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StuGov to host first meeting of fall semester BY JACOB SMITH @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State’s Student Government will be holding its first meeting of the semester Wednesday. On their docket is confirming various seats, seating a senator to Frederiksen Court, providing funding to multiple groups and updating the Student Government Student Initiatives committee in the articles of cooperation with Graduate and Professional Student Senate. The co-director of legislative ambassadors, director of sustainability and senior director of governmental affairs are the positions with individuals being confirmed to them. Cassie Bond, Izabel Wilde and Nicholas Johnson are the candidates who will go before the Senate for confirmation. Next will be the seating of Nicholas Kline to the senator role in the representation of Frederiksen Court. He was voted unanimously in favor of the Frederiksen Court Community Council and will take on all rights and responsibilities of his role effective immediately. The funding is looking to be dispersed between asset non-profit organizations, Student Government adviser supplies and “I Love Ames.” $1,511 from the Special Projects account will be provided to non-profits who had outstanding invoices with Student Government at the end of last semester. $2,300 from the Senate Discretionary account will go toward adviser Alex Krumm’s office space, providing him with supplies and computer parts to allow him to do his job. $1,525.50 from the Special Projects account is requested in funding the “I Love Ames” event. The money will go toward equipment for student organizations and marketing. Finally, they will update the Article of Cooperation to call the past University Affairs Committee, which

COURTESY OF DILLYN MUMME Dillyn Mumme then, a freshman during move-in, and now, a married senior studying aerospace engineering. After graduation, Mumme hopes to get confirmation for his employment at the NASA Johnson Space Center.

COURTESY OF GABE SCHAUB Gabe Schaub, from moving in during freshman move-in to senior year. One piece of advice he has for non-seniors is to not stress about everything because “Things just work out in the end.”

COURTESY OF AUSTIN GRABER Austin Graber then at a football game his freshman year and now, as a senior, student body president. One of his favorite memories from iowa State includes winning an intramural basketball tournament t-shirt.

Then and now Seniors reflect on past, years ahead BY SIERRA HOEGER @iowastatedaily.com Picture this. You hear the sirens blare across Jack Trice Stadium as you’re sitting in the student section for the last home game of the season. Surrounded by friends, the moment is bittersweet. Buying your last blue book as you gear up for your last finals week or preparing to sit in a lecture hall, filling in standardized test bubbles and taking a timed test for the last time, however, might be relieving rather than bittersweet. Senior year brings with it lots of lasts. This

includes final football games, a final finals week, a final homecoming week and a final time sitting in a lecture hall learning about microorganisms or how to successfully lead a classroom. Several seniors have shared what they hope their final year will bring and plans for the future, post Iowa State. For Ryan Whitener, his final time ordering his weekly meal at Panda Express inside the Memorial Union might be a bittersweet moment. “Every Friday I go to Panda to treat myself for surviving the week,” Whitener said. “My order is kind of complicated.”

While Panda Express can be found in any U.S. state you travel to, snow during the wintertime cannot. “I’m from Huntsville, Alabama, I don’t get snow,” Whitener said. “I might get an inch of snow per year, and so having snow up to my knees, I could actually go play in the snow and build a snowman.” Whitener one of his favorite memories at Iowa State, which includes a midnight snowball fight on Central Campus. “That was just crazy to me

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8.28.19 Poster Sale, Campanile Room, Memorial Union at 10 a.m. Browse through thousands of

images from art prints and movie posters to retro reproductions and your favorite bands.

Chillin’ with the DSO, Student Services Building Plaza at 2 p.m. Kick-off the new semester with free ice cream sundaes! Learn about the Dean of Students Office and how our 15 departments can help Cyclones succeed.

WelcomeFest, Great Hall, Memorial Union at 5:30 p.m. See what over 100 Ames businesses and

ISU departments have to offer you! Come for the info! Get freebies and food samples!

Walk-In 10 Minute Craft: Watercolor Bookmarks, Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union at 4 p.m. Make a splash of watercolor on heavy paper and leave with a bookmark, or small work of art.

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General Member Meetings every other Wednesday at 5:00 pm in the Maintenance Shop. You’ll learn more about the organization, get the inside scoop on events coming to campus and meet lots of amazing people!

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

the improv comedy humor of their fellow college students and can’t get enough of location, occupation, means of death.

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We The Kings, Great Hall, Memorial Union at 8 p.m. Tickets for the Student Union Board

(SUB) Kickoff Concert are now available online at midwestix.com or at the Maintenance Shop Box Office in the Memorial Union (M-F | 11am-5pm) starting Aug. 26.

GARRETT HEYDIOWA STATE DAILY VICTORY DAY Cy the Cardinal waves during Victory Day Aug. 23 on the MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium.

POLICE BLOTTER 8.25.19

8.26.19 Richard Patrick Bustin, age 38, of 2140 Edenburn Dr Unit D- Ames, IA, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated and driving under suspension at 12 Schilletter Village (reported at 10:47 p.m.).

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Garrett Dexter Little, age 19, of 204 Beach Rd Unit 313 - Ames, IA, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at the East Campus Parking Deck (reported at 1:16 a.m.).

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Tre`Vawn Graydon Jarrett, age 19, of 612 Morton Ave - Des Moines, IA, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age at Maple Hall (reported at 12:03 a.m.).

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Finding inclusivity at Iowa State Students give tips to LGBTQIA+ members new to campus BY LOGAN METZGER @iowastatedaily.com For some students, getting acquainted with a college campus can be terrifying. It can be worse for individuals with marginalized identities who do not always feel welcome. To combat this, many groups and offices at Iowa State are looking to make others feel welcome and offer tips and tricks for new students. One of these marginalized groups is the LGBTQIA+ community, where students from all races, genders, religions, abilities and socioeconomic status meet. Belonging to such a diverse community can be daunting to some students, but at Iowa State there are people trying to make new students feel accepted. “Representation is so, so important and being able to see other folks with similar identities is super cool and can lead to longlasting friendships,” said Trinity Dearborn, president of Pride Alliance and president of Aromantic Asexual Alliance. REACHING OUT The LGBTQIA+ community includes active members of the Iowa State campus. It is more than likely that there will be an individual with an identity that falls under that umbrella in every classroom and in every major. “I feel like a lot of people don’t know that there’s such a large population of LGBTQIA+ folks here in the middle of Iowa,” Dearborn said. “There is an accepting and supportive community, sometimes it just takes some time to find it.” Dearborn said that some ways to find the community can be as easy as asking someone their pronouns during an introduction or positively commenting on someone’s Pride button in passing. “Don’t be afraid to ask for people’s social media,” Dearborn said. “It is a quick and easy way to get connected and stay connected.” Many professors at Iowa State go by the names on their roll call sheet and assume gender pronouns based off of those names, so reaching out them either before class or after class is an easy and simple way for an introduction that includes the name people want to go by and their pronouns. THE CENTER The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student

IOWA STATE DAILY Kipp Van Dyke, a Student Services staff member, holds a sign in support of the LGBTQIA+ community Oct. 11, 2018 at the National Coming Out Day photoshoot at The Center.

S uccess, loc ated at room 3224 in the Memorial Union, is a space for LGBTQIA+ students and allies to meet, hangout and form a community at Iowa State. The Center, as it is referred to by many at Iowa State, hosts many events throughout the year to build relationships between students and inform students on different parts of the LGBTQIA+ community. The Center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. “It is very easy to get isolated, so I tell folks that The Center is not the end-all be-all but is a place to gain quick information and access the latest events and happenings,” said Brad Freihoefer, director of the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success. T h e C e n t e r ’s s p a c e i s c e n t e re d o n “community;” it has white boards filled with student organization information, meeting

spaces for students, tons of comfortable seating and a large “dining” table where close to ten students can share a meal or work on projects together. “The Center offers a lot of resources for students in the LGBTQIA+ community,” Dearborn said. “Whether it be a cool place to chill, meeting new people or getting help navigating campus, the Center has it all.” The Center can sometimes be hard to find for new students, but by either asking Memorial Union staff or by following signs on the third floor of the Memorial Union, it should be a breeze. STUDENT ORGS Students Organizations are a huge part of student life on Iowa State’s campus and the LGBTQIA+ community is involved in that area of campus as well. There are currently

nine registered student orgs that focus on the LGBTQIA+ community. One of the oldest LGBTQIA+ student orgs on campus is Pride Alliance, though it has gone by other names in its long history at Iowa State. Pride Alliance’s mission states that it exists “to provide a safe space where students can discuss and learn about the LGBTA community, their sexual orientation and gender identity, have support in their acceptance of themselves and others as we strive to eliminate homophobia and heterosexism in all aspects of life on and off campus.” Other student orgs include Aromantic Asexual Alliance, oSTEM, Queer* Graduate Student Association, Transcendence, Students for Cultivating Change, CVM Spectrum, Delta Lambda Phi Beta Lambda Chapter and Gamma Rho Lambda Omicron Chapter.

LGBTQIA+ event creates community BY LOGAN METZGER @iowastatedaily.com In a room lined with pride flags and rainbow spotlights, students, faculty, staff and community members who identify within the LGBTQIA+ community met to celebrate their identities Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. As attendees walked through the doors of the Great Hall they were greeted with a Lady Gaga song and smiling greeters who handed out name tags and blank pronoun pins for the visitors to fill out. Close to 300 individuals attended the LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome, coming from many diverse backgrounds as well as different areas of the Ames community. “I think this event went tremendously well; I heard from a lot of students tonight who had never been connected to the LGBTQIA+ community and met other people and started building those connections,” said Brad Freihoefer, director of the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success. “That is the goal of the whole event and I am excited about it.” One of the main attractions for the welcome was the “largest

pride flag at Iowa State,” according to Freihoefer, which was made out of multiple banners of singular color and colored spotlights, which was a place where many attendees were taking selfies. Freihoefer announced they would dye their hair a permanent rainbow if attendance was over 500, but it seems that will not be happening due to the total attendance being close to 200 individuals short. “I am feeling great, feeling pretty gay at the moment, just having an amazing time,” said Nyamal Toang, sophomore in linguistics. “Just seeing everyone here and seeing this many people being part of the LGBTQIA+ community is a lot, it’s amazing.” Other activities included a coloring station with coloring books, a community mural where anyone could write or draw what they wanted, a Mix and Mingle and many board games including Jenga, Connect Four and Apples to Apples. “This event is important because everyone is just trying to figure out these things on their own and it’s nice to have other people around you who are going through the same thing and just help each other out,” said Marilyn Gonzalez,

junior in Kinesiology. The two other main activities were a Gallery Walk and Human Bingo. The Gallery Walk had attendees answer or react to questions that were on a wall. The Human Bingo had attendees interact with complete strangers while trying to fill out a bingo card in order to win a prize. The prizes included various candies, a rainbow backpack and a rainbow hat. “I really like introduce-y sort of things, so I really liked the Human Bingo,” said Madison Mason, freshman in women’s and gender studies and journalism. “I have been walking around to different people and groups introducing myself.” Freihoefer said this event has been done for many years in different ways like ice cream socials, but this will be the third year that the welcome has been done in this way. Freihoefer said that attendance has ranged from 20 individuals in its early years to over 300 individuals in more recent years. “I am really touched by some of the stories I heard tonight,” Freihoefer said. “I heard some stories about students who went to this welcome event in years past and got connected and now they are roommates or partners or they’re best friends, there are so many stories and they are very moving.”

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New challenger to face Trump Joe Walsh announces entrance to Republican primary BY ELI.HARRIS @iowastatedaily.com Former Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., a national talk show host and former Illinois congressman announced Sunday he will enter the Republican Party primary against President Donald Trump for the presidential nomination. Walsh announced his candidacy on an ABC television show where he said, “We’ve got a guy in the White House who’s unfit, completely unfit to be president.” This announcement makes him the second person to declare a campaign to secure the Republican Party nomination after former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld declared his candidacy in April. Walsh has said that he is responsible for “creating Donald Trump,” and wants to oust the incumbent. W hen asked about the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which has a provision for removing a president, Walsh said, “It should be looked at.” Walsh said he voted for Trump in 2016, but came to oppose him on several issues, including trade and the economy. He asserted Trump has not been fiscally conservative, is causing damage to the economy and has increased the national debt. During his announcement, Walsh said, “The president of the United States is tweeting us into a recession.” Mack Shelley, Iowa State lecturer and chair of the political science department, said trade policy is an area where President Trump could lose support in places like Iowa.

COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Former Illinois congressman and Rep. Joe Walsh joins the Republican Party primary after making an announcement Sunday. He is the second republican to declare a nomination.

Shelley said tariffs imposed by the Trump administration have caused hardships for growers and reduced available markets overseas. “That doesn’t help Trump one bit

in farm country,” Shelley said. Walsh has accused the president of being a narcissist, a liar and of obstructing justice. On Aug. 19, he tweeted, “There must be a

Republican primary referendum on Trump. Not a referendum on tariffs. Not on the debt & deficits. Not on the wall. It’s gotta be a referendum o n Tr u m p. A r e f e r e n d u m o n

his unfitness. His dishonest y. His disloyalty. His cruelty. His incompetence. His narcissism.” President Trump’s personality has been a focal point for Walsh, but Shelley voiced doubts about whether it is an effective tactic. When speaking about Republican voters, Shelley said, “I don’t think they care a heck of a lot one way or another from one tweet compared to another.” Alluding to a phrase describing former President Ronald Reagan, S helley described Tr ump as a “teflon” president whose base of support isn’t affected greatly by attacks on his personality. Shelley said Walsh could secure a portion of libertarian and farther right-leaning conservative voters, as well as some of what is known as “never-Trump” support. Despite the niche that Walsh could find, Shelley said he doesn’t think he will win the Republican nomination because of Trump’s 88-89% approval rating within the party. Every publicly available opinion poll has found Trump with at least 90% support among likely Iowa caucusgoers. If Walsh were to win the primary, Shelley expects him to lose and not gain more than 40% of the popular vote. Even though Walsh’s candidacy is not currently a major t h re a t t o Tr u m p’s c a m p a i g n , Shelley said he thinks he could take some Republican voters who aren’t satisfied with the president and cause damage for the general election. “I would think Trump has to worry a little bit,” Shelley said.

WelcomeFest to connect students to Ames businesses BY AMBER.MOHMAND @iowastatedaily.com The Student Activities Center will host their annual WelcomeFest at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. The free event is planned by the Student Activities Center and is open to all Iowa State students. Tim Reuter, service learning and student organizations coordinator, is one of three planners covering logistics for the WelcomeFest. “It’s the one time of year where students have the ability to see all of these people and all these vendors in one place just to get a sense of what else is in the Ames community,” Reuter said. “Really it’s kinda like a ‘ClubFest’ for the Ames community essentially so they get to see what’s beyond the campus borders.” The event hosts more than 100 businesses in Ames and brings four thousand students to learn more about the community, according to the website. “It’s really just a chance for those folks to come in and show what services they have to offer to ISU students and for ISU students to see what there is in the broader Ames community,” Reuter said. WelcomeFest will be a platform for students to learn more about businesses and programs, such as the Iowa State University Police Department and the University Library, from which there

will be representatives to explain what they do and offer. “It also helps us fundraise some money to support our own internal programs,” Reuter said. “The vendors that register for the event, they have to pay to be at the event as well, and so that money goes towards supporting the programs that we do within the Memorial Union as well.” The Memorial Union hosts programs such as The Workspace, a studio for students to work on arts and crafts. Allison Hellman, a junior in integrated studio arts and supervisor for two years within The Workspace, said the program is a place to begin or continue their artwork. “The Workspace is a community art place for people to just gather and do some crafts, take some classes – just get new experiences [students] typically wouldn’t get,” Hellman said. The program provides classes, walk-in activities and open studios for students. The Workspace is located in the east basement within the Memorial Union and will also be at WelcomeFest. Hellman will be at the desk and will demonstrate various ceramic techniques. For events similar to WelcomeFest, the Student Activities Center also hosts ClubFest, which is an event dedicated to student organizations within Iowa State that will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 on Central Campus.

IOWA STATE DAILY Employees from Chick-Fil-A hand out free chicken nuggets to students Aug. 22, 2018, at WelcomeFest in the Memorial Union.

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Power in the right place? YouTube censorship calls for debate BY CONNOR.BAHR @iowastatedaily.com It all started in 2017, when PragerU, a self-defined “non-profit education media company,” sued YouTube for censoring their videos. According to PragerU, YouTube had classified over 100 of their videos as inappropriate in 2017 (That number is now over the 200s). Some of these videos include “The Ten Commandments,” “Israel’s Legal Founding” and “Cops Are The Good Guys.” PragerU claims that these videos are not inappropriate at all and YouTube is simply censoring them because they are conservative. Another popular conser vative YouTuber, Steven Crowder, was recently involved in a lawsuit with Carlos Maza, a Vox show host. At first, YouTube decided that Crowder’s remarks, however vulgar and offensive, were not considered hate speech and therefore required no censorship. However, after a barrage of backlash from the left, YouTube demonetized Crowder’s videos. YouTube then announced that it would be looking to tighten its grips on the content that is released on its platform as a whole. Censoring hate speech isn’t inherently a bad thing. Speech that incites violence should be hidden from those who might take it to heart, but the problem lies with who gets to decide what hate speech is. On YouTube, Google gets to decide what counts as hate speech and censors it accordingly. And it’s clear from Crowder vs Maza that YouTube is willing to give in to backlash. So when it comes to hate speech on YouTube, it seems mob rule is the only rule.

COURTESY OF PIXABAY Columnist Connor Bahr argues that YouTube may be taking its censorship powers too far when it comes to political content. He references many instances where YouTube’s decisions have come under question, such as the PragerU vs YouTube lawsuit.

However, Google has already admitted that it wishes to censor conservative media. Project Veritas released a video that showed a former Google employee secretly recording a meeting with Google executive, Jen Gennai. Gennai goes on to state that Google had altered its algorithms to bring “fairness” onto the platform and then said,

“The same people who voted for the current president ... do not agree with our definition of fairness.” Gennai later admitted that these statements were real. The ex-google employee who leaked the video stated that conservative YouTubers were being censored to stop them from becoming popular. This is a potentially very dangerous

situation. If YouTube gets to decide what “hate speech” is, what is stopping it from censoring any opinion it doesn’t agree with? And at what point does this censorship begin to break the First Amendment? There is no way to know now, but I believe that in the near future, this will be a defining debate for all of America.

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Gabbard puts people, freedom first BY SCOTT LE stle@iastate.edu I visited Cafe Diem on Aug. 10. I joined about a hundred people to meet Tulsi Gabbard. She is a U.S. House Representative from Hawaii and a major of the Hawaii Army National Guard. Gabbard acknowledged how divided America has become and encouraged us to be introspective. I heard from others we should avoid talking about politics because of how divisive it can be, but I think we are divided because we fail to talk with each other. As a veteran, she understands the cost of war and rejects regime change interventions. Her opponents mistake her communicating with world leaders as betrayal, but that is far from the truth. She is patriotic. She is pro-peace and not focused on one issue. Instead of waging wasteful counterproductive wars,

the money could be re-invested in universal healthcare and renewable energy. I supported her early in this race because she stood with protestors against construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and she called the National Security Agency to stop spying on Americans. She recognizes the freedoms we share and will protect them for us. The Human Rights Campaign also gave her a 100 percent score for her LGBT-friendly voting record. Gabbard exceeded the donor quantity requirement and received at least 2 percent in several polls since the July debates. Since only two of the polls are deemed qualifying, she needs two more to participate in the autumn debates. Her momentum is not surprising because her message has resonated with many people. Her message has always been about unity and that is inspiring. She acknowledged great

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Offense spreading the wealth BY MATT.BELINSON @iowastatedaily.com With the season opener less than five days away, Matt Campbell spoke with the media Tuesday about his team’s approach and growth heading into facing Northern Iowa University in the Cyclone’s 2019 season opener.

SPREADING THE BALL IN THE OFFENSE Iowa State has been fortunate the last two seasons with the amount of big weapons for the offense to play with and use in big situations. David Montgomery and Hakeem Butler are gone and now Iowa State has to use a different approach when it comes to giving the ball to multiple players in big spots — the opposite of the Cyclone’s offense in 2018, when Montgomery or Butler were seemingly always there to provide a cushion in a big play. “Fortunately or unfortunately for us, some of our best playmakers have been in situations in the past few years where we were just force-feeding those guys the football” Campbell said. The offense needs to be multiple and attack in different ways, said Campbell, who acknowledged that Iowa State took advantage of having big weapons for as long as they could. But now they are gone. So who can fill that void? Campbell says that it is unclear until the season gets going. “Until we see who grows in their roles as the season goes on, I think it is a little bit of an unknown,” Campbell said. Campbell and his coaching staff are ready to see if their confidence in the younger skill players on the roster has been with good reason. “I think having that confidence will allow us to maybe not be so centered on one guy all the time,” Campbell said. “We have always been a quarterback-friendly system because our system allows us to disperse the football across the field,” Campbell said. “We rode our best players in the past and now we just have to take what the defense gives us and not rely on one big guy.” SMOOTH START TO SEASON At the end of last week, Iowa State named its five captains for the 2019 season, a group that Campbell believes can kick the entire team into high gear as the Cyclones begin the season in a few days. Captains are a big part of starting the season off right by showing younger guys how to practice and train before the season even begins Saturday.

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State Football Coach Matt Campbell smiles during Victory Day Aug. 23 on the MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium. Victory Day gives local children with disabilities the opportunity to meet and play with members of the Iowa State football team.

“If you were a coach and you got to say ‘I need these characteristics of how leaders would act inside and outside the program,’ they’re exactly what you would pick as a coach,” Campbell said. “They have the ability to raise everyone’s game and allow those young guys to mature a lot faster because they have someone to show them how to do it.” Campbell said that there is a clear line that coaches can go toward when it comes to telling their players how to act and prepare, but it is different when your teammate comes up and is telling you expectations of the position. Campbell also said captains and other leaders in the program can show the younger players their proven results on the field as an easy way to show how their dedication and meeting expectations are showing up in tangible results to look back on.

OFFENSIVE LINE GROWTH Out of the many transitions and questions throughout preseason camp, offensive line was one of the last items of concern for Iowa State, and something Campbell said Iowa State has had to work toward since he arrived in 2015.

“There is competition finally, where if you rest on your laurels, if you just come to practice and just go through it, it is really hard to get better as a football player,” Campbell said. Besides the mental growth of finding their role within the offense and being calm in big moments, Campbell points to the offensive line’s physical growth as one of the overlooked reasons to the groups’ success in the last three seasons. Julian Good-Jones — one of five returning starters on the offensive line for Iowa State — said that when he first arrived, physically maturing and getting stronger were things he had to get better at as time went on. “It’s crazy, I struggled to gain weight for maybe three years, but then right after the end of last season I couldn’t stop putting on weight,” GoodJones said. Good-Jones said his power has gotten better with him putting on more weight in the offseason. “It’s pretty much night and day on how much it has helped being able to put on just the right amount of weight; I don’t even think I am close to the same player I was last year.”

The responsibility of the offensive line will grow much more than keeping Purdy from pressure, but with therunning back group being so young and inexperienced compared to David Montgomery, offensive line experience is key to how Iowa State finds success on the offensive side of the ball this season. “David Montgomery was the perfect running back for Iowa State when he came here,” Campbell said. “David didn’t need many blockers, you just had to get in peoples’ way and let him get started; thank goodness we had David because if we didn’t that would have been a great challenge to hand the ball off to somebody with effectiveness.” Now that Montgomery is gone, Campbell said the offensive line is going to be one of the big anchor points for the offense. Being an anchor point comes with being consistent. Campbell added that having a good offensive line can have different meanings to different coaches, who might value getting better production on the ground rather than have great pass blocking.

SOCCER

Minatta continues to hone defense BY JOHN.MILLER @iowastatedaily.com

The Iowa State soccer team went through a roller coaster ride of emotions in the season’s opening weekend. After falling to the No. 4 University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins 0-3, the Cyclones defeated the University of California-Irvine Anteaters 1-0 to put up their first win of the season. The only goal of the weekend was scored by redshirt freshman Kenady Adams, who was injured all of last season. “It was pretty cool to score in an

actual in-season game, you know, it’s a great feeling to get back out here and do what I love,” Adams said. Adams scored in the 4-0 exhibition win over UNI in the preseason, but that was her first taste of a regular-season goal, which is a whole other set of emotions. Although Adams’s goal was a shining moment for the weekend, the defense had quite a game itself as well. Iowa State held UC Irvine to a total of 11 shots, many of which were from well beyond the 18-yard box. “They [UC Irvine] really only broke us down a couple times in

the game, which is pretty good against a team with that kind of offensive firepower,” said head coach Tony Minatta. According to Minatta, part of the reason for the Cyclones’ defensive success against UC Irvine was the formation and defensive pressure. Minatta has installed a 4-4-2 set, similar to the one used by the Spanish professional football club Atletico Madrid — a team Minatta has used as a reference point for his defense before. “I think it [the 4-4-2] allows us to break out on the counter more, and helps us stay organized defensively,

which is very important because it leads to offense,” Minatta said. Minatta believes that this style of defense helps frustrate opponents, which in turn makes them break down in key moments late in games. The goal scored by Adams was in the 69 minute, which is considered late game for collegiate soccer. This shows there are hints of success with the game plan in the early season. The biggest concern with that type of defense is the level of trust among defenders to not get burnt when the ball does get past the front line, since there are not as many defenders back. “When we do face goals, we have

faith in whoever is in that net to make a save,” Minatta said. Iowa State goalkeeper Dayja Schwichtenberg collected her fifth career shutout in the win over the Anteaters on Sunday. Heading into another tough week of competition, the Cyclones will look to the defense to continue its progression. The Cyclones will begin the week with a trip to Iowa City on Thursday to battle in-state rival Iowa as a part of the annual Cy-Hawk Series. On Sunday, the team will host its first regular season home game against Purdue.

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Finding a campus community Multicultural students share their experiences BY VICTORIA.REYNA-RODRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com Entering college for the first time will always prompt change and struggle, but what does this entail for a student of color on a predominantly white campus? Marie Beecham, a junior in pre-business, shares her story of being a person of color in mainly white areas. “I grew up in Ankeny, Iowa, which is a very white city,” Beecham said. “I was always the only black girl in the class and my family was always the only black family that everyone knew, which puts a lot of pressure on you to represent your whole race.” Beecham expressed her excitement to enter Iowa State’s campus in hopes of finding more diversity. While Iowa State was definitely more diverse than her home town of Ankeny, she was still disappointed to find herself being the only black girl in most of her classes here on campus. “I would look around and wouldn’t see anyone that looked like me, or I would still be the one minority speaking for all minorities in a class discussion,” said Beecham. “I remember moving in and waiting to see if any other people of color would move into my hall, and only a couple did.” W hile she feels out of place in most classroom settings, Beecham is grateful for the George Washington Carver scholarship program, a scholarship class she got to participate in weekly with other students of color. “I sort of had a built-in community in a classroom,” said Beecham. “We talked weekly about identity and race and being surrounded by white people and oppression, so I was really fortunate to have that built-in community.” Beecham gave other insights on how to find your place on a predominantly white campus as a person of color. “Find clubs and organizations where you can surround yourself with people who will validate how you’re feeling, and understand how you’re feeling and uplift you and also work alongside you to make it a more inclusive campus,” Beecham said. “And with that also look for white allies in friends and in faculty.” Beecham mentioned the first teacher of color she’s ever had was at Iowa State, and that they became a mentor for her. “You can find mentors who relate to you and you can also find mentors who are allies and have some sort of understanding of the fact that what you’re going through is difficult,” Beecham said. Julissa Garcia, a senior in journalism and mass communications, is a student of color at Iowa State who grew up in the southern suburbs of Chicago, a very diverse area. Garcia explained how the difference between Iowa State and her diverse hometown was a culture shock to her. “Being at a university with predominantly white students was really hard to maneuver because I always felt kind of lost and I just felt like I never really belonged,” Garcia said. Garcia felt a lack of guidance at Iowa State and worried that she wouldn’t find her place as a Latina woman on campus.

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Julissa Garcia, senior in journalism and mass communications, experienced a culture shock after coming to Iowa State from her diverse hometown.

“I just feel like there’s not enough guidance for students of color here at Iowa State. The recruiting officers always really want to diversify their populations at their universities, but once those students are there it’s kind of like their importance or recognition is diminished,” Garcia said. “It’s kind of like, ‘we got you here, okay, that’s all we wanted’; I feel like a lot of students are lost because they don’t have that guidance to continue on.” After her first semester at Iowa State, Garcia went home for winter break and came back to campus feeling refreshed and motivated. “When I came back spring semester I kind of felt refreshed, like I wanted to speak up more about this or join activist groups or just know that I’m not alone,” Garcia said. “I’m better now, but that doesn’t mean there’s not still a problem there.” Garcia wanted to find a place where her culture was understood and expressed by others, a community on campus that felt like home. “Because I grew up with people who were diverse, or just students of color, being here I felt like my identity wasn’t known,” Garcia said. Garcia found her place on campus through a friend in the multicultural sorority, Lambda Theta Alpha, a sorority with goals focused on community and political activism, according to the Iowa State Sorority and Fraternity Engagement website. “I feel like I was finding myself, like, ‘who do I want to be?’ […] I found my place and there were finally people I could relate to and I even […] felt like I joined a larger community outside of my sorority and made other friends from other organizations in general who related to me,” Garcia said. Garcia also mentioned Latinx Student Initiatives as a group that helped her find a community of students of color on campus, which gave her that sense of belonging. She mentioned their beginning of the school year retreat and how positively it could affect incoming students of color. “I feel like that’s a really good opportunity for students who identify as Latinx, something to know that they’re in a community and they

have people that relate to them. I didn’t go until my sophomore year […] if I went my freshman year I would’ve found more of a sense of community,” Garcia said. The multicultural student association on campus at Iowa State was also a very beneficial community for Garcia. “That’s where I would see other students of color, so it’s really cool to be in an environment where there are other people like the type of people you grew up with,” Garcia said. While Beecham and Garcia have both found a sense of belonging in the community on Iowa State’s campus as students of color, they recognize that Iowa State and campuses nationwide have yet to solve the issue of a lack of diversity and inclusion.

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LGBTQIA+ welcome sparks joy

GRANT TETMEYER/ IOWA STATE DAILY Blank pronoun buttons sit on a table at the LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

GRANT TETMEYER/ IOWA STATE DAILY LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome attendees Mahogani Willis, Jolene Bowman and Ankita Budhathoki dance in front of a large hanging pride flag Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

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because I had never been in that much snow.” Post-graduation, Whitener will return to Redstone Arsenal, located in Huntsville, Alabama. Now an employee after interning for them in the past, he will be working within a research and development company that works on missile defense systems. Another senior will have a more symbolic finish at Iowa State. “ I h a d t h i s t h i n g w h e re a s a freshman I’d walk through the Campanile, and when I graduate I’ll walk back through it, kind of symbolizing coming to Iowa State, then leaving Iowa State. That was something my mother gave me the idea for,” said senior Dillyn Mumme. Aside from the Campanile, Dillyn also hopes to avoid the Zodiac yet again for his fifth year on campus. Mumme’s favorite memories here at Iowa State center around his time here and what he wants to do post-graduation. His involvement within the greek community and homecoming week tops them all, especially after he put so much effort into homecoming and eventually won. “Getting the phone call that I was going to be going to NASA Johnson Space Center, I think that was the second highlight of my time here at Iowa State,” Mumme said. A s o f r i g h t n o w, M u m m e

GRANT TETMEYER/ISD Attendees take a photo in front of a large pride flag at the LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome.

is awaiting a phone call that will promise his potential employment at the Johnson Space Center. For senior Austin Graber, it’s hard to narrow it down to one specific memor y that he considers his favorite from his time here at Iowa State. Aside from winning student body presidency and sliding around campus during the “Ice Storm 2k17”, as he called it, sports memories come out on top. “Getting to orient all the new students and playing basketball with them was so much fun during orientation because students don’t really enjoy the sessions or the boring stuff,” Graber said about being a Cyclone Aide. “But they do enjoy playing basketball, and getting to connect with them on that level was amazing.” Graber also added that while he was sick during the championship game, winning an intr amur al basketball tournament and being the proud owner of a commemorative t-shirt is a significant memory as well. “The South Dakota State game might be my biggest memory. So last year, it was the first game, and it got rained out. But students did not leave. We sat there. I think that’s my number one memory,” Graber said. “It was so cool that our spirit was so high and we were tossing frisbees around, the boxes, we were yelling “upper deck,” starting chants. That

GRANT TETMEYER/ IOWA STATE DAILY A drawing of Peppa Pig supporting transgender rights drawn by an attendee of the LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome on Tuesday.

“Memories are made every night and every day [...] Just love it.” - Graber was wild because it was downpouring and people don’t even care. That’s a good memory. That’s up there.” Graber started at Iowa State as an open-option major, dabbling in everything from choir to political science, but eventually deciding to major in business economics. His curiosity is what keeps him going, and he trys to absorb everything Iowa State has to offer. “Making sure that I’m not taking Iowa State for granted is what I’m excited for,” Graber said about going into his senior year. As he’s preparing to say goodbye to campus life, senior Greg Schaub is bidding a farewell to the state of Iowa as a whole, hoping to do everything he can before leaving both campus and the state. However, his favorite memories with Iowa State are not the ones on campus, but rather the ones where his class traveled to cities within the United States. “It’s nice to learn on campus, but when we actually go to these places and learn it’s a lot easier to experience

the space and learn about it,” Schaub said. “In our studios it’s usually about 16-18 people and we get really close because we do a lot of things together, so it’s always nice to go explore with your friends and see a new place.” Post-graduation, Schaub hopes to move to a big city, get his license in architecture and further his career. Each senior had similar responses when asked to share their favorite memory from their time at Iowa State: wide eyes, sighs followed by wide grins and head scratches while trying to narrow it down to a couple of good ones that represent their experience as a whole. They also had similar responses when asked to give advice to non-seniors. “I have fear of missing out for sure, like I need to be places,” Graber said. “That’s definitely been a big thing. Have fun with it. I know that’s an easy thing to say, but I feel like when I look back at Iowa State I’m not gonna look back and say ‘I was so stressed about this one specific test or this one specific class.’ I mean it’s a

GRANT TETMEYER/ ISD Pride flag themed items sit on the Great Hall stage in the Memorial Union.

grind, but I think I’m gonna look back on the memories I’ve made and the people I’ve met and I think that’s my advice, like just do it. And just like it’s the little things. Memories are made every night and every day and every hour. Just love it.” Fo c u s i n g o n o t h e r a s p e c t s of college, such as joining clubs, attending campus events, or simply hanging out with friends is important, and taking time to relax when you feel like the constant chaos of classes are getting to you seems to be a common theme within the tidbits of advice. “Do your best, but don’t stress out too much because I remember when I first came to ISU I was stressed out about everything,” Schaub said. “Things just work out in the end; try your best, but also take time to relax and don’t worry about everything. If someone doesn’t like you that’s okay because there’s plenty of other people who will.” Meeting new people at Iowa State is what you make it, and it can help shape your experiences on campus as well. “At college we have such a diverse gathering of people from all over the world, people from all walks of life, and the ability to interface with that many people and grow yourself is so huge, Whitener said. “So make as many friends as you can. Everyone here is so incredible and has so many different stories.”