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Iowa State bans travel to China over coronavirus concerns BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com President Wendy Wintersteen responded to the ongoing-novel coronavirus outbreak Tuesday by sending an email to the Iowa State community that said the university is prohibiting travel to China by students and employees until it is safe to do so. The president outlined the steps the university is taking in response to the outbreak, which Wintersteen said in the email “[t]he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers the immediate risk to be low [in the U.S.].” In line with travel advisories from the State Department and the CDC, “[t]o limit any potential risk, Iowa State is prohibiting student and employee business travel to China, until travel is deemed safe,” according to the email. Wintersteen said if anyone has recently traveled to China or has plans to go, they should contact the Office of Risk Management via email, intlrisk@iastate.edu, or by phone at (515) 294-7711. “To keep you informed as the situation changes, we will regularly post updates and health information at: Cyclonehealth.org/2019coronavirus,” Wintersteen said in the email. “There you will find links to the CDC and Iowa Department of Public Health. Employees are encouraged to contact their medical providers with additional questions.” In the fall 2019 semester, there were 1,082 students from China enrolled at Iowa State, according to the university fact book. “It is also important that we are supportive of our colleagues and students from China who may be concerned for family and friends in areas significantly affected by the outbreak,” according to the email. “For those in need of additional support, please reach out to our campus resources.”
Home Away Parents program offers Cyclone hockey a home away from home
BY JARED.BRAVARD @iowastatedaily.com Being thousands of miles away from home can be daunting – especially while in college and playing a sport. The Home Away Parents program attempts to combat that by helping Cyclone Hockey’s players. “We feel that they need a home environment when they’re at college,” said Rita Thorson, director of the program. Of Cyclone Hockey’s current 25 players, two are from Iowa. A total of 17 players are from states that border Iowa. The other six come from farther distances — Alaska, California, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Canada. Even for players in surrounding states, the program is appreciated. Junior defenseman Max Olson is from Minnesota and enjoys time with his Home Away family. “It’s very helpful. It’s just kind of like another resource we have,” Olson said. “I’m sure my Home Away family, I think, would do anything for us. They’re super nice, so it’s like kind of that lifeline you need.” Players are paired up with local couples in the program. A family will typically be assigned one or two players — three in some cases. The program stems from the idea of the traditional billet families in junior hockey. Teenage players live with a billet family while they play
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since they are not close to home. Home Away Parents and billet families are largely comparable, as they support players in similar ways. The main difference is that players live with their billet families and do not live with Home Away families. Apart from that difference, the concept is the same: taking care of hockey players while they
are away from home. “A lot of the Home Away [parents] remain very close to their players well after they graduate, so it’s certainly a very positive thing,” said Coach Jason Fairman. Since the players on Cyclone Hockey come
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StuGov to review President Graber’s veto BY CASSIE.LEHMANN @iowastatedaily.com Student Government will be reviewing a bill to overrule President Austin Graber’s veto of a previously passed bill and looking upon funding requests from organizations. Graber vetoed article 2019-3008 F, which passed by a margin of 23-1-0. President Graber laid out his thought process in a veto statement. “Last week, the amendments to Priorities and Criteria 2021 passed through Senate,” according to the document. “One of the major changes within P&C prevents organizations from getting funding for international and ethnic food. After watching the 1 minute and 42 second debate from the livestream on this issue I went through the reasoning for the cuts.”
In his statement, Graber said that cutting funds from organizations still allows them to function while cutting items such as international food and ethnic food from international organizations can impact the success of the organization. “Another argument stated for the removal of this line is due to the fact that no other Big 12 Student Government funds international and ethnic food,” according to the document. “We should actually be proud of this as Cyclones in the ability to support these organizations through the funding of their food. We are not simply just funding food, but the cultural experience which I am sure students would be happy to have their fees go toward.” Iowa State requires students to pay a student activity fee of $38 per
semester. This amount generates over $2.6 million in fee revenue, which is then distributed to campus organizations by Student Government. Every year Student Government holds Annual Allocations, which is an event for clubs and organizations to request funds from Senate. Although next year’s requirements look a little different from previous years. The Senate will review the bill introduced by Sen. Ludwig for himself, Sen. Roling, Sen. Mass and Sen. Stanley to overrule Graber’s veto. “I believe that the power of the President to have a veto is to correct a mistake and give the Senate the opportunity to fix the mistake,” said Graber in his statement. “I believe that cutting international and ethnic food is extremely detrimental to multicultural and international organizations
and would therefore ask the Senate to reconsider this amendment.” Student Government will additionally review account funding. The 2021 fiscal year the Analysis of Social Services Evaluation Team (ASSET) account was funded $211,000 and was to be divided amongst non-profit organizations. Student Government will be voting to move $48,000 to the ASSET account from the Special Projects account, bringing the ASSET account for 2021 total to $259,000. All bills will be looked and voted on at Wednesday’s meeting. For more information or to contact your senator, visit stugov.iastate. edu. The Senate meetings are open to the public at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.
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1.29.20 Art Walk: Artfulness in the Scheman Building, Ground Floor Lobby, Scheman Building at noon From its beginnings as part of
Iowa State Center to its most recent Art on Campus installation, explore the history and public art of the Scheman Building, home to the Brunnier Art Museum. Brooke Rogers, University Museums interpretive specialist, will lead the walk. Advance registration appreciated.
Workshop: Business pitches, Gold Room, Memorial Union at 3:30 p.m. Students learn how
to quickly and effectively tell their stories to any audience, including 90-second elevator pitches for competitions. Registration requested.
SUB Member Meeting, The M-Shop, Memorial Union at 5 p.m. Come hang out with Student
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Entrepreneur Club meeting, 2118 Gerdin Business Building at 7 p.m. The Entrepreneur Club
meets three times a month. The club’s goals are to encourage and inform students about participating in entrepreneurship, foster friendships among students who share similar interests, instill passion about building sustainable ventures and provide members with a platform to minimize risk and to maximize success.
Men’s Basketball, Hilton Coliseum at 8 p.m. Iowa State vs. Baylor.
Grandma Mojo’s Moonshine Revival Comedy Troupe, The M-Shop, Memorial Union at 9 p.m. This group is great for those who love
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Let networking work for you BY CAMERON.KARN @iowastatedaily.com Networking is a key factor in finding a job or internship, but sometimes it can have negative connotations for being intimidating or seemingly transactional. At its core, however, networking is simply about making meaningful connections with others through conversation. Networking is not something that only takes place between industry leaders and CEOs of major companies. Angela Wagner, the career education coordinator for Liberal Arts and Sciences Career Services, recommends students start networking by chatting with fellow students, professors and advisers. “Maybe it’s just turning to the person next to you before class and asking how their day is going,” Wagner said. “Really small and meaningful conversations can lead to valuable relationships and connections.” The hardest part of any interaction is starting the conversation. After that, it is much easier to keep the ball rolling. Wagner recommends students keep three to five “magic” networking questions in the back of their
head to help initiate friendly discussions. These are just open-ended questions ranging from “What do you think about the event so far?” to “Where are you from?” Wagner’s number one tip is simply to be genuine and confident. “Just be yourself,” Wagner said. “You aren’t going to get across who you truly are if you are too nervous or if you are trying to be something you’re not.” Students should try to be relaxed and have fun when meeting new people. For more introverted people, Wagner recommends asking more questions. Most people like to talk about themselves so the person asking the questions can play more of a listening role than a speaking role. Career fairs are a massive opportunity to network with high-profile professionals and practice and gain experience in networking skills. Meeting professionals face to face is invaluable for making connections and providing future opportunities. Iowa State hosts six career fairs this semester in a multitude of fields. All students are encouraged to attend, even those who are not currently job searching.
Presidential campaigns sprint to finish line with days until caucuses BY MALLORY.TOPE @iowastatedaily.com With the Iowa caucuses less than a week away, campaigns are pushing to get potential caucusgoers out to caucus for their candidates. Many candidates are spending the last few days before the caucuses touring Iowa and visiting as many counties as possible. The presidential debate hosted on Jan. 14 in Des Moines was the last big chance many Democratic candidates had to put their message in front of thousands of potential caucusgoers and millions of voters nationwide before the Iowa caucuses on Monday. Despite no remaining political event having the same TV ratings draw, candidates are trying to put their message in front of
caucusgoers however they can before the caucuses. With the ongoing impeachment trial in the Senate, senators seeking the presidency including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bennet are unable to tour as much of Iowa as other candidates. However, those candidates aren’t letting the impeachment trial slow down their campaigns in Iowa. Klobuchar announced on Tuesday afternoon she would host an event at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Council Bluffs, flying in from Washington D.C. in a campaign push ahead of the caucuses. Warren and Sanders are using campaign surrogates to encourage people to caucus for them. Candidates Andrew Yang, John Delaney, Tom Steyer, Joe Biden
and Pete Buttigieg are not in Congress for the trial and are able to put in the ground work themselves across Iowa. “Yang is [undertaking] a 17-day bus tour across Iowa where he’ll meet with thousands of Iowans and share [...] his plans,” said Yianni Varonis, Iowa communications director for the Yang campaign. Other candidates have taken to Iowa’s university campuses to appeal to younger voters and rally caucusgoers. S a n d e r s h o s t e d a r a l l y on Saturday in Ames on a tour alongside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and “Portugal. The Man.” He will return to Iowa alongside the band “Vampire Weekend” in the final weekend before the caucuses.
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When attending a career fair it is vital to show up fully equipped, mentally and physically. Wagner said one of the most common mistakes students make when networking is lacking the necessary preparations. Students who do not adequately prepare will struggle with confidence in their interactions, which likely leads to poor results. Important career fair preparations include bringing at least fifteen copies of a resume in a pad-folio, researching organizations that are attending and rehearsing a 30 second introduction. LinkedIn is one of the largest social networking platforms online and a valuable tool to build connections with people you cannot meet in person. Professionals and recruiters in every field use the site to connect with other professionals and find new employee candidates. A great place to start is messaging Iowa State alumni from your field of study. Each college at Iowa State has their own career service specialists that are ready and willing to aid students in need of networking assistance. From career planning to resume reviews to practicing elevator pitches, Iowa State career services can help.
ACCESS to encourage discourse with February book club BY MADISON.MASON @iowastatedaily.com This semester Iowa State students have an opportunity to participate in the Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support (ACCESS) Book Club, where they will be reading “Her Body and Other Parties” by Carmen Maria Machado. ACCESS, the organization hosting the book club, is a non-profit that serves survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and homicide and violent crimes. Tricia Ingram Williams, the campus prevention and outreach advocate with ACCESS, said ACCESS works regularly with Iowa State to serve students who are survivors, as well as participating in events happening on campus and being a part of committees at Iowa State. ACCESS is continuing this book club from last semester to continue
encouraging and introducing students to female authors. “Through book club, ACCESS is able to introduce students to various books by female authors who write about important topics such as sexual assault, immigration, body image and more,” Williams said. “Book club is a safe space for students to talk about these ideas and engage with new perspectives.” This semester the book club will be reading a collection of short stories entitled “Her Body and Other Parties” by Machado. According to the New York Times, this book consists of eight fables that depict women who are on the verge of something happening to them, such as a wife struggling to keep her husband from untying the mysterious ribbon she wears around her neck or the victim
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Ames City Council voted to suggest Ioway Creek as a replacement name for Squaw Creek.
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Ames City Council unanimously recommends new name for creek BY AMBER.MOHMAND @iowastatedaily.com Ames City Council moved to recommend Ioway Creek as the replacement name of Squaw Creek. “The term has become to be seen as an insult only over the past forty or fifty years,” Sebastian Braun, associate professor in world languages and culture and the director of American Indian Studies said in an email. “ I am sure it was not meant as such when the creek was named, and most people using the name do not mean it as an insult [...] I think any name can be honoring and respectful, but more important than the name is the inclusion and continued good relations between people.” Braun proposed two names: Ioway or Sauk, as they pertain to Native American tribes that lived in this geographic area. The name Ioway comes from the tribe that lived in the geographic area in the 1800s, according to the email Braun sent, while the Sauk and the Meskwaki followed after. “The Ioway, once a very strong nation, had suffered from epidemics and wars, and
the Sauk and Meskwaki pushed them to the southwest, into northwestern Missouri,” Braun said in an email. “They then sold central Iowa to the United States in the treaty of 1842. Those, then, are the three tribes most appropriate to lend a name to anything in central Iowa. Before the Ioway became their own nation, they were part of a prehistoric culture in this area usually called the Oneota - the Ioway, the Oto, the Missouria, the Omaha, and the Winnebago or HoChunk all are thought to have descended from these Oneota people, although we do not know what they called themselves if anything.” Story County Supervisor Linda Murken was also involved in the search and reached out to the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors. Murken said she reached out to sixty tribal historic preservation officers in the state archeological office and twenty of them replied in favor of renaming of the creek. The Council unanimously voted to recommend the name “Ioway” to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names which is responsible for standardizing geographic names for use by the federal government as well as accepting and
processing proposals to name unnamed geographic features or to change existing names. In addition to this vote, the Council took steps forward for the Ames Plan 2040. “What we’re looking for as a team for the Council is to understand, geographically, where you’re going,” said Kelly Diekmann, the Planning and Housing Director for the city of Ames. “[...] So what we’ll do with direction tonight or direction in the future, is which geography or which direction you’re interested in — if it’s broken into tiers or is it all in one — what we’re going to do with that direction is go back to our planning assumptions.” The plan currently considers ways to accommodate 15,000 additional residents, as well as the increase in employment. Ames Plan 2040 includes multiple phases of public participation on issues related to new development, growth and sustaining the Ames community. The Ames 2040 plan will include identifying community interests and priorities regarding growth over the next 20 years. In the spring, a complete draft of Ames Plan 2040 will be up for public review. More information can be found on the city of Ames website.
Starting the fatphobia discussion BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com When people think about discrimination, they may think about racism, sexism or homophobia, but one area of discrimination that’s not often talked about is fatphobia, or weight stigma. “Weight stigma, in general, refers to negative attitudes and behavior made towards fat people; attitudes and behavior mean fat people are not able to participate in everyday society the same way that thinner people are,” according to Gillian Brown, a writer for The Body is Not an Apology (TBINAA), on the TBINAA website. “It is theoretically similar to gender stigmatization affecting people of minority genders, except here it is happening to fat people.” Fatphobia is a dislike of fat people and/or obesity, according to Brown. “Fatphobia is the fear and dislike of fat
people and the stigmatization of individuals with bigger bodies,” according to the Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week (SRH Week) website. “As with any system designed to exclude, shame or oppress people on the basis of shared characteristics or identities, it can be easy to assume that something like fatphobia only exists on an individual level. In reality, it is layers of complex beliefs and institutional systems that treat fat bodies in need of correction and discipline – sometimes through violent means.” Fatphobia can end up shaming, silencing and “correcting” fat people simply for existing. It feeds the bias, discrimination, disregard and sometimes even hatred that all fat people have to contend with on a daily basis. In employment, fat employees are often seen as lazy, sloppy, disagreeable and less conscientious. They tend to be paid less for the same jobs, have lower-paying jobs and are promoted less
often than their thinner counterparts. In education, fat students are often the victims of bullying and are viewed negatively or treated less well by teachers and other educators. In dating/relationships, fat people are seen as unattractive and disgusting – the sort who are only dated by people who “cannot do any better,” or by people who have a fat fetish, which is also seen in itself as unattractive and disgusting. In the fashion world, fat bodies are inadequately catered for, with less than half of the main high-street retailers catering for customers above a UK size 16, despite that being the national average in the UK, and fewer still catering for those above a UK size 20. In medicine, fat patients are viewed in a negative light by doctors, nurses and dieticians. “ They are seen as lazy, unintelligent,
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BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State and Ames community members will be able to take a tour through one of the most artful buildings on campus. The “Art Walk: Artfulness in the Scheman Building” will take place from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Scheman Building. Advance registration is not required for the tour, but it is appreciated by the University Museums team. Interested individuals can register on the University Museums website. “From its beginnings as part of Iowa State Center to its most recent Art on Campus installation, explore the history and public art of the Scheman Building, home to the Brunnier Art Museum. Brooke Rogers, University Museums interpretive specialist, will lead the walk,”according to the University Museums website. The Scheman Building was named for Carl Scheman, who was an Iowa State alumnus and a major contributor to the Iowa State Center. It was completed in 1975 at a cost of $5.3 million and it now hosts small and large conferences, board meetings, pre-performance dinners, wedding receptions and much more. The Scheman Building is also the site of the Brunnier Art Museum. It is the state’s only accredited museum emphasizing a decorative arts collection, and one of the nation’s few museums located within a performing arts and conference complex. The University Art Collection includes prints, paintings, sculptures, textiles, carpets, wood, lacquered objects, silver and furniture. The regularly-changing exhibitions, from the permanent collection or a visiting collection, provide educational opportunities. Lectures, receptions, conferences, university classes, panel discussions and gallery walks all take place to further the interpretation of these objects. Before the Scheman Building was completed and opened in 1975, it was started back in 1959. In 1959, private monies were solicited from alumni and friends across the nation for fifteen years, and in 1962, Ann and Henry Brunnier from San Francisco joined the effort. Henry Brunnier arranged for a substantial donation to the Iowa State Center building fund through a trust agreement. Ann Brunnier pledged a collection of dolls and decorative arts amassed over 55 years. At the time the gifts were made, Henry’s gift was considered the most significant, but it was Ann’s that proved to be the most enduring. The actual size of her collection was not known until its arrival at Iowa State in 1974, and to the astonishment of University administration, it filled two semi-truck trailers. Over the next six months, more than 4,000 objects were unpacked and cataloged, and on Sept. 19, 1975, the Iowa State Center’s Scheman Continuing Education Building opened, including the Henry J. Brunnier Galleries on the top floor.
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Students, it’s time to caucus BY EILEEN.TYRRELL @iowastatedaily.com On Monday, Iowans across the state (as well as some satellite locations) will march to over 1,600 precinct locations to caucus for the man or woman whom they believe should be the next president of the United States. Unlike the majority of the country, which votes via primary election, Iowa votes by caucus — a sort of political musical chairs, which takes place in auditoriums, church basements and elementary school gyms throughout the state. As the first state in a long line of primaries and caucuses, Iowa has an outsized impact. And as young voters — a historically underrepresented demographic in elections — we Iowa State students cannot waste this chance to make our voices heard. For those out of state students who might not understand what a caucus is or how it works, here’s a brief explanation (or you can check out the helpful simulations provided by Politico and the Washington Post). Every Iowa voter is assigned a caucus location by their address. At this location, voters divide up by candidate, and each candidate with over 15 percent representation is considered “viable” and automatically receives delegates for the Democratic National Convention. After the first round, any voters representing a candidate with over 15 percent of the overall votes has to stay with their chosen candidate. All the voters in the smaller groups can then either defect for a “viable” group, or they can stay and persuade other nonviable voters to join them and reach the 15 percent threshold. At the end of the night, the candidate with the most delegates “wins” the Iowa caucus — a status which nets them the
MALLORY TOPE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Columnist Eileen Tyrrell argues that Iowa State students should take this opportunity to caucus and make their voices heard. She writes that students should decide what they value and to get out and caucus and make an impact.
party nomination approximately 55 percent of the time. I’m from Illinois, and the concept of a caucus was foreign to me when I came to Iowa State. Now that I understand the process, I’m eager to participate – and you all should be too. Voting is your civic duty. “I think it’s a cool thing because it’s an opportunity to get really educated about the election,” Iowa State junior Sydney Lehman says. “We get to be such a key component to it all.” Lehman is originally from Colorado, and this will be her first caucus. Iowa State junior Madeline Sinovic has an especially unique perspective on the
importance of the caucus — for the last eight months, she’s been working as a field organizer for the Warren campaign and has focused exhaustively on drumming up support for Warren at the caucus. “Attending the caucus is crucial because we, as Iowans, have the power to influence who the country nominates as the Democratic nominee. Since Iowa is the first state to vote, the other states pay close attention to the results and tend to follow suit,” Sinovic said. “Our voices matter so much here, and we have a responsibility to show up for the candidate we believe in.” Sinovic is right — we have a responsibility
to show up and participate Monday night. But more than that, it is our responsibility to be informed about the candidate we choose as well. As young voters, we are especially inclined to follow our parents’ beliefs or the beliefs of our peers. This caucus is an opportunity to do your own research, decide what values you hold most important and choose the candidate who best reflects those ideals. And this caucus is a chance to express those ideals in a real, tangible way, rather than via Twitter rants or political debates over Thanksgiving dinner. Fellow Iowa State students — don’t throw away that chance. It’s time to caucus.
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Pros and cons of a constitutional amendment BY EMILY RIZVIC emrizvic@iastate.edu The Iowa State Student Government Supreme Court makes up the judicial branch and has jurisdiction over Election Commission violation hearings. The Supreme Court has not been active within the last three years. The Supreme Court does not meet current qualifications to hold quorum or court proceedings. Summer 2019, a working group was formed to create a recommendation to the Senate regarding a constitutional amendment to the judicial branch. The recommendation had then been passed to the rules committee to draft a constitutional amendment to be heard. The Senate has decided to bring this constitutional amendment before the student body for a vote.
The changes are reflected as the following: If the amendment passes, the Election Commission is to be organized underneath the judicial branch. The Election Commissioner who oversees the elections will be appointed by the chief justice and confirmed by the Senate. If the amendment does not pass, the Election Commission will remain underneath the executive branch and will continue to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. If the amendment passes, the Senate will hold the power to impeach the president, vice president and members of the judicial branch. The judicial branch will then decide the outcome, similar to the U.S. House and Senate in impeachment trials. In the event of an impeachment trial on the chief
justice, the Election Commissioner will chair said impeachment trial. If the amendment does not pass, the Senate will continue both impeach and remove. If the amendment passes, the Supreme Court will hold the power to review all legislation passed under Student Government to ensure that it is constitutional and legal. In addition, the Supreme Court will be able to interpret the Constitution and bylaws. If the amendment does not pass, the Supreme Court will not have this power. PROS - Removes conflict of interest in the process of appointing the Election Commissioner - Provides further oversight over Election Commission and Senate - Distributes more duties to the judicial branch - Student representation on the
KARA DEHNER/ IOWA STATE DAILY Letter writer Emily Rizvic talks about the possibility of a new amendment for the Iowa State Student Government. She lists the pros and cons of the possible new amendment.
student conduct board - If passed, because the Election Commission is so vital to the internal processes of the Student Government, the president may be more compelled to seat justices to the court to ensure that the Election Commission operates fully.
CONS - If a president were to fail to seat justices and a chief of staff to the Supreme Court, this may potentially provide a risk to Election Commission membership and leadership and the check and balance system.
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Cyclones face No. 1 Baylor BY MATT.BELINSON @iowastatedaily.com While the rankings and records might be skewed toward one side of the matchup between the Iowa State Cyclones (9-10, 2-4 Big 12) and the No. 1 Baylor Bears (17-1, 6-0), if the last game the two teams played on Jan. 15 showed anything, it’s that the Cyclones had a chance to take the Bears down, until they let it slip away. So with the Bears coming into Hilton Coliseum for the rematch on Wednesday, riding an undefeated record in conference play, the Cyclones are walking in knowing exactly what they have to do: Play more aggressively and don’t let up at all. Iowa State played with that mentality against the Bears in the first half, four seconds away from being down just two points at the break, until a late foul by Tre Jackson gave the Bears a five point lead. While the three points added on by the foul may not have decided the game, the foul would prove to be the start of an ugly second half for the Cyclones, where the game was eventually put out of reach. The Bears came out of the half on a 17-3 run that spanned the first six minutes of the half, whereas the Cyclones began the half 1-7 from the floor with two turnovers. Tyrese Haliburton’s role (or lack thereof ) in the Cyclone’s ability to score and defend against the Bears
CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton during the men’s basketball game against No.3 Kansas on Jan. 8 in Hilton Coliseum.
the first time around played a big factor in Iowa State having to play more stagnant on offense and being unable to contain the paint that the Bears dominated 34-22 in the first matchup. Haliburton said his team is ready for the challenge and knows that the Cyclones can’t afford to have lapses on defense and offense if they want a shot at taking down No. 1. “We’re ready, looking forward to the challenge for sure, stuff in the first game I felt like we missed a couple of opportunities, in crunch time they played well
but we felt like we let one get away, we felt like we could have played better so we’re definitely looking forward to the challenge,” Haliburton said. Baylor has done plenty to earn its ranking, with wins against two of the current top 10 teams in the country, so while Haliburton and the Cyclones want to play with more assertiveness and focus, he knows nothing will come easy. “Compete for 40 minutes, I think we did really well the first half of the last game and the second half kind of died down and we gotta make open shots, it’s easier said
than done,” Haliburton said. Terrence Lewis said he feels the same way as Haliburton when it comes to how Iowa State must approach its rematch on Wednesday, playing with a much higher level of intensity and attention to detail that Iowa S tate lacked for much of the second half against the Bears the first time around. L ewis played a big factor in Iowa State’s attempted comeback against No. 16 Auburn on Saturday with 12 points on 4-7 shooting. Coach Steve Prohm even said
that Lewis plays with a style that Iowa State has needed over the last few weeks. With that high praise offered by his coach, Lewis could be an important piece to the puzzle that Iowa State will try and solve. L ewis is not taken aback by Baylor’s ranking and is only focusing on making sure he and the rest of his teammates come onto the court with that aggressive mentality the coaching staff and team have been preaching leading up to Wednesday night. “Congrats to them being the number one team but we just gotta go out there and play very hard and play the right way like coach Prohm texted me,” Lewis said. Prohm’s o ver al l message to t h e t e a m a s t h e y a p p ro ac h e d Wednesday ’s game is to not be afraid to play tougher. Guarding the ball and having more aggressiveness on defense, as well as offense, will be the main goal for the Cyclones when it ’s time to face the Bears. “The number one thing, if you had to pick one thing, we gotta guard the ball a lot better, we gotta compete a lot better on the ball, we’ve played too passive on the ball, afraid of getting beat off the dribble or whatever it may be, we gotta be more aggressive on the ball the way people try to get in to us,” Prohm said. Tipoff for the game is at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum and will be shown on ESPNU.
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Changes need to happen for Iowa State Starting lineup changes should be in the future BY ZANE.DOUGLAS @iowastatedaily.com Watching Iowa State this season can bring up a lot of questions, but there is one thing that’s for sure — something has to change. The Cyclones have had a rocky year, from the close loss to Oregon State due to poor play down the stretch, to a beat down handed to them by their biggest rivals on their own court, to one of the worst losses in program history, to multiple conference games where the offense has just disappeared. All this has led to a 2-4 conference record and have taken out most hope of Iowa State seeing another NCAA Tournament. The season is on the line and the schedule isn’t getting any easier. Iowa State needs to sit Prentiss Nixon and Michael Jacobson. The two redshirt seniors were solid pieces on the team to start the season, but recently, their value has dropped below those around them. In Jacobson’s case, he has become the odd man out among the post players on the team. Jacobson is a solid rebounder, but he’s worse than George Conditt and Solomon Young. He can stretch the floor a bit, but not nearly as well as Zion Griffin.
Jacobson’s defense doesn’t make up for this. With seniors, it’s easy for their ceilings to plateau and Jacobson is seeing that with all those younger than him having nice seasons or stretches. Nixon has more of a niche than Jacobson with his defense and coach Steve Prohm’s affinity for small ball lineups. This has changed lately, with Nixon’s offensive struggles shining through and more traditional lineups seeing success, Iowa State is more ready than ever for a change to the starting lineup. No. 1 Baylor comes to Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday and then Iowa State plays a relative dip in the schedule before getting right back to the influx of ranked teams to end the season. The Cyclones are running out of time and if they want to turn the season on its head, they’ll need to do something big. To fill in for Nixon and Jacobson, the Cyclones should use two players with relatively weak cases to start the season — Griffin and Terrence Lewis. Griffin and Lewis share a storyline of highly touted high school prospect turned into a limited bench player due to a bad fit in the system. In Griffin’s case, this was amplified by nagging injuries in his freshman season that limited his upside. He fell into a role that limited his potential, but has found a niche this year as an athlete stretch four that can rim run and shoot at a solid clip.
CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Sophomore forward Zion Griffin during men’s basketball game against No. 3 Kansas on Jan. 8 in Hilton Coliseum.
Lewis has a similar story, but the top 100 prospect according to ESPN in 2017 underperformed for his first two years at Iowa State and was shelved as an afterthought to start this season. The junior has come back into rotations for the Cyclones thanks to his cutting ability and his ability to guard multiple positions. He’s played well enough to even earn a start earlier in the season when Tyrese Haliburton was nursing an injury. Lewis gives the Cyclones another dimension on offense with his offensive rebounding ability being on full effect in the comeback effort against Auburn on Saturday.
Griffin and Lewis could open up the offense and also give Prohm a more traditional look with size mismatches no longer being an issue. Down low, Young and Conditt have both played solid stretches on the season, keeping their minutes staggered is probably the right decision. Allowing both to play will give Prohm the opportunity to play whoever is performing better down the stretch. Don’t be surprised if the Cyclones switch some things up, but with Nixon and Jacobson’s places on the team coming into question, those changes could — and I think should — be the first dominoes to fall.
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Over 40 years at Iowa State Donald Lewis finds beauty in the entomology department BY VICTORIA.REYNA-RODRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com Ohio-grown farm boy Donald Lewis found his passion in a college biology class 40 years ago and is still sticking to it. Lewis, who is currently an entomology professor at Iowa State, grew up on an Ohio dairy farm and said he assumed after college he’d go back and be a dairy farmer for the rest of his life. But sophomore year of college, his plans changed. Lewis recalled disliking biology throughout the entirety of high school, but it was a college professor that made it interesting to him. The class’s insect examples fascinated Lewis enough to continue to take more of his entomology and insect studies courses. “I was hooked,” Lewis said. “As a farm kid, flies were a nuisance, insects in the field were a nuisance and I paid very little attention to them. It wasn’t until college that this lightbulb went on over my head.”
“It wasn’t until college that this light bulb went on over my head.” After obtaining his graduate degree from Ohio State University, Lewis began as a young professor in 1977 at Iowa State. When he started, his appointment was with extension. Extension is one of the three missions of a land grant university like Iowa State. Land grant universities teach students, do research to create new knowledge and distribute that knowledge to growers and citizens so they can make better decisions, Lewis said. “For the first twenty years, all of my teaching was off campus. It was workshops and seminars, programs with growers and producers or nursery producers, greenhouse growers and pest control operators,” Lewis said. But in 2000, Lewis started teaching in the classroom on campus. He began with a course for turf grass students and a study abroad course. In the fall of 2009, he began teaching Iowa State’s famous entomology 201 and 211 online courses. “I was offered the opportunity to redefine myself, less off-campus teaching, more on-campus teaching,” Lewis said. Lewis called his new appointment to classroom and online teaching, “a shot in the arm,” but an opportunity he was eager to take. “I did and I do love what I did with extension – meeting growers, meeting with the public, answering questions about insects, finding out what they need to know and helping them find information about their insect problems,” Lewis said. “And I still do that, but that’s about half of my time now, whereas teaching is the other half.” Lewis called online teaching a new and invigorating experience, but said it was exciting for him to try something new and find out that he likes that too. His previous work with
extension was, “a lot of meeting people one time,” Lewis said. “You would go talk to insect growers, and you’d help them solve their insect questions in the green house, and then you might not see those people for another two years. And then you’d go talk to exterminators […] and you might not see those people for a year, so there was this variety in extension — it was always a different subject and it was always with different people, as opposed to seeing the same classroom of students 30 times a semester,” Lewis said. The variety extension offered worked very well for Lewis, and he said he would still be doing it if the opportunity of full-time teaching and taking over the online course hadn’t been handed to him. Lewis acknowledged that a course about bugs isn’t the most intriguing opportunity for the average college student, but can end up being a very interesting and useful one. “Part of it is just overcoming the fear, the aversion that insects are only creepy, they’re only disgusting, and part of the way we do that is to stop talking about cockroaches and bedbugs and start talking about lighting bugs or praying mantises and suddenly they go, ‘Oh, yeah, those are kind of neat’,” Lewis said. There are certainly parts of entomology that are prettier, or even cleaner, than others. Lewis gets his students’ attention by fascinating them with the beautiful parts, rather than the less glamorous insects like centipedes and cockroaches. “And then you start talking about butterflies, and you tell them the story of the monarch migration or you talk about the importance of honeybees and they go, ‘Oh, bees sting you,’ but then you say ‘But look at the benefits of bees, the pollination service, the honey’, and so bit by bit you can introduce some interesting, non-threatening parts of entomology,” Lewis said. Eventually, you might even see the fascination in insects like dung beetles, just as Lewis does. Lewis said that if you ask most students why they’re taking his course, they’ll say it’s because they needed an hour or three of a natural science credit to graduate. “That’s fine,” Lewis said. “Come on in, we’re glad to have you.” Lewis said his courses aren’t going to be threatening, and they won’t be terribly difficult, but they are something you’ll have to try at. You’ll get an exposure to something you may have never known or thought about, which is why Lewis says he teaches these non-major courses. “You get this brief exposure of something outside your normal studies, and that’s a good thing — to expand your horizons, to see a little bit of a bigger piece of the world,” Lewis said. Lewis said a frequent comment he gets on evaluations — and one of his favorites — is a student mentioning something new that they learned in his class and saying, “I didn’t know that was a thing.” “That’s why we do it,” Lewis said. “That’s why we teach service courses — courses for non-majors — so you go out of here a little better prepared to meet the real world, in the process we’re eventually going to tell you about bedbugs and cockroaches because you might see those some day, but you’ll have a little better appreciation […] but that’s the goal here, to create this exposure.”
COURTESY OF DONALD LEWIS Donald Lewis, entomology professor for more than 40 years at Iowa State, and his black labradoodle. He teaches the famous entomology 201 and 211, often taken by non-majors.
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from junior leagues, Fairman said the program is an added bonus and is not used during recruiting because players are familiar with the concept. Players may find out about the program during their recruitment visit, but it is not a main point. Like Olson, junior forward Dylan Goggin is from Minnesota. Even though he wasn’t far from home, Goggin recalls his first year in college and his Home Away family showing him around Ames, Iowa. “My freshman year, it was just nice to kind of have like a second family, second set of parents down here,” Goggin said. Although the program started over ten years ago, Rita Thorson is in her second year as director. She and her husband, Scott Thorson, joined the program five years ago. The year prior to joining, they bought season tickets and attended all the home games. Through that, the Thorsons met the previous director of the program. They learned about the program and joined the following year. Rita became director three years later. “You get out of it what you put into it, so I put everything into it to get to know them and know their likes and dislikes,” Rita said. “I try to involve myself in their lives so that they can trust me and know that they can give me a call anytime, day or night.” With this being only the second year in her current position, Rita has already begun trying to enhance the program, creating a Cyclone Hockey Home Away Parents Facebook page. Her goal is to expand the program, by next year even, to cover both the Division I team and the Division II team. The current 16 sets of couples isn’t enough for both, with Scott saying that it would just take more people to make that happen. However, bigger events planned by Rita and Scott include both teams, such as potlucks and treat nights. The potlucks occur twice a season where parents cook for the players on both teams, gathering all for a meal. This season, Rita started inviting the cheerleaders to the potlucks. Treat nights happen once every month after a home game. Parents bake homemade goods and bring them to the rink for players to pick up after games. Outside of those two events, it is up to each of the families to decide their engagement with players. It varies from player to player and family to family based on need and schedules. The Thorsons, along with some other families, will put together treat bags for away games. In the bags are snacks for the players to take with them on the bus. In addition to the treat bags for their assigned players, the Thorsons bring extra treats for the whole team. Rita and Scott Thorson strive to create a stable environment and family feel for their players. To help with that, they usually have their three players over for dinner once a week. They also
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Campaigns have increased their volunteer work to help their candidates gain voters. “We have organizers knocking on doors, making calls and making the case that Tom Steyer [is the best candidate],” said Leah Haberman, a Steyer spokesperson. Talking to everyone and engaging with Iowans is how to gear up for the caucus, Haberman said. Campaigns with younger-trending support are working to turnout the student-aged caucusgoers. “Our passionate volunteers on Iowa’s college campuses and in cities and rural areas
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weak-willed and uncaring about their personal health,” according to Brown. “As a result, they are frequently mistreated, misdiagnosed and flat-out denied medical treatment.” The SRH Week website stated fatphobia is present in all kinds of media people consume, and it teaches them what body type they should view as valuable and desirable in their culture. “Fatphobia in the media is a cultural practice that rewards devaluing fat people, and insists on showcasing thin people as the norm and as what is ‘beautiful’ and ‘desirable,’” according to the SRH website. This includes personal interactions,
COURTESY OF RITA THORSON Left to right: Max Olson, Rita Thorson, David Rutkowski, Andrew Lee and Scott Thorson after a home game.
celebrate birthdays and holidays with their players and have even invited them to family gatherings. The Thorsons also do most of the team’s laundry, washing socks, jerseys, etc. at their own home. Even though they have a son of their own in college, that hasn’t stopped them from supporting the players. “I just enjoy being a mom so [I] figured ‘why not spread the love?’” Rita said. Rita’s actions go beyond planned events and tasks — as she brought medicine to Olson when he was sick last December. Similar to Olson, Goggin sees his Home Away family at least once a week. He said they are very supportive and are always there to answer questions or to provide a home cooked meal. “Having a Home Away family just kind of adds to the value and the comfort of being in Ames,” Goggin said. Even though junior forward Ray Zimmerman’s family isn’t as involved, he still sees the value and benefits of the program. He attends the bigger events and is impacted by the program. The scope of the program goes beyond just helping the Cyclone players. It affects the youth players in Ames, Iowa, as some of the parents in the program have children who play hockey. “It’s connecting us with the younger players,” Zimmerman
continue to talk with Iowans about why they caucus for Yang,” Varonis said. Campaigns are also working to make sure their infrastructure is in place for Monday. “We are making sure our volunteers and precinct captains are energized and supported to turnout of caucus night,” Haberman said. Other campaigns are using the last few days ahead of the caucuses to push Iowans to go caucus and ensure they turnout and have their say on who the next president should be. “Our campaign believes in the Iowa caucuses and wants to let Iowans have their say as to who gets to participate in this race,” said Brent Roske, the Iowa State director for John Delaney’s campaign.
conversations or hurtful remarks that enforce certain views about what bodies are good and which are bad. “For example, policing what someone is eating, complimenting weight loss as inherently always good, telling fat people about their own health as if they don’t know any better or giving unsolicited advice on weight loss, can all stem from fatphobia,” according to the SRH website. “When we presume we know better than what someone else’s body needs as if fat people have not heard the same stereotypes and concerns about their weight hundreds of times before, we are often [...] using health as an alibi to shame fat people for being fat.” Weight stigma and fatphobia have
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said. “Players make bonds with those kids. They see them in the rink, and it kind of just makes the whole Ames Ice Rink more of a community.” Rita Thorson does her best to pair up a family with a youth player to a Cyclone player of the same position. She has also paired up players and families from similar areas. For example, one of the couples is from Canada and wished to be paired with a player who is also from Canada. A family may also be randomly assigned a player. “Sometimes, it gives a young kid someone to look up to, a positive mentor,” Fairman said. Of the 16 sets of couples in the program, nine have joined after the Thorsons. One of those couples is Stephanie Clark and her spouse, Eliseo De León, as they just joined the program this season. They started going to Cyclone Hockey games about ten years ago and ended up sitting by the Thorsons. Clark and De León had started supporting the cheerleaders and that morphed into them joining the program. Even though they have been hockey fans for a long time, Clark said joining the program has made them feel closer to the game and gives them more of a rooting interest. “We’re feeling more connected to the game having somebody specific to cheer for,” Clark said.
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of a violent assault discovers she can hear the thoughts of the actors in porn films or the concept of two women who make a baby together. Along with the centerpieces of the book “Especially Heinous,” which is a rewrite of almost 300 episodes of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” all of these fables show a dominant fairy tale narrative, with its ritualistic opening riff, a theme of women in distress and with tidy resolutions. “‘Her Body and Other Parties’ is a series of short stories that uses fantasy, psychological realism and a little bit of horror to explore the realities of women’s lives and the violence visited
an impact on fat people, as they are the direct victims of both of these phenomena.There are also the after-effects of constantly being subjected to these stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors. Brown said some of these effects include higher rates of depression, anxiety and social isolation; a two to three times higher chance of engaging in suicidal thoughts and behaviors; higher rates of engaging in dangerous weight control and binge eating behaviors; lower rates of physical activity; and lower rates of participation in preventative health services. “Although some of these specific facts might seem surprising to many, there is a general understanding among the populace that fat people have a hard
upon their bodies,” Williams said. “I chose this book because it’s unique, entertaining and beautifully written.” For those who are interested, this book club will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. every Monday in February, which is the 10, 17 and 24, at the Sloss House. Williams said during these meetings there will be a discussion hosted to talk about the themes of two different short stories each week. To sign up for this book club, Williams said people should email her at tricia@assaultcarecenter.org. She also said the first ten students to sign up for this book club will receive a free copy of the book. At the time of the writing of this article, there are currently four books still available.
time of it,”according to Brown.“As well as causing fat people to suffer, weight stigma and fatphobia also cause thin people to be afraid of becoming fat, thereby increasing the pressure to stay thin at any and all costs.” Amanda Arp, graduate student in English, and Cassidy Boe, an Iowa State alumna, conducted a study titled “Improving the Plus-Sized Student Experience in Higher Education” where they asked Iowa State students about their experience at Iowa State. “Based on research I and my research partner Cassidy Boe have done of the perceptions of fat students on campus, I can say that fatphobia and weightbased stigma do exist on campus, but not in highly prevalent ways,” Arp said.
Arp said there are many ways people can combat fatphobia. “To help combat internalized fatphobia, I would recommend that people question any negative assumptions or opinions they have about fat individuals,” Arp said. “People can also follow body positive social media influencers, like fat activist Amy Pence Brown, musical artist Lizzo and plussized model Tess Holliday. I would also recommend reading more content from body positive and fat positive resources, such as The Fat Studies journal or FabUplus magazine. If anyone has Hulu, they could also watch ‘Shrill,’ a comedy based on the memoir, ‘Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman,’ by Lindy West.”