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Cheers to Oktoberfest

Ames celebrates with drinks, fun

BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com The 2019 Ames Oktoberfest featured music, a variety of beers and wines, the Iowa State vs. West Virginia football game and several yard games for entertainment.

Oktoberfests are held across the world to celebrate German culture — including its music, food and beverages.

The first 1,000 people who entered the venue for the eighth annual Ames Oktoberfest, held in the parking lot of Main Street Station, received a free beer mug.

Iowa Brewing Company’s “Bohemian Rapids” beer was skillfully poured by one of the individuals running the taps at Oktoberfest. The pilsner was slightly bitter, and had more of a hops-taste than expected, though it was certainly a drink to have a second of for hops-lovers.

Okoboji Wines’ Becker Petit Rose was

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CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Adult attendees of Oktoberfest could be seen holding different types of beer at all times during the event.

Disability Awareness Week to bring attention to community Events to show support, educate on disabilities

BY MADISON.MASON @iowastatedaily.com According to CBS News, 15 percent of the world’s population, roughly 785 million people, have a physical or mental disability. During Disability Awareness Week, Iowa State is taking the initiative to educate people and support those with disabilities.

Morgan Tweed, the president for the Alliance for Disability Awareness (ADA), explained why this week of awareness is so important and why people should be educated about these topics.

Tw e e d s a i d A DA i s a s t u dent-run organization that dedicates their time and effort to raising awareness for those with disabilities and to supporting student and staff members with disabilities.

This student organization has meetings ever y two weeks Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Services Building lobby.

ADA also holds events such as the ones during Disability Awareness Week.

When asked why this week is so important, Tweed said within

IOWA STATE DAILY A student begins to walk using a cane and mask to eliminate her vision at the Step Into My World event during Disability Awareness Week in 2016.

a busy college student schedule, special events can help make a difference.

“Life on campus is busy and hectic,” Tweed said. “Special events that are different from the norm tend to catch people’s attention and make awareness easier to spread.”

Disability Awareness Week is an opportunity to increase education about disabilities.

Tweed said disability is not

s om e t h i n g p e o p l e w h o a re n’t aff ected by disability think about often, but it affects one of the largest minorities in our country.

He said people should be aware of disabilities because most of the world is not yet accommodating for most disabilities.

“Even [the] ISU campus, which admittedly is not bad, still has a very long way to go to be

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SYDNEY NOVAK/ IOWA STATE DAILY Nicholas Ryan, freshman in open option, went to various activities with his family during Family Weekend. Ryan’s parents said they were most excited to learn more about a typical day for him at Iowa State.

Family Weekend offers new activities as attendance increases

BY SYDNEY.NOVAK @iowastatedaily.com Family Weekend is a tradition many Cyclones look forward to here at Iowa State. This year families were welcomed to spend three days on campus learning about the university, seeing the campus and of course spending time with their families.

“We probably will come back next year, unless he’s disowned us by then,” said the family of Edward Wilson, sophomore in computer science.

The Wilson family drove from Coralville, Iowa, to visit Edward Wilson at their first Family Weekend together.

Family Weekend events began late Friday with entertainment including family bingo, mentalist and mind reader performances and a Sunday brunch to wrap it up. This weekend was full of opportunities to enjoy organized events together on and off campus as well.

For this extravagant weekend to take place, a lot of planning and organization was necessary. The Family Weekend planning committee consists of students and faculty advisers who have been working for two semesters to organize the events.

This year, 1,300 families registered to attend Family Weekend in Ames, doubling registration from 2017. Also, this Family Weekend was a little different from years past. Instead of families registering for individual events and paying for them separately, families bought a “package” that included access to all of the campus events going on.

Hannah Rothamel, senior in supply chain management and Family Weekend student president, was particularly excited for the mentalist and mind reader performance Friday night at the Memorial Union.

“I made my whole family volunteer with us this weekend,” Rothamel said. “[I was] excited to celebrate them and put them to work all at the same time! Thanks, Mom.” Traditional Family Weekend activities at Iowa State are a little different every year, but one activity that never changes is Family Bingo.

Other events that took place are new to the itinerary this year, such as Pianopalooza, where families enjoyed singing and dancing together to live music Saturday night.

Also on Saturday, families were invited to watch the football game at the Alumni center and play games, eat and drink.

Although the weekend was chilly, the family of Nicholas Ryan, freshman in open option, wasn’t fazed by the cold weather, being from Iowa.

The Ryan family said they were most interested to experience a day in the life of their son and to “see how far he has to walk everyday.”

Many families were seen walking about campus over the weekend, excited to see popular landmarks such as the Campanile, Fountain of the Four Seasons and Lake Laverne.

The most popular events on Friday and Saturday were Pianopalooza, the volleyball tailgate before the Cyclones took on Texas Tech and the “Larry and Raven: Mentalists and Mind Readers” performance.

This was the tenth year that Family Weekend has been an event on campus, and plans for next year have already begun. To expand beyond the weekend, the Family of the Year Award applications have opened and will be accepted until Jan. 12, 2020.

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10.14.19 Disability Awareness Week Kick-Off, Parks Library Agora at 10:45 a.m. Swing by for goodies, information, and engaging discussions! This event is part of Disability Awareness Week 2019.

Monday Monologues series, Grant Wood Foyer, Parks Library at 12:15 p.m. ”Becoming the

Bronze Idol” and other poems, read by Rita Mookerjee, ISU women’s and gender studies program.

Mookerjee chose Indigenous People’s Day to read from her works which, in part, address colonialism and the tokenization of minority cultures.

Borlaug Lecture: World Food Prize Laureate Simon Groot, Great Hall, Memorial Union at 8 p.m. ”First”The Seed,” with the 2019 World

Food Prize Laureate, Simon Groot, a sixth-generation seedsman and the founder and leader of EastWest Seed. Having observed the many challenges facing poverty-stricken smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia, Groot founded East-West Seed in 1982 in the Philippines.

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Peter Fitzsimmons Boessen, age 21, of 1211 Burnett Ave. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with drunkenness/public intoxication at 139 North Russell Avenue and North 2 Street (reported at 12:34 a.m.).

Alex Royce Coffman, age 23, of 418 Stanton Ave. - Mason City, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 2402 Lincoln Way (reported at 3:40 a.m.).

Rafid Dakhil Obaid, age 39, of 3819 Tripp St. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with harassment in the third degree at 919 South 16 Street (reported at 1:15 a.m.).

Trenton Alan Beck, age 19, of 3000 E Culter Ave. Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested and charged with drunkenness/public intoxication at 124 Hayward Avenue (reported at 2:33 a.m.).

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Joshua Adam Germain, age 36, of 3010 Regency Ct. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 2400 Chamberlain Street (reported at 10:08 p.m.).

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Joshua Adam Germain, age 36, of 3010 Regency Ct. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with other violation of chapter 321A, suspended/denied/revoked at 2400 Chamberlain Street (reported at 10:08 p.m.).

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Chalk causes campus discourse Abortion debate spreads around Iowa State

BY LORETTA.MCGRAW @iowastatedaily.com Before the rain washed the chalk away, Iowa S tate students may have seen a debated topic strewn about the sidewalks on campus.

The Students for Life Club started the demonstration to engage students and voice their opinion with the intention to invite people on all sides of the issue to consider their own beliefs and what shapes them.

“We know that an unborn baby is human and is alive,” said Audrey Nelson, Students For Life social media influencer and senior in public relations. “It is a tragedy that they be killed because of poverty, disability or for any reason. Their lives are valuable and deserve our protection. We are trying to change the culture to respect all life.”

Among the things written in chalk were “The heart starts beating at only 21 days,” “25 percent of our generation is missing,” “love them both,” “pro-woman pro-life,” “equal rights for all women, no matter how old” and “the choice of one ends where the life on another begins.”

These particular statements attracted attention from counter-protesters who responded by washing them out or altering

IOWA STATE DAILY Pro-life messages like the one above were chalked around campus by Students for Life. The messages were soon altered to pro-choice arguments by groups disagreeing with them.

the statements to phrases including “your body your choice,” “pro-love,” and statements about Planned Parenthood resources, including their phone number.

One individual who participated in altering the original chalk statements was Iowa State student Trinity Dearborn, a senior in women’s and gender studies who is the president of The Pride Alliance and president of Asexual Aromantic Alliance.

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involved was their belief that all people should have control over their own bodily decisions. Dearborn said the misinformation and use of religion to shame led to the counter-protests.

Dearborn said one piece of misinformation the chalkings spread was a false claim that at 21 days of conception the heart begins beating, when fetuses also have gills and no face at that time. They also said Bible quotes were used in some chalkings

that may have guilted people about getting abortions.

“Pro-life is about trying to force a choice upon people when it comes to pregnancy,” Dearborn said. “Pro-choice is about letting people choose what they want to do when it comes to pregnancy”.

Nelson said she sees things much differently but still hopes the best for everyone and recommends anyone experiencing pregnancy to contact Obria Medical Clinics in Ames because they aid women regardless of their ability to pay.

“To be pro-life is to believe that a live human being in the womb has value and should be protected,” Nelson said. “People are valuable from the moment of conception, and we should be helping mothers in crisis pregnancies, not using violence to end the life of their children. We want to change hearts and minds, not hostilely fight people. We believe in the dignity of all people: unborn little boys and girls, pregnant mothers, post-abortive women, fathers and pro-choice voters. We’re not going to change many people’s minds with hate. We do it with love.”

Both parties said they had the intention in mind to help and provide information to aid those in need, but in different ways.

White House refuses to comply with impeachment inquiry

BY ANNA.OLSON @iowastatedaily.com

COURTESY OF KYLEIGH WEST OF ALPHA OMICRON PI On a chilly Sunday morning, attendees of Alpha Omicron Pi and Ames Area Running Club’s annual Run for the Roses race ran a 5K through Ames.

Run for the Roses 5K helps sorority continue to give back

BY KATHERINE.KEALEY @iowastatedaily.com Alpha Omicron Pi and Ames Area Running Club hosted their annual Run for the Roses race early Sunday at Ames Middle school.

Members of Alpha Omicron Pi not only served an omelet breakfast to all the runners throughout the race course, but also cheered them on.

Brett Burbank, senior in agricultural systems technology, has been training for this race for the last seven weeks.

“This race is for a good cause, and we got some good food after,” Burbank said. “I dragged my friends to do it too and we all had a good time. It was nice having people cheering at every mile mark.”

Alan Mills from Sioux Rapids, Iowa, has participated in Run for the Roses for 29 years and received first in the 60-64 age division. Mills is a former marathon runner, but now mainly runs 5K and 10K races year-round.

“I like the area and fall races — this is a pretty course to run,” Mills said. “And then you get this great omelet breakfast after.This race is very well organized and it compares

very well to the other races I have ran.”

This year more than 800 people registered for the race, with all proceeds going towards the Arthritis Foundation. Mallareigh Moser, freshman in animal science and a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, helped serve omelets to runners and said she believes this race is unique in comparison to races she has worked before.

“In high school I worked for a lot of 5Ks, and it is usually just a regular breakfast, but with AO Pi it is crazy to see how many people support our foundation with the Arthritis Foundation,” Moser said. “It is really humbling to see all our proceeds go to that foundation.”

Madeline Bliek, sophomore in English and member of Alpha Omicron Pi, said she believes it is events like these that are highlights of being in a sorority.

“It’s very enjoyable — yesterday we did our long work day where we got everything set up,” Bliek said. “It is really rewarding, because a lot of sororities don’t have as big of an event as this, so it feels really good. It is really important that we give back, because a lot of people think sororities are about social events, but when you really get involved in the community it means a lot.”

Regarding the impeachment inquiry it faces, the White House said Tuesday it would not cooperate with an effort “to overturn the results of the 2016 election.”

The Trump Administration has framed the constitutional impeachment inquiry into the president as a “coup” outside the bounds of the constitutional framework it is taking place within. The administration’s statements are not an accurate reflection of the constitutional process ongoing in the impeachment inquiry.

Scott Feinstein, assistant professor of political science, said even if the White House chooses not to comply, Congress can still find ways of getting witnesses and information.

“There’s a lot of other means at [their] disposal,” Feinstein said.

Pat A. Cipollone, the White House counsel, signed a letter explaining the White House’s reasoning behind this decision. “[Congress’] unprecedented actions have left the president with no choice,” the letter said. “In order to fulfill his duties to the American people, the Constitution, the executive branch and all future occupants of the office of the presidency, President Trump and his administration cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances.”

Feinstein said this moment will impact the institutions of the three branches of government.

“Impeachment in a trial would be a political assessment and political examination of what we as a society are to tolerate and not to tolerate,” Feinstein said.

Lisa Heddens, a supervisor on the Story County Board of Supervisors and former state representative, said this issue is constitutional rather than a political issue and party loyalty should be out of discussion.

“Foreign governments should not be involved in our elections, nor should they be investigating political opponents,” Heddens said. “Loyalty to the Constitution greatly outweighs loyalty to political

COURTESY OF GAGE SKIDMORE President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at an immigration policy speech in January at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

party or opinion. If the U.S. cannot stand by the constitution — then who are we?”

Feinstein said this issue, despite being constitutional, is also political.

“We probably can all say using foreign policy for political gain is an immoral and abusive [of] power,” Feinstein said.

Feinstein also said individuals should not be naive to the ways foreign power has been used in the past.

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, two U.S. Senators representing Iowa in the body that would hold the trial of Trump should the House move to impeach him, did not respond to requests for comment, though Ernst said in a tweet “American elections should be decided by ELECTIONS. Not politicians.”

House Democrats said if the president doesn’t comply it could lead to a new article of impeachment — obstruction of Congress.

All three Democrats representing Iowa in the House have issued statements in support of the impeachment inquiry. The lone Republican, Rep. Steve King, said in a statement he opposes the impeachment inquiry.

“It looks to me now like the hard-core leftists, those activists, the Quad Squad, have taken over the agenda of the Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives,” King said.

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Columbus Day loses recognition Indigenous people to be celebrated on same day

BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a proclamation in 2018 declaring that the second Monday in October be acknowledged as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in Iowa.

Traditionally, the second Monday in October was celebrated as “Columbus Day” and still is in many jurisdictions, but the name of that holiday receives criticism for seeming to celebrate the role Christopher Columbus played in the genocide of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

“This day recognizes the land now known as the State of Iowa, named in recognition of the Iowa Tribe, as well as the language used to identify many of our lakes, rivers, cities, counties, schools, buildings and considerably more, and reflects the inherent imprint of Indigenous Peoples,” said the Iowa Department of Human Rights in a statement at the time. “This land has been home to Indigenous People since time immemorial, and without whom, the building of this state would not have been possible.”

After the arrival of Columbus in the Americas, the population of indigenous

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perfect for rosé-lovers, chilled to a point where it was still noticeably cooler than the bitter-cold air. One glass was not enough for connoisseurs as several people went back to get second glasses of the drink.

Alluvial Brewing Company’s “Towhead,” another pilsner, was also skillfully poured, a testament to the skill of those running the taps at the Ames Oktoberfest. The drink was not particularly hops-heavy and would be an easy brew for beer-lovers to relax with.

Ames resident and retired postal service employee Jim Kilmer said the Towhead was “pretty good as far as Oktoberfest brews go.”

Jim Kilmer said he speaks “some German” and attended Iowa State. He was at the event with his wife, Dee Kilmer, who was a high school teacher at East Marshall High School.The couple moved to Ames in 2011.

Jim Kilmer said he plans to go with his wife to Munich, Germany for the city’s Oktoberfest in September 2020. Jim Kilmer also said this was the second Oktoberfest they had been to this year, adding he is of partial German descent.

Dee Kilmer was drinking an Urban Mosel Riesling and she said it was “good.” She said the Ames Oktoberfest was a “warm-up” for their planned trip to Munich. They said they plan to meet a German exchange student Dee Kilmer has been in touch with since 1974. “[The exchange student] and her husband are going to meet us in Munich,” Dee Kilmer said.

The Kilmers came to Oktoberfest not only for the German culture, but also for the variety of good beers. “[Oktoberfests are] just a celebration of heritage [...] and the beer,” Jim Kilmer said.

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accessible,” Tweed said. “By showing the people on campus what their fellows have to deal with, we encourage change and understanding.”

Throughout this week there will be many events that will not only educate people on campus but also bring awareness to those who have disabilities. These events are open to anyone interested at Iowa State.

On Monday, there will be Disability Awareness Week Kick-Off, which will take place from 10:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. outside

IOWA STATE DAILY Haley Strass teaches United Native American Student Association members how to count in Myaamia, an Algonquin language formerly spoken in the Midwest, on Feb. 15, 2017.

peoples across the continents decreased by up to 90 percent.

A 2017 YouGov poll found 56 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Columbus and 60 percent said they thought observing a Columbus Day holiday was a “good idea.”

Columbus Day remains a federal holiday, and many federal buildings — including post offices — will be closed Monday.

“The State of Iowa joins a growing number of government entities across the country that have recognized the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in order to promote appreciation, reconciliation, understanding, friendship and continued partnerships among all of its people and the Indigenous Peoples of this land,” the statement said.

Several jurisdictions will join Iowa in

acknowledging Indigenous Peoples’ Day for the first time in 2019, including Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin. Washington D.C. will acknowledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day following a vote of the national capital’s city council Tuesday.

“Columbus Day was officially designated as a federal holiday in 1937 despite the fact that Columbus did not discover North America, despite the fact that millions of people were already living in North America upon his arrival in the Americas and despite the fact that Columbus never set foot on the shores of the current United States,” said David Grosso, Washington D.C. council member at-large, in a statement before the vote. “Columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated and massacred thousands of Indigenous People in the Americas.”

Florida, Alaska, South Dakota, Nevada, Minnesota and Vermont had all previously established holidays to acknowledge indigenous peoples in their jurisdictions on what formerly was Columbus Day. A bill to establish an Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Montana failed to pass a Senate committee in that state on a party-line vote, with all Republicans voting against.

Every conversation at the event took place with a background of polka music, a style of music originating in a region of the Czech Republic with a strong German influence. The band Polkarioty played “Happy Wanderer” and an interpretation of the “Chicken Dance.” They encouraged groups of people — many of whom were dressed in traditional German costumes — to dance to their tunes.

A call from the stage advertising free beer brought dozens from their seats toward where the keg of beer, the Bohemian Rapids, was being poured.

The beverage, however, was “half-beer, halffoam,” said a woman who had taken advantage of the no-cost refreshment. She and a crowd of at least a dozen others stood watching the Iowa State vs. West Virginia game in the southwest corner of the fenced-in area where the event took place.

A projector streamed the game for the faithful fans who watched in the rapidly decreasing temperatures. With just over five minutes remaining in the game, someone made the “executive decision” to move the projector back several feet, thus increasing the screen size of the game. They also worked with the speaker to increase the volume of the game. Their actions were followed by an Iowa State touchdown several minutes later, which was followed by cheers from the small audience.

David Martin, who represents the Third Ward on Ames City Council, said he was “pleased” to see an event like this take place.

It was Martin’s first time attending the Ames Oktoberfest. The city councilman minored in German at Iowa State and spent a year in Germany — he said he recommends travel to anyone who can. Regarding the Oktoberfest event itself, Martin had just arrived but he said

it was “so far so good.”

Accompanying the music, football game and the beverages were yard games.

Those who had signed up prior to the event partook in a tournament of bags, with several boards set up for teams to throw their bags and prove their mettle amidst the cold temperatures and hundreds of revelers.

In addition to bags was a setup of giant Jenga.

The game was at the risk of tottering over not only from careless removal and replacement of pegs by participants, but also the ever-present chilling winds.

For those not content with giant Jenga or games of bags, an axe-throwing cage was set up in the northwest section of the parking lot. Pairs competed to see who could best the other in hitting the center of a target with their axe.

Most people attending the Ames Oktoberfest were presumably not expert axe-throwers, though. Roughly every third person was actually

able to throw their axe in a way that it stuck to the target, and most were nowhere near the bullseye.

If the axe-throwing wasn’t enough, though, nagelbalken — the German word for “nail beam,” was also available for Oktoberfest attendees to partake in. Those interested circled up around a stump and attempted to drive a nail into a log before others around the log could do so themselves, with some holding the hammer in one hand and a stein full of beer in the other.

As the sun went down over the venue, so did the temperature. A number of people were dressed for the cooler weather, though others made their exit.

Those who were purchasing alcohol had bought drink tickets, and some people who left the event gave away their tickets rather than allow them to go to waste. One person who gave theirs away left just as Iowa State secured victory over West Virginia.

“Go State,” they said before leaving the event.

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Also on Monday, there will be Accessible Game Night from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Carver Hall lobby.

On Tuesday, there will be two speakers, Judy Huemann, a disability rights activist, and Trevor Smith, who has one of the most extreme case’s of Tourette’s syndrome.

Huemann will speak followed by a student panel. This will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Marston Hall in room 3300.

Smith will speak later at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Galler y Room in the Memorial Union.

On Wednesday, there will be an ADA Ice Cream Social and Scholarship Presentation from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Student Services Building.

Wednesday night there will be an accessible movie night, where a showing of the movie “The Way He Looks” will take place 7 to 8 p.m. in Science Hall II, room 223.

On Thursday evening there will be a Neurodiversity Improv Workshop from 5 to 6 p.m. in room 0198 of Parks Library.

To finish off the week, Friday will have three events happening.

The first will be Step into My World from

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. under the Parks Library Awning, where abled people can try navigating doing things with a mobility assistance device.

Next, there will be an “American Sign Language: Deaf Culture and Language” event where attendees can learn about deaf culture and learn basic American Sign Language signs from 11 a.m. to noon in the Gallery Room of the Memorial Union.

The final event will be the ITS Digital Accessibility Lab to learn about assistive technology resources from 1 to 2 p.m. in Durham, room 108.

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY A variety of beers and wines were available for Ames Oktoberfest attendees to try. Okoboji Wines and Alluvial Brewing Company were two vendors out of many present at the event.

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CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Ames had a climate protest Sept. 20 at Ames City Hall. Speeches encouraged attendees to change habits to help the environment.

Young activists inspire Climate crisis in new hands due to past generations

BY EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com A letter to the editor on Oct. 3 argued that youth activism is irresponsible and only happens because parents and educational institutions “indoctrinate” students, specifically in regard to climate change.

But if we just look realistically at what’s happening around us, it’s impossible to ignore why young people all over the world feel such urgency to speak out about climate policy.

We have 11 years to stop “irreversible damage from climate change,” according to the

United Nations, so when Greta Thunberg says “you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words,” she means it literally.

Irresponsible parenting isn’t forcing students out of school to protest. Years of inaction on climate change is.

Corporations and governments all over the world have proven they don’t care about these activists’ futures. When they disregard years of evidence pointing to climate disaster, they tell young folks like Thunberg, Kulsum Rifa, Makaśa Looking Horse and many others their future is not as important as profit.

While some try to demean young activists as “easily indoctrinated,” the United Nations is commending these young people for their advocacy in its own demand for climate action, describing them as inspirational.

If you think students need to “stay in school” instead of protesting, then you should be out there doing something about the climate.

Do not expect them to sit in silence as their futures crumble.

To be clear, last week’s letter to the editor wasn’t actually against “indoctrination.” The writer went on to advocate students be taught to “praise our founders, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and God.” The letter wasn’t meant to advocate for intellectual independence. Rather, it advocated intentional ignorance of environmental realities.

Do not expect them to ignore science.

Science tells us human activity is leading to an increase in global temperature. Glaciers and ice sheets are melting. Sea levels are rising.

Extreme weather events are increasing in both frequency and severity.

Do not insult young people by telling them to be quiet and sit down when they are right to be fighting for their lives.

It is our fault they have to.

As her twin sister, I have known Ames City Council candidate Rachel Junck since the minute we were born. No one knows Rachel better than I do, which is why I believe she will be a fantastic candidate to represent all of Ames.

At every stage of our lives, Rachel’s leadership and competitive drive have inspired me to do better, and her compassionate spirit has served those around her. Our parents, both public school teachers, and other community members have encouraged us to strive to our full potential.

Throughout our childhood, we were shaped by the great Ames community.

Now, Rachel wants to give back to the community which has given her so much by running for Ames City Council Ward 4, and I couldn’t be more proud.

Rachel will serve students and life-long residents alike to improve Ames for future generations. She will work to confront climate change on the local level, improve the quality of life, and stand up for tenants, many of whom are first-time renters. Rachel also recognizes her responsibility and unique ability to authentically represent our city’s large student population, and will bring fresh ideas to the council about how to keep our talented young graduates here in Ames.

I am so proud Rachel is running for City Council, and I hope you will all get to know the person I do: a smart, committed, and caring young woman, who will also happen to be the youngest woman in Iowa ever elected to public office! Rachel will bring a solution-oriented approach to the City Council to create the inclusive, innovative and exciting Ames we all want to live in.

I urge you to vote for my better half, Rachel Junck, in the Ames City Council Ward 4 election this November.

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Iowa State starts win streak Running back production takes center stage

Vance was in the locker room for the rest of the first half.

In his place, Jake Hummel took most of the snaps. Again, after early struggles, Iowa State held the Mountaineers scoreless in the final two quarters.

Postgame, Campbel l c al led Eisworth “day-to-day” while calling Vance “fine.” Whether those two will play against the Red Raiders on Oct. 12 will likely go down to the wire, but the Cyclones can take solace in their performance without three key contributors, as the ESPN broadcast crew confirmed JaQuan Bailey’s injury as a broken leg.

BY NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State continues to make October football look easy.

The Cyclones recovered quickly from a rough first quarter to waltz past the now-3-3 West Virginia Mountaineers on the road Saturday.

Brock Purdy didn’t have a big day offensively, but the Cyclones found a recipe for success they haven’t had all season: offensive balance.

Now 4-2 with a feisty Texas Tech team on the horizon, it’s time to take stock of what the Cyclones can glean from their win over the ‘Eers.

BREECE MAKES HIS CASE Iowa State’s been searching for a starting running back all season long. At times the guy has been Johnnie Lang, at times it’s been Kene Nwangwu and last weekend it was Brock Purdy. Coach Matt Campbell said the decision was “getting closer” heading into Saturday.

But this weekend it was a breakout game for true freshman Breece Hall.

The Wichita, Kansas, native and four-star recruit was hardly used in the prior two Big 12 games, at times sitting fifth on the depth chart with fellow freshman Jirehl Brock getting

COURTESY OF DUNCAN SLADE/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM. Brock Purdy hands the ball off to Breece Hall at the Iowa State vs. West Virginia away game Saturday in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Cyclones beat the Mountaineers 38-14.

touches ahead of him.

This was not so on Saturday, as Hall came into the game for the Cyclones’ third possession and didn’t come off the field. Hall ran with power and purpose as he became the first Cyclone not named David Montgomery to get 20-plus carries in a football game since Mike Warren in his false dawn season of 2016.

Hall tallied 26 carries for 132 yards and three scores — and made a strong case to be the Cyclones’ starting running back moving forward. Hall showed a pure running style with power and an ability to make quick cuts the Cyclones’ other backs have missed over the season’s first five games.

With Purdy not as effective on the ground, Hall’s production was

vital to the Iowa State win. He has to show he can continue a large part of this production over the course of the season, but his emergence does spark a resemblance to the breakout freshman campaign of Montgomery in 2016.

Watch this space.

DEFENSIVE DEPTH TESTED This wasn’t the happiest defensive performance for Iowa State for no other reason than the players who didn’t play a big part for the Cyclones.

Greg Eisworth — the junior safety who has been the lynchpin of the defense in the “Star” position — was in street clothes Saturday, watching from the sideline with a shoulder injury. Campbell was non-committal during the week as

to whether Eisworth would in fact play, but he described him as “probable.” What changed is unknown, but Eisworth is critical to Iowa State’s defense and its effectiveness against the rest of the Big 12.

In his place, Braxton Lewis got the start, with Justin Bickham and Arnold Azunna playing snaps at the “Star” as well. In the first half, the Cyclones’ defense suffered as the safeties were a bit off the pace. West Virginia was able to move the ball effectively and scored the game-tying touchdown right before the break.

In the second half, though, Lewis recovered a fumble and picked off a pass as part of a scoreless half for the Mountaineers.

Middle linebacker O’Rien Vance was injured early on, suffering what appeared to be an upper-body injury.

BRAYDEN BREAKS THROUGH Not much here, but it was interesting to see redshirt freshman Brayden Narveson get some run against the Mountaineers — his first action on-field since signing for the Cyclones in 2018 as a three-star recruit.

Before Narveson’s redshirt year, the Cyclones raved about his raw ability but said he needed to get used to the college game. This has led to Connor Assalley having an extended run as the starting kicker for the past yearand-a-half. Iowa State was hesitant to take field goals Saturday, going for it twice on fourth downs inside the West Virginia 25-yard line.

But when the Cyclones did eventually attempt a field goal in the early fourth quarter, it was Narveson — not Assalley — who took the field to line up a 45-yard try.

It was true, and while Assalley did take the extra points after the Cyclones’ last two touchdowns, it gives Campbell something to think about for the rest of the season.

Cyclone Hockey loses against Lindenwood Lions

BY ZACH.MARTIN @iowastatedaily.com Cyclone Hockey usually gets off to good starts in the season. Very rarely have the Cyclones struggled to score the puck or find a way to win games.

Cyclone Hockey in 2019 has reached unchartered territory.

A goal from the blue line in the second period and a redirect power play goal in the third ignited second-ranked Lindenwood to a 3-0 victory over the fifth-ranked Cyclones Saturday night to complete the weekend sweep inside the Ames/ISU Ice Arena.

“This team reminds me of the 14-15 team that was hard working, just couldn’t score,” said head coach Jason Fairman. “We’re a young team that’s doing a lot of good things.”

Cyclone Hockey is in the midst of a threegame losing streak — as well as three straight contests it has allowed three goals — and now finds itself 0-2 in the CSCHL after suffering its first sweep to drop its record to 4-4.

“There were blocks of time where I thought we were pretty good, thought we were dominant and there were other times where I was real concerned,” Fairman said. “We got a team that doesn’t seem to capitalize on mistakes and other times we made a mistake, they scored.

It’s frustrating for everybody.”

Lindenwood had three different power plays at one point in the second period.

It started with a 5-on-4, then a couple penalties later became a 4-on-3 and finally went

back to a 5-on-4.

Yet when the power plays were over and just as C.J. Banser emerged out of the penalty box, the Lions found the back of the net.

Michael Lombardi tossed the puck near the blue line and it found its way past Nikita Kozak to give second-ranked Lindenwood a 1-0 lead. Brendan Murphy was credited with the assist.

“That goal took the air out of us,” Fairman said. “We lost momentum when we took those penalties. We had to win it back and it took awhile.”

For awhile, it looked like the first goal of the night would come in the opening period.

Lindenwood dominated the first seven minutes, at one point putting up 11 shots. It had a power play at the 3:34 mark and couldn’t do anything with it.

The Cyclones took control over the final 13 minutes, going on the power play twice and finishing the period with 12 shots.

Despite going 0-for-2 with the man advantage, Iowa State had plenty of scoring opportunities.

Andrew Lee had the puck poked away on a one-on-one breakaway and it fell to Stuart Pearson, who weaved his way to the glove side of Lions freshman goalie Stephen Friedland and flicked the shot too high.

Then, with five minutes left in the opening frame, Dom Varallo went between his legs to find a trailing Dylan Goggin and the junior captains shot was high enough for Friedland to stand straight up for the save.

KARA DENNER/ IOWA STATE DAILY The Iowa State hockey team played Missouri State on Sept. 27 and 28 at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. The Cyclones won 3-2 in the first game and lost 0-2 in the second.

Like Friday night, the score was knotted at zero after the first 20 minutes.

“Once we killed that penalty, I thought it was going to be our night,” Fairman said. “I just felt we were playing really well threefourths of that period after we weathered that early storm.”

In the third, Lindenwood connected on its fourth time on the power play as Vegard Faret redirected a goal past Kozak for a 2-0 cushion.

Over three minutes later, Matt Runyon found the back of the net to push it to a threegoal lead.

Fairman isn’t going to press the panic button yet, but the schedule gets more challenging with 15th-ranked Jamestown coming to down in five days.

“They went to-to-toe with one of the elite teams in the nation,” Fairman said. “For a young team to do that, they should be proud.”

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Video game release sparks debate

BY DANIEL.JOHNSON @iowastatedaily.com

Sept. 13 marked the day the long awaited predecessor to the game series “Borderlands” by 2K and Gearbox Software was finally released to the public.

First revealed back in June at the Microsoft Conference during Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2019, one of the largest gaming expos in the world, it shook the gaming community to its core. Gamers and fans of the series all over the globe were waiting in tense anticipation, but those who are a part of the larger gaming communities reacted with a massive wave of backlash.

Along with the initial reveal of the game itself, it was revealed 2K and Gearbox would be joining an already long stream of developers opting for exclusivity on Epic’s own game launcher and store, the Epic Games Store.

The PC gaming industry has been dominated for over 15 years by a digital gaming distribution platform developed by Valve, called Steam. Over the years, there have been many companies following the footsteps of this monstrous platform by creating their own launchers. Companies like EA with Origin, Ubisoft with UPlay and Blizzard’s own Battle.net launcher tried to break into the market and feed off the success of Valve’s Steam, but could never come anywhere close to its popularity.

Now comes Epic and the Epic Games Store, which first gained massive popularity with the phenomena that was Fortnite

Battle Royale’s incredible run of popularity over the past two years. This single trend led by streamers and gaming content creators all over the community caused the use of the Epic Games Store to absolutely sky rocket from being nearly invisible to being one of the top PC gaming stores out there in a matter of months.

The success from this caused Epic to start providing exclusive deals to developers like 2K and Gearbox to start selling their game on the platform, the fi rst larger and more controversial exclusive being “Metro: Exodus.”

So why has this caused an uproar in the PC gaming community? Well, one of the fi rst issues a lot of people point out is the underdevelopment of the Epic Games Launcher itself. Unlike its biggest competitor, the Epic Games Store lacks in most aspects, such as quality of life-like features, social and community features, individual progression features and support for multiple platforms like virtual reality.

With a lack of everything from achievements, social groups besides a friend list, and even user reviews, the Epic Games Launcher is barren besides its very limited selection of games. Unfortunately, it’s those games that are forcing people to continue to use an unfinished program.

That’s not even scratching the surface of controversy surrounding Epic Games exclusives. When “Metro: Exodus” was announced for exclusivity, it caused an uproar not only because of the idea of itself, but also because

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of the timing behind it.

4A Games first announced “Metro: Exodus” back in July 2017 and started taking pre-orders for the game a year later in mid 2018 on multiple distribution platforms including Steam. But, only mere months before the game’s official release on Feb. 15, 2019, a statement made by 4A Games announced the game will now only be sold on the Epic Games Store.

This immediately caused confusion from those who had already pre-ordered the game on other platforms. Because of this, 4A had to release a second announcement stating any pre-orders already made for the game would be kept and completed, but any coming afterward would have to come from the Epic Games Store.

Soon after the switch happened, instead of removing the game completely from their store, Steam released a special message as part of the store page itself, stating that they believe the sudden change of sales decision was unfair to their customers and that the very fleeting amount of time given to them to react to the decision was equally unfair.

So, even with all of this going against Epic and their distribution platform, why are developers time and time again still allowing exclusivity? Very soon after the mess of “Metro: Exodus,” Ubisoft’s own “The Division 2” was announced to be an exclusive in the same right, rather than be available in the Uplay Store that Ubisoft itself owns.

With all of these negatives, the PC label must not support what Epic is doing and are calling for improvements before they give their business to them, right? Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

Even with the backlash the Borderlands 3 release received from the PC community, 2K and Gearbox released a statement about the overwhelming success of the game’s sales.

In an offi cial statement made on Sept. 23, 2K said, “Borderlands 3 has sold over fi ve million copies in the first five days, making it the fastest selling title in 2K’s history, as well as the highest selling title in the label over a five-day window.”

Not only that, but the game’s success has also allowed the franchise to generate over $1 billion in Net Bookings, becoming the second franchise in 2K’s history to achieve this milestone, the first being the “NBA 2K” franchise. Sales in all platforms exceeded expectations, including PC sales through the Epic Games Store, which were said to be “incredibly strong.”

So of course, there are things that cause

companies and parts of the gaming community to be drawn to the Epic Games Store.

The main thing being the much lower sales split that Epic offers to developers, which is an 88 percent cut going to the developers rather than Steam’s 70 percent cut.

This argument was one that started very soon after the beginning of the Epic Games Stores exclusives and is still something that is discussed today, and many developers are very passionately on the side of Epic when it comes to providing larger sales cuts.

Many say larger portions of profit going to the developers themselves means more resources can be turned into making bigger and better games in the future. This is very true, but is that enough to justify exploiting and herding their customer base to a whole different medium of purchasing their game?

The answer to that is still not agreed on.

So, what is the line that must be drawn for publishers to know what is required of a digital distributor in order for their customers to be able to safely and comfortably purchase and play the games they want and also actually enjoy using the launcher?

Just like a customer walking into a grocery store, there is always a list of expectations one has regarding the store. There are obvious things the store must have in order for you to feel comfortable shopping, such as the availability of shopping carts; a wide selection of products so that you know you’ll always find what you need; up-to-date registers and software that can be trusted with using your information; and competent employees that know their job and do it well.

Why shouldn’t these same expectations be something that digital distributors are expected to meet in order to have business?

Why is the label plagued with distribution software that is only created to give an easy way to bar exclusive titles?

All they do is force those who use them to constantly jump from launcher to launcher, website to website and publisher to publisher, just to fi nd a specifi c game they are interested in. Why do consumers put up with it?

They shouldn’t have to put up with it, but they do because for some reason buying video games and other digital software is considered different than shopping in local markets. Regardless, digital software distribution should have to meet the same standards that any other store or business must meet, especially in a generation where online shopping is becoming more and more relevant.

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