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01.31.2020 Vol. 220 No. 087
FRIDAY
Presidential Policies
Where candidates stand on issues BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com After a grueling, years-long process, fewer than half of the Democratic presidential candidates remain in the race just three days out from the Iowa caucuses. This is where the remaining Democratic candidates stand on key issues in the 2020 election. The issues were selected based on the most recent YouGov national survey of adults. The top three issues for 18-to-29-year-old respondents were health care, the environment and education. Former Vice President Joe Biden Health care: Biden would “give every American access to affordable health insurance,” according to his campaign website. Climate change: Biden calls for a 100 percent clean energy economy by 2050 and for the United States to rejoin the Paris Agreement, and would also sign executive orders going beyond the platform of the “Obama-Biden administration,” according to his campaign website. College education: Biden would “double the maximum value of Pell grants,” and automatically increase the value based on inflation, according to his campaign website. Sen. Bernie Sanders Health care: Sanders proposes a “‘Medicare for All,’ single-payer, national health insurance program to provide everyone in America with comprehensive health care coverage, free at the point of service,” according to his campaign website. Climate change: Sanders calls for “complete decarbonization of the economy by 2050” and “[e]nding unemployment by creating 20 million jobs needed to solve the climate crisis,” according to his campaign website. College education: Sanders supports tuition-free public DESIGN BY BROOKLYN WILLIAMS
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Ioway: The history behind the name BY AMBER.MOHMAND @iowastatedaily.com As the Ames City Council recommended to replace the name of Squaw Creek to Ioway Creek, there is in-depth meaning to the suggested name. A debate was sparked when a request was made by an Ames resident that said individuals of Native American descent have protested the name since the 1990s. The resident requested the name to be changed, offering the name “Story Creek” as an option since Story County has the highest population in which the stream flows. The term “Squaw” is defined as an offensive connotation towards Native American women, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary. “I think the easiest way to find a name that was recognizable and would mean something to people and would make an immediate connection to the native presence here was just a tribal name,” said Sebastian Braun, associate professor in world languages and culture and the director of American Indian Studies who also looked over recommended names. The name Ioway was recommended by
the Ames City Council during its meeting Tuesday night. “The earliest people who lived here that we know the name of are what are called the Ioway and they didn’t call themselves the Ioway, they called themselves the Baxoje,” Braun said. Ioway or Iowa are the Native Americans that lived in the geographic area, according to the official website of the Ioway, and they called themselves Baxoje — meaning grey snow. “They were very powerful in the beginning, they were noted as a lot of the more powerful tribes in this area, they had most of Iowa — they did well for themselves,” Braun said. The tribe relocated many times throughout history, ranging from the geographic area within Minnesota to maintaining a village near Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Ioway settled near the Des Moines River on the Grand River Basin. “In the late 1700s, early 1800s, the Ioway just ran into a lot of difficulties, there were epidemics, there was a lot of warfare with the Dakota, especially, and they just lost ground,” Braun said. After the Ioway lost ground, the Sauk
and the Meskwaki lived in the area. When the two recommended names were released, there was an argument within the Ames and Iowa State community. Some residents have argued through social media that the name has become a staple within the Ames Community. “There seems to be some criticism of the county and the city basically getting into this and I want to go on record and saying that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names have contacted us and asked us for input and so we are doing that,” Ames Mayor John Haila said in a city council meeting in November. Braun said the name change could rebuild connections with Native Americans. “I think the renaming of this creek [...] could actually be an opportunity to rebuild or build connections,” Braun said. “For example, when the creek is renamed, why not invite the people for whom it will be named and, maybe, the other people for whom it will not be renamed here to remember, for example, the history of the land, the treaties, you know, to understand the treaties did not just involve Native [Americans] but they involved anybody who lives here.”
COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Iowa State will be accepting comments and questions about their new chalking policy through Wednesday.
Iowa State starts discussion on permanent chalking policy BY JACOB.SMITH @iowastatedaily.com A drafted chalking policy is being reviewed, which would implement fewer restrictions on chalking around Iowa State’s campus but permanently ban chalking from some areas. The draft policy lays out what exactly is allowed to be chalked and where the chalking can and cannot occur in detail. Last semester, the university implemented a temporary policy regarding the chalking, which limited what students are allowed to chalk. Within the policy, registered student organizations were the only groups allowed to chalk on campus. Now, the proposed policy opens up chalking to anyone. “Iowa State University recognizes that chalking of sidewalks is a way to announce programs, promote events, exchange opinions, share messages, and otherwise express ideas,” according to the policy. “This policy is designed to permit sidewalk chalking while also advancing important university interests, including but not limited to ensuring campus safety, safeguarding entrances and exits to and from university facilities, protecting university property and facilities, and maintaining the aesthetic appeal of campus.” While chalking would be open to everyone, the policy also affects all students, affiliates, employees and visitors to Iowa State. According to the policy, chalking is only allowed in water-soluble chalk, banning markers, paints, oil-based products, non-soluble products and spray chalks. “Chalking that violates any federal or state law, the Iowa State University Student Disciplinary Regulations (Code of Conduct), or any other policy of Iowa State University as contained in the Iowa State University Policy Library is prohibited,” according to the policy. According to the policy, chalking is not allowed in any of the following areas: Within the Memorial Union Plaza and memorial space, within the historical quad space, within the Anderson Sculpture Garden, the George Washington Carver Plaza, the Knoll grounds and within “areas outside health care facilities including both stand-alone facilities and mixed-use facilities that are embedded within another facility, veterinary medicine facilities, a facility or outdoor area used by the institution’s athletics program or teams, or other outdoor areas where access is restricted to a majority of the campus community, see Iowa Code Chapter 261H.1(4).” Feedback on the draft policy is being accepted through Wednesday with email questions and comments being sent to policy@iastate.edu.