep. Joe Walsh.

Speaking in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Sanders, one of the top contenders in polling of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers, said he believes if turnout is high, then he will win; if it is low, he will lose. Democratic Iowa caucus polls have been close. The release of the highly anticipated “Iowa Poll” conducted by Selzer & Company for the Des Moines Register and CNN was canceled due to a potential “issue with the way the survey was administered, which could have compromised the results of the poll,” according to a column by Carol Hunter, the Register’s executive editor. Though the Iowa Poll’s publication was canceled, there are plenty of other surveys that have been conducted providing an idea of where candidates stand. Sanders leads former Vice President Joe Biden by 23.8 percent to 20.2 percent in the RealClearPolitics polling average of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers as of Saturday. Trailing in third place is former Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 15.6 percent, followed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren with 14.6 percent, Sen. Amy Klobuchar with 9.6 percent, businessman Andrew Yang with 3.8 percent and businessman Tom Steyer with 3.6 percent support. All other candidates, including Rep.Tulsi Gabbard, former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Sen. Michael Bennet and former Gov. Deval Patrick, have fewer than 2 percent support

anything goes. There are some aspects of speech that aren’t protected by the First Amendment.” Roosa said she would encourage people to look at the wording of the policies and look at them against the 45 words of the First Amendment and how they’ve been interpreted to see where the policies fit. “I would just say any policy that impacts expression has to be handled carefully, and from my perspective, censorship is always dangerous, but you’ll get other perspectives too,” Roosa said. “I would also point people to our First Amendment Days and getting involved in exercising those freedoms because they can be really easy to take for granted and when we take our freedoms for granted, they can be easily abused or we might even lose them.”

Roosa said she thinks the First Amendment Days show the commitment the university has to the importance of free expression and provides a place to talk about the very issues of the policies. “People may have a very time sensitive need to want to be heard, and if you string them out long enough, then the speech loses its purpose,” LoMonte said. “The courts have been very clear that political speech gets extra-strength protection, and one of the reasons is because its almost always time sensitive.” In regards to the email policy, Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources, there have also been revisions made. “The policy is being changed to reflect what really has been true about the policy all along, which is that student emails, student political

emails, have never been restricted in any way,” Norton said. “So that policy is being refined a little bit as well, and you’ll see that on the policy website also.” Norton said he wants to make sure students know they’re free to use the email system to advance the political process, speak their beliefs about political issues and support political candidates. At this time, Norton said they don’t have the ability to comment on the Speech First v. Wintersteen et. al case pending litigation. “We don’t really have the ability to comment on pending litigation, but President Wintersteen’s statement is a brief statement about those issues, and all of it is still applicable today,” Norton said.

site, their support is locked in, and they must sign what the party is calling a “presidential preference card” with the name of their candidate on it, and they can leave the caucus site. If their candidate has fewer than 15 percent support, they will note the name of their first preference candidate on the card, and they must either join a candidate who had passed that threshold or try to convince other caucusgoers whose candidates were also non-viable to join their own group to reach 15 percent support. They will then note their final preference on the card, sign them and turn them in. The Republican caucuses are closer to a traditional election, with the party conducting a “straw poll” and simply counting the number of votes each candidate receives. Delegates are awarded proportionally based on the number of votes a candidate receives.

WHEN WILL THE WINNER BE KNOWN? It depends on how close the margin is between the top candidates. As was the case with Sanders and Clinton in 2016, it could be that the top candidates trade a lead of the state delegates awarded at each caucus site all night, and the final result may not be known until the next day or even later. Then-Sen. Barack Obama was declared the winner of the 2008 Iowa caucuses before 8:30 p.m. in his nearly 8 percent win over second-place finisher John Edwards. Though the Iowa Democratic Party will release preference totals for each round of the caucuses, in effect a popular vote total, the Daily will declare a winner in Iowa based on the number of state delegate equivalents each candidate wins, though all vote totals will be reported. This follows the lead of the Associated Press and the New York Times in declaring a victor.