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Amy Klobuchar

Elizabeth Warren

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12% Joe Biden

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20% Pete Buttigieg

Bernie Sanders

GRAPHIC BY BROOKLYN WILLIAMS A recent Iowa State poll shows Democratic caucusgoers Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buittigieg in the lead for support.

IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State then-redshirt sophomore Greg Eisworth breaks away during the 2018 Homecoming football game against Texas Tech on Oct. 27, 2018. Eisworth won the Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year for the 2018 season.

Homecoming history

Iowa State performance shows evolution

BY NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com Homecoming Week starts with a parade, ends with activities and parties and is a cherished week for many on college campuses. But at Division I schools, the week is scheduled with one big sport in mind: college football.

The Homecoming game is a tried and true tradition in college football. Alumni come back to visit their old stomping grounds, there’s a higher demand for tickets (Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard recently tweeted that the

Homecoming game against Oklahoma State is headed for a sellout) and there are events throughout the week to keep the hype high.

But one question remains: will the home team win on Homecoming?

With the rise of college football conferences in the late ’80s and early-to-mid ’90s, Homecoming games for many power-conference teams fall during conference play. This makes it a near-crapshoot as to whether the game is going to be easily

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Potential sales certificate program to launch for Ivy College of Business

BY KIRSTIE.MARTIN @iowastatedaily.com The Ivy College of Business certificate in professional sales is a new course of study that includes role-play exercises, sales presentations, industry-based case studies, team projects and other directions of study.

Iowa State’s Ivy Sales Program is being developed under the leadership of Raj Agnihotri, Dean’s Fellow in marketing, director of Ivy Sales Consortium and associate professor in marketing.

“The program has been developing on two fronts,” Agnihotri said. “One is that we are in the process of developing a professional sales forum and the other is the professional sales certificate.”

The certificate in professional sales program is being built with an emphasis on application and practice.

“The process in real life is brought into the classroom through this program,” Agnihotri said. “Students are evaluated by actual executives. These real executives are seeing our students in action, which makes for very hands-on learning.”

The idea of the program is to give students an opportunity so they have a better idea of what professional selling is, according to Agnihotri.

“Things have evolved and now business is more focused on customer relationships,” Agnihotri said. “Especially in the business-to-business, it has become a very sought after career.

However, students are not prepared for it. When this program is approved we will be the only one in the state of Iowa to offer such kind of a certificate.”

According to Agnihotri, data suggests more than 60 percent of job opportunities are associated with sales or customer-facing areas in today’s economy.

“There’s a disconnect between the job opportunities and the students being ready for it,” Agnihotri said. “Students are finding the perfect job, but are not ready for it. And companies are investing their time, training and money into the students and both are losing out because of the high turnover rate.”

The Sales Education Foundation, a non-profit organization that elevates sales profession through college and university programs, recently named the new Ivy certificate program a “Top University Sales Program in 2019,” according to the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business website.

“By taking the classes that are the sales certificate classes, I was able to get the opportunity to compete in the sales competition,” said Jack Wilgenbusch, student on the Ivy Sales Team and junior in marketing. “I’m actually going to Florida in November to compete for the Ivy Sales Team against hundreds of other colleges.”

The professional sales certificate program is designed for any undergraduate student, even those outside of the business college.

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Warren first, Buttigieg second in latest Iowa State caucus poll

BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the top choice among likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers, an Iowa State poll released Thursday found.

Warren has the support of 28 percent of likely caucusgoers, followed by Mayor Pete Buttigieg with 20 percent, Sen. Bernie Sanders with 18 percent, former Vice President Joe Biden with 12 percent, Sen. Amy Klobuchar with four percent, Sen. Kamala Harris with three percent and businessman Tom Steyer also at three percent. All other candidates are polling two percent or lower.

Rep. Tim Ryan, who dropped out of the race for president Thursday, had the support of zero percent of those polled.

This is the second round of polls Iowa State is conducting.

The polls will be conducted monthly through late January.

The poll is organized by Dave Peterson, professor of political science.

“Buttigieg being in second is probably the [most newsworthy] thing in there,” Peterson said. “Warren’s lead is up, and so she’s up to 28 percent, which is even higher than she was last month.”

Warren is up four percent from the September poll Iowa State conducted. Buttigieg is up seven percent, Sanders is up two percent and Biden is down four percent.

“Biden is way down to 12 percent, so Biden in fourth is an unusual result,” Peterson said. “In particular, he seems to be hemorrhaging his support.”

The gains for Buttigieg seen in the Iowa State poll follow other recent surveys showing Buttigieg performing stronger in Iowa than he does nationally.

A Quinnipiac University national poll of likely Democratic primary voters also released Thursday found Buttigieg with 10 percent support nationally.

Caucus night is 101 days away, leaving plenty of time for voters’ allegiances to shift and candidates’ positions in the horserace to change. The race today is different from where it was at the beginning of the summer, Peterson said.

“There’s some real shifts going on,” Peterson said. “If we look at the race — how it was four months ago — the narrative four months ago was ‘it’s Biden and Sanders’ and that does not seem to be the case right now. Warren and Buttigieg seem to be having a real surge.”

The survey of 598 likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers was conducted by Civiqs for Iowa State from Oct. 18 to Oct. 22 and has a margin of error of plus or minus five percent at the 95 percent confidence level.

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10.25.19 Homecoming: Alumni awards ceremony, Benton Auditorium, Scheman Building at 1:15 p.m., The ISU Alumni Association and ISU colleges

will present some of their highest honors during the annual honors and awards ceremony. A dessert reception will follow the ceremony.

Homecoming: Happy Hour and Pep Rally, Alumni Center at 4 p.m., Giveaways, entertain-

ment and family fun. Meals ($5) and a cash bar will be available while supplies last. Stay for the pep rally and Yell Like Hell final performances on the stage in the parking lots.

Paint Your Own Pottery: Dia de los Muertos Sugar Skulls, Workspace at the Iowa State Memorial Union at 4 p.m., Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday for celebrating those who have passed.

Drawings of Sugar Skulls often include flowers, dots, linear patterns, and other fun elements that can transfer beautifully onto pottery. We will have pattern ideas as well as bisque with pre-printed designs for coloring in. Pick yours up in time for Dia de los Muertos October 31-November 2.

Cyclone Cinema: Art of Self-Defense, Carver 101 at 7 p.m., Tori dreams of motherhood and

one day this dream comes true with the birth of her son, Brandon. But, as Brandon nears puberty, powerful darkness manifests within him.

Performance: Chasing George Washington, Fisher Theater at 7:30 p.m. , While on a

field trip to the White House students magically encounter our most famous founding father, who leads them on a fun-filled adventure that helps them all discover the true portrait of America.

Homecoming: ExCYtement in the Streets, Greek neighborhood at 8 a.m.

Take a walk through the Greek house neighborhoods to see Homecoming decorations, displays and performances. This year’s theme is “Cy’s the Limit.”

Homecoming: Pancake feed, fireworks and mass campaniling, Central campus at 10 p.m.,

KARA DENNER/ IOWA STATE DAILY Show your pride Identity flags available for purchase hang outside a shop on Main Street in Downtown Ames.

These events are Homecoming traditions. Pancakes are $3 per person. Mass campaniling and fireworks will start at midnight.

POLICE BLOTTER 10.24.19 Tyler Lawrence Hoffman, age 22, of 4689 280 St. - Graettinger, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication (reported at 12:49 a.m.).

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Pit Bull Awareness Day Breed history shines light on stigma

BY SUSANNAH.CRICHTON @iowastatedaily.com Oct. 26 is National Pit Bull Awareness Day. The day was created in 2007 to help promote truths about the nature of the dog breed and dispel harmful myths. However, the holiday is not always viewed in a positive light.

“We actually don’t acknowledge the day and don’t think it’s actually a positive thing, because if you think about any other awareness day, it’s usually for something negative,” said Stephanie Filer, director of development at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) “It ’s bullying awareness, mental health awareness, breast cancer awareness.

It’s always something that’s like, you need to be aware because it’s impacting people in a negative way. So I don’t personally, and as an organization, we don’t feel that there needs to be an awareness for a certain kind of breed.”

The history of the pit bull breed is a long one, but understanding the history may help people understand where this stigmatization has come from.

Here is some of that history according to nationaltoday.com, love-a-bull.org and Filer: Pit bulls were originally developed in England in the early 1800s from crossing a bulldog and a terrier. The breed was intended for rodent extermination and dogfighting, which was a popular form of entertainment at the time.

The British Par liament enacted the

COURTESY OFHELEN BARTON / MARGARET SLOSS CENTER FOR WOMEN AND GENDER EQUITY Feminist Friday speaker Danny Cook, senior in communication studies, led a group discussion titled “L’Ecricture NonBinaire” on Oct. 18.

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Beau, an American bulldog owned by Ron Edwards, director of the Ames Animal Shelter. Due to their history as a dogfighting breed, pit bulls are often seen as dangerous dogs.

Cruelty to Animals Act in 1835, which prohibited bull baiting among other practices. “Ratting” became the spectacle of choice, pitting dogs against rats to see which dog could kill the most rats in the shortest amount of time.

W hen pit bul ls were introduced to America, they became known as “working-class companions.” The breed became “America’s Dog” and served as mascots for World War I and World War II. Sgt. Stubby has been called the most decorated war dog of WWI and is the only dog to be nominated for rank and promoted to sergeant through combat.

Dogfighting was made illegal in all 50 states through the 1976 Animal Welfare

Act. However, the 1980s saw a resurgence of dogfighting, and pit bulls were increasingly bred for underground fights. Profit was the main concern for the breeders, not the dogs’ temperament or well-being, and this led to pit bulls becoming associated with crime and poverty.

The media has only added to the stereotypes, portraying pit bulls as “killers” and a danger to the public.

“How we talk about pit bulls in the context of them being dogs is so important, because really, the dogs have gotten to this place because, in large part, of the role the media has played,” Filer said. “I can tell you

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Women share stories on how they create

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com Bringing an end to Women Entrepreneurship Week was one event full of presentations by women who create.

Following the Women W ho Create Conference, a community cocktail reception took place, showcasing six SheTalks presentations.

A “SheTalk” is inspired by the Japanese PechaKucha, which is a presentation style where each presenter shows 20 slides, each for 20 seconds. All of the six stories were told by women.

“This is an event to end the day and celebrate women and recognize women who create in all our different communities and in different ways,” said Diana Wright, a program coordinator for the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship. “I definitely believe we all have this innate calling to create and I think after tonight you going to find that all of us do.”

The first presentation was by Michelle Book, president and CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa, who’s presentation was titled “Food Insecurity.”

“Mesopotamia means ‘land between rivers’ and ancient Mesopotamians are credited with the early beginnings of agriculture,” Book said.

“Iowa, also a land between rivers, is the modern-day Mesopotamia.”

Book said 85 percent of the land in Iowa is used farmland, making Iowa the first in the nation for corn production and leads in the production of many other agricultural commodities.

“Proud Iowa farmers like to say ‘we feed the world’ but here in Iowa some people are still hungry,” Book said.

Book said hunger is the direct result of poverty and went on to provide statistics. She said 28 percent of children live with parents who lack

MATTHEW ECLATT/ IOWA STATE DAILY Michelle Book talks for SheTalks at the Women Who Create Conference at the ISU Economic Development Core Facility on Thursday.

secure employment and these children test 60 percent below proficiency levels in reading and math. She said one in six senior citizens face hunger, and brought up how rural Americans and veterans are some of the most likely to face hunger.

Other statistics Book said included the fact that 37 million Americans face hunger every day while 18 million tons of food is wasted annually, one pound of food waste per person per day.

“With one in nine Americans hungry, I am going to guess you know someone who needs help,” Book said. “Be part of a solution, donate, volunteer at a food bank or your local food pantry. Talk to your legislator and advocate for poverty and hunger issues, tell the story on behalf of someone who can’t.”

The second presentation was by Lyndsey Fennelly, co-owner or CampusCycle and Iowa State alumna, whose presentation was titled “People Champion.”

CampusCycle is a high energy, beat-driven spin studio featuring boutique athletic wear with studios in Ames and Ankeny, Iowa.

“I am no one special,” Fennelly said. “I was born and the only change, that I don’t have yet, is my death certificate.”

Fennelly said she is not an expert but is only an experiencer and lives by the Mahatma Gandhi quote: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” She said the one world she lives by in her life is “impact.”

Fennelly went on to talk about her history up until this conference. She was a student-athlete, playing basketball at Iowa State from 2003 to 2007. She runs a basketball camp that started in 2005 and continues to teach at. In 2017, Fennelly and her business partner, Kelsey Carper, were awarded the 2017 Entrepreneurs of the Year awarded by the Ames Chamber of Commerce.

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Feminist Friday to cover gender and the draft

BY LORETTA.MCGRAW @iowastatedaily.com This week’s Feminist Friday will bring a new topic to the table relating to the United States Military.

Each week, the Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity hosts a discussion from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Sloss House. These events are open to all students, faculty and community members.

Amy Rutenberg, assistant professor of history, will lead this week’s discussion, “Uncle Sam Wants Who? Women and the Draft.”

As an assistant professor of history, Rutenberg said she is watching history being made, which is why it is important to examine what led to the changes people see being shaped today when it comes to the draft. With a specialized focus on gender history, war and society, Rutenberg said she saw the controversy form into inequity in the draft following the Vietnam War. Rutenberg is also a published author as of last month with her book “Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance.”

As the title implies, her book is centered on the race and class inequities of the Selective Service System during the Vietnam War. It also focuses on masculinity in Cold War America and how it ended up influencing manpower policy, specifically who was drafted and who got deferments. Rutenberg said it is an unavoidable topic when talking to people about gender and the draft.

“With recent court cases saying that women should be obliged to register with the Selective Service and a congressionally appointed commission currently meeting to look at the question, it seems a timely topic,” Rutenberg said.

Taking the time to consider and gain an understanding of the historical basis for why women currently do not have to register for the draft and what it might mean if those regulations change is an important topic for many to understand, according to Rutenberg.

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Talk About It: Mental health issues How to look for signs and find resources

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com Editor’s note: This is part four in our weekly mental health series “Talk About It.” Sensitive content may follow.

When it comes to mental health, self-care can be difficult with the wide range of mental health issues that exist.

Wen-Hsin Chang, staff psychologist and interim assistant director for Student Counseling Services, and Kristen Sievert, staff psychologist and grief and suicide prevention coordinator for Student Counseling Services, said anxiety, depression, relationship issues and academic performance concerns are the top four mental health issues that Student Counseling Services sees.

“Often with mental health, it is on a continuum,” Sievert said. “For some people, it might just be occasional or mild concerns that don’t have a significant impact on their functioning, and then sometimes we see it can be a more severe, more significant impact for

PHOTO COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES, DESIGN BY BROOKLYN WILLIAMS The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that the most common mental health disorders are anxiety disorders.

them. Even within anxiety and depression, it is really of range.”

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health issue in the United States, affecting 40 million adults age 18 and older, or 18.1 percent of the population every year, according to the Anxiety and Depression

Association of America (ADAA) website.

Anxiety disorders are highly treatable, yet only 36.9 percent of those suffering receive treatment.

According to the ADAA website, it is not uncommon for someone with an anxiety disorder to also suffer from depression or vice

versa. Nearly one-half of those diagnosed with depression are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.

The most commonly diagnosed form of depression is major depressive disorder. In 2015, around 16.1 million adults aged 18 years or older in the United States had experienced at least one major depressive episode in the last year, which represented 6.7 percent of all American adults. Depression is the leading cause of disability in the United States among people ages 15 to 44, according to the ADAA website.

Chang and Sievert said there are many different warning signs to look out for within either oneself or within peers and family.

“There are a lot of little things that you might notice when people are struggling,” Chang said. “It will impact their eating behavior, their sleeping patterns — like not sleeping well — and some of them might start to isolate themselves from their peers. Some

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences dean reflects on goals, students

BY AMBER.FRIEDRICHSEN AND MOLLY.MILDER @iowastatedaily.com Daniel J. Robison, the 11th dean of Iowa State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has stepped into his new role with a positive start. Robison began his duties as the dean on Jan. 21.

“This is among one of the very finest colleges of agriculture and life sciences in the world,” Robison said. “It’s been so exciting for me to come here and to join the organization.

People have been welcoming and gracious.

It’s been a really easy transition.”

Each of Iowa State’s colleges has a dean, like Robison, in charge of maintaining the college. One of the dean’s biggest responsibilities is to manage the people within the college.

“The university is broken up into bits and pieces, and those include the colleges,” Robison said. “Part of that is to keep related topics together in ways that enable the people in those areas to best work with each other.”

Overseeing the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is no small task — between faculty, students and budgets, Robison is busy assuring things go smoothly.

“We have 15 departments, 4,500 students, a couple hundred faculty [and] a couple hundred staff,” Robison said. “I have to keep track of all that and the budget that supports it all and the people who do the work.”

As the dean, Robison said he supervises and works with the employees within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

He makes sure students are getting a quality education by working closely with their educators.

“We need to make sure all the time that we are improving our curriculum, enabling our faculty to offer great courses — and that takes energy,” Robison said. “I work on that all the time with faculty chairs and department chairs.”

In addition to the faculty and staff, Robison emphasizes his effort in ensuring students have the best experience. He said he works to

create opportunities for students to do more in and out of the classroom.

“One of my big goals is to make sure all students have the opportunity to do what we call ‘value added’ or ’high impact’ experiences,” Robison said. “So we want all of our students to have the opportunity to study abroad, we want all of our students to do an undergraduate research project, we want all of our students to have the opportunity to do service learning, to participate in all other kinds of activities, to join clubs.”

While these programs already exist for students, Robison said he wants to continue improving them. For instance, he has collaborated with staff to organize new ways for students to study outside the perimeters of Iowa State.

“We decided in the spring that we are going to launch the initiative that would have more opportunities to study around the U.S. as well as around the world — they are both important,” Robison said.

This opportunity for students to study in other states will be available in the spring 2020 semester. It will be similar to studying abroad in that students will have many choices as to where and when they travel.

With opportunities like these, students may be able to better engage with their education. Robison said he is invested in helping and watching students achieve their goals, whether it be at Iowa State or wherever their careers take them after graduation. “[My] favorite part of the job is watching students be successful,” Robison said. “You see a student who is soaking up the information and enjoying the experience here at college and is learning and watching their career unfold before them — that’s the best part.”

Robison commended the students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences by highlighting their goal-setting qualities. “ We are people of purpose, we have a meaning that goes beyond ourselves,” Robison said. “We want to have a positive influence on the landscapes and the communities around us. And that’s what makes this a special place.”

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Sen. Bernie Sanders hosted a rally in Ames on Sept. 8. He spoke on many aspects of his campaign, including the Medicare for All bill that he signed with 14 other senators.

Sanders steady in race amid strong support from youth

BY WALKER.OCHS @iowastatedaily.com Sen. Bernie Sanders has been in government for almost 40 years, making his first bid for the White House several decades into his career in 2016.

Sanders received more than 13 million votes in the 2016 Democratic primary, finishing with just over 43 percent of the popular vote.

As of Thursday, Sanders is at just over 17 percent in national polls of the 2020 Democratic primary, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. He has been near that level of support since entering the race.

Sanders polls best with younger voters. In 2016, he won 70 percent of voters under 30 in Democratic primaries held through April of that year.

Ellen Pirro, assistant teaching professor of political science, said she believes that is because Sanders is “very different” from what people in expect in a politician.

“The biggest difference [from 2016] is the fact that he’s now something more of a known quantity,” Pirro said.

Name recognition is important in presidential elections, Pirro said. She said many lower-polling candidates were first introduced to people through their presidential campaigns.

Sanders describes himself as a Democratic socialist, suppor ting a wealth tax and Medicare for All. Recent polls have found a majority of Democrats have a favorable view

of socialism, but the view could be detrimental in winning over voters in a general election, due to Republican voters’ overwhelmingly negative views of socialism.

Sanders said in his 2020 campaign launch that his campaign would be “unprecedented in modern American history,” and said he plans to “lay the groundwork for transforming the economic and political life of this country.”

In 2017, Sanders, along with 14 other senators, wrote a “Medicare for All” bill. The bill was co-sponsored by three of Sanders’ current opponents, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Kamala Harris.

Harris has since reversed her support for the bill, saying she was not “comfortable” with the proposal, instead offering her own Medicare for All proposal.

Sanders is the oldest candidate in the race at 78 years old, but is viewed favorably by most people aged 18 to 29, the age cohort he does best with. Fifty percent of those surveyed in a YouGov poll released Wednesday had “very” or “somewhat” favorable views of Sanders, compared to 32 percent with a “very” or “somewhat” unfavorable view of the senator.

In an Iowa State poll released Thursday, Sanders is in third place among likely Iowa Democratic caucus goers with 18 percent support, behind Warren in first with 28 percent and Mayor Pete Buttigieg in second with 20 percent. Sanders polls first among voters aged 18 to 34, with 32 percent support.

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CONFERENCE: Big 12 HEAD COACH: Mike Gundy, 125-62 in 15 seasons as coach of Oklahoma State

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Cyclones to battle Cowboys Iowa State to face electric Oklahoma State offense

BY ZANE.DOUGLAS @iowastatedaily.com On Saturday, Iowa State will host conference opponent Oklahoma State in the Cyclones’ homecoming game.

“A team that’s probably got the best group of playmakers we’ve seen to date,” said coach Matt Campbell. “It’ll be a great challenge for our football team.”

Campbell is talking about the Cowboys’ quarterback, wide receiver and most importantly their running back.

Running back Chuba Hubbard has been head and shoulders more productive than any other rusher in the Big 12, and he even paces the nation in most statistics.

The redshirt sophomore from Sherwood Park, Alabama, has lit up virtually every defense he has faced with explosiveness and his 180 yards per game prove that.

Hubbard is averaging a whopping 6.5 yards per carry and he has garnered the most rushes of anyone in the nation — almost 28 per game.

“He’s a great player, you gotta respect him,” said linebacker Mike Rose.

Hubbard will be the toughest ground threat that the Cyclones have faced to this point in the season, but Rose figures to help slow that down, whether he is on the outside or inside.

Rose has switched back and forth between inside and outside linebacker, but middle linebacker O’Rien Vance has had to miss time in two straight games, making Rose’s flexibility once again benefit the Cyclones.

Campbell said that Vance is progressing well and is practicing again this week, so the Cyclones could soon be back to full strength.

On the offensive side of the ball, Iowa State has had minimal injuries and the team is benefitting from a breakthrough at its

COURTESY OF IKECHUKWU DIKE/THE DAILY TOREADOR Iowa State wide receiver Tarique Milton gets tackled by Texas Tech defensive back Ja’Marcus Ingram during the Iowa State vs. Texas Tech game Oct. 20.

most puzzling position.

Freshman running back Breece Hall has taken the starting running back job over the last two games thanks to solid performances that have totaled 324 yards and five touchdowns.

“With Breece, you know a talented young guy comes in [and] just makes great effort when he runs the ball,” said senior wide receiver Deshaunte Jones. “I’m proud of that guy.”

Hall and Jones are leading both of their respective fields — rushing and receiving — in touches. Jones has 44 catches on the season which is 18 more than the second-place Charlie Kolar.

Thanks to his last two performances, Hall is leading the team in rushes and yards and he is only second in rushing touchdowns, to his sophomore quarterback Brock Purdy.

Purdy will be facing the team he broke out

against last season in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The Cowboys couldn’t contain Purdy, who led his team to a 48-42 win thanks to five total touchdowns and over 400 total yards.

Purdy has been able to grow this season with a full year of starting and he’s taken a step forward with his consistency.

“He can make pretty much every throw,” Jones said.

For the Cowboys, this will be a revenge game to make up for that loss over a year ago, but this time they will have two guys they didn’t really use last season — Hubbard and redshirt freshman quarterback Spencer Sanders.

Sanders is a dual-threat quarterback who is completing 62.1 percent of his throws for 11 touchdowns. He also has thrown nine interceptions.

On the ground, Sanders has carried the ball

99 times for 457 yards and two touchdowns.

With Sanders at 457 yards and Hubbard at 1265 yards, the Cowboy rushing attack will be a huge focus for Iowa State, but they’ll still have to look for plays out of the air.

Junior wide receiver Tylan Wallace is who rounds out the three top playmakers for Oklahoma State. Wallace is having another solid season in 2019 as he has totaled 772 yards and seven touchdowns. Last season, Wallace had 1491 yards and 12 touchdowns.

The potent offense of the Cowboys will be tough to stop on Saturday, even for a defense as stingy as Iowa State’s.

“The sheer ability that jumps off the film, I mean the receiving core led by one of the most dynamic receivers in college football right now, the running game and then you see this super talented quarterback,” Campbell said. “It’s [as] dynamic as an offense as we’ve faced so far.”

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AROUND THE BIG 12 NO. 5 OKLAHOMA @ KANSAS STATE

NO. 15 TEXAS @ TCU

WHEN: 11 a.m., Saturday WHERE: Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas WATCH: ABC

WHEN: 2:30 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas WATCH: FOX

TEXAS TECH @ KANSAS WHEN: 6 p.m., Saturday WHERE: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas WATCH: Fox Sports 1

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PLAYERS 2 WATCH Tarique Milton

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Milton has been quiet on the stat sheet since the sophomore receiver exploded for over 140 receiving yards and caught touchdowns in back-toback games against Iowa and Louisiana-Monroe early in the season. Since then, Milton has a total of 10 receptions for 206 yards in four conference games. Against Oklahoma State last season, Milton burst onto the scene for the Cyclones with a team-leading four catches for 98 yards and a touchdown. Milton broke free on a 60-yard pass and put Iowa State up 13 points late in the fourth quarter. Milton could find himself reemerging in this game after being relatively silent the past four weeks.

The sophomore running back for the Cowboys is a legit Heisman Trophy contender based on his performance this season, so expect Oklahoma State to call his number a ton on Saturday. To put in context of how good Hubbard has been this season, he leads the nation in almost every statiscal caterogry including: rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, rushing yards per game, all-purpose yards, yards after contact and yards per carry. Since Big 12 play began, Hubbard is averaging 32 rush attempts and 186 yards per game. In conference play, Hubbard has racked up eight touchdowns on the ground.

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GOOD COP vs. BAD COP

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Good Cop: Two of the best offenses in the Big 12 face off in Ames on Saturday as Oklahoma State takes on 23rd-ranked Iowa State.

Oklahoma State has scored at least 30 points in all but one game this season, averaging 37 points a game, which is fourth in the Big 12 just behind Iowa State, who average 37.1 points per game.

Oklahoma State is second in total offense with 518 yards per game.

Oklahoma State has two dynamic offensive weapons, redshirt sophomore running back Chuba Hubbard and junior Tylan Wallace.

Hubbard leads the countr y in rushing yards with 1265 yards, and Wallace is first in the Big 12 and sixth in the country in receiving yards with 772 yards.

The Cowboys are in the bottom half of the league in total defense, giving up 443.9 yards per game.

However, the Cowboys are s e con d i n th e B i g 1 2 i n sacks with 20.

In last season’s matchup, Iowa State’s then-freshm a n q u a r t e r b a c k B ro c k Purdy made his first start, throwing for 318 and four touchdowns en route to a 48-42 victory in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The last four matchups have resulted in both teams scoring at least 30 points, and that should be the case for S aturday af ternoon’s matchup.

Both offenses will be able to put points, but the question is which defense can get the most stops late in the game.

I f o r s e e I o w a S t a t e ’s defense being able to do that.

Iowa S tate will hold a four point lead heading into the four th, when they ’ ll score two touchdowns and improve to 6-2 (4-1 Big 12) this season.

Iowa State 48, Oklahoma State 31

Bad Cop Iowa State scheduled a tough matchup in Oklahoma State for Homecoming Saturday.

The Cowboys’ defense isn’t anything special, but they do have some absolute stars on offense in Chuba Hubbard and Tylan Wallace.

Hubbard is the top running back in the conference and has accumulated 1,265 yards and 15 touchdowns.

He leads the conference in both categories.

Iowa State has the second best rushing defense in the conference, but expecting the Cyclones to slow down Hubbard isn’t a realistic expectation.

Hubbard is a dy namic runner out of the backfield and has shown the ability to find holes in the offensive line and explode for ward for big gains.

Iowa State will need to bring down extra help from the defensive backfield if they want to slow down Hubbard, which will open things up on offense for Wallace at wide receiver.

With redshirt freshman Spencer Sanders throwing him the ball, Wallace ranks first in the Big 12 in total receiving yards with 772 yards and second in receiving touchdowns with seven.

Only CeeDee Lamb from Oklahoma has more receiving touchdowns.

Wa l l a c e i s n’t a h u g e receiver standing at sixfeet tall, but he is still a good route runner and has the ability to climb-theladder and catch balls over cornerbacks.

Iowa State doesn’t have great height at the cornerbac k position, so expect Wa l l a c e t o p i c k o n t h e Cyclones’ shorter cornerbacks all game long.

In this game, it will be Oklahoma State’s fourth ranked Big 12 offense, s p o i l i n g I o w a S t a t e ’s homecoming.

Iowa State 21, Oklahoma State 30

Homecoming victory Brock Purdy, Kyle Kempt and Mike Rose celebrate after winning the 2018 Homecoming game against Texas Tech on Oct. 27, 2018. The Cyclones won 40-31.

THE PICK

Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State NOAH ROHLFING

Iowa State 52, Oklahoma State 30 Why not? This is a high-scoring team headed up against a defense fresh off of giving up 45 points in two Big 12 games already this season. Iowa State’s defense is good, but the offensive firepower of Chuba Hubbard and Spencer Sanders will be sure to provide Oklahoma State with some points. I expect the Cyclones to get chunk plays in bunches and fill up the scoreboard — particularly in the second half. Oklahoma State keeps it close until a burst of Breece Hall carries puts the game to bed.

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Iowa State 42, Oklahoma State 28 The Cyclones come into this game with all the momentum in the world. It’s beating a dead horse at this point, but Iowa State is good at football in October. Not only that, but Iowa State has been steamrolling opponents recently — especially those with bad defenses. Oklahoma State’s defense isn’t quite as bad as Texas Tech’s defense, but that also doesn’t say much.

On offense, Oklahoma State has one of the deadliest weapons in the country in the form of running back Chuba Hubbard. Hubbard is averaging about 180 yards a game, so expect him to get a heavy workload, but as the game script flips in Iowa State’s direction, the Cowboys will have to pass. Iowa State takes this one comfortably.

Iowa State 35, Oklahoma State 17 Even though both the Cyclones and the Cowboys are walking into this matchup with dynamic offenses, I give a big edge to the Cyclones in this game.

Iowa State is riding the October momentum, and Oklahoma State’s defense is nothing to be scared of — as the Cowboys are giving up 173 rushing yards per game to its opponents. I expect Breece Hall to take advantage of that on Saturday. Chuba Hubbard will be a tough weapon to contain, but Iowa State is still in the hunt to reach the Big 12 Championship and will not let Oklahoma State stand in its way.

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Iowa State 35, Oklahoma State 21 It’s homecoming week. Would Iowa State schedule homecoming week on a week they have anything but a slam dunk win at Jack Trice on Saturday? I don’t think so. This game is all about the homecoming vibe. With three conference wins and Iowa State starting to get some AP Poll cred on top of the homecoming vibe in Jack Trice, the Cowboys have a lot to overcome. That’s all the Cyclones need to secure the win for this one. They’ll keep it to a modest two score victory over the Cowboys for a little drama, but the plot armor with the Cyclones is far too strong.

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winnable or a near-impossible task.

Iowa State’s 2019 opponent, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, sit directly in the middle of the scale. The Cowboys are 4-3 — a record only one game worse than the Cyclones’ 5-2 mark — but have a 1-3 Big 12 record, having only beaten Kansas State since mid-September.

Coach Matt Campbell isn’t taking the Cowboys lightly, though.

“Our greatest challenge to date,” Campbell said of the Cowboys.

The Cowboys have plenty of offensive weapons to make the Iowa State defense sweat — mainly standout running back Chuba Hubbard, redshirt freshman quarterback Spencer Sanders and wide receiver Tylan Wallace.

Linebacker Mike Rose said the Cyclones are up to the challenge of defending such an explosive offense.

“The past couple years, we’ve struggled against them,” Rose said. “They’ve had success against us.”

But enough about Saturday’s game, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and answer the question: Is Iowa State good in its Homecoming games?

2018 — W, 40-31 Last year’s Homecoming game was a showdown with Texas Tech and thencoach Kliff Kingsbury. The Cyclones were in a back-and-forth contest for much of the game, with the Red Raiders matching Iowa State’s offensive output.

A 41-yard interception return from Marcel Spears gave the Cyclones a 24-17 lead briefly in the third quarter, but the Red Raiders fought back and tied the game at 31.

Iowa State took the lead on a safety with 4:39 left in the fourth quarter and sealed the win with a Brock Purdy pass to Hakeem Butler.

2017 — W, 14-7 The second of two monumental 2017 victories responsible for turning the tide on Iowa State’s program, the Cyclones’ 14-7 win over then-No. 4 TCU had all the makings of a classic October upset victory. It was 42 degrees at kickoff, the wind was blowing at 10 mph and the Cyclones’ defense held TCU scoreless on offense.

Two first-half Kyle Kempt touchdown passes — one to Matthew Eaton and one to Hakeem Butler — were enough to overcome a third-quarter kickoff return touchdown from KaVontae Turpin.

The fans in Ames stormed the field at Jack Trice Stadium and the Cyclones moved to 6-2 on the year.

2016 — L, 26-31 This one still stings for Iowa State fans, as do many of the close losses the Cyclones suffered at the hands of legendary former Kansas State coach Bill Snyder. “The Wizard of Manhattan” pulled off a number of fourth quarter comebacks to defeat the Cyclones during his tenures with the Wildcats.

However, this win was off-script — the Cyclones nearly came back from a 31-10 deficit by scoring 16 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. Now-senior Deshaunte Jones scored a touchdown on a pass from Jacob Park to bring the Cyclones within five with 51 seconds left, but the Wildcats held on.

2015 — W, 24-0 The win that could have saved Paul Rhoads’ job with the Cyclones’ 2015 Homecoming game included an unexpected win over a disappointing Texas team that would finish the season at 5-7.

Texas had just 204 yards of offense against a Cyclone defense in the middle of a down year, while Joel Lanning (still a quarterback

IOWA STATE DAILY Former defensive lineman Bailey Johnson blocks a pass from Kansas quarterback Quinn Mecham during the game Oct. 30, 2010, at Jack Trice Stadium.

at the time) threw for one touchdown in his first career start and ran for 64 yards.

Freshmen running backs Mike Warren (who had 157 yards rushing) and Joshua Thomas ran for touchdowns.

This would be Rhoads’ last big win at the helm, as he was let go following the end of the season and replaced by Campbell.

2014 — W, 37-30 A fun case of foreshadowing, in 2014 the Cyclones hosted their future head coach at Homecoming when Campbell’s Toledo Rockets came to Ames on Oct. 11. This is the last time the Cyclones have held Homecoming during a non-conference game.

The Rockets were game, leading 13-9 at the half and causing problems for Cyclone quarterback Sam Richardson. But in the second half, Richardson threw for three touchdowns and ended the game with 353 yards passing. Allen Lazard scored what would be the game-winning touchdown.

Less than two full years later, Campbell would be the head coach in Ames.

This was Iowa State’s second and final win of 2014.

2013 — L, 17-21 This loss was in the midst of a 3-9 season and was a come-from-ahead defeat for the Cyclones against TCU. Iowa State led 17-14 but gave up a touchdown to Trevone Boykin with 38 seconds left in the contest.

Iowa State scored its touchdowns on a kickoff return from DeVondrick Nealy and a 15-yard run from Sam Richardson.

Richardson split time in-game with Grant Rohach and would continue to do so for much of the season.

2012 — W, 35-21 This win over Baylor put Iowa State one win away from bowl eligibility — the last time the team would reach a bowl until 2017. Five touchdown passes from Steele Jantz — Iowa State folk legend — was enough to overpower a Baylor team in the midst of a down season.

IOWA STATE DAILY Former Iowa State running back James White runs the ball at the game against Baylor on Oct. 27, 2012, at Jack Trice Stadium. White rushed for 42 yards in the game.

Jarvis West scored three touchdowns for the Cyclones as Jantz tied a school record for single-game touchdown passes (five).

2011 — L, 17-33 The school’s last-ever matchup with Texas A&M to date ended in a two-score defeat. Iowa State was out-gained 510 to 305, and the Cyclones’ lone bright spot was a 117-yard receiving day from Josh Lenz.

Steele Jantz and Jared Barnett split time at quarterback.

The Cyclones went on to win the next three games, including a win over then-No. 2 Oklahoma State, and were 6-7 on the year.

2010 — W, 28-16 The last entry of the 2010s — or rather, the first entry in the decade — was a 28-16 win over Kansas led by a strong showing by Iowa State’s defense and a third-quarter explosion.

Iowa State scored three touchdowns in the third period — all by different running backs — to take a 28-9 lead heading into the final frame, where Kansas was unable to mount a comeback.

This was the Cyclones’ fifth win of the season, putting them one away from a bowl birth. However, they would lose the last three of the season and finish 5-7.

The Cyclones have gone 6-3 in their nine Homecoming games of the 2010s — despite multiple three-win seasons and five below.500 campaigns — ahead of Saturday ’s 2:30 p.m. showdown with the Cowboys of Oklahoma State. The games have been held as early as Oct. 11 and as late as Nov. 9.

S a t u r d a y ’s g a m e w i l l c l o s e t h e Homecoming chapter on this decade for Iowa State — a decade filled with interesting names, a program-altering coaching change and a lot of history, forgotten or otherwise.

SPORTS

Friday, October 25, 2019 Iowa State Daily

Cyclones start road trip Iowa State to kick off road game stretch with Ohio

BY JARED.BRAVARD @iowastatedaily.com After sweeping Jamestown last weekend, seventh-ranked Cyclone Hockey (6-4) will travel to Athens this weekend to face the sixth-ranked Bobcats of Ohio University (6-0).

The Cyclones started the season 3-0, followed by one win and four losses over the next five games. They bounced back last weekend against the Jamestown Jimmies, a team that swept then top-ranked and now third-ranked Minot State.

The high-scoring Bobcats are averaging just shy of seven goals per game, while giving up fewer than two goals per game.

Cyclone defenseman Max Olson believes the Cyclones are up to the task.

“I think it’ll be a really even matchup,” Olson said. “I think the guys are ready for it.”

This will be the second series this season where the Cyclones and their opponent are each ranked in the top ten nationally. They faced second-ranked Lindenwood earlier this month.

The Cyclones enter this weekend coming off of their first sweep since the season opener against Waldorf and will look to continue such play.

“Just play the way we did this past weekend and I think we’ll be pretty successful,” said coach Jason Fairman. “They have some good

KARA DENNER/ IOWA STATE DAILY The Iowa State hockey team played Missouri State Sept. 27 and Sept. 29 at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena. They Cyclones lost 2-0.

players. They have some seniors that are pretty good; we’ll have to watch that.”

One of those seniors is Bobcat forward Tyler Harkins. He has 22 points this season, which has him tied for most in the nation. Two other senior Bobcats — Gianni Evangelisti and Jacob Houston — also have double-digit points with 15 and 12, respectively.

Alternatively, the Cyclones are holding opponents to 1.5 goals per game. They also have not given up more than three goals in a single game this season.

“We always take pride in our defense.”

Fairman said. “I think we’ve always been

among the lowest goals against in the nation pretty much every year and certainly, usually top five.”

In addition to the high scoring, the Bobcats are also a highly penalized team, averaging almost seven penalties per game. The Cyclones had success on power plays against Jamestown.

They scored seven total goals in the series, four while the Jimmies were down a man.

Converting power plays is a factor in success.

The Cyclones are averaging 3.2 goals per game in wins this season and 0.5 goals in losses.

“We always want to capitalize on [power plays],” Fairman said. “Usually [when] we play

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them, there aren’t many penalties. If you get power play opportunities, you’ve got to take advantage of them.”

The tough schedule thus far for the Cyclones has helped them prepare for this weekend.

They have faced three ranked teams already this season — Missouri State, Lindenwood and Jamestown. Cyclone Hockey has also faced Illinois State, a team currently receiving votes.

“Our schedule is designed so we just slowly ramp up,” Olson said. “The past two weekends [were] top ranked teams. We held our own against them.”

The Bobcats are the Cyclones’ second conference opponent of the year, with Lindenwood being their first. With these two teams being neighbors in the national rankings, this series is bound to shake up the conference and national standings, lessening the room for error.

Five goals separated the Cyclones and Bobcats over the five games they played against each other last season, with the Bobcats having the edge 13-8.

“These conference games are usually tight affairs,” Fairman said.

The Cyclones have played seven of their 10 games at home this season. Starting this weekend, that will change. The trip to Athens begins a stretch of road games for the Cyclones. Of the next five series, four of them will be away from Ames.

Of the five upcoming teams, four — Ohio, Central Oklahoma, Illinois and Minot State — are currently ranked in the top ten nationally.

“Road trips are fun because everyone’s together,” Olson said. “It ’s good team bonding.”

COLUMN

Projecting team rankings for NBA’s Eastern Conference

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com People across Iowa continue to feast on football as November inches forward, but this week marked the start of the NBA season.

Iowans seem mostly disinterested in the league, but Iowa State basketball fans should see some familiar faces if they decide to flip the channel to an NBA game.

Iowa State accounts for eight NBA players. This week and next I’ll take a deeper dive into how I see each conference playing out this season.

During these picks, I’ll spice it up a bit and try to be bolder because going chalk is no fun, and the NBA (especially this year) can be pretty unpredictable.

This week we’ll start with the Eastern Conference, so keep an eye out for Philadelphia (Marial Shayok on a two-way contract), Indiana (Naz Mitrou-Long on a two-way contract) and Matt Thomas (Toronto) if you’re intrigued by the Cyclone connections.

1. PHILADELPHIA The top of the East appears to be a two-team race, and I like the variety of options Philadelphia possesses to give them the edge for the regular season. The Sixers sport a roster with lengthy talent from Joel Embiid, Ben

Simmons and Tobias Harris. They also brought in veteran Al Horford to compliment the young core.

The 76ers lost Jimmy Butler, which I think is a bigger deal than it’s been talked about — and they’ll lack shooting this year. For the regular season, though, I expect the variety of talent to win the most games in the conference.

2. MILWAUKEE The second contender for the top spot has to be the Bucks. I like Milwaukee’s potential mostly because they have Giannis Antetokounmpo, but outside of him, the Bucks didn’t make many attractive moves this offseason, in my opinion.

Antetokounmpo will do enough to push Milwaukee to the 2-seed and maybe win another MVP. 3. MIAMI After two chalk picks, I’ll shake it up with Miami. The Heat added Jimmy Butler this offseason, and they have a handful of assets they could use as trade chips as this season progresses.

I don’t think the Heat will be too flashy, but I like their guards and a weak conference could bump them to the top half of the playoff seeding.

4. BOSTON Abdel Nader’s former team should

struggle and end up selling off pieces from the championship team, but I think Toronto will stay competitive enough to make it past the regular season.

IOWA STATE DAILY Matt Thomas makes a move to the corner in the first half against Purdue in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 18, 2017.

be set for another trip to the playoffs this year. The Celtics lost key pieces in Horford and Kyrie Irving (that one’s debatable to some fans).

Despite the losses, Boston plugs in point guard Kemba Walker while retaining a handful of young players. I expect the Celtics to be slightly better and earn the 4-seed for the second year in a row.

5. BROOKLYN I think the Nets are slept on a little bit as this season arrives. The Nets mostly retained the same team outside of the point guard spot. D’Angelo Russell’s at Golden State now, and Irving is running the young team.

I understand Brooklyn’s ceiling is much lower without Kevin Durant this year, but the young pieces gain another year their under belts and Irving is an upgrade offensively.

6. TORONTO The defending champs obviously will take a step back without Kawhi Leonard, but the pieces are still there for the Raptors to advance to the playoffs.

Veterans like Marc Gasol, Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka pair nicely with younger players like OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet and of course, Matt Thomas.

It ’s also possible the Raptors

7. CHICAGO I’ve kept a close eye on Chicago the past few years, and I think this is the year they crack the playoffs. I like the balance the team presents; Lauri Markkanen and Zach Lavine will put up big numbers on offense.

Meanwhile, Otto Porter Jr., Wendell Carter Jr. and Thaddeus Young will anchor the defense.

The balance is nice, but the team’s still young and unproven. I think the Bulls sneak into the playoffs, and it’ll pay dividends for future years with their young core.

8. INDIANA The Pacers are a top-four team in most people’s eyes, but I’m not completely sold on Indiana. The Pacers’ two highest paid players — Malcolm Brogdan and Victor Oladipo — have injury history.

Outside of the two guards, two of Indiana’s key players — Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis — overlap and play the same position.

With that said, I’m probably still underrating the Pacers, but I have concerns for the team.

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Iowa State Daily Friday, October 25, 2019 LETTER

LETTER

COURTESY OF ISTOCK Stewart B. Epstein argues that supporting programs like Social Security and Medicare don’t make a person a socialist.

Helping people does not make you a socialist

BY STEWART B. EPSTEIN @phenom51@mail.com COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES Letter writer and Iowa State graduate student Jorge Luis Galvez Vallejo believes it is important for international students to bring diversity to America, which they can do through sharing their different views, backgrounds and cultures.

Diversity brings new ideas International students’ role is to bring culture to US

BY JORGE LUIS GALVEZ VALLEJO jg4@iastate.edu International students in any foreign country possess a burden few would like — having to care about politics in two countries.

Following the entire news cycle that revolves around a country is extremely tiring and, because the politics in the new country they’re in impacts their immediate reality, they are forced into caring about the

political system of the new country.

Students come to the United States from all over the world to educate themselves; some would like to stay here and build a life following the historical idea of the “American Dream,” while others want to eventually go back and use the knowledge they’ve acquired here to help bring a portion of it to their homeland.

Both share one common denominator — they do not have a say in the politics of the United States. So, what role should international students play while they are living here in pursue of their dream? Each student brings in their political views, their idea of how things should work in a country.

Most of these ideas come from experience, they have seen a policy been implemented in their country and saw it benefit or hinder the development of their country. This is experience that the nationals

do not have; they can only talk about their own country.

I consider that the main role any international student in the United States has is to talk about their home, tell the American people how are things back home, discuss the ideas that keep their country afloat and have inspired them to keep pushing forward.

Through the experience and the knowledge they have brought, the American people can benefit, they will be able to make a more informed decision and through this, theoretically, a further betterment of society should follow.

Through diversity comes a multitude of ideas, of opinions; from these comes discussion, and through discussion there is knowledge. A simple story can change one person’s mind, and only a spark is needed to start a fire.

According to President Trump and the national conservative news media, someone who simply supports a federal government social program that helps people such as Social Security and Medicare is a “crazy socialist.”

If we go by that definition, then that would make Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon “crazy socialists” because they both signed new federal government social programs that help people into law/existence, and they both supported Social Security.

In fact, Ike wrote a letter to his brother in which he stated that any Republican who wants to abolish Social Security is “stupid.” It appears that conservative-Republicans have become a lot more conservative and “stupid” since around 1980 because we sure do have a lot of them nowadays who want to abolish Social Security and move our country toward “Survival-of-the-Fittest” Social Darwinism.

I recently saw President Trump’s “Acting Chief of Staff ” and “Budget Director” Mick Mulvaney on television. When he was a Congressman, he was a favorite of “The Tea Party” and was well-known for stating that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme,” that it is “unconstitutional” and that it should be abolished.

More and more, today’s national Republican Party stealthily advocates for a crazy, cold-hearted and creeping “Sur vival-of-the-Fittest ” Social Darwinism.

EDITORIAL

Halloween isn’t an excuse to be racist

BY ISD EDITORIAL BOARD Halloween falls on a Thursday this year. While mid-week isn’t the most ideal time for the spooky holiday, the upcoming week and weekend starts the costume parties and festivities that will be throughout Ames and the rest of the state.

Some people are very into dressing up for the holiday, while others would rather wear their typical party attire. As a college student, spending a lot of money on a costume you will only wear a time or two isn’t very practical, so many people turn to Pinterest and the internet for cheap, DIY ideas that they can throw together last minute.

There are some really good, easy costume ideas that fit into that category: a

scarecrow, a pumpkin, certain characters from TV shows and movies. Or a scary mask that has been lying around since last year’s Halloween.

But there are also a lot of offensive, inappropriate costumes that are cultural appropriation. There are so many easy, entertaining costumes that don’t appropriate culture. Halloween isn’t a free pass to be racist or treat someone’s religion, race, ethnicity, gender identity or sexuality as a joke for others to laugh at.

A lot of these offensive costumes are based off of cultural stereotypes that are harmful.

So before you decide on your costume this year, check your privilege and examine if how you are planning to dress is harmful or perpetuating a stereotype. If your friend comes to you

with a costume idea that could also fall into that category, speak up. Halloween is a time for celebration, creativity and self expression. But expressing yourself doesn’t mean you have to ridicule other identities. You can have fun while still being respectful.

Although at the end of the day the ISD Editorial Board can’t control what you should and shouldn’t decide to be for Halloween, we strongly suggest actual thought and consideration for possible offensive costumes.

Believing that your costume isn’t offensive simply because you aren’t offended by it doesn’t mean it is okay to wear it. Halloween is about dressing up as something scary, and although racism is in fact scary, it is not an excuse to have it be part of your costume.

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Friday, October 25, 2019 Iowa State Daily

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Aries: Today is the day to introduce your craziest ideas to the world. Call up a friend.

Taurus: Challenge your conventional way of thinking. It will be good for your health.

Gemini: Today, try to prepare yourself for a quieter phase of thinking and contemplation.

Cancer: Utilize the side of yourself that values compromise today. Try to be more open.

Leo: There are some stressful things that you are choosing to hold on to — let go.

Virgo: It may be time to reconsider that opportunity you thought was off the table.

COURTESY OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES STAFF The 12 zodiac signs can be found on The Zodiac, Iowa State’s iconic bronze floor piece in the entrance to Gold Star Hall in the Memorial Union. Today, some students find interest in daily horoscopes, while others think they are trivial.

The horoscope hype Opinions differ on zodiac craze

BY ISABEL.GEBERS @iowastatedaily.com A horoscope is as distinctive as a fingerprint, according to astrology. com. A personal prediction of your day and life based on the positions of the stars and planets and when you were born can be very telling of one’s personality, should you choose to pay attention to it.

Horoscopes are broken down into 12 different zodiac signs: Aries, Ta u r u s , G e m i n i , C a n c e r, L e o, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.

Each zodiac sign’s horoscope for the day is specifically made with the sign in mind. Yet, horoscopes are oftentimes worded in a way that could be tailored to anyone.

Chiara Heinz, sophomore in political science, got into horoscopes when her mom frequently talked about them. This led Heinz to download a horoscope app on her phone, only to learn her horoscopes were always very vague.

“I check it about once a week,” Heinz said. “I would read it more, but I feel like a lot of the time my horoscope is super basic in general. It ’s like, ‘You’ ll have a good

week, because you’ll find happiness with your friends,’ but that could be applied to anyone. In order to really make it apply to your life, you have to dig a little deeper and find websites that are more specific to you.”

Although websites and apps designed to deliver horoscopes can be basic, Heinz still finds horoscopes interesting and believes that your zodiac sign can influence your life.

“I do believe that somehow, the constellations of stars have something to do with how we act and how the world revolves, and that it’s not just pure coincidence,” Heinz said.

“So that ’s why I want to do more research on it.”

The intrigue of horoscopes attracts other students as well, especially when determining if their day followed the prediction in their daily horoscope.

“When [your horoscope] tells you what your week is going to be like [...] I like to read it just to see if that’s actually how my week is going to be and look back on it later and see if it was true,” said Payton Erritt, freshman in agricultural business.

However, horoscopes’ ability to determine your future doesn’t hold

as much sway with some students; rather, they find the predictions inconsequential.

“I don’t feel like it plays a significant enough role in my life for me to be concerned with it,” said Cole Reiman, junior in agriculture and life sciences education. “I think I’m a good person, and I don’t need a horoscope to tell me that.”

Although Reiman said he doesn’t personally find horoscopes to be important in his life, he said he understands why others might find horoscopes comforting.

“In life, we sometimes search for a reason to keep going and a reason for us to just look forward to the best things in every day,” Reiman said. “And so if you see a horoscope that’s like, ‘You’re going to have a good today,’ and that makes you have a better day, then I totally support that. I think people do it for a reason why, searching for meaning in everyday life.”

Websites such as astrology.com offer horoscopes and tellings for every aspect in one’s life, including finance, career, business and relationships. Because of this, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the amount of predictions the site has to offer.

Libra: A casual conversation with someone else might veer into mighty deep territory soon.

Scorpio: Slow down today — you are right on track and have nothing to worry about.

Sagittarius: If you are angry with someone right now, the silent treatment isn’t wise. Talk!

Capricorn: Now is not the time to seek out conflict.You deserve an easy path, so take it.

Aquarius: It is the perfect time for you to approach someone and ask for what you deserve.

Pisces: Feeling in a bit of a time crunch right now?

Organization is the key to handling life.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES Daily horoscope according to astrology.com.

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TALK ABOUT IT

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people you can see that they get irritated easily or are feeling sad or crying more often.”

Other examples of warning signs, Sievert said, include people becoming more anxious or on edge, as well as increasing substance use as a way to cope.

When someone starts to notice these signs within themselves, Chang said it can help if they reach out to either Student Counseling Services or trusted family or friends.

“There is a stigma of ‘we should be okay,’ and it can make it difficult for people to disclose and suffer longer,” Chang said.

When noticing these signs within friends or close peers, Sievert recommended finding time to have a conversation with them. She said to approach the matter empathically and provide concrete examples of the signs the person is showing.

“If you are sitting with someone who is highly distressed and you don’t know what to do, during office hours you can call us to consult about what to do,” Chang said.

The Student Counseling Services phone number is 515-294-5056.

For the large variety of mental health issues, Student Counseling Services also offers many different types of support for

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GRAPHIC BY BROOKLYN WILLIAMS Anxiety disorders are highly treatable, yet only 36.9 percent of those suffering receive treatment, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America website.

those who need it.

“We have Stepped Care Model, which is really a range of services that we provide that we match with a student who is showing concerns and what they are needing to this model to see what type of support might be most helpful for them,” Sievert said.

The steps in the Stepped Care Model include self-help, community-based prevention, face-to-face brief support, group-based

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so many times when I’ve had reporters call me about listening to the police scanner, and they hear about an awful dog bite that comes in; they’ll call and the fi rst question out of their mouth is ‘what kind of dog was it?’ And if I say anything but pit bull, they don’t do the story. [...] So then from a public perspective, the reporting is unfairly skewed.

They’re only hearing about pit bull bites.”

This media attention caused many cities to enact breed-specific legislation, which generally bans or restricts multiple breeds within a city, according to Filer.

“There are still some cities in the U.S. or counties that have an old approach to managing public safety when it comes to dogs,” Filer said. “The approach that was created in the ‘80s was to try to prevent dog bites by preventing

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“The biggest thing with the sales certificate program is that no matter what major students go in, they’re going to be selling something,” Wilgenbusch said. “This certificate program gives students the ability to learn how to sell and learn how to sell through relationships.”

The program is for those at the undergraduate level and includes three required sales courses.

“All these sales classes will be very heavy on experience learning,” Agnihori said. “We need to give the practice. Within the new expansion, there will be a state-of-the-art sales center. Labs will have offices where students can do sales negotiations, presentations and we can critique, assess and review.”

Wilgenbusch said he has taken a few of the sales classes because they are currently available within the Ivy College of Business.

WOMEN

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She had many different suggestions for running a successful business and life which included: care about everything that goes on from the smallest thing to the biggest, stay consistent, create a community in your life and business, spend time intentionally and stay very organized.

“This is my beautiful family, this is my ‘why,’ this is why I wake up every day despite having to take pills, despite having to see a therapist, despite battling the things I battle every single day,” Fennelly said. “When you know your ‘why’ everything else takes care of itself.”

The third presentation was by Seda McKilligan, the associate dean for academic programs in the College of Design and a professor of industrial design, whose presentation was titled “Innovative Design.”

“It was about 17 years ago when I came here from Turkey,” McKilligan said. “I was raised as a designer and I grew up as a designer, I lived everything to become a designer.”

McKilligan told the story of how when she was in graduate school, she met a professor she really wanted to work with but due to her not being an engineering student she was not allowed to be published in an engineering journal. This lead her

services, brief individual services and specialty services and referral.

One of the main prevention ser vices Student Counseling Services offers is Campus Connect Training. “[Campus Connect trainings] are in person trainings primarily targeted for students to be able to know how to support someone that they are concerned about know about resources available,” Sievert said.

certain breeds. [...] Various different breeds have been on it over the years, and even now, some cities have as many as 30 to 40, some cities have a handful, but it tends to change [...] on which dogs are targeted. [It’s] not based on science, not backed by any sort of research, just based on emotion and fear.”

Iowa is one of the strictest states for these types of laws, and Filer said the laws were also originally based on race and class fears, focusing more on the people who owned the dogs and not the dogs themselves. There have been many significant changes over the years for breed-specific legislation.

“The best practice that more and more cities continue to move towards are breed-neutral approaches, which basically means that they regulate and restrict dogs and dog owners based on a dog’s behavior or an owner’s behavior, not based “A lot of people don’t understand what sales is; they kind of think it is manipulative and it is about making a buck,” Wilgenbusch said. “But these classes have helped me understand that it is kind of just about achieving the greater good.”

The new sales program will move to a space within the new 45,000 square foot Gerdin Business Building expansion. The building expansion is scheduled to open in January 2021 and the new space will include a dedicated suite for sales education and real life practice.

Currently all the sales classes are in motion but the sales certificate has not been approved by the faculty senate. The faculty senate is set to vote on it Friday. If it is approved, the certificate program will launch in the spring of 2020.

“Unlike a minor, it will show up on a diploma,” Agnihori said.

“Certificate level, I think we are one of the unique programs [...].

For us, we are serving the land-grant through this program.” to explain that finding the right people to work with is important. She said that she worked with people from many different areas outside the design realm and had to build many bridges, another important life skill.

McKilligan said designers speak differently than other people, they live outside the box because there is no box. She said a designer’s thought process is a lot of questions, questions about everything.

She said after all of her group’s hard work, their work was eventually published in an engineering journal, even after she was told it would never happen.

“It is not about the question, it truly about information, it’s about understanding issues they are truly getting into,” McKilligan said. “It is about the value of the design not the why.”

The fourth presentation was by Natalie Dayton and Kati Colby, co-founders of The Drop, whose presentation was titled “Fitness Entrepreneurs.”

The Drop is a community-based fitness platform that allows members to access to boutique fitness studios in the Des Moines area under one membership, as well as local offerings from health and wellness businesses.

“We are the founders of The Drop, an app that connects our city to the most quality health and wellness experiences that

Campus Connect Training is a gatekeeper training program for students that is designed to increase the participant ’s knowledge, awareness and skills concerning college student suicide.

According to the Student Counseling Services website, Campus Connect Training aims to increase a participant’s knowledge about suicide statistics, risk and protective factors, warning signs and referral resources.

The website said the training also aims to increase empathic listening skills, communication skills and the ability to ask individuals if they are thinking about suicide and to increase self awareness concerning the potential emotional reactions gatekeepers may experience when interacting with students in crisis.

The next Campus Connect Training will take place Nov. 7 and Nov. 8 for two sessions, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m.

To register, go to the Student Health and Wellness website.

Student Counseling Services can be found on the third floor of the Student Services Building located at 2505 Union Drive. The hours for walk-ins are currently 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Counselors are available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m, Monday through Friday, for students who feel they are in crisis.

on a dog’s appearance,” Filer said.

Michael Vick, a former American football quarterback and co-conspirator in a dog-fighting ring, had his kennels raided in 2007.

The media coverage on the recovery story of those dogs, mostly pit bulls, helped shed a much more positive light on the breed for the public, since almost all of the dogs were able to be re-homed or put into foster homes.

National Pit Bull Awareness Day may need to be given a new name of “Love Your Dog Day,” but whether one owns a pit bull or any other breed, it is important to promote overall responsible dog ownership.

“It’s just another thing to put in the news about pit bulls,” Filer said. “And positive or not, the best thing that we can do for these dogs is to talk about them as dogs and not about something special or different.”

COURTESY OF RAJ AGNIHOTRI Raj Agnihotri, Dean’s Fellow in marketing, director of Ivy Sales Consortium and associate professor in marketing, with members of the Ivy Sales Team.

Des Moines has to offer,” Colby said. “We have created a master calendar housing 30 plus gyms and studios with exclusive drop in rates, with many ‘drop-portunities’ that highlight how to live out a healthy dropper lifestyle.”

The Drop was released on Oct. 1 and is available on Google Play store and the Apple app store for $4.95.

Dayton and Colby talked about how they grew their company.

It all started when Dayton first reached out to Colby with the business idea. From there they went to a developer, but neither of them felt connected with the developer so they moved on the branding.

Dayton said she had a connection with a former business partner who is now creates branding, so the due reached out to her.

Now they had a branding but no actual content. They eventually found another developer they liked and then found investors in a tech company.

Now a year into the business, the duo gave the audience some advice which included: show up, do your part, always phone a friend, use your values, give without expectations and never deny a coffee date.

“We came along way in a year to where we are today and it would not have happened without all the connections we spoke to,” Dayton said.