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One week in February is set aside to bring awareness and visibility to one group within the LGBTQIA+ community, the aromantic spectrum. Starting Monday, Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW) kicks off an entire week of visibility. AUREA is an organization that brings awareness to the aromantic spectrum and are a part of the awareness effort by trying to make aromantic spectrum voices and issues heard. Awareness and education are the major goals of the week. This organiz ation has an informational website as well as a blog w h e re i t h o s t s AUREA decisions and awaren e s s o n Tu m b l r along with the rest of the aromantic spectrum community o n Tu m b l r . AUREA

encourages those who are a part of the aromantic spectrum to contact their local LGBTQIA+/GSA g ro u p s a n d l e t them know about this blog

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space, to circulate the news offline and organize events for AUREA offline. Aromanticism.org, otherwise known as AUREA, described Aromanticism as “a sexuality within the LGBTQIA+ community in which someone doesn’t experience romantic attraction. Aromanticism can often be confused for asexuality, however, they are very different.” The aromantic spectrum is a spectrum of not experiencing or having romantic attraction, while asexuality is a spectrum of not feeling or having sexual attraction, said Trinity Dearborn, senior in women’s and gender studies, president of the Pride Alliance and president of the Asexual Aromantic Alliance. The purpose of Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week is to spread awareness and education about aromanticism and aromantic issues such as amatonormativity, which

is the idea that a central, exclusive, amorous relationship is normal for humans, according to Elizabeth Brake’s website. The week is also set up to help people who may be on the spectrum and not know it, so that they can stay informed and explore their sexuality and know they aren’t alone in this. nicci port, program coordinator for Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, serves as the project director for Diversity and Inclusion and LGBTQ+ initiatives. port said she agrees visibility and celebration is important for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. “Visibility is important for communities that are made invisible and the aromantic community is an example of that,” port said.

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An E-Mazing event kickoff Race begins College of Engineering’s Engineers’ Week BY JILL.EVEN @iowastatedaily.com Teams of four assembled into their groups in anticipation of the competition for the College of Engineering’s E-Mazing Race, which started at 1 p.m. Sunday at Howe Hall. The E-Mazing Race was part of the 2020 Engineers’ Week (E-Week), which celebrates the College of Engineering this year with the theme of “Breaking the Boundaries of Engineering.” In the past years, the E-Mazing Race has had similar counterparts. The E-Mazing Race contest is an evolution from the E-lympics event that took place during Engineers’ Week of 2017. At the E-Mazing Race event, each team was given clues. They then needed to figure out where their activity was taking place based on those clues so they could go to the next location needed. Rachel Origer, senior in civil engineering and student engagement co-chair for the student organization Engineers’ Week, said she enjoys how creative she gets to be through event planning for the week.

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“We have student orgs that have volunteered to have different little activities at each of our stops,” Origer said. “[Students] go there and complete the task, and some tasks have time penalties, where if they don’t complete it they get time added on to their total running time.”

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Engineers’ Week, informally known as E-Week, will take place from Sunday through Friday, highlighted with events for students coordinated by the student-led executive committee. The theme for the 69th year of E-Week is “Breaking the Boundaries of Engineering,” which was implemented in hopes of encompassing all facets of engineering at Iowa State. Adam Sievers is a senior in mechanical engineering and the executive committee’s merchandising chair for E-Week. “The theme could be taken in a few ways; breaking the social boundaries of engineering or breaking the technological boundaries,” Sievers said. “There are a lot of different ways you could interpret it, so we wanted to use [the theme] to highlight some of the things happening here at Iowa State.” For 2020, Iowa State will start E-Week off with the E-Mazing Race, an opportunity for engineering students to use their skills by following clues to engineering buildings and completing tasks at that location in this team-building exercise. The E-Mazing Race will begin at 1 p.m. in the Student Innovation Center, room 3204. Samuel Schreck, senior in civil engineering and executive committee co-president, said the E-Mazing Race was his favorite event to participate in and plan. Another highly anticipated event is the keynote address from speaker Kate Darling. Kate Darling is a research specialist at the MIT media lab. She will be discussing the intersection of technology and society. This event will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Button Lunch is an event that expects to see a participation of 500 students. For $5, students are given a button that is used as a pass for lunch throughout E-Week. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Howe Atrium Monday through Thursday.The Button Lunch will be catered by Hickory Park, Chickfil-A and Panera Bread. “A lot of friends come out of E-Week. I feel like [our committee] is all really close now, and we have a lot of fun with each other,” Schreck said. “You’re planning an event for the entire college, so there are also a lot of leadership opportunities that you wouldn’t get in a classroom.” The full list of events for the 2020 E-Week can be found on the College of Engineering’s website. E-Week is organized by the student-run committee of 15 executive members and 10 committee members. Elections for the committee will be in March.

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2.17.20 Walk-in Craft: Ankara Wrapped Bangle Bracelets, The Workspace at the Memorial Union at 2 p.m. Ankara fabric (or African Wax

Printing) is created through a wax-resist dyeing technique and is known for its vivid colors and bold patterns. Find a combination of Ankara fabrics that you like, and we will show you how to wrap them around cord to make a set of three bracelets sized just for you.

Managing Risk in a More Uncertain World: What We Can Learn from Surfers, Studs, and Sex workers, Sun Room, Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Allison Schrager is an economist, award-winning journalist at Quartz, and author of “An Economist Walks into a Brothel.”

2.18.20 Town Hall Meeting: Students Against Racism, Sun Room, Memorial Union at 7 p.m. This is the second town hall meeting with Iowa State administrators to provide an update on the university’s response to demands by the student group, Students Against Racism.

Open Mic Night, The M-Shop, Memorial Union at 8 p.m. Open Mic Night gives students

the chance to show off their talents to fellow peers. Many perform as musicians, comedians, and poets. Enjoy a night full of talented Iowa State Students. (Sign Up starts at 7:30 p.m. until all spots are filled)

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Kendell Tyler Jackson, age 19, of 709 Bay Dr. Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 709 Bay Drive (reported at 3:49 a.m.).

Adam Joseph Mullen, age 23, of 4010 Toronto St. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated, first offense, at 416 Billy Sunday Road (reported at 5:51 a.m.).

Oscar Eleonai Quiroz Guzman, age 26, of 825 T Ave. - Nevada, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 126 Welch Avenue (reported at 2:36 a.m.).

Nicolas Henry Peters, age 22, of 4803 Ashley Park Dr.- West Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 711 Lynn Avenue (reported at 12:54 a.m.).

Obed Mareclino Varona Ortiz, age 26, of 721 Meadow Pl. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 100 Main Street (reported at 2:36 a.m.).

Hunter James Reed, age 25, of 7604 S 80 Ave. W. - Prairie City, Iowa, was arrested and charged with public intoxication at 2410 Aspen Road (reported at 12:33 a.m.).

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Class promotes positive behavior

Lecturer to speak on money and risk BY ELIZABETH.KHOUNLO @iowastatedaily.com

BY MORGAN.LAVIOLETTE @iowastatedaily.com Sexual education courses are taught in middle school, high school and even some elementar y classes. Iowa State takes those courses to another level by having subject-focused classes for students to take part in. Students at Iowa State come from various backgrounds, whether that ’s education, religion or cultural beliefs. A wide range of students can make subjects such as sexual education and human development difficult to pace. “I typically find that most high school sex education programs have not went beyond the basics,” said Amy Popillion, teaching professor in human development and family studies. “Even students who come into the class thinking they had a solid sex education typically find there are new areas of sexuality they can continue to learn about.”

COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES Iowa State’s sexual education courses provide students with in-depth knowledge to incorporate positive sexual behavior in their daily lives.

Popillion said she wants to ensure her students leave the classroom with more knowledge than when they came in, regardless of the subject being taught. “Knowledge is power,” Popillion said. “Offering open, honest and

accurate information arms people to make the best decisions for their own health and well being. There is plenty of evidence showing that ‘abstinence only’ education is not effective. We need to go beyond that traditional scare

tactic approach and be real.” Popillion focuses her c lass on the confluence of biological, social, psychological, environmental, developmental, cultural

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App abandoned after failure BY MALLORY.TOPE @iowastatedaily.com An app supposed to make Iowa’s caucus night run smoother instead turned the night into a malfunctioning mayhem. On caucus night the newly designed smartphone app volunteers were set to use to collect data at each precinct malfunctioned due to “coding issues.” The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) developed the app to help comply with new rules set by the Democratic National Committee for states using caucuses instead of primary elections. The app that was supposed to be used at Democratic caucuses was developed by Shadow Inc. Shadow Inc. is a political technology company that develops mobile apps designed to register, organize and mobilize voters, according to its website. The company was launched in December 2016 by Gerard Niemira and Krista Davis, who worked on the digital outreach team for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. The IDP chose Shadow Inc. to develop an app that could be used in the 2020 caucuses. In late 2019, the IDP paid Shadow Inc. more than $63,000 over two installments for the IowaReporterApp that was set to be used at precincts during the caucuses, according to a campaign finance disclosure report. “We sincerely regret the delay in the reporting of the results of last night’s Iowa caucuses and the uncertainty it has caused to the candidates, their campaigns, and Democratic caucus-goers,” the company said in tweet the day after the caucuses. “We will apply the lessons learned in the future, and have already corrected the underlying technology issue. We take these issues very seriously,

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY The app that was supposed to help caucus officials tabulate results from the Iowa Democratic caucuses malfunctioned on caucus night, leading to delays in the reporting of results.

and are committed to improving and evolving to support the Democratic Party’s goal of modernizing its election processes.” The company published a new version of the IowaReporterApp, two days before the caucuses. “Two weeks before the caucuses very few [people] had received the link to download the app,” said Maddie Anderson, chair of the Story County Democrats. “The weekend before the caucus the majority still had not. So we were not able to train them on it or test it.” The coding malfunction was not the only issue with the app. Volunteers had trouble even downloading the app. The app was not released through an official app store, and those with Apple devices needed to download another app first before being able to download the correct app. Those with Samsung and other smartphones had to change the device

settings to be allowed to download the app. Many volunteers were unable to log into the app due to an “invalid” code. “Some caucus chairs reported that the app appeared to work while others couldn’t get logged in because it said that the pin they were given was incorrect,” Anderson said. Many precincts had to go to the Democratic’s Party’s “Plan B.” “Most of the precincts in Story County had to resort to waiting on hold to call in their results,” Anderson said. After the app failed in Iowa, the Nevada Democratic Party (NDP) decided to abandon the app for their own caucuses scheduled for Saturday. The party announced they would not be using the app but instead would use Google forms to tabulate results. The NDP is allowing early caucus voting, which began Saturday and will run until Tuesday. Early votes will be incorporated into the live caucus scheduled for Saturday. During the early voting, Nevada Democratic caucusgoers fill out a paper ballot. Voters will write their top three candidates and are allowed the option to also include their fourth and fifth candidates. Those ballots will then be sent to voter’s local precincts through party-issued iPads. The votes will be calculated with the live caucus Saturday. In a statement released following the Iowa caucuses William McCurdy II, the chair of the NDP, said the party can “confidently” say what happened in Iowa will not happen in Nevada. “We will not be employing the same app or vendor used in the Iowa caucus,” McCurdy said in a statement. “We had already developed a series of backups and redundant reporting systems, and are currently evaluating the best path forward.”

Iowa State’s economic department and club will host a lecture on risk management from the perspective of uncommon risk takers. Allison Schrager, an economist, journalist at Quartz and co-founder of a risk advisory firm, will present the lecture “Managing Risk in a More Uncertain World: W hat We Can Learn From Surfers, Studs and Sex Workers” at 7 p.m. Monday in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. The event is free and is open to students, faculty, staff and Ames community members. “She has spent her career examining how people manage risk in their lives and careers and will discuss five principles for dealing with risk shared by some of the world’s most interesting risk-takers,” according to the Lecture Series website. The lecture will relate the risk management in finance to the risk management taken by “surfers, studs and sex workers.” S chrager is the author of the “Financial Times” April book of the month, “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel.” She correlates economic theories of uncertainty and risk to the risk in people’s own lives by looking at uncommon risk takers. In “An Economist Walks into a Brothel,” Schrager equips readers with five principles for dealing with risk, principles used by some of the world’s most interesting risk takers. For instance, she inter views a professional poker player about how to stay rational when the stakes are high; a paparazzo in Manhattan about how to spot different kinds of risk; horse breeders in Kentucky about how to diversify risk and minimize losses; and a war general who led troops in Iraq about how to prepare for what we don’t see coming. “Allison diversified her career by working in finance, policy and media,” according to Schrager’s website. “She led retirement product innovation at Dimensional Fund Advisers and consulted to international organizations, including the OECD and IMF.” She has been a regular contributor to the Economist, Reuters and Bloomberg Businessweek. Her writing has also appeared in Playboy, Wired, National Review and Foreign Affairs. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Edinburgh and a holds a doctorate in economics from Columbia University. She teaches at New York University within the economics department and lives in New York. This lecture is sponsored by the Economics Department, Economics Club and the Committee on Lectures.

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IOWA STATE DAILY A study has found that trees and vegetation in urban areas are less sensitive to temperature change and turn green earlier than in rural areas because of the “heat island effect.”

Study finds urban plants turn green earlier than in rural areas BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com A study is showing trees and vegetation in urban areas turn green earlier but are less sensitive to temperature change than vegetation in surrounding rural regions based on satellite images of dozens of United States cities. This color change is a symptom of the way cities trap heat, a phenomenon known as the “heat island effect,” said the authors of a recently published study in the academic journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study could have ramifications for anyone interested in the ecological impact of climate change or who suffers from allergies, said Yuyu Zhou, associate professor of geological and atmospheric sciences and a co-author of the study. The study examined satellite images of 85 large cities in the United States from 2001 to 2014. The satellite images allowed the researchers to detect the changes in greenness of plants and thus determine the timing when plants start to grow in spring. The data showed the start of the season arrived on average, six days earlier, in the studied cities than surrounding rural areas due to the heat island effect. Zhou said little research has investigated the connection between the heat island effect and phenology, or the study of cyclical and seasonal natural phenomena. Zhou said this kind of information will become increasingly important as scientists attempt to predict how plants will respond to changing environmental conditions, including climate change and urbanization. “In the future, we want to have more accuracy in our earth system models to predict changes in our environment. Taking into account the interactions between temperature and phenological change in vegetation will mean those model predictions will improve,” Zhou said. Lin Meng, a graduate geological and atmospheric sciences student and lead author of the paper, said the study offers some insight into how a warming climate could affect vegetation in all kinds of environments, not just urban ones. “We used the urban landscapes as a warming laboratory,” Meng said. “Using a space-time substitution approach, cities represent future warming scenarios.” In addition to studying the urban-rural difference of the start of the spring season, the researchers analyzed the advancement rate of the start of season under warming. The study found the advancement of start of season of urban plants is lower than that of rural plants with the same amount of temperature increase, suggesting urban plants become less sensitive to temperature due to the heat island effect. Meng said that might be due to warmer winters in urban areas. Some studies have suggested that trees need to be chilled enough in winter in order to be responsive to increases in temperature in spring. The elevated winter temperature in cities reduces the chilling accumulation and causes decreased sensitivity of phenology in urban areas. Zhou and Meng said there are ongoing discussions on the reason for the reduced advancement rate, and further studies must delve deeper into this question, but their data support that claim. “Temperature is only one factor for the timing of vegetation growth, but it’s clearly an important one,” Zhou said.

ALEXANDER GRAY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Sen. Amy Klobuchar spoke Jan. 26 at Jethro’s BBQ in Ames. Klobuchar said she wished she would be able to spend more time in Iowa ahead of the caucuses on Feb. 3, but would have to return to Washington D.C. for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

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Senator gains ground post-Iowa BY KATHERINE.KEALEY @iowastatedaily.com The concern of whether a woman can win the presidency has lingered throughout the Democratic primary season. In the New Hampshire primary Sen. Amy Klobuchar placed third, at 19.8 percent of votes and six delegates, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren came in fourth with 9.2 percent of votes and zero delegates. New Hampshire was almost a flip from the results of the Iowa caucuses, where Warren placed third and Klobuchar a distant fifth. After the New Hampshire primary, Warren began her post primary speech by congratulating Klobuchar

for defying the polls. “Right now it is clear that Sen. [Bernie] Sanders and Mayor [Pete] Buttigieg had strong nights, and I also want to congratulate my friend and colleague Amy Klobuchar for showing just how wrong the pundits can be when they count a woman out,” Warren said to supporters after the primary. Although it is still early in the election process, Kelly Winfrey, assistant professor of journalism, said she questions whether a woman candidate can fit into the election. “Right now it seems like there is no room for any female candidates,” Winfrey said. “After both Iowa and New Hampshire, you know despite Klobuchar having that surge in New

SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY A supporter of Amy Klobuchar holds up a sign to convince people to join Klobuchar’s group during the 2020 Iowa Democratic Caucuses on Feb. 3 in the Memorial Union.

Hampshire, a lot of the focus has been on Sanders, Buttigieg and Bloomberg. While Klobuchar got some coverage from New Hampshire she kind of faded from the news quickly and it went back to the discussion of three B’s: Bernie, Buttigieg and Bloomberg.” The Klobuchar and Warren campaigns did not respond to emailed requests for comment by deadline. Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg, a billionaire, joined the race in early November 2019. Zack Bonner, lecturer of political science, said he believes Bloomberg has not faced the same criticism other candidates have due to his late entry. “He is an interesting case because of the amount of money he has been spending, and the amount of money he has left to spend,” Bonner said. “He has also not received the same level of scrutiny that most of the other candidates [have] since he has not taken part in any of the debates and he really wasn’t anywhere in Iowa or New Hampshire. It has already started to happen a little bit with some of his former policies like ‘stop-and-frisk.’ I think once the American people start knowing a little bit more about him they are going to look into his past, and I don’t know if he will stay at the level he is currently at.” According to the RealClearPolitics polling average of likely Democratic primary voters, Bloomberg has surged nationally to 14.2 percent support as of Sunday, putting him above Warren and Klobuchar. “The Bloomberg [surge] frustrates me because it does show that a rich white man can just jump in and spend a lot of money and be competitive when there are other candidates that don’t have the positions of privilege that have worked very hard and have a lot of good experience,” Winfrey said.

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IOWA STATE DAILY Letter writer Tucker Cassidy believes Iowa needs to return to a higher standard.

Iowa needs to return to a state of high standard BY TUCKER CASSIDY tuckerjcassidy@gmail.com COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Columnist Parth Shiralkar speaks about the art of Warli paintings coming from the Warli tribe in Maharashtra, India.

Art of Warli paintings You can and will find peace in doing what you love

BY PARTH.SHIRALKAR @iowastatedaily.com It was a wildly mediocre day with extremely normal weather when I came across a tiny trinket in a thrift shop a few days ago. Why it caught my attention can be explained in a few words: I have never seen a Warli design outside of India, ever. Something not being sold in bulk on Etsy, that is. The Warli are a tribe in Maharashtra, India. Maharashtra happens to be my home state and my parents have sparked in me an interest for the art of the Warli since I was a child. An indigenous tribe, they were one of the earliest people to occupy quite a few coastal and mountainous regions of Maharashtra. A hugely peaceful tribe, they are known

to speak Marathi (which is my mother tongue) with some geographical influence of the Gujarat borders (a neighboring state). The official language is called Varli. This is a largely unwritten language and thus there is very little documentation that is native to the Warli. The religious beliefs of the Warli tribe are spiritual, almost animistic. They believe that everything — from geographical locations to seemingly inanimate objects and obviously creatures — hold some spiritual essence. This makes their outlook towards nature extremely reverential. I have never been to an actual Warli settlement. Then again, they are a peaceful people and do not appreciate rampant tourism. The art of the Warli is perfectly simple: the main elements of this art are a circle, a triangle and a square. It is by default the intellectual property of the Warli tribe and sometimes art exhibits are used to route funds for the settlements. Some of the oldest Warli paintings have been found to be a few thousand years old. Made from materials ranging from mud, branches and cow dung (a revered animal in the culture), the paintings depict scenes from

the daily life of the tribe. People farming, dancing, just chilling are all scenes commonly seen in the art. These paintings have a reddish background with white characters and elements in the foreground, which are painted using a mixture of rice paste and gum. I looked up what they use for brushes and apparently bamboo sticks with their ends chewed get the job done. As is the case with many cultures on the brink of dropping away from the horizon, the Warli have had considerable success staying relevant with the help of Western hype. This is not necessarily a bad thing but it speaks volumes about the state of affairs as they are. Conservation attempts are being made back home in India and the undertaking is gaining momentum. Warli paintings tell stories with lessons hidden within them. The intricacies of the paintings tell you that it’s okay to have complex issues in your daily lives but it is also the very nature of things to be complex. A moment of peace here, a sip of water there, a few hours of gaming with the pals, you name it: you can and will find peace in doing what you love.

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The members of #UpgradeMedicaid would like to personally thank Reps. Finkenauer and Axne for voting against the Trump administration’s plan to gut Medicaid with block grants. Our state government seems to be more concerned with corporate profits (for Iowa Total Care and Amerigroup) than they are for Iowans. Block grants limits funding from the federal government for a state’s Medicaid program to a certain amount. The current funding of Medicaid is 60 percent from the federal government and 40 percent from the state, no matter the size of the population. If the number of individuals on Medicaid increases, the state will most likely limit who qualifies for these benefits. This impacts vulnerable populations in Iowa: persons with low income, pregnant women, children and adults with disabilities, as well as seniors. It’s for these reasons we agree with Reps. Finkenauer and Axne’s decision. We’re frustrated with DHS and Gov. Reynolds’ neglect in regards to addressing Iowa’s Medicaid mess. For example, Gov. Reynolds failed to mention any of the well-reported current problems with Medicaid during the State Of The State Address. Also absent were specifics on the “new direction” under Director Garcia to which Gov. Reynolds has spoken. If the Reynolds administration continues to neglect Iowa’s most vulnerable, it will further enrage already livid constituents. #UpgradeMedicaid is turning this rage into a motivated voting bloc of constituents. Ultimately, the Iowa legislature may have to deal with a change in leadership to return Iowa to a state that retains the high moral standard we expect.

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Cyclones gaining confidence Iowa State travels to Allen Fieldhouse to face Kansas BY MATT.BELINSON @iowastatedaily.com Beating an opponent by 29 can bring confidence to almost any team and Iowa State is no exception. After Iowa State dominated Texas 81-52 on Saturday, confidence is flying high for the team as it heads to Allen Fieldhouse Monday night for a pivotal rematch with the No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks. But the Cyclones know the Jayhawks will be no pushover. The Cyclones got a firsthand experience of the physical challenge Kansas presents after they walked into Hilton Coliseum on Jan. 8 and wiped out the Cyclones 79-53. Since that 26 point victory, Kansas sits in the top five in the country and holds an 11-1 record in Big 12 play. With its win over Texas, Iowa State now sits in a much more comfortable position, with teams in the top and bottom of the standings losing left and right over the last two weeks. Iowa State is currently tied with Texas for 8th in the Big 12 with a 4-8 record and are just one game out of 6th place with TCU sitting at 5-7. Michael Jacobson’s confidence is high heading to Lawrence, Kansas, after dropping his first career double-double against Texas on Saturday.

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Senior Michael Jacobson looks to pass the ball to a teammate against Kansas State on Feb. 8. The Cyclones beat the Wildcats 73-63.

Jacobson said that with the Big 12 standings starting to become messier by the day, every chance the Cyclones have to grab a win only increases their confidence for every game going forward. For Jacobson, the Cyclones could put

themselves in the second day of action in the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City if the wins start to trickle in down the back stretch of the schedule — and it starts Monday at Allen Fieldhouse. “It’s kind of a jungle right now in the middle of the league and we’re fighting to try and stay

out of that first day game in Kansas City and give ourselves a chance when we get down there,” Jacobson said. Just two Cyclones cracked into double figures in the scoring column on Jan. 8, with Kansas using its size advantage and guard play to contain any sort of offense from the Cyclones. Jacobson was one of those in double figures with his 10 points. Jacobson said no matter who Iowa State faces over the next three weeks of the regular season, bringing added confidence to a young roster with something left to prove can offer more opportunities to pick up much-needed wins if the Cyclones want to avoid a Wednesday game in Kansas City on March 11. Head Coach Steve Prohm said that even with the Cyclones putting together one of their best performances of the season against Texas, overlooking Kansas will be Iowa State’s downfall. Over the last five seasons, even with wide ranging records, Iowa State has seemed to always play the Jayhawks close on their home floor. Despite Iowa State being much further down in the standings than Kansas, the Cyclones have been able to play with the Jayhawks till the very end and with the added need to pack wins together, Prohm said Iowa State will have to execute in order to be in that position again. “It’s one game, now we go to Kansas, we’ve got a big task in front of us,” Prohm said. “I told the guys in the locker room the last four years we’ve been up there it has come down to the last two minutes and so we’ve gotta do everything we can and put ourselves in that same position.” Iowa State will begin against No. 3 Kansas at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

Iowa State comes back thanks to Gremmel and Colbray BY ZACH.MARTIN @iowastatedaily.com Sam Colbray has been feeling under the weather lately. Head Coach Kevin Dresser told him before weigh-ins he was 50-50 Sunday. After Northern Iowa jumped out to a 12-6 lead halfway through the dual, another conversation took place between wrestler and coach. “At the break, I said ‘Colbray, come here’, I said ‘What do you think’ and he said ‘I wanna fight,’” Dresser said. “I go off body language, I can tell by the way he was carrying himself at that moment that he was a guy that needed to wrestle.” Colbray felt what it was like to be on top of the world Sunday afternoon. The Oregon native — trailing 6-5 — picked up fifth-ranked Bryce Steiert and put him down for the go-ahead takedown and rode him out for the final 30 seconds for the 7-6 upset at 174 pounds. Hilton Coliseum and the No. 19 Cyclones went into a frenzy as Iowa State came from behind in a 18-16 triumph over the Panthers. “Once you trust the process, there’s a payout to be made and tonight it happened,” Colbray said. “Got a little bit of candy, there’s a big pot of candy at the end of the rainbow. That’s just pure heart at the end of the match.” It’s the first time Iowa State has defeated Northern Iowa since the 2015-16 season. The score of that dual? 18-16. It also increases the Cyclones win streak to four and snaps the Panthers’ six-match streak. “We’ve seen a lot of great dual

meets this year, that was one of them,” Dresser said. “Our guys did a great job in the turnaround. It was a good test for us and I think we passed that test.” If there was evidence of sickness from the redshirt junior, it wasn’t noticeable. Four seconds into the bout, Colbray executed a single leg for two quick points, but Steiert responded with a takedown of his own. After the opening three minutes, it was tied at three. An escape and another two points from Steiert opened it up to a 6-3 cushion, but Colbray answered it yet again with an escape and after choosing down in the third, Colbray got out 11 seconds into the period. Once the buzzer sounded, Colbray was on all fours, collecting his thoughts as Iowa State (9-4, 6-1 Big 12) crawled even with Northern Iowa at 12-all with three matches remaining. “It was humbling, kind of,” Colbray said. “I’ve felt worse in the room, felt worse in a million different situations. That was, like, easy money.” In the eyes of Dresser, it was the loudest moment he’s been apart of during his three-year tenure leading the Cyclones program. All 5,129 were standing on their feet in what Dresser deemed as “Hilton Magic.” “We got that place loud,” Dresser said. “That rang the bell today. I’m going to try and beat it next year and the next year.” Panthers Head Coach Doug Schwab said afterwards there are going to be adjustments made the next time Steiert and Colbray meet on the mat. He added that it felt like the

GRANT TETMEYER/ IOWA STATE DAILY Gannon Gremmel celebrates his victory over No. 16 Northern Iowa on Sunday.

moment got too big for a lot of his guys. “Things start to get tight, and then you start looking and you’re looking at the clock, you’re second guessing yourself. Start to hold on, instead of continue to attack,” Schwab said. “There’s gotta be a little bit of a death blow. There was blood in the water and we did not go after it.” Taylor Lujan quieted the crowd momentarily with a 13-5 major decision win over Marcus Coleman, racking up five takedowns to give Northern Iowa a 16-12 lead. Needing to win out to complete the comeback, Joel Shapiro put Isaiah Patton in a headlock for a takedown eight seconds into his match. After two escapes later, Shapiro held a 3-1 cushion and started the third period on top. The redshirt freshman rode Patton for 1 minute, 34 seconds and registered a late takedown for the 6-2 victory and cut the Northern Iowa lead to 16-15. It came down to the final match of the day between the Cyclones’

Gannon Gremmel and the Panthers’ Carter Isley. Scoreless after the opening three minutes, Gremmel escaped and 58 seconds later got the takedown to put him up 3-0. The redshirt junior rode Isley for 2:47 and raised both arms in victory. Comeback complete. “Everybody that came today got their $10 worth, and more,” Dresser said. “We fought hard in all positions, we fought hard at all weights. It’s a good win for our program and at the right time of year.” Just over two minutes into the opening match, Northern Iowa (7-4, 6-2) was in the drivers seat. Jay Schwarm pinned Alex Mackall in 2:17, locking him up in a cradle after the two traded reversals. It’s a rebound win after Mackall put together a 19-4 tech fall win back in November. “He came out and attacked a whole bunch,” Schwab said. “I remember that match [at the Cyclone Open] and Schwarm certainly did.” Todd Small (133) and Ian Parker

(141) remained perfect through the weekend with decision wins to tie it up at six. Max Thomsen made it 5-0 alltime against Jarrett Degen with a 3-1 sudden victory triumph at 149, which followed with Paden Moore’s 5-3 victory over Grant Stotts at 157. Chase Straw was in a similar position as Degen, tied at one following seven minutes at 165. With 15 seconds left in the overtime period, Straw connected on a takedown for the 3-1 win over Austin Yant. “Score the next point, that’s been the motto of my whole career,” Straw said. Small, Parker, Straw, Colbray and Gremmel all registered takedowns in the second or third period when the score was tied or a one-to-two point difference. When asked if that is a microcosm of this team, Colbray and Straw agreed. “All those matches that were close, all those transitions that were close, those are national caliber matches,” Colbray said. “The more matches you can put together like that, more will go in your favor.” Northern Iowa will regroup before traveling to face Wisconsin on Thursday night. Iowa State gets one final road dual on Saturday against Missouri before hosting North Dakota State in the regular season finale next Sunday. “Gotta give ourself more opportunities,” Schwab said. “One thing about being a great competitor, great team, you gotta get back on the horse. We got some big matches and big things in front of us.”

LIMELIGHT

Monday, February 17, 2020 Iowa State Daily

REVIEW

“Sonic The Hedgehog” shakes its rocky reputation and delivers a fun movie exceeding expectations for video game movie adaptations.

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Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’

Video game adaptation shakes bad reputation and exceeds expectations BY MARGARET.TROUP @iowastatedaily.com Director Jeff Fowler’s 2020 movie “Sonic The Hedgehog” gives audiences a surprisingly clever, cute and family-friendly experience that appeals to fans of all ages. “Sonic The Hedgehog” had an incredibly rocky road to the big screen. Upon its first trailer release back in November 2019, audiences and critics everywhere panned the title character’s design for being disturbingly uncanny. With an initial release date set around Thanksgiving 2019, the skilled team of animators heard the masses’ complaints and added $5 million to their already astronomical budget of $90 million to fix Sonic’s design. The respect earned for the director and animators for listening to their audiences

secured many box office tickets from fans who were formerly disgusted by the film. “Sonic The Hedgehog” hits hard with action right off the bat. Beginning with a cold opening that takes place just before the climax of the movie, Sonic narrates to the audience about how he needs to tell his story from the beginning. This film adds to Sonic’s already surprisingly deep background and lore by showing the audience how he came to Earth from his original world. Fans of the video games should be very familiar with the gold rings that Sonic collects throughout his adventures. These rings are given a refreshing new purpose in the story and are ever-present in the plot. Jim Carrey’s introduction as the evil Dr. Robotnik is done in a way that only the wonderfully manic actor can perform. Carrey’s

portrayal of the antagonist is equally easy to love as it is easy to hate, in the best way possible. Even the most minor of details in this movie have clearly been well thought out by the artists and editors. The fact that Sonic’s shoes are mismatched and being held together by tape adds a cute element that can be easy to miss. Additionally, the soundtrack to this film includes classics such as “Blitzkrieg Bop” by the Ramones and “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen that only add to the film’s likeability. There are a handful of Easter eggs and references to the movie’s video game source materials. One line has Robotnik state that Sonic’s quills, which contain the power of electricity which are “interesting” in Japanese. This is clearly a nod to the game’s Japanese roots.

Despite this movie being the underdog of modern films, there are still some minor problems that should be acknowledged. With this being an animation-live action hybrid that is aimed at younger audiences, there are some silly jokes that will seem juvenile to audiences who are just there for the nostalgia. For every unnecessary quip from Sonic, there is another great song from the soundtrack or another hidden reference to find that makes up for it. With an average score of 79 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a 94 percent rating from Fandango, “Sonic The Hedgehog” may be the first video game movie that actually lives up to the expectations of its source material. Be sure to stay for an after-credits scene that features a familiar face from the Sonic games. Final Verdict: 8/10

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Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats experiment on ‘UNLOCKED’ BY COLLIN.MAGUIRE @iowastatedaily.com Denzel Curry burst into the mainstream scene in 2015 with his hit track “Ultimate.” The Carol City, Florida, native then found himself at what some consider the summit of hip-hop following his 2018 release “TA13OO.” However, some still speculate if Zel is the real deal or not. Curry followed his 2018 successes with the release of “ZUU” in 2019. “ZUU” didn’t garner the same kind of response that “TA13OO” generated, but it was clear that he was still hungry. That’s when Connecticut-born producer Kenny Beats comes into the equation collaborating with Curry on the surprise release “UNLOCKED.” The “Woah, Kenny” producer has been on the incline since 2018, working with the likes of Vince Staples, JPEGMAFIA, Dominic Fike and many others. The album was recorded within a period of 24 hours. The eight song project puts the best

of both artists directly into the spotlight. Zel maintains his manic temperament, while delivering some clean, hard bars. Kenny Beats places some MF DOOMesque sounds on the table and Denzel eats them right up. Kenny hops right in with “Track 01,” a cartoon-like tone setter for the rest of the project. This immediately leads into the hard-hitting “Take_it_Back_v2” bringing us our first “Woah, Kenny” of the album. This track is a prime example of Denzel’s unhinged nature, and of Kenny’s ability to harness his energy. The track is accompanied by an animated video inspired by the Japanese horror manga series “Uzumaki.” “Pyro (leak 2019)” is a one-versed flex by Curry. Curry makes the most out of a one minute and 22 second duration, by coming directly at the listener with some aggressively witty lines. In terms of lyricism, Curry stands out from a number of his peers. This track acts as the conclusion to side A of the album and it immediately leads into the more

laid back track “DIET_,” to start off side B. The track “So.incredible.pkg” acts as an assertion of dominance in the rap game by Curry. Kenny Beats once again laid out a perfectly groovy beat for Curry to rip up. “UNLOCKED” acts as the perfect platform for Curry to solidify his name, but it also acts as a statement for Kenny Beats. Kenny has quickly established himself among some of the top names in hip-hop. “UNLOCKED” is another addition to his steadily improving discography. This was the first collaborative project between the two artists, but it’s clear that their chemistry brought out the best of both parties. It’s clear to listeners that Curry proves to be an elite artist with every release, but throughout the duration of this project Kenny Beats shined bright. Kenny Beats is proving to be one of the most exciting names in hip-hop. Final Verdict: 9/10

COURTESY OF LOMA VISTA RECORDING The two artists’ first collaboration together proved to be a success as their chemistry brought out the best of both artists.

Iowa State Daily Monday, February 17, 2020

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“When populations are celebrated, the attention given can serve as support for individuals who identify with the community, can provide those individuals with connection to others in their community, and can educate allies and motivate accomplices to do more to support their asexual and aromantic friends and family outside of the given awareness week.” During this week Dearborn and port also said they wanted to identify that there is a stigma and erasure in the community regarding aromantic and asexual identities. port said there is erasure everywhere. She said the idea of romance and romantic attraction is the standard that is sold to everyone at every stage in people’s lives. She also said companies like Disney sell romanticism to children, that holidays are built around romantic attraction and celebrated in schools, that marriages are built from it and that even the jewelry industry thrives on it. port said the idea of romance and romantic attraction is consumed by society in ways that incapacitate society’s ability to fathom anything else. So ultimately when that happens, there’s no room left to comprehend aromanticism. “This stems from people not knowing what these sexualities are and that romantic attraction is so naturalized that many don’t think it is possible to not experience romantic attraction,” Dearborn said. Dearborn said there is a huge stigma in the LGBTQIA+ community with not seeing asexual and aromantic identities as queer identities and some people think those who have the identities don’t belong in the community at all. In order to combat this stigma, especially during this awareness week, Dearborn said people should be educating themselves in order to help; just looking up aromantic online and finding resources or personal accounts about it will help. They said those who aren’t a part of the aromantic spectrum should be accepting of aromantic and asexual identities in queer spaces and treating them as if they belong there. Dearborn said talking about these identities with others, especially if someone is an ally, creates a space where others can recognize that aromantic and asexual identities are spectrums and not one set definition as well. port said by creating conversation and using critical thinking will help with combating this stigma. “Exercise perspective-taking and practice critical thinking,” port said. “When you see an example of romance, ask yourself, ‘For whom would this not apply?’ Asking those questions of yourself can become a habit if practiced intentionally. And once it becomes a habit, you’ll find yourself doing it in all areas of your life, which will ultimately make you a more impactful member of the ISU community.” As for those who identify on the aromantic spectrum, there are various resources on campus. Dearborn recommends the Asexual Aromantic Alliance as a resource, which they are the president of. Dearborn said this student organization does mostly fun community-building events like board games, watching movies and making crafts. Dearborn also said there are aromantic and asexual people on the Iowa State campus, so for those who feel like they are alone on this subject, they aren’t. Dearborn recommends the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success as another good resource. Dearborn also said they would like to let other people on campus who have an aromantic identity know they are willing to be a resource and that they enjoy collaborating with others to learn about new things. “Educating is really important to me, as well as representation,” Dearborn said. “I think looking up different identities in the spectrum is a good step in understanding this community and creating better spaces. There is nothing wrong with people who are aromantic or asexual, and we should not be treated as if our identities will change once we ‘meet the right person.’”

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and other related factors. By looking at a variety of perspectives, she is able to appropriately tackle the subjects covered for all students. “Traditional sex education has been taught from a very heteronormative, cis-normative perspective and our class turns that on its head,” Popillion said. “We approach sex education from the lens of a sex positive framework with the goal to be inclusive and accessible across all gender and sexual identities.” Subjects covered in various sexual education courses can be difficult to discuss openly

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E-Mazing Race participants gathered in the lower level of Howe Hall to sign in and begin strategizing with their teammates. Allyson Ehlers, senior in chemical engineering, got a group of her friends together to compete in the event. “I think it is really fun to participate in Iowa State events, especially E-Week,” Ehlers said. “There are a lot of prizes. This is kind of my first time [participating], and one of my friends is on the board so she got us to come.” Among the six locations students went to for the race, senior in electrical engineering Philip Markose’s favorite challenge was the paper airplane competition in Sukup Hall. “It required little to no teamwork; I was the only one to make a paper airplane and I got it on my first try,” Markose said. “We have been doing [competitions] as a team since freshman

year. It started with the Cy-Mazing Race by the Alumni Association, and we did it here with the E-Mazing race for Engineers’ Week. It’s a wonderful time — the only time most of us get exercise. It’s a great way to kick off a week that’s packed with fun activities.” Markose and his group went on to win first place in the 2020 E-Mazing Race competition. His group consisted of himself, Matthew Markose, senior in software engineering, Dawson Fox, senior in materials engineering, and John Jasonowicz, senior in industrial engineering. Shelby Baker is a senior in chemical engineering and Engineers’ Week’s student engagement co-chair, along with Origer. “Each committee has their own things they do,” Baker said. “The [student engagement] committee is planning a lot of the events that revolve around students, and find ways of how

to keep everybody engaged.” The E-Mazing Race was previously set to take place in the Student Innovation Center prior to their soft opening, but the Engineers’ Week 2020 executive committee was met with issues due to scheduling and time constraints with contractors for the Student Innovation Center. “We were really excited to work with them,” Origer said. “Hopefully next year, because they are definitely interested in working with us.” Engineers’ Week has an Instagram page students can continue to follow throughout the week for updated information on the week’s events and opportunities for prizes through social media giveaways. The 2020 Engineers’ Week will continue with events and activities through Friday. The full list of events can be viewed on the College of Engineering’s website.

JILL EVEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY The E-Mazing Race for the 2020 Engineers’ Week began in Howe Hall Sunday. The teams had to find their next location based off a set of clues.

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“Some of them have dropped out of the race altogether now, and they don’t get the same attention largely because they don’t have that privilege.” Bonner said it is still too early in the election season to determine who will be the Democratic nominee, and the public will have a better understanding of who the candidate will be as more diverse states vote. “ Even in ter ms of K lobuc har ’s momentum right now, if you look at national polling she has zero percent support from African Americans, which is going to be a huge issue in both South Carolina and Nevada,” Bonner said. “She might struggle a little bit as well

for students, but Popillion wants them to get the best education on certain subjects, even if they are a little difficult for some to talk about. “‘How do I keep the subject light?’ I don’t,” Popillion said. “If there are topics that should be treated with full seriousness, that is how we approach them. For example, sexual violence is a sensitive topic and sugar coating it to keep it light doesn’t serve anyone. Of course, there are times for humor in class and I definitely try to interject fun into the class.” A large part of Popillion’s students are between ages 18 and 22. Tiptoeing around sexuality topics to protect the innocence of

because she has never had the same scrutiny level as other frontrunners because she has always hovered in that second tier of candidates.” Bonner said just as sexism has played a role in this election, Democrats main concern is electability. “Sexism plays a huge role in politics in general, but I would say for this election it is not necessarily looking for one woman in general it is more looking for the idea of electability,” Bonner said. “It seems like Democrats this time around are more looking towards beating Donald Trump opposed to pure ideology or policy issues.” Winfrey said she believes voters are scared that a woman couldn’t beat Trump.

our youth is a common practice,Popillion said. Treating her students with respect and as capable adults is a stepping stone to teaching today’s youth. “Providing people with crucial knowledge about their bodies, consent, relationships and identity is setting them up for success and happiness with their sexuality,” Popillion said. Popillion described her biggest challenge as a sexual education professor to be the push she has to give students to help them move past their discomfort with the subject and fear of judgement from others. To keep a large lecture of students

“I thought going into the primary and caucus season, that woman [countering Trump] could be something that voters would like,” Winfrey said. “Though it seems more and more that Democratic voters are scared and they are looking for what they think is the safest option is to beat Trump even if they don’t like them very much. I hear a lot of ‘[vote] blue no matter who’ and it kind of leads the conversation away from candidates that might be perceived as risky, like women, to candidates that might be seen as more safe like a more moderate, particularly male candidate.” Winfrey said it is common for people to associate masculine traits with traits that make a candidate electable.

entertained, Popillion said she tries to bring a variety of outside perspectives into the classroom through videos and guest speakers. She also uses Top Hat, an education software to create various polls for students on different topics. Popillion said her favorite part of her job is knowing she is providing practical knowledge that can guide students in their lives. Additional information regarding sexual education outside of the classroom can be found on Scarlateen, Advocates for Youth and Bustle’s 7 Problems with the State of Education in America Today, and How We Can Make it Better.